May 17, 2025 • 39 mins
LaVar Arrington & TJ Houshmandzadeh discuss Brock Purdy's mega deal with the 49ers, Caleb Williams initial doubts with playing for the Chicago Bears, the latest drama with Antonio Brown, and more!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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With LaVar ary Tet as a defensive guy.
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TJ houshman Zanna.
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I'm just bringing the viewers into how grown men in
the locker room, Like I don't playing with some dude
that you disrespect them anyway, it didn't matter who it
was they was putting hands on.
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Are the same person, the same exact quarterback.
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Live from the Fox Sports Radio studios, here's pro bowlers
LeVar airy Tech and TJ houshman Zanna.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
All Right, all right, good morning to everybody out there,
well or early noon. Its just something hope you guys
are enjoying your weekend off to a great start. I
know I am. We got a lot to get you.
Mister irrelevant is certainly more than relevant. Now we'll talk
about that. The Colts they deleted a release video, a
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schedule release video. We'll talk about that as well. Ab
CTESPN Antonio Brown, he made news as well. We'll talk
about all those things and more cuffs to legend an
hour or two, but let's first start with this, TJ.
How you doing, man? I mean, Plexico is off today.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
G his daughter.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
She's big time basketball star, high school basketball star. They
got a basketball game this morning, so he's doing daddy
duty as you and I carrying the load. As I mentioned,
cuffs will be coming in on hour two. How you feeling, man,
how's everything going feeling good?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Man? For plex It's a big weekend, man. This is
a big aau basketball weekend on a Nike Junior Eybah
circuit and just the Nike circuit in general. So it's
a big weekend man. They playing basketball all over the country,
big recruiting weekend for the young lady and the young
men out there that are playing. But you know, a
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little overcasts out here, LeVar, little cold rookie premiers out here.
You know, you got all the top rookies out here,
and they come out here to this, They're like, oh
my god, I thought it was Sonny in California.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
All right, They getting the wrong idea of us out here.
But yeah, I'm gonna go check them out in a
little bit. Actually, I talked to Abdul so I figured
out that they are downtown, so they don't do it
out in like Hollywood and Beverly Hills anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they go. They're at the inter Continental.
They did a Jersey reveal last night, and then today
they'll be doing like photo shoots. I'm heading there myself today.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Mm hm, Well, I'm gonna hit you up when we
get done, yes, sir so. All right, So, speaking of NFL,
TJ brock per lands a two hundred and sixty five
million dollars deal that includes one hundred and eighty one
million of it in overall guaranteed money. Uh, that's what
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sources have told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Obviously a massive pay
raise for party TJ. He earned two point six million
dollars total over his first three seasons, making him the
seventy sixth highest paid quarterback over that span. Seventy six.
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I didn't even know that there was that many quarterbacks
in the league, which is kind of crazy that you
got a starter and he's ranked seventy six in being paid.
But nonetheless, that's what it was. His new deal, that
two point six well, let's just say this, he'll be
making two point nine million. And and with that two
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point nine million that's over over a well, he'll be
making that per week, He'll be making two points making dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
He'd be making that per hour. It seems like right.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Well, so so his salary, his salary will be fifty
three million dollars. So he'll be making two point nine
million dollars a week, meaning that you know that two
point six he made over three years, he'll be making
three hundred thousand dollars more than his yearly wage in
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a week's time. So, first of all and foremost, shots
out to brock Party. That's you know, when you talk
about the American dream, you know, you put in the work,
you put in time, you put in the energy, and
sometimes it doesn't work out exactly the way that you
would like for it to work out. Nonetheless, if you're
given an opportunity, don't be a person that lives in
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the why? Not be a person that lives in the why.
It seems like brock Party is a beneficiary of that
thought process. TJ. What's your take on it? First initial
reaction to brock per major with you, I think we
thought we knew was coming was a blockbuster deal for
a brock Party first as a forty Niners quarterback.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Congratulations to brock Party his family. Because when you are
the last person drafted, when I say you are running
uphill and everybody else is running on flat ground, He's
earned this his play. So the number one, congratulations, you've
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earned it. You've worked your butt off to get to
this point. And kudos to U. But but but but
but uh oh. When I saw the contract, I said,
the Niners unlost they mind. The Niners have lost their mind.
They are done. That's my initial thoughts when I first
saw the contract. They really just give brock Party all
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this money? Did they realize last year brock Party went
one and six against playoff teams when he needed to
carry him, he couldn't carry him, and they gave him
fifty three million a year. I wouldn't have gone a
dollar over forty seven. I said that, So I said, Wow,
brock Perty agent did a hell of a job. Congratulations.
And then you really look into the contract. There was
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reported to be a five year, two hundred and sixty
five million dollar contract, which would be about fifty three
million a year. And then when you look at it,
it's a six year just about two hundred and eighty million.
He is still rich beyond anybody can imagine. He still
has more money than he can spend. He has way
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more money than you and I combined. But it's forty
five million per year. It's not the fifty three that
the agent put out there. It's forty five and it's
still a lot. You're still well compensated, you're still set
for life, your family, generational wealth, all of that. But
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it's the forty nine ers did what I thought they
would do. They value Rock Party, but they don't value
him to give him more than fifty million a year,
which I thought they should not and would not do.
And so I believe this is a great deal for
both parties. Rock Party stays with the head coach that
really knows what he's doing. You can keep taling around him,
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and the forty nine ers get a quarterback with a
middle of the pack deal to where they can still
maneuver and keep their roster competitive.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
It is more than fifty million, Teja.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
No, it isn't fifty three.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
That's the new contract has an average salary of fifty
three million. That's what it is. I mean, I don't
know if it's just that they.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Tore so his so his. Uh. He had a five
point three million dollar salary for twenty twenty five that
got replaced, LeVar. I'm looking at the contract right now. Yeah,
he had five point three million dollar base out for
this upcoming season. Okay, that got replaced for a six year,
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two hundred and seventy nine million dollar contract.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Two point nine million under the new year, New new deal.
It's a two point or what I'm not I'm not
following you. I'm not following you. Did I lose you?
Maybe I lost you?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
What can you help me? I'll here on this one.
But bo is that is that accurate? Because I don't.
I'm not big on these contract deals. I just I
go through it. I don't look at the actual contracts.
I look at what's reported and what the actual the
sources and obviously the sources that were named was ESPN
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and it went through Adam Schefter and it basically says
he's gonna earn. Okay, TJ. Just clear it up for me,
because again, I don't look at the contracts. I don't.
I'm not a contract guy. All I'm doing is looking
at what's being reported, And what's being reported is is
that he is making fifty three million a year when
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he gets when he gets this contract done, or when
he signs this contract, so.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
That get put the reporting. Who when when somebody signs
a contract, how does the news get leaked? Who puts
it out there?
Speaker 3 (09:20):
I would say sometimes the agent, Sometimes.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Ninety percent of it is the agent. When the agent
puts it out there, does he want to make himself
look good or bad?
