1 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: Shoo, here we go, fireworks, dramas, storylines. Who's going to 2 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: be the champion? We've got AFC NFC super Bowl fifty 3 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: six right here in Los Angeles? Just how many days cuts? 4 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: Five days away? My friends? Don't you feel like we're 5 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: in a cave here? Hello? Hello, Hello, Hello? Look at 6 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: our studio. You're right outside? So oh these moves, these moves, 7 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: the camera moon were spinning. Yes, we should do something 8 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: Zadi like that. Sounds like a segment. We have a 9 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: parachute too. We're gonna do. It's gonna be awesome. Sugar. 10 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Why do you look toned to me? What happened to you? 11 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 1: One day in La? I'm in Los Angeles. It's four 12 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: a m. Right now, live, and yeah, I feel good. 13 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: Dangel Hall. You have been very talkative this morning. All right, 14 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: I've been chilling. I'm saving it all, saving it all 15 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: to give it to you. Guys. You're one of those 16 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: guys that can I can't. I can't sleep since I've 17 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:19,479 Speaker 1: gotten here, I literally have not slept. You can sleep 18 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,280 Speaker 1: everywhere and anywhere. I've seen you sleep on the couch. 19 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:28,319 Speaker 1: Mother's that should we start the show? No? Would you 20 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: like to do lots of fun, lots of fun, angry, 21 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: Ron's who got cool plays brow it. It's time for 22 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: the league. Let's do it, and let's welcome in our 23 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: incredible reporters who are up at the crack of dawn 24 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: to hang out with us. Actually it's not even dawn yet, 25 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: the sun's nut yet up. But we've got Taylor Brashotti 26 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles with the rams of their hotel in Manhattan. 27 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: Beach Adds still in Cincinnati, and I start with you 28 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: this fan rally, PEP rally, would ever you want to 29 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: call it? Right there in the heart of Cincinnati and 30 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: Paul Brown Stadium last night, give me all of the details. 31 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: Thirty thousand in the house. Well and Kay Adams was 32 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 1: a headliner at the rally last night. Guys, I don't 33 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: know if you knew that, but she helped open things 34 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 1: up on the video board. Kay, it was an electric 35 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 1: corowd thirty thousand people. As we talked about, those tickets 36 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: were given out in less than two hours. They were 37 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,399 Speaker 1: jacked up for the legends. Kenna Anderson talked about Joe 38 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,920 Speaker 1: Burrows that he has everything in terms of the in factor. 39 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: Willie Anderson was out there. I'm sure the Bengals could 40 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: use a line of his caliber against Aaron Donald and 41 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: the Rams this weekend. And then, of course the current 42 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: players spoke. Kevin Huber, who grew up in Cincinnati, got 43 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: extremely emotional talking about what it means to play for 44 00:02:42,320 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 1: his hometown team in the Super Bowl. Sam Hubbard, who 45 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,679 Speaker 1: also grew up here, said that the Bengals aren't going 46 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 1: out for second place. There's one goal in mine. Joe 47 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: Mixon got the crowd going into a hooday chan, and 48 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: then Joe Burrow will he was drowned out by the 49 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 1: crowd chanting MVP. I'll tell you this before I leave you. 50 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 1: I'm standing in front of Paul Brown Stadium because of 51 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: course it is departure day for the Bengals and for me. 52 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: The buses are already here. Those buses should be pulling 53 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,520 Speaker 1: out at about nine o'clock. And guys, they're gonna get 54 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: to LA and be hanging out with you pretty soon. 55 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: We cannot wait here, please, indeed, we cannot wait to 56 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: welcome you and Taylor, who's already here. As Kay said 57 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,920 Speaker 1: in Manhattan Beach, beautiful night and reach the Rams side 58 00:03:25,919 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: of Opening Night, Taylor just set the table for us. 59 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: You personally, What were some of your favorite books? We 60 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: want to hear Kyle, There's very few things that I 61 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: love more than opening night super Bowl. Opening night is 62 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 1: one of the highlights of the year. You never know 63 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 1: who's going to show up, you never know who's going 64 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 1: to crash the party. Well, last night it was Jarvis Landry. 65 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: He stopped by to meet his former or stop by 66 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: to surprise his former roommate, teammate, and best friend Odell 67 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: Beckham Junior, and he wanted to congratulate him on making 68 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: it to the Super Bowl. He said he was finally 69 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: able to make his dream of making it there a reality. 70 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: He also said it's unique and it's kind of ironic 71 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 1: because Odell's one of his tattoos, one of Jarvis's favorite 72 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: tattoos of O'Dell's. He said, he feels like he's living 73 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: it out right now. This is what it reads. The 74 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:10,640 Speaker 1: ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands 75 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: in the moment of comfort or convenience, but where he 76 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: stands in the time of challenge in controversy. Landry finished 77 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: the cameo by saying, go get us that ring. Another 78 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 1: one of the highlights from last night was Matthew Stafford 79 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: was asked which actor he would want to have play 80 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: him if he was playing him in a Hollywood movie. 81 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: He said, easy answer, Leonardo DiCaprio. Well, his wife Kelly 82 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: Stafford responded pretty shortly after on Instagram and said, I 83 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: called Dibbs on playing his wife. I mean, who wouldn't 84 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: want to play Jack from Titanic's love interest? Could call Kelly? 85 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: I have no comment. Taylor presiding with the Rams, Addy 86 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: Kinkabala with the Cincinnati Bengals as they make their way 87 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,040 Speaker 1: to LA for Super Bowl fifty six. We will be 88 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: speaking to you throughout the morning here and then on 89 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Live and Total Access. Now we heard from 90 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: all the stars. As Taylor said on Super Bowl fifty 91 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: six opening night, Joe Burrow he had some advice or 92 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,600 Speaker 1: young girl players, I guess who want to be where 93 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: he's at someday. Focus on getting better, focused on you 94 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: know not, don't don't have a workout and go and 95 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,560 Speaker 1: post it on Instagram the next day and then go 96 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 1: and sit on your butt for four days. No one 97 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,279 Speaker 1: thinks you're working hard, but you're really not. You know, 98 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: work in silence. Don't don't show everybody what you're doing. 99 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: You know, let your let your your game on Friday 100 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 1: nights and Saturday nights and Sunday nights. Show all the 101 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: hard work that you put in. Don't worry about all 102 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: that social media stuff. And you've appointed many nicknames. Which 103 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,919 Speaker 1: one is your favorite? Oh man, I don't know. I 104 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: don't know. I have a lot of them. Um, just 105 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: call me Joe whatever, whatever everybody wants to call me, 106 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: is okay with me. Okay. So I'm looking at this 107 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: camera over here and I'm watching that and I know, 108 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: without even talking to Schreeger that he's seen that bite 109 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: like seventeen times since it happened, and I just saw 110 00:05:58,640 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: him watch it for the first time, and it's still 111 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: brought a smile to your face. What is so captivating 112 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 1: about this Bengals team? I mean, I think it's that 113 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:10,720 Speaker 1: right there. It's what Joe Burrow embodies, is that quiet confidence, right. Um, 114 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 1: you know, I came I played in the era that 115 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,919 Speaker 1: you didn't post a lot of things on social media. 