WEBVTT - Happy Half Hour Episode 8: Teddy Time 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:03.240 This episode of The Happy half Hour, he is presented 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:17.160 by Morris Jenkins. It's time for a Happy half Hour 0:00:17.560 --> 0:00:22.200 with your friends, Kristin Balboni, Miles Simmons, and Will Brian. 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:33.120 Welcome to the Happy half Hour podcast presented by Morris Jenkins. 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:37.680 That's right, everybody, we have a sponsor. Thank you so 0:00:37.760 --> 0:00:41.400 much to Morris Jenkins for sponsoring our little podcast. Um. 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:44.320 We are so happy to have them on board. Miles, 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.839 Will Miles, let me start with you. How smug do 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.040 we feel now that we have an officially sponsored podcast? 0:00:52.159 --> 0:01:01.960 I feel gently smug, gently smug, gently badly gently, Yes, 0:01:03.520 --> 0:01:08.800 that Will wants to work for Morris Jenkins. You're just gonna, 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.959 You're gonna. I'm not sure about that. I know the 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.560 least amount of ac repair things there are to know, 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:22.400 so I don't know. Well, I can challenge you on that. Man. Guys, 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.319 don't don't let Morris Jenkins in on this, Okay, although 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:27.040 I guess maybe it's good that we don't know anything 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:31.200 because we'll be calling them. But let's play it cool. 0:01:32.760 --> 0:01:34.959 Let's play it cool with Morris Jenckens. You know, we 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:42.680 want to impress them. That's a writer right there. I 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:44.319 would never pick up on the fact that I did 0:01:44.360 --> 0:01:49.520 that um unintentional corny joke there. But but thank you, Miles. Oh, 0:01:49.560 --> 0:01:52.160 you're welcome. So yeah, it's been an exciting week for 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:55.520 us now that our podcast is sponsored. It's been a 0:01:55.600 --> 0:01:59.560 really exciting week for our team, the Panthers, because a 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:03.720 lot has happened. So much has happened since the last 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.240 time that the three of us talked. So, Miles, I 0:02:06.240 --> 0:02:08.679 think we're gonna throw it back to the first episode 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:11.080 of this podcast where we put you on a timer. 0:02:11.919 --> 0:02:15.440 I think it would be fun if you have to 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.680 try to describe everything that's happened, because literally a million 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:21.400 things have happened in the past week. As football is 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.720 now back, We're gonna put you on the timer for 0:02:23.760 --> 0:02:25.680 sixty seconds and see if you can get through it all. 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.240 What do you think? Okay, let's let's try it. I 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:31.640 will set my own uh stop watch here in my 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:34.480 own little podcast studio that is just the desk at 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:38.040 my apartment, and let's see what we can do. All right, 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:40.320 tell the people what they need to know and three 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.560 to one. Well, first, I think it's important to note 0:02:43.560 --> 0:02:46.320 that the Panthers cut down to eight players, which is 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.760 important because that means that they don't have to use 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:51.600 split squad procedures. So if they had stayed at ninety players, 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.960 has met well first indicated that they probably would, then 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:55.720 they would have to do that, but they didn't do that, 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.160 and now they only have eighty players, which is good 0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.800 because that means that they can all kind of work 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:03.200 out together. So two players actually opted out, Christian Miller 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:06.400 and then Jordan Matt Christian Miller is an edge rusher, 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.440 Jordan mac an undrafted rookie linebacker. We wish those guys 0:03:09.440 --> 0:03:11.520 the best, and obviously we never you're opting out. That's 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:15.160 something that's pretty serious, especially considering how serious COVID is. 0:03:15.200 --> 0:03:17.600 But if you look at it now, then the veterans all, 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:20.480 they basically all passed their COVID test, which is good 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.440 because it meant that nobody had to go on that 0:03:22.520 --> 0:03:25.720 reserve list. So walkthroughs have now commenced, and that's really 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.799 important because obviously, look, the Panthers don't really know their 0:03:28.880 --> 0:03:30.760 scheme yet, they have a new coaching step, they have 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.680 a lot of new players, so that is very important too. 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:35.960 And now we've actually started to hear from players on 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.320 pretty much an everyday basis on press virtual press conferences, 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:47.440 including quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. That was perfect time. Wow, well, 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.080 I I think we got to give them, you know, 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:51.800 a lot of props on that. I mean, the first 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:54.120 time we timed. I think I've me like three minutes. