Nightcap - Nightcap - Hour 1: DK Metcalf traded to Steelers, Sam Darnold to Seattle

Episode Date: March 12, 2025

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson recap the best NFL moments of the week including the start to NFL Free Agency seeing DK Metcalf being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sam Darnold signing with the Seattle Seahawks, Aaron Rodgers possible heading to the Steelers, and much more!00:00 - Jets sign Justin Fields08:59 - Aaron Rodgers to the Steelers?25:22 - Sam Darnold to the Seahawks40:42 - Zach Wilson to the Dolphins45:50 - Josh Allen’s $330 million payday51:36 - DK Metcalf to the Steelers(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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and make the most out of your tax refund. After tumultuous Aaron Rodgers era in New York has made it clear and decisive and sovereign decision with a high upside player on a low cost deal. The Jets signed Justin Fields to a two year deal, 40 million dollars with 30 million guaranteed. He was celebrating his new deal in Dubai with Michael Parsons, Kyle Pitts and Bijan Robinson. Fields is expected to be the Jets opening day starter ahead of Tyrod Taylor. Fields would be reunited with Garrett Wilson.

The two were teammates for two seasons at Ohio State, 19 through the 20th. Fields was drafted number 11 overall in 2021, nine spots after the Jets selected Zach Wilson, who was replaced by Rodgers and traded last offseason. He was in Denver last year. Now he's in Miami on a one-year deal, fully guaranteed to back up Tua. Ocho, what do you think about this deal?

Now we know definitively, Justin Fields is not going back to Pittsburgh. He's in New York. So you like this deal? I like it. I like it. Justin Fields deserves a chance to start. He deserves a chance to start somewhere. If it wasn't

going to be in Pittsburgh, obviously, Mike Tomlin had promised Russell Wilson a job. He came in, took the team to 4-2, then Russell Wilson took over. We know what happened. The bottom fell out towards the end of the season. Justin Fields doesn't come back. He was on a one-year deal. He's now going to the New York Jets. Now

the New York Jets have their own problems. One of the problems that they did have, but that they think they solved, is a quarterback position in bringing Justin Fields in. I'm hoping, I'm hoping things go in his favor and they continue to put pieces around him so he can succeed at what he does. Having Garrett Wilson, for one, as a step in the right direction fixing the offensive line for two is another step in the right direction you have Brees Hall who can take some of the pressure off of you when it comes to running the ball he can also catch the ball out the backfield outside of that the defense maybe they can get back hopefully get back to what they once were not last year but the year before where they were top three in almost every statistical category when they played hopefully they can get back to that and i'm happy for justin fields and there's not not now the

onus is on you the onus is on you you what you wanted you wanted a chance to be a starter you wanted a chance to be able to prove yourself now you got it and not only do you got it, now you got it in the best place to play. The best market, the media, the world is watching. You're going to be on TV. Everything you do is going to be magnified. You know? So the pressure

is going to be on a little bit now. Listen, this depression is also going to be on. Well, also, you know who the backup was on the Rodgers, who played better at spots when he got in the Rodgers? Tyrod Taylor. Yeah, you know, Tyrod been around for a long time now. That's one joke.

Plays well, you understand. That's one joke. You can put him on all 32 teams, he's going to give you what you need every time you step in there. Every time you step in there. Every time you step in there. But for some reason, they don't view him as a starter

when he actually is. That's what he should be. Right. He played really well. Remember, he started in Buffalo and took him to the playoffs. And then he goes to San Diego.

He gives, he has a collagen injury suffering in the preseason. They inject it and they end up piercing the lung and he collapsed his lung. So now Justin Herbert starts. Now Herbert plays well. He never gets the job back.

So now he's been a backup. He was a backup in New York, played better than Daniel Jones, got, went to Jets and played good. So he's played well when he's been given an opportunity to play. Oh, and he was also a backup in Baltimore. Yeah. Didn't he back up Flacco? He did?

Yeah. Wait, what year was this he was on that Super Bowl team oh right Rod got a ring too huh yeah that's where and he played you know in back spot

duty playing well he goes to Buffalo so he went from Baltimore to Buffalo to the Chargers to the Giants in back spot duty playing well, he goes to Buffalo. Okay. So he went from Baltimore to Buffalo to the Chargers to the Giants to the Jets. Now, where was he at when they had the issue

with the lung, with the punctured lung? The Chargers. Did he purposely not file any type of action simply for the fact that he... I think he did file a grievance. Really?

I think he did file a grievance because that's tricky, Ocho, because you want to get deep enough in there and put the medicine in there, and the lungs are right there. The lungs are right there. You have to be cautious. Now, you're talking to somebody

that shot his ribs up because he had, like, real cartilage. So it's a very delicate process, and it happens. It happens. You know what I would think about, too, when I just thought about it? You have to be careful a little bit i think if you have an issue like that especially where the doctors are responsible for doing something wrong to you but

i always thought as a player if you file suit and and you win you know the nfl ain't gonna play with you no more you know you know you know what i'm trying to get at huh right so that's that's that's yeah i bet he said probably it cost him a starting job because they paid his salary. So now you know what I mean. You see what I mean? But. Huh?

Yeah. He's sooner. He's sooner, yeah. Oh, that's crazy. So, yeah, it happened. So I'm happy for Justin Fields. He's like, bro, I ain't going back to Pittsburgh. Y'all ain't going to turn me loose.

Y'all going to come in here and y'all want to do this little stuff like that. Play to the defense. Don't take any risk. The last time they took risk is when they had Big Ben. They allowed Big Ben to play free. You got to understand what Big Ben had at his disposal to be able to play free. They ain't got nothing like that over there. But early in his career, even when he had weapons, it was a defense.

