Nightcap - Nightcap - Hour 1: Colorado lands 4 highly rated recruits, Matt Eberflus poor clock management

Episode Date: November 29, 2024

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson are joined by four very special guests on this Thanksgiving edition of Nightcap: highly rated high school recruits London Merritt, Alex McPherson, Quentin Gibson and Carde Smith stop by the show and each of them have very special announcements to make: The four-star recruits all committed to Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes. Later, Unc and Ocho react to Chicago Bears HC Matt Eberflus fumbling the end of game clock management in loss to Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions and much more!03:13 - Show starts03:34 - Intro05:10 - London Merritt commits to CU19:00 - Alex McPherson commits to CU28:31 - Quentin Gibson commits to CU36:39 - Carde Smith commits to CU46:10 - Lions v Bears(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and that was because of the bonehead plays by the coach. But anyway, we'll get to that a little later but ocho before we get to the game we got some very very special guests yeah we like to introduce yeah the first guy that you guys see on your screen is from atlanta georgia but he's out of the img academy he's a defensive end he's six foot three 255 pounds and his name is London Merritt. London, welcome to the show. We hear you got a very, very special announcement you want to make. Yes, sir. The floor is yours.

Well, first of all, I want to thank God for giving me the ability to play football at this high of a level. I want to thank both my parents for pushing me to my limits every day, sacrificing everything for me. You know, without them, I wouldn't be in this position today. You know, I want to thank all my coaches from Little League

to now. I want to thank all my trainers called John Lewis, Dez Walker. I also want to thank my agent, Cliff Hill. Without further ado, I'll be committed to the Colorado University. Okay.

Congratulations, man. Congratulations. I appreciate you. Hold on. I just thought about something. Now, you said thank you to everybody, but you ain't thanked me. Can I get some type of... You know what?

I'm going to thank you after I whoop you whenever you come out. I'm going to one-on-one. Time out. Time out. Time out. I'll be there tomorrow. I'll be there tomorrow. I play left tackle. I play right tackle and I studied you, I did my research

on you, I know what you can do, you the real deal you at IMG, I'm in Miami I'm right down the street, so I've been watching you know, I've been watching, I did my homework but I'm just telling you I know your moves, I know what you like to do now listen, what you can't do, you can bend real good, you got a few moves.

You got a few moves in your arsenal. I appreciate that. And your first step, nigga, you got a first step. You got a good first step. But I'm telling you what I could do. Once I anchor down, once I anchor down at the point of attack, it's over for you, boy. All right. I'm going to let you think that.

All right. I'll be in Atlanta tomorrow. That's all I got to say. London, you had an opportunity to go to a lot of big schools. Originally, you were scheduled to go to Ohio State. We know at Ohio State, as far as the defensive line, the Bosa brothers, Chase Young, Vernon Goldston, they normally have high-round draft picks at the D-line position. What went into your decision?

You flip, and all of a a sudden you're going to CU. Colorado Coach Prime is very excited about that. What went into your decision to all of a sudden says, you know what? I think CU is the place for me. Well, it was just, you know, the way that Colorado believes in me

and then just the consistency from Colorado. You know, Ohio State, you know, especially Coach, especially Coach Johnson, I love them a lot. But at the end of the day, it was a business decision for me. I had to bet on myself. And I felt like it was just a better fit for me and Colorado's defense with their staff and everything of that nature. So that's just the main reason why I just decided to go ahead

and make a decision with my family and flip over to Colorado. Have you spent any time? Warren Sapp is on that staff as an assistant. We know what Sapp is. He's a first ballot Hall of Fame D-tackle, one of the premier D-tackles in NFL history. Have you spent much time talking to Sapp? Yeah.

Every time, well, every day I was there, we was talking. He's crazy. I love him a lot. You know, he brings a lot of energy. Yeah, he brings a lot of energy to the room. And, you know, that's something I need. You know, I need somebody on my back to get on me when I'm not doing what I got to do.

Right. Coach Prime loves – he loves players with swag. And he lets guys be themselves. You know, celebrate. Hey, celebrate. Just don't hurt the team. But I want you to be yourself. I'm not going to force you to be something that you're not.

If you play with a lot of emotion, you play with a lot of passion, as long as you're not hurting the team, that is who I want you to be. Do you? Is that how you play? Is that one of the things? Because you see how the guy's holding up this, the guy's doing, they're seemingly having fun. Yeah.

No, Corey, let me ask you. You see it. Like, you see how the guys holding up this, the guys doing, they having seemingly having fun. Yeah. No, of course. I mean, shoot. You see it. Like, you see it. Hell, I thought that was Foot Locker. Nah, it was like Basement. Like, you see it. Like, of course I got that.

I got that swag, you know what I'm saying? But, yeah, on the field, you know, I got my little celebrations. You know, I come out. You know how Coach Pratt said, you know, look good, feel good, play good. You know what I'm saying? So, then the day. And, play good. You know what I'm saying? And they pay good. Oh, yeah. Yes, sir.

Go ahead. So what are some of the personal, what are some of the personal, obviously, you say you're going to get there the spring, so you're an opportunity, I think you'll get an opportunity to practice in the spring and hopefully see what you can do. But what's your goal? What's the goal for you, London, your freshman year?

What do you want to accomplish in your first year at CU? Definitely want to, you know, become a freshman All-American, you know, freshman, first team. Or, you know, I just want to be a freshman All-American. And then that's one of my main goals when I get there. So I'm going to, you know, I just want to be a freshman All-American. And then that's one of my main goals when I get there. So I'm going to, you know, work my tail off. You know, I'm going to let Coach Primer know that's what I want to do. So I'm going to work my tail off and, you know, prove it.

