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Josh DiMaggio

Radio producer and host at ESPN Milwaukee, producer of Jen, Gabe & Chewy and frequent on-air panelist across ESPN Wisconsin shows.

Oct 8, 2026

9:32
Will you get anything added to your brat if the Brewers win the World Series?
9:38
I would think so, um, just because in terms of that's the last real championship I'm waiting for as a Wisconsin sports fan.
9:46
I've gotten the Brewers Super Bow- the Brewers, the Packers Super Bowl and the Milwaukee Bucks championship.
9:52
So the Brewers is the one that's felt the hardest to get, and I probably would commemorate it in some way.
9:57
I haven't decided that.
9:58
I'm not putting the cart before the horse here.
10:00
But, um, I have a lot of tattoos sort of that are s- happen at any moment.
11:39
What stood out to you?
9:32
Will you get anything added to your brat if the Brewers win the World Series?
9:38
I would think so, um, just because in terms of that's the last real championship I'm waiting for as a Wisconsin sports fan.
9:46
I've gotten the Brewers' Super Bow- the Brewers'...
9:48
the Packers' Super Bowl and the Milwaukee Bucks championship.
9:52
So the Brewers is the one that's felt the hardest to get, and I probably would commemorate it in some way.
9:57
I haven't decided that.
9:58
I'm not putting the cart before the horse here.
11:39
What stood out to you?
2:37
Yeah, do they have some talent and it's just literally all the offensive line? Or do they, you know, would this be any better if Josh Jacobs were out there?
2:48
I think we're watching Marshawn Lloyd look like a guy who hasn't played football for the better part of three years.
2:53
I do think there's something more to be had there, but so far he's been remarkably inefficient.
2:59
His yards over expectation on rushing is amongst the lowest in all of the NFL this year.
3:04
So he's got quite a ways to go, but it's understandable how that would happen.
3:09
I don't know what Josh Jacobs would even bring to the, to this offense.
3:13
I do think the running game would be better, but better as in maybe not one of the worst in all the NFL.
6:02
Is this the year they finally bust through the Dodgers and make their way to the World Series?
6:49
You got
6:50
the Packers going 0-2 to start the season.
6:52
If I see Rose on that door, I'm pushing her off and saying, I'm floating, sucker.
6:57
Every man, woman, and child for
7:09
I
7:10
refuse to commit to the delusions that you and Alex Strove have done since the Cleveland Browns game.
7:17
Did you see the stat? I'm sure you've seen it.
7:19
Homer's talked about it a thousand times.
20:28
Against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is that what you're referencing?
20:30
Yeah, in a playoff game for their lives.
20:32
Um, Matt LaFleur in his career has tried to be one guy, a guy similar to Ben Johnson, but has only acted like someone not like Ben Johnson.
20:43
He's acted someone like Matt LaFleur.
20:46
He takes a foot off the gas, he gets conservative.
20:49
He gets lost in his playbook, lose track of the game.
20:52
Where m- as far as I'm aware, Ben Johnson every time I've seen him coaching offenses, coaching teams, is really trying to score as many points as humanly possible.
23:23
Oh, wow.
20:08
Is there a feeling that while this kid is healthy, it's the time to strike, it's the time to put the other pieces around him and go for the World Series that they've never won?
20:19
I certainly think that is a factor.
20:22
I know the Brewers have been extremely high on Jacob Mizorowski and have always intended for him to be a starter.
20:29
But when you're getting the performance you've got this year from him, you have to capitalize.
20:33
People really wanted the Brewers to go all-in in 2018 and then in 2019 and then again in 2023 and then 24.
20:40
It's been a long time for the Brewers to finally be a buyer and to move on from some of those big-time prospects that they have.
20:47
Right now, they have more infielders in the system than can even play on the infield.
25:51
But when the Seahawks go for $9.7 billion, I mean, how about some tax revenue for the state of Wisconsin? How about dropping, you know, $9, $10 billion into the operating budget there in the state of Wisconsin and just selling it to an owner.
34:49
I'm sure
34:49
there's got to be someone out there who has some experience in it.
34:53
The most amazing thing to me and the reason why I was so fascinated and then you started asking all the questions was I recognized an old Ben Brust truism, which is something you're unaware of and unfamiliar with, you're immediately scared of.
35:09
You thought like, oh, my God, is crime overriding the city? Do we have a bunch of vagrants running around? And it's likely like a 17, 18-year-old kid who ran up.
35:18
I mean, those are called throw-ups because they're typically two colors.
35:22
They're quick.
35:22
They're bubble letters.
37:35
I
20:09
Why do you think that is to this point in the offseason?
20:13
I think it's the draft capital and the fact that we've seen him compete in one singular NFL game.
20:20
He's gotten hurt in training camp and in the preseason thus far in his career.
20:26
He is the type of guy that would bring exactly what the Packers need to the backfield and more of an explosive runner, not as much of a plotter as Josh Jacobs is.
20:37
The thing is, he was a hydraptic and we haven't seen anything about him.
20:41
And he went to a lab in California to do a study on his body and why he continually gets injured.
20:49
They found the fact that he had imbalances in his muscles between his two legs.
21:49
We still have a couple of weeks to go before the trade deadline, but as of right now, do you see any pressing needs that they need to fill out there at the deadline?
1:10
Is anybody scratching their head there in the state of Wisconsin?
1:14
No, I think we've met roundly with a sense of optimism.
1:17
There's certainly the detractors, and everyone seemingly is pointing to the lack of production from Christian Watson.
1:24
I called it on air today the great ball-knower test for people.
1:29
If you watched Christian Watson in his return from his ACL injury, He looked like a new person.
1:35
He looked like a guy who had figured out sort of the intricacies of being a wide receiver.
1:41
Obviously, his size and speed pops off the map.
5:15
Are we getting anywhere? Do we have any popular team names that are surfacing as potential landing spots for him?

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