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Speaker 2 (00:02):
It depends upon what the meaning of the word is.
Is this anything.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Roll?
Speaker 1 (00:16):
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Indiana Unclaimed dot gov. All right, Chris Hammer is filling
in for Nige. I'm gonna run a couple of stories
by you. You tell me what you think, Chris. Green
Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love going viral for how cheap
he is. He spent apparently under five thousand dollars to
(00:59):
buy all of his Green Bay Packer teammates offensive linemen
like some Nike dunk sneakers for Christmas. Now. Last summer,
Jordan Love signed a two hundred and twenty million dollar
contract with more than one hundred and sixty million guaranteed,
and he only spent a total of five grand to
(01:22):
take care of his offensive lineman. Is this anything?
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yes, this is something? But I want to know some
more information here because I know it may seem like
he's being cheap here. But I wonder, like if our
all the offensive linemen sneaker hands, is this what they wanted, Like,
if they wanted this, then it would be a good gift.
But if he just did it because he found to
be cheap, then that's just Jordan Love being cheap. And
I believe Jordan Love also has an endorsement deal with Nike,
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which means he probably got a heavy discount on all
these shoes right there too, which.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
That doesn't help his argument for being cheap.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
That's what I'm saying that I need to know some
more context here, Like if I'll.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Give you some context here, all right, here's what other
quarterbacks around the league this year, not in the past,
but this year have done for their offensive lineman. Aaron
Rodgers bought the Steelers linemen a bunch of these off
roaders can m mavericks side by sides. They were racing
him all around the parking lot. Jared Goff of the
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Lions bought his linemen customized and souped up golf carts.
Josh Allen of the Bills, he bought all of his
linemen these big freezers loaded with a quarter pound of
cow and premium stakes, and he also got these big,
huge grills and smokers for each lineman. Patrick Mahomes got
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all of his guys Rolex watches, e bikes for workouts,
and a gift card for a vacation complete with sunglasses
and suitcases. Meanwhile, you've got the Packers quarterback who just
signed a massive deal, bought him a pair of shoes.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Yeah, he's beating the cheap allegations here whatsoever at all,
especially for the guys that are protecting you, a friend.
These are the guys that are responsible for making sure
you don't get hit runny single play. So and I'm
looking at this right here, it even looks like he
got outspent by running back Josh Jacobs on his team.
They're running back spent more money on their offensive lineman
than the quarterback.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
Yeah, Jacobs bought one hundred thousand diamond chains to every
single one of his offensive linemen for helping him have
a great season. And your star quarterback, who again just
signed a two hundred and twenty million dollar deal, got
him a pair of shoes.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
If this is not what the offensive lineman wanted, then
we may be quote unquote missing some blocking assignments next
week for Jordan Love.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
All right, we got time for one more here, let's
keep it in the NFL, Lions wide receiver aman Ross
Saint Brown went on his podcast, and he wasn't the
only one. I think. The offensive tackle Bene Sewell said
the same thing. They're very upset that they had to
play on Christmas because coach they also had to play
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a football game on Thanksgiving. Oh here is Saint Brown
on his podcast.
Speaker 2 (04:06):
How do I feel about playing on Christmas Day and
we had Thanksgiving? I really, I'm not a fan. We
got the two biggest holidays. I feel like in the
United States, we played on both of them. And I
don't have kids yet. Like if I had kids, I'd
be even more pissed. Like you can't really spend it
with your family, get to see you, you know, your
kids open gifts. I feel like that's something that a
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lot of parents, you know, love to see and can't
wait for. So I don't even like it. I'm not
even a father yet, so I can't imagine what you know,
dads and our teams are feeling.
Speaker 1 (04:38):
Like, is that anything?
Speaker 3 (04:40):
Yeah? This is something because I knew they played on Christmas,
but I totally forgot to put the connection together that
you know there's a Lion. So they also played on
Thanksgiving this year, right too, So I could see why
he thinks this is a strain. But at the same time,
getting paid millions and millions of dollars to do this,
like even as like if I was a kid, you
may be mad in the moment. When you grow up,
you understand that you're dead. It's playing for the Lions
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making millions of dollars. That kid'll understand.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
He signed a four year contract worth one hundred and
twenty million dollars seventy seven million guaranteed, And if you're smart,
that's generational wealth for your family.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
Right, And also like, are you not bringing your kids
and family to the game? He said that they're not
spending time with them? Are they not coming to the
game with you to watch, Like they'll be in the
stadium watching you play football. I would assume so.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
And listen, why can't you just tell the family will
open gifts when I get back. Santa's still gonna come
down the chimney. You're still gonna have gifts from us,
But can we wait to open these up until I
get back? Because I get paid one hundred and twenty
million dollars to play a football.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
Especially if they have a home game, which I don't
think they did. But if they did have a home game,
then you could do your Christmas Christmas Eve the night before, right.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
The Minnesota players could do it that night, but the
Lions still had to travel. And I get all that,
but I don't think it's asking.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Too much, especially knowing NFL travel. They'll be back the
next day. They probably left that night after the game too.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Right, you're flying private and they got back in the
middle of the night. Do it the next day, do
it the next morning. I don't think it's asking too much.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
I don't think that is either.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
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