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11:07Shannon Sharpe:Look, there were a couple of plays on Sunday DK did get interfered with, but there was a couple of plays DK got to come down with that football. Yeah. Mm-mm. As a one,

11:25Shannon Sharpe:you have to make plays that people don't think they're like no no no no I get it yes he was interfered with but that's why we play you the big bucks

11:34Chad Johnson:yeah

11:36Shannon Sharpe:no excuses they don't they don't they don't let ones have excuses I mean and that's the thing because John would always tell me he's like hey if I made a play he said that's like you that's what I expect from you. That's why in crucial situations, he would throw me the ball. Yeah. Then Rod came along and started stealing my thunder, but that's how it works, man. You've got to make those plays. Everybody can make the routine, Ocho. Right. What makes you unique? What makes you different is making that tough play. Mm-hmm. Everybody want the ball in the first quarter. Boy, when you down by three, you down by four, and you need a game-winning drive?

12:24Shannon Sharpe:Crunch time. How many people say, hey, I'm open? Hey, check me out on that dig. Check me out on that comeback. How many people saying that? Hey, hey. Hey, I know there's a lot of people on that first quarter. Man, I was open. If he gave me a look, I was open. Come for a quarter. Hey, what you got over there, man? Yeah. Well, damn. Yeah. first of all if they wasn't covering you in the first quarter and we didn't throw you the ball I'd try to figure out why all of a sudden they want to clamp you down in the fourth quarter

12:58Chad Johnson:but okay you the boy don't want no smoke Ocho two minutes left it's a nip and tuck game one point game tie game coach in the huddle drawing up plays you can tell who want the ball and you can tell who like, hell no, don't pass it to me. Okay? They be out there playing hot potato with the ball, huh, Joe? Yeah, they just get as far away from the ball as they can, Ocho. You know, you can tell guys who really don't want that smoke, bro. It's funny to see too.

13:34Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Hey, because everybody don't want that responsibility. That pressure. Everybody wants to catch the ball, especially, yeah. If you notice, watch when a team get a lead. And they throw the ball to the third or the fourth guy and watch how he make plays. He making one-hand plays. He's doing all that. Now, let that game get close. And they throw it to him. Whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop, whoop. Like, well, damn, son. You playing volleyball. You serving it up. Catch the ball. It's not that difficult. But there's a reason. Everybody has a responsibility or has a job to do on a team. everybody can't be number one.

14:18Shannon Sharpe:They can't, everybody, man, if they gave me as many targets they gave Ocho, I could do that. No, you can't. No, you can't. Because if they thought you could, they would. Yeah, right. It ain't that complicated. If they thought you could do what Ocho could do, they give you an opportunity. But what have you shown them in practice? What have you shown them in the game that would make them say, you know what? We need to draw a few plays up for him. Nathaniel. They getting locked up in practice. What they doing, they drawing up plays for Ocho.

14:52Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, they gonna get that work, Joe. And come out in practice? Yeah. Joe, I'm taking our team and I'm doing scout team, Joe.

15:08Huh?

15:09Chad Johnson:Yeah. I ain't doing all that. Yeah, I ain't doing all that neither. But I did like to practice. I like to practice and compete whether it was first team against second team, especially when your second teams are pretty good. You know what I mean? In basketball, you know, you got your second unit sometime here. They can be playing a lot better than your first unit. Yeah. So to have them scrimmages and practice, like I used to love that more than anything. But I just used to love hooping. Okay, Ocho, man, just roll the ball out there. Yeah, we got to do all this, you know, before practice starts, stretch, three-man weave.

15:39Chad Johnson:And, man, get ready to fluff. Throw the ball up. Let's hoop, bro.

15:43Shannon Sharpe:Straight up. You like me, Joe. I'm trying to talk ish. Yeah. You done been doing all that talking, man. If I was on another team, I'd lock you up. Well, you on this team. And guess what? In two minutes, you get an opportunity to do that.

15:57Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah.

15:58Shannon Sharpe:Let's see what you got.

16:00Chad Johnson:Hey, hey. And in basketball, it'll go too far in practice. You have guys go a little too far, which is, you know, expected. Yeah, expected from time to time. Guys get into little scuffles and all that. Ocho, it happens. Okay. It happens, man. It happens.

16:16Shannon Sharpe:No. Look, all I ask is don't tug my shirt. Because you know what I'm saying, Ocho, sometimes when you break it away and you get that tug, you make me tweak my hamstring. Now I'm going to hit you in the face with the football. Other than that, I'm good. Because I already know what type of guy. They're going to be clutching and grabbing in the game. So I'm used to it. I'm cool with that. I'm going to cook you. You're getting cooked regardless. it don't matter what you do. You can't guard me, bro. And now, because the thing I love about two minutes, that ain't scripted. They calling plays out of the blue.

16:47Shannon Sharpe:So you can't look at the sheet and see what we running. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. You got to play honest. You got to play honest. So now, oh, what happened? Oh, because see, and once they call them, they tell you, you got to run to an area, you covered it. Yeah, nothing here, bro. I saw you look at the sheet. You know I'm running the seven. Now all of a sudden, I done gave you two steps to the post, and you still on my hip?

17:15Joe Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Hey, that's what I like when it comes to the elite DBs. I'm talking about the ones that are really good, that don't know what's going to happen. 95 % of DB and Joe, they play the game not to get beat. Yeah. Play the game not to get beat. And it's the 5 % that play the game to make a play.

17:37Chad Johnson:Yeah. Oh, okay.

17:38Joe Johnson:That 5 % real age is real small.

17:41Chad Johnson:Yeah.

17:42Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, we talked about – go ahead, Joe. Before you go, I was going to say, Ocho, we talked about this the other night. You see Mesador picked that ball? He read that thing like a book, didn't he? You know why, Ocho? He said, I'm supposed to be inside. So even though the DB released outside – I mean, the corner – the wide receiver released outside and gave him a nod outside, he said, I'm supposed to be in here.

18:04Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah.

18:05Shannon Sharpe:I don't care what you – go ahead. If you go out there, coach, hey, I got inside. I got inside. He break out. He had me. Hey, he said, I'm supposed to be inside. Wide receiver released outside, gave him a stem at the top. He said, man, oh, thank you. Had another dude. He's supposed to be at the seven. Stayed on his hip on the inside. Ran to the seven. Ran to the rock for him. Ran to the rock for him. I say, damn.

18:37Chad Johnson:That's what being disciplined gets you. Yes. Them DBs, they damn done running them routes for them wide receivers out there sometimes seem like.

18:46Shannon Sharpe:Because here's the thing. Where they get in trouble at is that they're trying to get – if you got outside leverage, just stay outside. I don't care what you do inside. You give me all the head fake you want to on the inside. If I got outside, I'm staying outside.

19:00Chad Johnson:Yeah.

19:01Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. But I get it. It's hard. It's easier said than done because just your luck the one time you don't go for it, hey, that's what he's going to do, and then boom. You're going the other way. You just got to be disciplined. You just got to understand what they're doing. I don't care where you line up at. I don't care what you do. All of it because I already know is window dressing. All I know is that's already window dressing. You ain't doing nothing. You ain't doing none of that. All that bluffing and lining up and doing all this moving around, all you're doing is making yourself tired, bro.

