Nightcap Hour 1: Sound THE ALARM on the Cowboys + Shannon’s FRUSTRATED with Shedeur RUNNING like he’s PRIME TIME + Ravens CRUSH and ELIMINATE Bengals from Playoff Race

15 Dec 2025 · 1 h 17 min · 32 chapters

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In short

Week 15 NFL playoff picture and game breakdowns, focused on the Cowboys’ near-elimination, the Ravens’ rout of the Bengals, and quarterback struggles in cold-weather games. The hosts also debate roster/coaching responsibility and discuss a reported “wristband” miscommunication affecting play-calling.

Guests

Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson (former NFL Pro Bowler and All-Pro; Bengals standout; inducted into the Ring of Honor). Shannon Sharpe is the co-host but is not present in the transcript excerpt.

Key claims

  1. Cowboys are effectively done: they’re on “life support” with only a 1% chance, requiring Eagles to lose and Dallas to win out.
  2. Dallas is “poorly constructed,” lacking consistent pass rush and a true defensive impact player (Micah Parsons is cited as the last consistent one).
  3. Jerry Jones is ultimately responsible for roster decisions; firing coordinators doesn’t fix personnel.
  4. Shedeur Sanders’ issues: “running like he’s prime time,” plus turnovers/interceptions and decision-making problems in cold conditions.
  5. Ravens eliminated the Bengals from playoff contention after holding them to zero points in 60 minutes.

Notable examples

  • Vikings beat Cowboys 34-26; JJ McCarthy looked “dominant,” while Dallas defense struggled.
  • Trayvon Diggs reportedly didn’t play for Dallas after a souring relationship with the organization.
  • Browns vs. Bears: Shadour’s wristband/play-call confusion is discussed as a major red flag.

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Chapters

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Trust in News

0:25 to 1:00

Discussion on the importance of clear reporting and facts in news.

“Not all varieties available in all geographies.”

Trust in News

2:30 to 3:55

Discussion on the importance of clear reporting and facts in news.

“We cruised around LA in the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and dove into the fascinating life of actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr.”

Trust in News

3:58 to 5:10

Discussion on the importance of clear reporting and facts in news.

“Bowl game, basketball matchup, playoff pushes.”

Introduction to Nightcap

5:10 to 6:06

Hosts welcome listeners and share personal anecdotes.

“If you walk into a stash house and you found it full of$20 million, how much would you steal?”

Cowboys' Playoff Chances

6:06 to 8:13

Discussion on the state of the Cowboys and their playoff prospects.

“Hey good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another episode of nightcap Y 'all know who I am.”

Analysis of J.J. McCarthy and Vikings

8:13 to 14:00

In-depth analysis of J.J. McCarthy's performance and the Vikings' strategy.

“That's Shea Shea Media and my clothing company, 84 with 84 being spelled out.”

Identifying the Cowboys' Defensive Needs

14:00 to 15:00

Discussion on the Cowboys' need for impactful defensive players and the challenges in finding them.

“Obviously, on that front end, they need...”

Coaching Accountability vs. Player Performance

15:00 to 17:15

Exploration of the accountability of Cowboys' coaching staff versus the responsibility of the players.

“But we'll get further confirmation with an MRI tomorrow, Ocho.”

The Role of Jerry Jones in Team Performance

17:15 to 20:05

Analysis of Jerry Jones' influence on the Cowboys and his effectiveness as a general manager.

“I don't think the players are – I mean, they're okay.”

The Cowboys' Lasting Legacy as America's Team

20:05 to 22:20

Discussion on how the Cowboys have maintained their status as America's team despite recent performance issues.

“1995 and I'm gonna make the playoff this year.”
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Looking Ahead: Changes Needed for the Cowboys

22:20 to 24:25

Insights on the necessary changes and challenges the Cowboys face for future success.

“when NFL football was really starting to hit, they hit it again.”

Injury Updates and Team Dynamics

24:25 to 28:00

Updates on player injuries, particularly Trayvon Diggs, and the dynamics within the Cowboys organization.

“Yeah, and when you think about it too, understanding that they need a makeover, it's not going to be easy.”

Cowboys' Injuries and Team Decisions

28:00 to 29:40

Discussion on Cowboys' player health and team decisions regarding player activation.

“And, Ocho, remember there are games he wasn't starting.”

Cowboys' Injuries and Team Decisions

31:34 to 33:00

Discussion on Cowboys' player health and team decisions regarding player activation.

“I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything.”

Analysis of Recent NFL Games

33:34 to 42:00

In-depth analysis of recent NFL games, focusing on team performances and player evaluations.

“Browns, excuse me, by the score of 31-3, the Browns held Cleveland to 192 yards and turned three interceptions against Shadour into 17 points.”

Discussion on Miles Garrett's Performance

42:00 to 43:48

Analyzing Miles Garrett's chances of breaking the sack record in upcoming games.

“He gonna get that record against y 'all.”

Strange Wristband Situation in Game

43:48 to 46:56

Exploring the unusual case of changes made to the quarterback's wristband during a game.

“Ocho, how do you remove the wristband and add plays to a wristband?”

Coaching Communication and Game Preparation

46:56 to 49:50

Discussing the implications of communication breakdowns in coaching and game prep.

“You understand what plays you have, what vocal plays you like, what vocal plays we ran in practice that should do it well.”

Caleb Williams' Unique Skills

49:50 to 51:18

Highlighting Caleb Williams' impressive abilities and playmaking skills as a quarterback.

“DeAndre Swift almost had 100 yards, almost had 100 yards.”

Challenges of Playing in Cold Weather

51:18 to 53:18

Recollections of playing against the Chicago Bears in cold weather and its challenges.

“If I'm miles Garrett, I'm looking at that should do with offensive line.”

Challenges of Playing in Cold Weather

54:46 to 56:10

Recollections of playing against the Chicago Bears in cold weather and its challenges.

“Warning, this product can cause mouth cancer.”

Closing Thoughts on Trust in News

56:18 to 57:52

Discussion on distrust in news media and the importance of clear reporting.

“I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything.”

Ravens Dominate Bengals

57:53 to 1:00:46

The Ravens' decisive victory over the Bengals and implications for playoffs.

“As a matter of fact, both of your teams lost today.”

Assessing Team Needs

1:00:47 to 1:03:24

Discussion on what changes the Bengals need to improve for future games.

“We got the greatest receiver to ever play and wear them goddamn stripes on this helmet and Jamar Chase.”

Greatest Safeties in NFL History

1:03:25 to 1:05:36

A debate on the greatest safeties, focusing on Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu.

“He has great range, great tackling ability, but he's not a corner.”

Game Day Experience and Fan Reactions

1:05:37 to 1:13:19

A humorous recount of a game day experience and fan interactions.

“Well, listen, even a goddamn clock is wrong twice a day.”

Reflections on the Game and Team Performance

1:13:20 to 1:16:55

Discussion on the performance of the Bengals, expressing disappointment and analyzing the team's struggles.

“Oh, that's the first time you've ever been to a game?”

Joe Burrow's Future and Team Changes

1:16:56 to 1:18:55

The hosts speculate on Joe Burrow's career and the potential changes needed within the Bengals organization.

“One fan tweeted, Ocho, wanted to take my girlfriend to the first NFL game for a birthday.”

Emotional Reactions to the Game's Outcome

1:18:56 to 1:24:00

The hosts discuss the emotional toll of the game's outcome on fans, sharing personal anecdotes and frustrations.

“And I walked up and I asked him, you know, I'm sure his pictures, his cameras out there.”

Rivalry Banter and Playoff Aspirations

1:24:00 to 1:28:30

The hosts exchange playful jabs about their teams' performances and playoff chances.

“I told y 'all to book y 'all flights in October.”

Rivalry Banter and Playoff Aspirations

1:30:04 to 1:30:19

The hosts exchange playful jabs about their teams' performances and playoff chances.

“if you're nursing, pregnant, plan to be, or taking birth control pills.”

Rivalry Banter and Playoff Aspirations

1:30:27 to 1:32:00

The hosts exchange playful jabs about their teams' performances and playoff chances.

