Nightcap - Nightcap - Hour 1: Nakobe Dean joins, Shedeur skips combine, James Cook stops by
Episode Date: February 26, 2025Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson recap the top NFL stories of the week. Topics include Philadelphia Eagles LB and Super Bowl Champion Nakobe Dean joins the show. Later, Shedeur ...Sanders won’t work out at the NFL scouting combine, Buffalo Bills RB James Cook joins Unc and Ocho and much more!04:00 - Nakobe Dean joins the show20:27 - Shedeur Sanders will not work out at the scouting combine25:13 - Jordan Love wants Davante Adams back with the Packers28:17 - Would you sell your Super Bowl ring?35:54 - Eagles DC berates the defense for the 2nd half performance in the Super Bowl44:46 - James Cook joins the show(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.)#Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Now it's time to welcome
Super Bowl champion. In 15
games this season, he had a pick,
a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries,
four passes defended, 80 solo tackles,
nine tackles for loss,
six QB hits from the
University of Georgia.
Now, he was a national champ and now he's a Super Bowl champ.
Let's welcome N'Kobe Dean.
Go, what's up?
What's up? What's up?
Appreciate y'all.
How you doing, bro?
I'm good.
N'Kobe, what's going on, bro?
Super Bowl champ.
Oh, let me go first, man.
You always go first, man.
Listen, I want to know, as someone, you know,
obviously, I felt I was okay
in the game of football, but I ain't never won
nothing. I ain't going to lie to you. Listen, I
never won a national championship in college.
I've never won a Super Bowl. I want to know
what it feels like. I'm sure
it was probably a childhood dream, obviously,
to make it to the NFL, but
a national championship and to win
a Super Bowl in such a short amount of time.
Bro, what'd that feel like?
Tell me what it feel like
because I don't know.
I can say it's surreal in a sense
because it's like,
damn, it's like,
it's something that you kind of
work towards all the time.
But then, like,
sometimes you be thinking,
like, them losses
going to make you hungry
and make you go harder.
But them wins,
them wins,
it's going to drive you differently. Like, wins them wins that's it's gonna drive you
differently
like getting there
get to the Super Bowl
you win that motherfucker
you celebrate with your guys
it is like
it's like you wanna get back
you wanna get back
so
of course
but nah
it's definitely a surreal feeling
it's a blessing for sure
you have a blessing
yo Cole man
I know what you're talking about
Cole
I know what you're talking about
man
it ain't nothing like that feeling, man.
Hey, man, hold on.
That's not necessary.
What?
Me and this man, we're having a conversation, Ocho.
You ain't played for Eagles.
Why you got the helmet up there?
This is.
He got the helmet up there.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's happening there?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
This Super Bowl champ is Super Bowl champ.
Oh, okay.
We're having a conversation.
Hey, oh, hey, Kobe, Kobe.
Hey, me and you go, let's whisper. We don having a conversation. Hey, Kobe. Kobe. Hey, man, you go.
Let's whisper.
We don't want Ocho to hear what we talking about.
Man, you played extremely well this year.
You was having an outstanding season.
You get down.
Did you know when you went down, did you know the seriousness of your injury?
I did.
I did.
I felt like my knee just buckled.
And then I kind of looked down.
I see my kneecap on top of my thigh.
Yeah, so I sat down
and I pushed my kneecap back in
and I stand up.
I'm like, all right.
As soon as I stand up,
it popped back out.
And I push it back in.
I'm like, all right.
I'm walking off the field.
I'm thinking, okay,
it's dislocated.
Give me a brace.
And then it just kind of blew up like a balloon. And I'm like, what the? I'm like off the field I'm thinking Okay It's dislocated Give me a brace And then it just kind of
Blew up like a balloon
And I'm like
What the
I'm like
Damn
But
I mean
It's all good
I mean
I had an injury before
God got me
I'm going to be back
Better than ever
How is rehab going right now
Are you back running
What do you think
Your lower extremities
Are they back almost normal
A little bit
Yeah I mean We getting there We getting there I'm what I'm five I'll be five weeks your lower extremities, are they back almost normal a little bit? Yeah, yeah.
I mean, we getting there.
We getting there.
I'm what?
I'm five weeks...
I'll be five weeks out
from surgery.
Okay.
Wednesday.
I'll be five weeks out
from surgery Wednesday.
So,
by week six,
it's going to take off
because it's a protocol
you got to follow.
It's slow in the beginning
and then pick up.
Yeah.
Colm, let me ask you this.
Last year, you guys struggled defensively.
You couldn't get up the field.
You couldn't rush the quarterback.
You seemingly couldn't do anything.
You bring in Vic Fangio, and in one season,
I can't remember a time that a defense has done a 180 like you guys did.
What do you think the biggest difference was between last year and this year's Super Bowl
lights out outstanding defense?
I feel like it was a buy-in from the guys.
You got Vic, who's been in the game for a long time.
Then you got one of the youngest defenses in the league.
So it was like everybody kind of,
we all looked at each other like we ain't really done
nothing.
So we just kind of
bought into what he,
because Vic kind of
came in with like
an older,
older head mentality
like doing OTAs.
No nonsense.
No nonsense.
So it was like
we were doing
the,
at first with Sirianni
like my first two years
it was like,
you know,
OTAs was cool.
I mean,
they ain't really
pushed us as much.
It wasn't as hard.
Training camp wasn't that hard. And then Vic come, he got us doing conditioning drills, doing OTAs was cool. I mean, they didn't really push us as much. It wasn't as hard. Training camp wasn't that hard.
And then Vic come,
he got us doing conditioning drills,
doing OTAs.
We're like, what?
But we bought into it.
We bought into it.
That's why you see somebody like
Zayden Carter able to play
100% of snaps.
Like, you don't really see that
from defensive alignment.
So it was just like,
now that we've seen it work,
I mean,
shit.
