The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: George Kittle Lives On The Dance Floor

Episode Date: June 11, 2024

Stugotz accuses Steve Levy of falling asleep on the sun, Greg Cote takes out fans chanting "U.S.A.," and Jeremy introduces a new song for Panthers lifer Ariana Grande, "break up with your goalie, i'm bored." Then, has the fondue craze sizzled out? What would you do if you were in the same position as Dan was with his dentist? Plus, George Kittle is here to discuss sticks of floss, meat fondue, hibachi, Rhode Island, the wedding DJ vs. band, Trent Williams' interest in Cabo, and, of course, Tight End University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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To hear them in person, plan your trip at TNVacation.com. Tennessee sounds perfect. Welcome to the Big Sui presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? A podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcast. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're

just there. That hasn't happened to you guys? I've done it. And now here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face, and the habitual liar. Stugarts, what are you accusing Steve Levy of off mic? Uh falling asleep on the sun. I mean, did you see

that? On the sun? I mean, right around the sun, in the sun, like go inside, man. It's hot here in Miami. It, you know, in the summertime. It's even hotter out in the Everglades. it's sunrise where he is. I'm telling you, Steve Levy has Boca Beach Club written all over him. He does.

Put it on the poll, please, Juju, at Levitage Show. Does Steve Levy have Boca Beach Club written all over him? It is a little hard to explain to the audience how far where the Panthers are is from where we presently are. We are across the street from where it is the Miami Heat plays basketball in downtown Miami. If you head northwest, it's about as far northwest as Stugatz's house is northeast, okay? It is to see Ariana Grande and Charles Barkley near Sawgrass Mills Mall. Crazy. It's a strange sight to see given what,

this arena is in the Everglades. Yes. It is simply in the Everglades. It's marshland. I live out west as well. Once you get to that arena, you still have 35 minutes to go before you get to my house. Yes, but you're over to the east

and this is over to the west and it is deep in the marshland. Not making this part up either, contractually when they built it there they allowed for sinkage of inches over years because it's not stable land right it's marshland yes and to see Charles Barkley and Ariana Grande in the in a full arena when the the Panthers are up to oh hoisting Canada's sports trophy two games two wins from now it's an insanity it's an insanity to watch but Ariana Grande grew up a Panthers fan. There's photos of her as a kid riding around the Zamboni. Massive fan.

Yeah, she likes the Panthers. I thought it was funny when they were talking to Barclay in the first intermission. And they're like, you're gonna go with us to Edmonton? He's like, no chance in hell. I'm going to Dallas and I'm going on vacation. My point in saying Steve Levy stayed at the Boca Hotel, the Boca Beach Club, there's nowhere to stay in Sunrise.

Unless you wanna sleep at a car dealership, there is no hotels there. Unless you wanna sleep at the quarter deck, there's nowhere to sleep. It's all telling you, you might see Barkley around Sunrise. You might see Ariana Grande around Sunrise, Steve Levy around Sunrise. They're not staying there.

I assure you, they're not staying there. It's Boca Beach Club or the Breakers, that's it. I mean, celebrities aren't gonna stay around MetLife Stadium if they're at a Giants or Jets game either, Stu Gatze. Totally fair. But I did find out yesterday there's a ECHL team called the Everblades in Florida. What a missed opportunity. Well, the Panthers, they need to buy that name

from the Everblades and make it the official name of the NHL team because that is just a phenomenal name for a team that plays in the Everblades and make it the official name of the NHL team because that is just a phenomenal name for a team that plays in the Everblades. Are they the ones that play in that random like stadium in the middle of like, what is it? It's in Lee County. Yeah, you go like east to west, Alligator Alley, and then there's just a random arena

that pops up out of nowhere. Isn't that what Paul Maurice was saying the other day when he started his press conference and congratulated his son on winning?'s the team this logo his son is the play-by-play broadcaster for them that's an affiliate of the Panthers they've won the champion the cup for the third consecutive season that's a cool logo like so much cooler panthers no offense no it is better who are you offending I don't whoever Roy probably you yeah I would much rather have Panthers and

ever blades as a winner in an awkward play on words ever blades but to Dan's point quotes key I'll tell ya even knows where the Panthers play Greg that's the point is that this is very regional to the Everglades region everyone knows the Florida Everblades that feels like a minor league name to the Everglades region. Everyone knows the Florida Everblades. It feels like a minor league name though. Yeah, Everblades. And minor league teams are more fun. They have better names. That's what I'm saying. Well, they have weirder names. I'll give them that. But Panthers is a classic. And the Panther is, you know, indigenous to this area. At one time it was a r you know a rarity it was endangered, but this is how close

The arena is to the Everglades Panthers fans show up on air boats They come right in Sure, I don't go sit in the back Take your act take your asminhaler take your ass. We're taking a bar to know just two minutes fine Whatever the penalty should just get out of here I it's not that they don't know what air boats are said you've got to finish the joke You can't be so amused by yourself. Okay after it. You can't have that kind of confidence after the Ukraine joke. You just can't

Got a minor penalty two minutes for ruining comedy Got a minor penalty two minutes for ruining comedy. He's on medicine. He's had three hours of sleep. He's fossilized. He's ancient and he's on a great deal of medicine. He came in here apologizing today because he said he's not going to be any good. He owns hockey. I mean, the man is having a moment.

