The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 1168 - The Olympics Are Officially Underway, Brian Windhorst LIVE From Paris/Lille, Adam Schefter, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: July 29, 2024

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat all about the first weekend of the Summer Olympics in Paris including the USA leading the medal count thus far, Team USA basketball absolutely dismantling Serbia in their first game, why people are so upset about the opening ceremonies, and everything else happening in France right now. They also hop on the training camp train and go around to all the different NFL training camps and discuss it all including both Tua and Jordan Love’s new massive deals, and which teams have the most to prove/look the best going into the 2024 season. Joining the progrum LIVE from the back of a van en route to Lille, France to chat all about Team USA basketball and his thoughts on their dominant win over Serbia is journalist, ESPN NBA Insider, and friend of the show, Brian Windhorst. Later, ESPN NFL Insider, Adam Schefter joins the show to chat about all the biggest contract disputes happening around the NFL, what the Cowboys are going to do about Dak, Micah Parsons, and CeeDee Lamb all wanting to get paid, and what we need to pay attention to as NFL training camps are really starting to heat up. 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. We’ll 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 Overreaction Monday, July 29th, 2024. This program starts now! We hope you had an absolutely amazing weekend watching sports that we know little to nothing about, but certainly becoming experts of quickly in cheering on the Americans beating that ass to the total of the most medals in the Olympics already now China has more gold medals than us sure Australia might as well and there's certainly been a couple races in the pool that we have lost to Australians and they celebrate in our faces but the get back time is still around the corner and the Americans have the most amount of medals you're welcome world let's. Let's go. These sports we've never heard of. Fencing? Are women

first and second place? Was there any other country competing? I don't think so. How about the beach volleyball? Have you seen the team that we got there? It's a new generation. It's a new era. Same old dominance. Right there in front of Gerville Eiffel's Tower. That's over a thousand feet tall and they got that thing lit up. Our beach volleyball

teams are absolutely crushing. One of them former NBA player. Yeah. Chase Budinger. Yeahinger yeah dog that was a national volleyball player of the year as a high schooler also in the mcdonald's all-american game then he would go on to play seven nba seasons now he's back on the beach playing beach volleyball against the rest of the world about to win it dapping up the boys the olympics are a beautiful thing have you seen the, have you seen any of the gymnastics? Sure. Oh, yeah. Simone Biles is doing moves that only she has ever done.

Yeah. Okay. With a hurt calf. We hope she's okay. The whole team is all the way back. The dudes, now we did have somebody from Montana

kind of have a moment where it wasn't his absolute best feat of strength. Yeah. Everything like that. He'll bounce back four years from now,

which leads me to this. We need to enjoy the hell out of these games. We need to enjoy the hell out of these games. We need to enjoy the hell out of these sports. These athletes work their entire lives so that they can maybe compete once every four years. And you're getting a chance to witness, like, handball is back. Once again, in a different dimension

where America doesn't have other sports, if we were to play handball, we would beat everybody's ass. Think about goalie in blue right there facing off against Paul Skeets from that far away. Just think about that. Now, people are going to say, well, you need cardiovascular.

I'm saying, yeah, we need a year. We need to train. We need full focus on handball. The sport is electrifying. It is an awesome game that we get to watch every four years. And there's people overseas in these countries that play handball.'re like American exceptionalist. Look at that team. We beat your ass. You need to have more respect for us

Okay, you're saying we need more respect for handball You need to have a little bit more respect for that lineup right there We didn't put the NBA guys in there No didn't even put NBA guys on to this particular team just because we want to go to arms We didn't we don't know what wide receivers or running backs or safeties or corners who have incredibly strong arms, but they'd be able to dribble, shimmy, shake, dive, boom, top shed, goal. It is a great sport. I love the Olympics.

Absolutely love the Olympics. Which leads me to this. There's a lot of people saying they're not going to watch the Olympics. Because of the opening ceremony. I learned a lot about a man named Thomas Jolly over the weekend. I think we all did.

The one thing that I did not read or see is that he cares at all about sports. I think that's the biggest thing. We need people that love sports being a part of sports happenings. Whenever sports litigation is happening in government, like trying to change the future of sports completely, we need sports people around. Whenever we have the biggest platform for sports and competition happening once every four years, we need some sports people at least there to say, hey, this is a celebration. I understand the history of France had to be told

however it was told. You do what you got to do. But you got to bruise Statue of Liberty in there. I don't know much about the history of France. I know there's one particular day on a beach that took place that led to a lot of things. So I didn't respect and appreciate that. But there's a lot of people that are saying,

hey, what Thomas Jolly put together was incredibly disrespectful. And I think that is certainly a way to view things. That is a way to take it. And there is a lot of people have said that. And for good reason. And I have no idea how any of these things are the start of the Olympics or to announce that the Olympics are taking place.

It was a form of artistic expression that was paying trip, whatever. We just want it to revolve around sport. And we can't have the opening ceremony be a reason why people won't watch these athletes who have sacrificed everything about their lives to be great at something and only get to experience and celebrate

once every four years. And there's something called the Olympic Truce that took place, I think, way back. Yeah, yeah. Way, way back. 770. And it's been kind of broken a few times where wars stopped because of the Olympics.

But you can't have the opening ceremony starting a war. Starting a protest. So I hope the next time around we go ahead and think about that. How sports are a... And we can't have things that aren't a part of it be the reason why people won't watch it. Because when you watch it,

it's magic in the pool when they start swimming they're doing it i feel like i'm watching the kentucky derby but just wait there's another one coming in about 10 minutes some more people swimming faster than you've ever seen so i love the olympic time don't love all the drama that was certainly um self-created yeah by the olympics or whatever but I love that we're getting to watch the greats be great at sports we know nothing about. We can be obnoxious, ignorant, and arrogant about it, and that is how we will continue through the rest of these games.

The Toxic Table is here. At Boston Corner, at Ty Schmidt. Love acting like we know anything about any of these sports. Oh, yeah. I had a badminton net in my backyard growing up, so I'm watching badminton basically kind of taking me back to the nostalgia of my childhood. But those sports, judo, I mean, I had no idea how electrifying judo was.

All I think of with those geese are kind of like Dwight Freeney, guys that heal people. All of a sudden you're watching them get hip toss left and right, scoring points. And then equestrian. I watched way too much equestrian for me to even be calling it equestrian. I know there is a much more specific name for the things that they were doing, but they were going in and out of water. Some of the courses they had set up were electric. I mean, it really is awesome to watch all these sports because you said it like these people aren't on a national stage except for two weeks every four years. So it is cool to see. And I mean, the table tennis was unbelievable.

Some of the shots that those guys. We got a guy named Ja. Yeah. Okay. Ja's a dog. Ja was suspended for a bit because Ja refused to take any of their tests. I'm not your puppet. He missed three straight tests.

They suspend him. Now, the reason why he gets suspended for three missed tests is because they assume you missed the test because, you see, you don't want to take it. So they did not report that. They did not say that. They just said he missed tests. This guy might go off the grid. Sue him. Maybe he just plays table tennis every

single day of his life. Whatever the case, dog. This guy's an absolute stud. The table tennis nine-year NFL vet is a sport that a lot of people in America play. It's something that's pretty easy to set up. It's not very expensive. Normally, one person will have it.

You go ahead and gather there. You meet. You play. In football, it is very commonplace. In locker rooms, I assume. In other sports as well. Some of these other countries are just unconscious at table tennis. That's what I noticed whenever I was watching it.

The spins that they're putting on these balls are a real deal. But our guy might be able to take a run at this. Oh, yeah, obviously we're rooting for him, pulling for him. I don't know his odds, but probably not looking great. Yeah, not great. For now. He was good. Hey, we're talking.

We're high. I had eyes on him. There is a, I want to say he want to say 16 17 a young fellow from chinese taipei was facing some iranian lad yesterday this guy is the best table tennis player in the world bar none i mean just every single forehand hitting it about a thousand miles an hour his spin this guy's unbelievable if. I don't know what his name is. I don't want to just say this in a negative way. Seemingly, everybody in this Olympics

that plays table tennis. They could all win gold medals. I wish they could all win. But once again, as we were talking earlier, once every four years, get an opportunity to do your thing and be recognized at a global stage. I don't love that people are not watching

because it's something that happened by somebody that's not a part of the game. Not a part of sport. Is that real? Like the people not watching? Oh, yeah. A lot of people are pissed off. The numbers are...

I know people are pissed off. I mean, it pisses me off. I don't get pissed off that much. I'm like, come on, what the... What is this? No, just a lot. We get it. There was a lot of just like, we get it, we get it, we get it, we get it like we get it we get it we get it we get it we get it we get it we get it we get it we get it okay we

get it and if we're just going to go from strictly like uh how good of a presentation was the boats were kind of cropped they were the boats were kind of cropped so like thomas jolly if we're going to look at the art art of it all uh boats kind cropped. There was one particular country that was on a tiny little boat. Almost capsized. Yeah. Should've. And obviously the rain is its own thing and that's an added element. Our boat was sweet. Our boat was sick. Our boat was sweet. Yeah.

So we do appreciate the opportunity to have this particular boat represent because I mean, the ladies and lads just understood the moment. They're getting rained on right here. the moment. They're getting rained on right here. They're getting rained on. And obviously, George Washington with the flag

alongside Coco Gauff was very memeable immediately. As soon as we all saw it, everybody was like, yup, that's going forever. That's going to be the way that is. But then, you know, it just felt like there was a real unity, a real spirit. And I felt like our entire country needed it. Legitimately. I felt like our entire country needed it. You know what else we needed? What's that? And they showed up.

Our men's basketball team to beat that ass. Yeah. Not all of them. And they did, didn't they? Oh, yeah. There was two guys that didn't play. Obviously, glue guy, Tyrese Halliburton. There for the vibes. Keep the team together. He'll have his moment. And Jason Tatum, he's Boston Celtics. Do you remember him? Yeah, he's pretty good, actually. Three first team.

Straight. Yeah, coming into the Olympics. Four total straight, three first teams. So he couldn't find time in rotation. Derek White recently added to the team. He played a lot. A lot. Very important. 15 minutes.

Drew Holiday, a lot. More than half the game. Got a a lot. A lot. Very important. 15 minutes. Drew Holliday, a lot. More than half the game. Got a lot of shots. Need him, obviously, in there. So, Steve Kerr just doesn't respect the team. And what is this? What do we, how should we view this for the future of the Boston Celtics? I mean.

The future of the Boston Celtics as a whole. I'm not sure what stick Steve Kerr's got up his ass. Personally, I thought Ty Lue should have been the head coach of Team USA. I think a lot of stick Steve Kerr's got up his ass. Personally, I thought Ty Lue should have been the head coach of Team USA. I think a lot of people... Spoh was there as well. Spoh also probably should have been the head coach. The best part of it was the internet,

of course. Some of the things that people were saying about Tatum were unwarranted, but hilarious. A lot of past Bama water. Is that it? Tatum, why don't you grab the trash underneath the bronze seat and throw it out i mean it was asinine i don't know yeah of course yeah there were a bunch but it's nuts granted when kevin duran's coming off the bench going eight of eight like fine you don't have to

put tatum in we're up 20 can we get the guys some burn can he just get a couple, fine. You don't have to put Tatum in. We're up 20. Can we get the guys some burn? Can he just get a couple jumpers up? I don't know. Maybe Steve Kerr, after the game, he said, you know, I felt like an idiot not being able to put him in the game. Well, then put him in the game, you asshat. Like, what are we talking about here? Yeah, but then it got too late in the game.

It was too big of a blowout. He'd been sitting down for too long. Can't put him in. Yeah. That would be more disrespectful. Boom. Yeah, like Tyrese, I was thinking about Halliburton. I'm like, okay, they're up 20 now towards the end.

And then they started talking about point differential and how important it is going forward and how Serby's going to try until the end. And I'm like, well, you can't put Halliburton in now because he's been sitting for 45 minutes to an hour, hasn't done anything. So you put him in first game, he pulled. And then how about the people that have to close out the game? Yes. Hey, yeah, you're in garbage time.

Yeah, joining us now is a man who maybe has a little bit better feel on the temperature of the men's basketball team. Obviously, he's been on the road since the beginning of the NBA season. Ladies and gentlemen, front of the program, Omaha citizen, Ohio guy, Brian Windhorst. Yeah, Windy. Bonjour, mon ami. Hey, bonjour, ça va? I'm lost now.

I don't know. I got three words, Pat. Tu es très fatigué, I believe. How's it been? I did not know you were such an educated man. It's over my head. I'm lost. Oui, oui.

Je m'appelle Pat. I talk French a couple times. A shout-out to Madame Wazwell. Oui, oui. Jean-Maple, Pat. I took French a couple times. A shout out to Madame Moselle. I don't remember. Anyways, let's move along. Madame Moselle. She was great. She was absolutely great. Wendy. Okay. You heard us just talk right there. It is the conversation.

Even though the team blew out Serbia, which is a very difficult team. I believe that team. Those itches are good. Those itches can ball. They were trying to play a little physical, trying to play a little different. I think Joker was disagreeing with his coach a couple times. Joker was like, let's not do the full court press because they have more skill and more

talent than us. They'll just drive around and we'll get penalties. And then I believe the coach said, this is our only option. This is our only option. He looks a little bit more rugged. The beard's a little bit more full. We appreciate that, but we get a win. Let's talk about Tatum, though, because this is obviously Connor's a Celtics fan. Is he handling it okay? I hope he is. Halliburton seems to be cool, no problem. Obviously, much different conversation in how long greatness has happened for both of

those guys, but Tatum's the convo here. How does he feel, and what is the vibes like over there? Well, I don't know how he really feels, but it seems like he's doing okay uh they told him before the game he wasn't gonna play probably it wasn't like steve kerr like didn't decide until the middle of the game they they figured out that they were gonna do this and uh you know before their pre-game planning and look i'm not gonna defend it i'm just to tell you what they were thinking, okay? Serbia is basically a team of big men and guards. They don't have, in Serbia, they don't have wing players like they do with other countries, like we do, okay?

So Steve Kerr wanted to play three centers on Jokic. He wanted to play Joel Embiid, Bam Adebayo, Anthony Davis. That was the plan. Those three guys are going to play three centers on yokich they wanted to play joel and bead bam out of bio anthony davis that was the plan those three guys are gonna play then you got two two nba level guards bogdan badanovich and vasily misich they got another guy abramovich who's really good so they wanted to have three guards to play they wanted to have uh edwards drew ho Holiday, and Derek White. So that's the game plan, and the game plan worked. Holiday was awesome. Drew, Derek Rose, plus 15. Two steals and a block in his minutes out there was great in his minutes.

Ann Edwards, very strong, 11 points. Kevin Durant is the wing that they use off the bench. And he had won the greatest games in U.S. basketball history. So, look, I understand that it's hard to fathom. I also am going to tell you that there's going to be other all-star players who get benched. This is good news, right? Wendy, this is good news. It was a tremendous day. It was the best game. I will tell you, it was the most impressive performance for USA Basketball in the last two Olympics. Oh, yeah. The last Olympics, they got through on the skin of their teeth.

