New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce - Peyton and Eli Manning, Super Bowl 59 Preview and Sucking on Crawfish Heads in New Orleans | Ep 123

Episode Date: February 6, 2025

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Starting point is 00:01:52 There you go. Oh, go 45 to see sex. Baby, that's all we need. We can go to the bar after dark, smoke that crawfish head. Yeah. Nice. Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen, a Wondrous show produced by Wavesports and
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Starting point is 00:02:37 Golly, I think I might have been there once. We're your hosts, I'm Travis Kelsey, he's my big brother, Jason Kelsey at the Super Bowl. Subscribe on YouTube, OneDream Plus, wherever you get your podcasts and follow the show on all social media, at New Heights Show with 1S 92%. As you know, we are here and the time is now. What are we here for?
Starting point is 00:02:55 Well, we're here for a good old rematch. The Cheese and Eagles, baby. The fuck, why wasn't I invited? I think that's why you're here. You got the invite. All right. Should have been. You're playing in the game.
Starting point is 00:03:09 My knees don't work anymore, Tripp. That's how it works. Damn it. I just, I'm gonna have to just drink hurricanes and hand grenades to forget that I'm not playing in the game, so I can't, won't have to think about it all week. Watch out, that'll get you kicked off the team.
Starting point is 00:03:24 Why don't you tell the people what we got coming up, dude? Incredible episode for you guys. We're gonna eat the Travis's thoughts on the Super Bowl. We're also gonna talk about a little bit of New Orleans food and drinks. We got two incredible guests in Peyton and Elijah Manning. It's gonna be a fun one. Can't wait to get to you guys. First, as always, new news!
Starting point is 00:03:48 New news coming in hot! That's right, New Heights Pod won gold again! Yeah! That's what we do, ladies and gentlemen. We're just, we're excellent and when I say we, our production. Yeah, they edit this very well. And I don't know how they get good shit out of us, but you guys love it and we appreciate you guys. New Heights took the gold in the best sports talk category in 2025 on the sports podcast awards. Wow. Yeah, gold medal, baby.
Starting point is 00:04:17 Are we even sports talk? Huh? Are we even sports talk? I mean, we talk and we talk about sports sometimes. So yeah. That counts, right? I think that's what sports talk? I mean, we talk and we talk about sports sometimes. So yeah. That counts, right? I think that's what sports talk is. Nice.
Starting point is 00:04:28 People listen to us because of sports, though, right? Like half of them. Nice. Well, thank you, guys. I'd love to get a gold medal. Over at the Sports Podcast Awards, we accept your gold. We don't. Do people deny gold medals?
Starting point is 00:04:43 I might. I know you would. That's why I'm, what was, but this one you accept. That's why I'm asking what this thing looks like and who's giving it to us. Sports podcast awards. Best sports talk podcast, New Heights with Jason and Travis.
Starting point is 00:04:55 I mean, it seems like a legit award. They have a cool logo. Sometimes that's half of the battle right there. I feel like all this stuff is just like, they're just trying to get us to tweet it so that they can be affirmed as an established thing. Well it worked! Nice! Thank you guys over at Sports Podcast Awards. Jason, why don't you tell everybody else what else we got? Travis has won the 2024 Walter Payton Man of the Year Charity Challenge! Oh yeah!
Starting point is 00:05:22 For those of you that don't know, the winner of the Walter Payman of the Year charity challenge is decided on a fan vote on X slash Twitter. Congratulations, Trav. Oh yeah, thank you. Thank you very much. This is the second time winning this award. Two time winner. Two time winner.
Starting point is 00:05:37 Oh, the first two time winner. Am I the first two? Oh, in the charity challenge, nice. So in the charity challenge, you are now the first back to back winner in NFL history. The chiefs are going to try and be the first back to back to back Super Bowl winners. Okay, I see where you're going. Which one is more important back to back charity award winner or back to back to back Super Bowl winner? I think the charity will thrive more if I win the Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:06:02 So you're saying the Super Bowl? Yeah. So you're saying the Super Bowl matters more than the kids in your foundation. God damn it. That's how I didn't say that. See, I trapped them. I did. They're trapped me.
Starting point is 00:06:13 Son of a buck. No. And that money will be directly injected into the city of Kansas City. So thank you guys for all voting online. I'll make sure that everybody over at 87 and Running does some good work with the money. Shout out to everyone who voted. Shout out to everyone who voted. In all seriousness, Travis and the 87 and Running Foundation
Starting point is 00:06:31 does a lot of fantastic work. It does. In the city of Kansas City. Even in Cleveland, back in our hometown. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. So shout out, Travis. Way to go.
Starting point is 00:06:40 Let's do it. Let's do it. Nice. Jason on the call at the Pro Bowl. Hey, if you want to call it that. Last bit of new it. Nice. Jason on the call at the Pro Bowl. Hey, this past weekend. That's been a new news. We got Jason in the booth over there in Orlando for the Pro Bowl, watching the Flack football game. That's right.
Starting point is 00:06:52 Yeah. How was it, man? How was it on the other side of the Pro Bowl? The Pro Bowl is just a blast. It's fun to be down there. You get to see a bunch of the best players in the world kind of being on the same field together, having fun, celebrating the fact that they Avengers like team up yeah for sure like superheroes of the NFL yeah and I think that what they're doing now is better than what they did I mean the football game that they were kind of
Starting point is 00:07:17 trying to play was pretty it's pretty boring to watch it was a tough thing to even be honest yeah to be a part of. Here's the problem. Football is only good if people are trying to kill each other. I figured that out. You're not lying. It's not a fun sport if you're not trying to kill each other. That's kind of the intensity and the aggression is what makes it inherently awesome. So when you're not trying to do is like, what the fuck are these guys doing playing football for? And that's what it kind of felt like when you were playing in there. So we're just kind of out here slapping hands.
Starting point is 00:07:49 What are we? And then there'd be one guy trying to kill. One guy. There'd always be one guy. And everybody's like, why is that guy trying to play football? And you're like, this fucking asshole's playing football. What the fuck's wrong with this asshole? We're just trying to have fun.
Starting point is 00:08:00 We're all unioned up with this fucking guy. Yeah, this guy's trying to win a Toyota. You can buy a Toyota. I want the MVP. You got to buy a Toyota. I want the MVP to get the free car. It's like, yeah, well, I won the MVP. You still have to pay for the car. So anyways, what they're doing now, the taxes on a Genesis aren't as low as you think they are. So shout out to Genesis. Yeah, shout out. Shout out to the Red Rockets, man. Andy Dalton showed me a deep cross.
Starting point is 00:08:31 Shout out to the 60 percent touchdown. All right. So we got what they're doing now with flag football. People will try for flying. That's a more like they'll have fun with it. Let's go have fun. Yeah. I'm not here to kill anybody. You got the skill event. So now it's settled into something that is more, you know, appropriate to kind of be
Starting point is 00:08:50 in. And you still get to see some highly skilled people do flips into foam pits. I feel like they should do dodgeball with footballs. Dodgeball with footballs. It's not a bad idea with Nerf balls. Yeah. No, like a full idea with Nerf balls. Yeah. No, like a full on, like the Duke.
Starting point is 00:09:08 You go with the Duke, that would hurt, hit you in the face. How bad do you want to win? Yeah. It's a lot of guys that can't throw football surprisingly. It would expose some guys. I can't throw anymore. There's some players in the NFL
Starting point is 00:09:20 that you see trying to throw football. They would get this thing all the way back there and just, boom, just come down. No, you can do it. You can still get one in. Like that elbow is tight. Then it the way back there and just yeah just come down. No you can do it you still get one in it. That elbow is tight. Then it's gonna get tight yeah. It's bad. But no the Pro Bowl was awesome being up in the booth was great. I got a good bit of advice from Dan Orlovsky shout out to Dan I was going to. Nice Danny. I went to uh Orlando I went to Disney the following day with the fam. Nice. And Dan gave me the shout out said hey go to the da wa bar Animal Kingdom to jungle juice. Oh
Starting point is 00:09:49 It was perfect Tasty great Perfect level for walking around with a bunch of kids It's ideal It really made the Safari ten times better Did you? Did you? Did you know? I know some movement out of you, but fuck this is great. I love it. How about the day for the secret to the secret animal?
Starting point is 00:10:13 Yeah, it's the best. Was it cold around the park the last time that I went down to Orlando for the Pro Bowl? It was actually freezing. Yeah, it was like that last year, too. It was cold. But this year was like 80. It's perfect. Sun was hidden behind clouds. Would you want it 80? You don't want sun out with 80.
Starting point is 00:10:29 That's a little dicey. Yeah. But no, it was good. It was good temperature. Find out Scott Van Pelt doesn't like roller coasters. What? Yeah. SVP.
Starting point is 00:10:39 I found a lot of times with taller people. Now you're pretty tall. You like roller coasters. I'm in. I was not in when we were kids though. Took me to become a man. I feel like there's something to do with height. The Millennium. The Millennium Forest. The Millennium. I used to have nightmares about the Millennium. I think that's maybe that's why. You always loved going on it. It's the best ride still to this day I've ever been on. Millennium Forest, Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio. Best roller coaster there is on
Starting point is 00:11:03 the planet. I don't care what anybody says. I mean, it's hard to argue that one. Yeah. Well, you can't because I just said, I don't know what you said. I finally went on it. I went on all the roller coasters and then finally was like, I'm going to do Millennium Force. This is like when I'm like in high school or maybe even when I was in college. But I am when you get to the top of that thing, because it's right on the lake.
Starting point is 00:11:24 It's on Lake Erie and Sandusky, Ohio. It's beautiful. Picturesque. college, but when you get to the top of that thing, because it's right on the lake, it's on Lake Erie and San Andesky, Ohio. It's beautiful, picturesque. By the time I got on there, the sun was going down and everything was kind of shining off of the water and I felt like the whole thing was just going to fall into the water when I got up there. I blacked out. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:41 It was terrifying. That's a bad feeling. And then I overcame my fear. Yeah. And I didn't black out. That's why I keep trying to get my kids to just go and do stuff because I feel like that's how I overcame it. Just go do it. Yeah. And they're like, oh, it wasn't that bad. Dude, that's how hockey was for me too. My kids will not do it. They won't do it. I did an ice skating. I mean, they can't go on anything that extreme right now. Dad literally just threw me out there and then pushed a cane at me. It always worked for us. He pushed like a walker at me,
Starting point is 00:12:02 like an old person's walker. That always worked for us. I used it to like get up and then he was like, do a lap. Yeah. I was like, all right. And then by the time I was fucking. And then by the time you're done with the lap, you're feeling great.