“We all get distracted when we drive, whether it's from our phones or kids in the backseat bickering.”
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6:06Shannon Sharpe:Hey good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another episode of nightcap Y 'all know who I am. I am your favorite uncle. You know it nothing feels better than when a plan comes together You know you've been working on something whether you've been studying you ace the test or you go drink this job interview You've been preparing for for like weeks months and then you get the job You know when the plan come together like the mobile Ravens and Broncos One in the early one the one in the late one to do what they supposed to do not El Godel got El Cho but y 'all don't worry about it I'm gonna keep y 'all entertained until El Godel get back again as I said I am your favorite uncle Shannon Sharp my partner and co-host he'll be joining us shortly as soon as he works out the kinks but I don't know if he really want to join us hold on hold on just a second

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7:03Shannon Sharpe:the Liberty City legend bingo ring of fame honoree the former pro bowler and an all pro he's chad ochocinco johnson please make sure you hit that subscribe button please make sure you hit the like button do us a favor go subscribe to the nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcast from we would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years it's only been two years but we cannot thank you enough because none of this is possible without you with all the with the hip hop awards, the NAACP image award, the signal, the web is the I heart awards, all this award, all these awards and all this adulation and praise that's been defaulted upon nightcap is all because of you.

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8:15Shannon Sharpe:That's Shea Shea Media and my clothing company, 84 with 84 being spelled out. That link is pinned into the chat. Are the Cowboys officially done or the Eagles just need to win one more game? They done. They're on life support. They're on life support. Wait a minute.

8:34They're not done yet. They still got a 1 % chance. Anytime you have 1 % chance, there's still a chance. Now, I know a lot of things have to go right for the Cowboys to be able to make it, but that 1 % still means something.

8:45Shannon Sharpe:Well, this is what needs to happen. The Eagles would need to lose their final three and the Cowboys would need to win their final three. Oh, hey, that's tough right down. Just like I tried to tell you it up. But anyway, the Vikings go into Dallas and win by the score of 34 to 26 JJ McCarthy 15 or 24 to 52 touchdowns one INT that Prescott was 23 or 38 to 94. No touchdowns, no interception. He was sacked twice. Excuse me. They ran the ball 29 times for a buck 38. Uh, Javonte Williams with 15 or 91 for one touchdown Malik Davis had eight for 21 and a touchdown. CeeDee Lamb led the receiving core.

9:27Shannon Sharpe:Six catches, a buck 11.

9:31Shannon Sharpe:There's a lot. Look, the Cowboys didn't really do a whole lot, especially defensively. And Jerry kept trying to tell you this defense is going to be good and they're going to be this and that. They're not a very good football team. They're not a very well put together football team. And it showed tonight the Vikings go in and, you know, look, J.J. McCarthy has looked anything but spectacular. I mean, he's had a spot here there, but he looked like a competent quarterback tonight against that poor defense. Oh, what'd you like about what you saw from Minnesota? Listen for Minnesota. I like I like what I saw from J.J.

10:03McCarthy. Obviously injuries, you know, it stumped his career a little bit. But and then obviously once he came back, he didn't look up to par. We questioned whether the Vikings were right about allowing Sam Donald to get outside of the house and go and go to Seattle. But what we saw from J.J. McCarthy was something that he can build off of. He looked like a dominant quarterback. He looked like a quarterback of the future. There's some throws. There's some throws that I think he would want back tonight that should have been completely just to Jefferson. Again, chemistry, timing, all that routine.

10:33I think they will continue to get better at that, especially when they work together in the offseason. Outside of that, J.J. McCarthy looked good. He looked good. I mean, on the ground, they didn't do really much. I mean, Aaron Jones had 12, 12 or 34. fold. Hockinson looked pretty good. Outside of that, the defense played extremely well, pressuring that, getting him off the spot. I think for them, I think they're going to need J.J. McCarthy to play good football, not turn the ball over. When he has the opportunity to make throws, he has to be as consistent as possible and allow the defense to carry them the rest of the way through.

11:08Shannon Sharpe:I don't know. I think this season is over. I don't see a path for them to get into the playoffs. considering you looking out west. They got three teams that have already, I think if I'm not mistaken, already have. I think the Lions, excuse me, Lions, the Rams already have 10 wins, maybe 11. I think they got 10 wins. Seattle, San Francisco's right there. So I don't see a path for them getting into the playoffs. I don't see them catching Green Bay. And could they possibly leapfrog the Lions? We don't know. But it's going to be hard for even the Lions to make it, given what we've seen thus far. With that being said, Ocho, I agree with you.

11:46Shannon Sharpe:I thought J.J. McCarthy made some good throws. He overshot. He had Jetta on a deep over. He was wide open. If he hits him in stride, that's a touchdown. But then he had Jetta wide open in the end zone, and Jetta just let the ball get up on him, and it went right through his hands. Yeah. Hey, listen, I hate when that happens. That never happened to you. You're judging the ball. Your hands are already in place, but the ball gets there. Oh, he had some juice on it, Ocho. He had some juice on it. Yeah. Yeah, he let that one go. Hold on, there's another throw also. There's another throw also. That should have been a touchdown.

12:16It was a back shoulder. It was a back shoulder. All he had to do was hit him a little bit more, just aim at that outside shoulder pad, aim at the outside shoulder pad. But he threw it way too far away. It wasn't even nowhere near catchable, and that should have been a touchdown as well.

12:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, look, I mean, he's basically a rookie quarterback, although he's in the second year, and he'll get better timing of how to throw the back shoulder. That is an art. Everybody can't throw the back shoulder. Everybody can't have that kind of chemistry like Aaron Rodgers and Devontae Adams had for so many years. And we see Devontae and Matthew Stafford pick right up where they left off that chemistry that Devontae had with Aaron Rodgers. We're going to talk about Devontae. He left this game. He left the game with a hamstring injury that it didn't look good because he went down. It wasn't like he grabbed and limped off.

13:04Shannon Sharpe:He went down. He's like, he shut it completely down. So that makes me know that baby really grab. Hopefully he didn't you need it. Well, it Ocho, but we'll see, you know We'll get further confirmation tomorrow. But looking at the Cowboys, Ocho, this is a poorly constructed team You look at the back end. It's not very good. They're not very good at all They don't really have pass rushes. No one that could you know that can beat one-on-one coverage that can get home Consistently you need somebody that can consistently go ahead. Oh, Joe I'm going to say when you look at obviously there are three different levels obviously and the second level and the third level is the weakness for the Packers I don't think the linebackers are the middle the backers Ocho they rotate they got Kenny Murray and they got the guy that they got from you guys I think his name is Logan Wilson right they're not good they're not good hold on that's where I was going with it I said the second level and the third level would be the Achilles heel for them.

14:02Obviously, on that front end, they need... I like Kenny Clark. I like Quentin Williams. I like them. I like what they showed tonight and what they can do. But they need an impact player. They need an impact player. Someone that can damn near change a game and impact it. But the hard part of it, ain't another Michael Parsons out there. There are only so many TJ Watts, Michael Parsons, only so many Miles Garrets. But if they can find someone decent who can be an impact player that teams have to worry about when you're playing against the Cowboys, it can change things tremendously for them defensively.

14:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, they haven't had an impact player. The last impact player they really have had, I'm talking about consistent. Like, look, Diggs had an exceptional one year. He went to the Pro Bowl. He was an All-Pro. Deron Bland was an All-Pro, had one year. But the true impact player that was consistent game in and game out that you had to game plan over years has been Micah. Now, Michael's in Green Bay. Now, he suffered an injury. Many believe it's an ACL. But we'll get further confirmation with an MRI tomorrow, Ocho. But it didn't look good because it looked like he tried to change direction. A non-contact injury.

15:08Shannon Sharpe:Anytime we see non-contact and a guy goes down to the ground like that and he seems like he was in excruciating pain, he knew something because he grabbed that knee immediately. We'll get further confirmation of what transpired. But they don't have that type of guy. And teams that if you want to win, you've got to have one of those guys. Preferably you like to have more than one. But if you can get one, you can have a pretty good defense. They don't have that. Averflus is a guy that he doesn't like to play man coverage. He's a cover two. He's a zone defensive coordinator. At some point in time, now see, Cowboy fans, y 'all keep saying fire Averflus.

15:43Shannon Sharpe:But when you had Mike Nolan, fire Mike Nolan, when you had the guy, I think he was, you had, what's the guy's name? He was at Tampa. fire him. You had, you had Zim fire him. You fired at what point in time are you going to hold these players accountable? Y 'all don't ever want to hold it because you keep firing. You fired everybody. Go back and look at every defensive coordinator. The majority of the Cowboy fans have said fire fire fire. Fire this guy. Fire that guy. Fire this guy. And he was used to be Detroit. He was the D coordinator for the Cowboys, but they got rid of him. They got rid of Mike Nolan.

16:24Shannon Sharpe:They got rid of them and they got rid of they just keep getting rid of everybody at some point in time we've got to hold people accountable and you know you know what else on too i think people need to also uh understand and recognize uh regards to who the coaches are most of the time coaching is one thing it's one thing to have a bad coach it's one thing to have a great coach but also personnel matters what you have to work with also matters if you don't have the players to be able to run whatever scheme or taxes that you have in play, those philosophies and ideologies from a game plan perspective aren't going to work in regards to who's coaching.

