Nightcap Hour 1: Aaron Donald RETURNS to the NFL + Bengals Landon Robinson JOINS Nightcap

23:36Shannon Sharpe:I don't think there's nothing more movie script than this here, considering the fact that the Super Bowl is back in L.A. It won the first one. What? Come on, man. The only thing is I think it's going to get derailed by them Cowboys. I'm just saying. Now we all just signed that right tackle y 'all signed from Pittsburgh. I sure hope you get the play. He back up. He back up. What you mean? He back up. You do realize, Terrence, it's not like Terrence Steele is Eric Williams. You absolutely right. I understand the inconsistency on that part of our offensive tackle. Listen, but here, we got to make some room for improvement.

24:13Shannon Sharpe:but boy listen I ain't want to see this I ain't going to lie to y 'all I ain't want to see Aaron Donald I mean hell dealing with Myles Garrett going to be more than enough you hear me oh yeah and that man Myles Garrett guess what now Ojo for the most part all his home games he's never going to have to worry about inclement weather he ain't got to worry about no snow he ain't got to worry about no rain he ain't got to worry about no blistering cold he ain't got to worry about nothing because guess what I don't know if they're if they're the home team this year so they might have nine games at home in that dome.

24:45Shannon Sharpe:And plus another, not me, excuse me, eight games, nine games, plus one in Arizona. So that's 10 games. This is Matt Rogers from Lost Culture East. That's with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. This is Bowen Yang from Lost Culture East. That's with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. You know when people try a new food and suddenly it's like, wait. That's the reaction a lot of people are having when they first try Kewpie mayo. It's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle. You've probably seen it in the grocery store before. And if you've ever just walked past it, some people would say that's a huge mistake.

25:17Because this mayo is different. Most mayonnaise uses whole eggs. Kewpie only uses egg yolks, which gives it this rich umami flavor. It's smoother, deeper, and almost buttery. Once people try it, they start putting it on everything. Egg sandwiches, fries, burgers. Some fans even swear by dipping pizza crust in it. And once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. Chefs use it. Restaurants use it. People who really care about flavor use it. Never tried it? Grab the bottle with the red cap next time you're at the store. Put it on just about anything. Then you'll understand. Kupi, the original Japanese mayonnaise.

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26:28Signal Relief and SignalCore are health and wellness products. The product is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent any disease or medical condition. Use the product only as directed. Consult a physician before using if you have diabetes, circulatory problems, chronic pain, skin conditions, nerve disorders, any other medical condition, or any implantable devices. Do not use if pregnant. Didn't catch the latest Roland Martin Unfiltered podcast? Here's what you missed. And the argument is, do you want to win? If you don't win, you have no power. It's real.

27:03Those are the very people who I always say vote against their own economic interests, and they complained about the very thing they're receiving. It's raw. I knew that the issue of transgender athletes was not going well with a lot of black men. Roland Martin unfiltered. I went off. I said, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Y 'all gonna scream at Chanel, but you don't want to see a black luxury company in the same vein. Catch Roland Martin's daily commentary on the Black Information Network. 12 seats, those are moving south. So if you Democrats, you don't wait to 2030, you better be hitting the ground going hard in the south now.

27:44And download Roland Martin Unfiltered on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You know the feeling. You make a pick in your fantasy draft and the entire room groans because they wanted that player. Or you grab a small school rookie off waivers and you start him right before he goes off in prime time. There's no better feeling than crushing your fantasy football league. I'm JJ Zachary, host of the late round fantasy football podcast. Before your draft, our players to target and players to avoid episodes tell you exactly who to circle and who to cross off. We've got data-driven analysis, historical trends and the strategies that separate winners from the rest.

28:24And your dominance doesn't stop with the draft all season long. We have our 15 transactions, 10 trends, sleepers, and the mailbag data-driven, quick-hitting episodes to help bring home that league trophy. Listen to the Late Round Fantasy Football Podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. College football will hijack your weekend, ruin your sleep, and break your heart. And that's why we make the Solid Verbal College Football Show. I'm Ty Hildenbrand. He's Dan Rubenstein. How's it going? Every week, we preview the games that matter, sort through the biggest storylines, and tell you what to watch before kickoff.

29:04There's a lot to keep track of. Who's for real? Which upset is hiding in plain sight? And which storyline is about to take over your group chat? And when the games are over, join us in the aftermath too. We're going to react to what happened, talk about the biggest results. Of course, we'll cover the playoff picture and all the little details you might have missed while flipping between like 12 games at once. Whether you know every coach and coordinator or just want to understand why everybody is yelling, we're here to help make sense of the madness. Listen to the Solid Verbal College Football Show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

29:47Good weather. Good weather. Hold on.

29:51Shannon Sharpe:Australia's going to be nice to start the season. So now that's 11 of my 17 games in an ideal situation. And that's the one thing you don't want to pass. You want to pass Rush to A. It's raining. He's slipping all over the place. It's cold. He can't get his footing. You let a guy like that, he's able to play on solid footing. It's going to be a – If they can stay healthy. That's it, Ochojo. If they can stay healthy, you got your damn hands full. Ooh, you got more than that, boy. Who the Rams open up with again? The Rams open up with the 49ers in Australia. Damn. That's going to be a good one. On Friday, because we know we got the Patriots in Seattle on Thursday and then Friday.

