November 22, 2025 • 29 mins
The Saturday Edition of the Good Morning Football Podcast looks back at The Undertaker's appearance on GMFB! Another matchup between Aaron Rodgers and the Bears, will he have the same success with the Steelers? Plus, Ravens TE Mark Andrews drops by to talk about Baltimore's 4 game winning streak and their resurgence in the AFC North!
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
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Speaker 3 (00:25):
In the last main events, they're doing all these cameos
and the Rocks walking in and John Cena's running in
and I'm getting so emotional. And in the middle of
all this chaos, they turn the lights out and you
just hear and it's the Undertaker's music. And the Undertaker
when the lights come back on, is in the middle
of the ring, as if it was magic. My son
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is screaming at me and he looks in the ring.
He looks at me and goes, are you crying out?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, a little bit.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm worked up one hundred percent truth at Lincoln Financial
Field at WrestleMania, and I cried at a wrestling event.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
And it has so much to do with our guests.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Now, his power, his aura, decades in the.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Ring, a true icon.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
It is a thrill to welcome to Good Morning Football,
the Undertaker.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Let's go, let's take her. What's happening, good morning, Thrilled
to have you on.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I did cry at WrestleMania. Cry right now, I'm about to.
This is a really big deal.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Undertake you.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
You've seen every kind of fan have you ever seen
someone crying at WrestleMania just from the pure power of
the show.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
I have.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
The passion of a WWE fan is is second to none.
And I have seen grown men weep and cry and
ben told by their their wives and girlfriends. It's it's
not really that, it's not that an unusual occurrence.
Speaker 6 (01:49):
Nice, all right, we're gonna we're gonna get back to wrestling.
You got that, You got the horns behind you, horns up,
we never horns down. But we want to talk some
football right here. We want to talk about your cowboy.
Let's go what's the state of the friend Jiaz in
your mind? Look, we had some jokes or second guessing
about the Michael Parsons trade, but that looked like a
(02:09):
completely different defense than me with Kenny Clark and Quinn
Williams in the middle of the other night.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
I tell you what it was. It was a drastic
improvement for a lifelong die hard cowboy fan. You know,
it was just enough for us to hang on to
and like, well maybe you know, but that defense was
I mean, we hadn't seen that kind of defense all
year long, and you know, and we just need I mean,
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seriously with the numbers that Dak and the offense are
putting up. If we can get the defense to play
that kind of football, you know, they might be in
the conversation and for the playoffs at the end of
the year.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
I mean, as a.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Diehard Cowboy fan, that's that seems like a recurring theme
every year. But we got to.
Speaker 7 (02:54):
Hang on to our star undertaker, Mike.
Speaker 8 (02:57):
You just reference say, you talk about the Michael Parsons trade.
You had him on your six Feet under podcast back
in July to talk about his situation. Let's take a
look back at that.
Speaker 7 (03:05):
Yeah, how are we coming along with the contract man?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Can you talk about it?
Speaker 9 (03:10):
Because look I listen, Yeah, drink away, get a drink
of water.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Yeah, that's not a good sign.
Speaker 10 (03:16):
We obviously wanted to get done early. We want that
relief off our backs. But obviously ownership is always gonna
make a drag out, make it, make it more complicated
than it has to be. Lack of communication in that standpoint.
But you know, I just always say God has me
this far, he ain't done with me yet, So you know,
I just just keep working, keep going, and then when
it comes, I'm gonna be ready.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
But you know it ain't gonna be no drop off.
Speaker 8 (03:39):
Now, obviously he has a lot of cowboys gear on.
That that was in July. Things have changed. How is
it for you seeing him in a different color uniform.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Yeah, it's tough.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
And you know, doing that interview, there was nothing that
told me that Micah would not be a cowboy this year.
And you can look at it and you can tell
that like he thinks he's going to resign, and it
was a it was a really relaxed interview you and
you can tell, you know, I don't know how he
got my cap on, but but.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah, it was. It was a shocker.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
And like all my my buddies that are cowboy fans,
they've kind of christened me that I truly am the
undertaker between Jenson, Michaeh Parsons and Oh and I'm not
sure that I'm welcomed on UT's campus either. Every time
I do a height video for him, they lose.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
So yeah, I love that for you. I'm taking I'm
taking this character a little too seriously. I think, Well, the.
Speaker 11 (04:45):
Problem is the problem is that everybody takes you so
seriously and you're thirty five years in the ring. This
Saturday is a really special anniversary for you, thirty fifth
anniversary of your n ring debut for the WWE, which
was then the WWF AT Survivor series, when Ted Dbasse
had a mystery partner and it was you. Yeah, can
you take us back to that night. What was it
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like in the moment and did you have visions of
the Hall of Fame career that you were about to
embark upon.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
No, none at all.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
I mean you always have that as a as a
as a carrot hanging way out there, but I had
I had no at this point. I have no idea
that my career is going to do what it what
it did. I am extremely at this point right here,
I'm extremely nervous. I'm I'm walking into a ring that's
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just completely full of legends, and uh and I'm about
to lay waste to all of them. And uh, this
is a this is.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
A very pivotal point in my career.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
I'd already been told that, you know, I was never
going to draw money in this business, and uh, you know,
here I am with all these legend Brett Hart, Teddy
Ba Coco, Beware, Dusty Rhodes.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Yeah, I'm just a I'm a young kid here trying
to make name for myself.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
And I tell you what, Coco beware, it took that
tombstone like a champ man.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
This is incredible. We're sitting all that was an amazing.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Yeah, you know, I didn't remember it being quite that ugly,
but yeah I might. I might owe Coco an apology
for that. That looked a little u a little gnarly
right there.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well, like you said, you were nervous, and I mean
walking in with brother Love and the honky talk man's there,
and I listened a year later than you're headlining to
the very next Survivor Series against Hulk Hogan. But since
we're talking about Survivor Series so much, this year takes
place November twenty ninth, pet Goo Park and San.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
Diego take her. This is a perfect question for you.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Okay, if you had to put.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Together a Survivor Series team of four wrestlers, but it's
yourself and three other cowboys of through all time, you
could pick any cowboys you want to be on your
Survivor Series team.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
Which three cowboys.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Are you going into the ring with Larry Allen? Hell, yeah, yes,
he's definitely in there.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
Tyron Smith, that's a good way Yep, I'm gonna public
take h Randy White.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
There it is, and yeah, I can't subb myself all.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
That we can do it we can do right, take
another one?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Yeah, all right, and I'll take I'll take it Jones
to oh to tall Jones?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (07:24):
All right?
Speaker 7 (07:25):
Who would be the manager?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Is it?
Speaker 12 (07:26):
Is it Michael Irvin?
Speaker 7 (07:27):
Or is it?
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Who is it? Jerry Jones?
Speaker 5 (07:29):
He they gonna be Jerry Jones because he the trade
two of those guys away from me before you get
in the pay per view.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Ah, but he's the general manager. He's supposed to be
the manager.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Right.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Oh, I think I'm gonna I'm gonna, yeah, I'm back.
If we're gonna go back out, I think I'm gonna
take Paul Bear with me. Yeah we go, well, yeah,
I gotta go with right William Moody rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
You love it.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
You can't ask for a better answer in that spot
than we just got from the taker.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Good morning, Jerry.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Yeah, what's up buddy?
Speaker 7 (08:04):
You're I'm defeated.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
Streak and WrestleMania twenty one to know will never be matched.
