Julian Edelman & Cooper Kupp on Super Bowl 60, NFL Beauty Pageants, and Burger Flipping OCs | EP 178

25:07Spillane's been lights out. Diggs in the offensive side has brought a new attitude to that receiver room. And then they have 11 rookies that they've drafted on the team. So, you know, they've been hitting on guys they've brought in, guys they've drafted. And Drake Mayhaw having Josh McDaniels this year, I think, has been huge. So I think it's a combination of, like, the perfect storm of things happening. And things can happen that quick in this league because, you know, it's built on parody and the crappiest team is not as crappy as you think in this league. Like they're like three players, five players away, which can be hit in a draft or through free agency.

25:48However your team is built. So I think it's a combination of things. Love it. Love it. And Brady's a great coach too, you know? We got Cooper cup coming on here after you brother to represent the Seattle side to the best wide receivers ever to play in the Superbowl, man. Cooper's coming back for his second run at it. You got anything you want to say to Cooper? Have any questions for him? Ask him. I've been making my French press coffee a little weird. Just ask him, what's the weight on how much I got to put in? Because he's a big coffee guy. He did his dodo thing over here once. He gave me a coffee machine.

26:23We know he's the triple crown winner. We know he's still balling in the Super Bowl, and he's still balling at a high level at a high age. but I just want to know about the coffee. How do I get my French press right? Coffee is an underrated part about having success in the league too. Whenever I get a young guy and he's not drinking coffee, I'm like, do it. Do you not like taking legal performance enhancers? Why the fuck would you not drink coffee? What are you doing, man? I didn't drink coffee until I got in the league. That's right. Then I started chewing. I started drinking coffee. I mean, how do you get through these meetings?

26:56That's right. That's right. People don't realize there's, there's, this is like, You have to go to school before you get to just play football. It's like you're in class all day long. Yeah. Yeah. So fucking good. All right. We got to ask him about the French press, man. I'm actually curious about this one. Is there anything you would say the Patriots win if they do X? They get the ball off Sam Darnold. Okay. Patriots win if they can get the ball off Sam Darnold and win that turnover margin. Yeah. I really think if you get it to a nitty-gritty game, you have Milton Williams in the middle, Barmore in the middle together, getting pressure in the middle of the pocket and getting a takeaway from that explosive offense, and they've got to take advantage of it, I think that's their best opportunity of winning.

27:44Because I think Seattle, if you look at them, they're a complementary football team. We've talked about all year, all phases, special teams, offense, defense. You know, but when they've gotten to hairy, nitty gritty games with teams. You know, they've been able to, like, beat them with all their units. I don't think they could do that with the Patriots. They're pretty dang good on all three units, too. So I think when they get into a hairy game with a team that can nullify them on special teams and not give them an explosion play or maybe hit them with the explosion play with Marcus Jones at punt return or kickoff.

28:20I think those are the types of teams that they struggle with. because then it presses onto Darnold to making a play. They got to get more in the drop back. They can't play on schedule with their run game always. So getting the ball off Sam, getting that pressure in the middle of the pocket, I think it'll give them their best chance to win. It makes sense, man. It makes all the sense in the world. Interior pressure, if you look at all the Super Bowl teams that have won over the last few years, I mean, you look at dominant D tackles and controlling the middle of that freaking line of scrimmage. It disrupts the run game, and then the pressure is the quarterback.

28:55Everybody wants to talk about edge pressure. There's something about that interior pressure. Milton Williams and Barmer are freaking balling right now, both of them. Well, especially as a pocket passer. You know, Sam, he's athletic, but he likes to do everything behind that center at eight, seven yards, wherever that spot is for him. And he likes to deliver the ball off that play action. They do a great job moving it, but, you know, Sam, he don't like that middle pressure if you watch. Whenever he struggled, it's because of that pressure right in his face because it's hard to dissect that defense.

29:28Gets him a little bit off schedule, gets him off target, and then he'll still throw it up there. All right. Let's hit it with this last thing, dude. We got to know you're welcome to the Super Bowl moment. Out of all the Super Bowls you went to, man, what was the one moment that hit you that you can remember that was just like, man, I'm in it, man? I really think there's two for me. From my first one, We lost against the New York Giants in 2011. And that was still early. That was like still kind of almost pre-phone, still getting into the phone age. And the phone age. That first kickoff when you used to run in these Super Bowls, all you would see is just flashes.

30:11And I was an R2 and you'd run. And I just remember seeing all the flashes on kickoff. And I remember seeing those flashes. Dude, that's cinematic, dude. Dude, that's crazy. Yeah, it's super. I remember that and the national anthem. You know, when the national anthem's going, you see whoever, who's singing it, whatever celebrities there, you know, you start to feel the environment of how big this is. I think those two things were like my welcome to the Super Bowl moment. By the time, you know, we got there in 14 again and then 16, you know, then I kind of had a feel for it. But that first time, you know, it's like, holy smokes.

30:52What are we doing here, Batman? Dude, pre-phone and pre-kickoff, like, changed. Like, the kickoff when it was the fucking kickoff. You know what I mean? Yes. Dude, we're fucking charged. Oh, more daddy. I'm going to go bust a wedge. That's right. And the moment you said National Anthem, I started getting goosebumps. Because that is, and still, even like when I'm at a regular game, every time I hear the National Anthem, that kind of is like for some reason a very visceral moment for me and i don't think it's just about the national anthem it's something about like that it's about to happen like that's always the trigger in our heads for timing yes and at the super bowl it just is at another level every single time that's one of my favorite moments when they're videotaping everybody and you see guys just like so emotional like just like cage dogs ready to get out there and man puts you right back into it for sure it really does man the national anthem anytime you watch it like especially in the big games you know you got the jets flying over got the military there the fans are going you know what i mean and you got you know someone's crying you know that's that's that because that like you said it's right it's calm before the storm it's about to it's about to go down yes and it's been like that since we were kids yeah oh yeah right after the national anthem we're going and we're playing ball yes let's everybody fucking fire up man I'm fired up for the Super Bowl, baby.

32:17I can't wait. Pat Seahawks, we appreciate you hopping on, Jules. You're the man, brother. No problem, guys. Thanks for having me. Thank you to Julian Edelman. Edelman, you did not disappoint. Jules is the man, dude. But we do have one more guest. We do. We've heard from the Patriots' side in contingency. Now it's time to go to Seattle. We have... The other white wide out. That's... Oh, man. We have the one and only Cooper Cup. All right. Thank you to our presenting sponsor, Intuit TurboTax. Hey, you guys know what time of year it is. It's tax season. That's right. It's April 15th deadline coming up.

