Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast. He's perfectly fine about turning thirties.
Speaker 1: From the Los Angeles Convention Center Radio Row, It's the
Speaker 1: Around the NFL Podcast, Super Bowl fifties six Week Edition,
Speaker 1: Part two. Um Dan Jnsas joined on a set filled
Speaker 1: with heroes Mark Sessler, Greg Roosetal Ricky Hollywood to my right, Hey, gang,
Speaker 1: I mean, we're just gonna leave the elephant in the
Speaker 1: room here their coming up. We're not gonna be together.
Speaker 1: I just realized that Erica tam Posse's birthday Thursday tomorrow.
Speaker 1: You are perfectly fine. Well, here's a question. Do you
Speaker 1: think has Ricky been dropping breadcrumbs expecting us to be
Speaker 1: organizing something. I thought, we've talked about this for months,
Speaker 1: planning something for multiple times you've dropped. I wouldn't call
Speaker 1: them loaves of bread. It's literally many years. You started
Speaker 1: this about a year ago. Yes, Dan said to me,
Speaker 1: He goes, Hey, me and Mark are going to be
Speaker 1: out if you want to come meet up at eleven
Speaker 1: when we're done this event. I was like, thanks, Well,
Speaker 1: we're very we're professionals. Were exceedingly busy and weight. But
Speaker 1: I thought was we can fit you in and that's right. Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: we were very excited for your thirtieth birthday, Erica. It
Speaker 1: is the main headline of the week. It's just there
Speaker 1: is a level of anxiety, an understanding or like a
Speaker 1: creeping dread that I have that you're expecting us to
Speaker 1: have something planned, to lift a finger at all, and
Speaker 1: at this point there is nothing. But it's not even
Speaker 1: necessarily on you. It's just it's bad timing. I'm just sorry.
Speaker 1: It's just like the kid whose birthday is on December.
Speaker 1: It's like, what do you want us to do about it? Right? Yeah? Yeah, no,
Speaker 1: it is. It is tough. And I mean I know
Speaker 1: this is all like a facade and I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see what you guys have cooked up. I do
Speaker 1: have that creeping that anxiety that like feeling like you
Speaker 1: have to like my with my family and some friends,
Speaker 1: but I don't have it in this case because Erica
Speaker 1: has such a Yeah you know, this is she is
Speaker 1: Ricky Hollywood, this is Los Angeles, and it is a
Speaker 1: super Bowl here in our adopted hometown. And uh, you know,
Speaker 1: we're we are busy. We're we're doing shows, interviews, um
Speaker 1: media availability ourselves, We're meeting with friends, who are in town,
Speaker 1: and we had a great Hollywood moment. We met with
Speaker 1: a friend at the Sunset Marquis, a legendary hotel, yesterday
Speaker 1: and there was a moment. Uh. One of those brushes
Speaker 1: with celebrity that I'll never forget is when I was
Speaker 1: walking down this like hallway and it was Dog the
Speaker 1: Bounty Hunter. I mean, we know Dog the bounty Hunter, right,
Speaker 1: I mean there is no you just say Dog the
Speaker 1: bounty Hunter. You don't have to give a last name.
Speaker 1: It's just Dog. It is Dog. And uh, I kind
Speaker 1: of was walking behind him. I had to get my
Speaker 1: phone because I found out the place where you're going
Speaker 1: into I needed to show proof of vaccinations and I
Speaker 1: left my phone in the car. So I'm like kind
Speaker 1: of booking it back to the valet and Dog is
Speaker 1: in front of me, and I kind of sneak up
Speaker 1: on him because Dog moves at a certain pace and
Speaker 1: he turns around and he's jumping and it's like he
Speaker 1: is a literal bounty hunter. Uh. And he's like and
Speaker 1: I was like, oh sorry, and he's like it's okay,
Speaker 1: You're quiet like an electric car. Just never forget that
Speaker 1: Dog the bounty I mean he got into his peripheral
Speaker 1: vision there and not but he is operating as a
Speaker 1: bounty man, And in that moment, I thought to myself
Speaker 1: that was kind of a compliment, you know, to move
Speaker 1: swiftly in that spot. So I will not forget that
Speaker 1: dog the bounty under in a week where you see
Speaker 1: a lot of celebrities, who's gonna beat dog? I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm assuming he respects electric cars. Part of me thinks
Speaker 1: that he's more like I don't know, but yes, could
Speaker 1: have been. She came up quietly. You do drive an
Speaker 1: electric car. Maybe it's rubbing off on you. Well, when
Speaker 1: someone says something that I didn't know what to say,
Speaker 1: so it's just like, yeah, seriously, okay anyway, Um, alright,
Speaker 1: so let's see if anybody could beat that story before
Speaker 1: the week is over. Uh, today's show all right, So
Speaker 1: now we're really in the thick of it. Radio Rose
Speaker 1: heating up. We got a lot to get to. What's wrong? Mark?
Speaker 1: What is wrong? I mean, to be honest, like I
Speaker 1: wouldn't call the room like on fire. I think we're
Speaker 1: still getting there. Like you know, I would say there's
Speaker 1: a there's a lot of well known athletes in the
Speaker 1: mix today that weren't here yesterday. I would say, I'm
Speaker 1: just saying that. You know, we were in We've been
Speaker 1: in the early ones in New York City, and you
Speaker 1: know this is this is still building, this set though
Speaker 1: our NFL and I heart set. It is probably the
Speaker 1: coolest one I've seen here. And there's more. There's more
Speaker 1: buzz today than yesterday. It builds through the week. Just
Speaker 1: you're you know how there's resting Greg face and you
Speaker 1: always like as Greg mad or disgusted about Something's just no,
Speaker 1: Greg's just listening. You had you had open disgusted. All
Speaker 1: I meant it's like when I mentioned the Pentagon when
Speaker 1: you're on fire last week. I'm not attempting to rain
Speaker 1: on your parade. I mean, I guess it is bustling
Speaker 1: with activity. I stand would you say it's bustling here?
Speaker 1: It's going to say anything that is just a spider
Speaker 1: on your shoulder. There's like a huge spider on your shoulder.
Speaker 1: I actually there is act to crazy. There's also a
Speaker 1: buzzer of your shirt. It's on your head. Oh my god,
Speaker 1: it is the big I flicked it. I flicked it
Speaker 1: in a big spot. Now it's on your seat. Greg.
Speaker 1: It is so big. It is the biggest. I want
Speaker 1: to Yeah, it's going to crawl up your butt. It
Speaker 1: is heading up the kill it, kill it, don't. You
Speaker 1: don't have to kill it. But it's a little many
Speaker 1: ones that I almost looked like it has hair on it.
Speaker 1: You know, Erica. Now you have to give Erica party.
Speaker 1: She just saved your life. That was close. I'm now
Speaker 1: I look at life differently, but before Oh, it's alive somewhere, yes,
Speaker 1: and it's probably just stop the showdown and shriek and
Speaker 1: run away, or now you handle it and approach and
Speaker 1: expected to Greg to handle it that like Mr Ruggen
Speaker 1: sp It was on his neck and it was the
Speaker 1: size of his entire neck. And Greg's like, just flick it.
Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite things. Every once in a while,
Speaker 1: do something and Dan will be like, that was surprisingly
Speaker 1: manly out of you. Greg. It's you can really drive.
Speaker 1: Whatever happened to Gary Cooper, he's right here to my
Speaker 1: left at Radio Row, Greg Rose at all anyway, Today's
Speaker 1: show as Radio Row heats up. Here's the sating up.
Speaker 1: Now there's spiders, here's the proof you can't. I got
Speaker 1: guests coming up today, and I know you're gonna say, oh,
Speaker 1: you know the guys when they do their Q and
Speaker 1: A S, it's not so No. First of all, off
Speaker 1: enjoy the content or don't don't care, really don't care,
Speaker 1: but these are good interviews. We have three good ones
Speaker 1: for you to share, Uh, the the Great Legend, Chris
Speaker 1: mad Dog Russo of Mike and the mad Dog fame,
Speaker 1: and Sirius XM. We're gonna break down all sorts of
Speaker 1: kind of a little bit of a gambling hook to it.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about some over unders that we cook
Speaker 1: up and uh, we'll we'll dig in on that. And
Speaker 1: also I gotta find out where Russo is that he's
Speaker 1: a big Cinophile, loves TV. The legend mark a bit obsessive.
Speaker 1: I think we we will discover um. Also Marlon Humphrey,
Speaker 1: star cornerback of the Baltimore Ravens. We'll talk about Humphrey,
Speaker 1: who as uh not always pleasant memories of this Cincinnati
Speaker 1: Bengals team. Uh, Bengals lit up the Ravens twice this year.
Speaker 1: Humphrey didn't play both games, but he saw the rise
Speaker 1: of Cincinnati like the rest of us. So he'll give
Speaker 1: us a little a f C North perspective on the
Speaker 1: rise of uh the a f C champion. But first, now,
Speaker 1: this is a good This is probably in terms of
Speaker 1: active player, maybe the best get we've had in person. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we did. We did have Tony Romo once on the
Speaker 1: phone and he was he was reading a script about
Speaker 1: his uncle going shopping and the uncle can only think
Speaker 1: about direct TV. It was something like it was totally authentic.
Speaker 1: But this one in Ricky Hollywood on the eve of
Speaker 1: her birthday, keeping just enough focus to get us one
Speaker 1: of the great young quarterbacks in the sport. Ricky, good job.
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, we're talking to him, so we're gonna you, guys,
Speaker 1: he is hot. Well, listen that I don't disagree. I
Speaker 1: know you know, we know Mark, and I don't want
Speaker 1: you to comport yourself as a professional during the interview
Speaker 1: because he's gonna be on the couch next to you
Speaker 1: and just understand that this is a podcast and you
Speaker 1: don't have a true relationship with him, even if we
Speaker 1: have microphones in front. Okay, well, I guess let's do it.
Speaker 1: He's come here, he comes, He's coming our way up next.
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert on the Around the NFL podcast Super Bowl
Speaker 1: fifty six we special and now we are joined by
Speaker 1: a superstar, Mark Sessler on the count. Oh no, that's
Speaker 1: just that's the market, isn't it. Greg? How amazing is
Speaker 1: it to see Mark Sessler next to Justin Herbert? It
Speaker 1: is amazing the contrast and the similarities just physically emotionally.
