BEST OF NFL Preseason Week 3 Part 2: Jaxson Dart Ready to Start?! + Packers DL Rashan Gary joins the show

22:48or maybe they went for it on four down and he threw the goddamn deep ball instead of throwing it short for a touchdown.

22:57Shannon Sharpe:And guess what, Ocho? Who else knows that you're a rookie that you're probably not going to push that ball downfield early and you're going to stay around the shore? D coordinators. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. And they're telling the corner, they're telling the crowd. See it, yep. Because they thinking like you thinking. Yeah. Coach, first of all, Coach ain't going to call anything. He don't want to get too exotic. He want to let him warm up. We're going to let him throw a smoke, let him throw an aisle, let him throw a slant. Sit.

23:30Shannon Sharpe:Hey, itch. They're going to go get that ball. But no, I love what I've seen. I don't want to get, but I think Brian Dayball and that staff is very pleased with the production that Jackson Dart displayed in the preseason. How can you not? Four total touchdowns, no picks, basically clean look. Like you said, Ocho, I can teach you that, son. Get your ass down. Get down or get out of bounds. You got two choices. You can get down or you can get your ass out of bounds. One or the other. Or we're going to come put your ass on the car and you're going to go in the tent. Because you see what happened? What happened, Ocho?

24:09Shannon Sharpe:They came and got him, and they took his ass to the 10th. But listen, based on his play this preseason, Bengals – I'm talking about Bengals. I'm just thinking about it. Giants fan, Giants organization, his teammates, they have to be very pleased. Yeah, they are. We'll get this off from Jackson Dart. But also, I want to be very cautious now. Very cautious now. This is – you got to understand who he was going against. now when the regular season starts it's a different ball game out there it's not going to be sweet not going to be it's not going to be they're going to get ain't no vanilla they're going to get you a lot they're going to get you a lot of swirls you go to Baskin Robbins it ain't flavor, there's coverages you're going to get it ain't 31 flavors, there's 31 coverages it's a different ball game it is, it is, it absolutely is the intensity picks up the urgency picks up The coaches, all that, hey, the coaches, they're explaining things to you in a nice, calm tone.

25:13Shannon Sharpe:That is out the window. Hey, and as one of the coaches told me my rookie year, you know we still cut. If it just comes to the season, that don't mean you can't get cut. Sometimes guys relax on your, whoo, man, made it out of training camp. week one all the way through week 17 18 I've seen guys get cut in the post season damn in the post season well look here man we are hey well look here they don't play Ocho you know what it might have not have been the post season practice squad guy but obviously but I'm talking about big guys late in the season. Oh, man. That's tough. Mike Shanahan had that play.

26:09Shannon Sharpe:It wasn't no loafing. It wasn't no walking. When he said, hey, I don't know how y 'all did it, don't you? But when we changed drills, oh, you had to get a move on. Got a little pepper. Got to have a little pepper in your step, huh? Nobody walks but the mailman. That's why he doesn't make what you make. You run. to where you got to go. I like that. Okay. I like that. Okay. All right. Okay. Some people don't understand that. And that's no disrespect to the mailman. Hey, you guys do an unbelievable job. We appreciate your service. Although you don't kind of like with Amazon and all these other carriers.

26:53Shannon Sharpe:They put y 'all out of business. But this kid, Jackson Dart, Ocho. I like what I'm seeing. Now, I'm like you. I want to see him against a real competition. Hey, when you go, you got to make those alignments, those adjustments. Yeah. Defenses, I mean, linemen are stunning. Defense are disguised in what they really want to do. Yeah, yeah. You might think it's cover one. You might think it's cover three. And all of a sudden, it go to two. oh man it's so they go to quarter they go to seven they go to six they go to six kick they go to cover five they're fried yep clouding it yeah them juggles be out there banjoing it banjoing but I I'll be trying to let because that was way they be out there doing this right here that means they banjoing that means they're They're going to double somebody.

