The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 698 - WE'RE BACK! American Century Championship Recap, Ian Rapoport, Drew League Star Dion Wright, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: July 18, 2022

On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys are back from there week vacation and recap what everyone has been up to, and Pat chats about his experience playing in the American Century Championship in Tahoe, plus break down everything else that's going on in the sports world. Later, NFL Network Insider and friend of the progrum, Ian Rapoport joins the show to chat about what's going on in the NFL right now, when we can expect to hear some news about what the Deshaun Watson suspension will be, players who haven't signed franchise tags yet and what that means going forward, his golf game as of late, and JK Dobbins dunking on his reporting today on Twitter (1:11:34-1:42:21). Later, former St. Bonaventure basketball legend, and now Drew League legend after flying from Buffalo to LA to guard LeBron in a Drew League game over the weekend, Dion Wright joins the progrum to chat about his whirlwind experience this weekend (1:42:23-2:01:27). 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 you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hello, beautiful people. It is Monday, July 18th, 2022, and this show, Off a Hiatus, starts now. Yeah! Yes! I can't thank you enough for joining us. The boys have forgotten about the let's ride thing. That's okay. Obviously, the last time you seen us, we were heading in to a weekend in Tahoe, California for the American Century Championship. That was awesome. That was an amazing time. Had no idea I was going to be walking 28 miles. I should have wore better shoes for that, although the Jays, the golf shoes, looked impeccable and incredible. Not necessarily the ones you'd pick to walk the first four straight 18 rounds you've ever walked in your entire life.

Feet were in a big-time pain, big-time problem, but the course was gorgeous. The event was immaculate, and Aaron Rodgers' hospitality to me and the boys over there was unbelievable. We stayed in a house that I guess the Harrah's Casino over there had built so that they could attract some acts to come perform at the casino. So, hey, come stay at this house.

Spa in this house. A full salt bath in this house. Like 17,000 square feet. A bunch of different views and rooms right on the lake. Had jet skis, which is impossible in the chop of the Tahoe. I mean, we're... Couldn't even look around as I was on these because if you looked around, face off, jet ski.

But nonetheless, that was out of anybody's control. It was a fantastic weekend out there. Can't thank everybody enough for saying what's up to us that came and visited us on that course, for the people for inviting us, and for A.J. Hawk fucking sandbagging us. Yeah, scumbag. Should have known, by the way,

he ran a 4-4, jumped a 40-inch vertical, was number five overall pick. He's an incredibly athletic white. Let's assume that he'd be able to figure out golf, which most unathletic whites have the ability to figure out. That was on me for underestimating him. I did lose $50,000.

$25,000 to him, $25,000 to Charity. I'm excited to hear who he picks for that said Charity. He was unbelievable at golf. So good. He takes his mangled fingers around that club and he has the touch of honestly just a Combs Smith. He has the touch.

Nah. Combs touch is unbelievable. That putt on 18 for Eagle off the green with the fucking open. The 150th at the old course on the line. He rolls that thing up there. His hands had to be shaking like this. The thoughts that had to be going through his mind. The Aussie seems to never really get too high on the high, too low on the lows. Rolls that thing up to three fucking feet. Let me tell you about putting on those greens oh my god those pga

style greens are impossible yeah the greens at tahoe bullied me i'd like to let everybody know absolutely bullied me first day i do a pro-am uh with a great group from corbell the champagne and booze company also got a chance to play a round of golf with a guy group from Corbell, the champagne and booze company. Also got a chance to play a round of golf with a guy who's been selling Jack Daniels in Tennessee for 27 years. Wow. Dog. So this guy's basically in Tennessee,

one of the faces of Jack Daniels. Uh-huh. So legend of a man. Yeah. They tried very, they were very good at golf. These guys were very good at golf. Great time, by the way.

Asked me if i wanted to drink you know i said will you get vodkas i'm getting jack oh shit yeah yeah i'll take one of those i'll take one of those that was like whole six seven i apologize but i walked through that whole thing and that was when and it was a shamble so you had to play out your your ball that was when i realized i go these greens they don't make these greens in indiana sure they do not have this type of pace this type of break this type of everything in indiana i don't know how i could have prepared for that but i'll tell you after the pro-am day one friday i walked into that course a shook man i could ball i could hit the ball off the tee well, okay, because it was like a little net thing over here.

Par threes, I felt real good because par threes were literally just hitting into the net. I think my score over the weekend in par threes, I might have been one under. Yeah, nails. Might have been one under on the par threes through the entire weekend, mostly because it's just the net out here. But as soon as that ball would get on the green, and as we were walking to the green, I'm having a good time.

Like, wow, this is a much longer walk than i could have ever fucking imagined but once you get to the green and you see the ball and you see where it has to go to get to the hole and you're sitting up here at altitude and it's down here at altitude but much lower altitude and you got a wind directly in your face is that wind gonna help this ball slow down or not and then you touch it and literally the people you're golfing around are like just touch tap just a touch i'm like what does that mean just to touch is fucking 45 feet to todd don't you you hit this thing at all it's in that fucking sand trap i'm like all right so there was a couple different times where i just meatheaded it right off the fucking grave okay so on friday when i got in there i'm like i'm gonna leave everything short that's what i'm gonna do okay i might be a

big dumb idiot but i can at least adjust a little bit because i was a field goal kicker at one point i was a punter and i'm not the type of guy that says hey if i have a shank or if i have a slice i'm not i'm gonna aim left like if i have a slice i'm gonna aim left right if i'm pulling something i'm gonna do this putting i was putting everything past i'm like all right i'm just gonna fucking aim shorter so then I defied physics. It was like hole 11 or hole 12 or something like that, straight downhill. I'm obviously, I don't know, 20 yards off from where I should have been because we didn't even know the yardages of the clubs until when, Thursday? Yeah, probably May Friday.

Thursday we were trying to figure out the yardages, which I learned was a big disadvantage to everybody else. They didn't know exactly what it was. So I'm about a club off on this one particular hole up there. Downhill thing. Well, we're completely fucked here. Double bogey is right in sights, which is a minus two,

which is a score killer. And I just tap it. Just tap it. Remember, everybody around me, it's fast. Hey, that's a, that's a, what do they keep calling it?

Squeak? No. Squeak? No. Whatever. They were saying something to describe it. I touch it, thing stops three feet in front of me.

Boys. Stops three feet in front of me. What the hell? Like, oh, I don't know how that happened. Must have been a dimple thing they said. You need to, hey, remember, so now I'm standing over the same putt.

Stops right in front of me again. They're like, oh, that would never, oh, I don't know how that happened, to be honest with you. Must have done it. Boom, blasted sand trap. Double dunking. i was putting for fucking eagle i was putting for eagle you hear me i was putting for fucking eagle so we got to get better at the putts but that event was amazing and i had a blast it was nice meeting everybody got a chance to meet miles teller biggest

star in the world yeah he and i did have a little bit of a thing mostly because he threw me under the bus in my eyes i thought he threw me under the bus after talking to him. Good dude. He thought we threw him under the bus. I don't even think he knew about the original story being made up by whoever. Because I think he is kind of isolated. I don't think he's on. I don't think he is in the game.

I don't think he's in the game. So that was a very good conversation, and I'm happy it happened because I watched the offer that he's in. It's amazing. Obviously, we've seen Top Gun. It's amazing. It feels like he's on a trajectory like this. Good dude. Also, he has a gin drink called Long Drink. Delicious. I've never drank gin in my entire

life. Fucking delicious. He was awesome. Rob Riggle was awesome. Rob Riggle's lady is a professional golfer. She was on his bag. She was helping out immensely in this whole thing. AJ Hawk, obviously, a sandbagger, but a stud. Ryan Hawk, absolute stud. Aaron Rodgers, very nice person.

Absolute stud at golf, by the way. I don't think he's picked up a club months. Just from the conversations that we have had. I'm not sure he's been golfing a lot over the last few months. He's fucking unbelievable. He's scoring 50 points. His Sunday round was really good, right? months. He's fucking unbelievable. Yeah, scoring 50 points. His Sunday round was really good, right? Yeah.

He only got better. You know why he only got better? Because I think Thursday was literally the first time he'd played golf in a couple years. Like, since the match, probably. I honestly believe that's the case. He is fucking great at golf. One of those dudes, though, after talking to him, just, you know, an alien. He is one of one.

Sure. Any sport he could have been. For sure. Just everybody needs to know this. And this is, and obviously 50 executives, coaches, and players voted on who the best quarterbacks in the NFL were. Now, through ESPN, who were those 50 executives? They were anonymous.

Nobody will ever know. He's obviously number one, though. And that's how everybody, you ask any coach, you ask any player from any sport, by the way, who's the guy? Oh, Aaron's the dog. This guy, Aaron's the guy, Aaron's the guy. And it's very much like that whenever you're out at an event with him, by the way. The people that you think are the big stars, which I agree are the big stars, they're coming up to Aaron to be like, man, what's up, man? How you doing?

Like that is, I think he could have been a fucking pro in whatever the fuck he wanted, by the way. And after chatting about him, he does not have the mindset that most people have, that most sports people are like, hey, I got to invest every single moment of my entire life. He's more so, I'd rather learn about me,

learn about how I can be the best me so that whenever I play a sport, I'm playing my best sport. And also, I believe he is one of those gifted, intelligent humans. He is next up there. Now, his caddy, Giorno, also way up there. Dog. Dog. Giorno, absolute

dog. There will be a couple moments in here where we will attempt to call Giorno to get the answers because it seemed like he did have a bigger brain than everybody else out there. But it was an amazing weekend. Very thankful. Then we went on a break. Now we are back. I have missed doing this immensely. I obviously loved

the vacation with my wife down to an island in the middle of nowhere. That's a little sketchy, by the way. It's nice to be kind of isolated. The place that we go to is so nice. It is so, so nice. They charge you for it

but there's a reason it's very but there's a couple times you know rain started coming in and we had like four days straight no rain at all it was like beautiful perfect day i'm like this is really nice and then the rain comes in and it gets real dark out there and you're like all right just like happened in hawaii i guess yesterday or two days ago hawaii had this one big wave that's busted over buildings and into like people's weddings and stuff like that didn't do i don't think it killed anybody or anything like that but you do think about that whenever you're pretty high on some vitamins looking out there you're like i mean we're one wave away from this what the whole place yeah because it's an island all by itself you have to actually take a boat to get to it so So that's the only way you can get there.

I'm not necessarily a fucking sailor. I don't think I'm getting out of there. So you have to think about that a little bit. But it was amazing. And I am very, very pumped to be back. We have Ian Rappaport joining us in the second hour. I believe, and I'm not 100% sure if it's been confirmed or not, number 21 in the Drew League,

the man that took on LeBron James and DeRozan this weekend. He might be joining us in the third hour. It has been interesting conversating with him. I think he's traveling from L.A. to somewhere else. He had, I mean, a weekend that he's going to talk about for the rest of his life. Would like to see how it was on potentially the other side. Maybe some other guests as well. A.J. Hawk will join us in the second hour.

And it is now time, and I've talked too much, to chit-chat with the Toxic Table. At Boston, Connor, you look amazing. You are a fantastic caddy out there. I appreciate your vibes. I appreciate your hard work. And I hope you had an incredible off week. Oh, yeah. It was an unbelievable one back to Boston.

But, yeah, Tahoe, still surreal. So much fun out there. And those par 3s, like the 17 on Saturday that you hit, I mean, a couple darts. That was the best hole. You actually started on that hole on Thursday too. So the whole thought about getting a birdie on 17 on Saturday, I guess that'll be a conversation that happens

amongst the American Century Championship people whenever they're viewing how my weekend went. Oh yeah. Because that place is, you know, I'm not getting into it. I'm not going into it. You should. Because that place is, you know, I'm not getting into it. I'm not going into it. You should. There's a lot of people.

There's a lot of people yelling at me to kick a ball into the thing, but I didn't bring my own footballs. No. So like, I don't know. You know what I mean? There's field goal posts out there on a boat. One of my friends who, oh, so I got to pack my own footballs next time? I think we got to pack our own footballs. You're supposed to bring a dozen with you.

I don't know how to do it. It's your daddy's job to do it. There's no way Connor knew either. As soon as we got there, I was like super pumped. I'm like, hey, there has been a lot of moments in this particular thing. Not really. We couldn't really. No.

It was tough. Yeah, it was. It was tough to do. And there were so many people there. And you saw Aaron, though, on Friday, kind of a vet of Tahoe. Someone right in the front row threw him a ball, and then he hawked that thing right into the water. Yeah, to someone else.

No, but I think the American Central Championship people gave him one ball. Okay. I think they gave him one ball that he throws. But then, because I showed up late to that, because 16 is a little bit of a halt to get to 17, and I was getting caught up with to that because uh 16 is a little bit of a halt oh yeah get to 17 and i was getting caught up with something so i showed up a little bit late and aaron had like a clean ball in his hand and i was like oh okay this is kind of like oh i'm seeing hot sausages yeah yeah i hear hey kind of figuring this whole thing out and then he fucking hawks it

i mean into a boat i think he hit a guy on a boat. I don't know if he caught it. I think he hit. He did not. He dropped it. The guy almost sank like a stone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The guy did not catch it. He dropped it. So, and then Aaron kind of walked off. And they asked us for a walk-up music on Thursday, or Friday, I think.

Not on Saturday, though. No. On Friday, they asked for a walk-up music. Saturday, they did not. So, Friday, Seven Nation Army would play. Yeah, of course. It was pretty fucking electric, though. Yeah. but we were literally just standing there and everybody's just staring at us and there's nothing i can do like there's i shot a basketball five times missed

all five times like all right not gonna do that anymore and then you're just standing there and somebody will throw a kid will throw who's at a boat party uh very lit atmosphere oh yeah so super pumped for this kid and his life and what he's gonna go on to become i'm he's gonna make it that fucking kid but he's got a sharpie tape to the ball duct tape to the ball throw to you so i get this ball and i sign it i'm like okay so would this be when people just start fucking throwing it? And I got people behind me yelling, fucking kick it. Kick it. And I'm like, well, this kid, literally, this kid is just staring at me.

So I just throw the ball back to him. His little crowd goes, yeah. And then everybody else is booing. So we have to figure out how to operate 17, I think. Other than what we're doing on the course, though, I felt very comfortable in that hole. Very, very comfortable in that hole. And that was the first putt I made maybe in the entire trip.

That was very nice of that hole to kind of do that to me. Yeah, the more people who are at these par 3s, the better you perform. Like the boat hole on 12, which is where those guys on Thursday were like, hey, man, just tap it. Nice little boat. Yeah, it was a gorgeous boat. I mean, purple, black. That thing was a little good up there.

Up in that lake you was you're at yeah yeah i'm looking up there you know i'm looking at that boat though and i'm like it's a fucking good boat let's do it i've seen a lot of boats floating in my backyard yeah this boat's a good fucking boat perfect and i've never hit a hole-in-one before but is there a better time than now no to hit a hole-in-one before, but is there a better time than now to hit a hole-in-one? Got Aaron Rodgers here. How you doing? AJ here.