30:40Shannon Sharpe:On Thursday. And then basically you got college football season starts Saturday coming. So everybody's going to be playing by then. I can't wait. It's about to get real, real interesting. Yes, sir. The thing is, it's like you had to have a good sense that Miles Garrett was coming back. Because when you hear a guy start talking about retirement, you might as well go ahead and retire. If you start talking about coming back, you might as well come on back. He mentioned that he had been gearing up for this for the last 13, 14 weeks. Obviously, he didn't want to do no training camp. He didn't want to put any more wear and tear on his body that he has to.

31:16Shannon Sharpe:And so he was doing things necessary in order to prepare his body to withstand the rigors of what it's going to take for him to go through an NFL season. I agree with you, Joe. He ain't going to play nowhere near the 60, 65 snaps that normally required of him. He'd probably be somewhere down in the mid to high 30s. Yeah. That's what I do with him. I'm not, hey, don't, hey, I want you fresh. Come fourth quarter, I want Miles Garrett like, hey, I can take the whole fourth. I can take the whole fourth. I can take the whole fourth quarter. Because that's what you do, Joe. You know what you're saying?

31:50Shannon Sharpe:You give that guy that long rest. So the last four or five minutes of the game, I mean, the last four or five minutes of the third quarter, you let him rest. Yeah. Bro, you got to bring it home now. You got to bring it home. But on another note, Arcan Ocho, even if he isn't producing like double-digit sacks, offensive coordinators still have to account for him. You know what I mean? Like it don't matter. Let's say he don't come out and be sack crazy. Yeah, I bet they still be doubling him. For sure, hell yeah. He's going to be able to affect the impact games without getting the sacks. Now, if he does get the sacks, that's a cherry on top.

32:30But it's the fact that you still got to account for him any time he's on the field. Now you got two people that are just as good. You got to account for both?

32:38Shannon Sharpe:Hey, boy, it's going to be a hell of a season. But I think the thing is when you look at them and you look at what they have defensively, when you got Myles Garrett and you got a Kobe Turner and you got a Brandon Fisk and you got a Byron Young, but you got some dogs. You got some guys that, hey, as Wade Phillips used to, as Wade told me when we were there in the Super Bowl, he said, I'm going to turn them loose. He said, I got Vaughn, I got D-Ware, I got Malik Jackson, I got Wolf, I got that secondary. I just tell him, go hunt the quarterback. That's what you do, go hunt the quarterback, son. As a matter of fact, find the running back on your way to the quarterback.

33:18Shannon Sharpe:Hey, I want you to hit him too. Hit him too. I want you. I want the quarterback. Al Davis' famous word said the quarterback must go down, and he must go down hard. And it needs to happen within the first two series of the game. Yeah. Now, you can't put the quarterback down like they used to put the quarterback down. Because remember now, Ocho, you get three of those flags that they told you about, you get suspended a game. Yeah. Yeah, come on. Come on, sit at home and watch the game from home. And consider the kind of money that Miles Garrett making, Miles is like, nah, I'm good. I'm just going to go ahead and sling you down.

33:53Shannon Sharpe:Hey, you'll be okay. You really want to make him mad. Just wrap him up and just hold him there. Just hold him. And like Jalen Carter had the – who did he have? He picked up somebody and just held him. And held up one hand in there like this here. Hey, it's amazing where the game is now. It's amazing as opposed to where it used to be. They took the physicality out of it, Ocho. There's no way to intimidate your opponent, especially if you play defense. There's no way. No, no, no, you can't. You can't. But see, the essence of what football really was was about intimidation. Because how else can I move a man against his will?

34:39Shannon Sharpe:I got to put this man in fear of his life. You might catch it, Ocho. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, you can't cross this middle of the first quarter. Can't cross again in the second. We got something for that ass in the third and the fourth, though. Because back then, see, now you can't. If the ball gets batted or the ball is short, they still used to be able to knock hell out the receiver, Joe. You can't do that now. That's a flag. Yeah. Hey, let that ball get tipped if you want to. Let that ball come up short if you want to. They did not care. Uh-uh. Got to have the head on the swivel, boy. So now, that's why you see all these receivers brave.

35:24Shannon Sharpe:Everybody catching the ball with one hand like Michael George. They're catching the ball with one hand across the building. I'm like, damn. I see. You think about it. Ocho, you might go two, three weeks before you saw a receiver catch the ball with one hand. You see at least three to four one-handed catches a week now. Every game. Every game. It's hard for me to be impressed with a one-handed catch because I see them all the time. You used to be really impressed when you saw Chris Carter make a one-handed catch or you saw one of these receivers make a one-handed catch. Now you get guys that's just guys making one-handed catch because there's no fear of going across the middle.

