Green Light with Chris Long - Rob Gronkowski! Cam Brate! Tom Brady Stories, NFL on FOX & Tampa Bay Buccaneers!
Episode Date: April 8, 2025It's Tampa's favorite trio - the Butter Bois! Rob Gronkowski, Cam Brate and Beau Allen hit the mics and have a good, old fashioned mess-around, talking stories from their Super Bowl parades, Tom Brady..., days with the Buccaneers and revealing inside stories to viral moments. Rob compares Tom Brady in his Tampa days to his New England days, reveals what really happened the night before his viral sideline picture from the Ohio State spring game was captured and having plenty of fun on the set of NFL on Fox. Cam and Beau add in as many hilarious comments as possible. Enjoy the Butteriness! (00:00) - Intro (2:05) - Butter Bois (9:15) - Super Bowl Parade Memories (18:55) - Gronk's Worst Football Rep (23:25) - Rob's Viral Ohio State Spring Game Photo (28:40) - Rob is Cam's Hero (33:20) - Gronk's Media Career (35:35) - NFL on FOX Prank (39:55) - Knowing When To Retire In The NFL (45:15) - 2025 NFL Season Predictions (52:15) - Gronk's Final Thoughts Green Light Podcast March Madness Tournament! Click the link below to fill out the form granting you entry into the GLP bracket! Prizes include 1st place $500, 2nd place $250, 3rd place $100 in Bet MGM gift cards. Must be 21+ to be eligible for a prize. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbnomKvB7t2zNKqvKNMstq_P2HClxciUC95moAHD-mDIKcyg/viewform Have some interesting takes, some codebreaks or just want to talk to the Green Light Crew? We want to hear from you. Call into the Green Light Hotline and give us your hottest takes, your biggest gripes and general thoughts. Day and night, this hotline is open. Green Light Hotline: (202) 991-0723 In need of sweet threads to vibe like Chris and the fellas? Check out https://greenlightpodcast.org/ for everything merch wise and then some! Also, check out our paddling partners at Appomattox River Company to get your canoes, kayaks and paddleboards so you're set to hit the river this summer. https://paddleva.com/ Green Light's YouTube Channel, where you can catch all the latest GL action: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxWFAA-wuB7osdiAJyLOcw Green Light with Chris Long: Subscribe and enjoy weekly content including podcasts, documentaries, live chats, celebrity interviews and more including hot news items, trending discussions from the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, NCAA are just a small part of what we will be sharing with you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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I already knew what photo you can bring.
This is a special moment because you're the first person to ever ask me about this photo.
Yeah, Wisconsin guy.
Yes.
Yeah, Wisconsin guy.
Woo-hoo!
Yeah, what's the law?
Law number 60 now?
You sounded like both in your last season on the I-I-R-L-old.
Yeah, I did more than five practice plays.
You guys are on my podcast, right?
Yes, sir, sir.
Sorry.
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Welcome to the Greenlight podcast.
The Butter Boys are coming in hot.
That's right.
We go down to Tampa, Florida.
We've got Rob Grancowski, Camp Rape, joining Bo Allen.
And the boys only have fun.
They literally only have fun.
Plenty of laughs in this one.
They tell some untold stories a little behind-the-scenes action,
especially from their Super Bowl parades.
Talk to a little Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers days.
Rob Dishes on the NFL on Fox.
crew and the dudes just rip on each other.
It's a blast and a half of an episode and we only want you to enjoy it.
Those hats like cakes.
Well, Rob, we got Robbie G. Cambrate, two my favorite tight ends.
We're calling this segment Butter Boys.
Who came up with the name?
I did actually.
Yeah, because I know you have dudes on dudes.
That's some good alliteration.
We have the Butter Boys because we're butter young boys.
So welcome to my favorite tight ends.
Rob, Cam.
You want to know who else is buttery?
It's his fingers.
Scotty Miller.
Scottie Miller's
drops all the passes thrown over.
He's got butter fingers.
He's got those little hands.
This is just going to be on just a shit talking about this whole podcast.
Well, Rob, you mentioned these hats.
This is the first merch for the Butter Boys,
butter bucket hats.
No way.
Do I get one too?
No way.
Thank you, both.
So nice.
You have to wear it on the show.
Let's do it.
Same.
Summer bucket hat.
I mean, I kind of can't prepare it because I wore my helmet.
It's kind of like a bucket hat.
Maddie, babies.
Are you getting a sponsorship?
Yeah, we're getting sponsored.
Kerry gold.
Carry gold butter.
That's a great idea.
I can't prepare wearing my helmet.
It's kind of like a butter hat.
You should probably wear that more.
This here.
Yeah, Rob pulled up on his bike.
Butter Rose cap.
Let's go.
Bro, that looks good.
It does look good, Rob.
Matches well.
Yeah, you look excellent.
So we have a lot of hard-hitting news that we're going to hit.
We're in the dead of the offseason, boys.
I the football season seems just light years away.
So we're not going to get into too much football itself maybe.
Hopefully we'll, you know, talk a bunch of shit.
You already were kind of piling it on Scotty.
I love that.
We can get him some more.
But we're going to hit a little bit of football.
But before we do, we want to shout out home.
This is kind of a social club in Tampa, close enough to Rob's residence that he biked here,
like he mentioned, which was really cool.
very close walking distance for Cameron Bray as well.
So thank you home for hosting us.
What do you guys want to talk about?
You want to start with the 2024 football season?
Can we do that?
Can we talk football?
You just said that we're not going to talk much.
We're going to talk a little.
We're going to start off with football.
Wait, we're going to talk about last season.
Yeah.
I like to look in the future.
I don't look in the past.
That's why we're so successful in Tampa.
Yeah, exactly.
Fuck the past.
Eyes in the future.
Look forward.
We never look backwards.
No regrets.
unless if our backs were feeling like, you know, they were backwards.
Dang.
Sometimes they did.
That was deep.
That was deep.
We were both there before, Cam.
You got your back broke off.
Cameron Jordan from the Saints, just fucking bending you over or what?
No, the other guy.
Mario Davis?
No, don't.
Davenport?
Yeah, Davenport.
Oh, my God.
Dude, he just put his hand down and just teed on.
and just teed off on me like three times.
My last season, that's pretty much when I knew it was over.
Dude, that was the moment.
Backside, he literally just drove me directly back to the quarterback after the handoff.
Like Tom was like eight yards on.
Well, like an outside zone or something.
Away.
Away, dude.
He took himself out of the play.
He just drove me.
I feel like we all at that moment were like, yeah, you got to retire.
That was yours?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, Rob, was it losing to an injured bow out in 80?
sprint at the Skyway.
Yeah, thanks for bringing that up.
I was waiting for.
So we were training in the off season and I was going to my last year with the
fucking years.
It was actually,
I played one more season after that.
So props to me.
You were tired.