19:36Shannon Sharpe:I don't believe in anything you say, anything that you're doing, so I don't really care to think about that. But it seems to me that Aaron Rodgers has a profound like for Roman Wilson. He spoke highly of it. Even though he messed up that ride, said that's something, Roman. We've been working on Roman, and he's gotten better. But, hey, that was Roman. and he made a mistake.

20:05Shannon Sharpe:It's when quarterback of that imp believes in you and speaks about you in the media when he doesn't have to, I would take that like, you know what? That guy believes in me. Yeah. That guy believes in me because that's how it was with me and John. I don't know. Well, you had Kitna. Kidna was there with you, Ocho. Kidna was there for two years before you.

20:33Joe Johnson:Yeah. I had Kidna, Scott Mitchell, and Gus Farrat.

20:39Shannon Sharpe:Oh, okay. Damn. Yeah. John Kidna was throwing that thing now. Hey, he was letting that thing rip. Kidna, I played against Kidna when he was in Seattle.

20:51Joe Johnson:Yeah, you know what Kidna remind me of? Like, he just throws a catchable ball. He remind me of, like, Sam Dono a little bit. Okay.

21:00Shannon Sharpe:I can see that.

21:01Joe Johnson:Yeah.

21:05Shannon Sharpe:Cowboys running back Javante Williams was fine for taunting after scoring in the fourth quarter with 521 to go. He was asked about the penalty today and said that was out of character. You don't have to worry about me no more. I hurt the team. That's on me. I take full accountability and responsibility. From here on out, you don't have to worry about me celebrating at all.

21:24Chad Johnson:Ain't that what I'm talking about? You ain't got to go that far. Yeah, you do. Exactly. You just don't talk.

21:30Joe Johnson:Hold on, he can enjoy himself. He can celebrate without hurting the team. Yes. I did it. Joe, I did it for 10, 11 years. You don't want to, don't taunt your opponent, but you can have some fun. You can have some fun. Enjoy yourself. It's hard to score, Uncle Joe. You can tell me. And people always talk about, oh, act like you've been there before. Why? I haven't. Yeah. I haven't. I worked my ass off to get to this point in life, to play at the highest level. When I score, I'm going to celebrate.

22:02Chad Johnson:it's just it's just unfortunate when when your celebration hurts the team uncle ocho and the guy goes up there and he got a kick a kick and he ends up missing it hurts bro so that that's the mistake that young man had to learn from right you say i'm with it man go out there and do your job don't worry about all the celebrating yeah you can it's things that you can do that won't hurt the team but come on you know you can't talk like that now yeah you do you can't stick the

22:25Shannon Sharpe:You can't stick the ball out at him. Stick the ball out at him.

22:27Joe Johnson:Hey, you can't get a peace sign while you're running like Tyreek. Yes. You can't do nothing.

22:32Shannon Sharpe:And that's one of the reasons they changed it. They changed the rule because of Tyreek, you know, piecing people out.

22:36Chad Johnson:Yeah.

22:40Shannon Sharpe:I love the fact that the man says, I accept responsibility and accountability. He's accountable for his actions. He says, I'm responsible for that 15-yard penalty. They ended up having to push the kicker back, and he's got to kick a 50-yard PAT. That's on me. I agree with you, Ocho, in this sentiment. You can celebrate without getting a penalty, without taunting someone. You know that. It's just like anything. You catch a pass. You know you can't stand up over the guy. You know you can't drop the ball in the guy's chest. You know if you catch a pass, you can't shove him the ball. You already know these things.

23:13Shannon Sharpe:Don't say the NFL song because the rules are implicit. You can't do that. Right. You already know you can't do something to stand up over the guy. Hey, Unc, but you know, you do know, Ocho, you know, in the midst of competition,

23:31Chad Johnson:Yes, sir. You know, you can kind of get lost at times. I ain't saying that those dudes don't know the consequences to their actions, but at the same time, I can see how you can get lost in the game and you may catch and stand over a dude. You know what I mean? I can kind of see how some of these things happen. But, yeah, they do cost you. They cost your team, brother.

23:50Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I mean, I've done that. I've taught a guy. I caught a touchdown pass in 93, and I was running with the end zone. The guy was chasing me. I had the ball like this here, and he swiped at it. I pulled it in. I did. But, you know, it wasn't a penalty back then. I mean, they let you get away with a lot of stuff back then. They don't change the rules now. But you understand the rules. The rules are what they are now. Yeah. If that had been a rule back then, hey, I wouldn't have done it. But since it wasn't a rule, because you know, hey, what are you guys on show? You remember a guy who used to catch a pass and the guy getting up and you first down it right on top of his head.

24:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

24:30Chad Johnson:Yeah.

24:31Joe Johnson:Yeah. You can't do that now. Nah. You know, you can make the gesture, but it just can't be towards him. Right.

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27:50Shannon Sharpe:According to Jason Lecom 4, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam wants Texas Arch Manning. He wants Arch playing in that new stadium. Haslam is a major Tennessee booster with strong ties to Peyton Manning. The better question is, does Arch Manning want Jimmy Haslam?

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30:32Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Joe, all they need to do is just play football. They don't need to take nothing. Just play football. Did he really come out and say this this early in week two of the season? Look, it's not like – there are a lot of teams that would want Arch Maddie. Obviously, he's a Tennessee booster. from Tennessee. The report is that he knows Peyton. I'm sure he does. There's not very many boosters that don't know Peyton Manning. Hell, there ain't very many people that's in Tennessee that don't know Peyton Manning. Hell, I'm not so sure next to a rest or so Dolly Parton, he might be the most famous Tennessean.

31:16Shannon Sharpe:So, with that being said, no, no, Elvis. Elvis is the most popular Tennessean. But he's from Memphis, obviously, Graceland, blowing the Tupelo. But anyway, look, I think there are a lot of – look, people think Arch Manning is a generational quarterback. So if that's the case, there are going to be a lot of teams that's going to warn him, Ocho. But are you going to be in position to get it?

31:42Joe Johnson:Hey, you heard what you just said? What? You said he's a generational quarterback.

31:48Shannon Sharpe:No, no, no, no. I said there are a lot of people that think that.

31:54Yeah.

31:56Shannon Sharpe:You hear how they talk about it.

32:01Shannon Sharpe:It didn't hurt his standing with that 20-point victory.

32:07Joe Johnson:Yeah, yeah.

32:08Shannon Sharpe:Something from behind victory that he had against Texas. That doesn't hurt.

32:15Shannon Sharpe:And he got Manning on the back of his jersey. His grandpa and his two uncles. You know that crazy. Two number one overall picks and a number two overall pick.

32:26Chad Johnson:Man, if that happened, if they get manned, they're going to probably get rid of everybody. Get rid of all the other quarterbacks. They may keep one. Yeah. They may keep one.

32:35Shannon Sharpe:Bro. Yeah. But my thing is, looking at the way they did it, I don't believe they believe they got the quarterback on their roster. I don't.

32:49Shannon Sharpe:I would have thought based on what Shadour did last year he at least comes into the season and he's starting but they say nah we got Deshaun now if what Jason is reporting hell Deshaun might stand there till half the season

33:05Chad Johnson:come on man them fans ain't going for that bro yeah they will

33:12Shannon Sharpe:they been going for it for 30 years And them fans still show up 75 and strong.

