WEBVTT - The Dave Pasch Podcast - Damian Lillard 0:00:02.560 --> 0:00:05.160 Hey everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Dave 0:00:05.200 --> 0:00:08.600 Pash Podcast. I'm your host, Dave Pash, ESPN and Arizona 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:11.680 Cardinals play by play announcer. Our guest this week is 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:14.920 one of the best players in the NBA, Damian Lillard. 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:19.960 Six time All NBA, six time All Star, Olympic gold medalist, 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:25.079 NBA seventy fifth Anniversary team member and lifelong Raiders fan. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:29.040 We'll talk with Dame about Derek Carr, Davante Adams, his 0:00:29.160 --> 0:00:32.120 thoughts on the Cardinals Raiders game. What does he think 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.880 of Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray. You know, his beach, their 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:40.319 strong arm. Competitive, He's a winning player, so I root 0:00:40.400 --> 0:00:41.880 for him. You know, I want to see him do well. 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.880 I'm a fan. I respect him. Dame had a busy 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.800 summer running his Formula zero camp, being very involved in 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:53.280 the community. Dame talks about his health and whether he'll 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:57.440 spend his entire career in Portland as a trailblazer. All 0:00:57.480 --> 0:01:02.040 that plus a gentleman's bet between Dame and me. You'll 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:04.240 have to listen to find out what's going to happen. 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:08.000 Believe me, it's far worse for me if the Cardinals lose, 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.400 not even close. Dame got off easy if the Cardinals 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:14.640 end up beating the Raiders on Sunday. We are presented 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.959 by BETMGM, the official sports betting partner of the Arizona Cardinals, 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:21.560 and by Hila River Resorts and Casinos. 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You're very involved in the 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:03.720 commun unity philanthropy, and I know you are very invested 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:10.160 in youth sports. Yeah, Formula zero is a I camp. 0:02:10.200 --> 0:02:11.880 It started with a camp, at least, you know, I 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.079 got I got bigger plans for it, but it started 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.960 with it camp just to have a situation where I 0:02:16.960 --> 0:02:20.280 wanted to have a bigger impact on h youth sports, 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.760 you know, basketball specifically, and the direction that the game 0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:27.160 is going in. You know, I've I've trained with my trainer, 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.920 Phil Beckner, uh since like two thousand and eight, and 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.320 I've trained with my other trains Chris Farr, you know, 0:02:33.520 --> 0:02:37.400 since you know, two thousand and ten, two thousand and eleven. 0:02:37.480 --> 0:02:39.760 But I've known Chris Far my whole life. I've had 0:02:39.800 --> 0:02:42.480 both of those guys in my life. Man, I've had 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:46.200 all these different you know, mentors slash other figure type 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:49.800 people that I've met alone the way who've shaped me 0:02:49.880 --> 0:02:51.800 as a person and as a player, you know. But 0:02:51.840 --> 0:02:54.000 I feel like who they who they helped me become 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:56.680 as a as a person. That's been a huge part 0:02:56.680 --> 0:02:59.640 of my success and why I've been able to accomplish 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:01.000 a lot of the things that I've been able to 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:03.800 accomplish and you know, be able to stay true to 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:05.680 who I am as a person, you know. So that's 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:08.320 I realized the power of that now that I'm thirty 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:11.200 two years old, and you know, just looking at the 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:13.800 direction that the game is going in, you see like 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.200 the character or some of the younger athletes from the 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:21.240 age coachers in college. You know, they just expecting to happen. 0:03:21.440 --> 0:03:24.120 You know, the things that I feel like shaped me. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.440 You know, it doesn't make me perfectly like that, but 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:27.960 I feel like a lot of the things that shaped 0:03:28.000 --> 0:03:29.960 me and the people that shaped me and motive me 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:31.799 with some of the lessons I learned that you really 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.440 help a lot of these kids. So formula zero is 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.160 not about, you know, being Damian Lillard. It's all of 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.520 those people that I've met along the way. Those are 0:03:40.600 --> 0:03:42.880 the camp coaches and the people coaching the game and 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.080 also sitting in these classrooms and you know, watching clips 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.400 and kind of stressing that same message and those same 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.400 things that I got to the players. So they all 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:57.080 came and participated that camp and the people that you know, 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:01.200 helped shape me. Those people are are what formula zero is. 