A lot of fans of the show here. Pretty rowdy. Very. And I hit it to three feet. Missed the putt. Get a par. But it was close. And on the telecast, they said, two birdies out of this group.

Not normal. It's like, one birdie. Hold on. I missed my putt. I missed it. It was downhill, by the way. It was downhill. Me standing over that putt?

No chance. The conversations that are happening in here when you're standing over a putt that the ball rolls literally 45 yards if you tap it is not good. I mean, it is not good at all. But I felt like I knew what the boys were going through this weekend. That's why I was so impressed with Com Smith on his team. The fact that he is not on the green, but I guess the whole thing is green. Exactly.

I felt like the old course, the whole thing is green. If you really wanted to, you could go putter, putter on that putter. You could go putter, putter, putter on a hole numerous times at the old course if you had the touch or the talent to do so. I would have scored 700 on the old course if you had the touch or the talent to do so i would not have i would have been i would have scored 700 on the old course it was i have no idea how they did it i'm very thankful for you connor you crushed it out there bud you really did connor was a fan favorite a lot of boston a lot of fuck you boston connor a lot of owen a lot of that a lot of that uh connor was hiking around this place with that bag on the back and it had

to be so tiring you had better shoes than me but you have certainly had a lot more weight and your attitude throughout the entire thing was a man uh immensely needed like you you were a home run bub i hope you know that and i appreciate it hey i appreciate that and i mean it was so fun i mean i appreciate you bringing me out there because not only Miles Tull and Aaron Rodgers, Rob Riggle, also who we found out was a 19-year, what, lieutenant colonel. I had no idea he was that serious. I knew he was in the military. Great guy.

And, you know, we need to get that golf book that his fiancée wife had because I think she helped you out. She was awesome. She helped you out on one hole on a par three. We went to complete. Connor and I thought it was going to complete opposite direction. Green's not easy to read. No, no.

I just assumed, okay, the higher I get, the better we'll read. Yeah. That did not happen. Uh-uh. The higher I got, it seemed like more blurry. The green started to get with the rough almost because it was so nicely manicured. But there was numerous times on these greens where connor and i 100 sure yep oh hard left or right here easy look at that

at the end that thing's a joke and then um she would happen to be walking by with rob and be like excuse me what do you what do you think on this uh probably four inches uh right to left oh really inches okay and then she has this book because me and connor actually tried her a couple times like no way yeah like that doesn't this i'm putting for a birdie right now this doesn't happen often like we see it left to right she has this book come out and she's like by the way very nice talk shit yeah knows her shit like she was. Unreal. She brings this book out.

She's like, look, you were right here. You were right here. Look at these areas. It was like the video game. Yes. She has a book with the video game almost. I fucking rimmed it. Like so close. Rimmed out.

Burn edge. Would have gone in the sand trap if what me and Connor thought was going to happen, happened. I mean, it was. We need one of those for next year. Yeah. Also need one, a range finder. Uh-huh. We didn't have a range finder. Yeah. That turned out to happen, happen. I mean, it was – we need one of those for next year. Also need one, a range finder. We didn't have a range finder. That turned out to be a problem.

Giordo and Aaron have – they have theirs on kilometers. That's right. Or meters instead of yards. So it stays the same because the elevation, hey, you've got to hit it 10% less than you usually do because the ball travels farther. Boom. That's the type of smart – There we go.

That's what they're doing. 50 times on Thursday. That's what they're doing. Instead of what we were doing where we were eyeballing it, 170. So what's that? Like actually 160, but it's uphill a little bit. So 163. Okay.

All right. What's the 150 to 190? Yeah. Exactly. That was hard. It was ridiculous. We used five clubs. We had a putter, a driver, a four hybrid, a seven and an eight iron.

That was all we really used. 56, excuse me. And I'll tell you what. iron. That was all we really used. 56, excuse me. And I'll tell you what. The putter was used more than anything. Oh, yeah. And it was really the letdown. Everything else seemed to be performing pretty well. Yeah, absolutely.

We just have to find greens out here that are glass, and then I think we'll be good to go next year. I'm afraid I've got some bad news. I'm not sure the weather out here will ever get to the point where we can do that. But Tahoe was nice. I hope your break was great. You got back to Boston. Saw the family.

Uh-huh. Unbelievable. Just hung out with them and then, you know, came back ready to roll. You look good. I appreciate the hell out of you. And it is time to celebrate. And this is far too far into this show for this to happen. But that's because this show is obviously very routine, very scheduled.

And everything that is chatted about is talked about beforehand in the certain fashion that is talked about. Incredibly rehearsed. Oh, about incredibly rehearsed oh yeah boom ladies and gentlemen new dad touch thank you very much you mentioned it i mean i've been gone for three weeks and granted one of them was our vacation week but fuck i have missed you guys it really does feel like i've been gone for six months we missed you pal it just that just, that is such a long time. When you come in here every day, I spend so much time with you guys. Like, it really is like a culture shock. And it was just, I almost couldn't watch the show, obviously, because I have a newborn.

And, like, there was so much shit I had to do. But it also just, it felt so weird. So, it's obviously hard leaving my wife and my kid. But I was rearing to go this morning, ready to come back in. It's great to have you back. I couldn't wait to get back in here and see you guys. Great to have you back. How was fatherhood? It's good.

It's good. I mean, I think I told you this on the phone the other day. I thought going into it that a lot of people gas up, like how difficult it is and all that kind of stuff. It's not. I mean, it's very, very stressful. It's, you know, like, but it's- Sleeping.

Yeah. Like, I was up at four 30 this morning. You know, I mean, I'm usually like a, Hey, I'll set the alarm at eight 15 shower, get in here, get, you know, last alarm available before I'm going to be late. But yeah, I mean, not a whole lot of sleep. Um, it just, but it's, it's all worth it. You know, baby's healthy. So I feel like that's really all you can ask for. Everything else is kind of just like, hey, this is what you signed up for. So you can't really bitch about it. You kind of just got to figure it out as you go.

And I feel like we're doing a pretty good job so far. I asked you off air. You are doing a great job. Thank you. So is Caitlin. Guess killing it. I asked you off air. They always say, like, you don't love anything.

You don't love anything until you see your child. What was it like to see, like, you in something? Was that an immediate game changer? yeah for sure and i think everyone or i don't know but i feel like every parent maybe has that worry where it's like you're in the hospital and like you kind of just don't really have any kind of reaction when the baby comes but i was an absolute i was an absolute mess just weeping like crying uncontrollably almost right away i cut the umbilical cord which was you know like that was great connor came in uh the the day after she was

born yeah i heard about it thank you good guy but also like i i was i was sitting there holding her and just like crying like i couldn't even talk to him like it just it's it's it's there's really no way to like actually describe it it's uh yeah for anyone who's like expecting to have a kid you know it really is like uh you know because my wife was in late we got into the hospital at 8 a.m we didn't have her until 1 a.m the next morning and kind of just biding time and it's like okay well you know whatever you're almost getting like a little annoyed like when is this gonna happen but then yeah she got there and it was it was like an immediate like oh holy shit like this is this is crazy so yeah it's really cool congrats to you and caitlin i believe now phil cfo phil has right you know a lot of children i assume you can lean on him if you have any questions same

with aj hawk you know we're a family around, but this is the first office baby, I think. Yeah, here we go. Four-time office baby. She's about to get spoiled. You know, I mean, I understand that other people are probably going to spend more time with Sloan. Sure. You know, probably show her a lot more emotion. I'm just going to be the letter in the mail that shows up with a bunch of money all the time.

That's fine, too. A lot of people have grandma and grandpa. No, no. I'm going to come say hello obviously. No, yeah, right. But as much as Connor apparently. Exactly. Connor is going to be probably out there doing what he's got to do. By the way, Connor's a better guy than I am.

I got nothing but time. Nick, probably going to be over there a lot because obviously Carly, Caitlin, Nick, the whole thing. I mean, that is is gonna take place a lot zito and coco are some of the most giving people of all time they'll show up and do whatever they're gonna be i'm not sure i'm gonna be around as much as everybody else but just know sloan will reap the benefits of old uncle pat being her uncle oh she already has you guys you know you and sam said a beautiful flower arrangement and uh of course we did an elephant

that has her name embroidered on there. This elephant. With the birthday, by the way. It's like eight feet tall. It's like an actual life-size baby elephant. So, yeah, she's going to fucking love that thing. I kind of wish that it said, like, from Uncle Pat, you know, on there. I'll let her know. No, we should embroider that on there.

Brand it? Yeah, yeah, just so she knows. No, incredibly happy, proud of you, pumped for you, and it's great to have you back. Now let's get to the man who had you know an incredible performance in a celebrity softball game just a few days ago

obviously he was representing team Berg brought to you by Acresure and Tone Diggs I am so happy that you went to that celebrity softball game didn't back out which privately you were thinking about doing a lot of different occasions look like you had fun. Coach Diggs had fun.

The family had a good time, and it looked like a great event. Congrats to you on the big win. Thank you. And how was the break, pal? Yeah, it was a great time. It's awesome. It was awesome last year. It was awesome again. And tell you what, after talking to a lot of the boys, I'm pretty sure Seven's coming

home, so make sure you put your bets in. Roethlisberger's coming back? No, no, no. Oh, Seven. Yeah, Seven. Yeah, the fucking trophy's coming home. No, it was awesome. Got to meet both of the potential starting quarterbacks.

Cam Hayward. Rudolph. Yep. No. And Mason. No, no. Mason wasn't there. What?

Wait. No, that's not Mason's fault. He wasn't invited. It's from Washoe Walkers. Kenny and Mitch, who couldn't there. What? Wait. No, that's not Mason's fault. He wasn't invited. It's from Washoe Walkers. Kenny and Mitch, who couldn't have been fucking nicer people. Everyone there is nice. It was awesome. I'll do that as long as they'll invite me, I'll do it.

I'm happy because there is always a little anxiety when you have to travel and go do something. It's a to-do. Once you're there, though. Yeah, once you do it and you're done with it, it's like, I enjoyed that. Same thing with American Century Championship championship by the way i was i mean i'm sure people could sense it from the shows leading up to it i had a lot of anxiety going into that thing mostly because i hadn't golfed enough but also that's a lot of people to be around on a very regular basis yeah

and i am not a super like out and about the public thing. I'd much rather be a homebody at this stage of my life than ever. But getting to see people, meet people, do the whole thing. I'm in there a couple times. I was like, I got to do this type of shit more. I got to do this type of stuff more. I enjoyed it. And I think a similar thing happened to you, I guess. Yeah, exactly.

We got to remember this next year. Exactly. We got to remember this next year whenever this comes up. There's going to be a lot of, no, I ain't fucking doing it. And it's like, no, I should. Remember, we wanted to do this last year. this comes up there's gonna be a lot of no i ain't fucking and it's like no should remember we wanted to do this last year we appreciated doing this we should remember to do that but there's always gonna be those moments i think where you and me both time we're man we ain't fucking doing that it's 28 miles i'm walking you remember how i felt last year i'm fucking doing it do you remember how the autograph hounds that were on

every single fucking hole man with no regards for anything other than getting all their shit signed at their autographed hounds signing Super Bowl that is the American Century? I was the only person, by the way. And I think it's because I have to deal with said type of people much more than everybody else. I mean, there was a couple moments

where I was like, what a hero. You're a hero. Like, actually, too two old buddy but then our fans were in there as well so it's like i wanted to sign for them but i fucking hate those people oh yeah i don't know how to tell our fan and i think if they're actual fans of ours they understand that i feel that way so i think the interaction actually got a couple pops out of some people but i think that is something american century championship should look into look into figure out you got a uh that's a real you know maybe autographs after there you go not during maybe autographs that pictures during the autographs after whenever you're in there and

it's not just but that's this is me pointing out one thing that i would potentially think of next year when i'm being super negative about Lake Tahoe because the anxiety of going to Tahoe and we need to remember that that is not enough to not go experience Tahoe just like what you, not in traveling doing the whole thing, having dinner it is not enough to fucking not go

because you're awesome out there pal you look super cool though, you had your joggers on you had a good beer, I mean you look so cool out there, Tone. Thank you. And there was a lot of, luckily for me, I know if someone's asking me for my autograph, that they're an actual fan of the show. I don't have to worry about them selling or anything like that.

Hey, that's how it was for me for a long time. And I felt so honored and privileged that people were asking for my autograph. I'm like, this is the coolest thing of all time. I had notebooks back in the day of me practicing my autograph, hoping one day that somebody would ask me for it. And I still enjoy signing but the motherfuckers are trying to rip off our fans for 750 fucking bucks like i can't have it that guy ain't that's not a good person scum of the earth that is a bad person right there that person's trying to not only you know take advantage

of my kindness and make me feel bad and my work and our work and sleepless nights and everything that we try to do and not hard work but still fucking a lot of work that person tried to take advantage of that and our fans yes that are the coolest people of all time they're trying to take advantage of them by charging them a certain amount of money that's just fucking absurd that nobody should ever sign for any piece of marker on anything let alone mine i should be paying you to fucking do that so that's how i feel that way when you get to that point i think you're going to continue to be a good guy and sign for everybody but you can also take my angle too and just finally say nope fuck you and that is it's a pretty freeing it's a pretty freeing feeling to be honest tell you what you know one of my favorite people who i got to see and talk to fellow pies on gene steritor was

there umping he sent me uh he sent me uh a selfie with geneore. And he said he's got fucking flags and an index card. He did, yeah. A flag there and an index card. All the props. Dude, I love Gene. Yeah, he's a beast. He was electrifying. It's awesome.

And his company, Sterritore Sanitation, or whatever it is, has got a big advertisement on the outfield wall. He's a king down there. It's awesome. Well, as he should be. He's Gene Sterritore. I think I told you, as he should be. He's Gene Steratore. I think I told you, hey, we would like Gene Steratore on once a week for the upcoming season.

Yes. And Diggs told him, and geez, I'll get figured out. I hope so. I love that guy. The NFL misses him. Yeah. The NFL misses him. He hit Bud Dupree in the back with a flag.

I mean, Bud deserves it. He should have got tossed out. Whoa. Hey, getting kicked out of a celebrity softball game is awesome. That's a good move. There's another move to avoid the autograph pounds. Sure. You know what I mean?

That's a great move to get out of there. You just got to kick some dirt. Get kicked out. Oh, look at Pat. What the hell? Great gimmick. We are out of there. You know, there's an officiating problem everywhere.

You know that. That's right. Track and field's got to fucking drop. Oh, boy. of there uh there you know there's an officiating problem everywhere uh-huh you know that that's right track and field's got a bad guy got fucked last night so nfl bar that's right university of oregon duck at the university of oregon world championships a thousandth of a second too good of a reaction. What the fuck did that mean? How did our guy get screwed like that last night? I was forced to watch track because there's nothing else on. Actually enjoyed it.

Actually enjoyed watching everything about it. Watched the open. Calm. So calm. Calm. Calm. Calm. I fucking love calm, especially because he was healed.

He was full healing there. Everybody wanted rory rory loves pga rory loves golf rory's our guy rory's going when rory was getting shots through the weekend it was like oh this guy's gonna fucking win yeah this dude's chipping it to a half foot away whenever he's in rough or whatever it feels like the golf gods are like hey rory here you go we're always been taking a stand for the good of golf and everything like that here we are back overseas we're always gonna do it and then calm says, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't know if you know about me and my putter pal.

