1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Chris Avery with you on the Chargers 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:05,680 Speaker 1: Podcast Network, and this is the Backstage Chargers Podcast presented 3 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: by your Southern California Toyota Dealers. This week, Haleyo Would 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: and I sit down with Chargers Assistant equipment manager Kevin Duddy. 5 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: He's in his twenty eighth season with the team. Kevin 6 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 1: shared some insight into the uniforms the team is wearing 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:22,360 Speaker 1: Sunday against the Vikings, plus stories from the sideline, including 8 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: the time Kevin had to soeld Mike Pouncey's jersey back 9 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: together during a game. A lot of fun anecdotes in 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 1: this one, So let's get right to it. Here's Kevin Duddy. 11 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:43,400 Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're gonna do something fun this month, 12 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,839 Speaker 1: little uniform talk with Kevin Duddy twenty eight years with 13 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 1: the Chargers assistant equipment manager and Haley a very nice 14 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:55,200 Speaker 1: treat for all fans here, Kevin. That's a nice treat. 15 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: Kevin joining us for some uni talk, as he coined it, 16 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,440 Speaker 1: because I think there's really nothing more. I mean, football 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: is interesting, don't get me wrong, but when you kind 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,160 Speaker 1: of peel back the layers, uniforms, equipment, the stuff behind 19 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,440 Speaker 1: the scenes that you see, stories, the stories. It's really 20 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: interesting inside baseball stuff here, right, keV. Yeah, I mean 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: from the outside looking in. If I'm a fan, I 22 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: think it's cool to know things that though you don't see, 23 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: you know, out on TV every day. And I like 24 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: the backstage stuff. You know, it's great. Well, we've given 25 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: fans a snapshot of it last year and this year. 26 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: Whenever we do that big trip, right, last year it 27 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 1: was Cleveland and London, we talked to you guys. This 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: year it was Oakland, then Colorado Springs in Mexico City. 29 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: Chris Smith, equipment manager. You guys do a great job 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: breaking it down for us how basically everything that goes 31 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: into a trip like that. But we're gonna talk this week. 32 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 1: Let's just start with Jacksonville five ten. Explain what your 33 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: weekend was like and how late you guys went into 34 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: Sunday when we landed in La So it all starts 35 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: Friday night when we arrive. Um, because we have a 36 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: walk through practice Saturday morning. All the coaches and players 37 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: have to have the gear, the Saturday practice gear, which 38 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: is separate gear that they wear to practice, which is 39 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: which is compasses tennis shoes, sweats, shorts, T shirts, long 40 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: sleeve hoodies, hats. So what we do is we bring 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: all that gear with us to the hotel and we 42 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 1: hand it out, deliver it to their rooms Friday night, 43 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: so their gear, they have all their gear for Saturday. 44 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: So we do that first and then Saturday morning we 45 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: go to the hotel. Sorry to the hotel, we go 46 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: to the stadium and we set up the locker room. 47 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: And what that entails is, if you know, every if 48 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: you're a player, if you're Philip Rivers, we set up 49 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 1: your your everything. You've you've packed a bag, and we 50 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: set everything up in your locker. You know. First thing all, 51 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: they'll put up all the name plates and so we 52 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: get all the locker assignments and then we unpack the 53 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: bags and then we'll set up the equipment room. The 54 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: trainers are there, the set up the athletic training room, 55 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: and yeah, we just get everything set up for the 56 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: game the next day. And while we're doing that, we 57 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: have another one of our equipment guys that goes to 58 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 1: the walkthrough with the team and he just kind of 59 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: spots the ball for practice. So and then we get 60 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: back from that later in the afternoon, we collect all 61 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: that gear we handed out Friday night and we have 62 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: then we put that on a truck and that goes 63 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 1: in the stadium and then we're done Saturday, and then 64 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,760 Speaker 1: you reset up the gear at the stadium. No, the 65 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:22,919 Speaker 1: gear is already set up everything. Everything we were for Saturday. 