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:02.960 You know, I just happened to be the product of 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.400 all of those people, and I just want to I 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:07.480 want to have that type of impact on the culture 0:04:07.480 --> 0:04:09.800 of the game. And we started with this camp. Well, 0:04:09.800 --> 0:04:12.240 that's one of the things I've always appreciated about you, man. 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:17.479 You're You're a humble guy. You're very thoughtful of others 0:04:17.760 --> 0:04:20.840 and very involved in because of what you've gone through 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:24.440 in your life about helping the next generation and paving 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:27.880 the way for other people. How's your health, man, because 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:31.000 I know you had the abdominal surgery and it was January, 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:32.479 but I know that also that was something that was 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.680 bothering you for a while. So how are you feeling 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.200 now with the season starting here in another month or so. 0:04:38.880 --> 0:04:41.680 I feel great, you know, I think it was it 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.760 had been about four and a half years that I've 0:04:43.760 --> 0:04:46.720 been dealing with the abdominal injury. Obviously, towards the end 0:04:46.760 --> 0:04:49.919 it was much worse than when I first started to 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:52.040 experience it, but it just got it just got worse 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.880 over time, to the point where I just learned how 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:57.120 to set hope with it, you know, I learned how 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.880 to deal with the pain and you know, still function 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:03.000 to the best of my ability. And then it got 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:04.760 to the point where I just kind of, you know, 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:07.039 I got used to waking up in the morning and 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:09.200 not really knowing, you know, how my body was gonna 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.120 respond or how I was gonna field that day, and 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:14.560 then just banking on the fact that, you know, eventually 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.280 adrenaline and competitive nature is gonna kick in, and I'm 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:19.080 gonna fight through it and just get through whatever I 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.520 got to get through. And then it just reached a 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.479 point where it was unbearable. And had I known the 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:28.440 significance of the injury, you know, two three years ago, 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:30.240 I would have, you know, done what I had to 0:05:30.279 --> 0:05:32.159 do to handle it then. But I just didn't have 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:33.960 I just didn't know what was going on, you know, 0:05:34.000 --> 0:05:37.200 I didn't know it was a situation where I needed surgery. 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:40.120 So now that that's out the way, you know, I 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:43.600 did it in January. It's been about eight months and 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.440 I've just been training and you know, spending time with 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.560 my wife and my kids and spending time with my 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:53.119 family and traveling and just doing stuff to have peace, 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:55.839 you know, peace of mind, and just enjoying my life 0:05:55.880 --> 0:05:57.560 and doing the things that I need to be doing 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.400 to be ready to play. And that's you know, it's 0:05:59.440 --> 0:06:03.120 been pretty emple honestly. Well. Along those lines are spending 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:06.920 time with your family. I saw what you posted about Disneyland. 0:06:07.000 --> 0:06:09.400 It's a great picture with you and your kids and 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:13.440 your wife. You've got the Mickey Mouse shirt that says daddy. 0:06:13.800 --> 0:06:16.640 Your wife has a shirt that says mommy. Um, but 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:21.880 no fast pass, Dame are we anti fast pass? Uh? No? 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:27.640 I actually uh I actually did have a fast pass, 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:31.120 but it was it was the ultimate fast pass because 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:34.040 you know, my my former teammate, Robin Lopez is uh 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:39.960 heavily into you know, comic books and art and all 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.880 those types of things. But he's he's on some type 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:46.440 of board at Disney, and um, you know, he set 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:48.240 me up nice. So I had it, you know, but 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.760 we just we didn't move around pretty freely, but we 0:06:50.839 --> 0:06:54.280 definitely had some assistance and it was definitely worth. It 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.880 made the experience that much better. Did you get noticed? 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.680 Did people recognize you even though you had the shirt on? 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.560 I mean you looked like the average Joe at Disney? Yeah. 