Bussin' With The Boys - David Bakhtiari

Episode Date: June 22, 2020

Recorded May 30th, 2020 David Bakhtiari, left tackle for the Green Bay Packers, joins The Boys on the pod today. Taylor and David get going early by comparing the toughest defensive linemen in the league, Will remembers crossing paths with David in college, and both Taylor and Bak revisit their favorite (and not so favorite) plays. Later on in the episode, all the boys tell their best off-the-field stories of ex-Titans Offensive Coordinator and current Green Bay Packers HC, Matt LaFleur, Taylor and David discuss what it was like declaring early for the NFL Draft, and we learn what advice Green Bay Packers' great, Clay Matthews, had for David when he was thrown into the starting lineup his rookie year. Things wrap up with a break down of David's infamous beer chug against Aaron Rodgers, and a challenge is presented... BIG locker room vibe in this episode. Enjoy! -------- SHOP: https://store.barstoolsports.com/collections/bussin-with-the-boys FOLLOW THE BOYS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bussinwtb/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BussinWTB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BussinWTB/ Website: https://www.bussinwtb.comFor more, visit barstool.link/bussinwtbSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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get your podcasts what's up wolf pack this episode of busting with the boys is brought to you by bar still sports and we had on a hell of a gas recently um not quite sure exactly the date we had him on but it was i think a month or two ago c t you guys know how that works um david bactiari he was actually this week just recognized by the media as the best tackle in the NFL. A big week for the boy. We're going to shout him out from the rooftops and pubbing. In this episode, we talk about him leaving college early. Some combine stories from the boys.

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biggest hugs and tiniest of kisses. Drop the hook. Welcome to Bustle with the boys. I'm sitting here with David Bacchari, your favorite left tackle for the Green Bay Packers, and that's about it. We are excited to have my guy here who's got a quality beard. He's got less than average beer chugging skills.

We'll get to that. We need to talk about right now how you are a four-time Pro Bowl, three time proble. I'm so sorry for disrespecting you. And only two pro bowls. Usually you'd say that pro bowls, you give more than more of those and less than all pros, but you're like a, you're like a weird, weirdly set up Quentin Tarantino movie. What's the deal with that? I don't know, maybe because I play video games inverted, so everything's it backwards. Everything's in backwards. Do you think, do you think that pro bowls, what do you think is better? And I feel like there's an argument for both because I know historically all pros are like,

because there's only one, right? There's only one left tackle that can be AllPro. And you're a helpful player. But at the same time, all pro is voted on by media. So there's something to be said there, the PFF thing. Do you know what I'm saying?

And I'm not coming at you. I don't want you to think this is a coming at you game because it's really not. It's really not. I came in hot at one of our podcasts a while ago, and it sent the guy on a down-world spiral. His name is Frank Ragnaut. Shout out, Frank.

Let's spike this thing up. I want to, let's get a lot. Let's get them the many pretty stuff. I mean, obviously, if I were to take my bias out of it, I still think all pros. And the only reason why was, at least for me, growing up, I wasn't even a big football fan, but just, I always knew when someone had more, like, when they had all pros their name, it just meant more. And then now, I mean, me playing, I think all, I think pro bowl definitely mean something. but to me they aren't as valid as they are currently as they were in the past because of social media and brands and platforms. I feel like that is it.

That's a heavy influence in today was back then it was a mix because they didn't have social media, but it also was kind of like a brotherhood. Like once you went to the poll, and that still is where it's today, like once you're there and you're kind of meeting everyone's like, well, these are my guys. And it comes to the voting. Like, oh, that's my guy. That's my guy. I mean, I guess I'm not been anyone's guy. You're our guy now, dude. You're our guy now.

Hey, you got our vote. If we're allowed to vote for NFC guys, you would be our vote for sure. Yeah, I was going to say, you're going to vote for me because I'm not in the AFC, so I worked out. It's a win-win. No question.

I'll be your friend until we become rivals and then I can't be your friend anymore type of thing, you know? Keep you close, keep you at a distance, but as soon as it's time to attack, you know how it works. I get it. We're going to have the all-bussing team, and so basically what's going to happen is we're going to,

we're going to create this like fraternity vibe that you're saying and we're going to own the we're going to own the market share dude and then when pro bowl season comes we're hyping the boys up through like you said social media so you're you're in you're in the freaking club and november december best believe we're shouting david baktiari baktiari and terry lewan you know we'll see what happens with the boy but uh you guys are in the pro ball i've definitely i've been suspended once so i understand why will would say that i've never you know waters for the boy right now, dude. When I said the boy, I met me. Oh, so you see what I have to say. Me and Dave will split your flight, we'll split your hotel room to come hang out with us when we get down there. Hey, last year you can argue that I had more Pro Bowl votes than you because you weren't eligible.

Yeah. You know, when I posted my hey vote for me on Pro Bowl, five tackles, zero interceptions, zero force fumble, zero fumble recoveries. I bet I got a few clicks. There's no question. I bet you did get a click. Wait, you, you, you know, it was like. Will it's a vision of pity sex.

Like he just, he gets it and what it means. He's just going to take the sex and get him on, add the notch of the belt and keep rolling. I didn't know what, Hoan, you couldn't, you were suspended from the proble? I'd actually, that was because of the, uh, whatever, like the suspension that you had. Yeah, so I don't, don't think I didn't. I mean, I don't know that he couldn't go to the Proble. I knew you got suspended. I don't know how they didn't want to bring up the story, but I didn't know you couldn't, like,

they took your name off. He couldn't go to the Proble at all or any of that? No, and I'm glad you're saying that because I don't want people to think I'm just trashed at football now. So I like, I like that. No, no, no. We have to work through this now. This is a process for us. This is like a counselor's meeting right now.

For me, so when I got suspended, it was for Austrian, for those of you who have heard my spiel a thousand times. Austrian is for osteoporosis. So it helps with muscle saving and bone density, which sucked. It was a trace amount. It was a amount that didn't even help me at all. and the way the NFL works, it's you're guilty before proven innocent, and once you prove yourself innocent,

you're still guilty kind of thing. So I was like, I didn't take this. These are the supplements I'm taking. I actually even did a lie detector test, and they're like, hey, it doesn't matter. You're going to get suspended for four games no matter what.

So I got to spend it for four games with those suspensions. You're not allowed to be all pro, you know, pro bowl, any of that stuff. Which, no idea. But it's all right because it puts a new chip on your shoulder.

So we're just going to grow from it. You know what I'm saying? just like this point. This will probably be the last comment I'm going to give you this whole segment. It was I actually could see that because I do remember watching some Titan's film. And I was like, dude, this guy's got the pissing vinegar in himself this year. And then I was like, he's just coming out just hot. I think he just pissed off.

