WEBVTT - The Group Chat Episode 6: Dress Rehearsal 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:02.440 This week on the group chat, we are talking about 0:00:02.520 --> 0:00:05.240 what we want to see in this dress rehearsal of 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:07.800 a game against the Patriots. I want to see the 0:00:07.800 --> 0:00:10.840 guys we haven't seen before, Cam Christian, I mean you 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.440 mentioned on Caroline, Luke, Greg those four. We haven't seen 0:00:13.480 --> 0:00:16.320 it all in the preseason. We're also answering the question 0:00:16.600 --> 0:00:20.360 what else in life needs a dress rehearsal. When I 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:24.520 do karaoke, I take it kind of seriously. So I've 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:27.440 had those times where you think that you know the 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:30.080 song and then you get up there and you don't 0:00:30.080 --> 0:00:32.960 know the songs. All of this and so much more 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:36.680 on the group chat, including the biggest topics from social 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:49.760 media this week. You've been added to the group chat 0:00:49.960 --> 0:00:53.519 with your friends Caroline, can Max Sensen, and Will Brian. 0:00:55.080 --> 0:00:58.600 I feel like no sports podcast can start without talking 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:02.480 about the fact that Antonio Brown wore a helmet at 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:05.800 practice that is allowed in the NFL. We did it. 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:07.960 We can move on now. But we're now going to 0:01:08.040 --> 0:01:10.360 move on to a more hot topic for the three 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.480 of us. Must let the people know what chicken sandwich 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:17.959 are we going to eat? If presented with Wendy's Popeye's 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:20.760 Chick fil A or Bojangles are lovely sponsored bo j 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:24.360 Angles boys, what are you doing so here? This is 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:28.640 this came up today actually because Popeye's has this new 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:32.560 spicy chicken sandwich that I'm dying to try. I don't 0:01:32.560 --> 0:01:38.560 know Popeyes. I've never had. Yeah, I think Popeye's is outstanding. 0:01:38.560 --> 0:01:40.760 What do you what's your Popeyes? I've never had Popeyes 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:44.920 either Angles Loyal? Matt have you ever had Popeyes? Matts 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:50.400 had Popeyes? How have you guys? Never had Popeyes? Loyal? Yes? 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:53.560 So Bojangles isn't around as much as Popeye's is in 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:56.480 other parts of the country, So I guess that's that's reasonable. Well, 0:01:56.480 --> 0:02:01.600 they're doing it wrong. But Popeyes? And now where's the 0:02:01.640 --> 0:02:04.280 Stasia when you needed? So? She was obviously, you know, 0:02:04.720 --> 0:02:08.400 leading the Popeye's train, being from New Orleans and she 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.280 was beating down so much about Popeye she had to 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.240 go to d C shout out to a Stasia getting 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:17.040 a job with DC United. But this also, this like 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.040 social media thing happened after Popeye's like revealed their new 0:02:20.040 --> 0:02:22.760 spicy chicken sandwich, right, well, Phillison and like what happened? 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:28.960 Then the problem come to the chat? Yeah, no, no, no, 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.480 I don't know the chronology of it. I just saw 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:36.320 kind of the twelve hours later or the ten hours later. 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.440 I only saw the graphics once they were made. Yeah, 0:02:39.440 --> 0:02:42.680 I just know that that. I guess it started with 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:46.480 popeye'es and then Wendy's jumped in, and then Bojangles tried. 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:49.280 Wendy's is always very sassy on two right, of course 0:02:49.360 --> 0:02:52.720 they always win, and so bo j Angles tried with 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:56.280 like the biscuit, and then Wendy's was like that biscuit 0:02:56.320 --> 0:02:58.920 looks pretty dry there, just like your sense of humor. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:04.200 It was just like I will say, like it is 0:03:04.240 --> 0:03:09.240 hard to sports. Twitter is king. I think we can 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.040 say that, like they're the ones that they have the 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.240 most accounts. They have the most, you know, at least 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.000 all my feed because that's all I follow. But the 0:03:17.040 --> 0:03:21.400 fast food Twitter is Twitter is quickly becoming a favorite, 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:23.480 and this was one of the reasons why. But here 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:25.600 at the Carolina Panthers, we love bo j Angles, so 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:27.280 we're just gonna roll with that. But I'm glad we 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.480 could get that off of our chicks. That Antonio Brown 0:03:29.520 --> 0:03:31.760 showed up with a helmet he has allowed to play 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:36.880 and apparently Max likes pop up. The number six at 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:39.600 Wendy's is a stable. If you've never gotten through Wendy's 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:41.240 and had yourself a number six, you're doing it wrong. 