Games with Names - The Best of Gronk and Jules!

Episode Date: December 26, 2024

Happy Holidays! With 2024 coming to a close we're looking back at some of Gronk & Julian's funniest moments...so far! We're talking their wildest party stories, Rob's infamous Patriots visit, their favorite Tom Brady moment, and a whole lot more! Support the show: http://www.gameswithnames.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's up everyone? It's Justin Penick from John Boy Media, the host of the Football Today podcast with Bobby Skinner and Chris Rose. We roll three times a week on Mondays, on Wednesdays, on Fridays, breaking down everything you need to know about the NFL. We're gearing up for the NFL playoffs. I hope you can join us. Join in with us three times a week. Listen to Football Today on the iHeartRadio Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts and you will be glad you did. My little brother, he was mini-sticking around. I came full speed and checked him and he went flying backwards. And he had to go to the hospital on Christmas Day because I leveled him so bad and he had to get stitches across his chin. So Christmas was always a present. Welcome to Dudes on Dudes.

I'm Julian Edelman. I'm Roberto Gronkowski. And this is the show where your favorite dudes get to talk about their favorite dudes. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. To celebrate the holidays, we're going to look back on

some of our best moments on the mic together. Good times in the Nut House. The time we got in trouble with Coach Belichick. Acting like drunk idiots, F.L.G.O.W.I. Of course we are. We're young and dumb. Or maybe the time Rob fell asleep during the Patriots draft meeting. You know, Jules, sometimes you just gotta take a little nap. Oh, what about when I bought a hot tub in college?

How many times you clean that bad boy? You didn't clean that thing once. No. And there's a whole lot more. So let's get into it. Let's go double in sync. Let's go. Dudes on dudes is a production of I heart radio. As a kid, I always wanted a mini bike and my dad surprised

me with a mini bike. You want to know how he did it? How? Good, I knew you wanted to know how. How'd he do it? That's why I love you, buddy, because you want to know all about my stories. So I go downstairs, I sneak peak,

I get up early, 5 a.m., I go down there, and I'm looking all over, feeling the presence, lifting up the big presence as well. There's usually a blanket over the big presence, seeing what I got I wanted a mini bike, you know mini bikes with the engines and there was no mini bike, you know So I went back to bed. I was like, ah, whatever. I was a little disappointed So I wake up at 8 a.m

Then go down open up all the presents and my dad was like, yo Yo, Rob go grab me a Snapple in the garage. I was like, oh, okay. No problem dad I go in and I open up the garage door, I walk down the stairs and boom, there's a minibike right in front of the fridge. And I was like, oh, best memory ever, best Christmas ever. Oh, I loved it so much. My brothers loved the minibike as well.

Oh, it was called the little brute. We still have it. Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom. What was your favorite Hanukkah memory? You know, I love the new, I'm creating new Hanukkah traditions with my daughter. That's been very fun because she's, does both. I did both as a kid, but I had, I don't,

I was just hearing your story and my dad did the same fucking thing. Like he, we were roping all our presents. And at the end, I wanted some three piece cranks for my bike. It was like, I don't know why it was some bike thing. And didn't have them. My dad said, go get your laundry out of the dryer.

And I go out there and the cranks are in the dryer and the same soppy story. What's up with dad's doing that? Cause I started, I did that with my daughter with a puppy. You'll probably end up doing that to your kid. It's so fun to get to see your kids like surprised and then genuinely surprised and then how happy they

are. I guess that makes you happy as a parent. Yeah, I mean, I just have a doggy and it makes me happy when my dog gets surprised with just a toy that I bought. Yeah, same thing with a kid, but a kid. And then also what's really cool about Christmas was like as a kid, we would play mini sticks in the basement

the whole entire day after we opened up presents. And one time it's actually on film, I think it's on the internet, is that my little brother, he was mini sticking around, I came full speed and checked him and he went flying backwards and he actually like, the stick came up and hit him across the chin or he went like to the side and his chin hit the ground.

