The Herd with Colin Cowherd - 3 & Out - Ashton Jeanty Suffers Apparent Ankle Injury, Browns need to part ways with Deshaun Watson, George Kittle Activated off PUP

Episode Date: August 24, 2026

On this episode of 3 & Out, John Middlekauff reacts to the latest preseason developments around the NFL, starting with Ashton Jeanty suffering an ankle injury. John discusses the potential impact of the injury and what it could mean for the highly anticipated rookie as the regular season approaches. John also dives into the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Deshaun Watson and his future in Cleveland. What should the Browns do at quarterback, and can Watson still be counted on to be the answer for the franchise? Plus, there's positive news for San Francisco as George Kittle is on the mend and nearing a return. John breaks down just how important Kittle is to the 49ers' offense and what his return could mean for the team. The conversation then turns to J.J. McCarthy, with John taking a critical look at the young quarterback's preseason performance and discussing whether the concerns surrounding his play are legitimate. Finally, John examines the growing number of preseason blowouts. Should fans and analysts actually take anything away from lopsided preseason games, or do the results mean very little once the regular season begins? From rookie injuries and quarterback uncertainty to star players returning and preseason evaluation, it's all covered on this episode of 3 & Out. Follow John on Twitter, and Instagram for the latest.  #Volume  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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But God, we meet the re-and-out podcast. A little bittersweet time of the year because summer is kind of coming to an end. But that also means football is starting. College football, NFL football. We got stories galore. You know, Ashton Genty.

I went out with Colin. You can listen to that, watch it on YouTube. We talked about a lot of stuff. I'll piggyback a little bit on the Deshawn Watson stuff. We had some news on Ashton Gentie, George Kittle.

J.J. McCarthy got banged up. and didn't play well. I had an experience of a lifetime this weekend. I want to hit on. It's just something I'll never forget. And no mailbag today. We'll bank some out later. A little shorter pod today.

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I did on Friday, had a little, time to kill. I was like, you know what? I watched Mendoza, stribling, Kalon Black, obviously, you know, Mendoza's drafted one, but the Niners drafted their first two picks and talked about them on a YouTube video.

You can find that on the three and out YouTube channel. But we'll definitely put some content there, you know, as football season keeps going. So anything that misses the podcast, try to throw up there. Yeah, let's just dive right into the Ashton Genty news. Now, by the time you're listening to

this on Monday, I'm sure MRIs and they'll have a better feel for what happened. Who knows? I mean, sometimes these are season enders and other times they are a player who freaks out because it feels like a season ender or he tears his knee and it turns out it's not as bad. You never know. But one thing that is not debatable and we just saw the Chargers Center who they just paid some money have a player thrown into him in a joint practice and just got placed a day on season-ending injured reserve.

And now their second round pick from Florida, I think Jack Slaughter's his name, Jake Slaughter, Jack Slaughter, Jack Slaughter, we'll take over for it. And I just don't think there are many billion-dollar businesses that can be so impacted on something that no one has any control over.

I mean, it really is crazy, the power of football, how one injury, I was thinking about this actually today, because I saw Bo Nix. I know he played well and the limited snaps he got yesterday or a couple days ago. But when that news came out,

like they had just beat the Denver Broncos. They were going to the AFC championship game. Then 10 minutes after the game, Sean Payton has to come back and go, Bo Nix broke his ankle. He's going to have surgery tomorrow. He's obviously can't play next week. We're rolling with Stidham.

You're like, what? How? we have seen some catastrophic injuries. We have seen some injuries this offseason that we're like, hey, we think he's out for the season, then he's only going to miss a couple weeks, then he gets surgery. Like in regular business,

bad news, you know, unless you're like an insider, it's like, oh, the CEO steps down and the stock will go down 7% or 10%. Right? Or earnings miss. And depending on how big your company is, your stock will be down a little bit. it. But then the next day we'll come and if the market's up, you usually draft off that and you go back up, right? Sometimes, listen, you remember Chipotle, where they have the bad chicken or beef?

