The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 692 - Mike Rupp, Ian Rapoport, Dana White & AJ Hawk
Episode Date: June 27, 2022On today’s show Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys talk about Lordo Stanley being won by the Colorado Avalanche, McAfee Movie Review Monday, Stan Kroenke’s outstanding year accomplishments, potential NFL ...headlines for upcoming weeks, and everything else going on in the sports world. Joining the progrum in the first hour is Stanley Cup Chompion, That’s Hockey Talk Host, Studio/Color Analyst at NHL Network, a man who fought Chara, 11 year NHL Veteran, Mike Rupp, to chat about the Avalanche being champs, Lordo getting bent, Cup etiquette, the Bolts playing with injuries, and this NHL season overall (0:18:59.253-0:39:59.779). Later in hour two, NFL insider and host of the Weekly Wrap Up with RapSheet & Friends, Ian Rapoport, chats with Pat, AJ, and the boys about potential NFL headlines, talks about Sunday Ticket finding a new home on a streaming platform, his position on the Baker Mayfield situation in Cleveland, Jeremy Fowler’s Deebo news, and more (0:53:53.920-1:23:29.749). In hour three, UFC President, Dana White, comes on the show to chat with the boys about celebrating International Fight Week in Las Vegas, UFC 276, the matchmaking process, and the Australian competitors and fans (1:31:07.316-1:40:16.912). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show and listen on Sirius XM Channel 82, Mad Dog Radio. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Hello beautiful people. It is Monday, June 27th, 2022. A new sports show on radio and the internet begins now.
Let's Ride.
Let's Ride.
A little early, you dropped the gun, we're off today, Friday, I don't know who it was.
It was me, I was excited for Let's Ride.
You gotta wait for a damn second, I think, before we pow drive and beat the hell out of the dead horse
that is the Let's Ride pony
that we've done now for three weeks, I guess.
We hope you all had a fantastic weekend.
Obviously, headlines in the real world
kind of carried the conversation on the internet,
and none of us understand why the fuck
that would be something that people would choose
to dig into at this particular time of life.
But we will continue to obviously try to be
the thing that we are every single afternoon, which is a bunch of stooges on the internet hopefully
distracting you from the everyday world that can sometimes be a little bit like why what the hell
and if you're going through the why it's going to happen again yep you're going to feel why again
and it seems to be a never-ending cycle of why.
So we will be the mental vacation and hope to continue to do so.
Up to something season is...
Back on.
What?
Since when?
Lock on on.
Lock on on.
Since today?
Really?
There's a lot going on.
Lock on on.
Lock on on.
Anyways, 4th of July weekend's coming up,
and we all assumed that this was going to be the weekend
that we found out about Deshaun Watson
and what's going to happen to him.
We'll have Ian Rappaport on today in the second hour,
115 Eastern Standard Time.
Everybody in the NFL media that normally takes this week off
basically talking about how this used to be a weekend
where nothing happened, or a week that nothing happened,
nothing happened.
They said this week it's going to be vastly different.
Is that because Deshaun Watson?
Is that because Baker Mayfield trades?
Is that because of anything else going on in the world?
We shall find out with Ian Rappaport in the second hour.
And then just 15 minutes from now,
Mike Ruppert, former Stanley Cup champion,
will join us to chit-chat about the new
Lordo owners, the Colorado Avalanche.
Yeah.
Congrats, Lon.
Congrats to the Avs.
Okay, listen, we were big fans of the Tampa Bay Lightning because Patty Maroon is a friend
of the show, came on the show.
Nobody from the Avs came on the show, so fuck them.
But they were a fast team, a great team.
From the beginning of the season, they're talking about this team winning the Stanley
Cup and that's for good reason. a fast team, a great team. From the beginning of the season, they're talking about this team winning the Stanley Cup,
and that's for good reason.
That son of a bitch right there is a defenseman
and led the entire NHL in points.
He was obviously the Conn Smythe playoffs MVP.
Kale McCarr, they have McKinnon,
they have a team that was built in an interesting fashion,
and they are now Stanley Cup champions.
So from the six games,
obviously the Lightning get a big win in Colorado
on Friday night to push this thing.
They lose in Tampa Bay, and the Avalanche get to ride off into the sunset
with a damaged Lordo because old buddy named?
Abe Kubel.
Abe Kubel can't skate.
He's drunk immediately upon getting Lordo.
How could you not with how beautiful that thing falls into the ice?
And Lordo that was sitting here just a couple weeks ago is now damaged
for at least the next run.
They will have it fixed.
Greatest trophy in sports, honestly.
Greatest trophy in sports now that we got to see it.
I mean, the Lambo is what we're all looking for.
But the Lordo is obviously a beautiful thing.
Congrats to the Avalanche.
And Stan Kroenke.
Yeah, Stan.
Stan Kroenke, who is an in-law to the Walmart family, I guess,
has a shit ton of cash, had money beforehand this year. Stan Kroenke, okay? I don-law to the Walmart family, I guess, has a shit ton of cash, had money beforehand.
This year, Stan Kroenke, okay?
I don't know how everybody else's year is going.
Let me tell you about Stan Kroenke.
He hosted a Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium,
the stadium that was originally supposed to cost like $2 billion,
ended up costing like $5 or $6 billion,
and he paid for it out of his pocket, basically.
Just him.
Taking his team out of St. Louis, you can sue me,
I don't care, for a couple billion dollars.
We're going to L.A.
I'm building a stadium of the future.
Looks like an absolute spaceship.
Not a dumb.
Not a dumb.
I would like to have a little space in between the roof and the side.
So if there's lightning, we have to delay the game.
But whatever the case, host the Super Bowl in the stadium in L.A.
His team's in it.
They win the Super Bowl.
He also won the NLL title with the Colorado Mammoth.
I had no idea.
Let's go Mammoth, huh?
That's the National Lacrosse League, I believe.
Sure.
Right?
Sure, yeah.
I think it's Box Lacrosse.
Which is indoor lacrosse.
Which is indoor lacrosse.
He also secured the 2026 FIFA World Cup at SoFi Stadium, which is what he.
Huge.
There's nobody in the middle of America that hosts a World Cup game other than Kansas City.
Everything's in LA, New York, and on the coast, basically.
Kind of bullshit, but nonetheless.
And now he's won the Stanley Cup with Colorado Avalanche.
Stan Kroenke's one of those billionaires I assume a lot of people hate,
but you can't help but say, hey, fucking good work.
Good picking.
Congrats, man.
You did it.
The Talks at the Table, once again, has a new face at it.
That's because this weekend, I do believe,
Ty Schmidt and his lovely bride had
a baby.
Congrats, Ty. Congrats to you, Ty. We're
incredibly pumped for you. I will
try my best to be the best uncle.
I assume everybody in here will. Sloan, the baby
is going to be incredibly spoiled.
Absolutely spoiled. And I know
that you two are going to be incredible parents.
Happy anniversary. Happy birthday to Sloan.
And congratulations to the Schmidz from all of us.
Can't wait to see you back here in a few weeks, pal.
Sitting in his place in the toxic table is a man who is ever toxic as anybody.
At Nick Morota, you look fantastic.
Congrats on hockey coming and going this year.
Thank you.
It was a great season.
A lot of clapping to start it.
It's a good Monday here.
And a lot of clapping.
Well deserved.
It was a great season for the NHL.
One of the best they've had in probably 10, 20 years.
They were actually back on the map on TV.
People could see games.
It was a nice change of pace for them.
Saw a couple tweets from people that said,
I would have had zero interest in this game if it wasn't for Lorto making its trip to the studio.
Let's hope that happens next season.
Yeah, it was a good idea, right?
I saw Mike's big ass on camera last night more than a few times.
His hair was flowing. I saw him doing an absolutely. Oh, the keeper of the cup guy. Yeah, it was a good idea, right? I saw Mike's big ass on camera last night more than a few times. His hair was flowing.
I saw him doing an absolutely... Oh, the
keeper of the cup guy. Yeah, Mike. Mike.
Crushing it. Literally, I'm staring
eye to eye with him right now in my head because that's
where he sat, right there. Yeah, he was walking
with the other guy that we didn't get. I think his name was Lance
the other guy? Good hair. Phil.
Phil Pritchard. Phil and Mike, they looked
amazing. They walked that thing in there. Lordo
woke up in the town in which a game was being played.
That's a special time of year.
The Avalanche get to win.
They were supposed to win all year, right?
This is a team that everybody predicted to win this thing?
Pre-season odds on favorites, regular season odds on favorites,
and odds on favorites going into the playoffs.
From start to finish, they did what they were supposed to do.
How come Tampa didn't soften that ice a little bit again?
Yeah, a little bit.
What's that all about?
I think they tried.
It was awfully chippy. But Colorado just overcome it. Is that why old buddy tripped with Lorto? Oh, again. Yeah, a little bit. What's that all about? I think they tried. It was awfully chippy.
But Colorado just overcame it.
Is that why old buddy tripped with Lord?
Oh, no.
Oh, that could have been.
Oh, no.
Come on, guys.
Easy out for him, though.
Not to Zambone.
Yeah, obviously the guy that tripped with the cup named?
Nicholas Abe Kubel.
Sure.
Nicholas.
I didn't hear the name Nicholas the first two times.
I hyphenated last name.
Abe hyphen Kubel. Have you said Nicholas every time you've told me this? Once. I thought it was Abe name Nicholas the first two times. Hyphenated last name. Abe-Kubel.
Have you said Nicholas every time you've told me this?
Once.
I thought it was Abe-Kubel.
Yeah, me too. I don't think you've said Nicholas yet.
This is the first time you've said Nicholas.
The guy's name being Nick is much fucking easier.
Maybe I didn't want to slander Nick's.
Well, listen. St. Nick, Nick Beraldo, Nick Abe-Kubel.
What?
Maybe it was the goddamn ice that old buddy tripped with Lordo
and damaged that beautiful piece. Now,
Gronkowski, who has retired, congrats to Gronk.
Congratulations, Gronk.
He played baseball with
Lambeau in Dented to Football, and it's still
Dented. They'll fix Lordo.
They probably already fixed Lordo, right? That's a good question,
actually. I wish we could talk to Mike to figure it out, because they will fix
it eventually, but I don't know if they're going to take it away
from the players. They're not letting that thing go
right now. They just won that thing. They battled all year for that thing.
I've seen Nate McKinnon take a little baby sip of beer
out of the Lordo. Just a little one.
There had to be others.
At Boston Conner here,
I understand. Nate McKinnon, best friends with Sid,
I guess. Nate McKinnon said that he was
the drunkest one at Sidney Crosby's Stanley Cup
parties, and he's hoping that Sidney Crosby will be
the drunkest one at his party. I've seen him
take just a little baby sip out of Lordo, and I said I said Nate that's why you didn't win the God Smythe
pal yeah that was tough and I assume maybe hopefully his thought process was you know
everyone's got to take a quick sip then everyone gets to chug a full beer out of it blood of Christ
yeah exactly were they wiping it down like the old the priest were or whatever I don't think
they wipe anything how long is that team uh together for this team together for a while oh
yeah they got to run here.
Fuck.
A couple guys will leave, but the core is intact.
McCarr, McKinnon, Landeskog, they'll all be there for years. Well, they're going to have to sign Jack Johnson back.
And if they don't, they're fucked.
Yeah.
Ed Tundiggs, how you doing, pal?
Good.
How are you doing, pal?
Great.
How was your weekend?
Good weekend.
Got some home renovations done.
You know, took care of some stuff that, you know, I've been putting off.
It was a good weekend. I ran some errands as well fix some things got new internet in the house there you go that
was a big deal thank you nick and zeta for stopping by with old billy and then the uh
metronet guy jake here you go jake jake the snake alex alex alex for metronet jake was somebody else
that was there fish guy was also at the house i met for the first time nice yeah his name's tyler
tyler is the fish guy uh he was very i I met for the first time. Nice. Yeah, his name's Tyler. Tyler's the fish guy. He was very nice.
I met him for the first time. Learned a lot about fish.
Took Friday off. Learned a lot.
Got new internet. Learned about a fish.
Might have a new fish tank in the house
at some point. Like a different location?
Yeah. Can't have a shark, though, because
people get pissed that you have a shark. Why?
Well, because you have a
tank, and no matter how big your tank is,
shark could, if actual live properly, outgrow it.
So you're containing something that shouldn't be contained.
What about piranha?
Well, I think piranha is available.
I think that is something that is available.
But that's a certain type of tank, Diggs.
Okay.
The piranhas and the other fish are a certain type,
and then there's a jellyfish group.
Ooh, that'd be a pretty tank.
Yeah.
I think I'm going towards jellyfish.
Jellyfish stink, but they're cool to look at.
What?
Jellyfish stink only if they sting you and then you have to pee on yourself.
But if it's in a tank, you're not getting in there.
Who cares?
Exactly, that's what I'm saying.
The barracuda, I do believe, is with the jellyfish, though.
Blue barracuda.
Yeah.
Well, I don't know if it's a blue barracuda or just base gas barracuda.
There's eels in there, too, I think I can point.
Oh, eels.
You also asked about the fish with the light.
You call that the tank of death.
Yeah, you asked about the fish with the light. You call that the tank of death. Yeah, you asked about the fish with the light.
It's a lantern fish.
From Finding Nemo, yeah, to the bottom of the ocean.
Anyways, I think we all got our shit done around the house, and I like that.
I feel very accomplished when I do stuff like that.
I very rarely get to do it because I spend my weekends either sleeping or chilling,
getting stuff done.
It feels damn good.
You feel like an old man right now.
I do.
I mean, it's great because, you know, you do it and there's some ups and downs.
It's kind of like a Disney movie where, you know, everything's good and then there's a
bad part.
But in the end, you fucking thrive and you feel good.
Yeah, you feel accomplished when you look back on what you had accomplished.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You used that internet this weekend?
I did.
I did.
Did you watch anything good?
So, you know, I tried to watch John Wick and we would dive into McAfee Movie Review Monday,
but we don't have Ty here.
Ty is actually a...
True, he's a movie guy.
A scholar movie person.
Went to school for movies, so I feel like we are doing...
I mean, I minored in film studies.
Boom.
Did you?
Where at?
University of Pittsburgh.
Whoa.
The prestigious.
Noted film school.
Yeah, Dan Marino made a movie.
Scorsese.
Ace Ventura
Pet Detective
came right out
of University of Pittsburgh
I don't think I finished
with enough credits
to actually get the
certificate for the minor
but you took a class
I took a couple classes
yeah
I took a freezing class
still don't have forehand
you don't play ultimate
I thought you had a forehand
nah I don't have forehand
no froff
don't froff either
because I don't have forehand
can't control it skipped the classes showed up at test days everything else was good forehand. No, I don't have forehand. No froff? Don't froff either because I don't have forehand. Can't control it.
Skipped the classes.
Showed up at test days.
Everything else was good.
Forehand day.
Big F.
So I ended up getting C in the class.
That works, though.
No, I mean, it does, I guess.
But really, that was one you expect.
That's what you expect to get an A in.
The GPA booster, sure.
That was one of the, but you only got four tests.
And if you fail one of them, you're kind of fucked.
You know what I mean?
And then the final had the final had four and then but it turns out i did not i did not
practice from the failed test to the final and i really took quite a bit out of my score there
yeah i got a c in that class but that didn't make me a frisbee expert well you're saying
you took in multiple classes and i guess i watched a silent movie class as well that was pretty good
one the train robbery right yeah the great train robbery boom black 14 minutes into that thing yes I can't do this that class was
four hours long they're showing these fucking biblical proportion movies it's
like you need to slow down I ain't doing any of this I filled in a couple tests
there's another C or D on that all these electables and people took and got like
a zone I got bottom of the barrel on because it was very difficult to
understand we'll dive into the McAfee movie review i guess try to watch john wick i get it i fell asleep oh no that's the end
of the mcafee movie review no how far did you get that's it that's the end of it why did you see him
thank you mcafee movie review monday it has came and gone already i get it i get it his wife
boogeyman great person the dog daisy yeah it was tough the boogeyman. Great person. The dog, Daisy. Yeah, it was tough. The boogeyman scared of John Wick.
I hate that.
Listen, I love everything about it.
I like that the enemy, the leader of the enemy crew was like,
fuck the John Wick.
He's got a great accent, but you missed it.
No, John Wick is the boogeyman.
No, no.
At the beginning, they're singing a song about the boogeyman.
The boogeyman's scared of John Wick.
Baba Yaga.
Yeah, he's scared.
That's at the beginning of the thing. You're saying at the end, they... I always thought that of John Wick. Baba Yaga. Yeah, he's scared. That's at the beginning of the thing.
You're saying at the end, they...
I always thought that John Wick was La Baba Yaga.
No, no.
I think he's scared of John Wick, right?
Yeah, I think John Wick is like the head honcho in the world.
Yeah, Boogeyman, listen, this is McAfee Movie Review Monday.
I didn't watch the whole fucking thing.
You were an expert two days ago.
I thought they were calling fucking John Wick Baba Yaga.
That is his nickname.
I think they were. They're doing like the. That is his nickname. I think they were.
They're doing like the Chuck Norris fact thing.
The boogeyman's scared of this guy.
So he is the boogeyman, I guess.
I was so distraught about the dog that I think I...
Yeah, anyways, I think very aggressive.
You guys, mostly Ty watching at home right now with the baby.
I mean, a dog gets killed 15 minutes into the movie.
I mean, that is, that's tough.
That is a tough...
Yeah, but then you have to. Somehow you
fell asleep. I mean, they made a baby face there.
They made a baby face out of John Wick very quick.
I mean, have his lady die,
then his dog die, and he has a
sick car, and he gets a sick car.
I mean, they made a baby face out of him quick,
and he's an absolute stud,
but I did fall asleep in the middle of it. Got home at 4 a.m.
from Austin, Texas after SmackDown.