66 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: What about the practice gear at the CODE because I 67 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 1: didn't get any practice gear. Kevin didn't knock on my door. 68 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,679 Speaker 1: You know, we can arrange that. I don't arrange that. 69 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: But No, the whole purpose of having Saturday practice gear 70 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: being separate is that it's its own entity. You don't 71 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: have to worry about that. So once we're done with 72 00:03:42,160 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: that Saturday gear, it's done. Everything for games is just 73 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: for games. Everything, you know, So like every player has 74 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: a knit bag and then that knit bag is their 75 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 1: game socks, they're the tights they wear underneath their pants, 76 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: their t shirt they wear them. And you know you 77 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: have guys like Philip Rivers, he has the same shirt 78 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,920 Speaker 1: in his little knit bag. He's had the same shirt 79 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: his whole career. That is so interesting. Yeah, it's a yeah. 80 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: In fact, we were just we're just seasons. Where was 81 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,880 Speaker 1: just in the equipment room and Chad was just asking me, 82 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: He's like, how long has this shirt been in this bag? 83 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: It's like, I don't know if it's from his rookie year, 84 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: but it's I mean, and I've I was the guy 85 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,119 Speaker 1: that used to do those bags since Philip was a rookie, okay, 86 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: and I never remember a point where that bag wasn't 87 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: in there. What's the condition of the shirt right now? 88 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: It's pretty beat up. And if you see if you 89 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 1: see Rivers, you know, I'm sure there's a lot of 90 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: pictures of him was he didn't have a shoulder pads on. 91 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: You see that shirt, it's like the shell. Uh, it's 92 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 1: just it's just a beat up used to be white. 93 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:42,039 Speaker 1: Now it's kind of gray shirt with the sleeves halfway 94 00:04:42,080 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: cut off. Yeah, you know, but that's him. He wears 95 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: every everything you give him. He wears it until it's 96 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: just about to fall off. We'll get to Sunday. But 97 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,479 Speaker 1: when you talk about packing a bag, our players responsible 98 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: for that? Do you guys have to get involved because 99 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: I'm sure over the years or there's a great difference 100 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm assuming between a veteran in packing a bag and 101 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: maybe a rookie doing it. For Yeah, no doubt about it. 102 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: We have to be involved because there's just there's there's 103 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: no room for error. So so what what the protocol 104 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: is is is, say we're leaving Friday, Friday morning, you know, 105 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: we put your bag in front of your locker, and 106 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:18,839 Speaker 1: then after practice you pack your bag. You put in 107 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: your cleats, you put in your knee and thigh pads, 108 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:24,200 Speaker 1: you put in your shoulder pads, your helmet, gloves, anything 109 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,719 Speaker 1: else that you have. That's just laughing because there's no 110 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: room for air. If it was me, Friens, someone grown man, 111 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 1: I would forget something. You want to hear a funny 112 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:38,479 Speaker 1: one Nick Hardwick one time, Um, he accidentally packed for 113 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 1: the walkthrough. He packed, he packed some tennis shoes and 114 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: back then you would pack your tennis shoes in the bags. Anyways, 115 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: he packed two left shoes. Oh and Nick was having 116 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 1: like a like a foot problem at the time, and 117 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:54,040 Speaker 1: so Nick saw this as an opportunity to pull a prank. 118 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 1: So when we got to we're at the stadium. We're 119 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: in I think it was Tampa. Maybe we're in the 120 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: stadium and Nick puts on two left shoes and starts 121 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,919 Speaker 1: rolling around the ground acting like his foots broke because 122 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: obviously one foot is like going the wrong way. Yeah, 123 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: and people are freaking out. And obviously it was found 124 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 1: out it was a joke pretty quickly. But um, that 125 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: was one of those wonders kind of like, uh huh, 126 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: that one got my last week. I really got it. 127 00:06:16,200 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 1: But it was not a joke that he that he 128 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: packed the shoes. No, he had. But that's what that's 129 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 1: our job, though. We got to make sure after that. 130 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: Before that, I was when I looked through the bags, 131 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: because we look through every bag and I would just see, okay, 132 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: there's pair of shoes and they're cool. Now, after that, 133 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: I looked to make sure there's a right shoe and 134 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 1: a left shoe, which you wouldn't think you'd need to do, 135 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: but you do the details. Yeah, the details that you 136 00:06:40,640 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: guys have to do. Okay, So last night, how late 137 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: were you guys here, because we got here about midnight? 138 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: I want to say something like that, how late were 139 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: you guys here and what were you doing getting ready 140 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,640 Speaker 1: for this upcoming Sunday already? I'm sure I walked out 141 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: of here at two thirty in the morning. Yeah, so 142 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: it was I got her at nine today, got her 143 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,239 Speaker 1: at nine. But yeah, when we when we when we land, 144 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: we get here and then we have to hang all 145 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 1: the laundry that was from the practice on Friday. So 146 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: we're doing all that stuff, and then we're wait, we're 147 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: really waiting for the trucks. Right when we land, the 148 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: truck shows up right next to the airplane and all 149 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 1: the stuff gets loaded onto. The truck comes and meets 150 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: us here and we're we're about foot forty minutes from 151 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: lax So you got it takes a little bit of time. 152 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,119 Speaker 1: It might take about it an hour