Like there are individual instances that can derail a company or set a company back, but at any given moment in football, whether it's in the training room, you know, like working out, whether it's training on your own, whether it's a practice and obviously the games, it's like, yeah, he just shattered his knee. and again, I'm a huge fan of what SpyTech is doing. I think they were going to be way more competitive. Someone told me that around the operation that Genti had looked fantastic in the practices this year,

just looked like he was going to be really good. And it was going to be somewhat dependent, you know, how much their offensive line improved. He's a guy that some people are going to pick really high in these fantasy drafts. And all of a sudden, potentially, again, by the time, you're listening to this, maybe not. But like, when there's a moment and at these practices, which he hurting in practice, according to a report,

he was diving for a ball, I don't know if, you know, he got like overextended, he was, you know, in the air and he came down funky on his leg. And then all of a sudden couldn't put any pressure on it. And the entire team, like, practice ends, right? The practice at a training camp doesn't end for a random guy. It just doesn't. I mean, it's a cut throw business, but,

if some random guy rips his knee and he's a guy that's not going to make the team, move the drill, keep it rolling. I mean, it sucks. But when you have a prominent player on any team, good or bad, I mean, obviously the Raiders said the number one overall pick, but this guy was a six pick in the draft. And this was a guy that they were clearly going to depend on in this offense and with Kubiak to be a key core contributor.

And a guy that I think a lot of people, if you're projecting out what he could be, 12, 1,300 yards, you know, 10 touchdowns, catch another 40, 50 balls, and just be a big time player. And just like that, in a random, one individual rep

just ends, potentially. And he's not alone. No different. You're at Chargers, practice, got our offensive line, we got the center, we got two good tackles. It's really coming together.

All of a sudden, the guy gets thrown into his knee, boom, season over. And it just can happen that quickly. And obviously once the games come, you just never know. And the Bo-Nick situation is the best example of

everything was fine. They had just won a game. And then it turns out when he's taking his shoe off, something is wrong and he gets some imaging, you've got a broken foot. It's like, what? And that's how fast it happens. We love this game. But it also has this element

of unpredictability that just sucks. I mean, no one wants to ever watch the backups. These guys are starters for a reason. These guys are high picks for a reason. And I keep my fingers crossed on that. Speaking of a more negative story is

you know, with Colin, we talked a lot about Deshawn Watson, so I'm not going to beat a dead horse here. Like I would say universally, this would be one of those like 991 issues. And the one would be like Watson, Mogeta, his family, the agency that represents Mogeta, you know,

CAA, I think, like people profiting off Deshaun Watson, they're like, yeah, things are good. Everyone else is like, this is the most toxic situation I can remember. And I think sometimes you just got to cut dead weight. You got to cut the anchor. And I don't really do in my life, people that are a lot of drama. I try to avoid, unless you're one of my close friends from way back in the day, like negative people. Because I myself can be negative. I don't need more negativity around me.

I like uplifting, positive, fun people. That's who I try to associate with. And I can't imagine being in business with someone who is just a drain on the entire organization. And, you know, his comments after the game went viral. Like, he doesn't understand. Well, of course he doesn't understand. He's made hundreds of millions playing football. He had every massage therapist in the state of Texas coming after him for a rubble.

and tug that some say were not consensual. And he demanded to trade and he got his wishes and then got the biggest contract in NFL history when it came to guaranteed money, which I still think stands, but maybe that's been dwarfed. Did Mahomes just get more? Regardless, it's, that points, that's beside the point. It's just, this is fans, when you are a terrible player and you make a lot of money, and off the field, you make everyone uncomfortable.

I'm sorry, no one's going to like you. And we talked about this with AJ and J. Lin in that situation. Like, you don't have to like everyone you work with. By some reports, like, it's not even that Deshaun is not liked in his own locker room. He's not liked by the most important people, the paying customer. Sports is one of the only places where the product, can like talk shit about the consumer, which is like indirectly paying them a ton of money.

