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Speaker 1: And Huddle is a production of the NFL and partnership

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Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. Hello everyone, MACAELM. Madriguez, Detroit Lions linebacker. You're

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Speaker 1: listening to the L Huddle Podcast. Oh I get thal.

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Speaker 1: What's good? Everybody? Welcome in to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: L Huddle Podcast. My Prima me prima Erma m J

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Speaker 1: Cassa Ruiz with Will Selva. So glad you were with us,

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Speaker 1: m J. Glad that you are with me. You were

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Speaker 1: out the previous week because your throat was not feeling

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Speaker 1: so hot. You weren't feeling so hot. And the first

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Speaker 1: thing I immediately thought was did she use? Of course

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Speaker 1: I use immediately flattered on it didn't work, But I

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Speaker 1: mean basically my body just said, um, you need to

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Speaker 1: go sit down somewhere, calm down. You know, the grind

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Speaker 1: has been sort of crazy, running back and forth. Um,

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Speaker 1: right after Super Bowl we go right into combine it.

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Speaker 1: You know, it sort of never ends. And you know

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Speaker 1: how what it's like, Well, we we like push and

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Speaker 1: push and eventually it gets to a point where like

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Speaker 1: your body will tell you not today, not today. Yeah

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Speaker 1: you know so, but yeah I'm feeling much better. Thank you?

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Speaker 1: Good good. I wanted to tell you that I saw

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Speaker 1: it Nate Burlison, or brother, who was co hosting at

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Speaker 1: the Kid's Choice Awards. So cool not seeing him in

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Speaker 1: like three and a half years. Oh, you hadn't seen

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Speaker 1: him in real life? I had not. Well, I mean

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Speaker 1: I'm so so proud of him. He's like a brother.

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Speaker 1: And and we were just hanging out in his dressing

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Speaker 1: the scripts and you know how prepared he is. Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: first line of a script of his part, and he

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Speaker 1: then would call out what it was, and man, why

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Speaker 1: don't you know it? They knew it? Yeah, yeah, And

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Speaker 1: I took my daughter and her friend. It was so

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Speaker 1: much fun because then they they had a chance to

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Speaker 1: see you know, Charlie Damilio, which was he you know,

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Speaker 1: I gotta say, what's up to him? I gotta I said, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we paid you know, Uh, he's he was. Saw him

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Speaker 1: quickly right because we're all sort of like we're ship's

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Speaker 1: passing in the night very quickly of going through the

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Speaker 1: of superstars, but like really, guys. But it's so great

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Speaker 1: And I think that's my favorite part, and that part

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Speaker 1: amplify by their viewpoints and their journey to get to

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Speaker 1: super convincing, Thank you. UM. I don't know that anyone

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Speaker 1: talk to you in Malibu. Yeah, I hope so, I

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Speaker 1: And this is what it's felt like. And if he's

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Speaker 1: Please don't drag this out. Please release us from this chokehold,

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Speaker 1: because it's like so yesterday. So we knew, okay, earlier

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Speaker 1: Pat McAfee's show, Cool Loyalty there to his boy. By

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Speaker 1: But who never know how these things go, right? Who knows?

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Speaker 1: trading Darren Waller to the Giants for a third round

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Speaker 1: Very excited for you if you're a Giants fan, right, like,

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Speaker 1: you want is that comfort food, Like, give me the

421
00:23:30,406 --> 00:23:32,406
Speaker 1: one thing. I'm going home next week to see my parents,

422
00:23:32,566 --> 00:23:35,966
Speaker 1: and my mom's first question, well, what do you guys

423
00:23:35,966 --> 00:23:37,446
Speaker 1: want to eat? Now I have to defer and ask

424
00:23:37,446 --> 00:23:39,086
Speaker 1: my husband what he wants to because it's like a

425
00:23:39,766 --> 00:23:41,886
Speaker 1: they want to play Kate all of us. Um, But

426
00:23:41,926 --> 00:23:45,326
Speaker 1: there are these like very specific I'm my response to her,

427
00:23:45,406 --> 00:23:48,326
Speaker 1: you already know what the meal? Why do you ask

428
00:23:48,366 --> 00:23:51,086
Speaker 1: me every time you know I'm gonna wantch the same thing? Yeah,

429
00:23:51,126 --> 00:23:52,806
Speaker 1: every time I come home, She's like, you want the

430
00:23:52,846 --> 00:23:55,566
Speaker 1: wet rito? Oh I can't, I can't. I can't do

431
00:23:55,646 --> 00:23:58,846
Speaker 1: it this time, so she knows you knows lie. And

432
00:23:58,966 --> 00:24:00,846
Speaker 1: it's one of those things where it's just it means

433
00:24:00,886 --> 00:24:02,926
Speaker 1: a lot to go home and just be able to

434
00:24:03,006 --> 00:24:05,526
Speaker 1: joy some authentic Mexican fear because it's kind of hard

435
00:24:05,566 --> 00:24:07,846
Speaker 1: to find here in Detroit. Every now and then, everyone

436
00:24:09,046 --> 00:24:11,766
Speaker 1: but everyone's like, you try this spot, try this spot out.

437
00:24:11,806 --> 00:24:13,526
Speaker 1: So I'll try all these Mexican spots out. It's just

438
00:24:13,566 --> 00:24:17,566
Speaker 1: it's never the same as moms impossible, right, Well, well,

439
00:24:17,646 --> 00:24:21,606
Speaker 1: so exactly learned from my dad's grandma, Like she learned

440
00:24:21,606 --> 00:24:24,286
Speaker 1: from my dad's mom, So I love that had passed away,

441
00:24:24,326 --> 00:24:27,126
Speaker 1: so she she learned from her and then obviously his

442
00:24:27,246 --> 00:24:30,886
Speaker 1: sister also, So it's a lot of culture just being

443
00:24:30,886 --> 00:24:34,606
Speaker 1: brought down. Yeah. Yeah, and I know that for the

444
00:24:34,886 --> 00:24:40,366
Speaker 1: My Cause my Cleats initiative, you honored your grandmother, and

445
00:24:40,406 --> 00:24:43,366
Speaker 1: I know that was pretty special for you. Yeah, it

446
00:24:43,486 --> 00:24:46,366
Speaker 1: was special. I mean it's I still member like it

447
00:24:46,406 --> 00:24:48,166
Speaker 1: was yesterday when I got drafted. I was at her

448
00:24:48,206 --> 00:24:51,046
Speaker 1: funeral and uh so all those things where I wanted

449
00:24:51,046 --> 00:24:53,726
Speaker 1: to honor her, and her favorite color was blue. She

450
00:24:53,926 --> 00:24:57,926
Speaker 1: was to wear this Honolulu blue uh skirt when we

451
00:24:57,966 --> 00:25:00,726
Speaker 1: go out as a family, so for her for me

452
00:25:00,846 --> 00:25:03,086
Speaker 1: to kind of just represent her and that in that