And just prove it to them. You know, there's also some – I can't hear my parents. I'm staring. But that's, you know, some goals in the weight room that I got to handle too. You know, I'm trying to get my 40 down to, you know, 4'5", you know, some goals in the weight room that I got to handle, too. You know, I'm trying to get my 40 down to, you know, 4'5", you know, 225 for at least more than 30 times. So, you know, just things I needed. I got, you know, set my goals for. Yeah.

You know what? I do want to congratulate you again. You know, there were other schools that you could have chosen, but you're choosing to go to Colorado again with a legend and Dion and one that will allow you to be yourself. And I think that's very important. And not only are you getting a coach, a very, very good head coach, but you're getting, you're getting, how do I say it? A player's coach, which is very important, especially for the younger generation, a coach that can relate to the younger generation, can relate to this era. And not only a coach, dude, you're getting a person like Prime in that can also be somewhat of a father figure as well, and someone that will help you become a man outside of your immediate family. And I think that's also a good thing. And the fact that he's going to allow you

to be yourself. I think that's very, very important for Prime to be able to understand on how the players of this era are able to enjoy themselves and express enthusiasm with their play and the passion for the game. So for one, I want to congratulate you and you're going to have a good time over there, man. You're getting more than just a head coach and you might not understand it right now, but you'll get it on the back end of what I mean. Yes, sir. Of course. I appreciate that. London, if you were to compare yourself, who are some of the guys in the NFL that you look at and say, okay,

I kind of want to pattern my game out to him? Ocho? Ocho, yeah. But no, definitely Michael Parsons. I watch him a lot. And I would say I'm versatile. I can play all over the line.

And I definitely see myself playing the way he plays. He listens from linebacker, plays on the wide nine, on the tight five, just all over the line. So that's just, you know, that's my main comparison, you know. Do you like to stand up or do you like to put your hand in your dirt? Are you more comfortable with a 43 being down, like you said, in the 9, the shade, 7 technique, and the 3-4 defense? You mentioned it's like a 5-5, like, damn,

you want to be a tight defensive end. So you see yourself sliding up and down the line, wherever you can find a weak link, that Like, damn, you want to be a tight defensive end. So, you see yourself sliding up and down the line where if you can find a weak link, that's the door handle you want to pull on. Oh, yeah, of course. You know, anyone on the line, you know, because, like I said, I'm versatile, you know, anywhere they need me, I'll be there. So, I'm good standing up. I'm good, you know, coming off that three-point stance.

So, wide nine, top five, three, anywhere. That's loud. Coach Prime, he also like, he's like, look, obviously these guys come here and some of them have aspirations of going to the next level. And I want that to happen. But I want to create great men. I want to create great fathers.

I want to create great husbands. I want to create great community leaders. Academics is something that he stressed. What were your, have you decided on a major? Yeah, I'm probably majoring in business and finance. Okay. That's, that's, that's, that's a good, you know, how do you handle your business?

And then you're the finances will take care of themselves and you'll know where your money's going. You mentioned your mom, you mentioned your mom and dad, how they, they pushed you and they motivated you to become the best version of London that you could possibly become. Talk a little bit about your parents. Well,

every, every since I was little, my parents, you know, instill the greatness into me. Um, my dad has been everywhere. You know,

he's spent, my parents spent so much money, sacrificed so much things. They sent me to IMG, you know, my junior, like the beginning of my mom or halfway through my junior year you know so i can get ready and develop for college um and i'm not gonna you know that's a that's kind of a big move because i'm not

home you know it's different it's like i'm already in college but at the end of the day it's about you know my development my you know and me being ready for the next level so um you know dad he pushed me since i was a little kid always now and then they're even farther so he tells me one thing i like about you know coach prime um he you know he always says he'll keep it 100 with you he will tell you what you're doing is right or wrong that's the same thing my dad has been doing since i was a little kid you know he's been telling me, you know, everything I don't want to hear and everything I need to hear. So he's just, he's not going to, you know, baby me or tell me,

oh, you had a pretty good game. Now, if I had a bad game, he's going to tell me I had a bad game and what I need to work on. So definitely I appreciate both of my parents. You know, my mom's there. My mom helps me with the school part. My mom don't play, but I'm doing the school work, you know. So they like a lot. They like how, you know, My mom don't play but I'm doing the school work. They like how

Coach Brian doesn't play around either because while we was there, we kind of did a day in the life thing. A day being a buff. He randomly puts up people's grades on the board or whatever.

On the board or the screen. My mom already owned me, but my grade, you know, so she liked that. And so now she ain't got to worry about, you know, me slacking at school or whatever because her phone gonna be on me. Yeah.

Hey, is there a specific team that you like in the NFL? I'm not saying where you want to go, but I'm just saying right now as far as watching the game of football, do you have a specific favorite team and a favorite player? It doesn't have to be your position, just in general. No, I don't you have a specific favorite team and a favorite player? It doesn't have to be your position,

just in general. No, I don't really have, like, a favorite team. I just kind of watch the players, you know. I like watching the Ravens. But my favorite player is Michael Parsons right now. I just, I watch him so much, and I just model my game after him so much. So that's just kind of who my favorite player is right now.

But I like watching, I really like watching the Ravens. So that's just kind of who my favorite player is right now. But I like watching it. I really like watching the weapons. So outside of Michael Parsons, how do you feel about Myles Garrett and TJ Watt? Oh, yeah, no, they're both very good. Myles Garrett, he's versatile, too. He's strong. You know, he's heavy-handed. If I were to, like, take some attributes from him,

I would say our hands are, you know, similar. You know, I'm heavy-handed, too. I like to strike people. I like to hit say our hand, like I, our hands are, you know, similar, you know, I'm heavy handed too. I like to strike people. I like to hit people, you know what I'm saying?

So, um, right. Um, and then, you know, the pass rush is there. Guys,

London, congratulations. We appreciate you making this announcement on club. Shea. Shea. We greatly appreciate that. I mean, what'd I say?