Speaker 1: I enjoyed the chit chat before we started. I can
Speaker 1: tell Greg getting a little green a little with envy
Speaker 1: because you know, Justin I got very close talking before
Speaker 1: the segment here, and you know, I think that's that's
Speaker 1: a problem for Greg. So Justin has it feel well.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you, guys. I'm I'm glad to be here
Speaker 1: and excited to get after it. Like, are you looking
Speaker 1: forward to more interviews where they just talk about you
Speaker 1: for two minutes before actually bringing you into the conversation.
Speaker 1: I think you could get worse. So we're gonna be
Speaker 1: as we are. You are a superstar quarterback, You're hot
Speaker 1: and demand here on Radio Row. There are going to
Speaker 1: be many worse interviews than this one. That's the only
Speaker 1: thing we could promise you. Okay, but this one won't
Speaker 1: be too profess. We're gonna do our best to make
Speaker 1: this work. And how are you feeling? Justin Herbert as
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl m v P. Let's start there. It
Speaker 1: was a huge honor to be able to share the
Speaker 1: field with those competitors and the guys that you look
Speaker 1: up to in the NFL. UM. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: it was a little bit of a slower game that
Speaker 1: I'm generally used to. UM. Not a whole lot of tackling,
Speaker 1: But it was a fun experience that was like gonna
Speaker 1: be my follow up question because to be honest, we
Speaker 1: have our fun with the Pro Bowl on our show
Speaker 1: and it's like, what is it I feel like on
Speaker 1: the field? Is there just more talking than usual? Like
Speaker 1: what is the speed difference? Like is there any processing
Speaker 1: you need to do as a quarterback? Is like, oh,
Speaker 1: that guy is always open, I'm just gonna throw it
Speaker 1: to him immediately. Like how does it work? Yeah, so
Speaker 1: you don't have to worry about pressures or blitz is
Speaker 1: or anything like that. They're not allowed to bring pressure. Um,
Speaker 1: and so you know you're gonna get certain coverages, You're
Speaker 1: gonna run very simple plays you you put it in
Speaker 1: the week of the game. UM. So it's pretty basic.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, the Pro Bowl you don't
Speaker 1: want to get anyone hurt. Everyone's kind of done for
Speaker 1: the year. Um, But it's just gonna have fun go
Speaker 1: out there and you know, talk to the guys hanging out.
Speaker 1: But is there one guy, Like if you're playing at
Speaker 1: the y and pick up basketball, there's always one guy.
Speaker 1: It's a try hard guy with kneepads and the nose
Speaker 1: guard and everything. And then he's playing a little bit
Speaker 1: too hard and everybody's like, what's up with this guy?
Speaker 1: You don't have to say who it is, but was
Speaker 1: there what's up with this guy? Why is he playing
Speaker 1: so hard? Um? Thankfully, we had a couple of guys
Speaker 1: on our team that tried like really hard and we
Speaker 1: ended up winning. And so it's always good to win
Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl, is um? You know, I think it's
Speaker 1: important to have a couple of guys like that that
Speaker 1: you know, take it pretty seriously. So it was good
Speaker 1: for us. It sounds like I could run for yards
Speaker 1: and in this Pro Bowl scenarios that too far? Fetch.
Speaker 1: Let's see what you do. Mark was he likes to
Speaker 1: bring up a lot of cornerback. I believe a running
Speaker 1: back slash cornerbacks in pop warner age ten eleven, but
Speaker 1: that's that's not relevant. It was literally sixties. It was
Speaker 1: at different times, Like what did you have friends around
Speaker 1: that age, like a Mark for instance, that like it
Speaker 1: was clear that like their future wasn't in football necessary,
Speaker 1: but they were like close with you. And how how
Speaker 1: was that like for you as you sort of sort
Speaker 1: above them. No, it's always great to have guys like
Speaker 1: that on the team, and you know, they're they're awesome
Speaker 1: to be around, they're fun to hang around, they give
Speaker 1: their best effort, and you need guys like that. That's fair. Uh,
Speaker 1: did you geek out on anyone at the Pro Bowl?
Speaker 1: Like just in terms of, you know, you're a young
Speaker 1: guys still second year in the league and they played
Speaker 1: a lot now for for a second year player, but
Speaker 1: just seeing some guys whether in the locker room or
Speaker 1: on the field that you kind of go back to
Speaker 1: being a young guy a fan. Yeah, I think there's
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of guys that we went up against
Speaker 1: this year that causes a whole bunch of troubles when
Speaker 1: they were on defense, and now you get to have
Speaker 1: them on your team for that that game and it's
Speaker 1: you know, Myles Garrett and Cam Hayward and and all
Speaker 1: these guys on defense that Tyrone Matthew. At the same time,
Speaker 1: you're like, all right, now that you're on our team,
Speaker 1: we can kind of talk and have a little bit
Speaker 1: of fun. What about the Chargers? Like, where do you
Speaker 1: how would you classify the season? Obviously fell short of
Speaker 1: the playoffs, but it did feel like there were games
Speaker 1: made when the season ended short of the playoffs. What
Speaker 1: was the level of disappointment? I'm sure you guys thought
Speaker 1: like in the a f C A wide open, an
Speaker 1: f C, A four seeds playing in the game, any
Speaker 1: team could have gone on a run, including the Charges.
Speaker 1: What were your thoughts big picture of thoughts in the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a good question. You know, I think we made
Speaker 1: some big games this this season, some big steps forward
Speaker 1: and UM, you know, you go back to last year
Speaker 1: where we were at three and nine at one point,
Speaker 1: and obviously things were tough last year, but for us,
Speaker 1: they kind of bounce back, come together and um have
Speaker 1: a chance to go into the playoffs, and obviously it's
Speaker 1: tough that you don't make it, but you know that
Speaker 1: we believe in each other, we believe in the coaching staff,
Speaker 1: and UM, this off season is gonna be big for
Speaker 1: us because we're gonna have to get together and we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to do some things differently. Um. But there's
Speaker 1: a lot to look forward to for sure. I mean,
Speaker 1: and you you know, after your rookie season there's a
Speaker 1: coaching change, you have to learn a whole new offense.
Speaker 1: I'm sure that adds layers of work, um to your
Speaker 1: off season. But now now there's continuity and UM. I
Speaker 1: like Brandon Staley, we all kind of dug the experience
Speaker 1: of his first year, like how would you describe him?
Speaker 1: Like finally scenes and well, I just think he's part
Speaker 1: of a new wave of coaches and just the going
Speaker 1: like the aggressiveness on fork down and how you had
Speaker 1: total buying with that, Like what is it like, um
Speaker 1: working with him behind the scenes as a person, because
Speaker 1: he seems very intriguing to me. He's been awesome. He's
Speaker 1: a guy that has emphasized you know, relationships, commitment, dedication,
Speaker 1: and um, competitiveness and we all want to play for
Speaker 1: him and we respect him and UM, you know we
Speaker 1: have been aggressive and as a quarterback selfishly, I want
Speaker 1: to be out there for every fourth down. UM. And
Speaker 1: so he believes in us. We believe in him. Um,
Speaker 1: so it's been a lot of fun playing for him.
Speaker 1: Did you think the NFL would be harder? Um? I
Speaker 1: think it's very, very difficult. You know, it's like extremely challenging.
Speaker 1: Of course, you come into the lea your young quarterback
Speaker 1: and you you are throwing for yards, you're throwing for
Speaker 1: touch of just like physically. Was there a moment early
Speaker 1: that you're like, oh, I actually I thought this would
Speaker 1: be harder. I do fit in, like right away, I
Speaker 1: think I've got a moment where it goes the other way.
Speaker 1: I I I came in and I didn't really know
Speaker 1: what to expect. I knew it was gonna be really fast. Um,
Speaker 1: But I remember I threw a screen pass, a normal
Speaker 1: easy screen pass that got picked off one handed by
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram And that's when I realized I'm not in
Speaker 1: organ anymore. And guys, guys are here and they make plays.
Speaker 1: And so that was kind of the tough way to
Speaker 1: go about it. And we got some incredible skill layers. Yourself.
Speaker 1: Austin Nekeler just walked by the set. He gave you
Speaker 1: a big smile. Um, I wouldn't say it's it felt
Speaker 1: like you lit off because you didn't see him. But
Speaker 1: maybe when you see him privately later, he'd be like, Hey,
Speaker 1: how come you didn't smile back? And they it's just
Speaker 1: something you guys are gonna have to work out. Like
Speaker 1: he's one of he's one of those guys that, like
Speaker 1: you put the ball in his hands and he does
Speaker 1: something special. That has to be a nice feeling to
Speaker 1: have a weapon like that. Oh, he makes my job
Speaker 1: so much easier. And that's our whole mission of get
Speaker 1: those guys the ball. It's it's Mike Williams, keenan out
Speaker 1: on the outside and Austin Nekela and Jared Cook and
Speaker 1: all these weapons that if I just get them the ball,
Speaker 1: something good will happen. Can you, like, I mean, your
Speaker 1: life has changed along with the fact that you're blooming
Speaker 1: into an NFL superstars, Like, can you just go to
Speaker 1: a movie in l a and waltson and buy a
Speaker 1: seat and buy popcorn and sit down and no one
Speaker 1: bugs you? Are you getting bugged everywhere you go? No?
Speaker 1: I don't get bugged at all. I you know, it's
Speaker 1: great because I think la is such a big city
Speaker 1: and we're able to kind of go do whatever we want.
Speaker 1: To and obviously within reason and being safe and and
Speaker 1: being smart. But uh no, it's been great so far.
Speaker 1: Was there any like trepidation? You're from Oregon, you went
Speaker 1: to school there. Uh when you got drafted, did you
Speaker 1: have any experience with like big cities like that? Are
Speaker 1: living anywhere outside Oregon before? I always loved my time
Speaker 1: in Eugene, Oregon. Um, but having been there for so long,
Speaker 1: it was nice for me to kind of get out
Speaker 1: and go experience something else. And um, I've always loved
Speaker 1: going down and visiting southern California, and I think it's
Speaker 1: a great city and to move there be a part
Speaker 1: of that community, UM, I thought it's been a great
Speaker 1: opportunity so far. How's the cat experience going. I know
Speaker 1: you've got like a cat. It's a young guy that's
Speaker 1: a lot of responsibility. Like the first season with the cat,
Speaker 1: it's been great. I'm more of a dog person, but
Speaker 1: unfortunately couldn't take care of a dog by myself. Um,
Speaker 1: and so it kind of got rolled up into it.
