Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Hour 2: Aaron Rodgers still deciding on future, Deion wants to change up the spring game, & Travis is compared to Ocho

Episode Date: March 18, 2025

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react Aaron Rodgers still deciding where he’s going to play next year, Deion wants to change up the spring game! Twitter is comparing Travis to Ocho & much more!06:14 - Aaron Rodgers may wait until draft for decision20:38 - Deion Sanders wants outside opponent for spring game22:48 - Travis Hunter compared to Ocho24:29 - Large wild animal purchase29:00 - Most Americans spend half pay check before deposit 31:42 - Q&Ayyy(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Giants and Steelers are interested in Rodgers, but he likes the Vikes. The wait continues. So is he trying to do the same thing Brett Favre did? It seems he's trying to go in the same footsteps as Brett Favre. Listen, going to the Vikings you know why he wants to go there. You see what Sam Dono was able to do? Now I'm not saying I'm not I'm just I'm just saying if we can get just a flash Aaron Rodgers doesn't have to be Aaron Rodgers of old. Not with that kind of talent around him.

Not with them. Just put the ball in the vicinity. Just put it in the vicinity. If Sam Donnell could do what he did with Addison Hodgson and Justin Jefferson, what you think Aaron Rodgers could do? Now you telling me, Sam Donnell, even though as young as he is, he's better than

Aaron Ross at any age? And I mean no disrespect to Sam. I mean, I'm just asking, huh? What you think? Are you saying Sam Donah right now is better than Aaron Ross? What I will say is this. The worst thing to be, the worst place to be, is to want a girl that doesn't want you. Ooh, wait a minute. Oh wait, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Hold on. Here's my goddamn notepad. Slow down, man. You heard what he said. It's not even Sunday. You heard what he said. Come on. The Giants and the Steelers want him.

Uh-huh. He want the bikes. Mmm. Now you know what? I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. heard what he said. Come on. The Giants and the Steelers want him.

He want the bikes. Now give me that quote one more time. There ain't nothing worse than you want a girl, but that girl doesn't want you. You got two options. I got two. Very attractive. Right. Very attractive. Right.

Very attractive. Nice. Good girl. Got the head on right? Good college degree. Come from a good family. God-fearing women. Uh huh. I don't want that. I want the girl that I know has a boyfriend. Oh Lord.

Come on, man. But I think I have more to offer her. Right. And see, this when you go wrong, man, I'm gonna give you a little context. I'm gonna extend it a little further. You not only do you want the girl that has a boyfriend, but just so happens,

what happens if she leaves the boyfriend for you? And now you think because you got more to offer, what she did to him, she ain't gonna do to you because you have more to offer. But one thing about history, if you- You'll lose him how you found him. Come on, come again?

You'll lose him how you found him. You know what, I'm gonna do that my grandma used to do in church I'm excusing myself Well, listen the history repeats itself what never lies it never will Oh, hey boy, I'm feeling good and boy we might be on here four hours a night I'm feeling good Well, let me call somebody. Who you finna call? I don't know.

Man, it's like, Ocho, I had this phone in. This thing had been on since 2010. See if the battery work. No, I know that thing. Uh-uh. It don't. But that was back in the day, you know, you kept your phone in your front pocket. You know, that was a good old thing.

Y'all remember that? Phone in your front pocket. Let me see your phone. Uh-uh. Hey, that was... Look, I... Part of him, you know, that's a very good supporting cast, a system that he's familiar with is the West Coast system you mentioned. But who else is in that division?

Hey, he don't want no part of that. He don't want no part of that. He don't want no part of that. What team did he play for for almost two decades? What team moved on from him? The very reason that Brett Favre went to Minnesota. Why did he go to Minnesota? Because he wanted to go to the team that said, you know what, we better off without you. Ugh.

And Eric's looking at it like, Oh, y'all want to move on? Right. Okay. Let me show you what's up. Two times, two, twice a year. Mm-hmm. Let me show you why you should've. And honestly, again, I'll say it again.

