Picks For The Big Game and Kyrie Backtracking...?

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the week. Really we're one Anthony Davis his trade demand
from the New Orleans, Orleans Pelicans and then the actual
trade that took place with the New York Knicks and
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York to Dallas, Dennis Smith Junior going from Dallas to
New York, and mainly the Knicks getting cap room to
chase after Kim maximum level All Stars, and that's what
they're going to do. And one of those guys is
Kyrie Irving. The Knicks target. I don't care what you here,
They're going after Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. And today,

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for the first time since the Knicks got all that
cap space, the great Kyrie Irving spoke today. Here's what
he said. I mean, well, at the end of the day,
I'm gonna do it. I feel it's best for my career.
And you know, that's just where it stands. And my
focus this season is winning the championship with the Boston Celtics.
You know, obviously we had goals coming into this season

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and primary goal is to win the championship. So that's
for my focus is that's your minds shifted down regards
to resigning with Boston, Mike Lehn asked me, as your
lot first, I spent the last eight years trying to
do what everybody else wanted me to do um in
terms of making my decisions and trying to validate through
the media, through other personnel managers, anybody in this business.

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And I don't want anybody so um. You know. For me,
I think that the confidence that I have in myself
and my abilities, I want to be able to control
what I want to control it. Um. You know, I
still have confidence in Boston and what they can promise
for the future and what we have in terms of
our pieces and see what happens at the end of
the season. I got no problem problem with his comments.

(05:30):
You don't have anything any problems with anything Kyrie sales
are done. No, I don't have any problems. He waved
to you from across the room that ain't had nothing
to door. You're still saying that it ain't true. It
is ain't gonoh to do with no Jordan party and
me and Kyrie talking. I'm telling you as he said,
one contrary word about Kyrie Irvy. Yeah. In the last year, yeah,

(05:53):
I think given me a region two. And this is
my point. He never promised that he was signing with Boston.
He said, my plans are to be here if you
want me here, that's exactly what he said. He didn't say,
but he didn't say, I'm signing with Boston. Don't worry
about it. You don't have to worry about it. I
ain't going nowhere. This is where I want to finish

(06:14):
my career. I love the city of Boston. I love
the Celtics. He didn't say that. And now he said
the right thing so that people wouldn't bug him all
year about the contract for the agency. He did the
right thing by saying that that shut that down, now
down now. Of course, the Knicks have money in cap room,
so they go to Kyrie, well, what are gonna do?

(06:35):
Or you sign him with Boston? And he gave the
right answer. We're not there. We're not backtrack rider. No,
not a problem with Kyrie. I don't have a problem
with him. He never said he was signing with the
bat ain't about he was. He said, my plans are
to stay in Boston. Asked me, fine, that's that's what's
called the backtrow with ad. He didn't backtrack, changing his

(06:58):
call to Backtroe. He never said he was going to ball.
He said, my plans are to sign here with Boston.
If you will have no they won't have you when
you're talking about he didn't sign The answer me, he
didn't sign a contract. The free agency is in July first.
Does Danny Age want Kyrie Irving? I'm sure he does.

(07:20):
He trade it Okay? Then if Kyrie ain't, then again,
it ain't a back try. I agree with you, Rob,
is that Kyrie. It's fine for him to say this,
but don't sit there and tell me it's not a
back tray. It ain't a back track, and let's go.
Let's let They asked him directly. They asked him to
let me finish. They asked him directly, have your plans

(07:41):
change from what you said months ago? He said, ask
me July first. That's a back saying with what you
said is no? No? Theed He didn't say either way.
He didn't show us call. We have to sound for
you go back. Shared it with some of my teammates
as well as the organization and everyone else in Boston.

(08:02):
You guys will have me back. Plan on resigning here
next year. Plan on. Let's bring it in up, Jet
Rob G plan on again. I have Kyrie can say
and do what he wants, and I'm kill it for that.
But for you to see here and say that's not
a backtrack. He has every right to change to backtrack,
But you're gonna see here and deny it. What is

(08:23):
it that was not a backtrack? No? Thank you? How
is that not a backtrack? Because he said he planned
he intends on Yes, that doesn't say that he would
quick yes. But now he's not even saying I planned
on it. No, he didn't say anything. He said, asked
me July first. That's what I'm saying. So that means
it could mean like they gave me the deal, I

(08:44):
signed it, and now I'm not going to be a
free agent. It doesn't happen until July first. He didn't
want to talk about it in October he doesn't want
to talk about it. Now he's not. And he said
to other things, I'm here to win a championship with
the Celtics. He don't want to talk about next year.
Not now. He did talk about nat show No he did.
He did. Let me show you how he talked about

(09:05):
next year. I spent the last eight years of my
career doing what everybody else wants me to do. I
don't owe anybody anything that's referencing what next year. This
summer no, I don't get it. I'm gonna do what's
best for my career. What's he talking about tomorrow night?
He's talking about this summer. Yeah, but death doesn't order.

(09:26):
And the last guy that came out and said I
spent the last eight ten whatever years of my career
doing what everybody else wanted me to do was guess who,
Kevin Durant. I'm telling you it ain't a best all left. Okay. See,
all he said was and he said and nothing in
October is I plan? He did not say. I'm definitely

(09:49):
what nobody said he did, and now he's just not
giving you what his plan is again on reiterating it.
That's all I leis, why are you so worked up over?
I'm not. I'm worked up because you and you eyeing
the clear I didn't know. Yeah, that's what he did. Backtrack.
He's not saying the same thing. I'm not signing here.

(10:10):
I changed my mom. That's not a backtrack because he
never said he was signing. Okay, so how he backtrack?
He said my players are to sign here. Now he's saying,
asked me about my plans. He didn't backtrack because he
never said he was signing for sure. Look whether he's
backtracking or not. Oh, now he's whether or not. No,
I mean we're not getting anywhere. It's sitting here yelling

(10:31):
at each other. My point is I don't have a problem.
In fact, to be honest, what I hope happens is
Kyrie and Kevin Durant both go to New York. Why,
I'm because it'd be more exciting. I think it'd be great.
I think. I mean, the NBA is about storylines. If
you're Kyrie, the NBA was already great. To wear, shut
up it is. It'll be greater. It be greater if

(10:53):
it's storylines. And what better storyline then Kyrie irving proving
he can win without Lebron James with Kevin Durant in
New York City. What better storyline than Kevin Durant, who
wants to be better than Lebron James winning with his
former teammate for the Knicks. That would be huge. How

(11:16):
about the Lakers with Anthony Davis and Lebron against the
Knicks with Kyrie and Durant in the finals. You wouldn't
want that. You need to pipe down a little bit
because you're gonna lose your voice. It's already at forty
five minutes to go. I'll get through it. Don't worry
about my flours. Don't lose your horse, your voice, thank you,
don't worry about my voice. All right, this Kyrie backtracking

(11:38):
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(13:30):
last segment talking about Kyrie, and I look like I said,
I have no problem if Kyrie changes his mind whatever.
In fact, I'd prefer to see him go to the
Knicks with Kevin Durant next season. Were always talking about
wanting to break big stories, and that would be a
huge story. But let's get to you eight seven seven

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ninety nine on Fox eight seven seven nine ninety six
sixty three sixty nine. What are your thoughts. All right,
let's start with l in Minneapolis. You're on the odd couple.
Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Alex Hey? What's up? Robin
Chris Hey? I just wanted to give you the true
definition of backtrack. After a quick Google search to retrace

(14:14):
one step now, Kyrie said he'd be open to coming
back if they had him. So he's not retracing. That
is that all he's said? Open or I planned to
be open to Yeah, but plan is not definite. No, no,
And I never said even when he said it, I

(14:35):
never said. We always talked about that. Right away, I'm
saying he left the door open. He left the door open,
but he said his intentions, his plans. What he left
open was if they'll have me, like like they might
not want me, so if in that case, I wouldn't
be here. But my plan is to stay. Do you
agree with me the caller? Do we lose Alex still there? No?

(14:59):
I okay? Do you agree with what I said? Like
he left the door open on Boston side, but he
close it. He didn't close it. In his last statement
he said, I want you're right, I agree, He didn't
did not close. He didn't say like I'm not signing
and he saying some favorable things about the Celtics. You know, now,
if he would if he would have said, Chris, my

(15:20):
plan is not to be in Boston after the NBA season. Yeah,
that's back, that's a backtrack. But will you admit though,
that he came a little closer like he didn't he
didn't know, he didn't do a full one backtrack, but
he didn't come a little closer by saying, hey, ask me,

(15:40):
did you lie first? But no, he's not as definitive.
It wasn't even fully definitive enough. But Alex might even
as much. Thanks for the phone call. We appreciate it.
What about Davonte in uh, Richmond, Virginia. You're on the
odd couple of Fox Sports Radio. How are you doing?
Rob Um? I wanted to say that if Kyrie does

(16:02):
go to Nick Kevin Durant, does it get does Boxer
still go after Ansie Davis? Well that's a great question,
but they might need to replace their stars, so they
still could make a trade. Yeah, but are you giving
up Jason Tatum and draft? But you because basically you
be doing what new if you if you give up

(16:24):
let's say Jason Tatum some draft picks and Terry Rosier
or Marcus Smart whoever else it takes. You're basically becoming
New Orleans of the East. Right. The only problem is, well,
it's a little easier in the East, even though they've
been proved it wouldn't be if Durant and Calpern. I'm
just saying a little bit. I'm just saying compared. And
the other part two is without going to get you

(16:46):
a major star with those guys Tatum and you're not
winning anything, well no, well remember that winning championship. Probably not,
but remember that team without a star did go to
the Eastern Conference finals. Well, and they got a coach that,
in my opinion, is better suited without stars. Yeah, I'm
just not He's that little injinet could type of coach

(17:08):
from college with Butler to Boston with the Celtics. That's
what I think he is, you know now, I just
think if Kyrie signs and Anthony Davis is still telling
Boston even with Kyrie, I'm not so one year runt,
I'm going to the Lakers. I think Ames definitely pulls
the trigger and gambles Yeah, gable if if if Kyrie

(17:29):
is gone, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't do it
if i'man now. I mean, it's one of those things
if you have a chance to get a really good
player and think that maybe you can change his mind
a coach in mind. I'm just saying I agree, it
depends on what you give up. He has picked draft picks,
and he's also a great player who hasn't proven. You know,
he hadn't winning, but they won the one round last year,

(17:51):
which was good. But I'm you're right, Freddie and Rhode Island.
You're on the yard couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Freddie? Hey,
thanks for having me. Rob first Team? You are funny,
Chris suddleson Flag Rob funny, He wasn't funny. Look you
could be corny. You could be corny and be funny.
Thank you, Freddy. You know I'll be trying to m

(18:11):
Herman was corny? Now, why are you gonna say? Why
are you gonna bring up pe wee Herman in the
movie Theater. I'm not trying to do all that Rob jokes.
Always Land you guys go hard on Rob, you go
always always. Kauai, even Kauai, don't think it's made pecky outlay.
That's out. That's gonna be on your tombstone. I bow, alright,

(18:39):
I just wanted to I agree with Robin and about
the Kyrie thing. I don't think he's going back on
his word. I mean, Kyrie is just being Kyrie. I
mean that guy. He'll say one thing and and and uh,
you know, he'll say one thing and then five minutes
later be another one. I think he's wambling a little bit.
I don't think that's a great way. That's better. That's
I agree. Yeah, it was not one hundred percent. Backtrack