16:59I mean, coaching is good. It's a great thing to have. But if you don't have the personnel, if you don't have the players, the special players at certain positions to be able to do some of the things you want to do defensively, it really doesn't matter who the goddamn coach is.

17:14Shannon Sharpe:No, it doesn't. It doesn't. I don't think the players are – I mean, they're okay. but they're not like they're not they're not game changers. They're not lifesavers. They're not. Man, I got to have that guy. I got to have. Oh boy, I need him. They don't have one player on their defense. I like Overshawn. He's a speed guy. He can wreak havoc. He's coming off an injury. I think next year he'll be better than he was this year. Huh?

17:44Shannon Sharpe:He's a head coach of Detroit. he was the head coach of Detroit he was also the D coordinator in Dallas that they end up firing

17:56Shannon Sharpe:but also when you look at these guys I mean like who you like man I gotta have him Jadavion Clowney's on his last legs and you are hoping that he's gonna give you life yeah he'll give you a game he's spurred here or there but he's not consistent the corners okay and it's got to think about it and i knew this was going to happen because if jerry jones takes money from you he finds you you really pissed him off because jerry doesn't care jerry doesn't care about the money if if you play go back and look at jerry's history all those guys that he had there were guys that missed practice there are guys that late but if you play jerry the hell with that.

18:38Shannon Sharpe:The moment he took that 500K from Diggs, now he said he's ready to play. Another healthy scratch. He's out of there. Yes. Yes.

18:57Wow.

18:58Shannon Sharpe:Dan Quinn was the head coach. No, he Dan Quinn wasn't. Yeah. I mean, but think about it. Think about all the defensive and coordinators that the Cowboys have had from Rod Marinelli to Mike Nolan to Dan Quinn was very good, but he ended up getting a head coaching job. But you go back and didn't they have a guy from he was at Seattle. Rashard. Huh? But at some point in time, we've got to hold players accountable. Jerry's done a great look. Jerry wants credit when things go good. Okay, Jerry, you put this roster together. You say the buck stops with you. You put this roster together. Not only does the buck stop with him, he said on numerous occasions when people have asked, is there anyone that can do a better job than you can?

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19:48And he's stated countless times that no one can run this team better than I can. And he has the last say-so. So technically, the last say-so, he is responsible for that. He's responsible for that. 30 plus, how many years has it been since they won a Super Bowl? 1995 and I'm gonna make the playoff this year.

20:07Shannon Sharpe:So they're damn sure they're damn sure not gonna win the Super Bowl this year Oh, Joe, oh, hey, this is how you can tell if it's somebody's really good. Let's just say for the sake of argument If Jerry Jones would you think any of the other 31 teams would hire Jerry Jones as the general manager? No, fuck. Oh my bad. No, absolutely. There you go. And he can only general general manage this team because he owns it Yeah Yeah. He's only be a CEO of a company that he owns. That doesn't mean that. I mean, I get it. I get it. But he's not good at picking players. He's not. And I like Jerry. He's a great guy.

20:50Shannon Sharpe:If you've ever been around him, he's very charismatic. And you understand why his players, the majority of him, like him. Right. But he's not good at this. Yeah. I'm sorry. and cap a wall. Whoa, we go into the playoff man. I also they are America. I kept everywhere I go. If you ask somebody who they root for, they root for them. Cowboys. They have the Cowboys. I see you from I say you from South Dakota. How the hell you jump over all the team Green Bay Chicago and all those teams to go to Dallas. Hmm. Yeah, I mean it's what they did in the 90s on what they did in 90s. they made such an impact on people that weren't even from Dallas during that time, during that tenure when they were great.

21:37People are still fans of them to this day. And the product itself is so strong, even though they haven't won in so long, the product itself, it sells itself, which is why they're considered America's team, even though they haven't won anything, because no team will ever be able to top them regardless of what they've accomplished, whether it be the Patriots, whether it be, let me think, whether it be the Kansas City Chiefs of late. nobody would be able to top what they've done over the years to where they can take that title of being America's team away from them. People will always root for the Cowboys.

22:06You know what happened, Ocho?

22:09Shannon Sharpe:It was in two phases. In the 70s, it was the Cowboys. They were on, they were winning, and then you had that lull in the 80s, and then the 90s when NFL football was really starting to hit, they hit it again. Yes. And so you got grandparents and parents that were Cowboys fans because of what they did. Look, they had the knife, the flancy uniform. That blue was perfect. Tech Stram did an unbelievable job when he picked out the colors and said, you know what? This is really perfect for television because when the eye sees this, then you have this stadium. It got a hole in the top. Why'd you put a hole in the top?

22:52Shannon Sharpe:So God could watch his team play. Oh, I like that. Oh, God, watch the Cowboys. So they had cheerleaders. Nobody else had that, don't you? So they did a lot of marketing to get the casual fan that, you know, football was regional. You know, my team was right here. That's who I root for. But then when the advent of television, because television really started hitting in the 70s, because that's when Monday Night Football. Guess who came on Monday Night Football a lot? the Dallas Cowboys. So now we get an opportunity to see. But this team is not put together very well. And they got some situation.

23:33Shannon Sharpe:Now they're going to have to sign Dak back. Dak is about$80 million against the cap. They're going to give him another extension. Lower that cap number. What are you going to do? What are you going to do with Pickens? The last two games, he hasn't looked like the George Pickens that we saw Ocho the first 10 or 11 games. Whatever reason, look, we know what happened to Detroit. But today, I don't know. Yeah, he wasn't targeted much. And it seemed like they wanted to get everybody else involved based on the way it looked, where the players were called. They wanted to get CD back. He did? CD had 10.

24:07Shannon Sharpe:He had six. Yeah, it didn't seem like it. It didn't seem like it, honestly.

24:18Shannon Sharpe:Hey. Oh, we still got a chance. we believe in this locker room? No, you don't. Yeah. You ain't got no chance. You're not winning. You're not going anywhere. You're not doing anything. It's over. It's over. Yeah, and when you think about it too, understanding that they need a makeover, it's not going to be easy. No! It's not like the snap of a finger. The all-season comes are you going to find players in the draft that are just going to come in and make this significant difference and significant change and being able to help you. It's going to be a build. It's going to be a build. Unless you got them jeffrey lurie or harry roseman and and and have a a a knack you know for for for for getting players and getting the right players that you need it's gonna be a while right now the rams are the number one seed they're 11 and three chicago would be the two seed they're 10 and four the eagles are nine and five tampa seven and seven but the seahawks are also 11 and three Green Bay, 9-4.

25:16Shannon Sharpe:They're in the 7th seed at 9 wins. Detroit, they're in the 8th seed with 8 wins. Carolina blew a golden opportunity today to take over the NFC South, but they lost. They're 7-7 in the 9th seed, and the Cowboys are 6-7-1. They're in the 10th seed. Minnesota, Atlanta, New Orleans, Washington, Arizona, and the Giants all have been eliminated from playoff contention. just like that just like that I thought JJ McCarthy was a little jittery early I thought they was going to okay Dallas this is your golden opportunity you know what Dallas normally does when they're really playing well what they normally do is that they win that game before Thanksgiving they win the Thanksgiving Day game and then they got a long they got a long break and then they come out and win that game and now they're feeling good about themselves.

26:17Shannon Sharpe:Where they lose the Thanksgiving game, they lose coming out of Thanksgiving, and now they got a very tough, a very solid Chargers team coming in and then the last two games are on the road. The Chargers are going to need to win because they've got to keep pace with the Broncos. Hey, boy, your Broncos. No, no, no. I don't want you to say, don't you say my Broncos and don't you say... Yeah, I'm good. You're going good. Hold up. Hey, Chad, I don't know how many people that didn't play for the Ravens got a hat with their number on it. I know.

26:57Hey, you know what? I ain't got no sword for this fight.

27:00Shannon Sharpe:You mean to tell me you took your ass to Cincinnati and stood out there in that damn cold and watched that? You told me they got chased. Anytime you got Joe, you got a chance. Y 'all scoring zero points in 60 minutes. It was a donut, huh? It was a donut. It was bad. It was embarrassing. It was embarrassing because I had it. Okay, check this out, Ochoa. Trayvon Diggs did not play tonight. According to reports, this comes after what was described as a great week of practice, but the relationship between Diggs and the organization has soured and has been severed. Diggs who last played week six and has already been activated from our told reporters this week that he was ready after the game.