36:11Shannon Sharpe:No fear of getting hit, really. No, nothing. Nothing. And the defensive receiver, you can't – hey, the guy pulls up. Now, man, they used to look – shallow cross, linebacker would hunt you up. If you not looking like you running because you said man's on and that quarterback not looking, Coach Belichick had a famous saying, look, if you can't cover him, knock his ass down. Yep. And, you know, you can do that within that five-yard range anyway. Hey, it's hard for you to run around on the ground, Joe. I imagine. Especially if you're looking up through your ear holes. Like, who did that? Who hit me?

36:48Shannon Sharpe:Oh,

36:52Shannon Sharpe:them some good days, bro. Hey, they made a man out. Hey, those days put hair on your chest, Ocho. Oh, we. They put hair on your chest, Joe, because you're going around, hey, all that talking, like guys be talking now, you had to be really, really special to say, because not anybody would just talk, say something, because they know they protected. Yeah, back then they gonna hunt your ass, wasn't they? What? Oh yeah, Joe. Joe, I'm not saying there was a bounty out for you, boy, but my mouth, man, Joe. What? I can imagine, Ocho, I can imagine. I enjoyed every minute of it, Joe. Please, I need you angry, I need you upset, I need you playing with aggression because all you gonna do, you gonna mess up.

37:37Okay, the first game, Ocho,

37:39Shannon Sharpe:So the Patriots Seattle, they play Wednesday. Oh, wait, this Wednesday coming? Next Wednesday. Oh, so we got a whole nother week. We got a whole nother week. Okay, okay, okay. The 49ers play the Patriots. Okay, okay. Then that Thursday, because normally the game was on Thursday, but because Netflix has this game, which is 7.35 p.m. Netflix. Hey, hey, hold on, hold on. Y 'all football trying to cut into the damn basketball. Y 'all got football on Wednesday night. I told you, Joe, y 'all might as well forget about it. Y 'all might as well, Christmas Day, y 'all can forget about that. Oh, we gonna be battling.

38:16Shannon Sharpe:We gonna be, we gonna forget about that. We gonna be battling, huh? Yeah, we gonna be. This is Matt Rogers from Lost Culture East. That's with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. This is Bowen Yang from Lost Culture East. That's with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang. You know when people try on new food and suddenly it's like, wait. That's the reaction a lot of people are having when they first try Kewpie mayo. It's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle. You've probably seen it in the grocery store before. And if you've ever just walked past it, some people would say that's a huge mistake.

38:45Because this mayo is different. Most mayonnaise uses whole eggs. Kewpie only uses egg yolks, which gives it this rich umami flavor. It's smoother, deeper, and almost buttery. Once people try it, they start putting it on everything. Egg sandwiches, fries, burgers. Some fans even swear by dipping pizza crust in it. And once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. Chefs use it. Restaurants use it. People who really care about flavor use it. Never tried it? Grab the bottle with the red cap next time you're at the store. Put it on just about anything. Then you'll understand. Cupid, the original Japanese mayonnaise.

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39:56Signal Relief and SignalCore are health and wellness products. The product is not a medical device and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent any disease or medical condition. Use the product only as directed. Consult a physician before using if you have diabetes, circulatory problems, chronic pain, skin conditions, nerve disorders, any other medical condition, or any implantable devices. Do not use if pregnant. Didn't catch the latest Roland Martin Unfiltered podcast? Here's what you missed. And the argument is, do you want to win? If you don't win, you have no power. It's real.

40:31Those are the very people who I always say vote against their own economic interests, and they complain about the very thing they're receiving. It's raw. I knew that the issue of transgender athletes was not going well with a lot of black men. Roland Martin unfiltered. I went off. I said, this is exactly what I'm talking about. Y 'all gonna scream at Chanel, but you don't want to see a black luxury company in the same vein. Catch Roland Martin's daily commentary on the Black Information Network. Twelve seats. Those are moving south. So if you Democrats, you don't wait to 2030. You better be hitting the ground going hard in the south now.

41:12And download Roland Martin Unfiltered on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. College football will hijack your weekend, ruin your sleep, and break your heart. And that's why we make the Solid Verbal College Football Show. I'm Ty Hildenbrand. He's Dan Rubenstein. How's it going? Every week, we preview the games that matter, sort through the biggest storylines, and tell you what to watch before kickoff. There's a lot to keep track of. Who's for real? Which upset is hiding in plain sight? And which storyline is about to take over your group chat? And when the games are over, join us in the aftermath, too.

41:49We're going to react to what happened, talk about the biggest results. Of course, we'll cover the playoff picture and all the little details you might have missed while flipping between like 12 games at once. Whether you know every coach and coordinator or just want to understand why everybody is yelling. We're here to help make sense of the madness. Listen to the Solid Verbal College Football Show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You know the feeling. You make a pick in your fantasy draft and the entire room groans because they wanted that player. Or you grab a small school rookie off waivers and you start him right before he goes off in primetime.

42:31There's no better feeling than crushing your fantasy football league. I'm JJ Zacharisen, host of the Late Round Fantasy Football Podcast. Before your draft, our players to target and players to avoid episodes tell you exactly who to circle and who to cross off. We've got data-driven analysis, historical trends, and the strategies that separate winners from the rest. And your dominance doesn't stop with the draft. All season long, we have our 15 transactions, 10 trends, sleepers, and the mailbag, data-driven, quick-hitting episodes to help bring home that league trophy. Listen to the Late Round Fantasy Football Podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

43:14Shannon Sharpe:We're going to be battling. We're going to be game for game. Yeah. Y 'all going to do 3 million views and they're going to do 33 million views.