Let him have a moment. But like was the joke just that they're close? It was a terrible joke. Let them have a moment. I mean. But like was the joke just that they're close to the Everglades so they take air boats? But there's no like, okay, there's no secondary like pun involved, right? Nothing, yes. It's just a shitty joke. The visual of a dock and the air boats pulling up.

We didn't let it play out. Let me explain to you guys what is happening with Greg Cody late in his career, okay? He believes he has arrived at full-fledged stardom, and his general demeanor is how Stephen A. walks into the arena. His demeanor, it's all gone to his head. He loves that he stirs up Canada by watching

two Oilers games in 40 years and calling the best player in hockey overrated. And I love it too. I can't believe that he got that off the ground and that now Connor McDavid's family is being pestered when they're trying to enjoy themselves in their off time because they're thinking about Greg Cody calling their son overrated.

I am being told he refuses to go into the penalty box. He's in the kitchen eating. Eating area. What? Now he's walking away with a coffee. Now he's, I just yelled at him and now he's walking away. Little Java. All right, let's do this. After he's walking away with a car now he's why I just yelled at her now he's walking No, Java. All right, let's do this after he's done there. I would like to give him an official victory lap I want him to run around the studio and I don't want to turn his microphone on until he is winded

Until he is winded take long Yeah, I know he has an inhaler doesn't feel like a great idea. He has an inhaler every day We do this next Tuesday when we may have won already. No,'t feel like a great idea. He has an inhaler every day. Can we do this next Tuesday when we may have won already? Nope. I feel like a little early. Nope. I want him. No, I just want him to take a victory lap on his McDavid take.

Do we have, I am told that Jeremy has been in the lab and to celebrate. It's not just that Ariana Grande was a fan of the Panthers. She sang, didn't she sing the anthem at games when she was like a little girl? Didn't she do that? I thought that's something. She sang the national't she sing the anthem at games when she was like a little girl? Didn't she do that? I thought that's- She sang the national anthem, yes.

So Jeremy, in her honor, has created a Panther song. ["Panther Song"] You know what we bout to play Making my way to the game The one with the sticks and the skates Yeah you know I'm bout to watch some hockey My team's from Florida babe Panthers going all the way The 5-6-1 rep in today

Yeah you know we're bout to watch some hockey Then I realize it's not fair Cause your faith relies on that man Break up with your goalie Cause I'm bored Yeah you're making it too easy Yeah yeah about to score I know Skinner's fine but he's no Bob I can't believe this story, Sturgantz.

He was benched at the start of the last playoffs. And all of a sudden, the Florida Panthers have inherited, have taken the mantle from Tampa Bay, their nemesis, to make the state of Florida something that has to enrage the northern parts of North America. Oh my gosh, I was thinking about it last night, the guy who's sitting in a little shed somewhere in the middle of Canada, and he's upset his television only plays hockey. It's all against.

I was just thinking about how Matt Gila floor must be like that's that's where I'm at with this because Canada cannot be happy. But I know Greg wants to talk about this too. The chance of USA at the arena during the games. Stop it. You sound silly. You sound like you just got here.

I know most of you did just get here, but that's what it sounds like at the arena when you chant USA. Half your teams from Canada. What are you doing? What are you doing? Panther fans. When you say most of you just got here, you're not talking about immigrants and exiles and foreigners.

You're talking about Panther fans, correct? Correct. Yes. Thank you for clarifying that. Big confusion. It was a bit confusing. So Rodriguez on the team, so you have to ask. I'm really glad you clarified that.

Dan, can I just butt in for a second? I feel like you probably should be thanking Greg for all of his hard work last week in your absence, making us an international story. We are on SportsCentra. I feel like none of this happens without, I mean, I know none of this happens without Greg Cody. I mean, he really, a master class last week in your absence,

just making the Levitard show, keep chugging along. Shout out to Greg, you should be thanking him. Thank you, Jess. And we also got confirmation from McJoseph that like they know what it is that Greg said and you wonder if that got into McJesus's head Well, you know what? I'm not I can't comment. You know, I'm in the middle of the story I have to let it play out, you know, you don't want to be you don't want to be part of the story Greg

Definitely now what you want to know? No, no, I want to stay in the background like a journalist should Yeah, that kind of thing. Yeah, but the USA chant, to Stu Gatz's point. Terrible. You're chanting USA obviously because you're playing a Canadian team. Your own team is coached by a Canadian. The goaltender is Russian. The captain is Finnish.