I'm going to fucking do my thing. That guy is a fucking legend. Lowest total in 150-year history of the Open. Okay? It all has led to this, or whatever the saying was. Lowest score in the history of the tournament. Chugged beers out of the Clare Chug. We learned two at a time.

That's right. Two is that he answered that this morning while looking incredibly hungover at an airport. Two beers fit into the Claret Jug. Now we know. Now everybody knows. He shot 64 twice in this tournament. Round two and the final round.

Lowest back nine in major history. So when it mattered the most, the back nine on Sunday in contention, Calm played his best championship golf, and it was all because that goddamn putter was an absolute magic stick. He putt once. He wouldn't putt twice. He had nine less putts than Rory McIlroy.

Now, originally reported as 19. Both Diggs and I heard this from the commentator, said, like, 19 less putts than Rory over the weekend. That's an astounding number, and we're literally almost one. Diggs and I both, we had this conversation this morning. We both want to tweet, holy fuck, that is so many. Go to a segment, they come back, and he goes, he didn't correct himself. He just restated nine less. He was like, all right, that makes a, and he goes, he didn't correct himself. He just restated, noneless.

He was like, all right, that makes a lot more sense. But that's a real thing. Com was unbelievable. He's a cold motherfucker, this guy. Cold, dude. Standing over some of the most tedious, touchy operations in golf with the open at the old course, which, listen, I'm not from the golf community. So I apologize for not knowing.

That's where he started golf at? That's where the game was birthed. Oh, actually, okay. Yeah, that was where the game started. That's why Tiger had that whole moment. And he said, yeah, he'll never get to do this again. He's been doing it since he was 19, in 1995. Probably his last time walking up.

And that moment is something that he'll remember forever. And they talked about the old course being, it won't be back until like, I guess a lot of years from now, but he, you know, winning that at the course that they created golf, the 150th of it and just having what appeared to be no feelings at all on enemy hostile territory in Rory McIlroyville.

That dude's a fucking dog. Yeah. Yeah. I love camp Smith. The cool part about it was too, cause he had the meltdown on 12 or whatever at the masters. So like that was kind of his MO for this year, even though he's wanting,

he's great putter, but you talked about the putt on 18 for Eagle, but also the putt on 17 up around the fucking box to save. And then the part, but it was not a short part, but to save par there. That was a layup, right? That was like an 8, 9-footer that he buried?

Yeah. Yeah. Because that putt fucking center cup. At least. Yeah, and it might have been 10 to 15 that he putted up around the thing. Yeah. Just no problem. And then Tom Young gets an eagle right in front of him. Yeah.

Okay, Tom Young, absolute player. Yeah. He had MLB on his fucking. Yeah. Also beast. Major League Baseball. Yeah, it was wild. Sponsored this guy in the open. front of us too okay calm young absolute player yeah he had mlb on his fucking yeah also beast major league baseball sponsoring this guy and he opened home run derbies tonight but that was that was incredible to watch it was honestly awesome i wanted to see you know now there's rumors obviously about a lot of people in the PGA Tour going over to live and more. I wanted to see Dustin Johnson go in there and shake it up.

You know, just, you know. Still here. Because he was kind of going. Oh, yeah. Dustin Johnson was kind of playing for a little bit. And I saw him walking down. I think he was with Scotty Scheffler. And I just thought to myself, like, did Scotty ask ever, like,

what's it like to have 200 million dollars? Is it fun? What's it like to have 200 million dollars? Now, Scotty Scheffler, like, what's it like to have $200 million? Is it fun? What's it like to have $200 million? Now, Scotty Scheffler, obviously, uber religious person and has a different mindset about life, I think, than most people and even competitive people. He's his own guy. But watching Dustin Johnson have success at a major while also being able to collect $125 million signing bonus, I wonder if there isn't more players that are like, okay, so I just got to get to the point where i'm exempt to these majors and then when i'm exempt to these majors i need to go and get all of the money in the world and i understand that the money is coming from a place that a lot of people uh say like can't take money from those types of people um but the pga has like 20 sponsors yeah

that is that have saudi money a part of their company. So the PGA is actually receiving the benefit of some Saudi money. But now the whole, let's stop it all. We say. That's right. Stop it all. Didn't we say it all? Yeah, stop it all. Bill Burr taught me also.

Coco Chanel probably shouldn't. Yeah, terrible person. Probably shouldn't. I mean, that's what Bill Burr, I mean, I don't know. It's on our Wikipedia. I didn't see the whole thing. I didn't see the whole thing. I didn't hear the whole thing.

I feel like there's a lot of hypocrisy about taking money from people when it's certain people as opposed to businesses. And I didn't like the fact from the beginning of this that the only people that are getting attacked and ridiculed and scolded for this are athletes. And golfers are athletes, obviously. That's who I'm talking about. I don't like that the athletes are the only people that are getting ridiculed for this. When businesses do it and they fund Accrisher, whenever you fund, let's go down the shore. Yeah, let's go down the shore.

Let's go down the shore. I assume we'll talk about that. There's only one entity to blame for that. Sad day. But anyways, the amount of businesses that have also benefited from the same money pool and are celebrated as uh like great business moves and congratulations i just don't understand why the athletes are the only ones that are getting fucking buried for this now i guess i'm i'm too big of a doofus to understand but i

would like david faraday just announced he's going yeah that's right david faraday's going over that's a big timetime golf. Charles Barkley's meeting with Liv. Henrik Stenson, who's the captain of the Ryder Cup team, is going to Liv. There's been Com Smith rumors, even though Com said, my team will deal with that. I'm just going to play golf. He's in the FedEx Cup standings, which is the PGA thing, which is like $20 million, I guess.

Especially after you win the Open, you probably get even more points. That's an interesting dynamic on whether he goes or not. There is a lot of momentum heading to live. And I think the reason is a hundred and some million dollars just getting handed over to guys that have been traveling the world making no guaranteed cash other than the cash that they have made. And I would like to let the PGA reporters know and the golf reporters know that I respect what you're doing.

I respect you going to bat and the defecting and the way you talk about it because you are taking a stand for something that you feel is understated. And, by the way, we respect that. Oh, yeah. I respect shit out of that. But where were you when the PGA wasn't paying anybody anything? Like, how come that is that not something that's worthy of a conversation how about com smith flying home uh on ryan air over there southwest and then the live guys from portland to scotland have a private plane that is all first class for everybody how come you're not reporting about how pga has treated the golfers

over the last 40 years or whatever when they had no competition. How come you guys weren't talking loud about that? How come we're just learning about this now that there was really no guaranteed money, no guaranteed benefits, really no nothing for any of the athletes that are in there? But if they go play anywhere else, they are to be sued and never to be around again. It's just like I feel like there are some things that maybe were missed in the coverage, but I do like now that we are covering for the right, you know, hey, for standing up for the world.

So golf is in an interesting place right now, and I'm going to tell you, I fucking love watching it. Every single weekend I will watch it. That's right. And here's my thing. I don't care if they're playing for the PGA or the Live. I don't give a shit either way. I just want everyone to be on one tour

so that all the best guys are playing against each other. That's all I care about. Well, that's what the majors are going to be, right? Exactly. Aren't the majors like – this is – I guess it's like every kind of – I guess it's like every kind of sport growing up. I don't know enough about the AAU worlds. I didn't play any AAU sports, so I don't really know that. But, like, you win your thing, and then the big tournaments have everybody in it.

Champions in a... Champions League. Yeah. It's Champions League. So I think majors will still be all of the big... Right. It's just that every weekend, which we watch... By the way, I think we're one of the only people that...

No, there's a lot of people that watch. Obviously, there's nothing else to fucking watch. Bingo. That's the only reason why we do it. But I think, like, the weekly events, obviously, get a hit from this whenever there's a couple good guys here, a couple good guys here, who's playing, who's not playing. But I think the majors will continue to be fucking in the –

somebody from Liv's going to have to fucking go, though. Oh, yeah. Like, somebody's going to have to show up at these majors. It's going to start coming, you know what I mean? If they want to – Because it will just continue to be, oh, that B League, the B League, the B League. But I don't think Liv gives a fuck, by the way. No.

And I think ultimately it is going to come down to the Masters next year because I feel like a lot of guys are waiting to see because Augusta obviously is so, you know, like old golf history, traditional. Like, if they come out and make a stand and say, you know what, fuck you guys. We don't care if you've worn a green jacket. You can't come play here. That might actually slow the break. Could you imagine the PR that'll come from the other side?

Yeah. Bingo. Bingo. So it's a very slippery slope. I'm betting hard money that the Masters are going to let anybody play that has been exempt to play in the Masters. They have to. What's that?

They have a pass. Everybody does. Well, Augustus, too. Augustus is quite infamous. Well, of course. Yeah, it's not good. We recall. I'm just saying, like, it does feel as if there's a lot of, like, you know,

standing on, like, sand almost. Oh, yeah. But swinging hard. You know, the foundation isn like, sand almost. Oh, yeah. But swinging hard. You know, the foundation isn't real strong, but you're swinging hard. But, like, there's some information that can just get dropped out of nowhere that just takes you completely out. And it's like, well, I still feel this way, though. Like, I appreciate the fact that the golfers' lives are going to get made better.

Definitely. Com Smith flying on that commercial flight, hilarious. Ridiculous. Should have expected it, I guess. lives are going to get made better. Definitely. ComSmith flying on that commercial flight. Hilarious. Ridiculous. Should have expected it, I guess. But that's also like, that's a direct thing where it's like, look how this company is treating their people. And look how this company has treated their people because they've had no competition for 34, 40 years.

Okay. These people, no competition. This is what they've been able to get away with. Here's new competition. This is what they're willing to do. So that'll automatically raise what this now, Tom trying to fit the Claret Jug into a car headband. It did not fit.

I'm kidding. It didn't get him a ticket. But it didn't get Claret Jug a ticket on the plane. Does it make any sense? Not big enough to fit underneath the seat. No. Can't use it as a carry-on. This actually happened.

This is something that actually happened. We're not even making this up. This is a real thing. 150 years. Yeah. The biggest of all to carry on. This actually happened. This is something that actually happened. We're not even making this up. This is a real thing. Yeah. Big 150 years. Yeah. The biggest of all time. Yeah.

Originated golf. He's shoving this Claret jug into the overhead. You shitting me? In there, you fucker. Some flight attendant probably walks by. Please sit down. Yes, sir. Slam. They always have like some magical touch.

They really do. They just figure out a way to like balance it in there and they'll shut it. That's all you had to do just figure out a way to balance it in there. That's all you had to do. Thank you so much. What's in there? Jesus. It's way too large to be over it. We actually have to check this to your final destination. Sorry.

Whatever the case, though. I think it'll... Yeah, here it is. Listen, that thing didn't fit in there. No, not a chance. I mean, we all see it. Just like the physics of that putt that I had on whatever fucking 12. Uh-huh, 12.

That stopped while I was going downhill, which never happened at that course since or has ever happened that thing ain't fitting in there no but it will lift you know like everything will hopefully lift you would hope that players would they start being more guaranteed money which hey listen the businesses have enough players getting money like think about com i think his dad was what he worked as a uh construction i forget yeah very blue collar job construction like think about what come uh from australia blue collar guy worked his dick off yeah got a mullet yeah i mean grew a mullet unbelievable mustache also fantastic yeah fantastic just buying completely into like a i'm the guy yeah everybody

fuck off yeah Yeah, exactly. I like that so much. But think about that. Those people making more money is good for everybody. And I just think we should remember that. And no matter how you feel about where money's coming from, we're telling you not to look into where other companies have got their money. Then if you...

There's going to be a lot of names, companies on lists, and you're just going to be like, well, I can't use them anymore. I can't watch that anymore. I can't go there. I can't even move. I can't do them anymore Can't watch that anymore I can't go there I can't even move I can't do that Oh my god I can't do that I can't do that But these athletes

Fuck them Yeah sons of bitches These guys Don't watch the PGA Tour Whoa What are you saying Because PGA Tour They're into some fishy things too

Oh Whoa Exactly Exactly You see So I'm talking mean every everybody yeah you want to like ridicule these guys because they have better lives they get paid more they don't have to golf as much and they still get to play in the majors like in obviously at the period but the golf uh the golf reporters on twitter though they're ridiculous everything you just said right there it is imagine if you said that

to them, they'd go, that's not for the good of the game. Which makes sense because all of them are pretty much employed by the PGA, so it is their job

to back the PGA and be like, hey, fuck Liv. This is bullshit. These guys can't do this. What are they going to do when David Faraday is just drinking martinis

at some of these events? They have David Faraday and Chuck. It's good. They win. This is just like the NBA Finals or the NBA NBA playoffs when it was TNT and ESPN. They do have to figure out the coverage. Not that YouTube isn't a place that you can cover.

I think YouTube can be a home to sports. I think it should be a home to sports. It's accessible to everybody through basically every new smart TV. Old school cable, I understand it's going to be tough to figure out, but every phone has YouTube and every fucking smart TV has YouTube. So I think it is possible, but just a little bit of the Mickey Mouse. Yeah. A little Mickey Mouse.

No more Mickey. But it's early. Got to play on Sunday. That's right. Have to play on Sunday. Have to play on Sunday. And I understand live 54. Move that thing up to Friday though.

Why not? Right. Exactly. Have that be Friday, Saturday, Sunday. You're going to get better ratings on a Sunday than a understand live 54. Move that thing up to Friday, though. Why not? Right, exactly. Have that be Friday, Saturday, Sunday. So you're going to get better ratings on a Sunday than a Thursday. Yeah, but you know what, though? I mean, anytime the Olympics or the World Cup or WWE is over in Saudi, it's like the daytime stuff. We will watch.

The UFC on Saturday. Watched it. Yeah. Did you watch that? Oh, buddy's shoulder popped out. Ortega? Mm-hmm. That wasn't, I didn't enjoy that at all.

That was going to be a good fight. That was going to be a good fight. I like the way Ortega operates, by the way. Yeah. He seems like a comm smith type, just a dog, super chill guy. He dapped up the guy he's about to fight. All right. Let's fucking do this.

Let's throw bombs. Knock your fucking teeth out. He was just eating punches, too. I mean, he was just eating. Handsome guy. Very chill. Eating punches. Like, this guy's fucking superstar.