That's how I'm playing my rest of my rest of my career like that. I'll give it to you. You have to pit some vinegar for sure. I feel like I don't know how you feel about this, but I feel like with offensive line, like we've kind of gotten away from dudes like finishing longer. Like, offensive line,

like you watch the older dudes and it's kind of like, you know, getting the way of the guy, all right, the plays over, we'll move on. I feel like there's,

there's, there need to be that, like, back to kind of go fuck yourself attitude, like get after a little more. That's just because you guys are lazy, dude.

I mean, I mean, I've been there too. There's times where, you know, like that whistle like kind of pull up my, I'll just get the next place.

Probably it's gonna be third and long. I'm not to hold an errands, and be back there for like six seconds. Hey, Hey, there is something when it's like second, like second and 12. And you make a run playing, it's like two yards. It's like, fuck, man. I guess we're just getting ready for that third and ten.

You know it's going to be like, they're sliding right. You're like, all right, boys, well, good luck. Yeah, I've got to get all my energy for this one. This is a big fucking deal right now, dude. Especially in the division, dude. The people you play in your division are, it's stupid out there. Yeah, no, we got some guys. I'm curious to see what, I have the Vikings are going to look,

because they, Everton, was me. and that was my boy. And yeah, he's tough to go against. Do you ever go against Everson? I went against Everson, my sophomore year of high school, actually. You know, really? He went to Augra Free of high school, and I went to Cactus Shadows. And my sophomore year, we went 15 and O'No, won the state championship.

But before the season, they were, like, kind of trying me at different spots, and they put me at tight end. And I'm not going to lie, I blocked the shit out of Everson, dude. I blocked the shit out of that guy. and then that's really all I have to say about that I've locked him one other time I've locked him one other time you never want to get him though after that

no I've gone against him one other time did we play Minnesota's like the opening game in 2016 the thing about Everson is he's fast enough to get around the edge he's strong enough to go through you and his spin move is absolutely deadly yeah yeah and it sucks he's like a little fucking bowling ball He's just all muscle, dude.

What's what's the deal with Hunter, though? Because, like, 2016, Hunter was, like, kind of a guy. Like, he was like, oh, he's new here. He's kind of fearing himself out.

And now he's, like, absolutely slaying sex. He's fucking yoke, too. Yeah, he was 20. Yeah. He's an adult now, dude. Yeah, he's like 19 or 20. We play Minnesota this year.

I think we play all y'all this year. Yeah, we play your division. He played on the right side the whole time does he come over? he does come over when everson went out uh he because i want to be out he would a hundred or stay on the field but i think he might be coming over to the left side more now that everson's gone okay well write that down on my notes real quick would you say that everson uh he's the hardest guy you've had to block i mean you got clinton mac over there too

yeah there's a lot i don't i hate for a while i mean you got a there's a that whole division stacked at defensive ends dude i hate pay one guy but like he definitely was very like on my top like the most annoying dude to block because there would just be some games where I swear like he just didn't feel any pain or anything he just would just murder my my head for 60 minutes on that turf just literally cobras striking me is what they call it and they just basically speed to power for 60 just CTE just CTE CTE every play yeah and then you either you don't throw your head into it and you get absolutely bulldozed or you just accept the fact that you're just not going to be able to fit.

finished too many sentences after the game and kind of just going to be in the back of the bus just chilling with this big old like you-shaped thing on your forehead. You're like, all right. And I kind of want to still have my job. I'm like, I got to do it. Yeah, yeah. It's okay. You can get filled up with Botox after like you do with the off season.

It's kind of California, dude, during quarantine. I appreciate it, man. The fact that you think I've got Botox in my forehead. That makes you feel good. Is that like a Persian thing? Do you just have great skin all the time? Like, what's the deal with that? I mean, I don't know.

You got some. You got some olive skin with some light eyes. You know how it is. Yeah, I got a little bit of a tan. I am lucky enough to be like somewhat tan, but you got that constant, like, you look like that probably in the wintertime. Lillian a little bronze to you.

Green Bay. I mean, when the, when winter comes, man, I turn pretty pale. There's been no sun. Go to the facility to dark out. Especially up in Green Bay, too. That's the people I hate the most about the Midwest.

Like when I was, when I played at Michigan, I didn't realize, like growing up in Arizona, like you get the sun all the time. Like you don't realize how much that like sunlight helps you out. And then like that wintertime depression that people talk about all the time with all the clouds and stuff. I never even understood that.

Then I go and go to Michigan. And the first winter, I'm like three weeks in. I'm like, you know what? I'm having some pretty sad thoughts right now. It's tough out there, dude.

When you're just cloud car for three, four months at a time, it's tough. Especially an Arizona guy like you. Oh, yeah. Hey, uh,

Will, you want to, to Nebraska, right? Yeah, we're going to get into it. We were there the same years. Oh, was there in, oh, like, 13, you were there from 09 to 13, I think. Weren't you like a safety when you first got there? No.

You were, like, a freshman all-American, though. Yeah, I was. Are you talking about? I remember your name, and I remember the white guy just going around, and, yeah, I remember he's fresh in all-American because I remember when I, like, I think I may have been on the list too. I'm like, God, damn. Flags. I just remember, I remember like seeing them.

I was like, oh, yeah, then it's the same thing. I went out in the league, yeah. Do you remember going, do you remember going two and O against us while we were there? Or do you remember going O and two against this? Yeah, I remember, of course I remember that, because I only won, I only won 11 games in my four years in college. Oh, are you serious? Only 11?

Hold on. Let me back check myself. 13, I think. 13, I believe. So Colorado started winning. winning right after you left. Colorado's barely won since I even left too. Didn't they have a year in the Pac-12 though?

They had one year where they won the South or North. I don't know. I don't really follow football too much. They were top 25 a couple times right after you left. But I honestly heard Boulder rips. Dude, Boulder, Boulder does fucking rip, dude. We interrupt you for our first ad read of the day. Shout out Manscape, no free shoutouts, dude.

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I mean, you guys have to be. I mean, I only won 13 games. So, I mean, yeah, I mean, what else were you going to do there? That's probably why you left early, huh? Here's like third day and I won 13 games and it's been three and a half. half years. I'm getting the fuck out of here as soon as possible, dude. Good luck, boys. We love you. Yeah, it was pretty much when we had our third head coach and I was had my fourth or fifth

offensive line coach and I was going to go through hell weak and conditioning with the new strength coach. I'm like, I'm not more. I refuse. If I'm going to prove myself and I will get paid doing it, that's that's my God. Do you, did you think you were going to go fourth round? Do you think you were going to go earlier? So I sent the junior draft evaluation. I got a second or third round grade, second, two, third round. I was like, I don't know, I mean, I'm six, four. I'm like about 300 pounds. I'm nothing freakish.