We feel confident saying that. How about an NFL record
that you think will never be matched and will stand
the test of time. O.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Man, I'll tell you what this day and age like,
I don't know that you can ever say never.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah. Yeah, I think it's going.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
To be very difficult for a team to go undefeated,
just the nature of the game and the.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Schedule and injuries.
Speaker 5 (08:36):
Man.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Man, they've all fallen.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
I mean all these records that you thought would I've
got a football sign somewhere with uh with Marino, Walter
Payton and uh Jerry.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Rice on it. Yeah, two of those.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
Yeah, they've already been broken, right, all three of them
now Jerry Rice?
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
You know you just think those those kind of records,
but you know, when the offense is.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Played now and everything.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
I just, man, I really don't I don't see any
record that's not you know, other than maybe the undefeated
record is that's the only one that I think sure,
and that could be done. I mean it could be done.
But yeah, I think it's all a fair game.
Speaker 11 (09:18):
The season so long, the game is so entertaining, so
you're kind of hooked into watching it no matter what.
But I do tend to agree with you. We already
mentioned six Feet Under your podcast with yourself as the host,
if someone just stumbled upon it, where they get their pods,
What is a typical viewer listener experience with the six
feet under with the Undertaker.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
Like, it could be anything like Obviously, we have our
fair amount of wrestling content, and I'm kind of always
have that kind of content, but I'm trying to move
on and do and have more athletes and you know,
and different people from different genres of entertainment. I like
to hear and talk about their wrestling experiences and what
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wrestling is meant to them and growing up and their
stories and the correlation between the two.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
But yeah, there's really no challenge. There's no telling what
you might get.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
You might get a tale of twenty five years ago
and in a bar with a bunch of you just
never know, so awesome.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
But hopefully you know.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Everybody will find the content entertaining and get her out.
So yeah, so yeah, I mean, there's there's no chance.
Depends on the day and who the guest is, and
no one's off limits.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
That's the best, that's the best kind of pod, and
nothing's off limits.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
Listen.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Taker, You've meant a lot to so many people, myself included,
I think really in.
Speaker 7 (10:35):
Wrestling You're the closest thing we.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Have to Tom Brady, the longevity, the championships, the grace,
the reputation.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Huge respect for you, dude.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
I love the pod and I love the ukme on
our show.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Thank you so much, guys, thanks for having me. Man
continue to success, real mom Man, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Good morn football.
Speaker 11 (11:01):
The Rams are going to regret giving us as Aaron
Donald life high babble ahead by the end of the show.
I can almost guarantee it. The Rams are giving out
the miniature version to take home for the first sixty
thousand fans this week and at SOFI Stadium.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
So when I asked.
Speaker 11 (11:13):
Tom Pellasaro injury questions about week twelve, I almost want
to make him only answer and strictly yes or no questions,
just so I can work Aaron Donald into it. So,
Tom pellisero, what is Joe Burrow going to play this weekend?
Or should I just stop him now because we're just
not sure?
Speaker 13 (11:30):
Can Aaron Donald shrug?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
I know that's kind of a cop.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
I bet he can.
Speaker 13 (11:34):
I would say, bobblehead Aaron Donald. Yeah, maybe, don't hurt
yourself there, Jamie. Let's talk about Joe Burrow. He was
listed as a full participant in practice for a second
consecutive day on Thursday, as he works his way back
from that surgery for a severe case of turf toe.
It's fair to say at this point Burrow has a
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realistic shot of playing. He is ahead of schedule. It
was initially supposed to be twelve to fourteen weeks, which
would have had him back in mid to late set. Instead,
by virtue of Burrow be listed as a full participant,
that means he got all the first team reps in
practice on both Wednesday and Thursday. Now, remember Joe Flacco
has been dealing with an injury to his throwing shoulder.
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He may not have been able to take regular reps anyway.
Final test today Burrow remains on IR for the moment,
would have to be activated prior to four pm Eastern
time on Saturday in order to play on Sunday. Colds
quarterback Daniel Jones popped up on the injury report on Thursday,
officially listed as limited in practice because of a calf issue.
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My understanding is this is not a major cause for
concern for Daniel Jones. Certainly something to monitor, but the
expectation as of now is that he will be good
to go on Sunday for a huge game against the Chiefs.
As for Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he returned to practice
on Thursday, officially listed as limited as he pushes to
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play despite a fracture in his left wrist. Mike Tomlin
has said that the Keys are are bracing it for
the safety and comfortability of Aaron Rodgers, And the second
part is how functional is he. My understanding is Rogers
looked really good in practice on Thursday. He has acknowledged
there might be some things they have to do differently,
might be more comfortable, for instance, to take snaps in
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the shotgun as opposed to under center. Still needs final
medical clearance. That decision could come as soon as today, Jamie,
all right.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Tom, thank you so much.
Speaker 11 (13:30):
Let's hone in on what's happening with the Steelers, the
AFC North, and their opponent this weekend in.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
The Chicago Bears.
Speaker 11 (13:36):
Right now, the Steelers are one game behind the Ravens
in their division and the Bears are half a game
ahead of the Packers in the NFC North. So Manti,
knowing what we know now about Rogers how he feels,
but also have the Bears have been playing. What do
you think of this game?
Speaker 8 (13:50):
I think it's going to be interesting to see if
Aaron Rodgers plays with not on how that changes the
dynamic of this defense that is the Chicago Bears. Now,
when I'm looking at if I'm trying to analyze the Steelers' offense,
it's not as complex as it was when Aaron Rodgers
was with the Packers. And the reason why is because
Arthur Smith's system is a run for a system. There's
not a lot of exotic checks that you have to
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worry about.
Speaker 7 (14:11):
The things that you do have to worry about.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
If Aaron Rodgers is in the game, is always his
cadence right, his cadence has drawn. I remember prepping for
an Aaron Rodgers led team and the coaching point was,
even within five seconds of of the playclock, don't go
off when it's always watched the ball.
Speaker 7 (14:27):
The second thing I think Aaron Rodgers has.
Speaker 8 (14:29):
Done a really good job at this year is he's
distributing the ball evenly.
Speaker 7 (14:33):
I don't think you can pinpoint a.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
Guy on there on the offensive side of the ball
as far as pass catchers that he likes to go. So,
if I am the Bears, understanding that he's going to
be even with the ball.
Speaker 7 (14:42):
He doesn't have a favorite yet.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
Now, if Mason Rudolph does come in and it's figuring
out who does he like to go to the ball to,
because the first thing that a second string quarterback wants
to do is he wants to get comfortable, and the
best way for him to get comfortable is two things.
Run the ball or find somebody you're very comfortable at
getting the ball to. So it's going to be different,
But I think for the Bears, preparing for Aaron Rodgers
is a number one thing you want to do, especially
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if he's in a shotgun all day.
Speaker 14 (15:07):
This is interesting to me because I actually think that
the Pittsburgh Steelers may be better off with Mason Rudolph
under center. And it sounds crazy, but if you really
look at it, when Mason came into the game, he
had he was twelve or sixteen, one hundred and thirty
yards a touchdown. Right, that's right on the track with
Aaron what Aaron Rodgers has just had. Now you look forward,
dk metcalp one hundred and fifty million dollar contract is
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catching the ball three point seven times a game, sixty
yards half a touchdown a game that's not really overtly impressive.
The Steelers are known for playing great defense. What helps
a great defense is a great offense. They've only had
the ball averaging fifty five snaps a game.
Speaker 7 (15:45):
You know how much pressures on your defense.
Speaker 14 (15:47):
When Mason Rudolph was in He's precision.
Speaker 7 (15:49):
It's just like if you look at the brock Perty
or the mac Jones.