and a half 153 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: take for the truck to arrive sometimes so. And then 154 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: once that arrives, you know, we're unpacking all those player 155 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 1: bags basically the same thing we did we did in Jacksonville, 156 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: just reverse. We're doing it at home. And then all 157 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 1: you know, I'll throw in all the all the dirty 158 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 1: jerseys and pants and all those knit bags that we're 159 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,280 Speaker 1: just talking about, and then the carnage begins. Should you 160 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 1: walk in, walk in Monday morning the equipment room and 161 00:07:49,640 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: there's just piles and piles of stuff that needs to 162 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 1: be organized and all put into place for the next game. 163 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: What are we wearing this weekend? We got the rush, 164 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: We got the Rush uniforms. So royal pants, royal jersey 165 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: or big Rush game. This is like an homage to 166 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: some of these old school units that charges you used 167 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: to wear. Right, Yeah, it looks like the eighties uniform. 168 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 1: It's a pretty slick look. It looks pretty good. What 169 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 1: do you guys have to do with the helmets? With 170 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: the So the face masks are already yellow, right, and 171 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: I think in these Rush uniforms they were yellow face 172 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 1: masks last year. If I'm not vy face masks, and 173 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,080 Speaker 1: then we'd have to change them the yellow masks for 174 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: the Rush game. For the Rush games, you don't have 175 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: to do that. So that's one last thing, one last thing. 176 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: We have to do that for the Navy game now 177 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: because we were a Navy face mask for that change back. 178 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,360 Speaker 1: But it is pretty labor intensive to change all the masks. 179 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: So it is nice that they're all yellow masks. But uh, 180 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: but for the get the helmets ready, we have to 181 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,680 Speaker 1: put um there's different lightning bolts. It doesn't have the 182 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: powder blue in the in the lightning bolt. It's just 183 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:56,240 Speaker 1: it's just gold and Navy. So it's a decal switch. Yeah, 184 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: it's a decal switch. Yeah. Yeah. So We'll take all 185 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: the bolts off of all the current helmets, put them 186 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:04,360 Speaker 1: on wax paper to save them because we'll reuse the 187 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: bolts if they're in good condition. And then uh yeah, 188 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:10,240 Speaker 1: put put the bolts on. Those will be good. And 189 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: I'm dealing with the jerseys right now. Just pack the pants. 190 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,320 Speaker 1: But I had the pants ready about two weeks ago. 191 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:18,719 Speaker 1: You want, you want, you gotta stay ahead, gotta stay 192 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,559 Speaker 1: ahead in this in this thing, especially if this is 193 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: the only game that they're wearing the Royals. Yeah. So 194 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: when you talk about staying ahead, what if a guy 195 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: at the end of the game trades his jersey. Obviously 196 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: they don't wear these again this season, But then do 197 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: you have to order a backup? Do you order so 198 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: many questions here? Do you order new Royal uniforms every year? Yes? Okay, yes, Um, 199 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 1: typically you would like to use previous seasons jerseys if 200 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,520 Speaker 1: you can, and you try to do that. This this 201 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 1: year is a little different because there's different Um, there's 202 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: one hundred anniversary pas. That's a game changer. That's a 203 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: game changer because you know, so we do have all 204 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,200 Speaker 1: new jerseys coming in for this game, Okay, and they're 205 00:10:02,240 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: still coming in. Um, so they're not all in the 206 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 1: house yet, but as they come in, like today we 207 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: got in Melvin Ingram's jersey and Philip rivers jersey, and 208 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 1: well for those two jerseys, I have to get them customized. 209 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: Gould Rivers sleeves come when the jersey commence. Rivers sleeves, 210 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: a River sleeves are down almost to his elbow. So 211 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 1: we got to take that, have that taken up about 212 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: five inches. And um, that's a personal preference, personal preference. Yeah. Uh, 213 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: and we got to we have to get the captain's 214 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: patches put on. So do that for Rivers and his sleeves. 215 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: And then um, same with Melvin Ingram. Got to get 216 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 1: a captain's patch put on there and he gets some 217 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: stuff custom stuff done to the bottom of the jersey. 218 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: Does every guy tweak their uniform in a certain way 219 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,760 Speaker 1: to fit them? No? Uh, they got they fit so well. Now, yeah, 220 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: back in the olden days a lot of guys did. 221 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 1: Ok Now, it went a great thing. And a lot 222 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: back in the olden days, you got would you have 223 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,320 Speaker 1: the same jersey the whole year? Now you know, we 224 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 1: the trade, the jersey trading, we lose a lot of 225 00:11:04,880 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: jerseys every week. Yeah, and um, and then there's jerseys 226 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: that get auctioned off as well, so you do lose, 227 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: you lose a good amount of jerseys every week. The 228 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: trading has transcended the NFL. So last week I saw 229 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 1: the Lakers played in Denver against the Nuggets and Von 230 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 1: Miller must have had a jersey on hand because they 231 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 1: traded it with Kyle Kuzma into the game. And I 232 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 1: was like, man, this this jersey things, transport trands, sending sports. 