And it's just kind of this back and forth. It's part of the entertainment organism that is pro sports. It happens in the NBA a lot. You remember Kyrie went through a phase like they hated the fans. Like you guys realized where this money comes from. Like maybe not directly out of their pocket in your pocket, but kind of. It's like I, I, I, but listen. They booed because it's personal, it's professional.

They can't stand you. It's just that simple. Those fans can't stand them. And if he was good, and if he was a star, guess what? They would look right around it. They would. But not only you're not a star, he's terrible. Like he's a god-awful player.

I mean, it's like this isn't a subjective opinion. he is objectively awful. The eye test, statistically, like every angle of Deshaun, right? Advanced analytics, basic analytics, sitting on your couch, if you're just, you know, selling insurance, you just like football, you're like, this sucks. And then you factor in everything off to feel like the leagues has been in for 11 games. And I don't blame him. He's like, paid them to go away.

Why are you guys fucking bringing that up? because people think you're gross. I don't know. It's one thing, you know, Russell, there have been players that have been traded and it doesn't work out. It's like, yeah, I think the guy's a little cheesy or whatever. And that's a situation that got weird fast.

Him and Sean Payton didn't get along. Like, that's sports. That happens all the time. Personalitys don't mesh. Don Nelson just recently died. Like, he butted heads with some players. You know what I mean? When I was a kid,

It coaches and players, but it had constantly. I mean, it was just like, this coach hates a star player. This star player hates this coach. It was a huge part of the, I mean, I don't know, just the ecosystem of sports. Now it's a little more kumbaya because, let's face it, these players make so much money. They have so much juice that the coaches, I think, have to fake it a little bit more. They definitely didn't back then. It's just like, no one's faking this.

Can't play. No one likes you, booing you. It's like, you booed me when I tore my Achilles. They weren't booing you because they were rooting for you to go get surgery. They weren't booing you because they were glad that you got injured. They were booing you because they can't stand you. They don't want to watch you anymore. They don't want to be, they're emotionally invested into this team,

which clearly means a lot to a lot of people, and they don't want you associated with it. Here's the problem. Zach Johnson, who I covered, follows Cleveland Sports and on the Browns. I followed him on Twitter forever. Tweeted something out and it caught my eye. He said, there's one little problem because a lot of people are like, just cut bait. That's what I think.

I believe you should just say, fuck it. We are just going to eat this and take this on the chin. And just get this toxicity, this negativity out of the building. And just let you door, Dylan Gabriel, some of these young guys, and just figure it out on the move. That's, I think, the logical thought. If we suck, we suck. At least we don't suck with this guy, right?

Which I think is completely fair. And I think that's what everyone that was booing, everyone, you know, in Cleveland or in Ohio or nationally that likes the Browns, is thinking to themselves. Can we just get rid of this and just move forward? Totally agree. Problem is, is because the way these contracts work,

everyone cooks the books, and they put all these void years where they take a lot of the money and they guaranteed them clearly a ton and they put it in these fake years. Well, if they cut them today or tomorrow or this week or next week before week one, they would eat as $40 million this season,

which they're on the books for. And then the void years would accelerate into one year. And in 2007, according to Zach, who did some research and talked to some cap people, it'd be $86 million. Let me repeat that. $86 million of dead money.

So, I don't know, is the cap this year $300 million close to it? It would be a large percentage, whatever that cap in 2007 ends up being. Wouldn't be 50%, but it wouldn't be 10%. It would be a historic number. To give you an example, this year Tua Tunga Vailoa is the biggest number in the history of the league at $55 million. Before that, I think it was Russell Wilson at a little over 50.

Deshawn would dwarf that at $86 million. So it's easy for me to say, cut bait, get rid of the drama, get rid of the toxicity, and they're looking like, well, if we do that currently, it is going to have ramifications.