That's why they put him on ABC. I saw Dana gave some guy a bunch of money for his birthday. Yeah, people are not. Yeah, he did. How dare he gift a friend, you know, a business partner or something. Son of a bitch. Golly. The whole world. Everybody's

going to fix everything. In the back. Nick, great job at Tahoe. Appreciate you, man. Honestly. That was a lot of walking. You had to do your best with the service being kind of touchy there for a bit. I think we got some great clips. I feel like we covered it

well. I guess our groups weren't on TV much, which by the way, all good. There's a lot of big names at that fucking thing. I feel like we covered it well. And we weren't, I guess our groups weren't on TV much, which, by the way, all good. There's a lot of big names at that fucking thing. I got a lot of tweets from people appreciating the coverage on Twitter. So I appreciate the hell out of you, Nick. Thank you, man. Thank you for the opportunity. That was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

It was incredible. No, no, no. Remember, it's not once-in-a-lifetime. Because we're doing it. It's true. It's an annual thing. If we get invited, we're doing it again. But we got to remember we're doing it again. we get invited we're doing it again but we gotta remember

we're doing it again well you never know what is there a 100% chance as soon as that invite comes that what's my first reaction I ain't fucking doing it I can't commit to anything right now

there's no way four days Tahoe think about the travel I mean that's way out there it's beautiful though isn't it god

ridiculous it is so gorgeous it is a different country yeah it's a different country because it god ridiculous it is so gorgeous it is a different country yeah it's a different country because we were the run that we went on was arizona vegas indy tahoe indy then i went to the island i saw six different planets oh yeah yeah like tahoe was a completely different that's europe it felt like we were in europe yeah one of one over there the mountains are so fat in the house we're in i mean the house we were in Europe. Yeah, one of one. Over there. The mountains are so vast. And the house we're in.

I mean, the house we're in was really created for the view, so people enjoyed what they were doing. It was outrageous. And I was on that jet ski. Got some water in my mouth. Oh, yeah. Delicious. Salty?

No. That's fresh over there. Gorgeous. So good. Glacier. It was like Fiji water. Yeahier It was like Fiji water Yeah It was like Fiji water Ice cold

Did you boss root? Huh? No I didn't Wim Hof Wim Hof Not boss root Banging him Banging him

That's boss root Legend of his own right Yeah Just like Wim Hof is Every morning though We went in the lake It's like 68 degrees It's awesome

70 degrees That was how I woke up Literally Had to do a cold tub too A couple different mornings Alright Just like Wim Hof is. Every morning, though, we went in the lake. It's like 68 degrees. It's awesome. 70 degrees. That was how I woke up, literally. Had to do a cold tub, too, a couple different mornings. I'm going to get into about right here and just stand here like these knees and feet. Kind of feel the air. But it was nice waking up with nature. Honestly, felt like, you know?

Oh, yeah. It was beautiful. But there's a bunch of different planets out there. Yeah, exactly. I mean, I think Lake Tahoe is probably the mecca of California. I don't know why it's not talked about. Never talked about. Never, ever. And it's a year-round thing.

Like, if you ski, you can go there in the winter and then obviously... A lot of hippies live there. Yeah, a lot of hikers. A lot of hikers. Saw a lot of walking sticks. Oh, nice.

As you're going through town, you'll see a lot of, like, bronze shoes that have the full thing and then the hiking thing and the backpacks. Hoka hiking shoes? Patagonia i don't know if they got the hocus no i don't think they respect the hocus we're talking like

limit uh minimalist type i think like that type of stuff that one volunteer uh mitch he was a dog who had hocus on i believe on i think it was like the sixth or seventh hole oh yeah yeah mitch my guy yeah said he uh there's a lot of good conversations out there He said that he got out of the hospital Come see us And volunteered there So he was like working the event too It was awesome It was really cool

There was a lot of those conversations that I never get to have with anybody Because I never leave my house That really put everything in perspective I can't thank you all enough for allowing us to live this life July 18th 2022 Sports show back off i hate it shall begin yeah let's ride it's been so long it's over no no what turn it down turn the music down nick thank you moment of silence for the let's Ride on the start of the show. Could not survive the hiatus. No.

Come back, Let's Ride. It came in like a lion. Bronco's Country. Bronco's Country. Let's Ride. Bronco's Country. Let's Ride. Bronco's Country. Let's ride Broncos country Let's ride

Made our show better Made the top of the hour better Because every time an hour started All I could think about was Riding into a Hell of a show Like Russell Wilson would ride into Monaco With his shoulder pads and his helmet

and put on a workout that those fuckers have never seen before. That's right. Throw a football on the side of a cliff, and then as soon as he's done with it, he looks around and he says, Let's ride. Viva ride. Whenever Russell Wilson is running rocks with Sierra at the White House, and they're completing passes and showing unity.

Something Washington hasn't seen in a long time. And he goes and speaks the Capitol in front of all the Congress, Senator? Senators, Congress people. Politicians. House of Representatives. Reps. He says, let's put our swords aside.

Let's ride. That's what I think about every time we set it there for a couple weeks. And just like all things that this show has, it unfortunately ended quickly with zero celebration or heads up. All it took was one golf tournament, one week off, and now we will no longer ride into ours. And I am, although sad that it is gone, I am happy it even happened in the first place.

So, let's ride into a new chapter. I miss you, Let's Ride. Let's ride into a new time. Let's ride into a new era of this show, which will be seeking a new beginning to the hour every single hour until we find whatever's home is the beginning of the hour.

Let's ride. Tony Diggs, That's a fucking shame That that's over Especially with your cowboy hat It felt like it was The perfect match It felt so good It felt so right

You know So good So good So good But You know All good things Must come to an end

Like Heinz Field Moment of silence Man Moment of silence. Man. Moment of silence for that. You son of a bitch. What's that? I honestly didn't expect, you know, an hour and five minutes into this thing that this be the first time it really has come up.

But at one point I had the longest field goal in Heinz Field history. At one point I helped somebody else win an ESPY, you know, from what they did on Heinz Field. You're right. I got shook to shit by Antonio Brandt in Heinz Field. Yep. Rest in peace to that field. I believe I won punt, pass, and kick.

Yeah, sure. That's right. Heinz Field. It wasn't three rivers. It wasn't Sean. That's right. Heinz Field. It wasn't three rivers. It wasn't three rivers. It was certainly Heinz Field. But now, it's Akershire.

Hell yeah. And it's going down to Akershire. And let's watch Kay Pickett sling that pigskin around Akershire. Can't wait. It's going down to Akershire Stadium. Akershire, obviously, an insurance company that utilizes artificial intelligence and other stuff. Bingo. I told you.

Cutting edge. I tried to tell you, do not enable and empower this artificial intelligence. They fucking took ketchup out of Denise. They did. Accresher. Ketchup took its fucking self out of Denise. Now, there is an argument to be made that Accresher likes the Steelers more than Hines likes the Steelers. That's the argument that I'm sticking with.

Well, you should. And that's how most of the answers should look at it. Because Hines had an opportunity to maintain the presenting sponsor of Hines Field. They chose not to. Now, they might say that it didn't make sense with how much Akershire maybe gave. But Akershire, we should view them as caring more about the Steelers than Hines did at the decision being made. With that being said, hell of a run, Hines.

Hell of a run. We miss you. Why didn't Pittsburgh Paints pony up? Well, they're already paying for a fucking panel. That's what I'm saying. Why not double down? PPG, obviously, Hines. A lot of people think of maybe Permanis.

Permanis. UPMC could have gotten the game. They are already the sponsors of the practice facility. Iron City beer with Mongo. Could have been there. Terns Tee could have been there. By the way, I didn't know that it was even available. Did anybody even know it was available?

No. Did Accresure come crypto this thing and say, hey, Staples, dead. Crypto.com arena, here we are. Is that what Accresurehire did did they just come and say what's heinz paying we'll pay quadruple that is that what took place was up in 2019 and they had just been doing a year to year we should have gone in there kind of a handshake agreement until well who would have thought that they would have turned the back on the city that they were fucking founded hj heinz is turning over in his grave right now, okay, because I looked at the board of directors of Hines Craft right now.

Saudi? No. Who was it? Wouldn't be surprised. Who was up there, huh? No one's been there longer than fucking 2019. They got no loyalties to Hines in the city of Pittsburgh, and so whoever from fucking Hines did the Hines Craft merger,

it's their fucking fault. Are we out on Heinz? They're so much better than that other shit. Oh, God. I thought about it. Heinz is a vastly superior product, unfortunately still. So we'll have to stick with the ketchup. But I'm not fucking happy.

Zito, please show the picture of the bottle that we are definitely going to be trying to purchase. Yenzer took a photo in front of it Hey Bill That's Bill, Donnie and Ron Holy shit Fucking last time this thing's going to be seen down here Aftershirt came in and wiped them out The way that one guy Has his hand on it too We gotta buy that

We honestly have to buy one We need one of the ketchup bottles We need like one of the ketchup bottles In Actually I don't think we do anymore Why That ain't Heinz That's a good point

The company running Heinz right now Ain't Heinz You're right We put it on top of the Thunderdome I would put it on top of the Thunderdome But I don't want to represent them It sounds like They don't even give a fuck

About being from Pittsburgh God damn It's not the company that H.J. built. No. Why didn't Rudy Sobs get in the game and name the stadium? Wow. That's a great question. Fucking Isley's chip-chop ham?

Rudy Sobs Stadium. I don't know how much money we have or how much money it would have taken, but I feel like I would have been able to scrounge it up if I could have just called that motherfucker Yinser Field. Yeah. Imagine that. That would have been amazing. Yeah.

Now, this is – how long is this deal? Probably 55? 15 years. 50 years. No, 15. Oh, 15 years. This is like the $440 million offer at Walmart Saturday. Yeah.

All right. So joining us now is a man who celebrated with lordeau this weekend and that was a very pittsburgh conversation so i didn't want to bring this guy into it because honestly donny roy and bill taking a photo with that heimdall is one of the saddest days since they blew up the igloo right oh what a day what a day joining us now is a man who's incredibly good at golf yeah which none of us could have expected. That's horseshit. Well, we should have actually. Genuinely, I don't want to say it.

Well, I have no idea what's coming out of his mouth ever whenever we're around each other. There is an endless amount of shit that could come out of his mouth that you would never, there was numerous times where we're just having a time in tahoe and he says something i have to stop what i'm doing and go how did that how did that come from that fucking brain through that thick skull yeah through the mouth out there and laughed hysterically obviously because it's

unbelievable one of the most interesting humans of all time, a man who has drank Budweiser. What? At Lord Stanley Cup. What? Just moments after ice cream sundaes were had. What? On SportsCenter.

What? He's a college football national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup champion, and winner of $50,000 from me at the American Century Championship, ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hall. How you doing? How you doing, Hall? How you guys doing? Hey, congrats. Bill's engaged,

Zeke's engaged, Ty had a baby. Man, a lot of stuff happened. Let's go! It's been a hell of a month. AJ, when I say this, I mean this. You're one of the most impressive beings the humans have ever had. You know that? You do know that?

After getting to hang out with you a lot. I'm happy we got to play together every single day. I'm not sure if they heard my, you know, chatter into this microphone about hating basically being around people. And if that's why they put us together, because our scores were kind of near each other, they put us together. It was an honor, sir. And your friend, Aaron, our our friend aaron was so kind that was a fucking awesome tournament aj and thank you for helping get me into that thing well i mean i've been telling you

for a few years yeah like you i think you would really enjoy it so i'm glad that all the boys enjoyed and had a good time and there's obviously yeah the physical toll that it takes on you that you don't realize that i seem to forget every year too even though i've been doing and had a good time. And there's obviously, yeah, the physical toll that it takes on you that you don't realize that I seem to forget every year or two, even though I've been doing it for a long time. It doesn't get easier as you get older, that's for sure. Well, I think when I – what hole was it when I started motherfucking you basically about it? My third hole probably.

How come you didn't tell me about – I did not. I did. No, you did not. No, you did. You did not tell me to respect that course hey you know what you have to do hey next year you're what you got to do because you want to look sweet in your jays you're gonna have to wear some old sketchers i saw some of the stud golfers out there wearing those sweet like you're gonna have to get those romo was wearing sketchers golf shoes i

assume so he's a sketchers guy right guys multiple guys were they have the super foams on or no they didn't really look like hokas but they they, I don't know what Tony's looked like, but I saw some other guys wear some sketches that looked like something that pistol would wear. So I think I would stay away. It was an awesome tournament. And there was a couple of times where I did say like, you were a fucking piece of shit for not telling me.

But I didn't even think about walking that course being a problem. I'm in pretty good shape. Like I feel pretty good right now that I'm doing like a hundred, a hundred floors on Stairmaster. I'm going four or five rounds in the Oculus. I'm feeling very good, like, shape-wise. Yeah. Very good.

The feet, though, there ain't nothing you can do about those. And then once your feet hurt, by the way, you're fucking up your hips. Yeah. Because the way you have to walk with it. So now your hips are sore. It's like, my hips are sore? Like, 28 miles. 28 miles we walked up and down that thing.

That should have been something I should have thought about. I just assumed after watching, you know, I drive by a golf course here in town and people are walking. It's some 90-year-old fat. And I'm like, all right, that person can do it. Then I watched the PGA. I'm like, there isn't that many physical specimens i watch the pga i'm like there isn't that many physical specimens just walking around the fucking pga or the live thing so it's like

this can't be that big of a deal although if there was a couple thoughts like walking's going to be a game changer i think it was i mean it it 1000 was holes what eight because that's normally how many holes i play on a card i normally pick up for at least one, so I'm playing eight holes normally. I played five different times, about eight holes each time. Do the math. Forty. Forty holes I've played. So from, like, holes eight to 15 each day, oh.

Other than that par three, 12, I was gone. I was sore. Mentally, I was exhausted. The feet were dead. It was something that I didn't think about going in that I should have paid much more respect to. In hindsight, though, was there anything you would have been able to do prepared for that?

Like you would have had to play four times a week and blocked 18 holes. We figured it out. So this is what we're doing. And AJ was there whenever the idea came about putting a treadmill next to the net. Oh, there you go. There you go. So hit ball. Oh, yeah. You. There you go. So, hit ball.

Oh, yeah. I forget. Were you telling Riggle that, I believe, on Sunday? Hey, next year is going to be different, man. I think you told him about your whole setup. It is. Hey, Riggle, no big deal. I've got a simulator in a new office called Thunderdome.

You should stop by whenever you want to. I'm going to put a treadmill right next to the sim. I'm going to drive, and then while other people are playing, I'm hopping right on that thing. Boost the incline. And I'm going to put walking boots on like I'm Carson Wentz. So it's as uncomfortable as possible. And I'm just going to walk.

I'm going to walk until my next shot. And then I'm going to do it. Then I got it all figured out. The only issue is going to be the putting. There is no green in Indiana that is anywhere near what the fuck that was. That was scary. Those were scary thoughts in my head while i was lining up the putt a anywhere between a 70 footer to a 10 footer it's the same conversation like there's

no chance this is going in that that was another part of the game that i did not uh you know tend to enough before heading out there i think i mean those greens were lightning fast and there's like levels to it so it's easy to put off the green i mean you try to claim that i'm a sandbagger first off my first hole of the tournament first shot out about in the water okay cool i'm dropping i gotta get up and down for for bogey get out here i skip i sculled my next shot 180 yards over water skipped it hit a rock went to the fringe up and down bogey let's keep it moving like that was my whole day scrambling all day long that's how you play golf though i get bored if i don't yeah yeah you get bored if you don't his first two shots of the tournament fucking in the

water okay first two shots hit water he ends up with no no points there because a bogey is just not a bogey is no blood double bogey minus two par uh one point bogey no points par one point birdie three points? Yeah. Yeah, I got a couple of those saved today. A couple of eagle putts. Those were six points. That would have been huge if those go in.

