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Speaker 1: I Heart Radio. Welcome everybody to the calm WHOA did
Speaker 1: I scare you? Everybody to the Calm Down podcast. Midsip?
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Speaker 1: midsip that happens? Hi everyone, Hi, Hi, Hi Daron. I'm fantastic.
Speaker 1: Let's play a little game called where's waldo? You and I.
Speaker 1: It's the summer. I have switched locations on our podcast
Speaker 1: on the daily since I'm all over the place, as
Speaker 1: are you, So let's check in where are you this week? Aaron?
Speaker 1: I am upstairs in our house in Montana because we
Speaker 1: did a speed test and this, for some reason, seems
Speaker 1: to have better WiFi up here. So I'm still in Montana.
Speaker 1: Where are you? I am an good old lake Arrowhead
Speaker 1: O cute, okay, fine, little cottage? You think you know
Speaker 1: the one? I little one, little one. I read little
Speaker 1: no no, the little one. I read it. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: up here. I just got back from New York. I'm
Speaker 1: a did you just hear that? Out of Nisson. Did
Speaker 1: you hear that? What was it? Listen? Do you hear that?
Speaker 1: I'm trying to like Tyrone. It sounds like Jurassic Park.
Speaker 1: That Tyranno source Rex is coming through the door. Do
Speaker 1: you hear it? No, I don't hear it. Oh wow,
Speaker 1: we've got full blown bulldozers out front doing pavement because
Speaker 1: we're in a new community out here. Yeah, the entire
Speaker 1: hall shakes. You might as well think you're in California
Speaker 1: with earthquakes, or you pretend you're a character in Jurassic Park.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, like the first one. By the way,
Speaker 1: I mean no offense to any of the people in
Speaker 1: the newer ones. The soundtrack of Jurassic Park. That first
Speaker 1: one was amazing. I'm gonna be honest, I've never seen
Speaker 1: the second one. Oh tell me, you're not hearing this.
Speaker 1: My whole house is shaking. No, I'm not hearing it,
Speaker 1: but maybe I'm hearing I don't know. Um, okay, well
Speaker 1: that's great. You're in Montana. I'm like Carol Head officially
Speaker 1: out of New York. Um, and I don't know. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's what's going on over in my neck of the woods.
Speaker 1: Moving to Nashville. So we all know how much longer
Speaker 1: in Montana, I'm disclosed. Oh okay, okay, fair enough. Um
Speaker 1: I had a really fun week last week. I'll do
Speaker 1: a little self plug here. Great had a photo shoot
Speaker 1: for our line of where in Boston for fanatics and
Speaker 1: it was kind of like the first time I got
Speaker 1: to see, um, wow, my house is shaking. First time
Speaker 1: I got to see um a lot of our stuff,
Speaker 1: you know, like with the NFL on it, and you know,
Speaker 1: we did a whole thing. It was really I'm so
Speaker 1: excited for you to get your Seahawks. It's gonna be great.
Speaker 1: I had the L s U sweat it on from
Speaker 1: last season stuff and Kyle goes, oh, did Ryan Rossillo
Speaker 1: give that to you? Because he's a big L. S
Speaker 1: U fan. I go, no, this is where and he goes, oh,
Speaker 1: my gosh, it's so cute. I go and to think
Speaker 1: this is even last season. Just stay tuned for next season.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to see all of that. Um well, that's
Speaker 1: how do you? How did your move go? Do you
Speaker 1: have any good stories from the move? You move went great?
Speaker 1: You know, I mean, I'll I'll plug it all day long.
Speaker 1: Um er who helped us move? Oh? My I didn't
Speaker 1: lift a finger errand I was literally like in that apartment.
Speaker 1: I was bummed. I have to say, it was only
Speaker 1: in New York for a year and a half. A
Speaker 1: year of that was the pandemic. I really didn't get
Speaker 1: the full New York experience, and that kind of bums
Speaker 1: me out because New York is back, and especially now
Speaker 1: coming back to California with these masks. We won't get
Speaker 1: into the politics of it. To each its own, but
Speaker 1: I just I was really excited that I didn't have
Speaker 1: to worry about it anymore. And in New York, you
Speaker 1: don't know one's they're good over there. That I was
Speaker 1: a little bit bummed out about. But I am excited
Speaker 1: to move to Nashville. You know. I loved me some
Speaker 1: country music and I love a karaoke bar. But I
Speaker 1: also like it's cool and it's hip and something different.
Speaker 1: So I'll stay between l A and Nashville. But that
Speaker 1: was good. But yeah, I mean I think that at
Speaker 1: this point in my life, how many do you know
Speaker 1: how many times you've moved? Um, I did a big
Speaker 1: move when I lived with my parents to Atlanta, and
Speaker 1: then I moved to New York, and then I moved
Speaker 1: to California, So only three times, not that big of
Speaker 1: a deal. Oh my god, I have moved so many times.