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:59.680 I probably did. Producer Matt please edit in some audience applause, right, 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.520 waitboar it, wait for it, Yes, yes, yes, let it breathe, 0:04:05.600 --> 0:04:10.760 Let it breathe. And giving you at my house. That 0:04:10.880 --> 0:04:15.320 was awesome. That was very well said. You are absolutely 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.440 right on everything. I could not have done that in 0:04:18.480 --> 0:04:22.720 sixty seconds. Um. But it's exciting. It's exciting. Football is 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:25.800 is back. It's training camp. Even though it looks so different, 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:31.480 things are happening. The team is altogether and it feels great. Um. So, 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.560 in the spirit of that, Miles, I thought you and 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:38.479 I should kind of tell everyone who's listening how we 0:04:38.640 --> 0:04:41.799 plan to cover the team for training camp, because obviously 0:04:41.839 --> 0:04:43.520 it's going to be a lot different, and I don't 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.599 think that we've kind of gotten into the brass tacks 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:49.040 of of where you and I will be, um and 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.159 what we'll be doing, and how we'll be giving fans 0:04:51.279 --> 0:04:54.239 what they need to know about the team. Yeah, It's true, 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.480 it's gonna be odd. I think from a lot of 0:04:57.480 --> 0:05:00.120 different standpoints just from Look, when we all think of 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:03.839 training camp, we all think of pads, we think of hitting, 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:10.039 we think of getting Yes, that too, Yeah, that's you know, 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:12.719 from just even that standpoint, Right, it's at a different location. 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:14.760 It's at the it's at the stadiums, that where they 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:18.440 usually practice every day during the season. So it's gonna 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.000 be weird, it's gonna be different. I don't even know 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:23.200 if we know how much of practice will even be 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.880 able to see, right, because when we get into regular 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:29.279 season mode, then that is usually when coaches start to 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.640 close things down. You get the twenty minutes, you can 0:05:31.640 --> 0:05:34.640 take attendance, you can watch stretching in the individual periods, 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.760 and then that's about it. I don't I don't know 0:05:37.760 --> 0:05:40.440 if you know, Kristen or Will, but we don't necessarily 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:42.600 know exactly how that's gonna work once the players really 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:45.880 start getting on the field. So look, we're gonna do 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:49.600 everything we can write, like I'll be filing observations articles 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:51.640 from everything that we can see. Will still continue to 0:05:51.720 --> 0:05:55.080 update you on um their virtual pressers because I don't 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.640 anticipate we're gonna be talking to players in person for 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:01.119 a long long time. Um. And beyond that, it's gonna 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:02.880 kind of be fined by the seat of our pants 0:06:02.920 --> 0:06:05.240 a little bit. But I think it'll still be fun. 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.400 You know, we we know how to cover football around here, right, 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:13.400 speak for yourself. No, I'm just kidding, Yes, yes, we do. Uh, yeah, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.960 it's gonna be different. Um. I think you hit the 0:06:16.000 --> 0:06:17.680 nail on the head. In terms of the big things 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:19.680 is that we can watch practice. The three of us 0:06:20.040 --> 0:06:23.040 will be able to watch practice from a very safe distance. 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.240 But we are in the group of people. I don't 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.400 know how much everyone listening has followed kind of all 0:06:27.440 --> 0:06:30.880 of the intricacies of the fact that the team and 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:35.720 kind of the core staff really can't be around uh 0:06:35.839 --> 0:06:38.120 most of the rest of us. So we're gonna find 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.960 new and creative ways to to cover the team, to 0:06:41.080 --> 0:06:43.320 talk to the team, Miles. As you said, there's been 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:47.440 a ton of virtual zoom pressors this week, which have 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.800 been great, and so it's going to be interesting. I'm 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:53.440 actually excited. I've had a few meetings over the past 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:58.000 couple of weeks of trying to find fun, creative, different 0:06:58.040 --> 0:07:03.480 ways of communicating with the players, interviewing the players, bringing 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:06.280 people what they want. So I'm actually excited about it. 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:10.080 Um but yeah, that's pretty much what we know right now, 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:12.400 and I'm sure it will change because everything is happening 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:14.520 on the fly. And kudos to the NFL for for 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:16.880 figuring this all out, and and our team, you know, 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:20.840 headed by Eddie Levin's for figuring all of these different 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:24.200 changes out every single day in such a changing environment. 