Those guys that win have to just make it. They make those putts, I guess. But anyways, AJ will be so far ahead of us because of his drive. Then he'll hit some shit fuck into the tree somehow. And then he'll bend his club around a tree and he'll end up at like six feet then he'll put it in i'm like what was it he's like bogey i'm like what how you're on four holes over how'd you even get it you are the greatest scrambler in the history of golf i do believe it it was it was electrifying watching you golf i'm just

i was very lucky that i got to golf with you for three straight rounds, whatever it mattered. You were fucking bombing balls. You're literally blind shot, can't see anything, boom, hitting it through four trees, bouncing off another one, and then going to like six feet. It's like this guy is the best golfer of all time. Is that how it is all the time? Is that how it is all the time?

Is that how you golf all the time? Is that what it looks like? Yeah, but I normally don't play as well as I did. I normally would have like a day in there where I shoot minus 15 one day or something. That's usually the case. But you can't believe that because he's just lying any time he comes out here and talks about golf.

Hey, con man. Pat, you want to remember? We played Sunday, me, you, and Riggle. My first tee shot. I get up there. I'm using your 3-wood again that I started using day two on the course. The sun is glaring off the ball.

I can't see the ball. I almost missed the ball. I topped it 10 feet. I was like, all right, let's just keep this 3-wood in my hand. I topped it again. I just picked up, and I was done before we got off the tee box. I know. On the first hole on Sunday.

I know, but you still somehow, what'd you end up, plus 2 or something? Yeah, you still ended up in the ring. I mean, I just scrambled my ass off, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. All right. Let's golf. Let's golf. Did you guys ever see RG3 out there?

Yeah, I talked to RG3. How could you miss him? No, I didn't see him golfing. I didn't see him golfing, but he was dressed hilariously. He was dressed hilariously, and I guess he wasn't a good golfer. We didn't see. Negative 89 points. So, you know, I had another bet with Miz. A promo bet with Miz.

Oh, man, he had a weak end. Did you beat him? Yeah. How about him? He's awesome. Walking down the fairway. So he started on a different nine than us. So we saw him, and he was doing a lot of posing and shit.

And this was already when he was doing a lot of posing and shit and this was already when he was at negative 60 and it had already been known by everybody that he was a terrible golfer i guess charles barkley was chewing him out for playing too fucking slow anthony anderson cut some promos on him at the par three thing for playing too slow yeah because miss miss i guess i have i've only golfed with him but he looks but. But if you see him dressed, he looks, this dude's a pro golfer. His swing looks very, very good as well, but he just doesn't score. So he has watched other people who are good golfers golf. So before his shot, he'll take two big swings.

You got to do the arm thing. That's my favorite. Oh, yeah. Two big hacks. He'll look. Then he lines up over it. Okay? And he puts the club down in one hand here.

Okay? Other hand is back here doing this. Actually doing this. Then he goes to the club. Then this one's got to take a trip. And then it's a full-on like picture perfect swing picture perfect like full yeah holds a follow-through for 30 seconds and then apparently allegedly the ball just goes

yeah like every other way but where uh-huh but every time it's a full all right here But every time it's a full Alright here You know and he's got like negative 80 at this point Yeah And everybody's like alright hurry the fuck up You asked him about the Charles Barkley thing too How does everybody know? I think it's because Charles is normally a pretty slow golfer, right,

because he wasn't that good for a long time. So now that he's saying, hey, come the fuck on, I think it became a pretty big story. And then what did Anthony Anderson say to him? What did Anthony Anderson say to him at the par three thing that you did? Yeah, I was sitting next to Miz at the little close to the pin contest, and I'd never seen Miz address the ball, so i see this arm thing i thought he was just playing it up for effect because like it was he was miked up and everything yeah anthony

anderson apparently was his partner that day and he was like here we go longest setup ever here we go hit the ball like he continued to say stuff to him and he didn't sound like he didn't sound real happy either he was awesome well miz though i will say i i didn't have to happy either. He was awesome. Well, Miz, though, I will say, I didn't have to golf with him. I think I would have loved golfing with him. Could you imagine him with us? Could you imagine? It would have been amazing. It was awesome just seeing him on the other hole for five seconds,

like how great he is. So he did his whole setup. We saw him. I have become a massive fan of the Miz over the last month and a half, two months, just because I've got to experience The Miz a little bit more. He is hysterical. Very talented motherfucker, too. He tees off from the tee box last one, did his full setup.

We're watching it all happen. And obviously, it went into a fucking tree. It was not good. And he walks down the fairway while staring at us. And he goes. He walks down the fairway while staring at us. And he goes. And then just stares at us for like a good 10 seconds and then walks.

This guy just hit one 20, 30 yards into the woods. He's already at negative 90 and he's fucking flexing. The other two people in his group had to be like, this fucking guy. Yeah, well, and when you were on the second hole and he was on the 11th hole, you guys happened to walk by each other, too. Yeah, he goes, you're on the wrong fairway, Pat. He was on our fairway. He was awesome. I enjoyed him.

I enjoyed Rob. I enjoyed Miles. Obviously, Giorno and Aaron were awesome. And your brother, fucking super cool dude, man. I think that should be said a little bit more. Ryan Hawk, cool guy. Oh, thanks. Yeah, he's been out there every year with me.

So, yeah, he absolutely loves it. You heard him slopping around the lake every morning. He said it'd help you wake up. That's what I was about to say. This guy's beating the fuck out of water every morning. Killing it. You're talking about, because the house had no air conditioning? What? Really? My room did not have air conditioning. Not many houses have air out there. It every morning. Killing it. You're talking about, because the house had no air conditioning? What?

Really? My room did not have air conditioning. Not many houses have air out there. It's weird. Gigantic houses. We've stayed in a few other ones and I've been searching frantically for an air conditioning unit somewhere

in the bowels of the house that I can never find. So keep the doors open. It's also a beautiful view. The wind is great. It's perfect. The reason why they don't have any air conditioning is because it's fucking perfect there.

Outside a lot, I assume. Basically year round, yeah. Well, I guess in the winter you just shut it, whatever the case is. So I had my door open, the lake right there behind my room, and it'd be fucking 5 a.m. What time was that? I honestly don't even know what time the hawks were in the fucking water. Ridiculous.

But I don't know when they started. The only time, I didn't want to tell your brother this in person because I think he would have felt bad or whatever. Maybe not. I don't know. He certainly was The only time, I didn't want to tell your brother this in person because I think he would have felt bad or whatever. Maybe not. I don't know. He certainly was the one that woke me up every single morning. He said, like, I didn't wake you up, did I? No, no, my alarm, my alarm, obviously.

He's fucking, I don't know what that water did to him. No. I have no, he had to have been just slapping as hard as he possibly could. These workouts were going like 20, 30 minutes, though. Oh, yeah. He is. Oh, it's cold. That's the thing.

When you swim in that cold water, it's tough to breathe. So, yeah, I think he doesn't have the most efficient stroke out there in that cold water. Hey, he's yoked up, though. I enjoyed him a lot. Super cool guy. I really appreciated everybody we met out there. Joining us now is a man who is also a professional golfer. Hey, I think I shot in the 80s, didn't I?

One of those days. Oh, yeah. I think every day. Every day, probably. No, I think I had 90 one of those days. But 80s anyways, I feel pretty good about it. You should. Another guy that can talk to us about his golf game because he did just get off, like,

what, a four-month golf? Yeah, that's right. Excursion, yeah. Or he hasn't really worked. But hopefully, is he working again? I think so. Okay, let's get an update from this guy and also chit-chat a little bit about his life NFL insider for the NFL Network

And the league itself Obviously the host of the weekly wrap-up With Rap Sheet and friends Us being the friends, he being Rap Sheet Ladies and gentlemen The ever-handsome Ian Rapcord What's up, dude? So, you know, I do like golf, as you alluded to.

I have not yet been able to play in the Tahoe Golf Tournament. You know, maybe one of these years. Just, it was bad, right? You didn't have a good time? Ian, if this was a trio going out at the American Century Championship, I honestly have no idea how those seven hours on the course would go. Siciliano on the bag. Oh, yes, dude.

It was a great time. I like that idea. I didn't play enough golf, though. And you know how you always walk? And I think I make fun of you every time. Like, who has enough time to fucking walk I should have walked one time in my life Before this tournament

Four straight rounds 28 miles My feet were fucking dead Ian Dead dead dead Gotta get yourself some good golf shoes Get some G4s or something Really like feel like pillows you know I do

You're absolutely right I wasn't even thinking about that I was like these look awesome Jordan sent them to me Very nice of them to do such For yourself Nah. I wasn't even thinking about that. I was like, these look awesome. Jordan sent them to me. Very nice of them to do such. Now, I don't know if Michael knows. I don't know if he knows, but I did get them. They were very comfortable.

Me and CeCe Sabathia were wearing the same ones. Hey, CeCe's fucking the man. He's yoked up. Yeah. Very good. He's jocked. He is jocked. He's super jocked. There's a lot of those chants, by the way. A lot of hammered down. Yeah. Very good. He's jock. Hey, he is jock. He's super jock.

There's a lot of those chants, by the way. A lot of hammered down chants. A lot of fuck you, Boston Connor. And I think people even said rap sheet never says

anything on your show. I think there was even those chants out there. What? Is that true? Did anyone ask where I was? Because I feel like that would be a would have been

a good question. People have been asking that for three months. Where have you been since the Super Bowl? That is a real real question here geez kind of turned that around on me i wasn't expecting that all right well i haven't been on air in a while i got a lot of pent-up energy obviously you can feel that through the microphone we do appreciate you by the way uh toxic table edits uh his name is doug actually he made the five uh videos that we put out last week on our show,

on our channel. One of them was Ian Rappaport getting murdered by us, basically. Oh, okay. Yeah, it did really well. Ian, thank you. Thank you, Ian. And shout out to... Was there a different video? Because what I saw, there was one that I saw that actually was really funny. It was about me being hilarious.

Oh, yeah, yeah. I posted it because I was so funny. Same one. I did not even appreciate How funny I was until I re-watched The clip a couple times Yeah, I understand that Especially with how funny you are We get to experience it every time, you don't So you got to do it for the first time last week

Shout out to Toxic Table Edits by the way Doggie killed it I assume we'll be doing business again I hope, he did a great job He was always very professional with us. He was stealing our shit. Right. Then we had a conversation.

This was the guy? No, there's two. There was two. One guy was like, ah, hey, sorry. Like, actually, yeah, that was happening. Another guy tried to make me look terrible. So it was like, all right,

we will never work together. And then this guy, it was like, all right, hey, here's a pretty good amount of money, I think you rather just do that yep crushed it cared about it passionate about it he's the one that laid out ideas in the one there's there's some other people getting buried uh sorry being funny on the uh on the list of videos potentially you on there i'm like we got good relationship with ian. Fucking go ahead. Let it eat. So we appreciate you, Ian. I want to let you know that.

We appreciate you, pal. Well, thank you. I appreciate you guys, and I clicked it a couple extra times just to make sure to kind of jack up the... Yeah, smart. You want those numbers to be jocked. Super jocked. That's good. No, Ian, you always do. AJ and I had a blast. Hopefully, you'll be there next year. AJ's the one that got Ian, you always do. AJ and I had a blast. Hopefully you'll be there next year.

AJ's the one that got me into it, so. AJ? AJ. Send Aaron a text, Ian. He'll get you. Oh, you're fucked. You're so fucked. There's no chance you're going.

Yikes. Oh, my God. I didn't even think about that. You got no chance. Remember that little stand you took when you decided to redo how you actually report stuff? You remember that? It kind of rings a bell, yeah. Oh, you're never going.

Oh my God, he's been there 18 years straight. Bradsheet's favorite stuff too, just boozing and golf. Oh my God, you would love it with some other people. Boozing. Sorry. You're never going. I hope you're happy. You know what I might do? I'm doing my training camp trips now. I'm getting ready. I hope you're happy. Never going. You know what I might do? I'm doing my training camp trips now.

I'm kind of getting ready. I'll be on the road for like three weeks straight starting next week. Yes. Maybe I should go to Green Bay just so I could say hello to Aaron and just talk about Tom. Record that interaction. Yeah. That's genius.

Please record the first interaction. We would all like to watch. Yeah. You should do that. You're never going. No. That's what I just realized. That's unbelievable. Good run. AJ, what's that all about? You think he's got a shot? No That's what I just realized Yeah That's unbelievable

Good run AJ what's that all about You think he's got a shot No way No I think he's got a shot Just let him know you want to play Ian I think they'll put you in there Alright I'm on it

I'm on it Make some highlight videos Of yourself playing golf I think that always helps Yeah put it on here Well and there is a spot Open up right Cause the Miz isn't

Welcome back Seriously We didn't go to any of the events There is a spot to open up, right? Because the Miz isn't welcome back. Seriously. We didn't go to any of the events. I feel like the biggest asshole of all time. First time invited. Went to none of the events. Feel like a bad guy.

Honestly, feel like a bad guy. Who went to none of the events? Me. You went to the opening meetings, though. You met that magician. Matt, the magician. I did go to the players' meeting. Yeah, I remember that.

We showed up 15 minutes late. Obviously, me, AJ, and Aaron showed up 15 minutes late standing in the back of the room. Caused a big ruckus. You know what I mean? AJ parked in the wrong building. So that's why we were late in that entire thing.

But, I mean, what an event. It's a shame you'll never be invited because of the way you report stuff. But we do appreciate the fact that you're on this show with us. What have we missed? Obviously, the last thing that really happened while we were alive, Baker Mayfield went to the Panthers.

That was a big fucking deal because we assumed Jimmy G would go to the Panthers because the Seattle Seahawks are also looking for a quarterback. We'll never be able to get Jimmy G from San Fran. So that happened. Deshaun Watson case, that is going to wrap up beginning of training camp, allegedly, you report. What else have we missed, Ian? And have you been keeping up with anything since you're just golfing and

boozing all the time? Well, I mean, I was keeping up pretty good with the Baker Mayfield trade on the 16th hole of Congressional last week. Actually, on the 15th, I was in the bunker on 15 when I hit send on that tweet and then ended up doubling the hole, whatever. Screwed up my whole score, but it doesn't matter. AJ would have got a bird right there. I want to let you know.

AJ in the sand. I bladed it out of the sand and hit it about 50 yards past the green after hitting send on that tweet, but whatever. Jeez, that's going to happen. That was a nightmare. So the franchise tag window came and went. That was something that happened last week. And what it is is the deadline for players who receive the franchise tag to get long-term deals.

So if they don't get a long-term deal by this past Friday at 4 p.m., they cannot get one until next offseason. And there have been players who got deals on the franchise tag this year. Devonta Adams was one. Obviously went to a different team. David Njoku was another. There's been several. Chris Godwin. But there were four left and none of them did deals. So now you have two players who have not signed the tag of Orlando Brown and Jesse Bates. And we'll see when we see those guys because they are not signed. If they don't show up for training camp, they're not going to get fined because they're not under contract.

