The Pat McAfee Show - PMS 2.0 726 - Ian Rapoport, Ike Taylor, TJ Lang, & AJ Hawk

Episode Date: August 25, 2022

On today's show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about a whole lot of nothing as we have two preseason games tonight and are officially only 14 days left until the season kicks off. Joining the progrum to chat about Tyron Smith's injury and how much time he's going to miss in Dallas, what's going to happen with Jimmy G, the QB battles in Pittsburgh, Seattle, and Carolina, and much more (29:25-49:32). Next, 12 year NFL Defensive Back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, 2x Super Bowl champion, Ike Taylor joins the show to chat about the Steelers this season, how he's going to be a scout for the Steelers, and more (1:04:05-1:33:17). Later, Super Bowl Champion, 10 year NFL veteran on the Offensive Line, TJ Lang joins the show from Lions camp to chat about the Lions expectations this year, Hard Knocks, his thoughts on MCDC, what he misses about playing, if he'd ever consider coaching, and much much more in a hilarious conversation (1:33:19-2:17:07). 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 Thursday, August 25th, 2022, and this sports show begins immediately following the speech up from Twine. There it was, here we go. FOOTBALL! That's right, tonight we have two preseason football games. We are just... 14 days away from NFL Football. We are two weeks away from the regular season kicking off. Yes, two weeks from now on that glorious Thursday evening at SoFi Stadium in Southern California,

Los Angeles, the home of the Super Bowl champion Rams. They will be hosting the Buffalo Bills in a matchup that we cannot wait to see because not only

will that be electrifying, not only will the LED stadium roof thing of SoFi be electrifying, what's up? There isn't any lightning in the area. True. What's SoFi be electrified. What's up? There isn't any lightning in the area. True. What's that?

Or it works. What's that? SoFi's jumbotron. Well, yeah, it shut down, I guess, the other day. It's a $6 billion thing. It wasn't working the other day. Pumping in crowd noise. Not good.

Fake crowd noise. Anyways, nice stadium. Great stadium. Two weeks from now, that stadium is going to be the home of a game that is going to see a lot of great players obviously matty stafford's all the way back his elbow that we thought was maybe the worst of tennis elbow and golf elbow coming together for one he was walking around like this they were you know tempering his reps at practice and it was like oh no matthew stafford a guy who's he's he's had to earn everything the

hard way now he made 50 million dollars before he even stepped foot on an nfl field so nobody's gonna feel bad for him there's no empathy for matthew stafford having to live in detroit for 12 years 13 years and not really make the playoffs ever do anything good and still be a stallion then he goes to los angeles one year wins the super bowl gets media deals is all of a sudden popular people talking about the hall of Fame guarantee and everything like that. And then we saw, oh no, training camp, they're starting to dial back his reps. He's got both. He's got a thrower's elbow.

That's both elbows. All the bad elbows you've heard about, that's that one. They had a woofer or something like throwing balls. They had other people doing drills. They didn't even have Matthew Stafford throwing a rock. It was like, God damn. Turns out that was all bullshit. He feels 100% have Matthew Stafford throwing a rocker. It was like, God damn. Not good.

Turns out that was all bullshit. He feels 100% okay. Got played with a broken freaking neck before whenever he was in Detroit. We knew he was a tough son of a bitch out of Texas, but now he's getting a chance to run it back with a team that brought everybody back. We're two weeks away from watching them and a team that was literally coin tossed off the field. Yeah. Buffalo Bills.

They have an axe grind. They're obviously a Super Bowl favorite whenever you look at all the sports books, including the greatest in the field. Yeah. The Buffalo Bills. Yeah, that's right. They have an axe to grind. They're obviously the Super Bowl favorite whenever you look at all the sports books, including the greatest in the land fan duel. So we should have a great game two weeks from now.

And also, that means the season is upon us. Let's go. That means we are off and running for four months, five months, of this explosive entertaining action.

All right. Hailing from the National Football League. Ratings are going to go through the roof this year. Oh, yeah. Ratings last year were even higher than everybody else. I think they're only going up. I think the game's only getting more and more popular.

I feel like there's a lot more positive energy around the league, around the game, and that's a great thing because tonight there's two preseason games. Now, first preseason game, Packers are taking on the Chiefs. We believe Patrick Mahomes will have one drive, is what everybody's saying. Packers ain't playing Aaron. Jordan Love's going to get a lot of time. Chiefs are going to maybe have Patrick do one drive.

Maybe Travis Kelsey get one drive. So we'll get a chance to see their depth. That game, okay, it's preseason football. Yeah, right. Niners at Texans, though, 8, 16 p.m. Probably not available wherever you live. Good chance. I'm talking to myself as well. Niners playing the starters the whole first half. Trey available wherever you live. Good chance. Talking to myself as well.

Niners playing the starters the whole first half. Trey Lance is playing the whole first half. Got to get some kinks out with him and Shanahan's offense. And the Texans are playing the starters all the way through like third quarter or something. So that 816 game, Niners and Texans, will be the closest we have gotten to NFL regular season football thus far. Whenever the Hall of Fame game kicked off in Canton, Ohio, and Josh McDaniels was back on his high school field making his head coach debut for the Las Vegas Raiders,

we saw this football sucks. First couple weeks, oh, this football sucks. Tonight, there's a chance we get to see actual NFL football, and we're going into a series of games here this weekend where we're going to see more starters play, more people we're familiar with, and that means we're so close to the NFL season season i'm fucking pumped let's hope nobody gets hurt you will be able to see at tone digs one half of the hammer done cowboys your thoughts games if you

choose the uh green bay and kc game um and for patrick mahomes they followed so far andy reed hasn't said anything about this game but so far this preseason they followed exactly the same of what they did last year. Last year in Game 3, he played two series, so we'll see. But that one's on NFL Network. The San Fran and Houston game is on Prime Video. Okay. Is this Kirk and Al?

It has to be. They're the only team they got. Right. Makes sense. Okay, so everybody learned how to fucking do this here. Here we go. We got two weeks until the regular season starts. That Thursday night game is not on Prime.

The Bills-Rams. That's on NBC is not on Prime. No. Bill's Rams. That's on NBC, I think. NBC, yeah. I think it's Sunday Night Football on a Thursday. Kickoff. Exactly. Maybe they'll change the graphic. Let's put on a Thursday.

On Thursday. They probably will. I don't know, dude. They're not Aspen. It's NBC. What's this guy's deal? What is your deal, dude? He's the same.

That's a toxic table, really. Living up to the fucking name. Anytime. At Boston Conner, at Ty Schmidt. What are you talking about, dude? What's your deal? I mean, NBC's a toxic table, really. Living up to the fucking name. At Boston Conner, at Ty Schmidt. What are you talking about, dude? What's your deal? I mean, NBC's a classy organization.

It feels like they will go above and beyond to make sure that... You do say organization. Is that a Revolution Region thing, you think? I don't know. I just feel like every... I mean, this is an organization right here. I feel like any time... Yeah, it's a program. Well, it is a program.

If we wanted to call it that, we'd call it an organization. Organization, yeah. When you're out of here, it's an organization. No, because you organize things. Yes. But I think you are a part of an organization. Big Canadian and hockey term, organization. Oh, really?

Okay. You play defense. Are you a defenseman? That's the original six in me. Yeah, and it might be the hockey flow also. I don't know. One of those things. I just figure everybody wants to be part of an organization,

so that's why I use it. I think I've heard you say it numerous times, and every time I've tried to stop you. And today we're still in preseason football, so I figured I'd just go ahead and stop your thought. Yeah, sure. Boom, let's go get to the bottom of it. There's a lot of words that are said vastly different

in different parts of the country, isn't there? How do accents work? Can I figure that one out? No. There's a story in the bible about them all oh here we go do they have they heard the fucking scousers when they were right now because how do the people from liverpool sound so different than the motherfuckers just an hour north how do pittsburgh people sound the way they sound and then you go an hour left into ohio and they're

like yeah this is how the language is supposed to be spoke here in ohio we actually have no accent and then you accidentally stumble your way down to the south, and it's like, why don't I always speak slower down here? It's like, how does this even happen? All the states in the south have it. There's a difference between a Georgia accent, a South Carolina accent, a Tennessee accent, a Texas accent. Yeah, it misses every single state.

Who started it? Just one fuck? I bet you it was one fucking asshole. Probably Napoleon, if I had to take a guess. What's that? Probably Napoleon. Bonaparte? The guy from France?

Well, he wasn't speaking English. The little guy. Or Napoleon like Napoleon Dynamite. No, Napoleon because he was, you know, we all know stories about Napoleon, okay? And he wanted to sound cool, so he did that stupid French accent. That's because he was French. He was French. No, they didn't have an accent before him.

That little fucker, too, made one of the worst deals ever. I mean, we got the Louisiana purchase. That was King Louis, I believe. 15th. Yeah, King Louis and Queen Anna, I believe. That's how Louisiana came together. Hell yeah. He sold it to us, I thought.

Yeah, well, maybe. Whatever the case. Imagine how much that real estate would be worth now. My God. was just holding that over our head yeah the fucking bayou down there it's like manhattan they sold the natives sold manhattan for 24 dollars in like a box of rocks and they could have never expected us to do what we did to manhattan no hey we're gonna put a building every 15 like literally every 15 centimeters we're gonna put a building and if you think a building can't happen, don't worry. We're building a building on top of a fucking building.

And these buildings are only going to get taller and taller and taller. Yeah, that's right. And you go to another city, like we understand you only paid us, or you sold this for 15 bucks. You're going to regret that deal. Well, there's a lot of things that are going to happen between us and you guys that they're going to talk about for a long time. You may not even get the chance to regret the deal.

You guys getting raw into the deal. I mean, that is, there's going to be, this is kind of just part of that whole thing. But New York City is so fucking big. It is hard to even comprehend. You fly in, because I get a chance to travel now with Smackdown a lot.

You fly into a lot of cities and it's like, oh, this is a nice city. And you fly, you land, and then you go to New York and you're like, oh, that is literally 90 of the cities that i've flown through yeah yes like 90 cities put together it is so vast i don't think enough people really appreciate that sounds like it's going to hell in a handbasket i guess oh yeah i don't know that's what people we're talking about the bombs here but my god new york is the mecca yeah but

per square foot you know sure how with how big New York is, there ain't no way they got more zombie bums than Indianapolis. Yeah, maybe. I really don't know. Per corner. I don't think so. Well, see, I can't tell. Indianapolis, capital here in Indiana, biggest city in Indiana by far.

I don't even think it's a half a block of New York. Maybe. Not even. I don't even think it's a half a block of new york maybe yeah not even i don't even think it's a half no i don't i don't i honestly don't even think that is the case so per capita you got to think in that one half block true of that one year you know like we probably have more bums than any half block in new york city if i didn't guess yeah i just figure they like you know can steal pizza and they can eat all the rats that are there. They have more resources for them to go longer than they do in Indiana, just because of all the dirt. Still cold, though, right?

Still gets cold. Have you seen a lot of pigeons here lately? A lot of what? Pigeons. No, I thought they all flew away. No, they didn't. Oh, birds. They were things.

They were meals. You've lost a step. You've lost your fastball. That's why I said flew away, because they haven't been here for quite some time.'re probably in antarctica with all the other people that's one of the best conspiracies that you do cook with birds aren't real yeah i don't know if it's a conspiracy at this point so when they like die and there's blood what that's just that's part of the system they got to fake the people out what happens if one of the robots flies into a wall or

gets hit by okay so so the birds that are flying around right now all have a camera inside of them, and they're just surveying people. And their chargers are on their feet, so when they land on the wires they're charging their entire bodies. And that's how they continue to go, and you don't have to replace their batteries. Very simple.

It's just like how when you charge an Apple Watch, you just put your Apple Watch onto something and it starts charging. Well, phones now, too. Yeah, you put your phone on there. They've had that technology. You can get an EMP grenade in front of a bird. Yeah, those technologies have been around for years, and they just started now using them for things other than birds.

I do see less birds now, and I thought it was because of the windmills. No. I thought the windmills were having their own little, hey, we're going to get rid of these little birds of scab. Plus, you know, what we've been talking about, too, has been picking them off every once in a while, one by one. Yeah. Oh.

You think aliens are killing birds? Yeah, when they're flying around invisibly, the birds can't see them. They fucking smack them. They're like USB sticks for them. So the robots, you believe birds are animals? I think it's 75% real, 25% robot. Okay, so they snuck them in there yeah yeah they're not

they're all robots i mean whatever did duck hodges yeah duck is an actual duck hunter yes and all these there was an entire duck dynasty where all these dead fucking birds are just laying out and then guess what they they pluck them they fucking chicken fry. They eat that thing right there. That was a robot. Like Carl Wentz when he went hunting. If that would have been robots, he would have overloaded his circuitry too. I mean, that is all completely big bird propaganda. I can't believe you marked your phone for this.

No, absolutely. It's completely fake. You think Willie was fucking part of big bird propaganda? Look, they have to keep the know the ducks around the quail around the turkeys around for people to be like oh yeah look those birds are real no they're not okay people fucking wake up people go turkey hunting all the time yeah exactly all the time carson wentz is posting three times a week on his instagram and him sitting there with about 120 to 150 mallards that he is just this is part of the problem with you people that say organization.

You've never been to a fucking field where people kill things from. Yeah. You know what I mean? I've played Call of Duty. I've been there. Okay. I've been in those fields. I'm not talking about dying range.

I'm talking about fucking. Talking about duck hunting. Duck hunting and turkey hunting and fucking all this stuff. This happens. I'd go if I thought the birds were real. We're not talking about lobster traps, dude. You've actually got to go out there and fucking do work yeah another thing man and just have a good time i'm not so sure the lobsters are real anymore okay especially with everything

going on under the rain it in you hear me you need a rain i'm just you're gonna get to that point you're gonna get to that point where it's impossible to stop is there an animal that you do think is real yeah fucking what's the thing called? Pig, yeah, because football's coming from pigs. Pig skins. No, they come from cows. Cows are real, then.

Yeah. And pigs. Cows are certainly real. Cows and pigs. Farm animals. I hope. Your big farm animal's a real guy. I'm some of them.

Not all of them. I'm some of them. Yeah, not all of them are real. Did you expect the show to start this way? No. I'm pretty happy we're here. 15 minutes in,

we're learning a lot. Well, I mean, I'm glad that we can shed some light on some of the people out there. No, no, no. We're shedding light on the fact that you need to reel it in a little bit. Yeah. I don't know. Tone it down. Not as many memes at night, maybe. These aren't memes, people. These are real, live

things that people are talking about. If you really want to go down a hole, what's going on in Antarctica? Okay, I tried to weasel it in earlier. I'll come back to it, circle back around. Look it up! Something's going on over there and we need to wake up.

Up there. Or up there. I don't know. North Pole. There's another one. What's going on in North Pole? I've been informed we have some breaking news. The chat is calling you Commie Connor right now. Can't listen to anything I say. Sorry that I'm the one that knows because guess who had it first putin

and everyone's seen that video everyone's seen that video of that bird saluting putin and then putin saluting right back because they're the ones that started this shit and then china america everybody basically said yeah we need birds in the sky that are our own, not real birds. So you're 75-25, you said. 75% what? Real. No, that's Tony. I'm 98% fake, 2% real.

And the 2% is strictly because I love Thanksgiving and I love the pardoned turkey and I still want to believe that that's real, just like Santa Claus. Hey, I would like to say all those pardoned turkeys have fucking been killed. Yeah. That pardon was on a lifetime. No. Huh? Tom? Tom Turkey?

Yeah. He's still alive. But every turkey that gets pardoned at the White House, I do believe. You know what I mean? They stick a little stuff at all. Exactly. Hey, that's coming up. It's football season.

Yeah, here we go. Let's dive into some football. It's almost Thanksgiving season. Yeah. And everybody jumps right to Christmas. Hey, let's have Jesus' birthday. I understand. Fat guy coming down to suit. Let's give out gifts. Everybody's happy. The spirit. We get to watch

the Grinch. We get to watch Santa Claus. The holiday season is epic. New Year's coming. Football means everything. But let's slow down. We got fucking Halloween coming. Thanksgiving coming. And then obviously the holiday season. No matter what you celebrate, I apologize for missing it.

Shawneke. Uh-huh. Right? Proper pronunciation. Shawneke. Shawneke. I don't want to be an asshole, but you get it. This is good.

We're in a good spot right now. Oh, yeah. It is a great time to be alive right now, Tony. Speaking of watching, guess who you're going to get to see on Saturday with your own two eyes. We have breaking news. Tom Brady will be playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this Saturday as the Indianapolis Colts play host to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This is from Rick Stratton at NFL Stratton.

Tom Brady will start Saturday's game at Indy. Todd Bull said any player who is healthy will play. So this is what we're seeing in these third preseason games. Remember, used to be four preseason games for everybody. The third preseason game was basically the biggest one. It was the one where every team would go through how warm-ups is, first quarter, second quarter, halftime. Then coming back out of halftime was something that every team kind of wanted to practice.

Hey, how do we get a fast start on that second half? How do we control the middle eight? Let's go ahead and have our starters play the first half. Let's go through a full halftime, you know, rehearsal. It's what we'll talk about, how we'll talk about, who needs to get a little spray, maybe an IV, do your thing. Then you'll have one drive or two drives in the third quarter. Then you go ahead and get some sunflower seeds on the sideline.

Now that there's only three preseason games, which is awesome, I think that number will continue to evolve as another game inevitably gets put into the schedule, another bye week, preseason games will probably lose it. But there is some teams playing their players this weekend, and we have to be on alarm and on the lookout for who's playing and who's not playing for when we're gambling. For instance, tonight, Niners-Texans. Niners have their whole starters play in the first half. Texans have their starters play in the first half into the second half,

just like old school, by the way. Lovey Smith, Julie, we need to go through a halftime. Let's come out on the other side, do a couple drives. It's Trey Lance versus Dougie. So I'm betting on what? I'm betting on Trey Lance and Kyle Shanahan versus Dougie Mills, Pep Hamilton and Lovey Smith. And there's going to be – first half's going to do its thing,

and then we just got to hope we don't get fucked in the fourth quarter, which could happen and has happened. Jets and – which happened with Jets and Falcons. Are we reckless for betting on preseason games the way we do? I don't think so. See, you guys are enablers. All part of the problem. Everybody in here.

It's reckless. It's reckless. It is. And you can take first half. We have no idea who's playing. We know Tom's playing on Saturday. What the fuck's that? What does that have anything to do about tonight, third, fourth quarter,

whenever maybe Stravolski, for whoever the fuck team misses, gets hot? We don't know. Well, hey, that's why they call it gambling. But we can take kind of what we know is going on as of right now, and we can still apply that to these games. I mean, hey, maybe you like the 49ers' first half tonight because we assume that their starters are better than the Texans' starters, but maybe you take the Texans' full game

because Dougie Mills is getting that extra quarter. Kyle Allen's a pretty good backup. What's good? First half spread for – No, unfortunately. Well, that's bullshit. Yeah, so I was about to say, well, Ty, it seems like you have the fucking cheat code.

Do you like Nate Sudfeld against fucking Kyle Allen in the fourth quarter? How do we feel about that? Packers, Jor-El Love and Danny Etling, pretty good. So if Patrick Mahomes does play, do you like Shane Buschel and Dustin Crum versus fucking Etling and Jor-El Love? That's what I'm talking about.

We're betting on these guys. We need to stop. Buschel can sling it, though. Crum? Yeah, Dustin Crum versus fucking Etling and Jordan Love. That's what I'm talking about. We're betting on these guys. We need to stop. Bouchel can sling it, though. Crum? Yeah, Dustin Crum. That was the guy that Travis Kelsey was talking about fucking out of Kent State. Ohio guy.

Kent State won one game last year. What are we doing betting on Dusty Crum? You can't do it. See, this is the part of the problem. Everybody you just said, I don't know. I don't know who any of these fuckers are. I know Bouchel could probably sling the wrong guy. I'm an SMU guy last year.

I do know Shane Bouchel. I called a game of Shane Bouchel. Henny's the bad guy. It goes Henny, Bouchel, and then Dusty Crum. See who you see. Tony Diggs hosts the Hammerdown. He literally has to give out picks for these games. It is his job. He's forced to do it. I think the rest of us should maybe pump the brakes a little bit.

I think the rest of us should maybe pump the brakes. Pack bit. I think the rest of us should make pump the brakes. No, Packers playing tonight. Are you kidding me? You're betting on them, Jordan? Yeah, absolutely betting on them. What are we talking about? What are we talking about here? I hope Dusty Crum gets in tonight so we can see what the Packers do in the second half.

Of course you're betting on the Packers. You know, they're minus one and a half. Are you kidding me, Jordan O'Love? He's going to be playing most of the game. And a lot of these rookie receivers. Patrick Mahomes on the field. Aaron Rodgers is not on the field. Right.

But, I mean, how – Patrick Mahomes, what is he going to play? A total of maybe four minutes? It's going to be a touchdown. Probably. That's going to be a touchdown. Probably. So, I know the Packers are getting one and a half. But, actually, they're up five – they're down five and a half points already

to start this game. Because Patrick Mahomes and them are waltzing right down the field and scoring a touchdown three for three this year actually on it he's been in for three drives they've scored three touchdowns

Patrick Mahomes exactly yeah by the way about to go for four I mean they're going to do it again they're going to do that again

so it's actually Packers are minus eight and a half leading going into this game maybe live bet it after they fucking score a touchdown who cares but Giordo also are minus eight and a half leading going into this game. Maybe live bet it after they fucking score a touchdown.

Who cares? But Giorno also played the real KC team last year. Remember when Aaron had to sit out that one game? That was when Giorno played the Chiefs in Kansas City. So, I mean, as soon as those ones go out, Giorno probably knows what they're doing. We never talk about the Packers, so let's do that. Devontae Adams was on the pivot. Great interview. Awesome. backer so let's do that davante adams um was on the pivot great interview awesome davante was

super comfortable wide open in talking like a guy that should be probably doing more media all the time the way we got a chance to kind of peek into his brain about how he operates not only just you know what he's thinking one-on-one when he's with corners that's great but he opened up about aaron rogers and obviously as soon as aaron signs a deal and Devontae leaves, the narrative of all the people that hate Aaron Rodgers is, he was sick and tired of playing with Aaron Rodgers. He was sick and tired of playing with Aaron Rodgers. Now, everything that has come out of Devontae Adams' mouth since the thing has happened

has gone directly against that narrative. But that has been the narrative. This is what Devontae Adams said about Aaron Rodgers that got all the old whites who get mad at things for a living really fucking pissed off. He's the best quarterback you know in my opinion to play this game. He had the Michael Jordan effect as far as like he gonna he gonna make you play better. He gonna he gonna bring out your best just by being on the field. It's not even about like like he was a great leader but, but it was more so just about I'm out here with Aaron Rodgers.

He's not Jordan. He's not Jordan. He can't do what Jordan did. Jared Goff maybe. He might be Jared Goff. That's what Bad Dog Russo said. I'm embarrassed to be on this fucker's channel after he said that on TV yesterday. Honestly.

He called him Jared Goff, the guy. It's like there's such a disconnect from some media people and then like what every single human that has ever played in the nfl or any other professional sport thinks about fucking aaron rogers at this point and obviously davante and aaron is going to be something that's going to be chatted about for at least the next season because how's davante going to do with derrick davante opened up about how he now doesn't get double he doesn't think he's going to get doubled every single play like he has in the past with the Packers.

And think about that. All the success that he has had with the Packers has come with basically every defense trying to get him off the game plan. And that has not worked at all, obviously. Now he's got Darren Waller, Hunter Renfroe, who in the pivot with Derwin James gave an entire thing. I mean, there is a real opportunity here for Devontae, and I like the fact that there is no bad blood between the guys

who stood next to each other during the National Anthem and even left a spot for Aaron, even though people publicly are going to say, Aaron's a bad guy. He's the reason everybody won out of town. Yeah, I think that's why if you're a Packers fan or you've watched enough of, like, Rodgers, you just ignored all that bullshit because you knew that, you know, I mean, like, obviously these guys are still very close what was it right after davante signed with the

raiders rogers was in vegas and they played that course for him to get you know what i mean like these guys still have a great relationship and you know everything can't last forever you get a couple more weapons in there maybe davante says i you know i'm sick of seeing a double team every single fucking play in my life. I don't think so, because I think that's kind of what he referred to in there. It was like, Rodgers making other guys better. I don't think Devontae necessarily viewed it as like, oh, it's me and just me here.

