Club Shay Shay - Nightcap - Joe Burrow Injured, James Harden Out Of Shape, Unc vs. Ocho

Episode Date: November 17, 2023

Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco Johnson discuss the Shakur Stevenson fight (1:00), the Baltimore Ravens beating the Cincinnati Bengals after Joe Burrow's injury (5:00), James Harden somehow still being out of shape (24:00), a Thai man fighting a python to save his cat (34:00), their policies on using restrooms in public (45:00), if the '98 Broncos would beat the '05 Bengals, and more.  #Club #VolumeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Hello, welcome to another episode of Nightcap. I'm your favorite sports ump, Shannon Sharp. He's your favorite number 85 team that just took a beatdown last, uh, tonight and, and suffered an injury. We don't know the extent of it, but it didn't look good. Uh, he was unable to finish the game, left the game somewhere around the two-minute mark in the second quarter, did not return. We're at 296,000

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Again, make sure you click that subscribe button. Ocho, we're going to jump right into it. Yeah. Of course, Stevens beat Edwin Dolo Santos by unanimous decision. Oh, yeah. Stevenson picked up the vacant lightweight title with a unanimous decision. Stevenson was not celebrating after the fight, said it was a bad performance and he needed

to reassess himself. What did you take away from the fight? I mean, obviously, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. For those that actually watch boxing and enjoy the sweet science itself and all that it entails, you enjoyed a great chess match. That's exactly what it was. There were fans in the crowd that were booing, obviously,

that don't understand boxing. It's about hitting and not getting hit. And it's a chess match. It's called mental gymnastics for a reason. Obviously, it was not a fight that many of them enjoyed, but it was one that I enjoyed understanding exactly what I'm watching. It was a dangerous fight for Shakur. It was a good test for Shakur.

And he fared well and it came out on the winning end. I think the thing is that sometimes when you spend your heart on money, it's like going to see a football game. And the football game, all of a sudden, it's a 10-7 ball game. It's like, man,

I don't want to see that, but you understand that every game is not going to be 31-28. It's not going to be 35-38. And sometimes you have to win ugly. Sometimes you're going to have to win a fight. Like you said, you win it by unanimous decision. You win it by majority decision. As long as you don't take unnecessary punishment or you don't lose,

you have to feel good with a victory. But I think the thing is that in order for you to get that big payday, it's hard to get that big payday. And see, people think Floyd Mayweather started off getting big paydays. He didn't. But Floyd was dropping people. Early in Floyd's career. Early in his career, yeah. Yeah, he was banging. He was

standing there banging. Yeah. Floyd was dropping people. And then he realized that, you know what? The undefeated meant a little bit more to him. And he said, you know what? I can win fights, not put myself at risk. And still win. Well, I'm going to do that.

And because people played, I believe, more people. I enjoyed Floyd fighting because I understood what he was doing. But I think more people tuned in to see him beat, lose, lose than it was actually seeing him win. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.

He was such a craftsmanship. He was so sharp. He was so skilled. His defensively and offensively to the point where people were like, you know what? I'm sick of this. And then obviously, especially when he turned money,

may when he turned money, may everybody's tuning in to see him lose. And I think Shakur is on that same path. So they're getting to a point where they're frustrated and not understanding the skill that's behind what he's been able to do or what he's done to this point in his career. And he will get to the same point as Will, where now people are going to be tuning in to see him

lose. And tonight was a huge test. It was a huge test from him against Edwin De Los Santos. And he came out, he came out on top. A very dangerous fight. If you did watch it, it was a very dangerous fight for him, and he was able to, he was able to fare off well.

Well, I'm glad he won the fight. Yeah. And move on to bigger, bigger paydays. Oh, yeah. Let's jump into the Ravens. The Ravens win this ball game 34-20. Joe Burrow left the game

in the second quarter with a right wrist injury replaced by Drake Browning. Lamar, 16-26, 264-2 touchdown. Odell Beckham had his first 100-yard receiving game since the divisional round of 2021 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. John Harbaugh said after the game, Mark Andrews is probably lost to a season-ending ankle injury.

What did you tell, for a little bit of the game, that you got an opportunity to see early, what little bit of the game that you got an opportunity to see early, what were some of the things that you took away from the game? Listen, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it, especially in the first half.

The first half was really good. I thought we had a chance to win offensively. We were decent. The tight ends were playing so well and being acclimated into the offense, I felt that was going to

open up everyone else. It was going to open up the run game. It was going to open up Chase and Boyd being able to eat later on later on in the, in the game. And then Joe goes out, Joe goes out and I'm like, Oh no, what's happening. Browning comes in and tried to do what he can do, but the Ravens were too much. The Ravens were too much. Mark Andrews went out. That was unfortunate.

I hate seeing players get hurt. I like both teams to be at full strength so we can get a, an attestment to where we are on both sides of the ball, on both teams. And Lamar Jackson had a good game. Obviously, as you say, a 16 for 26, 264, two TDs. Odell, first 100-yard game. And I'm glad to see him getting back on track and getting in the end zone. Other than that, Jamar, I'm sure Jamar is frustrated, especially with Joe going out. I'm not sure what the extent of his injury is, what the extent of the wrist injury is, Jamar, I'm sure Jamar is frustrated, especially with Joe going out. I'm not sure what the extent of his injury is, what the extent of the wrist injury is. Jamar only two catches

for 12 yards in the TD, but he's going to be frustrated. So I'm sure they got to go back to the drawing board. And again, we're way behind the eight ball now. I'm not sure if it's time to hit the panic button or not, but listen, hats off to the Ravens, hats off to Lamar Jackson and what that team

has been able to do especially defensively well it's gonna be tough because now you've lost three division games you lost to the ravens twice you've lost to the brown i think you've lost to the browns so you've lost three division games you lost four afc games because you lost to the texans just last week right and we got coming up and you still got the steelers and i think you got another game against the browns right and you don't know the extent uh you do get an extended period of time with joe burrow with a wrist injury because they don't play again now until the following sunday right um and so you do get some time with that and we'll see how that how that progresses but you you're up against it right now you you gotta you dug yourself a hole and i know well i ain't

worried about this because remember what i told you ocho i said yes there are not very many guys that limp into the season if you're limping it you limp out you don't get healthy during the season because it's such a grind right you play on sundays and you're right back on the field on wednesday and how do you how do you rest is how you heal an injury. Well, you don't get that in the end of it. And especially if you're a quarterback, because you spend so much time mentally preparing, which is taxing on the body,

it's stressing the central nervous system, studying film at home, studying film at work, going through practice, trying to take all those mental reps, even if you're not practicing. So your Bengos are up against it they they got they got a tough road to sled if they're trying to plan on getting back into playoff contention five and five at 10 game at 10 game endeavor basically a little over the

midway point yeah that's that's that's not good that's not good at all i think for us uh for me i'm going to be optimistic and hoping joe burrow's wrist injury is something that that can heal in in a short amount of time other than that that, if he can heal and Browning has to take over at the helm, I think there's a season where we kind of shut Joe down and allow us to prepare for next season. So Joe can go into next season, you know, all the way healthy and not continue to get an unnecessary injury at this point, especially if we don't have a chance to get in the playoffs based on the results. Once we play the Steelers next week, if I'm not mistaken. Let's look at it from the Ravens standpoint.

Lamar was sensational. The thing that I loved about Lamar, not only was he crisp throwing the ball, I like when he took off and he got down. He didn't take any unnecessary punishment. That's the thing. That's the progression that you like to see a quarterback that uses his legs early because he's so athletic.

But as you start to mature, as you start to develop into the quarterback that you want him to come, you don't take those unnecessary shots. You get down instead of getting a first down. OK, it's going to be second and two. Because if I get a first down, I got to take an unnecessary shot. Ocho. Yeah, that's where in terror that's pounding on my body. Let it be second and two. I'm on the ground.

I live to see another day. I thought he was extremely sharp. I thought the guys did a great job of catching the ball tonight. Aguilar had a deflection that it went more touchdown. I like Zay Flowers. As you mentioned, Odell,

what, did he have three, four catches for over 100 yards? He was sensational tonight. The only thing that put a little damper on it is that they possibly lost Mark Andrews for the entirety of the season. The defense, again, got after him.

Another five sacks. They lead the NFL in sacks. After the game, they were talking about, I think it was Raekwon was talking about, you know, they had a little letdown at the end because 14 looks better than 20. And they let him get a little late touchdown. And I'm sure the defense isn't happy about that.