116 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 1: You just put your work in and you try to 117 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: showcase your talents. And so it's so refreshing to hear 118 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:25,239 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow say that, because that's the way I feel 119 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: that's the way, you know, And I'm not knocking anybody 120 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 1: who jumps on social media and wants to show you 121 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: every single thing they do. Joe preference, but your best 122 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: believe you're better bring it on Saturday. You better bring 123 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,360 Speaker 1: it on Sunday. You better bring it if you're a 124 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: high school play on Friday nights. And that's what I 125 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: love about Joe Burrow, Like hard work, Like you can't 126 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: replace that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. 127 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: And I know it's such a cliche saying, but that's 128 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: what that team does. Like they fight and it doesn't 129 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,040 Speaker 1: matter the situation, Like Joe Burrow never seems bother, never 130 00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: seems phased. Like we call Tom Brady to go. If 131 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: Tom Brady gets sacked nine times in the game, somebody's 132 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:08,720 Speaker 1: gonna hear about it. Sometimes other players don't respond to that, right. 133 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: Some players don't respond to the yelling, screaming custom them 134 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: out in their face. Some players respond to the hey, bro, 135 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 1: you get the next time. And it's that positive encouragement 136 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: you see from Joe Burrow to his teammates and they 137 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: feed off of that, And I mean, I just love 138 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: everything about these kids. Components. Yes, what do you think? 139 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: July first is the last time Joe Burrow tweeted something 140 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: on social and the tweet was to all the kids 141 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: in college who are looking for nil deals, like this 142 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 1: is a great opportunity for us, like us as a union, 143 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: Like it's never about me. There's a selflessness, not only 144 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: to Burrow, but to this entire team. I quote the 145 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,520 Speaker 1: great philosopher Little Wayne, Where's it go? Real? Geez? Moving 146 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: silence like lasagna, and that is saying that is basically 147 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: moving silence. Let your actions speak for you. And that's 148 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: what Joe Burrow was telling every youth out there, like, 149 00:07:57,720 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: you don't need to post the Instagram thing, You don't 150 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 1: need to go on social media. Just do the work 151 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: and let the walk do the talk. Yesterday, you know, 152 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: I'm watching all these interviews. Tyler Boyd is spending ten 153 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: minutes talking about the defense. That's a wide receive. You 154 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: could be a diva wide receiver. He's like, No, our 155 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:16,200 Speaker 1: defense is doing great things up front. We're mixing, you know, coverages. 156 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: I listen to Zach Taylor. He's talking about the special 157 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: team's coach, and he's talking about the quarterbacks coach and 158 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: it's not about me, me, me, And I ended with, 159 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: you know, the report from Aditi is fantastic. That Kevin Hubert, 160 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: the punter, is at the PEP rally and he's a 161 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: Cincinnati native and he's getting emotional talking about what this 162 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: means for the city. It's a little hokey. It's a 163 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: little bit corny if you're gonna be a cynic. But 164 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: they believe in it. They buy in and it's nothing 165 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: more perfect than this team from the Midwest being about 166 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: all about each other and blue collar and we are 167 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 1: a unit and everyone knows in this building, I'll fight 168 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: for the other going up against the glitz and glamour 169 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: of Hollywood. In Hollywood. I love the storyline and I 170 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: like his team a lot because they're all on the 171 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: same page. They really are. I felt a little corny yesterday. 172 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: I saw an image floating around is that they were 173 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 1: painting the super Bowl field over there, and they were 174 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: painting a Bengals logo on the super Bowl field, and 175 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: I could I was very surreal for me. I think 176 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,319 Speaker 1: what's most captivating about this Bengals team is that it's 177 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: a Bengals team. This team was a joke, not this 178 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 1: team I'm talking with this franchise for thirty years like 179 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: they would be in the Jay Leno monologue. It was 180 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,839 Speaker 1: just corny. It was a bad joke. Thirty years they 181 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: had a top ten pick, top five pick ten times 182 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: top five pick ten, So every three years you're drafting 183 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: in the top five. In thirty years, they had seven 184 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: playoff games, they won none. And now here they are 185 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: in the super Bowl, and I'm looking around our surroundings 186 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: and I'm reminded of the La Clippers. The LA Clippers 187 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:52,160 Speaker 1: were a joke of a franchise. Terrible team, terribly run, 188 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: never won anything, very a few players in it. It's 189 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:58,719 Speaker 1: lob city, it's showed time, it's it's unbelievable. They're in 190 00:09:58,760 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: the playoffs year after year. And I have another comp. 191 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 1: I have a Hollywood comp. Matthew McConaughey was a joke, 192 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: and I mean on the tabloid running with the shirt 193 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: off is in Ghosts of Girlfriend's Pass and Failure to 194 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,080 Speaker 1: Launch is like the McConaughey. It was so it was, 195 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 1: it was stock was down. He's talked about it like that. 196 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: He's winning an Academy Award playing a man fighting aids 197 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: all of a sudden and he gets up in his 198 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: acceptance speech and he's doing the al rad all right, 199 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: He's doing the whole thing, and it was like we 200 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:27,640 Speaker 1: had the mcconnaissance. I feel like this is I don't 201 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: know how the Bengana Sons. It's a thing like they 202 00:10:30,720 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: went from being the Leno punchline to one game away 203 00:10:34,679 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: from winning the whole damn thing. It's still surreal. It's 204 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: I'm still pinching myself the change that Taylor and Burrow 205 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,559 Speaker 1: at all have made. Um, I'm proud of them in 206 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 1: the corneas way as a guy. For all of our 207 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: adult lives, Bengals nothing and now they're like the hottest 208 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,560 Speaker 1: ticket in town. It's an incredible turnaround. They won four 209 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:55,719 Speaker 1: games last year, yeah, last year, four games, so that 210 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,959 Speaker 1: he's seemingly are in there in the super Bowl. And 211 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,720 Speaker 1: how cool is it? I think the grounds crew from 212 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: since and Naddie gets to come paint. How cool is 213 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: that they get it. I believe that's true. Maybe it's not, 214 00:11:05,280 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: but I think it is that they get to travel 215 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: and do their thing and on the biggest stage. It's 216 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: so far it's really magical. It's the fans too. For me, right, 217 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,319 Speaker 1: Burrow effect quiet confidence. We're talking about the team, but 218 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 1: they do it for themselves. I've said that all along, 219 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,719 Speaker 1: and there's not They're not about the opponent. It's not 220 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: about the media some of anything. But then the fan 221 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: base is crazy awesome and they're enjoying it and they're 222 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: not like, don't you're not talking about me? And they're 223 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: not like entitled, like we're the best? Why aren't you 224 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: talking about They're just like we're set, we are building 225 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: in the right direction, We've made the right moves. We 226 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: like our coach, where we love Joe Burrow. We're taking 227 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: like the lead from him. C j Uzama goes out 228 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,599 Speaker 1: there yesterday, it takes his brace off like it's the 229 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: wwe like throws it in the air. It's this why 230 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: not us? It is us mentality that they've sort of embraced. 