The Pat McAfee Show Live | Friday April 4th 2025

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battling in Auburn and Florida and. Houston and Duke. That begins at 6:09. tomorrow. We will have J Will joining us. in the next hour about 1:10 or so. He's. obviously uh going to be covering it. with College Game Day and obviously he's. one of the greatest college basketball. players of all time, especially at Duke. But we won't just talk about the final. four, which is obviously going to be. electrifying. And we're almost at the. crescendo of one shining moment of this. particular March Madness. So, we'll. certainly have to chitchat about that. But also, how about the NBA? The big.

news in the NBA. We'll have Shams. joining us here in about 10 to 15. minutes or so because there has been a. fine levied by Adam Silver against one. of the NBA's young stars. John Morant. has been fined. $75,000 for multiple finger gun. gestures. Uh it's I think the most. recent one if you read this is they told. him about an hour before the game, listen, okay? This was the whole thing. Can't be doing it. And then he hits a. shot. He can't help himself. He's like,

I'm a sniper, baby. Boom. Boom. How you see that? This. is the first quarter. This is the first. quarter of the game. Probably 20 minutes. after they talk to him. He just in. natural instinct make Pavlov's dogs, you. know, ring the bell, slobber, give a. treat, keep it moving. John Morance. says, "I'll make a big time shot. It. doesn't matter when it is immediately.". Who's a shooter? I am. You know, and uh. this is obviously a story from a couple. years back whenever he was on Instagram. lives and every time he seemingly went. on Instagram live, he had to find a gun.

and then it was obviously a big scene. and he was the next big star. He had a. power raid deal. He was going to be the. guy that was not only going to lead. Memphis, but the NBA into a next. generation. he was going to be the next. face of the NBA because this guy is. electrifying to watch play basketball. I. think in this particular game he went. bananas. So I think in he had a game. winner maybe two nights ago. Whatever. the case is. Jaw is a great basketball. player. The gun thing though I think the. NBA has been saying yes we understand. that other people might have a gun. celebration. You know this thing is. technically what is a gun? What is not a. gun? But if you follow along with what.

the NFL has been trying to do what the. NBA is trying to do they're trying not. to promote the gun thing. So John Morant. is uh obviously synonymous with that. because of his lives and everything. that's taking place. So I think they're. probably going to judge him a little. harsher than everybody else. John just. needs to know that that's reality of the. business for him. And uh if his body. just can't Yeah. What if he shoots and. then somebody comes and holds his arms. down, you know, like teammate teammate. needs to come in and holds maybe his dad. his dad's always courtside, right? I. mean the other night he hit a layup. I. think 10 seconds left. He was dribbling.

down the court so casual. Shook somebody. [ __ ] out of him. does a layup, wins the. game, and then he immediately, yeah, it. was against Miami. It was unbelievable. the just so casual. 3 seconds left, no. big deal. Step back, hit that, sprints. down the other end, daps up his dad. I. believe his dad is on the other end, just runs down. How you doing? Keep it. moving. There's dad. How you maybe dad. comes out after a big time shot and like. that hug, just holds his arms, you know, just holds his arms down in the entirety. cuz we need you, Joe. Hey, Joe, we need. you in the sports world, okay? We need. you to continue to play not only for.

Memphis but for whoever. We just need. you doing your [ __ ] because you are. awesome. We'll talk to Shams about what. the next steps are in the entirety of. that. And then there's football news. Obviously, there's some new contracts. that have been announced. So, we'll. chitchat about all that and wrap up the. week that was the talk of tables here at. Boss Connor at Tai Schmidt Sweet Shirt. Hey, thank you very much. I appreciate. that. You know, the gone conversation uh. it feels almost American and I figured. I'd bring the uh the shirt into it a. little bit. Uh you're talking about. Second Amendment right there, bro. Exactly. Amendments are a big. conversation right now. T- Morant.

actually there with his girlfriend as. well. Don't know if you saw that. That. was uh cool to see. But um it's kind of. like the Papa John situation where he. just he couldn't help him. You know, he. he's been trying for months and months. to to stop this type of thing. And I. mean, this is a quote from Papa from. Papa. Yeah, we did not create this. quote. No, not at all. So, people. following along and you can do your own. research. Probably should always. Uh I. mean we did ours on the Giants of yester. year but uh I mean with with Jaw he is.

so good but this goes all the way back. to last year and their entire you know. team has kind of crumbled maybe not. crumbled but changed in the last two. weeks here uh what they don't show is. Buddy healed uh very smartly kind of. sneaks a little gun at Jaw maybe to kind. of bait him bait him into it. Yeah. Draymond snitching on him a bit. Yeah. Draymond says look at him. I don't think. he was snitching. I think Draymond, what. do we This is I'm a technical foul. Draymond and LeBron were getting after. it last night. Oh yeah. You know, Draymond and Lebron obviously very close. friends. Draymond still got to Draymond, but whenever we talked to Tashams, it's.

like I appreciate that Adam Silver done. immediately just suspend for this. Okay, $75,000 fine is a lot of money. Okay, I. understand he's getting paid millions of. dollars. Basketball players get. compensated very well. $75,000 is still. a good I mean that's a that's a lot of. that's a good amount of cash. Not nearly. as much as it could be. And also, I. assume that there's some conversation. about him potentially being suspended. for something like this, which has. certainly happened in the past. So, we're happy that that's not the case. John, we hope you can get through it. We. hope you can get through a game and. just, you know, take out a sword. There.

you go. Take out a sword. Can you do the. bow and arrow? Bow and arrow. Yeah. Pull. out a I don't know if you can do that. one. I think the sword's the play. Yeah, I think Is he doing a crossbow? Is that. why? We always ask. Oh, you think it's a. handheld crossbow? He's but because now. he's down here with Before he was bang. bang bang bang like this is the end but. now crossbow you can use during uh bow. season too. So I think like if you were. to talk to gun experts they would say. that is a bow and arrow cuz he's here.

now. I don't know. I mean I'm not too. familiar with Adam Adam Silver saying. our gun people have talked about that. maybe being a heavy barrel combat. shotgun saw off one. Yeah. Maybe even. hell he might be a sniper might be a 50. you know, shouldn't be putting hands up. there, but I mean, a lot of this, we'll. talk to Shams about it. Seams has had to. learn probably a lot about the Second. Amendment and everything uh through it. all. But John, what we want you to know. is we need you, okay? We all like. watching you play basketball. It if you. think it's unfair, you're not allowed to.

do that. Okay? Just go about your life. thinking that it's unfair. That is uh. that is just how just can't be get and I. saw his tweet jaw this, jaw that a. couple nights ago, and it's like jaw. man. Yeah, we need you, brother. We we. need you out here. That's all we want to. see is how great you can be. Let's go to. one half of the Hammer Don Ballcat Boys. I see you decked out in some Pittsburgh. stuff. What's going on, pal? Uh it's. opening day at home opener uh for the. Buckos. Say they're facing the Yankees. at 4:12 p.m. And if people aren't aware, 412 412. That's the area code of.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alageney. County. Uh so a great start time there. Just going to blow the doors off the. Yanks Yanks Day. Mitch Keller is on the. mound who's the Pirates number two. behind Paul Skins. It should be an easy. W. Uh easy opponent. Uh it's going to be. a great day in Pittsburgh. Nothing. really happened in baseball last night, right? Or yesterday. Uh well, you know, it's funny he mentioned that easy. opponent blowing the doors off the. Yankees actually set the record for most. home runs through six games in the. history of baseball. So, I don't know if. that's necessarily accurate. They're. hitting the baseball out of the park at. a record uh a pace in which no one's.

ever done it before. So, we'll see. But. very very few baseball games last night. Only like five. We got a full slate. today. A lot of games, but but we'll. see. It should be should be a good. series in Pittsburgh. Basketball stole. the show last night. Giannis goes. absolutely bonkers against the. Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia 76ers. Obviously team that is supposed to be. successful but never is for some reason. as of late. Giannis goes bananas. 35. points 20 assists. Okay. So he goes 35. 20 and 17. Don't know why we did 357 20.

whatever the uh case. Classic debound. here on the graphic. want to put them in. the proper order of what a rebound is. verse an assist. Whatever the case, 35,20 and 17 is absurd. This guy is the. guy that uh was said to potentially be. able to score a couple hundred points in. a 1970s uh NBA game. Since coming to the. United States of America, didn't even. really have a basketball game when he. got here. Was just so athletic and. understood kind of the basics of it. All. he's done is get better and better and.

better and stronger and stronger and. stronger. Last night, he goes bananas. and absurd. This follows a 61point game. uh triple double that Jokic had a. 52-point game that Steph had. The NBA is. hot right now. Giannis obviously the. most recent. Yeah, he he's ridiculous. And I believe the first ever 30 2020. game happened this year with Jokic, so. he was very close to that. This is going. to be basically the Milwaukee Bucks for. the foreseeable future. We you talked. about uh yesterday or the day before. about Damen Lillard having those blood. clots and him being out uh for a little. bit now. And so it's basically just.

going to be hey, let's uh give the ball. to Yiannis. Let's see what happens. And. you know, everyone just play off of him. I believe Doc Rivers also was out with. an illness. So Darvin Ham kind of. returned to the uh sideline yesterday. A. lot of people saying he looked like a. deer in headlights, but that is uh that. that's irrelevant because they beat the. Sixers. And to your point, yes, the. Sixers, Embiid, Maxi, and Paul George, their big three coming into the year. Oh, look out for the Sixers. Look out. for the Sixers. Same thing happened to. the Sixers as it always does. They stink.

actually. They are kind of one of those. bottom five teams who might be in it for. the uh top top five that number one pick. because of the NBA lottery. So, we'll. see what happens. But yeah, expect a lot. of this from Giannis going forward and. in the playoffs. Okay. And we have some. NFL news. Massive extension sign for. West Virginia legend Gino Smith in the. Las Vegas Raiders. Oh, if you do recall, uh there was a situation with the. Seattle Seahawks and Gino Smith where. allegedly they offered Gino Smith a. contract that was comparable to what Sam. Darnold ended up receiving, which was 3.

years, $1.5 million. So, you go about 33. million per if that is an accurate. statement on what Sam Darnold's deal. was. Obviously, public numbers versus. actual numbers have been a little bit. different here whenever it comes to NFL. contracts since uh the beginning of. time. This one's 2year $75 million that. could go up to $85.5 million. Congratulations on 66.5 million dollars. guaranteed at this stage. Brand new home. in Las Vegas and Gino Smith, you're the. guy to lead this next era in Las Vegas. Congratulations. Obviously, he led like.

the number one offense in the NFL like. two years ago, three years ago. Seattle. then obviously won underwent a lot of. change, a lot of turnover. They're. trying to start brand new. Sam Darnold. will be the quarterback for that in the. Schneider McDonald era as opposed to the. Schneider Carol era. Pete Carroll now. the head coach at Las Vegas. Gino Smith. follows him over there after turning. down a deal for 33 and a half million to. get 37 a.5 million it appears. Uh so. congratulations to Gino. I'm happy for. him and Tom Brady really really likes. him and uh I think that could maybe be. the best compliment that Gino Smith has.

ever got. Yeah. In his multiple years. like you just mentioned it. The first. quarterback that Tom Brady has paid. Yeah. First one. Uh-huh. And traded for. like actually gave stuff up to get him. Not just like a free agent but the. Darnold contract. The entire thing was. hey this is actually just a one-year. deal. You know, the conversation around. it was, "Oh, wow. Uh, Gino said no to. this deal, and he's basically signing. the same one." No, because the Darnold. deal essentially is a one-year, $35. million deal, whatever. That's the only. thing that's guaranteed. So, good on. Gino getting 66 million. That's absurd.

And this basically like obviously Pete's. familiar with Gino, and Pete has a. three-year contract, and with this. 2-year extension, this is basically. tying Pete and Gino together. I mean, will could Pete be there past three. years? Who knows? he could be. But for. these three years where the Raiders are. trying to flip their culture and. everything around and kind of get just. like the base the base layer of what. this organization is going to be moving. forward and changing that culture from. what it has been. So it feels like Gino. and Pete the next three years are going. to be that and then they'll probably. move on after that and see what's going.

on. Ty Gino's professional football. story arc is a crazy one. You know. obviously high school highly regarded. comes to West Virginia lights it up with. Taon Austin Steman Bailey and the boys. He has great success. gets drafted to. New York. Obviously, highly soughtafter. This is going to go well. Doesn't go. well. Ends up going not well at all. Has. to bounce around, become a backup, and. then he finally gets his time to back in. the light. And he's taken advantage of. it, Gino has. Yeah, without a doubt. I. mean, like, I don't think he really. needs to revitalize his career because. he already did that in Seattle pretty. much. But we've seen what Chip Kelly. does with a lot of these quarterbacks in.

their first year together in his. offensive system. So, I mean really like. there's a chance that Gino reaches, you. know, even higher heights that he hasn't. really reached yet in Seattle with Chip. Kelly. So, I think everyone in Vegas is. pretty excited to have this in the past. and know that Gino is going to be their. guy for the foreseeable future. Gino can. spin it. Chip Kelly just needs somebody. that can spin it, you know, and I I. don't want to say like, you know, Kevin. Oonnell obviously gets a lot of uh as we. burn some sage here on this feelood. Friday uh to get the bad vibes out of.

this place. Uh Chip Kelly, Kevin Oonnell. gets a lot of love on what he can do in. an offense. What Chip Kelly can do with. an offense, just an offense, not having. to worry about anything else. We saw him. whenever he goes to Ohio State. Obviously, college ball different than. the NFL. He has experience in the NFL. He obviously has experience in college. as well and has massive success fresh. out of the Will Howard third and 11 call. to Jeremiah Smith. They have more talent. to everybody. Okay, look up the plays. Look how wide open everybody is. Chip. Kelly was what they like to call in his. bag during the playoff run. And I don't. want to say it seemed like there was.

levels to this [ __ ] but it did feel. like obviously they had great players, but the way they were setting things up. and how they were working and. manipulating the defense, it's like Chip. Kelly's brain is a very good one when it. comes to offensive football. People. would judge him as a head coach for the. Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL. It. didn't work out there. It's like, okay, still got a head coaching job in. Philadelphia because how great he was in. Oregon. Then he goes to UCLA. I don't. think he has a lot of. um uh like. help support I think from a lot of. different you know avenues that you need. support in in the current landscape. Not.

saying that that hasn't changed. We're. just saying like feels like that was. probably the case with Chip. Then he. goes over to Ohio State wins a national. championship now he's back with the. Raiders. I think he's on a point to. prove himself as well. So if he gets a. quarterback that can spin it with Gino. definitely can. if he gets quarterback. that understands defenses with Gino. certainly has for how long he's been. around the NFL and you also have Brock. Bowers over there still. I mean, there. is a chance that what Chip Kelly is able. to cook up with this offense with Gino. To your point, we do see maybe the best. Gino that we've seen and uh that has to. be awesome for Gino to think he gets. more money than he was going to get in.

Seattle. He gets a chance to go back. with Pete Carol and also he gets an. offensive like genius to be his offense. Not that not every offensive coordinator. is an offensive genius, but Chip Kelly's. been around a long time, had a lot of. success. He feels revitalized as well. Great play by Gino. This works out very, very well for him, I think. Yeah. Also. have Jacobe Meyers on the outside at. wide receiver who I believe was one of. the only guys who had a 0% uh drop rate. last year. But then just looking at it. too, you talk about Chip Kelly. You. know, Gino tied to Pete Carol for three.

years. And then you just think of what. Brady has said about quarterbacks. Chip. Kelly, Will Howard. I mean, that's been. a connection this entire time, but this. deal kind of takes the Raiders off the. board seemingly for that, you know, early quarterback with that number six. overall pick. Now, it does kind of seem. as though, okay, they'll probably take. one in the second or third round, which. a lot of guys, I mean, Will Howard, Quinn Eers, a few dudes that might be. kind of projected around then. And you. know, Will Howard kind of fits, not the. exact same, and I'm by no means am I.

calling Will Howard Tom Brady, but Will. Howard has the size of Brady, and he. played kind of a similar college. football role as Tom Brady. I mean, Will. Howard played a lot more, started a lot. more games, but he was, you know, he was. there till his senior year. He played in. big games just like Brady at a big. school just like Brady. And like that. would kind of fit the bill. And Tom has. been so steadfast in the in the thought. of, hey, the most important thing for. these young guys isn't rushing them, for.

them to sit behind and for them to kind. of learn behind someone. And now Vegas. kind of does turn into one of those. places that becomes a perfect place for. a younger guy to come in, not have to. start right away, can learn behind Gino. No pressure to be the guy right off the. bat. And you know, you mentioned Brock. Bowers. any quarterback whether they're. young or old having a Brock Bowers who. is what a 120 catch a year guy now right. off the bat as a rookie like he's going. to be good for so long so that would be.

one of those spots now you kind of. circle for a perfect situation for a. younger guy every decision that is made. by the Raiders at this point I'm viewing. as like good decision you know cuz Tom. Brady's involved Tom Brady wasn't. involved we'd be like the Raiders. legitimately what a culture shifter at. least from the outside looking and Pete. and and Pete Carol as well. Yeah, cuz. Pete is distinguished and Pete, Chip, Tom, like people that have all had. success are kind of in the building now. So, the way we view their decisions is. vastly different than what it was just a.

couple years ago. Like a couple years. ago, they make this move, we go, okay, is that going to help you? Anything like. now it's like like what they're doing, love what they're doing is uh good for. the Raiders fans. I know you guys have. been sitting through it for a long, long. time. So, good for you guys. It feels. like the rest of the world is catching. up in respect level to the rest of the. uh NFL, but also the AFC West is tough. So, uh, good luck out there. We're. pulling for you. Now, let's pivot away. from the NFL. Uh, congrats to Trey. McBride as well. Four years have $43.

million guaranteed. Tight end out there, Kyler Murray celebrated as he should. Uh, McBride has been a dog since he got. there. He gets paid out in Arizona as. Ganon and the boys are trying to turn. that team into a contender. Seemingly. have all the pieces. Uh, will they be. able to figure it out? We shall see. Congrats to Trey McBride on getting a. monster deal at a tight end position. Now, let's pivot away from the NFL. Let's go to the NBA. Ladies and. gentlemen, joining us now, senior. insider for the NBA at ESPN, friend of. the program, super handsome, Sham. Shiron. Yeah,

we're back. We're back. We're back. Uh, not not not great news. Not great news. for John Morant. Okay, so let's talk. about this. We actually kind of see it. as good news. Uh, we don't know the ins. and outs of the entire situation. feels. like Adam Silver in the NBA could have. suspended him for this. Uh instead, they. opt for a $75,000 fine, which people are. saying is nothing to him. $75,000 is. still a lot of money. I is is there and. I think what you uh reported there is. like they talked to him before the game. about like, hey, this cannot become like.

the trend again for you. Now, even if. Jaw thinks it's unfair and he's getting. treated differently than everybody else, what he has done leading up to this. point, and I know he was young, and I. know we're kind of watching him mature. in the public eye and everything like. that, but he's going to be viewed. differently whenever it comes to guns. than everybody else in the NBA. Is he. ever going to understand that? Is that. going to be something that like we would. like to see Jock continue to play. basketball? Where are we at with the NBA. talking to Joe about this and how does. it get resolved, you think, ultimately? Yeah, I I mean on on Thursday the league.

came out uh you know through you know I. reported it. They warned John. They. warned also Buddy Heel. They warned the. Grizzlies. They warned the the Warriors. as well like uh like knock it off. Knock. it off with the gun gestures. But of. course a lot of the messaging was around. John Mar. He had the one right there. that was a lot more blatant, a lot more. uh forward than than Buddy Heels was. And we know the context with John. Clearly the league is watching it. the. the sentiment around John Morant is is. like he's been doing these gestures.

really all year, possibly in games that. are are not seen as much as the ones we. saw national TV yesterday, the game. against the Warriors. Every Warriors. game is big. So the the league league. officials, they spoke to John Marant, they spoke to Buddy Eel, they spoke to. everyone with the Grizzlies, everyone. with the Warriors over the last 48 hours. and basically said, "Don't do it again. It's inappropriate and refrain from. doing it." And then John Morant hours. later goes out and does it. First. quarter said. first four minutes into the game. Uh.

