1 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Titans Amy and Coach Mac Podcast, presented 2 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: by Farm Bureau Health Plans. Look to the folks at 3 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Farm Bureau Health Plans when you need someone who understands 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,440 Speaker 1: the x's and oh's of healthcare coverage. They've been protecting 5 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. I'm Amy Wells, so 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: happy to welcome you to this week's edition of the 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 1: Titans Amy and Coach Max Show. Coach Mac of course 8 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: is here. He's here as well. Mac. How's it going 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: going good? Going good? Looking forward to this game on 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: Monday night? And everything's moving forward very well, Everything is 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: moving forward. The Titans are currently three and two. They 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 1: are two and oh in the division, and that's the 13 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: most important part, right Mac, Well, that's a big part. 14 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: Absolutely is a big part. And this game coming up 15 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: is the next big part because it's an AFC game 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 1: and those count towards the standings when you're trying to 17 00:00:57,720 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: get into the tournament at the end of the year, 18 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: and so this has equal importance also. But you're right, 19 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 1: the two and oh and the AFC South record so 20 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 1: far is exactly where you want to be. Titans got 21 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 1: the win in Jacksonville I don't want to linger on 22 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 1: that too much because we got to win and it 23 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: feels good. But were there any big takeaways for you, 24 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 1: coach mac from that game. Well, I mean the biggest 25 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: takeaway is is they did what they had to do 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: to win it. You know, it got tight there in 27 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 1: the third quarter. Mike Keith so aptly said on our 28 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: broadcast up there during the game that the Jaguars kept 29 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: nipping at the titans heels in the third quarter, but 30 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: finally the Titans were able to put it away. And 31 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: they put it away as the Titans always do with 32 00:01:37,640 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry. Derrick Henry, you know, did not have a 33 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: lot of yards rushing in the first half because Jacksonville 34 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: jammed the line of scrimmage like most opponents are going 35 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: to do. But in the third and fourth quarter he 36 00:01:47,120 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: just finally wore them out. And again when Mike Keith 37 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: said the Ulie Boldozer has taken over, he was one 38 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: hundred percent right. That's what it looked like, felt like, 39 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 1: and we got to win. The Titans are getting ready 40 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: to take on the Bills and that's a big challenge 41 00:02:02,560 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 1: coming into Nissan Stadium on Monday Night football. There's a 42 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: lot to talk about about the Bills because they seem 43 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:11,640 Speaker 1: to be one of the most complete teams in football 44 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 1: right now. Is that correct? Oh? I think you summed 45 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:15,519 Speaker 1: it up exactly right. And you know, doing all the 46 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: film work that I did on Buffalo, usually about this 47 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 1: point in the season, amy I start to look at 48 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:23,120 Speaker 1: people and see who is really playing really good, complimentary 49 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: football on both sides of the teams that were one 50 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: side is holding up there into the bargain and the 51 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: other side is kind of just dragging along. Well, the 52 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: good teams, both of them, you know, are equal, and 53 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: this team they're both equal. They're a very mature team. 54 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: They've got a coaching staff that's been together for quite 55 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: a while. They've got a quarterback that has also matured 56 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: and has developed that's got a world of ability. So 57 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 1: in my humble opinion, they're one of the top two 58 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: teams in the league right now as it stands, and 59 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 1: they're a fairly healthy football team, and six weeks into 60 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: the season, being healthy is really important. Now, let's talk 61 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,519 Speaker 1: about that quarterback, because h Allen is someone who has 62 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: made significant progress throughout his tenure in the National Football League. 63 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: What stands out to you about how he's playing now 64 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: versus maybe when he started and where he's come from. Well, 65 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,639 Speaker 1: if you remember very well, going back convetting him during 66 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: the draft, when he came out, the big knock on him. 67 00:03:17,120 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: And again I cautioned all people always with the draft, 68 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,920 Speaker 1: don't be i ees, don't be instant evaluators, because everybody said, 69 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 1: great arm, no control of it at all, no accuracy 70 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,240 Speaker 1: at all. He could throw it through the wind up 71 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 1: there in Wyoming. But he's gonna have a hard time 72 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: adapting the accuracy issue in the National Football League. Well, 73 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: he's completely overcome that, he really has. He's worked on it. 74 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: He's become a complete, complete quarterback. He's a much more 75 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: mature quarterback now. Also, he used to run on all 76 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 1: schedule plays. He couldn't read out things very well when 77 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: he first came into the league. What he would do 78 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: stick his back foot in the ground because he is 79 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 1: very athletic and he's very big and strong, and just 80 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: that was his bailout move. Well, now that's not his 81 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: bailout move anymore. They now have structured runs for him 82 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: because he's able to pick apart people when he's throwing 83 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: the football. And so what is so important to me, 84 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: watching a development of a young quarterback is when he 85 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 1: looks when he's not panicking in the pocket. You don't 86 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,440 Speaker 1: see any panic in his game right now. Well, in 87 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: that offense also has a lot of weapons that maybe 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 1: are not named Josh Allen. Well they do. I mean, 89 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: he's got receivers. He's got Stefan Diggs who they signed 90 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,560 Speaker 1: was a big signing in the offseason. Emmanuel Sanders, you know, 91 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: is another receiver. Uh. The Knox kid, the tight end 92 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: is a huge part of what's going on now. You know, 93 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: he's a he's he's a he's a local product, you know, 94 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: out of Nashville, and and and what he really what 95 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: he really never had he never was he never had 96 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 1: a receiving touchdown in college, but they have developed him there. 