Speaker 14 (15:52):
You want somebody that just hot flying, they can make
big players. You just want somebody who's efficient, and I
think Mason Rudolph could be somebody that helps them in
this division moving forward?
Speaker 11 (16:02):
Did you just benj a Hall of Famer for the
steel Is down the stretch ahead of playing the Bears.
Speaker 15 (16:07):
I do want to be clear that it's not an indictment.
Four times Super Bowl, I mean four times VP, super
Bowl Champs, hall of Famer, just this moment this year,
that's his look.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
That's a hell of a hot take. That's a hell
of a hot take.
Speaker 16 (16:22):
There's one there's one problem with that, all right, Mason
Rudolph does not have an ownership stake in the Chicago
Bears franchise. Aaron Rodgers certainly does, and so Mason Rudolph.
If you're Chicago Bears fan, if you're a Chicago Bears defender,
no offense to Mason Rudolph. He does not strike fear
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into your hearts. Right there is a monkey on your
back when you're playing against Aaron Rodgers. And so that
mental edge that Rogers is going to bring to the
table if he starts on Sunday is huge. And this
is a massive game for both teams, make no mistake
about it. The Ravens have caught fire, so the Steelers
they feel that.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
Heat coming up from behind.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
They need to win.
Speaker 16 (17:05):
They need to win games like this, whether they're playing
these opponents like the Bears, who people are talking about
as oh, maybe they're not as good as their record.
So you got to go out there and you got
to win this game on the road. You got to
show the Ravens that you're still the team to beat
in the AFC North. And then the Bears, they're out
here showing the entire world why they're the elite team
in the NFC North, which is.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Wild to talk about.
Speaker 16 (17:26):
Against Green Bay, against Detroit, even Minnesota. So you know,
this is a huge game for both of these teams.
That hot take mister Rudolph.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Over Aaron Rodgers. I can't get behind that.
Speaker 16 (17:37):
I think you want Aaron Rodgers under center or behind center. However,
he's going to take these snaps on Sunday. That's going
to give you your best chance to win. I mean,
I just I would. I mean I want Aaron As
a Bears fan, I want Aaron Rodgers in there because
I want to put it to them. I want to
get that w But I feel a lot more confident
if it's Mason Rudolph. I feel like you can fluster
him a little bit more, you know, No, I feel
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like you can get to him what you got.
Speaker 7 (17:59):
Man.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
What's funny is that we're talking about the Steelers offense
versus the Bears defense. Isn't That isn't the identity of
this team, Like the identity of both teams is the
offense for the Chicago Bears and the defense for the Steelers.
You need to talk about Mason Rudolph not striking fear
into the point. You know who does strike fears? J
Watt and all of those guys on that side. So
that's really where this game is going to go for me.
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Is can Caleb Williams continue to expand plays.
Speaker 7 (18:25):
The way that he has been.
Speaker 8 (18:26):
We just saw last night Josh Allen, who's known for
extending plays. But then he runs into one of them
fronts that is really good at getting after the quarterback.
And so it's understanding who you're going up against. Like
there are teams that you could add lib and get
away with stuff with. But then when you're running against
a Steeler's front that not only is productive and getting
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after the pass rusher.
Speaker 7 (18:48):
But they play against Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 8 (18:51):
So their defense that is used to a run a
quarterback that runs around, and that is a huge thing.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
Guys where when you're talking about a defense that's used
to a scrambling quarterback.
Speaker 8 (19:01):
They know how to structure games, they know how to
do different things, who to pick, what lineman to pick on,
what lineman not to pick on. They're not going to
run past the rusher. Why because they've had to go
against Lamar Jackson for so many years. So when I'm
looking at Caleb Williams, it's understanding when do I get
this ball out?
Speaker 7 (19:19):
When do I just throw.
Speaker 8 (19:19):
This thing out of bounds and go for a second
and ten rather than scrambling around and losing seven to
eight yards because you're trying to make something happen.
Speaker 7 (19:27):
So that's going to be the thing for me that
I'm going to look at the most.
Speaker 12 (19:29):
T J.
Speaker 11 (19:30):
Watt is one sack away from passing his brother on
the all time sack list. He's got one hundred and
fourteen right now. JJ has one hundred and fourteen and
a half. And I just want to make sure for
the young viewers watching our show, the lore of Rogers
having ownership in the Chicago Bears is not just something
that we've actually, like, you know, magnified over time. The
man is twenty five and five against the Bears in
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the regular season and the postseason. This is not something
that we just take and run with and it's overtime.
It's ridiculous. The Bears defense, they are going to have
to really embody what we know of Bears defenses of
the pass in order to take down one of the
most notorious monsters in their dreams.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Good morning football. I'm putting the ball in Lamar.
Speaker 14 (20:24):
Jackson's Handsley here or Mark Andrews comes up and does
the push himself.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
That is Andrews under center on fourth and one, Andrews
spitting away and there he goes Andrews all the way touchdown.
What a call by the Ravens Patrick Ricard leading the
way for Mark Andrews his first career rushing touchdown.
Speaker 11 (20:55):
How's a go ahead touchdown on Sunday that led Baltimore
Ravens to a twenty three sixteen victory over the Cleveland Browns. Now,
we got the guy with the Andrew cattle on call
on that touchdown. It's a three time probable tight end.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
My getness.
Speaker 12 (21:10):
Than for having me on.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Let's go.
Speaker 11 (21:12):
Great to see you Mark.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Listen.
Speaker 11 (21:14):
Four game win streak a little differently than the way
people were talking about this team a month or two ago.
What's it like in the building now? What I love
about the Ravens renswer this is that I bet something's
gonna come out of your mouth. They're like, well, we
never really changed. We were committed to the cause. Prove
it otherwise. What's the locker room in the building feeling
like right now?
Speaker 7 (21:32):
You know?
Speaker 17 (21:32):
I think we feel good and uh, you know, I
think just the hindsight of knowing where we just were.
You know, it was, you know, three or four weeks ago,
we're sitting at one and five, and you know, everything
is kind of turning in on us. But the mindset
of everyone to come here and get to work, stay focused,
and you know, don't get too down, and just continue
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to stay humble and stay said steadfast. That was the
whole energy around here. I think that we're going to
continue to carry that, continue to carry our humility and
focus on each and every week and each and every game.
Speaker 7 (22:06):
Mark.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
Let's get right to it, because I got to know
about the hurricane. I've got so many questions about, as
Bob Dylan would say, the story of the hurricane.
Speaker 7 (22:14):
First of all, who named it?
Speaker 6 (22:16):
Second of all, is it like we're not running this
towards Miles Garrett at all? Third of all, like during
the week when you're practicing it, you're like, this could.
Speaker 7 (22:24):
Look great or it could be spectacularly bad.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
Like did that ever entered your mind mind at all?
Speaker 5 (22:29):
There?
Speaker 12 (22:30):
Yeah, you know it was. It was such a you know,
a crazy play, and you know, I think it was.
Speaker 17 (22:35):
A mix up, a bunch of people kind of getting
together and creating that. I got a call for Coach
Harb's about, you know, doing something a little bit different
earlier on that week. I think I got on a Monday,
and you know, I just told him, you know, whatever
you think is good, I'm ready to do it. And
we we practiced it and they changed and tweaked some
things and came up with this play. And yeah, I
don't know who came up with the play, but really
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just an awesome play call, really cool. You know everyone's
in there to stop the run and all all of us,
all eleven guys doing their job.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
That was that.
Speaker 12 (23:05):
That was the outcome.
Speaker 7 (23:06):
Mark.
