Best of NFL News Part 2: New Ravens OC SNEAK DISSING Lamar Jackson, LIVID with TASTELESS Cop ALLEGEDLY happy Tyreek Hill released from Dolphins

10:26Shannon Sharpe:Then what? Working hard. And then what? This is a new system. This is a new system. He's been in that system before, Ocho. Come on, what is it that you don't understand, Ocho? You don't call out your fucking franchise quarterback. What the fuck you don't understand? You said he wasn't talking to him. you said you weren't talking to him

10:51Chad Johnson:no matter what you don't do it you don't do it

10:54Shannon Sharpe:you're going to piss him hold on you know that did Belichick call out Brady did Belichick call out Brady you're talking about they won six Super Bowls five Super Bowls and he called out Tom Brady who he won six Super Bowls with but you mean to tell me Lamar Jackson can't get called out

11:20Shannon Sharpe:So you really compare Lamar Jackson to Tom Brady? That's what I'm asking you. Are we doing that? That's what I'm asking you. That's the point.

11:26Chad Johnson:No, listen. Let me finish. The new officer coordinator, who I don't even effing know, calls out the franchise quarterback, and you're comparing that to what Tom Brady and Bill Belichick did? Are you serious?

11:39Shannon Sharpe:I'm asking you. Are you serious? I got it when six Super Bowls got called out, but a guy that hadn't been to the Super Bowl, he can't get, he's above reproach.

11:50Chad Johnson:You know what? Don't worry about it. Okay. I say we what we're not going to do is we're not going to have common sense here. Because call the rule number one. Listen, listen to me. Call the rule number one. You never chastise your quarterback. That is the only coach the only coach that has ever called out. But you said you don't chastise your quarterback. Let me finish. He can do that. Why? They had that relationship. What relationship they had? Let me finish. They had the relationship to set the tone for everybody else to let everybody else know. It's an even playing field here.

12:23Shannon Sharpe:Thank you. That's how you see the tone. That's how you see. Thank you, Ocho. You see, Joe, what I do? You see how I want you walking into the trap? You set the tone. What trap?

12:33Chad Johnson:They've won four or five Super Bowls. They haven't. What are we talking about? Let me ask you a question.

12:38Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to compare the truth. Let me ask you a question. It's not the same. Let me ask you a question. So do you think Coach Belichick called Tom Brady out before or after he won a Super Bowl? They had already won two. No, they did not. Stop it, Ocho. They had one four. It was 2011. What are you talking about? I was told. I was told that he called him out from the beginning. So Tom Brady has never been above reproach. Go ask the other guys that played on the team. Why are we talking about the Patriots?

13:09Chad Johnson:We're talking about the Baltimore Ravens. and a new officer coordinator calling out his franchise quarterback publicly.

13:15Shannon Sharpe:You said that's how you set the tone. Coach Belichick was setting the tone. But now you don't want this coach to set a tone. What tone are you setting piss off your quarterback? Why are you pissing him off? He just asked if you want to win. You got standards. You got to do things a certain way. You can text me that.

13:34Chad Johnson:If you're talking to him, what sense are you making? What are you trying to prove saying it publicly? If you want Lamar there, you text Lamar and tell him, I would like you here for the offseason because we have a new game plan.

13:45Shannon Sharpe:Joe, your coaches ever called you and said they wanted you to be somewhere, Joe? Or you just did the right thing because you knew it was important? Hold on. Now you're saying. You had Joe talk. It's voluntary. Let Joe talk. Now you're saying. Let Joe talk. You ain't going to let Joe talk? No. It's voluntary. You ain't going to let Joe talk?

14:01Chad Johnson:So now it's the right thing. Now it's the right thing. So it's being. It's voluntary. He doesn't want to be there.

14:06Shannon Sharpe:Guess what else is voluntary? Being great.

14:08Chad Johnson:What?

14:09Shannon Sharpe:That's voluntary, isn't it, Joe? He is great. He is great. What are you saying? Go ahead, Joe. What were you saying, Joe? Hold on. So Lamar's not great? Are you saying Lamar's not great? You're not going to let Joe talk. So Lamar's not great? You're not going to let Joe talk. So Lamar's not great. The two-time MVP's not great? Joe, you're not going to let the man talk, Ocho. Go ahead.

14:33Shannon Sharpe:Go ahead, Joe. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Hey, look, anytime you have something voluntary and you show up, obviously, you know, coaches appreciate that. But not only that, like if he's been doing the same thing over the past seven, eight years, Ojo. I think coach is trying to send a message, bro. Like in order for us to reach something that we've never had before, obviously we got to do something we've never done. Support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On public, you can build a multi-asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto, and now generated assets, which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI.

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16:51Shannon Sharpe:It's getting more of what you want and less of what you don't. That's how TD's making banking more human. Are we human? Well, I hadn't been doing that. That's all I'm saying. That's all I'm saying.

17:07Chad Johnson:That's all I'm saying. Yeah, and you know what? I hope, for the coach's sake, since he's setting the goddamn tone in goddamn in February, I hope they end up in what a goddamn Super Bowl next year. LA? I hope the Ravens in goddamn LA next year. Since he want to come out, and be big badass instead of just texting him, I would like you to be here for the all-season program.

