Reckless Padres trade speculation & World Cup thoughts

The MLB hot stove is plugged in and burning hot with rumors about the Padres making moves at the Winter Meetings, Philip Rivers might be the NFL's first grandpa/QB, and Donald Trump wants to get rid of "soccer" and rename "football".

Reckless Padres trade speculation & World Cup thoughts
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Following a report from Kevin Acee in the San Diego Union-Tribune that A.J. Preller was working on a potentially "massive trade" that would be comparable, or maybe even dwarf, the deal that sent Juan Soto and Trent Grisham to the New York Yankees, Darren Smith and John Gennaro try to figure out who might be involved in the trade and what it could bring back.

The guys also watched the Monday Night Football game last night, which ended with a Los Angeles Chargers overtime win over the Philadelphia Eagles, and John lays out his thoughts on why he thinks the NFL is less fun to watch and follow than it has been in years prior.

Following that, the guys react a little bit to the absurdity from Friday's FIFA World Cup draw, including the President of the United States of America saying that we should come up with a new name for American Football so that we can stop using the word "soccer".

Here's the public preview of today's episode:

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