Best of NFL News Part 2: Browns CHEATING Shedeur + Tyreek RETIRING?!

25 Oct 2025 · 53 min · 29 chapters

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In short

A “Best of NFL News Part 2” discussion that mixes a guest interview with Browns rookie Quinshawn Judkins and hot takes on other NFL quarterback situations, plus debate over Miami QB Tua Tagovailoa’s excuses and performance.

Guests

Quinshawn Judkins, Cleveland Browns rookie running back; played at Ole Miss (SEC) for two years, then transferred to Ohio State for his final year. The episode also includes hosts/analysts (referred to as “Ocho” and “Joe”) who discuss league news.

Key claims

  • Judkins says the Browns’ offense is run-first and that his role is to be the “bell cow”/nucleus, making the offense work regardless of QB.
  • He credits offseason discipline and mental sharpness for early success.
  • Hosts argue Cleveland should give Shedeur Sanders more first-team reps than Dylan Gabriel, calling Stefanski’s approach “not normal protocol.”
  • Hosts criticize Tua Tagovailoa for attributing poor production to visibility/height, saying accountability is needed; they argue Tyreek Hill’s absence shrinks Miami’s explosive threats.

Notable examples

  • Judkins: 84 rushing yards and three rushing TDs; first Browns player with three rushing TDs since Nick Chubb (Sept. 18, 2022).
  • Tua/Waddle example: Waddle had four targets and one catch in a prior game vs the Browns; hosts cite back-to-back interception-heavy performances.

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Chapters

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Quinshawn's NFL Journey

1:05 to 1:43

Quinshawn shares his experience transitioning from college to the NFL.

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Quinshawn's NFL Journey

3:22 to 6:10

Quinshawn shares his experience transitioning from college to the NFL.

“Well, you been housing it since you got back.”

Running Back Role and Offense

6:10 to 8:18

Discussion about the running back position and the Browns' offensive strategy.

“And I think that's what's very beneficial about playing in this offense.”

Expectations and Goals

8:18 to 10:40

Quinshawn reflects on his expectations and goals for his rookie season.

“man we're unstoppable and that's where we continue to get better at and consistently try to go out there on Sundays and put it all together because I feel like, like you said, man, that run game is what really helps us.”

Living the Dream as a Rookie

10:40 to 12:40

Quinshawn discusses the experience of being a rookie in the NFL.

“You're the first Browns player with three Russian touchdowns in the game since Nick Chubb did it September 18th, 2022.”

Team Dynamics and Quarterback Situation

12:40 to 14:00

Discussion on the quarterback situation and its impact on team morale.

“You've probably been, you know, wishing for this moment since you was a kid and now that you're actually in it.”

Quarterback Dynamics and Team Chemistry

14:00 to 17:14

Explore the supportive environment among young quarterbacks and their impact on team morale.

“so you're not just hit by the blind, for real, for real.”

Quarterback Dynamics and Team Chemistry

19:19 to 20:31

Explore the supportive environment among young quarterbacks and their impact on team morale.

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Aaron Rodgers' Legacy and Future

22:00 to 24:48

Discuss Aaron Rodgers' commitment to retire as a Packer and his current mindset.

“they're going to want number eight to come back, and they're willing to give him what he needs to do so.”

The Importance of Feeling Wanted

24:48 to 28:00

Explore how appreciation and feeling wanted impact athletes and their performance.

“A lot of people still, they look at Peyton Manning as a Bronco because they see him at all the Bronco games.”
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Family Dynamics and Financial Support

28:00 to 30:52

The hosts discuss family support, financial responsibilities, and the dynamics of helping loved ones.

“Look, when they come to me, I already know.”

Work Ethic and Personal Accountability

30:52 to 34:24

A conversation on the importance of hard work, personal accountability, and the expectations of providing help.

“but look, the whole thing is that why we work so hard and do what we do.”

Distrust in News Media

34:24 to 34:58

The hosts express their skepticism about news media and its impact on society.

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Distrust in News Media

35:00 to 35:19

The hosts express their skepticism about news media and its impact on society.

“Summer is here, which means we all want to look and feel our best.”

Distrust in News Media

35:33 to 36:34

The hosts express their skepticism about news media and its impact on society.

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Distrust in News Media

36:37 to 38:06

The hosts express their skepticism about news media and its impact on society.

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NFL Quarterback Reps and Coaching Decisions

39:08 to 42:01

Discussion on NFL practices regarding quarterback reps and coaching strategies.

“Oh, Joe, Joe, Kevin Stefanski says Shedore Sanders is not getting any first team reps like Dylan Gabriel, like he did, like Dylan Gabriel did when Joe Flacco was the starter.”

Analyzing Shadour's Practice Reps

42:01 to 44:08

Discussion on the necessity of giving Shadour practice reps in the NFL.

“Man, you don't know what's going to happen.”

Tua's Press Conference Statements

44:09 to 45:52

Critique of Tua's comments and performance following a game against the Browns.

“Another day, another bizarre statement from Tua at the presser.”

Accountability for Quarterbacks

45:53 to 48:08

Discussion on Tua's need for accountability and the impact of his performance.

“When she told that police officer when he arrested, you about to lose your job.”

Impact of Tyreek Hill on the Team

48:09 to 51:12

Exploration of how Tyreek Hill's absence affects team dynamics and Tua's play.

“And stop dancing around and coming up with all these excuses.”

Tyreek Hill's Future After Injury

51:13 to 55:22

Discussion on Tyreek Hill's injury and speculation about his playing future.

“You mean running and passing the football.”

Tyreek's Potential Trade or Cut

55:23 to 56:00

Speculation about Tyreek Hill's status with the team and potential outcomes.

“get back close to 100 % as I can, and get ready to contribute to a new team.”

Player Trade Speculation

56:00 to 56:30

Discussion on potential player trades and injuries affecting the team.

Injury Impact on Performance

56:30 to 57:50

Exploration of how player injuries affect performance and recovery timelines.

“Yeah, I mean, he wrecked it pretty good.”

Bengals Defense and Trade Talks

57:50 to 1:00:20

Analysis of the Bengals' defense and the implications of trading veteran players.

