Nightcap Hour 1: Unc & Ocho react to Travis Hunter getting snaps on both sides of the ball!

10 Aug 2025 · 1 h 18 min · 36 chapters

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In short

Nightcap Hour 1 is a sports reaction show by Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, focused on NFL preseason performances and quarterback readiness. They start by reacting to Travis Hunter (Jaguars) getting snaps on both offense and defense in the Jaguars vs. Steelers preseason opener: 11 offensive snaps with 2 receptions for 9 yards, plus 8 defensive snaps with zero targets.

Key claims

Hunter’s stat line is modest, but the technique lessons matter—maintaining lane responsibility, avoiding leverage mistakes, and adjusting to NFL defenders who don’t overcommit like college DBs. Notable example: they discuss Hunter’s “leverage” on one defensive play and compare college route/space tricks to the NFL’s more balanced pursuit angles.

They also highlight a standout 70-yard Jaguars preseason field goal by kicker Cam Little, praising the difficulty of accuracy from that distance and the lack of pressure in preseason.

Later, they review other preseason QB debuts: Cam Ward (Tampa) and Jackson Dart (showing calm pocket poise), plus Shadour Sanders’ physical play and special-teams value. They also discuss JJ McCarthy’s return from a torn meniscus, and quarterback coaching/modern preparation as a reason rookies look “NFL ready.”

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Travis Hunter's Preseason Debut

0:00 to 0:34

Analyze Travis Hunter's performance in his first preseason game and discuss expectations.

“When you're moving like I do, you don't always get a lot of lead time.”

Travis Hunter's Preseason Debut

4:05 to 9:11

Analyze Travis Hunter's performance in his first preseason game and discuss expectations.

“Travis Hunter, Ocho, saw action on both sides of the football in his preseason debut, the Jags versus the Steelers.”

The 70-Yard Field Goal Surprise

9:11 to 14:00

Discuss the remarkable 70-yard field goal made by Jaguars kicker Cam Little and its implications.

“try to prove any point or make anything, you know, do anything, have him do anything spectacular in the postseason.”

Kicking Strategies and Capabilities

14:00 to 17:27

Hear the hosts discuss kicking strategies and personal anecdotes about their kicking abilities.

“because if it's a late in the ball game, instead of trying to hail Mary, hell, I might let the kicker come out there and try it.”

Kicking Strategies and Capabilities

17:33 to 18:55

Hear the hosts discuss kicking strategies and personal anecdotes about their kicking abilities.

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Kicking Strategies and Capabilities

18:59 to 19:33

Hear the hosts discuss kicking strategies and personal anecdotes about their kicking abilities.

“Ice Cube's Big 3 Season 9 is coming down to the wire.”

NFL Rookie Performances

20:19 to 26:28

The hosts analyze the performances of NFL rookies including Cam Ward and Shadour Sanders.

“We also played with that same calmness and poise, and you can see the leadership qualities in the way they carry themselves as quarterbacks.”

The Evolution of Quarterback Training

26:28 to 28:00

Discussion on how modern quarterbacks are better prepared for the NFL compared to previous generations.

“Because you remember that last year that he really played in Atlanta?”

Kickoff Evolution and Player Impact

28:00 to 29:10

Learn about the changes in kickoff strategies and player performance expectations in the current NFL.

“Definitely he's going to be on kickoff, obviously.”

Prospects to Watch: Receivers in the League

29:10 to 30:30

Explore the potential impact of various rookie receivers on their teams this season.

“Who do you expect to have the biggest impact?”
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Offensive Strategies and Team Dynamics

30:30 to 32:50

Discuss how offensive strategies and team dynamics can influence player success in the NFL.

“I think they make the difference in Bryce Young.”

Offensive Strategies and Team Dynamics

34:50 to 35:27

Discuss how offensive strategies and team dynamics can influence player success in the NFL.

“That's where Amazon Prime can make a difference.”

Offensive Strategies and Team Dynamics

36:03 to 36:56

Discuss how offensive strategies and team dynamics can influence player success in the NFL.

“Chat GPT can do more than answer questions.”

Quarterback Performances and Expectations

37:03 to 39:10

Evaluate the performances of rookie quarterbacks and their potential impact on their teams.

“Ice Cube's Big 3 Season 9 is coming down to the wire.”

Navigating the Competitive NFC East

39:10 to 42:00

Delve into the challenges and competition within the NFC East division.

“they had a a plan they were going to throw the football oh yeah absolutely they were going to throw the football.”

NFC East Quarterback Dynamics

42:00 to 43:36

Explore the competitive landscape of NFC East quarterbacks and their potential impact.

“We think the Eagles are still the cream of the crop of that division based on what they did last year, what they brought back.”

Jackson Dart and Brian Dayball's Coaching

43:36 to 45:39

Discussion on Jackson Dart's performance and Brian Dayball's coaching effectiveness.

“Now, then people, because prior to him getting there, people are like, I don't know, the jury's still out on Josh.”

J.J. McCarthy's Comeback Performance

45:39 to 47:58

Analysis of J.J. McCarthy's first game back after injury and his development.

“He completed his first three passes, all to wide receiver Jordan Addison, and led the Vikings to a field goal on their opening drive before Kevin O 'Connell pulled him.”

Justin Fields' Preseason Debut

47:58 to 51:29

Review of Justin Fields' performance in his preseason game and his future prospects.

“You don't want to say he's a rookie, but theoretically he is because he didn't really get anything done last year, Ocho.”

Justin Fields' Opportunity with the Jets

51:29 to 54:06

Discussion about Justin Fields' new opportunities and challenges with the Jets.

“Now, in New York, with a player's coach that played the game and understands exactly what you can and can't do, and going to do what he needs to do to make sure you're successful.”

Team Structure and Player Development

54:06 to 56:00

Analysis of how team structure impacts player development, focusing on the Jets.

“I don't know if I'm going to be there for training camp.”

Analyzing the Jets' Receiver Lineup

56:00 to 57:20

Discussion on the Jets' receiving corps and their potential impact.

“You got brother Allen who looks like a Derrick Henry, who looks the part.”

Reflections on Playing in New York

57:20 to 58:55

Recalling the challenges and expectations of playing for New York teams.

“We know Gary Wilson, that we tried to find other receivers.”

Memories of High School Football

58:55 to 1:02:24

Sharing nostalgic stories from high school football experiences and achievements.

“No, you were one of the best in Liberty City.”

Youth vs. Age in Sports

1:02:24 to 1:03:11

A humorous debate about aging and the desire to relive youth in sports.

“I'm just sharing my feelings and my story.”

CeeDee Lamb's Sideline Incident

1:03:11 to 1:06:38

Discussion about CeeDee Lamb's unfortunate encounter with an official during a game.

“The self-awareness and the IQ to be able to protect myself if given the opportunity to play at the highest level.”

Life Lessons from Sports Experiences

1:06:38 to 1:10:01

Exploring the deeper life lessons drawn from sports situations and experiences.

“You're supposed to be, first of all, you're supposed to be five yards from the sideline.”

Shadour's Inspiring Message

1:10:01 to 1:10:59

Listen to Shadour's reflections on his experiences and motivation.

“Shadour said all the right things last night as he expected at the great preseason debut.”

Analyzing Shadour's Performance

1:11:00 to 1:13:09

Unk and Ocho discuss Shadour's debut, control over situations, and challenges faced.

“So a lot of people incarcerated that definitely talk to their friends to talk to me to tell me my friend, My friend from jail was, you know, watching you play and watching everything that's going on.”

Mental Resilience in Sports

1:13:10 to 1:14:19

Discussion on the mental toughness required in sports and handling negativity.

“Even though his dad is not there, he still talks to his dad daily.”

Shadour's Generosity with Teammates

1:14:20 to 1:17:30

Shadour shares his gesture of gifting cleats to teammates and their impact.

“The small sample size we got to see at Brother Sanders, 12 look good.”

Football Gear and Personal Preferences

1:17:31 to 1:19:32

Unk and Ocho talk about their personal cleat preferences and experiences.

“Hey, the ones he wore in the game were dope.”

Navigating Media Challenges

1:19:33 to 1:22:24

Discussion on interactions with media and the challenges players face.

“There's a video that's been making its way around, courtesy of Bucky.”

Whistling Skills and Lighthearted Banter

1:22:25 to 1:24:03

A fun exchange about whistling and personal anecdotes between hosts.

“So we're talking about what we saw in that specific case in that moment.”

Whistling at NASCAR

1:24:03 to 1:25:11

Discussion about learning to whistle and preparation for a NASCAR event.

“I mean, Thanos I want to learn how to whistle like this Huh?”

Plans for Daytona

1:25:12 to 1:26:49

Sharing plans and excitement for the upcoming Daytona event with a friend.

