The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 362 - Marc Andre Fleury, Terrence Ross, and AJ Hawk

Episode Date: February 26, 2021

Pat opens up the show with the boys addressing the latest in his professional wrestling career after winning the rookie of the year. He then gets into discussing the latest news surrounding Carson Wen...tz coming to the Indianapolis Colts as friend of the show Dan Orlovsky calls into give his two cents. Former Pittsburgh Penguin and current Vegas Knights goalie Marc Andre Fleury joins Pat to take a trip down memory lane reminiscing on the former great Penguins teams, and the latest NHL news. The conversation then gets turned to the latest discussion about what will happen with Dan Prescott’s contract in Dallas and other rumblings around the NFL. Current Orlando Magic forward and host of the Cross podcast Terrence Ross joins Pat and AJ. The NBA veteran talked about adjusting to the changes in the NBA schedule due to Coronavirus and what’s going on with the latest internet craze NBA top shot. Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow and listen every day on Mad Dog Radio, Sirius XM Channel 82. We appreciate you all for listening, come and laugh with us, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Hello, it is Feel Good Friday, February 26th. Hell of a show, let's get to it. No big deal, it was announced either this morning or last night, I'm not 100% sure. I officially won the Rookie Wrestler of the Year. Yeah! Woo! Brilliant slide.
Starting point is 00:00:19 Brilliant slide. Wrestling Observer, okay, a highly respected journalistic place. Oh, yeah. Has voted for their Rookie of the Year. In 10th place, congrats, Yuki Mishira. Good year. Yuki, congrats, Yuki. Good year.
Starting point is 00:00:43 Number nine, Alan Angels. Great year. Gookie, congrats, Gookie. Good year. Number nine, Alan Angels. Great year. Great year. Good job, Alan. Eight, Blake Christian. What a fucking year. Blake Christian. Go, Blake.
Starting point is 00:00:52 Hey. In seventh place in the voting, Benjamin Carter. Benjamin. Let's go. Benjamin. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
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Starting point is 00:01:03 Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. In number six, Will Hobbs. Billy Hobbs is absolutely great, brother. In fifth place, by the way. Now, this one, I mean, people were talking about maybe greatest wrestler of all time when it's all said and done. Came in fifth in Rookie of the Year voting. Top flight. Way to go.
Starting point is 00:01:24 Royalty, okay, in the wrestling business guy I enjoyed watching a lot we debuted same weekend by the way wow in WWE he had had
Starting point is 00:01:31 plenty of awesome matches before in fourth place for rookie of the year voting Dominic Mysterio yeah my boy Dom
Starting point is 00:01:38 I love Dom in third place Espe Kento second place Anna Jay congrats In third place Espy Kento Second place Anna Jay Congratulations Way to go Anna And
Starting point is 00:01:52 Your rookie of the year With 355 votes I think Maybe a score of 355 I'm not even sure Pat McAfee Thank you now 55 on my arms and shore. Pat McAfee. Great to be here.
Starting point is 00:02:09 Thank you. Now, I have to give credit to, obviously, my beautiful wife. Yep, of course. Thanks for everything that you've done. The boys. Thank you. Thank you so, so much, boys, for everything that you guys have done. so so much boys for everything that you guys
Starting point is 00:02:22 have done obviously the wrestling ring I purchased while being incredibly intoxicated while I was still in the NFL
Starting point is 00:02:31 early in my career once I found out I could buy a wrestling ring on the internet about 2-3 a.m. I did buy a wrestling ring everybody said it was stupid
Starting point is 00:02:39 who's stupid now yeah thank you alcohol look at the end thank you wrestling ring shout out alcohol because without it would not have been able to get to the depths of the internet that I was at Thank you, alcohol. Thank you, wrestling ring. Shout out, alcohol. Because without it, I would not have been able to get to the depths of the internet that I was at. When I found out I could buy the wrestling ring that is in the room right now.
Starting point is 00:02:52 Shout out to that. Shout out to Rip Rogers, by the way. Shout out, Rip. Shout out, Rip. And shout out to Mr. H in NXT for allowing me the opportunity to go out there and just fucking dominate. I mean, that is, it is great to be the Rookie of the Year for 2020. And people are wondering, did this award just get created? No, no.
Starting point is 00:03:14 It's been around a long, long time. The names that are on the list of Rookie of the Year winners are names of wrestling royalty. Oh, yeah. Let's go back to 2010. Biggest scumbag ever walking this earth won. Adam Cole. Adam Cole. 2011, Daichi Hashimoto. Are you kidding me?
Starting point is 00:03:37 2012. This is your favorite wrestler, isn't it Connor? 2012, that was your favorite wrestler of all time? Big time. I'm a huge Dynastia fan. Dynastia? I just crushed it. Love.
Starting point is 00:03:50 Shout out to Dynastia. 2013, Yohei Komatsu, then Dragon Lee, then Chad Gable. Matt Riddle, what up, bro? Katsuya Kitamura. Ron DeRozzi. Ever heard of him? Jungle Boy last year, and then obviously myself. So congrats to all the former winners.
Starting point is 00:04:10 Okay, it's great to be added to the list of what you guys have. I want to bury all of you. Just want to let you know, like going forward, I hope whenever they look at this list, they say, you know what? 2020 winner, the fucking winner of the entire thing. But I know that's going to be tough to get to with all the incredible accolades that all the other Rookie of the Year winners have won. But by the end of that thing, I hope that they say,
Starting point is 00:04:33 ain't none of them could hold my jock strap. Ain't none of them could lace my wrestling boots. That's the goal of this whole thing. I assume they all have the same goal. Congrats to everybody being a part of that, but mostly congrats to me. You get a trophy? You know, I'm not hurt. I did not know this existed until this morning.
Starting point is 00:04:49 Oh. But I should get a belt, you know, championship. For sure. I mean, I don't know if anyone else won by 139 votes. Yeah, what were the spreads? Like, whenever Dragon Lee won in 2014, what did the second place scorer have? I'm sure Adam Cole barely won. He had to squeak by.
Starting point is 00:05:08 He probably paid for it. Yeah, he probably did pay to win. Yeah, he probably did. Or he held the judge's hostage. Probably stabbed his friends in the back for it. He's been doing that this entire time. He just did that on Wednesday, actually, yet again. He actually punched one of his best friends right in the nuts.
Starting point is 00:05:22 Jeez. Yeah, he's a bad guy. You knew it the whole time. You knew it the whole time. I knew it the whole time. And by the way, while I was on this run of winning rookie of the year, it was in the face of adversity and skeptics and haters the entire time. You know, it's being misremembered now that people say, oh, like the wrestling fans.
Starting point is 00:05:42 Shaq's getting into AEW, you know what I mean? Bobbani is over there on Raw. And Snoop Dogg did a splash off the top. Everybody's talking about, you know, in the wrestling community, when celebrities get involved, it's always something that the wrestling fans get mad about. Okay, wrestling fans don't like it because the celebrities are taking a spot of a wrestler
Starting point is 00:06:03 that they're a massive fan of, a wrestler they want to, bingo halls, armories, their whole life has been spent trying to get there. So when celebrities come in and take that spot, it's always one like, oh, they don't deserve to be here, right? Can't look at the bigger picture, can't get the marketing potentially more eyes on the product, so your favorite wrestler will maybe have more eyes on whenever all their hard work does eventually get paid off.
Starting point is 00:06:25 Maybe next month instead of this month. With more eyes on that whole thing. But everybody talks about how, like, when Shaq comes in, if you're somebody in wrestling that hates that, if you're a wrestling fan that hates that, you've got other wrestling fans that are like, oh, I bet you loved when Pat came in. I want to let you know, there were zero wrestling fans that enjoyed whenever i showed up there was zero zero wrestling fans that liked that when i showed up now i do believe there are some that like me and they are the dumbest community on the internet but it is very nice to know that i was able to win this rookie of the year prestigious award
Starting point is 00:07:00 in the face of all the stooges of that internet wrestling community that had no idea that gold had just been dropped right in front of their goddamn eyeballs. And that's what makes this maybe even a little bit more sweet. Let me ask you this. And stop putting Stephen Amell in the same sentence as me. Okay? I went back and watched his match.
Starting point is 00:07:20 Can't touch me. So go ahead and just shut that one off as well whenever you're having these conversations on Twitter amongst your stupid friends in the wrestling community. Now, let's get to some sports, shall we? I just wanted to point out that none of those past winners did it during a pandemic either.
Starting point is 00:07:37 Oh, with no fans. Wow. Oh, I forgot about that. Probably never kicked off a Super Bowl either. Oh, well. They didn't realize it takes all of us this year. Well, huh. Interesting. I realize it takes all of us this year. Well. Huh.
Starting point is 00:07:46 Interesting. I could really go shoot right here. They put that show in a backpack and put it on my back there for a couple weeks. Nobody talks about that. Yes, they would. That does not get talked about a lot. This is for shoot,
Starting point is 00:07:58 which is in wrestling business, like for real. We would go down there and have no idea what was going to happen and then be like, God damn. Like, okay, here we go. This has got is gonna show up here i was very lucky to be a part of it very thankful for that opportunity but the stooges on the internet not the people that voted obviously
Starting point is 00:08:13 the 355 people that knew what the fuck was going on right in front of their eyeballs there and probably the hardest time to ever wrestle a lot of people have said it this whole thing um but it was nice that you know there were some people who recognized it because the idiots did not even realize what was going on. A seven-minute promo. Seven minutes. Seven-minute promo in the middle of the world that is just, hey, we need everything to move now,
Starting point is 00:08:35 move now, move now. It's like seven minutes you got out there. It's like, oh, all right. Good luck. I mean, I'm not that fucking entertaining. Let's go for it. Hey, I got some shit to say, and I'm very thankful for the opportunity. And hopefully there'll be more.
Starting point is 00:08:48 Maybe there won't be. Either way, I was lucky to finally do something that I've always found to be very cool. And, you know, when I got drafted to punt, I had never really done the NFL-style punt before. I was first-team all-rookie team. Oh, okay. There were other rookie punters, by the way. Not a lot. Those guys are much better than me punting long-term.
Starting point is 00:09:11 But in that particular – all-rookie. Whenever my first year getting in the radio, by the way, I won, like, the Heisman Radio or something like that. Oh, that's right. Yeah, remember that? And then, like, what, first cup rookie of the year. So I don't... Is that good?
Starting point is 00:09:27 What's next? Sorry, let's not think about that. Is that good? We should enjoy this moment a little bit. We should think about it. You're right. Let's embrace the moment just a little bit. Okay, now what's next? What's the NBA doing right now? Well, I do have an absolute bucket right now in this right hand.
Starting point is 00:09:48 Now I have gained 30 to 35 pounds since I would have been in anywhere near shape to get down the court maybe twice. So we are going to have to maybe fast track and exercise. But you're right. Maybe G League next year. Maybe G League. Be easy. And the church will help that out because you've got that full quarter in there. You'll be able to run the sprints up and down.
Starting point is 00:10:07 You're 100% right. We'll be running full. Probably training sessions in the morning. Oh, yeah. Whistles. And line. Hell, yeah. Hit the line.
Starting point is 00:10:15 Yeah, the whole thing. Digs your deep in thought over there. I was trying to think of what's going to benefit financially the most that you're, like, Rookie of the Year of. Maybe dominate the PGA Tour and be R rookie of the year on the pga tour well see here we go we that is in the plan all right but it's the senior tour i'm gonna try to get into not as much money on that well maybe i mean we're gonna have to market a little bit you know i mean we're gonna have to we're gonna have to figure out how to promote it a little bit so we get a little bit higher prizes a little maybe a
Starting point is 00:10:44 couple more eyeballs. But it is hard to find the senior tour. It is very hard to find the senior tour. When J.D. got in there, John Daly, whenever he entered the champion store, sorry, I wanted to watch him out there, and there was a little buzz. It was impossible to find those tours. We're going to have to negotiate some TV deals. Okay, if I get in there, that could be.
Starting point is 00:11:02 But there's probably nothing else I could do. I think the quickest thing you could do winning rookie of the year or potentially greatest on earth would be cornhole. If you just locked in on cornhole real quick. Or ACL, just want to let you know, I don't know when it's going to be. Okay, I don't know when it's going to be because I do have respect for cornhole and like it does take a lot of work to get there. But know that it is within me to have that.
Starting point is 00:11:28 I would have to dedicate a lot of time to it. I will eventually because I love the game, love the sport of cornhole. But you're right. That's probably the one that will happen inevitably. Go ahead and cut this, by the way. I don't know what it's – I do know what day it is. I actually said it just a little bit ago. February 26, 2021.
Starting point is 00:11:43 Let's assume cornhole happens at some point. Maybe not in the next year, not two years, not five years. But at some point, cornhole will be a full one. And don't sleep on NASCAR. I mean, you can hop in one of those cars. I'll tell you what. Hit it. After watching that E60 that you guys have not watched yet.
Starting point is 00:11:59 Okay, I'm looking right in your eyes right now and none of you have watched it. Intimidators this weekend. I will. I'm not. I thought I was like, yeah, I'll do NASCAR after watching that. No way. I'm out. I'm out. Those dudes are nuts. They are nuts.