453
00:25:03,126 --> 00:25:05,606
Speaker 1: way and that cause it meant a lot. And at

454
00:25:05,606 --> 00:25:07,486
Speaker 1: the end, I kept my cleeds and I ended up

455
00:25:07,526 --> 00:25:11,086
Speaker 1: giving to my dad and one to his sister because

456
00:25:11,126 --> 00:25:12,606
Speaker 1: as a mother. So it was one of those things

457
00:25:12,606 --> 00:25:14,726
Speaker 1: where I always grew up with my grandma, Like we

458
00:25:14,806 --> 00:25:16,366
Speaker 1: used to go stay tonight there all the time. Like

459
00:25:16,366 --> 00:25:18,886
Speaker 1: I said, I learned a lot from her and uh

460
00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:21,286
Speaker 1: and I just meenedring love her every day. But I

461
00:25:21,406 --> 00:25:23,366
Speaker 1: know she's doing good up there. Oh man, I have

462
00:25:23,526 --> 00:25:25,846
Speaker 1: chills just listening to that. We were talking about this

463
00:25:25,926 --> 00:25:29,486
Speaker 1: the other day because a boyda's right, grandma's especially in

464
00:25:29,606 --> 00:25:32,806
Speaker 1: like Hispanic household play such a huge part in the

465
00:25:33,006 --> 00:25:36,446
Speaker 1: village that raises you. Like we didn't really have babysitters.

466
00:25:36,486 --> 00:25:40,086
Speaker 1: It was my grandma's who were raising her. So when

467
00:25:40,166 --> 00:25:42,526
Speaker 1: each of them passed, it was it's a shift in

468
00:25:42,606 --> 00:25:44,846
Speaker 1: your life, right, It's like a parent. It really is

469
00:25:45,006 --> 00:25:47,006
Speaker 1: like a parent. What a beautiful way to honor her.

470
00:25:47,046 --> 00:25:52,006
Speaker 1: What was her name, land Yolanda Martinez? Oh beautiful. I

471
00:25:52,126 --> 00:25:54,406
Speaker 1: love that just and the fact that you got drafted

472
00:25:54,446 --> 00:25:59,326
Speaker 1: to a team that wears blue jerseys, and I mean yeah,

473
00:25:59,846 --> 00:26:05,246
Speaker 1: just above works mysterious ways. So yeah, no coincidences. Yeah,

474
00:26:05,246 --> 00:26:10,206
Speaker 1: I know she's watching over me, watching every game I play. Well,

475
00:26:10,206 --> 00:26:12,566
Speaker 1: I know she would be extremely proud of you. Like

476
00:26:12,686 --> 00:26:15,966
Speaker 1: I said, we're proud of you and will you accomplished

477
00:26:16,006 --> 00:26:18,206
Speaker 1: and what you've done. And we're getting to know you

478
00:26:18,366 --> 00:26:21,766
Speaker 1: here right on the l Huddle podcast. So I want

479
00:26:22,246 --> 00:26:25,046
Speaker 1: to set this up so MJ and I could ask

480
00:26:25,086 --> 00:26:28,086
Speaker 1: you some questions so we get a chance to know you. Okay,

481
00:26:28,166 --> 00:26:31,726
Speaker 1: so we know that your name, your nickname is Rodrigo, right,

482
00:26:31,766 --> 00:26:35,526
Speaker 1: so maybe we do a rodri no or a Rodrigue go.

483
00:26:36,366 --> 00:26:39,206
Speaker 1: So we'll ask you something and you say go or

484
00:26:39,326 --> 00:26:46,006
Speaker 1: no Rodrigo or Rodrigue no? Are you okay? Okay, all right, MJ.

485
00:26:46,286 --> 00:26:49,126
Speaker 1: I just should I start doing right now that we

486
00:26:49,286 --> 00:26:53,886
Speaker 1: know he really likes the wet burrito? So, uh, Rodrigo

487
00:26:54,246 --> 00:27:07,886
Speaker 1: or rodri No fries in a burrito go? Yes? Right answer? Yes, yes, Hey,

488
00:27:09,126 --> 00:27:12,806
Speaker 1: it's different. It does. It does, and they got to

489
00:27:12,806 --> 00:27:15,006
Speaker 1: be crispy because if they're too saggy, then it doesn't.

490
00:27:17,286 --> 00:27:20,166
Speaker 1: Everyone's the whole. He is a soft one. You got

491
00:27:22,046 --> 00:27:23,926
Speaker 1: the textures have to line up. See, this is what

492
00:27:24,046 --> 00:27:26,806
Speaker 1: he's clearly a subject matter expert when it comes to burritos,

493
00:27:26,846 --> 00:27:28,446
Speaker 1: and I love that for us. So we touched a

494
00:27:28,486 --> 00:27:34,726
Speaker 1: little bit on your Marvel fandom. Rodrigo or Rodrick No

495
00:27:35,686 --> 00:27:44,486
Speaker 1: iron Man is better than Captain America? Go wow, okay,

496
00:27:44,886 --> 00:27:50,446
Speaker 1: is it the billionaire thing? Or ye know, he's like

497
00:27:50,566 --> 00:27:53,686
Speaker 1: a dry sarcast. Love the humor attitude to him, and

498
00:27:54,286 --> 00:27:56,486
Speaker 1: my mom loves him. And when he died in that

499
00:27:56,926 --> 00:27:59,126
Speaker 1: in the end game, I was like, that's gonna suck.

500
00:27:59,486 --> 00:28:01,686
Speaker 1: We'll put a spoiler alert for the three people who

501
00:28:01,766 --> 00:28:04,366
Speaker 1: still have not seen and game, because you know how

502
00:28:04,366 --> 00:28:11,566
Speaker 1: people get. I'm about all right. So, Rodrigo or Rodrie

503
00:28:11,766 --> 00:28:15,046
Speaker 1: no here would you go to a heavy metal concert

504
00:28:15,126 --> 00:28:23,526
Speaker 1: with Dan Campbell? He can? I wear earplugs right right right? Yeah?

505
00:28:24,246 --> 00:28:28,366
Speaker 1: I would go Jach, that doesn't sell you, not sing me?

506
00:28:29,446 --> 00:28:30,926
Speaker 1: He would do it for Coach. We don't know that

507
00:28:31,006 --> 00:28:35,406
Speaker 1: he even likes heavy metal. Listen, listen, be around the

508
00:28:35,486 --> 00:28:40,526
Speaker 1: guy for a whole year. No you you he does?

509
00:28:41,206 --> 00:28:46,806
Speaker 1: I listen Nirvana and Metallica. Okay, after your death listen.