They relied on those other guys. He trusted those other guys. He doesn't make them better. What did that even mean? I mean, he had like six rounders that have turned into fucking all pros. Oh, yeah. Well, and that's what, I mean, it's like Devontae physically is definitely probably the best guy he's ever played with.

But, like, his first couple years, you know, it wasn't like guys like Jamar Chase now where they come on in their first year, he's an all pro, and he has 1,400 yards. Like, it took Devontae like a little bit to kind of come along and so I think like he realizes too you know like hey without this guy like who knows like Mike obviously he's supremely confident in his own skills and he's unbelievable but he understands how important it was having a guy like Rodgers to his career too we're supposed to hold Aaron's water so I'm kind of sick everybody else doing it Sammy Watkins came out and said uh right Pat Pat Mahomes is incredibly good,

but A-Rod is on a whole other level. And everybody's like, is this Desiree Spackville to Patrick Mahomes? Well, Patrick Mahomes, I would assume, at some point in his career, whenever he's comfortable enough and doesn't want to get the backlash from it, will say, yeah, like a lot of the shit I do,

obviously I've seen a guy do before, and he's a hippie who plays quarterback for the fucking green bay packers you know arm talent everything he does patrick mahomes literally just got done saying like a year ago he finally learned how to play d or learn defense yeah so i i don't think this is that big of a comment from sammy walkins the guy's been in the nfl for 17 fucking years has a uhic memory, has seen everything and can make every single throw. I don't think this was a slight on Patrick Mahomes.

I think this was like, hey, maybe in 10 years from now, if Patrick Mahomes can continue to do what he's doing, evolving and everything, he will be on a whole other level than he is right now, too. But everybody wanted to use that as like, oh, this Sammy Walken's turning his back on Patrick Mahomes. Yeah, of course, because it's good fodder, and it's easy for people to just kind of spin that into like, Rodgers is a prick.

There's no way this is true. You look how much these guys like Mahomes. But it's also different. It's not like he's talking about some 13-year career backup who was in the NFL. It's like, this guy's won the MVP four times. Back to back. Yeah, exactly.

He's fucking won a Super Bowl. He's a Super Bowl MVP. Will he be on this show this year? Unprecedented? Do we know? We don't know yet. We don't know yet. That would be unprecedented.

Yeah. On this show? Mm-hmm. I mean, back-to-back MVPs doing fucking Anarchist Tuesdays. Not a bad gig, you know? What a fucking, like, that is just... That's going to the inner rainbow, find a pot of gold and just fucking sit there. Oh my God, how did this happen?

Two times. 13 win seasons. How you doing? Keep it moving. Yeah, can't do it in playoffs, sir. Too worried about his Tuesday conversations in Ayahuasca. Unprecedented, though. We're able to get him back, hopefully. It would be unprecedented. time, it will be unprecedented.

Yeah. All right, go ahead. No, I was just saying. We've got to stop being so petty, by the way. We've got to stop it. Who said anything about being petty? Well, we kind of were yesterday. A lot of the unprecedented conversation.

Because that was wild. I wasn't petty. That was just pointing out the obvious flaw in the wording. But did you hear AJ go, something happened, obviously. Like, he knew immediately. Yeah, AJ knew. Everybody that was watching immediately, as soon as we started throwing that unprecedented word around,

it's like, okay, the boys obviously saw something, and now they are not letting themselves just move past it. It has to get mentioned. It has to get talked about. And that's part of the problem with this program. Sure. We're an organization that just doesn't let that type of shit fly, and we need to become one of that.

We need to become better at that. Bingo. I love how you just put that, too. We are an organization that just doesn't let shit go like that. I think it's good to keep that chip on the shoulder. Make sure you can still take the punches. You're in the ring. Well, you're stacking those chips up on the shoulder.

Bingo. Real tall. One by one. Real tall. Amaconda, baby. That's right. Boom. Boom. Fore one. Real tall. Amaconda, baby. That's right. Boom. Boom.

Forehead. Unicorn. That's what I'm talking about. Nobody stacks chips on their foreheads. Let's get to a break. Like a rhino? Let's get to a break, and then Rap Sheet will be on the other side. Here we go.

We're going to go to a... I cannot wait to talk to Rap Sheet. I believe he's traveling, of course. Of course. Naturally. From a bar to a bar. Don't know. We don't know which way he course. Of course. Naturally. From a bar to a bar. Don't know. We don't know which one it is.

Hammered either way. There's a lot going on. We didn't talk about this to start the show because we've got Ian coming up. This Tyron Smith shit. Stuff. Terrible. Eight-time Pro Bowler, man.

Cowboys are down. Numerous offensive linemen. Amari Cooper's out of town. Jerry Jones was on first take this morning saying, if I thought another coach could win us a Super Bowl better than McCarthy, that fucker would be here. Basically what he said. And then Stephen A. said, I'm going to challenge you on that answer

because we saw you keep bum-ass Jason Garrett around long, long. There are times where you evolve and you learn. And I am at that situation now with great leadership and blah, blah, blah. Anyways, they stink. Mike McCarthy's out. Sean Payton's the coach next year. Probably. We all know that.

Jerry, he didn't say that. Jerry's never come out and said that, but we all kind of assume that. Because we can't go through another year with Dak getting the money he's making, Zeke's making the money he's making, Jerry's making the money he's making. The Dallas Cowboys can't suck. Just continue to keep sucking. Also, it's preseason. It doesn't really matter.

When they cut away from the Steelers game the other night, in that game, the Cowboys had 19 penalties in the first half or something. We're out of discipline. It's not really getting any better. It's kind of the same discussion with them every single year with that and the clock management. It's kind of just spinning their wheels almost. Tons said this earlier, but it's real.

Might be down on the Cowboys. Well, 100%. Their number two wide receiver, Gallup, who tours ACL, I believe, last season. They aren't putting him on the pop, so he'll be back within the first four weeks. But, you know, you lose him. Fucking Murray. Cedric Wilson's gone. Tarn Smith, eight-time pro bowlers

williams lyle collins like there's some there's some real question marks around dallas cowboys gregory went to denver hey we don't love that no no well we're back in four with ian rapport hopefully giving us more information on sean payton being a head coach of the cowboys that's not real okay i have to have a disclaimer back and forth. Of everywhere. Yep. I damn right. He's a senior NFL insider for the league and the network.

He's the host of the weekly wrap-up of the Rap Sheet and Friends. Us being friends, he being Rap Sheet. Ladies and gentlemen, Boozebaggy and Rapaport! Hey, how's it going? What's up? What's going on? Such a nice car, dude.

You're always in such a nice car over there. What is it? This is my wife's car. She's got the nice one. Hey, she was out in GMC Acadia. They do a nice job. Hey, I want to let you know, Leah Rapaport's becoming a thing in sports media.

You know that? You like that, obviously? She's a better half, obviously. Yeah, I mean, she also, she did one interview with the New York Post. She did a great job. I was a little nervous because sometimes if you ask her a question,

she really just tells you what she thinks, which is really scary. So one interview, I think, hopefully that's the last one she'll ever do, right? Jesus. Leah, we hope you do more interviews. Fuck this guy. Yeah, mine.

And also, Ian, why don't you tell us how you really think? So everything you tell us is just, we're getting catfished by Ian Rapaport? Every thought of yours is fake? No, no, no. That's why I come on this show, so I can say what I actually think as opposed to most of my other interviews where I just kind of toe the line. This one is sort of more

of the good stuff, you know? How was Pellicero on the fucking axe last night? Was that last night he was performing that song was that is that what that was it was it was actually two nights ago he is uh he's a guitar maven um this is his this is like you know i go play golf he just you know just he's l2 i mean that is his this is his world he's a hard rock dude. He's a fucking dog. What's the name of the band? Do you know the name of the band?

That is intense right there. The Arrows? That is intense. The band is Pew Pew Pew, I think, or something like that. Oh, nice. Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew Pew. I might have messed it up, but I think that's it. Does he sing at all?

Did you watch this, or was it just Lee at this? No, no. So that's actually Tom's wife who posted that. I watched the whole thing, and he sings. He was in a band. What was the name of Tom's band? Jade Monkey, I think. At one point during the pandemic, we made him Jade Monkey t-shirts

just to commemorate his old band. So this is Tom's thing. You know, he's a rocker. Jade Monkey and Pew Pew Pew are the two bands that the Arrow Pellicero has been a part of in his musical career. Does he sing ever or no? He does sing. I don't know if it's good because, like, you know how some of those

heavy metal bands go. Like, it's singing, but it's really just like. I did not know that was heavy metal. I did not get know some of those heavy metal bands go like it's singing but it's really just like how do you know i did not know that was heavy metal i did not get the feeling that was heavy metal there's is that is that what that is it's heavy metal rammstein i think i think it's heavy metal i don't know i mean i'm you know i listen to rap music so i don't know what it is oh i bet oh yeah just rap music eh and 80s hair bands that's it that's my genre what if he would have fucking just wish you would step back from the ledge my friend Music You think Tom has that in him or no, I'm to go with no. He fucking stinks, this guy. You have to have a real side like you do.

I don't think he has that. Well, yeah, because they plugged him in. I need to be more human like Kimi Hendrix. Download hair. Vibe with guitar. Alright, let's dive into football. We appreciate you joining

us in the middle of your day with your family. Once again, it is Thursday, middle of the season, but you do you. Trampoline Park. We got a lot going on here. Nice. A little slam ball? Is there hoops there? There was a hoop. There was a big swing

into the foam pit. A couple of jousting stations. A lot of stuff. Did you get in there? Did Jude rough you up at all or no? No, Jude got up the top of the warped wall, but I did not do it. I had to take in some phone calls.

Oh, Jesus. So you're terrible at your job because you're doing trampoline parking. You're terrible at the family at trampoline parking. I mean, Ian, you're doing great. Hey, you're doing great, job because you're doing it in Trampoline Park, and you're terrible at the family at Trampoline Park because you're struggling at your job. I mean, Ian, you're doing great. Two for two. Hey, you're doing great, Ian.

You're doing great. Keep it going, brother. Tyron Smith suffered an avulsion fracture of the knee out until December. I guess avulsion fracture of the knee, meaning the hamstring tendon that sits at the back of the knee, pulled off the bone, and he needs surgery, sources say. If he's back at all, it would be December. A tough loss. Reporting Ian Rapoport for the Dallas Cowboys' eight-time Pro Bowl left tackle.

Man, we started talking about it, and obviously, damn shame. Hope he's okay. Absolute dunk. And it's going to be much different without him. Cowboys, I mean, this is not – has there been any good vibes at all around the Dallas Cowboys right now, or is this mostly all negative? This is not normal, I don't think.

You know, first of all, this is a bad injury, and the description is it's really horrific. Like, you know, there'll be sometimes people have surgery, and they're like, oh, it's minor. And you're like, well, it's surgery, so it's not minor. So I guess it's minor, but it's kind of major. This is all major. Like this is basically hamstring pulling off the back of the knee. And if you've seen the clip, he's just running and basically falls. And like he had a previous ankle injury that he was dealing

with. And sometimes one injury can lead to another injury. So you kind of wonder how related they are. This is really bad. He's going to have surgery. Actually, it might even be today or tomorrow. And, you know, hopefully back in December, I think that would be best case. But we'll see. And now, you know, the Cowboys drafted a tackle. They drafted Tyler Smith in the first round.

They were preparing for this. It's earlier than they wanted, but they were preparing for this. So it's earlier than they wanted but they were preparing for this so it's bad but like there was probably not a great chance tyron smith would play all 17 games anyway um but i've been surprised at the negative vibes from the cowboys like what you're saying like you're not the only person to say that like but i don't understand why i think they had a really good camp uh the gallop being back probably earlier than expected is really good. Like, I think they should be good. I'm not sure I understand kind of the negative stuff.

You know what I mean? Well, they just lost an eight-time pro. He wasn't going to make it through the season? What do you mean? What does that mean? He doesn't normally? Well, I just – no, I mean, you know, Tyron Smith has battled injuries for a long time,

which is why they essentially drafted his replacement. When he's healthy, he is, you know, top three. I would say top three in the NFL. It's just been a battle to stay on the field, unfortunately. But I think the Cowboys prepared for this. And anyway, I'm not so sure why things are so negative because to me, it sounds like they in general had a really good camp. Okay. You can't judge a team off an injury. Injuries happen. They stink, especially at the tackle position. Sounds like the Cowboys are prepared.

Maybe we shouldn't be so negative about the Cowboys. Guy in a cowboy hat over there. Let's move on. You were at the Lions camp. Were you there for the player-led practice? How did that go? And how many times did you try to insert yourself into hard knocks? So I'm going to be – I would never lie to you guys.

Well, you actually told us – you actually told us. Leah tells the truth whenever she does it. So I'm hoping she doesn't do any more of those. That's what you started this show. So we think you lie all the time, but do your thing. Yes. No, I will tell the truth now. I tried real hard to get in front of the cameras.

I was talking to a couple of coaches and talking to some people. Sorry, I'm telling Leah that we need to stop so we have some service here. No, no, please. Please do not stop for us. Leah, this guy's going to be on Hard Knocks. He's becoming a fucking diva. Don't worry about that. Sorry about it.

But you did try to get in there. It feels like this is going to be the greatest season of Hard Knocks of all time if they keep feeding that squad. I mean, I think it's been great, right? I mean, I've been watching. I always watch anyway, kind of as part of like job stuff. I've been watching this as a fan because it's been great. And like, so I would answer your question. Well, yes, I tried very hard to get into the Hard Knocks video. And like, so I was, anyway, to answer your question. Well, yes,

I tried very hard to get into the hard knocks video. We'll see if I make it in. I don't know if I will, but hopefully in the background I was trying to like, you know, pose up real good. So we'll see if I make it. I was there for the player led practice. That was one of the more interesting things that I have seen because I don't, you know, Dan Campbell is not a, he's not a play caller, right? He's not like some great offensive coordinator wizard. So you figure

like, why is he such a good head coach? Like, why do they play so hard for him? And I think one of the main things is he empowers players and helps them lead themselves. I think that's really one of the cool things. And that player-led practice was a great example of that because he let the players run the show themselves. And what resulted was something I've really never seen before, but I think the players feeling really good about where they are and how they themselves can lead. Did Jamal give a speech every play out there?

Was he just giving a speech in between each snap or what do you think uh i did not see another impassioned speech from jamal but like but i think what happened was i think some of the other players were like hey man um that was a lot of screen time why did you get so much screen time and i didn't that's really not fair. So maybe they were jealous of how much love he got, which is certainly understandable, as was I. So maybe he kind of left it to some of the other people.

It wasn't about the screen time. It wasn't about that. I think it was day three of training camp. There's 60 guys here that are not going to be on our team whenever it comes to fall. This one, maybe we should have waited a couple weeks. Maybe waited a couple weeks. But Jamal is the lifeline behind that thing.

Zaire Alexander fucking punked him and punked him and punked him numerous times at practice, and that was showcased, and he had a great punt. But, yeah, we're all still high on Jamal, I think. Love Jamal. Yeah, love Jamal. Absolutely. He's amazing. Love him.

He's great. Great guy. Yeah, he's great with the Packers. Everybody loves him. Loves his. And if you interview him, you know, if you interview him, I think he is, you know, he's a guy who he will probably tell the truth all the time. Oh, yeah. He had the Naruto.

Yeah. You can do that. Good morning football. A day after Hard Knocks. He had the what? He had the Naruto. You know, Ravshin. Naruto.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of whatever that was. Bingo. Naruto? Should I know what that is? Yeah. Naruto, bro. Jude watches it every day. Yeah, wake up, Rap.

Turn around to your kids right now and say, Hey, Jamal dressed up like Naruto on Good Morning Football. Do you know who Naruto is? Max doesn't know. Jude, do you know who Naruto is? It's not who, dude. Over two, buddy. Over two. Wow. Yeah, you send your kids out to fucking Woodside. Max doesn't know Jude, do you know who Naruto is? Over two, buddy Over two You send your kids out to fucking woods

Sleep away camp Leah's now explaining to all of us what it is She obviously not Fucking Leah is the only human in that family She's the only human in that family over there It's unbelievable Pat, if you and I were, if we were friends off camera, which obviously we are not,

if we were friends off camera and you wanted to hang out with me, you'd say, hey, are you free Tuesday afternoon? I'd say, oh, text Leah, ask her, and then if I'm free, then we can go hang. Oh, that's like super easy life. That's super easy life. Hey, let's hang, by the way. I mean, we'll ask, I guess.

I'll get... She's your secretary, too. Yeah, she makes your ribs. She plows the... Yeah. She plows the shed. Drives him around. Drives you around.

Schedules his life. Yeah. I mean, you should be paying... Are you paying? She's an employee at this point. I wouldn't say I pay her in cash. Or... But I... Very nice. Hugs. We have... I do a lot of nice things for her, right?

No, they're going through all your greatest hits, yes. She said I shovel driveways. I'm like, yeah, no, they're – Yeah, we know. We forgot. Yeah, we know. Yeah, yeah. Let's dive into some other conversations here.

Quarterback battles around the league. Baker Mayfield starting for the Carolina Panthers. Seattle's got a battle going on. Pittsburgh, I guess, has something going on. Any front or updates on any of those situations? Ian Rappaport. We'll start with Seattle. So, Geno is going to start their last preseason game.

Drew Locke is going to play a lot. And, you know, it's interesting because I think the public sort of assumed Drew Locke would win the job. And I know Seattle kept saying Geno Smith was in the lead, Geno Smith was in the lead. We'll see what happens in the final preseason game. It doesn't seem like just from an outsider, it doesn't seem like Drew Loc Lock has really seized this thing.

Maybe with a great performance he can. But Geno has kind of been steady. And nobody wants – I feel like the public does not want Geno Smith to start because it's not exciting. But he has done enough good things to where if he were starting day one for the Seahawks, I would say that makes a lot of sense. And I know everyone sort of assumed Garoppolo would head there. I'm not sure I see that in anyone's future.

So I think it is going to be Gino or Drew Locke. And we'll see if Gino can kind of hang on to this one other big performance. Okay, follow up. You said something there. What's going to happen with Jimmy? Any updates there? Cut down day is next week. And that's, I would say, sort of the time where the decision needs to be made.

If there is a trade partner, I do not see one. There might be, and maybe hopefully this is not the case, but if someone sustains a serious injury, someone's quarterback, maybe that gets in the mix. That's possible. Otherwise, the options are releasing. Let him wait for a contender.

49ers have come out publicly and said they can withstand the whole salary. Could he stay there and be a backup? I guess anything's possible. They've dealt with awkwardness before, so I guess anything's possible. No way. You don't think? What?

Jimmy stay at San Fran? It seems like a lot. You sound like a Madden player right now. You sound like somebody that isn't in real life. You know what I mean? Like real life, locker room, feelings, humans. Like those are real. You know that.

It would be a juggle. No, it would be a juggle. No doubt about it. But I'll tell you this. I don't know what's going to happen. You know, release is obviously possible, and we've kind of been discussing that. The 49ers dealt with a lot last year. I mean, Jimmy G basically had them trade everything for his replacement,

knowing he was on the roster. And then it was like, yeah, cool, I'm just going to lead them into the playoffs anyway. And then it led them almost all the way. Like, it's, you know, it would be a lot for Lance to deal with. It would be a lot for Jimmy to deal with. But I don't know. Like, those guys are okay handling it.

And we'll move on. You don't know shit about fucking this one. There's no way because the last year's situation was we have a plan for Jimmy. They told Trey Jimmy's going to be the starter. It was very open. Everybody was very open about it. They had a press conference saying goodbye. Jimmy said goodbye. And then Shanahan is

like we want Trey to know this is Trey's team. This is Trey's team. This is Trey's team. And I think he wants that to be known. Not for the media pundits. That's for the locker room. Like, hey, this is our guy right now. That's what it was for. If he has a couple bad games, you know, it's hard. If you're making your profession is winning games, you make more money.

Coaches, players, everybody's going to be like, we got a fucking handsome Italian guy right there. Like, that is just an easy thing. Very handsome. Incredibly handsome. He goes missing for a couple weeks. Sure is just an easy thing. Very handsome. Incredibly handsome. He goes missing for a couple weeks. He goes missing for a couple weeks, but he is incredibly handsome.

That was a great story. I enjoyed that storyline. Me too. And Mike Silver, my former colleague, does an awesome job, and he's not wrong at all. He doesn't. That guy does not do a fantastic job.

No, I don't think so. I don't like that guy, right? No, you don't. No, you don't. Yeah, I do not like that guy. Okay, got it. He sucks, that guy. Do we make up?

Me and that guy make up? No. No, yeah, I hate that guy. Yeah, he sucks at his job, that guy. Well, he's probably good at his job, but I think he sucks strictly because I don't like him as a person. So take it as you may. Yup. All right.

Total free country. Definitely get it. God damn right it is. Is it? Unless you're a bird. Maybe not. Ian's a bird. All right, sorry. Go ahead, Ian. Sorry. No, country. Definitely get it. Goddamn right it is. Unless you're a bird. Maybe not. Ian's a bird. Sorry.

Go ahead, Ian. Sorry. No, no. It's fine. But yeah, Jimmy goes dark. He's not a good responder. And it's sort of like everyone sort of laughs about it and jokes about it. I mean, I remember Kittle saying the same thing.

Like, yep. Does he respond to my text? I don't know. Not really. Some people do that. You text me. I respond in two seconds. You're very good.

You're very on it. And that's why we're so appreciative of you. Sounds like you have no information on Jimmy G front. Could have just said that five, seven minutes ago. But we do appreciate it. You are incredible at answering text messages. Ty Schmidt, your question for you in Rapport. Rapport, the Dolphins are apparently shopping Mike Jacecki,

and then they're apparently not shopping him. So, what's the deal there? Is he actually going to get traded before the season starts, or no? So, I saw that report, and I don't think it's wrong. I mean, I believe they're having some conversations about Jacecki, or Jacecki, I've heard it either way.

The problem is, so he's due about $11 million this year. you can't redo the contract because he's on the franchise tag and he signed it you can't like extend to make the cap it better so if so if someone is going to trade for him they're going to have to absorb all 11 million at this point in the season that is tough like i'm not saying it's impossible, but there have to be some gymnastics there, cap-wise. Is that Jasicki? Jasicki?

It is not Jasicki. It's someone who probably wants to know why I just pushed them to voicemail twice in a row. Oh, suck it! Sorry! But, no, I think it's – I would say it's possible, but hard to do. Hard to do. Okay.

Oh, I just got a follow-up text one so i pushed someone to voicemail twice in a row just got a text out of courtesy this person said nothing urgent oh that's very nice yeah because otherwise i'll be like start shaking that i'm missing something yeah and that's going to be something you're gonna have to deal with and you inevitably retire from this probably have to go some rehab and everything like that treatments uh palisaro has answered us by the way talking about his um his band is punk rock dude not heavy metal but at least you got name right is that the name p-k-e-w-x-3, I believe, is times three. Pew, pew, pew. Yeah, times three.

But why is there a K? Oh, because that's the pew. Pew, pew, pew. That makes the pew. Pew, pew, pew. P-K-E-W. I'm not into punk rock, but I'm going to dabble for Tom. Yeah.

What a punk rock. That's like a wee, hey. Establishment. Small things. Two cares. Two brains. One game. I know. Small things to care to bring. I know you'll be at my show. Watching, waiting, commiserating.

Say it ain't so, I will not go. Turn the lights off. Carry me home. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, That's punk rock. Yeah. Yep. I didn't know Tom does that. When did you guys become British?

Say it ain't so. I will not go. In an hour or two, in six minutes, we will see you then. Now you sing it, dude? Yeah, you don't get it. It's a real nasal thing. Ian, thanks for your time, and thanks for letting us know that Tom Pelissero creates magical bangers. And everything else you do, and hopefully you'll start getting back to work now.

You know, season's happening. Oh, yeah, it's go time. Yep. It's go time. We'll get over it. It's go time. Oh, yeah. I had to do this to Greeny yesterday.

I don't know if you saw it. Mike Greenberg. I dedicated three minutes if you saw it. Mike Greenberg. I dedicated three minutes. Yeah, I was watching. Definitely, definitely. All right, fuck this guy. Interrupt. Yeah.

Football. Is what we talk about. At Boston Corner had a little bit of an issue, and that might have been because of the way he started this show, trying to start wars with everybody. He is a member of the Toxic Table right next to Atai Schmidt. And Atone Diggs is one half of the Hammer he started this show, trying to start wars with everybody. He is a member of the Toxic Table right next to Atai Schmidt. And Atai Diggs is one half of the Hammer.