I fully can't remember it, but it is on film and he had to go to the hospital on Christmas Day because I leveled him so bad he had to get stitches across his chin. So that's why I am who I am. That's why I'm a tough SOB because I was getting beat up on and then I was beating up on my little brother. So I always took the hits and I knew how to give the hits because of my brothers. Christmas was always a present. So who was it Glenn? It was Glenn who got the Super Bowl ring up on my little brother so I always took the hits and I knew how to give the hits because of my brothers. Christmas was always a present. So who was it Glenn? It was Glenn who got the Super Bowl ring with us when we beat the Atlanta Falcons.

The one younger one. The only younger Gronk. He was getting beat up by two brothers and so he would beat up on little Glenn. Exactly. Man. Hanukkah, Christmas, that time of the year, when you're an athlete, for like the last 15 years of our career or whatever, you didn't really, it was never, it was always like postponed

or you know, it was on a different day because you'd have work on practice. But I tell you, some of those holiday practices, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, Hanukkah, whatever it is, like those were some of the funnest practices because you knew you just had practice and then after that you had the rest of the day. Do you remember those? I do, man.

I mean, it kind of sucked when you're playing a sport because like you really couldn't see your family, your friends, all that good stuff. You had to sacrifice, you know, either with practice or actually playing on the road for a game, which was always fun. But having that practice that day was always the most joyous practice. Like you said, there was no meetings. There's no lift after the practice. Everyone was in a good mood. Everyone was. Even the coaches were coaches had a little jingle in their step.

Those were fun. Oh, man. Are you ready to get back into some of our other best moments? Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. Oh, Fogawi. Oh, what a memory from what I remember. What a memory from what we remember. But who could forget the time we had a little bit

too much fun at Fogawi? We were both hurt. And Coach Belchek found out about it. Our stool. Oopsies. Roll it out. Roll the tape. Roll the tape. People always think that like you still just go out and party.

No drunk. Never. I mean, I love to have a great time. No doubt about it. I mean, dude, we partied so hard back in the day, though, too. Like, remember us on that golf cart and where and then talkucket? Well, Fugawi, Fugawi weekend. We got so much trouble, though, for that, because. Yes. What you had a surgery.

I think it was my forearm and no, was it? And then I had a foot. We were both getting pulled. We were in the back of a. What was the back of a golf cart and people were filming us and then we weighed so much and I think the people in the front got off the golf cart and when they got off the golf cart, the front two wheels went up in the air and we fell right onto the ground and like face planted. And the crazy thing about it is we had no clue that we even did that until we saw

the video on Barstool four days later. And the caption of Barstool was not really sure we want our star wide receiver and tight end acting like this and for Gowee, but we love them for it. And I was like, that's why I love Barstool. They're sticking up for us. Well, you remember how mad Bill was? Oh, man. You fucking asshole. I can't like Jesus Christ.

Can you guys just stay out of the headlines? You're hurt. Yeah. Yeah. You guys aren't even practicing right now. You can't even go on the field and you're acting like drunk idiots. Effigy. Of course we are. We're young and dumb. I would not change a thing, bro. Imagine if we didn't do that now and we try to do it and we try to do it now. It would be it would be hard to do it now. We did it when we could. Yeah.

That's the best part about it. We did it when we could. That was such a fun trip. That's a good trip. Did you pull it up? Do you have that? It's online somewhere, dude. Let's look at it. Look how Young we look You know your Memorial Day weekend was lit when Justin Timberlake tweets you to compliment on your dance moves Yeah, I'm talking about grunk. He spent the weekend with Julian Edelman partying in Nantucket. Here's a glimpse into their weekend That's Tom's part I thought it was mine. Jealous of Tom. Look at us, dude. We were maniacs. You're pouring a beer on my head. I'm front row of the concert.

This was two months before training camp. Bill, we're training. We're stretching. Here we go. There it is. Oh, that's what happened. Oh, that's what happened. But no worries. They were OK enough to dance to Justin Timberlake on stage later that night, which is what was here. I don't remember him being there. That's the grunt move right there. Yeah. Oh, we used to dance our face off. I swear that made us better players, though, because we're doing so many different

type of type of movements. Yes. Calisthenics. It was our cardio. We were dancing for four hours straight and we burned off all the alcohol while we were dancing, too. That's why we're always ready to go when we showed up. Good times, Jules. Good times. It was totally well worth it. And we got to get back there next year.