Flight. Plane had an issue. Mechanicalm. from Austin, Texas after SmackDown. Flight.
Plane had an issue.
Mechanical issue.
Literally found that out after getting to Austin.
I get a text like 10, 15 minutes before SmackDown starts.
Hey, mechanical issue on the plane.
Can't fly home.
We're going to try to find you another plane, if not maybe tomorrow morning.
I'm like, oh, I'm in Austin for a night.
Did not expect this, but here we go.
Get a text middle of the show.
Hey, available for midnight takeoff. You will land at 3 45 or whatever i'm like deal get me home so i got a chance to have a couple
beers over there in austin yeah i met young jamie from joe okay i did not know he was such an ohio
guy a lot of oh is being tossed around that he views uh the oh thing just like aj hawk oh it's
sacred i'm like how come you two like are two of the biggest Ohio State people in the history of Ohio State,
and you both are fucking disrespectful to the I.O.?
You know what I mean?
He said, well, people are mocking it.
It's too much.
It doesn't have to be everywhere.
They throw that thing around like crazy.
That's what I thought.
I think he's tired of that happening, potentially in outside places.
It's like, hey, this isn't an Ohio thing.
This isn't the hipster bar in Austin that we're at thing.
Because he had an Ohio against the world shirt on.
So there was numerous, oh, hey, oh, hey, oh, hey.
And he answered one of them, I think.
And then I seen two not go unfulfilled.
Yikes.
And I was like, oh, so you and AJ both, huh?
You guys hate Ohio State?
Do you guys think you're the reason you lost to fucking
Michigan last year?
Because you leave the ducks on the pond with the I.O.?
And he said, no, what A.J. is doing is right.
It needs to be held more sacred than just
throwing a round out to anybody. He said,
who knows if that person's an actual Ohio State person
or if they're like you, just mocking it. I'm like,
I never mock it. I'm trying to help you guys
beat fucking Ish again. I'm sick of you guys just
losing and stinking and all the hype
and all the money that Ryan Day needs to run
that program. I'm trying to get the O.H. II-O out there more and more so everybody can feel the vibe.
He said, well, it sounds like you're mocking it just by the way you described it.
I said, valid.
O-H.
And then he didn't say anything.
And I said, well, I-O.
And I went and got him a beer.
And then that's kind of how it all.
Great guy, though.
First time meeting him.
I chit-chatted on the internet a little bit.
He was very nice.
Seamus and I got a chance to have a pint.
That was great.
More people at the WWE.
Did you guys fight?
Did you guys bar fight?
No, we didn't have pints and fights.
We just had pints.
Thank God.
I believe I was forced to have a whiskey as well.
It was not an Irish whiskey.
It was not an Irish whiskey.
Or maybe it was.
I don't know.
Maybe it was Jameson.
I don't know.
Does Young Jaime have his PhD as well?
I'm not 100% sure if he's a doctor.
I'm not sure if Jamie is a doctor or not.
I don't think he's a doctor.
Great hair though.
He's got good hair.
Flo?
Yeah.
Cool guy.
Great conversation.
Good chatter with him.
They're in the middle
of a vastly different world
than the one we're in.
Yeah.
Like kind of can have
a conversation about
like our professions,
you know,
that not a lot of people
can have.
Sure.
But also can't really
because the vastness
of how big that show is
and also the world that they're in, vastly different than our sports stooge reward.
Yeah, a wide range of topics over there.
But, I mean, at least SmackDown felt like it was a pretty awesome little environment.
And Austin, though.
Austin was pretty cool.
That arena that I forgot the name of mid-sentence on SmackDown
and then almost dropped an F-bomb immediately afterwards.
And then Michael Cole had to make up for it.
He's the Moody Center.
The Moody Center.
That's about to be the Archmage Center.
Yeah, that's exactly what it is.
Potentially, yeah.
Bingo.
No, I'm not going to say it.
Whoa.
Somebody down there told me that the Texas football fandom thing, not real.
That person might have been trying to stir shit with me though to say it in the microphone stir shit with texas yeah but like i was like hey if i give a big hook
them right now everybody's just gonna lose their mind and this was at the little hipster bar he was
like maybe not really like i'm like oh no in austin is it an oh situation no i don't think
it's an oh situation i think austin has a lot of other shit going on right now. Like, I think Austin has a lot of other stuff going on right now
that the Texas football team has kind of fallen back a little bit.
But if Arch Manning gets there and they get in there and they win,
they'll be all the way back.
But with the person that was standing right next to me at the bar
where there was two bartenders that were really doing a great job,
but there was, I don't know, 100 people waiting to get drinks.
So it was quite a fascinating little scene there.
So I got a chance to chat.
He said, Texas football fandom,
the stadium will always
fill up, you know, because we're there, but
it's not like a live or die situation
like it maybe was in the past with Texas football.
But when it comes back, I think
Arch Manning will bring it all the way back, which is
even better for Arch, for him to hook them.
But the Moody Center, two months old. We're one of the first shows in there.
No way. Yeah, it's fucking beautiful.
State of the art. Beautiful. Air conditioning was
great. It was 104 when I landed. Jesus.
Austin was so hot. Texas in the summer.
Speaking of hot, hockey. Hell yeah.
Yes. Speaking of hot,
the ice in Tampa. Uh-oh.
A couple games ago, that might have
slowed down the Colorado Avalanche, but not
last night. Going into the third period,
had a lead, and they never relented.
They were diving in front of pucks.
Imagine that motivational speech from the
Avalanche head coach in between
the second and third period.
Boys,
you're one period away
from eternal legacy.
Every puck
that is shot, your face goes in front of it.
Our goalie doesn't have to make a single
save if you're really skating.
We do not give up any cheap goals.
Then they gave up two on one, like three minutes in there.
Oh, yeah.
There was a chance that the Tampa Bay Lightning
were going to be able to get back into it.
But nonetheless, the team that was the greatest
from the beginning of the season
remained all the way through the end of the season.
Joining us now, a fellow Stanley Cup champion,
a man who hosted that's hockey talk this season.
He's on NHL Network and now a friend of the show, which we are very grateful for.
Out of Cleveland, don't hold it against him, Mike Ruff.
What's going on?
How are we today?
Hey, I'm great.
How are you?
He's still riding high from old Alordo celebration last night.
Did you get into any of that with the Avs or any of them?
a Lordo celebration last night?
Did you get into any of that with the Avs or any of them?
No.
So down in Tampa right there, right next to the arena,
is the JW Marriott.
And so, you know, that was a spot that was open by the time we got out last night. So we went over there, and all of a sudden you saw the bus pull up,
and that was the Avs hotel.
So I put something on Twitter,
just the guys kind of passing through
with the cup going up an escalator up to like the they must have had a some of the banquet halls uh
kind of rented out or or or they were going to use that for kind of the post party and uh
take a gander at it when you get a chance i love seeing the boys like it's always every year it's like who is going right here okay
so watch this we got bo byram who's gonna be coming up shirtless uh see him right there
pumping the two fists yeah bo byram just turned 21 three weeks ago yeah so he's enjoying life
right there but uh you know that's the closest you know last. But, you know, that's the closest.
You know, last night, it's, you know, it's more, that's their special time, right?
Like, you know, I mean, they earn that, stay up all night, do what you're going to do.
It was impressive, man.
That team was the real deal.
And they beat a team that is absolutely the real deal as well.
Okay, so I'm happy you got a chance to kind of ride the wave of the Stanley Cup championship, too. team was the real deal and they beat a team that is absolutely the real deal as well.
Okay, so I'm happy you got a chance to kind of ride the wave of the Stanley Cup Championship too, by the way, covering it in the arena.
I seen you in a suit last night that looked...
Hey, that was a Lordo suit you had on.
Lordo suit, yeah.
Bring out the good one, man.
You got to bring out the good one for that.
So, yeah, it's a special occasion.
Hey, greatest year for the NHL
in some time this year. I think the games,
the matchups, the television,
the broadcast, the conversation.
I feel like this year was a big year for the NHL
and the Avalanche were a team
all through the year that everybody thought
was going to win. So I feel like that's a good
outcome and they topple the
back-to-back Stanley Cup champs. Feels like this was a perfect storybook for the nhl this year or no yeah yeah
no it was i mean we had the big the big rights deal with tnt and espn and i thought both networks
did a great job i'm sure there's going to be some pivoting along the way and adjusting to different
things but the viewership was up um you know it's just the nature of it, too.
It's in more households with these two networks.
So that helps a lot.
And then, yeah, man, I thought the playoffs were awesome.
I thought the playoffs, I thought round one we had.
So in round one of the eight matchups, we had five of them go to game sevens.
And it's not too often that you have what people think are the best two teams that actually meet in the finals.
And this is like the first time we've really seen that in a really long time.
We had one team that was trying to make history with a three-peat.
And maybe there's this other team here in Colorado who a lot of people think probably should have arrived a year or two ago and won their first cup of this.
And they might be that next team that's going to grab maybe that Western Conference
for the next number of years.
Man, I thought it was awesome.
Star power galore.
Hey, Kael McCarr.
Yeah.
Kael McCarr has been – we had it in the post-game show last night.
I mean, insane.
This guy's last number of years.
So he's 22
years old. By the way, just real quick,
Con Smythe playoffs MVP,
he can walk through any place
in America outside of Colorado.
No clue. But next year,
next couple years, because of what you're about to say,
I think, he's young. Yeah, well,
dude, I joke around, Nicky knows this, like
I call him him he looks like
elf on the shelf he's always got these rosy cheeks he's got this like little you know unassuming face
but he's a cold-blooded assassin out there on the ice he's his numbers he's putting up are up there
with bobby or um paul coffee i mean you're talking all-time great he's 22 so he's won now in the last
number of years he's won the hobie baker for the best, you know, the Heisman in college hockey.
So he won the Hobie Baker.
He won the Calder Trophy, NHL Rookie of the Year.
He has won the – he was first-team all-star or all that kind of stuff too.
You know, it's a little bit lesser of a significance.
But then there's he won the Norris Trophy, best defenseman.
He won the playoff MVP.
I mean, this guy, the next thing, he potentially could be in the conversation
if things keep progressing like this.
He could be a league MVP guy as a defenseman.
He's incredible, and this is kind of a big coming out party for him a little bit.
Who's the last defenseman that won MVP?
Because this is a big deal, right?
Like a defenseman having more points than everybody else is a massive ordeal,
especially when you've got McKinnon on the squad who started the playoff run
where he was on top of the world.
A defenseman leading in points and then also winning that is huge, right?
This is not normal at all in the NHL.
No, if I had to guess, I'd say Bobby Orr.
Oh, yeah. I would guess because Bobby Orr had over 100 points. No, if I had to guess, I'd say Bobby Orr.
I would guess because Bobby Orr had over 100 points.
No, no. That's the 20s? I don't think he led the league
in points, but the last guy to win the
MVP as a defenseman would be our friend
Chris Pronger. Yes.
Oh, so we're
talking
defenseman winning the MVP?
Prongs. Our boy Prongs.
But, yeah, yeah.
That was about 2,000.
Bobby Orr had over 100 points.
But that's just some of the stuff that some of these – you know,
Kael McCarr is not far off that, right?
And he's a young kid.
He's just getting better and better.
But it's nuts, man.
It is nuts what that young team did.
And here's a little kicker to it.
You know what?
We talked about about on the show
before pat it's like in the in the next coming days we're gonna see all the injury reports come
out we see in every sport right when their season's done or the playoffs are done and they're always
you you read it and you're like holy shit these guys like what i i've had a couple conversations
with people that have said,
wait until you see what Tampa was dealing with.
No excuse.
The best team won.
We know this.
The best team won.
Colorado was a better team than Tampa right now.
But from what I've heard, there's, like, significant.
You heard John Cooper say at the head coach of Tampa after the game, if this was the regular season, we'd be playing with half of our minor league roster.
That's how banged up our group is.
So I love that, man.
That's playoff hockey.
It gives me goosebumps just talking about it.
They were close, but both teams are dealing with a ton of injuries,
and that's what makes hockey playoffs great, I think.
I think hockey is such a throwback sport.
Now, I don't know if that's going to change with all the modern coverage
and the money that's going to be handed out
and the superstardom that's going to come with this.
I think it's only a matter of time.
Much more than lacrosse, much more than soccer.
I think the hockey world is about to blow up
because of the NHL.
P.K. Subban's on first take right now, right?
I think hockey is going to see quite a growth, so maybe the throwbackness of the sport might disappear. But first take right now, right? Like, I think hockey is going to see quite a grow,
so maybe the throwbackness of the sport might disappear.
But it's just expected, right, of hockey guys?
Like, are you hurt or are you injured?
And even if you're injured, can you play?
Yeah, then the rest of the locker room, your coaches,
and even the entire community is like,
what do you mean you didn't play with a broken fucking leg?
It's the playoffs.
That's an old-school throwback mentality in a lot of sports
that is still happening, and I think that is why the world is going to have a lot of respect for the nhl i
can't wait to hear what the fuck these guys have been dealing with broken legs have come out like
oh this guy actually has a broken leg you saw him play last night for 40 minutes on ice
skating through there yeah he actually has a broken leg he'll be out for like eight months
or something like that shit happens in hockey yeah you know it's funny that so the one of the big i mean there's been a ton of great storylines for colorado that's allowed them to win
this cup but valnichuskin okay here's the guy he's a russian player uh he's big boy he's a big boy
he's probably six what was he probably six four six five maybe um two 225 or so. He's jacked. He skates hard.
He's a fast skater, but he's big, right?
And he was dominant in these playoffs in a lot of different ways.
In my opinion, he may have been their best forward in the finals.
So he gets hurt, and they don't know if he's going to play yesterday.
So it's funny because this is like our pre-production meeting.
So all eyes are on on
bell bell goes out in uh pre-game skate yesterday optional pre-game skate he goes out no equipment
he's got like his he's got like his bike shorts on and like a t-shirt and he puts his he puts his
hockey skates on and he's going out there and he's just kind of being gingerly on it
he walked into the arena with a limp in a walking
boot then he puts his skate on he goes out there and he starts going and as soon as i saw him the
skate uh me and mike johnson that um you know another former player were like oh he's good
he's going and they're like what do you mean he's going he they were seeing him coming in he can't
walk they said he can't he's hobbling very badly'm like, if he can get his foot in the boot, the boot is like a walking –
like it is better for hockey players with any ankle, leg injury, foot injury.
It's better to be in your skate than it is your sneakers
because you don't – your foot's going like this, right?
It immobilizes your foot in your boot.
It's a cast.
Oh, this dude's good to go.
We're watching him in warm-ups trying to get a feel.
This guy's fucking flying around like nothing.
I mean, he's for sure.
I've been told there's like at least five or six guys that have broken feet.
Jesus.
It's like, it's nuts, man.
They're blocking shots.
You break your foot and the guys are just dealing with it.
And it's incredible.
I love the thought, though, of other people who weren't in the hockey world going,
that guy can't even walk, so we'll have him down and he's out.'s incredible i love the thought though of other people who weren't in the hockey world going that guy can't even walk so we'll have him down is out and you guys look at him i'm like no he's fucking playing can he put his foot into the skate yeah then he's playing
what are we even talking about this is yeah well i mean like 2022 standpoint though what's that
lord lordo's in the building all right bingo Bingo. Throw that thing up there, Pat.
First off, that one's in much better shape than the one last night.
You saw that thing get dinged up.
Oh, you're talking about Nicholas?
You're talking about when Nicholas nicked the bottom of Lord Stanley Cup?
Just found out his name was Nicholas?
Oh, they could go.
It looks like a fucking chunky soup can opener.
Just damage it.
Where the grocery store just pop.
When you try to open it from this thing.
When you try to spit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I understand what you're saying.
That's awesome.
Yeah, that's unbelievable.
But at least it was the bottom, I guess, right?
But anyways.
That little kid.
Hey, that little kid holding Lordo like this in the front row.
This little baby Lordo.
That was awesome.
Unbelievable.
Like Hawk NHl should have
that photo yeah he's like that and then i think there's a zoomed out one where i think actual
lordo is in front and i think he's wearing the same jersey as the person that's holding it
like the nhl if they don't get the 8k photo of that and just talk about that is forever hey this
is what hockey means yeah it's fucking awesome kid awesome, kid. Hey, good on you, child.
You won the Lord O2, pal.
Go on.
So where we're sitting, our set, okay?
We're sitting there, and right where the tunnel came out,
where the cup came, our set was right up there
at the end of the top section.
Right in front of us all game, we were in front of the,
sorry, behind Colorado's family section.
So all the wives, girlfriends had these,
they had these sweet jackets made up.
They had their, they had like their jean coats.
Like the Edmonton.
Yeah, the McDavid.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like that.
So they had all that stuff.
End of relationship.
So we're sitting there.
And so the game ends.
The clock's counting down.
And you're watching it count down.
And I've never seen anything like this
because like when we won we were on the ice and i haven't been this close to family members that
have been a part of this grind with these with with the families uh you know with the with the
guys on the ice everyone like bawling and i look over and the my the crew that we're on with, Mike Johnson and James McCoy, we look over and we're like, that looks like a lot.
That guy looks like a lot like Jack Johnson.
Is that Jack Johnson's brother?
And then we start putting it together.
It was the best thing ever, guys.
I can't even tell you.
His hands were on his head.
He's a grown man.
Tears flowing down his face parents
like you know like the parents are bawling and like everyone all of them came they're kind of
scattered around the section the family section they all came together in this pack and it was
just like everyone i i was just i i wasn't even watching the ice it's right in front of me and i
can't believe what i'm seeing. It's powerful.
That's powerful rubber.
It is, dude.
It is.
And then so when Jack – so Jack – I'm assuming this is his brother because then Jack got the cup, skates over, holds it over his head,
and that guy just puts his hands on his head, his brother,
and he sits down and he just buries his head.