Dad! Cowboys. And by the way, speaking of the other half of the Hammer. Dad! Cowboys. We might need, you know, we might need the people.

Yeah. A wolf. We're going downrange? A Sicario. That's actually, we took out a Sicario downrange. Don't forget. We need one.

We've never been downrange. You, me, him. Well, as a watcher, we were kind of downrange. What, watching Terminalist? Yeah, when we went. Okay. You watched Lone Survivor. You fucking put on a ghillie suit.

You're like, all right, I'm fucking downrange right now. I don't know if I put one on, but I at least. Do you go outside and see a cliff and just throw yourself off of it? I at least feel like I'm probably three miles. I at least Googled how much the ghillie suit would be to buy.

And you're like, hey, if we do need to go downrange, just like I seen those five World War I planes flying overhead, downrange can come out of nowhere.

Yeah, and Tony goes downrange every time he watches Top Gun. You gotta remember, this guy's had massive head trauma. He very likely thought he was downrange while I was at Mars.

While watching... We hope everything comes back good. of head trauma. He very likely thought he was down range while I was at Mars. While watching Twitter. We hope everything comes back good. That doctor checking out your brain? Going down range. Good lord, Tony. Ghillie suit, 80 bucks. That's it?

Hold the phone. I can get a ghillie suit for 80 bucks right now. What about the all white one from Shooter? Hey, that was when Mark was running around. Yeah, that's right. I saw that on an airplane, I think, at one point. Joining us now is a college football national champion. Let's hope we save a show. This has been one of our worst.

Honestly, we talked about birds for 15 minutes. I got no faith in this guy, though. This guy has won a college football national championship, a Super Bowl championship, a Ryder Cup championship. P.J. is making a lot of moves, by the way. A lot of moves. Hey, shout out to P.J. answering. Answering the call. guy has won a college football national championship a super bowl championship a rider cup championship pj is making a lot of moves by the way a lot of moves hey shout out to pj answering answering the call honestly somebody stepped in the ring and said hey we got never-ending supply of cash we are about to rub it all in your face right now and we're gonna take all your people and pj torso

uh all those ideas we thought about maybe making this a fair thing for our players we need to come up with them again now. But we find $20 million, $14 million, $20 million, $60 million, $700 million. We got a $500 million campus being built by PGA Tour of America. Not PGA Tour, obviously. Yeah, okay. So they're making $500 million to build a new fucking campus. PGA obviously had this money sitting in the chest somewhere.

Congrats to the PGA. This man that's joining us has won a Ryder Cup championship. Yeah, yeah. He is obviously the face of Ohio, A.J. Hall. Yeah! What's up, A.J.? What's up? Where did the PGA find all this money?

Well, that's what we've been wondering. You know, Jay Moynihan's fucking pockets, probably. You know what I mean? Right, though. Good for them. At least they're responding. They're doing something.

Yeah, the PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan outlined some changes that the PGA Tour is making. An increase to 12 elevated events with an average purse of $20 million per. Top players commit to a minimum 20-event schedule. That's what we're going to need. How do you get them to do that? Well, I think you just become a member

by getting $500,000 for every single member and travel stipends. Okay? Because you remember PGA players got no guaranteed money and they had to pay for all their own fucking travel, food, and everything. You're lucky to be here. It's 2021 and we don't have to pay anybody to be a part of our thing that we are signing new TV deals worth billions of dollars for. The fact that anybody in the PGA Tour media didn't have that as like talking point A, B, C, D, E, and F for the last 20 fucking years. Kind of, you know, your grandstanding is a little tough to take serious. But I do like that the PGA is all the way back.

They also got a stadium tour coming around where they're going to be playing top golf at stadiums. A bunch of teams of three, six teams of three will be hitting up stadiums and golfing and plucking. It'll be like Big Break, I think, basically, out there with the greatest golfers. I love what the PGA's doing. This is innovative shit. This is good for golf. They should all be saying thank you to Liv for showing up

for all of this. For the lower half of the tour, those two last things are huge, the $500,000 and then the travel stipend, because that's what? Almost a million dollars, dollars probably for the year that these guys had to shovel out of their own pockets? Yeah, well, normally they just have a loss, a losing weekend, and then they go into the next week, and then they finally win. It's like, oh, I actually didn't win.

I have to make up for the last five weeks of me not being able to make putts on a Thursday when I chipped a fucking seven feet and for some reason I can't get this tiny little fucking ball into this even smaller fucking hole somehow and I lose money

but I get to be here. I'm on PGA Tour and if there happens to be a day where I get hot and I go, guess what? They're going to have

millions of people watching it and the PGA Tour is going to make millions of dollars off of it. Go into a commercial break while I'm getting hot.

They're going to tell the story. This man has lost everything in his life being on the PGA Tour and look at him here on Sunday. On a Sunday making a run. Are you going to guarantee him any money? He'll have to earn it. I mean, can I already earn it by being a part of the whole thing? Yeah, fuck him

basically. I like what the PGA is doing AJ. This is good news for everybody. We didn't know. We were wondering, what do you do to respond? You can't compete with money when it comes to the Liv tour, but now I want to see. Now Liv is going to have to do something. They're going to want to stay ahead of him, I guess.

Oh, the stadium tour. What are they going to do in answering the stadium tour? Because they got Brose and D. Shamsher. Or just throw more money. They'll say, oh, we just doubled the purse for our next five events oh that's cute all right now everybody's getting 300 million guaranteed what if there's escalators and all those guys signing bonuses if the pga does anything cool we get a bonus of 50 60 million this is like seven different cool things so you start doing the math it's 300 400

million more bucks we are then they'll let people be like, well, rules is rules. I mean, it is insane time in golf. Let's start bouncing around a little bit when it comes to the football. J.C. Tretter has announced his retirement from the NFL, formerly of the Cleveland Browns and also the Green Bay Packers, which I believe he was drafted to.

Read his retirement thing, tried to. It was long. I mean, this was very long and I appreciate it. It was heartwarming. I wasn't able to get through the entirety. I believe Guy. He also gained like 50 pounds his last year of college

and got drafted to play a position he'd never played before, really, the offensive line position. The only reason why he did that is because he wanted to commit to his goal of doing everything. He had a hell of a career, became the president of the NFLPA. Now he's retiring on his own terms, he said. Good for J.C. Tretter.

Did you play with him in Green Bay? Is that how you knew him? Yeah, I did play with J.C. He is cock strong. Like, that dude, if he gets his hands on you, he's taking you to the sideline. Okay, so. You never heard him say, like, cock strong? Like, the dude, he's not super tall.

Yeah. I mean, but you could tell the dude. But then all of a sudden, when he latches on, like, geez, J.C., like your head is rock hard and very strong. A.J., do you think like that's a part of the whole problem with this show? Like a guy retired after nine years, very heartwarming. Yeah, very heartwarming. A.J. played with the guy, friends with the guy.

And I go, A.J., you played with him. I thought maybe, you know, J.C. Tretto is a good team player. Hey, J.C. Tretto is a good team. Hey, J.C. Tretto is cock strong. By the way, J.C. probably takes that as a massive compliment, as it should. But becoming the president of the NFLPA is almost a guarantee that you're not going to get a lot of job offers. You're almost saying, all right, I'm about done with my NFL career. Am I misreading that or no?

I mean, honestly, there's something to it. I know J.C. has even said on, I saw a headline somewhere where he said it definitely played a role why he didn't get much interest when he was a free agent because he was the head of the PA. I played with, sat next to Eric Winston when I was in Cincinnati in our team room. Eric was the head of the PA at that time as well. So he was dealing with a lot of stuff as well as football too. How about J.C. Treader during the COVID run there? Having to read litigation and memos from the CDC and from the NFL while also trying to figure out what the fuck a D-lineman is going to do on Thursday night.

I mean, that is not easy to do. It's a full-time job when you're that high up in the NFLPA. And also, you are directly competing against the owners of the NFL in almost every facet of the game. So that is why J.C. Tretter was not picked up by the Browns. He's not picked up by any team. Good player still, right?

Oh yeah. I'm sure if he's healthy, yeah, he can definitely play. And the Browns lost two centers. Boom, boom, gone. Don't even have them anymore. So they're down to their third center. J.C. Tretter does not have a job. Was on the Browns last year. He's NFLPA president still.

Don't call him. Don't sign him. Anybody that gets in the NFLPA, you have to question. Obviously, if you're going to be a representative, you have to question them because it's like, yeah, you're not going to accomplish anything. Every alumni, every veteran and player is going to hate you. I mean, it's just the way it's going to go. You're going to fuck over so many people yeah, you're not going to accomplish anything. Every alumni, every veteran and player is going to hate you. I mean, it's just the way it's going to go.

You're going to fuck over so many people, and you're going to waste so much of your time doing stuff that doesn't matter. Your vote matters. Yeah, okay. It does not, really. But we appreciate the fact that you care for the game and the players enough. But to go and become the president of the NFLPA, that's a whole other level of actually having to read and be the person that is the point person.

Do you think this is good? You really care. Yeah. To actually care about all that stuff. And JC was good at it because he would always stand up for the players when there was poor field condition somewhere or whatever he felt like should be happening. JC's the kind of guy that could eventually take DeMorris' job.

I feel like he's one of the former players that could absolutely do that. Let's do that. When's that happening? Is that like this month? Yeah. How does that work? Does he have terms does does he have terms i guess yeah he got re-voted back in remember what he didn't want to they said i love how the headlines always like he didn't want to do it again but i guess he'll just take all that money for do nothing yeah

and wear seven suits in one day i saw remember that nick we were fucking walking around the super bowl what he changed suits from, like, show to show? Yeah, costume changes. Event to event, he had, like, four or five different suits on throughout the day. Good for him. Who carries all those suits with them? Yeah, and why the fuck am I getting charged money to go to that fucking chess so that guy can have six different suits is what I was thinking immediately.

Wow. But, you know, I got tested eight times a month for 27 months straight, no relief at all from the NFLPA. So I'm sure they knew they were starting a war with somebody that had a microphone forever. You know, and then they sold away my fucking merch rights, too, without me even saying anything. Yeah, you can, fanatics or whoever the fuck it was, you can sell boomstick shirts and whatever you want to do. We'll make sure it packets 25 cents a fucking shirt. Oh, fucking great deal.

Thank you so much. Oh, we're're gonna delay the player performance bonuses that a lot of guys live off of for two fucking years oh okay thank you a lot of good decisions really coming down the pipeline from this guy and i see him wearing seven different suits in one fucking day oh this guy's great you're doing a great job he didn't want to do it again he got voted back in 100 vote it's like what is going on in there it has to be a little bit of a cook maybe j J.C. Tretter really gets in there, AJ. Maybe that is the thing.

I wonder if J.C. wants to stay in that industry. Does he want to continue with the PA? What will he do next? Big brain football? The NFL is probably trying to recruit him away to make him turn sides. Go to New York and work for Raj. Goodle.

Do you think there will ever be a time where the NFLPA and the NFL are good partners? No. Why? I mean, I guess they're, I would assume like they're respectful partners, right? They respect each other, I think. Do you? No, I don't think the owners and everyone respect the players. They respect what they can do on the field,

but they think they're just all big, dumb idiots. Yeah. You know what? Rightfully so at times, no question. Yeah, look at us speaking into microphones. But I don't like the fact that it's always, and maybe this is just me being naive, and once again, this could happen.

But as somebody who's always been very interested in business and how things go and what partnerships and, like, hey, this is how this. It was always like we're going to war with the fucking nfl when we go to negotiation right publicly saying publicly being like why yeah you're right why was that hey we're loading up to go to war and it's like uh should we maybe not just tell them to fucking get pissed off and get all their billionaire lawyers to get to come in here and just try to fucking kill us. You're actually putting a scoreboard up now whenever you're like, yeah, we're going to battle with them. It's like, well, people are going to judge now who

won and who lost, and you did. You lost. That is the proper thing. I wonder if there will ever come a time where it's like we obviously know we need each other, but the owners are always going to fuck in. Yeah. The owners are always going to fuck in. Players are always gonna have to players are gonna have to start the only power players have is to sit out games which i don't want to

see them do i would never want to be a part of that but that's the only power players have yeah i'm happy we're retired for that yeah i don't want to be a part of that i don't want to be on that decision no hey you take a stand with us it's like yeah yeah but man come on i mean yeah i'll take a stand. I guess I saved money. I'll go do some stand-up or whatever. What the fuck is this guy going to do? He's dead. This guy's got no money.

He's done. He's done. Yeah, but you guys are doing it for the future. Okay. There was a strike in like 87, I believe. And there were scabs, too, you know? Some of the scabs still getting jobs around the NFL. Oh, not making friends.

No, they are liked by the NFL. Yes. Presidents of NFLPA, not getting jobs. Not getting jobs. Those scabs will be fucking, they'll have jobs forever in the NFL if they want to. Well, and with the deals between the NFL and the NFLPA, it's 31 of the best businessmen in the history of the world. They're all billionaires for a reason.

They probably don't see it like, hey, there's something called a good deal for both sides. I doubt they believe in that. They know it's a good deal for them, and it has to be a bad deal for the other guys because it's kill or be killed. What did LG say? Somebody walked out of the deal smiling. They shouldn't be smiling after a deal we made with them. Let's just fucking make it up.

End that deal. They should not be happy with it. It's like, God damn, that is cutthroat right there. Don't you think the only way, and it'll probably never happen because those guys make so much money while they're playing, but it'd have to be like a top team like a quarterback who was like a star in the league for like if payton or like tom brady was the head of the nflpa i feel like the communications between both sides would be a little bit different but those guys

like there's true breeze was a big part of it yeah but he also stole millions of dollars from the nflp no he sold merch join us now as a guy who remember remember he got stole millions of dollars from the NFLPA. No, he sold merch. Join us now, this guy. Remember? Remember? Out of the people who got paid from the NFLPA, it was like Demoree Smith, 30K. I think it was Dominique Foxworth had like 15K. And then Drew Brees had like $2.8 million. Wow, he sold a lot of merch.

His jersey. So, nine's a round, obviously. But PPP, what was that? No, he was doing merch. It was merch. Joining us now is a businessman, a two-time Super Bowl champion. Nines around, obviously. What was that? No, he was doing merch. It was merch. Joining us now is a businessman, a two-time Super Bowl champion. Played for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 12 years. Ladies and gentlemen, it's great to have him back.

Absolute superstar, Ike Taylor. Yeah, Ike! Holy shit, Mike. Let me put the shirt on, bro. It's a weird thing. I mean, this is a weird angle. You know? This is an angle. That's like it. What, bro? Ike, you look a weird angle. You know? This is an angle. That's slugging.

Bro. Ike, you look like you're in good shape still. Compliments. Huh? Looks like the fans going. Louisiana, Florida, hot as fuck right now. Yeah? Yeah, I'm in hella shape to be exact, which the keeper 100 was.

I'm in hella shape, man. You and the kid training right now? Is that what's going on? Is he keeping you young, keeping you in shape? Or will you always be yoked up? No, I don't know about yoked up, but he definitely passed me. Oh, really? You look pretty good.

So the kid's ready to go? Oh, 100%. If you check them out, man, they got them for the 2025 class. Check out Ivan Taylor. They got him ranked 31. I think he's the number one safety at his position for 2020. Let's go, Ivan.

Go make more money than your dad. 100%. Yeah, absolutely. How's NIL deal? Is he getting any Lambos or any Ferraris or anything showing up at the house and maybe go to a school? He's just a sophomore in high school, so we'll wait and see. Hey, they're sending some of these.

Oh, yeah. Like freshmen, they're getting shit of these oh yeah you know like freshmen they're getting shit now are they allowed are you in florida where are you like i know certain states different high school kids can't be paid yeah i'm in florida we started all that way back where's a lot of documentaries about that actually how it got started in florida you know yachts and thoughts yeah and then rats and snitches and yeah bags Yeah, bags. Wait a minute, man. Wait a minute. Yeah, I'm just telling you about what happened at the University of Miami,

the Hurricanes, that entire run. They were living a much better life than everybody else. 100%. Michael Irvin would tell you that. Not only were they winning, they were living the greatest life. Hey, you know those yacht parties you see in movies in Miami? Yeah, these dudes were doing that every single night, and then they were winning championships.

What a college experience. That's real. Could you imagine dudes were doing that every single night, and then they were winning championships. What a college experience. That's real. Could you imagine how much fun that would be? That would be a blast, Ike. Man, you know, adults actually go and vacate and have fun in Miami. So picture going to Miami, playing football as a college kid,

and doing everything adults want to do when they retire in Miami at 18 years old. What a... Pre-internet. Hey, they can do that right now. Pre-internet and phones with cameras. I mean, that's and doing everything adults want to do when they retire in Miami at 18 years old. Pre-internet. Hey, they can do that right now. Pre-internet and phones with cameras. I mean, that's happening right now again, right, with Miami. Now, obviously the cameras, but they're all the way back down there, aren't they?

Isn't it Miami? Not that you want to, but I think they're all the way back right now. No, they're trying to get back, though. They're trying. They got the right coach. They're excited about their coach, so we'll see what happens this year. All right, let's talk NFL football. Mike Tomlin has to make a decision and do something that a lot of teams have had to do.

He has not had to do in his entire head coaching career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. New quarterback, new offense. How do you think he's going to handle it? How do you think he's going to play it? And do you like the fact that his Instagram is up and active? He's doing a lot more interviews. You know, Coach T's out and about. He's doing a lot more interviews. You know, Coach T's out and about and it feels like it's good for all parties.

Yeah, what I told Coach T when I was there at training camp, I said, Coach, you've been evolving. And, you know, he was like, the reason why I've been evolving, I got two boys. I got one, you know, he 18, 19 years old. I got another one. He in his early 20s. So it kind of forced me to evolve and forced me to be open-minded now when you go and watch coach T how he interact with his with his young boys from the rookies and even to his veteran guys man he gets along with everybody so he understand everybody he understand every generation to be honest with you so coach T ain't looking at it like okay Pittsburgh Steelers used to be like this back in the day he don't ever bring that up he's always looking forward to he's always in the moment. So that's why these kids love and respect Coach T.

Not only he's super smart, got a high IQ in football, but the fact that he just lets these kids be – not kids, these young men, be young men, regardless on what we want to say from our generation or how football should have looked or how football should look. Because he mentally and physically, man, he just evolved from generation to generation. That's why I love him. That's super cool to hear.

Do you think – like I always wonder what he does special, and you laid it out perfectly, like how he can relate to guys. Do you think he just seems like people know how much he cares? That's what I – when I see him talking to his team or players, I'm like this dude loves his players. He loves football. And I would assume like players, that's got to feel pretty good.

Man, cause T feel like he's more than just a coach. You know, he's a father, he's a cousin, he's an uncle. He just so happened to be the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So of course T wants to wear all the hats when it comes down to grooming

these young men, not only on the field, but off the field as well. Again. So Coach T wants to wear all the hats when it comes down to grooming these young men. Not only on the field, but off the field as well. Again, so that's why I said just make Coach T special. Yeah, you might not like his style, but who cares? That's how Coach T feels. Everybody likes his style. Who doesn't like his style? I mean, the people who don't like his style, I mean, they can

you know what they can do. But from Coach T's standpoint, man, just from looking at him in training camp, because I was up there for three weeks, I'm going to wind up being a scout for the Pittsburgh Steelers, one of the scouts for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Is that breaking news? I don't know about breaking news, so I'm just going to let you know,

like I will be working for the bird, for Six Bird. But scouting has always been a dream of mine, a dream job. Congratulations. That's awesome. Appreciate you. Is this real or are we like speaking this into existence? Nah, this is real, baby. Let's go.

Hey, this is a big deal. Scouting, getting the GM, we'll have some real influence in the NFL. I love this. Hey, Mac, I think I was one of the first active players to actually be in a draft room on draft day or just sit and draft and scout meetings while I was playing. Like, I understood the business side of it. You know, during the draft day, Mr. Rooney, Coach T,

and the Rooney family and Kevin Colbert at the time, they allowed me to sit in draft day meetings and on draft day when it was time for them to handle their business. And what I thought for them to handle their business was, hey, I can buy the draft for Corners, so you need to get your ass out. You can come back in. So that's exactly what happened. But, yeah, man, it's always – I always thought I had an eye for it. Obviously, they think I have an eye for it.

I always thought I had an eye for it. Obviously, they think I have an eye for it. I just got to button up on the grading scale and exactly how the Pittsburgh Steelers now want to do it with the new GM, Omar Khan. So, yeah, man, that's what I'm at. I'm super excited. Yeah, you should be. And I'm super excited as a former player that you're getting this opportunity.

And I assume Pittsburgh Steelers fans are pumped too because this continues the tradition of the Steelers having alumni be a part of the operation. It's like a family. It's a college operation. We talked to Omar Khan a couple weeks ago. Seems like he's a great dude. I can't wait to see what you do with your scouting eye. Kenny Pickett's got everything you need, right?

Moxie seems to have this calm, cool collectedness about him in the huddle, I guess, is what everybody's saying. Doesn't feel like moments get too big for him. He's a guy, right? Feels like he's a fucking guy. Nah. Coach T, he making it hard on Coach T not to play him. You know, this is just coming from his teammates. You know, they forget sometimes that Kenny is a rookie.

But people got to understand Kenny is a four-year starter, so he's well-seasoned when it comes down, when it comes from coming from college. You know, but then when you look at him on the field, he didn't did everything you wanted him to do. He didn't did a 70-play drive. He didn't did a 50-yard drive. He went through some adversity.

He didn't did a two-minute drive. So every time Kenny Pickett gets on the field, he he's successful and he's cool and collected about it i said it on my show like man i just feel like kenny pickett just been chilling with the monks for a couple of years like nothing really bothers kenny pickett once he get on the field regardless of how we look at it okay here go adversity situation let's see what ken Kenny Pickett do. Check that off. Here go another adversity situation. Let's see what Kenny Pickett do. Check that off. Here go another adverse situation

with Kenny Pickett. What he do? Let's check that off. So all these checks coming as a rookie, then you just go back. You're like, man, here's a four-year starter. Play the man. He think, I think you need to start for the season. Oh, that's big news right there out of the scout for the pittsburgh steelers ike taylor because everybody that's just my personal opinion on the flip side

when it comes down to having a mr a mitchell trubisky yes mitch has been a pro bowler once in his career yes mitch has started more games than anybody else and people will say okay we know what mitch is we know who Mitch is. No, you don't because Mitch never been in this situation. Now, Mitch, from a quarterback standpoint, the grass is greener. Usually they say the grass ain't always greener. So going from Chicago being a backup and Buffalo now having the opportunity to start for the Pittsburgh Steelers, you can see what Mitchell Trubisky can do well.

You know, he's just a grade above Kenny Pickett. And the reason why I'm saying he's a grade above Kenny Pickett is because he had the experience. But he has everything you look for at his disposal. He has two tight ends. He has four wide receivers. He has a running back. Only thing they're really missing is the offensive line,

which is the most important thing. I hope they get that as well. Please don't blame that on me. Start scouting, Ike. Yeah, fucking start scouting. Now we know exactly who to tweet, by the way. If you're a Pittsburgh Steelers fan or a Yinser at all, and you think there's any holes in the roster, this is the man you tweet at.

From now on, this is the man that needs to hear, right? I mean, that's kind of the job. Hey, I'm getting in the game. We'll put it all on me. That ain't going to do nothing but make me get better and go get some dogs. Yeah, go get some dogs. Go ahead, AJ. Do you think that plays into, like, the decision for Tom on the deal line?

And if he's not really sure what they're going to be, especially early in the year, do you think it could have him leaning towards Mitch? Yeah, you know, Coach, he is not in the business of making excuses. I think he just said a couple of days ago, man, he don't send messages. He make moves. That's exactly what he's been doing. So, Coach, he'll figure this out ASAP.

In a couple of hours, in a couple of days, what he needs to do with his offensive line. So, it's just now the Pittsburgh Steelers have quarterbacks who are now mobile. They're younger and they're mobile, so they're able to escape. You just don't want to put a young guy like Kenny Pickett out there, which honestly it really doesn't make sense. You might as well throw him out there because he's been handling his business with an okay offensive line thus far obviously i think

them guys it just takes time and chemistry you know if if we y'all play we play football we all play football if it's if it's one group that needs jail and that's gonna take time to jail it's gonna be that offensive i like that he said you know i don't send messages i make moves uh coach tom what do you mean i just just cut motherfuckers. What are we even talking about? Basically is what he said there. But he knows. He knows what it looks like.

