Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 1: Wolves force game 7, NFL schedule released

Episode Date: May 17, 2024

Shannon Sharpe and Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson react to Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves blowing out the Denver Nuggets, the 2024 NFL schedule being released, and much more!03:41 - Show starts06:38 - Twolves beat Nuggets21:34 - Newscap21:44 - NFL Schedule34:51 - Greg Olson on Fox47:42 - What do you hear?48:32 - Breast Feeding Moron(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The T-Wolves win 115-70. Fourth of game seven. Ant-Man, 27 points, four rebounds, four assists, three threes. Jaden McDaniels, 21 points, eight or ten, four rebounds, two blocks. Mike Conley, 12 points, five assists, four rebounds. Cat, 10 points, 13

rebounds, five assists. Reid, Nas Reid, 10 points, 11 rebounds. Rudy Gobert, 8 points, 14 rebounds. Minnesota, 45-point win is the second largest margin of victory in an NBA history when facing postseason elimination. How about these defensive numbers for the Wolves? Denver Nuggets shot 30% overall.

They were 19% from the three. 12 turnovers leading to 19 points. The lowest Nuggets had scored all season before tonight with 80 points game two of the series. And in game six, Denver only put up 70 points. Now, as Ant-Man said, as he held up in the game, we got to game seven. As he said when he was leaving the arena on the other night when they lost in game five,

he said, we'll see y'all back for game seven. And the thing that you got to love about him, Ocho, whether he win big or he lose, he has the same bravado. He plays the exact same way. And you got to love that about him. Because a lot of times, Ocho, we've seen guys talk big when they're winning. And now all of a sudden they lose, they run out the locker room. They ain't got nothing to say.

Yeah, he's standing on business coming either way. Whether you win or lose. And that's what I love about him in general. Obviously, I think Ant-Man is the perfect face for the NBA. He got to be the next man up because he delivers on and off the court and he's a polarizing, charismatic figure. He's perfect for it.

And you know what? I have a feeling, I have a feeling everything is set in place for them, for that game seven. And I have, I don't know why I can feel, I can feel it deep down in my soul, despite Denver's experience, playoff experience, game seven experience, for some reason I have a feeling that Ant-Man and company is going to beat them boys. I can feel it.

I know you probably disagree with me because obviously the Nuggets coming off a championship. I don't know why. Something deep down in me says Ant is going to will not only his way, but his team's way and getting the boys past the Nuggets. Well, you could see early on in the ball game

the Nuggets got out to a 9-2 lead. Next thing you know, it's 9-9. You look up again, it's 31-11. And Ant-Man led that charge. Yeah, he was making shots. But you look at Cat. You look at Rudy Gobert. On in the back boards. Second chance point.

They won the rebounding margin by 19. And so now that gives you an opportunity to get second chance points. Look, the Nuggets missed some shots. They missed some shots that we've seen. Some. Some. get second chance points. Look, the Nuggets missed some shots. They missed some shots that we've seen Jamal Murray. Some? They missed a lot.

But shots that we've seen Jamal Murray make, shots that we've seen Michael Porter Jr. make, they missed those shots. Now, are they going to make all the shots? Probably not. But I think they'll make a lot more shots. I think they played Saturday, if I'm not mistaken. I think they'll make a lot more shots than they miss. The question is, can Minnesota summons up that same intensity?

One more time. Can you do it, Ocho? One more time. Can you do it? Collectively at that. Collectively. Ant-Man had 27. Michael Conley gave you 13.

Cat, we need Cat to show up, ump. We need Cat to show up. He only took 10 shots, though, Ocho. He only took 10 shots. I know he only took 10 shots, but again, it's the bright lights. Cat, we need you to show up, baby. And I said he was a superstar the last time I talked, and the people in the chat, they corrected me on Twitter.

They corrected me in the chat as well. They said he's just a star. They said he's just a star because he's not showing up the way he should. I need Cat to be a superstar. I want him to be the superstar that I know he can be based on what I know he can do. That goddamn Rudy Gobert

did what he's supposed to do. Obviously, he was a defensive juggernaut tonight. Jaden McDaniels, boy, you need to take a goddamn bow, boy. Jaden McDaniels, you need to take

a goddamn bow, boy. Boyaden McDaniels, you need to take a goddamn bow, boy. Boy, he was the real deal. He was the difference maker tonight. Obviously, he had 21. Excuse me. My bad, my bad. My bad. I got something in my eye.

Yeah, he was the difference maker tonight. And when you look at the game as a whole, I look at it as, well, damn, did the Nuggets actually lose this game? I'm trying to say, how do I say it the right way? Being that Murray played so poorly. It's the second game. He's only had one field goal in the first half. Yes. So it's like, did y'all even try?