510
00:28:46,926 --> 00:28:50,246
Speaker 1: My parents grew me like on a lot of ethnicity

511
00:28:50,486 --> 00:28:55,766
Speaker 1: with music, so we have a diverse collet Okay, in

512
00:28:55,846 --> 00:28:59,726
Speaker 1: our musical collection. I love that, um, while we're on

513
00:28:59,806 --> 00:29:05,246
Speaker 1: the same same wavelength here Rodrigo or Rodrie. No, Aidan

514
00:29:05,366 --> 00:29:09,886
Speaker 1: Hutchinson is a better dancer than you. No, that was

515
00:29:10,086 --> 00:29:14,406
Speaker 1: immediately he could keep the singing. I got the dancing. Hey,

516
00:29:15,086 --> 00:29:20,606
Speaker 1: there we go, there we go. Now listen. How how

517
00:29:21,166 --> 00:29:25,286
Speaker 1: much crap did you get from people from your dancing?

518
00:29:25,966 --> 00:29:29,846
Speaker 1: Or did he get more because of his Billy Jean routine? Right,

519
00:29:30,686 --> 00:29:32,606
Speaker 1: I don't know if I got any crapping, Like, okay,

520
00:29:32,686 --> 00:29:34,886
Speaker 1: I see that your little salsa a little like he

521
00:29:35,006 --> 00:29:37,766
Speaker 1: got defeat movement. And what people were like, we're confused

522
00:29:37,766 --> 00:29:39,446
Speaker 1: about when I was up there, like you couldn't see

523
00:29:39,486 --> 00:29:41,606
Speaker 1: from behind what my feet were doing, and like I

524
00:29:41,726 --> 00:29:43,446
Speaker 1: was doing a whole like routine I did when I

525
00:29:43,526 --> 00:29:45,686
Speaker 1: was younger, like dancing in the backyard with my grandma

526
00:29:45,726 --> 00:29:47,846
Speaker 1: and like you know that whole family. So we used

527
00:29:47,846 --> 00:29:51,046
Speaker 1: to do kumbia dancing all the time in the backyard

528
00:29:51,086 --> 00:29:56,086
Speaker 1: and the patio. Oh that's cool because one of the

529
00:29:56,326 --> 00:30:00,686
Speaker 1: few genres of dance that I have not experienced its scumbia.

530
00:30:01,486 --> 00:30:03,126
Speaker 1: I got to all day. It's like dancing with the

531
00:30:03,126 --> 00:30:04,646
Speaker 1: stars when we're at my parents, but at might be

532
00:30:04,846 --> 00:30:07,246
Speaker 1: his house like, but Kumbia is something that I haven't

533
00:30:07,286 --> 00:30:11,846
Speaker 1: really done before. So we'll swap and we got this.

534
00:30:11,966 --> 00:30:16,206
Speaker 1: Then we're like multicasset. I love it. That's so cool.

535
00:30:16,326 --> 00:30:18,606
Speaker 1: I feel bad because I don't know how to do

536
00:30:18,806 --> 00:30:21,526
Speaker 1: either of them, particularly stop it will, Yes, you do know,

537
00:30:22,726 --> 00:30:25,526
Speaker 1: I don't. I do have. I do have the rhythm

538
00:30:25,686 --> 00:30:29,286
Speaker 1: I know for a fact, yes, but I don't know

539
00:30:29,446 --> 00:30:31,766
Speaker 1: those so I need to get on those. Um, let's

540
00:30:31,806 --> 00:30:36,326
Speaker 1: go back to the burrito again, because a person's preference

541
00:30:36,366 --> 00:30:38,726
Speaker 1: in burrito says a lot about them in my opinion,

542
00:30:38,846 --> 00:30:43,926
Speaker 1: so very Rodri so Rodrick exactly and Rodrigo or Rodri

543
00:30:44,286 --> 00:30:51,006
Speaker 1: No corn in a burrito. Mmmm, that's a tough one.

544
00:30:51,206 --> 00:30:54,286
Speaker 1: I usually put corn on the outside of burrito because

545
00:30:54,326 --> 00:30:59,966
Speaker 1: it's already still stuffed with the beans. But I do

546
00:31:01,966 --> 00:31:05,366
Speaker 1: that was my next that was gonna be loa. We

547
00:31:05,486 --> 00:31:07,406
Speaker 1: do corn on the outside on the cop and we

548
00:31:07,526 --> 00:31:09,526
Speaker 1: put all the fixings on that, So I'd rather have

549
00:31:09,886 --> 00:31:14,246
Speaker 1: on the outside. So no, my dream, No, I agree

550
00:31:14,286 --> 00:31:16,566
Speaker 1: with that. I recently went to Austin, Texas, and I

551
00:31:16,646 --> 00:31:20,206
Speaker 1: went to this amazing taco place and it had a

552
00:31:20,446 --> 00:31:23,486
Speaker 1: lote corn bit like instead of like Caso. It was

553
00:31:23,526 --> 00:31:27,006
Speaker 1: like with Chips, I can I can say so right now,

554
00:31:27,206 --> 00:31:31,526
Speaker 1: I would bathe in it. It's so good, so good,

555
00:31:32,446 --> 00:31:34,086
Speaker 1: and you don't get it all on your tea trying

556
00:31:34,086 --> 00:31:36,086
Speaker 1: to you know, beat it off the cob and all that.

557
00:31:36,846 --> 00:31:41,726
Speaker 1: I've seen that here lately. Christ Icily. Oh man, now

558
00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:46,726
Speaker 1: I'm getting like, yeah, I know, I'm totally starving right now. Again,

559
00:31:46,766 --> 00:31:50,246
Speaker 1: as we're getting to know you, um, we understand also

560
00:31:50,326 --> 00:31:54,126
Speaker 1: too that you're a big time gamer. Um what what

561
00:31:54,406 --> 00:31:57,166
Speaker 1: is What is your your game of choice that you

562
00:31:57,326 --> 00:32:00,846
Speaker 1: like to play and on the team, are you one

563
00:32:00,886 --> 00:32:04,966
Speaker 1: of the best ones? So my game of choice is

564
00:32:05,006 --> 00:32:09,606
Speaker 1: the Call of Duty game and thank top five. I

565
00:32:09,646 --> 00:32:13,166
Speaker 1: would say top five on the team because I'd say

566
00:32:13,246 --> 00:32:16,566
Speaker 1: that because I know Saint Brown is a big gamer

567
00:32:16,846 --> 00:32:20,206
Speaker 1: Jamar Jefferson, So those guys are like that. So it's

568
00:32:20,206 --> 00:32:21,326
Speaker 1: one of those things. I was like, you know what,

569
00:32:21,406 --> 00:32:23,526
Speaker 1: I put top five. And so I played with one

570
00:32:23,566 --> 00:32:25,686
Speaker 1: of my teammates and anything. I was that good and

571
00:32:25,806 --> 00:32:27,606
Speaker 1: I was just beating the whole game. He's like, okay,

572
00:32:27,606 --> 00:32:31,006
Speaker 1: you got a little something to you. I was playing

573
00:32:31,046 --> 00:32:33,446
Speaker 1: with Eleene mcnill and I was like, yeah, I said,

574
00:32:33,486 --> 00:32:35,206
Speaker 1: I played a couple of games growing up when I

575
00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:38,206
Speaker 1: was younger. What is your gaming console of choice? This

576
00:32:38,366 --> 00:32:43,246
Speaker 1: is not sponsored, by the way everybody listening, Yeah, clarity

577
00:32:43,326 --> 00:32:47,886
Speaker 1: the P five? Okay five? So I used to be

578
00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:50,486
Speaker 1: Xbox grown up. And then we went to the FSA

579
00:32:50,526 --> 00:32:52,926
Speaker 1: Bowl for os U my last year and they gave

580
00:32:53,006 --> 00:32:54,246
Speaker 1: us PS five. So I was like, you know what,

581
00:32:54,446 --> 00:32:58,526
Speaker 1: it's a free PS five as well? I know all

582
00:32:58,566 --> 00:33:00,726
Speaker 1: the big I know all the big like twitch guys

583
00:33:00,766 --> 00:33:02,806
Speaker 1: and everyone plays like off PS five and all that.