We have two Americans, Kachuk and Akposok. The people who have scored the seven goals in two games are five Canadians and two Finns. You barely have an American presence, even by NHL standards, and yet you're chanting USA for your nearly all foreign team. It's just weird. It's a melting pot, you know?

Yeah, well, you know, start chanting go Finland. Should we chant melting pot? I mean more like a melting pot. They have a great Fondue. Yeah, I really like that. I used to like that. I haven't been there in about five years.

I've never been. I feel like the fondue craze kind of fizzled out. It has, but it continues. It goes on. It's overrated, melting pot. It's always a good idea when you're on the way there, when you're actually sitting there, great idea. But afterwards, bad idea.

Tommy Hick City. I like the appetizer with the bread and the cheese, and I like the dessert with the chocolate. The main course, like the meat, I'm not trying to cook my chicken in front of me. Yeah, I hear that. Greg, wasn't the Revolutionary War arguably fought by British against British?

War on war. What? Star on star cry. Go sit outside again. You never thanked him. go sit outside again go sit outside again you go sit with him but well where do you want to go on the pole please at LeBittard show of has the fondue craze fizzled out at LeBittard show and is the melting pot overrated Billy I didn't send you out, I was sending Jessica out. Yes, you have mentioned that. He leads the league in penalty minutes. Sometimes you let yourself out of the room.

I understand why you would be scarred in this area, but there are other people now who are just as incompetent as you are. Up and comers. Yeah, we keep hiring more and more of them, and then giving them more and more power so that Greg Cody is totally out of control at this point, bloated on ego and song in Vegas. The Dan Libertard Show with Stu Gotz

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George Kittle will be joining us here in a little bit and Greg Cody has earned over many years, many weeks a victory lap. He is right now in the other room in the eating area. He's running really fast. He's going a little faster than any of us would like him to go, but he has earned officially a victory lap, which is a new segment we meant to debut at a couple of different times we failed because very easy things elude us and can be challenging around here but we are now

going to properly execute the victory lap segment which is this at some point here shortly we will go to Greg Cody and he will have the floor for one minute totally quickly because he's to talk about all the things he's been right about lately. Marty worried. He's been a big winner. Jessica has continually tossed him bouquets of flour here to celebrate all the things that Greg Cody has been. He's really not just carried us over the last week. He's carried us for months and I dare say years. His Tuesdays are the happiest thing around here. Also carried us into the television market in Oregon. Yep.

By the way. Really did. From Oregon to Ontario. He had a big week, he did. And he's had a big late career blossom because the Greg Cody Show featuring Greg Cody has become a big success and people liked, they just like him.

And so Greg Cody, we will go to you now. You have one minute. The floor is entirely yours. At some point, I'll get some production elements for this and we will execute it even better. But the floor is your on this victory lap. Go ahead, the minute starts now. Yeah, I think one minute will just about do it.

I'm over- medicated right now. I try to take a victory lap every 30 years or so and I took one in the early 90s for my Dan Marino trade Marino column. Proved to be accurate because he never won a Super Bowl. Now 30 years later, Connor McDavid, Connor McOva rated, has never won a Stanley Stanley Cup so I'm taking a victory lap for that too because that two nil down doesn't look like he's gonna win one

this time either also taking a victory lap for the latest Greg Cody show with great Cody podcast cuz it's a killer Wow I cry talking about my own dad how embarrassing but anyway enough about me. I'm gonna schedule another Victor Lap for about 30 years when I'm turning a hundred. I haven't decided yet what the topics gonna be but I'm gonna figure out how to be right again in about 30 years. You'd be right about being alive still. That kind of thing. That's how you stick the landing. All right, thank you, Greg.

You can stop. Everybody's worried about you, except clearly Danny. Not concerned at all. Danny in the right corner. Danny's in the corner there working hard. Get in here, Greg. I wanna talk to you about something that happened to me

yesterday at the dentist. But by the way, is this Greg's warmup for his six minute mile or? No. What are we? We're not gonna do that. Jeremy, everybody was worried about the liability involved with how bad he sounded.

