Bussin' With The Boys - Best of the Bus: Christian McCaffrey Talks 49ers Trade, NFC Title Game & Life With An NFL Dad

Episode Date: July 12, 2025

Recorded: February 7, 2023 | On this episode of Best of the Bus, we’re throwing it back to when Christian McCaffrey joined the boys out in Arizona. CMC talks about how he became a fan of the pod, the process of getting traded from the Panthers to the 49ers, and what could’ve been in the NFC Championship. He also dives into his childhood, growing up with an NFL dad and the wild stuff he made them do. This one rips. Tap in.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And today, we're throwing it back to when Christian McCaffrey joined the boys at Super Bowl 57. He talks about becoming a fan of the pod, the trade from the Panthers to the Niners, and what went down in the NFC championship game that year. We also get into his childhood with him having an NFL dad, Ed McCaffrey. Shout out, shout out Ed McCaffrey, dude. And the wild stuff he made him do. There's an IV story in there that's a lot of fun. What his dad did not allow on the football field at a young age.

This was a fun one, boys. Enjoy it. Big hugs, tiny kisses. Ladies, gentlemen, welcome to another episode of Boston with the boys. The Great White Hope. The Great White Hope has arrived. When Christian, we're at the Content House in Arizona, Christian walks down the stairs, dude,

and the first thing he hears is Bert Kreischer asking who Shane would rather fuck, me or you. And Shane said, you and that hurt. Yeah, I saw it. I saw it. He saw the hurt on my face. Yeah, yeah. What was your, like, first impression of that?

Maddo you entrance to walk into. I was hurt for you. Thank you. But definitely, uh, wasn't, wasn't too, shocked. I'm a fan of both those guys, so I figured something like that would be what happened. Yeah. Normal conversation. Yeah. Normal conversation.

And then when we finished, you were all about. What's that? I was going to say it, the bull wouldn't say your thing. Oh, when we, when we finished the episode, like, you're a big Shane Gillis fan, huh? Huge. Huge. I've seen the Austin stand up like 15 times. Dude, it is so fucking funny. It gets funnier,

the more you watch it. Keep catching on to something you didn't know. It's the awkward. It's the awkward, it's the awkward, like, shoulder shrug. The best. Some tough, hard nose. Run it down your throat of dust. Yeah. Dude, he's so funny. He played football.

Huh? He played football. Did he really? Yeah, at some like Naval Academy, right? West Point. West Point? Quit. He did it.

Yeah, for like three weeks. He was like, fuck this. I can't do this anymore, dude. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Dude, he is, he's fucking awesome. It's always great having them on, man.

But thanks for coming on, though, bro. Like, I feel like we've been connected for a little bit because, like, we've seen you, the merch. We've started following each other. I'm just thinking, yo, the fucking the boy.

Yeah, one of the best. It's a great white hope. Yeah, yeah. The boy he's following. Like, that's fucking sick. Yeah. How'd you get on to the,

how'd you get on the bus? I'm a fan of the pod for a lot of reasons. Some of the guys in the locker room, you guys haven't talked about pod in the locker room. But, I'm trying to play a cool. No, but I'm a fan of the pod for a lot of reasons. I think there's not a lot of,

you know, when people think of NFL players, it's always, you know, this stardom, individual, you know, it gets a lot of individual attention, not kind of understanding the dynamic of the locker room. And you have two guys who are on different spectrums and different journeys of a football team who came together in a pod. And a lot of your guys' podcasts are just, it's the locker room. And so for me, it's like, oh, my God, that's like I'm sitting in the car in the offseason throwing on a pod as I'm in the locker.

locker room. Lockroom with the boys. And so I feel like a lot of other people, they're, you know, I don't know if they know that, but subconsciously, they're like, damn, that's probably what goes on in the locker room. Yeah. So I'm a fan. I really am a fan.

I like the pot a lot. Dude, I'm so happy you said that because that's literally like our whole goal is like everyone who you, when you're playing in the league, like when you first get in the lead, there's those year 10 guys and they like leave and they come back and you always ask them like, hey, what do you miss? And everybody says, there's a couple of answers, but everyone always says they miss the boys. They miss the locker room. And as you get older, you kind of fear that.

So when Will and I started this like that, we wanted that to be the vibe. We wanted to be the vibe where people were sitting down, we're asking the same dumb questions. Kobe or LeBron or Michael, we're asking first time you jerked off, like just crazy, like conversations. Yeah, but you know that's always a question. It's always a question to Walker. It's the first thing that came to my have.

It's a popular question. I don't think we have talked about that. But it is like, it's fucking awesome, dude. And it's great to know that like the 49ers seem like they roll with the boys. Oh, it's the best. It's such a good locker room. Was Kittle, did Kittle kind of steamhead that? Yeah, I would say so.

You know, for me personally, I came in in the middle of the year, not knowing what was going on. You know, I didn't know. I knew people, but didn't know people, which was a weird experience. But you can just tell. I think there was 22 guys from the Super Bowl team a few years ago who are still on the team. So they'd set a culture and a standard that had been there for a while. And, you know, I was just pumped up to join them. What was it like getting traded?

It was wild, man. You're the friend, you're like the face of the Panthers, like the fucking guy. You're my first. When we would play you guys, they'd be like, if you stop this guy, we have a chance to win. Well, he's going to touch the ball like third times a game. First overall draft pick from me, fantasy football. Thank you for holding's true. I was like, okay, he's had a couple of injury bugs last couple years.

He's going to get it right this year. Appreciate it. But yeah, take us to that trade, bro, because that's, I mean, that was a massive headline. It was, it was an, you know, you hear about it, but you never, I don't know. For me, I never thought I'd get trade. I thought I was a Panther forever. I'm like, I bought. a house there this is home and uh i'd heard the rumors in the off season so i you know obviously i i called

the gm i'm like hey man just you know i just need to hear it from you any any truth and he's he was super honest he's like look absolutely not we don't want to do this you know but we'll listen to everything and that's that's fair i'm like sounds good just let me know but i went into the season man i'm like look i'm all in it is what it is i i i legitimately forgot about that thinking i'm on the team i play in I think it was four or five games, and the rumors had continued to gone, and Coach Rule got fired. We had lost a few games in a row, and I figured, like, if this was going to happen, this is how it happens. And you were anticipating it a little bit. I didn't, maybe subconsciously, but I never, I never addressed it, you know, openly. And so we played LA, we played the Rams.