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yeah, you're certain he wants to.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Make himself live good, So one hundred percent he's going
to report it as, oh, it's five years, two hundred
and sixty five million, this fifty three million a year.
But in reality, they tore up the last year of
his contract. That wasn't an extension. They tore it up.
So now six year, two hundred and seventy nine million.
And again I don't want anybody listening. Rock Party has
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a hell of a deal man. I'd walk across the
country for this deal. But it's really forty five five
million a year when you look at the six year,
two hundred and seventy nine million dollar deal, and I
believe that's where he falls because of the talent that
they have around him, the talent they can keep around him.
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But it's the agent is going to put that out
there so that he looks good, so that no other
agent can say, oh, man, look he got brought party
a bad deal. Why would you go sign with him?
When they go into the recruiting process this fall to
get to get the kids that are coming out. But again,
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I think it's a hell of a deal. I really
do to be the last player picked and you get
and you end up with a two hundred and eighty
million dollar contract. He never thought that would happen when
he was drafted, and so it's a tribute to his
hard work. It's a tribute to starting at the bottom.
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And you have to constantly beat guys out that are
be giving, that are given more opportunity to you. And
one of those guys was Trey Lance, who the forty
nine ers gave up so many draft picks to acquire. Again,
he beat him out and they let him go, and
so congratulations to him. But it's forty five million a
year in the forty nine ers, I believe. I wouldn't
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say they got a bargain, but they got They have
a hell of a deal with their quarterback making that
because they can keep the pieces around him. How it
needs to be.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
What are the pieces? I mean, wouldn't we say, and
I know we're up on it, but wouldn't we say
that this is a questionable amount of pieces around him.
Christian McCaffrey he'll be back, but the perceived idea him
is is for how long? In terms of injury. Brandon Aiyuk,
He's he'll be back, but the question is how healthy
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will he be coming off of the knee surgery, the
major knee surgery that he's got taken place. Trent Williams
will be back, but Trent Williams has struggled with injuries
and has injuries concerns on him at this point in
his career. And when you look around, I mean, we
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can say George Kittle has been a very very consistent
player for this team. But you know, how are we
viewing this when we say okay to me? The only
one I can sit here and say honestly that I
think is just you know, you can depend on the
fact that he's going to be there and be available
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to play is George Kittle. So I don't know, Well,
that's the other side of the ball, though, that's the other.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
If you go to the offensive side of the ball.
George Kittle has had his injury problems, missing, missing, missing
games as well. Offensively, their best players miss a lot
of games, or they have in the past. Yeah, and
that's the you and that's any team, though, LeVar. When
your best players are hurt, it's hard to win. It's
hard to win.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
It was clearly a bigger story in San Francisco this
year than it has been having I Uke out, having
Trent Williams out, having Christian McCaffrey out, all at the
same time. I mean, that's that's a that's a tough
road for any quarterback or any team to have to overcome.
Are they as good losing Deebo Samuel? Are they as
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good with this offense with the question marks surrounding them?
Are they as good? Because I think we heard somebody say,
was it Poka Nikoua said that he felt like if
they paid Brock Purdy that the window was one hundred
percent closing on the San Francisco forty nine ers.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
I'm not so.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Sure he wasn't accurate. Whether he was supposed to say
that or not, I'm not so sure he wasn't accurate
because you are facing the idea of not having Christian McCaffrey.
You know, moving forward, you may not have Trent William
moving forward, like at some point in time, there could
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be an injury that takes place, and how good will
I you be coming back off of that surgery. So
I think there's a lot of question marks. But I
do believe paying that amount of money to Brock Purdy
may signify that this is a last ditch effort to
push for trying to get to that super Bowl before
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you have to redo this entire roster and try to
figure out where you go from there. And is that
a reboot or is that a rebuild from what may
be perceived as the core group of guys that you
may be able to keep. You may be able to
keep Rock Purdy going through a rebuild. You may be
able to keep some of the guys that you have
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on the defensive side of the ball as a part
of a rebuild. But I don't know that to be certain.
I do not know that to be certain.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
To me, I believe Puka was speaking on if they
make Rock Purdy one of the highest paid quarterbacks in
at least then their window is closed. I don't believe
he felt like if they signed him to a deal
that was beneficial to them, their windows as if the
Niners best players stay healthy, they're gonna be right.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
There that they are picked. They are picked to win
the NFC, the NFC West, I think put them.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
At I'm going I'm going with the Rams.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
I think the Rams are the better team in the West.
Gave Matthew Stafford bat I thought that was the biggest
piece for them.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
So much, so much of the four. If the forty
nine ers, can they stay healthy? What do they have
after I use you have Jwan Jennings, uh.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Ricky Cowen, you have the Marcus Robson.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
You don't know now without deebo and Ey playing. And
will I be available to start the season, And if
he is available, how effective will he be?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Correct?
Speaker 2 (15:58):
How are those other receivers now gonna be when they're
the center of attention? Can can they make the plays?
We would assume yes, but we just don't know. Well,
McCaffrey stay healthy, will Kittle stay healthy? And then if
they don't stay healthy, cam bron Purty carry him. Oh
we saw last year he went one and six versus
playoff teams and so to me, the silver lining in
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this and Robert Sala's defensive coordinator. That dude is so
good of a coach. He's going to make a massive
difference on that team and a defense. And I will
say that he and not too many people are talking
about that. Robert Sala is gonna be a huge difference
as a coach with that defense. That will make a difference.
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But Cam Brock party do his part if the best
players aren't healthy.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
That's TJ. Hushman's out of Plexico is out for the
show this weekend. I'm LeVar Arrington. This is up one game.
On the other side of the break, well, there was
an interesting conversation that's being reported as of late as
it applies to Caleb Williams and what his relationship was
going into the draft with the Chicago Bears, his feelings,
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his family's feelings. Nothing new, but just kind of an
interesting conversation right now at this point, maybe because there
might not be any bigger news, but nonetheless we're gonna
discuss that, and uh yeah, stay tuned, sit sit, sit back,
wait for wait for this next segment to come, and
then we're gonna hit you with some Caleb Williams Talk
Chicago Bears. All right, this is up on Game. It's
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Speaker 3 (17:49):
All right, all right, welcome back in. This is up
on Game. It's t J. Huschman's hotter. I'm LeVar Rrington.
Pleux is out. That's all right, We're gonna carry the load.
At the top of the hour, we will have Cuffsta
Legend joining us as well to talk NBA and NBA playoffs.
If you're paying attention, Yeah, some ses got shut shut
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down for the season yesterday. So well the other day
she's saying that, well yesterday, right, wasn't it yesterday? Well
I'm not tripping running all together for me. But before
we get to that, TJ, let's talk a little bit
about Caleb Williams. Obviously, the story resurface because Seth Wickersham,
who is an author, is releasing a book called American Kings.
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So he's getting a lot of burn and a lot
of run right now for this biography of the quarterback.
