6. Bills are Hot, Titans are Not: First 4 Weeks in the AFC & Spooky NFL Stories

30:10You can say what you want about all the rest of the media, but from him, everything that I've seen of him saying, I don't hate him. I don't hate him. And I also think that things get twisted a lot. And I don't necessarily think that he was calling saying, I don't want to play for you. I think that call might've said, I would like to hold out to see if I could get number one spot. And so you never know. It's all he said, she said at this point, if you have a transcript of the phone call that can be taken differently. I think the media has skewed against him so negatively. And I don't like to see that, especially from a young guy who has a lot of potential.

30:50So he's a whole situation. I think the only thing with that, though, Shudder knew he wasn't going to be the number one guy anywhere because he fell so low in the draft. If you're drafting a quarterback that low in the draft, he's not going to be a number one guy no matter what the situation is. But we also don't When that call was had, like, we don't know at what point in the draft that piece of information came out because it could have been day one and they could have said, hey, hold out till our next round. We're going to pick you up. And he could say and he might have said, hey, we're still in round one.

31:22Like, we don't know what the transcript is. So it's all speculation. But my problem with the entire situation is that the media has pushed all of the speculation negative when we don't know. we don't know i think it comes from though like his family background like his dad was a great player in the nfl if you don't know his dad his name was deon sanders he had he's head coach of colorado who is where shader sanders went so that's also kind of like he was not one of the highest paid receivers in college football but it's also his dad was that coach that when you look even farther past that they had a reality tv show growing up so these kids have been in the No, but my point being, these kids have been in the press for so long, so they know how to play into narratives, and they're also accustomed to a certain type of lifestyle.

32:13Am I saying Shudder Sanders is the most arrogant player in the league? No, there's way more divas in the league other than Shudder Sanders. however where there's smoke there's fire and I do think he definitely passed up an opportunity not playing but behind Lamar Jackson and Baltimore because he thought he could beat out Joe Flacco and Dylan Gabriel with the Browns at that point in the draft like it wasn't and I think the Baltimore Ravens I need to go back and look but it was a specific pick and I don't think it was in the first or second round when they were going to pick Shadur so yes and no like I'm not Shadur is a great quarterback period but yeah so why are we all talking so much shit that's my problem but it's you can't it's the storyline like his dad his family having a reality tv show and playing with travis hunter who's the heisman winner like you can't not talk about him because he's had five billion other things around him that are like also like prime time things and i think like now he's proven himself like he played well in the preseason but like we're still nobody's mad at him I think like that he's he's working it no because I think the narrative of him being like mad that's pass it's like yes he got drafted late yes he didn't want to play for the Ravens okay cool now he has to go and actually prove himself in the NFL I think he can do that but I think it has to be done gracefully and like hesitantly because of the word but because of the things around him like it's it's just it's just it is what it is like you're not gonna say the same thing about oh nobody from iowa's like you know what i mean it's just it's just different for him unfortunately that that's just how it is i'm gonna agree to disagree i'm gonna say my last point is I think this is so much of the media's doing.

34:10I don't, I think that if you clip everything from just Shadour, the narrative could have been different, but now the media has done this and like, I don't care that he had a TV show. He's also 22 and he's probably over people speculating about him. So he's like, I don't care anymore. Okay, we have to move on from him though.

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35:56That was their first loss. Their main storyline here is obviously getting Daniel Jones from the Giants and Jim Irsay, their owner, passed away. Carly Irsay Gordon assumed the role of CEO and primary owner. I said it in one of our first episodes, but this is what happens when you put women in charge. We change the culture. We look at things differently. Carly's on the field with their headphones on and it seems they have a good thing going at the Colts. Nobody was really expecting anything from them. I think with Daniel Jones coming in, obviously anytime there's a new quarterback, you have some expectations, but I think that they've really blown it out of the water and come out as a team from behind that really no one was expecting.