“Ocho, he tore multiple ligaments and he dislocated the knee.”

Upcoming Games and Matchups

1:00:20 to 1:02:00

Predictions and discussions about upcoming NFL games and matchups.

“Yeah, it ain't looking too good for y 'all, boy.”

Jamar Chase's Aspirations

1:02:00 to 1:03:40

Jamar Chase talks about his goals for the season and the importance of Super Bowl rings.

“Oh, Joe, we have some good news for you, though.”

Jamar Chase's Aspirations

1:04:51 to 1:05:01

Jamar Chase talks about his goals for the season and the importance of Super Bowl rings.

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3:12Shannon Sharpe:Our very, very special guest is joining us. Cleveland Browns rookie sensation running back, Quinshawn Judkins, joins us. Q, what's going on, bro?

3:26Shannon Sharpe:What's up? What's up? What's up? How you doing? Nah, he good. He good now. What's up? You been housing that thing this week. Well, you been housing it since you got back. But you was really housing that thing. Hey, house call. Seriously. I'm out. I had to. Yeah. How are you feeling? How's your experience so far in the NFL been? Has it been everything you expected it to be as opposed to, you know, the transition from college to the college? Oh, yeah, most definitely. I feel like it's been more so surreal, not only for myself, but for my family to get to experience everything, you know, get to meet a lot of the players.

4:01And that whole nine yards, man, just getting to finally touchdown, you know, being through, going through so much. A slow start to the beginning of the season. And shoot, just everything taking off when I land. That's what's up.

4:13Shannon Sharpe:You're from Ohio, right? No, I'm from Alabama. I'm from Montgomery. Oh, you're from Alabama? How did you get out of – how did you get weighed Ohio State from Bama? NIL.

4:28Shannon Sharpe:That's the way to keep it stacked. No, seriously. Oh, man. I think for myself, just in college, man, I ended up going to Ole Miss for two years. I played there in the SEC. Had a lot of success. And then my last year of college, for my junior year, I was like, man, I want to go somewhere I can compete for a national championship. So I ended up at Ohio State. I felt like that was a great situation. Coach Day was a great type program. A lot of talented players there. So I was like, you know what? It's no better place to go than Ohio State. So I ended up there. Hey Q, tell me something You SEC freshman of the year, right?

5:06I was like Nominee for it or something like that But yeah, I think I was Freshman of the year, I can't even remember

5:14Shannon Sharpe:So you left the SEC To go to Ohio State, huh? Hey, that bag Different, ain't it, man? For me, it wasn't about that, though For many different people in the game It's about money, the car For me, it was like And in the day, bro, I'm a competitor. I'm trying to go out and, you know, kill it. Like, I'm trying to go out and, you know, win games as much as possible. Because at Ole Miss, I was putting up 1 ,500 yards. I'm getting 15 touchdowns a year. So, I'm like, man, you know, I'm doing all that. But that's not what fulfills me. That don't make me happy. So, that wasn't what I was chasing. You wanted that title.

5:52Hey, Q. Q. Hey. Hey, don't give me that politically. For real, though. Not for real. Q, come on. hey this is your boy come on don't don't don't do it like that for real hey okay okay okay i'm i'm gonna let you have it hey one thing i want to talk about i'm gonna talk about the browns and i want i want to from the outside looking i don't think you quite understand obviously you you in position but me on the outside looking in because there there's been there's been controversy at the quarterback position do you understand that you are the bell cow that you are the offense that often goes as you go most of the times it's a star player a star quarterback or a star receiver but you are the nucleus of that offense and as you go the rest of the team goes do you quite understand that just yet i think just because it's so early on in my career i quite don't get it yet but at the same time i understand like the situation like and coach Stefanski's offense, if you go back to Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt and different guys playing in this offense, it's always been able to lean on the run game.

7:04And I think that's what's very beneficial about playing in this offense. So I think, you know, just in my mindset, man, like my mentality, regardless of who we playing that week, what plays we're installing, just how to stay in determination, bro, to just go out there and like leave it all out on the field. But knowing the particular Situation Yeah for sure knowing that this is a run first offense I'm already going

7:32Shannon Sharpe:Yeah you in the West Coast system In the West Coast system that zone is You put your foot in the dirt and you get downhill And then everything comes after that Because now we're going to play action Because look I played In this offense now a lot of it's maybe changed The wording or the verbiage has changed But you go back and look at the Broncos Offense with TD and Clinton Portis and Mike Anderson and Ruben Drones and you look at the way the team run this offense when you got a running back when you got a guy Christian McCaffrey in San Francisco, Kyron Williams with the Rams, you look at Josh Jacobs with the Packers when you look when the run game is efficient this offense is almost impossible.

8:12Almost literally because I feel like that's when we're at our best when we're clicking in the run game like I feel like as a team man we're unstoppable and that's where we continue to get better at and consistently try to go out there on Sundays and put it all together because I feel like, like you said, man, that run game is what really helps us.

8:35Shannon Sharpe:What were your expectations? What were your goals when you came in? You were dealing with what you were dealing with in the offseason. I think you got uninvited to the draft, but you were going through what you were going through. You were like, okay, this is going to be behind me. and I'm going to have to put what I what's what's this is I got to put that behind and I got to go somewhere and I got to perform at an elite level I got to play like I know I can play what was your expectations for your uh uh your rookie season I think for myself it was more so a testament to you know what I'm doing when nobody was looking because when I wasn't in the building And, you know, like I didn't have a strength staff.

9:19I didn't have a coach to talk to to go over plays. I didn't have every resource that I had while I'm here in Cleveland now. So it was like the amount of dedication that it took for me to give everything I had and try to perfect my craft when I wasn't around. And then come back like it was nothing and try to get on that same page with no training camp. um no no football for what three months so not having those things and just training making sure I'm mentally sharp so when when I get that call and I go back I'm ready I think that was my things that I really heart the most also other than like physical activity was was really just making sure you know like I'm mentally sharp just because you go through so much man and a lot of people don't understand.