97 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: Tight end coach is a guy named Rob Boris, who's 98 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: I've worked with on his staff for five years with 99 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 1: the Rams. Really a good tight end coach. He's developed 100 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: his kid and Dawson Knox now is a legitimate, legitimate 101 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: threat and he and Josh Allen seem to be able 102 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: to have a pretty nice connection right now. Amy, as 103 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: a defensive coordinator, how do you approach an offense like 104 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: the Bills, it seems to be firing on all cylinders. 105 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: How do you start to kind of pick that apart 106 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 1: and choose what you're going to focus on. Well, you 107 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: got to focus on all of it to begin with. 108 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: You can't ignore anything. And what you have to do, 109 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: what you have to be able to do is when 110 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: you start off and find out what personnel they're going 111 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: to deploy, how they're going to deploy him, and you've 112 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: got to decide, you know, how you're going to play them, 113 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,600 Speaker 1: especially on the conflict downs. What you're first and second 114 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: down that are fifty fifty shots and fifty fifty shots 115 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: for a defense, you have to concentrate and decide what 116 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 1: are you going to take away on those conflict downs 117 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: and then try to get them behind the chains by 118 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: winning either the first or the second down and then 119 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: be able to go after him on third down. That's 120 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: going to be a big, big challenge all evening Monday 121 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:58,239 Speaker 1: evening for the Titans defense. On the Bills defensive side 122 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 1: of the ball, they've letted defense that isn't really flashy. 123 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 1: They're not doing anything super wild and crazy, but they're 124 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 1: consistent and that consistency is making them really effective for well. 125 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 1: They're taking on the identity of their coordinator, Leslie Frazier, 126 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,240 Speaker 1: who was a member of the Super Bowl Shuffle Bears 127 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: and then has been coaching defense in this league ever 128 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: since he retired from the Bears. I know him very 129 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 1: very well. He's a guy that is going to be 130 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: very fundamentally sound and you're right, not flashy is a 131 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: great way to put it. But he's also someone that's 132 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: very calm. What he's got right now, Amy, He's got 133 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,560 Speaker 1: the luxury of having about six to eight rotational pieces 134 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 1: in the front on that four three defense that he 135 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: can rotate in keep them healthy, so he can constantly 136 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,280 Speaker 1: keep pressure with four people rushing. If you can keep 137 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:47,600 Speaker 1: pressure as a defensive coordinator with four people rushing because 138 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: you only have five eligible receivers on offense, that allows 139 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: you to have seven in coverage and be able to 140 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: play four over three on one side, three over two 141 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: on the other. And that's what they do very well. 142 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 1: He plays quarters, he plays halves, he plays thirds, and 143 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: he's very patient with it and he's he's willing to 144 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: he's willing to bend a little bit, but they don't 145 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 1: give up any explosive plays and that's huge. So Mac, 146 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: when you're facing someone who doesn't really seem to flinch 147 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: and their defense doesn't really seem to flinch, what do 148 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: you do to get them on their left foot? You 149 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: gotta say, you gotta stay true to who you are 150 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: and you've got to win. You've got to win those 151 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: early downs because if they get you, if they get 152 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: you way behind the chains on third down, you've got 153 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,880 Speaker 1: a problem with them because they've got fresh pass rushers consistently, 154 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: and they also they've got to cover people. They've they've 155 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: not only got good people up front, amy they've got 156 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: they've got good people at the second level. They've got 157 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,000 Speaker 1: people back there at the third level. So you have 158 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: to be and you have to stay true to who 159 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,680 Speaker 1: you are. It's going to be interesting for me to 160 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: see on Monday night if Les Frasier goes away from 161 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: from his uh nature and starts putting eight people up 162 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,559 Speaker 1: in the box to stop Derek Henry, if he still 163 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 1: has a seven man box, you know, in a four 164 00:07:55,040 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: three defense, then we've got to be able to crack that. 165 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: You've got to be able to crack that nut with 166 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 1: our run game so we can get a play action 167 00:08:01,480 --> 00:08:06,360 Speaker 1: game going Historically, Derrick Henry hasn't had monster games against 168 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. I mean, he's had moments, but really 169 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 1: when you look at the numbers, he hasn't had big games. 170 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: What does he need to do this week to get 171 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,160 Speaker 1: a big play. It's not him, it's everybody else around him. 172 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,360 Speaker 1: You're gonna have to block people for him. They're gonna 173 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: have to, and that's that's what happens when you play 174 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: this type of defense. You've got to be very very 175 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 1: fundamental on how you get on the edges of the blocks, 176 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: how are you able to block the backside all because 177 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: they're not a complicated defense, so they're not going to 178 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,319 Speaker 1: run themselves out of position. So you've got to be 179 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: able to win man on man upfront offensively against these people. 180 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry will do his job, he needs the other 181 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: people around him to do theirs first. So basically the 182 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: Titans just have to do everything right on offense, everything 183 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 1: right on defense. That's mostly the way it is when 184 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: you play good teams the National Football League, and most 185 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,600 Speaker 1: teams are good in the n Action Football League. I 186 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: mean there's no Division one Double A teams on this schedule, 187 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 1: and so you've got to be ready to go. Well, 188 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 1: the good news is the Titans are playing on Monday 189 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: Night football, a primetime game, and that comes with some 190 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: primetime juice. Things feel different when you play on Monday 191 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,680 Speaker 1: night football. Have you noticed that? Well, I've been involved 192 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: in a lot of them in my career, and it's just, yeah, 193 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: everybody's watching, everybody's watching. There's something about being none of 194 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: the lights, all the way from Friday night lights in 195 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: high school to being none of the lights now in 196 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 1: the big time. Yeah, there's something to it. But what 197 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:26,959 Speaker 1: you have to be able to do. You've got to 198 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 1: be able to block all of that out and you've 199 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: got to get your business done and get your You 200 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,560 Speaker 1: can't be overwhelmed by the moment. These guys won't be. 201 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: I mean, they're professionals. They're not gonna be overwhelmed by 202 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: the moment. But a different atmosphere for the fans and 203 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 1: different atmosphere surrounding the stadium. There absolutely is on Monday Night. 