LeBron was awesome. Durant was awesome. Drew Holiday was awesome. The game plan worked. I get that if you're a Tatum fan, you're pissed off. I get if you say you don't take a first team all NBA player and do that to them. But I'm telling you, I understand why they did this way. When they played the South Sudan on Wednesday, South Sudan's got a bunch of athletic wing players. Tatum's going to be out there. They're gonna be switching all those screens

Because because they he's got to play the perimeter and there may be a guy like Bam at a bio that gets benched in that game Listen, Devin Booker yesterday had 12 points and five assists and he's probably gonna get benched Because Durant's gonna go in the starting lineup like that's the nature team USA. I Get it, but it's a real luxury to be talking today Because Durant's going to go in the starting lineup. Like, that's the nature of Team USA. I get it. But it's a real luxury to be talking today about why didn't Jason Tatum play as opposed to why did USA get beat by Serbia. Amen. And I'm very thankful that Tatum bought in.

No problems. All good. Tyrese Halliburton seemingly the same exact way. We're trying to win for our country here. Our country beat Serbia's country's ass. And that is a beautiful thing you talk about best performance that the u.s team has had in a few years and you bring up kevin durant it's like that was historic to watch him do his thing and then lebron how fast he's playing at this age and how much he seemingly cares about it all it's it's almost like he's not

even a human at this standpoint you know yeah it's almost like he's not even a human at this standpoint. Yeah, almost. It's almost. Almost like that. He's 40-plus years old, still doing the exact same thing he's been doing for 20 years somehow and caring more than he's ever cared seemingly or at the peak. It's like these two guys are now the dudes, right? And this is how this is going to go. We all understand that.

Team USA understands that. And with Serbia, like the best team we're going to face for a while. Yeah, I mean, I think Serbia could beat the U.S. under the right circumstances. We won by 26, Bob. Get out of France and start a change while you think about our country, bro.

Jeez. I know, man. I actually saw that line. The line, I think, opened at 16.5, and I was like, no, man. I think it closed at like 13.5. I do not think Tavia is 13 points worse than the U.S. Obviously, the U.S. pounded them. They pounded them twice now.

They pounded them in Abu Dhabi two weeks ago. They pounded them yesterday. It's an indication of how strong this team is. This team is awesome, but here's the thing. The U.S. was 17-30 on threes, which is just amazing. Devin Booker was awesome hitting threes early in the game. Obviously, Durant couldn't miss. LeBron was hitting shots.

Steph hit a couple of threes. 17-30 is not the way the U.S. is going to shoot every game. So the way they got that shooting performance in the game they needed, and Durant, guys, he told us after the game he hadn't played five on five full court since the end of the season the Suns got eliminated in late April it's been three months since he played he's coming off the bench he steps right into the Olympic uh fire there's 27 000 fans there LeBron and Steph admitted that before the game they were nervous playing in the Olympics of 20 27 000 fans this giant Stadium and Durant comes in and just starts dropping Daggers it was unbelievable to watch you know who it's

fun to watch just NBC should have a camera on Ant Edwards all the time because Ant is like all of us he is he is having like he thinks he's the best player and that's just who he is. But like he is having so much fun watching LeBron Watching Durant is his idol. Yeah, I heard that. Yeah, he wants to like beat him head-to-head He wants to dunk on and wants to talk trash But listening to ant Edwards talking about watching Kevin Durant do this like I kind of think like that's how the American fans should be taking it all in just in awe and be impressed. And I mean, I just thought it was such an incredible performance and Serbia brought their game they were playing

really, really well like they were slowing the game down. They were forcing turnovers. And then Durant walked in the game and lowered the boom and that was it. Yeah, and also ad you, and that was it. Yeah, and also AD, you know, there was a couple things that happened in the starting lineup everybody's talking about. There was one man's name who chose to be the United States center, basically. His name was trending. But he's going to get better.

He got back. He's starting to make it some stuff. Everybody is going to do their thing. You talk about A.N. Edwards. He's so fun to watch on the court. But the videos of him off the court to your point awesome oh yeah he he he could beat the table tennis yeah and i'm getting reports i don't know if you're hearing the same thing where like i guess there are some other sports where he

is certain he'd be a gold medalist after like watching these sports and uh i from what i'm being told is he's not it's not like uh it's not like a ha ha this is a bit shoot our society needs people like that yeah so i am happy that he exists and that they still exist and i also love the way this team is seemingly you talked about ann edwards and just like idolizing they're coming together it looks like we got a team yeah we got gold medal coming come on let's do this thing yeah. Listen, we got a plan for the future, too. Like, this is about winning the gold medal now. But part of this is winning the gold medal in 28.

And that's why Ant is here. That's why Halliburton is here. That's why Jason Tatum is here. I know that Tatum did a big role in Tokyo last time around. He could still have a big role here. Those guys are going to be the lead dogs. Because right now, the two best players in the game yesterday were Durant

and LeBron. They're not going to be around for LA. Maybe Durant will try to hang on. That's going to be what Tyrese is here learning, getting ready for LA. By 28, Tatum might be the best player. Ant might be the best player. That's also going on.

I'm going to be honest with you guys. I've covered the NBA for 22 years. I've been covering LeBron since he was 14. I covered Durant when he was a rookie. The opportunity to be around this team, like, they had record crowds

in Vegas, record crowds in Abu Dhabi, record crowds in London. They're going to break the all-time attendance record for me. I'm in Lille, France right now. It's like traveling around with the Rolling Stones in their prime. This is an awesome experience for everybody involved. Well, I'm happy you're there doing it. Are you riding backwards right now? doing it are you riding backwards right now is that uh we're sitting inside i'm riding backwards i got my man pierrick is my driver he goes like 175 kilometers an hour we go back and forth between wheel and paris it's supposed to take three hours it takes like 90 minutes

he's got some special sticker that the cops won't pull us over. Don't ask any questions about it. Don't tell anybody about it. But that's how we roll. The train got firebombed. So I got a ride. By who? Excuse me? Was that part of the fireball?

They're still investigating. So I got a nuclear driver here and he's taking me all around France. Okay, I love that. I love what you did there. Tied it together. Very serious situation, it sounds like. Don't love whenever you go underground there in Paris.

You know, a pretty big moment in the history of the world that happened in one of those overpasses. Wendy, we need you. I actually went through that one today. Okay, okay. Wendy. Wendy, tell Pierre we need to keep actually went through that one today okay okay wendy tell pierre we need the come on we need to keep that thing straight down there yep yep need to keep that straight down there have you been enjoying paris have you been enjoying paris yeah i mean the city is alive right

now um it's a lot of work for us i mean especially going back and forth between um between leo and paris it's kind of crazy that that they're playing i think 150 kilometers between leal and paris it's kind of crazy that that they're playing that's like 150 kilometers between leal and paris and like the usa is going back and forth they're staying in paris they want their they want their players to enjoy paris today it was a full off day i was at the the team hotel this morning all the players were leaving to go to events that's what the usa basketball wanted they wanted all their players to be with the other american athletes to be going when you watch the games tonight you'll see the us players out there uh i don't know and i think nadal was playing federer or not federer nadal was playing jokovic some people were going to that

some people were going to the volleyball some people were going to the swimming so they all wanted to be out in paris with the other athletes which usa basketball made possible but that means we got to go back and forth and right now i'm headed back to leo because i want to see the seven time defending gold medal champion usa women play japan and i'm going to go see them and cover their game tonight let Thank you, Wendy. Let's go. As much attention as everybody else. Thank you, Wendy. And I love covering the women. I love watching Breonna Stewart and Asia Wilson and Diana Taurasi play.

It's a privilege to watch them. So it's a tremendous experience to be over here in France right now. I haven't been able to have any time to enjoy much of Paris, but we're going to keep sending back great coverage because we know the fans at home are super interested. Hell yeah, Wendy. Football hasn't started yet, so we've got to keep sending it back. Wendy, we're loving the Olympics, and the men's basketball team obviously being the Rolling Stones there.

Yesterday, massive reaction back home whenever they win because of how poor they kind of looked in the preseason games and how close the games were. Then he flipped the switch. The boys are back. They start out with 12-2. I think Serbia was up too. We were very worried at the beginning it was going to go the other way. I even started down. I'm like, oh no, this is not good.

And I forgot. I completely forgot. They have people that are like our people. Remember Austin Rivers said he's like Steph Curry for another day. It's like we got Steph Curry. another day. It's like we got, we got Steph Curry. We have the actual Steph Curry. So I like how much the game is growing globally. Obviously it's good for sports. It's good for the NBA, but I think this team obviously going over sounds like similar as when the dream team was going around spreading the sport. That

means it's only going to get tougher in the future. That means it's only going to get tougher in the future. it feels like. Yeah, and look, I'm telling you, this is the best Olympic tournament there's ever been, and if the U.S. wins every game lopsidedly, it'll be because of great play, not because of the competition. The competition is for real. The U.S. is going to face some challenges here, I promise you, but I thought Serbia had a shot against the U.S. yesterday Because the U.S. wasn't playing real well It came out flat Serbia was playing their game And then it was awesome to watch what LeBron and KD did

That play, you should go find that play Right before halftime Where LeBron inbounded the ball It was like, when you see the baseline angle It was like Mahomes hitting Kelsey it was this laser beam across the lane he threw him open Durant wasn't even open he caught the ball turns around hits that shot he Durant falls into the bench to go seven to seven they drew up that play on the sideline like that you know that's hall of famer to Hall of Famer drawn up by a Hall of Fame coach in front of 30,000 fans.

And, I mean, come on. These are awesome moments. We can analyze and criticize these guys with their teams. And, you know, if they struggle, we'll be all over them. But we got to also appreciate this moment. This moment of LeBron and KD still doing it on this stage. Agreed. We completely agree.

Can't wait to watch it. And the oop to Ant, you know, he even said, I gotta throw that higher. I apologize. I gotta throw that a little bit higher. And it's like, as it's all taking place, it's like an all-star game. But seemingly, y'all buying in. They actually care. Yeah. It's wild. It is wild.

So there are some teams here that are really... Germany is really good. Canada is loaded. We're gonna see some tougher games, I believe. I bet. Did you see Mike Jich last night? And Bogdanovich,

a prick shoulder tackled. Kevin Durant took it in stride. Coming off an injury, goes the other side. Joker's on that team. Maya Stupovich was in there. He's a good player. No chance. He was in there. He's a good player. No chance. No chance. No chance.

He was out there. Soccer player. He was playing. Yep. Yeah. All the Bogdans. They were playing the best. These guys don't.

There was a bunch of Nicolas out there. All the Nicolas were facing up against this. Bingo. That's a good team. Listen. They can ball. If they play again, these teams kind of don't like each other. LeBron tackled that guy.

You know, Parashev. They don't like him. There was also a moment where LeBron was staring in a guy's face and looked like he was trying to intimidate this guy. I'm like, I fucking love this. I love that LeBron is taking it this serious right now that they're up like 10 i think at the point and then later the guy on the ground yeah where lebron's doing his thing that's the guy yeah and it's like that was all on purpose oh yeah like lebron was obviously cooking all that in this shot i mean

we're covering up his body which is basically the entire shot but the like this picture is like one of the most legendary things of all time. Can't wait to watch the rest of the run. And then the ladies play against Japan today at 3 o'clock. Yep. Right? Yeah. This is a rematch of the Olympic final from three years ago in Tokyo.

Our women's team is one of the most dominant teams in all of sport. The Japanese are amazing to watch. They play like perfect basketball. They move the ball. They cut, cut, cut, cut, cut. But they don't have anybody to deal with but Brittany Griner. Brittany Griner laid the smack down on them in Tokyo three years ago. So it's going to be fun to watch that game.

It's fun to watch the Japanese, but the women are awesome. Asia Wilson is like at the top of her game. I love watching the way Stewie plays for the national team. Jewel Lloyd, like, you know, Chelsea. Chelsea, like, it's so much fun to watch them. They're awesome. He's tired, fun to watch them. This guy's been watching. He's tired for Christ's sake. Sabrina and Esther,

yep, I watched her the other day in London. So I'm going to watch them now. Keep doing it, Wendy. We've been told whenever we said, can we get Wendy on the program because he's in France. They sent us over his schedule and what it's been. That's why I asked him if he's been having fun in Paris. This guy's been having no fun.

This guy has been having... We appreciate you though, Wendy. We appreciate the hell out of it. Alright, guys. Enjoy your week. I'll talk to you soon. Take a nap, buddy. Ladies and gentlemen, Brian Wendover. That's awesome. So tired. Dead.

You've just been in a car. You've just been driving back and forth in a car. Well, yeah, the U.S. basketball team obviously made that happen for them, and we're all very happy. Now we've got to drive 150 kilometers, which I guess is 90 miles. Because Pierce got it. Tell us the miles, man. Yeah. Tell us the miles, the miles per hour.

Yeah, I'm sick of it. I'm watching the Olympics, and they're doing kilometers per hour for people, and then meters per second. It's like, come on, come on, come on. That's what Peacock should do. They should do an Olympics, and they're doing kilometers per hour for people. In the pool. And then meters per second. It's like, come on, come on, come on. That's what Peacock should do. They should do an alternate broadcast just with all miles per hour. So I do wonder, like, do they do it for the entire world? Is that why they're doing it?

Yeah, it's just, are we the assholes? Right? In this situation? We definitely are in that particular case because the way we decided to go away from it is certainly a decision that was made. You know, certainly. That was certainly a decision that was made at some point when i assume geez louise i'm getting choked up even thinking about it but when i when you make that decision to just be like nah we're gonna be different than the entire world then whenever we're competing

against the rest of the world we need at least you know understand what's going on yeah because we got no i got no idea Gumby was hitting shotgun one day. We were driving. He had something on his Google Maps, and it was speaking out loud. And it said, like, in 13 kilometers, turn right or whatever. And I'm like, what? How far is that? Was that four hours?

Is that, like, next turn? Is that how? What are we talking about? I have no idea what it is. I guess we should because 100 meters, right, is about 110 yards, I think. I think that's what it is. Give or take. 100 meters in the pool is down back.

I know that. I know that, yeah. So I think whenever they go meters per second, I try to equate it like, okay, so how many of these should it take for the entire race? But in my head, I'm like, this would be much more impressive if you told me just feet per second. Yeah, or miles per hour. Because then I could compare it to a fish. I'm like, Caleb Dressel, this guy's faster than a damn great white shark in New Hampshire. Yes.

Or up in Massachusetts. Yeah, yeah. No, I think it was a shark that just attacked a boat, too, up in Massachusetts. Come on. What's in the water? I don't know. I don't know when the video is from, but it was posted as if it was recent. Great white shark nibbling on boat in Boston or up in Massachusetts.