36:40And obviously this is a show by the girls. So we got to cheer on our girls. Carly sisters are also vice chairs and co-owners who are likely having an impact on the overall culture. So whatever they're cooking over there we are loving it yeah I mean shout out to the Colts didn't expect y 'all to have the season that you're having so far didn't expect you to be on top of the AFC South especially with the Texans and the Jaguars and arguably the Titans because they also have a rookie quarterback but yeah they're doing well no complaints I love what they're doing in the front office and I think that's a huge part of why they're doing so well when it comes to like the organizational standpoint of this team and how they run their team as well yeah absolutely so we'll just say colts go off keep going off we'll be watching the titans the titans yikes yeah yeah i mean when your quarterback goes essentially on national television and in a press conference after the fourth game that y 'all loss and tells everyone in the whole world that y 'all are ass says a lot yeah it does say a lot so cam ward their rookie quarterback he's on a four-year fully guaranteed rookie contract valued at approximately 48.7 million with a 32.1 million dollar signing bonus that's so much money it also like for a rookie quarterback insane that's a fifth year and a fifth year option He was the number one overall pick from the 2025 draft.

38:12Whoa. So it's interesting just to talk about the shoe door of it all and then come to this contract. 32.1 million signing bonus is holy cow. I hope that he's investing that in 401k stocks. I hope that we're doing some good stuff with that money while you're young. The Titans are on their longest losing streak. Since moving from Houston to Tennessee in 1997, 10-game loss. That's brutal. Yeah, definitely brutal. But it's funny because Kent Ward and Shadur Sanders, I actually saw in person together right before they got drafted. They were at some game in Texas because I think Deion Sanders still has like a house or something here.

39:00So Shadur Sanders and Shiloh, who's Shadur's brother, he was in the NFL, but he got cut. which people don't talk about that either. And that's another really interesting point about his family. But yeah, I saw them together and they're actually pretty good friends. And people were comparing the stat lines. I mean, obviously they're always going to do that. They're going to compare them to each other. But Cam Ward's a really good young talent. I think it sucks when you're the best quarterback coming out of college and you know you're going to a trash team because that trash team needs the best quarterback coming out of college.

39:34so that's just how the cookie crumbles hopefully they can rebuild but yeah i don't see the titans going anywhere up from here unfortunately yeah what are the it's the first stage in grief is acceptance or what it's uh what is that the fifth is that the fifth stage well i think that's the first stage i feel like acceptance is when you're like okay i'm over it okay I think that is the fifth the fifth stage anyway yeah well they've accepted it I mean if he's saying that out loud then they're probably talking about it in the room so maybe they'll be able to pull something out I mean they have Tony Pollard who's you know pretty good at rushing Calvin Ridley wide receiver he was on my first fantasy team ever and I really liked the guy got me some good points he didn't give me some good points so I don't know he's a he's a check in my book.

40:28He's a good receiver. Yeah. We'll see. I'm expecting them to have a losing record. Hopefully they can pull out at least a win or two for a little bit of self-confidence. Okay. And then finally, AFC West Chargers versus Raiders. Justin Herbert in Brazil in his opening game, 318 yards, two touchdowns in Brazil, which Brazil has also been affirmed as a place for the NFL for the next couple years. I don't remember the exact details, but we will be going back to Brazil with the NFL, which is exciting. Generally, if you have 250 or more passing yards, that's like a good game for a quarterback. So to come out 318 yards in that opener is great.

41:13They just had their first loss 21 to 18 loss to the Giants who had just put in their rookie quarterback, Jackson Dart. So that's really interesting. But Keenan Allen smashing it 24 receptions 231 yards three touchdowns this season he was actually on the Chargers 2013 to 2023 then they broke up how sad he broke up he went to the Bears and then they were like oh my god I want you back like we need you I miss you come back so he's back he said okay I guess okay fine fine I'll come back to you I miss you too and he has 998 catches as of today So he's about to hit his thousandth reception, which is super exciting.