It's about right. I don't expect to go in the first. I'll take it. That's good enough for me. So now I'll get out. No doubt. Was it was leaving everything like you hoped to be, obviously you got drafted in the fourth, but do you wish you were to stay?

No. I like how everything turned out. Everything worked out really well. as a person that did it the other way, I stayed for my senior year. I am very vocal about the fact that I wish I would have left. And honestly, like, college football is great. Comrade is great. It's one of the most fun times you'll ever have with the boys.

Like, you guys or everyone was just trying to make it. You're working on those stipend checks getting like $1,200 a month. And you just think, when you get that check, you're like, fuck, dude, I'm living. I've done it. You know what I'm talking about, dude? You get that check. You're like, all right, $500 to rent.

I got this $700 piece. That first week, and you're like, I got 150 left for the rest of the month. My guy, I'm out of it. You had 1,300 in your sight? I got 12,200. Damn, we only got 8.50. Damn, well, Nebraska, my gosh, living in Nebraska, my guy is like, yeah.

Corn is the, what is there? Corn and flat land. That's all you. They hate nothing. Don't sleep on the cows. We got a lot of cows, too. What did you guys get in Colorado? I remember, like, 1036, and then I remember, like, 10.

11.05. That's solid. Actually, Colorado is kind of expensive to live, isn't it? It is. That's what I'm saying. I mean,

my rent was, my one spot it was $800. Oh, I mean, all of it was gone. And then, when I moved,

my buddy, thankfully my buddy's parents were rich, so they bought a house so I was only paying $600. That's a huge point. Even still, like that's a steal.

Yeah, exactly. I'm saving 200 bucks to the colds. That's a lot of money for you. You're putting it out there. Oh, going out to cheese by,

I got the first round. boys, I got the first round. Don't worry about. This one's on me. And in the night, you're like, hey, listen, you got to fucking grab this tap. Okay. Some things happened.

I fucked up. You got to get the rest. You know what I'm saying? I did. But I, like, anyway, I came back for my senior year. And in my head, I'm like, dude, you're going to be the next Jake Long. You're going to be that dude.

And then we, like, won, like, maybe a little bit more than half of our games and got our, just donkey punched versus Kansas State in the Buffalo Wallowings Bowl. And I just think like if I would have left early, I'd be going to my eighth year instead of seventh year, like one more year closer to a contract, one more year of being in the league. Like the longevity, when you start to get older, you start to realize like, man, if I had a couple years of not of being in the league and not being in college, I wouldn't have the wear and tear. It's a smart move. If I can go back, I leave as a redshirt sophomore, be a six-round pick.

Just fucking just start swinging at the fence, dude. Yes. No, no, I, you know, I'm calling your. bluff. No way. I mean, there's no way for me to sit there and be like, yeah, huh? And then we go back in time and I do it. Will, Will, no, no, you can't. I'm going to do it.

You're a deciding factor. Will, you're a deciding factor. What am I voting on exactly? So right now, right now, right now in my life, right now, Will is actually a really good person to ask this. Right now in my life, based on my mentality right now, if I could have left as a red shirt sophomore, you think I would have left.

The way you preface it? Okay. That's what you're right. No, dude, I sold that. Hey, wait. Listen, Dave, this is our podcast, Dave. It's our podcast. Put a fucking shirt on it.

Put a full shirt on or take that tank top off, dude. Wait, wait. So you're saying you would have left two years before? Because you left up to your senior year. Yeah, I stayed all five years. I'm saying I would have. No, you're going to left. Okay.

That's weird. You're going to decide with our guest. I don't believe you're married to this thing. You got to, you know. I don't believe you would have left a year. You should have left the year early, but I don't know. about two. I agree with that as well.

I was like projected to be a first round pick in my Richard junior year and the first three of the four the first three of the first four picks were all off as linemen. Shout out Lane Johnson. Shout out Luke Jokal. Because dude, I drank the Kool-Aid. I was at Michigan. What Kool-Aid?

Leader. Be the guy, dude. Be the fucking dude. Be the next Jake Long. Be the Big Ten Championship. Get a Bay Ten championship since the first time in 2006. I bought it. And I was like, I'm going to be the best damn leader ever.

Dave, I was the worst fucking captain, I think, in Michigan history, dude. I was awful. I ruled with an iron fist. I was an absolute dictator, dude. I might as well been Kim Jong-ung. Is he alive or did he die? Is he back? Is he back?

Yeah. Yeah, he did an undertaker fucking sat up out of the conference, dude. Dude, that guy, good for him, whatever. Or not good for him. I don't know. I really don't know anything about North Korea. But fuck, if I could, if I could go back,

I'll for sure would have left. My redshirt sophomore year. Okay? No. No, he wouldn't. You know, Hey, tell us a couple of bolder stories.

Let's get a couple the party scene. Like, let's get a couple. We're losing all the time. We suck. So let's go hit the bars hard. Give us a story on a couple nights.

Man, you're asking you to dig deep in the brain right now. Something legendary there. You're sitting around the cafeteria. with the boys and you guys are talking college stories and you want to be like you know hey boys you guys want to hear a legendary story here's one all right okay all right i got one for you um not not after a game but it's uh it was our spring game and then you know we're after the game to give you like whatever food buffet so you eat the food yeah we had a huge night's first night like

we're off we don't have anything do the next day so everyone's going to go hard we're all going out and uh i remember a bunch of us i was i'm just a couple men just shopped amount. Nick Koffa, Alex Wood, Jeffs, off, and we're at their house. And we just ate Chick-fil-A. They had some Chick-Flay for us

after the spring game. And all of us were stuff. We're trying to pound beer. You know, like, when you're on a full stomach and you're trying to, like, crushing beers, it's tough. Like, that shit is expanding your belly. Like, I'm trying to get drunk tonight, and I can't because every time I take a step,

I feel like I'm about to puke. So after about, like, my third beer, I'm like, I can't do this. I don't have to take it done. and it's taken it's taken it's going to ruin my knife and I'm very I'm going to get like barely drunk I really want to get uh I really want to get uh I really want to get stock so I took the handle of skull vodka which is a plastic handle it's probably I don't know like 895 oh yeah yeah like eight bucks dude yeah we went outside in the backyard and then I just

took it took a big old sweet to the face and then I everyone thought I was drinking and then after I started gargling until I puked of vodka. Honestly, it's one of the gross things I ever done, but once I threw up, I felt fucking great, and then I proceeded to absolutely get thrashed that whole night. So you were just basically taking this, so here's what I'm picturing, you're taking the skull vodka into the head like you were courtside that one night and just pounding it until you threw a gargling. No, no, no, no, I took a big old swig and then I started gargling like you're like kind of doing

mouthwash. So I like, lift my head up and went, uh, until I threw up. with Bocket. Oh, you know, a rally. That is a fucking rally move right there.