Yeah, I believe it. We've got a problem. They're overpopulated up there. Well, and the whales are down there in New Hampshire. Yeah, well, I mean, that's a live for your diet. You guys got a sharks or minnows situation happening in the waters outside, and they're starting to turn on humans? Well, those whales, we've kind of learned here,

they're gossiping, they're talking to each other, they're kind of grouping up trying to attack boats. Now, I don't know where this started. Maybe they're just revved up for the Olympics. They're like, hey, we want in on this action. How do we get involved? Maybe they knew what was coming with the opening ceremonies. And they just weren't happy about it.

Live free or die. In New Hampshire, I'm sure there's a lot of people. Gaga was there. Gaga? Really? Lady Gaga was there. I saw Grande. I didn't see Gaga.

Gaga performed on steps. Like, yo, this is Lady Gaga. Can we get a, you know? Put her on top of the Eiffel Tower. Can we get, yeah. I mean, she's no Celine Dion. Whoa, whoa. Relax.

Easy. Celine. Bunch. Let's keep her. Celine's got a real talent. These things here are pretty good for Celine. Yeah. Love Dion.

Love Celine. Just saying. But Gaga, you got to give her at least an opportunity. It's Gaga. You got to give Gaga an opportunity. A star is born. They had her on piano, but it wasn't really. Like, let's give her.

She's on some cement stairs on the side of the fucking set. Can we give her. What are we doing? Can we give Gaga a little something? Can we give her a little sauce so she could do. They did that entire ha, ha, head off thing. Yeah. That was crazy. Okay. That was thing. Yep. That was crazy.

Okay. That was something. Listen, I don't know what we're trying to get across. I don't know what part of history this was. Is this current? This is a wild time. Hope everybody survives. You give Gaga running up off.

Oh, my God. I think the guy actually said, like, hey, putting the nutsack on TV wasn't cool. So they were like, all right, well, we were going to put you on a base up at the top of the eiffel tower but now you're gonna have to smell the poop in the sin sorry so you think she was very anti a thing that everybody on earth seemingly anti but somehow yeah on the biggest stage on earth it just sneaks in slip through the cracks yeah i don't know how yeah of course it is it is interesting there was just so many things about it where you're like, we get it. You know?

Yeah. Like so many. I didn't see it at first either because the little child was blocking it. See, that's what I'm talking about. It's like the worst thing ever. Yeah. Like the worst thing ever is a part of this entire thing. And then also you have, I don't know, can't have it.

Can't have it. Can't have the opening ceremony be the reason why people decide not to watch these athletes who, once again, bust their ass to get this point. Think about this basketball team. Now, granted, they get an opportunity with the NBA, and they're all very wealthy. But think about how they're acting towards it and treating this. This is a real—the Olympics are a beautiful thing. It is a beautiful event.

It is a celebration of competition. It is a celebration of athletes. It is a celebration of sports. It is a celebration of everything. And can't have people decide not to watch it just because, you know, Mr. Jolly decides to just offend everybody. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, from Hammer.com, is now officially a published author. That's right. Wow.

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Maybe a billion. One of the above. It could be absolutely anything. We have no clue. We've never done this before, which is also why it's going out through store.patmcfeeshow.com and not any other platform that's much easier for people to kind of get from and also on the phone not great to do it on a computer but nonetheless uh the process is out there we'll donate the money tell them we appreciate you doing that buddy thank you brother no i appreciate you uh you were like hey tone like i see all these these magazines when they come out or whatever

you should do one of those and i am am a very low-confidence human being. I looked at Ty and Connor. I said, there is no chance that I am capable of doing that. But, hey, you believed in me, and it got done. And I think it's pretty good. I mean, there's a breakdown of all the teams. And, you know, there's some graphics on who I think is going to make the playoffs, winnings conference, Heisman, everything like that.

It's quick. It's easy. It's a nice little – it's 90 pages, like 25,000 words. No big deal. I don't know if that's good or not, but I am a published author. Yep. I chose to use my own name as well, not a pen name. So, yeah, I'm hard for it.

How? Anthony. Well, I think what it means is also, yeah, we don't need to take any shots at, you know, stage name things. Sure. Should have gone with Tony Hemingway. Would have been sweet. Nobody would have known. Yeah.

We could have created a new character. Oh, God. Instead of the hat, just put on one of those hair things. Yes. Yeah, it would be. Have a quill. Yeah, it would be great. A feather.

Oh, my God. Some fake glasses. No, one. Monocle. Yeah. Monocle, yeah. Yeah, for sure. That would have been great.

Like a peanut guy. But, Tone, I think what this means is, indicates, is we are very, very close to college football season. In that breakaway, in that takedown, you have Heisman, Hopefuls, and everything. What's a big storyline that we should be looking at going into the college football season, and how are you mentally on who's going to win this entire thing? In there, I have four teams that I think are going to win it,

that I think are capable of winning it based on players that are coming back, coaching, everything like that. Two of them are in the Big Ten. They were in that tier on Thursday when we did the Big Ten tiers. Two of them are in the SEC. The other conferences, I don't think you need to worry about a national champion, to be honest, in the ACC and Big 12. Oh, what's the genie, brother? Well, yeah, yeah.

Garrett Green's going to run wild, and he could. They could. But no. The National Championship will be coming from the SEC or the Big 10 this year. If Georgia can get things correct. It's been too quiet in Clemson. It's only been like dogging of Clemson.

No transfer portal and then the recruiting video. But nobody's really talking about Clemson. Very quiet in Clemson right now. I don't know how I feel about it. I. Very quiet in Clemson right now. They got clubs still. I don't know how I feel about it. I genuinely don't know how I feel about it. Because, like, did Dabo just forget?

Nah. I don't think so. Maybe. I don't know. I mean, Florida State. Like, what are we, you know, if we're talking about teams. Florida State's all about if you believe in DJU or not. Uyunga Lule?

Yeah, yeah. How could you not? Oh, yeah. He's been around. Played a lot of balls. A lot of balls. Huge. He's played a lot of balls budget do you remember the rainstorm he played in uh yeah yeah i mean he's he's been there done that he's going back to the conference he started at all right tone we can't wait to catch up with more about college ball but as we're talking about college football can't help

but talk about nfo training camps that are currently taking place around this year united states of america and the thing about training camp times is we're getting clips, we're getting storylines, and we decided, you know, we have to take a trip to all these different places and kind of get an update on what the hell is going on. Let's kind of take a look. How are we going to get from one training camp to the next? Well, a train, of course.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to hop on the training camp train. Train! Gentlemen, it's time to hop on the training camp. Training! Training! Let's stop Kansas City. The reigning, defending, undisputed back-to-back champions are off to a hot start. Travis Kelsey showed up with a mustache and has all the looking of being the greatest of all time.

Speaking of greatest of all time, fastest of all time. Xavier Worthy at the Combine somehow ended up with the Chiefs. Him and Patrick Mahomes are moving along swimmingly in Kansas City. Let's hop back on the train, shall we? Next stop, New York, New Jersey for the Jets. Aaron Rodgers, the man who had a torn Achilles last year, had a new procedure, was going to come back. They punted on the ear.

Dime to Brees Hall on the sideline. He's moving, he's throwing, and they are cooking. So much so that they're going to have some disagreements every once in a while. Darren Wilson, Aaron Rodgers. Heated argument, as I was described. But, nah, they dab each other up. Moments later, connection. When you see this corner in safety, you do this. Got it.

We move along. The Jets are a real contender. Back on the train, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, let's go to Miami with Tua Tongvaloa. Okay, they get Tua's deal done. He is now a repaid quarterback. We'll talk about that. Let's hop back on the train. Ladies and gentlemen, let's go to

Houston. Stephon Diggs, new signing for the Texans out of the Buffalo Bills. No gloves. Let's make practice harder than the game. One-handed snag. Him and CJ Stroud should be lethal. Speaking of lethal, how about the Houston Texans defense? Nobody's talking about it. Well, Dalton Schultz, that's on your ass. Chief shot from Stingley. It's been contentious. It's been hot in Houston, and the offense and defense have been battling. Love everything about it. I think they're going to get sick of fighting.

Maybe it'll stop. Let's go to the highest paid quarterback in history, Jordan Love. Wow. Hell yeah. He's a simple man. I read that. With 220 M's now being added to his bank account. Shout out to David Mulageta.

And shout out to Jordan Love stepping on the field, picking up right where he left off last season with a dime to Malik Heath. Obviously, Green Bay's got their guy. Let's go to Buffalo, New York. Upstate, New York. While you lose to Fond Diggs, Josh Allen, what are you going to do? They draft a

freak out of Florida State and Keion Coleman. It looks to be a smooth transition from one wide receiver to the other. Nobody's really talking about the Buffalo Bills this year. No. Nobody's talking about the Buffalo Bills. Seems like vibes are high, and Kincaid entering his second year out of the Utah Utes. Let's go to the Dog Pound.

Cleveland, Deshaun Watson in the back completing a pass. But the story here is they got Jameis Winston, and they got Mike Vrabel both on this team. And they race every time they Riverside in practice. Vibes are high. Vrabel's brain is just floating around in Cleveland. What is that all about? Let's hop back on the train. Very smooth running for an older man.

Let's go to New England. Drake May, is he the one? Yep. Completion the booty. Down the sideline is Drake May, the guy we shall see. Let's go to NLA. Jim Harbaugh's first training camp with the Chargers is obviously

hilarious and awesome. Justin Herbert wearing gold jersey. Connects with Ladd McConkie. They're saying this lad is great. And they're saying this team is going to be tough for the first time in Herbert's entire career. Harbaugh's flipping tires. Wow.

New machine. Yeah, it is a sweet tire flipping machine. You better handle one of these. Let's go to Chicago. Yep. Caleb Williams' bullshit might be transitioning perfectly into the NFL. That is what the film is indicating in Chicago. Let's go Detroit.

What are you going to do when the Detroit Lions in Campbell Mania runs wild on you, brother? What are you going to do? That's really the only news out of Detroit, which is a good thing. Which is a good thing. Let's go to Pittsburgh. No news, right? Well, big news.

Justin Fields is bowling right now at training camp. How come? I just got a little tweaked a little bit. So, you know, I'm just working hard and sometimes things happen. But the good news is that I feel good and we'll get there. The thing is I'm getting a lot of the mental reps and throwing stuff on the side. Russell Wilson working too hard. Tweaks his calf before practice even starts.

Is this a Wally Pipps situation before it even gets started? Joey Burrow in Cincinnati. New hair. Great punch stroke. Look for a quick kick from Joey. Down and down there in the 11. Can this guy throw? He hurt his wrist, remember?

Yeah. He can still drop dimes. Trenton Irwin down the sideline. Cincinnati seems to be in a great place. Let's go to Carolina, shall we? On the train. Xavier Lilliet out of South Carolina with Bryce Young's working out who is this guy taking the interview I'm talking to okay he's from northern South

Carolina obviously might be Mullins okay Mullins potential not sure we love it we absolutely love train stops in Indianapolis what do we see Anthony Richardson throwing dimes to Josh downs we absolutely love it. Train stops in Indianapolis. What do we see? Anthony Richardson throwing dimes to Josh Downs. We absolutely love it. How about the new wide receiver, A.D. Mitchell? He's catching everything. He's catching everything. We need you, A.D.

We need you here in Indianapolis. Let's hop back on the train. Let's go to the Hard Knocks offseason team, the New York Giants. Is this guy worth $40 million? Get rid of Saquon. Let's find out. Well, let's draft neighbors and make that connection potentially all season long okay whoa let's go that doesn't seem like good idea let's go to dallas in oxford you when you look up, all the great quarterbacks I watch play for other teams.

So my point in saying that is that that's not something to fear. That may be a reality for me one day, may not be my decision. So that's the freedom that I have is be where your feet are, make the most of it. Be confident in yourself, make your team better. I love my teammates. I love that locker room. I love everything about being out here in Oxnard and being a Dallas Cowboy. Yeah, I'm okay being a free agent.

The training camp train rolls on, and so do we. Boys, love hopping on that train. Unbelievable. Just bouncing around. We missed a couple teams where we've seen some clips, obviously. Which stop did you enjoy the most, Ty Schmidt? Probably the last one there, Dallas. Beautiful Oxn clips, obviously. Which stop did you enjoy the most, Ty Schmidt? Probably the last one there, Dallas. Beautiful Oxnard, California.

I mean, what better way to get out of the heat in Dallas than to go to the heat in California? I think that's beautiful. Kind of crazy, though, because you look at, obviously, last year, everyone was talking about how good Dallas was. They get in the playoffs. A lot of people saying, hey, is this the team that can finally kind of break the seal and at least go to an NFC championship, win a Super Bowl?

Obviously, they get embarrassed by the Packers in the playoffs, but Jerry has been saying all offseason, hey, listen, we're all in. They understand the time is now, especially with McCarthy potentially being on his last year. Dak, obviously, you hear that. If you're

a Cowboys fan, that's got to be like, whoa, what's going on here? We got lame duck quarterback. Yeah, exactly. A lot of leverage. Yeah, a lot of leverage for sure, for sure. You look at the CD situation, though. Is that going to get done? That's still a big deal.

And then in terms of just who they lost, they lost Tyron Smith. They lost Tyler Biotis, so two stalwarts on their offensive line. Got rid of Leighton Van Der Esch, who kind of had always been hurt. So I guess that's kind of had always been hurt so you know that I guess that's kind of a you know who knows but then also Michael Gallup who was their number two get rid of him and then he goes to the Raiders and just kind of retires out of nowhere really in terms of like who they brought in they got Tyler Guyton in the draft who you assume he's probably gonna they'll plug and play him on the offensive line somewhere but they brought Zeke

back and that that's kind of like their big splash and then michael kendricks or was it michael kendricks or was it it was eric kendricks excuse me so they bring him in and then obviously uh mike zimmers the new dc so it seems like we always talk about the cowboys going into camp in the season and you know obviously the expectations are what they are but this team almost feels like it's not as good as the team was last year no and it's mike mccarthy's last year on his contract potentially and then but then you also you just look i mean like their three best players all want new contracts and so it's like it's kind of uh if the cowboys don't make it to an nfc championship or like go to a

super bowl this year like there's a chance that the cowboys of next year look much much differently than what they look like right now wild Wild time for the Dallas Cowboys. And this is Jerry Jones, you know, kind of talking publicly after the court case with DirecTV or the lawsuit for the entire Sunday ticket thing. And in this from Clarence Hill, and this is great reporting. We appreciate the hell out of it. Shout out to Florio for tipping us off to this entire thing of pro football talk. Look at what Jerry Jones says after the testimony and the Sunday ticket. That's exactly what I'm really trying to tell everybody is, frankly, I've got a better feel

than other people because I have a sense of what revenues might be for the whole league, Jones said. And so that if you see me optimistic, then you must know that I think it's pretty good. If you see me a little cautious, you must know that I'm being cautious. I'm the best at looking around corners. As far as body language and instincts, I'm better than anybody. So are you being optimistic or cautious with the Cowboys' contracts?

