The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 601 - WE'RE BACK With Aaron Rodgers & Ian Rapoport

Episode Date: February 22, 2022

On today's show, Pat and the boys are back from vacation and chat about everything happening around the league as we officially have entered a new NFL season. They discuss all the different implications with the franchise tag and who might be getting franchised soon, Aaron Rodgers' "cryptic" Instagram post, and who might be going where. Joining the program to catch us up to speed and everything we have missed while away and what we should be looking for in the coming weeks (23:44-50:10). Later, back-to-back MVP, the proprietor of the Aaron Rodgers Book Club, Quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers joins the progrum to reflect on his season being removed from it for a couple of weeks, chat about his upcoming decision and where he currently sits, the importance of showing gratitude to his teammates, loved ones, and friends after a difficult season, how things are different this year compared to last year at this time, and much more (50:12-1:32:14). 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

We are officially back! Can't thank you enough for joining us. We had a week off, a week vacation. To be honest, it was way too long. It was far too long. We were all getting antsy to get back on front of these microphones and start chit-chatting on the internet. I think it was two, three days we got away and had excitement

and, you know, enjoyed ourselves. And I might be just speaking for myself. Hawaii was beautiful. The people over there are amazing. Got to witness some cool stuff. Shut I might be just speaking for myself. Hawaii was beautiful. The people over there are amazing. Got to witness some cool stuff. Shut the brain off for a little bit. Should have stayed off Twitter longer. Got on Twitter.

Donated to a GoFundMe. Got off Twitter. Came back on supporting a racist. Put out a tweet. I was just fucking staring at the ocean for two hours. I thought somebody broke their spine. I am so sorry. I obviously don't support that.

It wasn't that long ago, 2013, this stuff was coming out and all that other thing. I obviously don't support that. Hey, we're all in this thing together. People were telling me I was a racist supporter, a racist human being. Unless you take it because they screenshot the GoFundMe account for this lady. Our name was right there at the top. I was right there at the top because whenever I got on the Twitter door to break and I seen that a lady broke her spine

at the Super Bowl parade as somebody who was part of the NFL's media, we think, and the Super Bowl is supposed to be the biggest, the best amount of time. A lady breaking her spine at that event. It's kind of a bummer. Yeah, a little bit. Kind of a bummer. Phil Terrell was like, alright, hey CFO Phil, how you doing?

Could you just complete however much money they need to get the thing there and then we'll just drift away didn't tweet about it wasn't going to tweet about it actually put the phone down hung out with the wife in hawaii for a couple hours came back oh my god i'm the worst human of all time okay i supported a super racist person because some terrible tweets were brought up from this lady in the past of 2013. So then I put out a tweet. People were telling me, get your money back or you're going to continue to support this. I put out an entire tweet. I'm like, I'm not sure you can ask for a refund from a GoFundMe. But we're all in this thing together.

Let's kind of move on. Boom. Now I'm a scumbag. Okay. Now I'm a scumbag pussy who bowed down to the woke mom. So I was called a racist supporter and a scumbag in one situation when I don't know if anybody else gave $5,000. I heard Stafford's going to do it. And I lost

$5,000 in the entire thing. I should have stayed off Twitter a little bit. Hope everybody's okay. Hope nobody says anything that pisses anybody off ever again for the rest of time because we're in a society now if we know what makes people's lives terrible let's not say it. Everybody's young now goes through some growing things.

How do we, whatever, should have stayed off my phone longer, had a great break. Excited to be back amongst the boys here. And today is a day that kicks off the 2022 NFL season officially for this show. Franchise tags can be made starting today. We will have a massive guest one hour from now. And I never gave the name away of the guest that was coming on one hour from now. But the internet had a trend in last night because of an Instagram. Aaron Rodgers will join us in one hour.

Aaron Rodgers will obviously come on to chit chat. What's he chatting about? We don't know. A lot of people are assuming he'll be making his big announcement, his decision on what his future is. I'd like to let everybody know, I'm not 100% sure that's going to happen. I don't know what's going to happen, but I do know he'll be here in about 50...

9 minutes. Just turned to 12.06. Great to have that clock back because at Super Bowl Radio Row, we had no clock. That's right. So we're just kind of talking into nowhere but it is beautiful to be back and we can't thank you enough

for joining us here at YouTube.com forward slash The Pat McAfee Show. Gained about 15 pounds last week. Happens. Happens. Now diet starts.

Yeah, that's right. Now diet starts. Now season diet starts. Here we go. Let's get after it. Let's go. Let's get yo. We're getting yo.

Get yo. She's shredded. Toxic Table is here as is Tone Diggs but at Ty Schmidt Let's get after it. Let's get it. We're getting it. We're getting it. She's shredded. We're getting it for next year. Toxic Table is here, as is Tone Diggs. But at Ty Schmidt, at Boston Conner, great to see you, boys. I missed you guys. Hey, missed you too. Like you said, I mean, you're gone for a week.

But when you're on your phone nonstop, it really does feel like we were gone for like three months. Eternity. It really does. I didn't leave until Thursday to where I was going. for like three months. Eternity! It really does. I didn't leave until Thursday to where I was going.

Those first three days, at like 11 a.m., I was just like, Jesus, I'm so fucking bored. This is insane. So it is very good to be back. 100% real. Right now it is 6.06 a.m.

in the Hawaiian time where my schedule is currently residing. So it's a little early, trying to come up out of this thing. But every day around this time, I was like, ain't my body. It was a completely early, you know, trying to come up out of this thing. But every day around this time, I was like, like my body. Yeah.

It was completely different time because I was in Hawaii, but the body was getting antsy. I miss this. I think that is what I learned most after the last week. Like I fucking love doing this. Oh yeah. And I feel like we miss so much at Boston Connor. I missed your stupidity,

dude. Massively. Well, I missed you, Pat. And don't worry. I got so much dumber over vacation. So missed your stupidity, dude. Massively. Well, I missed you, Pat. And don't worry. I got so much dumber over vacation. So we're going to, I mean, we have a lot of dumb to fill up stuff. Vacation was nice.

But like you said, on the internet, when you're on it every day and then you take a week off, it's like two months, three months on the internet. And how much stuff you miss. And like 55 people got canceled and then uncanceled. It's like, it's so hard to keep up. The classic. Well,

I'll tell you what, especially if you're in for an hour and then you're out for two hours. I mean, I was in there and Aaron's joined us in an hour. I mean, it was similar situation to the air. I was getting attacked by, but I was,

I was the enemy for both sides at one point. Yeah. It was unbelievable. I'm like, Oh, I'm on vacation. I'm trying to be a good guy. My wife, my, I'm'm so sorry i don't know what to do here but uh my wife was like put the fucking phone down and i was like all right you know what i will yeah but i've always said this in a cliche

manner because we work on the internet but every day is a week every week is a month every month is a year and that sounds so cliche but it's so real if you're not on the internet you you have no idea what's going you could miss two three days and completely miss something yeah that has happened was huge and is gone so i feel like i had to do a lot of catching up last night on my phone i was trying to figure out what was going on in the world at tone digs obviously massive steelers fan new chain on the kid over there. New season drip. He's got a... You look so cool. Thanks, dude.

That's the drip. Hey, good tan, by the way. Thank you. But you got this new Steelers pendant. Yeah. And you look so clean, iced out over there. Very Italian.

Pretty sweet. Brian Flores, now coach with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Also pretty sweet. So this is big deal. This is big news because anytime you sue the NFL, normally it ends up bad for you. Yeah.

And your relationship with the NFL. That has just kind of been status quo. It is, what, 30 billionaires, 31 owners. We're just, I guess, calling Davis not a billionaire. That's what everybody says. Anytime I say it's 31 billionaires and in a publicly owned team, they're all like, oh, Davis ain't a billionaire. It's like, well, the IRS is currently investigating

all of that, I think. But whatever the case, it is run by a small group of people. Now, it is a global conglomerate, but there is a few movers and shakers. And they have in the past potentially held some spite against some people. You sue us.

Now, publicly, they can't say that because that would be wrong, and you're not allowed to do that legally. But they have normally, in situations like this, when you sue the NFL, all right, we ain't doing business together anymore. Brian Flores gets hired by Mike Tomlin. He's senior assistant, I believe, on the defensive side and linebackers coach. Everybody that's ever played for this dude says good coach guy's great coach just as a head coach he wasn't able to relate for whatever reason now he's saying the

owner was telling him to lose which could have caused the entire thing but mike tomlin giving him an opportunity here is something i did not think was going to happen for at least a couple years good on him and i think the steelers just got better at tone digs which makes your chain look even nicer on this glorious yeah it seems like all the players love the move. We were talking about it earlier today. Anytime you add a head coach to your staff, that's always awesome. Connor reminded me that Kyle Van Noy said, hey, Flores as a linebacker's coach was fucking awesome. As a head coach, whatever.

But he's going to be a linebacker's coach there. So you got him, Terrell Austin, who remarkably somehow got the Lions to number three defense when he was defensive coordinator there, and Tomlin, plus those boys. I mean, the defensive unit is going to be awesome now. The quarterback position is a question mark. Yeah, Mason Rudolph is going to be your starting quarterback. That's right. That's why they drafted him and kept him around.

Kevin Culver is going to do his thing. But let's stay in the AFC North because other shit is popping off in the AFC North as well. Jarvis Landry, he's basically tweeting, hey, I've given my all to this franchise. Came back and played hurt, actually. Very hurt. Didn't say a single word. Was very positive.

Reality behind all this is I came back to play in the best shape of my life. I got hurt week two with a high-grade MCL sprain. Terrible. Partial quad tear. Jesus. Terrible. And a bone bruise, which probably hurts more than all these things. Then came back way too early

and ended up staying hurt the entire season. You never heard me mention anything about it. Okay? No. Never heard me mention. Also, my media availability

didn't happen because I was focused on getting on the field as healthy as possible during the week and after games. A strategic plan was set in place

to be followed. I put the ball on Cleveland court by telling them I would like to stay, but if not then, I put the ball on Cleveland court by telling them I would like to stay, but if not then, I put the ball in Cleveland court by telling them I would like to stay, but if not then, interesting. Yeah.

I did notice that immediately upon reading. Me too. You got to cut it. Because he copied and pasted. He wrote this in a notes section. Copy, paste, and put it in there. Didn't remember when the last, because he didn't thread this. He tweeted them out as individual ones. As it was uploading, probably was trying to to copy-paste into the next one.

Didn't remember which line he was in. Very common mistake, but Twitter has helped that with the threading of things. Easier. But Jarvis, too, focused on getting back healthy. You don't know fucking Twitter. That's true. You don't know. Anyways, I would like to stay, but if not, then I'm confident enough in myself

to be a better, healthy me this year and moving forward to helping do my part in winning a championship elsewhere. Whoa! Holy shit! So Jarvis Langer just saw Odell Beckham Sr. do what he just did for Odell Beckham Jr. Get Odell Beckham Jr. to Los Angeles, which a lot of people comparing cities, Los Angeles, Cleveland, would say things about the weather. Listen, we're in L.A. Yeah, for a while.

A lot of poop on the street. A lot of bums drinking bleach. You saw one bum drinking bleach. It was out of a bottle. It wasn't necessarily bleach. I've been at a party where they put moonshine in a bleach bottle. You really got to roll the dice because that shit can make you go blind. And it's your fault you're drinking out of a bleach bottle.

But sometimes you got to live a little bit and experience it. Whatever the case, Los Angeles to Cleveland. Jarvis just saw OBS get OBJ to LA. Not just to Los Angeles, a city in which he has a home and everything like that. But obviously he won a fucking Super Bowl. Caught a touchdown in the Super Bowl. Jarvis Landry actually said in a press conference before the Super Bowl, like, hey, OBJ, I want to let you know, very proud of you. That whole moment

happened. So you can't think that Jarvis Landry didn't see what just happened right in front of his eyes to one of his best friends knowing that he has... Jarvis is a dog. Oh, yeah. Very good. Hey, Jarvis is a fucking player now. Jarvis is a fucking player. So everybody's talking about quarterbacks seeing, like,

Peyton Leaves. Well, he got cut. Peyton leaves, goes somewhere else, gets the keys to the city, wins the Super Bowl. Tom Brady leaves, gets the key to the city, wins the Super Bowl. Matthew Stafford leaves, gets the keys to the city, wins the Super Bowl. Now Jarvis sees Odell Beckham Jr. leave, goes to Los Angeles in a pass-friendly offense, gets the Super Bowl. and a pass-friendly offense gets a Super Bowl. So you've got to think that all of these situations that are happening are going to happen, continue to happen, for high-profile players. A lot of people are saying, look at Jarvis Landry trying to force his way out.

Then Cleveland Browns fans are saying, all we need to know is what his salary cap hit is next year. That'll get him out of fucking town enough or whatever because I guess he's getting paid a lot of money. So there's probably some Browns fans that are turning on Jarvis because of these tweets or whatever the case. But I just, this is not the only one. No.

That is going to do this type of thing. The NFL is about to become an interesting place. This offseason is about to become a magical one because I think a lot of people are seeing people take control of their own destiny and having success. And people have talked about this for a long, long time. It just feels like we're on the precipice of it all right now. Yeah, and everybody's going to want Jarvis Landry. Like, when me and Gumpy and I were driving in today, Gumpy was like, man, he can come back to Miami.

We'd love him there. I was like, yeah, he can come to the Colts. He can come to the Patriots. We'd love him there. Tony said earlier. Packers would love him. Yeah, Packers would love him. Would be perfect in Pittsburgh because he's a veteran wide receiver.

Like, Jarvis is one of those guys. You want him on your team, especially because he is a leader. In Hard Knocks, when he's giving that speech to the wide receiver room about winning in Cleveland, it's like, man, that is a guy you would want in your locker room. Yeah, pillar piece. Yeah, exactly. But now the pillar piece seems like has seen other buildings being

built and said, whoa, whoa, whoa. It seems like the pillars in other buildings are a little bit more successful. Browns didn't even make the playoffs. Super Bowl expectations. Think about that. Now, the Browns and the Dog Pond had a much more enjoyable offseason last offseason than they're going to have this offseason.

Big time. Especially if this is our day one. Yeah. Day one. This is day one of the franchise tag season. For us, day one of the 2022 NFL season. us. Day one of the 2022 NFL season. Jarvis Landry's putting these tweets out. Is this leverage for a better negotiation?

Is this leverage for, you know, maybe the ball? I don't know what the hell it could be. Or is this Jarvis Landry saying, hey, I'm okay going somewhere else because I just saw Odell Beckham Jr. does that? If that team leaves, okay, Odell's gone, Jarvis is gone, they've still got a great offensive line. They've still got a great offensive line, still got two amazing running backs,

they still have that defense that is stacked and packed to the gills, but they have a quarterback issue that seems to be causing all their offensive problems, and there is no reason to believe that they're going to move on from Baker, especially when Baker played through a broken humerus, torn thingy, and another thingy, and was being handcuffed by the sling, even though they'd have him throw it 50 to 60 times a game. It's just a fascinating situation in Cleveland.

Baker, yeah. Baker's definitely got one of your financials for Jarvis. He's due $16.4 million. If they release or trade him, he's only $1.5 against their cap. Jeez Louise. So he's getting traded. Come on to the Colts, pal. You know who else is going to potentially be able to move?

Who's that? The guy we talked to in less than an hour. Oh, Aaron Ross. He's getting traded. Come on to the Colts, pal. You know who else is going to potentially be on the move? Who's that? Guy we talked to in less than an hour. Oh, Aaron Rodgers. He's definitely gone. What do you know, Ty? Everybody's saying that Instagram post last night. Let's go ahead and run through that. Everybody's talking about how cryptic the post was.

