The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 426 - Updates On The Aaron Rodgers and Julio Jones Situations, Ian Rapoport, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: June 1, 2021

On today's show, Pat and the boys chat about the fallout from the Miles Teller situation after Miles responded to Pat's tweet on Friday Night SmackDown, and how he was in the trenches taking flak from people in Hollywood all weekend, and how AJ happened to get caught in the middle of everything. Joining the program is friend of the show and Insider for NFL Network, Ian Rapoport, to chat about what he's hearing about Aaron Rodgers and the Packers and what the post June 1 designation means now that we're there, what he thinks is going to happen with Julio Jones, if he thinks Tebow will be used as a Taysom Hill type in Jacksonville, and everything else going on around the NFL (19:16-41:02). Later, Pat and AJ Hawk chat more about the Miles Teller situation and how AJ is done playing mediator, what they think is going to happen with Julio Jones, if he has any updates on the Aaron Rodgers situation, Chelsea vs. Manchester City, and everything else that happened over the long weekend in the sports world (45:37-1:54:52). 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

Hello! It is Tuesday, June 1st. I hope you had an incredible weekend. We had a nice three-day, a little relaxed sesh. I apologize for not having a show yesterday. It was my decision. The boys wanted to say dumb things into the microphone. I said, hey, let's go ahead and take a breather. I had an onslaught of Hollywood folks coming after me because of the Miles Teller situation, which we will talk about today. Plus, the June 1st deadline for the NFL. I mean, there's a lot to chat to chat about today cannot thank you enough for choosing to listen to this show if you like it by the end of it please be a friend tell a friend if not just act like it never happened

yeah see ya we won't say like we didn't like you either you know I think positivity you know grooms positivity that's right so if you didn't like it just move along act like it never happened.

But if you did like it, be a friend to a friend. Yeah. Gorilla marketing. That's right. Boots on the ground out there. Maybe, you know, rate the podcast.

Maybe give it five stars. I don't know, we haven't done that in a while. Ah, maybe. Yeah. You know, if not, just piss off. Yeah.

Anyways, let's get to it, shall we? Tie a good collar. All right, here we go. I hope you all had an incredible weekend. We took three days off. Got a chance to kind of chill, relax, reset, and potentially get, you know,

beat up by people in the entertainment business because of Miles Teller's situation, which we will talk about in more in-depth at some point. A lot of that this weekend. I was in some articles this weekend. No big deal. Daily Mail. Oh, some other entertainment.

I was attacked by some entertainment fans for the things that that occurred with Miles Teller. We'll dive into that situation later. Whenever A.J. Hawk joins us, who is potentially connected to that whole thing. Kind of hilarious that I that I found myself in this. And yeah, I mean, a lot of things might come of this. We'll see how this whole thing goes. Also, it is June 1st. This is a massive day.

We've been talking about this day due to the business of the NFL for some time now. There were already trades made that were deemed post-June 1 trades. There's contract changes that happened today that make a lot of players potentially more affordable for teams to trade for in the NFL. More specifically, Julio Jones. Even more specifically, Aaron Rodgers.

And numerous others. Who knows what's going to happen? I believe if we were reading the information right june 1st today we thought there'd be you know maybe some action how you doing keep it moving everybody moving and grooving you take this you take that all of a sudden everything gets cheaper for everybody because it's already june the summer has started oh memorial day happened the sun is good hey everything's cheaper let's go and make a guess today is more like a purgatory day yeah i guess it's like the pre-june one means actually pre-june one and then post-june one i guess it just means june second yeah i think if i've been reading accurately so us being excited about june first it turns out

a little bit premature okay what we were pumped about is june second but hopefully some shit will pop off today can't wait to cover that also. The NHL is still happening. The Boston Bruins stink again. At Boston Connor last night. A wild loss to the New York Islanders in overtime. It seems like Tuca forgot how to play goalie there

at the end. Are you guys dead? Are the New York Islanders about to do what they did to the Pittsburgh Penguins, unfortunately, to the Boston they did to the pittsburgh penguins unfortunately to the boston bruins or is this is so uh uh fluke i forget it was an absolute fluke pat i mean let's start with tuka tuka's hurt okay the islanders i'm pretty sure ran into him you know he pulled his groin or something now he's all messed up you need your groin by the way hey they actually call it a butterfly stretch exactly and the butterfly technique is what they play in

that is a groin position you got to be able to bounce around back and forth on the post They actually call it a butterfly stretch. Exactly. And the butterfly technique is what they play in goal. That is a groin position. You've got to be able to bounce around back and forth on the post. Exactly. You've got to be able to go down to the ground, get back up, and that's all groin popping. That's right. You're talking about twerking with pads is what goalies have to do.

Yes. If he hurt his groin, that's problematic. That means a New York Islander is going to coast right on by the Boston Brewers. Definitely not because our backup goalies are better than whatever they have between the pipes on the other end of the ice. So it doesn't really matter. Sorkin wasn't even playing last night. It was Varlamov, the other guy. See, he got a win, too.

That means you're in deep shit. There's two of them over there that are pretty damn good. Can't wait for you to continue to tell us what's happening in the playoffs of the NHL because it's over for me. Penguins are dead. The NBA is also happening tonight. LeBron James plays, huh? Oh, yeah.

LeBron James playing tonight. And for him to score 30 points and the Lakers to win tonight in the playoffs, which would make you think like, yeah, that should happen, like plus 520 or something like that. Right now I'm paying into a massive odds. Does he stink? You know, I'm going to be honest. I've not paid attention at all to the nba playoffs i think it's tough to watch some of the games that don't have the fans like

whenever i watch the knicks play you know and they spit on that guy and trey young is doing it's pretty fucking quiet up in here that whole thing it's hard to watch other you know arenas that aren't the same way it feels like more and. The NHL, I think there's a lot more packed barns over there. But the NBA without fans, I think we watched during the bubble because Uncle COVID forced us. Of course. Like COVID said, hey,

this is what you got to do. And we were just thankful for something to come on TV that was new because everything was stopped. But I think once I've seen fans again, I think it changes the viewer experience. I think the NBA needs its fans back. I think some of the games are a little bit more boring than the games with the fans in it.

I know nothing about. I watched Derrick Rose ball out. Just because Derrick Rose, like shout Derrick Rose, big fan. But I watched strictly because of the environment there. It was awesome to see. I think the NBA is going to need that. I think they're wishing those days are like right now for the fans. Yeah, this weekend was the first weekend for Boston,

both hockey and basketball, having full stadiums. I think a lot of these teams that haven't really done it yet will this week hopefully get those full arenas. The NBA guys, too. Remember, their benches. Man. Their benches. I used to sit on a wood.

Whoa. Yeah, feet on the wood. Okay. With the Indiana Pacers, which means I was very close. That's mostly because I either paid for them or I got somebody else's tickets that were left behind. Or the Pacers hooked me up very nice to them. But whenever you would see the players, these were the biggest dudes on our planet. Like a collection of the biggest dudes on our planet. Oh, yeah. Like a collection of the biggest dudes on our planet.

Aside from professional wrestlers, I think the NBA teams are the biggest dudes, a collection of biggest dudes on earth, just super tall. They're crammed in there whenever fans are there because all those seats are worth a lot of money. Those are worth a lot of money to sit down there. Hey, you could maybe even get, insert name of a player who's 7'2", sweat on you when you're sitting half an inch right behind him in the middle of his fucking game where he's potentially getting a cramp.

You should not be as close as you are, but guess what? A thousand bucks, you can sit there right now. And they sell out all those for the entire season. Now that they've had the COVID where they've been able to, you know, kind of get their own little areas. Get comfy. Kind of get comfy out there. Kind of chilling.

I wonder what it's going to be like getting them all. Hey, listen. Now, remember when you used to sit on top of each other? Yeah, we're back to that. Even more so, actually, because we need to make more money. The transition back into the post-COVID world is going to be just as interesting as, you know, going into it. And now the stoppage is the most insane thing of all time. But coming out of it here, it's going to be wild to see what changes what doesn't change uh ty go ahead pal

well like you mentioned with the bubble too they had like the alternate broadcast so you it almost didn't feel like it was in like that event center or whatever like we're just getting the traditional broadcast back now so like when there aren't fans in there like it is just it it doesn't feel like that it feels like a scrimmage yeah it really does because we're in that little high school gym and then the whole thing. But, you know, if LeBron James is playing tonight, I'm going to watch. Absolutely. I mean, that thing starts at 10.

I'm going to see at least the first quarter. Especially with these fans. I mean, you never know what's going to happen at these, you know, the Lakers-Suns. Who's going to run on the court tonight? Hey, fans are going crazy everywhere. Every sport. There was somebody who jumped on the court,

jumped up and smacked the backboard. I assume gave a fuck you to somebody, then got tackled and promptly kicked out and probably banned forever. Popcorn thrower in Boston. Philly. Philly, I'm sorry. Popcorn thrower in Philly, banned.

Water bottle thrower in Boston, banned. Spit person in New York. Probably going to find out who that is because there's a lot of pictures. Banned. Yeah. You're talking about a lot of people coming out of quarantine. Fucking. They've been playing these video games.

Okay. They've been investing in NFTs. You know, these players. Oh, yeah. They've been thinking about what they've been wanting to say in a minor league baseball park. Down there in Corpus Christi. Playing against the Midland.

Oh, if I would have been able to pull that, the brain would have been on fire after a three-day weekend. But I could not do that. A pitcher who's down nine zip in a game. Pitching for Midland. I don't know what the fuck the name is. It's a minor league baseball team. He pitches. He beams somebody like in the face of the Corpus Christi squad.

Okay, they're up 9-0. Team didn't do anything about this head shot, but there was a fan who was not happy. He jumps over whatever little fence they had to keep him out of there. He goes right up to the pitcher and pushes him like he's going to fight the pitcher. The rest of the team come. Nobody throws any punches somehow. The guy gets a hero's applause on the way out.

He's rallying troops. He's banned forever. It is insane coming out of quarantine how people are feeling. You go to a live event, there's going to be some live action, boss, is what it feels like, and I'm here for it. Now, there's a lot of players that are not happy about this. Sure. Nuh-uh.

The NBA players are not happy. This isn't a circus.'re not new animals okay can we just play and by the way very much understand that because the nba just like i told you where i was sitting or where people were sitting they are in the game the fans are very close you're just trusting that these people have the best interest for everybody that are sitting right there and you're paying these players a lot of money but as a spectator it feels like at any given time something can pop off yeah and i don't know how long this is going to last i assume that it'll continue i don't know what have the european folks gotten back in i assume they're going to do some shit oh yeah the european whites will do some real shit whenever they get an opportunity to i i'm excited for this whole thing and then

remember when the nfl stadiums get packed out again. Look out, baby. We got another wave. You know how they talked about COVID? Like, hey, wave five is coming. Wait until it's the wave four of fans getting back into public places. And those fans are NFL fans. And those fans are at the top.

They are in there. They use SeatGeek to get their tickets. They're back in there. And all somebody has to say is just one thing. And that becomes a full melee it seems like seems like we beat kovat everybody's back everything's back it feels like i can't believe we did it is though i mean like there there's a i think there's been a fight at every single major league baseball game this year there's a new video that comes out every day just

some guy getting his head just bounced off a seat. It's wild. That Dodgers guy. Oh, yeah. He was like starting a fucking lawnmower on that guy's head, dude. And then all of a sudden, he walks off, by the way.

That guy gets up. Was he not hitting? Was he selling those? Like, was he? I don't know. He was stumbling around, but he looked like he was ready for round two. I'm excited for, you know, people's excitement to be back in public.

Yeah, the NFL fight fans are going to be next level. Insane. I mean, somebody said something, too. You got to remember, all the time, somebody said something. Hey, did Chief stink? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you say? I heard him earlier, too. Remember him earlier? Oh, yeah. What'd you say? I heard him earlier, too. Yeah.

Remember him earlier? Oh, yeah. Insulted my wife earlier. Remember, he walked right in. Then at the concession, what'd he do? Yeah, he fucking cut that fucking guy right there. Get him. Hey, you got one more, pal. Yeah.

Kids should not be able to sit in the upper bowls because it is a war zone up there. Right now it is. Right now it is. And, you know, they have like a code orange and a code yellow and everything like that. Let's just assume the top bowl at the NFL is going to be a code red for a little bit. At all times. And we're not 100% sure. We're not 100% sure.

And maybe it's just like the top of the top of the bowl or whatever where people are the most dedicated and most loyal. And also potentially cheapest tickets so people from out of town who want to cheer for the away team are potentially sitting up there. And maybe there's big time tailgate group that's sitting up there. So what's that mean? Well, there's been some cocktails that have been concocted to put them into a situation where they're feeling as if this own bitch does something wrong. We all got to answer for it.

Social media and real life. That's the way it goes. Hey, social media and real life. You got to know that that is possible out there. You will get slapped, which leads me to... Oh, I'm not. You guys laughed at me. Well, it would be a perfect segue.

No, no, you guys. That's pretty good. I want to let everybody know the Miles Teller situation is a very active conversation piece around the office and group text and all weekend. I would like to let everybody know that. It was handled so weirdly. It was a wild situation.

Very odd. It's no laughing matter, though, you know? No. Right. If you... I got jumped. You know what I mean? But why didn't he answer...

