WEBVTT - Josiah Johnson Talks Going Viral and March Madness 0:00:03.920 --> 0:00:08.520 From the King of sports Books comes the Key Sports 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:19.000 podcast Unleashed, presented by bet MGM. Here's your host, Joanna's 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:29.400 Papas and Olivia Harlan Decker. Welcome, Welcome, Welcome to Unleased. 0:00:29.440 --> 0:00:31.400 We are two rounds down and the n C Double 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:35.800 A Tournament and the Sweet sixteen Action starts back up today. 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.040 This tournament feels like it's moving kind of fast. You honest, 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:42.479 don't you think? Yeah, it's moving very fast. And I 0:00:42.520 --> 0:00:45.599 love that you gave him three welcomes. Welcome, welcome, welcome, 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:50.599 three times. Guys, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. Well, that is, 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.000 you're welcome here. And I just want to say, three 0:00:54.200 --> 0:00:57.880 welcomes is a lot, but it is. Let me see 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:01.200 if I'm good at math nineteen times as than Deshaun 0:01:01.240 --> 0:01:04.920 Watson has been accused of sexual mis conduct, so it's 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:10.280 still a lot of welcomes. He's a big story, you know, 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.240 we're getting into it. Yeah, yeah, that was kind of 0:01:13.240 --> 0:01:15.399 the story of the week. Got a lot of NFL news, 0:01:15.400 --> 0:01:18.000 you know what's crazy. I feel like this week has 0:01:18.040 --> 0:01:21.840 been as newsy and as busy in sports as we 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.760 have had in a while. Like we should be so 0:01:24.880 --> 0:01:28.760 focused on March Madness and the NFL won't let us. Yeah, 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:30.720 you know, it kind of was down ere for me 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:35.600 because I love this tournament. It's so pure, kids playing 0:01:35.640 --> 0:01:39.440 their heart out, and then the NFL just comes with 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:43.000 their kind of just their NFL kind of type news 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:47.960 with massive contracts that don't make sense. Players who were 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:51.200 a little bit you know, you know, they gotta they 0:01:51.240 --> 0:01:53.880 gotta birdie on each shoulder. There's a little devil here 0:01:53.920 --> 0:01:57.880 and maybe a little I don't know, and it's just 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.440 it's soiled up the news for me, it's oiled up 0:02:00.440 --> 0:02:02.560 the time for me. I just wish the NFL could 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.840 have waited till the tournament was over to start dominating 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:09.600 the headlines because what a tournament it is right now, 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:14.200 so much fun, so many upsets. St. Peter's baby, St. 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:19.160 Peter's Wow. I mean, they're the Cinderella. They sure have 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:22.360 been fun to watch. It's the thing with March Madness 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.200 that's always great is you know, most of these kids 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.799 will not go pro and this is their moment, and 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:32.920 it's very cool to watch the personalities on center stage. 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.480 So you know, you always have like some guy with 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:38.440 some weird facial hair or some weird haircut or something. 0:02:38.560 --> 0:02:41.680 Just steal in the show and you fall in love 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.120 with them. You have kind of an eccentric coach. You've 0:02:45.160 --> 0:02:48.000 never heard of. Steal the show, and I mean it's 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:51.120 just great. How is your bracket doing, by the way, Well, 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.679 as you know, I picked yelled to go all the way, 0:02:53.760 --> 0:02:58.600 So my bracket has been busted since the first round. Yeah. Um, 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:01.359 I was just hoping that those eggheads could pull something off. 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.919 We needed a miracle. It didn't happen, so my brackets 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.000 been busted for a long time. But um, I really 0:03:09.120 --> 0:03:13.000 have been enjoying these games. I mean I was. I 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:16.840 was on the road in Springfield, Massachusetts, which, uh, if 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:21.680 you get a chance, don't go. And I mean really, 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.400 if you shut your eyes all the way, Springfield looks 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.960 exactly like Boston, but you gotta shut your eyes all 0:03:27.040 --> 0:03:29.239 the way. Yeah, I mean it's a real dump. Yeah, 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.080 it's a real dump. And yeah, I mean the Basketball 0:03:32.120 --> 0:03:35.760 Hall of Fame is there. It couldn't be more. That 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:38.920 building looks like a refrigerator with a tumor on it. 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:43.200 It's whoever designed the Basketball Hall of Fame? Can you 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.040 can we please redesign it and help that city out. 