(19:02):
is good, buddy, that's the right world. That's the way
to put it. Yeah, but I just don't I mean,
I would love to see him in New York. I
would love to see him with KD. I would love
to see New York relevant again. It's great for the NBA.
I think those Landmark franchises need to be relevant for
the NBA to be true. But I really appreciate you
guys taking my call. Man. I listened to the show
every day, and uh, it gets me to my day

(19:23):
at work because some days I just feel like being
lazy at night, and you guys give me through it.
I really appreciate and keep up the good work. Thank
you appreciated. We have all right, So yeah, I mean
I think he put it well. You know, it's not
a complete backtrack. That's waffling. And again I have no

(19:46):
problem with Kyrie saying exactly what he said, no problem whatsoever, because,
like I said, I hope first of all, he has
every right say what he wants it. He has every
right to change his mind. When you're a free agent,
you ever signed any paper, and and I know he
didn't have to curse it all that, but I get
his point is that he doesn't know anybody anything. You

(20:07):
put in your years in the league, you become a
free agent and you could do whatever you want. But
what I think is get that we talked about You're
right when it happened months ago. We it was clear
and we both agreed. He's leaving the door open, but
it was on their end. But he was saying, I
play in the state. But he just say if they
want me. So I think now he's more leaving the

(20:29):
door open on his end too, which isn't it can't
make you feel good if you're Danny Age. Oh I
get it, I do get it, And and uh if if,
if you're Danny Age, do you feel as confident as
you did a day a day ago? No? No, And
the difference what's happened between yesterday and today. The Knicks
have seventy five million dollars in cap space. That right,

(20:49):
that's what's changing and it's gonna be He didn't know,
but he didn't know, no, right, I look, I will
say there, I hope Kyrie and Durant, though, what do
you fit? What do you want? I don't know. I
just you weren't even say in Boston. No, I just
I don't want the league to turn into just guys

(21:09):
hopping to one or two teens. I just don't want
that would spread it out because a little bit let's
let's assume and we can really get into this later,
but a d in La Kyrie and Durant in Boston
Golden States still gonna have you know, the originally big
you know, Clay and something well, but so I just

(21:32):
don't want I don't want it to be with there's
only one of them. I think it'd be better than
this year. Like you know, she would be open. We
all know this, right, the juggernaut would be broken in
half and you could change the juggernaut that would say
that's good for the right. All right, we're going streaking.
The star of the hit movie Old School, Luke Wilson Man,
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let's bring it. Damn, car gentlemen, you guys having a
great time there in Atlanta. Sounds are having a ball,
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ask you this, Yeah, do you think? Now, look, we've
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not so much as set foot on the same part
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getting through to him. Damn, what do you think? Do
you think he's going to Magic City? Um? Are you
guys on the same flight back or do you leave
before he does the same. I think he's not gonna go.
I think he's not nice. He's all taught. Tomorrow night,

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when I'm at your Magic City at popping bottles and singles,
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that's right after. Yeah, yeah, he is not. He is not.
Trust me. I will be eating wings on rob Watch.
You see. All right, I'm very good. I'm glad. You

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week's celebrity is Luke Wilson, the actors star of Old
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Chris to be on that movie Idiocracy? I could have
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I see, I'm gonna I'm gonna go to bat for him.
He's a one to be comedian. I know you're not
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What advice would you get my friend here, he has
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And he just lost it? But how did you get
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(27:23):
just uh, just trying to stay in the game. Now,
your brother Owen, he's viewed as a sexim right. That
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Rob told me before the shout to die. Uh yeah,

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he's a good looking guy. He's a great dancer, beautiful man.
So you're from Dallas, you know you told you're a
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years in Wow? Yeah what what when mile relay at
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city to go and sit there all day. And uh yeah,
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Are you cool with that? Like, let's see one more

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year play it out before you sign them to a
big deal. Does that make sense? Yeah? I mean I
feel like, um, you know, I've been bummed out ever
since Jimmy Johnson left, like and I always felt like
that was like a clash. I just felt like that
was a class word egos where I feel like Jerry
Jones is one of those really involved owners where you

(29:22):
think about somebody like Paul Allen. I feel like guys
like that kind of step back and you hire like
these football geniuses to be your coach. You gotta let
them do their job. But you know, it's it's just
got to be so hard to be a coach in
this day and age. Or you know, a player but hopefully,
you know, he can have a great year next year.
And then you know, you know, be here talking to

(29:45):
you guys. It's the I couple. We are joined by
actor Luke Wilson. I don't think you've done a sports movie.
I did, and I only remember this because somebody reminded
me today. But did this movie can Cushion where I
played Roger Goodell and will the Will Smith, Yeah he played,

(30:06):
he played the Nigerian. Yeah, that was a good movie.
So you had forty four million dollars a year right
as Roger good I kept thinking about that, like unbelievable,
it's incredible. But then you hear what these teams are
worth nowadays, and it's unreal and the billions when you

(30:27):
when you did that movie, did it make you think
you played football in high school? You know, just wow
about the dangers of it and how you like? Wow,
I didn't you may not have known all that. Oh.
I can remember when my brother Andrew didn't want his
son Joey to play football as a kid, and I
just thought, come on, man, you're being like too overly protective.

(30:49):
We're now, I don't know, you just think about like
a young mind getting jostled like that. And you know what,
We've had a number of right Chris football players former
who say they don't want their kids to play and
they played the game. Yeah, And I mean I've always thought, well,
I guess maybe if you have the chance of going pro,

(31:09):
that's when you play it. But even then, like is
it worth like giving up your cognitive abilities? But I
don't know. It's just so hard and just being a fan.
But I know I see hits now and it's something
like WHOA, what a hit? You're like, oh man, I
hope that guy's okay, right, right, right? But so yeah,
but hopefully like the helmets can get better and they
can figure out, like you know, how to make the

(31:31):
hitting you know, not quite as you know least. I mean,
it's gonna be violent no matter what, but you're right.
I hope they can figure out something with the helmets
because I love football and I want to see the
hard hits and all that. But I want people don't
want to say term many too many football players die
before they're fifty five. I mean, there's a lot of
stuff if you do your research on it, that those

(31:54):
those I don't know what are they called CT scans
or when they show those scans and with the you
know what's happened, it's really, you know, devastating. And but
like you guys, I'm like a big football fan, so
you just gotta hopefully they can figure it out. Please
tell me that you don't like Tom Brady and you
hope the Patriots lose and then we'll be real friends.
Here's what impresses me about Tom Brady is like the guy,

(32:18):
the fact that he's forty one. I just find that unbelievable.
But yeah, I'm rooting for the Rams just because they're
the underdogs. And and you know, Bilichick is like he
really is like Darth Vader, and I meant I still
get a kick out of him. You know, I do
like see him do press conferences, and I'm like, I'd
like to kind of act like that more. Just if

(32:41):
somebody asks you a dumb question, just kind of move on.
Is there anybody you'd liked, any sports figure you'd like
to play in a movie or do a movie about? Um?
I don't know. I think there's been so many incredible
like sports figures over the years, Like Arnold Palmer would

(33:01):
be a great movie, Like Tiger would be a great movie.
But that's the great thing about these iconic sports figures
is I don't think you could find anybody as cool
to play them, like, you know, it'd be like playing
It'd be like playing Elvis, you know. Yeah, well, I
think I think somebody did him, didn't Matt Damon play

(33:23):
him in a movie, or maybe they were just gonna
do that, didn't I think you rut Lance would be incredible,
and that's got the whole arc of someone's life right.
All right, you're here on behalf of Colgate Total. And ironically,
I mean my partner robbed these all the advice and
and and free. I'm now seeing that you guys do

(33:44):
that jokes. You're throwing it bivable. He wasn't smart, he did. Yeah,
as the record of that one. Yeah, No, Colgate Total
had never they'd never had a Super super Bowl ad,
and I've never done a Super Bowl ad. So yeah,
those guys asked me if I'd be up for doing

(34:06):
something and that or really had a really funny, funny
idea for an ad. We might need two of those guys.
He's close to christ You know that Christie's one as well. Um, yeah,
let's fly on some cold Gate guys. Uh uh no,
but yeah, so did this really funny close talking ad

(34:29):
and uh hopefully, um, hopefully you guys think it's funny
when you see it during the game. I'm looking forward
to That's always one of the best things about as
great as the game is the commercial. Yeah, and you
get lots of people that don't wouldn't don't normally watch
football watching just for the for the commercial. As long
as col Gate's been around, they never had a Super Bowl. Yeah.
I know. I couldn't believe that either. You just think

(34:49):
it's one of those iconic companies that would have had one.
But yeah, hopefully this first one's a success. What's the
next thing? Anything you're working on now? Any movie? Two? Yeah?
I got this movie called The Gold Finch coming out
in October from a Pulitzer Prize winning book that should
be really good. And then I'm going to work on
this DC comic show Stargirl Stargirl that should be really

(35:13):
really good show from creator Jeff Johnson. All right, man,
and if you can hook up that movie, we're with it. Yeah,
this is the buddy cop movie. Right, I'll play the sergeant.
I christ you all right. More from the Eye Couple

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the NBA. Rudy Gobert, we talked about the All Stars
yesterday they announced the reserves for the Eastern and Western

(37:49):
Conference seven players seven reserves from each conference, and Rudy
Gobert was not among those seven in the Western Conference
and to day when he talked about it, he got
really emotional. In fact, he cried to reporters he talked
about his mother crying first on the last night, and

(38:10):
then when they asked him about it if he was emotional,
he covered his face and walked away in tears. And
I think his obviously his mother, being so emotional about
it is what got him to crying. Now, everybody's different,
everybody's everybody's different. So I'm just gonna say that, But
go ahead, I don't have a problem. In fact, to

(38:33):
be honest, I like it, and I do I want
to see every player that thinks they should be an
All Star crying. No, But what I like about it
is the passion. It shows you that this guy takes
his craft seriously. And I would rather have a guy
that really cares, you know, about being the best player

(38:56):
he can be than a guy who doesn't really care. Hey,
I get it that crying and caring's both star with seas,
but I'm not looking for my star NBA player to
cry in public over it. Could you be disappointed you
and your mom's share a moment. I think you should
if if you had those those tears, those should have

(39:18):
been at home. On the phone with your mom and
you don't have to tell everybody everything. Well, I don't
think he planned on crying, but he overcame me. But
I'm just saying you, did you have a problem with
Terrell Owen's crying about Tony Romo, his quarterback. I didn't
look at it the same way, so you didn't have
a problem with it. I don't. I don't remember it
being like I think. I mean, look, you can cry,

(39:38):
like you said, everybody's different emotion. To me, this is
more I guess understandable. It's like he wanted to make
the All Star team, his mother was involved than a
guy crying, and I don't care till that's like I said,
I'm not gonna kill him for that either, But crying
over you ordered back, I think this is more understand
you a crying god? Do you no neither or mine?