43:25Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, we're going to be battling. You better not ever, ever, ever let the Cowboys play on Christmas. It's over. The Cowboys are going to have three or four of the biggest games regardless. Oh, yeah. So, yeah, once the NFL found out, like, hold on. They like to get up and watch football. They love football. It was over. It ain't no going back. Oh, our special guest joins us. We'll come back to this stuff. We got a very special guest joining us, rookie D-tackle Landon Robinson. You dominated the preseason, bro. A seventh-round draft pick. Tell us your mindset coming into camp as a seventh-round draft pick.

44:04Shannon Sharpe:You know a lot of times those seventh-round draft picks, They use those guys as camp bodies. They don't really think you're going to be able to stick it out. But somehow you found your niche, and here we are on the 53-man roster. Congratulations, dude. Thank you so much, Anka. I appreciate you. And first off, thank you guys so much for having me. Yeah, like you said it, you know, as a seventh-round pick, you know, you come into the league and, you know, you have that chip on your shoulder, right? You have that chip on your shoulder, and all you want to do is just show the team and show your teammates and the coaches that they can trust you.

44:33So that was my mindset. You know, I came in and I was like, I just want to show out, you know, just do what I've done, you know, throughout my entire career and just continue to learn and just get better. Obviously, it's a next level. It's the NFL. It's not college. But I just had that mindset that I keep getting better every single day. And at one point, you'll be making plays. So that was my mindset.

44:52Shannon Sharpe:You're from Copley, Ohio. So this is extra special for you. How far is that from Cincinnati, if you don't mind me asking? It is about three and a half hours. Yeah, not too bad at all. So you have some family You have some family in every home game Yes sir, yeah, they've been coming up for all the preseason games And it's been awesome Yes sir What has it been like for you Obviously Not going drafted and the learning curve The learning curve and being able to catch up Most of the time for myself, I think about the speed of the game The speed of the game To me, it was like, oh my goodness This is ridiculous For you, how has that learning curve been for you And have you gotten acclimated to the speed of the game yet?

45:31Yeah, I think the speed of the game when you first get there, you know, when I first got to Cincinnati, it's definitely like, oh, these guys are a little bit bigger, a little bit faster. Everybody's a lot smarter. I think that was the biggest difference is, you know, everybody is everybody really knows the game. Like, you don't realize how much you don't know about football until you're around guys that that really do this. You know, like Dexter Lawrence, you know, Jonathan Allen, those guys are seasoned vets, you know, BJ Hill. So being able to learn from those guys, you know, throughout camp, I think I've I've gotten better.

46:00I've gotten used to the speed of the game now. And, you know, in preseason, I got the chance to get out there and kind of get acclimated a little bit. But I'm excited to go into week one and just continue to learn and grow.

46:12Shannon Sharpe:That's dope. Yes, sir. When there's a situation where like when you said these guys are a lot smarter, they use every mistake, every misstep, they use that against you. You take one false step, that guy's got you cut off. These guys are so and you look at this guy like, ain't no way you're going to cut me off. and the next thing you know, you're like, damn, get over the top, son. Hey, Robinson, get over the top of that. That is your play. That's right. That's right. And it's that slightest misstep. And that's why being able to study the game is so important because they use every single mistake that you use, every single mistake that you make.

46:47It could cost you in the run game for sure.

46:49Shannon Sharpe:Can I ask you a question? What round did you think you were going to get drafted in? Because I was a seventh-round draft pick also. And I thought I would go somewhere between the first and the third round. And so I ended up going to seventh round because when I came out, the draft was on a Sunday. So now obviously it's a Thursday, Friday, Saturday. So what round did you think you were going to get drafted in that put this, that put this chip, you say, oh, you know what? I got something for y 'all ass when I get to camp. I don't know. I don't know who's going to draft me, but y 'all will get a hell of, y 'all will get a pissed off player and I'm going to punish everybody that goes in front of me.

47:18That's right. And that's, that's exactly the mindset that you got to have. You know, obviously people got projections and where they think you're going to go, you know, based off what coaches are saying. And so I heard anything from third round to fourth round to fifth round. Right. So I was kind of waiting between that day to day three range. And I was just waiting, just waiting with my family. We had a big old draft party we were doing, which was awesome. And my mom set that up. So thank you to her. But but no, I was like waiting between that those rounds. And I started to get later and later and later.

47:48And we're sitting there. Obviously, that chip is just building, just building and building. And you're just thinking about all the coaches that you've talked to and just all the relationships that you've built over that time. And all you want is the opportunity, just the opportunity to go out there and just to shine. So the Bengals gave me the opportunity and I'm just blessed. And no matter what round it was, I'm just blessed to be able to get picked up.

