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Speaker 1: The Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the

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Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. Hey everybody, this is Peter

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Speaker 1: Schrager from the Season with Peter Schreeger. It is a

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Speaker 1: Tuesday morning, Week fifteen. I'm joined by my colleagues, Aaron

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Speaker 1: wang Kaufman, our fine producer, and Jason English from the

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Speaker 1: iHeartMedia team. And if it sounds like I'm running on fumes,

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Speaker 1: just because I was up all night, like off the couch,

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Speaker 1: like cheering like a madman, for two incredible football games.

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Speaker 1: The Giants somehow finding away over the Packers, and then

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins give a game away to the Titans that's

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Speaker 1: not even fair to the Titans. The Titans take the

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Speaker 1: game from the Dolphins. The history books will tell you

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Speaker 1: that that game was as unusual and as unique a

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Speaker 1: game as you will ever find. Here's the story. Since

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Speaker 1: nineteen seventy six, right nineteen seventy six, there hasn't been

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Speaker 1: in regulation. Happened last night. On the other end, You've

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Speaker 1: win in the final seconds. And yet the story of

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Speaker 1: his agent, Shaun Stillotta. Why because Sean is dressed in

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Speaker 1: your earbuds or you can sense them smiling. It's because

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Speaker 1: of our podcast that we have for you. We got

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Speaker 1: two guests. The first guest is the biggest sensation in

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Speaker 1: New York City not named Tommy DeVito. It's his agent,

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Speaker 1: Sean Stillado. And our second guest is maybe the most

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Speaker 1: dynamic player in the defensive backfield in the NFL over

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Speaker 1: the past few weeks. It is Vikings breakout superstar Josh Mattellis.

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Speaker 1: Both guys are awesome and I'm excited to speak with them,

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Speaker 1: which brings us two our guest today. I've known this

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Speaker 1: a suit and a hat and say here, I'm Tommy

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Speaker 1: DeVito's agent. You're missing the deal, guys. This has been

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Speaker 1: Tommy de Vito as a client. Our guest today is

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Speaker 1: bring him in right now, mister Seawan Stallato. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the season with Peter Schreker.

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Speaker 2: Peter, I appreciate those kind words, my friend. Always great

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Speaker 1: All right, So this is Tuesday morning, Monday night for

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Speaker 1: Take us through yesterday. Please, when your day started Monday

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Speaker 1: We had you on Good Morning Football, and we had

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about you, your story, because we always talk

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Speaker 2: You know, my dad gave me a football when I

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Speaker 1: Last night, you put on that that that hat, you

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Speaker 2: You know Tommy. See he kissed me first, and I said,

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Speaker 1: I know, I'm happy for you because I've known you

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Speaker 2: So playing on Christmas Day is going to be extra

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Speaker 1: But you know, I didn't even realize that is that

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Speaker 2: And you know what, my wife, you might have to

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Speaker 1: When you when you see, uh, you know, some of

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Speaker 2: he called Tommy up and congratulate. You know, I spoke

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Speaker 1: Slow down, slow down, You're getting inducted this week to

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm just so humbled, Joe Montana, Dan Marino,

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Speaker 1: You know, one gear, You've always worn your heart in

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Speaker 2: It's crazy. You know my mother, you know, grew me,

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Speaker 2: She immigrated from Ponte Grande, Catanzaro, collaborator, and she always

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Speaker 2: let's give it the uncle look. And you know, I

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Speaker 2: On my French? So we can definitely go kind of loud.

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Speaker 2: I obviously I love the Fedoras, you know some you know,

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Speaker 1: Look, there's like there's there's Ferragamo and there's Gucci. But

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Speaker 1: And that's the thing, Like this is opening up doors

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Speaker 1: have we done Madison Square? Garden court Side yet? Have

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Speaker 2: You know, my job early in this whole process is

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Speaker 2: I screamed, you know, in him doing what he's doing.

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Speaker 2: That's just a testament to his mindset and the aura

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Speaker 2: You know what it's that recruitment game is just a

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Speaker 2: I can't control any of that. I look at I'm

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Speaker 2: my tenacity, my attention and detail my relationships with all

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Speaker 2: So hopefully eight some of the guys will look through

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Speaker 2: So uh, like Sinatra said, the best is you have

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Speaker 2: to come.

426
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Speaker 1: Bestors, you have to come come. I love it, dude,

427
00:21:21,906 --> 00:21:24,906
Speaker 1: this is speaking my songs. I'm gonna let you go.

428
00:21:24,986 --> 00:21:27,586
Speaker 1: I'm wishing you all the luck, Senior Ball. I might

429
00:21:27,626 --> 00:21:31,026
Speaker 1: see Combine, I might see Uh. I can't wait to

430
00:21:31,066 --> 00:21:32,786
Speaker 1: embrace you in person. I'm so happy for you.

431
00:21:32,786 --> 00:21:35,706
Speaker 2: To Thank you, Peter, much love and thank you. Thank

432
00:21:35,746 --> 00:21:37,506
Speaker 2: you for being a good friend through the years. Man,

433
00:21:37,786 --> 00:21:38,546
Speaker 2: much much love.

434
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Speaker 1: All right, Absolutely, Sean stillado the age at the time

435
00:21:41,506 --> 00:21:44,146
Speaker 1: of the Vito and hopefully many many more. Thanks Sean,

436
00:21:44,546 --> 00:21:45,186
Speaker 1: you got it.

437
00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:52,506
Speaker 3: Wow.

438
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Speaker 2: Respect guys. I got a room to get on an

439
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Speaker 2: eleven oh five. But hey, guys, all the best love

440
00:22:01,306 --> 00:22:02,586
Speaker 2: bus here shout.

441
00:22:09,266 --> 00:22:11,906
Speaker 1: I mean, there's so much to download off of it.

442
00:22:11,946 --> 00:22:14,306
Speaker 1: There's a must. Where do we begin. I'm bringing in

443
00:22:14,386 --> 00:22:18,306
Speaker 1: Aaron and Jason. I'm happy for Sean because he's a.

444
00:22:19,106 --> 00:22:21,146
Speaker 2: He is a fighter.

445
00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:24,146
Speaker 1: Like you see these agents and you know, the big

446
00:22:24,186 --> 00:22:27,746
Speaker 1: ones come through and it's Joel Siegel and Drew Rosenhouse

447
00:22:27,866 --> 00:22:31,266
Speaker 1: and Dodd France and they're talking about Dax contract and

448
00:22:31,786 --> 00:22:35,826
Speaker 1: you're talking about Nicole Lynn, who is a bit of

449
00:22:35,826 --> 00:22:38,546
Speaker 1: a newer entry into the scene, but she's got Jalen Hurts,

450
00:22:38,586 --> 00:22:42,306
Speaker 1: and you know, you love those stories of the agent

451
00:22:42,426 --> 00:22:45,186
Speaker 1: and the client and they're getting these two hundred million

452
00:22:45,226 --> 00:22:50,346
Speaker 1: dollar contracts, and then you've got about fifty agents who

453
00:22:50,546 --> 00:22:53,586
Speaker 1: are scrambling to get two to three guys drafted each year.

454
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:56,986
Speaker 1: And Sean is one of those guys who's practice has

455
00:22:57,106 --> 00:22:59,426
Speaker 1: gotten bigger and bigger over the years. And he's had

456
00:22:59,466 --> 00:23:02,586
Speaker 1: some legitimate guys in the past, super Bowl winners, as

457
00:23:02,586 --> 00:23:07,466
Speaker 1: he referenced, But holy crap, was that something. And to

458
00:23:07,546 --> 00:23:10,146
Speaker 1: see him, of all people who I've known for all

459
00:23:10,146 --> 00:23:14,266
Speaker 1: these years, the lead story on barstool and the lead

460
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Speaker 1: image on ESPN and NFL Network, I'm bringing in Aaron

461
00:23:18,346 --> 00:23:22,106
Speaker 1: and Jason. Aaron, your impressions on the Sean Stillado experience.

462
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Speaker 4: I mean, he was a character, and I I mean

463
00:23:27,786 --> 00:23:30,706
Speaker 4: similar to what I'm sure everyone else's experience was. I

464
00:23:30,746 --> 00:23:33,786
Speaker 4: had people texting me photos of him last night who

465
00:23:33,906 --> 00:23:36,826
Speaker 4: don't talk about football, like they just knew about him

466
00:23:36,826 --> 00:23:40,586
Speaker 4: on the sideline, and he reminds me, I don't know,

467
00:23:40,626 --> 00:23:42,866
Speaker 4: if you've ever watched I think you should leave.

468
00:23:44,746 --> 00:23:45,026
Speaker 3: Robby.

469
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he reminds me of the driving crooner with the

470
00:23:49,786 --> 00:23:52,146
Speaker 4: get up in that picture. Oh, but he was incredible.

471
00:23:52,186 --> 00:23:52,986
Speaker 4: He was incredible.

472
00:23:53,946 --> 00:23:56,426
Speaker 3: Yeah, Jason.

473
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Speaker 5: Three weeks ago, Tommy DeVito, I live in Wayne, New Jersey.

474
00:24:01,866 --> 00:24:05,626
Speaker 5: Lifelong Giants fan. Tommy DeVito made an appearance at Primo

475
00:24:05,786 --> 00:24:09,106
Speaker 5: Hogi's Wayne, New Jersey near my house. I thought, how

476
00:24:09,146 --> 00:24:13,066
Speaker 5: great is this? This guy got a shot, and someone

477
00:24:13,146 --> 00:24:16,906
Speaker 5: figured like, let's let's embrace this and get ours now.