233 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: I get it. I mean, especially if if you have 234 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 1: a guy on the opposing team he went to college 235 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: with or is a close friend, or you know, two 236 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,959 Speaker 1: Hall of famers or two All pros perennial all pros. 237 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,559 Speaker 1: But I'm sure when you have to call and dial 238 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:49,200 Speaker 1: up a new one, m oh yeah, that's the protocol. 239 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 1: Every every Monday, I gotta go through check the jerseys 240 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: and see who's missing, and uh, well, we'll get the 241 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: list of who who traded their jerseys and then order 242 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: them that like we wore white yesterday. The replacement jerseys 243 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:06,400 Speaker 1: for the traded guys, those were ordered already ordered about 244 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: two hours ago. Okay, so are there certain guys you 245 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 1: know who are high frequency traders that you can plan 246 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,560 Speaker 1: for at the beginning of the year, say in like 247 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 1: the primary uniform, like the powder or something like that, 248 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: that you know, so and so it's probably gonna be 249 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: trading X amount of these, so you forecast maybe by 250 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: ordering four to five and for sure, well you's the 251 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: players have the option of purchasing like say, say, if 252 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,560 Speaker 1: you know you get a trade your jersey ten times, 253 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: you can you can buy ten jerseys before the season. Okay, 254 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:37,679 Speaker 1: you know what I mean, So you kind of have that. 255 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:40,040 Speaker 1: That's interesting because otherwise, because they do get they do 256 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: have to pay for their jerseys, and every team has 257 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 1: their own protocol. Yeah. Um, but they do have to 258 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: pay for the jersey and they do trade them, so um, 259 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: but it is a It is a pretty cool thing 260 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 1: to if I'm if I was a player, I think 261 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 1: it'd be pretty awesome to have, you know, my college 262 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: buddy from the other team, or you know, they write 263 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 1: messages to each other and player idolize growing up or 264 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: that place. For another team to have that jersey, that's 265 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 1: pretty cool. Going back to what Hailey was asking about, 266 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: just the customization of jerseys, I imagine you get probably 267 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: a list of requests from players at the beginning of 268 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: the year. So you guys are really in lockstep with 269 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: the player each and every week when it comes to jerseys, pants, 270 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: whatever it is. That's their preference in terms of how 271 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:26,840 Speaker 1: they want to feel that how they want to look 272 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: on game day. It's definitely an evolutionary process. You don't 273 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: just show up week one and the guy's like, hey, 274 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 1: I want this to my jersey. Usually it's beauty of 275 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 1: the preseason. You know, you get the preseason the guys 276 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: who put these jerseys on, and guys fluctuate. You know, 277 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: some guys get bigger, some guys get a little smaller, 278 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: and fit is everything to these guys, some guys more 279 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: than others. But like Joey Bosa for example, you know, 280 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,400 Speaker 1: his jersey has kind of changed every year with what 281 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 1: we do with it. But like this year, in the beginning, 282 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,599 Speaker 1: we had the shoulders taken in because he wears a 283 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:04,199 Speaker 1: little bit of smaller shoulder pads, so you want the 284 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 1: jersey to really hug the pads because you don't want 285 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: anybody to be able to grab any piece of the jersey. 286 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 1: So we would have his shoulders taken in, and then 287 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:14,880 Speaker 1: he likes the sides be really super tight on him. 288 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,360 Speaker 1: So we had the sides taken in a half inch 289 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 1: on each side, and then a couple weeks later he's like, well, 290 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:21,600 Speaker 1: let's take it in more. I let's do an inch 291 00:14:21,640 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: on each side. So he did that, and then a 292 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later he was like, well, I want 293 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 1: to I want it to be a little short, like 294 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: I don't want to be as long, so we let's 295 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: take it up two inches. So we started taking up 296 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 1: two inches. So now his his jersey's you know, that's 297 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: why I cringe if he trades the jersey or if 298 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: he's auctioned off. So uh. In fact, his jersey just 299 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: got auctioned off this last game, so let's so I've 300 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: just got got his other one ready to go. But 301 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 1: just like the small intricacies of that. And you see 302 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:55,160 Speaker 1: Joey and he's a pro bowler, a guy who is 303 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,520 Speaker 1: consistently regarded as one of the top NFL players. I 304 