Games with Names - The Robert Kraft Episode

Episode Date: July 10, 2025

Robert Kraft joins the show! We're live from Fanatics Fest in NYC to talk to our former boss, a pillar in the community, and the owner of the greatest franchise in professional sports. We talk dynasty, the best decisions he's made as owner, and more. RKK takes our patented Dude Ranking Questionnaire. We wrap up with the Chillest Dude of the Week presented by Coors Light. Thanks again to Michael Rubin and Fanatics Fest for hosting us! Keep up with Mr. Kraft and the Patriots via @Patriots across all social channels. Join Mr. Kraft in standing up to hate with his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS). Go to fcas.org for more information.  Catch the Dudes Live at GRONK & JULES PRESENT WELCOME TO THE NUTHOUSE! August 28th at MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston. Early access tickets are ON SALE NOW! Use Promo Code: NUTHOUSE until 7/10/2025 at 10PM EST. General tickets will go on sale 7/11/2025.  Get tickets here: https://www.ticketmaster.com/gronk-jules-present-welcome-to-the-boston-massachusetts-08-28-2025/event/010062DAE4F48FBESupport the show: http://www.gameswithnames.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and there's a permanent ball mark in the back of the trophy and I guess if it was only one or two I would have Fixed it, but I thought we're gonna have a gronks memory for the history of the Patriots. I said we're leaving it Welcome to dudes on dudes I'm Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski is somewhere in this atmosphere and this is the show where your favorite dudes talk about their favorite dudes. Today we've got a very, very special guest. Patriots owner, pillar in the community and our former boss, Robert Kraft. And we get into talking the best decision he ever made as an owner.

I gave up a number one draft pick. The Tom Brady statue. We all want to know. How's that jawline looking on the statue? Is it nice and sharp? And then his favorite rapper, RKKB up in the club with the rapper's dog. Ask me the question after this season.

Oh, now we're talking. Then we use our patented dude questionnaire to find out what kind of dude our KK is. We wrap it up in this week's chillest dude of the week, presented by Coors Light. You gotta stick around to the end. Dudes on Dudes is a production of I Heart Radio. Dudes on Dudes is a production of iHeartRadio.

Special dudes announcement. We're doing another live show. That's right. In Boston on August 28th at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway. An Evening with the Nuthouse that we're calling it name TBD but it will be both games and dudes it's a celebration of Boston sports dudes on dudes games with names collabs cross pollination Gronk, me, special guests, tons of surprises. Be there or be square. Pre-sale tickets already happened,

so maybe you've already got it, you're coming. Shows tickets are available again Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Regular season, regular tickets, go buy them. They're on ticketmaster.com. No promo code, because promo code's already over, but ticketmaster.com no promo code because promo code is already over ticketmaster.com if they're still available go it's gonna be a lot of fun it's gonna be a blast that venue is super cool you're in basically in Fenway

yeah literally just watched the town last night did you guys enter the state that's what I brought that up because the last time we went to this venue at the MGM for Adam Ray, I had a daydream when I walked through that I was in the movie The Town. Who were you? Slain. Fucking, I was slain. I felt like I would have been slain in that. But not really, but that's what I was self-picturing.

I see you as a jam hand type. I remember watching and I was like, man, they didn't really I think you'd work for the Feds. No. Yeah. Remember, I always think about the, remember the dub over at the time when Tom went to Tampa? They used the scene from the town where he said,

you can come visit me in South Florida. And they get in a fight. Remember they did that with me and Brady? Yeah, that was so funny. So I always think about that too. where he said, you can come visit me in South Florida, and they get in a fight. Remember they did that with me and Brady? Yeah, yeah. That was so fun. So I always think about that too. So I just had like an epiphany.

Be fun, go. So tickets will be available tomorrow at 10 a.m. It'll be fun. It's going to be a fun night. And it's always fun getting the boys back sometimes in front of people. It's going to be a bigger crowd than the Wilbur. It's going to be like potentially triple the size.

