The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1110 - Brock Party Tuesday with Brock Purdy, PK Subban, Masters Low Amateur Neal Shipley, Charles Barkley, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: April 16, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about both the NHL Playoffs on the horizon and the NBA Playoffs starting tonight with the Play-In games, as well as everything happening around the NFL as we are a little over a week out from the Draft. Joining the progrum is Pro Bowler, Mr. Irrelevant of the 2022 NFL Draft, fresh off playing in the Super Bowl, the Quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Brock Purdy. Pat, Brock, and the boys chat about his career up to this point, if he hears all the negativity, joining John Deere to find a Chief Tractor Officer, his relationship with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch, what it’s like playing with the plethora of weapons he has, and more (28:13-54:14). Next, 13 year NHL veteran, 3x All-Star, and ESPN NHL Analyst, PK Subban joins the show to set the stage for the remaining spots in the NHL Playoffs, which teams are getting hot at the right time, and his expectations for the next few days (1:19:20-1:37:10). Later, Low Amateur from The Masters, Neal Shipley joins the show to chat about his whirlwind weekend of going viral, and being paired with Tiger Woods on Sunday (1:38:31-1:58:01). Lastly, NBA MVP, 11x All-Star, 10x All-NBA, Hall of Famer, 2x Gold Medalist, and co-host of Inside the NBA on TNT, Charles Barkley joins the show to chat about the playoffs, who he thinks is going to win the title, the 1992 Olympic Team and where other teams stack up against them, and his thoughts on people who scheduled their entire day around the eclipse (1:58:36-2:30:37). Make sure you subscribe to YouTube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our Humble Abode, the Thunderdome, on this Brock Party Tuesday, April 16, 2024. This program begins now. Sports are wonderful, and today we get a chance to chat with one of the greatest stories in the NFL thus far. Just a young lad who was drafted last in the draft, and then he ended up leading a team to a Super Bowl in his second year. He has been mocked and ridiculed by a lot of people with big brains in the football world. He's been called a child because of how he looks, and he certainly does look like a little tiny-ass kid. But what he does on a football field is phenomenal.

Brock Purdy will join us in a matter of moments. That should be a lot of fun. Oh, yeah. Iowa State Cyclone, obviously. Can't wait to chit-chat about that a little bit. How about Neil Shipley? You remember him? Long-haired guy. Was caught there in Air Swaggart in the Green Jacket

ceremony within the clubhouse. The guy who played with Tiger Woods on Sunday as the lead amateur of the Masters of Golf tournament from Pittsburgh, Yinzer. He'll be joining us at 140. You've got to keep an eye out. You never know when somebody's going to try to get you in your biggest moment.

He'll simply know that because he's Yenzer. Look at me. I'm sitting next to Scott Shefford, John Rahm's there, the chairman of the Masters, Jim Nantzoff, another fantastic call. I'm sitting right here. I'm sitting at Augusta National. I cannot believe I'm here. They're putting me on TV. Somebody's going to be trying to get me. Let me keep my eyes peeled.

I appreciate the fact this guy's a ninja. I think that tells us that he's going to be trying to get me. Let me keep my eyes peeled. And I appreciate the fact this guy's a ninja. I think that tells us that he's going to be fantastic on a golf course for some time. Representing Pittsburgh. I don't know how many Pittsburghers we've had get into golf in a big way. And let me tell you why. The weather sucks for a large portion of the year. So the amount of time you can play golf is very much limited than to those who live in Florida and other warm climates.

And also golf in Pittsburgh is a lot of, ah, you see the darker tree. You see that one as you're looking over a hill? Yeah, it's 50 yards down to the right, just kind of fade one. That's every shot. You can't see where you need to hit the ball to. So to say it is a miserable experience for those of us that aren't pure golf shot hitters, it is. So the fact that this Neil Shipley

guy was able to power through mentally tough enough, and I think he's zinning all over Augusta National. He had a little cheeky, saucy shots in front of Tiger Woods. This guy's a dog. So his first impression whenever he's given an interview, not the greatest to the world, but what he's about to do to golf courses across the globe

is about to be fantastic. Can't wait to chat with him. Yinser Neil Shipley will join us in the second hour, and then third hour on YouTube and ESPN+. From TNT's NBA coverage, Emmy Award winning, Charles Barkley will join us. Can't wait to talk to Chuck. Because the NBA playoff picture is real.

Starting tonight, there's a lot happening. You got a lot. You're playing games. Fun. Big names. Huge. We got Lakers and Warriors in playing games. What does that mean?

One and done, potentially. But they're taking on a couple young bucks. You got the Pelicans led by Zion and CJ and the boys down in the bayou. And then you got Sacramento Kings. They're a team. Oh, yeah. Just a few years ago. Nobody remembers.

If you weren't a diehard basketball fan, you had no idea that Sacramento Kings, their team. Oh, yeah. Just a few years ago. Nobody remembers. If you weren't a diehard basketball fan, you had no idea that Sacramento Kings existed. They got zero nationally televised games. None. Sacramento's the capital of California. Nobody would know. Is it really? Yeah, now look at them.

Now look at them. Good for Sacramento over there. Good for the NBA. Can't wait to talk to Chuck. The toxic table is here. At Boston Connor. At Ty Schmidt. Is that a red fox right there? Yeah, funny

enough, it is a red fox. I can't believe you knew that. I didn't even know what it was until I actually looked it up. I mean, I watch all the players. Oh, of course. If you had happened to have smoked an herbal anything in your life, you'd have probably seen a planet Earth or 10.

Absolutely. And I've seen that red fox do some mischievous things. Is that right? Out there in very 8K slow Absolutely. And I've seen that red fox do some mischievous things. Is that right? Out there in very 8K slow-mo, I've seen a red fox do some sweet shit. I think you've got a good animal on your chest right now. Okay, good to know. Not as good as the macaques. You know, the macaques, the monkeys, they've got a hierarchy and a political system.

They are certainly ones to take off to another altitude and learn about and experience. But the red fox, certainly fine as well. Is that macaque who took over with her mother? Are they still ruling the macaque kingdom? Do we know? I would assume the macaque is still. That might be a red panda, too. Oh, it might be a red panda?

I believe it is a red panda. Is it a red panda? That's what I was thinking it was. No, that looks like a red fox. That looks like a fox. It depends on what version. The David Attenborough version, the English version of Planet Earth, or the Morgan Freeman version. It kind of looks like a raccoon.

They are sweet, though. Whatever, it's sweet. Look at that thing stand up about to give a little problem to an ant or something. That rock wants a piece, huh? I don't think so, bitch. What? Bitch. That's what I thought. That thing wants a piece, huh? I don't think so, bitch. What? Bitch. That's what I thought.

That thing is sweet. We should get one for the office. Yeah, absolutely. We don't have a red fox or a red panda, but I think we need one of them. Hopefully it's a red fox, because pandas are being attacked right now on the internet. I don't know if you guys have seen that at all.

Panda, panda, panda, panda. Pandas are being... Pandas do. Basically, the word is out that no pandas are real. And I'm not saying I believe in this, okay? I am not. I am not. D-Butt clearly saw it.

Yep. Now you're in a fovet. Second round draft pick for the New England Patriots. Darius J. Butler is here. Don't be buying into this shit. D-Butt, D-Butt, just tell them what we saw. Don't tell – Because I can't tell them because they'll think I believe it.

You got to tell them. I didn't do my own research yet. This is smart of you, D-Buff. Put this back on the tinfoil tab. I'll say it. A lot of people just think that pandas aren't real and that every single panda is a plant in that they really don't exist.

By the CCP. Yeah, look, I don't know about the CCP and what they're involved in. Well, I had learned that earlier this year remember all the pandas were getting shipped out of the United States of America back to China because we couldn't make an agreement on rental of their pandas in our zoos. I do believe there is a panda coming into town, but if this isn't a—that's an animal. Yeah. What do you mean? That's People's Daily, obviously. Those are real animals. Look, this is not a bird situation where I actually believe in the birds not being real.

This is a situation where I saw it. I said, there's no way pandas aren't real. I need to believe in pandas for the rest of my life. Imagine if those pandas just got up, hopped in that car in the back, drove the thing around town. That's what they're saying they're doing. I can't believe this came up. I really can't. But the red panda, it just happened to flow into it.

So we are sold that he's a red panda, not a red fox. I believe so. I have no idea. Shout out to the red panda. Red panda real, real panda not. Is that what everybody's saying? That's just a word on the internet. D-Buds, I cannot believe you're even a part of this.

I knew that he saw it. Yeah, that's a red. Okay, so it is. Red foxes got to tell you to wipe your ass, right? Red Fox. Yeah, that was, I think. I thought that was Carfax. No, that's a report

you get on your car. Right. The spokesman is a Red Fox. Yeah, Red Fox, also a human, I think. Oh, yeah, legendary comedian. Yeah, Sanford.

Yeah, wipe your ass. He gives a motivation. You've got to wipe your ass is his big thing, I think. So maybe I just got excited to potentially reminisce about Red Fox while I look at your jazz and Planet Earth confused me from Red Panda or Red Fox. Sure.

It's gonna happen. You'll see. There'll be a coyote conversation for sure later. I know that's gonna take place because I saw a video of the guy that's gonna be joining us here in a matter of moments. Definitely gonna bring it up. One after the hammer. Cowboys turn dig joining us here in a matter of moments. Definitely going to bring it up. Whenever the hammer, the cowboy's turn. Diggy's here. As we move away from animals. Sure.

Do we have to? I mean, someone find out. Just to wrap this thing up. Someone find out if these pandas are real. They are. They are. We can move on from that. That is over.

Conversation over. What was the last time you guys were face-to-face with a panda? At the zoo. Well, they took him out of town. Why? Exactly. Because we were in the middle of, I believe, quite a disagreement with the... Recalibrate.

Yeah, were they... Recalibrate! Were we getting a little too close to these pandas, maybe? Were we getting a little too close to these pandas? Like, wait, is there a panda there? Tug Spiegelman killed a panda. Anyways, this is not how today was supposed to start. Yeah, sorry.

A red panda came up, and then first thing I thought of, holy shit, people are saying pandas are fake. The internet's a beautiful place, and our animal kingdom is also beautiful. It really is. They get down out there. I'm not one to go, that is not actual pandas. No. No.

The little one is. Look at the little one. Really? Does the little one not look like perhaps that there's a hint of human? The little one is the one that looks like there's a human in there? Just a hint of human. All right. Okay, the little one.

Yeah, all right. Let's move along. Okay. Obviously, our show is completely choreographed. Yep. We knew that was going to happen. Okay, people. 12 to 8.

12 to 8. Okay, we got back in the United States of America yesterday at 2 a.m. Or this morning at 2 a.m. Weren't able to exit the plane until 4 a.m. Oh, nice. Yeah, customs person was asleep. I guess nobody gave him a heads up. Had to wake up, get out of bed, take a shower, get to the place that we were sitting in a plane.

Couldn't open the door because we're not registered back in the United States of America until we come through customs. We were in Montreal last night. They speak only French up there. That's wild. You know, Canada's an interesting place. Got some good wings. Sure. Got some goodio last night they speak only french up there that's wild you know canada's an interesting place got some good uh wings got some good wings last night well wings wings got wings on on the plate they were good they weren't bad the canada has a guy that's interesting place well mario was an interesting place good people 15 000 points the oh henry candies phenomenal those stole the show tim Timmy Horton, phenomenal.

These O'Henry chocolate peanut. Yeah, that's their crown jewel up there is O'Henry's. We were only there for one night. Dispensary was good, too. We stopped by there real quick. It was great. He went to dispensary. Yeah, yeah.

There is stuff going on. Anyways, merci beaucoup to all of Montreal. Enchanté. And thank you so much to the immigration officer that got out of bed to make sure we could get out of that plane this morning. We were staring down 6 a.m., 7 a.m. Get there at 2, 5 hours to sit on a plane you can't get off of, on a tarmac, with a bunch of people outside that you've met before

that work at the airport that can't. Yeah, just staring at you. You're all out in here. I live here. No problem. Going to Canada, no issues. Going to Canada, we're told like, hey, when you're going in here, let's make sure we don't have any, you know, the stuff in your thing. I'm like, well, it's legal there.

They're like, can't bring it in. Canada will shut it down. You ever hear about 21 Savage or any of these rappers that fly into Canada and then they get a full pack down on a plane. They're searching the thing and then all of a, you're banned from Canada forever. We need that not to happen. That was like the riot act. We were getting red, killing Canada.

So we fly up into Canada. We land in Canada, get ready for this entire thing. I was excited. Got nothing on me. Come. Hey, mount up. Mount up, Mounties. Come search this entire thing.

We walk off the plane. They look at our passport. We get in a car. We're going. That's it. Two seconds. Not even a... Off plane, out of airport.

Back in Indianapolis, where we live, where the plane is from, the United States of America. Two and a half hours last night waiting to get through customs. But we did it. We're back. It's great to be here. And thank you to everybody that made that happen. But boy, today's going to be a slap happy day. And I'm very excited about that.

But what I do know today is a massive day for betting on the draft because Schrags put out his mock draft. Now, Schrags is an Emmy Award-winning morning show host for Good Morning Football. Will he remain with Good Morning Football whenever it goes to L.A. when it's back in six months from now? We hope. We'll see. Schrags is a New York guy.

Go to L.A. We'll be excited to see. Schrags is a New York guy. Go to LA. We'll be excited to see how that whole thing goes for NFL Network. But when Schrags puts out his mock draft, he's been the most accurate over the last five years. That is a real thing we've been tracking because our guy Mitt has been put out a mock draft. He, every single year, has been the worst of all the mock drafters. Schrags

has been the best out of all the mock drafters. He doesn't put out a lot of them, but whenever he says something, normally it's coming with a good piece of information. So whenever he releases his mock draft, the books start answering. Today, there's movement on where these draft picks and what the odds are going to be. Can we make some money off this, we think? Or what are our thoughts on gambling on the draft right now, Tony? I mean, you can make some money for sure because the books know just as much as you do

when it comes to these situations. We've talked about it before in the past where, like games and stuff like that, the books, you know, they have their edges, they have their experts, they have the computers, they have all that. So it's hard there. But with the draft, the information that you know is the exact same information that the books know unless they have some sort of insider that they're tied to. Illegal.

Correct, which they do not. They're not supposed to, whatever. So they're paying attention to Schrag's mock drafts. They're paying attention to all the information that's released from Rapp and Schefter and all this stuff, and they're going to adjust their lines accordingly. Like last week. For instance, what you're saying here about Jaden Daniels.

Adam Schefter stops on a podcast, Hogshaven, and says this right here. Good luck to your commanders in the draft as well. Appreciate that. Let's go Jaden, brother. I think you go get those Jaden Daniels jerseys. Hey, look, man, I'm about to get one.

Okay, so Sheffer breaks news on Hogshaven. We appreciate him doing that. And shout out to the... Put your left hand up. Who are we? The Commanders Love that Love the podcast

I think it's implying old times of Washington football fanhood With modern day I appreciate that Schefter has never broken any news on our show So now that we know Schefter can do that That is certainly a thing we'll take into our next combo with him But the books moved immediately After Schefter said that on that podcast.

And then Schrags put his out today, and he also has Jaden Daniels at number two as well. So that's like another stamp on there. And it's minus 275 to go number two overall. But if you believe in that, minus 275 if you're playing like a game, like a single game, which is, let's just say it's like Patriots versus Steelers. Okay, minus 275 for the Patriots to win. Like that's a, you're giving up a lot. say it's like Patriots versus Steelers. Minus 275 for the Patriots win. You're giving up a lot.

You've got to pay $275 to win 100. But in the draft, if you think it's given, which it's not. We can't say that it's not a given. Nothing's ever a given. But you're willing to maybe spend that minus 275 to win there. The one at number four for Marvin Harrison Jr., those ones got longer. Those ones, the chance upped, you would say, for him to go number four for marvin harrison jr those ones got longer those ones the the chance upped you would say for him to go number four to the cards but that's if they don't trade out like i'm not as as uh willing to put my money down on number four and the cards not trading out there

because the hot talk of the draft and triggs had it in his he had the giants going up to four to get uh jj mccarthy like there's a lot of people shopping i think for number four to going up to four to get J.J. McCarthy. There's a lot of people shopping, I think, for number four to go up to get a quarterback potentially. So that one I don't think is as a lock, people would say. But number two, if Shefty's telling a podcast, if he's putting his name out there saying, hey, you could go get those Jaden Daniels jerseys. Schrag's saying he's from New York,

so him saying the Giants are going to be the ones that are going to trade up to go get J.J. McCarthy. Obviously, a big swing in intel. That's a big swing in information. Will it remain the same from now until draft night? No. Maybe. We have no idea.

I don't think any team has a clue exactly who they're going to take, except for maybe the first two. Everything else is so dependent on so much shit from now until then. There's so many debates happening behind the scenes of these teams. Scouts who like a guy. Scouts who hate a guy. GMs who maybe have a narrative. How about an owner? An owner just dropping in on you or saying, you know what?

I've been watching a film and this is what I would like to do. So many things can change. Daniel Jones had a press conference yesterday. He was eyes wide open to everything happening around him and the conversation with the team. He was asked about them potentially taking a quarterback in the first round. Here's his answer.

How would you feel if the Giants used their first-round pick on a quarterback and have they looped you in at all to the possibility that they might do that and bring in a challenger for your job? the possibility that they might do that and, you know, bring in a challenger for your job? Yeah, I mean, you know, my focus is what I'm doing here with my rehab. You know, kind of the same thing with Saquon. It's, you know, the nature of our business. It's a competitive league. So, you know, the best way to handle that, I think, is to focus on what I'm doing, focus on myself, and making sure that I'm, you know, one, healthy,

and then ready to play good football. So, you know, that's what I can control. That's what I can do to help myself. Hell, yeah. Great answer there out of Daniel Jones. Mike Tomlin says don't blink. You know, I you know keep your eyes open certainly the gates had a quite big press conference whenever he came in for the jets how

about old dano down at the carolina panthers gm yep he looked like he maybe gnawed on something that kept his eyes wide open yeah what's daniel jones doing he's just jacked up you think whenever he's talking like that because it's hard to get past how creepy his eyes look every single word he's saying yeah every time uh i've watched I've watched it a couple times this morning, it just kind of reaffirms the fact that guy cannot be your quarterback. You cannot go into the season with that guy as your quarterback. They're paying him 40 million bucks. I don't care. Eat it.