Speaker 1: I mean many times. From high school to college, I
Speaker 1: moved five times. Then there's one too. Yeah, so because
Speaker 1: I went to school like community college for the first years.
Speaker 1: Then I went up to Santa Barbara. Then I moved
Speaker 1: back to l A. Then I went to Dinner, but
Speaker 1: then I came back to l A. Then I went
Speaker 1: to Connecticut. Then I came back like I have lived
Speaker 1: in a hundred different places. But I like that because
Speaker 1: you know me, I get bored easily, So I'm good.
Speaker 1: But moving to pain in the ass this time, no problem.
Speaker 1: I was swipe up, you know what I mean. I mean,
Speaker 1: I'm I ain't too brod to beg for some melt ever,
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So Montana, as I always
Speaker 1: like to refer to it, is like Kellerman's. So anyone
Speaker 1: that's ever seen Dirty Dancing, it's um, you can sing
Speaker 1: the song because you're better at this than I am.
Speaker 1: With those kinds of kilmans. We came to get I
Speaker 1: don't know anymore. Okay, but that's anyone that's seen the
Speaker 1: movie Dirty. Where's Kenny yep, that's well that was her body.
Speaker 1: Holy audi audi audi. I mean I remember watching that
Speaker 1: being like, that's a woman. And the way that you
Speaker 1: write about Robbie sorry that the line that is a line.
Speaker 1: That's the boyfriend that does something to her and then
Speaker 1: is a mean guy and then Patrick Swayzey has to
Speaker 1: come in and save the day. Um, we're doing a
Speaker 1: film review. Oh, speaking of a film review. Hey, we
Speaker 1: got word. Guess who's on the podcast next week, everybody,
Speaker 1: because if you're bored with this one, stick around next
Speaker 1: Matt Damon. Heyo, Matt Damon has a new movie coming out,
Speaker 1: so we get to interview. And I'm very excited about this, Yes,
Speaker 1: very thankful, very blown away, very kind of nervous, excited
Speaker 1: to see the movie all the things. Yeah, wait, why
Speaker 1: are you nervous? I don't know. It's Matt Damon and
Speaker 1: it's kind of outside my world. Like I feel fine
Speaker 1: with all the athletes and so forth, and like, you know,
Speaker 1: I'll go to sports right away because that's my comfort zone.
Speaker 1: As my Hyaena comes up the stairs. But that way
Speaker 1: moving because he was coming up the stairs might be
Speaker 1: um no, but yeah, that's your world, that's your entertainment tonight,
Speaker 1: but as long as that's what I always found weird, Okay,
Speaker 1: let's get into this. And then I got a story
Speaker 1: for you after the break. Um, when I dabbled in
Speaker 1: a little entertainment. When I was with ESPN, I worked
Speaker 1: on some g M A. I did some red carpet stuff.
Speaker 1: When actors don't know sports. I asked an actor one time,
Speaker 1: he shall remain nameless. He claims he's a huge sports fan,
Speaker 1: and the can't give away the city, and I can't
Speaker 1: give away the guy. Okay, So he claims he's a
Speaker 1: big sports fan. And the day I had to interview
Speaker 1: him on a red carpet, one of the biggest trades
Speaker 1: had just happened in the history of the franchise, and
Speaker 1: I was Jack and so he comes up. Plus I
Speaker 1: you know, he's hot, and I was excited to talk
Speaker 1: to about him. Gosh, I want to give a clue
Speaker 1: so bad and sounds like yeah god. Oh. So anyways,
Speaker 1: he comes down the red carpet and I was like,
Speaker 1: I didn't even I feel more comfortable talking about sports.
Speaker 1: So I was so excited. I knew this trade went
Speaker 1: down and I was like, Hey, what did you think
Speaker 1: about this, this, and this that just happened with your team.
Speaker 1: And he's like what And I was like, oh my gosh,
Speaker 1: you didn't know. And I showed him the breaking news
Speaker 1: and I was like, this happened. He goes, yeah, I
Speaker 1: guess they'll be good. And I was like, you're a liar.
Speaker 1: You're not even a real fan. You're a liar. Did
Speaker 1: you say that? That would be an incredible interview, But
Speaker 1: I imagine if you did, what a liar. He likes
Speaker 1: to be photographs at the games, he likes to be
Speaker 1: in the jerseys, but he didn't know Jack crud about
Speaker 1: this trade that went down. I was very disappointed. Pointed,
Speaker 1: you can't share who this is because now I'm dying
Speaker 1: to know. To make a long story even longer. I
Speaker 1: just feel better when actors and actress is no sports
Speaker 1: and I feel like maybe we have a canockon. Well,
Speaker 1: that's exactly why you shouldn't be nervous about Matt Damon,
Speaker 1: because if there's the actor that is a well known
Speaker 1: sports fan, I mean, his Boston roots are deep, him
Speaker 1: and Ben and there. I remember I had an interview
Speaker 1: been a lot of times because there was a lot
Speaker 1: of movies out during my time at Extra that he
Speaker 1: was in as there's like one every other one to
Speaker 1: get in. No, that was my career, not just kidding.