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: think that attention to detail that some of these guys have, 305 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: especially at the highest level, it's pretty interesting. And it's 306 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: a big job for you guys. Execute Oh, I mean 307 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: I love it, though I love it. I love dealing 308 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: with jerseys and little intricacies of him. And I mean, 309 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: I get it. It's it's it's a really big deal 310 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 1: to these guys, you know. And if a guy's going 311 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 1: to go out of his way to tell you, hey, 312 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: I need this and this done it, that means it's 313 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 1: it's important to him, you know. Like Thomas Davis, for example, 314 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: a couple weeks ago, started saying that the material on 315 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: the back of his jersey around his neck was like 316 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 1: kind of pinching the back of his neck and it 317 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 1: was really bothering during the games. And then um, so 318 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: we just got that taken in. We basically just had 319 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: the material taken away there. It kind of found a way, 320 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: a good way to do it, and he loves it now. Well, 321 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,920 Speaker 1: and I think kind of the crazy thing too when 322 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: you think about it at the end of the day, 323 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: and you and I have had this conversation. So for 324 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: those who may not know, I worked at a dance 325 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: studio for ten plus years doing a lot of different things. 326 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: But one of the things was when we order costumes 327 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: for the girls for recitals, for competitions, things like that, 328 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: and you think about the competitive team that we had 329 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:12,800 Speaker 1: those costumes, those had to fit so well, everything had 330 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: to be you know, sewn to a T ryanstone to 331 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:18,000 Speaker 1: a t. There's no bedazzling that happens in the NFL. 332 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,600 Speaker 1: There're nos who are obsc crystals going on on Sundays. 333 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,680 Speaker 1: But that is what they wear to perform. That is 334 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: what they wear in a game. So however, you never know, 335 00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: you never know. But had he had the lubatons on 336 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: yet on for Sunday's game, Like there's a little flash there, 337 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: but it is, it's what they were to perform. So 338 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 1: you think, you talk about a guy like Thomas Davis 339 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: at the back of the neck, any little thing that 340 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: might feel off or might not work. You don't want 341 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: them to be uncomfortable because they have a game to 342 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,720 Speaker 1: go play. You know, there's a little things too. We 343 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: talk about little tiny things. It's like our kickers, kickers 344 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 1: don't have to wear any in thipads. There's the only 345 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: players that can get away with that. And we you know, 346 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: every pair of pants has a pocket sewn into the 347 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: pants for the knee and th iPads fit into and 348 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:05,920 Speaker 1: those guys we have to get those we take those 349 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: pockets out. We're getting removed. It's just such a minor thing. 350 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: But to them, it's such a big deal because it 351 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: gives them just that little little more freedom for their 352 00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:16,399 Speaker 1: leg to move in the paint. I caused my cleats 353 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: this week too. Some of the guys wore their cleats 354 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. How does that work with respect to your department? 355 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: I noticed, like I talked to Dan Feenie in the 356 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: locker room last week and he said he was breaking 357 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: them into in practice. How do those cleats show up 358 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: on your doorstep? They actually our community relations department handles 359 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: that and we supply the shoes. We'll get all the 360 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:43,399 Speaker 1: shoes from from Nike or whatever, whatever shoe it is 361 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 1: the guy wears, and then it gets sent off to 362 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: They have like custom shoe painters that that'll do all 363 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:54,400 Speaker 1: that stuff. Are these brand new cleats usually? Yes? Okay, yeah, 364 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 1: they're all brand new cleats. I've never seen a guy 365 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 1: put in older cleats. So how does it work with like? 366 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: How many practices does a guy have to go through 367 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: to feel comfortable in those shoes? Yeah, it's every guy's different, 368 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: you know, some guys more than others. You know, It's 369 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:13,760 Speaker 1: just it's really a personal thing. You know, every everyone's 370 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 1: feet are a little different. You know, you get some 371 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 1: guys that find a shoe that they love, like Derek 372 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,239 Speaker 1: Watt has a shoe he wears he'll wear this thing 373 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: until it falls apart. Philip Rivers talking about nothing the 374 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: other things he's got on old school rebox. They don't 375 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:33,520 Speaker 1: even make his shoe anymore, but he loves the shoe. Really, Yes, 376 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: they don't even make it anymore. Kay, Antonio Gates was 377 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 1: the same way he wore a shoe that that they 378 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: didn't make it anymore. Which you don't want that because 379 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,159 Speaker 1: you know, you want to be able to get more 380 