And this time We should actually take coach with us and show him how it's done and show him why it's such a great time doing those Silly things that we were doing. Oh my I bet you coach is gonna be a thing doesn't he has an in tucking spot It'll probably be out there. I think that video actually out, you know, he's gonna be there this year That maybe we go check him out at Fagali this year Rob That was so much fun. And we got yelled at so much because of the fun we had. Maybe we'll bump into Mr. Fun himself at Fagowee.

Mr. Fun himself. Mr. Fun. Oh, wait a second. Oh, I bet you deep down, Mr. Fun was probably inspired by us with that video that he went out and bought that house in Nantucket. He probably bought that house. Because of us, because of that video. He's been there for years. I don't care. He was inspired.

Joker's there a lot longer before. I don't care. We're just going to pretend he was inspired by us. We'll be right back after this quick break. What's going on everybody. This is Justin Pennick from John Boy Media, the host of the football today podcast alongside Bobby Skinner and Chris Rose. We're rolling three times a week on Mondays, on Wednesdays, on Fridays, breaking down everything you need to know about the NFL. We're talking about the MVP race.

Is Josh Allen going to pull it out? Lamar Jackson? Can Saquon Barkley even break the rushing record? Can the Steelers keep up their momentum? We talk about everything, we break it down, stats, analytics, and of course Chris Rose is bringing his perspective on being a pro in the media world as well. Listen to football today on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts and you will be glad you did. Hope

you could join us for the postseason run. Every legend has a legendary story origin. An old Robbie boy took us through the pre-drive visit. That was the funniest, craziest, most memorable visit of all time. Rob, were you sleeping or not sleeping? I was sleeping. I was 100% sleeping. Coach Belchuk actually talked about it on air.

I think he talked about it on air. Let's take a look at it. I was so sick of that visit, dude. It wasn't just a visit. Were you sleeping? Just wasn't the visit to the Patriots. So, I went on a little tour. I visited 12 different teams.

It's kind of like you're going on these recruiting visits to each team because they want to get to know you. And the New England Patriots were the last ones on the list. And, bro, I was sick. I was flying from Denver to Jacksonville to freaking Baltimore, meeting with every team, and I was so sick of it. And, you know, you're putting like kind of a front on as well. And I was literally so sick of I go, I want to be outrageous here.

I need to have some fun with it. I remember I was kind of hung over to feeling like crap. All these flights. I went out and party a couple of the nights, too. So I wasn't even feeling like myself. So I was like, how do you get back to normal? You just you just become outrageous. I show up or I was so tired.

First thing I do is fall asleep in Nancy's office. Yeah. Bill Belichick heard all about it. He couldn't believe it. And then I go into the interview session and Billy O'Brien draws a play up and then he races on the board. He's like, all right, can you name the what the wide receivers did, like rename their route and what the responsibility was?

I was like, bro, I have no clue. I couldn't even think. And then he's like, he's like, what do you do? I was like, bro, I have no clue. I couldn't even think. And then he's like, he's like, what do you do? I was like, you just throw me the fucking ball, Billy. Oh, I'll make some guys miss. I'll run over some people. He's like, he's like, but you don't know the play. I was like, I don't need to know the play.

You throw me the ball. Like, that's basically how our interview went. And then I literally walked out of there called Drew Rosenhouse. I said, this team is either going to take me or they're fucking laughing at me. I give no fucks because I'm over this whole process. So what happens? New England Patriots trade up for me for the 42nd pick in the NFL draft in 2010

and select me and I looked around the table. I said, I told you they were gonna take me. But Billy, oh, so going back to where we started, that is grunk right there. That whole thing and they built up like, I remember to where we started, that is Gronk. Right there, that whole thing. And they built up, I remember them talking about you, the coaches saying, yeah man, you're gonna love this kid. He's fucking just awesome.