Starting point is 00:12:14 I don't need this thing. I tossed that cane over there, I was flying around. Couldn't stop though, couldn't stop. It doesn't work for my kids though. They just act like I'm being like a bad dad by forcing them to do stuff they don't want to do that's part being dead yeah yeah I respect it it's good the night the Kylie doesn't she's I have to deal with this I thought be fine
Starting point is 00:12:36 trust me trust Kylie and Kelsey did this to me we be good experience I'm just gonna spin this little teapot around. Don't trust me. Yeah. Don't trust me either. It didn't work. Look at this guy. They don't.
Starting point is 00:12:52 You're not going to trust this guy? Look at him. I'm trusting this guy. Who doesn't trust me with a mask. All righty. We're done talking about the Pro Bowl. We do want to talk about what everybody wants to talk about in New Orleans, which is a little bit of food and a little bit of drinks. That's right. As with a lot of the shows where we are remote,
Starting point is 00:13:14 we like to do some things that are culturally specific and nothing says New Orleans like alcoholic beverages and weird foods. So we're going eat some right now. First up we got fried alligator and a hurricane. We got some gator nuggets? We do. Travis, I'll get in on some gator nuggets. You'll eat alligator? Travis, you won't eat alligator? I will eat alligator. You won't eat rabbit? Nope. You won't eat? Too gamey. Duck? Gamey. How do you know? I've had it. So you'll try meats. You just don't like white sauces.
Starting point is 00:13:48 I'm not trying that white sauce. I know that's tartar sauce. That's tartar sauce? How do you know that's tartar sauce? You can see it from here. It's got pickles in it. Yeah, it's tartar sauce. Yeah, you're not sure?
Starting point is 00:13:57 All right. I'll try the half mayo. I'll try the half mayo. It's all right. Let's go. I'll try the tartar. I'm not afraid to tartar up. These are pretty good. They're a little gamey. I'm not gonna lie. It always tastes so similar like chicken.
Starting point is 00:14:12 It's the fried. They did have a smoked alligator. That yum yum sauce isn't as yum yum as I thought it was gonna be. I'll try the tartar. It's real yum yum. Oh you got it. You got it. Try the tartar. It's really yum yum. Now you got it. You got it. Give me some of that, that gator. It's damn good. Gator don't play that shit.
Starting point is 00:14:31 I had some smoked alligator at Eagle's Tail Gate because it's very traditional cuisine of Philadelphia as well. And it tastes a lot like lobster. They catch those fresh every day? Right out of the deal where? Nice. You're going to clean the whole plate, aren't you? No.
Starting point is 00:14:49 I'm done after this because we got more food to review. But I'm going to get to this hurricane. You got the hurricane. It can't be. You can't be out here drinking like that. I know what those things do. Who made this? Technically, Haley made it.
Starting point is 00:15:03 Haley? Can we get Haley made it. Haley? Can we get Haley in here? What is in a herb? Where did you get the recipe from though? Pat O'Brien's mix. Larry O'Brien's brother. I thought that was Pat O'Reilly. Yeah. That too.
Starting point is 00:15:22 Chug, chug, chug. Oh man. That would have been awesome if he would have just. I forgot to put the mix in. What is that? Fucking rum. It's just straight rum? I think red with some red food coloring. Is there some grenadine in that thing?
Starting point is 00:15:36 Get an accelerator. Get a cherry ice pop. That always goes well with them. Man, that's really good. I love hurricanes. I'm not gonna lie. It feels like the most significant part of that is cherry. I'm not gonna lie.
Starting point is 00:15:44 I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. Get a cherry ice pop. That always goes well with them. Man, that's really good. I love hurricanes, I'm not gonna lie. Feels like the most significant part of that is cherry. There's a cherry, there's cherry in that thing? I have no idea. What? Yeah, cherry. It's pretty good. It's pretty good. What else is in there, big guy?
Starting point is 00:15:58 Cherry, there's some orange in there. Yeah, you can see it. Give me some, give me some. Outside of that, I don't know. I don't know what else. Orange, orange, I'm getting a strong cherry and orange it. Give me some. I'm sorry that I don't know. I don't know what else. Orange orange. I'm getting a strong cherry and orange flavor. Cherry orange. An overwhelming amount of. Captain Morgan Captain Morgan at that.
Starting point is 00:16:15 It's not Captain Morgan. It's not spiced. It's unspiced rum. The old Brent Selig. I got Brent Selig's out there for like helping the Eagles defense. I saw you Brent Bearcat for life the Eagles defense. I saw you Brent. Bearcat for life my ass. I saw that shit. Zach Ertz was texting me about it. That guy is fucking, he's telling him my moves.
Starting point is 00:16:31 He's showing off. Do you think he knows your moves? Yeah, I'm not gonna lie. It was pretty spot on. I watched the video. That's exactly how I run. I know exactly what you're. Know what you're telling them.
Starting point is 00:16:40 Gonna have a few change ups and curve balls and sliders and knuckle curves i got all types of pitches so fried alligator what are you thinking how are we rating this one out of ten honestly i'm giving that a six nice all right and i don't know what that means but we both are on the same page tra Travis, you have not had this hurricane, but you have had hurricanes. I have had hurricanes. In the grand scheme of drinks that you would walk up and down a street with, where does a hurricane rank? Yeah, I like, I'm a like, Long Island kind of guy.
Starting point is 00:17:17 You're gonna walk up and down a street with a Long Island? Yeah. No, you drink a Long Island at like a clubhouse bar, like at a, like that's not, you don't walk up another street with a Long Island like a sailor. It's just like, it's like a, just like jungle juice. It's just like a bunch of shit that you. No, it's way different.
Starting point is 00:17:34 Long Island is like a classy jungle juice. It's a classy jungle juice? Yes. Long Island is what you get at like a, you get at a bar. You can't walk around with a Long Island. It's not a walk around drink. I thought it was a walking around and sip kind of drink I don't think so all right well then what are we what's a I mean all I know are just
Starting point is 00:17:51 bourbon bourbon street drinks bourbon street drinks yeah I mean they are I learned my synonymous with walking around I don't do walk around drinks anymore yeah for that time I got an open container in college. Did I ever tell that story on here? No, please. I was I just turned 21. I just turned 21. And I went to a house party in Cincinnati. And the cops come to like, tell us to shut the fuck up. And the cop walks through the door. And he and everybody starts running because there's a bunch of under eight like, I was like barely over 21. Everybody else is like under 21. So they start skedaddling and I'm good. I'm good, baby
Starting point is 00:18:29 I'm drinking drinking a beer in front of the cop. He's like, do you live here? I said I'm 21 He said I did not ask that I said, all right. He's like, do you live here? I said, no. He said, I suggest you get the fuck out of here. I'm like, all right. Yes, sir. We start walking to another house.
Starting point is 00:18:54 We're like four blocks away. And like, I'm, I am not exaggerating. We are like maybe three houses before I'm in that front door. I reach into the case, take a can of beer out, crack it, whoop whoop! Guy pulls up, rolls his window down, same cop. Well, well, well, if it isn't Mr. 21. Oh, he gave me a ticket so fast, he's like, you know, if you know this, you're not allowed to have an open container. And I was like, and he left one of his deputies behind. They give me the ticket. Oh, yeah. And the deputy is like, yeah, you can drink the whole thing.
Starting point is 00:19:31 I don't care. He's making me do this. So, yeah, I deserve it. It happens for sure. That's hilarious. All right. That's enough food and drink for right now. Let's toss it to Peyton and Eli. I'm sure they'll be able to give us their ideas of where Hurricane and Fright Alligator rank and their expertise with New Orleans.
Starting point is 00:19:53 Old Miss. Old Miss. New Orleans. Where is Old Miss? I think it's in Mississippi. Well, I know it's in Mississippi. I didn't. Oxford.
Starting point is 00:20:03 Thank you. It's in Oxford, Mississippi, Jay. Before we keep going with the show, it's time for Travis to get out of here because he can't be here for this next segment. Joining me now is our good friend, intern Brandon. Our good friend. We've only got one game this weekend. What game parlays are we going to build this week? I'm looking at Pat Mahomes two plus passing touchdowns. I like that.
Starting point is 00:20:29 I think with the game on the line, the Chiefs will go to Pat. I think they're gonna run some of that shit at the goal line again. We're gonna see some corn dogs we've never seen before. They're gonna leave the ball in Pat's hand. I like that.
Starting point is 00:20:38 And then Jalen Hurts, any time TD scorer. And that is rushing. I think that could be a tush push. It could be maybe some quarterback design runs. Yeah. And I know this is one you have, you're a specialist in this, coin toss. Tails never fails.
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Starting point is 00:22:30 Buffalo Wild Wings Go! Order wings for takeout or delivery today. All right, I think it's time to bring on our guest. This has been long, long waiting. Oh yeah. And we're happy as hell to get you. Jason, why don't you do the honors and give them the intro.
Starting point is 00:22:48 You got it Trav. From Newman High School, New Orleans, Louisiana. A combined 18 Pro Bowls, four Super Bowls, three Super Bowl RGPs, two Walter Payton Man of the Years, and one of them is still undefeated in the Pro Bowl. Please welcome Peyton and Eli Manning. Yeah. There we go. I like that,
Starting point is 00:23:15 Jason. We're just gonna bring you with us wherever we go. Give us a. I will I will gladly be your your guys permanent hype man. I think down here he actually comes with a band. I think it's like a whole thing. I want to get one. Do you guys know a good band that can be-
Starting point is 00:23:26 Yeah, is Newman High School got a good marching band or what? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, solid, really solid. Solid, solid. I could think of a few others that might be a little better. We could start with Newman. Let's start off with the Pro Bowl, man. You guys went head to head down at the Pro Bowl.
Starting point is 00:23:43 Yeah. And yeah, Eli. Got the three Pete. Yeah, you got the three Bowl, man. You guys went head to head down at the Pro Bowl. Yeah. And yeah, Eli. Got the three Pete. Yeah, you got the three Pete, dog. I think, I think. How does it feel? How does it feel? Just.