Oh, my bad. Nightcap London. Before we go guys, that's London meritritt, defensive end, 6'3", 255 pounds, from Atlanta, Georgia, but from the IMG Academy. It seems like IMG Academy Colorado has a pipeline from IMG Academy because he's the first of many that's going to be headed to see you. London, congratulations.

Yes, sir. Don't duck me. We'll keep an eye on you, and we'll see you down the road. I'll be in Atlanta tomorrow. Don't duck me. All right, congratulations. Yes, sir. Don't duck me. We'll keep an eye on you and we'll see you down the road. I'll be in Atlanta tomorrow. Don't duck me. All right, bet. Just let me know.

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The next guy that has a very impressive announcement that he wants to make, he's a 6'3", defensive end, defensive tackle, 260 pounds. Also from the IMG Academy, he's Alex McPherson. Alex, I heard you got some very interesting news you want to break tonight on Nightcap. The floor is yours. I definitely have some exciting news, but I want to thank a few people first. First and foremost, I want to thank my parents for being there for me every step of the way, sacrificing so much.

I want to thank my family, uncles, aunts, cousins, all of them. I also want to thank Reuben Carter, George Bailey, for helping me get to where I am training-wise, and my coaches from IMG. I also want to thank the coaches from Oklahoma State for respecting my decision and understanding that a relationship we've built has been really strong, but at the end of the day, like London said, it's a business decision. So without further

ado, I'll be taking my talent to University of Colorado. That's what's up, man. Congratulations. Man, y'all must have had a heck of a defense that had you on one side London on the other I'm reading your Bio here your defensive end defensive tackle

But you played a lot of other positions You played tight end in high school so obviously You got great hands What made you flip to the other side of the football Because if you're tight end you like you know Touchdowns and the crowd Screaming and all and all of a sudden Did you grow out of the position

or you just felt better hitting people as opposed to getting hit? If there's a player. Alex, if you don't mind us asking, you mentioned that Oklahoma State, you originally had committed that you were going to go to Oklahoma State and then last minute you changed your mind and you flipped to go to CU. What were some of the things that went into your decision that caused you to say, you know, obviously you had a strong liking for Oklahoma State because you're

originally committed to them. And then all of a sudden you changed, you know, your reverse field and then you go to see you. What were some of the things, what was the major thing that made you change your mind? Yes, sir. You know, the obvious is it's hard to pass up all those guys that have been where you want to go. And

I think that's the best thing to help me get there. You know, the guys that have been there, done what you want to do, and they know what it takes. Yeah, I like that. What do you think you'll bring to Colorado's program that along with Coach's prime vision and what he's trying to accomplish in having a consistent winning program at Colorado. I know he talks a lot about off the field character,

which I have a great character off the field. I'm very humble to myself. On the field, strive for greatness. They help that too. I'm always striving for greatness. I got a great character on and off the field. It's a very different character on the field than it is off the field. So, that's it.

What can the student body, what can the alumni, what can the community of CU, Boulder, Colorado, what can they expect to get out of Alec McPherson? A great player that's always going to do his best to help the team win. Off the field, I'm always open to do his best to help the team win. Off the field, you know, I'm always open to meeting people, talking to them. You know, I'm really just like a chill guy off the field.

I'm not the same guy off the field. You see these kids be cocky or whatever, and I want to talk to people that's not me. I like it. Listen, I know what you're... No, no, go ahead. I know what your long-term goal is.

Obviously, Colorado being a stepping stone to get to the highest level, which I'm sure is the childhood dream of yours. But what are your short-term goals as far as Colorado goals once you get to school? Again, like London said, I want to be on the field early. Freshman All-American is in my mind. And I want to get bigger, faster, stronger to get me to that next level. I have one question. As far as nutrition is concerned, do you eat McDonald's?

That's very important when it comes to being successful. If it's late night and nothing else is open, I'll eat some McDonald's. That's what we're talking about. Freshman All-American coming right right now i'm telling you boy i'm looking at your bio alex you're 63 260 pounds and i'm looking at some of the guys that that are that plays in the league the level that you want to get to who are some of the guys that you kind of pattern your game after and says you know what i what, I kind of want to model my game after him? I've heard a lot of comparisons of Max Crosby, like the way we play.

Yeah, he's a good one. I don't really like to compare myself to people, to other people, you know, because everybody's a different person. But, I mean, Max Crosby, I think, is my closest comparison. Okay. Let's go away from comparisons Players that play your position That's in the NFL Is there someone that you look up to

Or you kind of model your game after And not compare I'm not comparing I'm just saying Someone you model your game after and look up to As far as someone like you If there was a player that you would want to be like Or maybe even better, even better than who it is.

I like Max Cosby. He has a high motor. Okay. He definitely has a motor. What was some of the things, Alex, when you, when you went on your visit to see you,

what was some of the things that sold you and says, you know what, instead of going to Stillwater, I think this is the place for me. Going back to what I said about all the people there, all the people around. I saw Ochoa on my visit. That's just one of the people I saw. There's all these. Wait, you saw who?

You saw who? That's me. I'm an intern. So when you get there in the spring,'m an intern there so i'm we're gonna be all right but yeah like i said all the people that are around there that if they tell you to move a hand a certain way a foot a certain way it can always help you you know get to that next level and then one of the things i like about that is they can tell you what separates the people that were great and what separates the people that were great and what

separates the people that were good. You know what I mean? Obviously, I'm sure you had a conversation I asked London about Sapp. You know, he's one of the premier defensive players that's ever played in our game. He played at a high level for a very, very long time. He was a

defensive player of the year. He was an all-decade player. And obviously, he's a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. What is it about Sapp that you like talking to him about? That I like talking to him about? Yeah, talking to Warren Sapp. So, I'm sure you had conversations with him. I mean, just ball, you know.