Yeah, I mean, honestly, it's one of my, yeah, hell yeah. And I'm still proud of it. You know what?

You should be proud of it. That's unbelievable. A decade later, and I'm still proud of it. I still don't, I still don't regret wanting to throw up that chickplay so I can get drunk at me. I need that chick flay back,

especially when you're almost 300 pounds, you need those cows. You got a big week the next week, my guy. That probably was the deciding factor between me weighing 299 pounds of the combine instead of 2009 pounds. That had to be it. He brings up the combine. He brings up the combine. We got a little combine note on here. Yeah. Hey, let me look in Will's notes over here. Let's see. My boy, 509, could not break the five. Could not break the five. Left early said, I'm athletic. I'm young.

I can do this. I've got great hair. Couldn't break a five. What's that about? What's going on? And not to mention, before you can answer, before you answer. What's that? I'm definitely faster than a five for me. Even today, I have a torn hamstring. I'm still fast. Right now you have a torn hip flexor in Hampshire. Well, I mean, through, you know, playing football, you know, you care shit.

Yeah, those things heal, though. Are you still injured? Are you okay? I'm not going to give you the year, but it happened. It happened and I played through it. No one even knows what happened to me. Just know in my career. Yeah, I mean, like, I just randomly show.

with an elbow brace like who the hell like it would just like magically pop my arm like i don't know i'm really going to be in week 16 before we play you guys listen bacteari he's got a torn hamstring he's had these issues if there's an elbow brace on his elbow's fucked up you guys need to go after those things right away but you're bet you're faster than a 509 oh yeah absolutely so here's my question why didn't you uh rerun it again at the pro day to try to beat the the five or did you just not really give them fuck you're just like oh i know it faster and i'll with people. I'm going to be in a podcast someday, and I'll just bring up the fact that I'm actually

faster than that time. Fuck it, dude. It's fine. I'm going to say this. Even like it's, oh, God, I hate how competitive I'm. It still pissed me off that I didn't break five. And yeah, I'll give you. Yeah, you ran fast for that.

I remember I slowly time. Well, I don't think the argument, I don't think we're ever talking about who is faster between you or I. Easy, bro. Easy, easy, easy. I'm just saying. There is never a time in my mind that we were competing about who's faster. That's how my mind works.

That's how my mind works. I'm bringing back week 16. I'm going to go on like one of those truck or a pull, a pinpole scheme. Hopefully to your sideline. And I'm going to see you in the corner of my eye and just go as I'm running by you. Just to let you feel the speed, dude. You feel me kicking the dust up with my healthiest fuck hamstrings. My hamstrings are going to be just grappling at the ground.

and be like fucking Lambo field up dude that grass fuck this grass fuck this grass that's what's gonna be going down that's that one less that one more year you spend in college man and get to have those fresh legs instead of playing a full 16 game

yeah I was the idiot because I went to the league and then I had to play more football games than I would have done in college how old do you right now like what's your what's your age it's a weird way to ask you're 28 yeah

and this is your eighth year in the league how old the bull you. He's same. He's same like years me. He's going into year eight. I'm going to year seven. No, I'm going to your seven. But I'm 30. You're 30? And I'm 28 and I'm going into your seven.

When you turn 29? July, 22nd. Oh, coming up. It's coming up. I'm expecting something now. Now that you know, I'm expecting. Well, now that I have your email, I will send you something nice. Please do not send me spam. Please do not send me spam. I'm in quarantine. What else can I do besides I just like throw jade all over the place?

Have you ever gone that website that you can literally get like animal shit and delivered to people's houses? No, but what is that website? I'm an idiot, dude. Why would I even say that out loud? Why would I even bring that point up? What were we talking about before? What were we saying? I'm fast in a 40.

Let me reel it in. Let me reel it in. We were basically chirping him for his over five second 40. We were just wanting him to explain that you think he could break 5.0. and he went Michael Jordan in his head and thought, okay, Taylor, you're faster than me. He created some competitive thing in his head. Oh, yeah.

That's how he's working. But we're just trying to give him the platform to be like, hey, so what's up with that 50? Can you break five or not? And he said he can. And my question is, why didn't you rerun it a pro day just to prove it? Oh, yeah.

Okay, okay, back to the point. That's impressive. Hey, by the way, that's impressive. Wait, what? That was impressive. Will just did that. You and me are like two, they're just two kids in the field with their eyes closed running in circles.

And Will's like hurting us like cats, dude. I was actually really visualizing you pulling on the truck and like you somehow make eye contact with your visor and the way your face mask is, the slanted bars and like somehow still making it sound like laughter. I don't know I'm more impressed about the speed or the fact that he can break his own mental play right now to focus on making a sound at me while he's running on the field.

It's impressive. It's just athletic ability, you know? It's just genetics, my guy, you know what I'm saying? It's all I'm talking about here. Okay, now back to answer the question. My agent just said, you ran a good 40, a bunch of people clock to you, in the four-nine. So there's a... In the four-nine.

Unless you feel like you can beat four-nine. I'm like, at the time, I had no problem saying this. At the time, I had terrible to tell it 10-9. and I can barely freaking move so I'm like I'm not doing anything there's a lot of business moves and decisions that go on and like somebody runs it at the combine and whether or not what your 40 actually is like say 509

like for people listening like your agent like David is alluding to it's telling him that he's clocked in the four nines so regardless what NFL network and all that says like there's coaches that have him in the four nine so yo you're good to not run anymore if you don't want to and so David like making a business move decision like if I don't have to then why go out there and risk like pulling a

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Enjoy the episode. That's awesome. All right. I have a question for both of you guys because you're both talking about during a play, like you're talking about going against defensive ends earlier. You're talking about how can Taylor to run and think in his mind going, like in the middle of a play. I have a question. What has been your favorite play to put on film as a left tackle, like that you're most proud of because Lyman, it's like a cult with you guys.

Like everyone sees everybody. There's five of you out on the field at the same time. What's your most favorite play that you've put on film as a left tackle? Both of you. David, we'll start with you. I mean, the first thing that comes to my mind was 2014 Patriots and, of course, You got, I mean, only as good as all the other guys and all I got four. So it was like a pass play in the red zone.

