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10:11Chad Johnson:Absolutely. Absolutely. A lot of people probably wouldn't agree with him because Joe's been hurt, But I'm saying for it to come from the best defensive player, maybe the best linebacker, one of the best to ever play this goddamn game, it means a lot. And it always means a lot when you hear from not from an analyst, not from a pundit, not from an offensive player, but someone that has to stop and defend you. So coming from Fred Warner, it means a lot. Obviously, we all know Joe Burrow is one of the best in the game. Many will chastise him because of his injuries, because of his inability to stay healthy.

10:45Chad Johnson:But when he is, he is one of the best in the game. And he's been a franchise-altering, changing quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. And he's helped change the culture. Obviously, we haven't won a Super Bowl. We went to one, but we've kind of declined a little bit in our winning ways. But we'll be back. As long as we have him at the helm, we will always have a chance and always be in contention as long as he's healthy.

11:09Shannon Sharpe:I agree. I agree. Got to keep him on the field, Ocho. Yeah. gotta keep him on the field

11:16Chad Johnson:that's been the hard part Joe

11:21Shannon Sharpe:damn it's been the hard part an Arizona Circle K manager allegedly purchased a 12.8 million dollar lottery ticket that was left on the counter overnight knowing its value and the company claimed it should be received the prize money now this is what happened Ocho yeah I guess somebody wanted the tickets, but they didn't want it. So he's like, oh, they didn't know that was the winning ticket.

11:51Chad Johnson:Ooh.

11:53Shannon Sharpe:Oh, take a listen. He's going to tell us how it happened.

11:56Chad Johnson:A store manager at this Circle K in North Scottsdale found a$12.8 million winning lotto ticket the day after the drawing and bought it for himself. Now, a customer walked into this Scottsdale Circle K the night before Thanksgiving, played their numbers, and left behind$25 in tickets they didn't want, but the store had already printed. That night, one of those tickets hit the fourth largest jackpot in Arizona lottery history. The next morning, the store manager found out a winning ticket was still sitting in his store. So he clocked out, took off his uniform, walked back in as a customer and bought it for 10 bucks, according to court documents.

12:33Chad Johnson:Now corporate found out they took back the ticket. Now Circle K is suing the manager and Arizona State Lottery, and the clock is ticking because that$12.8 million ticket expires May 23rd. Damn. Now this is confusing. It's not confusing.

12:50Shannon Sharpe:What happened was a guy came in to play tickets. They printed tickets. He's like, no, I don't want those. Give me these. Right. The ticket that went unused, it was the winning ticket. The guy realized, damn, this ticket hit. Yeah, I get that. Take out. He clocks out. Comes back in. Buys the ticket. He says it's mine. I bought it as a customer. Right. But I don't think they allow you to play. He said, I ain't a manager. I quit. I'm a customer.

13:29Chad Johnson:I was the manager. And this is the thing. What they can do, Joe, is remember how technology is. chat y 'all stay with me stay with me now real quick so if technology can can go back and say and tell who bought that ticket at said time based on the cameras that they do have he didn't want

13:47Shannon Sharpe:the ticket Ocho it doesn't matter if he's still I say I want$50 worth of tickets they print$70 worth of tickets I say nah I just want this 50 yeah 20 it's there it's just there so you don't

14:00Chad Johnson:you don't think the person who know they left them tickets there is not going to come try to claim it he didn't want it

14:06Shannon Sharpe:he didn't want it he bought a new set of tickets Ocho you know I tell you what you know how you go to the store and you buy some stuff and you're like you know what I don't even want this soda I don't want these chips and I don't want this candy and so you leave it there somebody's like man there's a$10 million baseball card in this candy you don't get the claim but you said you didn't want it

14:29Chad Johnson:yeah that's funny I'm curious to see how the courts rule this one

14:33Shannon Sharpe:It is. I'm curious to see how the question is. A lot of times, you know, they try to do that. They will steal the tickets, you know, and just like, but, you know, you got to go through that system. Hey, this is a quagmire. He came out better because a lot of times what they do, Ocho, is that they get family members to come in and purchase.