As Deion Sanders said, both. Jerry Jones replied. All right, well, one thing's not like the other, okay? Because this answer right here that he gives in this paragraph about having a sense of what the future looks like is vastly different than a both situation down there with optimistic being one of the options it's like he has been one of the head media guys in the league for a long time because the Dallas Cowboys are on primetime all the time people didn't know actually

are you doing that so you keep Jerry happy because Jerry's part of the media or are they doing that because the Dallas Cowboys fan base is so big I think one thing kind of goes with the next and Jerry has been able to operate and negotiate media deals in a fantastic fashion for the NFL but him basically saying to the rest of the NFL I have no idea what revenues are going to be we just 14 billion dollars is currently being asked of us in a litigation in a lawsuit over the sunday ticket shit so he's wondering if salary caps gonna end up going back down from this entire thing how would that even be possible with the way media is going but that is kind of what he's indicating he's like so i'm gonna wait and see how this entire thing goes and he's like i know more than anybody that's wild to think about

because jerry has been a part of the information committee for a long time and him just saying that out loud is like everybody all these big deals that are coming out like hold the fucking horses you know we have no idea where this thing's heading that's basically what he said there and implied for sure so then if you couple that with you know i think it was at practice a couple people were asking him about the dat contract and just like you know where's kind of the disconnect why why aren't we hearing anything about this like are you gonna be able to match the number that he wants? And Jerry just very quickly, yes, I believe we will. But again, you know, it all depends on how we do it.

Like, he kind of just, it's like he doesn't know what to say. He doesn't want to say the wrong thing. He obviously knows Dak has leverage in this situation, so he doesn't want to give anything away. But you can't assume that if the Cowboys do exactly what they did last year, they go to the playoffs and everyone's talking about how this could be the team to kind of break the seal and then they flame out in the first round like there's no way that jerry's going to give him 60 mil plus and then on top of that it's okay mccarthy's out what what if you bring in a

defensive coach like how much like it just it really is kind of almost like uh this year is like a breaking point i feel like for the cowboys like they really need to kind of figure out what's going to happen next. It'll go down in history, for sure, no matter what happens or what takes place. And congrats to the Dallas Cowboys having to figure it out. And maybe they do all view it as one last hurrah here. Yeah. Hey, one last hurrah as we go ahead and do that. And that's wild to think about with the Jerry Jones team.

Going back to him saying, I have more information than most people in this entire thing. So when I'm being, I wonder how many times he's used that in negotiation. Hey, listen, I actually know. So I'm not able to. Yeah, but what about

these other deals that are, that fucker don't know. They're irrelevant. They have no, that's a wild negotiation, but he is. He was the only one that negotiated in that deal.

Was he the only one paying attention? Very fascinating. Speaking of money, big money. Was he the only one paying attention? Very fascinating. Speaking of money, big money at one of those train stops down in Miami, D-Butch. How do you feel about it all? No, that was my favorite stop. Didn't love what you guys did there with that video. I don't think we had to put that part in with Tua going to the crowd.

I think if he had that moment back. Who tweeted that? I would think, I would hope. I think the Dolphins did tweet that. Wait, wait, wait. You're talking about this one right here, ladies and gentlemen. This is Tua addressing the training camp. Dolph fam.

Becoming a trend that they started, by the way. He's got an antenna coming out of his back there. Is that where the microphone is? I don't know. I think it's where the mic is. Hell yeah. Hell yeah. Yeah, fans showed up to a free training camp event. We know how expensive games are. You know,

fans showed up to a free training camp event. You know, we know how expensive games are, but look, I never got a 53 million a year sign with my name on it. So I don't know what that excitement level is like. So shout out to tour. Obviously that was my favorite training camp.

Stop. You obviously see, he got his money, which he deserves. He earned. And as a dolphin, we've been looking for a quarterback for a long time. Obviously, a long time we've been looking for a playoff win as well, so we're going

to need that out of Tua. Obviously, we got his top two receivers back. I think the best wide receiver combo in the league. Defensively, we lost Christian Wilkins. He went to Vegas and got 110 guaranteed. Lost him. Obviously, lost Chubb to an injury as well. Lost Jalen Phillips as well. He's getting

healthier, so we're going to need some playmakers on that defensive line. But I love getting all pro-po on the back end with Javon Holland. Should be one of the best safety tandems in the league. Obviously we got Ramsey back. We got Weaver, new D.C. A lot of guys, especially the Vets, didn't love the D.C. we had last year. So having a new defensive coordinator, a new voice. Who was it last year?

In that building, Vic Fangio. That's never done anything, right? Didn't love it. He's done a lot. But, you know, maybe. Personalities. coordinator, a new voice. Who was it last year? In that building, Vic Fangio. That's never done anything, right? Didn't love him. He's done a lot, but, you know, maybe. Personalities. Different, yeah. Miami. It's different.

McDaniel. We got some big-time players down there, a lot of expectations. I'm excited. I think should be what's going on in Buffalo, in New York, Boston Connors Super Bowl pick. I think we should be the favorites to win the NFC East this year. Okay, well, good luck to the Miami Dolphins, and congrats to Tua. That's a real heel move.

Yeah. Yeah. Real heel move. As a babyface. Super babyface. Yeah. Super heel show me the money! Yeah, hell yeah. Okay. We don't have it. Who are you talking to? Are you talking to us or are you talking to

ownership? Got it. Okay, hell yeah. This is your opportunity to do it. Nonetheless, I like how pumped he was. I like how jacked he was. And I like that they got continuity. I like that McDaniel goes to the front office and says, yeah, everybody around the world thinks that we can just pop and place anybody into this offense.

Do you remember what it was like me trying to teach two of this offense? How many motions? How much understanding you have to have about the play clock, game clock, where everybody's going to be. It's a lot. Now granted, is that system one that makes people open? Maybe, but it's a complicated one. That is certainly something that is not easy to figure out. Tua has it mastered, and

what he's great at is what you need. Decision accuracy. Very accurate. Can Oos travel to a little chilly area and get things done? Maybe get a couple home games in the playoffs. Yeah, got to win early.

Got to win often. So you have that thing down in Miami, which northern teams aren't going to like coming down either. Into that thickness, it's not going to be easy. So good luck to Miami. I like that stuff. Conman, where are you stopping at, brother? Cleveland.

Actually, excuse me, West Virginia with the Browns at the Greenbrier. I felt like Vrabel running sprints with Jameis Winston. The vibes that you can have in a training camp, you guys can probably speak more to it, probably gets pretty hot, probably gets pretty tired, the entire team. When you've got a Jameis Winston and a Mike Vrabel kind of getting the boys going every day, that's got to help. I think if you just look at their team as a whole,

they were probably the most banged up team that actually went on to go and do something. They at least went to the playoffs. They lose both their starting tackles, the season-ending injuries. Obviously, they lose Chubb to a terrible injury. He's going to be back. They have the continuity with Schwartz and with Stefanski, both play callers on both sides of the ball.

I, if I'm a Cleveland Browns fan, kind of love the conversation around it too, being nothing. It's the Bengals. It's the Ravens. It's the Steelers, which, of course, rightfully so, all three of those teams, they all made huge moves this offseason too. But they brought back everybody, and they really didn't lose any of their biggest pieces.

Then you add Mike Vrabel. You add possibly the greatest motivator in the history of football in Jameis Winston. Yes, Deshaun Watson said these last two years it's been hard to block out the bullshit. Definitely an interesting way to phrase what's happened the last two years, but with

Jameis Winston in your ear just giving you motivation 24-7, it's probably going to help him out a lot with having him there, but also add Jerry Judy and Amari Cooper. Elijah Moore and David Njoku kind of came on at the end of the year too last year. Same old line.

Same old line, and you know, DeJuan Jones, he has a lot more experience now, and they added Zach Zinter in the middle from Michigan. I mean, kind of look out for the Browns if you're in the AFC. The dog pound could potentially be barking. Deshaun Watson, another year, you know, too, getting back in there. Hopefully he can stay healthy. Vrabes walking around that building just giving out gospels.

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women and men have prepared their entire lives to put the United States of America on their chest and on their back and go compete in sports we know nothing about but they're gonna win it for all of us. Yeah! Hell yeah! Love the Olympics man. It's the best. Love them. I legitimately love them. I was hopping around Peacock numerous times. Let me see the Olympic tab. Cool. All sports tab.

What's live? Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. Rhythmic gymnastics. That's coming up. Okay, can't wait to judge that. Can't wait to act like I know what the hell's going on there. Gymnastics takes place. Oh, the difficult value is just not enough with that execution. With the execution

that performance had, the difficulty value had to be much higher to start this entire thing. You're talking about, that's the Simone Biles thing. Her difficult value is so high that she could actually stumble on her shit. As long as she just attempts it, she'd probably have a podium score. And it's like, that's wild. Because those two things come together have a podium score and it's like that that's why because those two things come together for a final score and then there's deductions or penalties the penalty for a stumble or whatever is not greater than the difficulty value difference between her in third place because she has the first and second toughest things anytime she's the best yeah yeah it's awesome to watch hope the calf's okay she couldn't even walk i know that was bad

i know football girl too people you know football people that's right let watch Hope the calf's okay She couldn't even walk I know That was bad I know Football girl too People you know Football people That's right Let's remember that She's walked Couldn't even walk And then all of a sudden

She runs that shit back With a different one Oh that's the second hardest thing That's ever been attempted In the history of gymnastics Right there It's like okay We got it

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The Catholics and Christians, they're riled up right now. So go leave those fighting Irish and go leave that Notre Dame squad with some passion up there at pretty much sports. Yeah, a lot of baptisms coming in hot at South Bend, I'll tell you that much. Joining us now live from Anatic in Ohio, ladies and gentlemen, a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Ryder Cup winner, the all-time leading tackler for the Green Bay Packers, A.J. Hawk. Hey, Hawk! How you doing, A.J.?

Doing great. Been watching the Olympics just like you guys. I mean, you've been choked up twice already In the first hour, just speaking of this So that just shows how much it means to you How about the National Anthem being played? I thought about that, because the Australian lady swimmer On the news, who's not a part of this Olympics Was part of a previous Olympics

Was talking about like how bad they hate Hearing the National Anthem play And all their drums and the bell and everything Like basically burying the United States of Americaica and phelps watch a video he said they're gonna poke the wrong bear bring me back into that water you know he was getting pissed off oh yeah and they showed it to the united states swimming team this year in a part of the the opening uh part of that entire thing and then you see one of the podiums and it's like you're standing there the french guy won

marchand yeah he broke phelps's olympic record does not have the world record but has the olympic record now he was standing up there that entire place was singing the french national anthem because how loud it was and then you know american i believe up there and then china i think i forget the two maybe i forget the countries but they're just standing there yeah that's it i has to be awkward oh yeah that has to be an. Oh, yeah, for sure. That has to be an argument. Piss me off. What's that?

Piss me off. Bingo, yeah. So I thought back to that Australian woman. I'm like, I could see how you stand up there and just be like, Jesus. It's just saying, how long is this song? The French National Anthem, long. They got a couple. Yep.

Bars. They got a couple in there. Because old buddy was standing up there singing it, and the whole place was going crazy. And then you see second and third place place i could see how you would not like that for sure i i could see how that would not be a desirable outcome for anybody yeah because it really is in your face and then if when you throw in the fact that it's in france like that atmosphere so cool but to your point and to the lady from australia like if you are in the home country and that person wins,

it really is like, oh, I shouldn't even be up here. I didn't win and they're not singing my anthem. Why am I even standing on this podium? And think about this. You're an Olympic silver medalist. Okay?

You might get a deal for that back in home. At your high school, you're going to get celebrated. There are parades for you. Oh, yeah. Speak forever. Public speak.

This is how I became an Olympic medalist. My story from ba-ba-ba-da-ba-ba. But in that moment, you don't even exist. Nope. You don't even exist. That is what it feels like as you're watching that, AJ, legitimately. Yeah, I guess it would make sense if you just had the gold medal winner for their anthem. And then, I guess, let second and third stand up and do theirs.

Maybe before. I don't know yeah it would be awful i like it i like that they do that yeah yeah i like that moment some people though are some people are juiced some people are over the moon excited for a silver or bronze and some are completely dejected and they're they feel like their life is over even though they're still winning a medal we had an american come in third i think it was his first ever and uh maybe i don't know which race it was young guy talks about how nervous he was and how thankful he was it was his first ever and uh maybe i don't know which race it was young guy talks about how nervous he was and how thankful he was it was over and he was like yeah i'm pumped

like he was very excited to get the bronze he was like i was so nervous pretty excited that it's over with to be honest with you and uh yeah i'm gonna remember this forever and he just kind of walked off he was from cincinnati i think if i saw that one myself. He was so popular. It was awesome. I was like, that was the most real answer I have heard. And he was very young. Yeah, I'm just, man, I couldn't breathe earlier. I was freaking out. He's relieved. He's relieved, like some coaches usually when they win a game.

Yeah, yeah, exactly. But he was open about it. I was like, I couldn't imagine. Because once again, we can't stress this enough. Four years at least, well, your your whole life whole life obviously but then you get to a time where it's like all right we're doing olympic training now four years to get to trials to make the team you make you your best in america way to go what a moment it was all worth it massive deal it was all 100 worth it you're at the olympics and then if you're in if you're in swimming

You're at the Olympics. And then if you're in swimming, swimmers take your marks. Okay? If you're in swimming and that thing goes off, and then you go like man on fire. Yeah, that's it. You fucking lost.

You're done. 16 years, 17 years straight of waking up every morning. Throw it out. Because right here, you just like. It might be the first time you've ever done that, too. It might be the first time you've ever even hesitated. You've won everything for the last three and a half years, and then you choose the wrong day. I guess that's what makes it so sweet.

Because so much is on the line. So pressure. I couldn't even... Well, how much money are they making if they win this entire thing? Oh, 50 grand. Yeah. Unless they go to obviously Well, how much money do they make if they win this entire thing? Oh, 50 grand. Yeah. Okay. All right. That's great. I had that in there. Unless they go to, you know, obviously sponsorships and appearances and everything are a part of it.