John Morant right there again. Great. three-pointer. Uh I think it might be. time to uh find another celebration. I I. I the word the word that I'm getting. today is that like I think I think. there's an understanding here and and. you know I think there would be some. surprise if he does this again moving. forward. There's a lot of other. celebrations that that can be possible. But guys around the league have been. doing this like this is not just a John. thing guys. Exactly. The context around it is.

different and and the league is clearly. watching this now. Yeah. We would like. to let John Maran know we are massive. fans. Massive fans of John Moran. The. league is better when John's on the. floor thriving. Bingo. 100%. And we said. this earlier. It's like, "Hey John, you. might view it as unfair cuz they're. going to judge you differently than. everybody else." Then yeah, it's unfair. Then just move forward. We need you just. to continue to play. We need you in the. NBA. We need you in the sports world. And like we said earlier, sword. Take a. sword out, bro. And even cut somebody's. head off or Yakuza. Yeah.

Maybe that would have been a nice play. on it. Maybe holster it. Like it's done. It's It's over. Like I'm I'm not showing. it. It's It's in the holster. Uh the. Maybe he hit a game. Hold on, Chums. If. we're in a brainstorming idea, let let's. definitely do that. Maybe he hits the. game winner and then he says like. and then he puts it away forever. That. That's what I'm saying. That's That. would be that that would be tight, too, given the context of everything. Like. you guys are going to warn me for for. bringing for for for bringing it out.

I'm I'm putting it in the holster now. He doesn't have holsters. Huh? We all Come on now. We can always get. holsters. The the I I can report this. Pat. The league did speak to John Moran. today and and Des said, "Listen, you're. given a warning. The next step is a. fine." There was not a threat of a. suspension on the next one, but I think. there's there's clear levels to this, right? There was a warning given, then. there's a fine. Now, listen, if it does. happen again, maybe it's an increased. fine. They didn't get there with him on.

it, but they told him, listen, we told. you already, you know, don't do it, and. you did it. He needs to take his sword. out. This is a consequence. He needs to. just take your sword out next time. Maybe even have a [ __ ] shield. Yeah. you know, do the entire thing and then. just don't, you know, just keep it. moving. John, what we're saying is this. is not worth like this is we get it. You're uh because of things that have. happened in the past, you might be. judged differently than everybody else. You might feel offended by it. That's. you're allowed to feel that way. Just. [ __ ] come on, you know, like we don't. we this doesn't need to be something.

that takes your basketball away from our. world, your money away from your pocket. And then whenever you're done, guess. what's going to happen? There's going to. be semi gun ranges. You even in the. backyard you can set up probably a. shooting range down there in Tennessee. somewhere. You could you could pop you. can you can do whatever you want with. all these guns. Just don't shoot anybody. else. But you and make sure license and. you know have a permit warrant all not a. warrant I'm sorry uh papers and. everything and then when you're done you. can do that just now because of things. that happened. You see back in the day. there was a time where anytime somebody. went live around you you're a gun you.

know and that's uh that is why you're. being judged differently. You don't. deserve it. We're saying that. now and. now he has fans, other players, people. in the audience, they're provoking this. too in a lot of ways. That's another. thing I've heard in the last 24 hours. Like John Ray has also seen Yeah. See, exactly. Buddy did one of these. You. don't have a gun, do you? Where's that at, bud? I got one. Show. me. There you go. Let me see it. Go. ahead, John. You got to beat all these things.

John, they're trying to take you down. J, don't let any of these people beat. you, okay? cuz we need you out there. And also the NFL put in an initiative to. get rid of the gun stuff. I like that. the NBA is doing it as well because it's. not something like and I have guns so. it's not like I but it is something I. think that the sports world is trying to. be like hey this is not necessarily how. we should roll especially with all the. news coming out with all these killings. that are happening in the world that we. live in. Now let's move forward. I hear. there's a chance maybe some breaking. news. It did that happen or did that not.

happen? Uh Zitto told me Shams might. have some breaking news. Was it on jaw. or was it on life there? There's always. potential of breaking news. Nothing as. of yet has hit my phone, but you know. when it does. Okay. When it does, yeah, we're on standby. All right. Last. question. Last question here. Connor has. one for you. Yeah, Sean's obviously. final four this weekend. Cooper Flag. projected number one overall pick. Uh. are all the NBA teams going to be there? is Cooper Flag, Con Canipple, you know,

Johnny Broom, are all those guys being. looked at as lottery picks? And how many. scouts would you say are there? And. also, how many guys aside from, you. know, the household names uh are going. to be playing this weekend that will. probably get drafted in the first or. second round? Uh BC, if if scouts are. doing their final uh or if their scouts. doing their their their main discovery. of Cooper flag, their main scouting, it's probably not going to be a final. four weekend. Uh, I think a lot of. scouts, a lot of executives where where.

the meat of all their scouting happened. was the NCA tournament. Uh, but I do. think there will be some highlevel. executives there. Uh, not sure how many. scouts will be there, but definitely. there's going to be GMs in the building. Uh, GMs in San Antonio this weekend. There's a lot going on around uh, San. Antonio this weekend. There's a lot of. NBA related things. There's the NBA. events. There's uh the Nation Basketball. Hall of Fame enshrinement on Saturday uh. tomorrow as well in San Antonio. So, a. lot going on around this weekend in San.

Antonio beyond just the games. But. Cooper Flag has clearly emerged as. number one potential pick this year in. the draft. But the biggest thing that I. see from him is you see the factor, you. see the intangible, you see this level. of toughness, drive. The guy had a nasty. ankle sprain. You saw him uh being taken. out in a wheelchair. He's, you know, he. had swelling size of a tennis ball and a. week later he's back on the court. Maybe. that's him being 18 years old. But maybe. he just is that tough. He's got a good.

kid, a good family. He's good kid. He's. got a good family. Heard that from Joe. in Maine, you know, cuz Group of Flag is. the main event. When I flew back from. London, did customs in uh Maine, Banger. Maine, uh because Indianapolis doesn't. have 24-hour customs. So, fly back. middle of the night, land in Banger. Maine. uh gentleman, I believe his name. was Joe, uh comes on and I'm just waking. up, you know, just like kind of waking. up in the middle of the plane and my. first question obviously is about the. main event. I'm like, is am I near where.

Cooper Flags from? The glowing things. that this guy had to say about Cooper. Flag, his family, the boy that he is. just immediately on Q, it's like I'm. happy to hear that the entire state is. proud of him, but also he's lived up to. the hype immediately upon going down to. Duke. They're a fun team to watch. got a. great four teams. Hey, you just. mentioned how everything's going on down. in San Antonio around the final four. I. think what I learned from like All-Star. weekend here in Indianapolis is because. you guys are a series driven sport, there isn't like a Super Bowl event.

where everybody's at. So like some of. these different events are utilized as. that, whether it's meetings or like uh. corporate events or things. Is the final. four one of those for NBA as well or. just basketball as a whole? Final four. is definitely one of those types of. events. Honestly, Pat, summer league, summer league in Las Vegas, that is kind. of the like everyone is there. Everyone's talking shop. I don't know if. it's winter meetings. Maybe the G-. League showcase. Uh that's usually held. in December. That's the closest thing to. like the NBA's version of winter. meetings where like all the executives. will be in one setting for a 2 or three.

day period about a couple months before. the NBA trade deadline. And essentially, a lot of the early conversations end up. happening there. What we see in the. summer is a lot of catch-up, a lot of. like, you know, let's talk after free. agency, uh, you know, let's talk after. the draft, but there are sometimes still. some very outstanding issues that are. still there in mid July. I remember one. year I went to Vegas and the whole. conversation was about Kawhi Leonard and. I found out near the end of summer. league that he was probably going to go. to the Toronto Raptor. A week later, he. ends up being traded from the Spurs to. the Toronto Raptors. I think it was.

2018. So, a lot of business happens in. at the Las Vegas NBA summer league. I've. been doing this. what Sean's just. saying. We appreciate the hell out of. you. Have a great weekend, brother. Appreciate y'all. Thank you, ladies and. gentlemen. Sham Shiron. Yeah, there's breaking news coming. It's. coming. It's always coming down the. pipeline. Yeah, it's always just coming. and coming. My name's not Sean Shiranya. No, it's news is coming and coming and. coming. Sean Shiranya. Yep. How about.

him dropping like I think 2018 I learned. blah blah blah blah blah. That was like. seven uh seven years ago obviously at. this point. Him, it's just like Shrakes. them getting dropped into the roles that. they are at ESPN and a lot of these. suits at ESPN have never seen anybody. that isn't on ESPN, right? Because. that's like literally all they watch. So. then Shams gets dropped in. I think he's. met with some resistance, you know. Sure. Cuz in that world insider game, especially with Woge and how many, you. know, in the way Woge and Shams, you. know, the way that whole thing kind of. went down, you know, pretty competitive,

I think is the way it would be said. And. then Shams just drops in there and just. gets to work and continues to do what. he's been doing for like the last 10. years or whatever. It's like I feel like. he is such an asset for ESPN at this. point and for the next 30 years. That. dude's so young. I mean obviously he. looks younger than he actually is. It's. like we're lucky that Shams has been in. our orbit and I'm thankful that he's. doing what he's doing for ESPN. Same. thing with Shakes. It's like I know Good. Morning Football was seen by a lot of. execs. I know a lot of Suits watched it. I know that was one of the shows that. like NFL Network obviously on every.

single building, but a lot of TV people. watched it because it was uh what it. critically acclaimed, I guess, and. award-winning and all that stuff. It. changed, you know, morning television. Uh Kyle, Nate, K, Pete, like that was a. hell of a run, awardw winning, but I. don't know how many people like know. Shregs at ESPN because he's Fox NFL. Network guy. Then he comes in his first. couple days just absolutely crushes it. They're like, "Oh, these guys are like. professional and charming.". It's been cool to kind of watch like the.

reaction, I think. And also, I assume. internally, we're not up in Connecticut. much. Uh, thank God. But, uh, good. people up there. Good people up there. But listening to them potentially be uh. questioning what's going on, obviously. thinking they're smarter than everybody. in a situation. Oh, I deserve this. I. deserve. And then Shams and like Shregs. coming in like I don't want to say. earning it, but like you get it. like. proving that it was the right decision. I'm happy for him. Yeah, especially with. the NBA with Shams, it felt like, you. know, obviously he had news since he's. gotten there, but then having like the.

Luca AD trade, it felt like that was. kind of like the uh crowning moment of. this NBA season as far as, you know, breaking news goes cuz the Jaw stuff and. all that, like, sure, that is absolutely. breaking. That's easy stuff. You're. reading a memo. Yeah. uh the level of. being the one that finds out about Luca. and AD and then hearing you know Sham's. talk about I mean we showed the tweet it. had over 100 million views on the tweet. like it was the biggest thing that's. ever happened and that was also at you. know what 1:00 a.m. So it wasn't as if.

it was middle of the day like Seams is a. worker and it feels like it has showed. We love them. Hey, speaking of insiders. that have to work their asses off, ladies and gentlemen, senior insider at. NFL Network for the NFL, friend of the. program with his weekly wrap-up with Rap. Sheet and Friends. Us being the friends, he being rap sheet. Ladies and. gentlemen, Ian rap. Yeah, rap sheet. What up, rap? We were just singing the. praises of Shams, you know, going into a. new place that maybe a lot of people. were questioning why he got his role and. then him just since then kind of. crushing it for all of us and uh being.

proud of him just like we are of you. rap. Proud of you. Thanks. I'm proud of. Shams, too. Uh, you've been great. You've been great to us, as has Shams. over the years. Let's talk about some. NFL stuff that has happened this far. Let's start with today. It's not a. proday, it's a showcase. I love that. I. love that Dion is like, "This ain't a. pro day. This is a showcase of our. guys." Okay. And I think that's a much. better name, much better term, and a. much better description of what these. workouts have become. I believe James. Palmer just reported that Travis Hunter. will be running routes at this for.

Shadore and everything. What should we. be expecting out of this? And I know. that the entire Cleveland Browns brass. is there, the entire Giants brass. Is. there is that for Travis? Is that for. Shadore? Is that just to go out to. beautiful Colorado? What are your. thoughts on today? And what's the big. takeaway you think out of this showcase? Uh Colorado is beautiful. I've never. been to Boulder, but I've been to. Denver. There. It's beautiful, man. Beautiful place. It seems like I mean. seems like it would be an awesome place. to go to college. So, you mentioned a. lot of Browns personnel, a lot of Giants.

personnel, not a ton of Titans. personnel. Uh, just I add them because. obviously they have the number one. overall pick and are going to be doing. all the homework for the truly elite. prospects of which, you know, Shador and. Travis Hunter are two of them. Uh, the. Titans are going to have their own. workout for these two guys on April 9th, which is sometime Wednesday. Wednesday, April 9th. Yes. big night at Wednesday, April 9th, live on YouTube, Tik Tok, and.

X something else that night. Okay. All. right. Just go on, Randy. Please just go. on. Um, so anyway, so Titans Brass will. be at the private workout. So the some. of the sort of more high-profile people, including Brian Callahan, will not be at. uh the Colorado workout. So that's sort. of the housekeeping part of it. As far. as what we will see, uh we will see. Shador Sanders throw and go through a. throwing workout like we've seen uh some. of the other top quarterbacks. Didn't do. it at the combine. Wanted to save it for.

here in part because um you know, not. only wanted to throw with some of his. guys and several of them will be NFL. caliber receivers, but I think also. wanted to bring attention to those guys. as well. Like if you save everything for. your not proday, but for your showcase, everyone will be there and we might air. it live on NFL Network, which is exactly. what's going to happen. So, not only. will Shador get the shine, but his. receivers will as well. And then there. was a discussion of like, what will. Travis Hunter do? Initially, the word.

was he's not going to work out, he's not. going to do drills, he's not going to. run, which is kind of a bummer only. selfishly because he is a truly elite. athlete and it's fun to watch those guys. do their thing. And now we find out that. he's expected to run routes for Shadore. So it doesn't sound like DB drills, but. we do get to see some of him at. receiver. Um, so should be a really fun. day in Boulder. Okay, so it's a big day. Uh, obviously is there some draft. implications? Potentially. Do teams. already know what they want to do and. they're just trying to solidify that.

potentially. You never know what's going. to happen. And shout out to Shador and. Travis having all these teams come uh uh. watch all the other guys that are going. to be a part of the showcase as well. And no offense to just saying other. guys, but you get it. That's a big deal. Like whenever Pat White, Steve Sllayton, and the boys were coming out, the amount. of people that came to our proday at. West Virginia versus years past was. vastly different. That's interesting. Putting on for everybody, you know, that's a that's a really cool thing. And. obviously, we'll see how it all shakes. up. And uh that guy right there catching. touchdowns in the NFL is going to be.

awesome to watch. And then the next. series, him coming in and locking. somebody down is going to be awesome to. watch. Cannot wait for him in the. league. Like there's not a lot of guys. I mean, I've been looking and trying to. talk to people like who does he remind. you of and I don't it's just really. hard. Like he's on defense he's like. Richard Sherman and Revas kind of. combined. So with speed I mean faster. than probably both of those guys. Yeah, that's on defense and then on offense. like what you're saying he has a speed. of like a Randy if he really wants to.

