1
00:00:05,046 --> 00:00:08,046
Speaker 1: And Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership

2
00:00:08,086 --> 00:00:20,726
Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio. We are officially in November. We are officially

3
00:00:20,726 --> 00:00:26,046
Speaker 1: at the halfway points of the season. Welcome into a huddle, everybody.

4
00:00:26,046 --> 00:00:31,686
Speaker 1: I'm ja cost Louise with me primo, will selva Well,

5
00:00:32,046 --> 00:00:38,526
Speaker 1: I'm still recovering from Yeah well tell me. Things took

6
00:00:38,526 --> 00:00:42,286
Speaker 1: a turn. Um, as you know, I had a slight

7
00:00:42,366 --> 00:00:49,046
Speaker 1: disdain for hallowing festivities, ended up with two different costumes, um,

8
00:00:49,086 --> 00:00:53,206
Speaker 1: several activities throughout the weekend. Yes, my best sie Joy

9
00:00:53,206 --> 00:00:58,046
Speaker 1: Taylor always gets me. I was like begrudgingly driving to

10
00:00:58,126 --> 00:01:01,126
Speaker 1: her house like I just had a hole. We already

11
00:01:01,206 --> 00:01:04,806
Speaker 1: knew she had sent me up taxing. I have Unicorn

12
00:01:04,846 --> 00:01:08,486
Speaker 1: worn accessories clan around that. So I threw everything that

13
00:01:08,526 --> 00:01:10,966
Speaker 1: had glitter from my closet, which is a lot, as

14
00:01:11,006 --> 00:01:13,566
Speaker 1: you know, Will Yeah, well, but do you come over there?

15
00:01:13,686 --> 00:01:16,846
Speaker 1: Did you go over there like or or you're like, okay,

16
00:01:17,046 --> 00:01:19,286
Speaker 1: boy's gonna get me out of this thing fully, or

17
00:01:19,526 --> 00:01:21,726
Speaker 1: then I go over there and someone steals my parking space.

18
00:01:21,806 --> 00:01:23,726
Speaker 1: I was not in a go okay. I was not

19
00:01:23,806 --> 00:01:25,446
Speaker 1: in a good mood. But then I walk in and

20
00:01:25,486 --> 00:01:28,966
Speaker 1: she's already like she's in her ursula wig. She's like full,

21
00:01:29,006 --> 00:01:31,646
Speaker 1: but like, you can't be upset, you can't be upset

22
00:01:31,686 --> 00:01:34,206
Speaker 1: about anything. She's so fussive about it. And then I

23
00:01:34,246 --> 00:01:35,966
Speaker 1: walk in and she's like, I got your girl. Come on,

24
00:01:36,046 --> 00:01:39,086
Speaker 1: let's do your makeup. Here's the outfit. And then suddenly

25
00:01:39,086 --> 00:01:43,926
Speaker 1: five minutes later, I'm like, huh, let's go. So yes,

26
00:01:44,086 --> 00:01:48,046
Speaker 1: things things change pretty rapidly. And then Monday night, actual Halloween,

27
00:01:48,126 --> 00:01:51,126
Speaker 1: I got to take. Um, the Ruise girls are probably

28
00:01:51,166 --> 00:01:54,886
Speaker 1: Omar Ruiz's daughter's trick or treating. They were all they

29
00:01:54,886 --> 00:01:58,406
Speaker 1: were like on their fifth costumes of the weekend, and um,

30
00:01:58,686 --> 00:02:01,446
Speaker 1: they were all princess themes. They had gone through multiple costumes.

31
00:02:01,446 --> 00:02:05,446
Speaker 1: The last one was princess themes. So of course somebody

32
00:02:05,606 --> 00:02:08,406
Speaker 1: was a princess. Yes, of course. What I was like

33
00:02:08,446 --> 00:02:11,286
Speaker 1: the fair the bougie god Auntie, right, because I don't

34
00:02:11,286 --> 00:02:13,806
Speaker 1: think fairy god when there is appropriate. But of course

35
00:02:13,846 --> 00:02:16,726
Speaker 1: I have like my former Beauty Quick like pageant crowns.

36
00:02:16,766 --> 00:02:19,326
Speaker 1: I have this extravagant robe. Who has these things in

37
00:02:19,366 --> 00:02:21,766
Speaker 1: their house? Me? Apparently, No, it looks like you were

38
00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:25,446
Speaker 1: having fun. Look were having fun. It was so cute.

39
00:02:25,446 --> 00:02:28,326
Speaker 1: Will It was so cute. But yeah, so this happens

40
00:02:28,366 --> 00:02:30,886
Speaker 1: every year. Every year, I start off as the Halloween

41
00:02:30,926 --> 00:02:34,126
Speaker 1: Grinch and end up as a fairy godmother of some sort.

42
00:02:34,246 --> 00:02:37,166
Speaker 1: So yeah, listen to me when I'm like a bitter

43
00:02:37,206 --> 00:02:40,886
Speaker 1: and upset about something, because I will probably change my mind. Yeah, yeah,

44
00:02:40,446 --> 00:02:43,726
Speaker 1: and we'll we'll check back in a year. How you

45
00:02:43,766 --> 00:02:46,726
Speaker 1: feel around this time when we do the podcast. We

46
00:02:46,806 --> 00:02:51,966
Speaker 1: have bags of candies lying around now we have two

47
00:02:52,006 --> 00:02:58,086
Speaker 1: big bags. And growing up, my grandmother loves sweets, and

48
00:02:58,126 --> 00:03:00,206
Speaker 1: so what my dad would do is he would put

49
00:03:00,286 --> 00:03:04,286
Speaker 1: chocolates inside the Easter eggs and they put him around

50
00:03:04,286 --> 00:03:06,326
Speaker 1: the house. But she would then follow behind him and

51
00:03:06,366 --> 00:03:09,366
Speaker 1: eat the eggs. And so I feel like I'm doing

52
00:03:09,406 --> 00:03:12,926
Speaker 1: that right now. And I feel a little bit like

53
00:03:13,566 --> 00:03:16,086
Speaker 1: my mom when she's at restaurants. And you know what

54
00:03:16,126 --> 00:03:20,246
Speaker 1: I'm talking about is she is the sweetest, pettiest thief

55
00:03:20,366 --> 00:03:22,966
Speaker 1: in the world, where if there is a bung you

56
00:03:23,006 --> 00:03:24,926
Speaker 1: know she's going to stick it right there in the purse.

57
00:03:25,086 --> 00:03:28,926
Speaker 1: If there are little jams, they're going right into, Yeah,

58
00:03:29,006 --> 00:03:32,806
Speaker 1: she's taking it. If there are splendors, those packets, those

59
00:03:32,846 --> 00:03:38,086
Speaker 1: bad boys are gone, right. So I feel like I

60
00:03:38,126 --> 00:03:42,246
Speaker 1: am following and my grandmother and my mom's footsteps with

61
00:03:42,286 --> 00:03:44,806
Speaker 1: the candy that's laying around the house and Jay, it's

62
00:03:44,846 --> 00:03:46,566
Speaker 1: a rite of passage, but also like you gotta get

63
00:03:46,606 --> 00:03:49,206
Speaker 1: rid of it at some point, well just a little,

64
00:03:49,286 --> 00:03:51,206
Speaker 1: and especially they're all bite size for the most part,

65
00:03:51,246 --> 00:03:54,046
Speaker 1: I would assume it's easy. It's easy, but it's a trap.

66
00:03:54,086 --> 00:03:58,566
Speaker 1: Will This is where holiday holiday diets go out the window.

67
00:03:58,646 --> 00:04:00,486
Speaker 1: The word holiday and the word diet should never be

68
00:04:00,526 --> 00:04:05,806
Speaker 1: in the same sentence, and it starts with Halloween. It

69
00:04:05,926 --> 00:04:08,446
Speaker 1: is rough, but you know, for us being in the

70
00:04:08,486 --> 00:04:12,446
Speaker 1: business that we're in, you know what is it rough? Trades?

71
00:04:13,006 --> 00:04:17,326
Speaker 1: Trade deadlines? We've got news. I love it. Love this.

72
00:04:17,526 --> 00:04:22,166
Speaker 1: Ten trades made on the trade deadline day involving twelve players,

73
00:04:22,806 --> 00:04:27,366
Speaker 1: both most on a deadline day in the last thirty years.

74
00:04:28,126 --> 00:04:30,766
Speaker 1: This was fantastic. I love it for you and I

75
00:04:30,926 --> 00:04:33,606
Speaker 1: it keeps us busy where we're on air and this

76
00:04:33,686 --> 00:04:38,406
Speaker 1: is happening live. Let me ask you this. I'm gonna

77
00:04:38,406 --> 00:04:42,166
Speaker 1: throw this out. A lot of teams help themselves, but

78
00:04:42,326 --> 00:04:46,326
Speaker 1: who do you think went from good to great after

79
00:04:46,366 --> 00:04:49,286
Speaker 1: this trade deadline? I mean, the answer is obvious, and

80
00:04:49,366 --> 00:04:52,366
Speaker 1: it is my Miami Dolphins and I'm not sure you're

81
00:04:52,366 --> 00:04:55,886
Speaker 1: going to say the huge Bradley Chub editions they signed

82
00:04:56,206 --> 00:04:58,806
Speaker 1: five years, one hundred and nineteen million dollar contract. Attention

83
00:04:58,926 --> 00:05:02,406
Speaker 1: I was signed to Adam Rank are fantasy expert and

84
00:05:02,486 --> 00:05:04,886
Speaker 1: colleague around the NFL network, and he's like, wait and

85
00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:08,686
Speaker 1: it does the salary cap not apply to the Dolphins.

86
00:05:08,686 --> 00:05:10,606
Speaker 1: And to your point about your grandma and your mom,

87
00:05:10,646 --> 00:05:12,926
Speaker 1: I feel like the Dolphins are you know, in Christmas time,

88
00:05:12,966 --> 00:05:14,686
Speaker 1: I always felt like we didn't have enough money, and

89
00:05:14,726 --> 00:05:16,886
Speaker 1: my mom would always find it, like in a corner

90
00:05:16,966 --> 00:05:19,646
Speaker 1: somewhere under the mattress in her purse. The Dolphins were like,

91
00:05:19,646 --> 00:05:21,646
Speaker 1: now we got don't worry, we figured it out. We

92
00:05:21,726 --> 00:05:23,846
Speaker 1: got a little nest egg waiting there for Bradley Chubb.

93
00:05:24,046 --> 00:05:27,726
Speaker 1: But I don't know why I felt that the Jeff

94
00:05:27,726 --> 00:05:33,926
Speaker 1: Wilson Junior trade was a bigger addition. Yes, Barley Chubb

95
00:05:34,406 --> 00:05:38,766
Speaker 1: is going to make waves for this Dolphins defense, no question,

96
00:05:38,846 --> 00:05:41,286
Speaker 1: this is going to be a nightmare to sort of

97
00:05:41,326 --> 00:05:43,326
Speaker 1: game plan around for them, and they're going to be

98
00:05:43,326 --> 00:05:47,606
Speaker 1: getting after these opposing offenses. But Jeff Wilson Junior was

99
00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:51,966
Speaker 1: part of that Super Bowl run backfield with Mike McDaniel

100
00:05:52,006 --> 00:05:54,166
Speaker 1: in San Francisco. It's a common theme here you see

101
00:05:54,166 --> 00:05:56,526
Speaker 1: with the forty up with the Dolphins, but for a

102
00:05:56,646 --> 00:05:59,166
Speaker 1: good reason. I think he's going to be fantastic with

103
00:05:59,206 --> 00:06:03,646
Speaker 1: his former teammate now teammate again, Rahi Moster. This is

104
00:06:03,686 --> 00:06:06,206
Speaker 1: this is huge getting after it. They know that they

105
00:06:06,246 --> 00:06:09,046
Speaker 1: have to keep up somehow with the Bills, who are

106
00:06:09,086 --> 00:06:11,566
Speaker 1: just a jugger or not not just in the AFC East,

107
00:06:11,606 --> 00:06:15,606
Speaker 1: but in the AFC and there be aggressive. Got to

108
00:06:15,726 --> 00:06:20,086
Speaker 1: be aggressive. Yeah, I think it's a fantastic move. I

109
00:06:20,086 --> 00:06:22,686
Speaker 1: think what they did it tells me that they're all

110
00:06:22,766 --> 00:06:25,446
Speaker 1: in on Tua and the fact that they're all in

111
00:06:25,486 --> 00:06:28,926
Speaker 1: on Ta they're making these moves with him and his

112
00:06:29,046 --> 00:06:32,766
Speaker 1: rookie contract in mind. I think that Bradley Chubb young

113
00:06:32,886 --> 00:06:35,966
Speaker 1: twenty six, it brings in a closer and I think

114
00:06:36,006 --> 00:06:39,246
Speaker 1: they're thinking long term where they're thinking, Okay, we're gonna

115
00:06:39,286 --> 00:06:41,166
Speaker 1: have to go on the road and we're gonna have

116
00:06:41,206 --> 00:06:45,406
Speaker 1: to chase around either Patrick Mahomes or Josh Allen, maybe

117
00:06:45,446 --> 00:06:49,126
Speaker 1: even Lamar Jackson. So for me, I love this move

118
00:06:49,366 --> 00:06:52,686
Speaker 1: a lot, and it's great to see that Miami chapter

119
00:06:52,766 --> 00:06:55,606
Speaker 1: of the San Francisco forty nine ers Alumni Association has

120
00:06:55,646 --> 00:06:59,686
Speaker 1: added another member, so that I think it's fantastic. So

121
00:06:59,846 --> 00:07:03,566
Speaker 1: the Dolphins coincidentally will be going up against the Bears

122
00:07:04,246 --> 00:07:09,326
Speaker 1: made a move themselves and getting Chase Claypool, and he

123
00:07:09,566 --> 00:07:11,646
Speaker 1: is definitely going to be a difference maker for justin

124
00:07:11,766 --> 00:07:17,246
Speaker 1: Fields and that offense. And it brings up Aaron Rodgers

125
00:07:17,246 --> 00:07:20,446
Speaker 1: for me, because Aaron Rodgers has said, yeah, I own you,

126
00:07:21,046 --> 00:07:24,726
Speaker 1: and now it felt like the Bears got over on him.

