The Press Box with Ward Whites, Aaron Sexton & Jacob Bumpas · Aaron Sexton

Press Box 04-09-2026

April 9, 2026·1 hr 59 min·9 clips

Q Myers explains the Raiders' 2025 disaster: Tom Brady wanted Ben Johnson, had no backup plan, settled for Pete Carroll, added Chip Kelly as OC despite the two never seeing eye to eye, and made Pete's son the OL coach despite him not being an OL coach.

Beautiful weather gets the first run. Ward, Jacob, and Aaron open loose, talking walks, runs, and the kind of Central Texas day that makes it hard to head back inside. Then Q Myers takes over the football lane. The conversation settles into a Mahomes-centered NFL thread, with Q saying he does not expect the player being discussed to start Week 1, but still trusts him whenever he gets back. That is the take. Week 1, Week 4, Week 5, Q is not betting against that dude. The draft talk stays practical too. Q mentions a couple first-round picks and more chances to get busy after giving up Trent McDuffie, without turning the whole thing into hype. Ward keeps the check-in personal. He thanks Q, tells him to say hey to the family and Mama Q, and makes it clear they miss having him in the studio. After the break, the show swings into China Spring baseball. Coach Cory Beckham comes on to walk through the Lorena games before the Easter holiday. The first inning was rough. Beckham says the team came out rusty, gave up two quick runs, and trailed 2-0 through the first two innings. Then they calmed down. China Spring got a run back, pitched better the rest of the way, and turned it into a 12-5 win. Beckham likes that the offense found a few ways to work. They hit, stole bases, and laid down good bunts, which sounds like a team doing the small stuff instead of waiting around for one big swing. The local feel is the point. National football becomes a Q Myers check-in, then high school baseball gets real time at the table. The last stretch shifts to the Lone Star Card Show spot: April 25 at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center, with sports cards, TCG, memorabilia, custom t-shirts, autographs, free admission, and free parking. Mark Thompson is listed for all-day autographs, while NFL legend Earl Campbell is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. JSA authentication, hourly giveaways, an on-site truck, and security fill out the event details.

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A brisk local sports-radio mix that jumps from Mahomes talk to Central Texas baseball.

The episode starts in loose local-sports-radio mode, with weather talk and casual banter before settling into Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. The through line is familiar: it keeps coming back to how hard it is to bet against that team.

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You want Chiefs talk, spring baseball, and a radio-table pace that keeps changing lanes.

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