27:44Shannon Sharpe:Jerry told reporters Trayvon Diggs isn't healthy enough. You know what that is. It's gotten to that point. It's gotten to that point where obviously if a player is telling you he's healthy and he's ready to go and anyone, especially the one in the position of power who makes the call and gives the red or the green light on players to play, forget the doctors. the owner comes out and says that you already know it's severed you know you know it's severed now obviously once it got to the point where Jerry Jones took money from him you know because he wasn't in the facility during the offseason to be doing being able to rehab so they can keep track of how far he was or how far he came along or what else he needed to do and he did things on his own at that point you want you understood they were going in a different direction at that point Absolutely.

28:29Shannon Sharpe:And, Ocho, remember there are games he wasn't starting. He didn't start. You paying a guy that kind of money, you mean to tell me he doesn't start? Yeah. Yeah. So here's the thing, Ocho. If he's not healthy, why did you activate him up IR?

28:49Hey, listen, the games that they play that we don't understand and have no answer to.

28:54Shannon Sharpe:No, no, no. the common people at home that don't play the game and doesn't really understand the business of the NFL. We totally understand. Oh yeah, absolutely. Absolutely.

29:09Because clearly clearly

29:12Shannon Sharpe:in order for you, you felt he was healthy enough to activate him off the IR because then you get a window. So if you wasn't healthy why why why did you even activate them off our just leaving there right that's messed up that's my coach the browns beat the uh the bears beat the copenhagen spit-free pouches are packed full of american-grown tobacco made for welders stuck behind masks more mechanics stuck on a fused Spark plug. The long haul trucker stuck in gridlock. Performing, working late at the field office. Or anytime there's no time or space to spit, there's Copenhagen spit-free pouches. Find them in stores today.

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33:34Shannon Sharpe:Browns, excuse me, by the score of 31-3, the Browns held Cleveland to 192 yards and turned three interceptions against Shadour into 17 points. With three takeaways, Chicago extended their lead to 30. Remember Ocho? Yeah. D.A. Dennis Allen. He was in Denver. He was the D coordinator. He was at the Raiders. He was at the Saints. He's an unbelievable defensive coordinator. And I think we had Jalen Johnson on earlier in the year, and he was talking about what he brought, that sweat. You know, they got guys that can take – Kevin Bayard can take the ball away. They brought in C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who can take the ball away.

34:16Shannon Sharpe:And seemingly good things always follow the teams that he ends up landing on. But they got guys that have been a quarterback. And they did a great job of pressuring Shadour. They sacked him five times. They picked him off three times. but he's going to have to learn. I keep saying this. He keeps bubbling. Yeah. He's not going to outrun defense, not defensively in this league, Ocho, but somehow he thinks he is. You're not your father, Shadour. You don't have that kind of athleticism. Sometimes you could step up and then go, but you're trying to bubble. It ain't going to happen. He made a couple good throws to Ocho.

34:57Shannon Sharpe:He hit 16. I forget his name. Oh Joe He hit him But he put it up put too much and we got it and killed it if he if he threw that one more on the line Oh, that's a touchdown. That's a touchdown But he has to understand bro. That's why you get out there and you you get up you try to get adjusted to the wind You can't throw When it's that cold that air is heavy. Yeah if you if you If you're in the Midwest, that area is heavy. Plus, it's probably a little windy. You put that ball up there like that high, it ain't going where you think it is. Every time, every time. Especially, this is a good game for him, too.

35:39He didn't play well enough. He didn't play well for them to be able to compete and contend against a Chicago Bears team and defense and offense that's been clicking on all cylinders damn near all year long. Been clicking on all cylinders all damn year long. But he did make some good throws, but he didn't play well enough today. Obviously, this is a game that he can continue to grow from. And playing in those conditions. I played in Chicago. I'm sure you played there, too. You can go in the chat. If you're from Chicago, you also know you got to go out there and warm-ups. You got to go out there and warm-ups and adapt to the elements and understand what you can and what you can't do.

36:15There are certain throws you won't be able to make. Not in that environment, not with that win, and not with those elements. And, I mean, he just didn't play well. There's really nothing else really to say about it. They were intercepts today. They made him uncomfortable. He doesn't have the foot speed to be able to escape the pocket like he wants to, especially when he tries to bubble and outrun some of the defensive ends. If anything, you've got to play within your strengths. Drop back. If you're in the gun, stay within the framework of what you're able to do. Your pocket presence, he has great pocket presence.

36:43He has great pocket awareness. And when you are able to be mobile, do it within the tackles, within the guards. Anything outside is just not happening. unless they commit and crash down too fast. Outside of that, trying to bubble out and trying to outrun the DNs, it's not going to work. Because all of them, all of the goddamn DNs, they damn near 4 '5". Yeah.

37:03Shannon Sharpe:They damn near 4 '6", they still going to catch him at 4 '8", 4 '9". Right. Ocho, Judy got to help him. He hit Judy in the chest, Ocho. That can't be an interception. It can be an incompletion, but it can't be an interception. In the end zone. The one Jalen Johnson kicked off. Ocho, that can't be an interception. It's a touchdown or an incompletion. Yeah, you got to be able to get that in. Ocho, he hit him in the chest. Yeah. You got to make it. The one thing that we will not do, Ocho and I, we're going to call it like I see it, how we see it. Shadour didn't play well today. There's no way to sugarcoat that.

37:49Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, the element. But, yeah, Caleb Williams was out there in the same 10-degree weather. The wind blowing, whatever it was, he was in it also. His players had to make plays. Luther Burton III made plays. DJ Moore made plays. Colston Loveland made plays. Komet made plays. Okay. I like Harold Fanny Jr. He had 14 targets, Ocho. He made plays. Isaiah Bond made some plays. But, Judy, you got to make plays for it. Shador, you got to do a better job of, hey, just get rid of the ball. It's okay. I think the thing is, is that for so long, he's been able to make every play, Ocho, at most levels. He thinks that's the same.

38:32Shannon Sharpe:It ain't happening. Tom Brady couldn't make every play. Peyton Manning couldn't make every play. You lay him a great quarterback and he couldn't make every play. Shador is going to have to learn how to throw, learn when to throw the ball away. And he hasn't learned that yet. And I don't know why. I don't know. What is it? Fourth start, Ocho? Fourth or fifth start? Yes, sir. Uh-huh. As this thing progresses, let's take all this information, all this information that you're getting right now, catalog it. You're going to have a great portfolio to look at going into this offseason of things that you absolutely need to work on.

39:12Shannon Sharpe:And when you come back next year, these mistakes Ocho and I are not going to be as forgiving we understand that you're a rookie quarterback and only a sports start but moving forward as next year in the same position we won't you can't make those mistakes that's unforgiving and the one thing about it is he's going to have to be able to recall some of the things that happened this year and when you're put in those situations again the following year you don't make those same mistakes don't make those same mistakes because you're able to recall okay I know this is happening oh shoot they run the same defense or I see that safety coming down I see that safety playing on the hash and okay they're not coming I understand and so once you're able to recall the information and regurgitate it mentally in your head and visualize what's coming because damn I saw that last year so I know exactly what's coming and I think he's going to be alright but obviously as a rookie look there's only one starting offensive lineman that started the season that was starting today.

40:14Shannon Sharpe:So all this notion that he has the same offensive line, no, it's not the same offensive line that the other quarterback started with. It's not. So let's take that into consideration. So now he's out there playing, he's playing with a backup offensive line. You see, look at the difference between Chicago. Chicago was the most sacked team. They were 30th in rushing. now they're second in Russian they're second only the Broncos have allowed fewer sacks than what the Bears you see the difference people talk about Caleb Williams I told you they should have taken Jay Daniels that all could pan out but you see what the Bears did the Bears went out and said you know what we've got a franchise quarterback we've got to protect him Joe Tooney they go get a left guard they go get a center They get Jonah Jones.

41:10Shannon Sharpe:I think they got him from the Rams. They get a right tackle. Now they're able to run the ball. They're second in rush yards per game. They're allowed the second fewest sacks. You see the difference with Caleb Williams now and last year. Look at this team last year compared to this year. They're challenging for the number one seed. they got 10 wins already with three games to play. Personnel matters. Offensive line, that's how you build. You build your team front to back. I don't give a damn who your quarterback is. Let him not get protected and see what happens. You see how ordinary Mahomes look when he's running for his life?