14:52Chad Johnson:Oh, no, no, he don't want the family to know. He probably wasn't going to see none of that.

14:57Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, he don't want the family to know. Hey, hold on, hold on. So just because he worked there... You can't purchase tickets. You can't buy a lottery ticket. Okay, so another question is, so he knew that was the winning ticket when he bought it? Yes, because the thing was, Ocho, the drawing was that night, Joe. Yeah. And so he like... That ticket! We sold a winning ticket here. Oh, see?

15:22Chad Johnson:That's a ticket, Ocho!

15:23Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, hey, hey, we going to court for this here, boy. We finna fight up this. Yeah. They are in court right now. the court's about to decide but they've got to come to a decision May 27th it expires

15:37Chad Johnson:they're probably going to let it carry out all the way to May on purpose

15:43Shannon Sharpe:that's crazy bro can you imagine that's why if they ever overprint tickets I said no go on and give it to me I do yeah yeah hey listen Can you imagine how mad dude is, though, who originally was going to buy the ticket, but he wanted his own numbers, probably? He pissed. Of course. But if I'm not mistaken, an employee of an establishment can't buy lottery tickets at that. Now, I'm not saying that he can't go somewhere else, but they can't buy them there. But he's saying I was an employee. I was off the clock. I checked out and came back in and bought the ticket. I don't know how the course it's going to be very interesting to see it's going to be very interesting to see because the store said Circle K said nah we got ownership of that and the manager said nah I'm not an employee I quit I had checked out I was off the clock right I'm taking that

16:49Chad Johnson:that's a good one too but

16:53Shannon Sharpe:that lottery man 12.8 million You only got 2 % I think it's Arizona 2 % state tax Damn So you know You'll probably walk away Ocho You'll probably go walk away By 6 million

17:04Chad Johnson:Oh wee 6-7 Something like that That's nice Half of taxes Yep That's a nice little chunk Nice little chunk of change Yeah

17:12Shannon Sharpe:Yeah

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18:22Shannon Sharpe:It feels like we're going round in circles.

18:25Chad Johnson:I'm gonna ask that man for directions. Hi there! We're trying to get to the state fairgrounds. Well, you're gonna take a left at the old oak tree at this here road. Nah, I'm just kidding. Let me get my phone out.

18:37Shannon Sharpe:How is there signal out here?

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18:52Shannon Sharpe:Actually, can you pull up the way to a T-Mobile store?

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19:56Shannon Sharpe:Seattle's wide receiver Jackson Smith and Jigba spoke about his desires to be the highest paid player and the highest paid receiver in the NFL. He said, I think I deserve to be the highest paid in my position. And it's just that I give the game into the community. I give it my all. I think that's worth a lot more. But I will play this game for free. I love this game. Nah, no, you won't, JSN. I won't let you play it for free because ain't nobody else playing it for free. I love this game so much, but you don't have to be learning to be a good businessman, and we need that check at the end of the day.

20:31This would mean 40.25.

20:34Shannon Sharpe:He would have to top that because that's what Chase get. Current record held by Chase. JSN has two years remaining on his rookie deal, assuming the Seahawks elect to pick up that fifth-year option. Ocho, JSN. Yeah.

20:50Chad Johnson:Does he reset the market? Of course he resets the market. Can it be this year? Two years? How many times do owners likely rip a contract up two years before, two years ahead of time? Not likely. Maybe it might be next year. It's either going to be him or Puka. Somebody going to reset the market. It's going to be one of the other. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Well, Puka up. Oh, Puka's up. Yes, Puka was a later round draft pick. Oh, that's right. So Puga is probably going to reset the market. And if JSN doesn't get his this year, he'll get it next year and then reset it again. Now, I mean, once Puga resets it, I'm not sure who's next in line.

