Nightcap Hour 2: Deshaun Watson WINS AGAIN + Justin Herbert PLAYING Like GARBAGE +Jaguars MAN HANDLE Patriots + Lions OUTLAST Jets + Colts SEND Texans PACKING + Commanders SHOCK Seahawks + Vikings CRUISE to WIN Over Bucs

18:40Shannon Sharpe:Josh Allen had been flawless. He hadn't really turned the ball over, but we know he has this in him. He has the ability to go two three weeks and don't turn it over but when he turns it over Ocho he has the ability to turn it over in bunches but yeah I was gonna say in bunches yeah yeah you got he got to get right man you got to get right

19:07damn damn hurt down your head right when you when you when you make that kind of

19:15Shannon Sharpe:money, their expectations goes up exponentially. It's really that simple. The more money you make, no matter the job or the occupation, the more is expected of you. That's just the way it is. You know what's even worse though, Uncle Joe? What's that? Chad, not only did they lose the game today to the Bills, the next three games, I don't know is the commissioner responsible for giving them their schedule? They got Seattle next. After Seattle they got Denver and after Denver they got the damn Chiefs. Damn. Hey, hold on. What's their record though? 0-3. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. They in trouble. The next three games don't get no better.

20:00Damn.

20:01Shannon Sharpe:No, they're playing bad. He's playing bad. He's the ringleader. And they got the Rams after that.

20:14there's a very good chance they go 0-6

20:16Shannon Sharpe:a great chance and then what? some changes gonna be made? I think Harbaugh's safe yeah Harbaugh's safe he just got there he can't go nowhere what they pay Justin Herbert? what'd he get? that bag? when he got it? last year? yeah like two years ago he ain't going nowhere that bag 55 a year he ain't going nowhere but yeah

20:47Shannon Sharpe:there should be cause for concern

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24:50Shannon Sharpe:The Raiders defeated the Saints 35-27. How about the Raiders 3-0? The Saints did everything in their power to give this game away with eight penalties and four turnovers. First cousin, Ken Fo Kirk, 22-33. 2-48, three touchdowns. You know, Mendoza, he knows. I got to play well. He wants to keep this job. He wants to, you know, the one thing about O 'Kem Folk, now he going to try to get some more money at you. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. He don't play. The Raiders are the fourth team in the common draft to start the season 3-0 after making a number one pick in the previous draft. They're the only team not to have that pick play at any point.

25:32Shannon Sharpe:The Raiders had a 6.7 % chance to start the season at 3-0 per ESPN Analytics. first cousin this season 248 three touchdowns win 253 three touchdowns win 160 three touchdowns a win hey what's one thing we know about Kirk Cousins boy he gonna deliver every time like Amazon Joe if you give him time to sit in that pocket boy he's surgical with that guy oh I'm sorry he's surgical with that ball you hear me yeah that boy know he can throw that pig skin boy brock bowels went crazy today 13 targets 10 catches a buck 16 a touchdown 13 targets for a tight end oh he ain't just any tight ain't that your guy ain't that your guy joe no i ain't got brock bowels no hey joe this ain't just any tight end like when we talk about the top three in the league is he is out of him and trade mcbride yep yeah it's them two is the toss-up depending on you know depending on who you like yeah hey kirk kirk got that dealing boy it's gonna be a it's going to be hard for that young fella to get out there on that field this year.

26:42Shannon Sharpe:Well, I mean, all things being equal, I don't really think they're trying to get him out on the field this year, Ocho and Joe. I think they're trying to let him see how the game is, the speed of the game, getting prepared, study. This is how you study. You're the first one in. You're the last one to leave. Always ask the right questions. If something you don't know, ask questions. There are no dumb questions. Just sitting there makes you not where you need to be. So all things being equal, knowing Clint Kubiak played with his dad, dad was my offensive coordinator for a number of years. The one thing he's going to be, they're not going to rush him.

27:19Shannon Sharpe:They're not going to rush Mendoza. And even Brady said, I think we rush these guys too much. Nobody wants to learn how to play the position. They just want to throw you out there. Out there, yeah. And how you learn on the run. No kind of development, no nothing. Everybody ain't Peyton Manning. No. And everybody wants to compare a stat. Look at Peyton. This is what Peyton was. His first seven years in the league, this is Peyton numbers. Bro, stop it. Peyton was running his all offense. I tell you what, how many quarterbacks you think could call their own game, Ocho? Maybe him and Brady?

28:00Shannon Sharpe:So, no, but the Raiders, I did not anticipate the Raiders being 3-0. Scoring 35 points on the road. Tyler Shook was 29-42, 255, four touchdowns, one interceptions. Jawan Johnson, eight catches, 53 yards, two touchdowns. And I think he fumbled it at the end of the game. Yeah. Man, New Orleans had a five-point lead in that fourth quarter. Yeah. And the Raiders came. They scored 13 straight, you know, which kind of tells me one thing. the Raiders' ability to finish and having a veteran quarterback back there who knows how to spread that ball out. But when you think about it, what happened to New Orleans offense when the game was there for the taking at the end?