41:58Shannon Sharpe:You see, we saw that with Brady. I don't care who you are. your offensive line can't protect you you ain't doing much of nothing yeah absolutely but man Miles man I sure I sure hope Miles look like he tweaked that growing Ocho he got a sack and a half he's at 21 and a half he needs a sack and a half to break the record he got three games what's on Cleveland's schedule they got the bill oh lord get healthy Bills, Steelers, Bengals. Oh, he gonna get that record. He gonna get that record against y 'all. Nah, he gonna get that record. Nah, he gonna get that record. Josh Allen is not an easy quarterback to sack, damn it.

42:45Shannon Sharpe:First of all, getting to it might be easy. Getting his big ass on the ground. Because think about it. He's bigger than Big Ben. He's faster than Big Ben. The issue wasn't getting to Big Ben. It was getting his ass on the ground once you got to it. Yeah, he's a big boy now. Yeah, but Miles Garrett, he's going to be a unanimous defensive player of the year. Nobody else is really in the running for that. 21 and a half sacks. I just hope that Groen is able to hold up and he's able to play these next three weeks. But look, Cleveland, man, you got to get an offensive line. You got to get your door some weapons.

43:27Shannon Sharpe:That's all I got. That's what we got for you. Without weapons? Yeah. You got something up here? What? Jared Judy needs to delete his social media for a while. During the broadcast, Ocho, check this out. During the broadcast, Allison Williams reported that the Browns removed Shadour's wristband and made some changes to the play call.

43:51Ocho, how do you remove the wristband and add plays to a wristband?

43:57Shannon Sharpe:Oh, have you ever heard anything like this? I've never heard anything like that, but I know when you do go into a game, obviously, you know, you understand and knows that have played the game at any level. The first 15 plays are scripted. Now, outside, you have a number of plays that you practice all week. You practice all week that are on that wristband. And obviously, you go to your wristband to be able to reflect on what they want to call based on what they call into your ear. Now, whatever they did, once they take that wristband off, I'm still sure it's plays that just might not have been on the wristband How they're not on the wristband Ocho?

44:30Shannon Sharpe:What they do, they call in, they'll say 34 You scan down, 34 Okay, red, right, 17, blah, blah, blah, blah That's what they do That's why you see the guy When you look at them, you see they're going down like this here Oh, there they're 34 Okay, right there, that's the play How the hell you add plays to a You had all week What plays are you adding to a wristband that you took time out and you had your Secretaries to type up and put on now you take the wristband off and to add place I've never heard. I've never heard of this in my life This is a young I've never heard of it either But that is the only explanation I can think of is that there were there were plays that they wanted to run that they might have Practiced during the week.

45:15They just won on the current wristband. That's the wrong current wristband That's the only thing I could think why would you not put it? I have no idea. But listen, your thought is just as good as mine. That's the only thing I can think of. You know what they're not going to do? You know what they're not going to do? They're not going to call no plays that they didn't run or practice during the week. They're not going to do that. So why would you add plays?

45:40Shannon Sharpe:So if you're willing to add those plays, clearly you practiced them. Why weren't they already on the wristband? Yeah. Ain't no telling. When I heard it, Ocho, here's Stefanski being asked about it after the game.

46:01Shannon Sharpe:Early on, was there something wrong with the Sanders wristband? Yeah, there was a miscommunication early. I think they mentioned that you guys had the wrong plays in the wristband on the first two drives. Is that accurate? No, yeah, yeah. There was something, I don't know if the wristband got something on it or whatever it was, but we got that fixed pretty quickly.

46:28You know the funny thing about it is, it's hard when reporters ask a coach a question, especially like that. A coach is always going to be PC. He's always going to be politically correct and not give the true, honest answer on what the issue is behind whatever it was that happened with the wristband. They're never going to tell us the truth. They're never going to. So now it leaves all of us guessing. It leaves all of us guessing because the wristband is made up, excuse me, before, maybe what? Maybe a Friday, maybe a Saturday. You understand what plays you have, what vocal plays you like, what vocal plays we ran in practice that should do it well.

47:04And that's what goes on the wristband.

47:06Shannon Sharpe:But here's the thing, Ocho. They're not leaving until Saturday morning. So Saturday morning is the last official wristband that you're going to get. So that's what you're going to have. That's what your first 15 plays, the first 15, you already know what they are. You've walked through those. You've talked about them the night before. The quarterback coach has gone over those with your door. These are the plays, the first 15 plays that we're going to call. This is our first down play. This is our second down play. This is our third down play. This is our X, Y, and Z. This is our red zone play.

47:37Shannon Sharpe:This is our go-to-go play. That's all on the wristband. There might be 150 plays on the wristband, and he'll tell you play 76. So you got to, okay, 76, okay, okay. But I've never heard anything like this because they asked him was the wrong place of the wristband. He said, yeah, no, yeah, no. So I don't know what to make of this. And I don't want to make it seem like we're trying to make excuses for him, but I've never heard this before, Ojo. I really haven't. I haven't. And it's really somewhat of a red flag for something like that happened in the middle of a game. In the middle of a game. We as coaches, excuse me, I'm talking about we as coaches, but as players, I understand how well prepared we are going into a game.

48:25So how something like this can happen is beyond me. Way beyond me. Especially at the NFL level. At the NFL level? Preparation? Man, listen, there's one thing you would never be able to question about all 30 teams is the way they prepare in a week and preparing for an opponent. there are really no mistakes and no error because there are too many moving parts to it for it to happen it's too many moving parts i agree with you ocho it might be a situation

48:51Shannon Sharpe:i've never heard of this before and i don't know how it happened we don't know why it happened but if i'm uh jimmy haslam i'm gonna need some answers yeah i'm gonna need some answers i want to know how for the first two drives the wrong plays were on that on the sheet and we had to take the wristbands and make some adjustment to it. I need to know why. I need to know why. If I'm Jimmy, I'm calling my friends. I don't know who he's really friendly with. I'm going to ask the other owners. Have your coaches ever had a situation do you know about where they had to change the wristband because the plays that they gave the quarterback were the wrong plays and the plays they didn't want to call or something like that?

49:35Shannon Sharpe:Because I need to know why. Mistakes happen. but not the egregiousness of this mistake. No, no, not that kind of mistakes. Chicago, Caleb Williams, 17 to 28, 242, two touchdowns. DeAndre Swift almost had 100 yards, almost had 100 yards. He's 18 carries for 98 yards. They 33 carries for a buck, 43. Luther Burton III was six for 84. DJ Moore had four catches, 69 yards, two touchdowns, one of those in which Caleb was rolling to his right and how he got that ball from two defenders. I still don't know. I still don't know. Hell, I didn't know where the ball went until I see DJ Boyd flicking on the ground.

50:22Shannon Sharpe:I said, hold up, he called it. Yeah, yeah. Hey, listen, Caleb Williams, as special as he is, he breaks so many rules that very few quarterbacks can do. Very few quarterbacks can do some of the things he does. Caleb Williams, you see Patrick Holmes do it. You see Aaron Rodgers do it. You see Brett Favre do it because they trust their arm talent so much. They trust their arm talent so much. They understand. Listen, you roll them to your right, and you're throwing against the grain with the momentum going the opposite way to the other side of the field. I mean, that's one of those plays where the coach would be like, God damn it, no.

51:02Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Because you definitely step into the end zone. you definitely say don't throw back across your body. He's throwing across his body in the end zone. He threads it through two guys and, and, and, and DJ Moore comes down with it. If I'm miles Garrett, I'm looking at that should do with offensive line. I say, man, I just wish I could play y 'all. I break Derek Thomas's record. If I played y 'all. Hey, the funny thing about it is think about all the teams he's played and he's been able to accumulate and attain the amount of sex he's had this year. So technically when it comes to him, it don't matter who the hell he'd have eight sacks because DT got the record at seven He had another game.

51:39Shannon Sharpe:He had six. Yeah, but think about it Ocho If if if if I if miles Garrett played this offensive line, how many sacks you think he'd get? That wouldn't be fair. They have they have to double the triple team. You know They have to double the triple team every time I saw a CD lamb looking at the jumbotron. He I know he was thinking Boy, if I win against these DBs in a game I've cooked their ass. And he would. But look, Chicago ain't going to be no easy win. You don't want to. First of all, Ocho, in January, it's cold now. Because I don't know when you played Chicago, but I played them in December.

52:19Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I played them in November. It was cold. It was wet. It was damp. and it had been a long time since I had played. I don't think I had ever played in the East like that, that time of year, Ocho, and it was cold. We beat the hell out of them though, but it was cold. I was like, damn. And y 'all play like this? If I'm not mistaken, I think Singletary was still there. I think 93. I think Singletary played 14 years. So, nah, he might have retired in 92. Because we played him in 92. No, we played him in 90, and then we played him again in 93. Yeah, so he wasn't there. But we kicked their ass. They beat our ass in 90.