127
00:07:24,726 --> 00:07:27,206
Speaker 1: So I want to touch upon Aaron Rodgers though, But

128
00:07:27,286 --> 00:07:30,326
Speaker 1: I do know Dolphins Bears. That's at one pm at CBS,

129
00:07:30,766 --> 00:07:34,006
Speaker 1: and then they're the Vikings. They're taking on the Commanders

130
00:07:34,046 --> 00:07:36,846
Speaker 1: one pm on Fox and we'll get a chance to

131
00:07:36,926 --> 00:07:40,326
Speaker 1: see t J. Howkinson. There's a lot of Vikings fans

132
00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:43,006
Speaker 1: out there that say, whoa, whoa, what about us? Why

133
00:07:43,086 --> 00:07:46,166
Speaker 1: aren't we in the conversation for being one of the

134
00:07:46,166 --> 00:07:52,606
Speaker 1: best teams in the NFC M Jay Kings killing it

135
00:07:52,686 --> 00:07:55,446
Speaker 1: not just in their division but overall. We had Alexander

136
00:07:55,486 --> 00:07:59,046
Speaker 1: Madison on Total Access earlier this week, and you know what,

137
00:07:59,846 --> 00:08:02,326
Speaker 1: Vikings fans, he stood up for y'all as he should.

138
00:08:03,126 --> 00:08:06,726
Speaker 1: He said that not only is Kirk Cousins a leader

139
00:08:06,726 --> 00:08:09,606
Speaker 1: in that team. He moved his locker closer to Justin

140
00:08:09,766 --> 00:08:13,206
Speaker 1: Jefferson for various reasons, not just leadership, but he thinks

141
00:08:13,206 --> 00:08:15,766
Speaker 1: it makes him a little bit more connected to sort

142
00:08:15,766 --> 00:08:18,646
Speaker 1: of this younger group of guys that it's in that

143
00:08:18,726 --> 00:08:21,446
Speaker 1: locker room. That makes sense. I really like this for

144
00:08:21,486 --> 00:08:26,086
Speaker 1: you and listen do I occasionally see a tweet here

145
00:08:26,086 --> 00:08:29,526
Speaker 1: and there from Vikings fans stop disrespecting us by not

146
00:08:29,566 --> 00:08:32,206
Speaker 1: talking about us. You're right six and one team that

147
00:08:32,286 --> 00:08:35,406
Speaker 1: we're not talking about enough. I think we have to

148
00:08:35,406 --> 00:08:37,446
Speaker 1: pay attention. But I will say this. The caveats to

149
00:08:37,526 --> 00:08:40,606
Speaker 1: that is be careful when you ask for attention. I

150
00:08:40,726 --> 00:08:44,046
Speaker 1: know the kirk Cousins rule, right, the kirk Cousins like

151
00:08:44,726 --> 00:08:47,646
Speaker 1: they become a little bit of the yeah but team,

152
00:08:47,686 --> 00:08:52,486
Speaker 1: given how kirk Cousins performs in the prime time games.

153
00:08:52,766 --> 00:08:55,566
Speaker 1: But I will say this, I think this eases the

154
00:08:55,606 --> 00:08:58,406
Speaker 1: pressure off of him even more because now he has

155
00:08:58,406 --> 00:09:01,686
Speaker 1: another weapon to work with. You could make the argument

156
00:09:01,726 --> 00:09:04,806
Speaker 1: that they have one of the top five skilled position

157
00:09:05,246 --> 00:09:09,166
Speaker 1: player groups in the NFL. And T J. Hockinson reminds

158
00:09:09,206 --> 00:09:11,486
Speaker 1: me a little bit of how Kittle is with the

159
00:09:11,526 --> 00:09:14,766
Speaker 1: forty nine ers. Both Iowa guys they can block, but

160
00:09:14,846 --> 00:09:18,406
Speaker 1: their out here gets out there getting fifteen yards a catch.

161
00:09:18,726 --> 00:09:23,046
Speaker 1: And now you've got Justin Jefferson, Adam Thielan kJ Osborne,

162
00:09:23,126 --> 00:09:27,886
Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook. So there's not absolutely and so that puts

163
00:09:28,166 --> 00:09:31,166
Speaker 1: less of a burden I think on Kirk Cousins, I

164
00:09:31,206 --> 00:09:33,846
Speaker 1: want to see how they do because up ahead they

165
00:09:33,926 --> 00:09:38,526
Speaker 1: got the Bills, So let me see what they do

166
00:09:38,926 --> 00:09:42,766
Speaker 1: and how that offense gets going against them. Now, another

167
00:09:42,926 --> 00:09:47,526
Speaker 1: team m J who I thought helped themselves out was

168
00:09:47,566 --> 00:09:52,606
Speaker 1: the Ravens where they ended up getting Roquan Smith. And

169
00:09:52,766 --> 00:09:56,846
Speaker 1: to me, Roquan Smith is the typical raven that you

170
00:09:56,926 --> 00:10:00,806
Speaker 1: think of. He even went to Ray Lewis's camp, so

171
00:10:00,926 --> 00:10:04,966
Speaker 1: he's got that linebacker in him, right, He's got he's

172
00:10:05,006 --> 00:10:07,926
Speaker 1: got that mentality of being a tackling machine. And what

173
00:10:08,006 --> 00:10:10,326
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna do is help out Patrick Queen

174
00:10:10,806 --> 00:10:15,046
Speaker 1: go on the blitzes. He's great in coverage and he's

175
00:10:15,086 --> 00:10:17,086
Speaker 1: going to be the kind of guy that they'll need,

176
00:10:17,246 --> 00:10:21,526
Speaker 1: especially if they see or come across a Derrick Henry.

177
00:10:21,606 --> 00:10:25,206
Speaker 1: So he helps out against opposing teams and they're running

178
00:10:25,246 --> 00:10:31,406
Speaker 1: games and to hopefully keep the Ravens in the lead

179
00:10:31,606 --> 00:10:33,286
Speaker 1: in some of these games because they have a lad

180
00:10:33,326 --> 00:10:36,686
Speaker 1: in every single game. Right again, they've given up double

181
00:10:36,766 --> 00:10:40,846
Speaker 1: digit leads, which is something that is slightly concerning. But

182
00:10:41,166 --> 00:10:43,366
Speaker 1: I think the bigger shock in this he broke on

183
00:10:43,446 --> 00:10:46,326
Speaker 1: Smith said himself that he was a little shocked that

184
00:10:46,406 --> 00:10:49,686
Speaker 1: he did get traded, but also because the Ravens aren't

185
00:10:49,726 --> 00:10:52,966
Speaker 1: that team to they're pretty leary about bringing in guys

186
00:10:53,046 --> 00:10:56,126
Speaker 1: or adding talent midway through the season. Right, Um, this

187
00:10:56,246 --> 00:10:58,286
Speaker 1: is a great opportunity there for them to upgrade at

188
00:10:58,326 --> 00:11:01,446
Speaker 1: the linebacker position five and three in the AFC North.

189
00:11:01,446 --> 00:11:05,246
Speaker 1: This is this is good, It's good for the like

190
00:11:05,286 --> 00:11:08,926
Speaker 1: and they needed that boost. They needed that boost especially well.

191
00:11:08,966 --> 00:11:12,286
Speaker 1: Then that takes us to Chiefsman and the teams who

192
00:11:13,046 --> 00:11:18,126
Speaker 1: didn't boost themselves. Surprisingly and there's a few teams. The

193
00:11:18,246 --> 00:11:21,886
Speaker 1: Cowboys are on a buy, but I thought that they

194
00:11:21,926 --> 00:11:24,606
Speaker 1: would go out and at least get somebody for that

195
00:11:24,686 --> 00:11:27,646
Speaker 1: wide receiving corps. I know that our NFL Network insider

196
00:11:27,686 --> 00:11:30,766
Speaker 1: Tom Pellicero had said that they were talking with the

197
00:11:30,766 --> 00:11:34,486
Speaker 1: representation of Brandon Cooks up until the very last minute,

198
00:11:34,606 --> 00:11:37,926
Speaker 1: couldn't get anything done. I think that eighteen million dollars

199
00:11:38,006 --> 00:11:42,166
Speaker 1: guaranteed the following year probably scared them off. But what

200
00:11:42,366 --> 00:11:45,566
Speaker 1: scares me with the Cowboys? They have a super Bowl

201
00:11:45,606 --> 00:11:50,006
Speaker 1: caliber defense, but on offense, what happens if Ceedee Lamb

202
00:11:50,046 --> 00:11:53,886
Speaker 1: is ineffective? What happens if Ceedee Lamb is injured? Then

203
00:11:53,966 --> 00:11:57,166
Speaker 1: what I know? James Washington, he's working his way back.

204
00:11:57,406 --> 00:12:01,206
Speaker 1: Michael Gallup is working his way back. But how confident

205
00:12:01,566 --> 00:12:04,646
Speaker 1: do you feel in that receiving corp. That's the only

206
00:12:05,366 --> 00:12:07,886
Speaker 1: part of this that gives me pause. You know what?

207
00:12:07,966 --> 00:12:10,646
Speaker 1: It doesn't give me Paul pause? Well, because they have

208
00:12:10,726 --> 00:12:15,326
Speaker 1: been running the ball so so well, even with Zeke

209
00:12:15,326 --> 00:12:18,366
Speaker 1: out last year. Last week, Tony Pollard stepped in and

210
00:12:18,486 --> 00:12:21,886
Speaker 1: had a freaking day, awesome day, awesome, not just because

211
00:12:21,886 --> 00:12:25,326
Speaker 1: he got me thirty three points in fantasy, kay, But

212
00:12:25,606 --> 00:12:28,846
Speaker 1: I don't think they realize, thank you, they got sealed

213
00:12:29,126 --> 00:12:32,086
Speaker 1: the win. But I think they're realizing and Dak is realizing.

214
00:12:32,206 --> 00:12:34,766
Speaker 1: We're well aware that he can throw for four thousand

215
00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:36,446
Speaker 1: and five thousand yards in a season, right, but that

216
00:12:36,486 --> 00:12:39,366
Speaker 1: they don't have to. We've been talking about the Cowboys

217
00:12:39,406 --> 00:12:42,046
Speaker 1: having to be more physical, having to run the ball,

218
00:12:42,246 --> 00:12:44,886
Speaker 1: and that's exactly what they've been doing. And it's been working.

219
00:12:45,326 --> 00:12:49,646
Speaker 1: They have the not only players to do so, the

220
00:12:49,766 --> 00:12:53,286
Speaker 1: quarterback to do so. But they don't have to constantly

221
00:12:53,326 --> 00:12:55,406
Speaker 1: just throw the deep ball down the field. They can

222
00:12:56,126 --> 00:12:58,326
Speaker 1: eat up the clock and continue to run the ball

223
00:12:58,406 --> 00:13:00,486
Speaker 1: and see success in it. And they have been and

224
00:13:00,526 --> 00:13:01,926
Speaker 1: I really like us. So I think that is going

225
00:13:01,966 --> 00:13:05,246
Speaker 1: to help to your point in making sure the guys

226
00:13:05,286 --> 00:13:07,446
Speaker 1: don't get banged up, but they stay a little bit

227
00:13:07,486 --> 00:13:10,006
Speaker 1: fresher because they're going to be utilizing the run game

228
00:13:10,126 --> 00:13:12,486
Speaker 1: a lot more in Dallas, and I really like that

229
00:13:12,526 --> 00:13:14,566
Speaker 1: for them. It's I think for the past few season,

230
00:13:14,566 --> 00:13:16,526
Speaker 1: many folks I've been screaming at the TV, like just

231
00:13:16,726 --> 00:13:20,326
Speaker 1: round the ball, gets it going, and seeing that from them,

232
00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:24,126
Speaker 1: that balance, right. I was a little a little surprised

233
00:13:24,166 --> 00:13:27,166
Speaker 1: that there wasn't more movement there, but I can see why.

234
00:13:27,286 --> 00:13:29,726
Speaker 1: I can see why it sort of stays. Stay Now.

235
00:13:29,806 --> 00:13:33,046
Speaker 1: You were talking about fans screaming at the TV. You

236
00:13:33,046 --> 00:13:36,526
Speaker 1: know what I think was also screaming was Aaron Rodgers.

