The Rich Eisen Show’s Chris Brockman (Against His Will) Slags on Mahomes, Ronaldo, Brady, KD, Ohtani

Chris Brockman wanted the record to reflect that none of this was his idea.

"For the record, I don't want to do any of this," he said before the first one. "Please don't aggregate me. I don't believe any of these."

Duly noted. He did them anyway.

The setup came from earlier in the show, when Rich delivered a top five list of athletes Chris should insult next, on the theory that landing on a superstar's social feed is free reach. Chris had already accidentally proven the concept by getting his LeBron James take posted to 154 million followers. So Rich made him go one by one.

Patrick Mahomes went first, and Chris kept it short. "Patrick Mahomes has already played in his last Super Bowl." Rich asked if he wanted to explain why. He did not. "Nope, we're just going to leave it."

For Shohei Ohtani, Chris did not need new material. He just reran his May 12 Overreaction Monday take: enough with the pitching sideshow, Ohtani needs to go back to hitting only or the Dodgers will not make the NLCS. Chris then noted the ERA has doubled since he said it.

Rich, in fairness, pointed out that for a hot minute after that take Ohtani was Cy Young worthy across three or four starts and hitting around .500. Chris took the credit anyway. "Maybe I inspired him."

Kevin Durant got the closest thing to a real basketball argument. "If KD had just stayed with the Warriors, we'd be talking about him as a top 10 player all time," Chris said. He does not have Durant in his top ten now. Stay in Golden State, ride it out, maybe more championships, maybe more MVPs, maybe top five.

Then came Tom Brady, and Chris found the one angle he could live with. It runs through the broadcast booth rather than the pocket.

"You saw earlier this week Chris Simms said that Tom Brady was the ninth best quarterback in his prime. An outrageous take," Chris said. "Let's go to Tom Brady's current job. Tom Brady isn't even a top nine football announcer."

Rich's reaction was a full stop. "Wow. Chris. Really?" Chris repeated the disclaimer. He does not believe any of these.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the target with the biggest reach, close to three quarters of a billion followers, and Chris went straight at the World Cup. "Portugal would have went further in this year's World Cup if Ronaldo wasn't even on the team." He added a shot at the eyebrows for good measure, suggesting Ronaldo cares more about how they look than about his game.

The finale was the one Rich actually wanted, because it is the one that already works. Keep going at LeBron.

Chris obliged. "LeBron is in his MJ on the Wizards era."

Rich immediately clocked it as a two-for-one. Slagging LeBron James and Michael Jordan in the same sentence, in the middle of the eternal argument about which of them is the greatest. He called it a double-double, maybe close to a triple-double.

Chris's defense, when Rich pointed out he could not possibly believe that one either, was almost mathematical. "MJ averaged 20 with the Wizards."

The best part of the whole segment might be the domestic fallout. Chris's wife Sarah had not seen any of it. When he finally mentioned that LeBron had come after him, she said, "Excuse me, what?" Then, once he explained, she landed on the correct response.

"Oh god."