Starting point is 00:23:52 Payton's officially on the hot seat, I think, as coach. I saw some breaking news headlines, kind of. Adam Scheffer. On social media. So, I mean, if he does get fired, I will, I'll probably hire him as my special teams coach. Team quarterback coach or waterboy or something, you know, just I mean, I mean, the problem is, you know, just to be honest is that there's a lot of pro bowlers every year that are starters that just happen to be on the Chiefs, but they're not eligible to play in the parable because they're in the Superbowl. So and I'd be a game changer in that game for you, Payton. You know, I would.
Starting point is 00:24:32 Travis, I kind of blame you and Patrick. How's that the Chiefs fault? Chiefs fault. Yeah. She's got to ask you. Was that your idea with Turpin? Whose idea was that on defense just blitz Turpin every single snap? I thought that was genius. Yeah, you know, these special teamers, you know, they kind of have rules around we want the offensive guys playing offense, defensive guys playing defense. This special teamers, you know, that we don't have any special teams.
Starting point is 00:25:04 There's no there's no kickoff returns or punts. So they can freelance. You can use them however. So I said, hey, I told Larry Foote, I said, Turpin's your special blitz guy. He's fast, he can run, had a couple sacks. He's not going to get tired. Like the first series we were rushing some outside linebackers They were kind of rushing in there because they don't want to drop these guys professional rushers
Starting point is 00:25:31 They're not drop guys covers guys, but then burrows running right by him So turpin got the got the got to call pretty quickly. I loved it. I loved it pain We also had your son Marshall out there Maybe throwing better than All the quarterbacks there. I mean, this is a I think we got a clip here. Is every does every like Manning get a chance to throw the pill? Are they just like it's just in them to be able to to hook it or what?
Starting point is 00:25:57 Well, it's kind of like I kind of got told Eli. We were not raised to be kickers. We were raised to be quarterbacks. And so that's kind of commercial, by the And so that's kind of all we know. Can't outrun anybody, certainly can't kick. But yeah, look, that's kind of why I sort of coached the Pro Bowl. Travis, I mean, my son Marshall for the past three years gets to warm up. Joe Burrow, the best quarterbacks in the NFL. I don't know how you beat that. He's playing catch with Jamar Chase and, you know,
Starting point is 00:26:28 Patton Go with Justin Jefferson. So what a cool moment for him. The kid in me is so jealous of Marshall, man. That is such a cool opportunity for him to go out there and have some fun with the gang. I'm sure he's absolutely living it up, man. Oh, no, no doubt. He loved it.
Starting point is 00:26:43 And like I said, I'm not happy about losing Eli. And I feel like if it has to be like a brother's thing, coaching the Pro Bowl and I cost Eli, you know, his job as well, there's only other two. There's only one other set of brothers that I know of that has a NFC, AFC connection, you know, Jason seems eligible, you know, Travis, I'd keep playing as long as you can, but I feel like when that time comes, I think my job is definitely a jeopardy
Starting point is 00:27:14 if the Kelchys want to take over the Pro Bowl. Tell you what, I can put a mean run game in that flag football outfit. Oh, it'd be lateral central if I ever got the got the chance to coach that thing up. We're tied right now with Super Bowl victories, Kelceys and
Starting point is 00:27:33 Mannings four piece. Does that mean the Mannings are officially pulling for the Eagles? Huh? I don't know for me to pull for the Eagles like being in the big you know, but it's a little bit easier this year with Saquon being there and having
Starting point is 00:27:51 teammates. Oh, yeah. You know, I think these situations you really you root for players. You root for coaches that you know. And I mean, obviously, you know,
Starting point is 00:28:00 a lot of connections. Travis rooting for you to win a Super Bowl rooting for new use on side on Andy Reed and But you know, it's a little more difficult Eagles but with Saquon there you kind of want you want all those guys to experience Winning a championship obviously Travis you you've done it many times and to go for a three Pete would be an unbelievable But but you know that feeling and you never get tired of it. So do you, Jason, you know that feeling when of winning a championship and you want all your all your pals that you've met or played with to have that feeling at least one time.
Starting point is 00:28:33 I mean, my question would be, Jason, would be if we're even, you know, really with the amount of rings, you know, I know certain teams, certain owners, when they win, they give rings to alumni who are just integral and kind of creating the culture of the team. I can't think of a guy more more significant and kind of creating that tough run the ball, tough offensive lineman culture than you. So if the if the Eagles happen to win, do you think you would get a ring? Do you think you deserve a ring? Let's just sell it right here.
Starting point is 00:29:09 Because if that's the case, you're not out of screws in this competition. I'm getting a ring out of this game, nor are you. I mean, the Broncos at least made the playoffs. The Giants were eliminated after like week eight. You don't get rings to make the playoffs. I'm going to get my eye off. Uh the Giants will eliminate that for like week eight. You don't get rings to make the
Starting point is 00:29:31 playoffs. You don't get rings. I will gladly decline any charitable ring that they're going to be trying to give out to me because I don't deserve any of it but I had I did lose my first shoot ball ring in Nevada, Chile. I will take
Starting point is 00:29:43 another one of those if they want to just print that one out again. I can take that one again. Yeah. Oh, you were just talking about the the big field goal kick. You guys got coming up here. Gronk has missed it two years in a row, I believe. Are we feeling confident we can at least get one up and over? Jason, we actually were in Orlando. We watched some film with Gronk drove down from Tampa and brought film of his first two kicks and we were kind of learning what not to do, right? Grok had his whole
Starting point is 00:30:11 family out there, the first kick. He had a full uniform on, he had a helmet. It was windy that day in Arizona. By the way, I think there's something about Grok missing when the Chiefs are in the Super Bowl. That seems to be the theme. So hopefully that doesn't apply to us. Eli pulled a quad in practice. I don't know if he put that out of the injury report. That should change the odds, but I have a new respect for kickers. I've been so sore every time I practice. I really don't know why it goes in and why it doesn't go in.
Starting point is 00:30:44 There's no to it, but I haven't pulled a quad. I'm healthy going into Sunday's Kick of Destiny 3 and I think I'm going to make it. Oh, I like how all the confidence. I'm healthy now. This is about six weeks ago. Did pull a quad and I've been practicing for six weeks. Six weeks. Yeah. Yeah, I started six weeks? Six weeks, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:31:05 I started six weeks ago, day one. I mean, it's lots on the line, I get it. He's just getting healthy though. He's been on the sideline for a little bit. Yeah, no stretch, no nothing. I was just like, I'll just kick at 25 yarder. I was like, put it at 25. I kicked one, it went in.
Starting point is 00:31:21 I kicked the next one and it went four yards with a pull of quad and I limped. Oh my God. I'm not sure if it went in. I kicked the next one and it went four yards with a pool of quad and I'm uh I've I kicked uh I kicked on Monday this week. It felt good. I didn't get to to the full 25 yards but I just uh you know, I kicked about a 20
Starting point is 00:31:41 yarder and I think I'll I'll be ready for Sunday. Uh I'll get you that extra. They said they can give me a torter all shot now that I'm not a player. I'm taking both. This guy's committed. This guy's committed. Full throttle. I'm going game day mode, full warm up, full super tee shot, get everything. I cannot wait to see this man.
Starting point is 00:31:59 Jason actually had a similar experience where he got to respect the kickers a little bit as well. Trying to kick a field goal on college game day in front of Pat McAfee man it was class. I was on a I was on a slant I was on a slot like a slight angle in boots. Yeah well you chose to wear the boots so. No that was part of the sponsorship I had. Shout out to Timberland.
Starting point is 00:32:20 Timberland, great job Timberland. We are down in the Shoot Bowl. We're in New Orleans, your hometown. Oh, yeah. Couple Shoot Bowl questions. You guys have both worked with Jalen Hurts and Patrick Mahomes, who have both attended Manning Passing Academy as high schoolers. Did you guys both know that they had the opportunity, what would have the potential to play in the Shoot Bowl one day?
Starting point is 00:32:40 Jason, both those guys actually came to the camp as college players, as counselors. It's a high school football camp that we have college players come and serve as counselors. And in return, Eli and I will spend time with them in between high school practices on their NFL aspirations. Jalen came twice and you definitely just saw what a natural leader he was. Quiet confidence, just the way he cares for himself. You can see why people want to follow him. And then Mahomes just, yeah, his swagger just jumps out.
Starting point is 00:33:11 I remember it was raining one night and we were like, hey, I'm not sure we want to throw tonight. You know, there's people out there watching and... Oh, man, I'll throw, I'll rip it right now. Jesus. He doesn't flinch, he doesn't care. I'll swing it right now. Jesus. He doesn't flinch, he doesn't tear. I'll swing it at anything. That's exactly what he said.
Starting point is 00:33:32 And to me, that's just pretty telling. As you know, Travis, you know, when you're in college and people are around watching, I don't want to throw today. Maybe there's some coach up there, some GM that happens to have a kid at the camp, maybe they're watching, or maybe this hurts, Patrick was just like,
Starting point is 00:33:48 nope, I'll go out there and throw it. And so those are the two things I took away from having both those guys at the camp. And you see that has transferred to their NFL careers. And so I'm proud of both of them. They've been fun to watch. And I think that's why it would be a great quarterback matchup on Super Bowl Sunday.
Starting point is 00:34:04 Have you talked to either of these guys before the big game yet? I texted both of them after the NFC and AFC championship, congratulating them, wishing them luck. Both of them got back to me. I've kind of stayed in touch with a lot of the quarterbacks that have come through the camp. I think this past year, Jason, we had 26 of the 32 starting NFL quarterbacks were counselors at the Manning Passing Academy. So it's quite the fraternity. So you and I keep up with them,
Starting point is 00:34:32 obviously talk to a lot of them, you know, getting ready for a Manning Cast game, but just kind of wishing luck throughout their careers. And so I've kept up with Patrick and Jaylen throughout their careers. Jaylen reached out a couple of years ago about kind of the routine of the Super Bowl. And I sort of gave him my tips and pointers. He kind of knows that routine now. Mahomes, you know, gets his mails sent to the Super Bowl every year because he knows he's going to beat that.
Starting point is 00:34:59 So Travis does as well. So they don't have to ask me too many questions anymore about the Super Bowl routines. Well, you always got the best advice big guy. I remember getting my first shot at SNL and getting the text from you to just enjoy the ride man. I loved I appreciated that that made me feel so much more at home knowing that you believed in me to have fun and to do it the right way.
Starting point is 00:35:21 So I appreciate that you like you actually had had you had somebody come up to you at the Pro Bowl. So I appreciate that. But Eli, you actually had somebody come up to you at the Pro Bowl and tell you that he was actually in the Manning camp. Yeah. The wide receiver from Atlanta, right? Yeah. Hodge.