In months before the twenty twenty four draft, he had
conversations with Caleb Williams, Caleb Williams family, and it basically
confronted with a lot of people speculated that the Williams
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family didn't want to go to or seemingly did not
feel comfortable going to Chicago, didn't feel as though it
was going to be a great situation for him, and
they talked about how circumventing, you know, going to Chicago
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within the draft as it applies to I guess the
collective bargaining agreement, maybe even playing in the UFL or
whatever it may have been. He came under intense scrutiny.
A lot of things that were discussed kind of were
discussed this year as well with Shador Sanders. Didn't end
up the same way for sure, door that it did
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for Caleb. But just where we're at right now, seeing
what took place with the Bears last year, seeing how
Caleb played, all of the moves that were made. They
got a new head coach. Now they got Ben Johnson,
who is considered an offensive guru, great mind that they
took away from the Detroit Lions. Now they seemingly seem
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to be going in the right direction. TJ. What's your
initial reaction to where they are right now? And I
guess twenty twenty hindsight, how do you feel about this player?
Because obviously we did have this conversation in comparison with
UH with Shador Sanders this year. I mean, should players
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have Okay, I think we got to get TJ back,
But I'll start off my opinions on it by just
saying this. It's it's interesting when a young man plays
so well at the college level that it positions them
to be picked up by a team that is doing poorly.
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You know, a guy gets to choose what college they
go to. You know, parents by where they live, most
likely will move into a school district or send their
kid to a private school where they would like their
child to attend school. So pretty much every single situation
scenario you end up in it's based upon you choosing.
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And even in the workforce, you choose where you want
to work more often than not. But in pro sports,
you're drafted, and if you're really good, you get drafted,
and depending on the circumstances, you generally if you're a
high pick, you get drafted to a team that isn't
doing very well. This turned out to be the situation
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for Caleb Williams, and I just I tend to think
that when you're looking at a situation moving forward versus
twenty twenty hindsight, it's very difficult to accept the idea
that you've had so much success leading up to this
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point that you're actually going to be picked into a
situation where you're forced to experience and learn different realities
about what it is that you've been so great at doing.
And so when when I looked at the story and
saw that it was coming out and the dad didn't
feel confident about you know, Caleb going to the Bears
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and trying to figure that out. You know, even even
Caleb having you know, ad missions to confidant that he
was very very skeptical, didn't know Shane Waldron could could
get it done, which ultimately he didn't get it done.
It just it just makes me wonder, you know, looking
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at it now, does Caleb have enough support with Ben
Johnson coming in, does he have enough support in Chicago
to be a winner? I know we got TJ back now,
I just I wonder because so many times, I mean,
the one thing that was stated about the Bears, which
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I don't see it being inaccurate. I mean, if you
really think about it, it's a place where a quarter
it's a quarterback's wasteland. You don't have have great success
as a quarterback when you go to the Chicago Bears.
That's just kind of really how it's been. I mean,
so I'm if I'm asking you, TJ. Is Caleb Williams
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in a better situation for choosing to go ahead and
let it be what it was going to be go
to the Chicago Bears. Is he in a better situation
now taking that and being where he's at now and
them getting the new head coach and perceivably putting the
pieces in place for him to have success. Or would
he have been in a better situation to try to
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opt out of being drafted by the Bears Number one overall?
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I mean, if we base it off of is Ricky season, yeah,
you'd be better off not playing for the Bears or
not hoping to not be drafted by the Bears. But
he's there, And when you look at it, LeVar was
it you look at his father and himself. Were they
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wrong about Iberfus Shane Roger? No, they weren't wrong. No,
The fact that Ryan Poles felt it was okay to
bring them back, or to bring Iberfus back and then
hire Shane Waldron with the first pick you're gonna draft
Kayla Williams. The fact that he felt that was okay
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is to me eye opening, Like what did eberflu show
you that he would be able to develop and make
Caleb Williams, dude. The fact that he said, I would
go in there and just watch watch film. I didn't
know what I was I didn't know how to watch film.
I didn't know what I was doing. And this is
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why you need a veteran in there. And Pete LaVar,
you know this, and we both know this. A lot
of these coaches, man, they get hired because you're a friend.
A friend recommends you. Your dad was a coach, your
dad gave somebody a job, so they now they owe
you a favor. Like some of these coaches, man, they
really don't know what they're doing. Now, there's some coaches
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that really know what they're doing, but some coaches just
don't know what they're doing. And if you don't have
a veteran in a room, some of these players have
no idea how to prepare. The Bears didn't have a
veteran quarterback, so Caleb Williams was in essence lost. He
was lost last year. Now it seems as if he
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has a GPS and Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson resurrected Jared Goff.
That offensive Detroit was really good. They had really good
players in Detroit. Chicago Bears also on paper, when you
look at their offense, they have really good players. They
have good receivers, good running back, two really good tight ends.
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They just dropped the costs of level in the first
round offensive line. They went out and got some guys
in free agency that should make them better. Defensively, they're
really good. So if Caleb Williams doesn't get it done
this year, I don't believe you can put the blame
on Ben Johnson because Ben Johnson is shown. Jared golf
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career was on the line. We resurrected him offensively. What
we did, we resurrected him. Now you know, at one point,
Kayler Williams said, man, I met with Kevin O'Connell. I
wanted to go to the Vikings. I'm won one hundred
percent certain if Kayler Williams goes to the Vikings. Kayler
Williams as a baller, as a rookie baller, and he
didn't play bad last year. He just took a ton
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of sacks. If Kayleb Williams was with the Minnesota Vikings
and Kevin O'Connell, he would have balled out. Because Kevin
O'Connell is a former player that played the game, and
he's shown it don't matter who my quarterback is, they
gonna do work. Sam Donald couldn't play so posley till
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he got the Minnesota Every quarterback that has played for
the Minnesota Vikings has done well, and so time will
tell what Caleb Williams will be. I believe he's gonna
take a tremendous jump this year because coaching matters so
much in the National Football League.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
M hmm, well, I'll say this, Uh, it'll be interesting
to see how they do. Can can Ben Johnson overcome?
You know some of the l's of what are taking
place with the Chicago Bears. That's a I feel like
anybody who comes in there, it's a it's a major
question to be asked. Is it the leadership roles that
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are you know, playing a part? I don't. I don't know.
I know in the in the past they have had success.
I mean, during our time in the in the NFL,
they were known for having an amazing defense, and it
went really fall are with being able to run the
run the ball, and have a decent passing game and
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and played some hellified defense. That was what the Beers
were known for. But even as getting as far as
the Super Bowl, they just never have had enough offense
to get over the hump. And I just wonder, if
I'll say this, if Ben Johnson is the guy that
gets them over the hump, and Caleb Williams is the
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quarterback that's a part of them getting over the hump,
you're talking about Hall of Fame conversations immediately upon that
taking place, Legendary careers immediately upon that taking place. Because
if you got to say, you know, mahone, who's my McMahon,
If McMahon is your most memorable and most famous quarterback,
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no shade towards him. But that's saying a lot because
I don't think he threw for very many yards as
as the as the quarterback of.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
The game was much different back then than.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
It is it was five I mean of course different.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Caleb Williams is gonna have to be the generational quarterback
that many thought he was when he came out, and
that's he's gonna have to live up to those expectations.