Starting point is 00:12:11 They're absolutely insane. Orlovsky just FaceTimed me. He knows we're in the middle of a show. I'm going to call him back. Because the only news really today is the same news from yesterday, which is quarterback news. Now, the New England Patriots Hey, we're live. We're live. I was just calling you back
Starting point is 00:12:26 oh well okay so carson wentz signs with the indianapolis colts dan okay you know and this morning i get up we realized that there was a graphic on there that said this is how you fix carson wentz and then it said according to dan Orlovsky on there and I want to let you know was there ever a time in your life maybe after you were running out of that end zone from Jared Allen or the next week throwing a 96 yard bomb to Calvin Johnson to bounce back and get the haters off of you maybe whenever you're with the Colts and you won some games and almost got us out of the Andrew Luck sweepstakes was there ever a time in your life that you thought, you know what? I'm going to be the authority on quarterback talking.
Starting point is 00:13:10 Because that's what that graphic looked like. The graphic looked like how to rebuild Carson Wentz, ESPN, get up, according to Dan Orloff. Did you ever think that? You are the authority on quarterbacks. Now, I wanted to call and congratulate you earlier. But now you're calling us in the middle of the goddamn show so now we have to do this congratulations means the world to me what about congratulate me i won rookie of the year wrestler this year yeah baby yeah all right we'll talk to you dude see ya uh that was good how Dan. I'll get a text back from him that says, were you patronizing me there?
Starting point is 00:13:46 No. Come on. Not at all. Not you. I got that. Can we put that graphic back up, though? Dan, because I was going to talk about the quarterbacks, but there's really no new news in there, okay?
Starting point is 00:13:55 Russell Wilson, the teams that want Russell Wilson, they're all trying to recruit him now at this point. He put out a workout where his feet looked incredibly fast. I mean, I wanted to – it was hard not to shit talk the Russell Wilson workout thing where he says all fuel because, hey, it's your team that's creating this entire fuel that could potentially be happening. And then while you're watching a workout, you're like, that is why Russell Wilson, if he goes to any of these teams, they're immediately in the conversation for going to win a Super Bowl. He was running the icky shuffle basically up onto an elevated surface there without a ladder, and his feet looked like they were, I don't know, faster than anything I've ever seen in my entire life.
Starting point is 00:14:32 Lightning. Good for Russell Wilson. So that has happened. Deshaun Watson, Houston's still saying they're not going to move on at all. Every other hour or so, we'll get an update that Houston's still not listening to any calls, and then that
Starting point is 00:14:45 becomes news and Ben Roethlisberger's looking stronger than ever says Rooney he said that they had a meeting it went well we want him back his arm I would say he says uh he's as strong as almost as strong as ever uh so I think he's certainly capable of getting a job done this comes just a few days after he says that he would like Ben to help them win a championship. This all but cements Ben Roethlisberger coming back to Pittsburgh with a restructured contract to see how they can do this thing. Yeah, in the meeting they said,
Starting point is 00:15:14 we'll bring you back on one stipulation, and Ben agreed to that stipulation. Then they loaded a pile of Jergens in the back of Ben's truck and sent him on his way home. And that was interesting when he said that tonight and the next month or so, maybe next year. He said his arm is as strong as ever.
Starting point is 00:15:28 I'm on arm's insure. I just want to let you know. From what he was saying, in a place where the audio should not have gotten out. All right? No. I'm assuming at some point some muscles in his arm were stronger than they currently are right now. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:15:43 But he did look good. And if he is anything like those other Tommy Yawn recipients, right, don't they start throwing the ball harder? It's like a Rookie of the Year thing where they just tighten the – by the way. Tighten the band up. Oh, yeah. That's right. I didn't even do that because I'm the Rookie of the Year.
Starting point is 00:15:58 Now that we're here. Can you answer the baby? Yeah. Shout out. Shout out. Shout out. Wow. What's his name out. Shout out. Wow. What's his name?
Starting point is 00:16:07 Garden Hoser. No. What's his name? Rosen Gardner. Rosen Gardner. Not Garden Hoser. They are. He is called that.
Starting point is 00:16:16 I know. Whenever he steps into the batter's box. But me and Garden Hoser are both rookies of the year and the whole thing. But he got his. He had surgery. His arm got tightened. And he was throwing people off from center field. Hey, Henry. Henry Rowan Gardner.
Starting point is 00:16:28 Henry Rowan Gardner. There it is. And then he had to throw the floater at the end. It was his mom. Spoiler. That's crazy. I thought it was the mom. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:16:37 Yeah, it was crazy, and the tears, and the whole thing. But anyways, is that what's going to happen to Ben Roethlisberger? Is his arm just going to continue to get stronger? If they can somehow protect Ben for the next four to five years, is that arm only going to get better and better and better as they move forward? Because the thought in Pittsburgh is another year with Ben Roethlisberger is another year delaying or waiting for the rebuild, which is inevitable at this point.
Starting point is 00:16:58 Will he be able to win a Super Bowl? Ben thinks so. Rooney thinks so. I'm not certain all Steelers fans think so. I would assume some do, but let's see how this whole thing pans out. They got a lot of free agents. Got some people that are retired. Got people dancing
Starting point is 00:17:13 with Power Rangers right now. That should come behind their right things. Is Ben better than Rex Grossman? Is he better than Trent Dilfer? Much different league now. Better than Joe Flacco. Better than Dwayne Haskins? Yes. Is he better than Trent Dilfer? Yeah, much different league now. Better than Joe Flacco. No, but I do like the fact that. Better than Dwayne Haskins.
Starting point is 00:17:27 Yes. Is he? Yes. Whoa. Okay. Do we? I didn't know. That's Gumpy.
Starting point is 00:17:33 That's Zito, by the way. The only real news is Dan Orlovsky fixing Carson Wentz. Yeah. And I'm saying this strictly because, you know, Carson coming to Indianapolis wasn't, you know, my, as a fan of the Indianapolis Colts, my first, like, hey, this is what we need. Everybody was like, get Carson to Frank Reich again. It'll be good for everybody. And those people were just Philadelphia Eagles fans that wanted to see Carson Wentz have success again.
Starting point is 00:17:59 Wow, also have their team move on and move forward to something else and potentially get rid of Carson Wentz's contract. But they were shielding that was saying, no, no, we love Carson. It'd be good for Carson to get Frank, right?
Starting point is 00:18:10 It's like, Oh yeah. Do you love Carson more than you love the Eagles? Are you going to become a fan of whatever team Carson Wentz goes? No, no, no. We love the Eagles.
Starting point is 00:18:18 Oh, so there's also a little bit of, let's get this fucking contract out of here and let's move on potentially. But all those people were very loud long before the actual conversations of Carson coming to Indy happened those people were very loud because it'd be good for Carson it'd be good for Frank it'd be good for the Colts it's like I read the Colts I'm not 100% sure it's just necessarily great for the Colts Phillip Rivers and Frank they did well this past season I mean didn't go as far as they should have or could have but they did win great time to watch felt mean, didn't go as far as they should have or could have, but they did win.
Starting point is 00:18:46 Great time to watch. Felt like we could really go and get it if we had to. Will Carson Wentz be the same thing? I'm not sure. Dan Orlovsky says this is what has to happen for Carson Wentz to play good football. This is what has to happen for Carson Wentz to look like a professional, a college football player again. Last year, I'm not 100% sure he would have been the number one overall pick if he was playing in college the way he was playing last year.
Starting point is 00:19:09 Being 100% serious. Thought he was completely broken. And now it turns out he potentially was because he hated what was going on behind the scenes. He and Dougie P not happy. Dan Orlovsky says, play call. Understand why it is being called and expectations for execution. Okay?
Starting point is 00:19:25 So him and Frankie Boy, Coach Reich, they'll be on the same page. You don't understand why it's being called and the expectations for execution. By the way, you would hope that your quarterback at this level who has already been paid would already know that. But understand that he and Dougie P potentially weren't on the same page. How about his eyes? Recognize coverage pre-snap and keep eyes downfield through progressions post-snap okay so he wasn't doing that last year is that what he's saying this what we got to fix he wasn't doing his eyes okay that's like rookie quarterback shit right isn't it i'm i i could not do this hey i won't let you know i could not do this but i'm also not getting
Starting point is 00:19:56 paid 40 million dollars next year to be a quarterback in the nfl and then his footwork discipline is vital mary stride length with the release of the football. So Dan just put out a camp basically there and said this is what he noticed on film that it seemed like Carson Wentz was getting wrong. Is Frank Wright going to be able to fix all of those? Maybe. Hopefully. That's really the only news in the football world.
Starting point is 00:20:16 There is one major thing missing there. Do not run into your own offensive linemen. Hold on now. We must stop for one second and ask was that a mispronunciation of the word or is that how canadians announce offense offensive offensive no is it offensive offensive i kind of like it better i can't confirm i was offended by you saying it like that well that's what i'm, because whenever you go on the offense, though, that seems a little bit more powerful, doesn't it?
Starting point is 00:20:50 Like, I am offended. Like, that is, I am offended is just not as, I am offended. Canadians are much more offended, I think, than we are. You know what I mean? Like, that is, the offense, that's a lot stronger sounding than just offense, I think. You know what I mean? Like, that is, the offense, that's a lot stronger sounding than just offense, I think. You know what I mean? Yeah, kind of. Not really, but I do kind of get what you're saying.
Starting point is 00:21:14 You hate it, huh? No, I don't hate it. I don't care either way. I mean, to Gumpy's point, the offensive lineman who was playing rugby a year ago was getting pushed in his face. Offensive lineman. Offensive, excuse year ago was getting pushed in his face offensive line offensive excuse me was comfy that was awesome hey any more of those you can just go ahead and switch it up let him out hey the bag's full my friend oh yeah a lot of canadian sayings up there i did realize that when i was watching letter kenny i'm like i don't is this the same language
Starting point is 00:21:38 yeah so it was incredible the way it was being delivered was hilarious i understand that but there was a lot of Googling. Am I allowed to use that word? You know what I mean? There's a lot of those types of questions. So anytime you want to bring those out, would love it. Great beard today, by the way. What do you have, Nick?
Starting point is 00:21:57 Organization is the big one. Organization? Yeah. Instead of organization, when you talk about your team, your franchise. Oh, you say this organization. Their offense is terrible terrible in this organization and that's what it's about pasta is a big one as well past it you know we have no pasta or pasta what what yeah pasta yeah there's no italians up there huh no no the italians ain't going to canada hell no no montreal they are there's's lots of Italians in Montreal.
Starting point is 00:22:26 There's plenty of Italians in Canada, pal. Just maybe not on the West Coast where Gumpy lives out in the boonies. All right. Speaking of Canada, join us now. Greatest goalie to ever play. Yep. The only hockey – no. There's only two hockey players that I've owned.
Starting point is 00:22:40 No, that's a lie too. My first hockey jersey that I purchased with my money, okay, as an adult, is of this man. Goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights, three-time Stanley Cup champion with the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ladies and gentlemen, Marc-Andre Fleur. Fleur, how's it going, Fleur? I'm good. How are you doing?
Starting point is 00:23:08 Hey, I want to let you know, you brought a lot of happiness into my life as I was a young, drunk, early 20, late teenager life in Pittsburgh. So I appreciate you. It's too late to thank you now, but I have to get that out early. Thanks for all the celebrations you caused for my friends and I. I'm glad you had a good time. Hey, bonjour, ça va? Oui, ça va, toi?
Starting point is 00:23:30 Comme ci, comme ça. I got nothing else. Imagine if I would have just done that entire thing. Four years, French class. I couldn't tell you anything else. Mark, thank you so much for joining us. You're a legend. You're having your
Starting point is 00:23:45 best year it seems like maybe of your entire career uh it feels like oh not again you know what i mean what is it what is it about this year out there in vegas making you absolutely crush it how how are things going with the covid protocol how's the season going for everything yeah that's uh that's a lot of questions in a short period of time, right? Come on. I wish I knew him in French. I wish I knew him in French. That would have been nice. It's going well. I can't complain.
Starting point is 00:24:13 Obviously, we have a good team, and when you're a goalie and you have a good team in front of you, it always makes you look a little better. I'm very fortunate to play for these guys. I'm getting fortunate to play for these guys. And now I'm just getting older, right? I know there's not as much left in front of me. So I'm trying to enjoy what I can, you know, what's left. And I try to enjoy every game in the time with the boys in the room.
Starting point is 00:24:43 And obviously COVID kind of took some fun out of the game, you know. But at least we're very fortunate to keep playing and come to the rink every day still. That's an interesting thing. I think it happens in all sports. I think you're seeing it with LeBron right now in the NBA. I think you're seeing it with Tom. It's nice to hear you acknowledge it as well. As you get older, like, you appreciate the things a little bit more, right?
Starting point is 00:25:02 Because you have no idea. It's like maybe the practices back in the day that you maybe dreaded or were tired or didn't want to do. Now that you're older, like each meeting almost feels better. When you look, I mean, I don't want you to obviously look back on your career because you're done or whatever, but those times in Pittsburgh, with that team, you guys seemed to be so tight, so successful. You were the third goalie ever drafted number one overall after, you know, Gino and Sid were brought in there, that squad.
Starting point is 00:25:28 Do you think that that type of team is something that is very, very difficult to find, obviously? And why is it hard to find that team, you think? Yeah, I think it is. I think we had a special chemistry. You know, we came in pretty young, right, and we sucked. We sucked for a few years and we lost a lot. So I think we had to find a way out of it.