237
00:13:37,326 --> 00:13:40,406
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw it reminded me. I

238
00:13:40,446 --> 00:13:42,206
Speaker 1: don't know why, but I saw it on Twitter and

239
00:13:42,206 --> 00:13:45,206
Speaker 1: it was trending that Kim Kardashian went to a birthday

240
00:13:45,246 --> 00:13:48,126
Speaker 1: party but she thought it was a Halloween party. So

241
00:13:48,206 --> 00:13:50,726
Speaker 1: she was dressed as mystique and she had a full

242
00:13:51,406 --> 00:13:57,006
Speaker 1: blue Latex and the color quality contact lenss weeah, of course, right,

243
00:13:57,046 --> 00:13:59,886
Speaker 1: I mean that's what you would have. And so I

244
00:13:59,926 --> 00:14:04,166
Speaker 1: feel like Aaron Rodgers with this trade deadline party. He

245
00:14:04,206 --> 00:14:08,046
Speaker 1: shows up in a disguise and his costume and he's

246
00:14:08,086 --> 00:14:11,846
Speaker 1: looking around and it's like, so we didn't no one

247
00:14:11,886 --> 00:14:16,206
Speaker 1: here has a costume here and came up with nothing.

248
00:14:16,326 --> 00:14:21,006
Speaker 1: I was surprised by that. And anyone needed to get

249
00:14:21,046 --> 00:14:23,646
Speaker 1: a wide receiver, it was it was him. And that's

250
00:14:23,646 --> 00:14:27,206
Speaker 1: why I mentioned the Chase Claypool then going to the Bears,

251
00:14:27,246 --> 00:14:31,646
Speaker 1: a division rival. But but you know, I feel like

252
00:14:31,726 --> 00:14:35,566
Speaker 1: maybe in a sense, this is like waiving the white

253
00:14:35,606 --> 00:14:38,526
Speaker 1: flag for some reason with the Packers. I mean, the

254
00:14:38,646 --> 00:14:42,046
Speaker 1: run defense hasn't been very good. It feels like the

255
00:14:42,086 --> 00:14:45,766
Speaker 1: defense in general seems a little vanilla. The run game

256
00:14:46,126 --> 00:14:49,206
Speaker 1: actually worked against the Bills. I just didn't like them

257
00:14:49,286 --> 00:14:53,086
Speaker 1: doing it behind seventeen points. That's not the way to

258
00:14:53,166 --> 00:14:58,126
Speaker 1: do it. So it just feels like, I don't know

259
00:14:58,366 --> 00:15:01,206
Speaker 1: if there's enough time for them to turn this thing

260
00:15:01,246 --> 00:15:06,206
Speaker 1: around unless these receivers can really grow and be trusted.

261
00:15:06,886 --> 00:15:09,006
Speaker 1: You know. We keep saying like, oh, they didn't do anything,

262
00:15:09,006 --> 00:15:11,646
Speaker 1: but I feel like there was at least aa Ron

263
00:15:11,926 --> 00:15:14,526
Speaker 1: seemed to be of the mindset that they were going

264
00:15:14,566 --> 00:15:16,566
Speaker 1: to potentially get somebody, because I don't know if you

265
00:15:16,646 --> 00:15:20,246
Speaker 1: saw his interview on the Pat McAfee show where he said, oh,

266
00:15:20,286 --> 00:15:21,766
Speaker 1: I don't know, I was hoping we could break some

267
00:15:21,846 --> 00:15:25,046
Speaker 1: news here together Pat and Pat eyes lit up like this.

268
00:15:25,086 --> 00:15:27,326
Speaker 1: I'm like, wait, who was it? Who were you interested in?

269
00:15:27,406 --> 00:15:32,086
Speaker 1: Aaron tell Us spilled THETI do it. So it seemed

270
00:15:32,126 --> 00:15:35,526
Speaker 1: like there was definitely interest and at least one person,

271
00:15:35,606 --> 00:15:38,726
Speaker 1: but it didn't come to fruition. I want that cheese.

272
00:15:39,286 --> 00:15:41,806
Speaker 1: Yeah who that was? Now? Now me too, I wonder

273
00:15:41,846 --> 00:15:44,166
Speaker 1: who that was. I do know that they've got a

274
00:15:44,246 --> 00:15:49,286
Speaker 1: quote unquote get right game against the Lions. Trap. It's

275
00:15:49,326 --> 00:15:52,366
Speaker 1: a trap. It's a game. It feels like it's a

276
00:15:52,406 --> 00:15:56,006
Speaker 1: trap trap game. Yes it is, um so as Packers

277
00:15:56,006 --> 00:15:59,606
Speaker 1: and lines one pmme Stern on Fox. And then there

278
00:15:59,686 --> 00:16:02,406
Speaker 1: are the Rams and the Box, who I didn't think

279
00:16:02,446 --> 00:16:05,046
Speaker 1: would be in this position, and who I actually thought

280
00:16:05,086 --> 00:16:09,606
Speaker 1: We're going to make moves of some kind because we've

281
00:16:09,646 --> 00:16:12,966
Speaker 1: seen the Rams. They went after von Miller and got

282
00:16:13,046 --> 00:16:16,606
Speaker 1: him and he was a major difference. And then with

283
00:16:16,726 --> 00:16:19,206
Speaker 1: the Bucks, I thought at some point in time they

284
00:16:19,246 --> 00:16:22,806
Speaker 1: were also going to make a move to help themselves out.

285
00:16:23,366 --> 00:16:26,966
Speaker 1: But this game, this game here between the Rams and

286
00:16:27,046 --> 00:16:31,886
Speaker 1: the Bucks, boy, this is the Desperation Bowl for me, sanity,

287
00:16:31,926 --> 00:16:34,566
Speaker 1: because both of these teams were playoff teams. Of course,

288
00:16:34,566 --> 00:16:37,046
Speaker 1: the Rams lifting the Lombardi at the end. Now they

289
00:16:37,046 --> 00:16:39,966
Speaker 1: have losing records. I mean, I know we're only halfway

290
00:16:39,966 --> 00:16:41,446
Speaker 1: through the year, but we were talking about this on

291
00:16:41,486 --> 00:16:44,926
Speaker 1: Total Access, like the team that loses this, are they

292
00:16:45,046 --> 00:16:48,486
Speaker 1: done for the season. I think it might be at

293
00:16:48,486 --> 00:16:51,366
Speaker 1: a point where yeah, yeah, I mean, listen, what's going

294
00:16:51,446 --> 00:16:53,806
Speaker 1: to help out the Bucks is that they are in

295
00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:58,166
Speaker 1: a weaker division, I think. And here's the other thing.

296
00:16:58,206 --> 00:17:00,846
Speaker 1: If there's a silver lining, and I know I'm grasping,

297
00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:04,126
Speaker 1: but they got a mini buy and remember a couple

298
00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:07,646
Speaker 1: of years ago when they went to the Super Bowl. Again,

299
00:17:07,966 --> 00:17:12,286
Speaker 1: different set of problems now, but they got out of

300
00:17:12,326 --> 00:17:14,246
Speaker 1: that bye a week and then they went on a run.

301
00:17:14,446 --> 00:17:17,526
Speaker 1: So hopefully they can come out of a mini bye

302
00:17:17,566 --> 00:17:22,006
Speaker 1: and get focused, because otherwise this season is going to

303
00:17:22,046 --> 00:17:24,766
Speaker 1: be slipping away from them and with the Rams. We

304
00:17:24,846 --> 00:17:27,846
Speaker 1: know the oh line is an issue. They saw what

305
00:17:28,806 --> 00:17:32,286
Speaker 1: the forty nine ers did and getting Christian McCaffrey. H

306
00:17:33,606 --> 00:17:37,566
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup is banged up. So in the division now

307
00:17:37,846 --> 00:17:41,606
Speaker 1: they're looking up and they're seeing the Seattle Seahawks, you know,

308
00:17:42,086 --> 00:17:47,566
Speaker 1: and they're forty niners. So I will be interested to

309
00:17:47,606 --> 00:17:52,006
Speaker 1: see this game four twenty five on CBS. This is

310
00:17:52,046 --> 00:17:57,206
Speaker 1: gonna be mussy TV to see what Tom Brady and

311
00:17:57,486 --> 00:18:28,526
Speaker 1: or mcvaghan company what they can cook up. All right,

312
00:18:28,606 --> 00:18:34,966
Speaker 1: we are back, and that means with Poppy Man, I

313
00:18:35,006 --> 00:18:39,686
Speaker 1: feel like you and he bond over these games on

314
00:18:39,806 --> 00:18:43,646
Speaker 1: a daily basis. If I'm not mistaken, or is it

315
00:18:43,766 --> 00:18:47,566
Speaker 1: just like a weekly thing. It's pretty random. Sometimes it's

316
00:18:47,566 --> 00:18:50,126
Speaker 1: on a daily basis, depending what's happening. The trade deadline

317
00:18:50,166 --> 00:18:52,566
Speaker 1: definitely had his chirp in a little bit more than usual.

318
00:18:52,846 --> 00:18:55,166
Speaker 1: But now we're at the point in the week where

319
00:18:55,166 --> 00:18:57,446
Speaker 1: we're in the nitty gritty and we're talking game picks

320
00:18:57,726 --> 00:19:00,366
Speaker 1: and the praguntas this week are all at my end

321
00:19:00,646 --> 00:19:03,246
Speaker 1: because I want to know what my dad is thinking,

322
00:19:03,286 --> 00:19:06,326
Speaker 1: and he's like leaving me on red, which is very rude.

323
00:19:07,246 --> 00:19:10,486
Speaker 1: So in his defense, he is at work, but still okay. Still,

324
00:19:10,806 --> 00:19:16,006
Speaker 1: I'm your firstborn child. I need immediate responses right away. Yeah,

325
00:19:16,086 --> 00:19:17,766
Speaker 1: right off the bad I was like, okay, what games

326
00:19:17,766 --> 00:19:21,086
Speaker 1: are you liking? Dad? And He's like, Boyconno's Eagles, which

327
00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:25,446
Speaker 1: means I'm going with the Eagles day glad. I guess

328
00:19:25,446 --> 00:19:27,526
Speaker 1: the Texans are still undefeated. I think they will remain

329
00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:30,926
Speaker 1: as such. The one that has me questioning that, are

330
00:19:30,926 --> 00:19:33,726
Speaker 1: you okay? Is everything going on? Well? All right? Do

331
00:19:33,806 --> 00:19:36,446
Speaker 1: we have to have a heart to heart? My dad

332
00:19:36,686 --> 00:19:40,686
Speaker 1: is taking the Jets over the Bills this week? Okay,

333
00:19:40,766 --> 00:19:43,006
Speaker 1: let's not forget that we recently decided that he is

334
00:19:43,006 --> 00:19:46,086
Speaker 1: in fact a Bills fan, that he has picked the Jets.

335
00:19:46,366 --> 00:19:49,246
Speaker 1: What do you know that I don't? Boppy? I need,

336
00:19:49,446 --> 00:19:51,526
Speaker 1: I need answers, And now I can't get a response

337
00:19:51,566 --> 00:19:53,926
Speaker 1: from him. I've sent him seven texts in a row.

338
00:19:54,846 --> 00:19:56,726
Speaker 1: Are you even getting the bubbles? Are you getting any

339
00:19:56,726 --> 00:20:00,606
Speaker 1: bubbles at all? No? No, no check marks, nothing, very

340
00:20:00,646 --> 00:20:03,486
Speaker 1: upset mean, Do I call him? Do I call my mom?

341
00:20:03,926 --> 00:20:06,606
Speaker 1: Do I get her involve often this situation? I need answers.

342
00:20:06,686 --> 00:20:09,726
Speaker 1: I want to understand what is happening here every all

343
00:20:09,766 --> 00:20:12,526
Speaker 1: the other games, we're sort of in lockstep. We're in

344
00:20:12,606 --> 00:20:15,286
Speaker 1: lockstep and everything else. And he, of course he picked

345
00:20:15,286 --> 00:20:18,366
Speaker 1: the Dolphins to win this week, So I'll forgive anything

346
00:20:18,366 --> 00:20:21,246
Speaker 1: else that he says after that, but that that has

347
00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:26,006
Speaker 1: me really questioning his mental state. And Zach Wilson gets

348
00:20:26,006 --> 00:20:32,366
Speaker 1: through another interception. Oh wait, just another interception. I'm very confused. Um,

349
00:20:32,646 --> 00:20:35,406
Speaker 1: that's going to be an ongoing discussion this evening whenever

350
00:20:35,446 --> 00:20:37,326
Speaker 1: he does get back to me. He's a very busy man.

351
00:20:38,566 --> 00:20:41,486
Speaker 1: I think he's getting trying to get as many hours

352
00:20:41,566 --> 00:20:44,566
Speaker 1: in at his job because he's about to retire in

353
00:20:44,606 --> 00:20:47,886
Speaker 1: a month. So I'll let it slide, but you can't

354
00:20:47,966 --> 00:20:50,286
Speaker 1: hit me with I'm taking the jets over the bills

355
00:20:50,286 --> 00:20:52,686
Speaker 1: and then not answer any of my text messages. I've

356
00:20:52,766 --> 00:20:55,726
Speaker 1: hit him on every medium too, WhatsApp in the text.

357
00:20:55,966 --> 00:20:58,446
Speaker 1: I think I even sent him Facebook message. You know

358
00:20:58,526 --> 00:21:01,206
Speaker 1: the last time I use that medium to message someone.