28:46Shannon Sharpe:Right. I don't know. That's the hard part because you played so good thus far. And then when I really need to make plays, Ocho and Joe, I need to get first downs. I need to stay on the field. I need to get the ball. We can't do it. No. That's how you – me, I've always measured offenses and defenses according to what you do when you got the habit. It don't mean anything. When I absolutely got the habit, can I go get in field goal range? Can I get a game-winning touchdown? When you absolutely got the habit, can you get a stop? Can you get off the field on third or fourth down? Can you keep them out of field goal range?

29:28Shannon Sharpe:Can you do that? That's how you measure it. Right. What good is it, Ocho, if I score 35, average of 35 points a game, and then on the last drive, I can't even pick up a first down?

29:41Shannon Sharpe:You're the number one rated defense, but now when I need to stop and get off the field, the team go right down the field, get in field, go around, kick a field goal, they win the game. Yeah. So if you can't do what you need to do when you absolutely have to, it ain't no good to me. Yeah. But when you turn the ball over like they turned it over, Tyler Shook, two fumbles, lost. Juwan Johnson, late in the ball game, fumble, lost. Tyler Shook, interception. Bro, you turn the ball over four times and commit the penalty that they can. Yeah, you're losing. You're losing. So, I don't think anybody's – and New Orleans was playing well.

30:23Shannon Sharpe:I mean, you could make a case New Orleans easily could be 3-0. Yeah. They got hosed in Detroit. That was a fumble. But Jerry got fumbled that ball. That wasn't no damn pass. Yeah. I agree. Good teams find ways to win. Bad teams find ways to lose. Every time. It's always been like that. Joe, you see it in basketball all the time. The team might have a 10-point lead with two minutes to go and find a way to cough it up. Yep. You make them bonehead mistakes down the stretch, especially in basketball, they're going to cough you. Same thing in football. and turnovers or them bonehead mistakes. Yeah.

31:03Shannon Sharpe:It's hard to win like that. Man. So the Raiders, nobody saw this. Nobody saw the Raiders being three and over. Absolutely not. Absolutely not. I knew they would have a game here or a game there because Kirk Cousins, obviously we seen him do it. We seen him play well, you know, as a savvy veteran. but 3-0, I ain't had on my bingo card. Joe, your guy got loose on the 36-yarder, Mike Washington Jr. You seen him? He been balling. Hey, not just preseason, Ocho, but when he get his opportunities, he make plays, huh? Yeah. He make some plays. Yeah. The Raiders got a nice little one-two combo back there in that backfield.

31:52Shannon Sharpe:The Jaguars defeated the Patriots 35-6. The regression of Drake May continues. Drake May had three more costly turnovers and was benched in the fourth quarter. 14-25, 199, two interceptions and a fumble. Drake May had six interceptions, or the most through three games by a Patriots since Drew Bledsoe in 1994. The Patriots' 29-point loss today was Mike Vrabel's second-worst loss as a head coach, lost by 34 with the Titans to the Bills in 2022. Drake May, look here. Drake May hadn't been good since the last regular season. Go back and check his postseason out. Right. He wasn't good against the Texans.

32:32Shannon Sharpe:It was just CJ was worse. He wasn't that good against the Broncos. He was bad in the Super Bowl. He started the year off bad. The regression is there. Drake may have been bad. And for people to think, oh, he deserved the MVP. Hold on. Hey, y 'all think there was a fluke that they made that Super Bowl run? I don't think, me personally, and I could be wrong. I think if Bo Nix is there, they don't win. They don't beat the Broncos with Bo Nix there. No? No. You see Trav get him one today, Ocho. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Joe, tell me why you're rolling to your right and throw the ball out right there. Tell me what you thought was going to happen.

33:20Shannon Sharpe:I don't – what happens is, is that guys make plays in college and they think they can come to the NFL and make those plays. And every once in a while, you'll have a guy make a play. You'll see a Mahomes or you'll see a Caleb Williams or you'll see a Josh Allen throw across their body and they'll get lucky. Yeah, it's only a few. But seven times out of ten, it's going to bite you in the butt. Yeah. Because now guess what? You throw a pick in the end zone, you took points off the board. Because at worst case scenario, I'm in field goal range. Hey, that pick that he threw in the end zone was like a decisive stretch in the game, Uncle Ocho, because – Yeah.

33:54Shannon Sharpe:It stopped them from cutting to that 11-point deficit. And then when you think about it in the third quarter, Jacksonville came out. I'm talking about they weren't playing in that third quarter. They were scoring quick. I think the Patriots' concern was often having these great possessions and not finishing with points. They was either getting turnovers or field goals, and it's just hard to beat a decent team like that. The Jaguars look good, man. Hell, the Jaguars 3-0, ain't they? Nah. You know they don't 3-0 if you came to mile high. Come on now. What, they 2-1? Oh, they go. Look, here he go.

