1 00:00:07,266 --> 00:00:09,666 Speaker 1: The Season with Peter Scheger is a production of the 2 00:00:09,786 --> 00:00:24,986 Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. What's Up, Everybody, This is 3 00:00:24,986 --> 00:00:28,386 Speaker 1: Peter Schreger Listening to the Season with Peter Schreger. We 4 00:00:28,466 --> 00:00:32,426 Speaker 1: are through Memorial Day weekend and we are looking at 5 00:00:32,466 --> 00:00:35,386 Speaker 1: the abyss of NFL news. But I wanted to pop 6 00:00:35,426 --> 00:00:37,906 Speaker 1: on and have a podcast because I want to check 7 00:00:37,946 --> 00:00:41,466 Speaker 1: out to one last week, and Aaron wan Kaufman is 8 00:00:41,546 --> 00:00:43,626 Speaker 1: joining me. I feel like we need to unpack the 9 00:00:43,666 --> 00:00:45,706 Speaker 1: schedule stuff a little bit and kind of set the 10 00:00:45,746 --> 00:00:48,146 Speaker 1: stage for what's going to happen over the next few weeks, 11 00:00:48,386 --> 00:00:50,626 Speaker 1: but also hit on some other things both around the league, 12 00:00:50,906 --> 00:00:54,426 Speaker 1: around New York City, and around the sports and pop 13 00:00:54,466 --> 00:00:57,666 Speaker 1: culture world. Aaron, I'll go back to our interview with 14 00:00:57,706 --> 00:01:01,346 Speaker 1: Mike North, which is our last podcast, and I didn't 15 00:01:01,346 --> 00:01:04,706 Speaker 1: realize his quote about the Jets owing US one and 16 00:01:04,946 --> 00:01:07,426 Speaker 1: us being the league what's gonna take off the way 17 00:01:07,466 --> 00:01:09,786 Speaker 1: it did? It was like national news, and I'm like, 18 00:01:10,186 --> 00:01:11,946 Speaker 1: did you say that on our podcasts? And then I 19 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:14,186 Speaker 1: go back and the clip was from our podcast. So 20 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:17,626 Speaker 1: what Mike North, who we love, the schedule maker from 21 00:01:17,666 --> 00:01:20,226 Speaker 1: the NFL, said was that the reason the Jets have 22 00:01:20,266 --> 00:01:23,586 Speaker 1: the most primetime games is because they're a Marquee team 23 00:01:23,666 --> 00:01:26,586 Speaker 1: and a Marquee network, and the way things went down 24 00:01:26,666 --> 00:01:28,906 Speaker 1: last year, tongue in cheek, he said, they owe us one. 25 00:01:29,306 --> 00:01:31,066 Speaker 1: Sure enough, the Jets have me, you can't. They asked 26 00:01:31,146 --> 00:01:34,546 Speaker 1: Rogers about it, and Rogers like, yeah, like, I think 27 00:01:34,626 --> 00:01:36,706 Speaker 1: we I think we did. Like Rogers was cool with it. 28 00:01:39,706 --> 00:01:42,586 Speaker 1: The Jets comment was big. The other thing that was 29 00:01:42,626 --> 00:01:44,826 Speaker 1: interesting was we were kind of on it before everyone else, 30 00:01:44,866 --> 00:01:49,106 Speaker 1: the Netflix deal and kind of unpacking that since so 31 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:56,626 Speaker 1: I didn't realize how I'm not gonna say monumental it was, 32 00:01:56,786 --> 00:01:58,866 Speaker 1: but I think it caught a lot of people by 33 00:01:58,946 --> 00:02:01,306 Speaker 1: surprise if they were able to put together that Netflix 34 00:02:01,346 --> 00:02:04,426 Speaker 1: package so soon, because in March they had the league 35 00:02:04,426 --> 00:02:07,386 Speaker 1: meetings and Netflix was not in many of the conversations 36 00:02:07,426 --> 00:02:10,826 Speaker 1: with the other league broadcast partners. So you have your CBS, 37 00:02:10,866 --> 00:02:14,386 Speaker 1: you have your EVS, ESPN, you got Fox, you got NBC, 38 00:02:14,546 --> 00:02:17,946 Speaker 1: and how you got Amazon? Now, if you're Amazon, you're like, 39 00:02:17,946 --> 00:02:20,466 Speaker 1: all right, we just shelled out all this money for 40 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:24,146 Speaker 1: the Black Friday ownership, which is kind of like that 41 00:02:24,226 --> 00:02:28,346 Speaker 1: holiday feel, and we're also gonna be getting a playoff game, 42 00:02:28,386 --> 00:02:30,226 Speaker 1: and we've now got a couple of years under our 43 00:02:30,266 --> 00:02:33,106 Speaker 1: belt with Thursday Night Football. If we're the official streaming 44 00:02:33,146 --> 00:02:35,586 Speaker 1: partner and we're paying all this money for Black Friday, 45 00:02:36,026 --> 00:02:39,586 Speaker 1: Christmas Day, seems like a natural link. Well, Netflix comes in. 46 00:02:39,906 --> 00:02:41,786 Speaker 1: They do the deal with Netflix, which interesting is it's 47 00:02:41,906 --> 00:02:44,346 Speaker 1: just for two games, and Netflix has given no indication 48 00:02:44,386 --> 00:02:48,066 Speaker 1: that they're looking to like buy a bigger package. From 49 00:02:48,066 --> 00:02:51,466 Speaker 1: all the reading and all the conversations I've done, Netflix 50 00:02:51,866 --> 00:02:54,986 Speaker 1: brings something that the other networks apparently do not, and 51 00:02:55,026 --> 00:02:59,506 Speaker 1: that is this global audience all under one tenth. So 52 00:02:59,706 --> 00:03:04,066 Speaker 1: what does that mean? Yeah, the Fox games are broadcasted overseas, 53 00:03:04,106 --> 00:03:07,386 Speaker 1: and yes the CBS games are broadcasted, but those might 54 00:03:07,426 --> 00:03:11,466 Speaker 1: be on partner networks like Sky or be in Sport 55 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:15,506 Speaker 1: or wherever those those other networks are overseas. With Netflix 56 00:03:15,666 --> 00:03:19,026 Speaker 1: on this Christmas Day game, everyone's gonna watch it on 57 00:03:19,066 --> 00:03:22,146 Speaker 1: the same network, on the same broadcast, with the same voice, 58 00:03:22,266 --> 00:03:24,066 Speaker 1: the same production, all at once. Is there a value 59 00:03:24,106 --> 00:03:27,226 Speaker 1: to that? I guess. Netflix apparently reaches way more in 60 00:03:27,266 --> 00:03:29,986 Speaker 1: their global audience, and that was the NFL's push on it. 61 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:33,266 Speaker 1: Netflix all also was willing to pay a certain dollar, 62 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:35,826 Speaker 1: which I'm sure is very appealing in a lot of ways, 63 00:03:35,826 --> 00:03:39,026 Speaker 1: and it also brings another partner into the NFL, which 64 00:03:39,146 --> 00:03:42,146 Speaker 1: leads to, you know, negotiations with the league when it 65 00:03:42,146 --> 00:03:44,506 Speaker 1: comes to future games. Well, there's another person at the table. 66 00:03:45,746 --> 00:03:49,866 Speaker 1: I will say this. What's interesting is that, like in 67 00:03:49,906 --> 00:03:54,226 Speaker 1: this dynamic, does the NFL need Netflix? I'd say it's 68 00:03:54,386 --> 00:03:56,546 Speaker 1: nice to have to get that Netflix audience. We saw 69 00:03:56,586 --> 00:03:59,306 Speaker 1: that the Quarterback series with the number one rated series 70 00:03:59,386 --> 00:04:01,746 Speaker 1: last summer, and that was a cool partnership. And the 71 00:04:01,786 --> 00:04:07,266 Speaker 1: Brady Roast obviously has football, you know, tentacles. Does Netflix 72 00:04:07,666 --> 00:04:12,226 Speaker 1: need the NFL, I don't know. Like to me, everything 73 00:04:12,266 --> 00:04:14,146 Speaker 1: I've read, it's like they view this as an event, 74 00:04:14,466 --> 00:04:17,466 Speaker 1: and it's more like they're to the event of having 75 00:04:17,706 --> 00:04:21,306 Speaker 1: Christmas Day NFL and then they use that to maybe 76 00:04:22,026 --> 00:04:26,066 Speaker 1: promote the wrestling package they just paid five hundred million 77 00:04:26,106 --> 00:04:29,266 Speaker 1: dollars for throughout the Christmas Day event. They use that 78 00:04:29,346 --> 00:04:31,826 Speaker 1: to try out their new ad tier, which they're kind 79 00:04:31,826 --> 00:04:35,186 Speaker 1: of soft launching and using in a different way. You're 80 00:04:35,186 --> 00:04:36,946 Speaker 1: going to can't avoid the ads. If they're going to 81 00:04:36,986 --> 00:04:38,826 Speaker 1: do an NFL game, they'll put them on and they'll 82 00:04:38,826 --> 00:04:41,066 Speaker 1: be able to use that ad tier for the first time. 83 00:04:41,426 --> 00:04:43,266 Speaker 1: A lot of conversation to the Netflix thing. It wasn't 84 00:04:43,306 --> 00:04:46,106 Speaker 1: as necessarily clean and easy as like, all right, here 85 00:04:46,146 --> 00:04:49,266 Speaker 1: we go Netflix. It seems like some folks were caught 86 00:04:49,266 --> 00:04:50,786 Speaker 1: off guard a little bit. I don't think there's any 87 00:04:50,826 --> 00:04:53,506 Speaker 1: sour feelings. I don't think anyone's upset, But now you 88 00:04:53,586 --> 00:04:55,466 Speaker 1: have this Netflix deal. And the one thing that I 89 00:04:55,506 --> 00:04:58,426 Speaker 1: asked Mike North, which is interesting, is like, who's going 90 00:04:58,506 --> 00:05:00,826 Speaker 1: to broadcast these games? And when they says that, it's like, 91 00:05:00,826 --> 00:05:04,306 Speaker 1: who's going to produce the games? So when Amazon came 92 00:05:04,346 --> 00:05:07,186 Speaker 1: in for Thursday night football, NBC was very much in 93 00:05:07,266 --> 00:05:10,586 Speaker 1: line with Amazon and helped guide them through it. When 94 00:05:10,626 --> 00:05:14,266 Speaker 1: the NFL network broadcasted all those games on Thursday nights 95 00:05:14,706 --> 00:05:18,466 Speaker 1: for many years, it was the Fox broadcast crew would 96 00:05:18,546 --> 00:05:20,666 Speaker 1: help put it on. Then it was CBS would help 97 00:05:20,746 --> 00:05:24,066 Speaker 1: put those on. We still don't know, so I assume 98 00:05:24,666 --> 00:05:28,506 Speaker 1: this is how this will play out. Netflix will pay 99 00:05:28,746 --> 00:05:35,346 Speaker 1: either Fox, CBS or ESPN, Abc, NBC. I don't think 100 00:05:35,426 --> 00:05:37,866 Speaker 1: NBC because Amazon's with NBC, but one of those three 101 00:05:38,026 --> 00:05:41,866 Speaker 1: they'll pay them a fee and those guys will use 102 00:05:42,746 --> 00:05:46,946 Speaker 1: their producers, their trucks, their directors, their ads, their camera folks, 103 00:05:47,066 --> 00:05:50,066 Speaker 1: they'll come in with that and then on air. There 104 00:05:50,106 --> 00:05:53,426 Speaker 1: hasn't been really much discussion publicly, and I've tried to 105 00:05:53,466 --> 00:05:56,426 Speaker 1: work back channels, like what's the plan on air for 106 00:05:56,466 --> 00:05:59,586 Speaker 1: this Netflix presentation of these two great Christmas Day games? 107 00:05:59,586 --> 00:06:03,146 Speaker 1: I mean we're talking great games. You're talking Steelers Chiefs. 108 00:06:03,146 --> 00:06:04,506 Speaker 1: Those are two teams that are gonna be in the 109 00:06:04,546 --> 00:06:08,186 Speaker 1: playoff on they're talking Texans Ravens another two great teams. 110 00:06:08,586 --> 00:06:11,066 Speaker 1: Who's gonna be the broadcaster? So it's just gonna be like, 111 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:13,906 Speaker 1: all right, well, CBS is broadcasting it, and the CBS 112 00:06:13,906 --> 00:06:18,866 Speaker 1: third crew is Andrew Catalan and Tiki Barber, So that's 113 00:06:18,866 --> 00:06:22,546 Speaker 1: who's doing the game. Or does Netflix truly say like no, 114 00:06:22,866 --> 00:06:26,746 Speaker 1: we want to have you know, I said Bert Kreischer 115 00:06:26,946 --> 00:06:30,186 Speaker 1: on the podcast with North, But it's like we have 116 00:06:30,226 --> 00:06:32,946 Speaker 1: a relationship with Kevin Hart, we have a relationship with 117 00:06:33,066 --> 00:06:36,826 Speaker 1: Nate BERGATZI, we have a relationship with Andre Agassy from 118 00:06:36,866 --> 00:06:38,906 Speaker 1: the tennis event, Like we want to mix this up 119 00:06:38,946 --> 00:06:41,826 Speaker 1: and maybe do a different approach at this. I know 120 00:06:41,866 --> 00:06:45,866 Speaker 1: there's a Netflix movie coming out now with Nicole Kidman 121 00:06:45,946 --> 00:06:48,866 Speaker 1: and Zach Efron, Like whatever the movie is that Christmas 122 00:06:49,106 --> 00:06:51,306 Speaker 1: do they want to incorporate those people into their broadcast. 123 00:06:51,946 --> 00:06:54,786 Speaker 1: They can. I would imagine the NFL has a has 124 00:06:54,826 --> 00:06:57,266 Speaker 1: a voice. But like I said, Netflix, they're looking at 125 00:06:57,306 --> 00:06:59,666 Speaker 1: this in an event. I don't think it's just gonna 126 00:06:59,706 --> 00:07:02,106 Speaker 1: be all right here it is, roll it out and 127 00:07:02,666 --> 00:07:05,946 Speaker 1: there's Rich Eisen, there's Kurt Warner, there's you know whoever 128 00:07:05,986 --> 00:07:09,346 Speaker 1: else or the CBS there's Nate Burlison, and there's you know, 129 00:07:10,106 --> 00:07:12,106 Speaker 1: Matt Ryan. I have to think they're gonna have their 130 00:07:12,106 --> 00:07:14,786 Speaker 1: own studio folks, and they were gonna have some sort 131 00:07:14,786 --> 00:07:19,746 Speaker 1: of different presentation which fascinated by. But uh, that's rapidly approaching, 132 00:07:19,826 --> 00:07:23,666 Speaker 1: Like this is already. 133 00:07:22,666 --> 00:07:26,026 Speaker 2: In bed with Omaha from quarterback. So I wonder if they're, 134 00:07:26,066 --> 00:07:28,586 Speaker 2: like you're saying, they're taking influence from the Manning cast. 135 00:07:28,666 --> 00:07:31,026 Speaker 2: So it would be so easy for them to have 136 00:07:31,666 --> 00:07:34,306 Speaker 2: Nicole Kidman, Zach Efron, whoever like jump. 137 00:07:34,066 --> 00:07:37,226 Speaker 1: Out and does the audience Does the NFL audience want that? 138 00:07:38,466 --> 00:07:41,626 Speaker 1: Like if I'm if I'm as if I'm a Steelers 139 00:07:41,626 --> 00:07:44,346 Speaker 1: fan and my team is seven and nine going in 140 00:07:44,666 --> 00:07:47,346 Speaker 1: or seven and seven going into the game, do I 141 00:07:47,346 --> 00:07:49,586 Speaker 1: want and I have one who presented it? Do I 142 00:07:49,666 --> 00:07:52,946 Speaker 1: want you know Nate Bergatzi Andrew Schultz, BT, you know, 143 00:07:53,026 --> 00:07:56,426 Speaker 1: cracking jokes about Russell Wilson the Rugs or do I 144 00:07:56,466 --> 00:08:00,666 Speaker 1: just want hey, I'm good, yeah, put on you know, 145 00:08:00,786 --> 00:08:03,746 Speaker 1: give me two random announcers from Fox. I'm like the four, 146 00:08:03,986 --> 00:08:07,386 Speaker 1: give me, give me Adam and Mark shal Earth and 147 00:08:07,426 --> 00:08:09,906 Speaker 1: I'm good. Let's just have the game on Netflix. Like so, 148 00:08:10,026 --> 00:08:12,506 Speaker 1: I think those are really in the weeds conversations. But 149 00:08:12,866 --> 00:08:15,986 Speaker 1: that's been sort of a buzz in the fallout after 150 00:08:16,786 --> 00:08:19,106 Speaker 1: the Netflix decision. I think it's cool. I think bring 151 00:08:19,106 --> 00:08:22,906 Speaker 1: in more partners, let's see different creative ways and more 152 00:08:22,946 --> 00:08:28,306 Speaker 1: people broadcasting football is better. The other thing that I 153 00:08:28,346 --> 00:08:32,266 Speaker 1: wanted to mention up top was the passing of Bill Walton. Aaron, 154 00:08:32,306 --> 00:08:34,306 Speaker 1: do you have any history of being a Walton fan 155 00:08:34,466 --> 00:08:35,946 Speaker 1: or a knowledge of Walton? I know you're of a 156 00:08:35,946 --> 00:08:38,266 Speaker 1: different generation. You're in your twenties. I'm in my forties. 157 00:08:39,066 --> 00:08:40,346 Speaker 1: Where do you stand on Walton? 158 00:08:40,786 --> 00:08:43,026 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm a huge basketball fan. I don't have 159 00:08:43,786 --> 00:08:46,866 Speaker 2: myself any memories of watching I'm also honored that you 160 00:08:46,866 --> 00:08:47,986 Speaker 2: think I'm in my twenties. 161 00:08:47,746 --> 00:08:49,346 Speaker 1: Because early thirties. 162 00:08:50,026 --> 00:08:55,946 Speaker 2: But I love this past week seeing so many other 163 00:08:56,106 --> 00:09:00,506 Speaker 2: basketball voices, voicing what Bill Walton meant not only to 164 00:09:00,546 --> 00:09:03,426 Speaker 2: the league as a player but afterwards as an ambassador 165 00:09:03,506 --> 00:09:07,266 Speaker 2: for the league and sort of like being there to 166 00:09:07,466 --> 00:09:12,106 Speaker 2: usher in this like kind a more connected period between 167 00:09:12,146 --> 00:09:15,226 Speaker 2: the NBA and the media, which I think he had 168 00:09:15,426 --> 00:09:19,626 Speaker 2: a pard in, especially early on. But I don't have like, oh, 169 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:22,226 Speaker 2: I've got this his like sitting there watching Walton games 170 00:09:22,306 --> 00:09:22,826 Speaker 2: or anything. 171 00:09:22,906 --> 00:09:26,066 Speaker 1: So no, but I'll tell you growing up a huge 172 00:09:26,066 --> 00:09:28,946 Speaker 1: football fan, I obviously I always say this sounds a 173 00:09:29,026 --> 00:09:33,306 Speaker 1: huge hoopshead too, so like I have the you know, 174 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:35,226 Speaker 1: knowledge of Walton's game, but I was thinking more of 175 00:09:35,346 --> 00:09:39,426 Speaker 1: just like as a broadcaster and as a personality. Obviously, 176 00:09:39,466 --> 00:09:41,986 Speaker 1: if you've written, if you've followed Walton, or you knew 177 00:09:42,026 --> 00:09:44,506 Speaker 1: the eulogy or the stuff that's been written in the 178 00:09:44,506 --> 00:09:47,266 Speaker 1: obituary is like he was like a terrible stat stuttering. 179 00:09:47,706 --> 00:09:50,546 Speaker 1: He overcame that and it's became one of the best broadcasters. 