He explained the whole thing that you just explained. And that was like, oh my God, what? That doesn't happen in New England. You know what I mean? And Gronk kinda, from your little story right there, you can kind of portray that you're not a smart football player. Like, but you were like brilliant. Like they would explain that, like, don't think that Gronk didn't know

his fucking plays this guy. You coached him once on one thing. He never had to say it again. Like he was like one of the most football intelligent guys I knew. Yes. I mean, at that time, when I was doing the interview, I was beat down. I was sick of it. So I couldn't really recall, you know, the play after he showed it to me. And then also, I did struggle a little bit, though, my rookie year with the playbook.

I actually would have probably started every single game from the beginning. My first eight games, I only was playing about 15 to 20 plays a game. If you can recall that. And then finally, boom, the playbook hit. I mean, it was a tough playbook. I mean, in college, I literally think I had like 15 plays and I lined up in the same spot every single play. And I get to New England and, man, let me tell you, that playbook was outrageous.

It's not just the playbook. It's the personnel groups. You're playing why you're playing F. Exactly. You know what I mean? It's wheels. You guys got a flop like it it was It was definitely tough. It was definitely a challenge fucking formations. There's so many goddamn formations drove me crazy Like I said in college, I had one formation. I lined up in the same spot every single play I'm not lying every single play I get to New England

What 65 different formations? Yeah, actually probably 150 different formations. But then we narrowed it down about 65. Do my head was spinning all over the place. And finally just clicked, you know, once I got it under control about week 10, it's remember I scored that touchdown first to Chicago Bears first. Brian Erlacher. Oh, yeah. What was that Panther route where I had to just get big right at the goal line

and then Thomas Mithra low and then we hit it in practice that Friday. Then we hit it in the game that Sunday. And since then, I was starting every single play. You know, Joel, so sometimes you just got to take a little nap. I was just resting my eyes, making sure that my brain was firing on all cylinders. So then when I went and got tested on the playbook that I was firing and I could remember everything that was going on, because they like they set up

a power nap, a 20 minute power nap, and get you to where you need to be. But let me tell you, that was also my 17th visit in like four days. I was all over the United States doing pre job interviews for all these teams. And let me tell you, I was sick of it. I was over. I was like, I don't even want to get drafted anymore if I got to go through all these draft processes. Just watch my film. So I was like, I'm going to go be as crazy as I possibly can be because it's my last visit

to New England Patriots and I left that bill and I said, they either love me or they just crossed me off their list. But they love me, baby. They loved you. They love me and now New England loves me and Bill still loves me. He sends me love notes. A good old story from Nut House East episode.

Oh, I think here's the story of the first time I met Tom Brady. All right. All right. Here it is. What's your favorite Tom memory? My favorite Tom memory, man. I always remember the time when I first met him in the locker room. You brought it up during your speech. He just came up to me. I was getting my ankle taped by Jimbo, the great Jim Wallen, right?

Jim Wallen, Whalen, Whalen. It's been a while, Jim, man. I just called you Jimbo for so long. I'm forgetting your last name a little bit. No, you got it. All right. I got it, though. And he was taping my ankles and Tom just came cruising by. You know, I was just a good old rookie and he just walked up to me and he goes, Hey,

I'm Tom Brady. And I go, very nice to meet you, Tom Brady. I'm Rob Gronkowski. And then he's like, let's get after it this year. And then he walked away. And I just was like, shook. I was like, man, Tom Brady just came up to me and introduced himself as Tom Brady. Like, of course I know who you are Tom Brady just came up to me and introduced himself as Tom Brady. Like, of course, I know who you are, Tom Brady's. But that was just one of the coolest moments I would remember, you know, for rest of my life. And we just, you know, got to work from there on out.

And he was all business right from the beginning. He really was like we said, what he puts on his persona, what he shows. That's what he believes in. He was all business 24 7 what he puts on his persona, what he shows, he truly believes in. He was all business 24 seven when he was in that building. What was your favorite moment too while we're at it? My favorite moments were the ones where like we'd be throwing routes or something and like he would yell at me or something.