Oh, man.
That's awesome.
There's that stuff.
There's Nathan McKinnon came over, taking the pictures with his dad he sits down and he just buries his head and you know like there's that stuff there's um nathan
mckinnon came over uh taking the pictures with his dad right in the little entrance way and nathan
mckinnon's mom comes out and it was the coolest thing because she's just this little thing nathan
mckinnon's a bull she comes out he gives her a long hug and then she just gives the biggest
smack on the back like it's like it's like the coach you'd be like yeah just
pounding in the back and i'm like his mom's so fired up like this is these kids have talked
about this they've played these things out in their household since they were three or four
years old especially the canadian guys right so they're seeing it play out it was powerful man
it was really cool well that's just it's the family's dreams too you know they've sacrificed
a lot i've a couple years back they in baseball is not a sport that I fancy to watch.
I just can't get into it.
I apologize.
But they had like the cam on this guy's dad.
It was his first ever game in the big leagues after all these years in the minors.
And his dad was there, and they showed his dad.
And I think he hit a bomb.
And his dad like went crazy and was crying.
I'm like getting teared up thinking about it the amount of balls that that dad
Right the amount of balls any amount of time that they were invested in this dream to come true
You getting to witness that last night is an absolutely glorious thing because that's all their dreams, right?
And they've heard all the bad shit that has been said about their kids and about their boyfriends or husbands or whoever's out there.
That whole dream to the top is from every part of the village almost.
And getting a chance to watch that had to be so cool.
You probably thought about your family whenever you experienced it, what was happening, what was going on.
It's a that's a cool thing.
And that's what happens.
That's what Lorto can do for the whole family.
That's what Lorto can do.
I got a I got a funny story about real quick about when when um not to make this about me but just about
winning the cup right this guy won a stanley cup everybody this guy congrats
maybe i should set up like this if you guys didn't know i won one of those
so anyways no what i want to say, so I was a rookie, right?
And this is all stuff, everything that goes into it.
And that's why even Colorado had that opportunity to close out in Denver, right?
There's so much going on, man.
You've got family, friends, everyone's coming in.
They're staying at your house.
It's a lot.
And teams try to do their best to get everything situated, tickets, passes.
We will take care of everything.
You guys play the game.
I think it's a little bit easier on the road.
But anyways, so we have game seven.
And I was a rookie.
I mean, as far as the totem pole, I didn't have status as far as rank on the team.
So there's tickets to go around.
Each team, the team only had X amount of tickets to go around each team you know every the team only had x amount
of tickets to go around and so my parents uh my mom and stepdad came in uh wanted to come in and
my dad came in i didn't have tickets for them and i'm like i guys i don't they don't everyone used
all the tickets like i didn't i didn't have any tickets and um so what ended up happening is it was so cool.
Earlier in the season, my mom was at the game and met a season ticket holder.
And she just thought it was cool that, you know, it was a player's mom.
And they became friends on Facebook.
So they were like, are you guys coming in for the game?
We should meet up and grab a drink before the game.
And she's like, yeah, we're coming.
We're trying to find tickets.
And the season ticket holder, think about this.
Season ticket holder for the Devils was like, wait, you guys don't have tickets?
And she's like, no, we'll find them, whatever.
They gave their game seven tickets to my parents.
They gave them.
Like, dude, that's why you have fucking season tickets so you can go to that game, right?
They gave them to my parents.
My dad was scalping tickets outside.
So he got the nosebleeds up top.
But I'll tell you what, in that moment, just thinking about that family stuff,
like in that moment at the end of the game when I saw them down in the locker room,
it was one of the coolest moments in my life.
I'll never forget it.
And it like almost didn't happen, but without someone's generosity, man,
I don't know.
I would have snuck them in probably somehow, but I don't know.
It's nuts.
That's amazing.
Have you followed up with – because the Devils have never been back, right?
Have the Devils ever been back?
They've been to the finals, but they haven't out won since then.
Oh, that season ticket holder is just waiting on it.
Hey, we appreciate you, though.
The Rupps enjoyed it.
Nick, your question for old though. The Rupps enjoyed it. Nick, your question for
old Stanley Cup champion Ruppert.
Well, maybe that season ticket holder was just
so sick and tired of watching these guys trap and
slow everything down on the way to win that cup
that they were just bored with the game.
A little inside hockey.
Ruppert, as a Stanley Cup champion,
you were one of the guys who received the cup
after the game. Everyone knows the captain goes
up. They're the first to touch the cup after it's awarded from the commissioner or last night the
deputy commissioner bill daly but then there's kind of like an unwritten rule in terms of order
of who gets to lift the cup can you talk about that a little bit yeah so a lot of times i mean
the captain's obviously who gets it from the commissioner or in last night's case the deputy
commissioner um and i mean depending on what each team's situation is,
if you have a veteran that's been around a long time,
that's been chasing a cup, whether it's with that organization
or even with another organization,
there kind of just becomes this unwritten rule of who's going to get it next.
Otherwise, you just go, like, captain and then three-year assistant captains
and three-year lineup.
But yesterday was cool because we find out about it later go like captain and then through your assistant captains and through your lineup but um yesterday
was yesterday was cool because um we find out about it later because eric johnson was the second
one so eric johnson was the first overall pick he was one of the original he's the veteran on this
team right he's been there for a long time and he's helped mentor these kids and uh you know he
he he was the second one to get it there.
And they asked him afterwards, did you know about this?
And he said, this is what's cool.
Because remember, this team was close the last couple of years.
In a lot of people's mind, people thought they've really underachieved because they haven't won one yet.
And so I guess Gabe Landeskog, the captain told eric johnson a couple years ago we're gonna
win this and i'm giving it to you i'm giving it to you second and they're like best of friends
right so that's sure as hell what happened last night and then and then it goes even from there to
um what it went from ej to uh then you start going through like and Cogliano. This guy was up for the Ironman streak in NHL history.
Yes, Cogliano.
Wildly.
He's bounced around.
He's played 1,100, 1,200 games.
So he's going to get it early on.
Then they just kind of go through.
So it's cool.
It's a neat thing because you can be a guy that's chasing cups for chasing a cup for
jack johnson years yeah and they're gonna and you're gonna get that honor like right away put
this in this baby's hands and the guys genuinely like they they love especially when guys have
already won a cup they love giving it to a guy who's worked his whole career for one and uh
so there's a couple situations like that last night well i appreciate your coverage all season i appreciate you doing that talky talk
you were a great addition to our family hopefully we'll be able to bring you back now enjoy the
offseason pal yes thank you guys uh everybody enjoy and uh yeah we still got some hockey news
but maybe we'll wait for the big stuff to hit. But a little downtime would be nice too, right?
We'll get geared up for next season.
Well, and officially, by the way, that's Hockey Talk.
Yeah.
That's Hockey Talk.
Hell of a run, Hockey.
Hell yeah.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mike Ruppert.
Thank you, buddy.
Thank you, guys.
Let's ride.
Here we go Come on
If we're gonna continue to do it
Don't need you all
Stepping on top of each other
Gotta nail it
Alright
Ty Schmidt obviously out
But the talk's the table
He's here
At Nick Moraldo
At Boston Connor
At Tone Diggs
One half of the hammer
Done
Cowboys
We'd all like to say
Congrats to the Schmidts
Yeah
There you go Schmidts
Send Ty And I don't know If his wife's Twitter and Instagram is necessarily public.
No, I don't think so.
I don't think I should be the person that's giving that away.
But you should certainly send Ty congratulations.
They had a hell of a weekend.
I believe they celebrated their anniversary and the birth of their child in the same weekend.
We are incredibly happy for him.
He'll be off for the next few weeks as he tries to build the mana with the baby.
That's right.
The mana.
Make sure they learn.
Skin to skin.
You have to.
I'm your dad.
Listen.
Me.
John Wayne Gacy's from the same town that I'm from,
but you are not from that town, so you're going to be better.
That is not what Ty's saying, and I need not make fun of that
because that baby is beautiful, innocent, and going to go on to do great things,
and there's no reason to bring up that clown
JWG from Waterloo, Iowa.
Thank you. That's very mature of you.
I am very mature. No matter what he did for KFC.
Campy, you know.
He created the double diddle.
Double diddle.
Joining us now is a man who did not
create any sandwiches for KFC,
but he certainly is a double diddle.
Sure. Maybe a triple-diddle,
if you think about it. College football national
champion, Super Bowl champion,
Ryder Cup champion. That's a triple-diddle
if I've ever heard of it in my entire life.
Ladies and gentlemen, COVID survivor,
private plane survivor, face
of the Ohio State,
A.J. Haas.
Hey, A.J.!
What's up, buddy? Oh, hey, guys.
Happy Monday.
Hey, happy Monday to you.
How was your week?
New haircut.
Fresh cut.
Fresh cut.
Yeah, fresh cut this morning.
Hey, how's it going?
Give me the AJ Hawk.
What's the AJ Hawk?
Ah, like drill instructor.
All right, got it.
Let that thing fly.
We love the fact that you're getting all freshened up here.
Is this because tahoe's right
around the corner it's because i needed a haircut oh well but all the sides get really long really
fast and that just bugs me yeah me too that's because we have huge heads so when this grows
out you it makes your head look even more obnoxiously sized right uh yeah i guess that is
that is definitely part of it i haven't thought about it too much but yeah i just think it's this
feels terrible.
Well, that's the reason why.
I would assume, like anytime I try to grow my hair out now, like it grows out this way
and my head looks cartoon-sized.
It's like, all right, too large of a head.
So I have to power through that at some point in my life.
I will grow back, hopefully something that is close to the majesticness of Conor's mullet.
Probably not.
But that will come someday in the future.
Yeah, with those new for the brand hats.
I mean, you throw that hat on for two, three months,
and then all of a sudden you got a mullet.
Hey, we got Nike hats now all of a sudden, AJ.
How does that work?
Well, I don't know.
See if Phil just works magic.
Boom.
We talked about it one day.
It was on the store the next.
Literally, the next day.
Look at that hat.
Zito's wearing it. Looks like a hat model. day. It was on the store the next, literally the next day. Look at that hat Zito's wearing.
Looks like a hat model.
Yeah.
It is.
That's because Zito has an incredibly handsome face or whatever.
AJ, hope you had a great weekend.
Did you watch any of the golf?
Shoffley got a big win on the PGA there.
An amateur almost got into that thing.
That would have been a tough look for the PGA if an amateur wins.
But instead, Shoffley brings it home.
And an incredible golf i
enjoyed the hell out of that sunday watch yeah i watched uh a little bit of it i got to see the
fireworks at the very end i was i was busy uh prepping for the abs to close this one out in
tampa i was honestly i don't know why i was thinking this was still in colorado though
they're oh man it's in tampa well it's because two two one one one or whatever you know you
figured that out but i was going to try to delay this conversation as long as possible
because you were the only one on this program that was pulling for the avalanche
in the Stanley Cup championship.
And that's because your brother-in-law, Jack Johnson,
who was trending on Twitter this morning when I woke up,
over 1,000-plus regular season games, never getting to hoist Lordo.
Now he goes out to Colorado,
plays big time minutes for him, wins
the Stanley Cup. Congrats to your family.
Congrats to Jack Johnson.
Thank you, Jack.
Thank you. I know you guys are upset that
the Lightning couldn't figure it out, but I
feel like they handled it well. They were very classy
in defeat in the abs.
I thought it was awesome. Old buddy skates with
Lordo, drops him, kind of sets everybody off.
I'm looking forward to seeing what this parade looks like for Colorado.
Jack Johnson, have you chatted with him?
How pumped is he?
Was there emotional moments?
Oh, juiced.
I mean, there's pictures of Jack holding the cup.
He got it real early on.
Seeing that, yeah, was awesome.
I saw Ruppert talk about that would be his brother Kenny,
who Kenny is a 6'4 version of Jack,
who I believe is still playing at Penn State playing hockey.
And it makes sense.
Yeah.
With hearing Rupert talk about his brother getting emotional,
I had to be pretty awesome.
Did you get emotional?
Yeah, a little bit.
Watching with my kids.
Yeah.
I was FaceTiming.
My wife is out of the country.
And so I had to FaceTime the TV screen for her to watch.
What a moment.
Old school.
Hey, congrats to Jack.
Yeah, so cool.
Awesome.
And after shaking his mitt
at your little cult festival,
I'm surprised it wasn't his hand
that bent that Lordo.
Really?
Big guy?
Boom.
Lumbering dude.
Yeah.
Like, his hand,
literally his hand came in
and it was like,
holy shit,
what is this guy?
Obviously calloused up.
Sure.
But it's,
did he ever talk about
Lordo escaping him
after all those games and all those years?
Because he came to Pittsburgh, what, after we won?
Yes.
Came to Pittsburgh right after we won.
So literally everybody on the team had already won a Stanley Cup.
The deal was set up in a way that it was
because of something that happened in his life,
and the Pittsburgh people were not too kind on that.
So that's really how I knew of him.
And then I got to meet him at your little cult event where we were raising money.
He was very nice.
Now he ends up at the Avs.
He was a feel-good story for the entire NHL.
Did he ever chat about that off the ice with family?
Like, you know, my hockey career has certainly been something,
but 1,000-plus games, who gives a fuck if you don't win the Stanley Cup?
Is that how he viewed it, or was he at peace before this run, you think?
I mean, Jack always seems he's always in a good mood
and just an overall positive dude.
But I'm sure it was something he wanted.
He felt like he played in the league for so long.
I know 1,000 games was a big deal.
But, I mean, what a story for him.
Obviously, he has a crazy story with what happened, his family,
whatever, all this stuff.
It's public.
It's brutal.
And Jack is a victim, and he's an unbelievable guy.
But Jack wasn't even going to play this year.
He went to Colorado, like, on a tryout, basically, at camp,
and then made the squad.
I know, like, was up and down a few times during the season,
then gets to play in every game, at least in the finals, and do that.
Yeah, like, what a – yeah, I'm happy for him because I know him very well,
and I know what he's been through.
So it's just really – it was awesome, man.
Hey, he was hitting some bodies now, too.
Oh, yeah.
Lasting dudes.
My kids were so pumped.
We were watching him like more intently than we normally have this whole series.
And I'm like, man, this is awesome.
Jack just blasting dudes in the back.
I'm like, I don't know what's a penalty, what's not,
what's interference when you hold guys or whatever.
But Jack seems to find a way.
Hey, you know who was on a collision course last night potentially?
You know Patty Maroon?
The Goon Maroon and Jack Johnson. They both were playing the very similar course last night, potentially. You know Patty Maroon? The Goon Maroon and Jack Johnson,
they both were playing the very similar styles last night,
which I respect and appreciate it.
Patty Maroon getting caught not only on camera,
but by a guy where he's about to baseball swing
his stick off the back, and then the tweet,
here's three-time Stanley Cup champion.
Like, just so condescending.
That's hockey, though, and Ruppert told us
that all these injuries are about to come out
that everybody played through.
That's such a throwback league over there.
There's going to be, like, broken feet, broken legs probably
that guys were playing 35, 40 minutes on just yesterday.
It is the hockey.
I think they had a great year this year.
Great year for publicity, PR.
I think fan bases grew everywhere. What a great year this year great year for publicity pr i think fan bases grew everywhere
what a great year for uh for hockey and i can't wait for people to hear what a lot of these
motherfuckers are playing through this entire season yeah this is the first their first year
on espn abc right this year and tnt yeah i mean i feel like it went great i feel like a lot more
eyeballs got on obviously i'm more invested with a family member on a team that went and won it all but i don't know like i guess numbers have probably
been good that they're reporting aren't they up 160 or something from last year's juiced escrow
escrow check just went up then players love that yeah they always want bigger cities to win so that
the uh viewers more but i believe the viewers are up because of the ability to be seen as opposed to in years past where
it was like, oh wait, the Stanley Cup's
where is it? Well, it's after
the preakness. It'll start
on CNBC and then
they'll move the second and third period of the Stanley
Cup to main NBC if there's
no hold up at the horse track.
No offense, NBC, but I do
believe that getting into the Rolodex or the lexicon
of the sports community was a great thing.
P.K. Subban was our first take this morning.
Giving takes on the NBA.
Yeah, Kevin Durant.
How'd he do?
I didn't get to see it.
Great takes.
I have no idea.
I didn't have it on.
I didn't have the sound on.
No.
Didn't have the sound on.
I only saw it happen because got in the office a little bit later today.
I had to catch up on everything.
I looked over.
I saw P.K. Subban.
I'm like, all right, here we go.
Hockey's on. I assume they're talking about Lordo. Look at the over. I saw P.K. Saban. I'm like, all right, here we go. Hockey's on. I assume they're talking about
Lordo. Look at the bottom. Kevin Durant,
Kyrie Irving. I'm like, of course.
Okay. But P.K. even being on there
being, you know, like
representing the sport of hockey
in that type of situation
is great for everybody, which leads me to this.
Have you seen what's going on with Sunday Ticket?
Everyone's bidding for it?
So DirecTV for the last however many years, 1990 maybe they said?
The only thing keeping DirecTV alive, I would believe, is this, right?
Yeah, by the way, only thing keeping probably Fox alive, CBS alive,
everything is these NFL deals that are happening,
and I'm sure they would survive other ways.
$1.5 billion a year is what DirecTV had been paying for Sunday Ticket.
And the NFL is looking for a 100% increase on that.
We would like $3 billion a year.
And there's only a few companies that can afford paying $3 billion a year,
and it's all the streaming platforms, basically.
They're saying Apple's in the game, Amazon's in the game,
maybe even Netflix getting into the game.
And Disney potentially getting in the game. Amazon's in the game. Maybe even Netflix getting into the game. And Disney.
Disney potentially getting in the game. Would that mean ABC or would that mean Disney Plus?