17:33Shannon Sharpe:I would have thought that, you know, because it's reported. Now, I don't know if it's true that Lamar was a part of the hiring process. Now, I don't know, with the head coach. Now, I don't know if he's a part of the hiring process with the offensive coordinator. But normally, normally, normally, normally, when you have a new staff, even though it's voluntary, you show up because of the importance of it. It's a new system, both offensively and defensively, and your best player, he sets the tone for everyone else. If your best player is there, everybody else will feel obligated and come, and you get a head start on things.

18:20Hey,

18:22Shannon Sharpe:hey, trying to develop that chemistry and continuity early. Because it's a new system. I've been through this with Wade Phillips. I've been through it with Mike came there. And then when I went to Baltimore, it was a new system. So I went for the OTAs, even though I didn't do a whole lot. But I thought it was important for my presence to be there. Yeah. Yeah. Ocho, you ain't never had to switch systems like that? I'll see. Yeah.

18:50Chad Johnson:Yeah. But, I mean, I was always the off-season program. Yeah. Man, Ocho, man, you got a little sandwich, man.

19:00Shannon Sharpe:God dang.

19:02Chad Johnson:Man, you got any coaches coming here talking all that shit, man. Green-ed, nigga, man. Who you supposed to be? Nigga, you trying to prove something, trying to show off like you coming in, like you running something. Man, just text me. Green-ed, peanut-headed-ed coach, man. Trying to show off. He trying to show off, man.

19:21Shannon Sharpe:That man trying to show off, Ocho. Stall him out, man.

19:23Chad Johnson:I'm here trying to show off, man. All that's unnecessary. Man, text me. You want to see me.

19:36Shannon Sharpe:Hey, OJ, you about to lose your voice for what?

19:40Chad Johnson:Hey, come on, Unc. Look at that. Hold on, hold on, hold on. No, no, you know, Unc, I like when we get into it like this. We've gotten into it like this in a long time.

19:48Shannon Sharpe:If the chat be getting upset when they don't know, man this man be calling me I want to argue tonight for what?

19:58Shannon Sharpe:this man text me I want to argue tonight I'm like we ain't got no problem to argue about

20:06Chad Johnson:I'm just saying as a player as a player it's just unnecessary you know you're a new coach you're coming in I understand you want to set the tone you want to establish yourself as an officer coordinator but there's no need to say what you said publicly. You know, that conversation is something that's to be had with Lamar Jackson. When you say something like that to the player that hasn't been there, you know, seven of the last eight years, I mean, why are you even calling me out? You know, you already know how players are. And if it's any player, you know, and you hear your coach say that, well, God damn, you could have just, you could have hit my line.

20:43Chad Johnson:You know? And so it's like, I mean, I just think it's green. No disrespect to Coach, man. Hey, you done called a man Peanut. You don't talk about you don't got no disrespect. He done called a man no Peanut head. I'm not really talking to him. I'm just referencing his act and what he said publicly. That's all. I'm sorry. I apologize, Chad. I'm sorry. What you apologizing for? Hey, you got me worked up, Joe. Joe, I don't never get like this, Joe. I know, man. Got my man blood pressure up high and everything. I'm sweating, man. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Remember the last time me and Unc was like this joke?

21:26Chad Johnson:We were talking about boots and... Boots and... Remember we were talking about boots? Boots and... Haney. He would tell me to pick between one and the other. Boy, Joe? Boots and Haney? No, boots and Terrence Crawford. He was telling me, You got to pick one or the other. No, I ain't got to pick either one.

21:49Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Boots Cole. I like Boots, Ocho.

21:52Chad Johnson:Hey, Joe, boy, we were going at it, boy.

21:55Shannon Sharpe:And that was a long time ago. That he get passionate about. He just gloss over. But once I see what I know will get it, go. What do you think? Let me finish my point. Okay, go ahead. I said, well, damn, I thought you were done. You got another point to make? My bad, my bad. Okay, I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Chad. Nah. I just think the thing is that if what was reported is true, that kind of the relationship with Monk and Lamar had kind of deteriorated, I think he's going to look at this as a breath of fresh air. Give him an opportunity to get there. because no matter what you think, especially when you're dealing with Lamar, he's the table setter.

22:49Shannon Sharpe:He's the guy that everybody's looking to. And when he's there, all is right in the world in Baltimore, in Raven country, Raven's flock. All is right when your franchise quarterback is there. Like, okay, we're going to be all right. We're going to be all right. Hey, Joe.

23:08Chad Johnson:What's up? When Lamar Jackson won those two MVPs, he wasn't there in the offseason. Well, the first one he was, he was there.

23:19Shannon Sharpe:Hey, ain't he up? Is he up? Is he up for?

23:22Chad Johnson:Oh, ain't nobody no being up. He's getting his contract done this offseason. They redoing it.

23:27Shannon Sharpe:Yes, for sure. They're right when he's doing it. His cap number too high. You got to lower that cap number and you got to take care of it. Because he's outperformed the contract that he signed. and normally with quarterbacks, when you outperform the contract,

23:44Shannon Sharpe:he's well on his way to being the best player. Right now, I still think that's right.

23:52Shannon Sharpe:But I think when it's – Hey, Joe, you heard that?

23:56Chad Johnson:You heard what I just said? What's that? He's the best player. He outperformed last – you know what? He outperformed his contract. You know he wasn't in the offseason program last year either.

24:05Shannon Sharpe:And guess what he wasn't in the offseason? He wasn't in the Super Bowl either.