33:17Chad Johnson:Y 'all watch. Watch. Well, them fans ain't going to make a statement.

33:25Chad Johnson:What a statement they're going to make. They're not like they're going to stop coming. Yeah, they ain't going to be showing up at the game. Yeah, they're going to stop showing up.

33:33Shannon Sharpe:They should have stopped years ago then. Well, they put their... They ain't been good for a long time. They should have been stopped coming. They putting their foot...

33:40Chad Johnson:They putting their foot down now. Damn it, they sick of it. They tired of... Cleveland, y 'all ain't going to the games. Boy, they finna... I just hope Deshaun plays well this weekend.

33:54Joe Johnson:They got Tampa, huh?

33:56Chad Johnson:Yeah. That's what I'm about. You think they win? I don't think they win, but I want them to play well. You know what I mean? Yeah. I don't know, bro.

34:08Shannon Sharpe:You don't know. I don't know. I mean, Tampa scored 27 points with four turnovers.

34:15Chad Johnson:I don't think they win. Damn, bro.

34:20Joe Johnson:You ain't got no confidence in Deshaun. I ain't saying that.

34:23Chad Johnson:I want Deshaun to play well, Ocho. I just don't think they're going to win, bro. They ain't sure. If he play well, they're going to win.

34:30Shannon Sharpe:No, that ain't necessarily true.

34:36Shannon Sharpe:Look, Deshaun is not the only issue that the Browns have. it's just that he plays the quarterback position and that's the easiest position to point to.

34:44Joe Johnson:Yeah.

34:45Shannon Sharpe:They got a lot of issues going on in Cleveland. A lot. Damn, when you can't generally... But the question is, you can want a lot of things. Are you going to be in position? I wanted Josh Allen as my fantasy quarterback. I wasn't in position to get him.

35:13Shannon Sharpe:damn man that's messed up i can't quarterback bo nix says there's no need to press the panic button in denver let's take a listen to what bo had to say well i actually you know it was learned a long time ago you never play as bad as you think you never play as good as you think so um for us and it was the case of we didn't play as bad as what we thought we just um there at the end of the game we didn't get many third down conversions and um you know we felt like it was 7-7, 14-7, and 21-7 for a long time in the game. So it was reachable, and we were in it for a while. We just didn't help ourselves by any means.

35:47You watch the film, and there's a couple good things, and then we're all of a sudden back because of a penalty or something, and you just can't win this league like that. So overall, we're not going to press the panic button, and we're not freaking out. We're not starting from scratch or anything. We feel like we're still in a good spot, and we just didn't play great by any means, and we've got to play better.

36:09Joe Johnson:I'll tell you one thing. What? Y 'all going to have to hit the panic button after this Sunday. You hear me?

36:15Shannon Sharpe:You think so?

36:16Joe Johnson:Y 'all got Kirk Cousins, don't you?

36:20Shannon Sharpe:No. They got the Jags. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hit the button. Hit the button. Oh, push the button.

36:31Joe Johnson:Warning, warning, warning. You think y 'all going to beat Sunshine?

36:36Shannon Sharpe:We got it. You ain't beating Sunshine. 34-31, Ocho.

36:40Joe Johnson:That's the score line?

36:42Shannon Sharpe:That's what I'm saying. That's what I'm predicting.

36:44Joe Johnson:Hey, Travis Hunter going to have a touchdown and an interception.

36:46Shannon Sharpe:Damn.

36:50Joe Johnson:He's going to have a touchdown and an interception. I'm telling you right now.

36:53Chad Johnson:Good luck.

36:55Joe Johnson:He's going to need it.

37:01Joe Johnson:What we need? Luck that Joe talking about.

37:05Shannon Sharpe:Oh, I don't know why Joe talking. considering his team. And your team about to be one and one team.

37:11Chad Johnson:Yeah, y 'all, hey, hey, hey. Same thing, make you laugh, make you cry. So y 'all go ahead, keep having your little fun. Yeah. No, no, Joe. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Joe. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

37:24Shannon Sharpe:Joe, I ain't saying that. Bo, Bo, y 'all look bad. Bo, Joe, Bo said it's never as bad as you think. It's never as good as you think. No, y 'all look bad, Bo.

37:37Shannon Sharpe:131 yards, a touchdown, three fumbles, one loss, 31-10. Yeah, it was bad, Bo.

37:41Joe Johnson:Yeah. Hey, you see? You see how he lying to himself? You see what I want to be honest? He said they're lying to himself, lying in front of everybody.

37:51Chad Johnson:Damn. He said it wasn't as bad as he thought. What you mean? It was bad. You heard Unc, right? It was bad.

38:00Shannon Sharpe:It was bad. It was bad. It was bad. His defense was worse.

38:05Chad Johnson:And that's what y 'all hang y 'all hat on. Supposedly.

38:10Joe Johnson:Y 'all might win four games this year.

38:17Chad Johnson:Oh, man, dude, you tripping.

38:22Shannon Sharpe:You make it seem like y 'all preordained that y 'all going to be in SoFi just because the last time the Super Bowl was in SoFi, y 'all was there.

38:28Chad Johnson:You see what I mean? Man, this boy got him a win. I'm talking about he acting like he just, boy, come on.

38:33Shannon Sharpe:Like they won the Super Bowl.

38:36Chad Johnson:Yeah.

38:37Shannon Sharpe:Even with four turnovers, y 'all only won by three points, Ocho. That's not 56 points.

38:43Joe Johnson:We took our foot off the gas. That's fine. We took our foot off the gas.

38:46Chad Johnson:Man, gonna come on here crying on Sunday. What time y 'all play Sunday, bro?

38:51Joe Johnson:12 o 'clock. 12 o 'clock.

38:52Chad Johnson:Yeah. What? Hey Joe, you think we gonna lose? The humidity gonna jump down on y 'all down in Texas. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Humidity?

39:01Joe Johnson:It's hot in Cincinnati. It's humid in Cincinnati. What you saying?

39:04Chad Johnson:We going to see you, Ojo.

39:05Joe Johnson:Don't come on here crying now. I'm not going to cry. It's too early in the season for tears. Hey, Derek Stingley. Lassiter. Petrie. Bullock.

39:21Oh, Aziz.

39:23Shannon Sharpe:Hey, that's my name.

39:24Joe Johnson:I like him.

39:26Shannon Sharpe:Danel Hunter. Ain't nobody.

39:28Joe Johnson:Anderson. Hey, Will Anderson. He finna get shut down by men. The Neil Hunter, Orlando Brown finna eat him. Eat him. You done. You ain't get nothing.

39:40Chad Johnson:Okay. Okay.

39:42Joe Johnson:I'm telling you. We finna nullify all that right now.

39:46Chad Johnson:All right. You slow down now. Yeah.

39:50Joe Johnson:I'm telling you.

39:57Shannon Sharpe:But y 'all know what's happening here. Another interesting exchange between Cam Ward and a Titans reporter. Let's take a listen to this, fellas. I think, you know, I'm a very good quarterback. You know, I think I do a lot of things, you know, different that a lot of quarterbacks can't do. And it's also stuff that, you know, I have to get better at as, you know, some things that I lack. That's a process that you take on each and every day. I have great coaches around me to continue to push me to that level that I want to play at. And when, you know, the tide turns, you know, I'm pretty sure, you know, it's going to be a different story.