You should have been playing.
I was like recovering from an injury.
Like I needed that.
And we race at Skyway, what was it, an 80 yard dash?
Yeah.
But you were way ahead of me from the beginning too.
You beat me by like 10 yards.
I was cooking.
I actually like was kind of ashamed from it.
I was like,
play this
season. This guy who's recovering
off of a quad surgery
just beat me in an 80-yard dash.
He's about 35 pounds heavier than he
hasn't played in like two years.
Maybe I shouldn't go back
to the game of football, but you know me. I'm a grinder.
And I knew Cam was going to be in the room as well.
We weren't going to be looking backwards.
Like, you know, we're going to only look forward
into the future. And it paid off.
So you gave me the inspiration to keep going
and keep working hard.
I'm happy for that, brother. Did you have fun
your last year, Rob?
did I have fun my last year.
Absolutely.
I had as much fun as I possibly could for not having fun.
And the reason why I say not having fun is just due to the grind of football.
It wasn't because of the guys that were around me or the organization.
That was always the fun part.
But it was just the grind of the game of football, man.
It was brutal.
Breaking six ribs in the third game, coming back.
And then my back going out on me trying to play in the game versus noise.
Orleans Saints going out there with the most injured back in trying to play like three plays and
just tapping myself out like guys I should I should be out here okay and I kept on going to
rob like come on man you got this dude you're like pumping about you're like psalm
yeah Rob we need you out there in the back of this head camp like I'm not trying to play 65
snaps I gave it my all hey Rob this is a question I have for you okay I briefly spend time in New
England right but when I like
The whole buzz about, like, New England not being fun.
Was there a noticeable difference coming out to Tampa and being part of a team like Tampa compared to, you know, coming from New England?
Because two very different organizations at the time.
Yeah, two totally different.
And you can, you know, just being there for a year on injured reserve list, you can probably.
Patriot's legend, dude.
He was always there for a year.
Biggest legend there.
Sign with them with, like, what, $3 million?
When on the IR and never played a snap?
Not one single snap.
How many practices?
Absolutely.
Like five.
Five practices.
Fans love you in New England, Bo.
You should go back.
I should.
Some autographs.
But it's definitely a complete 180.
It's definitely way more laid back here in Tampa.
You know, when I got down here, you know, you're kind of tense in that organization up in New England.
I mean, it was a great thing, the whole nine years that I was there.
But like when you came down here, I would say it was more of a country club, you know, type style, you know.
But we still work.
There's no doubt, Cam.
We went out to practice.
We gave it all.
But I'm talking like whole general atmosphere, just walking into the
vibes in the building.
The vibes in the building, all that type of stuff.
It was just way more laid back in Tampa, which was great.
That's what I needed my last two years.
I'm sure, man.
What was Tom like in Tampa compared to New England, a little looser as well?
Or is he the same town?
Yeah, depending on the day.
You know, you got New England, Tom, one day.
And then all of a sudden, the next day, it's like you got Tampa, Tom.
And it was like everything was just, you know, a free-for-all.
He let everything go.
And then the next day, go boom, you got New England.
Tom screaming and yelling at everyone again.
You're like, whoa, what that guy?
What that happened with Tom?
I mean, what's going on?
It's crazy.
Like, he kind of, like, set the vibe for the whole building, you know, how he was.
And, dude, the New England Tom days, those were not fun.
It's that avocado tequila.
You know what I mean?
Tampa Tom drinking that shit.
That's Tampa Tom right there.
Yeah, exactly.
That was a Super Bowl parade.
I was thinking about the Super Bowl parade, okay, right?
Because the Eagles won.
I was in Philly for the.
first Super Bowl parade, Rob, because we beat your asses in Super Bowl 52.
It was fucking awesome.
But that was like one of my best memories of all time, right?
Just the fucking Super Bowl parade.
You've had four of them.
Incredible.
Cam, you had one.
Let's start with you.
What is like, because we're reminiscing.
We're reliving the glory days.
Talking about the parade.
I went and found like an old GoPro and found the footage and it was awesome.
I'd never looked at it before.
And like, let's be honest, I was blacked out for a majority of the parade.
like just let's call spade of spade here uh but like what's your favorite memory just from the super
bowl or the super bowl parade because it's such a blur cam you first i only look forward
so you're looking forward to your next super bowl parade that's right the next one um yeah dude
for us it was like we didn't even know we were going to have it until the day like it happened
like we showed up to work that day and like thought it was like exit interviews and then they were like
today's the parade oh surprise and it's a boat parade yeah um
dude, and like Ryan Jensen, I don't know why, but he gave, everyone had a bottle of like Jack Daniels in their locker room.
And we like two hours before we were getting, the buses were going to show up.
It was like a high school pregame.
Exactly.
We were in the locker of like high school pregame.
Bumping music, just ripet shots.
So yeah, by the time the parade happened, like it was a hot day.
We already been drinking for a few hours.
Dude, it got pretty sloppy pretty quick.
But I mean, yeah, I was like.
You truly cannot have a more fun day than winning the Super Bowl and then having the parade, like, the best.
You can just get away with murder.
I can't wait until my next one.
Yeah, looking forward.
Looking forward to all of our next.
We'll probably be on the same team.
You know, we'll sign with the Broncos like Rob was going to do.
Pickleball league parade.
Let's just have like a.
Is that the next parade you're going to be?
Let's just have an anniversary, dude, for our Super Bowl parade.
Every year.
We don't have to tell.
Just run it back.
Just hot Jack Daniels.
I got a take here because I got a little.
ask Cam about this because it has to do with the parade is that wherever I go people are like
yo what was it like you catch the trophy from Tom and I'm like you know I never caught the
trophy when Tom threw the pass from boat to boat and I'm like that was Cam you know so like what's
your take on that camp what how did it feel to catch this is what everyone asked how did it feel
to catch the trophy from Tom from one boat to the other so cam how did it feel dude great question
It is question about.
And everyone thinks it's me.
Isn't that rude?
Yeah.
They're taken away from your legacy camera.
That's BS, man.
Yeah, that's right.
Thank you, Rob, for sticking up for me.
Yeah, dude, like I was just saying, you know, it's pretty wasted, dude.
Such a cocksucker.
No, no, no.
I was, I was legit, like, that was, like, our, like, three on the boat, probably.
So, like, we were all pretty banged up at that point.
So no recollection.
Honestly, no, none at all.
That's phenomenal.
I love that.
But, like, I can, like, you know, when he kind of like, yeah, I kind of remember that.
You see the video?
You're like, oh, yeah, just a little flashback.
No, don't remember it at all.
Yeah, which kind of sucks.
Well, I have a confession to make, I don't remember that happen either, and I don't
remember about 85% of the parade either.
Yeah.
And we're going to blame Ryan Johnson for bringing those bottles into the locker room two
hours before him.