They ran the bus. They ran Willie Parker. And then even when they got Le'Veon, they still was an air-it-out type of a football team because they had all of those receivers. They had Mike Wallace, and they had the Sanders, and they had the A-beats. So they had a nice collection of they had the abs so they had a nice collection of talent at the wide receiver position now i'm not saying and none of the guys so i don't

want people to misconstrue this none of the guys that's played quarterback are comparable to ben no so we know we know what ben represents but all i'm saying i mean i think ben has the most 500 passing our games in nfl history with that being said, at the end of the day, Ocho, you got to let me throw a football, bro. This is 2025. This ain't 1940 football where we run the wing team. Yeah, you got to. Quarterbacks want to throw.

Receivers want to catch. Running backs want to run. Edge rushers want to rush the quarterback. So you got to let them do what they were meant to catch. Running backs want to run. Edge rushers want to rush the quarterback. So you got to let them do what they were meant to do. And so look, I'm sure you're going to try to take advantage of Phil's legs. They're too dynamic for you

not to. But you got to let him throw the ball, Ochoa. And I ain't talking about no damn 15 times a game. What the hell do you expect the man to do? Go 12 or 15 for 220 yards, three touchdowns? Come on, man. It's all about understanding your player's strengths.

Understanding your player's strengths, understanding your player's weaknesses and plan to his strengths. Play to his strengths and try to cover up his weakness by doing other things using other people. It's easy.

There's a reason it's 11 people on the goddamn field. Yes. Everybody has a responsibility. You like to move to the Jets. Hell yeah. But one, only because, okay, I got Brees Hall behind me. Right. And you mean to tell me I got a gangster a gangster and and garrett wilson out there

too now i don't i don't know what the rest of the receiver core look like but i know i can count on five they might go they might get a receiver they might take an offensive lineman i know i know i can count on five i'm scrapped straight let me ask you this how much pressure do you feel is on justin fields to show that you know what i'm a capable starter in the nfl not only is the pressure on him not only is the pressure on him look what the hell he went to play at that make the pressure times 10 true but what you can't do you can't be gunshot. But it all started here. It all started here.

Listen, you wanted it, now you got it. And not only did you get it, now you got to go on the bigger stage. Oh, Joe, the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers could reportedly have a deal done by tomorrow. He beat them in Super Bowl XLV. He could be joining them soon. Is this a good move by the Steelers?

Might be the only thing. I'm not sure if they want to go back to Russell Wilson, but the only move for them to do at this point, even though the issues that Aaron Rodgers had when he was with the Jets, it didn't work out. Some of the things that he did away from the game

that affected him on the field, if there's a team or a place where we can go where you understand you have to change your ways because now you're on the back end where they don't need you. They don't need you. And you have to find a way to get in good graces with the NFL in general, letting them know, okay, you know, to getting good graces with the NFL in general, letting them know, okay, you know what?

I don't have the leverage I used to have. Things are a little bit different now. The game is getting younger. I'm not the same four-time All-Pro I used to be. I got to do things the right way because I'm almost out the door. I have flashes of brilliance. Flashes of brilliance every so often. I'm almost out the door. I have flashes of brilliance. Flashes of brilliance every so often. I'm up and down.

This could be my last stop. Listen, you got George Pickens to work with. You got D.K. Metcalf to work with. I'm not sure what they can do. Oh, yeah.

I'm not sure what they're do. Oh yeah, Fonk. Charles Austin III. I'm not sure what they're going to do in the backfield. You need somebody to take that pressure off of him so he don't have to do so much. Not to cut you off, it looks like Najee Harris is about to sign with the Chargers. So is Jalen Warren a free agent too, or is he back?

Because you know everybody feels that they can go get a back. Because a lot of times people feel like the college back, his most value is when he first come out. Because guess what, Ocho? He's coming out as a 21 or 22 year old and we get him for three to four years and we ain't got to do nothing at least for

three years. So we run the tread off the tires and then we punt the ball and let somebody else get him. So we feel we've got the best out of him. That's how they think. I hate that. I hate that. I don't like I don't

like the fact that the running back position still, if you look at the numbers that some of the running backs have gotten today, is not valued the way it should be. Unless you are special unless you are special and you i mean you can look at it so i don't want to say any names because to me it is somewhat disrespectful you know to some of the deal that they have to sign one year deal yeah they did and the running back had a resurgence last year ocho i mean look i i ain't talking about but you talk about the top five backs. Let's say

you say Saquon, you take Derrick Henry, you take Josh Jacobs, you take who else was in that? Jonathan Taylor. Who else was in that group? That's your top five right there. Okay. Yeah. It's like them, and then there's a huge

drop-off, like off the cliff. Right. Man, what the hell? Now, that's crazy. I mean, I'm looking at some of the numbers. I'm looking at some of the numbers. It is the NFL. It's still good money.

But for the position and what you have to go through, the wear and tear, the pounding, pause. I'm like, golly. Now you signed with the Rams? I thought he was going to the Chargers. I thought he was looking at the Chargers. Somebody told me he just signed with the Rams one year. Oh, oh. Yeah, I saw that earlier.

It was before I even got here. I saw that on Twitter. He signed with the Chargers, right? One year? Okay. 9 saw that on Twitter. He signed with the Chargers, right? One year? Okay. 9.25, okay. They had the number right, but they had the wrong team.

Look, think about it, Ocho. Look about how many quarterbacks moved and one of the last ones to move is a four-time league MVP, a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. That should tell him everything he needs to know. If this is not a wake-up call for Aaron Rodgers, I don't know what is. It would scare me, honestly.

