Ryen Russillo

Russillo advises Zach that Chicago has the most approachable dating scene of major U.S. cities.

“Midwest values, Midwest sensibilities, and girls that are cute that you can actually talk to”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:51:02

Russillo admits his solo travel logs may be a way to justify traveling alone.

“sometimes I wonder if I do the travel logs because it's an excuse to be by yourself”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:43

Russillo picks Wagler over Acuff for the better career, citing his composure and control.

“I think Wagler has some of that stuff in where once they just gave him the keys to that team, like that guy was unbelievable”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:47:24

Russillo questions the consensus favoring AJ Dybantsa, saying Darryn Peterson outplayed him head-to-head.

“Peterson is so much better than DeBonson when they played against each other”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:44:13

Russillo says he will pick OKC over the Spurs because the Thunder have more playoff experience.

“I wish I had something cooler to say other than, hey, OKC's been through it a little bit more”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:21

Russillo criticizes teams resting top players in marquee regular-season games as gamesmanship.

“I think they took out their top 10 guys in that fifth game, which I'm just so tired of that gamesmanship stuff”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 53:35

Russillo says Joel Embiid must lose more weight for the 76ers to contend.

“There's no other way to go into this season other than he has to lose a little bit of weight”

Pardon My Take: Eli Manning, Ryen Russillo Talking CFB, Falcons Dominant MNF Win, Playoff Baseball And Listener Takes (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 2:59:47

Russillo names Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Ohio State among the teams he trusts most after five weeks.

“Let me go Georgia. Let me go Notre Dame. Let me go Miami. And I'm actually going to say Ohio State”

Pardon My Take: Eli Manning, Ryen Russillo Talking CFB, Falcons Dominant MNF Win, Playoff Baseball And Listener Takes (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 2:31:56

Ryen Russillo doubts that NIL has ended SEC dominance, noting the SEC still led transfer portal rankings.

“it was still hard for me to believe like they're just not going to win national championships now because of NIL”

Pardon My Take: Eli Manning, Ryen Russillo Talking CFB, Falcons Dominant MNF Win, Playoff Baseball And Listener Takes (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 2:23:28

Russillo says Cade Cunningham could become the NBA's best point guard.

“hey, Cade could end up becoming the best point guard in the NBA”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:39:45

Russillo agrees the Wizards should be a top-eight team if their two key players stay healthy.

“Look, if those two guys are healthy, they should be in the top eight”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:39:33

Russillo criticizes Denver's reluctance to pay the luxury tax while having Nikola Jokić.

“if you're going to pay the tax it should be when you have yeah one of the greatest players in the history of the game”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:21:40

Russillo says Deandre Ayton is talented but not reliable in tough playoff situations.

“He's an incredibly talented guy. But he's just not a foxhole guy at all”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:13:38

Russillo believes Wembanyama will eventually win a championship.

“Wemby feels like it's a guarantee at some point, but say they don't get through OKC this year”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:49

Russillo argues Cleveland is more talented and should have beaten Detroit convincingly.

“Cleveland's talent's better. Like this series, I really think Cleveland should have won pretty convincingly because of this offensive flaw that Detroit has had all season long”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 57:03

Russillo says he was troubled by how Harden is officiated and viewed Detroit as a mess offensively.

“But, look, I just have a super hard time with the way he's officiated, and I thought Detroit's a mess offensively, as we saw”

Pardon My Take: Ryen Russillo In Studio, NFL Schedule Release, Zoo Trades, Playoffs And Fyre Fest (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 48:14