He's wheezing, he's been coughing for years, he is overly medicated, he's only slept for three hours, he is made of the material that we make mummies out of. He has asthma. He brought an asthma inhaler in that he had left in the penalty box and now he rejoins us and I legitimately want to ask you something about something that happened to me yesterday at the dentist, all of you. Before I do so I just want to play Donald Trump at a rally just it's just spewing gibberish and you've

heard me say before like we get the leadership we deserve but I really don't know if America deserves what it has right now all around in leadership so we're pausing the dentist thing for Donald Trump well there's a reason yes that's why hey I've done this for a while you guys all right can I can I sure how about you allow me to do it? I've got it. Yeah, I'm gonna tie those things together No matter how many people here to get to get in my way. I will get to tying it together Yes, just keep it things in order. Thank you important So here is that at least we're not doing it around dangerous subject matter none of you guys want to talk about

So let's have Donald Trump here just spewing non-stop gibberish So I said, let me ask you a question and he said nobody ever asked this question and it must because of m i t my relationship to m i t very smart he does i say what would happen if the boat sank from its way and you're in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery

and the battery is now underwater and there's a shark that's approximately 10 yards over there. By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately. Do you know what I said? A lot of shark. I watched some guys justifying it today. Well, they weren't really that angry. They bit off the young lady's leg because of the fact that they were not hungry, but

they misunderstood who she was. These people are crazy. He said there's no problem with sharks, they just didn't really understand a young woman swimming now really got decimated and other people too. A lot of shark attacks. So I said, so there's a shark 10 yards away from the boat, 10 yards or here. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking?

Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted? Or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted? Because I will tell you, he didn't know the answer. He said, you know, nobody's ever asked me that question. I said, I think it's a good question. I think there's a lot of electric current coming through that water. But you know what I'd do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted? I'll take electrocution every single time. I'm not getting near the shark. So over the last I don't know how many years, I have been super confused at a genuine and real loss

at a genuine and real loss for what is happening in America. Don't recognize how these divisions are so deep that people could be on such far sides from what I've always viewed as normalcy. I vastly underestimated all of the divisive problems that America has that have now fomented in a way that are just every day Genuinely confounding to me and make me feel totally left behind like I don't understand what's happening I'm at the dentist yesterday I've told you guys recently that I've discovered that the dentist can be a spa in the modern age You got a television on the roof, you got a leg massage, and I'm going in there and what's being done in the cleaning of my mouth is totally painless.

It's like an entirely different experience with dentistry. My mouth is open, the utensils are in, my dentist says to me that JFK Jr. is not dead, neither is Lady Di or Michael Jackson. And it's within a conversation about what podcast do you listen to on the right, and you're not a Biden guy, are you? And I've got my mouth open in the utensils are in my mouth and i ask you

guys genuinely it's a new dentist it's a great dentist what do you do if you're me your because i thought i've been hearing for years that the way to silence me to keep my mouth shut but she did it while it was open because I couldn't say anything to Hedy Platt I have a question and an answer the question is what dentist gives leg massages that is

a great question and the answer is get a different dentist it's not a personal leg massage with her hands it is a leg massager in the chair. You're sitting. Yeah I don't want that while I'm getting my teeth. That sounds delightful. That sounds great No, but it takes the focus off the teeth. Yeah, that's what you're there for right? Yeah, it's vibrating to get the noise to deal with imagine going to get a massage and someone starts working on your teeth Hey good analogy perfect. Yeah, I'm just picturing you like I'm not done in the politics I don't know. I just like play it down the middle. Like just kind of like.

You tried to argue, right? No, did not. No, Adam McKay told the story cause he did the vice movie and he has a heart attack in the gym. And as he's going under before the anesthesia, the surgeon is talking to him about like, how could you do that?

Like it is politics on the other side and what is he gonna do? Like, what is he? What is he gonna say about Dick Cheney when he needs this person to save his life? I'm asking you guys the genuine question of what it is that you do because my response was just crazy times.

Just crazy times we're living in. I think I'm just making noises like, oh, yeah man, oof. Yeah, yeah, you gotta diffuse it. I think I'm just making noises like, oh yeah man, oof. Yeah, you gotta diffuse it. I mean, the last thing you wanna do is get into an argument with someone who- Well, you can't argue. Well, even if you could though.

No, Greg, you're right. It's an unfair power dynamic. There's tools in your mouth. Like, she could really injure you. Yeah, she could. If she finds out that you don't believe in flying saucers, she's likely to have an accidental slip in your mouth. Those gums are gonna be bleeding.

They're just words, Dan. They're just opinions. You enjoy the experience. You enjoy this dentist. I mean, you're getting a massage while they're working on your teeth. The most confrontational I got was simply by asking, what about Tupac? It's a good follow-up. Tell usupac? Is he alive or dead? I mean, tell us the answer. Is he alive or dead?

She didn't have an opinion on that. Really? That's where she drew the line, huh? I don't care about it. She just didn't have an opinion. I don't know whether she was not familiar with Tupac's work, whether the right wing podcast are saying anything about Tupac, whether there's any original reporting in the Tupac area.

