Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Russell Wilson to Pittsburgh, Oppenheimer at the Oscars, Baker's new deal

Episode Date: March 11, 2024

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react to a fun Oscars night, Baker Mayfield’s new contract, Mac Jones going to the Jaguars, Russell Wilson going to the Steelers, the Broncos trading ...Jerry Jeudy to the Browns, and more. 0:00 Introduction05:00 Unc says he doesn’t like layovers13:45 Unc talks about meeting Steve Carrell, says he introduced himself17:30 Oppenheimer wins lots of awards at Oscars21:30 Unc says going to Oscars is on bucket list24:00 Baker Mayfield agrees to new 100 million dollar deal with Bucs30:00 Mac Jones traded to Jaguars41:30 Russell Wilson going to Steelers57:20 Jerry Jeudy traded to Browns01:02:30 Malcolm Butler retires01:09:00 Fight breaks out between LSU and South Carolina #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:01:34 Listen now on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. hello ladies and gentlemen welcome to another episode of nightcap i am your favorite funk shannon sharp he's your favorite number 85 rock runner extraordinaire bingos legend ring of fame the great, the great pro bowler, all pro Chad from Liberty City the bottom, representing all the way from Santa Monica Junior College then he went north to Oregon State
Starting point is 00:02:15 all the way back down to the Midwest in Cincinnati, Ohio Chad Ochocinco Johnson better known as Mr. Rail thank you guys, thank you so much for joining us please make sure you hit that like button make sure you hit the subscribe button we're officially now Ocho
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Starting point is 00:03:20 out Shave by La Portia none of this is possible without you guys. You guys have been very, very supportive since the very beginning and I appreciate that Jordan up here rigging the microphone. He got some bullshit going, you ladies
Starting point is 00:03:35 and gentlemen. I wish y'all could see this concoction that he got rigged. In other words, to make a long story short, he got it ninja rigged over here. That's all I'm going to to say I'm going to leave it at that he got some stuff that look like an ashtray with a Kleenex box so I don't know
Starting point is 00:03:52 what he got going on but let's just hope the mic doesn't fall yes where you at I'm in Austin you're in Austin yeah hold on what you doing in Austin I'm at South by Southwest I'm going to do first take tomorrow and Tuesday from here.
Starting point is 00:04:10 I'm going to do a nightcap tonight. We would have got here earlier, but the plane was, my flight was, our flight was delayed. Jordan is here with me. Our flight was delayed coming out of LA by almost an hour. So that's what kind of threw us off because there's not a whole lot of direct flights
Starting point is 00:04:25 and I don't do the layover thing. Layover man. Oh, you're too good for layovers. Since you put it like that, hell yeah, I'm too good. I'm going direct.
Starting point is 00:04:37 I don't even want to look at it. If I'm going to hell or to hell, don't stop me. Just let me go ahead and go where I'm going. It is what it be. Wait a minute. There's nothing wrong with layovers
Starting point is 00:04:47 because you never know who you might meet on your layover. I ain't trying to meet nobody. Because if I want to meet somebody on a layover, guess what I'd have done? I'd have booked a trip there, stayed there, got there a couple of days earlier, laid over,
Starting point is 00:04:58 then got my ass to my original destination. That's something else we got to work on. I'm going to jot that down. We're going to work on that. It's okay to have a layover. It gives you time to think. It gives you a mental reset so you can think about some of the things that you want to do. It ain't nothing wrong with a layover.
Starting point is 00:05:13 What the hell do you think I'm doing while I'm sitting on a damn flight for three hours? Then I miss my flight. So what happened? Let's just say for the sake of argument, I had a layover. Now I'm delayed coming out of LA. Now I get to the destination where I'm supposed to lay over and I'm late and my flight is gone.
Starting point is 00:05:30 So now what am I supposed to do, Ocho? Reset. No, hell no. Reset. It's so many different things. Listen, layovers are awesome. Depending on where you lay over, for one, do you like the people watch?
Starting point is 00:05:46 Do you people watch at all? Watch what? No, hell no. Stop. Listen, people watching is an extreme sport. It's an extreme sport as simple as it may sound,
Starting point is 00:05:58 but watching people in the airport, watching people when you're at a restaurant, just people watching is one of the, I find such joy in that just watching people, it's weird. I'm really trying to get from point A to point B. I don't make- As fast as possible.
Starting point is 00:06:12 I don't really make a whole lot of eye contact because people are like, it's just me, let me get a picture. And okay, if they see you take a picture, you just told me, say you told me earlier that this is a copycat society. So if somebody see you taking a picture, somebody see you get an autograph, what's the rest of the people going to do? Because that's what you're trying to do with your tipping. You're trying to show people that you're tipping so other people will catch on. So as a matter of fact, I was waiting on Jordan to get off the plane. So I was sitting there and it just so happens, oh, you had a corner of my eye. I see a guy snap a picture.
Starting point is 00:06:41 Right, right. I said, my man, you're not going to ask? He said, man, I didn't even know it was you. I said, you just take pictures. I said, you a professional photographer? I said, you just take pictures of random people? He said, I wasn't sure though. I said, so why you just didn't come up and ask?
Starting point is 00:06:57 You see why he just took a picture and didn't come up and ask? You need to be a little bit more welcoming to people. Your facial expression. You need to get off the plane with a smile on your face letting people know you're welcoming and it's okay. You know what listen the chance of you seeing me again is slim to none. If you'd like the autograph
Starting point is 00:07:14 you'd like a picture you need to have a welcoming presence and aura when you walk off the plane. I need to fly somewhere with you. No you don't. Bring me with you next time you travel. I'm sure you'll be in the back of the plane. I'm going to be got off and gone. By the time you get to where I'm going, I'll be in the truck waiting on you. That's fine.
Starting point is 00:07:32 That's fine. I'm going to catch you a baggage claim because all the bags getting off at the same time. I don't check no baggage. Oh, you shop when you get there. Oh, my bad. My bad. No, ain't no shopping when I get there. Oh, my bad. My bad. No, ain't no shopping when I get there.
Starting point is 00:07:47 I got my stuff nice and neat and a little carry-on. Bro, I'm not trying to go to baggage claim. I'm just trying to get there, get to the driver, get in the car, get to the hotel. I get done what I need to get done
Starting point is 00:08:00 and I'm out. When I go to a city, I'm not out eating. I'm not at no mall. I'm not out eating. I'm not at no mall. I'm not anything. I'm in my hotel room. Yeah, we're going to have to work on that. We're going to have to put you through therapy,
Starting point is 00:08:10 allow you to be more of a people person, be a little bit more sociable, be a little bit more approachable. I think that will pay dividends for us in the long run. So we're going to work on that. You know what I tell people? When people ask me, it's like, how would you describe yourself?
Starting point is 00:08:23 I say, I'm the most outgoing introvert you'll ever meet. Right now, we're going to fix that. Are we going to be the most outgoing? What's the opposite of introvert? Extrovert. Man, I don't mean listen, I'm using a big ass word with me, man. Listen, I'm going to use them big ass words with me, man. Introvert and extrovert. Extrovert. Outgoing. Extrovert.
Starting point is 00:08:52 I just say outgoing, but I learned something new tonight. I think the thing, the way I describe myself, I'm an ordinary person with an extraordinary job. I like it. I like it. I'm very ordinary. Listen. You would not get if you met me and you didn't know if you just saw me. I like it. I like it. I'm very ordinary. You would not get if you met me and you didn't know if you just saw me. Yes, sir. You would just think I'm just a regular big person because I don't give you that energy that I'm better than. I just give you energy that I'm just
Starting point is 00:09:18 I'm just I'm out and about. Just go about my business. And I just and I'm just out of the way. That's how I've always been. Go ahead. Where you are now in life and where you're trying to prepare yourself to, we're going to have to change our approach and get you to be an extrovert. You're already
Starting point is 00:09:40 outgoing. You can't be who you're not. You're going to have to. You're going to have to change some things in the way you operate and the way you do things, especially when it comes to the people that are fans of you. Get us where we want to get to. There's certain things in life that you're going to have to change.
Starting point is 00:09:55 You might not want to, but you have to. Like, oh my goodness, I met Shannon Sharp for the first time. That motherfucker was awesome. Now you want me to change. I've been asking you to do certain things, and you tell me that's who you are, and you're not going to change. I've been asking you to do certain things and you tell me that's who you are and you're not going to change. Name one thing that you've asked me to do that I've declined. Name one. Just one.
Starting point is 00:10:12 Become more critical of the players when you see them do wrong. I did very well towards the end of the season in doing just that. I did very well doing just that towards the end of the season. Yes. Yes, I did. Look, I think for me, Ocho, I am, I mean,
Starting point is 00:10:27 it takes me a while to get... Why, Ocho, why do you think I don't go out? I'm a whore, buddy. I've been a recluse. Wait, I don't go out either, huh? Mind you, I mean, I normally sleep By 9.30
Starting point is 00:10:45 But ever since we Now I have my body Programmed for Sunday Monday and Thursday Sunday, Monday and Thursday I know we got night caps So what do I do during the day? I take me a two
Starting point is 00:10:52 Three hour nap So I can make sure I'm up You know To be able to go And if you notice Listen I can tell the chat Chat we all family And I talk to you about it
Starting point is 00:11:00 I say Will you ever notice For that last hour Or that last 30 minutes I'd be fighting For my minutes, I'd be fighting for my life. I'd be fighting for my life. I'm just being honest. I'd be fighting. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:11 I mean, I take pictures now unless I'm running late. I'm not going to miss my flight. I don't know autographs. When I hear that last call, this is our final call and we're closing the door, I got to go, I have to get you next time.