584
00:33:03,366 --> 00:33:05,926
Speaker 1: This is such an area that I I know nothing of.

585
00:33:06,126 --> 00:33:10,286
Speaker 1: But did you play the Last of Us? Isn't that

586
00:33:10,366 --> 00:33:14,966
Speaker 1: a did you watch the show? Okay? Highly recommend if

587
00:33:15,006 --> 00:33:16,846
Speaker 1: you need something else to bench after you finish your

588
00:33:16,886 --> 00:33:20,606
Speaker 1: twenty six twenty seven Marvel movies? Okay, ten out of ten,

589
00:33:21,886 --> 00:33:23,846
Speaker 1: see if I can. I'll see if I can squeeze

590
00:33:23,886 --> 00:33:26,326
Speaker 1: it in there. They're only nine episodes. I feel like

591
00:33:26,446 --> 00:33:33,446
Speaker 1: you could handle it compared to Marvel. Right, all right,

592
00:33:33,526 --> 00:33:37,366
Speaker 1: well how about this? So, so Adri go or Adri No,

593
00:33:38,446 --> 00:33:42,166
Speaker 1: the Lions should draft a quarterback in the first round.

594
00:33:42,766 --> 00:33:46,486
Speaker 1: That's a tough quarterback. We know, damn well, I know,

595
00:33:46,726 --> 00:33:49,446
Speaker 1: I thought, I thought, you know, makes you lull them

596
00:33:49,526 --> 00:33:53,486
Speaker 1: with the burrito, talk and eat and then go out blood.

597
00:33:55,006 --> 00:33:57,406
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm not the general manager, so is

598
00:33:57,446 --> 00:34:00,406
Speaker 1: there like an in point yet? No, Like, hey, I'm

599
00:34:00,406 --> 00:34:03,686
Speaker 1: not the one throwing the money out there, right right

600
00:34:04,246 --> 00:34:06,726
Speaker 1: smart with that, although like Brad Holmes, we had him

601
00:34:06,766 --> 00:34:10,886
Speaker 1: on Good Morning Football and he actually had this sweatshirt

602
00:34:11,006 --> 00:34:13,406
Speaker 1: up he saw this. Maybe you have one, but it

603
00:34:13,486 --> 00:34:18,606
Speaker 1: says revenge on it and and I don't know if

604
00:34:18,646 --> 00:34:20,606
Speaker 1: this is kind of like a state of mind for

605
00:34:20,766 --> 00:34:24,246
Speaker 1: you guys, because there's a lot of like chatterer that

606
00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:28,646
Speaker 1: the Lions are for real and they are going to

607
00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:32,446
Speaker 1: be tougher than what they were last year. What do

608
00:34:32,526 --> 00:34:36,286
Speaker 1: you think of these these newfound expectations. I think he's

609
00:34:36,286 --> 00:34:38,446
Speaker 1: just kind of nice, frankling a little of what we're

610
00:34:38,486 --> 00:34:40,566
Speaker 1: coming with next year. So he's just kind of just

611
00:34:40,646 --> 00:34:44,886
Speaker 1: wearing So it's definitely the right staff and the right

612
00:34:45,206 --> 00:34:47,886
Speaker 1: you know. Like I said, Dan Campbell, he's just down

613
00:34:47,926 --> 00:34:50,046
Speaker 1: to earth dude, and he's he's gritty. So that was

614
00:34:50,126 --> 00:34:52,766
Speaker 1: our motto next year, like very gritty, and you can

615
00:34:52,806 --> 00:34:54,446
Speaker 1: tell all year he was like that. So it's just

616
00:34:54,486 --> 00:34:56,766
Speaker 1: one of those things where this this type of culture

617
00:34:56,806 --> 00:34:58,606
Speaker 1: we're bringing around here. It's just a grit and the

618
00:34:59,766 --> 00:35:02,126
Speaker 1: tenacity we have with the guys and just the chemistry

619
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:05,486
Speaker 1: everyone's you know, all buying in. I love that. I

620
00:35:05,566 --> 00:35:07,806
Speaker 1: think the culture shifts and I know you just got

621
00:35:08,006 --> 00:35:10,766
Speaker 1: to Detroit. Um is the biggest thing for us. Watching

622
00:35:10,886 --> 00:35:13,606
Speaker 1: from the outside, right, you can tell that it's just

623
00:35:14,126 --> 00:35:17,886
Speaker 1: different there. The tone is different, the mentality is different, Um,

624
00:35:17,966 --> 00:35:20,566
Speaker 1: and it's been It's been so fun to watch for us,

625
00:35:20,806 --> 00:35:23,486
Speaker 1: So please keep it coming because we love to see it.

626
00:35:23,566 --> 00:35:25,486
Speaker 1: I'm like, can we get like a part duh or

627
00:35:25,646 --> 00:35:29,326
Speaker 1: like a digital span a TikTok Um series on on

628
00:35:29,486 --> 00:35:33,166
Speaker 1: you guys in the season next year because I loved it. No,

629
00:35:33,326 --> 00:35:35,686
Speaker 1: the TikTok that they're starting to pick up on it

630
00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:38,166
Speaker 1: now and that tiktoks are coming and you know everyone's

631
00:35:38,286 --> 00:35:40,926
Speaker 1: still the hard knocks out the lot. So it was

632
00:35:41,286 --> 00:35:43,766
Speaker 1: some of the things just kind of building, stacking stacking

633
00:35:43,926 --> 00:35:46,566
Speaker 1: each day. I have a love ha TikTok But if

634
00:35:46,646 --> 00:35:50,086
Speaker 1: you guys do it, I will watch. Yeah, well, what

635
00:35:50,446 --> 00:35:54,126
Speaker 1: are you going to be unveiling more more pregame fits

636
00:35:54,206 --> 00:35:57,166
Speaker 1: for everybody to watch. I mean, you had the hat,

