The Bobby Bones Show - 25W: Eddie's Issue with His Kids Basketball Practice on Super Bowl Sunday + Bo Jackson Tells the Story of the Time He Ran a 4.1 40-yard Dash + It Was a Rough Week to be a Patriots Fan

Episode Date: February 9, 2026

  Eddie’s trying to wrap his head around why his kid has basketball practice on Super Bowl Sunday, and the room debates what’s a reasonable time to have a practice on Super Bowl Sunday. Then Bo Jackson jumps in with the legendary story of ripping a 4.1 40-yard dash—including how the timing got talked about and why that moment still follows him. And to top it off, it was a rough week to be a Patriots fan, so we unpacked the reason behind it, not just a Super Bowl loss.    Download the DraftKings Sportsbook App today: https://dkng.co/bobbysports If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-7777/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA).21+ (18+ WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NJ/ NY/PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. N/A in NH/OR/ON. New customers only. Valid 1 per new customer. Min. $5 deposit. Min $5 wager. $200 issued as eight (8) $25 free bets. Ends 9/19/22. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details.  Follow the Show: @25WhistlesSports  Follow the Crew: @MrBobbyBones @ProducerEddie @KickoffKevin @MikeDeestro @BrandonRayMusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yeah. Thanks, guys. It was a brutal one to watch. And I'm a fan. I can't even matter not being a fan. on the teams. That's a brutal one to watch. That was hard. Well, we had money on it too. We had our team league in, which by the way your bill comes to do, maybe today. Oh, oh yeah. Yeah. He's just gonna send a text? Like, how's that? Okay. We know, Venmo or just... Yeah, you... Can I write a check? No, I don't think so. Can I pay in like quarterly? I don't think so. Installments. I missed every bet last night, too. Same. Like, I bet $1,500 on the Patriots to cover plus four and a half. And then I jump back in for another 500 when it's plus five and a half. And they,

And it was just like, I'm stopping. What was the most points you got? Five and a half. Oh, I got eight. Well, no, I stopped. And I thought eight would cover it. Yeah. Yeah, they showed no, I mean, I guess a little bit of life.

And in third, early fourth, but that was it. They really wanted that good of a team, right? The Patriots? Yeah. No, man. What I kept thinking, and I'm sorry, Kevin, you're not going to want to hear this. Easy to say this now, but. I know.

I just kept thinking like, well, I should have been the Broncos. Better defense. It's just what I was thinking, Kevin. Our defense is really good. I know. Our offense is really bad. Yeah. It sucks. I'm sorry.

Yeah, it's all right. I mean, I'm happy we were there for sure. Obviously, we did not expect that at all. So expectations were pretty, I don't know, not necessarily low coming in, but like, if we win great, the only thing that, the part that makes me sad and that sucks is like there was no fight. Like, to lose is one thing, but to like, I think I yelled one time outside of like yelling bad things, but one good thing. And that was it. So that sucks. When they were down two scores before they did that pick, I thought, okay, we might can make this into something.

And mostly I thought, maybe we can cover. Yeah, cover was what I was rooting for. Something, dude. I need a break, so I'm glad it's over. Yeah. Yeah, but you know what, March Madness is just around the corner. Yeah, maybe it'd be better for me there, but I had a bad 2025 slash early 2026 for sure. It was one of my worst ever.

Yeah, that's pretty bad. One for the books. Kevin, at what point during the game did you think, like, is done? When they scored the touchdown. And he was wide open. That was after the fumble, I believe. And I was like, oh, no. You didn't think in the first half where they couldn't score at all,

like they couldn't even get first downs. I think they got two maybe? They kind of did this all playoffs, though, where it was like, they didn't look great on offense. And then the second half, they looked them a lot better. So I was like, they're just going to take some time. Drake Maylick's nervous. Josh McDaniels, I don't know what the heck that game plan was,

but it was just very basic and boring. They didn't change anything up. So I was like, okay, I'm just going to give it till the second half. And as long as there somewhat in it, they were down nine, nothing. I felt good. I was like, I can't believe we're only down nine. That game felt like it was 50 to nothing. At halftime, I still felt like you had a shot because you're only down nine at half.

Exactly. So, yeah, the bad game, though. My wife was like, this game sucks. She's like, I'm out. She only wanted to watch a halftime show anyway. She didn't watch the second half. No, she went in and watched Tell Me Lies or something on Netflix. Dang, I'm kind of jealous.

And she doesn't care that much anyway. But if it had been close, she would have stayed. She's like, this game's terrible. I'm out. You know, you're talking about UFC? Like, you never watch UFC, but then you, like, the one you watch is too bad, as a bad fight two girls. So my wife never watches full games and she was just like, I'm

going to watch this full game with you guys and I'm just like, why is this the game? Did she stay with it? She did. She watched the entire game and she was like, that's pretty bad. And there was no like, I mean, Kenneth Walker had some good plays but outside of that both sides it was like there's no like big exciting plays, nothing. I was rooting for the kicker to win MVP. Yeah,

that would have been cool. I mean, he was the busiest. It was a punter. The Dixon had a great game too. That punter was on. But I think the kicker, he kicked four or five field goals. I forget what it ended at, and it was most in Philgo and in full history. Like, if there ever was a kicker to win the MVP, he scored

15 points, he should have won MVP. Do you guys ever vote for that stuff? Have you ever voted for MVP? What do you mean? Where? Online. Yeah, they tell you during the game, like, to vote for the MVP, get on the... Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, I didn't even know that was a thing. The Seahawks were a four and a half point favorite, and they broke a streak

of underdogs winning three straight Super Bowls. Huh. The Patriots were wearing white jerseys and white pants, a combination they had never worn in the Super Bowl. Yeah, that stuff is... They look nice. The Seahawks for winning 9-0 at halftime,

which means the teams are now 0 and 15 in Super Bowl history win scoreless at the half. The Seahawks only trailed for one minute and 35 seconds the entire postseason. That's the fifth-least amount of any time trailing, but they only trailed for barely over 90 seconds,

the whole season. I mean, they're obviously the much better team, but I think just in general. in the NFL, they were probably the best team, at least second half of the season. Listen to this. The Seahawks are the first Super Bowl champion to go their entire postseason without committing a turnover. Oh, wow. Dang, that's Wood Sam Darnold.