Speaker 1: But it's been great so far. I mean, the Chargers
Speaker 1: quarterback previous to you had nine kids, so they're written there.
Speaker 1: I understand the dog thing, but cats are easier. You
Speaker 1: can leave them to alone for three days or two
Speaker 1: days or something. No kids yet, no dogs yet, so
Speaker 1: I can barely take care of once. Like I feel
Speaker 1: like like I'm I support you because I'm a cat
Speaker 1: and dog person. I feel like people takes It's like
Speaker 1: he didn't. He's bough that that's the way to go. Well,
Speaker 1: let me Greg has stopped the conversation before ask you
Speaker 1: this like going back to the You're a young guy,
Speaker 1: your star in a big market. Um, are you going
Speaker 1: to do? You plan to take the Derek Jeter path?
Speaker 1: I grew up in New York Yankee fan Derek Jeter
Speaker 1: is like I'm keeping out all distractions, no wives, no dogs,
Speaker 1: no nothing. I'm gonna play twenty years and then I'm
Speaker 1: going to put all my focus else. Are you gonna
Speaker 1: be like that? Football only guys? That how you see
Speaker 1: your big picture playing out? Um? I think for if
Speaker 1: we're gonna be as successful as we want to be,
Speaker 1: I think that's kind of the commitment that you have
Speaker 1: to make tour the games, UM, and so whatever happens happens,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do my best to win games as many
Speaker 1: as I can. UM. And if that means, you know,
Speaker 1: limiting all distractions. I've got no problem with that. Do
Speaker 1: you know what Nicky said in Rocky Women Weaken Legs.
Speaker 1: That's that's just what he said. I mean, that's a
Speaker 1: regressive old take it into accountant. You're saying, um, so
Speaker 1: fi stadium, Like, I want to tuck the vibe there
Speaker 1: justin because there is much made about the fans, like
Speaker 1: and how many fans are there for the charges or
Speaker 1: the rams, Like how much of a difference does this make.
Speaker 1: I I do a show with Matt money Smith, the
Speaker 1: voice of the Chargers, and he pushes back to it's
Speaker 1: really not a big deal. Like the players they deal
Speaker 1: with that. They know what's coming, Like is it something
Speaker 1: that bothers you? Is it something that you've gotten used to? Like?
Speaker 1: How do you do you think that could change? With
Speaker 1: Does the charges become more entrenched in Los Angeles? I
Speaker 1: actually saw a change this this past season. Um, I
Speaker 1: think if you started early on, we had a pretty
Speaker 1: good turn out. Um. You know, it's always a weird
Speaker 1: situation in Los Angeles, but we had our fans. They
Speaker 1: showed their support and throughout the year, and if we
Speaker 1: keep winning games that we keep doing things the right way,
Speaker 1: more and more will show up and and that's what
Speaker 1: comes with winning. And um, you know, we have to
Speaker 1: get things figured out here and I know that we will. Um.
Speaker 1: But I saw a change and those guys they showed up,
Speaker 1: they gave their support and it was awesome. Is it annoying? Um?
Speaker 1: I mean there's obviously a rivalry between the Charges And
Speaker 1: is it annoying to you, um or or the Collective
Speaker 1: Chargers group that the Rams were here? Um? I mean,
Speaker 1: just let's be real. Is it's sort of a problem. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean it was up to us. We didn't get here,
Speaker 1: and that's the unfortunate part is they worked, they did
Speaker 1: everything right. They got here, and you know you have
Speaker 1: to give them credit for that. And um, you know,
Speaker 1: we had our opportunity and we didn't, unfortunately make the playoffs,
Speaker 1: and so that's on us. And so you're not like
Speaker 1: you could have made headline when you're watching that game,
Speaker 1: you're not like rooting on Jimmy g and the forty
Speaker 1: nine or is it? I don't know, it's it's you
Speaker 1: just open for a good game, Like if you're for
Speaker 1: the night, you don't have a pick one or the other.
Speaker 1: But did you have a favorite throw this year. Um,
Speaker 1: I think there were a couple. I think maybe the
Speaker 1: one that comes to mind would be against the Giants
Speaker 1: to Jalen Guiton down the middle. Um, it was one
Speaker 1: of the longer throws I think I've made in my career.
Speaker 1: So it was it was fun to be a part
Speaker 1: of that one. Do you remember there was a throw
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys that was called back by penalty, was
Speaker 1: like early in the third quarter to Mike Williams, like,
Speaker 1: how annoyed were you that? Like an offensive lineman ruined
Speaker 1: that throw for you, which because that was one of
Speaker 1: the craziest throws I've I've ever seen in my life.
Speaker 1: It was like sixty the question, what are you annoyed about?
Speaker 1: The offensive that's his teammate. Well, I'm just saying, though,
Speaker 1: you know about right, I know the throw, and um,
Speaker 1: you know, I thought it was great by Mike because
Speaker 1: that's a route that we give him the option of
Speaker 1: whether to keep straight or whether he flattens it, and um,
Speaker 1: you know he saw the safety. He ran a great route,
Speaker 1: and um, I had plenty of time because of the
Speaker 1: offensive lineman giving me enough time so I was able
Speaker 1: to put it. What's like, but when you see them
Speaker 1: the flag and they called it like what is or
Speaker 1: when you're watching it the next day in the film
Speaker 1: room with everyone, he's not gonna let you get out
Speaker 1: of here without some sort of negative response. It's not
Speaker 1: a negative spot. Can you at least appreciate it? I
Speaker 1: guess the next day are people like giving giving him grief?
Speaker 1: Are they like they are they wowed by that throat?
Speaker 1: I think it's more so you look at it and
Speaker 1: you say, we can't have these penalties, because in that
Speaker 1: game against the Cowboys, we had a couple of penalties
Speaker 1: that that brought back a touchdown, brought back that play, um,
Speaker 1: and we kind of just shot ourselves in the foot there.
Speaker 1: So if we could limit those, we would be able
Speaker 1: to kind of. It's true though, because like with a quarterback,
Speaker 1: especially if um, if there's a drop or something, the
Speaker 1: camera is always gonna be right in your grill, like
Speaker 1: they want your reaction. They want you to be like, ah,
Speaker 1: this guy. But Herbert is good because he's never too
Speaker 1: high or too low, so they never get you. Some guys,
Speaker 1: maybe the last quarterback the Chargers here was pretty emotional guy. Um.
Speaker 1: But yeah, that is part of being a quarterback, right,
Speaker 1: you know, the camera is always on, even when you're
Speaker 1: on the sideline going through them the surface tablet like,
Speaker 1: there's probably a camera on you looking to use b
Speaker 1: roll or something like that at all times. And I
Speaker 1: think that's one of the things about playing quarterback is
Speaker 1: no one's trying to make mistakes. I'm gonna throw interceptions
Speaker 1: in completions, and if I hold myself accountable, just like
Speaker 1: I hold the other guys accountable, I think we'll get along.
Speaker 1: And you can't get too high, like you said, are
Speaker 1: too low on those guys because everyone's gonna make mistakes.
Speaker 1: So do you give yourself like a second and just
Speaker 1: be like, oh that was sweet? Um it was. It
Speaker 1: was a good throw. I think it's one of those
Speaker 1: things that we work on a lot. So it was
Speaker 1: nice to see in the game. Three quarters zip huh Yeah.
Speaker 1: I like the three quoters zip, so I'm big on
Speaker 1: them right now, Eli and Peyton. I really like kind
Speaker 1: of bringing it to the forefront. Is that a quarterback thing?
Speaker 1: Everybody's into the three party, so I think it's a
Speaker 1: golfing This is one of those jackets I wear golfing sometimes,
Speaker 1: so it's just a go to are you going to
Speaker 1: do the romo thing where you like go crazy on
Speaker 1: the golf course and get way into it. I'm not
Speaker 1: getting weird for everyone. I'm not good enough for that,
Speaker 1: So I don't have to deal with that, all right,
Speaker 1: unless someone else has another. I have a quick one,
Speaker 1: just like if you you're you've been here with us
Speaker 1: for a bit, you've sort of seen us um in
Speaker 1: the physical form, like which which of the three of
Speaker 1: us would be the most who would you want to
Speaker 1: fight least if we were like in an a fight,
Speaker 1: or just like who would who do you you're sizing
Speaker 1: us up? Who's the most intimidating? We didn't know any
Speaker 1: of our names. That's Mark that I would have got it.
Speaker 1: I would have got a couple of the names. Yeah, um,
Speaker 1: how about how about answered this way? Market probably wouldn't
Speaker 1: be you. It's perfect, perfect answer. Mark asked that to
Speaker 1: pretty much everyone all right before we let you go.
Speaker 1: It was so easy for you, well from our advantage
Speaker 1: point to transition from college to pros. So you're talented guy,
Speaker 1: But we have a we have a instant answer game
Speaker 1: to end things with called eight o'clock to light. Are
Speaker 1: you ready for this? Challenge. There is no math. There
Speaker 1: was a joke earlier that there's gonna be a lot
Speaker 1: of math. I promise you I once got a thirty
Speaker 1: nine on the state mandated math test. There will be
Speaker 1: no Mathews. Questions, quick answers. Here we go hit it.
Speaker 1: Ricky ladder match. Brandon Staley versus Shawn McVeigh versus Kyle Shanahan.
Speaker 1: Who wins ice cream or Sherbet ice cream? Herbert Sherbert?
Speaker 1: Though that's not a brand? Is Joe Burrows like swag?
Speaker 1: Like out there swagging? Issue for other young star qubs?
Speaker 1: No good answer? Were you popular in high school? Everything
Speaker 1: about her? You know everybody's got it? Hurt alright? The
Speaker 1: balls on your own? Twenty three minus twenty three? That's
Speaker 1: football top You need to reach the end zone with
Speaker 1: a throw? Can you do it with the seven step drop?
Speaker 1: You're now inside the twenty No, I was gonna throw
Speaker 1: a right to the line of scrimmage. You can, you
Speaker 1: can get You had a couple of steps up? Okays
Speaker 1: whoa guns and Roses versus Oasis guns and Roses Rams?
Speaker 1: But whatever? Am I right? No fruit on pizza? Okay? Ever? Pineapple? Ah?
Speaker 1: Did Oswald act alone? No comment, Mark or nickelback Beatles,
Speaker 1: last movie you saw in the theater Spider Man, Oh Macron.