21:31That is that good.

21:34Chad Johnson:That can reset it one more time.

21:37Shannon Sharpe:George Pickens. So here's a question that I have. Oh, Cho, listen to this. Now, we're talking about JSN and Puga resetting the market. Yes. The market is right now 40.25. Right. And they said, hey, George Pickens, you be okay with 28 to 30. That's a$10 million,$10 to$12 million difference. I don't think Pick going to be happy with that. That's just me personally. Now, he could. I don't think he will be. That's just me.

22:13Chad Johnson:Hey, Pick know what's out there, man. I ain't trying to I ain't going to say nothing else about no cowboy players but hey you got one opportunity you got one chance to make as much as you can and that big boy you only get that big boy deal one time yep it ain't coming around again one time

22:44Shannon Sharpe:pay him now and save. You see Cincinnati made that mistake. Cincinnati had an opportunity. They could have got him for around what they paid Jetta.

22:55Chad Johnson:Early, yeah.

22:55Shannon Sharpe:No, they didn't want to do that.

22:57Chad Johnson:They made him bet on themselves. Okay.

23:01Shannon Sharpe:Now. Yeah. That's what happened to the Cowboys. The Cowboys always wait to the last minute. You could have got Dak for pennies on the dollar. but first of all, I think he was a fourth-round pick. So you let the two guys that went first in this draft, first and second in this draft, get a new deal. When they got two years, because here's the thing. Here's the thing what people need to understand, Ocho. Not only do they have a fifth-year option, the team has two franchise tags. So theoretically, they got you for seven years. They hit you twice.

23:44Chad Johnson:Yes. The dirty game, huh?

23:47Shannon Sharpe:Dagler, hold on, wait a minute. Y 'all see what they got there? They gave them$32 million,$33 million. But they got two years left on their deal.

23:58Chad Johnson:Yeah.

23:59Shannon Sharpe:I ain't got but a year left on my deal. And they got$20,$30 million up front, which I didn't get. Nah, unfortunately, I ain't going to be able to get y 'all a team-friendly deal. I would love to. but it ain't my team and I ain't friendly right now so break bread and guess what excuse me they're gonna have to break bread again yeah they're gonna have to break bread again Dak about to get another five year 275 million dollars 300 million dollars deal gonna get another 125 to sign mm-hmm they're gonna redo CD but uh pay him now hey you can pay him 41 right now or you can pay him 45 46 next year the choice is yours but the price ain't coming down never

24:59Chad Johnson:not for those type that are that good

25:02Shannon Sharpe:that price ain't coming down

25:13Shannon Sharpe:but that's where we're headed though, Joe he and Puka they finna reset the market and George Pickett said right by the end y 'all gonna get that y 'all gonna get that

25:27Shannon Sharpe:I ain't gonna hold you, Jerry

25:28Chad Johnson:but you see what they got man you know how you know how he finna play.

25:36Shannon Sharpe:Well, they got Javante Williams out the way, the running back. So they good there. But they're gonna have some cap space, Ocho. If you redo Dak, you redo CD, you're gonna have probably, I don't know, 45 to$60 million?

25:57Shannon Sharpe:Tyler Smith, hey, restructure his deal. Just kick the can down the road. Who cares? It ain't my road, it ain't my can, so just kick it. Man, y 'all know we good at spending other people's money. Yeah, we'll spend the hell out of the owner's money. Hey,

26:21Chad Johnson:I... It's gonna be an interesting off season. I've said my piece over and over about the Cowboys and open up about George Pickens and getting what he deserves and getting it there or what he can get elsewhere. You know, nobody listen to me, but you'll see when it come to a head. Oh.

26:49Shannon Sharpe:It's going to take some money. Yep. Because I think the thing is, Ocho, is that, look, your first deal, I don't give you a discount.

27:01Chad Johnson:Hell no.