24:09Chad Johnson:What? Hey, neither were the Broncos.

24:15Hey, I'm just saying.

24:18Shannon Sharpe:I know. Hey, I'm just saying. You know this. Now he was hurt. Quarterbacks, when it's matter, Super Bowl matters. Yeah, you know, you can say, well, he did this, he did that. Super Bowls matter. Lamar Jackson gets a Super Bowl? Oh, it's a wrap.

24:36Chad Johnson:that monkey off his back.

24:38Shannon Sharpe:He can play the rest of his career in Cruz and Troll. He get to the Super Bowl, he might win another two MVPs. Yeah. Because now, because there is, because he wanted, oh man, you ever wanted something so bad, Joe? You want that thing, oh Joe, you know you want this thing so bad. Yeah. And you're so close. And it seems like as the time goes back, you know, having a conversation with John, he's like, man, he went to the last Super Bowl in 89 and then we didn't go back and like damn because you think about it he went to three in his first six years first seven years he goes to three Super Bowls he didn't win them and then there was a stretch so we don't go in 90, 91, 92, 93 94, 95 so that's six years he had never gone that long without reaching the Super Bowl so as time starts you're like damn Danny Marino goes in the second year, Ocho.

25:35Shannon Sharpe:He plays 16 years. So for the next 14 years, he never goes back. And then you're like, damn, am I ever going to get this opportunity again? He just needs one. He gets one? I feel if he gets one, he'll win two more MVPs. Because now he really gets to play free. He really gets to play loose. You know, look, and he's a phenomenal talent. But when you get those early, I mean, look at Brady. Brady played with house money. Mahomes played with house money. You get those early. What? How you, what you going to say? Mahomes got three in his first nine years. First eight years as a starter. He's gone to five.

26:22Shannon Sharpe:Brady, in his first five years, he had three Super Bowls, two MVPs. I'm free. Y 'all can't tell me nothing. I just think the thing is that I just want him to get there I just want him to get to I want to see Lamar Jackson on the biggest stage For the most part We've always seen our greatest quarterbacks Be it Elway, Marino Kelly Favre, Rodgers Brady Montana Manning We've seen our best on that biggest stage Now, they didn't always win, Ocho, but we've seen them on that stage. We got to see Lamar on that stage. Just one time. Just wait, hey, like Luther Vandross said, if only for one night. For one night.

27:14Shannon Sharpe:If only for one night. I got to see that man on the stage. I got to see him. I would love to see, hey, if I don't see him in L.A., hell, I go see him in Atlanta. Hey, I might have to go see him in Atlanta. yeah he's special he's special I want to see him in that big game too I want to see him show up and show out I mean think about it Ocho we done seen Purdy in the Super Bowl I mean we've seen some quarterbacks not nearly as talented as Lamar he too talented not to get there at least once I don't know what's going to happen but I want to see him get there and then I'll say, hey, whatever happens after that.

28:02Shannon Sharpe:He was phenomenal. He didn't have his best stuff, blah, blah, whatever the case may be. But I just need to see him one time in the big dance. I see him in the big dance. I say, oh, Joe, man, hey, he got there. It didn't go his way, but oh well. Damn it, man. I want to see the damn cowboys. I don't know what you see. Hey, hey, Joe. What's up?

28:23Chad Johnson:I'm going to be honest with you. it's a good chance the Cowboys can be there boy you know how if you play Madden come on see how you going I'm going to tell you

28:37Shannon Sharpe:I ain't said nothing about your Bengals I ain't even got on you see how you act

28:41Chad Johnson:oh nah don't get on us why you going to get on us I'm just saying if you want to see the Cowboys in the Super Bowl I mean just play Madden There you go. You see how you do it, Joe?

28:54Shannon Sharpe:You see what I'm saying? Okay. Okay. No disrespect? Yeah, all disrespect. Yeah. I think it's Declan. Declan. Deaclan?

29:13Shannon Sharpe:What is it, Chad? What are you talking about? Doyle. Declan. Declan Doyle. Declan Doyle.

29:22so I guess

29:24Shannon Sharpe:hold on when is the March well it's got to be free agency so it's got to be April the first one minicamp OTA is in April because you know with a new system you get three get three okay

29:38Chad Johnson:three minicamps okay okay okay with a new what did you say

29:45Shannon Sharpe:Ash do we know when it is

29:48Chad Johnson:well the offseason program started in April or is it March damn they started early yeah

30:04yeah

30:06Shannon Sharpe:hey when the draft in May last week in April when is it Ash last week in April What a draft at is y 'all. Okay. Pittsburgh. So.

30:32Shannon Sharpe:But you, did you have a workout bonus incentive, workout bonuses in your contract, Ocho? Yeah. What was that? So what'd you have to do, Ocho? Make 90 % of the workout?

30:47Chad Johnson:Yeah, 13 weeks. I mean, I would make it all up anyway. I mean, you know, honestly, if I didn't have that incentive, I still would have been there anyway to work out with Carson.

30:56Shannon Sharpe:You know why I didn't come? Because they know I like to work out. See, if they know you like to do something, Mocho, guess what? They don't incentivize it. People that they don't know they like to work out, they put$100 ,000, a quarter of a million,$500 ,000 in their contract. They want to give me$50 a day.

31:14Shannon Sharpe:You're good, huh? Oh, no.

31:17Chad Johnson:It was a nice... Yeah, I know. I know.

