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13:40Chad Johnson:Yeah.

13:42Shannon Sharpe:Hold up, I'm trying to think who else we got, Ocho.

13:44Chad Johnson:So, I mean, A.J. Brown was once in the conversation. A.J. Brown, yeah, yeah, yeah.

13:53A.J.

13:53Shannon Sharpe:had a down year. Reid got hurt. Who else is out there, Ocho? Zay Flowers, no, he ain't top five.

14:10here's no McLaurin no that's just for me that's just that's just me that's something

14:16Shannon Sharpe:those guys that we mentioned they might be top five for somebody but I'm just saying based on what I say a top receiver is uh consistency that they bring I would say yes I would say yes but he's gonna have to pick it up this year because I don't know if I can hold I can hold that spot much longer.

14:35Chad Johnson:Yeah. I mean, we know what he can do. Yes. Oh, absolutely. But I don't understand. And I saw somebody in the chat just say, why bring in Kirk Cousins? Why would you want to go backwards? Well, here, you're not going forward with what you got. You're not going forward with what you have. So having someone that's been able to get it done, I mean, from a productive standpoint, obviously, and hoping you get over the hump. But what's the point of having something where you ain't going no goddamn where you don't have a chance at all.

15:04Shannon Sharpe:True. True.

15:09Shannon Sharpe:But they got some, you know, what you call them got hurt. Mike Evans got hurt this year. But Tech, Carolina, I love the kid in Arizona. Wilson, I love him.

15:22Chad Johnson:Oh, yeah, he nice. Isn't the first night not Cedric, is it? No? I think it's Mike. Mike. Michael Wilson.

15:30Shannon Sharpe:I think that's his name. I'm not sure. And that's why I just said Wilson Because I didn't want to say no

15:36Chad Johnson:He's really good With the way Wilson played last year And we get Marvin Harrison We get Marvin Harrison Jr. back healthy And back playing to how we know He can play, playing with confidence But they got a nasty duo Over there

15:50Shannon Sharpe:They got a nasty duo

15:53Chad Johnson:Michael Wilson? Okay

15:57Shannon Sharpe:So yeah I agree with you Ocho We know what this guy can do It's just a matter of getting a quarterback that can get him to football. And that's why, you know, you play a dependent position and you've got to have somebody that can get you the ball. Yeah. So we're going to find out. JJ, it's not never. The last thing you want to be labeled is injury prone. He missed the first year with an injury and then he got Nick. Remember he played the first game, came back, beat Chicago. he missed three or four games uh comes back gets nicked again um he's gonna have to find a better way he's gonna have to find a way to stay on the field because the best ability is availability i don't care how great you are if you're not on the field what can i do with that can't even evaluate that what am i supposed to do with that can't evaluate it so it's going to be incumbent to him to get into that playbook understand stay on the field uh because like you say, Jetta, guys are going to get frustrated.

16:55Shannon Sharpe:You look at what they have. Addison and Hawkinson will be back. Jetta. I read, I think they're moving on from Aaron Jones. They said, yeah, I saw that. I saw that earlier. We're going to try to move you, and if we can't, we're going to end up releasing you and save some money on the cap. Because, boy, I don't know how much of that combine you watch. This combine here? Hey, I didn't miss

17:20Chad Johnson:nothing. Obviously, even if you don't watch the combine, Unk, if you have social media, you get to see everything. You get to see everything. I've never seen nothing like this. I've never seen nothing like this.

17:30Shannon Sharpe:This was the fastest combine on record. It had to be. The DBs ran the fastest, the wide receivers ran the fastest, the tight ends ran the fastest, the D linemen, the O linemen, everybody was outstanding.

17:44Chad Johnson:Hey, did you see Young Bull from Miami to 6 '9", ran a 5' something? Yeah. How you that big moving like that, man?

17:54Shannon Sharpe:And I like when they simulcast it against Rich. Man, them juggles be blowing the doors off Rich. The Dibliber give Rich a four-yard head start and catch him at the 30.

18:05Chad Johnson:Hey, them boys was moving. They was moving. They was moving. They was moving. And what I don't like, this is one of the things I don't like, and I would love to sit down and talk to some of these players. with some of the times that I'm seeing based on what I saw at the combine if you're running that fast why is it not popping up and showing up on tape like that like with that kind of speed you should be dominating at said position at the collegiate level so something is disconnected in a sense you run a do you understand what you're supposed to do if you have the agility the thing that can be taught you can't teach speed so you add that in addition to all the other qualities and intangibles and qualities that make you good or great at said position there's no reason I don't understand with all those times and watching college football all season long like we've done nothing jumped out nothing was like every week when Reggie Bush played we tuning in because it's Reggie you got to see it Peter Warwick, Andre Johnson I mean, Michael Vickery was at VTAC.

19:17Chad Johnson:You tune in to see it, and I didn't have that. Based on what I saw today or the past weekend from the combine, well, wait a minute. Why did all these fast time, but everybody flew under the radar in season?

19:30Shannon Sharpe:There's a difference between running fast and playing fast. Those are two different things. You didn't run fast, but you played fast. There are a lot of guys that ran fast. John Ross ran fast, but he couldn't play fast.

19:44Chad Johnson:And he was, he was, hey, hey, I don't, I don't see how the body, boy.

19:53Shannon Sharpe:But see, and the thing is, I mean, his body wasn't made because he was a track guy. See, Tyreek has track speed, but he's a football body. Tyreek has a football body. And there, and sometimes, Ocho, what you get is guys going and training for a specific task. I'm going to train to run the 40, standing long jump, the short cone, divert. I'm going to train for that. Right. Okay, you can train for it, Ocho. That doesn't mean it translates to what you're doing on the field. Right. Like when I see some guys, when I see like an offensive lineman run, when are I going to need my offensive lineman to run 4-6, 4-7, 4-8?

20:35Shannon Sharpe:Let me see your kick. Let me see what you do on this combo. Let me see what you do on this slip ball. yes yeah that's what i need to see all that running fast your office i don't give a damn about that right offensive defensive lineman all i want to do is see you 10 yards yeah what does that look like if you run farther than 10 yards bro i'm sorry you chasing somebody in the end zone so that's that's the thing oh i think the thing is is that we see guys and they're training for a specific thing right as opposed to as a football player yes i mean most of the guys in the hall of Fame didn't have pop-out stats unless it's Randy.

21:14Shannon Sharpe:A Randy Pro Day was

21:16Chad Johnson:stupid crazy.

21:18Shannon Sharpe:But if you look at most of the guys...

21:20Chad Johnson:Yeah. Average.

21:22Shannon Sharpe:Yes.

21:23Chad Johnson:Average. Because, I mean, the game is not based on running in a straight line in a sense. You think about all the 40 time. Chat, stay with me real quick. Stay with me. You think about all the 40 time from all the fast receivers today, right? How do you stop someone that runs that fast, right? we're not scared. We're not scared of that. Our speed is a great thing. How do we stop it? You put somebody in front of them. Yeah. You put somebody in front of them because most of the time, if you're somebody that's that fast, yes, you're explosive. But can you do it when there's a body in front of you?