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4:28Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I might have to get a couple more jobs like you because the way they got these games spread out and how you're going to have to pay, damn, you basically got to pay to watch each individual game, Ocho. I mean, listen, you know what you can do? You can use YouTube TV. You can use YouTube TV where you get most of the games. And also I have the NFL app on my phone. So the NFL app allows you to be able to go back and forth through some of the games you want to. You can't see them all at the same time. But it's just the preseason. It's just the preseason. So it's kind of difficult to be able to watch the ones you want to watch based on location.

4:58Right. And where they are. Most of them are regional games. Right, right, right. But once the regular season gets in, you'll be able to watch multiple at one time, especially the one o 'clock games obviously the 4 30 games and then those that are slated at 7 30.

5:13Shannon Sharpe:Right um he did have 11 snaps two receptions for nine yards uh nothing deep nothing significant um he gave up leverage on one play he'll learn these guys are really good hey if you got leverage and he had leverage you let the guy bounce outside you ain't getting you ain't catching those guys no no no no you got to maintain your your lane responsibility integrity but like I said it was it was you know i i just wanted to see what what i mean you know we saw what we saw um what it wasn't you know i'm saying i if i mean how do we rate it he caught two passes for nine yards and he had eight snaps with no targets yeah i mean the one thing is it's kind of it's not it's not it's not nitpicking one thing that he will learn too on the two pass that he get he did he did catch i call it i always call it that marvin harrison remember peyton manning and marvin Harrison always having that under, that short six yards and coming in.

6:05He did so well in college that the players and the DBs in college didn't do. They would overcommit so much he'd be able to spin out the back door. He'd be able to spin out the back door, but now, now that you're at the next level, they don't overcommit. They come to balance right away and they make the tackle. You gotta be careful with that

6:27Shannon Sharpe:too, Ocho, because you know them big guys Yeah, he tried to see that ball. You know the big guy's trailing now. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know the – hey, hey. Because what happens when they see that ball thrown? What do they do? They coming. Yeah, they coming. But you got to remember, he's coming from outside to in and trying to spin back outside. Yes. He is out of control. But most of the time, they're not out of control. No. So they were under control. Listen, you split the man in half when you attack coming to tackle. Right. You always hit the target. so I mean you keep your feet you don't let him get on your outside shoulder because a lot of times like you said they over commit and the outside shoulder is inside the man now he spins out now you see as long as my outside shoulder is free I can tackle you bingo yeah yeah so and that's it that's it he'll see it'll be much more difficult to be able to do some of those tricks that you did in college because these were out of control they over commit they attack in the inside shoulder, you know, and all you got to do, once you spin back, it becomes a foot race and you running down the sideline.

7:28Shannon Sharpe:Race him to the corner. Now I got my inside half. I got my stiff arm free to still farm you and pick up yards. But yeah, those are things that, you know, as you play at this level, you will learn a lot of the tricks of the trade. You'll know when to get down, when you can fight and struggle for extra yards because I'm telling you those big guys and those legs hurt. When them 300 pounds hit you, that's different than a DB tackling you now. Yeah. because he hitting he putting helmet on you and and we putting 300 pounds exactly yeah so um and on the on defensive side like i said he just had that one uh that one play that i saw that he gave up leverage but other than that nothing you know really made you the right home about i don't think it's going to be really hard to judge him ocho unless he gets significant snaps you know what i'm saying and they give him an opportunity and we see him we see them like game plan to get him the football.

8:20Shannon Sharpe:It's hard being, he caught two passes, nine yards. Yeah, listen, I thought obviously the hype around Travis Hunter, second pick in the draft, I thought they were going to feature him a little bit, but obviously they allowed Trevor Lawrence, they allowed the offense to flow. Whatever they gave him, they just didn't feature him. First play of the game, Brian Thomas Jr., goddamn hits on the right side. Then I thought they would come to him at some point and just get him acclimated and then get him going. But nah, nah, they just waited. When the opportunity presented itself, they threw in the ball.

8:53And, you know, it was simple.

8:55Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, me personally, I think he's going to spend more time on offense than defense. But hey, that remains to be seen. But I do think you'll probably get a lot more. You will see a lot more of Travis and what he's capable of doing once the season starts. I don't think they're going to, you know, try to prove any point or make anything, you know, do anything, have him do anything spectacular in the postseason. The thing is, Ocho, I want to, you know, you try to keep most of your stuff under wraps. Yeah, we got you. I don't want to show you too much in the preseason because these games don't mean anything.

9:27Shannon Sharpe:I'm just trying to get timing. I'm trying to get the guys, you know, get the guys in football shape. Because here's the thing. Now, with three games, you play the third game. Now you got a week in between when you play again. It used to be, you know, Ocho, we played that Thursday, Friday. and guess what? We were playing the following Sunday. It's not like that anymore. So now you play now you got another week in between before you go play. And so I'm just trying to get the guys as conditioned as I possibly can let them know what is going to be expected you know the timing all that stuff but I think Travis fine like I said 11 snaps two receptions nine yards eight snaps zero targets.

10:08Shannon Sharpe:He got 19 he got 19 snaps which is probably about what you would think if he was just a rookie playing on one side of the ball that's probably what you thought he would get right 19 snaps yeah i'm excited for him but the most outstanding thing in the game happened when jaguars kicker cam little nailed a 70 yard field goal as the first half expired in jacksonville's preseason open against the Steelers. That would have broken the NFL record had it been the regular season. Justin Tucker kicked a 66-yard field goal to beat the Lions September 26, 2021 at Ford Field. Now, it's a lot different kicking outside than it is inside because you got control conditions.

10:59Shannon Sharpe:You don't have to worry about wind. You don't have to worry about rain. You don't have to worry about anything. That field goal that this gentleman kicked looked like it had been good for him about 72. because he boomed it. Yeah, he did. He did. He boomed it. He boomed it. And look, I don't care. I know it's preseason. It doesn't count. Well, you go out there and you go out there to the high school field and kick a 70-yarder. I mean, listen, it's very difficult. I don't think people understand how far that is. Even for those who are professionals, you have to understand being able to kick it from that far, one, most people do have the leg.

11:27But the problem is it's not about having a leg and it's about having the accuracy to be able to kick from that far. Split the uprights. You have to understand the uprights have been changed, huh? they're a lot more narrow than they used to be. Yes. For the room for error, the room for error when kicking, you know, most of the time the ball, depending on if you have the consistency. Yes, yes, yes. You have the consistency in your follow through. You can't swing to the left or you can't leave your leg open and it'll go wide right. No, everything has to be perfect. That finish, that follow. Especially when you're kicking it that far.

12:00Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Because if anything is off, you're kicking that far, it ain't going. You waste your time. One way or the other. And the funny thing about it is most people say, well, it is a preseason. There's no pressure as well in this kick. There's no pressure. The circumstance that you're in. You know, it's preseason. You know what? We're going to allow you to kick. Will they allow him to kick from 70 maybe in a regular season game where it actually counts? Probably not. If you think about it, Ojo. If you do miss, you got to understand the team is already in. Steelers didn't even put anybody back. That was my point.

12:34Shannon Sharpe:They didn't even put anybody back there. Right, right. So they're like, hey, don't even worry about it. Mm-hmm. Because that is the thing, what you're saying, is that they normally have a guy back there, and if you miss it, you got really only two guys, maybe your wings, that can tackle. Tackle, yep. They're normally linebackers or tight ends, so you only really got two guys that can tackle. You got offensive linemen, mainly offensive linemen. Now, you might have a defensive lineman on there, Ocho, but he ain't tackling in space. No, no. And you know the kicker, what's the likelihood of the kicker to hold it getting somebody down?

13:08Shannon Sharpe:Because we saw it on the kick six, Auburn versus Alabama. We've seen Antonio Cromartie run those things back. We've seen Devin Hefter run it back. I think OBJ ran one back in college. So when you put people in situations that they're not used to being in, which is offensive linemen having to tackle, kickers and punters having to tackle, especially with that kind of space. Now, if you get him hemmed up on the sideline, you can try to push him out of bounds. But that guy done got a head of steam. And, you know, they're taught – and linemen don't really know how to get lanes, Ocho, because, you know, they following each other.

13:45Shannon Sharpe:They following right behind one another. Bro, spread your ass out. We got lanes now that you have to get in. Yeah, they don't know them now. But that was – I was like, and why not, like you said, Ocho, why not try something like this? Okay, now I got the confidence. because if it's a late in the ball game, instead of trying to hail Mary, hell, I might let the kicker come out there and try it. Put him on that either to tie a game or to win a game. Especially if we're in Indy or Houston because those are indoor arenas. And there's no factors from the outside elements. Yes, yes. Yeah. So, look, congratulations.