I think we clocked it in our O-line room. It was like 13 seconds. And I was blocking high power and I had him like hemmed up. And at one point he got off one arm and I had one arm hold him on the moon. He keeps just chopping at my arm. And I think at one point he like maybe like popped or like strain like a bicep or tricep. You see him in my arm also and he was like, oh, like a shoulder. And then he just stopped and I was like, wow, like that was, I felt really good.

When I was able to block that about 13 seconds and the fact that he hurt himself trying to get off of the pain. Oh, there I, yeah. That was a pretty interesting. And then after all that for 13 seconds, it was an incomplete pass. But we all were studs and blocked that forever. It's all about individual performances in those situations, right? Like, fuck the team. We're good.

That was 13 seconds of blocking. Dante Hyatt. Tower. Dante High Tower. K.A. Before Taylor says his piece. Taylor's got a couple situations. Yeah, I won.

Yeah, I won. I went back and forth. I won. I won versus Dante High Tower in the playoffs. I did. He just won the last one. He just won the last one. I was three for four.

I was three for four. And the fourth one, the one I lost, he fucking just destroyed me on one, dude, going up to the linebacker. Like I was in a, I can't say that what our scheme was, but I was bound. bouncing off and about to turn back up. And as I'm turning up, I'm looking at a plethora of dreads just coming into me, dude, and just absolutely baptizing me into the ground.

It was tough, dude. Yeah, I'm part of his, I'm part of his church now. I was never baptized. If you know that everyone knows you're about to run, like, you know, you guys say stretch left. We'll just say stretch left. And the linebacker knows, like, they're running the ball over here. I'm about to come a kazzy into this motherfucker.

like right when the play happened. I remember even watching at home and Hight Tower just takes off and smokes my boy. And they go into the backfield and stuff. It was crazy. But it was like he knew exactly what was coming. So he got like a huge head start. It happens to the best of us.

Happens in the best of us. Yeah, I mean, I have been decluded. I don't like to admit it, but yeah. Yeah. I don't know if you hold like a medeta, like all the names that people have decluded me. especially from like my earhole, and I try and get them back.

Just whenever I see him again. Dude. Just guys. Yeah, yeah, yeah. At least you guys are heavy, though. Try being tossed in the fucking air. Like, that's happened to me. But that's what you're heavy.

We're land creatures. We're supposed to be on the ground, and we're getting freaking absolutely just catapulted in the air. Like, I'm embarrassed. Like, I've never popped up faster than when I get decluded. Yeah, no, that thing. The quicker I pop up out is when I'm in the ocean, I've been on a surfboard in the ocean,

and I fall off my surfboard. I have never jumped faster back on a surfboard. I immediately think there's somehow some way there's a shark that is waiting for me. Yeah. At that moment, the moment you fall off the surfboard, the shark's like, this is my time. You're like, oh, fuck, oh, shit as fast as you possibly can, dude. Dude, I saw, I was on Instagram. I'm just surfing Instagram the other day, and I saw Kahlil Mack doing his, like, jab,

dips, stab, and taking, like, Riley Reef into the rafters, dude, then taking a right tackle into the rafters and just absolutely dumbing. some cats out there, dude. It's a bad, it's a bad fucking gig when you get got like that. There's nothing worse. You know who's actually really good at that? There's a dude who played at Auburn plays for the Bengals now. He's like a smaller guy. Oh, Lawson. He's his name. Yeah, Los Angeles. Is it lost? Last name Lawson. Yes. Yeah. Last name is lost. Yeah, actually. His his hand placement on his stabs on the inside shoulder, like right in the armpit are money. It's so impressive. You can get a guy like that dude, it's like, you're taking a 320 pound dude's no problem in the backfield.

We're just with that leverage. It's stupid. And it's so embarrassing. It's so embarrassing when you get got, dude. Especially you get sacked. You just get tackled into the running back or it's just bad. I think I've been pretty blessed that. I think the couple times that it's happened, the ball's been out and like something good

happened on the play, but not too good. So it's not a highlight. It's just kind of like, you know, it was like a seven-year completion. nothing cool happened. All right. It's like, it just like, it breaks from everyone's memory.

It'll never be put out there. The worst is like, uh, when you do something bad and it's like a forever memorable play. Like, I got absolutely swam inside on Aaron's, one of Aaron's Hell Mary in Detroit. And I forever watch it like,

I'm getting beat. Like, like, I keep watching it. Like, no one even noticed it because of something great half. But I'm like, I just like,

every time watching like, damn. Like, if you were to watch, like, you'd probably give me shit like, oh,

you'd probably give me shit. I don't know about you, but when I watch, like, if I go home after a game and I'm watching, like, football or whatever, I'll literally, I won't even watch the play. I'll just watch the left tackle. Yeah. I thought of the watch. That's all I do is watch you guys and what you guys are doing at all time. I think if you, you know, based in your 40 time, and for anybody who is probably listening to this right now, but he's not going to tell us, this is basically what David just told us. There is a play in the package.

That has David getting the ball. However, he doesn't want to say it because he doesn't want to give it away for the upcoming season. I know that because I've said those exact words and then eventually it comes up. The word thing that happens is when you report and then they're in zone, I'm like, oh, well, they're definitely going to check this. I'm not going to. Hey, there is. I'm glad you came clean because I know you have like.

You're sitting in every week. It's like, hey, the OC is like, hey, we're going to try to get to you on that. All right. Hey, we hit the red zone. We get inside the 20 yard line. Be ready. All right, especially for on the right hash, blah, blah, blah, that's that and the other. You're like, fuck, yeah.

And then, like, the game's going by, and you're in the third quarter, and you're like, this shit ain't going to happen, is it? I'm just, I'm just, I've got my boy all hyped up for no reason right now. I got something good. So it was, uh, it was, uh, it was, you know, when McCarthy was the head coach. It might have been his last year, like, our last game in the season, and we had a play where I was going to get a touchdown. And I was so excited and I'm like, this might be the only chance.

So I wore a wide receiver gloves the entire game. I hate, like, they're so. Like, especially us fat guys, like, you start sweating. They just, like, you can't grab anything. They're actually count intuitive. They're not sticky. They're just really, like, slippery, especially when grabbing them. We're grabbing the football.

It's fine. As soon as you're wet, they just fall apart. Yeah. No, like super wet. And I sweat a lot of the purge. About third quarter, we're getting absolutely manhandled. And at a certain point, I'm like, I just looked down. I was talking myself myself and I'm like,

Dave, just give up your dream, man. You're not going to come out of a day. Give up your dream. So I, like, if it was like a sad part to an ending, like, like, the main character is never going to find his true love. He didn't win. Like, you see me, like, taking off these stupid gloves, going over to our equipment guy, give me the old line glove.