The supporting cast in Minnesota as opposed to New York is completely different. And I can see him, even if he's not the Aaron Rodgers of old, just give me 50, 60% of Aaron Rodgers. That ain't good enough. They gonna be hell. But that's what you told me when they got him. When they was not as similar as that.

I'm talking about in Minnesota now. Okay. I'm talking about in Minnesota. So when he's lacking and when he's missing on what he used to be, the supporting cast and overcome that. But you told me the Jeff was good talk about Addison and Hockinson. Yeah.

And then we got that young bull in the backfield too. Wait, Jones? Aaron Jones. Come on now. That's a whole different ball game over there. And that's no disrespect to Breece Hall. You know, he do his thing too. But man, can you imagine? My figure, at some time? So what so what are we doing with JJ McCarthy? Oh

He gets it behind I'm just saying if things play out the way Aaron Rodgers wants him to play out He'd be city sit back one more year Sit back one more year and if Aaron Rodgers is playing bad you plug him and that's it. That's it. That's it for eight But but it seems to me Rodgers is looking at the landscape He's like, hold on Baker Mayfield three four hundred million Sam Donald three four hundred million. He's looking at something like that He ain't looking at for no one-year deal. No one year twenty million dollar deal And he's gonna get no even to no two, three, three year deal. Man, please.

You know they ain't finna play that. Absolutely not. Not with J.J. McCarthy coming back. Hey, he's a young gay Kirk Cousins that. Well, Kirk, Kirk Cousins show up. They, Kirk Cousins history shows that he buys in. Kirk Cousins history shows that he's not gonna cause any problems. There's a

difference in Aaron Rodgers as great as he is even with the accolades. I'm just saying Ocho, I'm just putting that out there. Right. I like it. But if I'm Jay-Ming McArthurarty, I'm like, bro, nah. Because here's the thing, Ocho. He says another year. Now, y'all talking about, because I'm a one after that third year, what do the quarterbacks normally get

after that third year, Ocho, if they play decent? Oh, they get that bag, boy. Thank you. Yeah, they get that bag. Now Minnesota gonna be tripping, say, well, we only saw you one year. Well, that ain't my fault. Mm-hmm, I ain't got nothing to do with fault mm-hmm I ain't got nothing to do with that

you're right so look and the thing isn't like he's waiting waiting look at some point time John Steely y'all need to make a decision yeah you can't be held hostage because he did that for Green Bay for a number of years. Yes And then Green Bay got tired Green Bay look had quarterbacks I mean and they held him hostage for an extended period of time until Green Bay said later We fit to take our organization back We're gonna take our organization back. That's what I mean. Basically. That's what they say it right? I don't know what Joe I mean, basically that's what they say. Right.

I don't know what your, Steelers and Giants are waiting on Rogers, Russell Wilson, probably waiting on the, Wait, so what would you do? You're the guy, okay? You're the general manager for the Giants, the Steelers, Minnesota. What is Ocho doing? Hey, that's a good one. Let me put my GM hat on.

What it on? Let me act like I'm Mike, what's the name? Mike Tenenbaum? Yeah, Mike Tenenbaum I'm not giving Aaron Rodgers no time to even think about what he want to do You know, I'm a go where I'm going to get Russell, who else? I'm going to get Kirk Cousins because I know what I'm gonna go? Where? I'm going to get Russell Wills. I'm going to get Kirk Cousins

because I know what I get with them individuals. I understand I'm getting team players that are not going to cause me any issues and no problems. Understanding that in the draft, I'm probably going to get quarterbacks that I'm hoping are the quarterbacks of the future for my franchise. Gotcha.

And that's probably what I'm gonna do. Guys that are gonna be all in, high character guys, family men, both married. Yeah, I'm not waiting on a guy going into year 21, 41, 42 years, I'm not waiting on a guy going into year 21, 41, 42 years, I'm not waiting on that. Tom Brady, I'll wait. His track record speaks for itself. There it is.