Starting point is 00:35:34 Hodge. There it is. He came up and said he was a camper. He came his junior year. He was a quarterback and he came to the camp. That's crazy. And obviously we told him I think you should try receiver uh and so we saw we saw right there. It's like uh we did seven-one-seven. He was playing receiver some made some plays
Starting point is 00:35:56 and now he's you know he's uh making making the Pro Bowl. It's a special team guy but you know you know he's a receiver also in the NFL and and so just a great story. So we've had a couple of guys a couple of guys a couple of quarterbacks in the NFL also. They Russell Wilson was a camper. He you know, he was not as a counselor became as a camper as the new coach of
Starting point is 00:36:18 the Jaguars. Liam Cohen was a camper Lee. How about that? Nice. So that's how that's how old we are. We got coaches that were campers now. That's crazy, man. You guys have been doing it for a while, man. Me and Hodge have a similar story.
Starting point is 00:36:35 I was actually recruited at Tennessee. David Cuckliffe was working me out, thought I had some potential to be a football player, not to be a quarterback. So Tennessee never offered me, but yeah, eventually made the transition over. Travis would have been a camper. You would have sped his career up quite a bit, getting him away from the quarterback position.
Starting point is 00:36:53 Exactly. No, that's awesome stuff you guys do with the young guys, man. And always paving the way for the future, man. That's always good stuff. Thanks. Eli, you were talking about your former teammate, Saquon Barkley. And when we had Saquon on the show, we do a lot of the welcome to your NFL moments. And his welcome to the NFL moment
Starting point is 00:37:13 was when, or at least he said, you shoved grass in his mouth. Oh, yeah. Can we, is this a confirmed story? Yeah, this is a confirmed story. Every year before the before the first preseason game. And you know, a lot of these years, you know, kind of the starters aren't playing much. And they're really going over a little bit that first game, what the routine is before the first preseason game by how do we line up? How do we stretch? Like, how do you run
Starting point is 00:37:43 out of the tunnel? All the pat and go. So we're kind of doing those things. And I'm kind of sitting on the sideline a long time and I always kind of walk up to a few of the rookies and I'm kind of holding my mouth and I'm going, man, I got to get my teeth been bothering me. I got to get my wisdom teeth pulled after the game. And they're kind of asking questions. I gotta get my wisdom teeth pulled after the game. And they're kind of asking questions. I asked them if they've ever had their, if they have or had their wisdom teeth pulled,
Starting point is 00:38:11 whether to say yes or no, I say, you know, can I see? If can I either see or you still have holes in your mouths? And so when they kind of open up and look up and open their mouth, I got a big chump or clump of grass and dirt in my hand. And I just throw it in there. And, you know, I've got my three or four guys on that first practice.
Starting point is 00:38:34 I got a few coaches. So I'm the best. Oh, Sean O'Hare and I were trying to get a rookie in a money tumor came over. Amani is like in his ninth year and he jumped in the conversation. Like we're not talking to him. We're like and he opened up and O'Hara with a cup of grass in his mouth. We weren't trying to get you. You offered up this information. I can't resist. You volunteered
Starting point is 00:39:03 yourself. Yeah, that's amazing. since we're on the Super Bowl. Do you guys either of you have a welcome to the Super Bowl moment? I mean, I think it's like it was my ninth year playing in it for the first year and just, you know down in Miami was raining that year's only only Super Bowl that it really had rained. But I think, you know, Billy Joel sang the national anthem. I think there's something about being on the sideline when that national anthem
Starting point is 00:39:31 plays, watching it all those years as a kid. Travis, my first Super Bowls as a kid were in New Orleans, obviously. I saw the, who's that? I saw Montana beat the Broncos in the 89, 89, 90 season, whatever that was. That was in New Orleans. I actually was in college, came back and saw the Packers beat the Patriots in the Superbowl. So there obviously been some great ones there
Starting point is 00:39:59 in New Orleans. There'd be another great one with your chiefs and the Eagles, but that national anthem is I still get emotional watching it as a fan, you know, as a as an ex player sitting at home. But I think we are on the sidelines. No one this game is about to happen. That's something that kind of kind of jumped out to me that I'm really here. And I'm really playing in Super Bowl.
Starting point is 00:40:21 It's pretty cool. Well, you're firing me up just thinking just talking about it. 100 percent. You had the worst start to a Super Bowl. It was a pretty cool moment. Woohoo! You're firing me up just thinking, just talking about it, man. 100%. You had the worst start to a Super Bowl with Hester just running back the opening kick. Yeah. It was an emotional moment. It was an emotional moment that kind of ended pretty quickly with Hester. We got to lock in, boys.
Starting point is 00:40:41 We got to lock in. That's too good. Eli, you got one for us? You know, I, yeah, I mean, I think it's it's just for me. It was just trying to like get that first completion and I just remember,
Starting point is 00:40:51 you know, you're just nervous. I mean, kind of a new nerve and you play the whole season. You play playoff games. You play the UFC championship. All of a sudden, it's like a Super Bowl. Uh just all the all the, you know, the lights and the
Starting point is 00:41:03 national anthem and everything going on and I just remember, you know, the coach was kind of going through some of the plays and I was just like, Coach, I'm just I'm a little nervous. I want like I need a handoff the first play. Like, I don't want to, you know, I'm just I don't know. I just got to get like breathe a little bit. So we got a handoff and I got my first completion next play. And and, you know, had a nice kind of Tim play long drive, got a field goal. And then, you know, it was a nice kind of 10 play, long drive, got a field goal, and then it was kind of back
Starting point is 00:41:28 to normal. But it's definitely a different intensity, and just two weeks to think about it. And there's so much coming on this game, and what it means to your team, your fans, your family, so many people coming in town for it. So the heart's pumping a little bit harder. That first series that was Super Bowl for sure.
Starting point is 00:41:50 100 percent. I still don't remember the first half of the one that I was in. I don't I have no idea. I just I remember like we started the game down 10 in my mind. I'm just like, how did this happen? Where did this? We all have our homes. I need them more now than ever. Travis, you've been running the wrong plays
Starting point is 00:42:09 for the first entire half now. I'm locked in, coach. I got it. I got it. I gotta ask you guys as a center, Peyton, you brought up Sean O'Hara, so I'm gonna come back to you, Eli, because I do know Sean O'Hara very well.
Starting point is 00:42:21 I also know Jeff Saturday very well. There is a moment on the sideline between you and Jeff. Legendary. And you, I think everyone knows which moment I'm talking about. It's one of my favorite interactions of a quarterback center of all time. Just two questions.
Starting point is 00:42:35 How quickly did you realize you were mic'd up? The whole time, it was just like mid fury of just like, I'm tired of this guy bitching. I need to like, go ahead. All right. I mean, look, when'm tired of this guy bitching. I need to like it. Go ahead. All right. I mean, when you're mic'd up, you know, to me, you know, the sooner you can forget about it, the better, right?
Starting point is 00:42:50 I always kind of knew I was mic'd up in pregame warmups because they, you know, you put your pads on, you can see the tape over the mic. So you're just kind of thinking about it. And hopefully once the game goes, but we had run the ball all the way down there. Jayson had a good, good run game. it and hopefully once the game goes but we had run the ball all the way down there. Jay had a good run game. We were playing a Monday night game against the Rams, ran it down there and the Rams in the side of the five yard line basically said, okay, enough's enough. They loaded the box. We had a run play called. First down and second down, they were blitzing everybody. We audible throw throw
Starting point is 00:43:25 incomplete. Now, it's third and go throw again. So, naturally, Jeff and the offensive line just like all of you are not happy like, you know, why do you run it to get down there and now and now we're going to throw
Starting point is 00:43:37 it. Yeah. And so, we sit on our separate sides of the bench but I can hear him talking. I can hear him. Why are we why are we throwing it? Just run the rock. Run the rock and I just kind of let it breathe, let it breathe. And finally I just snapped and I go down there and I'm all fired up. Then I realized Travis, I mean, I am an enemy territory the entire office
Starting point is 00:43:55 of the line ready to support their center and come right at me. Okay, let me kind of back off of this. But I'll tell you a good Super Bowl story about Jeff Saturday real quick. Every Thursday during our entire career in Indianapolis, Jeff and I played together forever. We always did wet ball drills, right? Where we're taking snaps before practice
Starting point is 00:44:17 and the equipment guy is spraying the water bottle on the football, creating the environment. And Jeff would get so mad, Travis, because he'd say, Peyton, we're playing in the RCA Dome this week. There's no chance of rain. I'm like, you never know. There could be a leak.
Starting point is 00:44:35 You never know. We're gonna prepare. It's ritual at this point. We're gonna prepare. Anyway, we do that for eight years, right? And every Thursday, no matter what, we get to the Super Bowl, it's raining, like just cats and dogs,
Starting point is 00:44:48 and we have zero fumbled snaps. The Bears have three fumbled snaps. And I say that's why we've been doing the wet ball snap drill all these years. So those little things pay off in the Super Bowl. I love it. When you're a Dome team, baby, that's good shit right there. Eli, do you have any of those stories with Sean?
Starting point is 00:45:07 Yeah. On to your centers? Well, I had wet ball drill with Sean every single day. Every day. It's a spreader. It would spread so badly. It wasn't rain, it was just swamp ass, huh? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:45:22 I mean, this is before you're in shotgun every playout. We're under center, eye formation, and we're under center on first and second down every series, even third down sometimes. We're under center, like, and dropping back and throwing the ball. So I mean, it was, I was getting the wet ball. I made him change his pants at halftime, which is a, times. That's not easy. That's not I mean, they just get to cut the pants off. Because you got your shoes are sped up. You're taped up. Yeah, everything out.
Starting point is 00:45:54 I mean, he's on his back is laying there and people are ripping them off. It's not that hard to get the pants on but putting dry pants on a wet body is not an easy feat, especially over in sleets. So he was happy about that. He was, he was ready for November to hit the cooler weather. I didn't make him change the pants, but we didn't have any fumbled snaps just because of all the wet ball drill. Every single day.
Starting point is 00:46:18 Just standard wet ball drill. So good. All right. Let's, let's get off the centers and get on some tight ends, baby. You guys both played with some great ones. Jeremy Shockey my guy Dallas Clark absolute legends man. I remember coming in and wanting to be like Shockey. He was such an energy like he looked like a force to be reckoned with every single time
Starting point is 00:46:38 he played the game and Dallas Clark. I mean his fearlessness over the middle paid and I don't know how many times I saw you guys throw a bender in cover two and he just went up there and just got smoked for the team. He's just, no gloves on, just going up, just running through a wall for a guy. Shockey's bender is a little bit different than Dallas.