Let me at least, like, not completely look. I can be like, let me do good for the rest of the game. I have been all the last year. Like, I would have been even mad if they would have called the play. Like, I don't even want to run anymore. Like, I'm done. I was defeated. Nothing more.

Just crushing his dreams, man. What's it, how's it been playing for Coach Laugh? I actually before we did that ran this interview I shot him a text I said hey we're about to interview your boy Bakhtiari because he suddenly follows the boys and he's like yeah I saw that love the dude but I don't have any

funny stories for you they're not coming up to top of my head right on. That's such a little bit of stories of me shout out the coaches that suddenly listen to the boys out here but yeah he's like oh I love the dude but I don't have I don't have anything for you at the top of

I'm a little bit disrespectful now that he doesn't have any stories He actually, he texted me too. I think he's a little self-conscious and maybe a little nervous about that I'm coming on here. Oh, really? He texted you right. He probably texted me.

Oh, yeah. He texted me saying that he knew how come on. I'm like, oh, how do you know? We had a little conversation about it. And then I do remember one I DMV you, Taylor, about when we got, man, I asked you for any good stories. I don't know if we can. I do remember that.

What was said, but. Let me look that up because I think if I look it up and I'm like, hey, we're not going to be talking about that. Let me give me one second. You remember. I don't. I have an idea of what it was. Well, I think they look at a lot of the end.

Look at a lot of the end. While he's looking, tell us a little bit about playing for a little bit last year. It was fun. We were winning. Oh, I found them, brother. This shit's hilarious. Are we able to talk about it? Yeah, I can talk about it.

All right. I'm back there. I was like, all right. DB's like, Taylor, I need the lowdown on Matt LaFleur. You're taking it. You know, I can't fucking read. Anyway, he's like, he's asking me like, I cannot do. I can't publicly read. That shit fucking freaks me out.

Can't read that thing. You take on him and an embarrassing, funny story, nickname. I know you can deliver for me. So here's the deal with Matt LaFleur. And actually, Will was in on this too, I believe. LeFleur is the smartest guy in the room at all times. Anybody who's met LaFleur knows, like that guy is just super fucking smart. He gets football.

He just understands his brain works on different wavelengths than other human beings. But like Matt also gets uncomfortable if you press his buttons a little bit. If you press on him, Matt's like, okay, he does that. Ha ha, okay. And just like really just wants to get back to work. So DBS, he's like, hey, like give me a couple stories on the boy. Like what's going on? And one thing we started calling him was HCL.

for hammercock Lafleur. Because we were saying like, Hey, yeah, we go in the restroom. Because we were saying Matt Lafleur is like that kind of skinny, like handsome dude, skinny, unsuspecting in the porn. And he walks in. And he's like, well, I don't know. I actually, I didn't study this weekend.

The teacher's like, you didn't study. And then Lafleur just like pulls out this fucking piece, bro. And so, and I've never seen, I've never seen LaFleur's piece, but it was just uncomfortable enough from me. need to say to him like, hey, what's up, Hammercock, LaFleur, what's the deal? And he's like, hey, can you do it? It was like week 15 or 16 in the season, like five weeks, six weeks have gone by. And he's like, eventually he's just like has enough courage to be like, hey, Taylor, can you just stop calling me that, please? Can you just stop calling me Hammercock? That's like, it's all good,

man. People ever ask you say it's a head coach before. You're going to be a head coach someday. And sure enough, HCL, baby, ACL lives on forever. Dude, shout out Matt Lafleur. I know you're listening. right now. I know Vrable's listening because, you know, Vrabel's our number one fan, dude. Mike Vrable is the number one fan of Bustin with the boys. No doubt. He's laughing. He's probably laughing to himself because he's probably seen Lafleur's piece after games. But that shit, that shit was hilarious, dude. God.

God damn. Anyway. Do you have any comment on that TV? You don't have to. Did I not say, he said nothing about it? I'd say I fucking love Lafleur, though. Lafleur's the man, dude.

Taylor and I would have this thing, like when we, I was with the tights in. It was 18, right. And that we would walk up and neither be like, remember Taylor would be like stretch or Lafleur. And if you, we'd like see him in the bathroom and say Taylor and I were like washing our hands or something. And Lafleur or stretch would walk in there. We'd be, hey, man, like let's see, let's see that hammer. Like, we know you got a hammer.

And we would just make it the most uncomfortable situation of all time because that you know how it is around the building. We were probably watching like, what the fuck are these guys talking about? But that shit is like daily stuff that goes on that is so funny. because, you know, it's so monotonous being at the building all day long that you just start doing funny shit around the building every day. You got to ask the guy out of, like, how's me doing? Yeah, I know. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They'd be at the year and know we about, oh, stretch. Hey, you know, you've got that hammer over there, bro. Hey, stretch is another one, dude. Skinny, fat guy, tall is all hell. And you know, he just wraps that thing around his leg, dude, ties that piece out for the day. You know what I'm saying? Why does our podcast always turn into this, dude? It always ends up some stupid,

pause stuff, whatever. People say pause all the time. Fuck that word. Hey, no pause. Yeah, let's, yeah, I see, I see, he's like, Hey, Dave. I'm like, you know, this is my head coach talking about. I know, dude.

I know, it's the worst. It's the worst when you got a couple stories. If we can transition off the H.C. LaFleur, that's great, like. Hey, we'll transition, but you're just going to say the word Hamercom. I'm trying to go to work. Yeah, yeah.

There's no doubt that H. H.C. Lafleur is going to, is going to, oh, what's the word I'm looking for? Blow up? You blow up when this episode comes out, dude. Dude, HC, baby, because you know, because you know, they should have an NFL network on Monday night football, they should just zoom in on that piece, bro. Just zoom in on that thing. It's so uncomfortable, dude. Like, if I was in your position and it was your podcast and some guy was like, yeah, Mike Vrable and they started telling stories about Mike Vrable that I was low-key, like, you like, I texted you and was like, hey, tell me about Mike Vrable.

and it was just so uncomfortable. It's like, God, I can't go work with this. Because you're going to go to the first team meeting in camp. And Matt's going to get up there. All right, guys, well, you know, let's have a great season. Aaron, if you're okay with that. And then we'll see you guys later. And then everyone's going to start to leave.

You're going to be the one of the last guys out. And HCL is going to be like, hey, Dave, can I see you in my office for a second? It just sound like a weird heart to heart. Say, hey, I know what Taylor said to you, but can you just not call me that? Can you not call me HCL, please? So bad, because that's like pretty spot on with how the entire conversation.