Yeah, that'll do it.
What about previous parades for you, Rob?
Is it like a defining moment for any of them?
You have fucking once four Super Bowl.
Yeah.
I mean, the very first parade was definitely the best.
I came, you know, flying across the country.
I was on Jimmy Kimmel, like the two nights before.
And then I was taking a commercial flight.
It got delayed.
So then I got in the night before that, like, 12.
And I woke up and went right to the parade on, like, four hours of sleep, you know.
And then I was like, oh, I'm not really going to drink.
I already drank like three nights in a row after the Super Bowl.
So I'm not going to do it at the parade, you know?
Like, what was I think?
I'll never say that again.
I'm not going to drink at a break because you're automatically forced to drink.
And I got there and then people were just throwing shots up to me, beers and just started pounding.
And it was one of the funnest adventures of my life was the very first parade in New England.
It was just so cool and so surreal to see so many people come out and just flood the streets of Boston and just support us.
And just to be able to dance and go wild and basically do whatever you want to do and not getting in trouble for.
court is isn't that usually how it goes for you yeah but this was like to a whole
another level I was hanging out of the duck duck boats and my friend was holding on to me by
my ankles high-fiving the fans high-fiving the police officers taking my shirt off all the good
stuff it was just fun it was it was going to be that was one I did not black out at either
so I got to remember the whole thing so it felt really good I was proud of myself
congrats man I'm proud of you too I'm honestly a little impressed as well because I was black
this shit at the parade.
Couldn't imagine doing it any other way.
The thing I remember the most is like I told this story on Greenlight Pod right before the
Eagle Super Bowl, but like I'd have pissed so bad and wearing these double-decker buses,
they're not stopping.
You're rolling through the parade.
And so I pissed in this giant 7-Eleven, like big gulp that was like 32 ounces,
just like filled the whole thing up.
And I was like, I don't know what to do with this.
So I open the door, go out and pour it into like a gutter on the sidewalk and everyone is
like screaming and cheering for me as I'm like literally.
pouring a gallon of piss down the drain.
Was that a career highlight?
It was a career highlight.
I can't do anything wrong.
I literally can't do anything wrong.
That's a good feeling.
But, okay, going back to that Super Bowl, right?
You guys played in Tampa.
Like, how cool is that?
Even though it was like COVID year,
there's so much shit going on.
Football felt very different.
Life felt very different in 2020,
just, you know, with the pandemic and everything.
But you guys still won the game in your home, you know,
in your home on your home field.
What was that like?
I was jealous.
I was on IR on watching.
That's truly your home field, man.
You played your whole career there at Raymond James, so you can answer this one, buddy.
What was,
what was sick about it was like,
I slept in my bed that night.
Yeah.
Like, after the Super Bowl, we had the after party,
and then Mike had rented out a bar right by my house.
Which bar?
What's it called?
717.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
I'm zooming in on you right now.
I've got control here.
So, yeah, we were out to like 6.30 and I just walked home,
slept on the couch for like two hours.
And then, yeah, went back out.
I mean, yeah.
So I was on IR because I was rehabbing that quad injury that we talked about a little bit.
And I was basically just partying, like, curiously through you guys,
like pretending like I was still on the team.
You were a Super Bowl champ.
Honorary.
Yeah.
I was just telling everyone I was Jensen.
You do.
No, don't.
though you guys kind of acted like too though
anyway rob what did you think of playing uh playing in tampa like
still pretty cool even though i guess maybe not as much of a home field advantage for you as
cam we played here longer no and no it was really cool and it was special uh and it felt like a
pack stadium even though it was only like 25 000 cardboard cut out like the we sport
cut out that was the most amount of fans we had all year i think at a game so it it was cool
the atmosphere felt you know about there
I mean, it was loud still, even, you know, with a half-pack stadium.
And like Cam said, being able to sleep in your own bed the night before a Super Bowl game is really unique.
Usually you're getting bed checked, especially in New England.
That was the difference in New England as well.
It's like it's 10.30 p.m. I'm like a 10-year event, and they're like bed checking me, making sure that I'm in my bed.
I'm going to get fine. If I'm not here in Tampa, they're like, oh, you're a vet.
You're good. You can go home and sleep in your own bed the night before.
I'm like, well, trust me, I'm not going out.
I'm in my 30s now, so I'll be sleeping in my own bed, which is, which is cool, you know.
You just feel like you're at home and just literally just pull up to the stadium.
And it's like in your backyard and just play the game.
It's really cool.
And to be the first team to do that, to win, to go to the Super Bowl and win it in your home stadium, you know, we made history.
And that's what it's all about.
That's what made that season that much more special.
We made history with Scotty Miller on the roster, Mr. Butterfingers.
Rob is just looking for any excuse to shit talk, Scottie.
I love that.
I mean, he's still living off that year.
I mean, that catch when he played the, when we played Green Bay Packers and he had that,
what is a 50-yard bomb from Tom?
Yeah.
I mean, it was a great catch.
That's the thing I don't understand.
Right before the half.
Dude, it was the all-time.
What the fuck were they doing on defensively?
There was eight seconds left.
Yeah.
I scored like two seconds left in the half.
Mm-hmm.
You guys got the ball back too after that, right?
I mean, good thing he made that catch.
It made his whole career.
Scottie Miller, shout out.
Scottie Miller.
He's looking forward.
He's looking forward only, dude.
Yeah.
He's looking forward only.
Okay.
We got Spirk Steelers.
There's eight seconds left putting Scottie Miller.
I asked him to come on today and he told us that this would be the lamest thing.
He's going to work.
He's working really hard.
That's why I'm going out.
He's grinding, bro.
He's getting ready for 2025.
He's about to take D.K.
McCaff's job.
All right.
George Pickens' job.
Yes, exactly.
All right.
This is a question I love asking people.
Did a bunch of interviews like with the legends over Super Bowl Week in New Orleans.
You're a fucking great player.
Hall of Fame tight end.
Best side end of all time.
You've made a lot of unbelievable plays in your career.
What is the worst football rep you've ever had?
Oh, I've had plenty of those.
But the very worst football rep I've ever had.
fucking practice or game time.
Just, I feel like for me, the, the bad reps stick out more than anything.
Like, those are the ones you remember.
So whichever one comes to mind, I'm not going to talk about the Miracle Miami.
Oh, yeah, yeah, I forgot about that one.
Let's just ask Cam, because Cam's a guy that remembers every bad rep that someone else has,
and he just kind of just goes all in on you with it.
So there's already like five reps in Cam's mind that he can actually just bring it up.
No, I remember that to Rob, but I will say.
say so Rob took a year off football right and then he came to Tampa and we were throwing that
off-season at Berkeley oh yeah and it was Rob's first time running routes in like probably like 16 months
dude he was legit horrible dude you're gonna let him talk about you like this I think he was awful
he was so slow dude it looked like I could never play football how bad did you feel we had those
things on us at track you're yeah catapult assistant
And I literally, my top speed, I think, was like 16.2.