231 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,360 Speaker 1: And yesterday this Pepper rally, I mean, it was unbelievable. 232 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:51,319 Speaker 1: I wasn't there physically, but it got to be there 233 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:52,839 Speaker 1: and be part of it. And when we talk about 234 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: the fans and we talk about hubert An emotion and 235 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: all that, look at Bengal Jim when I'm just I 236 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: just quickly he asked me something and I was like, 237 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: let's hear it for Bengal Jim. And look at their action. 238 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: I would say, you're the ring leader, and let's can 239 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: we all hear it for Bengal Jim putting together pep 240 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: rallies and tailgates and bringing us all together. And it's 241 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 1: such an incredible thing that you get to be there, 242 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:15,480 Speaker 1: and I know it's an emotional thing because that city 243 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: means so much. You let's hear it for Bengal Jin. 244 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,559 Speaker 1: All right, the most important You're way too kind, kay, 245 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: way too kind, but the most important question. Everybody in 246 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,000 Speaker 1: Paul Brown Stadium and everybody in Cincinnati wants to hear 247 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 1: right now, who are you cheering for? In La? Okay, right, 248 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: you're good? Yeah, all right, Hey everybody? What else? Hey? Talk? 249 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 1: Yeah you got okay, all right, Kate, talk talk to 250 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 1: us about the Bengals, talk about Okay, right, you're good. 251 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,440 Speaker 1: It was so epic and so fun and there's thirty 252 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: thousand frands and it sold out in two hours. They 253 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,199 Speaker 1: could have filled the entire stadium. They didn't. It was 254 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: a lower bull. Everybody showed up. I mean, I'm not 255 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: from Cincinnati's which was an honor to be a part 256 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,320 Speaker 1: of it and to be sort of embraced by that 257 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: fan base. But I mean Bengal Jim someone shrigs, you 258 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: know well because you went through and sorted through thousands 259 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: and thousands of fans and he'll be here after He 260 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 1: was going to be at the Super Bowl regardless, and 261 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 1: look at this now he's the Bengals representative for Fan 262 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,440 Speaker 1: of the Year all thirty two teams. And that guy 263 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 1: to your point, it's not just going to the games. 264 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,200 Speaker 1: He hosts tailgates, He does things in the community, and 265 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: he's m seeing their pep rally is nervous. I know 266 00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: they've sold out. It's a seven hundred ticket party the 267 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,599 Speaker 1: night before the Super Bowl, like a tailgate's on, like 268 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: the Greater's ice Cream. People are driving a truck across 269 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,880 Speaker 1: the country to be here and be part of these facilities. 270 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: They were fireworks. So they're embracing it and really making 271 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: the most of the moment. And that's why I think 272 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: they're compelling. Super Bowl fifty six. Oh it's the club music, 273 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:54,080 Speaker 1: shragar one, you love this is kind of cool, plays rowing, 274 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: this is very cool. This is the best music we 275 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 1: got in the whole track. It might be the best 276 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: Super Bowl ever Bengal Ram super Bowl fifty six played 277 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: right here. That's so Fi stadium. There's too many cameras. 278 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: I don't know wheer to look there. That one right here, 279 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,559 Speaker 1: Oprah looking this beautiful thing, and if the honors will 280 00:14:10,600 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: be right back here? I saw our fearless leader, Mark 281 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 1: Quinze'll give me the lay of land, It's gonna be awesome. 282 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: It's a pretty incredible lay of the land and involves 283 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: waterfalls and multiple entrances and it is really like entering 284 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:22,600 Speaker 1: Emerald City. It's amazing. It's incredible. Kyle Brent, my name 285 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: is Kadam thinks we're hanging out with us today, D'Angelo haw, 286 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: Peter Schrager, all here. Our show brought to you by 287 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: ring Alarm and by this coat that I picked up 288 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:32,080 Speaker 1: at the Malia yesterday, so I'm not freezingly wrapped up 289 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: in the blankets like a mummy. It's time for the 290 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: lead blow. Let's do it and welcome in add King Kabulla, 291 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: who I can't talk about being cold because she throws 292 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,440 Speaker 1: her butt off in Cincinnati, cheering on those Bengals as 293 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: they make their way here to La today. Taylor Bashatti, 294 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 1: also in Los Angeles, who I heard it having a 295 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 1: good authority. You use three blow dryers to keep yourself 296 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: warm on your assignment in Manhattan. Beat so La warm 297 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,040 Speaker 1: during the day, cold in the morning and night. Bengals 298 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: fans pack appropriately add five day to go. We're checking 299 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: on on some injuries. Now I keep talking about c 300 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: j Uzama. I want him out there Sunday. Will he 301 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: be well? He wants to be out there two k 302 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: And remember this is a high energy, emotional leader type 303 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: of guy for the Bengals. It's not only what he 304 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 1: brings to the field as a tight end as someone 305 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: who could especially help chip against that Rams line. So 306 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 1: where is cji Usama right now? He didn't do much 307 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: work last week. He did, however, get on the bike Saturday, 308 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: and the poor reporter said Saturday that he did indeed 309 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 1: look good. Yesterday he was hyped up. He was the 310 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 1: last player to speak at the rally, and then he 311 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 1: ran around the entire perimeter of the stadium, high fiving fans. 312 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: Here's the issue, though, is that just adrenaline. We won't 313 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: actually see Uzama on the practice field until Wednesday tomorrow, 314 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 1: when the Bengals finally do practice at UCLA. He's told 315 00:15:56,400 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: us that this is the biggest game of his life 316 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:01,400 Speaker 1: and that he's going to do everything ken possibly to play. 317 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,400 Speaker 1: But again, it is an mcl sprain. It did look 318 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: terrible when we saw it happen out in Kansas City. 319 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: And for all the histrionics k for throwing the brace 320 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: last night at the rally, it's still up in the 321 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 1: air whether USAMA will be good enough to go on Sunday. 322 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: We hope to see him. We're gonna go down to 323 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: Taylor in Los Angeles. Taylor from one tight end to another. 324 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: On the RAM side, what's the latest with Tyler Higby? Yeah, 325 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: you know, Head coach Sean McVay spoke yesterday and he 326 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:34,960 Speaker 1: sounded less optimistic about Higbee potentially playing on Sunday. He 327 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: said he is probably not even going to practice at 328 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 1: all this week. So who's next man up for the 329 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: Rams at tight end? Well, two of their tight ends 330 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: are already on injured reserve. Then with the Higbee injury 331 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: on top of it, it's really fourth man up for 332 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: the Rams. That guy is practice squad player Kendall Blenn. 