Eat it, Mara. Just eat it. Burn it. And go get a quarterback. That is... What's he going to do when he sees a rush coming at him? He sees it. That's what I'm saying. He's seeing the field better now than ever. Look at this guy. They got a spotlight on his eyes.

Come on, guys. Bruce, what the hell is going on with your quarterback there? Now, I appreciate the way he handled the question and the answer. He understands the reality of the situation. What the hell is going on over there at the New York Football Giants PR? They got this guy looking like he is. I'm worried. Out of his mind. I'm out of his mind.

I'm worried about the guy. I, you know, I, I just hope everything's okay. I, I guess, you know, maybe he is just locked in laser focused,

but unsettling stuff, really unsettling stuff. As Bruce, the giants fan, who's been through it for a while now and day bowl, you know, we see him in his antics. He gets to see Dan Jones behind him. You see him

try to talk to this guy. His eyes are bugging. You know like the Howard Stern show? They got that guy, whatever his name is, where his eyes just pop out of his head or whatever. That's what our quarterback is. Nobody knows that. He went to Duke. They think he's a big, smart guy. He's big, strong, fast. He's drinking beers with Zach Bryan, singing songs. He's maybe a ping pong player on the internet. Nonetheless, whenever I look at

this guy, it freaks me out because he's not blinking and his eyes are touching my eyeballs. And we're standing three feet away. What the hell is going on with Daniel J? You think he could be a winning quarterback in the NFL? There's glimpses of it, right? And he was being compared to Andrew Luck, who we got to see. He's back, Chuck Strong, raising money for the IU cancer. Terrible, horrible comparison.

Well, that's what they say because he's big, strong, fast, smart. That's what everybody said. And there's moments where he's running and he looks like the... And he's a white guy. He nailed it. Just come on. I see it now. I couldn't put my finger on it.

I think that's the one. That's one of them. All right, good. But there's those moments where he's running faster than everybody else on the field. There's moments where he's making good decisions. But then there's him missing broadside of a barn. Then there's him throwing a pick. Then there's a fumble or a giveaway that's taking place at this stage in his career.

Do we know? Do we not know? Do they need to move on? And when you see his eyes that wide open, you think he's more locked in and focused than before? I mean, no. You know, the potential is one thing, and he has all those tools, like you mentioned, the athleticism, the arm, obviously the brain coming from Duke and the coach there.

But I don't see it at this point. In the beginning of his career was the turnovers, you know, fumbling in the pocket a bunch, throwing picks. Now he hasn't been able to stay healthy. You've got to be able to stay healthy and be available for your team. Schrag's draft got him jumping up there. JJ in the top five, who's been hot this whole offseason. That was surprising.

The other thing surprising from that mock draft was Neighbors being the third receiver off the board behind Rome. That was surprising to me as well. It'll be interesting. I think the Colts are getting Neighbors, which is sick. All these draft mocks have It'll be interesting. I think the Colts are getting neighbors, which is sick. All these draft mocks have their thing.

Jim Irsay might legitimately say, I want Marvin Harrison Jr. And just, well, what do we need to do? Well, we need to get up to probably four. Sweet. We're doing it. Hey, Chris, yeah, we need to get up there. You think a Marvin Harrison's playing for anybody else but the Indianapolis Colts? And nobody's accounting for that. Like Jim Irsay right now, from what we're hearing, in a good spot,

good place, and we love to hear it. Hey, baby, Jim. How you doing, Jim? But what if Jim on draft night just decides to walk his ass in there with a couple of his boys? We've been talking, Chris. Marvin Harrison Jr. is playing for the Colts. And then all of a sudden, all these draft boards that might have some

information from some scouts that have been in meetings, completely out the window. Because all of a sudden, the person that owns the team is some information from some scouts that have been in meetings, completely out the window. Because all of a sudden, the person that owns the team is like, that's cute. Thank you for all your hard work. I understand what you're doing. He's up on the ring. I don't know if you see. His dad is right up there.

And then he did an interview at the Combine where he's wearing blue Louis Vuitton shoes and said he wishes he was playing in here. It's like, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what we're doing. You know, those are things that can change. They have us taking a wide receiver, which is sweet. I'll be excited to see how it all pans out. Daniel Jones, though, awesome presser, dude. I'm happy you're jacked up. I'm happy you're wide open.

Rooting for him. I am, too. I am, too. I'm rooting for everybody, especially, you know, like, you get paid that amount of money, it's easy to root against you, especially if you're not performing. For sure. Because, like, it's an overpaid guy. He's a waste of money.

This guy's ruining their team because the salary cap is now screwed and they can't build up around him, and this guy's got no idea what he's doing. Now he's not even healthy, so literally our money is just being thrown into the training room. So it's, like, a complete waste. But why not next year for Daniel Jones? Why not find it?

You lose Saquon Barkley, who cares? Now it's my show. Now it's me. Now I get – is Darren Waller playing? I mean, who knows? Who knows's my show. Now it's me. Is Darren Waller playing? I mean, who knows? Who knows? We still don't know. He might.

But if he plays, he's got a good weapon. If he don't, we're happy for Darren Waller. Dayball seems to be very content, right? Big year for him. Darren Waller? Dayball. Oh, yeah. Huge.

I think it's a big year for everybody, and that's why the eyes are wide open. Speaking of the eyes being wide open, last night we got some news across our phones, and if you're watching live, you got excited. Hell yeah. The W NBA draft happened last night, and just like we motherfucking said it would, Caitlin

Clark is now a member of the Indiana Fever. Kathy Engelbert there, the WNBA commissioner. She made some announcements about expansion last night, and she had a hell of a draft last night. The stars were out. The stars were out.

And obviously, Kaitlyn Clark was number one overall. She was wearing Prada. First time Prada had ever dressed in male or female for a draft before. So shout out to Kaitlyn Clark bringing Prada into the sports world. Obviously, that's what Kaitlyn Clark will do. Immediately upon Kaitlyn Clark getting drafted to the Fever, I got jacked up because I said, okay, now we can officially tweet. We'll see you on Wednesday.

We will see her tomorrow in here, I believe 1230 Eastern. Kaitlyn Clark will be joining the program. Cannot wait to chat with her about her mentality, her life and the ripple effect that she causes to not only leagues and teams, but cities. Indianapolis is about the benefit from her coming here and getting drafted here,

and we're very, very grateful for that. There was a watch party for the draft last night for the Indiana Fever. Now, for those of you that don't know, the Las Vegas Aces, back-to-back champions, the New York Liberty have been in the finals. It's a big deal. Fever, obviously, have been around for a while, have history,

but haven't been as great over the last few years. Her teammates losing their mind. The arena filled up just to announce that she's coming. And, Caitlin, we can't wait for you to get to this city. You and Aaliyah Boston are about to be a tag team that's about to knock the Las Vegas Aces off of their dumb mountain. Hell, yeah. They've been living on. Now, we have a lot of friends on the Las Vegas Aces off of their dumb mountain they've been living on. Now, we have a lot of friends on the Las Vegas Aces. Sure.

We've been told numerous times there's a chance the Las Vegas Aces are watching this show right now. Whoa. Your time is up. Our time is up. There you go. Sorry about it. Now, Chicago Sky go with Barbosa and Angel Reese. Oh, yeah.

Last night, Chicago Sky get big underneath, obviously. But the WNBA has a lot of, you know, like we watch college ball and we see Barbosa's 6'8", down there, South Carolina, out of Brazil. And it's like, wow, that is obviously a massive force underneath. And then Angel Reese and her, there's a lot of videos of them banging underneath. You forget Bistu. That's right. Bistu, there is a lot in WNBA size.

I'm excited for this next generation to come in. I actually got pumped up about the WNBA season, which is starting much sooner than you would imagine with the draft taking place here. And congrats to the W on the up and up. And this is what Kaitlin, no offense, okay? Love Angel Reese. Sweet dress. With the hood. Great look. Sweet.

Everybody last night. Sweet looks. Paige Buckets. Sweet. Kate Martin. Cameron Briggs. Sweet night for everybody. This is the ratings monster. Right here. And if she continues to do what she's doing for women's basketball, I think

she'll be able to sleep soundly at night knowing that she's getting paid $78,000 next year, four years, $333,000 total contract coming in to the WNBA. Laughable. And everybody's like, well, she'll make money doing other stuff. It's like, well, how about the amount of money she's about to make for the owners of the WNBA? It's like, well, she's doing good for the sport.

It's like, if in the NFL this happened, every media member would be attacking the shit out of the NFL for taking advantage of a talent, for taking advantage of a money machine. But instead, I enjoy the fact that everybody's kind of all in, including Caitlyn, like, good for the game. This is good for the game, good for the league. Shout out to her.

Shout out to the next generation. And shout out to the WNBA 10 years from now being something that will be even bigger, more profitable, hopefully, and something in my daughter, Mackenzie, who is putting balls in hoops already. Here we go. At 11 months. She's a lefty, too. So, you know, we got to wiggle, too. It will be something she can aspire to get into and be real profession, making very good

money because they're about to sell out arenas everywhere. She sold out her jerseys. I mean, she made up her contract in 22 minutes last night for the Indiana Fever and she wasn't even in Indianapolis yet. So good for the game. Good for Caitlin. Great for Indianapolis. And we're grateful for it.

Yeah. I'm sure the ratings from last night too, like they were doing the last two years. Like last night was the first time they ever sold tickets to the WNBA draft. I think they sold out in 22 minutes. And like you said, like who knows what kind of cut she's getting from like the jersey sales, but I assume those are going for anywhere from like $80 to $100 a pop. Every jersey from extra small to XXL sold out last night immediately.

Like it just is crazy. It really seems like there is no, there's no ceiling on like what she can do for this league. Like, I mean, you know, people are saying, Hey,

if she doesn't play well right away, then that's going to be a thing. And it's going to kind of, you know, curtail this or whatever. Like she's already sold out everything next year. Hasn't played once yet. She's selling out all of her jerseys.

Like she, she's kind of already really done the boon. The WNBA is a much, much, much, much bigger deal now than it was. We're not saying that the basketball level. No. Okay? No. We understand that the sport, the WNBA basketball level is very high.

Very high. Very high. Getting a chance to watch it, actually. Now, did my interest get piqued because of what happened last year in March Madness to women's basketball as a whole? Yes. I'm sorry. Sue me. Don't actually. Shout out Brett Favre.

You watch WNBA, though. We got hey. Wiggle. There is. We got real. Hey. It's a good league. Very good. Great league. Yeah. And you know the shit talk that's taking place. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. From the younger generation, older generation to the younger generation, like, you're going

to have to earn it in this entire thing. And the younger generation is like, excuse me, we're bringing the Brinks truck, okay? Yeah. We understand you laid the foundation. You made this game great. You guys are great. But also, how about a thank you for everything we're bringing? Yeah.

Caitlin's going to get every single, everybody's best shot every single night in the WNBA. are great but also how about a thank you uh for everything we're bringing that caitlin's gonna get every single buddy everybody's best shot every single night in the wmba and i think it's only gonna up the level of play throughout the entire and like you mentioned they've w has had the stars and they've had the talent but this is this box office you know this is bringing eyeballs and then what you also need in sports are like the narratives the personalities the storylines behind it all the other sports nfl NBA, we all have it. So now that it's coming more so to the forefront with the W, I'm excited about the future for sure.

Yeah, speaking of storylines, it is time to get to why today is called Brock Party Tuesday. Hell yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, this man won from the last pick in the draft, Mr. Irrelevant, to leading the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in just two years. Out of Iowa State, an absolute legend. Ladies and gentlemen, Brock Purdy. How are you, Brock?

What's up, guys? Hey, it is an honor to have you on this program. I want to let you know we're big fans over here. What you have accomplished in such a short time, in the way that you've done it, in the demeanor in which you've handled it all, hey, we love a good Brock Purdy. We love you, man.

We are big fans. I hope you know that and feel the love from over here. I appreciate it. I've had family and friends send over clips from you guys and I appreciate all the love and support. It means a lot. Hey, okay. Well, we got a nice

deer right there across your chest. I know today's a big day because a few months back, I think we saw you taking the tractor another round. Another round. Another round. saw you you know taking the tractor another round another round another round but today we're making this thing official right you're officially partnering with john deer is that accurate yes sir we're doing a we're doing a campaign right now so basically they've created a

chief tractor officer um job it's a real job um and all you got to do is submit a video on the John Deere website to apply. And what it is, is basically you become the face of John Deere on social media. So real job. If you want it, it's out there. You take videos and do all the behind-the-scenes work of farmers and the tractors in John Deere. You do the dirty work. So it's a real thing. CTO's trying to get knee-high by the 4th of July.

That could be you. What a gig. This sounds like a dream for somebody. Numerous people that I know are going to try to get an actual job actually being paid. Yes, sir. It's a real job and everything. I think it's a year contract, but you get to go around the whole country and live the life.

As we know though every contract's day-to-day that's right every contract's day-to-day you got to put your best foot forward every single day and continuing to prove it and earn it shout out to you and shout out to john deer getting it by the way shout out john deer i always do that's awesome we're big john deer fans as well this is almost a yeah we're climaxing as this entire conversation is going let's talk about you now and the reason why john Deere wants to partner with you. And we saw you, I think, on first take last week. And it didn't work because you didn't have any service around the middle of the field.

But I think it was with like Toyota or Honda. What was it? Toyota. Yes, sir. Okay, so Toyota, John Deere. I assume there's going to be others. And this is something that happened with Russell Wilson years back because he was a fourth rounder. So his contract, obviously, nowhere near the same as other people. What you were getting

paid, because you're a seventh round pick, Mr. Irrelevant, versus what every other starting quarterback's getting paid, we're happy to see you getting your cash. Happy to see that. Now, with that being said, why do you think you were able to just kind of drop in there and figure it out? Shanahan's offense is obviously a lot.

There's a lot of things going on, a lot of things happening. There's number three overall picks that couldn't handle that offense. There's other people that haven't been able to handle that offense. You come in here, and you're the most efficient seemingly quarterback that Kyle Shanahan has ever had in the offense. Why do you think that's the case, and why do you two seem

to have it down? And why is that offense home whenever you're in there, think brock man uh i mean it's not all me i've had really good coaches around me like greasy and kubiak those guys they from day one they invested their time to teaching me so that that's first but other than that man it's just been a it's a grind of studying it's like another language uh with this offense and uh you can never be too familiar with it. It's always going to be where you have to continue to learn it and grow with it. But I don't know.

Shanahan's just been able to break it down to me, and for me I've learned so much just in football in general, just how he thinks and processes things. So we've clicked in that regard. And then obviously I just go out there. I try to keep it simple for how complicated the offense is and distribute it to the guys that are all around me. I've got dudes around me.

So put all those things together and you have some success. Well, the dudes around you, and as you continue to chat here, you do look like a 12-year-old. A little bit. This baby face is phenomenal. I look like I'm 50. I have looked like I'm 50 since I'm like 15. You have the opposite thing kind of taken

over as you get older, you're looking younger. But when you talk about the dudes around you, that's kind of been held against you. And have you heard all the noise and all the chatter about how they judge you? And I think our big takeaway is like, not only is he Mr. Irrelevant, so let's not even, that conversation's done, whatever. Greatest Mr. Irrelevant of all time. Not even a question. But you're a rookie handling business. It's done, whatever. Greatest Mr. Irrelevant of all time. Not even a question. But you're a rookie handling business. It's like this is a young quarterback doing things, going into big games and operating at a high level.

And then second year, you back it up yet again. But you still have a lot of people just burying you on a regular basis. Do you hear that? Do you try to keep it out? How can you in the modern world? And what are your thoughts on how you've been judged since you got into the NFL? Yeah, I mean, it's a thing, obviously. It's part of the sport.

And I'm not saying, oh, woe is me or anything like that. I mean, it's part of it, man. And people are always going to have a talking point. And that's fine. But for me, man, all I care about is the respect with the guys in the locker room, with the coaches, the staff, the organization. And they see how I handle business here and how I'm performing games and what's on the film rather than just feelings and opinions and emotions. You turn on the film, like, there's

plays being made. There's a guy that's playing quarterback for what it is, and that's how I look at it, and as long as we're winning games, dude, it really don't matter. Like I just, I keep it simple and, and we just keep moving the ball forward. And that's how I look at it, but it's part of it.

So. Amen. You know, you're a check down King, but your yards per attempt is like number one in the league. So, you know, everything kind of is hypocritical to itself in the middle of the argument.

And I have, I'm very happy that you have the mental toughness to kind of just keep forging forward how do you continue to develop what do you continue to get better at obviously you have this keyhole accuracy i mean you yeah now ty schmid who asked you a question in a matter of moments said you can never beat iowa but that's neither here nor there as soon as you guys that's what he's that's what he'll say. I'm just telling you what he is. You can prepare for that. I know you're a big prepare guy. It's coming right down the pipe there.

But you put the ball right in the keyhole. Whenever you have to make an audible or read a defense, you do it. You throw the ball deep. You throw the ball short. You're great. They're on the money. Let's follow the Niners, again, on Instagram maybe. But, like, through all of it, you know,

what do you continue to work at to get better? And what does this off season look like for you? Yeah. I mean, it's, dude, it's an evolution, you know, just with your body and the NFL. I mean, there's obviously continue to work on my arm and, and just mobility with my body and self and maybe just get a little bit more agile with speed and all that. But physically, you know, there's always going to be more room for improvement.

So that's where I'm attacking this offseason. And then just the playbook, like I said, man, it's something that you've got to continue to study and work at and to get better with how Kyle sees the game, man. If you're on point with who's calling the plays and why he's calling them, then I feel like, you know, our relationship can continue to grow and then we can really be a dominant force in this league. So that's where I'm at. You can never get comfortable in this league.

You'll get exposed real quick. And so it's always finding that chip on your shoulder and continue to push, push, push. So that's where I'm at. Yeah, Niners faithful is going to be pumped to hear that, obviously. Everything you've done since you've gotten the job as a starting quarterback for the Niners has just been like, yup, yup, yup, be pumped to hear that, obviously. Everything you've done since you've gotten the job as a starting quarterback for the Niners has just been like, yup, that's what we're looking for.