My only question is, why was I the one... Hey, for as... Lack of professionalism, this show probably displays every single day. Sure. Okay? I feel like I read every report that came out. Yes. I never heard a clarification or correction on the other side of that at all.

So somebody gets popped right in the mouth. I'm like, well, I heard today. You know, that's actually pretty, to his credit, that's a good S-E-G-u-e which i don't know i'm not sure what that is still to this day but i know it's a real word because he used it but then he answers me you know and says hey actually i got jumped by two people which is terrible yeah i want to let everybody know that is terrible that is not cool i know it's not but the information that i had at the time was that that was not what happened and i appreciate him

answering me and correcting me but i just wish it maybe would have happened earlier so that i you know because there was a two-on-one match at the end of the night you know what i mean so i've been a very i would actually been able to spin you know what i mean like double back yeah just no i would have been able to spin i thought about it by the way i thought about it while that match was happening i was like oh i could do this again but also why was i i was kind of torn on how to feel about the entire thing and i go to you but instead if i would have heard the correction and clarification of the report tmz by the way i i don't have maui cops calling and telling me what's going on aloha i throw shockers dude okay i go over there i think i'm i in the places i've been in hawaii i think i'm pretty well liked in the places i've been

not everywhere though i don't know everybody over there i don't have anybody calling me telling me I think I'm, in the places I've been in Hawaii, I think I'm pretty well liked in the places I've been. Not everywhere, though. I don't know everybody over there. I don't have anybody calling me telling me that stuff. So, I was just kind of confused. Hope Miles Teller is okay. Yes. Happy to hear he's all right. And I hope the investigation, you know, comes good.

Because Hawaii doesn't want that shit happening either. That is nothing like what I know of Hawaii. Two people following somebody in, jumping them, beating them up. Like, that's not Hawaii. So, I hope it gets settled. But, boy, it's been a wild situation. I was in fucking here. They wouldn't even use my name. They're

burying me, not even using my name. Daily Mail says, professional wrestler Pat McAfee says, blah, blah, blah. It's like, okay. Rookie of the year. I was rookie of the year. I get it. But I was nowhere near it. I was not the baby facing this. I was the bad guy in this whole thing. I'm like, yo, yo, I didn't make the report. I mean, I get it. But I was nowhere near him. I was not the baby facing this. I was the bad guy

in this whole thing. I'm like, yo, yo, I didn't make the report. It's not... But then the way you hear it all come out, I kind of understand. I'm happy he's okay by the way. Well, that's why we were taking it back too because we just figured, you know, given the fact that he knows AJ, he knows Aaron. They've both

been on this show a bunch of times. It's like, okay, you understand kind of like the vibe. It was a Friday. That was the biggest story of that day. We let off the whole show. We did. We had to. When he was like, oh shit, he actually took major offense to that. I just figured that

AJ or someone would have... He just got what we were doing that you weren't trying to be salacious about it. I want to let you know, I don't know Miles Teller. No. I thought there was a chance because he tweeted that he was signing with the Packers earlier. He's with Aaron. He knows AJ.

I was under the false pretense that I could potentially make light of a situation that has been reported, so that's 100% my fault. With that being said, make light of a situation that has been reported. So that's 100% my fault. With that being said, I won't do it ever again. Okay. But also. But also. Come on.

I'm not the bad guy. Is that how you spell segue? Segu? Because I've read that thing 10 times. I have no idea what that word meant. I'm not 100% sure. I used it back, though. Yeah.

It was a good segue, by the way. Yeah, it was. it was it was great pretty good i thought it was pretty good actually i should have waited a little bit longer but as soon as it popped in my head i used it because montez ford actually bounced right back after that so i didn't even get a chance to yeah really but it's all right people go through many changes as we get older, isn't that right? Oh, yeah. For men, one of the less fortunate changes is that testosterone production begins to naturally decrease in the body. Did you know this, AJ? I am aware.

For most men, it begins around the age of 30, and testosterone production declines by roughly 1% per year. My God. So if you live to 130, you ain't got shit left. No, mine is 30. Well, if it starts around 30, this is one of those questions on a test where,

you know, begins around 30. And the testosterone production declines by roughly 1% per year. So does it start at zero or does it start at 30? That's the thing. This is where they can get you it's one of them damn word problems this is one of those ones where you're like well wait a minute uh which can i ask a follow-up anyways i was good at those tests because i always viewed it as me

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Makes sense. Went outside, did my thing, you know, golfed, hung out. The back is just maybe like fourth degree burns on my back. Isn't that the whole purpose of getting the spray tan? That's what I thought. Like, okay, I'm already at the tan level now, so I don't get burned anymore. Why don't they just add in spf into that thing who

knows what else they're springing on me just add in some spf 50 maybe even 30 in there i'm gonna need it i'm in a bad spot but not in a bad spot as a man whose life is about to get pretty active i think hopefully you'll be able to give us some information on this massive june 1 designation trade and contract move news uh joining us all the way from, I think, New York, I believe. Really? East Coast. Yeah, he's not a West Coast guy. He actually won to the Knicks game last week. Ladies and gentlemen, host of Rap Sheet and Friends, a podcast which is on hiatus.

An insider for NFL.com and NFL Network, Ian Rappaport. Yeah! What's going on, Ian? What's up? How you doing? You mentioned the Knicks game. I don't know if you've noticed this. rapper boy. What's going on, Ian? What's up? You mentioned the Knicks game. I don't know if you've noticed this. I mean, you got a lot going on with tanning and golf or whatever,

but the Knicks won when we were there and have not won since. I don't know if you've been following along. So you should tell the Dolan guy that you're the good luck charm. Have him bring you and your wife in there and put you courtside next to Tracy Morgan, huh? I mean, you think it would be obvious? No, I must also, you know, I've never lied to you.

I wouldn't do it now. We were not courtside. Yeah, we saw. I saw. I saw you posted those photos. Yeah. Yeah, I knew that was tough. We were, you know, I could see the court side.

I could see, you know, McEnroe and 50 Cent. Wow. You know, a couple other celebrities who I thought were important, but I didn't recognize. And then there was a couple rows up, then it was us. No, no, yeah, then there was a couple rows, I think. We saw the photo. Yeah, okay.

But we could see the floor, the whole floor. Well, the thing about your seats are, if they put you, and I told you this day of, if they put you like six rows back on floor, on fold-out chair, where you were much better than that, because at least you were elevated, you know what I mean? As opposed to having to just sit right behind somebody who's potentially spitting over top of you, I guess. That place was awesome.

I'm going to let you know, Ian. I actually sat in the open. Yeah, yeah, see, you're up. Right down there is courtside. Yeah, yeah, it's awesome. Look at you. Those are good seats. Wow. Let's go, Ian.

I said this earlier. I said this earlier that it's been tough to watch other NBA games, actually, after watching that particular night in Madison Square Garden. It was awesome there. It was electrifying. I mean, and've like missed so much of live sports and you know i'm in the last year it happens i don't know if you read about this but has not been that much fun oh yeah being being with fans and like i'm even not like a huge huge basketball lunatic uh it was amazing like i turned to my wife, like two minutes in, and was basically

like, like, is this crowd going to be like this for the next two hours? Because every single thing, like I could feel the energy and I just have not been, I haven't been in anything like that in a while. And it was, it was unbelievable. And like, you know, I'm, as you guys know, not a big gambling guy. But I do hear that the home team sort of gets the leg up when it comes to odds, you know i'm as you guys know not a big gambling guy but i do hear that the uh home team sort of gets the leg up when it comes to odds you know favored a little bit as opposed to the away team and during the pandemic none of that mattered you could see how home court advantage would actually really matter yeah in a crowd like that it was pretty awesome yeah i think so especially in like an airborne virus pandemic where somebody spits on somebody who's

playing you know that could really that could have taken them out completely. You know what I mean? Like, hey, let's just go ahead and let's make sure Trey Young can't play the rest of this thing. Let's get him something that makes him real tired real quick. Let's spit some COVID on him. I think that's an aggressive move. I don't know if everybody's going to be able to pull it off as we go forward. But did it feel cool?

So what was it? And you don't have to say anything or whatever, but I believe the reports were it was half vaccinated and then the other half was like socially distant or whatever. How did they prove the vaccination thing? And is the NFL watching along with all this stuff happening, thinking this is why they believe they're going to be able to be full capacity whenever it comes to fall time. Yeah, so it was it was interesting. And we sort

of learned how to do all this on the fly. Like we got our seats. I was asked, Are you vaccinated? Yes, we're both fully vaccinated. Okay, well, you'll need to show that in New York, we have a it's called Excelsior pass where basically you show like I am fully vaccinated. So we every different seat had like specific locations for an entrance. So where we were walking was all fully vaccinated people. We showed our little pass. We got a bracelet like you're getting, you know, in the VIP section of the tunnel or whatever. We walked in and we were wearing masks, but with all vaccinated people. Our section was all vaccinated so everyone could take their masks off.

And then there were other sections that were masked. And then there were some more like spaced out sections. So there's sort of three different things. And as you got closer to the court, you had to wear your mask just in case like, you know has something even though they're fully vaccinated and you know like spike lee was wearing a mask because he's courtside like that whole section was in mass but it was it was interesting um and definitely a different way to do it like this is something now coming off the heels of you know the rollout 25 capacity at some places zero at some places yada yada yada through all the different leagues there was different rules everywhere the nfl though i think it was

the super bowl press conference or maybe shortly the first owners meeting afterwards they said we're going to be a full capacity next fall it was like something roger goodell said and i actually overreacted and i was like roger goodell is not just shooting from the hip Roger Goodell is a guy who knows what he is saying he is one of the best speakers I think our society maybe has ever seen that is why he is so good at what he is and what he does he cannot answer a question while answering a question in the most profound way for two three minutes it's it's amazing but then when he says something like alluding to full stadiums, it's like, wait a minute. Raj isn't going to say that if he doesn't think it's possible. Why was that? Why did he say it then? Why are they so confident now? And why

hasn't Indianapolis and Denver come out and said, yeah, we will be a full capacity as well? Or have they already done that? And I just hadn't heard it. No, I don't think they've done it. And it seems like, I believe I have this right, 30 of 32 have sort of passed their, I guess, qualifications or had their plans passed to be full go. And they expect the others will, but they haven't yet. So it seems more of a matter of logistics and timing than anything else. But you're right. I kind of had the same reaction you did when Roger Goodell came out and said stadiums are going to be full there's no way he says that unless he knows like think of all the things he didn't say during the pandemic

like they basically the league wouldn't look uh like two weeks in advance you know like they were so cautious wanting to make sure everything happened before they actually announced, like for him to say that, you know, you knew that he had to know. Uh, and I would say based on where we are with the amount of people getting vaccinated, um, the rates in the country are like taking a major dive. I check every night before I go to bed, just out out of habit and they are, you know, the COVID rates are going down. Deaths are going down. Like it's all headed in the right direction. It does seem like it's all going to be okay by the time the season starts. It doesn't seem like there's going to be, you have to be vaccinated to buy a ticket. And in

some places, New Orleans, for instance, has come out and said they're not going to do that. What I don't know is who's going to have to be wearing masks and who isn't. Could it be like the Knicks game where no masks if you're fully vaccinated but masks if you are not? That's what I don't know yet. Ian, are you saying we beat

COVID? I'm not going to declare victory. But that thing seems to be on the ropes. I'll just say that. Thank you, Ian. That'll be on the ticker. That'll be on the ticker. Just credit me.

Yeah, we'll say Ian Rappaport, NFL.com and rap sheet of friends says that COVID's on the ropes. Yes. And that's big news. Let's talk about some Friends says that COVID's on the ropes. Yes. And that's big news. Let's talk about some other things that are allegedly on the ropes, okay? We've been talking about this June 1 designation time for these contracts for the last couple weeks with Julio and Aaron and whatever other situations around the NFL. Are we going to see things happen today, tomorrow?

Are conversations happening in these big stories? What is your feel for everything going on? So you're right. Obviously, today is sort of a – well, today at 4 is a big deadline. And for a couple teams, Broncos, for instance, they get some salary cap relief and will probably allow some teams to sign some more rookies. I just don't know that it's going to be like, I hang up the phone with you. I mean,

watch it probably won't hang up the phone with you and Julio gets traded. I don't think it's going to be. Cause it's not a real deadline. Like it's like a cap deadline, but Julio is not showing up at Atlanta anyway. So it's not like they need to do it. Like the only real deadline to me is training camp. So like a deal could get done this week.