Speaker 16 (23:06):
You know what really impressed me about that play is
your top end speed man.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
You hit the afterborner. You just cook them boys. Dog.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
I love that you've given your quarterback a run.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
For his money. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 7 (23:19):
I love that.
Speaker 16 (23:20):
But yeah, I mean you saw that, Vinzo.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
And you were like, that is mine.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
Uh.
Speaker 16 (23:25):
But let's talk about your quarterback. Let's talk about Lamar.
After the game, he told reporters that all he was
thinking when he saw you take off was go go go,
go go go.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Uh.
Speaker 16 (23:34):
He called you mister aliable. So I want to ask
you how important has his support been for you? How
has it impacted your game, How has it impacted the
team's game and the chemistry.
Speaker 7 (23:45):
But what does Lamar mean to your squad.
Speaker 17 (23:48):
Well, he just does so many, you know, different things.
And coming in to the league eight years ago with Lamar,
you know, as big as the been the biggest blessing
you know, of my career, just being able to uh
be around such a perennial player like that that find
a way to elevate his game each and every year.
You know, he's the game just feels slow to him.
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And so to be around a guy like that, I've
just been able to play ball and have fun and
try to get better and better better because he's so
incredibly talented and such an incredible humid that you know,
coming to work every day is a blessing.
Speaker 8 (24:25):
Well, Mark, you said that he's the greatest blessing to you,
but you could also be the greatest blessing to him
because on Sunday you became the Ravens all time leading
receiver after your catch.
Speaker 7 (24:34):
That you had at the game.
Speaker 8 (24:35):
Did you know you were that close to breaking the record?
And what does it mean for you Mark, now that
your name is at the top of the list.
Speaker 17 (24:43):
Yeah, you know, the the week before it was getting
really close, so you know, media and all that stuff
got brought up. But you know, just to you know,
be solidified in Raven's history like that. It is obviously
incredibly humbling, and there's been so many awesome, amazing players
that have come through here, coaches and the you know,
the people in the in the front off, everybody that plays.
Speaker 12 (25:06):
A part and in doing those type of things.
Speaker 17 (25:08):
So just very blessed and humbled that I'd been able
to achieve that. But you know, my mind this year
is just week probably we you know, trying to get
a win each and every week.
Speaker 6 (25:20):
Mark take me back to one in five because that
was a point in the season and then there's no
Lamar Jackson. Then you're looking at and say, wow, we
can win these games, we can get back into it.
But if you look at the whole thing, it kind
of feels overwhelming. So it had to be Hey, listen,
one game at a time, one practice at a time.
Speaker 7 (25:38):
Was that the messaging at that point?
Speaker 6 (25:39):
And do you need veterans and a lot of guys
with confidence to be able to pull that kind of
mindset off?
Speaker 12 (25:45):
I should say, yeah, you know, I think that you
hit it.
Speaker 17 (25:49):
You know, spot in the head is just taking it,
you know, one day at a time, one play at
a time, one week at a time, and uh, you know,
we're we're blessed with an incredible head coach and John Harbaugh,
who is an incredible leader of men that never let us,
you know, kind of take our eyes off the prize
of you know, you know, we can still get back
in this. We can still do this, and we have
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all the talent in the in the world to be
able to achieve what we want. And so that's kind
of where we're at right now, is just just continue
to mike steps and strides and continue to carry that
focus of what we've learned earlier on in the year too.
Speaker 8 (26:23):
Right now, well, Mark, you're talking about you know, coach
Harbaugh and his belief and always say hey, we can
do this. That also sounds like a former teammate of yours,
Baker and Mayfield and his leadership. Now, last week, before
they faced the Buffalo Bills, there was a clip of
what Josh Allen had to say about Baker and I
guess some things that he wears what he golfs you
being a brother him, I need to get the clarity
(26:45):
on this. So let's listen to this thing first and
then I got to see if it's true or not.
Speaker 17 (26:49):
Baker wears two gloves golfing, So he's that type of guy.
Speaker 8 (26:54):
So I know Josh is a friend, but I know
your Baker's brother being an Oklahoma Sooner.
Speaker 7 (26:59):
Is it true that he wears two gloves golfing.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
I can't.
Speaker 12 (27:03):
I can't confirm or deny that day. I got to
have a dog back. But he may go out there
with some no shoes and there you go.
Speaker 11 (27:12):
Yeah, Baker can hang in any element with the golf game.
That's like a Mike McDaniel answer, like, maybe it's ai
that they put two gloves on his hands. Mark, That
was commendable way to have your guys back.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Mark.
Speaker 11 (27:23):
If I may take it to a personal side of
your life, in one of my pregnancies, I had just
stational diabetes, which meant I had to manage this for
just twelve weeks of my life, and it was one
of the most challenging things I ever had to do.
You live with type one diabetes as a full blown
professional athlete. You've played football your whole life, and you
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have managed this. I commend you so much. It is
an incredible thing that anyone that has type one diabetes
is able to do. But to do it as an
athlete is wild. It is now your cause in life
to raise awareness for this with my cause, my cleats campaign.
What has it been like for you to live with
type one diabetes and manage your life at such a
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high level as an athlete?
Speaker 17 (28:08):
You know, I think being a type one diabetic is
a it's a twenty four to seven job.
Speaker 12 (28:12):
You know, It's it's something that you know can be
difficult to deal with.
Speaker 17 (28:16):
And you know, I've been, you know, extremely grateful to
have an amazing family and support staff behind me, and
I know the struggles that it takes to live with
this disease. And for me, you know, playing at the
highest level being able to use my you know, kind
of the pedestal playing in the NFL to show kids
and families out there that even though if you're going
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through a hard time that there's other people like you,
there's people like me, there's people like you that are
going through the same exact thing, and you can achieve
anything you want in life. Continue to keep going, continue
to be strong and Type one T one d strong.
Speaker 12 (28:52):
And you know that's that's my main message, is that
you're not alone and you can.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
Do anything you want.
Speaker 11 (28:58):
It's incredible can we see a shot of the shoes again,
or what do your shoes say this weekend? Just so
we make sure we understand the My ca is my
cleat's message.
Speaker 12 (29:05):
Yeah, I got T one break through. It's amazing organization.
Speaker 17 (29:09):
I've been working with so since I was young, raising
money to make Type one in the Type none.
Speaker 7 (29:14):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 11 (29:15):
That's really cool, Mark, Mark Andrews, everybody, you're such a
class act. We love watching you play, but we also
love getting to know you off the field as well.
Raven's Titan and now a new record leader in the
in the building all don Mark, awesome to see you beginning.
Look at it and it's what it's
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Speaker 2 (00:22):
Good Morning Football.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
In the last main events, they're doing all these cameos
and the Rocks walking in and John Cena's running in
and I'm getting so emotional. And in the middle of
all this chaos, they turn the lights out and you
just hear and it's the Undertaker's music. And the Undertaker
when the lights come back on, is in the middle
of the ring, as if it was magic. My son
(00:46):
is screaming at me and he looks in the ring.
He looks at me and goes, are you crying out?
Speaker 2 (00:51):
Yeah, a little bit.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
I'm worked up one hundred percent truth at Lincoln Financial
Field at WrestleMania, and I cried at a wrestling event.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
And it has so much to do with our guests.
Speaker 3 (01:02):
Now, his power, his aura, decades in the.
Speaker 4 (01:05):
Ring, a true icon.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
It is a thrill to welcome to Good Morning Football,
the Undertaker.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
Let's go, let's take her. What's happening, good morning, Thrilled
to have you on.
