Hour 3: How Much Better Can the Jets Be? artwork

Hour 3: How Much Better Can the Jets Be?

The Carton Show with Craig Carton & Chris McMonigle

August 12, 2026

Craig thinks the jets are capable of being a near .500 team. C-Mac believes Aaron Glenn has been humbled which is a good thing. Russell Westbrook announces his retirement from the NBA. Is he a first ballot hall of famer? Should the Knicks fear the Sixers?
Speakers: Craig Carton, Chris McMonigle

Topics: Sports

**Craig Carton** (0:00)
He's like the whitest guy in the building, and he just spent a week in Florida, two full days outside of Disney, couple days in Sarasota, hopefully went to Fajicos down there, and so Eddie, of course you didn't, and came back paler than when he left.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:16)
I don't know how he did it either. You're right, I didn't even notice it until you mentioned it.
He did not get...

**Craig Carton** (0:22)
He's like December white.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:23)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (0:24)
I got a little bit of a shinny dark. You're whiter than Nico. Yeah, Nico's allergic to the sun. He's like a vampire.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:32)
That's it.

**Craig Carton** (0:32)
But anyway, you should get married at Disney is what you ought to do. Great place to get married. I love Disney. Suzy would love it.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:37)
You could get married in Nico's backyard. He throws parties back there. He's got a swimming pool.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:42)
Well, Craig offered me his backyard.

**Craig Carton** (0:44)
I did. I offered him my backyard.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:45)
It's not crazy.

**Craig Carton** (0:46)
What did that charge you?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:47)
100

**Craig Carton** (0:48)
That's right. Which actually... But I'm throwing in pigs and blankets in an alligator.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:51)
To be fair, I thought that was a lot of money. And now we're going through the process.

**Craig Carton** (0:54)
It's about market rate. Oh, my God.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:56)
Did I send you the video of the alligator, by the way? You did.

**Craig Carton** (0:59)
Did I send you guys the video of the alligator? I got to double check. I kind of... I don't think I did, actually. I think I sent the big guy.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:05)
You sent me a picture. I didn't get a video, but I saw a picture of it getting ready to be cooked.

**Craig Carton** (1:09)
I didn't send you the video? I'm going to send you the video.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:12)
I saw that skin gator and I saw all the seasoning on it. Looked like it was ready to get put in the oven.

**Craig Carton** (1:17)
Willie Colon came over to my crib and brought me, he's got a buddy named Mike who's an alligator guy, so they brought over an alligator by request.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:27)
You know, I wanted it.

**Craig Carton** (1:29)
And we grilled up an alligator. Actually baked it, did it in the oven. And then finished it off on the grill. But I thought I sent you guys the video of it. I'm going to send you a picture of it.
I just sent you a photograph, probably just of the head, right?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:41)
It was, no, it was like in the tin.

**Craig Carton** (1:43)
Yeah, okay. So, but that wasn't a video I sent you? It might have been, I don't know.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:46)
I only saw that.

**Craig Carton** (1:46)
All good, all good, all good. I got you, I got you covered right here. Let me just send this to you right quick. So you guys all have it, so there's no complaining about it.
It's now going to be a staple of every backyard barbecue I do.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:59)
You're going to make alligator every time?

**Craig Carton** (2:00)
All the time. Yeah?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:02)
I asked your son yesterday, he said it was delicious.

**Craig Carton** (2:04)
Delicious.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:05)
Yeah?

**Craig Carton** (2:06)
It was done with Old Bay, so for this one, you had to like Old Bay. You can season it with anything.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:11)
Did you get to the bottom of how it's, is it wild caught?

**Craig Carton** (2:14)
I didn't ask.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:15)
You still don't want to know?

**Craig Carton** (2:16)
Sometimes you don't need to know things. I just know it came to my house.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:18)
Yeah, I would ask.

**Craig Carton** (2:19)
Skinned, head on, talons on. And that was cool. That became like a party gift.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:24)
Sure.

**Craig Carton** (2:25)
Me scaring people.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:27)
Who wants to take the talons home?

**SPEAKER_3** (2:28)
Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:30)
It's like the wishbone on the turkey.

**Craig Carton** (2:31)
I will say this. I'm not going to say anybody's name, but one of the women that were at my house requested the alligator's teeth. I thought that was a bit of an odd request.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:43)
Like she wanted to take it home or she was going to eat it?

**Craig Carton** (2:45)
She said, can I get the teeth out and give me the teeth? I'd like to take the teeth home. And I said, no, that's not happening. You're going to have to file in my alligator.

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