27:01Shannon Sharpe:Not the first one. it's when you build up that relationship that you're able to get a discount from a LV or the dealership. That's after you done bought a car too. Right. So, hey, let me get this first one. I'll help y 'all restructure. You know, I'll restructure, you know, take the signing bonus and all that. But no, no, this first one, I got a hair cracking. I do. ain't no sense of that and Jay is saying look he had 100 catches two years ago he led the league he's offensive player of the year

27:44Shannon Sharpe:offensive player of the year led the league in receivers second time he's over 100 yards and he got a Super Bowl ring

27:51Chad Johnson:so you think they do it this year I would yes and get it out the way huh yep cause guess what

28:00Shannon Sharpe:I got the fourth year, I got the fifth year, plus I got four years, so I get to spray that over six years. Right. I ain't got to see him for another three years, and by the time I have to see him again, if he's still playing at this level, Ocho, the cap gonna be$450 million. What's the cap now? $400 million? $390?

28:33370 something 380 yeah in three to four years on till the cap the cap is going up 20 million

28:41Shannon Sharpe:let's say it's going up somewhere between 15 and 20 million a year right

28:47Shannon Sharpe:oh it's going to be astronomical because here's the thing in 2030 the uh the cba is up it's 3.05 so yeah oh yeah in another four years it'll be 3.50, 3.75 and oh y 'all don't want that y 'all don't want that 18th game y 'all don't have to start y 'all don't have to sweeten this pot we're gonna have to get something two things Ocho you get two of the three you want guaranteed money you want lifetime health benefits do away with the franchise tag please

29:33So, 2030 is going to be here before you know it, guys.

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30:39Shannon Sharpe:We're lost. It feels like we're going round in circles. I'm going to ask that man for directions. Hi there.

30:47Chad Johnson:We're trying to get to the state fairgrounds. Well, you're going to take a left at the old oak tree at this here road. Nah, I'm just kidding. Let me get my phone out. How is there signal out here? T-Mobile and U.S. Cellular are coming together, so the network out here is huge. We get the same great signal as the city, saving a boatload with benefits. And there's a five-year price guarantee, too. Okay, here's the turn.

31:09Shannon Sharpe:Actually, can you pull up the way to a T-Mobile store?

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32:13Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Joe. Yeah. The Bleacher Report ranked the top 99 quarterbacks in NFL history. No surprise. Number one was Tom Brady. Number two was Joe Montana. Number three was Peyton Manning. Number four, Patrick Mahomes. Number five, Aaron Rodgers. Number six, John Elway. Number seven, Brett Favre. Number eight, Drew Brees. Number nine, Steve Young.

32:41Chad Johnson:And number 10, Dan Marino.

32:47Shannon Sharpe:What you thinking? What? I mean, I mean. You like the rankings? Is anybody too high? Anybody too low?

32:54Chad Johnson:I mean, I like the rankings. Obviously, Aaron Rodgers only winning one Super Bowl. I mean, he's up there kind of high. There are other quarterbacks. Oh, so they see. Matter of fact, when it comes to this situation right now, and we talk about some of the greatest quarterbacks that have ever played this game, I think people can be very meticulous when it comes to who they want and what position and where they actually belong. Because there's so many things you can fight for depending on who you like and where you want them positioned when it comes to a list of this magnitude. Listen, everybody on that list is worthy.

33:25Chad Johnson:Obviously, Tom Brady has to be number one. The fact that Patrick Mahomes is still playing, and he's already number four or number three on this list, I'm not sure. Peyton was a spot in front of him at three. Yeah, that's unbelievable.

33:37Shannon Sharpe:He's the only five-time MVP in league history. He had all the records when he retired. Obviously, they've since been broken. Still has the most passing yards in a season, the most passing touchdowns in a season. He once held a record for the most passing touchdowns. He broke Dan Marino's record of 48 with 49. Tom breaks his record with 50, and then he says, I'm going to do 10 % better than what you did, Tom. I'm going to break it by five. So he has 55 over 5 ,400 passes. I think he has 5 ,477. And since then, nobody's really come close. Now, I think somebody, when they get to this 18-game schedule, Ocho, I think it's just a matter of time.