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36:37That's awesome I am is that you rounded up From 6-1 to 6-2 that was the best Part of the whole thing right there I'm the same way I'm 6-3 That's all the things I'll take it A combine will get you man they go down to the Eighth of an inch it's not fair I was 6-5 my whole life and at the combine I'm 6-4 and 7-8 I'm like, you motherfuckers couldn't give me one more eighth in it. You learn a lot at the Columbine, man. You learn a lot, even about yourself. Even about yourself. Like, oh, I had no idea I was that short. That's crazy. I'm that slow? I thought I ran a 4.7. I didn't know I was running a...

37:14Hey, you're telling me. You're telling me. Yeah, wanted to jump it off, man. Congrats on the year so far, man. NFC champs. You know how to do this thing, though, man. And obviously you have literally the best run in playoff history at the wide receiver position, man, in terms of the stats and touchdowns and going out there and actually getting the fucking dub in the big game, man. How does it feel to get back to the Super Bowl? Yeah, it's pretty sweet. You just don't take these things for granted. I mean, we've all been lucky enough to be on parts of teams that get to the show and, you know, make it happen, get the chance to play in the big one.

37:52And I've also been a part of, we've all been part of really good teams where like, man, the belief is that you're there. Like you're going through training camp. You're like, we're going to the Super Bowl. Like we know the work. Like we have everything it takes to get there. And you don't. And you fall short. And so to be in this place, to be able to, you know, week in, week out, find a way to get wins and get here, it's a special thing. How has it been with the new team? Obviously, you know, this is not a lot of people from the outside saw it coming. And I'm sure you guys seeing it from your perspective had high expectations.

38:24What's it, what's the team camaraderie been like all year? You know, how has it been being in Seattle? It's been good. I mean, obviously it was a new experience coming over here with the new team and all that. But I mean, there was a, there was a belief early on, you said the, I mean, it was exactly what Mike McDonald said up there on that stage. You know, we did not care. You know, it was like this whole thing, like all the narratives, all this other stuff's like, no, we're just going about our business. We're going to handle our stuff. And it was, it was that, it was that from day one, from OTAs on.

38:54It's like, man, we're just going to do what we do and get better and better and better. And it wasn't like this, this isn't one of those teams that I would have said day one, but like, oh yeah, we got all the pieces together to go make this thing happen. It was truly like a, a build, a slow build of like, Hey, this is coming together and gelling and the guys are coming together, the belief in one another, the camaraderie just the people the energy of the locker room is special. You can feel the energy in the fucking preseason, Coop. I remember playing you guys in the preseason, dude, and I was like, I was sitting there on the sideline that second half watching my guys try and battle your guys as kind of like second and third string guys, and I'm sitting there, I'm just like, this team has the fucking juice.

39:39These guys love playing the game of football, and they do and they do it together. And it wasn't just the starters. It wasn't just the guys after that. It was all the way through the end of the game, man. And when you see guys loving to play the game together like that, man, having that energy, having that excitement is the start of it. And then from there, you obviously have great coaches, great leaders. You got to talk to us about a guy named Sam Darnold. How fun has it been fucking seeing that guy grow into the Super Bowl quarterback that he is today? Ginger Cuz. Ginger Cuz. I was waiting for it.

40:15I was waiting for it. He's been the man. I mean, honestly, Coderex in general, they are on the highest pedestal of like, you do not have a whole lot of time to prove yourself before you get counted out. And for Sam Donald to do what he did, going through this time with the Jets, with Carolina, all the scarring that happens, that's like, man, everything that's put on you is saying you aren't this anymore. Like, you're not that guy. for him to push through all those things, to go to San Francisco, to learn his stuff there, to be able to take in all the Shanahan. Like, man, this is – I can do this system.

40:51I believe in this, how this is done, how this quarterback – how quarterbacks are asked to play this game, to go and do it for KOC in Minnesota, and then to come over here and just ball out like this. I mean, it's just incredible. It's not talked about enough how special and how difficult that is for quarterbacks to do. It is not an easy thing, and he's kind of – you know, he's gone against, you know, common belief about quarterbacks and how it works, you know? So it's a, it's special. I could not agree more, man. And like, listen, I keep getting asked like who you're rooting for in the game. And like, I don't really have a horse in the race.

41:24Like I like storylines on both sides, but it's hard to not want this to happen for Sam. It really is. Cause I think anybody that's been in the league and struggled through it yourself and had to persevere through ups and downs. Like, it is very difficult, especially once that narrative throughout the league has already been set. It's hard to get that next opportunity. Exactly. And for him to be able to do this multiple times, have to reaffirm himself, and to have the year he's had on a special team right now, like, it's hard not to root for the Ginger Cuz, man. Come on, Ginger Cuz. What's the better nickname?

42:00Ginger Cuz or Buddy? Oh, come on now. Come on now. maybe maybe he feels a different way about it but don't want to call me don't call me buddy don't call me don't call you buddy i was you know i got a little ginger in the beer if they were calling me ginger cuz i'm like i'll take ginger cuz don't call me buddy call me ginger cuz i'm checking out so yeah i'm at i'm at a gas station getting something you call me ginger cuz that's fine i'm good don't call me buddy don't call me buddy i'm pretty sure we had uh had our Matt Stafford on here talking about how you're attending early QB meetings. You still in the QB room?

42:40I'm still in the QB room. They can't get me out of there, man. It's my room now. Pick over. I love it, man. Let me ask you this, and I think I already know the answer, but just for people watching, why do you attend the QB meetings? What does a receiver get out of going to the QB meetings? Yeah, well, I mean, for me, it's a QB perspective. I want to hear – one, I want to be watching the film with the quarterback when he's taking his notes, when he's kind of diagnosing, okay, these are the things that I'm seeing. These are the things that even like give me concern, you know, that maybe the coach, it's not from the coach's perspective.

43:12It's from the quarterback's perspective. This is concerning to me. And maybe he's like, has a thought about how it wants, how he would want to attack or what his answer is, what answer he wants that to be. You know, I get to be in there and I get to be at the genesis of it all. But then the other part of it is to be in the meetings themselves because now in the receiver room, they're not going to touch on the progression of a quarterback. You know what I mean? Like they're not saying, hey, this is one high, two high this way. It's like, no, we're running a bench route. You know what I mean? And so I want to know on the backside, if I'm running a China route on the backside, well, how much time do I have?

43:47Am I first in the progression? Am I fourth in the progression? That really changes how I'm going to run my route and when I can be ready, when the quarterback expects me to be ready for the ball. You know what I mean? I love this. Did you ever play a little quarterback? So my dad was a quarterback. So my dad was a quarterback in the NFL for a couple of years. He backed up. He was third string Detroit Aikman. And then Jason Garrett actually beat out my dad for the third spot with the Cowboys. So my dad, so I learned receiver from my dad, a quarterback. It was like when I run a route, I wasn't getting told what to do as a receiver.