We were, we were looking at it.
We were looking at it after.
And everyone was like saying their top speeds and Rob got like real quiet.
And it was the first time and he was and met Rob.
Yeah.
But no, but.
And Cam brought it up like, hey, Rob, well, he was your top speed because he saw it.
He was fucking, he was.
And I remember Chris Guy, I was like, yo, stop that, Cam.
Yeah, I didn't know Cam was such a troll.
He's a fucking troll.
I told it.
I told Rob, dude, no, it's broke, dude.
It's broken.
You got to jiggle or catapult around.
It was just day one.
You're going to get faster.
You're not used to running routes.
You have a lot better in a while.
I would say one of my worst reps, though, is my second year in the league.
Time out.
Just so, you know, we're going to find this rep and pull it up.
So please go ahead.
It's way in the staff.
We'll find it.
From 2012, we were playing the Dallas Cowboys.
And I had an outside zone play on DeMarcus Ware.
And I stepped.
You know how you got a step as a tight end, like open up to be a,
able to get his outside shoulder.
Cam doesn't know how to block.
No, no. Cam doesn't know that actually.
You're right. That's a technique, Cam.
When you're blocking and you got to get, you know, you got to seal the outside.
It was 39 toss.
You got to open up.
Take a charge.
You know.
Take a charge doesn't work in football.
Oh, shit.
But actually, that would work better for you than your style of block.
But I step, opened up, and DeMarcus where I just came flying off the ball.
Well, let me tell you, I was pretty tired.
This was like my 50th rep of the game.
I already had a couple of catches.
I think I was sick the night before.
So let me just put all that out of that.
Yeah, definitely, definitely.
So I stepped in, you know, to Marcus where he's a Hall of Fame player,
he just shot right off the ball right underneath my pads.
I had no leverage, and he just drove me backwards about six yards.
And literally just tossed me to the side and just tackle the running back on the sweep,
on the 39-tossed sweep left.
And it was about a six-yard loss as well.
tough that's like the worst feeling
when you totally mess up a block
your guy makes the play like immediately before
the play gets started and you're just standing there
watching it happen there's nothing
all time like low all you can do
you just it's like a kicker missing a field
you just put your head down and you just
try not to look down anywhere you're like sometimes I
grab my hamstring
oh fuck
that's like for us that's the equivalent of like you miss a tackle
and it goes for like 50 but like
the thing is like that happens so fast too
But on defense, I feel like the defensive players realize that, especially like watching
something like I say.
Yeah.
I feel like when you're watching a game and someone just misses a block, you're just like,
it's very obvious.
That guy's an asshole.
But if you miss a tackle or you get like trucked, it's a bad feeling.
Thankfully, as a noseguard, you're not in space that much.
It's not as evident when you're, you know, when you're not doing your job.
But I'm going to look up that clip, Rob.
You know, thankfully you had a lot of other great clips to make up.
I think it was in the third quarter.
Okay.
We'll find that.
She was in overtime.
I think it was overtime.
It was in overtime.
Keep looking for it, Bob.
I'm going to find it, brother.
What else did I want to talk to Robbie G about?
Oh, God, this is something I absolutely have to know that.
Cam and I were talking about this pre-show.
We're going to go back in the memory banks for this one a little bit.
You know, I'm actually going to pull it up as I'm describing it.
But 2006, Ohio State University played Michigan.
And I'd actually never seen this photo before.
or producers brought it up.
And I sent it to camp because it's the funniest thing I've ever seen.
This fucking photo of you on the sideline at Ohio State is truly, truly one of the greatest photos of all time.
Well, this is a special moment, Beau.
I already knew what photo you can bring up.
This is a special moment because you're the first person that ever asked me about this photo,
even though this photo has surfaced the internet.
No way.
50 different times.
Yes.
You're the very first person to ask me about it.
Please tell me in detail.
What is going through your mind?
I went to Ohio State for a visit.
I actually, it was kind of like two hours away because I went to Pittsburgh my senior
year for high school to play some ball down there.
So Ohio State was recruiting me.
That's when I was running like 18.
8 miles per hour and I was 16.2.
I don't even know how I played those last two years.
I don't even think, Cam, I went above 16.2 miles per hour.
You had a couple plays where you were really fast.
Yeah, like just a couple.
I think I hit 17, just a couple.
But I don't know how I did.
Quick time out.
Want to know my top in-game speed?
Yeah, let's hear it.
17.9.
Oh, that's not bad.
And you want to know why that happened?
Dude, that was not my fault.
Because Cambrate the tight end, the wing on field goal,
got an extra point blocked against the Falcons.
And my fat ass had to run 80 yards downfield to make a tackle.
well you should thank camp for hitting
you're welcome dude yeah thanks that was the last
rep I ever took on field goal that's a
yeah they sell me out midgame
you want to know my last rap on field goal is when I
when I was the wing as well I step back
and then step back again and put my hand out
and Sergio Brown ran into my hand
and bent it backwards and that's when I broke my forearm
yeah that sucks dude getting hurt on special team
yeah so on field goal block
as the wing yike okay sorry
I need to hear about this photo because no one has
ever asked you about it.
We got distracted.
We're doing an ADD pod today, courtesy of Bo and Rob.
Cam, just fucking trying to heading on.
He went to Harvard.
There's no such thing as ADD when you go to Harvard.
Exactly.
So, Rob, please tell us about this photo because it's fucking hysterical.
Yes.
All right.
So I go to Ohio State for a visit.
I think it was right after my season in high school.
So I'm, you know, freelancing.
I don't have to worry about getting back, you know, and being on point.
So my two friends as well, my two very good friends, they went to the Ohio State University,
and they're a year older than me, so they were already in college.
So I was like, oh, perfect.
I'm going to take a visit to Ohio State and go out with my buddies the night before and then go to the game.
And we go out to like 2, 3 a.m. to some frat houses, playing beer, paul, and all that good stuff.
I'll just say I was drinking water because I was only 18 or so at the time.
So it was just water, but I was feeling good off the water.
Yeah.
We were walking down the street.
I think we got in two fights as well.
We threw a couple haymakers.
Yeah.
My friend was getting demolished.
I came over and cleaned this guy up.
And then I was almost, you know, getting demolished as well.
He came back and cleaned them up for me.
So we had a little brawl, you know, as well, which was fun.
That's the whole, you know, point of these visits as well.
That's the whole point of recruiting visits at Ohio State.
And this is before the cameras.
This was right before.
So I'm glad I got it out of my system.
Yeah.
All that good stuff like that.
So.
And then wake up.
And I'm feeling like a disaster.
Go to the game and someone takes a picture of me looking like that.
So all that water that I drank got me feeling like that.
