Best of NFL News Part 2: Lamar Jackson Contract DRAMA + Terrion Arnold STILL on EXEMPT list + Cowboys LOSE Tyler Smith to injury

12:14Chad Johnson:Hey, hey. So in other words, Jerry out here playing chess while everybody else playing checkers. Yeah, okay. I felt that's why he did it.

12:22Shannon Sharpe:I think he felt that there's a better chance if he put Will Howard out there on waivers, somebody would claim him and sign him to the active roster.

12:29Chad Johnson:Yep.

12:30Shannon Sharpe:He rolled a dice, he hit his point, and they got back. Guy stays in the system again for another year. Hey, try to do this thing all over again. yeah i i think with with with how i think the cowboys was willing to go with experience

12:50Chad Johnson:versus prodigy you know what i mean like we we know joe milton got the you know the better upside but the fact that sam howe has started 18 games in the nfl okay oh joe that means you know essentially yeah it does it really does mean something because we talk about milton obviously He had a hell of a preseason, but he has no experience, especially no starting experience. And I think with Dallas, if hopefully don't, but if Dak does go down, they want somebody who they can trust in their offense, bro. That's what they want.

13:22Shannon Sharpe:And Jerry rolled the dice, and they played it right. They played it correctly. Yeah.

13:28Chad Johnson:Yeah.

13:33No. I said it last year, right? There's a team that's playing this year, right? They don't have no dog. They need a dog. Obviously, their first-round pick quarterback is not starting this year, and they're going to need a dog over the next year. To me, I think Pickens fits the mold of an offensive player that identifies what that organization is all about, and I think that's where he'll be next year.

14:04Chad Johnson:Where? Where he'll be? Vegas with him? Hey. Man, what up? If I'm Dak, if I'm Dakota Prescott, boy, I'm going to take advantage of this roster. Okay. Especially these two boys, especially pick and CD. I think Dak really understands the moment, the wonder of opportunity that they have at this point. I can't Ocho. But I'm telling you, That's going to be fireworks on nightcap every damn night when them Cowboys play. You hear me? Yeah. I just want y 'all to know.

14:39Shannon Sharpe:Oh, it's going to be fireworks, huh?

14:41Chad Johnson:Yeah, it's going to be fireworks. Hey. Yeah. Oh, we got a good one. What happened? Hey, it's a minute. What are they? Minute 59, 30 and 11. Colorado got the ball. Hey, it'd be dope in a fairytale scenario. Yo, you know, the boys can convert this and go down and score and win the game 14-3.

15:05Shannon Sharpe:It'll be 14-13, Ocho. I bet. You don't see that one in front of that three?

15:09Chad Johnson:And he talking about it's a minute and 59 on the clock. It's a minute and nine. That boy can't see for real. Hey, Joe, you know my TV like 50 yards away from me now. I got like. Go to your yard. It is your game. You know, I got a little property too. Hey, these boys balling, boy. I sure hope so. I hope they pull it off. Joe, your TV must be fast. Did they convert it at third down? Yeah, they converted, man. What you talking about? First and ten. Oh, yeah, my TV. I'm still stuck on 109. What you got? Dial up over there? What kind of service you got? We got Fission. You know what Fission is? Fajon?

15:51Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah. You got it in this area.

15:56Oh, good catch. Oh, they did convert it.

16:01Joe told you that two minutes ago.

16:10Yeah.

16:11Shannon Sharpe:Why if I slow it here? I just don't know how they do it, Joe. Especially Dak. You already know Dak. They're going to have to get Dak five years, probably 300, 350. Another 180 million guaranteed with 100 million to sign.

16:27Chad Johnson:Well, I mean, he's a premier quarterback in this league. Hold on, hold on. Not just in the league. Hey, Joe, he's the premier quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. Yeah, hello. There you go, Joe. You know what? You're right. There's no way. You're right. You got to take care of him here. You can't go out on no limb without paying that. No, you got to take care of him.

16:51Shannon Sharpe:No, he can't.

16:52Chad Johnson:And you have no other options.

16:57Nope.

17:01Shannon Sharpe:That's the problem that you got. What, no other options? Hold on. The problem is when do you start doing what the Steelers chose not to do when they had Ben Roethlisberger? When does that start? Man, come on. I think you're at least three years away. I say five. Yeah. I say five. At least at bare minimum.

17:21Chad Johnson:Joe, we on your side, Joe. Hold on. For you to even bring that up, though. for you to bring that up. I'm like, hold on. Damn, you act like Dak about to fall off the cliff.

17:31Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Dak can't be no more than, what, 30 what? 31? 32?

17:37Chad Johnson:You see that boy that got lean? That boy ain't out there playing? He done been through some things? Okay, Ocho, that boy coming to the season right? Hey, Joe, you talking to a Dak supporter, man, since day one. Dak, ain't nobody holler from the mountaintop about Dak and Piggins outside of me. Everybody be kidding them boys. Boy, I always been, boy, at attention. What you're talking about? I now don't agree with some of the things Jerry do and some of the things Jerry say, but when it comes to that 4 and that 88, that double 8, I've been on 10. I've been 10 toes down about them boys now. Okay. Okay.

18:16Shannon Sharpe:Just notice this. The NFL scheduling quirk that I did not know could exist anymore. The Raiders do not have a single Thursday night game, Monday night game, a prime time game, or an international game. Every single game they play is on Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern or 4 p.m. Eastern. I did not think that was possible anymore. I didn't know either because I thought everybody had to play at least one game on Thursday night. Who wants to see them there, man? I don't say nothing. True. But even though nobody wants to see them, it still was they had to play one game. Hey, you want to see the games those Thursdays and those Sunday nights and those games out of town, you want to see those games for teams that everybody and their mama want to watch, everybody and their mama want to see.

19:01People that don't even watch the game of football, especially when you're playing in other countries, everybody wants to go and, you know, come on now. No disrespect to the Raiders. Now they have an opportunity where those things can change maybe in the future, but right now, no. Maybe when they get picked next year and Fernando Mendoza is the starter, my bad my bad my bad joe i'm just my bad

19:30oh don't say that joke your tv fast oh hold on joe don't say nothing

19:38Chad Johnson:turn your sound off let me talk to her hey my tv say 42 seconds it's 13 13 bro they finna kick it damn josh said let me see it first i'm sorry chat i'm sorry my bad Damn, man. That nigga, my bad, he threw a nice, he threw a nice dime. Yep, 37 seconds on the clock, 13-13. Can I see the play? I told you to mute it. You can't see anything. You ain't got what I. That's a nice little wheel route. Nice little wheel. That little upper, little out and up, man, by the tight end. That was nice. So this game over, huh?

20:18Shannon Sharpe:No, hell no. It's 37 seconds. They already ran one black back. Oh, shit.

20:27Chad Johnson:He missed it. He almost missed it. He almost missed it. He did? It looked like he almost busy watching. I can't. They still celebrating on the sideline. Hey, man, what kind of TV y 'all got?

20:46Shannon Sharpe:I'm looking on my phone, Jocho.

20:53Chad Johnson:Hey, man, look. It don't matter how you start, it's how you finish. Y 'all talking about Julian. Ooh. Yeah, he at the crib and threw a dime for game. Boy, he messed. He killed him on that route. Ooh, that going to be me against Ocho. Him trying to guard me. I can see it now. I hit him with that bing-bing. Ooh. Joe, the funny part is when you hit me with that bing-bing, I'm not going for that. Joe, I done seen that a thousand times. Hey, look, guess what? If you don't go forward, just throw it up there. Jump ball. No, his little lad can't get up here. Yo, you do realize I have a 48-inch vertical, right?

21:29Chad Johnson:Steve. Man, get out of here, bro. Joe, look how high I jumped, Joe. Look, Joe.

21:43Hey, Joe, if you slow that down, I was elevating.

21:53Chad Johnson:Oh, I forgot Goldberg. I saw that teenage vertical. Hey, I forgot Goldberg's son over there ain't a man. Yes. He got Goldberg decked out over there, boy. Mm-hmm. Time and Goldberg played together in Atlanta. Hold on. Goldberg played in the league? Yeah.