The Seahawks won 11 a no across the entire season when scoring first. Sam Darnel became the first quarterback to win a Super Bowl after playing for at least five different teams. Wow. He was with Minnesota last year, but again, obviously they passed on bringing her back. I did like that story. I think I said that. If the Patriots didn't win, my favorite story to root for

was us and money. My second favorite story was Sam Darnold. It's pretty cool. Good for him. Although he wasn't very excited with his performance. I mean, he was kind of just like,

he missed a few throws. Yeah. But there was a point where it was just up to him not to lose it. Yeah. It wasn't up to him to win it. Yeah.

And I think he knew that and they won it. Sure did. I'm glad I wasn't there. I can tell you that. Hey, I thought it was going to be. a blowout. I really did

I was like, wow, this is going to be crazy. It's going to be the first blowout in Super Bowl history. You mean as the game started? And Seattle just had control of the game. I remember Seattle, Denver won 10 years ago. That was 43 to 8. First play was the over a Peyton's head.

Just letting you know. Look at Kevin's face. The pain Kevin's going through right now. It feels like I'm talking to a dead man. A lot of football fans were caught in the middle and watched the Super Bowl without rooting for either team. If you were literally physically halfway between Seattle and Foxborough, Massachusetts,

you'd be in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Oh, wow. Shout out, Minnesota. I didn't have a team. I just had a team that I bet on. But I, again, I mean, I lost enough to suck, but it was cool. I like Sam Darnal winning. Yeah, I mean, sure. I did see the list of all the quarterbacks

that early on in their career went to the Super Bowl and never made it back. It's a bad list. Oh, wow. Made me think about you guys. you think Drake May Future Dan Marino Dan Marino was one

Yeah He was also the youngest quarterback ever to go to a Super Bowl Which they showed a couple times Yeah Drake May was second I was surprised to see The Sam Donald was the first

USC quarterback to start a Super Bowl I bet you're right I didn't see that They said at the very beginning of the game And I was like really? Like USC quarterbacks Carson Palmer Matt Liner

Mark Sanchez There's just ones I can think of Matt Castle Matt Castle Matt Castle Yeah I'm trying to think of back in the day even, but no. Caleb Williams.

Yeah. Oh, that's true, too. Obviously, he hasn't made a Super Bowl, but that's true. Yeah. Yeah, anyway, dude, sorry about that. Yeah, all good. I hope, uh, I don't know, I hope we get some more O-line help for sure,

and I also hope Drake, I hope this doesn't, like, stick with him for a while. You know who sucked was... Will? Yeah, he was bad. And they were just harping on it and showing close-ups of him getting dominant on the offensive line.

I know, and I've seen multiple today where it's like 14 pressures allowed most in Super Bowl history. I'm like, oh gosh. So was he not healthy or is he just not good yet? Yeah, I mean, he had his ups and downs this year. Like, obviously, I watched every game. And it's not like our O-line was anything great all year. They just had ways of kind of getting around it, I guess,

and they got exposed. I mean, four guys, Collins were to talk about it, but four guys got to him with ease. It was tough, man. Were you hoping Drake would run the ball a little more than he did? Yeah. We were saying the whole time I was like, get him out of the pocket or something, roll them out,

because he did not look comfortable. As soon as they got to him a little bit, he was all over the place, even when he had time. Cardi B had a $1.5 million Super Bowl weekend. And also they broke up, Cardi B. What do you mean? She spent that much money? They broke up?

Yeah. They did, dude. Apparently, he was sneaking in an ex-girlfriend into their hotel room. Oh, Stefan. Well, he was dealing with a grief, you know? Oh, my gosh. They unfollowed each other on socials, too. They just had a baby.

But he had four babies last year with four different women. Oh, my God. We're talking like we know her. care. Did you see Kraft up there with her on the stage? The video of that, like Saturday or Friday night. It was funny. Cardi B secured a VIP suite to watch Define Diggs play for the New England Patriots at Super Bowl 60. She tried to rent two suites for her 100 guests.

Unfortunately, she had to split the group, half sat in the stands while 40 get the box. So the breakdown of her $1.5 million weekend. $725,000 for tickets for 100 friends and family. Wow. $250,000 for private jets to San Francisco for her guests. at that point I'm like I'll get you hooked up

you gotta get yourself out there like I'm taking one plane with me in it I'm getting your ticket $125,000 a private suite for 40 at the Super Bowl $220,000 in

Dom and Hennessy and a $133,000 hotel suite and party room that's from the sun with that Oh they had a party room but that's almost I guess yeah that's almost the cheapest thing

on the list That's insane I did spot her in the Bad Bunny concert. She was out there, right? Yeah, with Pedro Pascal and Jessica Alba. Jessica was the only one I saw. I saw Alex... Alex...

Alex... What's her name, Mike? Alex Earle? Yeah, Alex Earl, thank you. With Tom Brady? No, no, she was out there dancing. Oh. The same.

I did see her with Tom Brady dancing at whatever. Tom Brady's just turning into a cheese ball, dude. Yeah. He's just turning into a cheese. There's a reason Michael Jordan is still cool to us. because he's not out on social media all the time with influencers. Hey, I'm with you. I agree. The less I see him now, the happier I am.

Yeah. Because he was like the coolest because we didn't. Because nothing could take him down because we only knew him as a winner. Now he's everywhere. I know. We walked by one of his card stores. Multiple losses for the Patriots this weekend. Yeah.

I mean, yeah, overall with the whole Hall of Fame and then Brady saying that and all that. Brady being cheesy. Yeah, I didn't really find that a big deal though. Are you talking about? Oh, no, sorry. You're talking about him saying, like, oh, I don't have a dog in the fight or no? No, I think the big loss is him with dancing at a club with Alex Earl again.

Just being all the party. I get it, but man, the reputation's being tarnished. Yeah? Yeah, I didn't care about the other stuff. I understand why he said that he owns, he's part owner of the Raiders, and they're hiring the offensive coordinator from Seattle.

Yeah. And then the Patriots, obviously, I still think he should have said the Patriots. He won Super Bowls with the Patriots. That's his team. I know. It's like if Joe Montana said, well, no.

he was only, well he was a chief, I guess, for a little bit. For a second. Just for a little second. Just for a second. He looks, he's, he is old, but he's looking small and old. That's what my kids said. They're like, that's Joe Montana. My wife said, he's a little guy, huh? I said, no, he's just an old now. He used to be tall. I guess we start hunching over when we get older.

Yeah. They say that our ears and our nose don't stop growing, and then you hunch over. A terrible game. Hey, what happened? Because I saw that the Falcons, who is it Pierce? Yeah, James Pierce.

