Nightcap Hour 2: Keyshawn Davis joins NIGHTCAP + Clint Kubiak has EYES on becoming HEAD COACH of RAIDERS + Jets GM SPEAKS on Sam Darnold’s SUCCESS + Cardinals NAME Mike LeFleur as HEAD COACH + LeBron MAKES 22nd ALL STAR GAME

13:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, well, I'm sure somebody said Max Crosby to the Ravens for Bateman in the first rounder. I'm sure the Ravens would jump on that with both feet.

13:38Clint Kubiak:That's a good one. I like that.

13:42Shannon Sharpe:I think it's going to take more than Bateman in the first round to get Max Crosby from the Raiders. That's just me.

13:54Shannon Sharpe:But like I said, I've known Clint basically his whole life. He used to shag balls for when he was a – I mean, shit, he couldn't have been no more than – in the mid-90s, he couldn't have been no more than 9, 10. And maybe when I left and I came back, he was probably 13. So, and to see – it's always funny to see these kids, Ochoa, to see them, to see Christian McCaffrey, to see where he came in because he was a little kid sitting on my lap at the Super Bowl, Super Bowl 33. And now to see that he's one of the best players in the NFL. To see Clint Kubiak, to see Kyle Shanahan, when he used to hold a cord for his dad, I'm like, damn.

14:39Shannon Sharpe:Well, one, I'm old. And two, it's good to see those guys and what they've become. That's great. But I do agree with you, Ocho. I do like this hire. But at the end of the day, it comes down to you can have the greatest scheme ever, but you better have somebody to be able to play in that scheme.

15:00Clint Kubiak:That's the issue. That's the only issue. You got to have the right players at the right positions and everything flows smoothly.

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16:56Shannon Sharpe:Oh, as Sam Donald sits one win away from a legendary comeback, former Jets, Mike McGowan, who drafted him, spoke out for the first time since 2019. I was always kind of sad that Sam wasn't able to fulfill that potential in New York. That's where he started his journey, and in an ideal world, he would have finished it there. But if it wasn't meant to be, he had to go on his own journey to grow and develop in different places. It makes me feel good that he's fulfilling his potential. It's not necessarily vindication in our business. When you see something and it turns out the way you envision it, it makes you feel good.

17:33Shannon Sharpe:I think every scout probably feels that way. the NFL continues to debate how much of a quarterback success can be attributed to the player and how much can it be attributed to the team? Also, if Sam Donald wins the Super Bowl, who deserves the most credit for his comeback story?

17:52Clint Kubiak:For one, Sam Donald in general. He deserves the most credit, obviously.

17:58Shannon Sharpe:Could he put the work? Yeah, he's doing the work.

18:02Clint Kubiak:And probably the Seattle Seahawks. the Seattle Seahawks is a well-run organization they are a winning organization they've been a winning organization from top to bottom for a very long time they've always been in contention they've won Super Bowls uh they've been to uh going to a third no they've been maybe more than that I'm just that I that I can remember you know since since I've been since I've been around

18:24Shannon Sharpe:obviously they've been this is their uh this would be they lost to the Steelers they beat the Broncos They lost to the Patriots.

18:33Clint Kubiak:They're fourth. Yeah. I mean, obviously, okay. Winning organization in general. So the onus and where I always say it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what round or what round you get drafted. The most important part is where you go. Where you go.

18:49Shannon Sharpe:If not high, high. Yeah.

18:51Clint Kubiak:That's exactly what happened. And obviously, Sam Donald had to go through a journey in a sense, you know, going high to the New York Jets, which had been an organization that hasn't done right by quarterbacks in a very long time. And still –

19:04Shannon Sharpe:Hell, they ain't done right by a whole lot of people. Look at Big Larry Weed.

19:07Clint Kubiak:Yeah, and still to this day, nothing is going right for them. And obviously he goes to an organization like the Seahawks, and look what happens. It sells. Same thing with Minnesota, which I'm not sure how they let him out that door. But, you know, God saw favor in him over in Seattle.

19:25Shannon Sharpe:Great coaching. Great structure.

19:28Clint Kubiak:Top to bottom.

19:29Shannon Sharpe:Organizationally.

19:30Clint Kubiak:Top to bottom. That's crazy.