That's scary. But just one show. Without further ado, I never knew it was that, adieu? Yeah. Without further ado, here's our interview with RKK. One of the coolest dudes. This guy doesn't need an introduction, but he is a six time Super Bowl champion.

He's the cornerstone of the community up in the New England area. He's our former boss, but kind of like a dad and also the guy that used to sign the bottom of the check, the bottom of the check owner of the greatest franchise in NFL history that gave the squirrel, Julian Edelman, and myself an opportunity to show our talents. RKK. Robert Kraft. Welcome, Robert Kraft. RKK, ladies and gentlemen.

Stand up. Give them a round of applause. Without RKK, Julian and I would not be here. His hands are so heavy. Wow. What a performance. His hands are so heavy. Wow, what a treat. What a treat. First time we ever do a live show and we have arguably the best owner in the National Football League here with us.

Here at Fanatics Fest. Hold on, arguably he is the best owner. The best. In the NFL Football League and not because his team has won Super Bowls, but because he cares about his players and he cares about the community and he cares about his fans. And I learned that from RKK from day one when I got there. And on top of it, I'm building a playground in Boston area right on the Charles River and RKK was so generous He donated a nice portion of a nice beautiful check to my playground that is opening in August and that just shows how much He cares about the community as well. He cares about his former players. Thank you for everything you do

Sit down and get into it down. Hey, how lucky am I to have had these two guys for a decade together? I mean, it's If the good Lord lets me have another life. I want to come back as one of them I thought it was me you always said me but now Julian's a part of it I would want to come back as Julian to how about you combine us both? Oh, that's a good life But the crazy thing is what you guys don't realize Mr. Kraft was around every day at our facility. So like we saw Mr. Kraft daily. My son's RKK RKK RKK I know I still you know, it's just still Mr. Kraft, but it's RKK but he would be there he'd be in all our meetings. And he'd always give us like a little bit of advice when we needed.

He was an ultimate shoulder for when you were at low times in your life with things on and off the field. He was just a great guy. So it's so insane to have you here. We're really excited. We got to start it off with something about this new generation Patriots. How excited are we for this new Mike Rabel era? I personally am very excited. We you know our family has had the privilege of owning the team for 31 years. 31? And the last two years have been very tough and I speak as a fan because after my family

this team is the most important thing. And what I love about sports and especially the NFL, in today's crazy world, the one thing that brings everybody together, like nothing else, is the NFL. People of all backgrounds, all political beliefs, and they're all rooting for the team and We got a win and I believe we're set up this year

To turn around what's going on the last couple of years. Heck. Yeah, we are. Let's go. Let's go. That's what we like to hear our KK Before you own the New England Patriots and you were thinking about it, what made you pull that trigger that you wanted to own the team? Was there a certain player on the team that you loved to watch? Was it just a whole community that you loved to be a part of? What made you really want to own the New England Patriots? Well, I had the privilege of playing

a little football in college. It's a sport I loved. Even though I think I'm 35, the Patriots weren't created till 1960. I used to watch the New York Giants were like my home team because that was televised up in Boston. And I used to watch Frank Gifford and Y.A. Tittle,

Rodzileski, Kat Kavich, and I just loved football. And I dreamt about one day trying to buy the team. And I had a greater chance to be a starting quarterback in the NFL because there are 32 then owning a team and some you'll look at the Steelers the Giants the Bears same family for a hundred years. So you know, in 85 I picked up the land and in 88 I bought the stadium out of Bank of Sea and in 94 we kept the team from moving to St. Louis and it was a great moment in my life to be able to buy that team and live a big dream. And I say to everyone out there, especially the young people, dream big. And

when it doesn't go your way, keep coming back like the tide and you'll be surprised. Most people don't persevere. And that's part of the key to success in life. Without a doubt. I mean, relentlessness is you're giving me a little dog, little dog vibes, Mr. Kraft. That's what we call like guys that are relentless in the league in the locker room. So what was your best decision that you've made as an owner today? Well, the one that got questioned the most was in 99. I gave up a number one draft pick for a coach who had only won a little over 40% of his game to get him out from I don't know if there are