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:44.560 Let's just let's just be honest. Uh, spicy chicken sandwich. 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:47.400 I haven't done that, and I still I still go 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:49.240 with the one from Chick fil A number one and 0:03:50.360 --> 0:03:52.520 is great to beat up. But I'm being steer. This 0:03:52.560 --> 0:03:56.840 isn't because boj was a sponsor, but Bojangles Chicken biscuit 0:03:56.920 --> 0:04:02.360 for breakfast. At me, it's the best. Matt shaking his head, 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:04.680 He's with me on that. Let's go all right, guys, 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:06.960 welcome to the group chat. I'm glad we got the 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.840 big discussions out of the way. It sounds like producer 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:12.080 Matt just cracked up in a beer, but that was 0:04:15.280 --> 0:04:19.480 that was right. We just want to put that out there. 0:04:20.200 --> 0:04:23.480 But we are going to talk football because the Panthers. 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:26.800 It's dress rehearsal time. It's week three of the preseason, 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:29.640 and we're gonna see some starters. Can we get excited 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:32.080 about that? Because every single week we're sitting down. Are 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:33.839 we gonna see Cam Newton? Are we going to see 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:37.280 c mc? The answer is Yes, get excited. This is 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.880 the week you're one and only time to see him 0:04:39.880 --> 0:04:42.720 in the preseason too. Enjoy it. Greg Olsen had a 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.560 great quote. I was asking him about this sense of urgency. 0:04:45.600 --> 0:04:48.680 There's two weeks left until the regular season. So all 0:04:48.760 --> 0:04:51.560 these questions we've been having about this position, that position, 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.360 how are they working together? Else? Is there a sense 0:04:53.360 --> 0:04:55.960 of urgency now with two weeks left? And he said 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.320 there is because after this game, like the prec sends 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:03.400 over for this roster, there's still guys that young guys 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:06.040 that are fighting for that roster spot and their super 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:08.479 Bowl is that week four. But for a majority of 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:11.039 the players that we are going to watch this season, 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:15.279 the regular season starts Friday. For them, they're already being 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:17.839 handed stuff. You know about the Rams, this is what 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:19.400 we need to know. This is how we're gonna game plan. 0:05:19.560 --> 0:05:23.560 So um, it's here. But this dress rehearsal is the 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:27.760 last time for them to really fine tune a game situation, 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.240 because Luke kick Ley has said it. You can simulate 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:33.560 all you want to, but it's really the game that 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:35.040 is going to allow them, and he's getting the first 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:36.680 chance to to get out there on the field I'm 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:38.600 excited to see it. He did, he did play a 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:40.520 little bit. This is the first time with the full defense. 0:05:40.640 --> 0:05:42.839 They're gonna get multiple series. I'm excited to see what 0:05:42.839 --> 0:05:44.719 they look like. I have to admit there's there's a 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:49.600 part of me that like, I'm gonna be watching Greg nervously, 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:58.839 like every step that he takes every year. Um, literally, 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.280 you know it's you're just you're just waiting for something. 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:08.200 You're It's so like because they asked they asked Ron 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:10.880 that today during during the postgame press commence, like are 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.680 you nervous like to watch cam like every hit? He's like, 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.880 I'm nervous every time came want walks in the field. 