Sure. Falcons didn't trade them before the draft. So if they're going to be, is training camp. So, like, a deal could get done this week, sure. Falcons didn't trade them before the draft, so if they're going to be, you know, holding out for a better pick, if they're going to be that patient, like, they may not trade them this week either. But this is sort of the first opportunity we have to see, like, does some team go, we're going to up our offer a little bit, we're going to do the deal, we're going to make sure we get them,

and we're just going to move on there. This is like the first chance we get to see that. Okay. So there's been a couple articles now that have come out. I think Matt Schneidman of The Athletic was the first one. He came out and said that the Packers are okay with calling Aaron's bluff. And then they've even dove into how much money it'll cost Aaron. And I think it's only like $6.8 million out of his pocket back to the Packers that he would have to pay for them to get a part of his signing bonus that he allegedly didn't earn maybe much like a Calvin Johnson situation but he could lose out on like 23 million dollars or something like that is is that an overwhelming feel around the league that they're going to do that is there because this June 1 designation with the money potentially

being saved for the Packers if they were to him, do you feel like there's no chance Aaron Rodgers gets traded at this exact moment? Or what are your thoughts on that situation? I don't feel like it's a very good chance he gets traded at all. I mean, if you're going to do it, which again, I don't think they will, you would have done it before the draft, just to make sure you're set. And, you know, the most, the best value for draft picks is when you're about to make sure you're set and and you know the most the best value for draft picks is when you're about to when you're about to use them like if someone trades for a one next year's draft like that's great but you're not going to see it for a full year so like congratulations but you know it's there's not a lot of there's not the instant gratification you

get from doing a deal right before this draft so um, um, but I don't think the Packers are doing anyway. And yeah, I mean, Aaron Rogers, if he retired, would have to pay back $23 million in a signing bonus, which, you know,

I think it's 11 and a half a year. Uh, if he becomes a host of jeopardy, I would imagine the salary would basically take care of that. Um, and that would be it. I just, I don't see it more as calling his bluff.

I see it more as they are bluff. I see it more as they are trying to work something out and nothing matters until they do. They know he's not going to show up. Will they fine him for missing minicamp? Maybe, but then if he signs a new deal and this thing gets handled,

they'll probably end up giving that money back and baking it into a contract anyway. I think it's more they're trying to make this right rather than calling his bluff. Ian, there are a couple reports out there right now that says Urban Meyer kind of fancies Tim Thibault as like a Taysom Hill type. Are you hearing that as well? And does that mean that he's basically going to make the roster no matter what? I am hearing that. I think that's – and I use the term tight end because that's sort of what they're called.

But, like, it's more really like H – I mean, I don't even know. Like, what – I mean, I don't know what position Taysom Hill plays, but we should sort of come up with a name for it, I guess. You know, like special teamer slash tight end slash H-back slash quarterback slash gadget guy. Running back slash PP. PP slash coach's best friend. Yeah, right.

Urban and Tebow, though, they do. Anyway, you should spend your time this summer as things get slow coming up with a name for the Taysom Hill position. But I do think we're going to see Tebow do that and you know is he going to make the team i was told 50 50 but he's got the head coach in his corner he's obviously being brought on for a reason they hadn't you know i don't know if you call them tryouts but they watched multiple workouts um i would imagine they think that he's going to make it if they sign him. So we're going to see some Tim Tebow things.

So that Tebow jersey that you bought. Yeah. Along with everyone else. You could wear that. Yeah, I was the only one. Top two in merch sales right now. Justin Fields is in three, four, and five. And it's because the Chicago Bears have a white jersey they're selling. I assume another option.

They have three options for the Justin Fields. I assume if Thibaut had three options. Is that true, by the way? Yeah, look. Is that high? Yeah, he's 3, 4, and 5. We got this information from somebody on the internet, so it's definitely true.

Oh, Fox. Yeah, I agree. Fox put this one out. Yeah. Probably going to get a strike for showing this picture. That's going to happen, though. Yeah, but anyways, he's absolutely dominating. probably going to get a strike for showing this picture that's going to happen though yeah but anyways he's absolutely dominating um ian quick question for you about to bow what if he goes on

to be the super bowl mvp uh will there be any conversations about him maybe growing down as the greatest of all time um i mean i i guess there are those conversations are ongoing anyway. You went to a playoff game. Yeah, you're right. And beat the Steelers, by the way. Nobody ever talks about that. I was there. Yeah, I bet you were. You're great at your job.

Been around a long time. Know a lot of people. Is Roger Goodell thinking about investigating Urban Meyer being an accessory to an assault last night in his office? Or two nights ago? Has that been talked about with Urban Meyer handing an accessory to an assault last night in his office, or two nights ago. Has that been talked about with Urban Meyer handing over a laptop? Does he even care about the Jacksonville Jaguars? Just handing over his playbook. Just handing over the whole thing.

Has Roger Goodell talked about this? Handing over the playbook, knowing you're going to smash someone with it is a little different. I'll tell you what, I thought, you know, and I think Urban Meyer will do a good job in Jacksonville, but I underestimated his acting ability before he took the job. I should have thought of that.

I mean, I thought he killed it. I was sold completely. Wait, what do you mean that really happened? He wasn't acting. What are you talking about? Chris Jericho came in yeah got two footballs okay that was chris jericho oh my god oh i mean i've been watching no no yeah rap sheet uh the bills converted some of stefan digs's salary today to clear like

eight million in cap are they getting in on julio jones or is that for like a Zach Ertz or someone else uh I viewed it more as I mean they have some big-time contractual priorities of their own like a Josh Allen contract and you know if that happens and it's obviously something they talked about wanted to work on after the draft leading up to training camp so like we're sort of getting in that wheelhouse there if that happens there's going to be a big signing bonus um cap, I don't think it's going to kill them, but my sense was they're preparing for more of their own things. Now, with Ertz, I know there's been some interest, but if it doesn't happen before the draft, I don't get the sense. I don't know that that is still active. I mean, I know they've had some conversations, but I don't know that that's still active. I think this was more bills

for their own guys. Hey, Zach Ertz fought that dude conversations, but I don't know that that's still happening. I think this was more bills for their own guys. Hey, Zach Ertz fought that dude before the season last year. Wasn't that the rumor? They had a heated altercation or something like that, him and Hallie? Did that happen? There was some yelling. Okay, so it was horrible. There was some very real, some real man-to-man discussions.

I think at the end, they sort of came to whatever. But, you know, they haven't traded him yet. And obviously last year was a down year. Howie has said they could keep him. Again, they haven't traded him, so I don't know. I have a hard time imagining they would release him, and then would he show up to training camp? I got a lot of questions with that situation, but hopefully that comes into focus some point soon. Ian, last question.

What's going to happen here? Are we going to have anything to talk about? Is there going to be – I heard June 1 was the day. Now here we are on June 1. Then I heard, well, it's not June 1. It's actually 4 o'clock June 1 because that's actually June 2. It's like, is anything going to happen? Is anything going to happen, Ian? I mean, you said maybe you'll get a text.

Maybe you won't. You seem to once you get off the show. No, nothing yet. Damn. What are we supposed to do? I mean, I don't know. It doesn't seem. I've called, say, several people today.

I have not gotten the sense that anything has really, really picked up. And what's weird is even with the, you know, there's been like. They're tweeting him. The Titans are tweeting Julio every day. Yeah, come on. Every day. Taylor LeJuan. Hey, come to the team.

AJ, come to the team. Like, there's nothing going on. There's some teams interested, but the Falcons want draft picks and players. So nobody knows if that's going to happen. Who's saying no to the Falcons and who are the Falcons saying no to? Do you know any of those? I would think the Titans would probably be in the mix. I know the Rams had some contact with them.

49ers had some contact with them. I mean, everyone's interested. It's just to give a first-round pick for a player of that age who didn't play a whole thing last year. You do it! Is that what everybody's saying? You're saying everybody's saying that it's because of his age and what happened last year?

That's the overall? And the contract. A lot of guaranteed money. $17.3 million, right? I think it's like $12.3 and then $5 for the next year. It's a hefty contract. I think a deal probably ends up happening in some form or fashion.

I just, the price is hard. I mean, I think it could happen, but like it might take an injury to another receiver to spur this along because I'm not, I don't even get the sense those conversations with the Falcons are that recent. It feels like we're just finding out about them now. Wow.

It's all for guys. Sorry. So it's all fake? Everything's fake? It's all bullshit? Not fake, but just, you know. So what do you think he's going to end up going for? I've said this from the beginning.

Somebody's going to trade a second and a third for him, and there's going to be 31 fan bases that are like, what are we even doing? How is Julio Jones not worth it? You think that's what it's going to be 31 fan bases that are like, what are we even doing? How is Julio Jones not worth it? You think that's what it's going to be? I'd say that's in the ballpark. I mean, they like a one. I know that. Does that happen?

I'm not sure. I mean, a two and a three, to me, seems like that would be a pretty decent deal. Football trades are never first. Did we just make a trade? Okay, so if anybody's listening that potentially has a little bit of juice, fucking a second and a third, hand them over a bit. You get Julio Jones for one year? How come that has not come into conversation, Ian,

whenever you're getting your information? Do you ever fire back with like, yeah, but he's Julio Jones. So, yeah, I understand what you're saying, but it's Julio Jones. Julio Jones is the aside from Julio Jones guy whenever people describe who's the best wide receiver. Does that never come up? Do you ever say that? How come you don't ever go to bat for Julio in there?

All I have to do is roll out his resume. I would agree with you. I think if someone does that deal, they would be very happy. But the problem is that so many of the really, really good teams have done well by amassing young, cheap talent rather than old, expensive talent. Maybe the old, expensive talent could be sort of the cherry on top, which obviously if you trade for Julio, that's what you hope.

But the value is not going to be great. You have to just do the deal knowing, like, we're going to get Julio and we'll worry about everything else after, which that's why teams like the Rams are interesting because they have acted like that. Like, we'll give our one, and we'll worry about the future and the future, and we'll just – it's like they go all in every year.

But I think people have stopped sort of ridiculing them because that does work on some level for the Rams. All right, Ian. Well, I appreciate you so much, man, for joining us. I just wish you would maybe talk some sense into those people that are telling you this information. If you get a chance to chat with Ballard or Osei or anybody giving you information, I don't know if it's them or not,

just let them know that Carson would love them. Oh, yeah. Carson would love them. Carson would be on his Bobcat, okay, Tilling the land here in Indiana, all right? Doing his thing. Knowing he's got a side from guy just right out there with T.Y. right here. I mean, just let me know if that happens, Ian, okay? And the Bobcat is a boat?

All right. Ladies and gentlemen, Ian Rappaport. All right, thanks, Ian. All right. Go on your subway, pal. All right? Indiana. Go on your subway, pal. Yeah. All right. Indiana. Go on your

apartment. Do what you gotta do, all right? Good internet. All right. Go down the stairs.

Take your dog outside. Go poop in a fenced-in area. Have fun. Okay. I'm just letting my dogs run wild

out here. I also got called out by some zoologists on the internet. For what? Well, there was that fawn that

was on our property that was on in jay's backyard uh it was uh a mama a mama deer okay gave birth to a to a baby deer okay and i don't want to get into whole birds and bees things i don't think old uncle pat needs to be the one that says anything but whenever that happens there's there's a lot of blood and stuff that goes on. This particular mom decided to jump into my brother's back fenced-in area for his dog and give birth there. So Jay had to pick fawn up because lion-sized pit bull, that is Jay's pet, was actually doing the bop it with the nose thing for what is you. Jay thought the size, by the way jay thought his dog had potentially puked okay oh so that's that's what the pit bull was outside pit bull very nice dog did not attack it but very so we had to pick it up and move it jay lets us know we come out we see it how you

doing get a chance to pet a deer okay this is pretty cool save life how you doing keep it moving i i posted it i got attacked okay there's some documentaries that people watched i guess i murdered that fawn i was told okay because i he's fine yeah no jay i murdered it because the human scent got on it and the mom will now leave it to die that's rabbits it's not deer well yeah well and also uh these are the same deer that eat the corn like literally on our property me and the mom, by the way. Good pals. We probably know each other pretty good.

I assume we've had a couple moments, that mom and me. So we know each other. So it was nice to prove the zoologist wrong that the fawn is back in the group, okay, roaming around. But, boy, I was getting attacked. So not only that, and then the Miles people. Yeah. I think they kind of teamed up together. I was getting attacked all weekend.

It was a long weekend. I was getting attacked, but here I am. You know what I mean? Fonz alive. Miles Teller got his real story out. Who cares if I was on the blunt side of that whole thing? You know what I mean? Got his story out.

Hopefully those people get arrested, and hope everybody had a great Memorial Day, man. Thank you, Pat. Thank you, Pat. No, day, man. Thank you. I'm just doing what I gotta do. You know what I mean? I'm just doing what I gotta do. I'll tell you what you do.

Next time that mama deer comes around for that corn, you take out that crossbow. No, no, no. See, you're the person that these people who are attacking me should have been attacking. Okay.

I am not your enemy folks. I got a whole goddamn zoo on my property. All right. Somehow they all sing at night, too. It makes no sense. These cicadas. Oh, my God. These cicadas.

These goddamn cicadas. I can't believe. What are they arguing about? What did Fred say? There's some mouthy sons of bitches. Sounds like the cicadas moved in next door. Oh, man. Ridiculous.

17 years they've been waiting. Yeah. They come out of the ground up into these trees and they just yell and yell and yell nonstop. And you just got to hope that the trees they decided to what birds and the bees talk again. They, they fucked around and then one in there 17 years beforehand. You just got to hope that that's not near your bedroom or your house because they are

allowed. But man, it's cool to see them and hear them. Most of them. Yeah. I'd love to just take a flamethrower and get rid of all of them. That's not near your bedroom or your house because they are allowed. But, man, it's cool to see them and hear them mostly. Yeah, I'd love to just take a flamethrower and get rid of all of them. Every single one. Yeah, but it is nice. Yeah, it is nice that they made their return.