Speaker 1: Um the I would always talk to him about sports
Speaker 1: because here's the other thing. Yes, they want to promote
Speaker 1: the movie there, and they worked really hard and you know,
Speaker 1: spend a lot of time and effort and energy developing
Speaker 1: their character. But they also to my previous point about
Speaker 1: being asked the same questions over and over again, I
Speaker 1: don't even like a little reprieve in some questions that
Speaker 1: don't have anything to do about what they've totally think
Speaker 1: about all day long. Um So hold on, we have
Speaker 1: to take a quick break here where we have to
Speaker 1: take a break. We will be back with more calm
Speaker 1: down podcasts and Aaron's going to reveal who the actor
Speaker 1: is that's a liar. We'll be back with Okay, we're back.
Speaker 1: How's the microphone coming along? Golly? I mean, this whole
Speaker 1: tangled situation is not good over here? Movie Tangled, of
Speaker 1: course I have I haven't Mandy Moore, I love it.
Speaker 1: What was the movie I was watching? Hi, welcome back.
Speaker 1: Everybody's to calm down. I will not calm down about
Speaker 1: the fact that I know what it was. I've been
Speaker 1: on a lot of flights lately. Preferred airline character or
Speaker 1: character too, character carrier. I love Delta. If you're listening,
Speaker 1: it's actually how I met Kyle because I only fly
Speaker 1: Delta and he only flies Delta. That's how we met.
Speaker 1: Got it swipe up? Um? What was again? Oh? Princess Diaries.
Speaker 1: I had never seen Princess Diaries, and so I watched
Speaker 1: it on the plane the other day. And Mandy Moore
Speaker 1: was sassy in that movie. It was Anne Hathaway, now
Speaker 1: I know, but Mandy More was like the popular girl
Speaker 1: and she was really really mean to Anne Hathaway. Although
Speaker 1: Mandy Moore's hair did look great, very full, a lot
Speaker 1: of blowout. I don't. I think it's like early nineties
Speaker 1: whatever the case was. Anyways, caller wasn't. It was very
Speaker 1: similar to mine right now yellow, So I definitely need
Speaker 1: a purple shampoo. But we're not here to talk about
Speaker 1: my deficiencies. She's from Orlando, Florida. Candy one of my
Speaker 1: favorite songs. Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, your recalling really good
Speaker 1: when it comes and stuff like that. Huh um. Alright, Well,
Speaker 1: as we told everybody, you're in Montana. I am in
Speaker 1: like Arrowhead and we're enjoying our summer. Um. We were
Speaker 1: on a tangent about Kellerman and then I started going
Speaker 1: a different direction because in case you guys don't remember,
Speaker 1: I said, we're interviewing Matt Damon next week. But Kellerman's
Speaker 1: where you're at right now, always has an activity going on.
Speaker 1: So for the listeners and the viewers, in on an
Speaker 1: activity this week that you can share with us, because
Speaker 1: a lot of n d as fly around over there
Speaker 1: in your fans. Yeah, there's not a lot of chatting
Speaker 1: about what really happens here. I'll let everyone know this.
Speaker 1: I had my first, uh near death experience not lying
Speaker 1: this weekend. Aaron, I'm not kidding. I didn't tell me.
Speaker 1: M Yeah, I haven't told you this. You know why.
Speaker 1: As soon as it happened, I go, I'm saving it
Speaker 1: for the podcast. Oh my god, she really is a
Speaker 1: podcast professional. I like this. I'm on the edge. So
Speaker 1: I'll set the scene. We're at the restaurant having a lunch.
Speaker 1: My mom and sister and dad had just come into town.
Speaker 1: My two girlfriends were there. Jarrett was there as well. Ashley,
Speaker 1: my girlfriend and my girlfriend Sam were there and it
Speaker 1: was just a fun lunch and we're just talking and
Speaker 1: everybody's having a good time. The rose is going and
Speaker 1: that's not why I almost died. But uh, we're just chatting,
Speaker 1: we're having fun, and um, all of a sudden, what
Speaker 1: was my order? It was a crispy chicken sandwich with
Speaker 1: tater Todds. Yes, it was. I'm sitting there and I
Speaker 1: took a bite and my girlfriend made a joke, Ashley.
Speaker 1: I laughed, and my sandwich got lodged in my throat
Speaker 1: and I was like, I'm fine, and I didn't say oh,
Speaker 1: I couldn't say anything, and I was like, it's in
Speaker 1: my throat and I had a couple of seconds of
Speaker 1: not breathing, and then I'm like I tried to swallow
Speaker 1: and I couldn't and I was like, all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: my whole face like I just started sweating. I could
Speaker 1: not breathe, and I I was just looking and looking
Speaker 1: and looking, and finally Ashley went to say something again
Speaker 1: and I went and part of it like like I
Speaker 1: was trying to come out, but it was like throw
Speaker 1: up a little bit. I jumped up. I ran outside
Speaker 1: because I was like if I puke whatever, this like,
Speaker 1: you know, this is gonna be bad in this restaurant.