The sky ain't even the limit for how good any of those guys so it was just like now that we've seen it work I mean shit yeah the sky
the sky ain't even the limit
for how good
any of those guys
us could be
could be on defense
I agree with you
I said that last year
I felt if Jalen Carter
got some shape
I say he has the ability
he has the ability
he has Reggie White potential
I'm not saying
he's going to be that
but you watch him
the way he can rush
the quarterback
he can bully he can rip he's, the way he can rush the quarterback,
he can bully,
he can rip,
he's tremendous first step,
he can stop the run,
he has no weakness.
It's all in here and up here.
And he got himself in shape,
and he was dominant.
Yeah, it was definitely,
it was great to see because I've been playing with him
since college.
So, and J.C. also got like a,
I don't know,
you get out there,
you kind of see them linemen
be a little scared of him
because he coming out the gate
for the first nap
and he talking.
They in the huddle,
he yelling.
He got a little different
kind of shit talking.
He got a little screw loose
up there, huh?
Yeah,
he talking a little different
shit than BG.
So you can kind of tell
that the linemen scared. He'll look at linemen and say, yeah, he's scared. He's than BG. So you can kind of tell that the lineman's scared.
He'll look at a lineman and say, yeah, he's scared.
He's scared.
He's like pointing at him.
And the lineman just kind of just ain't saying nothing to him.
He's like, yes, I know he got it.
Most of the time, there's not very many offensive linemen that really talk back in general.
They always, for some reason, they always focus, don't really do the trash talking,
especially back to the linemen.
I used to get myself in trouble during my day
because I would talk trash in TV timeout.
The closest people to me would be the deepest linemen.
You know, the TV timeout.
I'd call the thing and the referee would be carrying it back up.
And my left and right tackle would always tell me,
Chad, don't bring them boys up
because you ain't got to deal with them in the trenches.
Yeah, don't, don't, don't.
But I got a question for you, man. What's the toughest
part about playing linebacker as
opposed to in college
and the difference in playing in the NFL?
What's the difference outside of the speed of the game?
For me,
for me, I feel like the
toughest part is, I feel like linebackers
should be the general on the defense.
You should be the one, you should be,
you should be the one
lining everybody up
or not necessarily
lining everybody up,
but kind of like,
you should be like
the battery pack.
The,
the,
get everybody going.
You,
you kind of,
you kind of,
you're the glue
in a sense.
We like to call ourselves
the glue.
Like,
we,
we,
we run with 4-3
and we bang with 3-50.
So it's like, I feel like, being linebackers, we got to be able with 4-3 and we're bad with 3-50. So it's like,
I feel like
being linebackers,
we got to be able
to do all that
and we got to also
be able to
keep everybody
kind of,
kind of,
like when JC
or Chonza
get the,
get the mile for now
when we want that
15-yard penalty,
I got to tell him
to chill out.
You got to calm
everybody down.
Yeah,
you got to,
you got to have
the other guys
of the defense
to be able to
even have the green and make the calls and everything. And I feel like as a linebacker, you shouldn't have the other guys on the defense to be able to even have the green light and make the calls and everything.
And I feel like as a linebacker, you shouldn't shy away from that.
You should want to embrace something like that and go for it.
So I feel like that's the toughest part, not even just playing the game
because if you can play, you can play.
How did playing at a program like the University of Georgia?
Because you know Kirby, he came from Coach Saban.
And Kirby, no nonsense, you got to grind.
You got to thump the coach.
Hey, he ain't no walk-through practice.
You thumping.
He old school.
So how did playing at the University of Georgia prepare you to play
for the Philadelphia Eagles and then in the playoffs?
It gave me that different type of, I say, give a fuck factor.
Just because you playing at somewhere like Georgia, a different type of, I say give a fuck factor. Just cause,
just cause it's like,
you playing in somewhere like George,
you,
I ain't have,
I ain't have it in a,
so you ain't have that,
you ain't have that money coming in.
So you had to be playing,
you had to be playing to get to the league
or you really had to love it.
Cause you,
you was banging every day.
You was banging every day
and it kind of made me grow up
and be mature in a sense of,
no matter what you're doing outside of ball when it comes to being in that building you got to perform and the people inside that building don't care about what you gotta go
well in a sense they don't care about what you got going if you ain't performing so it's like
yeah and kirby kirby told me that early on because i was being on school. I was an engineer major, so I was up all night.
Oh, me too.
Yeah, I was up all night.
So he was, he, um.
You ain't on the engineering scholarship, Kobe.
That's what Kirby probably told me.
I'll tell y'all a story.
It was my freshman year.
I came in early. It was spring freshman year. I came in early.
It was springtime.
And I had first got there.
I'm out late partying with the guys.
And then I'm staying up late doing homework.
Then it's like spring practice.
So I'm in the meetings.
That was enough.
That was enough.
Kirby come to me.
He say, you know, man, this is before practice. He say, you know, man, I know you. You working hard. You got the engineering. You know man This before practice
He say you know man
I know you
You working hard
You got the engineering
You know you trying to find your way
And
And
I know it's hard right now
Cause the defense hard
But I don't give a fuck
That's exactly what he told me
He said
He said
He don't care
He said
Hey
He said
When you come out here
I need you focused
When you come in the
meetings i need you folks i need you up so and they kind of i always remember that i don't remember
nothing else could have told him i remember that and it kind of it helped me do everything with
my business and all that so like they don't care they don't care till you make it's a performance
based league yeah all that other stuff where you you came from, Buckus Award, Lombardi,
Island Trophy, Heisman Trophy,
they don't give a deal about that.
You better be able to perform
or they're going to get your you-know-what up out
in that building. Well, definitely. Hey, listen,
who are some of the linebackers, bro? You know,
obviously, I've had players that I look up to
and actually studied and tried to model
my game after, before I made it to the
league and tried to do what they did once I got there.
Who are some linebackers, past or present, that you studied or modeled your game after?