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.720 But this is this is what this is. It's football. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.279 You know, when you go out there, it's football, and 0:06:21.279 --> 0:06:23.560 you're gonna you take hits and you deliver hits, and 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:25.920 that's what it is. But I do think there's or 0:06:26.040 --> 0:06:28.680 you take a step and you step wrong. I mean 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.880 like it's literally sometimes like Greg stepped on a guy's cleat, 0:06:32.040 --> 0:06:35.720 you know. I mean I think Ron also said it's 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.440 crazy out there. Anything can happen, and I think that's 0:06:38.440 --> 0:06:41.200 why they've been so cautious up until this point, right, mean, 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.320 I think they need they know, they need to get 0:06:43.320 --> 0:06:44.880 the guys out there for a little bit of taste 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:47.080 of game action. But clearly this year has been a 0:06:47.080 --> 0:06:48.599 bit of a different approach. We haven't seen them at 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:50.120 all in the first game, hadn't seen him at all 0:06:50.160 --> 0:06:51.479 in the second game. This is the one and all 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.000 the time we're going to see them. That's a that's 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:55.960 different than what Ron had typically done in the past. 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:57.680 And some people even say, you know, do we need 0:06:57.720 --> 0:07:00.560 to see him in this game? And someone argue, yes, 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.279 I mean, I think they've got to have You've got 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:06.080 to have some live game action. You can't just you know, 0:07:06.200 --> 0:07:08.880 roll out week one. And I feel like practices were 0:07:09.040 --> 0:07:11.200 enough to get you at you know, where you need 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:12.640 to be. But don't you wish you could say that 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:16.520 about other things, like, Hey, before I go on this 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:20.280 first date, I need a dress rehearsal of what's this, 0:07:20.640 --> 0:07:23.400 what's going to happen? Like what what do I need 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.680 to know about this first date before I actually go 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:28.560 on the first day. Don't you wish you could do that? 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:30.400 I wish I could do that. Feel like this is 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.640 what dating profiles are trying to do. It's like, Hey, 0:07:32.960 --> 0:07:35.920 I like this, my interest is this, I'm this tall, 0:07:36.080 --> 0:07:38.240 I'm from this part of the country, and all all 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:42.000 of these things, but you don't really know until you 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:43.880 walk on that door. I wish first dates how to 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.120 dress rehearsal. Agreed. I feel like I've been on enough 0:07:47.160 --> 0:07:50.560 of them. Will, if you ever get to know Charles 0:07:50.720 --> 0:07:54.960 Will McFadden, Brian, I've never heard first date stories like 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.400 this man right here, he's got some good ones. You're 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.720 not going to hear him on this podcast. That's the 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.680 different a podcast. Yeah, yeah, that's that's the one where 0:08:03.680 --> 0:08:10.400 that's sprite act Like, that's that's the one, Like, oh 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.040 my gosh, we're all sweating in here because his stories 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:15.880 are fantastic. But I do wish that I can have 0:08:15.920 --> 0:08:18.960 a dress rehearsal just a life. Sometimes it would be 0:08:19.000 --> 0:08:20.840 nice to have a dress rehearsal applied to a lot 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.360 of different things in life, like well, what else? What 0:08:23.440 --> 0:08:25.840 else would be a good thing? All of Will's first 0:08:25.920 --> 0:08:28.880 dates and aside from the first date, I mean, what else? 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:32.679 Think that the first dates are never mind? No? Like 0:08:32.920 --> 0:08:35.559 so I'm one of those people. Much too many people's 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.720 chagrined that I when I do karaoke. I take it 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:44.000 kind of seriously. So I've had those times where you know, 0:08:44.800 --> 0:08:47.160 you think that you know the song and then you 0:08:47.200 --> 0:08:49.800 get up there and you don't know the song and 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.120 you're already into the song. And it's that's why you 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:57.520 have the monitor with the will to Uh No, you've 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:01.360 got to you've got to hear it. You've gotta tempo, yeah, 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.080 you know, you gotta you gotta get everything right, you know. 0:09:03.280 --> 0:09:05.400 I wish I could. I wish you could just have 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:07.240 like a dress wrostal where you know, you go through it, 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.440 you remember all the parts, you remember how high it 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:13.080 goes in the chorus. You know, like everything, everything is ready, 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:14.360 and then you can go up there and do it. 