Because he did post a picture of him not on the field amongst his brothers. What? Aaron Rodgers post, here's some hashtag Monday Night Gratitude. Classic MNG, dude. That's right. Of course. And remember, a lot of this book club that he had here, a lot of gratitude. A lot of gratitude.

A lot of reflection. That's right. A lot of looking within and being thankful for what you have and not wishing for what you don't have. You are the universe. Don't worry about the rest of the fucking universe. There you go. That's actually a book in this whole thing. This has been the hippie Aaron Rodgers that everybody has come to

judge immensely as of late. Doing a Monday night gratitude for some of the incredibly special people in his life with some pictures from the last beautiful year. At Shailene Woodley, who we heard a lot of news about during the break. Yes, we did. Unfortunately.

That was all over the tables. Oh yeah. I think it's only going to continue to the tables. Oh, yeah. Everywhere. I think it's only going to continue to heat up. We're big love-loves. We love-love. Love-love. Love-love.

Love-love. Shailene Willie, thanks for letting me chase after you the first couple months after we met and finally letting me catch up to you and be a part of your life. Thanks for always having my back for the incredible kindness you show me and everyone you meet and for showing me what unconditional love looks like. I love you and I'm grateful for you. To the men I get to share the quarterback room with every day, Matt, Nathaniel, Luke, Jordan Love, and Kurt Benkert.

You guys made every day so much fun, and I'm so thankful for the daily laughs and stress relief you brought me every week of the year. I love you guys. To the Friday crew, I assume Friday night's normally when people go on dates in the NFL. It's when you go out to eat or something like that. Friday night is normally a thing.

Cobb, Cobb, Frankie, and Bakhtiari. I loved every moment we got to spend together. I don't want to mispronounce it. Fair. I believe it's Ada. Ada? Ida? I believe it's Ada. I could be wrong.

100%? I'd say I'm 73 I believe it's Ada. I could be wrong. 100%? No, no, no. Definitely not. Let's go with percentages. I'd say I'm like 73% sure it's Ada. Okay, so at Ada Cop. At our... Oh, that's tough. In my defense, my eyes are very bad, so I don't know what letter...

Oh, so you hadn't even heard the G-R-I-N-G. No, no, no, no. No, that's just how I would pronounce it. Okay, all right. Anyways, Ada, Randall, Frankie, Shabby. Awesome. I think you nailed that one. Frankie, Shabby.

And David, I love every moment we got to spend together this year. Your love and support was overwhelming, and I cherish the friendships I have with each of you. To my teammates past and current, you are the icing on the beautiful cake we call our job, football. Oh, yeah. The friendships that we have transcend our collective time in this game and I'm so thankful for the role that each

of you have played in making my life much better. I love you guys and cherish the memories we've made. To everyone else, spread love and gratitude, you beautiful people. And read a book once in a while, too, while you're at it. Love and peace, Aaron Rogers. Hell yeah. Hell yeah, dude. Read a book. That was awesome.

Everybody's saying, this cryptic ass message with the photos he put on. Let's go to the photos real quick. The first one there is, you know, gratitude is like wine for the soul. Get drunk on it. The last photo is what's causing all the conversations. Because Devontae Adams

and Randall Cobb are standing there on the sideline of the game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Kansas City Chiefs game was when Jordan Love started. And why did he choose to post this photo where he is clearly not in it? Is this saying he's done? He's leaving? He's done with the fucking Packers? That Monday night gratitude was actually a spiteful speech.

That's why he posted this photo saying he hates what the Packers have done and he missed it. Maybe he's saying thanks to Devontae and Randall Cobb for leaving a spot for him when he wasn't allowed to play or whatever. Maybe that makes sense. Maybe this was just a genuine like, hey, thank you for last year. I love you guys. Hey, listen. Maybe. Maybe.

Maybe not. We'll ask him 45 minutes. Maybe it's also like, hey, good luck next year because I won't be standing there with you guys. It's a little prequel of what it's going to look like. Or maybe it's, hey, see you to the NFL, past and present teammates. I ain't never having any more teammates. I'm retired.

And is that even something he's talking about today with us? We have no fucking idea. Was there a background on that first quote picture? Like, was there mountains or anything? No, it was beach, I think. Oh. No, it was water. That's like Green Bay in the winter a little It was beach, I think. Oh. Water. That's like Green Bay in the winter a little bit.

No, I don't think so. That mountain's big. That looks like the mountain from Morning Show. You know? Oh, yeah. Italy. Lake Como.

Italy, yeah. Gratitude is the one for us all going to get drunk. That's a great quote. It is great. Yeah. Why don't you get drunk

on a little gratitude every once in a while? I get drunk on gratitude every single day we have Ian do you really yeah every single day

boozed up on gratitude boozed up on gratitude someone say I could be a gratitude you know alcoholic at times really I tried to

merge those two words together my brain almost stopped so dude I when you got dumber you said during break. Oh, my God.

So dope. He also borrowed some clothes from his homeless people. I bought these clothes, Nick. I didn't borrow them, okay? LA's a big in goodwill for $4 one week, $50, $60, $100 the next week. Oh, yeah. Love good, what's that called? Thrift shop.

Yeah, 150 thrift stores within a mile and a half of our real estate. And they were all incredibly priced. You could get that hoodie right there. $150, $200. Nothing. Nothing. Now, granted, literally, that thing was potentially in Goodwill. Yeah.

But that's style, baby. That's right. At Nick Morado had some big news during the break since the first time he talked. Congrats, Nick. Congrats, Nick. Thank you. Thank some big news during the break since the first time he talked. Congrats, Nick. Congrats. Thank you. Appreciate it. Because we do love love. That's right. And Nick got engaged in Hawaii.

Story, bro. Throwing up the shaka. Gonna get married. Congrats, dude. That's awesome. Appreciate it. Big moment. And it was awesome. Hawaii was amazing. Beautiful. Can't say enough good things about it. Yeah, good culture. The culture is amazing out there.

Very comfortable. The amount of gobble go at this wedding. Oh, yeah. I think you're bringing what? Northern Pittsburgh Italians and then East Hill Italians together? All of them. And you better tread lightly, my friend. They see my 23andMe, those motherfuckers.

Imagine what I'm going to wear to that wedding. You should bring your 23andMe card, like a vaccine card, to the wedding. By the way, I need that in Hawaii a couple different times. I had to show that entire thing. I can do what I'm doing. Hey, listen, 23andMe, do it right here. See that circle on the shoe?

That's.01%. How you doing? Keep it moving. Now, with that being said, where's the fucking gabagool? Wear it as a chain, maybe. Congrats. We'll make sure there's plenty of gabagool. You won't need to ask. Well, listen, I understand.

I appreciate it. That is something that us Italians are good at. But congratulations, actually. Thank you, Nick. Don't forget your Irish heritage, too. Have Viva Lazzito's back there. Obviously, Foxy's back there. Bubba Gumpino. I missed all you fine gentlemen. Missed you, actually. Thank you, Nick. Don't forget your Irish heritage, too. Have Viva Los Eros back there. Obviously, Foxy's back there. Bubba Gumpino.

I missed all you fine gentlemen. Missed you, Pat. Missed you guys. Missed you, Pat. No, we missed each other, I think. This is something that we're very fortunate, I think, to have a cool job. Yeah. Now, I might be speaking for everybody else, but I miss coming in here.

I enjoyed my time with my wife. That was my thoughts last night, though. I'm like, yeah, most people come back from vacation very miserable. I was juiced to get in here. I was pumped to get in here. I enjoy my time with my wife. That was my thoughts last night, though. I'm like, yeah, most people come back from vacation very miserable. I was juiced to get in here. I was pumped to get in here. I was very excited to see you. And then he got Aaron Post in his cryptic photo. Yeah.

Thank you, Aaron. Thank you. How about I said, we got a big guest locked and loaded. And last night, as Aaron Post's thing, everybody's like, Aaron's going on Pat and Mike's show tomorrow. He's going to follow up with this and then I think Goon to Goon's got something tomorrow.

He's got a press conference at three o'clock. This is all in full. This is all happening right in front of our eyes. It's like, all right, I'm happy everybody else

knows what's going on. I don't think I fully do yet, but hey. Goon's, he's on the show anymore? No, he's on. Nah.

He's on press. There were some awesome memes about him last night on the internet about him coming on today, which popped me pretty good, a couple of them. Me too. I was just like, did we say that he's coming on the show? No.

I don't think we ever did. Everybody just kind of assumed. Tuesday. Yeah. Yeah, it is Tuesday. 2-2-2-2. Pound drum day, yeah. Why does that have to do with Aaron?

Just because he's kind of a pound drum. Very rare. Apparently it's a lucky bell. Exactly. The last time I said a big guess, it was fucking Brock Lesnar. True. have to with Aaron. He's very rare. Apparently he's a lucky man. The last time I said a big guess was fucking Brock Lesnar. The headphones are still up in the rafters, by the way. Hang them in the rafters, dude. I don't know how they fit on that Holstein bullhead,

but they are now in the rafters. What a moment. A lot of people loving Brock. A lot of people loving Brock after that interview. By the way, that thing did very well. I mean, it didn't do as good as the Aaron Rodgers Friday where he stopped by with his report and his pitch deck. Oh, sure.

You know, that one. That one. That one went big. That one went big. I mean, Brock would talk about it. Brock did very well on the internet. Oh, yeah. I mean, he broke the table within 10 seconds of being on the air.

Then he put it back together. Yeah, kind of. Then he put it back together? Yeah, kind of. Then he put it back together. Well, it's still broken, I guess. It is still a shredded part, but he was able to balance it together. Yes. Very thankful Brock came on.

Oh, yeah. It was incredible. And the Brock Lesnar blend is un-fucking-able. Oh, great. That's right. Get a bearded butcher's.com. It's great for us to get yoked.

Yeah, we need it. You're getting shredded. Yeah, people don't believe it. Look at this. This is the fastest you're going to see me for some time. That's right. Same. Hell, yeah. Summer's around the corner. This is the fastest you're going to see me for some time. That's right. Same.

Hell yeah. Summer's around the corner. It is. Isn't it? It is right around the corner. And then football's right around that corner. Spring has sprung, basically. Joining us now, let's get back into some conversation.

And we did delay a little bit, because I have a lot of questions for this person. Sure. I have to. While we're on an island doing our things, this man was doing one thing, trying to get to the bottom of every single story. A guy who never sleeps. A man who knows everything happening within the NFL. Normally he's the host of the weekly wrap-up

with Rap Sheet and friends. Us being friends, him being Rap Sheet. Now it's just, what the fuck did we miss? Wrap-up with NFL.com and NFL insider, Ian Rapoport. Hey! Wow! What?

What's going on, dude? Where are you? Okay, so I am currently in Vermont. I am about to embark on a ski trip, which is what families do in the Northeast. So all that hard work I did on the bunny hills

and on the thing where you kind of put your skis in and it rides you up to the top of, not the top of the hill, but like the low level. All my ski lessons are about to pay off because my real audience, which is my children, are about to see me ski in about 30 to 35 minutes. It's going to be pretty exciting. Good luck out there. All that hard work.

Wear a helmet. All that pizza in. All that side sliding. French fries. All those knee pad wearing days. Those elbow pad days. Those big glasses sitting on top of the helmet because you can't see it

because it's so foggy because you're sweating your ass off because you're nervous as hell. All those days on the bunny hill are going to pay off right now in Vermont. Congratulations. Okay, Raps. Pretty excited. Yep. It's going to be great. So Vermont is like where all you yups in the Northeast just go.

Like, I feel like I see a lot of people post on Instagram, like, hey, Vermont, like another day. I had no idea that that is the place to go up there, huh? Yeah, there's a couple of people post on Instagram like, hey, Vermont, another day. I had no idea. That is the place to go up there, huh? Yeah, there's a couple different spots. It's a little, for us, three and a half hour drive. Get on up here, stay like four days.

It's either this, go to Vermont, or you go to like, oh gosh, who's that guy? That's me. What? You're freezing up. You're like freezing. Did I freeze? Is that what it was?

Yeah, so we're going to put a photo up. 2022 season is starting in a savage fashion in the back. They picked the worst photo of you that they've ever seen. Sorry about that. Sorry about that. But anyways, yeah. Vermont's the place. No, it's actually a great photo.

Anyway, so it's either that or you go out west, and I'm not as hardcore about west, so this is where we go, and we'll see how I end up doing. Okay, so like Barney Sanders lives right back there, right? That's Vermont? Yeah, he's over there. Stone's throw. Stone's throw.

No, that's Rhode Island. No, New Hampshire. Liz Warren is up in New Hampshire, I believe. Okay, well, I don't know if we need to just start. I thought we were just riling off. I'm trying to just name things that I know in Vermont. Essex Junction's over there. I think my cousins grew up there.

Man, Bernie's there. I mean, I know all about Vermont. Enjoy yourself. Let's get to what we have you on here for before you make an ass of yourself in front of your kids. The NFL right now, very much alive, very much happening. Franchise tags start today. You're on a ski vacation.

Are you assuming nothing's going to go on? So, like, Jarvis Landry puts out those tweets. Is that going to happen? Is anybody getting tagged today? Is Aaron Rodgers going to tell us what's going on here in 30 minutes? Like, what do you expect to really happen and what has happened since we've been off air? I mean, I was taking note of Aaron Rodgers' Instagram post yesterday or whenever that was, late last night,

and my assumption is he's going to tell you something today. The problem is, you know, trying to read into what Aaron Rodgers is going to say, like, not that I gave that up a long time ago, but I gave that up a long time ago because he could be setting us up to sort of think he's saying goodbye than say, well, I was just saying last year was great and here comes another year. So I imagine he's going to have some news for you in a half hour. He said it would be early.

I would be at this point a little surprised if it was I would like to be traded. It feels to me like it's more retirement or running back another year because I do believe that letting him in the Packers is in a good spot but we are all going to find out in about a half hour and I will be eagerly anticipating seeing those tweets whenever I am hopefully on a mountain somewhere and not falling on my butt okay so let's think about that you're taking the kids away to go ski Aaron comes on in 30 minutes and we're going to say, Hey, shut up. I know this is supposed to be a ski trip with you.

Hey, you know, is that what's good? How's this go down? I mean, because honestly it feels like the NFL never sleep. We were gone for a week. I feel like we missed a bunch,

but now it feels like things are actually going to start cooking up here. Right? Yeah. You didn't miss a ton. Some of the Rams thought about retiring and i think probably not so like aaron donald thought about it and my guess is just kind of reading the tea leaves and from talking to people is that he probably comes back uh sean mcveigh probably going to come back i would expect a contract extension but probably going to come back

um and then a bunch of people said he sucked so i don't think you missed a lot um and this week you know i don't think anyone's going to get tagged this week because almost always teams will try to work out a deal with their franchise tag guys. Won't be able to do it. Agents and players will say, you know what, just tag us and we'll figure it out. Guys will get tagged in early March, and then some will get contract extensions in July. Devonta Adams is probably the most interesting of them. We'll see what happens with him.