Starting point is 00:11:26 Hopefully I'll see you somewhere down the road. Because I'm not going to miss no flight. They closed that door on me and I took a picture and I'm going to be mad at everybody.
Starting point is 00:11:33 But I just, for me, like I said, I'm just an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job. I'm the most outgoing, introverted person that you're going to meet. And I think the thing is, Ocho,
Starting point is 00:11:42 is that they see the personality, the persona that they see on television. Right. And so that the thing is, Ocho, is that they see the personality, the persona that they see on television. Right. And so that's how they, you know, yeah, once I get to know you, like if you were to have some of my teammates were to come on,
Starting point is 00:11:53 they would say what you see on camera is how he is in the locker room. Right. But that's a very friendly environment. That's a very secure environment. That's the difference. I see what you're saying. I see what you're saying.
Starting point is 00:12:08 But I mean, I wouldn't say I'm the complete opposite of you, but what you see on TV, what you, hey, listen, yeah, what you see on TV, what you saw in the field is the exact person I am. Fun, personality, outgoing.
Starting point is 00:12:21 If I meet you, I'm acting like I've known you 30 years, ain't met you a day in my life. If I meet you and you try to shake my hand, I don't shake no hands. I'm a hugger, bring that shit in here because they know tell him when I'm gonna see you again. And if I don't see you again, you'll remember that feeling of how I made you feel when I've never met you be a day in my life. I just I don't know. It's just and I've always been like that. And if you talk to me, I got a problem. I meet people and I't know. It's just, and I've always been like that. And if you talk to me, I got a problem. I meet people and I hold a goddamn
Starting point is 00:12:47 conversation 20, 30 minutes about any motherfucking thing. 20, 30 minutes. I don't remember last time I had 20, 30 minutes. I know. See, I talk a lot. That's my problem because whoever's sitting next to me on the plane, I know they be pissed. I know they be mad, but you sit next to me in that exit row,
Starting point is 00:13:06 oh, we gonna talk the whole flight. I don't care how long it is. Two, three hours. I'm an honest listener. I'm trying to think who I sat next to. You know who I was on the plane? And I was across the aisle. So I was in, I was in, I was in like A on one side. No, I was in
Starting point is 00:13:22 B, C. I was in C. No, I was, yeah, I was in like A on one side. No, I was in B, C. I was in C. No, yeah, I was in C on the aisle. And he was on the aisle. And we just sat there. Who that? Who that?
Starting point is 00:13:35 And the whole while, I'm going to Atlanta. He's going to Atlanta. He didn't say a word. Playing, get to the gate, board. He introduced himself. He said, man, I didn't want to bother you. He says, I'm Steve Carrillo. Steve Carrillo. The actor? The actor? Yes.
Starting point is 00:13:49 Damn, Steve. 40-year-old virgin? Yeah. He's funny, man. See? Ain't no way. He's like, I know you get it all the time. I didn't want to bother you, but I just want to say love what you do, so forth and so on and carry on.
Starting point is 00:14:05 I've been on the plane with Sam, but I just want to say, love what you do, so forth and so on, and carry on. Kidding me. I mean, I've been on the plane with Sam, but I say I know Sam. Yeah. But Sam was a couple of roles in front of me. Yeah. The dude that ended up, he died of, I think his name was Michael. Michael Claude Duncan. Michael Claude Duncan. No, no, Michael C. Williams, the guy from The Wire.
Starting point is 00:14:21 Oh, that's my dog. That's my dog. Yeah, yeah. I was on a flight with him. Yeah. And then most of the time, like when I'm on the flight with a celeb,
Starting point is 00:14:30 because I don't view myself as a celeb. Right. They won't talk. They'll talk once the plane lands. They're like, hey, you know,
Starting point is 00:14:38 love what you do, blah, blah, blah, blah. You know, you're funny. Hey, I love, keep up the great work. Then they go on their way, I'm going back. Well, you better than me, boy. Hey, I love, keep up the great work. Then they going their way, I'm going mine. Well, you better than me, boy.
Starting point is 00:14:46 If Samuel L. Jackson want to play with me, whoever he's sitting next to, I'm going to ask the Swissies. How you doing, sir? I want to sit next to my uncle, please. We just want to talk. We need to catch up a little bit.
Starting point is 00:14:55 That's all. See, the fact, I fly, I fly Spirit most of the time on my own time. So I don't get the opportunity to sit next to the celebs like you do. But the regular people that sit in the exit row with me, I always spear flight
Starting point is 00:15:07 seat 13A. Whoever's sitting in 13B, we finna talk. We finna have a conversation. Listen, I want to know everything about where you're born, where you're from, family life, relationship, marriage, divorce, what happened, what went wrong, what's your end goal?
Starting point is 00:15:24 What's your five-year plan from now on? Why are you traveling? Where are you going to? Man, I'd just be gone. Sometimes I think I'm a little too friendly. I get in trouble. I get in trouble with that. You know, with... Yeah, oh yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:39 Listen, I ain't never had that problem. Listen, you put me in a room with 100 people. Before I leave that event, I'm going to know everything about all 100. I'm going to know everything about them. For the most part, like most of the time, the flight attendants, they'll come by, you know, they ask for an autograph or they want to take a picture. And I was like, OK, once we get settled, we get up in the air. You know, I'll come up and take a picture.
Starting point is 00:16:02 It's blocked from the purview of the other passengers or flight attendants. They'll slip me a note. Hey, thanks for flying with us. I appreciate it. No, no, no. Nothing like that. But they just normally like, hey, love the podcast. Hey, what you doing? Love you and Ocho. It's stuff like that. No, no.
Starting point is 00:16:19 I ain't got no flight attendant. I ain't got no information from no flight attendant. I guess they look at the board now and say, you done aged out. Sit your old ass down. We ain't passing no information from no flight attendant. I guess they look at the boy and say, you done aged out. Sit your old ass down. We ain't passing no slide, no nobody to you. I done phased out, Ochoa. You boy done phased out. Ochoa, check this out. Yes, sir.
Starting point is 00:16:37 Oh, damn. What happened? What happened to the animation? It's time for some Oscar cap. We ain't got no animation for this, Ocho So, but it is what it is. Oppenheimer Oppenheimer wins Oscar Best Picture. It swept all major awards.
Starting point is 00:16:54 It came in with 13 nominations. People were trying to see would it catch Ben-Hur? Would it catch Titanic? Would it catch Lord of the Rings? The End of the World? It had won 11. Oppenheimer came in with 13 nominations. It did win seven.
Starting point is 00:17:10 Robert Downey Jr., best male actor in a supporting role. Legend. Cillian Murphy won best in a lead role. Christopher Nolan, best pitcher. So no surprises. There's really no surprises tonight. The only, the only, the only gaffe that I saw, and I was watching it on the plane, Ocho,
Starting point is 00:17:37 was Al Pacino forgot the hero of the nominees for the last award of the night. He just opened a card and just like, okay, Oppenheimer. I was like, I thought it was me I was like well damn did he mention the nominees for best picture right no and so I'm sure people are I'm sure that was started trending but I mean look he probably stayed up late you know madman got a baby yeah he got a two or three month old oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah hell he probably forgot he got a baby but hey he got he got one. Yeah. I just reminded him if he did forget. Hopefully he didn't forget he got a child like he got the nominees for the best picture.
Starting point is 00:18:12 You know, the funny thing- Go ahead. No, you know, the funny thing about the Oscars, sometimes, well, especially this year's Oscars, some of the movies, some of the people that were nominated, some of the movies that won, especially Oppenheimer, I never got a chance to see it. I never got a chance to see it. So normally after the hype
Starting point is 00:18:32 is built up like it is now in a movie like Oppenheimer is something that really didn't intrigue me at first, obviously when it came out. But now that they won after 13 nominations and winning seven Oscars,
Starting point is 00:18:44 I'm going to go back myself so I can do my homework and see why this film what was was so good it read up on uh uh uh julius robert oppenheimer um the guy that considered the godfather of the atomic bomb i think i mean he was he was a very brilliant man i think he graduated harvard at 18. he had a phd by the age of 24. right uh he was he was a brilliant man and uh he created helped create this and then realized what he had done because that was a a plutonium bomb and they later developed a hydrium hydrogen bomb right now the two bombs that they dropped on hiroshima and nakasaki killed 2 000 people but the hydrogen bombs they possess now is a thousand times more powerful right so that lets
Starting point is 00:19:26 you know what you're dealing with yeah and you know but he ended up like i said he it was he died i mean he wasn't a very old man when he passed away like he died of throat cancer in 1967 at the age of 64 but uh um released in the summer growing reviews uh box office near one billion dollar uh it was the third highest grossing film to win best picture titanic lord of the rings released in the summer, growing reviews, box office, near $1 billion. It was the third highest grossing film to win Best Picture, Titanic, Lord of the Rings, Return of the Kings.
Starting point is 00:19:51 And so the thing, the highlight of the night was John Cena coming out there naked. Yeah, I saw the clip. I saw the clip on Twitter and Instagrams. Give it away.
Starting point is 00:20:02 I couldn't hear the sound, so I didn't really understand the context and what it was he was doing. Or did he present an award or something? What was the point? Yes, costume.