Been there, done that. Knows what they need. I'm excited to see what he ends up doing. At Tone Diggs, obviously, big time Yenzer. I almost said stupid Yenzer. You did not deserve that at all. I just felt like it was just coming out. That was rude of me, Tone. You did not deserve that at all. It was just coming out. That was rude of me, Tone.

You did not deserve that. Yinser, Tone, please. That'll happen. Ike, you've been on Steelers teams, Steelers defenses, where they were the leaders of the team. How do you feel about, like, TJ and Cam, and how do you think they feel about playing in this preseason game three? Like, is that something they need,

or are we worried about guys like that playing here? You know, it's not up to them. It's up to Coach T. So they can say if they want to play or not, but Coach T, I think Cam and TJ, they want to play all the

time. You kind of got to police those two. You got to tell them when to fall back, because all they want to do is play football. know so yeah they are the leaders i think cam is much more of the vocal leaders and tj tj like i'm gonna show y'all mf's who the hell i am and that's the former defensive league mvp that's what tj does cam might be one of the most underrated defensive linemen to the outside world of football now you talk to anybody who plays a sport in the NFL, they'll definitely tell you that Cam is a damn dog and he's an all-pro every day, all day.

He's got that head. Are you going to take that into your scouting? Like, hey, how big is the fucking dome? Coach T, that's his nickname. They call him Head. False. Hey, that brain on Cam. Yeah, exactly.

Could you imagine? I mean, is that going to be something you look at? I know if A.J. was to be a scout, A.J. Hawk, he would – how big is the guy's dome? Nah, small head. Don't like him. Going to get a concussion. Is that something you're going to look into?

What is going to be like something, a caveat of Ike's scouting that nobody else has? Man, he's got to pop in the tape and see if the man bought. If the man got – if he's a football player and he got a small head and he hasn't had concussions, then we all good. If you're a football player and he got a small head and he's been having concussions, well, then that's a red flag. So it's just some things you got to use common sense in.

Obviously, Cam got a – he got a dome on him. Yeah. They call him – they call him Blosky. It's just some things you got to use common sense in. Obviously, Cam got a dome on him. They call him Blosky. Nick, your question for Ike Taylor. Ike, you spoke glowingly of Kenny Pickett. You mentioned Mitchell Trubisky. What about Mason Rudolph? What's going on with Mason?

You like Mason? Have a drink with Mason Rudolph? Have you ever had fun with Mason Rudolph? Hang out with him? I F with Mason heavy. I F with him heavy. Me too. Fuck you. I F with Mason Heavy. I F with him heavy. Me too. Fuck you. I F with Mason.

Yeah, see? I didn't want to say that word. See, but it's just looking at it. All of this is all for my opinion. I'm going to roll our roll with Kenny Pickett.

I think Kenny Pickett is ready right now. That's good, Kenny. Yep. I think sometimes you just got to do things outside the box. A couple of years ago, I would say there is nothing wrong with sitting Kenny Pickett and establishing Mr. Trubisky and letting him do what he needs to do.

You would call Mr. Trubisky a bridge. But just all the effort and all the boxes Kenny Pickett has checked off, there's no need not to not start the young man, my personal opinion. Well, Mason Rudolph gets a little slander from the Yenzers. I don't know if you know this. Obviously, you've got to keep your blinders on and just do your job and not listen to the people around town. But Yenzers have said terrible things about Mason Rudolph.

Oh, yeah, horrible. And Mark Caboli, I don't know you, Mark Cab Caboli is obviously a beat writer for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He goes, Mason's throwing the ball around the yard. Yeah, look down. He's throwing the ball at George Pickens. I mean, that guy's a fucking dog. How about Pickens? Oh, you're talking about GP?

Where GP? GP fit to put pressure on a lot of defenses listen the dude just so effortless with it and the crazy thing about it is he enjoys his teammates having more success than him

he doesn't even know how good he's going and I can tell you that GP from the ballerina toes on the sideline, athleticism, and he does something a lot of receivers don't want to do, and that's blocking. Like, he wants to block.

You know? He wants Najee to come this way, run this way, because he feels like Najee will have a lane because of his blocking. A lot of receivers, you know, hey, how many catches I done had? How many yards I had? GP already know, man, how many catches I done had, how many yards I had. GP already know, man, I'm about to get all them yards. Regardless.

So, GP, hey, if you throw the ball my way six times, I'm going to catch five out of them. I'll probably score twice, and I'm going to make a few people miss. And by the way, if we wind up just running the ball the whole game because that's the game plan, I guarantee y'all will have more pancakes than the offensive line. Best GP thoughts. How does he end up a stealer? Man, that injury coming from college.

Remember that scouting later. Hey, you need to remember that in your scouting shit. If a guy's a guy, he's a guy. I had him the number one receiver. I had him the best receiver coming out in the draft. I had GP. Man, I saw Coach T, and I told Coach T this. I saw Coach T at their pro day, right?

And I saw the way Coach T looked at GP coming out his breaks. I said, Coach, he going to draft him. I said, if he's there, Coach T. I know that look from Coach T. I said, Coach, he going to draft him. I said, if he's there, Coach T, I know that look from Coach T. I said, Coach T would draft. I think he did like a 14-yard in, a 14-yard in route. And he came out the break smooth. And Coach T was like, ooh.

Oh, I said, oh, I seen that look. Coach T about to get his ass. And that's exactly what Coach T did. Imagine him and Colbert play cool play cool fucking pick your jaw jaw up off the floor please okay there's other people just saw we just saw coach t's i don't know many motherfuckers doing that he has showed up every practice he's done something electrifying from like day one every preseason game he's been in he's done something electrifying it just it feels like some people hit on things.

And the Steelers hit on wide receivers for whatever reason. Somebody's got an eye. Hey, they do this. I like seeing this. There's a good trend. You think GP put up 200 on you? You think 250 on you? 275? 300? 300 yards on you or no? Man, don't disrespect me like that.

Hey, man. I love you, but you almost had me cursed. Don't disrespect me. Oh, no, no. I loved it. That's what I was looking for. But listen, but listen. Like, G, GP going to be special, bro. And I'm just going to throw it out here.

I won't be surprised if he get rookie of the year. Oh, good odds, I think, actually, on George Pickens. Because normally the quarterback is where everything's sitting in the world that we're in. Got to be surprised if he gets Rookie of the Year. Oh, good odds, I think, actually, on George Pickens. Because normally the quarterback is where everything's sitting in the world that we're in. Got to be a superstar player. Pittsburgh, quarterback situation, wide receiver, probably not a lot of people betting on it. What are the odds for him to win Rookie of the Year?

Actually, the odds for Rookie of the Year, Kenny and GP are tied at the top. Let's go! So that's the thing. Yeah, they know. Kenny will get it. Let's go! Damn. So that's the thing. Yeah, they know. Kenny's going to get it. Kenny will get it. Hey, Mac, AJ, so the fact that the dogs, the Georgia Bulldogs,

had a lot of guys get drafted in this draft, right? The fact that if you pretty much ask anybody on that team who played with GP who was really the dog on that team, and they said GP was the dog and how dominant that defense was, and they still saying, oh no, no, GP was the dog. Says a lot about GP, so I'm glad that Pittsburgh still has got GP. AJ and I

saw them come out of the fucking tunnel for that national championship game. We watched them. Ike, I was... AJ, have you ever seen anything like that? I don't think we'll ever see anything like that again. Yeah, Ike, I guess I you ever seen anything like that? I don't think we'll ever see anything like that again. Yeah, Ike, I guess Ike's around more like high school studs. But those guys, both teams came out, and Pat and I both were like, every single player's going to be drafted in the first round, it felt like.

They were so big and so athletic. Bro, I don't know if y'all remember early in the season, they played a small college. Georgia played a small college in the postgame. So the head coach was like, they asked the head coach, how do you feel about this defense dominating y'all offense and y'all team? He was like, did you see those guys out there? He was like, were you watching the same game?

He was like, half of these guys on the Georgia Bulldogs will be getting drafted the first, second, and third round. And the coach wasn't lying. But just seeing them in person, because I was at that national championship game in Indy. Just seeing them boys in person was cool. But actually seeing them, because he say, big boys running, little men hitting.

To see that defensive line run and move like that, I was like, oh, this is going to be a long day for the Crimson Tide. And it turns out it was a rebuilding year for them. That's what Saban said. They lose the national championship. It was a what? I'm just telling you what they said. I'm not the one who said this. Roll

motherfucking tide. Nick Saban just re-upped another contract because somebody curbed his markup paid. He said it's a rebuilding year. Last year, they lost in the national championship. Nah, you don't hit the national championship. Just go out on a gift birthday props and say, man, they won and we lost. No, that ain't going to happen. What are you talking about?

What are you fucking talking about? He's actually got something in his contract. If somebody makes more motherfucking money, they don't. I do. We are renegotiating. He's going to give props to anybody. That ain't the way it goes. I actually think Nick Saban is underpaid, to be honest.

My personal opinion, I think Coach Nick is underpaid. That was my entire take. Guy from West Virginia, if he was told somebody, like, is that Nick Saban calling you right now? Saying, hey, all right. Thanks, all right. All right, all right. Whenever we saw how much he was making,

$11.7 million or something like that, for a guy from West Virginia, and he's already made $100 million in salary and everything like that, that is certainly a lot of money, okay? That is a fucking ton of money. These TV networks, though, like Big Noon Kickoff and Game Day, if they could get Nick Saban on their set, and with what money's getting,

like he can make much more. All right, you got somewhere to go, obviously. I'm good. What are we interrupting? Something serious is happening. Are you kids, are you everything okay? She hitting the phone. Okay, I respect it.

I respect it. Yeah, $11.7 million. I think he could get $20 million like that if he really wanted to on TV. Like just like that if he wanted to. And he's not. So, I think it's an interesting game right now that Nick Saban's playing. Coach Saban, when you got kids coming from the West Coast to play or just to go to Alabama to school, Nick Saban has a lot to do with that. It's that football program.

It's the excitement. It's the fun. It's the college atmosphere. So, yeah, what he has done on the field is unheard of in the past 15, 13, 15 years. But what he generates, the movement, how many guys he didn't got drafted, the atmosphere, the college experience. Just take football out of it. Well, experience. Just take football out of it. Well, you can't take football out of it.

I'm sorry. The college experience from students going in the same road type, being on the field, having that experience, going to national championships, you can't put a price on that, man. So I was looking at how much he got paid. Yeah, he got paid a lot. But me, if I was his age, I would ask for that 20 piece of you. Yep, absolutely.

And he's going to get it at some point, let alone tuition's probably gone up. Oh, yeah. You know what I mean? Tuition's gone up. Buildings have been built. Because the football team is on national television every single weekend. They were doing like hard knocks episodes on Alabama. I ain't never heard anything from Alabama, really.

You see this, you're like, oh, Alabama's got the most state-of-the-art facility. They got the coolest win they went on. Could you imagine being a fucking University of Alabama student? Every week, you get to talk shit to whoever. Every weekend. Hey, who you playing? Oh, Tennessee's got a good team this year. Oh, do they? Hey, we're gonna

fucking kill you. That's how this is gonna go. Such a different life as an Alabamaabama fan i actually i started rolling motherfucking tide myself just because it's kind of it's hard not to it's hard not to get in there like yeah this weekend what are we doing winning by 40 that's what we're doing we're losing national championship rebuild here we're coming back we're all motherfucking tired next year we're gonna be even better i mean it is fun to be an alabama student i'd assume and that is because of nick sab. How do you put a price on that?

You can't, and Nick Saban probably knows that. There's probably back-end deals, too. How much shit does he own? He owns so much shit in Alabama. Car dealerships, I bet. Restaurants, tailgating spots. I assume he's got little hands in everything, as he should. It's good business. Yeah, I agree.

Ike, the boys have a couple more questions for you. Is that alright? Connor, your question is for Ike Taylor. Yeah, Ike, with George Pickens, I think we all assumed boys have a couple more questions for you Is that alright? Connor your question for Ike Taylor Yeah Ike with George Pickens I think we all assumed he was a dog As we saw him and his reaction After getting drafted But as a scout how can you tell if a guy is a dog Do you have to talk to him

Do you talk to like the players teammates Or is it just all on film Well the most part It's on tape in my mind Everything shows on tape And what you see on tape is you just all on film? Well, the most part is on tape, in my mind. Everything shows on tape, and what you see on tape is you just got to go through the drills. And what I mean by the drills is, okay, can he come back? Are they down at half? Can he come back?

Can he rally the troops during adversity? How does he do well against, you know, in a two-minute drill? Okay, after the two-minute drill okay after the two-minute drill okay is it this is the last drive they're down by six can he can he lead his team back to a victory so there's a few things you look at through that then you look at then you look at then you go to his teammates you ask his teammates you ask his coaching staff and how is he as a person you know and obviously for the young man to do something which a lot of quarterbacks haven't done,

he sat in Pittsburgh for four years, you know? And for Coach T and Kevin Colbert at the time, man, they sat and watched this man from the time he was a freshman to the time he was a senior. So they got to see everything. It wasn't enough tape. He put so much on tape that you had to get him. You know what I'm saying?

Then he's in the city of Pittsburgh, and it's hard. People don't understand. Usually your playoff teams are cold weather cities. So for the man to be successful in the city of Pittsburgh, especially in the cold, you know, around end of October, that's when it gets real cold,

to be able to throw the ball from one hash to the other hash. He wears gloves. He wears gloves. Yes, to be able not to let the weather manipulate on how he's throwing the ball, to be able to have a strong arm, to be able not to foam the ball as much. Like, Kenny Pickens is showing you everything that says Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm done with it. Go ahead, Ty.

Ike, the Steelers have the highest passer rating of any rookie quarterback in the NFL preseason since 2015. As much as I can see cigars, he's just slinging first downs. That's right. He just slings that thing. The gloves didn't scare you at all, though, going into the season? Man, I saw Ty wearing gloves. I saw Big Ben wear gloves.

I saw a few people wear gloves. Gloves ain't scaring nobody, man. See, now we nitpicking. Well, his hands are small, too. Yeah, tight hands. The gloves are sweet, man. The gloves give you great grip. Yeah, but he's got baby little hands.

Remember the Carolina Panthers quarterback coach said, fucking hold that ball, boy. I'm seeing him fucking hands. Fucking hold that ball, boy. That's what he said to Kenny Pickett. But the man just laid a touchdown since he was eight years old. Now you got one person talking about, man, his hand's too small. Everybody not going to be perfect.

You know what I'm saying? So do the man ball. When you pop in the tape, do Kenny Pickett ball. If it's a yes, well, let it go then. Kenny Pickett ball. And in college, he had to run to the sideline in between every single play his cardio

was literally higher than anybody else he was doing a marathon every fucking game I mean that was a real thing I can't play with you hey that was what are we

it was real fucking maybe do a little better scouting in between the plays there's a lot going on as well last question for you Ike the host from the Believe Network Believe in steelers podcast ike taylor absolute stallion

two-time super bowl champion go ahead ty schmidt ike the steelers have the longest odds to win the afc north this year and i know there's a lot of other good teams in the division but it seems like they're just kind of always there and they always have been uh under tomlin do you think the steelers can put, make a push to win the division this year? And how do people in like, do people in Pittsburgh expect them to make the playoffs this year? Man,

they got, they got NyQuil when they're talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers. They've been a drilling when they talk about the Pittsburgh Steelers, but it's Pittsburgh. I saw a four. It's called that Kanyan pepper, man. Once they come up with Kanyan pepper,

let me slow this down. Let me say it like I'm not talking to my homeboys. Yeah, talk to the what's, please. I'm saying between Mack and AJ, they're sleeping on the stills. Kanyan and me,

Pittsburgh thinking y'all got us effed up, we on fire. So there's a lot ambient right now happening around here. What did you say? Kanyan? What was the pepper you said? Kanyan pepper. That's not what you said.

You know, we talk different. We talk different now and then. I mean, downtime. We talk different in Pittsburgh. Yeah, come on. Come on. I heard the Polish name Getting the fucking Cajun accent

Really a problem earlier Mitchell Trubisky got you Your accent with Mitchell Trubisky Was a real battle earlier in this conversation You know that I actually thought I have for Mitch Heavy though for real You're the best

Thank you so much for joining us man We appreciate the hell out of you Man I appreciate y'all having me on the show fellas How many wins is Taylor going to have this year? I got 11 Okay ladies and gentlemen Ike Taylor I believe our guest is here

And the way I was told that our guest was here Was incredibly disrespectful And I will not repeat what zito just said about the guest being here okay because our guest does not deserve that the guest that is joining us now is quite a specimen isn't he yeah hell yeah this guy obviously is from detroit so he's uh ready okayly a supporter of a terrible fucking hockey program. Terrible fucking hockey program. That's true. He's obviously been a Super Bowl champion.

He's a hilarious human being. He is TJ Lang. Take it easy. All right. Relax. You going to tell me what Zito said? Well, he did say, and I quote, and since you asked me, and this is journalism integrity, he said, fatso's on.

That's what Zito said. What? What? Whoa. Zito. Think about me. Hold on. Hold on.

We're filling time talking about fucking piranhas, Ohio porn, basically. And all of a sudden, Zito. Fatso's on. Oh, my God. Zito. TJ, you looked good the other day when I saw you. You look great, actually, not just good. I appreciate it.

It was good to see you guys, man. God, does Connor remember that game? He seemed like he was in fucking outer space when I saw him. I'm living out of space, TJ. What happened? Were you all dumped up at that game? He seemed like he was in fucking outer space when I saw it. I live in outer space, TJ. What happened? Were you all doped up at that game? No, I was feeling fine. I just said, you know, I had a wolf T-shirt on,

and I think I give off the appearance that I live in outer space. No, no, what it was was, yeah. You had double pink guy going on there, man. Oh, wow. Soft, what are you going to do? You got to live a little bit. But he had an NFL Films hat hat on and he was yelling at every camera person,

he was on teams with them. That was actually, because the NFL Films people that you have seen a lot of up there at Lions Training Camp were very nice to give us some marked merch. The NFL Films cap, Connor wore it, looked as if he could maybe get on the fucking

field with it. Anytime anytime somebody with NFL films on their body at all, he would startle them. They all have their little earpieces. Startle them, stop them. Say, NFL films! And they go, okay. And then they'd keep walking. Connor is the biggest NFL films mark out there. And I think that's something that should continue.

Yeah, we're all part of the same organization, as we say. Us and the NFL films, you know. Let's move on. You gotta get one of these blue shirts. That's what they're all wearing of the same organization, as we say, us and the NFL Films. Let's move on. You've got to get one of these blue shirts. That's what they're all wearing. Can you see that? Oh, we got one. Baby blue type shirt.

I think we have them. That's the official NFL Films crew. By the way, I was disappointed. Were you guys a little disappointed you didn't get a little cameo action on Hard Knocks? Because I know you guys were at practice last Wednesday. I thought for sure they were going to at least show a little bit of the broadcast. Well, TJ, they didn't show any of Wednesday's practice. You know why.

You were there. Did you see it? Colts just said, hey, we're fucking better than you at football on Wednesday. That's what they did on Wednesday. And they just moved past it. Then they got to Thursday when the Lions said, hey, not so fast, my friend. And I'm loving Hard Knocks. Are you, as a guy that's in there? Yeah, I mean

it's a bit entertaining. I think as a fan perspective it's always nice to get a little bit of an inside view of what's going on in the team. Look, I think we talked about it a couple months ago. I was like, man, this could be good for Dan Campbell. I think last year he was the butt of a lot of jokes around the league.

There you go, man. Official. Fucking good for you. Hey, by the way, you're going to have to confirm a rumor that I heard. You really blew a shot to get on hard knocks, didn't you? And from what I heard, and I don't know if it's true. Like I said, you got to confirm. The comedian that they had in, uh had in the building there last Friday,

I heard wasn't their first choice. Yeah, yeah. Fucking SmackDown. What do you want from me? Sorry. I've got to go to SmackDown. Hey, can we come tell some jokes to the team? You can do SmackDown every week, dude.

You can only do Hard Knocks fucking once. Like, come on. Maybe for some people. I've been to Hard Knocks a few times. I thought it was a poor decision well i thought by the way hard knock's been fun tj honored to be asked about that but and we heard through the grapevine from the fine people at detroit but we have a good relation i think we have a good relationship with them big fan we're the only national show that ever talks about the lions and it's normally just a fucking dunk on foxy but still we talk it. I think we talk about it the most because we have a fan on a mic,

which only show that has that, I think. So, good on you, Fox. Yeah. Good on you, Fox. I mean, that whole thing. Riley Patterson from 52 coming up. What do you think, boys? Go full screen on that.

Go full screen on that. I'm trying. How do you do that? No, no, no. Foxy. Oh, he drove it. Oh, wow. Gorgeous. What was that? A that? No, no, no. Foxy. Oh, he drove it. Oh, wow. Gorgeous.

What was that? A little bit of downwind, too. Got to be honest. Good from 65. Yeah. Go back. Go closer, TJ. Go to close.

See this shit. We got rights. We're allowed to do this. Hold on. Is it field goal period right now, TJ? Looks like it. Boys are just in shells today. We'll see.

I think this is cyber. Can you guys see him? Yeah. Hey, that's a real competition,. We'll see. I think this is cyber. Can you guys see him? Yeah. Hey, that's a real competition, TJ, or no? I think so, man. I think it's a good competition. I think both of them have been absolutely dominating. Look at that, dude, from like 50 out.

And that carried it by easily 20 yards. Yeah, that was like about 30 yards. Well, he's kicking from the 30-yard field goal. That was easily 80 yards. He's kicking from the 30-yard field goal. That was easily 80 yards. That was good from 80 yards. You might not punt this year, fellas. Yeah, you might not with Goff.

I mean, he's slinging it. How are the vibes? We see hard knocks, so we're getting a peek into the building. We're getting a peek into the culture. Feels like everybody's all in with Dan Campbell. And how could you not be, TJ? I don't know, man. I think that's real, man.

You know, I think, AJ, both you guys. I mean, any time you get a head coach that, you know, the guys want to play for, you don't want to let the guy down. You see how passionate he is. And how much this game means to him, I think, is obviously a big hurdle to get over. Because, look, culture, I think, outweighs any sort of, you know, scheme or talent you can have. And these guys want to play for them, man.

They respect the hell out of them. And he respects them. He treats them like men, you know. And these guys want to play for them. So, I'm optimistic. You know, I think, well, obviously, I think they're going to be better than they were last year. It's hard to be worse than three wins. Oh, you got stink, Fox.

I think, honestly, for me, I'm like anything less than maybe like, gosh, I don't know, eight, nine wins right around that 500 mark would be a little bit disappointing. I think they're building the culture. They got the players to at least go compete. Made a surprise. You've seen it, TJ. Won a Super Bowl. You've been on a lot of different programs.

You like it, huh? I do, man. I do. And look, I think, look, some of the shit like we talked about last year with Dan Campbell, you know, he was the butt of a lot of jokes, man. He was, you know, people were making fun of him and his speeches about, you know, kneecaps and lions and all that shit. man he was uh you know people were making fun of him and his speeches about you know kneecaps and lions and all that but when you get a more in-depth look at him and how he commands the

team and how much the guys appreciate and love playing for him i mean that's just like i said i think that's a giant hurdle uh that you have to get over fast and i think uh man this team is all the way in they absolutely love playing for them you goteej, what about Jared Goff? That's the thing, too. You've got to win. That's what everybody's saying. Yeah, yeah. Go ahead, AJ. How's Jared been?

Jared Goff, like, we see him on hard knocks making some good throws, but I don't feel like nationally they're talking much about him. If they want to win, obviously he has to play well. Guy stinks? No? No, I don't think so. I mean, is he one of the best five quarterbacks in the NFL? Probably not.

But is he a bottom five quarterback? I don't think so either. I think he's probably right in the middle right now as far as what we're facing off of last year. But everything you're hearing, I mean, he's a lot more comfortable. Obviously, they went out and got him some different weapons. DJ Chark is a guy who's got something to prove. And, you know, he had a couple of really nice seasons in Jacksonville. I think he could be a surprise player for them on the outside.

Look, when Jamison Williams gets healthy, I mean, shit. I know I can't wait to watch that kid and what he can do just with the speed that he's going to bring. So I think this is going to be finally the first time, at least in the last couple of years, that we're going to actually be able to fairly evaluate what Jared Goff's going to be because last year it's like, oh, he's not playing great. But then you look around, it's like, well, who the fuck's he throwing to?