Well, I used to, I'm towards the short end.
I'm a little bit under six foot.
So I used to look at guys like Eric Kendricks, who was a little,
he was kind of like unorthodox in the footwork and everything.
Of course, I used to look at Ray.
I used to look at Dad Brooks.
Roquan came right before me.
I was like, because he's just like a pure linebacker.
He plays like those guys mostly.
And I used to study like Darius Leonard as far as like punching the ball out and everything like that.
But of course course he had
he real long kind of guy
yeah yeah
but he real
yeah I used to study him
as far as like getting turnovers
Fred of course
just those guys and me the more
I used to study safeties too like Apollo
not like I want to play safeties too like Apollo Malou
not like
I want to play safety
but it's just like
you kind of study
the guys that you
like to play the game
you study James Harrison
even though he was
out the edge
he tore
my phone
I know
I'm a whoop
it's okay
it's okay
I'm a whoop
you good
I'm a whoop
I used to study
James Harrison
the physicality of the game
and everything like that.
I just feel like,
I feel like as a linebacker
with the NFL and the league
trying to take some of the physicality
out of the game,
it's on us to bring it back,
you know,
and do it our way.
Not trying to get fined
and everything like the hip drop.
Yeah.
BS.
Let me ask you this, Kobe.
You're taking all my questions, man.
Go ahead.
Listen, I got one more question.
Now for you, for somebody as young as you,
and I'm thinking about just me
because I've never won anything, you know?
So if you've won so much so early in life,
you got so much left in your career,
how do you define success for yourself
as a player and a linebacker
when you've already won an national championship?
You won a Super Bowl already.
So what else is left on the plate outside of personal goals?
Outside of personal goals, you just kind of taste in greatness.
Like I said, when you win that first natty, you win that first Super Bowl,
you want to keep winning.
It all starts over
you don't want to like okay okay if i want to play a a decade in the league i just finished my third
year so i at least got myself more years at the beginning every year my goal is to be the best
linebacker in the league and win a super bowl to have the top defense in the league so and and
that's kind of what you do with everything.
You set your goals for yourself,
and you just try to push towards it.
And I don't downplay them.
I don't care how many times I did it.
If I won it, I'm going to go get it.
That's something.
I like that.
Let me ask you this.
The rule now, they're trying to get the tush-push ban.
Have you guys been able to stop the tush-push in practice?
How many times have you guys stopped it in practice?
Y'all know we ain't doing that in practice.
I always
joke with some of the O-line,
y'all know y'all won't be able to do that against us.
I always
joke against them, but
man, look,
if somebody don't like it, they're going to try to ban it.
So, I say keep it.
Of course, for buyer's reasons.
Make them stop it.
For buyer's reasons.
I'm a defensive guy.
So it's like I don't care at this point in the league.
It's not too much stuff.
I'm not going to look at someone on the offensive side of the ball
and be like, oh, they need to ban this because it's bad football.
Like, no, we on defense.
We're going to figure it out.
We get paid to stop. We get paid to stop.
We get paid to stop officers.
We get paid to,
for them not to score.
So we're going to try
to figure it out.
Yeah, and that's the problem.
The people in positions of power
don't have the mentality
like you have
or the mentality
like the players have,
you know,
especially those
that are part of
the Competitive Committee.
They trying to do it
with stuff simply
because you can't stop it.
Exactly.
But neither here nor there.
Dynasty.
Repeat.
Yeah.
Eagles.
Yeah.
Y'all winning the Super Bowl
or y'all about to run it back?
Like I said,
at the beginning of every year,
the goal is the Super Bowl.
It is.
It is.
N'Kobe,
we appreciate your time, man.
Thanks for stopping by.
Congratulations.
Great college career.
Great start to your NFL career.
National champ.
Super Bowl champ.
Hey, hopefully we have you back over here again next year.
And you're back-to-back Super Bowl champ.
Congratulations, man.
Continued success and speedy recovery.
So, appreciate it.
Salute.
Appreciate it.
I need some of them 85, too.
Oh, I got you, boy.
I got you.
I'm going to send it to you.
I'm going to send it to you.
I know how to get in touch with you now.
Love.
Appreciate you.
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All right, Ocho, check this out. Shadur Sanders, considered one of the top two players
at the position available in April's draft,
will not work out at the scouting combine in Indy this week.
That's fine.
Though Sanders won't work out, he will meet with teams in Indy.
Quarterbacks are scheduled to arrive Tuesday at the combine,
which formally opens Monday.
Their on-field workouts are slated for Saturday.
Shadur is expected to throw on campus next month at Colorado's Pro Day.
Ocho, you like this?
Yeah, I don't have no problem with that.
I don't have no problem with that at all.
Not at all.
Listen, there's enough film out there on Shadur's centers.
We know we can throw the ball.
There's no need to throw in front of the scouts.
Throw where it's most important.
If the scouts want to see you throw, look at the film.
Turn it on.
You have a lot of
film from Jackson State to Colorado to high school. We know what he can do. We know what he can do
with his arm. We've seen him do it before. Pro day is where it's going to be nice. Y'all come out here,
you want to see me throw, come on out here to the pro day. No need to throw there. There are
certain people that have to put their presentation on as far as throwing and what they can do as far as agility-wise at the quarterback
position, at their, I mean,
at the combine,
Stewart's not one of them. Have you seen
the training session with him and Cam
Ward? I do, I have.
Boy, they hilarious.
They are.
They are.
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Or something like that.
Grumpy Old Men.
Yeah, yeah.
They remind me of them, too.
I don't know why.
It's really funny.
That's good content between them two.
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.
Oh, you remember the names?
Okay.
Okay.
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Ocho, they mad at us talking about we trying to make Smitty seem like a victim.
Ain't nobody say Smitty a victim.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
All I'm saying is...
Wait, whoa, whoa, wait, whoa, whoa.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Who is...
Who...
Hold on.