333 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,880 Speaker 1: He is no stranger for the Rams. He's actually been 334 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: here for three years. But he's been cut by the practice. 335 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: He's been on the practice squad, and he's cut by 336 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,280 Speaker 1: the team three times. The only silver lining here is 337 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: that he does know this Rams offense, this Garrams playbook 338 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,439 Speaker 1: very well. But make no mistake, if Higbee can't go, 339 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:12,919 Speaker 1: this is a huge loss for this Rams offense. In 340 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: Sean mcvay's eleven personnel offense that he runs, Higbee is 341 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: on the field for eighty one percent of the plays. 342 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,239 Speaker 1: That's well said by you. We got two banged up 343 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: tight ends who want to play in the biggest games 344 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: in their lives. Thank you so much. Adedy Cankawala safe 345 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:28,960 Speaker 1: travels to you. We'll talk to you throughout the morning 346 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,120 Speaker 1: here on a four hour Good Morning Football on Super 347 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: Bowl Live after that and then the Bengals will be 348 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,400 Speaker 1: in La Taylor Bashatti, stay warm, let's talk Rams there, guys, 349 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: the second team to play the Super Bowl in their 350 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,760 Speaker 1: home stadium. We know what happened with the Bucks last season, 351 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: So Kyle, different year. How much of an advantage is 352 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: it for this La squad to be playing right here? Well, 353 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 1: I'll ask my friends out here on the field, how 354 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,959 Speaker 1: did you guys sleep last night? Awful? Peter you get 355 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: some nice sleep, get some nice RM sleep, trying to 356 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: figure it out. Yeah, you look like a baby, though 357 00:17:58,280 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: I can do it. For some reason, the four of 358 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: us here came from the Eastern time zone all the 359 00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:07,520 Speaker 1: way over to Los Angeles. Cincinnati Bengals are playing the 360 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: Eastern times zone. Come all the way out to Los Angeles, 361 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,440 Speaker 1: and I gotta stay in some hotel. They got into 362 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: worrying these these strange roads with strange names and a 363 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: strange stadium. I never would have thought it would be significant. 364 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 1: I was actually I was put pooing on this. But 365 00:18:20,480 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: last year Peter was soap boxing the hell out of it. 366 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 1: You really were, Peter, And I thought you were selling 367 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 1: this thing about they're gonna stay in their own beds 368 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 1: and their own homes, and you really went for it. 369 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: And then we saw what Tampa did last year. And look, 370 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,600 Speaker 1: maybe it's because the Chiefs had zero offensive linemen, but 371 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: I really do think there was a comfort there. Last year. 372 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: I was a cynic about this. This year, we're living it. 373 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: Last year we saw it. I do think it is significant. However, However, however, 374 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: right I'm going to be the other side. The Bengals 375 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: are also in a shooters rhythm, A shooters rhythm of 376 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 1: this is what we do every single week. We get 377 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: on a plane, we go to somebody's house and we 378 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: kicked our ass, and we stay in a hotel and 379 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: we get on the bus. Every single week. They've done 380 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: this D'Angelo creatures of routine. Every week, They've stayed in 381 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: a hotel, they've packed the suit, they've had their game, 382 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: and they keep winning. So I think the only thing 383 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,240 Speaker 1: that I wish I could say for the Bengals, I 384 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: wish they could have played this game a couple of 385 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: days ago on Sunday. The only thing I don't like 386 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: about the Bengals, it's not that they have to travel. 387 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: This team. They gotta wait two weeks and their hands 388 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: are gonna get cold. Give them the ball. Now, in 389 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,120 Speaker 1: most situations, I would buy into it. I'd say, oh 390 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: my god, going on the road, us disadvantage, gainst Own, Tam. 391 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 1: This Bengals team might be different. You know what I mean. 392 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 1: I hear you, I hear this Bengals team is different. 393 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: But it's something about you know, these creatures have had. 394 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: You know, us as athletes, we love having things be 395 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: the same kind. So for this Rams football team, everything's 396 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,600 Speaker 1: the same. I mean, you just mentioned it right. Peter 397 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 1: talked about it last year talking about the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 398 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: I think a big reason that they won that football game. 399 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: You know, you had the offensive lineman when Kansas City 400 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,480 Speaker 1: was you know, depleted on offensive line. But at the 401 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,760 Speaker 1: same time, it's knowing that nothing really changes for you. 402 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,160 Speaker 1: You know, your family comes in a lot of times 403 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: you're at your house. It's just so much easier to 404 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: manage everything else when you're home, when you already understand 405 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: the traffic patterns, when you already understand the restaurants you 406 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: know you already want to eat at. It takes all 407 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,199 Speaker 1: that other kind of stress and pressure. Always we already 408 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: know the football game is gonna be the football game. 409 00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: Like that's the easy part. It's that week of preparation 410 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: leading up into the game. You know, like you said, Cincinnati, 411 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: they're gonna try what They're gonna go play a game. 412 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:36,359 Speaker 1: That's the easy part is the game. It's everything else, 413 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: the week, all the distractions, all the parties as it's 414 00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,919 Speaker 1: not like you're used to. This week is not normal 415 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 1: to the Rams. Even though their home Shrigs January twenty 416 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:50,359 Speaker 1: fifth was when they beat the Buccaneers, They've slept in 417 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: their beds and in their home January twenty five. We 418 00:20:55,200 --> 00:20:57,760 Speaker 1: are going to be playing a game on February thirteenth, 419 00:20:57,800 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: and they're going to be saying, all right, it's just 420 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: the same time, Saint Pattern. I know my pillows, I 421 00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: know my sheets, and you know I'm gonna get up 422 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: for a second. I'm gonna do this stadium right here. Okay. 423 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 1: The Rams have not only played eight regular season games here, 424 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: they've played two playoff games here. They've played two preseason 425 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: games here. They've played twelve games in that stadium. So 426 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: when you walk into that colossal thing with the oculus 427 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 1: and the whole, the whole amazing bells and whistles, the 428 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 1: Rams are like, that's our field. The Bengals are walking 429 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,600 Speaker 1: into that stadium, and a lot of them might be like, 430 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:32,080 Speaker 1: this is the freaking super Bowl and look at this stadium. 431 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: I think there's a little bit of a factor. It's 432 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 1: the home fields all the rest. They're gonna be in 433 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: the same hotel the night before the game that they 434 00:21:39,359 --> 00:21:42,680 Speaker 1: spent every single night before, every single regular They know 435 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 1: the Starbucks, Maurice's name in the lobbies, I know Kyle 436 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: and Peter are big movie bus and so catch me 437 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 1: if you can, right. Leonardo is his dad sitting there 438 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:57,400 Speaker 1: saying why do the Yankees always win? Right, and he's 439 00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: I don't know got they got? All? You know? He 440 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: was name is as like, how was about the name 441 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,680 Speaker 1: Joe Demija? I can't even remember who your players he named? 