53:15Shannon Sharpe:But Chicago is going to be tough, man. They can run the football. They're second in rushing. Caleb Williams, as long as he protects the football, they're going to have a chance. That defense is good. I take the ball away. They got 30 takeaways. Don't you? So that's what they do They take them all away and they said they offer something great field position They can run the football they play action off of that. They do a great job of using Caleb Williams leg They're rolling left. They're rolling right he can open his hip and throw You know cuz it's a right-handed quarterback normally you want to roll it right left But they don't have a problem rolling him to the left because I can arm angles He can open his hip and throw he but they're gonna be they're good.

53:51Shannon Sharpe:They're good Yeah, and that goddamn Luther Burton, that goddamn Luther Burton, well, he coming on. He coming on. He's going to be nice. With a sack and a half today, Miles Garrett now has 21 and a half sacks, leaving him one shot. He would tie the record with one sack. He would break the record with a sack and a half. Michael Strahan in 2001, TJ Watt in 2021. The Ravens. Copenhagen's spit-free pouches are packed full of American-grown tobacco. Made for welders. Stuck behind masks. More mechanics stuck on a fused spark plug. Long haul truckers stuck in gridlock. Performing, working late at the field office.

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57:51My team beat Ocho's team.

57:58Shannon Sharpe:As a matter of fact, both of your teams lost today. And the Guppies might get it tomorrow night too. The Ravens beat the Bengals by the score 24 to nothing. The Bengals, like they have been in the previous years, have officially been eliminated from the playoff. What's new? Water's wet. Sky's blue. Gravity does exist.

58:24Shannon Sharpe:I Haven't give you enough information to have you have an opinion on something just yet. Can you just Joe Burr was 25 or 39 to 25 to Not one to Ints one Man Kyle Van Orle picked it off and then handed it off. Yeah. It got whipped out of the sideline. Hey, hold on. Let me tell you what that reminds me of, right? Please tell me, and I know you remember, anytime that Ravens secondary with Chris McAllister, Samari Rowe, with them boys, even if he wasn't there at the time, anytime Ed Reed got an interception, what's the first thing they're going to do? They look at the ladder. They look at the pitching.

59:11They want to make sure it's a house call every time and I was like how the hell cowboy annoyed knew to do that well, you know what I know I'm not fast enough to make it I know But I know

59:23Shannon Sharpe:Absolutely not Yeah He will go bake it Chase Brown 13 of 53 on the ground somebody JP right here 14 carries 42 yards Joe Burrow had two for 529 They had 29 total rush attempts for 100 yards. Jamar Chase had 10 catches for a buck 32 16 targets I told you the defense wasn't good. I told you that. I said, you actually think the Ravens are going to turn the ball over five times again? You think the Ravens are going to turn the ball over five times again, Ocho? You right, you right, you right. You right. Listen, I'm thinking with my heart. I'm thinking with my heart and not really understanding the game of football that you're not going to have a game like that.

1:00:08The Ravens aren't going to have a game like that. Anytime they have eight back there, they're going to always have a chance. And I was nervous. I was hoping. I was hoping for us, for our sake, that we won this game because I understood what it could do for us, for the team morale in general. If we were able to win this game and pull it out and be able to sweep the Ravens this season in the division, and it didn't happen. It didn't happen. The Ravens played one hell of a game. Lamar made some fabulous plays. I mean, Zay Flowers made some plays. I just thought it was a bad game. We put up a donut, huh?

1:00:41We put up a donut. Y 'all practiced all week today? Y 'all practiced today? Hey, listen, it was embarrassing. It was embarrassing to me. No, it was embarrassing. A donut, our quarterback is Joe Burrow. We have Chase Brown at running back. You hear me? We got the greatest receiver to ever play and wear them goddamn stripes on this helmet and Jamar Chase. I don't know. That's what we got offensively.

1:01:09Shannon Sharpe:I don't know if he's running the table like Charlie Brown. Y 'all had the P-Dot game. Y 'all had Lionel, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Pigpen, Snoopy, Woodstock. I'm really critical. We need to make changes. We need to make changes. Man. Hey, listen, I'm not sure where those changes need to come from. But listen, in order to win in the NFL, in order for us to contend and compete, it's not about skills this is not about quarterback games are won and lost in the trenches that's what we need to start at that's what we need to start at we need an impact player we need an impact player defensively we need someone on the back end as well we need we need a great i told you you didn't have that you what happened to gino stone i thought you like gino stone yeah i like it i like it he's solid he's solid but again i'm talking about impact impact So is an ice cube.

1:02:10I don't want it in run DBB. This is what I would do. The focal point of what we need to do in the offseason, we need to address the offensive line. We need one impact player. We need one good solid. I can rely on you similar to like Lane Johnson or something like a Trent Williams. Now, I'm not saying there are other replicas of those type of players, but we need just that. Then, we need a D tackle. Hey, Jeffrey Simmons. We need Jeffrey Simmons. You can catch a touchdown today. Yeah, I'm looking at him. But listen, I'm telling you what we need to do to revive and get us back where we need to get to, you know, and being able to compete in this goddamn division.

1:02:51We need Jeffrey Simmons to come on out here. We need a corner. What do you think about Trayvon D coming here? Fresh start, new scenery. He's back healthy.

1:03:00Shannon Sharpe:You okay? He'll feast the famine guy. He going to get you, but they going to get him. Yeah. Yeah. As long as you understand, see Ocho, as long as you understand what you're getting. Right. Yeah. What do you think? It ain't too much out there for it. We not going to find that. It ain't. Listen, we not going to find nothing in the draft right now. You not getting no pass from Tan. You not getting no Stingley Jr. You not getting no of those. I don't know. I don't know what's in the draft. Caleb Downs, he's a safety. He's not a corner. He's an outstanding safety. He has great range, great tackling ability, but he's not a corner.

1:03:36Shannon Sharpe:there ain't been a whole lot of safeties that can change your life there ain't a whole lot of Ed Reed's there's not a whole lot of Troy Palomalos there's not a whole lot of Ronnie Lott's that's a different class you're talking about for me the greatest safety that I've ever watched that I've ever taken off on tape is Ed Reed I think Ed Reed is by himself now some people say they like Ronnie Lott but nobody turned he turned turnovers into points because he was taking it to the house or he was setting his offense up for great field position. That's what separated him from me. Yeah, for you, Ed Reed is up there as well in a tier one in a class of his own, but I like Troy Palomaro, who's not too far from that.

1:04:22He's not too far from that. Obviously, he's a little different. He was still rangy. He was very disruptive and being able to obviously play in pass covers, but what he provided for you also in the box and the trenches as well and being able to disrupt plays, lining up in the A-gap, doing some of the things we see Miles Garrett and Michael Parsons do, it's tremendous. And when you have players like that, we talk about the greats, it allows you to do so much defensively. When you have all these exotic coverages that confuse you because they would always be in places that aren't traditional. You can't study for that.

1:04:54You can't study for some of the things that they were able to do and they brought to the game. I mean, Ocho,

1:04:59Shannon Sharpe:you realize Lamar Jackson completed eight passes? who you telling it was 10 degrees out there they only had 24 rush attempts Derrick Henry had 11 carries for a hundy Keaton Mitchell had 8 carries for 60 seats they had 24 rush attempts for

1:05:30Shannon Sharpe:189 yards They're averaging down there eight yards a carry You know what that's not necessary That's not necessary and one thing about grandma always say when when a man is down, you don't kick him So you running you you rambling off all these stats and we already lost the game We we ain't score, but i've been telling you this I tried to tell you this see you but what you want to come out here and gloat on thanksgiving Ocho Ocho said it Ocho say they're gonna beat the ravens Ocho say they're going to the playoffs Okay, Ocho said Right. Well, listen, even a goddamn clock is wrong twice a day. I could be wrong sometimes.

1:06:07You were wrong at the

1:06:07Shannon Sharpe:start of the season. You were wrong at the middle of the season. And you're wrong right now. Well, technically if you think about it, throughout the entirety of the season, I've only been wrong two times. I've only been wrong twice. First of all, you've only been right twice. That Joe Burrow was coming back and y 'all was going to beat the Ravens. Well, he did come back and that was his first right all the other times you've been wrong i told you uh brownie brother brownie hey chad y 'all remember he said brother brownie oh brother brownie gonna do this thing oh i mean he i was fooled from last time he he had starts i was fooled i was fooled but listen we we we we got we got we got to clean your house i'm not sure what we need to do i gave some suggestions.