31:19Shannon Sharpe:I had teammates that had 150, 250, 500 ,000. But, Joe...

31:25Chad Johnson:Yeah, mine was 500 ,000.

31:27Shannon Sharpe:Man, we can't give him that. He loved to work out. So we just give him away money. Right. That was fun, bro. But, you know, Mike told him, Mike says, I don't want Shannon here. Shannon cannot get in shape. 84 cannot get in shape doing our thing like he can get in shape doing his own. But I don't trust y 'all like I trust him. Right. So I was out of there. Hey, y 'all let me know when the camps, I come to that camp. You know, we had a three-day camp. And then you have a three-day camp, mini-camp, and then you have a week mini-camp. So you come in, you get what, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Saturday, you up out of there Saturday afternoon or whenever you leave.

32:13Shannon Sharpe:And then you have that week, you come in on a Monday, and, you know, if everything go good, they'll let you off Thursday at noon. Yeah. Support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On Public, you can build a multi-asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto, and now generated assets, which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI. It all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20 % year over year. You can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work.

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34:12Shannon Sharpe:The Dolphins have released Tyreek Hill today. Hill turns 32 on March 1st and was set to carry a$51.1 million cap hit in 2026, which have given him the highest cap number amongst non-quarterbacks coming into the season. The decision leaves Miami$28.2 million in dead money, but also creates almost$23 million in cap space by releasing Hill now. Ocho, which team is the best landing spot for Tyreek? The Chiefs, the Bills, or the Chargers?

34:46Chad Johnson:I think Tyreek's next move has to be his best move. Obviously, coming off an injury, going to a team where he's going to be utilized in the correct way. I think the Bills would be a nice place for him. Obviously, I mean, you have Shakur, who was somewhat in that same position and being in the slot, but Tyreek being able to play on the outside. I like the Chiefs. The Chiefs also being able to use him, you know, the correct way. And it all comes down to how healthy is he going to be when he's recovered, you know, even once he goes to rehab. Even a Tyreek Hill that's not as fast as he once was is probably still faster than everybody else.

35:22Chad Johnson:I think that's what it's going to come down to. I think the Dolphins might have moved on a little too fast. honestly just just in my own personal opinion they could have restructured and found a way to get that to get that uh that salary a little bit lower with him coming off the injury but to let a player of his magnitude go which is the staple of your offense obviously having a chance having having um god well having waddle as well i don't think they should let him go but that's just my personal opinion obviously being 32 and coming off injury you know how you know how this serious serious

35:52Shannon Sharpe:injury.

35:54Chad Johnson:That ain't just no ACL.

35:57Shannon Sharpe:He tore a lot of ligaments and he broke his tibia.

36:00Chad Johnson:Yeah, I understand. But rehab, the resources, the access to some of the methods he has to get himself back to where he once was, I think that the chances of him coming back and being the Tyreek of old is possible. Even if he's not the same Tyreek of old, it will still be better than damn near 98 % of the receivers in the NFL if he's used correctly.

36:22Shannon Sharpe:Well, the writer was on the roll. I'm surprised that it moved on to offseason. After what had transpired the last game, Ocho, we talked about this. The one thing you can't do as a player, players will forgive a lot, but you can't leave them out to dry. You can't quit on them. When things are going bad, that's when your best players, that's when I need Ocho to show up and be his best. I understand, Ocho, we're not going to the playoffs. I understand, Ocho, you're not going to get your customary 90 catches, 1 ,300 yards. But don't quit on me. Don't be a guy that when things are going good, they go great.

36:58Shannon Sharpe:And when they go bad, they go terribly, horribly wrong. And so I thought they would move on in the offseason because I knew he would never have the same trust in that locker room that he once had. Go ahead, Ocho.

37:11Chad Johnson:Can I tell you something? I can tell you why they didn't move on. They didn't move on because they understood his value. They understood his true value despite him giving up, despite him quitting in that previous season. We can't let someone like this go. Look at the numbers he's put up. Look what he does for us offensively. He makes everyone else's job around him that much easier because we have to, everyone has to focus on him in game. So it opens up everything else. So, of course, they were going to let him go. But now that he's injured, now that he's hurt and it's kind of up in the air, you don't know what you're going to get.

37:42Chad Johnson:Once he's back healthy, you know what? Now we can let him go. but you'll never find another one. Let me ask you a question. You'll never find another player like that. Did they make the playoffs with him? No. They can miss the playoffs without him. I mean, we can say that about a lot of players on a lot of teams. But at$51 million,

37:57Shannon Sharpe:and I told you that since Ocho...

37:59Chad Johnson:Oh, no, but you know you wouldn't get 51. You would restructure that, though.

38:02Shannon Sharpe:You would restructure that. I would have moved on, Ocho, because he's not going to be the same guy in the locker room. They're not going to believe in him. The coaching staff don't believe in him. There's a reason they didn't give him the C again. There's a reason, Ocho. You know that. You've got to do something really, really bad, something really egregious for you to be a captain one year, him being the player that he is, and then all of a sudden he's not the captain. Because nobody's going to like, bro, how you the captain? You quit of all people. If I give Ocho the key, I'll give it damn near my leg broke.