44:23I was getting told, no, you can't do that because the quarterback is not going to like that. You know what I mean? so he was he was on me early he was on me early about like sticking my foot in the ground like no you have to like you have to indicate your indicator is not good enough you know that's it that's it so indicator what we're talking in code to this fucking fat boy yeah i don't know shit about an indicator what's this i gotta use my body to communicate to the quarterback i want to like he's gonna see me 20 yards away and when i make a move or do something i'm gonna do something that's indicating I'm breaking down and I'm going to be in the spot that you're expecting me to go.

44:59All right. Cause he's going to be letting the ball go when my back's to him. So he needs to know like, man, Hey, it's happening now. You know, I need to be able to put my foot in the ground when I'm breaking in or out and how I'm rolling. So I can't just like, you can't just ooze into like a deep out route. You got to like put your foot in the ground, like I'm going now. You know what I mean? So he knows that it's coming. Coop, I think, and that's so good. That was a great way of describing it. I think what you do that's different from others is that you're giving those indicators to the quarterback, but you never give those indicators to the defense.

45:29And that's so hard because the defense is watching those indicators. And I do a whole lot of bullshit to make up for my speed. Like I'm doing skips and things with my shoulders and things. You know, I'm doing all this shit just to get this much separation where you actually have the speed and you have the shoulder lean and you give none of those indicators as well as like when you want to really get open on a double move and things like that. But you're giving the defense no indicators that you're going to be going one way or the other. And that keeps the timing of these routes so true. And it's why you've always been mirrored up with your quarterback so well, man.

46:06Yeah, I appreciate it. Yeah, try to do it. Try to do it as a, you know, I'm, I ran a 4.6, right? So I got to do the hop and skip and I got to do the little jack. Now I got to do a little bit of the speed. You know what I mean? You got it all. You got it all in the bag. But a lot of those deeper routes, you don't have all that ability to really get into that kind of stuff. So that's what I was thinking. You don't have the time. Exactly. Exactly. I get it. Well, I was just going to ask, listen, you were in the Rams for a very long time with one head coach. What's it been like having a new head coach in Mike McDonald, right?

46:39Like, has it been different being offense versus defense? Like, how has that been for you? Offensively, if you don't have a great day, it's okay because the coach is going to be so pumped at how good a practice went. You know what I mean? That's interesting. You know how it goes? It's like, oh, hey, defense had a great day today. It doesn't matter what the offense did. Hey, bring it up, boys. This is a great day. where before it didn't matter like it didn't matter how what the energy was of practice if the offense wasn't on it it was a terrible day it was getting out getting crushed yeah getting absolutely crushed so that's nice being on the other end of that that side of things but honestly those two guys like sean and mike both on two separate ends in terms of the offense and the defense but they are they are doing it at the highest level of those two sides and so it's cool it's cool to see it and i like to sit in there with mike and i i used to sit in with sean and be able to talk through stuff and be able to talk like you know the 500 600 level football stuff and now i sit in there and and i used to like i could like you know talk i'm like yeah i can i can live at this place and like communicate and you start talking to mike you're like oh i don't know what i'm talking about like this is this defense like defense is a whole nother world that you know maybe you don't you think that you understand what you're doing offensive when you're attacking stuff, there's a whole other world out there that you don't understand and the depth of it.

48:08And I'm reminded of that over and over again as I play in this game. The depth of detail that there is in the NFL, it's an ocean. It just keeps going, man. Yeah, and it's different the way it is in different systems. Like cover three is just like such a generic term for a way that everybody thinks about what that is, right, and how it's taught versus like different formations and clusters and what teams do specifically in their progressions. How it changes week to week. No doubt. You obviously played with Matthew Stavre for a long time, now with Sam Darnold. What are the differences between those two guys in particular?

48:42You know, one's got red hair, one's got gray hair. They – It is great, though, being like Matthew's thing when he comes in. It's like, oh, I've seen that. And he look, oh, I saw that 2012 week four. They brought that same pressure. it's like okay this is you're ridiculous dude yeah that's great and you can't you can't you can't compete with the experience that he has because it's not just the experience it's not just time it's like it's memory it's like he has all that stored in this database he's like an he's like an ai center and it's like he's built into his brain and he just like he's just like pulling these things like dude no one i can't keep up with you you're you're just rolling and For Sam, Sam is so processed.

49:29It's like, man, he's seen a lot. He's been in a lot of different situations, and he carries that stuff with him well, but a lot of it is his process and his preparing through the week. It's like, man, he's so on. Hey, I'm in here until 7 o 'clock. At 7 o 'clock, I'm moving on to my next thing, and I'm on it. He's just, boom, like a robot on his stuff. So, you know, when he gets there, when he gets to the game on Sunday, it's like, man, he's just gone through this. He's so prepared for that moment to step out there and play. or he's almost over. It's like you don't have to poop at 7 every morning.

50:00You know what I mean? Like you can do other things. Man just wants to be ready for it, man. He wants to be ready. I love it, man. Well, I'm sure it was pretty weird lining up against your former teammates and former team. But you were in quotes saying it was cool that we had to go through the Rams. The script writers did a good job with that one. I'm glad you're a believer in the script writers as well. They were definitely writing the script for me and Jason to go to the Super Bowl when we started this new heist podcast. Yeah, you remember the meetings. Yeah, it's good. Exactly. That was crazy, wasn't it?

50:36I mean, like I said, I've touched on this before, but there's so many guys playing that game. No one wants to make it about themselves and what like, oh, it's my story. But like in my world, that was a crazy story. I thought it was wild. Were you in those defensive meetings letting him know about all of McVay's tricks up his sleeve? And I've always wondered when a guy goes to the other team. No, it is. It's hard. I mean, you can't like, yeah, I know a lot of the stuff that they do. I don't know if it's changed, you know, but I can like sit there and be like, OK, yeah, this looks like I know that signal.

51:16I know like what this may be some of these like, you know, hurry up offense, what they're doing. But how do you, as a coach, how do you tell the defense, like, oh, hey, don't listen to what my call is. I need you to listen to what they're doing. And then, you know what I mean? And they know you're – and McVay knew you were over there and, like, that could be a possibility. So they're changing signals and all of a sudden, you know, you can get caught in a tough position. I just had to ask this. Exactly. No, it just doesn't – I just don't know that it really works, you know. I think there's little things, little pieces like, hey, this little indicator maybe of something that's like it's a broad thing like hey this might indicate you know these kinds of plays are coming versus being like oh this is the exact play that's that's coming to put that in the back of somebody's mind with everything else that you got to deal with in the on the football field i feel like it's almost like a crutch to be able to like have somebody thinking that much about all of it so i'm right there with you how has the coop chant been with the 12th man instead of the Rams fans this year?