You know, I mean, he's basically throwing to Hawkinson and DeAndre Swift out of the backfield. Foxy. You're just plugging guys in there left and right. But, no, I think, you know, with the talent he's got around him, and look, with that offensive line they've got, I mean, they've got a chance to be the best in the league. And I don't say that lightly. They really do.

So I think this offense is definitely ahead of the defense as far as this point in training camp. But Jared Goff, I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if he has a really nice year and if the people here at Detroit think that he could be a long-term solution. Whoa! I mean, I'm just telling you, man. I mean, do you need a top two quarterback to win a Super Bowl? I mean, I don't think you do.

I mean, you need a good quarterback, don't get me wrong, but you need Patrick Holmes and Josh Allen and those guys. You can still be a pretty damn good team with above-average quarterback plays, especially with what they want to do here when it comes to running the ball and all that shit. Who's got the aux cord today, TJ? Is that somebody in? Who's got what?

You can't tell, yeah. Who's running the music at the practice? I don't know. You want me to go after Dan? Is he the one putting the music? No, no, no. He just slipped me off. Man. Fuck you, man. TJ... No, no, no. He just slipped me off. Man.

Fuck you, man. Hey, TJ, what up, man? Gotcha. It's usually... It's usually one of the... Isn't it usually one of the equipment guys? I don't know. It's like Miami.

Whoever has the day, whoever has the best day gets an orange jersey, and they put the playlist together for practice the next day. That was an interesting little McDaniels nugget that I saw on the internet. I didn't know how everywhere works. God, he's a fucking, that McDaniel guy, man, he fucking cracks me up. It's like you took the nerdiest fucking dude you could find and just plugged him into head coaching jobs. What is this guy?

Whoa, I like C's MCDC. How do you think he does, T? I don't know. I mean, I like the guy. Obviously, he's coming from a pretty damn successful organization over there in San Fran. Did a lot of creative shit out there. I don't know. You guys think Tua's the guy?

You don't need a top two quarterback. You don't need to do the whole thing. Is it because McDaniel's not doing up-downs over there? Is this not the most interesting fucking thing you've ever seen, watching Deuce and the boys run this team? I mean, it is. I don't think McDaniel's going to do an up-down. Look at him.

TJ! TJ! TJ! Look, hey, we all played for, you know, former players, right? You always have coaches on the snap that are former players. But when you look at these guys that they have with Brunel and Dan and HG and Deuce and, you know, even Hank Fraley on the old line, like these aren't just dudes that played a year or two, had a cup of coffee. Like these are dudes that had very long, successful careers in the NFL. And I think as a player, anytime you get

a chance to learn from them and just soak up all the information you can is very positive. And look, I think, I mean, Deuce is, he's one intense motherfucker. Like, I don't ever, I don't know if I've been on a team with a coach like that. You know, he demands excellence from these guys, man. And that's why I think that, you know, when you talk about building the culture and starting to build an identity from scratch, like, those are the type of dudes you want on your side, man. If I'm in a street fight, like, Deuce might be the one dude I call because he's a mean son of a bitch, man.

But I know the players absolutely love playing for those guys. Hey, TJ, I've heard you're the one person that everybody else would call, too, if we're not street fighting, bar fight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's a big compliment to Deuce Daly, I think. The guy that everybody says they would call too if we're not street fighting bar fight. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So that's a big compliment to Drew Staley, I think. The guy that everybody says they would call, you're number two or three on my list by the way. Just want to let you know that.

Brock Lesnar is still a human that exists. Robert Mathis is still a human that exists. TJ Lang, number three though. AJ right there too. Is it going to be a mobile or is it a fucking phone? He could also probably jump on the other person's side and try to fight you. Well, yeah, that does seem to be his trend.

He's a mark. Yeah. Whoa. It's a pretty big honor to be mentioned with those guys. I'd be honest with you. AJ would be top five on my list for sure. I heard you guys talking about his big old fucking dome that he's got. That thing didn't feel good going against practice either, by the way.

Hey, him and Coon just fucking ran the walk. He's cock strong. I was going to tell you that, TJ. TJ's one of those dudes. TJ has an absolute rock head and you're super cock strong. What a compliment. What a compliment. This is a compliment session. Here we go. Are you guys saying the nicest

things you can say about each other? You're one of the most handsome guys I've ever seen. This is awesome. I can't tell you. When you shave that hair, when you have the long blonde hair You're one of the most handsome guys I've ever seen. Wow! This is awesome. I can't tell you. When you shaved that hair, you know, when you had the long blonde hair and then you shaved that mohawk, like, God bless, man. It was a thing of beauty.

Absolutely glorious. TJ, we were talking to Ike Taylor earlier. He's getting into scouting. I know you're doing some media for the Lions and the team. Are you going to get back in the game watching these former players coach? Are you getting a little thinking about it or no? Man, it's – yeah, I think that thought process has crossed my mind a bunch of times. But at the same time, it's like, shit, do I really want to start working, you know,

six to fucking midnight again? It's like, eh, I'm not ready for that. Yeah. I got three little kids at home. AJ, you know, he's got a bunch of kids too. But you do miss it. I mean, being out at practice, being at the games, like, I mean, that's what you miss. You don't miss fucking training camp.

You don't miss doing one-on-ones. You don't miss that shit. But you miss the locker room and you miss playing those big-time games. So I guess the next closest thing would probably be coaching to be a bigger part of it. But I'm not ready yet. You know, never saying that I'll never go down that path. next coach's thing would probably be coaching to be a bigger part of it but i'm not ready yet you know never saying that it i'll never go down that path but um at this point in my fucking life like i it's just it's just too much hey this is right now this is a like a experiment though you know

for the future of coaching i think and i think a lot of coaches are realizing that too like if mcdc antoine randall well deuce daly aaron glenn are realizing that too. Like if MCDC, Antoine Randall, well, Deuce Daly, Aaron Glenn, Mark Brunel, Fraley, if they have success, like other teams,

we've already seen it before. McVay had success. Every fucking owner was like, what is a, if these players can have success, I think we're going to see a lot of more players coaching. Don't you? I do.

But the one thing like do, are there a ton of former players that are just itching to get back into the game? Big jobs, dude. These are big jobs. I know that, but it's like all the former players I talk to, a lot of them are like, fuck no. Like, no chance I want to go do that shit. Yeah, you probably talked to us about that.

That's fine. Would you ever want to coach? Would AJ ever want to coach? Fucking never, no, yeah. Never, right? So I think there's a lot of former players that have that same mindset that's fine yeah would you ever want to coach when aj ever want to coach fucking never no yeah never right like so i think there's a lot of former players that have that same mindset of like nope nope i'm fucking good you know i'll go coach my son's league or whatever but you're right i mean it is it'll be interesting to see if it becomes a trend you know because like you mentioned with mcveigh and uh shanahan out in san fran and like step Stefanski and all those. It's like, who's the next hottest, you know, young,

offensive-minded genius, you know, that teams are trying to make work. So if the Lions can make it work with all these former players out here coaching, I mean, that probably would become a trend, I would imagine. And there's a lot of players that aren't like us, you know, that they enjoyed never seeing their family, you know what I mean? And like not being at home. Like there's guys that are like, yeah, I actually like sitting in an office

for 12, 13, 14 hours watching the same thing over and over again. But I think the biggest difference with this is guys that are former players, very accomplished, in classic coaching ladder, you come back in, you make nothing,

you get coffee for these other fucks that have done nothing, you draw play cards. Hey, let's get to practice, man. Hey, let's fucking get a period going, man. Let's do this thing, man. I heard that on the other side of that whistle right there. That was fucking awesome.

I can't believe we did it. That was kind of always a joke when it came to former players that are coaching. You're like, you must really hate your fucking family, don't you? No fucking way you enjoy coaching 20 hours a fucking day for whatever nine straight fucking months like no fucking chance but i think now that there's actual real positions happening i think with real payment as opposed to just having there's a chance that i think we'll see more players get involved i think it's good but there's always going to be a place for great coaching and if it's a player who's a great coach let's fucking go ahead and

get them in there because they've been there done that but. But this MCDC and the boys are going to have to have success. Ty Schmidt, your question for TJ Lang. TJ, when you look at the history of Lions draft picks, a lot of those guys who didn't pan out, I think some people were kind of just concerned that all the Lions are going to screw up Aiden Hutchinson. But everything we've seen on Hard Knocks is that he is a dude. Do you think the expectations going into this season is he's going to be

like the defensive rookie of the year? This guy's like a generational type talent? Gosh, I mean, I hate putting those expectations on such a young player, but I do think that is kind of the perception, and I do think that he's expected to have a really damn good productive year. I don't know what that looks like statistically you know like you can't say oh he doesn't have 12 sacks like he's a bust you know because obviously we all know pressures quarterback hits all that thing affecting the quarterback meeting just as

much but uh i do man i i think the coaches are impressed with uh you know his maturity level um coming in and being such a young guy. I think there was some worry. He's from Michigan. He played at Michigan. Now he's playing in Detroit. How much extra pressure and stress comes with that, trying to be the hometown hero, so to say?

But he's been damn impressive. He really has. We've barely seen any of him from preseason so far. He played, I think, one series against Falcons a couple weeks ago. And, you know, first play, he laid a good hit on the quarterback on a play-action pass. And the second play, you know, slam inside, beat Jake Matthews, who's a really good left tackle for a TFL. So those two plays in a row were like, shit, man, like, right, we might have something here. But the coaches absolutely love him.

They love his work ethic. And everything that you usually hear when it comes to, like, a white defensive player, like, high motor, intelligent, you know, can I bust his ass, like all those things. There's more. Go ahead. Go ahead. Coach's son.

First one in, last one out. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Lunch bell. Just the hard work here. Fuck. Deceptive speed. Deceptive speed. Deceptive speed.

Sneaky athlete. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's the one. But I think Aaron Glenn said, you know, hey, shit, like, he's even better than what we thought we were going to get, and we thought we were getting a good one. So I know the expectations are going to be pretty damn high for him. AJ, what'd you run in 40?

Depends who timed it, I guess. All right. All right, Bram, that's awesome. What'd you run in 40? Depends who timed it, I guess. All right. All right, Bram. What'd you run? The guy who timed T.O. Okay, who? Yeah, what do you run? I didn't have official ones when I was at the Pro Day.

It didn't pop up back in the day when I was there. What is it? What'd you tell teams? What's the combine? I mean, can you just give us what it was? 4-4? 4-5 something is the combine. I don't know.

I never got an answer. All right, so how high? You never got an answer. All right. So you never got an answer? Yeah. This is what it's like every day with this guy. 35 different clocks. What are you talking about? This is like old time. I'm fucking 75.

They all have their own stupid clock because they don't trust each other. Well, we understand that. But at some point, number five overall pick, there was a fucking 40-yard time that was put on you. Yeah. And I was just wondering if you had ever heard that. I don't know. I honestly don't know what was put on me. This guy puts his blinders on. I'm going to work out, he says.

How high did you jump? 40. I know that because I was right there. See? Sneaky athlete. 40-inch vertical. Sneaky athlete. That's pretty impressive, H. TJ, did you get drafted? TJ, what's pretty impressive, AJ. TJ, did you get drafted? TJ, what's your story coming out of college?

Did you get drafted? Yeah, I did get drafted. I was fourth round in Green Bay, but I did not go to the Combine. I did not get invited. I went to play one of the – it was like the shittiest all-star game. Oh, the NFL PA Bowl. The NFL PA Bowl. But at the time, it was like Texas versusittiest all-star game oh the nfl the nfl but at the time it was like texas versus the nation or something like it was i don't know it was kind of a joke but um yeah i didn't go

to the combines and i had to uh you know my pro day i think we had quite a few scouts there and then i did a bunch of those pre-draft visits i think i took like 12 of them and it sucked man like it was cool because you cool because you're trying to impress these teams at the same time. You're getting so many mixed signals. I remember going to a team and they're like, hey, we're going to be looking at you maybe third, fourth round. Then I go to Chicago and they're handing me a hat

and they're like, hey, we're going to call you after the draft. Hope maybe you want to come out and try out here. I'm like, I don't know what to fucking expect on draft day. I don't know what's going to happen. I wasn't one of those guys that was like, oh, if I don't get picked in the second round, I'm going to be pissed. It was just, you hear a lot of these guys and some of them, look, Aaron Rodgers still carries that chip on his shoulder to this day about falling in the draft.

But you hear guys all the time like, I'm going to make every fucking team that passed on me pay, you know, that go in the third or fourth round. And it's like, well, your own fucking team passed on you two or three times. So, like, why don't you just be grateful, don't work your ass off and fucking prove everybody wrong. Like, that's kind of, that was always my mindset. That was kind of my story. I was kind of like that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sounds a little negative. Yeah, it sounds like you got a little beef with those people. Yeah, yeah, sounds like it. Yeah, I know. There was one, I don't want to throw names out there. No, you don't. Hey, you guys were talking about J.C. Tretter earlier,

and, you know, my story wasn't too far off from his other than the whole Ivy League shit. But, you know, he was a tight end, and I was like 250 coming out of high school, and I didn't get a lot of offers. I only had one, actually, Eastern Michigan. But I went in there as a defensive end and ended up switching over to O-line and putting on, you know, I don't know, 50 pounds or so in my last couple years. So kind of similar, man, you know.

I think there's a lot of guys. You see a lot of tackles. Like one of the best tackles in the NFL for a long time, Joe Staley, out in San Francisco, he was a tight end. Like his entire high school and college career and then his senior year, they're like, we need a fucking left tackle. And he's like, okay. You know, he goes out there and he's first-round pick and absolute stud out there.

So those are the stories that I like. Guys that just, you know, transformed their body, transformed what they were doing and, you know, became a success story. I think those are awesome. You've transformed your body. You know what I mean? Still that sneaky athlete, White D body. You know what I mean? Still that sneaky athlete, White Diendo. You know what I mean?

TJ Lang, we're talking to Super Bowl champion. Great. So what was it? Mike McCarthy heard a story about you going to some bar in eastern Michigan and clearing the entire place out with two right hands. And then, fuck, it was like, need this guy. I'm going to fuck him. Get him down here.

You know, boom, boom, boom. Is that what happened with Big Mike? You think? Is that what it was? No, I never got into trouble in college. It actually was after that, early on in my NFL career. And look, I didn't get in much trouble. But yeah, I got into a couple of little roughs.

And Mike was always on my side, I gotta tell you I mean I can't go to details but I do remember having a phone call with Mike and he was like you know I was kind of this point I was panicking I'm like oh shit like I'm gonna get cut you know I just you know it wasn't anything crazy stupid but I got on the phone with Mike and he's like hey you're irish i'm irish sometimes we fucking mix it up shit happens and i'm like fucking deal like let's go hey that conversation went very positive hey tj bill polian gave me the same speech whenever i got a for my alleged incident that took place where i ended up getting arrested for a definite well alleged incident definite public intoxication so there's

you know it's two different things i go into bill polly's office after i get out of jail and i miss practice i was late for practice i come out on the field they're practicing on the far field it's like a fucking everybody everybody's just he's alive i guess this fucking guy you're all right geez we've seen a lot about a lot about you this morning you that whole thing happens. So I get all the way over, and I get to like Vinatieri or whatever, and he's like, you all right, bud? I'm like, long night, man. I mean, longer morning, I guess. Yeah, it was certainly something.

And somebody came over like, hey, Bill Pulling wants to talk to you like right now. I'm like, oh, this is going to be terrible. So I go in there, and Bill Pulling goes, look, you're Irish, okay? I'm Irish. Let's keep cool heads in this conversation, okayen goes, look, you're Irish. Okay. I'm Irish. Let's keep cool heads in this conversation. Okay. There's a lot going on here. I'm like, I don't know what that means, but what's going on?

He said, got to suspend you, Patty. Okay. Got to suspend you, Patty. And you need to stay off the hard stuff. Okay. You need to just have beers. You need to stay off the hard stuff. I've had to have this conversation with a lot of my family members.

It's not good. Our blood, Pat pat makes this whole situation happen okay so you just need to lay off the hard stuff and i gotta suspend you for a week and i was like all right i'll try to give that a go you're not first person tell me that but hopefully hopefully this is the time that this all takes place and it seems like for you it clicked after that you needed that moment to happen you think or not i think so i think i needed that uh you know belief and maybe even a second chance you know because like i said me too i think when i think this was like going into my second year so i wasn't even a full-time starter yet and i was kind of like oh like uh this might be the end and when i got that second chance and uh you know even a couple of

my teammates i mean josh was one of my best friends and still is and having a couple of my teammates, Josh Sitton was one of my best friends and still is. Having a couple of talks with those guys, it's like, okay, shit, this is kind of that make or break type moment. When Mike McCarthy kind of gave me that whole second chance kind of speech, it was like, all right, I better not fucking blow this. I remember Ted Thompson coming up to me randomly one day in the hallway. He just kind of tapped me on the shoulder I turned around he was like hey, can I count on you? And I was like, yes, sir You can and after that I was like I better not let these motherfuckers down Why is that for ambulances in a cop showing up at training camp right now? We're in fucking Detroit, boys.

I was at Indy last week. It wasn't much different. Die. Dead bums. I get the Pat McAfee trip this preseason. Your favorite town. We've obviously played Detroit last week at Indy. And this week heading out to good old Pittsburgh on Sunday, man.

So I get the Pat McAfee tour. Hey, let's go. Go ahead, Tom. The line's going to take Mason Rudolph home with you guys on the bus, or how's that going to work out? Oh, God, Brock. I mean, is he better than David Block? No.

Good boy. I don't know. You got – Whoa. I'm trying to figure out how I want to word this. Did you guys watch the game last year when the Lions played Pittsburgh and ended in a tie? It's like 16-16.

One of the worst fucking football games I have ever fucking seen in my life. It was a differential downpour. It was Mason Rudolph, I think, versus Tim Boyle. And it was like, holy fuck. And then we had to sit through ten more minutes of it in fucking overtime. Nobody could even fucking score. That almost made me want to fucking – I almost threw my fucking mic into the stands and fucking walked off.

You're on the sideline. Let's go to TJ Lang on the sideline. Same thing as the first quarter. This is terrible football. All right, let's go back to theeline. Let's go to TJ Lang on the sideline. Same thing as the first quarter. This is terrible football. All right, let's go back to the booth. That's hilarious. Try and miss those kicks. First preseason football.

Oh, yeah. So, Santoso? Connor, your question for TJ. Oh, Santoso missed like a 40-yarder to fucking win. I don't think that ball made it to the fucking end zone. By the way. Oh, yeah, he ducked it. Yeah.

That was that duck. By the way, golf was your starter, okay?, he ducked it. Yeah. That was that duck. By the way, Goff was your starter, okay? Let's not put. No, it wasn't Goff. Hey, that was Mason versus Goff, pal. That wasn't Mason versus Boyle. Was it Goff? Yeah, it was.

Yeah. Look at you with your little Mandela effect here trying to fucking change it to fit your narrative about Mason. It was an awful fucking game. That's all right. All right. Well, maybe you guys take Mason home then. Go ahead, Connor.

Yeah, TJ, do you get the feeling that the offensive line is going to be kind of like a top-tier line, top five this year, and is that why you don't think you need a great quarterback behind them just because they're so good? Yeah, no, I think, fuck, I would be surprised. Now, if those guys stay healthy, last year, you know, Decker missed a couple games. Frank Ragnow missed like 12 games.

He's an all-pro center. He's eating an apple piece. He's eating a broken neck. Frank Ragnow missed like 12 games. He's an all-pro center. He's eating an apple, please. He's eating an apple. Frank is like, we all played with those kind of subtle, funny, kind of dry dudes that didn't even know they were funny. Frank was at the top of the list. He's just one of the funniest fucking dudes. And we see a little bit of it on hard knocks.

I mean, I know those O'Lyman like to stay away from the cameras. You always get the fine board going and the media whores and don't you know stay away from the cameras fellas type thing but frank would be an absolute fucking star if he ever wanted to put a mic on during hard knocks but no i do i think i'll be honest with you man i think this offensive line is um right now probably top five by the end of the season i would be surprised if they're not mentioned in at least the top three units of the NFL. And yeah, I think, look, what Dan Campbell wants to do, I mean,

he's just that old school type dude. You know, he wants to fucking run the football. He wants to run the ball 30, 35 times a fucking game and take some shots downfield when he has to. And I don't think you need, you know, you don't have a quarterback that you're going to need to throw the ball 50 times a game to try to go win. I think this offensive line, everything starts with those guys.

They stay healthy, and if they're able to dictate how the game goes and control the line of scrimmage, man, I think they're going to be able to be one of the better offenses in the league. Go ahead, AJ. Teej, last thing for me. I want to pivot off the lines quick. What do you think is going on in New England? How would you handle that?

They have a couple different guys calling offensive plays. Who knows, maybe three guys if Belichick steps in. What do you think is the plan? I don't know. I haven't heard... Normally at camp, you hear a little bit of optimism. I haven't heard a fucking word of

optimism coming out of New England. No way! I haven't heard one single positive coming out of there.. No, no way. I haven't heard like one single positive coming out of there. And now with old Matty P calling plays, I mean, it's just like, I don't know. I mean, look, would I bet against them? No. I don't think I would ever bet against a Bill Belichick team. But I don't know.

I mean, this is kind of overreaction time of year as well, you know. Cole Strange, bro. Cole Strange, the next Logan Macon. What motherfucker was the fourth rounder? They just fucking took him? Oh, shit. Fucking idiot. How about Bill getting a UFC title?

Awesome. How about this moment right here with Dana out in Vegas and then goes to the front of the team. Boys, fuck off. Check it out. He looks happy though. Mac looks happy and comfortable. Bill looks happy and comfortable. I feel like Bill and I might be wrong and you said you won't

bet against him because Bill Belichick. I think everybody that was in the league during the Patriots dynasty is just kind of like conditioned to be like, yeah, Bill's going to figure it out. Bill will fucking figure it out. I think that's how we all are. But I judge how comfortable and confident people are whenever they're not.

Like Mac on the sideline, he seemed very fucking comfortable during those games when he wasn't playing. Looked very happy. Bill's got a belt on, a UFC title belt, celebrating having a moment with Dana White. If he was that fucking worried, you know what I mean? That's what I'm trying to read into because I think that's the only positive that has come out is us saying mac

looks comfortable bill looks happy but that that's a real thing right now tj it's not normal this is not normal no we usually don't see that side of bill right i mean everything we usually see is just the kind of little smug responses at the podium and my god can you imagine asking him a question in the back of your mind being like i hope he doesn't think this is gonna be the dumbest kind of little smug responses at the podium. And my God, can you imagine asking him a question in the back of your mind being like, I hope he doesn't think this is going to be the dumbest fucking question on earth. Can you imagine trying to ask that guy questions

and knowing you're not going to get a response? Hey, TJ, TJ, TJ, TJ, you know this though. If you go up to somebody and you have any sense of fear in your voice, they're not going to take you serious. I think Bill knows as soon as the person starts their question, this person is scared to death of me, and they're going to be treated as such.

Has anybody ever gone to Bill like, what's up, Bill? Like, how's the fucking offense doing, man? Like, has anybody ever, you know, like, has anybody really approached him like that? Because it is a, it's a fear thing whenever you get in there. Yeah, and if you really do want to just hit a home run, you just ask him about long snapping, and he'll love your question, and that's it.

I don't know why people just don't do that every time they get the chance to ask him something. I have a question for you, Bill, over here. Yeah. Fourth long snapper on your 2010 team. Name goes Bubba. How did he get there? Good question.

20 minutes. Boom. Yeah. Diatribe about it and then he moves on is that because you think is that strategy all strategy or is that for him you think at this point you think he just enjoys fucking with people at this point of his career god both i mean i guarantee he gets a thrill out of it you know at the same time i mean i don't know i mean when i had you know pat, Patricia here for that year in Detroit,

it was kind of the same thing. Like, every media member's an asshole. Don't give them shit. You know, don't tell them anything. So you kind of understand that, too. But with Bill, it's like, God, I don't know. I mean, you got to think, like, there's a couple coaches in the world of football that are kind of grandfathered into, like, being that hard- hard-nosed asshole type dude, you know, because they win.

And like Bill Belichick's one of them and gosh, probably Nick Saban's the other one. Like that's just who they are. They're not changing for anything. But I think even last year there were a couple of signs of Bill where it was like, God, it seems like he's kind of loosened it up a little bit, right? Lighten it up a little bit outside of the normal world. We see him at the podium having a little bit, right? Lightening up a little bit outside of the normal world we see him at the podium.