What he did to get himself better, like, I mean, that's really it. Like, on the sideline before the game, he he came up he was chest bumping my dad and he was saying leave your boy here with me we go have fun yeah that was pretty cool but uh like i said just talking about ball how he got to where he was and all goes back to like the people around there that know what it takes and they know how to get to them. You mentioned that your mom's a DUI lawyer in South Florida. So tell me the role that your parents played in your upbringing

and helped you get to the player, the person, the man, the young man that you are, and to the transition, hopefully you become an even better man, an even better football player. Tell us the role that your parents played in that. Since a young age, they were on me hard about my future. As soon as I started playing football, they were like, you got to be locked in because you're going to have a future.

I was big since a young age. We're always in church. I love God. We're a big Christian family so that goes along with coach pine's uh culture and all that goes there that's live well you know every everything always starts at home the foundation for any man young man regardless of what sport you play regardless of what you do in the outside world it always starts at home and based off what i've seen so far listen your parents did one hell of a job man and i'm wishing you luck when you do in the outside world, it always starts at home. And based off what I've seen so far, listen,

your parents did one hell of a job, man, and I'm wishing you luck. When you do get to Colorado, I'm going to be seeing you there because I am an intern. I just got another job, you know, there with Prime. So I'm excited for you. I'm excited for you. I hope your family and your parents are excited, and I know you're going to do well.

Yes, sir. Thank you. We're all excited. Alex, we're looking at one more thing before we get you out of here, Alex. I'm looking at your defensive end, defensive tackle. Is there one that you favor other than the other?

Do you like playing in space? Do you like the three technique? Do you like the shade? Or do you like to be in a nine technique? Do you like to be in a seven technique? Do you like to be in a five? What do you favor? What's going to get the best

out of Alex Pearson? I like to say that I think I'm more productive on the inside because usually I'm a lot quicker than the guards so I can get past them quicker. I like being in space because you can move too

in spades, but I think I'll be more productive as a defensive tackle because I can move quicker than a lot of the guards. Well, Alex, we want to thank you for coming on Nightcap tonight and making this very, very special announcement. Congratulations to you and your family.

There's big things ahead of you in your future. See you getting some – got two great players, and we're proud of you, and we wish you the best. We're going to keep our eye on it, so I'm sure we'll have a conversation again next year. Yes, sir. Thank you for having me. Thanks for joining us. Appreciate you, bro.

Our next guy that's going to make this very, very special announcement, he's out of Fort Worth, North Crowley High School. He's a wide receiver. He's 5'8", 165 pounds. He runs on the 4x1 relay, the 4x2 relay. So normally when your guy's out of Texas and they want to play wide receiver or skilled position, they normally can run. So here he is

without any further ado, Quentin Gibson. Quentin, the floor is yours. Take your time, young man. Hold on, hold on, hold on. QB, QB, before you go, before you go, before you go, outside of the 4x1, what else you run? I run the 4x2. They ain't really letting me run the Open event last year.

Okay, okay. You think you're faster than me? Yeah. Wait, come again? Yeah. You could beat me in the 40, 60, 100, 200? Don't matter. Hey, man, don't play at me like that, man. No, I'm serious.

I'm asking a real question. I'm serious. All right, line it up. One day, any day. All right. Where you at right now? You in Texas? Yes, sir.

Okay, I'm going to come. I'll be out there Saturday. I'll be. We can do it at the market. Okay. I'm asking you, Rich. You have this game. All right. Say less. I'll be there. I'm just saying the paper smoke you want, yo. I'm just letting you know. And that's with all due respect. Quinn, you got a

very special... Quinn, you got a very special announcement you'd like to make. The floor is yours. First, I would like to thank God for giving me the talent and opportunity to be where I am right here today. I would like to thank my family

for being there with me through the ups and downs and the sacrifices they made for me to be at this point. Also, my coaches from Little League to now for developing me to the man I am today. I would like to thank my trainers

from 365 Training for pushing me and helping me throughout my process. With that being said, I'll be committed to Colorado. Go Bucs. There it is. That's what's up. Yeah. We out here. Go Bucs. Quentin, what went into this decision?

Obviously, going into your senior year, you didn't have a lot, but then you got Mississippi State, TCU, Kansas State, Illinois, SMU, and a lot of other schools. What was it about your trip to Boulder that changed your mind and said, this is the place for me? What went into my decision was me wanting to be brought into a school that was like family. Like, everybody that's been around Coach Prom,

been with Coach Prom for many years. So, like, what was the best option? Yeah, that is true. Anytime you do play for Coach Prime, obviously you being able to talk to him, you understand what you're getting, not just as a coach, but as a

mentor, almost a father figure. And I continue to say that to the other athletes that we've had on there, because he was a father figure and a mentor to me during my time, during my playing days. And even still long after, you know, my value in NFL is no longer worthy. So I'm excited for you. I'm happy for you. I've seen you. I studied you. I know what you can do. So I understand the contributions that you're going to bring to that team and that squad. So, dude, I'm happy. What do you hope to learn from Coach Prime

before you get there once you're in that controlled, instructed environment? Really, I hope to learn how to be a better man in life. Outside of football, but within football, what it's going to take for me to get to the next level where I want to be.

Yeah. The one thing y' I can say about Coach Prime, if you look at his skill position players and wide receivers, he puts the ball in their hands, be it Travis Hunter, be it Webster, Shepard, it does not matter. He wants the ball into his playmaker's hand. You

consider yourself a playmaker with elite speed. What do you hope, what does Quentin bring to the CU offense? I bring the ability to flip the field no matter where we at. I bring consistency. If you need a third down

conversion, tell me the ball. Hope to feel like the shoes of LeJonte West and Jimmy Orton. Yep. Yeah. You're the youngest. You have six siblings. You have five sisters, one brother. You're the second youngest.