But anyway, to answer your question, my esteemed colleagues, Mike Arafo and Tom Pelissero, are working diligently today while I am hanging out in the ski slopes and talking to you. Yeah, well, I can tell those yuppie kids have never been told to lift their fucking feet when they walk. But, I mean, you've got to do what you— Well, ski boots are heavy. Yeah, I mean, maybe got to do what you... Ski boots are... This is my first time with ski boots. I'm used to snowboarding boots which are light and fluffy. Do you have your

boots on right now? No, I have my Uggs boots on right now. Nice. I would judge you, but like I got Uggs slippers and they are the best. So nice. They are so comfortable. Great company. Remember back in the day when Tom started promoting Uggs? Oh yeah. Oh, Tom Brady's promoting Uggs slippers, and they are the best. So nice. They are so company. Great company. Remember back in the day when Tom started promoting?

Oh, yeah. He was like, oh, Tom Brady's promoting Uggs. Get out of here. Now, need Uggs in the house. No, I mean, I would say it actually works because I thought about getting some Uggs. I'm like, Brady reps them. Like, he's a pretty smart guy, like pretty stylish. Like, maybe I could do some Uggs.

And then I got Uggs, and I'm like, Brady's a genius. These are the best things ever. All right, cool. Let's not, you know, let's not do like, oh, what's Leonardo DiCaprio doing? I should do it. You know, like that is, that's kind of what you just did with Tom Brady there. But that is marketing, I guess, to a T. Let's talk about the Combine in some other news.

The Combine was a bubble. What they were trying to act as if the Combine was last year's Combine. And everybody was like, nah, it's not last year anymore. It's different rules. But those same people are probably going to fight the NFL when the season happens about being safer because of COVID potentially. So who is, you know,

what's going on here and what it ultimately ended up happening. Just going back to the way it was originally. Yeah. So, so this was like a really interesting sort of mini controversy that got wrapped up fairly quickly. So what, what was going to happen, like, you know what happened with COVID by the end of the year. I mean, the NFL essentially made testing optional and many players did not test.

There were almost no positive cases throughout the end of the year. The Super Bowl went on. I was in the stands of the Super Bowl sitting from my seats, and very many people did not wear masks. What? What? In L.A.? In L.A.? What were you with the mayor?

Was he holding his breath? Sorry about that. It was alarming, I would say. Everybody lived, though. But the stadium is outside. Well, it's not actually outside. It's a canopy. It's not a roof.

Anyway. And everything was fine. And then you get to the combine. And remember, the combine is not run by the NFL. The combine is separate from the NFL. So the combine rules were basically it's going to be in a bubble. And all the agents and all the players were like, our guy will not run. They'll do medicals, but they will not run and participate unless they have their trainers.

Who runs the combine? Who runs the combine? Because I thought I'd see NFL coaches out there all the time. I wasn't invited to the combine. I was actually pissed at a lot of NFL coaches. You weren't invited? No, yeah. They have punters there, though, right?

Yeah, they had a lot of really bad ones there the year I was there, too, and kickers. I was the only person at the Senior Bowl that wasn't invited to the combine. Why do you have so much spite towards people? Well, probably a lot of different situations that happened in my life. But I didn't know the NFL didn't run the combine. It's called the NFL Combine. NFL coaches run it. It's on the NFL Network.

But you're saying it's like an independent party that they hire out to run that thing? Yeah, it's like an independent party. Jeff Foster is basically the guy who runs it, and it's run in conjunction with the NFL, but it's not run by the NFL, which is all going to be really interesting because, you know, what the NFL announced a couple months ago is that

they're going to take bids on another city hosting the combine, and under that situation, the NFL would probably take much more of a heavy hand in kind of running in it. It would be a little more made-for-TV, possibly L.A., possibly Dallas. No, Indy. Come on.

Indy. The place is beautiful. It's very cold in February. Well, actually, it's 60 degrees. It's actually beautiful right now. Now, 10 degrees is coming tonight, I guess. Yeah, it's raining really hard. I mean, all I think about when I think about,

and don't judge me on this because I know how you guys get, but don't judge me on this. All I think about, Indy, is walking from one bar to another bar in the freezing cold with my overcoat and my gloves trying not to freeze to death to go talk to an agent. My feet hurt. Oh, yeah. You do sound like a little bit of a soft ass.

I said, don't judge me. Yeah, but you're such a booze bag. Yeah, that's why you drink so much. You forget to put your gloves on. You do your whole thing.

It's called networking. That's what they call it. When it's one bar to another bar, but you're meeting sources, it's called networking. I agree. And it sounds like

you're a great networker. Almost addicted to it. You know, like your body doesn't really run off. Yeah, it needs it like i assume right now you're in the lodge for the apres ski before the ski even start bingo uh just so you know you can definitely judge me on this i was offered a beer before i skied and i said you know what i'm good i'm going on the mcafee show i'm gonna not drink a beer i'm gonna

wait till after i ski in a couple hours it It wasn't the kids. It was our show. That's good. Yeah. Take that shot. And the kids. And by the way, the beer must not have been coming from anybody that's worth a fuck, right? No. Because if that was the source or anything, Ian's like, absolutely.

Give me another one. I have a quick question. Do you ever get your sources just outed by other people? Do you ever get your sources just outed by other people? I find when people try to guess my sources, they usually are bad at it. For instance, A.Q. Shipley. Yeah, A.Q. Shipley, our guy A.Q., he got fucking murdered by Florio. He was like, Rich Ornberger doubles down on his dysfunction, citing impregnable sources. Obviously, A.Q. Shipley, who he was football teammates with 15 years ago.

It was obviously him and move on. That's a crazy game to get. And by the way, A.Q. didn't tell us any of this. This fucking asshole guy was at my wedding. I was in his wedding. I mean, this is unbelievable. We've known each other close. Is this a game that is played, though?

Like the whole, like, hey, you're supposed to guess people's sources? I mean, I will do it with like, confidentially with like Mike and Tom, my buddies are like, alright, where do you think so and so got this from? Because it helps us have a better understanding of like, alright, if this news is a little off or maybe different from

what we understand, maybe the source is different from someone we have. I don't like when people do, this is not like breaking someone we have i don't like when people do a portfolio knows this is not like breaking news but i don't like when people do it publicly because you don't know and it's also not fair like come on but you don't know like poor aq shipley could be like in a sauna right now or something on vacation skiing and he gets a text from you know bruce aaron's like hey buddy keep your name out on it out and he's like i have no idea what you're talking about like that's not's not fair to old AQ Shipley.

You know, he didn't deserve that. Well, AQ, I will let you know, he probably does deserve that. But that was something that I get a text from him while I was on vacation. It was like, have you seen this or whatever? And I'm like, oh, yeah, bud, you're in the middle of it. And then I put my phone down, you know know and i kind of an asshole move by me but then afterwards i was like aq like if you would have told anybody this you would have told me i think everybody knows that like i i think at this point everybody knows that but that's an interesting world that i think as we're trying to navigate the media thing

that we might start doing like for you we're just going to say oh this is obviously coming from whoever and then just state it as a fact and then that's just how it goes like for instance let's say you know when the rumors came out about your guy's new deal like if i broke it somebody would be like pat probably gave it to him when in reality it's one of your other stooges yeah not you because we're friends no because we're friends that's a friendly way to say it. Yeah, absolutely. Fair, fair. Fair little bugle, boys.

Yeah, fair. Okay, go ahead, Ty. Rapsheet, with the Packers, are you getting the inclination that guys like Zedarius Smith and MVS, like all those kind of ancillary guys. Why are people watching? There's 75,000 people watching this right now. That's a lot of people. That's a lot of people.

Why are they watching this? Yeah, he's in 25 minutes. He's got to go to the bathroom. But are all those guys probably going to get rid of it? And is it basically like, hey, we're doing whatever we can to keep Rodgers and Devontae around and kind of everyone else will end up being somewhere else? Can I just say, just for the people watching, thank you. Because I know it's for Aaron Rodgers.

It's fine. To answer your question, the biggest mistake I think – what? It could be for me too. The biggest mistake that – It could be. Hey, you know what? Hey, 2022 NFL season. Could be.

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Hey, baby. Hey, baby. Hey, baby. Hey, baby. Hey, baby. Say hi, Rashi. No, to answer your question, the biggest mistake I think teams make is to hold on to the guys that aren't like your core, core guys. You know, just to get over the hump, but just to kind of keep it going.

Like, D'Arius Smith's a good player. I would be surprised if he is back just straight up given his cap number and the fact that he's tweeting the eyeball emojis every other day makes me think he probably knows it too. Which is okay because they brought him back last year. It was a little like the sort of last hurrah, and I think he's going to be fine. He'll probably sign a deal with more guaranteed money than he's due this year anyway. You know, I mean, free agents rarely stay for that that long.

He was a good signing. It was a good run. It feels like he's sort of, that's a position you get younger at and maybe draft at. Okay, so let's get out of the free agency talk real quick. I know Connor's going to have a question for you as is, Tony Diggs. The XFL and the NFL have agreed to a partnership.

The Rock, who cut a promo for both teams right before kickoff with both teams on the field at the time. Went back to attitude error. Rock flexing, eyebrow raising, making a microphone With both teams on the field at the time. Went back to attitude era rock. Flexing, eyebrow raising, making a microphone look like a tin can in his hand. What a fucking monster of a human.

Look how small that microphone looks. And then he's got like a 32-inch waist. Specimen. Incredible promo. Also the owner of the XFL. He tweeted, exciting time in football as our XFL 2023 will join forces with the NFL to collaborate on innovation opportunities to expand and grow the game of football. As an XFL owner, my number one priority will always be the players.

And then there's more stories, too, and then people are reporting, I believe, Seifert came out and did like a summary tweet about how the XFL and the NFL have reached a collaboration agreement to innovate together on game rules, officiating and health and safety, among other areas. XFL chairwoman slash owner Danny Garcia, whose business partners with Dwayne Johnson, make clear this deal is not a precursor to becoming an NFL developmental league. Full story soon. This is from Kevin Seifert at Seifert ESPN. So they're saying like, hey, this isn't necessarily a tryout league for the NFL, but the NFL is like tech wise. If you guys want to try some shit out, that will make our league better.

We would love that. For instance, the Xbox instant replay that the XFL had last season before Uncle COVID came through the nachos things in Seattle and knocked it all out. Is that the type of stuff in the NFL is just openly admitting this now? Is that kind of what's going on? Yeah, I find myself irrationally excited for this. Me too, by the way. Yeah, because the Xbox replay thing, I honestly don't even know it.

Some sort of new kickoff iteration. Out of these sorts of... There has not been, obviously, a successful other league beside the NFL. There's been plenty of examples of the NFL saying, okay, this league did this. We're actually going to kind of take this. Skycam, for instance.

What's that? Skycam came from the original XFL. That type of shit is what you're talking about. That's always the thing I think of, right. And they're like, wow, that looks kind of, actually that looks good. Let's just steal that. And so this is like basically an open admission

like we are going to watch we're going to innovate we're going to discuss and we might steal and usually from these kinds of things come something cool and i have no idea what it's going to be but probably something cool and like the rock yet again trailblazing can i just say can i just say like not i was slightly skeptical of The Rock walking out there because I'm like, I don't know what this guy's going to do. It was so good. I was so ready. I was like, let's, you know, and the fact that Joe Burrow's on the sideline

going like, I like his shoes. Like, he was very well dressed. Did you see that? I don't know if you saw the mic. Burrow was complimenting his shoes. The whole package was there. Rock did a great job. Well, I enjoy McVay, by the way, also.

Yeah. He's great. Because McVay's, what, 36 or something like that? So he was right in the middle of the Attitude Era. I'd assume he was a big fan of The Rock. And I had no idea what The Rock was doing when he was walking out there. I thought he was potentially just saying, like, you know, start your engines. I didn't know what he was doing. I didn't know he was cutting promos

for both fucking teams. How about Michael Buffer being all over the network and all the networks all week, and then it comes time to the big game, and it's like, actually, it's The Rock. Well, no offense to Buff. Okay, he's got good pipes, as does his brother and his father. But, God damn, the Buff ain't cutting no goddamn promo. He ain't cutting no promos. Because The Rock had to introduce, you know,

the world to the two teams they didn't know much about. He told an entire story in both of those promos. Smash mouth, defense, superstar, blah, blah, blah. So if you're new to the game, hey, this is who's playing. What are you learning about? Are we doing something? Is there news breaking? No, I'm getting a text from high-ranking league sources

to ask me if I'm absolutely freezing right now, which I'm not except for my right hand, which is holding my phone. I guess everyone's watching for, I assume, Rodgers, maybe me. High-ranking league sources? Hey, how's it going, league? We want some rights. Mr. Goodell. Think about how good it would be.

I mean, just some highlights. We only want like a minute or two a week. Yeah. Come on, Rob. We only want a minute or two a week. Maybe some mic'd up things. Whoever's watching would appreciate it. There's a lot of things. NFL films are good people. I could introduce you, but they really don't know who I am either. I appreciate that. I'm okay there. Thank you.

Go ahead, Connor. I trust Bill Belichick with my life, but are we really going to go out there and have Joe Judge call offensive plays for them? And are they going to tag J.C. Jackson today? I do not expect them to tag J.C. Jackson today, but he is definitely

a prime candidate for the tag. And it's been interesting because he is obviously the Patriots' best defensive player. He is a great player. And I haven't sensed any movement for them to lock him up long-term, right? Like he's been good for a while and he's been performing for a while and he's basically Mr. Interception. And there hasn't been a lot of movement toward a long-term deal, which makes me think they view him as more of a year-by-year type guy, which is fine. Like, he'll probably get the tag, and then I would assume, well, either another tag

or be a free agent after that. But he would be a prime... Oh, you got a contract. He'd be a prime candidate for a tag. Oh, so he's going to end up somewhere else. Yeah, he's going to get real good and end up somewhere else. Just like Tom Brady. Fucking run him out of town.

You guys got Mac Jones. No bull. You'll be okay. Don't worry about it. Yeah, don't worry about it. Last question here, Ian. There's 80 some thousand people watching

you're awesome wow you're awesome dude skiing all for me all for me hi guys that's the thing

that's the thing like Ian the kids and wife probably don't watch any of this right he goes back pretty good day

yeah there's 82,000 people watching high league sources we're out here my hands freezing but we have really great news here it's gonna be like fucking Bodie Miller Pretty good day, man. Breakfast. There's 82,000 people watching. High league sources. We're out here. My hands are freezing, but we have really great news here. It's going to be like fucking Bodie Miller on the slopes.

Oh, yeah. Look at this guy. More like Schiffer. All I really want is just to take some good selfies of the top of the mountain, and I'll send them to you, and you can just be like, man, that guy is a great skier. Man, that guy is high. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. By the the way take pictures of the signs of the trails you're going down too i'd like to see the difficulty levels obviously good tone ian always interested in seeing that that's not allowed it's not allowed hey listen i'm not a big skier i won't judge you dude do

whatever green hill you have green circles all day whatever you're gonna do bro don't worry about it go ahead tone ian i'm always interested interested when veteran quarterbacks get new coaching staffs. It seems like Derek Carr is going to get an extension. But I saw a rumor that Kirk Cousins might be on the move. Is there any truth in that? I feel like the new coaching staff in Minnesota is good for Kirk Cousins. They view Kevin O'Connell and his guys there, they view Cousins as someone they can build around,

not someone they can replace. I mean, honestly, it's also very hard to replace him anyway. His contract's fully guaranteed, and there's massive cap implications if they move on. Massive. Look at that. 45 million. Matt Ryan's at 48.