10:10They'll never know what it's like, especially being an athlete and the thing that we deal with. But yeah, bro, just really just making sure I'm mentally there all the way sharp 100%.

10:22Shannon Sharpe:I love that what you said, what you were doing when no one was watching because discipline is doing what you should do versus what you want to do. I'm sure you wanted to, hey, the boys kicking it, they doing their thing. Hey, let me go over here and let me party, let me kick it. but the discipline stay true because I got bigger issue. You're the first Browns player with three Russian touchdowns in the game since Nick Chubb did it September 18th, 2022. You had 84 yards rushing, three touchdowns, and you're rookie of the week nominee. When you see things like you're doing things that hadn't been done by a Browns player in three years, you're doing, you know, being nominated for rookie of the year.

11:00Shannon Sharpe:Look, we all want validation. We put that kind of time in. We put that kind of work in in the offseason. and to see you plant a tree, you want it to bear fruit. Yeah. You're bearing fruit. Yes. How pleasing, how gratifying, how satisfying is it for like, okay, everything that I did in the offseason, everything that I went through, this is more gratifying. It makes it even more like I know I was doing the right thing. For me, it more so like I'm one of those people where it's like, man, I'm just trying to chop wood. I'm just trying to chop wood. You know, what I'm doing is that's cool. But at the same time, like, you know, I got bigger goals.

11:38I know how I view myself as a competitor, how good I want to be. So I don't really think about it. But at the same time, when I look up and knowing what I've been through, knowing like how I persevered, knowing what like different challenges I face. And then you see the light at the end of the tunnel. It motivates me personally to like, you know, keep going and strive to be better. So I think just that motivation you get from it and the hunger.

12:05Shannon Sharpe:hey Q man as a rookie in the NFL living the American dream tell me what it's like cause when I look back when I was a rookie playing in the NBA I couldn't sleep man I couldn't sleep I was so geeked for the moment because I'm coming cause when I came in the NBA in 01 is when Jordan came back you know T-Mac Cole Vince Carter all them dudes who was you know they was at the apex so I couldn't sleep nights before games because I was so heated up for the moment. Man, I'm not playing. So what is it like as a rookie living the American dream? You've probably been, you know, wishing for this moment since you was a kid and now that you're actually in it.

12:46Shannon Sharpe:What is it like? Oh, man, I think for me, man, like, just finally being here, this is something you think about your whole life. Like, you worked your whole life for this. Like, you worked since you was this big, like, to get to this to this moment so it's like you finally here but what i realized was it's like okay it's not how fast you can get here it's how long you can stay so so so my thing is you know doing everything in my power to you know be able to go out there and do this have the same amount of success not only for this year but before a long time and keep that same discipline so that's one thing i did learn i would say is that you know just having so many good vets too you got a lot of good vets in the locker room and you meet a lot of good players around the league to develop a lot of relationships I think in college is more so very uh compared to NFL I would say it's kind of individualized just because guys aren't in locker rooms as long as they are at different organizations in the league so I think in the league man you always have people that you can lean on get advice from because like coming into this you know a lot of stuff moves super fast so So having somebody that you can ask different questions to so you're not just hit by the blind, for real, for real.

14:03Right. Hey, how's the body holding up? Good. I feel good. You know, I used to get – I got a lot of carries when I was at Ole Miss. I used to get a lot of carries. And then last year at Ohio State, I think I had, like, maybe 300, 255. So I was used to being the bail count guy, you know. Right. So I feel good, though.

14:22Shannon Sharpe:Okay. How's the quarterback? Look, he started out. Gabriel gets drafted and Shadour comes in and we know what Shadour, we know what that last name brings. You got Joe Flacco, you got Pickett, and they, okay, we're going to move on. We go in this direction. And now has that, the quarterback, the situation with Gabriel and Shadour, is he going to get reps? Is he going to start? Is he going to play? Has that impacted the locker room in any way? No, I think with our team, we're all so close and we got so many young guys, man. It's like in our locker room, When we genuinely, it's almost like you in college again.

14:59It feels like, for real, for real, like, damn, like, I'm full of young guys. But, man, it's just like the energy there, regardless of who playing, those two guys, they always support each other, man. Like, it was a clip I seen on the internet the other day, and it was like them walking down the sideline and just talking, laughing about, I think we had just scored a touchdown or something. But that's who they genuinely are. That's who they truly are. They are competitive, but at the same time, and they want what's best for each other. And I don't think it's ever been turmoil or any words said by anybody on our team about who's our quarterback.

15:33We all 100 % support Dylan. I even played him when I was at Ohio State twice. I played him at Oregon once, and then I played him again in Pasadena, California, at the Rose Bowl. So I got to see him and how he is as a quarterback. He's super talented, bro. He's, like, super smart. He processes really fast. And he's a great player. So I'm excited to see how he develop in his career.

15:58Shannon Sharpe:That's amazing. Man, Q, thanks for stopping by. Thanks for giving us some time. Congratulations on your early success. Continue success. Stay healthy. And, you know, when it's all said and done, at the end of the year, you go over 1 ,000 yards. Come back and tell us how you did. Yes, sir. I appreciate y 'all. Appreciate you, man. All right. Later. Yo. Q, hey, tell Denzel Ward he can't stop me. Hey, look, I be telling him at practice. He be getting mad. I be like, bro, I'll bend that corner on your ass, boy. I'm 220. I'll still do it. You hear me? Yeah. I'm like that. I'm going to hit him, though.

16:32I'm going to let him know. I appreciate that, man.

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20:44Shannon Sharpe:I'm a move on. Days before he plays against the Packers for the first time in his career, Aaron Rodgers made it clear he will retire as a Packer when that day comes. Rodgers said this past summer, he's pretty sure 2025 will be his final season. And if it is indeed, he plans to on a ceremony, ceremoniously leaving the game as a Packer. I was up there for 18 years. Regardless of when I hang it up, that's the bulk of my career. I'll retire Packer and see what happens after that. I've got a lot for that organization and my time there. They asked this week, is it a revenge game or whatever? What do I got to avenge here?

