Best of NFL News Part 1: Top 10 QBs, Tom Brady SPEAKS on WR psychology, Best WR2 in NFL

18 Jul 2026 · 1 h · 20 chapters

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In short

This episode is a “Best of NFL News Part 1” roundup focused on quarterback rankings and receiver psychology, plus some lighter sports talk (golf banter, Big 3 Q&A, and receiver debates). Key topic: ESPN’s annual top-10 QB1 rankings for the 2026 season, with Josh Allen ranked No. 1 and Patrick Mahomes No. 2; the discussion also argues about where other QBs should fall (Lamar Jackson at 69 in NFL Top 100; Dak Prescott at 6; Stafford at 3; Burrow needing more big-game playoff success; and whether Justin Herbert should be swapped for Jordan Love, Sam Darnold, or Baker Mayfield).

Key claims

Tom Brady says WRs must emotionally “reframe” volatile targets/catch totals (e.g., 11 catches one week, 3 the next) to stay stable; AJ Brown’s production won’t drop because Devonta Smith can still be a No. 1 and the Eagles’ offense will adapt.

Notable examples

Brady’s “110 balls vs 11/3” receiver psychology; comparisons of systems (Philly run-first with Saquon vs New England pass-heavy); and Stephon Diggs calling himself the best WR2.

Guests

none explicitly named as guests in the transcript; it’s primarily a panel with “Unc,” “Ocho,” “Chad,” and “Joe,” plus Tom Brady as a quoted clip from New Heights.

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Chapters

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NFL QB Rankings Overview

0:00 to 0:34

Discussion on the new QB rankings and standout players.

“When you're moving like I do, you don't always get a lot of lead time.”

NFL QB Rankings Overview

3:21 to 4:00

Discussion on the new QB rankings and standout players.

“For the first time in three years, NFL executive and scouts have crowned a new QB1 in the ESPN annual rankings.”

Analyzing QB Rankings

4:00 to 6:00

Detailed analysis of the top 10 QB list and discussions on player positions.

“Why isn't Josh Allen in front of Mahomes?”

Quarterback Controversy and Comparisons

6:00 to 8:10

Debate on quarterback rankings and player comparisons within the top contenders.

“You got a guy, do y 'all have a guy that y 'all think should be in the top ten that's not in the top ten?”

Quarterback Play and Future Expectations

8:10 to 14:03

Discussion on quarterbacks' performance and future expectations in the NFL.

“We have a quarterback that started out in New York, didn't play well, went to Carolina, you know, didn't do much.”

Soccer and Golf Obsession

14:03 to 20:50

Discussion about the dedication required to excel in sports like soccer and golf.

“Once I lock it on something, Joe, I'm here to be the best.”

Strength and Fitness Banter

22:40 to 23:40

Light-hearted conversation about fitness, strength, and lifting weights.

“Hey, Donald, really flying on that treadmill.”

Tom Brady on WR Psychology

24:56 to 28:01

Tom Brady discusses the emotional challenges receivers face during games.

“As the Kohler Cast Iron Ambassador, I say, long live Cast Iron.”

Understanding Receiver Dynamics in the NFL

28:01 to 31:30

Learn about the psychological and strategic challenges faced by wide receivers in the NFL.

“because we play a dependent position, is those weeks where you're not getting that ball, Unc.”

Insights on Player Performance and Team Strategy

31:31 to 33:18

Explore how player performance varies based on team strategies and offensive systems.

“Man, how I go from catching 105, 115 every year to all of a sudden, I'm struggling to get 1 ,000 yards?”
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Reflecting on NFL Careers and Player Potential

33:39 to 42:05

Discuss the potential of NFL players and the impact of work ethic on success.

“week four of the big three takes over Los Angeles.”

Discussion on NFL Players and Teams

42:05 to 43:04

The hosts debate various NFL players and teams, emphasizing current performance and potential picks.

“You know, it doesn't make it any better with all the off-field stuff.”

Analysis of A.J. Brown and T.O.

43:58 to 46:23

Discussion on A.J. Brown's impact on the Eagles and comparisons with Terrell Owens.

“as long as they give him something respectable.”

Greatest Receivers in NFL History

46:23 to 49:11

A passionate debate about the greatest wide receivers in NFL history, including Jerry Rice and T.O.

“For me, the three best receivers, and I've seen a lot of them, for me, if Jerry is number one, a lot of people believe that two and three is in the chain of it.”

Lamar Jackson's Ranking Controversy

49:11 to 51:04

The hosts react to Lamar Jackson's drop to 69 in the NFL Top 100 rankings and discuss implications.

“Yeah, I got to get all the antics, and they try to make it seem like when they won, he didn't play a role, but when they lost, it was because of his antics.”

Humorous Banter and Personal Insights

51:04 to 56:00

Light-hearted banter among the hosts, discussing personal experiences and humorous stories.

“But you, but, Chad, Chad, you see what I'm saying?”

Pre-Commercial Banter

56:00 to 57:36

A light-hearted conversation filled with humorous anecdotes.

“Now you just open up a whole can of hash.”

Pre-Commercial Banter

59:19 to 1:01:45

A light-hearted conversation filled with humorous anecdotes.

“Hey, Donald, really flying on that treadmill.”

NFL Player Contracts and Team Dynamics

1:01:45 to 1:10:00

Discussion on George Pickens' franchise tag and the financial implications for the Cowboys.

“George Pickens will officially play the 2026 season on his$27.3 million franchise tag after Wednesday 4 p.m.”

Super Bowl Locations and New Stadiums

1:10:00 to 1:11:45

Discussion about upcoming Super Bowl locations and the impact of new stadiums.

“And I think they had another club that Prince on their first half.”
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3:14Shannon Sharpe:Hey guys, it's your favorite Unc here. Go ahead and click that subscribe button below so you don't miss a single episode of Nightcap. That button right here. Come for the sports. Stay for the story.

3:28Shannon Sharpe:For the first time in three years, NFL executive and scouts have crowned a new QB1 in the ESPN annual rankings. Josh Allen, one. Mahone Boy, two. Stafford, three. Burrow, four. El Jack, five. Dak Prescott, six. Justin Herbert, seven. Drake May, eight. Jerry Goff, nine. Caleb Williams cracks the top ten. People ask him, man, where Jalen Hurts? Jalen Hurts, if I'm not mistaken, he was ranked the 17th best quarterback coming into the 26th season. Hey. Ocho, got any problems?

4:18Joe Johnson:Hey, Young, this is tough. Can I ask you a question? Yes. Why isn't Josh Allen in front of Mahomes?

4:27Shannon Sharpe:I guess we said, you know, the last couple of years he's been more consistent and Mahomes coming off an injury.

4:35Shannon Sharpe:So they're factoring that in.

4:37Joe Johnson:Okay, I like staffing in front of Burrow. I like it. uh Lamar Jackson back I I like it I mean I there's really nowhere I can argue I can't I can't really argue with anything outside of outside of one and two uh Stafford obviously belongs at three even though he's older uh Burrow has a lot to prove so where he at is is is respectable uh would like a little bit more playoff success uh from him and being healthy and staying healthy this year He can move up. Lamar Jackson, again, he has to prove himself in the postseason. I mean, they're able to get there. Injuries kind of took a toll on them last year.

