Why the NFC North Is the NFL's Most Interesting Division

**Craig Carton** (0:04)
All right, 3.37, Carton Show with Big Mac, Nick Kostos. You better you bet, Westwood 1 hanging with us today.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:12)
Good song, right? Turn the microphone on.

**Craig Carton** (0:14)
Yeah, yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:14)
Hey man, nice shot. We get used to radio.

**Craig Carton** (0:16)
Yeah. Nick's been doing it forever.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:21)
But you're right, I should have, yeah, yeah, yeah. Turn the microphone on.

**Craig Carton** (0:24)
Listen, if you're going to get on my producer, I'm going to have to, we're going to have to get on you when you forget to turn the mic on.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:28)
That's true, perhaps the producer should turn the microphone on for the talent, just saying.

**Craig Carton** (0:31)
That's not bad.
Let me ask you a quick question, because you, I shouldn't say claim. He does know what the button is. I shouldn't say.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:38)
Technically not my job.

**Craig Carton** (0:41)
Nick's got a point. Yeah.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:43)
Thanks for the lunch. Well, I did buy you lunch.
At least you could do is turn his mic on. Turn my microphone on for the turkey sandwich.

**Craig Carton** (0:50)
Turn my mic on. You said you're an NFL historian.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:55)
Well, now you're making it out, and I sound like a real a-hole. No, not at all.

**Craig Carton** (0:58)
I said I knew it was going to come off like that. But you, not only do you follow the NFL, but you love the NFL so much that you're steeped in its traditions.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:03)
That is, that is.

**Craig Carton** (1:04)
Is that a better way of putting it?

**Chris McMonigle** (1:05)
It is a supremely fair thing to say. Okay.

**Craig Carton** (1:08)
So I wanted to ask you because I have, my opinion is, we're going to see the best uniform in the history of the NFL four times this year with the New York Giants.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:17)
Okay.

**Craig Carton** (1:17)
I think both, either one, I guess they're calling one vintage white and the other one legacy. The 80s blue with the giants on the helmet.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:24)
Gorgeous.

**Craig Carton** (1:25)
I think it's the best uniform in the sport. I think it is absolutely beautiful. So I'm happy to see it four times, particularly the white. And especially now that Odell Beckham Jr. is back.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:34)
Okay.

**Craig Carton** (1:35)
Like that 13, Odell Beckham Jr. wearing that uniform is going to get me excited.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:39)
Yeah. And I love that uniform also. Yeah. I did.
Because I think, like if you watch Super Bowl 25, right, Giants Bills. Sure. I love that Buffalo uniform also, the older Bills uniform. So, I know a lot of people like the Bills current uniforms. I don't really like them. I will say that when the Giants moved away from having the Giants on the helmet, they went to the NY, still pretty nice. Yeah. Not bad. So, it's not like the jerseys stink now, but I will agree when I was growing up, I liked them better.

**Craig Carton** (2:10)
I'm not a fan of the current whites and I really, I never liked, even though it's kind of become like the most common Eli Manning jersey you'll see, is the white with the red lettering.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:20)
Well, I actually owned the all red jersey. Okay, the all red. Did they ever win wearing the red, have they always lost wearing the reds?

**Mario** (2:26)
It feels like that.

**Craig Carton** (2:28)
I don't remember necessarily if they won a game like that, but I just, I never liked the white with the red lettering. Not a fan of it.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:35)
But no, those with the Giants, those are, they're not, I'm being objective, the Giants are my favorite team. I don't think they're the best, but they are spectacular.

**Craig Carton** (2:44)
Well, okay, so that begs the question. I think the Chargers Powder Blue is a great uniform. I'm trying to think, a classic NFL uniform.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:53)
The Raiders Silver and Black is an absolute classic. The Packers are absolute classics. And look, if we're going to be honest and objective, people are going to hate this, but I have to speak my truth. I think the Eagles, Kelly Greens are probably a little better than the Giants ones we're talking about. And I will say the old Dolphins, the Dolphins should go back to the uniforms they wore with Marino in the 80s.
They are way better than the present day. The Broncos with the D on the helmet, with the horse coming through it, those are way better than the present day's also.