34:36There he go. So what, they 1-2 or they 2-1? They 2-1, I think.

34:42Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. They look good, though. Remember they beat Cleveland first game of the year? Went to Denver, lost to Denver, had a lead against Denver. Denver track them down. That's what we do. Spot you. You remember you with Little Joe, you was racing, and somebody spots you, I give you a little head start. That's what we do. We just spot them, let them take off. Walk them down. I'm going to have to use that too. You remember that, Ocho? How you race? Go ahead. Hey, get right there. Yeah, I spot you. Hey, Joe, when we play, I'm going to spot you five points till you left. You going to spot who? If you get who, you can hear.

35:16Shannon Sharpe:I don't need no spot at home. I'm good. Okay. I'm Gucci. All right. Gucci may have been awful. Gucci may? Now I want to know, hey, where are those goals? Oh, Drake May. Drake May is a top 10. Because they're quick to put somebody in the top 10, Ocho. Yeah. With nobody at work, have one good year or half a year. Oh, that's a top 10 quarterback. Right. Normally, we may guys have a complete body of work. We may guys play three, four years before we was willing to put them, rank them. Now, a guy have one good year or a good stretch. Right.

35:55Shannon Sharpe:Go ahead and put him to the top of the charts, Joe. They'll anoint him quick, won't they? Yes. With that good holy water. Yes, sir. You already know it. He look bad. Hey, that man got one touchdown and six picks, I think, this year. Six or seven. I thought it was seven. It might be, Ocho. It might be. Yeah. I know he got more picks than touchdowns, which is never good. Hey, he also lost his number one target, too. That's taking a toll as well. And then you don't have a guy. I'm talking about a dog, one of them dogs. You got some good receivers now. You know, Pop, Boote. Mac Hollins played pretty well today.

36:37Hey, Mac almost had a nice one in the end zone, too, right over Travis Hunter.

36:42Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. He mistimed his jump. He misty up. Yeah. Hey, boy, boy, boy, Jim, hi, boy. Boy, golly.

36:54Shannon Sharpe:But May, he had DeMar, he had Douglas, wide open for a touchdown and overshot him. Yeah. When you're on the road, you got to make every play count. When you get your opportunities, you got to cash in. Joe, it's like you, when you play the game on the road in a hostile environment, you got to make every play count. You got to, especially coming down the stretch. You know, you're on the road, bro. You can't afford mental mistakes, mental errors, because they will cost you the game. It will cost you the game. So, yeah, but the Jags, the Jags, Trevor Lawrence is playing really well today. He had a tip that got intercepted.

37:35Shannon Sharpe:Excuse me. But, boy, they can put some points on the board. Now, you got to be careful with the Jags. Yeah. 35-6, man. They dominated them boys, man. Yes. Matter of fact, you know, I wonder who they are. I wonder who the Jazz got next because they look good, bro. I mean, Drake may single-handedly gifted them again.

37:57Hey, that's your boy. Don't talk about him bad like that.

38:03Shannon Sharpe:Trevor Lawrence, 19-29, 182-3 touchdowns. Travis Hunter got his first career interception. He finished with four tackles of pass deflection. What did you like about what you saw from the Jags today, fellas? Man, I like how, you know, defensively, Uncle Ocho, how they were flying around. They had a bunch of guys making plays defensively, bro. Yeah. It wasn't just Trav who got the pick. And I think they hang their hat on defense. To where Trevor Lawrence don't have to be spectacular every weekend. Yeah, he'll have weekends where he throw for three, maybe 400 yards. But I think he's a quarterback who can kind of keep you out of harm's way.

38:40Shannon Sharpe:protecting the ball, not having turnovers, making sure the ball going to your playmakers and making the right decisions. But defensively, if they're going to lock down like this, man, the Jags, they ain't playing, bro. They coming. Hey, Trevor Lawrence is looking like that number one pick that he should look like. Hello. He's playing extremely well. Obviously, I know it's only week three. But when you're playing well, credit, we have to give credit where credit is due. He's playing well. Jacoby Myers. Jacoby Myers stepping up to make him plays. Brian Tomlin Jr., baby, I need you. You hear me? Yeah, I don't know what happened to him.

39:21I'm not sure what's going on, but I need you. I need you. You got to make yourself an impact. You got to make yourself notice and a presence in that offense. Man, you're a superb player, man. You're a superb player. Your rookie year, you went crazy. You know, this is your make of the break of the year. You got to get your confidence back up, man. and make some plays out there, young boy. Who else?

39:43Shannon Sharpe:Parker Washington playing well. Oh, yeah, Parker Washington. That was a hell of a catch you made. You saw that touchdown today? I did. He stole it. That was nice. That was nice. That was real nice. But, hey, the Jaguars are going to be nice. They're going to be nice. Their defense is really good, but they got hell to deal with this week, though, coming up. Who they got? What do you mean, who they got? Oh, y 'all play the Jags? Yeah. Where y 'all play them at? In Cincinnati. And you know what that mean. I like the Jags. You know what that mean. Hey, Travis Hunter, I tell you what, boy, get you a good night's sleep.