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: of them. So um, yeah, the shoe is. The shoe 381 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 1: is a very big thing. You know, it has to be. 382 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:51,000 Speaker 1: It has to fit them right if there's one thing 383 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: that that has to fit them, you know perfectly for 384 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 1: what how they feel their shoes. I mean, your everything 385 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: starts at your feet, you know. So yeah, it's a 386 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,960 Speaker 1: big deal. But the cause my cleats it is usually 387 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 1: it's always new shoes, but some guys, you know, hopefully 388 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: wear them in practice. And then some guys like Joey 389 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 1: saw you had his on and I think he switched 390 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,200 Speaker 1: to his other shoes as from some point maybe it's 391 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: a comfort thing I don't know. All right, guys, a 392 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 1: quick break to remind you to subscribe to the all 393 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: New Chargers podcast network. Wherever you listen to podcasts, You're 394 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,199 Speaker 1: one stop shop for all things Chargers, directly from the 395 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 1: team in depth conversations and analysis with players, coaches, executives, 396 00:19:31,119 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: national reporters, broadcasters, and much more. Be sure to subscribe 397 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 1: wherever you listen to podcasts. 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We should do like an ask Kevin, like 406 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: a hashtag Yeah, Like I don't know, well, I have 407 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: to workshop, yes, but I always feel like whether it's 408 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: like voicemails we could like just fire up here on 409 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: this little soundboard, or just questions from from fans on 410 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,400 Speaker 1: social I'm just we're just talking and I'm like, oh, 411 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: I have another question. We literally have. I'm jotting down notes, 412 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,119 Speaker 1: but we have no screwt. We're just script. There's no script. 413 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,280 Speaker 1: There's no script, so there could be a there could 414 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: be a Q and a section going on. I'm game. 415 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: Obviously there's someone who does or a team who does 416 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: the major alterations on a uniform. Right, Yeah, but how 417 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: have your sewing skills evolved in your twenty eight years? 418 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 1: I am I'm a mash unit sewer. Okay, I'm a 419 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: mash sewer, and I've been in many situations where I've 420 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: had to do a sewing job on an extremely tight 421 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 1: jersey on an extremely large human beings. This year at all, 422 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,439 Speaker 1: you don't want to stick a needle into Yeah, you 423 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: know what, this year I haven't had doing Okay, but 424 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: last year only a couple of weeks left here thanks 425 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: to thanks to the wow. The people that make the 426 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: jerseys do a good job. They get all the credit 427 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 1: because they used to tear all the time. Shout out 428 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: to Nike UM. But last year in London, Mike Pouncey's 429 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 1: jersey ripped and he was another guy that gets it, 430 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 1: gets a lot of customs stuff done to it. But 431 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,399 Speaker 1: basically the hole of his arm comes through. He gets that, 432 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: he gets that made. We have to make it like 433 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: really huge for him, Okay, because he likes to have 434 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 1: all the freedom in the world move his arms. He's 435 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: a center, so it makes sense. Um. Anyways, it was 436 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: it just it wasn't strong enough and it ripped right 437 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: down the seam on the side of his jersey, which 438 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: is a nightmare scenario. We're talking, we're talking in game, 439 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: in middle of the game, and uh, because it was 440 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: it could just the way the trip was. We had 441 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: we had we always have two jerseys for every player, 442 00:21:56,520 --> 00:22:00,160 Speaker 1: no matter what. But for whatever reason, the pouncey jersey, 443 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: I can't remember the exact scenario, but his backup didn't 444 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:07,680 Speaker 1: have the armholes expanded, which he won't wear a jersey 445 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,720 Speaker 1: list that has that done. So anyway, what happens is 446 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 1: the jersey's torn. He comes to this, comes to the bench, 447 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,200 Speaker 1: the series is over comes to the bench and he's 448 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 1: like ready to rip it off because he's like, give 449 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,440 Speaker 1: me the backup jersey. And when these things happen sideline, 450 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 1: it is like heat of the battle, like there's there's 451 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,119 Speaker 1: no time for this stuff, you know. The only thing. 452 00:22:26,119 --> 00:22:27,959 Speaker 1: There's time for us to get back in there and play. 453 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,360 Speaker 1: And you better make sure Mike Patsy's into football game 454 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: if he's healthy. Yeah. Oh my god, is this is 455 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: the center of your offensive? Yeah. So anyways, he's about 456 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: to rip the jersey off, and as he's in as 457 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:44,919 Speaker 1: he's about to do that, I'm like, no, because I 458 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: know there's no there's no other Jeb. Yeah, he ain't 459 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,240 Speaker 1: putting that other one of which I'm telling you this 460 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:54,320 Speaker 1: video of this like backstace roll, cutting room floor video 461 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 1: of Kevin going no, but you could ninety nine point 462 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: nine percent of the time you have a jersey that's 463 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: a backup jersey from that that's exactly the way he wants. 