637
00:35:57,686 --> 00:36:00,406
Speaker 1: you know, you had the whole like get up so

638
00:36:01,766 --> 00:36:05,406
Speaker 1: we have more of those in your future. Yeah. One

639
00:36:05,406 --> 00:36:07,126
Speaker 1: of those things where I've been talking to the family

640
00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,286
Speaker 1: and I was like, you know what, I need more

641
00:36:08,326 --> 00:36:10,886
Speaker 1: cowboy things because I would switch it off between like

642
00:36:11,006 --> 00:36:13,606
Speaker 1: a suit or like kind of dress it up nice,

643
00:36:13,686 --> 00:36:15,806
Speaker 1: and I was like, the cowboy thing, it's just something

644
00:36:15,886 --> 00:36:18,526
Speaker 1: that's just natural for me. It's just right kind of

645
00:36:18,566 --> 00:36:21,086
Speaker 1: like it's comfortable. You know. The suit things are, you know,

646
00:36:21,286 --> 00:36:22,766
Speaker 1: a little tight and all that. I'm like, nah, I

647
00:36:22,846 --> 00:36:24,566
Speaker 1: can't do that. So I like the cowboy hat at

648
00:36:24,606 --> 00:36:26,886
Speaker 1: the suits. And so it's one of those things where

649
00:36:26,886 --> 00:36:28,166
Speaker 1: our next year I had to, you know, bring a

650
00:36:28,206 --> 00:36:31,166
Speaker 1: whole different kind of cowboy. You can definitely sort of

651
00:36:31,286 --> 00:36:33,766
Speaker 1: like fuse it right, cowboy chic. We can make it

652
00:36:33,846 --> 00:36:37,286
Speaker 1: a thing. And I see a lot of guys where

653
00:36:37,286 --> 00:36:38,846
Speaker 1: it Sabarros. I was like, I used to have a

654
00:36:38,926 --> 00:36:42,006
Speaker 1: sambarro when I was a little so sambarro with the

655
00:36:42,086 --> 00:36:46,406
Speaker 1: suit or something. I think everything's on the board, did it, Yeah,

656
00:36:46,446 --> 00:36:50,966
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, Yeah, I was like, why can't I you can? Yeah, yeah,

657
00:36:51,006 --> 00:36:53,766
Speaker 1: he's he's proud of his roots. Throw in U tap um,

658
00:36:54,126 --> 00:36:55,966
Speaker 1: you know, since we have you, and it's and it's

659
00:36:56,006 --> 00:36:58,926
Speaker 1: obviously topical and it's a new thing. Aaron Rodgers coming

660
00:36:58,966 --> 00:37:01,806
Speaker 1: out saying that he intends to play for the Jets.

661
00:37:01,926 --> 00:37:07,926
Speaker 1: You obviously faced him, uh twice this past season. What

662
00:37:08,086 --> 00:37:13,646
Speaker 1: do you make of him leaving the division? It's one

663
00:37:13,686 --> 00:37:15,286
Speaker 1: of those things that I never thought it would come.

664
00:37:15,446 --> 00:37:18,366
Speaker 1: You know, he's been in the division. Neither did we. Yeah,

665
00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:21,526
Speaker 1: it's been very processful in the division and in his career,

666
00:37:21,646 --> 00:37:23,526
Speaker 1: So for him to leave, it's going to be kind

667
00:37:23,566 --> 00:37:26,046
Speaker 1: of a shock around the world for everybody. What's the

668
00:37:26,126 --> 00:37:28,326
Speaker 1: light going up against him? Though, because I think, you know,

669
00:37:28,406 --> 00:37:31,206
Speaker 1: we get lost sometimes in all the all the headlines

670
00:37:31,286 --> 00:37:33,526
Speaker 1: and the drama, but let's not forget what he's brought

671
00:37:33,566 --> 00:37:35,886
Speaker 1: to the field. And for you to play him at

672
00:37:35,966 --> 00:37:39,366
Speaker 1: Lambo too, I mean that was significant, a game that

673
00:37:39,606 --> 00:37:42,486
Speaker 1: ended the season for him. Yeah, exactly. It's one of

674
00:37:42,486 --> 00:37:46,726
Speaker 1: those things where he's very competitive, competitive guy. He you know, he,

675
00:37:47,206 --> 00:37:49,006
Speaker 1: like I said, his career has gone the way it

676
00:37:49,126 --> 00:37:51,886
Speaker 1: is because just how competitive he is. So it's one

677
00:37:51,926 --> 00:37:53,326
Speaker 1: of those things that if you don't bring your a game,

678
00:37:53,366 --> 00:37:56,206
Speaker 1: he's gonna take you apart, or just pick the defense apart.

679
00:37:56,246 --> 00:37:58,446
Speaker 1: So he's been in the league for a long time,

680
00:37:58,566 --> 00:38:02,046
Speaker 1: and he's able to read defenses and get the offense

681
00:38:02,086 --> 00:38:05,086
Speaker 1: for the need to go. But any trash talks say

682
00:38:05,806 --> 00:38:10,366
Speaker 1: that you did it. Yeah yeah, I was like, dang,

683
00:38:10,526 --> 00:38:12,966
Speaker 1: Like I went to like two and August Rogers first year.

684
00:38:13,046 --> 00:38:17,646
Speaker 1: That's not bad, let's go correct. He would trash talk

685
00:38:17,726 --> 00:38:19,366
Speaker 1: like you know, when he'd be on the ground or

686
00:38:19,406 --> 00:38:20,966
Speaker 1: like we would like tackle him or something like that.

687
00:38:21,126 --> 00:38:23,726
Speaker 1: He you know, he trash talk and everything. But everyone

688
00:38:23,806 --> 00:38:25,686
Speaker 1: trash talks, so it's one. I was thinking this kind

689
00:38:25,726 --> 00:38:28,566
Speaker 1: of you know, never hearing it on TV, but interested

690
00:38:28,566 --> 00:38:31,846
Speaker 1: in person. It's kind of cool. Yeah, boy, But that

691
00:38:31,966 --> 00:38:37,606
Speaker 1: win in Lambeau bad good. It was that feel Yeah,

692
00:38:37,646 --> 00:38:40,766
Speaker 1: it felt good going on the bus home. Everyone's happy

693
00:38:40,806 --> 00:38:42,846
Speaker 1: and all that, you know. A little bum we didn't

694
00:38:42,846 --> 00:38:43,966
Speaker 1: make the playoffs, but it was one of the things

695
00:38:43,966 --> 00:38:46,326
Speaker 1: where they didn't make the playoffs either, so there's a

696
00:38:46,366 --> 00:38:48,486
Speaker 1: lot of tension built up between that game and it's

697
00:38:48,606 --> 00:38:51,086
Speaker 1: very cold. I'll say that Lambeau is no joke. To

698
00:38:51,126 --> 00:38:53,806
Speaker 1: play in January. No, I'll go to a preseason game

699
00:38:53,926 --> 00:38:59,566
Speaker 1: early September. That's it. I'm out, Um Rodrigo, Malcolm Luci,

700
00:38:59,686 --> 00:39:03,406
Speaker 1: I don't know. So many different nicknames here. Um, Malcolm

701
00:39:03,526 --> 00:39:05,486
Speaker 1: is my favorite because that's the due we just got

702
00:39:05,566 --> 00:39:07,406
Speaker 1: to know. Thank you so much for coming on, Lhud.