52:20Does it feel weird or is it, how do you feel about it? It's been pretty solid. I'll tell you what. Lumen's crazy. Playing in Lumen, it gets rowdy. I've been on the other side of it. It's really similar though because it used to be like, I used to run onto the field early on and you get the boos. Now I run on, I just get the coops. It doesn't feel that different. I've kind of been here. I've kind of been here before. That's great. You've got another unbelievable wide receiver in the wide receiver room with you in Seattle right now. JSN is absolutely taking this lead by storm. I think he's right now, in terms of every single route he's running, pound for pound, one of the best fucking wide receivers I've ever seen play this damn game, man.

53:09He's so fun to watch, and he has that ability to just do it with ease. He's similar to how you are. He doesn't give a lot of indicators on the deeper routes, and he's always on time. And then his big play ability is through the fucking roof. Yeah. Did you coach him up at all? Did you give him experience? How was it when you got in the wide receiver room over there? Yeah, it was good. I basically have built Jackson myself. I do. I do. I do. No, he was so good. When I got here, like watching him go through OTAs, it's like, dude, this dude's special. And I don't think like you never know going into a season, statistically what the production is going to be like, what are we going to be like as an offense?

54:00That takes a lot of it as well. But he's just over and over again made the plays. Like when the opportunities come, we don't throw the ball. Like we're not super high up on the list in terms of how often we're throwing the ball. but when we do and when the opportunity comes his way he's making the play you know i mean and i think to do that you got to be consistently getting open like consistently open you see no know when that time's going to be when the ball is coming your way and so uh he's just been special in that way and uh like you said no indicators like he's so smooth he plays at one level the entire time you know he can yeah he can run up he can run a you know a 15 yard outbreaking speed cut route and never changed.

54:40It's like the same level the entire time. He just kind of Porsche turns, Porsche turns the sideline and, and comes plays negative coming out of his, out of his breaks. And, um, it's pretty, yeah, it's really special seeing him, seeing him do his thing. Dude, it's so smooth, like the effortlessness of it. And like, yeah, it's, it's fun to watch him just run. He's similar to, I mean, you played with, uh, with, uh, Devante Smith. Devante's, I was about to say they're very similar in the way they move. super smooth runner, but you know, Jax is built a little more like a running back when you see him.

55:12A little bit stockier, got some girth to him. Yeah, you got a little more girthiness to him. He seems like a great dude, man, and I love the combo you guys had, but I gotta ask you about my guy, AJ Barner in the tight end room, man. Northeast Ohio ball player, baby. Northeast Ohio ball player. I got a chance to say what's up to him at tight end you man and outside of like the on-field stuff and him really like being a big part of this offense in the in the run game and pass game man his energy his swagger as a as a young cat in the league man I fucking love it man and I'm so happy for that dude but you got to tell me you got any good AJ stories I got some great AJ stories I don't know that.

55:58The problem is choosing one that he wouldn't be upset about me sharing. There you go. There you go. Well, what was your first impression? When your first impression coming in, I'm sure you knew him to an extent because he was playing in Seattle. My first impression of him, I was like, wow, this is like a young Tyler Higby. Dude, Higgs is another guy. Dude, fucking love Higgs, man. Higgs is one of my all-time favorite human beings, teammates. Higby's the man. He's the man. And I sit next to him in the huddle for eight years, like one of my favorite dudes. And I'm like, this dude runs routes. He blocks.

56:33He does all the stuff, right? He does all the stuff. As you get to know him more, like he's got a very unique energy about him. And how, I mean, he's like, he's the dude that's like, he's the dude that's like barking in the team meetings. You know, he's got like, he's got something to say every time. Something to say. And you know, 90 % of the time, it's awesome. 10 % of the time you just kind of let it go over your head. Oh, Barnyard! That's a banger right there, man. I can't wait to see him in the Super Bowl, man. I know he's going to be turned. We had Julian Edelman on already. He had one question for you.

57:13He's having some problems with his French press. He doesn't know the right ratio. What do we got for him? He's hopeless. I try it. I've already tried with him. I can't. I've already tried with him. I walked him through it. The first time he showed me, he was making coffee. He's dang near. I mean, he's dang near drinking his coffee with just grounds. I mean, he's just like, he's chewing his coffee, basically. He's got that Turkish coffee. He's got the grounds in it, right? Yeah, exactly. He's drinking his coffee with a spoon. Listen, he's got, you have to measure things. You can't just like throw it together, right?

57:52It's ratios. You got to have a feel. You got to have a little bit of detail. And for Julian Edelman, for Julian Edelman, one of the most detailed receivers to just, like, throw things together, oh, it broke my heart. You wanted to see the intent of the detail. He turned that shit off, man. Yeah, yeah, slow yourself down, Julian. Slow yourself down. Make yourself a nice cup of joe. Make it a nice little process. It'll be good. Well, timeout, hold on. I want to get the inside scoop, though, for myself, though. What is the ratio? What is Coop doing with his coffee? Most French presses, the plunger won't go all the way to the bottom, right?

58:31So the plunger will leave. Have you made French press before? Yes, I have. Okay. So the French press won't plunge all the way to the bottom. So if you want to start, see where that spot is and just fill the grounds up to right where that is. Right where that is. Okay. Most of them will be pretty accurate. So you want to start there. And then you go there and you fill up the whole, fill up your whole thing and you press it, you know, wait six, wait six minutes or so. Make sure your grind's good. You want a nice coarse grind with French press. Don't want to be a super, you know, don't be, you know what I mean?

59:02If you get too, too fine, you're going to have the, the, if you're going to over extract, you're going to have the, you're going to have the grounds all coming up through that plunger. You don't want to do that. You don't want to make sense. Let's talk some more about this. What is, is French press the best method of brewing? Well, what beans do you have, right? Because there's actual, people don't know this. There's certain coffee beans that are made for espresso. There's certain ones for drip. There's certain beans with their oil contents and things that like. Where are you getting your French press beans from?

59:31My French press beans, I honestly don't. I'm getting them from Dodo is where I'm getting them from. There we go. You know it. I know if we were down in Guatemala. I don't know. The Guatemala, Guatemala is a good one. We got some good ones from Guatemala. It would do a good French press. I've done French press. I've tried getting a Mocha master. I've got an Aero press grinders. I've tried the beans. I don't, I've not mastered the beans. I'm not jacking the beanstalk yet. Are you going to be in Santa Clara this week? Oh yeah. We're up there, baby. Come by. Perfect. Can I show you the grinder I got?