Who knows? And Albert
Breer wrote this entire article about how the
NFL doesn't just make decisions because
of financial reasons. A check is
going to have to be there, but they like to look
into the future to see what the future customer
will like. And streaming platforms
are the future. Just like when And streaming platforms are the future.
Just like when the DirecTV decision was made, the satellite seemed space age.
And the NFL said, ooh, that's what's going to take our company somewhere.
So they will look into the future and what will be good for their customer both 10 and
20 years from now as they make this decision.
And it's probably heading to a streaming platform.
Now, with what you just chatted about there with the NHL getting ESPN and ABC, do you think this is a good thing or bad thing to go directly to a streaming platform now with what you just chatted about there with the nhl getting espn
and abc do you think this is a good thing or bad thing to go directly to a streaming platform
and are we in a time now where everybody is going to log in and be a member and subscribe to every
single streaming platform going forward especially if there's an nfl game well aren't they are they're
already bundling streaming platforms where you buy like bund of them? But if you said Disney's going after it,
I would imagine then this would be huge for ESPN+.
Wouldn't they put every single NFL game on ESPN+, then?
You would think.
And Disney+, remember, Don Batista had that commercial
where he was in a canoe where it was...
A streaming...
Oh, my bad.
Yeah, where it was Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu.
And Hulu were all together in one package
don batista announced that so disney's in that that was the first commercial for that yeah remember
that oh yeah it was a great fucking crush yeah yeah it was a great i'm still remembering it
right now june 27 2022 so you'd assume if they get it it would just be a part of that entire package
right yeah and sorry to cut you off in the middle of that.
I pictured that commercial in my head.
I just started laughing for a minute.
Either way, it has to go streaming.
What's easier to do?
Go to a streaming platform or get a stupid old school dish for your house?
Well, so I think if Xfinity wanted to take one more shot at existing and surviving.
Yeah. Right? Better have at existing and surviving. Yeah.
Right?
Better have three bill a year.
Yeah.
And they said it historically lost money for DirecTV.
Is that true?
No.
Come on.
They need to relax.
They were charging over $100 a year per season per customer.
It might have been even per month.
Yeah, but $300.
But do people have DirecTV strictly because Sunday Ticket's there and are they accounting
those people just because of Sunday Ticket
if they use the rest of
DirecTV? That's why those like affiliate
link deals are all bullshit.
And no, I'm happy we're at
a stage where we don't have to do them anymore. A lot of young
podcasts and digital companies have
to do that. You have to prove how many people
you can drive by using this link and doing that whole
thing. Well, what if somebody doesn't need it right now but they remember it from the show
and they go and do it do you still get credit for that type of thing that's kind of what i think
when direct tv says no it didn't necessarily make money directly off of that but how many indirect
direct tv customers were there because of sunday ticket being an option and i don't know if they
can calculate that you know i also heard direct tv going to be done in the next, like, four or five years.
Absolutely.
I'm dead.
They didn't redo their contract with the satellites.
Satellites are dead.
So dead.
I'm so pumped that the times of snow fucking up my national championship
and Super Bowl are no longer.
Got new internet in the house, AJ.
Here we go.
Hey.
You got fiber out there?
Oh, yeah.
Hell yeah.
That's awesome.
TV still froze last night in the middle of the Stanley Cup,
but it got back much quicker than it had in the past.
Yeah, and that's what you need.
Might be the TV's fault.
Joining us now, maybe a man with a little bit more information on this.
Is $3 billion the asking price or $3 billion the actual price for a Sunday ticket?
What's going to happen with Deshaun Watson?
Then, in turn, what's going to happen with Baker Mayfield?
What about Debo Samuel
Jeremy Fowler's breaking news
and then kind of retelling news
as breaking news every once in a while
joining us senior NFL
insider for the NFL and NFL.com
a man who knows all
things about the NFL and is host of the weekly
wrap up with Rap Sheet and Friends us being
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Hey Rap Sheet! How. Us being friends, he being Rap Sheet, Ian Rapoport. Hey, Rap Sheet!
What's up, dude? How are you, man?
I'm good. How you guys doing?
Okay, we'll put a bow on this particular
combo that we're having before we move forward.
DirecTV on Sunday
ticket after this season. Apple,
Disney, Amazon, Netflix,
probably every streaming platform is in on
this. $3 billion is the
asking price or the for sale price for Sunday Ticket?
And how long will that deal be, Ian Rappaport?
I have not heard the Netflix thing.
It could definitely be true, just haven't heard it.
But the other streaming services, I have heard it.
And I think kind of like you talked about before, a couple minutes ago,
it does seem like, I don't know, I guess everyone is kind of going away from
satellite streaming is where it's at. So, you know, taking this package there makes sense.
There's a lot we don't know. As far as the three million billion, I think that was more of like a
baseline. Like, I don't get the sense it's going to be like, all right, I'll pay three and then
it's done. There's actually a lot more that goes into this, how they want to structure it.
What kind of availability does the streaming service have?
Like, is it sort of available for everyone?
How prevalent is it?
Is this something that's going to affect the potential partnership with NFL Media?
Because NFL Media, which I work for great job nfl media i'm still looking for
i'm still looking for a partner we don't know if it's going to be related or not
um but yeah it does sound like direct tv and out and yes what do you know about NFL Plus? I went to a summit.
Perhaps you remember.
I believe we talked from there.
You called it useless and extravagant.
Hey, what?
Learned a lot about NFL Plus there.
What is it?
It's going to be a service that we're going to provide.
I'm actually the one laying the fiber and creating the app.
that we're going to provide.
I'm actually the one laying the fiber and creating the app or whatever.
So I'm really good on the technical side there.
Basically, it's going to be all of the extra stuff,
including Game Pass,
which is getting, sounds like, upgrades.
All the stuff that people would pay for,
including live games.
I don't know how normal this is.
I watch a lot of live games on my phone or iPad.
It seems like people do that nowadays, mainly so I can keep my wife happy.
We can watch one show on the TV, watch the football on the phone or iPad.
NFL Plus is coming out, I think, August, either late July or early August.
It seems to be pretty cool.
Yeah, it seems to be quite a good business move by the NFL.
Hey, if you don't want it, we can make our own. With that being said, you want to buy this and
other stuff involved in the Sunday ticket package is $3 billion a year. Seems like a great business
move. I think a lot of the local teams are creating content for NFL Plus, right? The stuff
that maybe doesn't end up on social media or bigger videos, the local teams are going to be
tasked with creating stuff for NFL Plus?
I think that's right.
We're going to have a lot from the teams on there,
as well as like we're going to create stuff,
guide games, which people like, game pass.
My assumption is more me, which I think will help a lot.
Nice.
I don't know that for sure.
I'm just kidding.
So I think it's going to be great and everyone should, you know, subscribe.
All right.
Well, congrats to NFL just creating another cash wagon in NFL Plus.
Five bucks a month.
That's, hey, anybody can pay five bucks a month for more NFL access.
And also that price can get run up real quick and then that can go for sale for something immediately.
It's always good business. They're one step ahead. Let's move along. Let's talk about one step ahead. And also, that price can get run up real quick, and then that can go for sale for something immediately.
It's always good business.
They're one step ahead.
Let's move along.
Let's talk about one step ahead.
Feels like you're like that with a lot of breaking news.
This week, you told me it's going to be a big one. This feels like a big week in the NFL's history.
Florio tweeted out, normally this week is boring.
Not this year.
Why is that?
We're all expecting a Deshaun Watson punishment,
which then immediately
leads into a baker mayfield decision is that why this week is so big or or is there something we're
missing well i don't know for sure about when we are going to get a a disciplinary resolution
um from the jointly appointed judge i think it is, but we don't know for sure. What's going to happen is Deshaun Watson,
the current Browns quarterback,
is going to meet on Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday as well
in person with the third-party arbitrator.
This is significant.
This is his hearing.
And basically what's going to happen here
is the NFL is going to present its side,
obviously pushing for a lengthy, indefinite suspension where he would be able to reapply after a year.
The NFLPA is pushing for a lot shorter, perhaps even no suspension, arguing that he did not violate the NFL's personal conduct policy.
And at that point, whenever this is over, either tomorrow or Wednesday, then the judge has some options she can
issue a ruling which is okay like he violated the personal conduct policy
here's how many games or she could say he did not violate the personal conduct
policy in which case that's a wrap and it is over or she could ask for more she
could ask for briefs which would then have to be filed within three days,
which would prolong it a little more.
So there's several things that could happen.
But, yes, this is the first time where it's like a resolution is imminent,
and that will tell us a real lot about this coming season.
So she technically does have final say.
Like, let's say she comes out and says 10 games.
Doesn't Raj have to go through the appeal process?
Yes.
So will we know anything tomorrow?
Will we know her suggestion?
Will we know?
I don't think tomorrow we will know.
It might not even be over by tomorrow.
I mean, look, this has taken us, I don't know, how many months?
It feels like it's been, I think it's been more than a year,
maybe 14, 15 months.
There's a lot.
There's a lot of stuff.
And several of the accusers have, some of the accusers have spoken to the NFL.
There's all sorts of information.
There's what Watson has provided.
There's all sorts of witnesses that, you know, the NFL and documentation the NFL has provided based on their investigation.
There's a lot.
So it might not be over tomorrow.
Could go into Wednesday.
She will issue her ruling and then both sides can appeal.
So if it is,
I don't know,
you mentioned 10 games,
let's say 10 games could honestly get a situation where both sides say we
don't like that.
That is definitely possible.
Okay.
And then that goes back into Sue Robinson's court.
that. That is definitely possible. Okay. And then that goes back into Sue Robinson's court.
I believe when Roger Goodell ultimately is the one that would decide this, you know,
it used to be, he would decide, and then there would be an appeal and he would decide that. Now it's this, uh, now it's Sue Robinson who would then decide, and then Goodell ultimately,
ultimately has the final say here. But they're appealing Sue, not Goodell ultimately ultimately has the final say here but they're appealing Sue not
Goodell uh they are appealing Sue yes that was an unbelievable Judge Robinson AJ how about them
working that you know in the CBA listen I'm assuming Roger Goodall in uh Jenny Fox's words, will 100% take what Sue says and be like, yes, this is the punishment.
But the fact, and I'm only saying this from the player's perspective that was a part of the last CBA.
The thing every player was pissed off with the last CBA was the judge, jury, and executioner is Roger Goodell.
And then if you were to appeal, guess what?
Same jury, same judge,
same executioner.
So you're just saying like,
I think you're wrong.
Well, I don't.
So see ya.
You know what I mean?
So now there's an added layer in there,
but ultimately in the end,
Roger Goodell is still the one
making the decision.
And I think what AJ,
and I think what AJ wanted to know was,
will we ever hear what Sue said?
Unless,
like unless Roger Goodell says,
the honorable Sue Robinson suggested this,
this is what we are going with.
If he doesn't say that.
No, I think we're going to know.
You think so?
I think we're going to know.
I don't know how.
Like, I don't know if it'll be jointly.
If she says something that Goodell doesn't do.
Won't the appeals take longer than this week?
Forever.
If they're going to appeal,
doesn't this take a while before we know what's going on it all takes a while and we still i mean so it seems
like we might not know anything this week so it's a house oversight committee this week so it sounds
like we we might not know anything this week right i mean i think we're gonna you know look
we've seen how much has been in the media no way you going to fall over on your chair just then. You looked like you were going to fall over.
I mean, I've almost fallen over on my chair because it's like I thought we were going to get it.
Because this is a domino effect for everything else, right?
Then it's right into the Baker Mayfield.
Then we don't have to continue to talk about this, I don't think, every single day because this is obviously not something that's great for the nfl but the appeal process that's a whole nother hearing right for
both sides almost yeah but we also have a month like my sense is by a month from now which is
when the browns open camp on the 26th i think um i think we're gonna know it sounds like it
is best for everyone if we were gonna know know. So at least we got another month discussing this.
You mentioned the Baker Mayfield part.
I know this sounds like it doesn't make any sense,
but I am not sure that Baker Mayfield's status hinges on whether or not
Deshaun Watson is suspended a year or 10 games or four games.
The Browns and Panthers had some talks two weeks ago right before minicamp.
Right before minicamp ended.
It didn't get where it needed to go.
They didn't consummate a trade.
But they did have some talks, which makes me think at least the Browns are willing to trade him
not knowing what's going to happen to Deshaun.
So I don't think, like, if the league gets what it seeks and gets a year,
I don't think the Browns are then going to say,
all right, we'll just keep Baker
because there's still so much, it's possible,
but there's still so much work to be done
to get to the point where Baker would be
the starting quarterback of the Browns.
Albert Breer, I think, wrote this morning
in the Monday Morning Quarterback
about how he has heard that there's zero chance
of fence mending with
Baker Mayfield and the Browns. And then
we had Schultz. Money does that. Yeah, I
understand. I'm on your side here. We had Schultz
on last week. Jordan
Schultz, dad who
you know
slips in the
liquid cane sugar in a couple
of the drinks. You need not do that.
Good month. Love coffee. Huge Starbucks guy. You like not do that. Good month. It is good month.
Love coffee.
Huge Starbucks guy.
You like the box, huh?
I mean, I'm a big coffee guy now, too.
It helps me live forever.
But anyways, he came on, and he said that everything around the internet
and around the NFL is that Baker's immature.
What is it about Baker and Cleveland?
Why is it unbendable?
How did it get to this point? Is this just because the you never know podcast with actual with real Mike and Baker saying that it will never.
Is it because him requesting a trade and them saying fuck off? Is it because they put him
in a game where he couldn't throw the ball? Had him throw 60 times? Is it because the
Odell Beckham senior stuff and nobody really went to his back? Is it because he walked
down the sideline after a bad play and nobody said hello?
How did we get here?
How did this happen, Ian, that we got to this point with Baker in the Browns, you think?
That is so many things.
Like, think about all of the things you just mentioned.
And it's all, I mean, a lot of that is true.
A lot of the incidents happened.
I would take issue with one thing that Jordan Schultz said, and look,
we all talk to different sources, so this isn't against him.
It's just the immaturity thing. I don't really know about that.
I have not heard that with Baker. Like he's brash. He's pretty cocky.
He's very confident, but when he's winning,
we all call it moxie and we say like, Oh,
he's got the right stuff to be a franchise guy.
Then when he goes out and plays on a torn labrum,
probably should not have been playing, obviously affected his accuracy,
seemed to affect his decision-making, and then we all say he's immature.
Well, like, he's the same dude.
You know, so, like, I don't get all that.
To me, like, if he's healthy, and I think the Browns as a roster are really good.
Regardless of who's quarterback, really good.
AJ tried to put Schultz's feet to the fire.
He said, can you give me an example of that?
Good job, AJ.
He did.
I don't think he heard me.
No, I think he did.
He just kind of, you know what I mean?
I just.
He did tell you to fuck off.
Without using the words.
What are you, some Dunkin' bitch?
That's what he was saying, Dunkin' Donuts.
Gas station coffee.
Yeah, I'm not answering this.
Gas station bum.
It's piss mud.
No, I like gas station coffee.
Well, that's because it is double...
Filtered or whatever.
Double, triple filtered.
Oh, hell yeah. Get me jacked up. What was that? Speedway? Speedway's weird. Double. Filtered or whatever. Double, triple filtered. Oh, hell yeah.
Get me jacked up.
What was that?
Speedway?
Speedway's gas.
They had a big run on them being triple filtered or something like that.
It doesn't make any sense.
Them being the best coffee.
I was on Bob and Tom the morning they had the I'm jacked up guy in studio right next to me.
Man, think about me with that guy.
Yeah.
Just so I was so happy.
I was asking him a thousand
how do we get here like before coffee you just saw the big energy guy that was your audition like
like you just gotta be so good and what's the coffee better well it's triple filter he to be
clear great guy and he was jacked up juice i'm not 100% sure if it's just the mud getting him
going you know what a lot of people accuse me of. I certainly was accusing him of in my head.
They accuse you of that?
Cacania?
Oh, that.
I thought you meant, like, juicing.
I was like, I've never heard people accuse you of that.
What the fuck?
Kind of fuck off.
Bill Burr.
Yeah.
Yeah, Bill.
You ever heard of Bill Burr?
I'll ask you if you're on a cycle.
You ever heard of William Burr, pal?
The white tiger?
Vaguely rings a bell oh good he accused
me and aj both are taking all these right well aj he said after you podcasters are done with
the roids they'll be able to make me live to a 90 or something like that i was like thank you bill
that was very nice you i think it's actually really i think he was talking about that guy but
yeah i just all of it i mean none of it really makes sense to me because like him and Stefanski, they don't get along at all.
When did it go bad though?
Was it ever good?
I think it was good, but with Baker, it's always a little tense,
which is really, again, fine and like –
What does that mean?
AJ.
He asks a lot.
He demands a lot.
Sounds like he's immature.
Can't have it.
No, that's not immature.
That's what you want a starting quarterback to be like, though, by the way, AJ.
And, like, you know, look, we've –
He's got to be a psycho about details.
Right.
When I was coming up in this business,
it was all about how Peyton Manning and Tom Brady were so demanding
that they would make people uncomfortable.
I mean, Manning would call people at 2 in the morning to talk about a play.
Like, it's not normal behavior,
but they're so good and so detail-oriented
that we, like, champion that.
And we should.
So it doesn't have to be all, like, you know, cookies and rainbows.
Like, it is okay for a quarterback and a head coach to clash
because they are both demanding and definitely both want to win.
Right.
So, like, I don't think the relationship between the Browns
and Baker mayfield is
unmendable it just needs to be mended because and you know i've said this for forever there are
there are certain situations where it is best for baker and best for the browns that he's their
starting quarterback assuming he is their best option we've seen him get to the playoffs with
the browns we literally have seen it.
So, like, there's nothing that makes me think it can't happen again
if that's what they need.