Aaron Rodgers, 46. Kirk Cousins, 45 million is his cap hit next year. They're talking about him being traded. Is that just the Carolina Panthers not caring, or do you think that the Vikings are really planning on building around him for the future? So I think with the Panthers, first of all, my guess is at some point they will probably call on everyone

because they are obviously looking for a quarterback. And so what happens is, you know, we all say, hey, could Kirk Cousins be on the move? And we talk about it, and then teams go, ooh, maybe this is true. And then they will call. So like a lot of times, the reports where you'll see, you'll be like, oh, so-and-so called this team

and they got a firm no. That comes from them seeing the media and being like, oh, wow, maybe we could get him. So I don't think there's anything there. I think Cousins will be back. I think Matt Ryan will be back. Aaron Rodgers, we'll probably find out in, I don't know, 11 minutes or so. When's he coming on? He comes on

105 Eastern. Is this the Vikings leaking that somebody's interested in them because they want to move on from him? No. No. I don't get that sense at all. $45 million is a lot. I mean, that's not going to be tradeable.

Right, but there's more than 30 of it is fully guaranteed. So he's getting it. I mean, they obviously could trade that, but my guess is more likely they come to him and say, let's do an extension, reduce your cap number, maybe kind of build around you and enhance you rather than replace you. No offense, Kirk Cousins. I'm just saying trading for a $45 million quarterback,

if he hasn't won a Super Bowl, is a very interesting move. You will get attacked for it. Last question from me. Carson Wentz, what's going on? It seems as if the Colts have moved on. It was my first day of vacation, basically, and all the Internet was saying was the Colts are moving on. The Athletic, I think, reported the Colts are moving on.

It might have been Zach. Zach Kiefer, I think. I'm not 100% sure. Colts are moving on. They're trading maybe Kravitz. I Colts are moving on. It might have been Zach. Zach Kiefer, I think. I'm not 100% sure. Colts are moving on. They're trading maybe Kravitz. I don't remember who it was. I think it was Kravitz, yeah. OG in the game, obviously, Kravitz.

Not necessarily love the New England because he was the one that broke the news. Better bad news. Sorry about it. But Kravitz has been in the game a long time. But they're saying Carson Wentz is getting traded. Is that fact? 100% fact they're doing that? I wouldn't say 100% fact.

You know, the word from there is no decision has been made, but they're very much in the quarterback game. So my sense, just reading the tea leaves, is that if they can replace him with someone better, they will definitely look into it. My question is, who is that? Because, like, you look at the landscape of this thing, like, you know, is that Russell Wilson?

Well, I'm not even sure he's being traded. Is it Aaron Rodgers? Try not in a little bit. Is it Jimmy Garoppolo? Like, is Jimmy Garoppolo better than your Colts guy? Would you rather have Garoppolo or Carson Wentz? Okay, all I do know is that there's no reason that this Colts team of seven Pro Bowlers should be plus 2,400 to win the Super Bowl next year.

And I don't know if that's because they don't know who the quarterback's going to be or whatever the case i think jimmy g would be an option that would probably bump the odds up to being worse what's that probably right but and i would imagine if you put jimmy g and carson went side by side it would look somewhat similar the problem is it would not it would not there's no way it would jimmy. The problem is the last two games. No, it would not. It would not. There's no way it would. Jimmy Garoppolo's not spraining both of his ankles on one play, in which Aaron Donald is already in the middle of a sack. You know, like I think it's an interesting thing because with Jonathan Taylor

obviously going to be the focal point, I'm assuming a quarterback is not going to be able to get into a groove or a rhythm. I bet you Carson Wentz is an incredible quarterback. Everybody said it. We saw moments of it. But who knows if the way this team is constructed is the right way for him to be. Maybe Jimmy G is the perfect guy for that, actually, because he's known to, what, check into the right runs?

Nobody ever gives anybody credit for it, right? Nobody ever gives anybody credit for checking in. Definitely manages the game well. I would just say I think I don't see them moving on from him unless they can get someone down. Yeah, is Jimmy G better? Who knows? I guess that's for somebody else to find out. Good luck out there on the ski slopes.

We appreciate the hell out of you, pal. I appreciate that, guys. This is going to be, fingers crossed, hopefully I don't die. Well, don't get, I mean, you're already. Point safe. You're trying to get boozed up. We'll see. Wait till two for your...

I think the booze helps, right? If you crash, it's like a car crash where you're asleep. Body goes limp. So your normal state of mind probably better for what you're trying to do than right now. Well, he's got a camelback full of booze.

I'll test it out both ways. I'll report back. Again, if I make it through, maybe next time we'll talk. I'll let you know how it went. All right. We love you, man. We appreciate you.

Survive it. Have a good one. Cheers. Yeah. The world is watching because joining us, a man who's gone back to back in the MVP voting of the biggest league in the history of earth. His future is one that everybody is speculating upon

daily. Ladies and gentlemen, friend of the program, founder of the Aaron Rodgers Book Club, host of Aaron Rodgers Tuesday, ladies and gentlemen, Aaron Rodgers. Yeah! What's up, dude?

What's up, bro? Earthlings. What's going on, dude? How's up, bro? Earthlings. What's going on, dude? How you doing, man? Looking good. You got that glow. Thank you. I appreciate that.

I try to get a little Hawaiian sun, have a good time. You know all about that one off season ago. That's all we could talk about is you in Hawaii jumping off of waterfalls. And let's kind of chat about that. Now that we're a couple weeks removed from the season, you've won your second MVP. You look back on the entire year that was. Your just thoughts now that you're a little bit away from it? Is there any different thoughts than you had maybe a couple weeks ago

after we talked about your loss? Yeah, for sure. I think it's, you know, let me just put this disclaimer out right away for the few people watching that are tuning in just for a specific maybe news or decision. There will be no news today, no vision on my future. As I was texting with you yesterday, I just got out of a 12-day Panchakarma. Look that up.

I know you did after we talked. But it's a cleanse that originated in india it's been going on for thousands of years and it's something i've done in the off season so i'm just getting my head above above the sand now and uh seeing what's going on out there but um but no decision about my future today so all you just do hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on fresh out of the pancha karma you had you had to think about your decision. Now, obviously, no decision is being made, and that is 100% okay. And by the way, your life, your world, people are going to be mad at you for it

because they were expecting it. That's on them, not on you. But have you thought about that anymore? I assume that has to be all you're thinking about, or no? Are you trying to compartmentalize everything? All I'm thinking about? No, buddy. There's other things going on, like doing Ponce de Carmo.

But no, the offseason I feel like kind of begins when your season ends on paper, but it really starts to begin once the Super Bowl is over. And I started this PK during Super Bowl is over. And, you know, I started this PK before, you know, during Super Bowl week. So I was actually on it, you know, when I won the MVP the other night. But that's when the offseason starts to take place. I think after the Super Bowl and you start to, you know, think about the next season and for me, my future. And so there's been, you know, some definitely some contemplative days. But, you know, I understand also today, I I believe might be the first day to tag players.

And in Green Bay, there's this one specific guy who's like the best guy in the entire league at what he does. Whereas I think number 17, you might have heard of him. So there's obviously the opportunity to tag him at some point, which I don't think both parties probably want that done. They'd rather get a long-term extension done. But I understand that's a part of the decision, and I talked about not wanting to drag this thing out. But you and I have the boys in age who, lost at sea right now, I think.

But we've got such a good relationship. I did definitely want to – yeah, I love being on the show, and it's fun. But we didn't have a good recap of the season, I don't think, you know, without the emotion in it, without the frustration of a loss. And so I'm happy to be back on with you guys again. For those just joining, flip off unless you enjoy, you know, the normal Tuesdays because you're not going to have anything to write a headline about, I don't think. Well, bullshit.

There's going to be a lot. Headlines are already being wrote right now, buddy. Every time you speak, that happens. And obviously you're referencing Devontae there. Let's talk about the season. You guys had another magical, magical year. And you were on PK while you accepted another MVP award. When you were up there and you were giving your speech,

great speech, by the way, more than your 35 seconds last year. Yeah, that was nice. More than your 35 seconds last year on the cell phone, which was awesome. Great speech. You immediately led off with thanking the Green Bay Packers organization. In all year, it felt like you've chatted about your teammates a lot on this show, a lot about the teammates, how much you love them.

Your Instagram post last night, like so thankful for your teammates and for everybody in your life. The gratitude seems to be real. How come you think everybody just assumes all that is bullshit and it's all out of spite? Like your post last night, everybody's like, oh, this is a cryptic message meaning something. Like why do you think that is the case, Aaron?

Honestly, and do you think about that with everything you say and do do you have to think about that i would i don't i don't think about that before i i post something like that and i think you know unless you've gone through certain experiences um and had you know uh frustration and and and been near the, and then get near the top, and understand the beauty in life, and I think that's, then you might say things about that's a cryptic message. I mean, there's nothing cryptic about gratitude. You know, I just came out of a 12-day cleanse, where you're eating a specific diet and you're going through these treatments every day,

and you're not really doing anything else. You've got to kind of turn everything else off, and so you're not working out, you're not straining or anything. It's kind of a recentering. And it not only heals you physically, but I think it takes away mental stress. And then the spiritual part, I think it allows you to kind of enjoy the meditations a little bit more. So when I come out, my first thought is just intense gratitude for the people in my life. And that's not every person in my life that I mentioned,

and there's other people to highlight in the credit, but that was just where I was at. I was going through some old pictures from the last year and felt an intense amount of gratitude for the life that I have and for the lessons that I've learned and the growth that's happened over the last year and the people who've been a part of that that journey I think it's a great jump off point for the recap of the year because one of the photos was actually the last photo and it was a photo of Randall Cobb and then a space and then Devante Adams and the internet obviously and the people who are your detractors were saying, this means he's done, he's gone. And it sounds like you legitimately do not have your decision

yet, although you might be leaning one way or another, you're a human. In my eyes, when I saw this photo, it was you actually saying thanks to them for thinking about you when you weren't there. Am I wrong in reading that? Or is that exactly why you posted that? Is that it? First of all, you're exactly right. And, you know, full transparency, when I got that message, I cried. You know, when I got that photo from Randall and Devontae, you know, it brought tears to my eyes. That's my guy standing before the game, right? Randall's always on my right.

Devontae's on my left. And I embraced with both of them after the anthem. And it's a part of the pregame ritual but also just a a statement about friendship and love and and the connection that that we have uh collectively and individually in our own friendships and you know they held space and an open spot for me the game i missed because of my positive covid test and that got me man and that's one of my favorite photos from the year. It really is because it just shows the love and how special each of those moments are. So that's, you know, that's one of my all-time favorite photos. And the thought that

went into doing that was, man, deeply moving to me. And especially with, you know, how crazy that week was to get that photo after the game from them was, it got me. Okay. So that that's great to hear by the way. And I'm sure there's going to be people on the internet. Obviously there's a deeper meaning than what he's saying. And he's always, but that's kind of how it goes. And it feels like from talking to you this season, and by the way, this was not an easy season for anybody, right? with COVID, with all the protocols in the NFL.

But I mean, you, granted, it started with the entire offseason being what it was. Then coming in with the immunize you, not wanting to be a poster boy for this entire thing. Then you're getting thrust in the middle. And I got to see some of it. Man, you were getting killed. I mean, you were getting killed by people. But it seemed like every time you came and talked to us and every time your teammates talked about you,

it felt like life was just, it was almost as good as it could potentially ever be in the midst of all that. It felt like you were the happiest you've ever been, the more comfortable you've ever been, the most confident you've ever been playing. It feels like happiness was something you continued to have through a season that was very chaotic on and off the field for you do you think about why that is how that is and how do you continue to duplicate that hopefully when times are a little bit quieter maybe in the future well i'd like to see quieter times for sure it was loud it was loud out there you know a lot of people have asked me, you know,

and it was a dialogue talking point last year, you know, like why would you, you've been your happiest the last couple years. Why would you even think about, you know, retiring? It's, you know, the happiest you've been. You look so happy on the field and at work and different things. And I would say I think you're missing a big a big part of it i think you know as professional athletes and people in general i think we all need to do some sort of compartmentalization in our lives in all times we need to kind of set some things aside

and and be able to focus on something else from time to time and and i think as players you know we're always uh doing that to some extent uh seasons, you know, whether there's, you know, the professional is difficult or the personal is difficult from time to time. There's some compartmentalization of the energy of those environments that has to kind of stay where it's at in order to do your job. And there's been years I've played really good with, you know, work environment best or personal life going through some struggles and vice versa at times where home life's been great and work's been difficult or home life's been rough and work's been great where you can still play well because there's compartmentalizing. But what happens, I think, when the home life is so great and the work life is good as well, it allows you to have work be a bonus. So work is no longer a refuge or home is no longer a refuge where you have to get away from a certain environment to be able to thrive. you're thriving at home and and loving work you know work just becomes icing on the cake and you know i was i was teasing with uh with matt uh before and i mentioned in my speech uh you know two three years together two mvps

there's no coincidences um and i also was telling Shea, you know, I've been with you for two seasons, won two MVPs. Like, that's not a coincidence either. And I mean that. You know, when your home life is stable and you have an amazing partner to do life with, it just makes the work life a bonus. And it changes the perspective because you're able to not look at work as like a refuge. It's like, how much more fun can I have at work now? Now that the stress of personal life stuff is out of there, how much more enjoyment can

I get out of work? What areas can I focus on to enjoy more? The bus rides, the meeting rooms, times to put your phone away and enjoy the locker room conversations. I think that's a huge part of it. I really do. And to that extent, it's interesting, I think, how things are often pictured for professional athletes where significant others are so often looked at as maybe possible distractions or reasons why things went a certain way when to be honest it's usually the opposite you know if you if if you play bad or make it or have a rough stretch it's on you it's on you and your and your and your habits and what's going on most of the time well if you're sore're soaring, they never say, oh, you know,

let's give credit to that woman behind the man. You know what I mean? And I think it's kind of a bizarre fad I see in our culture. And, you know, I know for me it's been great the last two seasons to have that stability at home. And I think about the other wives, you know, of my teammates who are just rock stars. Mason Crosby's wife, you know, Molly, they got five kids. I mean, she's a boss lady. Like she handles that. Make sure that, you know, what the women give up to be, to be

wives and girlfriends, you know, just let talk about our sport, is a lot. I mean, you're sacrificing. You're moving across the country a lot of times or moving to Green Bay. You know, with our weather, we got there. You're sacrificing something, you know, career-wise, life-wise, freedom. Attention. You know, and I think about coaches' wives. I mean, you know, like the coaches' schedule is crazy what they do.

And I've got to know three amazing coaches' wives over the last few years, Bree LaFleur and Tina Getzey and Megan Hackett. And those are three amazing women. I mean, there's ten kids between them, and their men are at work a bunch. In the season, they don't see them a whole lot. They've got to be the homemaker, the meal maker, the taxi driver, holding everything together, doing all the projects on the house. And for some of these guys, and we know the coaches,

they've been on scholarship their whole life. They can't even do some of these mundane details. I think about AJ. I was going to talk about him. He's not on here, but he can barely tie his shoes more or less. I mean, what's about Laura Haught? You know, but the women in our lives are what allow us to have that clarity. I think when things are good in your personal life, your relationships, your friendships, your loved ones, it allows you to just relax and It allows you to just relax and be so much more grateful, I think, for the little things in life.

And a big shout out to all the women backing up the fellas. Hey, shout out. Shout out. Now, obviously, I have known of Shailene's existence in your world. Obviously, I've known of that via the internet and everything. We've never talked about it, though, right? Because I'm not somebody that wants to delve into people's personal shit. I just don't think that is something that is real.