48:08Shannon Sharpe:Hey, what do you tell me? What do you think the biggest difference or preparation when it comes to like college football and the pros? What do you think going to be the biggest difference? I think studying the game, the film room is the biggest difference. I feel like in college, especially at the Naval Academy, you don't have a whole lot of time to really, you know, dive deep into your opponent the way that you do now. Right. In the NFL, you know, it's your job. So that's your job to study that. But in college, you don't have that time. So I think that's the biggest difference. And I've been learning that with my coach, you know, Coach Jerry Montgomery.

48:39He's been teaching me how to watch the film, how to study the backfield sets, how to see different tendencies before the snap even happens. And so that's how you play faster and that's how you become a great player. So I'm still learning that and I'm excited to just keep growing.

48:53Shannon Sharpe:Hold on. I like that. Naval Academy, man, your big ass can't fit in no sub. You're going to get stuck going down there. I've tried it before and I'm definitely not no submarine and no service. But yeah, I sort of select the Marine Corps out of the Naval Academy. So Marine, not a submarine. Yeah. I like that. One of the things I like that you said, especially as early in your career, understanding that you have to be a student of the game, you know, watching film, watching Tennessee. So it makes it easier for you on Sundays. So being at your position, I need to know who do you watch? You got to give me your top three, your top three at your position that you watch that you might want to steal stuff from and mow your game.

49:37Absolutely. You know, as a, as an undersized D tackle, obviously Aaron Donald is probably the number one guy I watched since, And since college, I've been watching him for years, years. And I try to model my game after him and his explosiveness, the way he contorts his body to play different blocks. I think he's number one for sure. And then I say Geno Atkins, you know, Bangles guy. So there we go. That's a good one. That's a good one. Yeah, Geno Atkins. Yeah, he was also explosive. You know, I got that first step, just quickness off the ball and using his hands. And I'd say Kalaja Kansi, you know, on Tampa Bay.

50:11He's a great, another undersized tackle, but he uses his hands well, and, yeah, he gets in that backfield. So I study those guys all the time, just watch their film, and just try and find different things I can take from them. Yeah.

50:23Shannon Sharpe:You look at Aaron Donald. If you look at Aaron, he always plays on edges. He never gives the man a full body. You're never going to get his breastplate. You get this, you get this. He's wax on, wax off. Hey, hey, hey. And he's so tight with it. I've never seen a guy his size that can swim and then get low to get right back. Because the quarterback right there, he's like, if I get too far up the field, I'm going to run past the quarterback. He can swim and dip so quick. He's the best I've seen at that. And I've seen a lot of great tackles. I've seen Sapp. I played in the league with Sapp and Johnny Randall and a lot of these guys.

50:59Shannon Sharpe:He's the best I've seen at this. Yeah, no doubt. And I had the opportunity to meet him, actually, in the pre-draft process. And I got to – I went to Pittsburgh. I went up to Pittsburgh and I got to meet him and kind of do like the size difference. We're like the same size, which was that was awesome. You know, seeing that that he can do it in the NFL. That gave me a lot of confidence. So got to meet him, pick his brain a little bit. And, you know, I'm excited that he's back in the league now. So hopefully we'll see him one day. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. What do you think about Cincinnati? I mean, obviously, you know, you've been there.

51:28What? About four or five months. And I love it. I love Cincinnati so much. I've never fallen in love with the city so fast. the people are so loving you know they care about you know their athletes and they take care of them and i'm just so glad i'm so happy to be here and it's like i said it's only three and a half hours from from where i'm from so my family can come up um but it's just been such a blessing to be here

51:50Shannon Sharpe:for sure so what what do you guys do in copley is it is it rural area do you farm in is it ag ag what what's going on in copley yes it's a suburb of akron cleveland so a little suburb a nice little area, but definitely not too much to do there compared to Cincinnati, but it's a nice place, and I grew up there, and I definitely call it home for sure. Wow. You're setting the goals. Obviously, making the team was the number one goal. So is there any other goals? If you said, man, I can be a rotational player, I can get me about four or five sacks, I just want to contribute. So whatever the contribution, whatever that looks like, count your boy in.

52:32That's right. That's right. I think you took the words right out of my mouth. Just finding a way to contribute early in whatever way that I can. Either they need me on special teams, they need me as that third down guy. Whatever they need me to do, I'm down for that. Just finding my niche in there. I think that's my biggest thing. I think that's my on-the-field goal, just to find my way on the field. Then my off-the-field goal is just helping I start a foundation, the Atlanta Robinson Foundation. it's a mental health you know providing that advocacy for mental health right I think that's something especially in the NFL that not a lot of people like to talk about right and that's something that I wanted to bring that to the community and to Cincinnati you know with this platform that I have and it's been such a blessing to be able to do that and just provide that for the city so I'm growing my foundation uh just trying to just work with that and my mom and I have been working with that and she's been doing a great job with it so kind of just two different goals that I got there but it's been a blessing to be here and I'm just excited to just keep going

53:30Shannon Sharpe:Lander, you know, you got to be smart to get into the Naval Academy. You know, Ocho, Joe and I, we couldn't have gotten a deal with our grades. You had up all our SAT scores and they probably wouldn't have touched yours. Yeah, you know, you got to be a little smart for sure. The Naval Academy, it's a special place and it's a leadership laboratory. So you go in there and you're challenged and you're shaped to be an officer in the military. So definitely it's the challenging place, but you learn a lot about yourself. And I've learned a lot about how to handle adversity and how to grow when times are challenging, which is that's what football is.