38:37Shannon Sharpe:Hey, man. Hey, Doc, what you think? It's broke, Ocho. Can you tape it up? Can I still go? oh, can I run a stop? You're going to do everything you possibly can because you understand the importance of that seat. You understand the importance of that leadership, and the guys look to you. Once that transpired, I said it's never going to be the same. You know that. I know that. Everybody knows that. Now, people try to make you old school. I'm telling you. Quitting is the worst thing that you can do in a team game because if you're by yourself, you're a golfer or a tennis player, who cares if you quit?

39:15Shannon Sharpe:You withdraw, you withdraw. Oh, you got an injury and you can't continue? Okay. Who was that? Who was that? Somebody had a – Oh, Djokovic was playing somebody in the semifinals and the guy, he was up two sets to love and he had to withdraw because he had an injury. Okay. Injury, yeah. He couldn't continue. But as a team, and the thing was, Ocho, he was healthy. And it got out that Waddle asked him, Hey, Reid, you done? You can't. The problem is, Ocho, what you have if you restructure at what number? Because he's going to deem it disrespectful. First of all, he's going to deem it disrespectful that you're cutting his pay based on what he's done.

40:03Shannon Sharpe:So now what are the number that you and the team, because you know the team is looking to be here. Tyreek and his representatives are looking to be here. Can we find somewhere in the middle? Yeah.

40:18Chad Johnson:I mean, obviously at some point, I'm not sure when it's going to be, you're going to see Tyreek Hill post videos showing how healthy he is. You're going to see him running routes, lateral movement, being able to accelerate, being able to stop, being able to transition and do some of the things he once was able to do. I think once those videos are posted on social media, then you're going to understand, okay, he's back. He's back. He might not be Tyreek of old, but even the same Tyreek of old, even if he loses the step, he's still faster and almost better than 98 % of those that play his exact position.

40:51Chad Johnson:A lot of people, they mistake and allow the off-field stuff to kind of camouflage what he's done on the field. Right now, if he was the try today, he's a Hall of Famer. If Tyreek Hill was to never play another down in the NFL, he is a Hall of Famer. He is a first ballot Hall of Famer. For those who don't know and probably say, oh, Joe, shut the hell up.

41:09Shannon Sharpe:Nah, we need to get away from that first ballot. After they put T.O. and Coach Belichick in.

41:15Chad Johnson:I understand. I understand because they allow all this stuff to overshadow what players have done on the field. Look at what he's done on the field. Look at his numbers to date. And obviously knowing Tyreek being 32 as fast as he is, he's probably not going to slow down anytime soon based on the way we've seen players come back from even gruesome injuries like this, I think he's going to be all right. But I feel he's a Hall of Famer based on what he's done thus far to date in the NFL.

41:39Shannon Sharpe:I think the thing is also, Ocho, I think he should take his time. I think he had this injury. I think he did it in week four. So he's about five months into his surgery. Excuse me, rehab. He should be in no rush. You said his next move should be his best move. It's got to be his best move. I agree. Because the one thing, okay, he left voluntarily, Kansas City, to go to Miami. Miami, he doesn't leave under the same circumstances. The last thing you want to happen, Ocho, is you go somewhere, and then after a year, they move on. So now what's the thing? He ain't the same player. So you start to bounce.

42:17Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.

42:18Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Now they ping pong you. And that's the last thing they want. Because like you said, he's coming off a gruesome injury, and he's 32. Yeah. I mean, I'll tell you what. Y 'all do realize, I mean, he was running 4-3 at 31. So, yeah, I agree with you, Ocho. I don't know if we've ever seen a player this fast have this gruesome of an injury. So we really don't know what he's going to be when he gets back because that's a lot of downforce. That's a lot of deceleration and acceleration. If he can still excel, can he still get in and out of those breaks with the quickness? Can he still put fear? Hey.

42:57Shannon Sharpe:Go ahead. Can he still put fear? Hold on. Go ahead.

43:03Chad Johnson:Fat, fat.

43:05Shannon Sharpe:Come here. All right, go ahead. No, I was just saying, I think that's the biggest thing. We've never seen a player with this kind of speed to have this kind of gruesome injury because the acceleration and the deceleration. Because you may, hey, the faster you go, because normally guys that run really fast, hey, they have to throw that blink on there. To get it out of the blink. That's not what Tyreek does. he can decelerate and decelerate in the same so it's going to be very very interesting to see but I would take my time I'm in no rush I'm Tyreek my resume speaks for itself yes and they're going to ask him you know they're going to bring him in they're going to ask him what happened in that situation they always do

43:50Chad Johnson:I don't know I don't think so understanding knowing what he can do It's about moving forward. I don't see them rehashing the pass because the pass is not going to help what you're trying to do and what he can do in helping a team right now in trying to reach their end goal, especially the Kansas City Chiefs. Based on them missing the playoff last year and having struggles at that position, I think they'll be happy to bring them back, especially with Eric Biennemi knowing how to use them the right way. Let me ask you a question.

44:22Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all can chime in. in a regular job, if you get fired of your regular job and you go to a new job, they ask you what happened in the old job, Ocho?

44:33Chad Johnson:You know what? I like it, but it's a different environment with different leaders where he doesn't have to be that main one. You got Mahomes, you got some of those other fellas over there. When you got the coach Belichick, what did coach Belichick

44:45Shannon Sharpe:ask you?