478
00:24:17,506 --> 00:24:20,626
Speaker 5: Now the Giants are in the in the Hunt, They're

479
00:24:20,666 --> 00:24:22,946
Speaker 5: on the graphic, in the the the in the Hunt,

480
00:24:23,066 --> 00:24:27,146
Speaker 5: and and I just love as a Giants fan, I

481
00:24:27,186 --> 00:24:29,426
Speaker 5: did not see this coming. I love it seeing a

482
00:24:29,506 --> 00:24:33,706
Speaker 5: number fifteen back up running around Stetler body of Hostetler

483
00:24:34,746 --> 00:24:39,186
Speaker 5: and this guy he delivered. I've been I've been texting

484
00:24:39,346 --> 00:24:41,986
Speaker 5: today while you've been talking to him, all the people

485
00:24:41,986 --> 00:24:46,066
Speaker 5: who texted me last night. So Jason, keep this going.

486
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Speaker 1: You're a Jersey guy, you live up in Wayne, Like

487
00:24:48,706 --> 00:24:51,866
Speaker 1: talk about what Don Bosco is and talk about what

488
00:24:51,946 --> 00:24:55,466
Speaker 1: Tommy's place in Jersey sports is, because it's like, this

489
00:24:55,546 --> 00:24:57,066
Speaker 1: isn't the first time for a lot of these North

490
00:24:57,146 --> 00:24:59,506
Speaker 1: Jersey fans knowing Tommy DeVito, like he was the dude.

491
00:25:00,466 --> 00:25:04,586
Speaker 5: And every if you didn't know Tommy, you knew a Tommy,

492
00:25:04,706 --> 00:25:09,106
Speaker 5: and you knew a Tommy's Day, and you knew a

493
00:25:09,146 --> 00:25:14,666
Speaker 5: Tommy's agent. And this is the whole region is just

494
00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:18,386
Speaker 5: behind him in a way that's really fun. And the

495
00:25:18,426 --> 00:25:22,906
Speaker 5: team is playing well. This team was not. We were

496
00:25:22,946 --> 00:25:24,906
Speaker 5: talking about tanking a month ago.

497
00:25:25,106 --> 00:25:28,026
Speaker 1: So I know. So you know my buddy Ditro My,

498
00:25:28,466 --> 00:25:31,306
Speaker 1: you know, dear Italian American friend who's also a Giants fan.

499
00:25:31,346 --> 00:25:34,506
Speaker 1: He lives out in Long Island, but his father was

500
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Speaker 1: president of the Sons of Italy. Like very proud Italian American.

501
00:25:38,386 --> 00:25:40,746
Speaker 1: And Dietro texted me this in the morning. He says,

502
00:25:41,226 --> 00:25:44,626
Speaker 1: you know, in this part of the country, everyone over

503
00:25:44,746 --> 00:25:47,666
Speaker 1: seventy looks at him like he's their grandson. This is

504
00:25:47,706 --> 00:25:50,506
Speaker 1: the veto. Everyone in their fifties looks at him as

505
00:25:50,506 --> 00:25:53,266
Speaker 1: their son. And if you're in your thirties or your forties,

506
00:25:53,346 --> 00:25:56,666
Speaker 1: you're watching your cousin or your younger cousin who was

507
00:25:56,706 --> 00:25:59,306
Speaker 1: born when you were eighteen, and you've watched him grow

508
00:25:59,386 --> 00:26:00,866
Speaker 1: up your whole life. I think you know, I grew

509
00:26:00,946 --> 00:26:03,706
Speaker 1: up in Freehold, New Jersey, Jersey Shore, Like I'm not saying,

510
00:26:03,706 --> 00:26:05,506
Speaker 1: I know a bunch of people like Tommy DeVito, but

511
00:26:05,626 --> 00:26:08,466
Speaker 1: when you grow up up in New Jersey, there's a

512
00:26:08,506 --> 00:26:11,786
Speaker 1: lot of Italian Americans and those families that go generations

513
00:26:11,786 --> 00:26:14,186
Speaker 1: that have all the cousins in the pregame tailgate and

514
00:26:14,226 --> 00:26:16,386
Speaker 1: they live and die with football. But there's also that

515
00:26:16,786 --> 00:26:19,866
Speaker 1: delicious Sunday pasta dinner that you will not miss on

516
00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:22,906
Speaker 1: Sunday night, Like that's a real thing. And here's Tommy

517
00:26:22,946 --> 00:26:28,786
Speaker 1: DeVito representing those folks and doing it and his hometown team, and.

518
00:26:28,706 --> 00:26:31,826
Speaker 4: It seems like he hasn't reached that point where he's

519
00:26:31,946 --> 00:26:36,546
Speaker 4: he's an exciting story and no one's like, there's you know,

520
00:26:36,586 --> 00:26:37,226
Speaker 4: there's no one's.

521
00:26:38,026 --> 00:26:39,746
Speaker 1: That was my fear. I thought there would be a

522
00:26:39,746 --> 00:26:43,586
Speaker 1: lot of a all right enough with to the Vito thing.

523
00:26:44,066 --> 00:26:48,106
Speaker 1: B all right, it's kind of becoming condescending now and

524
00:26:48,146 --> 00:26:50,866
Speaker 1: now it's a parody. And maybe last night, when when

525
00:26:50,906 --> 00:26:53,466
Speaker 1: Stillado shows up with that suit and that hat, maybe

526
00:26:53,466 --> 00:26:56,586
Speaker 1: it did veer towards that. But they're leaning into it

527
00:26:56,626 --> 00:26:58,466
Speaker 1: and like embracing it in a way that makes it

528
00:26:58,546 --> 00:27:00,586
Speaker 1: all okay for us to have fun with it too.

529
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Speaker 4: Yeah. I remember very specifically my grandfather my Chinese grandfather

530
00:27:05,946 --> 00:27:09,386
Speaker 4: loves and when Sandy was a thing, he was all

531
00:27:09,426 --> 00:27:11,746
Speaker 4: on board. And then suddenly he switched and he was like,

532
00:27:11,826 --> 00:27:14,186
Speaker 4: he's a sloppy player. I don't like him. He's not

533
00:27:14,226 --> 00:27:14,666
Speaker 4: as good.

534
00:27:14,826 --> 00:27:16,706
Speaker 1: What do you think that is because he leaned into

535
00:27:16,746 --> 00:27:17,946
Speaker 1: the the I don't know.

536
00:27:19,386 --> 00:27:21,666
Speaker 4: I think it was like he became too big. It

537
00:27:21,746 --> 00:27:23,906
Speaker 4: was just too much of a story. And I don't

538
00:27:23,946 --> 00:27:26,146
Speaker 4: feel like that's the case right now with de Vito

539
00:27:26,346 --> 00:27:32,026
Speaker 4: so very exciting. Yeah, he's it's a fun thing to

540
00:27:32,106 --> 00:27:32,666
Speaker 4: talk about.

541
00:27:33,306 --> 00:27:35,786
Speaker 1: Can we break down shown Stillado interview real quick? Like

542
00:27:35,826 --> 00:27:37,546
Speaker 1: this is like you know on Howard Stern they have

543
00:27:37,666 --> 00:27:40,746
Speaker 1: the after show, the post show, and it's usually like

544
00:27:41,186 --> 00:27:44,306
Speaker 1: John him and Ronnie and and Richard and sal they

545
00:27:44,346 --> 00:27:48,906
Speaker 1: start discussing it and Jad the post show of that interview,

546
00:27:49,386 --> 00:27:53,386
Speaker 1: he mentioned he's going into the Italian American Sports Hall

547
00:27:53,466 --> 00:27:57,146
Speaker 1: of Fame in Chicago. Now he is an agent now

548
00:27:57,146 --> 00:28:00,826
Speaker 1: granted he played a couple of seasons at Marris and

549
00:28:00,906 --> 00:28:04,746
Speaker 1: then the Area League has anyone While we've been doing this,

550
00:28:04,826 --> 00:28:08,786
Speaker 1: done a little research on this building slash Hall of Honors.

551
00:28:09,026 --> 00:28:12,746
Speaker 4: All right, so I've pulled up some information. Most important,

552
00:28:12,786 --> 00:28:15,826
Speaker 4: I think when you go to the National Italian American

553
00:28:15,826 --> 00:28:18,546
Speaker 4: Sports Hall of Fame. You scroll down the website just

554
00:28:18,586 --> 00:28:21,306
Speaker 4: a little and it says new website coming in twenty

555
00:28:21,346 --> 00:28:24,786
Speaker 4: twenty three. All right, guys, it's December of twenty twenty three.

556
00:28:24,826 --> 00:28:27,986
Speaker 2: You gotta get it.

557
00:28:27,026 --> 00:28:27,386
Speaker 3: All right.

558
00:28:27,506 --> 00:28:31,626
Speaker 4: So the forty fifth Annual Gala an induction ceremony. The

559
00:28:31,706 --> 00:28:36,186
Speaker 4: other members of the twenty twenty three inductees include Mike Rizzo,

560
00:28:36,266 --> 00:28:40,946
Speaker 4: sports executive for Washington Nationals, Louis Scrippa Junior, who was

561
00:28:41,066 --> 00:28:45,586
Speaker 4: just listed as sports endurance, Mario Massa, who's a bachi player.

562
00:28:47,386 --> 00:28:51,786
Speaker 4: Ed Kelly, who's the former superintendent of the Chicago Parks District.

563
00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:55,866
Speaker 1: Yeah, it would be irish Ed Kelly.

564
00:28:55,906 --> 00:28:56,706
Speaker 2: Okay, go on.

565
00:28:57,746 --> 00:29:00,506
Speaker 4: He's the very first regional inductee. But so I was

566
00:29:00,546 --> 00:29:02,546
Speaker 4: looking at these names, and I was like, Okay, I

567
00:29:02,546 --> 00:29:06,066
Speaker 4: don't know. These aren't like blowing my socks off. But

568
00:29:06,146 --> 00:29:10,906
Speaker 4: I'm looking at actual members who are in already. And

569
00:29:11,026 --> 00:29:14,386
Speaker 4: here are some of the names. Mario Andretti, race car Dragon,

570
00:29:14,866 --> 00:29:16,666
Speaker 4: Brian Boitano, figure skater.