Starting point is 00:25:54 We had to find a way to the winning side, and then we started having success together. I think that really brought us real close together. We had a good bunch of veterans to lead the way, and we started having some success. We had a lot of fun off the ice after games and stuff, and we were winning a lot of games. So it was great hockey, great time to be playing at that time.
Starting point is 00:26:18 What was it like with Lord Stanley down there on the south side? Pretty good? Pretty good down there on the south side with Lord Stanley? I think I've seen it once or twice down there. The celebrations are always epic, I assume. Yeah, it's always the best part, right? I feel it goes for a few days, you know, and the first one in 09, I felt like I could keep going every day. But then the last one's like in 16 17 after a few two three days and i was had enough you know i need to go home and rest but definitely a lot of good times on on the south side there okay uh me too by the way uh it's a great place yeah i think it had a guinness world record there for a while as the uh most bars packed into a space.
Starting point is 00:27:05 Like, everybody thinks, like, down in New Orleans is the place or whatever. It's like New Orleans is definitely a lot more fun, good time vibe or whatever. But Pittsburgh, Southside, listen, it's a great time. After midnight, if you're not Marc-Andre Fleury or Sidney Crosby, keep your head on a swivel walking around there. But it is a very, very, very good time. When the expansion happens in Vegas and you get sent out of there, and, you know, it was one of those things
Starting point is 00:27:29 where, as a Pittsburgh Penguin fan, incredibly bummed about you being one of the staples of that Penguins team, but you almost went on to become, like, a face of a franchise that was just starting. What has it been like seeing the Vegas town? I mean, this year, obviously, camp, because Uncle COVID's come in and fucking ruined everything, but what has it been like seeing the Vegas town? I mean, this year obviously can't because Uncle COVID's come in
Starting point is 00:27:46 and fucking ruined everything, but what has it been like kind of seeing Vegas become a hockey town? Because there's been a lot of success early. Yeah, it was so many unknowns coming to Vegas at first, and obviously it was tough leaving Pittsburgh
Starting point is 00:28:02 because I've been there for so long, and I met a lot of great people on the team and off the team. But I was very fortunate looking back to come to Vegas. I didn't know if there was going to be any people at the game, with people like hockey in the desert. It's turned out for the best now that we've had a great first season. I've met so many people that told me they'd never watched hockey before and now they're the big fans of the team, you know. So I'm really proud of how the team got into the community
Starting point is 00:28:36 and how we got everybody together to rally behind us. You know, it's been great since. You do it all, eh? French. How about that i you see this is a cannabis uh thing you know what i mean it's uh cbd pouches clap bombs so big flatten the flatten the side of it you see that mark yeah and you slap shot that's nice who is who is somebody that whenever they shoot it it's a you it's a little bit more of uh i mean because you got pads on but everybody's like oh the pads just protect him or whatever that thing is like with the hardest rubber of all time coming at like 100 miles an hour and your hand has leather in front of it so there has to be some sort at this point
Starting point is 00:29:22 i assume you're used to obviously but i'm But I'm just saying, who is somebody you play against that you think like, okay, whenever they're about to go we gotta fucking, you know, maybe numb the hand a little bit here. Yeah, you gotta bear down a bit. I think the guys like Ovechkin shoots really hard and Shara, Weber Weber's heavy too.
Starting point is 00:29:40 Who's that? Weber in Montreal. Shay Weber. I don't know who that is. Shara is in Washington now. Big guy. Oh, former Bruin? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:53 Oh, yeah. Okay, okay. I do know him. Big, big body. Big, big body. Big, big body. Big guy, yeah. We had one.
Starting point is 00:30:02 Maybe you remember John LeClair. He was in Pittsburgh, too, for a few years. Early my career, though. Hey, Sidney Crosby is the greatest hockey player of all time. What was he like as a teammate? Awesome. I think he's, I don't know, I feel fortunate I got to play with him for so long. Every day he comes to the rink and tries hard in practice. Always very competitive, you knowink and tries hard in practice. Always very competitive.
Starting point is 00:30:27 Loves to have fun. He's been great. He's a great leader also. I think he makes everybody on the team better. That's why I think we had some success with him as a captain. Did you and him
Starting point is 00:30:41 live at Mario's house together? Does he just have an entire estate? How does that work? Mario's a very nice guy and his family also, right? And I was there for a little bit. And then Sid came in, I think, a couple years later, and I was out of there. But Sid lived there for a long time, though.
Starting point is 00:31:02 I think, like, I forgot how many years, but I don't know, like six, seven years, something like that, maybe. Okay, okay, so you can explain this. Is he just in there with, like, I see him walking out for breakfast, like, with Mario's kids. Is that how that, or is there just, he has, like, numerous houses on the property? No, it's the same big, it's a big house, right?
Starting point is 00:31:21 But we're living there in the same one. Sid lived there for six years? Damn. I'm at Uncle Mario's house. Don't call me on this, but he lived there for a long time. Was Mario taking shots on you, like before bedtime? Yeah, like hallway hockey? Were you guys down playing a little hallway hockey?
Starting point is 00:31:40 No, we didn't. His son asked him, though. Remember, we had a couple games in the basement, like knee hockey and stuff. Did you let him score because his dad's the owner? No, I'll go show him good. Very, very true. Nick, what do you have, pal? Flower, there was a story years ago about your time in Pittsburgh.
Starting point is 00:32:01 You used to wear the bright yellow pads and you made a switch and so the story goes that uh an eye doctor actually wrote you a letter and suggested you make the switch because it was messing with the shooter's eyes seeing the net behind you is that true yeah true um i think it might have been 0809 i think8, something like that. Lady from Canada, actually, from Ottawa, an optometrist. And then she said that's why the buses, the school bus and the taxis are yellow because they're very bright and it catches the eye really quickly. So if you wear something more like white, maybe the shooters would have to look at you a little bit more
Starting point is 00:32:42 to see where your legs are. Wow. And I guess when Stanley Cup. Yeah. How about that? Shout out optometrist. Shout out optometrist. We want to say we want Stanley Cup. Shout out to that lady for goalies. It's super mental, I would assume. Right. That's kind of the conversation is it's all in between the ears, and then there's obviously droughts that come and go with the entire. When you're a goalie, what is the biggest part about it mentally? It's just like staying locked in or like trusting yourself. Like what is the biggest thing?
Starting point is 00:33:18 Is it confidence like every other professional athlete position? Because it feels like it's much more of a tasking job mentally than people give it credit for. Yeah, I think when things go well, you know, everything feels easier, right? But when you're letting two, three, four in a game and there's still 30 minutes to be played, you know, that's when sometimes maybe you can doubt yourself
Starting point is 00:33:43 or you try to do too much, you know, and you get yourself in trouble that way. Or some games, you know, you don't have many shots and your team's been great, you know, so you're just kind of sitting there by yourself, just waiting, you know. So you kind of have to find ways to stay in the game. So when they come, you're actually ready to make a stop.
Starting point is 00:34:03 Do you have a goal? No. I missed, like, when I was in Pittsburgh, I missed, like, twice. Maybe, like, yeah, well, it's pretty rattle. I could imagine. I mean, that's a moment. They pull the goalie. You have it on your stick.
Starting point is 00:34:19 Oh, my God. Here we go. Because it only happens, what, like, probably three times a year, maybe? Once a year? Yeah, I have that. that yeah maybe a couple times but then yeah you're gonna clear like above everybody right and it's gonna be in straight line so it's not easy yeah hey you get one this year i'll give a hundred thousand dollars to whatever foundation you want it wanted to go to? They'll get me trying every night. No, I'm just kidding. Yes.
Starting point is 00:34:48 That's what we're looking for. Hey, $100,000 if you do it. It rarely happens. So we'll definitely do it. What do you have, Connor? Yeah, Farr, when you're on the ice, do you talk shit to the players and or the refs because the hockey refs are such savages? And also, do you talk shit in French or English?
Starting point is 00:35:02 Usually to the refs I suck up more. I feel like they're the ones that are going to help me, you know? So I always try to stay nice with them. The players, I feel like I – let me talk shit. Maybe the guys I know, guys I played with. If he's French, I speak French. If he's English, I speak English. You know, whatever.
Starting point is 00:35:21 It comes out easier in french but um yeah when those dudes are just parked in front of you all right and how because it's not often that you you know get into disputes but when somebody's a massive part of hockey is somebody getting right in front of you in fucking you over like that is a that is a strategy that is used in hockey. Like, that is something that... How do you ever... When do you decide when, like, how do you know when you can, like, hit the guy in front of you and move him?
Starting point is 00:35:52 Has there ever been any beefs you've gotten into because of that? I have, yeah. So there's two... Right now, there's two refs that can call a penalty, right? So there's always one by my net, and one is, like, more in the middle of the ice the ice kind of so there used to be only one guy so when there was only one guy that could call penalty i would watch him and then if uh if like he wasn't looking at me then i would
Starting point is 00:36:15 hit guys in the balls or that's like pretty funny but guys will grab me and always like, if you ever fucking touch me. Oh, sorry. That's pretty, I don't know. I still like it. But nowadays I just find it, if I can't see, then that's when maybe I'll give him a little shot just so I can, not as hard, just so I don't get a penalty rate or something like that, but just enough so I can see the puck.
Starting point is 00:36:44 Do you have a full stretching routine you have to go through? That's like, I assume you have to be one of the most flexible people on earth. Like, everybody assumes kickers and punters have to be flexible, but you guys are down in that butterfly, and then you're just spreading out, and then you have to be able to explode from that position as well off the boat. Do you have, like, an entire, you know, because they say sumo wrestlers, they like force them. They like break their, they like rip their groins and their hamstring.
Starting point is 00:37:10 Is that what it's like as a child, as a goaltender? Like, hey, we need you to be able to get all the way down here. And they're just like getting shoved. Like what, how, is that just something you naturally had? I feel like I did for, I think until I was 25, I probably never really stretched in my life. I was always pretty lim for, I think until I was 25, I probably never really stretched in my life. I was always pretty limber, I guess. But then I started getting old, and especially now,
Starting point is 00:37:32 I'm getting even older. So I do have people, my trainers are helping me out a lot, trying to keep my hip, my groins loose, because it can get tight pretty quickly nowadays heard your big prank guy huh yeah big prank guy like to keep the jovial in the locker room yeah anything cool that you would like to talk about that you've done for instance i was on a team uh that shipped a guy's car to montana okay your turn what did you do i didn't do that hey keep that in the bag maybe hey keep that one in the bag.
Starting point is 00:38:05 Go ahead and just ship somebody's car somewhere. I can't park somebody's car far away in the parking lot at the end of it. You know, I have somebody drive me back, but I never ship it to Montana. It's tough to get back. I don't know. I feel like everyday little shit, you know. But I think what I like is when you go in somebody's hotel room and just fuck with them you know with that can i say that or yeah yeah okay um you've said
Starting point is 00:38:32 it three times by the way if you couldn't take him down our show in uh the hundred thousand dollar donation thing would have been gone immediately so you can definitely say it okay math let's go ahead and just keep it going you go go into the hotel room. What do you do? Turn the heat on? I think turn the heat on. Then you call for a wake-up call, like at 4 in the morning. Like to put the alarm clock to behind the TV, like at 3 in the morning. Then when it goes off, you put the radio on. So when it goes off, the guy thinks it's TV.
Starting point is 00:39:02 Then he tries to shut it off. radio on so when it goes off the guy thinks it's uh tv you know and then he tries to like shut it and then in the on the toilet there's like um a rubber tube uh so when you flush it right it fills the tank with that rubber tube so you can pull it out and just put like on the side of the cover like this kind of so when the guy like flushes, and then the wire door just keeps pouring out. And then it doesn't stop until he puts it back in the tank. Do you guys live on the road normally? This year a little bit different, but is hockey very – it's like NBA travel? Are you guys home more?
Starting point is 00:39:40 How's the – are you guys – because this is high-level hotel stuff here. This is – I've been in a hotel numerous times in my life here. Do you guys live on the road? Is that the normal lifestyle uh we do a bunch i think we're a little bit more at home than on the road but like sometimes we go on the road for 10 days 14 days you know sometimes three four days so depends on the schedule right but we're we got a bunch so we have uh somebody in the studio from the town of canada gumpy mark Mark, you, like every offseason, it's kind of rumored that you're going to go back to Pittsburgh. How much would that mean to you to go back and finish your career there?
Starting point is 00:40:11 Yeah, let's go ahead and get you back. Hey, let's go. Come on back. Hey, Vegas is cool. Hey, they got a franchise. Come on. Hey, hockey in the desert, that's cool. Let's go ahead and get you back to Pittsburgh, Matt.
Starting point is 00:40:20 We need you. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate that. You know, I'm wearing this logo still to end up paying my paycheck. You love being a Golden Knight. I don't know. Obviously, Pittsburgh
Starting point is 00:40:33 means a lot to me. I've had so many good times, great memories and a lot of good friends still there. Obviously, I'm in Vegas and things are well. Really loving the place, loving the team, and, you know, I'm very fortunate. All right.