359
00:21:01,206 --> 00:21:03,726
Speaker 1: He's ghosting me. He's ghosting me. This is very rude. Yeah,

360
00:21:03,726 --> 00:21:09,686
Speaker 1: I am. Actually I'm going to call my mom, check temperature, pulse,

361
00:21:10,006 --> 00:21:12,686
Speaker 1: all those things. I'm getting the siblings involved, like all

362
00:21:12,726 --> 00:21:14,566
Speaker 1: hands on deck. We need the family group chat going.

363
00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:18,086
Speaker 1: At this point, I want to understand I just I

364
00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:21,606
Speaker 1: love aspects of that Jet's defense, But I think Zach

365
00:21:21,646 --> 00:21:26,206
Speaker 1: Wilson has regressed, and I think like he thinks he's

366
00:21:26,246 --> 00:21:29,446
Speaker 1: in college where he thinks that he's Patrick Mahomes, where

367
00:21:29,486 --> 00:21:31,686
Speaker 1: he can just go out of the pocket and make throws.

368
00:21:31,886 --> 00:21:36,926
Speaker 1: And I think that is going to kill any momentum

369
00:21:37,046 --> 00:21:40,086
Speaker 1: that team has. Of course, but not only have they regressed,

370
00:21:40,086 --> 00:21:45,486
Speaker 1: but the Bills have not slowed down, not soever. And

371
00:21:47,006 --> 00:21:51,646
Speaker 1: so we missed that. Maybe he got a toy. Yeah,

372
00:21:51,806 --> 00:21:55,406
Speaker 1: everybody said, messages the poppy because something's going on there. Um,

373
00:21:55,646 --> 00:21:58,166
Speaker 1: while I figure out what's going on with Pops. Yeah,

374
00:21:58,246 --> 00:22:00,526
Speaker 1: I want to know what we are buying or what

375
00:22:00,566 --> 00:22:04,606
Speaker 1: we are sell button. So here's the question of the week,

376
00:22:04,886 --> 00:22:09,686
Speaker 1: buy or Salva Stefan Diggs will score on sauce Gardner.

377
00:22:09,766 --> 00:22:12,206
Speaker 1: Since we are talking this Bill's Jets game, which is

378
00:22:12,246 --> 00:22:15,926
Speaker 1: in that early afternoon window this Sunday, who is the

379
00:22:15,966 --> 00:22:22,286
Speaker 1: sadistic person who is coming up with these questions? Okay?

380
00:22:22,686 --> 00:22:25,366
Speaker 1: So I think Sauce Gardner has established himself as a

381
00:22:25,406 --> 00:22:29,166
Speaker 1: lockdown corner. I think that he has been able to

382
00:22:29,206 --> 00:22:32,646
Speaker 1: go up against the likes of Jamar Chase Jaalen Waddle

383
00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:36,886
Speaker 1: in Tyreek Hill. I know that he is tied with

384
00:22:36,966 --> 00:22:41,006
Speaker 1: Trayvon Diggs for the NFL lead with twelve passes defense,

385
00:22:43,166 --> 00:22:46,686
Speaker 1: more and more and more. All that being said, I

386
00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:51,406
Speaker 1: am going to buy Stefan Diggs scoring here. Yes, I

387
00:22:51,486 --> 00:22:54,926
Speaker 1: just think he is the best route runner in the NFL.

388
00:22:55,326 --> 00:22:59,246
Speaker 1: I think that he right now at top of his game,

389
00:22:59,406 --> 00:23:02,486
Speaker 1: second in the NFL seven hundred and sixty four yards receiving,

390
00:23:02,966 --> 00:23:06,646
Speaker 1: tied for first with seven receiving yards. He was jawing

391
00:23:06,726 --> 00:23:09,766
Speaker 1: back and forth with Jayer Alexandra and look how that

392
00:23:09,846 --> 00:23:13,526
Speaker 1: worked out for him. So, Sauce, I now you're dripping

393
00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:19,086
Speaker 1: swag and confidence. But in this case, I gotta go

394
00:23:19,206 --> 00:23:22,526
Speaker 1: with Stefon Diggs and he will score on Sauce Gardner.

395
00:23:23,166 --> 00:23:25,726
Speaker 1: He's also the veteran here. So it's one of those

396
00:23:25,846 --> 00:23:28,726
Speaker 1: hey rook, yeah yeah, let me let me introduce you

397
00:23:28,766 --> 00:23:30,486
Speaker 1: to the league and when and what this type of

398
00:23:30,526 --> 00:23:33,486
Speaker 1: matchup really entails. I think it's gonna be a very

399
00:23:33,526 --> 00:23:35,846
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be chippy. It's gonna be chippy.

400
00:23:35,966 --> 00:23:39,606
Speaker 1: Yeah it is. It's so so good. Okay, one more

401
00:23:39,646 --> 00:23:44,286
Speaker 1: for you, buy your Salva. Titans will man handle the Chiefs.

402
00:23:44,446 --> 00:23:47,366
Speaker 1: You know, Derrick Henry is just trying to get after it. Yeah,

403
00:23:47,366 --> 00:23:50,846
Speaker 1: that defense definitely has their handful going up against Mahomes

404
00:23:50,846 --> 00:23:55,886
Speaker 1: and this offense buying. Uh okay, So I think the

405
00:23:55,926 --> 00:24:00,006
Speaker 1: Titans they are rolling. I think that Derrick Henry is

406
00:24:00,046 --> 00:24:04,166
Speaker 1: a mack truck that cannot be stopped. It's primetime Sunday night.

407
00:24:05,126 --> 00:24:12,806
Speaker 1: But I will absolutely go with Selva on this. I'm

408
00:24:12,846 --> 00:24:16,206
Speaker 1: taking the Chiefs here, taking the Chiefs. I'll tell you why.

409
00:24:16,526 --> 00:24:19,406
Speaker 1: They had an extra week to get ready for this,

410
00:24:19,646 --> 00:24:22,446
Speaker 1: and I love the way that they have been game

411
00:24:22,486 --> 00:24:25,926
Speaker 1: planning from week to week. So you give Andy Read

412
00:24:25,926 --> 00:24:27,966
Speaker 1: an extra week, you are going to pay for it.

413
00:24:28,086 --> 00:24:31,526
Speaker 1: So that's number one. Also, consider it was the worst

414
00:24:31,566 --> 00:24:35,406
Speaker 1: loss for Patrick Mahomes and that Week seven mauling that

415
00:24:35,486 --> 00:24:38,886
Speaker 1: they underwent, so I think he's gonna be extra juice

416
00:24:38,926 --> 00:24:41,766
Speaker 1: for this. They're also gonna have Cadarius Tony as well.

417
00:24:42,006 --> 00:24:44,006
Speaker 1: And what I think it's gonna happen is gonna go out.

418
00:24:44,286 --> 00:24:46,646
Speaker 1: They are going to score a bunch of points and

419
00:24:46,686 --> 00:24:49,886
Speaker 1: then the Titans will have to abandon the run and

420
00:24:49,926 --> 00:24:53,206
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to rely on Ryan Tannehill if he's healthy,

421
00:24:53,446 --> 00:24:58,166
Speaker 1: or Malik Willis. So I'm gonna go with the Chiefs

422
00:24:58,286 --> 00:25:01,526
Speaker 1: in this case, I will say, similar to the Vikings,

423
00:25:01,566 --> 00:25:05,166
Speaker 1: the Titans are sort of that other team has equally

424
00:25:05,246 --> 00:25:08,406
Speaker 1: quietly shrunk together five wins in a round. We were

425
00:25:08,526 --> 00:25:11,046
Speaker 1: really not discussing that as much as we should be,

426
00:25:11,126 --> 00:25:13,926
Speaker 1: but it's it's kind of like the Bills right during

427
00:25:14,006 --> 00:25:17,046
Speaker 1: that same breath. The Chiefs are a jug or not

428
00:25:17,806 --> 00:25:20,566
Speaker 1: any given Sunday. I know in their case, any given

429
00:25:20,606 --> 00:25:22,886
Speaker 1: Sunday night. The Titans do tend to show out a

430
00:25:22,926 --> 00:25:25,606
Speaker 1: little bit. Yeah, they do primetime, but they are in

431
00:25:25,766 --> 00:25:31,086
Speaker 1: Kansas City and Chiefs Kingdom is no joke, no joke,

432
00:25:32,766 --> 00:25:36,086
Speaker 1: all right. I know you got a Ferromacho brewing this

433
00:25:36,126 --> 00:25:42,326
Speaker 1: week and again in an unexpected game. So my Ferromacho.

434
00:25:42,926 --> 00:25:45,246
Speaker 1: He was on Good Morning Football, so maybe it's the

435
00:25:45,326 --> 00:25:48,486
Speaker 1: recentcy bias of having him on, but we ended up

436
00:25:48,526 --> 00:25:54,406
Speaker 1: getting number nine, the one with the red baggy sleeves

437
00:25:54,406 --> 00:25:59,766
Speaker 1: out there, Matt jude On. The Patriots are hosting the

438
00:25:59,806 --> 00:26:04,406
Speaker 1: Cults one pm on CBS, and I believe that Judon

439
00:26:04,446 --> 00:26:08,086
Speaker 1: Income Company are licking their chops because here is another

440
00:26:08,246 --> 00:26:12,966
Speaker 1: quarterback that they are seeing in Sam Ellinger that they

441
00:26:12,966 --> 00:26:17,366
Speaker 1: are going to eat up. I mean this Sam Patriots

442
00:26:17,366 --> 00:26:21,206
Speaker 1: defense gets after it. Also, he is tied for the

443
00:26:21,286 --> 00:26:24,926
Speaker 1: league lead in sacks with Darius Smith with eight and

444
00:26:24,966 --> 00:26:30,086
Speaker 1: a half. So Judeon and this Patriots defense they have

445
00:26:30,246 --> 00:26:34,966
Speaker 1: sixteen takeaways, so they totally know how to disrupt a quarterback,

446
00:26:35,086 --> 00:26:38,206
Speaker 1: especially young ones. We mentioned Zach Wilson. Oh and there's

447
00:26:38,206 --> 00:26:42,806
Speaker 1: another interception Zach just through. They go after the quarterback

448
00:26:43,126 --> 00:26:45,406
Speaker 1: and he's a big reason why. So for me it's

449
00:26:45,486 --> 00:26:49,326
Speaker 1: number nine. He is. And Betromacho, wait, do you think

450
00:26:49,326 --> 00:26:52,726
Speaker 1: he gets to double dudit sacks after this game? I

451
00:26:52,806 --> 00:26:55,086
Speaker 1: think he can. That's a great question. I think he

452
00:26:55,166 --> 00:26:59,006
Speaker 1: totally does. So that is so you had me do

453
00:26:59,046 --> 00:27:02,086
Speaker 1: a kind of a hybrid, betro Macho, and you know,

454
00:27:02,166 --> 00:27:05,526
Speaker 1: buy yourself and I'm buying that as well. I like

455
00:27:05,686 --> 00:27:10,526
Speaker 1: that big time. Um So, now we also have one

456
00:27:10,566 --> 00:27:13,966
Speaker 1: other piece of business, business, business, I guess you could

457
00:27:13,966 --> 00:27:19,566
Speaker 1: say that, Yeah, fitness, Platino power, Latin power. Who are

458
00:27:19,646 --> 00:27:23,926
Speaker 1: you watching? Man? If you were paying attention even a

459
00:27:23,966 --> 00:27:27,326
Speaker 1: little bit on Sunday, you know the man who had multiple,

460
00:27:27,566 --> 00:27:32,966
Speaker 1: let's say, three helpings of the last Sunday was Max

461
00:27:33,006 --> 00:27:37,406
Speaker 1: emc Christian McCaffrey, scoring three different ways through for a touchdown,

462
00:27:37,486 --> 00:27:42,006
Speaker 1: pass ran one in and that hero leap from Jimmy

463
00:27:42,046 --> 00:27:44,526
Speaker 1: Garoppolo in the end zone. I mean, defying the laws

464
00:27:44,526 --> 00:27:49,166
Speaker 1: of gravity. CMC came in and did exactly what the

465
00:27:49,206 --> 00:27:52,166
Speaker 1: forty nine Ers knew he would do, knew he could do,

466
00:27:52,286 --> 00:27:56,526
Speaker 1: and they needed him to do it. What uh game

467
00:27:56,606 --> 00:28:00,646
Speaker 1: changer he is? I mean, unbelievable athleticism. I don't know

468
00:28:00,646 --> 00:28:02,806
Speaker 1: if you saw that. Deebo Samuel, who was of course

469
00:28:03,006 --> 00:28:06,086
Speaker 1: hurt for that last game, was on the sideline thanking

470
00:28:06,126 --> 00:28:08,526
Speaker 1: the front office, thank you for bringing this man here.

471
00:28:09,006 --> 00:28:12,046
Speaker 1: Look at that they did all that without Seaboat in

472
00:28:12,046 --> 00:28:15,806
Speaker 1: the mix. This offense is going to be insane the

473
00:28:16,006 --> 00:28:18,766
Speaker 1: bye week that they have. Now, good, CMC, you deserve

474
00:28:18,806 --> 00:28:24,366
Speaker 1: a little break, just a little breather, Yeah, welling out there. Yeah,

475
00:28:24,406 --> 00:28:27,166
Speaker 1: I agree with you on that they're going to face

476
00:28:27,286 --> 00:28:31,406
Speaker 1: the Chargers coming out of the bye week, and I

477
00:28:31,486 --> 00:28:34,446
Speaker 1: do think that they've vaulted themselves the forty nine Ers,

478
00:28:34,486 --> 00:28:39,846
Speaker 1: that is, to number three in the NFC, behind the Eagles,

479
00:28:40,126 --> 00:28:43,566
Speaker 1: the Cowboys. That's where I would put the forty nine Ers,

480
00:28:43,766 --> 00:28:47,086
Speaker 1: and then the Vikings. That's how I look at it.