(40:01):
I really don't. And that's why I said that. You
said everybody's different, it's fine, and I'm talking about I've
had bad things happening to I'm not a crier, and
for whatever reason, I don't think it makes me stronger
or weaker or whatever. It's just doesn't happen for me.
Some people drop of a dime there, but you know,
a water force it. So it just seems a little

(40:22):
weird that in front of the media you would be
able to get that emotional or let your guard down,
your emotional guard. Well, I see it. Look, I'm not
a guy that cries, but there. I've given speeches before
twice and I was so into what I was saying.
It was serious issues, and I cried really and had

(40:44):
no intention, didn't feel it coming on, wasn't fighting it off.
It just got to me at that moment because what
I was talking about was so important to me. And
so I think that's what happened with Gobert. I don't
think he intended on crime, and maybe I should we
think that because I think I did have a a
burger at In and Out and they put too many

(41:05):
onions on it. I think I might have cried over
Are you gonna cry at Magic City? No, because you're
not going, man, you're gonna cry when you buy me
my wing. I'm going that's what you're gonna cry city.
And I ain't getting no little cheap wings either. We're
getting top of the line Gore Mate with well w

(41:26):
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my ear and Rob's here a couple of seconds ago,

(42:14):
maybe a minute ago. We may have to change our intro. Rob,
would you stop? You're not going, You're not throwing money
at the point. Why can't you just admit it? You
are not? That song is not for you. Play some Sinatra,
play some smooth jazz or something. Why won't you believe

(42:36):
Chris really want to go? That's why no, I do not.
I have no desire whatsoever to go. Christ will be
throwing you do you know those crackers that you have
a communion? No, no, I have no desire whatever to go.
Christ will be praying that one of them will come again. Laugh.

(42:57):
Not at all, not at all, be saying at all, Hey,
what do you got? It? Is that the holy water?
Is that bourbon? At all? All right, Rob Parker, I
know this is a sore subject for you. Not at all,
not at all. Predictions. I obviously ran away with the

(43:18):
pigs getting pick off. Didn't I did Jonas because he
was so bad. He was one and four when he
filled in. Because he can't hear the show. I'm ripping.
I'm I'm telling you, Jona, if I'm talking, I'm ripping.
And you know Jonas is my man. He could take it,
but he didn't. He didn't. Uh, he didn't bring it.

(43:40):
He didn't go with it, but he was going. So
he let you get within like seven or eight games
of me. But just my picks. I had about a
ten eleven game lead over you. But now it's time
to pick the biggie, the granddaddy of them all. And
I'm nine, I'm nine and one in the playoffs. No

(44:01):
stops saying that I look layoffs if I don't bet,
I'm not a gambling man. It doesn't matter. If I'm
not a gambling man in terms of money, then who
cares about the spread? Who were wrong on the other one?
Just a minute, I don't care about the spread? Doesn't
ain't too feel good Christian? Because I'm really ninety one
on my mind. I was saying, who's gonna win this game?

(44:23):
I couldn't care less about the spread in the playoffs?
Who cares? It's if I was a betting man or
in terms of money, yeah, I would play the spread.
All year, we did the game by the spread, and
now all of a sudden, I'm g have we've been consistent?
There's a different than the regular season. Even in the

(44:43):
nfoul in the regular season, you the overtime rules are
different us we'd been to spread the postseason. Ain't two
was good? It's sorry. I was seven and three? There
you was? He seven and three? I think you might
have been three and seven. You know, I'm not that
great that That's why I took journalism. But anyway, let's

(45:03):
predict this game, and again, what is the spread? I'm
telling y'all, I'm picking the Patriots to win. I don't
care what the spread is. I don't do that no
time three points. I don't care if they win by
half a point. In fact, I wanted to be close.
There's nothing worse, Rob, is it? I think you would
agree with me on this. There was nothing worse than

(45:26):
a blowout super Bowl. There used to be a strut
was in it whenas there were like some Super Bolo
and when the forty nine is beat the Chargers. You
remember that. Yeah, there were some Super Bowls where it
was over by halftime. It was terrible. It was terrible
to watch. People were bail and then all of a
sudden the Super Bowls started. Lately they've been great, but

(45:49):
there were a time when it was always one team
showed up a team. The Seattle blowout of Peyton Manning
in the Bronx was terrible, terrible. I was so excited
about that game and it just was was horrible from
the start. I so I hope that it's a very
close game, kind of like Kansas City, New England was

(46:10):
or something like that, you know, like New Orleans, La
Rams was. That's what I want to see. But Rob,
I think I'm not even I'm not really a Patriots fan. No,
I know you. I just think that they're a great
team and a great franchise, and I think they're going
to win. I think that Bill Belichick get given two

(46:32):
weeks to pick apart those La Rams, with video and
all that, I think he's gonna be able to take
away what the Rams do best, and I think he's
gonna be able to exploit them on the offensive end. Again,
don't think it'll be easy, but I do think that
the Patriots will win. What do you say I'm going

(46:54):
with the Rams? I think sho no, no, pri surprise,
is it not? It has nothing to do with the Patriots.
The Patriots could be Let me ask you this, is
there one Is there a team in the NFC that
if they had made the Super Bowl and were play
playing the Patriots, that you would not be pulling for
Atlanta Falcons you would pick You would pull for the

(47:15):
Patriots over Atlanta. After that, I will never ever, what's
the problem with Atlanta the twenty eight to three when
they blew that lead to up to the Patriots. I
would never pick Atlanta for anything, And I know we're
in Atlanta, But then you gotta admit, Chris, that was
the biggest choke of of all. Well, I'll give the
Patriots credit for the comeback, but it was so because

(47:36):
the play call then got got ridiculously, got ridiculous. I
don't know. I just think, um, you know, Sue and
Donald will get to Brady. That's gonna be the difference
they have it. And when they made those trades in
the offseason, Chris right and players like a Sue of
a few others, it was about getting to the super

(47:56):
Bowl and winning it. I mean that they had had
a great year the year before ye and then they
laid an egg at home against Atlanta in that playoff game,
and they went and said, hey, we're gonna do everything
we can and we're going for it. And they stumbled it.
In December when two and two, they looked like they
were trending down. And you know what, when they ran

(48:19):
over the Cowboys, Chris, that's where I started to say,
and you know what, Todd Gurley, uh has to have
a bounce back game. Yeah, because he played well against Dallas.
And I think they understand this is the moment. This
is what Todd Gurley has always been about. Right, here's
this big moment, a big situation. I just think that

(48:41):
if they can get Brady off his spot, give him
some pressure, make him you know, uh, that's rush. But
it hasn't happened. But but we've seen when Brady gets pressure.
So I'm going twenty seven twenty four Los Angeles. Just
so you know, Kansas City was tied with Pittsburgh for

(49:06):
the best pass rush the most sacks in the NFL
this year. The LA Rams were fifteenth in the league
this year in sacks, and Kansas City, which had eleven
more sacks in the regular season than the LA Rams,
did not lay a glove on Tim Brady, and when

(49:27):
they did, it was a penalty. It wasn't, but it
was called a penalty. And here's another thing, like the
Rams have to start fast in this game because the
Patriots have yet to score a first quarter touchdown and
all these super previous eight they've never scored one. So
if you're the Rams, you gotta jump on them, hold them,

(49:47):
and try to get in front of them early on,
especially because they have a history of starting slow, starting slow. Yeah,
because if they don't, if they have to come from
behind the and you can kind of they can't control
the game. They can't control the play calls, they can't
do what they want to do. They just got to
come back, and that means throwing the ball makes them

(50:09):
a little more predictable. Look, all year, you're right, Ty
Gurley has been the key for the Rams. But Rob
and I think Girley is a tremendous back. But I'm
not so sure they can't win this game without him.
I mean he has to play, of course, but they
beat New Orleans without him essentially no kJ Anderson and

(50:30):
he's another one from a workhorse. Now one of them
has to be productive, doubt. But if they get we
saw the way that they ran over the Cowboys. Yeah,
they I mean they almost rushed for three of the
total yards. I'm not saying they're gonna get that with
the Patriots, but if they can do that and also
you know, getting the situation where they don't turn the

(50:50):
ball over and give Tom Brady a short field, they
have a chance to win this game. No they death. Look,
I wouldn't I be surprised if the Rams win. And
I also think that Belichick typically enjoys a big advantage
over the other coach. I mean, we saw I think
he just coached circles around Andy Reid, right, no, I
agree with that. But when you don't have a pass

(51:11):
rushing and all of a sudden you get into the
quarterback every time when they have a great pass rust
and all of a sudden they can't get to you,
like I thought he did it, I don't see him
doing that to McVeigh. Now, I'm not saying McVeigh is
as good as Belichick yet he's obviously young. But I
think McVeigh is a special coach. And don't forget McVey
also was willing to have that trick play when they

(51:33):
were down thirteen nothing right, yep, And and Chris, they
were about to punt. They were in trouble. Had had
New Orleans gotten the ball and scored again in the game,
probably would have been over right there, would you agree?
Probably the way that they were playing, and you know
what they got They got the ball back and they
would him getting the field goal out of it to

(51:53):
get on the board and all everything changed. Yeah. Now,
look the Rams again, they they are very capable of
winning this game. And look, we've said it for the
last three weeks. Kansas City have more talent on paper
than New England. Do LA Chargers have more talent on paper?
Than New England. The LA Rams have more talent on

(52:16):
paper than New England. But can they turn that great
talent into a team that beats Bill Belichick and Tom
Brady that's the question. I think it's a great super Bowl.
You know. I don't know if there's been as much
buzz for some reason about it. You know, the NBA
has kind of dominated the week news wise, but I
think we're in for a very exciting super Bowl. It's

(52:39):
kind of the old guard versus the news. You know,
Golf is one of the looks like one of the
top quarterbacks of the future. Obviously McVeigh looks like he's
already got his own coaching tree after two years as ahead,
which is unbelievable without winning, that's an incredible thing. Yeah,
you got all the big names. Look look at that
many big names you've got on the Rams both sides

(53:03):
of the ball. But you know, other than Brady and Gronk,
you know, now Ellelman kind of but you know what
I mean, Like, not a lot of big names on
the New England side. But it's gonna be it's gonna
be very expect I'm expecting a good game. I would
be totally blown away. If it's a blowout either way,
I just could man. I hope now. I just don't

(53:25):
see that. I really I I will say to you
what I will see that. One thing I do not
see is a Rams blowout. I could see if there's
gonna be a blowout, I would think it would be
a Ram score. But I don't see them blowing out

(53:45):
Bill Belichick and the Patriots. If there's a blowout, I
think it would be on the other side. But we'll see.
Hopefully there's not either way. And it's a great game,
all right. This man knows a thing or two about
blowouts in the Super bowls joins us Next Couple live
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(54:05):
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(55:15):
you work with Burger King? Is that what this? BK? No, no, no, no,
not Burger King man. But you know, man, that was
that may That may have been the worst joke. BK
say a lot, all right. Caller who called up and
gave you props and said you all he said, up, funny,
I'm always hitting on my joke. You're gonna have to
call in next time. And I'm sorry, sorry, Justin. That

(55:38):
was bad. That was really bad. I'm still stunned by that.
I'm sorry. All right, Justice sir, Let's start with the
Denver Brian. We'll get to the super Bowl, Okay, we
have to this happen with them the last few years.
I mean, how why can't Elway find a quarterback? Put
you ripping on Elway? I'm just asked. Yeah, ripping on Elway.