any jet fans here but I think getting Bill Belichick to come to the Patriots in 1999. It was a big risk. And I got hammered in the Boston media. But I think he was with us for 24 years and we did okay. Now, is it true john Bon Jovi introduced you to Yes, on the day, you know, it was on the sidelines of the 96 Super Bowl when we were in New Orleans and playing the Green Bay Packers. My third year of ownership and Bon Jovi had been a big fan of Bill's and we're on the sideline and we became real good pals after that.

Bon Jovi is awesome. He's basically a patriot. Now I gotta ask a real quick question. Were you ever mad at Gronk for denting the Super Bowl trophy, truthfully? What kind of maniac would dent the trophy? Well, Julian, you were part of that in the trophy. You threw the knuckleball to me while the trophy was in my hand as a baseball bat. You knew I was going to take a hack.

I didn't think you were actually going to use the Lombardi to swing. That's why that's why I punted. Were you ever mad at us, Mr. Kraff or RKK? So think about it We're at Fenway Park throwing out the first pitch. They invited the team and We go out with six trophies and we had different players right before underneath the green monster these guys are

fooling around and Julian's throwing fastballs our boy Gronk picks up one of the trophies and hits it and there's a permanent ball mark in the back of the trophy and I guess if it was only one or two I would have fixed it but I thought we're gonna have a gronk's memory for the history of the Patriots I said we're leaving it so if anyone comes up to Patriot place and visits us we show you that trophy with the indent and it sort of speaks about everything these two were. They, you know, we got to have a good time in life.

These guys are the best. And when they were on our team, there was a level of high spirit and positive vibes that was awesome. Yeah, everyone always thinks that we just worked all, we had a lot of fun too. Yeah, we did have a lot of fun. We had a lot of fun. We put the work in, have a lot of a lot of work in work was always first.

And then we played after and we saw that from the top. Yeah, you know, that's how our kids led. Yes, your work in have fun. But ultimately, let's get our work done and talking about having fun. RKK, you won six Super Bowls. What's the best way to celebrate a Super Bowl win? Well, I actually I was thinking about I thought I should ask them a question. Because when we were privileged to win the Super

Bowl, it takes about three, four months to make rings. And then I always had a ring ceremony and we passed out the rings in my backyard. It was amazing. I thought, and that was pretty, we had some fun times. I thought you guys should tell me what went on either during the Super Bowls or at the ring ceremony, things I didn't know about that was going on in my backyard. Yeah, Mr. Krav, our KK, just don't go to the guest house after Uncle Snoop and I were there. There that smell is nothing from anything we were doing.

I plead the fifth on that one, Joel. Plead the fifth, plead the fifth, plead the fifth. And then lastly, before we get into determine what kind of dude you are, our KKK, we keep on hearing about this Tom Brady statue. I think that we should just hire Gronk to be the sculptor of that statue and have him do the statue. I think that would be unbelievable.

Everyone would remember that. How big is this statue? We want to talk about the statue. How tall is it going to be? It's a wonderful suggestion, except we made the statue last year. And Tommy started broadcasting and we couldn't get him up. So we have him coming August 8th. And actually I would love since I saw your artistic work with the trophy if you did it But we had the privilege of spending

Seven figures to get we have the trophy. I mean the statue in storage in Foxborough we wanted to present it last year We're gonna unveil it. I believe it's August 8th August first preseason game against Washington. You'll see it. It's unbelievable. He's not a bad looking guy. I mean, he's pretty handsome.

How's that jawline looking on the statue? Is it nice and sharp? Is it 22 year old jawline or is it 45 year old jawline? It's Tommy 100%. It's know and the general public doesn't know besides being a vicious competitor and an awesome player he's got a heart of gold. He does. And one of the finest human beings I've ever met in my life. So for us to have a permanent statue of him there for our fans, think about it. The greatest player in the history of the game,

over 100 years, was the 199th pick, a comp pick in the sixth round. So all these great analysts for draft day missed it. And we locked out and got them. And that's what makes the NFL so great. It's because everyone has a shot. Everyone has hope. There's countless stories of six rounds, seventh round, undrafted. Worst teams coming back to win.