180 00:09:50,546 --> 00:09:53,546 Speaker 1: But like everyone has this nostalgia for NBA on NBC, 181 00:09:53,666 --> 00:09:57,346 Speaker 1: and it's Marv Albert and it's Fortello and it's Round 182 00:09:57,426 --> 00:09:59,706 Speaker 1: Ball Rock and it's Peter Vessi and it's a morber Shott. 183 00:09:59,706 --> 00:10:02,706 Speaker 1: But like those West Coast games were very often a 184 00:10:02,746 --> 00:10:05,706 Speaker 1: trio of Tom Hammond, who was kind of your like 185 00:10:06,426 --> 00:10:08,506 Speaker 1: you know, ham and Egg right down the middle. He 186 00:10:08,546 --> 00:10:11,146 Speaker 1: does the horse racing and he would do these West 187 00:10:11,146 --> 00:10:13,226 Speaker 1: Coast games. And then it was a duo of Bill 188 00:10:13,306 --> 00:10:17,146 Speaker 1: Walton and Steve Snapper Jones, and I think those guys 189 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:20,666 Speaker 1: defined a generation of like West Coast basketball, because everyone 190 00:10:20,746 --> 00:10:23,466 Speaker 1: thinks of Marv Albert on the call for like Michael 191 00:10:23,506 --> 00:10:26,226 Speaker 1: Jordan versus Reggie Miller, or Michael Jordan versus Patrick Ewing, 192 00:10:26,346 --> 00:10:29,266 Speaker 1: or you named the East Coast Battle of the Nixon Pacers, 193 00:10:29,266 --> 00:10:31,546 Speaker 1: and that's true. On the West Coast, you would have 194 00:10:31,586 --> 00:10:35,626 Speaker 1: these games between like the Suns, you know, the Phoenix 195 00:10:35,666 --> 00:10:38,866 Speaker 1: Suns taking on the La Lakers in a first round 196 00:10:38,946 --> 00:10:41,466 Speaker 1: series that I remember was amazing. Those guys were on 197 00:10:41,506 --> 00:10:44,146 Speaker 1: the call, or like Courtland got really good in the 198 00:10:44,226 --> 00:10:47,106 Speaker 1: late nineties and they had this like awesome team, or 199 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:49,786 Speaker 1: the Sacramento Kings and the Lakers in the early two thousands, 200 00:10:49,826 --> 00:10:52,746 Speaker 1: and it was always Bill Walton on those calls for 201 00:10:52,746 --> 00:10:56,146 Speaker 1: those West Coast playoff games, and he was truly like 202 00:10:56,426 --> 00:11:00,546 Speaker 1: out there, so out there, but you learned to embrace it. 203 00:11:00,946 --> 00:11:03,546 Speaker 1: And I just thought one of the interesting things is 204 00:11:03,586 --> 00:11:06,106 Speaker 1: like how he's been eulogized by everyone in sports. It's 205 00:11:06,146 --> 00:11:08,666 Speaker 1: not a out his accomplishments, not it's just like what 206 00:11:08,706 --> 00:11:10,786 Speaker 1: a good duty was, Like what a great dude, what 207 00:11:10,826 --> 00:11:14,586 Speaker 1: a great spirit. And that includes the Grateful Dead, you know, 208 00:11:14,786 --> 00:11:18,546 Speaker 1: you know, a whole world. Obviously, Jack coming out Reggie 209 00:11:18,586 --> 00:11:21,146 Speaker 1: Miller last night during during the game said like, you know, 210 00:11:21,146 --> 00:11:23,226 Speaker 1: when he walked onto the court at UCLA thirty one 211 00:11:23,306 --> 00:11:25,306 Speaker 1: years ago, Bill Walton like reached out and was like, 212 00:11:25,306 --> 00:11:28,746 Speaker 1: here's how you're gonna be a UCLA brewing. But you know, 213 00:11:28,946 --> 00:11:31,466 Speaker 1: Walton was like at one with the earth. He was. 214 00:11:31,586 --> 00:11:34,746 Speaker 1: He was a guy who would cycle sixty miles a day. 215 00:11:35,946 --> 00:11:43,986 Speaker 1: Super uh eccentric, but also super eclectic in his interests. 216 00:11:44,026 --> 00:11:47,946 Speaker 1: You know, the Grateful Dead stuff casts a shadow or 217 00:11:48,026 --> 00:11:50,666 Speaker 1: a or a haze over over a lot of this 218 00:11:50,746 --> 00:11:53,106 Speaker 1: stuff because you're like, wow, he is, he's really at 219 00:11:53,146 --> 00:11:56,346 Speaker 1: one with the earth. But like, really cool dude. And 220 00:11:56,786 --> 00:11:59,946 Speaker 1: you know, in an era where it's so much content 221 00:12:00,786 --> 00:12:02,706 Speaker 1: and there's an era where it's like, all right, I'm 222 00:12:02,706 --> 00:12:04,586 Speaker 1: gonna break down the exos and nose and tell you 223 00:12:04,666 --> 00:12:07,106 Speaker 1: what you're you know, there's a place for just a 224 00:12:07,146 --> 00:12:09,346 Speaker 1: good dude who was like a nice guy that everyone 225 00:12:09,386 --> 00:12:13,546 Speaker 1: liked talking to, who said crazy shit, and also was 226 00:12:13,586 --> 00:12:18,026 Speaker 1: really respected and beloved by those he worked with. Our 227 00:12:18,106 --> 00:12:20,146 Speaker 1: guest today on the podcast is going to be a 228 00:12:20,186 --> 00:12:23,226 Speaker 1: little outside the box. I usually resist from doing too 229 00:12:23,226 --> 00:12:26,186 Speaker 1: many players, and the reason why is because I think 230 00:12:26,426 --> 00:12:30,546 Speaker 1: the players are usually pretty tight lipped and don't have 231 00:12:30,666 --> 00:12:36,466 Speaker 1: much to say that it's compelling podcast content until they retire, 232 00:12:36,706 --> 00:12:39,186 Speaker 1: and then they start opening up and tell great stories, 233 00:12:39,306 --> 00:12:41,466 Speaker 1: either they go into media or they have these amazing 234 00:12:41,466 --> 00:12:44,666 Speaker 1: second lives, or if they don't, it's they have a 235 00:12:44,666 --> 00:12:47,906 Speaker 1: connection to the game. But as a current player, you're 236 00:12:47,986 --> 00:12:50,506 Speaker 1: usually pretty much p's and q's. 237 00:12:50,586 --> 00:12:50,706 Speaker 3: Now. 238 00:12:50,746 --> 00:12:54,786 Speaker 1: There are exceptions. The Kelsey Brothers do their podcast, Michael 239 00:12:54,866 --> 00:12:57,946 Speaker 1: Parsons Talks, Jamar Chase Talks. We've had a lot of 240 00:12:57,986 --> 00:13:02,546 Speaker 1: these guys in the media world. But if I'm being honest, 241 00:13:02,626 --> 00:13:04,866 Speaker 1: unless you're one of the top quarterbacks, or you're a 242 00:13:04,906 --> 00:13:07,786 Speaker 1: really interesting guy or a team leader who's been in 243 00:13:07,786 --> 00:13:10,546 Speaker 1: the league for many years, probably don't need to have 244 00:13:10,586 --> 00:13:12,226 Speaker 1: you on the season with Peter Sugar because we're trying 245 00:13:12,226 --> 00:13:14,546 Speaker 1: to get inside the huddle a little bit and into 246 00:13:14,586 --> 00:13:16,666 Speaker 1: the weeds and if you're going to open up, it 247 00:13:16,746 --> 00:13:18,986 Speaker 1: might not be over with me over a phone call 248 00:13:19,066 --> 00:13:21,946 Speaker 1: or in zoom or It's kind of why I Super 249 00:13:21,986 --> 00:13:25,506 Speaker 1: Bowl shows Aaron, whether it be Good Morning Football or 250 00:13:25,506 --> 00:13:28,066 Speaker 1: if you like I don't. I don't have much for 251 00:13:28,226 --> 00:13:31,026 Speaker 1: the player interview on behalf of Old Spice. It doesn't 252 00:13:31,026 --> 00:13:33,586 Speaker 1: do much for me if if you're being honest content wise, 253 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:35,746 Speaker 1: but if you're telling me you can get a coach 254 00:13:35,826 --> 00:13:38,306 Speaker 1: or a GM where you can get an ex player 255 00:13:38,346 --> 00:13:39,706 Speaker 1: who used to play for the team that's in the 256 00:13:39,706 --> 00:13:42,986 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and knows Eric b Enemy and knows Andy Reid, 257 00:13:43,026 --> 00:13:47,266 Speaker 1: and sign me up. Say all that, because our guest 258 00:13:47,906 --> 00:13:51,986 Speaker 1: is coming on for an interesting reason. The guest is 259 00:13:52,266 --> 00:13:56,106 Speaker 1: Justin Reid, who is the starting safety and the Super 260 00:13:56,106 --> 00:13:58,946 Speaker 1: Bowl champion Chiefs, And that in itself is cool and 261 00:13:58,986 --> 00:14:01,266 Speaker 1: we could do a whole conversation and maybe we will. 262 00:14:02,306 --> 00:14:04,346 Speaker 1: But the reason I'm having him on is because I 263 00:14:04,386 --> 00:14:08,386 Speaker 1: saw a little blurb, a little blurb I'm like Apple 264 00:14:08,546 --> 00:14:15,626 Speaker 1: News last week that Justin Reid won a tournament called 265 00:14:15,626 --> 00:14:21,826 Speaker 1: the Blitz, which was the NFL's in house chess tournament. Yes, 266 00:14:21,946 --> 00:14:25,546 Speaker 1: the NFL's in house chess tournament where the NFL's best 267 00:14:25,746 --> 00:14:29,226 Speaker 1: chess players all competed. We're going to talk Chiefs and 268 00:14:29,266 --> 00:14:32,106 Speaker 1: we'll get there and he'll answer what he wants, But 269 00:14:32,146 --> 00:14:35,146 Speaker 1: I want to talk chess. Justin Reid's joining us right 270 00:14:35,186 --> 00:14:43,946 Speaker 1: for this. I'm so excited for our guests. He's a 271 00:14:43,986 --> 00:14:47,746 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion two times over. He is the man 272 00:14:47,826 --> 00:14:50,346 Speaker 1: in the defensive back field for one of the best 273 00:14:50,386 --> 00:14:53,386 Speaker 1: defenses in the league, and obviously one of the most 274 00:14:53,466 --> 00:14:55,986 Speaker 1: vocal guys on that unit and a true leader. And 275 00:14:56,066 --> 00:14:57,306 Speaker 1: I want to talk to him about some of the 276 00:14:57,346 --> 00:15:00,666 Speaker 1: stuff he did off the field last week. Justin Reid, 277 00:15:00,706 --> 00:15:02,466 Speaker 1: Welcome to the season with Peter Schreger. 