Doesn't have it. Has the Yeah, it's like. it's an insane it's an insane comp. all. of it in two different positions, let. alone if he was to go return kicks, which I assume he could if he had to. So, good for Travis Hunter and all those. team brass being at those. You would. normally assume that'd be for a. quarterback. It's like, nah, that could. very much be there for this particular. guy. So, uh, congrats to Prime. Congrats. to Colorado being, uh, you know, the. epicenter of the NFL draft prospects,

uh, today in a showcase. I like the name. showcase a lot better than Proday. Well. going for agree. I like it's a show. Mhm. Hey, we're putting on a show cuz. we've seen these choreographed. exhibition workouts and it's like this. is a show here. This is obviously uh. we're doing a this is not real football. It's a program. This is a program. Yeah. Okay. We're going to start out with a. little loop-de-loop. Okay. And then. let's get them excited a little bit. Let's do a deep shot over here. Oh, let's roll out over here. Need a drag. under Oh, underhand cover. Now, uh let's.

run it for one. Maybe shake somebody. It's like a show. It is a show. So, I. appreciate the Go ahead. No, I was going. to say like you sort of really captured. it because it used to be like, well, obviously you have to work out for NFL. teams otherwise how are they going to. know whether or not they should draft. you? And that was sort of like you have. to do the combine and then you have to. do proday and that was always the way it. was. And then over the last like 5 years. or so, I mean, kind of going along with. the movement in the country and college. football and really just sort of in.

general being in charge of your own. brand and your own person and. everything, it's been more players being. like like when Lamar didn't run, I. remember being stunned like how could he. not run? And then it was like what what. is it to run for? You see how fast he. is? And it was like to me just as. someone who does this year after year it. was kind of an awakening like I think. Omar's right like he's running for who. and like these I mean look you want to. draft Travis Hunter put the tape on like. you will see many reasons to draft him.

in the top five. Um Chador is a little. different because you know teams might. want to see more specific things as a. quarterback but like player empowerment. is clearly upon us and this is another. good example of it. I I think the reason. why and to your point about player. empowerment and understanding brand and. value and risk and pros like there's so. many of those things at a younger age. now. But I think coaches and scouting. people have maybe let too much. information out. So like whenever. coaches just say I'm not going to the I.

don't need to go to the combine. I'll. just watch. And whenever scouts are like. well the top 30 visits are actually much. more important than what's going on at. combine, what's going on at pro day. I. think agents, players all hear that and. they're like, "Well, if that's how. they're viewing it, like how important. should it be for us in this entire. thing, you know?" So, I think it is like. a I guess kind of a state of the world. that we're in, state of football that. we're in. Uh, but I do think there's a. benefit for all the other guys, too. Medical, if you weren't invited to the. combine, you could do medical, height, weight. Guys are still going to run 40s,

which once again is a show. Yeah. that. is just watching guys run which the NFL. network obviously has captured and. captivated the masses with the combine. workout as a whole. So I I think it's. just where we're at. I don't know what. it ends up becoming though. You know, I. don't think any of us know what ends up. happening. Now let's talk about some of. those top 30 visits and everything like. that. AP Tone has a question for you. Rap. Yeah, Ian. Speaking of showcases. and quarterback showcasing at Pro Days, I heard I was listening to Bucky Brooks. and Daniel Jeremiah this morning. They. were saying that Jackson Dart put on a.

showcase at his. He was running it all. himself. He was holding court asking NFL. coaches, "What do you guys want to see. now?" I could do it. I'll show you. Um, and then you just tweeted out that uh it. was uh interesting that Jackson Dart was. a top 30 visit for the Pittsburgh. Steelers today. Why is that interesting? What do you know? Yeah, you know, it's. it is interesting to me. First of all, it sounded like his pro day did go. exceptionally well. Definitely in the. conversation to be the number three. quarterback taken. And if you say to me. right now, what is my guess? Just guess. where he goes. I would say first round.

is very much very much a possibility for. for Jackson Dart. Wow. You know, maybe. mid to late first round, but I mean I. probably would have said the same thing. for Bon Knicks last year and he went 12. So like quarterbacks are, you know, hard. to hard to predict. The Steelers one is. interesting because you know he is. obviously very talented. If he goes. middle to back of first round and he. goes to a team that may or may not soon. have Aaron Rodgers, like that's not a. long-term answer. He would love a. long-term answer. Jackson Dart has been.

the guy when people I mean if you look. kind of like the back half of the draft. There's not a ton of teams there's some. but not a ton of teams that need a. quarterback like you know as their. franchise guy. The Steelers are one. Um. that would be one that makes some sense. to me if that's someone that they view. that they could take there. Hey Rap as. you were talking there and uh you said. he's going to back up Aaron Rogers. Um I. think you put out a tweet saying the. word futile. Is that how you pronounce. the word? Uh about him potentially what.

Ben Rothosberger I think you said it on. uh the insiders. Yeah. Okay. So let's. hold on. Let me set so people that don't. ne necessarily know what what the. situation might be. Ben Rothersberger on. footballing with Ben Rothersberger. Uh. brought to you by John Eagle who shout. out one of the greatest places market. district literally on earth. miss it out. here in Indianapolis. It's a Pittsburgh. place, John. Um, he said that he thought. that Aaron was waiting out for.

Minnesota. Now, that's just Ben. thinking. I don't think Ben has any. sources anywhere. I don't think Ben's. talking to the Steelers. I don't think. the Steelers are giving Ben information. I think that's literally just Ben kind. of pontificating on the situation. So, when he says that, you then I believe on. the insiders uh say that you think Big. Ben isn't wrong here that he's. potentially doing that. And then you. said even Rogers knows now that weight. would be futile. That weight would be. futile. So what what do you mean by. that? What are you hearing? And because.

Minnesota was a pipe dream that we were. just kind of conceptualizing. Then it. was like seemingly a potential thing. Then it was nah, we're moving forward. without him, but didn't close the door. completely. Now you're basically saying. that from what you've heard, Minnesota. is out on Aaron Rogers. says futile. I. had to look it up. Basically means. worthless. Yeah. The weight would be. worthless, right? Yeah. I actually went. through a couple different word choices. there. I didn't want to come out too. strong and I did the thesaurus.com,

you know, like Oh, yeah. And then that. was a word I I settled on, which I I is. a good one. I think it's a really good. one. Way to go. Nice job. Way to go. Thank you. Thank you. Take a picture. Took me a while to craft that to craft. that tweet. Um, so I don't think the. Vikings were a pipe dream for Aaron. Rogers. I think it was at one point real. enough to where I know he considered it. and I know the Vikings considered it. because reality is if you're if you're. if you're any team that needs a. quarterback and you have a four-time.

MVP, future Hall of Famer saying like, "Hey, you're someone I'd like to play. for." You have to consider it. It is. your job to consider it. whoever your. quarterback is. And I think JJ McCarthy. is really talented. More importantly, the Vikings think Vikings think JJ. McCarthy is very talented. But at least. they had to consider it. Based on my. conversations with Vikings people in. Palm Beach, based on what Quacio dosa. told colleague Tom Pelisero on air. there, they're they're all in on JJ. McCarthy. Uh and you know, I've had to.

think like what would have to happen for. them to say, "All right, we are now not. in." and let's go sign Aaron Rogers. Let's just say Rogers waits, which I. don't think he would, but let's say he. does. It would have to be like through. training camp for them to be like, "All. right, JJ's not what we thought. We need. a veteran. Let's go sign Rogers." Like, he's not going to wait that long. I. don't even think that's going to happen. because I would bet JJ is going to be. really, really good. So, what I meant by. Rogers realized that wait is feudal is. he realized that if he waited, it.

probably still wouldn't happen. And you. know, him signing with the Steelers, I'm. not going to say it's a beta comple, but. it certainly seems like the most likely. thing to happen. Okay. Okay. The.com. makes you feel real smart all of a. sudden. Well, I mean that was the that. was the the antidm.com. Okay. You know, feudal and but anyway, yeah. Uh feudal. Uh we just had it. pulled. Is it futile or feudal? I like. the sound of futile. I believe it's. futile. Of course you do. Mobile,

hostile, futile. Agile, futile, futile. It takes a while to get used to hearing. somebody say feudal, especially if you. know that the proper pronunciation has. got to be. feudal. Yeah, I don't understand what f. y o d. That that is what that's feudal. for sure. That is certainly feudal right. underneath there. That makes it sound so. much that's a terrible word. That's a. dumb word you use, but nonetheless. incapable of producing any useful.

result. Oxford's wrong again. It would. be pointless. Uh it would be feudal is. what he's saying if he Aaron continues. to wait. Okay. Let's continue to some. more news from the NFL. Yeah, we get it. Okay. Word sucks. Beta complete. All. right. We we rap. Okay. Yeah. All right. I'm about Anyways, let's talk about. other [ __ ] that came out this week that. we find notable that we don't know the. answers to. Go ahead, Connor. Rap sheet. Huge news from the league meetings this. week is that there will be three.

Christmas games this year. I think. everybody can agree this Christmas in. 2024. It kind of stunk after, you know, the clock hit seven and there were no. more football games. So now there will. be a night game. It's on Thursday night. football on prime. Is that only because. it's Thursday night that there will be. three games or can we expect there to be. three games on Christmas just going. forward and that will be the new norm. and will that also become like a bidding. game where uh you know different.

networks can kind of try and pay for. that night game on Christmas because. Netflix has the uh 1:00 and 4:30 game. Well, first of all, it is Thursday this. week be or it is three games this week. because it's on a Thursday. But I know. enough about the NFL and I've seen this. enough to where like if it works and. it's going to work. I mean it worked. last year when the whole world watched. Netflix on Christmas. Uh hopefully the. pregame show just cuz of I don't know. some people were on the pregame show did. a great job. Wore my new green.

blazi was on there. Burgi was great. CM. Punk was on there. JJ did great. A. couple good ones. Laura was Bird Cher. outside. going. Okay. Mina was on there. It was. fun. RG3 was on there. Did a great job. Anyway, you remember there anyway. Um, it was a good cast, wasn't it? A good. cast. Yeah, for the most part. It was a. good Christmas experience, but to. Connor's point, games ended. That's when. everybody's getting like their second.

win. They've just taken like the nap and. now there's like a Christmas night. So, I apologize we cut you off it. I No, I. mean I I just I I feel the same as you. guys that like if three games works, which it probably will because it always. does. Super wild card weekend, brother. I mean, yeah. Just like keep putting it. on and I'm going to keep watching. And. like the way holidays are now, I'm so. like I think we're all kind of messed up. where it's like, all right, holiday, get. the presents, do the meal, like what. game is on, right? Like that's just.

we're sort of been conditioned to do. that and I'm here for all of it. So, my. guess is Christmas that it's probably. something we're going to see in the. future, but doing it on Thursday, having. it on Thursday, having a Thursday night. Amazon game anyway, uh probably a good. way to kind of open the door for just. more football at a time where we're all. going to want to watch it. I'll be. intrigued because I I don't know how the. uh Roman calendar works. So, I don't. know what day Christmas will be on next. year, but will that continue to be a. Bezos night game? You know, like if they. have Christmas night the first time cuz.

it's Thursday night game, you know, right? Will they if it's next time on. Friday, Saturday, will Amazon still try. to get that? It's on Friday. I mean, that's a big big showcase. I mean, that's a you know, that's a massive. showcase. I I mean Christmas. Yeah. Yeah. Netflix Netflix Netflix is going. to want that though. Like if that's. going to continue to be uh a thing. Netflix will definitely want that, right? Cuz it'll be main event. You can. assume if any other streaming platforms. are trying to get in the game. Peacock. might try to get in there. Who knows if. NBC will have enough money. No offense.

to NBC. We're just talking about the. reality of the situation with Peacock. verse Amazon and Netflix at this stage. of the game. But it's like that's a. massive money maker for the NFL. Massive. And they have a lot of those. opportunities going forward for like. special games here. Special Black Friday. became a game all of a sudden. You can. put two on that particular day. You can. really start running you can start. running up the scoreboard with the money. and that obviously helps out the salary. cap. That obviously helps out the. future. I mean it's like the NFL is. still sitting on a gold mine with a lot.

of growth still in front of them. At. some point it's going to slow down, but. right now it's definitely not as these. platforms are trying to only get. advanced. Yeah. I saw a report uh kind. of like the Lions and Cowboys have. Thanksgiving. Is it true the Chiefs want. uh Christmas Day every year? Is that I. saw a report about that. Is that true? Have you heard that? Yeah, I mean I I I. have also heard that. Um and I would too. if I were them. Um it's you know I don't. want to say everyone's jealous of the. Lions and Cowboys, but it sort of feels. like they cuz like that's a huge. platform and when the Lions were bad it.

was kind of weird because it's like we. all had to watch them on Thanksgiving. even though like still an event. Now. they're not bad. Now they're actually. good. And the whole country gets to. watch like some of the best players in. the game. I mean, that's a really The. whole country went through a lot with. this Lions team. They did. Thanksgiving. tradition every year. He's from We got. to watch Barry Sanders for years. And. for those of us who didn't get to watch. on a regular basis, even though the. teams were bad, that was a cool Calvin. Johnson. Matthew Stafford had a run. John Kitna Cooper. Uh, no. Who was your. guys back? Yeah. Was that uh who was the.

backup quarterback for Matthew Stafford. that played that one year? Do you. remember this? Oh, David. Wow. David. Wow. We spent Thanksgiving. Purdue. Great. That was a good time. Yeah, you're right. We've been I thought you. were talking about another Stafford. backup who may or may not have been on. your show yesterday. Nah, that guy. sucks. Sorloski. Noki. Did he play on. tech? He had to have, I guess. I hope. not. I assume he did at some point. For. everyone's sake. Yeah, I remember. throwing up. All right. That's cuz you. ate too much, you fatso. It's not. because Dan Orlovski playing football.

Jeez Louise. It's been a big week for. the Orlovskis. I hadn't eaten yet. It. was a concussion after a turkey bull. Of. course. Hey, you were a dog in those. turkey bulls, too, from what I heard. Okay. Uh, other things happening this. week, Ty has a question for you, Rep. It's been reported that James Cook put. his house up for sale in Buffalo. And. then earlier this year, we heard that. Brandon Bean said like, "Hey, we kind of. talked about an extension, but nothing. ever really happened, so we kind of just. tabled it." Is there anything going on. here? We know that he wants to be paid. with the top guys in the league, but.

it's not quite there yet. I think it was. like a couple weeks ago, maybe a month. ago, he took all of like the Bills stuff. out of his social media. What's going on. with this whole situation? It's not. great. Um I would not describe it as as. great right now. I mean, he's going to, you know, he he'll play for the Bills. next year. Um the house for sale is sort. of something that always catches my eye. because like first of all, it doesn't. necessarily mean anything, but players. know it gets reported. So when you do. that, it's like if you're going to do. that, that's like a pretty big.

statement. That's as big as like taking. your team out of your social media where. it's like you don't need to do it. Does. it really affect things? I don't know. But everyone notices. Like it is like I. know enough now. I follow this world. enough this new world enough where like. when a player takes a team out of social. media or like like unfollows like. stuff's about to go down like something. is not right. Um I I know the. negotiations didn't go great. Um, I do. know he's a player the Bills would like. to have in their future because he's. young and he's awesome on the field. I'm.

not sure him coming out and saying that. he wanted to make $15 million was really. like the most welcome thing in the. organization. I think they can get back. together and maybe get on the same page. and somehow do a deal. Theoretically, it's not going to be anytime soon. And I. think there'll have to be a sort of. conversation to get everyone back on the. same page and maybe reel back some of. what's been public. But as of right now, like this is not in the greatest place. of all time. No. Yeah. I mean, he might. hate his neighbor, too. We don't know.

what the neighbor, you know, you might. want to just sell. Also could be like, you might may just want to move closer. to like, you know, Barill or one of the. other good wing play. There could be. other reasons. Yes. But yeah, I mean, I. have certainly wanted to move. immediately upon entering entering a. house or somebody entering a house in my. neighborhood and saying, I I would like. to get out of here. You know, that uh I. don't like the way this is going right. here, so get me out of town. So maybe. that's the case and maybe they come back. to good graces because remember whenever. they let James cook see what we did uh.

there a lot of magic started happening. you know so hopefully they're able to. continue that will James be able to get. paid in Buffalo or will he go somewhere. else and maybe Saquon Barkley. okay as we're coming up on a hard out. here uh uh at the end of hour one here. on this Feelgood Friday weekly wrap-up. of rap sheet and friends the big wrap-up. of this week would be league meetings. big conversation coming out of that is. they've tabled the tush push convo until. a later date. Now, there has been a lot. of chatter around this. Whenever they.

table something to move it to a later. date, does that mean that they're trying. to make people forget about and we'll. talk about this later. We'll talk about. this later. Or does that mean that. there's going to be actual movement from. now until the actual later date and we. should potentially see something? It. feels like there it will be the second. thing feels like there will be movement. And a lot of times what tableabling is. is get away from the meetings and you. start to sort of collect your people. You start to recruit and like kind of. get people on the same page or step away. from the meetings. Lobbying. Lobby. Yes.