Why aren't the birds and the bees teaming up against these things? Well, it is interesting because it feels like the birds should just be eating the shit out of these things. Yeah, like, hey, I'm sick of this. And it's kind of the way this whole thing goes. But the birds have let us down, I think. Big time. These cicadas should not have existed as long as they did i mean they were hiding for 17 years okay they were a patient group yeah all right they were like uh secret service they were navy seals they were special forces laying in wait for 17 years then they popped up and said we're gonna ruin everything and they started yelling whenever they breached the ground

to come out for 17 years shouldn't we have had our own special forces out here just plucking them off should the birds not have been seeing these things they're loud they're loud a lot and i've heard birds got good ears or whatever i don't know how they didn't see these things and just yeah we should have 700 pound birds flying around with how many cicadas have made it out here. But instead, they're what? Sleeping on a job, running into cars, getting dumber now. These fucking birds. And that's why it's hard not to think about, hey, are these birds real? Because they're just like all these cicadas. Joining us, ladies and gentlemen, A.J. Hawk.

A.J., orange sickle, heat, pretty good. Just tried it. Why did you say rabbit, rabbit and have a stroke for a second? Well, I almost said January, too, because it was June 1st. You know, it's the first day of the month. You're supposed to say rabbit, rabbit or something like that. Really? I think so, yeah. I was taught that by a caller to our series show back whenever we were on Barstool Radio years ago.

Somebody called in and said that. I had just thought of it there. As opposed to the first hour, which I probably should have thought of it. Instead, crack open a Cheat Orange Sql and hit the thing. Whoa, rabbit, rabbit. We're back in the game. So I apologize for that.

Great food. AJ, how was the weekend, man? Long weekend. Did you enjoy it with the fam? What did you guys do? Yeah, it was good. Busy. Got to hang out for Memorial Day yesterday with a family that lived close to us.

And, yeah, been outside getting sunburned for a few days straight now. Me too. I got the spray tan. Forgot that you still have to wear sunscreen. The back got cooked yesterday. But it was a fun weekend. I hope you got to relax a little bit. I know that you were thrusted into the middle of a situation that you never could have expected.

I addressed it earlier and uh my stance on this thing and i don't know if you got did you hear me address it earlier i heard a little bit about it you said that my was like his side of the story got out yeah like i'm thankful his side of the story got out okay and it's it's not good i'm happy to hear he's okay it seems like it's not good for hawaii a place that i okay, it seems like. It's not good for Hawaii, a place that I love, if this is the story that two people jump on, you know, like I'm happy his story got out. Just have no idea why he chose to use me as the person, as if I created the report on Friday Night Smackdown,

which I did not. So I just, that's kind of where I'm at. I'm happy he's okay. I'm a fan of Miles Teller. We just still have no idea why that was the chosen route to answer with his side of the story, especially with something, a pretty big deal in this whole thing.

And I assume you've had to kind of be a part of this whole mediation thing here. I only know I apologize to that. And I'm sorry to Miles for not knowing the whole story from the beginning, even though me and the world only knew one thing. I'm sorry to Miles for not knowing the whole story from the beginning, even though me and the world only knew one thing. I mean, none of us really know the whole story or what's going

on. I believe it's been an ongoing thing with whatever's happening. But yeah, I think what a weird, you always say, oh, what a weird strange life that you have. I'm like, all right, now I'm getting roped into it through you, through SmackDown. I wasn't watching currently, and I started getting texts from different people and screenshots

about you trolling people on SmackDown. I'm like, all right, this is normal. Why not? This is what I'm going to deal with at 9 on a Friday night. Well, I want to let you know, this does feed into the theory that I have the dumbest life of all time. Of all time. This is the dumbest life of all time.

I've learned a lot about Miles Teller this weekend, by the way, from people attacking me for what I had said on SmackDown in defense of Miles Teller. So I'm going to let Miles Teller know I got a lot of respect for his fans. You know what I mean?

I thought I could potentially say something, but man, I did not know I was going to be the reveal of him getting jumped in a bathroom by Deuce Cumback. Like, you know, I didn't know I was going to be the reveal of him getting jumped in a bathroom by Duke's comeback. Like, you know, I didn't know I was going to be. I'm so sorry that that happened. I wish I would have known earlier.

You know, I just, I wish I would have known earlier. That's on me. That's 100% on me, AJ. And in turn, on you. Everything you do, though, like everything you do, you're making, we're having fun. You're having fun. And it's not, nothing is meant, like,

you don't have any ill will when you say things like this. Yeah, and I do believe that was missed in the entire thing. As well. Although I was complimented. Pretty good seg. Pretty good. The whole segway situation's got you guys really in a pretzel, huh?

I used it in my response tweet. I know. You used it. You had no clue did you you didn't have time to look it up probably either no no but i was so pumped when the whole thing i mean it was as it was happening i was like oh my god is this real then i thought he was potentially joking okay then i thought we're gonna potentially get like uh another one that never happened then i started getting attacked i'm like whoa whoa whoa what's going on i thought it was what are we doing here people were acting as if i had the cops in maui call and tell me what had happened you know i mean i was like yo i do not one place didn't even use

my goddamn name so i got buried without getting any of the promotion what are we doing can we get a little bit of love for the show what dosight. I mean, you kind of helped get his side of the story out there. When you look at my Barbara Walters. Yeah, it feels like it. Anyways, how did his side get out there? How did his side get out? What happened? Via that tweet?

Yeah. Oh, okay. So, all right. Hey, all right. All right. No, this is an ongoing thing. Or is this? Listen, the original report comes from Tim's.

Yeah. Okay? And Tim's got Michael Jackson's death right, by the way. Tim's has been around a long time. Okay? I've actually been on with Harvey and... Harvey who? Which Harvey is it?

Steve? You know Harvey got from People's Court, pal. All right? You got to create this business that's worth it. Harvey Levin. Unfortunately for Harvey Levin, you tend to confuse his name with something else. And Charles. Yeah, I was on with Harvey and Charles or whatever.

Had good conversations with them. Who just told you that? Gumpy actually just said it aloud. Yeah, Gumpy did the research. I appreciate that. I have a lot of respect. TMZ normally gets shit right, okay? Yeah.

company did the research i appreciate that i have a lot of respect tmz normally gets shit right okay yeah like i i wouldn't want to be a target of tmz which i guess i assume there's some sort of agreement too that was probably a work all along for a lot of those people where you know they get followed and everything like that but i have you know i've followed along with tmz for a long time they're not just reporting shit by the way it feels like tmz i thought i had thought by the way this is before this whole situation because obviously the report that i read like tmz i thought i had thought by the way this is before this whole situation because obviously the report that i read from tmz was not what happened i read that in a tweet response to me on smackdown but the instead of the report or whatever but i just hope he's okay that's all i'm happy he's okay i hope they catch the bastards it's not good for hawaii it's not

good for miles happy to hear everything's alright though, it seems like, with an investigation ongoing here. Yeah, and Miles seems to be alright. Didn't the video come out of himself afterwards, like he's filming whoever? I saw a little clip of that. I didn't see that. I saw a lot of tweets from people that are telling me that I was a

scumbag. Oh, some guy named, what was his name? Todd Herman? Todd Herman. Oh, yeah. Oh, Big was his name? Todd Herman. Todd Herman. Oh, yeah. Oh, Big Herm. Big Herm. Hey, this guy's good. He called me a hack.

He said I've been a hack my entire career, and Miles could knock me out with one slap. Hashtag weak jaw, this guy said to me. I love this guy. He's so creative. He has like 23,000 followers, too. I think he's in a world where he's probably a guy, you know what I mean? I was like, all right, Todd, getting in the fucking game here.

Okay, pal, welcome aboard. You know what I mean? Great to see you. It was a wild weekend, AJ. Wild weekend, I'm sure. It was crazier for you. Let's get to some things that we have to get to. Packers apparently plan to call Aaron Rodgers' bluff,

is how Pro Football Talk was wording it. Via Matt Schneidman at The Athletic. Seems like they are going to go ahead and say, Nah, we're not trading you. You either have to come back or go elsewhere. Or retire, I mean, and lose out on $23 million. And $6.8 million will have to come back. Allegedly, these are all numbers being reported by people

who are talking about the situation. Who might not know the contract exactly, but that seems to be where it's at. Do you see this thing ending if they're just going to sit in and not give up? Does that mean they're going to continue to do everything they can to kind of get this deal done? Or do you think they're just like, yeah, he can fucking be mad all he wants. Go ahead and do whatever you got to do. You're going to have to pay us at some point. There's two different ways to read this, you know? I mean, I have no clue, really. I've said before, I don't know what needs to be done for them to fix things.

I don't know how it even begins. But I would imagine this doesn't help, I'm thinking, the fact that this is out. But it's also not a surprise to anybody either. Maybe they been taught who knows what they're going they have been going on behind the scenes but like i said i don't know what needs to get done for aaron to be back in green bay i really don't the article goes and it's pretty fascinating because there's a lot of interesting uh tidbits this is from the athletic matt schneidman who i believe we have had interactions with him on numerous occasions yep good we that. Yeah, he's a good guy. National Diamond, good guy.

According to the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, the Packers have the option to fine Rodgers a maximum of $93,000 for missing all three days of mandatory minicamp. $15,500 some for first day, $31,000 second day, $46,000 for third day. If Gundekunst remains firm in his refusal to trade Rodgers, despite June 2nd representing a potential turning point, the 37-year-old future Hall of Famer has two options. It's good writing, by the way. Oh, yeah.

Hey, Matt Scheinman, good writing. Hey, he took the pen to the pad and did some work here today. He can either work past his feelings about Gunter Kuntz and play for the money, his coaches, his teammates, and Packers fans or hold firm in his own stance to not play for the Packers and continue costing himself money as he misses every training camp practice. $15,000 mandatory fine per day missed under the new CBA. Regular season games and other team events the Packers could fine him for.

According to Corey, if Rodgers, which we don't know who that is, if Rodgers retired for good, he wouldn't collect the remaining $23 million. Okay, so he doesn't have to pay any money back. This money is future money, future earnings. And the Packers could recoup $6.8 million of a roster bonus he recently signed. Okay, so what it would actually cost him,

I think, out of his pocket by reading this, is $6.8 million. Yes, $6.8 million is a lot of money. Okay, that's a lot of money. I retired, I think, with like $6 million left on my contract. I don't think to Aaron Rodgers, and it was a lot more to me, it was a lot to me, but I just, you know, everybody seems to be out of debt. We're good.

I don't really want to focus on kicking the ball still. No, no, no, the surgery. I'm going to go fucking do dumb shit on the Internet here. See how that whole thing works out. But for him, six point eight million dollars is nothing. I mean, that's that's nothing. Darren Rogers, especially who knows what his investments are. His contract is six point eight million dollars to retire.

Do you have any thoughts now that he maybe will retire because it only will cost him $6.8 million at the most, it seems like? No, I still don't think he will retire. I don't think he wants to pay any money back to anybody, though. It's one thing where, you know, let's say somebody's owed $40 million next year and something happens. They get cut like, oh, he just lost $40 million. I try to – no. First off, if he never had the money in the account, you can't say they took money from him or you lost that money. You never had it.

Yeah, future earnings. It's a lot different to not get paid something that you were due 12 months from now compared to paying something back. Like when you have to go into your account, you've got to cut a check back. That's a big deal. I think for anybody that has any amount of money, nobody wants to pay their something back. Like, when you have to go into your account, you've got to cut a check back. That's a big deal, I think, for anybody that has any amount of money. Nobody wants to pay their team back. Calvin Johnson's still waiting on money from the Lions, isn't he?

Let's go. That's a good S-E-G-U-E, by the way. Allegedly, they're paying them back. At Evan Foxey, our local resident Detroit Lions fan. Hammerdown boys are in here, too, by the way. Good to see you guys. I saw we got a little cold, but we turned that right back around, didn't we? The boys are still on a heater.

Every once in a while, whenever you're riding that pony into Victory Town, you're going to hit a little bit of a sandstorm. And you guys did that one night, and you didn't let it beat you on the other side. I appreciate the Hammer Down boys. You have to ride the wave. Yeah, hey. Ride the wave, dude. Ride the wave.

That's right. On your horse. To a place of no return. That's right. On your horse. To a place of no return. That's right. On a horse with no name, too. Cowboy. On a steel horse I ride. And I'm holding.

Holding. And I'm holding. AJ, I didn't hear you sing along. Why is that? Because it's not Bret Michaels, dude? Do you know who sings that? Yeah, probably Bret Michaels. Exactly.

Yeah, that's what I... You don't know. Is it Bret, too? No, it's the owner of the Philadelphia Soul. No, it's Jon Bon. Jon Bon. Jon Bon. Of course it's John Bond, dude. John Bond from Philly.

My guy. Brett Michaels from Pittsburgh. From Newburgh. Tampa's guy. New's PA guy. He's a Tampa guy. He's a Tampa guy. Let's get to some phone calls.

Congrats to you guys, by the way. Nice work, boys. You're winning. And Foxy, congrats to Detroit as well, man. Thank you. Yeah, Detroit deserves it, right? Detroit deserves it. Pay him his money in cash.

Add some interest on that. Give him whatever he wants. How's this happening? How is the money coming back? They don't know yet. That's what they have to figure out. They don't know when and how he's going to get paid it back. He's about to launch his dope.