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.840 I mean, they built a casino there to revive the city. 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:52.720 So let's do it. MGM. You're it's an MGM two 0:03:52.800 --> 0:03:55.080 that which is where I stayed, where I perform, So 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:58.520 we need to help Springfield out. What hotel was it? 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.320 Where were you at? It was the so the club 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.080 was called Roar, but it's part of the uh the 0:04:04.320 --> 0:04:07.360 MGM in Springfield. So it's uh, there's a casino there 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:09.800 and and it's only a couple of years old. And 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:12.520 um it's right across from the Basketball Hall of Fame. 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:16.440 And those are the two things that Springfield has besides Murderer. 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:21.840 I would think this time of year though, being there 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:24.120 and they have a sports book, I assume. I bet 0:04:24.200 --> 0:04:26.320 that was really fun to be there. It was cool. Yeah, 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:29.080 it was always be a March madness fun. Yeah, and 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:32.080 uh we watched all the games as many as many 0:04:32.080 --> 0:04:34.840 as we could in between shows, and it was just, uh, 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.560 so many fun games, so many great finishes, and so 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:40.880 many heartbreaks for a lot of kids. And that's that's 0:04:40.880 --> 0:04:43.200 what's so amazing watching it is the purity of it. 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:45.479 It's so pure. You see the emotions, Like you said, 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.840 this is so big for those kids. The thrill and 0:04:49.160 --> 0:04:52.200 the agony is on their face. It's nice to see 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:56.320 pure Yeah, yeah, very very fun to watch. Yeah. So 0:04:56.440 --> 0:05:00.360 just tough going for the sec especially Kentucky, Tennessee burned. 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.720 They're all out. Even the Big ten's kind of dropping 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.600 like flies. They still have Purdue in Michigan and a 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:09.240 one seed. Baylor is already out going into this week sixteen. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.080 So this is tough for the bracket world. I know, 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.000 I'd be shocked if people still have perfect brackets out there, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:19.920 but you know someone somewhere does. Yeah, most people are down, 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:24.720 but maybe there's a few who are still left. Who knows. 0:05:24.920 --> 0:05:29.040 But my condolences go out to everyone who had Kentucky, Baylor, 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:34.040 Auburn in your final four. Obviously good picks, but that's 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.560 this time of year. Anything can happen. So let's just 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.719 say your bracket now has more excess than Jennifer Lopez. 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:44.240 I mean, you know that girl's racket up, but at 0:05:44.360 --> 0:05:49.760 least you aren't our guy, Michael A k A. Let 0:05:49.800 --> 0:05:53.480 me try to get this right, MC? Why does Lowell 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:58.240 on Twitter? Ya? These names are well what do you see? 0:05:58.320 --> 0:06:04.760 I see? M emisode? Would the wind? Can you put what? What? Would? Yeah? 0:06:05.000 --> 0:06:08.120 M C y D O E. S l I L 0:06:09.160 --> 0:06:12.920 M C Y does low on Twitter. Yeah, I think 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:16.880 you know it's one of those things. He is the 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.599 winner of our bad beat of the week, Bad beat 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:27.479 of the Week. Yeah. His tournament parlay hit three out 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:31.920 of four legs, Arkansas, St. Mary's and Providence. We're all 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:36.280 first round money line winners. But Colorado State couldn't hold 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.520 up their end of the ticket, losing to Michigan and Couston. 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:48.120 Our friend em C does Lowell Coustin Michael a winning parlay. 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:51.800 But but he does get our bad beat of the 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:55.640 week and guess what, buddy, a hundred bucks a bet 0:06:55.880 --> 0:07:00.680 MGM site credit. So congrats to him. Go make something 0:07:00.760 --> 0:07:04.119 with it. Yeah. 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Yes, 0:08:55.480 --> 0:08:58.600 I have. It's a good feeling. It's a really good feeling. 0:08:58.640 --> 0:08:59.920 And then you go, how do I do it again? 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.160 How do I do it again? And you you try 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.400 to replicate it again, and then it just you know, 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.600 it's the magic of the Internet. It's hard to replicate. Yeah, 0:09:07.840 --> 0:09:10.840 I know, who knows going viral. It's it's like something 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.959 everyone's chasing in this industry. I just I don't get it, 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.000 but Josiah does, and I'm really excited to pick his 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:17.520 brain on it. Okay. I wanted to go over a 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.840 couple of betting notes that's happened in the attorney so far. 