Speaker 1: And I'm like this, and I'm like this, and my
Speaker 1: sister runs out and she's like, what's wrong, what's wrong?
Speaker 1: And I'm holy sh it, and my sister grabbed me.
Speaker 1: I vomited all in a napkin, puked up my chicken sandwich. Dude,
Speaker 1: when I tell you, I was sweating, like in between
Speaker 1: queen where you're what is this area where you get
Speaker 1: blood drawn, like right there in your arms. It was
Speaker 1: so insane. And I was telling everybody after that if
Speaker 1: I had just stopped and like stopped panic and just
Speaker 1: made myself throw up, I couldn't get this thing out
Speaker 1: of my throat. I couldn't breathe, I couldn't talk. Like.
Speaker 1: It was like a few minutes of like, so this
Speaker 1: is how it's gonna go. Not to mention death by
Speaker 1: chicken sandwich, crispy chicken sandwich. Not to mention the Rams
Speaker 1: new quarterback and his lovely wife, Kelly Stafford, or sitting
Speaker 1: at the bar as this is going down. So I'm thinking,
Speaker 1: as I'm about to croak, holy shit, it's going to
Speaker 1: be in front of Matt Stafford and his wife. Oh
Speaker 1: my God, which, by the way, Kelly, being as sweet
Speaker 1: as she is, would have come over and given you
Speaker 1: the home with her fantastic arms. Yeah, exactly, mean those
Speaker 1: will get that crispy chicken out real quick. Wait. Also,
Speaker 1: my throat, throat was so raw for like a day
Speaker 1: and a half because like I was like, couldn't breathe.
Speaker 1: Then it came back up scraped me. It was I've
Speaker 1: never felt that helpless before in my life. And I
Speaker 1: was like, drink my entire glass of rose afterwards. But
Speaker 1: holy shit, I'm sorry you had such a traumatic experience
Speaker 1: but so traumatic. Hey, I'm glad you're alive to tell
Speaker 1: the story at least podcast listeners and yours. Okay, But also,
Speaker 1: was there any moment where you thought to yourself, I'm choking,
Speaker 1: or were you like, oh my god, what do I
Speaker 1: do now? Like what was the thought of, like I'm
Speaker 1: going to die or what's happening? Like what was the
Speaker 1: thought process? I just couldn't swallow, and then I couldn't breathe,
Speaker 1: and I was like and then Ash was saying something
Speaker 1: and I literally felt so bad. I've apologized to her NonStop.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry for putre. I mean, it just went right
Speaker 1: at her and she goes, wow, I just I thought
Speaker 1: it was being really funny and you were reacting that way,
Speaker 1: and I just couldn't figure out what was going to
Speaker 1: happen next. And I just panicked, like I could not
Speaker 1: breathe and I couldn't swallow. It was crazy. I don't
Speaker 1: think I've ever had I mean, when you have a
Speaker 1: sore throat and it's hard to swallow. And I don't
Speaker 1: have any like you know or anything like that, but
Speaker 1: that is scary and it probably felt like an eternity
Speaker 1: that you were like a state of panic. Yeah, watch
Speaker 1: by the stafford as we laughed and I said, well,
Speaker 1: sorry if I just disgusted you. They were oblivious. They
Speaker 1: were like, wait, what happened? Oh my god, Oh my god.
Speaker 1: I kind of think if I've ever had an experience
Speaker 1: like that, I haven't. I've had a near death experience
Speaker 1: where I thought I was like cramping in the water.
Speaker 1: I'd like went out for like a long swim. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and it was like one of those contacts scary and
Speaker 1: you don't panic that that is one of those things
Speaker 1: with like again I don't have any children, not to
Speaker 1: tell anyone what to do, but like putting your kids
Speaker 1: in swim lessons early on, very helpful because they always
Speaker 1: when you're in a situation like that, like, don't panic,
Speaker 1: it makes it worse. That's a scary way, Like I'm
Speaker 1: not into that. That's so scary. Only thing I can
Speaker 1: think of, I don't know. I'm just thankful that I
Speaker 1: don't have any like you know. Oh and I have
Speaker 1: another word where almost thought was gonna die and oh
Speaker 1: actually I do actually have one of those in Mexico.
Speaker 1: But that's another God, how did I know this involved
Speaker 1: you in another country another time? You know what I mean?
Speaker 1: Oh my god, So Kellerman's no dance parties, just you know,
Speaker 1: vomit parties. I felt so bad for the waiter as well.
Speaker 1: I was like, he's like, are you okay? Because he
Speaker 1: looked at me and he goes, what's wrong? What's wrong?