It was the first game with Coach Wilkes, and we lost. I had a pretty good game, though, and I just remember my agent saying it could happen this week, but I don't think so. And so early in the week, it was, you know, I don't think this is happening. And then the week kept going and going, and there was more of a chance. And I was just like, look, if it's going to happen, make it, I was preparing for Tampa. So for, you know, anyone who doesn't know what it's like to get traded in the middle of a week, you know, I'm in practice and meetings Wednesday, treatment, practice and meetings, Thursday, treatment. 11.30 p.m. I get a call trading you to the Niners, yada, yada, 7 a.m. flight didn't say by to one person.

practice with the Niners Friday, try to scramble together, you know, a few plays in a little package, you go play the Chiefs on Sunday for the Niners. And then from there, you just roll. So when you call the GM, you obviously, there's a bit of an anxiety. And then when you after you play the Rams, your agents like, hey, probably won't happen, but it could happen this week. How does that, like, affect you during the season leading up to that point? Because obviously everyone's always all in. Like the guys who really care about football, they're going to be all in for their team, but there's going to be some sort of level of, you got to feel some sort of way, knowing there's a possibility that this team, whether you feel like they're giving up on

you or they want to move on for whatever reason. Like, what was your thought process like up until getting traded? Yeah, I mean, it's, I think I legitimately blocked it out for the first four weeks. And then like, like you said, like that week where it was like, hey, this could happen. I mean, it's all I thought about. You know, it's like it was completely in the back of my head. Like consuming. The unknown. Yeah, it consumes you. But you have to, to do your best. I was, you know, prepping for Tampa. So I just started, you know, doing all that and just getting ready to go. And I figured, hey, don't change a thing because regardless, you're going to be on a team, whether it's, you know, you get traded Tuesday or whether you get traded Thursday,

whatever it is. I just didn't want to prolong it. I wanted to play in every game this year. That was a, you know, big deal to me to be able to suit up and play in every game. And so I just wanted it to happen sooner than later. But no, it definitely consumes you. I mean, it's in the back of your head. Even in practice, I'm like, dude, just don't do anything stupid. like who knows what's going to happen. Like, I was warming up for like an hour just to make sure I'm, you know, checking the box. So, yeah, it definitely consumes you a little. And you, go ahead.

I was going to say, is your initial reaction when you got traded? Is it pissed off? It's so weird. It's a weird deal because there's so many emotions and the first emotions probably anger. Like, man, you guys don't want me anymore. Like, that's really what it is. You know, you can call it what it is. Well, they got a lot for you.

It's like, no, like you're, you think you're better off without me. That's what it is. And so you get that. So it's, you know, you're pissed off. But then you're, you know, you got two days. So I just think there's so many emotions that get flooded at you at once that you're not really able to address. Because they give you the playbook as soon as you get there. And you're like, shit, man, that's all that's, you know, I got to get going.

So you can't even address it. And I don't even know if I've completely decompressed yet with the whole thing. But, uh, it's like a big breakup and you don't get any chance after. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Break up into a next relationship. Yeah.

Immediately. Not even like the courting process of the other relationship. You're like, I'm healthy to leave this one. I go this one. Your ex picks your next chick. Yeah. What the hell is. Hey, we're done, but she's going to be great to you.

She's going to be fantastic. I hope she's good and she was. Yeah, she was. It had to be a little bit of like Carolina was going down the dumps pretty fast. And then you get traded to the 49ers and like, hey. You're pissed at first and you're like, I'm going to a good ball club here. And a family that obviously is documented. You know what, though, and this is dead honest truth.

I legitimately thought we could still win because we had a really hard first part of the schedule. And so there was a few games in there where we're like, oh, God, like, you hope you win these games and you want to win these games, but you got a new quarterback, you got a new offense. It's going to come with some growing pains. Our coordinator just got there. Our quarterback got there in training camp. Like, I really believe we could still win. So in the back of my head, I'm like, you know, we could be one of those Miami teams who wins

nine straight later in the year a couple years ago. I, in my head, believed that. And, and they ended up doing, you know, kind of making a little bit, you know, they got the mix for sure. And so I, you know, any way you could get into the playoffs, it doesn't really matter as long as you get in. And so I thought we could. And so that, that didn't help. I wasn't like, oh, hell yeah, I'm out. Like, that, that wasn't my mentality after got traded. I love Charlotte, man. And I was a captain on that team. I love those guys. And so, you know, it came with a lot of mixed emotions. So Thursday night, 1130 at 9. you get traded.

7 a.m. you're on a flight and then you have to play a game in 48 hours essentially. Like what was, when you talked to Shannonhan and the boys like, we're like, hey, we need these 10 plays out of you

during the game? Because it was a big surprise to everybody when you stepped on the field that Sunday. Yeah, at first, I didn't know if I was going to play. I don't think they knew if I was going to play. And then I think I got there.

And if you know how Chanahan's a wizard, man. I think he started to put together a little bit of a red zone package and maybe something like 10 plays. here where he's like you know maybe we can use him in a couple different ways and teach him some bass runs get him some touches and uh so i had i was ready for 10 to 12 plays i ended up playing in like 20 and poor jimmy like it called like eight plays i've never heard i've no i couldn't tell you what one thing meant in the play like jimmy i'm sorry but you got to tell me what to do

jimmy you know obviously told me what to do but yeah it was uh it was a different game week experience. I could say that. How was your transition going to Sanfran? It was great, man. It was great. I mean, that's as seamless of a transition as I could have imagined. From the coaches helping me out, learning the plays quick to shit. Brock Purdy was walking through with me on the turf field, you know, after hours just to try to, you know, get some reps in so I could hear the plays.

Kittle and all the leaders on the team. I mean, you're playing with guys that are elite. at what they do. It's an elite bunch. All over the locker room. So from them welcome me in, man, they felt like family right away. I was so thankful, you know, because you never know how that's going to go. They could be some resentment or some like, who the hell's a new guy?

Right. No, they welcome me in with open arms. Everyone was so great and clicked those boys right away. Yeah. When you first got to San Fran, like, who did you gravitate towards early? Or who, I guess, who opened the doors to, like, a little bit of a friendship early? Boys? Kittle was amazing, man. He called me. When I got traded, the GM of the Panthers called me, told me getting traded.

John Lynch called me, and then Kittle called me. Did you know Kittle before? I'd known Kittle. I've, you know, hung out of them for a while, you know, seen him at different events here and there. So he was like the third call. And, man, that meant a lot to me. Obviously, he's a leader on that team. And then sharing the running back room with Kyle Juice Check was great. Doug. And that whole running back room was awesome, man. It's a good room and Elijah Mitchell and just being able to learn from him and just no egos, no, you know, it was a seamless transition.

But, you know, saw like Trent Williams in the locker room. Monster. I saw man. And Fred Warner's a beast, you know, Debo, I youth, all those guys. Oh, they are sad. They're so close, man. Like, you can tell they've been through some shit together. Yeah.

You know what I mean? So when I stepped in there, I'm like, look, I just do your job. You don't got to do anything else, but just do your job. job. Knowing that the Panthers was your first organization going to the to San Francisco and seeing how that organization was ran, was it eye opening between the two different organizations? Like I know for me, when I went from Washington to Tennessee, you saw right away like how differently the Titans would run stuff compared to, compared to Washington. And then same when I went to the Raiders and everything else. Was it similar at all going from Carolina to San Francisco? No, it was pretty different in a lot of ways,

not even good or bad, but you just, you get in a routine in one team with your practice schedule with when you get treatment with when they practice when they lift etc so all that was different so i had to kind of adjust mid-season all of that stuff so as far as the scheduling went it was much different uh the playbook obviously was much different completely new terminology and uh but i think you know for me you i adapted pretty quick and the other good thing was we played kansas city where i chalk it up to you know scratch like you played but just now you can get your bearings for a week and then we played LA the next week and then we had a buy so I I played in really one and a half games and then we had a buy where I could really get used to everything and how

things were ran but even like your treatment people you know what I mean like the guys that you see uh that yeah because you got your guy like there's that one guy in the building was like this is my dude I'm working with so I'm like I'm you know all that you're scrambling to figure that stuff out um and yeah there's a there's a lot of differences here and there but um I'd say that was the biggest effect. It's just trying to figure out the logistics of your schedule throughout the week. Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news? Huge news. We created our own podcast called Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast. Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to our first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. How close are you with the, like getting, because your family's with the, the Shanahan family and your family, you guys are like tight, right? Yes. Are you going there feeling kind of like that interpersonal relationship with Coach Shanahan?