I'm not saying that. Yeah, they tried. Yeah, that's Minnesota. Minnesota, give them credit. Yeah, not saying that. Yeah, they try. Yeah, that's Minnesota. Minnesota, give them credit. Okay, okay. So we're going to get the Wolves credit then? Yeah. Okay. Their defense was outstanding tonight.

I'm not going to make no excuses for the Nuggets. It was the goddamn Wolves all day. They got after them. They got up into them. They crowded them. Like I said, they had some open shots that they missed, but give those guys credit. But Michael Porter Jr. can't be 3-9. Jamal Murray

can't be 4-18. KCP can't be 2-6. They shot 7-36. See, the problem that you run into is kind of like a lot of teams. Okay, we shoot the three. We normally make the three. Okay, tonight you're shooting the three. You're not making the three. And you continue to shoot the three. We normally make the three. Okay, tonight, you're shooting the three.

You're not making the three. And you continue to shoot the three. Well, damn. You're not making it. So, you know, hey, you got to keep shooting. Shoot or shoot. You know what I'm saying? You miss all the shots you don't take.

Well, hell, you're missing all the shots that you do take. Get your ass closer into the paint. And also, Minnesota dominated them in the paint. The paint points. You get second chance. You get the ball back. You put it up. They did a great job.

Give Rudy Gobert credit. He only scored like eight, nine points. But the rebounding, the defense was a lot better. Look, the other night, Jokic made some hell of a shot. I went back and watched the entire game. Jokic made some shots that if that's anybody else, that's a lot better. Look, the other night, Jokic made some hell of a shot. I went back and watched the entire game. Jokic made some shots that if that's anybody else, that's a blocked shot. Rudy Gobert gets a blocked shot. He made it

tough. Now, there are some shots I'm like, well, damn, Rudy, the guy that got you looking like me. But there was also some shots that Jokic made that ain't nothing you can do about that. You just stay. You look at him and say, Coach, hey, hell, he just made a better play. Sometimes better

offense beat good defense. It's just that simple. Great pitching beat great hitting. A great throw will beat great coverage. You've seen guys on the show, the guy right there. You're like, how the hell did he get that in there? Ball placement every time will always win, no matter how good your coverage is exactly you

know and since i've been watching obviously i've been watching the playoffs paying um better attention and learning the game a little bit more so i can be able to talk it with you and gill i've come to learn that joker is the real deal so now i'm understanding the three mvps i'm also come to understand that goddamn luca doing all type of yes he's got he got all he got all they got bags but it looks so he i don't i don't i don't excuse me i don't mean to be disrespectful it looks so slow and lethargic. It's like there's no type of, no type of explosion

or just no type of... They ain't got no 40-inch verticals. Give me the word to use. Give me the word to use so I don't sound disrespectful. We're looking for our athletes to be abdub, be able to jump out the gym,

to be all the things that we're used to seeing. The Michaels, the Cobys, the Jordans, all those guys were super, super athletic. How are they so effective without it, though? They're a guy, they always, if they go to the park, they're going to always be shirts. Neither one of them taking their shirt off.

They're always going to be on the shirts when they're on the blacktop. So we already know that. But you looking at them, and I think the thing is sometimes you underestimate them. And then you looking like, man, look, man, I'm about to de-do it up. And the next thing you know, Luka got a 30-point or a 40-point triple-double. Jokic got a 30- or a 40-point triple-double because you looking at them. And aesthetically, you're like, I don't see no calf muscles. I don't see no cuts.

I don't see nothing. I don't see no guys jumping over nobody. Ain't nobody posterizing nobody. But if you look at the stat line at the end of the night, man, he cooked everybody. Damn. And so that's what it is because we're used to seeing super, super athletic guys be able to do that. And neither one of those guys are super, super athletic. But their basketball IQ is tremendous.

They do a great job. You're not going to speed them up. Luka's going to play at his speed. Yoke's going to play at his speed. You come do all that other stuff. Another thing that the T-Wolves did tonight, look at Jokic's assist total. Yeah, two.

We'll give you yours. You get yours. But ain't nobody else going to do it-ish. So now we're not going to let you have a 30-point, 14 or 12 assist night. That ain't going to happen. Because when you do that, you get off, and now you make it easier for murray you make it easier for kcp you make it easier for michael porter jr now we're gonna give you your

you go ahead and you play one-on-one but they didn't go out they trapped him a lot of times they got him at the top of the key they came with the trap and they said we're gonna roll the dice because we don't believe you're gonna hit those shots that you hit in Denver. Give the T-Wolves credit. You can't take away everything. You have to give up something, but hopefully what we're giving up doesn't hurt us long term. Listen, what's the chances

that the Nuggets have a horrible shooting night in Game 7 this Saturday like they did tonight? I would put money they won't. Now, I'm not saying they're about to go out there and shoot 65% from the floor and 50% from the three and 90% from the free throw line. I'm not going to say that.