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I'm sure it is for you guys too but like if somebody like if somebody goes at Ben Jones during a game like there's gonna be two or three of us over there like tell him that guy whoever that is getting on Ben Jones go fuck go fuck yourself like we're all like the boys are like just like banded together

like we're hey we gotta fight this thing out together it's awesome but then you get in the locker room and you're like talking about how fat the other guy is how slow the other guy is this guy's a fat piece of shit like all that crazy shit dude but it's the best that's when you know you're a part of it if guys are like Hey, Dave, good to see you, man.

All right, hey, you look great today. And they kind of just walk off. Like, well, that guy fucking hates me. Like, no question. He hates me. And then you find me, when he starts making fun of you, that's what I tell will all the time. If I'm making fun of you, I'm comfortable with that person now, you know?

Yeah. I don't agree. All right. We need to get some good journey talk with the boy because your rookie year, you had a, like, a huge, and I've watched some of your interviews where you talk about taking advantage of opportunities, like when they come. Your rookie year, you have an example of that because it's Baluga. He got hurt or he tore his knee, right?

Isn't that it? Did I say it right? Which part? The Tori knee or Baluga. Balaaga? Balauga. Please don't disrespect him. Sorry.

Sorry. He's in the lead for over 10 years. Bala. Yeah, no disrespect. Shana' boy. But he tore his knee, right? And you actually got your big opportunity, big break to really show. show like what you were about in your rookie year because you're like the first

linemen to play all 16 games as a rookie since like in the since like the 70s for the Packers organization can you talk about taking advantage of that opportunity and what kind of transpired when you saw that his that he tore's knee and you're like oh I'm about to I'm about to do this this year uh well I mean that definitely wasn't my mind though I'm about to do this it was uh so long-huh it was family night and I just I was his backup I left And I was like, man, I think I'm good enough to play. And I can't be. Like, Brian was better than me.

At left. I'm like, I can't beat this guy. He's too good. I'm like, and like, I have a college mentality. I don't think that like, oh, once you're at left, you're at left. That's it. So I'm like kind of thinking like, is coach going to move me over to right tackle? Because in college, you kind of just flop, flip off, whatever.

She can play the best fly. So I was sitting there way. I'm like, are they going to move me over to right tackling? I really want to compete. And then finally, like, they moved me over to right on co-starting right tackle for family and I wish like our scrimmage before. before preseason that's when Brian tore the knees

so we were actually on the same side starting together and then this is how much of a savage he was he tore his ACL didn't even know he tore his ACL finished famine out I'm seeing him soaking up bull rushes with no ACL attached

Get the fuck out of it really Dude I got Unbelievable I was so shocked He's like yeah my knees like stiff It's kind of sore in the next day like because we didn't really know like how serious it was the next thing is I think I had to get him around my knee and then there's some rumors like he made up towards ACL and now

oh shit damn I'm done and I was close with Clay Matthews at this time still am but I knew him prior to being on the Packers so I don't know I'm like hey I think blind towards ACL like what he's going to happen I was hoping you know as established like it like he you know he was what past rushers were you know the leader of our team I was hoping that he's going to give me some confidence and be like, oh, you know, like they're going to move you over. You know, I think you've earned your spot. He always completely not at all what he said. He responds to me like, yeah, man, that sucks for our team.

Well, they'll probably move over just Marshall Newhouseville to less because you're an unproven rookie end down. Holy shit, dude. Like, as a friend, he's completely shopping. I was like, oh, cool, cool, cool, cool. I appreciate that. I'll catch you at practice. You know, because you're a rookie, you're probably going back to the hotel during camp and stuff.

Like, hit up your parents, like, you know, what the fuck's going to happen? You're trying to lean on play for a living? He's like, yeah, that fucking sucks me. We're probably going to lose this year because we lost. We lost a bunch of way. So he literally tells me that. And then we go under O-line one, and our coach comes in super quiet, and then just goes up to the board and writes the numbers of the starters across the board.

And I saw mine at left tackle. And I had no idea. I was like, oh, shit. I'm like, damn, I'm thinking like maybe I could have like a year or like, my goal is like, all right, a year right tackle, kind of get UCNAFL and then I'll go to compete at left. And then I was like, well, my opportunity came quicker than I thought. I'm either going to be a starter. I'm going to be shit. So let's figure it out.

That coin flip feeling is the best. Or actually the worst. You're like going to your first game. You're like, I'm either going to be a dog shit tackle and my career is about to be over before it starts or this could be something beautiful. at least you find out early at least you have an idea so then you can least enjoy like it's gonna be a three-year plan to leave like all right i'm not i'm gonna enjoy that plan right okay i'm gonna be pretty good football might as well kind of dig in you know have fun sparingly because it's tough tough out here tough business yeah just try to try and make all the

money and get out hey four all pros later a couple pro bowls like that's that's i mean that's probably a pivotal moment where your obviously career takes off because you ball. Yeah. Yeah. You know, it's crazy as I was actually

in Bradenton, Florida, training for the combine with Bulaga after he tore his ACL when he was rehabbing. He was shit talking me. He was shit talking to me.

I know it. He definitely shit talking about. He was shit talking to me so bad. I didn't want to say, I was not going to bring it up. I was not going to bring it. I was like a, no,

he was like, and he's like this fucking like, like he, I remember him being on the phone be like, tell them I'm not going to fucking right tackle. I'm not playing right tackle.

Fuck that. Like getting mad. And I was like, because you, you're like, when you were talking like, I was a little different. Like in my head, I'm like, I'm playing left tackle. That's fucking it. I'm not a right tackle. I can't even get in a right hand stance here. I'm dog, I'm dog shit.

So in my head, I'm like, as soon as I can play left tackle, I'm playing left tackle. And I was kind of like back and forth, like Michael Orr was our right tackle, which is hilarious because the movie blind side. He's actually not the blind side. And then Michael Ruse. And I just, I'm right here and Balaga talk and I'm like, oh shit, like I feel him. You know what I'm saying? I'd be fucking pissed too. But it's crazy this whole like full circle story.

But luckily I kind of had a similar thing. Michael Rue's got like one of those hairline fractures. It's not a hairline, a micro fracture in his knee. And he was like, he was just like chilling. No problem during the game. He was like, I'm a knee kind of hurts. I was like, you want me to go in? I'll go in right now.

And he's like, sit out. Like it's fine. Well, the next day I'm hearing rumors that he had a micro fracture. This is my. be it. And it's like week six of my rookie year. And I walk in and Ruse is sitting there, gut hanging out, just looking at me, pedaling a bike. And I like, hey, man, like I heard, I heard some stuff. He goes, he goes, yeah, man, you're never going to have a good night's sleep for the rest of your career. You're now the starting left tackle. Like, Ruse is the one

that told me. And I was like, you said to you? He's like, you'll never have a good night's sleep the rest of your career. I was like, oh, holy shit. Okay, we're doing this. We're doing this. played Jacksonville next week, got the dub, went two and 14 that year. You're welcome, Tennessee. You're welcome. You started 1 and 0. I started 1 and 0.

