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5 min readThe Ben Maller Show: Preseason Panic, Owner Embarrassment, and the WNBA as Spectacle
The Ben Maller Show's "Best of the Week" episode opens with a vivid scene from an August preseason game between the Tennessee Titans and Seattle Seahawks, but the real action is in the fallout. Cam Ward, the number one overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, got his second straight preseason start, and Maller is not impressed. "What exactly has Cam Ward accomplished to earn the benefit of the doubt?" Maller asks. "He was a questionable top pick. He went out and played like he shouldn't have been the top pick in the draft last year." Ward's signature moment as an NFL player, Maller argues, is his own quote from last season: "Two words. We ass." That, Maller says, "doubles as his scouting report at this particular moment in time."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:06) **Cam Ward’s Preseason Performance & The Bustville Leasing Office** - Ben analyzes the Titans’ second preseason game and argues that Cam Ward has earned zero benefit of the doubt after a terrible rookie year.
- 2 (10:48) **Seahawks Injury Carnage & Cosmic Karma** - Ben pivots to Seattle’s week of injuries, arguing the football gods are punishing the Seahawks for their bogus Super Bowl win and attempted signing of a player facing prison time.
- 3 (17:47) **The Preseason Broadcast Infomercial** - Ben critiques the Fox broadcast of the Titans-Seahawks game, mocking Jonathan Vilma and Julian Edelman for their overly positive, syrupy commentary.
- 4 (26:06) **Jed York’s Trailer Park Rendezvous** - Ben covers the arrest of 49ers owner Jed York in a prostitution sting in East Palestine, Ohio, calling it a “line I never thought I would say.”
- 5 (35:06) **The Biggest Mistake: Getting Horny in Ohio** - Ben breaks down the strategic error York made by conducting his business away from home turf.
- 6 (38:56) **The WNBA as a Jerry Springer Show** - Ben discusses former NBA players Ennis Kanter Freedom and Royce White declaring for the WNBA draft, and the league dismissing them as a publicity stunt.
- 7 (47:26) **Maller’s Mountain of Money: Sean Connery Edition** - Ben hosts a trivia game with callers Slug (Las Vegas) and Tyler (Boston) using themed categories.
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Show Notes
Big Ben talks about Cam Ward's performance in the Titans preseason matchup against the Seahawks, 49ers owner Jed York getting arrested in a prostitution sting in Ohio, Maller's Mountain of Money: Sean Connery Edition, and more!
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