But overall, the totality of the ball game, you have to feel good about where they are. Because, you know, if it's a close game, they got the best kicker, arguably the greatest kicker to ever kick. Mr. Tucker, outside of me, yes, they do. Yes, they do. And the funny thing. I,

I, I, I didn't mean to cut y'all, but I re I reiterated this before and I've said it, you know, probably after the third or fourth week of the season, that defense in Baltimore is phenomenal. It's always been their identity.

And the fact that we're in a past happy era and the identity is still the defense in an era like this. And the offense is being efficient. And the key thing for Lamar Jackson is he had a great game. He had a phenomenal game. He was sharp with the ball. He didn't run when he didn't need to. He ran when he had to. Yeah, he ran when he had to. And the key for him, zero interceptions. Protecting the football. Protecting the football. Zero interceptions. So he had a great game. That was that was a good thing to see. The fact that it was against my Bengals, it hurts my feelings.

It hurts my feelings. I'm just hoping Joe has a speedy recovery so we can go into the rest of the season and hope, like Cedric the Entertainer said in Kings of Comedy, let's hope something go well. And we can sneak it. I think if we're able

to sneak in the playoffs, I think we, we going to have a good chance. You know, we still, we had the midway point, so we'll see what happens. Yeah.

I think the thing, the biggest thing for Lamar, because he can beat you so many different ways. He can beat you with his arm. He can beat you with his leg. The only thing that could, that's concerning. And that's been,

it's kind of a hiccup is the turnovers. Yeah. Throw the interception or the fumbles. If he can hold onto the ball, because like I said, when you are a better team and for the mostovers, be it throw the interception or the fumbles. If he can hold on to the ball, because like I said, when you are a better team and for the most part, the Ravens are going to go into the game as the better team. Now, if you're the better team and you turn the ball over,

you either come down to their level or you bring them up to your level. One of the two things happen and now you're playing on a level field. The whole point about having a better team is to go out there and dominate the game and all three phases yeah when you turn it over you take possessions away from yourself and you create short fields for the opposing team and so if he can minimize those i'll be obviously it's asking it's unrealistic to ask him to turn well he's not going to turn the ball over anymore this year we know that's not going to happen that's just unrealistic but he can't have those two three turnover games oh right and if he can avoid those the ravens look this thing is wide open this is wide open as it's been in a while

because when you look at it there is no oh man pencil that team in there is no team like that this year right yeah you're right and even even though their record shows it, their record shows it. And I think, you know, with minimal, minimal mistakes offensively, they have the defense. One of the few teams in the NFL that can overcome those mistakes

offensively as far as the turnovers are concerned. But once you get later on in the season, especially in the playoff time, you ain't going to be able to do it because you're going to be facing other offenses that are just as efficient and just as dangerous as you and can hit their head off,

having players that can hit their head off the goalpost from anywhere on the field. So you got to minimize that stuff. And if you're going to make those mistakes, let's make them now and get it out the way. Yep. Gronk thinks Mac Jones should ask for a release from the Patriots.

This is what Gronk said. He's not respected in New England. Coach Belichick has played all these games with him. Bailey Zappa even close to being on Mac Jones' level. You should never sit Mac Jones. He's not respected there. I think Mac Jones should go ask for

his release. If you're talking to me what he should do, ask for his release. And then if it gets granted, he should go sign with the Cleveland Browns and start a new career right there. They need a new quarterback. Imagine that. How would that be? Look, I always listen to players that had very good to great careers

and Gronk had a great career in New England. I always listen to what they have to say about their former team. Right. I believe everything that he says. I believe Coach – I believe that he believes that Coach Belichick has disrespected him. And he knows firsthand that Coach Belichick likes to play these games. Gronk wasn't a guy that liked to play these games.

So that's why Gronk, like, okay, y'all try to trade me. I'm going to retire. Right. But I'm not coming back to play for you either. So you don't have no choice but to release me or trade me to Tampa. Gronk was one of the few guys that Coach Belichick really wasn't able to rein in. No, no, no. Gronk was Gronk.

You knew exactly what he was getting. You know, the Patriot way and everybody was like Gattaca. Everybody said the same thing. Gronk was fun-loving. Gronk, he was one of the few guys that was in New England that you got an opportunity to see his personality while he was in New England.

You didn't have to wait until he got on television and said, well, I wonder how he's going to be. You knew how Gronk was going to be because you saw him for his entirety in New England. What do you think about that? Well, I think Gronk is one of the few players who was very authentic and organic and was able to stay true to himself because of the team he was on.

Obviously, having Tom as a quarterback and him being your safety valve and you always producing at a high level week in and week out, year in and year out, you can be yourself. You can do that. Now, as far as what Gronk is saying about Belichick disrespecting Mac Jones, the key things, one of the things that you always talk about, that we all talk about, and that you do know is when you run a team

and you're the quarterback of the team, in order to win games, especially if you don't have the talent around you, you have to minimize turnovers. Turnovers. You don't have the team is not structured. The team is not built for that team to play from behind and win games that way. So continuously turning the ball over, turning the ball over.

And that's something even when I was there that Belichick harped on. He harped on it and harped on it. That is why Tom was so, so hell bent and so upset when he did turn the ball over, even though they were able to overcome turnover based on the team that they had, the way the struck, the way the Patriots are structured offensively, they can't do it, especially with Mac Jones at the helm and having to turn the ball over and then put the ball in his hands and say, okay,

we're going to leave it in your hands to get us out of this trouble. Yeah. They know that they're not built like that. So I think in a, in a sense mac jones put goddamn belichick's back against the wall not having a choice but to bench him not how you didn't have a choice because he's doing the one the one thing you can't do to give us a chance for us to have a chance you can't turn a goddamn ball over i agree with you but you can't do what he did to him. And it started last year because Coach Belichick was so arrogant. He was so, I can do this, my way will work, that he hired people that was unqualified for the position that they were in.

Matt Patricia had never called an offensive play. He had really never been on that side of the football. The same thing for Joe Judge. And you make them co-offensive coordinators? Well, we saw the year that Matt Jones had as a rookie under Josh McDaniel. We saw him take a serious

dip in play. I also think he took a serious dip in progression and confidence. Excuse me, in confidence. Getting benched will do that to you now. He got benched last year. That'll do that to you. And now, what, nine, ten games into the season now. He got benched last year. That'll do that to you. It's good to you.

And now, what? Nine, ten games into the season, you've gotten benched three times. You know what? Ocho, it's just time for a change. Sometimes, and that's okay. It's time for a change of scenery. Me and old lady... Change of scenery for who?

Belichick or Mac Jones? Both. One of them needs to go for sure. Right. But I don't know what Mr. Kraft is holding on to Coach Belichick. He ain't winning anything anytime soon. Well,

I think if, well, obviously you're going to have to get a quarterback. You're going to have to get a quarterback. Things aren't going to change in that organization until you find a quarterback that's efficient, that can turn a ball over. Are you going to find a diamond in a rough this year,

similar to CJ Stroud? Is that possible? I mean, at the rate they're going, the only way, the only answer for them offensively is finding a quarterback that's efficient and not going to turn the ball over. Here's what you got to understand, Ocho.

Look at the receivers, with the exception of Randy Moss. Look at the receivers, how they were before they got to New England, and the receivers that once they left New England. Now, you tell me the receiver, outside of Randy Moss and Gronk, but we're talking about all 100th anniversary team players. Look at the receivers that where they were before they got to New England

and played with Tom. And then once they left New England after playing with Tom, how do they look? Well, yeah, it's different. It's different. I think for the slot receivers, the smaller receivers, those that played on the inside i i view the new england offense is the offense that's run from the inside out it's run from the inside out and i view other teams offenses as far as like you know your

atlanta's when julio was there or or just just other teams the number ones it's run from the outside in you know when the new england's offense it looked like to me the number one was gromp and then number two was Edelman. And then you work your way to the outside if it's clogged up in the middle. And I think they fared very well in that offense because of the way it was run. That system in general.

And as far as outside receivers are concerned, Randy Moss is special. That's why I excluded him. That's why I excluded Gronk. Because they're going to be good in any system anywhere. Exactly. So he was special. Yeah. That's why I excluded him. That's why I excluded Gronk. Because they're going to be good in any system anywhere. Exactly.

So he was special. So when you take those receivers that flourish and that run from the inside of our offense and put them on other teams where it's the other way where you got to get it

off the muscle. You got to get it off the muscle. Here are the X's and the O's. There's a guy going to be in front of you. You got to go. You got to work. You got to win your one-on-one matchup.