He's got some dope. He's growing dope, a bunch of it. It looks like great dope, by the way. I haven't been able to get my nose on any of them, but the optics of it look like it is skunky. I mean, from just the photos that appear to have no filter on it. And I assume you could put a couple filters on tree to make it look even better than it is.

You know, a couple little hints of maybe some color. If you go into the iPhone edit where it goes into the full thing, a little bit more of this, you probably look like there's no filter on that. It looks like Calvin Johnson's about to sling some high-quality dope. Yeah, where he's growing that dope is actually five minutes where I'm from. Really? Yeah, Weberville, Michigan is where he's growing it.

I'm from Williamston, Michigan. Okay, so has this been something that the Lions have seen? No, he tags it in his IG every single time. Get the helicopters up. Get the helicopters over near Foxy. Where's Foxy from? Oh, the high school that we had to expel teachers because there's a bunch of kids shirtless in the bathroom.

Get the choppers to the sky to figure that whole thing out. Is that whole this whole thing, he comes back into town, or does he always live there? I think he lives in Detroit, I'm pretty sure. He always has? Yes. This guy's sitting in the city that he, I mean, this guy should be your goddamn governor.

I agree. Hey, to pay him back, though, does it count against the cap in a certain year? Or could the owner just cut him a check out of their own account? Probably from the business. Ford, he'll probably be a chief designer for the Ford family or whatever. That's like Jeff Saturday got a job with the Colts the day he retired, and I still don't know what he did.

He had an office and everything. Worked for ESPN. That's what he does. He's good on there, by the way. Jeff's good on there. I played with Jeff for a year. He's a cool guy. Cool's good on there, by the way. Jeff's good on there. I played with Jeff for a year. He's a cool guy. Cool guy.

Jeff was the man. I think I've told you. Jeff came in our first OTA, and he was like, what is this? Absolutely not. You guys are killing each other. He's like, no, we are not. This is not. What are we doing?

This is not full go. It's like May 10th. You remember Jeff Saturday during the lockout when it ended? Jeff Saturday was the one that negotiated with Robert Kraft craft to end this thing allegedly like that was the hugging were they hugging or someone else i don't know because back in the day back in the day but it's real the lockout because we were in the league i think we had to pay attention to it more and for me it was coming out of uh you know a no no-drug-alcohol-test period, going back into one, because I was in the substance of abuse program, because I had an alleged event that led to a public intoxication in my second year in the league or whatever. So I was paying attention closely to the tempers that were in the room for that lockout, back and forth.

Like, okay, how long do I have here? It felt like we had forever for a long time it was like these even the littlest things in emails were like we are at odds with like this type of grass being allowed it was like oh this shit ain't never coming back and then all of a sudden jeff saturday was the guy who sat down at the table and said hey hey listen let's get this thing done makes it happen allegedly that's that this thing done. Makes it happen, allegedly. That's kind of the way it went in there. But always good to have that guy in your locker room to get things done.

But he got hired. I never knew what it was. I was like, oh, are they giving him just like a percentage of the company just because he saved football? Is that what they're doing? Can I get one of those saved football offices? I was going to ask, but Jim Ursa gave me his plane to go to College Game Day in Buffalo, or SmackDown in Buffalo instead. So very nice of him to do that.

It's a lot better. You know, a lot of, I think college teams do it a lot to where they have offices set up for their past coaches. Like anyone who coached there before me, I think it's more like big schools that haven't had 750 head coaches come through, but for like their legendary coaches, they have offices always there that they can come use. You have any offices anywhere, dude? I do not. You're looking at it. I have an attic right here.

I'm sitting in. It'd be pretty cool if we walked into a place, though, and A.J. Hawk had an office. Yeah. A.J. Hawk's office is in the corner back there. Excuse me? Man, I'd go right into your office, by the way. Please. Corner office, too.

I'd do what that Viking did, a speaker of the house there for what? Staying on his desk. Right in your office. That'd be awesome. I want to let anybody know that if I'm ever given a fake office somewhere, I would like you to make it your own if you ever get a chance to go. That's nice. Okay.

Hey, I mean, take it easy on the stuff that's on the desk. Sure. Yeah. But if you want to kick your feet up, go ahead and do what you've got to do, wherever you've got to do it. Just don't be spilling Celsius everywhere. Hey, I'm tired of the Tennessee Titans just recruiting Julio the entire – why can't the Colts get involved in this thing?

Can we get a Bobcat tweet? Colts are out of it. They're not even in it, are they? I feel like they don't even have a tweet. No, old buddy this morning tweeted out 16 teams. That's right. Who was it? Packers were still on there.

I was pretty juiced up. There was a guy that tweeted out this morning a list of teams. He was an NFL guy, and I don't know if this is gimmick or not. I don't know the guy well enough. But he said he was top 10 NFL analyst for like 2018, 2019, and some other year as well. He's like an independent analyst, I think, or something like that. He put a tweet out of the teams that he has heard are still in the game.

It was half the league. And if this guy's number one analyst for a couple years. But, hey, before, okay, I don't know who this guy is. No disrespect to this person. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Feels like it. Who is rating top ten analyst year after year? Analysts.

What kind of analyst? Analysts are analyzing the year, and non-biased takes are being had. Where are these lists then? Show me the list. I just saw the title, pal. Okay, I walked in and saw the award. Here we go. Can we zoom in on old buddy here?

This guy's name is Jason Moore. Click on his profile just so I get this right. At Jason NFL, he is verified like everybody in this room except for Boston. Come on. Top 10 most accurate analysts of 2017, 2018, 2019, and co-host of the award-winning at the FF Ballers podcast, Lover of Christ, Amen, Comedy, and Fantasy Football. He's from Phoenix, thefantasyfootballers.com. Shout out to Jason Moore, by the way.

Jason Moore. He's got to win an award after award, and I assume he looked into it. He's top 10 most accurate analyst. And he says, 144,000 followers, by the way. Job well done on Twitter. Born in 1982. Shout out to you, pal. Coming up on 40 soon.

Hey. Coming up on 30? Yeah, 40. No, no, yeah. 40. I'm up on 40 soon. Here we go. Here we go.

All right. Let's get back to the tweet. Shout out to Jason Moore, though. All right. Shout out about 40 soon. Here we go. Here we go. All right. Let's get back to the tweet. Shout out to Jason Moore, though. Shout out. This is not a real show. You read through his whole Twitter bio. I thought you were going to talk about the people that follow him. He has to verify.

It's for the serious listeners. You got to check. I just want people to know this guy's fucking legit. He says, per sources, it appears Julio's down to these teams. Titans, Patriots, Chargers, Raiders, Seahawks, Cardinals, Ravens,

Colts, Niners, Eagles, Rams, Panthers, Bears, Broncos, Packers, Jaguars, Saints, Vikings, Washington. Sorry, other teams. He has whittled away one-tenth of the league. His sources are saying, everybody, though, Jason Moore, top-ten guy. Here we go.

Here we go. Here we go, dude. So who's the most likely? Who's the most likely out of those teams for Julio? I think he said in no specific order. Or were these in specific order? Can he rank these six? Is that how we should be judging?

It might be ranked. Yeah, we might have to rank these 1 to 16, right? Oh, I think. Is that how he's trying? Because if so, Colts are in the middle of the pack. We've got to at least get ahead. Now, Seahawks, Russell Wilson and Julio have been talking. Allegedly, they've talked about playing together.

They're in the game all of a sudden as of this weekend. But they're not the only ones. There's 27 to 28 other teams that are still in the ballgame, like Julio says. You always tell the story about how a guy in the front office potentially got mad that when Tannehill got paid, you said, hey, your loss is going to get paid. Do front office people get mad that, like,

they're active, like A.J. Brown is actively recruiting and saying we need to go trade for Julio Jones. Oh, I have no idea. That is interesting. And they probably would have told him to stop, I guess, is what you're saying as well. I'm just wondering because like. Who's the GM down there?

Who's GM? It's Vrabes and who? I don't know. He brought him out. He knew him from, he was in New England for a little bit, I think. For a while. I assume they would have told him. John Robinson.

Yeah. I would assume they would have told him. You Robinson. I would assume they would have told him. You know what I mean? Is it going to hurt him somehow if they are going after him? I mean, I don't know. I got in trouble because I was potentially

talking about business or whatever when I said Tannehill. If that's what Tannehill is getting paid in Miami before Tennessee, in Miami without he played, they're going to have to give Luck a percentage of the team. That's just how it's going to be. I was told that I can't be talking about things like that publicly. And it was like, okay, if I'm swaying a contract negotiation with my Twitter,

okay, maybe I should be giving a little bit more respect around it. But if that's not happening, you know, like that type of stuff. But were they more upset, though, that you were taking a shot at Tannehill? I don't know. Who knows? I mean, I'm just asking. Maybe, though. Maybe that was the case. Maybe I was firing up Tannehill and the Dolphins.

Yeah. We didn't play them that year, but maybe the year after that or something like that we're potentially going to get their best shot. You know what they're going to do? They're going to try to block my punt. Oh, my punt. Oh my god. Whatever the case. I shouldn't have done it, I guess. Hindsight.

It would have saved me. Not enough retweets for the bullshit on the back end. So life is a game of risk assessment and that particular one wasn't worth the bullshit that happened. But I still do feel pretty good about it. If I was on a team right now, I was recruiting players via Twitter a long time ago. Andre Johnson wasn't happy about his role or something in Houston.

I forget what it was like. So I brought out this massive cinnamon roll, and I told him, like, hey, here in Indianapolis, you're going to love it. And Dominick Nsou, he was allegedly going to move, you know, from Detroit to Miami. And everybody was like, it's because Miami's so nice. So I made this fictitious, you know, beach scene. And I told him,

Hey, don't let the people fool you. This is what Indianapolis looks like. You know what I mean? Good. Now they paid him like a hundred some million dollars. I don't think we were going to do that, but I'm all about trying to recruit people.

I never got in trouble when it was free agents or anything like that. But in this particular case, are they getting their fans too excited about julio jones and if vrabes and the gm mr john robinson can't get it figured out are they letting down the locker room uh and that's something we got to talk about are they letting down the locker room aj i mean i'm not answering that question come on dude aj that's not a real question that's the conversation that's – It's not a real question. That's the conversation that's going to – somebody's going to have that convo.

Not the locker room. Okay, another way to look at it, if let's say you have a bunch of teammates, say there's a running back on the market and they're recruiting Adrian Peterson. If you were the starting running back for that team, would you be pissed at your teammates? Yeah, but instead now AJ Braun is leading the charge. Same position, yeah. That's why I think it's fine because it's your same position. Yeah, and he's kind of giving the okay to the rest of the locker room.

Like, hey, listen, I get it. Reason why I wear a number. We all want him on the team. Ian Rapoport said people are saying because he's old and what happened. It's like, yo, who are these people? Who are they, dude? I mean, it's going gonna definitely drive julio i think too the fact that people are saying things i think he's pretty much done i feel like people

come after me for being like very very dumb all the time this particular one it comes people come at me on this one about my love for getting julio on the colts it's yo, I think he joins the Colts. The team is immediately, immediately AFC championship. Like, immediately. Just what it does for T.Y. I mean, you've got Jonathan Taylor, Naeem Hines. The whole offense just opens up. When you get a guy like Julio, it just opens everything up with that offensive line. And if Carson remembers how to play football, which it seems like he is.

Yeah. Hey, it seems like. There was a couple times he couldn't remember how to fucking hit a jumper. He leaned back, fade back, lost to Mo Alley-Cox in knockout. But if he remembers how to play quarterback, that defense, everything, it's like that team can go. And for some reason, we're not doing it. It's like, what is it?

Make it happen. And then the Packers, another team. You add him to the Packers, it's like, will that directly change the result against the bucket? Maybe. Hey, you know that field goal call? Yeah. You know that whole thing?

If you've got Julio and Devontae and Big Bob Tunyon out there, what do we think the decision is being made there? Toss it up to one of them. I don't know, man. This is just like the Tom Brady thing where I'm like, and I also said this about Cam, so I guess I have been wrong with the excitement, although people are saying this year is going to be his year we can't judge him last year because it was covet cam which

okay i'll get on board with that so i can be right again but normally i feel like you get that guy in your building if you can like not just because on the field but everything else aj i just it makes no sense but just like tom brady you get tom brady in your building just so you can get him there not just for on the field which by the way still got it better than he's ever been, but in the building, man, it's just a whole different world. And he has, what, three years left on his deal. I think I said last week on the show, if you can find

a way to restructure it, make it more cat-friendly for yourself, make Julio feel good about it, yeah, why not? I think it's a pretty safe bet to say Julio can still be a very productive player for the next three seasons. Okay. Before we get to a break, I agree, AJ.

We all agree? Oh, yeah. Absolutely. All right. Favoritists say aye. Aye. Go get him, Bill. People are saying that. Oh, yeah.

Still. Mm-hmm. With everything he's done this offseason, why wouldn't they be? Why wouldn't he go get Julio? Yeah. Did it with Randy. Why wouldn't he? Golly. Make too much sense. Why wouldn't they be? Why wouldn't he go get Julio? Yeah. Did it with Randy. Why wouldn't he? Golly.