481
00:28:47,126 --> 00:28:48,766
Speaker 1: And a Viking spans are going to be mad at me,

482
00:28:48,886 --> 00:28:50,926
Speaker 1: but I'd be scared to go up against the forty

483
00:28:51,006 --> 00:28:53,006
Speaker 1: nine ers the way that they are playing right now,

484
00:28:53,046 --> 00:28:55,886
Speaker 1: because it is clicking. They are second in the NFC West,

485
00:28:55,886 --> 00:28:58,006
Speaker 1: but right on the heels of the Seahawks, and now

486
00:28:58,046 --> 00:29:01,326
Speaker 1: with CMC on there and a defense that's getting healthy again.

487
00:29:02,566 --> 00:29:05,486
Speaker 1: I know, I know, look out, look out. They are awesome.

488
00:29:05,726 --> 00:29:08,206
Speaker 1: And you know what else is awesome too. We got

489
00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:15,526
Speaker 1: a guest, Angela Johnson rays. She is a comedian, actress

490
00:29:15,686 --> 00:29:18,366
Speaker 1: and author. We're gonna talk to her about all kinds

491
00:29:18,366 --> 00:29:22,206
Speaker 1: of stuff, including her experience as a raider at I

492
00:29:22,246 --> 00:29:43,646
Speaker 1: can't wait to get into it. Okay, this is a moment. Yeah,

493
00:29:43,726 --> 00:29:47,486
Speaker 1: and the A Huddle Podcast, let's go with us today.

494
00:29:47,566 --> 00:29:53,086
Speaker 1: We have Angela Johnson today as comedian, actress author What

495
00:29:53,246 --> 00:29:57,086
Speaker 1: Can't She Do? Thank you? Yeah, yeah, what's up? Angela?

496
00:29:58,326 --> 00:30:01,566
Speaker 1: Thank you for having me. So so excited to have

497
00:30:01,646 --> 00:30:05,206
Speaker 1: you here because I'm usually the lone ranger in this respect,

498
00:30:06,166 --> 00:30:09,246
Speaker 1: a woman in the media, woman in just in a

499
00:30:09,366 --> 00:30:12,686
Speaker 1: somewhat complicated space, right you, in the world of calmedy

500
00:30:12,686 --> 00:30:15,926
Speaker 1: and acting myself in sports. But we have a common thread.

501
00:30:16,446 --> 00:30:19,366
Speaker 1: We have a common thread it's the NFL cheerleader thread.

502
00:30:19,566 --> 00:30:23,366
Speaker 1: All right, yes, raider At see I'm out on Ammy

503
00:30:23,406 --> 00:30:26,246
Speaker 1: Dolphins cheerleader. Oh come on, well you got the Mac

504
00:30:26,326 --> 00:30:28,646
Speaker 1: Cosmetics numbers down. You know you got a little bit

505
00:30:28,686 --> 00:30:31,686
Speaker 1: of that in you two. I'd love to hear just

506
00:30:31,766 --> 00:30:34,486
Speaker 1: a little bit about your your story as part of

507
00:30:34,606 --> 00:30:37,806
Speaker 1: Raider Nation, a team that covered very closely um in

508
00:30:37,846 --> 00:30:40,966
Speaker 1: the NFL, and your time as a Raider At Yeah.

509
00:30:41,206 --> 00:30:44,446
Speaker 1: I'm and I'm so curious too. What what did you cheer? What?

510
00:30:44,446 --> 00:30:47,366
Speaker 1: What seasons did you hear? Now, we're gonna engage ourselves

511
00:30:47,726 --> 00:30:51,206
Speaker 1: twenty twelve and twenty thirteen. Oh girl, I'll go back

512
00:30:51,206 --> 00:30:57,926
Speaker 1: even further girl. Yeah, okay, No, I was a little

513
00:30:57,966 --> 00:31:02,126
Speaker 1: older when I made the team. Okay, well, I started

514
00:31:02,126 --> 00:31:04,806
Speaker 1: auditioning in two thousand and thirty. It to a minute,

515
00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:08,566
Speaker 1: we got there. What was your favorite part of being

516
00:31:08,886 --> 00:31:11,486
Speaker 1: just not only part such an integral part of game day,

517
00:31:11,806 --> 00:31:14,046
Speaker 1: but being part of the of the Raider At family.

518
00:31:14,606 --> 00:31:19,006
Speaker 1: Oh man, so many things. Um. One For me, it

519
00:31:19,126 --> 00:31:23,646
Speaker 1: was the beginning of my life as an entertainer, which

520
00:31:23,686 --> 00:31:25,846
Speaker 1: I didn't know that was going to be my life,

521
00:31:26,086 --> 00:31:28,886
Speaker 1: but it was like my my training ground. It was

522
00:31:29,006 --> 00:31:32,326
Speaker 1: my introduction, it was I learned how to take a photo,

523
00:31:32,766 --> 00:31:35,446
Speaker 1: you know, because otherwise who teaches you how to like

524
00:31:35,566 --> 00:31:38,246
Speaker 1: pose in a photo, how to smile? Chin up, you

525
00:31:38,246 --> 00:31:41,046
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like, so I learned how to

526
00:31:41,086 --> 00:31:44,966
Speaker 1: be a public figure with being an Oakland Raider at

527
00:31:45,406 --> 00:31:49,086
Speaker 1: and um, I learned how to sign an autograph like

528
00:31:49,126 --> 00:31:51,326
Speaker 1: I had why would I sign an autograph? So I

529
00:31:51,406 --> 00:31:53,846
Speaker 1: learned how to do an autograph, like I learned how

530
00:31:53,926 --> 00:31:56,606
Speaker 1: to carry myself. And I don't know if if you

531
00:31:56,646 --> 00:31:59,806
Speaker 1: guys had to do this with Miami Dolphins, but we

532
00:31:59,846 --> 00:32:02,766
Speaker 1: had to take etiquette classes. Did you guys have to

533
00:32:02,806 --> 00:32:05,846
Speaker 1: do that? We had to so, like we had to learn.

534
00:32:06,406 --> 00:32:08,286
Speaker 1: It was more so for our safety and how to

535
00:32:08,326 --> 00:32:11,966
Speaker 1: interact with the fans and to your point, and being

536
00:32:12,006 --> 00:32:15,846
Speaker 1: the most forward facing public figures in the franchise, Like

537
00:32:16,246 --> 00:32:18,726
Speaker 1: most people will interact with the cheerleaders way before they

538
00:32:18,726 --> 00:32:21,646
Speaker 1: even ever meet their favorite player, right like, oh yeah,

539
00:32:21,686 --> 00:32:24,406
Speaker 1: you're like the front lines of like welcome to the game.

540
00:32:24,606 --> 00:32:27,606
Speaker 1: This is very experience. So we had to interact. But

541
00:32:27,646 --> 00:32:31,646
Speaker 1: we also were tested on our football, like you that's

542
00:32:31,766 --> 00:32:35,246
Speaker 1: very important. That's very important that Wayne knew our stuff

543
00:32:35,926 --> 00:32:38,006
Speaker 1: because the fans certainly know their stuff and you don't,

544
00:32:38,126 --> 00:32:40,806
Speaker 1: right saying less when it comes to Raiders fans, right

545
00:32:40,846 --> 00:32:43,926
Speaker 1: like they are in it, honey, like yeah, yeah, yeah.

546
00:32:44,006 --> 00:32:46,246
Speaker 1: We had to do full on etiquette classes where we

547
00:32:46,286 --> 00:32:49,006
Speaker 1: had to learn like our forks, you start with the outside,

548
00:32:49,046 --> 00:32:51,006
Speaker 1: you work your way in like when you take a

549
00:32:51,126 --> 00:32:54,366
Speaker 1: set and drinks, take your your napkin and you wipe

550
00:32:54,406 --> 00:32:56,886
Speaker 1: your lipstick off of your glass and like all we

551
00:32:56,926 --> 00:33:00,766
Speaker 1: had to do like all the etiquette classes and so yeah,

552
00:33:00,846 --> 00:33:02,766
Speaker 1: being a Raider it was like my introduction to being

553
00:33:02,766 --> 00:33:05,846
Speaker 1: an entertainer. But one thing that stands out in my

554
00:33:05,886 --> 00:33:10,126
Speaker 1: mind that I loved about the experience is um before

555
00:33:10,166 --> 00:33:13,086
Speaker 1: the game. You know, when everybody's tailgating in the parking lot,

556
00:33:13,606 --> 00:33:16,526
Speaker 1: they'll send out one of the lines. So we had

557
00:33:16,566 --> 00:33:18,926
Speaker 1: four lines. You know the short girls are Line one

558
00:33:19,246 --> 00:33:22,966
Speaker 1: gets taller, taller taller, right, So each game they would

559
00:33:23,086 --> 00:33:25,886
Speaker 1: rotate and when it was our turn, line one to

560
00:33:26,086 --> 00:33:29,246
Speaker 1: go roam the tailgating like they would just have us,

561
00:33:29,526 --> 00:33:35,966
Speaker 1: you know, with security walking up and down like an adventure. Oh,

562
00:33:36,446 --> 00:33:39,086
Speaker 1: let me tell you, because Raider fans can be scary,

563
00:33:39,286 --> 00:33:42,206
Speaker 1: but not for us, because they love us like that.

564
00:33:42,366 --> 00:33:45,886
Speaker 1: There are security there are like, let somebody try to

565
00:33:45,886 --> 00:33:48,486
Speaker 1: mess with you, you you know what I mean. So but

566
00:33:48,686 --> 00:33:51,286
Speaker 1: they Yeah, that was so fun to be able to

567
00:33:51,286 --> 00:33:55,166
Speaker 1: walk through and and again being like the introduction to

568
00:33:55,246 --> 00:33:57,486
Speaker 1: being a public figure, like you're having all these little

569
00:33:57,526 --> 00:33:59,166
Speaker 1: kids like come up to you and they want to

570
00:33:59,206 --> 00:34:02,006
Speaker 1: take pictures with you and like love they love you,

571
00:34:02,086 --> 00:34:05,366
Speaker 1: and like it's it's crazy. So that was that was

572
00:34:05,406 --> 00:34:08,406
Speaker 1: pretty cool. Oh and I also loved um when we'd

573
00:34:08,406 --> 00:34:13,766
Speaker 1: be on the field and the fans, especially season ticket holder, uh,

574
00:34:13,846 --> 00:34:18,086
Speaker 1: they would know our routines and so as soon as

575
00:34:18,606 --> 00:34:21,486
Speaker 1: they're in music would start. You could see some of

576
00:34:21,486 --> 00:34:23,446
Speaker 1: the fans they would because we had it. They would

577
00:34:23,486 --> 00:34:26,206
Speaker 1: be numbered right and then our captain would like call

578
00:34:26,326 --> 00:34:28,566
Speaker 1: the number and then we'd do the routine. So as

579
00:34:28,606 --> 00:34:30,766
Speaker 1: soon as the music start and they would know, they

580
00:34:30,886 --> 00:34:36,046
Speaker 1: go to our routine to us that we were about

581
00:34:36,086 --> 00:34:39,646
Speaker 1: to do. Did your family grow up as Raiders fans? Like?

582
00:34:39,726 --> 00:34:43,406
Speaker 1: Was that around you? Often? We did, But we weren't

583
00:34:43,486 --> 00:34:47,206
Speaker 1: die hard. We weren't like every every game everybody's wearing

584
00:34:47,286 --> 00:34:50,406
Speaker 1: Raider gear. We were just we were Raiders fans. And

585
00:34:50,846 --> 00:34:53,166
Speaker 1: some of our my you know, like cousins and stuff,

586
00:34:53,206 --> 00:34:58,846
Speaker 1: they're niners. Fans. But for my personal immediate family, we

587
00:34:58,846 --> 00:35:02,806
Speaker 1: were Raiders family. Wow. Okay, so growing up in San

588
00:35:02,926 --> 00:35:06,806
Speaker 1: Jose you are a Oakland Raider fan, So then you

589
00:35:06,926 --> 00:35:10,686
Speaker 1: become a Raider at you're on the field, probably saw

590
00:35:10,726 --> 00:35:14,806
Speaker 1: some great players up close. Was there something or somebody

591
00:35:14,806 --> 00:35:17,006
Speaker 1: that you saw or you're like, wow, this is cool.

592
00:35:17,086 --> 00:35:19,366
Speaker 1: I'm a Raider at I'm right up here and I'm

593
00:35:19,406 --> 00:35:21,406
Speaker 1: able to see the action and some of these great

594
00:35:21,446 --> 00:35:26,566
Speaker 1: players play in front of me. Yeah. My favorite was

595
00:35:26,966 --> 00:35:33,406
Speaker 1: Lincoln Kennedy because he's just like such a love and

596
00:35:33,886 --> 00:35:37,286
Speaker 1: I didn't get to know him personally, but I remember

597
00:35:37,286 --> 00:35:40,486
Speaker 1: I would just watch him like interact with people, and

598
00:35:40,766 --> 00:35:43,646
Speaker 1: at any pr event that we were at and he

599
00:35:43,766 --> 00:35:46,966
Speaker 1: was there too, I'd be like, man, he's just my favorite.