22:09Shannon Sharpe:I ain't know that. What's Goldberg? The wrestler? Bill Goldberg.

22:15Chad Johnson:I was able to like that, huh?

22:17Shannon Sharpe:He played in the league, Joe. He played in the league.

22:20Chad Johnson:But come on now. You know what I'm trying to say. Was he that boy?

22:23Shannon Sharpe:He played in the league, Joe. He played in the league. Okay.

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25:31Shannon Sharpe:The New York Giants running back Cam Scadabo. He briefly contemplated retirement after suffering an open fracture of his right ankle during his rookie season. Like the first month, I'm like, damn, do I really want to do this? And then it was like seven games, you know, I got to go back and play. Coming out of college, going to the NFL, I think I gave myself one rule. If I ever got a major injury, I was done playing. And that happened seven games into my career. So it kind of sucked. Damn, Joe. Are you surprised to hear a player talk like this?

26:01Chad Johnson:Yeah, especially when you young like that. Like, you don't think like that when you have an injury at a young age, at 22, 23. The only thing you're thinking about is getting back to where you was. You know what I mean? Getting back to being elite. Get back to being that running back who calls in hell back there. But to contemplate retirement, I don't know how much I'm rolling with that. You know, that's very unusual. Very unusual. And you play the game of football?

26:28Shannon Sharpe:Hello. I mean, bro, you play football. You don't play golf. You don't play tennis. You don't shoot pool, play horseshoes. Bro, you play football. And it's the style of you. A collision sport. Yeah, yeah. There are no winners in football. There are survivors in football. Oh,

26:53Chad Johnson:I don't know. Think about the type of running back he is. Like, he's seeking contact.

26:59Shannon Sharpe:He run the collision. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. So for him to say that, I don't know, man.

27:06Chad Johnson:I don't know how much weight I'm putting into it. I don't even know if I'm really believing. I think when you're young, you just have a chance.

27:11Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I think you just said that. Oh, I thought about how you think about retiring and you turning back. You coming off a ninja and you turning backflips. Hell, you in the wrestling ring. Hell, backflips.

27:19Chad Johnson:Yeah, thank you. Come on, man.

27:24Shannon Sharpe:Nah, man. Man, these guys not just say anything. They're like, oh, my God. He was thinking about retiring.

27:31Chad Johnson:Hey, the way them New York fans get behind them Giants and the way, you know, Scatterboot's scat pack was back there, that boy trying to get back on that field, man. I don't believe it.

27:41Shannon Sharpe:I don't know if you heard, but Cam Scatterboot said that he told himself that if he ever got seriously injured, he would retire. and he thought about retiring, but the injury happened six, seven games into his rookie season. So, but he's like, hey, I got to get back. And I'm like, and Joe and I was like, I don't know if I believe that because you play the game of football. What you mean if you suffer serious injury? You don't play golf. You don't play a sport that serious injuries don't happen. You play probably the sport that the most serious injuries happen. Definitely, but I can see him thinking like that.

28:11Thinking like that, but him actually executing and retiring, absolutely not. I'm not that early in your career. No, no. And one thing he did say, he said a serious injury. A serious injury will prevent you from coming back. You know, breaking your ankle, are you back, what, six months, Uncle Joe? Six months, something like that?

28:28Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, how your style of play is conducive for you getting injured. He run the contact. On purpose. It ain't like he buried. He trying to avoid people. He hunting people. Yes, sir. That's his style of play. And that's what makes him excited, too. Yeah. The way he plays everything. which leads to injury. Yeah, Long, you got to learn to protect yourself. Pick and choose. Pick and choose your battles wisely. You don't have to do it all the time. Every so often, yes.

28:57Shannon Sharpe:My coach, Les Steck, used to tell him all the time, he said, son, you got to know when the journey's over. Yeah. It's okay. It's okay to get down. It's okay to get out of bounds. I'm never going to question your toughness. You're here. I done seen you go across the middle. I done seen you take some shots. You don't have to worry about your coach questioning. your toughness. Be smart. Don't take unnecessary punishment. Don't get stood up and them guys, and three or four guys hit you. You ain't gonna tell me twice. I hit that blinker, Joe. Blink him, blink him, blink him. Get on up out of there.

29:32Shannon Sharpe:Rattle it up out of bounds. Every time. Hey. Hey, no, bro. You're not finna put no Rydell's on me. Hello.

29:43Chad Johnson:Hey, Ocho, think about it. As a young player, when you were probably 22, 23, I know you ain't dealing with no major injuries, but, man, you felt you was invincible at that damn age. Boy, ain't no way if something would have happened to me injury-wise, I'm coming back. I'm getting back to where I was, bro. I'm getting back to being a hell raiser. Absolutely. You want to, but obviously you have to understand mentally, you know, what getting injured does to you. You know, having to go through rehab. Sometimes it can mess you up a little bit mentally, you know, but you got to be mentally strong. up.

30:14Shannon Sharpe:And Joe, it ain't gonna mess me up unless I lose a limb. You're getting back right, huh? Yeah. Absolutely. I mean, everybody processes things differently, especially when you get hurt. But you know what, Ocho, you know when you young, you don't think anything can happen to you. The last thing on your mind is getting hurt. Yeah. Damn. How you think about it? It ain't never crossed my mind that man, you know what? I might tear my ACL today. I might have an Achilles injury today. I don't know if it ever crossed your mind, Ocho. That ain't never crossed my mind when I was on the football field. I had nothing about that.

30:53Shannon Sharpe:Absolutely not. I'm not one time. I ain't even thought about getting no concussion. Man, if I lower my head here, man, please. Bop!

31:07Chad Johnson:Hey, I never thought about that as a youngster. But when I got to about 35, Arca Ocho, and I started seeing some of these dudes go down with Achilles, excuse me, ACL, I'm like, shh. Boy, hey, the last thing I want is one of them injuries. I'm going to do whatever I can. You hear me? To keep this little old body strong over here, through battle, through contact, hey, man, through competition, shh. I'm doing what it takes. Yeah.

31:33Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, those licks, as you get older, those licks hurt. Ooh. All of a sudden, I found myself not wanting contact like I was to it. Yeah, that's right. Man, Joe, I ain't lying, man. Like, you're 13 and 14? Yeah. I look at some of the things, look at some of the old clips. Yeah. I said, yeah, I know exactly what I was thinking. Yeah. Something bad was about to happen, and I prevented it. As I got older, Joe, I started being the one delivering and dishing the punishment. You feel me? Yeah, Joe. Yeah, Joe. You run somebody over? I run it through everybody, boy. Yeah. There you no lie. Man, this over here, Joe.

32:25Shannon Sharpe:What's this game looking like? It's 10-10.

32:27Chad Johnson:What are you talking about? Coach Prime? 17. It's 10-10, last time I looked. No, it's 7-10. 17. No, it's 10-10. they must have just scored like in the last two minutes last minute nah it's two minutes on the clock you know Ocho can't see out there right out too I keep looking back at the TV I could have swore it said 10-10 no nah

32:57wait 10-10 so Georgia Tech still up yeah

33:01Shannon Sharpe:yep man see you just mad I don't know man damn what you don't know

33:11Chad Johnson:they just look they just look bad hey quarterback you talking about like from the quarterback standpoint quarterback

33:18Shannon Sharpe:I can't catch I mean they dropped three they dropped three passes in the road Joe yeah the quarterback in that first quarter Boy, he missed an easy touchdown. He missed a rail throw, and he missed an inside fade throw.

33:37Chad Johnson:But, hey, that Welch kid out there, he was out there running that thing. I know he probably got – I wonder what he got. That's a little short running back. The short running back? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He getting through that. He took that thing.

33:52Chad Johnson:Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, it's minute 56 over here. Who got the ball, Joe? I think Georgia Tech. Hey, you know, defense ain't look that bad, though. Off and discount. No, it didn't. It didn't.