Starting point is 00:40:50 Okay. All right. I mean, not the answer I want to hear, but it's a good answer, though. I know what you're saying. So when you're a goalie, do you watch film of other goalies to get better? Do you watch yourself? At this point, I mean, you're so far along in this whole thing. I assume you're everywhere. Do you pick up moves? Is there like new moves that some goalies bring in? Has that happened or is the kind of the goalie position
Starting point is 00:41:12 been the same for some time now since Pat's come in? No, I do. I do look at other guys. I think like I've changed little things, you know, how I play, like, a few times over my career, right? I think new techniques come out, and I think they're – I always give it a shot, try it out. If I like it, you know, I'll do them. And if I don't, then I just, you know, forget about it, right? Keep doing what I was doing. But I do like that. I think you can always improve and learn from other guys.
Starting point is 00:41:42 And, yeah, I still do now. You should see my glove. I mean, it is. Hey, Matt, we're talking full on like a fucking ninja. Like a ninja. Mark, I'm a full on degenerate gambler. And I noticed the first season in Vegas, if the way team got to vegas the night before they
Starting point is 00:42:05 were playing oh yeah the vegas flu was a real thing could you smell the alcohol on the ice of away teams getting to vegas the night before i wouldn't say that but i think some teams look a little rough definitely but yeah it's maybe that helped us out a bit too but some teams though they made like strict rules so they would something fluent like uh later at night so they couldn't go anywhere or if i think one thing flew in the morning obviously so they couldn't go out the night before you know so i think they were the thing about vegas though you flying in the morning i mean you're potentially hitting yeah you know mean? There's a pool party there now.
Starting point is 00:42:45 Now you're hitting a real good time. Hey, Mark, I appreciate you so much for your time. You scored a goal this year. $100,000 to a foundation of your choice. Awesome. I'll keep that in mind. I'll try shooting a few. Imagine he hits it.
Starting point is 00:42:57 It's off the opponent's face. Goes in the net. Then we got game tied now over time. All of a sudden, just all hell breaks loose. The other team might let it in now. Oh, my God. The other goalie. now. Overtime. All of a sudden, just all hell breaks loose. The team might let it in now. Oh, my God. Oh, geez. Just let it fit in, you know?
Starting point is 00:43:12 Au revoir, pal. Ladies and gentlemen, Marc-Andre Fleury. Let's go, dude. Hey, uh. Mucho gracias. Au revoir. Enchanté. Merci beaucoup.
Starting point is 00:43:25 Merci beaucoup. Merci beaucoup. Is he still on? Hey, merci beaucoup, dude. Fait plaisir. Merci à toi. Bonne journée. Oui, oui. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:43:35 All right, let's get to an international show, by the way. Multiple languages. That's right. That guy's awesome. That's totally Frank. The water coming out. The alarm. They were not shy about partying in the
Starting point is 00:43:50 South Side. No, no. We had it. Max Talbot had a house right across from my house and it was nice and it was always fun. Yeah, it was a good time. 2009, by the way, was when I got into the NFL. I mean, I had a good time back there. I have seen Lord Stanley in the South Side. I have, personally.
Starting point is 00:44:05 I've made eye contact with it, touched it, and then went over to the bathroom. You touched the cup? Oh, yeah. They always brought it down, Morris. That eye doctor stole a Stanley Cup from the Detroit Red Wings. Most guys have tried a lot of different ways to, you know, try to last a little bit longer when making love. Think about your baseball team.
Starting point is 00:44:32 That's a boring sport. That'll turn me off, right? Yeah, absolutely. Maybe you start listing off cities and states. Maybe you start doing the alphabet backwards. Whatever you end up doing, you need to not do it anymore. Knock it off. none of it's gonna work okay you're before the time you get to the the short stop it's already happened
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Starting point is 00:45:45 Shout out to you. Shout out to GetRoman.com forward slash Pat McAfee. Everybody talks about how I lost $30,000 on a coin toss or whatever, but nobody talks about how we got to that point. Said coin toss was a terrible coin. Not as bad as that, you know, the Bush. The drop? The Bush push.
Starting point is 00:46:03 Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? The Bush push. Not as bad as that you know the bush a drop the bush push yeah yeah you know what i mean the bush push not as bad as that one but when we're talking the bush we're talking coin tosses okay let's let that we need a super bowl coin toss i do believe they should be on a ladder they should be elevated no no no i think it should be elevated. No, no, no. I think they should be elevated. So if the bush push ever happened again,
Starting point is 00:46:30 at least it would drop 20 feet. No, we got to worry about it. We got to schedule not to have another bush push. But that song bitch has got to give that thing a little bit of a break. Let it breathe. We need some air under that thing. It's the Super Bowl. Maybe catch it, flip it on your hand. I was always a catch flip guy.
Starting point is 00:46:43 But I do believe you can potentially do something with that, so I don't need any of that. Imagine if heads hits whenever that happens. I'm looking to cut that guy's hands off. But if tails hits when that happens, I mean, it's going to make me happy. Yeah, if we're giving that guy a call, send him a bouquet. But there's a heads better out there somewhere. You know what I mean?
Starting point is 00:47:02 Not a $30,000 one. There wasn't actually this year. Would have been reported. What if math scores? When's their next game? When's Vegas' next game? I believe. Ty is going to be so pissed, by the way.
Starting point is 00:47:13 Oh, yeah. His guy. Ty is a Vegas Golden Knight fan. Huge. Says tomorrow at 10. It's so late. I will not be up for it. They get the late games.
Starting point is 00:47:22 Because they're over there. Which also supports your point how it's pretty tough to watch hockey these days. Yeah, hey, Kate, put that thing maybe let's go right in the middle of the afternoon. I mean, the first four games at 10 p.m. Math is their biggest star. Did you hear that interview? I've never heard an interview like that with any hockey player ever in the history of hockey or interviews. And they got that guy on at 10 p.m.
Starting point is 00:47:44 Can we not get him on prime time? What are we doing out here, Nick? East Coast Bias, man. What are you going to do? Get him back to the Pens, dude. Mike's dead back there. Yeah, Mike's definitely off. Who, Nick's? Yeah. I thought because I don't have my ears in, that's why I couldn't hear. No, it's off.
Starting point is 00:48:00 East Coast Bias. What are you going to do? Nice. Hey, way to go, Nick. Delivered it both times as if it was the first time. East Coast bias. What are you going to do? Hey, way to go, Nick. My baby, Nick. They really delivered it both times as if it was the first time. We have Penn's Islanders at 7 tomorrow night. Yeah, Penn's going to win by probably 4. Got B's Rangers tonight.
Starting point is 00:48:14 Big comeback game. If you want to win any money, go ahead and bet on them. Let's go to the phones. Pasta to score as well. Pasta? Pasta. Pasta. Pasta.
Starting point is 00:48:23 Pasta. Who do you want to go to? Wisconsin, New York, Michigan, Illinois, South Dakota, Bloomington? South Dakota. Do you have that video? South Dakota. I love South Dakota. I'm going to post a video from South Dakota I completely forgot about within the past year or two.
Starting point is 00:48:35 South Dakota is the nicest state of all time. I had never been in that state before. Within six minutes of being in that state, the place is going bananas for me. That is maybe my favorite state in the union at this point. That's one of my favorite ones we've done. Yes, for sure. I mean, aside from the places I've lived. Of course.
Starting point is 00:48:54 Have to love those places. There's more up there. Bison Burgers. Let's go to Seth, South Dakota. What's going on, Seth? What's up, Pat and the boys? Hey, nothing at all, man. What do you want to talk about?
Starting point is 00:49:05 I was going to ask, I think Dak Prescott is going to take all the Campbell's chunky soup out of Dallas and get out of town. Where's he going? I think he's going to Washington. Whoa. In the division. That'd be interesting because he would then have to become a free agent, right, which means he wouldn't have been franchise tagged.
Starting point is 00:49:28 If he hits the market, I'll be intrigued to see the reaction by the NFL after coming off of that injury. Now, is he a good player or is he a great football player? According to the authority, Dan Orlovsky, good football player, hasn't been great yet, and I assume that's because they haven't won really any significant thing down there. So you can see how if that's how you base your judgment of a quarterback in the grand scheme of things on whether or not they win or lose, which is how we do a lot of things with Dak. If we do it in that particular case, you can see how the Dan Orlovskis of the world are very comfortable saying what they're saying because the Dallas Cowboys have not been able to really win anything worth a fuck at this point now is that Dak's fault though that's when you have to start digging deeper into the question saying hey situations might be situational can we
Starting point is 00:50:15 talk about the Dallas Cowboys allowing an apartment complex to be built around their practice facility allowing mall walkers to stop in their film rooms alongside of them, sponsorships, being able to run routes during practice. Can we talk about maybe the organization with its incredible business mindset, America's team mindset, the way Jerry's able to promote everything? Do we think that maybe the organization might not be set up for the most amount of success due to the fact that they are incredibly transparent with damn near everything and every human that i have ever encountered in the nfl is the complete opposite it's almost like i don't want anybody even hearing my cadence if we can get that microphone turned down whenever i'm giving my cadence i'd be good dallas is like hey
Starting point is 00:50:59 come on into practice come see what we got going on i'm not saying that's the exact reason why they're losing i'm just saying that happens what else do you think potentially happens that is a mindset not directly to win games but for our team to be the most popular team and bring in a lot of stars so is it Dak's fault that that has happened probably not but in the real world you judge quarterbacks off whether or not they win or lose he's coming off a massive injury I don't know how the market's going to be. If he goes to Dallas, now we're talking about Alex Smith, fresh off of 17 surgeries, comes back to Washington.
Starting point is 00:51:33 He said Washington wasn't about it, about it at the beginning. He said in GQ, Dak coming off a surgery. I don't know if Washington's going to be about it, about it. And the thing with the Cowboys being so open, I get it when you're building a team, but you're one of the most popular teams in the league. You don't have to do that stuff anymore. It's closed the doors. Hey, I say that and people think I'm fucking around.
Starting point is 00:51:49 When I say that, I'm not fucking around. No. I honestly believe that. If you don't think in this billion-dollar industry, uber-competitive people, if they find out that you can get an office building that overlooks Dak Prescott and the boys practices like you're just out of your mind thinking that people aren't doing I would assume that people are doing that now I might be wrong and I guess they have other practice facilities as well but then even Zeke was like when we weren't playing well there was no sponsors up in the
Starting point is 00:52:19 they have a nest for their indoor practice facility where like sponsors are like look do you not know I mean I guess Jerry has to know all the people that go in there and know that their narratives might not be to potentially fuck them over. But any little piece of information that any of those people are stealing from practice could potentially hurt the Dallas Cowboys. Now, I'm not saying that's why they've lost. I'm just saying if that's happening, what else is happening that maybe isn't in the mindset of we need to win football games around here at all costs,
Starting point is 00:52:46 which, by the way, a lot of people have in the NFL, even though it doesn't seem like that with some teams, like the Bengals, for instance. But the Dallas Cowboys, it's wild to think that they haven't had success in so long, and they're a team that is one of the most popular teams of all time in all professional sports. It's like, what's going on behind the scenes, you think? And with how well that offensive line, the wide receivers, the weapons they have, if Dak does leave, does that become the number one spot or number one destination
Starting point is 00:53:13 for other quarterbacks? Russ said, give me $10. You know what was interesting? I thought about this whenever I went through Russell Wilson's agents' potential landing spots if they were to approach seattle for a trade it was las vegas new orleans miami dallas no bears cowboys saints raiders bears when i thought about that it was different than the initial reports of what the teams were because the initial teams were jets dolphins, Dolphins, blah, blah, blah.
Starting point is 00:53:46 Just like the Deshaun Watson conversation. But you put him in three of those four teams. I mean, now we're playing football. You know what I mean? Now we're – Which one? Go ahead, Zito. Which teams do you think?
Starting point is 00:53:58 Yeah, Bears. Bears. Bears were the team I was talking about as not being the one team. I mean, you got Gruden, who's notoriously, allegedly, offensive guru. Okay. You have Sean Payton. Okay. Wizard.
Starting point is 00:54:17 There we go. Now with the Dallas Cowboys, you got Mike McCarthy. Yeah. Big Mike. Jesus. Big Mike McCarthy. The only thing he has is the smash and the melons. So, by the way, he has it, though.
Starting point is 00:54:28 He does have it. He still has it. The Saints seem to be, if Russ ends up with the Saints, it's big problems. That's the only team that's a better position than what he's in in Seattle, in my opinion. Well, the Bears, too. I guess there's been a couple. No, the Raiders.
Starting point is 00:54:44 I'm sorry. The Raiders. I'm sorry. The Raiders. I saw some photos of the pocket that Derek Carr was throwing. But their defense is awful. You know what I mean? Like, you're not going to a better team. But for us, the better offensive line is all Russell Wilson gives you. He did have to run that one time, though, in tours.
Starting point is 00:54:59 Oh, Derek? Yeah. Well, let's think about it. He got Ruggs, right? Darren Waller there. Josh Jacobs there. Got a good offensive line. I think that, for Russ, is bigger than –
Starting point is 00:55:10 I don't think he's looking at defense side of the ball. Because remember, Seahawks defense this year, for a long, long time, did not play football well either. Now, towards the end, they got healthier and played better or whatever. I think Raiders potentially. Now, huh? Now, the Derek Carr Raiders fans are going to have to just swallow that one. I'd like to ask them potentially.
