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Craig and C-Mac Call Out Coddled Yankees Amid Playoff Collapse

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

October 6, 2026

Craig and C-Mac analyze the New York Yankees' defensive implosion and mental tightness during their postseason series against the Tampa Bay Rays.

Speakers Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle, Eileen

TopicsSports

Craig Carton (0:00)

So, you had a tough weekend, is what it sounds like.

I'm on a terrible losing streak. He has taken over.

Chris McMonigle (0:05)

Petey's in first place, yeah?

Craig Carton (0:07)

Gallo.

Chris McMonigle (0:07)

Gallo's in first place?

Craig Carton (0:08)

I had the Saints last night, he had the Falcons.

Chris McMonigle (0:11)

Falcons ran through them like poop through a goose.

Craig Carton (0:14)

I did not expect that the Falcons, I knew they played well, obviously, last week against the Green Bay Packers.

Chris McMonigle (0:18)

They're actually a fun team to watch.

Craig Carton (0:20)

I did not think that just, I didn't think Pennex alone would suddenly thrust them into this dynamic offense.

Chris McMonigle (0:25)

Well, it's not him alone. It's Bijon Robinson, best running back in football.

Craig Carton (0:29)

The only difference, they had Bijon the first couple weeks of the season.

Chris McMonigle (0:32)

No, but you said Pennex alone.

Craig Carton (0:33)

I didn't think that change alone would go from where they were to start the year to now the way they've been a dominant team last week.

Chris McMonigle (0:39)

That's fair, that's fair. That offense is fun to watch now.

They got weapons, they got a quarterback that's playing pretty good football.

Craig Carton (0:45)

They got weapons. He's a good coach, that's Stefanski.

Chris McMonigle (0:49)

He is a good coach.

Craig Carton (0:50)

He's no John Harbaugh, but he's a very good coach.

Chris McMonigle (0:53)

I mean, he's there, dude. He took the Atlanta Falcons without a real quarterback? To two and two?

Craig Carton (1:01)

He took the Giants to three wins without a real quarterback.

Chris McMonigle (1:03)

No, that's fair. That's fair. I'm not knocking him. I think if you look at the hires this year, especially in comparison to what the Jets have in our Glenn, Todd Munkin, three and one in Cleveland.

Craig Carton (1:12)

Doing a really good job.

Chris McMonigle (1:13)

Check that box.

Eileen (1:13)

Check that box.

Chris McMonigle (1:14)

You're a guy, Johnny Harbaugh, three and one in the Giants.

Eileen (1:16)

Doing a great job.

Chris McMonigle (1:17)

Check that box. Kevin Stefanski, 500 right now, doing a good job in Atlanta.

Check that box.

Craig Carton (1:24)

Kubiak with the Raiders, doing a good job.

Chris McMonigle (1:27)

Kubiak with the Raiders, three and one. Check that box.

Craig Carton (1:30)

Anyone do who's the, what else? Who's doing bad? Robert Sala. Brady with the Bills.

Chris McMonigle (1:35)

Brady with the Bills, three and one. They did lose to the Patriots.

Craig Carton (1:38)

They did lose to the Patriots.

Chris McMonigle (1:39)

But look, they're three and one. Check that box.

Craig Carton (1:41)

Check that box.

Chris McMonigle (1:42)

So Sala's the only loser there, I guess.

Craig Carton (1:45)

Oh, and four. Why am I thinking, I feel like we're getting one. Oh, um.

Chris McMonigle (1:50)

Kellan Moore, but that was a year ago.

Craig Carton (1:51)

No, Cardinals, LaFleur.

Chris McMonigle (1:53)

Don't start with Michael Floer. Worst play caller in the NFL right now. Cost the Cardinals a game against the Giants.

Craig Carton (1:58)

Are they one and three? Yeah, they're one and three.

Chris McMonigle (2:00)

First and goal from the four, with a timeout and Jeremiah Love in your backfield, and you don't call a single running play to him? Moron.

But give the Giants credit they made, the plays they had to make. But that is, I mean, a brain dead decision by the head coach of the Arizona Cardinals. One timeout left, a guy's averaging five yards of carry, and you don't hand the ball off a single time, or throw a slant, or a tight end button hook. Everything is a quick out pattern, and the Giants covered it well. All four times. Moron. Sorry. He is a LaFleur, though. What do you expect?

Right? Am I lying?

Craig Carton (2:39)

No.

Chris McMonigle (2:40)

Exactly right. Eileen, sexy Eileen in Connecticut is calling in. How you doing, baby face?

Craig Carton (2:45)

Good.

Eileen (2:46)

How are you, Craig? Hi, Chris.

Craig Carton (2:47)

Hey, how are you?

Eileen (2:49)

Good. Good. My first, the word that I want is terrible.

Chris McMonigle (2:54)

Terrible.

Eileen (2:54)

If you listen to the sound bites of John Sterling, when Judge dropped the fly ball, his words were terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible. Yeah. I mean, he was so frustrated.

Chris McMonigle (3:07)

He dropped the ball. Terrible, terrible, terrible, terrible. Yeah. You're right. You're having to be right.

Eileen (3:12)

Yep. My second point is, why did they work out at their facility instead of going to the top and working out? That's where they should have been working out, is on the turf.

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