21:54Chad Johnson:Do you have the lateral movement and quickness to be able to get back? Are you twitchy enough? Look at Miles Garrett.

22:01Shannon Sharpe:Look at Miles Garrett and how he rushed the passer. You see he doing all this. He's like a damn wide receiver, trying to get off the ball. He ain't supposed to be able to do that. Nah. absolutely not how he take once he fake one outside take one giant step outside and come cross any offensive lineman face he want to that's the difference look at vernon golston go back and look at his times and what he ran he should have been hey he should have been ripping people's head off on the field right look at a guy like sean oakman six foot five six foot six I don't want to know, can you play football?

22:38Shannon Sharpe:I'm looking for football. That's it. I ain't looking for Usain Bolt. I ain't looking for a bar beaming somebody to go jump 30 feet.

22:47Chad Johnson:Can you play football? And that's what it comes down to at the end of the day. The 40 time is great. Being that fast, it's really great. It's a great quality to have. It's a great trait to have because it can't be taught. Then I look at things like Cardinal Tate. Cardinal Tate ran 4-4-4-5 from Ohio State I don't care not about that I don't care not about that turn on the goddamn film what does it look like when brother Tate is playing for the goddamn Ohio Buckeyes every goddamn Saturday what is he doing? prime example

23:18Shannon Sharpe:look at the receivers we just talked about what did Chase run? what did JSN run? what did Puka run? what did Jetta run? what did Pickens run? ain't nobody in no 4-3's mm-mm ain't nobody no 11 foot standing long jump ain't nobody got no 40 inch vertical

23:39Chad Johnson:bro can you play football yeah that's all that come down to now we go to the football olympics

23:44Shannon Sharpe:i'm glad i got you on my team because you're gonna bring home the gold yeah but hey i would i would look at mike mamula y 'all see what and people say where the combine bull jive we've seen guys go up and slide down based on what they did at the combine so don't Tell me the combine. Oh, yes, it does. It play a big role.

24:05Chad Johnson:A huge role.

24:06Shannon Sharpe:There these guys, Sonny Stiles' brother, his brother ran Lorenzo. He ran 4-2-7. Yeah. A safety.

24:14Chad Johnson:He was moving, boy.

24:15Shannon Sharpe:4-2-7?

24:17Chad Johnson:He was moving.

24:19Shannon Sharpe:And then running. Oh, to your boy, Jeremiah Love, you see what he ran?

24:23Chad Johnson:He ran 4-3.

24:25Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. He ran 4-3.

24:27Chad Johnson:He ran. Hey, it don't look. you know you know jeremiah love you know what he remind me of what he runs so smooth and there's no irky jerky like eh you could like where it looks like he's being explosive he reminded me aaron foster when aaron foster aaron foster was fast but he he glided in such a way where it looks so effortless like he wasn't even trying but they moving and you don't know they moving

24:53Shannon Sharpe:to somebody trying to catch their ass this kid here got whoo i knew it was bad i thought he was low 4-4, I didn't think he was going to go sub 4-4. Right. Yeah. That was nice. I mean, them guys were rolling. They were moving. Them guys were rolling this weekend. I mean, the tight end run 4-3-9. 40-inch vertical. Lem 2. Guys standing long. Burke, 45 and a half.

25:19Chad Johnson:Yeah. I do... I don't want receivers to understand if you have that kind of speed you're running four twos and you're running four threes you should be able to go if you understand the game of football and how to manipulate and get open and and and manipulate and understanding leverage and coverages you should dominate the game but there's so many other factors that aren't there in your game you're not polished enough to understand that i would i would love obviously i don't i don't have the opportunity to do so and I don't want to step on other people's toes that are training said receivers that are coming out and doing all this stuff but there is so much where they can come in and dominate right away if you have that kind of speed if the rest of your game is just polished

26:07Shannon Sharpe:up there's no game it's simple what you're saying is can you do something other than run a goal can you run an out can you run an in can you run a dig can you run a comeback can you run an over yeah because what makes Tyreek so unique is that people are afraid of that speed, but he can stop on a nine. He can run that speed out. He can run that dig. He can run that comeback. He can run that over. He can run the shallow.

26:31Chad Johnson:He can do everything else.

26:33Shannon Sharpe:Can you tie everything together to make everything look like you're running a go ball?

26:37Chad Johnson:Mm-hmm.

26:39Shannon Sharpe:Because that guy don't get his back, Pell. I don't give a damn what you're running. You ain't beating him. He gonna drive his ass off on it. Yeah. You better break that cushion and make him think you about to get up out of there. Mm-hmm. Because if that guy don't respect you, okay, good luck.

26:57Chad Johnson:Funny thing about it, if you're fast as hell, all these people run these fast times, right? And this is where you get exposed because if you can't, for one, if you can't get off the bump, you're done. You're not going to last long anyway. If you can't run fast and be able to stop a transition, well, I mean, you're done also. Got to be able to control it. You got to. Speed without control ain't do you no good, Ocho. at all that's like having a ferrari with no brakes

27:25Shannon Sharpe:mm-hmm can you drive it nah man you know man i don't get it out of third what the hell did ocho what the hell you got a ferrari you can't get it out of third gear right the hell i think ferrari got six gears now you only get half of it mm-hmm because you don't know what to do with that

27:47Chad Johnson:yeah i was excited though i was excited Man, did you see that quarterback from Arkansas?

27:52Shannon Sharpe:Now, look. Yeah. What he did really don't have anything with the – What's his name? What's his name? Brother, wasn't it? No, no. Oh, no, no, no. He'll receive her. You talking about Trey Lance's brother? No. Arkansas had a quarterback that ran 4-3. He ran the second fastest 40 times. He had this long jump. He had like a 40-something inch – 6-6. Yeah. 6-6. Yeah. Joe, the hit me up. You see the homeboy? You see the – Come on, Joe. Yeah. yeah what was the quarterback name what was the measurable but he's like he had the highest vert the highest standing long jump the second fastest 40 right I mean he was I ain't know a boy had it like this did not but again

28:36Chad Johnson:it comes back to this but it comes back to this though what it looked like when you turn the film on

28:42Shannon Sharpe:but that's what I'm saying all those stuff Ocho a 40 inch vertical 11 2 standing not for a quarterback. No, bro. I want to know how he processes information. How soon can he get the ball? How soon can he see it, process it, and get the ball gone? That's all I care about. I don't care about that. It'd be nice if you break away. The likelihood of a quarterback taking off and going 80, there probably been less than, there probably been less in the history of the game. How many times do you think a quarterback has taken off and gotten 80? Maybe five times in the history of the game.

29:15Chad Johnson:Yeah. Remember Terrell Pryor? Yeah, he went 93. Quarterback, and he cleared it and went 80? Yeah.

29:22Shannon Sharpe:That's the longest run. He went 93.

29:24Chad Johnson:It was that long?

29:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

29:26Chad Johnson:Uh-huh. I can't think. I mean, Michael Vick's done it a few times. Maybe not 80-plus, but he done broke some long ones.