They do the reality show gimmick, you know, where if you're on a reality show, you get paid nothing, but you can go make appearances at different grocery stores, Olympics, and nightclubs for the reality show people. That's kind of the business of it all, but I can't help but feel that literally every time I watch anything. What if you're the poor guy on the diving board who had a bit of a mishap and may have smacked his back a little bit? That thing was all over the internet. I was going to say

that definitely was not from this year's Olympics. Yeah, but that's always possible. It was from this year. That's always possible though. That's from 2015. It is literally possible anytime they step up there and let alone the like i watched um i think girls from indiana it's part of the the duo diving team it did very well i forget i forget what it was but like right before they jump you go like one two three go and then they do like the bounce the bounce on the thing is

supposed to be one two three what if you accidentally just just fucking as a human you have a twitch of your pinky toe your pinky toe twitches all of a sudden the one two three go you're off just a little bit oh yeah and you're you're doing double mctwisties at different times you might as well have not even gone to the fucking olympic yeah it is so crazy or how about the weather the weather and the cycling thing it was raining and people were falling all over the place we had an american from brownsburg indiana she ended up coming in second i think she fell she actually fell she was very distraught oh yeah very very because think about cycling training think about the cycling training what that is that is miserable you know people do

the um what peloton yeah and people are like into it or whatever it's because you know people are getting in shape because of how hard it is like cycling is very very difficult yeah you got to commit a lot of time to it there's no like pill to take to get good at cycling you're gonna commit like everything to it so for it to be rainy and then for your bike tires for whatever reason it felt like the american tires were a lot different than everybody else. We fell more than everybody else. Our first girl that went out fell three times. And then the guy who was coming out,

the mechanic had a backup bike for her. He comes out, slips on his face, slams bike, body weight on bike. Then he picks it up and I look at it and then like, puts go good luck and then pushes her his knees underneath his pants are just busted yep her legs are all there and then

i guess the the american here from brownsburg she went last i think she was like last and she fell one time like same thing and then she ended up coming back in seconds like you fall you gotta click clack your way back to the bike yeah click clack clack clack then clack, clack. Then you've got to click-clack your way in. Then you've got to build. You've got to gear. You've got to get all the way back up to whatever it was. It's like that is, I don't want to say a death penalty, but close. Oh, yeah.

And you trained your entire life for this moment, and you just so happened to piss on the sidewalk where there was a little bit of paint. Boom. We don't care. You're out of this thing. Good luck for the next four years. You might make the team. Speaking of piss and weather,

or you train your entire life and you can't do the triathlon or whatever because there's too much poop in the river because it rained this weekend. Who would have seen that coming, Tone? You did. We did. It was all over the place. We talked, but we're the only sports show to talk about it. How come nobody ever... We did journalism. Yeah, that was real investigative journalism. Breaking. We knew what happened. We knew about it. Just like J.J. Yeah, that was real investigative journalism. Yeah. Breaking.

Like, look what happened. We knew about it. Just like J.J. Redick to the Lakers. We knew. May. We knew a month and a half. Well, you know when LeBron had on the clear poncho in the boat. Like, okay, yeah, there's turds all over that place.

They're not swimming. Oh, you think he wore the poncho strictly because he didn't want any turds to hop up out of the sand and hit his sweet Calvin Klein jacket? I thought they all played fucking polo. Oh, I know. I thought they were all on the polo team. They were showing people in the boat. I was like, I don't know who that is. Saw the polo right on the left.

I'm like, oh, it must be a polo team. Polo team, sure. And then I noticed everybody had, my wife was like, everybody's on the polo team. Yeah, everyone has to play this year. Like Sam, watch your mouth. Okay, that is the emblem of it. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, not from the – what we want to say is thank you to the Olympic athletes for doing your thing.

Oh, yeah, pinnacle. And to the people that aren't watching, we understand you got pissed. Okay? We all were very, what the was going on here? But let's not miss this moment to watch what we could possibly watch. Appreciate the athletes. Yeah, let's – Yeah. It's watch what we could possibly watch. Appreciate the athletes. It's about the athletes.

Bingo. And we need athletes in places of decision making for sporty things, we think, personally. That is a dumb athlete thought, so we don't have a ridiculous situation happen. People should not be for the ceremony to be a reason why people

aren't going to watch is not good for sport. We don't need that. Not at all. Let's move forward. We move forward. Shout out to the Olympics and shout out to all the athletes. More of the American ones than anybody else. But also everybody. Need you all. Need everybody. The other ones kind of lose.

Screw up or something. Need you to... Breathe once. Yeah. How about, they were doing the breaststroke. Breaststroke. They're doing this one. Yeah. All that shit in the pool. Shoulders were just seemingly popping out of place and then they were like just stretching their

little nubs all the way up. Tenth of a second. It was two tenths of a second. People tied. At the same time they hit mean, the back. It was two tenths of a second. I mean, two people tied. At the same time, they hit the wall. Yeah. It is awesome. The Olympics are awesome.

I can't wait for speed walking to take place. When do you see these assholes? Wait till you, like, literally. They're bleeding. The butthole bleeding. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. These people.

Wait, what? Chafing. Oh. Well, how many miles do they speed walk at a time? What are we talking about? They're also pooping. Pooping, bleeding. They're dumping on themselves.

It's that long. Oh, yeah. Yes. Just wait until you see this. There's people that have sacrificed their entire life so that they could walk faster than everybody. And you've got to have one. I think you've got to be planted is the rules. You've got gotta be planted is the rules gotta be planted

so you're trying to run while being planted which creates obviously a phenomenal strut you know one of these bad boys and they got blisters on their toes heels legs cheeks yep you name it everywhere everywhere boom these things because you gotta yep in your arm. It's actually more upper body than it is lower body. Ribs are all screwed up. The heel to toe, that little twist you got, that's the key. Whoever has the great loose shoulders and hips, they kind of get it going. Yeah, you got to. Who?

Ben would be great. Big Ben. Oh, yeah. Carson Wentz potentially very good. Carl could do it. He almost fell first day of practice. You see that? Oh, yeah. Before practice even started. Can't do it. He almost fell first day of practice. You see that? Oh, yeah.

Before practice even started. Can't help himself. He had to take a hit. Exactly. He's had to take a quick little panic. Joining us now will tell us more about things that are happening around all NFL training camps. It may be in contract negotiations. Senior NFL insider for ESPN, ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schefter.

Yeah, Schefter. Gentlemen, good to be with you. Happy Monday. Schefter, what do you, good to be with you. Happy Monday. Schefter, what do you know about our speedwalking team representing the Olympics, the United States of America's speedwalking team? Favorites to win the gold. Gonna take the gold here. No doubt about it.

Put that on the ticker. Put it on the ticker. Exactly. I want to see that. Adam Schefter says the speedwalking team is gonna win the gold here. Oh, okay. Let's get at it. I like that. We want to see that. We want people to know that our speedwalking team is going to win the gold here. Oh, okay. We want to, okay. We're going to win. Let's get, let's get at it. I like that. We want to see that.

We want people to know that our speedwalking team is about to beat everybody. Schefter, let's talk about some teams around the NFL. Dallas Cowboys situation. On CD, you're talking? No, no. You just, your eyes closed. I thought you were gone. I thought you left us there for a sec.

Happy you are here. I'm here. Okay. I thought you were gone. you were gone no no well i'm happy that we're both here that's good news for both of us all parties are currently present uh back in the in the in the office studio you have at the house better than in the car we appreciate you joining us here so let's go to the dallas cowboys clarence hill reported uh be a an interview of some sort where jerry jones talked about the future revenue of the NFL because of this Sunday ticket situation. Now, this is being alluded to by a lot of people as being maybe a reason why Jerry Jones doesn't want to dump a bunch of upfront money to people at the current moment. Is that accurate? Is CD, Dak, Micah, Mike McCarthy?

I mean, everybody seemingly is in a contract situation over there and Jerry's not spending. Why is that? What are we looking at? And how does it all work out, you think, Shefty? Yeah, I don't believe that's why they haven't reached deals with these people. Again, why is it that every other team in the league is signing players and they're not? So the Cowboys

are going to lose wages here and not make certain amounts of revenue. The Dallas Cowboys, the cash printing factory, that's the Dallas Cowboys are going to lose wages here and not make certain amounts of revenue. The Dallas Cowboys, the cash printing factory, that's the Dallas Cowboys. And they don't have enough to pay their own players. But teams like the Dolphins and Packers and everybody else does. Cowboys are cash poor all of a sudden? I don't think so. Well, then what is the deal?

How does it work out? Are they waiting to see? What do you think happens? I just think that they are in a tough situation. They have allowed themselves to be, I think, passive here this offseason. And when you are reactive rather than active, you put yourself into difficult positions. And they put themselves in a tough spot here all along. With C.D. Lamb, it would have been great to be out in front of it to get that deal done before some of these

other wide receiver deals done now um the thing here is that cd lamb was very smart he wanted to wait for these other deals to get done because it was only going to elevate his market dac prescott is in a situation where it's just incredibly difficult for the cowboys to negotiate with him because of essentially what they gave him in the past. They gave him the ability not to be tagged. They were the ones that franchised him twice before. They were the ones that have put themselves in a situation where now, if and when he hits the open market after the offseason, his price is going to be through the roof. He's going to set the record highest paid player in NFL history. Going to be a number that we haven't seen before in the National Football League.

So to get Dak to do a deal now, you'd have to pay a ridiculous amount of money. A number that the Cowboys haven't been willing to get to. And I think everybody, frankly, will be a little surprised at how high Dak's price climbs after the season if he remains unsigned. So that's that deal. And Micah Parsons, that deal's not going down if he keeps playing the way he does. So they're just in a spot. I don't believe it's DirecTV money or losses. They're just in a tough spot trying to re-sign guys that are hard to re-sign right now. All right, let's move away from Oxnard, California and move to Santa Clara. Where's San Francisco at?

The 49ers are actually located. Santa Clara. Santa Clara. Yeah, San Barbara. Not San Francisco. It's in Santa Clara. Let's go to Santa Clara. Obviously, we know that, how does this go?

You know. Yeah, so anytime we ask you, you are literally the direction in which we just feel about it. Like going forward, especially with this particular team. Not Eric, but this particular team for sure. There was a site, yep, we know. We know you know. My job is to be like that to cover every team in the league. but this particular team for sure. There was a site. Yep, we know. We know you know. But, Pat, my job is to be like that to cover every team in the league,

not just one team. Oh, you're right. Yeah, but this one. This one. We know is a top tier, though. This is a through the years of us. Yeah, tiers. Through the years of us doing this particular program, we have gotten a chance to watch a lot of newsmakers and how it goes and overreacted to all of it.

Literally, whenever we were just on the internet in the basement to everything. Whenever you speak about the Niners, it's like, this is it. There's a couple other insiders that have some places where it's locked in. And you cover everybody incredibly. But when you speak about the Niners, we know it's a real deal. So with that being said, there was a video that popped up every team every team like that where there was a video that popped up where Iuke showed up at practice he was wearing a backpack he had a Fox 40 uh used it in he had a backpack sunglasses on they get a do-rag white shirt shorts like we don't know if it was a

planned visit a surprise visit a wannabe there a thing. Then we see John Lynch go talk to him in the video. Then they walk down the side. Then Iyuk walks like off the field kind of this way. And then they say that Lynch meets with him later. Where are we with the Iyuk San Francisco 49ers? Did John Lynch tell him like, hey, until we get this sorted, we don't want like, how is the relationship between the two? And what are expectations for when this kind of all gets settled, if you will? It's a tough situation because the wide receiver market has exploded and has gone way north of what I think the 49ers were willing to go, which I think many people would agree that was a fair number of a brand that I didn't like it. And so the window to get a deal done, I think, was greatly reduced when some of these other deals got done across the league and the

numbers on these wide receivers rose. And so now Brandon Ayuk is in a situation where he wants a new deal. He's asked for a new trade. And it's tough for any of these things to happen right now, because even if they were to go trade them i think they'd have to take 70 cents on the dollar and if they're trading them for 75 cents on the dollar why are the 49ers who are in contention for a super bowl going to go do that teasing they could always tag him as a franchise player and try to deal him trade him at that point in time for value while having his services this year now if you go to trade him to anybody you could pick any wide receiver needy team across the league many of them could and would love to

have brandon iuk there's no debate about that but you've got to compensate the 49ers with something that's fairly rich and then you've got to go pay aers with something that's fairly rich. And then you've got to go pay a wide receiver in today's wide receiver market prices. So it's costly on both ends to make that deal. That's not to say that a deal couldn't happen. Sure, it could. But it's challenging to get done. And it's challenging to get a deal done with Brandon Ayuk when he's looking for top of the market prices for a wide receiver. So what happens?

I don't know where it goes from here. I don't know that anybody knows where it goes from here because it's a tough spot to be in. Again, I would say to you guys, what do you think Brandon Iyuk's contract should look like? You tell me. You look at all those wide receiver deals and you tell me what do you think Brandon Iyuk's contract should look like? You tell me. You look at all those wide receiver deals, and you tell me what you think would be fair. Okay, so I think what would be fair would obviously depend upon what situation I am in because there's a lot of teams that would take Brandon Iyuk. Now, would they give up trade compensation that's big enough for the Niners

and also pay him? Who knows? But whenever you think about how do you end this situation? You go to the Saquon Barkley. I think everybody's trying to figure that out. Everybody's trying to figure that out right now. So I think you go to what Saquon Barkley ended up doing with the Giants,

which was throw out the deal pretty much and sign a one-year deal instead of the franchise tag. And then normally that one-year deal, though, would have a no-franchise tag thing tagged at the end of that. So the Niners would have to agree to not franchise tagging him after this season if they were to do that type of deal. I think that is kind of how.

And they bumped his money for one year a little bit. I think Austin Eckler had a similar situation where they bumped his money like $700,000 where he was unhappy. It's just like without public. Mario Cooper just got a raise from the browns five million dollars in incentives they guaranteed half his money for this year half to 20 like there are always things that you could do and adjust and honestly it's up to both sides to figure out what can they both live with and move forward doing here that that's the whole key to the situation. And right now, I think everybody's struggled to do that so far. We're not even a week into training camp. And so they're trying

to piece it together. And in all honesty, I don't know that we've reached a critical point yet to where you feel like, oh boy, we've got to get this done. We're not even in August yet, right? The season doesn't open until September. And I think that there'll be a little bit more urgency to this deal and Tristan Wirfs in Tampa and Matthew Judon in New England and Jamar Chase in Cincinnati and C.D. Lamb in Dallas and every single unresolved contractual situation. I think that sometimes they get done right at camp and right at the

start of camp. If they don't get done then, it feels like there's a little window here where there's some wiggle room where the urgency doesn't really kick in until we get a little bit later into camp. That's my own feeling. I can't prove that. There's nothing scientific behind that. But again, I think sometimes when you miss that initial window, there's nothing that pushes both sides to get it done until we're a little bit further into training camp. Well, it would make sense what you're saying, because if you've ever seen the front office or the scouting department or the people that would be in the negotiation with a veteran player, first couple of days of training camp, they all want to see how their guys are doing,

how are our rookies doing? How are the people that we scouted doing, GMs want to see how the draft class is doing, how the offensive lines may be gelling, how D-line's gelling. So this first like week of camp, there's a big like, hey, we want to see how this team is. So maybe there is a little bit of a distraction from getting business done because they're trying to see how the boys are doing that wanted to be there as opposed to those that don't want to be there. And it goes both ways, right? For the first padded practice today, Matthew Judon in New England, not practicing. Tristan Wirfs in Tampa, not practicing. Because the pads went on, and they know that the risk is a little bit greater. And then the player can send a message by not being a part of practice.