Speaker 3 (01:19):
I did cry at WrestleMania. Cry right now, I'm about to.
This is a really big deal.
Speaker 4 (01:24):
Undertake you.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
You've seen every kind of fan have you ever seen
someone crying at WrestleMania just from the pure power of
the show.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
I have.
Speaker 5 (01:31):
The passion of a WWE fan is is second to none.
And I have seen grown men weep and cry and
ben told by their their wives and girlfriends. It's it's
not really that, it's not that an unusual occurrence.
Speaker 6 (01:49):
Nice, all right, we're gonna we're gonna get back to wrestling.
You got that, You got the horns behind you, horns up,
we never horns down. But we want to talk some
football right here. We want to talk about your cowboy.
Let's go what's the state of the friend Jiaz in
your mind? Look, we had some jokes or second guessing
about the Michael Parsons trade, but that looked like a
(02:09):
completely different defense than me with Kenny Clark and Quinn
Williams in the middle of the other night.
Speaker 5 (02:14):
I tell you what it was. It was a drastic
improvement for a lifelong die hard cowboy fan. You know,
it was just enough for us to hang on to
and like, well maybe you know, but that defense was
I mean, we hadn't seen that kind of defense all
year long, and you know, and we just need I mean,
(02:37):
seriously with the numbers that Dak and the offense are
putting up. If we can get the defense to play
that kind of football, you know, they might be in
the conversation and for the playoffs at the end of
the year.
Speaker 4 (02:49):
I mean, as a.
Speaker 5 (02:49):
Diehard Cowboy fan, that's that seems like a recurring theme
every year. But we got to.
Speaker 7 (02:54):
Hang on to our star undertaker, Mike.
Speaker 8 (02:57):
You just reference say, you talk about the Michael Parsons trade.
You had him on your six Feet under podcast back
in July to talk about his situation. Let's take a
look back at that.
Speaker 7 (03:05):
Yeah, how are we coming along with the contract man?
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Can you talk about it?
Speaker 9 (03:10):
Because look I listen, Yeah, drink away, get a drink
of water.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Yeah, that's not a good sign.
Speaker 10 (03:16):
We obviously wanted to get done early. We want that
relief off our backs. But obviously ownership is always gonna
make a drag out, make it, make it more complicated
than it has to be. Lack of communication in that standpoint.
But you know, I just always say God has me
this far, he ain't done with me yet, So you know,
I just just keep working, keep going, and then when
it comes, I'm gonna be ready.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
But you know it ain't gonna be no drop off.
Speaker 8 (03:39):
Now, obviously he has a lot of cowboys gear on.
That that was in July. Things have changed. How is
it for you seeing him in a different color uniform.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
Yeah, it's tough.
Speaker 5 (03:48):
And you know, doing that interview, there was nothing that
told me that Micah would not be a cowboy this year.
And you can look at it and you can tell
that like he thinks he's going to resign, and it
was a it was a really relaxed interview you and
you can tell, you know, I don't know how he
got my cap on, but but.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Yeah, it was. It was a shocker.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
And like all my my buddies that are cowboy fans,
they've kind of christened me that I truly am the
undertaker between Jenson, Michaeh Parsons and Oh and I'm not
sure that I'm welcomed on UT's campus either. Every time
I do a height video for him, they lose.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
So yeah, I love that for you. I'm taking I'm
taking this character a little too seriously. I think, Well, the.
Speaker 11 (04:45):
Problem is the problem is that everybody takes you so
seriously and you're thirty five years in the ring. This
Saturday is a really special anniversary for you, thirty fifth
anniversary of your n ring debut for the WWE, which
was then the WWF AT Survivor series, when Ted Dbasse
had a mystery partner and it was you. Yeah, can
you take us back to that night. What was it
(05:07):
like in the moment and did you have visions of
the Hall of Fame career that you were about to
embark upon.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
No, none at all.
Speaker 5 (05:15):
I mean you always have that as a as a
as a carrot hanging way out there, but I had
I had no at this point. I have no idea
that my career is going to do what it what
it did. I am extremely at this point right here,
I'm extremely nervous. I'm I'm walking into a ring that's
(05:37):
just completely full of legends, and uh and I'm about
to lay waste to all of them. And uh, this
is a this is.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
A very pivotal point in my career.
Speaker 5 (05:50):
I'd already been told that, you know, I was never
going to draw money in this business, and uh, you know,
here I am with all these legend Brett Hart, Teddy
Ba Coco, Beware, Dusty Rhodes.
Speaker 4 (06:01):
Yeah, I'm just a I'm a young kid here trying
to make name for myself.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
And I tell you what, Coco beware, it took that
tombstone like a champ man.
Speaker 7 (06:09):
This is incredible. We're sitting all that was an amazing.
Speaker 5 (06:12):
Yeah, you know, I didn't remember it being quite that ugly,
but yeah I might. I might owe Coco an apology
for that. That looked a little u a little gnarly
right there.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
Well, like you said, you were nervous, and I mean
walking in with brother Love and the honky talk man's there,
and I listened a year later than you're headlining to
the very next Survivor Series against Hulk Hogan. But since
we're talking about Survivor Series so much, this year takes
place November twenty ninth, pet Goo Park and San.
Speaker 7 (06:38):
Diego take her. This is a perfect question for you.
Speaker 4 (06:41):
Okay, if you had to put.
Speaker 3 (06:43):
Together a Survivor Series team of four wrestlers, but it's
yourself and three other cowboys of through all time, you
could pick any cowboys you want to be on your
Survivor Series team.
Speaker 7 (06:54):
Which three cowboys.
Speaker 4 (06:55):
Are you going into the ring with Larry Allen? Hell, yeah, yes,
he's definitely in there.
Speaker 5 (07:02):
Tyron Smith, that's a good way Yep, I'm gonna public
take h Randy White.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
There it is, and yeah, I can't subb myself all.
Speaker 7 (07:14):
That we can do it we can do right, take
another one?
Speaker 5 (07:18):
Yeah, all right, and I'll take I'll take it Jones
to oh to tall Jones?
Speaker 2 (07:23):
Wow?
Speaker 4 (07:24):
All right?
Speaker 7 (07:25):
Who would be the manager?
Speaker 4 (07:26):
Is it?
Speaker 12 (07:26):
Is it Michael Irvin?
Speaker 7 (07:27):
Or is it?
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Who is it? Jerry Jones?
Speaker 5 (07:29):
He they gonna be Jerry Jones because he the trade
two of those guys away from me before you get
in the pay per view.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Ah, but he's the general manager. He's supposed to be
the manager.
Speaker 5 (07:42):
Right.
Speaker 4 (07:42):
Oh, I think I'm gonna I'm gonna, yeah, I'm back.
If we're gonna go back out, I think I'm gonna
take Paul Bear with me. Yeah we go, well, yeah,
I gotta go with right William Moody rest in peace.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
You love it.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
You can't ask for a better answer in that spot
than we just got from the taker.
Speaker 2 (08:01):
Good morning, Jerry.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
Yeah, what's up buddy?
Speaker 7 (08:04):
You're I'm defeated.
Speaker 6 (08:05):
Streak and WrestleMania twenty one to know will never be matched.
We feel confident saying that. How about an NFL record
that you think will never be matched and will stand
the test of time. O.
Speaker 5 (08:18):
Man, I'll tell you what this day and age like,
I don't know that you can ever say never.
Speaker 4 (08:24):
Yeah. Yeah, I think it's going.
Speaker 5 (08:27):
To be very difficult for a team to go undefeated,
just the nature of the game and the.