41:58So congrats, Keenan, on an incredible career. I'm glad you got your girlfriend back. I'm glad you're feeling good. I'm going to make something happen. Mind you, that first game that they played in Brazil was their division rivals, the Kansas City Chiefs. And I was going to say, when you told me that they're atop of their division right now, don't get used to it. Because the Chiefs are right behind them. And they just got Xavier Worthy back, where Shee Rice comes back in two games. And I think that's a game changer for the Chiefs. Total game changer for the Chiefs. Yeah, I, you know, the Chargers are on top, but the Chiefs are back.

42:43The Chiefs were playing like the Chiefs. We know I criticized them previously and said, you know, they need to change something in their organization. to continue to be dominant. But I think something in them like clicks with the Chiefs, like something in them, I don't know what it is, but the entire, it's like they're wired. It's like they got chips or something. And then it's like, okay, go time. And they can make it happen, which I think has made them one of the most dominant teams. I do think, I don't love watching the demise of anyone or anything. I'm like just kind of like sappy girl. Like when teams lose, I feel sad, even if they suck.

43:24And like, if you're like, if you have like a nice head coach or like a good seeming quarterback, then I just feel bad for you. But I think like seeing a Chiefs like just complete implosion was going to feel sad to watch rather than like exciting for other teams. So I think that the Chiefs coming. I like the storyline. I think it's really interesting to talk about and watch, watch as we go. But on the Chargers, Omari and Hampton is a rookie with 270 yards. Oh my gosh. two touchdowns. His name is being thrown in for rookie of the year. I know that you love, who's our guy that you love? Peekabooka.

44:02Yeah, Peekabooka. But I think both of their names are really in there for 1 ,000%. Yeah. I mean, Amara and Hampton, like he, he's, he's really good. I love watching a rookie that is undisputably good because we talk about all these rookies and we're like, there's always like kind of an excuse for them, right? Like, oh, well, this guy's family or like, oh, well, this guy didn't want to go there or whatever. And I feel like I would love to study how can we get the stats for incredible starts and longevity or overall payment in the league? I would love to look that up over the last 10 years of like who comes in hot.

44:42Like what did Travis Kelsey's first season look like versus like all of the success that he has had or that's super interesting to me. Yeah. It's also interesting because like, I don't know, the Chiefs, you kind of want them, like, I don't hate the Chiefs. Do I want them to win another Super Bowl? Heck not! But like, I don't hate them. And I also love Hershey Rice. Hershey Rice is going to be probably one of the best receivers we see from the time he got drafted until, until, until. So that alone, pairing that up with Patrick, it's just like it's kind of a nasty combo super nasty combo super nasty combo patrick mahomes is so crazy we'll talk about it on a different episode because we don't have time for him today but i feel like i have opinions that have nothing to do with his performance i can't wait to hear them i'll just say one why do goatees still exist that was the first one you no but like i'm in agreement with you i'm sorry your husband or boyfriend has a goatee i don't i mean like no some people can pull it off because like sometimes my boyfriend will have a goatee and it's not terrible oh i'm sorry i'm going to attack you no because i do agree with you though still yeah but because like sometimes i'm like okay we got to like get this double back.

46:13Yeah. Cause like only for a short period of time, we're going to have to look up men that look hotter with a goatee than without one in the NFL specifically. No, I'm just kidding. Yeah. Well, I mean, yes. In the NFL. Also, maybe if we can't find any good, good info, we'll, we'll do it for the rest of them. We'll do the NFL. I'll look it up over the next five weeks. Period. Period. Well, I think that was like a really good recap of all of our team. Did we talk about, we talked about the bottom too well no we didn't talk about the bottom the Raiders I have zero notes see it's hard for me because like I was really high on the Raiders pre-season yeah you were I remember that I was very high I loved you know Smith at quarterback Gino Smith like he's not the best but like he can still get the job done he's like Joe Flacco but like not as bad That is Joe Flacco.