Starting point is 00:55:27 If you could have Russell Wilson or Derek Carr, who would you have? I would be intrigued to hear what they would have to say. They'd say Derek Carr right now until, you know, Ryan Tannehill came in just like Titans fans would say about Marcus Mariota. By the way, Mariota came in for Derek Carr and that whole thing. What were you going to say, Carl? Well, if he goes to the Saints too, like it's the most complete team now, but they're going to have to give up Ramchek and maybe even Michael Thomas,
Starting point is 00:55:44 maybe even Cam Jordan. So if Russell goes there, that team kind of dwindles a little bit because of how terrible they are with the Cavs. As long as they got Kamara. Yeah, absolutely. You know what I mean? Yeah. That guy's a game changer.
Starting point is 00:55:56 And Taysom Hill because you can put him anywhere. And they paid him. They paid Alvin Kamara. Oh, yeah. So now they have a reason to feed him, right? Before he got that big contract, Michael Thomas became the guy. The year before Michael Thomas became the guy,
Starting point is 00:56:10 Alvin Kamara was the guy. Then Alvin Kamara gets into contract year. Michael Thomas becomes the focal point of the offense, basically. Now, Alvin Kamara renegotiates long-term. All of a sudden, Alvin Kamara now is the guy on that saints team which
Starting point is 00:56:25 is very interesting alongside tasem hill obviously if you're drew brees and you um you see one of your one of the top wide receivers in the league and your wide receiver posting um that he wants to play with russell wilson don't you just like hey man i should probably hang him up and get out of here well michael thomas literally played in every game that drew didn't this year and that was about it. No, and remember, the messaging at the end of the season was Michael Thomas played hurt because of Drew Brees. Remember that?
Starting point is 00:56:52 Because he thought this was the end of Drew Brees. That was an actual message. Yeah. Look that up. I need you to look that up. So there was a messaging at the end of the season because Michael Thomas' season this year did not go how any of us thought it was going to, especially after
Starting point is 00:57:07 how incredibly talented he is with that offensive relationship it seemed like he had with Sean Payton and everything. Then he gets hurt. Then he gets in a fight in practice. He gets suspended, even though he's an all-pro. Then he sits out a game. Maybe he wasn't even dressed for a game. Then at the end it came out.
Starting point is 00:57:23 He was playing because he knew Drew Brees might have been his last year and want to give it to go for drew breeze when everybody was thinking like did he not want to play with drew breeze it was that whole situation was a fucking mind blower now looking back on it will russ want to go to the saints if the focal point of the offense is going to be the running back because he wants to cook so much more yeah but a lot of screens to kamara oh so just the dinking down as long as i'm getting yards yeah hey pad those stats my legacy you know that's what he said hey come here hit team's legacy let's get some phone calls let's go to johnny in wisconsin johnny what's going on hey pat and the boys happy feel good friday how we doing hey not too shabby Happy feel good Friday To you as well Johnny
Starting point is 00:58:05 Hey I just want to say Congrats to you as well For being a rookie Of the year And having the best Fucking moonsault Since Kurt Angle In 2003
Starting point is 00:58:13 Yeah Woo I appreciate that Swanton as well Shout out Jeff Hardy I appreciate everything You did And put your life through
Starting point is 00:58:21 So I can do a little something Thank you Johnny for that That means a lot And it does feel good. The congratulations are just rolling in so heavy. I got it. I got it. I got a Cowboys question for even though that guy kind of stole my thunder a little bit there. Well, are you a Cowboys fan? I you know, I am. Why? I am even even up here in Wisconsin. You know, Terrell Owens, when I was a kid, I'm about 20. When I was a kid, Terrell Owens, favorite player, a kid, I'm about 20. When I was a kid, Terrell Owens, favorite player.
Starting point is 00:58:45 Dude's an absolute fucking animal. So that kind of got me on that train there, and I kind of just carried on there. Okay, so a lot of people are fans of players, right? That happens, but they still normally have a favorite team potentially, especially in this world now where you get to know a lot more players so you can like players and everything like that. When T.O. leaves there, there isn't a thought of like,
Starting point is 00:59:04 okay, I'm going to go to an organization that maybe like wins more often than they do? You know, see, at that point, I kind of had, you know, I trusted in the system. You know, I trusted back in the day in Wade Phillips, and then when we got rid of him, you know, I trusted in Jason Garrett, and it's just never really worked out for me, you know. We had Romo back in the day, and we failed him about every way we possibly could
Starting point is 00:59:25 throughout history. I think now that he's doing his commentating thing, he's getting a little bit more success than he would in our fucking trash can of a franchise. He's trying to bring that down as well. What do you want to talk about, though? What is your exact question about the Cowboys, Johnny? I'm thinking that we're probably going to
Starting point is 00:59:41 have to wait until Jerry fucking croaks before we do anything positive in this whole deal here. I feel like a lot of them feel like that. Jerry's always taking the blame. Is it because of everything that we laid out there? With the sponsorships and everything like that? It's the way McCarthy's turned out. Kind of.
Starting point is 00:59:59 Is it because he hired McCarthy? Well, I mean, the team on paper, I feel like everyone thinks, like, oh, these guys are going to be good. Every year. Every single year. Every year. It's unbelievable the promotion machine that the Cowboys have. Every year people buy in.
Starting point is 01:00:12 I buy in. I'm like, me too. Zeke, that coming off of that year. Come on, Mike McCarthy, he was watching film every day. Fluffed his resume. Oh, my God. It'd be Jalen. Everybody on the defensive side.
Starting point is 01:00:23 Marcus Lawrence. We got that guy that howls, Jalen Smith. I mean, let's go. Everybody. They're going to do it. They're covered. And then they just stink every year. And you wait for years to get rid of Jason Garrett.
Starting point is 01:00:35 Then you bring in McCarthy. Well, and Jason Garrett, he's like a son to me. Well, in Jerry's defense, too, McCarthy had that underground film lab. They watched every single play from 2019. That was such bullshit. What a setup. But that makes me think McCarthy's even smarter because he can do that. If McCarthy can drop a play to dupe Jerry Jones,
Starting point is 01:01:00 can this son of a bitch not drop some plays to make the Philadelphia Eagles lose a game or two in the division? One time. Just one time, Mike? You only need eight wins. It's not like you need ten. I will say he did dive deep into the bag of tricks with that watermelon and that sledgehammer.
Starting point is 01:01:18 I need something. That. I didn't know how much water was in a watermelon. We need the video. Jerry's quote. I did find it funny that Mike did tell me he was surprised by the amount of water in the watermelon. That's so funny. Imagine busting that out with Rogers and A.J. Hawk on the Packers.
Starting point is 01:01:44 Imagine busting that out with Rogers and A.J. Hawk on the Packers. If me, A.J., and Aaron were on the same team, okay? And there's plenty of other people, but these are three people that I feel like listeners and viewers now know pretty well at this point. Imagine us just, me going, oh, okay. You need a bigger hammer. Where are we getting these watermelons and then immediately after obviously after the commotion has died down hey let's talk about this did we travel with those
Starting point is 01:02:12 watermelons yeah how did those are those local watermelons how did we get those water like how is what's going on and who who brought the sledgehammer can we get a bigger sledgehammer how did we get here let's's have a day, boys. They go and win, though. That changed everything. We'll take another step, too. The second time he did it, he had some players smashing him. So imagine you, Aaron, and AJ up there bashing watermelon to the sledgehammer.
Starting point is 01:02:36 I got the new hocus on today, by the way. Oh! What a marathon. Those are the Miami Vices? Yeah,, by the way. Oh! We're on a marathon. Those are the Miami Vices? Yeah, these are the Iron Man. Four of them. Well, they're dead shoes, but, you know, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head was not playing. Unisex?
Starting point is 01:02:55 Yeah, these are the Iron Mans. Damn. Arizona Sunset. Hawaii. Those would absolutely fucking crush the local walking club. Arizona sunset Hawaii Those would absolutely Fucking crush The local walking club These things are the runners
Starting point is 01:03:10 By the way The walkers were yesterday Please have a little respect For the mall walkers Come on Well no no Anyways I walk right up to the front there
Starting point is 01:03:17 With that sledgehammer Follow that, Aaron. Good luck. Go ahead and give a speech, pal. That's what you're going to have to do. You think you put a lab coat on or something? No, no. That's why I think the surprise of the water.
Starting point is 01:03:33 I think all the boys got blasted. I think all the boys got blasted. First six rows, boys. Let's back it up. Jesus, Jesus. I'll tell you what. The Cowboys are up for hard knocks, too, so it might be an absolute lock at this point. Final five.
Starting point is 01:03:48 Need it. Need it. I'm leaning pretty heavy on this desk. Sturdy. It's a sturdy desk. Well, I mean, after AJ. Well, all I was saying was I don't think so. It is only three little poles holding it up.
Starting point is 01:04:00 AJ bashed it to shreds, too, so. Let's go to Jordan up there in Michigan. What's going on? Michigan State's back, baby! Yeah! First of all, go green! Go white! Oh, big race this show. How are you, Patton gentlemen on this beautiful field? Good Friday!
Starting point is 01:04:16 Hey! Hey! Woo! Hey, let's talk about Michigan State a little bit, huh? Hey, Tom Izzo is fucking back, baby. Let's go. That's right. That's what I'm talking about. I'm happy for you guys. Beat number four, Ohio State, last night.
Starting point is 01:04:32 Congratulations. I needed that for the resume to get into March Madness, potentially. That's where Michigan State is. They're on the bubble, but that's a big win last night. Huge win. Last two 48 hours, we beat two top five teams. We still got to play Michigan twice. If we get one of those games, I think we're in.
Starting point is 01:04:47 Yeah, Michigan's back-to-back, I think. What do you want to talk about, Jordan? So, originally I had a football question, but I decided to have a hockey question because I want to learn more about the sport. That being said, why is it that fighting in hockey, relatively speaking to other sports, is not only accepted but welcome, and in almost any other sport that
Starting point is 01:05:09 ain't a combat sport, people are throwing flags, ejections are happening. Why is that the case with hockey rather than other sports? I don't think I heard what he said. Why is it accepted to fight in hockey and not other sports? Because you handle your business, you handle
Starting point is 01:05:26 your problem, then you stick tap and go in the box and come back out on the other side. It is the story of what it used to be to have a beef. It's actually the history of street beef where Shigami is going to be winning a big time
Starting point is 01:05:42 title next week against the OG East Coast Street Beef Champ, Big Smile. It's kind of like how it used to be back in the day. I don week against the OG East Coast Street Beef Champ, Big Smile. It's kind of like how it used to be back in the day. I don't like you. You don't like me. I'm punching the face. You're going to try to punch me in the face. Hopefully I don't get punched in the face. And then afterwards, we're going to set our swords aside and leave it there and move on.
Starting point is 01:05:57 That's what hockey was. Hockey was like, hey, you took my maple syrup. No. No. No. You took my maple syrup, don't you? Well, I'm offended, don't you know? Well, my organization doesn't like what you're doing. That's not what it's about. You want it?
Starting point is 01:06:12 Huh? You want it? Let's do it. You want it? You want it? Get his jersey. And then you pick all your shit up and you leave your beef behind. You go into the penalty box and you fuck over your team.
Starting point is 01:06:22 Then you come back out on the other side. Hang tight right there. Five minutes each. You're both in there at the same time. Don't fuck over your team. Then you come back out on the other side. Hang on. Five minutes each. You're both in there the same time. Don't fuck over anybody. It's in bed. But I don't know why. But I do appreciate the fact that you're from Detroit probably.
Starting point is 01:06:33 And you're asking me from hockey town a hockey question. That's a smart call. Don. I mean, if other sports want to fight, they got to get a penalty box to put the guys in. Yes. Your lacrosse fights. Holy shit. If there was a box on each end zone with the NFL players.
Starting point is 01:06:50 Lacrosse fights? Make it happen. Oh, yeah. They drop the nets. Lacrosse, you're just on hardcore running shoes just throwing balls. So is it just a bunch of Spencer Joneses out there with sticks beating the hell out of each other? Exactly. They got fighting straps.
Starting point is 01:07:01 There ain't no call fire errors in lacrosse. No, no. No, because helmets. Smart. Smart. of each other exactly there i mean there ain't no call fire errors in lacrosse no no because helmets smart but it's not year-round right i mean or us no you can go uh outdoor and then there's box across box across do people play only lacrosse yeah oh it's not like it's always i thought it was always like a side well for like i do this and i always place in the country where they play real sports it is a side thing but like in the northeast and stuff like that yeah before the pll like guys who played in the mll they would have actual jobs and then during the season they would just after work head on down to the field take care i love that passion you know i love that jp morgan to lacrosse the pll now has changed it to JP Morgan, by the way. Do you know,
Starting point is 01:07:45 learned this last night, the guns that were used in the duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, sir, are in the guns that killed Alexander Hamilton, by the way. Aaron Burr,
Starting point is 01:08:01 sir, killed him. Rest in peace to Alexander Hamilton, by the way. Anyways, the, sir, killed him. Rest in peace to Alexander Hamilton by the way. Anyways, the guns that were used are in JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan. Learned that last night on one of those trivia shows.
Starting point is 01:08:13 That's awesome. Yeah, you want to go check out the guns go to JPMorgan Chase and say, hey, I want to see the guns. That's a great little collector's item, huh?