Like I remember my rookie year, we put in a four-wide personnel group, the first day of rookie, or the first day of veteran camp. And so it was me, Wes, Joey Galloway, and Randy. And we put it in there, and I was the why, and I did the right thing, and I ended up dropping the ball. And he starts just yelling at me. Jules, what the?

And I'm like, oh snap. And then as soon as we got in the locker room, he came up to me and he goes, hey, if I yell at you, that means I like you. And I was like, you must really love me then, bro. You know what I mean? You know, that was kind was like, you must really love me then, bro. You know, that was kind of like those moments where, you know, he was getting on you. That's the stuff you remember you like,

or the stuff when we'd be training out and throwing on a field or something. Those are always the great memories that you'll remember. Yeah, it's the big plays, that other but I think is behind the scenes stuff is that was my favorite. I would have to agree with you, man. If he gets on you, he sees potential in you and that's why he got on your your ass all the time. He got on my got on Rob. My rookie. I didn't really like him. My rookie. I mean he

was just getting on my case just nonstop. And it was kind of kind of mind fucking me so much that I couldn't be myself out there. Sometimes I couldn't run the right route because I was just thinking so much because there was just so much on the plate at first. I got a coach telling me to do this. I got Tom telling me to do this. And then finally you just figure it out and it all clicks. It took me about halfway through my rookie year. And then obviously going in my second year, it clicked to a whole another level.

I mean, we went for 21 touchdowns total, including the playoffs. But just my rookie year, he was on my case. I remember I ran a flag route and I ran inside the guy instead of getting outside of him. And he flipped out on me in the meeting after the practice and told me he's never going to throw me the ball again. And like, I got butter and algae crumple or saw it too. And he just he just tapped on my thigh and he was like, yo, grunk, don't worry about that.

He's just Tom's just being Tom, man. Just don't worry about keep doing you. And then it kind of like, you know, put a fire under your ass. So and that's what Tom was so great at doing. I didn't really realize that's what he was doing either. Like he was just trying to get the best out of you. And it kind of lit a fire, you know, under my ass. And then I just wanted to prove time wrong, like, all right,

I'm going to run this flag route every time now. And you're never going to throw me the ball, but I'm going to be open by five yards and you're going to look like the idiot now. And that happened. And then then he threw me the ball about 600 more times from there on out. So that was also that example is an example of why Tom was Tom, because he knew what kind of guy each guy was. Like he could challenge Rob.

He could challenge me because we we retaliated to that challenging like in a whole nother like that was the way it got us going. You know, other guys you didn't do that with and he would do it in a different way. You know, then that's the sign of a good leader is when someone knows what to get out of the guys and how to get it out of them. And I've seen this before,

Coach Balachek and Tom challenging wide receivers and they don't step up to the plate after the challenge. And let me tell you, those wide receivers or tight ends were gone the next week. So, hey, if you don't step up to the challenge, you know, you're gone. That's why I love football. That's why I love sports, because there ain't no politics here, buddy. It's either you got it or you don't. Swinkers. Swim. Tom is so nice.

Oh, he's so humble. Oh, he's wanted to make him so proud. I know, dude. So proud that like the first time that you catch a football from him, you just want to make sure you catch that football. You just want to make him proud. You do. And then from there on out, you want to catch that football again just to make him proud and just gain that trust in him. Without a doubt.

And shout out to Jimmy O'Waylon. Jim Whalen, without you running the training room, I would have never met Tom Brady because you tape my ankles. And that's when Tom Brady walked by and introduced himself. So thank you, Jim Whalen. You are a great guy. Oh, Jimmy from Selma, Ville. We'll be right back after this quick break.

What's going on, everybody? This is Justin Pinnock from John Boy Media, the host of the Football Today podcast alongside Bobby Skinner and Chris Rose. We're rolling three times a week on Mondays, on Wednesdays, on Fridays, breaking down everything you need to know about the NFL. We're talking about the MVP race. Is Josh Allen going to pull it out? Lamar Jackson? Can Saquon Barkley even break the rushing record? Can the Steelers keep up their momentum? We talk about everything. We break it down. Stats, analytics, and of course Chris Rose

is bringing his perspective on being a pro in the media world as well. Listen to football today on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and you will be glad you did. Hope you could join us for the postseason run. Wow. Well, Jules, everybody always wants to know what it's like at halftime of an NFL game.