29:35Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. So my thing is, Ocho, I want to know, can you process information? Can you get the ball in the hand? How soon can you detect what the defense is doing and get the ball going out of your hands based on what you want to do? Mm-hmm.

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33:18Shannon Sharpe:Are we human? There are potential scenarios this offseason where up to five veteran quarterbacks with guaranteed money in 26 could be released. As a result, their next contract with a new team could be a minimum of$1.3 million. Tua has$54 million guaranteed. Kyler Murray has almost$37 million guaranteed. Geno Smith has$18.5 million guaranteed. First Cousins has$10 million guaranteed. And Justin Fields has$10 million guaranteed. And a league salary cap is$301 million, Ocho. Yeah. how valuable is it going to be for a quarterback making a million? I think the minimum guarantee for a quarterback is$1.3 million now.

34:07Shannon Sharpe:So you could build out a nice roster with a quarterback that's$1.3 million, don't you?

34:11Chad Johnson:Yeah, and also you could build a nice roster, but everybody you just named won't be a starter anywhere else. There'll be backups. So whoever the starter is, based on where these players go, I mean, it's cool that you have a quarterback that's maybe, what, your second or third string that's making a million, a million one, a million two, a million three. Because you can build in other areas that are more important than your backup damn quarterback. Well, here's the thing.

34:35Shannon Sharpe:Somebody's got to play in Miami. Who is it going to be? I don't know. Maybe it's Kyler. Maybe it's Geno. Somebody might be in a situation where they go and play in Arizona.

34:55Chad Johnson:You know what? Maybe Geno Smith can come home. Gino Smith, Miami Dolphin quarterbacks Gino the waddle Gino hands off the H hand I mean he could spin it like no other now that ain't the problem that's never been the problem he could spin it with the best of them

35:19Shannon Sharpe:he gotta be able to stay upright though yeah you gotta protect him

35:25Chad Johnson:Chad what y 'all think about Gino Smith coming on back home to Miami man play quarterback

35:30Shannon Sharpe:Justin Fields I'm trying to figure out where Justin Fields can go oh man um hey they gonna let him go like you said Ocho he's not going anywhere he's not gonna be a starter I don't think he goes anywhere and become a starter

35:42Chad Johnson:that was that opportunity right there it was that was the opportunity in New York I felt good about it I felt good about it because I said it I say um what he had to do what he had to deal with in Chicago uh it's unfortunate obviously going to Pittsburgh and playing as well as you did in Pittsburgh but Mike Tomlin had already promised Russell Williams the starting position once he was healthy. I said, you know what? You know what? He's going to be alright. Finally got his own team. I have nothing to worry about. I don't have to look over my shoulder when it comes to playing position. I can play freely.

36:13Chad Johnson:And I just, I mean, it's a just organization. It just never goes right for anybody at that position since the goddamn Broadway Joe. You would have to come in there and be Superman. You know, for them to have the kind of success that you want.

36:27Shannon Sharpe:they're not the best run organization so I don't know who can have success there. Hell I'm not so sure Tom Brady or Peyton could have success unless it's like look when you when Peyton came to Denver they're like Peyton whatever you want to run tackle to it and if you think about it Tom Brady didn't start having success you look at the first half when they went Ocho and it's like okay Tom you do you. Yeah. We're going to get the plays that you like what you had in town what you had in New England and Tom Brady took off the second half. they ran what Peyton liked from day one. Peyton did the walkthrough.

37:02Shannon Sharpe:Peyton did the practice.

37:06Shannon Sharpe:So if you're going to have a guy, hey, you got to do what he does best, what he feels comfortable doing. But, man, Tua got 54 million. That's just going to – Ocho, this man would have 100 million in dead cash on Dolphins' book. And so that's what I tell you people. Oh, he make too much. They won't trade him. They won't cut him.

37:26Chad Johnson:I don't think people understand When a team is fed up with you Regardless of what you have Regardless of their cap, whatever that number may be When they don't want you, they will get rid of you No matter what They don't care about that

37:39Shannon Sharpe:They write that down

37:41Chad Johnson:Quick, in a hurry He still get that$54 million though

37:44Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, he's guaranteed

37:49Chad Johnson:It is what it is I hope he goes somewhere Where I'm not sure if he'll be able to compete For a job but be a very quality backup quarterback wherever he does go. And he continues to have success in a very, very, very long career going forward.

38:07Shannon Sharpe:Oh, Joe, the thing is about quarterback, and this is, I think, what goes unnoticed, and people need to understand this. It's a lot more to being a quarterback than playing that position. You got to watch what you say. You got to watch what you do. You got to watch how you move because everybody else is watching that in the building. From ownership to players to all of that. Yeah. And while he wasn't, Tua wasn't the greatest quarterback, he had some missteps based on what he said. Yeah. And it's, man, unless you've been in that locker room, you've been in the locker room and you know how it is.

38:44Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, absolutely. And when I tell people, I say, look, those guys in that locker room, they know you as good, if not better than your family. so you can't fool him a lot of people they got the media fooled you don't fool your guy you don't fool your teammates if they knew how full of you know what that man was and so I think the thing with Tua is that he learned a valuable lesson sometimes saying less is more yeah

39:16Chad Johnson:well he knows now he knows now so

39:24Shannon Sharpe:Bill's GM Brandon Bean is ready to forget about the past with Keon Coleman following an underwhelming start to the career Bean cited Joe Brady's promotion to head coach and the arrivals of offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael Jr. and wide receivers coach Drew Terrell Terrell Terrell as moves that will help Keon have a clean slate I think there is a new energy, and it's year three, and we're going to hit full reset with Keon. Keon had a very good offseason last year, and we honestly had a very good training camp. We played the Ravens in the first game, and he had 100-whatever yards. And it's just some things from the maturity standpoint after that, but Keon has said all the right things.

40:06Shannon Sharpe:I give him this. He's very accountable. He's never made an excuse. We're all hands on deck, and we're going to do our part. And I know Joe and those coaches are very excited for what's in store for year three. I agree.

40:20Chad Johnson:Yeah.

40:21Shannon Sharpe:You got to know, bro, if you do some things and you're not playing through your own fault, Ocho, you can't be on the field dancing. No. You just can't. You just can't. And that's what they were talking about, the maturity thing. Right. I'm like, bro, really? the stuff that people find funny in your rookie year, they're not going to find it funny the second year.

40:51Chad Johnson:And they're definitely not going to find it funny the third.

40:53Shannon Sharpe:You don't really know. You don't know what you don't know. Right. But now, Ocho, they're going to find it even less funnier in year three. Yeah. You got to get it going. Because they're saying, hold on, all these guys that, bro, we expect you to be 1 ,000 yards. We expect you to be, you know, 85, 90, 100 catches. We expect you to be double-digit touchdowns.

41:21Shannon Sharpe:That's what the expectations are. Yeah.

41:23Chad Johnson:I mean, listen, he's one of those that can do that. He's one of those that can do it. He has the size. He has the speed. He has the hands when he's locked in, you know, to be able to be a complementary piece, you know, for that offense. And he should be the go-to guy. It's just about working on that craft. Not when you get in season, off season. This is where you get better. This is where you get good. This is where you polish up your game, you know, in the off season. Because once you get back, that ain't nothing but F and F and I almost curse. That ain't nothing but X's and O's, huh? That's all it is.