Sometimes you really not built like that, but the system in New England, it's, it kind of, I don't want to say it, it kind of opens you up because of they did so many different things and it was so much talent around there offensively. All you got to do is win. All you got to do is win. And when you go, when you go, when you outside of that New England offense, hey, it's a different ball game. It's a different ball game. Yeah. I just think the thing is,

yeah, I mean, after you done benched me, look, there's only so many times I'm going to sleep on the couch before I realize me and my old lady need to split. I mean, you don't put me out the house four or five times, Ocho. You don't make me sleep on the couch four or five times. At what point in time do I come to the realization,

you know what, we're not right for each other? I have one more question, though. You got to think about this. You have to be careful now. When you think about leaving and asking for a release from the New England Patriots, the prestigious New England Patriots, six Super Bowl championship New England Patriots,

playing for one of the, maybe one of the most decorated coaches of all time and if you couldn't get it done there how do you think the other 31 teams are going to view mac jones because i don't think because i think the majority of the people believe that system that new england was tom brady right i don't think i don't think coach bellage he's a great x and o he's a great strategist there's no no denying that. But I bet if you ask the front office people and the other coaches, and you put them on truth serum, I guarantee you they believe the person most responsible

for the success of New England is Tom Brady. So you don't think it's more of a two-headed monster? You got two people that came together that just worked extremely well. You had a brilliant mind in Bill Belichick and what he was able to do defensively and the fact that you had a brilliant mind and tom brady who was able to orchestrate an offense without making very minimal errors and being able to overcome mistakes or stuff like that i think it was a relationship that just meshed well is it really all tom no no it's not either oh it's not. There's no such thing as all or every. Right.

But I just I saw Tom Brady leave and take a team that has not been to the playoffs in a very long time and go to the playoff three consecutive years and win the Super Bowl. Right. I see Coach Belichick get blown out. The team didn't even punt in the playoff game. Buffalo did not punt in the entirety of the game. So I see a team lose the first round and they don't force the team to punt to how do they look last year? How do they look this year?

So I think that's one of the things, that's one of the reasons why Tom Brady gets so much credit because we see how it looks without him. Right. Okay. I got you. I got you. I got you.

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Well, who thought you're not in shape? That's great. I'm glad you said that. And you have a better knowledge of the game of basketball and how players approach the game. This is not my first time hearing that. This is not my first time hearing players get themselves into shape by actually playing. So is this so? So I don't sound ridiculous. Is this not something new? Or I mean, is this not something that a lot of players do or am I tripping? Based on the sport. Based on the sport, I'm saying. Basketball. Tell me the champion that waits till the season to get in shape. You think Jordan did that? You think Kobe did that? You think LeBron did that?

You think D. Wade? You think Bird? You think – you think of the great players that's won championships. Right. You tell me they wait till – so did he – was he not going to play basketball this year? Right. But what was he not going to play basketball this year? Right. What would he wait? No. Wait. One of the things that all basketball players do, and I'm sure including James Harden, is they play throughout the entirety of the season. They take a small break, but they play pickup games. They play little games like that.

And I think maybe he did train throughout the throughout the offseason. I think he's not in physical peak James Harden shape as in elite James Harden that we're used to seeing. 28, 11, and 5 James Harden. But he's still a decent James Harden, but not where he needs to be to be efficient for the Clippen just yet. But again, whose fault is that? Ocho, they're paying you $30, $40, $50, $60 million. And I've got to wait until you get to camp. The objective you're supposed to come to camp in shape. So what were you

doing off season? Okay, I get it. You upset at Darryl Morey. He lied to you. I'm going to take, let's just take James Harden at his word. Darryl Morey lied. He did. What does that have to do with you being in shape? What does that have to do with you not handling and taking care of your business?

Right. Just because someone is doing something over there Ocho, that don't mean I can't be doing something over here. I'm going to show because here's the thing, whether I get traded or not, I'm going to be in shape. That's what they're...

I see what you're saying. I just think the fact that obviously missing time of not pre-season and training camp with the Sixers. Yeah. But I think he was training. I think he was working out, but this, let me tell you this thing about how much you can practice, right? Yeah. I got, I got prepared for every, every training camp. I worked my, my tail off. I worked crazy, but there was something about getting to training camp

and it was nothing. All the work I put in, it was still can't emulate what it's like when you're all together in one. Nothing. We practice before a game. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. You do all that practicing.

But when it's game time, when it's time to go, it's still different. I think game time and training on your own to prepare for the season is completely different. I think we're kind of, to me, taking a little bit out of context of what James is actually saying. I need to play myself in the game shape. And the playing shape doesn't mean I'm not in shape to play basketball. It's just the fact it's going to take me some games to get where I need to be to be more efficient for the Clippers in general.

I think that's what he means. Imagine if you had not done anything in the offseason and showed him the training camp. How difficult would it have been? Right. But he didn't because Mr. Mallory lied to him. He said he didn't have a training camp. He didn't have no training camp. Mr. Mallory lied to him, though.

He didn't have a training camp, but he was training. Now, I mean, I know James, I know James personally. Now I don't, I don't know much about basketball, but I do know young, young bull be working now. He'd be working. Cause you can't do what you've done throughout the entirety of your career, you know, minus, you know, playoffs and all championships. I understand that he hadn't done that, but he has to prepare himself in a certain way to even do what he's done throughout his career. You don't just wake up and just go out there and do what he's done 28 and whatever it may be. I don't know the numbers behind it, but I understand exactly what he means. I understand,

I understand what he means though. So you okay with, so you okay with a player not coming in shape? No, no, no. I'm not okay with it. I'm just saying he didn't have the resources, the ability to train with the team in its entirety. Yes, he did. Listen to me. In its full capacity, you know, everybody and being able to be up to speed with them, obviously getting traded somewhat late and now being integrated in there and having to play himself back in the shape. I understand what you mean. Ocho.

What's going to happen when he is in shape, though? You know what you're going to get now. Ocho. You know what you're going to get, huh? You do realize he could have went to training camp. You realize that could have happened. He could have done that. We have to understand the circumstances on why he didn't show up to camp.

What's the circumstances? We got to understand the circumstances. He just got traded. It's been, what, two weeks? Three weeks? Ocho. If that. See?

Ocho. So you want him to show up to training camp in Philly? Why not? They have $38 million for him. You know why he didn't show up. You know why. I don't want to get into logistics on why he didn't, but you know why. How would you feel?

Who was your GM when you was there? When you was playing in Denver? Oh, man. Who was your GM? Just give me one name. I think Lydhug. You don't know. You wouldn't know any of I think Lydhug. You don't know. You will know it.

Lydhug. I think John. Well, we, we, we gonna say John B. When you talk to John B, you go play for Denver and you take less money from my understanding.

You take less money. Wait. Okay. Stay with me now. You take less money and you go to goddamn Denver. Cause John B say, you know what? The fact that you're taking less money.

Thank you. I appreciate you. You know, when all season come, I'm gonna make sure you, I'm gonna make John Beak say, you know what? The fact that you're taking less money, thank you. I appreciate you. You know, when the offseason come, I'm going to make sure I take care of you on a long-term deal. Matter of fact, I'm going to give you a goddamn Supermax. Just bear with me this season.

Offseason come, you calling John Beak and John Beak don't answer the goddamn phone. And you telling me, James, the motherfucker showed up to goddamn training camp? What I always tell you, a lot of care who tell it.

Why would a millionaire give a billionaire a tax break? But he did. Loyalty, right? And he did. What team? What happened? It's a team name, man. When has the team ever been lower to a player?

James Harden. Ah. Ah. Hold on. When has James Harden ever been lower? When has James Harden. Ah. Ah. Hold on. When is James Harden ever been loyal? Do you know what Tillman Fertitta did for him at Houston? Was he loyal to Tillman Fertitta? No.

What about Brooklyn that gave up all those assets to get him? See, you making it seem like loyalty is a one-way street that the team should be loyal to the player. But when has James Harden been loyal to any team that he's played for? Well, listen, I'm on the outside looking in. I'm not sure. Exactly. You got a great view. So put your hands up to the window and look. You got a great view.

You look at it just like I do. We don't know. We don't know the turmoil or the things that were going on inside that we don't know about. We're just getting the back end story on the reasons why he wasn't, things didn't work out where he was. But I think now he's in a good place.

He's in LA. He's going to be okay. He's going to play his way back into shape and Clippers fans, you know, I don't know. I know I don't know much about basketball. Well, when a player says, I'm going to play myself back into shape

and you know what you get from that player when he is in shape, I ain't worry about nothing because I know what I'm going to get. We got an 82-game season, right? It's 82 games? Yes. What's the clip? It's 0-5?