442 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,439 Speaker 1: But his dad said, no, it's because every team who 443 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: comes out there, they're mesmerized by the stripes than pin 444 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 1: stripes and pinch stripes. That's right there. You're talking about 445 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: what it's gonna be like the Rams. It's gonna be 446 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: a complete It might be in this place, but it's 447 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: in a completely different feeling. Obviously, it's an advantage to 448 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: know what was it. I know my pillows, I know 449 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,200 Speaker 1: my sheets are like that show because I understand that 450 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:30,199 Speaker 1: very much. But it's not a determining factor in this game, right, 451 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:32,280 Speaker 1: So what do we think as far as how big 452 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:33,719 Speaker 1: of an advantage is it? When you look? I mean, 453 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: experience is way more of a determining factor, right, because 454 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,399 Speaker 1: the Rams have that in spades versus the Bengals. That's 455 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: what it is. You got the eleven guys or thirteen 456 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 1: guys on this Ram squad that it has Super Bowl 457 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 1: experience one dude on the entire Bengals roster. That's more 458 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,960 Speaker 1: of a determining factor than playing here twelve games. I 459 00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: don't know. Okay, really, I think that's a real advantage. 460 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: That's their DJ on the mic, that is their introductions, 461 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: like well, I think we saw it in Tampa, Azedsiter 462 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,119 Speaker 1: does the it wasn't all the books, regular things that 463 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:05,920 Speaker 1: they didn't shooting the cannons. The only differences the fans 464 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,359 Speaker 1: and the fan and a super Bowl is not your fans, 465 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: it's whoever buys the ticket. And so that you know 466 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 1: when you say the stadium, to me, is not the stadium. 467 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: And oh ye got a home field advantage as just 468 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,200 Speaker 1: the comfort of understanding and knowing where everything is and 469 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: not feeling stressed about anything. You know, I remember walking 470 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: to stadiums. Oh I can't find a hotel. I need 471 00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: the hotel. You know, it's just not covident. What are 472 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,600 Speaker 1: these streets? Is this? Though? The Bengals are the home team, 473 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: so I think, and I could be wrong, I think 474 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 1: the Bengals are actually the Rams. No, I can understand that. Weird, 475 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: it's not even I think are we're not giving the 476 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: Rams are going to have to go through some stuff 477 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: this week too. I don't want to not give credit 478 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:49,720 Speaker 1: to the stuff that they're gonna have to face. They're 479 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: going to be facing the same distractions your home. You 480 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: have more friends here, more people are gonna want to 481 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 1: go to the game, where people are gonna want tickets. Potentially, 482 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: you still have to deal with media. You have to 483 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: do media night, you have read availability. You're completely taken 484 00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:04,120 Speaker 1: out of your like like creatures of habit thing. It's 485 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 1: completely different for both teams. Well, Okay, I've been here 486 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: and I've enjoyed myself. I've been here since Saturday, and 487 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,479 Speaker 1: I was just telling y'all, like, I go to the hotel, 488 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,359 Speaker 1: I go to work, go to the hotel, eat, go 489 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,879 Speaker 1: to the hotel, and I'm I'm I'm always kind of 490 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:19,439 Speaker 1: confined in the hotel. That's what I don't like about it. Right. 491 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: I can get out, I can walk around a little bit, 492 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 1: but it's not fun. But if I lived here, I 493 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 1: got friends, I got people out. Know, I got your 494 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: kids with you. When you got your kids, your family, 495 00:24:29,480 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: that that comfort for a lot of the players is 496 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,080 Speaker 1: not what the Bengals are getting yes, they're getting it, 497 00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: but it isn't tight in a hotel room. It's just 498 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 1: to me. I like, I like the normalcy of things, 499 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: So I think it can make a difference, huge difference 500 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: at Jim if you I'd love to know everybody's thoughts 501 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: on this. Rams Bengals five days away, Tom Pelaso joining 502 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: us now Tom. Two big head coaching hires yesterday, Lovey 503 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: Smith taking over the top gig with the tech sans 504 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen getting promoted by the Saints. What can you 505 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: tell us? Okay, it's the second a year and wrote, 506 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: The Texans made the surprise higher of the entire head 507 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: coaching cycle. After a lengthy search in which they interviewed 508 00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: a bunch of candidates, they looked inside their building and 509 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: opted to promote their defensive coordinator, Lovey Smith to the 510 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 1: head coaching role. Now, my understanding is the Texans spoke 511 00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:19,639 Speaker 1: with Smith soon after they fired David Culley, but his 512 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,440 Speaker 1: name didn't come up as a head coaching candidate until 513 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: just a few days ago. Four weeks all signs pointed 514 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,280 Speaker 1: toward former NFL quarterback Josh McCown being Houston's head coach, 515 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: even though McCown had never coached above the high school level. 516 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,280 Speaker 1: The environment shifted last week when former Dolphins coach Brian Flores, 517 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:39,800 Speaker 1: who was also a candidate in Houston, filed a class 518 00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: action lawsuit alleging racial discrimination in hiring practices. Was Texans 519 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,439 Speaker 1: general manager Nick Kasserio who made the decision to pivot 520 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 1: and hire Lovey Smith, the former Bears and Bucks coach 521 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 1: who went to the playoffs three times in eleven seasons, 522 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,680 Speaker 1: including the super Bowl after the two thousand and sixth 523 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: season in Chicago. Meanwhile, a highly unsurprising hired by the 524 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. It is their defensive coordinator, Dennis Allen, 525 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: who will succeed Sean Payton as the head coach in 526 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: New Orleans. Allen, the former Raiders coach, somebody who's Sean 527 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: Payton and a lot of other people in the league 528 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: always felt deserved another shot, especially with the way that 529 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,880 Speaker 1: he turned around that defense in New Orleans. Another situation 530 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: to monitor in the coming days. Eric the Enemy, the 531 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:25,400 Speaker 1: chief's offensive coordinator, once again shut out with head coaching jobs. However, 532 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:28,639 Speaker 1: I am told the enemy's contract in Kansas City is 533 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,880 Speaker 1: expiringus you now of a situation where the enemy potentially 534 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: could resign and go back to the Chiefs, or he 535 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: could make a lateral movement potentially be a hot candidate 536 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: for another team as a play calling OC. Okay, so 537 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 1: now every team has a coach. He appreciate the details 538 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 1: on all of that. More to come right here. We've 539 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,800 Speaker 1: got some front office perspective from Scott Palely. He's than 540 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: another got Hall of Famer Charles Woodson and Calvin Johnson 541 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,600 Speaker 1: on the program. Michael Carter, Young Jets. We're running back 542 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,160 Speaker 1: after his rookie Season's exciting future ahead and we're counting 543 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: down to the super Bowl. All next, Welcome back to 544 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football. One word, Megatron, Our next guest doesn't 545 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: need an introduction of the greatest football players of all time, 546 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,040 Speaker 1: the Hall of Famer, some of the most insane highlight 547 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 1: grabs you will ever see. Please welcome back to the 548 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: breakfast table. Former Unfortunately, because I'd love to see you 549 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 1: still out there doing your thing. Calvin Johnson, you hang 550 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:32,479 Speaker 1: that going to be great to see you. I love 551 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: that you're on the show, like every couple months now 552 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,239 Speaker 1: that Nape Wilson's on here, and we tried to get 553 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,159 Speaker 1: we tried to get you on the show every day 554 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 1: when he was here, and he said it couldn't happen. 