Starting point is 01:08:21 I assume they're pretty expensive. I'll take them over to Rick over at Pawn Stores and see what he got for me. I'll give you $15. Oh, really? Well, bring that fucking mullet stooge in here and really give an assessment on this. Fine, I'll give you one Charizard card.
Starting point is 01:08:31 I've got to make money here. I've got to make money here. You're giving me one Charizard? I'll give you one Charizard. Hey, I saw Gary Vee talking about that. Oh, yeah. They did a million dollar card. Well, this one's bent at the crease, though, so you're going to have to take that into account.
Starting point is 01:08:42 How many Charizards are there? Is this like the scratch off, like the McMillions thing? Is that what this is? You're saying it's a fraud? It's a scam? No, no, I know McMillions was a scam, but the idea at the beginning, before it was taken advantage of, was that somebody would get some fries or something,
Starting point is 01:08:59 they pull it off, oh, my God, it's a million dollars, but everything else is bullshit. With this Pokemon collection game, it's a bunch of bullshit, and then, oh, my God, I got the prize, I got a Charizard, that's worth a million bucks. Is else is bullshit with this pokemon collection game it's a bunch of bullshit and then oh my god i got the prize i got a charizard that's uh worth a million bucks is that how it works so right now in the world like the the best thing you get is a psa 10 there's only 120 that says um and you gotta go get happy meals at mcdonald's well this no this is like back in the day 1996 they're already out in circulation oh they're amongst us oh yeah so like you open as a kid you go oh i got a charge that So, like, you open as a kid, you go, oh, I got a Charizard. That's pretty cool.
Starting point is 01:09:26 And you threw in a drawer and forgot about it. That thing's probably worth so much money right now. So we got to start checking drawers of all the nerds. If it's nice. Hey, you oldie stooges. Will you guys go? Hey, Foxy, oldie nerd. Will you go check your drawers from your childhood years to see if we got any Charizards in there?
Starting point is 01:09:43 Nah, we don't do Pokemon cards. We sold those a long time ago in the Fox family. Shout out to you guys. Billy's coming in now. As far as your Charizard question, there's one guy that has a massive deal of them and he tried to sell them on Pawn Stars for like half a million dollars. I think they
Starting point is 01:09:59 praised like 1.5 this year. They didn't sell, obviously, to Pawn Stars. Rick didn't buy it? No, that's where Logan Paul got his, and that's what this whole hype's about and all that. He bought from this one dude in Las Vegas that has hundreds of them. He has hundreds of Char-Zars?
Starting point is 01:10:13 Yeah. Who is this guy? I'd like to get into the Char-Zars. Mr. Char-Zard? Papa-Zard? Bro, I got a top shot. Okay, they had a drop today. Ain't nobody get them. Supposed to be a drop today. Ain't nobody get them.
Starting point is 01:10:25 Okay. Supposed to be a drop yesterday. Didn't happen. What happened today? There was 140,000 people waiting to get a couple of these packs. I got a card. I mean, you got a Zion card, too. And Zion stock is yodel-ee-yodel-ee-yodel-ee-yodel-ee.
Starting point is 01:10:41 Let's go to the phones here. Hell yeah. David in New York. What's going on, pal? Hey, Pat. Hope you and the boys are having a great, feel-good Friday. Oh, man, we are. It's only getting better now because of you, pal. What part of New York are you in?
Starting point is 01:10:55 I'm actually from the city. Oh, nice. How is the city? Heard it's kind of opening back up there for a bit. It was dead for a long time. People were fleeing, flocking out of there. It was locked down, obviously, for a long, long time. Hope everybody's okay at this point.
Starting point is 01:11:10 But is it opening back up over there? Yeah, I'd say it's definitely better than it was a couple months ago. Weather's getting a little warmer compared to all the snow we've had, so definitely looking up. And you stayed through the entire thing. A lot of people flee, right? Don't normally people leave the city in the summer but uh in quarantine it felt like everybody i knew that was potentially associated with new york city they were getting out of there as fast as
Starting point is 01:11:33 possible you held it down in there you're a real new yorker huh yeah i'm born and raised in the city so i had nowhere else to go oh hey i respect that david what do you want to talk about um well first of all i've run several marathons in Hoka. They're great shoes, man. You're going to become a runner after this. Wow. Come on. I don't know if I'm going to get into the marathon thing.
Starting point is 01:11:54 You know, the first ever person that ran a distance in a marathon was a mailman or whatever. He died, you know. So I just don't think that's a good idea. But maybe if I can get, you know, new knees. Shout out Bronny, by the way. Bronny had knee surgery. Hope he's okay.
Starting point is 01:12:08 If they can give me two new knees, I'll go out there and run some marathons. He's even running. So, I'm a lifelong Jet fan. And with you guys talking about Big Ben earlier, I had to ask. I'm just wondering what's the worst headline for a team to have? Your head coach sucking toes, a la Rex Ryan, or your QB slamming salami to the Lord?
Starting point is 01:12:32 Let's go to Juice in Arkansas. You don't want to do that one? Those were wild times for Rex Ryan, I assume. You know? Those were wild times. Hey, man, to each your own. Rex doesn't give a shit. It's the best part about it all. I asked Rex to get on Twitter or something one time and he was like,
Starting point is 01:12:47 nah, can't do it. And I was like, I think people will love you. And he said, I ain't got time for it. He literally is just in his own world, I think, at all times. It's football. Let me get on TV and then whatever his personal life is, let's just leave that as Rex Ryan's personal life. That ain't his type of show. See, the Ryan
Starting point is 01:13:04 bros need a joint account because them two together on one Twitter account. Why don't they have a show? There you go. Makes no sense. Do you hear the little? Robin Rex. Robin Rex. This show that is better than sex. It's
Starting point is 01:13:20 Robin Rex. It's Robin Rex. Who knows what they'll say next. Let's go to Ott in Estonia. Ott, good to hear from you, pal. Are you going to win an Emmy for that? Greetings, guys. Grammy.
Starting point is 01:13:32 How are you? Ott, everything's great, fella. How are you over there in Estonia? Happy to hear Estonia's still a place. Ott's still kicking it over there. Great to hear from you again on this Feel Good Friday. Thank you. First of all, greetings to all the guys in the studio.
Starting point is 01:13:46 And I don't know why people are forgetting M.B. Phil. Phil, hi. Oh, Phil, smart, by the way. Very smart to say hello to Phil. Very smart to say hello to Phil. Shout-out Phil, by the way, CFO Phil. M.B. Phil, interesting. I mean, I would assume without Phil,
Starting point is 01:14:05 we would not be able to operate. So I don't know if anybody's the most valuable. He is definitely highly, highly, highly valuable. So maybe HVP. Maybe HVP. HVP. HVP. No.
Starting point is 01:14:18 Highly valuable Phil. Phil is the man. Phil is the man. For the YouTube chat, Phil is the man. Okay. HVP, isn't that also a disease? No, that's HIV. Have a good one.
Starting point is 01:14:38 Human papillomavirus. Now, that one, when I was in college, was a very popular one to talk about. Yeah, when I was going, I remember they were like, hey, make sure you get your HPV shot. Shout out HPV. Shout out HPV. No, don't shout. I guess HPV is really bad. Let it die.
Starting point is 01:14:53 The shot dies. Oh, I saw photos of it. HVP, actually, spray paint method. High volume pressure. Ooh. I think Phil would appreciate it being that. You know what I mean? Alongside the high volume pressure spray paint, like Banksy or whatever. You know what I mean? Alongside a high volume pressure spray paint
Starting point is 01:15:05 like Banksy or whatever. You know what I mean? You know there was a graffiti artist that art sold for a hundred and some million dollars. Was it Banksy?
Starting point is 01:15:15 What? It was not Banksy. How big was the piece of art? Was it an entire wall? It was, it was, Jeopardy James got it
Starting point is 01:15:21 wrong I think. Last night. Maybe he didn't get it wrong. Maybe somebody else got it wrong. But it was in one of the trivia games. It was a hundred and like three it wrong, I think, last night. Maybe he didn't get it wrong. Maybe somebody else got it wrong. But it was in one of the trivia games. It was $103 million or $108 million. Damn.
Starting point is 01:15:30 Something like that. Jeez. It was un... We have a break. Besquat. Smart. Who's that? Probably pronounced it wrong.
Starting point is 01:15:36 Besquy. Yeah, they said the name so fast. Yeah, it's B-A-S-Q-U-I-A-T. So why are you spray painting... Bosquiat. What's that? Bosquiat. Bosquiat.
Starting point is 01:15:45 Well, why are you spray painting fucking bridges?iat. What's that? Basquiat. Well, why are you spray painting fucking bridges to get $108 million for your paint? Fucking take your shit to a canvas and let's sell this thing. Oh, Jean-Michael Basquiat. Oh, Jean. He knows more quandary. JMB.
Starting point is 01:15:56 Yeah, JMB. Friends with HPV and HVP out there. And MAF is flipping on the other side of town there. Oh, boys. This goes to your argument argument though, how it's like all fake. Art? Yeah. I think it's all
Starting point is 01:16:12 one big money laundering operation. And I respect the fact that art is to each their own. I might see a throw up on a canvas and somebody else sees every emotion that this person is. I understand that maybe I am not the right person to be talking about it, but you're
Starting point is 01:16:32 never going to be able to convince me that a motherfucking thing that goes on the wall is worth a hundred and some million dollars. No way. Especially after half of it gets shredded. Unless that person is owed that amount of money from somebody. No, that's a Banksy one. That's not the same. That one I think is worth.
Starting point is 01:16:44 Appreciate it. that amount of money from somebody. No, that's a Banksy one. That's not the same. That one, I think, is worth... If I could get the Banksy one that as soon as it sells, it shreds in half. Now that is one that I would like because, hey, that one has a trick. That one has a trick or whatever. I just tricked this thing, Gus. Hey, Jay, by the way, you know how to make 3D graphics and shit? People are selling
Starting point is 01:17:01 those now as pieces of art. And one guy's making over a million dollars, his little graphic thing. Jay, what are you doing? I have to look into that. Yeah, legit. Here we go, Jay. The one that the guy sold, super political. Oh, is that right?
Starting point is 01:17:17 So that potentially is... Maybe I won't look into that. Yeah, super deeper. How is this worth $110 million? Is that the graffiti artist? That's just the... I think that's the guy who bought it. I could be wrong. Hey, it's worth whatever somebody's willing to pay it.
Starting point is 01:17:31 Art moves. But for me, I hope I'm never in debt enough where I have to buy $100 million. It's War Dogs. The second guy below that pay, it was probably like $10 million. Yeah, but you got to think, though. That person probably owed that person $100 million
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Starting point is 01:19:58 hot. So they were giving me three and a half points, plus it was tied with that thing i went ahead and hammered that thousand bucks get 1900 back in return because the odds were at minus 106 or whatever lost by four now a lot of people will say what the fuck how's that happen are they time traveling possibly but know that there are a lot of winners out there a lot of winners to be found a lot of money to be made and big big thanks to FanDuel for everything that they've done for us. I'm going to get hot going into the weekend. I'm going to come out on Monday. We're going to get hot on Hammer Don.
Starting point is 01:20:32 We're just going to be giving out locks on top of locks, and we can't thank you enough. Rock with FanDuel, Daily Fantasy, Sportsbook, everything else, and we'll see you on the other side. AJ Hawk and I are here, and we're about to be joined by a guy who's in his ninth season in the NBA probably going to win sixth man of the year for the Orlando Magic hosts a podcast that is named after him he's unbelievable ladies and gentlemen Terrence Ross what's going on dude hey how you doing, man?
Starting point is 01:21:05 How's life? Last time we spoke to you, I think you were still in the bubble or just almost near the end of your bubble run. You had a couple weeks, maybe a month or two of freedom there. Now we're back in the season. You're playing great basketball. How's life been? How do you feel over there, T-Ross?
Starting point is 01:21:20 Tired, man. I'm tired. I just got back from New York last night at like 3 a.m so i'm just kind of waking up so man it's been a it feels like it's been one long season since the last time i talked to you but it is it's a lot man but you know i'm sticking in there hanging in there how different is it right now i guess you were in the bubble just a couple months ago we feel like but playing now yeah you're not technically living in the bubble but you're still does the game feel the same like actual game day uh i mean a little bit i mean we used to i mean every game day we used to go to
Starting point is 01:21:54 to like the gym for shoot around and we haven't done that all year uh we're doing a lot of walkthroughs in the hotel we can't really leave the hotel when we get to wherever the city we're in um i mean there's a lot get to wherever city we're in. I mean, there's a lot of COVID protocols, so we're kind of just trying to maneuver our way around that. But it's a different feel than any other season. It's nice to be back in the arenas where, you know, some teams have a little bit of fans, some teams have no fans.
Starting point is 01:22:24 But to be back on the road is refreshing because being in the bubble is tough. Whenever you're going and traveling around, and they're talking about how the bubble they're having, you guys aren't even allowed, I think, in the hotels to even see each other. And you talked about how you're doing walkthroughs instead of shoot-arounds. Do you think there'll be anything going forward that'll be cut out like when it isn't like for instance the daily workouts at the or the workouts at the arena you think that'll continue after this whole thing or do you think there'll be anything that'll change because of this uh entire protocol situation um it depends if uh you know we if we if players start getting
Starting point is 01:23:00 vaccines i know they start asking the players because i know they're working with the player association the league you know working with getting the players vaccines know they started asking the players because I know they're working with the Players Association and the league, working with getting the players vaccines. So they're asking players right now, hey, how would you feel about getting the vaccine if that meant that you don't have to test in the morning or you don't have to do A, B, and C.