571
00:29:17,226 --> 00:29:19,026
Speaker 1: Let's play a different game. Let's play a different game.

572
00:29:19,226 --> 00:29:22,506
Speaker 1: You're going alphabetical, I name a name. You tell me

573
00:29:22,546 --> 00:29:25,426
Speaker 1: if they've been on there. All right, I'm going to

574
00:29:25,506 --> 00:29:32,666
Speaker 1: start Mike Piazza. Yes, yes, Piazza made it. Jason, you

575
00:29:32,666 --> 00:29:33,066
Speaker 1: give one.

576
00:29:35,946 --> 00:29:38,506
Speaker 4: I have to say, I'm I'm very happy I'm the

577
00:29:38,506 --> 00:29:41,026
Speaker 4: one looking them up and not guessing them.

578
00:29:41,066 --> 00:29:44,866
Speaker 5: How about we stick with with football. Vince Lombardi?

579
00:29:45,066 --> 00:29:46,546
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, oh yeah Lombardi.

580
00:29:46,666 --> 00:29:49,506
Speaker 1: I'll stick with football too. How about Vince Ferragamo. F

581
00:29:49,746 --> 00:29:53,546
Speaker 1: Vince Ferragamo played for the Los Angeles Rams, took him

582
00:29:53,546 --> 00:29:54,466
Speaker 1: to a Super Bowl.

583
00:29:55,346 --> 00:30:05,026
Speaker 4: He's not Oh yes, yes, yeah, yes, sorry sorry, yeah, yeah.

584
00:30:00,986 --> 00:30:05,306
Speaker 1: He's How about how about Dan Pastorini, like quarterback for

585
00:30:05,346 --> 00:30:08,466
Speaker 1: the Oilers. Oh yeah, Jason, give me some more.

586
00:30:08,706 --> 00:30:11,426
Speaker 5: About Tony Siragusa.

587
00:30:11,826 --> 00:30:15,826
Speaker 1: The late great. This is definitely in there, do you,

588
00:30:16,906 --> 00:30:25,426
Speaker 1: s irr Yes, He's built that place. We have to

589
00:30:25,466 --> 00:30:28,186
Speaker 1: have that's a posthumous entry. We have to have the

590
00:30:28,266 --> 00:30:29,226
Speaker 1: ghosts get in there.

591
00:30:29,426 --> 00:30:32,306
Speaker 5: That's absurd. You can be one of these guys who

592
00:30:32,386 --> 00:30:35,746
Speaker 5: gets the media members, who champions the guys for all

593
00:30:35,786 --> 00:30:37,146
Speaker 5: the same cases.

594
00:30:37,466 --> 00:30:41,346
Speaker 1: Long after they're passing. Yes, belongs to that, but like

595
00:30:41,986 --> 00:30:44,866
Speaker 1: I love that Sean Stillado is in that hall as

596
00:30:44,866 --> 00:30:47,786
Speaker 1: he should be. Uh. The other point, and I sure

597
00:30:47,826 --> 00:30:51,586
Speaker 1: hope NFL Media puts this tweet out there as a

598
00:30:51,586 --> 00:30:56,706
Speaker 1: as a viral video. When he's talking about his dual closets,

599
00:30:57,226 --> 00:31:01,386
Speaker 1: one of them is cedar, the other is walking thirty

600
00:31:01,546 --> 00:31:04,546
Speaker 1: custom suits and he has to maintain a six pack

601
00:31:04,826 --> 00:31:09,426
Speaker 1: because he doesn't want to out grow the suits. Gentlemen,

602
00:31:09,706 --> 00:31:12,266
Speaker 1: the floor is yours. Aaron he lost.

603
00:31:12,906 --> 00:31:15,066
Speaker 4: I looked him up, just like to get an image

604
00:31:15,066 --> 00:31:18,066
Speaker 4: of him, and if you look up his name, one

605
00:31:18,106 --> 00:31:20,386
Speaker 4: of the first images that comes up is him. It

606
00:31:20,426 --> 00:31:25,226
Speaker 4: looks like from college. He's he's built, he's in shape,

607
00:31:25,306 --> 00:31:29,546
Speaker 4: Like I can see that. Yeah, and look, if I

608
00:31:29,546 --> 00:31:31,946
Speaker 4: had thirty custom suits, I would want to be able

609
00:31:31,946 --> 00:31:34,386
Speaker 4: to wear them for the rest of my life. So yeah,

610
00:31:34,506 --> 00:31:35,546
Speaker 4: I'm on board with that.

611
00:31:36,626 --> 00:31:36,986
Speaker 1: Jason.

612
00:31:38,466 --> 00:31:38,826
Speaker 4: The U.

613
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Speaker 5: Is Phileen's basement still, yeah, he said.

614
00:31:43,266 --> 00:31:45,786
Speaker 1: Leans, So he said Fileens, but not Fileen's basement. Because

615
00:31:45,786 --> 00:31:49,306
Speaker 1: if the jumping is phi Lean's the men's store and

616
00:31:49,386 --> 00:31:53,266
Speaker 1: Philein's basement the woman's store, I wonder if because he's

617
00:31:53,266 --> 00:31:54,786
Speaker 1: like I go to I want to fight. My mom

618
00:31:54,826 --> 00:31:57,266
Speaker 1: worked at phi Leans, and I'm like, oh my god.

619
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Speaker 1: Everything he was saying words that sounded so good out

620
00:32:00,146 --> 00:32:02,666
Speaker 1: of his mouth like that just I was hungry listening

621
00:32:02,706 --> 00:32:05,106
Speaker 1: to him because I just think of like meatballs and

622
00:32:05,186 --> 00:32:07,106
Speaker 1: par and like you're like you know and parm when

623
00:32:07,106 --> 00:32:11,226
Speaker 1: he's talking. But the way he said Phileins is fileings

624
00:32:11,226 --> 00:32:13,026
Speaker 1: and filing's basement. Are they linked?

625
00:32:14,306 --> 00:32:17,906
Speaker 4: Yes? I don't know if filings in particular as Men's

626
00:32:17,946 --> 00:32:21,026
Speaker 4: where I feel like I went to filings with my

627
00:32:21,146 --> 00:32:23,146
Speaker 4: mom in the mall, Like I don't think it.

628
00:32:23,146 --> 00:32:25,066
Speaker 1: Was a so Silens might have been the sort of

629
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Speaker 1: filings basement might have been their version of like ADJX

630
00:32:28,106 --> 00:32:33,346
Speaker 1: or like Marshall's. All right, one last thing. If you're

631
00:32:33,346 --> 00:32:36,386
Speaker 1: a prospective college kid, do you not want to at

632
00:32:36,426 --> 00:32:39,586
Speaker 1: least take the meeting? You know, like all these agents

633
00:32:39,626 --> 00:32:41,626
Speaker 1: come in and they're all basically saying, for three percent,

634
00:32:41,666 --> 00:32:43,386
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you the most money possible. I'm gonna

635
00:32:43,386 --> 00:32:44,826
Speaker 1: wake up ey day thinking about how I'm gonna get

636
00:32:44,866 --> 00:32:47,306
Speaker 1: you more money and we're gonna do great things in marketing?

637
00:32:49,586 --> 00:32:51,946
Speaker 1: Do you not take the meeting with what Seaan Stellato

638
00:32:51,986 --> 00:32:55,106
Speaker 1: has done to maximize Tommy DeVito in the New York market. Jason,

639
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Speaker 1: your thoughts.

640
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Speaker 5: If you're the dad and you see how much airtime

641
00:32:59,666 --> 00:33:03,026
Speaker 5: the dad is getting, I think if you if you

642
00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:06,986
Speaker 5: fancy yourself a TV superstar, you might push your son

643
00:33:06,826 --> 00:33:07,946
Speaker 5: in his direction.

644
00:33:09,866 --> 00:33:11,346
Speaker 1: Aaron, Yeah.

645
00:33:11,386 --> 00:33:14,946
Speaker 4: The only thing I would think that might make me

646
00:33:15,066 --> 00:33:19,506
Speaker 4: second guess it is how many agents get this much

647
00:33:20,026 --> 00:33:22,466
Speaker 4: like attention, Like is that something where you might be like,

648
00:33:22,786 --> 00:33:23,226
Speaker 4: you know, of.

649
00:33:23,146 --> 00:33:26,106
Speaker 1: Course that's an absurd thing. Of course, of course the

650
00:33:26,506 --> 00:33:27,466
Speaker 1: biggest red flag.

651
00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:31,546
Speaker 4: Yeah, like change you way, it's a huge red flag.

652
00:33:33,466 --> 00:33:35,466
Speaker 4: Oh no, I don't know real quick.

653
00:33:35,626 --> 00:33:39,306
Speaker 1: In closing on that whole thing. Like, guys, I didn't

654
00:33:39,306 --> 00:33:41,866
Speaker 1: even realize they have a Christmas Day game, Like they

655
00:33:41,906 --> 00:33:43,866
Speaker 1: have a game in New Orleans, So this show goes

656
00:33:43,906 --> 00:33:46,706
Speaker 1: to New Orleans, like Stilada will be there, like he's

657
00:33:46,746 --> 00:33:49,546
Speaker 1: gonna be dressed in Florida leze this weekend, like he's

658
00:33:49,586 --> 00:33:52,426
Speaker 1: gonna be down Bourbon Street they want to and then

659
00:33:52,586 --> 00:33:54,186
Speaker 1: Eagles Christmas?

660
00:33:54,506 --> 00:33:55,426
Speaker 3: Are you serious?