Make too much sense. Why wouldn't he? Is he still the betting favorite? Remember, the Rams moved into conversation in the betting odds to plus 500. Schrags shot that down. Yeah, but the day after Schrags told us, the Rams, if they want something, they'll go get it or whatever. Then the next day, they got into the odds and into those conversations. And Schrags actually had, the Rams, if they want something, they'll go get it or whatever. Then the next day,

they got into the odds and there was conversations and Schrags actually had to tweet out this weekend. Like I said last week on, and he added me, the only reason why I see it. So the reaction was, the Rams aren't in this game.

So they got into the bet. I don't think anybody knows. No. Which means it might be Bill. Yeah, especially if they're the favorite, but usually just like with Tampa and the Bucs, they shot up out of nowhere and became the favorite right before they signed him.

Now this is diving deep into the thought shop, the memory bank. Before the draft, there was a bunch of buzz about the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons having discussions about trading potentially. Was that conversation mostly Stephon Gilmore and Julio Jones? What's this going to take? What do we got to do? Was that just laying the groundwork? And is that why it's been so quiet on who's going to potentially get in there?

Is that why it's a guessing game? Is that why there's 20 teams listed out by a top 10 analyst on who it could potentially be because of how quiet it's been? And if it was, that would be Bill, wouldn't it? He's got his little fucking splunking light on. He's going through the caves down to Atlanta. And he has this whole thing. That would be Bill.

And they've been in it from the beginning. I feel like from the beginning it was like, okay, the Patriots are in this thing with all these other teams. And now these past few days, it's been very quiet on the Patriots front, which I think bodes well for the fact that they're probably moving behind the scenes here. Would you be heartbroken if they don't get Julio? A thousand percent. So you in your mind are, we have Julio on our team. I've seen four to five different reports that this deal is done.

So in my head, yeah, I would be crushed if we don't get him. And I wonder if there's any Titans fans that have that thought. I don't think so. I think they like seeing everybody try to recruit him. They think about how good their team will be if they get Julio on their team. And Colts fans, same thing. But I don't think anybody other than New team will be if they get Julio on their team. And Colts fans, same thing. But I don't think anybody other than New England has a full expectancy of him being on their team.

Even Atlanta. I don't think Atlanta even has that, especially after I'm out of there. And I think part of that goes into the fact of what Bill has done this whole entire offseason, like we were just talking about. Because he's done all that now, it's like, hey, why stop now, Bill? Go get Julio. Hey, AJ, I told you something. Jeez Louise.

Rabbit, rabbit. Rabbit, rabbit today, January, June 1. Who said, where did you hear that? Somebody called Gary in Connecticut told me that. He was driving UPS. Shout out to Gary. He told me that one day. I'd never heard it before either.

It's a big British thing I looked up. Who? It's a big British thing. Okay.. Who? It's a big British thing. Okay. Gary in Connecticut. I didn't know he had ties to the royal family. Culture. Man, man, culture.

Shout out to him, dude. Appreciate that. I told you, though. Okay, I told you and I told everybody else. I said, there's going to be somebody in the media who's pissed off with the way Adam Vinatieri chose to retire. Didn't I say that? I don't think you said that to me. You might not have been on.

It would have been better if you were because it would have made me feel good that I actually. And you said that to me you might not have been on it would have been better if you were because it would have made me feel good that i actually and you probably would have said nobody's going to be mad who does that anyways peter king uh in his uh football morning in america article uh says that i think that was one weird retirement by adam vinatieri who seemed like he surprised pat mcAfee on his show last week. By the way, good speculation. He did surprise me. By saying he was submitting his paperwork for retirement. No announcement from the team, just odd.

I know retiring is tough for a player, particularly a player who played great, well into his 40s and had some of the greatest clutch kicks of all time and will waltz into Canton as the third kicker to be elected. I reach out to the Colts to see if I could speak with Vinatieri about his career. He declined. No issue there, but for Adam Vinatieri to fade away with no formal announcement is strange. I think he had a couple formal announcements, don't you? I think there was a couple billionaires that tweeted him and sent him some messages.

There was numerous multi-billion dollar companies that wrote articles and headlines about him. Thank you, Vinny. And there was one show, you know, that he was just sitting on doing it that I had no idea was happening at the time it was happening. So I think whenever I said somebody was going to be mad, I knew, yeah, I assume there were some media folks who were not too happy with Vinny making his announcement on this show. True. By the way, that is, I knew that was going to happen. I think his retirement was pretty fucking legendary.

I mean, I think it was pretty awesome. Also, the fact that they reached out and talked to him, Peter King, I don't know his relationship with Vinny. Vinny's probably out in the middle of the woods right now. Vinny's probably out in the middle of the woods. He declined. It was like, well, Vinny did not hear that, I assume. Or maybe he did, and if he did, even betterny is probably out in the middle of the woods. He declined. It was like, well, Vinny did not hear that. I assume or maybe he did.

And if he did, even better. But I don't think that's the case. I knew somebody was going to hate it, though, AJ. I fucking knew it, dude. Well, I mean, does Peter want Vinatieri to have like a big press conference,

like a retirement thing? And he could still do the whole go sign a contract, even though he's still a member. Is he still technically a member of the Colts? No, I don't think so. And remember, I learned this.

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Eastern Daylight Time we'll have a fantasy football expert and insider who has whittled a list down of Julio Jones potential landing spots to 19 teams can't wait to chat with him AJ a couple quick questions on some stuff going on potential landing spots to 19 teams. Can't wait to chat with him.

AJ, a couple quick questions on some stuff going on. Tim Tebow's home and away jerseys are top two sellers in the NFL right now. Stang power. The day after he got signed to that team, he went up to number one, still number one. Have you bought your Tebow shit yet? And Ian Rappaport asked us to name the position that Taysom Hill plays as opposed to saying Taysom Hill do you think Urban Meyer has the Taysom Hill mindset like Sean Payton had for Timmy to Bo or is this all just one big we'll see how it goes type situation the more he can do

Taysom Hill covering a kick by the way is not something I think Tim Tebow be able to do I'm not 100% sure I don't know that is something like inside you have to have a certain drive to cover kicks will Tim Tebow do that it'll be great to see but I'm not 100% sure but maybe he's just a gadget guy third down red zone guy maybe he uh maybe he has 10-15 touchdowns AJ Hawk I don't think they know what they have in Timmy yet I mean they'll have to see once training camp comes and even whatever preseason games they play to see like what kind of role they can have for him if he's on the team i guess the thought of tabo you know yeah yeah i don't think they brought him there to throw a whole lot of passes

you drafted trevor lawrence number? Bro, are you kidding me? Trevor Lawrence, shotgun, rolls right, throwback left. Julian Edelman, Danny Amendola situation. Tebow catches it. What do we got? Jameis Winston in the Nickelodeon game. Muckin' touchdown. Every single game.

Every single game, at least twice. Or like you said, the red red zone Like a little tight end Or round And then Trevor Yeah Trevor's replacing him Going out back And Thibaut might throw

20 touchdowns And everybody knows Like you gotta know If a running back's Lefty or righty AJ That's not Hey this guy's a lefty Remember that

Whenever he's in motion Rolling to his left Think about a pass Potentially Timmy Thibaut You know He's good I hope he's good, dude.

I do. What if he throws eight? What if all of a sudden they run a gadget to him and he throws it right-handed? That would really throw people off. Well, we've been talking about Aaron playing lefty this year. You know, and that really hasn't caught on at all. It's about to. It's about to get some traction. I hope so. Thibault had enough trouble with his left hand. Let's just let him throw

lefty. We don't have to make him throw righty. Okay. Maybe. I played baseball one time. That's just let him throw lefty. We don't have to make him throw righty. Okay. Maybe. I played baseball one time. That's right. I batted from the wrong side of the plate. True. Because I didn't know. Maybe Tim didn't know he was a righty. You ever think about that? I mean, if he didn't know he was a righty,

then he was a damn good football player at Florida. That's what we're saying. He was handicapping himself. He was self-handicapping by using his weak arm his entire career. Do you think Tebow is maybe pissed, though, and said something to Urban because he found out a couple nights ago that Chris Jericho is a better quarterback than he is? Chris Jericho was slinging that rock, by the way. Yeah, do you see that?

Chalking it. I like Charlie Strong feeding him the balls, too. By the way, live, whatever it is, Chris Jericho catches that thing with gloves on, with his fingers out. Listen, that laptop's going to hurt, right? And that laptop had probably plays and designs for Tebow on it. Nobody ever thinks about that. Urban's like, yeah, fuck it. Hey, we're on the same team here.

Go ahead and take it. He obviously assaults MJF or whatever, but I think the footballs, with how hard he was firing them, tight spirals, by the way, you just getting pelted in the ribs with an NFL ball is not fun at all. That is not a fun. I did not expect Chris Jericho to fire that pig skid. He's got a gun. I did not expect that at all. Those were some hucks, but shout out to Chuck Strong

and Urban Meyer obviously getting involved in the action there. Yeah, but is it Tony Khan who runs AEW? Yeah, he cut a promo on WWE the other day too. Oh, I did see that. Was he standing outside a venue, I think? Yeah, it was awesome. It was awesome. Is it weird that Urban went on to a platform that uses the word elite

in the middle of it? He's been describing things as elite lately. Oh, he's back on. Yeah, I think so. I think at the beginning he was a little bit upset. You know, he said, we're going to live on the edge. And, you know, anytime you try to put in a new word to replace another word, it's not always the easiest thing to do.

You know what I mean? And I think on the edge is what he was trying to put in for elite. And then he got a chance to start describing something. He's like, you know what? Fucking A. That's elite. That's elite. You know, I think that kind of happened.

But I think Urban's going to do well down there. The more and more, the fact that he did that, by the way, makes me think like, okay, Urban Meyer. I think Urban Meyer is much more of a human than I ever expected. I thought that dude was just robot stooge from college football. He seems to be guy. Like, He seems to be a guy down there. It looked like he actually had fun. I'm sure he was like, this is probably how I felt going down to your stuff and you wrestling.

This is so bizarre and awesome at the same time. Yeah, I agree. And that's life, isn't it? Speaking of bizarre and awesome, joining us now is a top 10. Hey, top 10 analysts 2017, 2018, 2019. Waiting on the judges in the votes for 2020. Don't know if that already happened,, let's go. That's how you intro a man. Hey, let's go, Jason. Let's go. How are you doing, pal? I'm doing great. I'm sure 2020 is going to be on the list soon. The draft rankings are not quite out yet. They wait towards the August season of fantasy football to

release that, but I'm, you know, I'm hopeful for the four Pete. Okay. So I think that you were a fantasy football podcast host. I'm terrible at the game of fantasy football. It requires a lot of time, a lot of due diligence. You have to be intelligent, all things. I am not really a big fan of doing in my life, but I appreciate the people that do. What separates you from everybody else? Is it just how goddamn smart you are, Jason? Is that the separator? I would say that's the primary factor, but it's not the only one.

There's a team of three of us here and people behind the scenes that are a lot smarter than me that help out. But, I mean, that's the point of our show is, like, people like you that don't have the time, the dedication to focus on fantasy, just listen, and then we're like, we make you smart. That's our goal. Well, I appreciate that. I'm going to listen. Can't thank you enough for joining us here today.

I saw a tweet where you whittled down, okay, Julio's homes. And as soon as we saw it over here, we were thankful, you know, because we hadn't gotten a chance to really hear what teams Julio would like to go to. We heard him say, I'm out of there, and I just want to win, you know, on a phone call. We heard that. But you really putting it out there, what teams you want to go to, we were thankful for. And now you've got a chance to tell us, like, hey, your investigative work and everything. How did you get to these 19 or 20, depending on if my counting was right,

destinations for Julio? Yeah, well, I've got an update to the destinations here in a minute. Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! That's big news. Yeah.

The reality here is, you know, we're full-time, you know, in the football world for years and years. So we follow all the beat reporters on all the teams. We see all the news out of uh you know each local area and so we know which teams are wanting in which teams are wanting out it looks like the rams are out the rams are no longer told us that last week did you see yeah he told us i was a little slow on the uptake there but i have to add i have to add the panthers chiefs browns and steelers to the list you know we're we're getting close to finding out the destination um but i you know i do rule out the los angeles rams now yeah and that was julio's list right not the rams that

this wasn't the team's list this was julio's list does Does Julio hate Sean McVay? Is that why? Or is it because Schrager came out and said, nah, we don't want him. Does Julio feel disrespected by Sean McVay and the Chargers there? Are we misreading the whole list in general? Yeah, well, probably. But I would say that

when it comes to Julio's destinations, when he did hear from Schrager that the Rams were out, you have to—now, I have not spoken to Julio, but I have to assume disrespect. I have to assume you're out on me. I'm a top-five wide receiver in the NFL. You're out on me. I'm out on you.

This is a breakup situation. He's not going to stand there and let them say, I don't want Julio. He would never have gone to the Rams. That's my understanding, is he was out well before the Rams were out. Okay, thank you. So we just got a chance to publicly hear that the Rams were out via Schrags, who is promoting a podcast.

Way to piece it together there. Go ahead, Connor. Yeah, you just alluded to the fact you hadn't spoken to Julio yet, but in your research, do you know if there's like a favorite team or a top three that he's getting close to now? Well, he has listed the Patriots as a team

he would want to play for. I do think in all seriousness, there is a list of clear leaders. You know, the Patriots, the Chargers, the Titans are three of the teams that I would put my money on if I was making a bet.