Well, here you go. Take a look. I felt like good coaching, like a real good coach gives you information that helps you. Okay, we're all professionals in the locker room. We don't need a raw, raw guy. That should come probably from like a leader. That usually came from like, you know, one of the players. But when you, you know, at least in our locker rooms, half times are always professional. Like, this is what we've seen.

These are the five plays that we're gonna lean on because we saw we got good tell from it, from what we did in the first half. We're getting away from this group of plays because they ain't working. They're not playing the game we thought it was. So these plays, take it out of your head. That's kind of how half times were in our locker room.

You get four minutes right when you get in, just to clear your mind, while the coaches, they go and have their discussion. So there's a four-minute grace period where guys are just kind of quiet and letting the emotions settle down. You know, you're kind of letting everything that just happened, you know, it's kind of letting everything that just happened, you know, it's kind of like when the players are all together, then that breaks up where we go into O and D, O on one side of locker room, D on the other side of the locker room, and you go over those plays that you think you can, you know,

make better or you go over certain game plan, some keys that we felt we can have going into the second half. And then you come over together as a whole unit where the coach gives you his keys of what he thinks we need to do as a collective unit to succeed in the second half. That's kind of how it was for us. It wasn't like, you know,

this one's for the Gimper type shit. You know, it was more of, all right, fellas, we ain't doing this, this, this, we need to do this, this, this as a team, this, this, this 30 more minutes, put your best foot forward. We all just need to play our job, do our job well and let's go. And that's kind of how it was. You said it right on, baby. That's how it was every week.

That's how it didn't change. Didn't change. Regular season playoffs or Superbowl. That's how it was, week. That's how it didn't change. It didn't change. Regular season playoffs or Super Bowl. That's how it was, man. Super Bowl was just longer. Yeah, it was longer. And he got us prepared because in practice the week before, we would practice for an hour and then he would take us off the field for 20 minutes. Yeah, or 20 minutes, whatever the half time was.

And then we would go back out to the practice field and we are all pissed because practice would be longer than, you You know what it's all about? You know if you can't make those in-game adjustments you're never gonna win in the game of football. And ain't nobody do it better than coach Belichick himself. All right this one is an absolute classic and a throwback to the college days. Yes, and gentlemen, 100%. This is the time you spent your whole check, your scholarship check and your brothers to go buy a freaking hot tub in college. Let's go. It was worth it.

OK. Hey, was it worth it? It was worth it. System already. We played Halo 24 seven on an Xbox. I was like, I don't need this Nintendo. He sold it for me on Craig's list for the amount that it goes for in stores. I threw him like 50 bucks and I had like another $200 to buy people beer. You know what? I bet you if the NCAA knew about that, he would have got fucking fined.

He would have been. He would you would have been he would are Gift you're allowed to sell a gift. Are you but that's how crazy I'm actually like two months You're selling wheeze and you go to a college players fucking the players lot Now all you see is Lamborghini's these little fucking college kids. It's crazy Rob's over here trying to get $50 from a Craigslist. All of his, all I knew it was 15 bucks a week. And I was satisfied. It got the job done. It got me a 30 pack and it got me lunch. That's all I needed. That's all I needed folks.

Protein shake and 30 protein shakes and beers. Now did you just get the protein back back at the facility? Well, actually, yeah, yeah, I got the protein shakes at the facility and a dinner, which I would bring back as well. We would like like stack up the to go. So then we would have kind of like an actual lunch or a dinner that night. The next night as well, just in case if we needed some backup food, beers and and and the food.

But dang, I forgot. Oh, oh, I now I know why I had no money. That's where I was going. I had no money in college because my brother and I, we put all our money together. I was left in our bank account. We bought a hot tub the first three weeks here at the University of Arizona. Later, we drained our bank accounts. They were at zero dollars. Yep. Yeah, that's us.