661
00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:59,746
Speaker 1: So the best is as he said Sinatra, the best

662
00:33:59,786 --> 00:34:03,786
Speaker 1: is yet to come. Come baby, Uh, it's the best

663
00:34:03,866 --> 00:34:05,906
Speaker 1: is yet to come with Sean Stillado, I am so

664
00:34:05,946 --> 00:34:08,706
Speaker 1: happy for I'm glad that. I don't know if he

665
00:34:09,306 --> 00:34:11,506
Speaker 1: looks at it as like like you know, the Mannings

666
00:34:11,506 --> 00:34:13,746
Speaker 1: were making fun of him, that wasn't laughing with that

667
00:34:13,826 --> 00:34:16,026
Speaker 1: was laughing at I don't think he gives a shit,

668
00:34:16,186 --> 00:34:18,506
Speaker 1: like all right, Elion Payton. They've never met me, so

669
00:34:18,746 --> 00:34:21,986
Speaker 1: I don't care, which I kind of respect to. That

670
00:34:22,226 --> 00:34:26,186
Speaker 1: was a great interview, and on any other week I'd say,

671
00:34:26,226 --> 00:34:28,106
Speaker 1: all right, let's wrap, let me do a little playoff

672
00:34:28,146 --> 00:34:34,106
Speaker 1: picture talk. Before Sean Stillado became a national household name.

673
00:34:34,146 --> 00:34:36,386
Speaker 1: We booked the guests that I thought was a great

674
00:34:36,426 --> 00:34:40,506
Speaker 1: get in itself, and it's Vikings defensive back Josh Mattelis,

675
00:34:40,506 --> 00:34:43,146
Speaker 1: who has played thirteen different positions and is fresh off

676
00:34:43,626 --> 00:34:46,346
Speaker 1: a game in which his Vikings won three to nothing

677
00:34:46,426 --> 00:34:49,106
Speaker 1: and stayed alive in the NFC playoff picture. I love

678
00:34:49,186 --> 00:34:52,306
Speaker 1: Josh's story. Their PR guy, Sam Newton, is a friend

679
00:34:52,306 --> 00:34:54,986
Speaker 1: of mine. Sam's like, Josh is a great dude, and

680
00:34:55,066 --> 00:34:57,306
Speaker 1: I'm like, eh, we don't really do player guests, Like

681
00:34:57,506 --> 00:34:59,426
Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. I get a lot more

682
00:34:59,466 --> 00:35:02,066
Speaker 1: out of coaches and gms who have nothing to lose,

683
00:35:02,186 --> 00:35:04,946
Speaker 1: and in a lot of cases, media members and celebrities

684
00:35:04,946 --> 00:35:07,946
Speaker 1: who just want to play can usually be either really

685
00:35:07,946 --> 00:35:11,546
Speaker 1: buttoned up or cliche. And He's like, now Josh is

686
00:35:11,586 --> 00:35:15,946
Speaker 1: the leader, Like, get Josh on. I'm so happy to

687
00:35:16,026 --> 00:35:18,906
Speaker 1: have Josh mattel Us because I am excited for this interview.

688
00:35:18,906 --> 00:35:21,586
Speaker 1: The more stuff I watch of him online, the more

689
00:35:21,626 --> 00:35:23,186
Speaker 1: I know we're going to hit it off. So with

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Speaker 1: no further ado, let's get to our second interview. Vikings

691
00:35:26,626 --> 00:35:30,306
Speaker 1: defensive back Josh mattell Us. Josh, welcome to the pod.

692
00:35:30,986 --> 00:35:32,826
Speaker 3: What's up? What's up? Peter? Thank you for having me.

693
00:35:33,386 --> 00:35:36,826
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, man, it's been some months since that happened.

694
00:35:36,946 --> 00:35:38,546
Speaker 6: You know, I've been getting a lot of questions about

695
00:35:38,546 --> 00:35:41,506
Speaker 6: that interview, and you know, just to see, you know,

696
00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:43,866
Speaker 6: where this has gone, where this has gone, and you know,

697
00:35:43,946 --> 00:35:45,746
Speaker 6: for people to really see, you know, my impact on

698
00:35:45,786 --> 00:35:46,346
Speaker 6: this team.

699
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Speaker 3: It is a great feeling, all right.

700
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Speaker 1: So you're drafted in twenty twenty and you're playing special

701
00:35:51,666 --> 00:35:54,106
Speaker 1: teams for the most part. You're a two team, two

702
00:35:54,146 --> 00:35:58,506
Speaker 1: time captain this year though career high thirteen starts, and

703
00:35:58,546 --> 00:36:01,346
Speaker 1: you're one of only two players in the NFL to

704
00:36:01,386 --> 00:36:05,026
Speaker 1: have at least a sack, one interception, and four forced fumbles.

705
00:36:05,106 --> 00:36:06,986
Speaker 1: You're doing it all. We're gonna get to the positions

706
00:36:06,986 --> 00:36:10,226
Speaker 1: that you're playing. But you had to wait for this opportunity.

707
00:36:10,266 --> 00:36:12,306
Speaker 1: I mean, you weren't a first round pick. Talk about

708
00:36:12,346 --> 00:36:14,706
Speaker 1: your perseverance and knowing that your time would come.

709
00:36:16,106 --> 00:36:18,586
Speaker 6: Yeah, man, I would say a lot of it is

710
00:36:18,666 --> 00:36:20,426
Speaker 6: just the type of person I am.

711
00:36:20,906 --> 00:36:24,026
Speaker 3: I'm very relentless. You know. I even talked to the

712
00:36:24,026 --> 00:36:25,666
Speaker 3: team about this in camp.

713
00:36:25,706 --> 00:36:27,666
Speaker 6: You know, I think this league is built on your

714
00:36:27,706 --> 00:36:30,746
Speaker 6: confidence and your resiliency to get back when it knocks

715
00:36:30,786 --> 00:36:34,546
Speaker 6: you down. And you know, for me, it happened very early. Drafted,

716
00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:36,946
Speaker 6: but then cut, you know a month later, you know

717
00:36:37,986 --> 00:36:41,066
Speaker 6: at the camp cut dates, brought back on the team,

718
00:36:41,106 --> 00:36:43,186
Speaker 6: on Peace squad, you know, finally get a shot on

719
00:36:43,226 --> 00:36:45,346
Speaker 6: special teams, you know, having to make my way through there.

720
00:36:45,746 --> 00:36:48,146
Speaker 6: Then you know, come in, you know, they draft guys,

721
00:36:48,186 --> 00:36:50,586
Speaker 6: you know, for my spot, having to fight through that.

722
00:36:50,706 --> 00:36:52,346
Speaker 3: Then we get a whole new coaching staff.

723
00:36:52,586 --> 00:36:54,906
Speaker 6: So you know, there's always been that sense of, you know,

724
00:36:54,946 --> 00:36:57,866
Speaker 6: having to fight for my spot, and but I just knew,

725
00:36:57,866 --> 00:37:00,026
Speaker 6: you know, I just had to break through. And I

726
00:37:00,106 --> 00:37:02,586
Speaker 6: always told myself, you know, once I get that one opportunity,

727
00:37:02,586 --> 00:37:04,306
Speaker 6: that one shot, I'm gonna make sure that, you know,

728
00:37:04,346 --> 00:37:06,786
Speaker 6: they can never take me off the field. And lo

729
00:37:06,906 --> 00:37:08,986
Speaker 6: and behold, you know, I've set myself up, you know

730
00:37:09,066 --> 00:37:10,626
Speaker 6: for exactly where I wanted to be.

731
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Speaker 1: You know, there's there's this this quote that I think

732
00:37:13,906 --> 00:37:18,786
Speaker 1: John Harbaugh uses a lot. Nobody cares work harder, and

733
00:37:18,826 --> 00:37:20,666
Speaker 1: it's you know, and I tweeted that out with an

734
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:23,706
Speaker 1: image yesterday, and the image was from the Fox broadcast

735
00:37:23,786 --> 00:37:26,626
Speaker 1: and it says, Josh mctelli's positions played this season. I'm

736
00:37:26,626 --> 00:37:30,506
Speaker 1: gonna listen them. Strong safety, free safety, left cornerback, right cornerback,

737
00:37:30,546 --> 00:37:34,106
Speaker 1: slot cornerback, left inside linebacker, right in side linebacker, middle linebacker,

738
00:37:34,226 --> 00:37:38,746
Speaker 1: left outside linebacker, right outside linebacker, right defensive end, left

739
00:37:38,826 --> 00:37:43,386
Speaker 1: defensive tackle. You've played thirteen different defensive positions. Is that

740
00:37:43,786 --> 00:37:46,026
Speaker 1: something that you keep track of? Or it's just hey,

741
00:37:46,066 --> 00:37:47,586
Speaker 1: where if you need me, coach, put me in?

742
00:37:47,666 --> 00:37:47,866
Speaker 3: Yeah?

743
00:37:48,626 --> 00:37:50,866
Speaker 6: For me, it's just plays. It's the line up here

744
00:37:50,866 --> 00:37:53,666
Speaker 6: and do this. You know, it's not even really like

745
00:37:53,746 --> 00:37:56,066
Speaker 6: positions for me. You know, they call it. We're all exes,

746
00:37:56,426 --> 00:37:58,706
Speaker 6: so it doesn't really matter, you know, in our room.

747
00:37:58,986 --> 00:38:00,586
Speaker 6: But when you look at it on paper, it sounds

748
00:38:00,666 --> 00:38:02,586
Speaker 6: kind of crazy. But then when you look at the tape,

749
00:38:02,626 --> 00:38:03,906
Speaker 6: you know, it kind of looks crazy too.

750
00:38:03,986 --> 00:38:05,626
Speaker 3: So just what we do?

751
00:38:05,706 --> 00:38:07,946
Speaker 6: You know, it works for us. I'm just you know,

752
00:38:07,946 --> 00:38:10,066
Speaker 6: I would just tell people I'm a football player, you know.