The parody is the best. And that's why the NFL is king., the parity is the best and that's why the NFL is king. Should we get into the questions? Let's get into it. What kind of dude do you think Mr. Kraft is? So the first question to determine what type of dude RKK is with the dude questionnaire formula. Yeah, you ready to go RKK? These are a series of questions that we came up with so certified I'm sorry, you're answering quick. You are quick questions. Nothing big. We'll take a couple notes. We'll have a couple All right here in there and maybe a follow-up or two such a number one is what's the last book you read last book? You read the last full book was the Da Vinci Da Vinci code good movie

for that Da Vinci Code. Da Vinci Code. Good movie. You gotta be smart for that. Da Vinci Code. All right. Who's the coolest person in your phone? Who's the coolest person in my phone? A lot of cool people. My bride.

Your bride? That's a great answer. Great answer. Smart, smart guy. Smart guy. Hit it right on the money. You see that right there? That's a, that's a brain. All right. Smart, smart guy. Smart guy. Hit it right on the money. You see that right there?

That's a, that's a brain. All right. Question number three. Who's your favorite rapper? Favorite, favorite rapper. Well, it's Tide, Jay-Z and Meek Mill. Okay. That's a threefer.

What about Cardi B? She's dating one of your players right now, RK. I know we got Cardi B in the locker room potentially. We got to have her in the hallway. Come on. Ask me have her in the hallway. Come on. Ask me the question after this season. Oh. Now you got it.

Tourne ACL performed. I love where your head's at. But you do have a little video you can watch to see how the two of us relate. No, I can't wait. It's a great addition. Getting back to the list What was your college GPA?

My college GPA GPA Harvard, I believe or Columbia and then Harvard. I went to Columbia College and Harvard Business School GPA undergrad and I honestly Don't remember. We'll go three. I think it was over three, five. Over three, five. Over three, five. I mean, he went to Harvard after it. He had to be pretty good at it.

So. What was your first car? First car. Chevy, I believe a Chevy Impala. Ooh, Impala. But my favorite car was my late wife of blessed memory insisted she knew I loved Aston Martin's. So when I was 45, we got an Aston Martin. James Bond. That's calling you James Bond. RKK. It was exactly. That's why. did you have a lift kit on the Chevy Impala?

You know about that back over here six working just up and down the road Cruising I mean he's East Coast. That's more West Coast. Come on Rob. We know that Convertible what's the movie that you've seen the most? It's a graduate the The what is it? The graduate with Dustin Hoffman. Oh, before you guys were born, Dustin Hoffman. I've seen it. Go ahead. Check it out.

What do you prefer, a one o'clock game or a four o'clock game? They're tied. Tied. So, man, you see that right there? As long as people are watching, we're tied. Tied. Smart man. You see that right there? As long as people are watching, we love baby. And we're winning. Uh, favorite thing in your office. What's the favorite thing in your office? Picture of my boys.

Oh, family. All right. If you didn't own the Patriots, what would you do for work? Well, my mother of blessed memory wanted me to do be a doctor. I don't have the brains for that. My father wanted me to be a spiritual leader. I'd probably be trying to do that. Bill Bridges. Rabbi RKK. Let's go baby. Rabbi. Let's go, baby rabbi We'll be right back after this quick break

All right court-side or Box seats court-side seats or box seats when you go to the basketball games. What do you prefer first row? Yeah, you got to go course outside court-side all day. See you all the time at the Celtics games Hey, you living it up big game. You see our KK in the building always All right. On you, Rob. I'm not sure if you ever ran a 40 yard dash, but if you have what was your 40 time back in the day? 40 time. I wouldn't be being truthful.