So Stefanski having him throw the ball 60 times just days after saying
that he knows Baker can't be as accurate because of the sling on his left shoulder,
even though it's not a throwing shoulder, and then people, you know,
talking about that might have been Stefanski saying,
good luck out there, but you didn't,
you don't get that sense at all from around there?
No, because they want to win.
I mean, to me, that's, now, first of all,
I don't know how many times Baker changed the play.
So, like, I don't, when we look at run pass,
there definitely are times where a quarterback will audible out of a run.
Oh, Carson.
Yeah, I know.
We got Jonathan Taylor in the back.
You're aware.
Yeah.
Yeah, I am aware. Yeah. I didn't get my stats out. We got Jonathan Taylor in the back. You're aware. Yeah. Yeah, I am. Yeah.
I get my stats out. We got a fucking horse back here.
Yeah, I do. And that might have been Jim Mercy, brother.
We need to get a fucking new guy in here.
Who doesn't want to give the fucking ball to that guy behind us?
I know Saquon's taking pictures with a shirt on.
That's what JT looks like with a shirt on.
So I couldn't even imagine what he looks like without one absolute stud.
But go ahead. I'm sorry.
You're thinking of Baker might've checked those places.
What you're here.
I just,
it is hard for me to imagine that a head coach,
a respected one who has been to the playoffs and who was an all around
pretty good guy.
Like Kevin Stefanski says,
you know what?
I am going to put aggression against Baker before the team winning.
Like this doesn't make any sense.
He would do what he believes is necessary for the team to win.
And if he wanted Baker to throw that much,
it's not a personal slide against Mayfield.
It's just,
that's what he thought the team needed to do to win.
And I don't think he would put a personal grudge over that.
It just seems weird.
He is literally judged by wins and losses.
Well,
he wouldn't chip on TJ Watt trying to chase a sack record.
And I do believe that was referenced by the quarterback
who ended up taking the record-breaking sack.
Go ahead, Connor.
Yeah, rap sheet.
Is the Debo Samuel and 49ers relationship unbendable?
And then also, why is Jeremy Fowler telling me the sky is still blue
every time he breaks news?
Also, why is Jeremy Fowler telling me the sky's still blue every time he breaks news?
We like Jeremy Fowler, dude.
Great guy.
We can't have these weekend sports that are breaking news as though saying Aaron Rodgers threw a football because he'd like to work on completing a pass this week.
Like, that can't be breaking news.
We know that's breaking news.
Saquon Barkley had his shirt off because he wanted the world to know
that he is in incredible shape.
That can't be breaking news.
Come on, guys.
Things that we assume are happening.
We love Jeremy.
Love.
We have to say.
Very good guy.
Love Jeremy Fowler.
Probably a great guy.
I like him, too.
But my phone, you know, when there's breaking news about the NFL,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and then I have to stop everything I'm doing.
Okay. All right. Russell wants to stop everything I'm doing. Okay.
All right.
Russell wants to work on camaraderie.
Okay.
All right.
Thank you, Fowler.
He has sources.
We appreciate his work.
But there's some times where maybe let's save the breaking news thing for,
you know, actual breaking news.
But nonetheless, he said that the Debo 49er situation is not risk right he hasn't
rescinded his trade request yeah he has not rescinded mentioned on SportsCenter this a.m
that there's been no official rescission rescission is that the word yep is it
Ian you want to that super smart school yeah I, I've never heard that word before, but it seems right.
Or would it be recension, I feel like?
I've never used that word before.
It's a cancellation.
Recension of the trade request, at least that I'm aware of.
But he did show up for minicamp, which is positive.
And there's not a lot of league-wide chatter about a potential trade right now,
which is good information.
Once again, we love Jeremy Fowler.
We love Jeremy Fowler.
There's just been a couple breaking news situations at a sports center on the weekends that I would rather not get a full vibrate in my pocket for.
Yes, legalese.
Legalese.
Okay, shout out to Jeremy Fowler.
We appreciate that.
You're teaching us all something here.
But there's been no rescission of trade requests by Debo, but he's there.
What does that mean?
They're trying to work on a deal still.
And Jimmy G coming back, what, next week?
Early next week? And then that coming back, what, next week? Early next week?
And then that kind of expedites the whole process?
Well, first of all, not to defend Jeremy Fowler,
but I don't know how it works over there,
but it is possible he does not control the breaking news updates.
So maybe he doesn't control when you get the alerts.
Also, maybe you've got to change your settings to when you get the alerts. So just go to the NFL Network app and get alerts. Also, maybe you got to change your settings to when you get the alerts. So just
go to the NFL Network app and get alerts there. Get NFL Live too. This sounds like a guy that's
had this happen to him. NFL Plus, yeah. When you've said something and then NFL Network's
been like, breaking news, Ian Rappaport is reporting. My guys would never do that to
me, but we do have discussions before I report
something to be like, here's how we would
handle this. If this happens, we have
breaking news, then we have news alerts,
then we have team alerts.
Anyway, shout out to Jeremy Fowler.
Thank you, Jeremy Fowler.
And you're doing the same thing we are, which is
there's not a lot going on, we understand, but
I'm tired of thinking that there's some...
Oh, he's got to show him.
Russell Wilson is looking to make friends on the team. There's not a lot going on, we understand, but I'm tired of thinking that there's something. Oh, he's got to show them. Here we go.
Russell Wilson is looking to make friends on the team.
Okay.
All right, we get it, father.
Jesus.
You know, that one got me.
I was so upset about it.
Me too.
I fucking sprinted to a place with service.
This is before I got the new internet.
I'm like, oh, ESPN SportsCenter breaking news.
Oh, Russell Wilson looking to make friends.
Okay.
I'm sure he's going to be easy.
That guy was training in fucking Monaco yesterday.
Unbelievable.
Sorry.
Go ahead.
No, hey, I get it.
Fuck.
Debo Samuel.
Hey, this is a – I understand.
Debo Samuel.
Yeah, I don't get the sense anything's changed there.
He did show up for minicamp, which was good. I don't think he did anything's changed there He did show up for minicamp
Which was good
I don't think he did anything
But just being there, not wanting to get fined
Sound business decision
Don't say goodbye to your money like that
In a way
Don't get the fines, I think that was smart
I would expect them to make some moves
As far as their potential contract extension
I think they know Something's got to happen before the season.
But I don't think, as I said with Baker, I think everything is fixable.
But this one will take a lot of work.
And it's not just going to be money.
It's going to be money.
It's going to be a plan.
It's going to be how they're going to use them.
He's going to have to feel really comfortable that his future being in their hands is a good thing.
So there's a lot here. I in their hands is a good thing. So there's
a lot here. I think it starts with a contract extension, one that he would be okay with,
but I don't think it, I don't think it ends there. And as far as his trade request, like,
yeah, I mean, I don't, I don't think he, it would not make any sense for a player to go,
all right, just kidding. Like if you meant it, then you meant it now. And it's on the team to kind of fix it. So Jimmy G's entire situation is just him getting healthy. And once
he gets traded, is that when Debo's deal gets done? I think it might help just for cap space,
but I don't think it's necessary. Who wants Jimmy Carolina? The only team right now who seems to want to be in the mix of trading a quarterback that we know is the Carolina Panthers.
So they would be the team that makes sense.
This is an injury, though.
Think about it.
He hasn't thrown in four months.
He's going to throw.
It should be actually pretty shortly, probably in the next couple weeks, which is good. But then if you're a team trading for him, trading a significant something,
compensation, maybe a mid-round draft pick, maybe better,
certainly could be better.
He's a starting quarterback.
Plus paying him, you need him to make all the throws.
When is he going to be there?
Right?
Like is it – if he's throwing – you know how it goes, right?
Like if he's throwing, let's say, in two weeks,
it's not going to be snap your fingers and he can, you know,
throw a deep out.
Like it's going to have to show some things.
So I don't think it's going to be snap your fingers and it's immediate.
But then of course, this all gets thrown into flux if someone has a quarterback injury,
because then it's like, then he's out there.
Then the 49ers have real real leverage then it
gets real interesting got it Ian so do they have a plan for Jimmy G does he have to come in and
prove to the Niners like hit the steps in the process and that he can start to make the throws
and how do you prove to other teams is it a trade pending a physical and you got to come in and
throw for him and will they trade film with other teams that want to see him throw? Training camp practices are generally open to the public.
So I think it would be as easy.
Now, look, if the 49ers want to trade him,
my guess is they will do everything to facilitate it, right?
So let's say there's not a lot of precedent for this.
So I don't even know if this could happen.
But, like, I mean, look, they could provide film.
They could – he could do a – I mean, there's a lot of things they could do to tell a team, like, he is healthy enough.
Also, would a team take on a one-year, $20-plus million contract without redoing it?
Take that big salary cap?
I don't know.
So Jimmy G would probably have to be on board, maybe work out a new deal with a team.
So everyone will have to be on the same page to get a deal done.
But I believe the 49ers would facilitate it because it's in their best interest too
now they wouldn't trade to the seattle seahawks right who we heard were in the business with
for baker mayfield or no i haven't heard the seahawks baker mayfield stuff i think if he was
released which he's not going to be they would probably be interested just because the money would be way down but um as far as the 49ers
trading jimmy g the seahawks like i don't i don't think that's happening well you could get
debo samuel his money that he wants that'd be cool you got your quarterback have his room now
you might have to run into the buzzsaw that is the paisan garoppolo a couple times a year
but you know what if he beat you yeah well yeah but he's you might run into him anyways right
wherever he goes?
Yeah, but not twice a year.
Not that team.
Like, no way.
I don't see it.
I mean, look, division rivals have traded with people before.
It is not unprecedented.
Patriots and Jets traded a couple times.
But, like, a starting quarterback, Sonny McNabb was traded in division.
But I think we all realized what that meant. It took a couple years, but I think we all realized why he was traded in division. But I think we all realized what that meant.
It took a couple years, but I think we all realized why he was traded at the time
because he was going like this.
Whoa.
Whoa.
Jeez.
He was still in that chunky suit.
Go ahead, Tom.
Ian, what's going on with Kamara?
The number six for game suspension has been tossed out.
Is he going to get the same option as Deshaun Watson
where you can settle for less games?
Because that was reported last week.
So people that do stuff wrong are just going to be able to settle for less games.
Is that a thing?
Well, let me address the second part first.
A settlement happens actually like somewhat frequently.
We don't always find out about it.
But when it's a weird number of games,
a lot of times that means there's a settlement.
Let's say someone suspended eight games.
A lot of times that means it was a settlement.
So the league will push one thing,
PA will push another thing.
If all sides know that the player did something wrong,
a lot of times they will say,
all right, we agree on these facts.
Here's the settlement terms.
It's this many games.
And then there's no appeal.
It's just cleaned up and it's over.
Like that does happen.
As far as Kamara, he's still got his legal situation.
So, like, I saw Florio, right?
I saw Florio.
Post.
I think it was the New York Post.
Was it?
So whoever reported six games, I saw that.
I mean, that's the baseline for like a significant physical altercation.
But his legal process has not kind of gone through yet.
There's been no trial.
There's been no settlement.
There's been no nothing.
So almost always the NFL waits until the actual criminal situation gets settled,
handled, whatever it is.
So it seems early, really early for me for that one to be decided before the season.
Absent some sort of settlement.
Would that be one that Sue hears as well?
I don't know that for sure.
I don't want to say something that's wrong, so I don't know that for sure.
Is Sue still working as a regular judge, federal judge, and also working for the NFL on the side?
I don't think so.
I need to look up her resume, but I don't.
Usually these are retired judges, but I would have to look that up.
Okay, well, this has never happened before.
Well, no, that's not true.
They've had Roger Goodell designees before.
They've had judges's not true they've had roger goodell designees before they've had judges
do sort of investigation so they've had judges work for the league or be jointly appointed
before just not in this disciplinary role oh i did not know that that's something i just learned
yeah i mean there's been because there's been some times when he has you know sort of passed
it along like all right this person is best to that. It's a retired judge who kind of handles the discipline and then he handles the appeal.
Zeno just told me in my ear that Judge Sue Robinson, your honorable, retired in 2017.
So she's five years in retirement.
By the way, maybe July 14th, it's coming up on the retirement date.
Maybe she got a little court rust too early as she was kind of getting through it. of getting through it. I'm happy to see her back in there, and we appreciate
her service. Ain't that right, Ian?
Yeah. I mean, retirement sounds great, but then they put you to work. I don't know. Maybe
that's... I would just want to be playing a lot of golf. Maybe she does play golf.
Yeah, but you do that while you're working.
Yeah.
So that's a thing.
I played really well on Saturday, thankfully.
Is that course you walk at?
No, I played one in Connecticut, destroyed my friend Ross. It was really well on Saturday, thankfully. Is that course you walk at? No,
I played one in Connecticut, destroyed my friend Russ. It was really quite a moment.
Eat shit, Russ. Fucking Russ stinks, dude.
Yeah, go to hell. Russ has to be so bad at golf.
He lost to this guy? Yeah, Jesus.
He played well. He shot 87.
What did you shoot? 86.
Oh, right.
You destroyed him, man. Holy shit.
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Ladies and gentlemen
Ian Rapaport
Hey, R.I.P.
This show
Tired of my mic
This show fucking stinks
It's
Why is it the mic's fault?
I don't know if it's
Why don't you join us?
Because
I feel like it's
If I was to do that
It'd be like the crown tire
And the message
You know Yeah, but You know It's Let's ride You know Because I feel like if I was to do that, it'd be like the crown tire and the message.
Yeah, but, you know, it's let's ride.
I think it's like a bird call type situation.
Who do?
And then on the way, you know what I mean?
Yeah, yeah.
But I'll get in there if you need me to.
And wait until you hear my fucking emotional let's ride one day. You know, because there's many different ways to say let's ride.
We've obviously seen Russell.
Did you see him training in Monaco, AJ?
I mean, first football ever thrown on that field.
Yes, I did.
Let's go.
That soccer pitch was gorgeous.
And I have gotten to play soccer in Europe a few different times,
so I've gotten a chance to practice at some of the academies and fields.
Some of those views, dude.
What's those mountains?
The Alps over there, right?
They do have the Alps.
The Alps.
I was on a field in Switzerland, I believe.
Practice field.
Practice field that literally you miss the net and then miss the net behind it.
You have to walk onto the Alps to get the fucking balls.
And it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
And that was just like practice.
We were just like fucking around and doing it.
You turn around, it's like, oh, this is the most beautiful thing of all time.
So watching him at Monaco on the edge of a cliff with the whole thing,
that was beautiful.
But Russ is always going to get that work in.
You know what I mean?
And he's obviously pumped about the Avs being Stanley Cup champions
because he's a Denver citizen just like you, AJ.
When are we getting Russ on this show? You think it's going to be a round up around let's ride we kind of get him
on this show for a convo and how tight are you with Russell AJ I am I don't know you know no
Russ uh personally but I've just been a fan from afar for a long long time so I appreciate his
support of the abs how about him bringing shoulder pads to fucking Monica, dude? That's how you win. Why not?
He had a whole, he did a sit-down over there,
a Q&A, I believe, to help grow the game.
There's been a few of those.
I saw Cameron Jordan was there, and I forget.
Was he there as like an NFL ambassador?
It's been happening in a couple different countries,
like a sit-down, almost like South by Southwest type conference, sit-down Q&A session with all the objectives of the Q&A listed behind.
You know, brand builder.
Hell yeah.
Motivate.
Like that whole thing happening.
It's been a big tour over there.
But I do like seeing Russell Wilson have his pads and have a practice publicly over there.
Because that will always make us think, russell wilson is always working russell
wilson's never stopping russell wilson's always getting better he's always riding to success yeah
no matter what i mean now that he's done this he's a lot for the mvp right but everybody on earth yes
everybody he's never won it every everybody on earth mocks like well if you didn't put it on
the internet did you do a workout it's getting to the point now where if you don't put your workouts
on the internet a large portion of society thinks you have a worse work ethic than
the people that put everything on the internet aj yeah i mean if that's the case that's stupid
that's dumb and i hate it but yeah cool i mean bob carpenter every morning maybe i'm sure definitely
it's generational it's like aid you know different age groups definitely some of them probably do like i've never i haven't seen this guy post one of his highly manicured and
highly produced uh workout videos in like three days he must be taking some time off so that's
i don't think that's necessarily the case i think once you start posting workout videos you're
automatically high work ethic but some people who don't have that person as a quarterback go
i wish my quarterback would be fucking doing that.
You know?
That's true.
That naturally happens, I think, in the era of social media.
So what I'm promoting is, hey, Matt Ryan, need you fucking.
Yeah.
Need you throwing the ball.
All right?
We'll send you Foxy.
We'll get a good promo, a nice highlight reel of your workout.
I want everybody on earth to know that this guy's an astronaut.
This guy's a Navy SEAL.
This guy's working harder than the guy that took his shoulder pads to fucking Monaco
because that's what we have right here in Indianapolis.
And I feel bad that I feel that way,
but honestly I think that's how all NFL fans are starting to feel about this type of stuff.
Yeah, it feels like the game will really change when an offensive lineman comes out
and they're like, all right, you know what, I'm going to put together my highlight reel
because they're the only position group probably and even D linemen that don't put them out.
Did you see that offensive lineman that just
got signed somewhere? Who's the most flexible offensive
lineman? He was doing splits and rolling around and everything.
And all I thought about was
all the other offensive linemen
that that guy's going to the team to
and they're like, yeah, I think it's Bama.
Yeah, going to Bama.
I'm just thinking about when he gets the NFL.
Oh, yeah, yeah. I've seen him. when he gets the nfl though oh this is the oh you're the super
flexible guy oh yeah oh yeah it's usc not bama still a lot of spotlight on it but oh is that
what'd you say like hey i'm gonna stretch put this on the internet like
offensive lineman gets so mad about that type of stuff and now though i think it's going to change
it eventually i think it's all going to change.