47:07I mean, he does throw some interceptions. But not only do they have Geno, who's in his first year with the Raiders because he was on the Seahawks last season. So they have Geno's with that quarterback. They also have a new head coach, Pete Carroll, who I believe is one of the oldest coaches in the league, if I'm not mistaken. So new head coach. They have rookie running back Ashton Gentry. Ashton Gentry was pretty much the runner-up to winning the Heisman. If you don't know what the Heisman is, it's like the most distinguished award in college football for a player to receive. So you have Ashton and Dan running back.

47:37You have Brock Bowers, who's a really good tight end. And you have J.K. Kennedy Myers and Trey Tucker, who are wide receiver one and two. The team is not terrible on paper. It's a really decent team. I don't know. I don't know either. But I do think that Pete Carroll is who other white elderly men should be looking to for how they should act in the press. Why do you say that? I'm just going to leave that there. i'm just gonna no explanation you have to go look it up you know why you guys know why come on men over 75 do not need a twitter go read the newspaper go read the newspaper is they're trying to they're trying to evolutionize themselves evolve with the times um lastly i will say that the raiders ashton jenji does this really weird stance and people in the media have now compared it to Michael Myers.

48:35So typically, like when you line up and you're a running back in the backfield, you're behind the quarterback expecting to receive the ball, right? Ashton Jinty stands straight up. No emotion, no movement in his body. He is standing straight up. Imagine you on the defensive line looking at Ashton Jinty getting ready to absolutely demolish you because he can getting like getting a run and possibly getting an end zone so that is a very spooky thing and speaking of spooky things it's a direct lead into our spooky season top five spooky moments top five is a segment that we do a lot but since it is october we decided to do a spooky themed top Top five.

49:24I will say the Ashton Jinty thing is definitely probably like an honorable mention. But my spooky season, number one, top five thing is the Bengals offense descending into the abyss. The Bengals offense, obviously Joe Burrow, he is the quarterback for the Bengals. He is now out for a long period of time. Since then, QB2 Jake Browning has taken over and their offense has looked terrible. can't blame it all on the quarterback though because i think some of the play calling is questionable but if you cannot get the ball in jamar chase and t higgins hands jamar chase and t higgins are both wide receivers on the bangles and jamar chase is one of the if not the best wide receiver in the league i'm sure most of you know who he is you probably went one two or three in your fantasy drafts but if you can't get the balls in chase's hands then you who have some issues.

50:17Not only to mention, they have a really good running back in Chase Brown, and he can't even get anything going. So that's my first spooky season. Do you have any thoughts on that, Victoria? It's sad. I was really looking forward to a tank that says here for Joey B. I think when I go to a Bengals game, I'll still wear it. Maybe he'll be back, but turf toe's pretty serious injury. It's taken out, you know, a lot of really, really great quarterbacks. It sounds absolutely ridiculous. Someone renamed this, But it's basically you overstretch the ligaments in the bottom of your big toe. You don't know how much you need your big toe until you don't have your big toe.

50:49So it's a really rough injury, actually. And I think it's just really sad. I think that the whole team is feeling like the lack of hype after Joe left because they're one of the teams that I have noted. The expectations from their team are so far from the reality of what's going on on the team now. Now, I don't think they're totally spent, but I can imagine them having a 9-8 or an 8-9 record from this point forward unless Joe comes back. So I don't think they're totally squashed, but they are going to make some serious adjustments. Yeah. And this is a playoff caliber team, so it really sucks. Last point, I will say they have a negative 534-yard differential in two games.