34:17Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah, absolutely. And also on that list, I mean, top 10, I mean, it depends. Chad, y 'all let me know what you think. You think about Drew Brees. You think about someone like Troy Aikman, who's won three Super Bowls as well. Drew Brees, statistically, his numbers are up there and almost comparable with everyone else, if I'm not mistaken. I don't have the numbers right in front of me. Yeah, he had the record before Brady broke him. Yeah, so I know he's not that damn far off. So why is he not on the list? He is. He's number eight. Oh, he was? Oh, you did say Drew. He's number eight. What about Troy?

34:45Shannon Sharpe:He has, what, four or five 5 ,000 yards passing seasons. Okay, what happened to Troy Aikman? Yeah, huh? Troy is 19. Oh, God damn. He all the way down. But you got to realize he just handed the ball off to the all-time leading rusher in NFL history. Okay. You ain't throwing a whole lot of passes. Okay. They ran the ball early to throw the ball late. So when you're going to try to stop him in on third and one and third and two, that's when he's going to hit playmaker. That's when he's going to hit Alvin Harper over the top. Right. Don't get it confused. They were a running team, as were most teams in the 90s.

35:24Shannon Sharpe:Back then, yeah, absolutely. Yes. It wasn't no pass first lead. I mean, that's why you see the guys. And see, I think the thing is, Ocho, what has happened is that you look at a guy's stats. You look at a guy like Troy Eggman's stats, and here is Patrick Mahomes already 100-plus touchdowns in front of him. And so you look at it like, but no, they didn't throw the ball like these guys do now. That's the thing. It's a different era. Hell, look at Terry Bradshaw. Terry Bradshaw, he got four Super Bowl wins. He's a two-time Super Bowl MVP. uh-huh yeah two because uh uh franco won one and lance won one and they won four so that yeah and so so you look at that annie the league mvp right in the top 10 yeah yeah johnny unanimous is not in the top 10 yeah auto graham bart star right you know you know what people have to do

36:15Chad Johnson:is they have to remember um one thing we always do is is when we compare when we compare players we can't compare errors because the errors most players played in are completely different they They are. They're completely different. So, I mean, listen, everyone on that list, rightfully so, has a right to be there. And depending on who you ask, I don't think the first four, the first four or five, you don't change. Now, after five, everyone can make their argument for who belongs in after that.

36:45Shannon Sharpe:But if you think about it, in the top ten, only Drew Brees is the only one that didn't win a regular season MVP. Every other quarterback in the top 10 has won at least one regular season MVP. Obviously, Tom has three. Joe has two. Peyton has five.

37:00Chad Johnson:Damn. You said Peyton was five? Peyton has five.

37:02Shannon Sharpe:Peyton has five. Mahomes has two. Rodgers has four. Elway has one. Favre has three. I think Steve Young has two. I think. I think. Maybe Dan Marino has one. See how many MVPs Steve has. I think Steve won the MVP in like 92 and 94.

37:32Chad Johnson:That's crazy. Man, I should have won MVP, man. Man, look here. Yeah.

37:42Shannon Sharpe:I guess the charge, he threw six touchdowns in that game. I don't know, Ocho. It's just hard. It's going to just be hard unless a running back have a historically great season. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, like Saquon, if he'd have broke. Barry? ED's record. Oh, Eric Dickinson, that's right. Yeah. With the season that he was having. Right. I think now they're just conditioned like, okay, a running back has a great season. They're going to give him offensive player of the year. I think that's what we're resigned to. because if a wide receiver, how do you give it to a wide receiver? Let's just say for the sake of argument.

38:17Shannon Sharpe:If a wide receiver has 2 ,000 yards receiving, how many yards do you think his quarterback going to pass for? How many touchdowns does his quarterback going to have? Yeah.