40:26Doesn't a very good NFL quarterback have better results than you're having? Say that again? Doesn't a very good NFL quarterback have better results than you have? I think it comes with the game. It comes with the defensive plan. It comes with, you know, what the D.C.'s philosophy is. And, you know, every game is not going to be a shootout. Every game is going to be a – it could be a bad pass rate. It could be a bad, you know, completion ratio. But it's all about the win and loss. And, you know, we haven't done that. And that's something that we only focus on is win and losing. I mean, win it.

40:58Joe Johnson:Fair question? Unfair, Ocho? No, it's a fair question. I think it's a fair question. It's a fair question, and I think he answered it correctly. He answered the best way he could, Unc. I would think the way he answered this one, you'd be a little bit more pleased with his answer this time, I'm assuming.

41:14Chad Johnson:Yeah, hey, hey. And now that the reporters know how to get under your skin a little bit, Unc and Ocho, that's all he going to get now. He going to get these type of questions. You know what I mean? and this is how it's going to be because they want that sound bite. They want you to say something that's kind of wild and outlandish. You know what I mean? And he a young guy, man. He's still learning, bro. He's still learning. He played it well.

41:41Shannon Sharpe:He did. He did. I mean, I don't really know how else he can say. And the guy said, wouldn't a better quarterback have better results? Yeah, you would think so, but sometimes bad quarterback get good results and sometimes good quarterbacks get bad results. Hey, I'm with you when you're right. Hey.

41:59Chad Johnson:Yeah, I'm just saying. Them reporters, they got ways of asking questions, bro, that, you know, if they know you a little, you know, you'll get a little irritable up there. That's what they want. They want that, bro. I'm telling you.

42:12Shannon Sharpe:And they rattling around, oh boy, they remember they revoked his credentials. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think that's the name.

42:18Joe Johnson:Yeah, Jarrell Stilman. Jarrell Stilman. They revoked his credentials.

42:23Chad Johnson:They rattling around him. Yeah. What you think they were going to do? So now they all going to come in there and be asking some off-the-wall questions.

42:31Shannon Sharpe:Off-the-wall questions? Yeah. For sure. It is. That's just the way it is. And he's going to have to look. Like Ocho always say, the one thing that'll change that is to go win games. That's it.

42:46Joe Johnson:Hey, like Damus Winston.

42:49Shannon Sharpe:Eat a dub. Eat some dubs. That's it. That's it.

42:55Joe Johnson:Ain't no way around it. Nah, that's the only thing that's going to get them off your back.

42:58Shannon Sharpe:Yep. And it's only temporary. It's only temporary. Oh, yeah. They might be on your side for one game, but as soon as you lose another one and you don't play well, they're going to let you know. Back on your head. Yep.

43:10Chad Johnson:Hey, that's a real fan base, though. You know what I'm saying? Those are real fan bases. They're going to cheer when you give them something to cheer about. Hell, if you don't give them nothing to cheer about, they're going to let you know.

43:25Shannon Sharpe:and they should

43:26Chad Johnson:that's what I'm saying yeah

43:29Shannon Sharpe:our job is to perform we're in the entertainment business but we're in the performance business first yeah

43:37Joe Johnson:hey listen sometimes most of the time Joe when you perform sometimes your performance is a form of entertainment yes depending on who you are yes

43:51Shannon Sharpe:you're not wrong though Joe You're right. Some people can perform while they're entertaining. Huh?

44:01Chad Johnson:You got to be him. Some people can't.

44:06Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, you lucky I ain't played basketball.

44:08Chad Johnson:Why didn't you say that? I don't know.

44:11Joe Johnson:I just probably would have watched you.

44:12Chad Johnson:Why do we always got to go here, man? We know me and you in basketball. It really ain't even a conversation. You ain't got to bring that up. No, Joe.

44:20Joe Johnson:No, I'm not saying right now. I'm saying if I was a basketball player and I took the same skill set and mannerisms and polished, just a polished version of me in football as a receiver and you made me like I was a two-bar.

44:41Chad Johnson:Bro, hey, first off, I'll punish you, homeboy. I'm just going to keep it 100. I'm going to say the long-winded story that you're about to come up with, I will punish you. I would have punished you back then. I will punish you right now today. Yeah. And that's how it's going to go. Hey, Joe, I can tell you something? Go ahead, man. You got me fucked up.

45:03Joe Johnson:Okay.

45:04Shannon Sharpe:All right. Yeah.

45:08Shannon Sharpe:But the thing is now, though, is that even when he wins, they're going to ask him, how surprised are you that you won today? How surprised are you that you played? Oh, Joe, you know what's coming. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. Hey, that'll piss me off.

45:21Joe Johnson:That's what they want, Ocho. Hey, now you want to antagonize me, ask me the prize that I won today. No, I told you if I practice well, you know, and I do the things I want to and practice consistently, it should show up on Sundays. Didn't I tell you that the last time you asked me that dumb ass question? Ocho, Ocho, Ocho, they win if you respond like that, bro. I know, I know. I wouldn't do that, Joe. I'm just throwing that out here. Just in case you want a little change up. Sometimes you got to keep the reporters on their toes.

45:50Chad Johnson:I ain't saying don't keep them on their toes, but they're going to always ask antagonizing questions because they want you to hit back with an insult. There you go.

46:02Shannon Sharpe:There you go. Because guess what? When you done saying your last word, guess what, Ocho? Yeah. That's when my pen or my typewriter starts. So you done speaking. Now guess what? Guess who get the last word? I'm on my computer. Yeah.

46:22Shannon Sharpe:Now, they didn't hear it. They don't know the context of what you said. They're like, damn.

46:31Shannon Sharpe:That's why, you know, try to go out there. You try to do your best to play well. Everybody ain't going to play well. Everybody ain't going to be, I don't care what draft slot you were. People see, the thing is what people got to get over, Ocho, is that, oh, he was drafted here, or he was drafted there. Who cares? Hey, yeah, hey, but it plays a part, though.

46:51Joe Johnson:Oh, yeah, expectations.

46:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, bingo. Bingo. But just because you were drafted there, that don't mean you're going to be good. That's not going to mean you're going to be great. You got to put that work in. And sometimes even you put all the work in, it still don't – everybody can't – you can't have a league with 1 ,500 great players. Joe, 400 players in the NBA, you're not going to have no league with 400 great players. No matter how hard, there's some situations, there have been a lot of guys that played two years, three years, or less, that worked just as hard as somebody played at 10-15. Yeah. But I tell you what.

47:30Shannon Sharpe:Sometimes it's just not in the cards.

47:32Joe Johnson:Hey, you know what I would ask them, Uncle Joe? What you'd ask? Hey, Joe, if they asked me, how do you think I'm playing, I would simply say, I'm not playing well, but there are 31 other quarterbacks and 31 other teams. Is there another one that you think you can put in my situation that will play better?

47:53Chad Johnson:I don't think you should bring nobody else in the conversation. No other quarterback. I know, Joe. I just want to piss them off.

48:00Shannon Sharpe:No, you're going to piss off the other 31 guys. That's what you're going to tick off. Yeah.

48:06Chad Johnson:I think the accountability part, if you take that you know, it's a way Cam Ward could have answered the question. Obviously, I thought he'd done a great job, but it's ways you can answer questions, Uncle Ocho, to where it don't seem insulting. You know what I mean? Yeah. You got to be a ringmaster at that, though, boy, when it comes to this media thing. You got to be savvy. Yeah?