44:48Chad Johnson:Oh, he didn't ask me nothing. I know what he did say when I first met him. Welcome to New England You know you're going to have to change who you are to be here

44:58Shannon Sharpe:But you don't think If he goes to a new team They're not going to ask him anything about what transpired

45:03Chad Johnson:He's already been there He's already been there He's been where? In Kansas City before

45:10Shannon Sharpe:I get Kansas City Kansas City saw some of the red flags

45:14Chad Johnson:If he goes somewhere else beyond that

45:16Shannon Sharpe:But what if he doesn't go to Kansas City? What if he goes to Buffalo? What if he goes to the Charger? I'm not saying go into a familiar situation. Yeah. They knew, they took Tyreek knowing what had transpired beforehand. So they have an understanding of who Tyreek is. Yes, sir. But San Diego, excuse me, San Diego, LA, the Chargers don't. Right. Buffalo does not. Maybe any other teams does not. So I need to get a sense. I need to get a feel to make sure this situation doesn't arise again.

45:51Chad Johnson:Go ahead, Ocho. Right.

45:52Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

45:53Chad Johnson:I don't think we have any issues. Obviously, the off-field stuff, it overshadows what he's done on the field. No, that was on the field. That wasn't off the field. Look, I don't understand his wife and the divorce and the kids.

46:06Shannon Sharpe:I don't care nothing about – hopefully, the allegations about DV isn't true. I hope the kids, the kids, hey, that happened. I don't care if he got a baby, one baby mama, two baby mama. They ain't got nothing to do with it. I don't care about that. But what we're, I'm only talking about what transpired the last game of the regular season when he was fully healthy. That's it. And I'm not, Chad, and I don't want you to, oh, no, I'm not trying to minimize it. I'm just saying we're talking about because all that, and they might even ask him about that. Yeah. But I'm talking about on the field play.

46:47Shannon Sharpe:That's what Ocho and I are discussing. Yes, DV is bad. And so I'm not trying to – because y 'all know you're going to try to parse words and clip it and say, oh, doesn't care. I do care. But I'm not asking him about that because I can read and I'm going to ask him. Who knows? Maybe they call. Maybe they call her. I don't know. Maybe they get the police report and deduce what they can from that. All I'm saying is what transpired the last game of the regular season a year and a half ago. That's what's going to be the major concern for teams, all the teams, maybe not Kansas City, because they know who Rick is.

47:23Shannon Sharpe:Andy's very familiar with him. Brett Beach is familiar with him. Obviously, EB is familiar with him. Kelsey, Mahomes, everybody. I saw Chris Jones, Cheetah, had the clock. Yes. But I'm just saying, I think in a situation like that, Ocho, you get asked those questions. Because it would be, you know, a great person to be had on tonight would be asked T.O. Because T.O. went from San Fran. He went to Philly, from Philly to Dallas, Dallas to – so did they ask you anything about what transpired at the previous stops?

47:59Chad Johnson:Right. I mean, you know, it's possible. It's possible they can. I'm sure it would be an easy question that he won't have a problem answering. obviously being a player you know how you can get frustrated but there's certain things you really can do especially wearing that seal on your chest and it got to him in the moment he was upset I'm not sure what was going on I can't remember that previous game or who they were playing but he was frustrated especially offensively because he wasn't being used the way he felt he should

48:30Shannon Sharpe:well I think the thing is Ocho it's the first time and maybe since his rookie year that he didn't get a thousand yards you know you as a wide receiver you measure your success by 1 ,000 yards. Let me get that 1 ,000, and then I'll deal with it. Hey, I might only have 50 catches, but if I got 50 catches for 1 ,000 yards, that's 20 yards. I'm good. I'm Gucci. Yeah, I'm good. Yes. And so I think that might have played a part in it. And when you're at that level, you see all these young guys, you see what Chase doing. You see what Jetta's doing. You see what Puka's doing. You see it. Ocho, as we start to get older, we see those young dogs coming.

49:08Chad Johnson:Yeah. Oh, yeah.

49:09Shannon Sharpe:Damn, man. Pretty soon I'm going to have to get my ass on the damn porch. I can't even run with him no more. Yeah. Yeah. We had an old dog when I was growing up, Ocho. Hey, old Joe Boy. That was his name, Joe Boy. Joe Boy got old. The other dog be running in the yard. He just bark at him. Basically said, I remember I used to be able to do that, but I got to stay up here now. He can't move. Yeah, he can't move no more. He can get off the porch to go out there and do his business, but that's it. He ain't running with nothing. and he definitely ain't going hunting with those other dogs. But I wish Tyreek the best.

49:42Shannon Sharpe:I thought for what he's been able to do on the field, the way he turned himself from a gadget guy, a guy's getting some shovel passes, some jet sweeps, flea flickers here and there, a return specialist, and to turn himself into a preeminent receiver, that's dedication, that's hard work. We all have our balls. We've all made mistakes. but in this situation I commend him on what he's been able to overcome to turn himself into the receiver that he became and so I wish him the best nothing but going forward but I agree with you 1000 % take your time you should be in no rush if this thing doesn't happen I mean it don't have to happen the first week of you know the signing period the second week of March I ain't got to get one of the team I ain't going to be able to do anything anyway

50:31Chad Johnson:but the one thing about it I think it's going to happen before that. When the time comes, I think teams, especially that need a receiver of his caliber, again, even coming off injury, understanding the value that he can bring once he is healthy, a lot of teams can use that asset. A lot of teams. And just not to go off topic, I love talking about Tyreek. Speaking of receivers that need to be utilized in the right way, that is another Matthew Golden. Yeah. Matthew Golden had that same type of I don't understand what they're doing over there in Green Bay, but I just felt like throwing it out there.