Smitty is the victim here.
What are they talking about?
Smitty ain't no victim.
He not?
No.
Wait, he didn't know?
Let's just go he ain't not a victim.
Okay.
He not a victim.
So the wife...
But we weren't trying to make him a victim.
All we were saying is that it was two consenting adults.
Right.
What he knew, I'm not here to say what he knew because I don't know.
Smitty ain't never talked to me about it.
And I don't talk about it.
So I don't know what Smitty knew, when he knew, or how he found out.
That's not what I'm saying.
All Ocho and I were saying is that, bro, your problem should be with her, not him.
Smitty isn't married to you.
Smitty is not under the opportunity.
Smitty doesn't owe you anything.
She owes you that.
She owes you loyalty.
She owes you commitment.
Not Smitty.
I'm trying to figure out.
I'm trying to figure out.
Let me look in the chat and see who the hell
is mentioning Smitty in the first place
and not focus on the goddamn wife and the husband.
That's all I'm saying.
Look, I'm saying, look,
what all I'm saying is,
is that the guy,
whatever the party is,
the other party doesn't owe the individual anything
because if it's a female,
be mad at your husband,
not the female, because
the female is not in the relationship
with you. The female, if you're married,
the female didn't make a commitment
to you before God.
Smitty did not make no commitment to
this guy. The guy and
the young lady, they took those vows.
Those vows are sacred to them.
That's what I'm saying.
That's my stance.
Now, all that other stuff, however they want to take it,
whatever y'all want to take out of that, that's all I'm saying.
Me, hey, you just keep it moving.
If you're in a relationship,
hey, I don't think this thing
is going to work out between us.
Whatever the case,
maybe that's what she wants you to do.
And you go ahead and move on.
If you're married,
hey, go ahead and get your lawyer,
draw this paper up,
boom, boom, boom,
and keep it moving.
It's really that simple, Ocho.
Hey.
Yes.
Human nature is undefeated.
Next topic.
Jordan Love has reportedly been recruiting Devontae Adams.
Can you see Devontae going back to Green Bay?
Oh, that's a good one.
A nice veteran president for them young bulls out there.
I like it.
I like it.
It makes sense to me.
Romeo Dobbs.
Watson coming back off injury.
We got Wicks.
Reed.
Devontae Adams is the veteran presence.
You show them boys, listen, this is how you get it done.
I like it.
It's a nice, viable weapon that's consistent.
Can still play the game.
He's still got that sauce.
There's nothing wrong with him.
He got a little age on him.
But I like that look.
I like that look. I like what Jordan Love is doing too
and I'm sure LaFleur will open him back
with open arms, I'm sure the Green Bay organization
will open him back with open arms
I don't think he left them
with a bad taste in their mouth
as far as when he did leave
but I think it'll be a good thing
I like it
I think the thing when you got small kids
the thing is that Devontae has kids.
And probably after October,
they're not going to be able to go outside
because there's going to be snow on the ground.
Right.
But it's been that way for eight years
when he was there the first time, huh?
And I think the thing is,
that's one of the reasons why he went to Vegas.
Okay.
He liked Vegas.
Right.
Because he turned down more money.
He left more money in Green Bay.
Now, maybe he got that money back because there's no state income tax.
But plus the kids, basically kids get to go outside for the most part, nine months out of the year.
There's three months.
It's too hot.
They're not going outside.
But, Ocho, look, what Oa and I was talking about is this situation.
Now I would feel the same way if Smitty's wife called her.
Because she is under no obligation to Smitty.
You're in the relationship.
You're in the marriage.
That's how that works,
Ochoa.
There's two sides.
You and I are both looking at it.
What we're saying is that
we can only do what we...
To our knowledge,
Smitty's wife hasn't
called the young lady.
We're talking about the guy that calls
Smitty. We're not saying,
look, if two people are married, yes,
because both sides,
somebody got hurt on both sides.
Woman on one side, man on the other side, or vice versa.
That's all we're saying, don't you?
We haven't heard anything from Smitty's side.
All we're hearing is from her side, which is her husband.
That's it.
Smitty is going to, whatever transpires, Smitty is going to have to have a conversation
he's going to have to sit down and have a conversation
with his wife
that's between them
just like this should have been
between him and her
that's all I'm saying
the public
didn't have to hear about it
but he's
trying to embarrass Smitty because
he's hurt. So that's
what this was about.
Hurt people hurt people.
All right, Ocho. Yeah. Plexico Burrows
has sold his giant Super Bowl ring.
Where my dog at?
Is that Super Bowl, what, 52, 42?
42 XL?
Oh, yeah yeah is that 37
37
37
XL is 30
35
we was Super Bowl 35
nah it's gotta be
40 something Ash
because we was Super Bowl 35
XXXV.
No, yeah.
So 12 years.
So it'd been 2007.
Yes.
Okay.
42.
The highest anyone has ever paid for a Super Bowl ring.
He sold the ring, Ocho.
It went for $280,600 at auction.
Burr has made over $29 million in his career.
Okay.
I have a question.
Yes.
I mean, I'm curious.
When people actually sell their rings or sell their memorabilia,
especially Super Bowl rings like this,
does that mean that they don't have money anymore
or he just wanted to get rid of them?
I don't know what it means.
I don't want to speculate.
Okay.
I don't.
I mean, I see Tom Brady. I don't know what it means. I don't want to speculate. I mean, I
see Tom Brady. I saw Tom Brady
auction off his watches.
Do we not think
Tom Brady is destitute?
I mean, he's making $37 million from
Fox, plus all of his
outside endeavors.
So I don't think Tom Brady, maybe
he wanted to get rid of those watches. Maybe he wanted to
replace them.
I don't know. I don't think Tom Brady, maybe he wanted to get rid of those watches, maybe he wanted to replace them I don't know, so I don't want to speculate I know people will speculate because
you worked so hard to get that
and now, you know, but sometimes it doesn't mean
Super Bowl rings don't mean the same thing to everybody, Ocho.