I had OK speed. Like when I played, I could get through the line and go down the field 15, 20, 15, 20 yards. But then they catch me. OK, quicker than fast change of direction. More of a three cone guy. I'll put that in the notes more like you, Julian. More quicker than fast. Direction very similar. And if you're quicker than fast, that's actually better in the notes more like you, Julian, more quicker than fast. Change direction. Very similar.

And if you're quicker than fast, that's actually better in the NFL as terms of talent. Both. Yeah, it's best to have both. But I would choose to be quicker than fast. Create separation. I feel like that skill set, you know, you know, makes you a better player because of separation because football is all about separation. Separation through the line.

Getting through. I could do that and go 15, 20, 30 yards but they'd always catch me. Now RKK you played high school football. I did not. You didn't? No. Did you play any sports in high school? No.

No sports in high school? We observed the Sabbath. And so out of respect to my dad and everything, I didn't start playing football till I went to college. What position? Halfback. Halfback? Halfback and safety. Quicker than fast. Two ways.

You're known for your style. You're known for your outfits. Take us through your game day look from head to toe. Game day look. Yes. And what type of shoes are you wearing? Are those the aircraft ones? Aircraft. You know that Nike makes. Oh yeah. Yeah. The CEO of Nike 12 years ago saw me wearing Air Force Ones. I introduced them at an event in Boston, a financial meeting. And he said, why don't we make you your own line and these generate a half million dollars that go to charities in the Boston area.

And every year Nike makes me a special Air Force one. He's always swagging. He went from the white collar. I remember the transition shirt white collar thing. But that kind of faded after after for our fourth Super Bowl when you started getting to five and six, the swag meter, Mr. Kraft went up, you started getting to five and six the swag meter Mr. Kraft went up you started wearing the aircraft one the jean t-shirt you were going t-shirt and then suit jacket over I mean I thought it was a hell of a cool

couple trying to learn from you too all right then our last question how do you eat a steak? How do I eat a steak? How do you get your steak done I like a medium rare All right rare by the way I didn't eat meat for a few years and my medical doctor said your iron is very low You should start eating some meat. So I love a good medium rare steak. Now. Are you using a fork and knife? Yes, now what if no one's there you're at a family barbecue and you get that big old rib eye And you see there's a little extra that meat on that bone. Are you taking that thing with the hand? I do that with any birthday cake. I get the frosting from the top or the middle

That's that's that's that's when I use my hand so all right our KK we're gonna just kind of go over a little meat real quick it'll be two seconds just to determine real quick one sec so he likes Jay-Z Meek Mill loves Jay-Z, he was a halfback in a safety. Yeah halfback in a safety PAs over three five Da Vinci code was a really good movie Yes, and he read the book and barely remembered his GPA No, he didn't need to know his GPA Yeah had an Impala. Yeah, I wonder who's Paula

Loves one of my laws one of my and for Long as they are watching. All right ready. What do you guys think? He is you think he's a dog? Is he a stud? Is he a dude's do you whiz is he a freak or is he a whiz? One two three whiz Mr. Kraft is definitely a whiz. I mean, a man who could have the smarts to be able to keep an organization going for 20 years, the way it has been, and then continually trying to rebuild.

I mean, you are a smart dude, one of the smartest men I've met. You always had the wisdom and the advice to anytime I needed it. I mean, you're a wiz in the book, Mr. Kraft. Thank you both. Innovative. I want to say we can learn from the two of them, the kind of human beings they are. Both of them build bridges, bring people together, bring out the bright side of people.

There's no envy or jealousy. They're high class, wonderful human beings. I flew down here just to be with them. So thank you very much. Wow. RKK. Well, let's give it a round of applause. Make some noise for RKK, everyone.