And then next thing you know, the pitcher just took off and went all over the internet.
After I made it big in the NFL.
It didn't go big until after I made it, you know.
I mean, this is a phenomenal photo.
That's the background behind that picture.
That's the background story.
did you have to like talk to anyone from Ohio State that day?
I mean, I just went to the game.
You know how the recruiting visits go?
You just shake the coach's hands.
They're really busy.
So it's just a quick interaction.
And I remember there was one fan that knew me.
He's like, yo, Rob Grabowski, you got to come to Ohio State.
I'm like, you know, Brodowski.
That was your alter ego for the weekend.
Grabowski, just drinking water, fighting dudes and having a great time at the horses, man.
Well, that's the hard-hitting place, so, man.
I hate that.
Really?
The Ohio State University, I was shocked with how nice that place was.
Like the football, you know, locker room, the, what is?
Football.
The atmosphere.
Facilities.
Yeah, facilities, the facilities, the weight room, the fields, all that good stuff.
I was like, man, this place would be dope to play at.
But my heart and my love was at the University of Arizona.
Well, they don't have any pool parties at Ohio State.
Exactly.
Right.
exactly you're pulling in brawls brother um how about cam going to the higher
and i was his hero when he was in college is that true cam was i come on so because you're like
three years younger than me so to say you were my so how did you look up to me when you were in
college or were you like that guy's a good tight end like but he's he's an idiot like how did you view
me when you were in college i would i would i would i would never think you're an idiot
I think you're sometimes an idiot, Rob.
You're one of the best analysts I've ever seen.
So I did have a Gronk jersey.
Wow.
I will say it was not, it was from China.
So you didn't get three bucks from NFLPA for me.
It doesn't matter.
You were in college.
You couldn't afford the real jersey.
I couldn't afford the real jersey.
Yeah, I wore it with pride.
I wore it with pride.
Did you wear it to parties?
I wore it to Jersey parties.
in college.
Wow.
I didn't know my heart, Cam.
I didn't know you wore my jersey.
I did, Rob.
I had a jersey.
Wait, no, Rob, I sent you a picture when I was,
because my parents moved a couple years ago.
We were cleaning out, like, my room.
They found a jersey?
I found my jersey.
I donated it.
So someone out there.
Now that he knows me, he's donating me.
Yeah, he's like, fuck this.
Like, hi, hang him just up.
Jersey parties in college.
Camas's telling everyone he was you.
I'm Rob, Greg.
He probably finally got some ladies.
in college.
I mean, you got no problem now, but I'm talking in college.
I do.
I'm married.
All right.
All right.
We won't bring up the college.
We got to focus.
Speaking of college, Rob, you played for Bill for, what, nine years?
Yes.
He is now the head coach at UNC.
First of all, did you ever think you'd see him coach in college?
No.
That would have never been on my bingo card.
Right.
What's on your bingo card?
just trying to break down games for next year as an analyst.
He's looking forward.
Just every team, all 32 teams are on.
You're watching a lot of film.
No college teams.
Yeah.
A lot of film.
I watch a lot of film, Cam, didn't I?
More than Cam?
Cam watches every fucking game.
Every day.
I brought my iPad home and watched the game, the practices, everything.
Probably more film now than you watch when you were playing, right?
Like, honestly.
Yeah. Okay, what advice, Rob, what advice would you have for like, if you're a freshman getting recruited to play at UNC, you played for Bill for almost a decade? What advice would you have for them?
For the freshmen that are there. Or anybody who's, you know, about to be coached by Bill Belichick for the first time.
Take it in. Take in his coaching points. Bill's not going to lead you to the direction that's going to be misinformed.
Yeah. He's always going to lead you in that direction that will.
help you out in the future. There's no doubt about that. Out in the football field,
we're talking. I'm not sure coach is going to be telling them to go to class and whatnot.
He wants them to be the best football player that they can possibly be. He's going to teach you the
right techniques. He's going to teach you the right schemes. He's going to put you in the best
situations to succeed as a player too. So don't go against what he's saying. If you don't understand
what he's saying at that moment, try to understand what he's saying and take it all in and just try
to grow from it every single day.
And Coach Balochek, you know, he knows his football inside and out better than any other
coach that I've ever been around, hands down.
And just to be, you know, taught by him at such a young age, 18, 19, 20 years old,
that's going to help you out big time in the future.
So take it all in.
Yeah, I mean, the biggest.
You learn more from Bill than Rick?
Mm-hmm.
I love Rick.
Rick.
Rick, dude.
Cam, you're just trying to start trouble.
Yeah.
He was a troll.
He was talking about the tight-down coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Overall, you know, general football, coach Belichick, you know.
It was like situational football and all that that coach would teach you.
It's actually really, go out to the practice field.
It was overall organizational coaching that Coach Belichick would do.
And Coach Rick was great.
Dude, I love coach Rick.
And he texts me all the time and he tells me I'm a great analyst every other week.
So good I, though.
Rob, I also tell you a great answer.
Yeah, yeah, well, smirk on your face.
I think you're an analyst, Rob, you know?
This is fine.
I'm going to have a, you know, big confidence boost when I leave you.
I'm the best analyst on the planet.
All right.
And let's talk about your work for Fox.
All right.
We got a couple of retired guys.
I'm actually going to an NFL media and broadcast boot camp here in like two, three weeks.
Oh, well, just come hang out with me.
You only even have to go there.
Well, that's what we're doing right now.
What kind of tips do you have for Bo Allen, who's about to go to this NFL broadcast boot camp?
I mean.
Well, what's your goal?
What are you trying to get out of it?
Next Rob.
I'm trying, yeah, I'm trying to be the next Rob Grancowski on Fox.
All right.
What do you got for?
Well, you just show up.
You just show up, you motherfucker.
And you just pull something out of your ass when you get that.
No, it's about preparation a little bit.
No, no, I mean, we get the questions beforehand a day or two beforehand.
So it's about preparing those questions, you know, and preparing to know what you're,
you know, the subjects that you're going to talk about,
what type of, what player are going to be talking about,
what team you're going to be talking about,
and just coming up with a broad answer that relates,
this is why I'm a good analyst, Cam.
I'm not trying to impress you, Cam.
You know the game of football in and out.
I'm trying to just teach the game of football to a fourth grader
that doesn't know anything about the game of football.
So what a tackle is, you know,
I'm just trying to explain it in a very broad way.
I'm not trying to go in depth with details
and try to, you know,
you know, sound like I'm spectacular out on that broadcast field.
I'm just trying to explain it to someone that truly doesn't know the game of football
and that they can relate to me and understand it just through the relations that I'm talking.
I think that makes a lot of sense.
So keep it broad, keep a general.
Cam, what do you got to say about that?
I think you're great at that.
You relate.
I really don't have to change character and relate to the fourth grade.
Thank you.
I fucking knew it was coming.