As a young buck, especially one that doesn't have a lot of money, I think you have money. You're paid very well. I get it. But I think you're splitting roommates. You have a roommate splitting lease and everything like that. As this young guy, has it been tough in that locker room full of dudes as a quarterback to be the leader? Because a quarterback, you're immediately put in a leadership role. You're the one that has to tell the plays. You're the one that has to get on people's ass. We saw you get a little fiery.

I think George Kittle even told us, like, I saw Brock, like, get after a couple people, and George was like, I need to see that. Like, that is what I need to see. Has it been difficult to be, like, a guy that just wants to make team, a guy that's not been really handed anything, and then all of a sudden it's like, hey, we need you to be a a guy that just wants to make team guy that's not been really handed anything and then all of a sudden it's like hey we need you to be a leader of adults here not just adults some of the highest paid guys at almost every single position has that been an easy transition for you and how do you handle all of that I mean since I got here day one it's been about you know

how can I you know show these guys that I can play and earn their respect and not come in with a puffed-out chest and I'm the guy, follow me? It's been a process. It obviously came in as a third guy, then the backup, and then starter. But how I've handled my process hasn't changed, and I think the guys respect that. And I'm a guy that wants to help serve this team and help win at all costs. Before, even when I was backup all the way until now as a starter, it's been the same thing. So know that they feel it and um they get so once I got thrown into the

role man they've gotten behind me and we're like all right this kid wants to win and he's he's capable of leading us so it sort of was about like the way I just I carried myself rather than all the the raw raw stuff so um but yeah it's it's different because I was the last draft pick to obviously now we're leading this team and, and you got so many veterans like Fred Warner, George Kittle, Juice, all these guys that have been here for a while. And now all of a sudden, like, I got to like, you know, go in the huddle and lead them and tell them what to do kind of thing. And so, but they've been great with it, man. They've got behind me and I got, you know, just some, some dudes that they want to win, and so do I.

And that's the ultimate goal. So in that regard, they've made it easy for me. Do you feel like when Bosa came up to you, he's like, how you doing? I'm the number one overall pick. I get nervous. And, you know, how you? Have you always been just stone cold killer? Legit.

In those massive games, you play your best football. Has this been your entire life? Do you think like you were just built differently? Do you look back in a moment like maybe when you were a kid playing like youth baseball where they're throwing way too much? Way too much. Pitchers are throwing way too many pitches at the young age. Jeff Passan wrote a book on it. He did.

It's ruining elbows in the MLB. But anyway, is there any moment where you look back where you've always had like kind of this stone-cold killer mentality? Yeah, I mean, I don't know. Growing up and stuff, there's been moments in Little League and high school where there were some big plays that I made in moments. But obviously, there's been plays that don't go my way. So do you get too high with it? Do you get too low with it? It's a game. that I made in moments but I and obviously there's been plays that don't go my way so it's you know

do you get too high with it do you get too low with it um it's a game it's four quarters and so for me it's been about you know and it's a long season too so it's been about dude how can I continue to get better how can I enjoy the little wins and learn from the losses um but guys feed that they feel it um and obviously like in that that moment, Bosa was just like, dude, how the heck do you do it? Are you an alien? What's going on? Because I get nervous.

He's a specimen. That's a jungle cat. That dude's a jungle cat. Dude, different. Day one, I got here my rookie year, and everyone's like, bro, just wait. Wait until you see Bosa come in and report. I'm like, all right.

He came walking in. I was like, oh, oh my gosh I've never seen someone that big never seen a human built like that yeah like my first uh day in the building I saw Robert Mathis shirtless headphones in jumping rope and he like didn't break a skip for like 15 minutes straight I'm like what's wrong with that yeah I'm in the same I'm on the same team as that guy and I don't know if that's necessarily the right moves in this all. Ty Schmidt has a question for you. Brock? Yeah, Brock. Pat mentioned it. I'm an Iowa grad so it pains me. Listen, it's really cool seeing what

you've done with the Niners, but it does pain me a little bit knowing that you were never able to beat Iowa. People are always going to bring that up. They're always going to talk about that. No matter how many Super Bowls you win, no matter what you do, people are always going to point to that and say, hey, this guy could never beat Iowa.

Brock, I don't think that's true. I definitely will. I definitely will. While I love gassing you up and watching you play, I will always be talking about that. That's neither here nor there. I am curious, though, playing all those games at Iowa State, like now with the draft, a lot of people are talking about how if you're

not one of those, you know, top 10 guys, how important it is that you play all those games, as opposed to some of these guys who are getting drafted high, and they might need a year or two to kind of develop before they're actually ready to play. Because you started so much, like how much do you attribute that to your success and being able to, when you were called upon that first year, just jumping right into things and no moment was too big and you were kind of just ready to go right away? Yeah, I mean, it's huge.

Just the reps that you get, the defenses that you see, just all of it, the moments that you're in from the beginning of a game to the end or a two-minute drill, all that stuff, man, I think it's crucial just in terms of development. Seeing a defense and being able to handle the pressures of success during a year, the losses, all of it, man. There's so much that goes into playing this position at quarterback. And so, you know, when I got thrusted in the role, like, yes, we're in the NFL. It's on another level. And I'm not taking anything away from that. It's legit and it's real.

But I sort of sunk back into, all right, dude, I played four years of legit Power 5 football. And, you know, I faced a lot of things. And I could go back to those experiences and be ready for, you know, big games and stuff in the NFL as well. But I think it's huge for development, man. You see guys like leaving early and stuff, and I'm not taking that away from them. But guys that see a lot of football and play and develop, I think, can translate to the NFL and be ready to play quicker. So don't you think it helps immensely whenever you have a bad couple weeks too, like getting out of a drought, like having enough self-belief

that you can get out of it? Because last year, Debo out, Trent out, right? Cleveland, and then that was when they started killing you. Like, yep, this is what we thought Brock was. This is what all the scouts were saying that Brock was. But then all of a sudden you flip a switch on the other side of it. It's like, that doesn't define me. Just because I had a couple weeks where I wasn't necessarily throwing the ball as perfect as I had

I'm going to be able to bounce back do you think that's because of how much football you played in the past 100% man it's if everything's going perfect you know from college the NFL you're winning all these games man like that's I think it's easier to you know get away with some things but dude if you go through stuff and you have some adversity in your life and then you face that three-game losing streak that we had or whatever, that's when the real person of you comes out and people really see you for who you are. So I

think it's crucial, man, to go through some adversity and be able to rely and go back to that down the road. I don't know, man. It just shapes you. It helps you no matter what people say. Shout out to Hawkeyes. Yeah, absolutely. Faced a lot matter what people say. Shout out to Hawkeyes. Yeah, absolutely. Faced a lot of adversity. Yeah, shout out to Hawkeyes.

I didn't even think about that until we kind of pieced it together. Bingo. You're welcome. You're welcome, Brock. Yeah, I'm sure. I'll pray for you Hawkeyes, man. Get on that John Deere and pray to the heavens that the Hawkeyes can get a first down maybe next year. That'd be great.

Tone has a question for you, Brock. Yeah, Brock, I don't think your athleticism is talked about enough why is that well I'm not sure if you know but you have the same 10 yard split as Christian McCaffrey okay he plays on your team not sure if you know him he's really athletic so that means you're really athletic and then in that Lions game you just took over with the with the feet have you thought about throwing for 4,000 and rushing for 1,000 as well this season? We need to get out of the pocket a little bit more,

don't you think? Yep. I mean, if it happens, it happens. Scramble drill, all that, I'm all for it, but hopefully Kyle's watching this and we can put in some zone read and have a couple more. Kyle's not watching this, but we'll certainly try to clip it and send it to the Niners people.

I like the thought of Brock Purdy. Read the end. Could you? Ooh. Ooh, Brock, you got a little wiggle, too. We saw it in Detroit. You got a little wiggle. Basketball player or no?

Nah, just baseball. How up is a pitcher? Yeah, pitch and play third. Did you have some nasty shit? Did you have some nasty shit? I was controllable, for sure. So I controlled the game. So, like most NFL quarterbacks,

you ask them if they played baseball, they just, I don't want to say they assumed they could have went professional as baseball players, but I think a lot of us just assumed that they could. Could you have done the baseball route if you would have went that way, you think? Yeah, I think, I mean, not to make a bull claim or anything, but I think know, I think I could have, you know, gone D1

and then make a run at it for the pros. But, you know, after my sophomore year in high school, I was like, all right, I'm playing football. So that's just how it went. I like that. It's a bold claim. Who cares? It will never be proved.

Yeah. We do it every day. I make bold claims all the time that would never be able to be proved. It's awesome. It's a pretty sweet little gig, actually. Darius has a question for you, Brock. Yeah, Brock, you just mentioned kind of that read option, maybe putting a little bit more of that in the offense.

You got one of the best combos, the head coach and the GM positions. I know you're only going into your third year, but how much input do you have on that offense with Kyle throughout the week? And then in the offseason, maybe any input with the roster with John Lynch. I know you are young. Top receiver, one of the most coveted receivers right now, but Iuke, obviously some things going on. So any input there on those regards to the offense and obviously the roster?

Yeah, I mean, to answer your first question, just, you know, as I've played more and more that he asked me, you know, like what I'm comfortable with and what I'm not. But, man, at the same time, I'm'm still learning and so he just comes to me obviously puts in the offense through the week and i'm all for it i'm all ears and i'm learning uh but then i'm like all right like i'm not really comfortable with this let's not run it let's run more of this so he listens for sure which is awesome um and then in terms of like the roster input and stuff, man, if you just look at the history of with this whole IU thing, man, it's, you know, I was just grateful that I was able to throw to them and be a teammate with BA.

So I love them, and I want the best for them. But like I said, it's out of my pay grade for the business side of things. Well, not if we put the John Deere contract in there. Yeah, true. Yeah, if we put the John Deere money in there, then the pay grade all of a sudden is a little bit different. Yeah, right. All of a sudden we're in a different ladder, aren't we?

Toyota. Oh, yeah. Add that in there. He had terrible phone service, though. He didn't even get two words out. Skims? I think he's doing Skims, too. What? You're a Skims? No way. Oh, no, no, no, no.

That's Bosa. That's smart not to do that. Yeah, if Bosa's doing that, it's smart not to get in that game. In the same locker room. Because we're already talking about that entire thing. I do that. Yeah, if Bosa's doing that, it's smart not to get in that game. Probably. In the same locker room, because we're already talking about that entire thing. I do appreciate, though, that you're like, hey, I'm still very young trying to learn this. I have to be a leader. That's a lot of delicate balances politically, behind the scenes, in the locker room.

Got to make sure everybody has balls, because you talk about all the weapons you have. Got to make sure everybody's happy and keep them happy and everything like that. You're doing a fantastic job. That's why, like, legit, anybody saying anything negative has no idea the job that you have to do. I will say, though, do you think watching Jimmy work for a little bit? You got to see, like, a veteran quarterback behind the scenes, in the locker room, in the meeting room,

maybe telling Kyle, I don't like this play. Do you think that was a benefit to your entire thing watching Jimmy work? 100%, man. Just obviously the preparation that goes into this offense and seeing, you know, Jimmy, the way he handled it and, you know, going out on the field and not trying to win every single play, but, you know, make the right play over and over again. And then his fundamentals, all of it, man. The good and the bad that comes from playing this position at this organization with the history that the Niners have had at quarterback. So just seeing it firsthand and how Jimmy handled all of it, man, was huge for me.

And then obviously I didn't get my opportunity until week 13, so I had a whole season really to see how he handled it. So I'm very thankful and grateful for Jimmy. George Kittle's happy that you got dropped in there too. Remember, it was as soon as he got dropped in. Oh, yeah. We were in Seattle. I think I saw the Seattle game in Seattle.

George had two tuds. I think he had one like the first drive. He went down there and went crazy. It was like your connection with him was immediate. What an electrifying human being George Kittle is. How good does it feel to have that psychopath on your side? Legit. No, dude. He does

such a good job with just obviously reminding all of us that, dude, we're playing a game, man. We love this game. He's like a kid still, but I love it. Playing tight end, dude, I think is probably the second most intense position behind the quarterback. They have to know everything.

The run game, the pass game. They've got to make catches. They've got to make blocks. George brings all that to the table, and he's the best in the league at it. Like, they have to know everything, the run game, the pass game. They've got to make catches. They've got to make blocks. And George brings all that to the table, and he's the best in the league at it. And then, obviously, he's a psycho when you give him the ball and he scores touchdowns in interviews. But that's who he is, man. We love him. Yeah, I forget. I asked him.

I was like, wasn't that game where you, like, call a ball, ran through a guy? I do it every game. Hey, you're right, George. You're right. I was wishing George would get in the ring at WrestleMania. His vibes are always immaculate. I can imagine that day-to-day he lifts them. Connor has a question about the season we're in right now.

Yeah, Brock, obviously right now it's combine and draft season rather. And as pick 262 and a pro bowler, you know that everything that's being talked about is 100% true and all the players that they're projecting are going to be exactly how well they are depending on where they're drafted. But when you're going through the draft process and you're hearing things being said about you, how do you kind of stay locked in? And did you do anything specific to kind of block all that stuff out?

And for the kids doing it now, is there anything that you would tell them, like, hey, if you do go 262, it's not the end of the world. There is hope on the other side of that draft pick. Yeah, only like one or two guys in the history. But, yeah, there is hope. There is hope for sure, Brock, for sure. Yeah, I think, you know, for me, I always knew, like, dude, wherever I go, no matter how I get there, like, that's all that matters. Like, what I do when I get there.

And so I kept that in mind. And Ryan Fitzpatrick told me that you know before the day three day three started of the draft and uh that was so true though man like I didn't matter how I got there and the minute I got here it was all about all right dude how can I you know find an edge how can I continue to learn this playbook how can I compete and and show these guys here that I belong and all all the talk of should he get drafted here, here, like none of that matters, man. What matters is when you get here and you make the team and you win games.

And that's how I've looked at it, you know, even before I got drafted, and that's how I still look at it. Yeah, once you get in the building, you have an opportunity. Now, there's certainly a head start if you're drafted early. The bank account, the house, the car, the setup, you know. But none of them are driving John Deere's to work. It's a little different down there at 262. I think I saw a video, probably the commercial shoot for John Deere that you're definitely,

unless you're just driving around a fucking tractor around San Francisco. You saved a reporter. A coyote was coming. During a John Deere shoot, a coyote started tracking down a local CBS reporter and her dog in Brock Purdy's street. Yeah, here's the video right here. Sorry, it's a photo. They spelled your name wrong on the right corner. Prudy's new gig.

Don't love that. Don't love that. Back on his tractor. But this lady right here, I watched his video this morning. Don't love that. Back on his tractor. But this lady right here, I watched his video this morning. She said, I just happened upon Brock Purdy and a couple of offensive linemen and John Deere tractors in the middle of San Francisco.

And then funny story, I was walking my dog away, and I hear Brock Purdy yell, coyote. I turn around. Biggest coyote I've ever seen was stalking me and my dog or whatever. You saved a life. You saved a dog. You shot a John Deere tractor commercial in San Francisco. You're a pick 262 leading a team to the Super Bowl in your second year. You're a dog. You shot a John Deere tractor commercial in San Francisco. You're a pick 262, leading

a team to the Super Bowl in your second year. You're a magic man, Brock. Keep going, brother. We appreciate the hell out of you. Appreciate you guys. Yeah, I can't believe that that was a real thing, but yeah, she walked by, and sure enough, she said she's a news anchor, and I was like, dude, I just saved a news anchor's life from getting eaten by a coyote.

It's real, man. I can confirm it. She said that coyote was like the biggest She said like big ass coyote. I didn't know San Francisco had coyote. What the hell was going on over there? I didn't either, dude. We're shooting this commercial by a hill on the outside of the city, and I see this thing trotting by, and it had a long tail.

I was like, bro, it looks like a mini wolf. And sure enough, no one was going to scream, and I was like, alright. And so I screamed, and I was like, yo, I was like, alright. And so I screamed and I was like, yo, there's a coyote. And that thing went running off. But yeah, it could have been an ugly day on the shoot, but we saved her.

Hey, that's Brock Prudy football. That's Brock Prudy football out there. Prudy, Prudy, Prudy, Prudy. Hey, we appreciate the hell out of you, man. Enjoy OTAs and congrats on the John Deere deal. Let's find a CTO. Yeah. That's right.

Let's find it. I appreciate you guys. Thanks for all the love and support, too. Hey, here's him getting into his tractor. Oh, I love it. Hey, you're dressed. You know you look like every time you put something on to go to the game or just walk about life, you know everybody's going to be like,

look at this basic-ass accountant about to go for 300 game or just walk about life, you know, everybody's going to be like, look at this basic ass accountant about to go for 300 yards. You know that? You know that, Brock? Yeah. No, it's a thing. But I love it, dude. It's a good little mantra. Look how cool you look.

Just walking in out of some professor's class, just walking into a stadium, about to hang 400 yards on your team, and I'm going to walk out of here and hop in my John Deere tractor. We appreciate the hell out of you, brother. Ladies and gentlemen, Brock Purdy. Congrats, buddy. Yeah, bro! I love that man. What a beast.

He's so young. So cool. They were judging him against, like, Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady. That means you're doing something good. That means you're doing something good whenever they're doing that. But it's like, I don't think people have been very fair to Brock Purdy. And I think it's because expectations of Brock Purdy because scouts and Mel Kuypers of the world didn't have him highly.

So everybody's trying to prove that entire process right during this draft. And Brock Purdy's like, just get me in the building. I'll do my thing. What a perfect match for this offense. And what a start to an NFL career for this guy. He has been awesome. Everything you want from a quarterback on the field, off the field, he's been perfect, to your point.

The expectations, getting drafted. He was drafted where Trey Lance was drafted. He would have a completely different narrative. MVP. Oh, yeah, for sure. So, for him, I just want him to just keep going. I'm sure he will. Talking to him, watching him from a distance, I'm sure he'll keep going and keep getting better.

Not a bad time to check out some highlights of Brock Purdy as we wrap this thing up. Dodged to Iyuk. Hey, listen, he's Iyuk. Look out. Uh-oh. He's Iyuk. Colts love to have Iyuk, you know what I mean?