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:16.920 Not to mention, I feel like when you do karaoke, 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.400 unless you're that special breed of human that decides to 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:22.640 do it sober, you are going to forget how high 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:26.160 that chorus gets. Oh no, it gets high. What's your 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.160 good to karaoke? So it's changed over time. You see 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:31.960 how he's so ready for that. Of course, like I 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:34.520 had a list used it used to be wonder wall 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:40.480 and go ahead and grown collective, collectively grown um and 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.640 then and then it just kind of. I did some 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.079 Mumford and Sons there for a while, went through a 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:48.719 Mumford and Mumford and Sun's face. Yeah really yeah. Now 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:50.959 I think it's just whatever. I feel like people can 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:54.360 sing too, because that is that that is a rule 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.960 that I will adhere to. No one wants to do 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.600 a song that people can't sing too. That's the worst. Max. 0:10:00.240 --> 0:10:02.599 You don't do karaoke, do do? I seem like a 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:06.480 karaoke not at all. But you could surprise me. I would. Yeah, 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:08.520 I think I have it in me if the moment 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.240 is right. But I'm not the will type who's like 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.679 if karaoke is going on, like I'm on that stage, 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.240 I could see like a good like Josh Turner, like 0:10:16.280 --> 0:10:18.760 you know the country saying that has a really deep voice. 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:20.960 For me, I think I can Actually, you have a 0:10:21.040 --> 0:10:26.800 really you could do something. Generally, when you're told you 0:10:26.840 --> 0:10:28.600 have a good radio voice, it means people think you're 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:32.840 not very good looking in this studio. We're in the 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:37.440 radio studio right now, where people are around you. You 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.520 just called everyone in this room ugly. No, you do TV. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.200 But I'm just saying, yeah, that's generally, like it's a 0:10:43.200 --> 0:10:48.600 compliment but not really. M Mine is friends in low places. 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.160 Granted I haven't done karaoke that often, but when I don't, 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.679 it is I just feel like friends in low places. 0:10:56.760 --> 0:11:00.360 Like everyone gets into that. What about wagon wheel? Everyone 0:11:00.400 --> 0:11:04.640 knows it. I mean that's little fast for me up there, 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:07.480 like I need something slower to like. Really you just 0:11:07.520 --> 0:11:15.400 have to yell Johnson City, Tennessee. Really all right, you're right. 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:20.280 I also wish um like wedding speeches. See, now that's 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.280 the thing we were talking about this. There are dress 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:27.720 rehearsals for a wedding literally like maid of honor, best 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.640 man speech. They don't get, they don't get. I've never 0:11:30.720 --> 0:11:33.960 been to one where there's like those happen at the rehearsal. 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:38.960 But that's still speech, Like that's it. I I say 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:42.760 this more for myself because I'm I speak for a living. 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:46.000 We all do like that. We get paid to say 0:11:46.080 --> 0:11:49.520 things and to mean them and to be concise about 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.080 them and to be accurate. You put me in front 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.040 of a group talking about one of my friends. Nope, 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.600 no one's paying me to do that because I'm terrible, 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.640 and it's a different deal. I awful. How many times 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:07.040 have you done it? Four or five and just not good. 0:12:07.120 --> 0:12:09.360 I mean the first couple of ones, I was like, oh, 0:12:09.440 --> 0:12:12.200 like this shouldn't be hard. I have so much content here. 