Speaker 1: I'm like like grabbing my throat and he's like and
Speaker 1: then then I handed. Actually I think Jared took the
Speaker 1: puke not getting threw it away because no one need
Speaker 1: to see that. We'll never look at a Crispy Chicken
Speaker 1: sandwich the same way again, which is a real bummer
Speaker 1: because I love them. You know, what you need to
Speaker 1: do like Jarrett, you know, and you're like a little kid,
Speaker 1: and they like cut up the chicken for you. Yeah,
Speaker 1: they're cutting it up. Don't panic Aaron. By the way,
Speaker 1: we need to recap your time in Montana. Okay, breaking
Speaker 1: out with the WiFi. You've gotten bitten by the horse fly.
Speaker 1: You've now almost died. When does the relaxing portion of
Speaker 1: the program kicking There have there have been some high party,
Speaker 1: some great parts and altitude. No, hey, but yeah that
Speaker 1: was that was when I did not tell you about
Speaker 1: because it was a very very scary. Man. Um, you
Speaker 1: know what else is scary? Our lives speaking of near death. No,
Speaker 1: our lives are about to be over. Football is upon us.
Speaker 1: I saw sweet baby what's his name? Um? Oh god,
Speaker 1: why am I blanking Andrew Cassiliano Ciliana back to you? Um?
Speaker 1: He tweeted what a couple like sixteen days or something
Speaker 1: until first of all, and we can say that we
Speaker 1: love Andrew. Andrew. Your count down to three sixty five
Speaker 1: because you're always working. Okay, some of us do take
Speaker 1: a day off here there. But yeah, your life, miss Andrews,
Speaker 1: is about to be back on that Delta Airlines flight.
Speaker 1: A lot watching Princess Diaries, so I know I've never
Speaker 1: seen it. But yeah, away we go about ready to
Speaker 1: start all the articles. I've got to start studying for
Speaker 1: Dallas Pittsburgh right away. I tried studying the other day,
Speaker 1: but there really weren't any articles. Yeah, because I guess
Speaker 1: the guys. I think they're reporting soon, right, Yeah, they report.
Speaker 1: I think the twenty six, I think is what it was. So, um,
Speaker 1: I just got back from Portland. I was doing with
Speaker 1: Themican Sue, tell me about it. He's great, just had babies,
Speaker 1: just had twin baby boys, Egypt, got married. This guy
Speaker 1: had a full year. I thought I had a full year.
Speaker 1: The last year he got married, he won a Super
Speaker 1: Bowl and he had twin boys. So his life is good.
Speaker 1: But he's so impressive. We were talking about um. You know,
Speaker 1: I covered him very early on in my career because
Speaker 1: I was assigned to a lot of NFC North games,
Speaker 1: and since I was new to the business, I was
Speaker 1: on the Z crew, which means I got a Detroit
Speaker 1: Lions game every week because I was coming from a
Speaker 1: college football game and the Big Ten country and I
Speaker 1: went straight over and the Lions were and sixteen, so
Speaker 1: we were commiserating together about that season. But also he
Speaker 1: was saying to me like he's like, I didn't want
Speaker 1: to leave Detroit, like he loved it. He wanted to stay,
Speaker 1: but there is a lot of things and that's why
Speaker 1: he left. But we were also talking about his decision
Speaker 1: to go to Tampa and all the things that you know,
Speaker 1: what did he say, Well, I mean, he just he
Speaker 1: was he's Bruce Arians. Like who doesn't love Bruce Arians
Speaker 1: or lose your booze exactly? But in Dominican sue, you know,
Speaker 1: obviously had the incident early on in his career in
Speaker 1: the game against Green Bay. And I am a firm
Speaker 1: believer in this as somebody who has had some mistakes
Speaker 1: in my life. Your mistakes should not define who you are, Okay,
Speaker 1: Like that's like a moment, but that is not who
Speaker 1: you are. And so I think that you know, obviously,
Speaker 1: that reputation has stayed with him far longer than it should.