5:21Joe Johnson:So, collective as a team, they didn't do well.

5:26Joe Johnson:And outside of that, the numbers, everyone after Lamar Jackson is about right where they should be. Yeah.

5:37Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. What you thinking, Joe?

5:40Chad Johnson:Yeah, I don't really, I don't see no word where you can gripe and groan as far as who should be moved. I see they got my boy Dak at six. All right, we can live with that. You know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah, I don't see no wrong with the list. You got a guy, do y 'all have a guy that y 'all think should be in the top ten that's not in the top ten?

6:07Shannon Sharpe:Not me. not not and I look I know Jordan Love has been considered and Jordan Love have these peaks he have these peaks where he'll go five six weeks and he'll throw two three touchdowns and no picks and then he'll have weeks where he's like damn bro yeah inconsistency but this guy they got a 10 I can imagine what he gonna be like in this second year in that offense he gonna be a lot better

6:35Chad Johnson:Caleb, absolutely.

6:40Joe Johnson:I wonder how many people would take Justin Herbert out and put Jordan Love.

6:51Shannon Sharpe:I don't think the execs will because they love that size. They love that arm. And he's more mobile than you think.

7:01Joe Johnson:I'm curious what the Chad think. And Chad, would y 'all take Justin Herbert out and put Jordan Love or no? Or you like the –

7:11Shannon Sharpe:Drake may have acquitted himself very well in his second year. I think he'll be even better in his third year on the Josh McDaniel system.

7:18Chad Johnson:Yeah.

7:20Shannon Sharpe:Lamar – the thing is, is Lamar is in a new system.

7:30Shannon Sharpe:and the thing is if you go back and look at Lamar Lamar won the MVP in Tom Munkin system and he finished second in Tom Munkin system Ocho and I we talked about it we had him we thought he had won it a second time Josh Allen nipped him at the wire Mahomes is Mahomes Matthew Stafford seems to be getting better with age Joe Burrow's Joe Burrow he stays healthy that put up some phenomenal numbers. Now he just has to do it in meaningful big games. Yeah. Hey, I got another one. Just, I mean, Drake May took a team to the Super Bowl. I got another one. Jerry Goff has always been to the Super Bowl. Caleb, I expect Caleb Williams.

8:09Shannon Sharpe:Caleb Williams is going to be here.

8:10Joe Johnson:I have a question. We have a quarterback that started out in New York, didn't play well, went to Carolina, you know, didn't do much. But he goes to Seattle, and not only does he go to Seattle, he went to Minnesota, played extremely well in Minnesota, He went to San Francisco first. San Francisco. Oh, my goodness. I've got a damn near journeyman. Uh-huh. He goes to Seattle and wins the Super Bowl his first year. So how is he not even in the top 10? Where are you placing Sam Donald in that equation? I'm tripping. Baker Mayfield is not on there.

8:46Shannon Sharpe:No. But the question is, okay, to put Sam Donald, Baker Mayfield. Justin Herbert. Justin Herbert. Take it. You taking Justin Herbert off? Okay. So you're going to put Sam Darnold and Justin Herbert?

9:00Joe Johnson:I would, or Jordan Love, or you said one more quarterback. Or Baker Mayfield. That's interchangeable because, I mean, what's the difference?

9:12Shannon Sharpe:So you take Baker Mayfield over Justin Herbert? Ooh. Oh.

9:23Shannon Sharpe:I like Baker, but I don't know if I take him over.

9:25Joe Johnson:I mean, you're looking at Justin Herbert as the quarterback and the intangibles, you know, tall, strong, can run. But Baker Mayfield is the engine that makes that Tampa Bay offense go on. You can't deny him. You can't deny him.

9:39Shannon Sharpe:If they can stay healthy, I like the running back situation in Tampa. They got to stay healthy because remember, Chris Godwin was Nick last year. Mike Evans was Nick. and Mecca Abuka was doing very well, then he got Nick late in the season. If they can stay healthy, they got a solid defense. Now, Levante David retired, so Vita Valle's going to be, hey, you know, he's upset. He want a contract. He got no more guaranteed money. He wants to do a contract extension. Winfield Jr., I'm anxious to see how they do. Because I think, hey, Atlanta, y 'all need to show me something. Y 'all got too much damn talent.

10:16Chad Johnson:It's time, too, boy.

10:18Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all got too much damn talent to be over there bullshy. It's time. It's time.

10:21Joe Johnson:I like the controversy that's going to happen over there in Atlanta, too, boy. What do you mean? As far as quarterback? What?

10:27Shannon Sharpe:He talking about Tua and Penick Jr.

10:29Joe Johnson:Why is it going to be hella quarterback controversy over there? Huh? You think so? Yeah, Joe. I don't even know who your starter going to be.

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10:39Chad Johnson:Well, I mean, is Penick's healthy? I don't think he healthy from the procedure that he had, right? Joe, he was throwing a minicamp. Well, here, Mahone throwing that minicamp, Ocho, here. But is he going to be ready to start the season?

10:53Joe Johnson:You know what? That's a good question. I'm not sure. Very good question. He was moving around like he was with that brace on. We're going to find out.

11:02Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, Jerry Rice chased down a heckler after messing up his golf swing during the 2026 American Century Championship. Watch this, guys. Jerry.

11:22Hey, hey, yo, hey, hey. Go get him, Jerry.

11:29Chad Johnson:Go get him, Jerry. Go get him, Jerry. Which one? Yeah.

11:36Yeah.

11:58Chad Johnson:I'm sure he doesn't like that.

12:06Come on, come on. Come on, Jerry. Come on, Jerry. Come on, Jerry. Come on, Jerry. Hey, Jerry. Woo! We love you. We love you. Woo!

12:20Shannon Sharpe:Hey. Man, Jerry's 60. You know, Jerry's 63. What do you want to do to him? I don't understand. Because he messed up his swing. You can't, like, with somebody's swing, you can't be talking during the swing. You holla four. He's actually supposed to be quiet on the golf courts. Absolutely.

12:36Joe Johnson:You say four after they hit the ball.

12:39Chad Johnson:Okay.

12:40Joe Johnson:Yes. That means straight it.

12:47Shannon Sharpe:Hey, man, Jerry, take that golf serious now.

12:49Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, most people do who play. They take the game serious, bro. They don't play that. All that heckling and you talking and laughing and kiki and why I'm about to swing.

12:59Joe Johnson:Yeah. Y 'all can have that. Golf too expensive, boy. You see, I looked at the prices of clubs and the outfit and the shoes. Nah, I'm good. Y 'all can have it. They ain't number one of them LV jackets that you got over there. I'm going to wear them LV. Joe, don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. Oh, okay. You're going to have a same golf outfit. Don't compare a jacket I'm going to wear every time it's cold outside and I got to go somewhere cold to some damn golf clubs and golf attire.

13:27Shannon Sharpe:You will use them same golf clubs every time you take your ass on the golf course. You don't change golf clubs. You don't?