40:19Ooh-wee. Because uno and Cinco, but we don't play no games, boy.

40:26Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Trav going to be looking to get him a pick on one of them boys. A pick on who? I can see it. I can see it, man. Hey, Joe, he could pick a booger. That's about it. He pick a booger. He ain't finna pick no ball Not on them boys over there Huh? Duval All the Jaguars fans I'ma probably see y 'all in Cincinnati too I'ma see you in Cincinnati Little Duval might show up Little Duval Now you know they got a height requirement to get in the stadium Yeah Hey Duval, boy I love you Hey meet me at the game this Sunday man What's up? What you wanna do? Huh? Make it a little bet. Make it light on yourself.

41:08Shannon Sharpe:The Lions defeated the Jets 31-24. The Lions had to fight for this one. Jerry Goff was 25-32. Two touchdowns. Jameer Gibbs had 99 yards, two TDs, seven catches, 65 yards, and another TD. Jameer Gibbs is already an elite company. With three touchdowns today, he's up to 55 career. Only three players in NFL history have scored more touchdowns before turning 25. Barry Sanders, 57. Maurice Jones-Jew, 56. Todd Gurley, 56. Gibbs doesn't turn 25 until March. Golly. He about to obliterate this record. Oh, Joe, he might be at 70 while you bulljibbing. Probably. Probably. I can see that for the type of back he is.

41:54Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Because he can do so many things and hit his head off the goalpost, They ain't got to always be on the goal line for him to get his touchdowns. I can see that. Absolutely. Listen, I know. Man, Gino been playing his tail off, man. Gino had 31 to 37, 321, three touchdowns. Two receivers, Garrett Wilson, 110 on the touchdown. Kenyon Sadiq, seven catches, a buckle five, a touchdown. Ruckert had a touchdown. Gino's playing well. They didn't run the ball particularly well. No, Brees Hall only had 32 yards. Yeah. I would get ready to say that you took the words right out of my mouth. That goddamn Geno Smith is one of the reasons why the Jets are playing well this season.

42:37He's given them a chance. They're competing, something that they haven't done for a very long time because the quarterback position has always been so bad. It's always been bad. And for some reason, maybe Geno resurrecting himself back at the Jets again is doing some of the things he couldn't do when he was there when he first got drafted. So I'm happy for Geno. Geno, keep them things going. Keep them boys going. even though y 'all lost today, there's some things that you can continue to build off. But one, because it all starts with you and your play.

43:07Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. The Lions, I mean, they had to fight for this one. You know, I think the Lions might, the defense, when they get Brian Branch and they get a couple of their guys back. Kirby Joseph. Yes. Branch. Bro, yeah, Brian Branch. Yeah, Brian Branch. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They get him back, get those two guys back. They might be in business. But they found a way to win because the offense, really, this is an offensive-led team. You look at where the money is. You look at Jerry Goff. You look at Jameer Gibb. You look at Amin Ra. You look at Panay Sewell. A lot of the money is tied up. Not to say they didn't pay the defensive guys, but this is an offensive-led team.

43:47Yeah, absolutely. Oh, they paid, is it Hayden? Oh, Hayden Hutchinson? Hayden Hutchinson, yeah.

43:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Hey, y 'all got to get Goff some credit too, bro. I think the Jets blitzed him. Hell, they blitzed him at least double figures at least 10 to 12 times, Ocho. And I'm talking about every time they blitzed him, he made their ass pay, bro. Golf was back there willing and dealing today, bro. I give him his credit. He took care of the rock. He got it out to the playmakers, and the Lions was able to come through. Well, that's what – look, he's not a mobile quarterback, so you want to bring pressure. Yeah. Because knowing that, like, you know what, the likelihood of him being able to get away and jump out the window like a Lamar or a Josh Allen, It ain't very like it.

44:28Shannon Sharpe:That ain't happening. Hey, hey, hey. But with that being said, that's why his spider sense has got to be high. Yes. Because his is based off rhythm and time and meaning, you know, if I see one thing, he already know, obviously, what his offensive guys are doing. But I just think Jared Goff, he done a hell of a job today getting that ball out of his hands, boy. Yeah, he played well. He played really well today. But the Jets not playing bad. The Jets actually, right, your bull job. The Jets might have should be 2-1. what? Because they probably should have beat the Packers. They let the Packers come.

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48:54Shannon Sharpe:The Packers come all the way back yeah because they had them there to right The Colts defeat the Texas 1917 Houston we have a problem the Houston Texans are now 0-3 back-to-back season. C.J. Stroud, 16-27, 167, one touchdown. Here's C.J. calling out his O.C. for being too conservative with the play calls. Let's take a listen, guys. Offensively, we got to follow that motto. You know, just like we can't, you know, just play conservative. We got to be aggressive and, you know, attack and not be the attack. So I think we'll look at it and be better. I like it. I mean, that's something I would love, you know, to have a conversation I love to have behind closed doors.