Lobby. You start to like say, "All. right, what if we went back to this. language?" And also, you know, I think. the Eagles sound like they made a very. impassion plea to keep it. Those. conversations with other people, not the. Eagles, are probably easier when the. Eagles aren't around, right? So you can. do all these things kind of like in a. separate room, you know, and just just. kind of get everyone to a point where I. think the language potentially could. change. And if you say to me like what's.

the likely scenario, I would say maybe. go back to the 2004 language where like. you couldn't push push or pull anyone. That way it might be the most fairest. possible. Um but still a little ways to. go. And then there's also a possibility. where it can only be one person pushing. too, right? They you think that there is. going to be some sort of change made is. what you're saying. It it feels like it. just because usually like if something's. going to get voted down like we saw. things get voted down, but if. something's going to be voted down, they.

usually do it. If they think it has a. chance to pass, they usually table it. and sort of okay, collect themselves. That's where it feels like this is. going. Okay, Philly fans, we're all on. your side, too. You know, and. Philadelphia Eagles people whenever they. say, "Oh, we can do it better than. everybody else." Is that not a talent? You're saying this is not a thing. You. want to take it away from us? Of course, they're the Super Bowl champs, you know, so it's hard to just do a complete woe. is me type situation for you guys cuz. you're on top of the league right now. and your roster seemingly is only going. to continue to go that way. But if I was. an Eagles fan, I'd be shouting that, oh,

we're too tough. That's why everybody's. trying to stop us. Certainly use that as. a chip on the shoulder going forward, which Philadelphia people definitely. will. Hey, you remember in 2025 when the. Eagles were tougher than everybody else. in the league? Like that you'll be able. to say that forever no matter what takes. place. Last thing here, we got two. minutes and you said if it gets tabled. that means there's certainly going to be. a conversation followup as opposed to. just trying to kind of wish it away. Roger Goodell talked about the Lions. proposal about seating for the playoffs. and I think there was a couple different. conversations around that like if maybe.

the team from the division has a losing. record maybe then they get docked as. opposed to uh everybody that has this. situation. We think it's going to be. very difficult to get owners to agree to. not letting the division champs have a. home playoff game because every year. that is kind of the conversation. What. do you think it's going to end up being. and do you think there's real. consideration to changing the way the. playoffs are even with how successful. the playoffs currently are? Yeah, I was. I have to say I was really surprised. I. assumed this would get voted down like. it always has been and kind of just move. forward and then you started to hear.

like pretty good debate, maybe it gets. tabled and I was like I was just. surprised. I was sort of like you where. it's like no division winner would ever. not want to have a home game. That's. what you play for. But it does seem like. there's a little momentum toward if a. division winner has a losing record, maybe they don't host a playoff game, which. like even if you're the division winner, you could sort of like understand, right? Like Yeah. Cuz you're just pumped. to be in the playoffs, I think, at that. point. So even your fans and you know. that like you didn't, right? It's not.

like, you know, do you deserve a home. game winning a division with a losing. record like ah and it doesn't happen. that often. So, I would say yeah, that. to me that feels like that's a. possibility in May as well. That's. awesome. We appreciate you. Have an. incredible weekend. We'll talk to you. next week, ladies and gentlemen. From. the NFL Network, Ian Rapaort. Okay. So, maybe they do change it like. Yeah. If you have a losing record and. you win your division and we have a. division has three teams that are in. there, you're not getting seated above. them. Okay. The Vikings deserve a home. playoff game is basically what they said.

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Hello, beautiful people and welcome back. to our humble abode. The Thunderdome on. this feelgood Friday, April 4th, 2025. Hour of the program starts. now. Fours are happening all around us. and we're incredibly lucky that we get a. chance to chat about it every single. day, especially on this feel-good. Friday. Final four weekend tomorrow. We. can't wait to celebrate college. basketball in its highest form with four. teams left. two from the SEC, Houston.

and Duke on the other side. Who will end. up continuing their chase of their one. shining moment? This March Madness that. has been littered with favorites. dominating four ones for the first time. long time represented down in San. Antonio. We will certainly watch and uh. follow along as a school changes its. trajectory. Will Duke be able to win. with a new head coach in Shire? How. about Kelvin Samson and the boys down in.

Houston? Are they going to be cutting. down nets again? How about Auburn? Bruce. Pearl, welcome back to the Star. Welcome. back to the spotlight. Welcome back to. Bruce Pearl who's an absolute. dog. Was able to get the War Eagle boys. rolling. And then Seth Greenberg's. Florida team. He has been talking about. them since before this tournament. started. He was in love with the SEC as. a whole, which ended up being a pretty. accurate depiction of how the tournament. would unfold. Seven SEC teams would be. in the Sweet 16. But this Florida team.

and this Clayton Jr. fella who makes. every big- time shot and this Florida. team that is wide open taking on Auburn. is a wonderful way to start the Final. Four. Congrats to college basketball. Yeah. We're going be celebrating you all. weekend. The talks tables here at Boston. Conor and at Tai Schmidt, one half of. the Hammer D ball uh ball cap boys AP. Tones here. Tone Pirates take on the. Yankees uh and Pittsburgh Pirates home. opener. We assume that the Northshore. Diner is pretty lit right now. We assume. it's pretty excited. We assume that uh.

the pitcher that's pitching for the. Pittsburgh Pirates today is a guy that's. really, really good. And we assume that. the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Buckos, are. going to be raising to Jolly Roger after. this game after his Amelly fireworks. kind of captivate the night sky in the. lovely city of Pittsburgh after they. beat the New York Yankees ass today. Yeah. Um, Pittsburgh is one of those. cities that normally loves opening day. It's It kind of sucks that it's more. than a week into the season and their. home opener is there cuz their record is. already, you know, not great. So, I hope.

that doesn't um stop people from coming. out today. It's it's not bad little day. down in Pittsburgh. 58 I believe is the. perfect and also when you have the. Yankees in town, the Yankees are a huge. draw. So, I would expect a big crowd for. Mitch. Yankees can't fill up PNC Park on. opening day. Okay. We need Pirates fans. in there, not Yankees fans. Do Yankees. fans travel? Yeah, I mean there's. Yankees fans everywhere, you know. You I. mean you I've seen the picture of you. wearing the Yankees hat, you know, so. kind of one of those things where Yeah, exactly. I mean I believe you were at. some sort of event with Pierre Gar maybe.

and you had a Yankees ball cap on. So. yeah, I mean that didn't happen. I liked. whenever the guy the old guy I don't. know what his name is. Yeah, the boss. The boss I he spent more money. everybody. I was like I like the guy. that there is no restrictions on the. amount of money that he would spend to. win and he would say it's not my fault. He would actually say, "It ain't my. fault." And then he would just give. everybody the most amount of money. And. I'm like, "Hey, I don't play baseball. I'm not a big baseball guy, but if I'm. pulling for a team, I wish the Pirates. would do what the Yankees are doing.

right now." So, yeah, maybe I bought a. ball cap to support that. Sure. Okay. Maybe I had eyes on the pinstripes, you. know, a couple different times more so. than other teams. But don't get it. twisted. Paul SK Pirates. Yeah, I'm a. bucko, buddy. Yeah. No, I get it. That's. what's funny. Paul Ske Pirates, uh, in. typical Pirates fashion, you not know. there's a rotation and all that. [ __ ] How's he pitched yesterday and. then the home opener is today? He can't. just He can't just pitch the home. opener. Oh, this guy had no baseball. Please explain baseball. I just said.

I get the rotation. It's early in the. season. You really don't want to be, you. know, mixing stuff up like that. It kind. of just that's the way it falls. sometimes. And there's part part of that. might be, hey, we don't want to we don't. want to drop Paul Ske out there and have. him give up eight earned runs on the. home opener. What are you talking about? I'm just saying there's a chance. Hey, Paul Ste is who we're talking about. here. Let's make sure we have a little. bit of a might be a Yankee at some point. if everything got I know, but you know, let's let him pitch down in Tampa where. it's warm against the Rays. Let him.

really pump that spinker and that fast. ball. Let him kind of just deal with. their Mickey Mouse lineup in the Yankees. spring training park. We don't need him. We don't need him facing the Bronx. Bombers on the home opener because I'm. not saying it would happen, but there's. all this excitement for the Pirates this. year. And if Paul Ske gives up, you. know, by some, you know, stretch of the. imagination, he gives up three homers in. the first inning or something. You think. they're somebody's getting three hits on. Paul Skins in an inning, let alone home. runs. You need to relax out there.

Nonetheless, hottest team in baseball. right now, the New York Yankees, right? The bats. I guess the Dodgers would be. considered the hottest team. Yeah, for. sure. But what you guys have done. hitting wise is uh uh in terms of just. like you know and this is kind of the. Yankees. They're kind of boomer bust. like they hit they hit home runs. It's. kind of like their only form of scoring. runs. They don't really PNC is a good. park to take some thongs off. They don't. really play they don't really play small. ball at all. But but the thing with that. is like when they're playing a guy like. Skins or because they're kind of so. boomer bust like if they're not hitting.

home runs like they had 16 they struck. out 16 times the other night. So it is. kind of like feast or famine. Mitch will. knock them down. That's an exciting. brand of baseball. It is. It is. That's. why they're so fun to watch, you know, and people want to [ __ ] and complain. about like the short porch and stuff. like it is what it is. You kind of play. to your advantage. And when you got. Aaron Judge, you know, like he's not. exactly hitting too many short porch. bombs. I mean, this guy's hitting 420. plus foot homers every single time. Ruth. Yeah. I mean, they might not be. able to catch their breath, though. Zitto just pulled up a photo of what PNC. Park looks like today. Yeah, it looks.

great. That's unbelievable. Oh my god, that is so awesome. Yeah, it really it. sucks that the pirates blow. Think about. the think about Zambelli's popping out. on that river right there and that thing. just going up and you're looking out and. the lighting and the obviously the. ground scheme. I was going to say people. don't give enough credit to the grounds. crew like that is just God. I mean that. that makes me the Clementi bridge is. glowing. It just looks the field looks. unbelievable. I I think I think we uh I. think we do one of these the ground. crew. Truly really good work there. It's. great work. Do people watch like uh the.

Barry Bonds era in San Fran like out on. the river today? So I think yes, boats. will pull up for sure. People get hit. like people have put it into the river. That was uh that was a real thing. Like. whenever Paul Ske was talking the other. day about how Pittsburgh responded to a. wild card game, let alone how they would. respond to a World Series. That that. entire river would just be boats. It. would be a riotta happening out there. It's tough though because there's so. many good seats available in the park. You just pay 10 bucks and you go get. seat. Well, sometimes sometimes you go. to our friends at SEK, you can get those.

for like three, four bucks. You really. time it out, right? Back in the day, not. Paul SK day obviously. Not this modern. Pirates, but yeah, I think Cory Graves. lives in a building uh across he can see. like into the stadium. Yeah, like cuz. he's a big Pirates fan. I think he lives. in an apartment building across the. river and actually can see into the into. the stadium and watch it. What are you? I'm interested to see what how many. tickets are available today and how. expensive. That is a good question. Okay, our friends at Segeek will. obviously give you the best ticket. price. Yeah, they won't be too expensive.

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2025 you can get $30 off some of those. tickets 2024 or the $24 ones you can't. there's you can't that's not how that. works get out to a ball game get out to. a live event shout out to our friends at. CGE joining us now ladies and gentlemen. is a baseball legend he's a college. football national champion Super Bowl. champion and Ryder Cup winner but on. general Bobby Carpenter show this guy. breaks down baseball better than anybody. else. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawker, how you doing, AJ? I'm doing great. Unfortunately, my Reds are uh we're on a.

three-game slide right now, but you. know, we got plenty of ball left ahead. of us, so we're going to be okay. Yeah, it's opening day in some places, you. know. So, uh is it 10 each game they. lost? Yeah, they're the first team since. 1960 to lose three consecutive games, one zero. Oh, so you guys like suck the. watch, too. Yeah, nightmare. No, you. know, we're just we're rounding into. form. We're starting, you know, we know. ball right now. It's all right. You guys. will figure it out over in Cincinnati. That's what Cincinnati does. Yeah, they. figure it out. They figure it out, especially with Trey Hendrickson. Hopefully, you know, kind that. Yeah, kind of get that entire thing done. Hey, we just had Rap sheet on AJ and.

obviously this week was the league. meetings and there was a couple things. that came out big conversation. Tush. push. He said they think something's. going to change there. Philadelphia. Eagles fans are going to be able to talk. [ __ ] about that for the rest of their. lives. Congratulations on having that. and sorry you're losing out on a play. seemingly that you were able to do. anytime at will at Nauseium. But the. other thing that was coming out of it. was this playoff seating change. Did you. hear what Rapshi just said? He said he. thinks there is going to be a little bit. of a change to that. I I'll be. interested to see what owners vote.

against that and what owners vote for. that cuz that feels like a bad owners. right now do not want that at all. Good. team owners would be like, "Yeah, absolutely." So I I don't know like the. lobbying process of these rules that rep. talked about the changing of the playoff. seedings would be very very interesting. because I think networks are probably. for it. Yeah, networks are probably for. like the better teams having homefield. advantage and having better opportunity. I would assume that that's a lot of. money that's around it. Roger Goodell, I.

I think he could probably be swayed into. a way being like, "Yeah, we should have. our best team set up in the best. possible ways." And then, you know, the. only people that you would think would. be against it would be the teams that. have bad teams. Yeah. And they would. want an opportunity every year. If we. win our division, we should have. something. How do you feel about it, AJ? And did you expect him to say that it. feels like there's a maybe actual change. because I think that surprised all of. us. Yeah, that definitely surprised me. I did I I like his idea of saying what. if you win your division but you have a.

losing record that you probably should. not host a a home playoff game. I could. I could see that happening. But I mean, is it going to give us better matchups? All that matters is that we have like. the best matchups for people to watch. because that's what drives all these big. time money deals. Is it going to give us. better matchups? Like what will it do? I. think in some situations it would just. because like I mean even just looking at. the NFC this year, like if this rule was. in place, would the Eagles uh have had. to play all of their guys week 18? Because if they were to have lost that.

game, then all of a sudden, you know, the Vikings move to the two seed if we. were just going off of Yeah. would they. be would they count as the fourth seed. then? Cuz they would take the fourth. division winner. Yeah. spot. Like is. that cuz then you have to figure that. one out. Okay, so the lowest division. winner would have a home playoff game, but if they were under 500, does the. number two seed actually uh uh from a. division, does that take over the fourth. overall seed or does it actually get. seated how the record should be in that.

entire because then all of a sudden what. the Commanders, they also move up? Yeah, because they they had a better record. than But nobody was under 500, right, in. the NFC? No, the Bucks were the lowest. at nine and eight, I think, unless they. went 10 and seven. I forget what their. exact record was, but you mentioned. something during the break there about. that Seattle Seahawks. Yeah, exactly. Like there are some situations where I. think they should either just do it or. don't. Don't do the stipulation like if. there's a losing record then they lose. their home playoff game because I think. that stinks. I think the stipulations of.

a rule usually sometimes can ruin it. And yeah, the environment of the entire. thing, the Beastquake, you know, Marshon. Lynch, Seattle, I think they had a. losing record. They were seven and nine. The Saints were really good that year. Saints come to town and then all of a. sudden, you know, Hasselbach and. Marshawn Lynch, they end up pulling off. a massive upset at home. I mean, that is. a moment that still gets talked about it. feels like every single year when it's, you know, the wild card round, those. throwback accounts or the NFL will put. out like remember the beastquake from.

whatever year it was. Like I think those. environments can turn into some of the. best moments of the playoffs. And then. other times it sucks. I mean, Brady's. last year with the Bucks, you know, they. were 8-9 and they ended up being the. four seed and then they lost to the. Cowboys and Daltton Schultz uh or Yeah, Dalton Schultz was still on the team. I. remember him scoring touchdown. That was. a random poll, but yeah, but sometimes. it does. It's a beautiful mind. Yeah, but but that was the Monday night. football game. That was the the only. game on the wild card weekend was Bucks. Cowboys and the Cowboys killed the Bucks.

because the Bucks they weren't that. good. Obviously, they went eight and. nine. That'd be a huge change for the. NFL, especially with the amount of money. they're making now for everything and. the ratings for everything that they're. doing. Other note that Rapaort had there. uh before we pivot over to basketball. again. Um he talked about the three. Christmas games. Let's assume that's. going to happen forever even though it's. happening because it's Thursday night. and Thursday Night Football, Amazon. Prime have it. You know, that's. Christmas is on a Thursday. Let's assume. next year whenever that's on a Friday. that somebody is going to be bidding for. that night game whether it's Amazon or.

it's Netflix or maybe Apple gets in like. you know maybe they view this as a or. YouTube you know like there is so many. different ways that this could go. The. NFL is sitting on so many opportunities. AJ to make hundreds of millions if not. billions of dollars still you know that. Black Friday only had one game it's like. they can put two there put three there. if you really wanted to. They're going. to find a way. They're going to invent. new prime time situations. They're going. to figure out when like every single. possible window that you can maximize. The NFL is going to find a way to do. that. We would assume that's the case.

going forward. Even like we are at the. direct center of the season on this. particular day. So we'll call it midway. prime time NFL special. I can't wait for. Halloween night prime time. Feel all the. players the players got to wear spooky. costumes while they play. So I think the. Steelers would be a good team for. Halloween. Agreed. Uh just like I think. the Chiefs in Rapport said he heard the. same thing that we were reading on the. internet. Um the Chiefs would like. Christmas Day, you know, and it's like. color red like that is that is a pretty.

good Christmas colors every year. Yeah. Yeah. Packers want it to every every. single I would assume so. Andy Reed. Packers wouldn't be a bad team that. always fill up and it'll be snowy. Everything you'd want. All right, let's. get the basketball. Ladies and. gentlemen, a national champion. You're. saying he's I said Andy Reed cuz he you. know Dolly Santa Claus. Santa Claus, which he did afterwards. Remember, I had. to wait for Travis and Patrick to come. in in those massive jackets. And then he. was like, "Are they out here yet? Jesus, I've been wearing this and then he comes. flying out of Santa Claus. How about. them Chiefs?" And Santa Claus was a.

magical moment. Yeah. A lot of kids were. like, "Okay, so that's what Santa does. after he drops off the presents." He. goes and watches the Chiefs. I think. there were some places that were like, "Wait, it's our morning right now." That. was quick. What is he doing? I mean, we all saw a red one. We know. Yeah. Watch Dwayne Johnson's movie. You'll figure it out. Agreed. Largest uh. Christmas launch. was on a Tuesday. No, that's not what it. was. No, there was some There was some.

movie launch ever. Was it on Amazon? What was it on? I think theaters first. It was on Prime. I think it was the. Prime, but I think it had some Prime. record. I believe Amazon record. Most. hours watched. You need to watch right. one. Krampus. That son of a [ __ ] I. think too many people are just saying, "Dwayne, we don't need a Christmas. movie." And they refuse to watch the. movie. You get through it, you're like, "Okay, this is Dwayne Johnson's take on. a Christmas movie. It is a uh hoping for. a red, too." Yeah, he can live. That one. will live on, I believe. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a a man whose.

name will live on forever. National. champion, one of the greatest college. hoopers of all time. Obviously, now he's. on ESPN spreading that good [ __ ] making. half court shots basically every single. weekend throughout the entire college. basketball season. Ladies and gentlemen, Jay Williams. Jay Williams. What's up, boys? Hey, why PM? Why do you guys keep. kicking our ass? I mean, it's like the. day before Christmas, Christmas Day, NFL. is just like this major takeover. I. don't know what to do anymore. Now you. guys can get Christmas Eve. I think that. was the what we figured out this year.