34:14Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, finally got to be. But I mean, okay, the guy jumps offside. Kick the ball out of the end zone kicker. He kicks the ball deep, but it's a line drive. You guys not down there yet, bro. Hey, hey, um.

34:32Chad Johnson:And Colorado had to work hard for that touchdown they got. Then they kicked it off and Buddy ran it back like that. Yes, yes. Boy, that's demoralized. I know that won't hurt because I'm sitting there watching. I'm like, damn.

34:45Shannon Sharpe:And then the quarterback can't hold on to the ball. He got away with one because he threw the ball, slipped out of his hand. And then he come right back and lose the ball again. Yep. I'm like, you gots to be kidding me. The series of quarterbacks fumbled. I mean, they kept complaining about the ball. Obviously, the ball had to have been wet, Joe, something. Yeah, it looked like it was raining. But you see Mendoza, he had that chalk in his hand. You see how wide his palms were so he could grip the ball? I don't know why the other guy, the guy from Colorado didn't do that. He should have did something.

35:16Chad Johnson:Yeah, I know. You're talking about Juju. He's from Atlanta. So, you know, it's hard sometimes. It's either you perform great when you come home or he's just not that damn good. You know what I mean? And I think that's kind of what he's dealing with tonight. He's a sophomore, huh? He's young, huh? Is he a sophomore or junior? Sophomore? Yeah, sophomore. Yeah. It's, hey.

35:43Shannon Sharpe:But look, I think, Cam, the thing is, you can't think about that, bro. You play a running back position. You play arguably the toughest position in football as far as contact and collision. and you are collision back. You run the contact. Yeah, so a position that you basically got to hit every play, either you block it or you tackle or you carry the football, I mean, I don't know if that's the right mindset to have. Look, you think how you think, but I think if you want to have a long career, you can't, if I get this, you can't even put if in your vocabulary. Hello. you can't you can't think you can't think about what happens if that no I'm just going out there I'm going to play football and whatever happens it's going to happen yeah no matter what and what makes him special is what he brings to the game that physical style play yeah there's a certain excitement Scattable brings to the game and he can't change the player he is

36:51Shannon Sharpe:you're right you're right Ocho I mean Look, he's electric. I mean, him and Dart, you just got to be smart. They're the time and the place for everything. Just got to be smart with it. You don't, hey, this ain't college, bro. You're not going to continuously run over these people. Mm-mm. I tell you, boy, that one duo, boy, them first, I don't know how many weeks it was before Sky the Bull got hurt, but, boy, it was exciting to watch.

37:16Chad Johnson:It was like the first three, four weeks, probably. Like, them boy was getting, him and Jackson Dart was willing. It was exciting. Ooh.

37:29Chad Johnson:Yeah, them Georgia Tech about the skull here.

37:35Chad Johnson:Artie?

37:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah, it's like... I just don't know what CU needs, man.

37:48Chad Johnson:You got... Hey, you saying you don't know what they need, boy. you got to have a hell of a QB back there, boy. You know what I think goes underrated too? Go is the job that Shadur did when he was there. I know he had a bunch of weapons, a bunch of nice weapons. But I think people take that for granted, Ocho. Yeah, for sure.

38:07Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, Shadur. Even Trav, Trav was sensational. There's a reason why he was the number two pick in the draft. There's a reason why he won the Heisman Trophy. He was special. Those guys don't come along often. True. I think when you got yeah

38:22Chad Johnson:I'm saying yeah you're right when you have he has nice weapons when you have those type of weapons and you have an accurate quarterback you get great results which is you know that's why I still baffled man I'm like damn I thought Chadoo was a top 10 damn pick so

38:49Shannon Sharpe:Seahawks' new quarterback, Terry and Arnold, remains on the commissioner's exempt list due to eight felony charges arising from an alleged armed robbery and kidnapping. Arnold can't practice or play with the team, but Mike McDonald said he's in the building and learning. He's in the building and being a part of our program and learning the heck about a defense. Keep training, stay ready for when there's an opportunity. Arnold's next court date happens October the 5th. A trial hasn't been scheduled yet. Barring a plea deal, it's unlikely Arnold's case would be in before the conclusion of the 2026 season.

39:28I mean, without some kind of clarity,

39:33Shannon Sharpe:he's going to be on the commission of the exempt list until there's something, there's some kind of conclusion. Either there's a plea, he cops a plea, they drop the charges, or something. He's not playing as long as there's uncertainty around this. Right. Hey, the NFL, do y 'all think they're going to do their own suspension

39:55Chad Johnson:even if he get out of this? You think the NFL will suspend him? Yes. Yeah. You don't think they'll take into account that he's part of the team and the fact that if he missed the first four games, that will count as a suspension? No, he gets paid.

40:10Shannon Sharpe:When you're on the commissioner's exempt list, you get paid. Okay, okay, okay.

40:16Chad Johnson:That's unfortunate for the young man. It is You gotta clean some of them people around you now Yeah man This is an eye opener I don't But I know those People that don't mean you well Got you in this situation Because somebody gotta put you to the side When whatever was taken or whatever was stolen What we gonna do Let that go

40:42Shannon Sharpe:We gonna let the insurance cover it That's what we gonna do You go to, you to go to, somebody got to have a sense in the group.

40:49Chad Johnson:Hey, it's easy to say that now, but in the heat of the moment, fellas, hey man, it clearly his logic was very low. He wasn't thinking about none of that. He even thinking, listen, you playing on my top, you playing on my top partner. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Y 'all finna have to pay for this. Yeah. Joe, I understand that, but that's where take people that's around you that think with logic and common sense when you not, you got to have the right people around you, man. No, that's not that. Twin, that's not what we do. That's not the play. That's not the play.

41:19Shannon Sharpe:That's what you, man, look here. I mean, I'm trying to think. Yeah, when my house got broken into, man, it hurt me because those watches, man, some of those watches I had, because Joe, now I go get a watch. It don't mean the same because I got money. I can go get it. Right. Those watches that I had to save up. I wasn't making money like I was. and so now watches they still have meaning to me but not like the ones that I had to sacrifice that I had to wait 2, 3, 4 years to go get it now and it watches within reason I can go get it but I was like man oh my godness my 84 necklace that my brother gave me that's gone my cuff legs I mean stuff I had for like 30 years

42:07Shannon Sharpe:it's insured

42:11Shannon Sharpe:I don't think I don't still think about it I still like man I sure wish I had that watch man damn I mean

42:19Chad Johnson:it had already increased

42:22Shannon Sharpe:yeah the value is more than what the insurance would cover

42:25Chad Johnson:how many watches they get from y 'all 11 damn what

42:34Shannon Sharpe:11 11 watches a Christopher backpack all my cufflinks I had a dog chain with my kids initial on it so all my kids start with a K so I had all their names on it in diamonds they got that cufflinks had some diamond cufflinks they were diamond earrings and I had them they called the jewelry company and the jewelry company made them into cufflinks that. Yeah, it's about a million dollars.

43:07Chad Johnson:Yeah, that hurt.

43:08Shannon Sharpe:Damn. Yep. Yeah, I keep my stuff in the safe, Joe. Yeah. That's good, Ocho. Learn a valuable lesson. Keep it up for the safe, not too.

43:28Shannon Sharpe:It taught me something, Ocho, because I used to keep cash in the house. I don't keep no cash in the house now. I don't carry no cash at all, boy. No, sir. Carry me a good nice little$100. Yeah. That's it. That broke me. After that, I went straight to the safe deposit box and put that money in there. Because all the watches was in a watch winder by my bed. Yeah. They just took all the watches out of that. They went through a couple of drawers. if they went through one more drawer there was a box

44:07Shannon Sharpe:hey like probably like quarter but half a million

44:13Shannon Sharpe:it was just it was just intended for them to get the watches the jury and that's it so I was like man my heart was beating so fast because I thought it's I'm like, well, damn, was it an earthquake? Why is glass everywhere? It didn't really – because I'm like – and then my heart just started beating fast. So the first thing after that, I run to see, okay, where are the dogs? Did they take the dogs? Now, okay, I calmed down a little bit. And then when I see it, I'm like, what are my watches? Then now it's starting to dawn on me. Broken glass. My watch is gone. Well, my backpack that was sitting on the couch is gold.