49:43You know, I wouldn't want to address that publicly, especially right after the game. You know, you're probably emotional. You're upset. You didn't win the game. Your numbers really weren't good. You were 16 for 27. One TD, 167. I can see where the frustration lies with one to be a little bit more aggressive. But if you be aggressive, who the hell are you going to throw the ball to? Because Nico Collins ain't playing. Your main target, your main dog. Well, hell, if you're blindfolded and you got to count on somebody to always be open every single time, he's hurt with a hamstring injury. I'm not saying they don't have other weapons.

50:16I'm not saying they don't have other receivers, but you don't have that guy playing. So you can't be aggressive because if your starting quarterback goes down, the play calling changes drastically. If your number one guy goes down, what you can do offensively, it changes drastically because they can't do some of the things other receivers can do.

50:36Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, right. Hey, listen, Houston defense, I thought kept this game winnable. I'll get Ocho in the late touchdown. You know, it shows some resilience. But for a team 0-3, bro, the bigger concern is offensively, you know, they only produce in like 220-some yards a game, bro. You know, against a divisional rival team, come on, man. You're going to need more than that offensively to be able to win these games. And right now, the Texans just ain't got it, bro. They ain't got it. I mean, hold on. What are they playing today? What are they playing? The Colts? There's an Indy. Indy. I think the thing is that, Ocho, the thing that concerns me is that he starts to press because he knows he didn't take that deal.

51:29Shannon Sharpe:they're less out ain't no way unless they turn this thing around drastically there ain't no way that 55 that was on the table last year is not going to be there next year you don't think so no hey i got a question for you yes i think even though he chose to bet on himself we in week three he's not playing well collectively as a team they're not playing well i think that that deal is still on the table you know why what else out there ain't no other options that quarterback guess what i make him play the fifth year option out because you tell has he gotten better since his rookie year would you take any of the subsequent years over his rookie year no no because that rookie remember unlike vladimir guerrero thought and you see he's apologized says dad told him that he was wrong about this right right apologize i'm paying you based on what you what i believe you will do if i see drop drop drop drop what makes you think i'm see climb climb climb right you right you right hey listen it's week three 16 to 27 for a buck 67 don't you what i'm gonna do what i'm gonna do with that um what do you got see i phone for 11 on third down i want to be oh for what i said four for 11 on third down oh well i thought you said and Ophie left my house, I said, but God damn, why they showed up?

52:55Damn, that's tough, man. See, they gonna turn it around, man. You know why you gonna turn it around?

53:00Shannon Sharpe:Why? He a child of God. Huh? A little prayer gonna change that thing, you hear me? Huh, girl, God working mysterious ways. Hey, you know the other guys be praying too, right?

53:18Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Joe. He make it seem like CJ the only one praying.

53:30Hey man, come on man.

53:32Shannon Sharpe:Damn, you said. Okay, that was a good one. Hey, Joe, before y 'all go out there, don't y 'all say a team prayer before you go out there? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Yeah, everybody praying. Yeah, everybody praying. Exactly. yeah that was funny that was a good oh man he's got to play better come on stride let's go boy boy in that division ocho it's hard man you get out to one of these slow stars like this boy it's hard to climb up that tree hey well look we saw last year jacksonville uh uh kind of falter down the stretch this nobody's really running away with this division jacksonville's two and one The Colts are 1-2.

54:17Shannon Sharpe:Ocho believes that, hey, Cincinnati's going to beat Jacksonville next week. Colts win. They're tied. Tennessee ain't going nowhere. 8-8? No, man. We'll get to that. Yeah. Tennessee ain't going nowhere. And by the looks of things, if Texas don't get their act together, they're not going anywhere either. Because basically, if the defense doesn't continuously give – think about it. They got a pick. two fumbles. So they got three turnovers. They scored 17 points. That's crazy. And it's funny because y 'all steady talking about if they don't turn around, them folks 0-3, man. I know it's there early, but to have a turnaround, boy, you got to play lights out football.

55:03Shannon Sharpe:See, what they're doing, Joe, is they're basing on remember we started 0-3 last year. Last year ain't got nothing to do with this year. Them teams don't care nothing about what you did last year. and when you ain't got you and when you got them big weapons out there uncle ocho he ain't got his main weapon out there it's hard bro hey there's a lot of pressure on cj there's only so much you can do joe i'm telling you it's like you got you got you got you got uh you play for the warriors and step out and you still trying to run me who your offense is different you know you got you got guys but it ain't that guy they can only do so much hey man i don't know if y 'all ever played into a contract year to where you turn money down and you had to perform i've been in that situation bro i know what that's like i know the pressure that it adds on you every damn game every practice every day i know it weighs heavy on that young man he probably never come out and see it but man he wants to play well he wanted that kind of money joe 50 you turned down 50 50 55 a year saying i I want 65-70 a year.