This year, we figured out you guys. should take Christmas Eve. Now, I. understand NBA was Christmas and we all. spent Christmas with the NBA for a long. time. Thank you for everything you guys. did for Christmas. But then uh you know. the Grinch uh Roger Goodell came in and. said this is ours now. So I I think it's. a uh we'll actually ask Adam Silver. about I think Adam Silver is going to be. joining us here uh next week or the week. afterwards. Like you got to Hey, you got. dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge right. now. The NFL is a wagon. You got to. figure it out. Christmas Eve might be.

the way to go because I think we are. bored on Christmas Eve. Oh yeah, that. could be the time. Nonetheless, great. Great. We'll take the boring day and. I'll take off Christmas Day and watch. football. That sounds fine with me. I'll. take that. Exactly. And it's it's no. longer boring because you guys are. absolutely crushing it for us. Now, let's talk about this weekend college. hoops obviously in the spotlight. We. talked to Seth Greenberg a little bit. We didn't follow the season as well, but. obviously the SEC, ESPN conversation got. loud cuz everybody's talking about, you. know, ESPN wants the SEC in there. because the relationship with the SEC is. the greatest conference in the history.

of basketball. They had seven of the top. 16. Now, obviously, two of the final. four are competing against each other. from the SEC in Florida and Auburn. Seth. Greenberg loves this Florida team. has. for a long long time. Obviously loves. Clayton Jr. loves the way they play. ball. What are your thoughts on the. opener tomorrow? And what is kind of a. storyline that we should look at other. than it's an SEC battle, an SEC team is. going to be in the national. championship? Well, I always start off. with the fact that SEC what made $70. million in units because each team got. $2 million per game that they play. So.

that conference is crushing it, not only. in football, but now also in basketball. So kudos to them for that. But I I think. as it relates to the matchup, like look. look, Auburn is one of those teams that. it feels like they have a bunch of young. guys. A lot of people don't know who. they are. Janai Broom up for national. player of the year, but like Chad Baker. Mazera plays like Draymond Green. Like I. think he's critical to their team going. against probably, you know, the most. prolific scorer we have in the game of. college basketball. I call him a young. baby Steph Curry with Walter Clayton Jr.

Like he's the one guy that can put this. team on his back and carry the load. So, I think you're going to get a game. literally that we've seen once already, twice actually in the SEC. It it might. be the more the more fast-paced game of. the Final Four with high scoring traits. at stake. Uh I can't wait for 609 as. these two SEC schools. And uh this. morning, I believe Seth was on first. take uh talking about do you trust. Cooper flag or Clayton Jr. more?

Yeah. So now we got to pin one against. the other, you know, even though they're. not playing against each other. I know. cuz that's what we do. That's what we. do. Exactly. AJ has a question for you, Jay. Yeah, Jay. Obviously Houston takes. on, you know, your own squad in Duke and. Duke has been absolutely rolling. People, you know, pick them to be the. favorite to win it all. What's that game. going to look like? We continue to hear. about this Houston defense and how. physical they are and how they're going. to try to take it to Duke. Like what do. you think this game looks like and how. does it turn out? So AJ, one of my one of my boys who.

plays football told me this and I think. it kind of sits right with how I look at. Houston and how I would talk to Duke if. I were in that locker room with John. Sher before the game. If your arms. aren't broken or your fingers aren't. broken, it's not a foul. Like that's how. Houston plays. Like if you watch them. train, they're a bunch of Navy Seals. Like they go on runs in the morning. Kelvin Samson has these dudes in the. best condition of their life. There's. nobody on this team that's a projected. first round pick, right? So, it's a. whole bunch of people that have. transferred multiple times that feel. like they have a huge chip on their.

shoulder. So, I it's going to be one of. those games with how is it officiated as. well, right? Like, are the refs going to. call it tight or are they going to let. them play? If they let them play, I. think that favors Houston. If they call. it somewhat tight, then that takes away. the physicality of how Houston likes to. play and that could ruffle the feathers. of some of the younger players on Duke, the Cooper flags, the coniples, the the. Malawatches. If they call it tight, that. can go against Duke. So, how this game. is going to be officiated in the first. four minutes is going to tell you about.

how this game is going to translate. I. feel like on that note about this. Houston team, you know, obviously. everybody chats about uh them being. tough and everything. There was a clip. put on the internet I believe yesterday. of their defenses and I I think like a. lot of the conversation around it was. like can you teach toughness and grit. and everything like that. I think he. actually does he does like dive on the. ball drills in practice and I respect. the fact that he's got the boys doing. that. I respect that the boys do that. and I assume whenever they get into a. game it just becomes second instinct. Has Kevin Samson always been like this?

Is that always been his style? And how. many guys is it take a special person to. be on that team? I I don't know if. that's like the basketball world. normally. I mean, PM, everybody wants to. score, right? They do this drill where. they put a piece of wood on top of the. rim and the only way you get points is. off of rebounds and they play the game. to 21. So, like it takes a different. type of cat to go to Houston if you're. doing drills like that for 3540 minutes. a day, right? Yes, I think so. But. everybody knows what they're signing up. for whenever they go there for him. I He.

gets you. He's look, he's the oldest. coach in the final four. He's one of. those guys that is he gets you to buy. into something different than what you. expect. If you think you're going to. Houston to drop 30 points a game, you. can get lost. Like you're all playing on. the same level, your condition is going. to be at the highest level can be. And. like he has some he got a little bit of. that [ __ ] to him, man. Like Kelvin. carries that [ __ ] to him all the time. And the players, it trickles down. because they all feel like they come.

from nothing and that's what they expect. to play. Like dude's got hard edge down. there. As soon as I saw this drill, I. just thought to myself like, I didn't. know basketball had this in them, you. know? I did not. Uh I think uh who told. us they put pads on? Michigan State. Tom Mizo said back in. the day he had the boys put pads on and. they just did a football basically uh. practice. He said if I did that now I'd. get sued obviously. And I see these. Kelvin Samson videos coming out and. people are talking positive about it. I. thought after watching because I was. just captivated by the video and I saw.

guys diving on each other and running. into the wall. I'm like, "Oh, they got. to be killing them in 2025." Instead, the basketball community is like, "This. is how you teach toughness. This is how. you teach grit." It was like I respected. the fact that a he still does it and b. his team buys and c the people seemingly. like, "Yeah, that's Kelvin Samson. basketball. Good luck to Duke dealing. with that. Cooper Flag needs to know. these boys are putting their heads into. the wall in practice. I hope he know. What are your thoughts on him? What a. special talent, huh? You know what? It's just like uh we were.

talking about it earlier today. He's. going to be the number one pick. He does. so many things well, but he doesn't jump. off the page like a Zion Williamson or. like a KD. So, I don't think he gets. that type of attention, but like you. he's going to be a franchise player with. any any team he goes to because he's. that guy that all of a sudden you look. at the stat the stat sheet you're like. damn he had he had 23 14 and nine on 60%. shooting. It's like a lot of those dudes. in the league that you just you don't.

he's going to fit in well with the next. superstars of the league. Decay. Cunningham, Zucas, all those guys. because he just he fits it. And you know. what, PM? He doesn't say [ __ ] to anybody. ever. Like it ever. It's just like he's. I've never met a Duke guy. Like, can I. be honest? Like, we talk about like. Grayson, JJ, all these guys are my boys, but for some reason they got they were. always hated. I feel like Cooper is more. liked than all those other guys that. kind of fit that look. You know what I. mean? Yeah. The whites, the successful. whites down there at Duke. I understand.

exactly what you're saying. On that. note, on that note, like AJ liked Duke. up there. He's from Centerville. Like. Duke had a national reach since the very. beginning in basketball. And it's like. you either hated them or loved them if. you weren't down there. Let alone the. North Carolina Duke hatred and. everything like that. But in the. basketball world, the Duke brand was. very polarizing. And I think it was. because, you know, some of the players. are maybe punchable is how people kind. of viewed it, especially at Duke. It's. like this Duke team feels different. We've been talking about all year. And I. think it might be the coach. Connor has.

a question for you. Yeah, Jay. Well, it. sounds like John Shy while he was. playing was just an absolute dog. Pat. Bev told a story about him when he was, you know, Mr. Illinois in high school. and everything like that. And obviously. he was a little after your time, but. after you graduated from Duke and you. know all their merch now is the. brotherhood. The brotherhood. The. brotherhood. Uh did you ever hear a. story of when he was at Duke that kind. of changed your perception around John. Sh? Because you know Pat Bev's story it. goes that everyone in Illinois was.

calling him white mic. Kids were walking. from the projects to watch his high. school games. He would always go play. against anyone. He didn't care about. anything. he was just a baller hooper. Um, were there was there anything like. that while you were at Duke that or. while he was at Duke that you heard and. you were like, "Oh [ __ ] okay, maybe. this Duke team would end up, you know, go on to win the national championship.". Conor, I don't know if there was a a. story I heard of him before, but I I. will tell you this, and you can feel. this in certain areas, especially when. you go into like, you know, areas where.

I play basketball. There were certain. people, you know, from the suburbs, regardless whether you're white or. black, that looked uncomfortable. You. could tell, oh, like you don't really. want to [ __ ] be here. Like you I I. don't know if you got it in you to play. here right now, right? And and John John. just never changed. He's always there. was like this confidence about him. whenever he was in John could be in an. all black gym with Hooper talking trash. him and he's going to be John. Like. there's going to be no code switching. There's going to be no being small. he's.

going to be John because he had. confidence in the way he actually. hooped. And I think that's why Pat Bev. told that story. You don't meet real. hoopers like that that have that [ __ ] to. them 24/7 365. And I think that's how. you see John coach. And he's not afraid. to meet you where you're at and tell you. the truth to your face regardless of the. outcomes. And for me, I've always. respected that. That's like that. He has. that stuff to him, man. That's what's. always made him different. And he's like. a young basketball Brad Stevens. He has.

a high IQ. How about Coach K did it his. way obviously and then he comes in there. afterwards massive shoes to fill and. he's doing it in his own way and the. team is more liked I think nationally. I. think it's more like more relatable of a. team. Like I I think he's done a great. job. He came on our show and did. fantastic. Okay, let's pivot to the NBA. Jay Will, good luck to all college. hoopers this weekend. Go get it. Let's. pivot to the NBA. Tone has a question. for you, Jay. Yeah, Jay. Well, the one. of the reasons why we love you and. respect you so much is uh that you were. just always so levelheaded. There was a.

lot tone. What you say, Tone? I can't. hear you. Shooter McGavin. What' you. say? Well, well, well. It's not John. Morantis thing. Sorry. Sorry. Everybody. relax. Um, but there was a lot of I want. to know if it's overreaction this. morning to, you know, Luca's performance. last night. He didn't shoot well and a. lot of people are saying that he's. they're take they're taking advantage of. him on the defensive end. Is that. overreaction from the talking heads this. morning? Is there anything to worry. about with the Lakers on that? It's always overreaction, man. It's uh. like every game. Is this the end of the.

Lakers? I'm like, it was one. game. Like I mean, and by the way, like. look, does Luca have some matador. defense issues? Ole. Yes. Right. But. when you're prolific offensively like. like that, it it covers all those. mistakes. And last night, the narrative. could have easily been Luca made four. out of six threes and those passes that. he made to Gabe Vincent or to Dorian. Finn Smith, they didn't go one of 10, they went six of 10 and the Lakers win.

this game. It It's literally that easy. And the one thing I always like about. JJ, you know, JJ doesn't give a [ __ ] who. you are. He's always going to tell you. exactly how he feels and he's like, "Yo, it just wasn't his night." But tonight. could be his night. The next night could. be his night. All he needs to do is find. his rhythm. Now, Golden State has. something to do with that. That would be. a match up we would love to see, but. like don't get it twisted, man. Luca, if. Luca's playing at a high level and Braun. is playing the way he played last night, they could easily be in the Western. Conference Finals and they could easily.

be in the NBA championship. Braun on the. way to the game, you know, seemingly. very confident, put up the IG story. about be him, you know, and he was like, "Okay, Braun's about to have a big time. night, especially against Golden State.". He did. Luke obviously doesn't shoot as. well. And then he had to guard Steph on. numerous occasions and Steph can cook. Yeah, with the ball in his hands, not. just shooting, which I think uh people. forget that like cuz Kyrie gets a lot of. attention for the handles, which he. certainly should. Like Kyrie certainly. should. Steph is nasty with a. basketball. Like absolutely filthy with.

a basketball, which kind of goes to the. conversation about like uh the era talk, you know? It's like the era talk cuz I. think Steph on a basketball court, obviously he looks under sized. I still. think he's what, 6'2? I think we saw him. 64 63 64 64 so he's still large on a. basketball court he looks small but he's. still large and his hand everybody talks. about his shot his handles are nasty. last night it was obviously on full. display I think he's a lot more. comfortable maybe healthy and with Jimmy. Butler on the team maybe empowered. alongside Draymond but I appreciated you.

kind of sticking up for him being like. come on let's not this guy changed all. of basketball for a reason and if he had. to have he would have been able to do it. back then not saying everybody in this. generation is better than everybody in. last generation, but this is like goat. talk here uh with Steph. And I think you. tried to put a little bit more respect. on said name and generation. Is that. accurate, Jay? Yeah, PM. I'm just like, yo, Stephen A, put a name on it. Like, tell me tell me who the old fella is. that said he would drop 17 so we can. have a real conversation about it. And.

why do why do we need to use ghosts from. the past to diminish the greatness of. today? Like, why do we need to keep. doing that? Isn't that Isn't that [ __ ]. old? Like, we can't just appreciate. what's right in front of like this dude. You'll never hear this comp before. He. reminds me of White Chocolate because. White Chocolate would do this type of. stuff where he would just try [ __ ] in. the game. Steph just tried [ __ ] He's. like, "You just tried that and it. worked." Like the whole move against CP3. where he made him fall. He just tried. it. Like, and I think it's the fact that. he has this wizard-like feel to his game.

is so special. We don't need to diminish. it. We don't need to do that. Yeah, I. concur. And uh Jay Will uh the other Jay. Will, you know, white chocolate, absolute dog. legend. He might be the. real one. He might be the real one, PM. He's the real one. I'm okay to say that. Your Duke run was basically at the same. time like uh you know the kind of. similar time frames of the JL. Yeah. Uh. PM there there was he was bringing the. ball down the court when he was a. Memphis and he had this play where they. said wide out and it was uh he.

definitely yanked me from right to left. It was embarrassing. And then literally. the next play he called the same [ __ ]. wide out. And if you could have seen me. slide back and look to my left, look to. my right, like, "Slide in. Help." And I. was on the island by myself for like. seven possessions. And I I walked away. saying, "I'm happy I changed my name to. Jay. I I changed it to. J. He's Jason. I got it. Got it. Hey, you did one of these, brother. You did. one of these. You uh you tapped out of. there. You you went ahead and hit the. bench quickly. I wanted to be on the.

bench faster than anybody. All right, let's get back on the defensive side.". Uh not again. No again. Time out. Get me. out. Get me out. Uh, you're not the only. one. And you should see him play. football, I think, too. I think he's a. quarterback. And then now he's telling. stories. What a legend, dude. Fun to. watch him. Just like it is fun to catch. up with you every uh single time we get. a chance to chat. Ty has a question for. you, Jay. Yeah, Jay. Well, I understand. that it's like the small market deal, but uh why do you think there is such.

little respect for teams like the. Thunder and the Cavs in the national. media? you know, like I mean the Thunder. this year are unbelievable, especially. when you look at the standings in the. Western Conference. Do you think it's. valid because neither one of those teams. at the end of the day, people think they. can win a championship this year, or is. it just because they're in places like. OKC and Cleveland and places like Boston. and LA and you know what every what. they're doing in Golden State um and. like you know the Knicks? Is it just. more fun and more people care to talk.

about that kind of stuff? I mean, Tai. doesn't pay the. bills. I mean, it doesn't pay the bills, right? Like, it what pays the bills is. when you talk about Braun and the. Lakers. What pays the bills is when you. talk about Golden State and Steph. Curry's legacy and where he'll be, right? Like, OKC don't pay the bills. It's And I try to push it daily. I'm. like, yo, SGA is having one of the best. years we've ever seen. And by the way, this team is such lowh hanging fruit. When people are like, "Oh, this team is. better than the 2012 team with Katie.".