19:35Shannon Sharpe:That's important. And I don't think people realize how important. Sometimes it's hard to overcome dysfunction in an organization because normally it's at the top and it permeates itself throughout the building. So you can have the best coaching situation and with the best intentions. but they'll just contaminate, make everything a cesspool. And unfortunately, that's what the Jets are.

20:03Clint Kubiak:Damn.

20:05Shannon Sharpe:And I hate that for my boy, AG, but...

20:14Clint Kubiak:They put you in situations that are not advantageous and want you to make a miracle. They want you to turn water into wine. They want you to take a loaf of bread and feed 40. man don't get me started but go ahead they want to take two loaves is one loaf of bread or two loaves of bread

20:34Shannon Sharpe:it's a loaf of bread and two fish

20:35Clint Kubiak:and they want you to make a miracle out of it okay it's only one of them

20:41Shannon Sharpe:yeah and he just threw up his hand and said nah I can't even take this

20:50Shannon Sharpe:y 'all gonna have to call y 'all gonna have to call my dad for this one

20:53Clint Kubiak:hey come on man yeah

20:57Shannon Sharpe:but it's an unbelievable story and I liked him I thought Skip and I we debated a lot I liked Sam Donald as the first pick in the draft he went to the third pick and you know Baker had some success there early and they fell out on Baker because Baker is who he is and they didn't want that and then it was Saquon and then Sam Donald went to the Jets and they never put him in a situation where he could succeed. They didn't put the pieces around him. He didn't get the support that he needed. The one thing that he got, and I think the best thing that happened to him, he got great coaching when he was in 49ers.

21:35Shannon Sharpe:Remember, he started that one game, but he got an opportunity to be under Kyle Shanahan, and he got an opportunity to learn. And then he goes to Minnesota, and he got great coaching, and he got an opportunity to learn, and he played extremely well. And he parlayed that, and he goes to another stable, well-run organization. and he got weapons. I mean, he had weapons in San Fran. He just didn't get an opportunity because Brock Purdy was there. Now he gets to go, and he goes, and he has Naylor, and he has Hawkinson, and he has Jetta. He has Aaron Jones. The offensive line is good. Boom. You see what he did.

22:08Shannon Sharpe:And then now he goes to a situation where they can run the ball. They play outstanding defense. He lead Minnesota. They play really good defense. But Seattle, I think, defense is a little better. they can run the football with a canine it's yeah and I'm sure I drafted this guy I knew what he could be we us the Jets we just didn't have stability and the pieces around him for him to flourish and it's okay to say that because it's the truth

22:41Clint Kubiak:it's been that way for a while

22:45Shannon Sharpe:look at Daniel Jones woo He got the ending. He got somebody believed in him. Because sometimes you still, everybody doesn't have the work. Everybody had somebody to believe in him.

23:03And he got the ending.

23:04Shannon Sharpe:They believed it. It's like, bro, we believe in you. We believe so much in you. We're going to pay you more than what we played the starting quarterback that's already here. That's how much we believe in you.

23:16Shannon Sharpe:so congrats I mean it's gonna it will be an unbelievable oh yeah absolutely I mean you think about the guy that's been he was with the Jets and then he went to Carolina he went to San Fran he went to Minnesota and now he's in Seattle five teams and what what year is this for him six or seven

23:41eight

23:48Shannon Sharpe:you said 17 yeah yeah so it'll be an unbelievable story five teams in eight years and here he is on the cusp of joining some very exclusive company guys that have won the Super Bowl the Cardinals made it official on Sunday announcing they have signed have agreed to a five-year contract extension with Mike LaFleur. LaFleur replaces Jonathan Gannon as the team's new head coach. LaFleur served as the Rams offensive coordinator for the past three seasons. While he didn't call plays for head coach Sean Payton, LaFleur did gain play-calling experience in two seasons as the Jets offensive coordinator.

24:26Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, you like this time.

24:27Clint Kubiak:I like it. One issue. Quarterback. What are we doing at the quarterback position? Receivers. Marvin Harrison Jr. Can we get him back on track? Mike Wilson. Mike Wilson. Mike Wilson. Yeah, Mike Wilson. But listen, he showed up. He showed up and showed up. Okay, okay. What can we get? Marvin Harrison Jr. back to playing like we know he can play, especially what we saw at Ohio State. Can we get his confidence back? Brother Wilson is the real deal. He is the real deal. The only issue is what are we going to do at the quarterback position? And Jacoby Brissett. We got Trey McBride also. Oh, he's the best tight end in the game, huh?