He's gonna have to live up to the hype. He
has a coach that everybody believes can help him reach
his potential. This isn't a question mark. There was question
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marks last year. Shane Waldron was he was a last
resort man. He was a last resort. Shane Waldron got
fired in Seattle. He was a last resort and so
this is what happens when you on your last resort.
When it's your last resort, it's a coin flip. I
hope it pays off. It may not pay off. And
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it didn't pay off, and so they did a reboot.
The game of football is one from the inside out,
and Ben Johnson gets that. The offensive line, they've addressed
it as best as they could. They got the skill guys.
And if Caleb Williams can be what everybody thought he
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was gonna be the Chicago Bears. That division is just
so competitive because right now, everybody in that division has
a good quarterback. Everybody in that divisions, quarterbacks unknown in Minnesota,
and there's an unknown in Chicago. Yes, but we would
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say Kevin O'Connor believe and JJ McCarthy, Okay, they're gonna
be all right.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Oh, they let Darnold go, so that would have to
be an indicator that they believe in them. So I
agree with you there. What will be interesting to hear
is your take on Antonio Brown. He got arrested following
an incident at a boxing match. Also, the coach deleted
a schedule release video and apologized to both Microsoft and Tyreek.
(31:07):
Hill will tell you why. On the other side of
this break, it is up on game That is TJ
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(31:52):
Before we get to the end of the break, let's
talk a little bit about this ab situation. TJ, Like,
what's your take on it?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Man.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
Obviously, there was a report he was at a boxing event.
I guess the way it's being reported is some people
tried to rob him of his his his jewelry. Uh,
he got active and got activated. I think at some
point in time he had a firearm on him as well.
And and do you believe there were shots that were fired.
(32:21):
He was arrested. They say he was later let go
after the conversations took place. This happened in the city
of Miami. A spokesman from the Miami Police Department told
Fox News Digital that Miami Police received an alert of
shots fired at three am Eastern time. Yes, well this morning.
(32:43):
Actually police initiated an investigation. No arrests were made, and
no one was injured. The spokesman said the investigation is ongoing.
But it appeared I guess between Brown and one of
Ross's people live streams later in the night that there
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was you know, I guess something that led to the
fight later on, what's your take on this man? Because
I know we joke around about what Antonio does on
social media. He throws shade like he's made it his
business to be the hill. He throws shade at everybody
has something just has created a brand off of shooting
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shade at people. I call the shade grenades. He throws
a lot of them. I mean, is he you know
if you had to give him advice today, what would
that be?
Speaker 2 (33:36):
Bro? First of all, man, it's a good thing nobody
was seriously injured. I'm gonna say this, when you go
out to these events or you just go out in
public and you have thousands of dollars in jury on man,
get you security like a thousand dollars. Security is gonna
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save you so much money at the end of the day,
because if you do something that is out of line,
your attorney gonna be way more than the thousand dollars
that you would pay for security. And he fired a
firearm in it aired, you know, after it happened to
to scare the guys off. I would assume and what
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if something goes wrong with that? Not you and you
and you're gonna possibly use lose your freedom I just
feel like, man, when you go out in public with
a bunch of jurry on, there's always people that want
what you've worked hard to get. Wolves and a b
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has worked hard to be in a position where he
can purchase embodies things. But it's a group of people.
They gonna get it how they live. They you got
what they want and I'm taking it by force or
you're gonna willfully give it to me. And if you
got secure.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
No, oh uh oh, all right, we had a technical difficulty.
That's all what I will say. And and to to
the point of what TJ was making is that protect
yourself out here. Two. It's said that you got to
feel like, you know, if if jewelry is what you're into,
that's something that you have to be mindful of or
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be careful of. It's it's existed for a really long time,
people getting their jewelry taken from them when they go
out and into these spots. I tend to live by
the rule of if I gotta get security, if I
got to protect myself when I go there, I ain't
going there just for me. Just kind of a rule
of thumb, because at the end of the day, I
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mean I've been a part of parties. I've thrown some
pretty pretty epic parties. I've attended parties. It isn't even
about jewelry. Sometimes it's about jealousy, it's about status, It's
it's about, you know, having moments. And I just can
recall being a part of parties and people having moments
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where they were just jealous of other people that were there.
On one thing leads to another, next thing. You know,
you're hearing gunshots. If you know me, you might know
my story. But I was a part of being I
did a did a house party with with a couple
of the guys I played in the league with a
couple of my teammates. And you know, one of the
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guys was he drank too much. The security of the
party was removing him from the party. Him and his
boys took exception to it, had some things to say
about it, then wanted to direct it towards me, as
if I was the problem and I was walking by
they saw me. It was that moment of truth, like okay,
we're talking trash on him. He was walking by. They
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they decided to start talking trash to me. Ends up escalating,
ends up being a fight outside at their car as
they're being escorted to leave, and one of the security
gets shot. And needless to say, I was a part
of helping obviously with medical bills and stuff like that,
but they had to life flight him, had to life
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flight him to the hospital. If you've experienced this, if
you've lived through having an incident in an episode happening
at a party or outside of a night spot, and
you realize that it just really changes the way you
feel about do I it's just the way I'm going
to have fun on my days off or on my weekend?
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Am I going to do it this way? So you know,
it is what it is. It's it's unfortunate, it's sad,
But I say this, TJ. If I got to have
security to be there. If if it's something where you know, granted,
this was a boxing match and I like going to boxing.
I know you like going to boxing, but I'm not.
I'm not at that age anymore where I like even
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have the energy to talk to somebody crazy, you know
what I mean, Like, oh, you want my jewelry, You're
not getting my jewelry. For one, so we got to
figure out what that looks like. But for two again,
if that boxing match is out of place where security
isn't good enough for what we got going on, I
just got to catch that boxing match on YouTube or
something else later on.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
I mean, you don't know where you're going if you're
gonna need security, But if you're gonna step out and
it's a public event, just hire security. And you know,
when we come from where we come from, we feel
like we are own security. I don't need security. I
don't levarn. I don't have jewelry, so I don't have
that problem. I have no money, man, I blew all
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my money. I'm broke. So you come and to ride me.
What you getting? You ain't getting nothing from me. But
the guys that go out there that had those things
get security.
Speaker 3 (38:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
It will save you a lot of money, time, effort, heartache.
Speaker 3 (38:59):
Yeah. You know, it's a hard one because sometimes trouble
can come looking for you in places that you just
aren't sure about. But hey, I'm just glad it worked out.
Nobody got hurt, and so we'll see what happens there.
We got our two coming at you cuffs as well.
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I'm just bringing the viewers into how grown men in
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that you disrespect them anyway, it didn't matter who it
was they was putting hands on.
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Are the same person, the same exact quarterback.
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Live from the Fox Sports Radio studios, here's pro bowlers
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Speaker 3 (00:51):
All Right, all right, good morning to everybody out there,
well or early noon. Its just something hope you guys
are enjoying your weekend off to a great start. I
know I am. We got a lot to get you.