Or is it kind of like, our families are tight, but, you know, it's still different for us. I think when you get traded, it's like you really understand family, friend, or whatever, how much of a business. it is. And you also understand that these guys just traded a lot for you. So, you know, there's, there's no like, hey, what's up, man? It's like, all right, dude. Like, I got to, I got to prove you right. And we got to roll because, you know, I mean, my dad played for, played for Mike Shanahan

for a long time. And they're really close, you know, really close. And Kyle grew up in that locker room. Kyle grew up going to those games and Niners games when Mike was there in the Broncos games. I'd only met Kyle after a game when we played them, though. I didn't, I wasn't like, you know, I talked to Kyle all the time. That wasn't the case at all. And I think, you know, we have a lot of similarities in a lot of ways in the sense that, you know, your dad's kind of grew up. You know, my dad had three Super Bowl rings. And growing up in Denver, you know, he was a big deal.

And, you know, I kind of always, you know, I ended up making a name for myself, but just growing up, you're in his shadow. And I thought it was the best thing ever. I mean, me and my pops are like that, and it was amazing. But, you know, I think Kyle probably feels that a little bit, too. And so it's all business, though. I mean, I love Kyle and I, and we, you know, we got a good relationship. But I want to win so bad, man. And I know he does too.

So it's definitely to the script and business. You guys are so close this year, dude. When you got Jimmy G. Telling you what to do on the field and then a few weeks later, he's out. Like, what was the vibe in the locker room? Because it seems like it was truly a next man up mentality. That's what it seemed like from the outside looking in, but you have a guy who's Mr. Irrelevant.

Like, you really have no idea what he's going to put on the field. You had no chance to see him in camp or really in preseason games or anything. So, like, what was your thought process? And, like, what was the vibe of the boys, like, the next day? And there was a lot of mixed emotions and a lot of unknowns. But, like I said, I mean, that, you got the number one defense and you have a lot of weapons.

And so I don't, I really don't believe anyone ever blinked. I think it was, hey, we're going to have to step up. Like there's, you know, and I don't know what that means because I never understood that because it's like, well, what were you doing before? Like, but like, you know what I mean? Just kind of, you know, lock in, no bullshit, nothing. And but I didn't feel like anybody blinked. And to hear the defense talk about Brock, because those were the guys going against him in scout team. And during training camp, they were huge fans.

They're like, oh, no, he can ball. And so we're like, all right, let's see what happens. And he went in the middle of the Miami game. He won. And then, you know, it was kind of history. there but um now it was impressive what he did i'll be honest with you how do you really impressive to watch from from a close spectrum how do you feel sitting in this room right now and not getting ready for the super bowl knowing you were so close it hurts man it hurts it's uh yeah it hurts

yeah it hurts man but is your dad like the guy from um what was the movie with booby miles right night light so he's like you see that you got one of those you got one of those get you one of those Your dad like that? Is your dad kind of put in your face a little bit, or he's letting it ride? I've never seen my dad's rings. He couldn't be... You got to drive him home drunk after a game? Yeah.

He tosses it out the window. You're shuffling through the grass. Dad. No. Oh, damn it, Dad. Fucking kicks out the window. Christian's all sat on the field. His dad walks up, puts it on his finger.

By the way, they asked me the other day, like, what's one of the best movie scenes of all time? That was, like, in my top three. When he's on his knees? When he hugs his dad at the end there, when they lost, I mean, emotional right now. That is tough.

One of mine was the lamp scene. When he throws the lamp on the ground? He said, I dropped it. He's like, can't hold on the lamp, can't hold on the football. I can hold on the football dead now. Get the hell out of here. I got a funny story about that, actually. Doug Taves is like, can you hold on to it now?

Can you hold on to it now? Oh, my God. That poor girl just sitting there watching it all go down too. Yeah, damn. And Tim McGrouse like half naked. Like, what's cool? Yeah, yeah. Well, I think her name's like Marie said.

Oh, Marie, you've grown up. Yeah. What's him? Relax. Take it easy, brother. Yeah. So Tim McGrath's daughter went to Stanford. So we got to know the McGraths a little bit.

Me and my friend group. She's an awesome girl. And we had dinner. A family friend of ours know them pretty well. So he invited us over for dinner when we were at Stanford. Not Tim, our family friend, but the McGraths, him and Faith Hill, we're going. And so we're like, all right, cool. We'll head over.

And the whole way on the car ride, they're like, dude, just don't fucking say any Friday night lights lines. Like, they'll say, like, be professional. whatever. Within five minutes, someone drops a fork and my idiot buddy, like, it's like, don't punch the president. It goes, can't hold on on the fork? Can't hold on the fork? I was like, no, no. And we all just started, and he started laughing too, which was good, but oh my God, it was so funny. He laughed. He just laughed. He didn't say anything. And Tim McGrath is one of those dudes you've seen. You're like, fuck, that's really Tim McGrath. Jacked. He ripped up. Dude, I saw him at, uh, when I tore my ACL in 2020.

And they were playing the Ravens. And the suite next to me, he was there. And someone, like, kind of tapped him on the last night. I kind of gave him, like, one of those. And he, like, gave me the head nod. I was like, we're fucking tight, dude. We're boys, brother. Yeah.

But, dude, we were at losers in Nashville one time. And the owner of losers, his name is Steve Ford. He comes up. He goes, hey, y'all want the back. That's fine. But Bob's coming. I'm like, who's Bob? He's like, Kid Rock.

Kid Rock's on his way. So my first thing is, where's Will? I go, Will. Kid Rock's coming. Don't say any Joe Dirt. That summer, too, it was a massive Kid Rock. Yeah, I'm like, don't say any Joe Dirt shit. Don't start saying Bob at the Bar, any of this stuff.

Kid Rock comes in, we're hanging out. We're literally playing Beer Pong, and we're, like, talking for a little bit. It's me, Will, and Kid Rock. And we're talking. And there's, like, a bit of an awkward silence, and we'll just go, I can't stop thinking about Joe Dirt lines right now. It's like, oh, my God, brother. Oh, that's amazing.

It's tough when you're, around those types of cats, dude. It's tough. Because you kind of want to be like, I know you. Yeah, exactly. You just got the favorite scenes, bro. Yeah. It's exactly.

It's like not the guy. Man, no, no. You're just, you're thinking of this character man's acting. It's a good person. I would actually think is like an asshole who I wouldn't like before meeting him

is a Joffrey from Game of Thrones. I think I'd really have an issue with him a person. I got to watch that fucking show. Yeah. The worst person of all time. Didn't he step away from acting? That's what I heard. He quit acting.