56:07Yes, yeah, you got to bet on yourself. You got one opportunity. You got one opportunity to make that kind of money.

56:13Shannon Sharpe:And not only that, Ocho, but he playing the quarterback position, huh? Like, you got to have a good quarterback here just to be decent in the NFL. Yeah. But here's the thing. Everybody talk about wide receiver and tight ends play a dependent position. So does the quarterback. Yeah. He plays a dependent position. I don't give a damn how good you are. If you ain't got nobody to throw to, what good is that, Ocho? Hey, that's tough. But listen, he plays a dependent position, Unc. But you know what the good thing about that is? At least he got the ball in his hands every play. So he's in control of the outcome.

56:50He's more in control of the outcome as opposed to everybody else offensively.

56:55Shannon Sharpe:So you hear what you're saying? So tell me what you think the Texans are thinking. Since you're in control of this and you got the ball, why are we 0-3? I appreciate that Ocho I was just sitting back I don't like how you just set me up like that I don't like that I was just sitting back I was glad he said that I set myself a little trap right there

57:24I'm just trying to support my quarterback down in my third home

57:30Shannon Sharpe:I think it's going to be tough I think it's going to be tough because hold on this is fourth year they picked up the fifth year option hey because guess what Ocho I ain't really got to do nothing because guess what I got a fifth year option and I got two franchise tags that I can play with if I need it I ain't got to make no commitment hey they wouldn't do no quarterback like that though it's just hard for me Ocho it's just hard for me based on the last three years to just take a leap of faith that this thing is going to turn around. I got to go by what I see. Yeah, hey, hey. And the money they paying these quarterbacks nowadays, boy, think about it.

58:15Shannon Sharpe:Hell, Baker got his money. He better be happy he got his money. Yeah, dislocated thumb. Yeah, yeah. He out, huh? Wait, throwing hand or not throwing hand? Throwing. Hey, hey, hey. Think about it. Baker came into this season. He had turned that money down. Boy, please. He would have been, hey, Joe, he would have been mad. What? You got a dislocated thumb, so what you down? How long? What, four, five weeks? It all depends. They're going to see if there's ligament damage. Ligament damage, he might be done for the year. The season, huh? Yeah, because you got to, I mean, to get that thing strong enough to hold that ball.

58:49Shannon Sharpe:Hold the ball. Ooh. Hey, that's tough. That's tough. That's tough. I agree with you, Joe. I've been in that situation playing in a year. I went crazy. but I also was in a year and I broke my collarbone. Yeah.

59:10Shannon Sharpe:It happens, bro. You got to take that gamble sometime though. I can hold you. You do? Yeah. Well, they didn't give me no choice. They didn't give me no, they didn't offer me an extension. So I have no choice but to play it out. Right. Yeah. I was offering an extension, but I was, we had a whole different team assembled. We was a new team. So I didn't know how I was going to turn out. I was just thinking, hell, I'm going to turn this money down. Worst case, I'll be able to get this next summer. I ain't going to play that damn bad. You know what I mean? That's what I'm thinking. That's what I'm thinking, Ocho.

59:41Shannon Sharpe:I ain't lying to you. I'm like, even though I don't know what type of team we're going to be, because the year before, we wasn't a playoff team in Phoenix. But then when we add Nash and Quentin Richardson, all of a sudden we jumped to the top team in the NBA. Hell, nobody's seen that coming. So I benefited from that. Yeah.

1:00:02Shannon Sharpe:the commanders defeated the seahawks 33 31 who saw the commanders beating the defending champs who had won 12 straight games without jayden daniels marcus mariota had himself a game 19 to 31 183 touchdowns and quarterbacks and a quarterback run to seal the game sam darnathor costly pick six late in the fourth quarter jsn 10 for buck 28 two touchdowns Ocho, Joe, how was the commanders able to beat a team that had won 12 straight games? How were they able to pull it off with a backup quarterback? Hey, Marcus Mariota, that's how they were able to do it. How were they able to do it? No turnovers. McLaurin, he was 6 '6 for 77.

1:00:49Mariota was 19 for 31. He had three TDs. And the most important stat, no turnovers. Yep. No interceptions. and then obviously he played well. Hell, Sam Donald went crazy today, Unk, even though he had two interceptions. You know, JSN did what JSN does. We're used to seeing that. There's really nothing else we can say about him.

1:01:10Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. He is – dude is unbelievable. He cook it. Yeah, I thought, you know, Seattle had more yards, Unk and Ocho, four touchdown passes from Donald. But Washington won the moments that mattered. You know what I mean? I mean, Mariota stepped in for Daniels. I thought the defense obviously played pretty good. They had a pick six, and I thought Mariota, you know, he used his legs down the stretch, bro, to kind of shut the door on this thing. Yeah. I know if you mark as Mariota, bro, to be able to step in and play like this, it definitely has to feel good. Definitely has to feel good. Hey, how long Jaden down, huh?