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:26.600 Um but but I'm excited even though it's it's going 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.320 to be a lot different. Will You are the only 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:32.120 one of us though that has done the regular training 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:34.920 camp and and for quite a few years. How weird 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:37.120 is it going to be for you? Oh? Yeah? I 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.320 mean I'm used to being down there, you know, with 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.920 my bucket hat down on the field in Spartanburg. I 0:07:42.960 --> 0:07:45.600 love the bucket hats. There's nothing better than a training 0:07:45.640 --> 0:07:48.200 camp bucket hat. It's the only time I wear it, 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:50.360 you know, I need to like three bucket hats, but 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.560 I'm only gonna ever wear it for this three week 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:54.960 period in this one place. Can't do it anywhere else. 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:56.440 Do you ever dip it in water and then put 0:07:56.440 --> 0:08:01.240 it on your head? No? Just me. I've people at 0:08:01.240 --> 0:08:03.000 the beach. I've done at the beach. I don't know, 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.840 ye don't know how hot you got down there? You know, 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:09.040 oh yeah. Um. But what one of the cool things 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:11.320 that we usually do every year at training camp is 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:14.440 are like Can't Confidential video series, you know, kind of 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:19.480 a long form, weekly behind the scenes UM video thing 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:21.640 that you know, fans really look forward to every year. 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.480 So one of the things that this year is it 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:27.679 usually it tells the story of training camp. Well, what's 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.240 really the story right now? The story isn't so much 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:33.920 that the guys are, you know, doing lifting for sixty 0:08:33.960 --> 0:08:36.880 minutes or doing walkthroughs for sixty minutes. The story is 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:39.000 how does this work? You know, how did how did 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.160 this get to this point? Um? From May and June 0:08:42.160 --> 0:08:44.959 when all these restrictions were put in place. UM. So 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:48.280 hopefully that's going to be falling um the next couple 0:08:48.320 --> 0:08:50.920 of days. So we look be on the lookout for 0:08:50.960 --> 0:08:53.520 all of our stuff. But uh, you know, the social 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.760 YouTube Panthers dot com. But it really is it's a 0:08:56.840 --> 0:08:59.400 fascinating look behind the scenes with you know, you already 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:02.800 mentioned Eddie Evans, who's the chief security officer, UM. But 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:05.280 all of the things they've done in the suites, UM, 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.559 with players in the suites, with the meeting rooms. UM. 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:10.160 For those that have been in the stadium and have 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:13.000 been up there, you know, it's gonna look really different 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.160 seeing the way that they've kind of remodeled those areas 0:09:16.200 --> 0:09:19.400 four players, you know, the way that they move lockers around, 0:09:19.440 --> 0:09:23.080 so lockers are now um you know, it's one extra 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.000 locker between, so they have more space between guys. And 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:29.360 one thing I thought that was interesting is that typically 0:09:29.360 --> 0:09:31.280 in the locker room they have all of the position 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:34.680 groups together, like all the quarterbacks and offensive linemen and 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:38.200 wide receivers. You know, they're all right next to each other. Well, 0:09:38.240 --> 0:09:41.880 now they have it kind of randomized offense, defense and 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.920 completely different types of position groups, so that if a 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:49.760 certain person or a certain area gets you know, symptoms, 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:53.240 then it's not all of the all ten wide receivers 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:55.320 don't all get it because it's all they're all right 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.640 next to each other. UM. So you know, you don't 0:09:57.679 --> 0:10:00.120 wipe out an entire position group. You know, obviously the 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.600 fingers crossed that none of that happens. But I thought 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.640 it was an interesting change that they made to just, 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.520 you know, some of the smallest things you never imagined. Yeah, 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:09.040 but you know, that's something I've heard about two with 0:10:09.080 --> 0:10:11.439 other teams, how they're doing that and sort of randomizing it. 0:10:11.480 --> 0:10:13.280 And I think the other part of it is that 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.440 it kind of helped with when you go into the 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:19.280 locker room. It helps you be a little bit more staggered, 0:10:19.360 --> 0:10:22.920 right because in theory um position, groups are going to 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.280 be going into the locker room at sort of the 0:10:25.320 --> 0:10:29.280 same times, and so that can also I think help 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:32.720 in terms of, hey, you know, how are we being 0:10:32.760 --> 0:10:35.680 spread out, how are we physically