0-5 since he got arrived there. Oh, we got. Don't put that on him. Don't put that on him. No, I'm just saying. No, I'm just saying. I said they are 0-5. I said they.

I've seen all the clips and saying, oh, they're 0-5 since like it's his fault. But anyway, but I guarantee you. Were they 0-5 before he got there? No. Okay. I'm not saying, no, I'm not saying that it's his fault. But I'm saying we have to look at it because

he was, and like you said, it could turn around. Oh, it's going to turn around. You know that. Paul George, Kawhi, Westbrook, Cenk. Come on, man. You know what's going to happen. You know there's a basketball. There's not pool.

Oh, yeah. So you only got one ball. You don't pool. How many balls you got? Eight. You play at eight ball? Or you play at billion? I play eight ball.

You play eight ball, there's 15 balls in it. Nah, it's eight balls. Oh Lord have mercy. What? We play eight ball. I mean, nine ball is with nine balls, eight balls. We normally play standard pool. You play a standard pool, right?

Yes, sir. Okay. Okay. You count the cue ball? No can't no it is a ball though but yeah i don't count it right it's nice now you're right my bad my bad it's been a long time in standard billiards instead it's called billions we call it pool i just call it pool i thought it was nine 15 just call it pool. I thought it was nine balls. 15. 15? Yes.

Oh, that's right. I'm tripping. I'm thinking about what I used to play when I was in YA, when I was in LA. My bad, my bad. We had a little mini,

a small pool table. You right. There is a game called nine ball. Yeah. I think that's what I used to play right there, nine ball, when I was in YA. People used to play,

people used to play nine, it's five and nine. Those were the money balls. Okay. You didn't gamble like that. So I know you don't really, but people at home is listening. Understand.

They understand the game, but standard was standard bill. You're 15 ball. But anyway. Okay. Check this out. Did you see the video of the man in Thailand? A Python came into his house.

Yeah. They had a cat in the cage. A python came into his house. Yeah. They had a cat in the cage. The python went in the cage, grabbed the cat. The cat was screaming. The man came out. The python looked to be somewhere between 12 and 14 feet. Whoa, whoa, whoa. He got the python with his bare hands.

Give me my cat back. Listen, you just said- You see what a man do for cat? You see what a man do for cat? give me my give me my cat back you have listen you just you see what a man do for cat you see what a man do for cat time out slow down

oh my bad my bad this sound this sound stays to me you said a 12 14 foot python right yeah do you understand what happens

when a python of that size wraps around anything once it wraps around anything ain't no getting that loose ain't no getting that loose. Ain't no getting that loose. You gotta chop

the head off, man. Wait. No, what happened? No, I've seen guys, seen people un-curl them of baby gazelles and things like that. You can un-curl them. Really? Yeah. But once they squeeze, it's a wrap. Yeah, but he wasn't able to constrict.

He grabbed it because he couldn't get his whole body through the cage. Oh, okay. But he had it. He had it. Right, right. And eventually, he drug him out of the cage and did the damage. This must have been a little kitten, huh? A little kitten?

No, it was a big cat. It was a big, oh, he was screaming. But I'm just going, that just goes to show you. Yeah. Remember, we had the conversation earlier right what would you do to save your pet oh anything instincts kick in instinct same thing with kids same with your child you don't think twice when anything that you care about is in danger may you do anything adrenaline oh yeah that man and you look oh cho i mean uh taiwanese i mean

you obviously i mean thailand so you obviously he probably look like he's about 130 140 pounds he said he got him and then threw him in the bushes i wouldn't have threw him in the bushes i'd have had to off with his head oh you're killing mom oh yeah oh you know anything yeah you know you know probably i guarantee that was somebody pet snake that was probably somebody pet snake that got out i guarantee you. I don't think people got pet snakes in Thailand. They don't keep them like that, Ocho.

In Florida, South Florida, they got the Burmese python, the rock python. And when they get too big in Miami, they throw them out and release them. And now you got no natural predators in the Everglades. Yeah, okay. I was looking at that and I said, I hope won't you see this

and to see what somebody would actually do. Patrick Woolley Patrick Woolley? Woolley. Donated $10. He wants to test me on breed knowledge. Hey, what do you think of the Rhodesian Ridgeback? Well, it's a dog that originated in Africa. He has a ridge.

A ridge. Yeah, he has a ridge a red he read but yeah he has a ridge right down i had a friend in in in middle school and high school named christy christy g if you're watching this she had a rodent a rodent ridge back uh i've never owned one i have seen them up close uh so i really couldn't tell you much about him, but I do know a little bit about him. Alright, alright. I like it. I like it.

Let me ask you a question, OG. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Rapper DDG asked his Twitter followers, would you rather have a billion, would you rather have a billion dollars or live forever? Ooh, that's a good one. That's a good one.

What you mean in the name of what answer? Name the dead man that spent a dollar. Let alone a billion. So what's your... What you mean would I rather have a billion dollars or live forever? What you want to do? Let me hear you. What's your answer first?

What you going to do? I will take the billion to live forever. No, you can't do that. I'm about all kinds of stuff to keep me young. No, no, no. You know what? Think about it. Think about all the billionaires that have been alive,

that have had the resources to have access to anything that can keep you around forever. Don't do that. That ain't happening. I don't want no billion. I don't want no billion. I want to be to a ruling. I don't want to die. You know what, Ojo?

I want to be to a ruling. And this little bit of money, I got to hack a fool. Hey, I got a fool. Yeah, this little bit. Can you imagine what a billion? A billion. You know how much money you got to have to even get to a billion?

Yes. Think about that. A billion? Man, that's crazy. Just the thought of it and the fact that we have billionaires in this world that can change so much. So what are you taking? Are you taking the billion or are you living forever? I'm living forever.

I'm living forever. I'm living forever I'm living forever I'm living forever with the little bit of money I got now I'm gonna be okay I'm gonna be okay give me the bill give me the bill you gonna take a billion

for real yeah think about think about this let me ask you something think about it just be honest with yourself what can you do

what can you do right now if you had a billion dollars that you can't do with the money you got right now. Think about it. Come on, man. I can fly private all the time. I can fly private all the time. Listen, you already flying private anyway.

And you ain't got a billion dollars. That little bit of time I be flying private, that ain't nothing. Again, think about it. Think it just real quick for me. Think about the money you got now the money you've earned the money that you are earning right now what is there in this world that you can't do you can do everything you want to right now yeah moderate you can do everything you want to right now in moderation you know that you can do a billion dollars no because here's the thing

I basically secured one and a half generations. I'm trying to get four generations. So I want to start, I got my kids and have my grandkids. So now I want to get their kids and their kids situated. So now, all

of a sudden, the sharp, we got a hit. Because my kids got a headstart. They was on third base, but they know they didn't hit the ball. They were born there. Right. So now I'm trying to get my grandkids and the great grandkids and the three great on third base. Also the kids will be home. So that's what I would do. That's what I would do. I like that.

That's what I would do. I like that. But I would, I would go in. No, that would take an extraordinary vision. It would take an extraordinary vision. Yeah. Discipline and extreme execution and not seeing nothing to get to that point. You can't see nothing but the end goal to get to that point. Yeah.

But see, I got a great start. Cause I already got a billion. Remember, I ain't got to work for it. I'll do somebody going to give me that. Oh, oh, okay. I like, I like you going there. But see, I got a great start because I already got a billion. Remember, I ain't got to work for it. I'll do somebody going to give me that. Oh, oh, okay. I like you going with that. I like you going with that. But, you know, when you think about billionaires, you know, and I hate to say this, when you think about billionaires and to reach that type of extreme wealth, you got to step on a lot of people, man, to get there. Yeah. you gotta step on a lot of people man to get there you gotta step on

a lot of people you can't you see how I am oh happy go lucky giving out here paying here $5 $2 $2 $5 oh I never get there ever but you gotta step you gotta be nasty but you gotta step on a lot of people to reach that type of extreme wealth

and you gotta do something you ain't got no business doing you gotta do something you ain't got no business doing. You got to do something you ain't got no business doing to get you one huge lump sum and build from there like you really worked hard. So I have to... Yeah, I'm not...

I think now in today's time, I mean, you look at Michael, you look at Magic, you look at Tiger. If you got a talent, you can parlay that talent. You can do something, make money in your chosen sport, and then people will want to do business with you. You see Magic parlay those championships in L.A. and then people wanted to do business with him. But he was determined to not just let Magic Johnson live on Magic Johnson's name.