Hearing you talk about being with Shailene for the last two seasons and winning two MVPs, that's no coincidence. You've also, in your eyes, you think you've been a very – do you think Shailene is the biggest initiative on this new movement like the book club the books that you had read and the pk and everything like that and the way have you found yourself you think via shailene in your relationship with her is that something that you would say you would say is as she changed you and shaped you you think a lot oh yeah i mean without a doubt. I mean, I've learned so much from her. She's just an incredible woman, talented, smart, kind. You know, I said last night, you know, taught me what unconditional love looks like. And that's a great gift. like that it just makes life so much more enjoyable you know and and tasteful and exciting and you know i think i think that living a life of gratitude is such an important important way to keep that joy in your life and

you know when you meet your person, life just changes. And you can't possibly not be changed being around those special people that we meet. Friendships can do that. Relationships can do that. And it's just you're never the same because you know that you can't be because these people that we get to have in our lives inspire us and push us and give us that unconditional love, but also the tough love that we need. You know, it's people that hold our feet to the fire and celebrate, you know,

our successes and back us up when we need to be backed up and, you know, all the things that we would ever want and whether and it's not just shades it's friendships as well that that have been tested i think that's one thing again that through uh contemplation and kind of getting away from the whole season i think you know one thing that that i am sad about and definitely apologetic is I didn't realize in the midst of the COVID conversations how much my situation was affecting my loved ones and my people. The people that support me and love me and check on me and take care of me i didn't realize the kind of shrapnel that was kind of being flaked off of what i felt like were the bullets coming at me because i was too locked in on me

and defending myself and trying to get a message out i never wanted to be divisive in this whole thing. I really didn't. The issue is polarizing. I get that. And I know there's a lot of fear involved around it. But my intention was never to be divisive. It was to speak what was my truth and talk about, you know, my own health. But I am very sorry to those those people uh you know shay and my loved ones and my and my agents you know ed and dave and you and the boys and my close friends like aj and and my teammates and the organization my know, this, I didn't realize the kind of shrapnel they'd be

taking. And so many people stepped up to the plate and sent me, you know, great messages of support and, and love. But I think I realized being out of this now and having conversations with, with some of those people, um, understanding kind of the entire gravity of the situation I was thrust into and decided to speak on multiple times, you know, had an effect on a lot of people. And so to those people, I just say, I'm sorry. Like, I never meant to get you in the middle of it, but you got into it by proxy because of your relationships with me. And I love you guys. I appreciate the support. That goes to you and the middle of it but you got into it by proxy because of your relationships with me and i love you guys i appreciate the support that goes to you and the boys as well you know

they were questioning uh you know your ability to do a show and and to ask questions and and by association you know the boys are a part of that as well and aj is part of that and laura and then that friend group and those people that talk to them and the people that supported me publicly or privately having to answer questions about what they felt about me and my status and what I said and that was a lot I realized the gravity and the depth of that a lot for my agents a lot for my sponsors a lot for my friends my teammates the questions it created and i do have a lot of uh feelings of uh hey remorse for that hey i think that's pretty cool man that's super adult of you by the way super duper adult of you to acknowledge that now with that being said i mean there was really with the decision you had made about your uh vaccination status i mean it was a perfect recipe for, you know,

which the NFL's MVP, the vaccination, which is becoming super political, and, by the way, I was a vaccinated person in the middle of that whole thing during that entire thing, but there is, it was an interesting situation that I don't think will ever happen again. It'll be tough to explain why

it happened to, like, 10, 15 years from now. I think it'll be tough to explain that it happened to like 10 15 years from now i think it'll be tough to explain that entire thing but that and that by the way i did not expect this conversation to go this way let's show range here on the first day back aaron when you found out you know about all that was that during this pk cleanse was this immediately after the season and whenever does that that had to be a bit overwhelming whenever you started thinking about everything and realizing from like a 30,000 foot view. Is that real?

Yeah, I think so. I think when you're in it, there's so many charged emotions associated with it. You just feel like I'm in this, I need to ride this out. And I knew that I was, you know, up to the task. But this thing kind of just kept going and going and going and going. but this thing kind of just kept going and going and going and going and um i guess until i got to have some of those conversations post-season when things start to calm down a little bit um and you start to have a better perspective on what happened and think

about things maybe outside of your own self and set your ego aside a little bit and have some empathy, it really starts to sink in the gratitude, the intense, intense gratitude for those people that reached out and supported me and sent me messages of love and strength and kindness, but also realizing that they were in it as well. And they had to answer questions just like I had to answer questions. And they had to justify their relationship with me or friendship with me, just how I had to justify the things that I was talking about. So this was a lot bigger than me.

And you know what? I have love and empathy for the other side as well. I mean, there's so much fear that is charged into this conversation. Very divisive and very political, like you said. But I have a lot of love and empathy for people that don't believe the same things that I believe. And I enjoy those conversations. Yeah, but Aaron, that's not real life nowadays, dude. Hopefully we'll get to a point where people can disagree and move along.

And I try to say this in a certain way. Like the NFL locker room taught me that you can disagree with somebody and then, oh, all right, fuck it, and then just move on because there's more to do. But the world seems to not do that. Now, hopefully we will get back to a point where we can have those conversations, especially as we remove ourselves from, well, listen. Who knows? Who knows? Tread lightly. We, well, who knows?

Who knows? Tread lightly. We'll see. Who knows? But it feels like we may be. Perhaps. No, we did not. We did not.

But anyways, as we beat COVID at some point, hopefully, and move along, I think it'll make, because everybody with a fear of death, and you're killing me, and I'm killing you, and there's this. I mean, that is, to your point about the fear thing, it was massive. I really appreciate and enjoy the fact of you talking about the way you just experience life basically for somebody else and looking back on it you're an incredibly smart person you see how it all goes and i don't i don't want to i mean you just put over uh this man's wife alongside a couple other people's wife but like le like, LaFleur through that entire thing, what a fucking, you know,

because he does have great eyebrows. He does. Unbelievable. He has great eyebrows, okay? And you guys have won two MVPs together out of three. But he had to get up there and answer questions. And the NFL is, you know, big business, big conglomerate, big business. And I think the way LaFleur handled that entire thing, at some point,

I assume, during your entire analysis of the season, you had to be pretty grateful for as well. Because dude went up there he didn't piss off the locker room didn't piss off Jordan Love and he still had your back while the entire world was basically telling him if you do we will boycott it was just it was a crazy that what LaFleur did I think was pretty rock star shit throughout the year now looking back as well yeah I mean it's almost like that that definitely bringing you closer. When someone asks to answer for the things that you've said or done, and they stick by you. And there was a lot of people besides Matt who stood up for me and had my back.

And having my back doesn't mean you've got to agree with my stance. And I think that was one of the most beautiful things that I felt during the time was that there were a number of people who were vaccinated and didn't agree with some of the stuff I was saying, but still sent me messages of support. And that, I think, is a great example for all of us. And you were vaccinated yourself. And some of the stuff that I said, a great example for all of us and you're vaccinated yourself you know and some of the stuff that i said you didn't i'm sure you didn't agree with um but uh i didn't have a 500 page report though i mean that was that was fucking fascinating i have a 500 page report that doctors uh this doctor this doctor this doctor uh has also i've also consulted with other people who had it. And then that's when Dr. Joe Rogan came in.

And then it just, dude, there was, it was a wild ride. But once again, I think you spoke your truth the entire time. And the fact that you kind of are saying, this is your truth, by the way. And that's, I think people are allowed to have their truths. And I think that is the world we live in. I was just in Hawaii. People in Hawaii are supposed to have and agree with the same president as people that grew up

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Okay? Like, it's a flawed system to begin with. There's no way, I mean, who knows, I don't even want to get into that, but you've been living

your truth, I think, and we've gotten to experience it these last couple shows, or the last couple years. I can't wait to see what your next, you know, step is. And I think that is why

so many people watch today. And even if you don't give your decision, like, everything you say is going to be talked about. And I think that is why so many people watch today. And even if you don't give your decision, like everything you say is going to be talked about. And the amount of gratitude you're showing, I mean, there's no way you retire. There's no way. I mean, you literally said it earlier that people were saying you've been your happiest. There's no way you retire. That's a narrative or whatever. I'm one of those that push that. Man, back-to-back MVPs with your entire happiness. I know you got an offseason to look into it. You just went through a lot in the season, both on the field and off the field. But the game would miss you, pal. And I hope you think about those things whenever you're thinking about everything as well.

I do. I do. I love the game. I was thinking I've played I think 25 years of competitive football. I didn't start until I was in eighth grade, but it's what I've known. You know, it's a passion. It's a stress reliever, not a stress inducer for the most part. And it's the relationships that you get out of the game that are just so special. You know, being able to see, especially in the offseason,

you know, see former teammates or even in season, you know, seeing guys who we've played with on other teams and keeping those friendships alive. And now the Internet allows for multiple ways to keep in touch with guys, not just text messages, but there's, you know, DMs on social media and MySpace and different things. Yeah, yeah, Tom, Tom, Tom, yeah, yeah, yeah, got it. But the game's given me a lot and i'm very very thankful for that you know there's a lot of things you take into account

and i think about you know my health and where it's at and you know trying to you know predict how i'm gonna you know feel in 10 years or 15 or 20 years. And the fear is about cognitive degeneration and different things. Obviously, you're on your mind. But it's how your legs are feeling postseason, how your mind is, how your body is. Those all go into it. And you've got to think about what the team looks like moving forward what the what the what the grind is kind of embracing the entire grind now last year was amazing offseason it really was kind of you know

there was a lot of you know uncertainty about what was going on but i i enjoyed myself and i've said it many times it got me over my fear of retirement and helped me you know kind of just enjoy the little things even more and obviously i talked about kind of just enjoy the little things even more and obviously i talked about shay and and the other things i didn't mention you know we've done our show now two years two mvps i didn't mention it either but it is it is reality you know that has to factor in as well but but i love the game and and, you know, it's given me a lot. And I can still play. Yeah, how do you feel?

How do you feel? How does the body feel? Body feels good. You know, I had the toe, not COVID toe. I had the toe, obviously. Hey, how'd that happen? You kicked something? I hurt it when I had COVID.

That's – Oh, man. Come on, man. Listen, we when I had COVID. That's. Oh, yeah. Come on, man. Listen, we've all gotten up out of bed. We've all gotten up out of bed. Gone to the bathroom and just. Wait. Oh, my God. We've all done it.

We've all been there. It'd be relatable. Come on. Relatable Raji. Broke his toe on a thing. I'll tell you. The next time I come on. That's a good tease.

That's a good tease. That's a great tease. But, yeah, you had the toe injury. Anything else? Your body feels good because you just mentioned that looking forward, you think about how the body feels after the season. Yeah, for sure. Every year. You know, some years it's been rough.

Some years I've gotten surgery after the season. Some years I've had surgery after the season. Some years I've, you know, had nagging knee stuff. The diet change a few years ago has made a huge difference. And things like PK and some of the other cleanses, I'll do some, I like to do some fasting to kind of reset my system as well. So just doing, you know, a water fast for three or five days is like a great way to reset your system. So those are some of the things I do in the off season to kind of like get my body back to where I want it. But, you know, there's a lot to decide.

I still want to have conversations with, you know, some of my close friends and current teammates. Obviously, you know, Tom Clements got hired to be the quarterback, coach of the Packers. Tom and I go way back. I love Tom. I mean, Tom is – I owe him so much credit for my development. That's great.

So I'm happy to see him back in the game. The game is better when Tom Clements is coaching because he's one of those special coaches. He doesn't get all the credit he deserves. He's kind of just been one of those lifer guys in the business, but fantastic teacher of the game and great for young players as well. Like when I was a young player, offseason was obviously different back then, but, man, he was instrumental in my development for sure.

Okay, so you talk about talking to close people. Clemens coming back is a big deal then there was a report aaron stuck around after the season hey he stuck around after the season he didn't just jet out of town now i believe that's standard i think most players stick around after a season i don't know i don't know if their lockers are just picked up booted stored for them themselves without having to do it. But was there anything different this year after the season than any years past? Or is it just standard status quo end of year wrap up? Well, first of all, you know, we didn't expect to lose in the divisional round.

So I don't think anybody was ready to, you know, there's no bags packed. So it wasn't like, you know like first thing smoking out of town. So there was a lot to kind of unpack in some of the postseason exit interviews. And obviously wanted to see a lot of people. And you know, being on the squad, the toughest day of the year is that day after the last game because you just know that this group of guys will never be together again it's there's always changes coaching changes player changes guys retire guys get caught guys move on guys sign other places coaches do the same thing as we've seen in green bay and so i just wanted to make sure i got to

see a lot of those people who i knew had the possibility of either moving on or getting other opportunities um so that obviously kept me in town for a few days and then i wanted to have meetings with uh with brian and ross and matt as well and i would say the meetings were much different than they've been in the past in a positive way and that there was some real honest conversations that I appreciated and I mentioned that you know at the end of the year

and I talked a little bit about it in the post MVP press conference but you know, in the post-MVP press conference. But, you know, last year, you know, my frustrations that, you know, some of them I talked about in my first press conference when I went back to training camp. But a lot of them were fine. Forty minutes.

You remember you sat up there for 40 minutes? Yeah. What a year, huh? It was awesome. It was awesome. It was awesome. I want things to get a little quiet, you know? Quieter, man. I just make this decision and just, all right, let me just enjoy myself.

Yeah, you should be able to. I think that'll happen whenever you make your decision. But go on. Last year, you think your frustrations were with what? It wasn't like money, I don't think. I was behind closed doors talking about some of my frustrations with some of the members of the organization and some of the way the organization kind of operated,

and to their credit, and I mean this, so many of the things that we talked about. This is a big clip, okay? What you're saying right now is going to be heard by a lot of people. There's people laughing in the background. I don't want to just jump to any conclusions, but I just want you to know, it sounds like there is a woman laughing in the background. I just would like to let that be known out there.

Now, what you were saying about frustrations. It's the TV. It's what? TV. TV. It's watching Joy Behar. It's the TV I'm on right now. Well, that's a whole other thing.

It's watching Joy Behar. That's a whole other thing. Whatever you're watching right now is going to start a whole other war. I mean, that is just a whole other. Anyways. Okay. There is somebody laughing in the background. It is the television. All right, good news.

Just in case. I couldn't hear that. You guys got good speakers. How did babies eat? How did babies nap? How did they work over here? I don't even know what you're saying. No, your frustrations behind closed doors were actually,

it wasn't about money. They'd gone into last offseason as opposed to this offseason, behind closed doors. By the way, can I ask about this? How do you think the Schefter accumulation of information came to be? Was it because you were having these conversations behind closed doors and numerous people knew

that there was frustration? What do you think that whole process was as opposed to what it is this year? What's the question? Schefter? Is something about Schefter? I kind of lost my train of thought. Well, yeah, Schefter. I mean, you love that guy. I don't know how I get some information. No, but that was accurate, right?

There was conversations happening behind closed doors, obviously. And what were those conversations about? The frustrations you said, yeah? There was, you know, there was phone calls. There was Zoom. There was face-to-face meetings. You know, there was a lot of conversations that were had. I mean, the members of the coaching staff came out to the house one night.

That was an amazing story. We had a good time together. But they basically tailgated on the one, on the PCH, sorry, or PCH, tailgated on the on the one on the pch sorry or pch uh waiting for me to get back to the house because i was at dinner with uh you know a couple buddhist friends of mine that i told them was a priority and i was not going to miss this dinner so they waited around the house for me i was getting texts from my security guy like hey there's random people uh outside your house i was like what do they look like? It looks like five or six guys.