1:00:03This will show you how, this will show you how novice I am. I'm going to show you the grinder I bought. You're about to get this dude. You're going to see the attention to detail of a, of a pro bowl center. Yeah. This dude is, this dude is there. he he was the one that broke out the directions as a kid for the legos instead of just putting them yeah yeah i hope this dude he's so he's been waiting to ask you this forever yeah this is great i hope he just brings a hammer and it's like i used to use this i was i just hit the beans until he looked good and i just dumped him into this coffee grinder i wanted to be on record i fucking hate this goddamn industrial ass Kylie from the stairs.

1:00:48That's how you know it's about to be a fucking hammer. I'm ready to save the day. Listen, you guys send me his address. I'm going to send him a whole setup. It'll be so easy. We're going to send you two addresses because I need this too. Yeah. You let me know. Send me the address. I'm going to send you. It's going to do everything for you. You're going to be able to measure out what you need. it's gonna grind them how you're supposed to have them it's gonna do it all do gonna do it all right because this is people come over to our house all the time and like oh this is so good this is great like so much better than i make at my house it's like yeah because you're making it like a like a thing what you take this out of the wall what the fuck is that i looks like an old dell computer dude what the fuck is that i bought an industrial coffee grinder on accident.

1:01:39I thought I was getting a home one. This is crazy. That's crazy. Goodness gracious. If it's a gun save, that thing's crazy. Dude, that's hilarious. That's the biggest coffee grinder I've ever seen in my life. When that thing showed up, Kylie was like, what in the fuck are you doing? The entire house with steaks in the morning. I'm making coffee for the entire block. that's right i was telling trav let me you got yes tell me where to send it i'm gonna send you a whole setup it's a whole coffee setup it's gonna look nice your wife's gonna love it's gonna set up on the counter you're like oh this is like this is good this looks good perfect it's gonna make a coffee i got i got you set up have you always been a coffee guy when did you start getting on the coffee coffee's really it's a performance enhancer in the league like you're you're you're doing yourself a disservice you're not you're not trying if you're not drinking some coffee.

1:02:36You don't come in here. If I don't see you walking around with a cup of coffee, I'm questioning your commitment to what we're doing. Exactly. When did you start it up though? Secretly, my mom would buy me coffee like early middle school. My dad hated it. No way. My dad would be so mad. He's been in the game for a minute. I've been in the game for a while. Are you a sweetener or are you like the taste of the beans? You don't want to mess with the beans. Blackity black black. Yes. You got to get the taste. You got to get the taste. And go. Where are you guys? Are you, I mean. I'm black all the way.

1:03:10I was about to say I'm black. And for some reason, I don't, I don't really like espresso as much as I like actual coffee coffee. I will do espresso. Like I'm, I don't discriminate, especially after like a nice dinner. Yeah. All in on the espresso, espresso martini. Hey, now. No, yeah, man. Yeah. But there's something about like a, a coffee that I just really enjoyed. Yeah. the taste it's a drip coffee it's a nice drip coffee yes dude i'm right there with you i'm i'm straight up i like the coffee straight and then i like uh i'll go back we we have like five we have like six flavors from a kansas city roasting uh company that i'll go and get i'll switch it up by the week i'll go and get like a dark like roast and then i'll go back and get like a nice hazelnut and it'll be like the taste of the beans will make it feel like I have like a sweetener in there or something but it like kind of changes the notes the the beans themselves have flavor oh yeah you know it you know it man the different the way they roast it oh it's the fucking best man very interesting we got one last question for you all right do you have a welcome to the Super Bowl moment you saying like well I can't believe that I'm playing the Super Bowl or like the one where you get hit really hard and you're like, oh, this is the Super Bowl.

1:04:33Either one you want to go with, yeah. Man, I don't know. I mean, because my first Super Bowl, I was on the sidelines. You know, I had a torn ACL in 2018 against when Julian Edelman won Super Bowl MVP. Yeah, that's right. And so I think maybe my, This would be my welcome to Super Bowl moment. Standing on the sidelines and feeling the chaos on our sidelines when Bill Belichick decided we're going 6-1 the entire game, completely change your game plan, show something you've never done before, and just show up in the Super Bowl saying this is what we're going to do and we're going to do it every single snap.

1:05:12That was like, oh, this is the Super Bowl. The guys that can sit there and make that decision, You know what I mean? It's insane to even think about. Belichick has been in the news a lot recently with everything, and regardless of any of that stuff, that was one of the most masterful, well-done coaching jobs, to be honest with you. And it wasn't just 6-1. He was waiting for the headset to turn off so that Sean could check the play in. And then when it got checked, he would move it to something else. That game was wild to watch. It was crazy. He was doing it. You've seen the mic'd up where he was like, hey, where is he?

1:05:49Where is he? he's watching Sean it's like hey we're going to show one thing Mike clicks off at 15 seconds on the play clock and it's like boom okay now we're getting into what we're doing because we were so much at the line of scrimmage that year Sean really calling things all the way up until the ball snapped essentially you know that was insane but I mean for Billy to come out and we got for his plan being I'm just going to watch Sean and we're going to wait until he calls it and I'm going to change it and we're just going to do this thing like we're putting six guys up on the ball. We're going to knock out the mid-zone run game.

1:06:23Third down they still did the Bill Belichick. They had their Stephon Gilmore on Brian Cooks. They doubled Robert Woods. They still did the same thing that they always do, but that was a baller move by old William Belichick. William Belichick. Slick Willie. I lied. I got one more question. What do you think what does Seattle need to do to win this game, brother? What are the keys to victory for you guys, you think? We've said this over and over again, and it's cliche, you know? What were you going to say? Don't turn the ball over. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I do think it comes down to us. It's like, hey, be us.

1:07:03Be the people that we've been all the way through the same. It's been our process, and it's been like – it's kind of a joke now, I guess, but Mike gets up there for a team meeting, and he wants to have some words for us, and you want to be like, man, bring some juice or something. It's like, no, no, no. We're going to go out there and be us. That's our thing. That is what we do. We go out there and we run through people's faces. We're going to run the ball. We're going to pass the ball. Our defense is going to run and hit. This is what we do, and it's why we are in this position right now. And so we're not going to change that.

1:07:37We're going to go out there and do the things that we've done to get us to this place. And that's all you can do. That's all you can do anyways. So we can talk about it all we want. They are who we thought they were. Yeah, exactly. Coop, man, you're the fucking man. I can't wait to catch you out there and talk some French press dog, but wishing you the best, man, and go out there and get you another one, brother. Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. Thank you to our partner, Xfinity. The Olympic Winter Games are almost here, and Team USA is ready to bring it. We're pumped. And while Xfinity can't guarantee a clean sweep for Team USA, they can guarantee your internet price stays locked in for five years straight until the next Winter Olympics, through the next Winter Olympics.