703
00:39:07,566 --> 00:39:23,846
Speaker 1: We appreciate you sharing. For sure, off season, we don't

704
00:39:23,886 --> 00:39:28,326
Speaker 1: know her, but we're here. It is technically titled, is that? Um?

705
00:39:28,886 --> 00:39:32,406
Speaker 1: But these off season moves have already been crazy, not

706
00:39:32,566 --> 00:39:35,206
Speaker 1: just through free agency, but just people shuffling around a

707
00:39:35,246 --> 00:39:38,606
Speaker 1: couple of trade so there's been quite a few memorable

708
00:39:38,686 --> 00:39:41,206
Speaker 1: ones so far, some that are still pending. I'm going

709
00:39:41,286 --> 00:39:46,166
Speaker 1: to immediately eliminate Aaron Rodgers out of this situation, out

710
00:39:46,166 --> 00:39:50,206
Speaker 1: of our list, and let's go with three moves, trade signings,

711
00:39:50,286 --> 00:39:54,286
Speaker 1: whatever that you think will have the most impact the

712
00:39:54,406 --> 00:39:58,006
Speaker 1: coming season. Well, what's the top one in your mind? Well?

713
00:39:58,046 --> 00:39:59,486
Speaker 1: Are we just going to go back and forth? She

714
00:39:59,486 --> 00:40:01,726
Speaker 1: would do it that way. We can pink pop, all right. Um.

715
00:40:02,046 --> 00:40:05,286
Speaker 1: So the first one for me is to find Gilmore

716
00:40:05,526 --> 00:40:10,326
Speaker 1: going from the cults too. If you're dan Quinn, you

717
00:40:10,406 --> 00:40:14,886
Speaker 1: are licking your child because now you have Trayvon Diggs

718
00:40:15,246 --> 00:40:18,926
Speaker 1: and Gilmore, you can see a lot more man coverage.

719
00:40:19,366 --> 00:40:22,126
Speaker 1: Gilmore had a nice bounce back season, so he still

720
00:40:22,246 --> 00:40:25,766
Speaker 1: has some juice left in him. I think that now

721
00:40:26,006 --> 00:40:29,446
Speaker 1: Diggs doesn't have to always go up against the number

722
00:40:29,486 --> 00:40:32,566
Speaker 1: one wide receiver. So I think this is going to

723
00:40:32,686 --> 00:40:37,966
Speaker 1: be a great impactful move for that defense in Dallas.

724
00:40:38,366 --> 00:40:41,566
Speaker 1: J Okay, I'm gonna say one. And I know that

725
00:40:41,886 --> 00:40:44,886
Speaker 1: this fan base still some definitely know how they feel

726
00:40:44,926 --> 00:40:46,886
Speaker 1: about it and they're not happy, and other folks just

727
00:40:47,126 --> 00:40:50,446
Speaker 1: don't know how to feel about it. But I think

728
00:40:50,726 --> 00:40:55,246
Speaker 1: that James Richard Garoppolo in Vegas is going to change

729
00:40:55,766 --> 00:41:01,486
Speaker 1: the dynamics of that team immediately for various reasons. Right one,

730
00:41:02,246 --> 00:41:06,566
Speaker 1: the familiarity with Josh McDaniel's right, which was for coach,

731
00:41:07,206 --> 00:41:10,806
Speaker 1: I'm told one of the main reasons why they wanted

732
00:41:10,886 --> 00:41:13,206
Speaker 1: Jimmy right. It's important he wants a guy who he

733
00:41:13,286 --> 00:41:15,966
Speaker 1: can tell, Hey, this is the play we're running, Cool,

734
00:41:16,286 --> 00:41:20,406
Speaker 1: execute it, let's go. But also I think the in

735
00:41:20,606 --> 00:41:23,966
Speaker 1: terms of the locker room, that's as close as you're

736
00:41:23,966 --> 00:41:26,406
Speaker 1: going to get to how Derek Carr felt there a

737
00:41:26,446 --> 00:41:29,926
Speaker 1: guy whose team first, a guy who puts himself above

738
00:41:30,006 --> 00:41:33,766
Speaker 1: anything else, Like I love that that dynamic and will

739
00:41:34,166 --> 00:41:37,366
Speaker 1: remain the same there because these are two of two

740
00:41:37,406 --> 00:41:39,046
Speaker 1: of the quarterbacks in the league that I respect the

741
00:41:39,126 --> 00:41:42,286
Speaker 1: most as people, especially how they conduct themselves around their

742
00:41:42,286 --> 00:41:46,366
Speaker 1: teammates as well. But I think in terms of just

743
00:41:46,726 --> 00:41:49,766
Speaker 1: the culture, I hope that Raider Nation really embraces Jimmy.

744
00:41:50,846 --> 00:41:53,286
Speaker 1: Let's not forget that the man is a winner. He is.

745
00:41:53,806 --> 00:41:56,086
Speaker 1: It does. Look at the record for everything else that

746
00:41:56,166 --> 00:41:58,806
Speaker 1: you may feel. Right now, tell me how you feel

747
00:41:58,846 --> 00:42:01,406
Speaker 1: when y'all start winning some games. All right, it's gonna

748
00:42:01,446 --> 00:42:04,286
Speaker 1: be fine. It's gonna be fine. No one panic, throw

749
00:42:04,366 --> 00:42:06,486
Speaker 1: the jersey out the door. Relax. I think this is

750
00:42:06,526 --> 00:42:09,006
Speaker 1: gonna be good. Yeah, as long as he's healthy. The

751
00:42:09,446 --> 00:42:13,846
Speaker 1: Las Vegas chapter of the Patriots Alumni Association while giving

752
00:42:13,846 --> 00:42:20,846
Speaker 1: another member right meetings every Wednesday. Okay, bye, okay, So

753
00:42:21,046 --> 00:42:25,646
Speaker 1: I am going to go with Javon Hargrave. Oh. I

754
00:42:25,846 --> 00:42:29,606
Speaker 1: think for the forty nine ers, this was an incredible move.

755
00:42:30,246 --> 00:42:34,326
Speaker 1: He had eleven sacks last season. You couple that with

756
00:42:34,486 --> 00:42:38,126
Speaker 1: Nick Bosa, who had eighteen and a half sacks inside.