45:01Chad Johnson:Like, damn.

45:03Shannon Sharpe:You ain't had no cameras? Go ahead, Ocho. You ain't had no cameras? None. Damn. I was leasing the house. Okay, okay, okay, okay.

45:17Shannon Sharpe:So, I go in the closet, and they had went through a couple of drawers. and the one drawer, it was one more drawer, the bottom right. They go through that, Joe. All they got to do is look in there. There's a box. The box is out of place.

45:33Chad Johnson:Yeah, they're going to take that whole box. We'll have took the whole box. Damn.

45:39Shannon Sharpe:I said, you know what? I went straight. That was a Friday night. That Saturday morning, I went to the safety, to put it back in the safety, put it money, the cash in the safety deposit box, say never no more.

45:54Chad Johnson:Hey, when somebody breaking your career, bro, and take your personal belongings, that's like a, man, that's a real violation, bro. Real violation. You feel so violated. Like, in your personal space, I know exactly what you feel, boy. Woo.

46:13Shannon Sharpe:I was like, damn. Boy, that thing hurt so bad. But once a lot of times, like, okay, the dogs. I was like, okay, damn. Man, that would hurt me more than anything if they took your dogs. Teddy bear and baby?

46:28Chad Johnson:Yeah.

46:29Shannon Sharpe:Hell yeah.

46:30Chad Johnson:They probably thought you probably had a track on them. They were like, shit, we ain't taking these dogs.

46:34Shannon Sharpe:They got chips in them.

46:35Chad Johnson:Yeah, so they would have got found. Yeah, you would have found.

46:39Shannon Sharpe:But see, if they don't take them to the vet, you know?

46:44Chad Johnson:Right.

46:45Shannon Sharpe:Some people don't take them to the vet or you have that mobile vet.

46:50Chad Johnson:but if you got that chip though they gonna be able to pinpoint tell you what he had exactly what he had huh

46:57Shannon Sharpe:but I was like man that was the time I was like man if I had just left Titus out but I had Titus in the pen because I had just recently got him Titus wasn't probably like a he wasn't even a year old

47:12Chad Johnson:yet yeah cause I had just

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50:48Shannon Sharpe:The Falcons have named Tua the starting week one quarterback against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Kevin's head coach, Kevin Stefanski, spoke about the decision, saying, I've got the blinders on. So I see week one in front of me, and after that, we'll start on the next week, those type of things. So I don't think it's fair to repeat, really, go past this week on anything related to our football season.

51:12Shannon Sharpe:Joe, what we got going on?

51:14Chad Johnson:Man, I don't know. This is a proving year for Tua, Uncle Ocho. You know, Miami moved on from Atlanta, gave him an opportunity. Now he got to go out there and see what he can do, bro. With the weapons that he got, all he got to do is get that ball out quick and do not turn it over, bro. You have way too many weapons, you know, for them not to be explosive offensively. All he got to do is minimize the turnovers.

51:42Shannon Sharpe:Well, good luck with that because I see a situation where we got an Aaliyah song. Back, back, back and forth. Nah, come on, man. Yeah, come on. Watch, watch. Did you talk about Tua is a make-it year? I believe it's a make-it year for Penix also. I think it's a make-it year for both of those guys. Yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Go ahead, Ocho. Hey, you know what, for Tua's sake, I'm glad they have the best running back in the game right now. You know, depending on who you ask, they have the best running back in the game right now. Some people say Jameer Gibbs. Some people say maybe Saquon or maybe Derrick Henry.

52:15But the fact that he has B. John Robinson behind him that can take most of the pressure off of him, not having to throw the ball as much as he might have to, I think he's going to be okay. I think he's going to be okay. They're going to be able to scheme plays for him, knowing that Tua is very well when throwing the ball on rhythm and on timing plays. Not too much play action. He doesn't have the strongest of arms, but he's really good. He's really good when it comes to rhythmic playing in the passing game. So I think his security blanket is going to be his tight end. Kyle Pitts. Number eight.

52:53Yeah, Kyle Pitts is going to be his security blanket for the season. Drake London is going to get his catches, you know, as normal. But I think he's going to be okay because the safety valve, but when it's going to be Kyle Pitts and the running game is going to be so good with B. John Robinson back there, they're going to take some of the pressure off of what they're going to ask Tua to do because the running game is so good.

53:15Shannon Sharpe:Look, I think you've had weapons. I mean, hell, you had Tyreek for three years. You've had Jalen Waddle for several years. And it's not like his running back that he had in Miami was a slouch. He had Devon A. Chan. Yeah, exactly. That's why I say that's why I'll be okay. He wasn't okay in Miami. Yeah, toward the end, toward the back end. Remember, Tyreek and Waddle went crazy for two, three years in a row, if I'm not mistaken. It might have been two or three. And when they needed two to make them plays, that he made it early in the season? Yeah, they couldn't make it in the cold. They couldn't make it in the cold.

53:51Shannon Sharpe:He should be fine in the dome then. He got two domes. Yeah. you play in my I mean you play in Atlanta and you play in New Orleans which are domes and you're in Tampa whether the only thing you're going to get is rain Carolina should be nice if you don't play them late they might get a little little blustery late in the year December January but for the most part you should be fine yeah he should be good the most important thing on and Joe they got to keep him upright he has to learn how to fall he has to learn how to brace when he's getting hit and prevent himself from getting hurt. That's all it comes down to.

54:23Michael Penning Jr. is not healthy right now. I think he, knowing, based on where he's at right now, I think he missed, what, maybe the next four games? So right now.

54:31Shannon Sharpe:Did they put him on the pump list? Because they activated him. He returned to practice a week ago. So without them putting him on pump, I guess he's ready to go. I don't think they really have a choice. And I know what Coach Stefanski is trying to say. I don't want to get into this going back and forth every single week. It does to a look is to a looking over his shoulder, something of that nature. But the mere fact that he says, all I'm thinking about is week one lets you know that to it should be looking over his shoulder. That's not how quarterbacks normally approach it. The quarterback, excuse me, the coach, the head coach normally says he's our guy and we're going to ride with him.

55:07Shannon Sharpe:But he talked about week one. I got blinders on. You ain't got no. Yeah, you might be got blinders on, but you're not blind. Yeah.

55:14Chad Johnson:Yeah.

55:14Shannon Sharpe:In other words, you're not looking side to side. You can see straight ahead. Good thing you can't see what's behind you. That train about to run you over, cuz. What you think, Ocho?

55:23Chad Johnson:I mean, Aixo? I think this is a good week one matchup with Tua, considering the fact that the Steelers aren't, you know, they finish at the bottom half of the league, Uncle Ocho, statistically, last season. I'm talking about from past defense. So, opportunity's going to be there for Tua. He just got to be willing to get that ball out quick, man. Don't be indecisive. Be decisive in what you want to do. and, man, let your instincts take over.

55:50Shannon Sharpe:What does Pittsburgh do, Ocho? Blitz.

55:54Chad Johnson:Yeah.

55:54Shannon Sharpe:They knock the quarterback around. What can Tua ill-afford to have happen? Get knocked around. Yeah. Get knocked around. That is his problem. He's not the biggest of guys, and he came into the league injured. He's not a fast leader. No, no. He's not a loser, yeah. He came into the league with a dislocated hip. he's had major injuries when he was at, he had the tightrope surgery on his ankle. He's had numerous surgeries. Supposedly there are surgeries that we don't even know about from what people have been reporting. I don't know if that's true or not, but people have reported it. He'd had several surgeries at Alabama that went unreported.

56:34Shannon Sharpe:Now, we do know this. He's been treated for several concussions.

56:40Chad Johnson:Yeah.

56:41Shannon Sharpe:We've seen him. We saw him get a concussion and they're looking at his foot. I'm like, well, damn, what, he got a blister? How'd the man get hit in his head? He got hit in his head. Oh, you know what I'm talking about? He's talking about, no, he had an ankle injury. Nobody touched that man's ankle. But that was just because the severity of the concussions, and the thing is, once you get one and you get them so close together, they become more and more severe. He can never afford to have that. I don't know how much. And you look, I'm sure he went to some doctors probably told him that it would probably be best if he didn't continue to play.