1:01:51Shannon Sharpe:I think it's week to week. It all depends on how much pain he can tolerate it. I dislocated mine, I was out a month. And the thing is that I had to get used to that jarring because, oh man, and then you can't, I mean, cause at first you're not gonna be, you talking about painful? Boy, that thing, no injury. Hey, I had elbow surgery. I know what you mean. Yeah, I had elbow surgery, Ocho. Yeah, how you got that? I had some chip, I had some bone chips. I fell on the floor. You had burst that burst, or didn't you? I played the whole game. The first quarter, I felt it the whole game. I'm like, damn, we were playing in New York.

1:02:35Shannon Sharpe:I'll never forget against the Knicks. I was playing here for the Hawks. And I fell, but I finished the game. My arm was sore. We get on the plane. I get home. I go to sleep. I wake up the next day. My arm was stuck. It was stuck in this position. I couldn't extend it out or nothing. So I swear to God, I went to the... I drove to the arena and I remember talking to the trainer. I'm like, look bro, my arm stuck. He thought I would line. He tried to push it out and they couldn't move. Right then I went down to, what's my dude in Alabama who be doing the elbow surgeries? James Andrews. Yeah, I went down to Andrews same day.

1:03:10Shannon Sharpe:He got me in there, got me on up out. I had like four or five chip bones that was lodged in my socket. The bone spurs. Yeah, yeah, they were lodged in the socket from when I fell. and he had to get him up out of there. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I done been under that knife, boy. I mean, the thing is, Ocho, it's his non-throwing arm. Right. But the thing is, can you protect yourself? Because the first rule of thumb is what you want to do when you get tackled. You want to protect yourself. You want to brace. Sometimes you want to brace, yeah. And Jaden got that little small frame, bro. Yeah. That small frame, I think it's gonna work against him to some degree on an ojo yeah he can get out of harm's way when he back there in that pocket but man when he get tackled it seemed like man hey no the good thing about it is anybody on that d-line when they do hit him when they do sack him they can't you're not allowed to put all your weight on him no more yeah you ain't got that that that might save him a little bit outside of that but ain't ain't no telling i hope because i hope he come back soon i hope come back soon yeah mariota continue to to put on you know mean demonstrations like this yeah nah what you saying what you saying ojo huh no you ain't saying what i think you're saying no i ain't no i'm just saying if you got the hot hand you know you know i ain't you know i ain't saying it's gonna be no wally pip or nothing like that but i'm just yeah drew lock had the hot hand hell they they got him on about it yeah yeah yeah yeah you right yeah but you know sam donald got that big bag though so it's different yeah i don't i i'm not i'm not counting on uh i'm not counting on mario to playing like this game in the game out he can buy your time for a couple games he gonna stay he gonna stay the ship now you hear me i just think the thing is that when jane gets back he needs to understand look it was a freak it was steps back, steps on his foot.

1:05:13Shannon Sharpe:I mean, his instinct says, let me brace myself. And make a play. Yeah. I don't understand how it came out so easy. Bones, like collarbones and elbows, it don't take a whole lot of pressure. Unk, he just put his hand down. That's like, come on now. Think about you falling on your arm. That's your whole weight. That's your body weight on that arm. he gotta do some push-ups man there you go these push-ups nah for real man for real y 'all know that man come on because you gotta think little freak accident little freak falls like that that's gonna happen pretty frequently yeah we talking football archo here we ain't talking about ballerina yeah you know what i'm saying yeah the body should be able to withstand that yeah so he gonna have moments where he gonna hit the day yeah if this was back in the day boy the way the way them quarterbacks collarbones was snapping back back in the day?

1:06:09Shannon Sharpe:Boy, these quarterbacks won't stand a chance if them big boys were putting that weight on. They're too valuable now. They're the face of the league. They've turned it into a face of the league. The quarterbacks are too valuable. They're not going to let you hit them quarterbacks like that. No. Absolutely not. Hey, matter of fact, the quarterbacks today, they probably, they wouldn't play. They'd be hurt. Aw, man, the way they used to throw them quarterbacks down. What? Hey, remember that hit on Who was that that slammed Terry Brash on his head? Turkey Jones.

1:06:45Shannon Sharpe:Charles Martin did, what you call him? He just grabbed him. Who was it? Jim McMahon. Jim McMahon threw a pass. He was just standing there. Charles Martin, boom, ducked him on his shoulder. There wasn't no penalty? Yeah. Hey. Yeah. But I'm just saying, guys wouldn't do that now. Oh, they suspended. I think they're suspending them for a game or two. That's funny. I could just imagine it like LT playing in this era with today's quarterbacks. But there was no situation you couldn't land on the quarterback or you couldn't hit it. I mean, you put your helmet dead in his back. And I think that's the difference.

1:07:28If you would explain today's game and the difference between today's game and the game back then, the game back then, during Unc's era, during my era, Joe, the era before me, the era before that, the game was built on intimidation.