I'm just kidding.
Rob.
Thank you.
You have a unique style as an analyst, but it's great.
I love watching you on TV.
Bring a smile on my face every time.
I'm going to come out this year, and I'm going to give Cam a shot up.
And he's not going to be expected.
What about Scotty?
Scotty, I'm still waiting for him to make a play so I can highlight it.
Yeah.
I think he's going to make a lot of plays.
He is.
I'm a believer in Scotty, though.
Same.
I fucking love Scott.
He dissed us coming on the potty, so that would be the worst idea ever.
So that's why I'm rowing him.
Yeah, fuck.
over there.
Fuck, Scotty.
Empty chair for Scotty.
Yeah, Rob said it's important.
You said it's important to know all the players when you're an analyst and be prepared.
Like Rich Russo.
One of the greatest tight ends in the history of the NFL.
Dallas Cowboys.
Yeah, great player.
Tight end.
Yeah.
Yeah, they got me pretty good.
So there's always a 600, they call it.
And you only do it if you have enough time on the show.
So, like the week before we hit the 600 and it was live.
And then like the week before.
that we had no 600 so you're not really sure if you're going to have a 600 or not that's the last
segment of the show and uh all of a sudden we we finished the show and they're like no no we still
got some time we got a 600 and i was like oh all right i was like i don't really know what we're
going to talk about i'll just sit back they're going to probably take it over and then all of a sudden
they just start hitting me with that rich russo you know that he's playing he's going to be the
starting tight ad he had they were throwing me off he has three fingers uh and and and he's going to you know
Beast, beast for the Dallas Cowboys.
I'm sitting there like, I never heard this guy before.
And in my mind, I'm like, should I even be here?
Should I even be an analyst?
I don't even know this tight end on the Dallas Cowboys.
But you want to know who came through for me was Ferguson.
Because Ferguson was having a breakout year that year.
Yeah, Wisconsin guy.
Yes.
Yeah, Wisconsin guy.
Woo-hoo.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
And he was making plays at here.
And he kind of reminded me of myself a little bit, but faster than running a 16.2 mile per hour route.
And I was like, this guy's got some game, you know, at the tight end position.
He was making plays.
So I just kept referring the situation, hey, you know, and I've been in dual tight end situations plenty of times before.
Like with you, Cam, we're dual tight ends out on the field.
We were a duo out there.
So, you know, Rich Russo will be great.
But the guy on that field that is making the plays at the tight end position is Ferguson.
So I just kept going back to what I knew, Ferguson this, Ferguson, that.
And they're going to be a great duo out there out on the field.
So that's kind of what I just kept referring to.
And I felt like I came out pretty clean.
You did.
Two, one.
All right.
We're on the air.
All right, later today, it's America's Game of the Week.
And it's one you don't want to miss.
The Dallas Cowboys go for their six win in a row.
And right now they take on a Buffalo Bills team that I guess,
Jay, there's some breaking news.
I just got a phone with Mike McCarthy,
and you guys know how big of a weapon
Rich Russo is for that team.
They just activated him, right? They just activated him.
They didn't know if he's going to be able to play today.
They think he's good to go. Not only today, but they were going to put him heavily
into that game plan.
Expect a lot of Rich Ritchard's.
That's big because Rousseau is a complete game change.
You take someone pressure off deck, take someone pressure off the run game.
Great blocker, great receiver, red zone threat.
Listen, I thought it was a stretch though.
They were talking about Tony
Gonzalez, they turn about grunk. I don't think he's grog.
Gron, where do you list
Rousseau as, like among the tight ends, playing today
at least? Oh, you know, he's been out for a little
bit, so he might be a little rusty coming back,
but I think they're going to give him the opportunities,
that's for sure. But also,
they got Ferguson as well, they're going to be a one-two
combo. Yeah, but here's the thing, Ferguson has
been the guy because, only because Rousseau's been hurt.
You've got to admit with Rousseau coming back, it just changes
their offense. Yeah, but Ferguson has been showing that
he's the guy right now. They're going to still
feed Ferguson. He's the only guy
in the league that has two fingers missing.
on his right hand. That's why he's been out, and he's back now.
So is that going to affect him when he's catching a pass?
I don't know. You tell you some of the guy. I still have all five of my fingers.
But you know what? You have ten. All ten of my fingers.
All five I need ten, all right. All five on each hand, all right. This is a joke.
Rich Rousseau does not play for the Dallas Calgary.
He's a very much. He made that out for you.
He made it.
Is that live?
I was learning like in my mind like I was going to say right when they was done I was going to say guys I never heard of him in my life.
Never heard of them in my life.
You reframe the question, dude.
That's what you're going to learn at boot camp.
There you go.
Reframed the question.
Yeah.
Talk about what you want to talk about.
If you're not sure what the real answer is.
Got it.
Reframed the question.
All right let me reframe a question for you guys right here.
See, that's called the transition.
Transition.
The industry?
Yeah, Rob.
Take notes.
Yeah.
Thank you.
This is what I want to ask you guys.
We talked a little bit about what it's like to be retired.
We're all wash as shit.
All right.
We're done playing.
Are you sure?
I can still run 16.2.
Yeah, you can guarantee that.
Yeah.
So I've been washed for a long time.
Me too, honestly.
Puka d'ekua recently came out and said he wanted to retire at the age of 30.
Is that like, people were shocked about this because obviously there's a lot of good football
left.
Like you said earlier, like when you're fucking done, you kind of know what I mean.
Do you think that that's a shame to like retire to it?
Like look at Aaron Donald.
You know what I mean?
I feel like he left.
He had at least five amazing years left.
Yeah, he did.
Two part question here.
One, do you think, do you kind of frown on guys who like state that like, hey, I'm going to retire before I'm 30?
And two, you have to.
You have to play in 2025.
How many snaps could you give?
Go.
Well, how many snaps could I give?
What position?
Tight on.
Oh, shit.
Blocking zero.
Well, that's nothing new, Cam.
You can do the charge technique, Cam?
No, I could still run a choice.
I could still run, you know, like the five-yard route.
No question.
No, yak.
No, not that different.
No yak.
Like a drag.
Like a draft.
Yeah, no yak.
Do you.
Fall forward for seven.
But I would need a couple plays off.
Well, I'm kind of different.
You're kind of like, that's your knack.
kind of like need to stay in motion.
You do.
Once an object is in motion, it tends to stay in motion.
Who said it?
Who's law.
Newton?
Let's go.
Which one?
Isaac Newin?
Yeah, which law?
Oh, uh, law number 69.
Just transition to that question.
Right there.
Refraise it.
I love that.
You're learning, Bo.
Yeah, that's smart.
What law?
What law is that?
I was going like this down low.
I don't think you can see it.
I was impressed if you guys both know that.
I was giving you the Rich Russo down here.
That is his number.
Yeah.
It's the number 69.