Starting point is 00:20:11 Costume design. Ah, so he came out naked with nothing on. Yeah, he had no costume. Okay, okay, okay. So Lily Gladstone was the first Native American person to be nominated
Starting point is 00:20:22 for a Competitive academy award she lost the award to emma stone for poor things emma stone had a i guess she had a dress malfunction but i couldn't see it um i wasn't really listening to it but she kept like pointing to her back kept pointing to her back so i'm assuming something was going on with that uh uh divine joy uh uh with that uh uh divine joy uh randolph wins best supporting actress bring bring the tears and uh but i did listen to her because i was on the plane the others i was already in the hotel and she told a story about how her mom you know she was a singer and her mom said nah you go across the street to the theater that's your calling i believe that's your calling right she was she was incredible and i love hearing her speech but the academy awards i
Starting point is 00:21:05 mean that's something that's probably that's on my bucket list i want to attend the oscars attend a host no i want to attend i don't want to host i mean you don't have you don't have those you could present listen i was when i went when i went on jimmy kim what you think the first thing i asked him was what jimmy let me come up there with you and host the oscars even though it's extreme and probably i probably would never get the opportunity to be in a room with those type of people me. Let me come up there with you and host the Oscars. Even though it's extreme and probably I probably would never get the opportunity to be in a room with those type of people. I just I just, you know what?
Starting point is 00:21:32 I just want to be an attendance. That's on my bucket list. Well, when you go, I'm going to then. Yeah, that's a bucket list item for me to be an attendance and to see who you see. Obviously Denzel. Hold on. Let's take it a step further. Forget attending.
Starting point is 00:21:48 How about we create a short film and boom, maybe we win an Oscar one day. Let's think big. A short film. Ocho. You know how hard it is to get you to be here every night
Starting point is 00:22:02 on time? Me on time? Yeah, you. I'm here early. No. I just, like, when they tell me, yeah, Ocho in for tonight, I'm like... Wait, you never had a problem with me being late. Ever, ever. Because I'm one that's open. I'm just trying to get you here.
Starting point is 00:22:22 I'm just trying to make sure Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Ochoa Week. Because I never know Ochoa. I never know. And that's a good thing. You know, the feeling... No, it's not a good thing. It is a good thing.
Starting point is 00:22:31 The feeling of the unknown, me being very unpredictable. But it's one thing you can always count on with me. I'm always be on time because I don't go nowhere. So I'm always be home. But my thinking time,
Starting point is 00:22:40 what about being here? You could be on time and not be here. You might be... I'm here. I'm always here and not be here. You might be. I'm here. I'm always here. I'm here.
Starting point is 00:22:47 I'm here. Because once when we had that talk in Beverly Hills at that place where I had no business being because it was out of my price range. And I told you once I'm locked in, I'm locked in. We doing this. That's it. I'm here. I'm here. I'm here for the long haul. I sure appreciate that.
Starting point is 00:23:01 I just guys, I just I just pray to God Every time You know Sunday And Monday And Thursday Roll around I ain't gonna get a text From my ex Saying Ocho
Starting point is 00:23:10 Ain't gonna be able to make it Yeah ain't gonna be None of that And listen Only time I ain't gonna Be able to make it Unless the good man Call me home
Starting point is 00:23:15 That's it Well hey You better get Before he call you home Say well I gotta do A couple hours of night camp Yeah You know Ocho
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Starting point is 00:24:38 What's our first News Gap? Where's the countdown? Here we go. Here we go. Newscap asks, where's the countdown? Here we go. Here it is. The Buccaneers saw up two of the most important players.
Starting point is 00:24:54 Baker Mayfield agreed on a three-year, $100 million deal. The Bucs aren't letting Baker Mayfield near free agency. The two sides agreed on a three-year, $100 million deal, including $50 million guaranteed with a max value of $115 million. I i said ocho his value probably somewhere around 40 million dollars a year came in looks like looks like less than that probably looks like it's about 38 million so that's a very very good deal for him he he earned that contract based on his performance last year yeah because think about it he went from cleveland to carolina to the rams yep to Carolina to the Rams. All in the span of a... Hold on.
Starting point is 00:25:27 He started in Cleveland, got traded to Carolina. Carolina traded him to the Rams. And then here he is in Tampa, and I believe he had his best season of his NFL career. He played extremely well. He was very deserving. He earned
Starting point is 00:25:43 this. Him and the combination of Mike Evans had a great duo, great rapport with each other. So I'm very, very excited for him. He's set to make $30 million guaranteed in 2024, $30 million, $20 million, which is guaranteed in 2025, and another $40 million in 2026. So congratulations, Baker. Very, very well deserved 2026. Congratulations, Baker. Very, very well deserved. Congrats, Baker. Listen,
Starting point is 00:26:10 he played very well. Obviously, the answers with Tom Brady leaving and that quarterback position being vacant, we all wondered, we all asked, can Baker Mayfield fill the role and pick up what Tom Brady left off?
Starting point is 00:26:26 Well, last year, that's not saying much because Tom Brady did not play well. I caught a lot of criticism. And here's the thing, Ocho. As great players start to age, it gets hard, especially you're talking about a pantheon great. You're talking about a transcendent
Starting point is 00:26:41 great player, which is Tom Brady. But Tom Brady didn't play well. And I was one of the few that was willing to say Tom Brady's not playing well. Tom Brady's record. Here's Tom Brady's record last year. He was 8-10. He won the regular season. He was 8-9.
Starting point is 00:26:55 Okay, the first playoff game, they got the Cowboys. The Cowboys should like them. But he averaged 6.3 yards a temp. He had 27 touchdowns, 89.2 passer rating. Baker Mayfield was a yard better, seven touchdowns more, and a 7% quarterback rating better. And he won two more regular season games. Right.
Starting point is 00:27:18 I mean, it's okay. It's okay. Tom Brady had a great career. But it's okay to say Tom Brady wasn't playing well. Tom Brady wasn't playing well. He didn't play well. He had one game in which Tom Brady looked like Tom Brady. That was against the Carolina Panthers.
Starting point is 00:27:34 If I'm not mistaken, they were high behind by as much as 14 points. He throws for over 400 yards. But if you look at the other games, he didn't play well because this is what you do, Ocho, and this is what I tell people a lot of times when they finally do get me to talk and open up. I say, when you're dealing with a historically great player, you don't compare them to other players
Starting point is 00:27:52 that they're playing with now. You compare them to a younger self. That's what you have to compare them to because it's unfair to compare them with someone that's never going to be as great as them because that's what we expect of them. We don't get to say, well, he's playing going to be as great as them because that's what we expect them to be. We don't get to say, well, he's playing better than X.
Starting point is 00:28:09 That's Tom Brady. And so I was happy. And here's the thing. Tom knew he didn't play well. That's why he didn't come back. Because guess what? If I'm not mistaken, John Lynch said they had a conversation and Kyle Shanahan said they had a conversation with Brock Purdy.
Starting point is 00:28:28 Said, hey, if we can get Tom, you're going to probably have to sit from here. But how cool would that be to get an opportunity to learn from him? Yeah. If Tom thought he could play at the level that he was accustomed to playing, Tom Brady would, that's a Super Bowl team. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Look at what they got. They got
Starting point is 00:28:45 Christian McCaffrey. They got Yuske. They got Adibo. They got Kittle. They got Ayuk. Look at that offensive line. Look at that defense. Tom Brady is not passing that opportunity up because think about it. When he joined Tampa, Tampa didn't have what
Starting point is 00:29:02 San Francisco has in place currently. Look at it. Now you tell me. I think just still after winning a Superbowl, leaving New England, going to Tampa Bay, being able to win a Superbowl, just the,
Starting point is 00:29:15 the excitement that Tom Brady brought to the city of Tampa. Oh yeah. For sure. That team just being the quarterback alone, you have a feeling. Okay. Even if he did have a feeling okay even if he did have a bad season but he decides to retire it's still like oh damn what do we do now because he is still the greatest quarterback of all time in general but for baker to come in and to somewhat
Starting point is 00:29:37 succeed very well and then it's what that was his first year right his first year first year in tampa obviously the bucks finished the season 9-8. They won the NFC South. Hell, they went to the goddamn playoffs, beat the Eagles, where Baker had a hell of a game. And obviously, he gives them a chance. With Baker at the helm, he gives them a chance year in and year out, especially the next three years, where, you know what? We have a chance to win the NFC South because we understand Baker Mayfield is capable of doing just that.
Starting point is 00:30:08 Winning games and getting up to the playoffs. So I'm happy for him that he was able to go in, play well, earn himself a big time payday. And here we are. Congratulations to Baker. Congratulations
Starting point is 00:30:24 to Mike Evans. They get those two guys resigned. Now the question is what are they going to do? Levante David, Devin White. They've already released Shaq Barrett. So they've got some pretty tough decisions coming up on the defensive side of the football.
Starting point is 00:30:40 The Patriots are trading Matt Jones to the Jags for a sixth round draft pick. The Patriots will receive a 2024 sixth-round draft pick as compensation. The trade cannot be processed until the new year, which begins Wednesday, and Jones passes a physical. The New England owns the third pick in the draft, where many around the league expect them to select one of the top-rated quarterbacks. It looks, it's
Starting point is 00:31:06 trending. We don't know, Ocho. But it's trending like the Bears are going to select Caleb Williams number one. Now, it's trending. We don't know. We know the likely decision is going to come down the Patriots. Do they take Jaden Daniels or do
Starting point is 00:31:22 they trade? Well, the top three rated quarterback is Caleb, Jaden Daniels, and Drake May. The decision will be really easy if Caleb Weaver and Jaden Daniels are off the board. Well, then you take Drake May. Well, if Drake May is off the board, you take Jaden Daniels. So I think the decision is going to be made for New England for them. You know what? Not to be off topic I think it might surprise a lot of people
Starting point is 00:31:48 That I think teams might even like even more Michael Penix Jr. as opposed to Drake May Especially The arm strength The accuracy He throws a really good ball So I think that might be a little mix up Obviously I'm not the quarterback whisperer.