It is fair to want to find a new dentist because you do question the entire rest of the practice if they have an employee that is talking about Princess Diana's fake death. But a good dentist is a good dentist. You go to a restaurant, you have no idea what the owner thinks, you know, where it leads. What other health-related conspiracies are they following?

That's what I mean. It doesn't ever just end at Princess Diana. There's always more. I don't know about the rest of you, but I have not talked politics with a stranger for about eight years because I've had divisions in my own extended family, like deep divisions, relationship-breaking divisions within my own family talking politics. I avoid it like the plague. You just avoid them? Yes. I don't make political small talk with strangers because all it can do is lead to them saying you know I love RFK because he believes in this and he

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You just do a generic call. Up, up, and away. That kind of swing, that kind of thing. This is the Don Lebathear Show with the Stugats. ["The Stugats"] Gonna bring George Kittle in on this, not the politics of it, but let's just say, and I'm delighted to see this man.

I am a big fan of his work. I am a big fan of just how he carries himself. He seems to be enjoying the holy hell out of football. We will talk about his tight end university in a second. But George, welcome to the show and the place I want to start. You're in the dentist's chair. You love your dentist and as you're getting your mouth fixed with a bunch of utensils The dentist has strong opinions that are on the opposite side of wherever your opinions are. What do you do?

That's about it, okay, I'm imagining a dentist with sports opinions. Hey, kiddle, you're not a top 10 tight end in the NFL. Just don't make my gums bleed and we're going to have a great day. All right. Are you a flosser, George? I got those little sticks with the little floss thing in it. It's just like... That makes you a flosser.

That makes you a flosser. That's what I use. I. That makes you a flosser. That makes you a flosser. That's what I use. I think that makes you a flosser. We had a debate about this last week. When you're using the little sticks and you don't have like the endless string of floss and you pick something out of your teeth, do you run it under the sink?

What do you do with like the little piece of crap that just came out of your tooth crack? Um, either like have like a paper towel there and wipe it off or rinse it off under the sink. He's got all the answers. How do you feel about fondue? Cheese or chocolate cheese and meats. Let's start with cheese first You know what dairy crushes me. So I'm not a huge like I love cheese, but I don't I don't consume it very often Chocolate found do I'll crush that How about how about meats? A meat fondue?

Well, not a meat fondue. Going to the melting pot and cooking meat at the table, like right in front of the crew, you know? The only meat I want cooked in front of me is hibachi. That's all I need. This guy gets it. Meat fondue, we may be onto a business idea here. Well, the melting pot, isn't the melting pot all, isn't that fondue? Isn't all of it fondue we may be on to a business idea here Well the melting pot isn't the melting pot all isn't that fondue isn't all of it fondue well

There's cheese fondue. There's chocolate fondue. There is no meat Get the meat coming out of the fountain is what I thought all of it was fondue I thought melting pot I thought all the food was fondue. I've got that wrong Yes, okay fondue means melted okay my bad how about the clothes after you've had the melting pot is the melting pot still in play like you can't you've got it's still in you've got very much you've got a set fire to your clothes right you can't you can't do anything with the clothes once it smells that bad after fondue correct are you asking me I'm

not entirely sure I'm not much of a fondue guy it's more of the I just felt like McCaffrey has a chop at foundewood his wedding that's kind of what I'm that's well done that is well done how about when you go to hibachi you go yum yum sauce and if so how many yum yums how many what's the limit as many as you want George you're the limit your imagination bump those numbers up baby. How much are you looking forward to Christian's wedding and what would you describe as the best wedding you've been to? I'm not gonna say mine, you know it was my favorite, but I'm really looking forward to Christian's wedding. It's gonna be great. I've never been to Rhode Island and I was

actually thinking the other day, I was like, how many people do I actually know from Rhode Island? I said, none. Then I was thinking about the Northeast, I was like, do I know anyone from Delaware? I know two people from Delaware, maybe. That's just because I work out with them. I was like, what an interesting Northeast place up there,

all those little states. I was thinking about that. Besides that, one of my favorite weddings I've been to oh goodness you know I was enjoying a nice Iowa wedding I got all my teammates get married from college they all go back to Iowa so it gives me a reason to go you know back there and see my home state so I like those it's just it's a lot of beverages a lot of really good foods and sweet corn and incredible dancing. And then every Iowa football players wedding I've been to, usually every guy's shirt is off half way through the night.