And they think you can't eat them rings.
Them rings ain't paying for bills, but they can pay them bills once you get rid of them.
Mm-hmm.
You know?
So, you know, Plex, he made over $29 million.
Let's just say he made $30 million.
We're going to cut that in half for $15 million.
Okay, he got to live.
I think he had a wife.
He got kids.
Okay, he got in trouble with the law.
That probably ate up a million dollars right there.
Dang.
Man, Ocho, you know it don't take.
And the problem is when you have money going out and you don't have any coming in.
See, that's the problem.
So, Ocho, you used to having money coming in.
So think about it it you got to live
now I don't know I don't know Plaque's lifestyle but I'm saying you got a mortgage you got car
note you got kids you got wife and you got nothing coming in right that's why see that's why you see
and you you wonder why I got you know 367, 11 jobs I got to live
I got kids
like I want
I want to get this mega yacht
by the end of 2026
and there's only one way
I'm going to get it
by having multiple streams of income
yeah so
I always like
I'm like damn bro
damn
would you ever auction off one of your rings
no
I got three kids
each kid's gonna get a ring
now what they do with it after that
that's on them
how do you decide which kid gets which ring
uh the oldest Kayla get the the first one kiara get the
second one who get the last one now is there a way to decipher which ring holds more valuable
is worth more than the other or they you think it's all all all equal i don't i don't i don't
think anything this that's the way i'm splitting up uh when it comes to when it comes to certain
memorabilia a lot of the stuff i'm gonna try split it up when it comes to certain memorabilia.
A lot of the stuff I'm going to try to sell
because I know they're going to sell it.
The gold jacket, that's not going to sell.
I'll probably end up donating that to Savannah State.
Let them keep that.
It's hard for them to keep stuff on campus
because they're worried about people stealing it.
They took my jersey down.
They had my jersey up.
They retired my jersey many years ago,
but they took it out of the case
because they were worried about somebody
stealing it.
That's unfortunate.
But yeah, each kid
will get a ring. I'm very fortunate.
Three for three.
They'll get some stuff. Each one will get a Super Bowl
jersey. Same thing.
First, second, third.
But most of the stuff, I'm just
going to end up selling it because I know they're going to sell it.
They're not going to keep
all those game balls that I won
and stuff like that, Ocho.
It's just the cleats and stuff like this.
I would like for them to,
but it doesn't mean the same.
It doesn't mean the same to them
as it meant to me.
So have you thought about
what you want to give me?
Or I'm walking away empty handed.
I got a nightcap
hat with my sign on it.
I got some boxing gloves.
You can shoot me. You can shoot. We can have
a three point competition for this LV
basketball if you want to.
So they get the good stuff and I get an LV basketball if you want to. So they get the good stuff
and I get an LV basketball.
Bro, you ain't even got
your own memorabilia.
What the hell
you going to do with mine?
Sell it.
Exactly.
That's why I'm beating them
to the punch.
Yeah, nah.
That's why I'm going to beat them to the punch because I know that's what they that's that's
that's
that's why I'm gonna beat them to the punch
because I know that's what they're gonna do
and rightfully so
and I just
I would just rather go ahead
and uh
take that out of the equation
because like
sometimes
uh
parents
I mean you know
they're gonna be taken care of
but
they
somebody see them selling something
man
I know he left
them all that money and they ain't got no money now.
So, I'm going to take that off this link.
I tell you what,
let me get that.
Eagles fans, I got
something to sell y'all
what you got
what you got
Eagles fans
y'all want to buy this
let me see the face mask
I can tell you who it is
Irvin Fryer am I right or wrong Let me see the face mask. I can tell you who it is.
Irvin Fryer.
Yep.
Am I right or wrong?
Yeah.
I guess that.
I don't know.
I saw the face mask.
I was either going to go with Irvin Fryer or what's the receiver?
What's my dog name
I can't remember my dog name
played for the Bears
played for the Eagles too
Alshon Jeffries
Alshon yeah
I was going to say
Alshon or Irvin Fryer
because I know
I could tell
receiver doesn't even
have to have his helmet on
but I know who it is
based on the team
and then the face mask
that's weird
I don't think they got
I don't think they wear
these helmets anymore
no not the helmet
but just
just the I don't know it's weird how I can think they got these I don't think they wear These helmets anymore No not the helmet But just Just the
I don't know
It's weird how I can
So
I'm a
I'll be willing to
Get y'all
Might be willing to
Partake
With that
I'm trying to think
Should I sell
Should I sell
To my memorabilia
Yeah
Yeah
And send
Add sugar to the head Add sugar to the head.
They sell it and send me the proceeds.
Oh, Joe, Eagles D.C. Vic Fangio berated the defense
in team meeting for the second half performance in the Super Bowl.
Jalen Hunt says,
even after the Super Bowl, after the team meeting was going over the parade prep,
Fangio made the defense stay back and go over the game.
He gets to the second half and says, this is unacceptable.
Unacceptable.
22 points.
He wants perfection.
You like this, Ocho?
Man, it's cool.
I like it.
So, I mean, he's setting the precedent.
He's setting the standard on what they're going to have to need to do
and continue to do because, I mean, they have the opportunity to win a dynasty young team is very young both sides of the ball you know
a few older players but they have a chance to do something special with the chiefs
almost were able to do the the eagles have a chance to run it again so you know coach understands that
and talking to his defense where mainly really everybody's probably coming back next year
including some added pieces you know via offseason acquisitions and the draft.
So, I mean, he's setting the tone.
He's setting the precedent early.
I like it.
I like it.
It's kind of extreme, especially after you've already won and you've had such a large lead.
I mean, you're going to give up some points, but, you know, for the most part, I mean, they played extremely well.
The reason why they were able to have a game the way
they had is because of the defense in the
first half. Yeah, for sure. First half.
