Nightcap - Nightcap - Hour 2: Saquon eyes Dickerson’s record, Bengals fighting for their life, Pickens needs to grow up

Episode Date: January 1, 2025

Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson recap the top stories from Week 17 of the NFL season including Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley eyes Eric Dickerson’s single-season rushing record, Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals try to claw their way into the playoffs, Pittsburgh WR George Pickens needs to control his emotions on the field and much more!03:18 - All eyes are on Saquon Barkley06:34 - You need to listen to Ocho about them Bengals11:17 - Bengals talk: Joe Burrow, game breakdown and more15:28 - If that was Tee Higgins last game in Cincy, he went out with a bang23:25 - George Pickens needs to control his emotions on the field26:43 - The bills wouldn’t be able to overcome a Josh Allen injury(Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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He's 101 yards away from breaking Eric Dixon's record that was set in 1984, 2105. There will be temptation to let Saquon go for the record. I'm going for it, Ochoa. Especially when it comes to things like this. I hate internally, especially when it comes

to records that are being broken, when it comes to players that have incentives in the contract. I've always heard about teams doing funny things. Doing funny things. I've heard the stories. I'm sure you've heard the stories as well. They don't allow players to get certain incentives. They take them out of the game, but they don't give them the amount of carries

or the amount of catches that they need to hit. I hope they don't play any type of game for sake of money. I know they're winning, and that might be the fact that they are winning, but we might pull you out of the game to make sure you don't reach that incentive of breaking that record because we don't want you to get hurt.

We want to save you for the playoffs. But just weird, funny stuff, huh? I don't want to get hurt. We want to save you for the playoffs. Weird, funny stuff, huh? I don't know if he got that, Ocho. You think he got... I don't... I know damn well I'm not putting that record... I'm not putting a record.

Okay, if I break... If I break Megatron... If I'm a wide receiver, I break Megatron record, I get a million dollars. I'm not saying... I'm just using it as an example of what some teams do sometimes for players. I'm not saying. I'm not saying. I was just using it as an example of what some teams do sometimes.

Players. I'm not saying. Right. Oh, yeah. What happened to you? What you mean? Do I know somebody? Yeah.

What happened to me? Right. Yeah. I had $100,000 in my contract. I had 115 yards and two touchdowns at the half. I needed five yards to get 1,000. And then catch another ball, then get another target. I hope they don't play that game of Saquon and try to pull him out

and not give him the rushes and the carries that he needs to break that record. I'm getting that. Hold on. And I just saw Jonathan Taylor go have like 18 carries for 125. Oh, I'm going to get that. I'm going to say, look, look now it's on y'all y'all can give me 25 carries and let me get this number at the half and i set that down

but i'm not coming out till i get this record you're too close everybody oh saquon he ain't being selfish he sacrificed he blocked he does everything that you ask him to be he's been a model teammate i don't know saquon person but looking at his personality and the way he interacts his teammates love him they got him holding up in the locker room in the office of mine they doing things for him he never got when he was in the giants the giants organization appreciates him more than he ever got appreciated in new york now, I'm not saying the fans. Fans, this is not a knock on y'all.

I'm saying the organization. I'm saying the Mara. I'm saying the Tish's. I'm saying Sean or the General Manager, whoever. They never show Saquon what the Eagles organization has shown him. I'm not talking about the players because I'm sure the players loved him. I'm just talking about from the ownership, front office. I'm going to about the players. I'm sure the players loved him. I'm just talking about from the ownership, front office. I'm going to stop it there.

You see the way they embrace him from Lurie to Hyde Roseman, the offensive line, and he includes them in everything. I'm getting that damn record. They got to let him get it. I just know the game that they do play. You've experienced it before. I've heard the horror stories about it. And he's so close to it.

I just hope they run the offense through him. I don't know the extent of the injury. I'm not sure what Kenny Pickett is going through. But they've got to lean on him. They've got to lean on Saquon next week, man. So I'm hoping he breaks that record. That'll be very exciting for him. I'm going to tell you like this.

And I said it two weeks ago. And I said it before this game. I told you what was going to happen I manifested this I told you the Bengals were going to win their last three we took care of business last week I told you what we were going to do to your Broncos I didn't say anything in a malicious manner I did it very respectfully

you didn't believe me you said y'all was going to win boom now you got egg on your face okay you can't say put up football the rest of the night. Matter of fact, you can't say any other words tonight. That's all with a letter B. So say the wrong codes. Yeah.