And it's like, well, that's kind of on you. And listen, they're all to blame for this. I'm not putting all the blame on Stephansky and Andrew Barry for doing the Deshawn Watson deal years ago I'll give the majority of the blame there to the owner but this situation has jumped the shark now

and it's ugly and it's just and it's gross and listen you know me morally I don't give a fuck I do business with a criminal if the guy can play so would every NFL team they've proven that can you play can you make plays

can you score touchdowns? Can you defend the past? Can you rush the passer? That's the business I'm in if I'm an NFL team. It's easy to find these guys on the internet. Like, I don't want this guy in my team. Well, you would if you could score 10 touchdowns at running back. You would take them if you can lock down wide receivers.

No one actually cares. It's been proven. But you better be able to play. You better be able to play. Because the moment you become the graph is like, All negative, no positive. I don't care what line of work you are in. Does not matter.

It could be tiddly winks. It could be deli sandwiches. It could be the NFL. Once that ratio becomes problem, exponentially outweighs anything positive. Let's face it with John Watson, there's nothing positive. It's one, the pie chart, 100% of negative. If you just look at like, Chador's negative,

you'd be like, well, not a great athlete. so when the pocket breaks down he's not going to be able to get away from any people. Can hold on the ball a little bit too. But again, the Shador thing, all I'm saying is it's like tangible football stuff

which a lot of football players have question marks. Unless you're like Justin Jefferson or Miles Garrett or fucking Paneu Sewell. Most guys have some question marks on a scouting report. Welcome to football in the pros.

But a lot of guys are just no issue off the field. Yeah, just good guy, easy going. Works hard. They're early. Stays late. Even if the guy doesn't get there early and stay late. It's like, yeah, easy guy to get along. We like them. Might not be the hardest worker in the world, but good player does what he needs to do. Great teammate. Just fits right in. Like that's, that's what most guys need to do in the NFL. Just like my number one advice actually to a lot of people would be like, find a way once you get hired out of college, find a way to just fit in and then figure it out from there.

You don't want to, you know, stand out anyway with negative stuff, right? Or just be someone that's like, ah, it's a little much, man. I'm just, I hate, it's a little much. It's like, fucking calm down. And I just thought it's just, this story just make it go away. But when you got to pay them and you have this type financial ramifications that come along with it, you'd be naive to think it's not a little complicated. So by the time you're listening in this,

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I mean, it's insane. George Kittle was hurt in the playoff game. George Kittle was not hurt week one. He's hurt in January. And he just got elevated off Pup. And he's practicing and by all, you would say, very, very good chance.

He plays week one. I wouldn't guarantee it. We'll have to see how the next week or two plays out. But if you would have told me when he tore his Achilles, that we would be in August 22nd, 3rd range, and he would come off the pup IR pre-season, you know, the pre-camp stuff,

and be able to practice in pads? I would have been like, listen, I don't know, man. But we saw it with Daniel Jones too. And this is where players, back to Deshaun thing, focus, love of sports, love of the game, love of what comes along with getting ready for the game. Because nothing, and I mean nothing involved in football, is really easy.

Like studying film is not easy. Obviously working out and lifting is not easy. Practicing is not easy. Everything beside the game, which aren't easy either, but at least are fun, is just tedious, monotonous, and difficult. And I would say rehabbing from these major injuries can really mentally test you.

and we have seen guys not be able to get over the hump because you know what they they don't rehab hard enough because it can really mentally tax you you have to be very disciplined very driven and you're seeing all these guys come back regardless when they were injured I mean I when Slater last year in training camp blew out his entire knee my first thought was that could derail his career the offensive tackle from the Chargers just I remember watching the video at practice and then everything that came along with, the Patella, I'm like, this is a really, really bad

injury. So for him, just training camp came and he was ready to go. I know he's been kind of in and out of camp, but like him just ready to go. Do you know the focus and like mindset you have to have to rehab from that, especially some of these bigger guys, the weight

he has to carry around, limping around forever? George, who was just wired to like 100% energy, never sit still and basically roll it all back. I'm like, you can't do any of that. It's all going to be shit that sucks. And I think the league is,

and this is the problem with the Deshawn Watson types, who are just nobody wants in the league. Like, if you told me, well, one, if they cut him, I don't think he'll, I think he would be out of the league. I don't think anyone's signing him. This is not like Russell Wilson, who's, you know, high character guy. Right, even when he couldn't play. People are like, yeah, you know, he's a high character guy.