We're going to see everybody out there.
I hope so.
At least it makes me better.
I get it.
I understand that.
I see what you're saying.
Like, if a fan sees someone continue, oh, Russ is doing all this,
he's throwing, doing that, and you don't see anything from your guy,
then you're thinking, all right, well,
and then your guy posts a video in Monaco or some other place on vacation,
you probably get pissed.
What is this?
So this is, I just want to see.
Quentin Nelson, need this video tomorrow.
Oh yeah, Quentin.
Need this video tomorrow.
This is Cooper Lovelace.
He is offensive lineman who has gone,
he's signed to USC.
Most flexible big man of all time.
6'5", 320.
Former, another position, then he hit a growth spurt,
became an offensive lineman.
I love how flexible that big son of a bitch is.
I don't think there's a lot of humans that are like that.
And when that went viral, I was incredibly impressed
because I can't touch my toes, was a former punter in the NFL,
can't touch my toes, have no idea how to do it.
And then my immediate thought was all the other offensive linemen
watching that going, I fucking hate this guy.
Yeah.
And he doesn't deserve it.
AJ, I don't think he deserves it.
He was just trying to get a little recruiting bump.
You know what I mean?
Yeah, that's why, of course, everyone watching,
going, who is this guy?
This is my new teammate.
And then you get to the first practice,
and the dude is rolling everybody up, smashing heads.
Like, okay, cool.
Maybe I'll start stretching a little bit.
Hey, flexible guy.
Also, a little bit of a stallion, that whole thing.
But I think that helped his recruiting.
You know, I think that helped him. So I don't think anybody would knock him for that.
But I do believe in the positions of superstardom,
the more and more social media content is just going to grow,
and I think people will be judged off their social media content,
what they're showing and what they're not showing.
Honestly, I do believe that.
It is generational, but Brady, I feel like in the past three years,
has kind of transitioned to showing some of the stuff
that he actually works on on social media.
Oh, yeah, he hit the fucking moon.
Yeah, hit the moon.
I mean, what, did he throw the ball?
Throw it into that jugs machine.
Throw it into the jugs machine, yep.
All in one.
I don't want to be an absolute selfish prick here,
but I was big on social, obviously, while I was in the league.
Hated showing anything I was doing.
But then if I didn't show it, and I'm doing social,
everybody's like,
is this guy even care?
And then I have to answer questions about shit,
so I'd always put some stuff up,
like, hey, I'm doing something.
I think a lot of guys in the social world
are just doing that same exact thing.
Joining us now,
one day before
International Fight Week,
10th Annual Celebration
begins. Let's go.
The President of the UFC, I just watched
this past weekend, UFC on ESPN.
Great card, great fights
leading up to Thursday's Hall of Fame.
Then Saturday night, the
biggest card in the history
of UFC.
Stylebender
Panamere is the main event ladies and gentlemen Dana White
what's up boys good morning hey congrats on a big time this is fucking big week
right I mean is this is this like Super Bowl week WrestleMania week
international fight week 10th straight year of that and then this card on
Saturday is this the biggest week of the year for you guys?
Yeah, International Fight Week's the week where
people come in from all over the world and there's all,
everything fighting is going on in Vegas.
We got, you know, all the legends in town,
all the big superstars signing autographs, pool parties,
you name it.
It's all going on here this week.
When did you decide to make this happen?
10 years ago, obviously, but how did you get to the point to have International Fight Week?
Like, what was the thought process?
Like, hey, let's have a celebration where people can feel comfortable coming back and everything.
Is that kind of the thought process?
And then now, obviously, the business behind it has to be spectacular.
Yeah, we wanted to sort of have our week where we celebrate everything fighting and uh you know celebrate the
past the present and uh you know so we came up with international fight week and and we've been
growing it over the last 10 years and uh it's it's a fun week if you're a fight fan it's it's a uh
you know it's definitely a bucket list you gotta get here for one of them what's it like having
all of those
Legends and all these savages back at the same time I would imagine it's the the only situation
where you get all of them in the same place any like fun stories or any issues over the 10 years
no you know it's it's a it's a fun time obviously for them for us and and for the fans to have all
these guys here uh that week signing autographs taking pictures and being a part of all the things
that go on here in vegas that week so it's just it's a really cool thing for everybody who
fought is involved in fighting or loves fighting so wrestlemania wwe has had this obviously for
years and years you know the old wrestlers come back they have signings everything and then if
they're in good shape everybody's like i can still work i think i can still work anybody address you in international fight week and say hey how about one last
you know is there any uh politicking to get back in the ring during international fight week over
the years that you've experienced not in this sport man this is a this is a young man's game
so you know there's still some guys that that are here that fight that are, you know, legends already.
You know, like Shogun Hua is one of those guys off the top of my head.
But once you get to a certain age in this sport, it's a wrap.
You've got to be pumped for how this card is coming together on the weekend.
Obviously, the Internet and a lot of people our age are pumped for Sugar Sean's return into the octagon.
Then, obviously, Stylebender in the main event.
You've got to be incredibly thrilled.
And I watched UFC on ESPN.
I think that was on Saturday.
Is that the time?
I don't know if it's a fight night or a UFC.
Those are fucking great fights, too.
It feels like your sport is just one-upping itself every single weekend,
and this card this weekend is supposed to be, you know,
the fucking best of them all.
You've got to be pumped about the sport right now, Dana.
Yeah, I agree with you 100%. It's like, you know, we'll of them all you got to be pumped about the sport right now dana yeah i i agree with you 100 it's like you know we'll have a fight on saturday and you're like
damn how do you beat that event and then the next weekend is insane so um yeah yeah it's been good
i mean it's just it's a testament to the level of talent that is involved in the sport now and as
the sport continues to grow around the world you you know, kids that would have played soccer or football or rugby
or whatever it might be are training in mixed martial arts,
and these great athletes are becoming fighters.
How do you feel about after every fight, you know,
you guys give the opportunity for the winner to speak?
This past weekend, I think two guys were like,
yeah, I'm going to be the champ.
I don't know if UFC likes it or not. I gonna be the champ whether that's tomorrow next year two years and
it feels like especially on Saturday with how many eyes are going to be on this I assume after every
fight somebody's going to be calling out somebody do you love that or hate that enjoy the whole what
it has become or is that something that kind of makes your life a little bit more confusing and
the decisions you have to make maybe publicly? I like people to be whoever they are
and say whatever it is they want to say.
We don't muzzle anybody here for any reason whatsoever.
So if there's somebody you want to call out,
there's somebody you don't like, even if it's me,
who gives a shit, I don't care.
Do you like the drama, Dana?
It seems like you thrive off of any kind of drama,
especially when you are involved.
It's part of the sport.
It's like this huge soap opera that's real.
Every day there's something going on here.
There's somebody saying something, or somebody's not happy,
or somebody's thrilled, or whatever the deal is.
It is what it is.
The beautiful thing about it is every ounce of drama that happens here ends in a fight.
So you couldn't have a better outcome.
Do you have somebody on your staff that is just like, good morning, Mr. White.
Here is the shit that started overnight while you were sleeping.
This tweet, this tweet.
Do you have that in your life?
Yeah, Lene.
Lene, our head of PR, is that person for me.
She's like, okay, here's what's going on today.
Here's who's upset and pissed off today.
Here's what was said today.
Uh-oh, this guy just did this.
Do you have to scale it on importance,
and how do you take that in whenever you're trying to create these fight cards
in that room that you're sitting in with the fight makers and matchmakers?
Not really. It doesn't matter what is said or what happens it's always about
who's next and who's the best and who you know there's rankings and this guy should fight that
guy but when you do have a really good grudge match um you know you try to make it okay uh
this weekend you're expecting a lot of buzz.
It's International Fight Week.
The card's stacked.
Is there a country that has gone into that octagon, into Vegas,
and really been awesome?
I was there.
I think two Brazilians were fighting in the main event.
It ended up with a punt to the face.
I forget who it was.
But it was a mostly Brazil audience.
And they were like a soccer audience almost,
like humming through most of it and then explosion.
Then obviously the Irish, we've seen what they've done with Conor McGregor.
Is there a certain, you know, a fighter that's on the card
that you know is going to bring an insane amount of fans
and the type of fans you're probably looking for in the arena in Vegas?
Well, yeah.
I mean, obviously Sugar Sean O'Malley is a huge fan favorite. He's one of the most popular fighters in the arena in Vegas? Well, yeah. I mean, obviously, Sugar Sean O'Malley is a huge fan favorite.
He's one of the most popular fighters in the sport today.
But, I mean, you got Australia and New Zealand represented big time on this card,
you know, with Israel Adesanya and Volkanovski.
They're wild, those motherfuckers, huh?
The Australians?
Those sons of bitches are insane.
In our sport, they're the, those motherfuckers, huh? The Australians, those sons of bitches are insane. In our sport, they're the punters.
They're all 6'5", and they just drink all of the beer,
and they bomb balls, and they don't give a shit about anything.
The Australians are a great team.
Never been to New Zealand.
Obviously, watched Flight of the Conchords, so I feel like I know them.
But the Australians go bananas in the arena, yeah?
Yeah, yeah, of course.
And, you know, every time we put on an event over in
australia it's it's incredible i mean the fans are are amazing and uh yeah we're actually excited to
get back over there again it feels like every time we do a fight in australia no matter whether it's
a fight night or it's a big pay-per-view there There's just this energy and buzz over there, much like the UK.
I fucking love them.
Go ahead, AJ.
Robbie Lawler is fighting Brian Barbarina.
I've been a Robbie Lawler fan.
I'm 38.
Maybe it's right in my demo.
The dude's been fighting forever.
Just an absolute monster.
How do you think that thing is going to go,
and what made you put that on this card?
Yeah, I mean, you're absolutely right.
You're talking about two savages in that
fight i i expect those two to stand toe to toe and uh i i you know pun intended i expect fireworks
uh on that fight it should be awesome you're absolutely right hey last question when you're
putting together a card are you trying to put together like a buffet like because those guys
obviously you're expecting them just to bomb on each other.
Then Sugar Sean has actually said he's trying to put on a performance,
so he's trying to do his thing.
And then Stylebender has actually been quoted as saying, I'm willing to die.
Whenever you're putting a fight card together,
are you trying to get all different types in there,
or is that not something you can consciously think about?
Listen, we're just trying to put on the best fights we possibly can.
All these guys are acting like maniacs right now so it's uh style bender says yeah the belt's great
i love what it's done for me in my life but i want to pull off you know he wants to pull off
moves he wants to pull off spectacular uh uh what's the word i'm looking for um you know
like finishes and highlights.
Yeah, like highlights.
He wants highlights.
That's what he's looking for.
So, I mean, when a guy who's the world champion,
he's the number three power guy in the world,
he's got 15 wins by knockout,
and he's one of the biggest stars in the sport.
He's the main event, starts talking like that.
Yeah, that should be fun.
It's a good day to be Dana White,
and we appreciate you stopping by.
Have a great International Fight Week.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you for the time, boss.
Happy 4th, boys.
Thanks for having me.
Hey, happy 4th, ladies and gentlemen.
Dana White.
Yeah, Dana!
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Let's go to Mike in Denver.
What's going on, Mike?
It's the amygdala.
How we doing, boys?
How you doing?
Just keep it moving, Mike.
Hey, fellas.
Did you guys like that Stanley Cup last night?
Pretty electric.
Of course.
We were driving around Denver last night.
People were going crazy.
There was some dude in the middle of the street playing the drums.
I think he was trying to play the Blink-182 song.
What's the parade going to be like, Mike?
What's the parade going to be like?
Is it going to be big or are you guys not going to show up?
You guys are going to be too high on marijuana out there.
Dope heads.
Yeah, so the vitamins were definitely flowing.
I can say myself they were flowing.
No, not at all.
I think there's going to be a parade on Thursday
is what I'm hearing. Nothing's been
confirmed yet. Okay, parade
on Thursday. AJ, keep an eye out.
Are you flying out for that thing?
I don't think I'll be flying out, but I definitely want to watch.
We'll be off Friday, by the way. We were supposed
to have a show live from Vegas due
to some technical difficulties
that is not able to happen. Maybe we do
one live from Phoenix. We We got to figure it out.
We got to figure out life.
This show is coming to an end here
on this glorious Monday, June 27th, 2022.
AJ, anything to say to the Chris Mad Dog Russo listeners
coming on in six minutes?
Enjoy Mad Dog Monday.
I know he's going to be juiced up and ready.
That's right.
He's going to talk about Stanley Cup.
He's going to talk baseball.
He's going to talk about all things happening in the world. That's going to be much better than our show. That's right. He's going to talk about Stanley Cup. He's going to talk baseball. He's going to talk about all things happening in the world.
That's going to be much better than our show.
We'll see you in about 21 hours.
Cheers.
Did it, AJ.
No.
No.
AJ, you see my fucking Hummer I got, dude?
I didn't know that was out yet.
That thing is sweet.
Dude, it's fucking bananas.
I will send a photo right now to ZeetanM to use to put up.
It's got to be pretty fast, right?
Dude, a thousand horsepower, allegedly.
I mean, should you have an electric vehicle, though?
Well, I'm saving the fucking world.
Are you?
No, I mean, as far as reliability, I could see you easily not plugging that thing in.
Come on.
Come on.
I plug this phone in every night because I need it.
And this Hummer, where I park it, it lit.
The Pat Mobile right there.
Wow.
Look at that thing.
The Pat Mobile.
It's one of the best parts now, too.
I didn't even think about it.
You don't have to go to this fucking gas station.
No, yeah.
We talked about it earlier.
No, you said that one specifically or a gas station. No, yeah, we talked about it earlier. No, you said that
one specifically or a gas station?
Oh, you're talking about downtown gas
stations. Yeah, that is great.
Downtown gas station I go to, I got to take off.
All right, take off the pinky ring.
Take off the watch. Take off the fucking
necklace. Here we go. There's
no reason to stir anything. Let me
dishevel this tank top a little bit.
Let me go and fill it up now
it's a whole thing geez a little indigestion is that from the mocha here i thought i was supposed
to live forever with coffee i can't get through this it is so awesome aj i a grotesque price tag
okay absolutely i'm like far and away though because I said, buying a loaded Tahoe is very expensive.
This one, I mean, you can Google it.
The price is just one up, I think, even more.
But Graham Rahal, IndyCar driver, he has Graham Rahal Performance, which has, he's just got sick car after sick car.
He has a museum, basically, of cars for sale.
This one came to him from another IndyCar driver, and I'd asked him'm like i feel like i need something you know big like i used to have my f-150 still have it but
i'm looking to upgrade a little bit i need something that's big you know i'm driving around
this little aviator i feel like i'm gonna get run off the road it's like this was not an upgrade
from the f-150 i need something as soon as this came in he like gave me like a facetime and was
like i think you need this and i was like i think i do too yeah and then he sent me the video of this
thing crab walking turning some bitch sideways and driving sideways and he him and his ray hall
paint project they wrapped that thing in a satin black it's fucking gorgeous i'm very very thankful
for graham ray hall and his people it's un-fucking-believable i'm luckiest dude on
earth aj hawk well i i saw um that lebron commercial back in the day of it crab walking
right isn't this the car yeah this is the car and i honestly so it's press the button i want
to see a crab walk it's kind of well i think there's more buttons that got to be pushed
touchscreen is the touchscreens giant I'm sure. It is.
Touchscreen's an IMAX in there.
What's it like in the back? What are the seats like behind you?
Large.
It's like a... I think it has a bench, but it's...
No, two bucket seats
with a middle seat, but it's a lot
of space. It's bigger than my F-150.
You got a little baby truck bed back there?
Yeah, a little... No, truck bed is just as big as my F-150 truck bed i mean this car is fucking huge yeah it is yeah that thing's
got to be gigantic massive dude had no idea from the pictures how big it is and then in real life
it shows it just dwarfs my truck just completely dwarfs my truck yeah it's do you know how uh
sports teams offload bad contracts were you able to to do that with the Jeep that you got at Macomb?
The Jeep is eating a salary cap.
Do you even know where it is?
A lot of debt money.
Yeah, it's in the barn of bad decisions, right where it should be.
There's other things in there.
You know, the aquatic vehicle is in there and numerous other scooters and such.
Oh, yeah.
Can I have that thing?
The aquatic vehicle?
Yeah. How much? The aquatic vehicle? Yeah.
How much?
You know what?
I told Jack.
I said he needs to swim in it.
He has a pond.
He needs to swim in the pond with Lordo, Stanley Cup, or ride a little paddle boat.
If we took that thing from the land into the pond with Lordo sitting shotgun.
All right.
You can have it.
Yeah.
Deal.
All right.
We'll drive it.
Can you drive that down here?
I get to release the video, though.
Yeah, I don't care about the video.
I just want to do it.
Well, if you do it and you don't video it, it doesn't happen.
It didn't happen.
No, someone will video it.
Yeah, of course.
All video.
All Jackson in there and all video.
Speaking of, when you were talking about workouts earlier,
you posted a pretty impressive workout over the weekend.
It wasn't you working out,
but it was a rather impressive workout by an individual.
Oh yeah, maybe Matt or maybe Mike.
I forget his name.
Mike maybe.
Mike maybe me.
Mike Matt maybe me.
This dude.
Mikey maybe me.
Hey, you should check out
this fucking guy's Instagram page, AJ.
Look at this.
He's got 135 pounds
puts it up into a curl position some core strength great core strength and then this
in vans no yeah not just a holly he's gonna holly no more kickflip lands on the edge of the
platform holds the 135 up cracks open the ice cold rain, chugs it.
This guy is
unbelievable.
Is that the guy who had the Crocs on his...
Yeah, on the edge of his...
Did you see the video I posted of this guy lifting?
Oh, when he had like a million things
hanging off of him? Yeah, baseball bat Crocs.
135, full helmet
on there, did a full deadlift thing.