13:33Joe Johnson:And you go get, once you get them fitted. Yeah, but I mean, as you get better, you got to get better equipment. Huh? You know, hey. No, the same equipment. You're not going to get that good. So you ain't got to get no better equipment. You ain't going to be that good. Listen, if I get myself in the golf. You only got one eye. Yeah. I play my. Cyclops. I play my whole career with one eye. That'll tell you how good I am. I know. Now, if I get in the golf, Steph Curry, you might as well sit down, boy. Huh? Once I lock it on something, Joe, I'm here to be the best. You catch on like that? You catch on that fast?

14:11Joe Johnson:You seen me play soccer, didn't you? Huh?

14:14Chad Johnson:Yeah, I seen you playing soccer, but you playing against Home Depot goalies. Nah, nah, Joe.

14:19Joe Johnson:Hey, them regular people that play soccer, Joe.

14:23Shannon Sharpe:Hey, that man just worked a$14 shift and I did try to play some soccer. to play soccer. Nah, you ain't messing with Steph. Them guys play too much. Guys like Steph Curry, Romo, guys that play every single day. You've got to play that every single day. Every single day to be good at it.

14:44Joe Johnson:For like six to eight hours. I ain't got time for that, Joe. See? It's about six to eight hours. I spent streaming, playing FIFA, playing Call of Duty, playing Battlefield, playing Madden, now playing NCAA 27. You know, I'm mad I'm not home.

14:59Shannon Sharpe:You got to be obsessed like you were in football. In order to be good at golf, you got to be obsessed with it like that. That's all my brother do is play golf. That's all he does.

15:13Chad Johnson:Every day. Hey, it's addicting when you really find out how to hit that little white ball and you can get it to go where you want it to go. That's when it starts getting really addictive.

15:23Shannon Sharpe:Yes.

15:24Chad Johnson:Yeah.

15:25Shannon Sharpe:And that's all he does is go to everybody's tournament. everybody got a golf tournament my brother showed up alonzo morning uh uh otis anderson grant viewer it doesn't matter you gotta he gotta come he gotta go check out dominique you know dominique got uh dominique wilkins got a golf tournament where you where you have it east lake uh i i know he might have went to dominant i don't know he might i gotta ask him i ask him i know it's in

15:50Chad Johnson:i know it's in atlanta i'm not sure the golf course but yeah probably he's probably at east

15:53Joe Johnson:late.

15:54Chad Johnson:Yeah.

15:56Joe Johnson:Hey, I don't play no golf, but I got one hell of a swing, Joe, boy. Yeah. Yeah, you know, I'm really...

16:03Shannon Sharpe:I'm the putt putt. I beat the brakes off you and Joe and putt putt.

16:09Joe Johnson:Joe, you got to see my swing, Joe, because I'm really good at relaxing. Boy, I'm on a palm tree. Relaxing my body, Joe. You know?

16:18Shannon Sharpe:I got my arm.

16:19Joe Johnson:I got just real good technique, Joe. I just can't hit that damn ball, boy.

16:26Shannon Sharpe:What the hell? All that don't do mean nothing if you can't hit the ball? What the hell?

16:30Chad Johnson:Hey, Ocho, you got to keep your head down, bro. You got to keep your head down. You got to be still, Joe.

16:35Shannon Sharpe:Huh? You got to be still. And see this here? That thing got to be just like that. Yeah, that's the hard part. See, you been in the baseball.

16:45Joe Johnson:Yeah, he think he in the baseball. Yeah, he don't know no better. I ain't like that. Listen, that ain't for me, man. Let me see you sway. Let me see you sway. Hold on. Hold on. Let me show you my swing. Watch my swing, Joe. Hey, watch my swing. Watch out. Hey, tell me where you can see me. Can you still see me? Yeah. Turn this way or turn this way? Which way? Whatever way you want.

17:10Shannon Sharpe:Hold on. Are you hitting cross-handed? Yeah. You see I got it right? Right hand on top. OK, right hand on top. Yeah, like this. Locked. Locked.

17:21Chad Johnson:Yeah.

17:22Shannon Sharpe:You see? Ocho, lock. Yeah, it's lock. Like I'm holding something.

17:31Shannon Sharpe:Picking through index finger.

17:37Shannon Sharpe:What are you doing? No! What? Your hips don't move, Ocho. Your body don't move. They didn't move. Chad, are y 'all seeing what I'm seeing? Yeah. It look like everything at the damn bottom move. Ain't nothing moving.

17:55Joe Johnson:I don't pay attention. You messing up my swing. I'm going to have to carry a right shoe.

18:03Joe Johnson:Watch me now. Watch me. Just pay attention. Okay. Okay.

18:11Chad Johnson:Why you loading up? You can't load up that left leg, man. You loading up that leg like you finna hit a baseball. You got to keep them feet planted, man. They were planted, Joe.

18:20Joe Johnson:They would plan it. Hey, listen. Hey, see, listen. Every time when you... Chad, if I'm messing with you. Hey, listen to me now. Anytime you work with somebody, right? Anytime you work with somebody, it's not going to be perfect. But what I have and what you just saw is there's a foundation for improvement. Huh? There's a foundation for improvement. Now, it's not going to look like Scotty Scheffler, but I can get to look like Scotty Scheffler with two or three months of training.

18:47Chad Johnson:Okay, I got you. You hear me?

18:50Joe Johnson:for somebody that don't golf and would never go out there. See, I look good. Yeah.

18:55Shannon Sharpe:I think you might be looking more like Adam Schefter.

19:03Shannon Sharpe:I don't know about no Scotty Schefter.

19:05Joe Johnson:No, I didn't hit nine holes with Scotty at Augusta. Yeah.

19:12Chad Johnson:Come on, man.

19:13Shannon Sharpe:Man, they not going to let you chop up Augusta.

19:15Chad Johnson:Nah, hell nah. Tell they grass up. Uh-uh.

19:18Joe Johnson:Hey, that way. Hey, that kind of hurt my peck a little bit. Yeah. How would you get ready to say that?

19:28Chad Johnson:Oh, man. Don't tell me. Hey, Joe. Look at the camera, Joe.

19:32Joe Johnson:Hey, you see that?

19:33Chad Johnson:I see it. I see it.

19:35Joe Johnson:You see it rocked up? I see it.

19:37Shannon Sharpe:Man, that joke is like a praying man, don't it, Joe? Hey, Joe.

19:41Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe. Man, they going to call somebody and say, hey, that's what's going to surprise him, right? When I see him in person, that's what I'm going to surprise you. But God damn it. When you see him tomorrow, he's going to be like, damn it, Joker Strong. Yeah, Joe. Yeah. Hey, last week before I came to New York, huh? I've been here about four days. Isn't that right? Yeah. You know I got 315 two times.

20:04Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah. You couldn't know. Yeah.

20:06Joe Johnson:What, you do it 315 two times? All right, one and a half. I'm lying because I couldn't get it back up the second time. Joe, you hit 315?

20:14Chad Johnson:Yeah, you hit 315. Damn! Damn, Joe!

20:20Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, matter of fact, you know what? I ain't gonna punch you. I'm gonna slap you with my backhand because I don't want to mess up my nails.

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25:01Chad Johnson:I got something for him. I got something for him. That's how you can put him over your shoulder.

25:06Joe Johnson:That's how I do my kids, man. Joe, don't do me like that in public, Joe.