I ain't waiting on nobody else. You coming? Right. Okay, fine. All right, now we gotta look, okay, let's try to construct this contract that Russ is amenable to. Yeah.

Mm-hmm. What about Russ in Minnesota? Woo! I like that. I like the sound of that. Cause I mean, could you see cousins going back to Minnesota? Nah. That's a possibility.

He knows the system had great, had some great years there. I just, I mean, for the founders, I had this conversation with you, Ocho, I said, Ocho, the best case scenario, I'm talking about the absolute best case scenario, you get two years. Yeah. Because the first two years of Cousins contract is a hundred million, you get it and then you move on. But Ocho, let's just face for the sake of argument,

and that's what we do occasionally, we argue. Right. What happens if he only gives you a year? He didn't even gives you a year. Mm-hmm He didn't even give you a year. He gave you about 12 games, right? and now look Unfortunate roster bonus came in you had to pay 12 million You still owe him another 40. Woo!

Not what you gonna do, Ojo. You're stuck. Now everybody know, why would I trade for it and take on that $40 million contract? Why can't I just wait for you to cut it and do the same thing with Pittsburgh did to Russ? I'll give you a minimum contract. Atlanta got a foot of $40 million bill, that ain't got nothing to do with me.

I'm not taking that contract. The same thing with Cooper Cup. If somebody wants to give Cooper Cup 15 million a year, that's fine. I ain't trading for it. First of all, I got to give you draft compensation and I've got to pick up that contract. Right.

No, no do. That's a non-starter for me. So that's where they are on that. It's Julie Stewart Banks. I'm doing a new podcast from iHeart Podcasts and the National Hockey League. And I'm paired up with one of my favorite players, the always quotable Nate Thompson. I wore nine NHL sweaters and I have story after story to share. And believe it or not, I have plenty to say and not just about hockey.

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Founding partner of I Heart Women Sports. Ocho, Coach Prime wants his team to be able to face an opponent in this annual spring game instead of an inter-squad scrimmage in the future. That's what I'm trying to do right now to have it competitive. Playing against your own guys kind of get monotonous and you really can't tell. The levels of your guy is the same old, same old. Everybody kind of knows each other. Time said he wants to pattern it like the NFL and have joint practice for a few days near the end of spring practice between two teams, between his team and an opponent, culminating

with a game between the two teams as a spring game instead of a scrimmage. I think the public will be satisfied with that tremendously. I think it's a tremendous idea. Yeah, I like it a lot. I like it a lot. It allows you to also gauge your players. It allows you to gauge your players on how much they've learned and how disciplined they are

playing against another opponent. Because listen, you see each other over and over and over and over and over, spring practice, practice, practice, practice, practice, and you're familiar with the offense. You know the plays, you know what's coming. Sometimes you cheat a little bit, especially defensively. They love cheating because they know what's coming

based on formation recognition, down and distance. But to play against a team that you don't know about, you don't know what's going on, similar to having the game plan for a team you plan on a Saturday, it's different. It is. It's different. Yeah, absolutely.

You got to be honest. You got to play fair. But Ocho, I always, practice was harder than the game for me. Oh, always. And I look at it like this here. So let me get this right. A guy that's seen me every day, that's gone up against me every day, three days a week, training camp, manning camp, OTAs,

he can't cover me. You think you're gonna watch film for three days and bring your ass in here and shut me down? Absolutely not. Child please. Get the hell out of here. Child please. Yeah, you right.

I'm cooking with Cr. Please. Man. Please, yeah, you right. I'm cooking with Crisco. Man, please. I like that, I like that one, I like that one. That didn't happen. Yeah. You see me on tape, and you think you gonna come here and shut me down? Absolutely not.