Mister irrelevant is certainly more than relevant. Now we'll talk
about that. The Colts they deleted a release video, a
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schedule release video. We'll talk about that as well. Ab
CTESPN Antonio Brown, he made news as well. We'll talk
about all those things and more cuffs to legend an
hour or two, but let's first start with this, TJ.
How you doing, man? I mean, Plexico is off today.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
G his daughter.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
She's big time basketball star, high school basketball star. They
got a basketball game this morning, so he's doing daddy
duty as you and I carrying the load. As I mentioned,
cuffs will be coming in on hour two. How you feeling, man,
how's everything going feeling good?
Speaker 2 (01:51):
Man? For plex It's a big weekend, man. This is
a big aau basketball weekend on a Nike Junior Eybah
circuit and just the Nike circuit in general. So it's
a big weekend man. They playing basketball all over the country,
big recruiting weekend for the young lady and the young
men out there that are playing. But you know, a
(02:12):
little overcasts out here, LeVar, little cold rookie premiers out here.
You know, you got all the top rookies out here,
and they come out here to this, They're like, oh
my god, I thought it was Sonny in California.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
All right, They getting the wrong idea of us out here.
But yeah, I'm gonna go check them out in a
little bit. Actually, I talked to Abdul so I figured
out that they are downtown, so they don't do it
out in like Hollywood and Beverly Hills anymore.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, they go. They're at the inter Continental.
They did a Jersey reveal last night, and then today
they'll be doing like photo shoots. I'm heading there myself today.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Mm hm, Well, I'm gonna hit you up when we
get done, yes, sir so. All right, So, speaking of NFL,
TJ brock per lands a two hundred and sixty five
million dollars deal that includes one hundred and eighty one
million of it in overall guaranteed money. Uh, that's what
(03:11):
sources have told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Obviously a massive pay
raise for party TJ. He earned two point six million
dollars total over his first three seasons, making him the
seventy sixth highest paid quarterback over that span. Seventy six.
(03:33):
I didn't even know that there was that many quarterbacks
in the league, which is kind of crazy that you
got a starter and he's ranked seventy six in being paid.
But nonetheless, that's what it was. His new deal, that
two point six well, let's just say this, he'll be
making two point nine million. And and with that two
(03:56):
point nine million that's over over a well, he'll be
making that per week, He'll be making two points making dollars.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
He'd be making that per hour. It seems like right.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Well, so so his salary, his salary will be fifty
three million dollars. So he'll be making two point nine
million dollars a week, meaning that you know that two
point six he made over three years, he'll be making
three hundred thousand dollars more than his yearly wage in
(04:29):
a week's time. So, first of all and foremost, shots
out to brock Party. That's you know, when you talk
about the American dream, you know, you put in the work,
you put in time, you put in the energy, and
sometimes it doesn't work out exactly the way that you
would like for it to work out. Nonetheless, if you're
given an opportunity, don't be a person that lives in
(04:50):
the why? Not be a person that lives in the why.
It seems like brock Party is a beneficiary of that
thought process. TJ. What's your take on it? First initial
reaction to brock per major with you, I think we
thought we knew was coming was a blockbuster deal for
a brock Party first as a forty Niners quarterback.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
Congratulations to brock Party his family. Because when you are
the last person drafted, when I say you are running
uphill and everybody else is running on flat ground, He's
earned this his play. So the number one, congratulations, you've
(05:29):
earned it. You've worked your butt off to get to
this point. And kudos to U. But but but but
but uh oh. When I saw the contract, I said,
the Niners unlost they mind. The Niners have lost their mind.
They are done. That's my initial thoughts when I first
saw the contract. They really just give brock Party all
(05:51):
this money? Did they realize last year brock Party went
one and six against playoff teams when he needed to
carry him, he couldn't carry him, and they gave him
fifty three million a year. I wouldn't have gone a
dollar over forty seven. I said that, So I said, Wow,
brock Perty agent did a hell of a job. Congratulations.
And then you really look into the contract. There was
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reported to be a five year, two hundred and sixty
five million dollar contract, which would be about fifty three
million a year. And then when you look at it,
it's a six year just about two hundred and eighty million.
He is still rich beyond anybody can imagine. He still
has more money than he can spend. He has way
(06:35):
more money than you and I combined. But it's forty
five million per year. It's not the fifty three that
the agent put out there. It's forty five and it's
still a lot. You're still well compensated, you're still set
for life, your family, generational wealth, all of that. But
(06:57):
it's the forty nine ers did what I thought they
would do. They value Rock Party, but they don't value
him to give him more than fifty million a year,
which I thought they should not and would not do.
And so I believe this is a great deal for
both parties. Rock Party stays with the head coach that
really knows what he's doing. You can keep taling around him,
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and the forty nine ers get a quarterback with a
middle of the pack deal to where they can still
maneuver and keep their roster competitive.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
It is more than fifty million, Teja.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
No, it isn't fifty three.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
That's the new contract has an average salary of fifty
three million. That's what it is. I mean, I don't
know if it's just that they.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Tore so his so his. Uh. He had a five
point three million dollar salary for twenty twenty five that
got replaced, LeVar. I'm looking at the contract right now. Yeah,
he had five point three million dollar base out for
this upcoming season. Okay, that got replaced for a six year,
(08:06):
two hundred and seventy nine million dollar contract.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
Two point nine million under the new year, New new deal.
It's a two point or what I'm not I'm not
following you. I'm not following you. Did I lose you?
Maybe I lost you?
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (08:25):
What can you help me? I'll here on this one.
But bo is that is that accurate? Because I don't.
I'm not big on these contract deals. I just I
go through it. I don't look at the actual contracts.
I look at what's reported and what the actual the
sources and obviously the sources that were named was ESPN
(08:46):
and it went through Adam Schefter and it basically says
he's gonna earn. Okay, TJ. Just clear it up for me,
because again, I don't look at the contracts. I don't.
I'm not a contract guy. All I'm doing is looking
at what's being reported, And what's being reported is is
that he is making fifty three million a year when
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he gets when he gets this contract done, or when
he signs this contract, so.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
That get put the reporting. Who when when somebody signs
a contract, how does the news get leaked? Who puts
it out there?
Speaker 3 (09:20):
I would say sometimes the agent, Sometimes.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
Ninety percent of it is the agent. When the agent
puts it out there, does he want to make himself
look good or bad?
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yeah, you're certain he wants to.
Speaker 2 (09:31):
Make himself live good, So one hundred percent he's going
to report it as, oh, it's five years, two hundred
and sixty five million, this fifty three million a year.
But in reality, they tore up the last year of
his contract. That wasn't an extension. They tore it up.
So now six year, two hundred and seventy nine million.
And again I don't want anybody listening. Rock Party has
(09:53):
a hell of a deal man. I'd walk across the
country for this deal. But it's really forty five five
million a year when you look at the six year,
two hundred and seventy nine million dollar deal, and I
believe that's where he falls because of the talent that
they have around him, the talent they can keep around him.