Said everything. They played
extremely well, and he wanted that same.
He's like, y'all let up.
We supposed to have a blank. We supposed to be the
only team to have
not let them score a point. At all?
Because that's what he was looking for. Yeah, he didn't want him to score a point.
That would have been possible.
Hell, they didn't even get a first down. They didn't cross the
50-yard line the whole first half.
The whole first half.
Go back and look at the Giants. How many
yards did the Giants have against
that Ravens defense?
Jordan, go back and pull up. You pull up the play-by-play
for the Giants' Ravens Super Bowl.
I mean
you think
you think
I don't think they had 200 yards
of offense
Giants
35
they have 152 total yards
that's it
the whole game
give me the play-by-play
give me the play-by-play
what they
cause they went you to see what they...
Oh, they didn't score now.
They scored on the kickoff.
They didn't score no points on offense.
Yeah, that don't count.
They scored no points on offense.
Oh, yeah.
They was...
Hold on.
I mean, you got to see this
when...
Because they had like... No, you got to see this when... Because they had like...
No, I need to play by play what the Giants did.
Like punt, punt.
It doesn't.
Hey, that's so...
Hey, you know what's funny?
What is it?
Like every time you talk, every time you stop talking,
like I'm sitting so close to the ocean,
I can hear the waves hitting,
crashing up a shore every time you stop.
If I was in Miami, you'd be like,
man, I can hear onk.
That'd be onk hitting.
Hey, man.
Well, let's see Hey I want to know about
Them mink pajamas
I'm finna google that
I want some of them
They got a mink
What you call them
Mink what
Uh
Uh
Robe
You serious
Yeah
Let me google
LB
Let me see how much it is
About 18 1800 1800 You serious? Yeah. Let me go. LB. Let's see how much it is.
About $1,800.
$1,800?
No.
Mink Rogue.
Mink Rogue Men's.
They got a new one.
They just, they just,
oh, these ain't that expensive, huh?
Dolce and Gabbana got a green one for $5.95.
You got it.
Bottega.
That's it.
I don't think this is the right kind of mink I'm going to be talking about.
I'll send it to you. Hereink I'm going to be talking about I'll send it to you here, let me take this out
oh that Bottega Veneta
Veneta nice
Ocho
yeah, yes sir
the Giants
three plays punt
they got three plays, no yard
three plays, one yard
five plays, 18 yards three plays, no yard. Three plays, one yard. Five plays, 18 yards.
Three plays, six yards.
Okay, three plays, two yards.
Three plays, one yard.
Interception.
Nine plays, 45 yards.
Three plays, interception.
Interception.
Point.
Interception.
Touchdown, they ran the kickback.
Three plays, zero yard.
Three plays, minus four yards. Three plays, zero yards.
Three plays, minus four yards.
Three plays, four yards.
End of game.
Golly.
Oh, this is that Raven defense from 2000.
Yes, against the Giants.
I've seen them in person.
I know what that looked like.
That's believable.
Them Juggles went three plays, no yard.
Three plays, one yard.
Five plays, 18 yards.
Three plays, six yards.
Three plays, two yards.
Three plays, one yard.
Interception.
Punt.
Interception.
Interception.
Punt.
Interception.
Touchdown.
Punt.
Punt.
Punt. End of game. Damn. punt, interception, touchdown, punt, punt, punt,
end of game.
Damn.
Yeah, I don't think you all will see that again.
Minority candidates are now
0 for 29 in getting
NFL offensive coordinator
jobs this season.
29 OC jobs in a row
to white coaches,
zero to minorities.
The USA Today are reporting.
Ocho, what you think?
I mean, it's nothing new.
I'm not even sure
why they're reporting it.
It's been going on for the longest.
It's been going on for the longest.
You know?
I'm not even sure
why I'm reporting it now.
We continue to have
this same discourse
every single time it comes around
after jobs are taken
or jobs are not given. We continue to say the same thing over and over and over. We continue
to fight over and over and over for positions that they don't want us in. And they continuously
make it clear that they don't want us in those positions. And yeah, you know,
we still fight for them. I'm not sure how long we're going to continue to keep fighting for the positions that obviously we deserve, that we are qualified for.
But obviously those that aren't as qualified as those that are still get them before us for a reason.
Because they don't want us there.
I'm not sure what else to say.
Yeah. We did get AG got one job yeah so yeah i guess baby steps on your baby yeah yeah listen i'm with you we we've been we've been we've been
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Right now, we're being joined by two-time Pro Bowl running back,
James Cook.
James, thank you for joining us, bro.
What up, man?
JC, what's up, boy?
What up, my boy?
Boy, let me hold something, man.
You got it.
Hey, listen, put it on the floor, boy.
I'm going to pick it up, man.
James, let's talk about this great season that you had.
Over 1,000 yards.
I think, what, 15 rush touchdowns during the season.
Had an outstanding.
Like, we just dropped it. Bear with us, guys 15 rush touchdowns during the season. Had an outstanding like we just dropped in.
Bear with us,
guy. He's on his cell phone. He was kind
enough to join us. He was not going to be in a
situation where he could get land,
but I'm bad.
I appreciate that, bro.
Yeah. I was, as I was
saying, great season, running
the football, revamped
offense. As far as running the football
offensive coordinator for first time full time he blended uh took over last uh a year ago in the uh
halfway through the season when you look at what you what you were able to do in particular and
what this team was able to do considering all the pieces that you lost you lost your two top
receivers you uh matt mulatto
was injured a lot of the season a lot of your dbs both of your safeties and uh white gone nobody
really expected you guys to be in this situation did you really think that you guys had an opportunity
had a chance to end up being where you were in the afc championship game and what, three points away from actually winning that game?
Without a doubt.
I mean, when you got 1-7 back there, there's always
a chance. That's what I say.
I just feel like he
wanted the best and he's going to put
us in the best situation to always win.