I was like, yeah, they're fine. So things are much different now, obviously, right? And what were your frustrations then, you think, that got kind of quelled or dispelled that it's much different this year? Well, I'm not going to get into specifics. I don't think that's fair to do. But a lot of it is centered around communication and doing a better job of communicating.

And look, one of the first days I was back, Brian and I had a conversation, a very honest conversation, after a walkthrough, and that was meaningful to me. And I think that was kind of like the best analogy. That was the me and Brett Favre shaking hands on stage at the NFL Honors that I felt like, and I think a lot of people, and Brett would probably say the same thing, I felt like was kind of a catalyst to get Brett back in the fold.

Let's get him back in the fold. He's going to the Packer Hall of Fame in 2015. He's going to the Pro hall of fame in 2015 he's going to pro football fan in 2016 let's make sure he's back a part of like uh the green bay packers family and that's what that conversation was with brian and i was i felt like that was kind of a first step to having a real uh free-flowing conversation and friendship and i'm definitely thankful for the work that he put in on the relationship and Russ Ball as well. Matt and I, I think every year we get closer and more connected and feel better about our communication and obviously, you know, working with Nathaniel and Luke Getzey was just outstanding. I love those guys. And mentioned them and their incredible lives earlier. But it was a lot about communication, some technical stuff, some kind of habitual things that I don't think, you know, that I thought we could do better.

And to their credit, I saw a lot of growth. At the same time, it wasn't a one-way street. I knew that I had to grow as well. a lot of growth at the same time it wasn't a one-way street i knew that i had to grow as well i needed i had to be more comfortable you know with those conversations with uh uh being responsive to them uh in a super timely manner trying to find kindness in in the you know adverse moments of difficult conversations that we had and i feel like we we all grew and had, you know, had a good year of communication, had nice conversations after the season. And I felt really good about how that got tied up before I left town.

Ty Schmidt, go ahead. Aaron, I wouldn't ask about your decision because I respect your process and I will, you know, support whatever it is you decide to do. I just want you to keep in mind, no pressure. If you don't come back, there is a good chance I swan dive off my roof. But that's beside the point. So like what what's next for you now? Like does with this decision looming, does it give you anxiety?

I know you talked about how you wanted things to be kind of quieter, but like, you know, that until whatever it is you decide um like everyone's going to be talking about it incessantly so like is there anxiety that comes along with that like can you even enjoy yourself right now or is do you not even really think of it that way first of all ty don't swan dive you're newly married you have a lot of fun things in your future. I can't wait to be godfather to your firstborn. Hell yeah. Wow. I'll hold you to it.

You're going to get this immunized, son of a bitch. That's Will Compton this weekend with Chick-fil-A with Taylor LeJuan. Great joke. Sorry about it. That was awesome. Go ahead, Aaron. Sorry about it. What if you are godfather to Ty's kid?

That'd be awesome. Yeah, that'd be great. I'd love to. Wow. Write it down. Sorry about that. What if you are Godfather of the Times kid? That'd be awesome. Yeah, that'd be great. I'd love to. Wow. Write it down. Write it down. All right. Keep me in the mix, you know, like Michael Corleone.

Do you renounce Satan? I do. All right. Go ahead. Oh, geez. Oh, man. That was a good question. What was it?

Oh, anxiety. I don't have anxiety about the decision though and i and i get it you know there's not a lot to talk about football wise and this will be a topic of conversation but i'm looking forward to uh making the decision and moving forward i think it's best for me it's best for the team it's best for uh all parties involved let's just get get this behind us but like i said i mean in in all truth the pk is about kind of quieting your mind and your surroundings and i literally just finished yesterday had a great time feel incredible and now you know i've obviously had thoughts about it and and have had thoughts throughout the season and throughout the offseason, even during PK.

But there's conversations to be had and a few more things to contemplate, but it won't be long, and I'm not going to hold anybody hostage in this. I'm not going to do that. Obviously, I want to feel certain about it, and when I do, I'll make a decision, and we'll just move on and move forward. All right. Well, we can't wait for it. We're happy we're in this post-PK time.

All right. I can't wait to dive into the paracarma. Is that the name of this thing? Pancha karma. Of course. Pancha karma. You should do it, Pat. You're glowing right now.

You're great. You don't need anything. Maybe a little cleanse in case you've got to do anything athletic moving forward. But, you know, maybe shed some of that vacation weight, which we all put on. No judgment. Zero judgment. Hey, no judges here.

Thank you. Hell yeah. Hey, we appreciate you. Good luck with your process, man. Incredible conversation. And what a hell of a year. We're lucky to be a part of it, dude. All right?

Thank you, man. We appreciate you, man. Turn that TV off, all right? All right, ladies. All right? Thank you, man. We appreciate you, man. Turn that TV off, all right? All right, ladies. Get the guitar. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Hey, who was it?

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The Talks at Table is here at Ty Schmidt at Boston Connor. Tone Diggs is here. One half of the hammer. Done. Cowboys. Tone, now that the football season's over, what are you guys gambling on? Hockey? What? Basketball? What? College basketball? What? How about the Olympics?

Did you gamble on the Olympics at all? Was there any money to be made on those or did none of us have any idea? Are they still happening? They're over. Damn it. Did we win? No. Yeah, Nathan Chen won.

Yeah, we won. True, we won for your team. Who won the medal? Not us. Definitely not us. I'm afraid I've got some bad news for the United States of America or any kind of developed country. I think some of those sports that, you know, you do in the Olympics, it is a very niche outfit.

It is a very niche workout and it is a miserable existence, I think. With all the other options of things to do if you're athletic or, you know, with the way the world is to make money and to, you know, make a living. I fear, I might be wrong here. I fear some of these sports in the Olympics are going to be forgotten about by American athletes. Yeah. And I don't know if the Olympics are always going to be like the, Hey, we're better than you times that they, they once were. And I fear that that's the case because I was watching the Olympic hockey gold medal game between Finland and Sweden. Another team. The Rock.

The Rock Nation. Yeah, absolutely. Really? Russian Olympic Committee. Yep. It was terrible hockey. Oh. I mean, it was underwater hockey.

The ice looked like it was slow it looked like the plum mustangs the team that cfo phil coaches could have beat them and i'm like if america can't field a team that can beat these guys we're fucked going forward i think and that's not just for hockey i think that's for damn near everything and how long is curling maddie hamilton going to be able to keep going do they because i? Because I don't think we won. I think we got third, I think. That's a medal. Yeah, but we were defending gold. And he had some sick J's on.

And hopefully he'll stick around. But some of these sports, these exercises, you know, I feel like they're going to run out of favor with Americans. And we could be staring down a not-so-arrogant Olympic time period for us going the next 20, 25, 40 years. Yeah, hopefully it never happens at the Summer Olympics. I mean, it pains me, but I'm never going to watch the Winter Olympics again. I just won't do it.

What? Every single time I turned it on, it was the fucking quarterfinal of some mixed curling thing that two countries I don't know, I don't care about. I want to watch something other than curling. It was the only fucking thing that was honored that I could ever find I'm done with it change the channel dude

oh I did believe me Italians won gold golden mixed curling well I'm not Italian so I don't give a rat's ass looks like we got the third most medals

which you know that's pretty good we're going to continue though crash fourth I think actually as you just said fourth most yeah it's Norway

ROC Germany Canada United what? fifth fifth see you can't have it Canada I mean they cared about the Olympics Yeah, it's Norway, ROC, Germany, Canada, United States. What? Fifth. Fifth. See, you can't have it. Canada, I mean, they cared about the Olympics this year, the Canadians.

There wasn't anything else going on. Way more golds than the ROC in Canada. Third most golds. Listen, Nathan Chen's still going to fucking do it. Okay? Chloe Kim. Still going to do it. Sean White's tiring, though, so he does that. Uh-oh.

I'm just saying, we'll still have the big glory sports, I think, but all these other ones, I don't know if we're going to have anybody in Sean likes Tyron, though, so he does that. Uh-oh. I'm just saying we'll still have the big glory sports, I think, but all these other ones, I don't know if we're going to have anybody in the races for some time. Biathlon, we finally had a guy. He chokes. Oh, my God. He's going to get silver medal. He's going to get first. I mean, pink, pink, pink.

Take a dis. Oh, my God. And maybe that's why I'm so jaded right now, Can't have it. Take a dis- Oh my god! I mean, and maybe that's why I'm so jaded right now, because that was like the first thing I watched, and it's like, okay, fuck it, I'm done. This guy just- Well, people are not happy with the Olympics as a whole, I guess.

It's done. Oh yeah, there's a lot of stuff going on. Anyways, I was happy for the athletes, though. Yeah. Like you, man. We'll always own the summer. The summer will always be the United States Olympics. Are you sure? Oh, I'm sure. We own the pool. We'll always own the summer. The summer will always be the United States Olympics. Are you sure?

Oh, I'm sure. We own the pool. We'll always own the pool. No one's ever going to touch us in basketball. We own the Summer Olympics. Well, I remember our basketball squad, what, they started out terrible, and then they said, oh, we've got to play basketball now. Baddies won the gold.

Gold. Let's remember that for next time. Okay. Gold. We've got the girls and the boys on the track. Okay. We're going to be just fine. And we've got the guy who does shot put who's just competing against himself. Okay, cool. We got the girls and the boys on the track. Okay, we're going to be just fine. And we got the guy

who does shot put who's just competing against himself. Oh, yeah, the big cowboy guy. I forgot about that. He's on the show. He should be a left tackle, but his father

and his father's father were all shot putters, and he's the greatest shot putter of all time. By far. All right, so we're good then. We're fine. Summer, we're fine.

We're fine. And if we bring our boys back onto the ice and the NHL lets the pros play, we'll be back in there too. Honestly. I think we got high schoolers in western Pennsylvania that could have beat both of those teams. Yeah.

Okay, that was in that cold mode. That looked like a high school hockey game. Well, I mean, Russia was able to send some of their better players that don't play in the NHL. They have their whole league over there, so they were able to send them. See, look at that. It was cold league over there. So they were able to say it. Was it a coal truck out there? Oh, so

Russian pros were invading the Olympics, huh? Isn't that interesting? You know who this really is, right? What's that, pal? Global warming. Our cold places aren't that cold anymore, so we can't train.

Good point. When you send them to Canada. That's probably it. That's why. Remember, we did say that the cure for global warming is everybody needs to stop walking because when we walk around, we're not pushing Earth down closer to the core where it's super hot. So it's already heating up. And then as we're sending rockets through the ozone,

that's letting heat in this way too. That's right. So the Earth's getting pushed down a little bit, flatter almost. The Earth's getting pushed while we all walk. Core heat's coming this way. Outside heat coming in through all the rocket launch holes. So you're saying we've got to scatter the fat people around the world more. Whoa.

Jeez. Wheezy. That's what it sounds like. So you're saying we've got to scatter the fat people around the world more? Whoa. Jeez. Louise. That's what it sounds like. Stampede is a stampede. We're fighting a two-front war. Jeez, Louise. Let's get some phone calls. Let's go to the elephants.

I don't know. Well, listen. The elephants hold their story. Yeah, we've got to take care of them. Hey, I'm a big elephant guy, by the way. I watch some documentaries. I'm a big elephant guy. Smart.

You're afraid of bees Oh wait Didn't you save a guy's life Oh I didn't Good call This was cool I was on a flight home yesterday From Hawaii

To Minnesota St. Paul maybe Minneapolis Twin Cities The airport that's in Minnesota It's a big one Cold there. St. Paul, maybe. Minneapolis? Yeah, Twin Cities. The airport that's in Minnesota. It's a big one. Right.

I think it is in Minneapolis, St. Paul, or somewhere else. I'm not 100% sure. Seven and a half hour flight. To get to Honolulu, I had to take another little flight to there. It was a long travel day. But the seven and a half hour flight, you know, you're really trying to time up all your potential sleeping things because you're trying to catch up all your potential sleeping things because you're trying to catch up with the time zone change and everything like that. Very lucky to get one of the

front seats of the plane. Uh, we're sitting in there, we're hanging out. Everything's about to hit for me perfectly. Like, Hey, I've, I've balanced these Advil PMs, you know, vitamins. Everything's about to hit perfectly. We're all the way out at the runway, okay, about to take off, all of a sudden on loudspeaker. Are there any doctors or medical professionals on the plane? We have a medical emergency happening at 50B. We are at runway, clear for takeoff. I've already been announced. We're number one.

We are clear for takeoff on the thing. All of a sudden, boom, comes out of there. I am in a little bit of a haze at this point because I'm timing up my sleep for the thing all of a sudden boom comes out of there i am in a little bit of a haze at this point because i'm timing up my sleep for the next seven and a half hours hopefully catch up this thing when we get to minneapolis all of a sudden that thing comes over speaker obviously everybody whoa whoa what the hell is going on i thought we were taking off i turn around to look behind me i'm in seat four we're a pod, so it is difficult to see, especially whenever you're kind of the way you are. I turn.

This dude levitates out of his seat, okay, because the pods, they're a little bit higher. You know, like when I turn, there's a little bit of a higher thing, and there's more. It's not just a straight-up seat or whatever. I turn around, and I see this fucking guy. He literally, like, fucking straight up, like Tim McGraw did at that concert.

You know when somebody's like, this guy levitates straight up out of his seat. I'm like, what the fuck is going on here? And then he just turns and it seems like he glides to the back of the plane. Gone. All right. And I'm so mesmerized by this. I guess there was a lady sitting next to him. She also got up and went to the back, but she would have been back here from my view.

So I can see her two hallways, big fucking plane. Okay. Two aisles. So this dude gets up, levitates, sprints to the back. All right. So now plane stops. Holy shit. Announcement comes up from pilot.

We are turning plane back around to go back to gate or whatever because of medical emergency. So plane turns around. There's fire trucks and ambulances flanking us as we're going back to the gate or whatever because of medical emergency. So plane turns around. There's fire trucks and ambulances flanking us. Damn. Okay, as we're going back to the gate or whatever. We're already out there. We're out there because, you know, to get to the runway or whatever, big fucking plane, I guess, we were out there.

These airports are massive, by the way, depending upon the wind, wherever you are. So we're driving back to the gate. Everybody is obviously like, what the fuck is going on here? My wife, she's on the other side, so she can stare right down the aisle. So she has a good lean looking down the aisle. Everybody's kind of looking back to where 50B was. There was a moment there where the wife was getting consoled in the arms of the flight attendant,

where she was crying. I just assumed that a dead person was back in the back of the plane. Like that is the feeling that we all had. Like, oh my god, a person has died on this flight or whatever. You know, that's terrible. Never ever could have experienced this. And as we get back to the gate, there's like a sigh of relief and like a sound. And then

we get to the gate. The gate opens. The guy actually ends up walking himself off the plane with the wife right behind him and a little bit of a crew and they kind of walk off put the mask on there's like he's like he's obviously like not walking great but he is walking himself off the plane had a big beard and then all of a sudden that doctor just like squeaks by almost sits back in his seat and just sits down right has uh then puts his headphones on had a

bunch of paperwork and nobody's saying anything because they're like kind of wondering what's going on so i like get up and i like just go over the guy i'm like excuse me did you just fucking run back there and like save that guy's life essentially yeah he was i was like fucking good on yeah wow i literally i literally like just like right in this dude's face he's in the pod he's in the bottom like man good for you, I literally like just like right in this dude's face. He's in the pod. He's in the pod. I'm like, man,

good for you. Like, I feel like we should be celebrating this. I know like when a doctor does surgery and saves a life in the ER, they're around other medical professionals. So I doubt that there's any normal people that are like, holy shit. How did you make that person's heart start beating again? That person was dead.