That didn't happen. Ocho Twitter comparing Travis Hunter to Ocho. Scout D. To me? Hairst stylistic receiver comparison, I haven't seen yet. Travis Hunter, 6'1", 185, Ocho Cinco, 6'1", 188, twitchy, agile, smooth, playmaker. I like that, but I'm 6'3", I like that though.

I don't like how they did my height. I'm 6'3", and I was 2'05 when I played, but I like the comparison. I like the comparison. Twitzy, he is very Twitzy. He's very Twitzy, he has great footwork. Very athletic. He plays both sides of the ball like I do as well.

Again, most of the people in the chat don't even understand. At Oregon State, I came in as a DB. The DB room was full, so they moved me to receiver. Therefore, that's where my my collegiate career started as a receiver. Same thing. Bangal drafted me as a receiver. I tried to go back to defensive back and Dick LeBeau told me no. So that's where my NFL career started as a receiver. I'm truly a DB. So what I'm seeing in Travis Hunter is what I used to look like in high school. A lot of people ain't know that I play both sides of the ball.

They say you ain't know that. Yeah, I know. Yeah, yeah, that too. But I understand. Listen, I love the comparison. I love the comparison. He's a phenomenal talent. Right. And the one one thing the one thing that Travis Hunter has and that you need

Is not only confidence but belief that I can do it and with them two things there anything is possible Mm-hmm anything is possible Yeah, check this out ball and backfires. Dude allegedly purchased over $1 million worth of exotic animals to be transferred to Florida. Right. And then got denied by customs and the CDC. As you can see on the screen, we got it on the screen, Ash? He brought one African lion male, 378,000. He brought one African lion female, 260,000.

He purchased one Asian tiger female, $400,000. He purchased one adolescent black bear female, $150,000 for a grand total of 1.188 million, 1,188,000. Man, who is fool? I say my grandma always say, a fool in their money sells soon part ways. And this is part of it. Now you know you can't have them,

you can't domesticate them animals. You're not a part of no circus. You probably don't have a license to have them animals anyway. You don't have the permits. I don't even know what you need to have those kind of animals just randomly if you're not part of the circus or they not. Just who knows. Miami Credit Goat. His name is Miami Credit Goat. Exotic animals run me my bread back.

And I listen, dude, come on, man. You just wasted a million dollars. You know, good will, you know, good with them. And I'm one getting through customs, man. Yeah. That's why they try to sneak that stuff. People be trying to sneak monkeys and snakes and turtles and stuff that, you know, they know they're not supposed to have. How are you going to sneak a lion snakes and turtles and stuff that you know they know they're not supposed to have.

How you gonna sneak a lion and a bear away from come on stop playing stop playing. I mean when you got when you get see when you got that kind of money Ocho and you don't give a F you do crazy stuff like this. Yeah yeah. Now if you say hey Shannon we got a couple of mini goats, mini cattle. Yeah. Mini pigs.

You boy can see that. Yeah. But I don't want no chance. What I would do with a lion? A lion would take down a 1,000 pound Cape buffalo. What a 100 pound, 200, or 200 pound man going to do to a lion? A tiger.

Look what they take down. What you gonna do with that? Even if you try to domesticate them, at some point, you know what comes back into play? Instinct. Instinct, predatory instincts. Instinct, instinct never goes anywhere. It never goes.

I don't care how much you feed them, I don't care how much you pet them, I don't care how much love you show. With something like that? Wild animal? Man, please. I don't know, look, I've been up close, I've been to the zoo, but I've been closer than that

to a zoo. I went to Sick Friend Roy, rest their soul. Yeah. And I was sitting on the end. I took my mom, I took my brother, my sister, my pops, my brother's wife. Ocho, during the show, Sixer and Roy, the animals before they start the show come down the aisle.

All the white tigers and lions they got, Ocho. They are huge. And tigers are bigger than lions. Yes. But I can just touch, I can stick my hands out and touch them if I wanted to. But that ain't what I did. I saw it on my hands to make sure.