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1:10:45I can't wait to learn about coffee. I'm kind of, I feel a little bit more confident than you may, but at the same time, a French press is a different world. Yeah. Let's wrap up this episode of Stamps of the Week. How about that, Trav? Hey, nah. Stamps of the Week is brought to you by Adobe Acrobat. Oh, man. And who doesn't like a nice organized app for everything you need documented? All right. Who we got here? Stamp of the week, stamp of the week, stamp of the week. What is this? Punch? Somebody punched their hair off? You didn't check out this clip? Watch this one. This guy was wearing the toupee.

1:11:16Uppercut so vicious it knocks his hair off. Oh, no. Oh, no. Oh, no. What do you ask for? How did he, did he ask for that? You just go into the barbershop and ask them if they got any toupees? I don't know where you get the toupee from or how it's adhered down or if the barbershop, I don't know a lot of those details. This second picture is crazy. I think he won the fight, though. Did he win? Yeah, I think they later threw it into the crowd. I think he won the fight. I mean, he was a good sport about it. He definitely was not too nervous or shy about it. He was living it up after that, kind of dancing around.

1:11:53Could you imagine catching that? dude no i can't imagine getting a toupee either but that shit's fucking hilarious make a nice coaster koozie yeah got some great nominees here we have a philadelphia phantoms kai and i went to the unrivaled game in philadelphia and quick shout out to these guys they broke a record for the most regular season pro women's basketball game attendance of all time it was 21 ,400 it was packed. Packed to the rafters. This Unrivaled thing is awesome. They do a great job. The production quality was fantastic. A lot of people were geared up for women's basketball. It was a really cool event.

1:12:32What else do we got? Rochester Nighthawks goalie Rylan Hartley for stamping Vancouver Warriors defensive Steph Charbonnet. Charbonnet? Let's take a look at this. Indoor lacrosse. I just think it's funny how big the goalies are in indoor lacrosse. He's got all this Oh, no. Oh, my gosh. Oh, that's a defenseless receiver right there. That's what I like to see. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Then the brawl afterwards. You. I want. Come here. I don't know what that guy's mad about. There's a fucking few brawls going on right here. What are they mad at the goalie? I don't get why they're mad at the goalies. That was a great, clean hit.

1:13:17That's all I saw. Are you allowed to do that in lacrosse? I mean, you're allowed to do it in lacrosse. Yeah. you can do some lacrosse. Oh, he doesn't even hit him in the head. Dude. He didn't even hit him in that. He hits right in the chest. Right in the chest. Right in the chest. That is clean. I don't care what anybody says. Right over the chin. I love it. I'm here for it, dude. I'm here for it. You can't throw, you can't throw over the middle late, dude. That's hilarious, man. Electric. I'm about to go to some indoor lacrosse. If that's what they got going in indoor lacrosse. Fuck. Yeah. We also got Iowa lineman Jennings Dunker for bringing the mullet back to the senior bowl.

1:13:54Did you see this freaking beauty? Check out this beauty. Pull this picture up. Somebody's going to get a fucking stud. I don't know if he's any good at playing football, man, but this dude. I mean, just look at it. The hair, the mustache, the knee braces. He does look like a Clydesdale. That's hilarious. It's unbelievable. He's a majestic man right there. if you were going to design an offensive lineman in a laboratory, this is what he would look like. I mean, look at this guy. This is hilarious. How many beers a day do you think this guy drinks? I don't know. He's probably by the case. He doesn't even count.

1:14:29This is giving me an idea though. They, I don't think they should, you know how they do best in show for like dogs where they like trot them out. They do it for horses too. Oh shit.

1:14:42Are you all right? trip we're good you you're good fuck fuck taylor's gonna kill me

1:14:56the best in show got me best in show for the dogs like they i think best in show for the offensive line. Yeah.

1:15:11The quarterback's walking around on a leash and they put him up on the table. You got a guy measuring their ass and their belly. We can't be putting you guys on leashes, but I hear you. No leashes, but you get them up on the stage. You got a guy measuring there. They get in their stance and they like see if their ass is in the right spot. I don't know, man. All I need is the prance. Just prance around. I want to see how this guy prances. He's a prancer. At the county fair, what is that called? When you got the best pig, the biggest pig at the show. Prize pig right there. Won the whole county fair.

1:15:48What are those called? I don't know. I got some help here. Somebody help, Jason. Like a stock show is what you want to do? Yeah, but like the prize pig. I don't know if this bit's going to end well for us. Did you guys know that he was also an Iowa meat day hay bale champion toss winner? This is all, I mean, between the name. Did we know? No, but does it say it? Look at him. Look at that guy.

1:16:18This should be at the combine. Dude, I'm telling you, we just need to create our own version of this. Offensive lineman. The new offensive line combine. Yes. No, it's not a combine. You're misjudging this. This is not a combine. Okay, what is it? What is it? It's just an offensive line beauty pageant contest, but it's called something different. I don't know. This guy cut the arms and legs off his shirts and shorts and just said, fuck it. I'm going to go throw the fuck out of this hay. I've never seen offensive linemen exude out of somebody's skin as much as I've seen it. Even the fucking name.

1:16:52Jennings Dunker? Are you fucking kidding me? Oh, fuck? We're moving that kid's draft stock way up just on this episode alone. I mean, it's just like a character in a movie. But it's real life. He's got the shoulder strap on to hold his AC joint in place. I mean, what the fuck are we looking? I really like this idea of an offensive lineman just being essentially a beauty contest of offensive linemen. I don't need to know how fast this guy runs. I want to see how smooth he runs. Just do a lap. Just do a lap. I want to see how smooth he walks in prances. That's what I want to see. What's the elegance of this guy?

1:17:26Shout out to Dunker. Bald guys. How about this nominee? Since Robert Sala has joined the Titans, he has made five additional coaching hires. The one caveat is that you must be bald. Look at this thing. He's got nothing but bald guys. I mean, I've seen all the hair go in Kansas City's office. I mean, dude, guys are, yeah. Guys are dropping like flies. It's a stressful job. stressful job. I think it's stressful. It's just long hours, man. Long hours means you're not getting much sleep, which means, you know, and also this could be by choice. The guys could just be like, you know what? I don't want to fucking deal with this goddamn hair.