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.199 A lot of movement, a lot of line movement. Gonzaga 0:09:24.320 --> 0:09:26.640 opened at plus six hundred to win at all they're 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.640 and how down to plus two thirty? People are loving 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:32.800 the Zags second highest bet team behind Arizona in terms 0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:35.760 of ticket and handle, so the people and the money. 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:40.000 Like Arizona, they are the biggest liability for sports books, 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:43.240 highest handle and ticket percentage. At bet MGM, they opened 0:09:43.280 --> 0:09:46.840 at plus five thousand. They're now down to plus five hundred, 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.959 which is the third highest odds behind the Zags and 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:53.760 the Jayhawks. The most bet games so far in terms 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:57.959 of ticket count have been Michigan Tennessee, that third seed Tennessee. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:02.320 Everyone was watching that game, North Carolina Baylor, Baylor going down, 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:06.120 and Memphis Gonzaga. So those three have kind of been 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.400 the ones that betters have really put their money where 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.120 their mouth is. And one notable bet we've got to 0:10:11.280 --> 0:10:14.240 tell you guys about. It's at bet MGM. Someone put 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:20.280 down four thousand bucks on St. Peter's at plus twenty thousand. 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:26.360 So if this hits, they win eight hundred thousand dollars. Man, 0:10:26.800 --> 0:10:30.959 I mean, talk about some faith. Uh, this ain't gonna happen. 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:34.679 This is never in a million years gonna happen. But gosh, 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:36.880 it's when you hear some of those you're like, God, 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.199 what would you do? Eight hundred thousand bucks? Take the 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:42.720 year off, what would you do? Honest? First, that's chump 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.719 change to you. You're rich. I wish, first of all, 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:50.480 I would convert to Catholicism because of St. Peter's wins 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.960 it then, yeah, I guess the cathol it's something has 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:57.320 it has something to do with the Catholics because God 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:01.120 has to get intervened for that to happen. It's God 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.760 and that kid's mustache have to be working as one 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.559 in order for St. Peter's to make it through. But 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:10.280 why not? I mean if you got four grand, you know, 0:11:10.440 --> 0:11:13.440 why not? That's what betting is about, right, you know, betting, 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:15.560 betting on the slow horses is what makes it fun. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:18.640 But to win it all, like, can you imagine actually 0:11:19.040 --> 0:11:21.560 writing that check or taking out that cash for four 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:24.040 thousand dollars? Honest? You and I have been in Vegas 0:11:24.080 --> 0:11:26.240 a couple of times together. You've seen me at the 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:29.520 sports book, and you see me very slowly even put 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:33.599 in a hundred and like four thousand on St. Peter's. Like, 0:11:33.800 --> 0:11:36.640 you're just your mental You're you're ill in the head. 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:39.439 But they are they're kind of the cinder, like just 0:11:39.520 --> 0:11:41.640 a faithful Catholic. Yeah, I mean, they're the Cinderella. But 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:45.319 let's not forget the big Cinderella of this month, that 0:11:45.480 --> 0:11:48.559 is the Ukraine. They're still standing. What a Cinderella story. 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:55.000 Oh I was not excepting that. You always do that 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:58.319 to me. You make me blush, you make me feel convertable. 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.640 I'm sitting here in Turkey. They're tin water from me 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:04.400 right now. I'm not saying anything, but yes, there's still 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:09.760 in the tournament. Goddess, they're still there. I mean who 0:12:10.000 --> 0:12:13.679 I mean? Everyone thought, you know, the blue bloods, everyone 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:16.160 thought the blue blood program Russia was gonna take quick. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.040 But I mean, these kids are really putting up a fight. 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:24.200 I'm sure I feel like it goes without saying right now, 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:26.640 thoughts and prayers with the people of Ukraine. Okay, back 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:31.320 to St. Peter's. They are a fifteen. They play three 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.200 seed per Due. And what you got to know about 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.160 Perdue is a kid named Jade and Ivy. He's been incredible. 