278 00:15:03,146 --> 00:15:05,346 Speaker 3: Hey, what's going on, Bro? Appreciate you bringing me on. 279 00:15:05,826 --> 00:15:11,506 Speaker 1: I love having on first off Super Bowl champion in February. 280 00:15:11,866 --> 00:15:15,186 Speaker 1: We're now at like mini camp in June. Is it 281 00:15:15,506 --> 00:15:18,306 Speaker 1: turned the page next year time? But with the ring 282 00:15:18,466 --> 00:15:20,946 Speaker 1: ceremonies still kind of hovering in the next couple of 283 00:15:20,946 --> 00:15:24,026 Speaker 1: weeks or can you still appreciate what we did last year? 284 00:15:24,066 --> 00:15:25,546 Speaker 1: Where are we as far as the mint ding? 285 00:15:25,626 --> 00:15:28,466 Speaker 4: Yeah, the last page of the book. We're doing on 286 00:15:28,506 --> 00:15:30,586 Speaker 4: the last page of the book, we're getting ready to 287 00:15:30,586 --> 00:15:33,426 Speaker 4: close it. We got the white House visit coming up 288 00:15:33,506 --> 00:15:36,266 Speaker 4: on Friday, and then we got the ring ceremony coming 289 00:15:36,306 --> 00:15:38,666 Speaker 4: up in about two weeks. So those are the last 290 00:15:38,706 --> 00:15:41,786 Speaker 4: two end notes or footnotes into this chapter. And then 291 00:15:42,346 --> 00:15:44,026 Speaker 4: we're going to close this book and open up a 292 00:15:44,066 --> 00:15:46,186 Speaker 4: new one and try and get our new players and 293 00:15:46,186 --> 00:15:48,266 Speaker 4: our young guys here that haven't had the chance to 294 00:15:48,306 --> 00:15:49,306 Speaker 4: experience the championship. 295 00:15:49,346 --> 00:15:50,586 Speaker 3: We're going to try and get the marine. 296 00:15:50,746 --> 00:15:53,666 Speaker 1: What's Coach Reed say about the White House visit that's 297 00:15:53,666 --> 00:15:55,306 Speaker 1: going to be in a couple of days. We're recording 298 00:15:55,306 --> 00:15:58,106 Speaker 1: this on Wednesday. Does he give like primers to the 299 00:15:58,146 --> 00:15:59,906 Speaker 1: young guys, like, okay, here's what the dresses I here? 300 00:15:59,986 --> 00:16:01,626 Speaker 1: Because I remember a couple of years ago, Kelsey took 301 00:16:01,666 --> 00:16:03,066 Speaker 1: the mic and it was like, all right, all bets 302 00:16:03,066 --> 00:16:03,426 Speaker 1: are off. 303 00:16:05,146 --> 00:16:07,306 Speaker 3: We'll see how good we are keeping them from it. 304 00:16:07,306 --> 00:16:09,066 Speaker 4: You know, Kelsey has a lot to say all the time, 305 00:16:09,106 --> 00:16:12,226 Speaker 4: and that guy's just so so funny. He's always a character. 306 00:16:12,306 --> 00:16:13,786 Speaker 4: So we'll see what he has of his sleep. But 307 00:16:13,866 --> 00:16:16,666 Speaker 4: you know, formal retire we want to be classy, want 308 00:16:16,666 --> 00:16:19,266 Speaker 4: to do everything first class, So student ties for everybody, 309 00:16:19,546 --> 00:16:21,746 Speaker 4: and we're just gonna dress clean and enjoy the visit. 310 00:16:22,106 --> 00:16:24,906 Speaker 1: Have they given you any prep on what's in store 311 00:16:24,946 --> 00:16:27,866 Speaker 1: for the ring ceremony. These Kansas City players and teams 312 00:16:27,906 --> 00:16:30,066 Speaker 1: and coaches like you guys are so spoiled that it's like, well, 313 00:16:30,066 --> 00:16:32,386 Speaker 1: what's going to be different from the other years? 314 00:16:32,386 --> 00:16:36,026 Speaker 4: Just like what is It's been a little bit more 315 00:16:36,066 --> 00:16:38,186 Speaker 4: close to the chest this year than last year. Like 316 00:16:38,306 --> 00:16:41,426 Speaker 4: last year, we had a committee to talk about things 317 00:16:41,426 --> 00:16:42,946 Speaker 4: that we wanted on the ring, and you know, most 318 00:16:42,986 --> 00:16:44,306 Speaker 4: of the guys just wanted it to be as big 319 00:16:44,346 --> 00:16:47,146 Speaker 4: as possible, as many times as possible. So I think 320 00:16:47,186 --> 00:16:49,506 Speaker 4: that you know, they probably just remembered that from last year, 321 00:16:50,746 --> 00:16:52,666 Speaker 4: and you know it's going to be cool. We'll see 322 00:16:52,706 --> 00:16:53,346 Speaker 4: what they come up with. 323 00:16:53,826 --> 00:16:56,426 Speaker 1: You know. One of the reasons I went out of 324 00:16:56,466 --> 00:17:00,546 Speaker 1: my way to like specifically ask for you as a 325 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:04,706 Speaker 1: guest is because last Wednesday was May twenty second, and 326 00:17:05,026 --> 00:17:07,826 Speaker 1: I'm just fiddling around on my phone, check in Twitter, whatever, 327 00:17:07,906 --> 00:17:12,146 Speaker 1: and I see this alert on Apple News. Yes, sir, 328 00:17:13,026 --> 00:17:16,626 Speaker 1: Justin Reid is crowned the winner of Blitz Champs three. 329 00:17:17,906 --> 00:17:19,746 Speaker 3: Championship season Baby. 330 00:17:19,546 --> 00:17:21,186 Speaker 1: Between NFL Stars. 331 00:17:21,306 --> 00:17:21,386 Speaker 2: You. 332 00:17:21,506 --> 00:17:24,466 Speaker 1: So, I don't think anyone at home listening to this 333 00:17:24,506 --> 00:17:27,106 Speaker 1: is necessarily aware of what Blitz Champs three is, But 334 00:17:27,226 --> 00:17:29,906 Speaker 1: can you take us through what that is and what 335 00:17:30,186 --> 00:17:31,266 Speaker 1: sport you won in? 336 00:17:32,266 --> 00:17:34,226 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, so it's blitz. 337 00:17:34,306 --> 00:17:36,146 Speaker 4: Champs three is a is an event put on by 338 00:17:36,226 --> 00:17:39,866 Speaker 4: Chess dot Com and its speed chess, So it's time chess. 339 00:17:39,906 --> 00:17:42,786 Speaker 4: Each person has a has a timer that they have 340 00:17:42,986 --> 00:17:46,186 Speaker 4: to make their moves and we played five minute games 341 00:17:46,186 --> 00:17:48,746 Speaker 4: and three minute games and it was a It was 342 00:17:48,786 --> 00:17:52,266 Speaker 4: a person double elimination style tournament. We had guys like 343 00:17:53,066 --> 00:17:56,866 Speaker 4: Larry Fitzgerald, Kyler, Murray Quinn, Nelson, Drew Tranquil who actually 344 00:17:56,906 --> 00:18:02,506 Speaker 4: won last year, Chadobe, oh Wuzier, myself, Michael Vick, just 345 00:18:02,546 --> 00:18:04,306 Speaker 4: some of the characters already and there playing and it 346 00:18:04,386 --> 00:18:07,586 Speaker 4: was double elimination and uh you know, oh MATC. Collins 347 00:18:07,626 --> 00:18:09,986 Speaker 4: was another guy, and it was just you know, some 348 00:18:10,026 --> 00:18:12,866 Speaker 4: speed chess competition, friendly competition, and it was all in 349 00:18:12,866 --> 00:18:14,746 Speaker 4: the name of charity. So we each represented our own 350 00:18:14,786 --> 00:18:17,906 Speaker 4: foundations or a foundation of our choice, and uh, you know, 351 00:18:17,986 --> 00:18:19,746 Speaker 4: I was just fortunate enough to come out on top. 352 00:18:20,186 --> 00:18:21,786 Speaker 1: Who'd you get in the first round? Who was your 353 00:18:21,786 --> 00:18:22,706 Speaker 1: first round matchup? 354 00:18:23,106 --> 00:18:24,546 Speaker 3: So first round was tough. 355 00:18:25,106 --> 00:18:27,666 Speaker 4: I actually had my work cutout for me with ch Adobe, Wuzier, 356 00:18:29,866 --> 00:18:31,786 Speaker 4: I am because everything I do I want to do 357 00:18:31,826 --> 00:18:32,826 Speaker 4: at one hundred and ten percent. 358 00:18:32,866 --> 00:18:35,826 Speaker 3: I want to win everything. So I actually hired a 359 00:18:35,866 --> 00:18:37,746 Speaker 3: grandmaster to coach me. 360 00:18:38,306 --> 00:18:40,626 Speaker 1: Some Russian comes walking in like who do we? 361 00:18:40,706 --> 00:18:43,146 Speaker 4: Yeah, like name is James Canty. I hired him like 362 00:18:43,226 --> 00:18:47,546 Speaker 4: six weeks before the competition. He actually taught me how 363 00:18:47,546 --> 00:18:50,826 Speaker 4: to scout. You can watch guys games if you know 364 00:18:50,866 --> 00:18:54,346 Speaker 4: they're using name. So I scouted Chadobe's games to learn 365 00:18:54,386 --> 00:18:55,986 Speaker 4: a little bit about how he played, and we had 366 00:18:55,986 --> 00:18:56,906 Speaker 4: a game plan going in. 367 00:18:58,466 --> 00:19:01,386 Speaker 1: So with ch Adobe's like opening, he did the same 368 00:19:01,426 --> 00:19:03,546 Speaker 1: opening every single time. Is that how that works? 