They were consoling the wife actually so much. And then this guy brings it like you deserve to be commended for that sir i'm like can i can i take a picture with you and everything like that he's like yeah absolutely man no big deal like just like nothing just fucking happened okay literally just brought a human back to life with his bare hands on a plane and in which he levitated to and i take a picture and i go what's your name he goes commander a is what they call him i said commander hey you're like the fucking coolest guy of all time he goes uh i'm in the navy he was he was a marine he was in the navy

he basically i think he's a military doctor but he's like this fucking commander a weapon yeah absolutely i was like well whatever doc thanks for saving a life and the lady he was with i don't know if she was married to him or co-worker she was i didn't see her because my view did not my view only had him yeah i i talked to her and after as well it's like i'm sorry i didn't see you i was like does this this has never happened to me before she was like it actually happens more often than you think or whatever i'm like well thanks for all the lives you motherfuckers are saving out there it was a movie though it was absurd had to take a picture with commander a and i mean just know that there's like superheroes just walking amongst us yeah wow more commander it was wild dude it was fucking

wild i was like because i literally as i'm turning i'm like you know half asleep or whatever and he's just fucking pops up out of nowhere. Who the fuck? And he had a shark necklace. Shark toe. I noticed that. I was like, okay, yeah, this guy is a weapon. This guy is amazing.

Yeah. So obviously it took another 30, 45 minutes to refill it and get us off there. But I was literally just staring at him a couple different times. I'm like, nobody's giving this guy. Is it unethical if he just kept his headphones in and just said, fuck it? Oh, yeah. If he just doesn't.

That's what I'm saying. You have to. I think there is an oath that you have to. But if he didn't hear it. Seven and a half hour flight. He had to be on call, basically, for this random flight back from Hawaii. There's a lot of military in Hawaii.

Oh, yeah. So I don't know what the case is. And shout out to, by the way, shout out. Shout out. But I mean just I was halfway dead. And imagine if I had to do something.

Is there a punter on the plane? I need a ball to be kicking. I don't think I can do it. The ability just out of nowhere. It was awesome. Need more Commander A's, a lot less us. Was it HIPAA? Did you find out what actually happened to the guy? No, I didn't.

I felt like uncomfortable. Yeah, yeah. But I assume the heart stopped. International Ocean Laws. You can talk about patients on an airplane. I feel like the heart stopped, if I had to guess. It feels like that's what happened. They have a defibrillator?

I would expect Commander A. It's not maritime law at an airport in Hawaii, Diggs. Yeah, it's on land there in Hawaii. That's what you guys think. But it's Hawaii. It's not us. More like you're kind of just on a bunch of law, but to be honest. Well, to be clear, there was a lot more laws over there, actually, with the whole COVID still in its prime.

Oh, yeah. I doubt it. COVID still in its prime over there. So much so, and by the way, I think it's just commercial planes or whatever. That same flight where old buddy saved the shots, Commander A, you know, long flight. I was able to find my right mental state of mind about an hour and a half into flight. You know, so you still got a good five hours left there, six hours left there if you really want. I was able to fall asleep.

It was really nice. It was one of those pods. Wow, there we go. Really, really nice. Now, you have to have a mask on, obviously, on the plane. While you're sleeping? Whole time, yeah. Whole time you have to have a mask on the plane.

really nice. Now you have to have a mask on, obviously on the plane. While you're sleeping? Whole time. Yeah. Whole time you have to have a mask on the plane. I was laying down passed out and you know, I had like blanket up on me. Head was down in a corner almost. And I was woken up with a two finger right on the shoulders there. Yeah. My mask was right below my nose. So please lift your mask above your nose. And I said, oh, thank you.

Thank you for saving the world. And I put it back up, and then I tried to fall back asleep. Obviously couldn't. Obviously couldn't. But I couldn't even fathom how many people that person has said that to. And if that's what her job was, what a terrible job that has to be. Because obviously I was just so out of it. I didn't really. I'd assume there's some people that would be like, hey, excuse because obviously i was just so out of it like i didn't really i'd

assume there's some people that would be like yeah hey excuse me okay yeah i was just sleeping you had to literally get a flashlight out to see if this thing was over my nose and you woke me up to tell me to move it was this eighth of a centimeter and by the way are we judging the mask as a whole because i don't think there's some of a bitch's suction cup to my thing yeah there's a chance there's some things getting out there. But I think that was like her required job. Oh, yeah. It has had to. I assume this has been terrible for the airlines this entire thing.

For sure. You almost feel bad for them because they are. I did, actually. Yeah, she's in a position where it's like, they'll shit can her if she's not doing that kind of stuff. I think she was a little bit more stringent than most. Oh, yeah. I had one, too.

There was a kid that was like, I think maybe seven next to me, just goofing around on his iPad, and it kept falling down. She told him about five, six times, hey, get that fucking mask up over your nose. Hey, by the way, just whatever's safe for everybody, I understand, but I didn't do it on purpose. I was clearly unconscious at the time. But, hey, air's still going out.

I should have told her I actually can't breathe through my nose. I'm a mouth breather anyway, so we should maybe lift it. You know what I mean? Maybe we should tighten this thing around my mouth because I can't. Because I ran into a truck as a kid, you know, outside of the truck with my nose. Getting my breathe out of it. It's tough.

I have a dry mouth in the morning when I wake up. It's probably why I'm gargling because I have to breathe through my mouth. But that's too much information. What I'm saying is it was actually better served down here than it is up here. But, hey. You got it. Yeah. Imagine if I gave her that.

I would have never been able to. Anyways, let's move on to football conversation. Shout out to Commander A. Thank you, Commander A. And to the flight attendant saved. And thank you, Flight Attendant Masslady. She probably actually saved more lives. That's what I'm saying.

Zeeth? What is Zeeth? Zeeth. El Gami. Zeeth? Zeeth. She did. Let's not make light of this, please. We're out of that. We'd like it to get quieter. We all said it. We all talked about it. Speaking of quiet, franchise tag can be placed starting today.

Nobody's done anything, right? Nobody's done anything. Devontae Adams allegedly going to be franchise tag for the Green Bay Packers. The franchise tag is obviously a one-year deal that is worth the amount of the top five salaries at your position minus bonuses. So it's an automatic, it's a guaranteed contract. They are high numbers. They're big numbers. I was franchise tagged my first potential contract year. It was, you know, a couple million dollars. So as soon as I was able to sign it,

I signed it because I thought it was hysterical that if I signed my name on this piece of paper, like 2 point what million dollars are definitely coming to me? Yeah, all right, I'll sign my name on that piece of paper just because that is grossly overpaid for me. A lot of players hate it though because long-term comfort, long-term deals

obviously mean more money. Now, what will become of the world as we see more players do one-year deals, going places, trying to win a ring, maybe getting up and going elsewhere? Will the franchise tag maybe almost be not the standard because teams are controlling that as opposed to players? But will one-year, two-year deals become the standard for most people anyways? And will the franchise tag hate drop off? Possibly. We shall see as we go. But if you're with a terrible franchise and they're not allowing you to go to free agency

and it's your one time to go get paid and maybe experience happiness and success in the NFL and that team slaps the franchise tag on you, you can see how that is demoralizing and some people can end up hating the franchise tag on you. You can see how that is demoralizing and some people can end up hating the franchise tag, which is the narrative that has been built up over the last whatever many years franchise tags have been around. I signed immediately because it was money. Devontae Adams, though you heard Aaron speak about it, does not want a franchise tag. He would like to get a deal that is large, that is comfortable, that is for the future so that next year he doesn't have to do this again or worry about potentially getting injured all year and not being able to get another deal, one in which he's already earned.

So there's lots of pros and cons to all of this. Most of it revolves around who controls the decision being made, whether it's the players or the teams. Teams control this one, which is why a lot of players hate it. There's been a lot of conversation about removing the franchise tag. The NFL has not budged on that. The NFLPA has fought for that and so many other things oh yeah they fucking stink but anyways that happens today and there's going to be so much

drama as this whole thing unfolds who's happy who's not happy who ends up negotiating on the franchise tag before they're not not able to negotiate on the franchise tag again it's all one big you know drama filled thing but there's a lot of money on the franchise tag again. It's all one big drama-filled thing, but there's a lot of money on the line and a lot of roster construction that could take place. Well, for most of these guys like Devontae, I think JC Jackson's going through it now too. It's like you're trying to get the deal done now, right,

before the March 8th deadline for the franchise tag, so those negotiations are still going on. It just kind of looms over your head. Plus, you can save more money if you do that long-term deal right because you can well it depends on how you shape it right yeah yeah depending on how you shape because you can do these five-year deals and just kick everything on the back end of it and then get fucked over later the saints were 71 million dollars over the salary cap because they had a lot of deals that they just kicked down the road that's called salary cap gymnastics which has led us to believe by the way new season of this show 2022 nfl season this show same motto salary cap does not matter no it doesn't it's going up it's like 205 million

or something like that which is the most it's ever been it's only going to continue to grow as more digital streaming platforms come into play but like there's ways to get around it for everybody so the franchise tag is an interesting thing because if you're a player and you see what everybody else is able to do contract wise in places and maneuver around these restrictions and salary cap and you're wondering why the team continues to only give you one year deal you can see how people can get jaded but hopefully all these guys get paid all the money they're worth that's what i hope and like with davante yeah you could you could structure it so that the first year is good for them but like he should be getting number one wide receiver like number one in the league but if he's

actually getting a franchise you're actually probably getting him for a steal if you can't oh a complete steal yeah yeah yeah not not just but other guys like lower guys who are getting franchised and they're not in the top five in their position, then it hurts the team. Yeah, because you've got to think about the jump from the second highest paid to the fifth highest paid. Correct. You're taking the average of that.

The fifth highest paid is probably the first highest paid like 10 years ago, seven years ago. Now it's a much different, or five years ago. Now it's a much different market. So the franchise tag, controlled by the NFL and less money, and less money, obviously, than what you're going to get if you're a top three guy at your position, but the fact that all of these teams are so far over the salary cap and none

of them care about it. Right. Makes me think if you're franchise tagging somebody, it's legitimately because you just don't know if you want them longterm or you just don't get along with them, whatever, business-wise, because they've been able to make – people have been able to make deals happen when there's no reason a deal should be able to – the Saints will be able to play somehow.

So the Saints put that graphic up with a timeline of everything like that. I think by March 16th, shout-out to St. Paddy's, March 17th, the trade window opens. Teams must be cap-compliant by then. So teams must be under the cap by March 16th. That is less than a month. Obviously, everybody can do math. That is going to be very difficult for some of these teams, potentially.

But $71 million is a lot of fucking money to move. How would they be able to do it? It takes you to have an interesting look on your face. I don't know if that's true. I remember teams more during training camp and stuff who were trying to still get under the cap. Oh yeah, especially with the roster, how it's making. Maybe there's an off-season cap you have to hit. There has to be, yeah. There has to be a number

that you have to hit. We should ask Dirty what that means. Yeah, probably has to be before the draft too, right? Because don't you have to have money for the draft pool? And then there's one after it? Yeah, but then there was a time in the past where they signed some of their rookies, but they didn't have enough money for the draft picks that you have, and then there's one after it. Yeah, but then there was a time when there was a time in the past where they signed some of their rookies, but they didn't have enough money for the rest of the league.

They had to make a move. It's all bullshit. Which is even more so the conversation about the franchise. It's all bullshit. You can move the salary cap however you want to move it, if you want to move it. Well, and the Saints just give Taysom Hill $40 million a year. Upwards of $40 million.

Yeah, but really it's $5 million. Downwards of $15 million. How come no one's talking about him being their quarterback next year? Because if he's their quarterback, he has to get paid $40 million. Yes, and they're $200 million over the cap. Yeah, so they created a deal. So this is really inside the weeds here, but franchise tag conversation is just strictly about roster construction.

How much money do you have? How much are you willing to pay? Do you want to move on from somebody? Do you think they're in your long-term plans, but they're not? Like these salary cap conversations happen where it's all a joke. It's all fake. It was all made up, you know, until one or two GMs started figuring out how we can manipulate it.

Oh, if we do signing bonus, it takes away from the contract bonus. And if we kick it to years three four even though years three and four are just optional and they can opt out we can both opt out and we'll take some sort of penalty but it'll be three four years down the line and then we'll be able to remortgage that almost and hedge that for three years down we'll be able to kick this down the road all that stuff's been able to happen with all these different rules that are in place they signed tasem hill to a deal four years 160 million or something like that was the big tagline, which was $40 million a year if he became the quarterback of the New Orleans Saints. Downside was like $15 million a year,

so it's actually only a $60 million deal. If he plays quarterback, it goes up to $40 million. They said the reason why they had that is because if they had to renegotiate the deal within a year because he did become a starting quarterback, the high he should be able to go is what you're already able to agree to. So what we're saying is that $40 million was in the contract, but it was never going to happen. That's why these salary caps, you have no idea what's real and what's not because who knows what's getting paid and what isn't getting paid. Also, you look at the Saints. We hear how they want to go get Russell Wilson.

It doesn't matter that they're $90 dollars over the cap because they're they're actively you know we're thinking that they're actively going to go after a quarterback who's going to command a shitload of money like so it makes no sense and it clearly doesn't mean anything so the bottom five in cap space the saints 71 and a half million dollars over the green bay packers 38 million over the cowboys 21 million over the vikings 12 million over and they're paying kirk 45 that's his cap so people are saying the panthers are snooping around on kirk cousins the vikings are 12 million dollars over cap the vikings have a new gm and a new head coach they are set to pay somebody $45 million that was negotiated by the previous people. And Ian Rapport's telling us that that isn't the Vikings leaking,

that the Panthers are interested in Kirk Cousins. Feels like that is the Vikings leaking that another team is interested in Kirk Cousins, trying to move him. Not 100% sure. Kevin O'Connell, formerly of the Rams, now with the Vikings, has told Ian or told publicly that he can build around Kirk Cousins 45 million dollar salary cap hit in a 12 million dollar over cap situation feels like quite a movable option but also this is a young GM this GM might understand

the salary cap means nothing the Giants are five5 million over. They don't care. None of these teams care that they're over. Top 10 in space. Dolphins have like $68 million. New head coach. What? McDaniel. What? What will he do with all that money?

Nothing? Will it matter that they have $62 million at Bubba Gumpino? Might win something. What? What? Maybe be good for once. What? What?

Maybe too is the guy. Maybe he isn't But $67 million is a lot of fucking money Are they going to invest it? Are they going to use it? Because all the teams that are down in the bottom five Seem to be teams that are trying to really Now the Giants stink

I don't know how They know they're not going to win So I think they just don't give a shit But you look at the money The Chargers have $62 million They could technically do a lot of shit Jags $61 million With Doug Peterson. Super Bowl

pedigree down there. 61 million dollars. Bengals, 58 million dollars coming off of a Super Bowl. Can't spend any of that on an indoor practice facility. Have to spend it on the roster because there is actually a floor on the amount you have to spend. Would have never thought

that the Bengals would be in the team with the most cash base top five. They are investing, by the Bengals would be in the team with the most cash-based top five. They are investing, by the way. They are good. And they got Joey. Jets, 47 million over,

or have 47 million. Broncos, 44. Colts, 42.9. Wow. They're always good. Always sitting on cash.

Yeah, it seems like it. Just hanging out with it. What's it all about? You know, it's much better to have cap than not to, you know?

That's their thought. Yeah, but we got an owner who will spend. I mean, the guy put the Beatles back together 10 different times on four different drum sets that fucking cost $100 million. He will spend money if we find the right pieces, I guess. Is that with Carl Wentz's contract in there as well? I think so. Yeah, I assume.