204 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: And I think it's gonna be a little chilly, Mac. 205 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: It's football weather. Fall is in the air, yeah, and 206 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:50,679 Speaker 1: it is gonna be I mean it's gonna be it's 207 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:51,959 Speaker 1: gonna be a little chilly. You're gonna have to have 208 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: a coat down on the sideline. I am doing your job, 209 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: and have some warm things on your feet and do 210 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: all that stuff that you do. But yeah, it's gonna 211 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:01,679 Speaker 1: be nice. It's gonna be a perfect, perfect weather to 212 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: get out there and play ball. And plus it'll be 213 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: it'll be a pack stadium. It's gonna be fun, all right. 214 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 1: So a primetime game really equals a primetime guest. Like 215 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,920 Speaker 1: we had to bring out the big guns because this 216 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 1: is Monday night football. This is a big deal. So 217 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:21,319 Speaker 1: we couldn't think of anyone more appropriate than Chris Long. Well, 218 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 1: Chris Longs. He comes from an iconic football family. You 219 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: know how he Longs, How he Longs son Kyle Long's brother. 220 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:31,079 Speaker 1: I mean, and again first round draft pick, an outstanding 221 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:33,719 Speaker 1: player in this league. Won two Super Bowl rings eat 222 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: one one with New England and originally drafted by the Rams, 223 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: and one with one a Super Bowl ring with New England, 224 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 1: one one with Philadelphia, and plus is just probably one 225 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: of the premier, one of the premier UH professional football 226 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:52,520 Speaker 1: players that does massive, massive work off the field. I mean, 227 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: he's international with what he does. It's very cool. You know, 228 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 1: you will hear it in what we do with him. 229 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: He's I really enjoyed him. I've been around great players 230 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: in my lifetime. I really enjoyed being with him there 231 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,680 Speaker 1: at the Rams, and he's a lifelong friend. But this 232 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: guy is as legit as they get, and people will 233 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: enjoy this. Here's our conversation with Chris Long. Mac. This 234 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,000 Speaker 1: might be one of the most epic guests we've had 235 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: so far. Chris Long, Chris Long like real life Chris Long. 236 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: He's gonna be on the show with us. Let me 237 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,679 Speaker 1: give you a little backstore. You already know, but I'll 238 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:36,240 Speaker 1: tell you anyway. Drafted in two thousand and eight by 239 00:11:36,280 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 1: the Rams, he played there for eight seasons, spent a 240 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 1: season with the New England Patriots, won a Super Bowl there. 241 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: Then he went to Philadelphia spent two seasons with them, 242 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: won a Super Bowl there as well. After football, he's 243 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 1: established his own media company. He's involved in so many 244 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: different things, and he's also incredibly involved off the field, 245 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: doing all kinds of serving in the community both locally 246 00:11:59,559 --> 00:12:03,560 Speaker 1: and oversees through the Chris Long Foundation. So many facets 247 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: to this person, and I am so fired up, Matt, 248 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,240 Speaker 1: Chris Long, thank you so much for being here with 249 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 1: us today. Hey, I'm so happy to be here. You 250 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: you guys say, Coach Mack meant something. I'm always gonna 251 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: come running. That's my guy. So that's our that's our 252 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:19,559 Speaker 1: ace in the hole, as coach Matt, We've gotten a 253 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 1: Let me just say this about Sea Long. Uh, you 254 00:12:24,440 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: know when when Jeff Fisher took the ram Jab and 255 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: we went there first. You see, it's the number one pick, 256 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: and normally when you're a number one pick, you're gonna 257 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: go to somewhere where there's not a lot of success. 258 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,199 Speaker 1: But when we got there, this was one guy that 259 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: was there was a real pillar that we could lean 260 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: on with what we were trying to establish there in 261 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: Chris Long and James Lord Nidas. But Chris Long, it 262 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,679 Speaker 1: was a guy that you knew who he was. Of 263 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: course I'd vetted him coming out and and but when 264 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: you get there and you find out the person and 265 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 1: you find out really what he is, how strong he 266 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: is foundationally. But let me just say this about Chris 267 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,440 Speaker 1: Long may be one of the best locker room dudes 268 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: I've ever been around. Because if it was ever getting dull, 269 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: Sea Long that's always there, No, no, no, we're going 270 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 1: into this sea long. This is this is this is 271 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 1: my podcast. So we're going into there because here's here's here. 272 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 1: Look when things were ever going down, and if things 273 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,200 Speaker 1: ever got twisted a little bit in the building, you 274 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: knew who was behind it, and I would all And 275 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: the thing that I listened to him, the thing that 276 00:13:26,280 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 1: I liked so much, is the one time. Yeah, we're 277 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 1: you know, we're gonna have James Lornidas on. I want 278 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: you to tell the story real quick, because this is 279 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,599 Speaker 1: what we do. Okay, First of all, you it was 280 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:40,680 Speaker 1: a great move by by Jeff Fishing myself to bring 281 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 1: William Hayes up there. Little did we know that you 282 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,360 Speaker 1: two would become so close because you come from different 283 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,640 Speaker 1: parts of the world, both of them, and so but 284 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:54,079 Speaker 1: you became you became bosom buddies. You were inseparable and 285 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,760 Speaker 1: some Now let's talk a little bit about when James 286 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 1: Lournias was so proud that he got a brand new vehicle. 