Starting point is 00:32:06 I'm just listening to some of the experts and what they've said. But I'm curious what's going to happen. I would like to see Jaden Daniels in some way, shape, or form end up with Antonio Pierce down there in Las Vegas. I'm not sure how they can make that happen as far as going up in the draft, the hurry up and get a quarterback like that to pair with Devontae. You got to give up so much, Ocho. I know, but listen, you understand what you're getting.
Starting point is 00:32:32 If you give it up now, think about what Kansas City gave up to move up to get Mahombo. There is not a price that's too much if you move up and that guy is what you believe. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:32:46 Yeah. And you know, you know, you get, you understand this is a quarterback league. This is a quarterback league, a quarterback German league. And if you feel Mark Davis,
Starting point is 00:32:54 if you feel he's the one Antonio Pierce, I believe you should, you got to do all you can to go up there and get him. You got to, because I think the Raiders are a quarterback away. Hell, every goddamn NFL team is a quarterback away, a dynamic playmaker,
Starting point is 00:33:08 thrower and runner of the ball, and Jaden Daniels. I'm curious to see what happens. As far as the trade with Mack Jones, look, he gets to sit behind one of the greats, one of the young greats in Trevor Lawrence. We're going to see how that plays
Starting point is 00:33:24 out, how that happens. But, I mean, his career as a starter is over now, right? Basically. Oh, he'll get an opportunity. But look, it's time for Trevor Lawrence now. We got to stop talking about it. And he possessed ability. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:33:35 He can make every throw. He's very, very athletic. He's a Georgia kid, played at Cartersville, the Purple Hurricanes. But it's time now, Ocho. Yeah. Georgia kid played at Cartersville, uh, uh, the purple hurricanes. Um, but it's time. It's time now. Yeah. It's time.
Starting point is 00:33:49 We, we look, we, we, we give a lot of grace to guys like Trevor Lawrence. We give a lot of grace to guys like Justin Herbert. Oh, they're so talented. Oh,
Starting point is 00:33:57 they're so good at time. Now it's time for that, that for production to match the talent. Now, uh, uh, to his credit, it's what second year starting the the talent. Now, to his credit, his second year of starting, the first year, he did get his team to the playoffs.
Starting point is 00:34:12 Yeah. They did have a 27-0 lead, and they blew that. Yeah. Doug Peterson is the head coach. But Matt Jones, 15th, selected 15th overall in 2021 draft. Trevor Lawrence was the first pick in the draft that year. Matt Jones was his touchdown as a rookie. He was 352 of 521, 3,800 yards, 22 touchdowns, 13 interceptions.
Starting point is 00:34:40 And then something happened. Josh McDaniels went to the Raiders. And instead of Bill Belichick going out and getting an offensive coordinator, he brought in two dum-dums. Guys that are never called an offensive play. Matt Patricia and Joe Judge. Matt Patricia and Joe Judge. But see, that's the arrogance of a man that's won six Super Bowls. That believe that whatever I do is going to turn out well.
Starting point is 00:35:08 Well, you ruined Matt Jones. You ruined him. Because you had two guys that have never called plays from an offensive standpoint. Joe Judge had never called plays. He was a special teams coach. Right. Matt Patricia was a defensive coordinator. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:35:23 Yeah. And you got a second-year quarterback. His sophomore season, probably the most important season of his career because this is an opportunity for him to build on something or to turn it around when he didn't have a great rookie season. Right. So now you got a guy that went to the Pro Bowl as a rookie, and you got an opportunity, Ocho for him to go here.
Starting point is 00:35:46 And what do you do? Your arrogance. Well, I'm going to have two guys that have never ever called plays before. Really? You know what, Ocho? You know what? I'm going to get this guy to operate on my kidneys or my heart.
Starting point is 00:36:03 He's a foot doctor. He's a doctor. See, that's the thing. When he's a coach, he should be able to coach. It doesn't work like that. Especially not for that position. Not that important of a position.
Starting point is 00:36:18 No. No. And so, I'm happy for Matt. He didn't play well He became frustrated And I don't He can't take tough coaching That man played for Bill Belichick Yeah, he can
Starting point is 00:36:36 I think the one thing that did happen to him Obviously being in New England And not playing well His confidence was shot His confidence was shot. His confidence was shot. Listen, this is the sport where confidence is number one. Confidence is number one
Starting point is 00:36:51 and then being able to go out and believe in yourself and execute the X's and O's. But once your confidence is shot, boy, ain't a hell chance in hell you're going to be able to perform like that. Nah.
Starting point is 00:37:04 Confidence is everything in this league. So check this able to perform like that. Nah. Confidence is everything in this league. So check this out. The 2021 draft. Trevor Lawrence projected to be QB1. Zach Wilson,
Starting point is 00:37:12 he was the second quarterback taken in the draft, number two pick overall, has been granted permission to seek a trade. Trey Lance was traded last year. He was the third quarterback
Starting point is 00:37:21 in the draft. Justin Fields, he's rumored to be traded. Mack Jones, 15th pick in that draft, has been traded. Yeah. Quarterbacks, they looking at, oh, they looking at good. Listen, situations, situations where you go to are very important. Being in the right situation is very important for quarterbacks.
Starting point is 00:37:43 Very important. in the right situation is very important for quarterbacks. Very important. When I first got to the league, quarterbacks, they let quarterbacks sit and figure it out. You ain't figuring jack out now. They're going to give you at
Starting point is 00:37:55 max, max three years. Get it right. Three years before they got to make a decision because they about to have to make an investment and it it's gonna probably cost them somewhere between two and 300 million yeah two of about to get join love is about to get two plus oh yeah two of about to get two plus so i can't have you in the fourth year not knowing in limbo and i can't give you that kind of money right not knowing. So you get three.
Starting point is 00:38:26 After that, you got to go. You got to go. You got to go. You ain't got to leave the NFL, but you got to get the hell up out of here. Yeah. And listen,
Starting point is 00:38:34 some people get lucky. CJ Stroud, Houston, lucky. Jordan Love over in Green Bay, being able to find the heir apparent Aaron Rodgers, lucky And I like what they got over there with the Dolphins
Starting point is 00:38:50 I don't care what people say About Tua, Tua fits well In that offensive scheme And Mr. Daniels knows how to use him well Oh Joe Aaron Rodgers got to sit for three years Jordan Love got to sit for three years Wait, look who they sat behind though Each of them sat behind greatness Aaron Rodgers got to sit for three years. Jordan Love got to sit for three years.
Starting point is 00:39:06 Wait, look who they sat behind, though. Each of them sat behind greatness. That's what I'm talking about. They sat behind greatness, yeah. Some people don't afford the opportunity. Some people, hey, Bryce Young over in Carolina. He wouldn't afford an opportunity to sit behind greatness and learn. No, no.
Starting point is 00:39:24 And his offensive line is terrible. Got the hell beat out of it. And so that's the situation, Ocho, is that everybody say, oh, throw him out there. Okay. David Carr. They just threw him out there. 76 sacks later, they broke him.
Starting point is 00:39:39 They killed him out there. Yeah, I remember that. Listen, you can throw him out there, but when your supporting cast is elite, elite, let's take Brock Purdy out the equation and say you put Bryce Young
Starting point is 00:39:56 in that situation. Yes. He'll be everything that Brock Purdy gets. Everything we saw with Brock Purdy And he always comes from a winning environment In Alabama And you plug him in
Starting point is 00:40:10 In that offense You're going to see the bright side But it's different This NFL is a different ball game Where you go and the supporting cast you have to work with Is so important and vital To a quarterback's success That is the most important thing.
Starting point is 00:40:26 Not how high you go, where you go. Yeah, but most of the time, think about it. If you got teams that's picking number one, you already know what you're going to. You already know you're going to some flop. Yeah. I mean, it is what it is, Ocho. You go into a team that probably
Starting point is 00:40:41 the offensive line isn't very good. You're not littered with skill set players. And so it's going to be a struggle. Jordan Love got an opportunity to go sit behind Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers had an opportunity to go sit behind Brett Favre. And to see, work on mechanics, work on footwork, understand. Man, can you imagine, Ocho? Just imagine.
Starting point is 00:41:02 Man, can you imagine, Ocho? Just imagine. Now, if you knew in your rookie year what you knew year three. Man, you would have cooked some food. It would have been crazy. Because now you really understand how to set people up. Now you really know how to understand how to transition and to really get in and out of breaks and to change speed
Starting point is 00:41:27 that everything ain't a hundred miles an hour. And everything is about to set up because I'm thinking, I ain't just thinking about this route that I got to run now. Or I'm thinking about this route
Starting point is 00:41:36 that I'm going to put on your ass in the fourth quarter that you think you got covered, that you think you covered me in the first, but it's all a setup. Everything's a setup. Yeah, most definitely.
Starting point is 00:41:45 Most definitely. And the funny thing, by the time you get to year three, you're understanding coverages. You're understanding everybody's job on defense, where they're going to be at, where they're leaving from. You know, and then the game.
Starting point is 00:41:57 Oh, sure, not to interrupt you, but we got breaking news. Russell Wilson is going to sign a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers per Adam Schefter. Nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback and former Super Bowl champ Russell Wilson is going to sign a one-year deal with the Pittsburgh Steelers per Adam Schefter. Nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback and former Super Bowl champ Russell Wilson plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers for a league source.