14:26Shannon Sharpe:It does not count towards the record, but you know now I got the leg. The coach knows you have the leg. Hey, you know who - Because you got to think, Ocho, that's a kickoff. Yeah, absolutely. This is a kickoff. Hey, hold on, wait a minute now. You do know your co-host can kick just as far, right? No, you'd never kick that far. Hold on, time out, time out, time out, time out. You know there's video, there's visual evidence. There's video evidence. I don't know, Ash is there. you have a great team of people that can pull things up. No, she on vacation. For real? Ask, can you please show me kicking from 60, 65 yards, please, and having even more room to go once it goes through?

15:13I think I might have been with, during this time, I might have been with Bleach Report. We were doing something. It's online, huh? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm talking about in the game.

15:22Shannon Sharpe:Now, if you kid, I saw you make a PAT in the game. Listen, 65 yards in the game or just doing it, you know, in the park, practicing. It's still – So a guy catching the ball in the turkey bowl is the same as kicking the ball in the NFL, huh? Well, we're not talking about a guy. We're talking – you're actually referring to an actual player who plays, you know, in the NFL or played. Played. Right, right. Many, many years ago. Right, but I still can. Mentally, I know what to do. Now, the body might not react the way it should. Yeah, I know. I know how to run. I know how to swing my arms and put one leg in front of the other.

16:00Shannon Sharpe:But doing it is something entirely different. I was just trying to give you a small example that your co-host can kick 65, 70 yards as well. No, maybe once upon a time my co-host can kick 65, 70 yards. You fail to realize, Unc, I play soccer every weekend. I'm part of a soccer league here in Miami. Let me ask you a question. You think messy leg speed is the same as it was, say, 15 years ago? ago? No, no. His speed, easy. Like being able to break out and get away from people. I said his leg speed. Oh, no. Absolutely not. No, no. Why not? No, because he's much older now. When you're moving like I do, trips don't always come together weeks in advance.

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19:25Shannon Sharpe:Watch live Saturday on CBS at 12 p.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific, and catch replays Monday on BET. Presented by iHeart. Oh, okay, thank you very much. We can move along. Cam Ward, NFL preseason debut tonight in Tampa. Five of eight completions, all completions coming on the second drive. 67 yards passing, an 89.1 rating, led a 65-yard touchdown drive. Ocho, the limited action that you saw. You like what you saw? Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. The funny thing about it is, you know what, is these players are NFL ready. Some rookies that I saw today are so poised in the pocket. Most of the time they get happy feet when pressure is put upon them.

20:07But they look like they've been playing for 10-plus years. They look like veterans. the pocket presence, the relaxness under the rest. Cam Ward showed it. Jackson Dart showed it as well. Obviously, we saw Shadour last night. We also played with that same calmness and poise, and you can see the leadership qualities in the way they carry themselves as quarterbacks. And Cam, small sample size that we were able to see tonight, he didn't play much, but you can tell he's sharp. You can tell he's been coached well, not just here at the NFL level where he's at now because it doesn't just happen that fast.

20:43It's not that fast of a turnaround to look that comfortable, like you know what you're doing. So he was coached very well, obviously, when he was at UM, and so it was carried over into the NFL. And I'm excited for Tennessee Titan fans, you know, and what they had with the number one pick. I just don't like the fact that he's been overshadowed since his pick because everyone else has been talked about. This is the least talked about number one pick, I think maybe ever. You're the number one pick. So it seemed like he went under the radar. No one said anything about him when most of the pressure is on a number one pick to perform because you're going to...

21:23That's good. That was the worst last year. Like you said, I can fly under the radar.

21:26Shannon Sharpe:Right. The difference is now, Ocho, these guys come in, they've been coached by throwing coaches since they were in high school. Yes, sir. So they're not like the guys that came in 25 years ago. They were just coming to the NFL and then, okay, you hire a coach right before you're getting ready to go to the combine. And then you work with them up until your pro day, and that's it. These guys have these guys all the time. It's just like basketball players. They got shooting coaches and they got trainers now in college. so they have an upper hand that's why they're so when you find a guy that's ready yeah he's really ready to play yes yes these receivers they work with guys so when you find a guy that's ready he's really really ready yeah so guys are not coming in like you i mean like like i came in right i mean guys you know time i mean guys would go down there for like maybe six weeks and work with a speed coach, but these guys got professionals basically training them.

22:36Shannon Sharpe:Right. Sometimes they have them in high school, Ocho. So just imagine you going through the process and they, they give you in it. They give you pro style advice. Right. And you know what? I think that's why so many different quarterbacks, obviously they looked apart, but don't have all the other intangibles to be a starter. They looked apart, but Cam Ward, not only did he look the part, but he had everything else. He had all the other qualities that make him the number one pick. Obviously, Shador falling to the fifth round. Not only did he look the par, but he has all the other intangibles that made him a top pick despite him falling to the fifth round.

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23:12Right. They polished. They're polished. That's all it is. You're a rookie who's been prepared for the NFL level, so you look the par once you're in a structured environment in a real live game. Yeah. God damn, how the hell are you dropping back so goddamn? calm. Everybody rushing, trying to knock his head off, and he's sitting there chilling, progression, one, two, three. Okay, three's not there. Let me shoot back to one. If one ain't there, I'm either throw it out of bounds, or I'm going to tuck it in.

23:41Shannon Sharpe:No, hell no. You better not. If you go one, two, three, and try to go back to one, they're going to hit you. Put your head right up under your chin. You better take that check down. Yeah. Hey, one, two, three, check down. One, two, three, throw it out of bounds. Yeah, one or the other. Or take off with it. Yeah. Yeah. And I think, Ocho, I think that's what we're seeing. If you look at these quarterbacks, I mean, it used to be a quarterback throwing for 20 touchdowns in a season. It was like, oh, my gosh, he really did. Man, this guy's throwing for 25, 30 touchdowns. Yeah, easy. Look, and I understand the rules have a lot to do with that, the way they protect the quarterback, the way they protect the receiver, the way they throw the football now is more conducive for quarterback having better stats.

24:24Shannon Sharpe:But I do think these guys are a little bit more advanced. than when the older guys, the Montanas and the Elways and the Marinos, when they came out. I'm not saying they're better, but they're coached more. And so, I don't – John probably never – I don't know if Danny or John would be interesting. Man, you had a pro coach? You had a Tom House? Or you have a – what's Carson Palmer's brother's name? Oh, Jordan Palmer's real deal. Did you have a Jordan Palmer? Did you have a George Whitfield? Did you have any of those guys to help you? All these quarterbacks, they have those. Offensive linemen, they're working out with offensive line coaches.

25:06Shannon Sharpe:They're working out with former great NFL linemen. So they're a little bit more advanced than, say, the guys, you know, even if you want to say 10 years ago, 15 years ago, definitely when you start going back 20, 30 years ago, They're more advanced, just like the guys coming out in basketball. You see how – and even baseball. These guys, you know, fathers played, and so they got, you know, hitting coaches, they got pitching coaches. They're looking at biomechanics, and they look at all – The funny thing about it, you think about the time and the time change and technology is advanced and everything evolves, they have better resources.

25:47They got unlimited resources to get better at said position, whatever it may be, whatever their respective craft may be, to hone that skill set so when they make it to the highest level, they look the par. Now, it's one thing to look the par. Everybody, I mean, the it factor can get you in the door, but you've got to have all the other stuff that comes with it to excel.

26:10Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I totally agree. But I thought Cal Ward played really well, especially last second drive. You've got the ball to Calvin Ridley. You know, really, hey, that's somebody he can lean heavily on because he's one of the premier rock runners, and he started to look like Calvin Ridley again. Because you remember that last year that he really played in Atlanta? He was cutting. He was cutting. He was doing it. Cutting. He was really doing it. On the other side of the ball, rookie Shiloh Sanders delivered multiple big hits, including one on Brandon Allen on a blitz. First-round draft pick Emeka, Ibuka.

26:49Shannon Sharpe:Ibuka. Also showed off his physical attributes, leaping 21-yard grab, backup quarterback Kyle Trask. I mean, Shadour's played really well. I mean, I've seen footage of him in camp. He did a great job of, in the one-on-one team, a one-on-one period against the tight ends. You saw that route? You saw that route? I saw him. He's on it. He was on it. Because you have to understand, he started out as a corner. Yeah. So he does have corner instincts. I didn't know that. I thought he was already. Yeah, he started out as a corner and then moved to safety. Yeah. Okay, okay, okay, okay. But when, yeah, yeah, I thought he played well.

27:25Shannon Sharpe:We know he's a thumper. He's looking to get down here and put big hits on him. I'm going to put down here on that. Yes, sir. Yeah. But I thought he, I think it's going to be interesting, Ocho. How many special teams can he play? Right. Because that's going to be the key. He's not a start. Now, he could be working his way into the starting lineup. But as of right now, I don't think he's a starter. So now, what other ways can you contribute? Right. He'll be on special teams, whether it be field goal block, whether it be kickoff. Yeah, punt return. Can you be a jammer? Can you be a gunner? Yes, yeah.