He quit acting. Everybody hated him. He did, yeah. What a great actor for that. That's got to be tough, dude. That has got to be a tough thing. Shall we talk about the NFC championship? We don't have to.

I think we got to. Don't worry about it, dude. I think we got to touch on it. Don't worry about it, dude. We got to touch. We got to touch on it. Did Brock Purdy fake that injury? I'm just kidding.

I mean, it was pretty tough. He tore his UCL. I mean, he legitimately couldn't throw. And our only hope for, you know, we still had hope. Josh came in and we tie it up, we're ready to roll. And then when Josh went down, it's like, you know, it's panic mode. But you never know.

Defense pick six, special teams touchdown. You don't know what's going to happen. But I don't know if they knew how hurt Brock was. So just having Brock out there, there was still the threat of like, oh, maybe they shot him up and he's good to go. Like, who knows, right? And he threw a couple screen passes. But, I mean, that's a serious injury. Yeah.

Serious injury for him to come back in the game and, you know, try to at least. throw dog yeah yeah no he didn't fake it because i didn't get to see the game but you were saying they were just like y'all were just running the ball yeah after it's like yeah they might not know what's going on but after a few plays you're going to realize like let's just stack the box until they do throw and show that they can try and go up top so after that like as you guys are doing running play after running play after running play after fucking running play going into the fourth quarter and then it's not like there's clock's not stopping you guys are just running the football I'm sitting there like

at least try to fucking at least try to throw the football you're like you throw it into the fucking stands I'm like hell yeah let it fucking rip brother it's one of the worst pass attempts I wish I thought why continue to just run the ball

is there a sense of frustration like you got dudes like him and Debo and caught up on the middle like hey George I'm about to just hey look at me I'm gonna throw this ball to you yeah yeah in theory like that's that sounds really good

I just feel like I couldn't call play Like I know the running back position and in some Z plays, like calling a play and knowing what people are doing. You could draw it up while you want. We drew up that double reverse. And, you know, it was the one time. I think they go two shell now.

And then I, you know, Kittles double covered and he's our only guy. And so I just, I threw it to absolutely nobody. But I love that you just let it rip. It's like, at least they tried throwing the football. Yeah, almost got grounding, which would have been like, oh, yeah, never mind. We're not throwing the football. But, but no, it's, I think at that point, man, you're,

you're hoping for, you know, we did a couple double reverses, and we were still running the ball efficiently. It's not like we were zero yards, and I don't know. I wish I'm not a coach. I don't know what I would have done. I don't think I've ever seen that. The only time I've ever seen no quarterbacks be able to play was the Broncos COVID deal.

Oh, and the P Squad. Yeah, right. And then P Squad receiver, they got beat by like 45. Yeah, that was a tough. That was a tough. So, let alone, you know, not having a quarterback for two and a half in the NFC championship but i'm you know they they're the ones that hurt them so it's not like you know you can't say it's not fair you know they play good ball it's a good team but yeah what a tough fucking spot to be in

and i and i get it it's like in theory that sounds nice and it's like i know like i'm saying then kind of you're trying to get you to speak on something where it's like i mean i'm not yeah you're not a coach you're not doing all that stuff you're not trying to draw it up but i'm just thinking nsc championship there's truly nothing to fucking lose at what at all whatsoever so it's like you're just out there, hey, I'm going to fucking go five yards and go out just to simplify for somebody trying to throw the rock. Like, Kyle, be a quarterback so Christian could maybe still run the football. But that's what I'm sitting there thinking.

I'm like, man, at least, at least show that you might just throw the ball at some point. Yeah. That's what I was saying. You know, I'm pissed off. I bet on you guys. I'm fucking pissed off. If there was going to be a quarterback, who do you think it would be to step in? Was it?

Because my guess is deeper. It would be me here, Kyle. Really? Yeah. Man. And taking away the fact that. that it's the NFC championship, that'd be cool. Like, if you're in the middle of season, it's week six.

In the back of my mind, I won't lie. I'm like, look, dude, if I get the ball, I'm ripping it. Yeah, hell, yeah, brother. Call, like, some, you know, whatever. Call some shit. Throw a piece. It takes the top off. We shouldn't have done.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But if it's in the middle of the season, you do, like, you run the ball, you get out of the game, it's like, well, fuck, we didn't have a quarterback. But it's like, the game before the Super Bowl. Yeah. But you guys are thinking about the negative. Like, imagine if you were able to play quarterback

and was throwing, times all of a sudden. Yeah, or, yeah, I don't know. All that quarterback stuff's tough. Like, forget throwing the ball. Like, calling the play in the huddle. Like, they're still giving me shit because I called one play on the wristband. It was double reverse pass.

And, like, the whole game, it was so loud. And so the quarterback's in there just screaming. Like, we had to have a guy take a knee in the middle so we could shorten up the circle just so we could hear. And, uh, and so I'm like, damn, I got to yell this play call. Meanwhile, the play call is, it's that long. and I'm screaming the play. And George is like, dude, shh. Like, it was the one time it was quiet.

So, like, the whole defense is like that we can hear you. Like, I don't think, oh, shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Quiet my voice down for a little bit. But now, calling the play in the huddle is more difficult than people's name. What about a turbo package? Why not go into you? Do you just have, like, some on the ball stuff where you have, like, one word,

and that's what you're going to call and that's it? Yeah, we have that. But I don't know it. I don't know the quarterback turbo package. juice might, but... There you go, put juice in. There's so many... I'm gonna throw you a bad ball.

There's so many what-ifs, man, and like, you should have done it. It's like, but I don't know. It just sucked. Absolutely. I mean, this is from the perspective of... We're opening wounds in a joking way, and it's got to be tough... And I know you're allowed to carry three quarterbacks. Like, I had a comment earlier this week in the media where I was like, I wish they changed that rule.

And people are like, well, you can change. You can carry three quarterbacks. I'm like, I know that. I just mean... You have 53 guys active, but only how many suit up? Forty-eight. 46 shoot-up. 48 can suit up now.

But you have to suit up an extra offensive lineman. Or maybe 47. My whole point, I was like, I know that. I just wish one of those extra active players could be a third quarterback. Because nobody wants to watch that. That's not. No. Like, it sucks for us.

It sucks for fans. It sucks for everything. You're like, dude, this is, there's so, you know, people's lives. And look, I'm bitter and the wounds are still fresh, and I'm pissed off. And I get it. I'll get over it. but that was just my initial angry thoughts post game. Dude, hockey's got a rule.

Not necessarily a rule, but there are literally guys in the stands that are goalies. And there's like, there's two goalies that suit up. If both those goys get hurt, that guy will literally go down the locker room, suit up and go play goalie. Isn't that wild?