369 00:19:04,106 --> 00:19:04,346 Speaker 3: Yeah? 370 00:19:04,386 --> 00:19:07,426 Speaker 4: You know, you see what opening the guys the strongest with, 371 00:19:07,546 --> 00:19:10,026 Speaker 4: and you try and if your opening isn't good against that, 372 00:19:10,106 --> 00:19:11,746 Speaker 4: you have a plan for it. But if yours works, 373 00:19:11,786 --> 00:19:13,386 Speaker 4: you just you stick to your guns and you roll 374 00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:13,626 Speaker 4: with it. 375 00:19:14,506 --> 00:19:16,506 Speaker 1: All right? So six weeks ago you hire this grand 376 00:19:16,786 --> 00:19:19,146 Speaker 1: this grandmaster, does he come to you or you guys 377 00:19:19,426 --> 00:19:21,706 Speaker 1: over zoom? What's the like virtue of that picture? 378 00:19:22,066 --> 00:19:27,146 Speaker 3: So we did a couple of times, like. 379 00:19:26,186 --> 00:19:27,666 Speaker 4: Like when I was playing games and its only he 380 00:19:27,706 --> 00:19:29,946 Speaker 4: wasn't allowed to tell me what to do, but after 381 00:19:29,986 --> 00:19:31,786 Speaker 4: I made a move, he would tell me you could 382 00:19:31,826 --> 00:19:33,306 Speaker 4: have made if you did this movie, it would have 383 00:19:33,306 --> 00:19:34,666 Speaker 4: been better, you know what I mean. 384 00:19:34,706 --> 00:19:36,266 Speaker 3: So just through that, and then he gave me some 385 00:19:36,386 --> 00:19:37,186 Speaker 3: videos to watch. 386 00:19:37,226 --> 00:19:39,946 Speaker 4: So, like, I like playing on the Sicilian tom and 387 00:19:40,026 --> 00:19:42,106 Speaker 4: all as black, that's just like different opening names. And 388 00:19:42,146 --> 00:19:44,626 Speaker 4: I like playing the Scotch Game as white. So he 389 00:19:44,706 --> 00:19:48,786 Speaker 4: sent me some videos on watching some some professional players 390 00:19:48,826 --> 00:19:50,826 Speaker 4: that play that way, so I can learn a little. 391 00:19:50,666 --> 00:19:51,306 Speaker 3: Bit from them. 392 00:19:51,386 --> 00:19:54,506 Speaker 1: Okay, So I gotta go back even further. When did 393 00:19:54,506 --> 00:19:56,226 Speaker 1: you pick up chess? Was this like a COVID thing? 394 00:19:56,346 --> 00:19:57,586 Speaker 1: Or have you been playing your whole life? 395 00:19:57,626 --> 00:19:57,706 Speaker 2: Like? 396 00:19:57,786 --> 00:19:59,146 Speaker 1: When when did chess? 397 00:19:59,186 --> 00:19:59,266 Speaker 3: Like? 398 00:19:59,466 --> 00:20:02,146 Speaker 4: Really, like a year or two before COVID, we had 399 00:20:02,186 --> 00:20:04,746 Speaker 4: we had a I had a teammate of mine, Philip Games, 400 00:20:05,226 --> 00:20:07,226 Speaker 4: that we used to call Grand Mass to Phiel because 401 00:20:07,226 --> 00:20:10,626 Speaker 4: he was always in his locker playing online chess. So 402 00:20:10,666 --> 00:20:12,306 Speaker 4: he was playing, and you know what I mean, I like, 403 00:20:12,386 --> 00:20:14,306 Speaker 4: I like to just interact with my teammates. You know, 404 00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:16,986 Speaker 4: whatever they're into, I'll just play along with it, just 405 00:20:16,986 --> 00:20:18,546 Speaker 4: because I want to connect to each and every one 406 00:20:18,586 --> 00:20:21,146 Speaker 4: of them, you know, built that that friendship in that brotherhood. 407 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:24,586 Speaker 4: So we started playing and he was whooping my tail. Yeah, 408 00:20:24,586 --> 00:20:26,946 Speaker 4: he was whooping me. So then me being competitive, I 409 00:20:26,986 --> 00:20:28,586 Speaker 4: was like, Okay, I'm gonna go study up and I'm 410 00:20:28,586 --> 00:20:30,786 Speaker 4: gonna go try and be competitive. I didn't beat him 411 00:20:30,826 --> 00:20:33,666 Speaker 4: for a year, yeah, like maybe two years, but then 412 00:20:34,226 --> 00:20:36,386 Speaker 4: just keep practicing and he's a little bit better at it. 413 00:20:36,906 --> 00:20:40,106 Speaker 1: So I'd never played golf my whole life, and everyone 414 00:20:40,146 --> 00:20:42,346 Speaker 1: would always play golf. And then when I turned forty, 415 00:20:42,386 --> 00:20:43,746 Speaker 1: I'm like, you know what, screw it, I want to 416 00:20:43,826 --> 00:20:45,946 Speaker 1: learn golf. It sounds kind of the same thing. You're like, 417 00:20:45,986 --> 00:20:47,586 Speaker 1: you know what, I'm just gonna be. I'm gonna I'm 418 00:20:47,586 --> 00:20:50,506 Speaker 1: gonna dive into chess and you're a competitor. Yeah, and 419 00:20:50,506 --> 00:20:53,106 Speaker 1: and you get through a doozy U Chadobi, and then 420 00:20:53,106 --> 00:20:53,826 Speaker 1: who's next. 421 00:20:54,466 --> 00:20:57,266 Speaker 3: Yeah. So after Chadoby, it was mac Collins. 422 00:20:57,426 --> 00:21:01,866 Speaker 1: Okay, not wearing any shoes, never wear shoes, he's always barefoot. 423 00:21:01,906 --> 00:21:02,306 Speaker 1: That's his. 424 00:21:04,146 --> 00:21:04,666 Speaker 3: Smart cat. 425 00:21:04,666 --> 00:21:06,866 Speaker 4: And he was real friendly too, like we alised so 426 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:11,426 Speaker 4: many the same people, especially so NVS actually told him 427 00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:13,186 Speaker 4: that he was like, oh, you better watch out for 428 00:21:13,266 --> 00:21:15,066 Speaker 4: j Ree because they're both there in Buffalo right now. 429 00:21:15,186 --> 00:21:16,506 Speaker 3: Nymbees another buddy of mine. 430 00:21:17,266 --> 00:21:20,386 Speaker 4: And then after mccollins, it was Calamary and then I 431 00:21:20,466 --> 00:21:23,866 Speaker 4: beat Calamary the first time two games of one, and 432 00:21:23,906 --> 00:21:26,626 Speaker 4: then he had to go and play mccollins to get 433 00:21:26,666 --> 00:21:28,266 Speaker 4: back into the championship game. 434 00:21:28,586 --> 00:21:30,026 Speaker 3: So he played and beat mccollins. 435 00:21:30,666 --> 00:21:33,266 Speaker 4: And in that game that he was playing mccollins, I 436 00:21:33,346 --> 00:21:35,106 Speaker 4: went back and scouted our game and. 437 00:21:35,266 --> 00:21:38,306 Speaker 3: Yes, what moves. Yeah, I looked at what moves could 438 00:21:38,346 --> 00:21:38,866 Speaker 3: have been better? 439 00:21:39,466 --> 00:21:42,146 Speaker 4: And then like I played the same opening, he played 440 00:21:42,146 --> 00:21:43,986 Speaker 4: the same opening, and I was like, oh, okay, I got 441 00:21:44,106 --> 00:21:45,026 Speaker 4: I already know what I'm going to do. 442 00:21:45,106 --> 00:21:48,386 Speaker 1: Now it's already done. Like does does Spags or Dave Merritt, Like, 443 00:21:48,386 --> 00:21:50,746 Speaker 1: do they know like what that you're putting in this 444 00:21:50,826 --> 00:21:53,106 Speaker 1: time of scouting and preparation, Like, I'm so impressed by 445 00:21:53,106 --> 00:21:56,026 Speaker 1: your preparation and the mental gymnastics of this whole thing. 446 00:21:56,786 --> 00:21:58,906 Speaker 4: Failure to preparers prepared in the field man, and you 447 00:21:58,946 --> 00:22:01,226 Speaker 4: know what I mean. So I take preparation very seriously. 448 00:22:01,226 --> 00:22:03,826 Speaker 4: That's where all my confidence comes from playing football, That's 449 00:22:03,866 --> 00:22:06,346 Speaker 4: where it comes from playing chess. But actually put it 450 00:22:06,546 --> 00:22:08,626 Speaker 4: up in the team meetings today that they I was like, 451 00:22:08,666 --> 00:22:11,066 Speaker 4: the blst chance thing. You know, we're back to back 452 00:22:11,106 --> 00:22:12,306 Speaker 4: here in the in the chiefs like. 453 00:22:14,386 --> 00:22:19,186 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so don't I don't play chess. My kid 454 00:22:19,346 --> 00:22:21,666 Speaker 1: is in elementary school and he's playing it, and he 455 00:22:21,666 --> 00:22:23,186 Speaker 1: talks in a language. I don't know. How hard was 456 00:22:23,186 --> 00:22:25,586 Speaker 1: it to learn you said the Sicilian and this other 457 00:22:25,626 --> 00:22:28,106 Speaker 1: thing like the sketch. How hard was it to learn 458 00:22:28,146 --> 00:22:29,826 Speaker 1: these terms? And how long did it take for you 459 00:22:29,866 --> 00:22:31,666 Speaker 1: to feel pretty comfortable in those chess circles? 460 00:22:31,746 --> 00:22:34,066 Speaker 4: You know, it really just depends on how how much 461 00:22:34,106 --> 00:22:35,746 Speaker 4: time you put into it, you know what I mean, 462 00:22:35,826 --> 00:22:37,826 Speaker 4: Like if you if you put in five ten minutes 463 00:22:37,866 --> 00:22:40,346 Speaker 4: a day, you can really pick up on it pretty quickly. 464 00:22:41,426 --> 00:22:43,506 Speaker 4: I loved it so much. I was probably putting in 465 00:22:43,546 --> 00:22:45,346 Speaker 4: like one and a half to two hours a day. 466 00:22:45,546 --> 00:22:48,546 Speaker 4: Yes to doing puzzles, are playing games. And you know, 467 00:22:48,706 --> 00:22:50,946 Speaker 4: if you're putting in that much time, you can really 468 00:22:50,946 --> 00:22:53,786 Speaker 4: start picking it up after about you know, maybe a month. 