28:02Shannon Sharpe:Can you be on the front line? Can you be an L12345 on the front line? Definitely he's going to be on kickoff, obviously. Yeah. Yeah. Is it me or does it seem like kickoff is is much more much easier as opposed as opposed to how it was during our day? You know, you had the wedge buster, you had. Yeah. Yeah. They don't they don't they don't really want those type of collisions. So they don't. If you see, they're not letting you get that kind of running start. Right. Yeah. It's different. I think Hester said he'd have probably more return touchdowns had they had it in like that. So it's been interesting to see what would have happened.

28:46Shannon Sharpe:But the advancements, I don't have a problem with it, Ocho. I mean, sometimes like, man. I'm just saying it's different. It's very different. It's very different. The guy that you really like in the first round, the books selected, Emeka Ibuka. you like him you like McMillan, Carolina and they both look good did Golden go in the first round or the second round for Green Bay Matthew Golden oh yeah, McMillan I think Golden went in the second round he ran for two number 23, then they had Jaden Higgins went in the second round, Luther Burton III went in the second round, Trey Harris went in the second round, and Jack Beach went in the second round So there were – in the first two rounds, there were seven receivers that went in the first two rounds.

29:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Who do you expect to have the biggest impact? Probably, honestly, out of everyone you just named. I know Matthew Golden is good. He's phenomenal. Obviously, they do have Doves. They have Jayden Reed, so I don't think he will get the number of targets necessary to be able to showcase. Reed, Dobbs, Watson. Yeah, yeah. It's so many of them over there. I think he will contribute. but I really believe T-Mac, McMillan, over there with the Panthers, you know, and with what he's able to do and what he showed, very small sample size. Honestly, it's been one preseason game. But, again, I've been high on the Panthers.

30:13I think T-Mac is going to be the one to showcase his ability and what he can do. It's a mismatch every time they leave him one-on-one. He's very tall. He can run after the catch. And I'll be 50-50 ball turning 80-20 when it is him. So I'm excited for him. He's the one I'm highest on and hoping that not just him, but collectively as a group, offensively as a receiving core. I think they make the difference in Bryce Young. Taking the next step in his career. I agree.

30:44Shannon Sharpe:I think him. I like a book also for the simple fact. How healthy is God would be upon his return? Right, right.

30:59Shannon Sharpe:I don't think he's on PUP, but so it's going to be interesting to see how he used, because, you know, we know Baker can throw it. You got Mr. Consistency on one side, Evans, Mike Evans. And then, so, Buka could really have a huge year. But I like McMillan also. Long, angular guy. What is he, like 6 '3", 6 '4"? Make tough, contested catches. He's a good run after the catch. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think he's good. I think Matthew Golden, I mean, you look at Romeo Dobbs. You mentioned Christian Watson. You mentioned Reed. They got a lot of receivers. They don't really have a guy that, like, okay, this is the guy that you got to worry about.

31:42Shannon Sharpe:You kind of got to worry about them all because at any given moment, because, you know, it might be Dobbs weeks, one week, and then it'll be Christian Watson. Watson's biggest thing is staying healthy. Healthy, yeah. Hey, he can put him up and put him down. He can pick him up and put him down. Quietly. The goddamn Packers got a 4x1 team, huh? Yeah. They got a 4x1 team. Yeah. Dubs, Watson, Reed can fly. Dubs. Golden can fly. Man, stop playing.

32:16Yeah. I think McMillan

32:19Shannon Sharpe:and Abuka would have the biggest. But I'm not going to sleep on Luther Burton, a lot of people thought he'd be a first-round draft pick, receive out of Missouri. He goes to the Bears. They got DJ Moore. They got Roma Dunze. They drafted a tight end in the first round. They still have Cole Komet. They upgraded their offensive line. They should be – and they got Detroit's old offensive coordinator, the head coach, calling the plays. I call him Mr. Creativity. Yeah. So they should definitely be better offensively. And if they are better offensively, well, big number. Because if you look at Detroit, you look at Jamison Williams, had a phenomenal season.

33:03Shannon Sharpe:You look at Armand Ross St. Brown. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Had a big season. You know what's funny? Is Armand Ross St. Brown, he's one of the top five receivers, depending on how you put him in the order in the NFL. Well, I really don't think it didn't matter who was calling the goddamn plays because he's so good at just route running in general. He's a polished one. You know, I don't have to scheme you open. He's one of those where officer coordinators and your head coach, you know what, I could sleep at night because I ain't got to worry about that one. It don't matter who we playing. I don't have to worry about him.

33:39I know what he can do. So you add what he can do in his skill set and his DNA. And you put that with the creativity that Ben Johnson has. Yes. You get what you saw last year. You get magic. You get magic. Now, I don't know if there's anyone like that, with that type of skill set, similar to Amon Ross St. Brown on the Bears, but DJ Moore is damn good. He's not that far behind.

34:02Shannon Sharpe:He doesn't have that short area of quickness like that. Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's not what he is. Can he play the slot? Yeah. He's an outside the number. He and Roman Doomsday is outside the number type of guys. Mm-hmm. All right. You're going to be all right. The good thing about it is, is Ben Johnson is going to understand and know his players' strengths and put them in position to be able to make those plays and not allow them to be exposed in whatever their weakness is that we can't see watching from home. We don't know it. They know it. Right. When you're moving like I do, trips don't always come together weeks in advance.

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37:10Shannon Sharpe:Then the Chicago Triplets, led by Montrezl Harrell and Coach Dr. J, take on Coach Gary Payton and the Boston Ball Hogs. Followed by two-time MVP Michael Beasley and the defending champion Miami 305, facing Nancy Lieberman's Dallas Power. Three games of the most physical, competitive, and nonstop three-on-three action. Watch live Saturday on CBS at 12 p.m. Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific, and catch replays Monday on BET. Presented by iHeart. Jackson Dart shined in his NFL debut. 12 of 19, 154 passing yards, one touchdown, zero interceptions. He led three scoring drives. The TD came on a 29-yard strike down the left sideline to little Jordan Humphrey.

37:47Shannon Sharpe:With pressure in his face, he also rushed three times for 24 yards. You like what you saw? Yeah. Shoot, listen, we weren't even on. Jackson Dart now started to show off with how good he looked. and being in-season ready, being polished, you know, look really good in the pocket. He wasn't erratic. Most of the time you get rookie quarterbacks in an environment like that in a game and everybody got happy feet. Everybody got happy feet. They look at the first read, the first read ain't there, they take it off and they're gone. But no, he did everything. He did everything the right way. You can tell he's another one who's been coached up and was ready for the moment.

38:27The moment wasn't too big for him, even though it's just the preseason. So it's like going on your first date. The first thing you want to do in your first date is you want to be impressionable. You want to do everything possible to do all the right things. You want to open the door. You want to let her order first. He did everything right. Shoot, as did Cam Ward. And obviously we saw Shador, who had a bigger plate to be able to show what he can do. Hell, he got a third base in the first night.

38:57Shannon Sharpe:mm-hmm and he played i mean you get all the quarterbacks played rush was six of seven james was seven of eleven 62 yards a touchdown tommy devito 10 of 14 73 yards a touchdown jackson dart 12 of 19 154 yards and a touchdown 35 of 51 317 three touchdowns so uh uh clearly they had a a plan they were going to throw the football oh yeah absolutely they were going to throw the football. Absolutely. And I thought the guys played really, really well. Jackson Dart threw the ball well. A little Jordan Humphrey been in the league for a while, so had a consistent player outside to catch the ball for him.

39:41Shannon Sharpe:But yeah, Jackson Dart, he looked extremely well. He went to Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin. Great offense in mind. He coached the quarterbacks. He does a great job coaching quarterbacks. So I'm not surprised that he played so well given who he tuteled under. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And the funny thing about it is I believe Russell Wilson is going to be the starter. Russell Wilson is going to be the starter for the New York Giants. I can tell you that. But they wanted to see what Jackson Dart would look like once the keys are turned over to him. Now, it could be this season if things aren't going well for the Giants offensively.

40:20but Russell Wilson will be the starter for the New York Giants for the foreseeable future unless things aren't going well offensively.

40:27Shannon Sharpe:Well, I'll see him as a starter. I don't know if he's going to be the finisher. But listen, there's a chance he stays the finisher because of what he has around him. You get that ball to the other uno, you put him in position to make plays for you, it makes your job a lot easier. Yeah. shit yeah for sure oh man hey somebody in the chat making fun of me what that I got the same thing I had on last night on last night's show well actually I do I ain't take no shower so

41:07Shannon Sharpe:but I mean look are you gonna keep two veteran quarterbacks and a rookie yes Jameis Winston is not the one He's great, great, great, great. No, but I'm saying that's what I'm saying. You're going to keep two veteran quarterbacks. You know what you're playing, Russ. You're probably playing Jameis. What are you playing, Jameis? Five to seven million? And you know Jackson Dart's not going anywhere. No, but you keep Russ. I mean, you keep Jameis Winston, great locker room presence, a great presence for the team in general. He's just good for the locker room in general. And just if it comes down to emergency situations, we understand that Jameis can go in there and have some fun.