But the likelihood of them shooting seven for 36 or them shooting 30% from the floor, that's probably not going to happen, Ochoa. That's not going to happen. No. That's going to be a good game. That's going to be a very good game. The question is, and remember, you see how the role play. Now, remember I told you the other night how role players play better at home?

Yeah. You see the crowd get behind them, and now everybody making shots. Even guys that we don't customarily see making shots. The question is, can you turn it over? Can you package that and take it on the road? Right. Because when we played Ocho, remember what they said?

Ocho, your run game and your defense that'll travel. You can take it anywhere. Take it to Miami, take it on the road. Right. Because when we played, Ocho, remember what they said, what they say, Ocho, you run game and you defense, that'll travel. You can take it anywhere. Take it to Miami, take it to Kansas City, take it to Buffalo. It does not matter.

If you can play defense, you can run the ball. Ball, yeah. You good. You straight. Question is, now, can you take that defense

that you brought tonight, can you package that up take it on the road but to find out because you're one step away you're in the western conference champ you're in the western conference finals with a chance to go to the nba finals see this is i see what ant-man is doing see this is how you see, this is how you become iconic. This is how you make a name for yourself. Magic Johnson became Magic Johnson in the playoffs. When he jumped center for Kareem in the NBA Finals and went 42-15-7. That's when you become iconic.

Yeah. When you start doing stuff in the playoffs, LeBron, playoffs, Steph, KD, Kobe, Shaq, you become iconic in these moments. Moments, right. You see Ant-Man before your eyes. Because now, a lot of times, Minnesota game, now they're going to be on TV a lot next year. Best believe that. But people are getting an opportunity.

See, that's what the playoff does. It gives you an opportunity because every game is going to be on television. It gives people an opportunity that doesn't normally watch outside of Golden State, the Lakers, the Celtics. Now you get to see the Timberwolves. Now you get to see this young 22-year-old putting in that work, giving folk that business. So I'm happy for the Timberwolves.

Look, ain't nothing, hey, Mike Malone, ain't nothing to say. I'm not going to show him no film. What am I going to show him? Y'all got beat by 45. Man, please. What am I going to take out of that, Ocho? Right. You right.

You throw that one in the trash. The whole tape. You can make it for Saturday. That's where the video... Hey, Coach, you think you want me to break down? Hell nah. Throw that thing away. You better not bring that thing in this building. That thing bad look.

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The Cleveland Browns have the most difficult schedule, followed by the Baltimore Ravens. We got it up on your screen. The Browns have the most difficult schedule. Damn, it seems like everybody in the AFC North, because you got the Browns, the Ravens, and the Steelers, have the most difficult schedule, followed by the Texans, the Packers, the Giants, the Bills, the Jags, so forth and so on.

Guess who has a fairly easy schedule? See, like the Chiefs, they're way, way down there, middle of the pack. But the Atlanta Falcons, they have the easiest schedule. Seems like everybody in the NFC South, because Atlanta and New Orleans are tied for the easiest schedule, followed by the Bears and then the Carolina Panthers. Alright, Ocho, what you thinking? Hold on. Primetime

games by team. The Jets, 49ers and Dallas all have six. Kansas City, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Philly, Miami, and the Rams. I think, and the Rams. I think that's the Rams. Rams.

Have five. Houston, Pittsburgh, Tampa, Seattle, Atlanta, Cleveland. Have four. The Giants, Chicago. Oh, no, that's the Raiders. Las Vegas. That's the Rams. Yeah, I think that's the Raiders.

No, that's the Rams. Okay, Rams. That's the Rams. Okay, I think that's the Raiders. No, that's the Rams. Okay, Rams. That's the Rams. Okay, Rams. They have five. Now the Jets. Now, excuse me, the Giants, Chicago, the Chargers, New Orleans have three. Minnesota, Las Vegas Raiders, Washington, Denver, Jacksonville have two.

Indy, New England, Arizona, Tennessee have one. And Paul Carolina. Ocho, do you remember? I don't know if y'all ever had these. Did y'all ever have jamboree games? Jamboree in high school? Yeah, high school jamboree. Yeah. So where you play one team for a half and then you play another team for a half. Right, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So that's what Carolina. Carolina gonna start paying. So, that's what Carolina, Carolina gonna start paying. See, if I'm Carolina, I got a great, here's my strategy, Ocho. I will let people

in the game free and then I'm gonna charge their ass to get out. See what I did there, Ocho? See what I did? I got him.

Got him, Ocho. Hey, that's a good one. Hey, that's a good one. But here, you gotta,

for one, you gotta get him to show up first. That's how For one, you got to get him to show up first. That's how we do it. You got to get him to show up first. First game of the season. Hey, Carolina tickets, free. Yeah. Get the ass in there.