287 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: We were going, no, he got a Audi thank you. 288 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: We're going through training camp and all of a sudden, 289 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 1: I see you and William Hayes trailing behind you walking 290 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 1: up to Fisher's office. Now went in the hill. Are 291 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,160 Speaker 1: these guys doing now? And so both of you come 292 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 1: back out real quick with the biggest smiles on your face, 293 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 1: sprinting downstairs, and I go, something bad is getting ready 294 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: to happen. Take it from there so long. Yeah, that's 295 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,960 Speaker 1: a Mac. I appreciate the intro and the feeling. The 296 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: feeling is mutual. Man. I was like, like you said, 297 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 1: when when y'all came to Saint Louis, it was we 298 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: were it was very very bad, losing football and y'all 299 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: showing up and like giving us a heartbeat and you know, 300 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: something to work towards. And we never put it all 301 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: the way together because there's some injuries and that sort 302 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: of thing. But you know, I've been on Super Bowl 303 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: teams and I always say this, the fondest memories in 304 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: the NFL for me, we're right there in that D 305 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: line room and that was the atmosphere that Fish and 306 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: Mac and those guys kind of curated for us. And 307 00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: bringing William Hayes and at first I was like, is 308 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: this guy go take my job? I? And then second 309 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:02,680 Speaker 1: I was like, well, I don't care if he does 310 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,680 Speaker 1: or he doesn't. He's like, probably my best friend in 311 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: the world. So, first off, William Hade's a great football player, 312 00:15:08,120 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: one of the most created players that I ever played with. 313 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: And it was also second and then when it came 314 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: to like being creative and having you know, prank ideas, 315 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: and so we were a match made having Anyways, James 316 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: used to take too long getting us the call, so 317 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: we just so we we decided to just torment him. 318 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:28,600 Speaker 1: What had happened was, which is the way any great 319 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: story starts. What had happened was, well, we wanted to 320 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: prank him. So we went down to the post office 321 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: and we wanted to get some bubble wrap. We were 322 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: going to pull his ality that he was so proud 323 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: of into the indoor facility. That enough is like a prank, 324 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: like when the guy's going to walk through like your 325 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: cars in the indoor haha, you gotta get out. But 326 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: we wanted a bubble wrap and fill it with packing peanuts. Okay, 327 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,920 Speaker 1: well that's like pretty elementary stuff. We fell into probably 328 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: one of the most diabolical pranks because we were at 329 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: the post office and we heard crickets in the back 330 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: and we were like, why are there crickets in the 331 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: back of the post office? And I was like well, 332 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: there's a guy with a bait shop and he gets 333 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: his crickets shipped through here. And I was like, oh, 334 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: that's interesting, and they're like, he's coming in right now, 335 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: would you like to meet him? And light bulb, And 336 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: so we decided that we would trade crickets for tickets 337 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: with this guy. Which I didn't tell Kach macne because 338 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:19,240 Speaker 1: I want to unless you know it better. But uh, 339 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: but we traded crickets for tickets with this dude. We 340 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 1: got ten thousand crickets. Is the most anything I ever 341 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: got for saying those rams tickets, but ten thousand crickets, 342 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: ten thousand crickets. And we decided to put him in 343 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: his car. So once he unwrapped his car out of 344 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,480 Speaker 1: you know, the bubble rap and and all the packing peanuts, 345 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: then he heard the crickets and he said, oh my god, 346 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: are there crickets in here. Well, the problem that we didn't, 347 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: we did ever think this through, was that the crickets 348 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: crawling the vents and die and if you've ever smelled 349 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: dead crickets and mass, it's like it's the worst possible 350 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: smell and it's not going away. So ended up happening 351 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: was James Larry and I just had to sell his ality. 352 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,480 Speaker 1: So we absolutely ruined his luxury vehicle and his rebuttal 353 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: to us was going to be We went over to 354 00:17:06,040 --> 00:17:08,199 Speaker 1: play in London and Mac you remember this point. We 355 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: went there. Ye, pretty cool trip. Kevin Costner was at 356 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,879 Speaker 1: our practice. It was like every day yeah, crazy, yeah. 357 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: But but James was had it all in the works 358 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,639 Speaker 1: to get my truck shipped over to London so that 359 00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,560 Speaker 1: when we got on the practice field it was just 360 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:24,040 Speaker 1: going to be sitting there and then I'd have to 361 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: figure out how to get it back. By the grace 362 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: of God, he did not do that, and he remained 363 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: one of the best, most forgiving teammates I've ever had 364 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,760 Speaker 1: because he did nothing to get us back. He's a 365 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:40,280 Speaker 1: true Christian, you know what I mean. Crickets for tickets 366 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: and we got James pretty good, but we got the 367 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,639 Speaker 1: DB's worst Mac. No, no, no, I'm going to go 368 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:47,239 Speaker 1: into that, and I'm going to go into that in 369 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:48,919 Speaker 1: just a minute, but let me just say this, in 370 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: between this, that's going to be the next story, But 371 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,239 Speaker 1: in between this, let me just say, with all of 372 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: that going on, that defense that we built there was solid, 373 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 1: and that that defensive line room that you talk about, 374 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,160 Speaker 1: aren't looking at the names that were across the front, 375 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 1: starting with Chris Long, going to Robert Quinn, Aaron Donald, 376 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: Michael Brocker's, William Hayes. Think about what we had there. 377 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:12,920 Speaker 1: And I used to I was the assistant head coach. 378 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: And then I used to love to come into you 379 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: guys meeting rooms because with your coach Mike Waffle and 380 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 1: he's the only ring he could completely and he's the 381 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: only ringmaster that could could have put a tent over 382 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,920 Speaker 1: that circus in But he's nice on game day with 383 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: ball out and that to me, and I was I 384 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:33,880 Speaker 1: was always I was always so impressed with that. And 385 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 1: and look and and and people know, I mean the 386 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 1: lineage that you come from, you come from a legendary 387 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,360 Speaker 1: football family. There had to always be in and talk 388 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: to us just a little bit about that before we 389 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: get to the next story. Just just talk to me 390 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: a little bit about that type of I don't know 391 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,160 Speaker 1: if it's pressure, but that type of visible, Yeah, it 392 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: is visibility. Because you know your dad, how he Long, 393 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 1: He's a Hall of famer in a lot of different areas. 