And it's the exact reason that the Packers got the deal done on Friday night before their very first padded practice on Saturday. Again, that's not a hard and fast deadline, but they don't want to start padded practices on Saturday without their quarterback, just like these players in New England and Tampa. They don't want to be out there for a padded practice when there's money on the line. Jamar Chase in Cincinnati, as of last night, four straight days, four practices, no Jamar Chase. Now, I know that the Bengals are saying they have a plan, but I think Jamar Chase has got a plan too. And let's see how it plays out over time. Seems like he's executing it right now.

Everybody's talking about T. Higgins, Tee Higgins, Tee Higgins. Jamar Chase is like, yeah, the reason why you're not paying Tee Higgins is because, you know. You see, you got to. And what did owner Mike Brown say, Nick, in an interview about paying everybody? What did he say? Basically said, go ahead, Chef. He said the offseason is the time to do the deal. And that they, he said the die has been cast. Those were the,. And that they, he said the die has been cast.

Those were the, that was the phrase. He said the die has been cast. And he made it sound like there wouldn't be a deal until after the season. Now, again, we'll see. That's how he feels. That's how the team feels. And I'm sure the player will also have something to say about that. And what else did he say, Nick?

He said something about being able to pay everybody? Or was that kind of in general? Like, what was the? Yeah, it was insinuated. He talked about the salary cap being being a pie and that everyone needs a piece of the pie and some pieces are bigger than others and it's not going to be enough for everybody i'm intrigued because it's cincinnati football baby we all know yeah you know like we've talked about this particular situation for the cincinnati bangles since joe burrow has gotten

there and they've had success it's like hey are the cincinnati bangles business-wise going to be able to afford to pay everybody when in the past they haven't? But they do have an indoor facility. They sold the naming rights to the stadium for the first time last year. They're starting to do it. They understand what's at stake. Jamar Chase is a big deal. Yeah, Jamar, he's going to be up in that Jefferson range, you would assume.

Sheffield talked about IU. I think he probably should be in that. He wants to be in that $30 million range, I'm sure. But Jamar is probably going to be a guy that resets the market or wants to be in that conversation. Drafted top five, top six. Obviously, outplay that contract from day one. He's going to want that type of money.

Homer Brown also said in that interview, you can't just pay people willy-nilly. Yeah. Well, and listen. And Chase has got this year left on his deal, and he's got the fifth-year option. So if you're the Bengals, you're saying, well, you've got two years left. But if you're Jamar Chase, you're saying, well,

I got a million dollars in base salary this year, and I got $3.8 million in a roster bonus. So I make $4.8 million and I got my friends across thinking a lot more than that. Again, I asked the players on the set, Pat, AJ, Darius,

if you were in this situation, how would you handle it? I'm just asking that question. I signed a franchise tag immediately upon getting it offered, so I don't know if I'm the right guy because I was a punter, but if I'm Jamar Chase, I would certainly I could see Jamar Chase's side of this whole thing,

but does he know he's the bangle? T. Higgins just kind of acknowledged it. This is how this goes over here. Maybe Jamar's the one to change it over there, though. Maybe Jamar's the one to change it. Go ahead, AJ. AJ's got a question for you, Shefty. Hey, Shefty, you have any insight on what's going on with the New York Jets

and Hassan Reddick? It seems like he's piling up some discretionary fines from the team that could possibly come to. But is he any closer to showing up? Are they going to get a deal done? They've been talking, and it certainly sounds like there's been some progress. And I think I'd be surprised if they didn't figure out a way to get this one solved sooner rather than later.

But he hasn't reported today. Doesn't sound like right now he's reporting today. Again, he's got one year left on his deal. This shouldn't be hard to figure out again. You know, you sweeten this deal. You let him get to free agency if that's something that he could live with. But he hasn't shown up there during training camp. is a great defense they'd be even better with him on it it's the eagles trade him he still hasn't shown up didn't show up all during mandatory mini camp

again i think the two sides have been working together they've been talking but the jet stance has been hey we're not going to do anything for a player who is holding out until he's in camp. And the player's like, well, I'm not reporting to camp without you doing anything. And so that's the holdup. So I think the best way to sign this is, hey, listen, give me an idea of what you're thinking. Okay, you lay it out there. Player comes into camp. And once he's in camp, you know from the team that there is a good faith

effort to know that they're going to get it done if they don't then it's a problem for everybody but again i think there's got to be an understanding there for the two sides to be able to work together and work through this together so he can get into camp so that defense can reach its maximum potential what an interesting start to his jets career here for hassan reddick from philadelphia eagles i don't know how it's going to all work out but coach sala said before What an interesting start to his Jets career here for Hassan Redick from Philadelphia Eagles. I don't know how it's going to all work out, but Coach Sala said before mandatory, we know he's working. He's a good player.

Been around a long time. Hopefully they can settle the business off the field so we can watch that defense hunt. Speaking of that defense hunting, allegedly, Rodgers got his foot stepped on by Cleet today. Oh, no. Was not happy. Was not happy. Plus he was telling Garrett Wilson, when you see a corner and you see a safety,

you need to do this. Garrett was saying, well, I see this, I do this. And they were saying, nah, you need to do this.

And then they dap up, then they connect. Drama. Yeah, a little bit, a little bit. If I suggest. Aaron's up fiery today,

they said. It's like, oh, he got his foot. Did he ever get your foot stepped on? Think about Cleet now. Yeah, spikes. That is miserable.

In an NFL alignment. And if you're a quarterback and getting your foot stepped on, something happened, you know, that you could probably also be pissed off about. And it's interesting that I wonder if Aaron was like this last year because Aaron pretty like, hey, we're holding things accountable. This is how we operate. This is how this whole thing goes.

Just like Peyton was, just like Tom was, just like Michael Jordan was. Just like good athletes are. Everybody that is in a position of leadership that has been great throughout the history is like, hey, this is how this goes. This needs to work. But I guess since he's a hippie, right, people don't expect that. People are acting like this is big news. Aaron and Wilson getting after it. It's like, yeah, if they disagree, that's going to happen.

Anything with Aaron is going to be big news, especially in the early part of training camp. It just is. He can do or say anything. He could be hot about having his foot stepped on. He could have words with Garrett Wilson there on the sideline. Anything he does or says is going to be a headline in new york at all times just the way it is yeah but we just want people to know hey that's like great football right that is

this is a good thing out of practice not a bad thing great thing yeah whenever whenever they hit the internet i was like this is good this is not bad because they're actually communicating with each other and getting it sorted so when you're on the same page now all of a sudden we're rolling this is great not bad i was intrigued to see how it's kind of taken there's a lot of guys still available in that free agency world good yeah a lot of pretty good dbs out there quandary dig find gilmore xavier howard he's healthy now and on top of that list for me at least is justin simmons i think i just saw him on the top 100 in the top 60 i believe uh any you know hearing anything about where some of these guys can end up, what teams they can end

up on? Yeah, I think in a case like Justin Simmons, it's a case where he's been talking with teams and he's got an interest. And I think it's the type of thing where he could opt to do a deal right now, or he could wait until there may be a team that loses a safety in camp and at that time feels an even greater sense of urgency to step up and pay him but you know to me at some point in time i wouldn't be surprised if a team like the saints made a move at safety like they're still looking for a little bit of help there's a lot of these out there i could see the saints being a potential home for one of these safeties at some point in time that wouldn't surprise me all that much but he's been talking justin simmons has and and we'll

see what happens with him in the future here. We appreciate the hell out of you, Shefty. Keep killing it, brother. Hey, how many days away are we from football? We are 38 days from NFL football, 27 from college football. Let's go. Hold on, hold on. There's a game on ESPN on Thursday night.

Now, I know it's preseason. I know the guys are already, you know, it'll be like a glorified scrimmage, but it's still football Thursday night on ESPN, right? Hall of Fame speeches this weekend. That's right. We've got a lot happening. I mean.

After parties. Summer. You know, it's not just, it's not just speed walking. Okay. There is some preseason football kicking off on Thursday night here. They better hope that speed walking isn't on primetime. Yeah, because that's going to be bad news for them. They better hope. Because some of these, some of these that's going to be bad news for them. Better hope.

Because some of these sports are hard to find during the day whenever they're live. So that Paris in primetime with Torrico right in front of that Eiffel Tower, good show. Great show. Good show. The gold zone, they've got to keep working at, I think. Yep.

I think that has a lot of potential. I think that has a lot of potential. Draw on board that one. What you're saying right now, it's just not very good right now. Schefter, that is you. If you want to say that. No, you. No, you.

You. You. You. You. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schefter, we appreciate you. Yeah, Schefter. You got to work on that one. Yeah, it kind of stinks.

For sure. Everyone just thinking that they could just put a word and then zone after it and make it cool. We did it with college football. Yeah, yeah. And our problem was a similar problem that Gold Zone's having. Commercial breaks. Oh, yeah. It's like, you know.

Can't have this. The red zone is so awesome because it's just like, bang, we're in it. Seven hours of commercial free football. He's doing it. He is. He's doing the gold zone. I know. It was nice to hear his voice again.

It was nice to hear the research that he has done on all the sports, too. Jack Collinsworth, as well. Siciliano. Siciliano. The guy from Ninja Warrior. Not Akbar Baha Biamia, who is now co-host of Good Morning Football. Congrats to him. Matt Eisman him Matt Eisman

I watch it they are entertaining but it's like they'll figure it out they'll figure out how to bounce I think a little bit because it's not easy with all the different sports who's going to care about what also sound on some of these things the way like commentary is a big deal for these sports we know nothing about

you know like I need Dwayne Wade. Dwayne Wade. Rave reviews. D-Butt. Hey, you know what's going on, D-Butt? I know him by his pronouns. He, him.

Went to that line probably about three, four too many times. But outside of that, honestly, he crushing it. He gave good insight. He really did. Great, great insight. Played in the league for a long time. Obviously, was a star player. Was a role player. Won championships championships all the great things i love

him on the mic a part of a lot of moments throughout the history of the basketball let's just say basketball as a whole but anytime you're thrusted in there's a lot of ex-athletes that are dropped into the olympic coverage and it's like first introduction to something obviously respond i'll be excited to see in his next game. Like, I think he's only going to get better. I think Dwayne Wade's only going to get better because he does have, like, personal relationship with everybody. Yeah. Stories.

Stories, yeah. Stories. So much to pull from. I mean, the documentary about the Dream Team that was referenced by Austin Rivers, how, like, Kobe was, you know, going to work out in the morning and the younger guys like LeBron, Melo, D-Wade, Bosh, they were coming in from the night before. He has all those firsthand accounts that he can just go right to.

And it's also very fascinating that LeBron probably viewing this in a similar fashion to what he saw when he was young. Like how the leaders of this USA team are probably supposed to, like, hey, this is the game pretty much. Because the way LeBron is acting and handling this, hey, let's go. You know what I mean? He wants to win. You can tell he cares.

They all care. You can see that as the game went on, too. Like, early on, it was a bit tight. But then you see KD get in there and what he does. And you're like, okay, like, these guys absolutely want to win this game. Like, they don't want to let anybody down. They seem to, like, I don't know. They just seem to be super engaged.

Yeah, I agree. And it feels like, you know, whenever they were down, they were bummed out. Yeah, pissed. Like they were not necessarily excited. I think there was a little bit of a wake-up shock. Like, oh, this Olympic experience could be vastly different if we win or if we lose. You know, like this could be a lot of fun. Because I think they're starting to, like, experience it.

They were going to different games, going to different events. I saw Peyton Manning taking selfies at different events. I be a lot of fun because I think they're starting to like experience it. They were going to different games, going to different events. I saw Peyton Manning taking selfies at different events. I saw a lot of people. It looks like a blast. I saw Snoop was watching Simone Biles. He was in the crowd. Snoop's been everywhere. Snoop's been absolutely everywhere.

He was in T.C. Tom Cruise is all over the place, too. What's he doing? He's out there. I thought T.C. was potentially the masked. Might have been. Torch runner. He could have been. I thought TC was potentially the masked torch runner. He could have been.

Crossed the roof during the opening ceremony. He might have a chance. Speaking of, we'll probably get to that another time. What? Well, no. Come on. We're talking about sports right now. Venture off of that.

Mask, unmasking. What are you talking about? Robert Downey Jr., man. Oh, jeez. We'll get to that another time. People weren't thrilled, huh? You guys weren't pumped about that in the superhero world? I want to let you know that just as a live performance from Mr. Downey Jr.,

it appeared as if he felt very good about it. He knew. He came out. He felt very good about it. I don't know the superhero movie world enough. I know this is a massive ordeal, though, because the internet reacted accordingly. We like this move. He's a bad guy now?

He's a good guy? Yeah, so I think it's kind of split down the middle because he is basically what built the entire Marvel Universe, which has gone on to become the most popular movies that there have ever been. And now, because they're kind of struggling because, spoiler alert, they killed him off in the last Avengers movie. Iron Man? Yeah, bingo. Iron Man's

gone? Yeah, bingo. He's dead. Bingo. Nah, they got a time traveler that we can bring his ass right back like Rose. That's what people are saying. In this next Avengers movie, he has been announced as the main villain. He's Doctor Doom, so he's playing a lot of people were saying Marvel

is creatively bankrupt at this point. They realized that they need to do something and they knew stunt casting like this is either going to get a lot of people because everyone loves Robert Downey Jr. He's incredible, so I think a lot of people are just like, hey, that's a very cheap move to bring him

back as a bad guy to try to kind of save the franchise as a whole. And, D-Bunch, you brought this up. You're bummed out about it? I don't feel either way about it. I mean, it's huge news. I hated that he died off. No more Iron Mans.

But now I know in Marvel, it's always like alternate universes and something happened here and there. Just call it what it is. Just like you, I'm not fully into it, but I will sign up for a Robert Downey Jr. movie. It's Bush League. I mean, figure it out, okay? And I mean, I don't know how many times we've got to sit up here and say it. Someone just find a role for Glenn Powell, and then guess what? I've been saying it for a while.

He could be doomed. He could be doomed down. He could be anybody. He could be anybody. He could be a good guy. He could be the new Iron Man. Glenn Powell's got to be a good guy. He's got to be babyface.

He could be the new Iron Man. Yeah, see, look. Twisters did gigantic numbers. Big time. What, uh, the Deadpool and Wolf. Yeah, Ed Wolverine broke a bunch of records. Deadpool and the Wolf. Mr. Wolf, yep.

Yep, the Wolfman. Wait, did Downey Jr. have anything to do with the opening ceremony or the Olympics, or was that just a completely separate situation? It was a completely separate situation. It didn't cross my algorithm over this weekend. Tom Cruise came up. Yeah, and then he got into Hollywood real quick.

Oh, it wasn't Downey Jr.'s nutsack? Okay, so, I don't think you'd know. He's at his first heel move. I don't think so. How is that? I'll look it up. I'll look it up. Ione, we don't need. I'll look it up.

I'll see. I'll address it in a correction. Get a picture and picture here. Hey, how's college football? Need to know gambler's guy going to store. Do you know Tone Diggs? Yeah, go ahead. I bought two of them already, by the way.