27:59Shannon Sharpe:I'm like, it never really dawned on me that what the six, you know, I'm just out there like, what the hell are they doing? Or, you know, you see them do that, locking it. Hey, so I just got a kick out of that when people say, hey, man, it don't matter. It don't matter if you know what they do. The hell you say? You let me know y 'all going to be a couple. Let me know y 'all going to be a quarter. a single high safety a six kick the hell you say

28:34Shannon Sharpe:bad please but Tommy DeVito Tommy DeVito 17 to 20 buck 93 three touchdowns Jackson Dart came in 6 to 12 81 yards a tub Jameis Winston came in 4-8 mop up 47 and a tub this might be the second team we talk about a team carrying four quarterbacks this might be another team that might carry forward. I don't think so, O 'China. Because you know why? Because who's the odd man out? Jameis is making$4 million. Russ is making good money. Russ is making how much money, Ash? $10,$15? See, it's not like Cleveland. Because what you call he's only making$5 million. Kenny Pickett's making what he's making and then you got two rookies.

29:20Shannon Sharpe:So what you're saying? What you're saying? Who's the odd man out then? oh so he got one year 10-5 which is probably as much as Flacco and Pickett making together and then you throw Jameis' 4 million a year because I think he did two years 9 million so 4.5 so you're looking at 15 million between two quarterbacks so who's that I don't think you think they keep Tommy well obviously you know they're not getting rid of Jackson Dark you think they keep Tommy DeVito or they release him and try to sign him back to the practice squad? Probably sign him back to the practice squad, but I see them doing the same thing that the Browns are probably going to do.

30:03For some reason, I just do. And then we talked about Jameis Winston. You heard personnel or was that the owner that came out and said, absolutely not, he's not going nowhere? I talked about Jameis Winston. You talking about Marry, John Marry? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh-uh. Great locker room presence. Great team guy. Nah. I knew James wasn't going nowhere.

30:33Absolutely not.

30:38But 42-10, you don't want to go out on a note like that,

30:42Shannon Sharpe:but you know, Ocho, you and I, we talked about this early in this week.

30:47Shannon Sharpe:Unfortunately, a lot of kids' dreams. I say kids, they're old enough to be my kids. Old enough to be, they're young enough. Well, let me take that back. They're young enough to be our kids. I'm pretty sure I'm older than most of their moms and dads. But with that being said, a lot of these young men dreams come to an end tonight. Some will get an opportunity to go be on a practice squad somewhere else. Some might get an opportunity to go to Canada, play in the UFL. but for a lot of them, Mocho, the realization that this is over. Something I've been doing since I was seven, eight years old. Did it at the peewee level, did it at the JV level, high school level, college level.

31:30Shannon Sharpe:My dreams and aspirations did not come to fruition. That's tough. Because this is probably the first time, Mocho, that someone has told these young men, you're not good enough. think about it they've always been the best they were their best on their pop warner they were best on their flag football team their jv football team their high school basketball a football team their college and then it's a numbers game you're not good enough that's the that's the realization of ultra that's the realization of it i mean i I'm not trying to be Chad I'm not trying to be dramatic because I know what it's like to be on pins and needles that last game that last preseason game and your name is on the board to be released matter of fact my name was on the board to be released let me tell you let me tell you what about the last preseason game I'm talking about when we were playing the last preseason game I remember I would be walking in and the person who did the cutting and letting players know as they come in the building was Lippie, Lippincott.

32:43I don't know if he's still with the Bengals or not. And I would always come in early after the preseason game and come in, hit the cold tub, hit the hot tub, get my body back rejuvenated and fresh, and I would see Lippie standing there right at the door and just thinking to myself, man. So he's collecting the playbook and letting me know to go up and see the coach. Before the meetings even start. I'm like, man, that's tough, man. And then hard knocks, hard knocks, hard knocks made it a reality in allowing people to see people actually, you know, get cut. And how that side of it works. And as heartbreaking as sad as it is, it's the reality of the game.

33:31Shannon Sharpe:That's reality. We got to show you both sides. You just see the plug guys making plays, scoring touchdowns, the camaraderie on the field and the meeting rooms and things like that. But there's another side to this, that somebody, some young man, men, their dreams, this dream is not going to come true. And you have to reshift, refocus. A lot of it, you know, you're disciplined because you have to be somewhat disciplined to play football because you got, you know, you got study hall. You got when you work out, you got practice, when you got to be there for the plane ride, when you got to be there for the bus ride, how you have to dress.

34:12Shannon Sharpe:So there's a certain level of structure in a lot of these young men lives. So, you know, some, you know, a structure is is not their strong suit because they do everything they can against it. But most most of these men, they do have structure because you've kind of been in the structured environment for the better part of your life. And so it should be, you know, if you go back and go into the workforce, the actual nine to five, you know, you got to be to work at a certain time. You know the task that you're asked to do. You just go get it done. But that's the unfortunate side of playing a professional sport, that everybody dreams of playing.