Starting point is 00:42:13 Wilson will sign a team-friendly one-year deal which the Broncos will wind up playing $38 million of his salary while Wilson wears the black and yellow. I have a question. How's that breaking news? And I told you that a few shows ago where he was going. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:42:29 I told you. I'm the scoop. I scooped Adam Schefter about a month ago. I know things. Russell Wilson, his career against Mike Tomlin, two stars, 2-0, 8 touchdowns, 0 deceptions, 645 passing yards, 147.1 passer rating. Now he joins Mike Tomlin. It seems
Starting point is 00:42:49 like, I read, I don't know if it's true, but I think Deontay Johnson is on the trading block. Listen, I don't think they should do that. I personally don't think they should do that. You have someone that knows the offense. You have someone that knows the system. You're bringing in a
Starting point is 00:43:05 Super Bowl winning quarterback. You're bringing in a perennial playoff quarterback. Allow him to have and keep the weapons like Deontay Johnson and George Pickens. Deontay Johnson is saucy with it now. He can do a lot. He can do a lot on the outside. Let him stay there. Let him
Starting point is 00:43:21 play out one more year. What are the Pittsburgh Steelers known for? If they can't draft any other position What position can they draft, Coach O? Receivers Yeah Go back We can pick it up with Swan and Stallworth And Louis Lips and we can come on forward
Starting point is 00:43:38 Hines Ward, Yancy Thickpin You had Emmanuel Sanders What's that speed guy named? That ended up going to Miami? Plexico. Santonio Holmes. Hold on. Antonio Brown.
Starting point is 00:43:55 Yeah. Yeah, but listen, I know what I get. I know what I get with Deontay Johnson. I know what I get. Mike Wallace. Mike Wallace. Mike Wallace, yeah, yeah. Mike Wallace could fly.
Starting point is 00:44:03 Boy, that boy could fly. Yeah, he could. Yeah, he could. Yeah, he could. I don't know. But, I mean, there's some good. This draft is a year of the receiver now. This is a good draft with a year of the receiver. But I know what I get with this.
Starting point is 00:44:16 I know what I get with Deontay Johnson. That's why I'm saying don't let him go. I know I don't get hustle all the time from Deontay Johnson since you say I know what I get. What did I tell you all year? year Ocho I've been telling you this I said Ocho they'll tolerate you till they can replace you you didn't want to hear what I had to say I said Ocho I'm telling you
Starting point is 00:44:33 you've been in this league I said they'll tolerate you it's just like a relationship you treat your girl a certain way and she gonna tolerate you until that one guy come along until you were like hey baby I do no no it's too late way and she's going to tolerate you until that one guy come along. And then you were like, hey, baby, I do. No, no, it's too late.
Starting point is 00:44:50 Yeah. People will tolerate behavior until they can replace you. On the work. Oh, he was a great worker, but he just showed up late. As soon as they find somebody that can do a job that's adequate, just like you, and they show up on time, guess where you going, Ocho? Out the door. Yeah. That's why you got to be special at what you do.
Starting point is 00:45:14 Because it ain't easy to repay special. But I hear what you're saying. Antonio Brown was special. What did they do? He had just gave them 112 plus catches. What did they do, Ocho? Have they replaced that production yet? Hold on.
Starting point is 00:45:28 Let me ask you a question. Have they replaced that type of production yet? How many games did they win with Antonio Brown? That's not what we're talking about. We're not talking about winning games. I'm talking about have they been able to replace that type of production yet? Let me ask you a question, Ocho. I can lose with him.
Starting point is 00:45:43 What does he do? Okay. He gave me 130 catches. And what was that got me? How many Super Bowls did that get me? Wait a question, don't you? I can lose with him. What does he do? Okay, he gave me 130 catches. And what was that got me? How many Super Bowls did that get me? Wait a minute. Wait a minute. We talk about the Pacific players, the team game. I said, have they been able to fulfill that production?
Starting point is 00:45:54 That's all I'm asking. No. What production? He's special. He was special. I'm just saying. Think about what you're saying. Oakland got rid of it.
Starting point is 00:46:03 Okay. Pittsburgh got rid of it. Oakland got rid of it. New England got rid're saying. Oakland got rid of it. Okay. Pittsburgh got rid of it. Oakland got rid of it. New England got rid of it. Tampa got rid of it. Now tell the people at home why. He's special. No.
Starting point is 00:46:12 But why did they get rid of him? We talk about production. We talk about production. Tolerance over... Hold on. This is what I'm telling you. This is what I'm always going to tell people all the time. And I tell them this, and you've heard me say it.
Starting point is 00:46:23 Tolerance and production. As long as production is here, tolerance is here. Tolerance would never be over production. Yeah. Never. Yeah. But you flipped the coin.
Starting point is 00:46:35 I wasn't talking about that. I know what happened. Oh, I'm talking about... Tolerance and production. In Pittsburgh. So why did they get rid of Mojo? Oh, he was... Did you not see his numbers the last year in Pittsburgh? Why did they get rid of him? Why were they willing to get rid of rid of Mojo? Oh, he was... Did you not see his numbers
Starting point is 00:46:45 the last year in Pittsburgh? Why did they get rid of him? Why were they willing to get rid of him, Mojo? That's inside personal issues. I'm talking about production. That's it. You making my point. They're telling you,
Starting point is 00:46:58 even with that production, his tolerance had gotten too much to bear. But listen to me. That's what I'm saying. Have they been able to replicate or find someone that could produce in that manner? I'm just saying, no but listen to me. That's what I'm saying. Have they been able to replicate or find someone that could produce in that manner? I'm just saying, no, they haven't.
Starting point is 00:47:08 That's all. The question is, would I rather have somebody that's going to show up on time, do the right thing, give me 1,300 yards, or would I have someone miss meetings,
Starting point is 00:47:21 behave in a manner that's unbecoming to what I believe in as a team. Right. And give me 1,600 yards. Give me the 1,200, 1,300. Yeah, I understand what you're saying. I'm just making that point, you know, as far as why I don't want them to just let Deontay Johnson walk. Because offensively, he is a threat from the outside and the inside.
Starting point is 00:47:41 And you can do more offensively with someone like that. That's all. That's all. That's all. What if I get me a rookie that's hungry, that's going to do the right thing, that's going to bust his ass? I got you.
Starting point is 00:47:53 I like it. Ocho, I keep telling you. I like it. Do you understand what tolerance and production? So for the kind of production Deontay Johnson gave you, you tolerating that kind of behavior?
Starting point is 00:48:04 Wait, whoa. What did he do? I don't know what he did. Remember when the guy fell with the ball? Yeah, I remember that. You remember when the guy threw the ball to the middle and he threw it with one hand? Do you remember that? Yeah, I remember vaguely.
Starting point is 00:48:18 Okay. Here are the two things right here. People at home, this is what I want you to look. This is tolerance. This is production. As long as production is here tolerance can be here they can never get out of balance yeah the moment tolerance is higher than production production tolerance tolerance production bye-bye said player. How many times have you seen it, Ocho? You've seen great players
Starting point is 00:48:50 get cut, get moved. Yeah. Russell Wilson will not serve as a competitor to Kenny Pickett in one of the most fascinating camp battles. He'll cost Pittsburgh $1.2 million. Wait, hold on.
Starting point is 00:49:06 Potentially. Camp what? I'm just saying. A camp what? Hey. They say it's going to be a fascinating camp battle. God, please. That's what they get.
Starting point is 00:49:18 Whoever wrote that shit. Okay, he's going to sign. I'm sure he has incentives to win the job, X amount of wins, X amount of touchdowns, make the playoffs. So he probably can make $10 million, $15 million.
Starting point is 00:49:31 He's already got $30 million coming. On top of the $30 million he got coming anyway. I don't even think money's the issue. And I say it again, as much as I love my Bengals, and my allegiance will always be to them, this is a good move for the Steelers to
Starting point is 00:49:46 get where they're trying to get to. That's back on to the road of winning formula and playoff football. Russell Wilson was Hill. Okay, we read that. Wilson, you know, he still can throw the ball. Oh, yeah. He still throws a great ball.
Starting point is 00:50:03 Ain't nothing wrong with his arm. Ain't nothing wrong with that the question is Arthur Smith big I mean play action Jalen what's Jalen Jalen Hurst no no no the running back
Starting point is 00:50:20 you know they have the kid out of Alabama the one kid Najee Harris but they got the other out of Alabama, the one kid. Najee Harris. Najee Harris, but they got the other running back. The fast one. Yeah. He won number 30. I can't remember his name.
Starting point is 00:50:34 Play action. Arthur Smith, if you look at it, he was the head coach in Atlanta. He liked to throw the ball over the middle. Russ liked to throw the ball outside. But the play action, Russ is really good at play action. Especially if you're starting a running game. Jalen Warren. That's his name.
Starting point is 00:50:50 Jalen Warren. Okay. Russ is really great at play action. So I'm happy for Russ. He finds a home. He goes in. Like I said I think this is the first chance
Starting point is 00:51:08 that he gets a fresh start the one thing about Mike Tomlin is like what you did over there what you did over there and over yonder doesn't matter you're in Pittsburgh now and when you come in here everybody gets a fresh start
Starting point is 00:51:23 and that's something I don't believe Russ got. Yeah. In Denver, with Sean Payton. Now, did he get a fresh start? He got everything. He got the red carpet rolled out.