My hands didn't get twitchy. And after we did that, it was like a month later, Montecore, which was their prize lion, he attacked Roy. Roy. Damn. See what I mean? Oh, no.

I don't want no big ass. 400, a lion probably weigh about, I can't just imagine a cat, weighing like 300, 400 pounds. Yeah, I don't think. Tigers weigh like 500s. $6, now hell no. The funny thing about it,

we just talk about, you know, being twitchy. Do you understand how quick and fast and agile just having a domesticated, just regular cat is? Mm-hmm. Now add that times 20 with a damn lion. Heh. Look what a lion can take down. Lion take down a Cape buffalo.

Yeah, I ain't got time will the bees Y'all can have that all of it. Oh Joe most Americans spend their paychecks before money His the bank account a new survey finds that the average American Mentally spends over half of their paycheck before it even arrives. The survey of 2000 workers earning under 75,000 revealed 59% pre-planned expenses with 51% of their pay already allocated. Overdue bills, 38%.

Mismatched living costs, 44%. Contributed to the trend. Rent or mortgage 56%, necessities 51%, and utilities 38%. Take priority once the paycheck arrives. The study also finds that 43% of a paycheck is spent within the first three days of receiving it. Yeah, it happens. Listen, and it's just not our people. It's just not our people. That is an ongoing thing that's been going on for a very long time and some people will say, well we have no choice. We have no choice

because we don't make enough so therefore we have to overthink and overspend before we even get our check. That's why it's going. When people get their check, most of us going to bills right away. Yeah. And so you write, you write back in the hole, working again, just to pay for the next cycle of bills, of saying, yeah. And once you get behind, ain't no catching up. Boy, it's hell to catch up. There ain't no catching up. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, Joe, I just read a, I read a study that said people that's making $200,000 a year feel they're living paycheck to paycheck So what if somebody making two hundred thousand?

You know their living paycheck to trade check what the hell you think somebody that's making seventy five thousand, right? Yeah, I could imagine I could imagine and it isn't this only there's only there's only so many so much downside you could do You can know you can be. You can only be a minimalist to a certain extent. You still have to be able to live comfortably. You surviving, you're not living. Yeah, you survive, yeah. You surviving. Yeah.

There's a difference between the two. Trust me, as someone that survived, Right. On minimal money. Right, yeah. And you know, hey a well, I'll pay this this month. Well, okay I'll pay that next month. They don't cut that what they could a blue tail you come on and flip the lights, right? They got us You come home ain't no gas right? Woohoo come home phone

Damn Right. Woohoo! Come home, phone! Damn. So, hey, I know what it's like. Yeah. Alright, Ocho, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q&A. Damn, I feel good tonight, boy. Damn. Ain't a mess me working, boy. Feel good tonight, boy. Damn. Ain't a nasty working, boy. LeCedric G is their college football game

with more talent than the 2019 LSU-Bama game. Joe Burrow, number one overall. Chase, top five pick. Jeddah, first round pick. Stingley, top five. I think Stingley was a top five pick, wasn't he? Top 10 pick. Tua, top five pick.

Waddle, top five pick. Ruggs, Top 10 pick, Tua, top five pick, Waddle, top five pick, Ruggs, top 15 pick, Devante, top 10 pick, Judy, top pick, top 15 pick, Minka Fitzpatrick, Nigee Harris. They had some talent out there. Not to mention the offensive line, Ocho. Also on that was Clyde Edwards-Lehr. He was a running back. Mm-hmm.

They were loaded. Super duper loaded. Patrick Queen, if I'm not mistaken, was a linebacker. They had some talent out there. King Payne say, what off season draft moves do the Ravens need to make the win this year? We have 11 picks in the draft, and the draft two are in the fourth round, and four in the, okay, two are in the fourth round, four in the sixth round.