Okay, now I'm going to charge you to get out. All right, all right. $500. $250. That's a good one. All right, Ocho. What you like about the schedule? I mean, who you like?

Who you like? Who you like? Who you like early? I mean, obviously, I like the top teams. You know who I really want to see? I'm really curious about. I really want to see what the Jets do. The Jets have so many primetime games, despite their record last year. Monday night on the road in San Francisco.

Exactly. Because they have Aaron Rodgers. Yes. As long as Aaron Rodgers can stay upright, they made some improvements offensively. So I'm curious to see what they look like, which is why they have so many primetime games. 49ers are going to be the 49ers. Chiefs are going to be the Chiefs. I would like to see that, you know, I would like to see the Houston Texans with more primetime games. I know they have four, but what CJ Stroud did last year, he needs to be on primetime a little bit more. He needs to be on primetime a little bit more.

So I'm excited for them. The Bengals are going to do what the Bengals do. The Dolphins are going to do what the Dolphins do. The Ravens are going to do what they do. Outside of that, there's going to be one team that we're counting out that we don't expect to do good this year. There's always a surprising team. I don't know what team that will be. But somebody's going to emerge and surprise everybody. Who's it going to be? I don't know yet. i don't know what team that will be but somebody's going to emerge

and surprise everybody who's gonna be i don't know yet i i don't know yet but i'm excited i'm excited for the season and one more thing before you go on whoever is responsible for the creativity whoever's responsible from the teams as far as twitter is concerned for the creativity of the schedule and the way they did it every team uh their media team media members whoever runs their Twitter accounts they did one hell of a fucking job one hell of a job and that's all 32 teams very creative and it was very exciting for me I'm sitting, I'm refreshing all the different teams, Twitter accounts, trying to see.

The Bengals was dope. Cleveland, and I hate to say it, Cleveland was really dope. Obviously, the Cowboys zone was dope. Other few teams were really, really, really funny. I'm talking so fast. I'm so goddamn excited

for football season. I can't wait. Bro, the NFL, week one, out the gate, revenge game. Bro, the NFL, week one, out the gate, revenge game. Baltimore, Thursday night, on the road in Kansas City.

Week seven, Chiefs at 49ers. Steelers, week two, at Broncos, Russell Wilson, Sean Payton. Ravens at Chargers, week 12, the Harbaugh Bowl. Week five, Bills at Texas, Stephon Diggs, revenge game. Yeah. They got some A.

The NFL, look, and, you know, that schedule, we'll talk about that as it goes along, Ocho, where I think the Ravens, they got like three games in like 15 days. Yeah. Yeah. And so I think the Ravens, I think it's the ravens and kansas city and i think it's one other team that played like three games in like 15 16 days you gotta work cut out for them that's a lot they might need to get them boys two weeks off after that one oh joe yeah i mean i think i think after joe burrow made the suggestion if they're trying to implement an 18-game,

teams having two bye weeks, I think that is feasible. I'm not sure how the NFL will be able to work it out. There's always a way to work it out. But then you extend the season. So what you do, Ojo, you say, okay, we're only going to play one preseason game. Right.

And now we're going to start. So now it's very, it's very incumbent guys come into shape because now you're not going to be able to be able to have those preseason games because here's the thing. Guys are not playing in the preseason anyway. So while, while we, and you're charging fans price, like it's a regular season game,

they see guys that's either going to be on the practice squad or not make the team. That's not fair to the fans. Right, right. Okay, another thing. Now, we got to be cautious here. Now, you have to remember the preseason is for college players, for free agents trying to make the team as well. Now, you take some of those preseason games away

from those players trying to put something on film for their resume to get picked up, then what do we do about them because it takes away their opportunities trying to make a team or trying to make a squad somewhere else you know what ocho and i said this before had the situation where it's one play game or pre of three preseason games i'm not so sure shannon sharp made it because i made it on the last game of the preseason, and we had five games that year. So it was very helpful to me. I think the thing is, guys, teams now,

a lot of these college guys, they're at the OTAs. They don't get the leeway that the veteran guys get to not be able to show up. So, Ocho, you have a few surprises, but for the most part, the coaches know who's gonna make who's gonna be a fill out that 53 man roster right you're gonna get a surprise here there you're gonna get uh uh a johnny randall that's an undrafted free agent a west welker that's an undrafted free agent a rod smith that's an undrafted free agent you're gonna get a tom brady that shows enough and they say you know what we're gonna keep four quarterbacks a shannon sharp in the seventh round. You're going to get a guy here or there.