600
00:35:47,086 --> 00:35:49,966
Speaker 1: Like I really just enjoyed watching him, and he was

601
00:35:50,006 --> 00:35:53,486
Speaker 1: just he just exuded to me like charisma and love

602
00:35:53,726 --> 00:35:56,966
Speaker 1: and and I just really enjoyed him. I have a

603
00:35:57,046 --> 00:36:00,326
Speaker 1: Lincoln Kennedy story because when I left, when I moved

604
00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:02,726
Speaker 1: to California, I started off in San Diego. There's a

605
00:36:02,726 --> 00:36:05,166
Speaker 1: lot of Raiders fans down there too. And when I

606
00:36:05,166 --> 00:36:07,606
Speaker 1: got the job with the NFL network, specifically to cover

607
00:36:07,726 --> 00:36:10,286
Speaker 1: the Raiders and the Niners. One of my co workers said,

608
00:36:10,566 --> 00:36:12,246
Speaker 1: you gotta meet my friend Link and I was like,

609
00:36:12,526 --> 00:36:16,606
Speaker 1: do you mean Link and Kennedy. Yeah, the moment I

610
00:36:16,646 --> 00:36:19,406
Speaker 1: got to my first Raider game as a reporter for

611
00:36:19,446 --> 00:36:22,206
Speaker 1: the NFL network, he went out and found me and

612
00:36:22,246 --> 00:36:25,286
Speaker 1: he said, Sis, whatever you need. So and so connected

613
00:36:25,406 --> 00:36:27,566
Speaker 1: us like I got into this day. Is still someone

614
00:36:27,566 --> 00:36:30,686
Speaker 1: who looks out for me, reaches out if you need anything,

615
00:36:30,886 --> 00:36:35,246
Speaker 1: love what you're doing. So as as advertised, just the coolest,

616
00:36:35,286 --> 00:36:38,126
Speaker 1: coolest dude. I love that. That's wow. Yeah, but and

617
00:36:38,206 --> 00:36:40,326
Speaker 1: please send him I love you have no idea who

618
00:36:40,366 --> 00:36:46,206
Speaker 1: I am. I will him, will tell him I've been

619
00:36:46,246 --> 00:36:50,286
Speaker 1: a fan from the sidelines. I absolutely guarantee that he

620
00:36:50,366 --> 00:36:52,966
Speaker 1: will know that now. I love that. You also mentioned

621
00:36:52,966 --> 00:36:55,646
Speaker 1: that that was your introduction into sort of the world

622
00:36:55,726 --> 00:36:57,966
Speaker 1: of entertainment, the world of a performer, because your career

623
00:36:58,006 --> 00:37:01,766
Speaker 1: as a comedian, as an actress now an author um

624
00:37:02,526 --> 00:37:04,286
Speaker 1: for those who don't know, if you have not been

625
00:37:04,326 --> 00:37:07,086
Speaker 1: on to end Johnson rays, get to it where you've been.

626
00:37:07,566 --> 00:37:09,966
Speaker 1: I've been. She's been cracking me up for a minute now.

627
00:37:10,606 --> 00:37:13,806
Speaker 1: But it's an interesting space to navigate, and I recently

628
00:37:13,846 --> 00:37:16,606
Speaker 1: saw an interview with you where you said that going

629
00:37:16,646 --> 00:37:19,206
Speaker 1: out one of your first sets at a comedy club,

630
00:37:19,406 --> 00:37:21,646
Speaker 1: you know, went out full glam, yes, but that it

631
00:37:21,726 --> 00:37:23,606
Speaker 1: was kind of tough to get people to buy in

632
00:37:24,126 --> 00:37:26,166
Speaker 1: and sort of you had to strip away a bit

633
00:37:26,206 --> 00:37:28,286
Speaker 1: of that, like put her in a ponytail, take off

634
00:37:28,286 --> 00:37:29,526
Speaker 1: your lip so quick. By the way, it was the

635
00:37:29,566 --> 00:37:32,126
Speaker 1: exact same thing they told me when I started working

636
00:37:32,126 --> 00:37:35,646
Speaker 1: in sports. So how have you been able to sort

637
00:37:35,646 --> 00:37:38,246
Speaker 1: of square that and sort of evolve in your own

638
00:37:38,286 --> 00:37:41,246
Speaker 1: identity as not just yourself as Angela, but also as

639
00:37:41,246 --> 00:37:46,086
Speaker 1: a performer. You know, it's been a journey, and there's

640
00:37:46,726 --> 00:37:50,166
Speaker 1: there's things that I was taught in the industry, and

641
00:37:50,486 --> 00:37:53,606
Speaker 1: you know, I remember that moment of the comedy club

642
00:37:53,646 --> 00:37:55,806
Speaker 1: manager telling me, you know, in the first show, I

643
00:37:55,846 --> 00:37:58,246
Speaker 1: could not get people on my team. I could not

644
00:37:58,286 --> 00:38:00,286
Speaker 1: get them to just listen to what I was saying.

645
00:38:00,806 --> 00:38:02,406
Speaker 1: And he did the whole you know, go put on

646
00:38:02,406 --> 00:38:05,886
Speaker 1: your hoodie, sweater, you know, cover up your body, take

647
00:38:05,926 --> 00:38:08,446
Speaker 1: your lipstick off, put your hair in a ponytail, and

648
00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:10,926
Speaker 1: try it again. And it was night and day, and

649
00:38:10,966 --> 00:38:13,286
Speaker 1: so there was something to be said like that. There

650
00:38:13,406 --> 00:38:18,886
Speaker 1: is something about you know, disarming people disarming women who

651
00:38:19,006 --> 00:38:22,646
Speaker 1: could be intimidated or who could be m I don't

652
00:38:22,646 --> 00:38:24,806
Speaker 1: want my man looking at you or whatever it is. Oh,

653
00:38:24,846 --> 00:38:27,366
Speaker 1: why are you laughing at her? What's so funny? Like whatever?

654
00:38:27,486 --> 00:38:31,006
Speaker 1: You know, all the things. Yea. And this first show

655
00:38:31,046 --> 00:38:32,526
Speaker 1: that was in Miami, by the way that I learned

656
00:38:32,526 --> 00:38:36,606
Speaker 1: this lesson. And then also for guys to get distracted,

657
00:38:36,646 --> 00:38:39,086
Speaker 1: They're not even listening to what I'm saying because they're

658
00:38:39,126 --> 00:38:42,646
Speaker 1: just looking at me. Um so. And also the things

659
00:38:42,646 --> 00:38:44,646
Speaker 1: that I'm talking about, I wasn't The jokes that I

660
00:38:44,686 --> 00:38:49,246
Speaker 1: were saying weren't about my body, they weren't about like

661
00:38:49,286 --> 00:38:51,566
Speaker 1: I wasn't calling attention to what I look like and

662
00:38:51,646 --> 00:38:54,046
Speaker 1: the things that I was saying. So it wasn't matching up.

663
00:38:54,406 --> 00:38:57,926
Speaker 1: And so when I covered up and I became the

664
00:38:58,046 --> 00:39:02,206
Speaker 1: home girl, I became, uh, you know, the guy's girl,

665
00:39:02,286 --> 00:39:04,846
Speaker 1: the one that will probably talk sports with you, the

666
00:39:04,886 --> 00:39:07,406
Speaker 1: one that like, oh she's cool, we came with her.

667
00:39:07,446 --> 00:39:10,446
Speaker 1: When I became her, then it was like, oh, they

668
00:39:10,446 --> 00:39:12,686
Speaker 1: were listening to what I'm saying, and then it was funny.

669
00:39:13,046 --> 00:39:18,166
Speaker 1: But also there was a piece of me that is

670
00:39:18,286 --> 00:39:21,726
Speaker 1: very tomboy that I would use that as my security blanket,

671
00:39:22,166 --> 00:39:25,206
Speaker 1: and so then it became this jacket that I would

672
00:39:25,286 --> 00:39:28,766
Speaker 1: wear to protect myself. And so it was less about

673
00:39:29,806 --> 00:39:33,926
Speaker 1: this mathematical equation of how to get the audience on

674
00:39:33,966 --> 00:39:36,406
Speaker 1: your team, because once people knew who I was, they

675
00:39:36,486 --> 00:39:38,766
Speaker 1: knew what to expect, and people were coming to my

676
00:39:38,766 --> 00:39:41,046
Speaker 1: show as fans because they saw my YouTube videos or

677
00:39:41,046 --> 00:39:43,526
Speaker 1: they saw my social media or whatever it was. Then

678
00:39:43,566 --> 00:39:45,126
Speaker 1: it's like they already know what I looked like, so

679
00:39:45,206 --> 00:39:49,366
Speaker 1: it's not a surprise. But I would still wear this cape,

680
00:39:49,806 --> 00:39:53,206
Speaker 1: this thing as like a protective thing. And it's crazy

681
00:39:53,246 --> 00:39:55,726
Speaker 1: going from like professional cheerleader, where you know, we got

682
00:39:55,726 --> 00:39:58,406
Speaker 1: the cleavage out, honey, we got you know, the nal

683
00:39:58,486 --> 00:40:01,006
Speaker 1: got showing, we got like all its like we're just

684
00:40:01,046 --> 00:40:03,926
Speaker 1: out there like hey hey yeah, to then go to

685
00:40:04,006 --> 00:40:07,846
Speaker 1: this all this sudd and like zipped up like protect myself,

686
00:40:08,006 --> 00:40:09,966
Speaker 1: don't look at my body, don't let you know what

687
00:40:10,006 --> 00:40:12,566
Speaker 1: I mean. So it was it's been a journey for

688
00:40:12,686 --> 00:40:17,766
Speaker 1: me personally evolving, like as a woman, and I'm getting

689
00:40:17,806 --> 00:40:22,406
Speaker 1: comfortable with my body and with being on stage by myself.

690
00:40:22,446 --> 00:40:25,606
Speaker 1: Like it's different when you're in a cheerleading uniform with

691
00:40:25,646 --> 00:40:28,526
Speaker 1: fellow cheerleaders and you're out there, like you blend in,

692
00:40:28,806 --> 00:40:32,366
Speaker 1: but standing by yourself in a room full of men

693
00:40:32,406 --> 00:40:34,966
Speaker 1: and women to have the cleave out and all the things,

694
00:40:34,966 --> 00:40:38,286
Speaker 1: it's different, Like it's a whole different thing. So yeah,

695
00:40:38,326 --> 00:40:41,326
Speaker 1: it's kind of journey I can only imagine because as

696
00:40:41,366 --> 00:40:44,046
Speaker 1: a comedian you're also trying to find your voice right

697
00:40:44,366 --> 00:40:48,126
Speaker 1: and connecting and being a storyteller to the audience, and

698
00:40:48,206 --> 00:40:52,206
Speaker 1: yet you're kind of going through this journey to find

699
00:40:52,246 --> 00:40:57,446
Speaker 1: your identity. And so how has the journey been for

700
00:40:57,566 --> 00:41:01,166
Speaker 1: you where you had that jacket that was your safety

701
00:41:01,166 --> 00:41:06,726
Speaker 1: blanket to where you are now? So now I feel

702
00:41:06,766 --> 00:41:10,206
Speaker 1: like there's there's still a part of me that stays

703
00:41:10,446 --> 00:41:15,846
Speaker 1: uh covered up and stays um less distracting on stage.

704
00:41:16,406 --> 00:41:20,086
Speaker 1: Um my last taping that I just did, it's my

705
00:41:20,166 --> 00:41:27,406
Speaker 1: sixth one hour special, And yes, honey, it was the

706
00:41:27,526 --> 00:41:32,406
Speaker 1: first time I showed like middriff in a taping and

707
00:41:32,486 --> 00:41:39,566
Speaker 1: it's been a girls like this much midriffs though, and

708
00:41:39,726 --> 00:41:42,526
Speaker 1: I more like some elevated boots, you know, some like

709
00:41:42,646 --> 00:41:47,286
Speaker 1: higher booties along drift and whatever. So there's still part

710
00:41:47,366 --> 00:41:50,486
Speaker 1: of me that like, I'm comfortable in the tumboy uniform.