1:06:53Yeah. I gave some suggestions on what I think we need to do or who we need to acquire. Veterans that we need to acquire that can come in that are experienced and we know we get because the draft is not going to do it. Nobody coming in offensively or defensively and just changing everything draft.

1:07:10Shannon Sharpe:And Ocho, remember, who y 'all play next week? I said we play the Packers. Oh, y 'all losing that game. Who said that? Damn you. I don't think I said it because you would have to show chat. I wouldn't bet against I wouldn't bet against that defense. You gonna be just like I wouldn't better get your defense. I know I ain't say that. I know what you I know. Chad did he said it?

1:07:39Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey, hey, hey, have them start looking for that clip. What you say the Green Bay was gonna beat the Broncos. I promise. I promise when you say that. I didn't want to go to the game to butter enjoy himself. Man, listen, Butter came to the game as the Raven fans. Listen, the Bengals fans, they open their arms. We showed him some hospitality. It's his first game coming out here to Cincinnati. He loved the Ravens. He loved him some Ravens. I made sure the show Butter some love, and I made sure he was able to meet Lamar and whatever, and it was embarrassing. For me, it was embarrassing because I had company.

1:08:16i had company in the building and we ain't score no points so now i can't even talk no trash

1:08:20Shannon Sharpe:if i don't know i'd have sent him this hat you think he wanted this hat yeah i'm gonna let you talk to butter man hold on hold on

1:08:39Shannon Sharpe:hey hey hey how you get how you get thrown out of chase uh uh uh sweet Listen, listen, because they were talking so much trash. They were letting me hide. They were talking so much trash. But as soon, as soon, because I knew Joe was going to give me something. I asked, listen, I asked Joe to give me one off. Give me one. And, boy, he threw that pick six, boy, I couldn't contain myself. Hey, let's look at the video right quick, bud. Let's see. Hey, this is budding right here in the suite. Yes. Let's go, Joe. Let's go, Joe. That's why I need it, Joe. Go to the crib. To the crib. Tell them clear them!

1:09:16Tell them clear them! Why am I not cheering? Why we not cheering no more? Why we not cheering no more? Why we not? What's going on? I can't... Why can't... Archo! Get the fuck off of my house! I can't... Naga! I can't... What can I get that for? I can't... I'm on my... I'm on my... Listen to me... You already... You already... Take it, take it, take it... Take it, take it... Come on, come on, come on... Take it, come on, come on... Hey, listen. I appreciate you, bro. I appreciate you for having me. All right. They kicked you out for real.

1:09:59Shannon Sharpe:Bro, I thought you were playing. How'd they kick Broder out?

1:10:06Fuck.

1:10:07Shannon Sharpe:They kicked you out for real. Bro, I thought, but listen, I thought they were playing. I thought they were playing too. And the thing that made it worse, they had the best C-satops. But you had some good old food. It was nice and warm up there. You had some good old food. You drank your couple of brewskis. Nah, I ain't had none of that. You ain't need no food. You ain't need no food? Nah, they ain't had what I like. I don't like that many things. Oh, okay. I'm saying I'm more chicken tender. They ain't got no chicken tenders? What the hell is that? I don't know. I ain't gonna lie. I was a little afraid to go back there because it was like 40 of them in there.

1:10:51So, I ain't want to go and eat they food.

1:10:57Shannon Sharpe:That's the best part about it. You gloat and eat they ish. I know, but we already came. We already came in they crib, put our feet up on they carpet table. That's what you're supposed to do. And you have mud on your shoes too. What? I'm telling you. All that. And I couldn't wait for it. I was hoping it was going to be a glass table so they can see it. That's what we do. Look at that. See, that's what I'm saying. And Ocho, he was talking so much, I tried to tell him. I tried to tell him the script, but he didn't want to listen to me. I wanted to listen to Butter. Butter ain't going to lie to you.

1:11:37Shannon Sharpe:I lie for him before I lie to him. Yeah, I know that. He wasn't listening to me. He listening now. I know that. I know that. And I told him that we get to play the Bengals. You know what I'm saying? This is going to be our confidence booster because we ain't skunk nobody all year. Shut them out. I mean, they had a great – think about all that practice time they put in. Out there in the cold, playing the cold, and you don't score no points. You came out better not even practicing. I told him I tried to tell Ocho to tell him to stop the game It ain't It ain't work But see what I was going to try to do I was going to try to do I was going to try to get a little scrimmage in with them Since they season over Get some more confidence about them Hey they might as well sign you to the practice squad buddy That's what That's what I'm saying I was this listen I was already on the field I was this close to the line I can do that.

1:12:37All they had to do was give me some shortopad and butter. Stay ready. I ain't got to get ready because I stay ready. You got to look at my film. Listen, I'm telling you. You got to look at my film. If something ain't on the floor,

1:12:50Shannon Sharpe:something wrong when you look at my film. Something got to be on that ground. Man. Boy, it sound like you had a great time. Listen, I had an amazing time. This is one of the best days of my life. To see a game up close and to see it like you saw it, to be in the suite, to be down there on the field, to actually see a play being run, and to see the guys that you watch on television is an incredible feeling. Bro, you probably do understand. I understand a little bit, brother. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was amazing, dog. For that to be my first NFL game ever. Oh, that's the first time you've ever been to a game?

1:13:34first time. The closest I came to that was like a Northern State football game.

1:13:38Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man. So your first game, you actually owned the field. That's what I'm saying. And now, when I go to another one, I'm going to be like, when I'm getting out. Yeah, you can see. That's the thing. See, because once you get, you get an opportunity, you go to a suite and you get to go all behind the scenes. Watching the game in the stand is not the same. You spoiled now. The thing is, though, I got a little glimpse of it when they kicked me out. I had to go out there then. So it was still cool, though. It was amazing. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself, but I'm more ecstatic that we got – that these guys got the win.

1:14:24Shannon Sharpe:That's what I'm saying. And it's part of the script. I've been trying to preach the script the whole time. They had to get – they thought they was going to come. in the bank and win without no reprocesses. Yeah, exactly. They got to be insane. Something got to be wrong with them. Hey. Something got to be wrong. Man, but look, who do the Ravens got next? Who they got next, brother?

1:14:49Patriots.

1:14:50Shannon Sharpe:Oh, they go to New England or New England come to us? Oh. It's in Baltimore. Yeah, they got the Patriots in Baltimore. Then y 'all got Patriots at home, at Packers, at Steelers. Yeah. But listen, that's why we had to get this confidence. Yeah, that was a confidence. They had to pick you up. What we did to them today, that helped. That go a long way. Long way. It was beautiful to see, like, you know what I'm saying, my dog. See, I met Jamar Chase today, you know what I'm saying. It was beautiful to see him get double teamed. I actually enjoyed it. I was trying to tell the people in the vicinity, we ain't got no harm for him.

1:15:37We like him a lot. We just wanted to tap his pockets a little bit, see what he got on him. That's all we wanted to do.

1:15:45Shannon Sharpe:Hello. Hey, Chad, check this out. The Bengals reportedly did not remove snow from the seats at Pacor Stadium, despite NFL rules requiring snow and ice be cleared from all seating areas before the game. The Bengals face an apparent violation of league policy. Man, you had snow and you're still in your seat? Oh, no. I wasn't. No, I won't. I won't. I won't. I won't out there with him. I wasn't. I don't know about that. That ain't. That ain't nothing my business. That ain't nothing my business. That ain't nothing my business. Yeah, that ain't. That ain't nothing my business. It ain't none of my business.

1:16:25So, you know, the game was amazing. That was amazing.

1:16:31Shannon Sharpe:Man, man, congratulations, man. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Glad you got an opportunity to see the good guys win today, man. Thanks for the support of Nightcap. I'm glad you got an opportunity to meet Ocho. Ocho laid it out for you. That's unbelievable, man. Thank you very much for supporting us, the Nightcap family. Thanks for telling all your friends and loved ones about us, and we appreciate that, man. Thank you very much. Thank you. I appreciate you too. All right, bro. Have a good one. Yes, sir. Ocho sick.

1:17:00Shannon Sharpe:One fan tweeted, Ocho, wanted to take my girlfriend to the first NFL game for a birthday. Was super stoked to see the Bengals decided snow clearing would be left to the fans. Bonus points for not allowing cardboard to be brought into the stands instead. Instead, we got to stand on the snow and ice and freeze our feet. Ocho. Y 'all that cheap Ocho? Yeah, yeah. Hey, I don't know. I don't know the rules. I don't know protocol. You see what they do in Buffalo? You see what they do with every other NFL stadium, Green Bay, Buffalo, Chicago. When snow normally fans, they come and help remove it. But if they don't, the team must remove all snow ice from the seats.