He's fucking awesome. That guy, he said he's ready to prepare me for SummerSlam if need be.
And I said, thank you, sir.
Wow.
Is that this Friday?
No, that's Money in the Bank is this Saturday.
I was actually doing the math because somebody said like July 27th or something.
Saturday's coming.
Yeah, July 30th is SummerSlam.
That's only a month and three days away.
I thought we had a lot more time for that.
You know, this morning, had to fight four guys for a reason.
Is there a premium live event coming up this weekend?
Money in the Bank, Saturday.
Just chatted about it.
It's in Vegas.
Friday night is SmackDown.
It's in Phoenix.
But you still have SmackDown Friday and then Money in the Bank Saturday.
Yeah, SmackDown Friday in Phoenix.
Money in the Bank Saturday, Yeah, SmackDown Friday in Phoenix, Money in the Bank Saturday, Vegas.
Same time as UFC?
I believe we are right before.
Right before.
I think we're right before.
But there will be overlap between the two. Money in the Bank, what do you mean?
It's a premium live event.
It's going to be 17 hours.
What do you mean?
It's not going to be done before.
Hey, listen.
UFC goes until like 1, 2 a.m.
The main card is like the first fight or two on the main card
is where there might be a little overlap.
It was midnight on Saturday,
and they said our co-main event is just now starting.
I'm like, are you fucking kidding me, dude?
What are we doing?
And it's like, oh, they're in Vegas.
They don't give a fuck.
Yeah, exactly.
They get an extra three hours over there.
I like the fact that Dana from Vegas is like, nah, we'll do it on our time.
Yeah, don't matter.
Hey, East, good luck out there.
You're going to have to stick with it.
It kind of adds to the whole appeal, I think.
But yeah, Money in the Bank is Saturday, where two superstars, one male, one female, will
change the trajectory of their career
as they climb up a ladder and snag a suitcase
that is locked and inside of it is a contract that says
you can challenge any champion at any time.
When they are at their absolute worst,
you can challenge them, pin them,
and take their title from them.
Just like at SummerSlam, when Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns take each other on
in a seven-year build to a last man standing match.
If you win Money in the Bank on Saturday, that last man standing match means what?
There's an ass beating coming to both men.
So as soon as they win, they're probably going to be a little bit tired.
Going to be a little bit beat up.
Probably not going to be able to do much.
So you cash in that money in the bank,
and you become the undisputed WWE Universal Champion.
That's on the line this weekend.
Money in the bank, AJ.
So I know the money in the bank thing.
I've seen the suitcase.
What do I do?
Do I hand it to the person and then go pin them and then take the title,
or what do I do?
You give it to the ref.
The ref then says to the timekeeper's table and hands over the thing.
And then it is announced.
Then the bell is officially run.
It is a sanctioned match at that point.
Then whatever happens happens.
Do they have different sanctioning bodies, like depending on what state they're in?
So the sanction is within the state.
Actually, there is indie wrestlers
that have to have a license to wrestle
in almost every state.
I think I have it with the promoter
that I work with, WWE.
I believe I have it, but yeah,
it is a sanctioned thing in the states that you're in.
And that suitcase says,
already sanctioned whenever you want.
Wow.
I didn't know that's how Money in the Bank worked.
That's cool.
It's a game changer.
It's like, hey, you're in WWE?
Hey, you have a documentary about what you did in WWE.
It's two different lives coming up this weekend.
Isn't there a match tonight about who will be in the Money in the Bank?
Oh, there's qualifying matches.
Yeah, tonight Ezekiel or Elias or Elrod will qualify for Money in the Bank.
Elron?
Elrod. Elrod. Hubbard? No. No, Zeke's younger brother, Elrod. Oh, Money in the Bank. Elron? Elrod. Hubbard? No.
No, Zeke's younger brother, Elrod.
Oh, we have another one. We don't know.
We haven't met him. We'll see.
We have three. What's their last name?
Well, we don't know.
They're like Tiger. It's just one name.
We don't know this either. Well, we do.
They're like Zito. We don't know anything about
his name. That is true.
What we do know about Zito is the hat he's wearing is fucking awesome.
So sweet.
Sick hat, dude.
Hey, sweet hat.
Very hell yeah.
Hey, Bruce, great mustache.
Yeah.
Yeah, thanks.
Great hat, too.
Thank you.
No problem.
It's not a new Nike one, but still cool.
Still good.
Anyways, yeah, Elrod might make an appearance tonight.
We don't know.
I hope.
I will say.
How many more are there in this big family? We don't know. It's a huge tonight. We don't know. I hope. I will say. How many more are there in this big family?
We don't know.
It's a huge family.
We don't know if they're Italian.
They are Italian.
They're an Italian family.
So let's assume.
You know what that means.
Yeah.
He doesn't know what that means.
Here we go.
You know.
I don't want to give their last name away, but it ends in a.
Eenie.
A vowel.
You son of a bitch.
You sack of shit.
What?
I thought that's what he was going to say.
No.
What were you going to say?
No.
A vowel.
I thought that's what...
You know his last name.
So you said that only to take a shot at a tie-in.
No.
I thought that was his last name.
Seamus called me Padraic.
Padraic, which is the Irish Patrick name,
while we were having a couple pints with the lads there.
How was Jamie?
I saw you got to see Jamie.
He's a super Ohio guy.
I didn't know that he was at Ohio.
You knew that?
What do you mean?
I knew he was from Columbus.
He had Ohio against everybody shirt on,
and a couple people gave him the OH,
and he, just like you, was like,
no, not everybody deserves it.
You know what I mean? Yeah, he's smart because they were probably sarcastic he just like you was like no not everybody deserves it you know what i mean yeah
he's smart because they were probably sarcastic just like you i'm not sarcastic i'm hoping that
we don't fucking lose to ish again again okay we okay we yeah yeah how many cult events has other
ohio state people gone to huh you're right you right. You were there. You can say we.
You were a part of it.
Okay.
Thank you.
O-H.
No, no, no.
But, you know, other people I will.
That's kind of how young Jamie was, by the way.
Yeah.
He's like, I'm actually on AJ's side in this whole thing.
I do like how.
It was fucking unbelievable.
I did not know.
There was an Ohio Chris Farley at the bar we were at, too.
All that fucking guy wanted was an I-O from Jamie.
And now he's just sorry about it.
Are you serious?
I don't want to diminish this thing.
Well, the Ohio Chris Farley was clearly blacked out.
He had just spent $12 on American Spirits.
Nice.
$12 on at this point.
In Texas?
This guy's voice, by the way, was as if he smoked seven to eight of those $12 packs a day.
And he was proclaiming he was from Ohio. I think strictly because of Jamie's shirt.
And Jamie had his like kind of radar up on this guy.
But me and Jamie would be talking and this guy would drop,
Hey boy,
you know,
a lot of people say they're not from Ohio,
from Ohio.
I'm proud to be from Ohio or whatever.
And it was like,
nobody ever says that.
What you just said at the end, nobody's are proud. And then Jamie basically told me to go fuck off or whatever. And it was like, nobody ever says that. What you just said at the end, nobody's that proud.
And then Jamie basically told me to go fuck off.
And then that guy was like, oh, hey, try.
And then there was no answer, and then he walked away.
And I'm like, Jamie, you and AJ are the reason why Ohio State is falling from grace.
Why the basketball team loses in the first round.
Why Harbaugh is able to utilize an NFL opportunity to get a new contract with Michigan because you guys lost to Michigan for the first round. Why Harbaugh is able to utilize an NFL opportunity to get a new
contract with Michigan because you guys lost
to Michigan for the first time. It's your
guys' fault. And he basically told me to fuck
off just like you do. So I don't know how I feel
about it all. Good for Jamie.
Jamie's a star, man.
Yes, he is. It was hard.
Like, I guess we're in the same world, but
not really. They are in, you know,
they're in a different stratosphere in what they talk about and how large they are but it was cool to talk with him very it
seemed like he's normal human by the way which you would not expect from somebody in that particular
position i enjoyed the hell out of meeting him and chatting with him and he was cool guy good hair
good hair on that seems like yeah i've never met him in person i've just you know talked to him
like text and email and over the phone over the years like i used to ask him questions about equipment
like different kind of technology stuff that you get yeah he talked about no he's i think he's a
fan of yours as a human i believe i well back in the day i mean i don't know how he
what'd you say huh well i'm a state legend what what why i don't know where's red band but i just put
something together uh on why aj treats and has treated jack johnson the way he has for a majority
of his lifetime kind of the black sheep of the family uh jack played at ishigan jack just
graduated from michigan well this week whoa you said it. It was big news, yeah. And the press are leading up to the finals.
They said it.
He just graduated.
O-I-O-I.
I didn't know we pronounced M's around here.
I've been calling myself Acoffee this entire time.
Welcome to the Pat Acoffee Show right here on Sirius X this entire time.
And now this guy is like,
Michigan, he just graduated there with a master's degree.
Wow.
It was magnificent. The celebration.
I mean, geez, I didn't know we did that, AJ.
What's the deal?
Jim Trestle. I'm grandfathered in. Jim Trestle.
We said Michigan.
Jim Trestle.
See how many more we can go ah i love the ohio state cult it's a very real one
the north doesn't have a lot of them so i like it yeah yeah a lot of them are in the south you're
right yeah especially when it comes to the football world speaking of some random hipster at the bar
that i was at with ohio chris farley, young Jamie Seamus and the lads.
Great bar, by the way.
Great place.
Great wings.
Ooh.
They said they had the best wings in the city.
Really?
I think everybody does that.
Sure.
But I took them up on, like, if somebody says they have the best something in a city, I'm going to try.
Have to.
I'm going to try.
They get me every time.
Best meatball sub?
Meatball sub.
That's a good point.
I mean, maybe.
Oh, meatball sub. What city is it in? Great name. Texas. Sub. That's a good point. I mean, maybe.
Oh, Eat Ball Sub.
What city is it in?
Great name.
Texas, that's hard to tell.
Tuscaloosa.
Is there Italians there?
Yeah.
Hey.
Ends in a vowel.
It does.
The city?
Yeah, right.
Checks out.
Alabama does, too.
State, yeah.
Indiana does.
I don't see.
Doesn't check out.
Doesn't hold up. Anyways Anyways he was a cool guy
They said best wings in the city
Fucking fantastic
They were that good
Saucy
Really dry
Wings are subjective
It's like pizza though
Like everyone likes
Their different thing
I think we all can tell
When a pizza shit
Just like we can with wings
Yeah
But I would put it
In a conversation
Like good wings
But like old
There's different kind of wings
Like old school Hooters wings don't have any sauce, right?
They didn't back in the day.
They're breaded.
And the other ones have sauce.
I think Hooters wings are breaded, right?
They always make me shit my pants.
Oily.
A lot of butter.
A lot of butter in those.
And they're breaded.
Yeah.
Kind of.
Yeah, they are.
They are for sure.
Yeah, they make me shit terrible.
I haven't had them in 15 years probably,
but I remember back in high school when it first came out.
Yeah.
Oh, I'll go to Hooters tonight.
And then the next night.
9-1-1.
Yeah, and then.
Oh, Hooters is fine.
Saw a girl that I never talked to in high school, kid.
Shit my pants, you know.
Tastes good going in, but it sucks going out.
I don't even think it tastes that good going in, right?
If I do recall.
Every once in a while.
I mean, you're just not saying that the wings were terrible
because they told you that they were the best in the city,
I think says more about them.
I had a couple beers, you know, so went hand in hand with it.
Tried to get as light beer as possible because I'm trying to do the keto.
And obviously Seamus and the lads order the thickest IPA they have.
Yeah, that's Michelob.
Hey, can you put a forest in a beer?
What are we doing?
What?
How is that a thing?
How is that still a thing?
People love that shit, dude.
Those heavy beers.
Give me three meals worth of calories and every single bush in the forest
and then put it into some liquid form so that we can go oh that was delicious
i mean i hate them i can't do it so bad i can't do it can't do it uh corbin you think he's going
to answer my uh challenge oh yeah you're trying to set up a program is he ducking you i don't know
we'll find out yeah seems like watching that little preview too when i was in between uh
during the break man you really
I said it was very rude of you to try to laugh the guy out of the place but then I see this
is he going to engage with you or not do we know find out bitch me a cat well yeah that's what I
think what if Michael Cole just gets up and smacks him he will hammer me what if Michael Cole in the
middle of that would have said here's a message from happy there's gonna be a time You know, you and Michael Cole are going to have a program
where you guys turn around.
No.
Me and Cole are tag team partners, pal, forever.
Hawk and Animal.
Just like Ezekiel and Elias.
Exactly.
Cole's a bag of bones.
He can't get in the ring.
What?
Come on.
He wears a singlet every night.
He's ready at all times.
He'll take that tie off and fucking get in the ring.
He's undefeated at WrestleMania.
That's right. But so are you. Does he still have take that tie off and fucking get in the ring. He's undefeated at WrestleMania. That's right, but
so are you. Does he still have that cage that
he used to get in? The coal mine?
Whatever that was. Was it the glass box?
Yeah, the coal mine. What an awesome
thing. It was great.
I bring it up
on a very regular basis about how awesome
he used to be whenever that was all
happening. He was a heel then, too. He was a heel.
Think about him being a commentator allowed to be a heel as the play-by-play guy with
how good he is.
He's fucking.
Should almost.
How do we spark that back in or start stealing his beer a little bit?
I mean, maybe he does.
If he takes some booze away from Cole, he will get incredibly miserable.
Maybe he does smack you in the face.
You know, you can dog on any of the teams he roots for because they all fucking stink.
Yeah, but he knows it.
The Jets, the Mets.
Oh, the Mets are good, aren't they?
The Mets are good.
I thought they were falling off.
No, I think they're very, very good.
Well, they're getting two guys.
World Series is right around the corner, right?
Yeah.
Two months.
The Yankees are too good.
You should start off the next show with like Cole saying, like, there's one.
That's awesome.
He shouldn't have let his tie go through the coal mine.
That's the only – this is like when a lion is outside of the little glass box
in a safari.
When it comes around, you've got to get away from the holes.
Like that orangutan.
The orangutan.
Grab an old buddy.
That's what –
Grip them up.
I mean, Cole's trying to get away there too.
Look at his face.
They could bring that box back during COVID.
It would have worked out perfect.
What in day?
That's a big miss.
Dude, 25 years.
25 years straight on the road, that guy.
I'm telling you, I just want to watch him.
I hope he lives in a cul-de-sac and they have barbecues.
And people are like, oh, what did you do this last weekend?
And he just walks you through what he did.
He does live a relatively normal life outside of the WWE,
but he's not going to be able to stop.
When you're on the road for 25 years straight every single week but two of them,
you're not going to be able to stop.
Like, that is, you know what I mean?
He'll be bored out of his mind probably.
Yeah, so I'm excited.
His wife is a great person too.
I'm a big fan.
I've met her via FaceTime a few times.
She's been with him through this entire thing.
I think she understands, too, like when this all stops,
it's going to be an interesting turnover.
Probably just have to travel the world to a new place every week.
I think so.
Like, I think he's just going to have to stay on the move.
He's already been everywhere, though, hasn't he?
Yeah, he's been everywhere, but just like you with the NFL,
when you go to games, you don't really –
I mean, there's some cities I assume he's taken in
and enjoyed and everything like that but that's mostly plane car hotel show hotel plane out you know you never
really get the sucking down booze in the middle of some lowly hotel bar hasn't been to the galapagos
i bet the island all the tortoise has there ever been a wrestling match there because i assume that
there was he has been. Exactly.
But I'm saying there's places you can find.
He does suck down every single ounce of booze that all these hotel bars have.
And he stays at these.
Some hotels are very nice that he stays at.
Sure.
Most of these hotels he stays at.
Shithole.
Shithole hotels.
And he's like, they don't have Jack.
I'm drinking fucking whatever some college kid would drink. Evan Williams. I'm like, well, they don't have Jack. I'm drinking fucking whatever like some college kid would drink.
Evan Williams.
I'm like, dude, are you kidding me right now?
He's like, is it whiskey?
I like it.
I'm like, you got a problem.
I don't respect that.
I'm like, you have a problem.
Because he's been to all those places, he probably does know the ones, though.
He would like to retire.
Yeah, I want to go back to that place and actually experience it.
Fort Worth.
Bingo.
Stockyards. Need to go there. Yeah. For an extended period of time place and actually experience it. Fort Worth. Bingo. Stockyards.
Need to go there for an extended period of time.
Two, three days.
So sweet.
Hop on one of those Texas Longhorns.
Got to bring back that first ever gambling parlor or whatever that was in that little car.
That thing's dead.
Yeah, it's been dead for years.
Don't you think his wife's a lot happier knowing that he's going to do WWE
instead of getting his head chopped off in some part of the country
or some part of the world?
I mean, did you see that photo of him getting smushed against the glass?
It's not like the WWE is the same.
It's called that safe work environment.
True.
I guess I didn't think about that.
I was in person.
Basically the same thing.
Brock chased him and Pat with a chair.
Oh, shit.
That scared the shit out of me.
Wee Man almost gave him a heart attack.
You're right.
Lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky.
Michael Cole is the best.
He deserves a lot more respect.
Yeah.
Love you, Mr. Cole.
Love you, Mr. Cole.
Love Cole Train.
All right, we're out of here.
Hammerdown's in about 15 minutes.
Can't wait to watch it.
What are we betting on, pal?
Oh, no.
Oh, no.
I opened Fando Sportsbook today.
It was MLB tennis.
We bring in Brucie for the country club sports.
Wimbledon has just started.
Goes on for a fortnight.
So we'll bring in Brucie for two weeks.
Did Joker win?
Joker is favored.
There are no Russians.
He won today.
Okay.
I was not letting in.
Yeah, no.
So no Zavarev.
So there's not tennis players from Russia?