distancing because obviously, look 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:37.760 in the locker room, as much as you want to 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:39.800 be able to, it can be sometimes a little bit 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:43.360 difficult to physically distance and have a little bit more 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:46.240 of that space. So I think the more randomized it is, 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:49.160 that probably is a little bit better, just based on 0:10:49.200 --> 0:10:51.600 what the situation is. And it's all these things I 0:10:51.640 --> 0:10:54.840 think are temporary, but you know, as as we all 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.400 want to see football, we all want to have football, 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:01.400 they are the necessary ups to try to keep everybody 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:04.520 as safe as possible. So yeah, so that that series 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:06.720 should be coming out here in the next couple of days, 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:08.480 so be on the lookout for it and hopefully we'll 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.800 get you know, and you know these continuing down the 0:11:10.880 --> 0:11:12.959 road to kind of really get behind the scenes and 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:15.000 you know, what are the virtual meetings, Like, what are 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:17.760 these guys talking about on zooms? You know, it's different 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.199 than the camera in the meeting room. You know, literally 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.080 the meeting rooms are computer cameras. You know, it's completely 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.959 different now, So, um, we'll be a really interesting kind 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.839 of behind the scenes. Look, yeah, I completely agree. I'm 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:34.040 excited for everyone to to see it. Um. And and 0:11:34.080 --> 0:11:35.880 the cool thing is, well, like you said, it is 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.640 a lot of the behind the scenes which is fascinating, 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.280 um to see just how many changes have happened in 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.079 such a short time. But as you also mentioned, I 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:46.800 mean there is there is football in it. You get 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:50.600 to see some virtual meetings kind of behind the scenes there. 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:54.880 You get to see, um, the rookies going through their 0:11:54.920 --> 0:11:57.040 process of coming in, some of the vets getting tested. 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.680 So I love that it has both. I mean, it 0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.840 really is a great look at what everyone in the 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.880 organization has been doing over the last few weeks. Um, 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:10.319 So I'm pumped. I can't wait for everyone to get 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.920 a chance to see it. And yeah, and obviously as 0:12:12.960 --> 0:12:15.960 we continue to move forward. You know, as practices evolved, 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:18.080 so will the show and so our coverage, you know, 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.160 as as more football as we get closer to UH 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.320 to week one in September. So I gotta thing for 0:12:23.360 --> 0:12:26.760 you guys. We've already had, you know, almost two guys 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:29.199 a day. Today was was just Brian Burns. But we've 0:12:29.200 --> 0:12:32.000 had all these press conferences, all these interviews, all crammed 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:36.040 together here since Sunday. What are your top five takeaways 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:41.560 so far? Cool? Yeah, Miles, you go first? All right? 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:45.000 So should I do three? Yeah? Give us? Give us? 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:49.040 How about you go five? I'll go four, you go three? 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:54.880 How about that? Okay? Number five? Um, I would say 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:59.400 that I think, you know, Brian Burns, he's somebody who 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:03.440 has I think when you look at what he had 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:05.920 last year, you know, and the the injury deal, And 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.920 like I went back today after he was talking about it, 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:09.559 and I looked at that film of when he heard 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.320 him he heard his risk against Houston, and he's just 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.120 like slamming his fist down on the ground. And I 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:17.320 don't think anybody in that situation would have thought, Man, 0:13:17.480 --> 0:13:19.440 I'm gonna have a risk injury that's gonna mess up 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:20.960 the rest of my rookie year, right, Like, I think 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.440 you're just reacting to doing something good but not quite 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:27.079 as good as you thought it could be. So listening 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:31.360 to him today and you know how he has recovered 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:33.880 from that and how he thinks about that and how 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:35.600 he's trying to move on from that, that was interesting. 