Speaker 1: This guy has donated two point six million dollars to
Speaker 1: the University of Nebraska and by the way, not even
Speaker 1: he was also listened how is this about this? He
Speaker 1: was listed as for anyone that doesn't know and domin
Speaker 1: Can sue plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is
Speaker 1: just so smart, so smart one of his like his
Speaker 1: philanthropic and his business endeavors are incredible. He's got the
Speaker 1: wealth of knowledge. And see that's the cool thing, um,
Speaker 1: And I know you know this better than anyone about
Speaker 1: working in sports. It's like, yeah, those guys put on
Speaker 1: a jersey, but that's not all that they are, and
Speaker 1: their tenure in the league or any league that the
Speaker 1: said athlete is in, using that time to forecast and
Speaker 1: plan their life for after football, and all the things
Speaker 1: that he's doing to help financial literacy in his community
Speaker 1: because these young kids not knowing when they get their
Speaker 1: first job how to save money and all these things. Anyways,
Speaker 1: my tangent is I love and Dominican sue. He jacked
Speaker 1: up to start another year. He's like, I'm ready for
Speaker 1: another one, baby. And this is a guy who fed
Speaker 1: it into a twelfth year in the NFL and he
Speaker 1: just got that chip, his first one, and he's like, christ,
Speaker 1: I want another one. And I'm like, oh that see
Speaker 1: that that that that gets to me, Like these ideas,
Speaker 1: these athletes who could go their whole career and maybe
Speaker 1: never win a championship, but then once they do that
Speaker 1: Brady itch of like, let's get another one and another one,
Speaker 1: another one. So anyway, so he was saying that they
Speaker 1: were about to report to camp and all that kind
Speaker 1: of stuff. So, yeah, it always here before we know it,
Speaker 1: it is, I remember another to continue the endemic and
Speaker 1: Zoo love fest. I spoke to him before one of
Speaker 1: the playoff games we did, and he was just so
Speaker 1: thoughtful and just sweet and just really took the time.
Speaker 1: You know, these guys are so busy during the week,
Speaker 1: and I usually do private calls with um, solo calls
Speaker 1: with some of these guys. So I have different information
Speaker 1: from Joe and Troy, right because we're on a big
Speaker 1: call with everybody and we all get to talk to
Speaker 1: Tom together. We all talked to Aaron together, we all
Speaker 1: talked to the decord, the offensive coordinator, the head coach.
Speaker 1: But I like to get information that Joe and Troy
Speaker 1: don't hear because they already know everything. And what am
Speaker 1: I there for? Maybe I can add something. So, uh,
Speaker 1: Sue was great, and he had told me something about
Speaker 1: going after a quarterback and you know, make sure you
Speaker 1: just oh god, you're gonna love this. That's how I
Speaker 1: said it. I said it in the game, so it's
Speaker 1: not like you know it was. It was information that
Speaker 1: I wasn't allowed to say. But we're talking about Rogers,
Speaker 1: right and and he's had a battle with Rogers forever.
Speaker 1: As mentioned he played twelve years and yeah, and played
Speaker 1: in Detroit. So he always just said like, look, you know,
Speaker 1: we know he's going to get the ball out. We
Speaker 1: know he's going to get rid of the ball. But
Speaker 1: what you gotta do just make sure he knows you're
Speaker 1: there even when the ball's out. Just tap him a
Speaker 1: little bit and be like, hey, Bud, how you doing
Speaker 1: right here? I'm right here every time, like every time,
Speaker 1: I'm right here, a roj I'm right here. I'm right here.
Speaker 1: And so and then he kind of shared something that
Speaker 1: I you know, I wouldn't I didn't say on air,
Speaker 1: but that was just the point, like Aaron smart, but
Speaker 1: just let him know, just let him know. And uh,
Speaker 1: there was a play in that game in the NFC
Speaker 1: Championship that it was exactly how he told me it
Speaker 1: would go if they, you know, played a certain way.
Speaker 1: He ran over to that sideline and I'm elevated and
Speaker 1: I'm up in the first row looking over on the
Speaker 1: defensive bench and he looked over and he goes, a, A,
Speaker 1: what I tell you? And I was like, that so good, right,
Speaker 1: it's so good. And he was talking about so he
Speaker 1: lost his first Super Bowl when remember he went to
Speaker 1: the Rams, he went to my l A and they
Speaker 1: lost to Brady. And it's always like, so it's much
Speaker 1: better to be on the team with Brady because you
Speaker 1: walk out with a championship rings. So just the difference.
Speaker 1: I mean, his job is to literally, to your previous point,
Speaker 1: get after quarterbacks. So you know he's hunted Tom Brady
Speaker 1: for all these years and then like be on his team.
Speaker 1: So it was interesting to hear that perspective of it too.
Speaker 1: But I also I always independent of him. And for
Speaker 1: anyone that doesn't like sports, sorry, UM, maybe this conversation
Speaker 1: is boring you, but I find it really interesting too.
Speaker 1: When you just were talking about your prep work, Um,
Speaker 1: a lot of people don't know like how that works
Speaker 1: for you. So you know, obviously, if you are listening
Speaker 1: to this podcast and you're interested in our lives, UM,
Speaker 1: just help people quickly, like how your week goes. Like
Speaker 1: let's say we're into the heat of the season and
Speaker 1: you've got both Thursday and Sunday, so like, what does
Speaker 1: your week look like in terms of like prep and
Speaker 1: how that all goes down? I find it really interesting too,
Speaker 1: when you just we're talking about your prep work. What
Speaker 1: does your week look like in terms of like prep
Speaker 1: and how that all goes down. I usually call you
Speaker 1: during my first cup of coffee to bitch about something,
Speaker 1: so there's that. Ask you what you're wearing or if
Speaker 1: I could borrow something. We do share clothes, which I
Speaker 1: don't think people know, and I love that we do.