Starting point is 00:51:34 I ain't telling you what somebody told you. I'm telling you what I know. He got the red carpet rolled out in Denver originally. But when Sean Payton came in, Sean Payton was like, he believed, I'm just talking, I didn't talk to anybody, but this is how I look at it. Right, right.
Starting point is 00:51:49 I believe Sean Payton felt that the culture that was fostered was led by Russ. And he didn't forgive him for that. He believed that that was the reason why they were losing games. Yeah. Now, that could or could not be true. I think there are other reasons. they were losing games. Yeah. Now, that could or could not be true. I think there are other reasons. There are other factors. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:52:07 But when he got there and some of the things that were going on, he was disgusted. Mm-hmm. Literally. He came in with an iron fist. He came in
Starting point is 00:52:16 with an iron fist. All of that. Yeah. And you heard what he said when he first got there. He said, I'm not familiar with that, but that will not be going on
Starting point is 00:52:23 when I'm here. Yeah. And I think that was the start of not turmoil, but with things changed. Yeah. Now, having two lockers is not anything new. Hell,
Starting point is 00:52:35 I had two lockers. You know what I'm saying? I had two lockers. But here's the thing, Ocho, with great players, and all players, and you were a great player on Cincinnati, and you got certain things that other players couldn't get. Now, I've talked about if I needed an extra parking pass, if I needed certain things, I could go to Mike,
Starting point is 00:52:57 I could go to the ticket guy, but I couldn't get it. But the one thing I was very cautious of was not to abuse those privileges, especially, now, I don't know if you watched the interview I did But the one thing I was very cautious of was not to abuse those privileges, especially now. I don't know if you watched the interview I did with 21 Savage. 21 Savage, his dad, and he had a brother. Yeah. 21 Savage said his dad really didn't do a whole lot for him. Like he wouldn't buy him things, wouldn't take him anywhere. But he did that for a younger brother. Savage said he grew to resent his brother, that he's a child. He didn't know. If you're not careful,
Starting point is 00:53:31 when you get certain things, even though you don't think it's a big deal, people will grow to despise you. And they'll despise the person that's giving you those things. Savage had an issue with his dad. Right.
Starting point is 00:53:49 And he had an issue with his brother. He shouldn't have an issue with his brother. It's his dad. That's a child. If one of your kids asks you for something, Ocho, you don't believe it, test it out. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:53:58 Let one of your kids ask you for something and you give, give, give. And one of your other children or some of your other children is asking, you don't give them nothing, they'll grow to despise the kid that you're giving that stuff to. Yeah. And so listen, we all, we all, everybody get equal
Starting point is 00:54:13 over here. Everything. Everybody get the same amount. This is what, hey, this is what, hey, if they got a raise in child support, you got a raise in child support. Everybody got the same thing. Okay, private schools, hey, this is what they... Don't be going over there talking about, oh, I want to go to this
Starting point is 00:54:30 $25,000 year private school. No. $15,000 is cut off. So find one in that range. Right. Okay? Hey, you don't want no Barbie dolls? Okay. This is what the gifts are. Right. Because I didn't want anybody to feel like... Because, you know, the thing is sometimes, sometimes you know a child can feel like you're showing favoritism
Starting point is 00:54:48 and you don't ever want the child to feel like you know you're showing favoritism so you try to do equally for all right right and it's just like a football team don't abuse their privileges that's what i would i would a a lot of times if somebody needed something, I would like, hey, I would get it and give it to them. Hey, sharp man, can you get me, hey, can you get some extra chicken? Oh, what you need? Man, I need like three or four. Okay, how many you need?
Starting point is 00:55:16 Hey, can you get four? Odd numbers, I'm like, man, they don't really want to do odd numbers because now you're left with a single. I can either get you two or I can get you four. One or the other. Tell me where you want them seated. Because, you know, a lot of times, you know, hey,
Starting point is 00:55:31 I need some over here and I need some over there. Right. I can't put you in my section. Because I can't have you gossiping ass in my section. Right. So I put you over here or I put you over there. Just tell me what you need. So I was like, you need a parking pass, okay? I got you.
Starting point is 00:55:50 Because like I said, I understood who I was. Mike trusted me. The ticket guy, they trusted me. I could do certain things. I would do that for some of my teammates. Not everybody now. There couldn't be no jackass and think I'm going to help you out. And I know who was horse dicking around.
Starting point is 00:56:07 So I was very, I was very cautious of things like that. And Mike know, he knew like if I came and I asked him for something, like we used to watch the fights. I would go to Mike, I was always the guy,
Starting point is 00:56:21 Sean, man, ask Mike for this or ask Mike for that. Hey, Mike, man, you know that fight or ask Mike for that. Hey, Mike, man, you know that fight coming on. He's like, 84 what fight? I said, the Tyson Holyfield.
Starting point is 00:56:30 I said, guys want to watch that thing. Yeah. When is it coming on? I said, Saturday. Night before the game. He's like,
Starting point is 00:56:38 you think the guys, you know, that's not going to be too late. Mike, I got this. Can we get the fight? Right. We got the fight.
Starting point is 00:56:45 So check this out, Ocho. So you know me, B. So I told my homeboy Burns. Yeah. I said, Burns, I got this surprise for him. He said, what you got? So I go, we go upstairs. So the fight get ready to come back home.
Starting point is 00:56:58 I cut a hole in the towel. I got me some black boots. I got some shorts. I got all like, just like Mike Tyson come to the ring. Boxing gloves and everything. So the lights are low. So I cover that thing, banging my gloves together. They die.
Starting point is 00:57:15 Hey, everybody have a blast. Right. We almost lost to the Bears that day's game. But Tito Trinidad, De La Hoya. If there's a fight going on, I ask Mike. Hey, Sean, ask Mike this. Them's some good fights now. You're naming them.
Starting point is 00:57:31 Yes. Them's some good fights. Yes, for sure. For sure. For sure. But I always did what I thought was going to be in the best interest of the team or what would bring the team together. Mm-hmm.
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Starting point is 00:58:36 Listen now on the I heart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. So check this out. Chris Harris, Chris Harris Jr., Bronco. He was all-decade player of the 2010s as a slot corner. Y'all people really think Jerry Judy trashed, LOL. It's hard to play when your quarterback misses you every week.
Starting point is 00:59:02 LOL. It's hard to play when your quarterback misses you every week. The Broncos has traded Jerry Judy for a 2024 fifth and sixth round pick. Judy was the 15th overall pick, the number two wide receiver. The first wide receiver off the board was Suggs.
Starting point is 00:59:17 Oh, excuse me. Ruggs. Judy went 15. CeeDee Lamb went 17. Justin Jefferson went 22. Brandon Ayuk went 25. Yeah. For me, I thought based on what I had seen on tape,
Starting point is 00:59:37 based on what I had seen them do in the game, I thought Jerry Judy was the best receiver in that draft class. Jerry Judy? You look at the way he ran Jerry Judy you look at the way he ran around you look at the way he transitioned I say he can't miss I've been watching Judy man since high school man I've been watching Judy since high school I've been watching Judy since he was playing pop one of football down here in Broward Jerry Judy is one of the is the real deal he's the real deal I'm not sure what happened in Denver he had spurts and flashes of greatness. I'm not sure what happened in Denver. He had spurts and flashes of greatness
Starting point is 01:00:07 that I'm used to seeing that I've been seeing since he was a little kid. Sometimes a change of scenery is always good. Absolutely. Sometimes a change of scenery is always good.
Starting point is 01:00:16 I want to see the Jerry Judy I'm used to seeing on a consistent basis. And I know we're going to get that in Cleveland. Matter of fact, this is the one thing I like about this trade. Matter of fact, this is the one thing I like about this trade.
Starting point is 01:00:26 Matter of fact, the entire got-damn receiving corps, guess where they from? Bama. They from Bama, not only that, but guess where they was born at? Florida. And you know what you're going to get. You got Amari Cooper from Dade County, you got Elijah Moore
Starting point is 01:00:40 from down here, you got them Jerry Judy up here in Broward. Man. The one thing we know about Alabama receivers. Oh, they can run some routes now. What? They can run some routes, man. Even as big as Julio was.
Starting point is 01:00:55 Julio can sit that thing down. Man, boy, beautiful. Rock runner. And the funny thing about it, Amari Cooper will sauce your ass up. Oh, yeah. Listen, the funny thing about it is Jerryari Cooper will sauce your ass up. Listen, the funny thing about it is, Jerry Judy has that same goddamn ability
Starting point is 01:01:09 with a little bit more suddenness. A little bit more suddenness in him. Man, I think Deshaun Watson could... Listen, he got to be happier than a motherfucker knowing what he has. I saw Deshaun at the Super Bowl. Yeah? Yeah, I saw him at the Super Bowl. Running into him, I was leaving the Fountain Blue. I was at Magic Johnson event, and I saw Deshaun at the Super Bowl. Yeah? Yeah, I saw him at the Super Bowl. Running into him, I was leaving the Fountain Blue.
Starting point is 01:01:27 I was at Magic Johnson event, and I saw him. I was coming out, headed over to, as a matter of fact, I was headed over to the Wynn to go to the DraftKings party. And I saw him and talked to him for a while. He was in good spirit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I say? You know it's time now. You know what you got to do.
Starting point is 01:01:44 Oh, yeah, yeah. This year, you got to show up. You got to show up this year. Yeah. No, don't show up. You know what I say. You know it's time now. You know what you got to do. Oh, yeah, yeah. This year, you got to show up. You got to show up this year. Yeah. No, don't show up. You got to show out. Yeah, I mean, that's... You got to show up and show out.