But for the most part, a Zach Thomas, an undrafted free agent, for the most part, you know with the exception of maybe one or two guys, who's going to fill out that 53-man roster? Now,

this is why now all of a sudden the coaching, the OTAs come in because now I get an opportunity to look you don't make the roster but I think with another year him being in our system which I think this kid could be really good for it so now let's put him on the practice squad let's watch him work every day does he get better does he get better Rod Smith came in there and they put him on the practice squad, but every day, every day, Rod, you can see Rod getting better.

He wanted to be Tim Brown. He wanted to be whoever the best receiver was that we were facing. On scout team, yeah. That's what he wanted to do. He get the jersey. They ran it. They ran it.

Little skinny ass in the ground. But he'll grab the jersey. I got it. I got it. And you can see him getting better and better. I got it. I got it. And you can see him getting better and better. Better and better. Better and better.

Next year, we start the season. We go three by one. Hail Mary. He backside by himself against Daryl Green. John put it up. He jump over the top of him

catching for a touchdown. We win the game. Yeah. After that, that was all she wrote, huh? Yeah. Archon, how you ended up featured in the Cowboys release? Hey, you know what?

You know, Jerry hit me, you know, after getting on Jerry a lot, you know, and Jerry called my phone and Jerry was like, you know, Chad, I hear some of you and some of the things you and Sharp be saying. And I hear you loud and clear. I hear you loud and clear. And I'm going to do my due justice and my due diligence to try to stay out the media. Good luck with that. Yeah. Jerry told me, he said, it's very hard for me. It's the way I conduct business and the way I've run things all my life.

But I hear you loud and clear. And Jerry asked me, do you want to be a part of our schedule release? I was like, Jerry, man, listen, I love you, man. I meant no harm by any of the things I said. I love the Cowboys. I love Dak. I love the players. And I just felt they deserve more, as do the fans, Jerry. That's all I'm trying to get you to see. And he said, I appreciate that. And I told him, I'll do the release. And, you know, just FaceTime me. And I'll act like I don't know what's going on.

And that's how that started. Yeah. So it was great. I mean, it's going to be some great games. It's going to be great for how that started. Yeah. So it was great. I mean, it's going to be some great games. It's going to be great for us, Ocho, because we got a second year up under our belt. We're going to get better. Building a studio. We're going to be able to have graphics.

We're going to be able to let people see the rundown of what we're going to be able to talk about and the sequence in which we're going to talk about it. Our graphics are going to get better. We're going to get better. We're going to give the fans, our listeners, our listening audience, and our viewing audience better content. And it's going to be really...

Look at that. LeBron, talking about Ant-Man. But it's going to be great. I'm really, really excited about this season. Because you got great storylines. Aaron Rodgers and the Jets. You got Patrick Mahomes. Can they three-peat? Can they do something no other team has done

in the Super Bowl era, which is three-peat. Joe Burrow. Lamar. Is this the year Lamar finally get the Ravens over the hump? Not to the championship game. Into the Super Bowl that's going to be played for the Super Bowl this year? New Orleans. Yeah, you know where it's at. The Bengals will be there.

Don't worry about it. That's the question. Deshaun Watson, is he finally back? Is he finally back? And so, look, we got great matchups to start out the season with. We got great

matchups throughout the season. And like you said, a lot of times, Ocho, what we don't think will be a great matchup sometimes materializes into being a great matchup because both teams are not what we thought they would be. They're even better. You know what was funny? Remember how I said earlier, it's always one team? Yeah.

Every season that surprised you? Man, what if Carolina happens to be that team? What happens if Carolina happens to be that team that comes out of nowhere and shocks the goddamn world and plays extremely well? They come out the gate 4-5-0, you know, and we like, man, what in the hell is going on? The question is, Ocho,

have they done enough offensively to give Bryce Young the core that he needs, the receivers, tight ends, and did they do enough to shore up that offensive line to protect him? Protect him, yeah. I don't worry about, we've seen, look, you play at Alabama, you play at that level

where the expectations are out for yin-yang, game in and game out, you're expected to win the SEC. You're expected to win the SEC championship. You're expected to compete and win national championships. And you're in that pressure cooker on a weekly basis. The question is, have they done enough

to put the hedges around him, which is the protective shield, offensive line, skill position players, have they done enough to ensure this young man can have success? That remains to be seen. Ocho, check this out. Greg Olson is staying with Fox for the 2024 NFL season,

although he won't be making as much money as he did last season. Olson's salary will drop from $10 million to $3 million with the drop down from the number one team to the number two team. Now, Olsen will be an analyst on the NFL Network, on the Network's number two NFL team,

partner by play-by-play, Joe Davis. Brady will make his debut Cowboys-Cleveland matchup week one. Oh, that's nice. I don't, Ocho, I don't listen to the sound. But from what everybody has told me, he's done an outstanding job. Greg Olsen?