It would scare me. You know what I'm saying? It would scare me to the point where I'm walking on eggshells, where an NFL in which I dominated for a very long time and I've had leverage for a very long time, I no longer have that leverage. They no longer need me right now. The fact that I had an opportunity in New York and didn't get

it done and they actually let me go. I've never been on the losing side of things in that manner. You know what? We're going to show you the door. We good. Shoot, man. Please. The Raiders. The Raiders say, hey, we'll trade you the door. We good. Shoot, man. Please. The Raiders.

The Raiders say, hey, we'll trade for Geno. Seattle says, no, we want Sam Darnold. Remember I told you the whole show? I said, I like a deal for Sam Darnold like what Baker Mayfield got. I'm not going to give him no $45, $50 million. About $33 million. Baker has played really well. Baker probably, if he plays

well like he played last year, they're going to tear that deal up and he's going to probably get $45-$50 million. Baker has played unbelievable. And Chris Godwin turned down more money to stay. He turned down, well, he had an opportunity to go to the Patriots, if I read it

correctly, but he took less money to stay in Tampa, play alongside Mike Evans, and have Baker Mayfield as his quarterback. Got no problem with that. But this should, like you said, Ocho, this absolutely should be a wake-up call for Aaron Rodgers. Because your resume,

because your resume, you didn't do that resume in Pittsburgh. You didn't do that resume X, Y, and Z. What you did in Green Bay, they'll forever remember you. But I need you to do some of that for what you did in Green Bay. I need you to do some of that here.

And listen, he had everything he needed. They gave him everything he needed. They gave him everything he wanted. And he didn't get it done. He didn't get it done. He did not. I think it'd be, I think it'd be... He wanted, he wanted, he wanted, he wanted, uh, Randall Lea, I mean, Randall Carr, he got it.

He wanted, uh, he got it. He wanted Tay Adams, he got it. He wanted his offensive coordinator, he got it. I mean, Nathaniel Hacker owe a lot to Aaron Rodgers because he's make the Broncos pretend like, yo, he was interested, knowing he wasn't going,

got Nathaniel Hackett that job. That's pretty good. And then he's like, you know what? I want Nathaniel Hackett knowing good and well. I understand. But look at the power and leverage as a quarterback that a quarterback has, especially with a quarterback with the accolades

and the resume that he has. There's some of the things that he can pull off. Come to an organization and they give you the keys. They gave you everything. Not only did they give you everything, but look how you acted when it was time for minicamp. When it was time to be a leader of men. The one person

that the players are supposed to be able to look up to and actually count on, you're completely different. You do things your own way. Not like the Tom Brady's, the Peyton Manning's or the Drew Brees's. But you do it your own way not like the tom brady's the peyton manning's or the drew breezes but you do you do it your own way now you get another shot in pittsburgh and i would think the best the best thing for you to do i mean who am i to tell somebody on how to conduct themselves and to come to play in the game of football when i was an ass clown myself well you know you will

be asshole but i'm saying oh joe when you go to a new team, you show up for many camps, no TAs, because you try to ingratiate yourself into that team structure because what you did, where you came from, has no bearing

on what you're going to do here. That was my approach when I went to Baltimore. I understood what I had accomplished in Denver, but how was that

going to help me in Baltimore? John wasn't throwing me the ball. I wasn't in mile high. And so now I got to show people, okay, this is how the guy that came here, this is how I became who I became. The way you practice, the way you do

things, the attentiveness that you show. I didn't think I was because I had Super Bowl rings and I was an all-pro yada, yada, yada. I didn't go in there thinking I was better than them. I went in there, I humbled myself. Hey, I need to be an OTA. Here I am. The only thing I did say, they used to have a test, Ocho.

The conditioning test, you had to run on a treadmill. How you did? Man, I told Friday, you remember Friday? Friday was y'all, you all had Chip and Friday too, but the roles were reversed. Friday was the head,

Chip was the assistant. In Cincinnati, Chip was the head, Friday was the assistant. Hmm. Man, they got on the thing and you know, you start off at like eight,

you run on that for two minutes and they go to nine, eight down, but you got to be up to like 20 minutes. And I'm looking at everybody and I'm thinking to myself, is this a new form of football? Because we ain't going to be playing on no treadmill. I said, Friday, I'll be back. I went right upstairs and see Brian. I said, bro, what the treadmill got to do to work it out

he said what's wrong I said bro I run on the grass I run on the ground I play football on the ground I said bro I can't do that don't worry about it I said I came right back down I said I talked to Brian you ain't doing it I like stuff like that

I like stuff like gases, conditioning tests, stuff that actually had I like actually running Ocho, I like actually running and I had just got off a hamstring injury I had just got off a hamstring injury

that's understandable hell nah but let me ask you this, Ocho. How do you think the pairing is going to be with Aaron Rodgers and Mike Thomas? It's going to be good. Listen, one thing about it, I guarantee you, any player, no matter who you are, no matter what you've done in the NFL, they have respect for their young bull out there. I'm talking about young bull.

They have respect for Mike Tomlin. All of them, including Aaron, walking in that building, going to play for that historic franchise, for a coach that has been consistently good. I mean, not where they should be, but he's been consistently good and always winning year in and year out.

You're coming in with respect. I'm sure. And I'm sure Mike Tomlin is going to give him that same respect based on who he is and what he's done but again like you said it holds no weight and has no bearing on what you've done so far you got to update your resume every year

you do you absolutely do and that's what I love about sports this ain't no hey bro you got no you got to update your resume every game this is a game to game now you get an opportunity to do it because this ain't no this ain't like no regular job when we have a year in review now we review your stuff every week bro i can't wait till the end of

the year to make a decision i might need to get you up out of here after week five after week six, after week ten. I can't be afraid to make change. Right. The only constant you'll ever have in life is change. Whether you choose to adapt and evolve and change with it, but change is the only thing that's constant.