34:58Shannon Sharpe:And that's the thing, you know, for every Ocho Cinco and a Shannon Sharp or a Sterling Sharp or somebody that came of the less than favorable or impoverished conditions, there are a lot of people that came from those same conditions that didn't get an opportunity to play in the NFL, Ocho, that got the opportunity that you and I got, and that was as far as they got, was training camp. That's tough, man. It is. I think it's a good thing. I think it's also a good thing for fans to be able to see the entire process, not just the finished product on Sundays. Actually see what players have to go through.

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39:24Yeah, you know, got a great home opener, you know, against the Lions, NFC, you know, rivalry. So it was a nice way to start the season. I just want my work to show. So I have a quick question for you. Camp is over now. Obviously, I'm sure you guys have a week to work on some things. Packers versus Packers before you get into a game plan and scheme for week one. How was camp for you? How is the body holding up? How do you feel? Are you going into camp healthy? Oh, yeah. No, this is – yeah, it's crazy. because I was just talking to my teammate Kenny about it. I'm like, going into year seven, this is one of the healthiest camps that I have.

40:05So I'm feeling good from OTAs all the way through now. I've been putting in a great body at work, and now it's just time to put it on display.

40:13Shannon Sharpe:Yes, sir. You guys don't play a game for another two weeks. Is Coach LaFleur going to give you guys some time off? Are you back on Monday, or do you get Sunday? You get Monday. You guys are back in there Tuesday. or you're going to get a little time off before you have to hit it and start getting ready for the Lions in two weeks? Yeah, you know, we got a couple practices coming up next week, but, you know, we got the weekend off and then back to work on Sunday. Damn, y 'all back to work on Sunday already? Damn, I figured Coach LaFleur would give y 'all a couple days off, y 'all. You're like, well, damn, Coach, we had a good camp.

40:51Shannon Sharpe:The Packers, your defense. I mean, you mentioned Kenny Clark. I'm assuming you're talking about Kenny Clark. now you lost your cornerback, your all-pro cornerback. You released him, and he ends up going to Baltimore. How do you guys, because you guys have shown spots where you guys are dominant. I'm talking about dominant. You attack the quarterback. You stop the run. You turn the team over. You give your offense short fields. How do you stay consistent in doing that, Rashawn? Yeah, just holding up. I stand it. Everybody got to do their 111. And throughout OTAs, especially, you know, being year two, doing a, you know, a coach half system.

41:27It's been crazy watching everybody fly to the ball, attack the ball, and actually being on one accord, you know, talking about first all the way to the fourth down, get back on track downs. We all on the same page, all speaking the same language. And, you know, it's been good seeing it. For you guys, especially the Packers, opening up with a game like this against the Lions is a good test for you guys defensively, obviously, whether it be on the ground, whether it be in the air, because you understand the dynamic and how special the Lions offense is. even with Ben Johnson leaving, they still have all those weapons, you know, Jameer Gibbs and Montgomery, you know, the receivers on the outside, tight end, your thought process going into it early so far, what is it that you think you guys need to do to win that game come week one from a defensive standpoint?

42:14I already know what you guys can do on offense. Defensively, can you be able to hold them? I'm not sure where the Lions finish when it comes to scoring, but you know they can put up points. Yeah, absolutely. Just like I was saying, we've been doing a great job through OTAs and camp of being on the same page, speaking the same language, understanding what teams want to do to us, especially our offense in these last couple of joint practices, really being on the same page of how these offensive teams want to attack us, understanding our weak points. And I'm saying when all 11 know that, we understand how to protect it.

42:44So just basically being on the same page. And when it comes to that game right at 3 o 'clock, we got to be locked in, focused in on one of the core how we've been and just having fun. Okay, one more question. One more question. Go ahead. I know your team goals. You got team goals, obviously, from a defensive perspective. Team goals, offensively and decently. Obviously, the main goal, you want to be in San Francisco at the end of the season, first week of February. But personal goals, your personal goals yourself that you would want to achieve. Can you share with us, you know, whatever it may be?