Greg Olsen. Okay, listen. When I think about Greg Olsen, obviously, I've watched him many a time before. I'm not going to say Greg Olsen is as good as Tony Romo when it comes to play-by-play calling, but he's phenomenal. He's someone that I can listen to. He's someone that I enjoy. When he is calling games, he's someone that I enjoy listening to. I like Tony Romo. I like listening

to Tony Romo because Tony played the game at such a high level and has such a keen IQ for what's going to happen before it happens. And when players are developing, I love to hear Tony call a play before the play even happens. Because he knows based off formation recognition, down in distance, and it's so funny to hear him say, what's going to happen? And nine times out of 10, whatever he says,

that's exactly what happens. It's so funny. It's so funny watching Tony do it. Greg is also very good. He's very good at his job. I think a lot of guys can do that. But it's kind of like when the draft, although Adam Schefter and the

insiders have the information what teams are going to do, what are the commissioners going to do? Y'all stop that because you're taking the fun out of it. You're robbing the guys of that opportunity. You're robbing the fans of listening at home of that opportunity. Now some fans, they love that. They love like, oh man, Tony said it was going to be a run. Oh, Tony said it was going to be a pass. Well, hell, it can't be with one of that opportunity. Now, some fans, they love that. They love like, oh, man, Tony said it was going to be a run.

Oh, Tony said it was going to be a pass. Well, hell, it can't be with one of the two. You can either run the ball or you can throw it. Ocho, you know what I'm saying? You come to the line, Ocho, the defense, watch the run, watch the pass. I said, well, damn, you got a 50-50 chance. Hell, we can't do it with one another. Hell, it's first down.

What you expect us to do, punt it? So a lot of fans say they like it. Some fans say, nah, hey, once the play happens, tell us what happened. But some fans like that. They like knowing, like, well, it's going to be a dive off the tackle or it's going to be they're going to run the smoke screen. We call it jailbreak. Or they're about to run a specialty play

because it's something that he saw them practice on a Friday. But, you know, to each his own. Like I said, I don't listen to the sound because I already know what I'm looking for. And I don't want somebody to contaminate what I'm going to say on air or what I'm going to see. Yeah. So what you hear me say, those are my original thoughts. Now, could it be possible that some of us think alike? Because a lot of us, you know, Romo, myself, El Olsen, Collinsworth, a lot of us got guys that you see on the FM from Ryan Clark, from Saturday. We did play in the league, so maybe we might have some similar thoughts. But I promise you, I'm not listening to anybody speak

because I know what I'm looking for. And so it's always great. So I'm sorry, Greg, from what they tell me. You know, he was tied in. He was in the fraternity. He was doing a great job, but damn. Yeah. Ten to three. He's good. But here's the thing, Ocho. This is what I tell people. You got a job. Yeah.

Yeah. You got to understand who's coming in now. You know, Tommy is taking the meat and potatoes of the money that's available for the broadcasters. He's taking the meat and potatoes. Now money that's available for the broadcasters. He's taking the meat and potatoes. Now, I've never seen Tom in that environment, in that space, having to do play-by-play. But if I know Tom Brady and understand how he is when it comes to the game of football and the work he's going to put in to be the best at what he does, I'm sure he's going to do a

phenomenal job as well because he has, obviously, the IQ, the understanding of the game all the nuances knowing what's coming based on down and distance similar to that of tony romo so i'm sure he's gonna do a hell of a job i got a question for you too huh yep you know i like to talk a lot and sometimes i talk too fast and i think one of the things i need to work on is to to minimize my cursing yeah but how would you think how you think I would do a play-by-play on a Sunday? What do you think about that? Me in a play-by-play with my voice,

not changing the way I talk, talking the way I do, where it's like barbershop talk, but I'm doing play-by-play on Fox or CBS, still sounding like me without the cursing. What do you think?

That's going to be tough because you have to understand your voice what we do is a niche because it is barbershop talk and this is why that's why it's relatable to a lot of people now right what about the people that don't look like uh that don't go to the barbershop they go to salons ah and here's the thing ocho yeah are you gonna put the time in to study like they have to study? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Hey, you notice as soon as we hit this football topic, you notice how I'm just rambling on and I just keep on going because I'm already ready? No, no, no. You got to study. You got to go back and watch film. Even now, you got to watch film differently. Previous. Previous, yes.