21:21Shannon Sharpe:They made me ton of money. True. I grew up there, spent some of the best years of my life there. I've got nothing but love for this organization. Listen, Aaron Rodgers is in a good place. Aaron Rodgers is in a good place for the simple fact that he gets to control his future. Yeah. The Steelers, the Steelers don't have an answer at the quarterback position. Nope. Aaron Rodgers is coming back. Mike Tomlin and the Roonies are going to ask Aaron Rodgers to come back. How much you need? What you need is to give you. because the way he's playing, the way he's playing this year, there's a resurgence in him.

21:54There's a resurgence in him. And if they're going to have a chance, if they're going to have an opportunity, if they're going to be able to compete as an organization, as a franchise, they're going to want number eight to come back, and they're willing to give him what he needs to do so. He's not going to retire. Even at 41, 42, whatever it may be, he's going to be feeling that much better because whatever they pay him is going to make him feel better. it's going to make him feel better

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22:19Shannon Sharpe:I agree I think the thing is Ocho is that

22:25Shannon Sharpe:he wanted to be wanted he wants to feel appreciated that's all we want he feels that for the first time in a long time because what happened is that when you don't extend him you're telling me you don't want me then you go draft a quarterback you're really telling me you don't want me And then all this stuff starts leaking out. Well, Aaron Rodgers was not informed about the quarterback. Nobody needed to know that. Right. Nobody needed to know that. The owner, what was the name? Picks up the call and say, Aaron Rodgers, don't you be the problem. Nobody don't need to know that. Right. So he felt they were going behind his back, undermining him, making him look bad.

23:09Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. When it wasn't necessary. Yeah. He goes to the Jets. The Jets wanted him for whatever reason. It didn't work out there. And then you hear all the stuff start creeping out of the locker room. Now you really haven't heard anything come out of Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin wants him. He says, Mike Tomlin did not put no pressure on me saying, when you're going to sign? When you're going to come up here? When can we show you around? He said Tomlin didn't do any of that. And he was very appreciative of him giving him his space and allowing him time to make the decision that, can I commit? Can I give them a year?

23:43Shannon Sharpe:Can I give them an absolute year where I'm totally focused on the game of football? He seems to be at a better place in his life. He's gotten married. Reports, I mean, that's what he said. I didn't know reports. He said he's gotten married. He says he's in a great headspace. He's playing like he's in a great headspace. But at the end of the day, he wanted to be wanted. He wanted to be appreciated. And he felt his last several years in Green Bay. Now, he might have felt that, but that doesn't, they still took him in the first round. They still, he won four MVPs there. He won a Super Bowl there.

24:21Shannon Sharpe:He won an MVP there. He cut his teeth as one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever play. Yes. No matter what happened in New York or Pittsburgh, everybody's going to remember him as a Green Bay Packer. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, those New York years, these years in Pittsburgh, whether it be one whether it be two whether it be three would never override or overshadow what he did in Green Bay he will always be a Packer in the eyes of those that understand and watch the game of football over the years yes always yes and so uh you know I think that's great when when the guys that spend the bulk of their career somewhere and they get an opportunity to come back and the team is welcome them with open arms you sign the one-day contract and you retire you retire as a uh as a member of the team that you broke in with and you're most commonly known for um i don't know if brady did that i don't know if brady but even though brady won a super bowl brady's brady's gonna be remembered as a patriot no matter what i think he had three years he won a super bowl he threw for 5 000 yards but in the eyes of everybody he's a patriot he's a patriot Absolutely.

25:29Shannon Sharpe:Hey, matter of fact. But you know what, Ocho? Huh? A lot of people still, they look at Peyton Manning as a Bronco because they see him at all the Bronco games. He does the, he lives in Denver. He lives in Denver. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yes. Yeah. He lives in Denver. He's so, I mean, he's at all the games. I know he wants to be the teams of skyrocketing, the value of teams. Right. He wants to own a team. but the old 40 % of a team Ocho you're talking$4 billion you're talking 50 % so you want to be the majority owner so you got to own at least 50 % of the team that's$4 billion $3.5 billion

26:14$4 billion

26:14Shannon Sharpe:damn and the value they aren't coming down no listen the mad market would never come down ever ever damn man that's crazy so it's gonna be look at the end of the day and that's what I say all the time it's hard to go to work when you're not happy or you feel unappreciated you feel you're not appreciated it's hard Ocho man you make all that money I don't give a damn about this money money don't mean nothing man I ain't happy Hold on. Well, you know what it feel like for one, to be happy. Yes. What it feel like to be appreciated and happy. Yes. And then you add someone actually wanting you on top of that.

27:02Well, we talk about that's a trifecta that is undefeated for an individual, whether it be in sports, whether it be in the corporate world, or whether it be in a relationship with somebody. Man, there's nothing better than that feeling of being appreciated and being wanted. it's one of the greatest feelings in the world. Like I love when my kids ask me for something. I love when they ask me for something and there's an appreciation to it that I'm able to provide whatever it may be that they want. Sometimes it's not within reason because you don't need it but the fact that I can tell you why you don't need it but the fact that I can I'm in a position to be able to do

27:42Shannon Sharpe:like that shit feel good. I told my kids don't ask me for nothing till 2027. I ain't got it. I ain't got it.

28:00I don't know.

28:01Shannon Sharpe:I ain't got it. I ain't got it. Your daddy ain't got it. Your daddy ain't got it. No, they know they solid. They know. Hey. Hell no. Look, when they come to me, I already know. They thought long. They thought long and hard before they asked daddy. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Listen, my baby hit me today. Daddy, what you doing? I responded back, how much? How much? I mean, listen, I would call to see how you were doing. I would call to see how you checking and checking and checking and doing. Yeah, you ain't never calling to see how I'm doing. Hey, listen, I say, man, baby, I'm right here. I'm on the game.