Yeah. The guy, I mean back to Fred Warner. I mean, the guy 2021. He had a record breaking contract five years, $95 million. He reset the linebacker markets. All you other linebackers out there. Thank Fred Warner. $40.5 million guaranteed. I mean, the guy was a super store. What was his first purchase? I'm not sure. I feel like he's a reserved, you know, guy and people should be looking up to him for sure. Off the field and on the field. You don't even see no blame. What was my first purchase? That's a good question. What was your first when you got your first paid or your when you got drafted? What was your first purchase? My first purchase. I've always wanted an Escalade, so I actually bought a used 2008 Escalade and they had 30000 miles on it and it was the red the red one. And I just thought I was so freaking cool, man.

I had the rims and everything. It was the best car of all time I've ever had. So I got to get an Escalade again, man. It's been a while. That was my only Escalade I've ever owned. I had it for about four years and I gave it to my mom because I'm a good guy like that, you know, but, um, great car, man. That was my first purchase. How about you Jules? What was yours? I bought a laptop laptop.

That's my signing bonus was 48 five, bro. I was, I didn't think I was going to make the team. I bought a fucking Apple laptop, like one of the new Macs. I still have it. You were getting ready for your next job actually when you bought it you're like I'm not gonna make this I didn't know maybe I'll be a an accountant Randy Moss Wes Welker Joey Galloway trading for Greg Lewis you divide the odds Jules just get a laptop how many how many times you clean that bad boy? Hi, we can get into that. You didn't clean that thing once. No. Oh, you actually had to drain it a few times

cause the water got so nasty and dirty, but so we didn't really clean it. We just drained it every once in a while after Saturday nights. I mean, Saturday, Sunday mornings, I mean, but man, it was worth it. It was worth it. All right.

We all know one Brady story wasn't enough. Well, here's Rob's favorite on field memory with old TB 12. What's your favorite Tom memory? My favorite time memory is actually, this is one of my favorite memories of all the time. You know, when we were playing the Indianapolis Colts and I ran that five yard out route, caught it, versus Dequale Jackson.

I did a little spin move. He kind of fell, did a little split. It was like very great route by me and like great after the catch too. And then I'm running, I'm going, there's a couple other guys and here comes Julian Adam. And kaboom, just absolutely levels Adams to safety, you know, gets him out of my way.

I'm like, thanks Jules for the block, you know? And then I'm running into the end zone. I jump over Butler. Yeah, DB. Yeah, DB, what's his first name again? Darius. Yeah, Darius Butler, who was previously on the Patriots. And then he went to the Colts.

And now he's doing a great job in the media. Yeah. McAfee show. He's doing a great job. So shout out to Darius Butler, but I jumped over his ass. Made me look good. Flipped into the end zone. I looked like an athletic 180 pound wide receiver. And then this was the moment. One of my favorite moments with him. Tom loved the route, loved the catch, loved your block. He was so pumped up. He ran full speed from the 30-yard line. And probably because I got him a touchdown on a play where it

never should have been a touchdown. And he came running full speed and jumped on my back and went for a ride, man. He was like a pony on a horse, man. I brought him for a ride, man. I was carrying Tom Brady around in the frickin end zone. He was on my back. He was on my back. Put the pony on the horse.

And I brought him for a ride. I was waiting for him to drop that quarter in so the ride can keep on going. Yes. I didn't want him to get off. I was like, Tom Brady's on my back. Like, like, what else do I need in my life? Oh my God. Yeah, and it's one of my favorite pictures to sign to this day as well.

I don't think he ever signed it. It costs like $5 billion to get him to sign a picture. So like I always sign the picture of him on my back. And like, I'm waiting for that picture to be worth a lot more money once he signs it a couple, you know, but he hasn't signed it yet. Man, that was a fucking fun play. That was a fun play. Thank you for that block. Oh, you leveled it. Adams. Adams. He's talking in the... He's a good safety too. He was tough. He used to battle. He was with Denver.