That tracks. Are you a fan of a DJ or of a wedding band? That's a great question. I think it depends on the vibe. Live music is fantastic. But if you want to put up, you go up there and you know you know put a nice DJ playlist on I won't argue with that either But live music is always a great time. How many people have you met from the Dakotas? the Dakotas a handful being from Iowa, um

But you know it like I've never really met like when someone says I'm from North Dakota. I'm like wow, it's It's really cold up there. How are you? It's remote. What are you? Are you okay? It's remote. What are the details from your wedding you're willing to share, the details that you liked best about your wedding? My favorite thing about my wedding was

we only had our bridesmaids and groomsmen plus their plus one. So it was like a 35 person wedding and it was on my property in Nashville. And it was just an absolute party of a time. It was just an excuse to hang out with all my best friends. So that was my favorite part about my wedding. Does George Kittle tear it up on the dance floor at a wedding?

I live on the dance floor, yes, with a drink in my hand, or two. Of course you do. Put it on the pole. Are you surprised at all that George Kittle lives on the dance floor two-fisted? Two-fisted on the beers. do you regard and i'm curious because it's a time in that your species of tight end it's fascinating to watch the game change the way that it has

i don't know the travis kelsey is any better than you are uh... because i'm amazed by what it is that you do in that often do you think anyone do you look at anyone and say that person plays? tight end better than I do That's a great question Um, I think being a tight end and like when you watch all the film and stuff like that you see around the league From Travis to what Gronk used to do

Jason Whitten Mark Andrews Laporta, Hawkinson. Like there's just, it's hard to compare tight ends because all of our offenses are so different. And what we're asked to do is so different. Like, I don't know, like if you took certain, like if you put me in the Ravens offense, but Mark Andrews not my offense,

I don't know if, you know, we would be the exact same players. I think we're built for the offenses that we're in. And so it's really hard to compete or like to compare the level of play that tight ends are at right now. Cause like the things that Travis does, you couldn't just put any tight end into the chief's offense

and they'd have seven, 1000 yard seasons in a row. I think Travis has got such a great connection with Patrick and the freedom that he has in his routes that he's earned through his decision-making and route running abilities. I think that's just, that's what he's built. And I don't think you could put another tight end in that system and it'd be just as good.

And I have the confidence to say, I don't think you can put someone in my position and they'd be just as good as me. So it's hard to compare and contrast them. I think we all play the game at a really, really high level. And I think appreciating the level of play that the tight end position is at is the best thing that we should do. George I'm appointing you president and official spokesman for Nate the National

Association of Tight Ends. I have to ask you in all honesty y'all are a little bit tired of Travis Kelce right just all the publicity, all the attention. That's a great question. Travis this, Travis that. Come on. That's enough. Speak to me. Speak to ya. You know, all I think Travis has done, I think he runs a fantastic podcast.

He's incredibly humble and he talks about tight ends in the right way and he talks about people in the right way and he treats everyone with respect and a positive attitude. So I think Travis does such a great job. He highlights the tight end position. I think, you know, there's more spotlights on him because he's dating one of the most famous people in the world and I think you know there's all those media headlines that just take photos of him when he's out in the ocean and stuff like that so you just see

Travis a bunch but you know that I don't think that bothers or rubs any of the tight ends the wrong way. You'd be good in those pictures getting out of the water at the beach with the hair and. You'd be good in those pictures, getting out of the water at the beach with the hair and stuff. You'd be better at those pictures. He's married. You know, I will say- You can't get out of the beach when you're married? Yeah, I don't know, but I think,

I got into one of those TMZ photos this past year because I was hanging out with McCaffrey and his fiance, Olivia, and there was a TMZ guy on a boat in Cabo, and I was like, wow, I've never really had to experience that before. And I just waved at the guy, and there was a TMZ guy on a boat in Cabo and I was like, wow, I've never really had to experience that before and I just waved at the guy and I was like, hey man, hope you're having a great day, hope you get your photo.

George, going back to kind of tight ends and different fits and different systems, just here amongst friends, okay, just you and I. Amongst friends. Yeah, and a couple of us listening. Just us, no one else is listening. No one else is listening. You see kind of what some of the other tight ends do

numbers-wise, right, and then you are in your system and sometimes the way that your coach uses you it's like where where is where is he today? I don't I don't know what's going on because you're blocking you're doing other things good blocker Yeah, he's a good blocker But at the same time, you know contract renewals come up they go and they use these numbers against you They're not paying for blocking exactly right. So sometimes you have to think, Kyle, what are we doing here? What are you doing to old George? Let George eat, right? To an extent, you'd say that.

And like there are games this past year you can look at where I've had a couple of games where I had 15 targets for 130 to 150 yards. And I had a game where I had one catch for one year. And while one catch for one yard is not my favorite, when we win games, it's, you know, I don't get too upset about it. My wife will tell me that I need to go ask for more targets, which I love her for that. But really, you know, the way that our offense is, we have a lot of mouths and feet out there.

And what I really love about my offense is in the run game, I got to be the tip of the spear a lot. And I get a lot of one-on-one stuff versus defensive ends, whether it's a pass, bro game or the run game. And I know that by what I put on tape consistently over the course of my career, there's not a lot of guys that could step in and be the tip of the spear like that. And so- Sometimes George is hungry though, right?