Starting point is 01:23:18 I don't know where a lot of people stand, but I know that if that happens, it could change a lot of what we're doing and eliminate some of that all the hoops we have to jump through day and night so uh hopefully you know they ease up with it i mean as long as it's safe but right now it's it's super unclear and uh i don't know we still try to figure it out what do you think the chances are of the the players association and the NBA?
Starting point is 01:23:45 And like, I guess coming together and saying, yeah, we will, like all the players will get vaccinated. Do you think there's a good chance that could happen? I don't know. You know, with this vaccine, it's very tricky. A lot of people have their own opinions about it. Oh, you don't say. It is quite a...
Starting point is 01:24:07 Yeah, there's no middle ground between a lot of people and everybody's everywhere right now. So I don't know, man. It's... I don't know. Everything is super unclear. Nobody knows anything. We're all just going with the flow, I guess.
Starting point is 01:24:24 Alright, let's talk about the sport of basketball that you're playing right now. Hey, you're playing really good basketball right now, man. What are we doing? How are we feeling? Body's feeling good? You said you're tired right now. You've been resting great. You've been dieting.
Starting point is 01:24:36 Anything different, or are we just doing the same old, same old here? Honestly, I mean, just besides the fatigue, I feel surprisingly healthy. I'm not banged up. Like, our team has been a few times this year where we've only had seven to eight players on an active roster to, like, play a game because everybody's getting hurt left and right. We have guys falling out, getting hurt here and there. So, I'm surprised. Like, I'm fortunate enough to make it through this far without getting any injuries. So, I can't complain over there. For the most part man i just i'm sleeping a lot more i'm sleeping
Starting point is 01:25:10 like constantly like i feel like i'm just sleeping through the day when i'm not you know mono hey i don't know doctor but you sound fatigued you're sleeping all day are you losing weight you might have mono i pray to god it's not i hope to god it's not mono uh damn man i don't know it's it's tough i mean i'm just when we travel so much they have this on a shorter season so our to and from time is like crazy like we've had probably i think the first or second hardest schedule of any team in the nba we've had the most back-to-backs out of anybody in the NBA. So, man, we are almost done. Like next week is the break.
Starting point is 01:25:50 So, I mean, we're right there. So, we have, you know, get guys healthy again. But, man, it's a grind right now. It's a different type of grind. I can feel for you. Yeah, it's amazing the way you're playing both offensively and defensively. It makes me question something. Going back in the day, I remember people would say,
Starting point is 01:26:08 oh, the NBA players, they don't play defense. These guys don't play defense. It's so easy to score. So when I was like 25, I got to go to my first NBA game and actually sit courtside. And two minutes into the game, I was like, there's no chance anybody on the planet can score. How do you ever score a point is what I was watching
Starting point is 01:26:26 because I was like, these guys are playing so hard. I felt like, like, do you think there's a chance, like, let's say a solid high school basketball player, 6'3", point guard, could he score a bucket in an NBA game? Probably in, like, garbage time, like the last couple of minutes. He would have to be an exceptional, exceptional. Like we would all know about whoever this 6'3", you know, high school kid is. If he was good enough to play in the league, everybody would know.
Starting point is 01:26:52 But actually, no. Sorry, I take that back. There is a kid, Imani Bates. He's in high school. He might be a junior. Michigan. But, yeah, for the last few years, he's been regarded as like the, the best high school player,
Starting point is 01:27:07 regardless of class. He's like a mini Kevin Durant. If anybody could score in the NBA, I think it'd be that kid. You said we would know about. It does feel like the basketball community, and I assume it's because of AAU and the tournaments. It feels like the community of people that, like you guys all know each other, right?
Starting point is 01:27:28 Growing up, like, oh, that guy's going to go to the NBA. That guy's going to be in the NBA. Even as like teenagers in college, everything, it feels like that community is very, very tight. Am I right in reading that from the outside? Yeah, for the most, yeah, for sure. I mean, for the most part, we've been playing each other, you know, especially some of the guys in the league have been playing each other since grade school.
Starting point is 01:27:47 I've known guys since, you know, ninth grade, tenth grade, and now I'm in my ninth year in the NBA, and it's just crazy how far that, you know, a lot of us have come. So, yeah, I feel like for the most part when you're, you know, it's kind of arrogant and cocky, but when you're good enough and you know that you're going to be elite, you know who those other guys are, and then you kind of build those relationships with them.
Starting point is 01:28:10 And then, you know, 10 years down the line, you guys are still playing. You guys still have that history. So it's definitely like that. And even more so now because social media is such a big thing that, like, a lot of these kids are just, like, famous before they even get to college. Oh, yeah. It's just, you know, everybody knows who they are. They're they even get to college. Oh, yeah. Everybody knows who they are.
Starting point is 01:28:28 They're like made celebrities overnight. These high school kids have verified check marks and a million followers on Instagram just because they're dunking and just doing crazy stuff. The community is a lot tighter. Everybody knows everybody. But, I mean, to get to this point, you're definitely going to know the majority of the people around you. I wish I would have played basketball.
Starting point is 01:28:49 Too late. You're a kicker of the ball, and now you're a pro wrestler. You did it right. Hey, by the way, appreciate the congratulations today for Rookie of the Year title. Yeah, that was a big time. I seen that. He's going to flip from the top rope.
Starting point is 01:29:04 It's, yeah, Pac-Mac is out there kicking ass right now. I appreciate you, T-Rex. You are as well, bub. And whenever you find time to speak into a microphone more often, your podcast, you crush it as well. So I appreciate you a lot. What do you got, Connor? Yeah, Terrence, a big conversation right now on the Internet
Starting point is 01:29:20 is about the logo changing to Kobe. Do you think that's something that's going to happen and that's just inevitable? I hope so, man man i really do i i grew up you know kobe was like my idol growing up so i'm all for that like it it makes sense i mean jerry west has held it down for however long he's been up there for like 88 years he's been in the world but for the most part bro kobe would be he's an icon. Even just after his death, his impact just on the world in general
Starting point is 01:29:50 has just gone even up and beyond past what anybody thought. So I feel like he should for sure be the logo. Now, that conversation then would go to, well, what should the image be then?
Starting point is 01:30:05 You know what I mean? Because there is some incredible. Now, the one Kyrie put out there was him dribbling, but I don't think that is the one. There should be some sort of, do you have in your eyes what you think it should be than the image? I mean, it's tough, man. What if it's where he's standing there with the ball?
Starting point is 01:30:25 Like, what if the ball is like an inch from his face and he just stands there and just stares it down? Or how about he's standing at the free throw line with his Achilles blown out and just... All right. Yeah. Honestly, you can't go wrong. I mean, Jerry West is literally...
Starting point is 01:30:41 What is he doing? Just like half a dribble. So I call him at the worst moment for a basketball picture. So anything you can do can't be worse than that. So maybe it should just be him walking off like a silhouette and just walking off with his hand up like he did in the last game. Boom.
Starting point is 01:30:55 Yeah, that'd be dope. It's a memorial after that. That would be dope. Let's talk about NBA Top Shot here. Listen, I'm in the game. Hey. Hey. I'm in the game. Hey, hey, I'm in the game. You guys aren't on it now. You guys should definitely
Starting point is 01:31:11 get into it. It's the biggest thing in the NBA world right now. I feel like a lot of people are catching on. This morning, I was waking up at like 10 o'clock trying to get in the line for this drop that they had. Did you get it? Did you get in? No, no, I did not. I was close. We didn't either.
Starting point is 01:31:26 Not really close, but closer than a lot of people. There was 200,000 people in the waiting line, and there was only 10,000 packs available. And so they had the drop for like, you know, you can stand in line for the first 30 minutes of the drop, and then after that, when it's like 30 minutes down and it's time to open the shop, they randomized the 10,000 people selected from the 200,000 people standing in line.
Starting point is 01:31:48 So I got pretty close. I got to like 50,000, which is better than being anything else. But it was too far. I didn't get anything. So now I got to wait for next week. I didn't get a pack, obviously. I went the lazy way of just buying the Zion thing. We had four people in there waiting as well alongside of you.
Starting point is 01:32:05 It seems like kind of pissing in the wind you guys are just basically kind of doing there. But I hope you guys eventually get in there sometime. It's amazing to me how fast it has gone, though. This thing is taking, you said it's the biggest thing in the NBA world. How many other players are talking about it? Are you guys seeing this as a potential, you know, maybe investment, financial opportunity here? This is a good idea for the players to potentially own this
Starting point is 01:32:28 shit yeah man this is it's just it's changing the way that you know people interact with players when it comes to sports memorabilia when it comes to you know cards you know anything like that because it's all taking place online now so and now the nba is licensed so that these moments was which you're essentially you know paying for and opening the packs for are you know trademarked by the nba and there's apparently you're the only person that can have that once you pay for it so it's pretty dope and the way that it has value is just like man like any it makes it fun because now you have to watch the games you have to watch what's going on in the world because you might have a player that gets hot.
Starting point is 01:33:06 You have his card, and now his value has skyrocketed up. Now that card that was going for $20 is now going for $200, and you can sell it for however much. So it's a fun game. It's like NBA Wall Street. And it's crazy over right now. There's a lot of money being tossed around, so it's fun for everybody.
Starting point is 01:33:28 Well, we're in the game. You know, our NTF game is through the roof. No, NFT. Our NFT game is just absolutely taking off. We appreciate you taking time today, Terrence. Appreciate you guys.
Starting point is 01:33:44 Thank you for having me. Hey, man, stay alive over there, dude. That has to be grueling. As you were explaining, like the back-to-back, shortened season, travel, land of three, how you doing, walk through here. That is a... You guys live like a rock star lifestyle while having to be incredibly athletic as well. That's insane.
Starting point is 01:33:59 Yeah, man, it's a new day and age. We just gotta roll with the punches. I gotta go to the gym in a little bit anyway, so. Hey, let's put up some shots, huh? Let's put up some shots. Points. Ooh! A little pop a shot. Always.
Starting point is 01:34:17 Hey, I go chest pass off the backboard. That's what I do. Just like right off the backboard, just drop in. Yeah, what is your move? You go shot probably because you have a great shot. Yeah. Swish. That's the only way it counts. Well, what about a bank swish?
Starting point is 01:34:29 Because I got a lot of those. Yeah, we don't count those over here. But it didn't hit the rim. You know, it was strategically placed. Nah, you don't need the backboard. Swish, no swish. Yeah, but do you know, it's almost harder, they're saying, to bank swish every single time.
Starting point is 01:34:42 Way harder. Could you? Swish or no swish. People are saying the bank swish is harder, they're saying, to bank swish every single time. Way harder. Could you? Swish or no swish. People are saying the bank swish is harder, though. That's what people are saying. For the bank shot from deep, we're not doing that. Swish or no swish? Terrence, the bank swish, if it was on top shot right now,
Starting point is 01:34:58 just going like this, pal. It started at maybe five bucks with the way you were speaking about it, but then once people and scientists are looking into how hard it actually is to do, that thing's going. Terrence, also another idea here. We need to start missing the second free throw on a more regular basis, getting our own rebound, putting it up, three-point play every single time. We need that to start happening a little bit more.
Starting point is 01:35:26 Go pack the stats. Yeah. Yeah. I'll try. There you go. My man plays his own test. Yeah! He's awesome.
Starting point is 01:35:35 Cool guy. Nine years in the NBA. That's a long time, AJ. Yeah, it is. I thought you were going to ask him to try to bank one in in a game, like bank a free throw in for you. That is. Hey, is he a free throw in for you. Hey, is he still on?
Starting point is 01:35:48 And then you could buy the whatever it's called. Can we call him back? Can we call him back? Buy the bank shot top shot. Oh, my God, call him. Good idea, AJ. How easy is it to sell these things? Like if I say I buy one right now and someone wants to offer me $100 more,
Starting point is 01:36:01 can I sell it right away? Well, I'll tell you what. I'm not in a selling game right now, okay? This is a hold the line type situation right now. Hold the line. Hey, Terrence. Yo. Hey, how's it going, man?
Starting point is 01:36:12 Long time no talk. I appreciate you answering again. I just want to let you know, if you bank swish a free throw, okay, any time this season, $100,000 to a foundation of your choosing. And I'm going to buy the top shot. Yeah, it's so easy. We're either going to count it or we're not going to count it. We'll see. Maybe a chance to lost that.
Starting point is 01:36:43 Okay, so goalie scoring. That's a lot easier. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. We'll see. Okay, so goalie scoring. That's a lot easier. Bank swish. Free throw. I mean, let's go. He gets fouled in garbage time. Why not?
Starting point is 01:36:55 Why? Busted out first game. Oh, my God. Play tomorrow. Save the Jazz. Save the Jazz, Mitch. What's that, AJ? It's going to happen tomorrow. Like, what do you mean?
Starting point is 01:37:04 The guy's a wizard. Like, everyone in the NBA can shoot lights out. I don't think you can bank one in with ease. Yeah, but the free throw I feel like is something that they like. It breaks the greatest of men, that free throw line at certain times. I mean, there is full-on situations. Russell Westbrook
Starting point is 01:37:20 threw up an air ball a couple weeks ago. One of the best basketball players to ever play basketball in the history of basketball. We're talking bank swish here. We're not talking bank front rim in. We're talking bank swish. He's still on. Yes. Terrence, bank swish.