42:00Chad Johnson:It's X's and O's. You're already supposed to be able to, in the off season, you want to go back with the mentality. How can I make everybody's job around me easier? Yep. My quarterback. How can I make my officer coordinating job easy? You don't have to worry about me. I'm somebody you know you can count on every time it's time to call a play. But, God damn, it's third and short. I don't know what to do. You know what? I can call on 85 because I know we're going to be open. I'm going to call a family. Just make everybody else's job around you easy. That should be every player's mentality in the offseason when I go back.

42:31Chad Johnson:They watch me in the offseason program. But, God damn, who is this? Completely different. Completely different. Whatever it may be.

42:44Shannon Sharpe:hey you don't have to get me the ball I'm gonna make it so hard for you to want to go to throw to somebody else you got to get me the ball call play right right right right 84 gonna be first and second read in all the plays that you call and even if I'm last read you're looking at me first anyway because you know I'm gonna win that's how he has to approach it I agree Brandon B said look last year was last year the year before whatever the case may be. This is a new reset. We got a new coaching staff. We know what this kid can do. We believe he had an excellent offseason. He had an excellent training camp.

43:21Shannon Sharpe:He had an excellent first game. Okay? Those are some nice things to build on. Yeah. But you're not going to continue. They're not going to give you grace forever, Ocho.

43:30Chad Johnson:Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You get one year. You get one year, especially if you don't have any issues and no hiccups. but if you have hiccups you have issues and problems and you're not playing well okay some got to give some got to give so wish the young man all the best but you got to take

43:49Shannon Sharpe:it serious you got to take it serious all that joking and clowning around that's why there's a time and a place for all that there'll be time and a place for all that oh he's gonna be he's gonna be all right take take take care of what you need to take care of you heard me on huh

44:01Chad Johnson:he's gonna be all right he's gonna be with me all right yeah he's gonna be him and him and x I think I got about seven more guys coming down with me for about a month. Yeah. We get a month, a month straight.

44:15Shannon Sharpe:Now, 30 years since the Cowboys' last Super Bowl appearance, Jerry Jones says he had let the fans down with his team's championship drought. Jerry said, I really can't accept just the thought of winning one Super Bowl. And then what?

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48:02Shannon Sharpe:I've got more time on my clock than in my mind. And so I don't see it that way. I see a chance to put the team together and basically be knocking at the edge and get another one or get another chance at another one. It runs that way in my view. Make no mistake about it. If you told me I could because I've done a lot of hitchhiking in my life. And I'd like to start you right now and hitchhike back to Dallas to win a Super Bowl. After 7-9-1 finished in 2025, Jerry promised changes. One change will be the team's approach in free agency. Jerry said, I would bet you that we'll spend more money in free agency than we have.

48:47Shannon Sharpe:He talked about, Ocho, they're going to redo the restructure contracts of CD. Tyler Smith and Dak Prescott that'll free 60 plus million now they also talked about doing something with the 3d tackles contract that might free up another 20 30 million dollars now you're gonna have to overspend for George Pickens we know that you know that I know that you're gonna have to overspend but you should be okay with that you brought a new uh I think aren't I think they're going to a 3-4. I think they're going to a 34 defense. Right. You can go whatever you want. You can go to a 34. You can go to a 25. You can go to a 3-3-5.

49:27Shannon Sharpe:You better have some hell raisers over there.

49:30Chad Johnson:Yeah, you got to. You need three. I'm going to say it over and over again. I'm not sure why Jerry always does this every offseason. Gets everybody hyped up, says all these things that he's going to do. He doesn't really do them. He never really does them. No. He never really does them. And he gets everybody excited because they always believe in some of the things that he says over the years because he's convincing now hell he had me believe i'm like

49:51Shannon Sharpe:damn jerry about to spin it and jerry don't spin it for anything man man you could have had derrick henry i mean you played javante williams six me you could have had derrick henry for eight

49:59Chad Johnson:nobody but go ahead oh yeah yeah but but but but listen we all know what the cowboys problems are we always know the cowboys struggles are it's never been on the offensive side of the ball never been off inside the ball they've had great offense but the issues of boys their Achilles heel has always been on the defense end. So, again, obviously you've made some moves in the interior, but that's cool, but you still need impact players. You need one on the outside.

50:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, for sure.

50:27Chad Johnson:You need another one in your back line, your secondary. You need someone to anchor that defense in the secondary. You don't have that.

50:38Shannon Sharpe:You need definitely Bland got to play better. he needs to play have the type of season that he played to get that contract Ochoa right you remember he's picking off everything taking it to the house the PBUs were on point he needs to play he needs to have that type of season again they need a backer they need an inside backer they need an inside backer they do yeah they hadn't had one in a very long time uh Vanden once Vanden Bosch the Wolf Hunter got hurt and continually had the neck issues and had to retire yeah they haven't had somebody in that position but they got to get a hell razor in that position and as you said they got to give somebody to go hunt the quarterback

51:13Chad Johnson:yeah man it's tough i'm excited i mean i'm excited for the cowboys i'm not a cowboy fan i'm a fan of the players that play for the cowboys there's a difference i get you i'm excited for that and what they're going to do i'm excited for cd and i'm i'm very very excited because he's been through a lot obviously based on what he's caused most of it but i'm excited for pickings as well you know to have a season, whether it's in Dallas, whether it's somewhere else. I just know he deserves to get his like everyone else has already gotten that came out with him. So hopefully Jerry does right by him. The fans obviously believe in the organization.

51:52Chad Johnson:They believe in Jerry, even though things haven't worked out the past 30 plus years and not having any success. I mean, listen. You can be good

52:02Shannon Sharpe:Ocho. You don't realize how successful you can be as long as you don't care who gets the credit.

52:09hey

52:11Shannon Sharpe:you see it's a great you see that situation in seattle you see the situation in in in in the rams yeah less need and and and and uh mcveigh john schneider mcdonald uh brett veach andy reed you look at howie and what what how roseman in philly and and and and uh what's the guy's name the coach of Philly. Who, Sirianni? Yeah, Sirianni. But as long as you don't care who gets the credit, you'll be fine.

52:47Yeah.

52:55Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man.

53:00Shannon Sharpe:Jerry said he would hitchhike back to Dallas to win a Super Bowl. Jerry, you said a couple of years ago, You don't know the size of a check I would write if you would guarantee me a Super Bowl.

53:13Shannon Sharpe:Well, ain't no guarantee. That's the thing we love about sports. Ain't no guarantee. No, no. Ain't no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Ain't no guarantee.

53:24Shannon Sharpe:And it's easy for you to hitchhike. Hell, everybody gonna pick your ass up because they recognize who you are.

53:30Chad Johnson:You got to be careful. Are they picking up for the right reasons or for the wrong reasons. Yeah, yeah.