43:17Yeah, I could just show you my, you know, share a little into my mindset, man. Just trying to be dominant, man. I've been training hard this offseason. Really just trying to take over, like I said, one through fourth downs. Man, that's what I'm playing for. And really just trying to show everybody, you know, how dominant I can be.

43:34Shannon Sharpe:Rashawn, you're the vet now. There is no more Aaron Rodgers. There is no more Jahir Alexander. You're one of the old guards now. So now, how has your leadership style changed? Because guess what? You're one of the senior voices now. Yeah, you know, it's been great, man. It's something that you always pray for and ask for. It's crazy. We got rookies coming in and talking about it. I used to watch you before my high school games. I'm like, man. Yeah, so it's kind of weird. But I've been having fun. And Green Bay has been doing a great job, especially from when I came in with the guys they had ahead of me, being able to keep it real with me, especially a big guy to me was Mercedes Lewis.

44:16So talking to him how to take care of my body, things like that. So when young guys come up to me asking me how to film study, what to look for, things like that. I'm able just to keep it real because I had a good OG. But, man, it's just been fun, man. I'm really a lead by, you know, example. And if I need to speak, I get there. But then also I started to learn that, you know, you can't talk to everybody the same way. You know, you got to understand, you know, everybody's background. You're dealing with. Yeah, you know, everybody's background, you know, why everybody's in it. And I feel like, you know, this offseason, especially through OTAs, camp, you know, I've been able to understand people why.

44:47So when the dude get time, you know, two-minute drill, the fourth quarter when we got a lock in, you know, I could hit those points. hey what's it what's it what's it like there in green bay is there anything to do is it fun uh you know it's chill calm you know yeah play football man and focus man uh but man it's chill calm green bay you know slept on but you know it's a great community and it's well loved

45:11Shannon Sharpe:okay okay yeah yeah i mean you got milwaukee you got chicago that's a couple that's 90 minutes away. You got Milwaukee that's 90 minutes away. So, but it's easy to play. My brother played there for seven years, Rashawn, and going to visit him, you can see why they had success in the 60s. Ain't nothing else to do. There was less to do then than there is now, but you can understand why the Packers have success. There's not a whole lot to get into. There's not a whole lot of trouble. There's not a, look, Appleton is down the way, but that's a college town, like I mentioned. Milwaukee, but hell, Milwaukee closed down at 10 30.

45:46Shannon Sharpe:You ain't really trying to drive way to Chicago. You ain't really trying to drive way to Chicago to have a good time. Hey, when you're there for those months, when you come back for training camp and you're there, hey, bro, let's make the best of this situation. We can get tunnel vision. We can lock in. Let's try to go compete and win a Super Bowl. And that's the mindset. And that's how it's always been being a Green Bay Packer. Let me ask you this. Is there a play that you replay, if there's almost sack, if there's almost a ball that was on the ground, that damn, if I could have just got this one, it would have helped.

46:19Shannon Sharpe:Is there a play that you replay in your mind since you've been in Green Bay that you's like, man, if I'd have made that play, that would have been a difference in the game? To be honest with you, now off the top of my head, but I played too hard to give it up, man. I'm going on year seven and like a lot of guys I talk to, you can't take it for granted. And right now, I'm in some crucial years where I feel like, you know, I could take off and start extending in the right way. Hey, it's flying by, huh? Do you realize you're in year seven already? It went by fast, didn't it? Yeah, it's going by fast.

46:52It's going by fast. Like I said, I'm trying to stay in the moment and, you know, enjoy the ride. Oh, yeah.

46:57Shannon Sharpe:It is because you look up and you're going to be in year 10. And because, you know, you're like, man, let me get five. And you say, well, let me get the 10. And then once you get the 10, you're like, let me take a year at a time. But before you know it, I mean, I woke up one morning. I'm like, damn, I'm in year 10. And the next day you know, hey, calling Mike said, hey, this is it for me, bro. I'm done. It goes fast. And that's why I tell guys, man, enjoy it. Make sure you're training, you're eating, you're prep, everything. Because you don't want to have not one iota of regret. Because regret, when you leave this game, you can't go back.

47:32Shannon Sharpe:And so to have that moment of regret for the rest of your life, it'll eat at you. So when you're done, Rashawn, when you're saying, hey, Green Bay, hey, LaFleur or Gunikin, so whomever you got a call that says I'm done, hopefully you finish your career in Green Bay, you're like, hey, you look back and you're like, man, I gave it everything I had. The way I trained, the way I slept, the way I practiced, the way I met, everything. I walk away with my head held high knowing I couldn't have got anything else out of the talent that God blessed me with. Hey, it's a good one right here too, boy. It's a good one.