Patriots. I mean, granted, he and Brock Purdy are a magical pair. There's a lot of, I mean, him and George are awesome. I saw George at WrestleMania. He's so big, so strong, so cool, so uplifting. He's very energetic. Him and Travis Kelsey, right? We talked to Travis Kelsey and we're like, hey, are you always good vibes guy?

And he's like, always, dude. Like, you know, they say cop half full. I'm a fountain of energy, he said. I want to be a fountain of energy. It feels like George Kittle is the same exact way. I think you have to be at that tight end. Yeah, we had the two gimmick going with George all night long, both nights, and then the whole section started getting into it.

Obviously, if you weren't there, the one, two, kick out for three. It was awesome. Yeah, you know, there was two guys dressed as refs last night in Montreal, front row. Good look. Good row. Good look. Good look. Good look. Hey, slow counts out of them.

Couple of twos. Sure. You know, up there. The guy with George dressed as a ref. Yeah, the guy next to him. I don't know if he was with George, but he was invested. Right behind you. I enjoyed. Oh, yeah.

I saw him a couple times. Both nights. I saw him a couple times. I turned around and saw him. He looked good, dude. He got the Cedar shirt when Cedar threw it out. I'm going to be completely transparent. WrestleMania weekend, kind of just all a blur.

Oh, yeah. You know, it was a week ago. You had a lot going on. Yeah. Last week. Been a few different countries since then, you know what I mean? Last night felt like an international. Oh, it was.

We were in Europe last night. Yeah. Completely different. Still driving on the right side of the road, which I did not expect. They might as well just toss that thing on the left. It was wild out there. Full French everything. Great time, though.

We appreciate it. 15,000 strong in the Bell Center. Sports! Oh, wonderful. Sports are the greatest thing on earth, and we get to celebrate that every single day. And I'm lucky to be joined by the Toxic Table, which has three wonderful parts today. At Ty Schmidt, at Boston Connor, and a red panda that is certainly a joy to see on your chest, Conman.

Yeah, wonderful. I can't believe it took me this long to wear this shirt. If I knew that during this panda epidemic that we would be talking about it i would have worn it weeks ago well it feels like you timed it out perfectly to get through the conversation that you want to do force down our throats in the first hour no it's not true yeah you said oh i forgot yeah started with fox people are saying pandas are not real okay that's what people are saying people are saying pandas are not real he is now just for people at home that have been keeping up with the panda conversation that took place in the first hour, the internet, a portion of the internet.

There's a portion of the internet you can find anything. Sure. It's the world. It's the world. It's the world. It's the focus group of the world. But there's a portion of the internet that has put together quite a video explaining why pandas are potentially not real. Now, I had not known that this was taking place

because my algorithm is awesome. It's in the sports world. Every once in a while, I'll go on the four-year thing, watch somebody die. I need to mute that so the algorithm knows it's keeping out of there. And then the algorithm will come back with something terrible. But I don't get to see all of these things.

Connor certainly does. His algorithm is birds are fake. Yeah, we're going to get your pandas are fake. That's right down. As soon as the algorithm saw this, they said, boom, let's get this in front of Connor Campbell. And they threw it as fast as they could. He is now sending it into the group. So now all of our algorithms are going to have this video.

Darius was watching it during the break. And he goes, wait a minute. That's what he said. Did you know? Yeah, I did. I did. And I stopped myself about 55 seconds into it and said, damn, been watching it too long. Now it's going to be more shit like this in my algo.

Yeah. Hopefully I got out soon enough. Remember, there's some compelling cases to be made for anything. You know? Do you fact check every word as it's going? No. Because if they're putting together a message clearly, you just buy in. Which is part of the problem.

It is. And I don't want to be the one that has to say it because I don't know enough about the world. And smart people need to say it because I don't know enough about the world and smart people need to figure it out. But we need to, as things are flying out there, compelling arguments can be made for a lot of things. It was not community noted

though. It wasn't community noted? Gentlemen, once you have the veil on. Those are, I mean, that's clearly Halloween. That's Halloween for those two They got to spend a day with actual pants Those ones look more real than all Some things don't even deserve to be community noted

Guys got baseball gloves on Yeah Look guys, if you don't want the veil to be Unraveled in front of your eyes Just say it Stay off the internet What were the odds we were leading this program the day after Caitlin Clark gets drafted to the Indiana Fever in our city?

Going to change the entire business structure of this place. We're having our own show tomorrow. We are incredibly excited. What were the odds that the first 20 minutes of the show were going to be about whether or not pandas, which have been an animal that have been studied for thousands of years. The 1920s. Okay. Not thousands. Not thousands. Is that right, D years. The 1920s. Okay. Not thousands.

Not thousands. Is that right, D-Mo? Okay. All right. So where? And then they were taken out of all American zoos. Sure. Because there was no deal made with China because I guess they have ownership over all

pandas on Earth. China, you say? Well, that's where. Yeah, it is. Okay. What were the odds that that was going to be the first 20 minutes of today's show? I would have put the favorite as Caitlin Clark

to the first thing that we probably would have talked about, but pandas not being real wouldn't have been that far down the list. Maybe not that specific, but us talking about something that has nothing to do with the sports world but is kind of interesting. That's kind of us.

That's the program. Tony is the guy who's going to have a thought. Probably not a very good one. He'll say something stupid. This guy doesn't have rocks for brains. Why have you guys been saying that? He's going to throw gasoline on the fire. Why can't we just admit that pandas are real?

I have admitted it. Why can't we watch the video? Why can't we watch the video? Because we don't know it. I know you have. Why can't we watch the video? Why can't we watch the video? That is not an actual panda. We know that's not a panda. I mean, the one in the background doesn't look real either. No, it does. He probably talked to a panda yesterday and be like, well, I don't know. This is what we're learning.

Maybe these pandas are dumb. Maybe these zoologists have to dress up like pandas so these pandas will maybe drink or eat something. They have little trust issues. They need to see something that looks like them. So humans have been dressing up like these pandas so that these things will eat food, not starve, not die,

and they poop in the right place in every zoo. Exactly. Okay, now we're taking it too far. Now we're taking it too far. The humans in the panda costumes aren't all the pandas. No. There's actual pandas out there Is that a panda?

I guess If we're just calling anything Panda these days I guess that one is too Real or fake on the lower left corner Also first of all if you paint an alligator Or a crocodile they die so this is not cool That does seem to be a fuck

It is true they breathe out die. So this is not cool. That does seem to be a fuck. Is that true? Yes, it is true. They breathe out of their skin. This is not cool. This is legitimately against the law. That's not a panda. That's on your side. No, that's fake.

See, that's fake. Look at that. Look at all that information I knew about crocodiles and alligators. You don't think I have a little information about pandas? Oh, yeah, that definitely makes sense. That certainly is the thing. Joining us now is a college football national champion, panda expert, also a Super Bowl champion. Ladies and gentlemen, the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers,

a man who has a tree on the Ohio State campus. He's a Hall of Famer. That's right. AJ Hawke. Yeah. AJ, the show has gone off the rails today. Started with Customs 4 a.m. Now it's into pandas and Animal Cruelty, what we just saw with Crocodile.

So things are going great. How's your day? AJ, how are you doing? My day is going very well. Brock Purdy was awesome. And honestly, I might be on con man's side. I don't know. You guys keep popping up these images.

I'm not sure anymore. I'm really not. You watched the video? Did you watch the video, brother? I haven't even seen the video yet. I'm not sure anymore. I'm really not. You watched the video? Did you watch the video, brother? I haven't even seen the video yet. I'm not even swayed by that. These still images are kind of like, what's going on here? Thank you. What's going on

over there? First off, Connor didn't have a side in the first hour. He said, no, no, no, I'm just presenting what the internet is talking about. Now he clearly has a side. No, no, no, which I did, and now that we have shown all these examples of clearly pens that are fake, I mean, look at that one in the middle. And now that we have shown all these examples of clearly pandas that are fake, I mean, look at that one in the middle.

That's what we do. Look at that one down below in the middle. That is not a panda, brother. All right. Let's move on. This is absurd. I would like to let the world know that the little thing we say at the beginning of every single hour, you know, the opinions of those on the show do not necessarily reflect that of their peers.

This whole thing right here. This is a perfect example of that. I love pandas. I love pandas. I've heard they're really cool. Do your research, brother. Exactly. I thought they're pretty rude.

I saw them sitting around, house in bamboo, chilling. You try to feed them, they'll gnaw your fingers off. No, they won't. If they're hungry, yeah. I mean, why are you putting your fingers in their mouth? It's a bear. It's a panda bear.

You don't put your fingers in the mouth. If it's a baby, every once in a while, maybe give it a little bite. A dog, maybe a little bit of a bite. You know, like Nick's dog, Walt, he literally used to walk up to you and say hello. It was just gnawing on your full forearm like he was a canine dog chasing you down after you did something bad. That is how that dog. But you don't put your hand in the mouth of a bear, any bear. Panda bear, koala bear, whatever the bear.

You keep your hand out of there. So we're not even getting into this discussion. I believe in pandas. So do I. Panda shoes are awesome. I was putting my hand up for believing in pandas. Yeah. I'm happy that we've got to this point.

It's 2024. This is what they talk about. The idiocracy or whatever. Do you remember that whole movie? Oh, yeah. The movie? They're talking about right now. This show.

Right now. Put up that picture you've been showing of the pandas that Zito has found. Think about somebody who's never watched this show. Yeah. Their whole life just changed because they don't know if pandas are real now. I feel really bad for the real one in the back. I feel bad about the dead alligator we put up there. Yeah.

That was fake. That wasn't real. That was fake. I think it was crocodile too. Skinnier snot. Skinnier snot. Saltwater. Look, I just gather information.

I don't process. I just gather it, and then I say it. No, but you say information as if it's accurate. You gather things. I don't process. I just gather it and then I say it. You say information as if it's accurate. You gather things. Yeah, but I also open up discussions. What is this world? What is this country without discussions? Boom. Okay, what is that?

AJ had one thing that he thought pandas were. You guys had a completely other thing. Do either of you know? No. I do know. I got a pretty good idea. Absolutely, but do we know if they're nice or mean? No. I do know, yeah. Absolutely. But do we know if they're nice or mean? No, we don't. They might be mean. They might be nice. I think situations are situational. Exactly. Depending upon how hungry they are.

You've got to have that dialogue, though, to grow, brother. Do they have enough eucalyptus? Or bamboo? Let's talk about sports. It's trying to grow. Thank you. Nobody gives us credit for that, ever. Nope. Dialogue is what it's all about. Why has everything got to be fake? He's trying to grow. Thank you. Everybody. Nobody gives us credit for that ever. Nope. This is real journalism. Dialogue is what it's all about.

Why has everything got to be fake? Yeah, that's the whole word for it. Ask your friend. Ask your friend. Yeah, ask your friend. Are you Neil Conner? Ask your friend, AJ. Ask your friend, AJ. Who's my friend?

Oh. Oh. Caterpillar butterfly. What day is it? What day is it today? Tuesday? Tuesday. Not a bad day for this discussion. Yeah. You tell meillar butterfly. What day is it? What day is it today? Tuesday? Tuesday. Not a bad day for this discussion.

Yeah. You tell me, AJ. Huh? I don't know. I'm honestly in the dark on this. Who are we talking about? Your caterpillar buddy. The guy that does Haya.

Oh, what about him? That was a beautiful little video I saw of him talking about caterpillars and butterflies. Aaron's just living. Year 20. Yeah. Love it. Whenever he posted year 20 or whatever, that is so long being an NFL quarterback. So's just living. Year 20. Yeah. Love it. Whenever he posted year 20 or whatever, that is so long being an NFL quarterback.

So, so long. Obviously, Tom Brady played a long time. People play a long time. Only a few, because you've got to be incredible to play that long or your ass is going to get fired, especially if you're getting paid a lot of money. Cap casualty, older, more expensive is a very good recipe for

cut and out of the league. That is how this whole thing goes. So for him to be entering year 20 right now, seemingly more comfortable and free with who he is than ever before, I think Jets fans should be optimistic. Is that how you're feeling? Yeah, I would feel optimistic about it if I was a Jets fan. I mean, I am a Jets fan because of Aaron and other people that have there.

But, yeah, of of course Nick's an absolute legend uh there but I don't know when like he shifted or when he felt like more comfortable I guess being himself publicly but we know right now he feels very very comfortable he's not like hiding behind anything he's not scared so whether people like what he's saying or not I guess I think it bodes well on the field because the dude is open he's free he's very open about like relationships he wants to make with teammates and coaches so it's all positive i think so too i think that's a good takeaway he's like this dude he's very comfortable with who he is right now yeah like very very comfortable with who he is his thoughts not saying that he ever wasn't

before but i think it is being on display here very publicly you're not rewarded you're not really rewarded for that as a professional athlete i guess to be completely open with all of this stuff well i mean certainly some of the things there's going to be a lot of uh impassioned feelings on you know some sides we've uh we should now who's right now both sides okay that makes sense oh is that how it's going to be forever all right sweet happy to be a part of that but whenever without confidence he is how confident he is and comfortable he is and after hearing hearing everything last year, a lot of shit was being talked about him. He heard it all. He wanted to come back early.

He wasn't able to do it because the Jets weren't still in it. He had that September 11th moment. It's like, Hooga House. Let's go ahead and do it this year. Everything was supposed to happen last year. Oh, you forgot. We're going to do it again. And I'm wearing this hat every single time I'm anywhere ever.

What does that hygge mean? What does it mean again? Good vibes, right? Good vibes house. That's actually what I thought as well. Yeah, I used to say what it meant. Cherish the little things. Something like that. Yeah, Bruce wears his hat every day so he would know. What is it? Swedish?

Jake Ryan started it. Danish concept? Danish, Danish, Danish. Who started it? Jake Ryan started it. Danish concept? Danish, Danish, Danish. Who started it? Jake Ryan, old linebacker in Green Bay. He started it, I believe. It's his thing. Wow. I see him on a lot of people.

I think Shane Gillis had a hookah hat on. He met Steph Curry, yeah. Yeah, yeah. I think there's been... Hey, that hookah house is everywhere. It was in the gift box at Aaron's birthday. It was. My wife helped put them together.

Of course it was. I got one of those. I do have. It was. My wife helped put them together. Of course it was. I got one of those. I do have. You did? You did? Oh, yeah. Is that the candle with your birthday on it? Oh, yeah.

It smelled great. I'm so good at that. Yeah? Just as soon as I get something, I'm like, thank you so much for this. I'm going to open this, and I'm going to utilize it. Right. Always. That, you know, that stack of boxes.

It looks a lot better than it did a couple weeks ago. Yeah, everybody know, that stack of boxes. Looks a lot better than it did a couple weeks ago. Yeah, everybody's so nice to send stuff and give stuff, but like, and I feel bad. That thing's starting to stack up. That's last week. One of my favorite parts of March Madness this year was actually opening all those boxes as a group. People are so nice.

People send us so much stuff. Jake the Snake Plumber sent you some of his mushrooms, not psilocybin mushrooms, but his whole mushroom situation somewhere there. I'm sure you have it. Oh, is it a drink? I don't know. I think it's a little bit of everything. He's deep into that world, yeah.

Whoa. He grows them, everything. What's up with your friends, man? Someone tossed them. There's a chance those mushrooms are back in dumpster. There's a chance. There's a chance. They'll be back. dumpster uh there's a chance there's a chance they'll be back okay tell them we need to send another one i believe there's bulldog oh those ones needed to be better marked though like hey this is jake all these boxes look the exact same

they do i have no idea what's potentially under there i get scared to open them i'm like all right this could be something awesome from somebody very cool. This could also lead me into a conversation I don't want to have. For sure. There is a lot of responsibility coming with this. Then there's a full-on thank you tour that has to happen because how cool some of the shit that comes. So I've just decided to go

hands-off with it. But I've got to get over that. I've got to start opening these boxes because I just found out I have a Hooga hat somewhere. Everybody's wearing it. I was going to say, yeah. Well, everybody's wearing it. I'm sure it'll show up. I was going to say, after December, that thing's long gone. But like the mushrooms, you know, you're paying it forward. The raccoons, they'll go through the dumpster and have a tasty little treat that they probably weren't going to be able to enjoy.

They'll be tripping balls all over the church. These Canadian geese need to get the hell back to Canada. How come I go up to Montreal and I don't see any of those bastards? They're shitting all over the West Coast, brother. The West Coast ain't America. Why'd you guys create this? They used to ruin our soccer pitches, brother. Every Saturday you show up.

Why are they the way they are? I don't think you can shoot geese. I don't think you can do that. What? They scare them away with dogs and stuff at golf courses. You can do that. You're allowed to do it to Coyote. Coyote, like, open game.

On site. All year. Really? About that action. Yeah, I don't think you're not allowed to, like, use a rifle in Indiana. Use a baseball bat? What are you supposed to use? Balls for it.

I think, like, a.22 or something. I think there's regulations. Maybe a crossbow. Yeah, compound bow, samurai sword. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, you can't, but I think you can still. No, certainly not. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, I don't even want to hear it, Connor. Oh, the MBTA.

We're not even getting into this. I didn't know the MBTA. Extensibly protects killing geese, making it illegal to harm them, their eggs, or their nests. How come these bastards are allowed to just do whatever they want? I don't like that. Yeah, whose earth is it, damn it? Well, now I know they walk around like they own the place. They're so mean, too. They do it.

They're the meanest animal out there. They have a daily meeting. Remember, we got act migratory. We can just do whatever hell we want. You see that word? It's big. People don't know what it means. It's like a cock of the walk out there. Canada was cool yesterday. Was it? It felt like

it was a different world. Seeing signs in a different language is actually cool. And they had the European bus signs on the side. We were in Europe. I saw this McDonald's. It was two floors. It had a whole lounge on the second floor as well.

I think that aspect of Canada at least was sweet. Yeah, and the 15,000. Strong. Have you been back walking through the 15,000. Strong. Have you, Zane, been back walking through the 15,000? What an entrance, brother. How sweet. Scenes, brother.