He battled with us a lot, man. He brought it. He brought it too and he wasn't scared. He was good. Yeah, there it is. There's the picture right there. Oh wait, it's signed. There it is, man. He's going for a ride. I'm still waiting for those quarters, Tom. Oh my gosh. There's Tim Wright right in the back too. We won the Super Bowl this year, didn't we? Yeah, we won the Super Bowl this year. Yeah. Yeah. I think it was. Who man was a was a tight end as well on the team. Tim Wright and who man, I love who man. Now what was your favorite memory, Jules? My favorite memory was when we, it kinda, that 14, when he,

we hit that route, he came up to me afterwards and he goes, that was a championship route, man. And like it was nothing crazy. That's special. And when he, you know, he goes, that was a championship play, man. And then we didn't win the game yet.

You're making me want to tear right now. Him saying that's a championship route, that's a championship play, that means a lot. Yeah, and then afterwards when we won, you know, like that was when he got four. And I just remember, you know, there were so many memories of him, like you said, how he's having the ticker of the Super Bowl location

and the whole story where I said, man, I'm gonna help you try to get to Joe. And cause we were both Bay Area fans, love Joe Montana. And I told him he was the greatest quarterback of all time. And, you know, that all, that was just a fun memory. There's so many, it's hard to fucking do one. What kind of- All right. I mean-

I'm gonna start crying. I know, me too. A pony on a horse, Rob. Jules, I think we should trademark that line. Let's make a t-shirt Did you ever get that quarter? No times cheap? Here's old Rob and I Reminiscent about the great fans that we got to play in front of over in New England the best fans in the world Foxboro forever that was a great city to play for there

I was the best if you got to think about, like as far as being a pro sport town, like the red, we went to fucking we watched the Red Sox win a World Series. We watched the Bruins win a World Cup or a championship. I was there early when when the Celtics did it in 2010 or nine, eight. It was 2008. Right. When they got it. Yep. I went to those games. Bro, I would not change a thing, man. It was the best times of our life and the best part about it,

the whole city of Boston, the whole area of New England, hands down, the bets, the best sports town in I would say the whole world. I played in Tampa. You know, we went on the road to play in other cities. I've been, you know, in Europe to go to soccer games and stuff. I'm telling you, hands down, New England is the best area for any pro sports team out there in America. And the cool thing about it is it's not just Boston for us.

Our team was New England. So we hit those five states, New Hampshire, Vermont, yes, Rhode Island, six. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine. Some New York, a little bit, you know, some parts of New York. I always call Connecticut half New York, half Massachusetts. I don't even consider Connecticut as New England. So they say Connecticut's one of the states that are part of New England,

and that just kind of throws me off. Yeah. I'm like, no, it's not. Like, that's not New England. But you get, it's me off. I'm like, no, it's not. That's not New England. But you get, it's weird. You'll have some, it's really fucking crazy. In Connecticut, you get a lot of these people that are like Patriots fans and like Yankee fans.

Or you'll get like a Jets and a Celtics fan. It's fucking crazy. Mixed emotions. They're the best fans in the world, best sports fans in the world. Fox bro forever, but Jules, you live in LA now, man. I live in Foxboro. I'm Foxboro forever.

Still have my place in Boston, still go there. That's not Foxboro. Hey man, New England. It's New England. New England. Well, now you got two t-shirts. Foxboro forever, which I'll sell, and you can be New England forever.

New England forever. Well, folks, that's been another episode of Dudes on Dudes. What can we do better next time, Rob? Self-scout. We could drink more caffeine next episode. If we were to do that. We could talk even faster than we did this time. And if we're talking this fast, we

can talk about more objects and more subjects and more activities that we wanna talk about and the fans can enjoy more. I like that self scout. I like that. Alex would get mad at us though. Cause if you drink a lot of caffeine, it kills an endorphin.

Yeah, and it also dehydrates your muscles. It dehydrates your muscle. But happy holidays, right? Yeah, happy holidays, Merry Christmas. Happy holidays, happy Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas. Happy holidays, happy Hanukkah. Happy Hanukkah. Merry Christmas.

Happy New Year. Such a fun time to be with your family. I hope you guys all have a great holiday. Have the best holiday ever. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Comment a dude you want us to do and remember... Rate and review.

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