28:43I'm chilling. Everything good. okay my son called me five minutes later send me some money I'm getting ready to go out of town yeah I knew that I figured that hey miss me with a small talk man get to the point my son called me

29:02Shannon Sharpe:guess where he called me at Ocho broke down side of the road I said I ain't triple A I'm in Vegas what you called me for you want me to call triple A Right, right, right, right. Yeah, I'm just, you know, I got the kids in the car. Aw, man, come on. Really? You called me broke down the side of the road with the kids in the car. Right. I say, aw, man. What did he want you to do, call AAA or just send a little cash? Vehicle. Oh. Oh, a new one. Yeah. Ocho, I'm in Vegas. Right. Here in Atlanta. What can I do from Vegas? I mean, you can - If he called me, he could have called a tow truck. or he could have called AAA.

29:44Right, right, right, right. But you got to get him something new, huh? Would he want a Range Rover?

29:47Shannon Sharpe:And still, so if I call, I still got to call AAA or the total company to get him. Right. I say, ah, man. Damn. Bro, I be hot, bro. Hey, just tell Shelly what you, and go. I like that. Hey, I need. Hey, Ocho, he going to send me a picture. In front of the vehicle like this here. Hey, he got something new, huh? Yeah. Hey. I see. That's dope. My son, my son, my son, little CJ, little CJ just got his first little Tesla. Just got his first little Tesla without my help. Oh, did he? Yeah, man. Yeah, man. Hey, that felt good. That was pretty dope. That was pretty dope. All my kids, everybody got they called, everybody squared away.

30:44I'm feeling accomplished.

30:51So,

31:00but

31:02Shannon Sharpe:look, the whole thing is that why we work so hard and do what we do. And I've never me, I really don't buy a whole lot of stuff for myself. Yeah, I'll see something here or there I'll get. But for the most part, it's so my kids, but they work. I say, look, this family ain't got room but for one lazy mofo, I'm in. Everybody else that's younger than me, you got to get it. Look, I ain't got no problem. Like I say, when they call me, I know they had their wit singing. I know they done tried everything and they called their mom and their mom was like, look, you know I ain't got it. You know I ain't got it.

31:41You know what, Unc? As long as you're working. And this ain't just about no kids in general. When you're calling on somebody, you ask for help, as long as you're trying to help yourself and you're doing something. That's it.

31:54Shannon Sharpe:That's all I ask. Just be doing something. If you're doing something, I have no problem helping you at all. Just show me you're making some type of effort. That goes for my kids. I mean, just for anybody in Georgia, especially at close proximity in my small circle. Man, you good. The kids got to show me. Everybody else that I'm going to really help to that, they done got too old to really work. My mom, I got my mom a car. She probably put two miles on that car. But anyway, she wanted a new car. I got her a car. My brother took care of him. My sister, my sister was like, hey, to drive right around here in Glenville, I don't need nothing.

32:36Shannon Sharpe:But But I love the fact that they work for themselves. They do their own. They do the best they can. I say, as long as you're going to work hard and you're going to try it, I got you. But don't call me and say you without no job. I don't care if you switch 100 jobs. Right. Just before you leave that job, you make sure you got another one lined up. You got to have something lined up. That's it. That's all I ask. That's all I ask. You ever been in a situation in general? Like with someone that wasn't working? No, I ain't got nothing for you. But see, Ocho, the way I am, I'm only going to give you what I give you money.

33:16Shannon Sharpe:I don't lend money. Right. So you give what you can stand not to have get back. You give what you can stand not to get back. Okay. That's it. I'm going to give you what I can afford and just walk away from it. Right. That's what I do. Right. So when my home, when they ask me for money, that's what I do. I'm going to give you whatever. Whatever I give you, I don't expect nothing back. I don't mention it. Right. I don't bring it up. I don't talk. We don't talk about it. Right. Hey, man, you know, I know I owe you. Bro, you good. I ain't mentioned it. I ain't brought it up. Right. You good. So, but that's the whole point of it, Ocho.

33:59Shannon Sharpe:Yes, yes, yes. I'm going to die and do what? Right. Yeah. I can't take none of that with me. I can't buy my way into heaven. And I can't, hey, keep my way out of hell. So somebody might as well get some use out of it. You're right. You're right. But also, you've got to be careful what people are taking advantage of you just because you do have it. Just because you are going to get it. Yes, for sure. For sure. I hate that. I hate that part. But, Ocho, I'm kind of insulated. Yeah. So ain't nobody really got my number. outside my close, close, close friends. Right. And, you know, you got to go through my sister.

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39:16Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Joe, Joe, Kevin Stefanski says Shedore Sanders is not getting any first team reps like Dylan Gabriel, like he did, like Dylan Gabriel did when Joe Flacco was the starter. Stefanski said it's because Gabriel being young, you want to make sure he's getting a lot of reps. It's different when you have a vet like Joe. Oh, Joe, what you think? Is this normal protocol? Hell nah, you know that ain't normal protocol. You should be doing the same exact thing you were doing with Joe Flacco and Dylan Gabriel. Now Dylan Gabriel is starting. You should be doing the same thing you were doing with Dylan Gabriel and Joe Flacco.

39:47Well, goddamn Shadour. It's a bunch of trash. And all that is telling me is that Shadour is not closer to getting the starting job until Dylan Gabriel shows that he just can't get the job done. And that's why I say they're probably maybe towards the end of the season, maybe last three weeks. Dylan Gabriel, at some point, teams are going to force him. you're going to have to beat us with your arm we're not going to allow QJ to run up and down the field they're going to stack nine in the box you're going to have to prove that you're going to beat us with your arm

40:20Shannon Sharpe:you're right look everywhere I've been even when we had veteran quarterbacks or whatever he get one or two reps normally I don't know how it was but we had 10 plays we ran 10 plays per period Offense got 10, defense got 10. Offense got 10, defense got 10. Okay, special teams do what they do, whether it was punt, punt, return, kick, kick, return, whatever the case may be. And then guess what, Ocho? Another 10, another 10, another 10, number 10, so forth and so on. But you mean to tell me Shadour can't get one rep, two reps with the starters? Out of 10 reps, he can't get one. What would that do?

40:59That would be wasting time. Getting one or two reps with the starters is wasting time. And obviously, on Stefanski's side, also, it can give Dylan Gabriel some type of, what's the word I'm looking for? Some type of security. Okay, my job is not in jeopardy. I'm not playing as well as I think I should be playing. So I'm getting all the reps to make sure that those reps actually count in practice. And once I get into the games, I'm familiar with those situations.