So what, he was being chased, or he was chasing somebody in a car? Yeah, he was, his ex-girlfriend, WMBA player, Ricky Jackson. Yeah, I can't seem big on the WNBA scene, except for Caitlin Clark and Angel. Yeah, he was chasing her, he was stalking her, and then he rammed his, I think it was like a Ferrari or something, or Lamborghini, into her car multiple times. So she couldn't go to the police station, and then police ended up showing up, and then he ran from the cops, and then hit a cop with his car. Wow. And then... Physically, the human cop?

Yeah, he hit, like, his knee, it said. Yikes. Yeah, so... And then he got arrested. There's a video of him fighting like seven cops, and it's just like, no one... Everyone's like, no one of this guy had ten and a half sacks. Yeah, not good.

Yeah, he's out next year. Yeah. Not good. And he dropped in the draft because of character stuff. You play Tennessee? Yeah. Eesh. Yeah, he's done.

And the Falcons are pretty good. Yeah. They got pretty good last year. They had him and the Georgia D. Lyman, both of them did really good rookie years, and that's not good, man. Eddie's kids had basketball practice on Super Bowl Sunday. Practice? Do you believe that crap? We were talking about this in San Francisco.

Did they go? No. No, dad had to pull the car and be like, they're not going. What time was it at? It was from 4 to 530. Oh, shut up. The game starts at 530. And it's on the other side of town.

We'd miss the first quarter. Like, it's the dumbest thing ever. And it's basketball. And, you know, like it's sixth grade basketball. And so I said, no, do you're not going to practice. Could you have let him go like four to five and then get back in time? And then pull them out early? That's so obvious to be late.

It's weird that they would have practice right up to game time of the Super Bowl. So I say like maybe like, I don't know, one o'clock the latest. Let church happen. I agree. And one of my boys did. He had an early one, like noon to two or something. Perfect. Great.

Would your kid upset that in his practice? Nah. Nah, he didn't care. He didn't care. But I just thought that was like, just what do you call it, tone deaf? You know? It's been used in other circumstances, but to me, that's tone-diff. We went to San Francisco.

We're going to play some of these interviews. We have one with Bo Jackson coming up in a second, but you guys got put together in the same room. You had two beds in the room. Kevin. Yeah. So how to go? It was good overall. What do you mean overall?

The second night was a little rough for me personally. Why? Because I didn't know Eddie was such a big snorer, actually. I'm a snorer? Yeah, dude. Did you notice the second night I slept with like white noise on my phone? I noticed you had the white noise. He busts out this little all night.

And I'm like, what is that crap? Yeah, because it's better than... What's the difference we're doing? It's relaxing. At least that's constant. It's a line. You're snoring is like... Do you know I snore?

Yes, of course. You're a snore. No one has ever told me that I'm a snore. Right. No one? Not even your wife? No. What my wife?

did tell me though, she was like, hey, have you, did Kevin, like, you tell Kevin that you fart all the time in your sleep? And I'm like, I don't fart all the time. Oh, yeah, you do that too. You definitely do that. Honestly, I thought it was just because the first spot we ate, the first night wasn't the best food. And it didn't make my stomach feel great either. So I was like, oh, I'll give him this pass. But is that farting all night? There's at least three or four. Dude, my wife said like, you fart all the time. I'm like, no, I don't. You're like, you need to apologize in advance to Kevin. You had air coming out of every hole. You know what though? The farting, if it was that first night, dude, I was coming off a fast. And then we went, the only food we can find was pizza and wings. Yeah, and it wasn't good. So I think that's kind of what did that. But I apologize, Kevin. My wife told me to apologize to you.

Oh, well, for what? For farting. What about the snoring? Well, now I guess I had no idea about the snoring, so I apologize for that too. My brother and dad are bad snores, too. So I guess I'm kind of used to it. But, yeah, you woke me up, I think, three times a second night. Let me tell you something Kevin does too, man.

He does like a little one-night stand action in the morning where I wake up and he's just gone for like hours. Like every morning I wake up and be like, hey, Kevin, how did you sleep? Kevin? Kevin? Not there. It's because I'm downstairs working and grabbing coffee and I don't want to be loud while working and waking him out. For two hours, dude. Yeah.

I would text the room. I'd be like, hey, what are you guys doing? Eddie's like, Kevin's still working. Yeah, he's working all night. Yeah, it was a lot. I had to tell Kevin one of the nights be like, hey dude, we're all going to have dinner. Like, let's take a break at 6.30.

So we got guys working. Yeah. He's got two shows to do over there. There's definitely a difference. Misty, Mike. Why, Mike's always working? Well, no, like usually he handles like a lot of whistle stuff and I can focus on a lot of stay,

but then I did both of them. But yeah, all good. The dinner was good at the second night. And then me, Kevin and Brandon would have breakfast in the morning. And it was kind of, it was like dad hour, you know, where we would just talk about parenting and they're eating our eggs. and everything. Every single day. It was kind of fun. We would just have a little dad like powwow.

Or was I? You were at another hotel. Oh, got it. Got it. Yeah. I was taking another hotel. They learned a lot about Brandon this weekend too. You always learn. We don't know Brandon. So yeah, everything's new about Brandon. He just keeps dropping stuff like nonchalant. I'll have this YouTube channel thing too. I'm like what? Like little kid stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Brandon crushes it. Music by the way. Kids music. Oh yeah. Music, music, music. That's a good point. We're going to go over to our conversation now with Bo Jackson, one of the greatest athletes of all time, but won the Heisman in 85 when he played at Auburn.

NFL Pro Bowl in 90, MLB All-Star game. He won MVP in 89. Here he is, Bo Jackson. All right here with Bo Jackson. When you were at Auburn, timing was different then, but what do you think you ran the 40? I ran the 40 electronically. 4.1 second. 4.1.3 seconds.

And how high away? 222. No way. I mean, yes, way, but I'm just saying that's unbelievable. I was on my way to track practice. And back then, we didn't have these combines like they got now. That looks like this room. That was just somebody from the NFL,

somebody from, I guess, a combine office. And all the players came from Tuscaloosa, North Alabama, South Alabama, Georgia, came into Auburn. run the 40, then they left. I was on my way to track practice to chase the 1976 Olympic gold medalist in the 100-yard dash,

who was an Auburn grader, Harvey Glitz. My track coach told me, Bo, if you ever catch or beat Harvey in a race in track practice, you don't have to practice. I never caught him. And he was 13, 14 years older than me. He was in his mid-30s. And I was 21.

And I never caught him. Because he was like a McLaren sports car. And I was an 18-wheeler. And I couldn't catch him. So I had to run the 40. The first time I ran the 40, I ran a 4-2-6. But I let up there because from the finish line to the back of the dome, and our place was about 10, 15 yards.