51:10Chad Johnson:They need to utilize him the right way too because they're using him as if he's just a gadget player and he can do somewhat of the same thing Tyreek can. He just hadn't figured it out yet, if that makes sense.

51:19Shannon Sharpe:Plus, I think the thing that players get caught up in is that teams do not get caught up in this. Hold on. We're about to invest$15 -$20 million. I mean, maybe it would incentive if they can get to that number. You have to set aside what a guy once was and actually pay him and value him on what you believe he'll be. We get caught up sometimes in that, Ocho. We get caught up, oh, I remember, I remember, I remember, and we pay for what he was as opposed to what he is. What he is. Everything, some things do increase in value. Some things, they lose value. Hey, I just saw an Enzo Ferrari. I think it was on Mecham that went for$16 million.

52:07Yeah.

52:09Shannon Sharpe:The Enzo? It was yellow. I think it was one of one. Yeah. But they're skyrocketing. They're skyrocketing. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And so I think for me, I think that's what teams are going to look at. I think they'll give him decent money, Ocho, but I think a lot of it's going to be incentives. Yeah.

52:31Chad Johnson:and knowing him I think he's a player that will be able to hit those incentive especially if he comes back anywhere near like what he once was Miami traded the first round

52:39Shannon Sharpe:traded a first round pick a second round pick two fourth round picks and a sixth round pick to acquire Cheetah in 2022 despite Tyreek having two productive seasons in Miami in hindsight what do you think Ocho you like this trade I like it from a monetary standpoint that's it

53:02Chad Johnson:yeah but it's you would never be able to get that anywhere else you would never be able to get that anywhere else this is one of the best receivers not just of this generation he's still one of the best receivers of all time of all time I think people need to understand the run that Tyreek was on before his injury this ain't just know anybody so i mean this it was worth it and they got what they wanted obviously the end goal is always to to win a championship but there's so many different so many other holes that need to be filling before we can even think about talking about a championship down here in miami any damn

53:39Shannon Sharpe:way so now now i don't know it's gonna be hard because just saying now ocho he has two more super bowls with another super bowl appearance now maybe he doesn't have 1799 and 1700 maybe he's around 13, but he has three 1 ,300-yard seasons. Now, Ocho, we're looking like, hold on. Man, Tyreek got like 12 ,000 yards and another bloop, bloop, another two Super Bowl rings. Hey, I don't know. I don't know, Ocho, you might be right. Even though we have some issues that and don't let anybody fool you. They say they're not supposed to look at off-field issues. It all depends on who it is. Yeah.

54:23Chad Johnson:Yeah. You know, they move the goalposts for who they want to. You know that. Absolutely. You understand that. And it's unfortunate that they've been given that kind of power to be able to control the narratives and be able to finish your story in their own right. they just have too much power to me and i don't like politics if i wanted to play politics i would have been a politician and it be everything becomes political and not what you've done on the field which is why it just it is what it is you'd be a great politician just lie just tell people

54:57Shannon Sharpe:just tell your constituents what they want to hear they'll vote you in and then they get comfortable That's why these people, 80 plus years old, that's been in office for 40 years.

55:08Chad Johnson:Yeah.

55:09Shannon Sharpe:But, you know. That's crazy. Look, they say Lady Justice, because Lady Justice supposedly have a scale. So Justice is supposed to be balanced and it's supposed to be blindfolded. But every once in a while she be peeking. Oh, I see you. Yeah. Oh, yeah. All the time.

55:23Chad Johnson:Hey, all the time. And depending on it, when it comes to that too, certain people play by different rules. Absolutely. Certain people play by different rules, and we can see that's going on right now. That's not the kind of talk show that we do have, but as you can see, there's a huge story going on, and there are certain people that play in a whole different ballgame and run their own system where the rules don't apply to them.

55:55Shannon Sharpe:After the Dolphins released Tyreek Hill, the former Miami-Dade police officer who hauled him out of the car and handcuffed him during the traffic stop at Hard Rock Stadium, September 24th, was reportedly thrilled. Danny Torres allegedly celebrated Tyrese's release with a Facebook post on Tuesday, writing, hmm, I guess it took a bit, but karma got you. Now that I'm retired and I can tell you how I feel about you, you are an entitled butthole, and I'm embarrassed to the team and the city that kissed your you-know-what. I wish you the best and hope you are able to afford all that child support, especially now that you're unemployed.

56:37Shannon Sharpe:But I'm sure you'll pick up and you'll cause havoc in their team and city. That's just how you did in Miami. Between next time, roll your effing window down. And a text message to the Miami News Times. Torres, who retired in July, reportedly said he was pretty much crucified for doing my job. He reportedly added that he is 100 % stands by his Facebook post saying I was actually nice. He destroyed me, my reputation, when the incident happened and I had to stay quiet because I was still employed. But I'm retired so now it's my turn to say the truth.

57:18Chad Johnson:I mean, honestly, you can get it off your chest. It's unnecessary. It's tasteless. Uh, he's talking about karma, but obviously this situation, uh, depending on who you are, you got, you got to be careful. You got to be careful. I understand you are retired right now. So I'm not sure in any way or any shape, form or fashion where karma can come back and harm you in any way. But, um, listen, you could have just let that be. You could have kept, you could have kept that to yourself. I mean, but it is, it is what it is. Obviously he didn't, he didn't take a liking to the situation and the way Tyreek handled it during that time.