Yes, I got to watch previous games so I have a better understanding. Because all I watched, all we watched was was the defense we didn't give a damn what their office was gonna do right because we ain't out there on the field with their offense we just worried about defense so now you got to go back and watch all their offense right all their defense the defense yeah and you got to watch the opposing team all their offense and all their defense i mean if you want to watch the opposing team, all their offense and all their defense. I mean, if you want to put that kind of time in, could you do it? Sure. But the question is, do you want to put that kind of time in? That's the thing. Wake up with football every morning and listen to my new podcast,

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You know, when you think about it, and I'm asking for a reason, if the opportunity presented itself, I don't think they would put someone like myself with too charismatic, too much of a personality. I think that could be more of a distraction than anything in that type of setting, you know, when you think about broadcasters or play by play callers, there's nobody with my type of cachet. You know what I'm trying to say? It's not a bad thing. And just, it's not the right, it's not the, it's not the right setting

for someone like myself, but I think it would be fun. It would be something different that people aren't used to seeing or hearing. And I'd like it. So if the opportunity did present itself, obviously, you know, I will put in the work so I don't not just embarrass myself, but embarrass my employer as well. So I think it would be cool.

I called a game one time. CBS sent us all out into the field. They sent me. I was with, I called a Denver game. I think, I forget who Boomer called. I think Danny did one. And it was fun, you know, because you're watching the game. And I remember we had the Jacksonville game.

And I said, the thing that scares me about Jacksonville is that when you have the record that they have, Ocho, I said, they'll try anything. They'll try to fake punch you, they'll onside kick you. And what'd they do? Come out with an onside kick, come out with a fake punt. So, it's fun, but man, I was like,

man, I ain't really trying to study like this no more. I really not. I want to talk about the game. I want to talk about the game. But I want to watch the game in real time and then have a conversation. Now, we'll be able to have some

callback. Yeah. Because we've watched this team play three or four games. So, Ocho, you remember that? Hey, remember that play got him in trouble before. Somebody beat him on a double move. We're talking about how you beat Trayvon Digg. You double move it.

You just not, if you just run that speed out, he going to sit on it now. Oh, he going to pick it. He's going the other way. You better miss, you better miss out of bounds. Thank you. So I like to call back, but I don't want to, I don't want to, I don't want to put, I don't, me personally. Now you might say, you know what, yeah, man, I do.

I want to challenge myself and see if I can do it at that level. Say, hey, I'm going to set it up in my home and I'm going to devote my time and that's what I'm going to do. But you boy, I want no part of that. Because, see, here's the thing. You would be better at it than me because I'm too honest.

And see, when you do play-by-play, you have to be a little bit more PC because if you're too honest, now when it comes down to meeting and production meeting, you're not going to get anybody to come in there and talk to you. Anybody want to talk to you. Yep. Yep. Exactly. You would definitely be better at it than I am. Matter of fact,

okay, so this is what I'm going to do. I'm going to have Doug put the call in. So let me tell you my schedule for football season. I'm going to tell you my schedule for football season. This is how I'm going to view my next six months once August hits. We got Nightcap, right?

Yeah. And then, off of with Stephen A. I know Stephen A going to see this. I want to go on first take with you and Stephen A maybe once a week.

Just once a week. I ain't trying to be greedy. I just want to come on there. I want to talk football with y'all during football season. Once a week, maybe a Monday, maybe a Tuesday,

maybe a Monday. And we can cover whatever happened throughout the weekend. Boom. I already have Inside the NFL. You know, I do Inside the NFL with Ryan Clark and those boys. Boom. Play by play. You're not going to have the time.

You don't think so? Mm-mm. That's too much. Think about the play by play, what they do. about the play-by-play what they do. All the play-by-play guys, what they do. Play-by-play, that's it. Yeah. That's it.

Because you can't, how you going to do nightcap on a Sunday when you just talked the game and all you saw was the game that you called? Oh. Okay, okay, okay. So that's where you run into the problem at see what you do now on sunday we get an opportunity to sit down and we get to watch all the games watch everything yeah that's why people like man why you don't go to the game i say if i go to the

game i'm only watching the game that i'm at what about the other games that we got to talk about and i can't bulljab it I actually got to watch the games. Right. I don't know. I don't know. I like that, though. I like that little play I just set up in my head, though. Yeah.

But I'm just saying, how you going to talk on Nightcap when you only watch one game? We talked five games. Okay, how about this? Okay, how about this okay how about this forget play by play inside the NFL ESPN once a week with y'all and nightcap

and then all my other and then you know I got all my other jobs I mean you know I got with EA and all the other stuff I got going on boom

so I'm trying to my goal is during football season is to have 40 jobs no I'm serious because last last last last six months i mean last year you know six months out of the year i had 37 right so i'm trying i'm trying to increase that if i can get to 40 yeah 40 different gigs well that should add

up on what yeah of course yeah that should add up because of you, inside the NFL, and Doug had me, I had about 30 other little small games. It felt like I was playing. Like, I felt like, shit, boy, it was coming in now. See, that's the difference between you and me. I'm trying to work smarter. I ain't trying to work harder. I'm trying to condense some things. Hey, did you hear the words you just said?