25:11Clint Kubiak:We can argue that. We can argue he's the best tight end in the game. But again. Who you argue with? You feel? But what are we doing at the quarterback position? I'm sure Kyler Murray's gone. Jacoby Brissett was a good feeling in a sense, especially from a statistical standpoint. If you look at his numbers, even though they were losing.

25:31Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but I don't know if he's my long-term solution.

25:33Clint Kubiak:No, he's not your long-term solution. but he's something you would love to have and especially if he's one to to be a veteran a veteran presence for someone young if that's if that's the route you go right so so so we got the

25:49Shannon Sharpe:raiders that's that's that's the only that's the last job right that's the only job that's left

26:00Shannon Sharpe:But we think the Raiders are going to get filled by Clint Kubiak, so all the head coaching vacancies will be filled. Oh, yeah. And it seems like the odd man out is Matt Nagy because he didn't get one of those jobs.

26:17Shannon Sharpe:Jimmy Kemski, a voice of phillyvoice.com, first reported that Vic Fangio told the Eagles after the season that he was going to retire. But further conversation with the team resulted in Fangio agreeing to remain on the staff for the 2020-2026 season. But Kemski note that the teams has not confirmed anything in that wiggle room.

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28:25Shannon Sharpe:exists for Fangio to change his mind. Again, multiple reports indicate that Fangio did the same waffling about a possible retirement after the Eagles won the Super Bowl last season. What you thinking, Ocho?

28:41Clint Kubiak:I don't know about that one, huh?

28:47Because, I mean, Jonathan Gannon,

28:52Shannon Sharpe:he got signed where did he go in? Tennessee? He's somebody's D coordinator.

28:59Clint Kubiak:He going with Salah?

29:02Shannon Sharpe:Salah or the Dolphins? Packers. Okay, the Packers. So he's the D.C. in Green Bay. The question is Jim Schwartz. He's upset that he didn't get the head job after Todd Munson. He's in Cleveland. Does he stay in Cleveland? Do they give him a bump in pay to keep him happy? I think they'll do that. Or does he go?

29:25Clint Kubiak:I mean, why would you leave that defense? God, I want to be the head coach. Even if you're not the head coach, you can parlay yourself into another head coaching job by coaching that defense. That defense will get you a head coaching job.

29:41Shannon Sharpe:Well, they didn't give me a job last year. You got Todd Monkey. Yeah. That coach got relieved of his duty.

29:48Clint Kubiak:I mean, listen, I don't want to leave my for sure to see what's on the other side of that mountain because I know what I got with this defense right here. I know I got the leading, the NFL's leading, you know, sack. Defensive player of the year.

30:06Shannon Sharpe:Unanimous defensive player of the year. He's probably going to get some MVP votes. He's probably going to be top three, top four MVP.

30:13Clint Kubiak:Yeah, I mean, but I'm not leaving that defense to go where? for what? Because I'm pissed and I'm sure to make them happy I'm sure they'll probably bump his pay up a little bit you know throw him a little 2-3 million extra go ahead

30:26Shannon Sharpe:go ahead and take this with you

30:32Clint Kubiak:go ahead and take this with you we know you're upset

30:34Shannon Sharpe:I can see 500 maybe a mil I don't think okay make it 15

30:37Clint Kubiak:make it 1-5 meet me halfway meet me halfway but shoot if I was Mr. Source I ain't leaving that goddamn brown defense for what to go where huh to go where i'm just curious where else would you go it ain't like you're going to coast the goddamn seahawks defense no i ain't going to coast the goddamn patriots defense i ain't going to coast the broncos defense but i'm supposed to leave the top five defense because i'm upset because i didn't get the head coach job absolutely not

31:09Shannon Sharpe:because vj's still there so yeah absolutely you're right ocho new york giants head coach john harbour is considering a couple of NFL head coaches for offensive coordinator. Brian Callahan and Cliff Kingsbury are among the candidates for the Giants' job. Callahan was the head coach of the Titans for a year and a half and was fired during the 2025 season, Ocho. Kingsbury was the head coach of the Cardinals from 2019 to 2022, and most recently the offensive coordinator for the Commanders in 24 and 25. Ocho, who do you like to see? Dart, Wendell Robinson if he returns, Malik neighbors and scat pack scat