So their situation, I would say, is a little more tenuous and a little more wait-and-see with their current teams. Ian, for those guys that haven't signed their franchise tender or whatever, is there a deadline where they would have to come back or the team has to do something or they have to make some kind of decision? So we all kind of thought that there was like several years ago and then levy on bell and like you know i remember at the time i was reading about i've been talking to palisaro who was all in on this and what we ended up finding out was there's actually no deadline so levy on just

never signed didn't make any of his money i think has since dramatically regretted it, but just never played. I don't know if we're going to see that again by any player ever. But I'll say generally what players do is they wait until the end of training camp. They cannot get fined again because they're not under contract, so it's not a holdout. But usually these guys show up before week one or at least early in the season because remember, they're paid in game checks. So if they make all their games, they get all of their money. Well, and also if you're

in year five and you're on the roster week one, your whole salary is guaranteed. But Orlando Brown is the big conversation here, right? Because he'll allegedly hold out. Has he signed his franchise tag? No. He has not. So he can hold out an entire season? Will that year just will they still be able to franchise tag him next

season because he didn't play and this year is a suspended year? They can franchise him next year. Remember, he won't get paid. So that's like, I don't know. What is it? It's almost $20 million. $16, $16, $16 million. $16, $16. That's a lot of money to give up.

So, I mean, look, anything is possible. Bates, Jesse Bates, same thing. I know he does not want to play on the franchise tag. But rarely do you see players giving up $12 or $16 million. Generally what happens is you show up at some point, play like the really, really good player you are, and then get paid after the season by someone. Yeah, Orlando Brown, remember, he was right tackle then get paid after the season by someone. Yeah.

Orlando Brown, remember, he was right tackle for the Ravens. Somebody got hurt. He missed left tackle for an entire season. Ronnie Stanley. Then his family says he's a left tackle. He ain't a right tackle because this is generational legacy type stuff. And now it's time for him to get paid for the first time. I feel like they know business. They respect business over there.

Excited to see how the Chiefs handle it, especially because Tyreek Hill just had to leave for a lot of money. They don't want Patrick Mahomes scrambled for his life again. They don't want that happening again. Let's figure that out. We like good football. Go ahead, Connor. Your question for Ian? Yeah, rap sheet.

Over last week, Lamar Jackson changed his Twitter head to the grill that had— I need cash. Yeah, so what's that about? Is he going to get his cash, or the grill that had... I need, I fucking need, I need cash. Yeah, so what's that about? Is he going to get his cash or what's that deal looking like? Yeah, that was an interesting one because he changed the, you know, he changed the Twitter header and I believe Instagram header as well and then came out and said it's not about the contract, which I guess makes sense because unless I am completely missing everything, I haven't heard of any substantive contract talks at all.

So maybe he's right. Maybe he just means in the general sense, he needs money eventually because like, you know, Ravens, Ravens are not like the Steelers where they have deadlines for doing a deal. Like if you're a Steel and you don't get a contract by the start of the season, it is not happening until after the season. Ravens could do a deal whenever, so it's never dead. Hold on. Hasn't it always been?

By the way, big Lamar Jackson fan. Check. I got receipts. He's great. I got receipts. I'm a big Lamar Jackson fan. He's great. Hasn't the narrative publicly been, and I don't think we've heard Lamar Jackson fan. He's great. Hasn't the narrative publicly been, and I don't think we've heard Lamar chat about this, but didn't Harbaugh, he said, Rich Eisen, I think,

he said it's hard to get a contract done when Lamar won't come. And also, I think then Harbaugh did like a, and if we want to talk about you asking your boss for more money, we can certainly do that as well. So it was an interesting thing to talk about. But in my understanding, it's been Lamar who's chosen not to negotiate as opposed to the Ravens, right? That is my understanding. I think the Ravens would like to do a deal because there's a couple reasons. One, Lamar is great.

He is their franchise quarterback. And when you know you have one, when you know you have one, you want to get this person paid, one, because it's nice to reward really good players, but two, the price only goes up. I mean, if you think about the way the quarterback market has really exploded over the last several months, including your friend Aaron Rodgers doing a really, really nice deal, it has gone up, up, and up. So the price tag's only gone up. So if you're the Ravens, you know Lamar Jackson is your guy.

You want to pay him. He just hasn't seemed like he really has engaged. I need cash, or I need money is an interesting thing. But Lamar's fucking awesome. He could be trolling everybody right now, including the Ravens. He's working out, though. I've seen him slinging the ball around the yard.

He looks big. He looks good. I'm a big fan of what he's about to go do, especially after last season. A lot of shit. A lot of it. COVID, then he was injured, then he was sick, then he was this and that, and that whole thing happened. I mean, it's just, I'm excited to see Lamar all the way back.

Without Hollywood Brown, you know, him and Bernard Pollard got into it. That's right. During our break there, a little bit about, number one, I love that Lamar put capital letters, Bernard. Just think of Lamar, like, with his group. Like, guy's name is Bernard. Like, it was, by the way, another my respect for Pollard. But, hey, Lamar can defend himself however the fuck Lamar wants to defend himself.

That's what Lamar's going to do. I'm excited to see how they handle that business there. Because that's another, I mean, Kyler, Burrow, Herbert in a couple of years here. Lamar up. I mean, there's a lot of money coming to a lot of quarterbacks. A lot of money coming. I'm incredibly happy for him. Go ahead, AJ.

Ian, speaking of quarterbacks, what's going on with Deshaun Watson with everything going on? Is he going to sue the NFL? Is that real? And what does that mean? Okay. So first of all, we'll talk about the timeline. The post-trial briefs were due last Tuesday, so a week from tomorrow.

Yeah, a week ago from tomorrow, basically. So now Judge Robinson has to read them and process and come up with some sort of decision. There is a chance we get one this week, perhaps later in the week. I would say most people involved believe that it will happen before training camp. But Sue Robinson is not on anyone's timeline. So if she is not ready, she is just not going to be ready. And Deshaun will show up for camp and he'll just practice and everything will be as it is until she comes up with some sort of decision. If there is, let's say a decision that he does not agree with, if he is suspended a year, something like that,

could Sue, yeah, could take him to federal court. I just, I don't know for sure that that's going say a decision that he does not agree with if he is suspended a year something like that um could sue yeah could take him to federal court i just i don't know for sure that that's going to happen i've not definitively confirmed that but i do know kind of going outside the nfl's disciplinary process is possible it rarely happens but it would be a consideration if he gets a ruling that he can't, that he does not agree with. Four to 12 games, full season, eight games, 10 games. Is everybody just full of shit right now? Like how, how, why are all these reports happening with different, you know what I mean? Like, is that the thing? Just make shit up and then throw it out there. And if it hits, it hits. And if not, well, we got bad information from it and all of the source.

What the fuck? Yeah yeah i don't know that anyone's making anything up i just know when you're dealing with something like this and it is one person deciding i don't know who anyone's talking to but unless you are talking to sue robinson herself unless she is saying hey i'm about to file this it's this many games so we have no idea you're saying nobody has a clue a clue. Maybe Sue's family. Maybe. Neighbor. We don't know what Sue's into. Maybe she's a golfer. Those who golf with her.

Maybe she drinks wine. Maybe she's part of a book club. Maybe she's a boxer. Maybe she's in a gym sparring. Those are the only people you think that have any idea. So we need to just stop listening to all the reports of what the potential penalty could be. Because I've seen 10 different ones.? Because I've seen 10 different ones. Honestly, I've seen 10 different ones at this point.

Yeah, and I've seen some of them too. I would just say what some of these reports are, this, I don't know, let's say Team Source thinks this many games. This person close to Deshaun, I guess, thinks this many games. I don't know how any of that really matters that much. Like, what people think in this situation isn't relevant. You think you die out there. Only thing relevant is what she says. And I simply do not know, and I think,

I don't know that anyone else besides her knows. Okay, last question from me before Tone and Ty have questions. Ty, by the way, brand newnew dad, if you want to. Congratulations. Thank you, Rashi. It's awesome. How's it going? It's tough early.

You know, kind of still getting the hang of things, but it's good. Yeah, Ty and Kaitlin's second, third, fourth quarter team. Anyways, first quarter might have been a little struggle, but you guys will figure that out. That's right. And, you know, hopefully. Don't worry. The best thing about the first quarter is you're not going to remember any of it.

So you can screw up all you want and you'll have no recollection of it. And it's a booze bag. That's right. That's comforting. All right. That's good. I just told you to black out. Okay.

My last. Well. I'm not going to do that. I did. I did. You know, I didn't know how much time was going to change with this baby came. I thought maybe he sees himself in a beautiful little girl. And, you know, he starts eating

kale and like, dude, I didn't know what was going to happen. I didn't know. CFO Phil stopped drinking immediately upon having a baby. It was one of the most impressive things I've ever seen. It was just like, boom. He's done completely. I'm like, he wanted to show his best version of himself to his kids. I had so much respect for that. I had so much respect. Wow.

Yeah, it was awesome. That's why CFO Phil's a fucking badass. You know, he has the ability. Now, he has since, let's not, let's not, he has since dabbled back into the vine, you know.

Sure. So, a couple weeks he gave it, or what are we talking? No, years. We're talking years. Like, he would, celebrations,

he would have, like, a couple, but me and Phil used to go, go, like, we used to go, and then he was like, I'm not doing it anymore

and he's honorable he's awesome I thought maybe I'd have to talk FaceTime him the other day literally answer with a middle light upside down

I did have a beer I was like alright that word one beer word two beers and a beer

word last question from me before the boys where do you live again you live in New York City area right

suburbs yeah New York City area, right? Suburbs. Yeah, New York City suburbs. Zach Wilson fuck his mom's friend? I don't know. I saw his social media post, which I believe 100% that he turned off his phone, had no service, and really, truly did not know what was going on. So his mom has taken to social media to ask people to stop discussing this issue with her friends. Okay. Which is fair.

Trying to figure out which ones. Trying to figure out which mom. Aren't you friends with Zach Wilson's mom? Yeah. Is that what's happening you're saying? There's a lot of news that I will try to break and get to the bottom of. I feel pretty comfortable leaving this one on the table. Okay.

All right, we'll let the internet figure it out. Yeah, they will. They did. And they will. And they did. And they did. They could figure it out. They will figure it out.

They did figure it out. And now it's very much figured out. And it sounds like Zach Wilson's got a lot more fans. You can count me in that group. I had no idea. Because the only thing I've seen him, remember that photo from draft day? That's so awkward. Oh, my God.

And then bad at football, obviously, with the Jets. Not him, but the Jets bad at football. It's like, well, this guy, I'm never going to need him in my life ever. This guy's just, you know, look at this. Look at this 2% milk heading over there. A little bland. Just white toast over there. Just a Mormon guy, super good guy going.

I heard this. I'm like, all right, Zach Wilson. All right, Zach Wilson's not exactly what I thought it was. I think Zach should be pumped about this. Obviously, the ex-girlfriend is not. But who knows what the truth is. And obviously, Ian will never find out for us. Go ahead, Tom.

Hey, Ian, did Heinz even give a fuck? Did they even try? Yeah, what happened? How come I didn't know? And what was the price that Accresher paid? It was a lot. I cannot remember what I- It's a going rate.

Yeah, what is a going rate? Because like crypto.com, they just came in and said, what's Staples paying that's no longer a company? We'll give you 10X. And then all crypto went, boom, you know, right off the other side. But it's coming back.

It's coming back. It's coming back. It's coming back. Crypto's coming. Is it? I don't know. I haven't paid attention, but I know. It could be.

I don't know. Not as many people have tweeted about it recently, I've noticed, but I haven't really been. Well, everybody was experts there for a bit, and I'm too dumb to be one. I wish I could be. But did Accrasure just come in and say, hey, what did that company that has no Pittsburgh ties anymore

used to pay you? And then they just doubled it. Is that kind of how this whole thing goes? Or what is the business sense behind it? First of all, you guys, are you feeling nostalgic? I mean, do you miss? Are you going to miss the name? Yeah.

I'll tell you what. What do you think, dude? It's not just a name. It's a fucking city. It's a ketchup. A lot of stuff happened there. It's a ketchup. You use ketchup stuff happened there. It's a ketchup. Do you use ketchup or you drink ketchup?

You fucking, what are you? I use ketchup. I'm like on fries, but I mean, more of like a barbecue sauce or like sweetens. I like good sweet and sour sauce. Nobody cares. We're talking about ketchup, dog. Well, you're not putting those two on the same things. No, no.

I mean, ketchup on fries. That's about it, honestly. I'm not a huge ketchup guy see that's the thing we just learned a lot about you and that's why the toxic table edits thing happened like you just saying you're not a ketchup guy we just learned a lot come on just learned a lot not too much yeah exactly but don't just say it's just a name just i want pump pass and kick there hey what as a boy you hear me as a boy the only only way the McAfees were able to get in there is if I won one pass a kick in the fucking thing.

Dunked on the uprights as like a 14-year-old. Felt great. Was a hero. What? Is this like the Andy Reid video? Yeah, but I wasn't as tall. Others were taller than me. Not the Pittsburgh one, but the national one.

Others were bigger than me. I just go and kick the ball. I hit the fucking line. I mean, I was not going to lose that whole thing. But Hines has been most of my life as Hines Field. Now, Three Rivers, obviously, once all the Pirates played down there. I think I went to one Steelers game there. That was obviously a legacy thing.

Hines Field, though, and Hines in general, have just been synonymous with Pittsburgh for so long. So you're saying, what is it? What is it? What is it? Here's what I will say. I do have a good answer, and it's not exactly how much money they paid because I read about it, but I honestly can't remember.

Here's what a team should do. Here's what a team should do. Get as much money as possible. Get as much money as possible because the more money they get, the more they can pay guys, the more they can keep guys like Minka, who is awesome, and go, you know, if they found a rookie quarterback who they're going to pay in three years, this will give them money to do it.

Cash over cash. Same thing that people say about the Packers, you know, stock thing, whatever. It's like, yeah, it's kind of, I mean, it's whatever it is, but like it helps them it helps them right now what are you talking about dare call me a mark i'll come find you and smack you across the face are you saying this mark didn't get anything whenever he just they rounded up 83 million he's got a piece of paper i mean

he's got the paper oh like a degree you paper. Like a degree, you're saying. Like a degree, you're basically saying. Yeah, well, a degree you've earned. This one you kind of just. Oh, whoa. No, but did it help fund Aaron Rodgers' contract? You bet. Potentially.

Okay, I got it. And by the way, we agree with that completely. Hines, we looked up. Not a single member of the board at Hines has been around since before 2019. I don't even think they're operating in Pittsburgh anymore. I mean, it's not even – so, like, a lot of people are pissed off at Accrasure for coming in,

but also Accrasure cares more about the Steelers right now than Hines does. And that's honestly how you just have to view it. Even though Hines' catch-up is superior, and there are some people that just don't – I'm disgusted. Steelers are our brand name. Okay? Call it fucking Red Magic, Green Magic. Call it whatever you want. It's fucking Blue Magic. It's goddamn Pittsburgh Steelers.

That's right. It's $10 million a year, 15 years, $150 million. I don't know if we would have been able to get into that race, but next time when it's up, we're going to pay as much as we have to to make sure that's Yinser Field. We're keeping that thing Yinser. I like that. Yinser Field.