57:56Chad Johnson:He got a lot of flack for it, especially being a Dolphins player. You know how that goes. And obviously the fans and the people of Miami will be on the side of the player side, outside of the cops trying to do his job. But I mean, it is what it is. To me, it's tasteless. I understand you're upset. I understand you're mad. but rejoicing when someone is unemployed or gets cut I mean that's come on

58:26Shannon Sharpe:I agree Ocho but you could the mere fact of what he put in his post lets you know it's personal

58:33Chad Johnson:yeah absolutely

58:35Shannon Sharpe:you see what I'm saying Ocho if you wanted to say look can you cause me pain because all you had to do was roll down your window I got crucified I did my job and had you just followed simple instructions like hey roll your window down we would have been cool but the mere fact that he added a lot of ancillary stuff to go along with it lets you know Ocho lets you know how you like I said I just hope I wish Tyree nothing but the best

59:09Shannon Sharpe:it's a very unfortunate situation it's tough because, you know, there's a lot of security. There's a lot of police officers, Ocho, when you come into that stadium. Oh, yeah. There's a lot because you got to realize you're going to have 70 ,000 people. And all 70 ,000 ain't going to be on their best behavior, Ocho. Some might be having a little something to drink before they even got to the stadium. And you know, once you get in the stadium. So, look, I just hate the situation. But like you said, the man's entitled to his opinion. he felt a certain type of way and uh i just wish tyreek the best hopefully he get all this stuff he's able to come back and be the tyreek that we remember him as yeah and all this stuff that he has going on outside of the field he can get that because it's kind of hard to play when you have so much on your plate yeah that's not football related because you're only human you can only you can only Ocho compartmentalize so much.

1:00:10Chad Johnson:Yes.

1:00:11Shannon Sharpe:So no matter how, hey, there's a box. You can only put so much in it. This glass, I don't care. I can only put so much liquid in this glass before it's going to come out.

1:00:21Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:00:22Shannon Sharpe:So Tyreek, you know, we wish you the best, bro. Get everything situated. Get healthy. And then take care of what you need to get, what you need to take care of.

1:00:35Shannon Sharpe:browns three-time pro bowl guard wyatt teller announced that he will not be back with cleveland in 2026 and that he'll be with a new team next season as he'll be a free agent in march the entire browns offensive line is set to become free agent that left tackle he should have been free last year um but then joe batonio uh ethan uh posic wyatt teller and jack conklin but I left tackle he was bad

1:01:02Chad Johnson:can you imagine

1:01:04Shannon Sharpe:if that left tackle from Cleveland and the Ravens right guard was on the same offensive line

1:01:11Chad Johnson:nah don't do that

1:01:13Shannon Sharpe:if I was a quarterback they'd have to pay me$100 million because you're going to get sacked a hundred times yeah I don't know if I've ever heard you know this you know how linemen are they're very quiet

1:01:28Chad Johnson:they don't really like yeah they don't talk much they don't really say nothing for him for a lineman yeah to come out and say this yeah i'm what what why why do you come out and say it

1:01:41Shannon Sharpe:i mean what's the point i'm look it's hard for me to imagine that at the exit media at the exit meeting yes sir they hadn't had conversation maybe his representative have had conversation and it's like, you know, just go ahead and, you know, look for a new locale, whatever the case may be.

1:02:00Chad Johnson:Right.

1:02:01Shannon Sharpe:But he is a three-time Pro Bowl guard.

1:02:04Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:02:05Shannon Sharpe:No matter what you think of the Browns, first of all, for you to get that kind of recognition as a Browns player, yes, yes. People don't realize how hard it is to get recognition when you're a bad team.

1:02:16Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm.

1:02:17Shannon Sharpe:When you're a player on a bad team. Now, look, Miles Garrett is Miles Garrett.

1:02:21Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:02:21Shannon Sharpe:But when you're offensive line and you don't have a 1 ,500, 1 ,600-yard rusher, when you don't have a 3 ,000, 4 ,000-yard passer, when you don't have wide receivers with gaudy numbers, because stats is what, even though none of them go to the offensive line, don't you? You're like, you know, a guy last year, it was two years ago, when Saquon ran for 2 ,000.

1:02:42Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:02:42Shannon Sharpe:We're a lot of that offensive line. Look at that offensive line. Oh, and Derrick Henry did what he did.

1:02:47Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:02:48Shannon Sharpe:But when you don't have a guy that has those kind of numbers, and you don't have a Lamar Jackson that passed for 41 touchdowns and you don't have a 5 ,000. How do linemen get recognition other than holding number 78 offense, illegal hands to the face, number 64 offense? That's the only time they get recognition. So for him to be a Pro Bowl player.

1:03:10Chad Johnson:Three times.

1:03:12Shannon Sharpe:And as bad as offensively as they've been.

1:03:15Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:03:17Shannon Sharpe:That probably gave you a pretty good indication he's a pretty good player.

1:03:20Chad Johnson:Very. very if they are that bad and you getting recognized by your peers not only on your team but every time you play that means you have to pop out on film you have to pop out on film even with no running back that's going crazy even with no 4 ,000 yard passing quarterback you got to pop out on film even when things are bad yes

1:03:48Shannon Sharpe:so

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