757
00:42:38,446 --> 00:42:42,646
Speaker 1: He reeks havoc outside. Bosa is going to feast, so

758
00:42:43,166 --> 00:42:48,646
Speaker 1: is Eric Armstead. And it also weekends an NFC opponent

759
00:42:49,206 --> 00:42:52,166
Speaker 1: for the forty nine ers, an opponent that would appear

760
00:42:52,246 --> 00:42:55,606
Speaker 1: to be an obstacle for them on their way to

761
00:42:56,206 --> 00:43:00,046
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl trip and when he wasn't on the

762
00:43:00,206 --> 00:43:03,646
Speaker 1: field and made a big difference on that Eagles defense.

763
00:43:03,766 --> 00:43:08,046
Speaker 1: When he was on there, he was all everything, highly disruptive.

764
00:43:08,206 --> 00:43:11,806
Speaker 1: So I think this d line for the forty nine

765
00:43:11,886 --> 00:43:16,166
Speaker 1: ers just got scarier. So if you're Matthew Stafford whoever

766
00:43:16,286 --> 00:43:20,606
Speaker 1: the Cardinals throw out there while Kyler's getting a recovering

767
00:43:20,686 --> 00:43:25,246
Speaker 1: from his injury, good luck, because the forty nine Ers

768
00:43:25,326 --> 00:43:28,766
Speaker 1: defense is going to be for real. Yeah, all right,

769
00:43:28,846 --> 00:43:33,606
Speaker 1: one for me is so it's more so of a

770
00:43:33,766 --> 00:43:37,246
Speaker 1: team situation than like a specific signing because many things

771
00:43:37,286 --> 00:43:40,046
Speaker 1: have happened and it's with the Eagles. So I love

772
00:43:40,126 --> 00:43:43,006
Speaker 1: that they made sure that Kelsey was still there because

773
00:43:43,046 --> 00:43:47,326
Speaker 1: they're having the most important guy that holds it down

774
00:43:47,446 --> 00:43:51,726
Speaker 1: for your star quarterback. Good move, Howie. But that they

775
00:43:51,766 --> 00:43:54,406
Speaker 1: took a shot after they signed the deal because everything

776
00:43:54,486 --> 00:43:57,206
Speaker 1: else around them has moved around quite a bit. Miles

777
00:43:57,246 --> 00:44:00,606
Speaker 1: Sanders out of there, Slay out of there. I mean,

778
00:44:00,686 --> 00:44:03,086
Speaker 1: the list of free agents that they had. He's gonna

779
00:44:03,126 --> 00:44:05,926
Speaker 1: come back though, it looks like he's gonna come to help,

780
00:44:06,006 --> 00:44:09,086
Speaker 1: so and there was a lot going on so many

781
00:44:09,166 --> 00:44:11,566
Speaker 1: They did get Bradberry, which was huge, but there's so

782
00:44:11,846 --> 00:44:14,766
Speaker 1: much going on there, Like, I'm so curious to see

783
00:44:15,206 --> 00:44:18,646
Speaker 1: how that team looks once all the dust settles, once

784
00:44:18,686 --> 00:44:20,686
Speaker 1: all is said and done, once a draft is done,

785
00:44:21,406 --> 00:44:23,446
Speaker 1: and we're getting ready to start the year, because it's

786
00:44:23,486 --> 00:44:25,686
Speaker 1: been quite like a little bit of a shakeup, a

787
00:44:25,726 --> 00:44:28,326
Speaker 1: little bit of a shakeup over there. So keeping a

788
00:44:28,446 --> 00:44:33,006
Speaker 1: close eye on Philly. Yeah, eighteen free agents. I thought

789
00:44:33,006 --> 00:44:36,486
Speaker 1: it would seem even more than I remember. Yeah, so

790
00:44:36,726 --> 00:44:39,446
Speaker 1: so James Bradberry was somebody I was going to throw

791
00:44:39,486 --> 00:44:42,926
Speaker 1: out there, But for the sake of being different, I'm

792
00:44:43,006 --> 00:44:48,126
Speaker 1: going to say linebacker David Long going to the Dolphins

793
00:44:48,406 --> 00:44:50,886
Speaker 1: on a two year deal. He was with the Titans

794
00:44:50,926 --> 00:44:52,966
Speaker 1: and missed the last five games of the season, So

795
00:44:53,126 --> 00:44:57,286
Speaker 1: that's the reason why that contract wasn't too outrageous. He

796
00:44:57,526 --> 00:45:01,726
Speaker 1: is excellent when it comes to pass coverage and being

797
00:45:01,806 --> 00:45:07,846
Speaker 1: around the ball, being aggressive really really brought an identity

798
00:45:08,046 --> 00:45:12,726
Speaker 1: to that Titans defense. It's a more underrated but wow,

799
00:45:13,046 --> 00:45:15,726
Speaker 1: that was quite the move from the Dolphins, who we've

800
00:45:15,806 --> 00:45:18,766
Speaker 1: had a great offseason the past two off seasons for

801
00:45:18,926 --> 00:45:21,446
Speaker 1: the Dolphins really had said something. Now, I could have

802
00:45:21,526 --> 00:45:24,366
Speaker 1: gone with Jalen Ramsey, but that was too easy, So

803
00:45:24,446 --> 00:45:27,606
Speaker 1: I thought I'd go with somebody else who is not

804
00:45:27,766 --> 00:45:31,206
Speaker 1: as as Flashy's not the headline like Jalen Ramsey, but

805
00:45:31,326 --> 00:45:34,526
Speaker 1: he's the one making news too. And as you mentioned,

806
00:45:34,606 --> 00:45:37,526
Speaker 1: they end up signing both of their running backs on offense.

807
00:45:37,966 --> 00:45:41,126
Speaker 1: The defense is a lot tougher now with Vic Fangio

808
00:45:41,206 --> 00:45:44,446
Speaker 1: who's going to be overseeing it. So I really like

809
00:45:44,886 --> 00:45:48,086
Speaker 1: what they've done there. And then they signed Mike White

810
00:45:48,686 --> 00:45:51,526
Speaker 1: as the backup. Quite saw what he did in Yeah

811
00:45:51,646 --> 00:45:56,046
Speaker 1: White Lightnines, Florida. Yeah, yeah, so he's from down there,

812
00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:58,646
Speaker 1: So I thought like this has been a good off

813
00:45:58,726 --> 00:46:01,006
Speaker 1: season for the for the Dolphins. I would say, so

814
00:46:02,006 --> 00:46:04,006
Speaker 1: I am going low hanging fruit because my next guy

815
00:46:04,126 --> 00:46:06,886
Speaker 1: was Jaylen ram I'm not afraid to go the easy

816
00:46:07,006 --> 00:46:11,126
Speaker 1: route here. Unbelievable love this for us. I feel like

817
00:46:11,246 --> 00:46:14,966
Speaker 1: Angie's just out there, like, be aggressive, got to be aggressive,

818
00:46:15,126 --> 00:46:17,286
Speaker 1: keep going. Yeah, I love it. And to see the

819
00:46:18,086 --> 00:46:20,806
Speaker 1: all over social media yesterday to him and Xavien Howard

820
00:46:21,086 --> 00:46:25,326
Speaker 1: at the facility just taking it in, already leaning in

821
00:46:25,526 --> 00:46:28,086
Speaker 1: on the bond there. They went to the Maami Heat game,

822
00:46:28,126 --> 00:46:32,166
Speaker 1: they were courtside the Maybe Heat team already gave Ramsey Adjersey,

823
00:46:32,286 --> 00:46:34,806
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, like he is living for

824
00:46:34,966 --> 00:46:38,846
Speaker 1: this as are we. Um. I felt like the defense

825
00:46:38,966 --> 00:46:40,926
Speaker 1: was an area where we needed to up our game.