(10:13):
But it's the agent is going to put that out
there so that he looks good, so that no other
agent can say, oh, man, look he got brought party
a bad deal. Why would you go sign with him?
When they go into the recruiting process this fall to
get to get the kids that are coming out. But again,
(10:33):
I think it's a hell of a deal. I really
do to be the last player picked and you get
and you end up with a two hundred and eighty
million dollar contract. He never thought that would happen when
he was drafted, and so it's a tribute to his
hard work. It's a tribute to starting at the bottom.
(10:56):
And you have to constantly beat guys out that are
be giving, that are given more opportunity to you. And
one of those guys was Trey Lance, who the forty
nine ers gave up so many draft picks to acquire. Again,
he beat him out and they let him go, and
so congratulations to him. But it's forty five million a
year in the forty nine ers, I believe. I wouldn't
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say they got a bargain, but they got They have
a hell of a deal with their quarterback making that
because they can keep the pieces around him. How it
needs to be.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
What are the pieces? I mean, wouldn't we say, and
I know we're up on it, but wouldn't we say
that this is a questionable amount of pieces around him.
Christian McCaffrey he'll be back, but the perceived idea him
is is for how long? In terms of injury. Brandon Aiyuk,
He's he'll be back, but the question is how healthy
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will he be coming off of the knee surgery, the
major knee surgery that he's got taken place. Trent Williams
will be back, but Trent Williams has struggled with injuries
and has injuries concerns on him at this point in
his career. And when you look around, I mean, we
(12:12):
can say George Kittle has been a very very consistent
player for this team. But you know, how are we
viewing this when we say okay to me? The only
one I can sit here and say honestly that I
think is just you know, you can depend on the
fact that he's going to be there and be available
(12:33):
to play is George Kittle. So I don't know, Well,
that's the other side of the ball, though, that's the other.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
If you go to the offensive side of the ball.
George Kittle has had his injury problems, missing, missing, missing
games as well. Offensively, their best players miss a lot
of games, or they have in the past. Yeah, and
that's the you and that's any team, though, LeVar. When
your best players are hurt, it's hard to win. It's
hard to win.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
It was clearly a bigger story in San Francisco this
year than it has been having I Uke out, having
Trent Williams out, having Christian McCaffrey out, all at the
same time. I mean, that's that's a that's a tough
road for any quarterback or any team to have to overcome.
Are they as good losing Deebo Samuel? Are they as
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good with this offense with the question marks surrounding them?
Are they as good? Because I think we heard somebody say,
was it Poka Nikoua said that he felt like if
they paid Brock Purdy that the window was one hundred
percent closing on the San Francisco forty nine ers.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
I'm not so.
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Sure he wasn't accurate. Whether he was supposed to say
that or not, I'm not so sure he wasn't accurate
because you are facing the idea of not having Christian McCaffrey.
You know, moving forward, you may not have Trent William
moving forward, like at some point in time, there could
(14:03):
be an injury that takes place, and how good will
I you be coming back off of that surgery. So
I think there's a lot of question marks. But I
do believe paying that amount of money to Brock Purdy
may signify that this is a last ditch effort to
push for trying to get to that super Bowl before
(14:24):
you have to redo this entire roster and try to
figure out where you go from there. And is that
a reboot or is that a rebuild from what may
be perceived as the core group of guys that you
may be able to keep. You may be able to
keep Rock Purdy going through a rebuild. You may be
able to keep some of the guys that you have
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on the defensive side of the ball as a part
of a rebuild. But I don't know that to be certain.
I do not know that to be certain.
Speaker 2 (14:53):
To me, I believe Puka was speaking on if they
make Rock Purdy one of the highest paid quarterbacks in
at least then their window is closed. I don't believe
he felt like if they signed him to a deal
that was beneficial to them, their windows as if the
Niners best players stay healthy, they're gonna be right.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
There that they are picked. They are picked to win
the NFC, the NFC West, I think put them.
Speaker 2 (15:21):
At I'm going I'm going with the Rams.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
I think the Rams are the better team in the West.
Gave Matthew Stafford bat I thought that was the biggest
piece for them.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
So much, so much of the four. If the forty
nine ers, can they stay healthy? What do they have
after I use you have Jwan Jennings, uh.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
Ricky Cowen, you have the Marcus Robson.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
You don't know now without deebo and Ey playing. And
will I be available to start the season, And if
he is available, how effective will he be?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
Correct?
Speaker 2 (15:58):
How are those other receivers now gonna be when they're
the center of attention? Can can they make the plays?
We would assume yes, but we just don't know. Well,
McCaffrey stay healthy, will Kittle stay healthy? And then if
they don't stay healthy, cam bron Purty carry him. Oh
we saw last year he went one and six versus
playoff teams and so to me, the silver lining in
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this and Robert Sala's defensive coordinator. That dude is so
good of a coach. He's going to make a massive
difference on that team and a defense. And I will
say that he and not too many people are talking
about that. Robert Sala is gonna be a huge difference
as a coach with that defense. That will make a difference.
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But Cam Brock party do his part if the best
players aren't healthy.
Speaker 3 (16:50):
That's TJ. Hushman's out of Plexico is out for the
show this weekend. I'm LeVar Arrington. This is up one game.
On the other side of the break, well, there was
an interesting conversation that's being reported as of late as
it applies to Caleb Williams and what his relationship was
going into the draft with the Chicago Bears, his feelings,
(17:12):
his family's feelings. Nothing new, but just kind of an
interesting conversation right now at this point, maybe because there
might not be any bigger news, but nonetheless we're gonna
discuss that, and uh yeah, stay tuned, sit sit, sit back,
wait for wait for this next segment to come, and
then we're gonna hit you with some Caleb Williams Talk
Chicago Bears. All right, this is up on Game. It's
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All right, all right, welcome back in. This is up
on Game. It's t J. Huschman's hotter. I'm LeVar Rrington.
Pleux is out. That's all right, We're gonna carry the load.
At the top of the hour, we will have Cuffsta
Legend joining us as well to talk NBA and NBA playoffs.
If you're paying attention, Yeah, some ses got shut shut
(18:11):
down for the season yesterday. So well the other day
she's saying that, well yesterday, right, wasn't it yesterday? Well
I'm not tripping running all together for me. But before
we get to that, TJ, let's talk a little bit
about Caleb Williams. Obviously, the story resurface because Seth Wickersham,
who is an author, is releasing a book called American Kings.
(18:36):
So he's getting a lot of burn and a lot
of run right now for this biography of the quarterback.
In months before the twenty twenty four draft, he had
conversations with Caleb Williams, Caleb Williams family, and it basically
confronted with a lot of people speculated that the Williams
(18:58):
family didn't want to go to or seemingly did not
feel comfortable going to Chicago, didn't feel as though it
was going to be a great situation for him, and
they talked about how circumventing, you know, going to Chicago
(19:18):
within the draft as it applies to I guess the
collective bargaining agreement, maybe even playing in the UFL or
whatever it may have been. He came under intense scrutiny.