People are talking about maybe one of the greatest entrances in the history of Monday Night Raw. Yeah, yeah. It's tough because Bayview's in the stadiums. They have those big ass. Yeah. But in an arena, that has to be. Far and away, Sammy's greatest moment of his career. Well, I've shot his Jey Uso one out to the bus after

getting a big dub. You happen to see Sammy standing outside the front door and goes, Sammy, what are you doing? He goes, just like in 1997 when I saw the Montreal Screwjob live at my first ever live event, and I was inspired to become a professional wrestler because what happened to Bret Hart? I'm walking in the same damn way. Goes through the

crowd. Crowd kind of controlled, but not really. I wonder how that worked. Because I saw a lot of different situations that could lead to bad things. Oh, yeah. Like, Jay Uso was on his way out. And a guy in a Stone Cold Steve Austin shirt was trying to get a selfie with him. And Jay was like, can you please get the hell out of the way? A little bit of a push.

I think everybody knows the deal, though. Yeah. They're jacking up Sammy. You know, this thing. Two minutes long. him taking a lap around this arena, and they didn't stop for the entire thing. It was awesome last night. Good for him.

And then he beats Chad Gable, U.S. Olympian. While he's hugging his wife, Khadija, in their hometown, they are les habitants of the city of Montreal. Belly-to-back suplex on a side. He breaks his ankle up on top.

Yeah, went to work. Messed up. I don't like it. Gable's kind of a psycho. Right in front of his wife, in front of his friends. Dude, this guy's got kids. This is his city. What are you shrugging about, Ty?

You know what? Sometimes you got to teach someone a lesson. What? Put it down in a ring. Yeah. Well, he could have, but you know what? It sends more of a message if after you win and you're celebrating with your family. Okay, I'm going to embarrass you in front of your family and all these people, all your countrymen.

And I'm going to make you remember next time you step in the squared circle with me, you're going to be shitting your trousers. And Sammy will be. Well, he's got those big pants. He could poop in there. He could. Yeah, Chad Gable wears that tight onesie. Yeah, singlet. He might have a singlet, obviously.

It's a tight onesie. He's got a.02% body. He's jock. He is jock. He is absolutely jock. And he can speak very well, too. He's awesome. So tan, so jacked. His resume is a U.S. Olympian. Legit, yeah. It's like he, I thought very well, too. He's awesome. So tan, so jacked.

His resume is a U.S. Olympian. Legit. Yeah. It's like he, I thought last night potentially. I know. Cody better watch out. There was a couple moments where it was. Yeah.

Oh. And then a two. Two. Two. Two. Yeah. Can you pass along a message? To who?

Cody Rhodes. The American Nightmare? Yeah. Your universal champion? Why does he not have a cereal yet? What's that? Cody-o's. Cody-o's. Yeah, yeah,

yeah, we're eating Cody-o's. Wow. When did that start? How'd that happen? What happened right there? What's happened? Is that a pitch? That's the Marks champion, brother. That's the Marks marks champion bring back the tribal chief oh what are you talking about we're in a cody rhodes new era well no like the last week we were singing cody rhodes his theme song a lot his entrance song a lot and if you just change roads to o's you got cereal and we could push that shit all over the

place tone's been trying to eat cody's o for quite some time. It feels like since last Friday. Yeah, truly. What body part would that be? You tell us. What do you want? What body part? It looks like an O, huh? Tone's not the only one.

Every arena we go into, that war. Oh, yeah. Great man is over. Montreal, as he's leaving last night, completely dark. There's no music playing. Sing the entire thing all the way to the wall. Yeah, he's super. That's our champion right there.

I wonder what he's going to do. Is he on Raw or is he on SmackDown? Hopefully gets a cereal. That guy shows up all night. What's that, AJ? Hopefully gets a cereal pretty soon. We've all been waiting for that. I mean, business could be good.

Exactly. Do you eat breakfast? Kind of not really anymore. It's an interesting little thing. I am a cereal guy, though. I am all in on cereal. Have cereal over the weekend. So good.

House always stocked with cereal. What's your go-to? Right now, it's a whole bunch of oats, I think. So good. Because it feels like I'm eating something healthy. Clusters? Yeah. A little texture in there.

Makes me feel... You know, honey nut Cheerios, obviously... With nannies? Absolutely. And every time I cut it, I feel like I'm on a board ramp. That's where I'm at right now. That's my go-to right now. Yeah.

And it tells you you're making your heart better. They even have heart-shaped honey nut Cheerios. They do. Those are really nice. Yeah, it's a good treat. Pull it along your spoon. You're like, oh, I love you, too. There's a nanny in there. It's really nice. Cereal's gross. I treat. Pull it along your spoon. You're like, I love you too. There's a nanner in there.

It's really nice. Cereal's gross. I'm not. You're a pig. Gross. Shut up. I've never had a bowl of cereal in my whole life. And it's gross.

I've never had one, but it's gross. I've tried it. I've tried it. I've had spoons. This is your Panda King? Who are you talking to? I'm not Panda King. I'm a knower of Panda knowledge.

There is a big difference. Yeah, but you just outed yourself as a doofus for not being a cereal guy. Cereal people know cereal people, and cereal people respect people that aren't cereal people. I understand. I'm just an open book. I'm just telling you how I feel. It's a meal in a box. So good.

CTC, you're telling me you don't like Cinnamon Toast Crunch? No, I don't like any of them. Cocoa Puffs? You never did as a kid? Yeah, what'd you eat growing up? Waffles and pancakes, baby. Oh, also, have you ever had a... You lived a privileged life, my friend.

Yeah, you did. A pancake in a cup. Have you ever had these? This is all real. I'm being dead serious. Pancake in a cup. It's like a pancake on the go, almost. You kind of just whoop it up the night before in fridge, get it in the morning, see ya.

I've had white trash nachos, which is Fritos. Sure. With cheese poured into the bag. Oh, yeah. With some taco. With some beef in there. Same thing. I've had a little bit of that. Yeah, Egg. With some taco. With some beef in there. Same thing. I've had a little bit of that.

Yeah, Eggos? Yeah, I understand what Lego or Yego is. We're just talking about cereal. How have you not? Dude, I just hated it. Like, it would make me sick and gag. What about Fruity Pebbles? Dead serious.

Just the smell of it. All of it. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who, I don't know if he ate any cereal because he says words weird. Yeah. Yeah. He called an oven an oven one time on this particular program. We have to judge him differently.

Now, he did say the city we were headed to last night is one of his favorite cities on earth. And we got to experience it. And boy, ladies, we're awesome out there. But we need an awesome conversation about hockey because there's a lot of shit happening right now. Hockey is awesome. It always will be. And right now, there's a lot on the line over the next two nights for the NHL playoff picture. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now, 13-year NHL vet, I think, P.K. Subban.

Yeah, P.K.! Hey, Wayne. Oh. What's up, guys? What's going on? Is that for Gordon Bombay or Wayne? This is for Wayne. Wayne Train. I actuallyo this is for waino wayne train i actually picked this up at all-star weekend they had a little pop-up for gret and they gifted me this

beautiful rare 99 ball cap right here rare because not enough people will buy it because they don't want it or rare because they only make a few i think they only make a few but they could be planning to make some more so i'm just you, I'm giving them a little plug today. Oh, a little tip of the cap too, Wayne. Yeah, I like that. To a legend. Absolutely. The GOAT.

I used to say others were the GOAT, and then somebody put his stats in front of me and said, if we just eliminate this one right here, still better than everybody with two. It's like, okay, yeah, so that guy's the greatest of all time. And he's doing incredible on the coverage. We're very thankful for him and Biz on Turner, on ESPN. We have big, big things happening in the NHL. So tonight, Capitals take on Flyers.

Pittsburgh Penguins need Flyers to beat the Capitals tonight. Then we also have the Red Wings taking on the Canadians after a massive beating of the Canadians last night. It was a big comeback. Huge. Big comeback. We need the Canadians to beat the Wings, and then the Pens have to win tomorrow to make it into the playoffs.

I believe that's what's happening in the NHL, but there's so much on the line right now. I know last week you said, or earlier, I think it was last week, you said NHL playoffs are going to be must-watch. It's starting right now, isn't it? Aren't the playoffs starting now, seemingly, PK? Playoffs started weeks ago for some of these teams.

Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philly, Wash, Long Island. They've been playing playoff hockey for probably the past couple months. You know, when Pittsburgh made the trade for Jake Gensel to go over to Carolina, they knew what was at stake. They knew their playoff hopes. Nobody was counting them in. And they pushed it to this point now where they need a little bit of help. I really feel sorry for Pittsburgh.

I felt like they ran out of gas a little bit against Boston. But they need a little bit of luck now to get in. Hey, I'm keeping it real. Listen, if they would have Jake Gensel on the team, I thought that game against – they could have used him against Boston. Yeah, and the way you say it weren't against is certainly something that we will have to address at a different time because what you're talking about is real.

6-4. You know, 6-4. Pens lose at home to the Bruins, which puts them in a bad spot going forward. Now we need the Red Wings to do what the Red Wings have done best over the last 10 years. Amen. Whoa. Okay? That's what we need out of you. You should have seen the game last night.

It was unbelievable. I mentioned it to the Canadiens fans whenever I was talking about the Canadiens on Monday Night Raw. We need the Caps to maybe do something for us. Just roll over. Just roll over in this entire thing. What are the chances that people rest teams?

Like, for instance, if it does work out in the favor of the Pens, tomorrow night they've got to beat the Islanders. Islanders have already clinched. Will they rest players because they're already in? I'm so disappointed right now. I'm so disappointed that Pittsburgh is in this situation. It almost doesn't feel fair for the way Sidney Crosby has played and how close they pulled it.

But if we're keeping it real, I don't see Washington losing to Philly right now with the way they're playing. They've got great goaltending. Spencer Carberry's done a phenomenal job. They make it into the playoffs. I think he's got to be considered for Coach of the Year. Carbom, we're calling him. And the way that that ov's got this

team rolling right now with their leadership they're playing with juice they're a confident team they rallied around that jensen injury it's going to be they're a tough team to beat right now i just don't see philly beating them now is it possible of course but then you got to go into montreal and you hope that detroit loses to mont, which is more possible. I think that's more possible than Philly beating Washington. So there's some hope, but I'm upset that Pittsburgh's in this situation. Me too. Bumped out. Will the Islanders rest players tomorrow because they've already clinched?

I don't think so, man. I mean, unless somebody's banged up, unless players are banged up playing with injuries, listen, they want to lock this thing in and just finish the season on the right note. Listen, I don't think the Islanders are in any position to be resting guys right now. They got to be going into the playoffs as a well-oiled machine, and right now they're the team you don't want to see in the East.

Oh, great. Unless you're Pittsburgh. I got to keep it real. Well, listen, Crosby's doing his thing. He's doing his thing. It's everything else. You know, they need a little bit more. I heard it's his ownership group. What's his ownership group called? Every team they own stinks. Fenway Sports Group.

What is it? The Fenway Sports Group. They also own who? The Red Sox and Liverpool. And everything they do sucks, right? That's what everybody says? They don't like spending money anymore. They run it like a business. Fucking great. Don't get me started. Listen to me.

I'm just so disappointed. That trade for me, look at what Jake Gensel's doing with Carolina. Carolina now is a contender for the Stanley Cup with Jake Gensel on that team right now. They're a true contender, like in every facet of it. Why'd they get rid of him? He almost rounded that team up. Pittsburgh, the only player they're missing right now is Jake Gensel.

They need offensive fronts. Crosby needs some help. Yes, Matt Ross bringing it. And Bunting's done a great job. I'm not even taking anything away from the kid, but you can't replace guys like Jake Hetzel. At 29 years old, a 30-goal score, Stanley Cup experience, you need him for those last 10 games of the season.

I think that the story would be a lot different, and Crosby can't do it all by himself. Boston's first place in the East for a reason. Come on, man. Hell yeah. You can't... I hate this ownership. I'm just disappointed. I'm bummed out.

Nicky Skates is at home with his brand new baby. Shout out, Frankie. He's probably looking into this ownership group and coming to the same conclusion a lot of people are. I don't understand why the GM gets paid seven

million bucks a year 49 like 49 million oh somebody came in this is one one round in toronto right so he comes in and not to take anything away from him but you know i'm looking at it what makes this guy a mastermind to put the pittsburgh penguins in the playoffs but maybe he will but we'll be watching that closely because Sidney Crosby doesn't look like he's going anywhere else. And as far as I'm concerned, the way he's playing, he deserves to have a shot at the Stanley Cup every year. Every year.

He'll have to go somewhere else. Lorto deserves to come to Sidney Crosby's house once every other year. That is what it's supposed to be like. Mike with the hair that walks around with Lorto. Brendan? He needs to be hanging out with Sidney hair? Yeah. That walks around with Lorto? Yeah. Brendan? He needs to be hanging out with Sidney more, but instead we got this ownership group shipping our second best player

out of town. I'm done with it. How'd we let Fenway Sports Group buy the Pittsburgh Penguins? I have no idea. Ask your goat. Ask the other goat. Ask Lemieux. He's the one that knows. Well, 66 if he didn't get injured would have been the goat of all time, so let's watch. I said your other goat. Ask the other GOAT. Ask Lemieux. He's the one that knows. Well, 66, if he didn't get injured, would have been the GOAT of all time. So let's watch.

I said your other GOAT. I wouldn't disrespect him. Watch what you're talking about, Super Mario. He's the one that put you in this position. Tell him, PK. You're right, though. I don't know how this was the decision. It's the cap world. I'm not a GM. I understand the cap's got to get managed but i don't think you're moving a 29 year old 30 goal scorer

out of your team whether you're competing rebuilding those players don't grow on trees right so you got to pay jake densel but i think he deserved to get paid there he's got great chemistry with sydney crosby he can work up and down your lineup. He's won a Stanley Cup. He's won multiple Cups. He's a winner. This guy competes. He's a gamer. Why wouldn't you want a player like that on your team? And I get it. Michael Bunting brings an element, but he ain't

Jake Gensel. Yeah, we all like what Bunting's been doing. We all like what Bunting's been doing. Two goals the other night against the Bruins. Yeah, I mean, we lost. It don't matter. You're playing with Sidney Crosby. Put me on Sidney Crosby's line. I haven't played in two years.

I bet y'all get a couple goals. Honestly. You just put the stick on the ice, right? You know what people say? Oh, yeah. Just have you stick down on the ice. The best player of our generation. I don't care.

If you put anybody with them, they're going to have success. We're talking about getting into the playoffs. You need Jake Gensel to get into the playoffs. Well, Jake Gensel played with Sid for so long, so a lot of people did wonder, like, how will it go without him? And then it turns out he's leading the franchise. Even better. Yeah, he's pretty good.

He's got the Caniacs. You're on wild, brother. I mean, that's – how do we let Boston buy the Pittsburgh Bengals? Ask Mario. Ask your leader. He's the one that did it to you. Hey, Jay, you have a question for PK about a different team or a different sport, maybe?

I want to talk about the goalies, PK. Which goalie gives their team the best chance to win? I feel like if a guy stands on his head for the playoffs, they find a way, they find something, they get in the zone. Anybody has a chance to win. Secondly, what's that thing you're wearing around your neck? Is that some cool crystal we don't know about? Yeah, blood in her.

Yeah, this was given to me as a gift you put some cologne in this and then when you you know when you don't have that set you just unscrew the top a little quick dab bang bang and you're back in the mix right so what's the cologne what's the cologne get the cologne in there yeah well i can't give you i can't give you all the answers to the test maybe i don't maybe i can't tell you what my cologne is come on yeah do you inject the cologne from the. Maybe funnel. I can't tell you what my cologne is. Come on. Yeah, do you inject the cologne from the bottom or from the top? That's a good question. It's from the top.

So this screw, you want me to unscrew it? Look. Do it. A little dab. People put other stuff in there. This comes off. Wow. Ka-blam.

Just like that. Oh, it smells so good. And you're right back in the mix. How good do you smell? You smell good right now? Do you smell good? Unbelievable. I showered.

I got boxing in today. I worked out. I showered. I did it all today. And you smell magnificent right now. And you can't- It's a mixture. It's not one cologne. It's a mixture of a couple things.

Hey, you've been in the cologne game a long time. I remember when people were trying to smell certain smells all the time. You used to walk past Abercrombie and Hollister and you just get what is that? Walk through any of the department stores. You got a whole entire cologne area. There was an era where everybody was wearing cologne. The Italians, I'll tell you what,

there was a scene at that time. You're a cologne guy forever? Well, listen, I'm not one of those guys that you can smell from three blocks away you know what i mean i just i apply enough so that i got a little something going on and then you know that's it but i make my own mix i blend a couple different brands and that's my own thing nobody can steal yours yes your scent oh like that because they say

they remember uh your your best memory comes from smell. Bingo. Really? Yeah. So people are like, well, that's what I mean. And girls will smell me.

They'll be like, Hey dude, what, what cologne is that? I'm like, I'm not giving you the answer so you can go put it on your boyfriend. Yeah. I mean,

Oh, geez, Louise swing. Geez, Louise, this guy's out there swinging, especially if you're keeping the cap off of that vial that you can't. Well, that's what I mean.

It's just right now. I can't put it back on. You're a three blocks away guy right now. I would assume that is what's happening. If this guy starts getting high. Very sweet. This guy's huffing CK1. All the time.

Calvin. All the shit just coming. Anyways, go ahead, AJ. Let's talk about something different than smells and a penguin. What about those goalies? The goalies, Pete. I don't know if we got her out to the goalie question. Who gives their team the best chance? The teams that are in the playoffs right now.

Well, you got in the East, you got Bobrovsky, you got Shesterkin, and you have Vasilevsky. So I look at Tampa. Tampa's a team that could be a bad matchup with somebody in the first round. Obviously, great power play, and Vasilevski could steal a series. But for me, the team that you got to watch out for is New York. I mean, you know, New York, is it a perfectly built team? When you look at their team top to bottom,

the only thing that I have questions about when it comes to New York is their physicality. Can the Rangers get physical enough to be able to stand possibly a six or seven game series with a team like Florida? Because that's what they're probably going to have to do. If everything goes the way that it's going to go, it's going to come down to that. Is that are they going to get soft when the going gets tough and you got to get tough and i think new york's

got the best goaltender right now in the league and shusterkin game on the line he's probably the guy you want to net and that's why they're probably i haven't made my pick yet but if i was to pick a team coming out of the east they'd be one out of potentially two or three teams that I'd be looking at. The other two teams is Florida and Carolina for me. Carolina doesn't have Shusterkin and does not have Bobrovsky in that. So Bobrovsky and Shusterkin would be the two guys outside of Vasilevsky.