You can't say nothing else. Now, next week, the Bengals, we got the Steelers. I'm stealing. We're going to take care of business. I'm no disrespect. If we have any Steeler fans in the chat, I mean no disrespect. I'm not trying to be disrespectful or malicious in any way. I'm talking about my bangles and what we're going to do.

We're going to squeeze into the playoffs. We're going to squeeze into the playoffs, and we're going to be a team that nobody wants to play. From an offensive perspective, I can't talk about defense. I don't believe you're getting to the playoffs. I don't play defense. I'm just saying offensively if we gotta score 50

bitch we gotta score 50 and hope we can hold the team to 45 and as far Broncos are concerned they gotta play the Chiefs next week I don't

Broncos team could be the Chiefs B team you don't that's how I'm feeling they had the Broncos they had the Chiefs A team on the road to that block kick

hey remember remember they beat them last year yeah They had the Broncos. They had the Chiefs A team on the road to that block kick. Hey, remember, remember, they beat them last year in Denver. They blew them out last year in Denver. For whatever reason, the Broncos, even with Patrick Mahomes was playing at his best, the Broncos have always played them tough. Even when they didn't have, obviously not when they had Peyton Manning, they beat them. But even when they have a lesser tier quarterback, when they have some of the other quarterbacks that they've had, Ocho,

they've always played the Chiefs tough. And we know Chiefs going to the Super Bowl, damn near, what, four out of the last six years, and they've won three of them. But for some reason, obviously it's a division team. You're very familiar with them, but they play them tough. Michael Parsons, if Joe Burrow takes this team for the playoff, I don't even think it should be a question who MVP is.

GD, best in the world right now. I disagree with that. I just don't believe you can have seven losses and beat MVP. Five, if he had the same record as Lamar Jackson, you could make a case. But has it, is Lamar Jackson not playing football right now?

I mean, we just raved about Lamar Jackson for Christmas. What he did, the 48-yard run, which was his fastest speed he's ever accumulated, he said, but I was jogging. He threw three touchdowns. Look, if Joey Burrow had five losses, the same is not a case.

You got to make a case for it. You're talking about the MVP race not long ago when I was mentioned. I don't like the fact that the wins and losses total affects whether someone is in contention

to be able to win the MVP. Because in its totality, it's not fair. It's an individual award based on your individual performance. But wins and losses come into play when it comes to MVP nomination. And you look forward to it. So how much did that performance, the question that the voters are going to have, how much did that performance the question that the voters are going to have how much did that performance go towards your team winning

so that's how they're going to look at Ochoa so yeah you're putting up great numbers but so now people look at it like well yeah you're putting up great numbers in a losing effort see Jordan didn't really get the credit that Jordan deserved until Jordan started winning championships now they started giving him MVPs now he had that extraordinary season where he averaged uh uh he

was defensive player of the year he averaged 37 8 and 8 defensive player of the year but once he started winning once he started winning championships now it's gonna be look I think and I and I said this before even when they said the MVP race was over, I said it's not over. I said because Lamar is still playing. I said, look, and I'm not taking anything away from Josh, because you and I come out here and we're – the man had six touchdowns, Ocho.

He ran for a touchdown. He caught a touchdown. He threw a touchdown. And he's been putting up great numbers. But Lamar Jackson is 39-4. That's crazy work. 39 and 4. He's going to be over 4,000 yards.

And he has like 800 yards rushing. That's crap. Nobody could, nobody, no other quarterback could have done what Lamar's doing. But Lamar Jackson. And what I saw from Joe Burrow a lot more tonight is I saw him changing some of the plays. I saw him changing some of the plays. And I think that I don't know if he should be being one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Had the freedom to override what Zach calls based on what he sees in front of him and be able to change it.

Like stuff like that is good. Like that goddamn fourth and one. You should have changed that goddamn play after the timeout. The game didn't have to be that close. Yeah, because it looked like he put Chase on the one to T. Higgins, the first one, he put that thing

he put the T to Chase. He's like, Chase like Chase no go over here and now he's got 29 outside leverage on him ain't nothing you could do about that and then

one of the best throws of the night is that when Bo hit Marvin Mims Jr. on the Dino Dino post post corner post

is that what y'all call that Rob we call it Dino no no no that shit see we call that shake see all he did all he did was stem to the post now here it is Ocho see Dino. No, no, no. See, we call that shape. All he did was stem to the post.