RKK. The best NFL owner in the game, and not just the best NFL owner in the game, one of the best guys out there. Always there for his family and players. Thank you so much RKK for everything. Yes, there's one other thing about RKK. Whenever you were in trouble, whenever you did something wrong off the field, RKK was there for you. He always had your back. He always heard your

side of the story after he saw what it was in the media. And he was always there for you to give the best advice as possible because he's seen it all. He's been an owner for a while. He's been around. He's always in the building. So thank you, RKK, for everything. Julian and I wouldn't be here without him right here to this day. So, man, how cool was that, though? How cool is this?

Did you guys enjoy our little show? Yes. It's fun. You know, we talk about our favorite dudes, and that's in every different form, any kind of player of any kind of sport. And check us out on Dudes on Dudes. We're on everything. Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, MyFace, whatever. Got a little bill in there. And how cool is this experience at Fanatics Fest? It's a really cool opportunity for us as athletes after our

career to continue using what we've earned on the field and staying connected with you guys, the fans, the people that honestly keep all this going. We're all here because of your support, because of what you guys do, and it's honestly the coolest thing to have this opportunity to have this convention thing. So thank you guys so much. Yes. Check us out, dudes on dudes. We have a new episode that drops every single Thursday.

We love interacting with our fans in the comments section. And to your next show, guys, we'll see you later. Thank you, guys. Man, that was a that was a really fun experience to get to interview or KK in front of a group of people a bunch of you know how was the audience football fans I was out back I couldn't hear how the audience was reacting to stuff I think they were really engaged yeah I don't know what about Gronk was engaged? Gronk was engaged. You know, we had to get away to reel him back a couple of times.

They, ah! Ah! Rob! But I think, dude, he's a pro at it for other people. He's a fucking pro. Like when you see, like when Rob, like, cause I get nervous when I have- You get so stressed out and Rob's like,

I don't care, just give me the thing, I'm fine. We're good. Yeah, Rob, dude, Rob's a pro when it comes to doing TV shit, radio shit, or like any kind of performance. Like whenever we do something like, yeah, man, I've been practicing my lines for like two weeks. You know, he's always prepared. He always goes in confident. And you know, that's how he played. It's awesome to watch him transition. So but but that was a, I thought that was a, that was our first time really, you know, interviewing someone in front of people together.

Now we did the slate and the NINCO episodes, which those are, that's different when you're- It's different. It's different, you know, and there's, you know, we're still not crazy comfortable at it, but we like the system that we have when we feel like we're doing it okay, but when you do that kind of stuff live,

hearing each other, I could barely hear them. Yeah, yeah. And I could tell that Rob was having trouble hearing the answers from RKK. She was further away. Because he was further away, and we didn't have earpieces, so we couldn't hear because it was loud.

You're in an in- It's almost like having a dance party next to him. It's fucking yeah, there's some wrestling music He was further away and we didn't have earpieces so we couldn't hear because it was loud. You're in an in- So it was like having like a dance party next to him. Fucking yeah, there's like some wrestling music in the background. You got fucking, did we get his dude type right? Yeah, let us know. Wiz?

He's definitely a Wiz. Yeah, he's a fucking Wiz. Fucking, that is a slam dunk. He's a Wiz. Also, Tom Brady statue has been made for a year. For a fucking year. Yeah. It's-

You're gonna go yeah you gotta work I just hope it's at least Making them go to a preseason game though. I don't know. I think it's I think it's gonna be amazing. Yeah, regardless. That was awesome tease for next week, another interview from Fanatics Fest. Ooh, another one. Similar caliber. I mean people are going to read articles, they know who it is. I know, but hey.

I'm just trying to tease people so they come back next week. I'm just letting you know. Okay. Yeah, I got fan in the nut heads. What are they? What are our fans called? Give us. Nuts. No, give us a name., I got fan in the nutheads. What are they? What are our fans called? Give us nuts. No, give us a name. We need a name in the comment section. Let's let's put a poll up It was gameery name ease and game ease but then like

It's just too hard, bro It's too it's just fucking nuts Just nuts Let's get into the chillest do the week brought to you by our favorite beer Coors Light. To get Coors Light delivered straight to your door, visit CoorsLight.com slash dudes and celebrate responsibly. And the Chillest Due of the Week is Ol' Fanatics Fest. Boy, what a spectacular event or spectacle.