Johnson rolled up his sleeve and he got into, you know, Starbucks. He got into the movie theaters. He got into the construction aspect of it. And you see what it turned out. So, yeah, I think now it's a lot easier because you got guys now that's going to make five, six, 700 million just on contracts alone. Yeah. So you're three quarters of the way there.

Already there. Yeah. Yeah. Make a few smart decisions. And guess what? When you have money, Ocho, you know this. People are wanting to, now you get an opportunity to rub elbows with people that got more money than you.

Money than you. That's smarter than you. Yeah. That give you tools and information. On what to do with your money. Oh, yeah. And now all of a sudden

$5 become $25. $25 become $100. $100 become $1,000. $1,000 become $25. Yeah. And the next day, you know what? And you know what?

One of the things that you have to have too when it comes to building wealth of that magnitude? Yeah. Patience. Yeah. Patience. You you got to be patient this ain't nothing overnight this is five year 10 year because if you look at it oh joe if you're looking to get something overnight you got to take too big of a risk and the chances are it ain't even real. Nah. Chances are it ain't even real. Ocho, this question's for you.

Yeah. Eric Holmes donated $10, and he asked, Hey, Ocho, he said, Ocho, why do you make so many excuses for players? I ain't make no excuse for nobody. For James Harden tonight. Eric, Eric, I'm not making no excuses for James Harden. I'm just telling you what I know.

Eric, you're not there. I've seen him. I've seen him training. I've seen him training all season. I've been in the gym with James, so I'm understanding where he's coming from. We're taking him saying I'm not in playing shape totally out of context. For him to be as efficient and what we're used to seeing in James Harden is all I'm saying. That's all.

I'm not making no excuses. But what I do have is I have the information. Stay with me now. I have the information based on what I know and what I see him do when there are no cameras around. That's all I can talk about. Now, if I didn't know and people made the comment or he made the comment, I'm not in James Harden's shape, then I'd be like, well, damn. This nigga James ain't in shape. So James Harn is

just playing bad. He's in shape, right? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He's not in playing shape. I just explained to you and gave you a great analogy, huh? I trained all my goddamn offseason, but when I got in the season with the team in the training camp,

it was still different. And I had to play myself into playing shape as well. All that training does nothing for you until you with a whole unit. That's all. That's all I'm saying. That's all I agree with you. Seem like you're making it. Hey, Eric, listen to me, Eric. I lie for you before I lie to you, baby. I've seen him do it. So I'm just trying to get a little better context on what he was doing and what he meant.

Some people might not listen to me. Some people will. But I'm just telling you what I know. Check this out. Do you like your toilet paper over or under? Uninterrupted posted a video of your bingos having to decide. Right. A University of Colorado study said it's more sanitary to hang the paper over as opposed to decide. Right. A University of Colorado study said it's more sanitary

to hang the paper over as opposed to under. So are you an over or under guy? Over or under? You know what? I like it coming. I like pulling down. Is that what you mean? That's what you mean, right? That's over. Yes.

Yeah, I like mine over. I like mine over. And it's very important, just not any type of toilet tissue. I hope you all at home, when you visit restaurants, there's a small, small, small story. Not really a story, but when you go to restaurants and you have to use the bathroom at restaurants, I don't know how many of you use the bathroom in public. I do.

I don't care. One, number two, it don't matter. You nasty. Listen. Sit your rusty ass on them. Oh, hey, I'm not. All you have to do is dress the toilet up. You don't use the bathroom in public. I don't care. I ain't doing it. I ain't doing it. Listen, rusty ass on them. Oh, hey, all you have to do is dress the toilet up. You don't use the bathroom. I don't care. I ain't doing it.

I ain't doing it. Listen, you don't know four corners, four corners, toilet tissue, lay it down. One in the front, then sit your ass down. You don't do that. They normally a lot of places have toilet seat covers, Ocho. You don't have to do that. You don't have to do that. Oh, well, the places

I don't go to that fancy shit you be eating at. So I got the motherfucking cover my shit with toilet paper. And where I go, at least, and this is how you know... And you bring your ass back to the restaurant and eat after you done tug of dumping them people in the restaurant? Oh, hell no. I bet I won't be going to dinner with you. Why? Stinky fingers.

You too, Hollywood. For me, I wash my hands. I wash my hands and I got my sanitizer. And this is what I do know. Every public place, they use single-ply toilet paper because they have to flip. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Stay with me.

Listen to me. This is how you know if an establishment, this is how you know if an establishment cares about its customers. Because if you go to an establishment and they got one-ply toilet paper,

they don't care nothing about you because you know one time you take that two-ply, you take that two-ply and you roll that motherfucker around and you go back there and you can wipe. time you take that two ply, you take that two ply and you roll that motherfucker around and you go back there and you can wipe. If you wipe too goddamn hard,

it's coming right through. You're going to have shit on your hands. I don't go nowhere. I don't go nowhere where they got no one ply. I don't do that. That's why I ain't going to eat with you. One ply, four ply,

you can use paper towels. A towel, I ain't going to eat with you. Listen, I go to establishments where they have two ply Charmin. Two ply Charmin, soft,

thick, thick. So, when I swipe, that bitch like a credit card. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. So, just like, hey, I'm telling my team, if Ocho invites y'all somewhere,

don't y'all go out to eat with that man. Wait a minute. So, you really acting like that? So, you don't use the public restroom? They have public restroom for a reason. Now, you acting like it's unsanitary to use the goddamn bathroom in public? That's all right. Who raised you? I can wait till I get home. How you gonna wait till you get home

if you gotta use the bathroom, huh? Easy. If you gotta pee, if you gotta pee, you go pee. If you gotta boo-boo, go boo-boo. That's what it's for.

Y'all nasty. You nasty. It ain't that first. She can't handle the woman that leave the door open she got to go to the other room now you won't use the public restroom what else on you can't live like that man you you're living like you're living like you're in jail you ain't in jail you free baby i i know that's why i could just come on home i have i've left the gym to come home to go to the bathroom you left the gym gym just to go. Boy, do you understand if you release in that gym,

how much better you'll feel when you go back to your weights? Once you get that weight off your shoulder. I don't feel better. Nah, I'm good. All right. Okay. I'm not going to win. Man, you're in it.

You're going anywhere. That's what it's for. That's why it's called a public restroom. Ain't no rules. Ain't no rules. They are rules. And I guarantee everybody watching I guarantee they agree with me

I guarantee yeah they probably do I would hope so I agree with you too it's just not for me just like everything I say nothing is ever for you

just like that nutrition you say McDonald's you don't gotta do all that I ain't gotta do all that right and you told me what it got you there fire in it

yeah it worked for me that's why that's why I look like this. I will come up out of this shirt, but I ain't going to show it. I see you got your little muscles out today. You see that? Yeah. Best dog dad ever. I got you. I got you. So, you know what? You tweeted today you having a hard time putting eye drops. I don't understand what's so hard about it. Boy, listen.

Let me take my shades off. I got my eye drops right here, too. Them little beady eyes. Yeah, I got them lumified. You know, I got Japanese. I'm 10% Japanese. That's why my eyes slanted like that. Bro, just because you ain't a Benihana, you ain't Japanese.

I ain't never ain't no Benny Harness Like mate listen wait Japanese Well I got a cousin that's Korean man That he play for Tottenham That ain't you Just tell you got a cousin You told me to do my ancestry tree

I did my ancestry tree Azrael baby Yeah she right there she'll tell you I did my ancestry tree and I'm 5% Korean and my cousin played for Tottenham. But anyway, listen, I got my own... You ain't at a Korean barbecue spot. I ain't never had no Korean barbecue, hon. I just wanted to do my

homework and I wanted to see where I come from. I wanted to see who my descendants are. I know where you came from, Liberty City. Yeah, I did, but I'm saying I have a long line of like, come on. They came from Liberty City. Yeah, I did. But I'm saying I have a long line of, like, come on. They came from Liberty City, too. Nah, but outside of Liberty City. Outside of Liberty City, I just really wanted to know who I am and where I come from.

And it was dope to me. It was dope to find out. Baby, you got the home. You got the results. She got the results right here. 5% Korean. That's why my eyes look like this. Look.

You see? Nah. But listen, I got my eye drops right here. I got my Lumafire. I got my Lumafire right here. I like to use it right before I go on TV

or anything. But every time I try to put my eye and open it, it go everywhere except the eye. You supposed to put it in the corner of your eye, Ocho. I it go everywhere except the eye. You supposed to put it in the corner of your eye, Ocho. I'll put mine in the corner.