Hopefully, I hope Aaron understands that. Yes, your career in Green Bay was sensational. I mean, some people might have thanked you based on who you are, your body of work, those MVPs, the consistency, the touchdown to interception ratio. Some people might say but damn Aaron you left some out there

losing to Jimmy Garoppolo twice Russell Wilson in his third year I remember that you lost to who else lost to Tom you wanted home field you said I want the road to the Super Bowl to lead through Green Bay Lost to who else? Lost to Tom. You wanted home field.

You said, I want the road to the Super Bowl to lead through Green Bay. And I'd be damned if you ain't let Tom, his first year in Tampa, come there and put a plus in you. Yeah. Four MVPs, you got to get to at least two to three Super Bowls, Ocho. I ain't saying you got to. You got to get to at least two to three Super Bowls, Ocho. I ain't saying you got to. You got to get to at least two to three. With four MVPs, Ocho?

Four? Four. Manning has the most. He had five. Manning went to three Super Bowls. I think Montana has two MVPs. Montana went to four Super Bowls. Brett Favre went to two.

Elway got one MVP. He went to five. With four MVPs, you got to be at least two Super Bowls. Brett Favre, went to two. Elway got one MVP, he went to five. With four MVPs, you got to be at least two Super Bowls. You got to. You got to. And don't get, look,

and he, I mean, it ain't like he ain't have no weapons on him. Jordy Nelson, and Greg Jennings, and Donald Driver, Jermichael Finley, he's always.

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in a said uniform I mean it's like damn I mean now you'll probably see him in a different uniform maybe the Steelers it seems like you know but who said that Schefter that a deal might be reported Schefter didn't report it pro football talk saying it could be a deal

to see Aaron Rodgers in a different uniform. Yeah. Mike Florio? Listen, they need it though. Even though it's not Aaron Rodgers of old, but the fact that, okay, if we can get

him somewhere just close to being a being a little consistent we'll be alright because look what we got to deal with already in our division we ain't seen you know who else got to make another splash

the Cleveland Browns there is no way to compete in the AFC North unless you have a quarterback because in defense they don't get it done. You're not going to dominate on defense. That can't be your identity. You're not going against Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson. Now Aaron Rodgers being in Pittsburgh,

the Cleveland Browns are going to have to make a splash. I don't know where they're going to go. I don't know who they're going to get, but they don't have any choice but to make a splash. Because you can't rely on your defense to be able to stop these teams. Now, because here's the thing. You've got to score. The NFL's about scoring.

That's why they instituted the rules because they like scoring. We like scoring, don't you? Baseball, they like to see the ball go over the fence. Basketball, they like to see people. They like to see 127, 140, 127. They like 145 to 143. That's what we like. We've always liked scoring.

Baseball, I mean, maybe you get a purist, and he wants to see a 2-1 basketball game. I mean, excuse me, a 2-1 baseball game. Or in soccer. But no, Ochoa, I don't want to see that. Excuse me, in hockey. No, bro, I want to put, hey, make it 6-5. Baseball, make it 10-11.

Not what I want to see. All that other stuff, I don't care about that. It's being reported the Steelers are also signing Darius Slate. Slate is going there. Boy, hey, hey, listen. I'm a banger at heart, right? I'm in the chat. Y'all stay with me real quick now.

Darius Slate is well capable of still being an elite corner in this NFL. If you watched him play last year, if you've seen some of the clips that I saw, still got it. Still got it. Well, guess what? You're going to be put to the test because if Cincinnati bring back T. Higgins,

you got to deal with T. Higgins and you got to deal with Chase. He got to deal with Bateman, and he got to deal with the other Zay Flowers. It's a good thing. I like it. The pairing, it's a nice pair now. Might be two of the best pairings outside of Marlon Humphrey and Nate Wiggins. I like Nate Wiggins, too.

He a little on the slim side, but he nice. Joey Porter, Darius Slate, I like that. Oh, Joe, the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to sign free agent Sam Donald to a three-year deal, $100.5 million. Seattle is giving Donald 55 million in guarantees. You like this move for Seattle. I like the move because I don't like the move for Seattle. I like the move because I don't like the move for Seattle. I like the move for Sam Donald, though.

I like the move for Sam Donald. We saw a small sample size of Sam Donald in New York. Okay? He didn't really have nothing to ride in. We saw a small sample size of Sam Donald in Carolina. He didn't really have nothing to ride in. Boy, you put goddamn Sam Donaldner over there on the Minnesota Vikings, boy, he look like Joe Montana.

Boy, he look like Joe Montana, you hear me? He ain't got that in Seattle, though. Can I tell you why he look like that, though? They got a young boy over there named, last name Hawkinson. Huh? They got a young boy over there, probably the best

receiver in the NFLfl outside of jamal chase and justin jefferson they got addison young bull crazy giving you crazy work yeah so that's how they would get paid like that so now he get that money down there now you got to come and show up you have certain you got certain quarterbacks That elevate The receivers around them Then you have certain Quarterbacks that need The receivers around them To elevate the quarterback play

So now you got to come in And show out Right now All they have right now is JSN I like JSN I like him You know

They got to get something else over there You know let Tyler Lockett go you know let DK Metcalf go I'm not sure what kind of rebuilding stage they in but they playing

with Legos they done started over from scratch for me I don't think that Sam Donald is better than Geno now maybe you didn't

want to give Geno an extension Geno's going to make 31 million this year he probably going to look for something north of 40 you get Sam Donald for about for about $33 million.