25:09Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

25:16Shannon Sharpe:AJ Brown got called out by his own childhood hero. Let's take a listen to what Tom Brady had to say on New Heights. That position, it's like I almost want to like the psychology of receiver. I almost want to say like, you're going to catch 110 balls this year. Okay, 17 games. You're a great receiver. You're going to catch 110 balls. One game, you're going to get 11. And one game, you're going to get three. and the next game you're probably going to get 11 then you're going to three i can't have you like the happiest guy in the world when you catch 11 or the most miserable guy on the team when you catch three we got to look at over the course here you got to sustain because it is a lot of emotional um energy that you put out to that position to go come on come on we got it come on stay locked in let's go because i need you come on and it's like that position takes away if you have that volatile emotional output it takes a lot of energy from a lot of people to keep that player really stable so you gotta like try to reframe it for them and just say listen like you may get three but you're gonna get 11 and or you might get 11 11 11 and then you know three three it's just the way it goes yeah if they're doubling travis you ain't touching the ball that's the reality if they're butching you at the line of scrimmage but with the defensive end and they've got you know some ridiculous athlete over the top of you yeah but it frees it up for other people and you got to be cool with that so i mean it's that is a as we're going to see it again this year you know who's the next unhappy receiver and i understand it i mean i saw you i don't for sure be involved in the game you know and asia wanted to be involved i covered a lot of those eagles games you know i'm and that that passing offense isn't that's not what that team's known for you know so now he's actually going to a team where they are more known for their passing offense so he you know there will be maybe a little more satisfaction from him from that standpoint

27:10Joe Johnson:go ahead Ocho hey I like exactly what he said Uncle Joe chat that was me that was me one game 11 catches one game 10 catches Joe then all of a sudden I get a game with three catches what is Carson doing in the huddle before we break? Lock in. What is Carson doing to me on the sideline when I go sit on the corner? Stay with me. Hey, stay in the game. I'm going to get you the ball. If I can't get it to you, please understand why I can't get it to you. And you are opening up things for other people. But then, and my point, my whole thing, I always look at Carson and say, why are we allowing him to dictate what we want to do?

27:46Joe Johnson:Are we playing into their hand? I think we should deal our own thing. But I understood that's the way the game goes. it is ebbs and flows each week. Each week is different. Some weeks you're going to get yours. Some weeks you're not. But the hardest part for us as receivers, because we play a dependent position, is those weeks where you're not getting that ball, Unc. Right. Oh, my goodness. And you feel like you ain't involved out there? Yo, it hurt, Joe. I'm going to lie to you, Joe. It hurt, boy. Not only are you not involved, Unc, you're not involved because they're taking you away. They're taking you away and your team is not doing anything to put you in position to make a play.

28:30Joe Johnson:They're just saying, okay, y 'all gonna take Ocho away? Okay, forget it. Y 'all gonna have Ocho. We're gonna work with everybody else. But the problem that... So I done did all this work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Now Sunday, I'm a decoy.

28:44Shannon Sharpe:The problem that AJ didn't understand when he catching those 12 and 13, what about the other receiver? what is he going through? Yeah. You see that? See how that happened? Now, at some point in time, when you're getting your 11, 12, 13, that means somebody else is getting them two to three, right? Right, don't you? Yeah. Somebody else is getting them two to the fuse. But you ain't thinking about them. Oh, yeah, boy. Feed your boy. Feed me, Seymour.

29:09Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah.

29:11Shannon Sharpe:I looked at it like, man, I got 13. I got 12. I got 11. I look over there. Rod got four. The first Super Bowl, Rod didn't catch a pass. Rod Smith did not catch a pass. I know he was hard, boy. He come at the next Super Bowl, get five for one eight, one thirty something and a touchdown. That's how it was. Some games I have monster game. Some games Rod Foots have monster games. Sometimes Easy Ed had monster games. You just had the one thing we know is going to be constant. That thirty, we're going to get twenty five, thirty touches. Yeah. Every time. So we got 65 plays. Now, find out how we're going to divvy up those 30 pass attempts and when John's going to complete 22 of them.

29:59Chad Johnson:Yeah.

30:00Shannon Sharpe:So you got me, Ed, Rod, two running backs, and Willie Green. Because you know if somebody get 10, they ain't but 12 more passes, divvy it up between six people, four people, five people.

30:15Chad Johnson:Hey, hey. Hey, and if he called your number, you tried to make damn sure you caught your pass, didn't you, man? Hey, even if he didn't call my number,

30:22Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to get open first. First one, first slurred, served. That's how it was. Now, look, I was with him the longest, and I had the best relationship with him, but he was going to throw the ball to the guy that came open first. Yeah. Now, he had a lot of trust in me because I was the biggest, I was the biggest, most physical receiver. And he know I'm going to fight. I'm going to fight. Hey, I'll pull a guy, hell, but slap off his damn ear before I let him intercept it. Yeah. but that's the way it is. And I was trying to tell him, I was like, oh, Joe, your number one receiver in today's game, he probably ain't catching less than 85, 90 balls.

31:02Shannon Sharpe:17 games, when you project it out, he going to get somewhere between 85 and 100 balls. That's if he just decent. You done top, you puka, you chase, you JSN, Yeah. Justin Jefferson, you're going to get them tall. Tyler can't do nothing about this quarterback situation. That's why he ain't getting no balls. He's going to be straight this year. He's going to be straight. Who are you talking about? Justin Jefferson. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Playing what he gets. Justin's like, hold on. Man, how I go from catching 105, 115 every year to all of a sudden, I'm struggling to get 1 ,000 yards? Yeah, Kyle is going to get him right out of that.

31:46Shannon Sharpe:He got over it, but barely. but I also want guys to understand that you're still valuable even if you don't catch passes. You can run, you can block, because your time is going to come. It does. I mean, there have been very few people that every once in a while you get a JSN and you get a Cooper Cup, Ocho, and them jokers seem to catch 100 balls. They're catching eight, nine balls every game. Puka catches. Like, damn! But you go back and look, Joe. Ocho, them jokers got 180. They done got 190 targets. They're getting 12 targets a game. You give me 12 targets a game, I will come down with seven to eight of them.

32:25Shannon Sharpe:Seven to eight of them over 15 games, that's 126, 130 catches.

32:31Joe Johnson:You also have to think about, too, how different the offense is. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The offense that they play in. Look at Sean McVay's system. Yeah. McDonald's over there in Seattle. Who else would like that? Kyle Shanahan, they threw the ball. Oh, yeah. You know who's going to have another bounce back season? Mark my words, Mike Evans. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You think so in San Fran?

32:54Shannon Sharpe:What? As long as he stay healthy, them hamstrings can hold up. Yeah. In Shanahan's system? Stop playing. Absolutely. Ocho, you're absolutely right. If he can stay healthy in that system, he's going to catch an ass load of balls. Listen up, Nightcap. Nightcap is home to the Big 3, reporting live on the Big 3. Just when you thought basketball season was over, You're wrong, and we're just getting started. This week, Coach Steve and Jack, James Johnson, DMV Trilogy, are going up against the undefeated Dallas Power, big man Greg Monroe, Glenn Rice Jr., big names, real hoopers, and no easy buckets. Tune in Sunday, July 12th at 4 p.m.

33:36Shannon Sharpe:Eastern on CBS with Encore presentations Monday night at 8 p.m. on BET. week four of the big three takes over Los Angeles. Now it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A.