been a good and Russell is a good player for way longer. You just can't be this toxic. And this bat at football and anyone touch you. But the majority of guys aren't that. Aren't just, this guy's a fucking loser. The majority of guys are like really focused, hardworking people that take advantage of this incredible opportunity that God has given them with these athletic attributes and size

to be involved in this league, which is paying historic amounts of money. And they take it very, very, very seriously. And they treat it like we all treat, you know, like high-level people treat their normal professions. It takes a lot of time, a lot of focus, a lot of energy, a lot of time doing stuff that isn't very fun.

And the respect I have for all these guys, Daniel Jones, once he broke his leg and tore his Achilles, maybe again, I'm wired from growing up in like the 90s and 2000s when a guy with Terry Achilles, like, career over or ACL, never the same. now it's like torn Achilles seeing six months even Aaron Rogers a couple years ago we all thought he was bat shit crazy he was like drinking dolphin piss or whatever

to strengthen the Achilles it's just the modern medicine the rehab the whatever is involved is clearly extremely better right and if you tell me they're doing extra stuff I don't care I would do

league pays a premium but you can't convince me they weren't doing that back then too But regardless, like it's just, I think you get a lot of guys that know the opportunity to earn this type money is pretty special and they take it very, very seriously. A couple other topics. J.J. McCarthy got banged up in that guy. I was watching, just walking around. You know, you boys do a little morning daddy daycare over in North Scottsdale. And we're just walking around the house. And I turn on an NFL network and I see David Carr, which is incredible slick back here. I mean, David Carr, that guy's hair is like,

if I can make a comeback, if I ever go over to Turkey, I'll bring pictures of people like David Carr. I'm like, that's what I want. If you can't give me the ability to go like Pat Riley, 1988, slick that shit back and have it look wet, I don't want to come back.

I'll stay bold. But I'm watching him and Osweiler and the game starts and there's a lightning delay. I mean, it's 110, 112 where I'm at, and I'm seeing rain and lightning. I'm like, God, we might all be Americans, but we're living in completely different places. And so they just switched to the Vikings game, which was fine with me. It was like, okay, let's fucking watch something else.

And JJ McCarthy's in there. Just one pass, nice. Whoop, dot. Next pass, air mail. Next pass, kind of tough completion. Next pass, air mail. Like, God, this guy's just not good enough. he's just not accurate

no touch and then I mentioned this to Cowro 2 like when they came back to Chador once the lightning to land it and I've been watching him

and he watched Chador has way more touch JJ has a stronger arm and then he misses the ball in the end zone it's like I've been out but like what are we even talking about here who's arguing

like what's the argument at this point he's not even the backup quarterback he will not be the backup quarterback from Minnesota but like you can't be bad like Deshaun

can't be bad and a questionable character guy. Not going to work. Out of the league. You can't be not good, like JJ McCarthy, and always injured. Kevin McConnell said after the game, got banged up. I wanted to play him more, but he was banged up. Shouldn't be anything serious, but it's like, this guy's always banged up.

I mean, I just, this is nothing personal. I know some people, I get some DMs like, Middle God, you hate this guy. I don't hate anyone. Just fucking talk football here. Sit there, watch the guy play. It's like, yeah, this guy's pretty good. good. You're just watching some of these other quarterbacks.

You're like, yeah, kind of interesting. Listen, I was the guy blowing Drew Aller, and he did have, like, one of the great passes in the history of preseason the other day. But I also watched some other passes, like, that's pretty ugly. But again, no one's holding Drew Aller to a high standard because he's, like, third round pick.