Starting point is 01:01:52 Hey, hey, you ain't good enough to show up. You got to show out. Once you show up, I mean, for me, once I show up, I'm going to show up regardless. I mean, that's my saying. Because one thing goes without saying the other. You know? Right.
Starting point is 01:02:03 Who joins the Browns in the pass The pass catching core of the presumptive number two receiver behind Amari Cooper. The low-cost Browns did not give up much in the way of draft capital, who is talented, but nonetheless was frustrated. He was frustrated and he was frustrating to a lot of Broncos fans
Starting point is 01:02:19 and the team. So, happy for him. Everybody's happy to get a fifth and sixth round picks this year's draft not a whole lot to give up uh for the cleveland browns to get a guy like jerry judy so if uh honestly that's a steel rock if chub rock can come back after that knee injury yeah with the way they can run the ball with that offensive line with a joku uh with coot with judy listen you know what? Offensively, I'm not sure who the offensive coordinator is for the Cleveland Browns,
Starting point is 01:02:48 but you need to understand how much your playbook opens. I know he's the head coach. He called the play. Yeah, Stefanski called the play. Do you know how easy his job becomes because of what he can do where you don't have to,
Starting point is 01:03:04 you know how sometimes you have players that have weaknesses and you got to find ways to hide them through the offensive scheme. Yes. You ain't got to do that no more. You ain't got to do that with Judy. You ain't got to do that with Omar Koop. You don't have to do that with Elijah Moore. You got dudes that can get open on a muscle.
Starting point is 01:03:17 So that means you can do more offensive because you have, you have young fellas at the receiving position that can get it done without your help. Sometimes you got to scheme receivers open. Sometimes you got to have formations and put them in motion, do all this trickery just to get them open. You got to just get it off the muscle, man. Yeah, that's what I need. I need
Starting point is 01:03:36 a, Ocho, at some point in time, I look, scheme, at some point in time, hey. You just got to be able to get out there and do it. Hey, 85, go get open. Yeah, that's it. That's it. And that's what they got. I ain't got no more players in the book. I ain't got no more players in the book. Just go get over. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:03:52 And you know what's funny? As many players as it is in the NFL, as many receivers as there are in the NFL, there's a handful, a handful of receivers that you could say, you know what? This is the play. Get open. I ain't
Starting point is 01:04:08 finna help you. And they will win nine times out of ten, every time, no matter who's in front of them. Every time. That's a great feeling. You gotta have that. Ocho, Malcolm Butler announces his retirement from the NFL.
Starting point is 01:04:24 The former undrafted rookie, Butler spent seven active seasons in the NFL. He went into NFL lore, making the greatest defensive play in NFL history. He picked off a pass in the end zone that won Super Bowl 48. Yeah. No, 49. 49, Super Bowl 49. They won 48 against the Broncos, and then they went back. No, yeah, 49. 49. Super Bowl 49. They won 48 against the Broncos, and then they went back. No, yeah, 49.
Starting point is 01:04:49 Yeah. And they ended up winning that game off that great interception. Tom Brady led a comeback, and they ended up winning, what, 27-24, something like that. But anyway, he won two Super Bowls during his fourth season with New England. In episode nine of the Dynasty, has new details from New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft about Malcolm Butler
Starting point is 01:05:12 infamous Super Bowl benching. Kraft said, what he told me is there was something personal going on between Bill and Malcolm, and that was not football related. I always felt that every decision Bill had made had been he had been put was
Starting point is 01:05:27 the best interest of the team first and foremost and put emotion aside. But with Malcolm, he did just the opposite. Butler says he wants to write movie scripts and possibly get into stand-up comedy. Butler plans to write a book
Starting point is 01:05:43 about his rise from undrafted rookie to Super Bowl hero. That'd be dope. He has a good story. He has a great story, I'm sure. Great story. He has some great stories to tell. Obviously, the obstacles it took for him
Starting point is 01:05:56 to go undrafted and get to the Super Bowl with the Patriots, and then the turmoil, the benching, and some things going on personally between him and Belichick to bench someone, especially of his caliber, during that time. Again, I think a little arrogance might have played a part in that as well. Of course. Yeah, played a part in that as well.
Starting point is 01:06:16 Well, you see it play out with the Brady situation, so you clearly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But think about this, Ocho. I like Malcolm, man. He's dope. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But you think about this, Ojo. I like Malcolm, man. He's dope. As an undrafted rookie, you get thrust in the Super Bowl because the starting corner is getting toasted. Yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 01:06:35 Hey, Butler, Malcolm, you up? Up what? No, go in there and get it done. You see the arrogance? Now, this is where the arrogance is coming from Coach Bella. An undrafted rookie. He plays. I put him in the game.
Starting point is 01:06:52 So at this point in time, I start to feel I can do no wrong on you. You see how that goes? I feel I can do no wrong. I can put anybody. It's like minority report. You slide stuff all over the board. And it works. Every time.
Starting point is 01:07:10 Every time. I just thought something because I remember that. I remember that Super Bowl. It was in Minnesota. As a matter of fact, me and my brother was there. We had a couple appearances together. It was cold as hell. But I saw something.
Starting point is 01:07:23 I saw Coach Belichick at a basketball game. I said, I don't remember any of the other Super Bowls ever seeing Coach Belichick out at an event. Right. Now, maybe he was arrogant. Maybe he believed that his team was so superior they couldn't possibly lose. But, you know, in football, it's not a series. It's one game and so I just
Starting point is 01:07:48 saw some things that I'm like damn Coach Belichick because Coach Belichick you were around him he's normally extremely tight yeah he seemed really really relaxed he was out I'm like damn Coach Belichick
Starting point is 01:08:04 out of the game? It was early in the week, too, wasn't it? It was early in the week, too. Yeah. Yeah. So I was like, okay. But that's the greatest defensive play in NFL history. He doesn't make that play.
Starting point is 01:08:24 Maybe Tom has another maybe the Seattle scores who knows maybe Tom gets a game, maybe Tom has to lead another historic drive we'll never know, but I feel comfortable in saying it's the greatest defensive play
Starting point is 01:08:36 that I've seen, now maybe some defensive plays happened way back then, but given the magnitude of the moment, given the magnitude of the game, it's going to be hard-pressed for me for someone to say there's been another defensive play because we know how much emphasis is placed on Super Bowl. Now, maybe there was one in the
Starting point is 01:08:54 NFL championship, which is the equivalent of a Super Bowl because there were no Super Bowls back then, Ocho. But what I've been able to witness with my own eyes, that's the greatest defensive play that I've ever seen. Based on situation and circumstance, it definitely is. I'm not sure how people can really argue the fact about that play.
Starting point is 01:09:14 Because of the circumstance, this one play is the reason you won the Super Bowl. Well, people in Pittsburgh might say, well, James Harrison, interception of Arizona with the 100-yard return in the end zone when he picked up Kurt Warner. But I think Malcolm had an unbelievable career. If somebody would have told him, he made more money than he ever would. He parlayed, and he played well. I think he went to a couple of Pro Bowls, got a payday from Tennessee. Tennessee, yeah. He got a truck because
Starting point is 01:09:47 Brady was the MVP. He ended up giving the truck to Malcolm. Hopefully he keeps it. But I don't know. I hope he kept it. I'd still be driving it to this day. But you know it's worth something because, man, this is the truck. Tom Brady was the MVP. You hold on to this day. Yeah. I mean, but you know it's worth something because, man,
Starting point is 01:10:05 this is the truck Tom Brady with the MVP. Oh, yeah. You hold on to that now. You hold on to that. Because you know anything Tom Brady, any jersey,
Starting point is 01:10:12 any helmet, anything Tom Brady, a car. Hey, you keep the miles low on there. Keep the miles low on there. Hold on to it for about 10, 15. I would put that thing in the garage
Starting point is 01:10:21 and never drove it. I would have never drove it. Yeah, that'd be a good one. That's going to be worth a lot. Yeah. Down the line. Check this out. Oh, Joe.
Starting point is 01:10:31 LSU and South Carolina got active. Yeah. In the SEC championship game with two minutes left in the SEC tournament. A fight broke out at half court between South Carolina and LSU. Flagey Johnson threw an elbow at Ashley Watkins, South Carolina's center, Camila Cardoso, who had been going at it all game in the post with Angel Reese all night,
Starting point is 01:10:52 flew and shoved Flagey into the ground, sparking a fight that saw both benches get involved. Cardoso will be disqualified from South Carolina's first round tournament game in the NCAA tournament and police officer had to leap over the scorer's table to chase down Flage's brother
Starting point is 01:11:09 who had gotten onto the court. Hey. You can see this brewing, though, Joe. You can see this brewing. Hey, this girl, Cardoso, Gordon, Andrew Reese, I ain't giving an inch. I ain't backing down from no big game. Hey, hey, come on with it.
Starting point is 01:11:23 Listen, this is why, you know, I can say, you know, I don't watch much basketball, but guess who was tuned in today? I'll be watching. Guess who was tuned in today? Angel Reese, Kaden Clark, Miss Staley, the South Carolina Gamecocks, what they've
Starting point is 01:11:39 been able to accomplish in creating new viewers for college women basketball is such a great thing. On top of even the incident today. The incident today, most people look at it like, oh my goodness,
Starting point is 01:11:55 look what are they doing, they fighting. Listen, this is going to attract more and more and more viewers and more eyes. Dog, that game was so exciting. The game was so intense. It was very fun. The incident at the end of the game, it's unfortunate.
Starting point is 01:12:13 It happens. It happens in sports. How often do we see it in women's sports? Not that much and not likely, but the fact that it did, it's going to make it that much more exciting because they're going to meet again. Yeah, for sure. it's going to make it that much more exciting because they're going to meet again.