464 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: But this was a random scenario where this happened, and 465 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: I was like, the only option is for me to 466 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 1: sew this jersey and sew well. So I grabbed my 467 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,560 Speaker 1: my needle and thread and it's a it's a thicker 468 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,800 Speaker 1: thread because it's got to really hold. It doesn't have 469 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: to look great because you're gonna see it, as you said, 470 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 1: mash sewing. Yeah, but it's got to be strong. So yeah, 471 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,440 Speaker 1: So I sit on the bench next to pounce He's 472 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: got his arm up on my shoulder and I'm basically 473 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: in his armpit here. Yes, and imagine trying to sew 474 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: like something that's like spandex on someone that's just it's 475 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:41,800 Speaker 1: just this does not fit him. This is this thing 476 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 1: is way too small for this big man to be 477 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: wearing either. So it was a really tough thing because 478 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: I had to pull the material together and it's literally 479 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: it's just thin material with just his flesh underneath it, 480 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,880 Speaker 1: and I'm having to get the needle and thread through. 481 00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 1: And the problem is when you're doing this, you know, 482 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: you know the defense is hopefully going to get to 483 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,120 Speaker 1: go three and out on the field, but which means 484 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: the offense has to go back out. Yeah, but it's 485 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: a turnover. I could be out there in seconds. So 486 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: you just know that in the back of your head 487 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: when you're doing a repairing the sideline, even you don't 488 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 1: if you think you have time, you really don't. So 489 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 1: you have to go as fast as you can. And 490 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,000 Speaker 1: that there wasn't a turnover. But we went three and 491 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: out and he had to get back up and go 492 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: in and I'm literally his mind's already locked in the field. 493 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: He didn't even notice the fact I'm sewing underneath him 494 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: now and he's walking, and I knew I couldn't finish 495 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: the job, so I had to cut it. So I 496 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,359 Speaker 1: cut the thread and I'm literally walking with him on 497 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 1: the fields trying to sew the knots because I guess 498 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:44,959 Speaker 1: sew the knots just to kind of I can. At 499 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,439 Speaker 1: least I was halfway done and i'd just sew the knots, 500 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: but I'm literally like, I'm on the field sewing this 501 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:55,520 Speaker 1: thing and sprint off to the sideline. And then I 502 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 1: got a new needle and thread and I waited for 503 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: the series to be over. Second was over, its back 504 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,199 Speaker 1: to or sewing again, and it was pretty chaotic, but 505 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: it got done, and then it I end up having 506 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: to re sew it a couple of times during the 507 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: game because it started tearing a little bit. That's crazy, 508 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: because like you hear, okay, like the Golden Globes their 509 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: nominations just got announced today. You hear sometimes celebrities like, oh, 510 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 1: I got sewn into my dress or whatever on the 511 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: Red Carpet. I don't think I've ever envisioned a player 512 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: having to be sewn into a uniform on Sunday. You know, 513 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:27,639 Speaker 1: when Bill Romanowski played for the Raiders, they used to 514 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: have to imagine like there was like shoe strings down 515 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 1: the side of his jersey. They literally had to sew 516 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: him into his jersey, really tie him into it because 517 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: it was so tight. That's Backard like the rebound jerseys, 518 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: they fit a lot different. You know, he would probably 519 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,399 Speaker 1: love these new jerseys. Well, it's just like the games 520 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: within the game. Yeah, all these little things that you 521 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,119 Speaker 1: don't know, and I think if you knew in the moment, 522 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,399 Speaker 1: like all right, the Chargers won that game was like 523 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,359 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen in London. But all these little things that 524 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: are going on on the field, like I barely got 525 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: on the field because his jersey ripped, and sewing jerseys 526 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,159 Speaker 1: on the field, you know, I mean these little things. 