But according to local reporters from almost every NFL city, it seems like all the teams would like Julio Jones on their roster. Okay. Yeah. Hey, we're kind of getting the same read as you, but we are thankful. We are very thankful that you put it on paper, legitimized it for us for the show. Thank you for joining us.

What's the name? The Fantasy Footballers? The Fantasy Footballers podcast or website. We can help you win a fantasy and have a good time doing it. Where are you from, Jason? Our studio is in Phoenix, Arizona. We're in the hottest place in the world right now. I heard Phoenix is awesome, though.

I mean, I've heard that place is awesome over there. Yeah, Phoenix has its ups and downs, but its downs are the summer. And that's where we're heading. So, yeah, other than that, it's great. All right, well, lock it down. We appreciate you, Jason Moore. Hey, he's tapped into all the local writers. I think he subscribed to

The Athletic, right? You know what they did? Yep. Kind of get a chance to hear that. Really appreciate Jason Moore. I'm going to listen to the fantasy footballers, by the way. Oh, yeah. AJ, what's your problem? What's your deal? You let him go. I wanted to ask him how many of those teams legitimately have a chance to get who we are. Oh, you wanted to ask him a question? Yeah.

That's weird. Interesting. Didn't look like it. Thanks for shutting me down. Well, hey, that was a moment there. Okay? You hear me? You really? You really you really i mean i wasn't ready i was putting ready i guess i guess like you for those that are just listening you have no idea so normally there's a interaction between me and aj while somebody is speaking because we're not in the same studio where i point and aj gives like a, yeah, like he has a question or something like that. Soon as this Jason Moore guy gets on, we get one question in,

I pointed AJ and first time ever he waved off the fastball. He just shook it off. And then I had to eat. I had to eat everything that was going on. And I assume that was just because you were trying to get a feel for it. Is that what was going on? I just wasn't, I wasn't prepared yet. You came to me too early. Okay. All right. But then you dump the double point then you come i i could have easily after

i shook off the first one i could have given you yeah okay i'm good now but you point again and i had to let you know no not happening right now what a moment that's that's why this show is this show though i assume that fantasy footballer show is 10 times better than our show. He's got a great setup. That studio is awesome. Awesome. What's going on? We got pretty good shit. Yeah, it's nice in here. We got a Celsius fridge.

Incredible. Got the punch out thing down there. Yeah, rabbit, rabbit, man. Got the AJ Hawk. Hey, I saw the church was still standing. Church is still up. Yeah, it looks cool. We've been taking care of the landscape. It turns out contractors are not easy to find right now.

Really? Coming out of quarantine. Well, wood's so goddamn expensive. Well, not just the wood, the gas, the everything, but also I think they're filled with jobs. Oh, because they got pushed back? There's no longer like a... Also, the stimulus and stuff like that, a little extra money.

There's a lot of shit going on, I think. It's been tough. I mean, I had to look over the blueprints, and my thoughts were pretty good with the engineers and the architects. But I think it's going to take a little bit. A lot longer than I expected. I thought we were going to be able to just put that fucker together. It's not the way it goes.

Still got the cross on top of the building. Got to figure that one out. It's stuck. I don't want people thinking that, you know, Jesus lives there. He moved along. He moved out. He used to live here. What do you do, though?

It's like, how do you get rid of a flag? Isn't taking a cross down it's got to be something? Yeah, it's going to have to be a third party. I'm going to have to hire somebody to do that middle of the night. I don't see it. I don't know it. I don't know nothing about it. You know what I mean? Middle of the night? We don't want to be in a demonic situation.

Right, exactly. The neighbors, smothers. Oh, God. If he hears a hacksaw on that thing at the top in the middle of the night. He'll lose it. This thing is huge on top, by the way. Huge up there. But we're false. This is, we're doing faux representation, you know.

I don't want people to think like, hey, I need something. I need somewhere to go. This is a place to go. It's like, you don't live here no more, okay? You used to, and you can do what you got to do. So we have to take it down. I don't know the right way to do it or how to do it, though. It's big. It is big.

I'm sure there's plenty of people on the internet that know the proper way to dispose of that. I'm sure of it. Yeah, the internet. The internet, definitely. How to get rid of cross that you bought off a church. Church. I'm sure that's going to come back very good. How to get rid of cross that you bought off a church. I'm sure that's going to come back very good. How to get rid of 20-foot cross.

Oh, how to get rid of crosses. Then it'll turn into burning crosses. Then it'll be like Ellie Kempler. Oh, jeez. It'll be like that. Oh, yeah, man. Can't do that. I want to let everybody know.

I want to let everybody know, okay? I didn't watch The Office. We all know that. I don't watch anything. I'd come home, though, and Ellen would be on, and she'd be guest hosting. And I'm like, why is this person guest hosting why is this person guest hosting my wife like oh she's loved by everybody okay so that's the only place i ever know her is from guest hosts and ellen show learned a lot about her yeah this morning on the internet wow i still don't understand like what

the pageant thing what what what is i had to get into four different wikipedia tabs searches yeah to really find it but if you go deep enough you will figure it out oh yeah he knew like was she aware of everything going on around that i didn't get deep enough to know that i'm assuming the information about her in this situation is very new to the world that's why everybody's learning about it's going if i'm her though i'm trying to get out in front of this one. Yeah. I'm trying to. Too late. They make it sound like it'd be pretty tough not to know what was going on. So, you know. Jesus.

She was in The Office. You guys love that show. What's that all about? Her character stunk. Yeah, she's my least favorite character. I wish she was in the show. No, no, you guys never said that. Yeah.

You guys said that. First thing I said. No, you guys said Office. Every character. Good character. No, that's not true. Second worst character, to be honest. Who's the worst?

Nellie. I think I would like to stand firm on she is the worst character in the show. Yeah. Diggs, of course. Diggs loved her. Yeah. Tony. No, I said second worst.

Wow. Blocker. That's unbelievable. So what are you? Just watch the show. That's the one I like right there. Second worst. Second worst.

Okay. What could the other person do? Just so I know. If it's not a prom queen for the KKK. right there. Second worst. Second worst, okay. What could the other person do? Just so I know if it's not a prom queen for the KKK. Just kind of, I'll save it for another time. Allegedly, by the way. Allegedly. Allegedly, I don't want to get into this game again. I'm out of it, actually.

Oh, no. Talking Hollywood. Can't do it. Listen, I was in those waters this weekend. They are mean to me. They got no respect for me at all over there. Once again, you were not reporting this. You are just simply reacting to

what you saw trending on Twitter. The observe and report, I have not observed enough to give an actual feeling and thought about this whole thing, but the Miles Teller fans came after me this weekend. And I put my phone down for the holiday, but as soon as I opened it up, they were still there. They are not

happy with me, AJ. It's got to feel good for him that he knows he has a strong backing of fans. I also saw some other people send some stuff to him, too. That wasn't great. People that are my fans, I think. They decided. It wasn't a good situation, but me and Miles, hey,

me and old Mai Tai, I think we're going to survive this. Oh, really? I think we're going to survive this. Oh, really? I think we're going to survive this. Nice. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, maybe eventually he comes in, like he knocks you out while you're at the booth calling a Friday night.

What do you think? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Knocks me out, huh? That's funny. It's so easy to get you up there. Well, you know, you're a linebacker. You're coming to my world? Really?, you know, you're a linebacker. You're coming to my world? Really?

Yeah, well, you're a linebacker in the NFL. You haven't just been mocked and ridiculed for being a kicker and punter your entire life. You know what I mean? What do you mean? Todd Herman sent out a tweet about a week ago. I was like, funny, because my immediate reaction was the complete opposite. It would be tough to sell Top Gun 2 if that guy gets knocked out by punter, which is what I was. That's my immediate thought.

But then after learning the whole story, it's like, oh, okay. Fuck it. Miles Tower, good guy. Good guy. Don't know why he chose to bury me with his entire story, but good guy. Good guy. Because you were the only one that said something on Friday Night

Smackdown about it. I'm not the only one that said it on Friday. You didn't put out the article, AJ. There was 20 articles before that. First off, stop coming at me. Don't come at me with any of this. No beef, AJ. There was 20 articles before that. First off, stop coming at me. Don't come at me with any of this. No beef, AJ. Come on.

I don't have a beef with anyone involved. But if there's one thing I am not, it is the middleman. And I have been that person recently. And it's not happening. He's getting sick of it. He's getting sick of it. That is not my deal. I don't facilitate.

I don't mediate. I don't do any of that. You got a problem? You got a problem? Cool. Leave me out of it. Too bad. I had a problem.

I did have a problem for a little bit as I was getting attacked for people were acting as if I was the Maui Police Department. Yeah. You know, like I was doing this entire thing. I'm like, you know, this one. But then after, you know, hearing, I'm like, all right, I can understand how this could be a little bit of a situation, I guess. So I moved on. I'm like, yo, this was... But then after, you know, hearing, I'm like, alright, alright. I can understand how this could be a little bit of a situation, I guess. I've moved on. I'm a big fan.

I'm a big fan. But, I mean, you just have them come in and just knock you out. I mean, what are we doing here? Ridiculous. Don't break your old kayfabe, bud. I'm just talking wrestling with you. Oh, this guy! Let's go to Sam down in Louisville.

What's going on, Sam? What's up, Pat, AJ, and the boys? How you doing? Hey, not too shabby. How are you? Doing all right. We all know this is the best show on the internet, but it stinks. Yeah.

It's the best show on the internet. Okay, thank you so much. It's very nice of you, Sam. We appreciate you listening and watching wherever the hell you may be. I guess in this particular case, Louisville. All right, I don't if you're always in louisville or if you travel and all that but what do you want to talk about pal well i'm hoping my question will piss off some nfc east fans oh uh my question is if vandal put out an over under bet on this any nfc east team will win the Super Bowl in the next 20 years. Are you hammering the over? 20?

You know, the interesting thing with the NFC East is they could all be Super Bowl champs this year. AJ thought, remember you thought the Cowboys were going to be in there. I mean, the Eagles, fascinating to me. Very fascinating to me with the Eagles. You know what I mean? How that whole thing pans out or whatever. That team could be very

bad. They could be very, very bad. But the Washington football team gave Tampa all they could handle in the playoffs. And the Giants, they seem to be going all in because the owner said he's tired of telling people why they lose all the time. So I just, you know, I don't know. I don't know how

the NFC East shakes up but i assume it's going to be better than had it was terrible last year that thing was a laughingstock over there dac got hurt obviously that changes a lot of things but it was national tv every week just bad football what it helps that washington definitely has a lot of potential and a lot of hope there let's see how fitzmagic uh will play especially early on but the giants what danny dimes let's see what he is. If he turns into it, if he takes another step forward, yeah, the Giants could be a contender as well.

Let's go to John in Canada. John, what's going on, pal? Cowboys, obviously. We know they're a contender. You still feel that way? Sure. Dak looked good, man. I saw a picture of Dak throwing.

Looks good. I saw odds. Big Mike's number. Best odds to get fired first. I mean, that saw a picture of Dak throwing. Whew. Looks good. I saw odds. Big Mike's number. Best odds to get fired first. I mean, that's a little surprising to me. It's only his second year. I think that's indicative of the first year. You know what I mean?

I think that's what everybody is potentially talking about. They were playing good football at the end, remember? Yeah, absolutely. Watermelon's the whole thing. Speeches. He was surprised by the amount of water in Watermelon. Jerry Jones said that that was one of his favorite moments of the season, is Mike's dismay about how much water is in Watermelons.

But Vic Fangio's there. I assume he would have been up higher. That team might be real good, though. They got money, too. AJ says the Broncos Nation is saying that that money's for Aaron Rodgers still. Brian Guntekunst has allegedly told people, Schneidman's reporting, they aren't trading him. So LaFleur's on there who's getting fired.

That's like the greatest head coach in the history of the NFL if you just look at stats. So I don't know if anybody knows anything right now. This is all just conversation piece. Well, and like you said, I mean, how is Zach Robinson or Zach Taylor or whatever the hell his name is, how is he not number one up there? Yeah, that guy, Nsensi, we don't know if he's good at coaching football or not, do we, AJ? I mean, it feels like we don't know anything about the guy.

A lot of people don't know he's there. That's great for Zach Taylor, by the way. Yeah. I think, you know. How long was his deal, though? Didn't he sign a five-year deal? Five years, I think. And that was after the McVay hiring where everybody was like, hey, you know, this is how this whole thing goes.

This is what you're going to do. I just, with all that we know about the Bengals and the way things go, should we give Zach a little bit more leeway? You know what I mean? Should we say, like, hey, maybe that guy does understand how to coach football. You know, it doesn't look like it. They don't win. Hey, just look at the organization, though.

We don't know one way or the other how he's going to be as a head coach. The organization does not hire people to fire. AJ said that, by the way. AJ just said it's the organization's fault why they aren't good, so maybe we don't judge them. No, I said they don't fire people to pay them for three more years. The Bengals are not a team that have done that much in the past. You're right.

You're right. So they'll hang on no matter what. Like, hey, this is a depreciating value. This is something that has not worked. But we are going to have to pay him for another three years and somebody else, and maybe we just deal with this at this time. But maybe Joe Burrow's second year there. Yeah.