41:42not only have some fun, but be consistent, kind of turnover prone, depending on how long he's in there at the position. But outside of that, he can make plays as well. But because that's a tough division, Ocho.

41:53Shannon Sharpe:Oh, very, very. I mean, you got the Eagles, you got the Watt, the commanders, and you got the Cowboys. I mean, people say the Cowboys are going to be better. How much better? I don't know. Right. We think the Eagles are still the cream of the crop of that division based on what they did last year, what they brought back. Yeah. Yeah. Washington Commanders we expect Jaden Daniels not to have a sophomore slump now they do have someone that's disgruntled Terry McClory I was going to say having your number one target having your security blanket paid and happy would help prevent having a sophomore slump but hey maybe they know what they're doing over there in Washington but there is no room for error there is no room for error in that NFC East when it comes to quarterback play.

42:43You got to be consistent week in and week out because everyone else is so good. Everyone else got so much better. Hell, the Eagles coming off a goddamn Super Bowl win. You think they don't want to go back? They didn't do anything but improve as well. Yep, I agree.

43:01Shannon Sharpe:So, Jackson Dart. Say, Shadour, touche, bro. Yeah. Brian Dayball, on what he thought of Jackson Dark's performance, it's about what I thought it would be. Efficient, effective, aggressive, confident in the pocket. Still stuff can work on, but he's doing good. Brian Dayball is a great coach. I mean, I like his offensive mind. I don't, you know, it remains to be seen as a head coach. Right. But we saw him at Alabama. Now, he didn't have the great success at Cleveland, but hey, there ain't a whole lot of outside of a Paul Brown there hadn't been a whole lot of coaches that had success at Cleveland well Marty had some success he got the AFC championships a couple of times uh with the Browns Sam Ritigliano that was before your time um when he was the Cleanson in the early 80s right but Brian Dayball's offensive mind I mean he was the guy that really got Josh Allen on track, Ocho.

44:06Shannon Sharpe:Now, then people, because prior to him getting there, people are like, I don't know, the jury's still out on Josh. And then Brian Dayball comes there, and not only he was so good, he parlayed that into a head coaching job for himself. Yeah. Yeah. And so, yeah, he said he was efficient, he was effective, he was aggressive, but confident. Things that you like for the quarterback. You like for it to be efficient. You like for it to be effective. You like for it to be aggressive. Don't be, hey, dinking and dunking it on here because you're scared to throw the ball. No, throw the ball down the field.

44:42Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. It was third down. It was third down, and he took the three-by-one side. The three-by-one side, he took the deep ball instead of throw a short for the first down. He said, after that, it's third and whatever, hell, he went deep. Touchdown. Yeah. But that's when you're not afraid. You're not worried about your completion percentage. You're not worried about your quarterback rating. You're not worried about your QBR. Right. You score points by pushing the ball down the field. Down the field, yeah. J.J. McCarthy said he was emotional in his first game in 364 days. McCarthy said there was a little teardrop during the National Anthem before he took the field for the first time since a torn meniscus in his right knee that ended his rookie season.

45:30Shannon Sharpe:It was just the journey that any injured player goes on to get back out there and doing the things that they love. It just shows how much I care for this game. He completed his first three passes, all to wide receiver Jordan Addison, and led the Vikings to a field goal on their opening drive before Kevin O 'Connell pulled him. McCarthy, four of seven completion. He was four completions on seven attempts, 30 yards. He also converted a fourth down with an eight-yard run. Ocho, did you like what you see from J.J. McCarthy? Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it. I was kind of nervous for him.

46:07I was kind of nervous for him. I wanted him to be able to get through a clean game. No mishaps. No mistakes are going to happen, but they're things that we're not going to be able to see. But it looked like he handled the offense very, very well. I would have liked to see Justin Jefferson out there. Obviously, I think he's nursing something, trying to make sure he doesn't have any mishaps or slip-ups either with whatever injury is bothering him. But J.J. looked good. J.J. looked good. He looked like the quarterback of the future. Addison, everyone else around him looked good as well. So I don't see any problems.

46:40I don't see them missing a beat offensively as long as J.J. does exactly what he's supposed to do. Hell, if Sam Darnold could do it with what he had last year, then J.J. McCarthy can do it as well.

46:51Shannon Sharpe:Sam Howell came in and was 11 of 13 for 105 yards, Ocho. Brett Rippin was one for four but the guy that we wanted to see like you said he tore that meniscus last year and he missed his entire rookie season so to see him get back out there today and he says it's emotional and that's true the more you care about something the more it hurts when you don't have it or you can't do it so it was great to see him back out there because they lost the expectation they're in a good division look at I mean last year they went 14 and 3 and they started on the road because the 15 and 2 Detroit Lions yeah we think Chicago is going to be better we think Green Bay is going to be better the Bear excuse me Detroit I mean we don't think they're going to take a step back they do get Hutch back Mr.

47:50Shannon Sharpe:Motor so Yeah, but I thought J.J. McCarthy played well. You know, it's really hard. You don't want to say he's a rookie, but theoretically he is because he didn't really get anything done last year, Ocho. Because as soon as he, you know, I think he got hurt in practice. You know who I didn't see when we were talking about the Giants game? Yeah. But did Brother Abdul Carter play today? I don't know. He probably had limited snaps, huh? If he played at all, I mean, we can go back and see if I can find him on the – on the – He played. Actually, he did play. Okay, okay.

48:37Shannon Sharpe:But, you know, as a D lineman, yeah, it's a rhythm, man. You just can't go out there the first play and get a sack. Man, you got to be – hey, you got to – you know, you got to set the guy up. Yeah, yeah. You got to be, you know – Now, unless you did that, like that, that Jedock defensive lineman number 78, where he made the game, he made the team tonight. Yeah. Two sacks, fumble recovery for a touchdown, pressure. Yeah, he on the team. Mm-hmm. Yeah, yeah, yeah, hey. He's like, yes, son. He had six snaps. Abdul Carter had six snaps in the preseason debut. Three snaps were rushing the passer. All three rushes resulted in the pressure and the hurry per PFF and next-gen stats.

49:18Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. So he did what he was supposed to do. He flashed.

49:25Shannon Sharpe:But like I said, I think the thing is with D-Lyman, they working on stuff. D-Lyman are basically like a wide receiver. Yeah. Because he's setting you up for something that he's going to use at a later date in time. So if you think the move that you see that he starts the game with is the move that he's going to finish the game with, you're sadly mistaken. It's just like a wide receiver. If you think that route I ran on you to start the game is going to be the one I finish on you, You said, I'm going to give you the illusion it's going to be that. Yeah. But it's not going to be that. Yeah. In Justin Fields' preseason debut against the Packers, Fields was ultra efficient.

50:01Shannon Sharpe:He was three or four on passing, 42 yards, ran the ball twice for 14 yards and didn't take a single sack. Fields orchestrated a sharp opening drive against the Packers' starting defense, capping it off with a 13-yard rushing touchdown. This set the tone for an excellent preseason opener for Aaron Glenn's squad. does Phil remaining calm composed in a control pocket what do you think Ocho do you think did you like what you saw from him tonight yeah absolutely absolutely listen we saw we saw flashes of brilliance when he's with the Bears we saw flashes of what he can do when he's with the Pittsburgh Steelers so what we saw tonight is what we expected from Phil's it's all about him just being consistent and being able to do it week to week to week he's always wanted to be a starting quarterback, I think he wasn't dealt a fair deal in Chicago because when you look at the Chicago Bears and that organization and the way they conducted and handled quarterbacks throughout the years, it hasn't been great at all.

50:57It hasn't been great at all. It just hasn't. Now things are a little different. Got Ben Johnson there, Caleb Williams. Things are different the way they're running the system. Obviously, in Pittsburgh, Russ was promised a starting job. Russ gets hurt. Justin Fields comes in. He plays phenomenal. He plays phenomenal, but Obviously, once Russ gets healthy, I mean, Justin Fields is benched. Boom. Damn it. Can I just get an opportunity? Can I get an opportunity to shine and show what I can do with the quarterback position? I can be quarterback number one. If you put me in a situation that is advantageous for me and my skill set.

51:31Now, in New York, with a player's coach that played the game and understands exactly what you can and can't do, and going to do what he needs to do to make sure you're successful. You got Garrett Wilson. I don't know who, and I can't remember his last name. I meant to write it down. I don't know if it was a fullback that kept making those plays tonight or a tight end. I think he wore 47. I think he was wearing 47. Hey, young bull popped out on film. He popped out on film to the point where, well, I don't know who this is, but I guarantee you he's going to have a starting job. I don't know if it was a fullback or a tight end, but he was balling.