What is it like being in a family that size? You say you're the second youngest. Is your sister the oldest? Yeah, I have a sister that's the oldest. It's like, really? Growing up, there was a lot of girls in the house.

A lot of different attitudes going on. I have my brother. My mom sometimes, I have my sister more. It is what it is now. You get to see you. You look like I think you're going to roll into spring.

And so obviously you're hoping to make an impression to show everybody who Quinn Gibson is. What do you hope to bring? What can the student body, what can the alumni, what can they expect from you in your freshman year? What do you want to accomplish in your freshman year? I just want to make history. Like whatever it takes.

Like, it could be most senior yards, most freshman touchdowns, some receiver. I just want my name to be in history books. Are you a returner also? Yes, sir. Wow. Yeah. Okay.

So, in other words, he wanted the ball in his hands, Ocho. He said, they can point it to me, they can kick it to me, hand it to me, throw it to me. Just put the ball in my hands, show he say they can point it to me they can kick it to me hand it to me throw it to me just put the ball in my hands and i can make a place and all you got all you got to do is show him start starting in the spring you put the ball in my hands i'm gonna do something with it every time i'm gonna deliver like amazon next day two days three days it don't matter what it is you got to walk with that confidence and you already got it there's a certain thing that you can coaches can coach and just sitting here exchanging with you in this short amount of time, you already got it. You got that it factor.

All you got to do is take, you already know what I'm trying to say, take what you got now, take it on the field and the rest is going to be history. It don't matter who you playing week in and week out. Yes, sir. Quinton, when I look at you, obviously, it's just something about guys receivers that come out of the state of Texas.

We expect all of them to run 4-3 or faster. Who are some of the guys that, when you look at your 5'8", your 165 pounds, so that lets me know you got speed to play with. You got speed to burn. Who are some of the guys that, at the next level in the NFL, that you

was like, okay, I can do some of the things that he does. I can say like Tyreek Hill, Turpin. I like Terry McLaurin. Yeah. I feel like Flip the Field like Tyreek Hill.

I can't track the ball like Terry McLaurin. Got speed like Turpin. I like thatpin I like that I like that you got anything else Ocho? I had to throw another quality in there for him real quick

he left that one out well Quentin congratulations man that's the CU family I'm sure they're very very excited to get you, Coach Prime spoke very highly of you when I talked to him the other day. You're joining two great guys that's also going from the IMG Academy. It looks like this freshman class is going to be something special, something that CU can build on because it looks like they're coming off, they're going to be coming off a

great season. We'll see what happens the last game of the season on Saturday, and then they're going to a bowl game, so hopefully they can win that. And so that means you guys coming in, you're going to have a lot on your shoulders because to see you that the last five or six years is not to see you today and what's going to be tomorrow. So, again, congratulations to you. Look forward to following your career. And I'm sure Ocho and I and Nightcap will see you down the road.

Down the road. I'm going to see you Saturday. I and Nightcap will see you down the road. Down the road? I'm going to see you Saturday. I'm going to see you Saturday at the game, and I got my spikes, too. I don't want no excuses. No excuses. Yeah, all right. Yo. Guys, I know you told me.

I know we told you we're going to have three guys, but we got a surprise. We got a fourth guy that's going to be joining us and making this special announcement. You ready? He's coming. Give us. Oh, there you go.

There he goes. The guy that just joined us is a 6'5", 295 pounds, offensive tackle from Mobile, Alabamaama out of williamson high school cardi they call him smitty smith cardi hi what's good what's good man congratulations man we're excited to have you all here at nightcap the nightcap family and you make this very very special announcement Hopefully it's the first of many announcements that you're going to be making that's very, very special. The floor is yours.

Take off. So we have a little technical difficulties. Bear with us, guys. Bear with us tonight. We have some young men that's making some very, very special announcements for us. We good to go now? And so just bear with us. We really appreciate these young men coming on and sharing these very, very special announcements with us.

This is very, very big for them. A lot of don't get this kind of platform to make these kinds of announcements. So we really thank these young men for giving us their time and giving us this opportunity to showcase them. All right. Cardi, we got everything situated now. The floor is yours again. First, I want to give a big shout-out to my mom and my dad.

An extra big shout-out to my mom, you know, that's really my backbone. I want to give a shout- out to my mom, you know, that's where my back ball, I want to give a shout out to my coaches, my teammates, and all my little league coaches and everybody that got me in this position, basically my whole family. And with that being said, I'll be committing to Colorado. Let's go, Bucs.

The Bucs. The Bucs. How did Smitty you want to be called Smitty or you want to be called Smitty that's all we need to know Smitty

how did you come to this decision really just you know I've been out there twice for the Baylor game and the Cincinnati game. Really just sitting down and talking with Coach Phil, Coach Prime, and all the other coaches. And just seeing that I have a chance to come and play early as a freshman, you know, that was really the main thing that set it off.

Oh, yeah. Hey, what are you looking forward to most about competing at the collegiate level, boss man? I just want my shot. I just want my shot to go take. And I get it. They gonna feel it. Yeah.

What are your expectations? The left tackle is a true freshman that started. Is that your goal to go in there in the spring, earn a spot, and say, look, I ain't trying to redshirt. I ain't trying to rate a year and get rotational plays. I'm trying to be a day one starter from the jump. Yes, sir.

That's my definite plan. You know, I feel like I can go in there. They give me the chance, and I feel like I can beat anybody if I take that spot. I like that. Hey, I have a question, right? I want to change the name. I'm going to call you Boss Man Smitty. All right.