54:06And I think that's the reason why we've had so many guys. We have a few more guys than usual coming out of the academies playing professional sports because it just builds you as a person and as a player. You know what everyone has, too, that comes out of any academy? Disappointment. discipline. Everybody has discipline and that is the number one thing that you do need to do anything or just to be successful at anything especially when it comes to the game of football having the discipline to do everything the right way consistently over and over and over again. So

54:41Shannon Sharpe:have you thought about what it's going to be like running out that tunnel for the first time you're a professional that's when it really hit I mean look you know I got drafted I'm doing the preseason I'm doing the OT I'm doing all this stuff when there's going to come a Sunday and that stadium, the jungle is going to be rocking and you're going to run out there and that crowd is going to be screaming. Have you thought about what that moment is going to be like? Man, I've thought about it, but it's like a moment of it'll really hit you once you see it, right? You can think about it. You can hear the fans screaming and all that and the cameras and the lights, but it'll really hit me when I get that opportunity to run out there on week one and I'm just so excited and it's such a blessing.

55:25I got the call today that I made the team for my position coach. He called me. Yeah, he called me and he was like, hey Landon, how do you think camp went? And I was like, I think it went pretty good and I just tried to stack days and just get better every single day. And then he was like, what do you think you'll do if you don't make the team? And I was like, oh man, just try and see what other opportunities are out there for me and if not, then I'll go back active duty and I'll go serve. Then he was like, good thing you don't have to go do that. I know, I know. I just started crying. I just said, thank you so much.

56:03I'm just going to go give it all I got. That's what I said. Just an emotional time, but it's times like that you think about running out that tunnel for the first time and it all just hits you at once. I think I'll be definitely a little emotional, but I'm excited for it.

56:18Shannon Sharpe:Coach got my man anxiety all up and everything, playing games Hey, Coach Trippin. Coach Trippin. I appreciate you. Hey, we need one thing. We need one thing. Now, you know I'm the king of celebration. Yes, sir. King of celebration. When you get a sack, you got to have something. I got it. You got to have something. I got something. So during the preseason, I had four sacks on PFF over the preseason. So that was a blessing. Yes, sir. Every time I get a set, I get up, right? And I come to attention, right? Military style, right? Yeah. And I hit a little salute. A little salute to the crowd. There we go, there we go.

56:57Yeah, a little salute to the crowd. So I started to catch a little bit of fire, but you know, I'm excited to keep doing that, keep making plays and that'll be my celebration. So that'll be fun. Yes, sir.

57:08Shannon Sharpe:That's a good one. Thank you. You realize what Cincinnati is known for. They put chili on everything. You order grits and eggs, they put chili on it. What? You get a hamburger, they put chili on it. You get ice cream, they put chili on it. Have you tried the chili yet? I have. Skyline has definitely been something that I've kind of gotten accustomed to. I'm just like, I can't eat it every day. It's not an everyday item for sure, but I'll eat it and I'll eat it. I do like it. I like the taste here and there, but definitely you can't eat it every day. That's all I'll say. You can't eat it every day.

57:40Shannon Sharpe:Man, my stomach hurt now I was thinking about eating it. I already know. I already know. I ain't got I know I'm still waiting for the chili. No, yeah, no. Once or twice, you know, a month or so. Yeah, that would be good. But when you called your family and told them, hey, guys, I made the team, what was that celebration like? What was that background noise? Because I know you picked up the phone and called your mom. I did. She was like. Yes, I called her first, and she was actually on her way back. She was driving somewhere, and I called her, FaceTimed her, and I told her and I could barely get the words out because I was like, man, like, it's just such a blessing.

58:20I told her I made a team and she started crying and I barely got any words out because I was choked up. I was choked up. I was probably crying for like a good 15, 20 minutes after the call. So when I called her, I was still, you know, still crying and just trying to just, you know, soak it all up, you know, but she definitely, she was crying with me and she just, you know, congratulated me and said the hard work, you know, she's just getting started and just keep going keep stacking days um and you'll be wherever you want to be you know because we got some big

58:49Shannon Sharpe:goals yeah hey them emotions come up bro because you got to think back when you was a kid and this was only a dream you know what i mean and now that's reality you know what i mean like it's almost like you got to pinch yourself sometime i've been there you know you get drafted you're like hold on i'm really a professional i'm really an nfl player you know what i mean i totally get So for you to be lost for words and call your mom, bro, that's huge, bro. Congratulations. I know what that feeling is like. Just try and seize the moment, bro. Keep working hard. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you. I do.

59:23I got an older brother, younger brother. So I called them right after I called my mom. And they were like, my little brother don't quite get it. He's a junior in high school now, but he don't really, like, know the whole thing. He kind of thought I was already on the team. And from when I got drafted, he was like, oh. A lot of people think that you get drafted that you're automatically on the team. without right for like the first through three right the first three rounds yeah not everybody else you got to make it you got to make it you got to make it but then my older brother you know I called him with his new wife he just got married um like two weeks ago so yeah so thank you um so I called him with his wife and I was just talking to them and he started crying on the phone and it was just super emotional day but it's such a blessing though it's all like you said all the hard work from years back way back because my little my older brother he used to help me train back in our garage when I was a kid.