But go back and look the last two to three years. Geno has outplayed it. Now, maybe, hey, you want to move on? We're letting Lockett go. We're letting DK go. Hey, we're going to start fresh. We're going to get all that up. All that gonna start fresh we're gonna get all that up all that Pete Carroll we're gonna get that up out of here

but I don't think I don't think Sam Donald is better than Gino well you know he's not better than Gino huh you know he's not better than Gino but I'm just saying we have to understand why Sam Donald was able to do what he did in Minnesota. I always say a quarterback

is only as good as his opponent cast. There are very few quarterbacks in the NFL right now that can go to any team, and regardless of who's around them, they can excel. Regardless of who's around them. Lamar Jackson's one of them. Josh Allen is another one

who did more with less. There's a few others. I'm not going to say no names. There's a few others. They can go on any team. I don't care what you put around me. I'm going to get the job no matter what.

I don't care how much talent, how much skill I got around. It's because of the onus in what I can do. And that's why I'm special. Hell, that's why Josh Allen just got the deal he got. Six for 330. That's why he got the deal he just got.

That's why the quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow make the big money. Some people say, well, Joe Burrow's only doing what he's doing because he had Jamar Chase. Put him anywhere. Put him anywhere. Put him anywhere. The skill set doesn't change. You being able to throw the ball doesn't change. All you need is the players around you to get the job done. Somebody said in the chat they offered Geno the same contract they offered Donald.

Why would I take, why would I? So you mean to tell me I played the way I played, I've gone to Pro Bowls, and you're going to give me a $2 million raise? Child, please. Screw you. Child, please. I mean, I wish I might. I like that for Geno, too.

I like that. Yeah, and so do I. Oh, Miami. Miami's one of Miami's finest. Geno Smith. Sam Darnold ranked 14th in QBR, which was seven spots ahead of Smith en route to the Pro Bowl.

But Darnold also had an 11-sack debacle in their wildcard playoff loss to the Rams. If you look at it, the last two games, I think they played Detroit and they played the Rams. Hold on. They played Detroit? Yeah, they played Detroit

because they had that comfort behind win. Then they played Detroit and Detroit mopped them. And. Then they played Detroit, and Detroit mopped them. And then they went to the playoffs in the Rams, crushed them. So, his play is very, very receiver-centric, which means he really needs quality players around him to elevate him. I don't believe he can elevate. They need to elevate him. And that's what you got with Jeddah.

That's what you got with Hawkinson. That's what you got with an Aaron Jones. That's what you got with an Addison. Now, it's going to be very interesting to see what they put around him. He only have Jackson Smith and Jigba that's still there. Or they have Noah Fant who's still there. But what are the other receivers that you're going to put? No DK, no's still there. But what are the other receivers that you're going to put up? No DK, no Tyler Lockett.

So what are you going to surround him with in order to, and hope you get the production this year that he gave Minnesota last year? Listen, I'm not sure who the owners are in Seattle, but I think they understand. They've been watching football a long while. It's Paul Allen's sister. His sister. Paul Allen, yeah, he passed away and left everything to his sister.

They have enough scouts and people in place to understand why he played as well as he did. You know why. I understand it's a business. I understand you have to pay him his money, but if you want to see him be as productive as he was, you need to get the same type of pieces. You won't get...

You ain't going to find that. But there are some quality rivalries that you can get to put around him, to put with J.S. in. They got a nice running back in Kenneth Walker. Kenneth Walker the nice running back and Kenneth Walker, Kenneth Walker III, right?

Kenneth Walker, yeah, and Charmino. Well, they nice. They nice. So I think they're going to be all right. But that's just very questionable about some of the moves they made for one Lockett.

How you let the preacher go? I call Lockett the preacher's wife. You can't let the preacher's wife go. You know? That goes against everything God stands for. Now, DK, he won this deal. They weren't going to pay him. I understood that move.

But, hey, man. Hey, the business, the NFL, it's crazy. Sometimes it make you sit there and scratch your head but it's the nature of the business you you've been around it for so long you play it and you see how they operate nothing surprised me yeah no i love what jamar lamar lamar jamar posted on ig know your worth then add play but when i saw it i tax. He don't play. I saw it. I saw it. He don't play. You don't

listen to me. Give me me. Give me, give me, give me me. They played with him last year. There's certain players that love the game and you know you can play with them, right? You can play, you know, when the NFL knows you love the game so much know you can play with them, right? You can play, you know,

when the NFL knows you love the game so much that you're coming to play, they'll take advantage of you. Now, you got somebody like this who showed you, all right, man, I'm going to sit down. I'm not going to...

I ain't give you... I ain't cut no deal. At all. Now, you played with me last year. This year? Nuh-uh. Yesterday's price ain't today's price. I need all that.

Yesterday, today's price is two years from now price. I'm charging. I know the economy. I know, hey, I know we wiped out a lot of games over the last couple days. The Dow and the NASDAQ is down. But I need that back. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Hey, for what y'all did to me, I cut nothing. I'm charging. I remember when I was growing up and my grandfather would take me and my brother. We'd go clothes, get Easter shopping. We'd buy two suits. You get two suits for $99. They throw the tie in the pocket square for free. Jamar say I'm charging everything a la carte.

It's $15 million for I led the league in receiving yards. It's $15 million I led the league in touchdowns. It's $15 million I led the league in catches. We're about 45. Make it right. Make the money right. Tobin, you and Mike Brown, make the money right. Hold on.

And if it ain't what it should be, I ain't touching the field. I'm not touching the field. I'm not touching the field until week eight because I want to make sure I get my credit this season. I'm saying. I'm going to do that. Oh, but y'all going to pay me. I'm not cutting. Hey, T, I will really love you,

but I ain't going to save you no money now. I'm just letting you know, I ain't saving no money. Ain't going to be no scraps. Oh, that's funny, man. That's funny. They don't ever cut. They don't cut these.