469 00:22:53,826 --> 00:22:56,186 Speaker 4: You really start picking it up in about two weeks, 470 00:22:56,226 --> 00:22:59,946 Speaker 4: but you right start getting good in about two months 471 00:23:00,026 --> 00:23:02,706 Speaker 4: three months, and then from there you just keep getting 472 00:23:02,746 --> 00:23:04,826 Speaker 4: better and refining. And you know, by the time you've 473 00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:06,866 Speaker 4: been playing for a year or two years, you can 474 00:23:06,906 --> 00:23:07,546 Speaker 4: get pretty good. 475 00:23:08,186 --> 00:23:11,266 Speaker 1: Yeah, like I during my son is picking it up, 476 00:23:11,306 --> 00:23:12,626 Speaker 1: I was like, all right, let's go on chess dot 477 00:23:12,626 --> 00:23:15,066 Speaker 1: com and like you could play like Gordon Hayward from 478 00:23:15,306 --> 00:23:17,586 Speaker 1: you know, like the NBA, he's he's a he's a 479 00:23:17,666 --> 00:23:19,386 Speaker 1: chess player. And I think Larry fitz was like. 480 00:23:19,426 --> 00:23:23,826 Speaker 4: On its class computerized bots that they yeah, you can 481 00:23:23,866 --> 00:23:24,626 Speaker 4: play there. 482 00:23:24,706 --> 00:23:27,026 Speaker 1: Do you have you ever go on there and just 483 00:23:27,066 --> 00:23:29,826 Speaker 1: play against random strangers? Is like an anonymous person. 484 00:23:30,026 --> 00:23:32,306 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, all the time. That's that's mainly what I do. 485 00:23:32,986 --> 00:23:36,106 Speaker 4: So it's fun because whatever skill level you are, it'll 486 00:23:36,146 --> 00:23:38,386 Speaker 4: match someone to the same skill level as you, and 487 00:23:38,426 --> 00:23:40,746 Speaker 4: you know, as you get better, you'll play better competition, 488 00:23:40,906 --> 00:23:43,146 Speaker 4: so you know, it stays fun. 489 00:23:43,626 --> 00:23:46,026 Speaker 1: Do you have any idea like how cool this is? 490 00:23:46,106 --> 00:23:48,466 Speaker 1: I think, you know, for kids everywhere, they all want 491 00:23:48,466 --> 00:23:52,026 Speaker 1: to be NFL players, But like short of that, to 492 00:23:52,146 --> 00:23:54,906 Speaker 1: learn that there's a crew of you guys that on 493 00:23:54,946 --> 00:23:56,866 Speaker 1: your off time or choosing to play chess, I think 494 00:23:56,986 --> 00:23:58,706 Speaker 1: is so inspiring. I think it's so interesting. 495 00:23:59,426 --> 00:24:01,946 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's just it's just fun to be multifaceted. 496 00:24:01,986 --> 00:24:02,146 Speaker 3: You know. 497 00:24:02,266 --> 00:24:04,026 Speaker 4: I love football, It's what I do. I come to 498 00:24:04,066 --> 00:24:05,826 Speaker 4: work with a smile on my face every day because 499 00:24:05,866 --> 00:24:09,146 Speaker 4: I have the great job in the world. But besides that, 500 00:24:09,186 --> 00:24:10,946 Speaker 4: it's okay to have more than one passion. You know, 501 00:24:10,986 --> 00:24:12,946 Speaker 4: you can play more than one sport. You're gonna have 502 00:24:12,986 --> 00:24:15,906 Speaker 4: more than one hobby. So it's just things that you 503 00:24:15,946 --> 00:24:17,906 Speaker 4: know you like to do, and you know it adds 504 00:24:17,946 --> 00:24:20,986 Speaker 4: some personality, some some uniqueness and some character. You know, 505 00:24:21,066 --> 00:24:23,466 Speaker 4: it's a it's a fun skill that you know you 506 00:24:23,546 --> 00:24:25,306 Speaker 4: never know what it will bring up. And you know, 507 00:24:25,346 --> 00:24:26,986 Speaker 4: I was playing it for fun and I was able 508 00:24:26,986 --> 00:24:29,506 Speaker 4: to win a thirty thousand dollars check for my charity 509 00:24:29,546 --> 00:24:31,706 Speaker 4: because of it. So when you can combine two things, 510 00:24:31,746 --> 00:24:33,986 Speaker 4: something that you already love to do and make a 511 00:24:34,026 --> 00:24:35,786 Speaker 4: good cause out of it, I mean you just can't 512 00:24:35,786 --> 00:24:36,146 Speaker 4: beat that. 513 00:24:36,666 --> 00:24:38,866 Speaker 1: Is there anyone on the team today at the meeting 514 00:24:39,026 --> 00:24:40,906 Speaker 1: or you know, you and Tranquil are talking about it, 515 00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:43,186 Speaker 1: Who's like, hey, guys, like I've never played, Like can 516 00:24:43,226 --> 00:24:44,706 Speaker 1: you help me? Can you get me started? Have you 517 00:24:44,746 --> 00:24:47,346 Speaker 1: inspired anyone to pick it up since joining the Chiefs? 518 00:24:47,666 --> 00:24:49,186 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know some of the young guys. Some of 519 00:24:49,186 --> 00:24:52,386 Speaker 4: the young guys play. Joe Joe, Joe Tuny, he plays 520 00:24:52,426 --> 00:24:54,466 Speaker 4: a lot too. He already knows how to play. Okay, 521 00:24:54,706 --> 00:24:57,746 Speaker 4: we played I bring a chessboard with the pieces on 522 00:24:57,946 --> 00:24:59,146 Speaker 4: the training camp every year. 523 00:25:00,506 --> 00:25:02,626 Speaker 1: Joseph like, Pa, break it out. I love it. 524 00:25:02,866 --> 00:25:04,746 Speaker 3: Yeah, we get some rounds in the locker room in 525 00:25:04,786 --> 00:25:08,626 Speaker 3: our downtime. So yeah, that's cool. 526 00:25:08,986 --> 00:25:11,746 Speaker 1: What's your charity and where can people learn more about 527 00:25:11,746 --> 00:25:13,586 Speaker 1: it and maybe make a j. 528 00:25:13,706 --> 00:25:18,026 Speaker 3: Read Indeed, Jay Read Indeed. We focus on three pillars. 529 00:25:18,266 --> 00:25:22,426 Speaker 4: The biggest pillar is the tech space and computer science 530 00:25:22,466 --> 00:25:25,626 Speaker 4: and try and make computer science cool. And we try 531 00:25:25,626 --> 00:25:28,306 Speaker 4: to meet kids where we're at. So, you know, kids 532 00:25:28,586 --> 00:25:31,586 Speaker 4: are into sports, learning the music. So we love to 533 00:25:31,626 --> 00:25:34,626 Speaker 4: take the concepts of sports and music and try and 534 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:37,026 Speaker 4: you know, hey, this is your issues. This is how 535 00:25:37,106 --> 00:25:39,186 Speaker 4: we want every kid to be the superstar. We want 536 00:25:39,226 --> 00:25:41,946 Speaker 4: every kid to be the star artist. But in case 537 00:25:42,026 --> 00:25:44,226 Speaker 4: that isn't in your cards, you can still follow your 538 00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:46,986 Speaker 4: passion and computer science can help you do that. We 539 00:25:47,026 --> 00:25:49,946 Speaker 4: try and introduce tools and techniques and skill sets that 540 00:25:49,986 --> 00:25:52,346 Speaker 4: will help them and help them find a career field 541 00:25:52,786 --> 00:25:55,106 Speaker 4: as they grow up and mature. We have Microsoft as 542 00:25:55,106 --> 00:25:57,506 Speaker 4: a partner, so we do a lot of Excel proficiency 543 00:25:57,546 --> 00:25:59,746 Speaker 4: and a lot of life skills, some financial literacy and 544 00:25:59,786 --> 00:26:02,746 Speaker 4: some budgeting. And you know, you can find out more 545 00:26:02,746 --> 00:26:06,226 Speaker 4: information at my website. Jareadindeed dot com or any of 546 00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:09,946 Speaker 4: our social handles, you know, Twitter, Instagram at jay Reed Indeed. 547 00:26:10,866 --> 00:26:12,066 Speaker 3: So we're excited about that. 548 00:26:12,106 --> 00:26:14,746 Speaker 4: We have two events coming up to a charity softball 549 00:26:14,746 --> 00:26:18,066 Speaker 4: game that's going to be offense versus defense, and trying 550 00:26:18,066 --> 00:26:19,866 Speaker 4: to recruit some help on the defensive side of the 551 00:26:19,866 --> 00:26:23,186 Speaker 4: ball because offense has some former baseball players, so they kind. 552 00:26:23,026 --> 00:26:25,066 Speaker 3: Of be up on us last year. I'm not gonna 553 00:26:25,146 --> 00:26:25,866 Speaker 3: let that happen again. 554 00:26:25,906 --> 00:26:28,946 Speaker 1: No, No, when is that golf tournament. 555 00:26:28,626 --> 00:26:29,066 Speaker 3: Coming up to? 556 00:26:29,426 --> 00:26:30,626 Speaker 1: When's a softball game. 557 00:26:31,266 --> 00:26:34,626 Speaker 3: That is next Thursday, June sixth Okay? 558 00:26:34,906 --> 00:26:37,066 Speaker 1: And is it mostly Chiefs players? Are all guys around 559 00:26:37,106 --> 00:26:37,586 Speaker 1: the league. 