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:06.480 I mean I'm only six too, so it wasn't like 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:11.360 a six nine dude walking around there, but people didn't notice. 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.560 You know, I felt like I got it was you know, 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:17.400 somebody noticed me every ten steps. My son was like, man, 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.680 get away from my dad, you know, because he's finally 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:21.600 at the age now where he's like, why are all 0:07:21.640 --> 0:07:24.680 these people coming up to you? But I try to 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:26.920 live my life, you know obviously as certain things that 0:07:27.640 --> 0:07:29.840 you know it's not worth. What's gonna come with it, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:31.880 you know, to go and do. But you know, I 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:34.000 wanted my son that had that experience, and I didn't 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.680 want to be like, oh, that's just you know, high 0:07:36.760 --> 0:07:39.320 from the crowd and him not get that full experience. 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.840 So you know, we did it and it was what 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.840 it was. You know, I took my fair share of pictures, 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:48.560 but it didn't take away from that moment from my son, 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.960 so you know, I was fine with it. Yeah, No, 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.240 it's great, it's great. Have you been working on a 0:07:53.280 --> 0:07:56.200 new rap album? Was I think the last one you 0:07:56.280 --> 0:08:00.240 released was last summer? Right? Yeah, I put I put 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:04.000 my fourth album out last summer, and just over the 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.440 last nine months, you know, I've had so much downtime. 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.600 Even during the season, I wasn't really traveling. I was 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:11.160 just focusing on rehab and training and just getting my 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.360 mind in my body right. And I was in the 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:16.920 studio a lot. So I actually finished my I finished 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:20.080 my fifth album. I finished my fifth album this year too, 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.920 just you know, just from having so much time on 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:26.000 my hands. But I'm I'm gonna hold on to it 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:28.760 and wait till the season is over, but it's definitely done. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:31.800 Can you tell us what the name of it is? 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:37.120 The name of the album is don dollars okay, because 0:08:37.120 --> 0:08:39.199 you're you're like you and Lacree. I don't listen to 0:08:39.240 --> 0:08:41.560 a lot of rap, but like you two are my favorites. Man. 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.160 I appreciate it. Man. I try to have a solid 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.160 message in my music, and I try to, you know, 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:50.000 having be a real representation of you know, my life 0:08:50.000 --> 0:08:54.800 and how I think and my my personal experiences. So well, 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:57.920 let's talk some football. I can touch some people. Yeah no, 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:00.480 and you definitely do that, man, you you definitely. I 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.120 think you're so relatable. That's another reason why I think 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.560 you're as popular as you are, because people relate to 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.880 you and your story and uh so I really appreciate, 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.000 uh you know how available you just talked about like 0:09:13.040 --> 0:09:15.480 your son telling people to get away from my dad, 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:17.760 because you're always friendly to everybody. Man, you're just a 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.520 good dude. You're just a good dude. Let's talk some football. 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.120 Give me your thoughts and what the Raider. You know 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:26.800 what you soften the Raiders week one. I mean, I 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.840 think given the fact that none of our main guys 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:33.600 played any snaps um in the preseason, you know, you 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.800 gotta expect that it's gonna be some rest. You know, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:40.079 at the time, it might be off with something. DeVante 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.640 Adams did the obvious. I mean, he the best receiver 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:46.120 in the league, so I expected, uh, I expected that 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:47.560 from him. You know, I knew he was gonna come 0:09:47.559 --> 0:09:50.080 out and be sharp as maybe with the Raiders. Um. 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:54.120 You know, he's he's always done him. Um. But I 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:57.360 think you know, obviously with dec from three ins, thats 0:09:57.400 --> 0:10:01.760 gonna be It's gonna be a to day. You know, 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:04.240 he threw his three interceptions, we still had our chance 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.280 to win the game, and we just came up short. 