Right. Oh yeah, no, I love the ball. Like, trust me, I'm not, I'm not, I don't always like getting one target in one catch, but you know, whenever you can get in that, you know, four to six target range, I'm very happy with it. But like, I'm also, you know, I'm not gonna complain about Krishma, Caffrey, Devo, and I, you getting the ball.

Like, those are, you know, fantastic playmakers. And I'm just gonna do everything I can to help the mountain. No, really, yeah, you talk about the contract stuff. Yeah, you can't, you don't look at the run blocking as like a statistic, but you can look at the, what you can look at is, hey, when George's on the front side of the run game, the run play average is 7.8 yards of carry, and when he's not in, it's 3.2 yards of carry. And that is something that you can measure.

And so I think my tape speaks for itself, and that run game speaks for itself. That was such a great answer. Titan University, he really does appreciate the craft, the craftsmanship of what he does. June 17th to the 20th in Nashville It's presented by Charmin Bridgestone Bud Light Levi's and Gatorade Can you give me the story that explains to us how much everyone in that locker room is actually afraid of Trent Williams? Oh

My goodness, Trent. I like it. He went straight from Titan U to the terrified of Trent Williams totally understand that that is a big dude and he's also very good at everything that he does. He's an intimidating specimen, I will say that. But he's also one of the nicest dudes ever. And if you get him in the sauna, you're in there, you're sweating one out and he just likes to talk about all the random stuff that he likes to do with his time, which is pretty interesting. And I think Trent is just someone who's done it at the highest

of high levels for so long. And I think, what is he 34 or 35, 36 somewhere in there. And he's still the best left tackle in the NFL. And you watch his tape and he just pulverizes guys. So, uh, while he might be intimidated to rookies and stuff, the second you get to know Trent, he's one of the nicest guys on the team. He's also got the biggest, whitest smile I've ever seen of anybody, him and Mike Shanahan. What is he talking about in the sauna that you're like, okay, that's interesting?

Like, what is he telling you about? He really likes Cabo. We got him into golf last year, which was pretty fun. Cause he literally told us, he said, he played in a charity tournament like 10 years ago. And he got made fun of because he didn't play very well. So he didn't pick up a, like he didn't golf again for 10 years. And we were down in Cabo, we got into golf with us, me, Juice, and McCaffrey and Debo. And he became in love with it.

And now he golfs multiple days a week all the time. And so just seeing Trent Williams golf is just so much fun. Because he's just absolutely massive and he can just torture golf ball. Are tight ends the best position at golf? Oh, that's a that's a great one. I think tight ends are up there, but I've yet to play golf with a quarterback who is like really bad. Like every quarterback I've ever golfed with, they're just like sticks. It's really annoying. Like they quarterback I've ever golfed with, they're just like sticks. It's really annoying.

Like they're all just above average. Well, it's also probably because they all feel really healthy all the time and their knees don't hurt and their shoulders don't hurt that often. So they're just up there just cranking out the golf balls. You watch Josh Allen, the Homes. You know, my buddy CJ Beathard, he's got a wild golf swing,

but he just pipes that thing down the middle of the fairway every single time and it makes no sense to me. So I think quarterbacks or tight ends are definitely the two best positions. George, we know you're a big Predators guy. I'm not sure if you've been following the Stanley Cup. Hockey? Let's go. Give me a good question.

All right. So there's some people saying that Connor McDavid is Connor McOverrated because he doesn't have a Stanley Cup. I'm wondering if you think that he needs to win one to cement his legacy as one of the all-time greats. Well, I'm pretty sure, didn't Wayne Gretzky to cement his legacy as one of the all-time greats Well, I'm pretty sure didn't Wayne Gretzky a couple years ago say the Codemac David was like better than he ever was or something like that It's just Gretzky it's just Gretzky you're right, you know, he doesn't he doesn't know anything

But uh, you know, I think what Connor David does for the game of hockey, you know, this is fun So all my best friends is Phil Forsberg, you know Plays for the Preds and yeah, I love it. But he he was telling me a couple years ago He was like, hey, you got to come to the game this this Tuesday because we're playing the Oilers and you need to watch Connor David play and he's never said that about any other player in the league. No one else has he ever said that about. And so I went and watched McDavid. And just the speed that he plays at,

it's like watching Tiger Kill out there. It's incredible. Just the different speed he plays at. And when you see someone like that, Hanel Lepac, the crazy moves that he does, the crazy plays that he does, you can't call the dude overrated, because he shows up all the time. While like he might, I don't know if he has a goal yet

in the Stanley Cup. The reason that they're in the Stanley Cup is because you have a guy like that who just obviously dominates all the time. George, I'm gonna do something here. I'm going to allow you for as long as you like to tell us all about tight end university, but I'm gonna ask video to put on the scroll beneath you,