Having a little bit more fun, you know what I mean? Kind of changing, maybe adapting to the younger crowd of kids now because I don't know, your guys' last couple years, I don't know if you guys know the difference, but some of these kids coming from college, like, fuck, you can't criticize them at all without them kind of just putting themselves in a shelter

and shutting down. It's a new style of coaching, and I think Bill's, you know, look, from what I've seen the last couple years, at least, kind of seems like himself in a shelter and shutting down. It's a new style of coaching. And I think Bill, you know, look, from what I've seen the last couple years at least, kind of seems like he's starting to adapt a little bit more to, you know, not being necessarily a player's coach, but, you know, lightening up a little bit, having a little bit more fun, not taking things so fucking serious 24-7. You know, because, you know, as a player,

that's what wears you out the fucking most. Does Bill even care about the Patriots winning anymore? I don't like it. Is that what you're saying, TJ? No, I'm just saying, I think, look, when those old school guys left, Tom and Gronk and all those guys that were kind of your leaders that, you know,

everybody's bitching in the locker room and they're like, Chuck, you know, I know it sucks, guys, but we win fucking Super Bowl. It's like, fucking deal with it. When those guys left, it's like, all right, got a new brand of players in here. Might have to adapt a little bit and adjust. And I think, I don't know. That's just from a couple of things that I've seen. And you bringing up the UFC belt with Dana White there, everything was cool.

It doesn't seem like that would have happened, you know, maybe five, ten years ago. You know, it kind of seems like things are starting to lighten up a little bit around him. What if he is like, you know, maybe I should enjoy a moment of my life other than just those ten minutes after a win. You know, like maybe he's like, I can expand that from – I only get really – for a long time I only got 16 opportunities during regular season to be happy. Yep.

And those were only for five-minute increments. And if we, God forbid, lost the game, there's one gone. So maybe he's just now like hey there's a lot of other days of the year too and i'm allowed to enjoy life with a little bit and that's great news i like that there's that and there's like there's way more like access to it like remember when randy moss was on the patriots before he retired he was like thanked everybody and then thanked bill belichick and robert craft in the new england organization so some of it's like you can see more and then other parts of it

are people haven't seen that before and now they're thinking it's the first time. TJ, you say organization or organization? Organization. Thank you. Is that fucked up? Is that wrong? No, that's right. It's perfect. What you're saying is right.

Who says organization? Pricks. Fucking assholes yeah right here trying to say all right pat are you trying to say you think bill's maybe in those golden years where it's like hey you gotta stop and smell the flowers once in a while you know this could be gone somebody and this happens i think to a lot of older folks that are like super business and work driven somebody dies right, right? Somebody dies that they know. And I'm not saying this happened with Bill. I have no fucking idea who he knows. Somebody passes away though,

and they have conversations or it happens and it's like a realization like, oh shit, this could be me. And then it feels like that happens, doesn't it? Scrooge is like a movie living of that almost. But I think it does actually happen to super driven and people that are just focused on work all the time maybe it's because ernie retired yeah for sure yeah you know yeah when you see like tears like god i can't imagine like god maybe 10 15 years down the road hopefully you know we're still picking but you

know guys our age start to kind of go a little bit. You're like, shit, man, you know, I hope this whole, like, Kentucky shit or whatever, however you start thinking, yeah. I totally get that. You know, I think Bill is definitely in the – probably in the twilight of his career. I don't know how much longer he's got, but it's kind of like one of those, hey, man, you don't know how long it's going to last. Kind of slow down and at least enjoy what's left of it at least, you know. Yeah, it's like players, too, towards the end of their careers, they get miserable because they get jaded. How long is this going to last? Kind of slow down and at least enjoy what's left of it at least, you know?

Yeah, it's like players too. Towards the end of their careers, they get miserable because they get jaded. They hate this business. And then towards the end, it's like, I want to enjoy this meeting, you know? I don't know how many more I got. I'm going to enjoy this practice. Hey, we got to be here. We get to be here.

It's probably happening there in football. Will it lead to another Super Bowl for the New England Patriots? That is honestly the question. Yeah, definitely. And he is inching closer to that Shuler record, so there probably is some sense like, okay, once I get to there, then maybe, you know, one or two more seasons. All right, Tony, your question for TJ.

I only had the Mason question. Okay, good. Let's get the fuck out of here. Nice! Hey, TJ, how many wins? You said eight or nine for the Lions? I think so. I would say anything less than eight, I think, would be, God, I don't want to say disappointing, but disappointing. Wow.

Foxy, any questions for TJ? No, that's all I need to know. Are they doing up-downs in the back? I'm hearing it. I don't know. I think they're just, today's like a little jog through pace. I don't know if you guys can see that too well. A little bit of shell work going on.

It sounds like they had a pretty damn hard practice on tuesday so they're kind of chilling it down now getting ready for getting ready for game day on sunday i'll take care of you i got a question for you guys before you leave be honest with me are these sunglasses too small for my head turn aside let me see the side of your head oh that's okay no no you think You don't think there's too much face showing right in here? Turn to the side. We can't see it right now. Obviously, we didn't. No.

I think you look good. You look great, man. No worries. I'm a very self-conscious sunglasses wearer. Well, Zito said Fatso's here. Yeah, true. Good Lord, Zito. I don't get too upset with that anymore.

I'm comfortable. Hell yeah. Good lord, Zeno. I don't get too upset with that anymore. I'm comfortable with it. Hell yeah. Wearing that spandex again underneath the t-shirts. Get up to look. Get up to image. Hey, Foxy has a question. Zeno looked fucking good when I saw him, too. That's right.

Zeno's losing weight right now, TJ. Dude, I tried to talk to him. He just like scurried away to the fucking back For a handshake and he fucking once the next person You were in the fucking back so, you know, I couldn't fucking reach That's hey, by the way Zito took it as you talking to somebody else instead of him. That's why the fatso is here.

That's why the negativity is here. I'm clearing this all up now. That's disrespectful. Are you guys okay? Say hi to Danny. She's our team reporter. Danny, you're doing a great job, Danny. I don't know if you can hear it. Oh, ear.

Oh. Why'd you put two together? That was disgusting. That was disgusting. Danny, we are so sorry. That is. Gee whiz. Put it in. That was disgusting. We are so sorry. That is. Put it in. Put it in.

I need to clean those fuckers out. Oh, what's up, Foxy? Foxy, did you have something? TJ, were you at the player-led practice? What was your perspective on that? And who was leading that thing out of the players? I was not here, but I would imagine, imagine you know i think boff had a pretty big hand in it kind of getting you know set up and whatnot but look i think uh my takeaway

was you know coaches trying to give these guys ownership you know i think man aj i'll tell you green bay it was uh we had the playbook you know in paper and then we had to playbook what players wanted to do on sunday you know and And I think any time we had ownership in it, it made you want to work a little bit harder to make sure everything worked, everything was crisp, you know. Like, Pat, like, shit, if your coach went up to you and was like, hey, design me a fake punt. You got it. When you run that bitch on Sunday, you're going to be like, hey, motherfuckers, we better make this work. Like, this is mine, you know. So I think any time you have ownership as a player from that perspective perspective it definitely gives you a little bit more uh of an empowerment feeling you

know and with coach campbell he's like man like this is their team like they need to go and run practice they need to make the corrections they need to help each other um speaking about the leaders that they have so i thought it was a good idea man i thought it was something new something different especially at this time of camp when you're, you know, whatever, three weeks in and everything starts getting monotonous and just, you know, same shit day after day. Anytime you can change something up, you're going to have a little bit different energy,

a little bit different use to it. So I thought it was, from all accounts, it sounded like it was very successful. Yeah, and if you draw something up and it works, you get more freedom, too. So that's a whole other thing. Not even like, hey, we need to do this because I did it. It's like,. And if you draw something up and it works, you get more freedom too. So that's a whole nother thing. Not even like, Hey,

we need to do this. Cause I did. It's like, Hey, if we, if this is successful, we'll be able to do more of this. Like let's,

let's continue. Let's do this. You know, it's real for sure. I think it's real for sure. I mean, there were, there were times in green Bay where,

you know, on offense, we would have, you know, the playbook installed and, and we all of a sudden in the middle of the game, Aaron would just be like, all right, fucking no huddle. Boom, and I'm pulling the plate.

We get to the sideline. We go score a touchdown. We get to the sideline, and the coaches are looking at us like, what fucking place are you guys running out there? I don't worry about it. We fucking talked about it Friday. We ran the shit. But that's the danger with it, though.

You've got to make sure that shit works, or else the coaches are going to be like, all right, that's fucking done. You know, playtime's over. So you've got to make sure it works, man. Was it first season of Aaron Rodgers Tuesday or last season? I forget. He said, like, yeah, sometimes you go like, oh, yeah, sorry, can't hear you. Sorry, we do that whole thing.

And the media the next day was like, how do you feel about Aaron Rodgers clearly and openly saying that he makes up his own plays and acts like he can't hear? That was the reaction to it. That was the reaction to it. That was the reaction to it. It's fucking awesome. Well, you know coaches, man. They have, all of them have a bit of an ego.

All of them feel like, you know, to some degree that, you know, they're responsible for everything that happens out there. And us as players, it's like sometimes, especially when you have a veteran group, sometimes it's just like, just get the fuck out of the way. Like, let the big guy, let us just go fucking get it done. You know what I mean? And you have to have a veteran group to do that.

I think you have to have good leadership, but like I said, you got to make sure that shit works. Yeah. And if it doesn't work, you're not going to have a veteran group. Cause I'll be out of the league. So,

I mean, it's just how it goes. We can't thank you enough for joining us. Get your face on hard knocks. The world needs you. Ladies and gentlemen, TJ Lang. Thank you. Hey, TJ!

How about today's show not being great? What do you mean? What's that? That was one of the best. What are you going to do? How quick was the, what do you mean? Everybody, that was awesome. Chatting with Ike, I forget.

Ike's brain is a special one yep any question could become an answer that we will remember forever because when he starts going through how and his brain just starts taking a trip i'm like all right i had no clue where this is going had three of those moments today i think with him nyquil benedro and the uh cayenne pepper well the first one was yeah kenyan pepper he said is what he called but him fighting trubisky out of his mouth every time and knowing that he was gonna have to say the full fucking name and giving it a go like three sentences straight like i enjoyed that a lot because in the back of his mind he was trying to stay away from that name but had to for the sake of the conversation. Then TJ fucking wide open for 50 minutes.

We had his live at practice. Whoever had the off score, they were playing some bangers. Sounded like a little lean with a rock there at the beginning, AJ. Were you catching that? Yeah, oh, yeah. I could hear it. Did you guys get to choose the actual practice music when you were playing? No.

Yeah, we didn't either. Yeah, the Dolphins, though. The Dolphins are letting people. Why wouldn't you? I agree. Make it a thing. Yeah, why wouldn't either. Yeah. The Dolphins, though. The Dolphins are letting people. Why wouldn't you? I agree. Make it a thing. Yeah. Yeah. Why wouldn't you just have a player?

Obviously, there's been people that bitch about the music. There was a time, I think, for the Colts when it was first introduced. It was literally just crowd noise. We did that in Green Bay. And I was like, they're like, well, we need to do this so the offense can't hear when they're trying to call their cadence. I said, well, you can still play the hits this loud, too. It doesn't have to be white noise that makes us want to kill ourselves.

Hey, this doesn't have to be cruel and unusual punishment, not only for us, but the fucking neighbors. I mean, they're a blast. They're some of the biggest speakers I've ever seen. Seven of them stacked up. Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum. Huge. Hey, we need to be loud.

It's going to be loud. Turn them all the fucking way up. And it was just, ha, ha, ha. That's what it loud. It's going to be loud. Turn them all the fucking way up. And it was just, ah! That's what it was. It's awful. And there's a neighborhood, two football fields that way. And I'm like, what are these people thinking is happening? And obviously, they live near the Colts facility.

But they had to be so happy when it changed from, ah, to like jams. Everybody's spirit gets lifted. I mean, it's a whole. That was a wild time. That was a very wild time in the whole transition of what the music was. If there's music, if there's sound, then it became everybody was doing sound every away game. Remember? This was a transition.

I hated away game practice weeks because I knew we're going to be practicing with that awful white noise. But there was a time when nobody did that. Yeah, you're right. When I first got in the league, we weren't doing that. Me too. Yeah, when I got in the league, it wasn't in there. There was some like they would make some noise for things, but it wasn't like a, hey, away

game, we're doing it. It was like certain places. Then it just became the norm. Like, hey, we're going to have music now or we're going to have sound for the away games. And it was just noise. We're going to have noise is what I games and it was just noise they wouldn't have noise is what i think they said in green bay yeah noise and it's like oh this is punishment this is this is punishment and then when the music transition happened everybody was like thank god

then the conversation was well who's controlling the fucking musicals you know and then that that becomes the thing now you know that that becomes the thing and i think what mcdaniel's doing is right that nerd's got a big brain down there. Let the player of the day from the day before at night, hey, we need you to put a Spotify list together of fucking 20 songs. We're going to play those tomorrow. And we're going to put you in an orange jersey. Everybody's going to be like, hey, who did this?

Oh, this fucking orange jersey guy did it. He had a great day yesterday. Way to go. And then we'll just keep doing that so none of us have to fucking worry about the music. It's like brilliant. I think that's brilliant, AJ. Yeah, you're competing over everything. That's like what Pete carroll has been known like hey everything is a competition that's so is this who told us what was that pete she queen griffin yeah oh yeah he is slanging that thing he said he's he's quarterback for seven on seven he said

yeah he's he's he's card offenses looking deep looking to legion a boom off, fucking throwing that ball around. There's a video that hit the internet yesterday of him. I mean, he's fucking slinging this pill. Look at his drop back. Oh, oh, oh. Boom. That's sweet.

And now he's got that motion at Orlowski. He does. Look at his motherfucker rolling out. No edge, no chin. Cross body. That's back across the field with gloves on he gets it i want to hear what he's saying a completion he's got to be talking shit right that gum got you got you got you don't be looking in the backfield look at that if he throws a pick do you think he goes and tackles the dude who catches it how does what do you think he does we should be trying to do what he does. I think he does.

I know. How do his legs and knees feel so good? How is he able to run with that gait at that age? Did he play pro ball? Did he play? I don't remember. I'm not sure. He coached the Patriots, right?

Yeah. First pass. Terrible. Terrible. Bad coach. Yeah, he leaves. USC. USC.

Pretty impressive, man. Turns it around. Yes. Goes to Seattle. Success. Super, he leaves. USC. USC. Pretty impressive, man. Turns it around. Yes. Goes to Seattle. Success. Super Bowl right away. So let's assume something was going on in New England. It wasn't just him.

Why it wasn't successful. There's probably something else, but a learning thing. Him being able to run and be this. He's going to hate this that we're saying this, but he's incredibly spry for his age. Oh, yeah. He's in his 70s. I think he understands. How old is he? 70-something, yeah.

I think 70, 71. Looks like he played safety in college, and they tried out for the Honolulu Lions in the World Football League. I don't think he made it to. WFL? Yeah. Look at that. What was that, 1920?

I say it all the time, but can you imagine Pete going back to his high school reunion? No, they don't have him anymore because they're all dead, I thought. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Look at Pete. He's not that old. No, he's not old, but I'm saying he looks compared to most 72-year-olds. Same as Belichick, right?

Isn't 70 this age? Aren't we doing this at 70? I'm planning on this is me at 70, right? I mean... Not all 70s, but a lot. 600 pounds, maybe. Saving 70, Bill 70. Maybe we just need a coach. 70 is the new 50.

I agree. I ain't making it to either of them. I mean, let's go ahead and remember that. 70, you can move like that. I have no idea. I got to start stretching. You think these stretchers are golfing every day? Yeah.

Yeah. Golfing. If they're in good shape. Yeah, Pete Carroll was going to that golf course. It's different now. Spearing them all. Even tubs are golfing at 70. Who? Like, fat people are golfing at 70. Who?

Like, fat people are golfing at 70, too. What did you call him? He said, if you're in good shape. They're fat dudes at 70 still golfing. That's not what you said. That's not what you said. Basically. You're a bad guy.

My God. Did you hear the conspiracy meme theories that we had? Not conspiracy. Is this getting a show? No, I missed. He read every meme he that we had? Not conspiracy. Is he getting a show? No, I missed. He read every meme he'd ever heard on the internet. He said every single meme he's ever read on the internet. This guy earlier in the show.

That's how we started the show today. That's how we started the show. Really? We know other people that are informed only by internet memes as well. See, I did say other prominent people. It's not just me. I just know that there are people out there that fucking know what I'm talking about. There is.

Thank you. There's some breaking news. It's a Cronkite. This one is a Cronkite-type story. WTA TV, Pittsburgh, is reporting that there is a Python loose in Pittsburgh. Everybody fucking look out. Jesus Christ.

Everybody look out, okay? A Python is on the loose in Duquesne after a snake got away from its owner while on a python is on the loose and duke came after a snake got away from its owner while on a walk what does that mean what that's pittsburgh is the best can we please feel the beat reporter from pittsburgh to see how people are feeling in there uh just trying to take the python on a walk down let's go all the way he slid it out i could never guess i thought i had a tight enough leash on him he he never done this before take the bike down on a walk down he'd go all the way and slid it out and I couldn't ever guess

I thought I had a tight enough leash on him he fucking he had never done this before so his name's his name's Barry

if you see him just follow he likes was the tweet serious when it says while on a walk WTA TV

doesn't fuck around Sally Wiggins don't mess around Sally Wiggins does not mess around that's all Fedco's no it's mess around. Fedco's. No, it's KDK.

Fedco's was WT. No, you're right. It's KDK. KDK. Mark Madden better watch out. Fedco's back, by the way. Fedco's back? Best highlights every Saturday morning.

Hey, Fedco, stay away from the fucking Duquesne area, pal. There's a python with your fucking name on it, dude. We need that. By the way, python might be named Fedco. Could be. We have an update the the python is uh five foot seven in length and is uh white what was it last seen wearing probably at least no reports are we calling a beat writer are we feeling the beat for this

wait was that not not answer fuck was that a different picture because nick said it was the snake was white uh wta, a little fake information. They probably just grabbed... Just Duquesne University or Duquesne. Can we click on that a little bit? Missing Python, KDKA. He's not getting into it. Yesterday. This is a big deal.

That was yesterday? Find this thing and cut it off. It said yesterday? That thing's under your bed. It's still on the loose as of Thursday. That thing's going to show up in somebody's fucking toilet. My biggest fear is sitting down and taking a shit. I got a python popping out of the goddamn hole.

How am I supposed to shit with that going on, Doug? I mean, that is something that is very, that's a real fear of mine. You know, quicksand? As a kid, I was thought, be scared of this shit up. Right. Also, always check toilet. Could be a fucking missing python swimming up the pipes while you try to drain yours. Look at this goddamn. Duquesne police warned residents of a missing five foot seven python. toilet could be a fucking missing python swimming up the pipes while you try to drain yours look at

this goddamn duke came police warned residents of a missing five foot seven python duke came police are warning residents about a five foot okay fucking get investigators learned a man was walking his pet python on wednesday diner when it got away from him. The snake still hasn't been found as of Thursday afternoon. Police have said. The investigation began after a call by suspicious people on 800 block of State Street diner. Police are warning the public because they said there are kids and people with pets out enjoying the warmer weather around town.

And they want residents to be cautious. Anyone who sees said snake, which is only to be described as a 5'7 and white python, is asked to stay away and call police. All right? Stay with KKTV and KK.com for updates to this developing story as they become available, Donna. That's terrifying.

Listen, you take your pet python for a walk around time. Let's make sure that fucker's secure. And also, it's not a walk. That thing can't walk. You're taking it on a slither. A slither, yep. I hope the police rough this guy up when they were investigating him.

Kind of sexist. It is a guy, we assume. This is definitely a guy. I don't know many girls who are out walking five foot seven pythons. More specifically, this is a white we assume this is definitely a yeah i don't i don't know many girls who are out walking five foot seven pythons more specifically this is white guy right yeah with a ponytail yeah yeah for sure probably not his only snake that guy look for that guy who works at the parking garage yeah the parking garage at the holiday inn near ppg arena at 4 Arena. At 4 a.m. At 4 a.m. Find out what that guy's doing. That was the only job this fucking guy could do, and he took it so serious.

Yeah. You think I want to get it? I need your phone number, okay? Not my idea. What do you want me to do? Fucking pony right down the back. Fingerless gloves. Beast.

Hey, why did it say the the investigation started because of a suspicion activity suspicious activity on that block was they they saw old buddy walking a snake and that was suspicious no i think the suspicious activity was he told a neighbor and then everybody came out of the house and beat the fuck out of the guy yeah that did it and they're like oh suspicious well it seems to be quite a what's going on oh this fucking dickhead took his pet python on a walk it's gone it's loose it's probably uh killing our kids all right it was suspicious now it makes sense and then they walked away and that's how they learned you know that used to scare me did you guys i know like my middle school growing up a couple different classrooms had snakes and a kid would usually take them home for the summer and i definitely

know of least one person who took it home in the summer and that thing got out of its cage or whatever and it was lost in the house yeah that's nightmare that scares me to death that's nightmare chills that's like the everglades right aren't they ever just a bunch of people when they get a pet snake and then they don't want to have a pet snake anymore after it's already grown these put out in the evergreen problem and then they pythons yeah yeah too many they're all fucking each other and now the Everglades Are just the worst place On earth To get stuck Yeah You will get Overpopulated It's really

It's a species Really Yeah Are they taking out the gators Yeah they're killing Gators They're killing all the deer And shit like that

It's fucking It's too many They're taking down the deer Oh yeah Oh yeah Listen if a fucking python Can take down a goddamn deer We got no shot

How do they get them With that python These things are huge Yeah You cut the head off the snake. That's how you kill them. Yeah. Somebody do that in Pittsburgh. Kaboli.

Put the sub down. Lure him in with it. The harpoon. Yeah. Yeah, lure it in. Just start. That Italian hoagie we gave Kaboli from Rudy's is the perfect thing to get this snake kind of slithering into the air. Kaboli ain't wasting a snack like that.

It's not a waste. He's saving the city. Well, maybe he'll use something else. Put a goddamn pea on his chest, dude. What are you talking about? Put a couple rats out, okay? You don't have to be wasting a Rudy's sub on that. Let Kaboli eat that.

Then you give him a fucking, I don't know, hacksaw, something huge, something that he can, maybe a cleaver. And then, you know, you lure him in with a couple live baits, rats. We are a rather large show in Pittsburgh. We're just trying to tell you, endsers, fucking look at. Yeah, be careful. All right, let's cover some stuff. Kill your dogs. Could.

What? That's why they're worried about animals. Yeah, it could. You know what Chuck would do to that fucking thing? He'd eat it. He'd eat that thing. Chuck's now. Chuck now said, be tall. It's a lot of meat. You know what the snake's thinking though when it sees chuck too i mean i won't have to eat for the rest of my life i take

this one dog down i will not have to look for chuck going through the for two years yeah snakes scare the i don't think anybody should have him as pet but there's somebody watching right now that's telling us that we're the fucking worst people on earth because they love the exotic animal stuff like hanging out with their snake it doesn't have a heart bro okay so you're not taking for a walk that thing's plotting to kill you whenever nobody else is around yep oh i lay with my snake so it can now it's sizing you up it does not have feelings oh we're wrong okay we'll see how this goes you know that shit it's get a monkey too well that happened in ohio right this is brooke which one i thought she was no yeah she died

holy coach that's holiday park elementary school that's fifth grade teacher of mine yeah the classroom that i was in uh whenever the carton of newports was found in my backpack uh in fifth grade it was miss brooke's room she did not like me ever before then certainly not afterwards she the carton of Newports was found in my backpack in fifth grade. It was Miss Broker Room. She did not like me. Before then, certainly not afterwards. She did love her pet ape. Yeah.

And that ape turned. Turned. Yeah, tore her up. It did. Pulled her spine out like a Mortal Kombat fatality. Yeah. We all kind of finish her. It was terrible through the long.

It fucking shook down. She had a chimp? Yeah. Yeah, I think it was orangutan. Orang orangutan did it really mess her up oh yeah yeah I don't know if it killed her never walked again though I don't know if that's true the one lady had her face like bitten off or ripped off but that was a story that's not her is it no this was back when we were in school you're like told about hers did you drug being and fucking wore her face through the streets. See, I don't know if that's true.