And I couldn't stop any time. So let's say at 35 yards, I just eased up. and crews through at 4-26. And everybody's like, but he eased up. He didn't run through. And that's what the time of stopwatches, but the electronic time where you have to put your hand on the tape and come off and break the laser was 4-26.

Coach comes and get on me. Bo, please run the 40, so I get these. I don't ever want them calling me again because they're blowing my phone up all times of night. Early in the morning, wondering if you, please, he said, for the love of God, do it for me, please. I said, all right, get back down. I said, you need to open that back door

because I'm not going to tear up my hamstrings. And that door, it hadn't been open since I've been in Auburn. They opened that back door, moved all the crap, and opened the back door so I can keep going because the track practice was right behind the door. Went back down and got back down. And I took off, ran through the laser and kept going. Because I told my teammate, get my bag,

and we're just going to go, and I never came back to see. So when I was on my way back, no, Some of the guys came up to the track practice because I'm trying to catch Harvey Glance, which I never did. And they said, do you know what I had you at hand time? I said, no. They said, I had you at a 394.

Another guy, my hand time was 395. Another guy said, I had you at 3-3. And then the guy that's running the electronic timer, he said, they're all wrong. I got you at a 4-1-3. electronic. That's crazy. At 222.

But you got into the podcasting world yourself, huh? Just starting. Wellness, mental health, physical health. It's a wellness podcast, right? Men's health. All men's health. All men's health. What are you guys talking about over there? I'll tell you exactly what we're talking about.

Let me ask you a question. Okay. This is for both of you. How many times have you sit down with your buddies and sat down and said, man, but you know something? I had a crappy night's sleep because I woke up four or five times for the bathroom and take a week.

Or this. Man, I can't play golf next week because I got to go good of colonoscopy because salt and blood in my stool a couple of weeks ago, so I got to get the sick here. We don't talk about that. I haven't had that conversation. It is taboo for men to talk about that.

Now, women, they're going national TV. They have groups where they meet at lunch, glass of wine, dip. they talk about mastectomy's, cervical cancer, incontinence. They talk about everything. We, men, talk about E.D. Oh, hell no. You're right.

No. Because it's embarrassing. It feels embarrassing. But every channel you turn on the TV, your iPad, there's an EAD. Now, we can sit there and read about it and think about it up here. But we don't talk about it amongst men. I want to peel the layers off of that onion. to make it comfortable for us to talk because knowledge is power.

I'm a cancer survivor as of three weeks ago. Congratulations. I have my prostate taken out in October. Had two cancer spots on it. Something that I probably could easily treat it, but one thing I do know, cancer and mother nature is undefeated. They don't like to lose.

They never lose. The only thing that you can do with cancer, like in my situation was to cut it out. First thing you think of when you say, oh, you got to take your prostate out. Oh, there goes. My ED problem has got

a hundred times worse. I'm not going to be able to get late no more. That's BS. That's BS. And the reason I'm saying this is because I'm going to take this platform to make it comfortable for guys to go to the doctor,

to get a PSA test, to go get their colonoscoration, and don't be afraid of what the doctor's going to tell them because a lot of guys don't go to the doctor because they don't want to know and it goes back to knowledge is power use my platform to come to your city I know I will be in Nashville because I got too many buddies

men seminar only sit up at an auditorium get some of my friends to help host it get their doctors, the professionals who know the answer to to every question that the audience got there. Ask.

Have the audience that's going to be there? All men. We're going to ask you to donate from anywhere from one to ten bucks to come in and sit down and talk. And those funds will stay in Nashville for guys who don't have insurance like us or can't afford to go get a PSA test.

Period. Try to help guys to gain knowledge on their health. instead of sitting up saying, oh, I don't know if I got something, but this is happening and it's getting worse and worse. I don't want to go to the doctor because I don't want to find out what it is. Women talk about their issues all day, every day. We never do that. I want to peel the layers off of that onion to make it easy for God to do that.

Because I have two grandsons, and they're the best gift God has ever given me. and I want to be around to watch them play little league baseball watch them ride their first dirt bike watch them dive off the diving board for the first time that's what I live for now and by me using my platform to spread the message it's okay to talk about your issues

I hope to put some sunshine in somebody's cloud to make their life a whole idea because we need to open up and talk stop this thinking that if I talk about this makes me less of a man or my buddies are going to look at me

like I got chink in my armor that doesn't matter I don't care if I got a chink in my armor as long as I'm around to tell somebody hell I got chink in my armor I'm tired of burying my friends going to friends' funeral that I went to high school with college with

played against played with and this is on a monthly basis and the majority of it is because of cancer got to do something about it buried a brother-in-law two and a half three weeks ago

he had prostate cancer decided to get radiates five six years later came back and in a two-year period it went from his prostate bone liver

lung then brains he's gone I got mine taken out and haven't looked back have a missed a stroke and the one thing that you think oh there goes my sex life that's bull that's bull don't be selfish and do that to your family don't do that to your kids you should want to be around

to raise your kids and you can't do it if you're fighting the big seat because it's gonna win every time it's bow knows men's health right bow knows men's health yes that's awesome why why would you start like why would you start doing a podcast because is it because it because it's it's it you're Because there's a consistency to it because you can constantly get the message out? I can constantly get the message out and I'm speaking from experience. When I was 20 years old, at Auburn,

in the prime of my life, thinking that I'm untouchable, I'm Superman. You get in my way and you're going to get shrunk. No doubt about it. I can do anything I want to our sports. Wake up when morning and go to the bathroom? There's blood in my story. I had my first colonoscopy at 20 or 21.

Since then, I bet I've had about 15 and 20. Now that I'm 60, I get it every three years. I don't let a doctor tell me, hey, I'll see you in 10 years. Hell, in 10 years, but I could grow a grapefruit inside of me. So I go back every time. I just had it last month. So I'm trying to stay upon my health, and I want other guys to do the same thing.

because don't be selfish and cheat your family out of that. I really appreciate the time, Beau. Thank you very much, guys. Thank you, man. I hope the podcast, you hope you get out of it, what you're aiming to get out of it. I think you'll change a lot of lives. That's what I look to do.

Thank you. Thank you for having me, sir. I appreciate it. The 26 NFL draft is here, and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig, after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday

and then Sunday to recap, everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying.

Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about

life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something. bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes,

follow at Clifford and at TikTok podcast network on TikTok. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of the fault in our stars and now, I guess also as the co-host of the away end, a brand new world soccer podcast. I'm Daniel Alarcon, a writer and journalist and John and I have known each other since we were kids. My first World Cup was Mexico 86. I was

nine years old. I watched every game and I fell in love. On our new podcast, the away end, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. For us, soccer, football, is a story we've shared for over 30 years since Daniel was the star player on our high school soccer team. Very debatable. And I was their most loyal and sometimes only fan. I love this game. I I love its history, its hope, its heartbreak, and above all, its beauty. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. Listen to the away end with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. American soccer is about to explode.

The World Cup is coming. Ramos sending on to Ernie Stewart the chip. I'm Tab Ramos. I'm Tom Bo. On our podcast, Inside American Soccer, you'll get the real storylines. I'm not worried about Policic. I'm not worried about Balagan. I'm not worried about McKinney.

My only concern is what happens in the back. The biggest decisions. If you're going to look at stats and numbers, he has no shot at making this World Cup team. And the truth about the U.S. national team. It wouldn't be a huge surprise if our team ends up in the quarterfinals or potentially a great run into the semifinals. The World Cup is almost here. Experience it all with us. Listen, Inside American Soccer with Tom Bogart and Tab Ramos

on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcast. What's up? I'm Miles Turner. And I'm Brianna Stewart. And our podcast, Game Recognized Game, has never been done before. Two active players giving you a real look at our lives and what we actually think on and off the floor. Nothing's off limits. We talk trade requests.

What's the vibe of that when it's like your star players? like, well, I want to leave. And then actually now I'm going to stay. We talk tanking. I mean, honestly, like, I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's, like, definitely happening in the WBA. And, yeah, we talk about our mistakes, too. They pulled me to the side and was like, hey, man,

we got a call last night, man. You can't be rolling around the city like this tonight before games, no, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And, of course, family stories. And we'll be like, Mommy, why did you miss that? Mommy. Do you play basketball? Check out game recognized game with Stulian Miles on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

We're going to go over now to our talk with current Eagles linebacker, Nacobo Dien. Nikobe won the Buccas Award in 2021 while playing for Georgia, which is given to the nation's best linebacker. He won a national championship that were to year with the Bulldogs in the Super Bowl last year with the Eagles. So thanks to Nacobie for talking with us. Here he is, Eagle, Nicopi Dean. Nickobe, appreciate the time, man. Definitely. I appreciate you.

Something I'm always interested in is going from warm weather to cold weather because at Georgia, it's pretty warm. Yeah, kind of. In Philly, it's pretty cold. Like, it doesn't seem as fun in the cold. What you're talking about? Just playing and football, yeah. No, football in the cold is funny. That means you made it late in the season, and it's probably around playoff time.

So it's, well, at least in Georgia down south because it get colder a little later, it was a privilege to play in the cold. That means you made it to the playoffs. And you, like growing up, it was like in Mississippi, you play in the cold. I mean, you're playing late. So it's cool. I mean, it's football. So it is your profession. So when you're playing in the cold, it don't matter.

You don't even feel it. What was the change like with Philly fans? I mean, you got a fan base who probably the most passionate fan base there is. And they'll let you know. I mean, I remember my rookie year, I think I was out shooting pool or something. And I had a guy come up to me, you know, he said, what's up? Then he was like, yeah, you know, we're real passionate fans. Like, we'll take a bullet for you, but we'll put you in front of one just as fast.

Oh, gosh. I was like, oh, okay. See what type of people we had got here. But it's all good, though. It was all good. They passionate. They want to win. Yeah.

I mean, SEC fans are pretty passionate. Yeah, but I was at Georgia. Like, we never had no problem. Well, you won all the time. Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Nobody had room to be mad. We didn't take care of all that.

So I never really had no problems from our own fans. Never. If we was like, I think my second year, when we, during COVID a year, we ain't, we ain't have the best type of year. even during the end, like it was no, I don't remember ever seen receiving any negative feedback from our fans at all. Well, I'm a Cowboys fan, man, and we dislike the Eagles. Yeah. But how much do you dislike the Cowboys?

Oh, man, I don't necessarily dislike no specific team. But I mean, growing up, my mother disliked the Cowboys bad. And it wasn't even because of the Cowboys. It was because of the Cowboys fans that had lived around us. And that literally was the only reason. She was causing the five-star checks. Oh, lovely. Talking about the fans.

Yeah, so it had nothing to do with the actual team. It had everything to do with the fans. Before you go out, do you like to be completely amped up or do you like to be as calm as possible so you can think clearly? It's a build-up for me. It's a build-up. It's like it's kind of like it's, just goes little by little.

And by the time I'm running out, then I'm amped. Like, I'm amped. I don't be amped in the locker room. But, like, as soon as I'm running out the tunnel, then I'm at the peak. I'm way amped up. You just met Bo Jackson.

Yeah. What was that like? Oh, it was cool. It was cool, man. You talk about, you see, you see all the documentaries and everything about Bo and Bo and Bo knows all that. You see all that. And it's like, you see a lot of,

like, I just seen, like, Bear Sanders and Emmons Smith walking around. I just never seen those guys. He's talking about some grace in the game. So it's definitely cool to be out here and seeing him. Bo said he ran a 41940. That's what he said. That's what he said.

He said they handheld him faster than that. But he got a 419 at Auburn. Okay. At 220. At 220, okay. I mean. What do you think? I would have said the same thing if they didn't.

They didn't have record of it? You know? He might be telling the truth, though, but I would say the same thing. What is your fastest reported time? In 40? Yeah, that's official. Like a 4-5? Hand.

And that was like in high school. I haven't ran the 40 cents. You don't run it all? Like no. In the company, I got, I had tweaked my pick. And I couldn't, and at the time I had just, around the time it was to run the 40. I just wasn't healed. get by time

draft got here I was healed but everybody thought I was still hurt but it's all good also if there's a way that your time could hurt you

but not help you like why do it? Yeah like you weren't going to do anything to help everybody knew where you were going to fall in the draft

like you were that dude but you go out and you run a little slower maybe they start going maybe he's not that dude well I don't know around my my drive process

was a little weird just because the week of the the draft it was everybody thought out, they were saying I was hurt and dished that in the third. I'm like, I don't know what everybody was talking about. I'm injury prone. I haven't missed the game in college.

I haven't missed the practice, but I'm injury prone because I tweak my pick when I'm training for the draft. Anyway. You think that was to get you to fall? Do you think they were planning that stuff out there hopefully? I mean, I'm not going to say that, but I did. I mean, I feel always the eighth third pick, but I fell to the right team. No, Super Bowl later.