Some people drop it right on the middle of the eye. Some people hold it back. That's what I've been trying to do. I keep missing, man. What you talking about? Some people hold the eye open like this and squeeze it right on the eye. Yeah, but I can't because when I have something that close to me in my eye, I don't know if it's going in. And when

I think it's going in, it drips everywhere else but in the eye. And then I'm wasting, you know how much this costs? I'm not buying another one of these. And every time I do it, I miss every time. See, stay with me now. Hold on. Okay, my bad. I've been practicing with my daughter,

my daughter's sippy cup. daughter My daughter's sippy cup With my daughter's sippy cup So I put water Where does sippy cup Gotta do something there Because I can't waste this I can't waste this So I use my daughter's sippy cup

I fill it up with water And I practice with her sippy cup Trying to squirt And make sure I can get I can get it right It's hard man It's hard for me But sippy cup

That's not That's not the same Function as a As a bottle of eye drops. Yes, yes it is. It is because it has the sippy cup, what you call it, the nipple. The nipple on the sippy cup is the same as the eye drops. It's a thin one. But you do realize if you turn that bottle up and you don't squeeze it, nothing will come out.

Right. But when I do squeeze, it always goes everywhere except in the eye. And I'm wasting my drops. I mean, so what you're doing, you're floating up here? No, I go like this. I go like this. And then, listen, it's so close, I can't even see if it's going in or not. As soon as I squeeze, the motherfucker always running down my cheek.

And then somebody said, somebody said, put it in the corner of your eye. If I put it in the corner of my eye, all I'm going to do is run down my nose. That don't even make no goddamn sense.

Ocho, no. You put it in the corner and you blink a couple of times and it go all through the eye, Ocho. Somebody going to have to see, send me visual, visual, visual reference so I can get it right

because this goddamn Lumafire, this costs about, how much is it called? $50? Boy. Sometimes, boy. Sometimes. I'm amazed that you don't walk on your hands and knees.

Why? And why are you acting like putting, you're acting like putting eye drops in is easy. That shit ain't easy, huh? There's a lot of things in life that seem simple to others that's difficult. And this is one of the things that I find difficult to do.

It ain't that difficult. Check this out. Marco donated and he wants to know 98 Broncos or the 05 Bengals. Who wins? 05 Bengals. Offense was too crazy. Offense was too crazy. Listen, I respect

your 98 Broncos and what y'all was able to do and accomplish, but y'all didn't have an answer for nothing we had offensively. What were the 98 Broncos? What was we rated in the top in the 100-year history of the NFL? On Super Bowl teams, I think we were like top 15.

I don't care nothing about your rating. I'm telling you about that 0-5 Bengals offense and that defense that we had. That didn't win a playoff game? What, you mean the one where Carson went down with a knee injury when Kimo and Van Olfen, whatever his name is, ran into his knee? Yeah, yeah, that

Bengals offense. The one that was ranked number that was ranked, yeah, the offense that was ranked number one in the goddamn NFL that year. That offense. Ocho, Ocho. Chris Henry, TJ Hushmazada, Rudy Johnson, yeah, the offense that was ranked number one in the goddamn NFL that year, that offense. Ocho. Ocho. Chris Henry, TJ Hushmanzada, Rudy Johnson. Yes, that offense. Ocho, you realize y'all didn't win but 10 games in the regular season.

And you think that's prolific. Y'all won 10 games. What does that have to do with the 98 Broncos beating the goddamn 05 Bengals offense? It wasn't happening, baby. It wasn't happening. We the 13th ranked team. It wasn't happening, baby. It wasn't happening. Trust me. We're the 13th ranked team. It wasn't happening. There's nothing you could do. And y'all had nothing on... How you was going to stop me?

Answer me that. How you was going to stop me? Just answer the question. How you was going to stop me? Pittsburgh did. Name your DB. Pittsburgh did. I mean, well, they put three people on me. God damn, that's pretty easy to do. They stopped you y'all didn't do that

y'all were gonna be arrogant on defense y'all gonna be arrogant on defense to say you know we gonna play oh we gonna play 85 man up we were offensive

led team we had the league's MVP that league at running back okay what does that have to ooh TD

Terrell Davis hey that boy was nice listen when y'all run and we had two 1,000 yard receivers when y'all run that stretch play

with TD that stretch and with TD, that stretch, and if they go too far and he cut back, that was nasty. And you already saw. I sent you Ed and Rod and Emma Caffrey. Oh, yeah, we were locking them up. And you already saw. I tweeted you a little something today. Yeah, you were nice.

You know your boy. I get hot like a spoon in a crack house. Yeah. That's how hot I run. Yeah, that between me and you, Ocho. Ocho, that between me and you. Don't let it go no further. I ain't going to let it go nowhere,

but I just know one thing. That 05 year might have been one of my best seasons ever. And the fact that if I got a hold of anybody on y'all defensively, for one, I was going to have them out the game. Whoever your corners was back then, whoever your safety and your strong safety was, I was going to talk them out of their game before the game even started. Trust me. Oh, you know, back then

they could, ooh, you know, back then you get physical. You could hit somebody. There was no defensive receiver. I don't care nothing about that. Atwater knocked you out. I don't care nothing about that. I don't care. Atwater. Did you see Atwater knock out Robert Brooks himself? Forget that. And Ray Kropp.

What about when Atwater caught goddamn Christian Akoye coming through that goddamn A-gap? That's 265. So imagine what he did to a 170 guy. Listen, the hard part is you have to think about it. I played 11 years. You know how many times I got hit clean? Maybe three.

Maybe three, if that. Every time the ball snap, I know what Atwater has to do and where he has to be and where I'm going. He don't need to hit you clean. He just need to graze you. That's fine. That's fine. Trust me. I would have sliced and diced y'all whole defense up, and I mean that

respectfully. Breeze donated $20. He said, love the show, Unc and Ocho. But who's the player in today's game that you would love to play with? Unc, I know it's probably Mahomes for you. Ocho, who you want to play with? A player that I would love to play with in today's game? Boy, that's a good goddamn question.

I'm assuming he's talking about quarterbacks, right? Yeah. I mean, if you want to play with another receiver opposite, you can. You know what honestly it would be really dope I would have loved to be on the other side of Chase and if we talking quarterback obviously I would have liked Burrow to be that quarterback if I wish I could be a younger me in today's

offense in Cincinnati you ain't gonna get no balls Chase getting all the balls if I'm in my prime I just see a younger Ocho in today's offense in Cincinnati. You ain't going to get no balls. Chase getting all the balls. If I'm in my prime, I just say Young or Ocho. Chase getting all the balls. Let me try this again. I say Young in my prime, Ocho.

Which would be no different, no different than me. That we would have been two, we'd have been 2,000 yard receivers receivers just like Rod and Ed McCaffrey. You just said that, didn't you? Testing, one, two, testing, testing, testing, testing. Okay, so I'm not reverberating. Chase has been getting all the balls. Okay, okay.

Oh, you're trying to test your mic to make sure I heard you, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Chase has been getting all the balls. I mean, that's fine. He can get them. Matter of fact, I hope they double him too and leave me one on one and what you think gonna happen

a younger Ocho huh that must Ocho hold on hold on stay with me now that Ocho that had the list of DBs

in his locker before the season started and checking them off one by one after every game and all they had to do was stop me just one time yeah that Ocho

think about it Ocho think about it how little respect they paying you that they gonna double him if you the guy they double you that's why going to double him. If you're the guy they double you. That's why

Chase don't get the ball. That's why Chase get the ball. They double him. Remember, if I'm a younger me and I'm playing in this era and they can't touch you, they can't hit you, I ain't worried about going across the middle. I wasn't worried about that

anyway. Do you got any records in Cincinnati? Chase done broke them all. I don't know. I don't really pay attention once I stop playing. I don't pay attention. I don't know my records.

I don't even got no goddamn memorabilia from when I played. I don't even know where my touchdown ball is at. I can't even find my... I got a one-for-one Hall of Fame jacket. I don't even know where my touchdown ball is at. I can't even find my... I got a one-for-one Hall of Fame jacket. I don't even know where that's at. Ocho. I mean, look.

I mean, when you go to the... Did you trade helmets when you went to the Pro Bowl? Because y'all couldn't get... When I was going to the Pro Bowl, y'all couldn't get y'all helmets away. Nobody wanted the Bengals helmet.