Starting point is 01:12:26 Yeah, for sure. They're going to meet again and those ladies, dog, they know they can play them some goddamn basketball, man. There was a lot at stake. There was a lot at stake tonight, Ocho,
Starting point is 01:12:38 the SEC Championship. Yeah. South Carolina jogged a huge bullet. Carmela Cardoso, her family was in town. they had just came over from Brazil she had never made a three had never attempted I don't think she had attempted a three
Starting point is 01:12:50 and with 1.1 second they inbounds the ball to her she stepped back and lets it fly she banks it in wait wait wait she ain't called bank now she called game she called game damn it bank game Wait, wait, wait. She ain't called bank now. She called gang.
Starting point is 01:13:06 She called gang. Damn that bank. But you saw early on. And the one thing about Angel Reese, now she ain't backing down. She from BMO. She bought all that. But you knew given what's at stake, this is an SE title on the line now.
Starting point is 01:13:22 So hey, I ain't giving you nothing and I'm not going to allow you to take anything. So they have been battling all night long and Lady Gamecock steals the ball. She's about to get a breakaway layup. Flagey grabs her,
Starting point is 01:13:37 spins her around, then she bumps and then here comes Cardoza. Boom. And then Flagey's brother hurls the score. It's taping like, that's myage's brother, Earl's the scorer's table. Like, that's my son. Whoa, damn. I probably should be here. Right, right, right. Well, I mean, at that point, what you going to do? Those are women. Yeah, he wasn't going to do nothing, though. I mean, just your mind says it's my sister. You know, but then again, it's nothing but girls out there.
Starting point is 01:14:02 I'm sure he wasn't going to do anything, but that's just the reaction as a sibling, you see them get into some and you forget, wait a minute, we had a basketball game. This ain't the place for that. This ain't the place for that. But again, though, I can't wait to see South Carolina play again. I can't wait to watch LSU play again. Hell, I can't even wait to watch goddamn Caitlin Clark play again. They have got me hip and locked in on college women's basketball, and I've never, ever watched it before, ever. Yeah, but that's the thing. It just goes to show you where we've come because women, you look at Caitlin Clark at Iowa.
Starting point is 01:14:41 You look at Juju Watkins at USC. You look at Cardosa in South Carolina. You look at the young lady at Stanford, Cameron Brink. You look at Paige Beckers. I mean, really, come on, bro. Let's be real. The only
Starting point is 01:14:58 male basketball player that y'all can name right now, and the guy comes off the bench and plays 20 minutes, is Bronny James. Yeah. I just named five women. Now, I'm talking about name somebody from other teams. I ain't talking about if you root for Carolina, you can name Baycock or
Starting point is 01:15:13 Davis. I follow Carolina, so I know. Or you follow Duke, and you probably know Filipowski. But for the most part, the women is where it's at. Listen, star power. Yes. Superstars.
Starting point is 01:15:29 Listen, I don't even watch basketball, and I'm locked in on college women basketball and can tell you everybody you just named and what they've done so far. That goddamn Juju Watkins. Hey, that goddamn- She dropped 40. Man, stop playing, man. What you- She like that. She going to take you east and then bring you back west. Man, let me get that. Man, stop playing, man. She's going to take you east and then bring you back west.
Starting point is 01:15:47 Man, let me get that. Man, stop playing with me. Look, everybody knows what Cheryl Miller means to the women's game. Yeah. And if I'm not mistaken, she just broke Cheryl Miller's record for most 30-point games of the season. As a freshman, yeah. She a freshman.
Starting point is 01:16:02 Now, Cheryl Miller, Lisa Leslie know lisa leslie went there uh cynthia cooper went there so when you do something and we like i said we know what cheryl miller because i'm old enough to remember when cheryl and the mcgee sisters uh pam and paula uh at usc it'd be it'd be laex the lady team see that way before your time that's when Kim Monkey was a point guard on the lady team
Starting point is 01:16:29 LaTex they won the first two national championships and then SC beat them and then that Texas team with Clarissa Davis they ended up beating SC
Starting point is 01:16:38 but anytime you can do something right pass Sheryl Miller on any list you good special you good you know you're on the right track you can do something. Right. Pass Sheryl Miller on any list. You good. Special.
Starting point is 01:16:47 You good. You know you're on the right track. Yeah, yeah, you're good. You know you're on the right track. Yeah, but you... I have a question. Yes. Would Juju Walken being so good this early?
Starting point is 01:16:57 I know it's different. She can't leave until she can't leave. She got to stay all four years. How you know I was going to ask you that? Because I know you's going. Yeah. No, she can't leave. Okay, okay, okay. So how come men's basketball... But I don't
Starting point is 01:17:08 know why she wouldn't want to leave. Why would you want to leave and go make $76,000? You'd probably make a quarter of a million, maybe a million dollars in college. You know what? I keep forgetting about the disparity. Yeah, yeah. I keep forgetting about that. And Jaree's about to take a play cut. I keep forgetting about that. I keep forgetting. They got to... Well, never mind.
Starting point is 01:17:23 We talked about that already. Don't worry about it. Kim Mulkey said after the game, I wish we would that. I keep forgetting. They got to, well, never mind. We talked about that already. Don't worry about it. Kim Mulkey said after the game, I wish you would have pushed Angel Reese. You're 6'8". You don't push somebody that little. Right, right, right. Let those two girls do that joke that we're doing,
Starting point is 01:17:36 the draw, let them go at it. Nah, Kim, I'm going to have to criticize you on this. Because if two men, if a male coach had said, I wish they had gone at it you want them to fight figuratively because there's something at stake we're fighting for the sec championship and i like i said i'm not going to give you anything i'm not going to allow you to take anything but but to like a physical confrontation no we that's not what the woman's game your game is doing too well kim right your game is doing too well to have it marred by that.
Starting point is 01:18:06 Right. And you don't want that. Look, I understand emotions are high when emotions are high, logic is low. But, Kim, look, be like Dawn Staley. You see what she said immediately after the game. She apologized. It's okay. It's okay, Kim Mulkey.
Starting point is 01:18:23 You can say, hey, that wasn't a good look I would don't say I wish it no say I wish that hadn't happened but I understand that emotions given the magnitude and the gravity of the game yeah yeah the SEC championship yeah they haven't LSU hadn't beaten Carolina in a very long time and they've lost all four matchups to them or four or five matchups that they played even with Kim Monkey being there they haven't beaten South Carolina now I go way back with Dawn Stainer because I remember she was at the University of Virginia
Starting point is 01:18:53 so that's how far I know Dawn Stainer I've never met her would love to meet her I think she's unbelievable I'm glad she's at Carolina but no I just I think she's unbelievable. I'm glad she's at Carolina. But, no, I just think the thing is, we got to start
Starting point is 01:19:10 holding Kim Mulkey accountable for these, for the things that she be saying. Nobody's exempt. I don't care if you want, I don't care if you think that'll be okay. First of all, you got to be, you got to be, Pat Summitt, rest her soul. I had an opportunity to meet Pat Summitt a couple of times.
Starting point is 01:19:26 If Gino had said that, man, I wish a mob boy would have did this. I wish DT would have done it to Ross. Come on, Kim. You know what I'm saying? I wish he had. No, let her and Angel Reese. Angel, hey, Angel fighting for position. She ain't trying to fight nobody for real.
Starting point is 01:19:46 I think she understood that. I think obviously losing, obviously emotion, getting the best of her as well as the head coach and understanding that someone of size puts someone much smaller. I think just the better context of saying, well, why you ain't push Angel? You wouldn't. I wish you had pushed her. I mean, just understanding that Angel is one that's not going to back down.
Starting point is 01:20:08 That's all. I don't think she really meant to intend for them to actually fight, though. This is what Don said. Now, this is what Don Staley said. This is what I said before I even know Don Staley's statement. I just want to apologize to the basketball community. When you're playing in a
Starting point is 01:20:24 championship game like this in our league, things get heated. No bad intentions. I just want to apologize to the basketball community. When you're playing in a championship game like this in our league, things get heated. No bad intentions. I want to apologize for us playing our part in that. That's not who we are. That's not what we're about. Right, right, right. You see the difference? Yeah. You see the difference?
Starting point is 01:20:39 One talks about I apologize for our part in the altercation and one saying, well, I wish you had pushed our bigger girl. Hey, listen, your answer always changes when you win.
Starting point is 01:20:57 Nah, because I've seen Dawn Staley. I saw her lost the heartbreaking game to Iowa. Oh, listen, she loses with grace now. That's how you got. She loses with grace now. That's how you got... She loses with grace now. She loses with grace. You got to win and lose with dignity.
Starting point is 01:21:10 Yeah. Now, I look at... I'm not the easiest person. That's something I had to learn because when I was little growing up, my brother used to beat me and I would take the ball, basketball,
Starting point is 01:21:20 and I would throw it in the hall, or I would kick the ball in the woods, and my grandmother said, check your ass back out there, go get that ball. And then, you know, I said that thing about again like, come on let's go play a game. I'll give you the ball first. And so she was like
Starting point is 01:21:36 okay you ain't gonna keep you not gonna keep behaving like this because you lose. And mind you now, let's keep it a buck as well. Dawn has to conduct herself in a different manner. Why?
Starting point is 01:21:52 Well, I know why. You know why too. Okay, I'll just say. You know why too. Don't do that. No, stay with me. She has to conduct herself in a different manner, but that neither here nor there. See? You see?
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