0:12:37.400 --> 0:12:39.760 He's had the most movement in terms of votes for 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:43.520 Outstanding Player and odds for most Outstanding Player now at 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:47.280 plus twelve hundred, betters love him. He's the highest handle 0:12:47.360 --> 0:12:50.440 and ticket percentage. But from an odd standpoint, it's still 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:53.800 Drew Timmy. He's the favorite at bet MGM at plus 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.959 three hundred. So there's kind of a betting update for 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.439 all Attorney games that you need to know. And this 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.520 is gonna be pretty good. But we mentioned the n 0:13:02.559 --> 0:13:05.040 c Double A Tournament is usually the talk of March, 0:13:05.240 --> 0:13:09.280 but the NFL had other ideas. It's been non stop 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:13.480 this offseason and last week, especially in the weekend, it 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:16.600 seemed like we had more breaking news as quarterback dominoes 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.000 continue to fall all over the league. So let's just 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:28.920 start there. Let's just get into it on this week's Well, 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:31.920 what a roller coaster of emotions it was for Cleveland 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.520 brown fans. Last week, Baker Mayfield released an emotional letter 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.760 thanking the fans, and of course when I say an 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:40.920 emotional letter, I mean he posted it online. It appeared 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:43.360 they were all moving on. Then it seemed like the 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:46.800 Browns were out onto Shawn Watson and everyone thought, Okay, 0:13:46.840 --> 0:13:50.600 he's going to Atlanta, which is his hometown, or New Orleans. 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.280 But then on Friday, out of nowhere, a deal with 0:13:54.400 --> 0:13:57.000 the Shawn Watson and the Browns was done. I guess 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.000 I should say the Texans and the Browns was done. 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:01.320 And as someone in the business. Let me just point 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:04.679 out something very important in this timeline. It was a 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:07.959 news dump. That's when you release info around five pm 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:11.040 on a Friday, it gets buried. It gets way fewer 0:14:11.120 --> 0:14:14.199 headlines and coverage than it normally would midweek or even 0:14:14.280 --> 0:14:17.439 earlier on a Friday. So you should question anything that 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:20.200 is released at around four or five pm on a 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:24.000 Friday afternoon. That's just a little insider trick free folks. 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.720 But the Browns traded for Deshaun Watson. The team said 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:30.120 they did extensive research on them. I know they had 0:14:30.160 --> 0:14:32.720 a lot of meetings. They've kind of posted some of that. 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.640 And just to update you on his legal battle that 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:39.600 sidelined him all year. His twenty two criminal cases of 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:44.760 sexual misconduct were dropped. There now twenty two civil cases. Look, 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.400 I'm not a lawyer, I'm not god, judge or jury, 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:49.560 and I'm not one of these women accusing him of this. 0:14:49.760 --> 0:14:52.600 I have no idea what happened. Probably safe to say, 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:55.440 at the very least, with everything we know as media, 0:14:55.520 --> 0:14:58.960 as public as NFL fans, he's a creep at the 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.040 very least, if not a sexual predator. But now that 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.240 we know he's not going to prison. For this, the 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:08.920 NFL is able to have Adam. A lot of teams 0:15:08.960 --> 0:15:14.160 started moving forward, and others, like the Dolphins, publicly passed 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.480 said that they did their own investigation and we're passing. 