Shit me, boy. I took Carl Pickens... I took Carl Pickens' helmets out of pity. Nah, listen. Everybody... I had to bring... The Bengals had to ship multiple helmets

to Pro Bowl just for me to pass out. That's how many people wanted my helmet. Ain't nobody want no Bengals helmet. Yeah, they wanted that Bengal helmet. They wanted that Bengal helmet because something about that 85, it don't matter where you play, the way area you in, that 85 was special. That boy was special. And you know what? There's nothing

you can do about it. You can't take it away. That is cementing. Ain't nobody want the Bengal helmet. I cemented. I'm just telling you. Ain't nobody want the Bengal Hill. I'm sorry. I'm just telling you. I ain't going to lie to you. I ain't going to lie to you.

You lying. Well, I'm just saying, maybe that changed, but not in the 90s, early 2000s. I mean, I hadn't got there yet. Yeah.

I hadn't got there yet. I mean. I ain't got there yet. Matter of fact, the Bengals had a, Bengals had a better running back than y'all. Ooh.

Corey motherfucking Dillon. Stop playing. Yeah. Yeah. What? Yeah. I don't know if he was, I don't know if he was there

when I was there. We need to break some, y'all. Corey, Corey Dillon. Matter of fact, he might've had the most rushing yards for a running back. I think it might've been against the Broncos.

If I'm not mistaken. It don't matter. I was in Baltimore. You're a part of the team. I'm in Baltimore. It don't matter. Where'd you play before Baltimore? Where did you play before Baltimore?

I was in Denver. Oh, so that means you are part of the team. That means you got that work too. I was in, I was in Baltimore. Corey Dillon was better than Terrell Davis. What? Yeah.

What did Corey Dillon do against the Ravens in 2000? Pull up those stats. Oh, don't do that. Ran over him. Ran through him. Like I did. Ran through him. Ocho, they did not do out of the game. Yeah. Not too out of Ocho, they did knock you out of the game. Yeah.

Knocked you out of the game. They did knock you out of the game. You. Man, please. This is what I do. Talk it and walk it. Talk it and walk it. You the walker on the field? They took you off. At 150 pounds, I talked and walked it. Oh.

I would like that. How about this here? How about this here? This is what Corey Dillon did against the 2000 Ravens. 16 carries, 23 yards. What? 16 carries, 23 yards.

Why you got to say the 2000 Ravens? You mean probably one of the greatest I was on the Ravens The same defense that only allowed what, 10 points a game? Yeah I'm telling you, I was in Baltimore Alright

So you said forget the game against Denver that I'm talking about where he had the most yards I wasn't there Okay I like what you're doing That was nice against Denver that I'm talking about where he had the most yards. I wasn't there. Okay. Okay. What you want me to do? I like what you're doing.

That was nice. I like the way you moved the goalposts. I mentioned Denver and you mentioned Baltimore. Okay. You want to talk about what I did? Nobody, nobody ran against that goddamn 2000 Baltimore team. So that ain't really saying nothing. So you want me to go back?

So you want me to take care of you? So, so when the Broncos lost in the eighties, all those soup bowls, that was me too, huh? Even though I was in high school and college. Now I don't count. It's just once you ride, once you,

once you arrive there and after you leave, you are associated with that team. That's just the way it works. So you took a part of this L tonight that the Ravens put on y'all. Yes. That's why anytime I talk about the, about the bangles, I say we. Always.

Okay. We. And I don't speak French. We. But I wasn't on that Broncos team that Corey Dillon set the record. It's been broken. I mean, Jamal broke it.

And now I think AP got the record at 296. So he had the record. It broke OJ's. No, he broke Walter's. I think Walter Payton had the record at 275. He went 278. Jamal went 295. And AP went 296 against the Chargers.

John Boy asked, if you could have one superpower, what would it be? Superpower? Yeah. Ooh, that's a good one. If I could have one superpower. One superpower. You go first. Let me think about that.

Because that's special. That's special. Let me think about that. If I could have one superpower, one superpower. You go first. Let me think about that. Because that's special. That's special. Let me think about that. If I could have one superpower. I think I want to be invisible. I'm ready. I'm ready. If I had one superpower, I would love to be able to predict the future.

I would love to be able to foresee what's going to happen. I would love that. I don't want to know. No? Why do you want to be able to foresee what's going to happen. I would love that. I don't want to know. No? Why do you want to be invisible? Who are you hiding from? I want to go to a place. Oh.

No, I don't want to be invisible. I want to be able to predict the future. Nah, I want to be able to predict the future So I know what's to come So I know what mistakes not to make Yeah, I like that That ain't no fun Like you tell me You got to live

You got to live I know, yeah But we talk about a hypothetical A hypothetical that likely will never ever happen So if it was If I did have a power I want to know Obviously

Life It doesn't come with an instruction booklet it doesn't come with an instruction booklet. It doesn't come with an instruction booklet. So the best experience and the best teacher is experience. And you go through life, you go through ups and downs, you go through mistakes. Well, if you can predict the future, you ain't going to get that experience. Bingo. But again, it would just be perfect because I wouldn't make any mistakes at all.

And I think that would be great. So you want to be perfect? Yeah. Yeah, because there's no way to live perfect. It's impossible. Can you imagine trying to follow all 10 commandments and actually succeeding at doing that in the entirety of your life? That's impossible.

But if I could foresee the future, I could sure prevent a lot of things from happening. Yeah. I know one you ain't going to forget. When you lied. Lying? Yeah. What happened to that tattoo now that we own it? I know one you ain't gonna forget when you lied lying? yeah what happened to that tattoo? now that we on it

what a tattoo I tried to go get it right? you see it? I tried to go get it today and what'd it say? you don't see it? they started a little bit. Boy, that shit hurt, boy.

Let me move my mic so you can see, so you can see I'm not playing around. Look. Let me come in a little closer. You see it? Mm-hmm. You see it there? Hey, look. You see the ant right here?

You see the unk? Boy, that boy hit that needle on, that he hit that needle on my, on that soft skin. Boy, look here, man. The things I do, the things I do because I love you, nah, nah. I got to go get,

I got to go get the goddamn laser tattoo removal. Man, that shit hurt, what? Oh. Man, Ocho, I don't know what to say about you. Please make sure you click that subscribe button. Make sure you click the like button. Well, we didn't quite hit 300,000 tonight, Ocho.

So we go, I don't know, where are we? 296. I know this goddamn tattoo, man. The beginning of this shit hurt, but I know that. Now I got my goddamn face fucked up because I love you. I did this for my followers. I did this for us. You know, because listen.

That face happened in 78. Huh? That face happened. He looked good, too. Speaking of this face and this bald head, did you see they had sexiest 2023, 2023 sexiest bald head man? Bring your mic back.

Oh, listen. They had this poll, right? I bald head man. Bring your mic back. Oh, listen, they had this poll, right, I saw on Twitter. Yeah. Sexiest bald man alive in 2023. Guess who won? Not you. Prince William. Prince William? Man, Prince William got, man, he ain't got no hair

here. He got hair on the side. Yeah, he got a sunroof. I'm like, what? I'm like, dude, I was right here. Look at it. Do me a favor, huh? Not you, not you. Viewers, viewers, any lady viewers, look at this. How do you deny this?

Watch Rel slap you in the back of your head. Nah, she ain't gonna say nothing. Rel is secure. Rel is secure. She ain't like that. Listen, how do they deny this sexiest man alive with a bald head? Who finished second?

Huh? Who finished second? I don't know. I tweeted it. I tweeted it out too. I tweeted it out. They need to recount. They need to recount

because I don't think they seen me. And I'm at my best right now. I got all my good stuff tonight. You see me? Huh? See, I got them. Hold on.

Let me stand up so you can see me now. That's fake Balenciaga, so. Huh? That's fake. Nah, I got this on Canal Street. I know. Huh?

I know. That's fake. Where them heels? Huh? Where them shoes? Them some Asics. They some Asics. Oh, yeah.

I see people been wearing a lot of Asics lately. That's the new thing, huh? I don't know if that's a new thing. They just real comfortable because can my feet be hurting? You know, I'm old now. You know, 55. Now, you got to find shoes for comfort. It ain't about fashion no more.

It ain't about style. No, it about style. No, I ain't mean about no style. No, I ain't just. No, I ain't. I got to be comfortable, man, because you got to understand. I'm going to be comfortable, but I ain't wearing no orthopedics.

Right. Well, yeah, I got orthopedics cause my feet, you know, my feet, my feet were, were brilliant

at one point in time. You probably wore braces as a kid. You slew footed. You mind if I, I am slew footed for real. Yeah, I know. Yeah, I mean,

but that, that's the reason why I was able to stop on the time is because I was slew footed. So it made it easy for me to stop and start to get the top speed like that.