I already bought two. Two? Did you download? Were you able to? No, I didn't download. I got to click the link still in my email, but I got it. Thanks, AJ. Okay.

We appreciate you supporting the cause here. Charge more than five bucks, by the way. I was fully expecting to pay 50 bucks. I do not think we got enough okays to be charging anything, to be clear. But it'll all work out. I wanted to give it away, you know, because the first time doing it, you don't want to. Listen, these people work hard for the money.

And if it stinks, they're going to be pissed if they paid for it. But it's going pretty well. Phil's updated me a couple times. It's going pretty well. That's very nice. There's no way it stinks. You guys wouldn't have put it together if it stinks. You wouldn't put it out.

You made this for the American man because that's what you are. Thank you. And that's who you represent and stand up for. I respect that. That's why my pen name is Tony Callahan. Okay. That's very nice of you to say these people work hard for money.

You know? $4.99 is certainly more than what we probably should have put it at. I don't know because we're paying $30 for a fucking coffee from Starbucks like every morning. It's cheaper than all the other previews. I'll say that. Isn't it crazy? It's wild.

We've all just kind of waltzed right into a, yeah, it'll get delivered here. I'll pay $45 for a sandwich. What? Two McDoubles and some fries for $43. It's coming to the door. It is. It's coming to my door. Well, and if you don't pay an extra $4, that thing's taking a tour.

And it's ice cold when it gets there. You need that thing expressed right to you. Because if not, that thing's taking a tour of Indianapolis. Yeah. Game changer. You're going to have a burger from a different town. Right. $4.99 is a good price.

It's a good price. Don't put in a lot of work. Too cheap. Too low. Don't work too hard. I mean, the amount of gambling advice you get from this, too. I got a $25 Parletta one, $40 grand. Hell yeah.

You tell me what happens next. Yeah, we must reiterate the fact that that is not a winner. We do not. win $40,000. You tell me what happens next. We must reiterate the fact that that is not a winner. It's something I could give away free money. That's what it is. It basically is. That was a big deal.

It wasn't a cash deal. It was called murder. Reeves was just complimenting the breakdown. He was like, man, that sounds like... I don't know. If you don't like free money, then that's on you. Next, after the break, we take a deep dive into the SEC. Throws it in

there. All of a sudden, fire starts. There is a fire thing happening with the train, I guess. What was that about? I don't know. Firestorm? The Olympics. Always drama. We need another. Save up to $75 The Olympics, the Olympics, family connections. But hurry,

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Speaking of drama, we haven't addressed it yet. I didn't know the Canadian way was to spy on people. I know. Well, well, well. I had no idea that that was how this whole thing went down. Think about the years of commitment we have had to our favorite ship painter that we have ever encountered. That's right.

The battle we had to do with the government to allow him to re-enter into this United States of America from the country of drone spying. Canada. Gumps, I don't like what's being said about you because of this entire thing,

but you are a Canadian representative. You end up cheating this whole damn time. Well, it was the coach as a rogue agent, actually. Oh, okay. But I did enjoy Benedict Bill and that Bengals mark coming at me while I'm trying to enjoy my Saturday night. That was great. You call me Gump?

Yeah. Bailey McComas, obviously. Bill put this one together and uh i added justin trudeau on there too it's not just you okay i want i i want to know you know i want to know is this real or not because you know people start bringing up hey how about the wide six huh they got a yeah yeah i was in the back room yeah how'd they get in there look at the back room right there. Wow. He's boxing out Foxy, getting his stuff done.

But Canada women's soccer team has been fined six points in group play, so they basically have to win every game to move in advance. The lady's been fired, going to be gone forever. They were flying a drone over another team's practice and actually i guess utilizing it to get better and to like nowadays you can kind of see drones you would think so that seems like uh like out of a movie you wouldn't really do that oh we're just tour guide we're just visiting i guess now it's been happening for a while the united states soccer team comes out and be like we know they've been doing this we've been thinking about handling it behind closed doors and not publicly they didn't

want to stain on women's soccer i I don't think, as a whole, which is certainly what can happen here. Instead, we just blamed Gumby immediately. We said, Gumby, how can he do this to us? How can he do this to anybody in 20? This is happening in Carolina, I guess. What? Down in Carolina, the Panthers, completely different story.

There's a dude just flying a drone camera right over the practices. Just flying right over the practices just flying right over the practices this is a very easy thing to do i guess nowadays so like i assume teams are acting accordingly because you would think like nobody will have enough and this is just code dizzle code dizzle's doing his thing for content right and we appreciate the hell out of what he's doing and code dizzle has got good grind. He's been working his ass off. Good drone flyer. Yeah, steady with that.

Good drone flyer. We're seeing Bryce Young do his thing. And Xavier Liette, okay, from South Carolina or whatever. But it's like Bill Pullian used to be scared to death that somebody snuck into training camp practice and put a hat on and was recording everything. Now there's just drones flying over practices, and they're just actually – it's a crazy time right now how do you lock anything down aj how do you lock they got to get don't some of those giant yachts have like billionaire people have those like drone jamming electronic devices where if the drone comes they can they can somehow shut them down

remotely i would imagine these owners are absolutely right now trying to get those things fired up getting on the dark web trying to figure out how they can figure this out. Because the Canadian soccer team, I watch, I go, no way they're doing this. And then it's like, well, why wouldn't you? Yeah, why wouldn't you? Actually, wait, that seems kind of easy. With the whole Connor Stallions thing, Connor Stallions was trying to make his mark

and become like a person that they would want to be the Michigan Wolverines head coach. He wrote a manifesto about doing that. And he's like, like well if I know everything the other team's doing I'm going to move up the ranks quickly like it could be rogue agent like actually could be rogue agent we threw found that out through Connor Stallions all you need is just an ability to fly a drone and then the I don't want to say courage because you're cheating but it's like the gumption I guess yeah just be like the Canadian coach because they, because they're banned by the COC drones, the Canadian coach asked in advance to bring them, and they said no,

and she fucking used them anyways. Well, we need them. Well, and the Panthers, I just looked it up. They have that anti-drone technology, but they didn't think anyone would want to steal any of their plays, so they didn't launch it. See, we don't think that's true. I don't think that's true.

I might be with Dawn on that one. Tepper knows these drones are up there. He might skydive out of a plane. He might get a helicopter. He might get a helicopter. And like they're doing those hog hunts. Yeah. Mount Eterion.

Oh, yeah. You can shoot them down. Is it illegal to shoot it down? Well, New Orleans. Yeah, Tulane. Yeah, Tulane. We were down Tulane, and Zito was going to fly a drone. Put the drone down, boy!

Cop said he was going to shoot it out of the sky. Zito brought it down. That'd be sweet. You should have kept it going, Zito. That'd be sweet. That was my immediate reaction. I was like, so we... The footage from the other cameras of watching him shoot the drone would be awesome.

Also, in a crowd of people at a college football game. You're really going to... And Zeke keeps zigging and zagging making a mess. Gotcha. Zeke's going to jail there inevitably if that takes place. For sure. No doubt about it. Zeke is on

the ground. Let's talk about some other things that happened over the weekend, and if we don't talk about them now, we probably won't, which is a damn shame. We should talk about it more often. The UFC hadc had fights at 4 15 and 5 a.m local time in manchester england this past weekend for shoot in a packed arena 4 15 a.m is when patty the baddie pimblitt uh tapped out choked out completely unconscious uh king ryan uh that's garcia king desmond king ah hmm i read that he was supposed to beat patty though patty was uh allegedly the internet thought this guy was going to beat patty instead he goes for a double uh shoot and patty just fought easy how you doing triangle a couple

different times and broke his arm and the guy was completely unconscious night night 4 15 a.m they weren't the last fight. No, there was actually two more after that. The co-main events came on after that. Aspen, knocking people out at like 5 a.m. 5 a.m. local time. There was people snoozing in the arena, but there was not a lot of that.

There was an electric crowd. This place was alive. I couldn't even fathom the amount of whatever was being taken in that arena to keep the energy and keep the juice. But that was crazy. I fell asleep. I couldn't make it. I couldn't make it to the end. They're at 5-8. Good on ya. That's a

you gotta plan in advance. Are you gonna sleep up until 10pm? What are you gonna do? How do you schedule your whole day? Legitimately, I have no idea if they told them. I guess as soon as they got the tickets, they were like, mate, it's not. Doing it on East Coast time. Too late.

Too late, man. Mate, we need this. No, we're doing it all night. Dana afterwards wasn't pumped about a lot of the effort. Yes. That was awesome. That was awesome. 3 a.m., I bet you they're saying,

Dana, give us another opportunity. 3 a.m. Late. 4 a.m. I bet you they're saying, Dana, give us another opportunity. 4 a.m. It's crazy. It's crazy. Leon's from there. Yeah. It's not like he's Eastern and just came over there. No.

The only guys where it would be like, okay, fine, would be all the guys training on the West Coast. Where it's like, okay, well, maybe they could stay. All right, boys. We're third shifters tonight. Just like the old days. Yeah. yeah come on the backbone of any country those who work all night that's us tonight let's wake up let's have juice let's go into that cage and let's win this fight that was crazy i was it was all hitting me in real time too i didn't know i we had not looked into it enough i was like oh this patty's fight okay this is good news i want

to see patty fight he's entertaining i, oh, this had to be earlier. And I look at it, and now it's live. Holy shit. Excuse me? I thought it was a typo. I looked up what time the card started, and it was like 10 o'clock Eastern time. I was like, but aren't they over? How did that work?

Hey, that might be the new game. We got 3 a.m. shows. Yeah. You got to bring it and prepare. We'll be back tomorrow with more bullshit, to be honest. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice about Change Your Life. Ah, I missed it. I don't know. Hit it. You got it. You got it. You got it. You got a little close. You don't know, AJ.

You don't know. None of us do, actually, so we're good. Yes, we do. We know. Same time every day on that clock. The salute was in. Yeah, you got it. There you go. Good news. Good news. Some of the sports they need to do.

Ben Roethlisberger took a... I didn't know if I was having a brain aneurysm or what was going on. It was right before the Patty the Batty fight. I can't remember what they were talking about. Boom. Up comes a big Ben bat on third down or like third down miscue graphic.

Yeah, this graphic. Showing like celebs in a crowd. Four times. Yeah, and then so they pull it down like, okay, obviously this is a graphic from like five years ago. Let's get this off there. And then two seconds later, boom, right back up. They pull it down.

Six seconds after that, boom, the Big Ben won right back up there. So I'm guessing the people in the control room were maybe a little sleepy as well. How do you even pull that? You had to dig deep into the 3 a.m. toss a Ben Roethlisberger thing. No, I don't know. Who gives a shit? Let's remind people how bad Big Ben was on third down in 2017. What's that all about, Tone?

I think that's a little bit of a narrative shaper, don't you think? Yeah, I love what was going on there. Obviously, ESPN back in the day was spitting narratives that weren't true, and they decided to keep that in the holster and launch it on Saturday night. It's absurd. I enjoy watching those fights. They're awesome. Yeah, those atmospheres, too, over there.

That graphic had to be something about Big Ben, like the clock tower, right? And they just put it up there on the file. Like a live shot of Big Ben. Back to Big Ben! Back to Big Ben! Were the fights that bad that Dana was that mad? I only watched the final three. Well, I didn't get to the last.

I fell asleep because it was so late. I don't know how they stayed up. The first two on the main card were bad. Very boring. He was pissed, right? Ty, wasn't he pissed that people were saying, hey, you need to get bigger knockout bonuses or something beforehand. They were arguing, okay, up the knockout bonuses. And then Dana said, okay, I'm never doing that because

I was not happy with what went on. He raised it to 100K and then he was like, these guys don't even fucking care. Two fights sucked. They don't even fucking care. It's bullshit. And then I think a lot of people were saying well then it's 5 o'clock in the morning. These guys are a little sleepy.

Could you imagine that arena? So impressed. So impressed with that arena. They were singing. Obviously there's going to be pictures of people falling asleep. But during those entrances people were alive. Like 4.30 a.m. When was the last time?

I'm an old man. I don't know if that's ever happened. Yeah, because the ones that they did in Dubai or whatever, or the England ones before, they started at like 5 o'clock or 3 o'clock. Dude, you got to. In the afternoon. You said you got to shape your entire week. You got to start preparing for that like five days out.

Yeah. You know, like whenever you have a night game, you know, and some coaches change those morning practices and night practices because we've been doing bad during primetime. We got to at least practice in the late afternoon. Kind of see how it all goes. What a wild time. I watched the fights, though.

Oh, yeah. And shout out to Manchester. You guys showed up. Yeah. Shout out to Patty, too. Yeah. Patty's rocket ship. Yeah.

I mean, England just celebrates the bag like nobody else. That's, I mean, a lot of people are saying that. Well, some of the videos of people outside actually like, oh, and then someone's doing a little bit of blow and everyone goes fucking nuts. 4 a.m., yeah. That's what I was referring to earlier when I said I don't know how much or whatever was in there. Yeah, a lot of it.

For an all-night situation. But that is crazy that they did that. I didn't expect all the people to say Paddy was going to get his ass beat, though. I thought we knew. Yeah, I believe Gumpy told me this because at least the people in England didn't like Paddy.

They were on his side completely. Yes, they were. When he came out, they were, Oh, Paddy the Paddy. He's doing this entire thing with his song. His actual intro, because I assume jack white won't let him use seven nation army probably which we've we have found out a couple times as well in a very smaller much smaller request than that whole thing they were completely behind him because he pulled for spain i guess yeah i guess that's why the the whole entire thing with like

uh i don't know if pat's going to win. But all the mixed martial arts people were telling me that this guy was going to beat Patty on the internet. Not all of them, but there was more than I expected to tell me. I see a lot of people say that his cardio sucks because he fluctuates so much. He gets real fat after he fights, and then you obviously saw how

ripped he was, and they're like, hey, in terms of just career longevity and everything, the human body can't physically do that continuously time and time and time and time again but when he's tapping guys out in the first round like your cardio really doesn't matter the last time he won he said he was he apologized because it was a boring he said i didn't like that it was a boring day i'm so sorry and it's like this way this is what i'm talking about this is what we need this entire thing he when he gets in shape, he's shredded. Yeah, shredded.

Jaw, too, like a weapon. You know, like jaw line, very, very prevalent. Fun to watch him. He's a needle mover. Yeah. Absolute needle mover. Sugar Sean, obviously, future needle mover. Doing his thing.

Oh, yeah. They're trying to get him. The sphere, right? Jon Jones. Aspinall had a sweet pitch, too. Who? Petrelhands? They said that was an early stoppage or whatever. Against Blades?

It kind of felt like that. It did, kind of. He was going to win somewhere in the next 30 seconds, it felt like. That guy was eating this. Had him sprawled on his stomach, you know, on top of him. It's like if you do it too late there, that guy's brains are scrambled eggs.