(56:01):
It's like hitting a punching bag. It's all available, It's
easy to do, right, um. Paxton Lynch, the Broncos really
rushed to get that pick number one. I mean they
moved up in the first round and they went up
and got him a couple of years ago. And Paxston
Lynch was a guy who just couldn't cut it, just
at all. Was let go after two years. And it
was one of those guys that you look, you say
he has all the attendibles from the neck down, nothing

(56:22):
from the neck up. And that's the reality with uh
with Packiston Lynch. So that's the unfortunate deal. But you
think of the quarterbacks Dobroncos have had the last couple
of years. Trevor Simeon a seventh round pick, you have
him started for two years. Oh, by the way, Trevor
Simeon beat out your first round pick and Packiston Lynch. Right,
So there's issue number one, and then number two you
go and get Case Keenum, which, don't get me wrong,
Case Keenum had a really good year with the Minnesota Vikings.

(56:45):
But it wasn't an all star year. It wasn't an
all par year, right, I knew it wasn't, yeh, but
but he did play well. Yeah, but Ryan turned into
a pumpkin line, just like we knew he would. And
what happened was is that the Broncos put too much
on him, so they thought that he was Aaron Rodgers.
And it's not that, you know, they thought they had
hot French fries, but they had cold French fries. You know,

(57:07):
nothing worse than oh my lord, oh man, it's like
it's like having cold I see you have a pension
for corny jokes too. Oh yeah, I was gonna say
it's like cold white Castle. Nothing worse than cold white gast.
But but that's the issue with John Elway is that
he's trying to find somebody who looks exactly like him.
That the thing about it is, well, none of them,

(57:29):
but there's only one John Elway. Number one there's only
one guy that looked like him, that plays like him, right,
So it's about getting somebody who has the leadership who
also has the arm. And the only guy I could
think of right now who has that is Patrick Mahomes.
I don't think anybody else out there has that. So
what you have to do is you have to Yeah,
you have to build up your offense with You might
not get that guy that you're looking for. It might

(57:49):
not be that superstar, but you have to be sufficient
in all the other areas too to be success. How
about that whole story about they were looking at Colin
Kaepernick that I never bought that never. I never thought
that I was real And I can't remember why he
stopped being interested. Didn't he get he says interested? Oh no, no,
Kaepernick was interested all that way. It always says, yeah.

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But let's put it this way. Imagine if right now
someone said you could go to another network, right, oh,
but before you go to that other network, it's a
one year deal. You have to prove it and we're
cutting your pay. That's exactly what happened. Call, which is
basically saying we don't want you, will give you such
a lousy deal you won't sign it right, exactly right, exactly,
Then the Broncos could have had Tony Romo didn't pointy

(58:31):
up the money to go and get him. You think
about what the Broncos have with this defense, with the
von Millers of the world. Now you have Bradley Chubb
on the other side too. You still have good pieces
Chris Harris as well, but you don't have that quarterback
that could at least level out the play fields so
your defense can thrive. And that's the problem. I thought
they thought in Kingdom they had a manager, because you know,
if your defense is that strong, you don't because we've

(58:52):
seen other guys when championship, when you're have an E
League defense, that's to be because obviously Denver won a
championship when Payton man and looked like the tin Man
from The Wizard of All. Oh my good, I mean
that might have been the worst performance of anybody in
the Super Bowl. Did he throw ninety one yards or something?
Wasn't even a hundred yards? He got over one hundred?
Was it a little? I don't know how he did.
They must have cheated to say he was bad. He

(59:13):
was really really bad. But he was bad. But just
like the ten men. He had a brain though, right,
like he just had enough to get a brain. I
don't remember the story. Maybe the timid to heart he had,
but Peyton had brain was the scarecrow. Yeah, there you go.
H Peyton had that. Peyton still had the mind. That's
my favorite. That's your favorite book time me and Skip Bayless.

(59:37):
Oh no, we have that's good, okay, but it is
we just found out talking one day, right okay. And
with that being said, Peyton still had the mind. He
still knew how to get the Broncos to the right position,
and they had all world defense. I mean the Broncos
had a Baltimore Ravens defense of the year two thousand.
That's really what they had. And they thought that they
could rely on that for years. You can't do that,

(59:58):
that's not that's not how you win football games. Think
about those great defenses. Baltimorees was a few years and
Baltimore was was all time. I mean that was kind
of affairs when they wanted eighty five or a few years,
you know what I mean that those last for a
few years. That was Buddy Ryan's defense and Mike Dicka
was a coach, and if you remember that Super Bowl.
I don't you guys are a little younger, but if

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you remember that, they carried they carried off the defense
carried Buddy Ryan off the field, and the offense carried
off Mike Ditka. Not very seldom you ever see that
where coaches get carried off to coach their quarterback was
Jim McMahon. Didn't have a great career. No, he wasn't
the greatest. Walter Payton was at the end, you know, sweetness,

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And that was always that the one thing I always
remember about that Super Bowl. Dude, he played his whole
career and they gave it to the right and they
were like, dude, how could you do that, especially to
blow out right, why are you doing that? That sweetness
could have touchdown on the Super Bowl? Right? All right?
Vance did he get a raw deal or was it fair? Well,

(01:01:03):
he got a raw deal in the fact that he
didn't have a good roster. This is called it what
it is. He didn't have a good offense. And that
was the issue, is that he didn't have a sufficient quarterback.
I mean, here's two quarterbacks for Simeon and in case
keenum right, not exactly two guys that are going to
win you games. Now on the opposite end, your team
six and six at the beginning of December, then you
lose four in a row and then you have the

(01:01:23):
awful performance against the Oakland Raiders on Monday night, and
that's really what sealed the deal. Yeah, I thought they
had to fire him. I mean, Denver expects a lot.
That's a real big football talent, you know, and they're
not going to tolerate much. So if things don't go right,
you'll be lucky to get a couple of years and
then moving on. Yeah, oh, in a heartbeat. And that's
exactly what happened with Vance Joseph's And it was some

(01:01:44):
of the decision making two that didn't help him. It
was several in game things that hurt him a lot,
Like you go up against the forty nine ers and
your challenge a play right in front of you that
you didn't need to because you could have kept that
challenge in your pocket, kept the time out in your
pocket in the lake, wasted it and wasted it. The
one that really got me was towards the end against
the Houston Texas this year. Um, he goes for like

(01:02:05):
a sixty subodd yard field goal, and there was still
like twenty seconds on the clock. The Houston like the Texas,
go get a couple first down play. It's a dumb play. Yeah, exactly,
all right, it's the Eye Couple. We're joined by Justin
Adams of CBS Denver Sports Talk and also the host
of Justin n b K on AM seven sixty in Denver.

(01:02:26):
All Right, you played football, I did. You could tell
you look big dude, Burley guy. You played at Colorado
University of Colorado, Go buffs. So what's your pick? What
give us your pick? In a little bit of analysis
for this game. Yeah, so I'm going with the loss position.
I played tight end, tight end. I played tight end,
so outside you know, hitting d N you would you
would if you got in the chance, would be better

(01:02:47):
than Shannon Sharpe, Right, Oh me better than man. I
love to say some things, and I'm not better than
Shed was a bad Oh, he was a bad buy.
He was the reason why War eighty four, the reason
why I did it. He was here, you know what
I did. I saw him in pass it and I
so badly what But I was doing my show at

(01:03:08):
the same time, So I was like, yeah, true, what
was here for? Two days, right y yeah, oh yeah, man,
crank player. Uh, I'll say this, I'm picking the Los
Angeles Rams. Now, a lot of people won't a lot
of players that we interview there, they're going to say,
is the Patriots right? The number one thing is this,
you can't play zone coverage against Tom Brady. You see
teams do that over and over making the same mistake.

(01:03:28):
And I don't understand why because Tom Brady will like,
he'll check down all day. He loves doing that. So
you gotta go to man and that's something that Wade
Phillips loves to do. He loves the man defense, he
loves to run that. The biggest portion of this game
will be kid the Rams established to run in attack.
That's the biggest stake here because we've seen what the
Patriots have done and the two playoff games they ran
the football with Sonny Michelle plus twenty carries over one

(01:03:50):
hundred yards and scored a touchdown of both games. You
can't allow that. Another thing that I look at is
you cannot allow the Patriots to come out in the
first drive and eat up half the quarter seven minutes
plus with that. So Noah, they've never scored a touchdown
in the first quarter any Super Bowl. So this is
one of the rams. You gotta get off to a
fast art and not let the Patriots jump out. Yes,

(01:04:12):
and hopefully sometime the Broncos can be back in this thing. Yeah,
I'll take a thirty to twenty seven, sir. Absolutely, time
is in the building, Jerry Rice now of all time.
But first let's get to deb Carson for the latest
in sports dab Hey. Well, guys, of course we know
that the Pelicans will probably not wear Anthony Davis will

(01:04:36):
be much longer. He's requested a trade out of there,
but evidently his dad, Anthony Davis Senior, spoke with ESPN
and said he would never want his son to play
for the Celtics after the way they treated Isaiah Thomas.
He said, quote, no loyalty. Guy gives his heart and
soul and they traded him end quote. And then of
course he went on to say that is just his opinion.

(01:04:56):
That is not Anthony the player's opinion. Another NBA news,
Nets guard D'Angelo Russell will replace Pacers guard Victor Oladipo,
who's injured in this year's All Star Game that's later
this month, and the Commissioner has added veterans Dirk Novitski
and Dwyane Wade to the All Star Game roster as well.
Currently underway, Grizzlies lead the Hornets fifty three fifty two

(01:05:18):
with seven ago in the third quarter. Celtics are at
New York, taken on the Knicks and they are up
forty two thirty seven in this game, about four minutes
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(01:05:41):
report has come out. No players on either team have
an injury designation. Rams kicker Greg Zerline and safety Blake
Countess each practice fully today as they return from their
respective foot injuries. And in college news, the SEC announced
it has distributed revenues of nearly forty four million bucks
per school this past fiscal year. We'll be back with
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(01:06:03):
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(01:06:25):
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But three times Hall of Famers, you go, I mean,
we let's start. There's a lot of Jerry, but you
jumped Jerry Rice. He needs no introducts. Who a few
weeks ago, Robert Kraft, who obviously is biased. He's saying
Tom Brady's the greatest football player ever. I said for me,

(01:07:13):
and I want your definition. We'll get to the quarterback.
But when I think a football player, obviously everybody's doing
different things. You're not tackling. It's on, yeah, but I
gotta see a guy who's got the athleticism where I
can envision him tackling, blocking, catching, running, We're doing the
things that a football player does. So I said to me,

(01:07:36):
it's you, Lawrence Taylor or Jim Brown. What is that
a good definition for the greatest football player? Or what
do you What do you think when you think greatest
football player? I think we're all gonna be compared for
one thing. And the thing is, though, I like to
look at this as being like it's a fraternity of ghosts.
You look at football, you look at basketball, you look

(01:07:58):
at all the different sports. There's a fraternity and stuff
like that. The greatest of all time. Now here's the thing.
The little kicker too, even as a doctor, lawyer, the
greatest of all time. So we're always going to have
that comparison. But the thing is that when I played
the game, I love playing the game. I enjoyed those

(01:08:19):
double days, you know, being in full pass, you know,
doing training camp and getting myself rady, you know, for
the season, and I always wanted to go out and
just to play my best football. I'm not asking you
to rip on Tom Brady. That's not what I'm talking about.
But I call I consider Joe Montana to go when
you talk about quarterbacks. He was four and on the
Super Bowl eleven touchdowns, no picks. Won two super Bowls