34:05Shannon Sharpe:Claire Porter said, you stopped here from Gordon. The coach has always just said he can't play. So you dropped your old famous line. Oh, no. I told him he told his ass to go sweat it out, and he balled out that game too. He did. Man, we played – we had the rookie night. So, then it was Friday. So, we had rookie night on Friday. We played that Sunday. Remember I told you we had – we went to Del Frisco's. Him and Ashley Lee Bill was 22-5. Dang it. Yeah, we had it right. You didn't say your boy right. You know, I said it right. You know, I do. Joe, that's one thing about your boy. Now, when I'm in charge of the party, which if you're on offense, I'm in charge of the party.

34:43Shannon Sharpe:I'm telling you where we going, and you're going to pay for everything. I was a party planner. Before he was even involved, I was party planning back then. Man, he's going to come on the top, man, he's talking about, man, he don't feel good, talking about shot, man. I said, oh, no. Man, you're going to get your ass out there, run some 110s, sweat, throw up, whatever you got to do, get your ass, hey, we're going to do some contrast.

35:10Shannon Sharpe:Man, guys, y 'all don't realize how – Porters had a good career. He had a really good career. He went to the Pro Bowl. He had 1 ,500 yards rushing his both years in Denver. He was NFL Rookie of the Year, Offensive Rookie of the Year.

35:28Shannon Sharpe:I'm upset at Porters because Porters is supposed to be in the Hall of Fame. That's how much talent he had. easily but I and I can say this now cause it's over with but y 'all don't know how many nights I sat in my hotel room and watched Porters leave and take his ass home I ain't say nothing

35:53Shannon Sharpe:Porters if I know you think I'm the only one to see you Pope I used to call him Pope Pope you think I'm the only one to see you

36:04Shannon Sharpe:why you want to do right, bro? I said, bro, do you know how special you are?

36:11I said, Porters, I played with an MVP.

36:14Shannon Sharpe:I played with a Super Bowl MVP. I said, Porters, you got more talent than you. But you don't work as hard as you. You don't want to lift no weight. You don't want to do ish. It was so frustrating. It was so disappointing. And I knew. I knew. once I left, he wasn't going to be there. It's only a matter of time. Because I could somewhat keep him between the lines, guys. I could somewhat keep him between the lines. Once I left, I know he would.

36:49Joe Johnson:Hey, y 'all used to run that play in Denver. TD used to run that play too. That Peyton Manning and Edgerton used to run. That long stretch. And the line block,

37:01Shannon Sharpe:They cut back against that grade. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, we run handoff. Our favorite two plays was handoff strong and handoff weak. It is. We toss it. We toss it to TD. He'll start wide. And on that play, you only get one cut. Yeah, that's it. Well, Portis used to kill that playboy in Denver, boy. Oh, that's why you had so much success, because we treated it the same way. It didn't matter who you were. You came in. You got one cut. Alex Gibbs rest your soul Alex Alex what do it on that dancing he said you ain't at the club ain't no dancing back here get your ass down here one cut I like hold on Alex how you telling this I said this man don't I said this man don't want a Russian title he MVP of the Super Bowl he the MVP of the league and you telling him how to run well clearly it worked didn't it Sharpie I think you Alex, you got a damn point.

37:58Shannon Sharpe:You got a point. But Portis, guys, Portis has so much ability. Now, man, go back and look at the game that he had against Kansas City. What he did? Like 225 touchdowns. I don't know.

38:17Chad Johnson:He could go.

38:18Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Joe, once he gets in that open, Joe.

38:20Chad Johnson:There wasn't no catching.

38:24Shannon Sharpe:Man. But I knew, because like I said, I could kind of keep him. You know, I could talk to him and put my arm around him. He going to go in the rake room and be dropping the dumbbells like he lifting. He ain't lifting-ish. He clanging weights. He ain't lifting-ish. Man, no weights heavy. Man, I can't. Bro, yeah, they're heavy, mofo.

38:58Shannon Sharpe:Free agent, Stephon Diggs says he's the best wide receiver number two in the NFL and no one is better than him. Name your number two receiver right now. And is he better than me? Ocho, is there a number two receiver better than? There are a couple. I mean, yeah, it's a couple. Dallas got what? Whoever you say is one, the other two is better than Stephon. Cincinnati, whoever you say is one is better than him.

39:22Joe Johnson:Minnesota? the Rams the Rams hold on what he said has truth to it now I'm just saying I'm just saying

39:33Shannon Sharpe:that their number two is better than him

39:35Joe Johnson:right right as you go as you go you go a bit further and you get a little deeper into some of some of the some of these other teams like he is he would be a bona fide their number two is not better than him yeah for sure and he's right even coming off an ACL injury and having a thousand yards and I'm not sure how many touchdowns he has. Now, if they're going to use him, you take their number two and you put him in that place, you're still going to get the same production based on what he's able to do. Hell, I think he'd be good in Baltimore. Hell, I'm not so sure what you call him is better than him.

40:07Joe Johnson:What did I say? What did I say he would go? BMO. Give it a chance. Either Baltimore or the Commanders. I'm still standing on that too now.

40:16Shannon Sharpe:Hell, he'd be good in Cleveland.

40:21Joe Johnson:Hey, you know what? That's a good one. Might be even better. That's a good one.

40:29Joe Johnson:That's a good one. Yeah, I'm curious to hear what the chat has to say, especially outside of Dallas, you know, Dallas, Cincinnati, Minnesota. Rams. Rams.

40:45Joe Johnson:Well, we have in Philly, I mean, he's not proven yet, but he will be the number two. I'm trying to think who else I mean

40:55Shannon Sharpe:there's truth to that yeah but the thing is Joe Ocho and we talked about this once you start bouncing around it's hard for you that's how people look at you now they look at him as a journeyman receiver Ocho yeah Joe you know how it is once a player all of a sudden you start getting traded you involved in a trade and then you involved in a trade and you involved in the trade, you're a journeyman.

41:21Chad Johnson:Hey, but it's crazy, though, because he was a 1 ,000-yard receiver last year, and I thought he played great for the Patriots, bro.

41:27Shannon Sharpe:Yes.

41:27Chad Johnson:Like, he was reliable and all that.

41:29Joe Johnson:Hey, great team leader, too, Joe.

41:33Shannon Sharpe:Yes, I agree with both of you guys. But the thing is, is just how they view you now, Joe. Hey, think about it. He started in Minnesota. He went to Buffalo. He goes to Houston. He goes to New England. And now this will be his 15.

41:50Joe Johnson:Mm-hmm. How old is Steph now?

41:54Shannon Sharpe:What you say, 32? How old is Steph, Ash?

42:04Shannon Sharpe:I think he's probably 32, 33. It got to be.

42:07Joe Johnson:Yeah. You know, it doesn't make it any better with all the off-field stuff. Man, y 'all talking about Detroit Lions.

42:15Shannon Sharpe:So you try to say he – so whoever you say is what? if so, uh, Amon Ra is one. He better than J-Mo?

42:21Joe Johnson:No, no, no, no, no, no, Don't do that. Don't do that. Who said that? And that's my bad for leaving Detroit off that list. Don't do that. No, no. Let me add them to the part two. Yeah, for sure. Come on now. Chicago good. Green Bay good. Hey, them young, them young bulls over there. Yeah.