Super Bowl champion later, I'm good. I'm not complaining. And we're up for a contract this year, so I'm blessed. What is this week like, and how is it different than a regular season? Because you've got two weeks, but you try to not get too amped up too early in the process, right? Yeah, I mean, when you're playing the football, you kind of know that you're playing in the football, but you're not really, I guess the first year, I didn't even play in one last year because I had hurt my knee. because, but the first year, I mean, I feel like the, once we won the NFC

championship, it's like you amped up for like a couple days. Amped up for a couple days. I think I was more amped up because we got the biweek, the extra biweek to relax. We were not relaxed, we were still practicing, but to not play a game, I think I was more amped up about that because I got to go watch the, the, um, my boy dogs went another national championship. against TCU back in 2022. That's an ugly game for TCU.

Yeah. That's a quick death. Yeah, for 23. But yeah, that was, though. So I think I was more amped up about that. Then by the time you get to the game and everything, you kind of able to live out to emotions and just play football. Tell me about kind hearts for life.

That's my foundation that me and my mother started. We started, you know, she kind of set the foundation of my giving back. And giving back to the community. just being out there trying to spread positively and light to everywhere. You know, our motto is reaching for the hand but touching the heart. And we feel like we truly try to do that with starting with the youth. That's kind of our main focus, trying to give back to the youth. And if we have an event, it can be a thousand kids there.

If I'm able to touch one kid and just put a sense of confidence and belief that they can do whatever they want to do in life, then I feel like I'd done enough. How do people find out more about your foundation? Oh, you can go online. Social media? Yeah, you go on social media, Instagram, a Kind of Hearts for Life.

Life split with L-Y-F-E and the 4 is number 4. Or you can go to Kind of Hearts for Life.com. Awesome. Really appreciate the time. Definitely, thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. We're going to go over now and talk with five-time gold medalist swimmer Ryan Murphy. Ryan's won nine Olympic medals all-time. for Team USA, even brought one to the interview, which we talk about. We also got into the discussion about swimming from Alcatraz. Here is Ryan Murphy. Hey, Ryan, good to see you, man.

Yeah, great to see you too. Where do you live? Where do you train? So I'm training out of Cal, so I live in the area. So I'm in a city called Rinda. Where'd you grow up? Grew up. So I was born Chicago, grew up in Jacksonville, Florida.

Basically came out here for school, and then swimming, there's no pro-draft or anything. So most people end up training with their college coach. So you just stayed. Just stayed. Feel like home? Yeah, yeah. Now it's like, I mean, it's an interesting place. Like so many of my friends from college have just stayed here.

So it's great. Like we have a really, really solid training out here. What are the mornings like? What do you start training? I mean, I wake up. I'm pretty much waking up at five every day. Basically three times a week I just go straight to the weight room, start lifting, do that for an hour and then go to the pool.

And then the other days it's pretty much wake up and go to the pool. and just get right in. I'm assuming you're doing full body, right? Oh, yeah, yeah. Like when you work out. Oh, yeah. Yeah, because I think we go in the wayroom, like there's a level of like we're trying to maximize explosiveness.

There's a level of injury prevention. And so like swimming is so much like lats and back. And so like you kind of want to balance things out. But yeah, it's full body. So anything like squats, I mean squats, lunges, pull-ups, bench, cleans, core. Is there a tapering? situation with you before you race?

Yeah, tapering's big. We pretty much four weeks out from a meet we'll start to dial back the volume. Intensity stays pretty high, but the volume comes down probably by like 70% when you get to the week of the race.

This may be the dumbest question you've ever gotten, but is there every time you get to the pool and the water's way too cold? Yeah, like right now, this morning. Yeah, like I jumped in and it's like, I let out, I lit out an audible.

Woo! It was so cold. Then it sucks. You just have to like, you have to go fast and warm up in order to then not feel cold. So yeah, that's a brutal part of the sport. For runners, if there's wind,

that can affect the race and if it's an official time. Is there anything in swimming where that would like the temperature of the water? Like, does that actually make you swim faster? Or if like the little pump is on at the bottom and it's actually on while you're swimming, that's a bubble. Yeah.

Yeah, there's, I mean, in the, in the short races, it doesn't make as big of an impact, but sometimes there's a current in the pool, and it typically, like, goes in a circle. So if you're on the outside lanes, one direction ends up being, you know, pretty sizable difference faster. Like, it ends up being, like, we're going probably half a second faster going one way versus the other. So the current is probably the biggest thing. And that's a real thing.

Yeah, like, when you get to the big meat, They're supposed to turn that off for all the races, but it's still somehow, it's still sometimes slips into the crash. Is there a lane that you want? I mean, to be honest, you probably want the outside lane. Like, if you're thinking about just like waves in the pool. But you can't see as many people then, right? Exactly.

So that's like the, that's the tradeoff. Like, if you're, like, if you don't need to see people to like kind of drive you to that extra level of, to push through that extra level of pain, like, then you're fine on the outside, but if you need to see people, you want to be right in the middle, in four or five. Do you need to see people? I like to. I like to.

Yeah, because I think, I mean, there's so many different philosophies. Like so many coaches say, like, focus on your lane, focus on your race. Like, yeah, you want to do that. But, like, at the end of the day, like, I'm good because I'm super competitive. And so same people helps me kind of get a little bit more out of myself. When you're training, will they have, like, a rabbit, a pool version? of a rabbit that you chase or is a time that you can see or even like a laser that you can actually see while you're going? I mean it ends up being like no it ends up being old school just like

you know kind of verbal motivation uh in different you know there's different styles and tactics so you can get that can be pretty hardcore sometimes and other times it can just feel like hey like yeah like realistically like if your best competition in the world is doing this next. you like they'd be going faster. Like if there was like a rabbit on the bottom of the pool that you could see that you knew was an exact time and you're swimming against that, they don't have that technology? I think I just invented something great. Yeah.

Yeah. Throw it in there. The bottom of the pool. A rabbit. If you're trying to be this time in that rabbit or that dolphin. A fish. The dolphin's going to certain speed. You're done with this podcast.

You're starting a million dollars. Yeah, because you know, when we watch the Olympics, like you have the world record right in front. You all obviously don't see that. But for us, it's like, he's wrong. He's almost there. Yeah. No, it's gnarly. And like watching it back, you're like, damn, I do wish I know. I knew. Like, so it would be cool. It would be cool to have that, you know, have that like right in front of your face kind of when you're doing these fast efforts. But not, nothing there yet. How do you decide what stroke you're going to do when you're young when you're in those formidable 12, 13 year old years?