31:56damn

32:05Clint Kubiak:Malik is Malik what Malik don't look like I don't know

32:12Shannon Sharpe:I mean he did tell me look Ocho,

32:18Shannon Sharpe:ACL is not the, it's a serious injury. So, Chad, don't take this wrong. But the way medicine is now and the way these guys come back, man, you don't even know. If I didn't tell you, if you didn't know, you would have never known Adrian Peterson had a knee surgery. You never would have known, Ocho.

32:35Clint Kubiak:But he's the only one that's come back like that. When you watch other people that have had surgery and if you watch them run, you can always see a little gimmick.

32:45Shannon Sharpe:uh what you call him Saquon

32:49Clint Kubiak:Saquon towards ACL in the NFL

32:52Shannon Sharpe:mm-hmm second year damn

32:56Clint Kubiak:it don't look like it at all

32:59Shannon Sharpe:exactly

33:03Clint Kubiak:I'm hoping Malik comes back

33:06Shannon Sharpe:it used to be Ocho the way the medicine is now they go in there small incisions and whether it's Dr. Andrews, and I don't know how much he's doing, whether it's Neil Ellatrosch or some of these other doctors. I'm not as familiar with all these ones that they have now because I've been removed from the game for two decades, so I'm not as familiar with the guys. But these guys are great. They are unbelievable at ACLs, and you don't know. They put that time in, Ocho, because the thing that an athlete does is that it knows what it takes, but they're getting treatment. five, six times a week. It's not the stuff that you'd like.

33:47Shannon Sharpe:The average person, they go to PT twice a week. These guys go in five days a week, and sometimes they go on Saturday, especially Ocho, when the team is in town. Yeah. So you getting treatment, and you hitting it. After probably about a week, you got that knee is 120. You bending that knee, you getting on that bike, you pedaling, you doing it. Because that's how it was with my hips, Ocho. Man, I had that surgery. My first hip surgery, I had that surgery, Ocho. I was probably back home. By 1 o 'clock, I was back home. 2 o 'clock, I was in the walking circles in the driveway. Oh, yeah, yeah. I was determined, Ocho.

34:29Shannon Sharpe:And I went to treatment that Monday. Man, I was lunging. They had me doing runs. They had me squat. Yes, absolutely. You were lunging? yes I was doing stationary lunges oh no

34:46Clint Kubiak:weight no weight though just just body weight just my body weight yep squatting damn

34:56Shannon Sharpe:but I was a because before they let me leave I had to walk up and down a flight of steps like three four times before they let me leave the hospital because you know you have surgery you got to do two things you got to walk fresh and you gotta pee they ain't letting you go until you pee Mr. Charles we can't let you go I gotta go come on I'm gonna get up out of here oh come on I'm gonna go

35:24Shannon Sharpe:hey he has to go I said nah I'm ready to get up out of here 90 minutes hey the surgery was 90 minutes I had to be there like 6 they did the surgery like I think I didn't go in I didn't go back until about 9 I ended up like I said I ended up getting home like 12, 30 maybe 1 but the hour after I got home I was walking in my driveway people said hey I thought that was you then I got to go inside so I just walked through the house I make a circle upstairs because I had hardwood floors upstairs I walked to the end come through go through the closet I do that 15 times I wait about an hour, do it again.

36:11Shannon Sharpe:Oh, I was determined. So with these athletes that are younger, I'm in my 50s. Right. Mid-50s when I had the surgery. So imagine a 21, 22, 23-year-old athlete. It's a breeze. Mm. A breeze.

36:31Clint Kubiak:Let me knock on wood.

36:35Shannon Sharpe:For the 20, Second straight year, LeBron James. Go James! The NBA announced the reserves tonight on NBC before James and his Lakers faced the Knicks and Madison Square Garden. The voting was conducted by the league coaches over the past week. LeBron was the last player announced as the league's oldest player and extended his record both overall and consecutive selections of another season. He has 21 consecutive starts. He has 22 consecutive selections. LeBron is super humbling. The coaches voted, right? So mad respect to the coaches and them seeing the way I'm still playing the later stages of my career.