Coming back. A couple offensive linemen add. D-line add. Get active. Maybe this is when the Bengals really take their full shape, and maybe we'll get to see Zach Taylor have an opportunity this year to be a pretty good football coach. I mean, the Bengals signed guys in free agency.

I feel like they're more active this year. Hendrickson, right? Big Hendrickson out of New Orleans. And they haven't in previous years, so he might be turning around. Hey, he's disrupting quarterbacks, that guy. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He's doing that whole thing.

The Hammerdown boys are here. They go live 4 p.m. Eastern every single day at youtube.com forward slash hammerdown. We hit on it a little bit earlier. You guys are hot right now or no? I went 2-0 on Friday night, and then I took the rest of the weekend off. Oh, you said, hey, Memorial Day weekend, rest in honor. I had two bad days Wednesday and Thursday. Got back on the winning side Friday.

I said, you know what? I don't want to tempt fate this weekend. So we don't know what digs we're getting today. No, I kept it going. We're good. How'd you do? You did pretty good, didn't you? Saturday was good.

Sunday was good. Hey, how about Chelsea, huh? How about Chelsea, huh? Christian Pulisic, huh? Can't even clap, AJ? Can't even give a little high. First American to ever appear in a Champions League championship game. Won.

Didn't start. They had some other scrub from Germany in there instead of him. But, I mean, he got a chance to win. Good for him. Shout out to Christian Pulisic continuing to climb the ranks here. Chelsea winning, that's a big deal, right? Yeah. The Man City coach also starting a lineup that he didn't play all year

with no striker and no defensive midfielder was quite a decision he made. Why does that happen? I have no fucking clue. It blew my mind. Oh, he's trying to throw the game. If I saw that lineup, I wouldn't have bet them. I took it on the shins there.

Oh, really? That was like your only loss, of course. Maybe he had some injuries. I went down to winner's circle for that one. Oh, to watch the game? To put the... Oh, so you went big boy? Yeah, yeah.

Oh, okay. You felt good about Man City. Yeah, I thought Man City was a loss. They were humming, and Chelsea just wasn't. chelsea played well man they sat in wait for their chance and got the goal they needed hey it's very um you know there's brits yeah you know it was an all-british final uh-huh you know of course that's a direct style of play i mean they are an attacking bunch it was an entertaining watch my problem problem is, and I realized this on Saturday or whenever it was, Saturday?

Yep. On Saturday, I realized once I stopped watching, couldn't get back in. Yeah. You know, like I started the game, watched the game, got, oh, okay, here we go. We're making, oh, this guy stinks. He's in instead of Pulisic.

What the hell is going on? Is Pulisic hurt? I tweet, by the way. Then they score like a minute and a half later, so he can't make this squad power, whatever a lot of people told me. All right, all right, all right, okay. holistic hurt i tweet by the way then they scored like a minute and a half later so i get he's not he can't make this squad power whatever a lot of people told me all right all right okay then i watch that werner guy stumble all over himself four or five more times i'm like all right that guy can our guy can't is this a little bit of uh hatred because he's american maybe is that is that

what it is he gets on they win how you do but once i stopped watching from the beginning i couldn't find myself to get back in and i wonder how many people do that so if man if man city would have it's on they win how you do but once i stopped watching from the beginning i couldn't find myself to get back in and i wonder how many people do that so if man if man city would have scored first it would have been a more entertaining game because chelsea would have to go for it chelsea basically sat in they sat two guys out wide on the bylines and that's why that goal came right through the middle because they just opened up the middle of the park. AJ, I don't know if you saw this yesterday. Virginia and Maryland played in a lacrosse national championship. Oh, yeah.

And the final 12 seconds were awesome. It was everything that lacrosse should just put on every commercial. This is lacrosse. One goal game, national championship on the line, face-off guy for Maryland, wins and runs right down the middle. And the Virginia team, by design, lets this guy go because he's the face-off guy, so he probably is worse than everybody else at goal scoring. Yes.

So since they didn't have enough people to defend, Maryland and Virginia come down to basically a breakaway by Maryland's worst breakaway guy in a goal. He just, boom, stuns him, saves it. Game winner, national champs. How you doing? Keep it moving. I didn't understand the ins and outs of lacrosse

because it's the sport of the future. I'll get to it when it is. But when that whole thing happened, I saw it. That was awesome. I should have been watching that whole game. Why did he just get a free run at the goalie? Did I explain that accurately? Yeah, you did.

I mean, when you watch the clip back, the defenseman for Virginia stayed on their guy instead instead of stopping the ball which is what you're supposed to do because of the fact that this was apparently a backup face-off man as well not their starter he came in played really well and then face off guys though and girls come in do face-offs get off field yeah they're called fogos for short because it's face off get off okay and since there wasn't enough time for him to get off after winning face off the virginia team knew that okay he's gonna have to stay on we guard everybody tell the goalie hey you're gonna have to make a save against their backup fogo yeah the only chance they have there is for their fogo to

win the face off and because even if if he doesn't win it clean or whatever, because the Virginia guy is probably just trying to hold the ball there at midfield so that they don't have that opportunity. But instead, obviously, he won. The only chance that they have is a quick shot right away. Back up faceoff guy. That's your dream moment, isn't it? Oh, yeah.

Okay, you go in. You win the faceoff. Oh, my fucking God, I did it. You're sprinting down. You're realizing, oh, they're playing ISO with me and the goalie. Oh, I got the national championship to tie it up here. On the line. On the line.

Woo. What a moment. Ten seconds of that guy, what his brain had going on. Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God. And then the goalie's just like, this guy stinks. Yeah, so long. This guy stinks. I mean, he did shoot it directly at him.

Granted, he's not. Hey, it was on net. Yeah, it was on net. It was on net. It was on net, but it was right in the guy's chest. What are you going to do? It was awesome to watch, though. Yeah.

I mean, that was really cool lacrosse. Great game. But once again, that was 15 seconds long. I didn't watch anything else. Well, I mean, from the score you saw, it was 17-16. I mean, it was a high-scoring game. It was real good. Lacrosse is a cool sport.

I can understand why people get into it. I don't know why I just can't. What's the deal, AJ? Why can't I get into it? I think it's because I'm kind of with you. It's really cool, but I never played it. I think you have to kind of... It helps if I played it. If I grew

up messing around doing it a little bit, but I just haven't. Yeah, like I've shot basketball growing up. I never played baseball, so I'm not a fan of it. Which makes sense. But you're right. I think that is it. I have to kind of... I don't understand it, really. I've gotten off the stick, and I've never played baseball, so I'm not a fan of it, which makes sense. But you're right. I think that is it. I have to kind of – I don't understand it, really. I've gotten off the stick, and I've popped some twine.

Yeah, of course. I've popped some twine back and forth. Well, and that's probably why it's not where it is, just because there's only 15 states maybe, 20 states that actually play lacrosse, like growing up in high school and stuff. Hey, that's Canada's national sport, lacrosse. Yes, sir. You guys are just unbelievable up there. Very good lacrosse. Very good. You guys are just a sil in high school and stuff. Hey, that's Canada's national sport, lacrosse. Yes, sir. You guys are just unbelievable up there.

Very good lacrosse. Very good. You guys are just a silky twine, dude. They play all year round, indoor, outdoor, never stop. You guys got pond lacrosse up there, playing on skates? Uh-huh. Oh, really? Seriously.

So when you throw that ball and it goes seven miles down the pond, is that what happens? Because I don't know. Well, you got a bucket of balls, you know, because you got the ball hunt at the end. So if you got the ball that's going seven miles down the pond? Is that what happens? Because I don't know. Well, you've got a bucket of balls, you know, because you've got the ball hunt at the end. So if you've got the ball that's going seven miles down, you let that one go, you've got another one in the bucket. I remember we'd go practice.

Our soccer team would go practice at a well-to-do high score or whatever, and they would have the lacrosse nets there. And there would be maybe some kid playing in the back. He would miss, and that ball would go out of the stadium. Oh, yeah. It was gone. And he had to go fetch them all back and then he had his round two. Kicking, very similar.

You kick and then you have to get the balls and all that. But I feel like that little thing, it's gone. How many balls are lost at practice? Ten? Oh, at least ten. Yeah, at least. And usually you have about 100 balls there just in case it is an off day and everyone's missing the net and you lose 50 balls. Yeah. Expensive sport?

Got to be. Yeah, pretty expensive. Why? Sticks are about like $100. It's like hockey without skating. Yeah, and the sticks also break. And the head of the stick is also another $100, $150. They're separated.

Does the head have a swivel on it that you can activate? No, not that you activate, but you kind of jam a ball in there like a baseball mitt, maybe to warm up a mitt. You do the same thing with a lacrosse head. Get a little loose. Yeah, and you can change it out if you don't like how it's thrown, or the whip on it, if you will, is off. Oh, you put a little.

Is it like a golf flex, like sturdy flex on the thing? Yeah, lacrosse shaft. Yeah, that's why they're different shafts. Some of them bend a little bit more. Some of them are a little more sturdy. There's wooden shafts as well, and those things hurt. And do you have to bounce it every four steps? No, no bouncing.

You can just run. So how does anybody ever lose it? I mean, because the defense, their lacrosse poles are six feet. The offense, their lacrosse poles are only three feet. And they're just whacking the shit out of them. And they're rapping. They're doing everything they can. They're laying the wood.

Oh, yeah. Really? Uh-huh. But if you beat up that net enough, shouldn't it just sit in there like a little baby? Like in a baby in a thing? There is a rule that the ball is not allowed to hang below the base of the head. Oh, so they are judging the twine. They're judging the twine.

And if your twine gets judged and it's judged poorly, that's a big-time penalty, and you're locked in. You're locked in. What's that, first down? I forget what the symbol is for locked in. It's something like that, but that means you go on a power play, right, in hockey. You score. Usually the guy comes out of the box. Penalty's locked in.

You score. Guy stays in the box. You're still on the power play. No, locked in. That's not good for the team. No, not good for anybody. But it is good for you to have the ball a little bit deeper so those big old sticks can't beat up your little baby stick.

Oh, yeah. I mean, that is a good advantage. AJ, we'd have those six-foot sticks, wouldn't we? We'd be fucking batters up. Deep ball city. Oh, yeah. I want to score goals now. I'm playing offense.

I want the three-foot stick. Oh, you're coming around here, huh? Look at this thing. That's what you're facing with me, pal. Ha-ha! Bang it. Can't wait. You don't know if you're left or right-handed, huh? Look at this thing. That's what you're facing with me, pal. Ha-ha! Banged it. Can't wait.

You don't know if you're left or right-handed, so I could easily trick you. No, I'm doing this with the fucking thing. Oh, yeah. Look at that. Dangles, dangles. Hey, Pat, if they took the goalie out of soccer, what would a professional score be, you think? I think every time somebody touched the ball, they put it in.

It's so hard, though, to even get a shot on goal, I feel like, in professional soccer. Yeah, but guys would just pull up. You know, a lot of the teams. Yeah, but you could still have dudes hanging out back there, and they could kick it out. Like, if you were trying to cherry pick and just blast it down, you could still kick it, but no official goal. All right, so there's a game you play whenever you're, like, in soccer

or whatever. It's hit the net on the fly. You know what I'm talking about? Like, you're just trying to hit the net on the fly. Yeah. I mean, guys can do that from the other side of the field. I was able to do it as a teenager. I'd assume these guys... Make the net half the size. Maybe shrink it half the size.

No goal. It's practical. What are you trying to do, AJ? It's a beautiful game. Mickey Mouse. I forgot. You guys were all old guys like La Russa that wanted to hold up the old school. No. Don't you call me La Russa.

Don't you do that. Okay? Pimp your home runs, kid. All right? Don't call me La Russa. It's funny you say that because there's a lot of drills that you do where the goalies are kind of working on their own thing. You know, they can go side panel, can be a goal, or they'll set up a goal with no goalies or whatever. And I got a chance to play on some MVP teams, okay, overseas,

guys that don't really, you know, know me that well or whatever in practice. I would get the ball at like half field. And I guess the point of these drills was to, you know, promote like ball possession, like move the ball around. As soon as I would get it, that thing's going right at the fucking net just as soon as i got the ball goal thank you very much i got like three goals in my first drill with them or whatever coach had to pull me over and was like that's not what this drill was about i'm like are we keeping score or what are we what do we do it's like no it's for ball possession and movement and like doing this whole thing i'm like i thought we're

trying to fucking score here i apologize three nothing coach i coach. I heard winners don't have to run. Let me give you a little heads up. I'm trying not to do that. Okay, we're in the Alps. It is cold and high altitude here. Please get off my dick. But there was a lot more goals in that particular setting with me. Maybe that would make soccer better, huh?

Is that what you're saying? No, I mean, I don't want the soccer fanatics to get upset but they hate us maybe there should be a second a different form of soccer like maybe like in this i know there's no off season for these guys maybe one of the leagues are in it's like that okay so i played futsal growing up it's like indoor soccer has a little bit of a smaller ball weighted it's four on four with a goalie there's i mean that would be awesome that's fun that is fun to watch i know yeah that would be awesome Maybe we should try to get the rights to that, though. Okay. Is that the one where you blasted the guy in the arm and broke his arm?

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