394 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 1: Talk to me a little bit about that, No question 395 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 1: no question. It's like it's sure and it's something that 396 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: you know, like it wires you differently, like you know, 397 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,480 Speaker 1: mag knows me, Like I'm the type of guy who, 398 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,159 Speaker 1: if I have any flaw, I'm gonna I'm gonna be 399 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: a little bit like too paranoid about getting my job done. 400 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 1: And you know, like that can be a detriment. Sometimes 401 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: you have to try to learn how to use that 402 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: pressure to your advantage. Like it's not you can't, you 403 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: can't turn it against yourself, but it's certainly when I 404 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: was able to figure it out going in the league 405 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: and like going through the draft process that like listen, 406 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:31,240 Speaker 1: like this is gonna make me stronger, Like it has 407 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:33,280 Speaker 1: made me stronger. Like when I was in high school, 408 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: anything I accomplished was not an accomplishment in and of itself. 409 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: It was always compared, you know, and on through college 410 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: and on through the pros. So it kept me grounded 411 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: because I never thought, you know, might you know what 412 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: didn't think because I wasn't a big deal in my house. 413 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,880 Speaker 1: You know, if you're not the best football player under 414 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 1: your own roof, Like that's a nice dose of humility 415 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:54,880 Speaker 1: that one hundred percent of NFL players don't get so 416 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: it kept me grounded, it kept me working, and like 417 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 1: Mac said, that D line room, man, I've played you know, 418 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,879 Speaker 1: I played with Fletcher Cox, I've played with Brandon Graham 419 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: and those guys we want to super Bowl together and 420 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: Timmy Joern again and that whole group and Vinny Curry 421 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: was awesome. I mean, like Philly, it was a dream 422 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:15,160 Speaker 1: come true. And Mac knows why because everything we went through, 423 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: the ups and the downs, like to come out on 424 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: the other side. I was very lucky. But I will 425 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,040 Speaker 1: say this when people talk about, like, what's your favorite 426 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: group you've ever played on, and I intimated this earlier, 427 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: it was that group right there. And it was also 428 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: the best group I ever played on. You know, I've 429 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: played on some other D lines that didn't have any 430 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: Robert Quinn's. You know, nobody ever had nineteen sacks on 431 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: any of my other two sensive lines on a team 432 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: that was five hundred, you know what I mean, which 433 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,479 Speaker 1: means we don't have a lot of leads. And he 434 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: was still able to get buckets. And you know, you 435 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:45,080 Speaker 1: look over on the other side and I've got eight 436 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: or nine and William has five, and you've got Aaron 437 00:20:47,840 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: Donald's a young player, and Nick Fairley stops inning, Kendall Lankford, 438 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: and the list goes on, and the depth and the 439 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: brotherhood and you know, Mike Waffle, we used to say this, 440 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: and we used to Me and Mike used to butt 441 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: heads all the time, but we knew that it was 442 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: a brotherhood. And you know, Iron Sharpen's Iron, and it 443 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 1: was the same thing with the players. And I look 444 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: back now and I missed that. I really do. That 445 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:11,359 Speaker 1: was the best part of my career was going to 446 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 1: work every day, being challenged by all those guys, and 447 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: the competitiveness that like, hey, you could have an eight 448 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,720 Speaker 1: and a half sack season, probably lead your team if 449 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: you played somewhere else, but on your team you got 450 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: to do everything you can to keep up with everybody 451 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 1: else because it was so competitive and that made us great. 452 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: And we do, like Walt used to say, a brotherhood 453 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 1: of men. We are literally still a brotherhood. You know, 454 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: we still have a group text. We still talk about 455 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,119 Speaker 1: hanging out. Now we can never get William Hays to 456 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: leave his house in Flake, but we still do at 457 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 1: least once a year plan a fishing trip that we 458 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 1: all kiss. That's so great. And let me just say this, 459 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:52,360 Speaker 1: and knowing all of the parties involved, and again, I've 460 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: been blessed in my career. Look I was, I came 461 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:55,919 Speaker 1: into league and one of the greatest defenses in the 462 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,880 Speaker 1: history of the league, right with all of those guys 463 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: up there at to Chicago Bears. It was there. Yeah, 464 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,800 Speaker 1: but but but but see long that just what you 465 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: said about the about the everybody holding everybody accountable because 466 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: whatever you did was not enough if if everybody wasn't 467 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,040 Speaker 1: in it together. And that that is so so indicative 468 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 1: of what I felt every time I was I was 469 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 1: in there, and especially when I'd go into that defensive 470 00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,640 Speaker 1: line room. I mean, it was just and and that's 471 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: real and I love hearing you say that. And I 472 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,200 Speaker 1: will tell you this personally. When you won those two 473 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: Super Bowls, of course I text you right after. I mean, 474 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 1: I know, I nearly shed a tear because I knew, 475 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 1: I knew how important that was to you, and I 476 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: also knew of everything that you had put in to it, 477 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,639 Speaker 1: and I was so that that just made me feel 478 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: really good because that was important. But what was more 479 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 1: important is the way that you guys. I love the 480 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: fact that you guys are still in a group text. 481 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: Please please, Chris, please do not include me on. It 482 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 1: will not some of some of the some of the 483 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 1: trash talk, some of the back and forth. You know, 484 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,640 Speaker 1: like Aaron Donald has a bad day and he's tore 485 00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 1: up because you know, nobody cares more than there Donald 486 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,440 Speaker 1: about his craft. I mean, he's one of the hardest 487 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,280 Speaker 1: working rookies I've ever seen. Like I used to go 488 00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: in there and be the last guy in to watch 489 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: film and I'd have to like kick him out of 490 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,600 Speaker 1: my seat in the d line room at eight pm. 491 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,920 Speaker 1: Everybody else's home, you know, and this rookie is in 492 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,320 Speaker 1: there at eight nine o'clock at nine honing his skills. 