Now, here it is, Ocho. Once I go to the post, I'm going to widen the front side safety. Now, that back side safety, if he ain't paying attention, I'm going to be over the top of him before he realizes it. That's what happens. See, he looking.

He don't realize the danger is over here. When he realizes Mims is even with him. Mims even with you, so he over the top. Mims had a good game. Listen, he pissed me off, man. Mims can play. Mims. That second touchdown catch.

Oh, Mims, when he caught that ball in double coverage. Oh. Hey, that was a good 50-50 ball. Two people on you. Securing the catch. I was hoping the ref saw. I was hoping the ref said, oh, the ball hit the ground. I was hoping the ref said the ball hit the ground.

They went and reviewed it, and they gave this man a catch, man. But what's Mims' first name? Yeah. Hey, Marvin, I know you're going to see this clip. I know you're going to see this clip, boy. You played a hell of a game. And I promise you, Bo Nix and Marvin Mims, if we had lost this game off that throwing that catch

with them seconds on that clock, I was going to fight y'all when I saw you in public. I was going to fight them if I saw them in public. But they played that game. That goddamn Bo Nix can throw, boy. He can throw that ball. He can throw that ball. He can throw that ball. And when he bring it down and he run,

and he got to scramble and use his legs. Boy, that boy held, boy. Yeah. He's going to have to make those throws under pressure. That overtime throw. We saw it last week against the Chargers where he underthrew it. I think the thing is,

Ocho, is that, and he saw, if you read his lips on the sideline, he said, I missed him. He did. He did. He absolutely had him. But to say this, Ocho, I'm not so sure. I'm on the road with a rookie quarterback.

I'm not so sure I don't go for two in that situation. My defense has really done all they could. I couldn't ask anymore for my defense. Yes, Joey beat through for the numbers that he had. But at that point in time, we got six sacks, Ocho. We got six sacks. I'm in a one-point game at home, excuse me, on the road against a team

that's fighting for their lives. I got them on the road. I got, on the road against a team that's fighting for their lives. I got them on the road. I got them on the road, Ocho. I got them on the road. I got them on the road, Ocho. I know all the air has been vacuumed up out of that building. You got to close the show

out. I'm not so sure I don't go for two on the road with a rookie quarterback, Coach Joe. I know it's interesting. I don't know if you listen to the sound. I don't know what the commentator said. I don't know. It's going to be interesting to see what's this thing start rolling. I'm going to look around and see what people are saying.

It's going to be interesting to see what people said, what they thought they should have done. But I think in that situation with a rookie quarterback on the road and the dramatic effect of that, I think I go. T. Higgins finished the game with 11 catches, a buck 31, three touchdowns, including the game winning overtime.

Chase Hintz, if that was his last game in this stadium, he went out with a bang. But that's a big if everybody's Ocho you know this everybody's saying the right thing we won't and there's no doubt in my mind they won't tee back but if I'm tee

Ocho wasn't tee a second round pick early second too if I'm not mistaken early second round Ocho the first contract Early second, too, if I'm not mistaken. Early second round pick. If I'm not mistaken. Early second round. Ocho. The first contract, you don't give a hometown discount.

You do that in the second contract. That's if you choose to. Now, because see, like, maybe if T was a first round pick, but if I'm a first round, I'm still thinking, I got to get one big payday. I got to hit them over the head one time because I know Ocho. Eventually, they're going to come to me and say, take a pay cut. Or you have to – listen, it's not if it's going to happen.

It's when it's going to happen. Go look at – go study your history and look at all your greats that was great with one team and they had to move on because whatever, casually, they wanted to go in a different direction and that is the team choice

because when the teams do it, the team always says it's a business decision. But the moment you don't take less money on Joe, they say he's not a team player. He's being selfish. I mean, listen, think about it, man,

I think T, I mean, T go see this, and I mean, all the Bengals fans in the chat, I understand how you feel about T, about him wanting to stay on your team, but I think about before you even made it. I'm thinking about before you even made it, all the sacrifices, the pickups, the

drop-offs, the mama, the pickup, the drop off the mama, the ups and downs, the obstacles, the even get to this point and understanding. I want to reach the pinnacle of my childhood dream and make it into the NFL. It just so happens to be the Bengals. Now it's time to get paid for all the work I put in before I even got here. Huh?

Before I even got here. When your mama had to pick you up from school, drop you off at practice, you know? Man, I'm thinking about all the work you done put in. Now it's time for that to be paid in full, not in discount because of where I'm at.