52:06Shannon Sharpe:Just had 403 yards, total yards. Green Bay had two turnovers. His time of possession was 38-41. Jets, 21-19. First down was 21-12 in favor of the Jets. Like I said, I think his name is Jay Tufeli. He made a team tonight. He did. Two sacks. Yeah. And he had a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Yeah. He's going to be all right. Yeah. But I think that's the key for him. The Jets showed Justin Fields that they wanted him. Oh, yeah. They gave him a two-year deal. They put him in. He's the starter. They do have Tyrod to be his backup. But that's what he wanted. That's why he didn't go back to Pittsburgh.

52:57Shannon Sharpe:He said, no, y 'all already showed me what y 'all want. Y 'all already did me. How y 'all going to do? Listen, Pittsburgh. You're not going to do me dirty twice. No, absolutely. Listen, Pittsburgh is a situation where there's a young lady that wants you. She wants you. She don't want nobody else to have you. So she puts you in the friend zone until the dude, she really won't get his act together. Okay. Now I'm going to put you off on the bench. Now I'm going to go deal with Russ. That's the situation last year. So listen, you get smart. That ain't the situation that's ideal for me and where I want to go.

53:27New York is perfect for him. He got somebody that actually wants him. And when you have somebody that actually wants you, you're able to play freely, understanding, okay, I don't have to look over my shoulder. I don't have the pressure of having to do everything perfect and do everything right, I can just play football.

53:45Shannon Sharpe:That's the thing. And I think AG, you know, they moved on from Aaron Rodgers basically for Justin Fields. Yeah. Yeah.

53:57But he made it easy for him, huh? Who, Rodgers? Yeah, he made it easy. You know, you have someone like AG. AG ain't playing with that. I'm not sure if I'm ready. I don't know if I'm buying in. I don't know if I'm going to be there for training camp. I don't know if I want to take a dog. Man, AJ ain't got time for that. I'm trying to change the entire culture. I need players that are boarding. Whether you've been playing five years or we've been playing 20. I need you on the same page with me. And he just wasn't.

54:22Shannon Sharpe:Only if you're a relative do you have tolerance for BS as a person's age. Yes, sir. Yeah. You know, if that person's not related to you, people are like, yeah, man, you know, old people. And, you know, look, at this juncture, AG coming in as a new coach, he needs everybody to be bought in. Yes. Aaron being as great as he is and being who he is, he can easily sway a locker room. Mm-hmm. So I think for AG to look at it like for me to make sure I still have control of this locker room, let's just move on. because I'm not so sure if Aaron did there was something did AG want to hear Aaron say something unless Aaron came with that thing turning backflips like yes sir let's go AG I'm ready unless he got that they probably was going to move on anyway Ocho they probably was going to move on yeah but hopefully Justin can seize this opportunity because this is a perfect opportunity this might be the best opportunity because, you know, when he went to Chicago, you knew he was going to be the starter.

55:35Shannon Sharpe:They just didn't have the pieces around him, and I don't know if that system was conducive and the coach was conducive. Now, he has another defensive-minded head coach, but I think A.G. has an offensive guy that can put Justin Fields in position to be successful. Oh, yeah. And listen, let's understand what Justin Fields has at his disposal over there with the Jets as well. You got Brees Hall. You got brother Allen who looks like a Derrick Henry, who looks the part. I mean, I'm not saying he's Derrick Henry. I'm just saying they have a one-two punch at the running back position. We have one of top ten receivers in the NFL depending on where you slay them at, depending on where you want him at, and Garrett Wilson.

56:24Well, goddamn, who's the number two? I don't know who they... Damn, who's the number two at receiver man with the Jets? It's slipping my mind.

56:39Shannon Sharpe:Damn. You think, I mean, look.

56:48Shannon Sharpe:Alan Lazar still there? Alan Lazar. Josh Reynolds? Josh Reynolds. You remember Josh Reynolds? I think he played for the Rams. I think he was in like Tennessee.

57:04Shannon Sharpe:Or was he in Detroit?

57:11Shannon Sharpe:I'm almost certain he was with the Rams. So, hold on. Alan Lazard and Josh Reynolds. So that's the two and the three. And Gary Wilson, yeah. Okay. He was trying to find out. We know Gary Wilson, that we tried to find other receivers. But that is Josh Reynolds. He was with the Rams. I think he's with Tennessee or did I say Tennessee? Or was it Lions? Okay, yeah. He with the Broncos?

57:45Shannon Sharpe:You like AG? You think AG is the right fit for the Jets, Ocho? Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. Listen, you need a player like that that can deal with that media. Forget in-house. Forget the football stuff. Give me somebody with a mindset and mentality that can deal with all the bullshit and the stereotypes that come along with being a head coach in a market of that magnitude. Once you get something that's ready for that, okay, now I can work on everything else. I can work from the top on down and AG is the right, right player for that. And he played in New York. So he definitely understands it. Yeah.

58:18But listen, one thing about it, even though he played in New York, you understand how those newspapers are. You ain't get no cut either. We didn't give me your, you know, break either. but if things ain't going right we're gonna hop on you too yep but hey the newspaper the newspaper outlets and media outlets are ruthless and i don't know who creates some of the headlines

58:36Shannon Sharpe:sometimes boy they're so creative that's what they say if you can make it in new york you can make it anywhere anywhere you can make it anywhere hey just sitting here talking about all this quarterback play man it just reminded me of my day man at beach high man reminded me of my days at Beach High, man. You know, I was one of the best in the state, huh? Huh? You hear me? I was one of the best in the state. No, you were one of the best in Liberty City. No, no, no, no. In the state. I'm talking about in the world. I was one of the best in the world. You know what's funny? Yeah, I'm laughing. For me to have played quarterback at Miami Beach Senior High in 1996, I still remember my receivers.

59:14My number one and my number two. Dwight Sturr and Richard Lucelle. That's my little Zoe. Dwight Sturr. I mean, Dwight was my homeboy. Ojo. He was good.

59:23Shannon Sharpe:but oh joe huh you think joe montana could tell you who his wide receivers were in college or in high school probably you only had two or three oh damn we probably came but see my my my two dwight stirrup and richard lucille that's my zone richard who said that's my zone stop i say richard if you see this you know hey we was out there doing work my hey listen my running back was topar wilson oh my goodness boy told by a he was oh you should have saw me out there okay Okay, name the offensive line. Name your five offensive linemen at Oregon State. At Oregon State? Yeah. I play receiver. I don't know.

59:56Exactly. That's my point. Hey, I'm running the offense like this. Blue 80. Blue 80. Hey, Mike, you hot, you hot. You get two off the mic, you hot, boy. Yeah.

1:00:11Shannon Sharpe:Chad, he ain't say none of that. Alert, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert. And then I go to the gun. You didn't do none of that. Hey, hey, I used to be killing that thing, a quarterback. I had on the number two, too. Hey, you got to remember, remember I was the baby when I was a freshman? D. Starks was the quarterback. Samari Rowe was the receiver. Terry Cousins was playing running back. So you got to understand. And y 'all won seven games. No, we was good now. Hey, you got to understand who we played against. Seven games. Hey, we played against some good competition now. Well, damn. Hey, Miami Northwestern, Miami Central, Edison High School.

1:00:51Shannon Sharpe:Them boys were stacked back then, bro. I ain't hear none of them names, but y 'all names, all the guys that you named played in the NFL. Yeah, they did. I'm just telling you the quality that my school had. We had good quality. So what happened to the wins? Huh? Tell me the quality wins. I know y 'all had quality players. What about quality wins? We had some quality wins. Now, I just don't remember the records from back then. That's a very long time ago. You know your record. Were y 'all 14-1, 15-0, 13-2? Obviously, no. Y 'all lost in the state championship. Y 'all lost in the semifinals, quarterfinals.

1:01:26Damn, I can't remember, but I did score. What I can tell you is I scored four touchdowns in one game, and nobody, nobody's done that. Nobody's scored four touchdowns in one game. Did y 'all win that game? Yes. Yes. Matter of fact, we almost beat Miami Northwest in the year they won state. One of the greatest high school receivers I saw with my own eyes, Marvin Snoop Menace out of the Scott Projects that played for Florida State, played with Kansas City for a little bit before he got hurt. I've never seen nothing like Snoop Menace born in high school. Oh, my. Ocho.

1:02:03Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. What am I supposed to do? We almost beat the team that won the state. What am I supposed to do? I don't know. I'm just trying to relive my story of high school. That's all. I'm just sharing that story. So we talking football is taking me down memory lane. Can we talk about the young bulls that's going into the NFL? They got an opportunity to start at the highest level. And it just brought me back to where it all started. That's all. I'm just sharing my feelings and my story. That's all my bad.