753
00:38:10,106 --> 00:38:11,426
Speaker 6: I just want to play football. You know, I think

754
00:38:11,466 --> 00:38:13,266
Speaker 6: I'm really good at it. It doesn't matter where you

755
00:38:13,266 --> 00:38:16,386
Speaker 6: put me. I just want to make game changing plays.

756
00:38:16,146 --> 00:38:16,346
Speaker 4: You know.

757
00:38:16,426 --> 00:38:18,826
Speaker 1: It's it's it's interesting because Flores comes in and a

758
00:38:18,826 --> 00:38:20,746
Speaker 1: lot of you guys were all there last year. There's

759
00:38:20,786 --> 00:38:23,426
Speaker 1: been a couple additions. The rookie pace has been a revelation.

760
00:38:23,586 --> 00:38:26,306
Speaker 1: But that Vikings defense. When you hold a team to

761
00:38:26,466 --> 00:38:28,306
Speaker 1: zero points and you keep your team in it with

762
00:38:28,346 --> 00:38:31,306
Speaker 1: all the different quarterback changes and win three nothing, It's

763
00:38:31,346 --> 00:38:33,306
Speaker 1: easy to look at the defensive coordinator and then you

764
00:38:33,306 --> 00:38:35,826
Speaker 1: look at the players on the field. You and Flora

765
00:38:35,906 --> 00:38:38,026
Speaker 1: seem to have a great chemistry and seem to speak

766
00:38:38,026 --> 00:38:41,346
Speaker 1: the same language. He is high on intellect, high on

767
00:38:41,466 --> 00:38:43,906
Speaker 1: being prepared, and also he'll throw a lot of stuff

768
00:38:43,946 --> 00:38:47,866
Speaker 1: at you. Has it been just a sensational time learning

769
00:38:47,866 --> 00:38:50,026
Speaker 1: from this guy, And what is the Flora's effect had

770
00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:50,866
Speaker 1: on you as a player.

771
00:38:51,466 --> 00:38:54,226
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I would say it's been life changing.

772
00:38:54,906 --> 00:38:57,826
Speaker 6: I think you know, his his impact, you know, not

773
00:38:57,866 --> 00:39:00,146
Speaker 6: only for this team but for me in general, has

774
00:39:00,186 --> 00:39:00,746
Speaker 6: been huge.

775
00:39:01,026 --> 00:39:02,226
Speaker 3: From the first time I met him.

776
00:39:02,946 --> 00:39:04,586
Speaker 6: One of the first things I said about him was

777
00:39:04,666 --> 00:39:06,426
Speaker 6: just you can see the experience who was in out

778
00:39:06,546 --> 00:39:09,586
Speaker 6: of him. He walks through the through these holes and

779
00:39:10,106 --> 00:39:12,906
Speaker 6: I think, you know, just his uh, his intellect and

780
00:39:12,986 --> 00:39:14,586
Speaker 6: you know, the way he cares himself and the way

781
00:39:14,626 --> 00:39:17,866
Speaker 6: he respects the game. I think has uh inspired our

782
00:39:17,906 --> 00:39:20,306
Speaker 6: whole team, you know, especially on the defensive side. It's

783
00:39:20,346 --> 00:39:24,066
Speaker 6: definitely inspired me. If I ever wanted to coach, you know,

784
00:39:24,106 --> 00:39:25,866
Speaker 6: I would want to be a coach just like him,

785
00:39:25,906 --> 00:39:26,066
Speaker 6: you know.

786
00:39:26,266 --> 00:39:26,586
Speaker 3: Uh.

787
00:39:26,666 --> 00:39:28,266
Speaker 6: I think he has a great way of just you know,

788
00:39:28,346 --> 00:39:31,346
Speaker 6: inspiring guys and getting guys ready to go, you know,

789
00:39:31,426 --> 00:39:34,666
Speaker 6: teaching the fundamentals and what it takes to actually win

790
00:39:34,706 --> 00:39:37,746
Speaker 6: football games. And I think he's he's doing a great job,

791
00:39:37,786 --> 00:39:39,226
Speaker 6: and you know, we're lucky to have him.

792
00:39:39,746 --> 00:39:42,186
Speaker 1: I've mentioned this Ivan Pace already three times in this interview.

793
00:39:42,226 --> 00:39:44,306
Speaker 1: But when you have thirteen tackles and you are all

794
00:39:44,346 --> 00:39:46,306
Speaker 1: over the field and you're an undrafted guy doing that

795
00:39:46,346 --> 00:39:48,586
Speaker 1: in your first year, A lot of the a lot

796
00:39:48,666 --> 00:39:50,986
Speaker 1: of the listeners this podcast don't watch the Vikings every week.

797
00:39:51,026 --> 00:39:53,226
Speaker 1: They've never heard of Ivan Pace Junior. When he walked

798
00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:55,786
Speaker 1: into camp as an undrafted guy to Cincinnati. Did you

799
00:39:55,826 --> 00:39:57,626
Speaker 1: know he'd be leading all rookies and tackles. A couple

800
00:39:57,626 --> 00:39:59,186
Speaker 1: of months later, did you have a feeling.

801
00:39:59,426 --> 00:40:03,346
Speaker 3: Uh, after a week of the practice, I did. You.

802
00:40:03,346 --> 00:40:06,226
Speaker 3: You know, he come in, he's a quiet kid. He

803
00:40:06,306 --> 00:40:07,226
Speaker 3: was really to himself.

804
00:40:07,306 --> 00:40:08,906
Speaker 6: You know, I think you know, it really was just

805
00:40:08,946 --> 00:40:10,906
Speaker 6: the fact that he was mad that he went undrafted.

806
00:40:10,986 --> 00:40:13,666
Speaker 6: You know, he had that chip on the shoulder, so

807
00:40:13,706 --> 00:40:15,226
Speaker 6: you know, he didn't talk to anybody. He was just

808
00:40:15,306 --> 00:40:17,586
Speaker 6: by his work. But the minute he stepped on the

809
00:40:17,586 --> 00:40:20,066
Speaker 6: football field and we put on cleats and he ran around,

810
00:40:20,306 --> 00:40:22,826
Speaker 6: you instantly knew he was going to show up popped

811
00:40:22,826 --> 00:40:25,986
Speaker 6: on the tape instantly, A guy who loves football, hall

812
00:40:25,986 --> 00:40:28,186
Speaker 6: who loves to be around the ball. And you know,

813
00:40:28,266 --> 00:40:30,506
Speaker 6: I think me and him we hit it off because

814
00:40:30,546 --> 00:40:32,946
Speaker 6: you know, we have that same dog mindset. You know,

815
00:40:33,266 --> 00:40:35,906
Speaker 6: it doesn't matter what size we are, how fast we are,

816
00:40:35,946 --> 00:40:38,066
Speaker 6: you know, we're gonna find a way to make an impact.

817
00:40:38,106 --> 00:40:40,866
Speaker 6: And he's been used for this team and I'm excited

818
00:40:40,906 --> 00:40:42,826
Speaker 6: to see where he goes. You know, he's been growing

819
00:40:42,866 --> 00:40:45,106
Speaker 6: a lot, especially in these past couple of weeks, you know,

820
00:40:45,146 --> 00:40:48,186
Speaker 6: having to step up and call the plays. So you know,

821
00:40:48,226 --> 00:40:50,826
Speaker 6: I think his his his career is going to go

822
00:40:50,906 --> 00:40:53,346
Speaker 6: in a great trajectory if you know, he keeps it

823
00:40:53,426 --> 00:40:55,226
Speaker 6: up and he keeps doing the work that he's doing.

824
00:40:55,906 --> 00:40:58,586
Speaker 1: Tell me really quick about the celebration you guys had

825
00:40:58,666 --> 00:41:00,386
Speaker 1: in the keg stand. I saw you. You were the

826
00:41:00,386 --> 00:41:02,346
Speaker 1: one who was disney walking. That was me in college.

827
00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:05,786
Speaker 1: I was like forty four with the captain's logo. That's me.

828
00:41:05,906 --> 00:41:08,666
Speaker 1: That's Peter Striker twenty years ago. Uh is that kind

829
00:41:08,666 --> 00:41:10,626
Speaker 1: of stuff orchestrated? When do you work on a keg

830
00:41:10,746 --> 00:41:12,426
Speaker 1: stand the celebration.

831
00:41:13,026 --> 00:41:16,426
Speaker 6: Yeah, we have one of our dB rookie DB's Najie Thompson,

832
00:41:16,546 --> 00:41:22,186
Speaker 6: our special Team's gunner. He's he's a celebration coordinator. About

833
00:41:22,386 --> 00:41:24,946
Speaker 6: I would say like eight weeks ago, you know, when

834
00:41:24,946 --> 00:41:26,906
Speaker 6: we were like two or fours, you know, trying to

835
00:41:26,906 --> 00:41:27,586
Speaker 6: make our way out.

836
00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:30,826
Speaker 3: Uh, Flow appointed him as coordinators.

837
00:41:31,066 --> 00:41:34,266
Speaker 1: That's an extual conversation. Florus is like, you know what, Naji,

838
00:41:34,426 --> 00:41:36,066
Speaker 1: You've earned that title. You were going to be the

839
00:41:36,106 --> 00:41:36,866
Speaker 1: celebration courter.

840
00:41:37,426 --> 00:41:38,706
Speaker 3: That's exactly how you said it.