51:34That pretty much means in basic terms, their offense ain't doing nothing. And they, if you watch the last game in Monday Night Football, they got so many three and outs. They couldn't even convert and continue drives down the field. So it's sad. Three points. Three. No touchdowns. If you get done with the game and you don't have one touchdown, that feels horrible. Yeah. And again, you have Jamar Chase on your team. it's like when you it's like when you go out and you look like so hot and you're like i'm so confident and like your friends don't even compliment your outfit and you're like oh dang i rethink this that that was a good comparison okay i'm gonna list that was like my number one spooky season going into october these next four i'm gonna list off real quick and then we can kind of dive into each as we see fit but met life's curse we talked about the giants and the lake neighbors by receiver for the Giants goes out this week missing the rest of the season with an ACL injury obviously Giants were riding some momentum with rookie quarterback Jackson Dart coming in and now Malik neighbors their best receiver is out speaking of people that are out Lamar Jackson vanishing for week five talk about that a little bit earlier he has a hamstring injury nobody knows like how serious it is and like Raven's head coach came out and was like oh like it's not that serious like if Lamar wanted to play he would have still played but we had to keep him out which is valid like I think anybody in that position is going to want to still play but like think about the long-term consequences so that's interesting Ravens look to Cooper Rush or Tyler Huntley who are their backup quarterbacks last or two more Tyler Kale also goes down that was really spooky to look at his reaction to getting carted off the field going down in Miami's Monday Night Football game.

53:22My last thing is AJ Brown's cryptic tweet that sends chills through the Eagles flock. It's interesting because this tweet was essentially kind of like a plea for not getting the targets and then not getting the ball as he's used to. AJ Brown is the number one wide receiver on the Eagles, but if you look at the numbers, yes, the Eagles are 4-0, but their offense has been not producing like normal. So those are my top five spooky seasons. I'm curious to see out of those, which one stands out to you the most. Okay. Oh my gosh. Okay. It was a lot. I want to go number two. What was number two? Number two was the whole giant situation with Malik neighbors going down.

54:09Yes. Okay. So this I want to do really quick, but a bunch of players have come out saying that they hate that turf, that the turf is so bad. So I was seeing in the media, players are saying like, something's got to change. We need real grass, all that stuff, which also is funny because the Cardinals, they have their ugly, like dirty uniforms that are supposed to look a little roughed up. Hate, hate, hate, double hate, loathe. Name that movie. And that was a terrible, terrible, whatever acting moment for me, but it's from the coach and really hate those uniforms. And it doesn't even make sense because everyone's on turf.

54:46So, like, why are we dirtying up our uniforms when, like, all you're going to get is, like, turf or paint? But I think that if players are coming out and saying something, like, you guys have enough money to fix it. You gotta listen. I don't think it's a curse. Like, I don't know that I, like, I don't think it's a curse. No, the Giants are cursed. Historically, they're cursed. Okay, the Giants might be cursed, but I think that they need to change the field. Fair. So, that's what I have to say about that. if players are coming out then i i think that psychologically knowing that you could get injured on that field also then makes you more primed to get injured on that field which i just think is it's a net negative in the nfl a new field yes it's expensive but we're dealing with billionaires owning teams okay i'm not afraid of whatever amount of money that is the new freaking bill stadium was like eight like two billion dollars billion billion billion dollars okay five ten fifteen i don't know how much a new field costs but like i can't cost that much high schools have them high schools have them okay oh don't even start on that come to texas you'll find out real quick how big our stadiums are in high school football yeah so we can change the field and at least like let that go because if there's something that's actively consistent issue in injury that's been noted by players we got to get rid of it okay i want to talk about tyreek hill yeah tyreek hill is you know one of the top receivers in the league that's it and i don't know if you i would not look it up if you don't like his leg is this was similar to me watching not quite as bad but like if hutchinson's injury last year i don't know if you guys do not look it up if you don't like gory like he got like like, dumby leg.