Most people thought he sucked. Yet, J.J. McCarthy, like, is equally as bad. He's just not very good at quarterback. Preseason blowouts, if you just look at the scores yesterday, there was a lot of like 34s to 7s. There was a lot of like 40s to 10s. It was really bad.

And one reason why is, and more and more games over the course of the weekend, the starters play like the one series, which I kind of understand, right? You want to get them, I think the thought process, well, I know the thought process behind that, is they get to lead up to a game on like,

if you play on Saturday, you just treat it like a Sunday so like Thursday and Friday are your Friday and Saturday. So you kind of get your last practice in with some game plan plays and ideally you have like a 10, 15 play drives so you probably scripted it out a little bit

then Sunday is your classic more mental rep day you stay in the hotel, your pre-game meal, you kind of just feel what is like to play a game, which I understand. I give the coaches a lot of credit. Like if I threw Baker Mayfield or Purdy or Herber or whoever, I mean, all the Jordan Love,

and he's played a son. series, I'd be like, one more, especially if it's like six plays. So we got one first down. We gained like 22 yards. It's like, I, I want a little more. But I get they're pretty good to stick into it. But the reason these preseason blowouts happen is once you're down, some of these teams, right, especially if you've done the joint praxis, a lot of guys' legs are just shot.

some of these guys, these backups on these teams are just not used to the wear and tear and they just got nothing. So once a team gets a little momentum, especially some of these blowouts are usually because of turnovers. Like a fumbled kickoff, all of a sudden you get the ball at the 20, you're already up

14 to 3, and the boom is 21 to 3 and then it kind of snowballs. But a lot of guys throughout the league are just exhausted at this point, right? Relative to, I mean, it used to be way worse when they were doing double days, but just in the same. sense of you've been practicing every day, your legs are shot, you've been doing these joint

practices, you get a ton of reps in practice, that I just think that now, this week, you know, I think every game's on Thursday, pretty sure. My guess is a lot of teams do not play anybody. It's just not worth the risk. And then they kind of pull off the reins here. Are all the games on Thursday? No, we have a pretty normal week, I guess, Thursday, Friday. Saturday. A lot of games on Friday. I mean, we got games Friday of this week, like 3 o'clock Pacific standard time.

A couple games Saturday. I don't complain about like Saturday, nothing really on. 10 a.m. there's a football game. Even if it sucks, better nothing. As someone that talks a lot of crap about preseason, what game was I watching? Who are the, who are, what team does Sam Ellinger play for?

I don't even know. It's all kind of running together. This is what happens when you have a baby. You don't sleep that much. But I was like, Maria's like, can we change the channel? I'm like,

oh, this guy used to play in Texas. And then he got drafted to the Colts. It's like, it's like mid-fourth quarter. I'm like, why am I watching this? Michael Pennix cleared. So I guess my guess is

he'll be the starting quarterback week one. I think the Falcons are going to be terrible. I think it's going to be an ugly year for Stefanski. And on just a way more somber note. The Ed Oliver story that is this child drowned in his backyard is one of those stories that just makes you, you know, whether you have a child or not, I mean, if you're a human being, you feel sick to your stomach, your heart drops.

You just, you feel, you read the headline and you almost have to shake yourself and then read it again. You're like, this can't be real. And it's just one of those things that, and I, I, I, saw Josh Allen talking about it and head coach like what do you what do you even say to someone else what can you possibly do besides just kind of try to be there but you read these headlines and I know you know my wife my mother-in-law uh this was like wanted us to build a pool fence before and I'm not saying he didn't have a pool fence I fuck I don't know but like I know

Maria in real estate forever around here obviously we got so many pools in Arizona I don't matter, Texas the same way. I mean, it happens a lot in Arizona. I mean, there was a pretty, there was some influencer girl who had a two-year-old die in a pool. I just, I can't even, your heart just breaks for the guy. It's just, I, you wouldn't wish that upon your worst enemy. I can't even, I can't even imagine.