(01:08:44):
with you, won two super Bowls without you, one with
two different coaches. I mean, what didn't Joe Montana do?
And two of those Super Bowls he needed a touchdown,
not a field goal to win and he got him. Yeah,
you know, I think the thing about Joe it was
his calmness. If we had time on the clock, we
knew that he could lead us down field and win

(01:09:05):
that football game. But you know, you look at Tom Brady,
it's the same thing. There's it's a different era now, guys.
It's totally different than when we played the game. And
with the run pass option, what's happening. The ball is
in the air more. Uh. I probably had the opportunity
to see the ball like maybe five maybe seven times
to a ball game. Now these guys, you know, crazy

(01:09:28):
seven targets again. Yeah, guys are getting eighteen nineteen targets
a game. Yeah. It was so funny too because I
saw this picture and it said the greatest of all time,
and it was I think it was like three quarterbacks
and guess it was a receiver that wow, yeah, and
and and it's just like I I sometimes I have

(01:09:50):
to pinch myself because it's almost like, God, you know
what I guess I did? Okay? You even yeah Michael
Irvin on and he said you are the greatest receiver
of all no doubt. Says. What I tell people is
it's ending with that ice. But then you start with

(01:10:10):
the m c age, you know, with him is number two.
Who's the greatest football player ever? Jim Brown? Yea, I
knew he would say that. I wouldn't yeah, no, no, no,
no no, I would say Jim Brown. I love Walter
Payton too. He was so it was like, you know,
it's one of those things. That's why we need this fraternity, man,

(01:10:31):
we got to get this for fraternity. And I was
asked also about Element, uh you know with what he's doing,
you know, doing the playoffs and stuff like that. I said,
you got to start looking at these, uh the slot
receivers now and say, hey, look these guys are putting
it up outstanding numbers. Welcare uh Amadola all these guys,
and you gotta started considering, you know, to consider those

(01:10:54):
guys for uh, you know, the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The only reason that he picked Jim Brown is because
he started that movie with Roquel Wealth. It's the eye couple.
We are joined by three times Super Bowl champion Hall
of Fame wide receiver, arguably the goat, Jerry Rice. So
when you look at you, you mentioned the eras um,

(01:11:16):
do you sometimes wish like, I know you obviously are
happy that you played in your era, but like what
you might do now if you got the wall number.
They can't hit you. You know, they like talk about
when you were a receiver, when you know the ball
was not even coming my way. I was getting hit,
right if you went across, and if you made an

(01:11:37):
effort to catch the football, you're gonna get hit. And
you had to watch linebackers when you come across the
middle of linebackers taking shots at you. Right. So it's
like the game uh is uh. I would say it's
a safer game now they're protecting players. But I love
the era that I played in. I just can't I

(01:11:59):
can't see myself playing now in football. Now. Now imagine
Ronnie Latton is there. He couldn't have been, so he
couldn't SUPD. But do you do understand like as football
goes on future wise, Yeah, a lot of parents are
concerned they don't want their kids to play football CT
So you do right, Yeah? I realized that, but I

(01:12:20):
always feltow football as being a gladiator sport, you know,
and I was willing to take that risk. I understand
what what what? Uh? You know parents are thinking now
with their kids. I understand what the league is trying
to do by making the game safer and all that,
but it's still football, you know. Uh, people are gonna

(01:12:41):
get hit and uh, you know people are gonna get hurt.
Your son, Jerry Rice Junior played and was in the
NFL moment for a short moment with the Redskins. If
you have younger kids, younger buys because we've talked to
several NFL players who are saying they really don't want
their sons to play. They're younger than yours. Yours an
adult now, but would you if you had little boys

(01:13:02):
coming up, would you encourage him to play football? I,
like I said, I think it's safe for now than
when I played it. My son he wanted to play.
I supported him one percent. I remember when I wanted
to play. My mom said, hey, look it's too violent.
I don't want you to play football. But it was
something that I really loved doing and she got a
chance to witness. You know, so many great Super Bowls
and stuff like that, and you know, I think we

(01:13:24):
all know we take a risk, you know when you
played the sport. But yeah, it's something that I really
got a lot of enjoyment out of it and something
I wouldn't go back and change. You reat you super Bowls, Well,
do you have a favorite one. I'm know, I know
when you've won three times, you know what I mean.
They're all great, But do you have one moment super
Bowl twenty three when Joe Montana came into the huddle
and we had about three minutes ten seconds to move

(01:13:46):
the ball all way downfield and we were behind and
one mistake, ball game is over. And Joe came in,
he called two plays, we broke the huddle. Everything went
completely quiet. I couldn't hear the crowd, I couldn't hear anything,
and I just knew the importance of making we catch
And it's like you in that zone and everything slows
down a little bit. You see that rotation on the ball,
and just to be in that and still watch John

(01:14:09):
Taylor make that Cats then and all of a sudden
you hear the cheers. You know it's it's just something
out now. It was crazy. We Robb and I talked
about this all the time when we when we compare
Brady and Montana, and he talks about Montana obviously being
four and oh in the Super Bowl, Brady five and three.
Which would you rather be? Would you rather be able

(01:14:30):
to say you were undefeated in the Super Bowl but
you only won four, or you went to eight and
you wont You won five but you lost something. Well, well,
I'm gonna tell you guys. Uh, you know, I had
the opportunity to win four and it hurt me the
most when I lost when I was with the Raiders
against Tampa Bay, and that just sent her more than
the victories. Yeah, yeah, because of joy the victory. That's

(01:14:53):
something I out never forget. But because here's the deal.
Everything I worked for it was to get to the
Super Bowl, all all the sweat and tears and everything.
Then to actually have that happen where you lose the
ball game now you still got to be that professional.
You still got to deal with the media, you still
got to deal with your family and stuff like that.

(01:15:14):
So I didn't go to San Diego to lose. And
I'm sure it's the same way with the Rams being here. Yes,
you know when it comes to experience. Yet I would
say the Patriots. But still with the Rams, they deserve
to be here. Who thought that Clemson would beat Alabama?
And so this is not a shoe in It's like

(01:15:38):
players got to realize that, Hey, now with just say
New England, these guys don't get in a lot of opportunities,
but say the Rams, they might not ever get back
to this. Look at Atlanta the Falcons, Yes, exactly, So
you got to take advantage of that. It ain't automatic.
So you've been walking around this old facility with these

(01:16:00):
two big busy man. I'm gonna tell you guys when
it's all said and done and I'm done, uh you know,
talking about you know, football and talking about Hennessey. No,
Hennessey has a variety of Koonyak's and Koonyak is a
brandy and uh it's made in Koonyak, France, and uh,

(01:16:20):
the thing is over two hundred and fifty years they
have celebrated this with their their customers, and they have
that never stopped, that never settled attitude. And that's why
I'm with this because I never stopped and I never settled.
And uh, you know for the big game coming up,
probably Hennessey on the Rocks or Hennessey x x x.

(01:16:42):
So that's what I got over here, right, But it's
extra old brother, that experience stop. So you can go
to Hennessey dot com slash us. They have a senior
discount man. So I can't wait to put this on,
you know, after this, just you know, Hennessey on ice
and stuff like that. And now I'm sure whoever wins

(01:17:02):
that football game toasting, let's see you. I hadn't seen
you at the old place the old day. We keep going,
we keep moving no matter what. Hey, we're here, bigger
and better talking about and I appreciate it all right
more coming up from The Eye Couple live from super
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of my favorite songs growing up. Remember this. Oh yeah,
Sos brand into it. He all know nothing about this
though he wasn't even born when this was out. You
don't even know. Maybe you know, Mom and dad? Us right,

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been the National Basketball Association two things, the Anthony Davis

(01:18:33):
trade demand from New Orleans and the New York Knicks
Dallas Mavericks blockbuster trade. Charles Barkley is not happy with
what's going on in New Orleans, and here's what he
had to say he's talking about going to radical, radical places,
radical extremes because he's so upset about what happened here.

(01:18:55):
It is we cannot help players and agents colluding the
stack superteam. Adam Silver, I need to say, Adah Davids,
we love. Can't have players. We can't have players dictating
who gonna play together. As a player, I got traded
to here. So but I'm saying as a player, you're
saying as a player, I don't like to another player

(01:19:16):
couldn't say, man, I would love to play with you
one day. Man, let's get the if you if you
want to do it, I'm ready. I That's not what
they're doing right now. They're stacking the team. The agents,
guys are sharing agents. They're stacking team. You know, you know, fundamentally,
I'm with Chaws. It's it's it's it's it's it's not
that people can't move around or whatever. But you you

(01:19:37):
gotta be careful not to kill the competitive balance and
and and have franchises that aren't worth anything. Players don't
want to go, You're gonna kill the league. After a while,
I mean, people can say like, oh, they have a
right to do this. After a while, people in Utah
and all these other cities that nobody wants to play
in are gonna say, this doesn't make any sense. If

(01:20:00):
we get a player, we can't keep them right. And
every time we get a good player in the draft
or whatever, he wants to bail out and then the
same two or three teams when the same guys keep
doing it. If it doesn't matter, and hear me out, Chris,
if it doesn't matter, then you wouldn't have a draft.
The reason you have a draft is you have to
have some sort of competitive balance. I'm not against free agency,

(01:20:24):
I'm not. But you can't keep stacking teams and and
and taking from the other teams where people go, I'm
i'm my own. I'm gonna control my destiny and me
him and this other guy who we all played an
AAU together. We're gonna go play together and destroy two
other teams and then build up one super team. I'm
talking about long term health. It's not gonna have a

(01:20:46):
problem when GM stack teams. I didn't stack teams like
this in the eighties. They did five teams total. There
were trades. It's a big difference the GM stacking it.
It's not every GM's goal is the stacking. What's different
between its different is players. And it's not the differences.
I have to trade something to get something, I have

(01:21:06):
to give something else. Don't have to trade something to
give up and and everybody not. That's not what happened
when Lebron went to Miami. Miami didn't give up with choice, No,
but he didn't go up the efficiency. You want what
I'm about going to Miami. I want competitive balance. I
don't want to leave me. All I know is I'm

(01:21:28):
telling you and don't tell me, you convince. Bad is
bad right now? We got you like the aid we got.
We got a team right now about to go to
the final for the fifth. On the right, it's bad
for basketball. Basketball is very bad for basketball, except for
the good cities. I'm just telling you everywhere the city.
Russell Westbrook decided to stay, Paul George decided to stay there. Chris,

(01:21:52):
it's bad everywhere. I'm telling you this is the money
was bad in the aid. Charles Barkley is on the money.
Did you think it was that he's not the same
because they made they were, So you don't have a
problem with don't give me a competitive ballots there was
a competitive ballance ballance in the eighties. But that's why
they ever drop because if it was there was the

(01:22:13):
ballance and they needed there was a ballant. How five
teams made the finals? Teams involved there. Yes, the Knicks
had a chance. The patients I've had chanced, they yellow chance.
The Knicks that they had a chance. Did he say
I'm talking about eight No, I'm not buying it. They
were like a first and this is stop. This is

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The goal we are we are changing. We are changing
that intro. No, we're not. Don't throw money at the pole, Rod,
I've been walking around with a pocket full of money.
You ain't been, you ain't been within fifty miles of
a pole. But I can't because we're working too hard
from ten a m. To ten pm. Admitting you're you're

(01:23:16):
you're not the least bit interested in going to match.
Oh yeah, wait till tomorrow night. Me. I'm gonna bring
me and my brother. We're gonna go, man, my brother.
So where where you're gonna get this proof that you
went there? Because we got a bad I got pictures.
I'll have pictures outside. Yes you can. I don't want you.
I need. There has to be a I'll see like

(01:23:39):
stick of matches. Okay, I'll do that and something and
I also, uh, I'll sneak a picture like of me,
like in we can see in the background. I'll sneak
a picture and you better give me my wing. I
could be in the mall. I'll no turn off the
lights in the mall. On now if I show you
what a timestamp on my camera what time I took
the picture? Tomorrow night. Man, I'm gonna be like one.