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:16.240 I can talk about it because you get emotional. Yeah, 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:19.520 I get emotional about it too. And I can talk 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:22.360 about football. We can sit here and talk about what 0:12:22.520 --> 0:12:26.239 chicken sandwich we like because you know, it's it's entertainment, 0:12:26.320 --> 0:12:28.800 it's fun. But you sent me down to be emotional 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:30.400 about a friend of mine and how much they mean 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:33.360 to me. And yeah, if the friends starts like crying 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:35.679 a little bit and you see that, and then have 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.120 you guys? Have you guys brought tears to people like 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.040 I just I just did that at my sister's wedding tears, 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:43.000 which was it was just a struggle for me. Yeah, 0:12:43.040 --> 0:12:45.120 like the voice is cracking and you're trying to like 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:48.040 did you make other people cry? Yeah, which was what 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:49.960 you want to do. Like that knows that lets you 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:53.679 know you're you've done a good job. But it's tough. 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.000 It's tough. My dress rehearsal one. I took this as 0:12:57.120 --> 0:13:00.160 like the dress rehearsal for the Panthers. Right now, it's 0:13:00.240 --> 0:13:02.000 like you get to go through a game, but it 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:05.400 doesn't really count. So I took it as like what 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:09.280 if you could like get a haircut and it doesn't count, 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:11.760 because that's one of those things like you can't go 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:14.439 back right Like, so if I really wanted to try 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.800 something crazy, it's like, well, you're stuck with it. But 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.040 in this scenario we're presenting, it's like no dress rehearsal, 0:13:22.280 --> 0:13:27.800 Like this was just we're just practicing here right now, 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:31.720 right now, I'm trying to find a hairdresser in Charlotte. Yeah, 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.880 I'm plugging it. We were literally talking about this to 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:38.920 practice today. I want this. You can just if you 0:13:39.040 --> 0:13:40.880 you know, if you like it, okay, then and when 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:42.880 the game start counting for real, let's run the same play. 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:45.920 If you don't like it. Dress rehearsal, We're good doesn't count. 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.840 Being Max, You're always good at the know. He always wins. 0:13:49.440 --> 0:13:51.160 He told me this one today. I'm like, oh, Man 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:57.240 wins again, that's a good one. Really. I had someone 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:02.160 on Instagram tell me that really anything that had them 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:05.760 result in an injury. And his example was when he 0:14:05.840 --> 0:14:10.120 was ten, he was on a roller on on roller 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.080 skits and put the leash to his dog around his 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:17.800 wrist and the dog took off and hurt him, as 0:14:17.840 --> 0:14:19.800 he felt, and he was like, I wish maybe just 0:14:19.920 --> 0:14:21.560 in my head as a ten year old, I would 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:25.000 have put myself through a rehearsal of like what could happen? 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:26.960 And that was pretty I'm like, if you don't think 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:30.400 about the consequences, yeah, like you're probably gonna want more 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:34.080 dress rehearsals. But that sounded like a pretty awesome idea. 0:14:33.720 --> 0:14:37.920 I'm gonna super fast. This is gonna be so cool. No, 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:40.200 not really, that's probably like a couple of plays that 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:45.120 these teams draw up. This is gonna be awesome. Yeah, 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.640 we're not doing that one ever. Ever again, Yes, dress rehearsals. 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:51.400 Anyone out there, have you had something happened when you're like, dang, 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:53.080 you know, I wish I could have run through that first. 0:14:53.080 --> 0:14:56.360 The haircut wins, I wish we had a like a 0:14:56.440 --> 0:15:00.480 score like Max is like four now or I'd be 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:02.320 I'd be off to a good start, right. I feel 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:03.800 like there's one that you can see to that you 0:15:03.800 --> 0:15:07.640 didn't win. Um, the first one where it was the 0:15:07.720 --> 0:15:11.840 dating show, I'm taking I'm taking a win on that one. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:14.880 So it's for one mcfadd I thought I won one 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.200 of them. McFadden just wins because his name is McFadden. 0:15:18.240 --> 0:15:21.240 I thought I won one. We're all winners here, Okay, 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:28.080 so we're not. We are not sure when the regular 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.080 season starts. We need to get a white board in here. 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.080 Can we get one of those? We got a thumbs up, 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:35.560 So if it's close, does producer Matt get to choose 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.920 as he takes a swig of beer? Just kidding, gets right? 0:15:42.800 --> 0:15:46.240 All right, but let's talk football game. We'll bring it back. 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:48.120 I'll really back in here. What do you guys want 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:51.960 to see how this dress rehearsal from the Panthers? Let 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:53.880 me go, yeah, I mean, look, I want to see 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:56.920 the guys we haven't seen before cam Christian, I mean 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.600 you mentioned Caroline, Luke, Greg, those four. We haven't seen 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.480 it all in the preseason. Um. Obviously the Pants have 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:04.880 been very cautious with him, and and so yeah, look 0:16:05.080 --> 0:16:08.440 cam Ron said today was gonna be maybe three or 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:11.120 four series, depending on things, how how things go. We 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:12.600 all want to see him get out there in a 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.040 game situation and see how that arm looks, you know, 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:19.280 the throwing motion looks with the bullets flying. Um. And 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:22.200 then yeah, Christian is another one that I think, you know, 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:26.280 entering year three, especially for running backs, you know, we 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.280 never get to see them get tackled or try to 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:31.400 break tackles in training camp, right Like everyone looks at 0:16:31.400 --> 0:16:33.240 the wire sivers, you can see them make plays on 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.760 the ball the dB same thing the running backs kind 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:37.680 of like the place stops every time they're getting close 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:40.520 to being touched. Uh So I'm curious to see how 0:16:40.600 --> 0:16:42.440 Christian himself looks. And I mean, do we want to 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.480 hear from Christian? Why don't we hear from Christian himself? Right? 0:16:44.520 --> 0:16:47.680 YEA caught up with Christian after practice. Here's Christian talking 0:16:47.680 --> 0:16:51.080 about getting ready for his preseason debut. You like being 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.760 out there, obviously it's been it's been tough to like, 0:16:53.800 --> 0:16:56.120 I just have to watch you get dressed or in uniform. 0:16:56.120 --> 0:16:57.880 You're ready to go, but then you're not playing in 0:16:57.920 --> 0:16:59.480 the preseason games. Has that's been tough for? Do you 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.080 fully unders fan? It's like, well, yeah, I mean I 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.080 I definitely understand. Uh you know, obviously I want to 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:07.120 be out there as much as possible, but completely understand. 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.280 And our coaches do such a good job taking care 0:17:09.320 --> 0:17:11.600 of us, and uh, you know, for me, it's just 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:13.600 when they tell me I'm up, I'll be ready to go. Yeah, 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.679 especially for running back. You know, you go, you go 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:18.960 through camp, but you guys, you guys get thudded up 0:17:19.000 --> 0:17:20.840 and whatnot. What are you looking forward to just like 0:17:21.040 --> 0:17:23.400 getting hit? Is that something that after a while away 0:17:23.400 --> 0:17:25.080 from it, you kind of like want to just feel 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:28.320 again to get yourself sort of ready for the season. Yeah, 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:29.760 I think, you know, I don't know if I'm looking 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.480 forward to getting him looking forward to yeah, trying to 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.840 not get hit now. But it's uh, definitely you know 0:17:35.880 --> 0:17:39.199 different once it's live contacts, live bullets against another team. Uh, 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.240 you know, you really start to get that a journal 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.680 and gone and you start to you know, get get 0:17:43.680 --> 0:17:45.679 back in your comfort zone. So I'm definitely really excited 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:48.359 for it. Have you felt just about your your camp 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:50.919 individually through this point as we're getting ready for those 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:53.280 things to really kick into high here, I felt really good. 