Starting point is 00:46:57 Shockey, you have a bender, that word means something different to Shockey. Yes. I was, I had to ask though, what do you think it is about tight end and quarterback like relationship that really gets the best out of the offense? I mean, to me, look, they're closer to the quarterback than the X or the slot. They're right there. Just kind of three players away, right? Guard, tackle, tight end. So they're kind of one of the last guys that you kind of almost break the huddle with, I feel like, Travis. You could always, I mean, I see Travis and Patrick talking
Starting point is 00:47:34 as they're breaking the huddle. And so you can kind of get the last word in, hey, if they blitz, break hot. Hey, look, watch out for cover two man. Give the guy a little stick to the outside before you bend it. And so I think just that little extra conversation, maybe that closer proximity kind of creates that tight end quarterback bond
Starting point is 00:47:54 and always felt like I knew where Dallas was going to be. Look what, you know, Patrick and Travis have created is a whole different level, but it's just a real comfort zone and you know, I love Dallas. Like you said, he was fearless across the middle. We were down there with Kittle. He was talking about tight end you and how Dallas still comes back and works it. So special.
Starting point is 00:48:17 It's a special connection when you have a quarterback and tight end that had that fuel for each other. There's a confidence there. And I felt that way with Dallas. And obviously you and Patrick have had that forever. I think the other thing with the tight ends and quarterback, it's harder for a team to double a tight end. And you know, you might have a receiver in the outside, Hey, we got to take away this receiver.
Starting point is 00:48:40 We're going to play two man or double him in different ways or play certain zones to take him away, where you kind of, some of your staple plays on first and second down, you know, you're going to have a matchup in the offensive favor of a tight end on a linebacker possibly, where, hey, we can run a stick route, we can get our completion.
Starting point is 00:49:00 So I think you just have a lot of your high-percentage completion plays or kind of the tight end is the number one read. And if they do take him away or they have bad leverage, you should have one-on-one with your receivers and get through your progression. But I just think kind of some of your staples and your comfort plays, it starts with the tight end being that first read. Nice. And we can all confirm that you got to get that bond off the field and have some beers. How many times you go on a bender with Shockey?
Starting point is 00:49:28 I don't know about any benders. No benders with Shockey, but definitely, you know, we hit the town in New York City a few times those first couple of years. He showed me some spots I definitely haven't been to since, let's say that. I love him, man. Shout out to Shaki, baby. I got to ask this. I don't know if he's going to, but what would you guys, I mean, you guys know that Travis is kind of known for not running the route on the page.
Starting point is 00:49:54 I'd assume. How would you guys have liked playing with a tight end that freelance like that? Would you have been in favor of that? I'm not running the wrong route. I'm running what the quarterback wants me to run. It might not be what's on paper. He might not even know he wants you to run. Exactly. I would agree with Travis. I feel like Travis keeps the offensive coordinator from kind of being a one play away, right? You know, if you have outside leverage and you have an out route, I see Travis, you know, kind of just curl it in and Mahomes sees that and he throws it to him as opposed to saying, man, I wish we would have had the inside curl route on that play. So he's kind of a coordinator's best friend. And look, as long as the quarterback knows that he might do that, I think that's,
Starting point is 00:50:44 that, I mean, I think that's that I mean, that makes it okay, right? If all of a sudden you're just going to surprise the quarterback and just make stuff up. That's one thing, but it doesn't look like to me. Travis has ever surprised Patrick out there. He's just finding those kind of soft spots in the zone. And like I said, the coordinator looks like a genius. Wow, what an unbelievable play call. You know, created the perfect location for Travis to be open. Meanwhile, Travis should have co-op as a coordinator as part of his title.
Starting point is 00:51:14 Can you believe they called a hook and ladder play right there? I can't believe it. Exactly. I think that's the next level right there. You know, you already told me that you'd chew me out if I turned inside on stick, on a Y stick. I would not have. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:51:32 No. You wouldn't have thrown it? Absolutely. Absolutely. I disagree with Eli. I see teams doubling you all the time. They just don't do it very well. They don't really take you away.
Starting point is 00:51:44 They still kind of somehow leave you open. They don't really take you away. They still kind of somehow leave you open. I don't really know why or how they do that. But I mean you beat the double teams and like I said, they're doubling you. That means somebody else has got to be single. That's a good thing. We'll get to our last segment here. It's called, We Gotta Ask, But You Don't Have To Answer. You guys can tell us to fuck off if you guys don't want to answer these. But it's always fun, fun man We close all our combos with this segment and I'll get to the first one who got into the most trouble growing up And you guys can even even throw Cooper into this. Yeah, definitely It's strange. One brother that's not able to defend himself is immediately... Yeah, Coop kind of set the tone. And so we kind of knew, you know, maybe to do the same things without getting caught.
Starting point is 00:52:31 You know, Coop was the one that got caught. And so Eli and I could kind of learn from there. There's something about them older brothers not knowing how to not get caught. You got to flank. You got to learn the art of flanking. I got suspended every freaking year of elementary school for getting in a fight. Travis got into a fight and then went to the principal's office and got tickets to the Cavs game because everybody loved him so much. That's because I was such a good artist, Jason.
Starting point is 00:52:54 I won a contest. That was besides the fact. But yeah, it was cool seeing Cooper up at the Super Bowl opening night last night. Was he in the marching band growing up? I mean, he wore that outfit Super Bowl opening night last night. Was he in the marching band growing up? I mean, he wore that outfit pretty goddamn good. Absolutely not. I don't know where he got that costume.
Starting point is 00:53:11 Zero band experience, I can promise you. That's good. He likes the harmonica though. If you give him the opportunity. Is he a harmonica? I would love to hear that. I got to find that. That's a lost talent right there.
Starting point is 00:53:21 Can he bend the notes? Can he do like blues harmonica? Is he straight? No. Okay. Oh, I would love to hear that. That's a lost talent. I gotta find that. That's a lost talent right there. Can he bend the notes? Can he like do like blues harmonica? Is he straight? No. Okay. You got our band geek all fired up over here.
Starting point is 00:53:30 I'd say he's new to it. It's all new. He's like a Bob Dylan. Just kind of. Yeah, okay, I got it. All right. What's... Travis Delaunay.
Starting point is 00:53:38 All right. Your pops Archie was also a quarterback in the NFL for 13 years. What advice did he give both of you guys? Who slides slides slides slide slide. He also told us we're not very fast. So don't run and he could run and he said don't do that. Y'all are not fast.
Starting point is 00:54:02 And when you get out there get get down. Don't take hits. And, you know, we we we learned that the hard way. You know, it only takes one hit in the NFL. And you're like, yeah, I should listen to that. He's definitely right. Yeah, definitely slide. Have fun. You always kind of the last thing he used to text us or if we talked to him
Starting point is 00:54:23 the night before the game was they don't forget to have fun out there which I think is a good reminder especially in a game like this, right? You work so hard, you know have fun and also just kind of off the field You know be sure you have a great relationship and respect with your equipment manager The video director the people behind the scenes that you guys know They don't get nearly enough credit or attention on a television broadcast, but are sort of integral to the culture of a team. Just little things like that. It was nice having a guy who played in the NFL that could tell you about little
Starting point is 00:54:54 things like that. Did you guys have any pressure to live up to, I guess, what Archie did? Because Travis and I, we didn't have a lot to live up with Ed Kelsing. I'm just letting you know, there there was a bar was very low. Don't you dare do that for football, for football. Yeah, athlete. All right. Dad bar set high for it.
Starting point is 00:55:14 It's really high. Yeah, you know, my dad didn't surely try to create an environment where he was just trying to raise kids. He wasn't trying to raise NFL quarterbacks. And maybe that's why it ended up happening because, you know, he encouraged us to play sports because of the valuable lessons that sports teaches, but you know, never once did we talk about this is what you have to do if you want to play in the NFL.
Starting point is 00:55:37 It was, Hey, work hard to be the starting quarterback on the JV. And after that, you know, maybe see being star on the varsity the next year. And his rule, Jason and Travis was, if we wanted his help, we had to go and ask him, Hey, dad, will you come to the school on Sunday afternoon and throw with our receivers? It wasn't him going, hey, we're going to run two miles today. I think it was a healthy approach because we wanted his help because he played the game.
Starting point is 00:56:03 And I think that that was a good approach that he took. And it made it fun growing up and never felt like pressure. Yeah, there's definitely more pressure on me trying to follow in Peyton's footsteps. He was five years older than me. You know, I go into the high school, he set every record. I'm going into college. He was just up for the Heisman. He was the first pick in the NFL draft.
Starting point is 00:56:21 And it's you know, it's like, geez, Luis, you feel like, I didn't have to do the best at everything that I enter into and follow your footsteps. But he was a great big brother as I got older. I mean, he definitely picked on me and gave me wedgies and noogies and all those things, which I think helped me. It toughened me up and got me prepared for the NFL.
Starting point is 00:56:45 But he always did, like in college, he would come back and teach me the things he was learning in college. Hey, we're doing this on the three-step drop, and hey, this is some of the drills we're doing in college. You should be doing these now. I get a head start on these things. So he did look out for me all the time
Starting point is 00:57:03 and probably put more pressure on me to do some of these drills than my dad did. Well, you guys got the formula. You guys got it figured out. Arch Manning is having an unbelievable start to his college career. But also, I remember I saw you guys playing knockout on TV when I was a kid, and I was like,
Starting point is 00:57:23 I'm brothering right, because that's exactly how me and Jason played knockout on TV when I was a kid. And I was like, I'm brothering Wright because that's exactly how me and Jason played knockout growing up. Let's keep this thing moving though. Who has the most buns career stat? Eli with the most career fumbles or Payton with the most interceptions by a rookie? Oh wow. I guess mine sounds worse.
Starting point is 00:57:41 It's over career, his is just. I don't agree. I would agree. I would agree. Because of Sean's sweaty ass. We already figured this out. God damn it, O'Hara. Sean, although my interception record, you know, the 17 games, I thought for sure it should get broken and I mean nobody's nobody's coming close to it. I'm disappointed. And they're throwing more now than you were throwing.