1:18:06I'll tell you what, I'd hate to be in the stands on a sunny day between all the helmets and bald heads. That light is going to be reflecting. You're going to be blinding. Jesus Christ. Damn, when you're putting Vaseline baby oil on this shit? Jesus. All right. I'm giving my stamp of the week to dunker just because I don't even I mean how do you not give it to just such a beauty yeah I'll give it I'll give it to my guy fucking lost his toupee Gerald Miller and still won the fight baby my boy Gerald how do we know he won the fight I feel like you're just randomly saying that there's been nothing he did win he did win he did win confirmed and before we get out of stamp of the week we have an honorable stamp of the week we talked about this a little bit earlier Jason you want to do the honors we love the kids here at New Heights.

1:18:53That's right. We're always thinking about how we can take this show to New Heights. We decided to bring on somebody who had one of the greatest viral moments of all time after the Eagles were eliminated this year in the playoffs. 92 % please welcome Sam Salvo. Let's take a look at this clip for those of you that aren't aware this kid has a future in the making. He's going to be on ESPN one day. He's going to have his own show. Who even thinks of this stuff? Yes, this was a huge letdown. This was my Christmas present and I got a loss. Oh no. Yeah, probably. I'm feeling two of two things. A, I want A.J.

1:19:26Brown packing his bags. And I want him somewhere else that is not here. I love you, A.J., but, like, you can't make those drops in that game. And I also want Kevin Petula flipping burgers at, like, the local McDonald's or something. I don't care. Why do you say that? Whenever he's an offensive coordinator, it's like he's flipping burgers. One side, he's cooking. One half, he's cooking. And the other half is completely raw. Dude, I just... amazing comments from a child. Do kids in Philadelphia just come out sounding like GMs? Do they just... It's how they're born. It's how they're born. It's just...

1:20:01It's something in, like, the water when they grow... When they're born, that as soon as they hit age, like, eight, they know how to talk like adults. Pack your bags is something they find out when they're, like, three years old. Like, that's what you just tell Eagles players when they don't play their best. Yeah, mom's been listening to WIP Sports Take. The child's been in the womb the whole time. He's just catching the radio waves. So they just come out with hot takes and shitting on people. Yeah, no, it's ingrained in Philadelphia for sure. That kid reminds me of a gentleman named Patrick Bacon.

1:20:38Oh, dude. He's remarkably maturely grown up in the way he's talking, which is what makes the whole thing. It's so funny. I want A.J. Brown packing his bags. i want i want two things let me tell you how i feel about the birds right now two things i'm just like what i got a feeling this kid's dad has been regurgitating that he's regurgitating a lot of things he's been hearing frustrations from his dad on the drive into school every morning for the last six months this fucking guy well you're in luck 92 percenters because we got sam coming on the show that's right sam salvo that is who the child is in that video and we're going to get take on the new Eagles offensive coordinator hire Sean Mannion.

1:21:21We felt like, let's see what his opinion is on this. Let's see how he sees flipping burgers too. Sam, welcome to the show. Hey, what's up? Flipping patties like the Eagles are flipping offensive coordinators, man. He's got this spatula for a microphone. Alright, he's not holding back. Sam, I gotta know what were your impressions of your viral moment of your video? What did you think? What did everybody tell you at school? Kids at school went crazy. Because I don't even know. They just came up for no fucking reason. I don't even know, man. Oh, my gosh. All right. I got to know. Obviously, you weren't a big fan of Kevin Petullo.

1:22:03What do you think of the Sean Mannion hire? I hope that he can work with Jalen better than Petullo did because I think that if he could work with Jordan Love and make him a top-tier passer in the NFL, I think that maybe he could work with Jalen better than Petulo. Oh, my gosh. I love this. And he's done his research, man. It's all right. What are we thinking about AJ? Are we still out on AJ? I mean. You were pretty upset after the game. Yeah, I was very upset. But sometimes a couple weeks. What are we thinking about AJ Brown for next year? I'm not still 100 % sure. I think that we could definitely build an offense around Schmitty.

1:22:39But I think that having someone that we can, like, sometimes rely on in some big situations to just throw to, I think that we should still have him on the team. I love that. He's a good player. Don't don't. I know he had a rough go. I know he's had some frustrations. Hopefully that can be fixed with some new plays and offensive. By the way, what do you what do you want the Eagles to run this year? What formations and schemes? Oh, yeah. Let's hear it. Let's hear it, dude. I want them to run. I want them to run it more to their strong side of their offensive line. Because like, really, it was this year.

1:23:10It was more like like up the middle runs. And really with Kellen Moore, we didn't see that as much. And that's when Saquon had like one of the best years of all time, if not the best rushing year of all time. So honestly, I think that I would like if we could run more outside plays. And I think that if we could get Jalen a little bit more, like seeing the defense better and like recognizing sometimes, like because like on the last play of the game, it seemed like everyone was going to blitz. I was there and like, it seemed like everyone's going to come in like a house call blitz. So, I mean, if it was a house call blitz, the Goddard play would have worked, but they backed up into the zone and they batted it down.

1:23:48Man, you're out here watching Phil, dude. I love the commitment to the spatula. You're still talking into it like it's a microphone. Have you ever actually flipped the burger? Actually, I did last night, actually. You did go. There we go, baby. He's cooking. He's cooking. You get that thing nice and cooked. It was well done. Was it medium? Was one side raw? Medium. Medium? Nice. It's a nice medium burger. I keep it juicy and cooked, baby. I like it. I like it, man. Well, I think it goes without saying, if football doesn't work out, you got a future in commentating, man. You are natural at this.

1:24:22Yeah. You got an analyst work done really well. Outside zone, the Eagles are going to run a lot more outside zone. That's what Sean Mannion and the McVay system is rooted in. Right? Outside zone, boo. They'll still go down the middle, but, yeah, you're on top of it. I love it. Well-educated, good takes, with some flavor to it. I love it, man. That's typical Philadelphia. Do you listen to WIP? Sometimes. Like when I'm in my grandpa's car. I knew it. Yeah, I knew it. There it goes. There it goes. I love it. He's a natural. He's a natural. WIP, man. Get him a segment this year, man. Once a week. See how the new OC is doing.

1:25:00Who's your favorite player on the birds right now? Who do you like? That's a tough question because I really like Cooper DeGene. Coop? Yep. Coop's got the juice. I probably got to go with Jalen Carter. Jalen Carter, JC, baby. That's a bad man in the middle of that defense. That's a big old sunbuck right there, man. You ever seen him in person, dude? Nah. I wish. You don't want to. Yeah. You walk up on a guy that fucking big. Oh, yeah, dude. He'd be like twice my size. How much of what you were saying after the game is stuff that your dad's been yelling at you furiously for the past six months?