560 00:26:38,026 --> 00:26:40,466 Speaker 4: Yeah, so it's Chiefs players with a couple of celebrity 561 00:26:40,466 --> 00:26:44,186 Speaker 4: guests offense versus defense format, and we have some celebrity 562 00:26:44,186 --> 00:26:45,546 Speaker 4: guests that go to come in and play too. 563 00:26:45,666 --> 00:26:48,626 Speaker 1: All right, and do you like get your defensive back team? 564 00:26:48,626 --> 00:26:50,866 Speaker 1: I guess Trent McDuffie going to be playing third base. Like, 565 00:26:50,906 --> 00:26:52,346 Speaker 1: what do we have in store? Let me hear the 566 00:26:52,346 --> 00:26:52,946 Speaker 1: scouting report. 567 00:26:53,026 --> 00:26:55,546 Speaker 4: Yeah, we're all going to the batting CAGs. We gotta 568 00:26:55,546 --> 00:26:59,186 Speaker 4: get right. Yeah, we need a star clift. You know, 569 00:27:00,586 --> 00:27:02,946 Speaker 4: Nick Bolton has some baseball background. I'm gonna need to 570 00:27:03,626 --> 00:27:05,346 Speaker 4: Nick to be my star player, man. 571 00:27:04,946 --> 00:27:08,906 Speaker 1: I mean them at shortstop. Let's say, miss, let's go, hey. 572 00:27:08,706 --> 00:27:11,106 Speaker 4: You're you're you're going third, bro, We need we need 573 00:27:11,146 --> 00:27:13,266 Speaker 4: to just get on the pace you're betting third, go ahead, 574 00:27:13,266 --> 00:27:14,506 Speaker 4: get us three runs real quick. 575 00:27:15,706 --> 00:27:18,226 Speaker 1: I love this. And then the golf tournament is shortly thereafter. 576 00:27:18,826 --> 00:27:21,826 Speaker 3: Yeah, golf tournament is June seventeen, also here in Kansas City. 577 00:27:21,986 --> 00:27:24,826 Speaker 1: I love it. Man, that's great. Uh. I think it's 578 00:27:24,866 --> 00:27:27,146 Speaker 1: really cool you guys did this. I wish it was more, 579 00:27:27,346 --> 00:27:30,786 Speaker 1: you know, widely known or publicized, because I think it's 580 00:27:30,786 --> 00:27:33,026 Speaker 1: so cool to see that there's these NFL guys who 581 00:27:33,466 --> 00:27:37,106 Speaker 1: do things other than play football. But also so are 582 00:27:37,106 --> 00:27:40,106 Speaker 1: applying it to such an intellectual game. Have you like, 583 00:27:40,306 --> 00:27:42,706 Speaker 1: have you watched Searching for Bobby Fisher or did you 584 00:27:42,746 --> 00:27:45,066 Speaker 1: see the Queen's Gambit? Like, are you into like chess 585 00:27:45,066 --> 00:27:46,226 Speaker 1: pop culture wise or no? 586 00:27:46,546 --> 00:27:49,426 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know the Queen's Gambit is actually what influenced 587 00:27:49,506 --> 00:27:52,226 Speaker 4: me to play the Sicilian. Hell yeah, So after watching that, 588 00:27:52,306 --> 00:27:54,706 Speaker 4: she played the Sicilian in one move and I was like, okay, 589 00:27:55,106 --> 00:27:56,746 Speaker 4: that was my first time hearing that term. So I 590 00:27:56,786 --> 00:27:59,066 Speaker 4: just looked it up and I started playing it, and 591 00:27:59,106 --> 00:28:00,986 Speaker 4: then I just kept playing it ever since. 592 00:28:02,666 --> 00:28:07,266 Speaker 1: There's there's like this. In the nineties, it was deep Blue, 593 00:28:07,386 --> 00:28:08,546 Speaker 1: I think it was what it was called. It was 594 00:28:08,546 --> 00:28:11,546 Speaker 1: like a computer. And then there was Casparov, the Man, 595 00:28:11,706 --> 00:28:14,026 Speaker 1: and they would play and it was like the biggest deal. 596 00:28:14,146 --> 00:28:15,906 Speaker 1: It was like the super Bowl when I was a kid. 597 00:28:15,946 --> 00:28:18,506 Speaker 1: And I'm like, I don't even know if like people 598 00:28:18,586 --> 00:28:21,186 Speaker 1: know about that, And I love that. I love that 599 00:28:21,186 --> 00:28:25,026 Speaker 1: you're embracing it. Bill Walton just passed away, and I 600 00:28:25,106 --> 00:28:26,746 Speaker 1: did a little bit of him in the monologue. But 601 00:28:26,786 --> 00:28:28,626 Speaker 1: there was a story that Danny Ainge told on one 602 00:28:28,706 --> 00:28:32,026 Speaker 1: of the Barstool podcasts that he would bring his chessboard 603 00:28:32,066 --> 00:28:34,346 Speaker 1: in the eighties on the plane and he would play 604 00:28:34,386 --> 00:28:36,506 Speaker 1: like an electronic chess. Like this is like there's a 605 00:28:36,546 --> 00:28:39,466 Speaker 1: long history of athletes loving chess, which I think is 606 00:28:39,506 --> 00:28:39,906 Speaker 1: so cool. 607 00:28:40,506 --> 00:28:40,706 Speaker 3: Yeah. 608 00:28:40,786 --> 00:28:43,066 Speaker 4: Yeah, It's so stimulated and it's a fun game to play. 609 00:28:43,106 --> 00:28:45,146 Speaker 4: You can make it quick, you can make it slow. 610 00:28:45,586 --> 00:28:47,706 Speaker 4: What I love about it is just kind of the same, 611 00:28:47,746 --> 00:28:50,866 Speaker 4: but it's always different, which is the same to football. 612 00:28:50,866 --> 00:28:53,346 Speaker 4: You know, like plays are for the most part, a 613 00:28:53,346 --> 00:28:55,106 Speaker 4: lot of them are the same, but it's always just 614 00:28:55,266 --> 00:28:58,746 Speaker 4: slightly different. And it's amazing how that just changed the 615 00:28:58,826 --> 00:29:00,226 Speaker 4: dynamics of everything else. 616 00:29:00,266 --> 00:29:03,986 Speaker 1: So you know, that's it's just fascinating Kyler. You see 617 00:29:04,066 --> 00:29:06,186 Speaker 1: him pre game. If you guys play them like, is 618 00:29:06,226 --> 00:29:08,786 Speaker 1: there like what's up? Like are you shit talking? Or 619 00:29:08,826 --> 00:29:10,706 Speaker 1: is it like respect? Like all right, like guys like 620 00:29:10,946 --> 00:29:14,466 Speaker 1: it's a fellow chess player. But I did beat you. 621 00:29:14,466 --> 00:29:17,306 Speaker 3: You know, it's all it's all love. It's all. It's 622 00:29:17,346 --> 00:29:18,586 Speaker 3: all in love and spirit, man. 623 00:29:18,666 --> 00:29:22,346 Speaker 4: So we're competitive on the chessboard, we're competitive on the field. 624 00:29:23,506 --> 00:29:25,946 Speaker 4: You know, defensive guys on the chess board tend to 625 00:29:25,946 --> 00:29:27,866 Speaker 4: be a little bit more aggressive. I think that's just 626 00:29:27,866 --> 00:29:31,666 Speaker 4: in our personalities. So you know, we just get an 627 00:29:31,706 --> 00:29:34,186 Speaker 4: opportunity to play good guys in great talent, man. And 628 00:29:34,226 --> 00:29:35,346 Speaker 4: I just love the competition. 629 00:29:35,866 --> 00:29:38,986 Speaker 1: Man. I so appreciate you coming on. It was awesome 630 00:29:39,026 --> 00:29:41,946 Speaker 1: talking to you. And I said it throughout this whole 631 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:45,986 Speaker 1: playoff rounting even beforehand, that it's defensive backfield. And I 632 00:29:46,026 --> 00:29:48,506 Speaker 1: know you're losing Snead and that's a big loss, but 633 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:49,986 Speaker 1: I have no doubt you guys will find a way 634 00:29:49,986 --> 00:29:52,186 Speaker 1: to keep it going. But you are the vocal leader, 635 00:29:52,226 --> 00:29:54,386 Speaker 1: and you were the dude, and it is so cool 636 00:29:54,426 --> 00:29:56,626 Speaker 1: that you have an interest outside of football like chess 637 00:29:56,666 --> 00:29:59,506 Speaker 1: and are spreading the good will and spreading the good 638 00:29:59,506 --> 00:30:01,826 Speaker 1: word on how great an intellectual game it can be 639 00:30:01,906 --> 00:30:05,666 Speaker 1: and how it's really no different than football. It's preparation 640 00:30:05,906 --> 00:30:08,226 Speaker 1: and to attack when the time is right. 641 00:30:09,066 --> 00:30:11,706 Speaker 4: Exactly exactly. Couldn't have said it better, you know. So 642 00:30:11,826 --> 00:30:14,986 Speaker 4: excited for sneed, excited for us. It's going to be 643 00:30:15,026 --> 00:30:17,146 Speaker 4: a hell of a season. We're starting fast to Baltimore, 644 00:30:17,186 --> 00:30:19,106 Speaker 4: so it's gonna be fun. 645 00:30:19,706 --> 00:30:21,506 Speaker 1: How about that When you got that schedule and you 646 00:30:21,506 --> 00:30:24,386 Speaker 1: see Baltimore Week one, it's like, really, okay. 647 00:30:23,746 --> 00:30:26,466 Speaker 4: I was really hoping that somebody else will play them 648 00:30:26,466 --> 00:30:28,906 Speaker 4: first so I can see on the whole quarterback option, 649 00:30:29,146 --> 00:30:30,546 Speaker 4: you know, with Derek Henry. 650 00:30:30,186 --> 00:30:33,066 Speaker 1: And the marchin totally and they're not going to show it. 651 00:30:32,946 --> 00:30:36,186 Speaker 4: You know, We're up for the challenge and we're just 652 00:30:36,186 --> 00:30:37,786 Speaker 4: gonna have to buckle out chinch straps and we know 653 00:30:37,786 --> 00:30:39,626 Speaker 4: it's going to be a hard nosed, blue collar game, 654 00:30:40,586 --> 00:30:41,866 Speaker 4: so we're just gonna be prepared for it. 655 00:30:42,146 --> 00:30:44,426 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, you are the man. We so appreciate it. 656 00:30:44,466 --> 00:30:48,586 Speaker 1: Go to get to meetings Uh, Justin Reid, congratulations being 657 00:30:48,586 --> 00:30:51,826 Speaker 1: the blitz champion three champion of the NFL. 658 00:30:51,906 --> 00:31:00,746 Speaker 4: Appreciate you, my guy. Aaron. 