Starting point is 00:58:07 More games, they're throwing more, and less interceptions. Stuff is not right. They've got to get your kid in the first three games. If they can get their kid in the first three games. You've got to get off to a good start. That's insane. You guys have a new documentary coming out, Razor's Edge on VICE. Omaha's forthcoming follow-doc on Coach Kalapari.
Starting point is 00:58:30 Oh, that's awesome. Arkansas's man's basketball team. What can you guys tell us about the doc? Yeah, it's just a cool behind the scenes. You know, Coach Cal's done it a long time and obviously making the big move to Arkansas. Just wanted to kind of document his first season. It's a changing landscape with NIL.
Starting point is 00:58:50 Coach Kyle was kind of known for just sort of coaching freshmen, right? Kind of the one and done. And now he's kind of changed his approach where he wants kind of older players. He doesn't have that many players. He's like, if I'm going to pay these guys, I'm going to have a limited amount of players and play them all. So just to kind of take people behind the scenes of what it's like to be a SEC head basketball coach.
Starting point is 00:59:12 He went back to Kentucky two nights ago and won, which was incredible because of all that he accomplished there, winning a national championship. Got kind of a, you know, some fans were clapping when he came back. Some fans were booing. They hadn't gotten over it. but he went in there and won. So look, all these behind the scenes shows just give the audience a different view.
Starting point is 00:59:32 So we're excited about it. Razor's Edge coming out on vice. Hell, yeah. I'm so intrigued in that. I'm definitely going to be dialed in. Fuck yeah. If you were both playing college football today, who has the higher NIL deals? Fuck yeah. If you were both playing college football today,
Starting point is 00:59:48 who has the higher NIL deals? You gotta go with Payton again. I mean, the guy's, you know, he's a great spokesman. He's just, he's... He can sell a product or what? Yeah. I wouldn't have accepted any of it. I would have given it all to my sinners and my titans. There we go.
Starting point is 01:00:06 There we go. You can just lie to the camera like that. Oh my gosh. So good. How has the NIL stuff changed the landscape? Because you guys both have kids coming up. The documentary with Calipari, I'm sure, touches on the NIL. What are your guys' thoughts on NAO just in general?
Starting point is 01:00:26 Yeah, I don't know. I mean, it's probably a better question for Travis. I mean, Travis, are you seeing any change in the demeanor of college players coming to the NFL? Because I mean, to me, that's the biggest thing that I was worried about, you know, our guys coming in as hungry, you know, to try to make the team, to try to, you know, obviously win a championship hopefully, but you know, make some money as well.
Starting point is 01:00:50 Are you seeing that, Travis? It probably just depends on the individual. It's, I think it has a lot to do with the culture in KC. I haven't seen that. Our number one pick, Xavier Worthy, has been nothing but the hardest worker on the team. He's just spent every single day grinding it out, trying to figure out ways to implement himself
Starting point is 01:01:06 in the offense more and get better at the things that Coach Reed asked him to do. So I definitely haven't seen it in the rookies we've got at least, but yeah, who knows. Yeah, I mean, to me, that's the thing that I want to keep is keep guys coming in hungry and trying to accomplish new goals and obviously help teams win.
Starting point is 01:01:25 So as long as we got that going, you know, I'm okay. I'm with you. Love it. Nice. Well, last question. Hypothetically, if there had been an official manning bowl, who would have won? Wow. I'll answer. He don't want to say it. He's too nice. I mean, he is he in the in in
Starting point is 01:01:46 the NFL games. I have not beat him in a real game. Now, you know, flag football, pro ball, I got that master, but he I'm 0 for 3 anytime we face them in a real game. And so but you know, that's just
Starting point is 01:02:02 the way it just the way it went those years. It would have been I guess it would have, I don't know if it would have been fun to play you in a Super Bowl or not. I mean, y'all did it. It's gotta be all right now. It was not fun at all. It was fucking terrible. The one thing I had a pretty good time.
Starting point is 01:02:17 Yeah, you enjoyed yourself. I'm sure. Yeah, no hypothetical on this end guys. Hypothetical. Hip hop. Hypothetical on this end, guys. Hypothetical. Hip-hop. Hip-hop. Hip-hop. Hey, Travis Jason, the one thing Eli has no clue and no understanding, and believe me, he's proud of it,
Starting point is 01:02:32 is what it's like to lose a Super Bowl, right? And it's a horrible feeling. Obviously, winning is as great as you think it is, and losing is as bad as you think it is. And so I'm kind of glad that it didn't happen because I know that was tough on you too, tough on your family. And Eli and I played three times in the regular season.
Starting point is 01:02:53 My parents were an absolute wreck and just in a regular season game. And now you take that to the Superbowl and knowing, you know, obviously the attention of quarterback is gonna get in a Superbowl, win or lose, knowing that, you know, one had to win and one had to lose. I probably wouldn't wish that on my family. So I'm probably glad that it didn't happen.
Starting point is 01:03:14 And I think the way y'all handled that several years ago and the way your family handled it was first class. I know that was not easy. Yeah. Well, I mean, I had lost one. I hear what you're saying, paid. I had lost a Super Bowl going into the game that we are. So I just had to make sure that Jason felt that misery. That was just being a good brother.
Starting point is 01:03:34 You guys know about being good brothers. Did you feel bad going out that night and celebrating by just knowing that your brother is crying in his hotel room and you're just you were just fine. That's going out there and just. Well, you know, once you have a few beers, you forget about everything. I was not, I wasn't crying.
Starting point is 01:03:51 I was pulling a Jeremy Shockey is what I was doing. Eli, you brought up spags. Eagles are playing one of the best defensive coordinators in the history of the NFL at this point, it feels like. What would you do? What would your game plan be going up against that? Blitz packaging and like everything that he can throw at you.
Starting point is 01:04:10 Like what would your game plan be? Don't give it away. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I don't want it, not that I give away. Spags is the best. And I mean, we saw it. It's the first time I've ever seen it in our first Super Bowl going against the Patriots
Starting point is 01:04:22 where, you know, every time he had a strong side blitz and Brady made a call, I'm going to pick it up, he had the defense reverse it and just kind of make a call and all of a sudden it came from the weak side and getting them to throw high, it's getting them really just causing some issues saying, hey, I can't be right with my protections. They're flip-flopping it sometimes and And so you just see it, you know, unbelievable. And last week's game, the last play of the fourth down against the Bills versus an empty formation of a four by one.
Starting point is 01:04:55 He brings a wheel corner blitz on the biggest, you know, biggest play of the game and gets, you know, it has a free runner going. So, I mean, that's his mentality. He wants the blitz, but it's not just, hey, we're bringing blitz zero. It's going to be some exotic blitz, some blitz. He hasn't done all game long, all game long.
Starting point is 01:05:13 He's not showing this blitz. When do you bring it? Fourth and five on the last drive in the most critical moment of the game. And so that's what makes him hard to prepare for is that, hey, how do I prepare for something I haven't seen yet or something they haven't done this year yet
Starting point is 01:05:28 that he's not a you know, draw up for these critical moments and and just and then when you think he is a blitz, he fakes the blitz and going back to coverage. So just when you think you got him, he's just a mastermind. He's a great leader.
Starting point is 01:05:42 He's a great human being. Just one of the great people. And so happy for him, all his success. And I think, Travis, you know how lucky you are to have him on that defensive side, just being the leader over there. One of my favorite coaches of all time, baby. I'm right there with you, brother. Well, fellas, thank you guys for your time, man.
Starting point is 01:06:04 The Mannings have came through, man. One good brother to another, man. We love you guys. Thank you guys for leading the way, doing things the right way, and always lending a helping hand, man. We love you guys, man. Best of luck in the field goal kicks.
Starting point is 01:06:17 Oh, I can't wait to see this field goal kick. Yeah. I don't know what I'm more fired up to watch. I've seen enough Super Bowls. I wanna watch this field goal kick. That's what I wanna watch fired up to watch. I've seen enough Super Bowls. I want to watch this field ball kick. Are you one of those people that actually likes your money? Some people end up throwing hundreds of dollars away at traditional big wireless carriers for years, who unfortunately flush it down the drain. crazy high wireless bills, bogus fees and free perks that cost you more in the long run than Mint Mobile might be right for you with plans as low as 15 bucks a month. Say bye-bye to your overpriced wireless plans, jaw-dropping monthly bills and unexpected overages. Mint Mobile is here
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Starting point is 01:09:46 I think there's two for your right and left hand. Are you not going to eat any gumbo? I'm not eating that, no. What kind of gumbo is this? Chicken and sausage. Another reason why I'm not eating it. You don't like chicken and sausage? I'm not a sausage guy.
Starting point is 01:10:02 Oh that's right, even when it's cut up. I thought that was just a phallic thing. No, it's it's just a whole like the way you ate that was disgusting. That's fucking delicious. Oh my god that sound. It's so good. What the fuck was that like slurp? I could use a little hot sauce. Who eats like that? Somebody wearing a white t-shirt eating gumbo. You want to make sure you don't get any extra juice from the shirt. I mean, you didn't hesitate one second. You went back for... You went back for like...
Starting point is 01:10:33 It's delicious. It's chicken and sausage in soup form with rice. I'm not gonna lie. I don't even know how to fucking attack this. I've never had a crawfish outside of Lake. What do you mean? I had a crawfish. I cracked that fucker open. Am I eating the belly? I got Greg eating it.
Starting point is 01:10:51 Locals, help him. Pop the tail off. Tail? Pop the tail off. Other way, other way. What the fuck you mean other way? That's the tail. Like that.
Starting point is 01:10:59 There it is. Thank you. There it is. Of the tail or the body? Tail. Tail. So I'm. Of the tail or the body? Tail. So I'm only eating the tail.
Starting point is 01:11:07 Optional to suck the head. Optional to suck the head? I'm going to suck that motherfucker's head if it's optional. How do I get this in? I have no idea. I'm not even getting any fucking meat out of this thing. Just you've never ate a shrimp before? I'll tell you what, it's a bad idea to eat fucking crawfish
Starting point is 01:11:26 on your goddamn lap in a white t-shirt. This is a fucking awful desire. Dude, you look great. I'm struggling. You gotta put your superhero mask on, that's why. Am I fucking doing this right? Is somebody telling me how to do this? 100% you are.
Starting point is 01:11:41 You're getting it, there you go, see, you did it. It tastes great. But I'm kind of feeling the same thing I feel towards crab, which is just like it's a lot of work for like not that much meat. This is better than crab, though. I dig that flavor. What I do suck the head. There you go.