38:26Chad Johnson:You know what's funny? I hate that it's like that. Obviously, when players, especially a running back or a receiver, if they happen to have an outer body experience. Yes, an outlier season. Yeah, and create history. I think the rules at some point should, because they play a dependent position, it should go to that said player. Whether it be the running back, especially breaking Edie's record, or receiver doing something that's never been done before, they should win MVP. And it's going to be a while before that.

38:56Shannon Sharpe:I believe the offensive player of the year should automatically go to a wide receiver or running back. Right. Because you're not going to give them the MVP. Because if you think about it, Ocho, think about it. Chase was the triple crown. He didn't win offensive player of the year. JSN come behind him, lead the league in receiving yards, and he get it.

39:14Chad Johnson:Chase, like, what the hell? Yeah, that's crazy.

39:17Shannon Sharpe:Smitty didn't win offensive rookie of the year. I mean, offensive player of the year. My brother, when he run the triple crown, didn't. I think Jerry did, though. I think Jerry's a two-time offensive player of the year. That's why, you know, I can make a case that Jerry is the greatest. I mean, you're probably going to say, but I can make a case that Jerry is the greatest NFL player ever. Because what he did and when he did it and for how long he did it, Ocho, it is crazy. Consistency. A 40-year-old receiver should not have 1 ,200 receiving yards. As a matter of fact, Brady got like the third most receiving yard.

39:58Shannon Sharpe:The third most receiving yard by a 40-year-old Ocho. That's crazy. But look, when it's all said and done, there are probably some guys today that's on this list that's going to be able to move up. Yeah, absolutely. Could Patrick Mahomes move up a couple of spots? I don't think there's anybody that's going to overtake Brady. Nah. I don't.

40:21Chad Johnson:You would have to play a very long time.

40:24Shannon Sharpe:Even if you didn't play a long time, but Ocho, you know how hard. Think about Ocho. You played 10 years, 11 years, and never went to the Super Bowl. Well. You did go, my bad, in Cincinnati, but you know how hard it is to get there.

40:39Chad Johnson:Yeah.

40:39Shannon Sharpe:Think about it. Brady was going damn near every other year.

40:43Chad Johnson:That's crazy. He went 10 times. Yeah, I think a lot of people are spoiled, too. I think a lot of people are spoiled with the success that the Patriots had in that 20-year span with Belichick and Tom Brady and thinking that it's very easy to go. Yes. I think they understand that relationship, that maturation, and the geniusness of Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft, allowing Bill to construct that team and pick and choose what players to have. And once you have someone like Tom as your foundation, as your centerpiece, it's so easy to build around someone like that. That's as great as he is. It is the Ocho, but the thing is, Ocho, but I be wanting to get some credit.

41:26Shannon Sharpe:and y 'all don't be really giving me no credit and I'm the one that's cutting the checks. All y 'all talk about is Tom and Bill. What about me?

41:40Shannon Sharpe:And Mr. Krause said, I'm going to keep this thing going. I ain't saying nothing. I'm going to keep my... Yeah. Y 'all figured out. He understood. He understood the assignment. But like I said, I mean, you look at this, I mean, it's a... I mean, and the thing, I look and I played in the air with all these guys with the exception of Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes. I played again. Brady, Montana, Manning, El, I played with El, obviously. Favre got drafted in the air after I did. Breeze was the quarterback at the Chargers.

42:15Chad Johnson:He got benched for Doug Flutie. Doug Flutie, I remember that. I remember that. Hey, what year was Dan Fouts and the Dan Correale? How do you say it? Eric Correale? Yeah, what year was that?

42:29Shannon Sharpe:That was 83.

42:33Chad Johnson:Right.

42:34Shannon Sharpe:Are you talking about when they went to Cincinnati and they ended up losing?

42:37Chad Johnson:That might have been 80, Ocho. Okay, but I'm just saying those are one of the few teams back then during the running era that actually threw the ball all the time, huh?