0:15:18.160 --> 0:15:20.640 But whatever Watson said to the Browns in this meeting 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:25.000 left them comfortable enough, making him the face of their franchise, 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.240 trading three first round picks, two other picks, and a 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:33.160 new five year contract worth two hundred and thirty million 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:37.040 dollars guaranteed, which is the most guaranteed money on a 0:15:37.120 --> 0:15:43.120 single contract in NFL history. So that's my problem. This 0:15:43.280 --> 0:15:45.520 is a bad look for Cleveland. Some team was going 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:48.040 to take the public brunt of bringing into Shaun Watson, 0:15:48.120 --> 0:15:50.920 of course, but to pay him that much, to give 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:54.960 away that much, it's like it's rewarding him. They almost 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:57.720 went the extra mile. I don't think it's a good look, 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.440 like get him at a discount maybe when no one 0:16:00.480 --> 0:16:02.800 else wanted him, Maybe we knew he was going to 0:16:02.880 --> 0:16:06.640 play somewhere, But this just feels shameless. It makes the 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:08.920 team pretty unlikable. I got to admit, I don't think 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:12.520 many people are gonna be cheering for the Browns. You know, 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:14.760 they're not likable or a team you want to see 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:17.520 do well now, almost like the Bengals. I feel like 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:20.040 if you have no affiliation with the Bengals or anything, 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:22.280 he's still kind of like to see him win. That's 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.960 just an example because that's right in their state as well, 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.440 right down the road. But uh no, there's no doubt 0:16:28.480 --> 0:16:30.800 the Brown's got better on the field, of course, and 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.720 if you think of it in that term, your job 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.720 as GM is to win games. But boy, was this 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:39.680 a bad pr move and the Browns have been shady 0:16:39.800 --> 0:16:42.720 with this, the whole handling of Baker Mayfield. I think 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.760 saying we want an adult at quarterback. They said that, 0:16:45.960 --> 0:16:47.960 like this week, we want an adult at quarterback. That 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:50.920 is a huge slap in the face to Baker Mayfield. 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:54.520 It implies a lot about him that does not help 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.320 him now as he is wanting to move on and 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:00.080 be traded and they go for Deshaun Watson. So what 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:03.240 message does that send? Like is that a man? Is 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.399 that the face of your franchise? You're you're sick of 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:10.080 Baker's what his attitude his? I don't think there are 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:13.320 many antics with Baker Mayfield unless you're still penalizing him 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:16.439 for some stuff he did in college, and a lot 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:19.440 of people are They always bring up some funny or 0:17:19.920 --> 0:17:22.800 not funny stuff he did in college. But come on, now, 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:25.800 you've got way more serious drama with the Shawn Watson. 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:27.960 So good luck. And by the way, he's going to 0:17:28.040 --> 0:17:31.400 be suspended probably a minimum of four games next year, 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.600 probably more because an NFL investigation is going on and 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:39.199 they'll throw down some suspension. So at what cost did 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.840 you get this guy? And we are a betting show? Well, 0:17:42.400 --> 0:17:45.479 I think the Browns are gambling on our collective short memory. 0:17:45.960 --> 0:17:47.600 I think they're going to think people will move on 0:17:47.960 --> 0:17:50.960 and as I mentioned, they're gonna win some more games now. 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:54.240 I think because of this they're pretty loaded talent wise, 0:17:54.680 --> 0:17:56.880 and to Shaun is a great football player. But yeah, 0:17:57.040 --> 0:18:00.480 at what cost? It kind of bothers me. Wow, yeah, 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:05.720 I mean talk about heavy O h D. I mean wow, 0:18:06.280 --> 0:18:08.920 I don't even think I have nothing unleash on. I 0:18:09.040 --> 0:18:11.760 just want I just want to contribute to your unleashed 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:14.480 I mean that it's where do you go from there? 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:16.960 This is the one of the craziest things that's happened 0:18:17.000 --> 0:18:21.720 in sports. Unexpected, I mean, the most guaranteed money ever 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:26.200 to him. He hasn't even played in a year. Like 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.640 you said, there's so many things built into the contract 0:18:28.680 --> 0:18:31.679 to that are confusing right there. They're taking into account 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:34.320 that he may sit out, he may have to miss games, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.240 et cetera. I I don't understand it, to be honest 0:18:38.280 --> 0:18:41.520 with you, I don't understand why you would give him 0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:46.320 so much money considering the situation he's in. But I 0:18:46.440 --> 0:18:51.680 guess Cleveland hates Baker Mayfield. Wow, what a way to 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.680 find out. What a way to find out that you're 0:18:54.720 --> 0:18:58.840 not appreciated. I just don't see this working out for Cleveland. 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:04.160 I mean, big prize, it's Cleveland, so what does But yeah, 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.760 they don't have a good track record with bringing in quarterbacks. 