Speaker 4 (08:33):
Schedule and injuries.
Speaker 5 (08:36):
Man.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Man, they've all fallen.
Speaker 5 (08:39):
I mean all these records that you thought would I've
got a football sign somewhere with uh with Marino, Walter
Payton and uh Jerry.
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Rice on it. Yeah, two of those.
Speaker 5 (08:53):
Yeah, they've already been broken, right, all three of them
now Jerry Rice?
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Yeah yeah.
Speaker 4 (08:58):
Uh.
Speaker 5 (08:59):
You know you just think those those kind of records,
but you know, when the offense is.
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Played now and everything.
Speaker 5 (09:04):
I just, man, I really don't I don't see any
record that's not you know, other than maybe the undefeated
record is that's the only one that I think sure,
and that could be done. I mean it could be done.
But yeah, I think it's all a fair game.
Speaker 11 (09:18):
The season so long, the game is so entertaining, so
you're kind of hooked into watching it no matter what.
But I do tend to agree with you. We already
mentioned six Feet Under your podcast with yourself as the host,
if someone just stumbled upon it, where they get their pods,
What is a typical viewer listener experience with the six
feet under with the Undertaker.
Speaker 5 (09:36):
Like, it could be anything like Obviously, we have our
fair amount of wrestling content, and I'm kind of always
have that kind of content, but I'm trying to move
on and do and have more athletes and you know,
and different people from different genres of entertainment. I like
to hear and talk about their wrestling experiences and what
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wrestling is meant to them and growing up and their
stories and the correlation between the two.
Speaker 4 (10:04):
But yeah, there's really no challenge. There's no telling what
you might get.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
You might get a tale of twenty five years ago
and in a bar with a bunch of you just
never know, so awesome.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
But hopefully you know.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
Everybody will find the content entertaining and get her out.
So yeah, so yeah, I mean, there's there's no chance.
Depends on the day and who the guest is, and
no one's off limits.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
That's the best, that's the best kind of pod, and
nothing's off limits.
Speaker 7 (10:31):
Listen.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
Taker, You've meant a lot to so many people, myself included,
I think really in.
Speaker 7 (10:35):
Wrestling You're the closest thing we.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Have to Tom Brady, the longevity, the championships, the grace,
the reputation.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Huge respect for you, dude.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
I love the pod and I love the ukme on
our show.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
Thank you so much, guys, thanks for having me. Man
continue to success, real mom Man, Thank you.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Good morn football.
Speaker 11 (11:01):
The Rams are going to regret giving us as Aaron
Donald life high babble ahead by the end of the show.
I can almost guarantee it. The Rams are giving out
the miniature version to take home for the first sixty
thousand fans this week and at SOFI Stadium.
Speaker 7 (11:12):
So when I asked.
Speaker 11 (11:13):
Tom Pellasaro injury questions about week twelve, I almost want
to make him only answer and strictly yes or no questions,
just so I can work Aaron Donald into it. So,
Tom pellisero, what is Joe Burrow going to play this weekend?
Or should I just stop him now because we're just
not sure?
Speaker 13 (11:30):
Can Aaron Donald shrug?
Speaker 4 (11:32):
I know that's kind of a cop.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
I bet he can.
Speaker 13 (11:34):
I would say, bobblehead Aaron Donald. Yeah, maybe, don't hurt
yourself there, Jamie. Let's talk about Joe Burrow. He was
listed as a full participant in practice for a second
consecutive day on Thursday, as he works his way back
from that surgery for a severe case of turf toe.
It's fair to say at this point Burrow has a
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realistic shot of playing. He is ahead of schedule. It
was initially supposed to be twelve to fourteen weeks, which
would have had him back in mid to late set. Instead,
by virtue of Burrow be listed as a full participant,
that means he got all the first team reps in
practice on both Wednesday and Thursday. Now, remember Joe Flacco
has been dealing with an injury to his throwing shoulder.
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He may not have been able to take regular reps anyway.
Final test today Burrow remains on IR for the moment,
would have to be activated prior to four pm Eastern
time on Saturday in order to play on Sunday. Colds
quarterback Daniel Jones popped up on the injury report on Thursday,
officially listed as limited in practice because of a calf issue.
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My understanding is this is not a major cause for
concern for Daniel Jones. Certainly something to monitor, but the
expectation as of now is that he will be good
to go on Sunday for a huge game against the Chiefs.
As for Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he returned to practice
on Thursday, officially listed as limited as he pushes to
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play despite a fracture in his left wrist. Mike Tomlin
has said that the Keys are are bracing it for
the safety and comfortability of Aaron Rodgers, And the second
part is how functional is he. My understanding is Rogers
looked really good in practice on Thursday. He has acknowledged
there might be some things they have to do differently,
might be more comfortable, for instance, to take snaps in
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the shotgun as opposed to under center. Still needs final
medical clearance. That decision could come as soon as today, Jamie,
all right.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
Tom, thank you so much.
Speaker 11 (13:30):
Let's hone in on what's happening with the Steelers, the
AFC North, and their opponent this weekend in.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
The Chicago Bears.
Speaker 11 (13:36):
Right now, the Steelers are one game behind the Ravens
in their division and the Bears are half a game
ahead of the Packers in the NFC North. So Manti,
knowing what we know now about Rogers how he feels,
but also have the Bears have been playing. What do
you think of this game?
Speaker 8 (13:50):
I think it's going to be interesting to see if
Aaron Rodgers plays with not on how that changes the
dynamic of this defense that is the Chicago Bears. Now,
when I'm looking at if I'm trying to analyze the Steelers' offense,
it's not as complex as it was when Aaron Rodgers
was with the Packers. And the reason why is because
Arthur Smith's system is a run for a system. There's
not a lot of exotic checks that you have to
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worry about.
Speaker 7 (14:11):
The things that you do have to worry about.
Speaker 8 (14:12):
If Aaron Rodgers is in the game, is always his
cadence right, his cadence has drawn. I remember prepping for
an Aaron Rodgers led team and the coaching point was,
even within five seconds of of the playclock, don't go
off when it's always watched the ball.
Speaker 7 (14:27):
The second thing I think Aaron Rodgers has.
Speaker 8 (14:29):
Done a really good job at this year is he's
distributing the ball evenly.
Speaker 7 (14:33):
I don't think you can pinpoint a.
Speaker 8 (14:34):
Guy on there on the offensive side of the ball
as far as pass catchers that he likes to go. So,
if I am the Bears, understanding that he's going to
be even with the ball.
Speaker 7 (14:42):
He doesn't have a favorite yet.
Speaker 8 (14:43):
Now, if Mason Rudolph does come in and it's figuring
out who does he like to go to the ball to,
because the first thing that a second string quarterback wants
to do is he wants to get comfortable, and the
best way for him to get comfortable is two things.
Run the ball or find somebody you're very comfortable at
getting the ball to. So it's going to be different,
But I think for the Bears, preparing for Aaron Rodgers
is a number one thing you want to do, especially
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if he's in a shotgun all day.
Speaker 14 (15:07):
This is interesting to me because I actually think that
the Pittsburgh Steelers may be better off with Mason Rudolph
under center. And it sounds crazy, but if you really
look at it, when Mason came into the game, he
had he was twelve or sixteen, one hundred and thirty
yards a touchdown. Right, that's right on the track with
Aaron what Aaron Rodgers has just had. Now you look forward,
dk metcalp one hundred and fifty million dollar contract is
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catching the ball three point seven times a game, sixty
yards half a touchdown a game that's not really overtly impressive.