53:38Shannon Sharpe:I mean, I can't believe people still actually hitchhike. I mean, I see people. I mean, it used to be a big thing when I was a kid, Ocho. I mean, I grew up and came up in the late 60s, early 70s when hitchhiking was really a thing. And people would like to hitchhike. Where you going? Well, I'm headed. Okay, I'm headed that way too.

53:56Chad Johnson:I'm headed that way too, yeah.

53:57Shannon Sharpe:What the hell?

53:59Chad Johnson:Hey, today?

54:01Shannon Sharpe:Hell no. ain't no telling what's gonna happen to you it's way way way too dangerous uh so we're gonna see what jerry jerry says they're gonna spend more money than they have which is not true nobody has more money than the cow nobody has more money than the cowboys uh but we're gonna see uh they're gonna need to do something with steel i don't know if they restructure his contract maybe they release him i don't know but they have said that dak cd tyler smith restructures they're gonna look at the restructure those 3d tackles uh that's a great start but they need corn they need great great exemplary quarterback play um they need a hell raiser in the middle of the defense and they need an edge they need an edge now i don't know if they're gonna go with trey hendrickson and free agency uh i don't know i don't think that d lineman i think his name was blaine that ran like 4-6 from Texas Tech, he was booking.

54:59Shannon Sharpe:He was booking. So I think that's what it was. But Cowboys, y 'all got to keep Dak healthy. That's your best chance. Keep Dak healthy and upright, upright and healthy. But your defense, you can't have your offense score 35 and your defense give up 38. It's time up for that, Ocho. Yeah. But look, they got two quality receivers. Ferguson, look, he's solid. He's not going to do anything extraordinary. I don't think he's a top five, top eight tight end, but he's solid. You know, you throw the ball, he'll catch it. Is he McBride or is he one of these, you know, Harold Fannin Jr.? He one of those guys?

55:45Shannon Sharpe:No, he's not. He's not. Warren Loveland, he's not that. Hawkinson, Laporta, he's not that. But he's a solid guy. He can make plays when given the opportunity. And he should have a lot of opportunities because you got those two guys outside. Yeah. And I had Aaron Rod, I said, I was feasting. Oh, I'm about to kill you today. My gosh. And Dak loves throwing to the tight end. Oh, yeah. Dak loves throwing to the tight end. So this is, look, Cowboys, y 'all got some catching up to do because i don't believe the rams stepped back and based on the way a less need for the rams and john snyder from the seahawks the way they draft and the way they put teams together you know how he's gonna have a bounce back year they ain't going nowhere bro so and it's time it's time a the the the the lions get laporta back yeah so now he's in the mix with Amin Ra and J-Mo.

56:51Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah. The Bears ain't going to. So, at worst case scenario, Cowboys, you start like the seventh or the eighth best team in the NFC, Ocho. Because you're not putting them in front of the Rams. You're not putting them in front of the Seahawks. You're not putting them in front of Chicago. You're not putting them in front of the Lions. You're not putting them in front of the Bears. I'm not sure you're putting them in front of the Packers. that's six teams right there are you putting them in front of the 49ers no you know what's funny

57:22Chad Johnson:that's seven teams right there

57:24Shannon Sharpe:only seven teams make the playoffs

57:26Chad Johnson:outside of all those teams you named outside of the 49ers and all those teams you named all of them continue to get better year in and year out defensively defensively so

57:42Shannon Sharpe:So with that being said, Jerry, you got your work cut out for us, but you say you're going to write some checks? Man, he always say. Oh, you got to take him out of the work. The man say he's going to do that? I'm going to take it. I'm going to take it.

57:53Chad Johnson:He say the same thing every year. He just says it in a different way to get you excited. Every year, it's something different. Every offseason. You know what? They're not talking about us enough. You know what? Let me come out and say something out. The move, the move, the needle.

58:09Shannon Sharpe:and as soon as they win one game everybody gonna say we them boys we still them boys y 'all not though I like them but hey I tell you I give them credit Ocho yeah they done drunk the Kool-Aid for so long yeah they believe in it they believe in it

58:29Chad Johnson:hell I'm starting to believe too shit

58:35Shannon Sharpe:we gonna see what the Cowboys do 791 last year let's see if they can expand on that in 2026. Lions running back David Montgomery is denying a report that he wants to be traded or released by the team. ESPN Jeremy Fowler reported that Montgomery wants out of Detroit after a role was reduced in the Lions offense last season. Rumor at the NFL scouting combine where the Lions would seek a day three draft pick, likely a fifth round selection and return for the seven-year veteran. However, Montgomery responded to a tweet and implied that it wasn't true writing damn dmo told y 'all that yeah it come from somewhere it comes some

59:19Chad Johnson:it come from somewhere obviously you have you have an agent your agent might be doing due diligence you know behind closed doors based on how you feel and some of the conversations you and him may have had of course you haven't said it but it doesn't just didn't come out of nowhere where there's smoke there's fire you know the conversation your role was reduced with the Lions this year obviously Jameer Gibbs being a top running back in his NFL there's a reason why you know your role was reduced because of how well he's played and to keep him keep him into rhythm of the offense I mean your role was reduced you you are to me you are starting running back at his NFL and you can be just that it just can't be with the Detroit Lions so I do see David Montgomery going somewhere else that can use a very good running back right now and one place I have in mind for him to go where he would be perfect for that system would be over there in Houston.

1:00:09Shannon Sharpe:Ocho.

1:00:09Chad Johnson:Yes, sir.

1:00:11Shannon Sharpe:Did you see them guys rolling in the combine? You see them running backs? 4-3, 4-3-2, 4-3-4, 4-3-5, 4-3-6, 4-4? Yeah. I think you had to be – you cracked the top 10, you had to be 4-4. Hey, guess what, Ocho?

1:00:24Chad Johnson:But also –

1:00:24Shannon Sharpe:They cheap. Yeah.

1:00:26Chad Johnson:But with all that speed too, huh?

1:00:28Shannon Sharpe:Mm-hmm.

1:00:28Chad Johnson:All that speed, there's only one I know about. and I watched college football all season long. There's only one name that kept ringing all year long, and that's Jeremiah Love.

1:00:36Shannon Sharpe:Yes.

1:00:37Chad Johnson:So regardless, with all them 40 times, you know, as fast as y 'all running, but it wasn't translating onto the field. Right. And then, you know, it even gets even harder once you get to the NFL. Because everybody fast. Yeah. So now everything else matters when it comes to playing a game of football than just being fast.

1:00:57Shannon Sharpe:I think the thing is, what we know, Ocho, teams like young running backs that's why they're so easy to disregard that's why it's all i think it's more probable than not it's more likely that kandace walker will be playing on somebody else's team next year he's a super bowl mvp yeah that they feel that's the one position they feel is the easiest to replace yeah unless you're special yeah you got to be special if you're

1:01:26Chad Johnson:If you're not special, I mean, if you're extremely valuable, three down back, you can catch the ball, you can line up in a slot, you can do a multitude of things at the position.

1:01:36Shannon Sharpe:There might be less than five of those in the league.

1:01:39Chad Johnson:Not five. You look at Jameer. Five might be a stretch. Five is a stretch.