841
00:41:38,786 --> 00:41:42,706
Speaker 6: And every every day before the game, the meeting before

842
00:41:42,746 --> 00:41:45,506
Speaker 6: the game, that Saturday night, Friday night, whatever day we

843
00:41:45,506 --> 00:41:49,506
Speaker 6: play on, we have a lot of time for him

844
00:41:49,506 --> 00:41:51,626
Speaker 6: to come and talk to us and show us the celebrations,

845
00:41:51,626 --> 00:41:53,506
Speaker 6: and you know, we talked through them. You know, we

846
00:41:53,746 --> 00:41:56,146
Speaker 6: practice some however you want to do it. But yeah,

847
00:41:56,186 --> 00:42:00,346
Speaker 6: we definitely, uh, we definitely plan those and they're not

848
00:42:00,586 --> 00:42:02,506
Speaker 6: just something we just think of right on the spot.

849
00:42:02,666 --> 00:42:05,826
Speaker 3: They all have meaning to it and that means something

850
00:42:05,826 --> 00:42:06,266
Speaker 3: to us.

851
00:42:07,266 --> 00:42:10,266
Speaker 1: Looking at these stats and Josh mctellis number forty four

852
00:42:10,306 --> 00:42:14,266
Speaker 1: for the Vikings, I see the leaders of quarterback pressures

853
00:42:14,266 --> 00:42:17,266
Speaker 1: from defensive back position. You lead the NFL with twenty three.

854
00:42:17,786 --> 00:42:21,786
Speaker 1: The next closest number is fifteen. You have eight more

855
00:42:21,866 --> 00:42:25,026
Speaker 1: quarterback pressures than any other defensive back in the league.

856
00:42:25,346 --> 00:42:27,906
Speaker 1: Talk about getting to the quarterback and rushing off the edge,

857
00:42:27,946 --> 00:42:29,226
Speaker 1: and how about you enjoy doing that?

858
00:42:29,826 --> 00:42:30,706
Speaker 3: Oh? I love it.

859
00:42:31,066 --> 00:42:33,986
Speaker 6: I said, in another life, I would be an outside

860
00:42:34,026 --> 00:42:36,626
Speaker 6: linebacker and just rush the pass it for a living.

861
00:42:36,706 --> 00:42:40,746
Speaker 6: I think it's an art and you know, it's definitely appreciated.

862
00:42:40,746 --> 00:42:42,426
Speaker 6: You know, that's why they get paid the big bucks.

863
00:42:43,146 --> 00:42:43,386
Speaker 3: You know.

864
00:42:43,546 --> 00:42:46,666
Speaker 6: Me as a dB, I always admired it, you know,

865
00:42:46,786 --> 00:42:48,746
Speaker 6: and this year, finally getting a chance to do it

866
00:42:48,826 --> 00:42:52,146
Speaker 6: is something I definitely took pride in and you know,

867
00:42:52,386 --> 00:42:55,546
Speaker 6: it feels you know, just it's a different feeling. You know,

868
00:42:55,626 --> 00:42:57,826
Speaker 6: you could get the guy down, you know, save your dbs,

869
00:42:58,066 --> 00:43:00,386
Speaker 6: you know from having to cover too long, and you know,

870
00:43:00,466 --> 00:43:02,946
Speaker 6: just impact the game in a different way. And you know,

871
00:43:02,986 --> 00:43:06,106
Speaker 6: being with guys like the Neil and DJ Wannham, you know,

872
00:43:06,146 --> 00:43:07,986
Speaker 6: you get a lot of tension taking away and you've

873
00:43:07,946 --> 00:43:10,586
Speaker 6: got I have of pace, you know, running through God's faces.

874
00:43:10,626 --> 00:43:12,546
Speaker 6: You know, it's a you got to too coming off

875
00:43:12,546 --> 00:43:14,666
Speaker 6: the edge. You know, it's just a lot of a

876
00:43:14,666 --> 00:43:16,386
Speaker 6: lot of a lot of guys moving around it and

877
00:43:16,426 --> 00:43:18,146
Speaker 6: I just sneak my way in, you know, make an

878
00:43:18,146 --> 00:43:21,026
Speaker 6: impact that way. Yeah, but I loved it, and you know,

879
00:43:21,066 --> 00:43:23,146
Speaker 6: I'm excited to see where you know, we keep building

880
00:43:23,146 --> 00:43:24,426
Speaker 6: this thing all.

881
00:43:24,386 --> 00:43:26,866
Speaker 1: Right as we're rapping because you got meetings. I love it.

882
00:43:26,906 --> 00:43:29,426
Speaker 1: We don't often do the players you should do coaches

883
00:43:29,426 --> 00:43:31,306
Speaker 1: and gms on this podcast. I love that we have

884
00:43:31,346 --> 00:43:34,186
Speaker 1: a current player who's actually a huge part of this

885
00:43:34,226 --> 00:43:38,466
Speaker 1: Saturday game that you guys have talk about you where'd

886
00:43:38,506 --> 00:43:41,346
Speaker 1: you grow up? Talk about your household growing up, and

887
00:43:41,386 --> 00:43:43,746
Speaker 1: then maybe your path to the NFL just a little bit,

888
00:43:43,826 --> 00:43:45,386
Speaker 1: and shed some light on the people that helped you

889
00:43:45,386 --> 00:43:45,746
Speaker 1: get here.

890
00:43:46,306 --> 00:43:50,466
Speaker 3: Yeah. So I'm originally from Noo, Miami, Florida.

891
00:43:51,106 --> 00:43:51,226
Speaker 1: UH.

892
00:43:51,466 --> 00:43:54,546
Speaker 3: Born and raised there. I grew up with a single mom.

893
00:43:54,906 --> 00:43:57,786
Speaker 6: Uh My dad was in my life a little bit

894
00:43:57,826 --> 00:44:02,066
Speaker 6: growing up, and I have six I'm the oldest of

895
00:44:02,106 --> 00:44:04,706
Speaker 6: six kids. So I always really been that you know,

896
00:44:04,826 --> 00:44:07,106
Speaker 6: leader in that type of role, you know, having a

897
00:44:07,226 --> 00:44:09,786
Speaker 6: take on a lot. Like I said, my mom has

898
00:44:09,826 --> 00:44:12,986
Speaker 6: four kids on her side, so I was always always

899
00:44:12,986 --> 00:44:15,666
Speaker 6: in the house with three of the kids, having to

900
00:44:15,906 --> 00:44:18,466
Speaker 6: you know, be the oldest male in the house. So

901
00:44:18,626 --> 00:44:21,386
Speaker 6: that was something that always you know, just prime me

902
00:44:21,426 --> 00:44:25,586
Speaker 6: for a position of leadership. And you know, we moved

903
00:44:25,586 --> 00:44:27,186
Speaker 6: a lot as a kid. My mom had me when

904
00:44:27,186 --> 00:44:29,466
Speaker 6: she was in high school, so you could just imagine

905
00:44:29,466 --> 00:44:32,146
Speaker 6: the struggle she had, and you know, it was just

906
00:44:32,186 --> 00:44:34,786
Speaker 6: a lot of resiliency, you know, a lot of having

907
00:44:34,786 --> 00:44:37,106
Speaker 6: to stand back up on my feet, knowing, you know,

908
00:44:37,146 --> 00:44:39,186
Speaker 6: I've been knocked down, and a lot of you know,

909
00:44:39,226 --> 00:44:41,346
Speaker 6: working hard. When I don't see the light, I don't

910
00:44:41,386 --> 00:44:44,626
Speaker 6: see the the and I can't picture, you know, what

911
00:44:44,626 --> 00:44:46,026
Speaker 6: it would look like. But I know it's going to

912
00:44:46,066 --> 00:44:49,266
Speaker 6: be there if I just keep working hard and I

913
00:44:49,346 --> 00:44:52,186
Speaker 6: go start playing football, fall in love with the game,

914
00:44:52,866 --> 00:44:55,146
Speaker 6: go to high school and playing running back. You know,

915
00:44:55,226 --> 00:44:58,146
Speaker 6: we need a guy to play safety in a seven

916
00:44:58,186 --> 00:45:00,546
Speaker 6: on seven game, in a seven on seven tournament, I

917
00:45:00,586 --> 00:45:01,346
Speaker 6: go play safety.

918
00:45:01,426 --> 00:45:03,586
Speaker 3: Fall in love with that kind of like how I'm doing.

919
00:45:03,586 --> 00:45:05,906
Speaker 6: I just put myself in a position and just play football,

920
00:45:05,986 --> 00:45:08,186
Speaker 6: you know, in it out later and you know I

921
00:45:08,226 --> 00:45:10,306
Speaker 6: figured that out, you know, end up getting a scholarship

922
00:45:10,306 --> 00:45:12,066
Speaker 6: to Michigan going up there.

923
00:45:12,426 --> 00:45:14,426
Speaker 1: Time out. You get a scholarship to Michigan. What's your

924
00:45:14,426 --> 00:45:16,706
Speaker 1: mother's reaction when she finds out you getting I mean

925
00:45:16,746 --> 00:45:19,066
Speaker 1: to Michigan is one of the top institutions in the world.

926
00:45:19,466 --> 00:45:21,706
Speaker 3: Crazy. My mom was so excited.