1:00:11Just all those times, you think about that and it's just all the emotion just comes flowing.

1:00:15Shannon Sharpe:So they never played a sport? Any of your other brothers played? No, my older brother, he did the band. He played the trombone in the band. He played baseball way back in the day, but he didn't play football. And my little brother, he's also in the band. He does gymnastics. So I was the only football guy in the family, but I'm just so blessed to be able to help them out and help provide for them in the future. Are you musically inclined because you say your brother played the trombone, now your brother, the other brother's in the band? You can play football. You couldn't play an instrument, huh?

1:00:46Right. Nah, nah. I couldn't take it past high school. No, past middle school. Nah, I played the tuba back in the day and that was about it. It was a little tuba. It was a little heavier so I could kind of lift as I was playing it. So that's about it. That's about all I got. I like it. Hey, you know what? If you need a nutritionist, you know, I'm available. Yes sir, I definitely do, thank you. Yeah, yeah, I definitely need to get plugged in. Man, don't listen to him. You know what, no part of his nutrition is that. His nutrition.

1:01:14Shannon Sharpe:All right, I'm glad to take you up, man. I appreciate you, yes sir. Well, congratulations, man, on making the team. That's a big shout out. Congratulations to you and your family. I know they're extremely, extremely excited. We wish you the best of luck, stay healthy. Hey, now the journey starts. Yes sir. Yes sir. A lot of people think the journey starts when you get drafted. No, no, no, no, no, no. The journey starts now. That's right. Yes, sir. Thank you so much. Stay healthy and we'll see you down the road, bro. Thank you so much. Appreciate you guys. Let's see y 'all boys. Yes, sir. Let's do it.

1:01:44Shannon Sharpe:Thank you guys for having me. Appreciate you guys. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Have a good one. That's Landon Robinson. Seventh round draft pick out of the Naval Academy. Go ahead, Ocho. I got you to the bathroom real quick. Seventh round draft pick out of the Naval Academy. Made it onto a roster. Look, I'm trying to think. Roger Staubach is probably the greatest Naval alum. President Carter went to the Naval Academy. Napoleon McCallum went to the Naval Academy. Those are like three people that's the top of my head. Obviously, there are a lot of other people that are mostly military, but Roger Staubach went to active duty and came back.

1:02:23Shannon Sharpe:Roger run the Heisman Trophy. He came back. Man. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Man, that's what's up for that young man, bro. He seem excited. Oh, my goodness. And you get to share with your family. You know how I go, bro. Yeah, man. You know what that's like. Yeah, man. Because, you know what, like you said, I mean, a lot of people think – my sister thought that. My sister thought just what his little brother thought. I thought you was on the team. Nah, nah, nah, nah. If I'd have been the first three rounds, yeah, I'd have been on the team. Yeah. But, nah. No, no, no. You got to make the team. Seventh round or sixth round, they got to make the team.

1:02:59Shannon Sharpe:Back then, Joe, we had 12 rounds. They shortened it. Now they don't have 12 rounds. We used to have 12 rounds. But, man, you could just hear the excitement in his voice. You could see the excitement on his face. It's always great when you talk to young people like that, don't you, they're genuinely excited. His mom is excited for him. And, you know, what happened? Everybody that he talked to, what did they do? They cried. Cried, yeah. The emotions. Yeah. you know sometimes you know people try to be tough and you know i i'm not holding nothing in hey because that's a moment that's a moment i've dream dripped up and they know how hard you work bro they know the work that you had to put in to get to get that you're part of the one percent now yes come on man absolutely hey you know what else you got to think about too is the people that he called that cried as well i'm sure they had to make their sacrifices well along the way he said when they were younger.

1:03:57Shannon Sharpe:Oh, David Robinson also went to the Navy. Yes, sir. The Admiral. Hey, hey, hey, hold up. We talking about David Robinson. Hey, man, back then when guys, man, you see how chiseled David Robinson was when he came? Yeah, you see those caps on his shoulders? Yeah. Ocho, Ocho. All the guys were like that, Joe. Look at Olajuwon. Look how Olajuwon looked. Look at Patrick Ewing how he looked. Oh, David Robinson 7 '1", running like a deer. Yes. That man was different, Ocho. Do you hear me? Yeah, yeah. yes sir hey but you go back and look at them old school centers ocho i mean nate thurman nate thurman looked like he was 32 when he was 21.

1:04:37go ahead hey hey i got a question i'm glad you just said that uncle joe think about this how come everybody in their 70s 70s and 80s look much

1:04:45Shannon Sharpe:older than their age because they had it hard they live hard they work did they work you got to realize what school they went to, Ocho. They grew up in, a lot of them people grew up in the rural. They had to work. They lifting cotton. They doing manual labor. Yes. Them boys live hard lives, Ocho. Yes. Now some of them did party hard too now. Hey, listen, but that body, those bodies, those bodies came from hard work. Those bodies came from lifting. And I ain't talking about no damn basketball either. Oh yeah, and them boy, hey, they was on. Is that California? Nah, that's G. That's a daughter, bro.