493 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: Like this guy was destined to be the best to 494 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: ever do it. I think, before you finish, like he's 495 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,360 Speaker 1: gonna be that guy. But I remember last year during 496 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 1: the playoff game, he teared up. He was so bummed 497 00:23:32,400 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: out about losing that game, and before the game could 498 00:23:36,840 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: even end, He's getting made fun of crying in her 499 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: group test, and I'm like, I like, guys, give him 500 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 1: a second. You guys are ruthless. Nobody on the planet 501 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: makes fun of Aaron Donald except for in this group test. 502 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,680 Speaker 1: See you'll never get stories like this anywhere else. Okay, look, 503 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: we've talked about football. Let's go, let's go to the 504 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: dB room on your mark, get set go. Yeah. Yeah. 505 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: So the dbs who who you know, DBS and d 506 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 1: line are like our successes, respectively, are totally dependent upon 507 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 1: each other. So like there's an interesting bond between DBS 508 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:18,000 Speaker 1: and d line And a lot of times it's like 509 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 1: can y'all cover longer? He can y'all rush quicker? Like? 510 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: So you know, we go back and forth, and then 511 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,679 Speaker 1: sometimes it turns into a little prank thing. Well, we 512 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: used to sit in our mean room and they walked 513 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: through because their door was like two doors down and 514 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: threw a bunch of shaved ice at us. Because they're 515 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: simpletons dbs us, d Lineman and intellectuals. So that was 516 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: their prank was they opened the door and throw ice 517 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: at us, and we were getting ready to go to Seattle. 518 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 1: So you know what I said, Mac, I said, all right, 519 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 1: Jimmy Lake, who was our equipment manager and one of 520 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 1: the best ever do it was kind of my ace 521 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: as well as Mac. Like if I had two people 522 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:52,840 Speaker 1: that were like my emotional support dogs in the building, 523 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: it was probably Mac and Jimmy Lake. But I went 524 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: to Jimmy Lake and I said, I need a carpenter 525 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: and I need a tow truck driver. Can you get 526 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,080 Speaker 1: me those two things? And he looked at me, He's like, 527 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: what are you up to? And I said, well, you 528 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: just wait a second. So as we were all getting 529 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: on the bus, I ran back inside like to actually 530 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: like I had to take a leak, and I grabbed 531 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,359 Speaker 1: all the DB's keys of locker room, put them in 532 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: a pile, and I had a tow truck driver and 533 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: haul their cars into this field that sat right next 534 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,639 Speaker 1: to you know, you could see it basically from the 535 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,960 Speaker 1: off ramp on I one seventy and you could see 536 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: a nurse city across the street from this gas station. 537 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:30,600 Speaker 1: So all their cars were towed out into this field 538 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: in front of the facility. And then this is where 539 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,199 Speaker 1: the carpenter comes in. Well, the carpenter. I had the 540 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,840 Speaker 1: carpenter build like kind of a housing development around their cars, 541 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:42,360 Speaker 1: and we called a Dbville. So basically we had them 542 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 1: built these little houses with no doors and no windows 543 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,920 Speaker 1: around each car so that they couldn't get their cars out, 544 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,000 Speaker 1: and we put Christmas lights on them because it was 545 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: the holidays. I think it was week seventeen. We put 546 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: Christmas lights on them. We put mailboxes with their numbers 547 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,199 Speaker 1: on the mat out boxes, and when we pulled around 548 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: we got off that off ramp. On Sunday night, we 549 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 1: got back from Seattle, like the whole team was just screaming, 550 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: and the dbs are slowly figuring out that their cars 551 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: are in these houses, and so they had to get 552 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: chainsaws and entire crews to come in the next day 553 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: and get their their cars out. So that was the 554 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:26,359 Speaker 1: last time they threw rice in our think about that, 555 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: I mean seriously, Amy Wells and asked, Defarrell, right now 556 00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:31,959 Speaker 1: are falling out the chairs. But this is what we 557 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: were dealing with with this group. And Chris Loan, Chris 558 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 1: Loan was the lynchpin of this group, and then everybody 559 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: else was in enablers. And they always used to tell 560 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: those DBS, I said, don't mess with smart dudes that 561 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: have money. Just don't. That's that's what don't. Don't do it. 562 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: I mean the way the way Darren Bates tells it. 563 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 1: Bates Bates has come on my pods on you audio 564 00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 1: Bates on Hairy Guys impossible. Yeah, Bates used to tell 565 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,439 Speaker 1: me when he tells the stories. Got I remember this 566 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 1: when Seelong told me, and he goes, I'm a I'm 567 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:11,320 Speaker 1: a grown up kid with a lot of money, so 568 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:14,360 Speaker 1: why would you mess? And that was kind of my attitude. 569 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:16,359 Speaker 1: Was our d line room was the richest room in 570 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 1: the building because they pay pass rushers. Yes, and we 571 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,480 Speaker 1: were the most childish. It's a bad combination. It's a 572 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 1: bad combination. Hey, let's get let's get back on this 573 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:28,880 Speaker 1: with this could go on all night. Let's let's get 574 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: back on a track. Explain to us what you're doing 575 00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:33,680 Speaker 1: with your off field stuff. Because I was there for 576 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 1: the inauguration, you know of the water Boys thing, and 577 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: this is this is fabulous, this is international. And let 578 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: me just say this, see Long and you wouldn't say it. 579 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 1: The year you donated your entire salary to charity is 580 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: one of the coolest things I've ever seen an NFL 581 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: player do. One of the coolest ever. And I've been 582 00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: in this league for a minute, all right, one of 583 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: the coolest I've ever seen. Talk to us a little 584 00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 1: bit about your off field stuff, please, yeah, question. I 585 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 1: run the Chris Long Foundation, and what we're working towards 586 00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:08,679 Speaker 1: is making sure that you know, clean water and educational 587 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: equity and access to education, sufficient education, our basic human rights. 