Yeah, that would be nice if you were able to do that because it does. And I know we're sitting here talking like, oh, we should have could. It's like the chances are 99% chance you're still going to like lose the game. Whoa. Well, I mean, the way it was getting,

out of hand. It's just like they had a quarter left to make something to happen. Yeah. You're not saying, you're not saying, even with Brock, health the whole time. And I'm not saying you're saying like, oh, if he would have acted as the quarterback and threw the ball and that means they would have won the game. It's like, you know, you're kind of just like, well, everyone knows it's pretty much going to be over with. Yeah, but I thought you were saying if Brock played the entire game. Oh, no, no, no, no. Okay. You guys win that game. You really think so? Ten times out of ten. You really think so. Yeah. You, um, no. The night. The night.

The Niners and the Eagles. They're tough football. Those are both the two best put-together teams in the NFL. They were good, man. I thought they're a good team. You know, you go in every game confident. And it's one thing about Kyle. Like, he gets you to get, you, you know, with his game plans and stuff,

you're like, oh, damn, I'm excited for this game. You know, and who knows what would have happened. I just think, man, like, I just wish it didn't go that way. Yeah. That is. Especially when that first try. too like they got that fourth down play and obviously you guys are still in it's just like nobody's blinking yeah that catch a different game it's a different game how about yeah the punt the punt

punt too they're rough and the punter different game who knows game I'm talking on the couch I know talking on the couch get a couple of years yeah but you're wearing that hard on that sleeve right now which is awesome 49 49ers are gonna absolutely love it you had a a comment I think you're on NFL network media or it might have been yesterday saying you're you wish, you hope both teams lose. Obviously, that's not going to happen. Who do you, not hope, but who do you think to actually, yeah. Yeah. Imagine there's a tie for the Super Bowl.

That can't happen, right? No, it can't happen. Yeah. Right. No. No, no, there's no way. There's no tie. Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news? Huge news. We created our own podcast called, Hey, Jonas. We invented a podcast?

Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. First people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts. We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it.

Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast. We could call in and say, Hey Jonas, and then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys.

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It'll be done. Who you're thinking? We'll clip it real quick and send it out today. Yeah. I don't know, man. Honestly, I don't know. I think it's so hard for me to, like, say one or the other, you know, because I'm so pissed off, you know, it's like.

So you think the Eagles? No, not necessarily, you know. Not necessarily. I mean, tough. They're a stacked team. They got, you know, so many weapons on offense and that pass rush is serious. It's tough to bet against Pat Mahomes ever, you know? in a game.

So I don't know. I hope it's a good game, though. I don't know if I'll watch, but I hope it's a good game. You're thinking you're going to watch the Super Bowl. I don't know if I'm going to watch, man. It hurts that bad. It hurts.

It hurts. Brother, I can't. I can't. I can't. I was in the ESC championship once, but I, uh, that's got to be fucking tough.

Tough. You know exactly how he's feeling. Yeah, but like, I mean, not in the way we lost. Made it even tougher. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, because there is truly a, like,

uh, argument for what if. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? If we got beat, I'd be like, you know what, man? And look, you can clip that. By the way, Philly fans hate me right now for the whole, I hope both team. Anyway.

Good. Dude, it's Philly. They're literally, that's what they do. Lean into it. So, but, but like, I, you know, I'm not saying we would have won. I am saying, you know, we'd have had a chance. And that would have been, you know, that's not nothing. Say you would have won.

We would have won. But no, like, that, like, we would have. That's how we need. Got it. It's actually out on Twitter right now. Go ahead. Say it. No,

but I just think having a chance is important in NFL football. Yeah, I know. Yeah, it did. I think Philly's going to win. I do. I think. That's what I think. I think.

I think Philly's going to win. And then you had a fantastic point earlier this week, Will, that the way the chief's win is off-scripted plays. Yeah, that's how I feel. Because I just feel like Philly can line up and beat you, you know, both ways on the ground to the air, which was tough, which was what was shitty to watch with you guys.

You guys have such a tough defense. Like seeing them march down and like run the balls, like, fuck, man. Yeah, but I, this is the other thing about our team. Like, I just feel like we've been down in the first half in multiple games this year where it was looking like that. But our second half adjustments on defense, like D'emico Rines had them dialed in the second half. And I just feel like that was where we thrived was that second half, that third and fourth quarter, where You know, we made a lot of way in that second half, so who knows, but... You guys have a lot of guys in free agency this year? We have some really important guys in free agency, but no, we get a lot of guys back.

Yeah, who are the guys that are in free agency? I'm going to miss some of them, but I know, like, off the top of my head, McGlenshee, I right tackle, Jimmy Ward, whom I'm a big fan of. Yeah, he's a stud. I'm not sure at receiver who's up and who's not. I'm still not familiar with how old everyone is. So I don't know, like, who's on the free agent market. Those are the ones that jumped off though right away.

I'm trying to think D-line, Charles is up, center maybe. He has a stacked D-line, dude. So. McClinty is one of those dudes on the office line that I feel like it gets way more hate than he deserves. I feel like everyone's always like trash in him, but I feel like he's a pretty solid tackle. Yeah. He's really good. Very solid.

Yeah. 30 plays well. Tough is you play on the opposite side of Trent Williams your whole career. It's like, or not your whole career, but like. Anytime you play the opposite side of Trump. Yeah. It's like, that's tough. Yeah.

Tough to like, you're not, you know what I mean? Yeah. No, Mike's been nothing, but he's been great. Can you imagine being a part of a franchise that had Joe Staley for 11 years and then he leaves and then you actually have an upgrade at tackle? That's like the most wild shit. Because tackle's like one of those positions, like there's so much demand. And there's hardly any supply.

Yeah, 100%. It's just crazy. I just think O-line in general now, like you can get a solid alignment at any of the five positions, but especially left tackle, that's so hard to find. Brother.

And he has, Trent has no sign of slowing down at all. He looks, he got better. I don't have to live off the Redskins. Yeah. Or the commanders now. Yeah.

Taking a year off. Taking a year off, which I feel like never happens, dude. Yeah. Never happens. He's the freakyest play. I've ever seen in my life in person. And I don't know if it's close.

Like, just practicing and, like, it's stupid. Does he practice hard? He doesn't practice Wednesdays. He does what he has to do. Yeah, you get a test to that. He does what he has to do. But he'll be warming up. He'll be on the side.

But he's one of those guys. He can do that. Yeah, he's one of those guys that can. Yeah, I was going to say that conversation at the lunch table, genuine as hell, innocent as hell. Like, I really am waiting on the day where I walk in these doors and someone challenges me at practice. Like he had that comment when I was like a rookie.

And he said that, he said that to Brian Arakpo. Yeah. Who's like four-time pro board. I remember I knew it was for real too. Like Bosa, you know, everyone knows Bosa in the year that he's had. We were on the bus one time and he's like, I got the hardest job in America. Like what? He's like, I got to go against Trent every day.

God, that's got to be so far. The defense player of the year saying like I got the hardest job in America going against Trin every. Like that's, yeah, it's stupid, man. It's stupid. Yeah, I think, uh. He almost beat the shit out of somebody. on the Eagles too at the end of that game. He's got a little dice.

Long buddy. And Trent had a little bit of a history of just going off. He didn't do that to Richard Sherman back in the day. He went after the, he went after the DB. Ain't nothing wrong with that. Ain't nothing wrong with that. You know, what's up? Yeah. Box safety.