Speaker 1: We're like, oh my god, I can't anymore with this,
Speaker 1: not really a question. Lake house or beach house? Lakehouse?
Speaker 1: You can take a pill that allows you to live
Speaker 1: until a hundred and thirty five years old? Do you take?
Speaker 1: Of course? Really? Because we're gonna be old, like really old.
Speaker 1: I've got I was born and so if I could
Speaker 1: live in three different centuries, I think that'd be pretty
Speaker 1: cool and well done. Um. I'm from New York. I'm
Speaker 1: a Jets fan. My children are in Los Angeles. They're
Speaker 1: trying to decide between the Charges and the Jets. We
Speaker 1: were at that Chiefs Thursday night game. You were awesome.
Speaker 1: Why should my children choose the Chargers over the Jet?
Speaker 1: I think the Charges are a great team. We've got
Speaker 1: a bunch of great guys on the team, and I
Speaker 1: love playing with him. He did mail justin hard sound
Speaker 1: a superstar in our myths. Thank you, good sir, and
Speaker 1: best of luck with all the other boring interviews you'll
Speaker 1: do today, the unprofessional one. That's the good one. Thank
Speaker 1: you guys. Hey, Mark, I gotta say you held it together. Mostly,
Speaker 1: I thought so, because you know, when there's sort of
Speaker 1: just a natural first of all, he's obviously they paired
Speaker 1: the right to people Justin I on the couch, and
Speaker 1: when there's just that natural chemistry, it's not work, it's
Speaker 1: not work, it's just a it's a friendship slash relationship.
Speaker 1: The Oswald thing. During the speed round, he no comments
Speaker 1: it does it mean that Justin herbert A doesn't know Oswald?
Speaker 1: Didn't the name he is, he was born in nine
Speaker 1: he said, b uh, no commentsant because he does believe
Speaker 1: there was a conspiracy to murder the president of the
Speaker 1: United States beyond Lee Harvey Oswald up in the book
Speaker 1: The Depository or see you guys fill in the blank,
Speaker 1: where do you come down on it? I think he
Speaker 1: knows who Lee Harvey Oswald is. But I think that
Speaker 1: in that moment, in that the question asked with just Oswald,
Speaker 1: that he offered a no comment in a savvy fashion
Speaker 1: because it kind of maybe it didn't register who we
Speaker 1: were talking about yet. He is an extremely bright um
Speaker 1: individual who like ripped through Oregon in like a number
Speaker 1: of just a couple of years. So I maybe he
Speaker 1: does know. I think he knew I you know, you
Speaker 1: you're sitting next to him here, I got to look
Speaker 1: right right into those I I think there was recognition
Speaker 1: his eyes. We all we all were you know, we
Speaker 1: we heard from many a piece of steak. I don't
Speaker 1: I don't think he wants to put himself out there
Speaker 1: necessarily as a conspiracy guy. And he just thought, let's
Speaker 1: just say 's just conspiracy greg with like the majority
Speaker 1: of the country fields that supports my supports my thought.
Speaker 1: You know that if you say no comment, you you're
Speaker 1: basically being put into the category of we know what
Speaker 1: you think. And do we buy that he wasn't popular
Speaker 1: in high school? I do I buy that he saw
Speaker 1: himself that way. I think a lot of people don't
Speaker 1: see them even if like other people maybe looked at
Speaker 1: him he's the quarterback in school, but he probably saw
Speaker 1: he was. You know, it's to be like six ft
Speaker 1: six and the star quarterback of your high school and
Speaker 1: look the way that he does and not and what
Speaker 1: are you doing to be unpopular? But boys, you know,
Speaker 1: take a longer time to grow there. Why don't you
Speaker 1: tell me about my gender? Okay? I will. So you
Speaker 1: men are brains running, Yeah, brains are much smaller than
Speaker 1: us women. And also no women grow faster when they're younger.
Speaker 1: So if he was little and in middle school coming
Speaker 1: into high school, he wasn't. I'm sure he wasn't varsity
Speaker 1: quarterback as a press. I think he was six six
Speaker 1: to thirty in high school, but probably was the size
Speaker 1: that although you stand out as a as a right,
Speaker 1: not everyone's born at thirty two like me. I mean,
Speaker 1: I hit high ground running. That was really the peak
Speaker 1: of my social act. Says that he had tons of
Speaker 1: girlfriends in high school and that he was like the
Speaker 1: hot guy. Right, did say that? I did not say
Speaker 1: the hot guy girls like you say that. I have
Speaker 1: it on record, I will find that I was. I
Speaker 1: was doing fine, but I was doing Erica, you are
Speaker 1: a proud gay woman. What you are a proud gay woman?
Speaker 1: Now let me ask you a question. G W. I
Speaker 1: was getting U from our I am client, UM private
Speaker 1: text from UM women that I know through the company
Speaker 1: that are way into this Herbert guy. They're gonna jump
Speaker 1: like like West. I try to get West to come
Speaker 1: back to the Bengals. Yeah you come back? Um No, No,
Speaker 1: I don't think that's it for me. But she didn't
Speaker 1: need to do a dossier to quit. Yeah, I think
Speaker 1: she knew he was. He was a big He was
Speaker 1: a big boy and next to Mark like it was.
Speaker 1: That was an image that will take with me. Well,
Speaker 1: I love the way you phrase that that. That was
Speaker 1: a bit of sunshine in my day. All right, coming
Speaker 1: up next, as we transition away from Justin Herbert, I
Speaker 1: liked him. He's he is a very easy guy to
Speaker 1: root for. I and it will be fun to be
Speaker 1: here in Los Angeles. God willing and track his career
Speaker 1: for the next fifteen years. That's that's a good dude
Speaker 1: to get on the ground floor with. So let's I
Speaker 1: think he liked us by the way, I just felt
Speaker 1: that he got that vibe a little bit. I want
Speaker 1: I'll manufacture that belief. No either way, if if we
Speaker 1: believe it, maybe it's true. Um let's now get to
Speaker 1: another cool dude. This guy is Marlon Humphrey. He is
Speaker 1: a star for the Ravens. But before we bring him on,
Speaker 1: let's take a break right after this. All right, we
Speaker 1: told you a big guests, we got one. We've got
Speaker 1: one of the best defensive players in the league. He
Speaker 1: is the Pro Bowl cornerback for the Baltimore Ravens. Marlon Humphrey.
Speaker 1: Welcome to the Around the NFL podcast. Buddy, Hey, thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm happy to be here. Uh and give them get
Speaker 1: them talking going. So here's a question. All right, So
Speaker 1: a f C North they say it's rugged. That's the
Speaker 1: word that everybody always says. Is there any division pride
Speaker 1: with a North team in the Super Bowl or is
Speaker 1: it make it that much more annoying that Cincinnati is
Speaker 1: the one getting all the love right now? Uh it's uh,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit that much more annoying, um, for sure,
Speaker 1: but it's also exciting in the same way. You know. Um,
Speaker 1: you know now it's you know that you're you're playing
Speaker 1: that When I came into the league, you know, it
Speaker 1: was all about you know, beating the Steelers. Um. So
Speaker 1: now it's like whether they win the Super Bowl orlue
Speaker 1: super Bowl, it's like, yo, they they got that serious,
Speaker 1: you know, fulk that this serious team. And you know
Speaker 1: they've kind of they've taken the driver's seat in the
Speaker 1: NFC North. So now that seemed to beat you know,
Speaker 1: along with the Steelers, along with the Browns. But uh,
Speaker 1: it just makes it really exciting. Um. I can't say,
Speaker 1: I want them to win the Super Bowl, but against them,
Speaker 1: I'm rooting against but not because like Jessica, I don't
Speaker 1: like them. I just think, uh, the Ramsel I'll have
Speaker 1: a better I do like the way you put that
Speaker 1: the Bengals do have some serious funk, that there's something
Speaker 1: like cooking with with the team. I mean, and and
Speaker 1: Mark is a Browns fan, So just so you know,
Speaker 1: I've done They've done very little damage to the Ravens.
Speaker 1: So I think you're winning that that debate at the moment,
Speaker 1: is it the Ravens are coming off a season well
Speaker 1: last year everybody was talking up the Browns obviously, and
Speaker 1: now it's Bengals. But the Ravens. You guys were coasting.
Speaker 1: You were the number one seed about midway through the year,
Speaker 1: and then this avalanche of injuries and eventually got you too.
Speaker 1: You know, you have the tour and pack and we're
Speaker 1: curious were you're at with that. But was there a
Speaker 1: sense in the locker room at a certain point like
Speaker 1: there like the grim Reaper was coming for everybody because
Speaker 1: that was like unprecedented injury. Poor luck there. Yeah, it
Speaker 1: was crazy. It was like you know that day when
Speaker 1: two guys tore the a c L and four plays.
Speaker 1: It was like the weirdest feeling ever. We just called
Speaker 1: our practice. That ended it. But you know, I think
Speaker 1: as as many injuries and COVID that hit, you know,
Speaker 1: guys actually stayed really positive. I think it was a
Speaker 1: true testament to you know, coach our ball and everything,
Speaker 1: and it was. It was just crazy because like even
Speaker 1: the last game of the year when we had to
Speaker 1: when I was I came back to the building to
Speaker 1: to see how things were and talking to guys, and
Speaker 1: we knew we had a long shot to make the playoffs,
Speaker 1: but guys were still like, game, let's go out here
Speaker 1: and win this game. You know. So I know that
Speaker 1: that's really tough when when all those injuries happened and
Speaker 1: COVID happens. But you know, we really stayed strong through
Speaker 1: through all the injuries and uh, you know, we'll get
Speaker 1: some guys healthy. Um, I'm super excited for the team.
Speaker 1: Will happen next year. How does a secondary fund, I
Speaker 1: mean the secondary especially at one point you guys were down,
Speaker 1: you know, pulling people out of like cvs and like
Speaker 1: a local Balton our area stores, Like how do you
Speaker 1: function when you're that messed up with injuries. It just
Speaker 1: seems like you've got guys who barely played. I mean,
Speaker 1: is it do you go and just say it doesn't matter?
Speaker 1: Next guy up to Man, it was it was crazy
Speaker 1: because we literally, you know, I watched, uh you know,
Speaker 1: I got hurt and then you know, I you know,
Speaker 1: I took a week or so from rehabbing and I
Speaker 1: was watching the game. I was like, who is this guy?