So it's kind of a tough. Yeah, tough spot for the ref. And once again, for the ref, it was 4.30 a.m. Yeah, exactly. Oh, fuck this. Let me get home. Let's get out of here. You kind of have to stop the fight.

Like, you can't just. Yeah, it was like 10 straight to the head Behind him Now granted he did like At the end kind of look like he was going to try to shoot him Shoot him off But then if he does that he's still coming right back I think inevitably whatever's going to happen

But classic UFC Early stoppage these refs screwing this They're saying that about fencing Did you see that about fencing in the Olympics? What do you mean? I don't know there was a little These refs screwing this. They're saying that about fencing. Did you see that about fencing in the Olympics? What do you mean? I don't know. There was a little... Watch fencing?

I mean, I just saw... You get a point? This fucking is electric. Bro, you need to... Yeah. You might have missed. How does it work, though? How do you get points?

I have no idea. Both sides are winning, it appears. Both sides are winning. Both sides are losing. And then all of a sudden, somebody gets a point, and you've got to look for the score to find out who it is there's even been people celebrating that they get a point and they don't the other thing gets a point so there's a lot of sensors on their chest i think on the shoulder on their helmets i don't know if you're allowed to hit in the face or not

but they're dancing bro i mean it is that one guy jumping up and down i don't think you should be able to do that well those sensors should explode or something because I can't see shit, okay? Or the sword should have lasers on them or something like that. Yeah, but they're dancing, Tone. You got to respect the dance. I mean, a little paint on the front. Yeah, thank you. Somebody would be pretty fun.

Or a squib that like explodes. So it's like you slice them open when you get them. Oh, yeah. If it was easier to see when somebody got hit, it would be much better. Yeah, absolutely. I guess you guys need to see optically somebody get their life. Some blood. I mean, it's a sword fight, is it not?

Fake blood. Fake blood. Yeah, just like a... Yeah, blood explodes. But they're playing a 15. You would have to... Yeah, true. Yeah, blood.

Way down. You should have to take blood out of your... Like, give blood, and then they'll use your own blood in your little fit, and then it's actually your blood. Jeez. But here's the positive. If you don't get hit, guess what? No one sees your blood.

Blood goes right back in your body. Nobody makes you bleed your own blood. Nope. It was intense. It was intense. Japan won their first gold medal in the men's fencing, and standing ovation from the entire arena. You saw the fencing community stand up. It was like a gif. It was a gif-able standing ovation. Nice. Everybody was like, very proud. Yeah, love those. Very proud. What country usually

dominates? The Americans. We took first and second in the women's fencing. And that was immediately after somebody told me that people are paying for the sensors to go their way yeah and then america wins both that's the thing about the olympics there's always going to be some shit yeah there's always going to be some shit you know because it is very difficult to see who's winning and i think even in the fencing world they're depending upon the sensors are there judges like how it work? There's a ref that'll do a full song and dance each fucking point. I mean, like, his or her back is to the camera.

They're dancing in front here. Sweet lighting. I mean, the lighting is very sweet. It is a very cool setup. But they're right in front of you there. And then the ref will, like, do the points on the one side and then, like, does a full, like, blackjack dealer hands thing. And then they move to the next one. And then the ref will like do the points on the one side and then like does a full like blackjack dealer hands thing.

And then they move to the next one and then they have a restart. And then there's little lines. It was cool. A lot of dancing. But the American women seemingly better than everybody else forever. Correct. For the rest of the time. Which is sweet if we ever have to go back to sword fighting.

Right. Yeah. We got the girls. You think they'd be good though with a big heavy sword? Would they, these people be pretty good? Yeah. What are we talking about? But they're only using one hand.

We're talking big old school Viking. You're using two hands. You don't need a great sword. Yeah, this is like cleats, brother. You know what cleats used to look like? And look at them now. They're going to have a little quick sword. Yeah, yeah.

You don't need a big sword. It's going to have a good enough base. It's going to have a good enough base. It's a swordsman, AJ. Or a swordslady. Swordslady, AJ. Come on, Tony. I mean, what's the name of the wide receiver who doesn't carry a hammer around with him?

Why does he need to wear cleats? Good point. What is that guy's deal up there in Buffalo? The guy goes shoeless. Shoes are simple. Max Holtz. He's awesome. Yeah, I do.

I love it. I mean, I love that you're living like that in 2024. But, man, just one rock or one spike. awesome yeah i do i love it i mean i love that you're living like that in 2024. but man just one rock or one spike i i used to golf barefoot and that's not i mean all you need to toughen your feet up though i'm gonna toughen your feet up a bit i assume i mean also you get grounded you know the earth mother mother earth is blessing you every single step you take and your posture is supposed to be much better because the way the muscles in your feet are supposed to do that's why there's little little toe holes shoes yeah rock climbing shoes kind of took over there for a bit

because everybody was going to have perfect posture around our country that was a cool little little run everybody had for me i just like you know air force ones and superstars too much going to be tough for me uh to take these shoes or these feet and take them out of the casa you know i i like walking on clods yeah i'll put the hokas on i'll i'll walk on i don't mind having a little protection from whatever mother earth wants to throw under there that's either sharp or annoying amen but i appreciate that mac hollins is doing it i appreciate get grounded brother it could toughen him up he could be much more athletic than all of us or it's just a mental thing that makes him better at what he does and i respect it

whatever needs to play an nfl game barefoot yeah that'd be cool that'd be sweet those kickers used to kick barefoot and i was always very flustered why why would they kick barefoot even in the cold i don't know guy kicked in louisville whenever i was in college at west virginia uh he put an ugg on in between really what pretty sweet just to warm up the foot or put his foot in a in a in a was it was it sweet? It was super sweet. Yeah, it was sweet. And then Ugg boot.

Was it good? It was maybe one of the coolest games I've ever been a part of. This guy barefoot kicking. I just thought to myself, like, buddy, what a terrible idea with modern technology. But I guess his fodder or his fodder's fodder was a barefoot kicker, so he was paying tribute. Sure. He was a good kicker because he was at Louisville, so he was a good kicker.

But, yeah, I had cleats on just looking like a soft-ass bitch, and he was just barefoot there. Kick a ball, and then he would just go ahead and scoop that Ugg right back on his foot, move to the next spot. What did he look like? He looked like a dog. With the Ugg on? The Ugg was pretty sweet.

It was like cleat on left foot. It was this one, this Ugg, the one that goes up. Yeah, the boot. The tall boy. Yeah, you want to protect the lower part of the calf. That's part of the whole process. Louisville customized? Yeah.

It was black furry. Airbrush? Airbrush had the logo on it or anything? Black furry. It was a black furry one. It looked so warm. I actually thought to myself, damn, I wouldn't mind putting my cleat in that thing. That's actually a pretty good idea.

Cut off the bottom. Now I've got some wrestling boots. Oh, yeah. And I'm out there kicking. That's not a bad idea. Maybe kickers need to do that. Yeah. All right, let's get the hell out of here.

What a day. What a life. We'll be back tomorrow with a lot of shit to talk about. Oh, yeah. Tomorrow, we've got to cover what's going on in New England. There's some blood clot situation, which is always very dangerous. Very, very dangerous. I think, are the men playing again

tomorrow? Basketball? Wednesday. Wednesday. Wednesday. Wednesday. Okay. Wednesday. Yesterday. Tatum in there. I don't know. No, we don't. He just might not be good enough to crack a one. If I'm the head coach, I only want seven players, by the way. Don't put that on me. That's too much of a mental task to try to get everybody in

these games. Steve Kerr said that it's really difficult to play more than 10 people in any game, really. So, I mean, what do you – True. I don't know what you – Yeah, I felt like an idiot, he said. I looked down the bench and Tatum's just sitting there

and we got his two teammates obviously playing a lot of minutes for us and Drew and Derek, but they're different positions. Them telling him pregame, like, hey, you're not playing, does change a little for me. And I do appreciate that he just was cool. He could have made a big scene out of it. Could have been very openly, publicly, whatever. Buy in. United States needs a gold medal. I'm here for something

bigger. Let's keep it moving. Inside, very pissed. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Very, very, very pissed. For sure. Because Wendy said, you know, Serbia, very tall, very athletic. It's like Tatum's like 6'8", 6'9". 6'8", 6'9".

They switch on everything in Boston. He plays wing. It's like he can play whatever. He covers the court all the time. He can play whatever. But I understand what you're saying. I do understand what you're saying. And you're going to have to have buy-in if you're going to want to win

with all the talent in the world, which Team USA actually has. Yeah, but, I mean, come on. Like you said, he can do everything. Both sides of the court, one of the best defenders in the game as which Team USA actually has. Yeah, but I mean, come on, like you said, he can do everything. Both sides of the court, one of the best defenders in the game as well. Is he? But hey, hats off to Tatum, man. That's probably the first time I would assume since probably he was five years old maybe. No, five years old.

They said he was putting it on. Five years old, he already got that. He's putting it on 12-year-olds. He's starting against 12-year-olds when he's five. Yeah, so maybe like when he's five. Maybe two toddler. Old toddler Tatum. You're not good enough to get on a court. Fresh off a chip.

Took time. One of the most dominant runs ever. I was like, yeah, I want to do. You know what? Short arm. Kind of awkward, too. Of course, he's happy for his teammates and all that. Halliburton did a great job of that as well. Yeah, it's a tough situation. It really is.

USA, yeah. Yeah, fucking for the country. All right. And B just had his fifth turnover. Okay. Happy you're out there. Thanks for choosing America. He came back, though.

Yeah, it makes more sense, too, that they didn't have Jalen Brown on the team as well. That kind of answered that question, at least. All right, before we get out of here, let's go to Hammer. Time! Time! With Tone Diggs with some corrections on the day. This guy's a published author. Go to store.pipemakershow.com right now for a need-to-know gambler's guide

for college football this upcoming season. Tone Diggs, take it away with some corrections. I don't know how that's even possible. Yeah, we didn't have any. None on you guys. Yeah, we love that. Wendy was tired. Derek Rose is not playing in the

Olympics, so just wanted to get that out there. Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea. I believe it's Chelsea Gray who he was talking about there. He was looking forward to see on the Olympics. He was riding through Paris-Lille. The 18-year-old from Chinese Taipei who Tai was loving on the table tennis.

Don't say it. No, the name's Lin Yu Ju. You were trying to think of the name. Okay. I was going to say lost. Yeah, me too. I don't think the finals have happened there yet. And then I confirmed.

I reached out to a couple people at NBC. Gaga was punished. She was at the top of the Eiffel Tower, but she didn't love the nutsack. Clarification and correct. So that would mean that many people knew that that was going to happen is what Don's saying. Obviously.

I mean, the Olympic Games. Maybe that guy was just doing the satin gum trick all day just to kind of lighten the mood. And he forgot. Are you alright down there in Hammer? Don! Don! I forgot it was out. right down there in Hammer? Dad, dad. I forgot it was out. His ball was out.

I forgot he stapled it to his thigh. It's just like the Olympic Games. Like, we're not right for the Olympic Games, like being at the actual Olympic Games. When you think of the Olympic Games, you think of, like, the great. Yeah. You really do. Pinnacle.

It is. Sports. Bingo. Bingo. And I'm still going to enjoy the shit out of it, and I hope you do, too. Amen. Hey, Tom, great work in there. Way to go, man.

Thank you, brother. Congrats on that thing. It's sweet. Yeah, very cool. Thank you. I appreciate it. Guy, it's a book. It took a lot of time.

Oh, yeah. No researchers. Who is this researcher? Himself. Wow. Way to go, Tom. Baby Tom. Atta boy, Tony.

Proud of you, buddy. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thanks for letting me. Yeah, you will be paid nothing for that. All proceeds will go to charity, and I don't like that either. We'll add something to the salary. We'll figure it out.

Add something to the salary for him being an author. Well, shout out. Good karma. D-Bone did all the graphics in there, so shout out, D-Bone. Hey, D-Bone, how about me, D-Bone? Maybe D-Bone. D-Bone took like a week off or so. Yeah.

He's like a three-on, one-off guy. Yeah. Yeah. He's like a nurse. Gotta respect him. He's wearing those jerseys, too. Yeah, he still worked for NCAA 25. Yeah, I think they got him working over there.

Grinding. They got him working, grinding over there. He'll figure it out. He'll get to the bottom of it. He's also got some ideas for Dutch Danger who is electrifying. I want to let you know, watching Coach Dutch Danger do his thing is very electrifying. I didn't know he had ideas. I can't wait to hear them.

Well, he did. He ran them up there. Oh, did he? Yeah. Oh, you're talking about the slide protection. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll see if D-Bone has any more ideas because I don't think he should.

Whoa, geez. What's that? The opening of the eyes, the delivery there. That sounded like a little bit of a… if D-Bone has any more ideas, because I don't think he should. Whoa, geez. What's that about? The opening of the eyes, the delivery there, that sounded like a little bit of a... He was invited to a USA football camp. Team, not just camp. Yeah, team.

Yeah, invited by himself. They wouldn't represent America. If you pay $34.99, you can make it to the camp. You pay $38.99, you can make team. So $400, you can put this on layaway if you'd like and pay for the rest of your life, just like college loans. need usa team d-bone is a weapon on the graphics he's also a part of this particular guide but he is 24 years old so we have to deal with everything that comes with you know ain't that been that great aj yeah i mean, I mean, yeah, it is. It's great. First time I've been around somebody this particular age on a regular basis.

And it's certainly an experience. It's certainly an experience. Fucking talent, though. Guy's a real talent. It's unbelievable what he has kind of done for his entire life, though. I don't know how. It's crazy. I genuinely have no idea how, but I'm proud of him.

Here's him trying to help coach Dutch Danger last week on Pretty Much Sports. And we lost the audio. Okay. Yeah, we hear it. Zito just told me the audio went out. Okay. Okay. Weed up.

No. Uh-huh. Connor told Deebo to go fuck himself He did Promptly and quickly I'm happy we edited that out That was very nice of us Cause there might be kids watching

Still in summer No nutsacks in those videos How come all the people That write about us ruining sports media Don't seemingly have What's that all about? They put their pens down? media don't seemingly have – what's that all about? They put their pens down? They don't take the summer off?

That's a good question. Yes, we don't show enough nut sacks. All right. Okay. Bumblebee tuna. Stand up, Cody. All right. We'll be back tomorrow.

Jeez Louise. Bumblebee tuna is certainly something that should have been said at some point, but, boy, what a time. We're lucky to be here, thankful to be here. We'll be back tomorrow. Monday Night Raw tonight in Minneapolis. Minnesota. Not Minneapolis.

St. Paul. I don't know if it's in St. Paul or Minneapolis. Twin Cities. Twin Cities. In Minnesota. I don't want to disrespect anybody. Hey, Sam Donald's throwing the ball around. Oh, yeah.

That's okay. Oh. This goes in. We'll get 20 people, 500 bucks. All right, we're out of here. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We're in this thing together. We'll be back tomorrow.

Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Team! Goodbye.