I just don't think Tampa's going to have enough to go the distance. Yeah, especially against the Bruins, PK. You're not mentioning Sway, and that's fine. We already kind of covered how you feel about the Bruins. We want to be under the PK-Subban radar. There's no doubt about that because if you're not talking about us, no one's listening.

You want to talk about the Bruins? No, no, no. Actually, PK, funny enough, I don't, and I don't want to get into this whole back and forth. Why don't we get into it? I'd love to get into it. Well, maybe we'll save it for the playoffs, perhaps, PK. Because you know what? You're love to get into it. Well, maybe we'll save it for the playoffs, perhaps, PK. Okay.

Because you know what? You're honoring the great one, 99, on your hat. And, you know, of this generation, of course, he is. You know, Sidney Crosby is that guy. And looking forward, though, Connor McDavid kind of set some little history, made some little history with the 100-assist season. I believe he was the fourth guy to do it. Mario, of course, as we mentioned.

Bobby Orr, I mean, the greatest defenseman in the history of the NHL. Would you agree as a defenseman? Yep. Okay, thank you. One of the GOATs then, if you will. And then, of course, Wayne Gretzky did it like 15 different times. For this to be done in today's NHL with how good the goalies that you just mentioned all are and just the level of skill that there is? Is this just kind of unheard of or

is this something that we might see from McDavid a lot? And is Kucherov close? Is there any chance he gets there at some point or no? You mean to the... To the 100 assists mark, just on how great that is. Excuse me.

I think McDavid will get there again. There's no question about it. And if there's two players that will, I think Kucherov and McDavid are the two players. There's no question those two guys are probably the most skilled players on the planet. I don't, like, if you ask any player in the NHL, if they say that Conor McDavid, like, find me players that are more skilled than Con Connor McDavid and Kucherov. Kucherov does what he's doing in his sleep. It doesn't matter what time of day it is.

It doesn't matter what game it is. Bigger game, smaller game. It doesn't matter. That guy's going to, he's going to find a way to get on the stat sheet. It's the same thing with McDavid. So I would not be surprised at all if those guys cracked 100 point 100 100 assists mark i could actually see them getting more than 100 assists in a season very very easily uh i look at tampa and what kucherov did you know everybody says he's playing with some great players yeah he is but that's not the

same team that won the stanley cup this is not a Stanley Cup team that he's playing on. It's a great team, but it's not the same depth. I could see those guys doing it for sure. Patty Maroon's on the Boston Bruins right now? Yep. Yes, he is. We're the toughest team in the league, baby. No one wants to throw hands with us. How's that happen? We got that stupid

Boston ownership team. You got Patty Maroon just going to dance around. The guy's an actual winner. That's all he does. Win. St. Louis, win. Tampa, win. Tampa, win.

And now he's on the Bruins? Yeah, but Boston ownership. Let's leave the city of Boston on it. Fenway Sports Group. Fenway ownership. Yeah, as soon as I hear that, I hear Boston. I hear that big green mountain. Yep.

The aggro crag, if you will. That's what everybody's talking about. The left field Agro Crack. PK, enjoy the hell out of your day, man. NHL's about to heat up. We hope you'll visit us again. Hey, boys, call me anytime. We're locked in for the next couple weeks, couple months here, so I'm ready to go when you guys are.

I mean, I want some luck. We need Sidney in the playoffs. I'm really, fingers crossed, I want to see Sid create some history in the playoffs this year. I'd love to see it. Are you a believer in, if you cross two, cancel each other out? Oh.

Should I say it again, but just one time? I was trying to catch what it is in Canada. I was trying to see what everybody's thoughts are. I'm a believer of the odd number. Yeah, me too, I think. I actually did my big toe and my pointer toe. There you go. On my right foot.

Just a quick question, Pat. Do we know who Boston has first round yet? Do we know who they got? It's Tampa right now. But a lot of people. Oh, boy. Vasilevsky, he could steal a series. Yep.

Keep counting out the Bruins. No, no, no. This is exactly what we need. Because last year, hey, Bruins are going to the cup, he could steal a series. Keep counting out the Bruins. No, no, no. This is exactly what we need because last year, hey, Bruins are going to the Cup, baby. It's done. Don't worry. This year, if it's the first hot exit, we actually might go to the Cup. Ladies and gentlemen, our hockey aficionado, a man who smells like four different scents at all times, can't put the cap back on the vial right now, so his entire apartment is

getting smoked out by this thing. Ladies and gentlemen, PK Savannah. Yay! I enjoy the hell out of PK. Yeah, he's the man. Every time. I've never met anybody like him. That cowboy's mad.

I've never met anybody like him. He gets a massage six days a week. That's some salt baths. 90-minute massage, too. Six days a week. He's got to feel so good yeah yeah right very pliable oh he's so happy can you imagine being out you know the wife and i will get a massage whenever we go on a trip somewhere so it's like once every like seven months sure get one of those and you drop into one there's 110 minute 110-minute one the last time I remember. That's a long time with just me and my thoughts.

Those are the best. So I get in there, though. It's awesome. Yeah. It is phenomenal. And every time it's over, I'm like, I needed that. You know? I feel like I'm well-rested.

I should do this more. I should do this more. And then nine months later, like, yeah, I should do this more. I should do this more. Yeah. And then, yeah, I should do this. PK did that one time. He's like, six days a week for the rest of my life.

Yep, I'm going to do that. I'm going to do this every single day. Six days a week. Full workout, full massage, full bath, six days a week. How do you stay? And then always smelling? Yep. Living.

Out in Nashville until 3 a.m. eating burgers. What a weapon. This guy's the best. Hey, PK, we appreciate you, buddy. I'm bummed out too about six Fenway sports groups. It's a weapon. This guy's the best. Hey, PK, we appreciate you, buddy. I'm bummed out, too, about sick Fenway sports groups. It's a shame. How stupid are they? I can't believe we saw that.

Joining us now is a man who probably has a say or two about the Pittsburgh Penguins. This guy went to Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Hell, yeah. This past weekend, he was introduced to the world as the man with great flow on top of his head. Cheeky hands around the green. A great spinner

and a man who had a Sunday at Augusta National that he'll be able to tell stories about forever. Ladies and gentlemen, Neal Shipley. Yeah, Neal! How. Yeah, Neal! How you doing, Neal? What's up, guys? Good to see you. Hey, great to see

you as well. Hey, what part of Pittsburgh are you from? I'm from Mount Lebanon, down south. Okay, Lebo guy. The Pens are dead, seemingly. Have you heard this? Have you been paying attention? I know you're in the middle of golfing and stuff like that, but the Penguins... No, I... We gotta win tonight, and then we gotta get some help, No, we got to win tonight, and then we got to get some help, right?

So two losses tonight, and then we need to win tomorrow. But the state of the pens, we're in a bad spot. We let some Boston company come in and buy us, and they traded away Gensel. Traded away Gensel. Gensel's leading Carolina now, and we're going to miss the playoffs, Neal. It's bullshit. It's all bullshit.

Anyways, let's talk about something that's not bullshit. Hey, good for you this past weekend. Obviously a memory and a moment that'll last a lifetime. As we learned of your story and learned that you were a Yinzer, we got incredibly pumped for you. On Sunday, as you, your boy, and Tiger are walking down numerous fairways at Augusta

National, did you take it in? Did you realize that this is going to be something you'll remember forever? Talk about it, birthdays and weddings and everything for the rest of your life. Oh, yeah, that was a freaking coolest day of my life. I can't beat that. I mean, Tiger is so cool. And that's probably once in a lifetime for me. I mean, you know, he doesn't play very much anymore.

And, you know, who knows when I'll be back in a situation to be playing with him. So, I mean, gosh, it was unbelievable. And I mean, I really took it down on like 12T. He got a standing ovation and walking up 18, I let him go up ahead of me. And that was unbelievable to see that in person and be inside the ropes.

That was so cool. Were you nervous because of the patrons, because you're at the Masters of Golf playing with Tiger? Like when you hit that one short one, cheeky, little side spin, are you pumped like, all right, I just showed Tiger that at least I'm a guy? Like was there any of that? Was there any of those moments that were happening? And when you hit those, is it different than your normal tournament

or were you locked in? Yeah, I mean, I was pretty locked in. At the end of the day, it's just golf. But, I mean, the coolest thing was I think I, like, really roped a drive on two. And Tiger was like, hey, good drive. And I was just like, oh, my gosh, like that was freaking stick. That's amazing. Go ahead, AJ.

What was that? Did you have any interaction with his caddy, Joe Acaba? He's known as a guy that seems like everybody loves and a big sports fan. Like, was there a lot of communication out there between your buddy who was caddying for you and like the whole group yeah well joe's actually with patrick cantley now which i actually played with him and joe on uh saturday and they were awesome um his new guy lance is a really good guy too and uh just super i mean i was such a cool group i mean they were great to me and uh we got i got to talk to tiger about all types of stuff when we talked about just golf in general scotty sheffler as well

footwork uh friley woods and his uh you know all what all that he's doing with junior golf and how well he's doing uh talked about his daughter sam and apologies and her you know she's starting to start looking now she's i think 16 17 so it's kind of cool we got a bunch of normal conversations on the golf course he's just like really a normal dude which is uh kind of surprising for someone like him well i think a lot of the conversation while we were watching you on espn plus and i assume the numbers for your pairing on espn plus on sunday is going to be higher than i literally woke up watching you guys play golf and i transitioned right into cbs and watched scottie scheffler just go absolutely ape shit for the entire

afternoon. It was a perfect Sunday. Legitimately perfect Sunday. I think Tiger was at the stage, and they talked about this, of understanding that like, hey, telling you that was a great drive on two is going to be a big deal. He knew, I think he understands the power that he has. So the ability to remain

relatable is something I don't think a lot of people say about Tiger because we don't know much about him. What do you say about Scotty swinging out of his shoes? Did he say, what do you say about any, the current state of golf? Did you chat about that at all? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we talked about with Scotty, it's pretty interesting. You know, he has that wild footwork and just starts sliding all over the place. I mean, his feet go everywhere and Tiger is talking about it. Like he was, he's like some swing guru guy knows so much about golf it's nuts i mean he's talking about yeah because scotty slides his feet his base stays so square to his target his swing and so it's like there's something like that i was just like actually like that that makes a lot of sense that's really weird and you

know tiger was like you know like talking about all these other old old old head names that i just didn't really remember and i was just like oh that's pretty sick i would love to see you after walking down here in ephraim tiger next t-box all right let me see how i can slide this shit let me see how i can get these these feet to move out of there how do you feel about the golf game more confidence obviously with how you played there did you test yourself challenge yourself every single day what were the goals going in all that type of shit how do you feel about your game right now after you know probably the most watched sunday round that was not in for contention uh the masters yeah i mean that was uh i mean it's big for me to kind of play well under that uh under that type of pressure and hit shots like the one we're seeing right now

uh i mean that was really cool and those are tough to pull off in that moment and um you know it's uh i just got a lot of confidence from the week that my game can kind of travel and play against those guys. That's the goal is to be playing against those guys every week. And I think I can go do that now. I feel really good about my game and learned a lot about what I need to work on to even get sharper and start competing for those green jackets.

Go ahead, AJ. How do you feel about your game now compared to, say, a week ago before you played in this Masters event, before you played with Tiger on Sunday? I would imagine you could, like you said, the confidence that you could build, but I'm sure you could take that and kind of run with it. Does it feel like your game is in a great spot? Yeah, it really does. My game was in a good spot prior to the tournament,

but I'd never played it in PGA Tour event before, so the ability to kind of test my game against those guys and just see how i compared uh really kind of was super helpful for me and made me realize i don't need to be anyone special you know there's no real special sauce to being the best player in the world it's just about a lot of hard work and a lot of consistency in your preparation hey neil you're representing for a city that doesn't have a lot of golfers. Okay, you know that. Tone has a question for you. Yeah, I do. I mean, we had Arnie, who, pretty good career.

There was Jim Furyk, pretty good career. And now it's going to be you. So you are basically carrying the flag for Yenzers as far as golf is concerned, and we are ready to get behind you. But does it help, you know, growing up, where every single tee shot, you can't see the green and then every single shot after that is there's not a lie in pittsburgh that is balanced

you're either uphill down here side hill you got to hit over kennywood on a couple courses like does that does that help at all going with your golf career because i know augusta is also a lot of up and down as well yeah i think uh particularly augusta is super helpful i was uh pretty comfortable on some of those super weird lies you know because pittsburgh golf can be pretty goofy golf but sometimes um and yeah i feel like when we go on odd golf courses i feel really prepared to take on like a bunch of those weird things just because that's what you see you know on the day-to-day back home and um i think what's great too with oakmont in town i mean all the greens in Pittsburgh are so damn fast. We see crazy speeds all the time in Pittsburgh.

When we get to these tournaments like Augusta when the greens are flying like crazy, it's nothing I haven't seen before. Was it like glass out there? They say that. It was stupid. Saturday, they're gliding like crazy. Then you got the wind blowing putts.

Cause they're so fast and you got wind and TV doesn't do it justice. How hard it was on Friday. And that, I was, that was some of the toughest conditions. I was just really happy to be on my couch Friday afternoon and in the clubhouse at three over. Amen.

Let's talk about TV. You were on TV a lot. Yeah. Neil, you know what I'm, yeah. Good range. You got good periphery. You got good peripher a lot. Yeah. Neil, you know what I'm... You got good range. You got good periphery. You got good periphery. I think somebody should have told you,

hey, you don't have to look at the live playback. You are on TV. But in that moment, when you're sitting in that clubhouse, what's going through your head? And then immediately afterwards, when one of the lads says, hey, yeah, you're... You're looking sideways everywhere can you take us through that entire process there oh my god i was so nervous the last thing i wanted

to do was slide uh or was uh swear on national tv uh or say something stupid and i also didn't want to like speak out of turn so i was trying to look at the teleprompter that's going on so i knew my cues uh dumbass and so like i finished up all the presentations we go back to our party house i've had a few icy lights and uh and then all all of a sudden i have like my my family's like hey neil have you seen these memes of you i'm like what memes like what are you talking about and then they start show just absolutely like roasting me for the next three hours about it. It was something else. The internet was alive with you. I didn't think it was a teleprompter.

That makes sense, though. Like, all right, I don't want to step on Jim Nance here, Hall of Famer. Got Jon Rahm over here. Scotty Scheffler's right here. The chairman of Augusta National. Waterpower. Yeah. Waterpower.

He's right here. They told me to sit here and speak when spoken to. I'm going to give a little bit of a heads up here. I was on TV that whole time. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. I thought you handled it great, dude.

Your first time in there. I think you were an absolute legend all weekend. Let's not let the memes ruin it. Let's let the memes add to it. What a legendary thing, especially 10 years from now, when Neil Shipley is the one sitting in the middle chair. Hell yeah. You know, whenever he's sitting in the middle chair on that left side

when he's taking home a green jacket. We've got to get to a hard out here for ESPN. We'll continue on YouTube and ESPN Plus with the best amateur from the Masters of Golf this past weekend, Neil Shipley. We've got a big one tomorrow. Yeah. Kaitlin Clark will be joining the program. Charles Barkley joins us in about 10 minutes. one tomorrow. Yeah. Caitlin Clark will be joining the program. Charles Barkley joins us in about 10 minutes.

Hell yeah. Yeah. We'll see you then. Goodbye. Yeah, Neil, you're opening for Charles. Hey, you did it. Yeah. It's a good week.

Is that what you said? It's a good week. Yeah, it is. Yeah. Hey, I don't know if Chuck knows this, but I was on the airplane next to him about a month ago on the way down to, he was going to Atlanta from Phoenix. And I poked him and I said, hey, Chuck, I love what you're doing with your golf swing. And he probably has no idea that that was me, but I compliment his swing and what he's doing with it on the plane.

Yeah, it was pretty funny for me. Think about how many golf bros that aren't playing into Masters. Yeah, not you. Say shit to Chuck about his golf game. He's like, okay. All right. I get it. I remember him. That was on a plane, I think. That hair is

great. Long hair always been your thing? Oh, yeah. I mean, it's been for the last bit. We've been going out for a while. We love it. Yeah, even I mean, it's a grind. It's a lot to take care of. But I was going to cut it after the US Amateur and then I got

like went viral there. So I was like, well, shit, can't cut my hair now. Kind of like a brand. So it's good. You know, it's kind of its own thing. It's powerful. I think the hair is powerful. You were, I mean, just the whole Yeah. Big ones.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, a little bit. You had a great shot. I forget where it was. Your caddy walked right in front of the camera. Shout out to, is that your boy? I assume that I've heard. Carter, my boy Carter.

He's not a golf caddy. He plays golf in Wisconsin. He's a Central Catholic guy, too. Wow. Boys out there doing it. You hit this shot so good, and you pose a little bit, and they got a shot on you, and they're like, this Neil Shipley guy, what a round.

And then just two massive right in the middle of it. Always been your thing? Are we in? That's beef jerky, I assume? Yeah, we got beef jerky in there, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're zinning, huh? We, we got beef jerky in there, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're zinning, huh? We're zinning big time.

Oh, maybe, maybe, yeah. Yeah, you're right. Hey, let's not give up anything. You're on Dustin Ashley with that entire thing. Hey, we don't give up our secrets. I mean, I've heard that nicotine takes like three or four shots off the score. Jeez, can't say that, Neil. Can't say that.

John Daly. D-Bus has a question for you Neal appreciate that Neal hey I know you had obviously a great Sunday but I'm kind of jealous obviously you playing with Tiger did you get gifted any of that Sunday red I think that's the first time I saw it definitely obviously on the Masters but did you get gifted any of that and if not maybe you should reach out

to him to get some I do want to get to my complimenting on it although I have an idea for him he sweats through his shirts all the time maybe you should reach out to him to get some. I do want to get to my complimenting on it. Although I have an idea for him. He sweats through his shirts all the time. I think he should do one of those shirts where when he sweats through it, a pattern goes on. It should be like a tiger stripe pattern.

I think that's what it is. Wow. That's a great idea. Yeah, it could be that logo. Yes. You could just go all over. Did you tell him that? Did you tell him? I didn't tell him that.