What a spectacle that is. It was crazy. Fucking huge. And you didn't even walk like the main air, you're just in the back air. That went back forever and there was a lot of stuff going on, it was cool. It's honestly brilliant.

It's Comic Con for Sports. 1000%. Michael Rubin and his team, I didn't go last year I didn't know how it was like last year but you know for the athletes it was easy for us to get in and out they had it was all dialed up like operations was awesome I mean there there was fans from everywhere Jack got his own golf cart Jack got a golf cart mm-hmm They had an open Starbucks bar. Yeah.

Can't beat that. Saw some people in there, Derek Jeter was back there. I mean, I saw everyone. Who'd you see? Derek Jeter. I didn't talk to him, but- CJ Stroud was hanging around. CJ was cool.

I got to talk to him for a little bit. How was that? It was awesome. Yeah. I'm a fan of him. I told him, you know, I like how he plays the game. And, you know, I told him, you know, I like I like how he plays the game and you know I told him just gotta live in the protection plans. You got Nick. You got Kaylee over there

We'll see what protections he's using get the protections right so you're always protected because that's your asset. Mm-hmm You know his asset is being able to he sits in that thing. He sits in that pocket. He'll take a hit But let's like learn so we don't have to take the hit and even if we have deficient linemen let's learn how to use the protections into our favor smart smart he's you know you could tell that he's a hungry dude that's lurking to learn which was cool saw Bryce Young Sean was in there yeah awesome you know told him what a would have I told him like that

That was impressive to have the year he had year two. Yeah off of what the first year was Yeah, that was and it was you know, it's gonna be exciting to watch the Panthers this year They drafted another receiver who they got that Arizona State kid I think and then that they had the kid last year Williams. That's that balled out Is it Williams who balled out the rookie last year? The kid last year, Williams, that balled out, is it Williams, who balled out the rookie last year? Didn't they have a rookie ball? Oh yeah, Xavier LeGette.

LeGette? Yeah, and then they had McMillan, the Arizona guy, not Arizona State. Arizona. Just got to, you know. Arizona guy, my bad, my bad. Rob's not here in the building, but let's. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah!

But I got to see him. Hunter Renfro, too. Where? The Panthers. Hunter Renfro too. Where? Panthers. Hunter Renfro? Yeah. Adam Thelen. Could be, that could be a good tool for Bryce

because they're both smart, Bryce is a smart kid. Yeah. And he's like, you're not a five, 10 quarterback that's like a first overall pick if you're not a fucking genius. Yeah. You know, and if you could do shit. So we know we could do shit.

So we know we can do it. We saw him do it in college. We saw him doing it a little bit last year. You start giving him weapons. You get a smart guy like Renfro who could work the middle of the field. That'd be fun. Do you see anyone else cool?

Saw, I mean, we hung out with RKK, Jonathan Kraft. Mark Wahlberg. Mark Wahlberg was there. He's, I mean, saw everyone. Who else? Oh, I saw Chris Weber. Yeah, I thought that was cool. I loved Chris Weber when I was a kid. He, cause at the time when I was a kid,

the Warriors were like really trash. And the Kings were like an expansion team. And like they were fucking good. Lottie Diva, it's Christie, freaking him white chocolate. And then they got back to the game. trash and the Kings were like expansion team and like they were fucking good Lottie Diva it's Christie freaking him white chocolate and then they got baby I was I low-key like those teams I swagger jacked yeah so I said hi to him he was really cool saw Aiden the streamer oh yeah yeah I streaming it's crazy I think Oh yeah. Yeah. Streaming is crazy. I think like 10, I think like 150,000 people

are watching him live there. Really? Just like live? He's just live around. It's fucking crazy. Like that's crazy. But he's a really cool dude. Who else did I see?