Starting point is 01:37:35 He's a 90% free throw shooter. He's a 90% from the free throw line. It's a layup for you. Come on. It was all swishes, though. You got to have that backdoor factor. It can hit that back rim and pop out and be like a dummy. Exactly.
Starting point is 01:37:51 Well, that's what we're talking about here. You know what I mean? Well, when there's pressure on the line, it's a little different. If I could go out there and just do it on my own. Hey. I made six free throws. Yeah, the seventh one was going off the glass. There you go.
Starting point is 01:38:08 Well, I just want to let you know, like, you have all season to do this. It doesn't have to be tomorrow. It's for charity. Hey, it doesn't have to be tomorrow. Do it for the kids. Do it for the kids. You're right. Do it for the children.
Starting point is 01:38:18 Hey, how about this? Oh, no. I was going to say fourth quarter, game within, blah, blah, blah. Oh, man. I was about to say fourth quarter game within blah blah blah imagine the commentators all right good luck out there Terrence we appreciate you appreciate you hey just think about it you know what I mean I got it up here
Starting point is 01:38:43 I got it up here Terrence Ross. Yeah! T-Rose! All right, let's get some phone calls. He stayed on the whole time. That's what I was thinking. He was trying to ponder again.
Starting point is 01:38:55 You guys kept talking about it. I didn't want to hang up on him when we just called him back two seconds after we... Oh, Jay, super nice guy. He's probably pissed off about that, though, because he had to act like he was. No, I think he was enjoying the whole conversation. Oh, okay. Hey, the question, though, the question we could have asked him, like, let's say he gets two.
Starting point is 01:39:12 It's not a one-on-one situation. He gets two free throws. He tries to bank the first one, and it just goes horribly wrong. Does he attempt to bank the second? Yeah, because you might as well at this point. You have to. Yeah. Then they show a clip. Hopefully the networks that do it show a clip of this show
Starting point is 01:39:25 and they interlude you talking about this and offering $100,000. If he gets fouled on a three, it's like the 10th frame of bowling. Yeah. You know what I mean? Like he's just going to have to hit one of the first two there. Then he can give it a go. It's easy. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:39:38 If he really cares about charity. John in Illinois. John, what's going on? They're in like a playoff hunt. Hey, to the J, how we doing? Not too shabby. John, what do you want to talk about? Mr. Rookie of the Year, I saw you cut a promo from a plane last week on NXT.
Starting point is 01:39:56 It was incredible, per usual. Thank you. But I'm tired of watching Stooge Boy himself, Adam Cole, run around for two hours every single Wednesday. The Rookie of the year cannot just stop now. He's got to go win a title so he can put it on that organized desk every single week during the show so the wrestling community will erupt. This is my guy.
Starting point is 01:40:18 Shout out you, John, in Illinois. Shout out, John. Adam Cole does stink, doesn't he? He's a scumbag. Let's go to Dan in New York. What's going on, Dan? Hope we can pander as well as John. He was telling the truth.
Starting point is 01:40:32 He was. It's a great compliment to you. He was telling the truth. He was telling exactly the truth that you want to hear. I hear a lot of truths on a daily basis. Some much more pleasant than others. That one was very pleasant. So, Jesus, let me live in it for a second.
Starting point is 01:40:48 Dan, what do you want to talk about? Hey, man. Good afternoon. I hope everybody's doing well. You, the boys, everything like that. Hey, we look at a guy like Tom Brady who's easily the most winningest quarterback in NFL history, arguably the best quarterback. And you look at his salary and you realize he's not even getting paid
Starting point is 01:41:05 what you think the best quarterback in the league should be getting paid. My question for you, and I'm curious your opinion on this, should that set a standard to other NFL teams to say, if you want to be a Super Bowl winning team, if you want to have a legacy, you need to underpay your quarterback and then overpay your weapons and your offensive line and your defense. As a Cowboys fan, I'm thinking about that a lot with Dak right now. Somebody should be saying that to him. Okay. Yeah. He's played for so long and the money he
Starting point is 01:41:36 has earned has been massive. That's why. Now, granted, he should have made much more money. We all agree. What he did for New England was very nice of Tom, but his situation is much different than a lot of people's. Now, granted, people would say, well, isn't $100 million enough? And it's like, I mean, I was never in that position, so I don't know if you should ask me in that particular case. AJ took all whatever $175 million they offered AJ. Well, the thing about it happens, if you take an under-market value value like there's not many agents that are going to want you to take that you then you kind of screw the other quarterbacks that are up and up in line next for another deal so
Starting point is 01:42:13 tom brady is very different situation when he was with the patriots obviously he was playing get paid much less than he could have gotten probably from somewhere else but hey like everywhere's not the patriots though either and the the NFL PA isn't going to be thrown about. I mean, there's a lot that goes into that, but I thought Andrew Luck was going to potentially do it, by the way. I thought Andrew Luck felt like one of the guys, you know, I don't want to say he was, he came from a pretty established, he did. He came from a very comfortable family.
Starting point is 01:42:40 Not that that changes anything. His dad was just a very successful person, as was his mom, his whole family. And he seemed like a guy, you know, very casual, rode bicycles. Like, he did not dress flash. He did not do anything. When his contract was up, especially after the, you know, the ass beating he continued to get on the field, I thought there was a chance that he was going to be one of the guys who goes, you know, I'll take it. Just protect me.
Starting point is 01:43:01 Let's build this team up or anything like that. And then, like, two weeks or three weeks before his contract was announced, Jim Irsay tweeted that, I'm going to pay him the most money anybody's ever been paid for. And I was like, okay, so I guess there is not a conversation of that happening. And when I mentioned that, a lot of people came to me and were like, Andrew Luck would not have been allowed to do that. I was like, by who? And they were like, the NFLPA, the A's, there's just like no way.
Starting point is 01:43:24 His friends that are quarterbacks around the NFLfl they would all be very pissed off tom brady's at like his 10th contract at this point those first guys i mean it's just it's one of those things where you kind of just got to do it even though everybody knows the team could be better if you take less yeah you can now all you can do is try to like structure it the right way to where you could still find a way to fill in those pieces. I think that's what they're trying to figure out now. How do I pay my franchise quarterback and structure it in a way to where it doesn't screw us after the first couple years maybe?
Starting point is 01:43:53 Patrick Mahomes style. First couple years is next to nothing, then it's all there, and they'll probably kick the can down the road whenever they get there and figure that out. They're like, hey, we think you're half a billion dollar quarterback. Is that cool? We'll figure it out as we go. Yeah, okay, we'll be able to build the team. Okay, let's do it.
Starting point is 01:44:07 What were you going to say? I mean, the Walter Payton man of the year is not even doing it, and then he's bummed about how his offensive line is not great. It's like, hey, Russ, you want a better offensive line? All right, let's go to Clint in Indianapolis, Indiana. What's going on, Clint? Hey, bad boys. A to the J, how are we doing today? Hey, not too shabby. How are you, Clint? Hey, Pat, boys. A to the J. How are we doing today?
Starting point is 01:44:25 Hey, not too shabby. How are you, pal? I'm good, man. In Arizona, living the dream. Hey, I got a question, Pat. You've done a lot. What's that? Arizona.
Starting point is 01:44:37 Arizona right now. 75 and sunny. Oh! I thought I said Indiana there. What do you want to talk about, Clint? Hey, Pat, well, I just want to say, you know do you want to talk about, Clint? Hey, Pat. Well, I just want to say, you know, you've done a lot in your life. Putt, pass, and kick, national champion, Division I kicker,
Starting point is 01:44:52 Fiesta Bowl champion, pro bowler, Super Bowl starter. But I wanted to know what in the absolute hell happened on that fake punt against the Patriots. That was just dog shit. All right. Geez. On today of all days. Come on.
Starting point is 01:45:07 Unbelievable. This guy. I was not part of that fake punt, even though my name was right across the bottom. Do you know what I mean? Oh, yeah. Jeez, did he even say rookie of the year there? No.
Starting point is 01:45:18 He even announced the Roy. Today, on this day, new title. All he said was Super Bowl starters. Kicked off the Super Bowl. Well, I mean, both kind of accurate, I guess. I was like the golf guy at the first tee. He's got a Fiesta Bowl record as well. I do.
Starting point is 01:45:30 Thank you. They posted that a couple weeks ago. Hey, who votes on Rookie of the Year for wrestling? All the most important people that have the biggest brains. You wouldn't know them, AJ. You wouldn't know them. I'm just asking. Do you know how many people vote?
Starting point is 01:45:45 Actually, you know what? The interesting thing is, AJ, you should potentially celebrate as well. And Nick, I was kind of taking this in an incredibly selfish fashion because he was just my name there. But, I mean, you boys were a pretty massive part, aren't you? I mean, you, Darius, Nick, Foxy behind the scenes, you guys are Rookie of the Year too. Nice job.
Starting point is 01:46:04 You guys are Rookie of the Year, too. Nice job. You guys are Rookie of the Year, too. What's up, Nick? Yeah, I got COVID tested, so I should, yeah, I'm part of it, right? Am I part of the Rookie of the Year? Yeah. Yeah. I was in the arena. In the ring.
Starting point is 01:46:17 Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, I banged my knee super hard one time in the practice jump up and needed Triple H like uh one of you just blasted your knee i tried to play it off like we practiced we're gonna jump up when they were coming and i jump up it just dong boom hit my knee so hard on something and i'm like just kept on climbing just got up there and didn't say anything he knew right away by the way the thought of triple h going hearing that sound and turning around, well, I don't know.
Starting point is 01:46:47 I would assume it was you, AJ. I just held it in and acted like it was. I don't, yeah. Limpin' on the side of the ring. Because I did that, right? Brock Lesnar did that, right? Brock Lesnar does the jump up. It used to be magical.
Starting point is 01:47:05 And as soon as I got a ring, obviously the first thing i see is like can i can i do that or not so that was literally i was like this is the only way i'm getting to the ring now is i'm just jumping up to the top there or whatever and i i did that in darius whenever we were about to do that or if debutt who's gonna be on monday or whatever he was like hey i'm gonna jump up on that thing now i'm uh i was like, don't get caught. Because if you get hit short there, you know what I mean? There's a little bit. There's a rope there.
Starting point is 01:47:30 And it's a pretty good box jump. It's a pretty healthy box jump if you have anything in there. I did not know you almost bashed your face. That is awesome news. That is great to hear. That makes me feel much more athletic. Also very sorry. And that even more so earned you that rookie of the year because you took a bump in there.
Starting point is 01:47:49 Yeah. You know what I mean? You almost blew a knee out in this whole thing. Yeah, you're right. You know, I feel pretty good about that. I just needed to stretch your jeans. I should have maybe worn, like, tights that day, not jeans. Yeah, you got to wear the jeans that I wear.
Starting point is 01:47:59 You know, they're basically like yoga pants, you know. Let's go to Billy in Michigan. Let's go to Billy. What. Let's go to Billy. What's going on, boys? Happy feel-good fucking Friday. Shout-out AJ Cigars. Shout-out Rookie of the Year. Shout-out Conor's Glasses.
Starting point is 01:48:14 Shout-out Dick Pat. Shout-out Gump's Beard. How we doing today? Hey, Zito, fuck you. What are you talking about? Everybody's good, actually, Billy. What did AJ say? Wow.
Starting point is 01:48:24 He said, Zito's gout. Oh, I thought he said... Yeah, that too. How we doing today? Everything's great, actually, Billy. What did AJ say? Wow. He said Zito's gout. Oh, I thought he said. Yeah, that too. How are we doing today? Everything's great, thank you, Billy. What do you want to talk about? What did Tone Picker say? I want to talk about what AJ and Pat is.
Starting point is 01:48:37 AJ's been Aaron's best friend forever. Pat is Aaron's new best friend. Who do you want to see in Green Bay if there was a free agent wide receiver signing? Great question, Billy. They're going to have to sign somebody, you know, because although they have absolute weapons in Green Bay, it would be nice to be able to have the artillery that the other high, high, high teams have in the NFL.
Starting point is 01:49:00 You know, sign T.Y. Go get T.Y. Maybe Godwin. Go get Godwin up there. T.Y. hopefully comes back to the Colts, by the way. I didn't say it yesterday, but thereY.? Go get T.Y. Maybe Godwin. Go get Godwin up there. T.Y. hopefully comes back to the quotes, by the way. I didn't say it yesterday, but there's a lot out there. Can't thank you enough for listening to the show. There's a lot of other shows you could potentially listen to.
Starting point is 01:49:14 The fact that you're listening to this show, we are eternally grateful for. If you enjoyed the show, be a friend, tell a friend. If not, just act like it never happened. Have the greatest weekend of your life. Big thank you to all the guests that stopped by this week, all the boys for all their hard work, especially Mitt. Great work here, Mitt, stepping up for Ty. I appreciate you, buddy, and all the boys. Thank you, and all the listeners. You are the greatest. Have a great weekend. We'll see you Monday. Be a friend, tell a friend. Mitt, please play some independent music and propel these people into a great weekend. Cheers. Thank you. សូវាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប� Thank you.

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