A lot of things that were discussed kind of were
discussed this year as well with Shador Sanders. Didn't end
up the same way for sure, door that it did
(19:40):
for Caleb. But just where we're at right now, seeing
what took place with the Bears last year, seeing how
Caleb played, all of the moves that were made. They
got a new head coach. Now they got Ben Johnson,
who is considered an offensive guru, great mind that they
took away from the Detroit Lions. Now they seemingly seem
(20:02):
to be going in the right direction. TJ. What's your
initial reaction to where they are right now? And I
guess twenty twenty hindsight, how do you feel about this player?
Because obviously we did have this conversation in comparison with
UH with Shador Sanders this year. I mean, should players
(20:24):
have Okay, I think we got to get TJ back,
But I'll start off my opinions on it by just
saying this. It's it's interesting when a young man plays
so well at the college level that it positions them
to be picked up by a team that is doing poorly.
(20:47):
You know, a guy gets to choose what college they
go to. You know, parents by where they live, most
likely will move into a school district or send their
kid to a private school where they would like their
child to attend school. So pretty much every single situation
scenario you end up in it's based upon you choosing.
(21:07):
And even in the workforce, you choose where you want
to work more often than not. But in pro sports,
you're drafted, and if you're really good, you get drafted,
and depending on the circumstances, you generally if you're a
high pick, you get drafted to a team that isn't
doing very well. This turned out to be the situation
(21:27):
for Caleb Williams, and I just I tend to think
that when you're looking at a situation moving forward versus
twenty twenty hindsight, it's very difficult to accept the idea
that you've had so much success leading up to this
(21:49):
point that you're actually going to be picked into a
situation where you're forced to experience and learn different realities
about what it is that you've been so great at doing.
And so when when I looked at the story and
saw that it was coming out and the dad didn't
feel confident about you know, Caleb going to the Bears
(22:10):
and trying to figure that out. You know, even even
Caleb having you know, ad missions to confidant that he
was very very skeptical, didn't know Shane Waldron could could
get it done, which ultimately he didn't get it done.
It just it just makes me wonder, you know, looking
(22:32):
at it now, does Caleb have enough support with Ben
Johnson coming in, does he have enough support in Chicago
to be a winner? I know we got TJ back now,
I just I wonder because so many times, I mean,
the one thing that was stated about the Bears, which
(22:52):
I don't see it being inaccurate. I mean, if you
really think about it, it's a place where a quarter
it's a quarterback's wasteland. You don't have have great success
as a quarterback when you go to the Chicago Bears.
That's just kind of really how it's been. I mean,
so I'm if I'm asking you, TJ. Is Caleb Williams
(23:13):
in a better situation for choosing to go ahead and
let it be what it was going to be go
to the Chicago Bears. Is he in a better situation
now taking that and being where he's at now and
them getting the new head coach and perceivably putting the
pieces in place for him to have success. Or would
he have been in a better situation to try to
(23:34):
opt out of being drafted by the Bears Number one overall?
Speaker 2 (23:39):
I mean, if we base it off of is Ricky season, yeah,
you'd be better off not playing for the Bears or
not hoping to not be drafted by the Bears. But
he's there, And when you look at it, LeVar was
it you look at his father and himself. Were they
(24:02):
wrong about Iberfus Shane Roger? No, they weren't wrong. No,
The fact that Ryan Poles felt it was okay to
bring them back, or to bring Iberfus back and then
hire Shane Waldron with the first pick you're gonna draft
Kayla Williams. The fact that he felt that was okay
(24:25):
is to me eye opening, Like what did eberflu show
you that he would be able to develop and make
Caleb Williams, dude. The fact that he said, I would
go in there and just watch watch film. I didn't
know what I was I didn't know how to watch film.
I didn't know what I was doing. And this is
(24:48):
why you need a veteran in there. And Pete LaVar,
you know this, and we both know this. A lot
of these coaches, man, they get hired because you're a friend.
A friend recommends you. Your dad was a coach, your
dad gave somebody a job, so they now they owe
you a favor. Like some of these coaches, man, they
really don't know what they're doing. Now, there's some coaches
(25:10):
that really know what they're doing, but some coaches just
don't know what they're doing. And if you don't have
a veteran in a room, some of these players have
no idea how to prepare. The Bears didn't have a
veteran quarterback, so Caleb Williams was in essence lost. He
was lost last year. Now it seems as if he
(25:33):
has a GPS and Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson resurrected Jared Goff.
That offensive Detroit was really good. They had really good
players in Detroit. Chicago Bears also on paper, when you
look at their offense, they have really good players. They
have good receivers, good running back, two really good tight ends.
(25:56):
They just dropped the costs of level in the first
round offensive line. They went out and got some guys
in free agency that should make them better. Defensively, they're
really good. So if Caleb Williams doesn't get it done
this year, I don't believe you can put the blame
on Ben Johnson because Ben Johnson is shown. Jared golf
(26:17):
career was on the line. We resurrected him offensively. What
we did, we resurrected him. Now you know, at one point,
Kayler Williams said, man, I met with Kevin O'Connell. I
wanted to go to the Vikings. I'm won one hundred
percent certain if Kayler Williams goes to the Vikings. Kayler
Williams as a baller, as a rookie baller, and he
didn't play bad last year. He just took a ton
(26:39):
of sacks. If Kayleb Williams was with the Minnesota Vikings
and Kevin O'Connell, he would have balled out. Because Kevin
O'Connell is a former player that played the game, and
he's shown it don't matter who my quarterback is, they
gonna do work. Sam Donald couldn't play so posley till
(27:00):
he got the Minnesota Every quarterback that has played for
the Minnesota Vikings has done well, and so time will
tell what Caleb Williams will be. I believe he's gonna
take a tremendous jump this year because coaching matters so
much in the National Football League.
Speaker 3 (27:21):
M hmm, well, I'll say this, Uh, it'll be interesting
to see how they do. Can can Ben Johnson overcome?
You know some of the l's of what are taking
place with the Chicago Bears. That's a I feel like
anybody who comes in there, it's a it's a major
question to be asked. Is it the leadership roles that
(27:45):
are you know, playing a part? I don't. I don't know.
I know in the in the past they have had success.
I mean, during our time in the in the NFL,
they were known for having an amazing defense, and it
went really fall are with being able to run the
run the ball, and have a decent passing game and
(28:06):
and played some hellified defense. That was what the Beers
were known for. But even as getting as far as
the Super Bowl, they just never have had enough offense
to get over the hump. And I just wonder, if
I'll say this, if Ben Johnson is the guy that
gets them over the hump, and Caleb Williams is the
(28:28):
quarterback that's a part of them getting over the hump,
you're talking about Hall of Fame conversations immediately upon that
taking place, Legendary careers immediately upon that taking place. Because
if you got to say, you know, mahone, who's my McMahon,
If McMahon is your most memorable and most famous quarterback,
(28:51):
no shade towards him. But that's saying a lot because
I don't think he threw for very many yards as
as the as the quarterback of.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
The game was much different back then than.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
It is it was five I mean of course different.