48:30Joe Johnson:Hey, the media is a great tool. It's a great bridge to have. You want them on your side, Uncle Joe. Got to know how to use them, though. Yeah, you got to know how to use them, boy. You want them on your side.

48:44Shannon Sharpe:Well, in the meantime, he in for it. He is. No, he ain't nowhere around it. They, you know, hey, he's going to have to play well. Yeah. And I wish it was something I could tell him to help him out. But like the chat always tell me, everybody going to answer questions like you answer questions. Yeah. I'm just trying to get him a way to maneuver. I'm telling you, this is shark infested water. I'm trying to get you to the other side without you having to get in there. That's all.

49:22Chad Johnson:Hey.

49:23Shannon Sharpe:That's all.

49:23Chad Johnson:It's all right.

49:24Shannon Sharpe:Talking about the Bills debuted their$2.1 billion Highmark Stadium tonight. But activist Betty Jean Grant isn't happy. O.J. Simpson is missing from the family circle. Honoring franchise great. Let's take a listen to what she had to say. They had been brave enough to say, we don't want him on the wall because we think he got away with murder, then they should say that. They should say that, not just say that he's not fit. What does not fit mean? Exactly. He was fit when he ran for those 2003 yards that made Buffalo world famous. He was fit when he got into the National Football League in 1985. He was fit when he was put on the wall in Buffalo in 1980.

50:00He'd been on that wall for 46 years. He was on that wall for the first trial. He was on the wall for the second trial. He was on the wall for the third trial. He was on her wall. Years after, he was on her wall when he died. Tell me now, what changed?

50:15Shannon Sharpe:She ain't lie. What happened to lie she told, Locho? She didn't tell one lie. So in other words, y 'all said y 'all don't agree with the verdict. I thought that we were supposed to stand the verdict. I remember when George Zimmerman got off, the jury spoke. You notice how the jury always speaks when they get off the jury? What about this lady? I know this lady that killed them three kids the jury spoke is it not guilty wait not guilty I'm just saying they said so I'm just trying she laid it out elaborately she said he's not fit he was fit all that stuff that happened he stayed up in the they didn't take his name down in the old stadium so what changed between his death and now Rob Markman - Hey, you know how the people think.

51:15Joe Johnson:I ain't finna go there. You know how them folks think. New stadium, new beginnings. We ain't bringing none of that from the past into this new place. Hey, when you move houses, you bring your old furniture with you? Rob Markman - Some of it. in front of you.

51:33Shannon Sharpe:Some of it. Some of it. I'm with you. Okay. You do realize who made Buffalo famous? Hey, yeah, Juice? Yeah.

51:44Joe Johnson:Hey, you ain't got to tell me twice.

51:45Shannon Sharpe:It was OJD Electric Company. Reggie McKenzie, Joe DeLamelier, Joe Ferguson. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember. Them folks ain't studying that. They not. But say, You heard what she said? She said he said, say that. We believe he committed a heinous act. Therefore, we deem him unfit. Don't say your, I need to know why he's unfit. Huh?

52:19Chad Johnson:Hmm. Oh, okay. They going to play the game now. Nah, they ain't playing no game. They letting you know exactly what it's going to be.

52:33Joe Johnson:that's crazy

52:36Shannon Sharpe:that's all I'm saying look all I know is this in the 1970s he's one of the three most popular players in football he was the dominant back I ain't telling you what somebody told me I'm telling you what I know because I happen to be a 70s kid in the mid 70s everybody wanted to get 32 number I'm like bro you a lineman you can't get no damn 32? You ain't no damn juice. Get your ass a 60 or a 70 jersey. Lie, but everybody wanted to be number 32. Man, he was the first to have crossover appeal. He was the first doing commercials. He was the first black. He can do it hurts. He can do it car commercials.

53:25Shannon Sharpe:Not just rental cars. I'm talking about dealerships.

53:29Joe Johnson:Don't forget about movies, man. I know You saw the naked gun. Yes. You saw the naked gun, Joe?

53:35Shannon Sharpe:He was in the movie. He was one of the first to kiss. What was her name? Angie Dickinson? Elizabeth Montgomery. Might have been Elizabeth Montgomery. Man. Y 'all, I ain't finna. Y 'all, if you know what? The doctor just gave me my results. He said, Mr. Sharp, you're a pitcher of hell. Y 'all ain't finna get my blood pressure up.

54:00Shannon Sharpe:Jeffrey Simmons spoke this week On the key to stopping the Eagles offense He said quote We just need to make Jalen Hurts be a quarterback What?

54:11Joe Johnson:Whoa, whoa, whoa Wait, what'd that mean? Hey, Big Jeff If you're watching Hey, click in real quick

54:20Shannon Sharpe:He said I need him to be a quarterback Which means I need him to throw the football

54:25Joe Johnson:You think so?

54:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I think so.

54:28Joe Johnson:That's what it sounds like. He wanted to take. Hold on. Jalen just showed. Did you see Jalen Hurst last week? That was last week.

54:34Shannon Sharpe:Awesome. They say, hey, they say we want to make him do that again. We want to see if he can do that again. Okay.

54:39Joe Johnson:Okay. Hey, Jalen. You heard. Hey, I was going to get rid of that joke. Challenge. Challenge accepted. Challenge. Yeah, absolutely. I know Jalen Hurst heard that. Listen, it's one thing to hear from the fans. It's one thing to hear from the analysts and the pundits, you know, and the so-called experts. Yes. What you're saying from a player that plays on the defense that thinks just like they do.

55:03Shannon Sharpe:That plays on the defense that you're playing against.

55:06Joe Johnson:Oh, you got to see me, Jeff. Huh? You got to see me. I wish I was Jalen.

55:13Chad Johnson:I'm sure it fuels him. He probably ain't going to come out and say it, but, you know. Oh, no, no, no, no. All the good ones, the elite ones, you need a little fuel, you know, to add to your repertoire because they kind of get you going. So I'm sure Jalen, he'll be looking forward to this weekend.

55:32Shannon Sharpe:I don't believe it.

55:33Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah.

55:34Shannon Sharpe:It's not – it isn't something that he hasn't heard before.

55:38Joe Johnson:Right. Well, hold on. He ain't heard it from – he ain't heard it from players. You've heard it from players.

55:44Shannon Sharpe:No, he ain't heard it publicly from players. I guarantee you they're thinking what Jeffrey Simmons said. I bet you there are more players that think like Jeffrey Simmons that have never said it. He just spoke it. That's the only difference.

55:58Joe Johnson:Yeah, we've heard it from former players, a lot of them. I guarantee you players think just like Jeffrey Simmons.

56:04Shannon Sharpe:So you think this is unique to him? You think he's the only one that thinks like that on the defensive side?

56:08Joe Johnson:No, no. He's probably one of the only few that have come out to say it. He's earned the right to do that, so you really can't argue with Jeffrey. But what happens with Jeffrey? What happened when Jalen put up 35-28 on him? Then what? All right, show me. In a losing effort, then what? He said, show me.

56:25Chad Johnson:He said he got to show him. Show me.