1:05:27Shannon Sharpe:Man, I can't see. Looking just like her dad over there, boy. She said, nah, let me go on that one. She said, let me go on that one. Hey, hey, hey, Ocho, I know them girls got you wrapped around they finger, boy. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. They do. Man. They covered that sad daddy. How much it gonna cost? I don't even respond. That's my response. How much? Hey, daddy, what you doing, Joe? Hey, daddy, what you doing? Man, how much? Hey, look. I ain't got but one girl, Ocho. Hey, boy, listen. I can't even imagine having two three. Three? Six, Joe. Oh, my God. Yeah, you... Six? Hey, Joe, tell them about that what I sent you this morning.

1:06:24Shannon Sharpe:What'd you send me? Oh, boy. Oh, man. Ocho, he got you beat. What happened? He got 15 boys and 12 girls. Yes, Ocho. Kid. By like 19 different women, bro. I'm talking about by 19. Did you hear how many kids just called out, bro? Hold on. How many again? He got 15 boys and 12 girls. Oh, he must be real old. Oh, he's a age. Yeah. He might've been 40. Ocho, he said he got like - Guess how much he gotta pay child support? How much? $200. Why? Oh, so they in the middle of nowhere then. Why you gotta only pay$200? Yeah, that don't sound right. He's just like, you heard the judge told him, I know you, I would like that y 'all have you pay more, but you got other responsibilities.

1:07:19Shannon Sharpe:Let's think about it. If he paid$200 per child, he got 27 kids. Think about how much that is a month. Ooh. That's just$200 per child. Imagine if he had to pay 500 or a thousand. Lord forbid he had to pay a thousand a month. Hey, that got to be somewhere small, huh? Like a little smaller town. I don't know, I don't know. Hey, Joey, it got to be a small town, but it ain't much to do with outside. outside of you know what? Outside of pro-cho. Ocho, he said he got like five or six that's at the same age, born in the same year. Yeah. By all five or six different women. But there was one guy in Tennessee, I think it was Tennessee, Chad.

1:08:00Shannon Sharpe:It might've been Tennessee. He got 33 kids. Ain't no, I cut this thing off before I have a damn 33 kids. That's impossible. 33? That's impossible. Boy, I'm chopping that thing off. I'm chopping it off. It's over with. There ain't no way we ain't getting no damn 33. I'll tell you that now. Check, Google that, where the guy? That's - 33? Huh? That's say that's$5 ,400 a month. Think about that. For every person, he can't pay$5 ,400 a month. Ooh. He can't pay that$5 ,400. Do you understand$5 ,400 a month?

1:08:38Shannon Sharpe:That's what,$6 ,800? You sure that's not AI? No, I said it to Joe. I said Joe the clip. But there's a guy. Hey, Chad, where's that guy from? Google it, Ocho. There's a guy that got 33 kids. I think it's Tennessee. Boy. That don't even sound possible.

1:09:08Shannon Sharpe:Joe said, I'm done. I ain't no more good. I'm cutting it off. That's all wet. Hey, Joe, what you got? You got three. You done? You done? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:09:21Oh, Damond George is a truck driver who went viral

1:09:25Shannon Sharpe:for fathering 33 children with multiple women. Yeah, it just popped up. He had 30 children with 11 different women, child support went to less than$2 a month. Well, ain't no way. Ain't no way. I got three, that three strikes. I done struck out. It's over with.

1:09:47Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, that bad. Cause when he said, cause I thought he was gonna say, yeah, I got 15. He said, no, I got 15 boys and 12 girls.

1:09:58He's got to be small places. I don't care.

1:10:01Shannon Sharpe:I don't care if it ain't 12 people in the city. Yeah. Ocho, even if it is small, guess what? That should even be more because everybody knows everybody. It should be it should be it should be more likely in a place like California in a place like New York where there's a vast population You dealing with you dealing you dealing in a small town like that 33 Hold on But listen it wouldn't happen like that in other cities, right? Because the small tap they got to be a small place and he got to be the man He got to be the man in order to get them to agree to even do exactly what's happening to get to 33 when you get to 5, you get to 6, you get to 7, when you hit double digits and they are still willing you got to be that boy.

1:10:49Shannon Sharpe:He's a truck driver. He's a truck driver Ocho so he's going state to state. Don't nobody, nobody, nobody. You can hit Ocho. You can hit about three states in a day now. I can see that Ocho. I can see it. Yeah! I can see it. No, but you don't want to say you want to keep having kids. Go on to have 30. You want to impress me, have 20. I don't believe you can get 20. No, I can't because I want twins. If I get twins, I'm done. Damn. You see, I joke, I got mine, but the ship is run. It's a tight ship being run. Yeah. Everybody working in unison. Ain't no issues, ain't no problems, ain't no drama. Everybody work under one umbrella So it's been It's always been easy Always been easy Because everybody's aligned With the same end goal No issues, no problems Kids come first If you need me, you got it If it's emergency, hit me Make me your last option But you're always good I think that we just I never had no issues I got dudes that play in the league Man, how you did it?

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