Speaker 1: It was? It was it was crazy how how quickly
Speaker 1: you gotta plug and play some of the guys, because
Speaker 1: it seemed like even when the starters end upetting hurt,
Speaker 1: seemed like the backup guys were hurt too, and then
Speaker 1: the backup it was, it was, it was all over
Speaker 1: the place. So it was it was crazy how it worked.
Speaker 1: You know, we plugged and played the way we could
Speaker 1: um and it was it was testing to those guys.
Speaker 1: I mean some of those guys were you know, Robert
Speaker 1: Jackson getting his first start. You know, there was guys
Speaker 1: that were literally had never really played extensive playing time,
Speaker 1: and you know that they stepped up to the challenge
Speaker 1: and did their thing. Dan mentioned, you know, our friend
Speaker 1: Mark here that you're sitting next to is a big
Speaker 1: Browns fan and the in the way our workplace happens.
Speaker 1: We're sitting there Sundays watching the games, and so over
Speaker 1: the years, like I've seen some dark moods that you
Speaker 1: personally have helped to put a part of that just
Speaker 1: slid over down, slid down, Like it's like it gets
Speaker 1: a little tense in the newsroom and and we're kind
Speaker 1: of on edge. Do you feel guilty, Marlin at all,
Speaker 1: for just how you've affected us in our workplace and
Speaker 1: especially Mark and his mood over the years and to
Speaker 1: that point, have you ever thought about the power of
Speaker 1: a good game against the Browns, how it could change
Speaker 1: the psyche of one man and something California. Well, you know,
Speaker 1: for me, you know, when I got my first year playing,
Speaker 1: the Browns were so if anything, you should smile because
Speaker 1: it's been way worse over the past five and we're
Speaker 1: coming now this is coming from a higher Mark Jackson
Speaker 1: is running out of the bathroom in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: That uh, that was you know, I still to this
Speaker 1: day say Lamar was you know, he was not cramping.
Speaker 1: He was doing something else in the bathroom, you know,
Speaker 1: but he said he was cramping. So he never acknowledged
Speaker 1: even privately. He just stuck to the story, stuck to
Speaker 1: the story. Maybe he's telling the truth. Yeah, maybe he's
Speaker 1: telling the truth. I'm not gonna say it's a liar,
Speaker 1: but I don't know. I guess. I guess, uh, it'll
Speaker 1: it'll go to the grave with him, I guess. So
Speaker 1: I want to ask a question about something we shine
Speaker 1: a light on on the podcast every August and early
Speaker 1: September that not enough people talk about. And you've been
Speaker 1: in league how many years now, going on year six six,
Speaker 1: so like in your time, I don't know if the
Speaker 1: Ravens have ever lost a preseason game, and it's it's
Speaker 1: reached I think twenty one straight and I think it's
Speaker 1: the greatest record in sports to never lose a preseason game.
Speaker 1: Do you pinch yourself at the end of each one
Speaker 1: of those contests? Honestly, we go really hard in the preseason. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I'll say that. I remember when I was a rookie,
Speaker 1: I got I got hurt, so I had to miss
Speaker 1: the first three trying the first three preseason games, and
Speaker 1: you know, I was still a rookie, so you know,
Speaker 1: you're supposed to play a pretty good amount and in
Speaker 1: the fourth one I played the entire game, and I
Speaker 1: remember seeing Marshawn Latimore. We're playing the Saints. He looked
Speaker 1: all at me. I was on the side. I was like,
Speaker 1: he was on the sideline, of course, not playing anymore
Speaker 1: because of the fourth charter in the preseason game. He
Speaker 1: was like, bro, what are you doing? Like, why are
Speaker 1: you still in the game. I was like, honestly, we didn't.
Speaker 1: We don't even have another corner dressed out like so
Speaker 1: it gets to the point to where the rookies there's
Speaker 1: not even like one of those like if I need
Speaker 1: a breather. You look over and everyone's wearing like sweatpants
Speaker 1: and a T shirt. So you're like, you're for sure playing.
Speaker 1: So we take pride in winning anything that has a score,
Speaker 1: so um, I don't mind that. You know, anytime if
Speaker 1: it wasn't supposed to win, they would not keep score.
Speaker 1: That is. That is a true state. It was the
Speaker 1: two thousand fifteen preseason, the last time the Ravens lost.
Speaker 1: It's a remarkable record, and I think we had stop
Speaker 1: the storyline here. You've faced a ton of receivers like
Speaker 1: is there one that is I'm not saying the best
Speaker 1: or the most, the most annoying, um individual on the field,
Speaker 1: whether they're talking stuff to you that just if they
Speaker 1: try to get in your head someone you're like, get
Speaker 1: out of my face, for for sure. Pittsburgh big Ben
Speaker 1: Antonio Brown, the dude, I could imagine that the connection
Speaker 1: him ay big Ben had was this crazy like, all right,
Speaker 1: let me run this route. As soon as Big Ben
Speaker 1: doesn't hit me, I just spin up and just run
Speaker 1: up the field and catch a touching down on me
Speaker 1: and Hindes Field. I'll never forget. But they just have
Speaker 1: such a great like connection. Um and a B. He's like,
Speaker 1: I don't know if he even gets tired, Like every
Speaker 1: time I just lined up in front of him, seems
Speaker 1: like he's not breathing hard. It seems like he's just
Speaker 1: running all over the places, scrambling all around, and uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's just like it's just crazy the way I
Speaker 1: haven't avant garde him since he's been you know, you
Speaker 1: might not have to worry about it anymore. Yeah, he
Speaker 1: always comes back. What about Chase now? And you guys,
Speaker 1: your team struggle mightily. Um, I think eighty two points
Speaker 1: in two games. You weren't in the second game, So
Speaker 1: you know that's not your fault, the second one at all.
Speaker 1: But that first game, that was Chase's first explosion game
Speaker 1: where he had two yards. What makes him different? Is
Speaker 1: he one of those guys where he's just a little
Speaker 1: different than most players in the league. He um, yeah,
Speaker 1: I was. I wasn't in the second when I was
Speaker 1: in the first. When he gave me a hard day,
Speaker 1: he gave me a very long day. But the crazy
Speaker 1: thing about him is like he doesn't you know this,
Speaker 1: this doesn't make sense, but he doesn't do like when
Speaker 1: you look at him on film, it's like he's not
Speaker 1: doing anything specially, He's not like doing this crazy. Really
Speaker 1: he just takes off and you know when you put
Speaker 1: a hand on him, he's so well you can't see
Speaker 1: on film is how strong he is, Like him just running.
Speaker 1: You think you push him, he doesn't really get affected
Speaker 1: by you. He goes up in the air, his body control.
Speaker 1: He just does a lot of things that on tape
Speaker 1: you can't really see um and it's and it's just
Speaker 1: crazy like he he just does. He just does things
Speaker 1: that like kind of you don't see. You often, like
Speaker 1: Corn will be outside leverage on him, he'll still go
Speaker 1: out odd and like there's things that like kind of
Speaker 1: like no receiver really does UM and it's and it's
Speaker 1: really worked well in his favor. I mean you see
Speaker 1: it all the time with just like how simple he
Speaker 1: does think and that's that's sometimes sometimes the key. UM.
Speaker 1: You know a lot of wide receivers do all the
Speaker 1: fancy stuff, but sometimes doing as simple as what you
Speaker 1: know makes it really tough on my job. I mean
Speaker 1: he got some of the draft Nick's that way, the
Speaker 1: people watching the draft because they were there watching the
Speaker 1: tape and even though he was that special in college,
Speaker 1: they kind of couldn't figure out exactly what made him
Speaker 1: so good, and some people were a little down on
Speaker 1: him going into it. If you were facing him and
Speaker 1: then also facing Joe Burrow, if you're in this game,
Speaker 1: like what what do you think you would try to do?
Speaker 1: And what do you think a defensive coordinator could do
Speaker 1: to try to slow down this offense? Right now? Man,
Speaker 1: I would think I think the best way is, you know,
Speaker 1: when you get back there to Joe, you gotta sack him.
Speaker 1: I think when I was watching the game was that
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, you can't keep getting back there and not
Speaker 1: getting them, because then once they get heated up, they
Speaker 1: they really start going. You know, so many times there
Speaker 1: should have been for sure actually happened in that game
Speaker 1: and Joe just got right out of it. Um. But
Speaker 1: you know, to slow them down, it's really tough. You know,
Speaker 1: everyone talks about Jamar Chase, but Tee Higgins and Boyd.
Speaker 1: You know, me and Boyd had a lot of battles
Speaker 1: in the past. Um, and it's just they just added
Speaker 1: Tea and then they added Jamar, and so it's it's
Speaker 1: really tough. You know, you gotta you gotta mix in
Speaker 1: your own, you gotta mix in your man's. But um,
Speaker 1: I think the past rushle are really big key, which
Speaker 1: I think the Rams have have a really good job of.
Speaker 1: And uh you know, I think you know Ramsey and
Speaker 1: you know Darris Williams, the guys that got out there covering.
Speaker 1: I think they'll be able to hold their own. So
Speaker 1: it'll be really interesting. But I think for the for
Speaker 1: the Bengals to have their best shot to win, and
Speaker 1: I think they'll be running the football. You know, I
Speaker 1: don't think a lot of people think that, but I
Speaker 1: think if no one's people who really try to get
Speaker 1: on the ram to try to throw and you want
Speaker 1: to play, you know, out of Aaron Donald tans and
Speaker 1: I think you know, just running right Adam would would
Speaker 1: be probably the biggest key. Isn't it surreal thinking where
Speaker 1: we were a year ago and that you're having to
Speaker 1: come to the Super Bowl and answer questions about the
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals. I'd imagine that's a mix of annoying and
Speaker 1: totally unbelievable. It's this is a weird universe. It is, Marlin.
Speaker 1: I just want and best best wishes health next year,
Speaker 1: and I assume you'll be ready for training camp with
Speaker 1: this tech and everything. We can't wait to see you
Speaker 1: play again and be on the field when you're playing
Speaker 1: the Browns. I want you to remember Mark, and I
Speaker 1: want you when Baker Mayfield trusts his arm too much
Speaker 1: and he tries for a little out pattern and you
Speaker 1: could step in front of it and go the other way,
Speaker 1: probably just knock it away, because that matters, That affects
Speaker 1: this man's mental health, and incompletion may be as good
Speaker 1: as a pick six in the big scheme of the world.