56:28Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

56:28Joe Johnson:Okay. Yeah, he said he was born in Missouri. Show me. Okay. All right. When they play? One o 'clock, right? This Sunday, right? Yeah. Okay. I'm going to check in with you all at halftime. And we're going to bring this up Sunday night when we get on Nightcap by the same words. And Jalen throws about 8-2-50.

56:49Shannon Sharpe:You think Jalen Hurd Go throw over 350 on him? Watch Come on Ocho I ain't saying he ain't capable I sure hope 202 of those touchdowns Go to Devontae Smith Oh you got Devontae too? I do

57:05Joe Johnson:Hey you cheating You cheating man Hold on You got James Cook

57:09Shannon Sharpe:Nah I got James Cook I got Derrick Henry

57:15Joe Johnson:Wait who you had the night That went crazy, though.

57:18Shannon Sharpe:All of Ross A. Brown and Kincaid. Okay, okay. Okay, that was luck. That was luck. That's just – that's beginner's luck. There's two weeks. The only thing that saved you, I didn't start Jerry Goff. If I'd have started Jerry Goff, it would have been over for you before you started on Sunday. You think so? Hey, can I take something?

57:34Joe Johnson:Man, hold on.

57:35Shannon Sharpe:Yo, Ocho, you don't have any points down the bend? Down the bend, like 35 points?

57:39Joe Johnson:You know, Burrow and Chase play Sunday, huh? Yeah. Yes. Okay.

57:44Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to offset them with Derrick Henry and Swift. How you know Derrick Henry is going to have a good game? Jamar Gibbs went for 156 against New Orleans. I figured Derrick Henry is going to give me at least 100 and two touches. You know what they're going to do, right?

58:00Joe Johnson:You know Zay Flowers is not playing, right? That's okay. You know who he was playing? Can I tell you what the Saints are going to do defensively? What? They're going to stack the box.

58:10Shannon Sharpe:Everybody stack the box. They're going to stack it. I tell you who I know who is playing though number 8 player

58:19Joe Johnson:oh you talking about young bull from Pompano yeah he nice he nice I really can't talk you know he ain't playing my team I'm just saying who your team the Bengals he won't do that on us not this year

58:40Shannon Sharpe:boy I sure wish I was playing Josh Allen Lord, I'll give anything for you. I'll be playing, Josh.

58:45Chad Johnson:They got their hands full this weekend here. Why are you sitting there talking? They do. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Who got their hands full?

58:52Joe Johnson:Joe, we finna watch the Texans. Joe, Nico Collins not playing. His hamstring messed up. Tank Dale is not healthy. What is you talking about? All right. Where the points gonna come from? David Montgomery? How you gonna get past Dector Lawrence and Jared Allen? What are we talking about?

59:08Shannon Sharpe:Jonathan.

59:09Joe Johnson:Who they got to receive? I mean, Jonathan Allen. Who they got a receiver right now? See? You don't even know. That's what I'm talking about. See? Huh? Man. Noel. Hey. Who?

59:24Shannon Sharpe:Dalton Schultz.

59:27Joe Johnson:All right. Come on, man.

59:29Shannon Sharpe:All right.

59:30Joe Johnson:Come on, man. See?

59:30Shannon Sharpe:You underestimate.

59:31Joe Johnson:See how I'm saying? See how you doing? Don't joke. You underestimate people. Hey, listen. Listen. I'm not Joe. When I say my team. What do you mean?

59:38Chad Johnson:What do you mean? What do you mean? Hey, bro. Don't be doing no backhand. Hey, bro. Hey, bro, I'm just saying you need to chill, bro. Don't be bringing my name up in nothing, bro. I'm just saying, Joe, you did all that.

59:50Joe Johnson:Hey, you need to chill. See, you standing talking about old stuff. When I say my team going to do something, they went out there and did it last week. They going to do it again this week. I'm telling you. And you know, it's not because of the injuries, because if the Texans were fully healthy, the results would still be the same.

1:00:10Shannon Sharpe:Boy, Ocho, you sure need this game.

1:00:12Joe Johnson:Who? Oh, you talking about fantasy?

1:00:17Shannon Sharpe:No, you need to win this game. All that talking, you do it.

1:00:20Joe Johnson:Hey, the game is already won. How it's already won? What you mean? Because I'm going to be sitting. You know every game I go to, for some reason, they win? Every game I go to, they win. And I'm sitting behind the bench. You're going to see me on TV. I'm going to have my cowboy hat on. I'm going to have on my boots.

1:00:40Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. You might need to put some cleats on. Go out there, help him, catch some passes.

1:00:45Joe Johnson:Hey, you don't want me to do that. You see what happened when I text Zach Taylor? Hey, Joe, I sent a screenshot to Unc. I text Zach Taylor. If you need an extra body for camp, let me know if I can come out of retirement. Man, he didn't respond. He just put a laughing emoji.

1:01:09Shannon Sharpe:You don't want your old ass to get out there and get broke up.

1:01:11Joe Johnson:I ain't going to get hurt.

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1:04:51Shannon Sharpe:Oh, okay. That's what's up. That's what's up. We got our guy joining us tonight. Had an outstanding ball game. Finally got into the end zone over a hundred. Did his thing. Yes, sir. James Cook. James, how you doing, bro? What's up, my dog? I'm doing great man I'm doing chillin where's Ocho at oh there you go

1:05:09Joe Johnson:what's up wait what you trying to call me black nah nah nah it only shows it only shows sharp in the camera okay okay hey listen I got a question please teach me offensively what did y 'all do in the off season did y 'all play more in the preseason as opposed to other years how y 'all getting off to such a fast start like this I mean we just playing our football I mean Joe letting us just play free man just play and then be just going out there and playing for the team and just putting up points, I guess. Shit. Yeah.

1:05:43Shannon Sharpe:No, but you look. The first game of the season, you guys go on the road. You go to Houston, Texas. You know what the defense is, and you put 36 on them. You have that 96-yard game-winning drive. Obviously, you have the utmost confidence in Josh Allen. He's an MVP. But what have you seen from him in the first two games that you said, man. Even MVP Josh wasn't this.

1:06:03Joe Johnson:Elijah's been saying shit different. He's been coming in there each and every week. I mean, he's coming in there to prepare his ass off. I mean, be the first one in there, the last one to leave. So, I mean, shit, just taking that extra step to go get a chip, shit, I guess.

1:06:19Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, James. Hey, James, I appreciate you, my boy. You my running back on my fantasy team. Okay, okay. Great game tonight. Appreciate you. Appreciate that. Tell us, what's your expectations, bro, for this Bills offense? Y 'all look so high power, you know, in these first two regular season games. What's your looking forward to and going forward?

1:06:43Joe Johnson:I mean, first of all, just staying healthy. Still a long season. Just staying healthy and just staying together. I mean, just go 1-0 every week, like I say. Hopefully it's playing out good.

1:06:55Shannon Sharpe:All right. 135 yards tonight, a touchdown. top five in rushing yards since you entered the league. You led the league in rushing last year. I remember we had you on. You was trying to get that contract. I said, man, look here. I just want what they owe me. I don't want no more. I don't want no less. Just, hey, I done showed you what I can do. Pay me. I ain't going to be no fall off. And lo and behold, you led the league in rushing. Was that your mindset going in? Because a lot of times we see guys, sometimes they get fat. They get the money, and all of a sudden the same desire and the effort isn't there to help them get the money.