826
00:46:40,966 --> 00:46:44,926
Speaker 1: I think, especially with him, an x iron sharpens iron

827
00:46:45,086 --> 00:46:48,086
Speaker 1: in this situation because Xavian was a man a few

828
00:46:48,166 --> 00:46:49,966
Speaker 1: years ago that led the league and picks, and then

829
00:46:50,086 --> 00:46:52,166
Speaker 1: last year we didn't really see much from him. But

830
00:46:52,246 --> 00:46:54,526
Speaker 1: I think now you can already see how excited he

831
00:46:54,726 --> 00:46:59,046
Speaker 1: is to have his counterpart there. Oh, I can't wait

832
00:46:59,166 --> 00:47:03,686
Speaker 1: for them to pick off Aaron Rodgers twice next year. Yeah. Yeah,

833
00:47:03,846 --> 00:47:08,046
Speaker 1: as my mom would say, necessit gritos. So they say

834
00:47:08,046 --> 00:47:10,926
Speaker 1: in Nicarago, right, that's a big thing they needed and

835
00:47:11,446 --> 00:47:14,606
Speaker 1: identity there. They know how tough the division is, right

836
00:47:14,846 --> 00:47:17,726
Speaker 1: like juds are trying to lock in it a big dude.

837
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Speaker 1: They've already made moves as well. The Alan Lazard is

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00:47:21,006 --> 00:47:23,486
Speaker 1: heading over there. We already know what the Bills can bring.

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00:47:23,566 --> 00:47:27,886
Speaker 1: You can never discount the Patriots or shouldn't overlook them

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00:47:27,926 --> 00:47:31,326
Speaker 1: for sure. Um So, so this is exactly what needed

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Speaker 1: to happen to. The afcast is going to be fire, Yes,

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00:47:35,766 --> 00:47:39,966
Speaker 1: it is for sure. This podcast has been on fire,

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00:47:40,326 --> 00:47:43,406
Speaker 1: right that great guest, great discussion, and then now we

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Speaker 1: have to put our little bow on everything. The E punto,

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Speaker 1: So my epunto is Jalen Carter. And I'll tell you

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00:47:55,126 --> 00:47:59,606
Speaker 1: why Georgia held their pro day. He was overweight and

847
00:47:59,726 --> 00:48:03,726
Speaker 1: could not finish drills. If you are a top prospect,

848
00:48:04,406 --> 00:48:07,326
Speaker 1: you need to show up and take these things seriously.

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00:48:07,486 --> 00:48:11,806
Speaker 1: He's also dealing with that off field issue, which is awful,

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Speaker 1: and that's a whole other thing that I'm sure is

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Speaker 1: concerning to talent evaluators. Now the question becomes how far

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00:48:19,286 --> 00:48:22,486
Speaker 1: is he going to fall? And we've had Ryan Leaf

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00:48:23,206 --> 00:48:25,846
Speaker 1: on once a week for Good Morning Football, and some people, oh,

854
00:48:26,046 --> 00:48:27,726
Speaker 1: Ryan Leaf, what did he do? He was a buss

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00:48:27,766 --> 00:48:29,846
Speaker 1: and blah blah blah. And Ryan fully admits that step.

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00:48:30,086 --> 00:48:32,126
Speaker 1: But one of the things that he said is that

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00:48:32,446 --> 00:48:37,366
Speaker 1: he realized that his ego kept him from preparing the

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00:48:37,486 --> 00:48:40,126
Speaker 1: way that he should have. And I think for these

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00:48:40,246 --> 00:48:43,646
Speaker 1: guys like Jalen Carter, who has so much talent, so

860
00:48:44,286 --> 00:48:48,246
Speaker 1: much to offer on the football field, to not be prepared,

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00:48:48,526 --> 00:48:52,686
Speaker 1: not be ready, not good. I punto, you gotta be ready.

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00:48:52,766 --> 00:48:55,686
Speaker 1: If you have an opportunity, show up and show out.

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00:48:56,406 --> 00:48:58,766
Speaker 1: Don't take that route. That's not the way to go,

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Speaker 1: especially if there's controversy around you as well. Oh, very

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00:49:03,326 --> 00:49:07,766
Speaker 1: good point, very good punto my friend. For me is

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Speaker 1: that the quote unquote off season, it is a marathon,

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Speaker 1: not a sprint. There's a lot happening all at once

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00:49:15,326 --> 00:49:17,926
Speaker 1: in like big chunks, right, Like we have combined, we

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00:49:18,006 --> 00:49:20,126
Speaker 1: have free agency, we have the draft. It all happens

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00:49:20,726 --> 00:49:23,846
Speaker 1: kind of quickly and succinctly. But I think we all

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00:49:23,926 --> 00:49:27,286
Speaker 1: need to remember that the season will be here before

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00:49:27,366 --> 00:49:29,886
Speaker 1: we know it. But there's a lot of hurdles and

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00:49:29,966 --> 00:49:31,606
Speaker 1: a lot of roads that we need to get through

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00:49:31,646 --> 00:49:35,086
Speaker 1: that teams need to get through before everything is short up.

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00:49:35,166 --> 00:49:38,046
Speaker 1: So I think it's it's a reminder to myself and

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00:49:38,206 --> 00:49:40,486
Speaker 1: for very everybody out there. There's a reason we call

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00:49:40,646 --> 00:49:45,446
Speaker 1: this week free agency frenzy, because it feels every bit frenzied. Right.

878
00:49:45,486 --> 00:49:48,806
Speaker 1: We're like, uh, this quarterback is going there, that's it.

879
00:49:48,886 --> 00:49:50,926
Speaker 1: They're going to the super Bowl, or we're gonna have

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00:49:51,006 --> 00:49:52,566
Speaker 1: the first pig in the draft next year because we're

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00:49:52,566 --> 00:49:56,006
Speaker 1: gonna be check. Everybody, take a breath, Let's do our

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00:49:56,046 --> 00:50:00,966
Speaker 1: mindful meditation together a little ASMR. It's gonna be fine. Yes,

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Speaker 1: And we're just getting started here, So for will, this

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Speaker 1: is MJ. We'll be back. We got plenty more to

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Speaker 1: talk about. Trust me, the headlines will not stop. Well.

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