555 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,760 Speaker 1: It's very interesting. I'm putting those dots together. Let's talk 556 00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: about your guy, Stafford and this super Bowl. After twelve 557 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,800 Speaker 1: years in Detroit, your guy is here on the biggest 558 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: stage and his first season as a RAM, so I 559 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: know you have a really special relationship with him. What 560 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 1: does his success mean to you and what do you 561 00:27:58,080 --> 00:27:59,719 Speaker 1: think it or does it feel like to see him 562 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: on the running this thing. Yeah, we're all on his 563 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,440 Speaker 1: coach to vicarious lead for sure. You know, definitely rooting 564 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 1: for him. You know, Matthew, heck of a leader. You 565 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: know all the good times we had together in Detroit, 566 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: not just me, but all of us collectively as a team. 567 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 1: You know, we're all rooting for him here because we 568 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: know how hard a guy worse. And he's just a 569 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 1: heck of a guy. He's a heck of a pro. 570 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: You know, you always want to see those guys that 571 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,840 Speaker 1: do a right, you know, have success. The former teammates 572 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 1: like yourself know the real Stafford way better than I 573 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:29,399 Speaker 1: think the media does. And your voice speaks volumes on that, Calvin, 574 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: and we're rooting for him this weekend too. Meanwhile, Cooper 575 00:28:32,840 --> 00:28:36,919 Speaker 1: Cup YouTube separated at birth, basically the same person. Calvin 576 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 1: Johnson and Cooper can't even tell you, guys apart, however, 577 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,040 Speaker 1: you do have one thing in common. Your record breaking 578 00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: twenty twelve season, Calvin was nearly eclipsed by Cooper Cup. 579 00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:50,120 Speaker 1: This guy felled eighteen yards short. So level with us. 580 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: Were you watching that game? What were you thinking as 581 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: he was creeping toward the record, and just tell us 582 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson's thoughts on Cooper Cup in general. I definitely 583 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,560 Speaker 1: watched that. You know, I'm trying to watch Matthew as 584 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,080 Speaker 1: much as I can't even know on the East Coast 585 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,520 Speaker 1: for not getting all his games. But yeah, of course 586 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: I've watched it. Man. Everybody was on my phone like, oh, 587 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: this might be the game he was doing. Hand. I 588 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 1: honestly expected him to get it because he was he 589 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: was he was going, he was going absolutely bunkers out there, 590 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: all right. So, Klen, I gotta ask you. You got 591 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup, got ob J, you got Jamar Chase te Higgins, 592 00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: Tyler Boys, so many receivers that are capable of breaking 593 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: this game wide open at any given moment. Which group 594 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: of wide receivers. Are you taking? Who do you like? 595 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,960 Speaker 1: And don't tell me the staff for Crewe, I'm definitely 596 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: going to Matthew Stafford cruit more than because of just 597 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 1: the Matthew Stafford crue. We got some experience over there. 598 00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: You got Old, you got Cooper Cup you know, and 599 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: you know I love him. I got Van Jefferson. You 600 00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 1: know he has he's doing a little entry there, but 601 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: that's that's Sean Jefferson's young seed. He was there watching 602 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,600 Speaker 1: us back in the day when he was like, you know, 603 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: you know Waist High in Detroit watching us, right, does 604 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: you know? So? So to see him catching touchdowns today 605 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: from Matthew, that's pretty dope. It's cool. It's also cool 606 00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 1: because you've got a special relationship with the head coach 607 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: in the LA Rams that goes all the way back 608 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 1: to Atlanta High school football. There we go, we'll go 609 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: down this road. This is the Matthew Stafford and Clayton 610 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: Kershaw were high school teammates that out of the day. 611 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: Back in two thousand and three, Sean McVeigh beat out 612 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: Calvin Johnson for the Georgia State Player of the Year. 613 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: Marist High School in brook brock Haven what do you 614 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 1: remember about McVeigh the player back then, and do you 615 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: feel like you were snubbed? I mean even he says, 616 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: now it was kind of ridiculous that he did look 617 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: at Wig. He's like, yes, I don't remember anything. I 618 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 1: mean that was happening. If I get it, I get 619 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 1: it if that happened in two thousand and three. I 620 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: graduated in two thousand and four, So maybe that wasn't 621 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: on my radar at a time, because when I heard 622 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: about it in my last year in the league, when 623 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: McVey came into the into the scene, that's the first 624 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:58,360 Speaker 1: time I heard about it. I had never heard about 625 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,400 Speaker 1: it before that. And to that, I mean each year 626 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,760 Speaker 1: the seniors had like a super eleven in Atlantam, like 627 00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: the top eleven players people on that list. So I 628 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 1: guess it makes sense now he graduating in two thousand 629 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: and three, that made sense. But I'll go for it. Said, 630 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: you know, everyone's so outrageous the game tape. I think 631 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 1: they got it right. I think it looks incredible, Calvin, 632 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 1: does he not. I was still I wasn't even looking 633 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,280 Speaker 1: at the game film because I was just so distracted 634 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,240 Speaker 1: by the comment. You know, I just get thrown off 635 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: every time I hear that. All right, well, let's let's 636 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,840 Speaker 1: let's pull up another thing that you're never asked about, Calvin, 637 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: about you coming back and playing again. No, listen, when 638 00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:37,880 Speaker 1: you retire when you did, when, if people are perception 639 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: is that it's earlier than you could have, you're always 640 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: gonna have to ask the question, could you come back? 641 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: Would you come back? Barry got it for years too. 642 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:46,000 Speaker 1: Never mind? Will you? We know you're very happy in 643 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: your life and your businesses. Could you next year, if 644 00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:50,880 Speaker 1: out of nowhere you decide you want to come back 645 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: and play in the NFL? Could you do it this fall? 646 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I told Matthew earlier this year. This season, 647 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 1: I'm like, hey, man, I got a couple of rids 648 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,280 Speaker 1: on where I was sitting. I could you know if 649 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 1: I gotta have my vertical, But if I get out 650 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: here running around, man, my ankle gonna swell up, me 651 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,920 Speaker 1: turn into water. Booms man, it is not I can't 652 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 1: even I can't even sustain for her half. Wow, I 653 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: love it, Calvin Johnson. We love what you're stopping about 654 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,959 Speaker 1: the show. I know you're ruling for your boy, Matthew Stafford. 