You heard the words you just said? You said work. This ain't even work. Well, it's fun because this is what i want to do yeah that's what i'm saying you know when when you're doing something you want to do it don't feel like work what if what if you the amount of money that you're making with those 40 jobs you can make in four jobs oh but hey but i well like hey i had to be doing something different see that's what i'm saying but see that's what i'm saying that's why that's why when'm saying. But see, that's what I'm saying. That's why when you become, and like, look, you think like,

man, you know what? Man, let me start like, let me see if I can get somebody to do X, Y, and Z. Right. Offer them infrastructure, get them going. And see, that's how I look at it.

I'm trying to, look, I got a plan. I got a five-year plan. Because I'm not going to be trying to Because I'm not going to be trying to do five, six, seven, eight, traveling like I'm traveling. I ain't been home in 10 days. I mean, I'm going from L.A. to Indy to Atlanta to New York to Houston, back to L.A. to Vegas for five days, back to L. to LA and then I'm gone again for three weeks man I ain't trying to do that when I'm 65 except hell no right yeah because I don't want to work

myself to death I mean at what point in time do I get an opportunity to enjoy what I've built because a lot of times people work and I'm guilty of it Ocho I'm guilty of it oh yeah yeah you the one they had no vacation so you like you explaining to me and you do the complete opposite of what you preaching I am but the thing is Ocho like you said you love what you do

I mean I love nightcap I love you know the two days a week that I'm on ESPN I love Club Che Che I love you know the promotion of LaPortier. Now, you know, we're talking about it like, okay, how do

we also tour more with Nightcap? We take the show on the road. I'm ready. I got my bags packed. That's the thing. Okay, we take the show on the road on a Saturday and make sure we get back home by Sunday. To watch the games.

To be able to watch the games. So that's something that, you know, that we're working on and, you know, because we, you know, our fans want to see us. They want to see us, you know, do live events and we want to try to accommodate them the best we possibly can, but still give them the quality

that they expect. Oh, so this video is going viral on TikTok. Everyone is claiming to hear different sayings. We're going to play it with sound. Tell me, what do you hear? Okay, okay, okay. Damn, they chanted something. They chanted something I couldn't...

Oh, they're saying, that is embarrassing. They chant something. I couldn't. Oh, they're saying that is embarrassing. That is embarrassing. That is embarrassing. So somebody, their team is playing bad. Their team got to be playing bad. That isn't mercy. That isn't my receipt.

Lactase and pharmacy. Bart Simpson bouncing. Lobsters in motion. That is embarrassing. Rotate piracy of rotate piracy up, baptism piracy. Well, all of them is wrong. It's that is embarrassing.

You can't tell. Go ahead. Go ahead. Play it again. That is embarrassing. Hold on. That... Embarrassing.

That is... That is embarrassing. I think that's embarrassing. Their team is yes i think that's that's embarrassing yeah their their team their team is getting their ass whooped that's why they that's why they're saying that that's that's the home team chen yes and they are that that's that's exactly what i mean they gotta be irish uh yep probably probably maybe irish scottish wales i mean that's that's Irish, Scottish, Wales. I mean, that's because it kind of sounds like it's kind of like Conor McGregor-ish.

Yeah, yeah, a little bit. A little bit. But you know, it's funny. The European accent sounds like that as well. But like I said, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, all that, you know. But that's what it says.

Ocho, a couple has gone viral for takes between them. Well, God damn, that's a lot. And what happened is, while he's gone viral, the mother is breastfeeding the child. Okay, okay. The father is getting a divorce

because he says she's letting another man put her breast in his mouth he hold on hold on hold on now do me a favor and rewind and bring it back to me one more time okay this couple they're married okay they have a son right the mother is breastfeeding the son the father is upset because she's breastfeeding the son because he says she has her breast in another man's mouth. She says

that's not another man, that's your son. He says it's even more embarrassing because it's a man and it's our son, so it's incestual. Incestuous. Man, this man tripping, man. He really tripping, man. Are we talking about an infant?

I know he's not calling an infant a man. Yes. What's wrong with Buddy, man? You know, honestly, you know what? Think about it. He's looking for a scapegoat. He's looking for a reason to get up out of there. Right.

He's looking for a reason to get up out of there. At what point do we say, you know what? Or even how does your mind even go to that point to say, you know what, that's my son, but I don't approve of my son breastfeeding, which is better than

any of the things that you can buy off the goddamn shelf. He said that's a little man. He said that's a little man and you got your boob in his mouth. No. And it's your son,

so it's incestuous. Yeah. Hey, listen, buddy looking for a way out of there, huh? He's looking for a way. Because that's just the goddamn ridiculous. He's looking for a way out.

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