I really can't. It's just, it's sickening. And, I mean, we got to get a pool fence here sooner or later. Luckily, I mean, our, as, I mean, can't even crawl yet. But our back door to get there is pretty heavy. It wouldn't be something like until he's way bigger than he could even open. But it's one of those things. What if it's open?

He's crawling around. You got to be very, very careful with these things because that's unimaginable tragedy. It's as bad as it gets. I personally believe. It just doesn't get much worse. And this is the type of stuff that, you know, you're just happy you have teammates and people in your life because we all grieved.

I don't even know. I, it sucks. I think I saw that it was crazy. Josh Allen or someone said it was nuts that they couldn't even believe that he showed up training camp. Because it's hard to even put yourself in his shoes. Like, what do you even, how do you even go on?

I mean, these child tragedies are, there's nothing worse. Get Bell Pure Fiber Internet with Crave Netflix and Disney Plus from $94 a month. Price guaranteed for two years on internet with a two-year term and auto pay credit. Visit bell.ca for details and to check availability. Bell, connection is everything. When I was 14 years old, I was kidnapped and held captive for nine months. I survived and I've spent my life exploring how other people survive what should. should have destroyed them.

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Listen to the Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Hoda Kotbby, host of the podcast, Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby. If you know me, you know, I'm always searching for inspiration and useful tools. to maximize joy. So this podcast lets us uncover those things together through meaningful conversations with fascinating people. Like when my friend Henry Winkler offered advice to aspiring actors and really anybody hoping to stand out. You're not hired just to fill time and space. You're hired to fill the space with you. You have something in your guts. You go with it. And Sean Johnson recalled the moment

she realized her now husband, Andrew, was the one. He was just so unapologetically himself and knew nothing of Hollywood. He hadn't been on a plane before without his family. It was so pure. Listen to Joy 101 with Hoda Kotby on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A couple other things before I get out of here. I finally pulled the trigger. I picked up my Tesla yesterday.

and actually right and part of it was giving back my 2011 Tahoe which 2011 the difference is technology there's no difference in 2011 technology and 2001 technology

I remember my my mom and dad a long time ago had an expedition and I think it was 2000 or 2001 and if I vividly remember the technology was pretty similar

to 10 years later. I think the only difference they had like a 6-d-d-d-d-d-d-stick player. Some of you guys listed CD-play, what are CDs? They used to be these things where music was played

and you'd put it in the car. That was actually a new thing after they had tape cassettes forever. But the technology was atrocious. Well, as I'm cleaning out the car, you know, there's just some random shit in there. Not really much. I found a golf ball under the seat

and a couple towels and just random crap. I shut the, maybe I slammed the window of the trunk because I had opened the window, not the entire trunk, to reach in there and grab something. And all of a sudden I heard this boom. And I look, I'm like, what just happened?

And then I looked at the back, like the passenger, not the passenger, but the second row's window had just broke, not shattered, but like had just slammed down. And so I'm like, what just happened? So I turned on the car, I tried to roll it up, you know, press the button to roll it up.

it had clearly come off the track or whatever. And so I had to take the car and the window didn't work. It was just down. One, it was 112 degrees yesterday. I picked up a car at 4.30. And, you know, I don't care how good the AC is. And the AC in the 2011 tile was pretty elite. I mean, that shit was cold.

Frion just pumped. But you had the back window open and I was like, they didn't even care. It's like, yeah, they're doing so much business. And it probably takes them, you guys, $100 to fix. But I do believe picking this, thing up and driving it home. I typed in my address and it drove me home. I say this with all sincerity. Having this car drive home without me doing anything but sitting there

is the most remarkable thing I've ever experienced in a car. It is, I know some of you guys have driven Waymo and obviously some of you have been in these Teslas with this self-driving. I never have. I've never been in a Waymo. something about the way the Waymo's look I don't know I just I haven't been in that many situations where I guess I would need one