No, man, you don't know that. Because guess what, Ocho? Ocho, you made me swim shark-infested waters. I came out on the other side, and I'm

and now you want me to give you a discount? Because you could have signed me last year. Same thing with Chase. Chase ain't gonna give y'all no discount. Chase got, I mean, I don't think nobody's gonna catch him in touchdown and now he's too he's over 200 yards like 220

in front of uh and the funny thing I hear people always say oh we can pay we can pay T and we can pay R no you fucking can't this ain't fucking madden this ain't a video game. This is real life.

What defense? We have to address defense. What in the fuck about it? We're going to have a $85 million quarterback. We're going to have a $40 million receiver. And then what would it be? A $30 million number two receiver.

He needs to go. He needs to be somewhere where he can get what he deserves. He's not a number two receiver money. Don't do that. That's disrespectful. That's disrespectful to him and the work he's been put in. And I'm more Bengal than any Bengal fan. I totally...

And I'm telling you how it should be. He needs to get... But you're realistic though, Ocho. You understand. Ocho, as great a player as you were, you understand that they said, okay, Ocho, we appreciate what you've done, but we're going in a different direction.

Yeah. And a lot, but see, fans don't get that. See, fans don't. And you can look. Broncos did the same thing with me. I understand. I still love the Broncos because they gave me that opportunity. They gave me an opportunity that I'm not so sure somebody else would have. And they believed in me. I understand. I still love the Broncos because they gave me that opportunity. They gave

me an opportunity I'm not so sure somebody else would have. And they believed in me. Dan Reeves believed in me. Wade Phillips believed in me. Mike Shanahan. The fans, they embraced me and my family. And I appreciate that, but I understand the business of it. And y'all can't say

that I'm selfish. And you know what's funny to me? It's selfish of fans as well to say we can pay all the players why would you have three players with that kind of money with all the money tied up into the offense and just three players and then not be able to address the issues when we've had one of the worst defenses for a 17-game season. It's also selfish to say, oh, we can keep T, understanding that T is not going to get what he deserves, and he has to take

less because we have the best receiver in the NFL. Matter of fact, we have the best banger receiver in history who's... Not one brick truck. They better back up three of them motherfuckers for Chase. You got a $55 million quarterback

and now you're telling T sell? Oh, here, just... Yeah. Take 25, 28 million. Come on, man. No. You have a Super Bowl

offense with a Blood Bowl defense. we have to score 80 points a game it won't it won't and then and you see you see the one mistake like the doom you yeah imagine when you have two or three i mean you i mean think about it you had the one mistake you had the one mistake against Baltimore in Baltimore, and that cost you the game. And you had one turnover against the Broncos. And the thing was, you're going to put the game away. Oh, think about it.

You was going to Baltimore when they were in Cincinnati. You're going to put them away and to fumble. Right back in the game. So you're never, you can really never rest with that defense. You definitely have to address that defense. But congratulations to the Bengals. They keep them slim playoff hopes alive.

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listen to Fiasco, Iran Contra on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Pickens is going to have to be, stop having to be so emotional on every play. Every play he doesn't get the ball, he's like, oh my goodness. Oh Lord, have mercy.

Jeez. I mean, he throw the ball, but bro, I know, I know. He's a phenomenal mean, he throw the ball. I mean, bro, I know he's a phenomenal talent, Ocho. The catches and the difficulty of the catches that he makes on a consistent basis. But if he were to channel a lot of that energy, Ocho, I don't know. I don't think he realized just how good he can be. I don't think he does. I don't think he realizes, Ocho. Yeah, he does. I don't think he realizes, though, Joe.

Yeah, he does. He does. He got special ability, Ocho. I wish the Steelers would realize that, too. I wish they would realize it, too, and maximize his potential, you know? Put him in different positions to make some of those plays

outside of just goalball here, goalball there, you know? Man, move that mother... Oh, excuse me. My bad. My bad. Move him around. Let him touch it early, you know mother... Oh, excuse me. My bad. Move him around. Let him touch it early. He's a playmaker. I've seen him

glance and go to the house and go 70. He can do some of the same things T. Higgins and Jamar Chase can do. At 6'3", 6'4". He's special, but they don't use him in that sense. I get not making excuses for him.