Sugar water. Showed up and tried to teach the class. We were fooled for a second. Miss Brooke was a good teacher. We could tell it wasn't her. That's not what happened, though. We don't know if any of those are true, but she did it. How long before you guys could tell it wasn't her?

A couple minutes. Miss Brooke has some hairy arms yeah um we hope she's okay thanks for everything you did for the kids uh somebody in ohio some fucking asshole right lost his mind let the cages all out and there was a phone call uh police uh yeah what do you have? Jungle Cat just crossed over fucking 70. What do you, wow, jungle, stop. Get off drugs, sir. Police, yeah, fucking Cheetah literally just sprinted right in front of my 18-year-old. I almost hit him, but it was too fucking fast. They're really.

They are fast. And then there was a full report like, in Ohio, a full zoo is on the loose. They saw what, there was a, I think there was a puma in a tree. That's what they found. It was everything. The guy was crazy. He had a whole like exotic zoo basically

and opened the gate and killed himself and the animals just kind of wandered out and there was like, yeah, tigers and lions and double jackets on CNN.

Have him defend why he had to shoot these things and kill him when everyone's like, oh, you should, you've got to tranquilize him. Okay, until he eats seven of your kids.

And your kids potentially, I mean. Yeah, like 40 minutes away from here, yeah. No, that's what I heard. The lion got loose, and its first thought was, where's Axel? So I know you were ready for that. I know you. That's what Ohio. Killer be killed.

By the way, to the Jungle Cats, you were released in the worst state you could have been released in. Yeah. Ohio, like, they ain't going to fuck around. Hey, we'll play these games. Cool. You're cute. All right.

Other states might think about tranquilizing. Here in Ohio, everybody's pulling out their fucking, eh, I've been meaning to test out this fucking. Yeah. And then I got a long range on that fucking Puma. Where's it at? Neighbor's yard. God.

Bang. I mean, it was like in neighborhoods, wasn't it? Yeah, they said they were actually lucky that the dude opened the gate, shot himself, that a lot of the animals had been there their whole lives. They didn't really know what to do, so they just kind of hung around the house. They didn't really go anywhere. But then there was definitely animals all over that they had to find, but just not as many.

Probably devoured his body as well. Probably. I don't know if they did. How can you have those as pets, though? First off, how expensive is it, too, when you look at how much they eat and what you have to do? It's just a massive amount of work and money. Yeah, Tiger King kind of exposed that entire thing, I think. Like on the zoo guy, no.

Yeah, he exposed meth, too, what he can do. The pleasures of meth. Oh, and then remember there's that. There's no pleasures of meth. Don't try it. Unless you want to become Tiger King guy. He's in jail for the rest of his life. Watching people on it, though, is a different thing. But remember there's that strip... Is that why you got the binoculars?

You're a fucking problem. This guy is a menace today. Thursday, August 25th. I'm just trying to be on the lookout for my own safety. What if they do a meth revolt over there and I don't have eyes on them? And then they're charging my building. What am I supposed to do? Go downrange.

Exactly. I will go downrange. If I have to, I will. This show is the fucking worst, AJ. Isn't it? We should not be allowed to have conversations with people like Jack Carr, Lieutenant Commander, because then we just do this. He loves us, though.

I got to be prepared. I already read the preface of the Terminalist book. But remember there was that stripper who was blowing the OC for Texas? She had that monkey that ripped up that kid. They were in love. It wasn't just the stripper. They were blowing the OC. They were blowing each other then.

That was Halloween. That kid clearly went into an area it was not supposed to go to, by the way. We saw the sign. Broke his arm. She did that whole video. How'd that end? Just because he coaches for Texas still, it's all good? Thought so, yeah. Texas has 20 years now.

Just letting it go. Into Arch. I think Sark canned his ass. The monkey? Yeah, the monkey guy. Oh, the coach? I don't know. I thought he was still a recruit. If he got fired, we would hear, hey. The coach who, yeah. I don't know. I thought he was still a rookie. Heard he had a hell of a scheme.

If he got fired, we would hear, hey, the coach who had Pet Monkey that attacked him. He'd have a reality show or something, probably. No, he's still there. Still there. Sark loves the guy. Hey, the guy knows Bull. He does. The guy knows Bull.

That's why Arch wanted to go there, I heard. Is that what? Yeah. The monkey in the backyard? Big primate guy? Mm-hmm. Why are people allowed to have those as pets? Certain states they are.

It's not everywhere. Well, Pittsburgh, you're allowed to have a five-foot-seven fucking python and take it on a walk. I'm just learning that. I grew up there. Snakes, I feel like, are much different. They aren't, but as far as viewing it as a law, snakes are different than the monkey.

Imagine you're dining at Duquesne tonight. You sit down and take a massive dump. You had a great sandwich earlier, probably some fries. You're singing and thinking about Nause running the rock this year. Kenny Pickett being a hero. Can't wait to fucking go ahead and unload and destroy this toilet. Here we go. I'm from the time with

the great football team. Let me go take a big shit. You know, like that person. And then opening the toilet seat. Well, let's assume that they got both. Oh, yeah. I don't know if maybe even one of those.

And then this five foot seven fucking Python just staring up, though. I mean, that is nightmare fuel that everybody has to experience right now because this guy took his bed on a fucking walk. Burn the house down. This happened in Indonesia. The, uh, one of the things bit the guy's penis off.

He opened up the toilet to take a piss. There was a massive Python in there and just rip his penis. You got to move quicker, bud. Well, I don't think you have a choice. But if no the nightmare is not all of a sudden lifting the seat and seeing the snake head yeah those nightmares you're sitting down and like ty says and that thing just snatches the tip of your dong

off as you sit down you didn't know he was there well i think those all kind of go into the same nightmare yeah if you sit down and there's a snake first close it and get out of there okay so you're taking your shit on him so So you're kind of alphaing the snake. No, you can't. If you see that snake in there, I've got to find a way to get a machete and chop his head off and pull the rest of him out. Machete?

Right. I looked it up. In your house, by the way? Machete always. Yeah, with an arm through. I'm going to say machetes because they're in the garage. It's like a walker axe. A winkler axe.

Winkler, winkler axe. See, that's the problem. You'll never go downrange, pal. problem. You'll never go downrange, pal. You'll never go downrange. I also called him Commander, Tony. Well, that's higher than Lieutenant Commander. So was I fucking, you know, saying like, hey, you're the best? Or was I talking down him?

He's getting a brain scan tomorrow, this guy. Wait, why? That's a great question. The memory's been worse than usual. No. So what do you mean? Is this a clinic you're going to? No, it's my doctor.

Oh, you're just getting a primary care. Sorry, primary care. Been going there since I was 10. PCP. To our point. I didn't live here, dude. So are you, is it a CAT scan? I don't know. We got to talk to him first. It's an initial. So are you, is it a cat scan? I don't know.

We got to talk to him first. It's an initial. What are you going to tell him? Hey, my brain's just like memories. Listen, my brain normally stinks, but it's been stinking a lot more recently. What if he puts you on that like super brain stuff? On it? Alpha brain?

I don't know if you, you don't need to be at a prescription. AJ's guy. Which one's Alex Jones stuff? Which one's Alex? Tone's been on that for years. Yeah, I don't think so. This doctor, what if it goes, oh, I got exactly what you need. And he turns around and he's like, we are so broke.

But this is. Is he dead? Is that guy? We are so broke. What a quote. It's Gizline. I can't believe that's a real human. Maybe.

No. Can't do it. Can't do it. This is what I'm talking about. There's another meme. There's another meme this guy read. If he's shifting his shape, that's not how you say it. But no, there are other theories about old AJ. Let's go to the phones.

Let's go to the phones. Let's go to the phones. So you guys are all what? You guys all meet in the meme factory and just say, hey, let's read all the same stuff. Is that what you guys are doing over here? No. I heard about this when my house was in Saturn.

And... Let's show. And the third dimension. Let's show this to the doctor more. Okay? All right, let's go to the phones. Let's hit the 5 Energy phone line and get the fuck out of here. Jason in Houston, spelled H-U-S-T-O-N. I assume that is Houston, Texas. There we go.

Jason on the 5 Energy. Oh, Austin. Austin, bro. What's going on, Jason? What do you want to talk about on the 5 Energy. Austin. Oh, Austin. Austin, bro. What's going on, Jason? What do you want to talk about on the 5 Energy phone line? What's good with it, fellas? Jason, life is good right now. The show was terrible today, but we've had a good time.

This is one of those shows that we've literally done just for us. A little selfish, but we're getting into the season. We got to do what we got to do. We appreciate you calling. Jason, what do you want to talk about? Nah, man. I gave you the flowers the last time you were going to SmackDown, but y'all boys really killing it, bro. That's all me and my partners watch now.

The pod, Hammer Down. I even watch that hockey talk, and I don't know shit about fucking hockey. Hey, real quick, Jason. You and your partners watching hockey talk or what? You said what now? You and your partners watching hockey talk or not? I think that's more so just me. quick, Jason. You and your partners watching Hockey Talk or what? You said what now? You and your partners watching Hockey Talk or not? I think that's more so just me. Yeah, yeah.

I see what you're saying. Hey, I definitely sent clips from the pod and shit, though, because the boys are fucking hilarious. I ran across y'all random as fuck on YouTube a couple years back, and since then, literally put all my partners on, and that's really all we literally watch now. So, like I said, I just wanted to give y? Like, since then, like, literally put all my partners on. And that's really all we literally watch now. So, like I said, I just wanted to give y'all boys our applause, man, because y'all killing that shit.

Hey, Jason, we appreciate that. Whenever you're done with us, too, we fucking understand. And we try not to market at all anything, except for if you're here. Like, there was a thought, you know, good business would be to maybe get a commercial in some of these games or something like, hey, we have a show. We do the whole thing. Never want anybody to be forced to watch us.

That is. So if you find us and land here, we appreciate you. The pod, though, by the way, every Wednesday, worth a watch for every human that's watching currently. It is the dumbest hour, hour and a half of all time. And somehow each week they top themselves. And it's one of my favorite shows to watch. So I appreciate you, Jason.

What do you want to talk about today, pal? Yeah, man. I just, I just want to know why everybody is fucking Georgia dick. I'm a fan. I'm from Montgomery.

I Georgia beat us for the first time in nine fucking years. And it took both of our thousand yard receivers going down. We had this, they had two weeks, what three weeks prior so now georgia is just the best fucking team ever first of all fuck georgia second of all this is a revenge season for us right we got the number one and the number two pick in the draft this year and will anderson and bryce young yeah i said it aj they'll probably go number three So I just want to put everybody on notice. And we come in the Wolfs post-ass.

Oh, hey, Jason. Didn't need that last shot. Didn't need that. I appreciate Jason for watching, listening, and putting his partners on. Hell yeah. That's a big deal. I really do appreciate that. From Alabama, roll motherfucking tide.

AJ, you didn't even know why that was a shot. That's the problem. That's why we're in the college football landscape. CJ stroud's going three and not one oh so okay but you that's what he's saying you knew that immediately upon him saying that yeah i mean cj stroud's a heisman candidate all of that but yeah their their guy won the heisman last year and their other dn right he's supposed to be willie anderson all right he's the guy hey i just want to make sure like you're fucking Hey Yeah Hey that's fine Just go Yeah

Go win I'm not talking about that I'm talking about you Being in college football this year Because we're in the college football landscape Yeah Come on pal Come on you

I'm going to that game I'm going to Ohio State Notre Dame game Sure Let's go We got boots on the ground That's huge Actually first week Well

Is that big noon kickoff No they're not on the air that day Because that's a night game It's 8pm I was wondering if you were taking a on the air that day because that's a night game. It's 8 p.m. I was wondering if you were taking a sign. Yeah. I don't think that's going to, yeah, no. Maybe that would be a nice safe place for Herbs to show up for week one,

but no, they're not here. No, no, no. Ohioans, you think? Well, and then Notre Dame. I mean, Catholics want nothing to do with him. He was at Notre Dame, too. He coached her. He's fucked no matter where he goes.

I mean, I don't know. No, no, no. He's good. By the way, everybody says, and I've been saying, by the way, too much. Need to stop it. Come on, dude. Put it together. Put it together.

Let's put it in a box. You do a good job. Remember in things of that nature, you haven't used that again. You do a good job of cutting things out. A little self-recognize. There was once the immense and then vast one week, and then now it's by the way. Nobody cares, dude.

By the way. All right? You know what I mean? Like, I need to put it in a box and fucking bury that thing. Sure. We are not, like, telling people what to do. We are just saying, like, hey, this is what's going to happen. You know?

And I think that is a vast, there it is, an immense difference. By the way, like, we don't mean to. Let's go to the phones. By the way, week zero this weekend. Can't say that. Yeah. You can't be putting it in my, like now you're saying it. I didn't realize I did it.

Well, that's because your brain. So let's fix that. By the way, we have an update on the snake. Here we go. By the way, can't do that. Can't do that. That's the difference. All right. Relax. By the way, we have an update on the snake. Here we go. By the way, can't have it. Can't do that. Can't have it. That's the difference. All right, relax.

Got off the engine. By the way, whoa. Enough with that disrespect. Yeah. What's going on? The snake, as I mentioned before, is white in color. It is 5'7". Now we have a name.

It's named Bill McComas. All right. Bill, is he in Pittsburgh? I hope that was worth it. Tell him to bring back Permanis. Tell him there's tea. What? Bill's 30 seconds behind?

Bill would eat that thing alive. Yes. Bill would throw ninja stars out of his fucking cargo shorts. He'd have two knives and a wiggler. You two, you guys are all wrong. He would not eat that thing alive. He would just feed it dead bodies so that there would be no aftertaste. All right.

Oh, Bill. Have you cut that thing tail to neck? Bill, I'm sick of this. You don't deserve this type of stuff. You hear me? Yeah, the best part about this one is I had to text Nick and saying it was the most teed-up dong shot of all time, not calling me the five-foot-seven white snake smithering around Pittsburgh.

Oh, Bill. You did it to yourself. You're a fool. I like a little self-awareness, Bill. I like that, Bill. Thank you for making the show better, Bill. Bill, you really do to yourself. You're a fool. I like a little self-awareness, Bill. I like that, Bill. Thank you for making the show better, Bill. Bill, you really do good work, Bill. Bill, what's our team name?

I was going to wait for you to, you know, I figured that was going to be your biggest input on this. I thought it was Killer Instinct. Is that not the name of your team, Killer Instinct? I think so. That IP might be taken, but we can figure it out. We'll come up with a good one, Bill. That IP, what the fuck?

What are you talking about? Wait, we got how many teams? I'm not calling our team 12 teams. Did CFO Phil come in and say he's naming our team Killer Instinct? We haven't talked about this. What's your team? Are you calling your team Killer Instinct? No, definitely not.

Maybe. This fucking psychopath. You don't want to know what my team name is. We actually came up with it this morning. So I got a link to sign up for the league, which is concerning. Oh, Bruce's league is fucking up right now? What's going on, Bruce? Interesting.

Bruce might be hosting a show on FanDuel TV. Pump for that. Hosting a show is going to be winning an Emmy. Big betting adventure? Bonanza, sorry? Hey, congrats to FanDuel, by the way, getting their own channel and network off the ground. Not easy to do. Yeah!

Congratulations. FanDuel is announcing FanDuel TV, the better sports network. Kay Adams will have, I believe, a daily show on there. I don't know what all was finalized. We will be contributing stuff to it. This show will not be going to that. This show will remain, you know, where it is right now. But we will be contributing because we appreciate the fuck out of FanDuel,

obviously. I'm excited to see what we piece together for that and it's coming around corner and i'm very pumped for fandu like obviously we got a large partnership with them sure they are exclusive sportsbook it is like they have funded this company to be able to go to places that we could have never dreamed of maybe like take five ten years with that being said by the way um the sportsbook business if you have a sports platform and you own it right now really really really good time to happen to be in that you know world fandle has been a great partner with us they have zero ownership over this show zero ownership over what we say zero sole discretion you got to talk like this you got to do this you got to do that and they have been nothing but super supportive of any ideas that we have so we are trying to take all their fucking money with our bets. So there's always like a little bit of a give and take there.

But I'm very thankful for the people at FanDuel for obviously what they've done for us. And I'm pumped for them for this because this is a big deal for everybody at FanDuel. And the amount of work that they fucking put in to get this thing going off the ground. Like, I'm very excited for them. And Kay has a home again, which I think everybody is very excited about. And you do boosts like you did yesterday and today, too, with the four-teamer 10-plus wins is huge as well. Yeah, we just put out a futures boost that feels really good. Remember, 17-game seasons now.

So 10 wins is a little different. It's like nine wins almost back in the day. It's a good bet. Yes, we feel good about it as well. The Bills, Packers of rams and colts to each win 10 regular season games was plus 310 which is by the way great odds yeah vast thoughts immense awesome yeah that has been boosted to plus 450. i mean that's a great bet my only issue is futures bets never last with me i definitely cash them out and i go okay sorry

about it i would like to put that on this particular lock that i have found yeah but if you have some patience for the futures bets you can get a nice little how you doing keep it moving in january here and uh plus 450 is great odds yeah and all four of those teams have great defenses too so you might think to yourself like what happens if someone goes down they all can play defense so they're going to be in every game 17 games 10 wins that's a good boost now that's a great boost and let us boost uh this season started a little rocky it did i sent an email for one of these preseason games i was like hey i'd like to uh you know i'd like to have a little bit more skin in one of these games I don't give a fuck about. Right. Okay? So, let's

boost the over for this first one here. And they said, well, the market, we don't know who's playing, Pat. So, like, that moves. That market moves. So, we can super boost it now, but it might end up not even being a boost. It might end up being, like, fucked whenever the thing actually levels out.

It didn't. It never never changed we would have won would have been one and oh in our super boost what do you know so i will hold that over their head for the rest of the season as you should in that conversation with said person great guy love his love the way his brain operates he's really good at picking lines but we got that one in the back but you remember when uh you said i can't can't do it, and we won? Need this one in there? This plus 450 boost, I feel good to start the season with. It's great for two weeks from now, too, for Bill's Rams. Get a boost then when it really matters.

We should boost something this weekend. Shouldn't we just kind of get – because it is preseason for us, too. Kind of feel it out a bit. Yeah, shouldn't we? Don't you think, AJ? Should we get a boost going in here? Tom Brady's playing, right? Is that Colts?

Colts, Tampa? I believe Colts? Colts, Tampa? I believe Colts are playing a half. I assume Tom goes to quarter. I don't know. What's over under there? 40? 40 and a half. 40 and a half.

Has that moved since the announcement? Take the over. Has that moved, though, since the announcement of starters playing for Tampa Bay? Let me check. I have no idea. Odds move at an interesting rate. Carson Wentz signs with the Commanders. No movement for the Commanders to win the division or the Super Bowl.

Quarterback position, they're paying them $30 million. No movement. Tyron Smith gets hurt today. Odds change for the Cowboys to win the division, get longer. And the Eagles go up 15 points in there. So they are actively always – you've got to remember that, too, with the emergence of sports gambling. They are got to remember that too with sports, the emergence of sports gambling.

They are trying to fucking beat us. Like, shit ain't sweet. They are trying to beat us. They are actively trying to beat us. And every single move is being calculated and how much it affects. The Cowboys' odds changing with this injury, it was eye-opening to me. I was like, oh, okay. And maybe that's why people are down on them.

Still a favorite to win the NFC East because the NFC East is a big question mark. But the Eagles, look at them gaining ground right now. Tone, what were you about to say? Colts are 2.5, and the total is now 41.5. Oh, so it goes up a point. Okay. Wow. That doesn't sound like jack shit.

And then this thing will end up being fucking 27-13. Yeah. And going into a final drive somehow. And a kicker will hit a 75-yard field goal. That's right. It's just like, how do they know, AJ? How do these fuckers know? They know everything.

They really do. It could be 21-20, last-second touchdown. Instead of kicking it, they'll go for two, and the game will end 21-1. Go for the win. Because they do not want to tie. Go for the win. And the spread is – Because they do not want to tie. And the spread is – Tie doesn't matter.

For what? Well, they don't want to tie. But tie doesn't matter. No, I mean preseason. Oh, they're just like, fuck it, either go for it or lose. Everyone's going for two. Going for the win. Yes.

Yeah. Could you – that'd be awesome if you made a decision. We're tying. Better than a loss, boys. We don't have a good two-point play. Sorry about it. Yeah, we're tying. Kick the fucking extra point. We don't care. You see how bad we play? We get out of here with a tie. Yeah than a loss, boys. We don't have a good two-point play. Sorry about it. Yeah, we're tied. Kick the fucking extra point.

We don't care. You see how bad we play? We get out of here with a tie. Yeah, that's all right. Tell you what, man. Tie's pretty good for today. Hey, not bad, man. Right?

Right? We move on. Better than a loss. Got our first win in nine games, right, last week. Now we get our first tie. Second tie. Steelers, really. Right?

That would be awesome trying to sell it to the team on why you went for a fucking tie. Everybody in the room is like, what are we? It sucks. What just happened right there, Coach? That would be a tough sell. I think that would be a tough sell. You got to show the analytics.

Man, so I was told, man. 58% of the time we lose that game, man. What do you want me to do, okay? We didn't lose. 100% of the time when you tie, you don't lose, man. So I'm a numbers guy. Everybody doesn't think that because of my new cap thing, man. But 100% of the time you tie, you don't lose.

Can you imagine how worse this plane ride back would be, man, if we lost this game? We tied, man. He could have missed that kick. We could have lost, man. Instead, fucking tie, dude. Go play some Boo-Ray, boys. Go play some Boo-Ray, boys. Go play some Boo-Ray back there.

Watch the film. How about him talking about dice, dominoes, Boo-Ray? He listed off all. Oh, yeah. Every locker room game he listed off. I was like, this is the thing that coaches can't do. Like, former players do know that type of shit. Coaches know about Boo-Ray.

And Chuck used to have hilarious, you know, gives and takes about boys. Can't be, you know, type of shit. Coaches know about Boo Ray, and Chuck used to have hilarious, you know, gives and takes about boys. Can't be, you know, we got to, you know, because Chuck, I assume, enjoys gambling. Mm-hmm. What? Cards. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think he's a big cards guy.

I'm not sure. This year it's going to be tough for us not to just be like, Chuck, who's winning this game? By how many points? Well, listen, I don't know. What's his name ended? What's that? What?

His last name ends in Agano. Yeah. He likes gambling. What? He's dying. You can't say that. They can, though. No, Italians like to gamble.

I know Tony. I can say that. Tony's dying. He likes gambling. Oh, it's like I got an Italian friend. You think this is a transitive property? Yeah, I do. You think you can be racist against the Italians through osmosis?

Not a fun defensive. Thank you. Well, he's a degenerate. He's a fucking Italian, so he doesn't really have feelings, probably. Well, you know, I'm not adding Eni to the end of my last name or anything like that. Of all the things you could say, Ty, this is very nice. You had Connor Cambolini. Yeah, Cambolini.

I do have some Italian. You don't. No, you just said it, Cambolini. I'm going to change my name tomorrow. Don't. Connor Cambolini. Yeah. 13 days until NFL 4.

That'd be a sweet name. I'll just put an O at the end of my first name. No, you should be Connor O. Cambolini. My middle initial is O. O. Mick Camb Campbellini. My middle initial is O. O. Mick Campbellini. Sure. Connor O.

Mick Campbellini. Oh, my God. That would be amazing. Look at you. Do your 23 and me and see if you can do it like I do. You know what? I will. They used to call me McAfee.

Different soccer situations. Yeah. And I was always like, let's go to the phones. I'm not saying it. It was awesome. It was a compliment. I was fucking happy about it. What were you saying?

Yeah, that's what I was saying. Guys, thank you for that compliment. Thank you. Very nice of you. I'm going to take a 23 and meet 30 years from now and have to apologize to a lot of people for a lot of things. Sure. Because I offended myself a lot.

Yes. I was young and dumb. Wasn't I, Nick? I was just young and dumb. That pizza situation. Live and learn. Yeah. That lady's never forgot that moment. I don't think, with me.

Don't eat pizzas. Did you have a pet during that time, too? What's that, pal? Did you have a guinea pig or something like that? I'd never. Gerbil? Gerbil, yeah. Hamster?

I've never had any of those things. I thought you did. Don't. I mean, that may have slipped by a couple people. Come on. It didn't slip by me. What are you talking about? Well, it certainly didn't slip by my 0.01% either,

but I tried my best to because I don't want you to get your fucking smacked in the mouth. I genuinely thought just like with Miss Brooke having an orangutan, I thought I remembered that correctly. Well, I never had any form of rodent. Okay. Okay? Okay. Haddlebags, though, might turn you into one for what you just said.