1:02:33Shannon Sharpe:It's bad. It sucks. It sucks being you. It sucks being old. You want to be young so bad to go back out there with the boys. No, I do. Because listen, I'm really not old. Like, it kind of makes me upset and it kind of bothers me when people call me Unc. And I think about it. Well, why are you calling me Unc? And I look younger than you sometimes. Like, you know, I was like, what you mean, Unc? Yeah. Give me a look at you. Boy, you look 50. You look 60, you know, because you're drinking your life away and you're smoking and all that. But my body feel good, Unc. You hear me? I ain't never been hurt.

1:03:09I don't have no injuries. I take care of myself. You go back out there, you'll be hurt. You think so? I think I think I think I have the. The self-awareness and the IQ to be able to protect myself if given the opportunity to play at the highest level. You think so? Yeah, I don't. I might not have the speed. I still have my my my lateral movement. My name is saying it ain't the same. But even if it's not the same, it's still better than what's out there. No, it's not. You don't think so?

1:03:43Shannon Sharpe:Mm-mm. You don't lost too much of it. Your spidey senses don't tingle anymore. Yeah. Because they ain't been on. You ain't turned them on in a long time. It's like a car. You could have a baddest car. You could have a Bugatti pay$6 million for it. Mm-hmm. But don't let it run. Put it in your garage and don't cut it on for 12 years, 14 years, 15 years. Right. You're right. You're right. You think it's going to crank? yeah it should it should no it won't and then and then you're gonna have to then you have to go take it to the shop get all the fluids flushed oh man you gotta realize don't you you haven't run like that yeah yeah like that like you used to run in a very long time yeah you're right you're right you're right you're right i think there's a greater chance that you will hurt something than you go out there and look like your old self.

1:04:37Yeah. Hey, with a chat on my head, boy. What did they say? Hey, they call me all kind of names. Chad Hurts. Chad Leaf. Yeah, exactly. Hey, Chad Bledsoe. Chad DeVito.

1:04:59Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, man. Ocho, did you see did you watch any of the Rams Cowboys game? CeeDee Lamb get rocked by an official on the sideline he was watching Joe Milton throw a deep pass but he's watching on the jumbotron he knows that Joe Milton has an arm I think I saw something other day he threw it like 70-75 yards so he got his hands up so he's watching the jumbotron like yeah this is a touchdown he forgets that there's a side judge Ocho that's running Right. And... Hit him? Man, he ran dead into the back of CD. And you know, if you triple official, that's unsportsmanlike conduct. Wait, the official? Well, he wasn't on the field of play, so how could he be?

1:05:44Shannon Sharpe:It don't matter. Didn't y 'all have a get-back coach telling y 'all to get back? Get back, get back, get out the white. Yeah, because what happens if you trip the official, that's a 15-yard penalty. That's exactly what CD got. He lucky he didn't get hurt because he relaxed, don't you? He don't know the guy coming. I mean, right, right, right, right. Maybe that's a blessing and a curse because he was relaxed and he didn't tense up. This wasn't a touchdown, was it? No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

1:06:13Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man. But that's why they have – that's why, you know, we call them a get-back coach. Right, right, right. Get-back because, you know, you got to give the official free run on the sideline because if you trip him or something like that. Right. Right. It's not like basketball that you can, you know, you can run into the official because the official is part of the court. But in football, you tripping, that's a 15-yard penalty. Yeah, you got to get out of the way. Yeah, you got to get out. You got to, you're supposed to be five. You're supposed to be, first of all, you're supposed to be five yards from the sideline.

1:06:44Shannon Sharpe:That's what you're supposed to be. Because remember, they got the tarp, Ocho, and the tarp, you know, you got the grass and it's like four to five yards, open space, and then you're supposed to stand on the tarp. but you know everybody be standing on the field. Yeah. Get back, get back. He was penalized for a foul on the official. I think it's a sports like Condor.

1:07:06Shannon Sharpe:But, uh.

1:07:12Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah, he definitely. Well, yeah, you can't go past the 30. You can't go that far down. He like Gilly. Remember Gilly had the book? Hey, Gilly running down the field. In the Philly game. It did spike the ball. Hey, that was funny. Yeah. Hey, Wallace said, man, cuz, I don't think you're supposed to have did that.

1:07:38Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but I mean, I've seen it called before. Yeah.

1:07:47Shannon Sharpe:And CeeDee had no – I mean, Ocho, you know that's the worst feeling, to bump into something that you don't know that's there. Mm-hmm. You know, somebody, you know, you running and somebody running to you. Oh, my bad. Oh, they used to be notorious for that on the football field. Oh, yeah. They catch you slipping. Oh, my bad. No, don't even worry about it, bro. You right. Don't even worry about it. I'm going to get you back. Don't worry about it. If I don't get you, I'm like, man, what was that for? Oh, because he got me. Mm-hmm. I can't get him because he's smart. He know he did some chicken-ish.

1:08:22Shannon Sharpe:so I can't get him. You didn't know anything about it so I can get you because your guard was down. Got to get somebody, Ocho. Yeah, you got to. I got to get somebody. Somebody go get God. Man, I ain't got nothing to do with that. Yeah, you do. You're a teammate. You should have.

1:08:44Shannon Sharpe:He made a lot of the situation on IG, Ocho, on his face. He posted, CD got decked by the ref. I feel like everyone needs a laugh. Hey, that's funny. He got, yeah, he did, hey. And yeah, that was official. I mean, dude probably in his 50s, 40s, 50s. But the mere fact, he didn't see CeeDee. CeeDee didn't see him. He probably was mad, probably wanted to throw two flags on CeeDee. Probably. And you know why, you know, you probably know why also CeeDee didn't get hurt? Because his body was relaxed. Because something was coming. He didn't tense up, yep. Exactly. When you always think about, I don't mean to bring this up, but drunk drivers, do you always notice that the person that's always intoxicated the most, who's always in a relaxed state in a high collision crash, for some reason, always walks away and never gets hurt?

1:09:34Shannon Sharpe:You're right. You're right. Yeah. I hate to use it. Hey, you can see the chat, huh? No. What is it? What they call you, Ocho Holmes? Man, hey, boy, it's so funny. It's so, hey, they're Chad Orlowski.

1:10:00Shannon Sharpe:Hey, man, you know the Chad, you can't let the Chad, man. Hey, they on my head right now, man. They on my head. Shadour said all the right things last night as he expected at the great preseason debut. Let's take a listen to what Shadour had to say. Yeah. I mean, God's patient with us as humans. We mess up at times, but I don't feel like he throw us away as individuals. So it's different things and different life lessons, you know, you got to go through. And I haven't went through this situation, you know, that that I'm in ever. So it's it's really just a test. You know, I feel like from God or whoever it's from, it's just a test.

1:10:44But anyway, I'm just thankful that I was able to see the day of light and get out there and be able to play. So, you know, they didn't have to let me play. So anything and everything, you know, is good for me. So then, you know, the kids looking up, the kids definitely inspire me, of course, more. So a lot of people incarcerated that definitely talk to their friends to talk to me to tell me my friend, My friend from jail was, you know, watching you play and watching everything that's going on. So it's just like the world, you know, I say it's so small and everybody sees everything. And I'm thankful to be able to inspire people through everything.

1:11:25Because a lady just told me now, when I'm having a bad day, I just think about Shador. And I'm saying, I'm going to act like Shador. You know, so like that's so cool, you know, to me that I'm some form of inspiration.

1:11:39Shannon Sharpe:Jadour, the only thing I'm going to disagree with you, they had to let you play because everybody else was hurt. Yeah. Because you ain't had no choice. If they didn't let you play, they brought a guy in. They brought in Snoop Huntley. Yeah. Because Flacco wasn't going to play and the other two couldn't play. So, but you did your thing. Oh, yeah. All you could control is what you could control. What you could control was how you played, how you handle the situation that you've been placed in. Yeah. He did very well. He did a hell of a job. He handled it well. He said all the right things. He did all the right things.

1:12:18And that's control what you can control.

1:12:22Shannon Sharpe:What you can't control, don't worry about it. Control what you can control. He went through a storm, something he never – If you'd have told him a year ago, he would be in this situation where he's at right now. He wouldn't have believed it. His dad wouldn't have believed it. Nobody, you or I wouldn't have believed it. No, absolutely not. But you're here. Man. Now, forget how I got here. How are you going to get out of here? Yeah. Yeah. Because a lot of times, you know, we spend a lot of time on how we got into the situation. You're in the situation now. How are you going to get out of it? Yeah.