When he's back there
and we're back there and we're connecting,
it's something great.
Listen, everybody always talks about Josh Allen.
They always talk about him losing, you know, some of the losing digs
and not having superior weapons on the outside.
But what people don't talk about enough of is what you've been able to do.
You take some of the pressure off of Josh Allen listen you stepped into a bigger role in the Bills offense
you know how have you embraced being a centerpiece in that system um I just came to work every day
for real for real like that that's all I can ever do like I could control what I could control at
the end of the day but right when you don't come in there at work and you don't come in there and be that guy
and be that leader in the locker room,
you will never be nothing.
So that's what I try to come and do.
And I feel like I've been working.
I'm a team guy.
I'm always coming in at work.
And when it come on Sundays, I got to kill you.
Shane, when I look at you guys,
I mean, you get so close every year.
You had the best record in the AFC two years ago,
and then you end up losing to Baltimore.
And then this year you had an unbelievable season,
and you lose to Kansas City in the championship game.
What is the next step?
What do you guys need to do in order to get over that hump,
which is Patrick Mahomes in the next step? What do you guys need to do in order to get over that hump, which is Patrick Mahomes and the AFC?
We just got to be aggressive.
Like, I just feel like we got to be aggressive.
And with a guy like 1-5 back there, you just got to beat him.
Like, moral of the story, like, I can't say nothing else.
Just got to beat him.
So when you come in games like that and you know when you're back against the wall,
then you got to win.
And you got your guys next to you.
You got to go win.
You know you're playing one fight.
You know how it's going to be.
You know it's going to be ebbs and flows of the game.
So you got to just control what you can control
and go out there and play football at the end of the day.
So you would like to be more aggressive early on.
You feel like when you guys fell behind, then you became aggressive.
You like to see that from the world jump.
Let's go off the rip.
Yeah.
It never happens that way for some reason,
especially when you get to playoff games or games of extreme importance.
Most of the time, I think sometimes, especially from a coaching standpoint,
as an offensive coordinator, you
overthink. You overthink the game instead of just
playing free. You already
have what you've already done throughout
the entirety of the season. Because you're playing the Kansas City
Chiefs, there's no need to press.
Just continue to do what you've always done
and use your bell cow,
you, for instance,
and 17, and just rock out.
And I think they lost sight of that or the offensive coordinator lost sight of that once you got to that game
and not allowing himself to just play freely, call the plays freely, because you got all you need right there in hand.
And I think for one, y'all are going to consistently be back.
You know, obviously you're in the AFC. Obviously, I'm a
Bengal fan, but understanding what you guys have
and I want to talk about you from an
individual standpoint
and how much your game has evolved
from a rookie to now and
where you are right now. What do you think
you need to work on? As good as you've gotten
from your rookie season to this point, what do
you think you need to work on to continue to
evolve at the running back position?
I just feel like I just got to keep getting better.
And, you know, like, be able to be on the field every day.
You know, like, in key situations, like,
I feel like I can do it.
Shit, just look at this point.
Like, what else more I could do?
Like, so, I just feel like, man,
just keep me on the field
and great things will happen.
Hey, also, one more.
Hold on.
I got one more.
I like this here.
I like this.
Listen, there are a lot of good running backs in the league, right?
You know, Henry's, the McCaffrey's,
even though he was injured for most of the season.
If there was one thing you could take from one of the running backs
in the league that you look up to
and you're a fan of,
if there was one thing
from their game
you could add to yours,
what would it be?
I'd go with Christian McCaffrey.
Just like,
there's all the explosiveness
that he got in his game, man.
What he can do with the ball, man.
So many positions
that he can be in
and you don't even know
when he getting the ball
and he's just getting the ball and just go this bitch.
Like, all that.
So, just putting that tricks in my game
and be able to learn from what he doing.
I look up to my brother,
so it's like whatever he can,
whatever I learn from him,
I put that in my game.
Just try to just go out there and play football
at the end of the day, shit.
We've been doing it.
There are reports, James, and you can confirm or deny this,
that you want to be the highest paid running back in the NFL.
And men are like, hold on, wait a minute now.
I don't know if he's earned that or he's deserving of that.
What do you say to the people that says,
man, James Cook don't deserve to be the highest paid running back.
I'm sorry.
At the end of the day, I feel like we just going
against running backs.
And I feel like we deserve
to get paid.
Because when they come down
to the back end of the season,
we play a big part of this shit.
So however they want to take it,
then I'm standing
with the running backs.
We deserve it.
Shit.
Now, if I'm not mistaken,
you can correct me
if I'm wrong again.
Now, it's reported that there were a phone call between a lot of the top running backs,
yourself and McCaffrey and Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley,
and I think Josh Jacobs was on that call.
When you guys had that call, if you were on that call, what was that discussion?
Shit, we valuable, and we deserving what we need because we in the trenches every time. Shit, we valuable and we deserving what we need
because we in the trenches
every time.
Shit, we bang.
Shit.
When they come down
to the stretch,
you got to run the ball.
So it's like,
how is we not valuable?
Like, how is we not valuable?
If we can read
the back end of the season,
you have to run the ball
when it's snowing.
Y'all don't,
this shit get six feet of snow.
So when you put this, like, we got to run the ball. it's snowing y'all don't this shit get six feet of snow like we gotta run the ball so it's like what more can you like how's we not valuable like um at the end of the day like here's is is is point blank period and you can see like
what we do and the position that we play we play a big part of offenses, like just period.
Right.
And you know what?
You are correct.
In the NFL, owners, I'm not sure when that dynamic shifted to where the running back position wasn't valued the way it used to be.
Obviously, during Unc's era, you know, during my era,
you know, the running back was a very important position.
And you guys can actually fight.
You guys have a case.