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.160 But I thought maybe one of the more interesting things 0:13:38.280 --> 0:13:40.880 of that virtual presser was how he was talking about 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:44.439 going to a home improvement store and having to buy 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:48.560 like buckets and then other materials so that he could 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:53.440 continue working out in his garage Jim after his trainer 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:57.160 went out of town during this quarantine period that we've 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.439 all been having in the off season, because the trainer 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:06.160 had all the free weights. That is a good one. Um, 0:14:06.200 --> 0:14:09.480 I am gonna go. I'm gonna go with my number 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:12.839 four talking about KK Short, But speaking of before I 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:14.400 get to my point, I do want to say that 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.040 I got to talk to KK Short a couple of 0:14:16.040 --> 0:14:18.280 months ago, and one of the weird things he was 0:14:18.320 --> 0:14:20.360 doing was like he was just like lifting tables up 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.720 at his house to continue m his training. Like that's 0:14:23.760 --> 0:14:25.840 what he was doing for a while until he could 0:14:25.840 --> 0:14:28.040 get into a good routine where he had the weight 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:29.400 and stuff. He was like, yeah, I just started balancing, 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.440 like balancing tables at my house, and then I put 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:32.920 stuff on it. Then I try to balance it. So 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:36.720 everyone got super creative. Um without access to our regular 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:40.120 gym or even freeweights. But for number four, I'm gonna 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:43.480 go with KK Shorts, Quarantine TV shows. These are the 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:47.960 shows he recommends, money Heist, Impostors, and Shameless. So our 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:52.560 guy KK is uh likes the drama. He likes a 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.560 little bit of mystery, likes you know there's no comedies 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.640 on there. Those are all pretty I mean money heist 0:14:57.680 --> 0:15:01.480 is in a different language. So um for some money 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:05.880 saying less Shameless is good stuff. I like Shameless a lot. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.000 I recommend it. Okay, but not it's not a drama. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.120 I thought for sure I had that. Really it's more 0:15:13.120 --> 0:15:16.520 of a comedy shows you what I know? Alright, Um, alright, 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.960 how about number three? Number three? I will go to 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:25.680 Derek Brown, who I think it is just so even keel. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:29.560 It's like almost a little bit weird for a defensive tackle. 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:31.200 And I don't mean that in a bad way. And 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:32.840 I think weird can be one of these words that 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:36.560 comes off like it's bad but he is so even 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:40.000 keel and I remember yes, and I remember thank you. 0:15:40.040 --> 0:15:42.840 So I remember talking to his position coach at Auburn 0:15:42.920 --> 0:15:45.440 right after the draft, and that was basically the same thing. 0:15:45.440 --> 0:15:47.800 He said, This is a very mature young man. He 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:50.560 knows exactly what he needs to do to get better. 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:52.440 And I think it goes even to his decision to 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:56.040 stay at Auburn rather than go into the draft after 0:15:56.120 --> 0:15:59.680 his junior year. He stayed. He was good at Auburn 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:02.640 and and as senior, and then he decided UM two, 0:16:02.840 --> 0:16:05.400 and then he entered the draft as he graduates. So 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:09.760 I think when you look at him and this being 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:13.200 a tough situation for any rookie, because look, these guys 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.920 don't really know the playbook, they don't know the veterans, 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.840 they don't have the benefit of all the things that 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:22.960 they should have had were we not in a pandemic. 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:25.840 I think that if anybody is well equipped to handle 0:16:25.840 --> 0:16:28.720 that as a first round pick, it's him, well said, 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.280 I completely agree. I mean I talked to him on 0:16:30.360 --> 0:16:32.920 draft night and he was like calm, cool and collected. 0:16:33.000 --> 0:16:36.880 It's it's really it's really very very impressive. Um alright, 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:41.080 number two. This feels like Teddy's team, Right, That's something 0:16:41.120 --> 0:16:43.400 that I've like, I mean, I knew it in theory 0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.120 and that's what we expected. But Miles backed me up 0:16:47.120 --> 0:16:49.120 on this. On all of these press conferences, We've heard 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:53.040 not just from from Teddy himself, although he said right 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.000 off the bat, you know, I do feel like this 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:58.280 is my team. I feel very confident in that. We've 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.520 heard from everyone saying d J. Moore saying, guys gravitate 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:05.200 to him. We've heard from um Matt ruland Joe Brady 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:07.960 of course in the past about how quickly he's kind 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:10.720 of taken over and take an ownership of this team. 