Kittle colon Gretzky doesn't know anything just he said it and I'd like to aggregate it and I'd like to send it to the mass media in a moment of gotcha unfairness so Gretzky doesn't know anything according to Jordan. Can you pull my face that I made on after it too? No we won't do that. You want us to be fair? We will remove all context and and go ahead though. Tell us what it is that you're doing because you do this every year It's very popular and you have a support of this club of guys Who care deeply about what they do for a living and given that all of your bodies hurt and how much you sacrifice? I'd like you to talk about sort of the craftsmanship of making the position something that is more valued than it's ever been in the sport. Way to set me up for failure.

I really, really appreciate that. Thank you so much hockey fans. But I'm really excited about TitanU. It's such a cool thing. We got to bring in anywhere from like 60 to 80 tight ends, NFL guys all across the league, guys from every single team. And you got guys that are single team and you got guys that are rookies and you got guys that are 10-year vets you have guys who are all pros

and you got 10-year guys who just have grinded through multiple teams we're still in the league and what we get to do is we're bringing everybody together you're building a brotherhood so now you have young guys that get to know hey you don't have a rookie or a second year guy who's intimidated by Travis Kelsey George Kittleittle, TJ Hockinson, Mark Andrews, and they get to go up and they get to, you know, talk to them after a football game and like actually know them. And so it's just a kind of a fun experience

to get to know everybody. But really what the best part is, is we sit down in these meeting rooms and you get to talk about the tight end position because of all the things that you get to do. And this year I'm going to be talking pass-pro because I get kind of annoyed with all the defensive guys who say, hey, you know, a defensive end,

if you have a one-on-one versus a tight end, it's a 100% win rate. I disagree with that. I think you can check my tape and tape around the league, but that's not how it goes. And so I want to get guys more comfortable, more confident in their ability to pass-pro. And then you're going to have Travis talk about coverages,

how to beat coverages, how to read certain coverages versus certain routes and like how to sit down versus what he's thinking in his process. So the next time you watch Travis Kelso's film, you're like, oh, this is probably what he was thinking because he talked about that a couple months ago. Greg Olson will talk releases,

Dallas Clark's ended up there and just talk about the passion of playing the game, which is pretty fun. Dallas Clark loves the game of football, but it's really just, I'm trying to give guys the confidence in both themselves and their ability on the football field, but also just in the tight end community. And you can fall back on guys if you have a question about something tight end related. And so I think the tight end position is continually growing and

guys are getting better at everything. And so you're just gonna continually see great tight ends that do it all. Will you teach the tight ends at Titan University to not make the mistake Brock Bowers made where he had on that outfit when he was standing next to Gronk at the combine that everyone was clowning? Oh, man, I think he looks great there, man. Just got to close the feet off a little bit, get straight toes there. It's better for your hips.

But that's a fantastic lesson at Titan University. I think he looks great. You don't. I would lose the shirt and maybe put on a chubby shirt, maybe something like that, but I think he looks very handsome. Gronk is just a large individual, isn't he? Yes, he's big. Yes.

He's a little wee. That's a great observation by you. It's expertise. Very uncommon. Yes, the Patriots won championships by training a polar bear how to catch football. Yes, that's correct. There's huge. George, I've been meaning to ask you this.

I am wondering, I know you love all things Iowa. You went to Iowa, you have Titan University. I get it, I get it. But do you sit around like the rest of us and watch that offense? And do you say to yourself, man, that's boring? The football offense, always punting at Iowa. You know what?

That's Big Ten football, baby. Oh, come on. We're going to be gritty. You're disgusting. You disgust me, Kittle. You disgust me. You're foul. You're foul.

You cannot endorse that publicly. No, you're gross. I'm not saying it's pretty. I'm not saying it's beautiful. You're dirty. We need to throw the, you know, we need to get out there. I got your growth. Hey look you're not saying it's pretty I'm not saying it's beautiful dirty We need we need to throw that you know we need to get out there We need to be comfortable throwing some routes out there foul foul, but you can't defy publicly kiddle No, you can't know all I know is that what was our average points per game last year like 16?

Maybe it under came in every time The under came in every time. It wasn't just like seven points, something ridiculous. You know what? I think I was just doing that so you can just make money every single week by betting the under. They're doing it for you guys. Okay, you know, that's one way to do it. That's quite an accusation.

All right, put it on the poll, please. IstheIowaOffensive.org. Thank you, George. We appreciate the time. Thank you and good luck with everything you're doing. A fan of your work, sir. I really appreciate it. You guys are good luck with everything you're doing. A fan of your work, sir. I really appreciate it. You guys are a riot.

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