They don't cut these networks. They don't cut them no breaks't cut these networks they don't cut no breaks they can pay top dollar so I need that I need that oh and plus

you already told me you gonna make me the highest paid you gotta be careful it's like hey Ojo you go ahead and say we're just staying together

and you don't promise your girl hold on don't forget they done lied to me once already now When they said it They won't pay him last year So now

Now you're worried Now you're worried I really can't I really can't stand on your word Because you told me one thing last year And then you bumped the system on me You bumped me So I don't know what to believe now

So now You get a post like that Because now it's strictly business Oh That's all it's ever been Because y'all told me Y'all was going to take care of it Now I look at y'all and you say you promise to light pie crust

Thin and easily broken I can't believe nothing you tell me I wrote that one down before I remember that one that's a good one Yeah so I can't believe that was down before. I remember that one. That's a good one. Yeah. So, I need all that. I want everything out of the promise yesterday and everything y'all took in today.

You remember all the night we say we shake it up night? Yeah. Do a snag a tube? Snag a tube? Yeah. Yeah. Classic.

Mama need a dress. Baby need new shoes. And you need teeth. Now roll the dice mofo I don't roll I don't roll in here I told you kids

give me bad I told you kids give me bad luck he's a get that kid out of here I didn't say hold on it's my place

it's my place my place kid ain't going nowhere Bobby don't mind I'm gonna stick you and I'm definitely gonna stick you, and I'm definitely going to stick you. And I'm going to stick that slow-walking gravel boy. It's like, oh.

That didn't crap down. He was hot. He said, hold on, bro. Had you won, we'd have paid you. I paid a man on Friday night, and I ain't selling, punk. But Jamar Chase want that bread, don't you? I need that. Get your money, Chase.

Get your money. Chase with Ocho. Check this out. Last year, he was open to a deal, average around $36 million, if structured right. Bengals couldn't get it done. Now, triple crown. Triple crown, triple the price. It's crazy.

Money, money, yeah, yeah. Money, money, yeah, yeah. Get them, Chase. Ooh, the highest paid non-quarterback is $40 million. Chase said, I need, give me, give me. Hey, I need 41. I need my five years. Anyway, you see, hey, the first three years, I need 100 piece.

Make it 105. 100 piece. Make it 105. Just a hundred piece. Make it, make it 105. A hundred piece. Make it, make it 105. Just a, just, just a good measure. As a matter of fact,

you know what? I had to take out a Lord, a Lord's of London policy just in case I get hurt. That would, and that can replace the value that I was going to lose. I need that money back too. So throw that in there. Throw that in there.

Absolutely. Absolutely. It's been a good time. It's been a good time. It's been a good day for me, for the NFL. Ocho Chay Desai. This is what the Bengals, because they waited until the last minutes, they could have had Jesse Bates for $12 million.

They didn't do it. He leaves, gets 15, 16 from the Falcons. T. Higgins, they could have had T. Higgins for about $23 million a year. Now they're going to have to pay him north of $30. Jamar Chase, you could have had him for $35, $36. Now you're going to have to pay him $40 plus. Trey Hendrickson, have had it for 25. Now you're going to have to sandwich him in somewhere between 30.

He wants north of 30. Yeah. Two back-to-back seasons with 17 and a half sacks. I can't say I disagree with him. I look at what Philly's been able to do with Devontae Smith, with A.J. Brown, obviously Saquon, Jalen Hurts, and being able to pay everybody. Do you think they were able to do it because they paid early? They struck before it got hot with great understanding.

Yes. Bro, you see these guys practice every day. You see how these guys meet. You see them play. They don't get in trouble. What are you waiting for? The longer you wait, it's almost like you're betting against them.

Yeah, basically. They're going to have a down year. They're going to get injured. Decrease the value. Well, there's a chance that happens, but what happens when it doesn't I never looked at it like that you know

betting against your own players by not paying when your franchise tagged me that's basically what it sounded like to me you're betting against me that's crazy I've never heard it said like that.

I just saw it as I don't value you long term. I didn't even think about the concept of, you know what, I'm betting against you because I don't think you can do it again. So you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to tag you. Now, show me. I ain't going to get you in the long term. I'm going to make you poop it again.

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Ocho, you buying Zach Wilson? Boy, you great boy. Listen, I'm buying Zach Wilson a jersey. What you talking about, man? I'm going to get me a Zach Wilson jersey. Listen, you saw me. I wore two jerseys on this show. I got every soccer jersey you could think of.

I wore a Jamar Chain jersey. And what's the other jersey I wore on the show? Wear it out. Zach Wilson. How many Zach Wilson jerseys you got? That one green one I had on that time on the show. Wear it out. When you get back to your car, you'll have four more.

They find somebody like Zach Wilson, so they's like, hey. Hey, listen, don't talk about my dog. Don't talk. my dog Don't talk Listen You know who had a better season In New York Than Aaron Rodgers Zach Wilson

You know Listen Hey Zach I know you're gonna see this Baby I love you I'm glad to have you in the city I'm glad If you need someone

To show you around I'm the perfect tour guide You know I don't go out I'm in bed by 9 o'clock But we gotta go We gotta go hit Tootsies Zach We gotta hit Tootsies I'm the perfect tour guide. You know, I don't go out. I'm in bed by nine o'clock, but we got to go. We got to go hit tootsies. Zach, we got to hit tootsies.

I'm sure you're probably married. You have a wife, but it's okay. I just want to talk football. I want to talk football. They got chicken wings, seafood, rice, and lobster tail. They got chocolate cake. And we can use our peripheral vision to make sure we focus, but still see what's around us. You hear me?

You got to be aware of your surroundings. So I'll you boy zach my number's still the same you said they got chocolate tail what's your cake i'll be talking i'll be talking bad oh yeah i know you do chocolate cakes i know the cakes you talking about chocolate yeah okay let you know no not like that not like that i'm really i'm really talking about food uh if you've never been to Tussie's you gotta go to Tussie's for the food you have I know

listen try the food shrimp alfredo okay chicken and shrimp I'm allergic I'm allergic to shellfish oh my bad

my bad so you can't eat seafood right you can't eat you can't eat lobster either huh no oh they got only calamari so you can't eat seafood right you can't eat lobster either huh no oh they got only calamari

that's a fish damn you can't eat nothing shellfish, mullocks oyster, scallop lobster, crab none of that Jesus anything that has iodine in it.