655 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if he'll be in the area, if 656 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: you are stopped by our show whenever, and we'll tell 657 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: Nate Burlson you say Hi, Yeah, I appreciate it. Great 658 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 1: to see y'all be Hall Muster spake. Great to see 659 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: you brother. Love playing against you, bro, absolutely man, I 660 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: loved it too. Joining us now is one of the 661 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,240 Speaker 1: all time greats. The very rare air of being a 662 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,360 Speaker 1: super Bowl champion, a Heisman Trophy winner, and a Defensive 663 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: Player of the Year. Please welcome to the show, a 664 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,120 Speaker 1: friend of our show at one of the all time 665 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:58,480 Speaker 1: Greads twenty twenty one Hall of Famer Charles Let Yeah, 666 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: what's up, guys? Now, y'all doing standard? We're doing great. 667 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: H Your career is almost parallel with out of Tom Brady's. 668 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: He guys both went to Michigan, and of course you 669 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 1: would meet in a playoff game in two thousand and 670 00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 1: one that was eventually dubbed Oh, I don't need to 671 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 1: even say the name of it. You recently sat down 672 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: with him to talk about one of the most controversial 673 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 1: calls in NFL history. NFL Films produced it. The special 674 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 1: was fantastic. What has been the reaction from that series? 675 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,200 Speaker 1: That special with the two of you guys talking about 676 00:33:28,280 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: that day. I think the reaction has been incredible, especially 677 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 1: you know for you know, the people and the fan 678 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 1: bases that are behind both of those teams. You know, 679 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: it kind of opens up old wounds for all of 680 00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: us Raider fans in that game, band and you know 681 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: how we were at the at the top, you know, 682 00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: we felt like we had that game in the bag 683 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, here comes that call, 684 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden just lets all the air 685 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:53,520 Speaker 1: out of the bag. And then on the other side, 686 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 1: you got the Patriots fans and a lot of them. Man, 687 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 1: they come on my Twitter and say, all the Raider 688 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:03,000 Speaker 1: fans are still about the tough rule. Listen, we ain't crying, man. 689 00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 1: We just like the state the obvious. It was a fumble. 690 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,320 Speaker 1: It was a fumble. Charles. Wasn't great to have you 691 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,000 Speaker 1: on the show. It's an honor. Let's go to twenty ten. Yeah, 692 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: twenty ton, you and the Packers take down the Steelers 693 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,879 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl forty five. What was that run 694 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: like and what made that Packers team so special? Because 695 00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,759 Speaker 1: I'm hearing a lot of this Bengals team feels like 696 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 1: a team of destiny. It feels magical. What about that 697 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: Packer squad? Yeah, And I think the parallel parallel is 698 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,359 Speaker 1: the way that they came in. You came in as 699 00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: a sixth seed and we had to go on the 700 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: road every game and you know, basically the underdog and 701 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,879 Speaker 1: get ourselves to the super Bowl with a chance to win. 702 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,320 Speaker 1: And the Bengals are kind of coming in with that 703 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: same role as the underdog team. Nobody expected him to 704 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: be there, you know, Joe Burrow of course as a stud. 705 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,920 Speaker 1: But everybody talks about the offensive line and them not 706 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,560 Speaker 1: being able to you know, hold up, but still they 707 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:57,600 Speaker 1: find a way to win. And I think for it 708 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,320 Speaker 1: for our team, I think the thing that and so 709 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: special is the amount of injuries that we had that year. 710 00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: I think we had sixteen players that went on ir 711 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 1: that year. And then even in the game, I go 712 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: down right before halftime, Donald Driver went down, But we 713 00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: did what we had done all year and let's go 714 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 1: out there and win with whoever we had to put 715 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,000 Speaker 1: on the field. So I think this Bengals team kind 716 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,080 Speaker 1: of has some of that magic. But they'll definitely have 717 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,800 Speaker 1: their hands full going against this Rams team this Sunday. 718 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,319 Speaker 1: They will and we're looking at number twelve. Hold up 719 00:35:31,360 --> 00:35:34,720 Speaker 1: the Lombardy. Let's just get into this week. Charles, Aaron Rodgers, 720 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 1: you know how it's gonna go. He'll probably come to 721 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 1: NFL Honors, he'll probably win the MVP. Who knows what 722 00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 1: he's gonna say in his acceptance speech, and then he'll 723 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,719 Speaker 1: just go off for the offseason and welcome in another 724 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,239 Speaker 1: nuclear winner of us wondering what's he gonna do? What 725 00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:49,879 Speaker 1: do you think he's gonna do, Charles? And what would 726 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:56,440 Speaker 1: you like to see him do? Man? Honestly, man, you 727 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 1: know from from I guess from a fan standpoint and 728 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,240 Speaker 1: one who's played with the Packers, and of course organizationally, 729 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,080 Speaker 1: I think that you know you would want to see 730 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers back because we know how this league is. Man, 731 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,120 Speaker 1: if you have a quarterback, you know you have a shot. 732 00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: You look at the teams that are in the Super 733 00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:15,960 Speaker 1: Bowl now you know they all have great quarterbacks. But 734 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 1: I'm just looking at the situation and if I'm putting 735 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:22,000 Speaker 1: on my GM hat, you know what, I'm saying, Hey, 736 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 1: what are we going to do this next season? And 737 00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,560 Speaker 1: I look at the roster that we have, you know 738 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,160 Speaker 1: what I'm thinking about trading Aaron Rodgers and see what 739 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,440 Speaker 1: I can get into get in get in return for him. 740 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 1: Maybe I can get a quarterback that can kelp kind 741 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,200 Speaker 1: of steady my quarterback room and get some competition for 742 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: Jordan Love. I'm telling the floor, hey, Geordan Love does 743 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,279 Speaker 1: not leave the building this out this offseason. We're going 744 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 1: to get him prepared to play. Because when I look 745 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,840 Speaker 1: at the team and this defense and the way that 746 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: defense performed, they have a good team and so they 747 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,680 Speaker 1: know that they will be able to go into the 748 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,399 Speaker 1: next season being able to be solid on that side 749 00:36:57,440 --> 00:36:59,960 Speaker 1: of the ball and then let the offense catch up 750 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 1: up throughout the season. So um. And then also it'll 751 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 1: help out, you know, in their their cap situations. So 752 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,439 Speaker 1: if I'm I'm Packers, you flirted with it a little 753 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,760 Speaker 1: bit last last offseason. You know, life without Aaron Rodgers. 