(01:24:01):
Come on all right, don't look a heart attack are
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(01:24:45):
some great guests and we've got a few more coming up.
I'm not gonna give it away, but a couple of
them are current players, pro bowlers, and another one is
a former pro bowler that everybody knows. So it's gonna
be a great hour. But we've been talking in our
segments about the NBA because it's so hot, so much
going on right And Anthony Davis, we know, earlier this

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week or actually a week ago today, demanded a trade,
told the New Orleans Pelicans he is not signing the
maximum supermax level extension that they're going to offer him
this summer. We're going to offer him this summer. And
we all know he wants to go to the Lakers.
He wouldn't have signed with Rich Paul. I know Rich

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brings a lot of other things, you know, Nike connections
and stuff, but you know, I doubt these signs there
if he's not. His intentions aren't to go to the
Lakers and play with Lebron James and eventually become the
man in LA you know, when Lebron is older or retires.
And they are telling teams reportedly that he will not

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sign long term with anyone else. They said that about Boston,
They've said that about other teams around the league. And
the talk was that at he didn't want to stay
long term in Boston because of and of Kryrie, irving
that to thinking that Kyrie is not gonna stay there
a long term. But now there appears to be another reason,

(01:26:14):
at least in his family. Now you know, it's his
dad has come out and made some statements. I mean,
that's not exactly Anthony David saying it, but you know
it's your family, your dad. Yeah, I think he's he's
doing some stuff. So we have sound of this. So
here it is. Why don't you want to be training it? Um?

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So it's my time, all right? Gave the city organization, fans,
you know, um everything. I feel like I could, um
don't know how long I wanna play this game. People
could really short, you know, and I feel like it's
my time to cove on now that was Anthony Davis Junior.

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That's the player. Okay, So he gave his reason for
wanting to move on his dad, Anthony Davis Senior told
ESPN today, I'm gonna read it. I would never want
my son to play for Boston after what they did
to Isaiah Thomas. No loyalty. Guy gives his heart and
soul and they traded him. This is just my opinion,

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not Anthony's. I've just seen things over the years with
Boston and there's no loyalty. Dad. You don't play in
the NBA, I don't. I just have no idea why
you would put that out there because you don't know, like, Okay,
he might have to play in Boston for years. He
just might might just might, you might get trade because
they might trade him anyway, despite what Dad says. I

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just say, there's no reason to do that. If he
if his plan is to wait it out and sign
with the Lakers in two years or a year and
a half, then fine. But the idea that he's gonna
negotiate and demand to go where he wants to go
when he's under contracts not gonna happen. It's just not well,
I know why he's putting it out there because he

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wants to deter the Celtics from trading for his son. Right.
But but and you've always said, now again, this is
his dad, it's not Anthony. But you've always said, if
you run a franchise and a player doesn't want to
be there, you don't want him, do you? If Anthony
Davis does not want to be in Boston, do you
still want him? I trade him. I'll trade him somewhere else.

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There's somebody who will be willing to take him and
maybe make a move. I'm just saying, I'm not going
to give him what he wants under any circumstance. That's me.
That's how I would do business. Chris. If you just
wrecked my business, I'm not trying to help. You may
have wrecked. You know you've wrecked. Not necessarily you did,
Paul George wreck you just the Indiana Pacers, you know,

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you just r it actually became better for them. No.
But but I'm just saying, with the Pelicans and what's
what's going on, they've just had this is not the
first times hopping Chris. Paul wanted out of there as well.
I'm just saying this keeps happening to them, and I'm
sure this time at some point you gotta push back.
So I don't blame the Pelicans for saying I'm not

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going to help you. I agree. Like again, I would
think about trading him to the Lakers before this trade
deadline February seventh, and ain't gonna. However, in the summer,
I would consider that. My desire would be the trade
him elsewhere, but if the best offer comes from the Lakers,

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then I would do it. I just don't see. I
think you have to do what's best for your team.
I just don't think that. And maybe maybe somebody else
offers them a better deal. I get it. But if
you know I'm saying, if the Lakers give me the
best deal, I'm not just gonna not take it when
it's gonna make my team better than the other deals,
I disagree with you. I think people hold grudges and

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people will do stuff even if it's not in their
best interest. Yeah, but that's not good. But I'm difference.
If you take Lonzo Ball and a couple of the
guys that want thirty five games, and when Lebron wasn't playing,
it ain't like that giving you something. We don't know what.
We thought that when Victor Oladipo and Demanus Sabonus went
to Indiana, but people everybody thought they got robbed, it

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actually made them better. But people were more about uh
in that case, it was about why would you make
a trade? Uh, they were ripping on okay. See people
also thought, but Indanda got robbed, but it was okay.
See that people were like, no, they thought that. They
thought that the Indiana didn't get anything for him. Victor

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Oladipo was a fifteen point score Toronto. What are you doing?
Kauhai is not gonna stay there? Why would you make
a trade for him? I don't. We don't care. If
we could get Anthony Davis and win a championship, will
go to the finals or whatever, maybe it's worth it.
Maybe it's worth it for one year. I I his
dad is trying. He's joining in the he's adding his

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part to the growing momentum of just putting it out
there that Anthony Davis does not want to go to Austin,
trying to deter when he's the Celtics from trading why
And I think, look, I think Danny Ainge is one
of the best general manager of presidents in basketball. He's

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one of the best front office guys in basketball. However,
one of the things that makes him one of the
best is that he is cutthroat. The smart financial move,
the smart move for your team was not to bring
back Isaiah Time or was to trade him for Kyrie Irving,
which is what they did. And but rare. There's always

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two sides, and it's always gonna be management against players.
And I get it from the dad's standpoint. Isaiah Thomas
was in line for about one hundred million dollar contract.
Instead he got two million, two million. I get it.
And you know, if that's what upsets the dad, he's

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got every right to say that. It's funny because the
NFL is in business and they do it every single day.
And I've yet to hear one dad say I don't
want to play for the New England Patriots because they
always cut the players and never paid them. I don't
want to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. Blame the dad.
I'm just saying. But but you want aways ripping the NFL,
the NFL system, No, I hated the players are getting destroyed, right,

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but they would because I'm just saying It's funny. Have
you ever heard of dad in the NFL say to
say the way they do it, when they get hurt,
they get rid of them. All I'm saying is this
is just a part of this whole aau. We want
a team up. We want to build out a little team,
and we don't care if we if we hurt anybody
else along the way. That's all it is. It's anybody

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else is sports? Nobody else to hurt anybody else, nobody.
I never I never remember another dad talking about Isaiah.
You're worried about Isaiah Thomas. That was no loyalty. You
know it, You've said it yourself. I'm just talking about
what is he Why is he mentioning Isaiah Thomas? He

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doesn't want his son playing for a franchise that would
do that to a player. Okay, that's basically. They gave
him a max contract. How would that be contract anywhere else?
But I don't understand the other guy was hurt. When
people get hurt, but it changes things. Chris, you know that, Well,
what about all the stuff we talked about in the

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plast when you were like what they did to Isaiah
wasn't right. No, I'm all I've ever said was this
is It's called business Samas shouldn't have played. Look at
what happened because Isaiah was the crazy one to go
out there when he wasn't healthy. So it's all right
for what the Celtics did. I didn't say that problem,
didn't say that you have a problem with it. I
didn't say that. I'm just saying this is not the

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dad wrong. This is I just think the dad shouldn't
be commented on Isaiah Thomas and to jump out there
and put that out there, I just you know where
all this come from. Rob to anti Lakers, that's all.
You just do not under any circumstances. Well, Anthony Davis
with the Lakers, and that's fine, but this you you've

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been with Isaiah Thomas. You've said that the Celfics did
him wrong. I said Isaiah was crazy. Cells they're do
him wrong. They do. They do it to everybody. They
didn't just do it Isaiah. That's just what happens. They've
done it to everybody who's gotten hurt. But it's don't
the deal. Is it wrong? Just saying that if it's wrong,

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and I don't you know it's wrong. It's nothing wrong.
It ain't new, but it's wrong. I'm just saying to that,
And it's nothing wrong with the dad coming out and
saying I don't want my son playing for that type
of organization. Okay, I think Boston's well run, I think
they're a good franchise. But if this is how he
feels he doesn't want his son, isn't that what's wrong
with him saying it? He should say I would never
let my son play injured and not fully healthy with

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one hundred million dollar contract potentially being on the table.
Shame on Isaiah thomas family and his father for not
telling them the non shocked No, I'm just you do
not want players controlling their own desk. No, that has
nothing to do with it. That has nothing to do
with it. You say you don't want players getting to
get over I don't. I don't want the league where
it's headed. I don't like the NBA to whar it's

(01:35:16):
it's it's as competitive as it was in the eighties.
You have five teams in the eighties. Gets The last
time a team went to the NBA finals five years
in a row the sixties. Okay, what's that's wrong with that?
You act like that's a proud of good thing. Why not.
It's the same thing like when the Yankees in the
fifties went to the World Series eight out of ten
years and the Montreal Canadians went to the Stanley Cup

(01:35:37):
Finals eight out of ten years. That's not good. In
the seventies, not good the seventies, not good. In the
nineteen seventies the worst decade on rap. But it was
more NBA was more issues eight It was a lot
of the issues too. Was incredible parody. No, that was
teams won champions That wasn't the seven. That league was
a drug league. That championship in the seven on Chris

(01:36:01):
You're you're fudging. I'm not saying the drugs wasn't in this.
It wasn't what people want to The story didn't even
the drugs like rampant use and story didn't even come
out to the late seventies. People didn't the early seventies.
That wasn't the case. People didn't want to be didn't
like the league and didn't want to go where they
had all these guys on cocaine and all kinds of stuff.