So you kind of train for everything. And then. And then at some point, it just becomes clear what you're better at. I'd say, like, the only stroke where it's very clear if that's your best stroke is breaststroke. So basically, like, if your feet are kind of more of, like, duck feet, like, they, like, just go out. Like, if you're born that way? Yeah, like, you see some people walk and, like, they just have, like, their feet are out. I mean, obviously, I'm pigeon-toed. And so, for me, like, that ended up being better for backstroke.

But I probably started leaning into that as my best stroke when I was, like, 15 or something. 16. So Bobby and I talked about the guys that escaped Alcatraz. And Bobby is like, you know, I've gone by Alcatraz. He's like, I feel like I could swim it. Do you think you could swim it? Yeah, so I've done it before. And how was it? Cold? I hated it. I actually hated that so much. Because I didn't go, like, I just went, I went in a brief. Like, I wasn't, I wasn't wearing a body, or a wet suit or anything like that. And so like that water is like 50 and like you can't see like if you put your hand in the water you can see maybe like two feet in front of you. You're getting hit with these waves. And then it's like in some cases there's another it's another race called the Tiburon Mile.

Tiburon is a shark. Yeah. And so then you're like starting thinking about that. And I'm like, no, it's it's not for me. So I did it once and that's that's good enough. Do you think the guys made it, the prisoners? I think so. I mean, it's like if you're, I mean, if it's literally like you're, you're actually life or death in that scenario, you can make that.

That's what I felt too, although it is extremely cold. And it's extremely, there's a bunch of waves. But I feel like if it were like, I might die. I think I could probably make it. You could do it. You have a medal with you? I do. I do.

It's been just been sitting in my pocket. Everywhere you go. So it's just, we got a nice, you got a nice warm metal here. Wow. So tell me about this metal. All right, so after I'm the, that was from the Paris Olympics. This is so heavy. Yeah, so that one was, so that was the mixed medley relay.

So basically in that one, it was a race between us and China. And basically mixed medley relay, you go two males and two females to do whatever order you want. And so China and the U.S. ended up, we did the same exact strategy. So we went two males. So I let off backstroke, another male go breaststroke, and then we had female fly. and then female free. And it was pretty much a dog fight the whole way through. Like we were within a tenth of a second the whole way.

We ended up winning the race by, I think, 0.05. We broke the world record. And then what I learned after the games, we ended up beating China in the gold medal count by one medal. So this was a super important race for the U.S. to get it done. So it was an awesome atmosphere. We were, I mean, we were, we celebrated hard after that one. That was, it was really fun.

Well, how are you feeling going in? How's your training right now? It's good. I mean, I'm honestly in a mode where, like, I took, I took time off after Paris. So I'm really just ramping up now. So I mean, I'm taking my lick. I'm kind of getting my butt handed to me in practice. But it's, it's good.

I'm building up the fitness. I'm excited. LA's going to be unbelievable. So I feel good. Like, I think I'm going to be in a good spot. Even the progress in this, you know, in this past month. has been really significant. So I think it's coming back pretty quick.

I really appreciate your time. Good luck. Thanks for bringing the medal. That's awesome. You got it. You got it. Thanks for hanging out with us today. That's awesome.

The 2026 NFL draft is here and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal and Jordan Rodriguez after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. A win is a win.

A win is a win. I don't care which I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Cliver Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators,

and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be.

Listen to The Clifford Show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of The Fault and Our Stars. And now, I guess also is the co-host of The Away End, a brand new world soccer podcast. I'm Daniel Alarcon, a writer and journalist. And John and I have known each other since we were kids. My first World Cup was Mexico 86.

I was nine years old. I watched every game and I fell in love. On our new podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. For us, soccer, football, is a story we've shared for over 30 years since Daniel was the star player on our high school soccer team. Very debatable. And I was their most loyal and sometimes only fan. I love this game.

I love its history, it's hope, it's hard. heartbreak, and above all, it's beauty. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. Listen to the Away End with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up? I'm Miles Turner. And I'm Brianna Stewart. And our podcast, Game Recognized Game, has never been done before. Two active players giving you a real look at our lives and what we actually think, on and off the board.

Nothing's off limits. We talk trade requests. What's the vibe of that when it's like your star player is like, well, I want to leave. And then actually now I'm going to stick. We talk tanking. I mean, honestly, like, I might get in trouble for this answer, but I think it's like definitely happening in the WBA. And yeah, we talk about our mistakes too.

They pulled me to the side and was like, hey, man, we got a call last night, man. You can't be rolling around the city like this tonight before games, no, you know, doing this, doing whatever. And of course, family stories. And we're like, mommy, why did you miss that? Mommy, do you play basketball? Check out Game Recognized game with Stuy and Miles on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. American soccer is about to explode. The World Cup is coming.

Ramers sending on the Army's score at the chip. I'm Tab Ramos. I'm Tom Boe. On our podcast, inside American soccer, you'll get the real storylines. I'm not worried about Polisic. I'm not worried about Balligan. I'm not worried about McKinney. My only concern is what happens in the back.

The biggest decisions. If you're going to look at stats and numbers, he has no shot at making this World Cup team. And the truth about the U.S. national team. It wouldn't be a huge surprise if our team ends up in the quarterfinals or potentially a great run into the semifinals. The World Cup is almost here. Experience it all with us.

Listen, inside American soccer with Tom Bogart and Tabramos the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcast. And now our talk with Rams defensive back, Quentin Lake. Quentin was a sixth-round pick by the Rams out of UCLA. Just got a new contract extension last month, so congrats to him. Thanks to Quentin for jumping on with us. Here he is. Quentin, good to see you, man.

Good to see you. How much of a relief is it when you get a contract extension? How does that feel emotionally? Emotionally, it feels great. Personally, for me, it felt even better because I was at home, you know. Like I'm from California and really for such an great organization to be like, hey, we want you to be a part of the future. That's one of the best feelings ever, you know, to be able to have not only the security on the team, but to understand like they bought into you. That means so much.

And I'm I'm really blessed and really thankful that they're like, hey, you know, we cherish you, we value and we want to see you here for the next three years. I've been through some pretty significant contract negotiations and the whole time they're negotiating trying to act like I don't really know. I'm trying to do focus. but I kind of know and like I'm having small conversations. Is that to you? Does that wear you down at all? Or you just letting them do their thing while it's happening? I mean, that's the reason why you have an agent.

You know, that's the reason I have an agent too, but I'm like, I need to know every day what's going on. I know, I know. But that's why for me it's like a lot of athletes can kind of get in trouble if you think about it too much. But if you never want to let that side of it affect your play. And I always told myself, if I take care of what I need to, in between the white lines, everything would take care of itself. These processes are long.