And now my feet need the comfort because of the wear and tear. You had no Forrest Gump braces as a child? I did. And the funny thing about it, when I wore them braces, I also had a girl back then, her name was Jenny.

It's crazy. It's like the movie. Yeah, I had the Forrest Gump braces. Everybody used to make fun of me, but they really couldn't say nothing because I was dating a girl named Jenny. Yeah, they could say something. I mean, they could, but Jenny was fighting for me. She was fighting for me.

Nah. Yeah, I know she probably going to see this. Oh my God, he talking about me. This way back in third grade too Jenny beating the boy Jenny would beat motherfuckers up by me boy don't play with my love don't play with my brace baby

thank you for watching another episode of nightcap I'm your favorite sports uncle yeah I gotta go to work in the morning wait where are you what you gotta do tomorrow tomorrow Friday I work Ojo Yeah, I got to go to work in the morning. Wait, where are you? What you got to do tomorrow? Tomorrow, Friday. I work, Ojo.

Nah, I know you work, but what you got to do tomorrow? You just be trying to get up. Somebody got to make the donuts. Krispy Kreme? Donuts. I stay in a hard hat in Tim's. Oh, me too. Me too.

Me too. I got a day off tomorrow. That's why I want to get off. Make sure you click that subscribe button. Thank you. I'm your favorite sports uncle. Thank you for watching another episode of Nightcap. He's your favorite number 85, even though his team got beat.

Hey, Ram. How you doing? How do you deal with this? You see my baby? It ain't easy. It ain't easy. It ain't easy. Yeah, you see my baby. Yeah.

Yeah. And we not singing, we not just, you see me blushing? Yeah, I can't tell though, but you probably are. I'll take your word for it, yeah. We not, we singing a song to end the show, or what we doing?

What song you want to sing? It's on you. It's on you. You let me know where you want to go, and listen, I got the lyrics to anything you want to sing. What you want to sing? Who you like? Who your favorite singer? My favorite singer?

Oh, I got too many. I got too many. Because I know you like a particular and a certain type of music. I do. I'm in a certain type of genre. Yeah, a certain type of genre. So wherever you go with it, the way you are with dogs is the way I am with music and genres. I can sing almost anything.

All you got to do is tell me what you want. Or I can take us home. You just let me know. Okay, I'm going to let you have it. Go ahead. What you want to say? Nah, you got to mention it first. I don't know. But we got to get

the people what they want. I think this is the best part of the show is the fact that we end the show with a song and you get to show the people your range. I'm trying to get on the voice because I know they're going to see this and sing all I need is an opportunity, all I need is a chance sometimes, once my foot is in the dough

a mad singer if I can get on mad singer or The Voice it's a wrap, America's got talent, that's where I need to be because if I get on there, it's over. I'm telling you. And I'm going to show you my range right now because I done had my peppermint tea tonight.

Is something there? Soda or something? No? I'm ready. You ready, huh? Yeah, you sure. I mean, give it. You going through that catalog.

You don't know no music. I'm trying to find a song that... That you know, huh? Yeah, you sure. I mean, give it. You going through that catalog. You don't know no music. I'm trying to find a song that- That you know, huh? Because I know everything. Man, what y'all want to hear? What do our callers want to hear Ocho sing? Yeah, tell them. Tell them to give me a song.

Give me a song. Because I'm feeling good, too. Pass me not oh gentle savior hear my humble cry.

I think we missed what's the name of that song? Pass Me Not. Pass Me Not and Nes Hold on. Pass Me Not. Pass Me Not. And Nesby. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior. You know that? Do I know the song?

Yeah, I know the song. Hold on. We just sing it all the time. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior. Hear my other cry. Yeah. While others are thou smiling. Do not pass me by. We just singing all the time. Pass me now the gem and save me, hear my other cry. Yeah. While others are thou smiling, do not pass me by. Let me know you ready.

Let me know you ready. I don't think we sung that verse. We made up some of these lyrics. Nah, nah. What we said. No, I'm just saying when we, what they want to hear? They asking for Michael, they asking for MJ. Nah, I ain't singing no Michael, man.

We got to stay. D'Ozeto, D'Ozeto, Dirty Diana? Nah, I'm going to hit that Pass Me Not just the first. Pass Me Not before the chorus is only four lines. I'm going to hit them four lines and we out. All you got to do is just put up pull up Pass Me Not

pull up Pass Me Not lyrics. It's only four lines and we out of there. That's all you want to say? The four lines? Okay. Yeah, because the chorus is after that. Yep, for people at home that's four lines and we out of there. That's all you want to say? The four lines? Okay. Yeah, because the course is after that. Yep. For people at home that's watching, if you don't know Pass Me Not, look up Ann Nesby.

Ann Nesby. Let me know you're ready. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me. You ready? Yep, I'm ready. All right, here we go. Yeah. One, two, one, two, three. Pass me not, oh gentle Savior.

Savior, hear my humble cry. Stay on tune there. Got you. Do not pass me by. Savior. Savior. Here I come. Eduardo Taffer just commented, never got paid. Eduardo, we've been trying to track you down, bro. Drop your email or IG in the chat, my guy, bro.

We told you how you could get paid. Drop your email or IG. No. So he's trying to blame us? He's trying to blame us and he don't listen to directions? Follow directions, Eduardo. Drop your email or IG in the chat. How about this? One more directions, Eduardo. Drop your email or IG in the chat. How about this?

One more time, Eduardo. Drop your IG or your email in the chat. And your location. Yeah. Oh, matter of fact, you know what I forgot to tell you about? What happened? Me and Andre Ward doing an exhibition

in 2024 in Saudi Arabia. No, I'm... All right, now see? Now see? Oh, boy, listen. Me and Andre Ward are doing an exhibition in Saudi Arabia.

I'm not playing around. Me and Dre talked about it tonight. We talked about it tonight and we're going to get it situated. We're going to talk about logistics and we're going to thump. And we're going to get it situated. We're going to talk about logistics. And we're going to thump. And we're going to thump.

I'm letting you know first. So now when it happens. Why don't you go deal with one of them? You know what you should do? Go fight one of the Paul brothers. Nah, man. Nah, man. No.

No disrespect to them. Them boys be working. I want to get in there with the best. And I want to show the world. Like, look, I've really been putting in the work. I've been taking what I'm doing seriously. What take out Jake Paul, then? It's weight classes for a reason, huh?

What the hell you think Andre Ward is? Andre Ward fought at 168. I'm 170. I'm 170, so that's right up my alley. So we don't get it on. I just had to tell you, I want you to know first, so when it comes up my alley. So we're going to get it on. I just had to tell you, I want you to know first,

so when it comes into fruition, you can be like, you know what? Ocho said that was going to happen. And it's this time I'm not lying. You know, me and Dre, my boy, and we're going to thump. We're going to get it on. Man, that man about to put a may not on your head.

Nah, nah, trust me. You're going to be surprised. It may go down. It may not. No, listen, you're going to be surprised. You're going to be surprised. It may go down. It may not. No, listen, you're going to be surprised. You're going to be like, oh my goodness, boy,

I ain't know. Listen, I ain't going to say nothing. You'll see. I've been putting in the work, baby. Ocho, you're not going to beat no professional boxer,

no ex-professional boxer? Did anybody say anything about, I'm going in there to thump, man. I'm going in there to thump. You know, in December, we're going have to uh start singing christmas carols yo i can't wait matter of fact we could we could we could one up the people we could do the show right and we could do caroling we could do caroling like in front of people's houses i ain't going in front of nobody house people shooting people now over the wrong door people only people nah I ain't going in front of nobody's house. People shooting people now. Open the wrong door.

People honing people. Nah, I ain't going to nobody's house. Can you imagine me and you in front of people's houses singing Christmas carols? Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way. Shadows going to bed.

Oh, what fun it is to go to bed. Nah, you need to think about that, though. Get your team together. I get my team together. We take the kids, take the kids with us. All my kids, your kids. And we have Uncle Nocho, Christmas Carolyn in L.A.

My kids grown. My kids been growing up. They can sing Christmas Carolyn, man. Come on. Are you eating a spear? Thank you for watching another episode of Nightcap. I'm your host, Shannon Sharp. He's your host, Chad Ochocinco Johnson.

Pass me not, oh gentle Savior. Ocho. Yes, sir. Get off the line. People going to sleep. Night, night. All right. I love y'all.

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