1:07:31Shannon Sharpe:So what was your mindset going into last season? Once you got your money, what was your mindset? You want me to be real?

1:07:38Joe Johnson:My mindset every week is to go kill your ass. So, shit, that's my mindset. You know, go kill your ass every year, man, and just keep being consistent. That's it. You know, keep being consistent each and every year, and it's going to pay off. Hey, was you having such a good season last year? Did you set new goals this year, personal goals? Obviously, we know what the team goals are, you know, collectively as a group. You want to play extremely well in the regular season, make it to the postseason. Obviously, hope you end up in L.A. But, you know, from a personal standpoint, what you had in such a great season last year, what goals have you set for yourself this year?

1:08:16Joe Johnson:Yeah, just do more. Just keep setting the bar high and going to get the motherfuckers. So that's just my mindset. And just keep going each and every week. Go 1-0 every week, keep my body healthy, like I said, and, you know, hopefully we get to big lands at the end of the year.

1:08:33Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey. What's it like? Joe, let me go right to you. I'll let you take it. What's it like? You know, the thing is that what makes Josh, I think, Ocho and I, we were talking about it, what makes him so unique is that he can get our script. They can have the perfect defense call, but that joker took that ball. He put that ball in one hand, he ain't talking nothing. He's going to have the ball in one hand, carry it like it's a loaf of bread, and then he can break down your defense. And that's so frustrating because we got the perfect call for your offense. And all of a sudden, he break contained and he hot in the game.

1:09:04Joe Johnson:Yeah, I be looking on plays like that. When he scrambling and stuff like that, I just be thinking, get open. And when he running, chase the ball.

1:09:12Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:09:13Joe Johnson:You don't ever know what he might do. He might do some crazy shit. Right, yeah.

1:09:17Chad Johnson:He might pitch it back to you. Hey, what's that feeling, bro, when you hear the fans in the stadium say, Let James Cook. When you hear him chanting that, how did it make you feel? Shit get me motivated.

1:09:31Joe Johnson:Shit make me want to go for 80.

1:09:33Chad Johnson:Already. That's what I'm talking about.

1:09:38Shannon Sharpe:This new stadium, you guys, look, you played in the old Ridge Stadium. I played up there. Haven't been to the new stadium, but it looks amazing. What was the atmosphere like coming out there? This is the first home game of the regular season. Look, the preseason is one thing, but the regular season, everybody's anticipating this, the first home game. and you guys go out there, you do what you did. But what was the atmosphere like coming into that?

1:09:59Joe Johnson:I mean, it was electric. I mean, the fans always show up and show out. I mean, even if it's on away games, I mean, it feel like a home game. So, I mean, we got the best fans in the world, I believe. And they're going to show up regardless, no matter where it's at.

1:10:15Shannon Sharpe:Do y 'all still have that chat going? Do they still be talking about, let's go, Buffalo? Let's go, Buffalo. That bit will rock it.

1:10:22Joe Johnson:Before the game, that bit was rocking. And they had Bruce Smith singing that motherfucker. Oh, yeah, that bit was rocking.

1:10:31Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

1:10:34Shannon Sharpe:Hey, man, I used to hate them. I said, man, stop playing that song. And then with Bruce, yeah, that's what they were doing. Yeah, yeah. So, man, we appreciate you joining us tonight, man, giving us some of your time. Congratulations on a big win 135 yards on the TD tonight Hey, unbelievable Keep up the great work Stay healthy Hey, bro Y 'all got something special brewing Don't let it slip away You got something special You never know when these opportunities Gonna come back around Seize the moment Appreciate y 'all boys for having me

1:11:05Chad Johnson:Good luck, yes, sir

1:11:06Shannon Sharpe:Appreciate it, bro Man, in 68 games as a duo James Cook has 876 carries 33 rushing touchdowns Josh Allen, 460 carries 51 rushing touchdowns. God damn. Man, look here. Honestly, if anybody that I think that can break LT's record, it's going to be him. Oh, in a season? Yes. 31? If anybody's going to do it, it'll be him. Because guess what happens when he gets to the two-yard line? Quarterback's lead. Quarterback's lead. That's a lot of team. For a quarterback. Yeah.

1:11:49Chad Johnson:Well, quarterback, that's not a lot of TV for me, anybody.

1:11:52Shannon Sharpe:That's why LT wasn't the, what you call him, wasn't the MVP. He run for that many. Is that the most points? I think that might be the most points ever scored in a season.

1:12:02Joe Johnson:Yeah. 31, hey. But, you know, he did a number on us. LT. Man, we was up 28-0, Joe. We was up 28-0. And they came back? Man, they came back. Walked y 'all down? Walked us down. Who was the quarterback? Phillip Rivers was the quarterback or Drew? It was Phillip. What LT had on y 'all, Ojo? Man, I don't know. It was that game I had by 260. Yeah. Y 'all lost that game? He lost that game. Damn. I don't remember what he had, but he had to go crazy, though. That's the season, if I'm not mistaken, he had 31 touchdowns.

1:12:49Shannon Sharpe:Damn.

1:12:55Shannon Sharpe:Deshaun Watson was sighted going 86 in a 60-mile zone on I-480 outside of Cleveland. On 826, Watson was pulled over the day before the Browns' final preseason game. Despite the ticket, Watson claims he's all about the present. Let's take a listen.

1:13:13Joe Johnson:Yeah, I mean, I can't focus on the future. I got to focus on now. You know, if I try to look ahead and I get distracted on not focusing on what I need to do now, then, you know, who knows what the future might hold. So all I can do is control these moments now, these opportunities I have now. And I want to be just like Ty Muggins said, like, you know, he's 60. He feels like this is a shot. So, you know, me being on my last year of my deal and, you know, being here year 10, I feel like this is my opportunity to be able to go and showcase that I can still play in this league. And I want to continue to play in this league.

1:13:44Joe Johnson:So this is my opportunity to do that.

1:13:49Shannon Sharpe:Ain't no news. Somebody got a speeding ticket. That ain't no damn news. Right. Well, I guess it is because who it is. I mean, how many speeding tickets you think they ride in Cleveland today? One? So let me guess. On August 26th, they only wrote one ticket, and it just so happened it was Deshaun Watson.

1:14:11Chad Johnson:Yeah. Well, Uncle Ocho, y 'all know the narrative. You know, when you live in that fishbowl, everything that you do will be magnified. I'm sorry. You're right about that. That's just what it is. It's just, hey, hey, hey, he's under a microscope right now. Obviously, with a lot of pressure to come out and perform, you just heard him say, look, he still wants to play, and he's going to try to relish this opportunity to show that he can still play and be a high-caliber NFL quarterback. So respect to Deshaun Watson, bro. I hope he goes out there and plays well. I understand he has a lot of pressure on the Monk and Osho, and I couldn't, you know, think about it.

1:14:48Chad Johnson:He's in the last year of his deal with probably more pressure than anybody in the NFL, bro. You know what I mean? So kudos to the young man. The speeding ticket I ain't necessarily worried about, but y 'all know. They're going to point out everything, bro.

1:15:01Shannon Sharpe:Everything.

1:15:02Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah.

1:15:04Shannon Sharpe:He leave a tip. He left. Deshaun Watson left$500 tip. Deshaun Watson threw trash and littered, got a ticket for littering.