Ty, your question after he buried you for being a mark? Yeah, speaking of the Packers rap sheet, do we have any timeline on guys like Julio Jones or like Odell? And are the Packers potentially going to stop pussyfooting around and sign one of these guys? Well, first of all, we'll talk about Odell. A team could sign him. It's just hard to imagine they would sign him before he's really ready to go.

So he's not going to be ready for some time now. So the Rams could do it. They have in-depth knowledge of his knee. Their doctor did the knee surgery. But I don't know if a team like the Packers would do it now because it would still be considered a risk, right? As far as Julio, if the Packers are going to sign a veteran before camp, you'd probably think it would be in the day or so before camp. It's probably not going to be now.

But what we see a lot of times is veterans who want to make more than the minimum, like significantly more than the minimum, they will wait until into training camp. Maybe someone, you know, let's just say, let's just say Julio wants the Packers, but the market hasn't developed like he thought. If someone else has a receiver injury, then maybe his market suddenly develops and the Packers have to pay more and then things get going. So if it's not in the day or so before camp i imagine he'll probably wait for some sort of injury or maybe someone's draft pick doesn't materialize like

they thought okay uh we have there's a developing story happening on the internet and uh you're the perfect person to have on sure jk dobbins just dunked on you so hard. J.K. Dobbins in response to Ian Rappaport being on NFL Network. Ian Rappaport on NFL Now on NFL Network. Currently happening today. Ravens running back. J.K. Dobbins is no sure thing for week one. He hasn't had any setbacks, but his knee injury was a serious one. And Baltimore has no incentive to rush him back.

They protected themselves with veteran Mike Davis regardless J.K. Dobbins quote tweets this video from NFL Network and Ian Rappaport says okay I'm tired of being quiet come to me for your source rap sheet because I might not even go on PUP physically unable to perform list because that's how good my rehab is going and I'm damn sure gonna be ready for week one JK Darvin said suck it suck it suck it that's what JK Darvin just did to you dude that's crazy that's happening right now hey put that back up uh mitt please please put that back up mitt what time is this from oh we don't have the time on it. It's like 1.30 something.

That's like 15 minutes ago. How are you even still alive? So good. JK Dobbins. That's unbelievable, man. Wow. You're leaving the room. Yeah, I mean, I don't know if that's what that's called.

You're in the paint like this. You're jumping like this. And JK Dobbins is like, yeah, yeah. Right on top of you, dude. I've seen it. It just happened on the internet. Wow. Sorry, buddy. Over the silence, please, right on top of you. I've seen it just happen on the internet. Wow. Sorry, buddy.

Over the silence, please, for Rappaport. He had sources. Those sources were wrong. Ian Rappaport was once an insider for the NFL. No. No, he is done. What caused the passing? J.K. Dobbins dunking on your face, Ian.

How do you feel about that, Bob? How do you feel about what's going on? I hope for J.K. Dobbins' sake that he is ready for week one. That would be great for him. I will stick with the person who told me this. I'm very, very, very, very comfortable with the source of this report. Here we go again. And I hope he's ready for week one

because that would be great. Didn't say he's not going to be. Just said it's no sure thing and the Ravens protected themselves. But, you know, I hope that he ends up being right. That would be a great outcome for all sides. And I hope that they don't rush him because that was a very, very serious knee injury.

JK's a dog. Dog. I fucking love JK. I love that he dunked on you, too. Go ahead, AJ. I mean, look, can I just say one thing about this? Yes. He should.

Like, if I'm able to, I mean, you know where I stand on this stuff, right? Like, if I'm able to say what I believe from a very good source publicly, he should be able to react without me going into a corner and crying. It's okay. It's good, actually. That's why we just presented it the way it did, by the way. I don't know how many other insiders we could be like, AJ, I'm sorry.

Go ahead, pal. Ian, so what do you do now, though? A guy like that comes back at you, as everyone's saying, dunked all over you. Do you respond on Twitter? What do you do? Do you reach out to your source and say, hey, you're done? I'm not talking to you anymore?

No, I very much trust my source on this one. So I will retweet him, as I should. Well, I mean, it's just respectful, right? Do retweets equal endorsements or not? That's a good question. In this case, I hope that he is ready for week one. It would be great. He seems like a nice guy.

My source casted a little more doubt on this. I know the Ravens aren't going to rush him, but it doesn't make sense for anyone for him to be out there less than 100%. What are you planning on tweeting out if he's not ready for week one? Tell him your source so he knows who to judge. Snake in the hand.

You don't think I'm a dog? You don't think I'm a dog? Is that what JK's going to have to do until he gets to the source? Just fucking tell the guy. I mean, yes. What also is funny, now everybody's texting me about this. Oh, yes.

But anyway, to answer your question, if he is not ready for week one, I'm not going to tweet anything because I'll just say whatever it is. I'm sure Dobbins is feeling some sort of way now, but it's like it's not personal. Like it means nothing to me personally whether or not he's ready for week one. This is just what I believe based on really good information that I've got. And your duty to serve NFL fans. And we appreciate you. Can't wait to see J.K. Dobbins week one.

Can't wait to hear about your interaction at Green Bay Packers training camp with Aaron Rodgers. Hope you're in the American Century Championship next year you're the absolute best Ian we appreciate you pal thank you guys I'll see you in Tahoe hopefully yeah yeah come cover that thing I think

ladies and gentlemen a man that had a weekend that he will chat about for the rest of his life. His family, his friends, his circle, his team will chat about the day that he went eye to eye, toe to toe with the king, LeBron James. Ladies and gentlemen, out of St. Bonaventure's former Bonnie, member of the Drew League, number 21, Deion Wright. What's up, man? What's up? Thank you. I appreciate you guys for having me on the show.

This means a lot. I just really can't even believe it. I've been following you guys. I know a lot of people have been on here. It's just an honor to be on this podcast with you guys. No, the honor is all ours. Thank you for making time. I know you were traveling.

This is fantastic. Let's dive right in. Thank you for joining us. Yeah. Thank you for the love, too. It was very nice of you. So let's talk about it. You found out via the tweets that LeBron was coming to play against you in the Drew League.

Is that what happened? And then did you immediately go, oh, fuck, I'm going to be the guy that's guarding LeBron tomorrow in Compton? I mean, this is how it went. I'm going to tell you everything that happened. oh fuck i'm gonna be the guy that's guarding lebron tomorrow in compton's high school i mean this is how it went i'm gonna tell you everything that happened um so i i had already originally flew out to buffalo getting ready for the tbt so i already had plans to chill in buffalo for a night uh with my boy lump uh i haven't seen him in a long time. He went to St. Bonaventure with me. After that, we were going to go to Toronto and go see one of my other boys, Nelson Camputo,

that I haven't seen in a long time. He had played at St. Bonaventure with me, too. Let's go, Bonneys! Let's go, Bonneys! What's my name? What's my name, Bonneys? I was asleep at the time I got a phone call from one of my teammates Michael

Nwabazor I went to Mayfair High School with him he's my teammate on the Drew League team so he's calling me he was like yo bro you won't believe this I was like what he was like LeBron is coming tomorrow to the Drew League I was like bro you're lying

bro stop stop playing around like stop playing around i didn't even believe him uh like i'm like yo bro like yo like you're playing like it didn't click it didn't register until like i see damar de rosen uh tweeted uh he tweeted the crown x diva ju, Julie tomorrow with the eyes. So I'm like, nah, this is serious, though. So this is serious. Like, my friends all told me, they was just like, yo, Dion, you have enough time to go and catch a flight. So I wake up my boy, Lunt. I tell him to take me to the airport. I told him, like, I'm about to buy this flight like my

i felt i felt i really have good friends though because i wasn't really even gonna go at first i was really thinking about like not even going but like you can't you know you can't um you have to go to go away yeah you have to go like you have to go like my friends were like you know like basically talking mad you know about me like yo you're a punk if you don't go you can't you can't run away from this lebron work like you you gotta go to that though like a lot of people will never be on the same court with you know braun like that it's just not gonna happen this one really got me one of my friends he uh i got it in my phone right now he he said a quote he was like oh don't worry opportunity don't stop knocking it just goes to the next person i read that i was

like yo i gotta go like i've heard enough like i gotta go so uh my boy drops me off is that gary v yeah dion did gary v text you and say like hey listen opportunity knocks going the next person that's a hell of a motivational text to receive one of my boys texting me that though he told me Did Gary Vee text you and say, like, hey, listen, opportunity knocks on the next person? That's a hell of a motivational text to receive. One of my boys texted me that, though. He told me that, though. Dixon, he told me that. Like, he had told me that.

I read that. I'm like, yo, I've got to go. Like, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Like, that's Brian Brown. Like, I used to watch him all the time on TV. Like, you know, like, it's crazy. Like, you know, like, a lot of people will never, ever get the opportunity. Ever, though. I'm glad that I went, though.

I'm really glad that I went. I catch the flight. I'm at Buffalo. I'm at the airport probably at 4 o'clock in the morning. My flight's at 6 a.m., so I go from Buffalo to i think i go from buffalo to maybe chicago or a straight shot i got i actually got it in my phone i look at it right now travel is easy right now too oh yeah travel is super easy right now so it's not a problem at all this is day of the game you go buffalo chicago the day of the game so like i go from uh i go from Buffalo to Chicago, Chicago to LAX.

So I land at LAX at 1035. Ticket was, like, 428. 428. I pay for it right away. I land there. And so I have enough time to get to the game. So, like, I want to say, I forget, my mom or dad pick me up or whatever. You know, I go to my house, I get ready for the game.

The line is long out the door, like ridiculous. The line is so long. Khalil Mack is sitting in line right there. You got everyone. Yeah, it's packed, though. It's only a couple of players that could really just shut down a city like that, though. Like, it's only a handful. Like, Kobe did it, Bron, Katie.

It's only a select few, like, that could literally shut the whole city down, though. Like, it was literally crazy, though. So, like, I go to the Drew League all the time. I've been playing there for years. Like, I couldn't even pull up in the back parking lot because there's so many people there though like i tell my uh i forgot who's driving i tell my parents like yo like let me out right here and uh let me get in the gym but they were worried that they couldn't get in the gym so i told one of the security guards i was like yo these my parents like they gotta get in this game though like they

have to so like uh i get in uh they get in everything works out like as soon as i get in though it's like packed though like it's like standing room only and like our game hasn't even started yet our game hasn't even started yet at all though so you know i see all my teammates and stuff they're like oh man you really came back, you really a real one for this. I was like, we're 5-0 for a reason, though. Like, I'm not going to leave you guys hanging like that. I don't care if I was all the way across the country. Like, I'm coming.

I'm coming for it. Like, I'm literally coming to hoop, though. Like, I'm really a hooper, though. Like, it doesn't matter, though, like, where I'm at. Like, I'm trying to win, though. Like, I'm really trying to win. Like, it doesn't matter, though, like, where I'm playing at matter though. Like where I'm at, I'm trying to win though. Like I'm really trying to win. Like, it doesn't matter though. Like where I'm playing at though. And like, you know, I've been around these guys for a long time though. I owe them that. I owe them that. Like we're five,

you know, like I don't want, like, I don't want them to get blown out. Like, I know, I'm not saying I'm the best player in the world, but like, you know, I'm a big piece to the puzzle. Like, you know, while we were five and oh, like, you know. Did you know, hey, did you know that you were going to be the guy that was going to be tasked with guarding Braun as soon as it happened? I told him I'm guarding Braun. And whatever happens after that, it happens after that. I told him there's no going back. Nobody argued at all, though.

Nobody argued at all. Nobody argued. They didn't. They wasn't like, oh, no, I got him. I told him straight up, I'm guarding Braun. I'm guarding Braun. Do you I'm LeBron. I'm LeBron. Do you talk to LeBron at all? Was there any shit talk in there?

Was he respectful? No, I mean, he's really a cool dude, though. Like, obviously, he knows he's on another level. Like, you know, he really didn't have to say much. Like, he was just out there getting buckets. Like, that's it, though. Like, he didn't say a word. Like, the only thing I really said to him at the end of the game, I was like, yo, if I get one free throw, that's it, though. He didn't say a word. The only thing I really said to him at the end

of the game, I was like, yo, if I get one free throw, that's it. That's all I said to him. And then after the game, I had asked for a picture and then he gave me a picture. He was just like, yo, you could really shoot that. That meant a lot. Here we go. That meant a lot.

What was it like guarding him? Was it what you expected? I would imagine it's like guarding a dude that's – I mean, to watch him in person is like, okay, that's really – that's really, really cool to watch him in person, but to actually play against him in a game is on a whole different level. Like, you playing against LeBron James or like LeBron, if you're a Hall of Famer, like it's different in a game is on a whole different level. Like, you playing against LeBron James, though, like, LeBron, if you're a Hall of Famer, like, it's different in the game, though. Like, it's different, though.

Like, you know, like, it's just like that's the only player that I actually, like, felt his presence, though, when he was on the court, though. Like, it was just a different feeling, though. Like, it was just a different feeling, like, being on the same court with him. Because, like, I've been around NBA guys. Hey nba guys were you scared hey you weren't scared right ever no i wasn't scared but you know i just had to you know settle down a little bit like it was kind of tough on me too though because i'm flying all the way from buffalo absolutely like i get a i get a bad seat no jet lag a little bit but like i'm a type of person you can't make

excuses you've got to figure it out though whatever you're going through in life you got to figure it out you you know like you know like you know i had some um i had some uh adversity a little bit like trying to get uh uh a good seat you know it was early in the morning but you know i'm just gonna figure it out though like you know i had to make the most of my opportunity and you know like i would probably like life is short like my grandma she just passed away july 10th like she she used to always tell me like dion like keep going like keep going your day is gonna come just keep going like we worked so hard with basketball oh no oh what is that what happened man what'd you do man this guy was talking about his with basketball. Oh, no.

What is that? What happened? Matt, what'd you do? Matt, this guy was talking about his fucking grandma. It seems like he disconnected. Just ascended. Hey, we appreciate you. Thank you.

That dude was awesome. I had no idea what to expect there. I enjoyed that a lot. How about him fucking waking up 4 a.m.? All right. Beast. I got a chance to go play against LeBron. I'm going to do that 100%. Day of the game.

I'm not scared at all, by the way. No. I would have shit my pants. Now, granted, that's why I'm me and Deion's Deion, I guess. Whenever that freight train gets going through the paint, though. How do you stop it? You can't. You can't do it in the NBA.

Yeah, exactly. I'm not sure the Drew League is going to be able to do it. Right. I liked how there was like, he was going, though. He was full effort, maximum effort of potential exposure there. Because the harder you go, the more you can get exposed.

So like, the fact that he was going, I'll play pickup basketball, they ain't getting me. You know why? Because I'm not going to give enough effort to get got. So I'm going to stand here in front, I'm going to put a hand up,

but you're not going to see me trying to, you know, do the whole thing, because that's an easy shake, get past you all in i loved it and then he puts a tweet out i mean they got lebron james we lost by two kind of a win i don't know how you feel about it now he's back in buffalo i think for getting ready for the throwback tournament or whatever i like this guy a lot hopefully the bonneys have a good squad in TBT. They're going to lose the WVU squad.