41:29Shannon Sharpe:Okay. That's all. I can see it from that point, too. you know, as a coach, wanting him to get all the reps so he can get a little bit more comfortable with the situations based on it ain't the preseason, Amon. It ain't the preseason. I can't see. Listen, they playing the goddamn Patriots this goddamn Sunday. Mm-hmm. And that defense, man, look here. All that check down here and check down there and trying to stay with them. They sitting on everything. They're going to be sitting on everything. Everything. Hey, look, I can't see it. I don't see how he can't get no reps. Man, you don't know what's going to happen.

42:04Shannon Sharpe:This is the NFL, bro. You're one play away. One play. So now when the guy goes in, he ain't never had no reps. Because he ain't getting no reps. You were talking about what he can't. Like I said, Joe, I agree with you. I'm not saying, Ocho, you split it five and five. But he can't get one to two reps in a 10-play series? Yeah. I understand what you mean. I understand what you mean. Even if it ain't nothing but a handoff. That's what I'm saying. It don't make no sense to me, man. A handoff? Yeah, even if they're hitting up with a handoff. Yeah, I'm sure Shadour would like to throw the ball. But just, hey, let him see the blocking with the first team 0.

42:45Shannon Sharpe:Let him see the mesh point with the first team running back. Things like, it's simple. It seems simple. Let him take a snap from the guy that's going to be in the game. I look, and I get it, and I understand, like you said, Ocho, that Gabriel needs a lot of reps. But I don't think you stud his growth. I don't think you harm him in any way if you give Shadour one to two reps in a 10-play series. I don't. Hey, I'm with you. I'm with you. I'm with you. Because like we're saying, man, it's the NFL. You never know when you're going to need Shadour. It's a long season. Hey, look, man, you get him out there and he ain't had no reps with none of the guys, now it's going to seem foreign to him.

43:26Shannon Sharpe:I see you still putting in the work. But, man, listen, you got to give that man couple rails in practice, man. Come on now. Because at the end of the day, everybody look good in practice. I want to know when you get in the game. But if you haven't done it in the game, it's hard to come in and just go. Yeah. It's a thousand times faster in the game than what it is in practice. And guys be moving in practice. But boy, that thing is warp speed come game time. You come in that game, Them guys already lathered up. They've been, they've already played a quarter or two. One play. Oh yeah, they hunting.

44:08Shannon Sharpe:They hunting. Woo, Ocho, Joe. Another day, another bizarre statement from Tua at the presser. Let's take a listen to what Tua had to say today, Ocho. Woo. Yeah, I think with that, some of it has to do with being able to see guys. With their guys also up front. and our guys, and I'm not the tallest guy in the back there either. So being able to see and then sometimes when that happens, you don't want to just throw it blindly and you got to progress. So I think that had some merit to reasons as to why that happened for Waddle. I think you're referring to Jalen Waddle not getting any targets in the previous game that he just played against the Browns.

44:54Not winning? No, I don't think so. I don't think he even had any catches. But that goes to say, two is not that tall. Well, hell, neither is Kyler Murray. Well, neither is Baker Mayfield. Neither is some other quarterbacks that are neither of them Russell Wilson. But all of them find a way to get the job done. So we can't use, oh, the offensive line was tall, oh, the D line, I can't see. It's all about anticipation.

45:21Shannon Sharpe:Four targets, one catch, Ocho. Come on, now. Four targets, one catch. that's your best weapon outside of Devon H.M. that's your best weapon so you have to be able to get in the ball Tyree Kill is gone who's the next speedster that can move the chains who's your next home run leader Darren Waller is out also he strained a pec muscle oh Joe what y 'all got going on down in Miami I don't know Joe I don't know I don't know Joe honestly to me at this point I say you blow the whole thing up. I say blow the whole thing up. And just start on this right. Hey, I think that lady was in Georgia. When she told that police officer when he arrested, you about to lose your job.

46:06Shannon Sharpe:You about to lose your job. Two of them gonna talk himself out of that job, Ocho. Yeah. Two of them making some money over that old aunt. That's OK. They gonna have to eat that. A team that worth$7 billion, they eat$55 million. That's a tax write-off. Ooh!

46:26Shannon Sharpe:Ocho why would you make an excuse to like oh yeah I'm not the tallest guy back there and they're not the tallest what? I don't know I guarantee you Ocho when he went in for his interviews he didn't mention his height one time he didn't mention one time that he has a problem seeing over linemen seeing down the field what do you think the chances are Ocho when he was going in on his interviews that he mentioned his height No.

46:57They got passing lanes for a reason. You anticipate throws for a reason. Tua is a very, very, very good above average rhythm quarterback. His anticipatory skills are really good. That's how he plays. That's how he runs the offense.

47:25Shannon Sharpe:it just seemed like Ocho the more he talks the worse it gets yeah and I understand as a quarterback Ocho you got to have that pressure normally it's on Wednesday or Thursday yeah some quarterbacks some of them have it on Thursday some of them have it on Wednesday so he has to talk he's the starting quarterback boy he has not doing himself any favor shouldn't he have some type of training and what to say he should have had the training already he went to Alabama Alabama make sure you You get all that. Hey, look, you got to cut out the excuses, man, and have some accountability at the end of the day.

47:58Shannon Sharpe:At the end of the day. That's what it comes down to. That's it. That's tough. Just say you got to play better, man. That's ta-da. That's it. Just say you got to play better. And stop dancing around and coming up with all these excuses. Just he just, I mean, like I said, the more he talks, the worse it gets. He threw his teammates under the bus. And the thing was, he threw them under the bus after he had one of his worst games of the year, if you can believe that, because none of them have been really good. And then he follows that up with another stinker. So back-to-back week, three interception games.