Box safety. Hey, what I wanted to see, because Sue ended up trying to get in there. I'm like, oh, I'm trying to sign. That would have been a nice little fight. And Domicon Sue versus Trent Williams right. I think Trent takes that now, though. What's up? I think Trent takes that.

I'm not commenting on that. Oh, man. I don't know. Yeah, yeah. Like, there's nobody I'm actually picking. Kill me. Do what? If I comment on that, Sue's going to kill me.

Next year we play them. Just kill me. If he can catch you, bro. Yeah. You got to get his hands on you. You got to believe yourself. Speaking of catching you, dude. When you were training for the combine, there's a video that came out about you.

If you doing like, you were like doing your high knees over. Like some sort of like a little, little thing. You know the video we're talking about. I think, oh, yeah. How much, how much is you? Dude, you're in a room. There's a TV going and you're stepping over this little, like, fucking step thing. It's like this high and you're going super fast.

You look like it's fake. Do you remember that video? Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. Is that video real? What a fucking question. Is that real?

Is that real? Is that real? Yeah. How sick was it being an absolute beast at Stanford? It was such a bad podcast. You were the fucking man, dude. Yeah. Yeah, Stanford was fun, man.

And I think the football team was fun. For sure. We had a good team, man. Like, I feel like people counted us out a lot. And we didn't even know how good we were. But there's like, I want to say like 20 to 25 dudes who I played with in the three years I was there, who were in the league or just got out, like, you know, who were jumping around for a while. I didn't know if we knew how good we were, but it was fun, man.

I had a lot of good times. That Rose Bowl game was a blast. My second year was, you know, that whole year was fun, so I enjoyed it. Are you, like, going to that season just when you're shredding records, you're like, yo, it's just fucking easy out here. I didn't know if I was going to start before the season started. So my freshman year, it's the whole same running back room as my next year. And I was, I didn't start my freshman year.

I was kind of a, you know, third down utility guy, part return, kick return, stuff like that. My second year, I got the nod, and our first game, we lose to Northwestern, and I had a fumble in the game. And I just remember, like, this is going to be an uphill battle for me. That was our first game. So we're 0-1, lost to unranked Northwestern, at Northwestern, and you just don't know what's going to happen. The familiar territory. So it was, yeah, and then it just started going and going and going. I don't think it hit me until the end of the year,

but it was fun. It was a fun team to play on. If you take Stanford out of it, what college would you want to go to? Like the number one college? I want to or what I would have. Let's do both. Where would you have gone if it wasn't Stanford?

And then if you had a choice of any school besides Stanford, where would you have gone? I probably would have gone to Oregon. Fire. That was like in the Michael James, De Anthony Thomas kind of era, and that kind of fit my style. Just in high school, same offense. whole nine track, all that stuff.

But then I remember my dad sat me down and he went over all the academic stuff and I understood that. But he was like, if you want to play in the NFL and like play big dog football, you got to run in a pro style offense. It is what it is because no one's going to think that you can run in a pro style offense. And I was like, dang, like you're right. Like, he was right. So like I needed to run power.

I needed to run inside zone. So you were going to go to Oregon. I wasn't going to go to Oregon, but I was debating between like Stanford, Oregon. Washington and then my older brother played at Duke so I was highly considering going to play with you know play a Duke with him too so those were like the four where I was pretty close to going to yeah how pivotal was it for you to have your old man is like a mentor for you growing up yeah the best like legit like is it growing up was it one or out the other and then it got a little bit more you took more of his of his advice like when you got closer to college or how was that how was that

relationship with him growing up we uh so i have three brothers and i'm number two and we all we all play football and all you know played a bunch of different sports but um it was such an advantage man like we could go to him with anything and he was never like hey you got he was tough man we had a tough it was we grew up great we you know by any means were the farthest things from spoiled and it was hard at times but we had so much fun man like we i did everything thing with my brothers. And my older brother kicked my ass every single day and everything we did. And it was, it was so good for me. And having my dad, you know, obviously as an outlet at any time we wanted was was great. I think not just for like, hey, man, you know, if you're running a route and under 15 yards,

you should never take more than three steps when you break and like different things like that and how to cut and how to plan and how to do this and that. It was more like the emotional side of it and how to handle your emotions when things happen. Because we were always really competitive. We never needed like a, hey, man, you got to try harder. It was always really important to us. So that was never like he didn't, you know, he was big on effort and grades and all these things.

But I think like how to handle your business and how to, you know, deal with emotions when you're on the field was important for me to learn at a young age. Because if I didn't have him, I don't know, you know, I don't know what would have happened. I got a follow up. You mentioned it being like it was hard at times. Like what were the hard times?

And when I say hard. How the old man was tough on you? It's like hard as like, you know, when you're a kid. Like it was now it's not hard. Taping balls to you. Hard as you should hold on to it. Maybe you appreciate it looking back down. We would get grounded for real if you got jersey tackled.

Like I'm talking like seven, eight years old. If you got jerse, you know, you wear the big jerseys. Yeah. You get grounded if you get jersey. Oh, really? Tackled it's seven, eight years old. You're grounded. Depot tape that double-sided tape.

I'm eight. And double-side tape my pads. You know, they didn't have the Velcrobe. And double-side tape my pads, I never got you. I was running through everybody. No jersey tackles ever. You know, he would cut, like, certain slits in the pant to give you, like, more knee flexion, like, back in the day. At eight years old.

He was doing, like, dynamic warm-ups, dude. No sodas. Bedtime 7.30. Oh, yeah. Like, he would take, they would take our phone until I left for high school at, like, a time. he's going to hate me for saying all this, but it works. I mean, I don't know if he's going to listen to it, but, but yeah, like that's that it was.

Like, you know, when diet was always important, sleep was always, now we were kids, man. Like, we could go over to the friend's house. It wasn't like, you know, like anything like that. But when it came to sports and to school, it was, hey, if you want to be here, here are the things that you need to do. Like, like Friday in my off periods, like he would come pick me up. I was in high school. We go, you know, go get an IV.

Like all period in the middle of the day. Middle of the day. Get an IV. What? Oh, yeah. We're getting just salient IVs game day. Because I remember one game I cramped. I cramped against Grandview High School.

Like my sophomore year, first game in the fourth quarter, calf cramps, double calf cramps. He's like, you're never cramping again. IVs never cramped again. Oh, yeah. And even like little things, like you're wearing jeans. Like, my school, he's a private school. You wear jeans or,

or, you know, no sweats, whatever. You wearing jeans to school? He doesn't even remember this, but I remember it. It's pretty heavy on the legs, don't you think? Like, you're kind of right. War sweats, got in trouble. Didn't say, like, look, dude, you got to be comfy during the day. You got to be relaxed.

Like, this is how you act on a game day. Like, this is what you do. Like, all that pep rally shit, like, don't be yelling. Don't be losing your voice when you're out in the sun. If you squint, you're wasting energy, like, make sure you had it. Like, I'm talking. And I didn't realize. So like people who like know me now and they see how, you know, taking how I take care of my body and like the warm ups and all these stuff.