Speaker 1: We share. Yeah, we try to share tops. I can't
Speaker 1: wear pants. I'm much bigger on the bottom than you are.
Speaker 1: Don't do any interjection, these are facts, but yeah, we
Speaker 1: share a lot of clothes, which is great because I mean, oh,
Speaker 1: and I can't wear the same shoes up side nine.
Speaker 1: And you have the smallest foot for how tall you are.
Speaker 1: It's I'm so jealous. Your hands your feet should be
Speaker 1: on my body and my hands and my I mean
Speaker 1: I have man hands and nights six and a half.
Speaker 1: I'm like a seven and a half squeeze into. But
Speaker 1: I can't even wear a heel on the field anyways.
Speaker 1: It has to be a flat like there are no
Speaker 1: girls that want to do this for a living. Take
Speaker 1: those heels off on the sideline and take your wedge
Speaker 1: off to is, put on a flat, throw on a
Speaker 1: sneaker and call it a day. Take that wedge off,
Speaker 1: and don't make me walk by you in that wedge,
Speaker 1: because what are we doing? I remember the first couple
Speaker 1: of years I wanted to be all cute, and then
Speaker 1: after that I was like, oh no, we just look ridiculous.
Speaker 1: What are we wearing? And it's not that we're judging people,
Speaker 1: but it is a safety hats are down there, there's
Speaker 1: there's cords. You're running away from guys. You're it's like,
Speaker 1: it's crazy. You actually can't run. I mean I can.
Speaker 1: I can run in heels. And even I'm like, no,
Speaker 1: we're ditch the heels. Okay, we don't need to ask
Speaker 1: you go into the sand. Yeah, remember all those little
Speaker 1: beads of the astro turk that like get into your
Speaker 1: shoes after a while. Okay, um, quickly, no, actually no, quickly.
Speaker 1: It it's our podcast. You know your week. We talked
Speaker 1: to each other at the beginning way, But what's the
Speaker 1: prep situation when you have two games? So really, if
Speaker 1: you think about it. My weepekends on a Monday because
Speaker 1: I'm coming home from a Sunday game. So Monday morning,
Speaker 1: we're home, I don't want to open my suitcase. I
Speaker 1: don't even want to look at it. And it's just
Speaker 1: like diving in, right, you kind of have to do
Speaker 1: a recap of what happened on Sunday. A lot of
Speaker 1: times I'm flying during the Sunday night game, I can
Speaker 1: watch it or I'm looking at Twitter. But you're also
Speaker 1: working during the other games as well, So my TVs
Speaker 1: on NFL Network, I'm watching all the NFL shows to
Speaker 1: kind of just see all the highlights. We'll see what
Speaker 1: the stories are and crack open the laptop and don't
Speaker 1: put it down. We get kind of a huge packet
Speaker 1: sent to us daily of all the articles on the teams.
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you what, when you are doing a
Speaker 1: Dallas Cowboys game, or you were doing a New York
Speaker 1: Giants game, or a Philadelphia Eagles game, that packet, because
Speaker 1: there's so many writers and so many articles written about
Speaker 1: that market, it is so long to get through. So
Speaker 1: you've got to get through it. And then we usually
Speaker 1: start having our calls on Tuesday for our Thursday game,
Speaker 1: and that consists of probably the home team, and if
Speaker 1: you think about it, Tuesday for a Thursday game, they
Speaker 1: haven't even put their game plan in. So you're talking
Speaker 1: to these guys they just played on Sunday and they're like, wait,
Speaker 1: who are we playing? So you're just thinking, yeah, totally,
Speaker 1: I'm like where am I going? It's crazy. I mean, honestly,
Speaker 1: it's like your hair is on fire. You are prepping
Speaker 1: for four teams at one time. You are trying to
Speaker 1: get guys on the phone. Joe Troy, myself, Christina Pink
Speaker 1: or if it's the game with Tom Ornaldi, we're all
Speaker 1: on the phone. We're talking to a team. We talked
Speaker 1: to probably about four guys. Sometimes on a good day
Speaker 1: that last two hours. Sometimes on a day you're at
Speaker 1: the mercy of the athletes and the coaches. If they
Speaker 1: have a meeting, if they have a press thing they
Speaker 1: have to do, you're sitting on the phone and you're waiting.
Speaker 1: You may not be happy about it, but it's the
Speaker 1: way it is. And your phone better be on mute
Speaker 1: because if you've got to go tinkle, you don't need
Speaker 1: Bruce arians here and you go potty, you know you
Speaker 1: actually wouldn't care. He'd be one of he'd be like,
Speaker 1: how go yeah, um, so yeah, you're on the phone
Speaker 1: all day and then you know, as stupid as it sounds,
Speaker 1: and it reminds me of our conversation with Nicolon. You
Speaker 1: gotta worry about what you're wearing. What's the weather. I've
Speaker 1: never been more obsessed with weather in my entire life.