48:41Shannon Sharpe:And that's what we're supposed to follow? He got 10 on the season so far, huh? I think so. I'm assuming he would be leading the NFL in interceptions. Nah, I think Gino got that one. Oh, shit. I think Gino got that on lock. I seen what coach was like, I hope he don't get 10. He might. Yeah. Oh, Tua and Gino are tied. I'm in it. Both of them got 10. Damn. Damn. I just, at some point in time, you know, you just have to be like, you know what, you got to do the presser because you're the starting quarterback but they're gonna be a good time mocho if he keep playing like this guess what he won't have to do it uh yours or zach wilson will be doing the presser right damn man because they can't because you can't i understand he makes a lot of money right but you got 52 other guys in that locker room mocho that you have an account for now yeah and they see he not playing well and it's a lot easier when you're not playing well and we don't like you because you already did some slick ish yeah you know what i'm saying ocho yeah hey there's there's only one way to overcome this and i mean for for two sake and that that's what you play now they might not look at you the same as a teammate anymore but if you continue to play bad it's gonna get even worse i don't see how you play better ocho it's not ocho if you look at if you look at this team I mean, they needed Tyreek to open things up.

50:17Shannon Sharpe:Tyreek could take the top off. It gave everybody else an opportunity to work up underneath. Right. So there was so much space. It's kind of like you on the court with Steph Curry. There's going to be a lot of space because they're going to be trying to crowd him. Right. Well, with no Steph on the court, why I need to crowd? I can condense it now. I ain't got to worry about nobody. Right, right. Same thing with no Tyreek. I'm not nearly as worried about Waddle as I once was. Right. And then who else I got? They don't have a very good offensive line. Tua is not fast. Hell, if I shut down the run, where he going?

50:54Shannon Sharpe:If I play cover five, Ochoa, if I play two-man, where Tua going? Who's he out running?

51:01Shannon Sharpe:And like you said, he already said he's not the tallest guy. And the fact that he's not a dual threat, Joe, you know, he has to be that much better. He is. He'll do a threat. He liable to throw a pick or fumble it. So he'll do a three. Oh, I know what you mean. You mean running and passing the football. Okay, I thought you meant Drew. Hey, that's messed up. Hey, he can get better, man. It's still early in the season. All right. I don't, but how many times have he been sacked? I don't know if his offensive line is that good. And he ain't much better. It looked like one time they let the defense just come in and say, yeah, since you snitching.

51:47Shannon Sharpe:Hey, they act like that in football, huh? Yeah. You doing all this talking to the media, yeah. We're going to let these pass rushers get right on up in there. Well, he done got benched, so he might have had more. How many times did they sack yours once he came in the game? Because they put them on his head, too. But he's still the starter, though, ain't he? Yeah. I don't know for how much longer Joe, but he is. Oh, so they put him back in this week? They haven't said it. Well, he did say. He said he's the starter, and his expectation is he doesn't throw 10 picks. Oh, yeah. I mean, well, hell, he making 50 men a year.

52:21He ain't got no choice but to start.

52:23Shannon Sharpe:Hello. Yeah. Right. So, I mean, there are a lot of quarterbacks that have been sacked more than Tua that don't turn the ball over like Tua. so you can't turn the ball over and take a bunch of sacks who we got this because a lot of times Ocho we're saying okay he's taking sacks to avoid turnovers but you turning the ball over still it's just I think for me it's just going to be a situation he got to go Ocho hey we got the Falcons this week uh oh yeah y 'all uh what you call about it what you call uh uh uh bijon about to go for like uh 150 in atlanta in atlanta uh yes in atlanta hey hey them boy hey them boys ain't nothing nice here in atlanta boy oh they on that turf they got something and then it looked like we got the ravens right after that in the short week thursday night lamar be back on it yep he was practicing yeah

53:35Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Joe, let me know what you think about this. Tyreek Hill is wearing his option after suffering a season injury last month. He said on the set podcast that he's undecided about whether to retire or continue playing. Right now, I'm happy being with my kids. I'm happy with the career I've had and I love playing football. I love it. but it, man, but it takes a lot, man, to be the best and to stay at the top. And I'm at the point now where I need to have a conversation with my mom, family, and everybody. Like I said, wherever my mind is at the time, the decision to be made. But I just right now feel like I haven't had time to just live in the moment.

54:10Shannon Sharpe:I just, I just be in the moment with my family.

54:18He's not retiring. He's not retiring. He's, he's, he's going through, He's going through the withdrawals of not being able to play right now. You can't run. You hobbled. You're injured right now. You got to rehab. Once he gets back in form, however long that takes, the thought of retiring is far gone. He has too much football left to play.

54:40Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. He has too much football left to play. Not only does he have too much football left to play, there's a new journey. There's a change of scenery waiting on him. I'm not sure where it may be. I'm sure will be a place that can use his skill set. And even if he's not as fast as he once was, he'll still be fast than everybody else. You're absolutely right. He'll still be fast than everybody else. Everything that you said is true. Yeah, yeah. That's the, damn, man, I got hurt. Mm-hmm. I mean, it's a serious injury. He dislocated his knee and he tore ligaments. Yeah. He'll be back, though. Yeah, for sure.

55:15And the exciting part for Tyreek Hill is I know I'm coming back, right? I got to whip myself back into shape, get back close to 100 % as I can, and get ready to contribute to a new team. Where that is, I don't know. That's the exciting part for me.

55:34Shannon Sharpe:How much money Tyree got guaranteed next year?

55:40It was 54, 50-something.

55:43Shannon Sharpe:That's his cap number. I'm talking about how much does he have guaranteed. Okay. Okay.

55:58Shannon Sharpe:because this is the first year of a 30 of a three-year 90 million dollar deal wasn't it

56:05first this might be the second year i think i thought this was so he had one more year left

56:17wow

56:19Shannon Sharpe:where they won't owe him any more money huh

56:30Shannon Sharpe:okay yeah

56:39Shannon Sharpe:oh yeah but we knew uh look i knew one way or another he wasn't gonna be there either he's gonna get traded or he's gonna be cut yeah i know he wasn't gonna be there after this year yeah i think if if he if he hadn't got hurt he would be he'd be traded by the deadline. He traded by the deadline. Mm-hmm. I think the thing is, Ocho, in a situation like this, you know, because it's going to take him a little extra time because he had a dislocation and he tore a couple of, I think he tore two ligaments in his knee, ACL and... Yeah, I mean, he wrecked it pretty good. Yeah. So, that happened in October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May, June.