588 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: Like we're working towards that moment. So you know, Mac 589 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: was there in the inception and I appreciate that as 590 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:21,560 Speaker 1: funny because y'all were at like that first dinner. Yes, 591 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: you know, we've raised a ton of money for Waterboys 592 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:27,399 Speaker 1: since then, and that's our clean water arm of the 593 00:28:27,760 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 1: of CLF and we do large solar powered wells in 594 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: East Africa. And you know, I think we take a 595 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: lot for granted here obviously. I think we all know that. 596 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: I mean, our problems are problems that need to be solved, 597 00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 1: for sure, but there are people around the world that 598 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: you know, are wondering where the next drop of water 599 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: is coming from. You know, we turn on the faucet 600 00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: pretty mindlessly unless we're living in one of these communities 601 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: that's been that's been stricken with although there's two million 602 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: people in the United States that don't have access to 603 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,240 Speaker 1: clean water, so, you know, which is pretty unbelievable right 604 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 1: under your nose. And we actually do a program called 605 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 1: Hometown h too, where we do domestic projects. You know, 606 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: we'll probably do one in Tennessee soon. We've done in 607 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,959 Speaker 1: North Carolina, Texas, Virginia, but the main work we do 608 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 1: on the waterside is large solar powered wells. We've done 609 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: over one hundred and they serve seventy five hundred people 610 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 1: up to And what you discover when you travel to 611 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,240 Speaker 1: a place like Tanzania is it's not just hey, on firstier, 612 00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 1: I'm dehydrated. It's hard to learn, like people are dying 613 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: from waterborn illness. Kids are dying from water borne illness 614 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: at like a staggering rate. You know, a kid gets 615 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 1: diarrhea here in the United States, they get the care 616 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 1: they need. They might go get some pediolite and get 617 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: some fluids down and they're okay. Like diarrhea kills kids 618 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 1: in East Africa, I mean waterborne illness kills kids. You 619 00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: get giardia and we're camping like you're gonna get medical attention. 620 00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: You get giardia in East Africa and the Massai village 621 00:29:47,760 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: like you're done for. So it's not just the mortality. 622 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 1: It's also it's a women's issue. I mean, that's why 623 00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: we started Water for Her. It's another arm of our 624 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: clean water stuff and a lot of women bear that 625 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 1: burden of gathering unclean water. And you know, Mac, like 626 00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: you and I would probably jump in a pretty muddy 627 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: creek or a river, and that sounds like a good 628 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 1: time for us, but we wouldn't want to scoop water 629 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,960 Speaker 1: out right and drink it. And a lot of those 630 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 1: women are thoughtlessly or not thoughtlessly because they have no 631 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: other choice, gathering unclean water, going on these long tracks, 632 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: knowing that their kids still might get sick and die 633 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: because they have no choice. And so that's the work 634 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: we do. It's basic necessity that you need to live. 635 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 1: And I believe that, like marrying that domestically with our 636 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 1: educational work is really important there too, just basic like 637 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:38,840 Speaker 1: let's fix the basics. And that's kind of what we're after. 638 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 1: So I run the CLF and you know, I got 639 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 1: a podcast now so and I'm my dad, So I mean, 640 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: that's kind of the most important thing. I got two 641 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: little kids that Mac knows well, specially them all the time, 642 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: the best and the bet Hey, the last one you 643 00:30:54,080 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 1: sent me. You don't have to call me darling. The best. Luke, Yeah, Luke, Luke. 644 00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,479 Speaker 1: Luke knows that verse by heart. He always asked me 645 00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: when I'm putting him to bed to seeing the gout 646 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: run over by a damn Little train song and he 647 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: knows the whole verse by heart. So I sent that 648 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: to Maciel. It is priceless. See long. Look, we could 649 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: go on forever and people just don't understand the depth 650 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: of this man that we're talking to. And still at 651 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,440 Speaker 1: the same time, same to you, Same to you. You 652 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: You you're a renaissance man. Your listeners need to know. Hey, 653 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 1: this is my favorite. This is one of my favorite 654 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,640 Speaker 1: coaches at any level of football. You guys are listening 655 00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: to a legend. You're the absolute best. God bless you. Brother. Hey, 656 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,320 Speaker 1: bring those two that love country Western, bring him to 657 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 1: nash Vegas with you play So y'all need some new 658 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,120 Speaker 1: some good new artists. Though man, some two stuff. I'm 659 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: not really with it. You pull them, bring him up here. 660 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: You are the best. God, bless you, brother. Thanks for 661 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: doing Thanks for doing this, see long, Thank you so much. Man. Yeah, yeah, Hey, 662 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: come on my shows. Okay, Bud, any time anything for you? 663 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,760 Speaker 1: All right, Mac After all of that, there are so 664 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: many moments that I was just dead on the floor 665 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: during that conversation. I mean, good gravy here's what I noticed, though. 666 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: You seem to be prank adjacent, but you never seem 667 00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 1: to be someone who was executing the pranks. Is this correct? Well, 668 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,040 Speaker 1: I'm a facilitator, but I'm never caught in the act. 669 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: So the answer is yes. And I learned that. I've 670 00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: been in the league a long time. You don't ever 671 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,360 Speaker 1: want to be the prime culprit, but if you can 672 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: facilitate some things, Yeah, absolutely, because and Chris Long was 673 00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,240 Speaker 1: a great partner in crime to have in this. Believe me, 674 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: those those two instances that you just heard, they're legit. 675 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 1: They're true. I was there involved in all of them. 676 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,000 Speaker 1: But there's plenty more. That's pretty shady, Mac. But you 677 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,160 Speaker 1: know what's not shady. Farm Bureau health plans. Don't get 678 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 1: sacked by the cost of health care. Make farm Bureau 679 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: health plan your first line of protection. They've been protecting 680 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: Tennessee and since nineteen forty seven. See how I did that, Mac, 681 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 1: We did good. Yes, And you need insurance if you've 682 00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,720 Speaker 1: got people pulling pranks on you. Yeah, if you've got 683 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: people doing all kinds of weird pranks around you, make 684 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: sure you're covered because you don't know what's going to happen. 