Speaker 2 (29:09):
Caleb Williams is gonna have to be the generational quarterback
that many thought he was when he came out, and
that's he's gonna have to live up to those expectations.
He's gonna have to live up to the hype. He
has a coach that everybody believes can help him reach
his potential. This isn't a question mark. There was question
(29:32):
marks last year. Shane Waldron was he was a last
resort man. He was a last resort. Shane Waldron got
fired in Seattle. He was a last resort and so
this is what happens when you on your last resort.
When it's your last resort, it's a coin flip. I
hope it pays off. It may not pay off. And
(29:55):
it didn't pay off, and so they did a reboot.
The game of football is one from the inside out,
and Ben Johnson gets that. The offensive line, they've addressed
it as best as they could. They got the skill guys.
And if Caleb Williams can be what everybody thought he
(30:17):
was gonna be the Chicago Bears. That division is just
so competitive because right now, everybody in that division has
a good quarterback. Everybody in that divisions, quarterbacks unknown in Minnesota,
and there's an unknown in Chicago. Yes, but we would
(30:39):
say Kevin O'Connor believe and JJ McCarthy, Okay, they're gonna
be all right.
Speaker 3 (30:44):
Oh, they let Darnold go, so that would have to
be an indicator that they believe in them. So I
agree with you there. What will be interesting to hear
is your take on Antonio Brown. He got arrested following
an incident at a boxing match. Also, the coach deleted
a schedule release video and apologized to both Microsoft and Tyreek.
(31:07):
Hill will tell you why. On the other side of
this break, it is up on game That is TJ
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(31:52):
Before we get to the end of the break, let's
talk a little bit about this ab situation. TJ, Like,
what's your take on it?
Speaker 2 (32:00):
Man.
Speaker 3 (32:00):
Obviously, there was a report he was at a boxing event.
I guess the way it's being reported is some people
tried to rob him of his his his jewelry. Uh,
he got active and got activated. I think at some
point in time he had a firearm on him as well.
And and do you believe there were shots that were fired.
(32:21):
He was arrested. They say he was later let go
after the conversations took place. This happened in the city
of Miami. A spokesman from the Miami Police Department told
Fox News Digital that Miami Police received an alert of
shots fired at three am Eastern time. Yes, well this morning.
(32:43):
Actually police initiated an investigation. No arrests were made, and
no one was injured. The spokesman said the investigation is ongoing.
But it appeared I guess between Brown and one of
Ross's people live streams later in the night that there
(33:04):
was you know, I guess something that led to the
fight later on, what's your take on this man? Because
I know we joke around about what Antonio does on
social media. He throws shade like he's made it his
business to be the hill. He throws shade at everybody
has something just has created a brand off of shooting
(33:27):
shade at people. I call the shade grenades. He throws
a lot of them. I mean, is he you know
if you had to give him advice today, what would
that be?
Speaker 2 (33:36):
Bro? First of all, man, it's a good thing nobody
was seriously injured. I'm gonna say this, when you go
out to these events or you just go out in
public and you have thousands of dollars in jury on man,
get you security like a thousand dollars. Security is gonna
(34:00):
save you so much money at the end of the day,
because if you do something that is out of line,
your attorney gonna be way more than the thousand dollars
that you would pay for security. And he fired a
firearm in it aired, you know, after it happened to
to scare the guys off. I would assume and what
(34:21):
if something goes wrong with that? Not you and you
and you're gonna possibly use lose your freedom I just
feel like, man, when you go out in public with
a bunch of jurry on, there's always people that want
what you've worked hard to get. Wolves and a b
(34:42):
has worked hard to be in a position where he
can purchase embodies things. But it's a group of people.
They gonna get it how they live. They you got
what they want and I'm taking it by force or
you're gonna willfully give it to me. And if you
got secure.
Speaker 3 (35:03):
No, oh uh oh, all right, we had a technical difficulty.
That's all what I will say. And and to to
the point of what TJ was making is that protect
yourself out here. Two. It's said that you got to
feel like, you know, if if jewelry is what you're into,
that's something that you have to be mindful of or
(35:26):
be careful of. It's it's existed for a really long time,
people getting their jewelry taken from them when they go
out and into these spots. I tend to live by
the rule of if I gotta get security, if I
got to protect myself when I go there, I ain't
going there just for me. Just kind of a rule
of thumb, because at the end of the day, I
(35:48):
mean I've been a part of parties. I've thrown some
pretty pretty epic parties. I've attended parties. It isn't even
about jewelry. Sometimes it's about jealousy, it's about status, It's
it's about, you know, having moments. And I just can
recall being a part of parties and people having moments
(36:10):
where they were just jealous of other people that were there.
On one thing leads to another, next thing. You know,
you're hearing gunshots. If you know me, you might know
my story. But I was a part of being I
did a did a house party with with a couple
of the guys I played in the league with a
couple of my teammates. And you know, one of the
(36:33):
guys was he drank too much. The security of the
party was removing him from the party. Him and his
boys took exception to it, had some things to say
about it, then wanted to direct it towards me, as
if I was the problem and I was walking by
they saw me. It was that moment of truth, like okay,
we're talking trash on him. He was walking by. They
(36:55):
they decided to start talking trash to me. Ends up escalating,
ends up being a fight outside at their car as
they're being escorted to leave, and one of the security
gets shot. And needless to say, I was a part
of helping obviously with medical bills and stuff like that,
but they had to life flight him, had to life
(37:17):
flight him to the hospital. If you've experienced this, if
you've lived through having an incident in an episode happening
at a party or outside of a night spot, and
you realize that it just really changes the way you
feel about do I it's just the way I'm going
to have fun on my days off or on my weekend?
(37:40):
Am I going to do it this way? So you know,
it is what it is. It's it's unfortunate, it's sad,
But I say this, TJ. If I got to have
security to be there. If if it's something where you know, granted,
this was a boxing match and I like going to boxing.
I know you like going to boxing, but I'm not.
I'm not at that age anymore where I like even
(38:02):
have the energy to talk to somebody crazy, you know
what I mean, Like, oh, you want my jewelry, You're
not getting my jewelry. For one, so we got to
figure out what that looks like. But for two again,
if that boxing match is out of place where security
isn't good enough for what we got going on, I
just got to catch that boxing match on YouTube or
something else later on.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
I mean, you don't know where you're going if you're
gonna need security, But if you're gonna step out and
it's a public event, just hire security. And you know,
when we come from where we come from, we feel
like we are own security. I don't need security. I
don't levarn. I don't have jewelry, so I don't have
that problem. I have no money, man, I blew all
(38:44):
my money. I'm broke. So you come and to ride me.
What you getting? You ain't getting nothing from me. But
the guys that go out there that had those things
get security.
Speaker 3 (38:54):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
It will save you a lot of money, time, effort, heartache.
Speaker 3 (38:59):
Yeah. You know, it's a hard one because sometimes trouble
can come looking for you in places that you just
aren't sure about. But hey, I'm just glad it worked out.
Nobody got hurt, and so we'll see what happens there.
We got our two coming at you cuffs as well.
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