57:20Shannon Sharpe:But when you're that young and you got that much money tied up in it, it's hard to walk away. But at some point in time, what's the risk reward of playing, making money, and then you're not able to enjoy it or remember having it? That's a fine line that we have to walk. It is. And some of us have to make that decision a lot sooner than others. You saw Luke Keekly walk away. He walked away. San Francisco had a linebacker, had 100-plus tackled his rookie year, and walked away. It's going to be very, very interesting to see how he holds up. Tua led the NFL in passing yards with over 4 ,623. He led the league in completion percentage with 73 % and 24.

58:07But the injuries, that's what kind of derailed him.

58:10Shannon Sharpe:Like I said, he's not the biggest guy. he's not the most elusive guy. And he's dealt with a problem of when he goes down, he doesn't know how to fall. Somehow, no matter how you hit him, his head seems to bang off the turf, Ocho and Joe. And that's not good. You got to tighten up. You got to tighten up. You got to tighten up the body. That's all core strength, huh? When you're falling backwards, if you're getting hit, I want to raise up and stay as close to the person tackling me as possible so that whiplash doesn't happen. I don't want it to happen.

58:46Chad Johnson:And the Falcons, they don't need Tua to be a superstar, Uncle Ocho. They need him just to be a point guard, bro. Be a point guard. Hey, just facilitate. Get it to these skilled position guys who are big playmakers. And like I've said before, the only thing that bothers me is the turnovers, bro. If he don't turn the ball over, Atlanta should be all right. He had 15 of those last year.

59:09Shannon Sharpe:Well, he had 15 interceptions. probably add a couple of more fumbles in there. That's a lot easier said than done. You would think by now, Ocho, as long as he's played the game, Joe, that he would know how to fall.

59:25Shannon Sharpe:He would know how to fall by now. But clearly he hadn't learned how to fall yet.

59:32Chad Johnson:I think you got to look at it from a standpoint, he's surrounded, you know, around a lot better talent now. So I think his decision-making should be a lot more decisive versus him not really, you know, knowing what to do with the ball or where to go with the ball. I think he has so many options that his job shouldn't be complicated this year to me, fellas, if y 'all, you know what I mean, when I look at it.

59:58Shannon Sharpe:So you think the weapons that he has now better than what he had in Miami?

1:00:04Chad Johnson:Well, you're talking about two, three years ago, but last year, yeah.

1:00:08Shannon Sharpe:But you realize he had those guys last year until Tua, what you call them, got hurt. Tyreek got hurt like week six. So he had Tyreek. He had Waddle. He had A-Chan. He had those guys. And he had the tight end that retired. I forget his name off the top of my head. Had the tight end that retired and came out of retirement and played. So he had – Tua is – maybe with the exception of his rookie year, Tua has never not had, and I hate using never and not, but he's always had weapons. Go back and look at Alabama, what he was throwing to Duke.

1:00:41Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:00:42Shannon Sharpe:Go back and look at, and once they traded for Tyreek, they got Waddle, they drafted A-Chan, so it's not like he's gone one year where he didn't have A-1 talent, only one year in his NFL career that you can say, you know what, man, he ain't really got a whole lot of weapons. Other than that, he's been littered with pro bowlers. Yeah. Oh, Darren Waller. Darren Waller. Yes, that's what it was. Darren Waller. Yes. But listen, it's really not comparable. The receivers that he has right now are a little different. Who's the number two? I know Drake London's the one. Who's the two? I don't know because they got rid of, I think Mooney left, didn't he?

1:01:20Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, Mooney with the Giants. Mooney's with the Giants. And you see the Giants release what you call them. We're going to talk about that a little later. Slayton. Oh, yeah, man. Golly, man. I hate seeing people lose their job.

1:01:32Chad Johnson:Who is the number two receiver? I don't know. Hey, Chad, who's the number two in L.A.? Oh, I know one thing. I know who the number three is. I think his name is Zachariah Branch or something like that. The kid out of Georgia? Out of Georgia, yeah. Well, he's the number two, Joe. Yeah, you're right. You're right. You're right. Hey, boy, he can go, boy. That boy got some wheels, boy. Yes, he do. I like him.

1:01:59Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I like him also.

1:02:00Chad Johnson:Yeah, they're going to be fun to watch for sure.

1:02:06Shannon Sharpe:Let's see who they got here. But he might be number two based on Johan Dotson. Oh, from the Commanders. Zachariah Branch, Olamaz Akios, and Chris Blair.

1:02:24Yeah, so, yeah, Drake going to get a heavy dose.

1:02:27Chad Johnson:Hey, man, this city here, the ATF, they waiting for some action, too, Uncle Ocho. Right.

1:02:35Shannon Sharpe:Right now, they got Drake London and Johan Dawson and Zaccheaus. Those are the three starters when they go in the three wide set with Kyle Pierce at the tight end. And then when they got it, they come in with Zachariah Branch, Chris Blair, and Bo Collins. Bo Collins is on IR currently. So, look, they got some weapons. Can the offensive line, can they hold up? They got some nice Chris Lindstrom. Jake Matthews is probably their best offensive lineman, the left tackle.

1:03:10Shannon Sharpe:But we're going to find – look.

1:03:17Shannon Sharpe:Miami's paying the bulk of their salary. Yeah. Miami's on the hook for$30 million,$35 million, whatever they're on the hook for. Atlanta's probably playing minimum,$1,$2 million, not a whole lot, not a whole lot. But basically, that Miami money runs out after this year. Atlanta gave you a one-year deal. Yeah. Basically, until you prove it, he's going to have to be on prove-it deals.

1:03:44Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm. hey so look check this out so let's say the first month of the season right yes who plays well do you keep riding with him even if penix is fully healthy hell yeah yeah if he's playing well absolutely joe if he got the hot hand you don't you know you don't take him out absolutely that that makes no sense especially especially if he's in rhythm and time with the offense and the offense is responding well oh yeah you you play that out and i i really feel i really feel hidden jobs, the quarterback job is never easy. Chad, listen to me, but I really think he's going to play well because of what they ask him to do.

1:04:22It's going to be really simple. He's a great rhythm and timing quarterback. He throws receivers open, so as long as they're getting open and where they're supposed to be, which Drake London is good at, Zachariah Branch, I just want to make sure I'm not butchering his name, that young bull, hey, he's going to get it and get going.

1:04:41Shannon Sharpe:That's the other one. I said, I'm saying no, there's two of them. There's Zachariah branch. He backs up Drake London. So when they go, when they go three wide, when they go, like they say they nickel package, they go 11 personnel. So basically it's going to be London, Zacchaeus and, uh, uh, Johan Dotson. Oh, Johan, Johan Dotson. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Wait, he did a four branch right now. That's what they got listed on the depth chart. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. They got to find a way to use him a little bit more, man. They should be able to use him in a multitude of ways offensively.

1:05:15But that's neither here nor there. But I think he's going to be okay. He's going to be okay. He's going to be okay.

1:05:22Shannon Sharpe:I don't think he's got much choice in this matter right here. He's going to have to play really well. No, guys are going to have to play well. I mean, I don't look at Tua as a guy that elevates. I look at guys that are elevating him. I don't see him. I don't look at him as a Josh Allen. Like these top four, five, six quarterbacks, I don't look at Tua like that. I look at guys got to play really, really well. And when they play well, he looks well. But as far as going out there and they're having bad days and him completely making big-time plays, I don't look at him as that. Because he's not a guy that's elusive.

1:05:57Shannon Sharpe:I don't look at him making plays like, oh, shaking people off, getting away from people like Lamar, throwing the ball down the field 35, 40 yards, and making big plays like that. I don't look at him like that. Can he periodically have a play here or there? Yeah. But he's a guy that he plays his best when he's on script.