It's like that's been like bread in us since I was a kid. Like it's been taught to us for the longest time. Like, hey, this is and that's what he did. And he was over the top. Like there's guys in his team were like, what the hell is this guy? This guy's nuts. But, you know, I mean, I always felt like I had a chip on my shoulder and people were going to count me out. And so I was going to do everything human.

going to weigh in at like the washing i mean everybody did this but like i go on my washington visit i think i was like one i had to be 182 something like that's how much i weighed and uh he put like we put like little 10 10 pound like slit squares in my shoes or in my socks in case they made me take my shoes off so that if you take your shoes off you know obviously they're still in your socks and i ended up weighing like 198 i had like a thick pair of puffy jeans on like the whole nine. Every trick in the book that you could think of. He was aware.

No, to the high school visit. University of Washington. So your daddy, you're going pro the minute you came out of the womb. When the coaches, when the college coaches would come to my high school. And like I was never small, so to say. But I was always, people would say I'm small. Like, you know, I wasn't 2.30. But he's like, when the coaches come, like, you got to go knock out.

like 25 in the bathroom. Like, so I would be doing push-ups, bathroom floor, curls in with my backpack before like, you know, some QC from, you know, Tennessee would come by. He's not going to offer me at all anyway. But I would, my veins are popping out. I'm like, coach, nice to meet you.

Yeah. Like the whole nine. Yo, that's hilarious, bro. Oh, man, the whole nine. Hey, it's us, the Jonas brothers. And guess what? We have some big news. What's the news,

huge news? We created our own podcast. called Hey Jonas. We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts.

We're starting a trend. But this one's extra special. So how did we actually come up with a name, Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember. I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Oh, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band. Before Jonas Brothers was... This is how you guys remember it going down.

Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad, Hey Jonas, and offered it up as a potential title for the podcast. But thanks for remembering that, guys. Listen to Hey Jonas on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

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the worst advice from the dumbest people you know. Listen to Help from Hypocrite as part of the Mike Cultura Podcast Network available on the IHart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. That makes sense because you were dressed up professionally when you visited Washington for your draft visit because he was sitting in the special teams room with the special teams coordinator.

Because remember we met that day. I remember that came in and you're like sitting there and you got like this collared shirt on everything else. I didn't know that it wasn't a 20 minutes if I break. I remember I did every visit I took. I was like I thought that's what people did. Like that's why I did that. If I knew like, you know, that guy's kind of going overboard,

I probably would have, you know, maybe just not the tie. You know, maybe not to tie. Maybe just a shirt. It's just the fact that he's in the special teams coordinator's office. It's like he's obviously going to be a Top 10 pick. Running back. Yeah.

And he's in there talking teams. The coordinator. Getting you hard. Yeah. He's talking teams in every 50 minutes. He's like, hey, coach, I got to go the bathroom real quick. Gets another 20. Yeah.

Watching Will Compton pass sets. Yeah. Oh, yeah. He's got great square shoulders in that. Great square shoulders. Like people forget you played nine years in the NFL. People forget. Like, you're like, well, funny.

And it's, oh, it's, well, he's just, do what it's like nine years. years in the league, man. That's pretty... Let me get that, though. That's pretty impressive. No? Am I wrong? No, you're right. Hey, brother. I think we're all kind of worried because I will... He played 10 years now. Ten years happened. No, I was just thinking, I was just wondering, you know, a little compliment. We'll call it 10. You said Christian McAfree. You said Christian McAfree. You said Christian McAfree. Respect. Yeah, your 11, your 11's alive and well right now. That is, that's all eyes are on year 11 right now for

something. When you, years in the NFL, when did you know, like, okay, I'm going to, I'm going to make it to the NFL? Had to be at eight years old. Eight years old. Double side of tape. You're like, this is fucking, this is it. I remember I would go to like, for me it was, I always knew how hard it was to get to the end.

Like, like, while I knew I was good, I always knew there was like another level. And I'd never gone against that other level. So I used to go to those All-American, like the, you know, the FBU, All-American Games. when I was in like the seventh and eighth grade. And I just remember them hype. Like, they thought I was the punter. They gave me like the, you know,

they spelled my name wrong on the jersey. And I just, like, stuff like that mattered to me. And I just used to piss me off so much. And it always, like, stuck with me. And they would hype up these other backs, like these other guys, you know, like so much. And that was, like, the poster of their whole thing. I'm like, I'm fucking better than that, dude. Who somebody you're thinking about?

Who was somebody in the class? What was the guy thinking about right now? He's my guy. That's okay. And I love him. And by the way, at the time looking back, he probably had the edge on me, which is tough to admit. Yeah, but what's the day? Sonny Michelle ran 10-7 in the eighth grade.

And you would have thought this guy, I mean, he was an impressive. He played varsity as an eighth grader. And I just remember, like, he was the gold standard in the middle. I'm talking about middle school football right now. I don't know what I was. He was the most, like, attention. in seven in eighth grade seriously fast how do you play varsity in eighth grade american heritage high school i had all his highlight tapes like he didn't even know this by the way like but now he does uh yeah i used

like like i don't know what the rule was in florida but in in fort lauderd i guess like they let him play varsity i mean he was balling five year letterman in high school so he was the yeah he was he was you know and then did the same thing went to be like army all-american game same and it's all the backs that are in the league. So, like, looking back, I should have been like, hey, man, you're in the right class. Like, these are good, you know, good backs. But I was, it was still like a, I always had to prove myself everywhere I've been. And, you know, I mean, it is what it is. I feel like that's everyone's story. It's not like just me. I feel, you know, the more I talk to people and more like, yeah, same, you know, but, um, we all make up some into me and our head. Every, yeah,

everybody has their own awards and story. Absolutely. Like, they, I don't know. They got like three guys in my head right now. It's like, I remember. I remember looking at dudes being like, these guys fucking don't even know. Yeah. They have no idea what's about to come. Combine, ERY, dude. I'll never forget it. And I didn't even realize it either.

I didn't look at like the way they spelled my name. So I did the whole thing. My buddies are hitting me up like, dude. Yeah. Damn, though. They disrespected you. Yeah. How does that make you feel?

You know what, too? It's like, because I get like salty like that, I notice it more. Like, I'm sure. most people who aren't bitter like me, they're probably like, yeah, whatever, like, who cares? You know, and they're fine. It doesn't matter. But because I like, you know what I mean? I don't know. Like you said, you always create an enemy. And I think that's what keeps guys going. Like I, it's, you, you have to keep that chip. Otherwise, it's, it's just tough to find a purpose. You're not, uh, you're not the minority. I feel like keeping the chip. Like, there's way more guys

like that. And most of the time that there are these successful guys. Right. That have that chip, always that are like this people are out to get me and one one little thing like spelling your last name wrong like this is all i needed like this is the affirmation i need to know yeah you know that like these people are really truly out to get me yeah exactly that's how you feel you're like they want me to fail yes yeah and and honestly if you really were able to zoom out no one's thinking about you couldn't care less not one person was probably the marketing dude who like couldn't even like he's just putting together the like doing the jerseys in the back it's not like Yeah. The NFL is not against.