1:01:42Shannon Sharpe:You look at Jameer, you look at C-Mac. Yeah, that's two. Probably Saquon. Three. Even what you call him, and I think he could do more on the running down, but they take him out. King Henry. Yeah. But that's, ain't a whole lot of, you know, getting opportunities like that, Ocho.

1:02:06Chad Johnson:No, no, no. You gotta be special.

1:02:08Shannon Sharpe:You gotta be special. Ocho, there was a photo that went viral today. I remember this. We took this picture photo in June of 1992. It was 102 degrees in South Carolina. They had us a damn starter jacket. I said, I'm keeping that jacket. I had that jacket because we got to keep the jacket and the hat. Where is it? I want to, if I got it, it's at my grandma's house in Glenville.

1:02:37Chad Johnson:Yeah, that's dope.

1:02:38Shannon Sharpe:But you know, starter, look, I don't know starter. Back then? What?

1:02:43Chad Johnson:Man, stop playing, boy.

1:02:44Shannon Sharpe:Man. Stop playing. Man, you don't know how bad my whole bag. Man, let me get that jacket. Let me get that jacket. Let me get that jacket. Started with the lick back in the 90s. when that thing first came out, I think I'm going to call Libby tomorrow and see Libby's this jacket in the closet.

1:03:03Chad Johnson:Yeah, starter was a real deal. Coach used to have them on on the sidelines. They used to be clean. They used to be real fly, man. Yeah, I like starter jackets. Obviously, I didn't get an opportunity to wear starter much. Obviously, the jackets, having starter hats, yes, but the jackets here in Miami, you know it's too damn hot. Them jackets used to be so clean.

1:03:20Shannon Sharpe:That's old 24-year-old Shea. That ain't nothing but old 24-year-old Shea right there.

1:03:24Chad Johnson:Oh, you're only 24 that way? 24. Okay.

1:03:29Shannon Sharpe:You know what I'm saying? You know, it had no gray in sight. Boy, somebody would have told me I have gray hair, I'd have slapped him. You're a liar. Don't you ever say no foolishness like that.

1:03:39Chad Johnson:Well, you know you could always put a little Rogaine on there. Make it black.

1:03:46Shannon Sharpe:That's Beijing. Rogaine helps your hair grow.

1:03:50Chad Johnson:No, Rogaine, it make it black, huh?

1:03:53Shannon Sharpe:Mm-mm.

1:03:54Chad Johnson:No.

1:03:55Shannon Sharpe:That's just for men or Beijing.

1:03:57Chad Johnson:Okay, my bad. My bad. I don't know. But a salt and pepper, it suits you though. Everybody likes a salt and pepper. Salt and pepper suits you. Yup. I can't wait till mine starts going.

1:04:09Shannon Sharpe:I got to get that jacket, man. I bet you my brother still got his.

1:04:13Chad Johnson:You think they, I think, listen, history always repeats itself, especially when it comes to fashion. Oh, they gonna come, you think the starter jacket don't come back in style? They might even be back. We just don't know about it. I'm sure if you want to buy a starter jacket back probably so everything else

1:04:29Shannon Sharpe:then came back because I definitely got the poster I got a poster they did a poster with it and I definitely had a poster as a matter of fact I got it framed in my basement downstairs in Atlanta Chad the starter jacket back

1:04:51yeah yeah

1:04:52Shannon Sharpe:that was the old old school Bronco logo

1:05:02Shannon Sharpe:Everything you've got is up to you. You know, I bet they shot you more quick. Little five, little five, you know, five bands, you know, little five something.

1:05:13Chad Johnson:What year that was?

1:05:14Shannon Sharpe:92.

1:05:16Chad Johnson:Ooh, boy, 5 ,092? Yeah. Ooh, that's a good chunk of change, boy. What?

1:05:25Shannon Sharpe:Oh, that's a good chunk of change. I wasn't making no money because of my contract. I had on the side of a two-year deal. I made$63 and$73. I wasn't making$5 ,000. You know what$5 ,000 do for me? Man, stop playing. Oh! Tax what? I pay taxes on this candy or whatever I'm buying. That's the only tax you're going to get, Uncle Sam. Take it out of that because I'm using this whole$5 ,000. Yeah, but it was so hot. I remember walking out there because we was at my brother's football camp. Yeah. And I remember walking out there because they said we got a commercial, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, well, damn.

1:06:10Shannon Sharpe:And I remember looking and seeing him like, I know damn well. I say, if we putting that on, I know we going inside. Right. It's like, nah, you know, we're not going to be there. I said, it's 102. Now, mind you, Ocho, we had already been out there with my brother's, you know, my brother used to have to put a football camp on at Spring Valley. So we had already been out there.

1:06:35Shannon Sharpe:And I remember I'm like, well, damn. I'm like, well, man, we put this on. I ain't going to be, I'm going to have to keep this. He's like, no, we can keep it. And then after being out there in the hot ass sun and taking the pictures, we ended up, you know, then the guys would come. Because, you know, we have different guys come. I mean, one year we had, my brother had Barry, had Reggie White. Football camps was a thing back then. Now I think guys do more golfing, golf events and stuff like that. I think a few guys still do football camps, but for the most things, Ocho, they probably do golf or they play softball or something like that.

1:07:11Shannon Sharpe:I don't think people do as many football camps as they did back then because everybody had a football camp. But yeah, I remember I saw that today. I was like, damn, where y 'all get this from? But, you know, O'Shea.

1:07:29Shannon Sharpe:Ochoa, it's time to play a fade presented by PrizePix.

1:07:44Shannon Sharpe:Ah, okay. Two guys didn't run, but PrizePix didn't hold it against us. Arvel Reese was supposed to run under 4.46. Bing! Did that. KC Concepcion was supposed to run under 4.4. He did not run. Jeremiah Love, 4.41. He ran 4.36. And Carson Beck, 4.81. He didn't run, so hey. We cash in. We got your pay. We got your pay. I thought, uh, uh. I didn't hear him because I know he was at the podium and talking. He was talking about his speech impediment and stuttering. And, you know, I think I read something where he said his mom said, God wanted you to say it was important. He wanted you to say it twice.

1:08:36Shannon Sharpe:But I thought he did a great job. It was great having him on, man. It was so fun. It's always getting an opportunity to see these guys. And when they come on, they kind of loosen up and kind of, you know, So let us inside of who they actually are and see their personality. So that was great. Here's the staff four picks, the flex play of head of tomorrow's NBA game. Apreen Shungun,.2 to.5 turnovers. Yeah, he handles the ball a lot. He's going to have over 20 and a half turnovers. I'm going over that. Kevin Durant, 25.5 points. He going over that. Kayshawn George, under 2.5 assists. Now, he'll score a machine.

1:09:19Shannon Sharpe:Kayshawn George. Hold on.

1:09:24Shannon Sharpe:Man, right now, they don't do nothing right. The bullets. Excuse me, the heat. I mean, the wizard. Damn. Got me going back to the bullets. That's how bad they been. They got him under two and a half assists. All right, we're going to go under. We're going to say under. Nicola Jokic, 30 points. Oh, yeah, he going over 30. Yeah. $25 to$150. Download the app today. Use code Shannon to get$50 off in lineups after you play your first$5 lineup. Prize picks. It's good to be right. Mm-hmm. All right, we'll get out here on this one, Ocho. Time to Q &A.