685 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:20,880 Speaker 1: The thing that we received so many compliments and just 686 00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: comments and conversation about from last week's show was it's 687 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,240 Speaker 1: squid Game again. It's everywhere and it won't leave me 688 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: alone trying to tell you. So many people were a 689 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: impressed that you were watching it, were be horrified that 690 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: I was not watching it, and c had other show 691 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: recommendation for us. Well, I'm trying to I'm trying to 692 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:45,800 Speaker 1: help you stay relevant, and so, I mean, I know 693 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 1: what's going on, and so here here's the here's the 694 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: I finished squid Game. It is all of that. Yeah, 695 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:54,320 Speaker 1: and so again I will I will say, I will 696 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: never make you do anything you don't want to do. 697 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: But I'm glad. I'm glad the people have spoken up 698 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 1: because they know a lot of people are watching it. 699 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: This is a real revolution, Like you weren't kidding. I'm 700 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: still not watching it. I mean, there's no chance. But 701 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: I appreciate the enthusiasm that everybody else has. And they 702 00:34:11,719 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 1: sent in other things that I might like, like ted Lasso, 703 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:19,120 Speaker 1: do you watch a show ted lassost? Do you watch it? 704 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: It's outstanding. I've watched it. It's done. Oh my gosh. Okay, 705 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: so I'm behind on that too, but I did some 706 00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,879 Speaker 1: googling and it seems much more my speed, Mac, Well, 707 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,360 Speaker 1: completely different than Squid. But you've got to you've got 708 00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: you've got to expand your horizons. Don't just watch the Saint. 709 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,479 Speaker 1: Don't just drive in the same lane all the time. 710 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,959 Speaker 1: Expand your horizons. So, I mean, they're they're completely they're 711 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 1: diametrically opposed as to what they are. But it doesn't 712 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 1: hurt you to watch ted Lasso and then be able 713 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: to watch Squid. I don't think I've got the stomach 714 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 1: for Squid, but ted Lasso seems right up my alley 715 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,960 Speaker 1: and nice football coach coaching soccer abroad. It sounds like 716 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: a feel good, delightful show. It is okay, see that. 717 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: That's more where I am. The one thing that I 718 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: can get down with some violence, though, is Yellowstone. I mean, 719 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,839 Speaker 1: whatever those cowboys need to do to get it done, 720 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: I am here for you gotta hit some people with 721 00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,680 Speaker 1: a shovel, great, you gotta tie him up? Fine? Like 722 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 1: that is where I'm okay with violence, and it's coming back, 723 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: mac Oh, I can't wait. I mean, Yellowstone is so cool. 724 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,600 Speaker 1: And then you heard Chris Long make the references to 725 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: who we hung out with in London for a week, 726 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,799 Speaker 1: which is crazy. Yeah, we hung out with him for 727 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,919 Speaker 1: a week over there, and I mean he was He's 728 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: as cool. He's as cool in person as he is 729 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:36,359 Speaker 1: on the film, I mean on anything that he does. 730 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:41,160 Speaker 1: And so I'm a huge Yellowstone fan. Oh man, I 731 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: just okay. So I can't wait for Yellowstone to come back. 732 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,759 Speaker 1: That's in a couple of weeks. I believe it's the 733 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,839 Speaker 1: week that we go to La So I might host 734 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: a watch party just at the hotel or something. Well, 735 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,759 Speaker 1: I'll watch it. Well that's a plus. Yeah, wouldn't that 736 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: be fun. I'm all for that, And then we can 737 00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,520 Speaker 1: watch a little squid when that's what we're not watching 738 00:35:57,560 --> 00:35:59,840 Speaker 1: Squid Mac, I'm not doing it. I don't need to 739 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,920 Speaker 1: see those things. It frightens me, all right. Well, anyway, 740 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,680 Speaker 1: one final piece of business before we wrap the show up, 741 00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: because God only knows what kind of squid rabbit hole 742 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,080 Speaker 1: will go down. We have bobble heads to give away Mas. 743 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,359 Speaker 1: Yes we do, we do, and I'm so excited about it. 744 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 1: Thank you to everybody who sent us the code word 745 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,759 Speaker 1: and who followed us on Instagram and who sent comments 746 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,080 Speaker 1: and really engaged. We want to talk to you, guys. 747 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:29,399 Speaker 1: We want to hear from you, So keep following us, 748 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,000 Speaker 1: keep interacting on Instagram and in all the different ways. 749 00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: We love to hear from you. But I would like 750 00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: to say congratulations to Denton underscore David. So I'm assuming 751 00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,800 Speaker 1: your name is David and perhaps your last name is Denton. 752 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: Not sure, just taking a flyer on that one, but congratulations. 753 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,520 Speaker 1: You have one, not one, but two bobble heads, a 754 00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:53,439 Speaker 1: Coach Mac and a Titan's Amy. That's massive, I mean, 755 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: that is massive. What a great what a great get 756 00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,520 Speaker 1: you know we've got. We're gonna have about a million subscribers. 757 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: We don't have a million bobbleheads, but we'll get close. Well, 758 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: and here's the thing, We're going to continue to give 759 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:09,080 Speaker 1: them away. So stay tuned. Subscribe to the podcast. If 760 00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: you haven't done that, good gravy, what are you waiting for? 761 00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:16,040 Speaker 1: Subscribe to the podcast. Leave us reviews. It's very helpful 762 00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,160 Speaker 1: to us, and send it to your friends. We're going 763 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,839 Speaker 1: for a million here, so you've got to spread the word. 764 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,560 Speaker 1: We're getting close. And so yeah, again, watch a podcast, 765 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: watch Squid, watch Ted Lasso, and then watch Yellowstone. I mean, 766 00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,040 Speaker 1: what a great life. Yeah, I mean, we'll just fill 767 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,440 Speaker 1: up all of your free time if you give us 768 00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:35,840 Speaker 1: the opportunity. Anyway, Congrats to David. I'm hoping it is 769 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:38,719 Speaker 1: your first name. Congrats to David. We'll get in touch 770 00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,320 Speaker 1: with you to send you those bubbleheads and then stay 771 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,120 Speaker 1: tuned because we have more to give away. Yeah we do. Yep, 772 00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,480 Speaker 1: all right, I think that's it. Mac, I think that's 773 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 1: the show. How do you feel about the show. Yeah, 774 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 1: we're about Squid. I mean I feel great about both 775 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: of them. All right. Well, that's all we need to 776 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: hear for Coach Mac. I'm Titan Zamy. Thank you for 777 00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 1: listening to the Titans Baby and Coach Math podcast