48:06So I think about, obviously, during my playing days, some of the players that I looked up to at the same position, obviously, while we're still playing, I would watch their film and study some of the things that they did and steal some of their moves, no matter what, just to be able to add to my game to improve year to year. Who are some players that play the exact same position you do that you look up to and watch their film to see what they do where you can add to your toolbox as well? Yeah, with me, it's funny, but I like going throwback. So, you know, I like throwing on Julius Peppers. Yeah, Julius Peppers.

48:43Yeah, Julius Peppers. I love Tom Olley when he was in the Kansas City Chiefs doing his thing. Yeah, Justin Houston. You know, those are guys that I feel like I rush similar towards. And then nowadays, you know, you throw on, you know, Miles Garrett. You get, you know, been in the edge of, you know, T.J. Watt. But I ain't going to lie to you. He's the power guy. Yeah, speed of power, you know. But, you know, this year I've been doing a lot of watching myself, man. Yeah, I like it. I like it. That's dope.

49:12Shannon Sharpe:Let me ask you this, because Ocho and I was talking and how we approach the game of football, how we approach as a wide receiver. When you go into a game, obviously you're trying to get to the quarterback, but everything leads to something else. I'm showing him one thing, but that's not really what I want to do. I'm giving him this, but I really want to do that. but I'm saving it for a rainy day because I know it's going to come a third down in this fourth quarter. And I know I've been running up the field the whole game. And I know I've been stabbing you the whole game. I've been posted and wiping you away the whole game.

49:47Shannon Sharpe:And I know you finna sit on that because that's what I've given you. I've given you no reason to prepare for anything else. Is that how you approach the rush game? is that, look, I'm doing what I can, but I know I got to have this in my back pocket when I absolutely got to get this quarterback on the ground. Yeah, shoot. You know, thinking about pass rushes and every pass rusher I talk to, man, you know, all the great ones, you really got about four moves in the toolbox. And at the end of the day, it's really about reacting to what the, you know, the offensive lineman wants you to do. But once you get off the ball the same way and you, you know, got him thinking, oh, he about to stab him, about to stab him.

50:25Yeah, I stabbed you the first four or five, Maybe six rushes. But, you know, that third, you know, crucial down, you know, third and 10, third and eight, we got to go off the field. I'm out of the 60 down at the edge. But, yeah, it's a game. It's a game within the lines of y 'all both know that.

50:41Shannon Sharpe:It's a beautiful thing to watch the guys because, you know, I'm a lot older than you. I'm probably the age of your dad. But the pass rushes, to watch DT, how he got off the edge and bent the edge, he reminds me of Vaughn Miller. and then I see Reggie White, how he just had pure power. He just, hey, he's just getting on the edge and he gonna hump you. You already know what's coming. You can sit down as much as you want to. You 330 and try to sit on it. You gonna get humped. He gonna throw a 330 pound man like he's a sack of potatoes. And then you get a guy like a Bruce Smith that's 265, 270, all out like a Miles Garrett playing on a five technique.

51:22Shannon Sharpe:And you're like, bro, how this man bend the edge like that? How can he lean? He's this high off the ground, Rashad. I'm like, how? How does he do that? I'm watching you. You've got a lot of power. I see the way you're built from waist down and the way you can post a guy, wax on, wax him off. You can also bend the edge. As you mentioned, you can convert speed to power because you can. It's all about getting off the ball. Once I get off the ball, you have my mercy, bro. As long as I'm not lazy off the ball.

52:04It's going to be a good night. You're absolutely right.

52:08Shannon Sharpe:So let me ask you a question. A lot of guys will listen to the TV version. They'll get the TV version and they'll try to pick up the quarterback's cadence. how blue 17 blue 17

52:26Shannon Sharpe:ready set do you do things like that trying to pick up the audio copy try to pick up the field copy yeah absolutely um shoot i'm in the you know the quarterback i'm into the quarterback cadence i'm also in the i'm heavy on the office and line talk the office and line will tell you everything all right i'll let you know if it's a run you know how loud they communicate how you're sitting how they sitting, eyes, body language. Yeah, I'm into it all. But especially once I hear the offensive linemen, you know, talking, they kind of be able to, you know, for my reads and everything, I'm kind of able to pick it up and play faster.