I'm like, why does it need to be It's. like when I do the draft, it's like if I. saw Austin Regent College, why do I need. to compare him to another white player? Like, why why do I need to do that? Like, this team actually reminds me a. little bit of the 2014 Spurs team cuz. they're top tobottom really good. They. have depth, right? And they can easily. win the NBA Finals. They've been It's. not been about the MVP for Shay. It's. been about, yo, I want to win. But it. doesn't serve the masses because ratings.

tell you that people care about the. Lakers, which is why every day there's a. different narrative about the Lakers. There's a spin on it. So, real. basketball heads know that OKC is them, but it takes real basketball heads to. break these platforms and to say, "No, like we're actually going to discuss a. team that we actually think deserves the. praise." But like I said before, Ty, that don't pay the bills, man. If SGA. wins a couple MVPs and everything like. that, you know, maybe his stardom will. carry OKC into the conversation. When. LeBron was with Cleveland, obviously all.

anybody was talking about was Cleveland. Cleveland obviously in a position to go. on and win it all this year as well. But. if you just do math and you do the. ratings conversation, it's like think. about how many people are in LA versus. how many people, you know, like the the. reach could potentially be just of their. fan base uh triple maybe even quadruple. what it would be in OKC. So that's a. tough balance there when you're like, well, there's more people that are. definitely going to listen to this, so. we shouldn't talk about this. It's like, what about the league? What's good for. the ah sports media is an interesting.

place. Tough. Yeah, it's an interesting. That's an interesting place. Uh. certainly, just like the New York. coverage and the LA coverage, and the. NFL has this issue. You'll see the Jets. and Giants on probably five straight. prime time games and they're going to be. ass. more than likely. Mhm. The whole time. And uh that's just cuz there's so many. [ __ ] that live in that area. that are going to watch guaranteed. So. if you want a guaranteed number, here's. the way you do it. It's an interesting. world, but the league is in a great. spot. We think both the NFL and the NBA.

You feel that as well? I feel like there. is a little bit of a swell of positivity. around the NBA right now. I think there. is. I got I got a little bit uh I got on. one today, PM. I got on one today about. the whole John Mor and I get it. Look, you can't mock the commissioner, you. know, especially after you got a. warning. But like, you know how many NBA. finals I watch where dudes go boom. Like. I I see it all the time. Every game I go. to, I see all that. And it's Yeah, cuz.

it's a you know, it's a three, by the. way. And this this means three. One, two, three. Three. Yeah. Hoopers, right? We like it's it's that way. And it it's. just like I see it and I I get it. I'm. not sitting up here saying that John. Morant should not have done it, but like. everybody does it. So I went on a burner. this morning. I'm like, "All right, that's a really big thing. Then draw the. line and just ban all of it. Ban all gun. gestures. Just do it." So nobody So. everybody can stop cuz he ain't the only.

one doing it. Agreed with everything you. said. And we said earlier like, "Hey. John, if they're being unfair towards. you, like you just got to swallow that. and just Exactly. I agree with you on. sucks that you you're being treated. unfairly because of things that have. happened in the past and you were very. young and we're watching you mature in. the spotlight in real time, but it's. like we need y like I think we all agree. as sports fans need y on the court and. if this is going to be something that's. going to take away from that in future. and inevitably we would like that to. disappear. The NFL banned basically all. gun references. Uh we were wondering if.

you could relay the message to Jaw. He. needs to he needs a sword. Yep. You know. Yeah. Yeah. He can even do one. of these. Yeah. Yeah. I like that. I. like that. Yeah. Maybe a guillotine. guillotine. Yeah. Guillotine. Set it up. Get someone to set it up. And ninja. stars. I like that. Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. ninja stars. Pull him out of his back. pocket. There's other ways. Yeah, I like that. Maybe he has a gun and he just. discharges the round and he catches it. and puts it in his pocket. That's not.

bad. Well, just take a grenade. Just catches. it. Take it out. Grenade down. Blow it. up. Yeah. Edy catches it, swallows it. Yeah. Two. Bang. Edy one hands it, grabs. it, swallows. it, saves the world. Now we're talking. Now we're See, so John, we could get. creative with this. I didn't even think. about this being three, you know, cuz. could you imagine a four-point play. being like boom,

that's amazing, dude. All right, shout. out to basketball. We appreciate you, J. College game day tomorrow. It's. tomorrow, baby. We're on all day long. What time? Yeah. What time? What time is. game What time is game day tomorrow, Chris? 2 Eastern. 2 Eastern. Thank you, Chris. All right. Have a good one, brother. We appreciate you, ladies and. gentlemen. J Will Jill. Two Eastern leading into the Final Four. Final Four is like one of those ones. like you just watch. Yes. Yeah, for. sure. Woman's final four tonight as. well. Bingo. These are like things you.

just kind of like watch. feel like. bigger moments. Even if you're not. watching all March Madness and all of. the tournament, it's like whenever you. get to the final four of anything, it's. like, "All right, here's semifinals. Let's Who's going to be a national. champion?" UCLA, Yukon, South Carolina, Texas, Dan Staley, back in the dance, obviously. Yukon, how you doing? Representing the men couldn't do it. Maybe Yukon goes on to run. UCLA feels. like a staple in the basketball world. And then Texas, I was down in their. practice facility down there. Nice. That. is an operation. They are uh ready to.

go. Good luck, ladies. Go get him. Get. him, ladies. I Steph Curry couldn't play it. back then. It's like he would you. And. are people No one's actually saying. that, are they? I don't know about the. guy told somebody he'd only score 17 if. he was lucky. What the guy said is he he. would have only scored 17 because we. would have injured his ass. We would. have went at his ankles. We would like. that's that was what he basically said. We're going to body stuff. Yeah. Okay. That's I I um watching Steph kind of do.

his thing last night in this game. This. was a good game to watch. There was like. back to backs there. Now granted, the. Golden State team was up like 12 8 to 12. most of the game, but there'll be little. runs by LA and obviously they're in the. cry there in Los Angeles. In the LA fans. get behind you, feel like they get a. game, then you look down, it's like. eight still, six still, you know. Nonetheless, there was big moments from. Braun, big moments from Steph. Luca had. some uh entertaining situations. Um, you. know, he draw he drew a foul on a.

three-point shot like immediately after. Steph did. Like the last time down, uh, Steph kicked his legs out at Luca, hip. hits him. Okay. So, he shoots a free. throw. Then, I think there was a. technical given. So, then Steph even had. a free throw in the middle of his three. shots. So, he shot four straight free. throws, only made three of them. Luca's. bitching the entire time. Then the next. time down, Luca has a three and a guy. near him kicks his feet at the guy, gets. the call, he's on a foul line. It was. like uh it was like a funny moment there. and Lucas said like, "Okay, if this is.

what we're calling, I'm just going to. kick everybody." And it was it was an. electrifying game for a bit even though. the score wasn't always as tight. The uh. sequence we're watching right now, it. was it was a Reeves three, it was a. LeBron three, it was a Curry three, and. um oh, what's his name? Pod. Pod Zamky. Podsky three who had 28 last night. Uh. like it was four backto-back threes at. the end of the game. That was awesome. Did you see who sits right next to the. Lakers bench every single game? Who's. that? Still Jack. Some guy. some guy did. not jack anymore. I think he represented. Vince. Uh, you know, uh, I think you.

Vinnie Chase. Okay. I paid three grand for these. seats. I can shoot a three if I want to. Guys, still still bringing it. Still. there cuz LeBron was in the middle of it. with somebody too. LeBron after Draymond. Green got a foul. I think he wanted a uh. tech or something like that or an. intentional and LeBron was getting into. it with a ref and there was just one guy. sitting right there underneath laughing. laughing it the whole time and uh I. think he's had those seats for probably. 30 years or whatever. He does need to.

put up a three by the way. Yes. We would. like to let him know you get a ball and. you put that thing up at any time. Doesn't need to be a dead ball. Doesn't. mean like on the corner get a steel one. registered steel. Punch that thing out. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, live from the showcase happening in. Boulder, Colorado, Shador, Travis. Hunter, and the other Colorado Buffaloos. who are looking to make it to the NFL. are putting together a workout in. beautiful Colorado. There is a man that.

is boots on the ground. Ladies and. gentlemen, former draft spectacular. pundit, a man who's a mock drafters mock. drafter. He's got a new haircut, ladies. and gentlemen. Field Yates. Let's go. Hey, three month since. Christmas was the last time I got this. haircut. And there's no sign of slowing. down right now, boys. I mean, it's very. strong. You got a good hair there. But. there's a lot of people saying Field is. trying to uh transform into uh. Melip. Is that Is that what it is? Is.

that what we're Is that what you got to. do at the position there or what? I got. a I got a lot of respect for Mel. So, uh, we're we're still workshopping this. and you guys could weigh in cuz I maybe. I am. It's actually very possible that. I'm going for the Mel Kyper look. The. question is, is it Mel Kyper Jr. Jr. or. Mel Kyper the third? A lot of debate. over the past few days about which. nickname works better. So, I'm open to. what you guys take on it. But, uh, the. third Kyper the right. Anytime you can. drop a third on there, you definitely,

uh, do that. It feels powerful. And. right now, you got that thing swooping a. little bit to the side. Really powerful. You know, mad many. Like that thing. looks that thing looks good. There was a. time you were on TV. You were team on. yesterday. It went straight back and I. think that was the that was the Mel. If. you're trying to be the third, I think. that's what you need to do. With this. one, you just look like a man who has a. healthy head of hair and you should be. showcasing that. Okay, let's talk about. what's happening out at the showcase. Obviously, the Giants entire brass is. there. I believe Cleveland Browns entire. brass is there. I assume every single.

team is represented in this thing. We. talked to Ian Rapaort earlier. He said. the Tennessee Titans not as many people. there, but they also have a visit. happening later. What do you think is. the conversation here? Uh cuz that guy. uh if you listen to Danlovski should. maybe go too to the Cleveland Browns, especially if they're bringing in Kirk. Cousins when at the beginning of this. entire process. Cleveland Browns were. definitely taking a quarterback and it. was probably going to be Shadore who's. obviously also there. What are your. thoughts FOD at this moment on those two. guys and how big of a day is this out. there in Colorado? This is a huge day.

now. This is a big testament to what uh. Coach Prime has assembled out here. There is I mean dozens upon dozens of. media here. They're actually over right. now talking to Coach Prime and this this. swarm of people. Looks like when you're. at the combine and the number one. prospect does his media appearance and. you can just see bodies upon bodies upon. bodies. But the scenes here from the. various teams and they're all 32 are. here by the way. I did hear that is. confirmed which is no surprise when. you've got you know two of the most. notable players in the draft. But it's. the people specifically from the teams.

that caught my attention. You've got, as. you mentioned, a ton of the Browns brass. here. And how about this? I've been to a. good number of pro days in my life. But. talking to a bunch of scouts here, something that they had never seen. previously. There's an owner here, Jimmy. Hasslam from the Browns is here right. now at the Colorado Proday, which you. can interpret that however you want to, but it's a sign that the Browns probably. have one of, if not both Shador Sanders. and Travis Hunter on their radar when. they pick number two overall. So, the. Browns are leaving no stone unturned in. terms of their preparation. The Titans.

will be here. The Giants are on route as. well. I believe both of the larger. contingents from those teams are. actually scheduled to fly out this. morning and arrive any minute now. because we're about 50 or so minutes. from when Shadore first throws. So, a. lot of energy in this building right. now. Tons of people are pumped to be. here. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah. When you watch Shadur throw, we. had uh we had Dan Olowski on the other. day and he said he wants to see him. What What do you say, Pat? really step. into it and really get on top of a throw. or something. Make their want to see the. ball pop out of his hands. He said want. to see the ball pop out of his hand. Do.

you agree with Dan on that one field? Like and what are you looking for when. you see Shadur work out today? Yeah. So. Dan mentioned this like the offense they. played in Colorado like the variance of. throws wasn't great. It wasn't like a. ton of different things you see. It's a. lot of stuff at near the line of. scrimmage because I know we know how. great Travis Hunter is, but they've got. two or three other receivers who might. get drafted like late in the draft. So. they basically has had a bunch of guys. who are electric with the football in. their hands. Why bother not letting. those guys do what they can do best when.

it was working to great effect. I mean. they were certainly a good offensive. team these past couple of seasons. So I. think we'll see more variance of what. kind of throws Shador actually throws in. the next hour or so here. Uh you know. Shadore is not one of those guys that's. going to win at the NFL level because. he's got this overwhelming arm strength. It's going to be because I still believe. he is the most refined pocket passer in. this year's class. the best combination. of accuracy and touch. And uh there are. co there are quarterbacks in the NFL. right now that you know if you asked him. to throw a football next to Josh Allen,

it would look not that impressive, but. they win because they're surgical, they're accurate, you know, they win. pre- snap and they win post snap as. well. So not having elite arm strength. is not going to be the kind of thing. that's going to prevent you Sanders from. being a successful quarterback. He's. been able to make every throw thus far. and 55% of his throws were within 5. yards of the line of scrimmage or less. We found that stat out yesterday from. the great Hembo, but he has those deep. shots and obviously there's other. questions. I'll be excited to see what. ends up happening because Dan called it.

um the toughest prospect to scout or. something like that because of all those. things, but also family uh how greatness. has kind of been shown to him his entire. life. Like there's so much goes into it. Which team falls in love with Shadore. will certainly be a draft night. storyline. Now, Connor has a question. about your latest mock. Yeah, Field, you. had your newest mock this weekend. Obviously, as a Patriots fan, I have to. say, you know, at number four, you do. have Travis Hunter going there. Now, it.

feels as though after you released this. mock draft, there started to be reports. that, hey, uh, the, you know, Giants and. the Browns aren't going to take Shadore, that most likely Shadore is dropping a. little bit. Now, it is early April. It. is smokeokescreen season. If there were. ever a time for teams to kind of get. away from a player, it would be right. now. Do you feel like uh you still still. feel good about Shadore at two or three? Does the fact that Hasslam is there for.

the Browns make you think that he's more. so there to see a franchise quarterback. versus a franchise player like Carter or. Hunter? Uh, and has anything really. changed for you since releasing this. mock? Yeah, not a great feeling when like. hours after your mock goes live, Chev. was talking about with Tai about how, you know, maybe Shidor is more likely to. go to the Saints at nine or the Steelers. at 21 as opposed to three where I had. him. That being said, you know, I'll. just sort of input what I have from here. is, you know, I do think that the Giants. need to consider a quarterback. On top.

of that, you know, talking to some. scouts here on the field, they're like, I tell you, if if the Giants aren't. interested in Shadore, it's not going to. be because of lack of effort because. people that have been either in Boulder. or at games that they were playing on. the road this year have noticed the. Giants are always well represented. So, they have certainly done their homework. on Chador. Maybe their conclusion by the. time we get uh to April 24th is that he. is not the quarterback that they believe. is worth that number three overall pick. But, I haven't ruled it out entirely. You know, I think the NFL has shown us.

time and again that, you know, really. the only chance you have for sustained. success is to find a quarterback. And. even if that percentage is lower in your. eyes on Chador Sanders compared to what. Cam Ward's potential hit rate is, I. mean, the NFL is we've seen plenty of. quarterbacks that have probably slid. through the cracks unnecessarily and. gone on to become really good players. So, um, it's three more weeks. Maybe the. Giants really are set on not taking a. quarterback, but it also wouldn't. totally stun me if that conversation. continues until April 24th. And at the.

very least, the Browns and the Giants. have another player who's the best. player, at least in my opinion, in the. class and Travis Hunter to make this. trip worth every bit of it because while. he is not running or jumping or anything. in the the work prior to the onfield. stuff, it does sound like Travis. Hunter's going to run routes for Shador. Sanders. That'd be a cool thing to see. those two guys connecting for, you know, probably the last time as uh teammates. before they go their separate ways in. the NFL. Shout out to Shador, by the. way, uh has to be loved by Travis for. Travis come do this. Travis could. probably sit out of this and nothing. will change. So, he's showing up for his.

quarterback, which is good. Obviously, whenever it comes to a leadership role, uh whenever we're in this season, what. season are we in right now, uh we are. currently in smoke screen season. Uh and. during the draft, that mo more so means. like, hey, if you hear a team hates a. player, that means they love a player. I. love the Okay, so on that note, there's. one particular player being slotted to a. city basically by everybody. AP Tone has. a question for you. Yeah. Yeah, there. is. And you did it as well field and and. Dan Arloski is just talking glowingly. about Jackson Dart. Uh you're talking.

you and Mel are talking glowing about. Jackson Dart. I heard his pro day was. awesome. 10 out of 10 off the charts. So. when you guys are doing that at 21, is. that because the Steelers don't have a. quarterback and you're like, "Oh, this. makes sense." or is that actually stuff. that you're hearing from scouts within. the league or or people within the. league that think that it could be a. potential? Yeah, I mean I sort of felt like when I. was doing it on Wednesday, but at the. very least I could say I mean they don't. have a quarterback other than Mason. Rudolph and Skyler Thompson on the. roster. I know that they're comfortable. they say they're comfortable with Mason.

as their starter uh for the season at. least at the beginning. I I just I don't. know that I buy that uh that idea at. all. You know, this is a team that I. hate to remind, as you know, obviously. five straight losses in the playoffs, like at some point if you're Pittsburgh, you got to aim a little bit higher uh at. the quarterback hierarchy. And while. some people say they tried that a few. years ago with Kenny Picket and it. didn't work out. That's fair, but you. got to keep swinging at quarterback. because clearly it's a position that. influences everything more than uh you. know, any there's there was no other. position in team sports that influences. winning more than a quarterback. So, um.