Starting point is 01:11:56 Other way. This way. I was going to suck. Oh, go 45 to see sex. Baby, that's all we need. When you go to the bar after dark, smoke that crawfish head. Hey, man. Nice.
Starting point is 01:12:17 Shout out to Afro Man. So you only eat the fucking tails of this thing? The fuck? That just seems like such a waste. Look at how small its tail is. When you get into rhythm, just keep going. Oh yeah. Well, I need to see what your rhythm's like, man, because I'm getting no rhythm. And I feel like this is a lot to throw away. She's juicing. That's why I'm sucking that head, dawg.
Starting point is 01:12:54 It's all in your beard. This is great. I mean, on flavors alone, 10 out of 10. It is delicious, but on difficulty of obtaining the meat and just pure waste, I'm going like four. But on difficulty of obtaining the meat and just pure waste I'm going like four But it's absolutely wonderful if I knew what I was doing I think it'd be a ten We are here for a reason there is the 59th Super Bowl in the history of NFL being played 59 yeah, it's a lot of Super Bowl if I'm reading my Roman numerals, correct That's me. He is correct. It continually gets lot of Super Bowls. If I'm reading my Roman numerals correct, it's 59. That's really, really, really, really, is correct. Yeah. It continually gets more confusing
Starting point is 01:13:27 when they start adding Ls. The Ls always get you, you know what the hell. At what point are we just gonna have to abandon Roman numerals because nobody's gonna have a fucking clue what the Roman numeral means. It's like cursive. Yeah. I don't even teach the kids anymore. What is, what's, so X is five, one. Ten. Ten. Yeah. That's right. I is one. V is five. X is ten. L is fifty.
Starting point is 01:13:50 Seven. What's the most complicated Roman numeral number you can, like, long we can come up with? It would be like, so it couldn't be like subtract like 500 as just five C's or it's 500. I don't know if this is the Super Bowl talk everyone wants to hear. The largest number that can be represented in Roman numerals is 3,999.
Starting point is 01:14:19 Okay, which is written. Which is written MMMCMXCIX. Well, there you have it. We're going to have to abandon Roman numerals at Super Bowl 3,999 because good luck selling that merchandise. All right. With this being your fifth Super Bowl, has any changed with how you approach this game?
Starting point is 01:14:40 Are you going to abandon all the other things that have allowed you to win? No. I'm going to stay true to those, particularly the second half of those games. Try and start this one nice and fast. I gotta say this because I get... Okay, so everybody brings up the half time being longer. Whenever somebody goes, so for those of you that don't know, the half time is longer. And typically it's like 15 minutes.
Starting point is 01:15:03 It's not that much longer minutes it's 10 minutes more I don't know if I am just like so anti-organized have me do anything on game day preaching to the choir I cannot stay like what they're like okay we need to stretch it this and do this like motherfucker it's 10 more minutes I'm pretty sure I'm not getting a cold now I'm gonna eat an uncrustable and get my mind right for the second half I don't need you to tell me to stretch my quads. Make sure everybody knows. That is the key at halftime is the Uncrustable.
Starting point is 01:15:33 Get you an Uncrustable, a Capri Sun and go ahead and enjoy yourself. I think a lot of the times it gets over, well I guess I'm one-on-one. You are clearly a better record. Do you feel like people overthink that portion of the Super Bowl? You know what? Selfishly thinking, yes. But in the grand scheme of things, people do like structure and people do like to kind of be under, you know, some sort of regimen. I think it helps guys in their first couple years, or they did in my first Super Bowl to just relax,
Starting point is 01:16:05 understand this is how much time's going on and it gave me something to do. Did I stretch the next time? No, but I, you know, I understood what I was capable of doing at that point. I understood the system. I understood like what was happening. I was more familiar with the, yeah, the entire Super Bowl system. So it's just like, I didn't do a lot of the stuff I did my first year. Maybe it's because I played a position that mentally you were making calls and trying to like discern like, what do we do? What's the plan? But I think you're very much worried that same way. I would have much rather taken the more allocated time and be like, hey, let's talk about what we're going to do in the second half even
Starting point is 01:16:43 more than we get allotted in a regular halftime. Because in a regular halftime, you're speeding through. You're like, OK, this is what they're giving us. These are the coverages we're seeing. These are the runs we're getting to. These are the concepts we like on third down, yada yada. Let's go out there and play ball. It's like, no, let's actually talk about, like, what are the first 10 plays we might run coming out of the second half
Starting point is 01:17:03 and, like, really dial in on this stuff rather than, you know, do a quad stretch. Somebody might need that quad stretch. You're right. If Jason Kelsey doesn't need it, Jason Kelsey ain't gonna fucking do it. I just feel like just drink yourself a fucking water and sodium. Get you some pickle juice. Yeah. Get you some.
Starting point is 01:17:22 Eat you an Uncrustable. Maybe snag an orange. Jog back out to the field. Guess what? You'll be warm again. I'm also just anti-stretching in general. So I'm not the person to ask. Two World Wars. Two World Wars. I played in fucking world record consecutive games for the Eagles. Maybe I'm onto something. Stretching is overrated. Push-ups, sit-ups, jump jacks. The only two times I pulled a muscle and I'm not making this up is when I was doing yoga. I was in a yoga class in college, pulled a muscle. Then I started doing some yoga in the NFL one year. I did like a yoga class very same week,
Starting point is 01:18:00 pulled a muscle. I'm like this stretchin' shit is for the birds, dog. It ain't for me. But to answer your question, I think over the last four Super Bowls that I've been to, I am at a completely different place as a leader. So I feel like getting everyone comfortable is my biggest thing. And this is, I'm kind of- Because I'm gonna go out there and I'm gonna be, you know, I'm gonna play my style of football because I'm confident in where I there and I'm going to be, you know, I'm going to play my
Starting point is 01:18:25 style of football because I'm confident in where I've been and how I've gotten here and things like that. But we got a lot of new faces that haven't been in the Super Bowl yet. And I'm sure it'll hit them like it hit me my first really two Super Bowls and it'll surprise them how emotional it'll be for them. So trying to weather that storm and make sure they feel comfortable. And the biggest thing, man, is if adversity hits, man, band together, man.
Starting point is 01:18:51 This is a team sport, brother. You didn't get here alone and you got guys fighting right there with you. You get the nail on the head. I think having the structure is nice for the guys that want it there. And then if you don't want to do it, most of the coaches realize the older guys
Starting point is 01:19:03 that want to get something else accomplished. Yeah, go do your thing. They're not going to push back on it. We're just making sure everybody feels comfortable and not letting the moment get too big. Yeah. Yeah. That's going to be my biggest concern is just making sure everybody feels comfortable
Starting point is 01:19:17 and playing our style of football, man. I think we're playing the best team that we've played yet, and it makes sense going into the Super Bowl. I think offensively, defensively, special teams wise, both teams match up really good. And at the same time, you know, I got all the confidence in the formula that we've had under Coach Reed and just how we do things in KC.
Starting point is 01:19:39 And I just, you know, I believe in the guys next to me. And if we play our style of football, man, we're going to put ourselves in a good situation. That's the biggest thing. The emotions of the game can cause people to do uncharacteristic things that they normally wouldn't. Yeah. So how do we avoid? It can either make you timid or make you way too ballsy.
Starting point is 01:19:55 Yeah. Or it can make you just right. If you weather it right, it can be perfect. It's like, oh, this is the biggest game. I got to be great. I got to go do something crazy. Or you can way overthink it. I've done both. I've done all of these. Yeah. Yeah. I've done absolutely all of these. A lot of fans are asking if Pat is OK after the Mavericks traded his favorite player, Luka Tancic. Oh, yeah. Yeah. They trade him to the Lakers in case you live in a sewer.
Starting point is 01:20:19 Pat's tweets almost gave the Chiefs a heart attack. He said, I'm sick right now. And everybody is like, wait, what? Yeah, I knew exactly what it was because. Yeah, you were probably with him. Well, yeah, I'm in a few different group tests with him. And everybody was like, Pat, what the fuck is going on in Dallas? Obviously, a Dallas kid and grew up a huge Dallas sports fan.
Starting point is 01:20:41 And it's been countless games. We were actually at a game. And I got to say, what's up to Luke? We talked about it on the show. And to Pat say what's wrong with the what happened? I don't I'm pretty sure nobody knows exactly what happened other than the GM. Even Mark Cuban came out and I was listening to my god, Jan Parsons talk about it. He said, yeah, I don't have any idea what's going on.
Starting point is 01:21:03 It's still up in the air on if it was the good move, the right move to make. Did you see what was the... What do you think the equivalent, well, you don't even watch the NBA, so I gotta... I watched some of it. Oh, all right, nice. I have not watched any this year.
Starting point is 01:21:17 Who's in the number one seed for the East? I've just told you I have not watched any this year. I know it's not the Sixers. You're right. They are shrug life. It's the team that honored you and gave you a jersey that you sat courtside at, Jason. Nice, they're balling like that. I knew they had a good start to the year. I've not followed them.
Starting point is 01:21:33 Damn it, go Cavs, baby. It's our year, let's go! But at the same time, yeah, that tweet and everything kind of got confusing, but Pat's good. Pat's all good. He's not actually sick, he's healthy. All right, this is where I can go. all good. He's not actually sick. He's healthy. All right. This is where I could go.
Starting point is 01:21:48 I can't wait for this Sunday, man. I'm so freaking fired up. If it wasn't for the Mannings getting me fired up talking about the national anthem or Jason talking about how he'll be happy if the Eagles win. I am so fired up for this game.
Starting point is 01:22:00 I love it. And I just want to relish in these moments, man, I've been waiting all year to fast forward to this game, man. And what's the most electric national anthem? You already know is Chris Stable. There's just no one even close.
Starting point is 01:22:13 I mean, I on on a sad day, I will put that video on. I'll go to YouTube just to watch just to hear Yanni cry and then revel in the fact that you beat us. Hmm. I never looked at Chris Jones cried to you, to be and then next year you're gonna cry and then revel in the fact that you beat us. I never looked like that. I'm not gonna do that. I'm not gonna do that.
Starting point is 01:22:27 I'm not gonna do that. Chris Jones cried too, to be fair. Chris Jones. I cried, but I kept my composure. Yeah, that's- But more so Chris did his thing in one of my favorite performances ever. Yeah, it was very electric.
Starting point is 01:22:41 Nice, well, let's get to our last food review. Can you make folks feel what you're feeling. All right, Brandon, bring the king cake in the beignets. Oh yeah. Trevor, you're allowed to eat this. No, but I am. What? Wait, are you allowed to eat or are you not allowed to eat it?