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:55.360 I think, you know. For me, it's it's just been 0:17:55.400 --> 0:17:57.400 about trying to get better every day, you know, focusing 0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:00.160 on my details, uh you know, at all times, every 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.760 single play, and controlling what I can control, and stepping 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.879 up as a leader. North has said that in his experience. 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.760 A year two in a system, you generally start to 0:18:08.760 --> 0:18:11.280 see it pay dividends and guys are more comfortable. You 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:13.639 start to see it day in and day out. You 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:15.280 feel like that's been the case. It's not just for you, 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.720 but across the board with this whole scheme and this system. 0:18:18.760 --> 0:18:21.320 Definitely yeah, I mean, you think you've seen guys step 0:18:21.400 --> 0:18:24.159 up all the time, and are you? Are you? I 0:18:26.119 --> 0:18:28.600 think I think it's uh, you know, it's been good 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.439 to watch all of us development. I'll just see this 0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:33.240 system last year and getting more comfortable, and you know, 0:18:33.320 --> 0:18:35.119 this year, it's still been such a learning for for 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.400 all of us because we've got such a hungry group. 0:18:37.640 --> 0:18:39.360 But I think that's you know, I'm gonna pay off. 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:42.160 So but it's definitely been a lot of fun. There's 0:18:42.160 --> 0:18:43.720 been so much song about guy. It's like Curtis and 0:18:43.840 --> 0:18:47.359 DJ Cam but even like you know, Greg is out there, 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:49.800 good and healthy. I haven't just excited, are you? Just 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.879 for the wealth of weapons that you guys have and 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:57.280 going into a season with everybody feeling good and knowing 0:18:57.320 --> 0:18:59.560 what you guys can do. When everybody's feeling that way, 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:01.760 I'm really excited. At the end of the day. It's 0:19:01.760 --> 0:19:03.760 about executing and making plays, and we've got the guys 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:05.920 to do it. So for us, there's really no excuse. 0:19:06.440 --> 0:19:08.480 We've gotta come out every single day and and and 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:09.840 do do what we know how to do, you know 0:19:09.840 --> 0:19:12.159 what the weapons that we have. Yeah, you mentioned before 0:19:12.600 --> 0:19:14.200 one of the things for you at this camp, which 0:19:14.200 --> 0:19:16.640 is kind of stepping up as a leader a little bit. Uh, 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:18.960 how's that been. Obviously you've got like some young running 0:19:18.960 --> 0:19:21.560 backs in your room in particular, and yet going into 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:24.040 your three now, I mean you're you're an established guy 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:25.639 and everyone's gonna be sort of looking to you it 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.040 a little bit. Um, what's that kind of process just 0:19:28.080 --> 0:19:30.560 been like as in your third season? Not a whole lot, 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:32.240 you know. I think it's just, uh, you know, we 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:33.840 have such a great team and we've got so many 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:35.359 great leaders on the team, and so for me, it's 0:19:35.400 --> 0:19:38.400 it's upholding the standard individually by myself and and then 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:40.440 bringing guys along. You know. It's it's it's a lot 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:41.960 of fun though, when you've got guys who are bother 0:19:42.040 --> 0:19:43.399 and you don't have to do as much as talking 0:19:43.440 --> 0:19:45.680 and uh so for me, I just control what I 0:19:45.720 --> 0:19:48.080 can control, go as hard as I can all the time. 0:19:48.119 --> 0:19:50.320 And you know from there, uh, you know, if you 0:19:50.359 --> 0:19:53.000 see any corrections here there, you gotta let somebody know. 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:55.359 But at the same time, I'm always looking for looking 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.200 for advice from some of these guys too. Yeah, it's 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.640 been uh, it's been a fun fun dynamics. It's good 0:19:59.640 --> 0:20:02.320 to hear because everything in training him, like you mentioned, 0:20:02.359 --> 0:20:04.240 has been like two hand touched football for these guys, 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:06.240 and I think that's where Ron Rivera has said. What 0:20:06.320 --> 0:20:09.800