1:06:19Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:06:20Shannon Sharpe:I got to get him off script, don't you? I want him to go play Sandlot football. Josh Allen can play Sandlot football. Lamar Jackson can play Sandlot football. A lot of these top quarterbacks can play Sandlot football. You can get them off script and they can still remain on script. Hey, make something out of nothing. That's not what he is. If I don't give him the best ingredients, boy, that meal going to be something awful. I just let you know, just so you know ahead of time, if I don't give him something good, that meal going to be something good and terrible. Yeah. Yeah. And you know what I think we should do in the second half of the show, Uncle Joe?

1:06:58Uncle, I think you should pick two of first in your fantasy draft. No, I'm good. Hey, Joe, you live in Atlanta, so you should just talk to the quarterback.

1:07:10Chad Johnson:I'm going to see if I got some room for him, Ocho. If I got some room for him, I'm going to see if I can make some room for him. Yeah, in the trunk of my car. I mean, you wouldn't get him first. Nah, with the first pick. Yeah, why not, Joe? You live in Atlanta. You support the Falcons, don't you? Yeah, I support the Falcons, yeah. All right, I don't understand what the problem is. It shouldn't be no hesitation. It shouldn't be no hesitation if you're a Falcons fan. It just depends on who's there at the time. You know what I mean? about, hey, hey, you never know. You never know.

1:07:42Shannon Sharpe:Uh-oh, Joe. All-pro left guard Tyler Smith is scheduled to undergo thumb surgery Tuesday, and is expected to be sidelined four to six weeks. The earliest the Smith could return would be October 8th against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Head coach Brian Schottenheim on the injury. Unfortunately, we're an offensive lineman, grip strength, and things like that are really important. We know he's a quick healer, and we want to get it fixed, and he'll be back before too long. Cowboys play. They got to play the Ravens and the Texans without their all-pro guard. Huge. Joe Choco. Hey, Hugh. Will Anderson, Danelle Hunter.

1:08:23Shannon Sharpe:Eat. Ooh. Won't be long now. Joe, you understand how important a left tackle position? the left guard, he left guard, but he all pro. Oh, he left guard? Oh, okay. You can hide him a little bit. I thought it was a left tackle. He can't play because he can't grab nobody. That bomb is everything. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got to be able to grab. Hey, hey. I was worried a little bit. I ain't too worried, Joe. I thought it was your left tackle.

1:08:52Chad Johnson:That's a huge loss for us, though.

1:08:55Shannon Sharpe:That guy right there?

1:08:57Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. Three-time poke bowler, one of the strongest pieces on that offensive line. Come on, man. We're going to need TJ Bass. Bass got to step up. Okay, Ocho, you know, he got a few starts under his belt, so we got some experience, you know, in that backup position. So I ain't too worried, but, oh, man, without Smith, that pocket going to collapse.

1:09:21Shannon Sharpe:What's the backup name? What's the backup name?

1:09:23Chad Johnson:Bass.

1:09:24Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, we got him. Oh, we can't let him go. Don't let him go, Ocho. We got it. We got us a fish.

1:09:31Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, hey, nah, you know what they do. See, when one of your best players go down, you got to lock in a little more. You got to lock in a little more. You got to do the little small, minute things. You hear me? We ain't going to let this derail us. Nah, nah, we ain't going to do that. We got work to do.

1:09:47Shannon Sharpe:Let's see. So y 'all got the Giants, Washington, Baltimore, Houston, Tampa, Green Bay. God, dog, Joe Who made y 'all schedule?

1:09:59Chad Johnson:Hey, guess what? We gotta play them one game at a time fellas, y 'all run out One game at a time We gonna start with the Giants, okay? I'm with you when you write I don't need to slow down, he already two months into the damn season We ain't got to get week one yet Hey, Joe, what happened if y 'all start 0-1? What'd you say? I'm just throwing a hypothetical out there What happens if y 'all start 0-1? So how do you come back on here with that same energy? We'll cross that bridge when we go through. Right now, we ain't thinking about no losing, man. I'm just keeping it real. So don't even put that in the air, though.

1:10:34Chad Johnson:Don't put that in the air. It don't matter what's in the air. It doesn't matter what's going on in that field. So it don't matter what I say. You still got to go out there. You know what's going to go on in that field. We got some boys out there who are going to be making some plays on both ends. On both ends of the ball, yeah.

1:10:48Shannon Sharpe:Joe, I'm just trying to figure out where you can go, where you can travel in this country that you ain't got to cross a bridge.

1:10:55I like that

1:10:58Chad Johnson:listen man

1:10:58Shannon Sharpe:you know a place you can go they got bridges in Arkansas I know

1:11:02Chad Johnson:yeah they got bridges but listen we gotta take it one game at a time we ain't worried about all that who we got first we got the G-men first yeah I know I know 14 to 88 gonna eat though I can tell you that

1:11:19Shannon Sharpe:Brian Burns you know Brian Burns Oh, they did. I think they might have kicked Tyler Smith out the left tackle. So, Ocho, and you know Brian Burns, he like to eat. They got a dual carter. Maybe Kayvon Thibodeau. Hey, you know, Brian Burns is the one that dude of the Spider-Man after he's score, right? Spider-Man, where are you coming from? Nobody knows who you are.

1:11:46Chad Johnson:Man, hey, hey, hey. There ain't going to be none of that, partner. I feel you, Joe. Hey, Joe, let the man... Nah, we ain't... Nah, nah, nah.

1:11:54Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all caught up in the way up.

1:11:57Chad Johnson:We ain't having none of that. I'm supporting you, Joe. Yeah, I already know. I know y 'all praying on our downfall, man. I know. You know, hey, hey, hey. Y 'all seen Big Tyler Smith go down. Y 'all like, oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's going to be... Nah, nah. We're going to step right up. Let's go, Bass. I ain't saying nothing, Joe. I've been very supportive of your Cowboys offensively. Brad Bird's going to have you on the wall.

1:12:20Shannon Sharpe:What you do with a 15-pound bass? You put him on your wall. You mount him. That's a trophy fish. That's a trophy fish. You put him on your wall. That's all.

1:12:30Chad Johnson:I can't wait, boy. I can't wait till we put down this mean demonstration, boy. Boy, y 'all got us bent. Y 'all really got us bent, man. Y 'all think Jay, I'm making these moves. Y 'all think we... Man, please. Yeah, I got you. Hey, I got a question, too. I'm glad you said that, right? Like, I understand how they do deer and moose and bears and stuff like that. How do they do fish? How do they do fish? Same. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Taxidermy. Okay.

1:13:00Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to get me. I'm going to catch. I'm going to go. Me and Joe are going to go fishing, and I'm going to catch one so big, I'm going to have him mounted because I'm going to beat Joe fishing. That'll be the end of that because he swear he can fish. So I'm going to beat him fishing. Then I'm going to take him on the basketball court, and I'm going to have the basketball mounted. That's what I'm going to do, Joe. I'm going to have a basketball mounted.

1:13:17Chad Johnson:Hey, Unk, Unk, Unk, what I would advise for you to do is to go in your backyard every day for the next month or so. Make sure you get your reps in, OK? Yeah, get your reps in. See, that's the problem.

1:13:32Shannon Sharpe:You see this joke? I see it. It look good, too. Never going to get it. Never going to get it. Never going to get it. Woo, woo, woo.

1:13:41Chad Johnson:Yeah. I can't let you get this joke. Hey, hey, hey. Let me tell y 'all something. I'm going to make an example out of YouTube, boy. I'm going to make an example out of YouTube. I'm going to tell y 'all what we need to do, too. If we get some time in Vegas, man, we need to... What's up on the pool, man? Do I need to bring my pool stick? What do I need to do? You want to shoot pool? Yeah, pool, ping pong, something, man. Something, y 'all. Hey, don't let ping pong come out your mouth, Joe. Don't do that. We can find a pool to help her easy. They got a minute. Hold on. Hey, where we staying at? Can I tell you something?

1:14:18Hey Joe What day you get that Joe?