The Steelers are known for playing great defense. What helps
a great defense is a great offense. They've only had
the ball averaging fifty five snaps a game.
Speaker 7 (15:45):
You know how much pressures on your defense.
Speaker 14 (15:47):
When Mason Rudolph was in He's precision.
Speaker 7 (15:49):
It's just like if you look at the brock Perty
or the mac Jones.
Speaker 14 (15:52):
You want somebody that just hot flying, they can make
big players. You just want somebody who's efficient, and I
think Mason Rudolph could be somebody that helps them in
this division moving forward?
Speaker 11 (16:02):
Did you just benj a Hall of Famer for the
steel Is down the stretch ahead of playing the Bears.
Speaker 15 (16:07):
I do want to be clear that it's not an indictment.
Four times Super Bowl, I mean four times VP, super
Bowl Champs, hall of Famer, just this moment this year,
that's his look.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
That's a hell of a hot take. That's a hell
of a hot take.
Speaker 16 (16:22):
There's one there's one problem with that, all right, Mason
Rudolph does not have an ownership stake in the Chicago
Bears franchise. Aaron Rodgers certainly does, and so Mason Rudolph.
If you're Chicago Bears fan, if you're a Chicago Bears defender,
no offense to Mason Rudolph. He does not strike fear
(16:44):
into your hearts. Right there is a monkey on your
back when you're playing against Aaron Rodgers. And so that
mental edge that Rogers is going to bring to the
table if he starts on Sunday is huge. And this
is a massive game for both teams, make no mistake
about it. The Ravens have caught fire, so the Steelers
they feel that.
Speaker 4 (17:03):
Heat coming up from behind.
Speaker 2 (17:04):
They need to win.
Speaker 16 (17:05):
They need to win games like this, whether they're playing
these opponents like the Bears, who people are talking about
as oh, maybe they're not as good as their record.
So you got to go out there and you got
to win this game on the road. You got to
show the Ravens that you're still the team to beat
in the AFC North. And then the Bears, they're out
here showing the entire world why they're the elite team
in the NFC North, which is.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
Wild to talk about.
Speaker 16 (17:26):
Against Green Bay, against Detroit, even Minnesota. So you know,
this is a huge game for both of these teams.
That hot take mister Rudolph.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Over Aaron Rodgers. I can't get behind that.
Speaker 16 (17:37):
I think you want Aaron Rodgers under center or behind center. However,
he's going to take these snaps on Sunday. That's going
to give you your best chance to win. I mean,
I just I would. I mean I want Aaron As
a Bears fan, I want Aaron Rodgers in there because
I want to put it to them. I want to
get that w But I feel a lot more confident
if it's Mason Rudolph. I feel like you can fluster
him a little bit more, you know, No, I feel
(17:58):
like you can get to him what you got.
Speaker 7 (17:59):
Man.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
What's funny is that we're talking about the Steelers offense
versus the Bears defense. Isn't That isn't the identity of
this team, Like the identity of both teams is the
offense for the Chicago Bears and the defense for the Steelers.
You need to talk about Mason Rudolph not striking fear
into the point. You know who does strike fears? J
Watt and all of those guys on that side. So
that's really where this game is going to go for me.
(18:21):
Is can Caleb Williams continue to expand plays.
Speaker 7 (18:25):
The way that he has been.
Speaker 8 (18:26):
We just saw last night Josh Allen, who's known for
extending plays. But then he runs into one of them
fronts that is really good at getting after the quarterback.
And so it's understanding who you're going up against. Like
there are teams that you could add lib and get
away with stuff with. But then when you're running against
a Steeler's front that not only is productive and getting
(18:47):
after the pass rusher.
Speaker 7 (18:48):
But they play against Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 8 (18:51):
So their defense that is used to a run a
quarterback that runs around, and that is a huge thing.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
Guys where when you're talking about a defense that's used
to a scrambling quarterback.
Speaker 8 (19:01):
They know how to structure games, they know how to
do different things, who to pick, what lineman to pick on,
what lineman not to pick on. They're not going to
run past the rusher. Why because they've had to go
against Lamar Jackson for so many years. So when I'm
looking at Caleb Williams, it's understanding when do I get
this ball out?
Speaker 7 (19:19):
When do I just throw.
Speaker 8 (19:19):
This thing out of bounds and go for a second
and ten rather than scrambling around and losing seven to
eight yards because you're trying to make something happen.
Speaker 7 (19:27):
So that's going to be the thing for me that
I'm going to look at the most.
Speaker 12 (19:29):
T J.
Speaker 11 (19:30):
Watt is one sack away from passing his brother on
the all time sack list. He's got one hundred and
fourteen right now. JJ has one hundred and fourteen and
a half. And I just want to make sure for
the young viewers watching our show, the lore of Rogers
having ownership in the Chicago Bears is not just something
that we've actually, like, you know, magnified over time. The
man is twenty five and five against the Bears in
(19:51):
the regular season and the postseason. This is not something
that we just take and run with and it's overtime.
It's ridiculous. The Bears defense, they are going to have
to really embody what we know of Bears defenses of
the pass in order to take down one of the
most notorious monsters in their dreams.
Speaker 2 (20:21):
Good morning football. I'm putting the ball in Lamar.
Speaker 14 (20:24):
Jackson's Handsley here or Mark Andrews comes up and does
the push himself.
Speaker 9 (20:29):
That is Andrews under center on fourth and one, Andrews
spitting away and there he goes Andrews all the way touchdown.
What a call by the Ravens Patrick Ricard leading the
way for Mark Andrews his first career rushing touchdown.
Speaker 11 (20:55):
How's a go ahead touchdown on Sunday that led Baltimore
Ravens to a twenty three sixteen victory over the Cleveland Browns. Now,
we got the guy with the Andrew cattle on call
on that touchdown. It's a three time probable tight end.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
My getness.
Speaker 12 (21:10):
Than for having me on.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Let's go.
Speaker 11 (21:12):
Great to see you Mark.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Listen.
Speaker 11 (21:14):
Four game win streak a little differently than the way
people were talking about this team a month or two ago.
What's it like in the building now? What I love
about the Ravens renswer this is that I bet something's
gonna come out of your mouth. They're like, well, we
never really changed. We were committed to the cause. Prove
it otherwise. What's the locker room in the building feeling
like right now?
Speaker 7 (21:32):
You know?
Speaker 17 (21:32):
I think we feel good and uh, you know, I
think just the hindsight of knowing where we just were.
You know, it was, you know, three or four weeks ago,
we're sitting at one and five, and you know, everything
is kind of turning in on us. But the mindset
of everyone to come here and get to work, stay focused,
and you know, don't get too down, and just continue
(21:53):
to stay humble and stay said steadfast. That was the
whole energy around here. I think that we're going to
continue to carry that, continue to carry our humility and
focus on each and every week and each and every game.
Speaker 7 (22:06):
Mark.
Speaker 6 (22:06):
Let's get right to it, because I got to know
about the hurricane. I've got so many questions about, as
Bob Dylan would say, the story of the hurricane.
Speaker 7 (22:14):
First of all, who named it?
Speaker 6 (22:16):
Second of all, is it like we're not running this
towards Miles Garrett at all? Third of all, like during
the week when you're practicing it, you're like, this could.
Speaker 7 (22:24):
Look great or it could be spectacularly bad.
Speaker 4 (22:27):
Like did that ever entered your mind mind at all?
Speaker 5 (22:29):
There?
Speaker 12 (22:30):
Yeah, you know it was. It was such a you know,
a crazy play, and you know, I think it was.
