Amin Elhassan: Why Will Ferrell Outranks Robert De Niro

About this episode

Amin Elhassan joins Dave Dameshek to discuss the best #58 in history, the concept of busts in sports, family vacations in Las Vegas, and to rank the film careers of Tom Cruise and Will Ferrell against Robert De Niro.

Who is the best #58 in history? Dave goes with Jack Lambert. But our guest Amin Elhassan goes with Derrick Thomas. We then get into the weeds with the word, bust. You can bust in a bad way. But if someone makes you a bust it means you've had a hall of fame career. This leads us to Las Vegas. Is it okay to vacation there with your kids? Or is it purely an adult zone? We finish it up with Amin ranking Tom Cruise and Will Ferrell's body of work over that of Robert De Niro. Yes, he went there. It's a wide ranging conversation with one of the top minds in sports. AUDIO Football America! is available wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/football-america/id1831757512 Follow us: Dave Dameshek: https://x.com/dameshek Gino Fuentes: https://x.com/Gino_Fuentes Mike Fuentes: https://x.com/mikefountains Host: Dave Dameshek Guests: Amin Elhassan Team: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Ethan Bedowsky Director: Danny Benitez Senior Producers: Gino Fuentes, Mike Fuentes Executive Producer: Soup Campbell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Dave Dameshek

Guest: Amin Elhassan

Topics covered

• best players
• vacationing in Las Vegas
• film rankings
• sports busts
• hall of fame careers

Keywords

• Amin Elhassan
• Jack Lambert
• Derrick Thomas
• Las Vegas
• Tom Cruise
• Will Ferrell
• Robert De Niro
• bust
• hall of fame

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Organizations: Football America!, Meadowlark Media

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