I was about to tell him on 5t after 5t but then he blew one in the trees i was like that's you know it's ain't the time to did he get pissed did he get pissed yeah notes yeah i heard about you guys in notes oh oh so this this guy from yahoo sports i don't know who he is charles robson i'm sure he's a nice guy i'm sure he's a nice guy still exists still exists he's a nice guy. Yahoo Sports still exists. Still exists. I mean, everyone else in the press room, there's like 20 other people.

I've probably met about 15 of them. This guy from Yahoo Sports I've never met says that to me, and I look over the moderator like, who the hell is this guy? It just didn't happen. I was so confused. That's why I was so shocked. No, somebody was telling you you weren't allowed to give the confused. That's why I was so shocked. No, somebody was telling you you weren't allowed to give the answer.

That's what it was, remember? Yeah, yeah, yeah, that was it. Okay. So you read that all the internet shit too, huh? Immediately. Sounds like the boys with the icy lights, maybe a little mom go afterwards. Like, Neil, a lot of shit. Press conference, in the clubhouse with the eyes.

You were taking over the internet. Taking it over. Oh, it was hilarious to see. My boys were really giving it to me, which I appreciate. You got to keep my feet on the ground. I know my guys back here in Columbus, they were just going nuts at me the entire time and really roasting me in the group chat. I was like, really, boys? Like, right now?

Just play the gusto. Yeah, just play. Come on. I just played Sunday with Sunday Red's debut. How about that? So how about you eat shit? When you play against, like, what's your score there? What'd you end up with over the four days? Something like 11 or 12 over. A lot of people over.

A lot of people over. Yeah, a lot. It was really tough. I played, like the third on saturday it was it was no good but uh you know it's the best consolation prize was shooting 80s i got to play tiger woods on sunday which is pretty funny probably best case yes other than winning probably best case scenario in the entire thing when you're just playing i think go ahead how often i think it's probably like the best thing for my career possibly honestly like that's like the amount of attention i got from just that's unbelievable i watched you play 18 holes yeah yeah i love this

dude love everything about and you didn't buckle like you know at no point did you buckle or or kind of give up and i think you know sometimes amateurs you don't know if they got it or not but like when you're playing day to day you're you're scratch like every course you step onto your scratch right is that yeah yeah i mean yeah i think uh i'm like technically six better than scratch so i'm like a plus six so like if you're a scratch player i'd give you six shots damn every so you give me 20 24 too many i give you too many shots not enough you're not giving me enough. You play with Tiger. I can't wait until that becomes

a conversation with you when you're trying to give up strokes on the course. 24. I need 24 strokes. No way. I'm only going to... You play with Tiger. But every course, you could just show up and just dominate? I mean,

if I play like a public meeting or something like that or a short golf course for sure, a lot of courses we play in college are really difficult too. So if you're anywhere in college, anywhere for three days, around like nine, ten under, that's really, really good. So like around 300 days, great. But yeah, I've been consistently under par for a while. I play really well most days.

Yeah, that'd be nice. Only getting better, too. Last question here from Connor, Neil. Yeah, Neil, obviously there's a lot of stuff in the media from, you know, Wyndham Clark kind of taking shots from the PGA side towards the live, and, you know, that's been going on for a while. As an outsider, kind of just coming in here in your first major tournament, was it very apparent that there is that beef going on there,

or does it seem as though that has kind of calmed down a little and the stuff that we heard was just very unique snippets from guys that clearly still have a gripe to push or whatever? Yeah, I mean, I think those are a lot of unique snippets. A lot of the camaraderie around guys, I you know guys were really happy to see those little guys it's almost like a big family reunion because none of those guys see each other anymore um so i think it was kind of just a like a one-off one-off thing or two you know when you hear things like that but um you know the golf world is divided and uh i hope to see it come together soon uh i mean it's it's not great for the sport

that we have all these great players in different tours. It's great when you see them together, like at the Masters or US Open. You get to see all the greats together, and that's when you get really good leaderboards like we had this past weekend. Hell, yeah. We're pulling for that, too. But you keep playing good golf because there's hundreds

and hundreds of millions available now for a Yinzer kid out of Lebo because of how damn good he is at golf. We're proud of you, buddy. Keep going. Appreciate it. I got one thing for Connor. Fuck the Patriots. Oh, no. Could have been worse. There's a lot of things.

There's a lot of ways you could have went there. We were thankful that's the way you went, certainly. We appreciate the hell out of you. What's next? What do we got next? We got college golf still to play. When is that? That's summer? Yeah, I got this summer.

Actually, we have our next event this weekend. I'm playing our home event this weekend and we got Big Ten's weekend after that here in Columbus. It's right back to it and playing for OSU and trying to maybe get a tree like Mr. Hawk here. You guys go visit that every day to toughen up? Yeah, I walk by that thing every day, give it a little pat.

It's just iconic. Do you shake any trees' hands at Augusta? That's it with AJ's tree every day. Yeah, go shake AJ's tree. Go shake AJ's tree just like that right there. That's awesome. What a picture. Alright. Think about that hand, who it is too.

Just the whole... The internet never stops. This man is going to climb to the top and we cannot wait to watch. Hell yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, Ohio State, OH. I-O. I-O. Wow. Hell yeah.

That was big. Hey, Monday Night Raw is in Columbus next week. Stop by. It'll be good to see you in person. Ladies and gentlemen, Neal Schimel. Oh, yeah. Bye-bye. How are you doing, Neal?

I'm through. Give me the ring. With a golf club? With a club. A driver? Yeah. Imagine him snapping a driver over somebody's head. Sammy Zane.

Gable. That's our intercontinental champion. I understand. I'd love to see Neil Shipley just beat the shit out of him. What's your problem? He got his ass beat last night by Chad Gable. Heavy is the head that wears the crown sometimes. I'm so sick of your negativity.

Sami Zayn blew the roof off the belt. He did. That was incredible. Notice he hasn't been in the gym since he won that. Joining us right now is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Whoa. An NBA MVP. One of the greatest TV personalities in the history of television. A man who's won 79 Emmys and counting from TNT.

Ladies and gentlemen, friend of the program, Charles Barkley. Yeah! Chuck, how are you, pal? I'm good, guys. Thanks for having me on. Now, you've had to watch this shit show for the last five minutes. We apologize for keeping you waiting. We appreciate you taking the time.

Massive night tonight, Chuck. Play-in to start the playoffs. We got LeBron James. We got Steph Curry. We got two young teams. We got a massive night for the NBA. Is this exactly how they wanted it whenever they set up this play-in style for the playoffs, Chuck? how they wanted it whenever they set up this play-in style for the playoffs, Chuck?

Well, I'm not sure they thought they were going to have the Lakers and the Warriors in the play-in. I think it was really supposed to be for the shit teams. I'm not going to lie. But you know what? It's great. It's

actually pretty good. And you got Joel Embiid and Jimmy Butler tomorrow night on ESPN. But man, it's great it's actually pretty good and you got joel mb and jimmy butler tomorrow night on espn but man it's gonna be too great and i'm fascinated by both games i'm not gonna lie i mean i think this is a really important game for the pelicans you know they played the lakers twice this year in meaningful games and got humiliated twice. The championship of the end-season tournament, they had to win one game, Pat, one game at home Sunday to avoid the play-in, and they got humiliated again by the Lakers. I really think this is an important game.

I really think it's an important game for the Pelicans, for their psyche going forward. And that second game, man, the Warriors are going to have their hands full. They're going to have their hands full with the Kings. The Kings can score with anybody. They can't stop a runny nose,

but they can flat out score. If you remember last year, Steph Curry bailed him out in game seven when he went off for 50. I don't know if he's capable of doing that any longer. So I think both games tonight are going to be fascinating. Good for the – you just said something about Steph Curry there

that we'll certainly revisit at some point. AJ, you have a question for Chuck? I want to talk about the Warriors. Are we going to – is this the last great hurrah for the Warriors? Is it possible if they get in that they make a run? What do they look like next year? Is this something that we're going to see this core in place moving forward? AJ, number one, good to see you.

Let me tell you something. The one thing I know about old people, they just get older. They don't get healthier or they don't get better. The Warriors are done as we know them. They got old. When you have as much success as they have, it's not like

you probably guys are feeling the same thing when you made a Super Bowl run before. You're tired going into the next season. But what's happening with the Warriors, man, that wear and tear is taking their toll. The with the Warriors, man, that wear and tear has taken their toll. The thing with Clay, ACL, Achilles, this really hurt his game going forward.

And you go back, they really kind of messed up on the Wiseman, taking him number two pick in the draft. It worked out. Kaminga's coming on. But the thing with Wiseman's probably been the thing that sent them back the most but man old people no disrespect I want to be an old person one day but old people don't get better they're just going to be a year older next year but they're cooked as far as being a championship contender yeah but when you're old and you're retired you can take science

you know these guys can't take any science. So you can't get better as you get older now with modern science. I'm kind of living proof these knees feel better than they've ever felt before. Yeah, but hey, you know what, Pat? We're not going to put your ass in a game, though. Don't forget that. It's great to walk around.

True, true. It's great to walk around. Hey, I don't know if AJ's got any fake body parts. I got two new hips. But if he got fake body parts, that don't mean we're going to put him in an NFL game. It'd look good walking around, but we're not going to put him in a game more than likely. How are those two new hips? AJ's knees are terrible.

He needs two new ones. Hey, AJ, AJ, let me tell you something. I put it off, and when I got the first hip, I was like, oh, my God. This is the greatest thing ever. Then I got the second hip. Man, get it done. It's a godsend. It changed everything about me just walking around in pain all the time.

Hey, get all the fake body parts you can. All right. AJ, you need to do that. AJ, so his knees, he is a, his gait, especially at the American Century Championship, he is in pain all the time. He's like, yeah,

this is what life is, though. Yeah, you're just in pain. He's from Ohio. You know, he's got that linebacker mentality from Ohio. He's like, yeah, I just hurt. That's, yeah, that's life now. My knees hurt.

But what I think, what you're saying is he doesn't have to be like that, AJ. Right? That's what you're saying, Chuck?'t have to be like that, AJ. Right? That's what you're saying, Chuck? Yeah, because, you know, you want to be able to, first of all, you want to walk and play. I mean, there's only a few things old people can do. We play golf and we fish.

Now you got some of these crazy idiots out here trying to play pickleball. Great sport. I don't call it pickleball. I call it a place where old people go and get hurt. That's what they should change the name to. I don't know if that's as catchy. I don't know if that's as catchy as pickleball, Chuck. I don't know if it's the same.

It's not nearly as catchy. But, hey, I'm telling you, getting artificial parts, man, they change everything. Get it done as soon as possible. All right. So you are obviously freak athlete, big man, happy to hear you got two new hips. Also, a lot of experience on things, especially things that are coming

up like the Olympics. Connor has a question for you, Chuck. Yeah, Chuck. Every time the Olympic roster gets announced, everybody always goes back like, hey, is this team as good as the 92 team? And obviously, the squad that they have going right now, it's all the superstars. It's not like last year where they went to FIBA and it was just kind of, you know, Halliburton was

on the team, but it wasn't what it is coming up this year. But to that Dream Team point, when that happens and that debate comes up, a lot of people go to the Redeem Team of 2008, but some people say like, hey, 92 was great, but 96, like that team could have probably beaten the Dream Team

too. You were on both the teams. Do you have any thoughts around that debate? The 92 versus 96 team? And is the 92 team just by far and away the greatest Olympic team ever? Or do you think there are some of those other teams like 96, like the Redeem team, that can hold a water to that team as well? Well, I think that the key is, number one, thank you for a great question. The 92 team was unique because it was a first time. And you have to factor in, on all these teams, I'm not stupid, Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, the three most important players in NBA history.

You know, people forget. The NBA was too black, too thuggish, too many drugs. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are the two most important figures in NBA history. You know, the average salary when they started was around $200,000. Now the average salary is like $10 million.

I always tell Magic and Larry, every time I say thank you thank you thank you those are the two most important figures in nba history then you factor in michael jordan who's like a supernova which they don't come along that often so those that's one of the reasons those other teams hey lebron i love lebr love LeBron. LeBron is amazing. But to have those three guys on that first team, nothing can beat that type of star power. Yeah, these other guys are great players, but they didn't do what the NBA for what Magic, Michael, and Larry did. And I would never disparage LeBron because I think LeBron, hey, man, he's amazing.

He's great great great but anybody tell you that people are going to be buying his shoes for a billion dollars a year after the guy's been retired for oof think about that you have to also factor in

Michael's the first guy who did commercials so you have to factor all that in when you're talking about the cultural relevance. You know, Magic and Bird and Michael, because of who they were and what they did for the NBA today, the reason Kobe, LeBron make $800 million from Nike is because Michael Jordan was the first guy to do it. I mean, you go back and look. Think about it. You go back and look at that movie, Air.

Oh, yeah, it's a great movie. I was about to talk about it. It's a great movie. Great movie. Yeah, but you think, Pat, you think about it. You know, his mom says, you know, we want a percentage of the shoes. They're like, well, and Matt Damon, who was playing Sonny, says, but we don't do it like that.

Well, because of Michael Jordan, we do it like that. So to answer your man's question, you've got to take into effect in 92, Magic, Michael, and Larry was such what they did for the NBA. These other teams are great, great, great, but what those three guys did for the NBA is on a whole other level. The Magic and Larry Dock. Awesome. Sweet.

I think it's on NBA TV. I think it's an NBA film. I don't know who created it. It's awesome. Air. Awesome. The history of basketball and its growth. Semi-pro, obviously.

Huge part of it all. You know, these movies. The Flint Tropics, they got tropical. If it wasn't for them, you them, the alley-oop would never exist. We all know that. But those movies tell the story of the NBA in a beautiful fashion. And as you were talking about that dream team in the Olympics, and obviously it's international play,

do you think it's your guys' fault that these sports have grown in these countries so much that now the NBA is like so, I mean, right? It's becoming a top five, top ten players. International players are taking up a lot of the spots. Like, the game is more global than it's ever been. I assume the Dream Team is one of the big factors in that entire thing.

Well, 100%, Pat, that's because of David Stern. When David Stern, that was his global vision, and it worked out perfectly. You know, and listen, I'll tell you something else that's amazing about the dream team pat we had 10 000 people standing outside of the hotel just to get a glimpse of us every day when we would walk to the bus you have to walk like probably 15 feet from the hotel door to the bus there was 10 000 people out there every day. There was people along the highway holding signs. We had two police

cars in front, two police cars in back. We had an armed motorcycle. We had two guys on motorcycles on the side. One guy had a machine gun. We had a helicopter above the bus. Every time we went to practice into a game.

These guys, they probably have security, but they didn't have that type of security. And there was not 10,000 people standing outside the hotel to see us go to practice a game. And I guarantee you, they weren't late. Dude, along the highway, people were holding up Bird Magic Michael signs. I tell people to this day, it's one of the most incredible. It's the most incredible. I mean, people standing along the highway with Jordan Bird Magic signs and a helicopter above the bus and a machine guy, a gun guy besides you. copter above the bus and a machine guy, a gun guy beside you.

I mean, the stuff that went on for that dream team, you know... Chuck, Chuck, you guys sitting in the bus, that motherfucker's got a machine gun. When you guys realize that, that's a funny moment, you know, like as you guys are talking amongst each other. We're like, yo, man,

one of these guys on the motorcycle got a machine gun, and I'll tell you something else when we went to the top of the hotel to get by the pool there was like 10 security guards with machine guns on the roof it was crazy

nobody fucked this up the entire league is here the future of the league is here and then it grows the game exponentially and I've had some of these younger players come up to me and say, the Dream Team is my first recollection of basketball in some of these foreign countries. And that's the first time, you know, I met Dirk Nowitzki and tried to pay him to come to Auburn. We played an exhibition in Germany.

You can't do that. That's illegal. That's illegal. It was illegal, but I didn't give a damn. I'm not going to lie. You know, no, Pat, I told this story. illegal. That's illegal. It was illegal, but I didn't give a damn. I'm not going to lie. No, Pat, I told this story.

We're playing in Germany, and I got Scottie Pippen, who's a great defender. I got Horace Grant, a couple other NBA players, and we play this German team. Dirk's got like 35 at halftime. At this time, Scottie was considered the best defender

Or great defender This dude finished with like 52 points And I said yo man who the hell are you He said my name is Dirk Nowitzki I said you want to go to Auburn I'll take care of that He says I gotta go in the army I said dude you're 7 feet tall you're not going in the damn army

And this is true So this going in the damn army and and uh this is true so the next this is in the middle of the summer we planned uh nike exhibitions in germany he gets drafted which is and i feel bad saying this because the guy passed away you know he didn't get drafted by the mavs and it's probably gonna go going to go down because I think Robert tracked the trailer rest in peace. They got traded for each other and it's probably going to go down as one of the worst trades in NBA history.

Well, Dirk would go on to do what he did to Scottie Pippen that day to everybody in the NBA. For how many years did Dirk play? 18. For how tall? You said he's 7 foot tall. He's not going to the Army. How do you, like, for how tall? You said he's 7'0". He's not going to the Army. How do the joints hold up for 20 years?

Like, how on the wood, too? I mean, you guys. Well, I think he was more of a finesse player. But still, just fucking running at that size. By the end. Yeah, but, you know, he's not one of them big lumbering guys who's jumping way. First of all, he didn't weigh as much as Shaq. Nobody does, just for the record.

Jeez. But I think that, man, it was beautiful to watch him play. And he's such a good dude too. But, man, it was crazy, Pat. I tell people, man, when you go back, guys, when we get together every now and then, we talk about, like, yo, man, the stuff that happened for the dream team was incredible yeah it sounds like we're still talking about it so i mean it's going to live on forever i think there's another doc about the

dream team that i've watched before i feel like i've watched a lot of the go ahead well allegedly in chuck can probably speak on this better the one practice where they split into five on five and larry bird was just watching on the sidelines the greatest game in the history of the NBA. Never seen or something. Yeah, that was never seen. Well, it was like that every day. That wasn't just that one practice because you have to understand something. You had

so Clyde Drexler hated Michael because Michael he actually made the mistake of saying he thought he was good as Michael. And so they hated each other. You had Scotty going against Magic, who he had just beaten in the finals. You had Karl Malone and me who was trying to prove who was the best power forward in the world.