Ended up like 1 in 9 or whatever it was. Great year for the boys, man. Hey, David doesn't know about that. He does. Losing season, like, we have fucking Aaron Rogers over there. 6-9 and 1, I think, is my worst, yeah, my worst year, 6-9-1.

Oh, yeah, I mean, that's, yeah, That's a losing season. And it's not great. It's not the worst. It's not great. You know, middle of the road guy. Yo, um, all right, we got to wrap this thing up. The biggest, the rumblings out there is about it happened the day you were courtside

and you destroyed a beer on site. No questions asked. Six ounces of beer. Six ounces of beer. Doesn't matter. He didn't ask for first and last name. He just fucking pounded that beer. Aaron Rogers.

he, obviously, he babysitted his. But from that moment, I know my boy, he's a beer chugger as well. And I was like, yo, one day, we were hoping you'd be on the bus. But one day when we get Boktiari on this pod, you guys got to have a chuck-off. Because personally, I want to know because my man prides himself on chugging beer. I saw you. Look at him. Oh, let's go.

Let's go. I was like, hey, I know, DB, he might be able to be thrown you by what I saw on courts. Oh, yeah. So we got to get, we got to do something to settle this beer chuck. And I don't know if it's like you both, I don't know if you both take like a, like, your girl takes a video of you. I take a video of Taylor. We put the times together.

There's a little. Hey, your girl takes a video of you. My girl will takes a video of you. No, no, no, no, no. But we got to do something to where this shit is settled. And that's how we will promo and hype this podcast episode up, dude. What do both of you? What do you guys say?

One, I'm fucking so down. Two, have to be on this one? Or can we like, I would love to do it in person, then we could do like a bunch? I love that you said that. I agree.

And we like parlaying like a party type thing. We just do just wait like day drink and just have fun. We make it like a fun day out of it. Here's my first question. Or is there a chance that you could come to Nashville before August? Before August. He's in California. No way, my guy.

I mean, can I yes? Will I? No. Hey, that's the best part, dude. That's the best part. Listen, here's the deal. Here's the deal. You've already conceded this first loss.

You've lost this round. I'm one to know. I love it. I lost the 40. I won the beer show. I'll give you the 40. I'll take the beer show. That's not what we were talking about.

The 40 was all. You're the only one arguing the 40. I love you to death. You're a guest, but like, you're the only one arguing who's faster. We're not even talking. talking about that. I'm self-conscious about it, okay? You have conceded, you have, you have conceded on the beer chug via podcast, which I'm

happy you did because I didn't want to either. That being said, you said at first, I get the dub. What is going to happen now is you need to come down, whether it's New Year's, well, we'll both be in the playoffs. Whether it's a Fourth of July weekend, like a Memorial Day weekend, something like that, get the boys, bring a couple your office slamming down, I'll bring a couple of my office slamming, I'll just, well, they'll be like 10 minutes away. So they'll have them drive over.

We'll have a nice, we'll have a beer Olympics. Green Bay Packers versus Tennessee Titans. And in that beer Olympics, we will have our chug off. But I don't know about you. I have to get a couple in me before it to really start just drizzling down. You know what I'm saying? I'm good. Now I don't care.

You love that. You love that. You fucking. Honestly, he's like it. He's like that. Here's my thing. I mean, you can put your shirt on now. Leave it off.

Leave it off. I like it. We could still, well, if he's gonna have it off, you know, you might need to come up out that thing then,

DB. No, I'm good, I'm good, good, good where I'm back. Hey, I came with a tank. I'm staying with a tank. Before it's hyped up,

it could still be hyped up and you guys, we do a preliminary video and then you argue like, oh, it's bullshit, let's do it a person, hypes it up even more. I still think like we got,

are you asking me for your guys promo for busting with the boys, You guys want me to do that? We'll find a great. Sell yourself. Sell yourself for us. All right?

No, you're going to find a good one anyway. Me personally, I think that that's how you fucking elevate this thing to the next level. That's just me. Either way, we're going to find a great. I'm fucking kidding. David Lee. David Lee, come back. Come back one second.

I got one boy over here. I got David Lee ready to go beer Olympics. I got Corey Levin over here. I keep my boys. I keep my boys strapped in 24-7. dude. We are ready for beer Olympics. Are you in, so you're in Nashville already? Yeah, we're in Nashville, my guy.

Okay, so I need nothing. So my best friend from college is actually on your team, Daniel Munner, the practice squad. Daniel Munner's a great guy. Yeah. I need him to fucking be on the team. If he is, you're pretty much guaranteed I'll be out there because I'll definitely

go. Let's fucking go. Here's another thought too. Every year there's an O-line trip, right? We can meet in a neutral ground. We can meet in Vegas. We can meet in Tabo. We actually have a huge pot. We have a second rounder and we have a huge pot that we need to use the money.

We're trying to give a charity. But with everything going on, we're also thinking charity with people who are struggling in Vegas too, need that money as well. Right. We're willing to go places. We're willing to help. I love that. We can use the money.

That is probably the move. I'm thinking neutral ground attack. We'll get this thing going. David, thank you for coming on our podcast. You're an amazing guest. Thank you. That's fine, guys. Thank you.

Yo, this shit was fun. Thanks for coming on, bro. Yeah, that was cool. Hey, I was going to put on to the back in. Yeah. Yeah, I got, I got a hat or whatever that else. Trust me. We're going to happen.

We got a whole set up coming to you, bro. Whoever's been on the pod, like, they're going to be treated top-notch. When you're in training camp, there's going to be something sent at your rocker one day. Don't love it. Don't tell them. I don't tell me. I'm just excited. He's excited.

He's excited. He's excited. All right, man. Yeah, dude. I would love. I would love to come on again because you guys are a fucking fun of shit. And also I met you Taylor a couple years

or you, of course you. You're like the cooler version and less centered version of myself and I appreciate that. And I love that bad people. When I find people I'm like, man, I just wish I wasn't such a pussy and just do that.

I'm like, yeah, no, that's what he does. I appreciate it. Light eyes, you know, all skin, stud. Love it. Dude, oh, we win it in the podcast. My God, thank you so much. I'll tell you what, Pro Bowl this year, if we're not in the Super Bowl, we're Slamin beers, having a good time. And we won't make any competition until we have our beer Olympics.

Or we could just like, make the competition and just get wasted the same time. Who cares? Yeah, no question. I'm with it. Fuck. Great talk. Great talk. All right, brother.

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