754 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,640 Speaker 1: You know now you're really thinking about the future. So 755 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm thinking about training Aaron Rodgers this offseason. If I can, Oh, 756 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: I like that, Seawood, we might have to call, uh, 757 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,359 Speaker 1: mister Murphy that the president up there in Green Band 758 00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:31,360 Speaker 1: get you another job. Manuti though you got Jalen Ramsy, 759 00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,600 Speaker 1: we know he's gonna have his hands for trying to 760 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: slow down Jamar chasing those Bengal receivers. Same thing on 761 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 1: the Bengal side of things. You got Jesse Bates, ran 762 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: Bell going up against Cooper Cup and o b j Um. 763 00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,840 Speaker 1: How did you approach getting ready to go up against 764 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: elite receivers in this league? Well, for me, you know what, 765 00:37:51,280 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: I what I try to tell. You know, a lot 766 00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: of the young players, you know, don't get yourself necessarily 767 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 1: caught up in the matchup in terms of you know, 768 00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 1: who their star receiver is. You know, I don't know 769 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,480 Speaker 1: how they're gonna you know, deploy Jalen Rams in this game. 770 00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:04,960 Speaker 1: You know, he moves around a lot, so I don't 771 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,800 Speaker 1: know if he'll be you know, locked in on chainsaw 772 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 1: a game. But I tell guys, man, go in and 773 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: play the offense, you know, play. It's all about personnel, Uh, 774 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 1: It's all about situational football, and it's all about formations. 775 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,680 Speaker 1: You know, the receiver's got to go out there and 776 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:23,200 Speaker 1: run what players called out there. So if you have 777 00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,759 Speaker 1: a great grasp of the offense and what they like 778 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,320 Speaker 1: to do, where where, where receivers are lined up in 779 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,919 Speaker 1: certain plays, then you play the offense and that gives 780 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,600 Speaker 1: you the advantage. And then the other thing I tell 781 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,799 Speaker 1: them is if they do something that uh, you're you're 782 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,200 Speaker 1: you're not quite prepared for, maybe you didn't see it, 783 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,480 Speaker 1: see it on film, then you just got to go 784 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 1: out and be a football player. So in that regard, man, 785 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:50,000 Speaker 1: just go out there and play the game that you 786 00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 1: know how to play, and the rest of take care 787 00:38:52,160 --> 00:38:54,560 Speaker 1: of himself. I think the other thing is is that 788 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,000 Speaker 1: in terms of a Cooper Companies, guys in the slot 789 00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:02,600 Speaker 1: receiver position, you gotta run some bracket type of coverage 790 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 1: just because you know, things get wide open in the 791 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: middle of that field. These guys are running these option routes. Man, 792 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,200 Speaker 1: it gives them time to get open and find space. 793 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:14,120 Speaker 1: So they'll all have their hands for trying to, you know, 794 00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,799 Speaker 1: guard these stud wide receivers. But hey, just go out 795 00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:18,480 Speaker 1: there and play football, man. The rest of take care 796 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,400 Speaker 1: of yourself. Charles, it was always fun watching these Raiders 797 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,759 Speaker 1: winning these games and talk to you afterwards. You were 798 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,719 Speaker 1: really on this ride. You had such an incredible career 799 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,880 Speaker 1: with the Packers. But I think most people associate you 800 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,560 Speaker 1: with that silver and black. You're as close to the 801 00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:34,960 Speaker 1: Raiders now than you've been since you're playing days. What 802 00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 1: was your reaction to the coaching moves, telling Besaca, thank you, 803 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,279 Speaker 1: but we're moving on, and then bringing in Josh McDaniels 804 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,560 Speaker 1: and his host of New England buddies to coming down 805 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:48,160 Speaker 1: there to Vegas. What's the reaction from Charles Woodson. Yeah, 806 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:51,560 Speaker 1: we'll give coach Besach some credit because he's certainly gained 807 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: the respect and the love of these players, and a 808 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 1: lot of them, you know, we're kind of campaigning to 809 00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:57,960 Speaker 1: bring them back. But I think Mark Davis knowe that 810 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 1: knew that he had to hit a home in this 811 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:02,200 Speaker 1: coaching cycle and he had to go out there and 812 00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: get the best shit to take this team into the future. 813 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,680 Speaker 1: And I think the best thing about you're hiring Josh 814 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: McDaniels is him coming in and basically saying, you know what, 815 00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: Derek Carr is our guy. You know, not coming in 816 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,960 Speaker 1: and kind of you know, waffling saying, Yo, we got 817 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 1: to look at the film. We'll see what happens. We 818 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:19,839 Speaker 1: don't know, no, no, no, you know, Derek's our guy. 819 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,800 Speaker 1: So you can come in, you know, with that stance 820 00:40:22,960 --> 00:40:25,640 Speaker 1: and that mindset, And I think it just gives everybody, 821 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,279 Speaker 1: you know, some confidence going into this system or this 822 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: season that we have our quarterback. We're gonna build off 823 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:33,320 Speaker 1: that and we're gonna build a winner, and he's a 824 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,799 Speaker 1: great offensive mine. I think that only helps Derek Carr, 825 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,080 Speaker 1: which ultimately helps the team. So I'm excited about that. 826 00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: And then all of the other, you know, front office 827 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,440 Speaker 1: moves they made. I think Mark did a great job 828 00:40:43,520 --> 00:40:44,960 Speaker 1: and I don't think he gets a lot of credit 829 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 1: for you know, his knowledge of the game and you 830 00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: know running that organization. So great job by Mark Davis. 831 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 1: And there's a lot coming from you. Of course, you're 832 00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: a Hall of Famer. On on Thursday, we find out 833 00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,120 Speaker 1: which players get into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 834 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:00,400 Speaker 1: Thanks to Ford, fans now have a chance to be 835 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,960 Speaker 1: represented in the Pro Football Hall of Fame through the 836 00:41:03,040 --> 00:41:06,440 Speaker 1: Ford Hall of Fans program. So you're joining us to 837 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,480 Speaker 1: announce the three Fans. Is all very exciting, the three 838 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,279 Speaker 1: fans that are advancing to the finalist round and going 839 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,880 Speaker 1: to Super Bowl fifty six. So take it away, Charles, 840 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:19,239 Speaker 1: go for it. Yeah, So the Ford Hall of Fame 841 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,719 Speaker 1: Hall of Fans, you know, in the NFL, man they 842 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: created this program that really incorporates the fans into the 843 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:29,840 Speaker 1: game by giving them a display within the Pro Football 844 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:32,160 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame and put them right next to all 845 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,239 Speaker 1: of the legends of the game. So I'm proud, you know, 846 00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: to partner with Ford on this program, and it's my 847 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,800 Speaker 1: pleasure to announce the three fans started advancing to the finals, 848 00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:45,640 Speaker 1: finalists round going to Super Bowl fifty six. And those 849 00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:51,759 Speaker 1: fans are from the New York Giants, Amy Nolan, from 850 00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:57,760 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears, Terrence Young, and from the Detroit Lions 851 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:03,840 Speaker 1: Michael Bank. So congratulations to those fans. Uh you guys, 852 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:06,600 Speaker 1: are you got a chance? Man? And this weekend you'll 853 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:09,879 Speaker 1: find out who'll be inducted and to the Ford Hall 854 00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:13,880 Speaker 1: of Fans enjoined me in all of the legends of 855 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 1: Pro Football in Canton, Ohio. So congratulations to you three fans. 856 00:42:19,719 --> 00:42:21,600 Speaker 1: How cool is that? It's amazing? Of cool is that 857 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:29,080 Speaker 1: Charles look at and there's Terrence. These fans could use 858 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:35,360 Speaker 1: a little bit of love our show this season. We 859 00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,320 Speaker 1: enjoyed your whiskey, we'll enjoy your wine, and we enjoyed 860 00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:40,480 Speaker 1: having you on the show today. Congrats and all you're 861 00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,319 Speaker 1: doing with Ford as well. Homage to the old man, Hey, 862 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,759 Speaker 1: DeAngelo man, We'll get you to wide and Whiskey ang 863 00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:50,160 Speaker 1: gonna leave you out many big dog yes, sir og 864 00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:53,479 Speaker 1: Man than guys.