Just understanding how good he is sure, but they don't use him in that sense. So I kind of get not making excuses for him. Not making excuses for him. I'm just understanding how good he is and how much of a difference he can make for that offense and making everyone else job around him easy, despite him being emotional at times. Yeah, I just think the thing is that he

can get frustrated. You know yeah the interception bro that was on you um and they're like they go somewhere else with the ball i mean i'm sure they would love to come to you but i mean they're doing a great job they're taking their best receiver their best db and putting him on you it's not like mcguffin's a slouch yeah but he the guy made all pro as a rookie last year for a reason. He's probably going to make the Pro Bowl again. Him, Sertan, and Sal's Gardner are probably going to make the Pro Bowl. Now, he might get left out and Jay Ram go, but it's going to be interesting.

But I think we know, I think Sal's Gardner and Sertan, Sertan is definitely making it. I mean, Sertan might be one of the two best corners, and I don't think he's two. So it's going to be very interesting to see how the AOC cornerback position. I think that – hold on. Oh, that might be next week, Ocho. I thought they was going to name the Pro Bowl stuff this week.

That's the last game of the season, ain't it? Well, I guess it's because Christmas. It's before the – because, you know, O't it? Well, I guess it becomes Christmas. It's before the last. Because, you know, Ocho, we used to do it like week 14. So, you know, week 14, you come out, you got the 15th game. Right. And then the next, you know, you close out the season. So I thought they were going to do it.

I thought they were going to do it Tuesday, but maybe because of the holidays and where it fell. So maybe you're right, Ocho, maybe you're going to do it before the last game of the season. But like, it's going to be very interesting to see what the Steelers do and how they play this thing in the offseason. They do have

Justin Fields. Maybe they have another year on him. I don't know. I don't think they picked up that option, but I think they kind of like have his right. I think I don't know. I don't but Russ at 46 million that seems to be kind of like have his right. I think, I think, I don't know. I don't, I don't. But Russ at 46 million, that seems to be kind of like the play here because the Chiefs will have the bye week,

wildcard weekend. The Chiefs could have as many as 25 days off before they begin their playoff push towards the three P. Because think about it. They play Wednesday. They're probably not having to come to work. And they're one of those teams. Andy

gave them off considering Ocho. Now, they got home field sold up. So, the last game of the season don't mean anything to them. So, now, they got on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Mahomes will probably throw a little something.

He'll probably run scout team. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Mahomes will probably throw a little something. He'll probably run scout team Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Having all that time off and your team just the last two weeks, your team just looking like

the Kansas City Chiefs we used to see. You ain't look like the Kansas City Chiefs of old throughout the entire season. You had a little luck. You had a little luck throughout the season. Listen, I'm not saying nothing bad about the Chiefs. You know, they are the Kansas City Chiefs. As long as you have Patrick Mahomes, you have a goddamn chance at anything.

But I'm just saying, as a team, as a whole, even if you're a Chiefs fan and you're in the chat, you know your team has not looked up to par throughout the entirety of the season. Last week was the best I've seen the Chiefs look all goddamn season. All season long, especially from an offensive standpoint. But having that much time off, do you think that's a good thing when they're just getting in rhythm and just starting to look like themselves or what we're used to seeing at least. I think the thing is, Ocho, you can't run the risk. You know you're Mahomes injured. Wait for me

to all be over. It don't matter. You get that guy nicked, it's over. You can't play well enough on either side of the ball to overcome the loss of him. He's the one guy that you can't overcome. No team can.

As great as Derek Henry is running the football. Josh Johnson ain't winning you no game at quarterback. It ain't happening. Josh Allen getting it. I don't know who the backup is. You ain't winning. Josh Allen get Nick. I don't know who the backup is. You ain't winning no games.

I don't believe there's a team currently constructed that if they start against Nick, they can overcome that. Listen, we just saw it. We just saw it with the Eagles. We just saw it with the Eagles against the Commanders. A lot of people say, oh, the Commanders won that game.

Actually, no. The Commanders did not win that game. It was a Christmas gift from the Commanders. A lot of people say, oh, the Commanders won that game. Actually, no. The Commanders did not win that game. It was a Christmas gift from the goddamn Eagles if you look at the way they played, especially defensively. We ain't seen the Eagles defense play like that all season long. We haven't seen Devontae Smith drop a ball like that that could have sealed the game

all season long. They gave that game away. Two deep passes. Yeah. Fourth and 11. You know what the percentage is for making it a first down on fourth and 11, let alone it not being a pass, let alone

not being a run, but the quarterback scrambling on fourth and 11? The Eagles gave them boys that game. And I don't mean no disrespect it's a good thing, Dane Daniels is having a hell of a goddamn season I'm just saying this game in Pacific should have been over

on that ball Devontae Smith draw, it should have been over, the game was over right there oh Trubisky is the backup Trubisky is the backup in Buffalo hell he couldn't win when he was the starter damn sure he wouldn't be the backup Carson Wentky is the backup in Buffalo. Hell, he couldn't win when he was the starter. Damn sure he wouldn't win as a backup. Carson Wentz is the backup in Kansas City.