Roger Goodell, Roger Goodell called was like, fuck it up, dude. We cannot have a white running back in the NFL right now. Tell the guy's name wrong. Yeah. He's a joke. Yeah. It's crazy. And sometimes it is like that, but you know, there's real stuff where

you're like, man, somebody actually might feel like that, but then you find the little things that just kind of subconsciously confirm it. It's like, I was just keeping me alive right now. Like that's what's waking me up. You do seem super fucking competitive. What's keeping you alive right now? That game, that last game.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. That'll, I think everybody kind of feels that. You know, it's your whole off season. The whole, yeah. I mean, there's a lot, you know. It was a good revival of a year of like, all right, let's go. You know, that's how I feel.

You hope to play against Carolina? Soon. I think it'll be awesome. That was the best possible answer you could have had. They are, do you guys play them next year? I don't think we play them next year, no. I know we don't play them next year. Yeah.

You know they don't. You have any other questions? I see it's going over. It's going over? You got a heart. I just want to ask real quickly. What's that? All right, cool.

Eight minutes. All right. Matt Rule. He is now the head coach of Nebraska. What things do you have, like, obviously his time in Carolina was up and down. He got fired. But what do you think is going to make him successful? Or if he's even going to be successful in Nebraska.

Like what? What can I look forward to? Yeah, what can we look forward to? Seriously, the boys will play hard. like that's one thing with coach rule you know you buy into his his way it like guys play hard man from top to bottom um i mean you know the deal in the NFL how tough it is to coach in this league and a lot of things have to go right i always said like head coach and quarterback way too much credit way too much blame um but no i have i have nothing but good things to say about

coach rule he he got us going man he really from from the first year he got there too and and the different things that he did and learned in his time and his ability to change the things that he thought were wrong, I thought was impressive too. Like openness to talk to guys, being able to, you know, say,

hey, that was probably wrong of me to do and then change and actually go by it, you know, understanding like, hey, I don't have it all figured out. I'm in year one,

too. Adaptability. But, I mean, you saw the success he had in college, man. That's, I think it's a reason.

We're on our way back. Yeah. Fires me up. that's amazing well it does seem like a consistent message like as far as like was mat rule the one was christian the one mat rule said saw his family in the airport yeah yeah yeah yeah he had he was very complimentive of you said that you were walking out i think it was when he got when you got traded yeah and you saw his family and his kids in the in the airport and you went up to them and said what's up it's onward man onward and upward dude you guys that stuck with him is it yeah yeah yeah

It was weird, honestly. It's like, well, this is an interesting. The head coach gets canned. I get canned. It's like. Yeah. Brother, you didn't get canned. No, but you know what I mean?

Yeah. You got to tell you. Yeah. Yeah. No. You think you got to tell yourself. Would they get in the trade? What did Carolina get?

They got a two, a three, a four, and a five. Not all in the same year. I think, I think it's over a couple years. Yeah. Hey, man. You know, he told himself that, too. Like, oh, they didn't get me a first? Okay.

Okay. I know how I would have handled it. Mm-hmm. and I took that personal. Yeah, dude. Do we got it? And I've had? I think one that comes to mind was the first play of the Rose Bowl.

I was, you know, that was a game that I don't think anybody knew what was going to happen. And I was pissed off. And I just lost the Heisman, the boy, Derek Henry. Who's the boy, by the way? I love that guy. Do you really? Yeah, I really do. I want to not like him.

I want to not like him. I can't. I love his game. I love him. I think he's great. But then a couple years ago when you beat us in Carolina, you're like, that's for you, Derek. Yeah. But that game, that game, you know, I think that that play sparked just one of those games where just everything goes right for you.

You know, I think like the safety came down. The middle linebacker slipped, so there's no whole player. And then there's nobody behind the guy. So all I had to do is make him miss and got it just house call. And I think we all knew, like, this is about to be one of those games. And then the flip against when I jumped over that dude against Jacksonville, that was a fun play. That hurt. My back hurt for like six weeks after that.

But that was a memorable one. That's fucking awesome. I know, right? Mitch you got anything? Garrett, Jack? We were winning. You know, I mean, I think, like, I have a hard time, like when you're losing, like, celebrating like it's kind of like the urgency to like get back to the huddle and get going a little bit

is you know and you're not the first person that said that and I it might too be just like when you get traded it's it there's a lot of pressure that comes with that because you're on a new team but there's also like an amount of pressure that just gets off your shoulders we're like you know what man like I'm just go have fun playing football because this is what I love to do and you know I just think we had so many tough seasons in Carolina that I wanted more to celebrate than like the touchdown. You know, I wanted to win games. I wanted to be like not just win one, win a couple in a row and then start to get momentum. Then you start to see the boys having a little more fun.

But just tough sometimes. That fires me up, dude. I'm glad you with, I'm glad you with Sanfran because I feel like you guys are, they can be good for a while. Yeah. I got the organization running smooth. It's just getting to the fucking Super Bowl. Yeah. Right.

You're not going to get Rogers though. Roger said he's not going to San Fran. You say that? The Raiders might have a shot at him. We'll see. Yeah, if the Raiders are the big one. Yeah. Big one for him.

But I thought he said it in a golf tournament. I'm not going to San Fran. Yeah, I think he said that. Did he say that? I don't know. I am crushing this podcast. What kind of father you think you're going to be? Kind of father?

Are we getting jersey tackles? We grounding the kids? I mean, you got to do what you know. That's all I knew. All that a boy. I worry about that, though. I worry about that. I worry about that. It's like, is my kid going to hate me?

Like, hey, man, come over here real quick. We're going to tape your jersey. Put it in front of the fireplace and do all this stuff. And it was like 7.30. All right. I'm for bed. Like, what? You got home from hoops.

Like, but no, I mean, it's funny because it started to work like when he did that. And I was like, damn, like, all right. That's the way it is. That's the way it is. And I enjoyed having success more than I enjoyed, like, you know, staying up and all that stuff. It was fun for me. So I think all of us hated it at times,

but we all understood it, all four of us, definitely. But yeah, so what am I going to be? I don't know. That's a good question. Maybe my kid will, like, do music or something and teach me some stuff about, I don't know, who knows? Dude, I appreciate you coming on. And I just remember, too, like, your dad was one of my first NFL action figures.

Oh, nice. Yeah. So he's watching this, Mr. McCaffrey, you were one of my first action figures. my dad, you know, white receiver, hey, white guy, you're gonna be like him. He's gonna be you. Yeah. I'm gonna be you. Sort of.

But thanks for coming on, man. It's been awesome. I appreciate you. Thanks for talking about all the, you know, 49er stuff, the trade. Yeah. It'll be, I think it'll be taking well. It'll be a good insight for people to see, like, where your mindset was at. Because I know a lot of people are wondering.

I can't wait for the stories with the old man going coming out. I can see that stuff. Like Jersey, Jersey fucking getting grounded. You might not see it, but one of his buddies is. going to see it. He's like, hey, did you see this? He's like, huh? What? He said what? Yeah. He's going to go watch all them videos. All the McCaffrey, bro. He'll be like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's fucking awesome, dude. Yeah, thanks a lot, brother. He's here. Yeah, he's doing about, I think he's at Radio Row doing

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