711
00:41:50,806 --> 00:41:53,486
Speaker 1: I feel confident in the tumboy uniform. I feel like

712
00:41:53,526 --> 00:41:56,366
Speaker 1: I could fight somebody in the tomboy uniform. And then

713
00:41:56,486 --> 00:41:59,766
Speaker 1: you know, when I get more feminine, it's um something

714
00:41:59,806 --> 00:42:03,446
Speaker 1: that I've been practicing embracing, so it's something that I

715
00:42:03,486 --> 00:42:06,406
Speaker 1: can embrace in my off time, and marrying the two

716
00:42:06,446 --> 00:42:10,526
Speaker 1: into my stand up performance is still like me finding

717
00:42:10,566 --> 00:42:13,806
Speaker 1: that balance. Look, I gotta tell you that I'm like

718
00:42:13,886 --> 00:42:16,926
Speaker 1: half twitching, right because so many of the exact words

719
00:42:16,966 --> 00:42:20,206
Speaker 1: that you're saying, or words that have been almost used

720
00:42:20,286 --> 00:42:23,326
Speaker 1: as weapons against me, right like in my entire career. Like,

721
00:42:23,366 --> 00:42:27,086
Speaker 1: there's so many parallels there in terms of don't be distracting, right,

722
00:42:27,606 --> 00:42:30,086
Speaker 1: strip away your femininity so that you can be credible

723
00:42:30,166 --> 00:42:33,006
Speaker 1: so that people do take you seriously. And I had

724
00:42:33,086 --> 00:42:35,046
Speaker 1: a very similar struggle where I'm like, wait a minute,

725
00:42:35,086 --> 00:42:37,126
Speaker 1: I know what I'm doing and I'm very glad at

726
00:42:37,166 --> 00:42:39,486
Speaker 1: my job, So why does that matter? Like whether you're

727
00:42:39,526 --> 00:42:43,966
Speaker 1: a tomboy or you're a complete glamazon or anywhere in between.

728
00:42:44,766 --> 00:42:47,726
Speaker 1: Who you are as you are is so important to

729
00:42:47,806 --> 00:42:49,846
Speaker 1: show up in that way. But to get to the

730
00:42:49,846 --> 00:42:52,726
Speaker 1: point where you can show up that way, it's hard.

731
00:42:53,366 --> 00:42:57,606
Speaker 1: It's a really steep climb. So like I'm somewhat comforted

732
00:42:57,606 --> 00:42:59,966
Speaker 1: and hearing part of your journey because I know there's

733
00:43:00,006 --> 00:43:02,246
Speaker 1: a lot of peaks and valleys in between their girls

734
00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:05,166
Speaker 1: to getting to that point. But I feel a little

735
00:43:05,206 --> 00:43:08,646
Speaker 1: less alone in feeling that because I've only known it

736
00:43:08,686 --> 00:43:11,566
Speaker 1: in the aspect of specifically the sports world, but of

737
00:43:11,606 --> 00:43:15,526
Speaker 1: course it bleeds over into every aspect of that. Is

738
00:43:15,566 --> 00:43:18,126
Speaker 1: that something that you touch on in your in your memoir?

739
00:43:18,166 --> 00:43:19,806
Speaker 1: Who do I think I am? Because I love the

740
00:43:19,886 --> 00:43:23,206
Speaker 1: name of this food? Thank you? Yes, I do touch

741
00:43:23,286 --> 00:43:26,246
Speaker 1: on that. I touch on me being a tomboy and

742
00:43:26,366 --> 00:43:30,046
Speaker 1: all the things, and not just in work life, like

743
00:43:30,246 --> 00:43:32,486
Speaker 1: you know, like we just talked about like blending in

744
00:43:32,486 --> 00:43:36,286
Speaker 1: credibility all the things, but even like coming from faith

745
00:43:36,526 --> 00:43:41,206
Speaker 1: and like deconstructing and um peeling away a lot of

746
00:43:41,366 --> 00:43:47,286
Speaker 1: shame um that I have carried from growing up conservative

747
00:43:47,446 --> 00:43:50,366
Speaker 1: Christian and like cover up your body. And I remember

748
00:43:50,366 --> 00:43:52,446
Speaker 1: when I did make the squad for the Oakland raid

749
00:43:52,606 --> 00:43:56,166
Speaker 1: its um, I got a lot of flak from a

750
00:43:56,246 --> 00:44:03,806
Speaker 1: Christian community, just like about I remember this one time

751
00:44:03,886 --> 00:44:08,486
Speaker 1: this guy gave to me and he was like, what

752
00:44:08,606 --> 00:44:10,646
Speaker 1: do you think? What does your dad think about you

753
00:44:11,406 --> 00:44:14,806
Speaker 1: wearing this uniform, and I was like, he's really proud

754
00:44:14,846 --> 00:44:17,126
Speaker 1: of me. What do you mean? And he was like, well,

755
00:44:18,126 --> 00:44:21,046
Speaker 1: what do you think Jesus thinks about you wearing this uniform?

756
00:44:21,166 --> 00:44:25,406
Speaker 1: And I was like, I think he's proud too, probably. Yeah,

757
00:44:25,606 --> 00:44:31,766
Speaker 1: Like people love to put on their projection, their interpretation

758
00:44:32,286 --> 00:44:34,806
Speaker 1: of how things should be done and what you're doing

759
00:44:34,886 --> 00:44:38,006
Speaker 1: right and what you're doing wrong. And so from the

760
00:44:38,086 --> 00:44:41,406
Speaker 1: very beginning, I've always had I've dealt with a lot

761
00:44:41,446 --> 00:44:46,526
Speaker 1: of shame from like my upbringing and in religious ways.

762
00:44:46,726 --> 00:44:48,926
Speaker 1: So there's been a lot of which I talk about

763
00:44:48,926 --> 00:44:51,806
Speaker 1: in my book, a lot of me having to unlearn

764
00:44:52,526 --> 00:44:56,286
Speaker 1: and take the shame off of me to really just

765
00:44:56,406 --> 00:45:00,726
Speaker 1: embrace my body, embrace beauty, embrace sexuality, like none of

766
00:45:00,726 --> 00:45:04,526
Speaker 1: these things are bad, and that takes a lot of work.

767
00:45:04,846 --> 00:45:06,766
Speaker 1: I talked about that in my book as well well.

768
00:45:07,286 --> 00:45:11,086
Speaker 1: And you mentioned, you know, also like what you oh,

769
00:45:11,126 --> 00:45:16,366
Speaker 1: well we're going to say something this morning. Yeah, it

770
00:45:16,486 --> 00:45:20,486
Speaker 1: does feel like that. Um, you know, like even for myself,

771
00:45:20,526 --> 00:45:22,406
Speaker 1: the way that I can relate to both of you,

772
00:45:22,566 --> 00:45:26,446
Speaker 1: obviously you've both proud of both of you what you've done,

773
00:45:26,646 --> 00:45:31,046
Speaker 1: and I look for myself, people wanted me to change

774
00:45:31,126 --> 00:45:35,366
Speaker 1: my name because they wanted to be the Latino guy. Um,

775
00:45:35,886 --> 00:45:39,886
Speaker 1: and so that also had perceptions of what people think

776
00:45:39,926 --> 00:45:42,966
Speaker 1: a Latino should look like, how they should act like,

777
00:45:43,086 --> 00:45:45,926
Speaker 1: and who they should be. So I know that you

778
00:45:46,006 --> 00:45:50,046
Speaker 1: have the Johnson Rays, I know your hobby has something

779
00:45:50,046 --> 00:45:53,046
Speaker 1: to do with that, But how does that figure into

780
00:45:53,166 --> 00:45:56,086
Speaker 1: everything that we've been talking about? Because you're staring through

781
00:45:56,126 --> 00:45:59,686
Speaker 1: a lot of different feelings and emotions, and as you

782
00:45:59,806 --> 00:46:02,966
Speaker 1: go through, like again finding your identity, and you you

783
00:46:03,006 --> 00:46:05,926
Speaker 1: ask the question, who do I think I am? Yeah?

784
00:46:06,006 --> 00:46:11,886
Speaker 1: Huh so, Um, I always wanted a Spanish last name

785
00:46:12,286 --> 00:46:16,046
Speaker 1: my whole life. I wish I grew up Angela Johnson,

786
00:46:16,126 --> 00:46:20,926
Speaker 1: like the most all American name you could ever think of.

787
00:46:21,086 --> 00:46:23,246
Speaker 1: She you see that name, you think she's either black

788
00:46:23,326 --> 00:46:25,446
Speaker 1: or she's white. Those are the only options that you

789
00:46:25,526 --> 00:46:29,446
Speaker 1: get for Angela Johnson. So I always wanted to be

790
00:46:29,686 --> 00:46:37,326
Speaker 1: Rodriguez Sanchez um Gonzales, like something gave me seeking Spanish

791
00:46:37,366 --> 00:46:42,326
Speaker 1: my whole life. And then um, then I became this

792
00:46:42,566 --> 00:46:46,686
Speaker 1: public figure and then I became branded Angela Johnson, Angela Johnson.

793
00:46:46,766 --> 00:46:49,726
Speaker 1: So now I'm Angela Johnson. Then I get married to

794
00:46:50,046 --> 00:46:55,886
Speaker 1: Rays and I finally get my Spanish last, but I

795
00:46:55,966 --> 00:47:01,446
Speaker 1: was already branded Angela Johnson. So I was like, dang it.

796
00:47:01,606 --> 00:47:05,926
Speaker 1: And so I've been married for eleven years and I

797
00:47:06,206 --> 00:47:09,926
Speaker 1: just now took my husband's name when I wrote this book,

798
00:47:10,286 --> 00:47:12,646
Speaker 1: because I was like, listen, I'm not going to change

799
00:47:12,646 --> 00:47:15,566
Speaker 1: my name and confuse all the fans buying tickets to

800
00:47:15,606 --> 00:47:18,126
Speaker 1: my stand up shows. Like I'm gonna wait until I

801
00:47:18,246 --> 00:47:23,086
Speaker 1: have an actual reason to change my my branded name.

802
00:47:23,246 --> 00:47:25,926
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have a reason, like either like I booked

803
00:47:26,006 --> 00:47:30,206
Speaker 1: this TV show or whatever, like something pops off and

804
00:47:30,246 --> 00:47:33,046
Speaker 1: then it none the TV shows that are popped up.

805
00:47:33,286 --> 00:47:36,766
Speaker 1: So um. Then I wrote this book and I was like, well,

806
00:47:36,806 --> 00:47:40,566
Speaker 1: this is the perfect opportunity to like reintroduce myself and

807
00:47:40,646 --> 00:47:43,006
Speaker 1: to people who haven't heard of me, who will hear

808
00:47:43,046 --> 00:47:45,246
Speaker 1: of me through this book. So that's when I finally

809
00:47:45,286 --> 00:47:49,886
Speaker 1: decided to add my married name, Angela Johnson Rayes finally

810
00:47:49,926 --> 00:47:53,406
Speaker 1: got my Spanish name. That is. It's so funny that

811
00:47:53,486 --> 00:47:56,446
Speaker 1: you you said you had to wait right to take

812
00:47:56,486 --> 00:47:59,646
Speaker 1: that on. I did the opposite. I was like right away,

813
00:48:00,286 --> 00:48:07,286
Speaker 1: fell yes, real quick. Your husband Bodia, yes as his mind. Girl,

814
00:48:08,566 --> 00:48:13,486
Speaker 1: what's your what's your bloodline? I'm Dominican okay, which is

815
00:48:13,526 --> 00:48:17,566
Speaker 1: like a complicated you know um identity, right because like

816
00:48:17,566 --> 00:48:20,206
Speaker 1: from the Caribbean, we're just mixed with so many different things.

817
00:48:20,286 --> 00:48:23,446
Speaker 1: I very much employers to my black side and my

818
00:48:23,486 --> 00:48:26,286
Speaker 1: like my Afro roots, my African roots. Um, you know,

819
00:48:26,286 --> 00:48:29,806
Speaker 1: identify as Afro Latina, which is something that was new

820
00:48:29,846 --> 00:48:33,166
Speaker 1: to me in the last few years. But yes, um

821
00:48:33,166 --> 00:48:36,046
Speaker 1: married a new eurecan to be very specific because that's

822
00:48:36,086 --> 00:48:39,846
Speaker 1: another type. Yes, Puerto Rican for those who don't know. So,

823
00:48:39,886 --> 00:48:42,486
Speaker 1: I was watching some of your clips recently and I

824
00:48:42,526 --> 00:48:44,886
Speaker 1: was like, I get a girl if I see flag

825
00:48:44,886 --> 00:48:51,126
Speaker 1: in this house. Yeah, there's no ro either of you Nicaraguan.

826
00:48:51,206 --> 00:48:55,846
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm anybody, no no as well. I'm gonna

827
00:48:55,926 --> 00:48:59,726
Speaker 1: check my twenty three and me it might be so funny.

828
00:48:59,806 --> 00:49:02,806
Speaker 1: I do have my one of my opener comedians. His

829
00:49:02,886 --> 00:49:06,166
Speaker 1: name is Nery Signs. He's Nikarawan and he has a

830
00:49:06,166 --> 00:49:09,366
Speaker 1: lot of naked owen jokes. You should definitely check him out,

831
00:49:09,406 --> 00:49:15,246
Speaker 1: is the sign and he's hilarious real quick, Angela. When

832
00:49:16,006 --> 00:49:21,406
Speaker 1: people talk about identity, especially within the Latino and Hispanic community,

833
00:49:21,486 --> 00:49:23,766
Speaker 1: it's a it's an evolving thing, right, like we have

834
00:49:23,926 --> 00:49:27,006
Speaker 1: in phrases now where people can can identify as Latin

835
00:49:27,206 --> 00:49:29,806
Speaker 1: x as a Latin may As and everything in between.

836
00:49:29,926 --> 00:49:33,166
Speaker 1: And it's and it's such an evolving thing, right, Like

837
00:49:33,206 --> 00:49:35,086
Speaker 1: we're still trying to figure it out. Shoot, I'm thirty

838
00:49:35,446 --> 00:49:37,166
Speaker 1: years old and I'm still trying to figure it out.