Should we trade up for Travis? You ain't getting Travis, they don't have Morgan and all that. Trade for a vet DB love. What you think, what do the Ravens need to do, Ocho? They got 11 picks in the draft. Two in the fourth round and four in the sixth round. I'm not about improving the Ravens at all, but just for conversational purposes,

what could the Ravens do? Just be consistent. Yes, for conversational purposes. What could the Ravens do? Um They just be consistent Yeah, we can listen they got Kyle. We need the Ravens team, Ocho, that Lamar Jackson looks ungodly in the regular season. We just need that guy to show up one time in a championship game. Yeah. Yeah, that's it Yeah, tell me the time chat and I love Baltimore. Brave as y'all showed up. Tell me the time in the championship game that he showed up because think about it. He only had what? He had less than five turnovers. He had less than five interceptions. All season. Yeah. All

season long. So he just needs to be Lamar Jackson. Yeah. That guy that can go into the phone booth, he goes in his Clark Kent and comes out as Superman. They just need to have that guy where it matters the most. That's it. They don't even, look, they win these games, that mean they win 12 games, they be number one seed, they just need them to be there. That's it.

Yeah, obviously you're going to try to improve. Maybe you get some depth at why receive I see they lost one of the DBS. So you're probably going to have to bring a DVN to the safety is if I'm not mistaken, moved on. So, yeah, obviously. But this comes down to Lamar. Yeah. Lamar just Lamar needs to be that super that superhero that we see in weeks one through eighteen That's what he need to be

That's it King go on Oh Joe the only thing Cincinnati running is putting chili in their spaghetti I like to tell my family who live there. Let that Super Bowl run go y'all haven't done nothing since bear down Listen I love you. I love you. I'm you. I'm happy that you're a Raymond supporter. Other than that, this is the new year. This is the new year, and you're probably living off the past, which you're a prisoner of the moment. I'm telling you ahead of time, and I'm rarely wrong, especially when it comes to football, and knowing how the season will go. I'm telling you ahead of time and I'm rarely wrong especially when it comes to football and knowing how the season will go. I have the script. I shouldn't even be saying this but I got the script.

You got the script? Yeah I got the script and I'm telling you the AFC North is coming through Cincinnati alright. Now if you in Baltimore I come and sit with you at MNT Bank Stadium and watch the game when we play the Bengals, okay? And I sit there with you and help you warm whoop your ass. Pause. Chris Curry, Bengals history equal paying 520 million

for three guys with no defense in sight. Go Ravens. Hey, we got a defense. Okay. And you're going to see it this year. Every team has to have an identity. Okay. Our identity is on offense and we'll do what we need to do defensively. We got a new defensive coordinator in.

Okay. This ain't the same with you. This ain't last year. This ain't 2024. So you get it again. Now all you Raven fans that's mouthing off tonight, what you don't wanna do is piss me off. Cause if I get pissed off, it ain't gonna be pretty. Hehehehehe.

What the hell you go through? Kareem Abdul, he can have a heart, he can have a heart, a tart, my name is Sharp. Liggettify. He can have a heart. He could have a heart a tarp. My name is sharp Ligth and five Masha and Hunter moderating nightcap while sitting on his lap. I drink water from a tap Ligth and five Dr. Frankie Allah Bellamy knick knick-knack, paddy-whack, arms cognac. Leggings and five. Leggings and five.

Nate B, roll sparks, bubble sparks, ring the doorbell, how it is gonna bark. Leggings and five. Vivian Ecumay, I just got my Knack Cabina and it's soft and warm and beautiful. Thank you Vivian for your support Serapy up what's your favorite? Who's your favorite? Zeke Piston's highlight. Oh Joe. What's your favorite?

Megatron highlight man. Oh What that with Zeke was coming up? What was it was he coming up? Before we saw Kyrie and Rod Strickland. Nobody could handle a ball like Z. Because Z can pat that thing too. I mean Z be coming out there sitting that thing, batting behind his leg. Man, people don't realize how good Isaiah Thomas was. People don't realize that. Led Indiana to the national championship as a sophomore in 81, goes into the NBA. Boom. What's it work?