Michael Rubin. Rubin was there, yeah. Hung got rubes. Uh, saw TB saw Eli. Yeah. Didn't talk to Eli, but saw him tall guy. He's you always, you're always reminded of how tall those manning boys are when you see them did that thing with Peyton a few weeks back and they're just fucking large men. They really are. They're tall. They're like a legit 6'5". 6'5", 6'5".

Yeah, yeah. You look at Mannings and you don't immediately think athlete, but then you stand next to them and you're like, these motherfuckers are athletes. These are specimens. Yeah, yeah. Specimens.

You competed in the little like competition? Yeah, I did the Stone Cold thing. You finished 95th overall. Which is kind of weak. I thought, I mean, they told me two seconds before. Yeah. I put that thing together in five minutes, not even, probably three minutes.

And if I knew like people were having props and stuff. Yeah. Like Mr. Kraft was there when I was about to go out and they gave me this jersey. So I was gonna go shirtless in a fucking Speedo with knee pads and a fucking rattlesnake vest on, but they weren't gonna let me because I felt, you know, out of the respect of the man

who gave me a huge opportunity in life, RKK, I thought it would be appropriate to wear my Patriot soccer jersey that they were giving out to people. But honestly, mine was more realistic than anyone's. But it wasn't just that. Steve Austin, what'd he do? He just went out and flipped off everyone, chugged two fucking beers, flipped them off and walked back.

So if we're talking method, I thought I killed it. But I think you did okay with that one. It's just that the whole competition. Yeah, I only did two things. I got a herniated disc in my C7 right now. Yeah. Over here trying to, and then I go walk over and gronk over to the throwing thing.

So I had to throw a couple. You got a little competitive there. I could see it. Well, I wanted, yeah, that's why I had to walk away or I would have fucking done them all. I walked by that hockey thing and I was about to start doing putting the hockey and oh no I was gonna start putting the hockey in the fucking Washington Rob Rob won the hockey event. Oh Rob's a hockey player. Yeah Rob played hockey you just watch

I think I may have played against him in a hockey tournament cuz we're like the exact same age and we I played Tournaments in his hometown a few times. I might have played against him in a hockey tournament because we're like the exact same age and I played tournaments in his hometown a few times. I might have played against him as like a youth hockey. Probably. Yeah. Dude. Tom finished first overall. Did he?

Yeah. Tom won a million bucks? Yeah, he bought the guy's car because of the guy. Wait, Tom won everything? So some of those things you have to be able to do well. I bet you practiced them though. But there's like a kicking thing. There was a wrestling, there's the hockey.

There's the soccer thing, the pitch. Let me see. I need events. I want to see all the events he did closest to the pin. Oh, golf. Yeah. There was a golf one striking challenge with like a punching. Oh, did you see what John Cena did?

What John Cena was going to do the punching thing. And then he's like, I'm going to do it. I'm going to punch it. He didn't know he did like the no he did like the fake like a fake wrestling punch yeah Charlotte was there too we didn't see Charlotte but she was yeah Tiffany Haddish finished ahead of you just you know who Tiffany Haddish oh yeah cool the two events wrestling walkout should we go back next year I mean it was it was a hell of. It's just, you know, it's hot there. It was hot in there.

Hot, a lot. TB was working. They had him doing some stuff. TB was working. They had him doing some stuff. He was the mayor of Fanaticstown. Dude, I tipped my hat to him. I went to his house, got my neck rubbed on

By one of his dudes dev shout out dev some dude on you guys doing magic with the magic guy in The house. I don't know if I can even say that it's did it already Oh that like is magic as the mentalist. Yeah, or is it the other magic guy? I don't know. It's magic guy that that's been on hard knocks and stuff that we all seen that Yeah, yeah, this guy's pretty like He's pretty freaky smart freaky. He knows how to manipulate you might be a freak shout out fanatics fest Right that was fun. It's good for sports good for sports and that was the chillest dude of the week Thanks for our favorite beer Coors light get Get Coors Light delivered straight to your door. Visit CoorsLight.com slash dudes and celebrate responsibly.

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