839
00:49:38,806 --> 00:49:41,806
Speaker 1: It's how has that journey been for you? And especially

840
00:49:41,806 --> 00:49:45,406
Speaker 1: when it ties in um to your memoir now in

841
00:49:45,886 --> 00:49:48,286
Speaker 1: coming to this place where you feel so grounded into

842
00:49:48,286 --> 00:49:51,526
Speaker 1: who you are. Oh man, So like I said, it's

843
00:49:51,526 --> 00:49:53,566
Speaker 1: been a journey. This all life is a journey and

844
00:49:53,646 --> 00:49:57,286
Speaker 1: all aspects that you want to take it work, faith, identity,

845
00:49:57,566 --> 00:50:01,206
Speaker 1: and um, I feel like where I'm at now is

846
00:50:01,246 --> 00:50:05,646
Speaker 1: a place where I've embraced that I am for generation

847
00:50:05,966 --> 00:50:10,606
Speaker 1: Mexican American. I always wanted to be like that first generation,

848
00:50:10,846 --> 00:50:13,606
Speaker 1: Like I still have all my family in Mexico and

849
00:50:13,846 --> 00:50:16,606
Speaker 1: like we all speak Spanish and we're just very in

850
00:50:16,686 --> 00:50:20,646
Speaker 1: tune with culture. And I had my kids and YadA gahana,

851
00:50:20,766 --> 00:50:24,086
Speaker 1: my mom don't speak Spanish like I don't, not real

852
00:50:25,286 --> 00:50:27,686
Speaker 1: like and that was stuff that I was ashamed of

853
00:50:27,966 --> 00:50:31,966
Speaker 1: growing up and that I wished I was always something else.

854
00:50:32,046 --> 00:50:36,926
Speaker 1: I wanted to be more of what I just inately am,

855
00:50:36,966 --> 00:50:39,566
Speaker 1: Like I am this, but I wanted to be more.

856
00:50:39,566 --> 00:50:41,086
Speaker 1: How to be more? How do you be more of

857
00:50:41,166 --> 00:50:43,766
Speaker 1: something that you just are? You don't And so it

858
00:50:43,846 --> 00:50:47,526
Speaker 1: took a while to get to the place of radical

859
00:50:47,566 --> 00:50:51,286
Speaker 1: acceptance of who I am and that I am enough.

860
00:50:52,006 --> 00:50:55,846
Speaker 1: I am enough Mexican, I am enough woman, I am enough, feminine,

861
00:50:56,246 --> 00:51:01,086
Speaker 1: I am enough, beauty, I am enough whatever fill in

862
00:51:01,086 --> 00:51:03,246
Speaker 1: the blank. To get to the place of I am

863
00:51:03,406 --> 00:51:07,286
Speaker 1: enough has been a journey. And it used to bother

864
00:51:07,366 --> 00:51:09,086
Speaker 1: me so much and people be like, oh, you don't

865
00:51:09,086 --> 00:51:12,726
Speaker 1: speak Spanish. And now I've made so many jokes about

866
00:51:12,766 --> 00:51:15,406
Speaker 1: the fact that I don't speak Spanish that it's like,

867
00:51:16,286 --> 00:51:19,206
Speaker 1: I who cares when people are like, oh my god,

868
00:51:19,246 --> 00:51:21,246
Speaker 1: you know it's bea Spanish I'm like, nah, bird wish.

869
00:51:21,286 --> 00:51:23,326
Speaker 1: And then I'm going to my own jokes about me,

870
00:51:23,686 --> 00:51:26,006
Speaker 1: like I'll eminem myself, you know what I mean. I'd

871
00:51:26,006 --> 00:51:28,686
Speaker 1: be like, I just hit me harder than you hit

872
00:51:28,806 --> 00:51:33,086
Speaker 1: me about speak Spanish. So it's been a journey though,

873
00:51:33,166 --> 00:51:35,326
Speaker 1: and I still it's so funny because like I still

874
00:51:35,686 --> 00:51:37,366
Speaker 1: will wake up sometimes to be like, oh, I need

875
00:51:37,366 --> 00:51:40,726
Speaker 1: to learn Spanish. I wish I spoke Spanish, But I mean,

876
00:51:40,726 --> 00:51:42,366
Speaker 1: I guess I don't wish hard enough. Otherwise I would

877
00:51:42,406 --> 00:51:44,966
Speaker 1: just learn, you know, But it's just I don't want

878
00:51:44,966 --> 00:51:46,246
Speaker 1: to do the work, is what it is. That's what

879
00:51:46,326 --> 00:51:49,366
Speaker 1: I've come down. It's a lot. Spanish is my first language,

880
00:51:49,446 --> 00:51:52,126
Speaker 1: and it's still hard. Sometimes when I don't speak it

881
00:51:52,126 --> 00:51:55,486
Speaker 1: for a while, I'm like, oh, there's the thing. But

882
00:51:55,686 --> 00:51:58,526
Speaker 1: it doesn't. To your point, speaking Spanish or not does

883
00:51:58,566 --> 00:52:00,926
Speaker 1: not make you any less of who you are, and

884
00:52:00,926 --> 00:52:04,366
Speaker 1: it doesn't strip away your background, your family history, and

885
00:52:04,446 --> 00:52:09,766
Speaker 1: of course you're upbringing Angela. Thank you so much. Thank you.

886
00:52:09,806 --> 00:52:11,646
Speaker 1: We're so excited to have been able to spend this

887
00:52:11,686 --> 00:52:20,286
Speaker 1: time with you. Appreciate your girl. Thank you for having me. Well.

888
00:52:20,366 --> 00:52:22,286
Speaker 1: She was awesome to have on. I felt like we

889
00:52:22,446 --> 00:52:29,166
Speaker 1: could have spoken to Angela for hours, did we? Thanks right,

890
00:52:29,526 --> 00:52:34,686
Speaker 1: It feels like she was awesome and learned a lot.

891
00:52:34,806 --> 00:52:38,046
Speaker 1: And go get her book. Go get her book and

892
00:52:38,086 --> 00:52:42,566
Speaker 1: watch her specials as well. She's phenomenal. Can't get enough,

893
00:52:42,886 --> 00:52:46,126
Speaker 1: can't get enough? All right, So now we are in

894
00:52:46,206 --> 00:52:52,366
Speaker 1: the final block of the pod bunt and as we

895
00:52:52,366 --> 00:52:55,926
Speaker 1: were doing this pod, you got a response from your

896
00:52:56,006 --> 00:53:00,006
Speaker 1: dad who had ghosted you, and it sounds like he

897
00:53:00,126 --> 00:53:03,646
Speaker 1: was also throwing shade as well. I listen, this is

898
00:53:03,646 --> 00:53:05,486
Speaker 1: what happens, but I haven't seen him in person, and

899
00:53:05,526 --> 00:53:09,246
Speaker 1: too long he gets real real Audrey. So he finally

900
00:53:09,286 --> 00:53:11,806
Speaker 1: responds to me as to why he's taking the Jets

901
00:53:11,846 --> 00:53:13,966
Speaker 1: over the Bills, and he's like, I don't know that.

902
00:53:13,966 --> 00:53:16,846
Speaker 1: That last week's game against the Packards was closer than

903
00:53:16,886 --> 00:53:21,406
Speaker 1: I thought. Now people have them, um like outscoring them

904
00:53:21,406 --> 00:53:24,446
Speaker 1: by like two touchdowns. He's like, I don't know, but

905
00:53:24,526 --> 00:53:27,326
Speaker 1: let's see what you experts say tomorrow on the show.

906
00:53:27,446 --> 00:53:34,086
Speaker 1: Is that shape? Yeah, just a little wow. Now he's

907
00:53:34,126 --> 00:53:37,406
Speaker 1: got me doubting my picks. Uh no, you got JETI

908
00:53:37,526 --> 00:53:40,166
Speaker 1: mind tricks but yeah, no, no, no, stick with him

909
00:53:40,366 --> 00:53:49,606
Speaker 1: for sure. Experts. You guys, the experts wild ad. Maybe

910
00:53:49,606 --> 00:53:51,006
Speaker 1: he meant it as a compliment because you know when

911
00:53:51,046 --> 00:53:55,806
Speaker 1: you read things no content, he said, he said, yeah,

912
00:53:55,846 --> 00:54:00,366
Speaker 1: he los expected those. I mean, come Oncastico is what

913
00:54:00,406 --> 00:54:03,726
Speaker 1: my mom would say. She would say, yeah, yeah, no,

914
00:54:03,766 --> 00:54:05,366
Speaker 1: so you have to you have to check in on it.

915
00:54:05,526 --> 00:54:06,846
Speaker 1: See I liked it when you said you had to

916
00:54:06,926 --> 00:54:08,966
Speaker 1: check in on him and you didn't know it because

917
00:54:09,086 --> 00:54:13,366
Speaker 1: now you know, now we know, Yeah, now now we know.

918
00:54:13,526 --> 00:54:18,646
Speaker 1: So I am so I for me is the fact

919
00:54:18,686 --> 00:54:22,046
Speaker 1: that going back to our discussion at the very beginning,

920
00:54:22,566 --> 00:54:25,246
Speaker 1: f them picks that philosophy at the RAMS didn't. I

921
00:54:25,326 --> 00:54:29,726
Speaker 1: feel like that's what everybody did. F them picks. Right.

922
00:54:29,806 --> 00:54:32,286
Speaker 1: There was a meme with the Dolphins GM with that

923
00:54:32,326 --> 00:54:38,166
Speaker 1: phrase fantastic, right, that was great, And so overall I

924
00:54:38,206 --> 00:54:40,406
Speaker 1: think that's it. I think that people are seeing we

925
00:54:40,486 --> 00:54:44,006
Speaker 1: want stars who can perform now, who are proven, and

926
00:54:44,046 --> 00:54:47,366
Speaker 1: we will worry about the salary cap and the numbers

927
00:54:48,046 --> 00:54:51,286
Speaker 1: and and all that comes with it later on. So

928
00:54:51,366 --> 00:54:55,366
Speaker 1: that is me ibunto. I think for me, it's that

929
00:54:55,646 --> 00:54:58,406
Speaker 1: this is the true halfway point of the season, right

930
00:54:58,406 --> 00:55:01,486
Speaker 1: because we have that extra week um now each year,

931
00:55:02,086 --> 00:55:04,726
Speaker 1: and for some teams, they know, okay, we can ramp

932
00:55:04,806 --> 00:55:07,446
Speaker 1: it up, we can take it to another throttle and

933
00:55:07,526 --> 00:55:09,926
Speaker 1: really make a run here, like let's use this extra

934
00:55:09,966 --> 00:55:12,126
Speaker 1: week to our advantage and make the moves that we

935
00:55:12,206 --> 00:55:15,526
Speaker 1: have to do. And for the rest of us who

936
00:55:15,566 --> 00:55:18,646
Speaker 1: didn't make any moves to use of use, it feels

937
00:55:18,646 --> 00:55:22,286
Speaker 1: like they're throwing in the towel and like an insurmountable

938
00:55:22,366 --> 00:55:25,446
Speaker 1: situation there. The trade deadline happens when it does for

939
00:55:25,486 --> 00:55:28,886
Speaker 1: a reason, right, It's a line of demarcation in the year,

940
00:55:29,286 --> 00:55:31,846
Speaker 1: not just in how hard you want to go for this,

941
00:55:31,886 --> 00:55:34,446
Speaker 1: but also in maybe just realizing you know what the

942
00:55:34,486 --> 00:55:38,006
Speaker 1: season isn't for us. Not to say that people won't

943
00:55:38,006 --> 00:55:39,606
Speaker 1: go out there and compete, but I think it's being

944
00:55:39,646 --> 00:55:41,766
Speaker 1: realistic of who you're going up against, what the rest

945
00:55:41,766 --> 00:55:44,566
Speaker 1: of your schedule looks like, and sort of listening to

946
00:55:44,606 --> 00:55:48,926
Speaker 1: the analytics and the probabilities of your playoff chances. With

947
00:55:49,006 --> 00:55:52,086
Speaker 1: that said, I can't wait to see what surprises the

948
00:55:52,126 --> 00:55:55,046
Speaker 1: second half of the year brings to us, because if

949
00:55:55,046 --> 00:55:57,046
Speaker 1: it's one thing we can count on in the NFL,

950
00:55:57,846 --> 00:56:03,566
Speaker 1: expect the unexpected. He boomed, the will boom excellent, Expect

951
00:56:03,606 --> 00:56:09,086
Speaker 1: the unexpected on l Huddle every single week, join MJ

952
00:56:09,406 --> 00:56:12,806
Speaker 1: and I as we break everything down and of course

953
00:56:12,806 --> 00:56:15,406
Speaker 1: throwing a little bit of Spanglish and little shade from

954
00:56:15,406 --> 00:56:19,926
Speaker 1: her Dad. Wherever your podcasts are available, make sure to

955
00:56:20,046 --> 00:56:26,486
Speaker 1: download us, subscribe, favorite us, anything and everything. We are

956
00:56:26,566 --> 00:56:29,606
Speaker 1: here for you. You're here for us. Let's make this happen.

957
00:56:30,086 --> 00:57:11,806
Speaker 1: See everybody else and Huddle is a production of the

958
00:57:11,926 --> 00:57:16,086
Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio,

959
00:57:16,246 --> 00:57:20,006
Speaker 1: visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get

960
00:57:20,006 --> 00:57:20,766
Speaker 1: your podcasts.