Speaker 17 (22:35):
A mix up, a bunch of people kind of getting
together and creating that. I got a call for Coach
Harb's about, you know, doing something a little bit different
earlier on that week. I think I got on a Monday,
and you know, I just told him, you know, whatever
you think is good, I'm ready to do it. And
we we practiced it and they changed and tweaked some
things and came up with this play. And yeah, I
don't know who came up with the play, but really
(22:57):
just an awesome play call, really cool. You know everyone's
in there to stop the run and all all of us,
all eleven guys doing their job.
Speaker 4 (23:04):
That was that.
Speaker 12 (23:05):
That was the outcome.
Speaker 7 (23:06):
Mark.
Speaker 16 (23:06):
You know what really impressed me about that play is
your top end speed man.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
You hit the afterborner. You just cook them boys. Dog.
Speaker 4 (23:14):
I love that you've given your quarterback a run.
Speaker 2 (23:16):
For his money. You know what I'm saying.
Speaker 7 (23:19):
I love that.
Speaker 16 (23:20):
But yeah, I mean you saw that, Vinzo.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
And you were like, that is mine.
Speaker 9 (23:24):
Uh.
Speaker 16 (23:25):
But let's talk about your quarterback. Let's talk about Lamar.
After the game, he told reporters that all he was
thinking when he saw you take off was go go go,
go go go.
Speaker 4 (23:34):
Uh.
Speaker 16 (23:34):
He called you mister aliable. So I want to ask
you how important has his support been for you? How
has it impacted your game, How has it impacted the
team's game and the chemistry.
Speaker 7 (23:45):
But what does Lamar mean to your squad.
Speaker 17 (23:48):
Well, he just does so many, you know, different things.
And coming in to the league eight years ago with Lamar,
you know, as big as the been the biggest blessing
you know, of my career, just being able to uh
be around such a perennial player like that that find
a way to elevate his game each and every year.
You know, he's the game just feels slow to him.
(24:08):
And so to be around a guy like that, I've
just been able to play ball and have fun and
try to get better and better better because he's so
incredibly talented and such an incredible humid that you know,
coming to work every day is a blessing.
Speaker 8 (24:25):
Well, Mark, you said that he's the greatest blessing to you,
but you could also be the greatest blessing to him
because on Sunday you became the Ravens all time leading
receiver after your catch.
Speaker 7 (24:34):
That you had at the game.
Speaker 8 (24:35):
Did you know you were that close to breaking the record?
And what does it mean for you Mark, now that
your name is at the top of the list.
Speaker 17 (24:43):
Yeah, you know, the the week before it was getting
really close, so you know, media and all that stuff
got brought up. But you know, just to you know,
be solidified in Raven's history like that. It is obviously
incredibly humbling, and there's been so many awesome, amazing players
that have come through here, coaches and the you know,
the people in the in the front off, everybody that plays.
Speaker 12 (25:06):
A part and in doing those type of things.
Speaker 17 (25:08):
So just very blessed and humbled that I'd been able
to achieve that. But you know, my mind this year
is just week probably we you know, trying to get
a win each and every week.
Speaker 6 (25:20):
Mark take me back to one in five because that
was a point in the season and then there's no
Lamar Jackson. Then you're looking at and say, wow, we
can win these games, we can get back into it.
But if you look at the whole thing, it kind
of feels overwhelming. So it had to be Hey, listen,
one game at a time, one practice at a time.
Speaker 7 (25:38):
Was that the messaging at that point?
Speaker 6 (25:39):
And do you need veterans and a lot of guys
with confidence to be able to pull that kind of
mindset off?
Speaker 12 (25:45):
I should say, yeah, you know, I think that you
hit it.
Speaker 17 (25:49):
You know, spot in the head is just taking it,
you know, one day at a time, one play at
a time, one week at a time, and uh, you know,
we're we're blessed with an incredible head coach and John Harbaugh,
who is an incredible leader of men that never let us,
you know, kind of take our eyes off the prize
of you know, you know, we can still get back
in this. We can still do this, and we have
(26:11):
all the talent in the in the world to be
able to achieve what we want. And so that's kind
of where we're at right now, is just just continue
to mike steps and strides and continue to carry that
focus of what we've learned earlier on in the year too.
Speaker 8 (26:23):
Right now, well, Mark, you're talking about you know, coach
Harbaugh and his belief and always say hey, we can
do this. That also sounds like a former teammate of yours,
Baker and Mayfield and his leadership. Now, last week, before
they faced the Buffalo Bills, there was a clip of
what Josh Allen had to say about Baker and I
guess some things that he wears what he golfs you
being a brother him, I need to get the clarity
(26:45):
on this. So let's listen to this thing first and
then I got to see if it's true or not.
Speaker 17 (26:49):
Baker wears two gloves golfing, So he's that type of guy.
Speaker 8 (26:54):
So I know Josh is a friend, but I know
your Baker's brother being an Oklahoma Sooner.
Speaker 7 (26:59):
Is it true that he wears two gloves golfing.
Speaker 4 (27:03):
I can't.
Speaker 12 (27:03):
I can't confirm or deny that day. I got to
have a dog back. But he may go out there
with some no shoes and there you go.
Speaker 11 (27:12):
Yeah, Baker can hang in any element with the golf game.
That's like a Mike McDaniel answer, like, maybe it's ai
that they put two gloves on his hands. Mark, That
was commendable way to have your guys back.
Speaker 2 (27:23):
Mark.
Speaker 11 (27:23):
If I may take it to a personal side of
your life, in one of my pregnancies, I had just
stational diabetes, which meant I had to manage this for
just twelve weeks of my life, and it was one
of the most challenging things I ever had to do.
You live with type one diabetes as a full blown
professional athlete. You've played football your whole life, and you
(27:43):
have managed this. I commend you so much. It is
an incredible thing that anyone that has type one diabetes
is able to do. But to do it as an
athlete is wild. It is now your cause in life
to raise awareness for this with my cause, my cleats campaign.
What has it been like for you to live with
type one diabetes and manage your life at such a
(28:05):
high level as an athlete?
Speaker 17 (28:08):
You know, I think being a type one diabetic is
a it's a twenty four to seven job.
Speaker 12 (28:12):
You know, It's it's something that you know can be
difficult to deal with.
Speaker 17 (28:16):
And you know, I've been, you know, extremely grateful to
have an amazing family and support staff behind me, and
I know the struggles that it takes to live with
this disease. And for me, you know, playing at the
highest level being able to use my you know, kind
of the pedestal playing in the NFL to show kids
and families out there that even though if you're going
(28:38):
through a hard time that there's other people like you,
there's people like me, there's people like you that are
going through the same exact thing, and you can achieve
anything you want in life. Continue to keep going, continue
to be strong and Type one T one d strong.
Speaker 12 (28:52):
And you know that's that's my main message, is that
you're not alone and you can.
Speaker 4 (28:57):
Do anything you want.
Speaker 11 (28:58):
It's incredible can we see a shot of the shoes again,
or what do your shoes say this weekend? Just so
we make sure we understand the My ca is my
cleat's message.
Speaker 12 (29:05):
Yeah, I got T one break through. It's amazing organization.
Speaker 17 (29:09):
I've been working with so since I was young, raising
money to make Type one in the Type none.
Speaker 7 (29:14):
Oh, I love that.
Speaker 11 (29:15):
That's really cool, Mark, Mark Andrews, everybody, you're such a
class act. We love watching you play, but we also
love getting to know you off the field as well.
Raven's Titan and now a new record leader in the
in the building all don Mark, awesome to see you beginning.
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