927
00:45:22,386 --> 00:45:24,946
Speaker 6: That was one of the biggest things, you know, as

928
00:45:25,066 --> 00:45:26,626
Speaker 6: a child for me was you know, finding a way

929
00:45:26,666 --> 00:45:29,266
Speaker 6: to get a scholarship. I had actually a couple of

930
00:45:29,306 --> 00:45:32,946
Speaker 6: academic scholarships, you know, before I had my first football scholarship,

931
00:45:33,506 --> 00:45:35,346
Speaker 6: so she was excited for those two. So you know,

932
00:45:35,386 --> 00:45:39,146
Speaker 6: it was kind of a win win, and uh, you know,

933
00:45:39,186 --> 00:45:42,746
Speaker 6: I get to Michigan. I actually played my first my

934
00:45:42,866 --> 00:45:45,626
Speaker 6: started my first game at linebacker, you know, trying to

935
00:45:45,666 --> 00:45:47,986
Speaker 6: just fit fit in, you know, trying to follow my

936
00:45:48,026 --> 00:45:50,786
Speaker 6: freshman year, they moving back to safety. Playing three years

937
00:45:50,786 --> 00:45:55,026
Speaker 6: there and come out of me, my wife, Uh, at

938
00:45:55,026 --> 00:45:58,626
Speaker 6: the end of college, going into the league, and uh,

939
00:45:58,746 --> 00:46:01,266
Speaker 6: you know we have our we have our son, and

940
00:46:01,306 --> 00:46:02,746
Speaker 6: it's just you know, for me, it's just been a

941
00:46:02,746 --> 00:46:06,226
Speaker 6: lot of a lot of successes in my life, you know,

942
00:46:06,466 --> 00:46:09,506
Speaker 6: off the field, that's just been you know, just a

943
00:46:09,506 --> 00:46:12,186
Speaker 6: result of hard work and putting my head down, you know,

944
00:46:12,266 --> 00:46:14,426
Speaker 6: doing the right things, living the right way, you know,

945
00:46:14,466 --> 00:46:17,386
Speaker 6: treating people the right way. And you know, I think

946
00:46:17,866 --> 00:46:20,986
Speaker 6: as a player and just as a person, you know,

947
00:46:21,026 --> 00:46:21,946
Speaker 6: I just want to shed light.

948
00:46:21,986 --> 00:46:22,826
Speaker 3: I want to give light.

949
00:46:22,906 --> 00:46:25,466
Speaker 6: You know, I want to be that driving force for somebody,

950
00:46:25,746 --> 00:46:26,906
Speaker 6: you know, anyway I can help.

951
00:46:27,386 --> 00:46:29,506
Speaker 3: And you know that's just how I am with the team,

952
00:46:29,626 --> 00:46:30,866
Speaker 3: That's just how I am as a person.

953
00:46:31,586 --> 00:46:34,186
Speaker 1: I look at you as not only an ambassador of

954
00:46:34,266 --> 00:46:37,306
Speaker 1: North Florida or North Miami and what you've done at Michigan.

955
00:46:37,346 --> 00:46:39,866
Speaker 1: But like it's kind of cool to now have this

956
00:46:39,946 --> 00:46:43,106
Speaker 1: feelings like, hey, Vikings, put us anywhere, put us against

957
00:46:43,106 --> 00:46:45,986
Speaker 1: any team, we'll figure it out. Take our quarterback, we'll

958
00:46:46,026 --> 00:46:48,626
Speaker 1: figure it out. Have our free agent running back that

959
00:46:48,706 --> 00:46:52,106
Speaker 1: was our superstar b somewhere else, we'll figure it out.

960
00:46:52,346 --> 00:46:55,786
Speaker 1: From the Zilf family, you know, Ziggy and the Will

961
00:46:55,866 --> 00:46:58,266
Speaker 1: family from Ziggy on to Mark to down to the

962
00:46:58,386 --> 00:47:00,866
Speaker 1: GM to the coach. Do you feel like this Vikings

963
00:47:00,866 --> 00:47:02,546
Speaker 1: team is something special and you guys can go on

964
00:47:02,586 --> 00:47:03,586
Speaker 1: a bit of a run right now.

965
00:47:04,026 --> 00:47:06,266
Speaker 3: One hundred percent. I love our organization.

966
00:47:06,466 --> 00:47:09,306
Speaker 6: I think the top to bottom they're doing great things

967
00:47:09,426 --> 00:47:11,946
Speaker 6: and it's definitely shown within the players and.

968
00:47:12,426 --> 00:47:14,546
Speaker 3: Within just the culture of this team.

969
00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:17,746
Speaker 6: I say, you know, we were voted number one in

970
00:47:17,786 --> 00:47:20,826
Speaker 6: the best organization, and I would say I firmly believe

971
00:47:20,946 --> 00:47:23,146
Speaker 6: that that's true. You know, we have great we have

972
00:47:23,186 --> 00:47:26,506
Speaker 6: great leadership here and I think you know it's going

973
00:47:26,586 --> 00:47:28,426
Speaker 6: to show in this month of December. You know where

974
00:47:28,466 --> 00:47:30,746
Speaker 6: football matters the most. You know, we're going to show

975
00:47:30,746 --> 00:47:34,466
Speaker 6: our true our true characteristics and then the true the

976
00:47:34,546 --> 00:47:37,386
Speaker 6: true value of this team will showing this month. You know,

977
00:47:37,546 --> 00:47:39,906
Speaker 6: as we know, had to make the playoffs.

978
00:47:40,386 --> 00:47:43,986
Speaker 1: Number forty four captains Cee on the chest. We're all

979
00:47:44,026 --> 00:47:46,346
Speaker 1: gonna be watching Saturday. You're going to be out there

980
00:47:47,146 --> 00:47:49,786
Speaker 1: super excited. Dude. It is great to get to know you.

981
00:47:49,826 --> 00:47:52,186
Speaker 1: I'm a huge fan, having not known you, just knowing

982
00:47:52,186 --> 00:47:55,786
Speaker 1: your game and your story and this was awesome. Thank you,

983
00:47:55,826 --> 00:47:56,986
Speaker 1: josh I appreciate it.

984
00:47:57,386 --> 00:47:59,186
Speaker 6: Thank you, Peter. I'm a big fan of you as well.

985
00:47:59,706 --> 00:48:01,746
Speaker 6: Say hi, did accrue for me? I want to try

986
00:48:01,786 --> 00:48:05,306
Speaker 6: to do this offseason meet you guys. It'll be fun,

987
00:48:05,626 --> 00:48:06,306
Speaker 6: no doubt, dude.

988
00:48:06,746 --> 00:48:08,666
Speaker 1: If you want to host the show during the off season,

989
00:48:08,746 --> 00:48:10,106
Speaker 1: we'll throw you in the host chair. You could sit

990
00:48:10,146 --> 00:48:11,546
Speaker 1: in for three hours. We'd love to have you.

991
00:48:11,706 --> 00:48:13,106
Speaker 3: I would love that. I would loved it.

992
00:48:14,186 --> 00:48:17,906
Speaker 1: Just another hurdle you'll be able to leave. Josh Mittelis,

993
00:48:18,426 --> 00:48:21,066
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings have a great game on Saturday, and we'll

994
00:48:21,066 --> 00:48:22,226
Speaker 1: be watching you the rest of the way.

995
00:48:22,666 --> 00:48:23,306
Speaker 3: Thank you guys.

996
00:48:31,186 --> 00:48:34,866
Speaker 1: All right, Josh mttelis a great young man. Really dug him.

997
00:48:35,066 --> 00:48:36,826
Speaker 1: I bring back Aaron and Jason. This is what we

998
00:48:36,826 --> 00:48:39,066
Speaker 1: do now. We just do a PostScript on the interview.

999
00:48:39,826 --> 00:48:42,826
Speaker 1: Had you heard of Mittellis before today? Yeah.

1000
00:48:42,906 --> 00:48:46,426
Speaker 4: I went to college in Minnesota, so I have a

1001
00:48:46,426 --> 00:48:48,386
Speaker 4: soft spot for the Vikings, and I always like to

1002
00:48:49,546 --> 00:48:51,666
Speaker 4: keep them in mind, even if I'm not, you know,

1003
00:48:52,026 --> 00:48:54,226
Speaker 4: actively rooting for them while I root for the Bills.

1004
00:48:54,746 --> 00:48:57,786
Speaker 4: But I remember, like I loved Questi when he came on.

1005
00:48:57,946 --> 00:48:59,866
Speaker 4: He was one of my favorite interviews we had. And

1006
00:48:59,906 --> 00:49:02,186
Speaker 4: I have a couple of friends who are huge Vikings fans,

1007
00:49:02,426 --> 00:49:04,986
Speaker 4: and I remember like during that interview, texting them and

1008
00:49:05,026 --> 00:49:07,386
Speaker 4: just being like, your guys, is you're in good hands.

1009
00:49:07,426 --> 00:49:08,226
Speaker 4: This guy's amazing.

1010
00:49:08,866 --> 00:49:10,706
Speaker 1: And he said he was on that interview saying the

1011
00:49:10,746 --> 00:49:12,746
Speaker 1: one guy to watch for is Mattellus, and I'll be honest,

1012
00:49:13,106 --> 00:49:14,546
Speaker 1: he could have gone anywhere. I was like, okay, he

1013
00:49:14,586 --> 00:49:16,426
Speaker 1: gave me like a special teams guy. I didn't realize

1014
00:49:16,466 --> 00:49:17,826
Speaker 1: he was going to ball out and be like the

1015
00:49:17,906 --> 00:49:19,346
Speaker 1: leader of Flora's defense.

1016
00:49:20,426 --> 00:49:20,946
Speaker 3: And I love that.

1017
00:49:21,106 --> 00:49:25,626
Speaker 4: Today we had two separate, two separate interviews, two separate teams,

1018
00:49:26,066 --> 00:49:29,186
Speaker 4: both of them talking about players coming from These are

1019
00:49:29,226 --> 00:49:31,546
Speaker 4: not first round picks, these are not second round picks.

1020
00:49:31,586 --> 00:49:34,666
Speaker 4: These are guys who who got drafted and then got

1021
00:49:34,706 --> 00:49:37,866
Speaker 4: cut or as as Sean was saying, there needs to

1022
00:49:37,906 --> 00:49:39,786
Speaker 4: be a day floor of the draft because he was

1023
00:49:39,786 --> 00:49:42,706
Speaker 4: in a UDFA. I mean like that, that's amazing to

1024
00:49:42,746 --> 00:49:46,386
Speaker 4: have two separate players I think making a huge impact

1025
00:49:46,746 --> 00:49:50,146
Speaker 4: that are not draft darlings or anything. I love that.