T-P-F-R?
Like the Olympics?
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Russia's not allowed here.
But with that being said, Olympic athletes from Russia.
A new country.
We say, uh.
You say, uh.
We say, Russia. That's what the Olympics did. We say, uh. You say, uh. We say Russia.
That's what the Olympics did.
You say, uh.
Is that not happening in Wimbledon?
No.
How about fucking Ovi?
Playing soccer.
Oh, yeah.
That was awesome.
Dude, he is a monster.
When you look at him, you're like, oh, look at that retired, gray-haired, old, out-of-shape
fucking guy who's retired from being a professional athlete.
Then you see him run.
It's like, oh, that's an ox. Yeah. Who can who can move still scores a goal in the first 10 minutes of the game
was that a celebrity game or is that a league no i thought that was the in actual league yeah he
signed a one-day contract like you did with the wild things and scored in the first 10 minutes
yeah one-timer lefty by the way that team is very fucking good i think they are they were doing one
touch passing up over somebody's head,
then behind the back, I think a Cruyff passed to him,
then a goal scorer was like, wow.
Him being able to outrun said guy, though,
and embody guy and keep going, I'm incredibly –
he's got to be 220, 215.
He's 250.
How tall?
250?
Playing hockey?
He's listed on the NHL's website at 238, so I'm going to estimate he's above that.
260?
Playing soccer.
What a stunt.
He's gigantic.
How tall is he?
That clip of him knocking that dude down while dribbling.
Is he 6'4"?
How tall is he?
6'3".
Yeah, 6'4", 6'3".
Soccer, too, though.
FC Dynamo, I believe, came in third this year in the Russian Premier League
to that 2021-20 Houston Dynamo FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo well I saw Ovi was playing for a team where
I didn't even understand the alphabet that was described oh yeah it was like a house with a
little bit of a squiggly on the end and then something else hey I think I think they were
OAR oh no might have. There's no Russian.
If you're Russian born, you can't play in Wimbledon this year?
Correct.
Medvedev.
His dad, I think, was a professional soccer player in Russia.
What a fucking ox, this guy.
Did he score that play?
Not this play.
He did score.
He did have a goal that game?
He did have a goal.
He had a one-time.
Ten minutes into the game.
0-0.
First goal.
Fucking side panel right off the post.
Far post.
Is that the captain's?
He only had one, though.
Putin would have like 12.
Okay, so there was a full buildup, one-touch passing buildup.
And there was even one pass where they chipped it over a guy's head,
like within the 18.
And then he, behind his back, I think it's a Cruyff. And then he one-timer far post off, like, side panel off goal.
I was like, is panel off goal. Yeah.
I was like, is this the greatest celebrity soccer game I've ever seen?
It is.
And also follow-up, hell of a shot from Ovi, not just like half at. I was watching that beautiful game.
What was that game in Seattle?
Steve Nash was playing in it.
Ocho Cinco was playing in it.
Is it in Miami?
I thought it was in Seattle.
Celebrity soccer game?
Yeah, it was like beautiful game or something like that. I it was in Seattle Celebrity soccer game? Yeah it was like
Beautiful game or something like that
I forget
It was a celebrity soccer game
Yeah
A lot of
Ronaldinho was in it
Ronald
Oh shit
I think it was Miami
Because Jimmy Butler was playing
Steve Nash can play
Old Ronaldo
Yeah Old Ronaldo
It must have been
That makes sense
Miami and why Ocho
Would also be there
Yeah
But it feels like
That's something Ocho
Would travel for
If he was invited to
There's also a game
Soccer Aid game out in UK.
It's a celebrity game. I think that is
something that in the future I will attempt
to try to get into one of those games.
And possibly the celebrity basketball
game. Celebrity basketball game is going
to take forever. I don't know if they'll ever have any respect
but I'll keep putting out soccer highlights
until I can get invited to one of those games.
And I am the beautiful game Saturday.
Drive.
Drive Pink.
Or Pink.
Drive Pink Stadium.
Yeah.
Where's that?
I still don't know.
DRV.
Maybe Miami.
Fort Lauderdale.
Lauderdale.
What a place, by the way, Fort Lauderdale. Oh, it's where Inter Miami plays. They play in Fort Lauderdale. Lauderdale! What a place, by the way, Fort Lauderdale.
Oh, it's where Inter Miami plays.
They play in Fort Lauderdale?
Oh, so San Francisco 49ers
playing in Santa Clara. They play in that stadium
in Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale's a great place. Hollywood Casino, also a good time.
You see the
Indy 11 are building a new stadium? What?
Like a billion dollar stadium.
You're paying for that.
I'm not paying for it.
You're a citizen of this city.
You're right. Based on previous
stadiums being built, I probably will pay
for half of it. But there is a
there should be a
agreement, though. It's supposed to be done by
2025. How
is the World Cup not going to use
that stadium? It's in the middle of the country.
Well, it's not big.
2026, just let it happen.
Well, it's Crossroads of America.
Come on in.
Yeah.
Kansas City.
It's only 20,000.
How's Chicago not get a game?
That's, I think Chicago fucked up in this.
Probably because Soldier Field's a dump.
It's their field.
Yeah, but they would change the entire field for that.
Yes, in a heartbeat.
Yeah, in four years too.
No, Chicago wouldn't.
The World Cup would be like, we're getting this out of of here we're actually built on top of this we're going
to put an actual field on it oh yeah could they do that chicago not getting that though i think
is a massive we host a lot of games too yeah but i want to let your city know like why did you guys
up for all of us over here in the middle of the what's that about you guys are supposed to
be our big representative right i mean you guys are supposed to be the ones supposed to be a big
city and you probably have to pitch this is probably something i had to pitch to get this What's that about? You guys are supposed to be our big representative, right? No, I know, for sure. It's supposed to be a big city.
And you probably had to pitch this.
It's probably something they had to pitch to get this done.
And you guys just dropped the fucking ball.
Jeez, come on, Chicago.
One time.
I'm mad about it, too.
Zito, thank you for being mad about it, feeling our pain.
It doesn't really sound like it.
It matters.
It does matter.
Chicago, which was a host site for the 1994 World Cup.
Great time.
Pulled out in 2018 because it didn't want to meet FIFA's financial demands for hosting.
There you go.
There you go.
Good for them.
Yeah, money's going to better places, let's assume.
Well, hey, we don't want to pay $85 million fee to these guys so we can host a game.
This makes so much money.
We don't know that.
We don't know that. We don't know that.
Chicago's actually hosted another game
and they said, no, we're not paying. That is nowhere near
what we made. And the FIFA's like,
do you want the game or not? And they're like,
no, not at that price. Fuck you.
No games in the middle of the country then.
We'll go to Kansas City. Patrick Mahomes will give us that money.
He owns a baseball team, a soccer team,
and the Kansas City Chiefs, basically.
He'll give us all that. How'd Kansas City get it over Chicago?
Is Kansas City the new Midway, dude?
Whoa.
Okay.
No, no, no.
Whoa.
Chicago can't afford a World Cup game?
Uh-oh.
They can't afford us.
Uh-oh.
They can't afford us.
Jesus.
We don't want that.
That's tough.
Come on.
What do they got now?
Everything.
Chicago couldn't afford it.
Jussie Smollett?
No, no, no. All right. Where's they got now? Everything. Chicago couldn't find it. Jussie Smollett. No, no, no.
He's there.
He was at the BET Awards last night.
Yep.
Jussie was?
Yeah, Jussie.
I've seen him on Red Car.
He's on a clique.
He looked very professional and very comfortable, not awkward at all.
And the internet, obviously, you know, is very kind to Jussie.
Got their jokes in.
They bring out Subway again.
Subway.
That was allegedly...
The Chappelle skit, too.
Congrats to Diddy.
Diddy won a
Lifetime Achievement Award.
He said it was actually his mom.
I believe he's donating to Jackson State.
Deion Sanders, I believe he's giving some money there.
What a night. Jack Harlow was in there.
Brandy made a return.
Kanye.
Kanye was dressed hilariously.
And I don't know if he's gained 150 pounds or if he's wearing extra layers,
but I don't know how Kanye's face looked.
Body looked fantastic and super fashion-y.
Yeah, I do believe he said he was debating whether to legally pronounce himself
being dead, actually, for a year.
And he said that into the microphone.
But he was like, yeah, but, you know, P. Diddy.
If anyone's going to pull me out, it's going to be P. Diddy.
He said P. Diddy?
Yeah.
Or Puff, I don't know.
Puffy.
Oh, yeah, that's what I was about to say.
Watch it.
I don't know.
Yeah, Diddy, maybe.
I don't know.
What's his name right now?
Diddy.
Diddy.
I can't keep up with it.
Papa Diddy Puff.
See, it sounds like that one was bullshit.
A joke.
No, that's what Ben Stiller called him in the music video.
You remember that?
Yeah.
I do.
Papa Diddy Puff.
See, so what you just said there was truthful.
Yeah.
See, but if you listen back, though, the way you delivered that,
I think we'd all...
Is that the voice?
Is that what actually goes? I don't know. Okay delivered that, I think we'd all. Is that the voice? Is that what I should go?
I don't know.
Hey, you'll find your voice.
All right.
You'll find your voice.
Come on.
Come on.
Let's go.
What do you got?
He's writing down notes.
Find my voice.
Find my voice.
Is there any singing competitions on there?
What do we watch?
We need song land.
What are we supposed to watch right now?
Yeah, it's bad news, Bears, right now.
It's running dry. We got to buckle in on baseball. There are we supposed to watch right now? Yeah, it's bad news, Bears, right now. It's running dry.
We got to buckle in on baseball.
There are a couple 30 for 30s.
Like, I think that AM1 mixtape won.
Oh, Unrivaled, the ESPN thing on the Red Wings back whenever they were 16.
Oh, yeah.
It was supposed to be very good.
Yeah, I heard it was awesome.
I saw Teej Lang fucking beating the drum last night.
I saw him going real hard on himself, you know, beating the hell out of himself.
You know, just pounding away at his meat about the Detroit Red Wings
and everything going on.
I guess we should watch that.
It's really good.
I loved it so much.
Not even coming from a bias, the Red Wings.
I'm not fucking watching that.
Hockey in the 90s was 10 million times cooler than it is now.
See, that's what you would say if your team hasn't been good since the 90s.
We should watch it.
I've heard it's amazing.
Yeah, I'll give it a run, but I'm just going to hate every second of it.
They made Steve Asherman into a bitch-made cat, though, in that doc.
See, I disagree with that.
He was never much of a fighter.
He was not really in it.
It was just like Joe Sackick.
Was Joe Sackick much of a fighter?
No, absolute stud assassin.
Goal-scoring sniper.
It was awesome.
So you guys,
this is Detroit, by the way.
I love Clyde.
They do love to remind you
of the one time
they won a fight 20 years ago.
Well, greatest fight
in the sports history.
Mouse at the Pals.
100%.
Watch it.
Watch it.
You guys can't even think
of another fight right now.
Rangers Capitals in my head
just two years ago.
Fucking Tony Twist.
Not even close.
This went on for like
three or four years.
Watch it.
You ever seen George put someone through the ice? Okay. That's what I thought. Just two years ago. Fucking Tony Twist. Not even close. This went on for like three or four years. Watch it. You ever seen George Leroy put someone through the ice?
Okay.
That's what I thought.
You ever seen fucking Tony Twist and Francois Leroux, dude?
How about Darius Kasparidis, huh?
Have you ever heard of him?
Hell yeah.
That's right.
John Francis would hop on the back of some motherfucker too if he had to.
Keep going.
You guys don't even know what you're saying right now.
Oh.
We do.
We do.
Because we are from Hockey Town.
And if you're trying
to put out some
propaganda video
to save Hockey Town
in Detroit,
I'll watch it.
Because I would like
to be stern but fair
on this show.
And I also heard
it is awesome.
What's it on?
It's supposed to be
quite good.
ESPN.
ESPN?
ESPN Plus.
And there's nothing
else to watch.
I'm not watching baseball.
You know what?
Maybe I will.
Pirates are actually
good, right?
Great.
They'll trade away
that guy that's
really good at baseball.
That's what the
Pirates do but you know this
baseball keeps rolling around on my desk I might tap back in yeah why not
O'Neill Cruz I mean yeah there is baseball it doesn't really pick up until
after the all-star break which is the day after the ESPYs I believe so who's
hosting this year Russ oh is it, is it? Sue Bird.
All right.
See, we don't know.
No, those voices,
those are lies,
those two, I think.
If we're reading it,
that was a lie.
Well done.
I honestly don't know.
See?
Can't have it.
And that's our wedding show today.
Just fucking
misinformation train.
And we can't do it anymore.
Can't have it.
Anthony Mackie will be hosting it.
Oh, let's go.
Oh, he's ready to go.
Oh, Tony.
Leading man.
Tony Mackie.
I agree.
It's going to be great.
New Captain America.
See that movie with Dwayne Johnson, that workout movie.
Black Adam?
Nope.
Pain and Gain?
He and Wahlberg.
Oh, yeah.
That is Pain and Gain.
Rock was not in that, was he? Yes. Oh, yeah that is pain and gain rock was not in that was he yes
oh yeah was he into the mac unit anti-mac he was definitely in it yeah mark walberg was definitely
in it yeah the rock was definitely in it yeah i think hey shout out to the rock by the way dude
thanks man yeah that was sweet shout out to the rock thank you rock thanks man hashtag i smell it
people are wondering in the wrestling world right when you say somebody
else's catchphrase it's kind of uh you know a thing you give them credit then right yeah give
them credit also don't want to go too in the weeds here but did get permission beforehand from
dwayne johnson to be able to say it hell yeah that's cool yeah and if you do recall uh in my
last program austin theory when i was allowed to speak into the mic,
I was in the middle of doing it, and then I got interrupted.
That was around the time when I originally got the okay to say it.
And that was in Miami, I think, that night, actually.
So it would have went bananas.
So I apologize for not, you know, it seems like I kind of ripped your thing, didn't give you credit.
Well, they started music, so I didn't get that.
It was kind of a whole situation.
I do not know they were hitting music.
But this is, I'm the only person, I think, in the history of the company, and maybe in modern era,
where literally I'm kind of told like some things, but not all things.
Like, hey, you only need to know what you need to know here.
So I'm getting a chance to speak tonight is what I need to know.
Yeah, you're speaking tonight.
Okay, perfect.
Then I'll send like a, okay, so I'm thinking, hey, is there any way I could potentially drop a.
And he actually responded and said, hey, give me some context on how you're going to do this.
Give me some context on how you're going to do this so we can really get this
thing going. So he gave me an
entire, like, hey, here we go,
here we go. Dwayne? Yeah. So I'm very,
very, very, very grateful and thankful
for The Rock, and
I appreciate the hell out of him on the
backside of it saying, hey,
pretty good usage of it. So I'm very,
very thankful for The Rock. I can't wait for your episode
of Young Rock. You asked me. It I'm very, very thankful for The Rock. I can't wait for your episode of Young Rock.
You asked him.
It was a season probably 10 or 12.
Hey, that's huge, though, in the wrestling world.
You know, he's the guy on the microphone.
I think it's cool that he's still so engaged and he still follows it so much.
I don't know how, dude.
He's running the XFL workouts in Hawaii.
He's got a movie.
He's doing Hawaii. He's got a movie. He's doing Hawaii.
He's got ZOA obviously taking off.
I'm very thankful.
I appreciate the hell out of you, man.
I appreciate the opportunity to do it.
And then when I finally got the opportunity to do so for saying,
Salute, I am very, very thankful.
Aloha.
Big Oos.
All right, that's it.
That's a good thing to end on here.
Hammered Down will be in 15, 20 minutes or so.
We'll be back tomorrow.
Hopefully the show will be better.
Kenny Pickett is joining us tomorrow.
Be a friend, tell a friend.
Also, other guests potentially.
We'll figure that out in the morning when we send DMs and text messages in a frantic manner trying to figure out guests.
That's today's show.
Big shout-out to Ruppert, Rappaport, Dana.
Obviously, AJ, you're the man.
Thank you, Bob.
Thank you, guys.
Good to be here.
Great haircut.
Great cut, AJ.
I feel like we've been gone a month since we had Friday off.
Yeah.
Yeah, I know.
We're off the week after Tahoe.
We'll be off that week.
And while we're in Tahoe, we won't be able to go live,
but we'll be updating our socials and YouTube basically as if we are live.
So we'll still be making content then, I believe.
Hey, Nick's figuring out, you know, shot tracers.
Oh, to make videos.
Hell yeah.
Oh, yeah.
That's awesome.
Yeah, so be nice to me or I won't make any for you.
I don't.
How would you make any for me?
We'll be in the same group on Friday, right?
Oh, you mean Friday.
You're going to use it there.
I thought you meant leading up to it.
No, no.
We're talking about when we're there.
Oh, that'll be awesome.
Yeah, I need a tracer to track my ball flight because it's going to be perfect.
Well, that's the thing.
That's the thing about the tracers we have found, though.
It's a lot of manual work thus far.
Hopefully, we find a real cheat code if anybody out there knows one.
And even if it's inexpensive.
It would be helpful.
We would love to hear from you.
Send it this way.
We would love to hear, because Nick's entire
existence in Tahoe is going to be
walking around a golf course like
this, I think. Where'd that land?
One right? I ain't picking
it up. Golly.
Next shot. Ah, fuck it.
AJ hit it straight, I guess.
Just get the one that the TVs use.
Alright. Nick, get that one that the TVs use. All right.
Boom.
Nick, get that one.
We're good.
Call Romo.
Romo's in with the CBS.
Call them.
He's out.
His back hurts.
He was cat-cowing on a green.
Cat-cowing.
That was awesome.
That was awesome.
Yeah.
People on the internet are rude.
That's why we try to ride away positive.
We'll see you tomorrow.
Goodbye. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Bye.