1:14:19Chad Johnson:I get that Wednesday morning I'll tell you in a minute but let me tell you something Me and Chad Me and Chad We sick of these shenanigans you got going on I'm just going to keep it 100 with you okay? Hold on when you talk about 100 Let's take 50 from that Let's keep it 50 Nah I'm going to keep it 100 I don't care about it being 100 I don't care about it being 100 I ain't really care what you're talking about right now Honestly. What day you get to Vegas? I know where the pool tables and the ping pong tables are.

1:14:47Shannon Sharpe:I got me a subscription to ChatGPT. And they tell me I'm the best in the house. That's what ChatGPT told me. The best in the house at what? Shooting pool, fishing, ping pong, basketball shooting.

1:15:03Chad Johnson:Chat, chat. Y 'all see my work, chat. Y 'all see how you... I don't have to do a whole lot of time. I'm really by action, man. I ain't saying... You know what I'm saying? Y 'all gonna shoot... I talk and I action. Y 'all gonna chew the fat, do a bunch of lying, and I ain't, man, listen. When y 'all see me show up, y 'all know what time it is. That's what y 'all do know. Yeah. Time for you to catch yourself with it dealing with me now.

1:15:25Shannon Sharpe:But O.J. Sharp, now, I'm telling Joe, there's a different time. Hey, O.J. and I are the same type of animal, but I'm a different beast. We're the same type of animal, but I'm a different beast, Joe. Hey, this is what you got to understand. For one, Joe, I let you do what you did, right? I wasn't messing up my boots. I just bought my little$800 Cayman boots. I had my belt on. I wasn't scuffing none of them up. I let you win your little basketball game. Joe, when it comes to anything outside of your respective sport, Joe, you're not beating me, Joe, at nothing. Pick pool. Joe, I promise you, I know where the pool table's at.

1:16:01I know where the ping pong table's in Las Vegas. It's whatever you want to do.

1:16:05Chad Johnson:Hey, you're an unc boy. Y 'all funny. Y 'all two characters. You know that? y 'all just kill me sometimes. You hear me? Hey, I like that word kill. So the fact that I'm still letting you breathe, I let you know I got love for you. I like it. It's cute. What you got to say?

1:16:23Shannon Sharpe:I ain't say nothing. Y 'all saw me before. I had all this cosmetic surgery done.

1:16:31Chad Johnson:Hey, listen. This is easy work. What? You on Ocho? Y 'all easy work. Man, I don't even have to sweat. I ain't really. Joe, you can't even play pool, Joe.

1:16:44Shannon Sharpe:No, you really can't play pool. Joe, you know, I'm telling you, I beat the best.

1:16:49Chad Johnson:Oh, you ain't played me. How you beat the best? I am. What you mean?

1:16:54Shannon Sharpe:Earl Strickland. They can't beat me. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

1:16:57Chad Johnson:The F and Reyes, them boys can't beat me. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

1:17:00Shannon Sharpe:Boy, I'm the best in the house. Moscone, facts.

1:17:06Chad Johnson:Joe, you got your own pool stick? Come on, Joe. Stop playing with me, man. That's like asking me. That's like asking a basketball player, man. Do you ride around with a basketball in your car? Hell yeah, I do. Because somebody get out of line, I got something for them. I'll be Joe with a broomstick. Mine in my car.

1:17:24Shannon Sharpe:It's in my car. I got one of the more fat broomsticks. You want one of the more broomsticks we used to grow up with in the country, Joe? Everybody been this fat around? Big fat ones. Hey, hold on. Hey, the broom bristles are hard as hell.

1:17:41Yeah.

1:17:42Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:17:44Shannon Sharpe:Hey, what time it is?

1:17:48Shannon Sharpe:Like seven minutes to eight. Hello? It's time to go to bed. You got school in the morning. Let's go, let's go. Eat that. Put that stuff, throw that stuff away. she back here chilling like it ain't school how old is she Ojo? yeah I'm sitting there eating McDonald's yeah that sounds like

1:18:07Chad Johnson:mine keep coming through here oh they up over there too Joe? my daughter Twill she like to walk around the house late night too where everybody sleep hold on but do she wake up in the morning with no problem she pop right up yeah this she do too she wake me up in the morning for some time, especially when we had a show. Yeah, she'd wake up before me, so

1:18:30Shannon Sharpe:that's why I wasn't really tripping. You gotta get up. Grandma say, okay, you ain't gotta get up, but I'm gonna shut down on your ass if you not up. Yeah, hello.

1:18:43Shannon Sharpe:Bengals can't have any. Boy, look at it. Boy, look at the Bengals. Y 'all got one of the easiest schedules, Ocho. Hey, Uncle, it's the NFL. Ain't nothing easy by that. The Bengals got the 30th, easiest

1:19:02You see that, Jojo? It's not easy, huh? It's the NFL. Ain't nobody easy. You still got to go out there and compete. The team at the bottom of the league can be the team at the top of the league any given Sunday. It just depends on what team shows up that day. So nothing is easy. Now, what they're trying to do is they're trying to make excuses before we make the Super Bowl run. That's what they're trying to do. they're trying to say the fact that we got to the Super Bowl because our schedule was easy. Y 'all not paying attention. They're trying to undermine you before it gets started. Because they already know.

1:19:36They already know it's going to happen. They've seen the moves that Mike Brown has done for us defensively. The problem that we had over there stopping the run and stopping the pass. Brother DJ Turner, this is your year. You hear me? You got to be specialists here. Joe, Chase, T, y 'all going to do what y 'all do.

1:19:52Chad Johnson:On the NFL, Ocho. Ocho, y 'all defense is going to tighten up. You think y 'all going to be a lot better this year? Let me tell you something, Joe. Just like the Cowboys, we got pieces, Joe. We got names from other teams. Now, how those names play within the scheme of things, schematically, you know, it's still out. Now, everything look good on paper, Joe. We ain't buying names on paper, Joe. What we going to do 1 o 'clock when we play damn who we play week 1 I forgot who we play week 1 oh Tampa Bay no is it Tampa Bay no it can't be Tampa Bay because I thought Cleveland played Tampa Bay first they do

1:20:34Shannon Sharpe:they do you're right you're right I thought they played I don't know who y 'all play damn damn hey Chad who the Bengals play week 1 wait a minute well who the Browns play week 1 they play the Jags they play the Jags Cleveland play the Jags okay they play Tampa Bay the following week. Okay, okay, okay. Yeah, that's going to be a good one. That's going to be a good one. What's going to be good? That's going to be a good test. Hey, that's going to be a good test for Orlando Brown and the Marius Mims. I don't know how to say this. But that Ruben Baines Jr.? Oh. I know he's a rookie. I know we haven't seen him do anything.

1:21:10But just the clips that I've seen and watching him come off that edge, he got some little tools in the toolbox too, huh? Hey, he put some work in too, Ocho. Joe. Hey, he be bending like Beckham.

1:21:23Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What? Yeah, he nice. He nice. He nice. And we're going to see what that defense looks like, Joe.

1:21:30Shannon Sharpe:We're going to see. Well, they need to come on with it.

1:21:40Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, the Giants have released veteran wide receiver Darius Slayton. Slayton, a fifth-round pick in 2019, was the longest-tenured Giant. The move saves the Giants$3.2 million against the Cavs in 2026. Slayton signed a three-year deal,$36 million deal, with the Giants ahead of the 2025 season. Now he's a free agent. He's not eligible for waivers. As a veteran, he can sign anywhere. Ocho, are you surprised by this move? I am surprised by it. I am surprised by it. But also, I'm surprised by the move because I'm not sure where Malik Navers is as far as him playing and being ready and being healthy coming off his injury last year.

1:22:18I'm also surprised that we have other receivers. I know Odell Beckham. This lets me know Odell Beckham has looked extremely good, more than what we can see because we're not at the practice, but we saw the small sample size of Odell in the preseason. We know now he's on the 53-man. And all of a sudden, two, three days later, they let Brother Slayton go, who they just signed to a three-year deal just last year. so I mean I mean I wouldn't say the writing was on the wall because I wasn't sure but I'm hoping I'm hoping brother Malik neighbors is ready to go uh I'm assuming now with Slay I thought Slay was going to be the two and Odell would be the three but it looks like Odell gonna move up to be the two yeah yeah I know Darnell Mooney is there I would see Darnell Mooney is is the three because he's he's more of a slot receiver he can play on the outside too but he does most of his damage from the inside.