42:43Chad Johnson:I guess, I guess when you think about it. He 32, Ocho. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is he going to get picked up? y 'all think you're gonna get picked up? I think you're picked up.

42:50Joe Johnson:Absolutely. I bet it's one of those two teams I just said, Joe, watch.

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43:57Joe Johnson:Yeah, I mean, he won't make bet minimum as long as they give him something respectable. Give him something respectable based on what he's able to come in and do.

44:09Shannon Sharpe:Terrell Owens doesn't believe there will be any drop-off with A.J. Brown leaving the Eagles. I mean, they've got Devontae Smith. He's always been a number one guy, even when A.J. was here. He could have easily been receiver number one at any game. So, again, he's going to show leadership. He's going to bring those guys along. So I don't see any drop-off. Those guys are going to be fine. Ocho, how are you taking this?

44:32Joe Johnson:T.O.'s right. T.O. understands the systems. He understands the difference in the offensive schemes that Philly runs, the offensive scheme that the Patriots run. Hell, the Patriots throw the ball, what, 100 times more. I mean, obviously, I'm exaggerating the numbers saying 100 times more, but they're throwing offense. You know, if you look at Philly having a running back like Saquon, you can understand why even in the passing era that the NFL is now, they would be a run-first team. They're one of the few teams that have a back that is elite in a tier-one running back where the offense flows through the run.

45:05Joe Johnson:The run opens up the pass.

45:07Chad Johnson:Yeah. Over there in New England, they throwing that thing.

45:11Joe Johnson:Yeah, they throwing it for sure. They letting it fly. And he's going to have a much better season, maybe even a better season than all those combined. Yeah. That is Philly.

45:22Shannon Sharpe:I can see that. I can see that. I just think the thing, look, I think some of the things that he did in New England, I mean, in Philly, he ain't trying that with Brable. Now, Brable knows him. He knows Brable from their time in Tennessee. So he knows how Brable is. Brable knows how he is. But I can assure you, they're not going to have some of the issues that he had in Philly. They're not going to have that in New England.

45:48Chad Johnson:Hello.

45:50Shannon Sharpe:Right. You know, T.O. was very strong in the statement. You and I was talking, and people were like, well, A.J. was the best receiver. No, A.J. won a ring. Congratulations. But even in Philly, he wasn't better than T.O. No.

46:05Joe Johnson:No. What? He wasn't.

46:08Shannon Sharpe:And that's not a knock on him.

46:09Joe Johnson:It ain't nobody in Philly ever played by Philly. Hell, ain't nobody in the NFL history is betting T.O. unless you go into the conversation and want to bring up Randy Moss and Jerry Rice. And Jerry Rice is in a class of his own.

46:21Shannon Sharpe:That's what I said. He's in a class of his own. For me, the three best receivers, and I've seen a lot of them, for me, if Jerry is number one, a lot of people believe that two and three is in the chain of it. Some people got Randy. Some people got T.O. But for me, those are the top three. One is unmistakable. Right. 22 ,000 yards, 1 ,500 catches, 193 receiving touchdowns, another eight on runs. What are we talking? We're not even having that discussion.

46:59Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, you know how we talked about it. I forgot what we were talking about. You watch hockey up close. You watch tennis up close and how different it is at the highest level. Joe, I had the opportunity, man, not only to play with T.O., but to watch him up close when we had to play against him. He was with Dallas. Yeah. Well, young boy, he was something special, man. He was like that? Man, man, Joe, man, listen, man. He was something special, man. I found myself on the sideline as a fan watching a friend of mine and got a better understanding on why he was as great as he was. He was a monster.

47:42Joe Johnson:Saw Randy in person up close, Joe? So did I. Jesus Christ. Joe, I ain't never seen nothing like that. Yeah. I ain't never seen nothing like that. The DB playing seven yards off. The DB in his back pedal. Randy take three steps and throw his hand up. You ain't even broke the cushion yet.

48:08Joe Johnson:Can you step on the toes first? Man, Randy come out the ball, man, he hit by three steps. You know, Randy three steps, he damn near eight, eight, nine yards.

48:19Chad Johnson:Absolutely, absolutely.

48:20Joe Johnson:And he throw the hand up. And if the DB is still in his back pedal, by the time he get going, like that fourth or fifth step, and the DB is back pedal trying to be pretty, man strike at the band better be in a full out sprint already running backwards before he close that cushion if you not man it's over

48:39Shannon Sharpe:and T.O you throw T.O a hitch route you not getting him down you better have the cavalry coming you not getting him down

48:50Joe Johnson:he ran angry

48:51Shannon Sharpe:every play

48:52Joe Johnson:and he shifty with it too you notice how big T.O was he was a little shifty in the open field yeah

48:57Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. He's a big player. And look, he rubbed people the wrong way, but I love this game. I never questioned T.O. T.O. going to block. T.O. going to do what he's supposed to do. Yeah, I got to get all the antics, and they try to make it seem like when they won, he didn't play a role, but when they lost, it was because of his antics. I ain't bought none of that bull giant. I ain't bought none of it. for me, until somebody else come along, the three greatest receivers that I've ever seen, and I've seen a bunch of them, Jerry. I mean, look, so we just start, forget one. Let's just start, go two on.

49:36Shannon Sharpe:We can forget number one. 1 ,500 catches. The man had 1 ,000-yard receiving, Joe, at 40. You know who got the second most receiving yards as a 40-year-old? Who? Tom Brady. What? Tom Brady got the second most receiving yards for a 40-year-old.

49:58Joe Johnson:You know, it's hard to play that long, Joe. Hey, the organization, they got to love you, boy.

50:07Shannon Sharpe:Damn. Jerry had a 100-yard game at 42.

50:17Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all better go look at you. Hey, and they weren't throwing them. Y 'all better go look at Jerry numbers. Ocho, Joe, Lamar Jackson in the NFL's top 100. Yeah. Ranked number 69. Damn. Bulldog. He dropped 67 spots. Damn.

50:40Joe Johnson:Ocho, do you agree? You know damn well I don't agree, huh? Hey, listen. If he was number two last year, he should have dropped to number three. and that's about as far as it should go. That's about as far as it should go.

50:56Shannon Sharpe:I think the injury, Ocho, and the Ravens drop.

51:04Chad Johnson:What was he the year before? Number two. And he dropped to what? 69. Oh, yeah. That's y 'all's favorite number. But you, but, Chad,

51:17Shannon Sharpe:Chad, you see what I'm saying? Joe Ocho, you know he? See what I said, Chad? There you go. There you go, Chad, what I tell you. I wasn't even thinking like that.

51:27Chad Johnson:Nobody was but him. Now y 'all the word police. Okay, this is how y 'all going to act. Chad, you see what I'm talking about, Chad?

51:36Shannon Sharpe:Now I told y 'all, Ocho and I have been trying to tell y 'all who number one. But y 'all didn't want to believe that. Y 'all didn't want to believe that, did you? Now look at it. Ain't nobody talking about no. We talking about 69 the man dropped.

51:49Joe Johnson:We talk about football. Football. And you talk about 69 is our favorite. I see.