Obviously that's how it's going to go. But Deion has a story for the rest of his life, and it sounds like he's the guy who's perfect for that type of situation, it feels like. He flew in specifically to guard LeBron. So, yeah, I mean, I know LeBron had a sweet stat line, but we didn't see all the misses LeBron had. Did we?

Like any clips that put together as LeBron's highlight. Well, it was on NBA.com, right, off of somebody's cell phone with no sound for a bit. line, but we didn't see all the misses LeBron had. Did we? Like, any clips that put together as LeBron's highlight. Well, it was on NBA.com, right? Off of somebody's cell phone with no sound for a bit. Yeah, exactly. I was more worried about LeBron getting hurt from one of the dudes, the photographer that was always on the court dodging and ducking everybody. Like, man, someone's going to step on your foot and roll their ankle. I was looking.

I don't think he had his ankles taped either. Like, there were some fadeaways there. Aren't the Lakers kind of worried about that? Like, this dude's playing full go five on five with fans everywhere. So, I don't know the culture well enough, the basketball culture or the L.A. culture enough, but I believe that was pretty vital to LeBron and L.A.'s relationship for him to finally go to that. That's good. From what I've been told.

Aren't the Lakers just scared he's going to get hurt the whole time? No, I think the Lakers are very thankful that he went and did this because it's probably better for the entire L.A. Probably like an unwritten rule, rule too in this type of league. If LeBron shows up, you're not trying to block every single one of his shots. I think he was. I think he actually was. That's the issue. I didn't like...

Basketball guys have to play though. They play pick-up games. That's like Rucker, right? When Kevin Durant went to Rucker, when Kobe went to Rucker, and there's people on the court. The TBT was playing at Rucker this weekend. While they're landing, though, these guys who are worth hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars dunking,

and then all of a sudden the crowd is right there. And I just think of one time coming down and just rolling. That's how I think because I'm soft. That's how I think. That's all I think because I think of football players playing what I mean? That's how I think. That's all I think because I think a football player is playing a pickup basketball games and how many of them have gotten hurt and how pissed the team is. Rucker Park, too.

Like, KD just hit four threes in a row, and then everyone ran onto the court and the game was over. And what did Kobe do? I think Kobe dunked at Rucker, I believe. I'm not 100% sure. I think he played in the Drew League as well back in the day. I believe that's a big thing. Joining us now again, ladies and gentlemen, Deion Wright.

Yeah. Hey, last question here, Deion. Sorry about that. One of my friends was calling me. Don't worry about it. Hey, everybody's going to be calling you, Deion. You fucking tried to lock down Braun this weekend. You said, I'm in Buffalo.

How can I get to South Central Los Angeles Com Compton, to play against LeBron? You're an incredible story that everybody wants to hear from. We're thankful you came back so we can give you your props. We have nothing but respect for you, sir. Good luck with everything. I really appreciate it. That means a lot, though. Like, you know, I really had to work, you know, like, all my life.

Like, I never really had it easy. And then, you know, I don't want the easy route, though. Like, you know, you feel better, though. Like, you know, you put in pain and you grind over the years like me i went to mayfair only had one division one scholarship made the most of that you know i'm just trying to figure it out though like i just really love hoop though like you know like it's just it just brings me so much joy though like it's just it was just really a surreal moment just to you know be on the same court with ron ron yeah that that that's crazy though like and it still doesn't even feel

real like i'm a guy that you know always gets the short end of the stick like in college i felt like i should have made a all-league team conference team never made that you know never made to the ncaa tournament but like with life you know like sometimes made to the NCAA tournament. But, like, with life, you know, like, sometimes you just got to wait your turn. You're not going to get everything that you want. It's not – it's just not going to come. It's not going to be like that. You got to wait your turn and, you know, you got to just keep putting in the work. Like, you know, like, I still can't believe I was on the court.

We had to play against them. And then on top of that, we almost won. Like, we almost had a chance to win. People really don't even understand, though. Like, we don't have any NBA guys at all. Like, we're playing against LeBron James and DeMar DeRozan. Those are valid dudes in the league, though. Valid dudes in the league.

And we almost won. Like, I felt like we should have won the game. But, you know, had a couple of turnovers, you know. Some of us took a little bad shot. So, that's okay, though. But we were right there, though. Like, you know, everybody, you know, counting us out, though. Like, some people thought we were just going to get blown out by, like, 60.

No, like, we competed, though. We were right there, though. I want to let you know, if you looked on the internet, honestly, you would have thought you guys did lose by 100. I didn't know. I didn't watch it live, but I didn't know until your tweet where you said, because everybody was talking about the fear in your eyes and everything like that. It's like, well, it's fucking LeBron, first of all.

But you also said, we lost by two. We could have won that game if we made better decisions. Yeah, but I just don't like how the media, you know, portrays different stuff that's not true. They're like, yo, like, if you want to show LeBron's buckets, that's cool. Like, that's cool. I get it. I understand. But, like, show other people that, like, you know,

actually, like, play well, though, too. That's trying to make a, you know, a name for themselves. Like, don't just post all of LeBron's highlights. I get, like, this day and age, like, it's all about likes and, you know. Oh, Deion. Yeah, all that type of stuff, views and stuff like that. I get it, though. But if somebody, like, actually deserves that platform,

they should get it, though. Especially if they put in the work, they should get it. They should get it. We hope that the platform continues to build for you. Good luck in the TBT. The West Virginia team is going to win it all. Sorry about it. Do you think so?

I actually don't know who's on that team. I really wish. Our guys are going to figure it out. We're blessed to have the guys that we have, though. But I pray we could just get one summer where we have Yusuf Ndoye, Jalen Adams, and Andrew Nicholson. That's going to be really scary if that ever happens. Is that happening this year?

It's not. It's not. I want to see. West Virginia's going to win. Sorry about it. Sorry about it. West Virginia's going to win. You get those guys next year, maybe you'll win it.

West Virginia's going to win this year, though. Sorry about it. We'll see. Hey, I appreciate the hell out of you, man. Good luck with everything. Come back soon. I appreciate you guys. Thanks so much. I the hell out of you, man. Good luck with everything. Come back soon. I appreciate you guys. Thanks so much.

I really appreciate this a lot, though. This is really cool. No, fucking really cool is the fact that you gave maximum effort. You could have got exposed a lot of times. And obviously, LeBron James is going to get buckets when LeBron James plays basketball. I love how hard you went. I love the story of you waking up to fly over there. You're an inspiration,

man. Keep fucking going. I really appreciate that. I mean, it would be nice though. Like, I mean, like if I could at least like get a,

you know, 10 day or mini camp or something like, you know, team, that'd be really cool. But I'm like, if I'm not good enough, you can just get rid of me.

Like, I at least want a chance though. I at least want a chance to just to show what I can do though.'m i know i know i could you know i could be a service just uh you know some team in the league like could i just want one chance that's it though just one chance hey you never know when it's coming i can't wait for yours we will watch on as big fans i appreciate the hell out of you man i appreciate you guys thanks so much this is really cool though this is this really cool this doesn't even feel real either. Well, nothing's real. Dion, I don't want to get into it, but what is real? You know, once you start diving into it and peeling the onions back.

But a lot of people that know me and like we have really conversations, I told them like one day I was going to go viral. I don't know if they believe it or not. I have posted some stuff on my social media like you're trying to do like funny stuff like you know like i'm kind of busy with basketball so it's kind of hard to like post but i told the people that like are in my circle like one day i'm going to go viral like and it happened though like i'm like i really like speak things into existence so like i didn't have a scholarship in like school. I found a way. I was like, yo, I'm going D1. I need that lifestyle. I need it. I need it. Here I am now. I went viral. It's really

crazy, though. It's crazy. It doesn't even feel real. You earned every opportunity, just like you're going to continue to do so. We appreciate the hell out of you, man. Thanks so much. I appreciate you guys. Deion Wright. Thank you, man. Ladies and gentlemen. Thanks so much. I appreciate you guys. Dion Wright. Thank you, Dion.

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What was it like drinking from L'Or? Oh, yeah. That feels like it was a month ago as well. That was just a couple days. What was it like? You and Jack Johnson? Let's ride Avalanche drinking Budweiser, diesel, hot of L'Or all day, all night.

I saw the general chugging out of that thing. Me and Jack Johnson's jersey, the general was wearing it. It sounds like all of columbus got to experience lordo and that's exactly what lordo's supposed to do i although a little jealous was super pumped for you in your saturday pal it was awesome man yeah that was so i went to jack brought they he did a whole ice cream thing with the kids and everything right up the road it's on sports center this morning oh yeah It was on SportsCenter this morning. Oh, yeah. That was on SportsCenter this morning. Oh, it was. Okay, sweet.

Yeah, and then he brought it back to his house, and that's when I came over with my bud and said, here we go, Jack. We went on the porch, and it was a big hit. Everyone wanted to drink bud out of there, and then at night, he had the big cup party situation where 250, 300 people maybe showed up, and everyone, my six-year-old drank a little beer out of the cup. Everything happened. What? What? How Ohio can it get diesel for a six-year-old that's columbus i love that aj i fucking love it jack seems like an incredible human honestly he seems like i'm happy

he's a part of your family i'm happy you got to experience that was mike with the fucking good hair there or was it the other guy both of them oh yeah i talked to mike a bunch uh mike mike is a he is an absolute celebrity people asking him at the ice cream shop for selfies like he is the star like he really is well he's got that hair he's been around lorde for fucking 20 years you know what i mean he's all he was awesome He's been around Lourdes for fucking 20 years. You know what I mean? He was awesome. Everyone just bugs them, peppers those guys with questions the whole time. And I was no different. And I assume they love it.

Yeah. Was it still fucked up? No, it was pretty, pretty squared away. Mike. Did you drink out of baby Lourdes too or no? Yeah. My, my other son brought baby Lourdes to the big celebration at night and maybe like probably 50 different kids drank out of baby Lourdes.

With water. Jesus Christ. Watered it. Water and water and whatever sprite they didn't drink booze out of it yeah only your kid drinks diesel well he was he was there he one of my kids my six-year-old came late so he didn't get a chance earlier so like here we go we're on the patio general bob was trying to drink uh trying to pour four beers at a time and finish it in the top of Bordeaux. In Jack's 1,000th game jersey, too. We were leaving, and Jack's like, hey, I gotta find Bob. He's got my jersey on. That was like my 1,000th game jersey, too.

Over 1,000 games, wins the Stanley Cup. I think he's a part of the record books. The fact that your kid didn't get to get ice cream sundae out of that, but he did get a little diesel. That's some grit that you can't learn anywhere else other than Ohio. Please tell Jack we appreciate his run.

We appreciate his championship, his champion-ness, and next time we hope he loses so that we can do everything you and your kids do. That's what we hope happens, AJ. Okay. Yeah, maybe next year if he plays and wins it, they win it again, then you guys come down. Come over. He should go play for the Pens? No, I don they win it again. Then you guys come down. Come over. What? He should go play for the Pens?

No, I don't know. I don't know what he's going to do. Is he the new Patty Maroon? No, I don't know. Free agency started, right? Yeah, the Pens brought back Letang, Malkin, and Crosby. Made some trades. How you doing? Keep it moving. The Pens are going to be sipping from Lorto next year. I don't know anybody on that team. Can I support them? No, nobody on that team.

No people on basically every other team. I haven't a fucking clue. Anybody on there? The Pens win. It'll be good for my soul, not good for my liver because I won't be able to drink from Lourdes at all because we have zero connections. They won't even follow me on Twitter. They won't even follow me on Twitter. Fucking penguins. If Patty Maroon goes to Pittsburgh.

Need it. Dream scenario. You hear me? We need Patty Maroon goes to Pittsburgh. Need it. Yeah. Dream scenario. You hear me? We need Patty Maroon. We need Jack Johnson there. You know what? While we have it, let's fucking put the general on the goddamn Pittsburgh Penguins.

Because this image, this video right here is something that all of Pittsburgh will want to experience. The general in Lorto. A tag team that nobody could have seen coming. Electrifying bars in cities all over the place. What a night for Bob Carpenter, who instead of pouring the beer, goes to the beer. He's slurping it. Yeah, laughing it like a dog.

Like a bird fountain. He is a dog. Why is he bird bathing that? How boozed up? Oh, God. Is he crying? Probably. So pumped. I saw him. He was pissed because multiple times i told

you try to put four beers in there and finish it it's kind of tough out of lordo you know you're kind of you know you spill a little bit oh i don't know but i'm it sounds he wasn't calling his sweater in that video either well i think my favorite he did i think my favorite thing there's a video that comes out bob's in the back burping he's about to puke you saw it who's somebody else is doing something and bob is clearly clearly about to puke in the back i think he just got done maybe attempting four beers and then somebody else was coming in looked like there were some kids around too and the general was not i don't know if he snuck out at that point to go puke but it felt like he was pretty close i don't think he puked i don't know if he snuck out at that point to go puke, but it felt like he was pretty close.

I don't think he puked. I don't think he ended up puking at all. He's probably so upset that I even thought or alleged that he came close to puking, but he was certainly fighting some demons in there. He was certainly fighting some demons in the video I saw. I just figured he was pissed that he wasn't at Top Gun because I thought he sees it every Sunday or Saturday. Did he try to take Lordo to Top Gun?

All right, Jack. I don't know if he did. He would have. Jack, I got an idea. Let's take Lordo to see the most American movie of all time. You know what I mean? That would be. Imagine Bob in Lordo. Fucking front row.

Top Gun. You should have seen him. Jack had his three kids baptized out of Lordo Sunday morning. Oh, that is awesome. I'm one of the godparents to his oldest kid, his daughter. So we were standing up there in old Lordo and they're, you know, dunking him in holy water from Lordo. So booze it on Saturday. What?

Baptize it on Sunday. That's a weekend for Lordo in Ohio. My God. That's Ohio. Hell yeah. That's incredible. All right. That's awesome. Appreciate youo in Ohio. That's incredible. Alright, that's awesome. Appreciate you. See you tomorrow, AJ. You're the best. Tell Jack congrats once again.

Looked like a great celebration. Maybe we'll be cool enough to get invited next time. Maybe. You were this time, but you know. What? Had a lot going on. What? I was invited? Yeah, I've asked you many times. I texted you last week. That's bullshit.

Yeah, there you go. Boom. You know that? I told you that. I told you that. You know that. You hear me? Come on.

Don't act like you haven't heard that before. You heard me. Don't do that to me. When I was a little boozed up and high, said something to AJ, he no-sold it. Hey, you hear me? He goes, don't you? You hear me? I i just wonder if you fucking heard what i just said pretty good you know sold it at all that was a great weekend i'm happy we got to do that build some chemistry you know amongst the boys learn a little bit more about the world and um it ended

with you fucking drinking out of lordo what a break whatever what a trip. Very thankful to be back. See you all tomorrow. Goodbye. Mick. Atta baby. Atta boy, Mick. Hey, Mick. Hey. Let's ride. Let's ride. Yes. Let's ride.

20 and a half hours. We'll see you again. Goodbye. សូវាប់ពីបានប់ពីបានប់ពីបានប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពី Thank you. សូវាប់ពីបានប់ពីបានប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប្រាប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពីប់ពី Thanks for watching!