You had David Robinson and Patrick Ewan who was trying to prove who was the best center in the world. Every single day. And I've said this many times, not just now, it's the most intense practice every single day. And obviously he had a lot of egos and things like that. But it's by far and away the most intense practice that we went through every single day because everybody was trying to prove something to the other guy. It was crazy intense, but we had fun. But everybody was trying to prove something every day in practice.

So when Larry, because Larry had a bad back, but he says, man, these dudes out here trying to kill each other because we were. Because everybody wanted to prove who was the best player at their position. Larry was trying to prove he could get through three or four packs of cigs in one of these games, and I think he accomplished it. I think he accomplished it. Well, let me tell you something.

I made the mistake of going out with Larry one night. And for some reason, you know, Pat, I like to drink, but for some reason, Budweiser has this really negative effect upon me. Beer? I can drink vodka and tequila a lot, but for some reason, Bud Light, I don't know what they put in it. And I made the mistake of trying to drink with Larry one night. And to this day, I have no idea how I got home.

How many beers? How many beers if we had to guess? Larry put it down. Oh, 15, 16. Oh, Jesus. So you can handle tequila and vodka, can't handle beer. Normally it's the... I can have a regular beer.

It's something about Budweiser that does something to me. Well, people haven't looked into that. There's a lot of other chatter around that. I don't know if it's... I've been there before. Yeah, well, Derry's had a white boy birthday as well. Came to my birthday party one night and, I mean, we were deleting beers. Oh, yeah.

Deleting. Deleting beers all over the place. I'm happy we're not at that stage anymore. Birthday's coming up. I was going to say, that wasn't that long ago. We could take a trip back in time, you know, a couple years if we needed to. You talked about big guys and lumbering and everything like that. There's a big guy in the nation's first capital who's obviously an MVP but could potentially lead him on.

D-Bot's got a question for you. Yeah, definitely want to talk about MB and his playoffs, his health, what the Sixers look like going into this playoff run. And then this past weekend, a lot of waves were made with Allen Iverson being added to the Legends walkout there in Philly and his statue. I know yours is out there as well. Bobby Jones, Wilt, a lot of the greats.

What was your reaction first time seeing your statue? Did you see the shit that AI was getting? And then obviously your thoughts on the Sixers going to the playoffs this year. Well, it was such an honor for the Sixers to give me the statue. And AI deserved to be there. AI was a great, great, great player. And he's a good dude, too. It's really an honor and a privilege to be on that little walk of fame.

It's really cool. But I got to tell you something, Darius. Man, this thing is opening up for the Sixers. I'm telling you, because they better win tonight because I think they beat the Knicks. I really do. I think they beat the Julius Randall injury

screwed the Knicks. I think they've got to beat Miami tomorrow night. First of all, you've got a game at home. You've got to win that game. But I think they beat the Knicks and then I forget

they won't play the Celtics until the conference finals so I think this thing is working out perfectly for my 76ers how do you feel about the Celtics? always we have Boston Connor is one of the humans here

and we talk NBA stuff the Celtics are just assumed to be great they've kind of fallen one of the humans here. And we talk NBA stuff. The Celtics are just assumed to be great. Like, they've kind of fallen out of the conversation now. It's like they don't get chatted about much day to day. It's like just kind of like, yep, they should be. That's how it should go. They should win. Let's talk about everybody else.

Do you feel like this is the year the Celtics finally kind of get back into the championship conversation? You know, Pat, I'll be shocked. I'll be shocked if the Celtics don't win the championship. Here we go. That's how everybody feels. Guaranteed. Yeah, I mean, I've said that before.

I said, yo, man, they got it all. You know, I think the missing piece was probably Porzingis and Drew Holiday because that gives them size and toughness. Man, if they don't get it done, I mean, it's going to be interesting because, you know, I think this year and next year they got to pay Tatum. So they just gave Drew Holiday $150 million, somewhere in that range. They gave Jalen Brown $300 million last summer.

They're probably going to have to give Jason Tatum more than that. And I'm not sure they can keep all these players together if they're not going to win the championship. So I think the Celtics are a favorite. I'd be shocked if they don't win it. I'd be totally shocked if they don't win it. I'd be totally shocked if they don't get to the finals. But my favorite

in the West is probably Denver, but I'll be totally shocked if the Celtics don't win the championship. The Porzingis contract and the Drew Holiday contract actually, too, were pay cuts. So even though they got new deals, it is now less on the cap for that Tatum deal.

Because they're paid somewhere else. Yeah. Well, listen, when you give somebody $120, $30 million, you feel that's a lot of money. I don't know how it works. I don't know how it works. I don't know how it works. Hey, my man, let me tell you something. I guarantee you Jason Tatum ain't taking no pay cuts.

No. $350 million. That's exactly right. If Jalen Brown got $300 million, I think he got $308 million. Oh, my God. Jason Tatum's going to get more than that. Uh-huh. $350 million.

And so now you're paying two guys $600 million. Two guys. Basketball's in a good spot. Basketball's in a good spot. Thank you, Dream Team. Thank you, Michael Jordan, Magic Larry. Thank you, guys. Thank you for that entire thing.

Also, Brad Stevens, what's his future look like? Well, he's done a fabulous job. Because I'm telling you, if they're gonna pay everybody pat they should win they should be the championship favorite for the next five years what to be honest with you because jason and tatum and jaylen brown they i think are they over they like 26 27 oh yeah oh yeah every night chuck every night but jaylen brown's left hand they playoffs. They should be the favorite for the next five years. And I'm not just saying that. They should be the favorite for the next five years.

With Tatum, Brown, Porzingis, and Drew Holiday, with those four guys, they should be the favorite for the next five years in my opinion. Hey, good luck up there, Boston. Porzingis also like 26, Chuck. So him as well. Hey, what age did Braun and Jordan and them win? Yeah, funny enough, everyone hates on Tatum and he has to win it this year, but I believe

he just turned 26 in March and I think Steph, LeBron, KD all won their first championship actually at 28 and older, I believe. So he actually has two more years if he wants to be in that category. Nah, the team though, the money. There's 600 million, two guys. Oh yeah, better happen now.

Better happen now. Chuck, we can't wait to watch you tonight on TNT, man. Your show is awesome. Your guys are awesome. Hey man, were you in Montreux? They don't pronounce the T, weren't you in Montreal last night? Montreal, oui, oui, Chuck. Oui, oui.

Hey, it's French French up there, Chuck. That shit's really French. Yeah, that's why, you know, so Canada, Toronto is my favorite city, and Vancouver, I'm not a big Montreal fan for that simple reason. Like, I love Toronto and Vancouver, but I really can't get into Montreal because I agree with you. It's really, really French up there. Super, like, we pulled out of the airport or whatever,

and there was a sign on the side, like, describing what I assume is Plaza. And the whole fucking thing was in French. Like, I felt like i was back in french class but like super advanced level and i thought maybe it was a sign that just like rotated to like english wasn't even an english option no anywhere near it i'm like holy shit this is like french they're speaking french french yeah we're in france hey hey you know pat i've been watching y'all for the last few months and let me tell you something man has the rock got the best personality charisma on television i mean obviously roman and and cody and all those guys

are fantastic but the rock has the best like he got that thing. It's like, you know, AJ, you and Pat know, when you see a player like, oh, yeah, he's different than everybody else. Yeah. That's like, man, when you see the Rock perform and you're like, man, he's good. He's 285 pounds. 285 pounds. But, man, his personality, like, when he's talking you're like oh yeah i gotta watch this yeah and like i like to say i love cody i love self freaking rollins i love

roman reigns and jimmy big oh so but man the rock man when he's on television he's got that he's always had it but for him to come back and do his thing like he did for all this stuff the last couple months i'm like damn man he know how to he got the charisma bug yeah he's got it all the way back you know because he was it when he was attitude era hollywood rock and the rock and everything like that that launched this entire career on the microphone there was nothing like him that he was just he was the guy and then he's also six foot six incredibly attractive and jacked it's like this guy perfect superstar so then he goes to hollywood they tell him to lose weight if you do recall then he comes back to wwe and he's like i think he didn't do his promos as he was like

scripted almost too scripted or it felt that way so then he leaves again a lot of people were wondering like does the rock still got it does rock The Rock still got it? He's got it. Hey, The Rock still got it. Yeah, there's no questions asked. He was there every week, too. That fucking guy. Traveling every single week delivering. It was awesome. Hey, you know what?

I was impressed. I've known him. We're not great friends, but I've known him for a long time. And when I saw him, I was like, yo, man, he's got that thing. And when he's working, I want to watch. He played the heel perfectly. But his charisma, man, it's an honor. I've been watching a lot lately.

But I said, I love what you said last night. Yeah, there's a T in Montreal, but it's solid. Yeah, exactly. Well, you have to point out the obvious. That's kind of my expertise out there. Sammy Zane, did you see Sammy's entrance last night? I did. And you know what? I was going to fly up there and whoop

the Gables ass, but that man whooped his ass in front of his wife and parents, man. I didn't like that at all. You can't kick a man's ass in front of his wife and parents, man. I didn't like the ending. That's a U.S. Olympian, though. Remember that.

He is a U.S. Olympian, much like you, Chad Gable. Hey, I know that, but you can't kick a man's ass at his house, man. That's bad karma. You're right. Hey, Gable's going to have to answer to Universe and Sammy Zane. We appreciate you so much. Good luck tonight, man. Hey, thank you, guys.

Keep up the great work and be safe. Hey, okay, I have a question for you. Do you remember this man from a plane ride from Phoenix to Atlanta? He said he was sitting next to you, and he said he liked what you were doing with your golf swing, and he said there's no way he remembers me. This was the guy that was playing with Tiger on Sunday at the Masters. Hey, you know what's so funny about that?

I've been looking for that guy for a long time. This is a true story. Because I couldn't remember his name. This is actually a true story, Pat. He was so nice and kind. He came up and said some nice words to me.

And I said, yo, man, that's really cool. Thank you. I love the game. I'm working on my handoff. And I wanted to reach out to him later, I said, yo, man, that's really cool. Thank you. I love the game. I'm working on my high and offs. And I wanted to reach out to him later, but we never reconnected. But I remember the conversation vividly. I really do. Because he says, I said, yo, man, that's a really nice compliment. I really do.

I love the game. I play every day I get a chance. And he says, man, I keep working, blah, blah, blah. And then that's the last time I talked to him. But, yes, I do remember him. So that's the guy who played with Tiger this weekend, huh? That was low amateur. Yeah, of the weekend at the Masters of Golf.

He was just on the show like 35 minutes ago or something. He said he found out that you were coming on. He said, ask Chuck if he remembers me asking him. He's going to be jacked. It's the greatest weekend. It's the greatest weekend it's the greatest week i was watching the masters i was watching the live from the masters and when he walked up and introduced himself to tiger i was like yo man that is so cool yes yeah he walked up to tiger on the range and it was one

of those moments you're like, I was like, man that is so, he's so got to be so excited. That was cool. But yes, I remember him well. I didn't know it was the same kid, so tell him, hey man I'm proud of his success and keep it going. Alright, I think we'll send him that. I think

he's probably watching and we'll link you to if you would like, but if not, that's enough. Make it happen. Man, he's yeeting, and we'll link you to if you would like. But if not, that's enough. Yeah, make it happen. Okay. Boom. Man, he's eating all over the place, Chuck. All right. We appreciate you, man.

Can't wait to watch the NBA playoffs. Thank you for taking time. We genuinely appreciate you. Any time, my brother. Be safe. Keep doing your thing. AJ, you be safe. Other guys, y'all be safe.

Bye. Thank you, Chuck. Thank you, Chuck. Ladies and gentlemen gentlemen Charles Barkley he's plugged he's dialed in to WWE he had a sweet glasses too

he did have sweet glasses he looks good too remember last time he told us he was maybe utilizing some science I've been watching him all year I don't know if he's stuck with it or not I think he's looking better and better might be getting more active because he's got those new hips. I love Chuck, man.

He's been so nice to us. He's got a great take on the eclipse, by the way. I read something. We call him back? I wonder if he knows anything about pandas. All right. Let's take him. The people here in Indianapolis

said the eclipse was life-altering. I think Chuck is on the same vein. We missed it. Stupid Philadelphia. We're at a convention center in cloudy Philadelphia. Couldn't see anything. All I think about when I saw the photos of that is just the thought of that happening. Was it real?

In 10,000 BC. The first time it happened. Yeah. What would you even... We're fucking dead. It's over. It's over. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a solar eclipse expert,

Charles Barkley. Chuck. Chuck. Hey, AJ said you have a solar eclipse take that he wanted to ask about. Real emotional. Yeah, were you crying like all the people? Got real emotional and life-changing moment? A bunch of fucking losers. That was like,

I can understand if you're like a little kid or you want that, but these adults talking about they were going through something. I said, what a bunch of fucking losers. What a heel turn. Thank you, AJ. Come on, man. Please stop. Come on, man.

If you were like, I said, if you want to do that with a kid or something, or a science teacher want to take your class out, but if you're a grown-ass person and you built your whole day around the eclipse, you're a damn loser. I did not know what to expect. I had no idea. I had not heard this. AJ has obviously heard this.

I assume this has happened on your show or somewhere else. I did not expect that to come out of your mouth. Oh, Chuck, you're the best. Ladies and gentlemen, solar eclipse expert, Charles Barkley. Yeah, Chuck. All the time. Wow. He didn't skip a beat.

Fucking loser. Oh, man. Didn't see that coming. All right. I don't know where we're headed for this. That's the show. That has to be the show. He's the man.

He is the best. I thought he maybe did the research, met somebody. Yeah, me too. I thought there was some message coming about the moon. What happened? I did too. Great sell.

I should have known it coming was his that that was your mania moment brother yep right there oh my god bunch of fucking losers i mean yeah he's like he was ready for it uh well yeah what a question yeah yeah as i was asking it he was getting pit well you introduced him as Solar Eclipse expert. That basically got him going. He was already mad. That's the way I thought it was going. That's the way I legitimately thought it was going.

It definitely did not. That got me. Yeah, that was so good. That was a misdirection that I did not expect, even though I assume it's been out there. That's why you knew about it. But nonetheless, thank you to Chuck for joining us. Thank you to PK Subban for joining us.

Thank you to Neil Shipley for joining us today. Thank you for Brock fucking Purdy for joining us. Hell of a Tuesday here. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for a living. Tomorrow, Caitlin Clark, the newest member of the Indiana Fever, will be joining us live in the Thunderdome. Hell yeah. 1230 Eastern.

I think we got like 30 minutes there. Nice. So this should be... Let's get to know CC. Sit down. A little bit. You do a sit down like you do with A-Rod in studio in New York. You're right.

Maybe we should do some... You should set up a couple of journalism. A-Rod's doing a lot of sit downs. Yeah. Yeah, it looks like it. I haven't seen many. I got gotta actually watch some of the clips I've seen. I don't know how the whole

podcasts are, but I definitely see some clips that are going. He's catching steam today. I fucking love this guy. He's the OCI, right? I fucking love... Right now, at this current moment, yeah, I'd take a bullet for Rodgers, no doubt about it. No doubt about it. Hooga House, you know? Yeah, that's right. Exactly.

Bro, he's ho. Exactly. Exactly. Bro, he's hooging a hell of a lot of things right now. Good news is you don't have to take a bullet from the aura around him. It just stops that bullet and just disintegrates it. Hey, I saw some of those videos from over Israel, I think. They have the dome. The iron dome. Oh, the iron dome. Yeah, that thing's legit.

Yeah, there was some. And then I saw some that were blown up out of our. Out of the atmosphere. That was really cool. That big ball thing up there. Not good, obviously. We hope everybody lives and don't love that at all, especially as a group of people that have a lot of friends that are in the military

and see Gold Star. I mean, like the whole thing, not cool at all. But those videos make it in the algorithm. It's like, God damn, technology right now is insane. That's why there's billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars dumped into it. Yeah. Wild time to be alive.

With that being said, NHL and NBA playoffs. Baseball. We're here. Heating up. Starts tonight, really. Damn right. We beat the solar eclipse. Yep.

Looking in the mirror. You see somebody that also beat COVID. Just remember that. That's a good thing. Lost a lot of incredible people. Went through it. Changed the world. Stopped the world.

We all beat it. There's a lot of great things that we should look forward to, that we should be incredibly pumped that we're alive, even though it seems like chaos is happening at a rapid rate around us. It's a beautiful time to be alive. Hell yeah.

We are incredibly lucky and thankful that we get to do this. Can't wait for the Kaitlin Clark discussion tomorrow. Can't wait for the follow-up to the NBA playoff play-in games that start this evening. The NHL setup. Are the Pittsburgh Penguins going to be in the playoffs? Are we going to talk hockey again? I hope. AJ, I have a question.

You've got to have the Penguins in. PK Saban's kind of put out the bird call, maybe to the refs. Come on, guys. Get some power plays going for you. We need St. Crosby tomorrow to be able to get in. It ain't just about tonight. Need the Islanders to get fucking waxed tomorrow.

Because if not, I do fear there's a chance we maybe won't talk about hockey. We'll be on the ball. We'll talk basketball. Panthers suck, too. No, we'll be back. won't talk about hockey. We'll be on the ball. We'll talk basketball. Panthers suck, too. No, we'll be back. We can talk NBA. We'll still talk box.

See, this is what's fun about both sports is that Boston's got one seat in both teams. So if we don't talk at each other, it would be sweet to talk NBA, too. If we don't talk NBA. This kid's whole fucking night. Let's see where they last year. We can do that song and dance. We can do that again if we don't talk NBA? This kid's whole fucking time. Let's see where they last year. We can do that song and dance. We can do that again if we want. Porzingis feels like the difference, doesn't he?

That's sort of the Celtics. Porzingis comes in and I guess he... Drew Holiday. I'd say Drew Holiday. I'd say last year the big men weren't the problem. I would say Drew Holiday has kind of been a bigger factor. As we were talking about two sports at one time, and some people were talking about one,

and some people were talking about the other, we zoomed out and we showcased the pasta jersey hanging in the rafters. That is to celebrate the greatest NHL regular season of all time, which is what the Boston Bruins had last year. And then they lost in the first round. Yes, they did. Yikes. You guys lose in the first round last year?

Is it better to be loved and to loss or to never love at all? That's a great question. All right. True. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life.

We're in this thing together. We'll be back tomorrow with a good one. We appreciate you all so much. D-Butt, safe travels. Team on me. Team on three team on three one two three goodbye