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.640 You know, but it might happen again. But I like 0:10:08.679 --> 0:10:11.280 where our team is. I like, I love our offense, 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.760 and I love the fact that our defense started off slow, 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:16.720 but we heard him the seven points in the second half. 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.760 You know, they showed some resistance. So um. And I 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:23.040 felt like Josh McDaniels is like, you know, he ain't 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:27.760 having it. He he come from winning coacher. Um, you know, 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:30.160 he didn't want his share as Super Bowls as just 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.480 as the offensive coordinator had his experience with Denver as 0:10:33.480 --> 0:10:35.400 a head coach. Probably didn't go how he won it. 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:36.719 But I just you know, I got a lot of 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:40.000 faith in him this time around. So we're gonna be 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:42.199 all right. Man. It ain't It ain't the ideal start, 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:45.040 but we're gonna be all right. What was your reaction 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.000 when you found out that you guys were getting Davante 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.880 Adams Man? When I saw it, I was like, man, 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:52.880 let me make sure this ain't one of those page 0:10:52.920 --> 0:10:55.480 just putting this out here that's you know, tricking everybody 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.400 or trolling everybody or something and the end, you know. 0:10:58.440 --> 0:11:02.120 I obviously went to ESPN and Sports and I was 0:11:02.200 --> 0:11:05.320 checking all the main platforms that that would have it, 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:07.479 and they was up there and I was like wow, 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:10.400 And I instantly reached out to him, like yeah, you 0:11:10.520 --> 0:11:13.120 with the nation now. I don't think I've been more 0:11:13.160 --> 0:11:18.200 excited about anything involved in football since we got Randy Moss. 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:21.640 So were you a Raider fan from birth because of 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:25.199 growing up in Oakland? Were the Raiders good when you 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:27.120 were young because they've had stretchers they've been really good 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:30.240 obviously in stretchers, or they've been bad? And then when 0:11:30.280 --> 0:11:33.080 they announced the move to Vegas? Was there were you 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.120 going one hundred percent no matter what? Or is there 0:11:35.120 --> 0:11:37.760 a part of you that was upset about that? I 0:11:37.800 --> 0:11:41.959 mean I wasn't happy with them moving from Oakland, obviously, 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.559 but I was never one of those people that was like, man, 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.400 I'm not I ain't gonna be a Raider fan no more. 0:11:46.960 --> 0:11:49.280 You know, I'm still I'm still a Raider nation, and 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.560 a lot of my family is, you know, fans of 0:11:53.720 --> 0:11:57.200 different teams now, like my uncle, my uncle Richard is 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.800 all of a sudden a Rams fan. You know, we 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:01.640 go to the I took him to the Super Bowl 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.000 last year and he and there with a Rams jersey on, 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:06.240 and I'm like, you're not a true Rams fan, like 0:12:06.280 --> 0:12:10.240 you're actually a Raiders fan. But I stayed with the Raiders, 0:12:10.320 --> 0:12:12.640 and I'm you know, I'm a true Raiders fan. So 0:12:13.400 --> 0:12:15.320 and I've been a Raiders fan since I was a kid. 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:17.920 And we had our ups and downs with you know, 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:22.080 Napoleon cough Man and Tyrone Wheatley and Charlie Garner. We 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:25.079 had some stretches, and I remember the last time we 0:12:25.120 --> 0:12:27.120 was really good like I expected to be this year 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.240 was when we had you know, rich Gannon year we 0:12:29.280 --> 0:12:31.160 went to the Super Bowl and lost to the Bucks. 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.600 And then I think even a year before that, we 0:12:33.640 --> 0:12:37.480 was pretty good too. So I'm expecting a really solid 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:41.680 season this year. So when Derek Carr last year, Dame 0:12:42.480 --> 0:12:45.800 calls out your name, Damian Lillard, Damian Lillard as an 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.520 audible for a deep ball, did you know it was coming? 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:51.840 Because I know you and Derek are Carr friends. Did 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:55.280 you know what was coming? YEA. Honestly, when as soon 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.199 as I heard him say it and it came through 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.559 the screen, that was my first thought, is they about 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:04.800 to throw um? And when they said it, my phone 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.640 just started blowing up, like saying the same thing. But 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:09.840 obviously by the time the text went through, the play 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.480 had already happened. But it was funny that he that, 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.680 you know, they because anything that I'm a fan of, 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:20.120 I'm an active fan, like I'm an active boxing fan, 0:13:20.160 --> 0:13:23.360 I'm an active Raiders fan. So you know, I felt 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.480 like that was pretty cool that they, you know, they 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:29.160 had audible that named after me. And I think it 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:32.200 in a way it's a it's a dead giveaway too, 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.520 because the whole world knew what was coming. Actually was 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:40.360 what I thought it would be, because you're taking You're 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.800 taking thirty footers and nailing them like it's nothing. That's 0:13:43.800 --> 0:13:46.600 why you knew it was a deep ball. That's you're getting. 