Starting point is 01:23:01 No, I'm not allowed to eat this, Jason. But for the sake of the show, I will eat this. You're willing to do something like that? What if Andy came in right before you were about to take a bite and took it out of your hand? I'd fucking offer him one and see what happens. Ha ha ha! All right, which one are we going with first,
Starting point is 01:23:21 king's cake or the beignet? Let's go with cake. The beignet is going to be messy. It's the closest one. Ooh, I love the texture of that cheese. The cinnamon glas. So what is a king cake? Cinnamon roll.
Starting point is 01:23:38 Yeah. Glade of cinnamon roll. Glade of cinnamon roll. There's a little bit of like a minty frosting in there. It's not your typical frosting. There's something in the frosting for sure. I think it's sprinkles. You think it's minty sprinkles?
Starting point is 01:23:52 I'm not gonna lie, I'm getting zero mint. It tastes like something from Philly to be honest. Like something I would get at Wawa's. It tastes like a cinnamon roll with frosting and sprinkles on it. I'm giving it a good seven. It's a good, it's delicious. Yeah, I mean it's very good. I would eat this. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:24:04 It's almost like a honey bun. I was going tasty cake. It's kind of like a tasty cake with frosting. Yeah. It's a good loaf of bread for sure. Well, good bake. Good bake. Yeah, good bake. Good rise on it. Where are you going? I went seven out of 10. It's no tasty cake. I tried to give like a number when you don't even know what like, are we rating it on just like a baked goods? Yeah, we're rating. Seven out of 10.
Starting point is 01:24:28 There you go. Beignet, let's go. How do you spell beignet? B-E-I-G-N-E-T. You just read it. Cheater. All right. Probably there's enough sugar on this.
Starting point is 01:24:42 This is my crib tonight. I will eat all of those. So what is, are you supposed to do anything with a beignet other than like, I've never, first of all, these fucking beignets are huge. I've never seen beignets this big. That's my kind of shit right here. Are you supposed to like dip them in something
Starting point is 01:24:56 or just eat it? Do you typically have these with coffee in the morning, like a donut? Ooh! Are these good beignets compared to like, yeah? These are good beignets? These are fucking, these are good beignets. Oh, dude. It's just a, it's a funnel cake in a, in a, like a,
Starting point is 01:25:12 in a donut fashion. I can get on with this. One more week Travis. I love funnel cakes. One more week. Get me out of there. Get me out before it's too late. Beignets are really hard for somebody with facial hair.
Starting point is 01:25:26 I don't know if you can tell. I feel like I'm wearing it. You're good. You already have white in your beard though, sir. It just blends. It just blends in. I can't wait till my beard is fully white. Dude, it's almost there. It's getting there.
Starting point is 01:25:36 You're gonna be Tim Allen and Santa Claus in like a year. I mean, I'll be Tim Allen and Santa Claus this year. Tim Allen, if Santa Claus dies, I'm in the front yard. If you guys caught that, that was a good one. Dude, if you become Santa Claus, you gotta invite me to the North Pole. I gotta go. Because if it's anything like the movie with the Rock. I can't.
Starting point is 01:26:01 I gotta uplive. This could be just me and Bernard. And Kyle's gonna have to raise the kids on our own. I can't. I got to uplive. This could be just me and me and Bernard. And Kyle's going to have to raise the kids on our own. Out of 10, out of 10, we got to rate it out of 10. I'm going to put I'm going nine out of 10. The bread was a little bit, probably just because it was baked in the morning and we're eating them now. You can tell that thing freshly fried and hot.
Starting point is 01:26:19 Oh, I mean, you know, funnel cake. It's basically just a funnel cake that's susceptible to eat at any time. Yep. Which I can get on board with New Orleans. I'll be an arm baby. Yeah. All right, well, shout out to the Beignets.
Starting point is 01:26:34 Compared to sucking the backside of a crawfish head, Beignet gets eight out of 10. Nice. No Dump Question time. Hey. No Dump Questions is brought to you by Mint Mobile. The smart answer to saving money on premium wireless. No Dump Question. Did Travis use a DeLorean or a Hot Tub Time Machine to travel back in time and invent the Pony Express? Alexander Major is my ass. You can't convince me that this is not Travis in a top hat.
Starting point is 01:27:05 I mean, if I'm looking at myself in the mirror, that's pretty damn good. Yeah, it's pretty solid. I will say that they couldn't be me because I would never be seen with that fucking hat on. Ha ha ha ha ha! Travis, you need to go. This needs to be your pre-game suit, bull fit.
Starting point is 01:27:20 Top hat. I remember wearing a top hat. Not too long ago. When'd you wear a top hat, dude? I don't remember that one. When I was a kid. Not bad. Oh I do remember that. So I got caught in my own lie. I enjoy wearing those. But only in front of 80,000 people. You pulled it off. Well there's a lot more people than 80,000 people that saw that. But that what you pulled it off really well. Thanks. It's always scary. Have you ever came across like a really like Travis?
Starting point is 01:27:52 We're the most generic white looking people on the planet. It is so many people. You know, the one that one of them in downtown New Orleans and you could not pick me out of a fucking line. You're aware as well, though, dude. I can see that salt and pepper me out of a fucking line. I could. You're where's Waldo, dude. I can take that salt and pepper beard out of fucking anybody. I look like I could take one good look at those tits and know exactly who it is.
Starting point is 01:28:14 I look like 12 former presidents, including Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, and like any other ones that are white with a beard. I remember Jonas Valanchunas. Yeah I remember you telling me this story. From Lithuania. He getting drafted in the NBA and I was like holy shit I'm Lithuanian. I mean we're not far off it's close. I mean dude you can't tell me that I don't have Lithuanian in my blood. Eastern Europe? I mean it's definitely in Eastern Europe but is it Northeastern or is it like Slavic area? It's Slavic for sure. I'm lying I have no idea. For some reason I feel like it's up
Starting point is 01:28:49 north. Is it by Serbia? No it's not that. Poland. Yeah see that's higher north. It's way up there. That's a different area than where our ancestors are. Not gonna lie I feel like our ancestors just fucked their way across Europe. It feels like we have a little bit of everything. Yeah. It's true. We look like everybody. True American mutt. Yeah. I guess I'll pass the time. We need a little bit of this over here. And we have our Ashkenazi over here. Our Irish over here. Our Slavic down here. Our Serbian here. We actually don't have any clue what we are on dad's side because he's the only one that didn't get the 23 and me or whatever. It's true. It's true. We got to get that out of him. He just always says he's American. I'm American. Didn't matter. Yeah. We have ancestors in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Starting point is 01:29:38 I guess that's accurate, Pop. So yeah, solid photo. What was the question there? There was no question. Is Travis a question there? There was no question. Is Travis a time traveler? That was a question. Are you a time traveler? I have some Marty McFly's, but that's about as close as I get to time traveling. If you could time travel, where would you go back to? Ooh, man, I'm trying to see some dinosaurs, um, trying to figure out what the, how the fuck they made those pyramids.
Starting point is 01:30:02 Yeah. Yeah. Right. If I was, if I could time travel, I'd go back to Super Bowl 57 and make sure that we win that fucking game. So then I wouldn't be depressed about not having lost that game. Hmm. Yeah. I really don't feel that bad about my super. I lost to Tom Brady. I mean, yeah, we won against Tom Brady. I didn't do much, but it was fun.
Starting point is 01:30:33 All right, let's get to this next one from Tati. I need to know the history behind this picture. Do we don't we don't know the fucking history. I play football for a living. My memory goes to like last week. We just know that I was strong as fuck as a baby. Look at that dude. I'm fucking doing curls for Travis Kelce.
Starting point is 01:30:52 That's a Pro Bowl center right there. And he's only two years younger than me. That's a Pro Bowl center. So Travis is probably, he's not even a year old in that photo, that means I'm not even three yet. Look at that head of hair I had there. And I'm doing curls with my off hand, peanut butter and jelly in my right.
Starting point is 01:31:03 I don't know if you saw my right I'm fucking yoked you gotta get that outfit dude that is your kind of outfit my outfit dig the socks, got a nice bulge going. I hate you for making me look at your bars. I didn't want to do it, man. All right. Let me get out of this fucking thing. Thank you for the picture. You guys want to do a voicemail? All right.'s do one voicemail. You can just press it. Hi, my question is, we, since we know that
Starting point is 01:31:58 the winning Super Bowl team gets like a big party after, what happens to the losing team? Fuck is so funny about that. Are you kidding me? You're gonna fucking laugh at that? The fuck is psychopath? These are fucking like dreams from your childhood that you built up and you lose them. That was harsh. To answer your question, the losing team, they both have parties and the one I lost actually was COVID year. So we just jumped back on the plane and went the fuck home.
Starting point is 01:32:28 And I thought about jumping out the plane. It's very weird. So they already have the parties set up in advance. So you still have the party. It's just the saddest party I've ever been to. Picture a birthday party combined with a funeral and that's what a shoot bowl losing party feels like. The funeral always overrides it for sure. Yeah, no it's like well there's like because there's a bunch of like
Starting point is 01:32:54 happiness that it's themed with but everybody feels like somebody just died. Yeah. Kind of trying to justify what happened and oh yeah like that was it was a fun season and you remember like we if we would have done this off we would have done that and coaches are leaving and you're saying goodbyes to teammates who aren't gonna be there next year just going on a Jeremy Shockey. Shockey man I was I'm I was on a Shockey for a good two years. Good thing about the Super Bowl is you're gonna go on a Jeremy Shockey. It's just gonna, you don't know which kind of Jeremy Shockey you're going on.
Starting point is 01:33:29 Oh, you know. But if you win, you're going on a Jeremy Shockey. And if you lose, you're going on a Jeremy Shockey. Shout out to Jeremy Shockey. For being the best of both worlds, man. For being the tight end of Travis Gales who looked up to his entire life. Oh my God, I still do. I still do, Jerry. I gotta meet you with Shockey, man. Fuck. You've never life. Oh my god, I still do. I still do, Jerry. I gotta meet you with Shockey, man.
Starting point is 01:33:46 Fuck. You've never met Shockey? Dude, he's like literally the only one. I haven't caught him at any of the NFL. What is he doing now? Pretty sure he's hanging out around Miami football. He went to the U, so I think he helps those guys out and just enjoys South Florida. It's not a bad life.
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