1:13:07Shannon Sharpe:And I think he's done a great job. Look, you know, I'm sure he talks to his dad. Even though his dad is not there, he still talks to his dad daily. Dad gives him great advice. He doesn't put any more on us that we can handle. Yeah, absolutely not. And sometimes the situation they put you in, they're not advantageous for you. it's not the best situation for you because you got people in the situation you win that don't even believe in you and that's when it hurt worse most of the time if you hear someone oh i'm a part of your organization and you say well hell i ain't want you though yeah oh that's that's meant to break you that's meant to break you you can't break what you didn't bill you're not you can't break what you didn't create come on come on now but everybody's not built like that mentally.

1:13:58You're right. True. In this era? In this era of sensitivity and, oh, he said this about me. No, everybody's not built for that. That's meant to break you. And if they break you mentally, it affects what you do in between the lines on the green grass.

1:14:17But that's neither here nor there. He played well. The small sample size we got to see at Brother Sanders, 12 look good. He look good.

1:14:26Shannon Sharpe:You're right, Ocho. You're right. Everybody. I mean, I mean, sometimes I mean, sometimes. When things are not going your way and you feeling down. Yeah. Man, it's hard to stay positive. And I think the thing, the best thing for him is that he has a dad that's really positive. Yeah. He sees the positivity in everything, even when it's all negativity. He'll find something positive. He'll find something good to say.

1:14:59Shannon Sharpe:Thanos

1:15:03Shannon Sharpe:That's what you're What he want

1:15:10Make him bark

1:15:11Shannon Sharpe:Make him bark No, no We don't want that I try to deter him from barking And the thing is I put Titus up Titus to sleep So I ain't got to worry about Titus coming here And him growling and going crazy Hey, that's a good combination, boy.

1:15:33Shannon Sharpe:And then I took the bones up because him and Teddy. Fighting over the bones? He wanted all the bones. He didn't want Teddy to have none. So he had three. I gave each one a bone. Right. So he had his, and he bargained at Teddy's. So once I gave him Teddy's, it was all good. So I just took all three of them because he had two at first. Right. Teddy just had one, but he wasn't satisfied with that. He wanted all three. So I said, no, we're not going to do that. We're going to take the bones up for tonight. You got a little thug on your hands over there, man.

1:16:08You want to go stay with Ocho? Hey, yeah. Come on over here, Thanos. I'm going to tell you, I'm going to take you down to the city, boy. They got a dog park downtown.

1:16:19Shannon Sharpe:He said, I can go to the dog park. Yeah. He said, you know, I got, you know, I had a little minor procedure about a month ago. Wait, what happened? He had surgery already? We all good. Yeah. What's wrong with him? We got him fixed up. Oh, why you, man? He said, I'll look. He said, he heard about them child support payments. He said, he didn't want none of that. No? Okay. Yeah. Okay. Okay. They didn't have a little fun, man. Yo, them girls. He said, we ain't having no fun. But Shadour looked good. He looked good. He looked really good last night. He spoke really good after the game. And the thing now is to build – excuse me, is to build on what he did last night.

1:17:04Shannon Sharpe:He also spoke about gifting teammates some new cleats. Check this out, Ocho. Yeah, I'm just excited for all of them. I gifted a lot of receivers, the prime DT96s. You know, a couple of them had them on. So I just gifted a couple of them. Like the main receivers going into this game, you know, I gifted them some cleats. Some wore them, some didn't. But I was like, okay, this is just my little appreciation gift to them. Because they don't be having a lot in stock. So I couldn't do everybody. I wish I could. But, yeah, it's great. Hey, the ones he wore in the game were dope. Yeah, those are the ones he talked about.

1:17:43They had the orange lining. Yeah, yeah. For the Browns color scheme. color weight. Yeah, they were nice. They were nice. I think also, as a receiver, well, for me, I wouldn't want a cleat that heavy. No, the Deion Cleats, I mean, they're heavy, based on the way they're made. I want a lightest shoe as possible. So, I mean, they look good.

1:18:05Shannon Sharpe:Time could have been out there in Tim's and run 4-3. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. But it all depends. I was a, you know, I wore TD bottoms. Okay. So I wore wide receiver cleats at tight end. And tape your ankles. So you was good. Yeah. Because I'm a hard planner. Right. Me, even though I'm a hard planner, it's funny. Reebok obviously was Reebok back then. I had Reebok take all the lining out of my shoe. I don't want any support. I want my shoe to be just like a track shoe. Just like a track shoe. I need to feel the floor. I need to feel the fall when I stop, when I go, when I try to cut and transition.

1:18:52I don't want anything restricting my ankles when it's time for my lateral movement and movements. So all I had was a shell, some shoelaces, and cleats at the bottom. That's it. Yeah. That's it.

1:19:06Shannon Sharpe:But you always wore a molded bottom. You wore a tempo bottom. Yeah, you didn't wear seven studs. No, I didn't have a choice but to wear seven studs. when we played at Heinz Field. I think they let the field be messed up like that on purpose. Yeah, they made it be soggy. Oh, my goodness. It's like, I don't know. I don't know. That was an advantage for them. Yeah, for sure. The advantage for them. But, yeah, that's the only time I wore seven studs is when we played at Heinz Field.

1:19:37Shannon Sharpe:There's a video that's been making its way around, courtesy of Bucky. It's him confronting Browns reporter Tony Grossi We're not having anything positive to say Oh Joe. Let's take a look at this video. Yeah

1:20:14Shannon Sharpe:What I do, what I do to you, Tony. Hey,

1:20:21that's dope, Monk. I like it. I like it because most of the time those interactions like that, that's not how they go when it comes to players. Most of the time when it comes to a beat reporter that's been established for that long as a Cleveland beat reporter, you know, when it comes to saying something negative, most of the time, the player challenges him in that manner because you've never said anything positive. And I could just imagine I haven't read any of the article and I could just imagine if the rest of the world has been somewhat negative towards the door. I could imagine what the person that's in house that sees him every day writes.

1:20:54So the fact that they were able to do it with a smile, with class, with grace and understanding, well, God damn, do you have anything nice to say? Because everything I've seen so far has been negative. I did nothing to you. But obviously the dude had the job to do. You understand how to get the views. you have to understand negativity negativity it would create traction clickbait how can i get people to read what i'm writing when you talk negative about the biggest thing going on right now in cleveland outside of lebron james when he was there right now it's your door sanders

1:21:29Shannon Sharpe:uh robber littell uh black sports online uh grassy has been like this for 30 years baker couldn't handled it. I guess he's saying Baker could not have handled it. Shadour disarmed him in 60 seconds and changed his energy. That's a gift not all people have for negative people. Hey, listen, they'll smile on your face. They'll smile on your face, obviously, at that point and in that moment with Shadour greeting him the way he did, with class, with grace. But God damn, are you going to say anything? I'm just waiting on you to say something nice. Yeah. Something. So the guy has no, I mean, what can you say?

1:22:13Especially after that performance. Yeah. What can you say? And I know people will say, oh, it's the preseason. Oh, it's a small sample size. Let's see what he does in the regular season. I mean, it's still, this is all we have to go off. So we're talking about what we saw in that specific case in that moment. I'm curious to what he wrote today. Because I'm sure he has something to say today.

1:22:37I think it's different for a quarterback because, you know,

1:22:41Shannon Sharpe:the eyes are all on you. But I really never had no problem. I was a seven-round draft pick. I wasn't supposed to be ish anyway. So anything that I gave him 20 catches, that was good. Yeah. But as I got, you know, I never had a problem with Mark Kisler, never had a problem with Woody Page. I never had a problem with who else? Jim Armstrong. he was a columnist when I was there he was with the Indy Star now I forget his name Schefter and I got to Denver at the same time Adam Schefter was a reporter in Denver yeah well Schefter been at this thing for a minute boy who's the guy for the Indy Star No, he's the columnist.

1:23:32Shannon Sharpe:He's the big guy.

1:23:37Shannon Sharpe:No, no, no, no, no, no.

1:23:43Shannon Sharpe:Who's the big?

1:23:47Shannon Sharpe:But he was in Denver when I was there. Right. The first half.

1:23:53Shannon Sharpe:I hate when I can't. I know you too. No. Come on, Denver, help me. I know y 'all in the chat.

1:24:17Hey, somebody in the chat say Teddy. I mean, Thanos look like a skunk. His is colorway.

1:24:26Teddy. I mean, Thanos

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Shannon Sharpe & Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react to Travis Hunter getting his first snaps on both sides of the ball for the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cam Ward looks really good in his preseason debut, Jaxson Dart shines in his preseason debut and much more!

1:58 - Travis Hunter’s preseason debut
14:26 - Cam Ward preseason debut
21:30 - Shilo Sanders preseason debut
29:25 - Jaxson Dart preseason debut
37:05 - JJ McCarthy preseason debut
56:50 - CeeDee Lamb got ROCKED by an official on the sidelines
1:02:00 - Shedeur said all the right things last night
1:09:10 - Shedeur gifted cleats to teammates
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