No, me and Joe are good. Now, bones may be coming in. Oh, yeah. Smacking you around a little bit. That's fine. Coming in with a goddamn horn on a goddamn necklace, and that's going to be the last thing you see before you say, hey, boys, whack, right in the mouth.

What happens if my 23andMe comes back then? Do I get the smack back and I get a 1%? That's interesting. Your 23andMe. Because there's some things I'm allowed to say and not allowed to say I've learned with my.01%. I've earned some things, but I guess not. I can't say 100% of the things.

Well, the Glontes told you you could say. They checked out of all the boxes for you. Glontes are good people. Yeah. Not you. Not yet. McFuck. Not yet. Hey, what the fuck's that all about? You heard him earlier. You can't say that. What's this guy's deal? No, I thought he had 1%.

Oh, yeah. He's more Irish than I am Italian. Allegedly. 23 mean. They wouldn't lie, would they? No. I hope not. They wouldn't just be making that all up, would they?

No. They easily could. No. Oh, he's being smart. I knew. Oh, here comes memes. I lose eyes. So, matter of fact.

All right, AJ. Let's get to fucking. We took a phone call, right? Yeah, we did. To a couple. Huston. We went to Huston. Mitt works here full time.

I fucking love Huston, dude. Let's go to the phones. Let's go to Chase in California on the 5RNG phone line. Oh, silent. Chase, what do you want to talk about? Oh, no, I'm here, boys. I'm here. Don't you worry about it. Oh, great, great, great.

Here's what I was referring to. Chase, what do you want to talk about? Yep. How you doing? Keep it moving, first of all. Perfect. I got a couple of points. First, I got something on live golf.

But you guys were complaining about Skip Bayless and those types of shows. Have you ever seen Skip Bayless arguing with himself over Aaron Rodgers on YouTube? It's the best video you've ever seen, I promise. Okay, I have not seen that. I know what it is, though. I've seen other pundits go against each other throughout their lives in differing opinions. I am excited to see the Skip one, mostly because I enjoy seeing Skip argue things,

and now I get to see him on both sides. That's fun. That's a lot of fun. Thank you for that, Chase. I promise you, me and the boys, we'd say it all the time. We'd quote it all the time. It's hilarious.

And, of course, it's Aaron Rodgers. Also, live golf. I played golf with Bryson DeChambeau's father, John, last Sunday. Inside me. I got a little bit of info apparently in the contract there's an amendment that the winnings that they get for the actual tournaments are taken out of their signing bonus so they're actually not making as much money

as we think they are it's kind of like an evening out thing until they get to the point where they're making as much as their signing bonus already gets so it's kind of a facade when it comes to how much money they're actually making hey real quick has every musician in the history of anything with their upfront money not been paid or is that considered a payment i don't know i don't know anything about musicians we're talking about live golf here yeah chase you're too simple bub you can't get to it that's called an upfront man and then you got to earn back through it and the whole thing. I mean, that's just, that's how a lot of businesses go. I did not know that though. That is a new piece of information that is alarming because you know how the depths of the money that they have, but I'm, I'm assuming these guys are okay with just getting

$125 million before, Hey, you got to win 30 golf tournaments here. Okay, you got it. Whatever. Someday, I'll be able to get there. I will be able to do that. Yeah, we're not just going to pay you every tournament you win either. I mean, that's just going to get deducted. And once we come back to even, then you'll start making money on top.

Am I getting that money right now? Yeah. Okay, deal. All right, deal. Sounds like Bryson didn't have an issue with it, but fucking John DeChambeau is not happy about it. This came out in the court rulings or whatever when they were still trying to play in the playoffs or whatever,

but who cares? It's $100 million. But the only thing that golf people will care about is, well, now they don't have to try in the tournaments because it doesn't matter. They're not winning more money. Can you not try in golf? How does that work?

True. You're right. You'll probably play better. Phil shot like 16 over at every one of these tournaments. I mean, he's fucking playing right-handed on a couple of goals, I think. What if he just plays the whole seven iron? I'm playing this entire group. Yeah.

This entire tournament. That would be, I guess, how you would not give a fuck and not try. Golf, I feel like you have to. You're right. You have to try a little bit, don't you? Yeah. It's still very easy. You might not stand over

A putt as long But that doesn't I mean who cares Those putts AJ have you been working You don't need it I fucking need it dude I need to work on my putting

Before Tallhead next year Are we doing Am I invited back you think? I didn't go to any of the events I'm sure you are Yeah I hope so I'm already hitting treadmill

Walking around town Hell yeah Getting the legs ready Nice You wear the same shoes? I'm still hitting treadmill walking around town. Hell yeah. Getting the legs ready. Nice. You wear the same shoes? I'm still looking for my shoes. Get you some fuck joys.

Find them. Yeah, those terrible looking cleats seem to be the right ones. Hey, give me. Get you some Skechers. Give me the fucking nine-year-old whites. Yeah, Hocus. You get Hocus to put some spikes on some of those giant shoes. So we got to extend my irons. Yeah, true shoes. So we've got to extend my irons. Yeah, true.

You're going to have to extend your irons. You're going to fall over, though, driving and trying to shift your weight. Yeah, but think about driving. I get a chance to use one of them telephone pole things now because I'm 6'6". I'm a 6'6 golfer all of a sudden. Hit the ball further. Holy shit. The range I'm going to have with a 6'6 swing.

Probably add about four yards to your drive. Probably. It's going to go the right direction. At least. It's definitely. The further you get away from the ball, the more consistent you are hitting it. Yeah. Longer the club.

More control. Yeah. Your sandwich is going to be seven feet long. Perfect. I'm just going to be throwing darts at the fucking thing, too. It won't be blading the fuck out of you. No. No, of course not.

Never again. Let's go to the phones. Are you okay? Now, when you wear those hokas, are you being ironic? This is what you asked me about the necklace. But I'm serious about this. I think they might become a thing.

But they are a thing. They started as a thing. They are a thing. Everybody wears them. Get out of your little Ohio world. No, they're a big marathon or triathlon people that run long distances. I might get into that. Who knows?

Who knows? Maybe I get the shoes first, then I get into it. Wife and I went on a walk two days ago. Yeah. Hocus took me there. There you go. I was walking. I hope she had a pair so you weren't just completely towering over. Wife and I went on a walk two days ago. Yeah. Hocus took me there. There you go. I was walking.

I hope she had a pair so you weren't just completely towering over. Well, she had Nikes on and her shoes looked much cooler than mine. Yeah, those work. The issue with the Hocus, I will say, if anybody's listening from the Hocus company, the front, you need to figure out the front because it's like you're slipping off a cliff. Sure. So the toes, the toes. Front needs to flip up a little. Yeah, my toes are getting fucking demolished on those hokas but the heels and the knees feel good but the toes every step is basically just a jam toe in there just every single one because i'm slipping and sliding on top of that okay you know yeah is that worth it

is what the feel i get in my heels and my knees from the wonderful clouds of Hoka. Okay. For breaking your toes. Oh, every step you take, you should wear those sweet, uh, shoes that like,

um, really cool people wear, uh, where the toes, the individual toes, shoes, vibrams. Hey,

I'm surprised you're not into that with all the weird workouts. I can never get, I had a pair that someone gave me years ago. I can never get my pinky toe in, but general Bob wears those daily to work out that's what i thought you seemed like an actual person that would do that so it makes sense i couldn't get i don't know if you have you ever tried i don't know i can't get my individual toes in there i don't like when something's in between my toes if i get something in between my toes i'm freaking out i'm like

getting that i get my toe i need to like get that out of there so nearly these are best for your body this is how primal this. This is how you're faster. You'll be more healthy. You don't even know, but the arch of your feet are getting ruined by these modern shoes. Remember, they did a full pitch to basically, like, every professional athlete. Like, you need to be working out in these. You should run barefoot through the woods. That was a big thing.

Yes. I'm like, all right, well, I'm not going to do that because I don't like shit in between my fucking toes. No thanks Give me the god damn regular shoes Well you should try it out it'll have benefits Alright I'm never fucking putting those on You tried it though

I did try it yeah back in the day Helped? Didn't help? Never could get your pinky toe in? I never could get my pinky toe in I can never feel comfortable in them So I don't know how people would just put them on and off comfortably Maybe I had a different pair Can you move your pinky toe? No, I can't. Really? Yeah, I can move it. Oh, see, he just got I don't know if I can

separate it. Okay. I think it's stuck to my other toes, though. I can't like Yeah, I can prove it out. Yeah, I can single it out. I can move it out. That was a big thing when I figured that out. It was a mental toughness thing. I think it was dorm treatment. Something was happening on my left knee and I was sitting there and I'm like, could I move my pinky toe if I had to? Could not.

Had to work on it. Had to get through it. And then all of a sudden, it's only got one move. It just goes like that. That's all it does. Still training it out. Yeah.

That's impressive. What a big day. It was. And then I started doing what I just did to you. Hey, great athlete. Can you move your pinky toe? Bet you fucking can't, dude. And then that ring toe and the pinky toe just kind of moved.

I'm like, yeah, that's what I thought. You're not an athlete, bro. Sorry. I like to control every part of my body. I got the muscle memory and everything like that. I'm like you guys, fucking losers. How about you being sneaky athletic? Yeah.

Did you really ask people that about your pinky toe? I think in the room. Probably the day or two that I figured it out. It was a big moment. Is your big toe the longest toe of yours? Yes. My big toe is fucking huge. I mean, it is.

My middle toe is longer than my big toe. Hey, that means something. I saw a meme on this. What? You're like super smart or something. Well, that's. Most likely. Monomaly, I guess.

That's how mine is. Me too. I'm pretty sure on this. I think it's my second toe, though. Yeah, that's. That's what. He said middle toe, which. Would be the ring toe you're saying?

That's right. That'd be my ring toe. Now, the middle toe would be your middle finger toe. You'd be a freak. I think there are people that have that, though. I should wear pinky toe rings. You should. Well, I don't think you could because you can't fucking move.

That's the thing. I can do that and a lot of people can. I can separate it and get a ring on there. I'll see. Maybe that'll help me. The thing I like about you is he'll go bust his pinky. He'll say, hey, we move now. Yep. Walking around coaching

Fucking What happened Broke your toe Oh did you stop it on something No no I'm trying to teach you a lesson We moved So I can move

Let's go to Marty in Salt Lake City Marty what's going on Five Energy phone line pal Hey what's up Pat AJ boys Hey Marty Marty

Hey I just want to say You guys were talking about Jimmy G Last week You guys were talking about Jimmy G Last week and Would he ever go to a team just to be A backup quarterback I don't know Marty that's a great question

So we're talking about We were talking to Rapport earlier while he was on the car Ride home from a trampoline park With his family in the middle of football season on the middle of a fucking work day. His wife is a gem. Yeah, she is. She is the best. The absolute best.

She was driving around like she'd been doing all off season, from the Lego factory to the Harry Potter museum to the Pez dispenser thing, now to the trampoline park, and then inevitably probably to and from a bar every evening for sure definitely going home to make him lunch yeah we love ian okay love him but we have noticed some trends in his life doesn't like when leah speaks your mind either in interviews she tells the truth in her interview so we decided not to do that okay so you lie to us every time i mean we learned a lot today about Ian the person. We still love him.

Can't spell comedian without Ian. Love a lot of derp ass. I don't think that's... Well, you two said a lot of terrible things about each other's heritage. Don't talk to me about Harry.

They thought that was Marty from Marty and McGee Everybody in the room That's what I realized I said Marty Salt Lake City And then he says Hey how you doing Did you hear him all They thought that was fucking Marty

I didn't know what it was And then obviously Connery Don't talk to me about Harry I'm like god damn Marty said more than that Well if he was chewing salt water or taffy It was actually McGee who said that. It was Marty.

I figured it was a staple of their... Somebody on the show. Marty and Junior are best friends, which... Marty's a fucking author, dude. Yeah, Marty's a beast.

Marty is an author. We're talking rap. Is he in Kid Rock's music video? No. Marty? Marty has sick jays, great haircut, right?

Great haircut. Friends with everybody, great author. Gave us an interview out of a Starbucks. Yes. Kept them open, right? That's Marty? Marty has sick J's. Great haircut, right? Great haircut. Friends with everybody. Great author. Gave us an interview out of a Starbucks. Yes. Kept them open, right? That's Marty? That is Marty, yes.

Saban's best friend. Marty's an awesome guy. McGee is the... The face of NASCAR. McGee's a fucking dog. That's all that needs to be said. They are the SEC. They are. Face of the SEC. They are.

Face of the South. Also the face of the Myrtle Beach Bowl, right? Correct. Bingo. That was when I really fell in love with Ochoa. They went down there on a boardwalk, got their saltwater taffy, their airbrushed t-shirts. I love those guys.

Who doesn't? Seriously, their podcast is the best thing that's got ESPN. This is our brand new picture. So lovable. This is McGee on the left, Marty on the right. Definitely 2022. That is a very old photo. Pull that from 2007?

Maybe before. The conception. Yeah, they've been together that long. Yeah, that's what we're showcasing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We fucking love Marty and McGee. Love them. You went on their show.

Yes. What was that? National Championship. Yeah, their show. Yes. What was that? National Championship. Yeah, New Orleans. 2019. Marty was fucking hucking seeds through that tire spinning back and forth. With Tabo standing right now. Yeah.

He almost won somebody a million bucks, Marty. Fucking freak athlete Marty. Boom. There it is. There we go. Hell yeah. What's up, McGee? Why don't they stand in the right spots?

McGee looks good. What's that, pal? Like, Marty should be on the left at all times. Because it's Marty and McGee? Yeah, they really fucked themselves over here. Well, because they know that fucking McGee's a straw that stirs a drink. They want him on the left. Goddamn right.

Goddamn right. This office has an unhealthy obsession with these two. We know. They're the best. Those two do not know. Hey, Marty, McGee, I want to let you guys know, you get quoted in this office seven to eight times a day, not just some days, every day,

Marty and McGee are talked about. They're just living their life, making great content, covering shit, doing their thing. They don't even know that in an office in Indiana, their names are brought up all the time. Always a pop. Always a pop. Always a pop whenever Marty McGee

gets brought up. Trying to change that. I follow and unfollow McGee like 65 times a day. I've been doing it for probably like three months now trying to get him to follow me back.

He won't do it, but I mean, it's McGee. I get it. He's fucking busy as shit. I get it. Do you like Feinbaum? Oh,

he got dumped on for something. What did he say? He said Notre Dame sucks ass. Well, I mean. Have you not busted it out yet? Do you have a Feinbaum in there? I've done it on the show before. Does he have a Feinbaum ever?

Have you really? On this show? No, he can't do Feinbaum. You have a Paul Feinbaum. There's no way he can do Feinbaum. I've never heard it. Have you never heard of Paul Feinbaum? It's too tough to do. I don't think anyone could do it. I don't think we've ever heard of Paul Feinbaum. There's no way he can be part of it. I've never heard it. Have you never heard of Paul Feinbaum? It's too tough to do.

I don't think anyone could do it. I don't think we've ever heard of Paul Feinbaum, dude. What did he even say? Well, he'd probably say something like, AJ's a fucking asshole. You know, Alabama this year is going to be so much better than they were last year. Nick Saban knows how to win, okay?

And if you... Marty McGee is actually my favorite show. It's my lead-in to the Paul Feinbaum radio show, which starts coming weeks here. I didn't know. Hey, good for you. That's pretty good. Really good.

I met Paul Feinbaum doing get-up one morning. It was an honor. It was an honor to chat with him. And I knew he was a legend. I don't know the college football world as well as I am this year, alongside A.J., because we're in the college football landscape now. I met him in the morning he's a legend. I don't know the college football world as well as I am this year alongside AJ because we're in the college football landscape now. I met him in the morning.

I get up that afternoon. My wife and I were walking around the area of where the get up stage is. We saw Paul Feinbaum walking all by himself. Fucking looked so good. It was like an aura around him while he was walking around. And I go, hey, Paul, how's it going? And he just ignored the shit out of you. No, he said hello, but he definitely had no idea who the fuck I was.

And my wife kind of goes like, oh, kind of dunked on you there, that guy. I was like, I met him this morning, but he's a busy guy. He runs college football. He does. That's why I told Sam. That guy right there runs college football. That guy right there. Because he runs the SEC.

So he runs college football. I mean He's probably stiff Arm and co-eds Throwing themselves at him Right I used to listen to his show Just for the callers

They were great Stiff tongue If he walked on a campus I would imagine All the sororities Come running It was his show When the guy from

Alabama or Auburn Called in to Confess to the Kill in the tree Yeah Harvey Updike That was that guy's name. He fucking poisoned.

Put a fucking rusty nail. Yeah. Inside the tree. I cannot take our show anymore. We're out of here. This show sucks. All right. We're back tomorrow.

Can't have what we did today. What do you mean? You can have one of these every once in a while. Can't make this a habit. Last one before the season. By the way, that is my managerial style. Something terrible happens, I go, hey, like, we enjoyed what happened there. Sure.

Can't make it a habit. You know, like, that's, something bad will happen out here, and it'll obviously be a fuck-up, but the way this office handles everything is like, oh, of course, look at that, and it becomes a 25, 30-minute whole thing. We're all laughing. So then I normally have to, like, talk to the person's side, like, hey, listen, had a lot of fun there 30 minute whole thing. We're all laughing. So then I normally have to like talk to the person's side like, hey, listen, had a lot of fun there with that whole thing. Classic, funny, awesome.

Can't make a habit out of it. We can't make a habit out of it. Oh, of course, of course, of course. And then Huston happens. Right. And then it's like, all right, we're back in it. We're back in it. But other things along that, today's show can't make a habit of it.

Like the big wet butt. That's why you had to cut that off. Yeah, and let me just say, two days ago, me and Zito had a chance, a big wet butt, every single computer in this goddamn place, and we did it. I close it every time I walk away. Well, you were in here. We were at Quill's. We were taking our parking spots.

That's going to be a thing. Those cars are going to get flipped. Do it again. Do it again, Quills. Got meatheads down the road, Quills. Cars will get flipped. There's little tiny cars. I'll break some windows. I do not care. I'll poop on windshields. There you go. Bill will be slithering

around out there. Have we found Bill in Pittsburgh yet? Not yet. He'll be slithering under cars, cutting brake lines. I've seen him do it. I saw a picture of a woman cutting a carburetor out or something like that. Yeah, it's big right now. Catalytic converters. There it is. Just broad daylight.

Broad daylight. Army crawling underneath. Just... Very... Launched. Unintelligent looking humans. I don't think it's that difficult. This is just like the Kia thing.

As soon as somebody finds out about it, I can make 25 cents per one of these things. I can go sell it. Same category of human that goes in and strips copper pipe out of a house to sell it. Sure. They're clever, those people. Sure, copper goes for good money.

Not that good. Those construction sites really got to keep their eyes St. Bob. Yeah. Yeah. They're clever, those people. Chuck Hopper goes for good money. A lot of math. A lot of math. Not that good. Those construction sites really got to keep their eyes peeled for the fucking coming out here. Get some watchdogs. Actual dogs? Yeah. Chuck. Dogs.

What happened with the COVID dogs? Is that still a thing? Because I've seen a guy can't play in a tournament. I thought the CDC said unvaccinated and vaccinated people are no longer. Novak? Talking about Novak Djokovic? Talking about Djokovic, yeah. I thought the CDC actually said in its release, this might have been an internet

meme that I misread and thought it was actually from the CDC, but it said vaccinated and non-vaccinated no longer to be separated, right? Yeah. And then Joker can't play in the U.S. Open because he's not vaccinated. That would seem as if that would be a... Yeah, I don't know what the foreign relations are. He ain't fucking American.

Yeah, Joker's just... I think that's what they're saying. Actually. I think it's the foreign relations. He's going to start a goddamn nuclear war if we don't let him play because he's been fed up with it. He actually bought a medical company just to research why he doesn't have to be vaxxed,

and now they're doing this after the CDC said, you don't have to be vaxxed. He's going to start bombing people. He doesn't have to be vexed. And now they're doing this after the CDC said, you don't have to be vexed. He's going to start bombing people. He doesn't care. I don't know if Joker just has the ability to bomb people. You never know. I think you're saying that in a metaphorical sense. Yeah, he's bombing on people.

Okay, bombing on people. Yeah, because the way you were saying it, you said nuclear. Yeah. Like he was piloting the Enola Gay. Yeah. No, he's going nuclear on people. The what? The Enola Gay.

It's what we dropped the atomic bombs from. Yeah. Yeah. That has really ruined relations with that country to this day. Yeah, we were talking about that yesterday. Yeah, we were. Yeah. Well.

I was over there. Boots on the ground. It's not great. Hey, you're. So, you should not go to this particular part of the town. Why? What's going on down there? Bad part?

Yeah. Well, also a lot of, you know, locals. And you're pretty obviously American. Yeah. They haven't forgot. Still throwing darts at American flags. We haven't forgot either. Well, I feel like they'd be a good ally.

It sounds like... But they don't love us over there. I do not think they love us over there. No. Unless things have changed in the last few years. Yeah, probably have. Probably. I doubt it.

Was it our fault that they picked the wrong team in the 40s? I don't think so. I agree. You love Hawaii. Love it. Hawaii, Tony. From the Mantaiteo dock? Yeah, that and there was a sur's a surfer doc too where they

just hammered that thing home oh and the and one mixtape tour doc awesome came out yesterday yeah you weren't in that generation right that was our generation no we like we would watch the reruns on like espn classics but we didn't live through it and watching it was unbelievable so we lived i got to live through it very lucky that i lived. I got to live through it. Very lucky that I lived through it. That thing came in. It was kind of thrown together. We're doing this at parks and shit. Then it was arenas within two years.

MSG. Yeah, it was awesome. It was really cool to watch. They talked about how the lockout happened at the perfect time for and one, just because since that basketball ended, it was strictly streetball. Then they were just crushing it. There's some real talent on those courts oh yeah great for ray for austin they go through a lot and he went to the nba they have the professor in there oh yeah hot sauce professor and hot sauce are probably the and main event are probably like

three of the biggest of the entire that's they're the ones that yeah hot sauce was the dude yeah then oh yeah there was a caucasian hot sauce that came in that motherfucker was the dude. Then there was a Caucasian Hot Sauce that came in. That motherfucker was the professor. They talked about how Hot Sauce actually changed the entire... He's the one that actually made it what it was. He used to throw the ball around people. It was awesome.

Let's not forget Escalade, by the way. Rest in peace. I saw the thumbnail, Pat. Did you see your guy? Your family member has a doc out. Yes. I almost watched that, too. Yes.

John. Your family member, John. I don't know if he was your uncle. What do you want? Someone's saying he's still alive. Yeah, they're saying he is not dead. Well, as soon as he was allegedly dead, everybody said, this guy's not actually dead. Yeah, he dropped a letter off.

Faked his death and moved to Texas. That's because everybody wanted to kill him, right? Yeah. Him and Marshmallow are living together. Avicii, but rest in peace to both of them. Avicii ain't living in Texas. Is's because everybody wanted to kill him, right? Yeah. Him and Marshmello are living together. Avicii, but rest in peace to both of them. Avicii ain't living in Texas.

Is this a big meme day, it seems like on this show? So, I'm happy we're just continuing it all the way to the end. Hammer.

Done! Is in about 10 minutes. Hashtag PMS, by the way. Okay, PMS, by the way. Say something, screenshot right now. Okay. PMS, by the way, say something.

Screenshot right now. Last time before you go in for a scan, it might be the last helmet you ever put on. What if they say you can't put a helmet on anymore? Man, Diggs, I hope nothing turns up. Well, that would be a problem, right? In a brain scan? He's going to be great. No, there'll be nothing.

They're going to say you look perfect. No, you want things to show up, I think, in a brain scan. Yeah's going to be great. No, there'll be nothing. They're going to say you look perfect. No, you want things to show up, I think, in a brain scan. Yeah. Nothing abnormal. Gray matter. You want the neurons fired.

Take a screenshot there. Use hashtag PMS, by the way. Put your cash tag in there. Say something nice to somebody. Right? We need to be nicer to people. Hell yeah. You don't have to be nice

to everybody. If you don't like somebody, tell them to fuck off and never talk to them again. Say something nice to somebody. Let's enjoy this life. We'll be back in about 20 hours for a Feel Good Friday. You all are the greatest humans on earth. Hashtag PMS

by the way. Cheers.