51:53Chad Johnson:I see what Spanky was talking about last night. I see what Spanky was talking about. Yeah, I see what Spanky was talking about. He couldn't wait. He almost jumped through his damn camera to let y 'all know. Come on, man.

52:06Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I read it. I said Lamar Jackson has been ranked number 69 on the NFL top 100 list. Ain't even going through my mind. That ain't even crossed my mind. First thing, it come to him Oh, you know, that's y 'all two favorites Where did that come from?

52:23Joe Johnson:Yeah, that's why Joe number one right there

52:26Shannon Sharpe:Chad, now y 'all see it Now y 'all see what I'm talking about Hey, live and in person Hey, Chad, Chad I don't know what the wrong with D do

52:35Joe Johnson:This why he gotta get this signed See what I'm talking about? That's why he gotta get this signed Matter of fact, you know what I just thought about He tried to fool us on the show but he need that permission slip because everything I talk about, he probably be doing and she don't want him out that house. There he is right there.

52:53Chad Johnson:Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Yeah. Everything like what? What you mean?

52:58Joe Johnson:Huh? What you mean everything you be doing? Everything I done put on here, you done probably bought all them toys and did all that. So you know what? That's why he can't go, Chad. That's why.

53:08Shannon Sharpe:That's why he can't go. Look what came out of my... We talking about rankings in the NFL top 100 and he talk about, see, he go whole left field.

53:16Chad Johnson:My bad, my bad. It ain't your bad.

53:19Shannon Sharpe:Hey, if that's you, it's okay. You ain't no bad brother.

53:22Joe Johnson:That don't make you no bad brother.

53:24Shannon Sharpe:I still look at you the same, Joe. Even though that's the case, it's still up Ocho and Iso. We're not finna get rid of you because this is how you are. It's all good.

53:37Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, just beat yourself. Joe, let it out. It's cool.

53:40Chad Johnson:Y 'all out of pocket, boy. It's all good, though. But guess what? Guess what? See, y 'all can't fool me and chat because, see, we already know. You know what I'm saying? When we do the orders, you notice how it's always me last and y 'all fighting for first and second. So it don't matter that y 'all say our little chat don't be believing none of that. Hell.

53:59Joe Johnson:You got a fool. The chat just said, ISO one, unk two, and me third. Ain't no way. Ain't no way. You can't pull the wool over everybody's ass

54:10Shannon Sharpe:ain't no way ain't no way boy you done a great job the greatest job the greatest magic trick that's ever been pulled the devil convinced the world he didn't exist the second greatest trick is ocho i mean the iso trying to pull fool us to make sure he ain't number one and everybody

54:26Joe Johnson:know it is hey you want to be two great tricks happen the devil convinced the world he didn't

54:32Shannon Sharpe:exist and Ocho convinced the chat that he ain't won. Hey. Me?

54:37Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah, he said it right. Hey.

54:42Shannon Sharpe:I saw you won. Ocho, Ocho, too. Hey, Joe, what's up? Joe, I sent something Joe in the DMs. He saw it.

54:52Chad Johnson:What?

54:52Shannon Sharpe:He saw it. What I sent you to DM

54:54Chad Johnson:today, Joe? Hold on. What did you send me? You sent me. It's there.

54:59Shannon Sharpe:I know you.

55:02Chad Johnson:What'd you send me? Something freaky? I said this. Oh, man. What was that? Oh, man. That's even Ocho right there? You know that's your boy over there.

55:24Chad Johnson:I can't believe dude did that. You know that's your boy. All right.

55:31Shannon Sharpe:Hey, man, y 'all. 69, man, that's damn, that's a precipitous drop.

55:36Chad Johnson:Yeah. They tripping, bro.

55:40Shannon Sharpe:Hey, sometimes you need to. Man, L. Jack got to come back with a vengeance. That's what I'm saying, see. L. Jack, last time they did you like that man, you came out, hey, you was on a mission. I think you ended up number one last time they had that man rank way down there like that.

55:53Chad Johnson:And you need that sometimes, Uncle Ojo, when you him. You know what I mean? you need a little doubt. You know what I mean? So you make you lock in and hit that field. You know what I mean? Put on the mean demonstration. Show them boy you ain't playing.

56:07Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, mean demonstration. What are you? Hey, look, look, look. That's his right look. We are the age. Man, I was the diamonds. I mean, them sparks.

56:22Chad Johnson:Look, look, look, look. Now you just open up a whole can of hash. Now you just feel like You just go on and throw it out there. See what I'm saying? Hey, Joe.

56:31Shannon Sharpe:He said, Papa, I'm proud of you. You proud?

56:38Shannon Sharpe:Hey, again, good thing. Hey, my homeboy, Bucky, used to be at the Savannah Police Department. Had to call that hostage negotiator to talk him down. Four hours, he still trying to do something.

56:48Chad Johnson:What's wrong with him? Oh, Joe. Come on, man. Come on.

56:53Shannon Sharpe:Had to put, had to put, I had to give him an ice pack. Damn. Yeah, I had to put ice back on him. I got me old baby thot, bought four cubes of ice and put him in there. Take all the swelling out of him, Joe.

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1:01:45Shannon Sharpe:George Pickens will officially play the 2026 season on his$27.3 million franchise tag after Wednesday 4 p.m. deadline passed. Pickens says, like the tag and all that, it's just football first. So definitely play football first, kind of like I did last year, then worry about the contract. Well, let my agent worry about it, really. Pickens is the only player to be franchise tagged this year and not receive a long-term deal before the deadline. Daniel Jones, two years,$88 million. Brees Hall, three years,$43.5 million. Kyle Pitts, three years,$54 million. Ocho? Yes, sir. Are the Cowboys going to regret not signing pick to a long-term deal when they could have got him?

1:02:26Shannon Sharpe:Because if he plays like he played last year, it's$45 million.

1:02:31Joe Johnson:They're probably not going to be able to give it to him. Joe, obviously, if you saw Pickens last year, you understand what you do. You're in a better situation with a better quarterback and a better offense in general. So he's going to pick up where he left off last year. He's going to have a great season, and the Cowboys are going to regret it. Now they're going to do everything they can this year and hoping that having George Pickens, you know, on that team, they get as far as they can. They're hoping they get as far as they can, Uncle Joe. And, hey, Joe, honestly, I'm hoping they do. I know Pickens is going to ball out because of the situation that he's in.

1:03:06Joe Johnson:You have a very, very, very good quarterback. When the opportunities come your way, all you got to do is do what you did last year, make plays. I sure hope you're right, Ocho. I'll show Hobie. There's two things you can count on when it comes to them people with the star on the helmet. You can count on CeeDee going to hell to slap off. You can count on George Pickens being NFL young boy. He going to show up now.

1:03:33Chad Johnson:All right, yeah. Hey, listen. I hope he do his thing, man. I think he will get paid, Ocho. Maybe not this season. I'm saying, but after the season.

1:03:43Joe Johnson:It won't be in Dallas, Joe.

1:03:45Chad Johnson:How you figure that, Ocho? You don't know. You don't know what's going to happen.

1:03:50Shannon Sharpe:Joe, I just don't see how they pay him. You know, Dak, they're going to have to do something with Dak, Joe. Dak about to get over$300 million. He's going to be close. He's going to get$400 million. He's going to want$65,$70 million a year. What you going to do with Quinny Williams? What you going to do with CD?