37:16Shannon Sharpe:And to be able to be an all-star means a lot to my family, people that have been following me in my career and my LeBron faithful. They've been following my journey, and it's always rewarding just from a humbling standpoint to be able to be rewarded for the work that you put in. That's right. Go James committee here. it's unbelievable i mean he's averaging 22 what 22 6 and 6 it's crazy i mean he's i mean it's he i mean you're not supposed to be able to do this nobody has played this well this long absolutely you just haven't i mean normally guys are playing you know 10 minutes a night 15 minutes a night bro he's playing you know 30 minutes 32 minutes a night giving you 22 6 and 6 still shooting 50 from the floor and listen we we thought we thought

38:03Clint Kubiak:some of the better fights that we've seen. You think about last night. Volonovsky fought. Shakur fought. Keyshawn fought. Shushu fought. The best fight that we've been watching for the past 22, 23 years is LeBron against Father Time. And we didn't even realize it.

38:21Shannon Sharpe:Kawhi didn't make it. James Harden didn't make it either, did he? Damn. There were some guys that possibly could have got in that didn't get in. Let me see. Hold on just a second, Chad. Let me see. Let me see. They got that list up, Ash?

39:00HowTom

39:20Shannon Sharpe:Ant-Man, Jamal Murray, Chet Hungren, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Denae Avila, and LeBron James. Wow. So Shingun didn't make it.

39:33Clint Kubiak:Hey, Shingun be balling, boy.

39:35Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

39:39so

39:42Shannon Sharpe:no Kawhi no Harden no Shingun

39:48Shannon Sharpe:Murray definitely deserved to make it I got no qualms with that

39:58Clint Kubiak:where the game at this year oh it's right there right at home

40:04Shannon Sharpe:you're into it at the Clippers building. Into it.

40:08Clint Kubiak:That's convenient. Yeah.

40:12Shannon Sharpe:He ain't got to go far.

40:21Shannon Sharpe:Man, 22 times, Ocho. Man, he getting on up there with Willie Mays. I think Willie Mays, how many times did Willie Mays and Hank Aaron go to the All-Star game? I think Willie Mays went like 25, 26 times.

40:45musical

40:47Shannon Sharpe:stand the man

40:59damn

41:00Shannon Sharpe:them. They had two all-star games from 59 to 62. So you can make two all-star teams in a season.

41:08Clint Kubiak:Okay, okay. So that double up your numbers. Yes.

41:16Shannon Sharpe:So you might have eight all-star appearances in four years.

41:24Shannon Sharpe:But congratulations, Goat. 23rd season, 22nd All-Star game. All right. It's time for our final save in the evening. It's time for Q and A.

41:47Shannon Sharpe:Kevin Norwood Jr., I got Ocho versus anyone in the boxing ring, a.k.a. James Harrison and boots.

41:57Shannon Sharpe:Well, I'm going to steal LeBron. Ocho's bust cut that gold ear off and have a thing melt it down and that'll give me a little something.

42:13Shannon Sharpe:Ocho go. Ozzy to go. Let's tally how many times Ocho shadow boxes. Man, Ocho like LL shadow boxing on the radio. Just don't know. They said they want to tally how many times you shadow box hey

42:32Clint Kubiak:you know what's funny I mean do the people in the chat understand I've been boxing the past 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 7 years they don't understand huh I don't know they think I be playing around when I you know obviously we have those that you know how much I love boxing they come on the show and I be like hey you want to spar do they realize with some of your favorite fighters that you watch I've been in the ring with them you know really really getting that work in i i enjoy it so it's cool you know that's what i do i challenge everybody at their respective craft it don't matter what you do you finna get this work in the chat y 'all can get this work too whatever you do well just don't challenge being

43:11Shannon Sharpe:joe and uh don't do that don't do that don't do that don't do that because i felt bad for y 'all

43:15Clint Kubiak:i didn't i didn't know i wasn't familiar with what we were doing so now that i'm now that i'm comfortable what nobody's familiar now that i'm comfortable and i got a better understanding on how competitive it is now i got the i got to open up a can yeah spurs legend even inspired shushu with molly there we go this is this i'm the same person who's been there with kayla pant and then get molly walked same person that's been in there with boots and then get body walk i've been in there with shakur and bud and then get molly walk that people just talking man uh since the kid

43:51Shannon Sharpe:what's up Uncle Ocho since Ocho wants another job to add to his 5 '11 jobs that he has already why not be a wide receiver coach in the NFL since that's his 4 '0?