I guess my natural inclination as an Uber stockholder I just go to Uber but again judge the look of the thing on the top but I respect the technology I can't even describe being in there being like this is

insane it just drove me it was passing lanes it checks off the freeway turns the, I, I started thinking, like, my dad, what would he even have thought? I remember watching movies thinking, like, oh, this is really going to come, this really going to happen, kind of feels the self-driving ability with no one in control but the computer and the satellites or whatever the hell is going on. I don't know what's going on. I just know it was, it couldn't have been any smoother. And I just thought, like, I've done, I've grown up in a world where

born into a world, internet didn't exist. Live through a world where we started the internet and it has become what it's become. I've been lucky enough to kind of see different times of a world that now feels like 100 years ago, the 90s, right? Just in terms of the way we lived. And then how fast everything goes now.

I truly, I don't know, I've never experienced anything quite like that. Maybe for some of you that have been doing it for a while, you're like, John, it's what it is. It is a, especially given, like, the car that I was driving, the technology in that car would be the difference of like a wagon versus, like a wagon, one of those that were pulled by horses that they took across the country on the Oregon Trail compared to like a Ford F150. That's the gap between getting in this Tesla to what I was driving. It is eye-opening. I mean, it's crazy.

I don't know how I did it. I mean, I've been living in like prehistoric times driving this car. Now my wife, she's had multiple cars since I met her. Her cars have been newer. Obviously, I've been accustomed to technology and what's involved, but like I didn't have the ability to connect my phone to the car, let alone press a button and have it drive me home. It was, I'm just,

floored. I seriously. I stood there or sat there just in disbelief. Like this is the most, I think powerful technology just from zero to 60. Right. I've lived the phones. I've lived the computer. It's been a gradual process like the iPad or whatever, right? The different video games when I was a kid to where they're at now. You kind of see a slow burn. when you're just used to something and then you just get into this and be like the gap

between what I was used to sitting in and what I went to sit in was an experience I'll never forget that first time that drive home is an experience I will never forget yeah other than that nothing really else I did

I've had some time to kill the last couple days during some naps and just, I watched season three of Tires, the Shane Gillis show. I watched the first couple seasons. I kind of skipped around. It wasn't really, wasn't doing it for me. That's how I would say. I kind of appreciate what they were going for.

It just, it wasn't really working. This season, I'm like three and a half episodes in, is some of the funniest television I've seen in a decade. It is, it reminds me of a time pre-internet when comedies didn't give a fuck about anything. They didn't care about offending anybody. They didn't care about what the reaction. They just tried to be as funny

based on their comedic authenticity. And, you know, Shane Gillis is clearly the most famous guy in this show. And he's the, he's like the, I would say, the guy that has driven the eyeballs and just the notoriety. But the other two characters, his cousin, the place will, this is his tire shop for those that haven't seen.

seen it. You could just skip to season three. You could just skip to season three. And his cousin Will, who is a prominent role on the show, is as funny of a character, I would say, as there has been in TV in a long time. And the fat guy with the mullet, I forget his name, his, his stuff so far this season. I mean, there's a scene with him in a sex addict, like sex addict. Sex anonymous class, it's as good of a scene as I've ever. I mean, I'm like peeing my pants laughing when Jack's like napping on me at like 10 a.m. It was, it is fantastic. It is, I haven't seen much good TV lately.

That TV, if you just want some raw laughs and you like just don't give a shit humor, like it feels like the 90s, it really does. From just something, like that stuff doesn't really get made anymore. Because everyone's like, well, this guy's going to say this and this person's going to be offended and Variety is going to write this. and it's like, who cares? Just make good stuff. People like it, and none of that stuff matters.

It's like the Dechanne thing. Just play good football and none of it would have mattered. It's crazy as that is. I mean, it's true. Like, if you just do good stuff, it'll work. And however they figured it out, like, Tire Season 3 is, it's as funny of a television show as,

I don't want to say I've ever seen. There's obviously been some funny television shows, but it is, it's as good as anything you'll see on any of these streaming services that have been made in the last, I don't know. Five, ten years. That's for damn sure. The volume.

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