56:32If that was a 10, this one is like a 7.5 to me. It's really nasty. But the interesting part about this that Giovanna brought up is, like, his reaction. He had a huge smile plastered over his face. So I'm curious, is this all of the adrenaline pumping through and him putting on a show to say everything's going to be fine? were all okay or giovanna you brought up yesterday do you want to make your point about it yeah i mean not only was this man smiling he was like waving to the crowd like he was a freaking being like he was in a procession he was getting like waltzed across the field or something i don't know but tyreek hill has been in the media for a long time now if you're not sure last season he gets pulled over right in front of the stadium for a speed and for a speeding ticket that didn't go over well because there was some you know racially heated things that were involved with that then you move on now he's in the media again because he wants to be traded or says some interesting words about him not wanting to be in Miami anymore and then you move on and he has like this whole court thing going on with one of his baby mamas and then now this so my opinion is that he was smiling because he's thankful he does not have to play another snap with Miami for now Do I think that's like fully the truth?

58:00Maybe not. I think maybe it could be very much of a mass, like say like it's okay. But because of the amount of things that have been in the news about him specifically, I'm just like, you didn't even really want to play here in the beginning and the Dolphins so far have been terrible. So yeah. So they have a decently good game on Monday night football. I will, I will give them that they played decently well. So if you, if I was to like be an aura reader, which I'm not, but I don't think that Mike McDaniel's aura and Tyreek Hill's aura are friends. No, I agree with you. My husband's 42 years old, the coach.

58:43So he's like a younger head coach in the NFL. Yeah. He's a little quirky for sure. He looks. Yeah. I was like, all the time. With his little glasses. Yeah. He just looks like, he looks like a smart, like he's a little on the like quirkier end, like no shade. I mean, he's interesting to watch for sure. But it, it doesn't seem shocking to me that if Tyreek Hill said, I'm not enjoying playing for him, that I would be like surprised and not because either person is a bad person. But I think also like Tyreek Hill has been in the media. He's faced a lot of like off the field adversity and some of it's doing for sure.

59:29You know, like I'm not saying that all of this happened to him and he's a victim. Yeah. But he's been in the media a lot for a lot of negative things. And it's, yeah, maybe he's just hit his max. And so when he got hurt, it was like, I'm done. Yeah. Yeah. Because you mentioned that to me yesterday. And at first I was like, I think it's just all of the adrenaline and it's this mask and whatever. but the more that I've kind of really thought about it. It kind of makes sense, right? Also something I told you yesterday, but I'll reiterate it. There's a couple driving on the highway that was next to the ambulance that was carrying Tyreek Hill to the hospital.

1:00:06And this man is like sitting in the chair on FaceTime, like still smiling. Like typically you see players when they are carted off, they're like cursing. They're upset. They're crying. They're emotional. They might have a tower over their head because they don't want you to see their faces because of how emotional they are. Like being carted off the field is a heavy thing to go through, especially when you're a player like Tyreek Hill, who's a big part of your team's identity. So it's just interesting that the Dolphins did end up winning that game. And I want to mention because that was why Darren Waller tied in that I mentioned earlier had two touchdowns.

1:00:41But they did win that game against the Jets 27-21. So again, we'll see how they operate without Tyreek. Yeah, I think Miami's going to have a losing season. I don't know what I think the numbers are going to be, but I think without Tyreek Hill and just with the way that they've been playing, I can't imagine this becoming a winning season. I mean, I didn't expect anything from the Colts and look at them, but I think this is a big loss for the organization. However, if Tyreek's like that, then I'm curious who's going to step up. Because anytime that there is big energy, whether it be positive or negative, when that gets removed, something else always comes into that position.

1:01:26So I think if Tyreek was very unhappy, and even if you're just kind of mute at practice, like even if you're not speaking out, like energy does matter, especially in a locker room. So I mean, I don't know how he was in his locker room. I don't know if he turned it on for the team, if he was a leader of the team, but he's had a lot of stuff going on. So I'm curious of if if there is somebody else to step into that energy, even just on the field, what's going to happen to the organization? So I think they're really interesting. Like this makes the Dolphins so much more interesting to me than they were previously.