1:15:14Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:15:15Shannon Sharpe:He understands it comes with the territory. Yep. So, Deshaun, if anybody can give you any advice, bro, just, hey, I know you're probably in a hurry to go somewhere, but just be careful, bro. Everything you do. They're not giving you no warning.

1:15:29Chad Johnson:No, son. Unfortunate.

1:15:33Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, they're not giving you no warning. So, just be smart. I know. Go ahead, Ocho. What do you want to say? he can get a warning.

1:15:41Joe Johnson:You know how he can get a warning? Or win some games. Hey, 9.13 at 10 a.m. Well, 1 o 'clock, actually, if you're on the East Coast, against Jacksonville, get you a W. 9.20 at 1 a.m., 1 p.m., against Tampa Bay. Get you a W. Yeah, okay. And let him stop you again. Oh, hey, how you doing, Mr. Watson? Boy, you played well them first two weeks. You hear me? Appreciate that. Do me a favor. I'm going to let you go this time. I'm going to just give you a little warning. I'm going to go ahead and slow down for your boy. All right? Hey, good luck again, Carolina. Good luck. Come on, man.

1:16:23Joe Johnson:Come on, man.

1:16:25Shannon Sharpe:Michigan head coach Kyle Whittingham said quarterbacks Bryce Underwood's starting job is not infinite. Check out Bryce's reaction to the news. Let's listen to this. It's not right. to Coach McHann's comments about how your job is a permanent um those comments about that yeah he said that your job is an infinite you know that's the starter that's cool I see that so what's your what's your action that's cool

1:16:58Joe Johnson:hey boy hey that what is he doing after week one as a coach why you even say something like that hey UCI Ben I don't know if you saw how bad he played. Oh, I understand how bad he played. But again, they played Western Missions, right? Yeah, I understand how bad he played. But do you want to come out as a coach and say something like that? The difference is Kyle Whittingham.

1:17:23Shannon Sharpe:Excuse me, Chad. Kyle Whittingham isn't tied to Bryce Underwood like Sherron Moore was.

1:17:31Joe Johnson:Well, I'll tell you one thing. Hold on. Let's say he's not tied to Bryce Underwood. what's your plan B? Is the person sitting behind Bryce Underwood if he chooses to get up and say, you know what, I don't want to be here no more, I'm gone. Hey, hold up, though. Is he better? Go ahead, Joe. I'm going to let Joe respond first. Now you put your foot in your mouth.

1:17:55Chad Johnson:I'm saying, I know this hypothetically speaking because I don't think that Bryce Underwood will lose his job. But if he loses his job, does, excuse me, does that play a factor to his NIL money? He got that coming. It don't matter. So, that man ain't losing his job, bro. I think coaches try to find different ways to try to motivate him. Light a fire. Try to light a fire on them, try to motivate guys. And they never want to see a guy complacent. You know what I mean? And so, this may be another tactic, bro. I can't. Come on now.

1:18:33Joe Johnson:hey hey joe i he can't be complacent making that kind of money boy yeah you can't oh joe when you

1:18:37Chad Johnson:when you when you run into that amount of money at that young of an age you you don't you don't know and understand you know what i mean like come on bro he it's possible hey but joe he the quarterback at the big house yeah i know this ain't anywhere no oh joe i'm just saying bro you know i i feel like i feel like with the type of money that these guys make it takes some of the unff away from it. You know what I mean? It has to, bro. Some of that fire. If you're making 10, 12 million a year in college, Ocho, come on, bro.

1:19:09Shannon Sharpe:I disagree with you guys. What you mean? I think there's an absolute chance that he gets benched. Really? And who's going to take his place? I can't be afraid of that. If you're a coach and you're afraid of who's going to take his place, you can't win like that. You can't. He's not playing well. I can't win games with him playing like this, Ocho. Go ahead. Okay. We won, huh? Ocho, he played. Did you see him last year? Did you see him last year? He was bad. Yeah. Chat. Did I miss something? He was bad last year. And he picked right up. He was bad this year. The Hail Mary bailed him out.

1:19:58Chad Johnson:You ain't lying, boy. Yeah. Ooh, he knew it too.

1:20:06Shannon Sharpe:The one thing as a coach, you cannot be afraid. You cannot be afraid to go for it on fourth down. You can't be afraid to make calls. You can't be afraid to fake field goal, fake punt, the run of blitz. You cannot be afraid to bench a player. You can't be, especially if that player. So, are you telling me the player that I can't do any worse? the ark do you see the money that young man making they eat that larry ellison larry ellison the fifth of six richest man in the world he worth over 200 billion what's what's 10 million to him a guy worth 200 billion you know joe what's what's what's 10 and a half 12 billion to it it ain't nothing to him it ain't nothing to him he got that in the mattress Yeah, tell him slide that to me.

1:20:54Joe Johnson:I can use that.

1:20:56Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, we all could. We can use that$200 billion, too, while you're at it. Hello.

1:21:01Joe Johnson:Hello. Now, see, I don't want that much because it's going to be all the time. Hey, boy, what's up? Where you been at, boy? Who is this? Who? Oh, now you got the wrong number, my boy.

1:21:14Shannon Sharpe:Hey. Oh, the business. Somebody say you worth a billion? I'm changing all my numbers.

1:21:20Chad Johnson:It's a wrap. It's a wrap. Hey, they going to be at the front door. Yeah. What y 'all got going? Yeah, I'm moving.

1:21:30Shannon Sharpe:Hey, would you see how I'm talking? He's like, oh, he said that?

1:21:33Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:21:35Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

1:21:36Chad Johnson:He called him on car. Hey, hey, hey. He didn't sound like he was too fond of it neither. Hell no. Yeah. Probably not.

1:21:43Joe Johnson:I mean, Coach could at least put him aside and told him something, huh?

1:21:45Chad Johnson:Nah, nah.

1:21:46Joe Johnson:Just a little tactic. A little tactic. Okay, old Joe. 88. I like that, Joe. Light a little fire, brother. But also, listen, lighting that fire could also add a little bit more pressure. It's already enough pressure playing in Michigan as it is as a starting quarterback. So now your coach has said your job might be in jeopardy. Now you go out there, you press. Not only do you press, you're scared to make some of the throws that we know you can make. I mean, I know Uncle said, did you see him last year was trash, But obviously coming to the new year, you want to play better. You didn't get off to a good start.

1:22:19Joe Johnson:And then now you're co-saying this after week one. And we chalked it up.

1:22:22Shannon Sharpe:We gave him the benefit of the doubt, said he's a freshman and that he's going to get better. Yeah. Well, he needs to make him improve, and I mean fast.

1:22:30Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:22:31Shannon Sharpe:Because guess what? Damn. Bad quarterback play, get who fired, Ocho?

1:22:34Chad Johnson:The coach. The coach. Jack, get you out of there. He didn't recruit him, though, did he? Okay, Ocho.

1:22:41Shannon Sharpe:No, that's why I said he's not tied to him. Yeah. Yeah, got a point. Yeah, got a point. He was damn near all but gone to LSU.

1:22:52Chad Johnson:And they probably watched, not probably, but I'm sure the new coach watched a lot of film on him from last year too. He probably got a short leash. You're probably right. Absolutely. You're probably right. You're probably right.

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