Okay, we rolling with that. So from now on, your name is Boss Man Smitty. Smitty, you decommitted from USC, right? And you chose Colorado. What went in your decision that made you want to do that? Really just the environment that I was around with Colorado. It just felt like family more. Really, Coach Field, you know, Coach Field, a real dude,

sitting down with Coach Field, he telling me the ins and outs and this and that about Colorado. And seeing that he actually played in the game having a coach that actually played at that position and was really the best in his time that we know where he can turn it

down. Plus the opportunity to play really. I'm looking at your background. You played basketball also? Played a little basketball. A little basketball? Middle school. You outgrew the corner.

I had to get a basketball. Did you run track? Did you throw the shot, the discus? No, no, sir. So once you just started focusing on football you like okay this is gonna be my ticket up out of here once i once i took out with it was always fair thank you i'm reading your hometown you grew up in mobile alabama obviously that's where the senior bowl is located have you ever gone and watched those guys those are the guys that are

the college seniors or the underclassmen that goes down there, all the scouts are there, get an opportunity because those are the guys that's going to get drafted. Have you ever gone down there and watched those guys practice, watched the game? Yes, sir. I ain't go to no one last year, but it used to be at LA. You know, we used to always go up there every time they had the game. We used to go up there at LA, tailgate, then go watch the game

and get to meet the players and stuff. Yeah. That's awesome. Obviously you want to play at the next level. When you look at some of the offensive tacklers, you got Jay, obviously you got Trent Williams, you got Lane Johnson. Especially Lane Johnson.

Okay, go ahead. I'm going to let you go ahead. You know, Trent Williams at left tackle, you got Lane Justice with Philadelphia at right half. You know, I really studied Lane Justice because, you know, he played my position. Yeah, that's what. Right. He different.

He is. He is. Great feet, great hands. If you notice, those guys, they're never lazy with their feet and they're never lazy with their hands. Because these guys are the next level, Tommetti. They real good. If you get lazy,

it don't take but a half a step and they bite you. They are. We'll smitty back. His name is Bossman Smitty. We're going to address him. We got to address him the right way. All right, Bossman. Bossman, congratulations, bro.

We really appreciate your time giving us a few minutes of your time to make this very, very important announcement. Hopefully, like I said, this is the first of many, many announcements that you're going to be making. Congratulations to you and your family. We know a lot of people. Here we are talking to you, but there's a lot of people behind the scenes that are responsible for you being here today. Oh, yeah. Speaking of that, I also want to give a shout out to Coach Devon over there, Colorado.

One of the recruiting coaches, he's one of the first dudes that hit me up and got me in tune with Colorado. I want to give a shout out to Coach Devon. All right. Well, boss man, we appreciate your time, man. We're going to keep an eye on you. We'll be following you and see, hopefully,

in a couple years down the road, you'll'll come back on here and say hey uh my time to see you is up it's time to take it to the next level so congratulations to you and your family man and we'll be seeing you thank you thank you that was uh that was cardi boss, Bossman Smitty. Bossman Smitty. London Merritt is a defensive end. 255, he's going to Colorado. He decommitted from

Ohio State, going to CU. Alex McPherson, he decommitted from Oklahoma State, going to Colorado. And Quentin Gibson is a speedster out of Fort Worth, Texas, North Crawley High School, wide receiver, 5'8", 165 pounds. That's the four guys that made their announcement here on Nightcap for the first time.

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beat the Bears 23-20, but that wasn't the story of the game. Caleb Williams had one of the great, the second half was as good as he could possibly throw it. The plays that he made outside of the pocket, the way he threw the ball from the pocket,

and he had a couple of drops in there too, Ocho. But that he was undeterred. He ran. Now, it wasn't smart that you try to get slick and try to stop on a dime and cut back when you're going on the bounce. Going out of bounds. Going out of bounds. They're not going to let you get away with that

because they saw what Patrick Mahomes did and they saw guys fool him before. So they're going to punish you if they get there. So just going out of bounds. But it was Caleb Williams got sacked, Ocho. When he got sacked, it was 33 seconds on the clock. They have a timeout. One.

It's about, they got one. It's about to be third down. Take your timeout. Now, you got 33 seconds. Ocho, even if you don't get it, even if you don't, you still even if you still got fourth down, how do you go from 33 seconds and you keep your time out and you want to run only one plate with 33 seconds?

Because if you complete the ball in bounds, Ocho, you should be able to run your field goal unit on the field, get your other players off the field with 18 seconds. So even a play only lasts, what, five, six, seven? Let's just say for the sake of argument, Ocho, we're going to say the play lasts 10 seconds. Caleb Williams scrambled around. It took him 10 seconds.

You still have 23 seconds to get your field goal unit on the field to get your other guys off the field. That's more than enough time to get the ball snapped, get it held, get it down, and get a kick up. Honestly, and I mean no disrespect, I'm all for people having a job. I think it's very important to have a job, but that was

coaching malpractice. Not only that was coaching malpractice, I think he must have been betting against the odds out there in goddamn Vegas for not calling that goddamn timeout. That is a fireable offense. And I'm not going to ever stand on my soapbox and say that someone should be fired. But for them to have lost the last five,

I think, what, five or six games, and this is a game that you had an opportunity to win or at least tie and go into overtime and see what you could do in overtime, I can't believe, you know, Coach did that, that he didn't call the timeout. And also on Caleb Williams, understand, you have to have better clock management in your head. If your coach

is not on point the way he should be and really being on top of the time and how much time you have left, Caleb Williams, as a player who's played at the big level out there at USC, you should understand how much time is on the clock and what you need to do in those situations to make sure it doesn't happen again. So this is for one, the coach, you should already know. You should already know this is coaching malpractice, but again. So this is, for one, the coach, you should already know. You should already know. This is coaching malpractice. But, Kayla Williams, this is a situation, if it ever comes up again during your tenure in the NFL, understand clock management and how important it is to

give your team a chance to either tie or win a game. That's a bunch of bullshit, man. Keenan Allen said something very interesting. Oh, yeah. That's a good shot. I don't know if you – That's a good shot. It was a Keenan Allen said something very interesting. Oh, yeah. That's a good shot. And I don't know if you... That's a good shot. It was a good shot.