You guys can voice your
reason for wanting and commanding the kind of money you want because players like you saquon
derrick henry christian mccaffrey and maybe maybe two others you know you're jonathan
i'm gonna get jameer gibbs josh jacob oh yeah jameer gibbs josh jacob as well You guys are at the forefront of being able to command the kind of money you want
because of what you guys are able to do
and taking some of the pressure off your quarterback.
When the team needs you guys to grind the clock out,
who's the one to show up?
Y'all.
Bale Cow.
Bale Cow.
That's what it is.
And most of you can play three downs.
You's a goddamn dude threat. So you should be getting two goddamn checks you can line up outside
you can catch it out the backfield you can hand it off to you i mean listen it's i i'm i'm with
you especially when it comes to getting paid because y'all bring a different dynamic than
more than just being a running back because you do more than just run the goddamn ball.
And I can say just one thing, though.
I just feel like
we just do so much
just by going to practice
and doing all the little shit, right? And I just feel
like we deserve enough
of it. Why not?
Shit, we work all our life
to get paid.
Send me the big bucks.
Like, shit, why not, bro?
Like, I want to go chase the highest, highest of the highest.
Like, and I'm going to keep doing it.
Like, I'm going to stand on what I stand on.
And I don't want to feel like a cancer at all because I don't like all that attention and all that.
All that.
Like, that's not me.
Like, honestly.
Like, and I just, I'm just standing on business, man. If you think about it. And what not me. Honestly.
I'm just standing on business, man.
If you think about it... What I deserve. Go ahead. No, go ahead. Finish up.
That's it.
What I deserve.
If you think about it, James, since
McCaffrey got that $16 million, nobody
has even come close to that number.
And so now you know you're going to
uncharted territory.
You look at what Saquon got i think
saquon got about 13 and a half you saw what dave henry got he got about what eight and a half uh
you see what josh jacobs got i think he was around 12 11 and a half 12 so you know when you say you
want to be the highest paid and mccaffrey that the number that he's after you know you're reaching
for the stars are you hoping you land on the moon and get something
close to that? Or you want to
jump over that?
I just want to get what I get. I deserve
shit. That's all.
That's all. I want to get what I
ask for. That's all.
What role did I mention? I had a brother that played
in the league before I got there.
I idolized my brother and I wanted to be just like him.
What role did your brother play?
And how good?
Because I'm surprised.
I think everybody's surprised you didn't follow his path at Florida State.
You went to Georgia.
You're probably glad you did.
But what role did your big brother play in the guy that we see today
that's turned into one of the premier running backs in the NFL?
A big role, honestly.
Just like, just if I ask him a question, it's just, he always there for me.
It's like, he always tell me to be myself.
Don't ever, like, stop from what got you here to, like,
create myself to being somebody that I'm not.
So I just feel like that's what he
told me and I'm gonna
continue to be myself and just
always have
that older brother in my ear
to always guide me
in the right direction.
That's my oldest brother and I'm always listening to him.
So I feel like he's
great. He set the standard.
So it's like why not follow it?
It's like, if I don't follow it, it's like I set myself short
because I had an older brother to lead the way
and show me the ropes on how to get there.
And if I don't follow it, I'm a failure.
I feel like, you know what I'm saying?
So it's like always just keep working hard and keep grinding and get what you want in life.
Shit.
That's all I like to say.
Yeah.
Hey, you know what's funny?
When I think about it, I would have loved the opportunity to have a brother.
You know, Santana, you.
I'm trying to think.
Give me one more set of brothers.
J.J., P.J. Watt, Peyton and Eli Madden.
Yeah, P.J. Watt.
I mean, yeah, man, that has to be like the greatest feeling to have a brother.
And when y'all were growing up, did y'all compete?
Did y'all compete?
Now, obviously, I know you went to—I don't know.
I'm not sure.
When you was that central—when he was that central, you wasn't there, though, obviously, right?
No.
You was a little younger.
Yeah.
That has to be the greatest feeling.
Bro, we still compete to peak to this day
it be so crazy
we compete in Uno
still?
yeah
hold on
Uno we compete
in the game
shit
we
whatever
we compete
cause like
we brothers
and we understand
like we never
gonna go against
each other
and we always
understand like
at the end of the day
you my oldest brother and I respect you to the most up high,
and I never do nothing to ever even fail my family, like,
because I know, like, I was guided the right way.
Let me ask you this.
What do you listen to to get you in that mood, to get you locked in before the game?
So when you got the beats on and you got the headphones on, what you vibing with to get you locked in before the game. So when you got the beats on and you got the headphones on,
what you vibing with to get you locked in?
I ain't even going to lie to you.
I'm on young boy time.
And it's like, I got to get up.
I got to get up for the game.
So it's like, before the game, I slow down, listen to a little R&B,
calm myself down before the game. Never get too low,
never get too high.
So, pregame,
get myself together
and vibe into a little R&B.
Calm myself down.
But before I get on the field,
the smell is hot.
And young boy,
it's time to go.
Hey,
it hasn't ever bothered you, right?
Obviously, being a Florida boy,
you know how the weather is out here
It's always hot
You know
When we get a cold front
Our cold front is about
70 degrees
Has the weather
Have you gotten used to the weather
Out there in Buffalo
Has it bothered you at all
Um no
You could adjust it to it
I feel like that's a mindset
Like
Shit you gotta go out there
And feed your family
Shit
Gotta go out there And play your family, shit. What I'm talking about? I'm talking about shit.
Got to go out there and play at the end of the day.
Right.
Hey, for two hours.
So I just sucked that shit up.
For what they paying, I ain't got to be out there for two hours in it.
I'm good.
Stacking money.
Oh, yeah.
Hey, James, thank you, man.
Congratulations on a great season.
You made the Pro Bowl.
Hopefully bigger and better things to come in the future.
Hey, stop back by when you sign that big payday.
Stop back by and drop something off for us.
You already know, I'll...
That's it.
I appreciate that, man.
James Cook, ladies and gentlemen.
All right, boy, holla at me.
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