1:17:47hey see i didn't know that you heard what you just said in green bay in buffalo wherever you sitting i thought most of the fans wherever they see sorry they just take the snow and and uh and and you know put it put it on the floor i didn't know it was a team no you supposed to remove that oh okay see i i never knew that i never i never knew it was up to the team to be able to remove the snow before the fans come in. I thought of something that the fans always did collectively as a group. No, absolutely not.

1:18:18Shannon Sharpe:Welcome to the Frozen Jungle. We saw fans scraping ice off their seats with credit cards. The wind chill was around minus three at kickoff. Now you see why Joe Burrow wants to get out of there. Now you see why Joe Burrow want to get out of there. He didn't say that. Is that what you're trying to say? You're putting words in Joe mouth. Joe, I see him want to get out of there. Hold on. Let me tell you. What Joe said is he sent a message. He sent a message in riddle form that you and I understand. There are changes that need to be made. That's what he said. I walked up to Joe. I walked up to Joe before the game.

1:18:57And I walked up and I asked him, you know, I'm sure his pictures, his cameras out there. And I made sure to whisper. I say, everything good? He said, yeah, everything is good. And I whispered. I said, man, don't scare me like that again. He looked at me, winked, and he smiled. Everything ain't good. I knew exactly what the message was. I give him two to three years. Joe Burrow will be playing somewhere else. Yeah, listen, in two to three years, the changes that he wants, with that little message he said last week, or, yeah, last week. Oh, no, that was this week. With that little message he said, I guarantee you, no changes are going to be made.

1:19:33You know why those changes ain't going to be made?

1:19:34Shannon Sharpe:Because that's a family-run business like most NFL teams. and family Brown, he ain't changing. He ain't changing. I think things going to change for the better because I don't like this feeling. The players don't like this feeling. Get used to it. The fans don't like this feeling. Listen, the culture in Cincinnati has changed. It's been different. It's been different. Now, this has been a down year for us. What do you mean a down year? Y 'all missed the playoffs the last three years. Since y 'all went to the Super Bowl, Since y 'all went, when last time y 'all went back? Have you ever been, haven't they missed the playoffs the last, it was the last three or the last two years?

1:20:15Shannon Sharpe:Last two. Last two. Last two. But it's cool. We're going to be straight. We're going to be straight. Burrow, Burrow, Burrow. After the game, Jamar Chase says he's never been in a situation where he had to uplift Joe Burrow. He might have to start doing that. You never know what he might be going through. fans were yelling at Joe behind the bench all second half. Chase finally stood up and yelled, hey, run your ass home.

1:20:46Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, hey. Yeah, you know. Don't pretend like you know. You know what I'm saying. I was sitting up high. I was sitting up high, so I wasn't able to hear that. Yeah, that's what they were saying. I mean, yeah, you know, the fans frustrated. The fans are frustrated. They want changes. Changes need to be made. Go ahead and train to Minnesota. I'll take JJ McCarthy and give you, we'll give you three first round picks. Come again. Three first round picks and JJ McCarthy. Nah, nah, we'd be good. Joe, Joe will be here. Okay. Joe, Joe will be here. Joe will be here. Hey, honestly, like today was embarrassing.

1:21:23It was embarrassing. Not just as a former player, but as, as, as a fan of football in general and a team that I played for a team that you know I've given my blood sweat and tears for to put on a performance like that today isn't bad and I had company with me too I had I brought company with me it was his first NFL game his first NFL game he had a chance to watch his favorite team meet his favorite player you know La Marvelous Jackson and that's what we do zero points we practice Wednesday we practice Thursday we practice Friday we got walk through on Saturday and we played the day and scored zero points that's exactly what y 'all did and it ain't no surprise

1:22:13Shannon Sharpe:what is bad that boy what you want oh you know what let me put this 82. that's bad

1:22:22yeah you hey you hey hey let me tell you something hey hey it's funny how you kick a man while he i ain't saying nothing i just got it was cold in here i know but i'm just saying just like you've been coming at me all you've been coming at me all day the memes you know the graphic team i don't know who i don't know who's a part of my graphic team but what they need to raise but hey they ain't them some creative folk but they're creative and like yeah and i i shared i could be honest with you because we family you know i don't like i shared a tear today i i shared a tear today They're walking out the stadium, and it was so cold, they froze.

1:22:56The tears froze on my face. They froze on my face because I probably need to get it out now.

1:23:01Shannon Sharpe:Zero points? Do you know how bad you got to be to score no points? See? You practice. I mean, think about that. Just think about it. I'm saying.

1:23:16Hey, before you keep going, think about my mental health. Think about what I'm going through right now.

1:23:20Shannon Sharpe:You ain't going through it far enough. Let me go put you back in some stuff. Think about it, Chad. If you practice all week, let me say, you got practice all week. So you practice Wednesday, Thursday, half a day Friday, and you get to practice for about 15 minutes on Saturday. And on Sunday, I'm going to give you an hour to make a free throw.

1:23:44Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you right. Y 'all couldn't even get a field goal range. so what happened to sportsmanship when in elementary school i'm just saying right now i know but you don't you don't feel bad for me at all so you you rather you rather my mental health suffer right now i want to you know what i'm gonna uplift you after the show of i'm gonna call you to make sure you're okay but in the meantime about to tear your ass up hey because i already know i already know i already know if the shoe was on the other foot oh i wouldn't say if the shoe was on the other foot i wouldn't do this i wouldn't do this to you because all you was talking about okay say foot or ball but yeah listen i can't say foot or ball i can't say touch or down because we didn't even get hell i can't even say feel or go we ain't get that either yeah i mean they got graphics for my team they just had to hold on for like three months because we ain't lost we ain't lost it's cool we got 12 wins yeah y 'all y 'all good 12 y 'all good as a matter of fact we clinched the playoff spot you did hold on hey listen all y 'all gonna do is y 'all gonna play one more week than we do that's it I don't even know why y 'all playing ain't nothing to play for hey listen y 'all gonna meet us in Cancun anyway we just gonna be there a week earlier I told you the same thing I told the Cowboys they say if you book international flight 90 days in advance you get the best price.

1:25:38Shannon Sharpe:I told y 'all to book y 'all flights in October. The same thing I told the Cowboys. 90 days. So middle of October, middle of November, middle of December, January, anywhere you want to go. Y 'all want to go to Tulum, you want to go to Jamaica, Ocho Rios, the Seychelles, the Morphy Coast, wherever. I like it. You feeling good, huh? You feeling yourself? You feeling yourself? My team lost? It's cool. We down. Listen, it's like life. You know how pathetic? Think about it. You watched the Browns. They were pathetic. They scored three points. God dang. Wasn't able to get in field goal. Y 'all wasn't able to get in field.

1:26:22Shannon Sharpe:Hold on. You mean to tell me you got a top five quarterback and arguably the best receiver in football and you couldn't get in field goal range? I mean, we had some plays that we would like back. We had some touchdowns that should have been touchdowns. we had some plays that were missed. Obviously, I can see sitting in the stands, but when you feel side as a quarterback, sometimes you miss it. I don't know what you'd like to have back. I know the fans like to have their money back for that performance. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, listen, I wouldn't blame them right now. I wouldn't blame them. Just honestly, there's nothing I can say.

1:26:55I can't defend any part of the organization. Don't worry about what we do.

1:26:59Shannon Sharpe:We're talking about Cowboy fans. Y 'all going to lose in the playoffs. Y 'all losing in the regular season. Y 'all let it even make the playoffs. So don't worry about what we do. Don't worry about it. Hey, boy, you right. You right. You right on your Ravens and your Broncos. Congratulations. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Congratulations. Why you mention my team now? I'm just saying congratulations. I'm not talking trash. Congratulations. I know we got a lot of Ravens fans in the chat. I know we have a lot of Broncos fans. You faster now. You talking about congratulations. Nah, we good. We all want that.

1:27:33We don't want nothing. I'm showing sportsmanship and humility. That's me. That's me. I could admit when I'm defeated, I'm defeated.

1:27:42Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I've been preparing you this for two years. I tell you, prepare for the season. I said, Ocho, y 'all not making the playoffs. You only knew that because Joe got here. I told you you weren't going to make the playoffs. You told me, and I told you. I said, I don't even know why Joe coming back. All he's going to do is make himself mad. He's going to win a game, and the next thing you know, y 'all are going to lose out, and he's going to be mad, frustrated that he came back, put himself in harm's way. For what? I get it. Look, we're not wired to sit on it. If we're healthy, we're going to play.

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