Can I ask you a question? Like if I put, I can't do betadine on my skin. Anything that has betadine in it will burn my skin. Burn? You mean like itch, itching? No, it'll burn the skin. I can't put betadine on my skin. It instantly discolors my skin.

So I have to use like Fiber Clean or something like that. How do you find something like that out? When they put it on my black ass and my skin discolored. The same way you find out that you put bleach in your wash machine when you get colors and they spot it.

That's how I find out. I didn't know. Well, I knew I was allergic to shellfish, but it didn't really dawn on me that okay betadine has iodine in it but after trying

it didn't take me it took me a couple of times I'm like well damn oh see you did it multiple times okay yeah but that was why

I was like why my skin is coloring you're like well sharpie and then you know went to that like well it has iodine if you're allergic to shellfish you're probably, well, Sharpie law. And then, you know, went to that. Like, well, it has,

I, you'll, if you're allergic to shellfish, you're probably allergic to iodine because that's the, what people, what we've been, what they've said, what they told me is that that's probably the common ingredient because

there's iodine and shellfish. There's iodine and beta down. So we recommend that you obviously clearly don't eat shellfish, but stay away from beta down, find another cleansing solution. I mean, that's what I did. The Panthers. Quarterback J.C. Horn agreed to a four-year, $100 million extension

worth $70 million guaranteed, making him the highest paid DB in NFL history. I like it. I like it. Listen, I'm a huge fan. I'm a huge fan of DB play. Those of you in the chat that have watched the Carolina Panthers play, those of you in the chat that are fans of defensive quarterbacks, I know J.C. Horn is one that you like.

Pat Sertain might be the best, one who doesn't get the credit he deserves based on his play, whether it be man-to-man, whether it be man-to-man, bump and run or off in J.C. Horn. I think he's one of the few that allows his defensive coordinator to do much more that they want to do defensively because of how well he can play man-to-man. I love J.C. Horn. He's technically sound, doesn't get the credit he deserves, is not showcased because of where he plays football at. There's a reason why they paid him what he did. There's a reason why they paid him what he did.

I've been watching him. I've been watching him all these years. And he's the real deal. He's the real deal. He just doesn't get the credit he deserves because of where he's playing at. He don't talk much either. He ain't going to talk much. But he's going to go out there and play.

And he's going to walk it every time. He's real nice. And the fact that he hurt his foot, I forgot, I think, but maybe last year, year before last, he hurt his foot. Uh-huh. The Bills and Josh Allen reached an agreement on a new record-setting contract. Six years, $330 million, a contract that includes a quarter of a belly. Mm.

The largest guarantee ever given to an NFL player. Allen had four years left on his deal, but the Rebels will reward their franchise quarterback with a new benchmark deal. The last 100 days have been pretty good for Jared Allen.

On 11-29-24, he got engaged to Haley Stanfield. In 2-6-25, he won his very first NFL MVP. On 3-29-24, he got engaged to Haley Stanfield. In 2-6-25, he won his very first NFL MVP. On 3-9-25, he agreed to the richest contract in NFL history. Six years, $330 million. If I'm not mistaken, Ocho, he gets $100 million. No, that's what you call his contract. How much he got?

He got $143 million. How much you get guaranteed? $250 million. $250 million. I'm that's what you call his contract. How much he got? He got 143 million. How much did he get guaranteed? 250. 50. I'm thinking about Bob's guarantee. 250. So that passes to Deshaun's 230. Remember, Deshaun got 230 guaranteed.

Basically, he got his whole contract guaranteed. Yeah. Yeah. He got all but 80 million of his guaranteed. Yeah. You notice something we talked about a few shows

Josh Allen I keep saying Jared Allen Josh Allen yeah remember we talked about something not too long ago when it comes to quarterbacks yes

every time they get married every time they get engaged you know what else everything else they got going on for let's

see like stuff stuff around the blossom, my old Joe. I mean, I don't know if it's part of tradition, if it's something that they have in a clause, if it's part of some type of ceremony.

Every single one of them that get married or gets engaged or that has a partner that is the face of a franchise, which Josh Allen is, and there's some other examples, as you can probably say once I'm done talking, that I can't think of right now off the top of my head. You know, the Bradys, you know, the Peyton Mannings,

the Drew Breeses, the Matthew Stafford. I mean, I could keep going on and on. A common denominator is marriage. A woman. For some reason, it seems like everything else in life, once you do that part, everything else just falls right in line. So what does that tell you you and I need to do?

Yeah. Keeps you out the streets. Keeps you from chasing. You're home studying. You got a confidant. You got somebody that's there for you, that you can come home. You can vent.

You can vent to when things are not going well. They understand your situation. Babe, look, I'm trying to be one of the best, vent. You can vent to when things are not going well. They understand your situation. Babe, look, I'm trying to be one of the best, if not the best, to have ever played this game. I need as little distraction as possible. Now, there are going to be days I come home and I had a bad day at work, and I'm going to be able to bring that home to you, babe, and hopefully you'll understand. But babe, you and I can never be in a situation where I take you to work. It can never get that bad.