44:03Clint Kubiak:Wide receiver coach in the NFL it doesn't pay enough absolutely not

44:11Shannon Sharpe:Ocho R. Pruitt said Ocho played my Bucks in 06 had 6 for 99 and an L you remember that game Ocho? Yes I do

44:18Clint Kubiak:6 for 99 and an L Listen, I can only do so much. I'm only one man.

44:27Shannon Sharpe:I got an old school Bucs helmet with the pirate on the side, the creamsicle helmet.

44:32Clint Kubiak:Who gave you that?

44:32Shannon Sharpe:I do. I traded Hardy. Hardy. I remember Hardy. Hardy played with. He played with Pittsburgh. He went to Cal first. He played with the Steelers first. And then he went to Tampa.

44:46Clint Kubiak:I'm trying to think who the other linebacker was with Hardy. He played with me. Harding Nickerson, Kevin Hardy. Kevin Hardy didn't play with Hardy, did he? Kevin Hardy played at the, he played at Jacksonville. Okay, that's right. Kevin Hardy was in Jacksonville.

44:59Shannon Sharpe:From Illinois. Yeah. Him and Simeon Rice were on the same team.

45:03Clint Kubiak:That's right. That's right. That's right.

45:05Shannon Sharpe:Trill Brown, Uncle Ocho, love to show, Unk. You know Ocho not playing U5900. You might as well take his foreign car like Snoop did 50.

45:14Clint Kubiak:No, don't do that. You ain't got to take nothing. I mean, listen, why would. What he, oh yeah, he got a McLaren, don't he? Hey, I'm trying to figure out. as as as the chat i mean it's black history month why would why you why would you suggest him taking something from another man a black man at that you know i come in peace i don't want no problems i don't want no problems i want my money i got you shakur 85 a get that cord up

45:44Clint Kubiak:what he said or the cord yeah oh yeah hey but that was so funny boy every time i think about it every boy hey every time i think about they they saw the episode and had the nerd had the nerd to dm me like like we like we could shake something all these years man you don't get up out

46:13Hey, hey.

46:16Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, beg all the deuce up, Ocho. Now, please. Nah, don't mess that up with Cambodia, man. Cambodia, good people. Dose 06, Ocho looking like Morpheus. Been here from the beginning and love the show. Dose, appreciate you, man. Thank you so much. We appreciate that support. E underscore street. Vikings only team to not draft a pro bowler since 2022 and passed on Kyle Hamilton to draft Lewis and me. Who has been cut. Do can't evaluate talent. I'm not saying he he did deserve to be fired, but you can fire someone and move on. We're not trying to sully the man's name. OK, he hadn't drafted a pro bowler since 22.

47:03Shannon Sharpe:OK, fine. This incident allegedly happened in 23. Why not bring it to the attention in 23? Why not bring the attention in 24? Why not 25? Why only after you fire him in 26 does this make the light of day? That's all we're saying. I'm not standing on a podium saying he didn't deserve to be fired. But I believe you can fire someone without trying to sully their name. That's just me. Maybe I'm wrong. Chad, maybe you think that, hey, that was well, and whatever happened happened, that's well. But I don't get on like that. Smoke Marley, can you send me the congratulations to my wife, Ashley, for becoming a registered nurse?

47:43Shannon Sharpe:Love the show. Absolutely. Ashley, congratulations. A nurse and health care aide. Health provider. I like that. I like people that want to assist and help others. Ashley, Ashley, congratulations. Did you become a nurse? No. You can't even tell my name right. Because your sick ass can't be no nurse. You be coughing all over the patient. They're like, can we get another nurse to take care of this nurse? Snake James, Ocho, dealing with man. Do you think you could talk to someone about putting the skills challenge on man now? You think that it would be fun addition to add to the game? Salute, Uncle Ocho.

48:28Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, what you thinking?

48:29Clint Kubiak:That'd be a dope addition, a dope addition, a dope mold to add to the game probably next year. Listen, I'll bring it up in our next board meeting. I'm not sure how much weight I hold when requesting things be done to improve the game of Madden, but I definitely will bring it up. And that's a good one, skills competition.