659 00:31:00,786 --> 00:31:05,186 Speaker 1: I gotta say I love Justin Reid. Love that entire interview. 660 00:31:05,346 --> 00:31:07,426 Speaker 1: I love that he is a chess champion and it's 661 00:31:07,426 --> 00:31:08,626 Speaker 1: talking about the Sicilian. 662 00:31:09,906 --> 00:31:13,306 Speaker 2: I love hearing him talk about playing against Kyler and 663 00:31:13,346 --> 00:31:17,426 Speaker 2: then scouting Kyler's moves from the previous game for his 664 00:31:17,586 --> 00:31:18,226 Speaker 2: next game. 665 00:31:18,426 --> 00:31:21,786 Speaker 1: Uh oh, it was great. Yeah, totally cool. And I 666 00:31:21,786 --> 00:31:25,306 Speaker 1: didn't know much about the the the alternative community of 667 00:31:25,426 --> 00:31:27,226 Speaker 1: chess players at the NFL. But then he starts rattling 668 00:31:27,266 --> 00:31:29,546 Speaker 1: off names like Joe Tuney's into it. Some of the 669 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:32,426 Speaker 1: young guys are into it. You gotta think it's such 670 00:31:32,466 --> 00:31:36,906 Speaker 1: a physical sport football and you're you know, so so 671 00:31:37,146 --> 00:31:39,106 Speaker 1: like you know, in the zone for those eighteen weeks, 672 00:31:39,146 --> 00:31:42,586 Speaker 1: Like what a wonderful release it might be to get 673 00:31:42,586 --> 00:31:44,826 Speaker 1: into chess, and gosh, Justin's the best in the sport, 674 00:31:44,826 --> 00:31:45,386 Speaker 1: which I love. 675 00:31:46,426 --> 00:31:49,666 Speaker 2: It also is a cool like we've you know, there 676 00:31:49,666 --> 00:31:53,626 Speaker 2: are stories of Miles Garrett would play Dungeons and Dragons 677 00:31:53,986 --> 00:31:55,826 Speaker 2: with some guys and like here, yeah. 678 00:31:55,746 --> 00:32:00,986 Speaker 1: These packers, oh lined itd settlers of Catan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 679 00:32:01,026 --> 00:32:03,266 Speaker 2: I love hearing all those kind of stories about like 680 00:32:03,386 --> 00:32:05,986 Speaker 2: other things that they're doing together, especially in the locker 681 00:32:06,026 --> 00:32:07,946 Speaker 2: room where where you know they might have a bunch 682 00:32:07,946 --> 00:32:10,186 Speaker 2: of downtime. And if they can be even if they're 683 00:32:10,186 --> 00:32:11,786 Speaker 2: playing on their phone playing chess, that's great. 684 00:32:12,946 --> 00:32:16,386 Speaker 1: Can Justin Reid be the next great NFL broadcaster? I 685 00:32:16,386 --> 00:32:19,746 Speaker 1: thought his energy was awesome. Yeah. 686 00:32:19,826 --> 00:32:22,866 Speaker 2: He If he can talk about football the way he 687 00:32:22,906 --> 00:32:25,706 Speaker 2: talks about chess, which I'm sure he can, he would 688 00:32:25,746 --> 00:32:29,426 Speaker 2: be great. Get him to do Netflix days. 689 00:32:30,346 --> 00:32:33,946 Speaker 1: They're actually playing the approach all right, all right, let's 690 00:32:33,946 --> 00:32:37,746 Speaker 1: wrap it here. Great podcast episode. Love being back on 691 00:32:37,786 --> 00:32:41,506 Speaker 1: the mic with you. Some housekeeping stuff. We're gonna keep 692 00:32:41,506 --> 00:32:45,906 Speaker 1: on churning out episodes as they come about. I didn't 693 00:32:45,946 --> 00:32:48,706 Speaker 1: have a GM or coach this week because they were 694 00:32:48,706 --> 00:32:50,466 Speaker 1: in camp. A lot of these guys are like, they're like, 695 00:32:50,666 --> 00:32:52,786 Speaker 1: it's hard to get the schedule down when they're actually working. 696 00:32:52,826 --> 00:32:54,746 Speaker 1: So we're gonna bang out a bunch in the next 697 00:32:54,746 --> 00:32:57,866 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. But the Rangers are still alive. That's 698 00:32:57,866 --> 00:33:00,826 Speaker 1: the thing here. I've been finding myself without a four 699 00:33:00,946 --> 00:33:04,346 Speaker 1: thirty am wake up watching every NBA playoff game and 700 00:33:04,546 --> 00:33:09,746 Speaker 1: loving it, and I'm are you or a Luca guy? 701 00:33:11,066 --> 00:33:15,706 Speaker 1: That could be both, Like Luca's amazing the angles he 702 00:33:15,746 --> 00:33:18,346 Speaker 1: shoots the ball at with these like leaning and tilting, 703 00:33:18,386 --> 00:33:21,426 Speaker 1: but he does complain to the refs quite a bit, 704 00:33:21,546 --> 00:33:25,146 Speaker 1: which is getting on my nerves. But Ant's awesome, I thought, 705 00:33:25,146 --> 00:33:28,226 Speaker 1: I mean, we're recording this on Wednesday. Karl Anthony Towns, 706 00:33:28,266 --> 00:33:30,586 Speaker 1: who everyone on and everyone beats up on. I thought 707 00:33:30,626 --> 00:33:33,986 Speaker 1: he had two huge threes to keep that series alive. 708 00:33:34,466 --> 00:33:37,866 Speaker 1: I like watching him, so I don't think it's a 709 00:33:37,906 --> 00:33:40,186 Speaker 1: done deal. I think everyone's like, all right, well they'll 710 00:33:40,186 --> 00:33:42,746 Speaker 1: go and then Dallas will take care of business now. 711 00:33:42,786 --> 00:33:44,826 Speaker 1: And then the Pacers they led it in the final 712 00:33:44,826 --> 00:33:47,226 Speaker 1: minutes three different times and got swept. That was horrible. 713 00:33:48,146 --> 00:33:50,546 Speaker 1: But the Rangers Panthers the big deal here in New York. 714 00:33:50,586 --> 00:33:52,026 Speaker 1: And then, like I said, I'm going to be in 715 00:33:52,106 --> 00:33:58,466 Speaker 1: Kansas City for the big slick charity auction, slash function, 716 00:33:58,706 --> 00:34:04,066 Speaker 1: slash hospital visits, slash celebrity softball, slash presentation, and slash 717 00:34:04,146 --> 00:34:06,626 Speaker 1: five K. There's a million things going on, but I'll 718 00:34:06,626 --> 00:34:09,026 Speaker 1: have stories next week. It'll be are you running the 719 00:34:09,026 --> 00:34:09,746 Speaker 1: five K? Two? 720 00:34:09,826 --> 00:34:09,986 Speaker 3: Oh? 721 00:34:10,066 --> 00:34:10,266 Speaker 1: Yeah? 722 00:34:10,346 --> 00:34:10,986 Speaker 4: Bey? Nice? 723 00:34:11,306 --> 00:34:11,786 Speaker 3: All right? 724 00:34:11,866 --> 00:34:14,586 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm running that five k dude, I'm in I'm 725 00:34:14,586 --> 00:34:17,226 Speaker 1: in tip top physical shape right now. I've been I've 726 00:34:17,266 --> 00:34:20,626 Speaker 1: been getting ready for this weekend. But there's gonna be 727 00:34:20,666 --> 00:34:23,146 Speaker 1: a great turnout. And last year we raised like three 728 00:34:23,146 --> 00:34:26,586 Speaker 1: million dollars, so hoping to top that. Uh, Kansas City 729 00:34:26,586 --> 00:34:28,306 Speaker 1: has been really good to me and I hopefully can 730 00:34:28,346 --> 00:34:31,746 Speaker 1: add just a little bit to the weekend and maybe 731 00:34:31,746 --> 00:34:34,466 Speaker 1: help raise some funds there. So that's the big Slick 732 00:34:34,586 --> 00:34:38,746 Speaker 1: charity event. Go find that out big Slick dot org. Uh, 733 00:34:38,906 --> 00:34:41,106 Speaker 1: that's it. It's all. I got aaron, great hearing from you, 734 00:34:41,226 --> 00:34:43,586 Speaker 1: great scene. Yes, sorry I called you a twenty year old. 735 00:34:43,626 --> 00:34:45,266 Speaker 1: That was a compliment and a lot of a lot 736 00:34:45,266 --> 00:34:48,706 Speaker 1: of pun I think a young spirit make it justin 737 00:34:48,706 --> 00:34:51,626 Speaker 1: read our guests. Fantastic. Jason English the man. Let's get 738 00:34:51,626 --> 00:34:54,266 Speaker 1: some of these clips online. Maybe I'll get a little 739 00:34:54,666 --> 00:34:57,466 Speaker 1: clip of him talking chess, talking to Sicilian. I love that. 740 00:34:58,266 --> 00:34:59,466 Speaker 1: What was the other one, the Scotch. 741 00:35:00,226 --> 00:35:03,306 Speaker 2: Yeah, the Scotch is a different opening. So scotches if 742 00:35:03,346 --> 00:35:05,106 Speaker 2: you're white, Sicilian is black. 743 00:35:05,186 --> 00:35:09,946 Speaker 1: I think got it. Okay, leave it at that. Yeah, 744 00:35:10,106 --> 00:35:12,346 Speaker 1: I don't know what you're even referring to their airing. 745 00:35:12,466 --> 00:35:14,426 Speaker 2: The color like if You're, if you're the white or 746 00:35:14,426 --> 00:35:15,226 Speaker 2: the black. 747 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:29,866 Speaker 1: Pieces On that note, see you guys next week. The 748 00:35:29,986 --> 00:35:33,026 Speaker 1: Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the NFL 749 00:35:33,106 --> 00:35:36,906 Speaker 1: and partnership with iHeartRadio. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit 750 00:35:36,946 --> 00:35:41,546 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.