I'm going to need you to understand, baby. There are going to be days, there are going to be games where I don't play well, and I'm going to be moody as hell. Baby, understand, don't take that as anything but love. Don't take it with anything but love, babe, because I do love you. But this is a very physically demanding, this is a very emotionally demanding, and this is a very physically demanding this is a very emotionally demanding and it's a very psychologically demanding game it is it plays with your mental yeah and babe all i ask you to be patient with me that's all and look at the reward

look at the look at the reward with patience yeah unbelievable but listen most guaranteed money oh joe let me get before you finish your with patience. Yeah. Unbelievable. Most guaranteed money, Ochoa, before you finish your thought. Most guaranteed money, Josh Allen, $250 million. Second most guaranteed money, Deshaun Watson, $230 million.

Third most guaranteed money, Dak Prescott, $229.4. Joe Burrow, $219. Allen becomes the first player in NFL history to court at least 25 touchdown passes, 10 touchdown runs, with fewer than 10 interceptions in a single season. He finished the season

28 passing touchdowns, 12 rushing touchdowns, 6 interceptions. In recent days, the Bills, Josh Allen, 6 years, 3.30. Gregory Rousseau four years 80 million terrell bernard four years 50 million khalid shakir four years 53 million so you see what

they're doing they're rewarding the players that they drafted keep it together. Because if you go outside, you see, to get a Miles Garrett, you see what you had to play? Oh, yeah. You got to put two of that 180. You got to put two of that together. If you go get a linebacker, you see what you're going to have to pay? You go get a wide receiver. You see what you're going to have to pay?

Devontae just got two years at $52 million. Shakira got four years at 50 at 52 million secure got four years at 53 so if i can keep my players and i can keep and i can get them but you see oh joe you see quarterback josh yeah i have four years on this deal yeah they make that go all the way to the they made what you call a play all the way down there to the end of his contract. Chase. They understand. They know you can play with and you know who you can't. But see, but Harry, what happened? You know what's now. You see what happened.

Now, the GM for your Bengals said at the combine, Jamal Chase is going to be the highest paid non-quarterback. Now, I don't know if he noticed the past two days. Yeah. What the two non-quarterbacks got. Now, I told you Chase was going for north of 40 because that's just what Miles Garrett just received. DK Metcalf was traded for a second rounder to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

The teams are flipping picks in the sixth round and seventh round as well. In 2025, he was set to be in his final year of his contract, but DK is signing a new five-year, $150 million contract, making the deal the largest in franchise history in terms of new money. Steelers wide receivers now, George Pickens, Calvin Austin III, DK Metcalf finished in the top 10 among 138 qualified players in yards per reception in 2024. Alec Pierce was number one at over 22 yards. Jamison Williams, over 17 yards.

Rashad Bateman at about 17 yards. A.J. Brown was 16 yards. Calvin Ridley, 16 yards. Pickens was 15.3, and DK was 15, and Calvin Austin was 15.J. Brown was 16 yards. Calvin Ridley, 16 yards. Pickens was 15.3. And D.K. was 15. And Calvin Austin was 15.2. So they got three guys that are big play potential. Yeah, absolutely.

Absolutely. And listen, that's what I like. Brother Alton Smith, you ain't got to do much. Sometimes you get players on your team that make your job a lot easier as offensive coordinator. Who throwing the ball, me or you? Man, listen, we talk about DK, Pickens, together as a duo. I don't care if the sisters of the North were at quarterback for the Steelers.

Who's throwing the ball, me or you? You ain't hear what I said. It could have been one of the sisters of the North, one of the nuns. You got George Pickens and you got D.K. Metcalf. As an officer coordinator, it's not hard. You don't have to make things complicated. Yeah. Understand your skill sets and the receiver that you have and put them in position to make plays. Okay. If it wasn't that hard, why was George Pickens always upset?

Oh, because they didn't know how to get involved. Well, you said it don't matter. Oh, no. I'm telling you how easy it is for me as a receiver. Now, I ain't got nothing to do with what they got. They got an offense. They got an offense. Even you had trouble getting the ball sometimes, didn't it? Me?

Oh, yeah. Yeah. Let me tell you something. I know you had them games like that. Them games you're going to play, and the defensive coordinator say, you know what? I don't come hella high water. You're not going to beat us?

Hey, he not beat me. Not today. I hate those kind of days. And you have to weather the storm. Obviously, George Pickens being young, he didn't understand that, but he had his fair share of those games. And George Pickens looking like, hold on, wait a minute.

What about me? Hey, listen. Remember I told you I talked to Pickens, right? Remember I told you? Yeah. What about me? Oh, hey, listen. Remember what I told you? Remember I told you I talked to Pickens, right? Remember I told you? Yeah. I guarantee he don't have no problem this year.

I hope not. But I guarantee you. Wait, listen to me. Trust me. He ain't going to have from Pick. Even if he doesn't get a contract extension this year, after he plays this year out with no issues, watch what he get next year.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. He going to be all right right because it's money time now. Ain't no time to play with your bag. You worked too hard to get to the point you're at now. You know, you've had your ups and downs so far early in your career. You know, we've had a conversation with great understanding. They're not going to give you too many chances, but there are too many opportunities for people that are waiting right behind you.

You can't blow the chance because you're only going to get so many opportunities, but he's going to be all right. He's going to get his money. He might not get it this year. This would be somewhat of a trial year to see if you can, for one, do things the right way, not be a distraction, be on time you know and show up week in and week out with a positive mindset and contribute hard all the time

and get the job done then you'll be rewarded on the back end I mean pretty soon um Watt's gonna want hey like

hold on bro man y'all see what all these guys got wait who TJ Watt oh oh yeah oh yeah hold on tj watt in top three in the uh top three of this position now and getting paid no guarantee but he probably got the worst tj watt he probably got no guarantee money on it not no more no not no more and what

happens when guys don't have guaranteed money? They start requesting phantom trades. See, that was the quickest way to get some money, Ocho. Yeah. Mm-hmm. I believe it. Okay, babe, I would do right. Yeah, it worked. It worked for Miles Garrett, didn't it?

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