42:44Shannon Sharpe:Yes, yes. Yes, and then you had – he was the coordinator. He was the head coach of the Rams and Seattle.

43:05Shannon Sharpe:I forget his name. Chuck, what's his name? in the early 80s the Seahawks in the 80s but yeah I feel very fortunate I played the greatest I played with the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history man

43:34Danny

43:35Shannon Sharpe:Steve Brett John Manning, Montana, and Brady. Chuck Knox. Because they called him Ground Chuck because all he did was run the air out of the ball.

43:50Shannon Sharpe:So, yeah, but that was... Oh, when Eric Correale, when they had Big Kellen, Kellen Winslow, they had John Jefferson, they had Charlie Joyner, they had Wes Chandler,

44:03Shannon Sharpe:they had Lionel Lutrain James, they had another dude that ended up Matthews from Arkansas. I forget his first name. But they had some teams. But the thing is, Ocho, you know the one weather team, you send their ass up to the cold and it's a playoff time.

44:26Chad Johnson:Different ball game. It becomes a completely different ball game.

44:33Shannon Sharpe:But like I said, I mean, obviously, you got guys, I think, I'm sure Joe Burrow and Lamar and all these quarterbacks that are low. When it's all said and done, they take this thing in another 10 years, they're going to be up a little higher. It's going to be different, yeah. Matthew Stafford, definitely. At the rate he's going, he seems like he got two, three more great years. And him, let alone Chuck Muncy. Chuck Muncy had the goggles on. You remember Chuck Muncy? No. He ended up getting traded. I think he ended up getting traded to New Orleans. But they had a squad, Ocho. They had a squad. Troy Eggman is number 19.

45:13Shannon Sharpe:Matthew Stafford is already number 20, Ocho. Carson Palmer, 56. Joe Burrow, 66.

45:24Chad Johnson:That's a nice little list now.

45:26Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah. But it was, look, I think the thing is it's always somebody like, well, somebody should be up here higher and somebody should be up here lower. But it's clear. There have been guys, like I said, most of these guys, with the exception of Breeze, I think Breeze has been offensive player of the year a couple of times. What you call him? Where's Kurt Warner? Kurt, the two-time league MVP, a Super Bowl MVP. Okay. an undrafted free agent too yep

46:16I can see why

46:20Shannon Sharpe:Big Ben went to three Super Bowls won two was never a Super Bowl MVP never was a league MVP I don't know if he's ever been a first or second team All-Pro. Damn. But sometimes when you play in an era, guess what? He's smack dab in the middle of Brady, Manning, and Breeze. I mean, where you going? If you're a first team All-Pro with those guys, you tip your ass, you've done something. You've done something, Ocho, because I mean, think about it. You talk about, I mean, how many touchdowns? I mean, all those guys. Hell, Brady probably got 600 touchdowns. Manning's over 500 touchdowns. Breeze is over 500 touchdowns.

47:11Shannon Sharpe:Now think about it. That's crazy. Yeah, you got damn near 1 ,700 passing touchdowns. Damn near, Brady got a damn near 80 ,000 passing yards or more. So you talk about over 200K passing yards. So if you're in that era. or well.

47:29Chad Johnson:It's going to be hard. Very. It would have been hard, and it was difficult. I mean, listen, Ben had some success obviously going to three Super Bowls and winning two. Had some great teams around him. Had some hell of a defenses. Yes. Hell to deal with, boy. Those defenses back then was hell to deal with.

47:48Shannon Sharpe:So, like I said, you can see Rodgers. Rodgers has four regular season MVPs, a Super Bowl MVP, over 60 ,000 passing yards. One of the best touchdown to interception ratios in NFL history. Got no problem with that. You can see why he's a, I don't know, he might, could he have been four if he went to and got more Super Bowl? Yeah, probably. But for Mahomes to be inside of 10 years and already in the top five quarterback, Ocho, that just goes to show you just how great he actually is. Not was, is. Yeah, amazing.

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