Mine was eight months. you know, of constantly talking, making sure, hey, we're always in good communication. But at the same time, I was like, hey, I'm going to let you handle it. You know, I'm going to go out there and put my best work that I can and everything will fall in place. There's a saying, if they want to, they would. And that's exactly what it is. If they want to do contracts and stuff like that, they're going to make it happen. And at the end of the day, that's exactly what happened to me.

What about when you get drafted to stay home? Yeah. Like, you're at UCLA. Did you think that was going to be the case with the conversations that, hey, if you're there, we're going to take you? Oh, no, not at all. I had, so the Rams did it a little bit differently. They just sent me a questionnaire, and that was it. It was like a hundred question questionnaire to see like different attributes, different values. What are your, you know, what are things that you like and stuff like that? I honestly thought it was going to be either the Patriots, Raiders, or Dolphins. The Raiders DB coach called me and he was like, hey, if we have you at blah, blah, blah, round and this number, we're going to come get you. And you hear this story a ton of times. Okay, it's round six, pick one, 30, it comes up. They say this is exactly where they're going to get you. Another name pops up. You're like, man, like, what's up with that? Like, that's crazy to me, you know? But at the same time, when my name did pop up, round 6, 211, and it was the Los Angeles Rams, I was like, man, what a blessing. I'm

around my family. I'm around my friends. I'm in a familiar environment. I don't have to fly anywhere to go to the facility. I'll just drive up in my 2017 Toyota Corolla and get my, you know, PJs and my clothes and all that stuff too. So it was a wonderful, wonderful feeling. What about your pops? Like, how did he prepare you for the league? Man, he's, we've been talking about it for a long time. There's this acronym that we use.

It's called ape. And we always say you want to go, you want to go ape. And ape stands for your attitude, your preparation, or your effort. Those are three things that you can control on a day-to-day basis. And he says, as long as you do that, no matter what, you know, you'll probably be successful. And on top of that is, he says, you don't want anybody to, to outwork you, you don't want anybody to out hustle you, and you don't want anybody to out-prepure you. And the cream will always rise to the top. And I've been, he's been telling me that,

you know, drilling that into my brain ever since really he understood that, you know, I can make it to the NFL. Because when I was young, he was like, I'm just going to take a step back. I'm not going to coach you. I'm going to let you figure it out on your own. And then when he saw like, oh, man, he might actually make it. He might get drafted. He might, you know, he got a chance. That's when he was fully invested. And that's when we've been talking about it. And football's our love language now. We talk about it all the time. We go over games. If I go home, I'll bring my iPad and we'll go over a whole game and he'll give me all the tidbits that he knows from him being in the NFL so long. Matthew Stafford won the MVP last night.

What's he like in the locker room? One of the best human beings I've ever been around. The thing about him is not only is a great leader, great player, great person, but you just want to mallow the way for him, he's such a great father. And I think that plays into who he is, in terms of his character. There was a viral clip a couple days ago or a couple weeks ago about him tucking his daughters after we lost, you know, after we lost the NSC Championship. And that goes to show that

you want to be around guys like that. Not only guys that are great players, great friends, and great acquaintances, but great fathers too. I mean, we talk about all the time. One of our sayings is model the way, and he models the way as a round for sure. Man, I always love, since I was a kid,

the Rams helmet. Like, to me, in the league, that Rams helmet with the horn It's sweet, huh? Is, like, take yourself out of the Rams. Yeah. What's your favorite helmet, even from when you were little? Oh, man. I think I'm a little bit biased, but those yellow Pittsburgh, the yellow Pittsburgh with the black,

those, like when I was playing Madden, and obviously I was born in Pittsburgh, dad played and all that stuff too, but those are like the holy grail for me. That's very biased, but you can still love them. Yeah, yeah. That's not a little biased. No, that's very biased, but I love those helmets. And then I also say this, the Buccaneers Crems. Yeah. Those are sweet. Those are sweet.

And then last one, not least, like our midnight jerseys that we had of the Rams, like, I had to buy that. I had to buy that helmet because I was like, I got to keep this thing forever. If you give your jersey to another guy, do you got to pay for the jersey? It's like $500. It's like $500. No way. You have to pay for it. So, yeah, I had to pay like $1,200 for all my jerseys. And you can buy more.

And yeah, you have to buy all your stuff. Like, you know, come on, you got, like, nothing's free. Nothing's free. They're not going to be like, hey, we're going to give you this. about the new deal like I need 10 jerseys a year you could yeah you could do 10 jerseys but it'd probably be a couple thousand dollars or you could get the money instead yeah but isn't that surprising though that like the first one's not free and if you lose that you pay for the replacement like a credit card right it'd be yeah that's true but they say like hey you know sometimes especially during the preseason

they're like hey no jersey swaps you know because we got to get through all these jerseys during preseason they'll be like hey no jersey swaps this this time um unless it's like a special occasion or you played with them in college or best friend or something like that. But other than that, you got to pay for them. I appreciate the time. Congratulations on the extension. Yeah, I appreciate it. Looking forward to big things from you guys next year. Appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. All right, that's going to do it for us today.

Everybody good? Yeah. Yeah, I'm ready for the offseason. That's it now. We're done. We're done, dude. It's so sad. Sundays are going to feel so weird. Saturdays are going to feel weird. Yeah, Saturdays are kind of been clear, though, for the most part. Yeah. I watched the first college basketball game that I've watched so far.

There's the Duke North Carolina one, though? What an ending. Great game. Carolina was down pretty big at half. Yeah. And then I was just watching on my phone, and they kept getting closer. I was like, wow. And then I didn't watch the end of it.

And then I see that three-pointed from the corner. And I didn't know what year was from. And then I'm like, oh, my God, that's the game. It was crazy. That play was planned out. It was executed perfectly. Did you see Belichick's girlfriend? She was there.

We're in the shirt. Did you see that, Eddie? Referencing Robert Crafts. Yeah, the massage parlor. No way. What did it say? Whatever that, I couldn't read it, but whatever that massage parlor company was or whatever? Savage.

That's crazy, dude. At the North Carolina game. I felt weird when you said that. Why? It is savage. Why do you think it's cringy or? Oh, he got a little too excited? He said, he's saying savage.

Yeah, just kind of like Pat Paul trying new words. Stop, dude. Come on, man. Six, seven. Yeah, exactly that. All right, we will see you guys. Bye, everybody. Eddie Bull the whistle.

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