1:02:02Just kind of like losing Tyreek's upset. That's kind of all we're hearing. like Mike's kind of showing the talking block. Yeah. But now I think this is a more interesting story of like what's going to happen next. So, yeah, I think Jalen Waddle is definitely going to have to step up. Who is the wide receiver to will now probably be one outside of Terry Carroll, but more importantly, two is going to have to step up. Who is the quarterback of the dolphins. He's not playing at the greatest of football. And there's a lot of controversy around him. Listen to as a great person, but I do think it's a valid argument to sit here and evaluate him and realize should he be playing football in the NFL still if you don't know to his history he's had a lot of things with concussions and like CTE is a very serious very serious thing that like I think players don't take into consideration until it's too late so that's like my my heart hurts for Tua because I understand like you want to play football you're a young guy still but what's more important getting this really bad franchise possibly to a playoff possibly to a super bowl or protecting yourself and protecting you know your health and the future so i don't know yeah i think that it's really interesting because i'm pretty sure that cte can develop even without concussions yeah it says that they're a risk factor but like bad coffee creamer is a risk factor for cancer.

1:03:32So I don't know if there's, I'm curious to dig more into it. Is concussions, like, is there a correlation that we know? Because from what I know about CTE, it's, you don't know if you're going to get it. Like there's no exact, this is what causes it. And so that could be part of his, his idea. I do think that the guardian cap should be worn on him just because he has had concussions. One of the major ones is he had a concussion and something with his spine and his hands ended up closing up, which I think really scared the world. I think that's like a really scary thing to watch. And I think that people love the NFL until it gets really scary.

1:04:14And then that really makes a cause. At the same time, they have some of the best medical staff in the world. If someone gets an injury, they have an MRI within 10 minutes of getting the, like within a day of getting the injury. And so I do have some trust in the trainers that are, that are there that have been there for so long that if it was like, so if it was so dangerous for him outside of the regular danger, like would they put him on the field because it is his decision to play, but it's also the organization. So it's very, it's dynamic and it's interesting. And yeah. I don't care if you tell me that they're not cute.

1:04:53Like everyone should wear a guardian. Yeah. Not a gladiator cap. No, Guardian. Tua needs to wear one. I don't think there's a direct correlation, but I always remember this movie, Concussion. I've watched it probably five times, but it highlights concussions in the NFL and how that's leading to CTE. Is it a direct correlation? No. But is it one of the leading causes? Yeah. And it comes from the hard contact. That's why they have the targeting rules. They have the quarterback safety rules. and I think after two his last injury we're like talk about a hard watch like I had to turn the TV off like seeing him like I think outside of that the the Bills guy I forget Damar Hamlin after like him if you don't know who Damar Hamlin is he's on the defense of the Bills he like literally die on the field like his heart stopped on the field during a game and they had to rush him to the hospital by the grace of God he is still alive and still playing football too but the two thing like it just scares me and like I like Tua and that's why like I have a heart for it right it's like it's like it always comes from like a place of love I mean Aiden Hutchinson went down he got the wind knocked out of him last weekend and Aiden Hutchinson is like huge part of the Lions defense and when that happened they were panning to the stands and the way that the fans you could just tell that their heart stopped but then it's we're not saying don't play because we don't want to watch you we don't want you to be successful but I think that like people get emotionally attached to these players and watching them play.

1:06:23And then you're emotionally in it and they get hurt or something happens. And I think especially with the brain, it's scary. It's scary. So I definitely like understand where you're coming from, where you're coming from with it, especially just like your brain matters. I actually got a brain MRI last year and I just, the pictures just resurfaced and I'm like, it's so cool. I know what my brain looks like. That actually is kind of cool. I'm going to text you a picture of my brain later. Please. If you don't send it to me, I'm a text student waiting for your brain pics. Where's the brain pics? Okay.

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