1:10:16let's go

1:10:22Shannon Sharpe:we're gonna see what you're gonna do Ocho you can only pick three you got 50 Jay-Z, Nas, Kiss and Biggie you can only pick three you got 50 Jay-Z, Nas Kiss, Biggie I'm going Jay-Z

1:10:48Chad Johnson:Big E and 50

1:10:52Chad Johnson:Jay-Z Big E and 50

1:10:57Chad Johnson:Hey that Richard Richard Die trying Jay-Z Reasonable Doubt and Big E Smalls Blue Apple The Life After Death Man I mean that alone Not taking anything away from the other artists. I'm just saying.

1:11:14Shannon Sharpe:Oh, my goodness. Lord, have mercy. That's tough. For me, two of no brain is Hov and Nas. Right. Now I got to pick between Kiss and Biggie. Right.

1:11:24Chad Johnson:I mean, Nas is that boy as well. Huh? I say Nas is that boy as well. For sure. Yeah, he's that boy. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

1:11:36Shannon Sharpe:You know what, Ocho?

1:11:37Chad Johnson:Uh-huh.

1:11:53man

1:11:57Shannon Sharpe:I think Kiss is underrated people don't get Kiss's credit Kiss is nice man oh my goodness

1:12:19Shannon Sharpe:I'm going

1:12:24damn

1:12:28Shannon Sharpe:I'm sorry ho I'm going Nas, Kirsten, Biggie

1:12:33Chad Johnson:whoo that would spark a debate but it's your decision it's your choice that's a good one though I like that I can't

1:12:45Shannon Sharpe:I can't lead I can't lead them three off I can't Biggie was short but boy he did a lot of damage and still today yeah the notorious B.I.G. and life after death

1:13:08Shannon Sharpe:T glazing. I don't know, bro. I don't know what we glazing, but anyway. Juice 1976. Hey, Ocho, have you ever taken advice from family, friend, or co-worker only to tell yourself later in life, man, that was some bad advice. No.

1:13:27Chad Johnson:I've never had that issue. Most of the time, especially when it comes to family and co-workers, I listen to their opinions, but actually taking their advice, no, I'll listen. Well, yeah.

1:13:37Shannon Sharpe:In order for me to take advice, I got to value your damn opinion.

1:13:41Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:13:45No, sir.

1:13:50Shannon Sharpe:ADJ543, what are some of the guys you wish worked out in the NFL? Mine, Taylor Mays, Aldon Smith, Terrell Pryor, Sean King. Oh, that's easy for me. Well, go ahead, Ocho. You played with Taylor Mays, came to Cincinnati, didn't he? No, I wasn't there. I ain't that young. Taylor Mays?

1:14:11Chad Johnson:Yeah.

1:14:12Shannon Sharpe:The DB from the safety from SC.

1:14:16Chad Johnson:I know I look young. I know I look young, but I'm 58 now. Yeah, that's the A.J. Green era, ain't it? If I'm not mistaken, A.J. Green and Andy Dalton era. You might have been, Ocho.

1:14:25Shannon Sharpe:You might have been. You might be right, Ocho.

1:14:27Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah. I look young. I know, but I ain't played football in 20 years now. No, for me, it would be Peter Walker, especially as he wasn't in college. I would have loved for him to have a very long, illustrious NFL career, but due to injury, obviously his knee. Other players I would have loved to see have worked out. You know what? Bo Jackson, huh?

1:14:54Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

1:14:55Chad Johnson:I would have loved to have seen Bo play a long career to see what his numbers would have looked like. I think that would have been dope. We were robbed. We were robbed of that. We were rather Barry Sanders as well. Him becoming frustrated and just walking away from the game for whatever reason it may have been.

1:15:11Shannon Sharpe:But he got 10 years on your damn.

1:15:15Chad Johnson:So it worked out. Yeah, it worked out, but he had so much more left. He had so much more left. Hell, Calvin Johnson walked away from the game frustrated, again, with the same organization for obvious reasons. For those that don't know, obviously, you know why. So I'm trying to think who else. I would have loved to see. I mean, that's what I can think of off the top of my head right now.

1:15:42Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, Alden Smith was headed for a very, very special career. If he could have just kept himself together off the field. Yeah, he was... People don't realize how good that defense... They had Navarro Bowman. They had Patrick Willis. They had Alden Smith. They had the other Smith that came from Cincinnati. I know you played with him. The big white dude. Came from where? From Cincinnati.

1:16:16Shannon Sharpe:What was his name? Number 94. Justin Smith? Justin Smith. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1:16:26Chad Johnson:Boy, that joke. Woo. Yeah, Justin was nice, bro.

1:16:30Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah. He was nice.

1:16:37Shannon Sharpe:Real Chris Moore, B. Scott, was the last coach Kobe had. And for B. Scott to talk like that is crazy. J.J. is proving to be a better coach at this rate. But here's the fact, Ocho. If I talk good about somebody, that doesn't mean I'm trying to diminish another great player. Right. Kobe is Kobe. there's nothing what LeBron does does not diminish what Kobe did absolutely not

1:17:08Shannon Sharpe:me saying man Ocho was unbelievable that don't take away from Chase that don't take away from Pick that doesn't take away from uh Isaac Curtis or downtown uh downtown Freddie Brown that don't take away from them so saying LeBron has been unbelievable for the Lakers doesn't diminish what Kobe did. Kobe did that. It's etched in stone.

1:17:39Shannon Sharpe:Kevin Boaknight on Ocho. Just sending love to y 'all brothers. Love y 'all, man. Keep it going. Appreciate that, Kev. Appreciate the support. Juice, high school to the pros. LeBron, the best to ever do it. And it's not even close. One song sums it up. Bron Carrera. What more can you say? thank you, Bron. Yeah, nobody has that level of expectation. Think about it, Ocho. Most players, the really good players, what do they do, Ocho? They go to college. They went to college. Kareem went three years, had Coach Wooden. And then he had probably another seven, eight, nine years with Pat Riley. Magic. Bird.

1:18:26Shannon Sharpe:it's only a handful of the will russell tim duncan magic johns i mean the list goes on and on for this man to really not have uh and he mentions his coach a lot as the dominant male in his life but to go from high school go from high school to the nba and to become what he's become. The husband, the father, the basketball player, the mogul, the entrepreneur.

1:19:08Shannon Sharpe:See, Kobe's a little different. Kobe had a dad that played in the NBA, so he got something that he could pass down. He could talk to him. It's kind of like Ocho Payton's father. Or Matthew's father. They had dads that played in the NFL. You and I didn't have no dad to play in the NFL. Now, me was different. I had a brother that preceded me. He told me, okay, this is what you need to do. This is how you need to do it. But guys that didn't have that. So for LeBron to come out and be what he became? Yes. Knock on wood, no slip-ups? Mm-hmm. That's a huge accomplishment, man. Huge. huge brian m the new york giants who are y 'all drafting jackson dart weapon sunny styles caleb downs well i think the thing is that they expected caleb downs to be a little taller all i know somebody made those tackles i know he's six foot tall six and a half or whatever the case may be but somebody did that somebody won the thorpe award somebody was a national champion somebody did that.