(01:36:22):
Fans were volted. Fans said that it wasn't the case
in seventy four, seventy three, seventy two. That was like
seventy seven. That was later in the eight teams wins
championships in the seventies. It was the worst. I remember,
I thought it was a great what you wanted a
few because the games are on tape delay. I remember
I watched him segment been a mic drop. Ain't know, Rob,

(01:36:45):
g I know, like you agreed with Rob to start
the show, and he agrees with snatched it right now.
He knows that this isn't fun. He's a Laker fan,
so he wants he thinks it's all fun. He don't.
He wants Anthony Davis Andrew Holiday. All right, this is
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(01:37:06):
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and now we are pleased to be joined by Carolina
Panthers all pro Tighten, Greg Olsen. You look like you

(01:37:50):
you're very comfortable doing this job. I've been lucky. I've had,
you know, as a still current player, I've had some
co opportunities to you know, call games, do some studio stuff,
do radio stuff, and uh, you know, it's been it's
been a great opportunity to kind of see what you like,
what you don't like. There's a there's I think there's
a lot more to it than people realize. Right, you
don't just sit around all day and just talk. I mean,
this work. That's it's hard. There's preparation. There's the mechanics

(01:38:12):
of how things work. You know. I kind of learned
that last year in the in the thicker call in
that game with Fox Um. You know, you don't know anything,
you don't know the buttons, the producers are talking in
your ears. So there's a there's kind of a process
to it. There's a little bit of a learning curve.
But I've been lucky. It's it's been fun. I've had
some good experiences and we'll see how it plays out.
When when you're still a play in and you see

(01:38:33):
what other people and broadcasters and reporters have to go through,
do you have a different Does that change like what
you thought of what the jobs that we do, because
now you're doing it and you understand a little bit. Yeah,
I think it's fair. I think there's so much more
that goes into it than everyone thinks. I think guys
think that guys just sit around and just make things
up and talk and there's no prep. I mean guys

(01:38:53):
that do this for a living. I mean, you guys
have done this a long time. You know, you're studying
multiple sports. You're studying the nuances of the game. You're
studying the culture within those within those NFL, the NBA,
within the leagues, within the organizations. There's a lot of
levels to it. And then to be able to get
on air, get on TV and express those points and
be clear and concise and quit. It's a there's an

(01:39:15):
art to it, there's a skill involved, and like anything,
the more you do it, the better you get. But um, yeah,
I think I think for the most part, guys understand
and appreciate the jobs that you know, you guys have
and um and the work that goes into it. You
may not have had this experience yet, but if when
you retire it looks like you'll go into this field,
will it be challenging for you to be critical of players?

(01:39:36):
You know, having been a player yourself, you know that's
all that things like that's a challenge sometimes and the
guys who have done it, they've lost friends or people
are mad at them, you know, because they go on
television and sometimes it's it's the truth and people don't
want to hear. Yeah, people don't like the truth nowadays.
A thing, Um, you know, I think the biggest thing
and I guess my philosophy would be and it kind

(01:39:57):
of always has been. You know, it's not so much
being critical of the guy, right, You're not critical of
them as a player. Of course, have a lot of
respect for anybody who plays at a high level in
the NFL, NBA, whatever level. They're all great and himself.
You can be critical of performance, you can be critical
of effort, you can be critical, you can be you know,
dive into decision making and the nuances of the game,

(01:40:17):
how it's played. Um, but you better be right, right,
And that's where I think the preparation, that's where I
think the back the back end research and the formulating
your opinions and understanding. Look, all right, here's my thought process.
Doesn't make sense, is it? Because when you're wrong and
you want to jump everybody is when there's the exactly
So I think that's where you fix exact. Yeah, you

(01:40:38):
have to have fixed gin. I've had people say a
lot of bad things about me, and sometimes they were
right and sometimes they were wrong. But um, yeah, it's
just part of the deal we all signed up for.
How about Kim Newton give us an update. I guess
he had surgery, right have what have you heard? Yeah?
I haven't seen him. Hoping to catch up with them tonight.
He lives here in Atlanta, and um, I've talked to
him a little bit. It seems like everything has gone well. Um.

(01:40:58):
I don't think it was like an overly asive deal. Again,
I don't know. I'm not a doctor, but uh, I
think they're confident that he should do the trick and
get him, you know, physically to the level where he's
accustomed to being. I know last year was frustrating on
a lot of levels. For our season, the way it ended,
um you know, obviously his injury and my injury and
this season and losing, and you know, there's a lot
of factors at play. So we're anxious to get him

(01:41:19):
back and get him rolling again. Was it was one
was that what game did we watch at the end
of the year where it looked like he really couldn't
throw the football? Do you remember at that it was
really tough fighting, He was fighting, he was trying. He
you know, the one thing about Cam is he he's
never gonna complain. He's never gonna tell you how he's feeling.
He's never gonna com you know, a man, I'm struggling.

(01:41:39):
I don't know if I can do it. That's just
not his personality. He's gonna go until you save him
from yourself. He's not gonna tap out. He's not gonna
check himself out. And I think at the end of
the year they just kind of got to the point
where they said, all right, man, your effort's been amazing.
You've done everything humanly possible. We we gotta just we
gotta sit you, and the season for the most part
was over, and uh, you know, we gotta salvage you

(01:42:00):
and save you because you're our future going forward. You know.
I see you've been able to avoid the temptation of
dressing like Cam. Yeah, I don't know how I would
look Dressing like that takes. It takes very specially, I
do know, and that's why I don't do it. That's
why I won't do it. It takes a very special
personality and a style and a kind of grace to

(01:42:23):
pull off what he does, and he embraces it. He
doesn't care if the world jumps on him, makes fun
of him. He does not care. He is very comfortable
with what he does and I respect him for he
pulls it off. But some days I'm looking in his mind.
It's all that matters, is what he thinks. What what?
How do you explain this year? I mean, at one point,

(01:42:44):
you guys are six and two and looking like like
world might get to the Super Bowl, Yeah you know, um,
and then you just lose seven straight. I know you
got injured and Cam was banged up, but how do
you explain what happened? It was tough you know it was.
It was kind of a it was the worst stretch
of football I team I've ever been on my whole life.
I mean, to start six and two and to realize
that the sixth seed in the NFC only won nine.

(01:43:05):
It was a team you beat, so all you had
to do is match him. Right here, you're talking that's
two more games, and we lost five or six games
by a field goal here, a touchdown here, a point here,
a point. It's tough. It's a hard pill to swallow.
But I also think that's the reality of the NFL.
You know, it's a it's a it's a league built
to keep teams close together and the teams that find
ways to win. The year we went fifteen and one,
you know, we won every one of those close games,

(01:43:26):
and you know it's a difference between being twelve and
four and seven and nine. You know, it's just it's
winning the tight ones, and you know, we just we
couldn't really find a way to pull any of them out. Now,
your foot, you had the foot injury this year and
the last two years you kind of been banged up,
playing only sixteen games total. How you feeling physically, I mean,
is it is it, you know, getting to you mentally,

(01:43:47):
or you think you'll be back for sixteen games next year,
and what're it just it happened so fast. I went
to my first ten years of my career without missing
a game, you know, and I was so lucky. And
I think you'd take it for granted a little bit.
It you just assume you're gonna get through each game fine,
and by the time the next week rolls around, you'll
be fine. And then started the twenty seventeen season, second
game of the year, break my foot. It had been

(01:44:09):
bothered me a little bit. It finally breaks or I
have the surgery. Think that's behind me. Come back. Finished
the season last year, make the playoffs, go through the
whole offseason, no problems. If you would have told me
my foot was gonna rebreak, I would have called you
a fool, you know. And first game, I don't make
it out of the first quarter, stepped funny on a
guy's foot, popped it again. Was able to play through
it a little bit and then eventually, you know, it

(01:44:30):
just kind of had enough and had it repaired again.
Now for the second time, a little more invasive, a
little bit more involved. You know, it's similar Kevin Durant
went through a couple of years ago. So I developed
planner Fashiff from the broken bone, and then my planner
Fashia ruptured. I actually talked to a couple of NBA
guys that you know, they have a ton of foot problems,
as you all know. Um, you know so many guys

(01:44:52):
around the NFL. I've had this same thing. So hopefully
from everything I've heard, once you have this bone graph
procedure and do it the right way, Um, tip, guys
are fine going forward. So that's our plan. But I
know everybody, you know, whatever you're talking Super Bowls is
always about the quarterbacks, and you know Brady of course
getting most of the headlines. But tell me about the
Rams defense and will they be able to finally stop Brady.

(01:45:14):
Brady's been untouched the two playoff games he's as played. Yeah,
he saw last week against New Orleans. What's unique about
the Rams is a lot of their pressure is obviously
up the middle. It's very close to the quarterback. You know,
you're not you're not running guys around the edges, and
and you know you didn't see Breeze be able to
step up like he's accustomed to so much of what
Sue and of course Don'll do is right in the
face of the quarterback. I think that changes things a

(01:45:35):
little bit. But you know Brady's ability to get the
ball out with Edelman and Gronkowski close by off play
action and then the back side of the backfield. You know,
so much of their offenses get the ball in space,
run after catch, and you know you can only pass
rush that so much so and then it becomes the idea,
do you want to sit back and play zone and
he'll pick you apart? Do you want to get up
there and getting ball? See? The zone is hard, but

(01:45:56):
then you know you want to put pressure on them.
But you're gonna put your guys on islands and think
you're gonna guard Edelman one on one all game. I
don't think that, And I think go real well last
week when when the Chiefs tried that either. So it's
it's a unique puzzle to try to kind of crack.
But uh, you know, the one thing I do know
is we played Wade Phillips and the Super Bowl a
couple of years ago when he was the coordinator in Denver,
and he'll have something, He'll he'll have a good game plan.

(01:46:17):
It's just a matter of who counters and who kind
of who wins that chess match. It's the Eye Cup
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He's been great to spend a couple days with him
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(01:46:38):
a field but in the community. And they're a huge
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partner of mine. And to spend some time here at
to Super Bowl and share that message has been fun. Greg,
thanks allowing that with the injury and everything. Appreciate you guys,
Thanks for having me on. Appreciate you. Bears Pro Bowl
quarterback Mitchell Drobiski joins us next, but first let's get

(01:47:00):
the dab Carson for what is trendy? All right? In
the NBA. The news broke earlier this week that Anthony
Davis wanted out of New Orleans. We now know one
team his Dan doesn't want him to be traded too.
That would be the Boston Celtics. Citing the team's treatment
of Isaiah Thomas, Anthony Davis Senior told the ESPN the
Celtics have quote no loyalty. Guy gives his heart and

(01:47:20):
soul and they traded him end quote. Davis Senior clarified
that this was solely his own opinion and that he
can't speak for his son currently underway. In fact, the
Celtics are at New York taking on the Knicks at
Madison Square Garden. Boston leads New York ninety nine eighty
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He's the Chicago Bears quarterback Pro Bowl quarterback Mitchell Trabisky,
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(01:49:33):
You called Mitch, you know, on TV game because people
are lazy. Do what your friends call you. My close
friends call me Mitchell, but some call me Mitch. Like
it all depends. My mom calls me Mitchell. So if
you're around my mom, she's like to hear that, right.
But it's really gotten to the point where I'm I'll
answer to either. It's no offense whatsoever. You guys had

(01:49:54):
a great season in Chicago and you know it just
it didn't then the way you wanted it. And Cody Parkey,
I mean, when that thing went up, did you think, okay,
this is happening. I mean, what were you thought you?
I thought it was good. I just thought the way
the way our season was going, the way the game went,

(01:50:15):
and throughout the whole game, I always had that belief
that we were going to find a way. That's how
it really felt in all the games we played throughout
the season, just the type at the team we had.
Always had that belief that if it came down to
our offense, our defense, we were gonna make the plays necessary.
So it came down to our offense, We're in a
tough situation. We had a great kick return, then we
go down, we make the plays put us in a
good position to make a field goal. And I always