52:59Shannon Sharpe:Especially when you're at home because it's hard for them to hear. So they've got to communicate. And as much as he's trying to look at you, he got to look. But now they kind of hold hands a little bit, but he's still got to kind of look inside. And, hey, all you need is a half a step. That's all you need. It ain't no, hey, ain't no, look, these guys are good. You ain't just finna just beat these guys. But that half a step that you get, that you get on the edge, and once you get them shoulders, hey, once he turn. Tell him. Bro, you not finna ride me up the field. I'm finna get skinny and I'm finna get narrow.

53:37Shannon Sharpe:I'm finna get the quarterback on the ground. Yes, sir. so uh and uh before the 2019 draft you funded your own sports agency the rashaun gary sports what inspired you to do something like this um going to michigan um being able to sit in uh you know our ross business school had a couple classes i was blessed and fortunate to have a couple classes in there um and just uh you know actually talk about no business models marketing actually got to you know talk about life after football and it's something that you know i really never thought about it and I'm like, we can be real, football is the biggest thing.

54:12This is not going to stop. It's only going to get bigger and bigger and keep growing and growing. So I'm like, when I get old and then when I do hang my cleats up, how can I stay around the game, give the game to young guys, especially in positions where I wish I would have had growing up. And then also to leave a legacy for my kids, kids and hopefully they kids. So we're just trying to build it, become a powerhouse. I like that. That's dope. That's dope. Hey, Rashawn, you do realize that division you're in.

54:43Shannon Sharpe:You got the Packers. They won 14 games last year. You got the Lions. They won 15 games last year. You got the Bears, and many believe they're much improved with the addition of Ben Johnson as their head coach. They've added pieces on the offensive line to protect Caleb Williams. Defense seemed to be flying around under D.C. Dennis Allen and yourself, the Packers. You guys made the playoff. Jordan Love had the surgery on his left hand, but everybody say he's good to go. What do the Packers need to do to win this division, get a home game, and say, hey, let whatever happens happen after that? We got to go out there and we just got to play Packers ball.

55:22Like I said, we've been growing from OTAs through camp. I'm talking about even finishing the pregame. I mean, preseason on a high note. You know, we just got to keep everything flowing. Like I said, especially on defense, We've been speaking the same way, which I've been seeing offense, you know, do their thing, connecting. Even the special teams, you know, the guys flying down. Understand that's a very crucial part and an important part of the game. So all we got to do is be consistent and have the mindset to go 1-0 every week.

55:50Shannon Sharpe:Let me ask you this. At practice, do you – if you see something from, like, your offensive line, like, bro, that's a tail. I can tell when you run the ball. I tell when you're passing the ball. I can tell how you're trying to set me up. Do you guys communicate like that? Do they tell you, hey, Rashad, bro, hey, you gave this move away. Do you guys communicate like that with one another? Oh, yeah, that's iron, sharp, and iron, especially when I'm trying to work on something. I'm big on that. I'm talking about both my tackles come to me. Like, what bother you? So, of course, I'm going to tell them everything I don't like to do so I can work on it and practice and vice versa.

56:27You know, me working on certain moves, okay, you telegraphed that. man, if you would have sold it up an extra step, you feel me, or oh, you got me on that move. I'm like, all right, you know, keep working things like that. But yeah, it's iron stripe and iron practice. And me with all the information for season, that's not going to better the team. So I'd rather make it hard on me now. So for the guys that do give it away in season, I can play a little bit faster.

56:48Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man, that's great. Man, thank you, Rashawn, for joining us, man. Stay healthy. Best of luck. Hey, this year you was, what? Hold on, let me find out where you were. You was number 80. Man, you drop 50, you down 30 spots. So when we come back and have this conversation next year, you got to be in the top 30. You got to be 30 above. Well, 30 or below. It's going to be great talking to you then. Thank you, bro. Best of luck. Stay healthy. Good luck to the Packers this season. And we're going to talk to you down the road. Appreciate y 'all. Thank you. It's an honor. Appreciate you, bro. Have a good one.

57:23Shannon Sharpe:All right. Rashad Gary, ladies and gentlemen.

57:55We'll be right back.

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