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:11.040 Let's you know start there. Yeah, I mean, is this 0:19:11.200 --> 0:19:15.400 more money than um than Patrick Mahomes? Be honest, it's 0:19:15.400 --> 0:19:20.399 more guaranteed money. Yeah, yeah, No, Patrick mahomes contract with 0:19:21.359 --> 0:19:23.880 you know, over time and stuff is ultimately about half 0:19:23.880 --> 0:19:26.920 a billion. But no, this is the largest single contract 0:19:27.560 --> 0:19:30.240 ever with guaranteed money. So again, it it's it's just 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:33.520 it's very awkward to hear that, you know. It's again 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:36.520 it's like a reward, like that's what you got for 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:40.560 this guy who should have been to be honest from 0:19:40.640 --> 0:19:43.840 just a pr standpoint, probably passed along by a bunch 0:19:43.880 --> 0:19:46.919 of teams saying things but no thanks, someone gets him, 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:49.119 had a great deal. He rehabs his image, and then 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:51.359 he's back. I mean, I hate to say it like that. 0:19:51.440 --> 0:19:53.480 We see that with coaches all the time, right, They'll 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.880 go to some small school, rehab their image, and then 0:19:56.920 --> 0:20:01.119 they're back, and we all forgot that they also frequented 0:20:01.720 --> 0:20:06.440 sketchy massage. But but no, it's just uh, you know. 0:20:06.840 --> 0:20:09.080 And again, like I said, I have no idea what 0:20:09.200 --> 0:20:11.280 he's guilty of. I I kind of don't care. It 0:20:11.400 --> 0:20:13.800 doesn't pertain to me. And I would hate to falsely 0:20:13.840 --> 0:20:16.399 accuse someone, And I'd hate to roast someone. I'm not 0:20:16.520 --> 0:20:18.760 roasting to Sean, I'm I'm kind of roasting the Browns. 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:21.479 But twenty two, I mean, we joked about it at 0:20:21.520 --> 0:20:27.479 the top, But twenty two allegations, that's nineteen more than 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:31.320 the three welcomes you did. That's a lot. Twenty two 0:20:31.600 --> 0:20:34.120 is kind of hard. I mean, to get a conspiracy 0:20:34.160 --> 0:20:39.800 of twenty two people, I mean, that's really really bad luck. 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:42.680 Conspiracy of twenty two people. I mean, I don't know 0:20:42.760 --> 0:20:47.440 what happened. I wasn't there, but I mean twenty two 0:20:48.600 --> 0:20:50.040 I mean, I don't. I mean, there a lot of 0:20:50.040 --> 0:20:53.320 a lot of people who haven't even kissed twenty two people, 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:56.800 let alone have twenty two people say that you did 0:20:56.920 --> 0:21:01.840 something wrong. So yeah, I'm it's just it's a weird 0:21:02.000 --> 0:21:07.560 message to send for a guy who, yes, he's extremely talented, 0:21:08.160 --> 0:21:11.920 but is he that level? I mean, let's just talk 0:21:12.040 --> 0:21:14.560 that for a second. Do you think he's on that level? 0:21:15.720 --> 0:21:19.480 He's like, yeah, I think he'll be one of the 0:21:19.640 --> 0:21:22.960 top five six quarterbacks in the league. I do. I 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.800 think he's so talented. I think if you're looking at 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:28.200 it from just a talent perspective, yeah, I mean the 0:21:28.280 --> 0:21:31.879 Browns got better on the field. They did. It's curious 0:21:31.960 --> 0:21:35.640 now and this drops Thursday, what will happen to Baker Mayfield. 0:21:35.720 --> 0:21:38.040 Some people are saying Seattle, So we don't know. I 0:21:38.400 --> 0:21:40.800 know that Indie past on Baker and that's where he 0:21:40.840 --> 0:21:43.399 wanted to go. They got Matt Ryan. We have so 0:21:43.560 --> 0:21:45.800 much more to talk about with that. Matt Ryan to 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:47.840 the Colts. We gotta talk with Peter Andrew about that. 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:50.760 But a lot of NFL news, ye Honice. The a 0:21:50.880 --> 0:21:53.880 f C North is certainly going to be interesting next 0:21:53.920 --> 0:21:57.920 season now Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson, so weird 0:21:57.960 --> 0:21:59.960 to say that, as well as whoever the Pittsburgh Steeler 0:22:00.080 --> 0:22:02.960 is ultimately go with. They signed Mitchell Robinsky, they still 0:22:03.000 --> 0:22:05.960 have Mason Rudolph. They have to name their starter. All 0:22:06.040 --> 0:22:09.160 signs point to Drabinsky. So we'll talk AFC North odds 0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:11.359 with Peter Andrew later in the show, as well as 0:22:11.480 --> 0:22:14.320 what Matt Ryan to the Colts means for their odds. 0:22:14.880 --> 0:22:17.320 I mean, the a f C is just loaded, but 0:22:17.840 --> 0:22:19.440 what do you say? We get back to Hoopsie Honice 0:22:19.560 --> 0:22:30.639 and bringing our guest. It's Josiah Johnson coming up. In 0:22:30.720 --> 0:22:34.159 the world of NBA Twitter, there's only one thing bigger 0:22:34.280 --> 0:22:36.479 than a woes bomb, and that's a tweet from our 0:22:36.560 --> 0:22:40.200 guest today. He's a very funny writer, producer that has 0:22:40.240 --> 0:22:43.080 been profiled in the New York Times, but that's not it. 0:22:43.320 --> 0:22:45.480 He also helped lead u C l A to two 0:22:45.600 --> 0:22:48.520 n C Double A tournaments during his time there. King 0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:51.440 Josiah fifty four is how you might know him. Josiah 0:22:51.520 --> 0:22:54.320 Johnson is here. Thanks so much for joining us. Thank 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:56.400 you so much for that great intro. I wouldn't say lead. 0:22:56.400 --> 0:22:58.399 I was superstar Adjason when I was at U c 0:22:58.560 --> 0:23:01.679