No. Wait, which one? Keenan Allen said, as players, we played well enough to win this game. Bingo. That's a good shot. Think about what he's saying.

Think about the underlying tone and what he's saying. I know the underlying tone. Oh, yeah. I just hope... Look, if I'm Matt Ibraflus, if I'm Ibraflux, Ocho, I would have just took the fine

and I'm not talking to the media after that. Because then he gets up there and says that bull jive, that we got what we wanted and I'm good with it. That's ridiculous. You sound foolish. It sounds like a man that knows he made a mistake

and want to die on that hill instead of saying, God, that's on me. That's on me. I should have called a timeout with 33 seconds. What's wrong with that? How you run one plate with 33 seconds is absolutely a fireball offense. And I have never advocated for anyone to lose their job. Right. Because I understand never advocated for anyone to lose their job. Right. Because I understand how precious jobs are.

But you can't continuously make the mistakes that he's making. Right. And remain in that position. And then come out there and give those bull jive excuses or those bull jive answers to why it's played out. It's too many times. There's a real current theme that if you notice, Ocho. Yeah. Anytime they put a receiver in in it's always a new receiver here it's always somehow the ball finding or they put a new db in somehow the ball always goes his way you watch it in baseball if the ball

somehow always will find him basketball a new guy comes in somehow somehow the ball, damn, we want the ball to end up in your hands with the last second, but damn, here we are. It keeps coming down, Ocho, to plays like this. When you have to understand the situation that your team is in, and you have to make split-second decisions, he let his team down more times than not. Yeah, most definitely.

Listen, and decision-making like that, is the difference between not winning, not losing the past five games. Yes. The second is like that. Listen, it's a game of inches. It's a game of inches, and the coaching is one of the reasons why teams win.

What do you think the difference is in the Detroit Lions before Dan Campbell got there, and the Detroit Lions while he is there? That's coaching. That's coaching. That's all it comes down to, being able to execute the plays. I know some of it is on the players, but also the coaching. It has to come together and work as one.

But you can't be coaching like that and having a situation like that and want to say the excuse you use and not take accountability how you think your players feel yeah like just listen to what keenan allen said players don't normally react to a game like that and don't coach under the bus there's a lot there's a disconnect there's a complete disconnect in the locker room ain Ain't no disconnect. They've lost confidence in their head coach because the thing is with situational football,

you have to practice certain situations. You have to practice fourth down. You have to practice two minutes. You have to practice no huddle. You have to practice being in certain situations. So therefore, if you're in that situation, you'll know how to respond. We practice running the field goal unit on

the field. We getting off the field and it's with 18 seconds. So we practice certain situations. Get out of bounds. Make sure you try to get the ball to the official. Don't aim. Don't throw the ball. Hey, look, they're not receivers. They're old.

Hand them the ball. Hey, look, they're not receivers. They're old. Hand them the ball. Yeah. I just don't get it. And like I said, I don't. Jimmy Johnson said in 70 years of being around coaching, he's never seen the level of dysfunction that the Bears have right now. And I can't say that I disagree with it. Because it's a reoccurring.

Ocho, it's week after week. I can see if it's a one it because it's a real current. It's week after week. I can see if it's a one-time thing, Ocho. That's an accident. You know what else? Speaking on top of what Jimmy Johnson said, he said he's never seen any kind of dysfunction. It's just not this year. It's just not this year.

You're trying to change the culture in Chicago in general. The culture, the winning culture in Chicago has been going for a very long time. It's been going for a very long time and being able to contend and compete year in and year out on a consistent basis. All of that starts at the top. And in the middle, it starts with the coach and then it lingers into the players. So until you get that middle ground the right way, everything else is going to falter.

It starts with little shit like today. It might be little because it's one game, but it affects the entirety of a season because bad decisions will continue to be made. Oh, Joe. I don't know what they said, but normally when we go on the field

especially it's the last drive we got two timeouts we got one timeout we got no timeout if you can get the ball out of bounds yeah all things being equal we'll take a five yard gain and get out of bounds as opposed to a 10 yard gain and not get out of bounds. So we've already, we've already gone through situations that we could potentially see in a game because there's only one way to handle a situation. It's just like everything else, but you practice first down, you practice second down, you practice third down,

you practice goal line and red zone. Okay. There are certain situations. Now you can't practice everything. Oh, Joe, but hopefully you play football long enough, you'll know. With 33 seconds

and you got a timeout, after a sack, you automatically take a timeout. I don't know what Iberflus was even thinking. That's the first thing you do because the official is standing right there by you. That's the side judge. He's like, hey, timeout. Timeout, timeout, timeout, timeout.

The funny thing about it is, you could have ran that play, right? You could have called that timeout, ran another play, and I'm not sure what your signal was, Unc, where the special team is already ready. And we used to yell, fire, fire, fire, fire. Yeah. It's hurry, hurry's up. There's enough time on the clock. There's enough time on the clock.

You come out, and you kick the field goal. And hopefully before the clock hits zero, you have them execute that field goal and tie the game and take it into overtime. And then boom, now you got a fresh start and hoping you can get down there and score. That's it. Even ballgaming at that point.

But you don't even get a goddamn chance. And they had the momentum. They had played extremely well yesterday. They had the momentum in the ballgame. I thought Detroit got away from running the football. There's another, Ocho, at some point in time, you're going to have to stop making excuses for Jamison Williams. You've got to stop.