57:25Shannon Sharpe:Eight months, July, August. I'm going to come back in 12, 10, 11 months.

57:3610, 11, 2, 3, October.

57:41Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, they said he tore multiple ligaments and obviously tore the big one. He'd be ready by the start of the season. him. Ocho, he tore multiple ligaments and he dislocated the knee.

57:57I think he'll be ready, huh?

58:00Shannon Sharpe:And you got to understand, Ocho, that's a lot of planting and cutting. That's a lot of speed. Think about when you run a comeback at that kind of speed. Yeah. That thing got to be solid. Yeah. Not only does that have to be solid, up here got to be solid too. Yes, absolutely. Yeah. Uh-oh, Ocho! Oh, Bengals linebacker and team captain Logan Wilson has requested a trade. Oh, no. The six-year player has started all seven of his appearances this season. However, the team captain has seen his role reduced over the course of season. Rookies Barrett Carter and Demetrius Knight Jr. have received the bulk of the defensive snaps this season.

58:38Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Joe, would it be a mistake for them to trade a veteran player, the captain of the defense, and they're already struggling. What's going on, Ocho? Absolutely not. It would not be wrong. I'm not sure you probably don't watch the Bengals the way I watch them. Anybody in the chat that watches the Bengals on defense, even though we're not playing up to par, obviously offense being our identity, if you watch Demetrius Knight, if you watch Demetrius Knight, boy, he pop out on film. You hear me? That's the rookie they got from South Carolina, right? Man, listen. He wear 44. Yeah, I think that's him.

59:14He wear 44 for a reason. Young Bull is special He's special Listen I'm at the game I'm at the game And you know you watching everybody And all of a sudden boom Flying out of nowhere I'm watching on TV Man who in the hell is this There's a reason Why his role has been reduced There's a reason why And asking for a trade Is I mean that's the easy way out but listen if you can't get it done if you can't get it done in Cincinnati where else you gonna get it done at think about that

59:54Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to play Ocho I ain't trying to be on no bench I can't get no stats on the bench you're not listening to me huh if you can't get it done in Cincinnati where we're not that good where else you gonna go and get it done at I mean hello the call is coming from inside the house for sure you know so I mean listen I love Logan Wilson I wish him the best but those that are in front of you where your role has been reduced are really good they ain't no slouches despite being but at young man listen I'm telling you if you get a chance to watch the Bengals this Sunday when we play the Jets watch Demetri I ain't watching y 'all play no Jets why not oh you want so y 'all can beat up on somebody you want me to watch that No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

1:00:43We beat up on the Steelers. I ain't say nothing about that.

1:00:46Shannon Sharpe:Oh, you're saying something about it. Hey, who y 'all got, huh? We got the Cowboys. 425 or 830 game? 425. Yeah, it ain't looking too good for y 'all, boy. I don't know, boy. Piggins and our goddamn CD Lamb might have 300 yards altogether. yellow. Well, they might get it on Riley Moss. They ain't gonna get it on Sertan. You know that. So you think Riley Moss gonna give up 300 yards by himself? They ain't gonna get it on I know they're not gonna get anything on Sertan. Okay. Alright. Man. Aaron Gordon had 50 points and they still lost. 17 of 21. 10 of 11 from 3. Wait. 50? 50? 50. Jokic had a triple-double.

1:01:34Shannon Sharpe:Jamar Murray had 25 and they still got beat by the Warriors. Steph had 42. I was just going to ask you. Steph must have went crazy. 42. Jimmy Butler had 21. Draymond had 13. Kaminga had 14. Al Horford had 13. Buddy Hill had 11. Oh, I forgot Al Horford was there. Yep. And I'll say, I'm getting out of town. Y 'all can't, uh, Boston Wind got no chance. Uh-uh. Not at all. Not without Tatum. No. Absolutely not. Oh, Joe, we have some good news for you, though. Me? Take a listen to what Jamar Chase had to say earlier today. Yeah, yeah. Jamar, what's the biggest number of catches you think you could get in a game?

1:02:2126. I mean, I left a lot out there. Let me be honest. I left a lot out there. So, but I doubt I was really going to get 26, though, but probably like 17, 18. You don't think you can get 20? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the sky's the limit at the end of the day. The sky's always the limit. But it's not going to be easy. I'll tell you that. I don't want bubbles as five catches, ten catches, you know? Is it on the nerve? No, no, no. No more goals are up. Super Bowl. That's it? That's it.

1:02:58Shannon Sharpe:He understands. He understands. They look at receivers that have Super Bowl rings different. I understand not only the quarterback is really judged heavily. Right. But, you know, when they throw up, when they talk about Jerry, what is the one thing Jerry can have over Randy, what he can have over T.O., what he can have over Fitzgerald, Chris Carter, all those guys. What do you have? Super Bowl. Rings. Rings, yeah. Yeah. And so Chase, like, oh, no, yes. I'm going to have a bunch of catches. I'm going to have a bunch of yards considering where I am, where my career started. Right. But at the end of the day, they're going to be looking at me sideways.

1:03:33Shannon Sharpe:I don't get no jewelry. especially with the quarterback that I got. Yeah. Well, when he's healthy. Yes. Dang. Yeah. You got to stay healthy, Ocho. My goddamn bangles, but we going to be all right, boy. We finna run the table, man. We finna run the table. I feel good about that. It's bad.

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Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson break down the biggest NFL storylines of the week! Unc and Ocho react to Tyreek Hill and Aaron Rodgers mulling retirement, Browns RB, Quinshon Judkins, joins the show and much more! 

0:00 - Quinshon Judkins, joins the show
13:31 - Aaron Rodgers says he'll retire as a Packer
27:35 - Kevin Stefanski on Shedeur Sanders not getting 1st team reps
32:40 - Tua Tagovailoa on not targeting Jaylen Waddle
41:54 - Tyreek Hill considering retirement
46:40 - Logan Wilson requests a trade from Bengals

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