Speaker 1: I'll I will remember that and hopefully that I'll maybe
Speaker 1: catch it and like right before I score, like the
Speaker 1: pick six, I just step out of the once it's
Speaker 1: fine and just be like sorry, Mark, and then nobody
Speaker 1: else will get him our next November. That's what will
Speaker 1: be in your mind when when that happens. All right,
Speaker 1: Marlon Hunter, thank you so much for joining us, and
Speaker 1: best of the luck with everything and uh next season,
Speaker 1: thanks for talking with Thank you for having me there,
Speaker 1: He goes Marlon Humphrey, And I did think that was
Speaker 1: Now listen, that might be confusing if he does go
Speaker 1: up to the camera and say sorry Mark after the
Speaker 1: Baker pick six, but that would probably be the peak
Speaker 1: of the podcast if that ends up happening in week
Speaker 1: three or whatever. Yeah, it feels like a stretch. I
Speaker 1: think that he's already forgotten me um and probably the
Speaker 1: entire experience. But but you never know. The human mind
Speaker 1: is is mysterious. Now he's see he seemed very down
Speaker 1: to earth, like he he got what we were selling.
Speaker 1: And I think he wouldn't be here unless he wasn't
Speaker 1: kind of interested in getting his name out there and
Speaker 1: just like getting into media, just seeing what it's all about, right,
Speaker 1: And so I think he's savvy. He checks the iTunes rankings,
Speaker 1: he's aware of the ten Stitcher Awards who won Best
Speaker 1: He was like a high school kid really growing up
Speaker 1: on us. I'm sure, uh, and he knows how big
Speaker 1: that would be with our audience. And I think he's
Speaker 1: going to make a power play. I think he's gonna do.
Speaker 1: I mean, it worked for former raven marking them to
Speaker 1: shout out that's true another Mark. So I'm just saying
Speaker 1: it's in the wheelhouse of the Ravens in general. I
Speaker 1: don't know why I don't. I dislike the team generally,
Speaker 1: but generally I like them better now though, don't you
Speaker 1: got better now? Over issues? Mostly now, you're okay, Ricky.
Speaker 1: Before we uh talked to the legend Chris Russo, we
Speaker 1: did talk about it. On Monday. You attempted to apologize
Speaker 1: for botching the Don't Say super Bowl episode, and then
Speaker 1: you botched the apology of for the Don't Say super
Speaker 1: Bowl episode. So this is the apology to the apology
Speaker 1: the runways. Yours Yeah, Greg, Mark, Dan a t N listeners,
Speaker 1: um at and Instagram followers, A ten TikTok followers. I
Speaker 1: made Yeah, I made an egregious mistake when I apologized
Speaker 1: the other day, and I just really wanted to say
Speaker 1: that I'm really sorry, And I do really treasure this
Speaker 1: job and take it very seriously. And you know, when
Speaker 1: I'm trying to book a bunch of guests like the
Speaker 1: ones we have today, sometimes my phone is ringing off
Speaker 1: the hook while we're recording, and I should maybe block
Speaker 1: those calls. But you know, you have to multitask in
Speaker 1: this and I'm not trying to make excuses for my behavior.
Speaker 1: So I'm sorry that I made a bad apology yesterday.
Speaker 1: I mean, in today's culture, I think that was well done.
Speaker 1: I feel like a large portion of it was fabricated.
Speaker 1: But I can't put it. Can anybody else? Can anybody else? Now?
Speaker 1: Picture the hit piece on our show at some esteemed publication,
Speaker 1: and it's like and then they made their producer Erica apologize.
Speaker 1: I'm back to back episodes. You got a real Rogan
Speaker 1: situation here else she's doing his apologizing. Anyway, that was excellent, Erica,
Speaker 1: Thank you. You are charming. You are until the next thing.
Speaker 1: All right, let's now welcome him in the Great Chris
Speaker 1: Risso right after this, all right, this is now, this
Speaker 1: is tradition. This is what we've always wanted. As a
Speaker 1: kid from New York, a Connecticut boy, uh, another Northeast
Speaker 1: guy and Greg Rosenthal. This man is almost said mass
Speaker 1: and then he held back. We have Chris mad Dog
Speaker 1: Russo of mad Dog Sports Radio Serious XM. Before that,
Speaker 1: of course Mike and the mad Dog. And this I
Speaker 1: believe Chris is your fourth Super Bowl cameo with us. Yeah, yes, good,
Speaker 1: you guys done a heck of a job. I know
Speaker 1: we lost one too, terrible right he passed away, But
Speaker 1: I mean Chris Wesley hated this here that, but great
Speaker 1: to be here today with you guys. You're pals. Whatever
Speaker 1: you want. I hopefully have a pretty good ball game. Yeah,
Speaker 1: what are your kind of initial thoughts about the game. Uh,
Speaker 1: My initial thoughts are about the game is that since
Speaker 1: night has got a lot of momentum right now. Bur
Speaker 1: always an ex You know, he knows how to play
Speaker 1: in big games. He won championship, won the championship at
Speaker 1: l shubat Alabama on the road, Chiefs. You know that
Speaker 1: was a leve a win down one three, obviously flowing
Speaker 1: the game against Tennessee. They got a lot of karma
Speaker 1: and the Rams can be a little sloppy. They were
Speaker 1: sloppy Week eighteen against San Francisco, seventeen. Nothing lost. Certainly
Speaker 1: sloppy against Tampa. There's no way that game should have
Speaker 1: gone down. And if he didn't make that pass, it
Speaker 1: would have lost. If that game win into overtime, and
Speaker 1: even an even niner game, that should not have been
Speaker 1: that difficult. With San Francisco and they you know, they
Speaker 1: threw the interception early in the game, and you know
Speaker 1: they were a little sloppy there too, And I think
Speaker 1: if they're sloppy in this when they could lose, I
Speaker 1: think this is a dead even game. I would take
Speaker 1: the points because since I could win the game out right,
Speaker 1: since I could lose and cover, the Rams could win
Speaker 1: the game outright, and they could win and not cover
Speaker 1: like they did against San Francisco three and a half.
Speaker 1: They did not cover, So I would take the points.
Speaker 1: With Cincinnati in the mid twenties, so I'd go with
Speaker 1: the under, but I'm gonna bet the Bengals in this game.
Speaker 1: I might even take him on the money line one seventies.
Speaker 1: Tough language, yeah, but I do think and the key
Speaker 1: with the money line with that is find a to
Speaker 1: a parley and find something college basketball in the NBA
Speaker 1: and over or under the chill, like and then put
Speaker 1: it with the parlay because then you'll get at the
Speaker 1: plus one seventy you make you get a big hit,
Speaker 1: did Chris mad dak Russo? Just break out the rainmaker?
Speaker 1: That's why I got it. That's why I That's how
Speaker 1: I do it. That is amazing. Yeah, it feels like
Speaker 1: one of those games. Maybe neither team wants to be ahead.
Speaker 1: I kind of like both of these teams coming from behind.
Speaker 1: The Rams actually have been in some tough spots and
Speaker 1: they crawl their way out of it. And I think
Speaker 1: the Bengals at this point are confident in any situation,
Speaker 1: but especially when they're trailing. That's kind of when they
Speaker 1: let Joe Burrow be Joe Burrow. So it's a spot
Speaker 1: where whoever is leading in the fourth quarter, especially if
Speaker 1: it's the Rams, I'm with you, I'm not that confident
Speaker 1: in who's going to be ahead. That's I agree. I
Speaker 1: think it's a game and I don't like the Bengal
Speaker 1: offensive line against this matchup, so that does worry me.
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that the Bengals are gonna win.
Speaker 1: I like the four and a half better. But if
Speaker 1: you want a big payout, and you say what the heck,
Speaker 1: let's go for it. Take the Bengals on the money
Speaker 1: line and find something this week. And you know, here's
Speaker 1: what I just parlay it with like crighton over I
Speaker 1: had the overst what I'm doing that I will I
Speaker 1: will find a parlay something and I will find one,
Speaker 1: and if I lose a couple, I won't mind. I'll
Speaker 1: still play it and eventually I'll get it. Because if
Speaker 1: you get the Bengals with the parlor, You're gonna make
Speaker 1: you do well. So I won't be deterred if I
Speaker 1: open up a party and lose, I'll try another one,
Speaker 1: and another one and another one, and eventually I'll get it.
Speaker 1: And then if the Bengals have a win, you're gonna
Speaker 1: make up for a couple of losses and you're in
Speaker 1: good shape. Plus it takes some pressure off you Sunday
Speaker 1: you don't feel like you get a bet. He got
Speaker 1: the Bengals out of money. Let anyway, we're I mean
Speaker 1: Mark and I are were renters. We're looking to buy homes.
Speaker 1: I think this is a great but that's how that's
Speaker 1: what I'll do this weekend. We're forbidden from betting on
Speaker 1: the NFL, but really a point taking. I mean, if
Speaker 1: we could leave, there's a camera right up there, Chris
Speaker 1: Roger Goodell like beams right into his office. Um. This
Speaker 1: is actually a great segue into how we wanted to
Speaker 1: have a talk about the game with you, Chris, which
Speaker 1: is let's do some over unders. Yeah alright, so we'll
Speaker 1: we'll set it up this way, and I'll start with
Speaker 1: a guy that to me has been a weird guy
Speaker 1: to figure out, not just uh in this season, but
Speaker 1: really going back to his Giant days, and he really
Speaker 1: stepped up in the NFC title game and had that
Speaker 1: game they really needed Odell Beckham Jr. When he is
Speaker 1: their true number two, the offense cooks. But he's known
Speaker 1: to disappear at times too. He's he's, you know, enigmatic guy. Now,
Speaker 1: Odell Beckham Junr. Receiving yards. I'm setting the over under
Speaker 1: it ninety nine and a half. That's to that you know,
Speaker 1: I don't think it will be that high. Is that
Speaker 1: it was one and a half in the championship game
Speaker 1: and I took the all with just with Mike Lombardi,
Speaker 1: who I have on a air on Fridays at five
Speaker 1: o'clock to do the picks and a hit it so
Speaker 1: half slu strong because you know Cup is gonna be great,
Speaker 1: So I would go under that. I would say somewhere
Speaker 1: in the seventy yard make for them, which works for
Speaker 1: them because he's a red zone guy. Tell I love
Speaker 1: Higgins over for Cincinnati. Well, that that I like in
Speaker 1: Super Bowls, and I checked. You know they do specials
Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, so you can do oh B
Speaker 1: J versus T Higgins and it doesn't even matter what
Speaker 1: the number is, which number two receiver, because I think
Speaker 1: that's a huge part of this game because they're gonna
Speaker 1: have to do everything they can to take away Cup.
