Now that the Buffalo Bills are good for the first time in decades, TikTok star and weekly Carton & Roberts guest Josh Richards is feeling himself as a Buffalo fan, even taking some time to troll the Jets fans in the WFAN booth.
“At least I’ll have a quarterback on my team,” Richards said. “I mean, what are the Jets going to do? I don’t really know what you guys have to hope for right now.”
Carton, who knows all about long-time suffering as a football fan, was quick to remind Richards that suffering football franchises are full of false prophets, and one year atop the division doesn’t mean the pain has ended. If you can trust anyone on that assessment, it’s a Jets fan.
“You’re going to wake up one day, you’ll be 25 years old, bathing in cash…saying ‘Look at what a great life I had,’” Carton said. “’And in my prime years, from when I was 17 to 25, my team was really good, and I had a shot.’ Then Josh Allen is going to retire like Jim Kelly did, and you’ll be right back to where I’m sitting today with a lousy team.”
When the group wasn’t trash talking each other about their football teams, they were debating the Mount Rushmore of fictional sports characters, and Richards seemed to heavily favor choices from the “Rocky” franchise.
Richards first named Apollo Creed and Clubber Lang as his first two entries, but after a friendly reminder from Carton, had to make sure the actual hero from those movies was included.
“You’re right,” Richards said. “You totally have to go with Rocky Balboa over them.”
But who would round out the Mount Rushmore? Well, everyone has their Wild Card, and Richards certainly provided one.
“Maybe you go completely left field and just throw Jackie Moon from ‘Semi-Pro’ in there,” Richards said. “How many people have done that?”
Probably about as many people that have pounced on the social media train to become a millionaire as a teenager.
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