(01:50:36):
had that belief that he made the first one and
then they froze him, and I had the second one,
and so I when I was watching on Silnes, it
was going up and they have a bunch of pictures
on my face going up, and then it just doesn't
go in, and you're froze and you don't really believe
what's going on, and it's just, uh, it's a whirlwin
after that, and you just don't want to believe it.
But it's never one play, you know, how it is

(01:50:57):
that we could have made a bunch more players in
that game to put us in a position. But it
was the most fun year I ever had playing football.
And it's just a tough way to go out, but
it's got to it motivates. It's gonna motivate even more
for next year. So one of the reasons you, at
least I read that you were able to have such
a great year or better year, is you got off
social media. So where did that idea come from? Talk

(01:51:20):
about how that helped you, And yeah, for sure, for me,
it was just eliminating distractions. So just being on social
media scrolling, reading what other people say about you, it
could be positive, it could be negative. After my first year,
a lot of it was negative, so I wanted to
just block that out and then also just eliminate that
time I was wasting on social media, either scrolling, reading, posting,

(01:51:41):
or just looking at pictures, and I was able to
stay a lot more focused and spend a lot more
time what I need to do throughout the week to
be even more prepared. So it was just a great
distraction that I blocked out of my life this year,
and I'll probably do it again going forward, So just
during the seat, because you're back on it now, I'm
on it. Yea season, you'll do it, and then during
the season you think you'll, Yeah, just block it out

(01:52:02):
because it's just it's you do waste a lot of
time on social media. I think I do, specifically because
you're always trying to find out what's going on and
you're not as locked in as you could be. So
even when I'm in the football facility, I try to
put my phone up, so just keeping in my lockers,
so I'm not even like checking text messages or anything
during meetings. And it's all about just staying focused and

(01:52:23):
putting all your time and attention on one thing, and
that's getting better at football and taking care of my
guys and being a better football team. So I think
it helped me a lot this year. Let me ask
you about Khalil Mack when he joined the team and
how that thing changed. Just tell about what kind of
player he is and impact he's had. Yeah, he's an
awesome player, even better guy. So we got a great
leader that came to our football team, and obviously we

(01:52:43):
already had a great defense top ten, and then we
get a great player like him, and then you automatically
move into the top three. And they played amazing all
year long, and I think the great thing about him
and he's an awesome team player. The defense, they played
so well together and that's why they were able to
shut so many offenses down this year and be a
top the top defense, top three, whatever you want to say.
I believe they're the top defense because they're just so
tough to go against and they don't have any weak spots.

(01:53:05):
And it all starts with players like like a Kim
Eddie Jackson, Kyle Fuller and Kalil Max. So he's he
just he really Our defense is just so close. They're
tighten it. They play well together, and it's because they're
unselfish and they just everybody who's gonna take turns making plays.
And Clio, he came into our locker room, was accepted

(01:53:26):
right away. He's just a guy you want to be around.
You want to learn from him, You want to watch
the way he works, and he works his tail off
and he's a great leader. So we just he makes
everyone around him better. So you're here on behalf of Gatorade. Gatorade.
Tell us about this. Yeah, So Gatorade is launched a
new product. It's Gatorade zero. It's the same, great taste,
the hydrate, it's got all the electrolytes, the hydrate you

(01:53:47):
except it's got zero sugar. So Gatorade zero, same great taste,
zero sugar. Awesome new product out, so you gotta go
check it out. It's great for the offseason to replenish
those electrolytes um when you're not doing something as yours
is a game, and it'll help you train the off season.
So I'll be using the off all season long. And uh,
it still tastes amazing. See this is good when you're

(01:54:08):
over fifty five, you know what I mean. And I
don't need to sugar, you know what I know. It's
great for you. All right? Oh yeah, man, you want
to leave us with any predictions for next year. Uh,
I'm not a huge and that's when you're get in trouble.
So okay, what about this game coming up? So yeah,
I have a pick. I think it's I'm excited to

(01:54:31):
see Everyone talks about the offenses, but I'm excited to
watch the defenses, especially from a quarterback perspective. On the
Rams defense is tough. They both are. They're both really good.
I think they're both underrated. And with that, everyone compares
the quarterbacks and the offenses, but I think the defenses
are really gonna show up, and especially if you if
you get after the quarterback a little bit, cause a
little pressure, get some takeaways. I think whoever, I think
there's gonna be a defensive score in this game, and

(01:54:53):
whoever does that, I think they're gonna win the game. Um,
and my prediction is it's gonna be the Rams. So
I think they're gonna find my Man and my Man Yeah,
really favorites. That's who I just think is gonna happen.
I think they're gonna find a way to generate a
touchdown on defense, and that's gonna be a huge play
in this game. Obviously want to see it's been a
couple of weeks now, so as like just a spectator,

(01:55:13):
it's a fan. You want to see a great game,
and I think it will be hard Mitchell so much,
Gray Jack Man, have appreciate. That's your Gatorade zero. That's right.
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(01:56:23):
is your time? Is it still your time? This is
still and the people constantly remind me that it's still
my town. I shared with a couple of other different
you know, Atlantic legends, whether it's Holy Field, the same music,
whatever it is. Yeah, man, just to be a part
of that same lineage and some of the stuff you
guys got accomplish here when Yeah, with the Falcons, I

(01:56:44):
remember you were the first quarterback to go up to
Green Bay and with a playoff game, right, Yeah, I
mean that was an exciting time for us. And then
being only twenty two years old and not knowing, um,
you know, how the game will play out, but then
seeing Brent fob who was in this prime and just
looking at him saying, I really have a chance to
go and play against somebody that I grew up idolizing.

(01:57:06):
And then we went out and won the game. I
think it kind of put us on the map, and
you know, from there we just kind of just tried
to build on that block each and every season and
just get better and better and just make sure that
Atlanta football was here to stay. Do you talk to
a lot of quarterbacks? Obviously people look at Lamar Jackson
and compare him to you. Have you talked with Lamar?

(01:57:27):
Do you give him at vice or what would you
say to him about moving or it's part of his career? No,
he don't have my arm, and I think that's something
he has to work on extremely hard this offseason. And
I've seen him this past Sunday and we spoke about it,
and I actually told him I would come down to
deal Ray where he's living, and we ushould get some
workouts in and just let it work with him on

(01:57:48):
timing and and footwork, because that's what's important. I had
a chance to work with Tyrod Taylor when he came out,
and you know, it paid dividends for him, you know,
towards the end or once he got in the preseason
with the Ravens. I remember that quarterback coach coming to
me after the game saying, you did a phenomenal job
with Tyrod, So I know I can do it. I
know I can coach quarterbacks, and it's just something that

(01:58:09):
he needs um in order to make him that complete
quarterback that he wanted to be in year two. He
I mean, even you said, I'm sorry robbed earlier in
the year when he was running like eighteen times again. Yeah,
like even you said, there's no way you can survive, right, Yeah,
I just felt like it was too much workload. But

(01:58:29):
obviously at that point in time, they were just trying
to do what they can do to you know, do
what they could to survive and get through the season,
and you know, trying to save jobs. I understand that.
I get it. And uh Lamar was the damon and
the rough he stepped up. You know they should forever,
you know, you know, be appreciative of what he what
he did, but he saved Yeah, and it was a

(01:58:52):
collective effort, you know, from coaches and players, and that
defense was phenomenal. So um but yeah, man, you know,
this guy has potential to be one of the best.
Now you're doing broadcasting and television and all that. But
do you want to be a coach, Because when you
were just talking about being you know, hoping this quarterback,
you sound like maybe you might want to get into
coaching or is that anything you thought of it might

(01:59:15):
just become a quarterback, whisper Man. I think just strictly
quarterbacks because that's you know, that's what I'm best at.
And I I can coach any position on the field, um,
some even on the defensive ball, decent defenses out of
the ball based on technique, not the way I can
coach you know, a receiver or a running back or

(01:59:35):
offensive Lineman as far as you know technique or you
know gaps in scheme. UM. But you learned so much
being a quarterback that you got so much to give.
And I can't keep it bottled up, you know, I
have to give it at some point in my life.
I just don't know when. You obviously had a very
good career, but you probably there like you can go

(01:59:56):
to Lamar Jackson, Tye rod Taylor because you played similarly
to them. There was nobody that was there anybody that
could come to you? And or did it come to you?
Because you know, because dropped back, you know they were
totally different. Ye Was there anybody that gave you advice?
And how different you think things would have been for
you if there had been a guy that had done

(02:00:18):
similar things to you before. UM. I appreciate Steve Young
because when I first came to the league my rookie years,
Steve flew from San Francisco down to Atlanta. UM and
did Dan Reeves a favor by coming in just sitting
down and working with me for a day, sitting in
the film room, we went out in the field, we
talked through concepts. Even though he was a West Coast
system guy. It didn't matter. He knew quarterbacks and you

(02:00:40):
know pretty much what I was saying earlier as far
week quarterbacks quarterbacks, and he used to run um, so
he gave me good advice. Um. You know, I also
looked to Donovan, who was, you know, playing for Andy
making the playoffs at the peak of his career. I
think he was two or three years in and uh,
I just leant on those guys for advice. And Donovan

(02:01:02):
was good with me. Steve was even better. And I
appreciate those guys. But once I started to plan, I
didn't listen, you know, I was you know, I had
a little bit of running back in me from a
young age. You know, I idolized John Alway and Steve
Young and Randall Cunningham. But I also like Barry saying this,
Walton Peyton was my guy. I used sweetness. Yeah. So

(02:01:25):
I just took a little bit of everybody and just
bottled it all up and just created one game plan
one game. Now, obviously the Super Bowl here in Atlanta
a couple of years ago. How close are you still
with you know, like the falcon from the standpoint up
they played the Super Bowl a couple of years ago.
Up twenty eight to three to the Patriots. Just the
awful collapse. Did that hurt? You like to see them

(02:01:46):
not win that Super Bowl? It hurt because I knew
how hard this team it worked to build what they
had author you know, I know he's been at it
for so long and he deserves the Super Bowl and
then you know, just to be up, you know, that's
that's that was the frustrating part. But you know what
coach Dan quinned to him, this still is a really

(02:02:09):
good football team. You know, you have one of them
years but things just don't go right, and then you
come back the next year and it's just a new year.
I feel like this team this year is gonna really thrive. Um. Yeah,
after the Super Bowl they had to melt down. Yeah,
so so it's normal. You know, those guys are human
and they have emotions just like everyone else. But you know,

(02:02:30):
I really think this team is gonna bounce back and
be a contender in his league. Mattie Ice is he's
in his prime right now. Um. You know, they get
Freeman back this year, Julio, and then I had the
chance to sit with Calvin Ridley the other day, and
this kid just wants to be the best. His attitude
is where it needs to be, so they're in good shape.
How come they can't get the ball in the end
zone on the Julio. I mean, that's one of the

(02:02:51):
those shocking things that sees a lot of double covers
down there, and he sees a lot of bracket, you know,
so you see like a quarters type of the defense
and the safety cheating over and then they're really doubling them,
but they're not making it look like a double team.
I went and watching film on them, and I watched
it about nineteen twenty games, and I just see that
they liked the double Julio trying to make everybody else away,

(02:03:13):
and that's why you see the tight end getting involved
running backs catching the ball out the back feeling, and
that's when you just gotta be creative. And but you
can't move Julio a lot. You know, the minute Julio
goes in motion, everybody's watching them, so you know it
helps out the offense at some point. All right, this
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