Speaker 1: I think te Higgins big receiver matched up against Darius
Speaker 1: Williams or Long some of the secondary cornerbacks. If you're
Speaker 1: looking for a weakness, Higgins on that because he'll get
Speaker 1: some chances. He had a good game against I had
Speaker 1: him too in the over in the championship game, and
Speaker 1: I got that again with just took a prop with
Speaker 1: Lombardi making some picks. I'm didn't bet it, but I
Speaker 1: like that too in this matchup. In general, I think
Speaker 1: since NI does it goes the third receiver here is
Speaker 1: better than Jefferson, and that is Boyd I get it,
Speaker 1: but you've got nobody the greatest receiving season I've ever
Speaker 1: seen in my life, and you've got Odell Beckham as
Speaker 1: the number two. I don't. I don't chases kind of
Speaker 1: it's close under. All right, this may not be out
Speaker 1: there in the desert, but how many times does Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald come within a foot or closer of Joe Burrow.
Speaker 1: I'm putting the over under at five point five that
Speaker 1: I take the over. He will be into it. Now
Speaker 1: they're gonna triple team him. That's like, Yeah, problem with
Speaker 1: the bet is if you take that over is that
Speaker 1: you know that's the number one, that signment he's not
Speaker 1: gonna hurt on QB, so somebody else allow that defensive
Speaker 1: line will be great. So that's the way I would
Speaker 1: look at it instead of Donald. But you know, don
Speaker 1: know it is so good he's going to be into it,
Speaker 1: and a Bengal offensive line spotty. I would I keep
Speaker 1: going back to that NFC title game, in that moment
Speaker 1: when they showed on the sidelines, he's this generational talent,
Speaker 1: Donald in the prime of his career in this huge
Speaker 1: spot to use a Chris Russo's on our show for
Speaker 1: a hundred years in a big spot, and he then
Speaker 1: takes over the game with the rest of that defensive line.
Speaker 1: And now here he is in the super Bowl with
Speaker 1: a chance to really stamp his legacy. I could absolutely
Speaker 1: see Donald's going nuts and he could have a big game.
Speaker 1: I completely agree. And at offensive line, you know, nine
Speaker 1: sacks against Tennessee. He had two huge scrambles in the
Speaker 1: chief game to get the first down, remember that in
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, which ended up giving him a lead
Speaker 1: before the Chiefs tided the last drive. That offense line
Speaker 1: is worried. Donald could have a big guest, especially on
Speaker 1: the interior that if von Miller starts winning on the
Speaker 1: left side. I mean, talk about an all time great
Speaker 1: who cemented his legacy in his Super Bowl and now
Speaker 1: can do it again. It's scary. That's to me, the
Speaker 1: worst case scenario for this game, because that could be
Speaker 1: could have that could be a game record. If you
Speaker 1: like game, if you like the Rams, that's that's your argument.
Speaker 1: My defensive line is gonna dominate Cincinnati. If you like Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: a little karma. Stafford can make a big mistake and
Speaker 1: the Rams have been slopping these fourth quarters. Well, let's
Speaker 1: talk let's talk Stafford then, because I think, yeah, that
Speaker 1: is the Bengals over under Stafford interceptions one and a half,
Speaker 1: that's the number you'd have to pick. Uh, see that
Speaker 1: I have more experience with this than these guys. They're
Speaker 1: just will run the ball that well, So he's gonna
Speaker 1: have to throw it. I would say, over, I think
Speaker 1: he's gonna He always throws. There's always a couple even
Speaker 1: in his good games that are up for gas. And
Speaker 1: then it's up to the defense Cisco. I mean I
Speaker 1: had that that ball is quote by the defensive back,
Speaker 1: the Rams might lose that game with ten minutes ago,
Speaker 1: I would say, over, that's a good one. I would say,
Speaker 1: that's right on the number one. I'll stay over the
Speaker 1: one and a half. It's all right, how about this?
Speaker 1: Now it's gonna get a little trick here. You know
Speaker 1: the halftime show Dr dre headlining with Eminem, Mary J.
Speaker 1: Blige and over under songs recognized by Mad Dog during
Speaker 1: the show one and a half, zero under back under. Uh,
Speaker 1: that would be like saying to my son, who's nineteen
Speaker 1: at Wisconsin over under songs. You know, if it was
Speaker 1: Crosbie steals a Nash over they're a leg at this point.
Speaker 1: They're not a new act. This is like, for the
Speaker 1: most part, from the early nineties. I mean, you're you're
Speaker 1: a young man. I would you know, I'm not listen.
Speaker 1: If you had Joni Mitchell up there, I'd get every
Speaker 1: single one of them. If you'd have se if you
Speaker 1: had to c. S n Y you have had and
Speaker 1: Steals up there, and you O'Neil young in I get everything.
Speaker 1: If you get the birds up there with Roger McGuinn,
Speaker 1: all the classic rockers that have moved off Spotify, with
Speaker 1: the Joe Rogan scale, put them on a stage, and
Speaker 1: then Chris Russo is going I get I get them.
Speaker 1: Any of those acts are you familiar with? My mom
Speaker 1: used to play Jony Chilling the car. I'm going to
Speaker 1: Laurel Canyon tonight for dinner because Laurel Canyon is where
Speaker 1: everybody that documentary job Tonight for dinner with three Quarters
Speaker 1: because who Talk? And I had in February best spot
Speaker 1: I've ever done, and not the best, but a very
Speaker 1: good one an hour on Zoom and he played six
Speaker 1: songs with mcgwinn. That's you know, Roger mcgwen, Turn, Turn, Turn,
Speaker 1: eight miles Oh, I loved it. I think we're going
Speaker 1: to the top. You giving Mark a good job for
Speaker 1: the Laurel Any documentary that opens with Tom Petty going
Speaker 1: through a guitar shop. Yeah, that was That was Echo
Speaker 1: Canyon one. This is Laurel Ken. You know. How about
Speaker 1: just the traditional over under forty and a half. I
Speaker 1: actually I think that's interesting because gets a defensive game.
Speaker 1: I tend to think it's a little more of a
Speaker 1: defensive running game. They'd been conservative. They don't want to
Speaker 1: make this than either team covering or winning, because I
Speaker 1: think it might be a who can play the softer,
Speaker 1: more boring coverage that just forces you to make long
Speaker 1: drives that takes up clock and force field goals and
Speaker 1: each eight or nine possessions and there's more running, and
Speaker 1: that means not a lot of points. That's the problem
Speaker 1: with the With the unders, though, you're woting for tackles
Speaker 1: and punch takes away the fun of the game. I
Speaker 1: don't like that because I want you who want I
Speaker 1: want to touchdowns in big plays. So that's why I
Speaker 1: wouldn't play it under in this game based on that alone.
Speaker 1: I don't like playing unders when you're watching That's why
Speaker 1: I want to lose money because they all bet over. Now,
Speaker 1: you guys are good with this. He's our guy and
Speaker 1: and yes a true foil And Chris Russo, I didn't
Speaker 1: know you were that much into this. Maybe it's I
Speaker 1: don't gamble this much like your seventh contract. Uh maybe
Speaker 1: sixty two years of age. That usually throwing you out
Speaker 1: of the freaking business instead of giving you another chair.
Speaker 1: So that's that job. Once a week, I'm gonna have
Speaker 1: to go in there and be from one for you.
Speaker 1: This is a traditional I'm very into when this happens,
Speaker 1: it's it's, um, it's rare, but um, we've seen it
Speaker 1: on Monday Night football animals running on the field and
Speaker 1: not not part of the halftime show. Were not orchestrated,
Speaker 1: but just a random animal that's gotten into we'ere in
Speaker 1: l a. Anything can happen. Um. I'm just putting at
Speaker 1: zero point five because we're thinking black hats scenario from
Speaker 1: the Monday Night fe years ago, a rare event, but
Speaker 1: it possibly. I live on the West Sidetes, it's it's
Speaker 1: it's a jungle out here and this is a wonder. Hey,
Speaker 1: if you got a place to live in the world.
Speaker 1: Southern California. You'd be a lot wor this is a umble.
Speaker 1: I live here in a minute. I would have a
Speaker 1: lot of security. It's a new stadium. I don't know
Speaker 1: the area that well on how many lots I would
Speaker 1: it seems safe, all right, Chris, before we let you
Speaker 1: go last year, Well, first of all, so nailed the
Speaker 1: exact score two years ago, Chris, did I really get
Speaker 1: the number the exactly he's talking about it? I'm just
Speaker 1: not aware of that. I just listen to Joni Mitchell
Speaker 1: and replay your circle game. Go ahead. So alright, so
Speaker 1: you got the mad Dog. We'd like a score, and
Speaker 1: then we need a check in on your TV habits,
Speaker 1: what you're watching right now. Last year you gave us
Speaker 1: a really deep and nuanced give you a good one
Speaker 1: with the tv UM score. I want to go with
Speaker 1: the under. I think the Bengals. I want to take
Speaker 1: Cincinnati under what and a half? My first inclinition, W
Speaker 1: that's on over, So I'll say Bengals. That's good, and
Speaker 1: you're on the side where I think our heart is
Speaker 1: with the Bengals. This week, I think Chris, who you
Speaker 1: mentioned his families from Cincinnati's brothers are coming in for
Speaker 1: the game. I didn't know. It's an emotional, sentimental pick.
Speaker 1: I think we're all kind of bank I also believe
Speaker 1: in karma, and the Bengals are due the franchise they do.
Speaker 1: They looked the two to San Francisco they do to
Speaker 1: win one. The franchises due to win one Rams one
Speaker 1: in St. Louis maybe an anti Crunky and toil now,
Speaker 1: so I would say that, I would say the Karma
Speaker 1: will take that. It was a clear good guy here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: don't tell many the Bengals are. My Jets haven't even
Speaker 1: been back to the games. Yeah, Wilson will be good.
Speaker 1: I think Salo knows what he's doing. I think the
Speaker 1: Jets making an improvement. You know. I just read a
Speaker 1: I'm trying to get him on. I just read a
Speaker 1: great book, The Boys, Ron Howard and his brother Clint
Speaker 1: Clint good job knowing that growing up in Hollywood in
Speaker 1: Burbank being child Actors. Book came out in October. I
Speaker 1: saw him on a Today's Show. So I got it
Speaker 1: from my wife for Christmas. She didn't want to read it.