Okay, but we didn't answer your first question at all.
Yeah, do you think, because personally for me, like, I was always going to play as long as I could, right?
Because I do.
I was going to end with a devastating injury.
Like, I just knew it.
It was your fate.
It was my fate.
It was written.
So I always think it's interesting when guys who are especially, like, in the prime of their career, their stars,
they have a lot of good football left.
They kind of state that they, you know, want to be done at a certain time.
you i don't know i think that's maybe a me thing i was just kind of curious to see how you guys i also
think that's like that's like uh a future you problem so yeah yeah i'll be done and like what is he
like 23 or 24 yes he's i mean so he's giving himself like seven more years before that decision
comes up but um yeah i mean i think it gets hard it's like you love the game and you're feeling
healthy still and like you can still play like i think it'll probably be hard for him to do that
at 30 um but then like you look at a guy like Aaron
Donald, who was incredible, like truly unblockable, even till the end.
So he definitely could have kept playing, but I guess you don't have the passion or you want
to do something else.
Like, no, I don't disrespect a person at all for doing that.
Like, I don't think I could have done it.
Yeah.
You know, like, Father Time got me.
Yeah.
But, like, if I was still a great player having fun, like, I think it would be really hard to give up.
I agree.
You think you should have played that last year?
in Tampa? I had to. Yeah. How fun did you, how much fun did you have? That was not a very fun year
for the Buccaneers. That year, it was like, I think everyone got done with that year in the building.
It was like, I'm done with football. Dude. How many catches did you have? I have absolutely no idea.
How many yards? I don't know. How many touched them?
I had zero, but then I had one in the playoffs. And then,
How many games did you even play?
Not that many.
Yeah.
You sounded like Bo?
In your last season on the I.
I did more than five practice plays.
You guys are on my podcast, right?
Yes, sir.
Sorry, Paul.
You got to be nice for you.
I gave you bucket hats.
Sorry.
We're sorry.
But no, I didn't play a single snap for doing it.
They paid me like a lot of money.
Pretty cool.
Took a sick head shot, though.
Check that out.
It's really cool.
Yeah, you did.
What else did I want to talk to you guys about?
Okay.
We're going to wrap here pretty soon.
Okay, I'm had 11 games, 20 catches, 174 yards, one catch for three yards than a TD in the playoffs.
Dude, dude, it was more than three yards than the playoffs.
That's not what my sources are indicating to me.
Check the film, dude.
Check the tape.
Who was that first?
But that was Cowboys?
Yeah, it was probably like eight yards.
Eight yards.
Because I had to, it was.
It's eight yards.
Stat and research fuck up.
Nice.
Good job, dude.
Thank you.
It was Tom's last touchdown pass.
Yeah, it was.
Yeah.
That's what we're calling Coop's College Fund.
Coup's College Fund.
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
If there's any buyers out there, I'll donate.
You're just going to donate.
You're not going to get the football.
You just want to donate to Cooper's College Fund.
Thank you, Rob.
I'm going to stroke a check over.
Thank you, Rob.
Stroke it, though.
Stroke it, though.
Stroke it my way, dude.
All right, guys.
Stroking the signature.
Here you go.
We've talked about looking ahead a little bit.
All right.
We're a ways off from the 2025.
season.
What are we,
what are we kind of looking forward to the most for 2025 season?
Let's start with Bob.
We're looking forward to the most.
I'm looking forward to see if the New England Patriots are the real deal or not.
I mean, it's rare when a team goes out and signs 10 free agent guys.
Yeah, they had the salary cap money,
but to sign that many guys and then actually compete for a championship and compete for
first place in their division.
You've seen it plenty of times, especially with the Eagles.
Remember, I think this was right.
right before your heyday.
I'm not sure if you're on the team or not in like 2013 or everything.
They went and got the dream team.
Were you on it?
No, that was before me.
Yeah, it was before you.
And there was just all this hype because they went out and got so many free agents and
all they're going to be the best team in the league and they're going to the Super Bowl.
And then they didn't even make the playoffs.
And you've seen it plenty of times that you got to, now you look at the Eagles and they're
strong.
They have a strong base because they got guys that they drafted, guys that have been in the
organization.
They got stable players there.
And that's what makes them great.
is to be able to draft and stuff, just going to free agency to grab guys.
But that's what the New England Patriots are doing.
They just went and got about eight starters right off the streets, you know, and free agency.
And that doesn't mean that they're going to mesh well.
That doesn't mean that they're going to compete.
So I'm interested to see if Mike Brable can get them all on the same page to be able to mesh them
and see if they can go out and win the division, you know, especially with the Buffalo
bills in the division or if they don't win the division, if they can still make the playoffs.
So very interested in that.
and to see how Stefan Diggs do, does.
I mean, they just signed him last night to be the number one.
How much money did you get?
He got three years, $69 million, you know?
He's a hero.
Yeah, I'm a big Stefan Diggs fan now.
You might have to get a jersey, right?
Yeah, I'm going to get a jersey with his contract.
I'm back as a jersey.
Three for 69.
Yeah.
And then just to see how he does as well, being 31 years old, you know, coming off in ACL,
having a young quarterback.
You know, just very interesting.
You know, the bucks, I feel like, are going to be the bucks again this year.
They're going to be right in the mix of it.
They're going to have a playoff team.
Can they get over the hump in the playoff is what it's all about with that?
Let me tell you what I am looking forward to a lot in 2025,
and that is the Giants quarterback room.
The best.
I cannot wait to see the media off, the personalities.
I played with both these quarterbacks.
The Jesus off, dude.
Jesus off.
Russell Wilson, James Winston, and then the backup, Tommy, Tommy Davido.
Tommy Davido.
I can't wait, like, I cannot wait to see just kind of how this unfold.
Is it going to be a true quarterback battle?
It's a big media market, obviously, in New York.
I just cannot wait to see the storylines.
I can't wait to see James do his thing.
It's going to be fucking awesome.
That's what I'm stoked for.
I feel bad for that coach, the game coach, dude, dude, trying to, like,
Deval?
No, the QB coach.
Oh,
whoever that is.
I mean, like, just two really, like, alpha leaders.
Yeah.
But, like, both very unique in how they lead.
Both very, all very genuine in their way.
Totally.
You know what I mean?
But they're just two individuals that are just fucking amazing.
Kind of like, although they share some similarities, like, they're kind of opposite
as the spectrum and their leadership approach.
So, no, that is.
going to be amazing.
Are you going to ask me what I'm excited?
Cam, what are you looking forward to?
We've been talking a lot about looking forward.
What are you looking forward to football-wise, $2.25?
He's looking forward to my analyzing.
Plus my balls even more.
Yeah.
I'm really excited about it.
Plus your commercial appearances, I never get sick.
Oh, I'm really good at those, actually.
Yeah, they're not, like, honestly, I feel like they should put more in the games.