it wouldn't stun me. You know, a lot of. people here that are boots on the ground. in Colorado think that, you know, Pittsburgh would be a natural fit for. one of these quarterbacks. And, you. know, Jackson, I I view him as a third. quarterback in the draft. Some people. might see a little bit closer between. him and Shadore. But, um, I I think he's. probably sort of that that fringe round. one type prospect that because of the. position he plays could end up going. more like 21 35 where I have him ranked. on the big board. All right, Field, we. know you got to go. So, last question. here from AJ about quarterbacks. Yeah, Field. What's your thoughts on Will. Howard? Where do you think he's going to.

end up going? Yeah, I had Will in the. second round in the mock on uh on. Wednesday of this past week. You know, Will had this unbelievable playoff run. And last year we saw obviously Jaden. Daniels and Bon Knicks have a ton of. success. And one of the things they had. in common was five years of playing in. college. Will's in that same boat, right? Four years at K State and then. obviously this past year at Ohio State. Played awesome when it mattered. Mo got. big arm, good athlete. They didn't need. to run him as much as you know AJ at. Ohio State because of that one two punch. at running back, but he can impact the. game with his legs as well. So, we're in. business. Okay. I'm getting called over.

right now, guys. I got to roll. You're. the man, ladies and gentlemen. Field. Yeah. Hey, guys. Hey, say. Hey, Coach. Prime. Have a good one. Coach Prime, I. say hello. We'll do. All right, guys. God bless America, ladies and gentlemen. Field. Hell yeah. Yeah, he had Will go into the Saints in. round two. Oo, I wouldn't mind that. Yeah, that'd be nice. Makes sense. I. mean, nobody has a clue. No one has any. idea. They are awesome. Abdull Carter's. going to the Browns. Yep. Abdul Carter's. going to Browns. pair him, Miles. Garrett, bring in Kurt Cousins. What are. you gonna do? You're not gonna be able.

to do anything. Then Dan Rowski, who has. his own sources and has done his own. thing. Do you pass on Travis Hunter if. he's there, too? It's like, well, is Dan. just saying that because of film? Is Dan. just saying that to start conversation. or is Dan saying that because he. potentially talked to people? And that's. kind of the that's kind of the game that. we're in the middle of. Who's saying. what because of who said what, you know? And uh that is a real to your your. point, smoke screen season. Who's. telling the truth? Who's lying? What's. real? What isn't this year? More. question marks than ever feels like. Yeah. Hearing that Hasslam is there at.

the proday, obviously Travis Hunter can. be a reason, but with with what Hasslam. just said about Deshun Watson and. everything, does that make you think. HLam's there to watch the door more so. they don't get it wrong again? I mean, who knows? And then he he said that the. Giants were well represented all these. games. It's like, what if that was for. Travis Hunter? Yep. You know, there's so. many so many questions. Uh have a great. weekend. We hope you enjoy the Final. Four. We'll be back live on Monday, you. know, because magic will be taking place. on a national championship next. Wednesday. Big night out. Next week.

should be big for us. We hope you'll. join us. We'll see you then. Goodbye. Hell yeah. Not the best sign off, but. it's pretty good. We're in the middle of. a good conversation there. Yeah, exact. because whenever uh like when Field says. that that the locals and the people that. are at the games are like, "The Giants. have learned a lot about Shadore." Okay, maybe they have. Legitimately, maybe. they have. And I think Shador had giant. shoes on I think at one point like. cleat. So like that has been a convo. this entire time. But I think the Giants.

people could say like you're also. learning about the other guy the the one. of one over here. Not that Shadore isn't. that. And I'll be excited to see what. Shadore is in the NFL, but the way. everybody is kind of talking about. Travis right now. Ex players, scouts, mock drafters, coaches, media, everybody's like this dude's different. This isn't just uh this isn't just oh he. was good in college type conversation. This seems to be an actual generational. athlete AJ in front of our eyes. Yeah. And the thing about it is like yeah. nobody really knows what anybody's going.

to do. But also once you get past the. first couple picks even the first couple. picks like everyone after them they're. they're reacting to what has happened. around them who's trying to trade up. Like, yeah, you can have an idea of who. you're taking, who you want to take, but. that can all change with one weird trade. up top that you didn't see coming or a. team jumps out and takes somebody that. you didn't think they were going to take. early. Like, all of that can change the. first round drastically. Well, and the. Giants, like they they may have done all. their work on Chadur and fallen in love. with him, but everything they've done in. the offseason, like we saw how.

aggressively they went after Stafford. and then what they were reportedly like. willing to give Rogers moneywise, like. they wanted a veteran quarterback. So. that doesn't mean that they weren't. willing to take, you know, a guy like. Shador at three, but that would make. sense if they were all in on Stafford. and then all in on Rogers. It's like. maybe they wanted Travis Hunter. Well, and don't Shane I mean Shane and Dave. have to win now. And does Shadur. drafting you right? Does taking Shadur. this year when you have Russell Wilson. and Jamus on the on the roster help you. winning this year like to keep your.

jobs? Yeah, but if you and we know how. dayball right after watching Hardocks. offseason, I feel like I know a lot. about Dayball too. loves dogs. Oh yeah. L loves dog. Malik Neighbors loved. everything about like the way DB talks. to the players that we got to watch. He's like he just wants to find out if a. guy's a dog or not. It's like Travis. Hunter dog. Like that is that is So how. much is dayball getting a chance to be. like we Yeah. package on off. We got. this entire we can do whatever. Yeah. That's why it feels like the Giants. there for Hunter and it just w with Hlam.

being there for the Browns and I get. Travis Hunter is one of one. How often. would you see an owner go somewhere to. watch a player that's not a quarterback? A wide receiver. Like how how often does. that really second overall pick high? No, no doubt about it. But coming off of. what he said at the league meetings, hey, the Deshawn was a huge swing and a. miss and that's on me and that's on D. Like he basically said like we screwed. up with the quarterback and looking from. the outside in. Yeah. Like Abdul Carter. and Miles Garrett would be so cool.

Obviously, they would do dominate maybe. even though no matter what Miles Garrett. has dominated on his own. So, you assume. adding the blue one of the few blue chip. players of what the mock drafters have. said and the scouts have said with Abdul. Carter would be cool. But like if you. truly are going to give Andrew Barry and. Stfansky like a clean slate, wouldn't. that start with a with a rookie. quarterback who, you know, can handle a. lot of pressure, which Cleveland does. get even though they're a smaller. market. Maybe Cleveland gets [ __ ] on for.

being the, you know, the bottom team in. the AFC North that is always so good and. especially with, you know, maybe not the. Steelers, but the Steelers are always. good with the division looking like it. is with a young Lamar Young Burrow. Maybe the Steelers do get a quarterback. at 21 or later in the draft. Like if you. do love Shadore and you know Mary Kay. Cabbat she reported you know a few weeks. ago about how much the Browns loved. Shadore and I forget what the exact line. was but it was like one man's you know.

boastfulness or brash is another man's. confidence or something yeah is another. man allegedly some teams reported that. uh they found Shadore to be brash and. arrogant there it is yeah and he like uh. they did Mary Kay Kat said the Browns. see that not that way. No, it's like a. great thing. Yeah. So maybe Shadora too, which would be awesome for Shador. Yeah, which would be sweet. And you know, Shfter saying, you know, he doesn't see. a quarterback going two or three. Absolutely. But again, it's that time. The original Remember, we got to.

remember this cuz smoke screen season. Yes. The original thing for the Browns. was they're taking a quarterback at. number two. That was the original said. that. Yeah. Yeah. The Cleveland Browns, you can basically guarantee they're. gonna take quarterback. And then now. it's basically gone, wait a second, maybe they pair Abdul Carter. They paid. more money to people. They have less. money. Okay. Because they just paid. Miles Garrett. Yeah, maybe they do want. to bring in a veteran quarterback. It. costs more and not get a quarterback. Maybe they want to, you know, pair him. with Travis Hunter, get a Travis Hunter. in there, then you get Kurt Cousins come. in and play quarterback. How much will.

the Atlanta Falcons pay of his salary. versus how much will the Browns pay of. his salary? Kurt Cousins knows the. offense, knows the system. They can win. right now. as opposed to Deshun Watson. that didn't know the offense, didn't. know the system. It's like there's so. many arguments so many different ways. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. There's so many. arguments so many different ways. But. Shador to the Browns, I think at the. beginning that was kind of expected. Yeah. And then now because everything's. kind of got muddied, it's like is it. still maybe? Yeah. May maybe what is it? Fourth highest odds. Is that what I saw? Yeah. He plus 550 or something it looked.

like for Shadore. Yeah. Plus 550. That's. the other thing too is that you, you. know, with Kirk, of course, when you. take a quarterback in the top three, top. five, you know, he's expected to play. You need, you want him to play. You want. him to kind of be that guy for your. team. But like, who says they draft. Shadur? Like, do you think they could. take Shador at two and bring in Kirk? Cuz we're acting like Kenny Picket is, you know, going to definitely be on the. team cuz they traded for him. And, you. know, it's interesting. For sure. For. sure. Kenny could be the third. quarterback, but like who says they.

don't get Shadore and bring in Kirk. because Kirk does know the offense. So, who would be a great guy to teach Shador. the offense? Probably Kirk Cousins. It. would be awesome if team start to do the. draft young quarterback, have veteran. quarterback and then kind of do the, you. know, AJ, haven't we kind of, you know, Aaron got it obviously with Brett. That. relationship was what it was. It is what. it is now much differently. And then. Jordan Love does it. Tom Brady had a. chance to do it. It's like, you know, Payton got dropped in game one, day one, had the most interception in the history.

of any quarterback's rookie year because. he has unflapable confidence. So, that's. why you can drop him in there. But, like, if it does become a forward. thinking, a Green Bay Packer thinking, like we're going to if we like a. quarterback, we're still going to take. him and then we're going to have a. veteran quarterback on the roster and. then kind of watch how it goes. I think. that'd be good for the league as a whole. if that becomes a trend. Personally, be. boring on draft night, but it would be. really cool for the league. I think it'd. be good beneficial for the league as a. whole. AJ, yeah, I mean that's. interesting. Con man saying that, you.

know, could you take Shador and still. bring in Kurt Cousins? I mean, how much. money would you have in the quarterback. position when you talk about money you. have out to Deshun Watson and Kirk? So. then Atlanta would have to pick up a lot. of the you negotiate. Yeah. Where. Atlanta pays the majority of his salary. that you owe him. Russell, the Russell. thing with Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh only. had to pay him 1 million bucks or. whatever. The thing with Atlanta though. is like um Denver didn't want Russ. like. they didn't they wanted him out like for. short in Atlanta they are saying they. are cool with Kirk being the backup and. keeping him there. So why would they. take on his contract that's unless Kirk.

makes a stink unless Kirk demands a. trade. In businesswise though if you're. trying not to pay for somebody's. contract I think a good position would. be we're okay keeping this guy you know. like you're going to have like that is a. leverage play. Not saying that they're. not okay keeping Kirk. They might be cuz. who? Pennocks, we only saw him for half. season or whatever. We don't know what. it's going to be fulltime. Injuries. happen at quarterback position. Not. wishing that upon anybody, but that's. real. We paid Kirk. We liked Kirk. We.

still like Kirk. There is a chance that. that is the case at 37 million or. whatever they added to it a couple weeks. back. But there is also a case that if. you were trying to negotiate a starting. quarterback to get out of your building. and go somewhere else, you would. certainly want everybody to think that. you want him in the building still. Like. that would certainly be your position. which once again leads to we don't know. a [ __ ] at this stage of the NFL season. about anything. No. And we'll see what. they value more like whether or not they. would want a team to take on some of his. salary or whether they want some draft.

compensation for him because if he. doesn't get traded before the draft then. obviously they're okay with you know. trying to get something done after the. fact because teams will probably get you. know they might panic a little bit if. they don't get one of the guys that they. kind of had circled going into the. draft. But but yeah, I mean like I I. don't know if it's one of those things. where we're expecting Kirk Cousins to. get traded to the Browns like before the. draft and then we get some clarity on. the situation. Let's pivot uh to some. other sports uh before we enjoy the hell. out of this weekend on this feel-good. Friday. Uh soccer. I don't know if you.

guys saw Jose Maria try to rip a guy's. nose off. Let's go to concaveod host. Bubba Gumpino. What the hell's happening. in soccer Gumby? Just a classic dust up. in the Turkish league. Mourinho had. enough of this guy's [ __ ] and gave him. the old fish hook and the guy dropped. like a sack of patats. Okay. Jose. Mourinho used to coach for he coached. Chelsea, coached Tottenham, coached. Roma. Now he's coaching the Turkish. league for Fenerbachce. And this other. coach, do we know who he is? He coaches. for Galataser. I've never seen this man.

before. Okay. And he just couldn't take. him anymore. Marino doesn't put up with. much [ __ ] He's kind of had a uh tough. go this year in the Turkish League. Well, he'll find his footing obviously. and his hands. Yeah, he'll find his. hands in there. Actually, uh rumors of. him maybe taking the Brazil national. team job. It's open right now. Why don't. you come to America? Yeah. Pots is gone. He's at the wheel. No, he doesn't. He's. at. the wheel. Punch is good. Hey, how do we.

do against Panama? Yeah, we got killed. Oh, okay. So Punch is great. You lost. You lost him with Bur Halter at the. wheel, too. We lost the Panama. Listen, Poch is doing it with Bur Halter's guys, okay? He needs to get his guys in there. Panama was becoming the 51st state. Now. we're losing to him in soccer. They said. Panama was good. Now, we did lose to. Canada, too, which was seemingly has. gone pretty quiet. That was very loud. there for a while. I didn't help. If he. doesn't get written confirmation from. Lionel Messi that he is going to change.

his name to Lou Messi and he's going to. play for us in the next World Cup by, let's say, July 8th of this year. Okay. Then I want him out. Okay. Give the gold. cup. After the gold cup, if there's [ __ ]. in the gold cup, then you can say he's. sh. And we know when a gold cup is. obvious. It's just, you know. Um, now. speaking of Lou Messi, uh, hopefully. that is capable of happening. And I. don't know if the Argentinian people. will be as thrilled as we would be, but. plays and calls America home at this.

point. With that being said, Carl Ravage. yesterday certainly caused quite a stir. on the internet. He said, "Sho Tony is. most popular athlete in the world.". Boy, in the moment, uh, I automatically. went to soccer players in my head. because those are notoriously the. biggest numbers, but I I don't know. game. I I don't know game as much. So, if you would have told me Show is most. popular person on earth, I think without. following along, I' been like, "That. makes sense." Because of what he's done. for baseball, the soccer people are not.

happy about that at all. Gumpy is Messi. the most famous athlete on earth and how. long has it been that way? Ronaldo too, right? Messi and Cristiano for like 10, 15 years now. Like they are they are. legends of the game. Everybody wants to. have the debate like LeBron Jordan, but. they played in the same era. I think you. just got to enjoy that both those guys. are doing it. Like they're both been. unbelievable for so long. Gone to. different teams, won at different teams. Guys, Gumpy would say, Tony smiling like. a butcher's daughter.

Guess how many followers Cristiano has. on IG. I think I know this. Uh 535. million. 650 million. Wow. Who does Cristiano? That's a good. question. Are those real? Messi has 500. 500 million. Show got nine. Wow. What? 900 million. Just nine. Just a niner. Carl. Carl was talking reckless. yesterday. Show 9 million. He's new to. IG. How many does Taylor Swift have? Six.

or seven, I think. What about The Rock? How many people are in the world? Selena. Gomez is up there. The Rock's at 394. 394 million. Got 280. Two. So many. [ __ ] She's right. Check Selena Gomez. I think she had the most at one point. At one point she did. Yeah. Her and. Bonco. She's got a new album. 421. 421 million people. Think about Messi.

and Ronaldo though. Like Messi's gone. Argentina, was in Spain, now he's in the. US. Cristiano, gone to Spain, was in. England, now he's in Saudi, like. Portugal. Yeah. Ronaldo, you want to. grow, get your ass to America, [ __ ]. Well, he's in Saudi getting like a. billion a year. So, the the New England. Revolution are calling his name. Columbus crew. Uh, ladies and gentlemen, the newest member of the United States. men's national team, he uh Lou, there he. is. Wow. Is he at a ball game again? No, he's celebrating Fourth of July with a.

good ball. We would like to say we do. not know if this is a real photo. Very. real back again. Enjoying his favorite. dog. Yeah, Oscar Meyer. Kind of sloppy. with the mustard and ketchup. He slots. it up. I didn't expect him to be this. style of muster uh and condimentter. I'll tell you what, as a dog uh kid. growing up on hot dogs, it wasn't until. maybe my ninth birthday, 10th birthday, I saw Kenny run a hot dog uh uh stand at.

the Palm Community Days. And this guy, he would get the buns out, he'd flip the. metal thing, grab the bun, they're being. steamed, flop it down, make that thing. flat. He get a brush. Okay. Oh yeah. Grabs the ketchup, puts it on one side. of the bun, grabs another brush like a. painter, like he's [ __ ] Bob Ross. goes into the mustard. Pom pom. You want. some onions? Flips open the then puts. dog on top. Then closes. And I'm like, genius. Why are we putting the [ __ ] on.

top? We should be putting it on the. bottom. And for everybody that does a is. a hot hot dog a uh a sandwich or or not, it's a [ __ ] sub. Okay. It's the. smallest sub. Uh Hogy, wherever you're. from, that is what it is. And it looks. great in Lou Messi's hair. It does. It. does. That might be the best Lou Messi. And you can't see it, but I'm almost. positive. Uh, not this one. The previous. one. He's wearing a camo USA. Is he.

double dogging in that photo? Two dogs, one bun. Think about it. Lou Messi. Uh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. Baby, that's Lou. Thank you, Lou. Boy, Lou. All right, Lou. We need him. Sweet Lou. Wow. And. Punch speaks Spanish, right? Yes, sir. Now we got and so does Lou. Two buns, one pooch is out. Bring in Mourinho. Well, especially if he's going to be. hulking people in uh in games. Why does. the coach have to flop, too? Why does. that coach have to flop? That's soccer. football, baby. That's soccer football.