1026
00:49:50,826 --> 00:49:53,586
Speaker 1: You know, not to get dramatic about it, but when

1027
00:49:53,626 --> 00:49:57,906
Speaker 1: Mittellis is telling his story and it's like I was

1028
00:49:57,986 --> 00:50:01,786
Speaker 1: the oldest male in my household, and my wife and

1029
00:50:01,906 --> 00:50:04,146
Speaker 1: my mother had me when I was when she was

1030
00:50:04,186 --> 00:50:08,506
Speaker 1: in high school, in high school. It never it never

1031
00:50:08,546 --> 00:50:12,466
Speaker 1: stops amazing me what people overcome, It never stops amazing me.

1032
00:50:12,546 --> 00:50:14,386
Speaker 1: And I can only imagine I got emotional when he

1033
00:50:14,506 --> 00:50:16,786
Speaker 1: sayed it. But like, what do you think his mom

1034
00:50:16,786 --> 00:50:18,506
Speaker 1: says when he comes home and he's like, I've got

1035
00:50:18,626 --> 00:50:21,546
Speaker 1: a scholarship offer to go to the University of Michigan,

1036
00:50:22,026 --> 00:50:25,026
Speaker 1: which is one of the blue chip universities in the world,

1037
00:50:25,226 --> 00:50:28,066
Speaker 1: And like, this kid put it together and did it,

1038
00:50:28,106 --> 00:50:29,946
Speaker 1: of course with the support of his family. But like

1039
00:50:30,826 --> 00:50:34,866
Speaker 1: it's an you can never and that story never gets old,

1040
00:50:34,946 --> 00:50:38,266
Speaker 1: and it's an age old story of the player emerging

1041
00:50:38,306 --> 00:50:42,066
Speaker 1: from you know, circumstances that might might not be ideal,

1042
00:50:42,506 --> 00:50:45,026
Speaker 1: and yet it was ideal. It was ideal for him,

1043
00:50:45,026 --> 00:50:46,666
Speaker 1: and it was ideal, and they never pitied each other

1044
00:50:46,746 --> 00:50:49,306
Speaker 1: and they made it happen. Like I love that stuff.

1045
00:50:49,986 --> 00:50:52,146
Speaker 4: I also love you know. You were asking him, like

1046
00:50:52,186 --> 00:50:55,146
Speaker 4: what'd your mom say when you got the scholarship to Michigan.

1047
00:50:55,306 --> 00:50:57,826
Speaker 4: He's like, well, I already had two academics, like chefs,

1048
00:50:57,866 --> 00:51:00,626
Speaker 4: so you know this wasn't as big a deal. Baby, No,

1049
00:51:00,706 --> 00:51:05,986
Speaker 4: it was amazing, and everyone can sort of give that

1050
00:51:06,066 --> 00:51:08,386
Speaker 4: mind of like, oh, well, when I've been knocked down

1051
00:51:08,426 --> 00:51:11,146
Speaker 4: and this support the thing has happened, I get back

1052
00:51:11,226 --> 00:51:13,506
Speaker 4: up and I, you know, try again for him to

1053
00:51:13,546 --> 00:51:18,746
Speaker 4: be able to say one of six kids, single mom.

1054
00:51:19,026 --> 00:51:22,186
Speaker 4: You know, she was not even in college or age

1055
00:51:22,266 --> 00:51:24,506
Speaker 4: when she had me. And then I was drafted and

1056
00:51:24,546 --> 00:51:27,066
Speaker 4: cut and then I'm watching the team draft more guys

1057
00:51:27,106 --> 00:51:31,546
Speaker 4: at my position. He plays thirteen positions or whatever, like, yeah,

1058
00:51:31,666 --> 00:51:35,786
Speaker 4: he's he was and he was so nice and kid.

1059
00:51:36,586 --> 00:51:38,386
Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to be friends with him.

1060
00:51:38,426 --> 00:51:40,506
Speaker 4: Joking with you before the interview and everything.

1061
00:51:40,746 --> 00:51:45,266
Speaker 1: I know he was busting my chops. Let's let's watch

1062
00:51:45,346 --> 00:51:48,266
Speaker 1: Joshuma tell us this weekend. That's the early game on

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Speaker 1: the Saturday slate. So here is a PSA public service

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Speaker 1: announcement for all the listeners to remember that there's football

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Speaker 1: on Saturday, and it's not just one game at night.

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Speaker 1: It is football on Saturday, and it's all day long.

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Speaker 1: It's actually on the NFL network exclusively and on NFL Plus.

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Speaker 1: So those games Saturday one eastern ten am Pacific, Josh

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Speaker 1: Mattelis and the Minnesota Vikings will take on Jake Browning

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Speaker 1: Chase Brown and the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati. That's at one.

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Speaker 1: Then if you're on the East coast at four point thirty,

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Speaker 1: you've got Steelers at Colts. Those are four playoff hungary teams,

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Speaker 1: and if the playoffs were today, all three of those four,

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Speaker 1: the Bengals would be out, would be in it. And

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Speaker 1: then at night Broncos, one of the hottest teams in

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Speaker 1: football against the Lions, who just stubbed their foot again

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Speaker 1: for the second time in three weeks, losing an inexplicable

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Speaker 1: divisional game, this one to the Bears. The Broncos and

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Speaker 1: Lions is at night at eight fifteen. So Saturday Vikings

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Speaker 1: Bengals early one of those like you're not going to remember,

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Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden you're going to see

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Speaker 1: tweets and people are gonna be texting you about the game.

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Speaker 1: I'm reminding you Saturday, one o'clock NFL Network, Steelers Colts

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Speaker 1: right after, and then Broncos Lions, and then Sunday.

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Speaker 4: The Saturday games there, none of them are nothing. Every

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Speaker 4: other team, they're all good games. Five of them are

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Speaker 4: seven and six, and then the Lions are nine and four.

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Speaker 4: So every single team there as a winning record. Every

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Speaker 4: single one of them is in the playoff hunt.

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Speaker 1: That's wild Saturday. Then Saturday ends and you're like, all right,

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Speaker 1: Sunday one o'clock Giants Saints is a huge game now,

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Speaker 1: and we have Sean Stillado, the agent of Tommy DeVito.

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Speaker 1: His client Tommy is playing. Okay, everything's gonna be about

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Speaker 1: Shan Stillado. The rest of the one o'clock schedule, Jets

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Speaker 1: Dolphins becomes interesting, Chiefs, Patriots, eh, Texans, Titans gee. And

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Speaker 1: then the four o'clock window. I'm looking at it. My

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Speaker 1: phone's going off. Someone's calling me. I'm shutting that off.

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Speaker 3: Sorry, blowing you off. Whatever that was.

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Speaker 1: Four o'clock window. Forty nine Ers, Cardinals, maybe, Rams, Commanders Yeah, oh, Bills, yeah, Boys, Bills,

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Speaker 1: all right, great, great one, and then Ravens Jaguars Sunday night, awesome,

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Speaker 1: and then Eagles Okay, great, great, great three days of

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Speaker 1: football Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Yeah, guys, that's the pod. Stellato, Mattelis, Schreger,

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Speaker 1: Wan Kaufman, English.

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Speaker 3: There we go.

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Speaker 1: I love today's podcast. If they win, and I want

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Speaker 1: to hear from the listeners and the viewers and all

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Speaker 1: this stuff. If they win, do we want to have

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Speaker 1: Sean Stillado on it again next week?

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Speaker 4: You remember how we used to do, like we talk

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Speaker 4: about White Lotus every week when that was on or something.

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Speaker 4: I just want Sean to come on. I'm like, I

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Speaker 4: don't know what is he.

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Speaker 1: Going to talk? Like?

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Speaker 4: Tell us about the hotel in New Orleans? What was

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00:55:05,906 --> 00:55:06,626
Speaker 4: that like?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 4: Where did you put your suits in the how?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 4: Exactly? Do you take only two of them with you?

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Speaker 4: I don't know. Yeah, Sean could come on and talk

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Speaker 4: about anything.

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Speaker 1: Do you want of the beauty of this? As we wrap,

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Speaker 1: I had a whole episode dedicated to the offensive off

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Speaker 1: sides penalty with research with a guest lined up with

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Speaker 1: all sorts of data. The NFL moves so quickly no

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Speaker 1: one gives about the off sides from Kadarius Tony. By

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Speaker 1: Tuesday morning, we're already on to the following week, and

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Speaker 1: that just was another game. It was another game because

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Speaker 1: everyone got upset this week, and there's all sorts of

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Speaker 1: crazy stuff. So the Bill's beat the cheeks, big deal.

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Speaker 1: Onto the next and onto the next week.

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Speaker 4: Go.

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Speaker 1: I had a great time with you guys. Aaron Wan Kaufman,

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Speaker 1: Chason English to everybody from the iHeart and NFL side,

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Speaker 1: I'll just make one point. We've been talking about the

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Speaker 1: super Bowl and you know, to me in Vegas and

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Speaker 1: who came in. If the Cowboys freaking make the super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: all bets are off on this being one of the

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Speaker 1: craziest weeks and one of the craziest and they look

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Speaker 1: like a super Bowl team. Maybe we'll discuss that next

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Speaker 1: week if they get past the Bills. We don't want

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Speaker 1: to jump too soon, but a Cowboys and Cowboys Nation

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Speaker 1: in Vegas for the super Bowl with Tony Romo on

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Speaker 1: the call. Yep, that's a possibility right now. I'm believing.

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Speaker 1: But we'll get to that next week if they beat

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Speaker 1: the Bills. All right, guys, till next week, Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: Tell your friends, share the YouTube, do all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: As the Great Sean Stillato once said, the best is

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Speaker 1: yet to come. The Season with Peter Schrager is a

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Speaker 1: production of the NFL and partnership with iHeartRadio. For more

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Speaker 1: podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever

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Speaker 1: you get your podcasts.