There's, like, not enough.
You want to know why I'm good at those because I get like 50 takes.
That's why I'm good at those commercials.
That's why I thrive.
Yeah, no, you do a great job in those.
I'm excited to see Rob miss another extra point at the halftime of the Super Bowl.
What are you like, 0 for 3?
No, actually, I went 0 for 2 and then they gave it to the Manning Brothers this year.
I will say the one year, I think it was the first year.
The wind was a huge factor.
Yeah, man, it was an excellent kick.
Had the height, had the distance.
It could have probably made it from 40.
Did it have the girth?
No.
It didn't have the girth.
Or else it would have went through.
But yeah, the win.
I blew it to, you know,
flew it wide left.
Yeah, man.
Tough.
Okay, Cam,
what are you actually looking forward to in 2025?
I'm looking forward to sitting on my couch and watching Red Zone
for seven hours every Sunday.
Dude,
I don't get how you love Red Zone like that.
I just love watching football.
I get that,
but I like to see the flow of the game.
I have Red Zone and then regular.
Yeah.
But I do the Quad Box and then I do Red Zone of my iPad.
See, the Quad Box is like two small.
It's too hard for me to focus on that.
Yeah.
But no, I mean, dude, the NFL's the best, man.
Yeah.
Like, I'm just excited.
I mean, I'm excited.
I'm a huge Bucks fan, so.
Right.
You know, they have pretty much everyone back from last year.
Yeah.
And kind of injury slowed down.
I think they'll probably add some pieces in the draft on defense.
Yeah.
But, yeah, just.
How excited are you for Chris Godwin resigning in Tampa?
Like, we all give each other a lot of shit here.
We have a lot of respect for each of.
other a lot of respect for other players.
I just want to make that very clear.
Like we give each other a hard time because it's fun.
That's what we do.
It's kind of how we fucking stay.
That's what gets you through.
Exactly.
That's the really does.
Yeah.
We want to give some guys some love too because we've been shitting on Scotty.
Rock and Bow and Cam.
But like I want to give Chris some love because he's a fucking unbelievable player.
And I'm so happy to see him sign back in Tampa.
And I think it's a good player, better guy.
Yeah.
I mean, dude, Chris is.
Chris is the best.
Such a good football player.
Like truly good at everything.
His rookie year,
we had some,
like,
we had D-Jack,
we had signed,
Mike,
a couple other guys.
So Chris didn't play a ton of receiver
until the end of the year.
And so he was a gun around special teams
and he was unbelievable.
Dude,
he's a fucking physical,
like he plays so hard.
So hard.
And I respect that so much about it.
He is just so consistent in what he does.
And,
yeah,
a couple unfortunate injuries the past few years.
years, but, like, I know he could have signed elsewhere.
Yeah.
But I think, you know, he recognizes the unique situation in Tampa,
playing with Mike, playing with the quarterback that trust him and he has a relationship
with.
So, yeah, man, I mean, it's huge for the bucks.
Like, dude, he is, like, him and Levante are like, yeah,
you got Chris on offense, Avanti on defense are, like, the perfect football players.
Cornerstone.
Selfless, great leaders.
Good dudes.
So big for the bucks to get him back.
Yeah.
Well, cool, guys.
We hit on a lot of topics.
Anything that we want to touch on before we wrap here?
Yeah, I mean, you're two and over.
It's me.
You won a Super Bowl versus me, Bo.
And then you beat me in a race, 80-yard dash.
You smoked me in the race.
But I recently had a victory over you, Matt.
I haven't played pickleball in over a year.
And this is including, you know, Scotty Miller.
So Scotty Miller and I, we lost a bow and his dad.
last year.
Yep.
And then, you know, so you're actually three and over, it's me in your lifetime.
Yeah.
But I haven't played now in a year.
Scotty and I showed back up last week.
Bo literally plays every other day for four hours, haven't even swung a paddle.
And we take down Bow and his dad, Scotty and I in the first game.
And what was it?
It was a game one of one.
And absolutely dominated them.
And I was on fire.
I was hitting every shot to the T.
And I haven't played in a year.
and Bo literally looked stiff as a board, dude.
It looked like Bo, you know, took my eight, you know, my speed time, my route speed time.
Came right from the gym.
Straight from the gym to the court.
Your boy was hurt.
Awful.
Yeah.
Looked awful.
Rob was hitting these shots.
Like, I'd hit him at his feet and he would hit it like behind him and he would just float perfectly over the debt.
Like, God damn it.
Yeah.
I was on fire.
Let's run it back, Rob.
I'm happy for you, Rob.
Congratulations.
Thank you.
Sir.
Yep.
Thank you.
Just proud of myself.
we'll have to play some more pickleball
Maybe we can get Scotty on the podcast
We make it like pickleball theme
Dude that would be a sick show dude
You guys are gonna have
Oh Scotty
This is the show ready
We set up a camera and we just live stream
Us playing pickleball
No edits and that's the show
Dude watching pickleball so much dude
You're talking about the fastest growth sport in America
Cam all right chill
Playing I do I do talk a lot of guys
Watching other people play pickleball
And talking about pickleball is so
boring. Dude, not with Rob.
You're, dude, we're, so we play
with the GMs of the lightning, the hockey
team. He's got a sick court in his backyard.
They're really fun to play with. We're
like, it's like, you know, we're shooting the
shit. We're also playing competitive. We're all trying to, like,
hit each other and we're fucking around.
You play with Rob, he'll be like,
I'll never forget this. He's
saying the score. He's about to serve, mid-serve,
catches the ball and goes, you got to be the most
jacked GM in the league.
And we're all just like, what?
Like, fucking. It's like the most,
entertaining thing because you don't ever know the thought that's going to come out around
about.
When I'm running around, Cam, and I'm feeling good.
You don't know what's going to come out of my mouth.
That's why we love you, right?
There wasn't that many, same when you're on, uh, many days, you know.
You're doing your analyzing.
We just never know what you're doing.
If I'm not feeling good though, you know, there's going to be something that's like,
wait, wait, wait, what did he say?
That did really make sense.
I'm all over the place.
That's why why the fans love me.
That's why we tune in for half-time.
Exactly.
It's either going to be good.
It's going to be great.
it's going to be awful.
All right.
Well, we are here at home,
social club,
in Hyde Park.
Thank you for having us.
The Butter Boys,
we got these awesome
Butter Boys bucket hats,
courtesy of major moments.
Check it out on Instagram.
That's my girlfriend,
so I've got to plug that one.
Pretty cool hats, though.
Anyway, Cam Brate,
Robbie G.
Thanks for joining us, guys.
This is a great show.
Really looking forward
for the next one.
Amen, brother.
Good shit, boys.
Thanks for having us on,
and inviting the best
duo
tight end situation of all time
past 30 years old
past 30 years old
good shit boys