527 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,199 Speaker 1: I just think fans are fascinating by this. Yeah, I 528 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,320 Speaker 1: mean for me personally, those are the kind of things 529 00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 1: that you know, you were contributing. Yeah, the success of 530 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: the team came. There was one time we were we 531 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 1: played the Broncos and Curtis Conno was a receiver for 532 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: at the time, and it was the turf was pretty high. 533 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,199 Speaker 1: Wasn't that good to the footing. The guys were slipping 534 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 1: and he was weren't screwing cleats, and he came to 535 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 1: the sideline and he wanted longer cleats put in. So 536 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: we have like a drill gun and it's like a 537 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,600 Speaker 1: pit crew in Nascar, like taking the tires off. So 538 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: and this is we were still offenses on the field, 539 00:26:38,359 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: and he would just he was taking a play. He 540 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,560 Speaker 1: wasn't going to be in that play. So we're talking 541 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: this was like a thirty second job. And then he 542 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: goes in the field and literally the next play he 543 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: catches the ball, makes a move, makes a move, footing 544 00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 1: was perfect and end up scoring a touchdown. And I 545 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 1: was like, yes, yes, it was one of those It 546 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: was one of those times where it was kind of like, 547 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: all right, there we go. Something something to do with this. 548 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:06,239 Speaker 1: When you mentioned how much laundry you guys have to do, 549 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:10,639 Speaker 1: you're talking grass stains, dirt stains, paint stains from the field. 550 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: What is the best stain repellent or stain up. My goodness, 551 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: we have a whole slew of chemicals back there. It's 552 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: like not exactly target grid. If you walked into our 553 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: launder room. We have these gigantic machines, and there's tubes 554 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: everywhere that they were going from the chemicals straight into 555 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,600 Speaker 1: the machines, and everything has like a cycle on it. 556 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 1: So like last night, I put the white jerseys in 557 00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,199 Speaker 1: one wash the navy pants and the other washing machine 558 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,040 Speaker 1: and it'll say, like white game uniforms overnight and it 559 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: will say it's literally like a two and a half 560 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,120 Speaker 1: hour cycle. Yeah, and it'll soak overnight, and then when 561 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: we come to the next day, then then we do 562 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,240 Speaker 1: another regular game wash on the stuff. You wash every 563 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:54,440 Speaker 1: color separate, Yeah, yeah, you do them separate and then uh, 564 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,960 Speaker 1: and then if if they're bad, if it's really bad, 565 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,360 Speaker 1: we tosso in there who has like this super stain 566 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 1: remover stuff. I can't even pronunciate the word again, so 567 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 1: does not target great. This isn't something you get over 568 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: the counter. I was kind of hoping we'd get some 569 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,479 Speaker 1: like Pinterest type tips here for like what happens if 570 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 1: you spell wine on your white blows or something. But 571 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,600 Speaker 1: there's still time. We got a whole month of un 572 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 1: he talk with Kevin. Kevin, this is the last one 573 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:24,640 Speaker 1: for me. Derek Watt got his first career touchdown yesterday. 574 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,359 Speaker 1: I gotta tweet somebody. And Jonathan French he said he 575 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,960 Speaker 1: handed the ball to the official after the celebration. Hope 576 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,080 Speaker 1: they run that down for him. Did Derek ever get 577 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: his game ball? Oh? Oh yeah he did. You got out. Yeah, 578 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 1: we're on that stuff. Yeah, we got Chad. Chad in 579 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: our room. He was he was not going to let 580 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,560 Speaker 1: that ball go. He got that sucker. So yeah he 581 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: got that. See fans want to know, do you always 582 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 1: have a designated person for something like that? Yeah, okay, 583 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 1: we're all we're all on all hands on deck. Yeah, 584 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 1: we're all of us are there to do whatever whatever 585 00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: it takes, you know, so it kind of just whoever 586 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: sees it first. Well a game like that too, there 587 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: were so many things that have and somebody like milestone 588 00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: tight plays like Philip Phillip's longest touchdown pass it was. 589 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: It was that eighty four yard uh catch run by 590 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:12,880 Speaker 1: which is also Austin's longest to So Austin's who gets it? 591 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 1: Who would get the ball? Yeah, I'm sure you always 592 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 1: divert defer to to to to the veteran. Yeah, you 593 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: know what I mean, But there's he would he would 594 00:29:23,120 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: if if this was to happen. He would give it 595 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 1: to Austin. I guarantee you that it is. It was 596 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: his birthday too. Yeah, Philip has probably quite a few 597 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: game balls. You know, there's there's a category for a 598 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: million different things. If Philip can probably put it, sure. Yeah, Well, 599 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: Kevin Duddy, it was an absolute pleasure thirty minutes of 600 00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: very insightful stuff from the equipment room. And this won't 601 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 1: be the last time we have, young buddy. Oh, it's 602 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,800 Speaker 1: a pleasure being here. All right, guys, that's gonna do it. 603 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: For this week's episode of the Backstage Chargers Podcast, presented 604 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 1: by your Southern California Toya to Dealers, a big thanks 605 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: to Kevin for joining us, and of course thanks to 606 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: you all for listening. Remember be sure to subscribe to 607 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: the all new Chargers Podcast Network wherever you listen to podcasts. 608 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,640 Speaker 1: We are now on Spotify and SoundCloud as well, so 609 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 1: wherever you listen you can find the Chargers Podcast Network. 610 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: We'll be back later this week with new episodes of 611 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: Playmakers and Chargers Weekly. Until next time, I'm Chris Harry