1:23:12Shannon Sharpe:Your guppies need to give him a call.

1:23:14Chad Johnson:Somebody gonna give him a call. He gonna get an opportunity. The guppies? The Miami Dolphins? Matter of fact, you know what, Unc? You can keep calling us the guppies, because right now, we need to earn the right to be called the Miami Dolphins. You know, so guppies is okay. I'm gonna go with that for right now. You know y 'all bad. Y 'all going to the Dolphins going to the Super Bowl? Who? Dolphins. Come on. I mean, if you're playing Madden, there's a good chance and you're good at it. I'm asking rhetorical questions. Come on, Unc. Come on now. Hey, Joe. Joe, see. I'm just keeping it 100, though, but we got to keep it.

1:23:52Chad Johnson:This nightcap, we got to keep it 100, Ocho. We can't be on here acting like, you know, they really got a real chance. Hell, we know they don't. Come on now. We know they don't have a chance, Joe. That's why I said if you're playing Madden, that's the only way you win the Super Bowl with the Dolphins.

1:24:05Shannon Sharpe:Well, okay, they give the guppies there. I'll be right back. Okay. Even when they was blowing. I said, Ocho, you know what happens when that weather get cold. Oh, this is a different team. Ocho. Man, they went to Kansas City, Joe.

1:24:24Chad Johnson:It was so cold.

1:24:25Shannon Sharpe:It was Buffalo. Which one? I thought it was Buffalo. That's with Sneed for a quick jam, Tyreek. Oh, yeah, into the flow. Yeah, yeah. Oh, I remember that. I remember that. He didn't slip. he's sleeping he's sleeping he started up there and then backed off cause you know you gotta look inside to try to see where the ball lead cause you can't hear

1:24:51Chad Johnson:yeah

1:24:52Shannon Sharpe:he got a little help behind him though

1:24:56Chad Johnson:hey you know the Miami boys they can't do nothing in that cold weather huh it's hard man man them boys man come on when the Dolphins play in the cold Ocho especially in the postseason in the postseason it's a wrap Come on. That's been the Dolphins' M.O. for how many years, huh? Every time they get cold, they've always played bad. This ain't just Stargots now. It's been like that for years.

1:25:21Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Chargers, too. I mean, them warm-weather-down teams, it's hard. I mean, every once in a while, you get a team like a Tampa, but it really wasn't that bone-chilling cold like we've seen in Philly when they went to an upset Philly in the NFC Championship game and ended up winning the Super Bowl. It wasn't that kind of cold. But the Chargers went one year. that might have been 81 to Cincinnati. Yeah. The first year y 'all went to the Super Bowl, it was about 50 below zero, Ocho. In the 88? The 88? 81. Ken Anderson. I'm sorry, 81. Hey, was that cold? Go look up the temperature and see what it was.

1:25:57Shannon Sharpe:Man, that thing was so cold. Ooh, I felt bad for it. Y 'all beat them 27-0, but it was really worse than that. It might have been like 75 done because they couldn't do nothing, man. It was so cold out there. I was like, man, how's somebody play? It's like, can it be too cold to play? Not an NFL game, it can't. They might tell you don't go outside or win a cheer warning or, you know, extreme cold. Yeah, but football. You playing. Yeah. Hey, Joe, and the only reason I like the cold, Joe, is it's so funny. I think obviously growing up in Miami and playing in Cincinnati and had an appreciation for the seasons.

1:26:39Had an appreciation for, you know, going through the summer, the winter, the fall, the spring. And something about being in that cold weather, because when it's hot, Joe, I got to get an IV game. Game at halftime, Joe, my calves cramp up. Every single game. Hydration. Never. But 11, 12 years straight, Joe. So I couldn't wait until it got cold. I'd be out there running free. No sleeve, no nothing, Joe, out there having a ball, because I know I can just keep going, and I ain't going to get it.

1:27:07Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, this was in January 10th of 1982. The air temperature was minus nine. The wind chill was minus 59. Ooh. What? What was this at? Minus 59? Minus 59. That was in Buffalo? I remember watching the guy. What was that at? It's in Riverfront Stadium. Oh. Did you play at Riverfront, Ocho? No, no. They was already at Paul Brown's team by the time I got there. Okay, yeah. I played it on Riverfront. Oh, yeah, Joe. Yeah, minus 59. That way it was blowing 25, 30, 35 miles an hour. I'm talking about it was so, so... Go back and look at the videos, though, and you see the people in the stand. And you know they had a couple of them had their shirts off, Joe.

1:27:54Chad Johnson:Hey, you can't do nothing but run the... You can only run the ball in that type of weather, can't you? Oh, no, you can throw it. Hey, as a receiver, Joe, you catching everything from here down. From the belly button, let me show the pass, You know, that's it. I ain't trying to use no hands at all.

1:28:10Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. But I think I'm a little surprised because my thing is the week, the season happened this week. If that, you should have just made him a part of the 53, a part of the 37 that you cut when you trimmed the original roster. Well, I think, I think you probably waited this late because you didn't know what you're going to do with O 'Neal. You didn't know if he was going to make team or not. So this is, this is the last minute decision unless something else happened that we don't know about, you know, internally inside. Now, that might come out for them releasing them. It might be something else.

1:28:47Shannon Sharpe:Man, just got married. Still on his honeymoon, having a great time. Y 'all didn't slice the man like this here.

1:28:53Chad Johnson:They don't care nothing about that. They don't. They don't. He gonna get picked up either way. I don't like seeing players lose their job, man. Especially a player like Brother Slayton who gives you no problems. He doesn't cause no problems on the field or on the field. He does everything right, you know, as far as I can see. I hate that. I hate that for him. But, listen, there was a reason behind it. What that reason is, we don't know. And if it was, I'm sure it will come out. But he going to land on his feet. Yeah.

1:29:24Shannon Sharpe:But, so I guess you're right. Malik Naber's got to be pretty close to damn near healthy to make a move like this. He's got to be. Yeah. Yeah. It's not like they they just just loaded with receiver talent.

1:29:38Chad Johnson:Yeah. Hey, I got a question. Do y 'all think they anticipated OBJ probably looking the way he looked, meaning looking good and obviously making the team job. Do y 'all think they anticipated him to play the way he played in this preseason? No. Obviously making the team. I don't think so. Neither. That's why I was asking. nah I don't think they was expecting I think they was willing to give him a shot Ocho but I don't know if they thought that he would you know be able to hold up throughout training camp you know what I mean I don't know if they thought that ah you know how I feel I've talked about it before and obviously the entire chat they got on me he's not Odell Abode but listen even if he's not Odell Abode I know what a healthy Odell can do even after the injuries when the opportunities present themselves.

1:30:29That's all.

1:30:30Chad Johnson:Yeah. That's all. I just saw him with Baltimore take a slant to go 70. You know, I saw what he did when he was with the Rams. I saw what he did when he was with Cleveland. He still has that magic in him to do what he's done in the past, just not on a regular basis.

1:30:43Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. You know, you're throwing three balls, you know, want to be a six yard and then maybe a 10 yard and there go one, boom, he going for 70, he going for 80. Like that's, it's still in there, just not on a regular, like we're used to seeing it happen. That's why. That's what I was talking about, Ocho. I just didn't know he was going to get the opportunities. Right. And as you get older, I mean, it takes more out of you. I don't know if he can handle his body, could withstand 120 targets at this juncture of his career. Because he hadn't missing all of last year and over the last three to four years, he's gotten limited targets.

1:31:24Shannon Sharpe:And just to give him that abundance of targets, you're asking an awful lot I think 40 40 50 balls I think that's realistic depending on if he's the two he can get more than that but it all depends on what are they looking like neighbors go down neighbors are not as healthy as we think he is it might increase yeah it's going to it's going to

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