Speaker 1: I did. I just finished so good and so what
Speaker 1: I did this weekend, and I've seen a lot of
Speaker 1: the Howard movies, but I went to two that I
Speaker 1: hadn't seen, and believe it or not, I've had Howard on.
Speaker 1: He's a huge Dodger fan, Ronnie Howard. And on March first,
Speaker 1: two thousand and thirteen, I did a spring training show
Speaker 1: for radio in Glendale. Guests. Who was there Howard because
Speaker 1: he loves the Dodger. Yeah, he was in Glendale and
Speaker 1: he I had him off for twenty minutes and he
Speaker 1: was working on and not yet released Rush, the Niki
Speaker 1: lauda movie with Hunt about the race car drivers. So
Speaker 1: this weekend I watched it very good. And so the
Speaker 1: next night, Sunday night, nothing on TV. Sunday is a
Speaker 1: terrible night of sports. Who cares about Tom HOGI went
Speaker 1: in the p g A and hey, we just talked
Speaker 1: the Probo m v P Justin Herbert. He was very
Speaker 1: proud of the Pro Bowl and he was the MVP.
Speaker 1: I have him on tomorrow. But anyway, so I went
Speaker 1: to watch Howard's documentary they did in two thousand and
Speaker 1: sixteen on the Beatles. It's a forty five minutes a
Speaker 1: lot about why they stopped touring and everything, and Howard
Speaker 1: was a big Beatles fan. So right now, I'm into
Speaker 1: the Ron Howard thing because of that book, two and
Speaker 1: fifty nine episodes of Opie in the Andy Griffith Show,
Speaker 1: American Graffiti, into into Happy Days, and then all the
Speaker 1: great movies he directed. You know, he's won two he's
Speaker 1: won nominated millions of times for Roscers, and he wanted
Speaker 1: to Oscar for Beautiful Mind. He's probably a lot of
Speaker 1: wished much more as a director. But I mean, I
Speaker 1: think I've seen every episode of Happy Days too, so
Speaker 1: it's burned into the mind. And you know, he signed
Speaker 1: a seven year contract with Happy Days, and he was
Speaker 1: annoyed because that show became Henry Winkler, and but he
Speaker 1: was the second so they redid his contract with two
Speaker 1: years to go to give him more money because Winkler
Speaker 1: was making a fortune. And anyone do that to Howard,
Speaker 1: and I said, you know, what make you happy? Would
Speaker 1: give you more money for the hi by the end
Speaker 1: of at the end of that show Henry Winkler, the
Speaker 1: Fonds had supernatural abilities to start music. He literally jumped
Speaker 1: over a shark, creating the Jump the Shark Yale Yale
Speaker 1: Yale Acting School for Winkler and Winkler and pow are
Speaker 1: the best buddies anyway. So I'm into the Ron House.
Speaker 1: I love It's the recommendation I gave you guys at
Speaker 1: Want can you uh Cincinnati weird Bets? And and before
Speaker 1: you go, I just want to make sure, because you've
Speaker 1: said it so many times on the show, in a
Speaker 1: big spot you don't have that, like in terms of litigation,
Speaker 1: you haven't copyrighted that or anything in a big spot. No,
Speaker 1: in a big spot, I have it. Now, May what's
Speaker 1: the way you're looking for? You got that? Got that?
Speaker 1: You better watch out? Dan might trademark in a big
Speaker 1: spot for himself, would never do. That's a good big spot,
Speaker 1: good respect for Chris. I like that. That's what It's
Speaker 1: a sports term. Absolutely, it's amazing, all right. Christopher mad
Speaker 1: Dog Russo headlines the Mad Duck Sports radio channel on
Speaker 1: Sirius XM and host his own podcast called Digging Up
Speaker 1: the Past or I'm checking that out. It's like you,
Speaker 1: Mr Russo, there you go. I mean, this is I
Speaker 1: think it is the fourth year we've done it with
Speaker 1: mad Dog and every year I just leave tickled pink
Speaker 1: and gross and also like, isn't it weird? Mark when
Speaker 1: he does say, because he said it to you a
Speaker 1: couple of times, and I got one as well on
Speaker 1: Clint Howard and Greg at the end when he says
Speaker 1: good job about you, Well, it's in the middle of
Speaker 1: a point you actually, it like lights me up inside
Speaker 1: like a Christmas tree. It's the it's the interview we
Speaker 1: do each year. Um and I, you know, I should
Speaker 1: break out of this where it's like again I'm staring
Speaker 1: at him and just like I just get lost. I'm like,
Speaker 1: I forget that I'm here and I don't. There's no
Speaker 1: tangible thoughts running through my head, and I think it
Speaker 1: shows to the listener. I think that's what we're looking
Speaker 1: for in life, like moments where we completely disassociate, you know,
Speaker 1: and there your next deal here. No, it's great you.
Speaker 1: I actually I totally agree you will big time when
Speaker 1: he said good When he says good job, it does
Speaker 1: it's like, Oh, I just did a good job. That
Speaker 1: makes me feel good. And I think he was joking
Speaker 1: about it. Because my dog has been around now for
Speaker 1: thirty plus years. Um as like you know, a major figure.
Speaker 1: Like when he starts rolling into all that like talk,
Speaker 1: it's like it's because he's evolved and that's become a
Speaker 1: much bigger part of the sports, and we kind of
Speaker 1: we don't hit it as hard, and I think that
Speaker 1: we do that on some level on purpose because we
Speaker 1: don't want to be become just another gambling show. But
Speaker 1: it's it's funny how how big it's become throughout sports,
Speaker 1: and Russo is adapted with the times and evolved, as
Speaker 1: have the NFL. You know many of these shows. What
Speaker 1: about your coming up later this week by FanDuel. Yeah,
Speaker 1: check out game debut Friday night in NFL Network Saturday.
Speaker 1: I love the halftime talk with him too, and it
Speaker 1: made me think of the Super Bowl in Miami where
Speaker 1: we were all dying laughing because we're like West, you
Speaker 1: could pay any super Bowl halftime performer, and he was like, oh,
Speaker 1: Snow Allegro halftime show, it's not too late. In fairness,
Speaker 1: he was like kind of a young, cool artist. That
Speaker 1: was surprising. It was just it was there wasn't really
Speaker 1: hesitation from West. I remember, like Snow like a play
Speaker 1: halftime show. Uh. Speaking speaking of plugs, the NFL UH
Speaker 1: network has a program that stars us called The Around
Speaker 1: the NFL Broadcast and you can check that out Saturday
Speaker 1: seven a m. Eastern with three rs throughout the day.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be our kind of Super Bowl TV preview special. Ricky,
Speaker 1: you get a plug in there of course, because oh no,
Speaker 1: lewis the big time pump up of movies. It's unnecessary
Speaker 1: and I will not forgive and I will not forget. Uh,
Speaker 1: you have a podcast venture with NFL Media and you
Speaker 1: have a big show coming up. You want to get
Speaker 1: into some plugs. Oh yeah, Split Ends this week on
Speaker 1: Radio Row too. We've got some things. I forgot the
Speaker 1: name of the show temporarily, so that's why I set
Speaker 1: it up like that. But I know you do a
Speaker 1: show with Colleen. Split Ends fell out of my mind.
Speaker 1: I didn't have to share that necessarily. Yeah, thank you
Speaker 1: for that. It's total honestly, it's cool. We've got some
Speaker 1: some cool guests coming up. Deebo, Samuel Robert Woods is
Speaker 1: on Pat McAfee's on Today's a Good Job. Yeah, thanks,
Speaker 1: it's good. Get and then I'll be on the red
Speaker 1: Carpet tomorrow on My thirty for NFL on or something.
Speaker 1: Want me to sing Happy Birthday to you on our
Speaker 1: next episode? Um all like Marilyn Monroe to JFK. You
Speaker 1: have to wear the white dress and we have to
Speaker 1: get like a fog like that. I remember Tybee Island?
Speaker 1: This is We're fine? What happened on Tybe Island day?
Speaker 1: Mr Press? Do you want to do you care to
Speaker 1: share that? What? No, we can't talk about that? Well
Speaker 1: can we? I don't know, talk about what? You mentioned
Speaker 1: something on island? No? No, we cannot talk about okay,
Speaker 1: not now. I just want to see if there was
Speaker 1: a green light on that. But there isn't. Asleep during
Speaker 1: you were not? Do you guys remember what I wore
Speaker 1: at that Bachelor at party where we all dressed up
Speaker 1: like Britney Spears. Do you remember that my school? I do?
Speaker 1: I do recall that? Yes? Yeah, it was nice? All right? Well,
Speaker 1: all right, that's it for today's show. Thank you to
Speaker 1: everyone for listening. So, yes, we have the Network show
Speaker 1: coming up on Saturday. We have our Yes, the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl fifty six preview. That's the episode where we're gonna
Speaker 1: dig in deep on the big Game, including our sandwich
Speaker 1: props uh for the big Game. So we don't say
Speaker 1: the big Game, could you say super Bowl? Super Bowl?
Speaker 1: Super Bowl? So that's Friday. Make sure you check that out.
Speaker 1: And of course Sunday night, right after the game, we
Speaker 1: will be breaking down the winner and loser. Also our
Speaker 1: lock picks coming up on Friday. Decision. I'm still I've
Speaker 1: not made a decision yet, That's what all. That's all.
Speaker 1: We're all leave it interesting. Is that true to come true?
Speaker 1: Why would why? Why? What would we assume that I'm
Speaker 1: lying when I say that? Yeah, okay, well I'm not
Speaker 1: so little? The lock breakdown and um and then Sunday night, Yes,
Speaker 1: we'll the flagship program, wrapping up another year of football.
Speaker 1: This is it for now, Dan Hanson signing it out
Speaker 1: for a quiet storm. The old boss Ricky Hollywood. Thanks
Speaker 1: to all of our guests. Where's that spider? Good job?
Speaker 1: By all? Use until Friday, he'd the call, don't really
Speaker 1: if we got to find that, because that crawls on me,
Speaker 1: I'm not going to be as calm as Greg like
Speaker 1: I'm it'll lose my ship. Big. He had some He
Speaker 1: had some girth to him, though, if you just wrot
Speaker 1: a thick, he's pretty girth crawled up the wood. Little
Speaker 1: mary S