1:20:13Shannon Sharpe:I know Sonny Styles is phenomenal and hey, they're probably they might take it.

1:20:19Chad Johnson:Yeah, I mean, I'm not sure. I'm not sure why not. I know they're not basing anything off of height at all. I don't know. I don't know.

1:20:27Shannon Sharpe:He's not special.

1:20:28Chad Johnson:Hey, I seen Earl Thomas last night. Did you? Not that big.

1:20:34Shannon Sharpe:No, man.

1:20:36Chad Johnson:But when he was on the field, he played like he was 6 '9", boy. Sideline to sideline. it's almost seen as if that Legion of Boom it was two of each of them out there on that field that's what it felt like man I mean I'm not saying watching me and I didn't get a chance to play against them like it was all over the place so all this all the all the measurables that they talk about oh he's on this short what do you look like when I turn on the goddamn film gives me a better understanding of the player I'm getting yep

1:21:10Chad Johnson:hey you know I went last night

1:21:12Shannon Sharpe:Where?

1:21:19Shannon Sharpe:Oh, you staff now, huh?

1:21:21Chad Johnson:Yeah, I was security in there. You security? Yeah, you know, I went to my daughter and tracked me. It was the SEC championship. University of Kentucky was running. Obviously, she did extremely well. She PR'd down there in the four. Then I watched her do the four by four on the third leg. She had to go get somebody on that third leg. And we got them? Yeah, she went and got them. I'm like, come on now. come on baby she went and got him she's in Kentucky right? yeah she's in Kentucky and it was at College Station that's why I ended up in Houston once again never fails I go to Houston once a year and obviously the times I've had to go is similar because of the track meet and boy I tell you I tell you no lie

1:22:03Shannon Sharpe:nice

1:22:04Chad Johnson:yeah it's dangerous out there boy it's dangerous I went out to Area 29 last night with Andre Johnson and Jonathan Joseph. Oh, J. Joe? Yeah, J. Joe. And E.J., Edwin James, is with us as well. And I used that opportunity to kill time because my flight was to 6 o 'clock this morning. So I pulled it all night. Left there about 4 in the morning. And I ain't never seen anything.

1:22:30Shannon Sharpe:Man, you sound like me when I used to come to Vegas on Saturday night because I'm leaving on the first flight going back to Atlanta at 6 a.m. So I go out, stay out all night, go back to the hotel, get my bags, and go to the airport.

1:22:40Chad Johnson:Oh, see, I ain't really – I don't travel with nothing. I had my suitcase in the car and went straight from Area 29 to the airport and just – I just – I don't understand. I asked EJ, I asked Andre, I say, I mean, you're from Miami. You got drafted to Houston and you never came back home. And I understand why. I understand why. Now I'm a little bit more disciplined as I've gotten older, so I can appreciate my surroundings, but I don't see. I'm at a loss for words. I'm at a loss for words.

1:23:25Shannon Sharpe:Kevin Bolton, I said, give J.J. Brock Purdy a watcher work. Yeah, I bet he could work with Purdy. Dr. Frank L. Bellamy said, hey, fam, what do y 'all think about Adam Randall? Doc, I plumb forgot it. I don't know if you might have seen him, but I forgot. Who? Adam Randall, a guy from my hometown that was at the Combine. Oh. Oh, if the Raiders could land Malik Willis, could they trade the number one pick for substantial compensation? They could, but I don't think they're going in that direction. I think they're going to take Mendoza. I could see a scenario where Malik Willis ends up in Miami or Arizona.

1:24:02Shannon Sharpe:That's just me. uh Danny Danny J. Jr. says Arkansas quarterback reminds me Anthony Richardson tall he's 6 '6 Ocho way like 225 he ran 4 '3 out of the world standing broad jump out of the world threw some nice deep balls but I don't I mean watching him hey we'll see we'll see with those kind of measurables, Ocho. You know we like measurables. Yeah, they ain't got nothing to do with them, man. Yo, Cade, what do you think? Sean Payton give up play call. Crazy to think two years ago after 70 points in Miami, Dolphins are dang near the same spot Broncos were with Russ. Yep.

1:24:59Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, he gave up. He said...

1:25:04Shannon Sharpe:the new OC is going to call the plays. Well, that's why they promoted him. He was past game coordinator. They promoted him and let Pete Carmichael go. Pete Carmichael Jr. is now in Buffalo. He was on the staff in, if I'm not mistaken, in New Orleans with Sean, with Joe Brady. So, yeah, Miami's in a bad situation. They're tough. It's tough. Yeah. Because you got a quarterback that you're going to move on from, whether you can trade him or release him. You owe him$54 million. Well, you're not going to be able to trade him. I don't think you're going to be able to trade him. I think they're going to end up releasing him, Ocho.

1:25:38Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. You're going to release Tyreek. They've already released Tyreek. If they haven't, at least by the start of the new year. Chubb, they're looking to trade Minka Fitzpatrick, probably release him. They're in a bad spot. They got a lot of heavy contracts. They went for it. It didn't pay off for them. Yeah, it didn't.

1:25:58Chad Johnson:It didn't. but boy

1:26:01Shannon Sharpe:Daniel Wilson Ocho how did Monica choose you to be in her video

1:26:05Chad Johnson:I mean have you seen me look at me what you mean how does she choose me if I look this good now imagine how I look 20 years ago what you mean how she choose me I'm still top 10 top 10 most beautiful creatures on earth what you mean how I just choose not to play into that character of being like um you know like this GQ model like I mean look at

1:26:28Shannon Sharpe:You feel me? My homeboy Ocho so he can be that if he won't.

1:26:33Chad Johnson:Hey, I don't. I'm the same guy who don't care. Why I don't care? Because I haven't had on the same pants the past two months and don't care. Why? Because it's me. I mean, look at me. You know? Sexy. You know, I just...

1:26:58Shannon Sharpe:Thank you for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. Y 'all know who I am. That is my partner, Liberty City's own Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. Thank you, guys. Thank you for your support and your continued support. Those looking to purchase a bottle of shade by LaPortier, Head over to LaportierCognac.com to purchase you a bottle if you're unable to find it in a state or city near you. The best-tasting premium VSOP cognac on the market.

1:27:32Shannon Sharpe:Please drink responsibly and stay safe. The New York Knicks blow out the San Antonio Spurs, and Minnesota moves one game in front of the Denver Nuggets. They take over the fourth seed. Thanks to a balanced effort, they got 21 points from Ant-Man, 15 points from Bones Highland. They got 11 points from Naz Reed. They got 14 points from Julius Randle as they overcome almost a 35-point, 13-rebound, 9-assist game from the Joker. But they win this ballgame comfortably, 117-108 in Denver. Thank you again for joining us. I'm Unk, he's Ocho. We'll see you back tomorrow night. Peace.

1:29:06Chad Johnson:We'll see you next time.

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