Speaker 1: If it's a rain game, if it's a snow game,
Speaker 1: if it's a blizzard game, Am I even getting in
Speaker 1: if there's bad weather? You know? Am I wearing a
Speaker 1: liner under my hat? Am I wearing my snow? But
Speaker 1: it's like it's stupid, crazy, but it's so much fun
Speaker 1: and we love it. Wait, this is a really dumb
Speaker 1: but it was one of the greatest pieces of advice
Speaker 1: that Charles Davis ever gave me. The notes, the notes,
Speaker 1: but the plastic that to me when I first started
Speaker 1: with him, it's the best. She'll send me those plastic
Speaker 1: covers for my notes absent for comlutely anyone that's starting
Speaker 1: out or anyone that's doing it, and it doesn't didn't
Speaker 1: have Charles Davis to give you this piece of advice.
Speaker 1: Those plastic you know what were they like part of
Speaker 1: like presentation holders or whatever goes with you be because
Speaker 1: the second that that rain comes, and it could be
Speaker 1: depending obviously where you're doing a game, a slight DRIs
Speaker 1: or whatever. I learned the hard way on those Bad
Speaker 1: Boys as it's like bleeding down and I'm like, that's
Speaker 1: that again. Anyway. My whole thing too, is like I
Speaker 1: like to write down, Like I logged the whole game,
Speaker 1: which I put on our Calm Down podcast Instagram. Check
Speaker 1: it out by the way, if you wanna just see
Speaker 1: some fun, silliness whatever. But when it's raining and I'm
Speaker 1: trying to log the game, that's a nightmare. I saw
Speaker 1: Belichick do this. Use a pencil because you can write
Speaker 1: a little better than it then a pen But then
Speaker 1: in cold temp games, pens don't work. Ball points definitely
Speaker 1: don't work, so like a sharpie works better. It's just like,
Speaker 1: oh and then here's another little piece of a nugget.
Speaker 1: And if anyone wants to give me an endorsement for this,
Speaker 1: I am down to party. I use my phone a lot,
Speaker 1: right because I don't have a stats person. I check
Speaker 1: up a lot of the stats on my phone. Well,
Speaker 1: you know what, a pain in the acid is to
Speaker 1: like take your glove off use it. I've been using
Speaker 1: those pens with like the little tip on it that
Speaker 1: you can type in on your phone with your glove on.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, I never got a WiFi signal
Speaker 1: half the time in those day. They haven't gotten better either.
Speaker 1: So another thing that I'm curious, and I'm we'll have
Speaker 1: plenty of time to talk about this because I know
Speaker 1: we need to wrap up soon. Just interested, like what
Speaker 1: the protocol is going to be for us a sideline reporters, Like,
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm assuming I'm on the field. I hope
Speaker 1: I am. I you know, speaking to a couple of
Speaker 1: people with the RAMS and they were saying they're going
Speaker 1: to our front row is going to be taken, so
Speaker 1: I hope you're not sitting in it, which would be hell. Um.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean it'll be interesting. I had it.
Speaker 1: Um I'll say quickly because yeah, you know we're wrapping up,
Speaker 1: but um. I interviewed Rodrigo Blanketship, who's the kicker for
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colt, and he was saying, like, I'm like
Speaker 1: to see the glasses. Yeah, adorable, Right, So the whole
Speaker 1: thing it's a feature we're doing on NFL films, the
Speaker 1: story behind the glasses, all the stuff. Um, but I
Speaker 1: was like, dude, you've never I mean, he went to Georgia.
Speaker 1: He knows SEC football and the crowd noise and all
Speaker 1: that kind of stuff, but in the NFL, he's never
Speaker 1: had a crowd. And so I'm like, all the different
Speaker 1: variables for positions that people play right where crowd noise
Speaker 1: is so helpful or because your mental so you know,
Speaker 1: of course, being from Seattle, like The twelfth Man, we
Speaker 1: pride ourselves on, like us, you know, being able to
Speaker 1: stop a defense because it's so noisy and you can't
Speaker 1: and the offense can't hear the play. God they miss
Speaker 1: their fans this year area. So there's a lot of
Speaker 1: different things that I'm excited to see. How this season
Speaker 1: will you know, be affected now with the addition of
Speaker 1: fans once again, Ladies and gentlemen. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you're going to be interested in more behind the scenes
Speaker 1: of what's happening with our professional lives. If you are,
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Speaker 1: about as the season gets closer, and I'll be honest,
Speaker 1: it's just about around the corner. So ship gets real
Speaker 1: when you have Pete in seven hours and you're running
Speaker 1: through an airport. I mean I may document the whole
Speaker 1: thing for all you people. So yeah, our our content
Speaker 1: during our upcoming season is going to get really all
Speaker 1: good and it's also going to get really good next week.
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