Mourinho, fish hooked in quite a while. Um, okay. So, we would like to say. congrats to show on being very popular. Okay. Very, very popular. But I guess. there is levels to this entire thing and. the soccer people are way up there. I. saw one comment because obviously I was. in the post. Uh ESPN put it out, I. think, or Sports Center put it out. Hey, listen to what this guy said is. basically what they said. Uh in in the. caption, the comments responded as such. And the one thing was like uh everybody.

in Japan knows, everybody in Japan knows. Lion Messi, everybody in Argentina knows. Lion Messi, nobody in Argentina knows. Otani. And then he said that's just two. countries, their home countries lo. everything else. I guess the numbers. would prove it. But I think show here. early in his run, you know, let's check. back five years from now. Let's check. back 10 years from now and see where. it's at. But at the moment, I think Ravi. was, you know, predicted. He was.

excited. He was jacked up. I mean, not. too long later, listen, I love Michael. King. He said Michael King has got the. best stuff in the big leagues right now. He doesn't. He's a great Oh, yeah. He. was jacked up, but he was very excited. Top 10. He was very excited. And that's. why I love Rav. Yeah. We And he had that. he had AirPod in same room button down. Good. Yeah. I mean, he was. selling baseball. Exactly. Which is what. you got to do. The thing about the. soccer is. uh 600 million followers. Is that Is. that He's the most on Instagram behind.

Instagram. There's no way those are all. real. There's just no way. That's so. many people. Let's say 100 million. aren't real. Okay. 100 million of them. aren't real. 500 million and still a. lot. That's so many people. Yeah. That's. why people think he's the goat. True that. And you could see bingo. Not. true. True that. Okay. Not getting into. that. We need Was Tiger bigger? I think. he would have been, but it's not like.

social media era. Yeah, he did. No, it. wasn't. But I mean on all continents, Tiger was very well known. Yeah. And I. think Michael Jordan obviously also very. well very very well known. LeBron very. very well known on all continents. I. guess the soccer guys just more. countries. It's the world's game. Yeah, more countries. They have world. tournaments. That's the only a lot more. of those exposure to the rest of the. world exposure. Yeah. They they don't. really stop. Um I saw something with. Tiger and Jack Nicholas.

Boy, Jack Nicholas is is actually the. goat. I think we have Oh, you're talking. about the 15. Yeah. The check mark. thing. Yeah. And then you think about. it, it's like, well, different. I think. golf is what the only sport where you. can't really argue errors cuz it's the. course. Everybody had the same tools. The Well, and it's the course. Well, they do though. The tools are way better. now, though. They they blame. Yeah. But. you're competing against your peers. still, you know. So, that that is kind. of how it is. Speaking of that big.

rolling I guess this morning I saw uh. remember uh the Saudi Arabian PIF. private investment fund uh was going to. team up with the PJ tour. Now, obviously. that comes after a lot of uh loud. grandstanding and attacking from the PJ. tour side and then inevitably couple. years later a meeting in Italy I think. for coffee led to the thought that Saudi. Arabia and the PGA Tour might actually. start working together. Uh Saudi Arabia.

loves golf, would like to invest more in. golf, would like the best for golf was. their messaging and PJ tour was doing. the same thing. How can we end up. working out together? So allegedly they. were trying to get this done for what. the last year or so. There's been like. five different occasions where we. thought that Saudi Arabia and the PGA. were working together. Then we find out. that they weren't working together. Now. they're saying um that it's not going to. happen because what the PIFF wanted. allegedly from what I read was they. wanted Liv to continue and they wanted. Yasir Alum who I believe is the sports.

um I don't know the term sports yeah the. one making a decision. they would like a. seat on the board of the PJT, which is. the next version uh PJ tour board or. whatever. So, and they were saying that. was concessions that they weren't. willing to make or whatever in the PGA. Uh I would assume, okay, just as. somebody that has done tiny bit of. business, tiny bit of business might get. into more business later with companies. that have boards. If somebody puts 1.5.

billion into it, I think normally they. would get a Yeah. board seat. Yeah, you. get a board seat for that. I is normally. you know normally I don't know business. as well as others obviously I think I do. okay in it but I am still a evolving. especially whenever it comes to boards. public companies trade shares all that. [ __ ] I mean there's a lot into that I I. think that is uh why there's business. courses and [ __ ] like that but just as. I've kind of uh recreationally now have. gotten a chance to like see how some of. it works it's like that I think that. would be an expected thing in that.

particular business the live golf still. continuing probably with PJ J Tory was. like, "No, we're not going to do the. team Mickey Mouse stuff if we're going. to continue to do our stuff." Maybe they. don't want their guys that haven't been. able to do it yet or haven't done it yet. to do it. I I don't know. There had to. be more than just those two, but I. thought they were going to come. together. I thought we're going to see. all of the peers get a chance to play. together again, which I think we're all. yearning for. That's why these majors. are so important. And that's why like. the Masters is going to be so highly.

regarded forever and more specifically. in this particular time because it is. live golfers taking on PGA Tour golfers, but then on the weekends that fill in. between the majors, it's not the case. So I was hopeful that something was. going to happen and uh seems like that. is not the case. AJ, no. I mean, think. about they're they're willing to give. what 1.5 billion. Yeah, there's got to. be a bunch of different little things. that they're working on. They're. haggling over, but yeah, if if they. really I mean, that could be a sticking. point. Hey, we want we need a board. seat. And they're saying you're. absolutely not getting a board seat. Okay. What if we give you 10 billion and.

they can you think they continue to say. no? I I think Yeah. Exactly. And the. wording here from Sports Business. Journal and I'm not saying media would. ever word things in a way. Sure. Okay. To build a narrative potentially, but. Saudi Arabia's public investment fund. failed in its attempt to persuade the. PGA Tour to deliver serious concessions. in exchange for a $ 1.5 billion. investment. This leaves Elite Golf no. closer to reconciliation than just days. from the masters via the Guardian. And I. assume the Guardian worded it the same. way. And it's like I assume if you ask.

the other half of this negotiation, they. say standard. These are standard. concessions that we are looking for in. business. So hopefully they'll be able. to put their swords aside and there's. probably a lot of public leveraging. happening as well. But to your point, if. that 1.5 billion becomes 5 billion, you. know, how how. how nah is the PGA tour? Either way, it's frustrating because we were. actually having this conversation uh. yesterday in the think tank. We're like, "Does John Rom still play golf? Like, is. he like we we have the Masters next. week. Is he playing golf?" Well, should.

we bet on like we just Brooks? Is Brooks. still people that have gone over there? We like we don't know. You don't hear. anything about them anymore. It's like. they went into this place where you you. just don't see them anymore. It sucks. Does that make them more dangerous? It. could, but it sucks for the Does that. make them more dangerous? Nobody knows. what they're doing. like would have. loved to have seen that a couple weeks. ago like you know when when Rory's. coming down the stretch like in my head. actually while that was happening I was. like one of these other big golfers who. are on the live tour could have been and. it could have been back and forth but.

we're all getting robbed could have been. cool for kept to be stalking on Saturday. or Sunday because of how cool he always. looks you know and the way his presence. is is different than any other golfer. Rombo with how hot he was getting. Now. granted they got hundreds of millions of. dollars. Oh yeah. Yeah. Hundreds of. millions and they still get to play in. the majors. Yeah. which they're probably. like, "What are we even talking about. here?" But week in week out, it does. feel like we're missing out. And uh I. like watching golf on TV. Great. background stuff. And uh I thought we.

were going to get back to everybody. playing. Yeah. I thought it was simple. fix like three, four different times. Didn't we think that was the case? Literally since that coffee meeting in. Italy through now, like I' I've thought. there's been numerous times where it's. like everybody's getting back together. Everybody's getting back together. It's. like a victory lap from the live. golfers. Like that's actually what it. felt like. Like there was the photo of. Phil at the Masters. I don't know if it. was last year or the year before, but it. was the one-year difference photo and. Phil was like jovial, happy, and it.

legitimately felt as though Liv was all. the way back. Josh Carpenters's tweet. here says that the tour replied Monday. to those two requests. Uh neither were. deemed acceptable for a board seat or. that Liv would continue. It's like, okay, so now outside people who are. potentially looking at it is like, are. you negotiating in good faith? If. somebody gives you $ 1.5 billion and you. have a board, that person probably gets. a board seat, but how many other things. are ah just get figure it out. Let them. have the board seat and then I can get. the like, hey, the live part of it done. Like we need everyone playing on the PGA.

tour, but then give them the board seat. and then let them feel like they're a. part of it as well because they're. giving a bunch of money. Like it seems. like a no-brainer to do that. And we are. outside looking in on billion-dollar. negotiation here. You know, obviously we. don't know all of the concessions that. have taken place, but the board seat one. that when I read that that didn't that's. not that's not acceptable cuz I. understand them not wanting the live. tour to continue. Yeah, cuz the live. continuing would be a dance almost like. hey we still you know music shorts no.

collared shirts like that makes sense. M. like DJ Tour not wanting that to. represent golf. 54 holes. Yes. All of. that we would understand. I think. publicly. So, we'll see what's actually. Yeah. All playing at the same time. There's nobody chasing anybody. throughout the day. There's nobody. having to wait. I mean, there's a lot of. decisions that have been made over there. that I mean, the music Yeah. Burke. Crusher doing a standup set on the 18th. green, you know. I didn't mind that over. there in Australia, Adelaide. They still. should do the That's the thing. They.

still should do some of the Liv courses. Like maybe that was one of the things. that they were held up on because I. wonder if Liv has deal with Adelaide and. some of these places and then PJ saying. like okay well your tournaments are done. but then they're saying well we signed. these deals with some of these courses. that were for I don't know seven years. or something like that and they have to. play a couple more cuz some of those. places internationally when Liv showed. up it was like the waste management. Yeah. And that's good for golf I think. on a weekend out of nowhere especially. if Saudi Arabia is going to get.

involved. Let's assume that uh money for. the wins, maybe a lot of it might be a. lot more uh enticing for guys to play. more of these tournaments, you know, cuz. every once in a while the leaderboard. will be like uh 10 people we've never. heard of before. Great golfers. Holy. [ __ ] I appreciate you doing that, but. that's tough for me to want. Uh and then. you look through who all played in this. tournament, it's like a lot of optouts. in this particular tournament, you know? A lot of opt outs for good reason. Golfer schedule is horrendous. Ridiculous. We saw that in full swing.

They're there from like Tuesday to. Sunday if everything works out well. If. they don't make the cut, you get to. sleep at home for two days and then that. you're moving into another house at a. new place on Tuesday. It's like their. schedule's absurd. So, whenever guys opt. out, we understand. But if a lot of guys. opt out of the same tournament, it's. like this is crap. This is shite. But if. there's more money and more enticing for. those tournaments, maybe we get more. people show up. Maybe every single. weekend golf is great. Speaking of uh. weekends being great, let's have one. Hell yeah. It's final four weekend, AJ. I know what the second game tips off at.

what 10:35 Eastern. No, 6:00 and it is. 8:50. Okay, good. Oh, that's that's. fine. I can handle that. Remember 412. opening pitch today. Today. Oh, boy. 609. 8:49. Now, that is scheduled to change. and move that 8:49 depending upon how. the first game goes. Coverage starts at. 2 p.m. Eastern on ESPN for College Game. Day. Women's Final Four tonight. Good. luck. Here we go. Yeah, good luck to all. the ladies tonight and uh shout to.

basketball carrying us through. NHL the. great chase happening this evening. Still chasing tonight. Three goals away. He sits at 892. I believe he has seven. games left to do it. Pretty good odds. Plays the Blackhawks tonight out of. Chicago. Uh Alexander Ovuchkin can. certainly score a hattick against the. Blackhawks tonight. This game is This. game is in Washington. Yes, sir. Okay, so in Washington against. a shite poopy Capitals are minus 380.

Minus 380. Uh hattrick to break the. record would be would be sick. Could. happen. We'll certainly watch as uh. Alexander the Great continues to do. something that none of us could have. expected at this age for as long as he's. been doing it. Is he going to every. game? Certainly not. I don't know. Does he. have to be there like a whole thing or. no? Is he like passing that jacket over? He has to, right? There's Yeah, like. Masters, you got to hand over the green.

jacket. Maybe there's a stick that uh. he's held on to Yeah. forever that the. handshake. Maybe the NHL gave it to him. and and said, "Hey, golden stick. Hey, here's your stick." Cuz you're the. greatest goal scorer of all time. You. will be responsible for turning this. over to the next one. And maybe it's. like a $10 million. It should be golden. stick. Yeah, that'd be awesome. And Weno. has to skate out there with it. Mhm. And. he scores one last goal with the golden. stick. Ovetkin lines him up.

The yard. It's a yard sale out there. Picks up stickers. Is soccer happening. this weekend? Yeah, we're all the way. back. All the domestic leagues are. buzzing. Inter Miami plays Sunday night. against Toronto. What's on uh when do. they play LAFC? I thought they just. played LAFC. So LFC, Conf Champions Cup. This is league second leg of the Conf. Champions Cup. Right. Here's a I'll just. I'm going to say this one more time. If. it's if it's during the week, it's more. than likely cup play. And remember, if.

it's on the weekend, it's more than. likely league. Conga Calf Cup fin, but. not 100%. It could change at any moment. When do they play LAFC? Uh again, next. week. What day? Uh Tuesday or Wednesday. We know. But Messi wasn't training. today, so hopefully he's good to go. They're minus 250 Sunday night. Can't. have that. Okay. No, you need Lou. If Blue's not playing, we're not. watching, boys. Great work this week, boys. Great work. It was a long week. A. lot happened in the back. Great work, boys. Good work, boys. Work, boys. Uh.

AJ, great work, buddy. Uh we have some breaking news here. Um. big. night. AJ, I hate that you never do. that. You know, it's uh trying to build. a brand here. Trying to build a uh an. entire delayed. I understand. I. understand. And by the time we're done. saying ah, you're thinking about saying. it, but you don't want to step on. anybody. I I do respect and appreciate. that. Wednesday night, 8:00 p.m. Eastern, PPG Paints Arena of next week, it'll be streamed live on YouTube X and.

Tik Tok Live. The show is going to be um. outrageous. I think it's going to be. outrageous. I I I am very pumped for the. world to see it. Uh we're going to be. giving away a [ __ ] ton of money that. evening. We're going to have some. surprise performances from folks. Uh. hopefully some sing alongs, hopefully. some laughs, and hopefully a night that. people will talk about forever. That. will be live on YouTube X in Tik Tok. live Wednesday 8:00. Now, there will be. a reair on Thursday of the full show uh.

on Hulu at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. Now, that. will also include uh behindthe-scenes. footage. So, Hulu was interested in. getting the reair, okay? uh because uh. they were presented they didn't really. know this was happening uh until very. recently. They said can we get the reair. have it live on our platform. Uh I said. sounds good but I didn't think like the. right thing to do would be to just run. the same exact show on backto-back. nights especially because the show is.

going to be very active for people. watching at home live. So it won't be. the same experience whenever it's reair. So we are going to kind of make this a. documentary on Thursday night. quick. turnaround, gonna be a lot of quick. editing, gonna be a long ass night for. Evan Fox, but I think on Thursday 8 PM. you watch the Masters during the day, obviously, and then whenever you get to. eight, we're going to have some behind. thescenes [ __ ] and uh kind of look at. how the sausage was made for Big Night,

which has been, you know, I don't want. to say a passion project, but I think. that's probably an accurate way to kind. of describe it. and the people that are. going to be a part of the show I'm so. incredibly thankful for and uh kind of. watching how it all came together will. be a part of the Thursday night special. on Hulu which will be available I. believe for 10 years. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, if you miss it on Thursday at 8:00. there will it will be up. You will have. some time. You will have some time. Shout out to everybody. Uh AJ, great. work this week. Boys in the back, great. work. Uh to the graphic design boys, way.

to go. Hey, baby boys. Way to go. Uh and to everybody that. watches this show, I can't thank you. enough. To everybody that has uh said. something positive about me this week, I. can't thank you enough. Legitimately, there are moments obviously in your life. where uh you have doubt about. everything, you know, and I feel like we. try to be uh positive and an additive to. society as much as possible. I try my. absolute best to do that every single. day with everything I've ever done. I. try to bring good energy. I try to be. optimistic. I try my best to lift up the.

rooms that I am in. I know there's a lot. of people that don't necessarily like me. or understand me, but I think if you. talk to anybody that's ever worked with. me, they appreciate that I'm basically. the same person every single day. I try. to stay as positive as possible, as. confident as possible, and try to make. the world a better place legitimately. Uh that doesn't always happen. Uh that. is something I missed the mark. And. there are some days where I wake up and. I don't want to be in public at all. because of either what I have done, what. I have put myself in, how I feel, what's. being said, what's being portrayed,

what's the narrative, everything like. that. So, the people that have shown me. love this week, both privately in text. messages, and also on the internet, I. appreciate it. And uh I understand that. life is going to be like this, and I. hope that we can continue to be. additives. And I think as we watch. everything unfold over the next couple. weeks, I think we'll continue to try to. do that. And uh we appreciate. everybody's patience. I appreciate. everybody's fandom. I appreciate. everybody following along. And I. appreciate the fact that we get to do. this for a living every single day. We.

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