But you have to subtract 15, obviously obviously for when they cut his ass. Well, that's just his. By the way, I love Carson in this person. Yeah, he's the man. Seahawks have 42 million, probably more because Russell Wilson's maybe on the move to Washington. Commanders? Why? Oh, we didn't change their logo. Oh yeah, this one's old.

That's on me. Oh no. I knew we had it somewhere, so I just had Gertie send it. Because right now, Washington fans are saying, We are commanders. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. So sweet. Imagine the whole stadium doing that. There's like poop coming through the pipes.

Yeah. Psh. And they're like, We are commanders. Psh. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. And there's just poop pipe water coming down. Yeah, but Ron is there.

So when you get – Chase Young's running out there. At Heinz, when you get in the red zone, the two ketchup bottles pour out. They should just have poop pipes when they get in the red zone. And then that fills up the poop zone that fills up a commander's yeah oh yeah maybe it's when they're on defense like hey you're in some shit now welcome to the commander's zone oh yeah yeah by the way commander commander a yeah shut he should be the mascot that's a good old man with the shark tooth necklace yeah

hey man do you mind if I tell this story? I said, no. Like, you don't know me. You shouldn't know me. Some people do, though. I'm going to tell this story. I think a lot of people are going to hear this. This is what I said.

He said, what's your name? I said, Pat McAfee. He goes, oh, the software. I was like, no, no, no, no. No, no, no. I'm an idiot on the internet. Yeah, I'm an idiot on the internet, pal. Don't worry about it.

But Commander is a high title. Oh, yeah. And he's asking about. Commander Aziz high title. Yeah. Commander, this is... I love it. This guy sees a McAfee in first class in a nice seat. Oh, software. Not on the internet. I mean, kind of software, I guess, but no.

Firmware, maybe a little bit. What? Hardware. Tech. Steven in Missouri. What? Hardware. What? Tech. What? Steven in Missouri. What's going on, pal? Mr. McAfee, the boys. I'm going to keep you going because I got two things real quick.

First, some digs. For the love of God, can you please straighten that picture behind you? My OCD cannot take it anymore. AJ Hawke broke it. AJ broke it, dude. Sorry, Steve. Hey, picture stays. Guess you got to tilt your head now.

Number two. What if we did just change? What if we changed the camera? Tony Diggs is sideways. He looks like 50. Oh, man. That was quick. Hey, that was quick.

I think that guy just lost his shit when he found out. When we said we weren't going to change it? Yeah. That's what happens when AJ's in the office. Listen, I would assume, though, that OCD people do not watch his show to begin with. Just because of what my desk looks like, that thing, let alone this shit here. What? I mean, the C's hanging off of Toxic.

What? We are an OCD nightmare. We will take that into account, Steven. Absolutely. Speaking of Hawk, is he still with Urban? So, urban was not on the cult cruise this year what from just outside looking in from pictures of you know bobby carpenter and family and hawk and family and everything like that it is interesting that

ohio state this cult has this fundraiser that goes to some charity of choosing i guess yeah where it's just a cruise ship where all the ex-legends just go and black out amongst all the fans. And they just sail out at sea for five, six days, and everybody loves it. Normally, that'd be something that people dread. That'd be something that people hate going to. Oh, I don't want to go to this whole thing.

Everybody that goes to this thing looks forward to it, I think. It's like a class reunion for the football players, and then all the super-rich people buy all these seats on these crews and all the money goes to charity, and they just get hammered drunk out at sea all week, I think. Allegedly, they had to go off course to stop somewhere. That's why he was supposed to be back today. He said, now, who knows what the fuck that means.

I was going to say, this guy. Now, there's a situation, Diggs, where maritime law could law could come into who the hell knows what's happening on that cruise well cruise i've been on a couple cruises i've been presented with quite an opportunity on one particular cruise that's in which uh in which i turned down because it was the first night of the cruise and on the cruise there's no exits yeah yeah you're there you were there you were on the you're on the cruise that's good forethought thank you i don't normally have that but when presented with it i had to think about wow when i walk when you walk when i would walk back to where my room was it was me walking across the deck all by myself and i mean people can get killed out there sure oh yeah like that no problem no no problem by yourself it would make a lot of sense if i stumble drunk

myself off of there they're not high enough what's that the railings aren't high enough yeah but what about the what's in the water true sharks sharks and jacks whales that are also you take a 40 foot fall and also i can't yeah and i can't float either i'm dead that thing at night you think Shacks Whales that are in the You take a 40 foot fall And then the propeller Sucks you under Yeah and I can't float either I'm dead That thing at night You think they're gonna know

My drunk ass fell off that deck No no no At whatever 1am 2am And stopped the ship No way They're gonna know Anyways

No I don't think so Were they really Yeah Oh so you're like being Accounted for on that Yeah for dinner at least So they'll question And go to your cabin.

You worked on a cruise ship. Yeah. Love a cruise ship? I've never seen one dive, that's a question. But I loved it. There's people that love cruises. Cruises are sweet. Yeah.

You love cruises. I love cruises. It's just an easy way to see multiple islands instead of just going to one and that's it. Yeah, because I guess you can't experience them. All cruises are way better, though, I've learned. But aren't they just cruise islands, though? Yes. Aren't they just the portion of the island that is bought by the cruise?

Yeah, you basically get 12 hours to travel on that island, so you can't go too far from port. Where did I go? That one place where I had the mushrooms drink? That was on one of those cruises. Jamaica. First Islands? No, Jamaica's a lot of weed.

So there's St. John's. St. Thomas. Tour or something, maybe? Oh, Tortuga. Tortuga. No. Jamaica's a lot of weed. Is there St. John's? St. Thomas? Tor or something maybe? Tortuga? Tortuga. Tortuga. Tortuga. I don't know Tortuga.

That would be the place to go. I don't think. I don't know what that is. Turks and Caicos? No. It was some other small little island. Anyways, they had like a mushroom like shake, like a drink, like a shot you're supposed to take of these, you know, mushrooms. I was a big mushroom guy. I was like, absolutely. Give me that thing a shot you're supposed to take of these mushrooms.

I was a big mushroom guy. I was like, absolutely, give me that thing. I drank a mason jar of this shit. And then I got back on the boat. I puked that all out. Oh, my God. Right on the cruise ship. Day one of the 12-day phase thing.

Yeah, that was the PK cleanse. Yeah, there it is. But the time limit. You like the time limit, the shot clock. Because AJ doesn't feel like somebody that would enjoy a shot clock on it. He loves this cruise ship. That shocks. Knowing AJ more and more now shocks me that he goes on this.

That's what I'm saying. He's a god on that boat, though, right? I don't think he likes that either. AJ Hawk. They're feeding him grapes. They're fucking ferrying him around. AJ's here. So it's almost like an AJ Hawk at sea celebration.

He does love AJ Hawk. AJ Hawk. He could also make people disappear in AJ Hawk at sea celebration. Yeah. AJ Hawk. He could also make people disappear in the ocean. Yeah. He's killing you per year. I'm surprised Bill doesn't go on more cruises. Hey, LASIK Bill is a whole new man. Put your glasses back on, dude.

That's fucking rude. Nick was going to say it, so I had to. There's no reason for either of you to say it I just say it I say it to Bill's face I don't say it to 100,000 people There's not 100,000 people

Everybody's gone There's no news bro See you later Don't keep moving Tomorrow what are we going to do For a show Who knows Hey

Guests locked and loaded For tomorrow Hell yeah It's only like three days Until the MLS starts We're good Oh and Namor's coming Yeah

Namor's coming to the MLS Told you We're good. Oh, and Neymar's coming. Neymar's coming to the MLS. Told you, world. The soccer Lombardi's coming up. When's Ronaldo coming over? Chris, you want to? Yeah. Soon. Tomorrow.

Okay. He's going to join the Earthquakes. No, I heard the Timbers admit a very competitive offer. Columbus Crew, actually. The Revolution. Nope, sorry about it. Chicago Fire, baby. Nope, they stink.

Whoa, we just got Shaqiri. Yeah, Shaqiri. Listen, Shaqiri's hips don't lie. I get it. But when Cristiano Ronaldo's playing for the fucking Columbus Crew, everybody needs to bop down to Columbus. Can't handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen. The fire's here.

Kraft is backing it up for Ronaldo. Oh, yeah, the Revs just got Jose Altidore. How about that? How about that? How about that? He's basically the greatest player in the history of the United States. He's still playing. Easy, dude. I will say, Jose Altidore has a lot of caps.

He does have a lot of caps. A lot of caps. He does. Great appearances. What, are you guys signing Beasley, too, to the squad? Old school throwback? Fucking bringing Mike Bradley back down? Bro, bring Lexi Lawless out of the fucking booth.

Bringing out Tony Mioli before we bring him. Listen, if you guys bring out Tony Mioli, I will buy a Rebs jersey. They need a throwback squad. They do. Freddie, you do? Bring him out from the woodwork? He played for the national team a couple times. Jeff Cameron?

Well, he's 85 now, so I don't know. Freddie Adu? No, he's not. I might have been one of the first people to play against Freddie Adu. He was 47 when he was playing against him. Bring back Winalda. I want Winalda. You guys can take him in the Columbus crew.

No, no, no. We got Freddie Adu. I think he's from the MLS when he got canned from that coaching gig. What'd he do? What'd he talk about? Well, I can't remember. It wasn't very good, though. What was it?

Wynalda. What'd he do? Guns in 2000 into World Affairs. He doesn't remember all the soccer stuff. He's got some phone calls. There was some interesting news from old Gates there. William? Did we talk about that?

Bill. Bill. He first wants to say something like that. Bill. There's a bigger fish to fry right now in the world news. Well, it seems like maybe one fish is trying to maybe cover up another fish. Yeah. If we're talking about a full fish fry right now, which I believe you are.

Yeah, we are. One fish, two fish. full fish fry right now, which I believe you are. Yeah, we are. One fish, two fish. Which fish, who fish? Whichever one's louder, fish. Yeah. Okay. If you catch the drift. I mean, I don't really know what's going on.

Normally I'm pretty undoubted right now. All I'm saying is there seems to be a very large thing popping off. Huge. In the history of the world, anytime something like that happens, there's something else brewing. Yeah. Sleight of hand, thing popping off. Huge. In the history of the world, anytime something like that happens, there's something else. Bruin. Sleight of hand, if you will.

Look over here. Boom! Give me Ukraine. Whoa. Jeez! That's just what I... Jeez! What the fuck is going on? I don't like it,

but that's what's happening. Sorry. We don't need the GOP. Not on this program. Not on this program. No, no, no. This is 2022 season. This program doesn't need that.

Guys in New York for two days. Peace on Earth, God damn it. With that being said, we will continue to try to beat the Stooges on whatever screens you watch us on throughout whatever's going on in the world, which seems to be very real at the moment. I saw a nuclear submarine outside of the hotel I was staying at. How sweet was that? Alarming, but definitely pretty cool.

And then I posted about it and actually said Captain of the, I don't know if it was the exact one I saw, but another one was in my comments mentioning, yep, you did read that right. That is a nuclear submarine called the SSN something, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, why is it out there? Well, it's Hawaii, it's military,

they're all training. But then you start hearing other stuff. It's like, what is going on? Was it the SS Wyoming? No, but I've seen a lot of people wearing Yellowstone shit in travel. I thought of you a lot. I saw full Ticovus.

Well, those are full marks. What? Those ain't the real, real fans. I was about to say, I actually saw a bunch of yous. Yeah, I told you. Those are your people. I thought of you. I was walking.

We were walking through the airport, and there was this one crew. They all had the Y on. They all had their hats on and they all clearly had brand new to covis i mean they're all brand new with live jeans on i'm like oh all these guys they just got into the yellowstone thing and it was uh i saw 10 of you walking through minor warning yeah so yeah well they weren't i got receipts you rubbing them in the sand did wear them down there. I wear my cowboy boots like every Friday basically now at this point for SmackDown.

Are they comfy on you? They're a good shoe. I have a fat foot, so I finally found the boot that's right for me. You got to get the double D or D or S. The no tread does confuse me on the bottom. Yeah, what are we working? We slide and we work. How's the ankle support?

Pretty good. Mine's good, yeah. I got the Caymans wrapped around there. You know what I mean? You don't know boots if you don't know Caymans. Correct. Somebody says there's bad boots. The motherfuckers don't know boots.

What I was told by James Jim. No, Jim James. Jim James? Jimmy. What was his name? I thought it was Big Willie. No, it might have been. I just remember his belt buckle sorry yeah he had sold a million so he had a rodeo belt buckle was it jim i think it was like james jim jim james or something like

that's a good name i was like bobby boots or something like that it was something like yeah it was bobby which was probably fake by that I think about it. Because this guy is just a salesman. He's actually showing us on his hip. I will say anything to sell some shit here. And he did. But he put my came and crocs over. And I wear them every Friday. I love them. But those boys that were wearing that Yellowstone thing in the airport

reminded me of old-tone digs. Look at the chameleons here. These guys are all Kevin Costner. Well, I don't have to wear the show gear. He did there for a couple days oh yeah and you looked awesome remember everybody was complimenting yeah yeah said to wear it more often 2022 season of the show you think uh more or less of you being a cowboy I'm excited to see what I turn into this year I think we don't know what shows are coming out exactly we don't know what shows are coming out in there some Lord of the oh yeah Lord of the Rings this dude might become a wizard right you know what shows are coming out. We don't know what shows are coming out. Isn't there some Lord of the Rings?

This dude might become a wizard, right? Isn't that what Lord of the Rings is? Yeah, Jack Reacher, Tony. You should do that. You should put on like 75 pounds of muscle. That guy's awesome. Yeah. Yoked.

All right, let's get out of here, dude. We'll be back tomorrow. Show us, think, obviously. We'll look forward to that. There is hopefully news that will happen out of some insider that doesn't break his leg skiing today. We hope Ian's okay. I just hope he survives the blackout that he's going to have. I'll pray ski.

People have offered me a beer and I said, no, I got to do the Pat McAfee show. Not that my two young children are right in front of me. I would love to get absolutely boozed out of my mind with you, but I have to speak on a telephone real quick. Now he's just... Oh, yeah.

What? What? Isn't that working, Jude? That's his kid's name. Hey, Jude, how you doing? Go shake that kid's hand. Say you want to get drunk together, and then you'll know all their information.

That's the business. I hope Jude knows how to drive, because his father ain't. I believe... Probably staying on his property his property on resort he's in a ski and ski out for sure that's true mrs rap sheet will drive that's what i'm saying mrs rap sheet she probably drives anyway aaron did a lot of thanking of a lot of uh ladies we would obviously like to thank all of our significant others for all their support but also i think mrs rap sheet yeah mrs rap she should really for this show. For sure. Rap Board is not a human being, it seems like.

No. She has to hold it all together. Yeah. So we appreciate what she does so he can do for the NFL. Thank you, Mrs. Rap Sheet. Thank you. Got to be thankful. Absolutely.

Got to be. Got to be. Have to be. Especially for significant others. That's right. And mothers. And mothers. Gracious.

And mothers. Thank you, Mrs. Sheet. And everybody, basically. And everybody. Gracious. And mothers. Thank you, Mrs. Sheet. And everybody, basically. And everybody. All right, hashtag PMSLive2022 at Cash App, at your cash tag. Say something nice to somebody. Give away $17,000. Announcement of the season-end wrap-up Cash App giveaway tomorrow alongside this one.

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