0:13:46.760 --> 0:13:50.360 I knew it. I knew it right away. What's you know? 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:52.079 I got to know Derek a little bit actually when 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:53.959 he was at Fresno State, because I've been doing college 0:13:53.960 --> 0:13:56.240 football for ESPAN for twenty years and he's just an 0:13:56.320 --> 0:14:00.440 unbelievable guy. How did you get to know Derek? Great dude? Yeah, 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.000 how did you get to know him? I mean I 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:05.640 just got to know him through being a fan of 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.360 the Raiders, um, and you know, I think he started 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:12.640 to see how I was a real fan. You know, 0:14:12.679 --> 0:14:15.000 I watched every game, and you know, I say my 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:18.000 comments about you know, what's going on or whatever. But 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:22.120 obviously us both being professional athletes, me being from Oakland, 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:26.040 we started to communicate and things like that, and that 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.040 was it. You know, it wasn't too much. You know, 0:14:28.080 --> 0:14:30.520 I respect I respect DC. You know, I think he 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.720 doesn't get the respect that he should get. You know, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:36.880 you know, he's always stood tall. You know, when things 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.440 didn't go right or you know, he was receiving criticism, 0:14:39.480 --> 0:14:41.840 he's stood tall. You know, he faced the music and 0:14:41.960 --> 0:14:45.160 kind of just kept on pushing. And then last year, 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:49.000 you know, our I was it two thy seventeen maybe 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.360 or eighteen where we were like twelve and four, and 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:55.240 then he got hurt and missed the playoffs and then, um, 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:57.200 you know, that year he could have been, could have 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:59.960 been MVP. And then I feel like now it's all 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.120 coming around for him now and he's getting the weapons 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.360 that he needs. You know, we got to tighten up 0:15:04.360 --> 0:15:06.720 our old line and you know, get our defense to 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:11.440 play consistent and get him some protection. And now he 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:13.560 got the weapons out there where he can you know, 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:16.240 he can really, he can really put a special season together. 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:19.920 So hopefully that's what you know, that's what we get. 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:22.560 What are your thoughts on Kyler Murray? How much have 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.880 you had a chance to watch Kyler since he got 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:28.240 into the NFL. I've seen my share, you know, just 0:15:28.240 --> 0:15:32.240 because I'm always clicking through games and I'm always following athletes, 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:35.960 you know, him specifically because he's a Heisman Trophy winner. 0:15:36.000 --> 0:15:39.040 I always love to see, you know, how to how 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:41.040 they go from being you know, at the top of 0:15:41.080 --> 0:15:43.080 the college game to how they respond when they get 0:15:43.120 --> 0:15:46.000 to the NFL, especially him, because he's undersized, you know, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:51.400 undersized quarterback, but a you know, his speech, their strong arm, competitive, 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:54.640 you know, and he's like he's a winning player, So 0:15:55.240 --> 0:15:57.240 you know, I followed him, and you know, I saw 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.240 some of the stuff he had going on this offseason. 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.360 So I always route for guys like him, you know, 0:16:02.400 --> 0:16:07.200 that have some success and they kind of undersize everybody 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:11.160 don't expect the most from him because you know, maybe 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.640 he's not He's not gonna be able to see over 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:15.320 the line. And is he gonna be able to make 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.160 this throw? Is he gonna be able to make that throw? 0:16:17.280 --> 0:16:19.040 Is he gonna take off and run all the time? 