You've got to stop making excuses for it. Oh, the fumble? No, that's Gibbs. The hitting the guy in the face with the football that's standing on the sideline. Oh, the fumble? No, that's Gibbs. The hitting the guy in the face with the football that's standing on the sideline. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He almost cost his team. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's the kind of, see, that's the kind of immaturity. I'm trying to figure out what could the guy possibly, he on the sideline. Bro, why you talking? You not even in the game. Let that sink in for a second. You not even in the game let that sink in for a second you're not even in the game and you're talking right get in the game first and then i'll address you i ain't addressing nobody on the sideline right what made it even more egregious is that it was after the

play so the dime already counted so now they back you up 15 yards. And then he gets to the sideline and he's arguing with Antoine Randall-El trying to explain what he did. Bro, shut up. There's no offer with no explanation. In the words of the great Billy Holiday, now don't explain.

What are you trying to... Hey, in a great words of who? What you know by Billie Holiday? I'm trying to figure out, Ocho, what's his explanation? Everybody saw what you did. He said something, you turned and flipped the ball in his face.

You lucky he didn't run and put his foot in your ass. Yeah. Hey, I got a question for you. Now that we're talking about the Bears. Now, I understand what Jamison Williamson did. You know, I'm going to talk to the young bull. I got young bull. I got young bull on the line, too. So I'm going to talk to him.

And you know you can't do that. You can't cause your team, especially as well as y'all are doing right now. But what you think about, Chad, y'all tell me what y'all think now. What you think about Bill Belichick to the Bears? I think wherever Bill belichick goes as long as they have a defense and a quarterback that you can work with caleb williams is a quarterback that you can work with he's someone that you can win with based on his skill set and what he can do yeah what do you think like it's good because what i'm gonna do on two on on

wednesday when we when we do inside the nfl i'm to bring it up on the show. Bill, what do you think about your opportunity in having a coaching job in Chicago? There's a defense, a very adequate defense that you can work with, one of the better corners in the league, and Jalen Johnson, that's my little nephew, you got a quarterback

that you can develop and mold and understanding what it takes to win. I mean, who says no to that? Then you have an organization that's going to give you the keys. They're going to give you the keys because you have an understanding on what it takes to win, what it takes to build a winning team. Here, you got six, seven Super Bowls. You also, you want to go get that coaching record from Don Shuler.

You want to break that, right? Now, boom, you have over this thing. Get the keys that allow you to build the team you need to build to be able to contend and compete in that NFC. Why not take it? Yeah, because that division ain't coming back. This is what

when he addressed after the game, he said, our hope was that we re-rack that play at 18 seconds, throw it in bounds, get into field goal range, and then call our final timeout. You see, Ocho, he doesn't understand. You don't need to call a timeout. With 18 seconds, that's more than enough time to get your field goal unit on and off the field.

Way more. Way more. That was where we was in our decision-making process on that. We were outside of field goal range, no jive, Sherlock, and needed to get a few more yards in there as close as we can get. We're going to call

timeout. That's why we held the last half. So in other words, now you're going to next week, you got four timeouts in the first half. Oh no, you can't use that timeout. Disappointed for our players. They put a lot of work in on a short week and put themselves in position to win that game.

They did, and you denied them that. That part you got right. On a short week, our players, we didn't play the best first half, but we played an outstanding second half, and we put ourselves in position to win the game. And my boneheaded play, my boneheaded situational awareness cost our team a game. More games are lost than won in the NFL.

Exhibit A. I would like to present this, Your Honor. Exhibit A of how games are lost. Yeah, I don't get it. I don't, I don't, I don't,

I don't get how he continuously finds himself. If you notice, like I said, when you make bonehead plays, yeah, somehow you always find yourself with that situation week after week until you correct it until you rectify said situation yeah bro call the time out oh joe call the time out you can run your like i said if the if the play only cost you eight seconds i gave you 10 on the long end hopefully you uh caleb understands that you can't run around.

But I just, I don't get it. And I said it in real time. I'm like, what is he thinking? What the hell was he thinking? Why would you not call a timeout with 33 seconds left? I don't know. Everybody said the same thing. Again, it's culture malpractice.

It made me think he had money on the game to do something like that, to not even give your team, your team a chance to win, especially with what you've been through weekend and week out with the losing the close games, the games you played. Well, I mean like,

come on, man, give yourself a chance. There, there are multiple scenarios when you're down in that situation, that should already be gone and be playing in your head. Not just the one you explained at the goddamn podium. There are multiple scenarios that you should play on.

Okay, what do I need to do? Split decision. Fast decision making. You know, if you don't have it, then your quarterback got to have it. But your quarterback is supposed to be learning from you. So if you ain't got it and you the head man, look at how he's supposed to know it. But definitely the here and the there. Caleb will know

and have a better understanding of time, you know, and how much time you have to use, you know, as he gets older and a little bit more mature in the NFL and understanding clock. And explain that to him. Let him know, hey,

we got one timeout, Caleb. So, hey, if you get sacked, don't be afraid. Let's not be afraid to use that timeout. Let him know, hey, we got one timeout, Caleb. So, hey, if you get sacked, don't be afraid. Let's not be afraid to use that timeout. Yeah. The Lions knocked their first Thanksgiving win in eight years. Jared Groff threw two touchdowns to Sam Laporta. Goff, 21

to 34, 221, two touchdowns, while the Detroit ground game, led by Montgomery and Gibbs, ran for 194 yards on 37 carries. Yeah. Look, they got, I mean, that first, that third quarter went by so quick. It was like Chicago got a possession, scored a touchdown.

Detroit got a possession, scored a touchdown. And Chicago ran two more plays and the quarter was over. Yeah. So what you needed, because the Lions couldn't get off the field on third down, don't you? They get them in third long, it didn't matter. Caleb Williams made some

great throws, guys ran great routes, guys got open, and Detroit couldn't get them off the field on third down. And so, tick, tick, tick, you keep your offense off the field. Now they get out of sync, and the next thing you know, Chicago makes this game close. Probably should have went to overtime at worst-case scenario,

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