Zeke man. I, I love Zeke. As a matter of fact, I called Zeke the other day. He gonna come on. Yeah. Yeah. We don't get Z to come on when he played the player with the playoffs star, we don't go cause I got to save him.

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I think, wasn't it the Bengals? No, it was, uh, yeah, when he called, we jumped over three people and called that touchdown. Three people, now the Cowboys. No, he did on the y'all two. Don't put that on the Cowboys, y'all two. He went for $3.29 against the Cowboys. Right, he's special, boy. I thought he was going to get Plimped that day, because Plimped got $3.39. $3.99, yeah.

$15 for $3.39 against the Saints. I played with Flip too. That's my guy, Flip my guy. Hey, Brian Bowen said, Unc and Ocho love the show. That being said, I need y'all to make a visit to my gym in New York, Bell Francis Powerhouse. Sonocet?

I guess that is it, the Mecca. We have signed photos of Unc on wall. We got to get Ocho Well, I know babe I knew her ex Steve Steve and I just saw her at the at the Olympia Steve used to come down to road man in Atlanta train with us So I know Steve I know a lot of the judge. I know most of the judges not all of them Jim jam, I know the site. I know a lot of them judges, I know most of the judges, not all of them. Jim, J.M., I know a lot of them. Because I used to be big in the body, I used to go to all the shows,

they always took care of me, surprised that I would show up, I'd be backstage talking to the guys. That's how I met Ronnie. Ronnie, Chris Cormier, Flex, Sean Ray, Nasser, Paul, Rich Gispare, you know, all those guys. Lee Priest, Ballygoat said,

oh, look like a bald flavor flay. Damn, Ocho. What you talking about, me? Yeah. I mean, I look like a bald flavor flay? What, listen, are they trying to say, which one we looking like flavor flay? I mean, what are like a ball of flavor flay? What, but listen, are they trying to say which one we looking like flavor flay? But I mean, what are you trying to say?

What are you trying to insinuate? What are you getting at? Nah, my boy don't let no flavor flay. Okay, okay. Do it, he really, he act like a, I'm a 2076's man alive, so I'm trying to understand what you trying to get at, you know? Yeah.

Stop playing. Connor with a K, hey, Uncle Nocho love the show. Y'all get me through the workday as a Viking fan I wonder if you guys had any John Randall story. I don't think nobody talked more than Johnny Gee That joke ain't shut up, Nocho. Yeah, he was a trip, boy. John was a trip. He was funny He was funny with D were funny and dead serious at the same time. Dead dead serious I the same time. Dead? Dead serious. I mean, undersized, got the undrafted free agent.

Yeah. Got it out the mud. Got it out the mud. Got it out the mud. Hey, he had a very, very similar upbringing is what we had. Go look at his story and see how they grew up. J213 says, hey Uncle Ocho, hope you guys blessed for your Mount Rushmore for people, for athletes who in their career potentially robbed by injury. Sterling and Grant Hill gotta be on there.

Who you got Ocho? Mike Irvin. Bo Jackson. Mike Irvin. Bo Jackson is one of them. Peter Warwick. Michael Jackson. Michael Irvin. Bo Jackson's one of them. Peter Warwick. Peter Warwick, knee injury to me, to me still. And I will die on this hill. The greatest collegiate receiver of all time. I know Randy Marshall's good.

I understand what he did. I know what Larry Fitzgerald did. I understand that. Crabtree. The only man to win two Blitnikov. Yeah, I understand what he did. Uh, what's my young boy from West Virginia name? The real deal. Kavon Austin. Hey, Kavon Austin probably got the greatest highlight tape of all time, high school and college. But something about Peter M.F. Warwick. If you watch the film, you'll understand. You understand, man.