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:22.280 Like you You hear all these little different criticisms and 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:24.520 things like that, and I root for him, you know, 0:16:24.560 --> 0:16:27.520 I want to see him do well. They didn't open 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:29.840 up the season how he would have liked. I'm sure 0:16:30.000 --> 0:16:34.240 that's the Chiefs, but I'm a fan. I respect him. 0:16:35.080 --> 0:16:38.360 So in twenty fifteen, I lost a gentleman's bet with 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:42.160 Steph Curry. The Cardinals are playing the Panthers in the 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:45.120 NFC Championship game, and so I was talking with him. 0:16:45.160 --> 0:16:46.880 We had a Warriors game and I said, all right, 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:50.720 if the Cardinals win, you got to wear Cardinals gear 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.720 into the arena for the next game. And he said, okay, 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:56.280 And I said, well, what do you want me to do, 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:59.240 and he said, you got to wear a Panther's NFC 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:04.000 Championship T shirt into the arena. So Cardinals lost, I 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:06.119 had to wear it. I still have the Panthers NFC 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:08.840 Championship T shirt because I can't get rid of it. 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:12.760 So I'm happy to do another gentleman's bet for this weekend. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.879 Like you wear Kyler Murray jersey Opening Night into the 0:17:15.880 --> 0:17:18.320 arena and then you tell me whatever you want me 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.760 to do if the Raiders win. I mean, I feel 0:17:21.800 --> 0:17:24.640 pretty confident about that because I feel like we gonna 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:28.080 win our home opener. So but I just don't know 0:17:28.119 --> 0:17:31.399 if I'm willing to take that bet about opening night. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.720 Opening Night. I gotta get Opening Night. I gotta get 0:17:33.760 --> 0:17:35.679 something off. I gotta give me a nice fit off 0:17:35.720 --> 0:17:39.240 for Opening Night. But I'll definitely wear it in the tunnel. 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.240 That's fair in the tunnel. At some point, forget Opening Night. 0:17:42.480 --> 0:17:45.719 At some point in the season, were Kyler Murray jersey 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:48.720 and and what do you want me to do that? 0:17:48.960 --> 0:17:51.520 Because like I can't wear I mean, people aren't really 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:53.600 watching me, but like is there I mean, I'll wear 0:17:53.720 --> 0:17:56.240 Raider or something. I'll wear a Blaze or something I'll 0:17:56.240 --> 0:17:58.919 donate to one of your foundations. You tell me what 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.880 to do, man, I'll do it. You got to take 0:18:01.920 --> 0:18:09.560 the picture with the Raider Nation face team black Holes style, okay, 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:10.960 and then what put it out and so so I 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:12.800 don't have to wear it on camera, right, just and 0:18:12.880 --> 0:18:16.919 you got to put it on social media? Okay, that's fair. Okay, 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:19.720 it's a bet. That's fair. Black Holes style, the whole 0:18:19.840 --> 0:18:24.280 the whole thing. All right. You're on that confident you 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:29.919 that confident. No, but it's it's this is me and you. 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.639 I mean, this is Uh, I'm good. I'm willing to 0:18:33.680 --> 0:18:38.200 take a chance. All right. That good? All right? Um. 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:40.720 You know, speaking of the Cardinals, you remind me a 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:44.160 lot of Larry Fitzgerald, who is here forever and one 0:18:44.160 --> 0:18:47.720 of the reasons is because of fits, his loyalty to 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:51.680 the organization. He played his entire career here. Uh, even 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.399 though he hasn't officially retired, he's done. I mean he's 0:18:54.400 --> 0:18:57.199 on ESPN now he's not. He's not coming back. Do 0:18:57.280 --> 0:19:01.480 you still see yourself spending your whole career in Portland? 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:08.280 I do? I do? You know I've had my ship 0:19:09.359 --> 0:19:11.879 people saying, man, you gotta get out of there. You 0:19:11.960 --> 0:19:15.560 gotta do this, you gotta do that. But I'm I'm 0:19:15.600 --> 0:19:19.639 the type of person that I'm never gonna be marching 0:19:19.680 --> 0:19:23.119 to the beat of nobody else's drum. I'm always do 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:25.440 you know, what I feel like is in my best 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.400 interests and that I really feel in my heart. And 0:19:29.560 --> 0:19:31.399 I think a lot of people, and I've said this 0:19:31.560 --> 0:19:34.399 on many different occasions. People they call it, you know, 0:19:35.280 --> 0:19:37.840 he's being loyal and loyalty this and loyalty that, And 0:19:37.880 --> 0:19:41.159 I'm like, I'm naturally a loyal person, but I do 0:19:41.280 --> 0:19:44.760 have a level of loyalty to the organization. But dis 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.320 loyalty that they're talking about it is ultimately to who 0:19:47.320 --> 0:19:49.600 I am as a person. I'm being loyal to who 0:19:49.600 --> 0:19:52.240 I am, you know, and not getting beside myself because 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:55.720 I'm somebody that you know, I believe what I believe. 0:19:55.840 --> 0:19:58.360 I think I can get it done. Now, everybody else 0:19:58.440 --> 0:20:00.400 might say there's no way the Blazers will ever win, 0:20:00.720 --> 0:20:02.320 you know, they need to do this, they need to 0:20:02.320 --> 0:20:04.520 do that. But that's just that's just not how I 0:20:04.560 --> 0:20:07.679 feel about the situation. You know, Um, I feel like 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:10.080 we'll have a chance to win, you know, I feel 0:20:10.119 --> 0:20:12.640 like that moment is gonna come. You know, I feel 0:20:12.640 --> 0:20:16.119 like that opportunity is gonna come, and uh, you know 0:20:16.200 --> 0:20:18.800 that's that. As long as I feel that our our 0:20:19.040 --> 0:20:21.560 organization is putting their best foot forward and we're on 0:20:21.600 --> 0:20:23.919 the same page about doing everything that we can do 0:20:23.960 --> 0:20:26.959