1:25:37Absolutely. Nothing, actually. None of it? I came up with pretty much every single word except the part that I want A.J. Brown packing his bags because I wasn't sure 100 % about that, but I'm 100%. I still want Patulo flipping burgers. No questions asked. He's sticking to it. He's sticking to it. I love it. Appreciate you, Sam, dog. Thank you for the bit that you had on the Philly news. And also, man, thank you for jumping on, dog. We'll have to circle back and see. We've got to get you back. We're going to need repetitive updates. How do you feel about that, Sam? That'd be amazing. You guys are like my idols.

1:26:18Who's going to win the Super Bowl? Patriots all the way. Patriots all the way. All the way. I think that even though Drake hasn't played his best ball during the playoffs, I think that he's going to come up huge in this game. That's a hot take right there, Sam. I like his hot takes. he's very direct he's very direct the man knows what he wants sam you before we get out of here you want to give anybody a shout out anybody in school any of the homies oh yeah yeah uh first thing can i shout out uh all my friends at table c at was second table c and can i also shout out my friend derrick sanders derrick sanders shout out to dc ds ds there you go yeah my bad what do you shout out derrick sanders what is he just your friend yeah he's my friend And also, one more thing to say, we got merch now, so buy some merch.

1:27:07Buy some merch. There we go. He's a natural. Get the plug in. He's a natural. Sam, well done, brother. You killed it. We'll have to follow up and catch you next year and see how the birds are doing, man. Oh, absolutely, man. All right, dog. Enjoy the man, brother. Before you go, is Paul there? My dad, yeah. Hey, dad.

1:27:29One sec. Sorry, my dad's, he's a little bit slow. He's slow? All right. Here you go. What's up, boys? What's up, Paul? What's going on, big guy? Has this kid always been like this? This kid's been wild since he came out of his mom's room. This kid's crazy. We play in this touch football league down in Villanova, and he coaches the team. It's like all the kids. And I go in to play quarterback because whatever. And he's screaming from the sideline, You're the biggest bum quarterback in this league. I'm like, my man, you're supposed to be coaching me. You're the fifth string quarterback on this team.

1:28:07I'm like, bro, don't tell me how bad I am. He gets a little nervous, but when you let him go, he's a funny cat. Oh, you can tell, man. He's a freaking firecracker, man. I love it. Well done. I'm sure that's a handful to deal with, but it's also a lot of fun, I'm sure. So way to go, Dad. That's awesome. Hell yeah. I appreciate it, boys. Yeah, it's fun. But you know what? That'll put him in a headlock and drop him to the ground in three seconds. You got to. You got to. We got to. I do not hesitate, but. I really appreciate you guys having him on. And it was a blast for him. He's been looking forward to it.

1:28:41He looks up to you guys. I don't know why, but he does for some reason. I think Travis Scott Taylor, he's like, ah, that's my guy. Jason, he's got a good beard, I guess. I love it, man. Well, well done, man. I appreciate it. Appreciate you, big guy. Appreciate you guys. Thank you so much. All righty. That's Sam Salvo and his father, Paul. I still think that Sam's probably repeating a lot of those things that Paul's saying. But either way, that kid is something else, man. You can tell. Paul, you can tell where his personality is from. I've been in a headlock a few times. Yeah, exactly. Exactly.

1:29:12Dude, that's an old family. Electric. Absolutely. All righty. That wraps up Stamp of the Week brought to you by Adobe Acrobat. Any more final thoughts before we close this thing out, Trav? Super Bowl 60. We're going to be out there. A lot of things happening this week. I think we've kind of already talked about it. Obviously, huge Vrabel fans. Drake Mays got his opportunity to, you know, implement his self into, you know, Super Bowl stardom. And I just think it's going to be a great game because the Julian came on here, talked about, you know, how the Patriots and their coaching staff and they just have an ability to kind of control the pace of every game that they're in and then make the right decisions and the big plays when they need to be made on the offensive side.

1:29:54and that defense is good, man. And then on top of that, you've got Seattle who's got the juice. They've got the energy. They've got the excitement. They've got the big playability. They've got the ability to grind it out in the run game. It's going to be a fucking fun matchup, man. That defense flies around. I'm sure they'll make Drake Mays' job a little bit harder than it's been. I'm excited for a fucking great game, but I do think that Seattle's got what it takes to kind of come out on top on this one. I can't say I'm not here rooting for Sam Darnold, man. I just love that story. I love who he is as a dude, how he stayed true to the process and himself and his confidence.

1:30:34And right now he's playing better than he's played all career. Could not agree more, man. Well said. I'm pretty much right there with you on everything. I do got to say I will be out there at the Pro Bowl. I guess this is coming out Wednesday, so I'm going to be at the Pro Bowl beforehand. It is wild how this whole week has turned into not even just the Super Bowl. Like there's all these events out there. It's like truly a week of almost like a convention for the NFL. Like the whole thing. There's NFL honors, like all of it. So there's new heights fucking barcade party. Come on. Either way. Enjoy the Superbowl 92%.

1:31:08That wraps up this episode of new heights. Thank you to our guests, Cooper Cub, Julie Edelman. And of course, Sam Salvo, the young up and coming journalists. Make sure you subscribe to the new heights channel on YouTube and follow the The New Heights show on Wondery app or wherever you get your podcast. You can listen to new episodes of New Heights ad-free right now, but join the Wondery Plus on the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts. Once again, New Heights, a Wondery show brought to you by Intuit TurboTax. Don't forget to do your taxes, ladies and gentlemen. Follow the show on all social media, at New Heights show with one S.

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1:31:55Sam's going to be the king of table C. Yeah. The table C boys are going to love that. You have to fucking give them a chance to shout out the boys. Shout out your boys. Shout out your boys. Yeah. The table C boys. Him and Derek Sanders are just going to run the third grade. Did you guys see me? Did you guys see me? They're getting kicked out of class. Guaranteed. They're going to swing. Their confidence is going to be way too high. They're going to think they're fucking way too cool. Man, there is something electric about having kids on. Mr. Faiske, you're going to be flipping burgers. Do you know who you're talking to?

1:32:24I'm Travis Kelsey's best friend. You fucking talking to me? I dig it, though. I dig the kid's vibe. I don't know what it is about him, man. I just like the confidence. To Sam's teachers, we apologize immensely. Yeah, no doubt. He's not walking in normal on Thursday. We're so sorry. We're sorry. But just put him straight to fucking in school detention, actually. Don't even give him a chance to fucking show up. Put it right against the nose against the wall. Speaking of kids, do you guys hear Benny just screaming right now? Is that audible? Yeah. Should I try and? It makes the TurboTax ad read better, I think.