Yeah. Reggie Bush was exciting, but Reggie Bush is easy for a running back to get, you know, you hand the ball off to him and he does what he does. It's different when you got somebody that's like Reggie Bush at the receiver position where, when the ball is coming his way you hold your breath cuz you

don't know what the hell finna happen. True. Man you had to be there. I would put Bo Jackson, I would put Brandon Roy. Yeah. Obviously I'm playing my brother. Grant Hill. Cause man, before Grant had that ankle injury. He was nasty boy. Woo. He was nasty and then Phelos. Yeah, baby had Phelos.

Kareem Abdul said was Richard Basil Shannon's best quarterback. Man, I wish I had Basil. If I'd have had Basil, If I'd have had Basil, if I'd have had Basil my sophomore year, well, look, I had him for two years. The thing was that Coach Davis, our coach, rest his soul, Coach,

is that we got a lead, Coach would take you out of the game. Ha ha ha ha. So there was a game, my senior year, Ocho, I had six catches for a book, 50 in the first quarter and didn't play no more. Damn! But Coach said, and I said Coach, come on Coach, I said Coach, I'm trying to, you know, I want the scouts to see what I can do.

He said, son, if I put you back in the game and you get hurt, I'll never forgive myself. Okay, I understand. I understand it from that standpoint. I understand that perspective. I wouldn't understand it because I'm trying to, if I got one 150 in the first quarter. How many am I going for? Oh Joe? To a little and two toms at least three. Yes Oh, so who that oh that somebody said uh, who that grant Hill? Penny Hardaway

Man penny knees gave out on him. Ah. Yeah, Penny. Penny was like that. Chris said, what's linebacker safety covering you the best? And what corner for you, Ojo? Also, Nick Chubb broke his foot too late last season in a game. Do y'all think he can still make an impact? Safety linebacker.

Wasn't no linebacker. The person that covered me the best was Albert Lewis. he could still make an impact. Safety linebacker, wasn't no linebacker. The person that covered me the best was Albert Lewis. Albert Lewis made me, forced me to become a Hall of Fame player because I wanted to beat that joker so bad, he was in Kansas City. Yeah. He was in Kansas City and then he went to the Raiders. So I had to deal with that joker twice a year.

And I felt if I could beat him, I could beat anybody. Anybody, yes sir. Who wasn't for you, Ocho? For me, obviously it was Reevers. Yeah, that 2009 season was remarkable by Andy DB. We probably would never see a DB have a season like that against Hall of Fame receivers and do what he did. Umbley, I think he kept everybody under 50 yards,

if I'm not mistaken. You think so? Kept everybody under 50 effing yards the entirety of the season. Andre Johnson, Steve Smith, Calvin Johnson, Randy Moss, myself, somebody else you got to look at the list and what he's doing and there's some other there's some other players that have had great games against me obviously because they played in our division. Salute to Ike Taylor. Love the battles. Boy I love you boy I ain't seen you in a minute uh Lee Bardon um I'm trying I'm trying to think who else you know in the division because they

we saw each other so often and so much you know they understood our tendencies they knew my moves they knew they knew the game plan so it's kind of different but um you, they gave me hell man. I Taylor gave me hell boy. Jesus Christ and Lee Barton They gave me hell and that's I mean outside of that when it when it came to playing outside in the vision, man It was it wasn't if it was cookies And I mean, I mean no disrespect. It was it was cookies Tim's bed, uh BYD I guess that's Tim's the River Tim's Bed, BYD, I guess that's Tim's, the River Tim's. Hey, Ugganocho, I wanna give a shout out

to my baby girl, Leah, Leah, on her 10th birthday and let her know her dad loves her very much. Leah, your dad loves you very much, his name is Tim's, I think that's how you say it th a mes like the river mmm so we'll go with that so happy birthday Leah I guess that's what you know the people you got these these funny spellings or the name but happy 10th birthday hopefully you enjoyed your day hopefully your dad took you somewhere special got some ice cream got a new outfit, but happy birthday.

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