Justin Fields, Josh Johnson. I don't even know who the backup is in Houston. Y'all help me out. Who's the backup in Houston? And that's the thing. Look, it's hard because the rosters, because you're not able to keep quality people at the quarter. Oh, Joe, you can stash your web quarterbacks. Look, it's hard because the roster, because you're not able to keep quality people at the quarter.

Oh, Joe, you can stash your web quarterbacks. Think about it. Think about how long Steve Young sat as a backup to Joe. You ain't keeping no Steve Young as no backup. I mean, think about it. You couldn't even keep Jimmy G as a backup to Tom Brady. The roster spots, I mean, think about it. You couldn't even keep Jimmy G as a backup to Tom Brady.

The roster spots, I mean, at some point in time, Ocho, the NFL is getting away with it. You can't keep expanding games but don't expand the roster. You see what they're doing, Ocho? They done added another game. They done added another game. So they're about to go to 18 games, but you're not going to expand the roster? You can't give us three other players

so instead of going to 46, go to 49, 50? Come on now. Come on. Oh, Davis Mills is the quarterback at Houston. Mm-mm. Oh, Davis Mills is the quarterback at Houston. If CJ hadn't played that well, but I promise you this, if CJ goes out, General Mills, Olin Mills, it doesn't matter. Houston goes home first round. I don't care.

You name another Mills. It does not matter. You don't care. You name another meals. It does not matter. You're going home. CD Lamb season is over with two games to play. The Cowboys opted to shut him down. Ocho CD has dealt with a sprained AC joint in his shoulder since November 3rd lost to the Falcons and is aggravated almost every week and more scans this week has showed that the injury had worsened.

But Ocho, you know, I didn't say Ocho. you can't make it any worse. You know, they always tell you about an injury. When they want you to keep on playing, Ocho, oh, you can't do any more damage to it. Well, if that's the case, why keep on hurting then? If I ain't going to need no surgery, if this is worse than it's going to get,

why you tell me I'm going to need surgery? Yeah, I can do more damage. Man, that car already beat up. Yeah, well, I can still do some more damage to it. Let me run it to need surgery. Yeah, I can do more damage. Yeah. Man, that car already beat up. Yeah, well, I can still do some more damage to it. Let me run it to another wall. But with the Cowboys eliminated from the playoffs, the team decided to sit as number one receiver. And the statement of the Cowboys said he's not expected to need surgery

and should make a full recovery through the process of treatment and rehabilitation. Okay, okay, we good. Go ahead and shut that down. Yes. Go ahead and shut that down. Yes. Go ahead and shut that down. Get ready for next season. Yes.

You know, when you get back ready, you and Dak get in the lab. You and Dak get in the lab. Matter of fact, you're going to be ready for minicamp. Matter of fact, you're going to be ready for training camp. That's another duo. Y'all need to hit the ground running. Yeah. But, Ocho, they weren't on the level that I thought they were going to be on

considering what they were left here. You know that chemistry. It ain't like, listen, that chemistry has to be built back up. CeeDee Lamb missed all the training camp. Okay. We're going to get a deal done. We're going to get a deal done. You playing around.

You playing games, man. If you serious about actually winning, do right by your team. Do right by your players. Have everybody in the building when they need to be there. Why do you think Michael Parsons said what he said earlier? He playing the seed right now. Don't play with me when it's time to give me my money because I want to be at minicamp. I want to be at the off-season money because I want to be at minicamp. I want to be at the offseason program. I want

to be at training camp. I don't want to be holding out like every player has to do when it's time to get goddamn paid. I think they just like the fact that they got us out here begging waiting on that goddamn money. I think they do it on purpose because the numbers are what they are.

The numbers are what they are. The numbers are what they are. What are you waiting for to pay these individuals? Ain't nothing magical going to happen. Ain't nothing magical going to change about the market. You know what it is. You know what is supposed to be paid. Just get the shit done. Get it done.

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