1:04:08Chad Johnson:Listen, we're going to have to cross them bridges when we get to them. But if we take care of business this season, You win, everybody get paid.

1:04:15Joe Johnson:No, everybody can't get paid.

1:04:17Shannon Sharpe:No, you can't pay everybody. You got two number ones on your team, Joe. Dak Prescott's going to want$150 million at signing. He's going to want$275,$300 million guaranteed, Joe.

1:04:29Joe Johnson:Jerry got it. He got it here. It's a salary cap, Joe. You can't pay all them people, Joe.

1:04:36Chad Johnson:Well, listen, Ocho.

1:04:39Shannon Sharpe:Listen, it's a good thing to have, Joe. Dak make it, what's Dak make it? Dak make it like 55 now. 60 now. What you think he going to want next?

1:04:48Joe Johnson:He the highest paid quarterback too, huh? No. My homeboy. My homeboy. My homeboy is 64. He overlapped him. That's right. That's right.

1:04:59Chad Johnson:We got some work to do, fellas.

1:05:01Joe Johnson:Yeah. I wish y 'all nothing but the best.

1:05:06Chad Johnson:I know. Don't worry, because y 'all going to hear from us. Y 'all going to hear about us. y 'all gonna hear from us all damn year.

1:05:12Shannon Sharpe:Oh, who don't receive the receive? No, we won't. I mean, y 'all start out fast, but you know a horse that poop fast don't poop long. He don't poop long. So I already know how y 'all gonna get out there. All right. You gonna be hyped. First day, he gonna come out here hyped. And when I tell you, how about them cowboys, Ocho? And just slowly as the season progresses,

1:05:33Chad Johnson:come on, man, come on. Nah, nah, nah, nah. That ain't gonna be us, baby. We locked in. We locked in. Okay. Yeah, we're going to have the NFC sold up over there. So what about Philly? Oh, man, they just lost A.J. Brown. I know they got the young boy just come in. What's his name? What's his name? Millie Lemmy? Millie Lemmy? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, yeah, we ain't worried about Philly. What about the Giants, Joe? We ain't worried about their ass knees. They banged up here. Scatterboo, neighbors. Look, what do y 'all think they'll do? I'm saying that man had ankle surgery. neighbors probably ain't even coming back this year.

1:06:12Chad Johnson:That's what y 'all don't know.

1:06:13Joe Johnson:What about Odell? You don't got no belief in Odell coming back?

1:06:16Chad Johnson:I hope Odell do his thing. I like Odell. But I'm saying, damn, you expect Odell to carry the damn Giants wide receivers?

1:06:23Joe Johnson:He's going to have no force to carry him. Bored to neighbors come back. That's what they brought him in there for.

1:06:27Chad Johnson:Come on, Ocho. Come on, Ocho. We know that ain't happening. I think Odell going to have some great moments. He's going to have some great games. But to think he's going to carry them for 17 games, y 'all tripping.

1:06:37Joe Johnson:what you're telling me is the Dallas Cowboys will run the NFC East.

1:06:42Chad Johnson:Ta-da! I've been trying to tell you that. I don't know why you act like it's so hard for you to understand. Damn! Damn!

1:06:52Joe Johnson:I like it. I know who's going to run the NFC East. I bet my money on it. Who? On C.D. Lamb and George Pickens. I bet that. Now, the team itself, I don't know. Hold on.

1:07:06Chad Johnson:How you going to bet C.D.? I'm just saying hypothetically.

1:07:09Joe Johnson:You know, if there's a way to bet, I'm betting on them to do their thing. That going to get them boys the ball. They going to do their thing. Now, as a team, I don't know what y 'all going to do.

1:07:19Chad Johnson:Okay.

1:07:24Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to take your word for it. Joe, I don't know, Joe. I don't know. The Cowboys, the Cowboys. The Cowboys normally like Cowboy. That's one thing we can count on, Mojo. We can count on the Cowboys Cowboys.

1:07:36Joe Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, one thing about them, they can move the needle. They can move the needle. It just don't move when it's supposed to, though.

1:07:46Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah. You know, we're going to make it happen now. What you going to make happen? We finna get this championship. That's what we finna get. If the Knicks, hold on. If the Knicks just won a damn championship in 35 years, come on, man. 53. 53. Come on, man. I like it. It's our time.

1:08:05Shannon Sharpe:You see what happened? Ocho, you see what happened? Because the Knicks won a championship in 53 years. He said, well, it's 30 for us, so it's time for us to win what? I like it. I like it. Yeah, it's time, bro.

1:08:16Chad Johnson:It's time.

1:08:17Shannon Sharpe:Oh, the Super Bowl is so fine. Because next year it's in Atlanta, Joe. So you might want to wait until they come to Atlanta.

1:08:23Chad Johnson:The Super Bowl in Atlanta next year?

1:08:26Shannon Sharpe:The year after. This year it's going to be in so fine. Okay. In 2027 it's in so fine. In 2028 it's in Mercedes-Benz. Damn.

1:08:35Joe Johnson:When is coming back to Florida, man? No.

1:08:40Shannon Sharpe:I think it might go back to Vegas. Because you know they love it. Vegas, especially now, and they love effing New Orleans. I don't know what it is about New Orleans, but nobody's had more Super Bowl than New Orleans.

1:08:57Chad Johnson:Hold on, hold on, hold on. Nobody has had probably more All-Star games than New Orleans. Hell, NBA All-Star games. Hell, I know. I played in about three or four of them in New Orleans. Damn, how many times are we going to play in New Orleans?

1:09:10Shannon Sharpe:New Orleans getting the Super Bowls bad. Why is that? Look, hey, it's a dome. Hey, they like to party. People like to go drink. Have a good time. But see, that's why, you know, you put it in the warm weather. People like to get outside. Oh, these cold weather. Man, they had the Super Bowl in Minnesota. Man, it's damn 10 degrees. What the hell you going to do in Minnesota? Ain't nobody trying to walk around no damn Mall of America. And that's no disrespect. Minnesota is one of the best-kept secrets now. Quietest-kept. But anyway, that's neither here nor there. Hello. But anyway, I was saying. Look at Joe.

1:09:44Shannon Sharpe:Look at Joe. Yeah, no.

1:09:45Chad Johnson:I'm saying hello. I'm picking up what you're putting down.

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1:09:56Chad Johnson:Off the meter.

1:09:58Shannon Sharpe:Oh, he be up in there, too. And I think they had another club that Prince on their first half. I think it was first half. Chat, am I correct? I know glam slam. Like that?

1:10:14Yeah.

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1:10:36Chad Johnson:Yeah.

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1:11:02Chad Johnson:Buffalo just built a new stadium? Yeah. Man, look, that should come with it here. You build a new stadium, that mean you should be getting the Super Bowl or the all-star game. Yeah.

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Shannon Sharpe, Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, and Joe "King Iso" Johnson bring you the Best of NFL on Nightcap! The crew reacts to the latest debates around the league, including their Top 10 quarterback rankings and Tom Brady breaking down the psychology of playing wide receiver. Plus, they discuss Stefon Diggs believing he's the NFL's best WR2 and more!

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0:00 - Top 10 QB Rankings
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