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.560 But I just felt like on almost every press conference 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:16.359 one of the players had something to say about about 0:17:16.400 --> 0:17:18.679 how Teddy has has really come in, come in and 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:23.080 take an ownership of this team so quickly. Yeah, I agree, 0:17:23.160 --> 0:17:25.960 And it's really interesting the way I thought it was 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:30.480 really interesting the way he addressed replacing Cam Newton. H 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.240 And I guess this could be my number one thing, 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:40.680 because he really, I thought was respectful, Um, because look, 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.440 this is a tough situation when you're coming in and 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:47.719 replacing somebody who was as important as Cam Newton was 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.680 to this franchise. He won an MVP with this franchise. 0:17:51.800 --> 0:17:54.600 He was instrumental in helping that team reach the super 0:17:54.640 --> 0:18:00.720 Bowl in season. So when Teddy comes in and he 0:18:00.760 --> 0:18:04.040 talks about how it's an honor to take over for 0:18:04.160 --> 0:18:07.720 Cam Newton, like that's that's a lot of respect, And 0:18:07.760 --> 0:18:11.200 I think that just shows you part of why people 0:18:11.280 --> 0:18:15.159 gravitate toward him so heavily. He is the kind of 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:22.000 person that not only takes command, but he understands exactly 0:18:22.080 --> 0:18:25.320 how his actions are going to be perceived. He also 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:27.760 talked about that too, you know how he wants to 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:30.600 be a good example and he doesn't want to, you know, 0:18:30.640 --> 0:18:33.000 be somebody's stepping out and doing something because somebody might 0:18:33.000 --> 0:18:35.679 see him do it and either on you, especially when 0:18:35.720 --> 0:18:39.760 you're a quarterback. So talking about Teddy Bridgewater, I just 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.200 I find him to be really impressive. And I think 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:46.880 that we all have heard stories because when Teddy went 0:18:47.000 --> 0:18:50.560 down with that devastating knee injury before what was that 0:18:50.600 --> 0:18:56.560 the sixteen season, everybody and universally was so sad. And 0:18:57.119 --> 0:19:01.720 it's not it wasn't just like your stand um injury 0:19:02.000 --> 0:19:05.560 season ending injury where everybody is obviously upset, but it 0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:09.800 was something that I thought was unique, and when Teddy 0:19:09.800 --> 0:19:12.040 was able to get back on the field, it seemed 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:14.280 like it was unique to in the praise, right. So 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.760 he's still been sort of my profile backup quarterback over 0:19:17.800 --> 0:19:20.360 the last couple of years their New Orleans, and everybody 0:19:20.400 --> 0:19:22.479 seems to know about him, and you follow him, and 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:24.520 you look at what he did last year winning all 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:28.119 those games Um and Drew Brees instead, and everybody was 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:31.520 very genuinely happy for this man. And when you start 0:19:31.600 --> 0:19:33.280 to hear him and you start to get to know 0:19:33.400 --> 0:19:35.359 him a little bit, and you hear what his teammates 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:38.840 think about him firsthand, it makes a lot of sense. 0:19:38.920 --> 0:19:43.439 So I'm really interested to see exactly what this is 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:46.520 going to look like once the Panthers are on the field. 0:19:46.520 --> 0:19:48.600 I'm interested to see what he looks like at practice, 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:52.359 because I have to think that it's going to be 0:19:52.440 --> 0:19:56.840 a positive outcome at least at this Are you talking 0:19:56.840 --> 0:20:06.840 to Um and I'm is it Teddy Time? Producer, Matt, 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:08.960 Will you please clip that off so that we can 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:11.760 just have Will singing It's Teddy Time, just and play 0:20:11.760 --> 0:20:15.840 it whenever we want to. That's amazing, Peanut Butter, Teddy 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:19.800 Time peanut butter, Teddy time, peanut butter, Teddy time, peanut 0:20:19.800 --> 0:20:22.879 that Teddy down, but peanut butter with what now what 0:20:23.000 --> 0:20:26.280 was that last part? It's peanut butter with a baseball bat. 0:20:26.320 --> 0:20:28.560 But I don't know, I know, I know what it's 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:32.240 supposed to be. You were really going there for a while. 0:20:32.760 --> 0:20:38.400 That was awesome. It is indeed, Teddy um um Okay, 0:20:38.560 --> 0:20:40.880 So those were the five things that we've learned with 0:20:41.320 --> 0:20:43.760 I think the biggest takeaway we all really like Teddy 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:45.840 Bridgewater and would like to be friends with him one day. 0:20:46.280 --> 0:20:49.879 Speaking of things we've learned, though, I gotta ask you 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:53.480 too about something because I learned something about each of you. 0:20:53.720 --> 0:20:57.080 Um during our Monday morning content calls. So we do 0:20:57.160 --> 0:21:00.600 this call every Monday morning. Yeah, I gotta, I gotta 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:02.080 bring it to the public. Okay, we do this call 0:21:02.119 --> 0:21:06.720 every Monday morning. UM. We all get together, thirty people 0:21:06.760 --> 0:21:09.640 on it, and well, look we've been doing this podcast. 0:21:10.560 --> 0:21:14.680 I don't know a hundred people that no, I don't 0:21:14.720 --> 0:21:17.000 know a good amount of people on it. Um. You know, 0:21:17.040 --> 0:21:18.760 we go over kind of what to expect for the week, 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:21.280 what everyone has going on, and look, we've all been 0:21:21.280 --> 0:21:24.760 doing this podcast for about two months now, maybe not 0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:27.200 quite like I know you guys pretty well. We hung 0:21:27.240 --> 0:21:30.680 out you know, a safe uh way. Um, but I 0:21:30.720 --> 0:21:32.720