1:07:42Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yes. It was built on intimidation. How can I intimidate my opponent? Most of the time from the defensive end because they could do whatever. The quickest way is knock your damn quarterback out of the game. Yeah. hey once you cut the head off the snake you know what that mean knock his ass smooth out JSN with 10 catches a buck 28 two touchdowns Ocho boy that Joe got about 30 about 30 33 catches right now Ocho already we in week 3 I know he is eating do you hear me hey They use him in so many different ways, Joe, man. Like, golly, man. Man be all over the place, boy. Hey, JSN don't give a damn who y 'all got back there at the quarterback.

1:08:37Hey, when JSN come out the huddle, I bet the defense be like, you know, like where's Waldo?

1:08:43Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. You got to find him. You got to find where he at. Hey, think about it. Okay, Ocho, what make him so special though? his ability to run around joe and never breaks never breaks free everything looks the same yeah he joe ocho he has 27 catches 405 yards and six touchdowns this man got 400 yards already and we in week three yep man what the yep man on the pace with about 2200 yards ocho man that's crazy bro hey joe hey joe he's special though joe he more fast and quick you know he twitchy with it too you can't bump him you can't you can't double him they move him all over the place and the fact that he is a master rock runner master rock runner hey why you can't why you can't double him though you can't because they move him all over the place you can't double him because the double so bad Joe basically on every play your guys have to be locked in because I'm going to move him around I'm not going to leave him stationary I'm not going to leave him out wide I'm going to put him in the slot I'm going to put him in the backfield I'm going to put him in left I'm going move him I'm going to stack him I'm going to bunch him I'm going to do a lot of different things and if your guy's one guy he'll be running scot-free you mess up it's a wrap they got it lucky today Joe So, you think so?

1:10:16Shannon Sharpe:Who did? No, I'm just saying, today's receivers, man. Hey, I ain't moved no damn well. Boy, I'm on the outside. Joe, on the outside left or the outside to the right. That's it. Damn. Now, these guys, these defenses are advanced. Offense has got to become more advanced also. So, you got to move guys around. You can't be afraid. and guys like you ain't see no wide receiver line up in no damn backfield uh-uh they line him up in the backfield they'll slip him up through uh uh run him through the a gap and all because you think he's gonna lead uh uh he's gonna lead up the block and the next thing you know he's running the seven route he behind you but everything looks everything looks the exact same with him he's running a route the subtle the subtleties in which he used the head movement reality movement but he's still running full speed yeah don't break stride well he'd be using them eyes too boy using them eyes yeah look it all depends on who you like if you like him or chase but they right there they right they right hey two completely different type of receivers all together yes two different playing styles but still the cream of the crop when it comes to comes to the receivers in the league it's it's all in what you like yeah

1:11:39Oh, Joe, Joe, 18 carries, 44 yards.

1:11:45Shannon Sharpe:Are they regretting letting Kenneth Walker the third go? Yeah. Yeah, man, listen. The way Kenneth Walker the third over there, what are you doing with the Chiefs, Uncle Ocho? And you mean to tell me the Seahouse let that go, bro, when I think he complimented Sam Donald, that passing game and that run game, that mix? Man, for you to get rid of him and you basically getting nothing from your running back right now. Yeah, I think, yeah. But you gotta understand why they let him go, Uncle Joe. Chat, you know, you gotta understand this business and how it goes. You're coming off a Super Bowl. You're coming off a Super Bowl that you won, you know, basically on your legs.

1:12:21So after that, you know, you going to the dough, you know, after the game, knock knock. You know who there? This kid is Walker. I want to talk about a contract. yeah you saw what i did in the super bowl you know how they feel upstairs when it comes to this business well listen you're not a tier one running back you're not christian mccaffrey you're not saquon barkley you know you're not jameer gibbs you know you're not bjohn robinson we feel we can replace your production and find somebody else that can do exactly what you did hold on they say to the super bowl mvp yeah boy what you talking about yeah i'm telling you that's how they think Joe, you got to be, Joe, man, them first four I named, boy, them dudes special, boy.

1:13:07Kenneth Walker, he's good. He's a good running back. But it's still, it's a tear in everything that we do.

1:13:14Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey, it's kudos to Kenneth Walker for getting picked up by the Chiefs. Because think about what he's doing for that offense and what he's doing for Pat McHugh over there. He's definitely added a dimension they didn't have. He's added a dimension to the Chiefs that they haven't had in a very, very long time. Oh, my God. Like, it looks so easy for Pat Mahomes out there. It ain't even funny, bro. Matter of fact, I'm glad you said that, Joe. Because they got Kenneth Walker, Mahomes ain't got to be Superman all the dog in time. There you go. Huh? There you go. Man, he getting that, toting that thing, man.

1:13:48But he nice. He playing really well. He went to the right offense that's perfectly fit for him in his playing style and running style. I'm perfect.

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