48:48Shannon Sharpe:Roddy M, Ochoa versus Poutan. Francis comes back versus Unc. Who survives longer to get that 5 ,900? Tell Dana to book it for the next card. Nope. Nope. Nope. Man, did y 'all see how big Francis is? Francis and Ghanu.

49:05Clint Kubiak:I don't care about how big he is. Man, you can't have that kind of mindset.

49:10Shannon Sharpe:Put me on him.

49:11Clint Kubiak:Put me on him, man. I got you.

49:13Shannon Sharpe:Well, let Ocho.

49:14Clint Kubiak:Put me on him, man.

49:16Shannon Sharpe:My fighting day is over.

49:17Clint Kubiak:Well, listen, I'm going to do all the fighting for you, man. It's all about mentality. Think about this, right? Think about you and Francis, right? and your kids and family behind you and if he get through you then he get to get your kids what you gonna do

49:38Shannon Sharpe:you know daddy loves

49:45what

49:49Shannon Sharpe:what

49:59Clint Kubiak:bad hey uh well you got the uh huh nah nah i got oh i got i got it to you how about this you put me you put france in front of me and you behind me with bad hips and he got to get through me to get to you i bet he i bet he don't touch you oh yeah because by the time he get

50:15Shannon Sharpe:I'll be done gone. I think you can slow him up a little bit to give me a little head start.

50:26Shannon Sharpe:That's all I got for you. Oh, hey. Kid, y 'all better run. You know daddy taught y 'all how to run.

50:33Clint Kubiak:That's two people. It's Usman and Francis. I want that smoke.

50:40Well, okay.

50:42Shannon Sharpe:He's aint want that smoke. Y 'all tag Kamaru and Francis and let them know what you're looking for.

50:49Clint Kubiak:Yeah. Yeah.

50:53Shannon Sharpe:Guys, we want to thank you guys for joining us for this edition of Nightcap. Thank you again. We really appreciate that support. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite unk, and that is my partner and co-host Liberty City's own Bengals Ring of Fame honoree, a pro bowler and an all pro, and he's going to show you his official Hall of Fame jacket. He located the jacket. He had it framed. And he's getting it done to put in his game room behind him. Hopefully, he'll turn that sign on and show the perception so it doesn't show the glare that it does from such far away.

51:25Clint Kubiak:Hey, there's a company. Hey, matter of fact, chat. So you understand how serious my game room is going to be? They're saying I'm not doing no play play, no nothing. The name of the company that's doing my game room? Hold on, hold on. So people can look. So on Instagram, if you have Instagram, look up Dope Gaming Setup. That's their Instagram. They're doing my game room so you can get a better understanding on how serious I'm taking the appearance. And when I come on Nightcap and the sign is going to be it's going to always be lit. So look at Dope Gaming Setup on Instagram. Ash, you could probably check it out.

52:01Clint Kubiak:It's going to be really dope. So you get a better understanding. The whole room, the lights, the ceiling, the Nightcap stuff. So the presentation, the wards is going to be really nice. Y 'all gonna like it.

52:14Shannon Sharpe:Well, I'm sure we will. Hopefully we'll see it soon. 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 again for your support. Those looking to purchase a bottle of Shea by Laportier, head to laportiercognac.com to order you a bottle, the 750 or the 375. Great quality, great taste, smoothness. please drink responsibly and stay safe tickets for the Super Bowl live show in San Francisco are on sale now that link is pinned in the chat the show will be Thursday Thursday night February the 5th at the Erks Theater in San Francisco Bay Area residents, Patriots fans Seahawks fans, NFL fans alike and even if you're not a fan of the NFL you just happen to be in the area and you want to have a good time come check out Nightcap with Uncle Nocho we look forward to seeing you there meet and greet tickets are completely sold out but there are still general admission tickets left.

53:12Shannon Sharpe:We want to thank our special guests tonight, Bruce Shushu Carrington and Keyshawn Davis. They won their fight in convincing fashion. So we want to thank those guys. Congratulations, guys. Continued success and look forward to having you on again once you get some more titles or defend the titles that you have. I am Unk. He's Ocho. We'll see you tomorrow night. Thank you again, Chad, for joining us. Peace.

53:50Thank you.

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