In short
This Nightcap Hour 2 episode mixes sports talk and travel/college anecdotes. Topic 1: LeBron’s “MOVE from Memphis” comments and broader NBA criticism of Memphis/Grizzlies, with discussion of hotel access and logistics for visiting teams (e.g., Westin near the arena, no police escorts). Topic 2: LeBron’s explanation of the “villain” role after his Miami decision: he says he embraced the villain persona, shed it later (“my effing self”), and credits the backlash for shaping his Finals play.
Notable examples
LeBron’s 2010 decision to Miami; comparisons to Boston adding KG and Ray Allen. Topic 3: Wizards April Fools half-court shot apology; claim it was scripted with a “plant” fan. Topic 4: Kirk Cousins signing—guests discuss it as a five-year, $172M deal with $20M guaranteed, plus roster bonus details; they predict he starts early and note his long streak of fully guaranteed contracts.
Guests
“Uncle Lazer,” “Uncle Ocho,” and “Joe” (sports/college-travel and HBCU experience; no other guest bios provided).
Key claims
fans misunderstand player movement; April Fools jokes are increasingly unbelievable.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes. Listen to the episode to check what was said.
Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOLeBron's Comments on Memphis
3:15 to 4:00
Discussion on LeBron's remarks about the Grizzlies and Memphis.
“Like LeBron said, I'm not the first to say it.”
NBA Travel Experiences
4:00 to 4:50
Sharing insights on the travel experiences of NBA players.
“You know the funny part is though, Ocho, they got a pretty good fan base though.”
College Travel Stories
4:50 to 5:50
Recollections of travel experiences during college sports.
“That's close to where I live, but I know how long it take me.”
Bus Travel Anecdotes
5:50 to 7:10
Anecdotes about the challenges of bus travel in sports.
“Man, come on, no, nope, you ain't coming out.”
Greyhound and Seedy Characters
7:10 to 8:10
Experiences with Greyhound buses and the characters encountered.
“Yeah, from Savannah, we went, I mean, the farther, I mean, we go, I'm trying to think the farther.”
Bathroom Etiquette on Buses
8:10 to 9:20
Discussing bathroom issues and etiquette during bus trips.
“I mean, people be coming back because I rode the bus to go see my brother on spring break.”
Scary College Flights
9:20 to 10:20
Sharing frightening experiences from flying during college.
“Yeah, especially back then Joe, them buses, once you open the door, a stench comes out.”
Experiencing HBCU Life
15:14 to 19:26
Discover the unique experiences and community spirit at HBCUs through personal stories.
“somebody, they might get sick cause you know them fumes back there.”
LeBron's Decision and Its Impact
19:27 to 28:00
Explore LeBron James's decision to move to Miami and the subsequent backlash he faced.
“But somehow she found out I was having it.”
LeBron's Transition: A Complex Decision
28:00 to 29:18
Discussing LeBron James' move from Cleveland to Miami and its implications.
“He putting up 45, 50 points against them dudes, and he can't beat them.”
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Understanding Fans' Reactions to Player Movement
29:18 to 30:33
Exploring why fans feel betrayed by players changing teams and how it relates to job changes.
“And LeBron, as far as I know, and you and I both know, everybody knows here, had LeBron ever requested a trade, it got out.”
The Reality of Job Changes in Sports
30:33 to 32:04
Examining the normalcy of players seeking better opportunities in their careers.
“And boy, they went to burning them jerseys.”
The Business of Basketball: Contracts and Loyalty
32:04 to 34:08
Discussing the dynamics of player contracts and the perception of loyalty in sports.
“They're not going to give me the ability to advance.”
Washington Wizards' April Fool's Joke Backlash
34:08 to 36:21
Analyzing the fallout from the Wizards' controversial April Fool's prank involving a fan.
“And maybe there's not a connection either way.”
Changing Nature of April Fool's in Today's World
36:21 to 39:04
Discussing how the perception of April Fool's jokes has evolved over time.
“in which a Planet fan was seemingly tricked and believing that he made a half-court shot for$10 ,000.”
Kirk Cousins' New Deal with the Raiders
39:04 to 42:00
Breaking down Kirk Cousins' contract with the Raiders and its implications.
“Hey, hey, I thought I got April Fools last year.”
Kirk Cousins' Contract Journey and Playoff Performance
42:00 to 45:00
Explore Kirk Cousins' evolution through multiple lucrative contracts and his playoff record.
“Ocho, remember when you and I first started?”
Discussion on Cousins' Skills and Mindset
45:00 to 46:40
Delve into Kirk Cousins' abilities as a quarterback and his mindset towards the game.
“also nearly identical to Tom Brady who won seven Super Bowls.”
Transcript
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3:13Shannon Sharpe:uh ron spoke on the grizzly said staying at the effing hyatt at 41 years old you think i want to do that ish being in memphis on a random ass thursday i'm not the first guy to talk about it the nba you guys have to move go to nashville you got vanderbilt nascar a stadium a hockey team joe now everybody criticizing lebron but kd has said this has said that it's not great uh ant-man that said it. Everybody has said it. Like LeBron said, I'm not the first to say it. But somehow, you know. Yeah, you already know. When they hear from him, it weighs a little different. But it could be some truth in that.
3:53I mean, Five Star Hotel, I don't think that they have that in Memphis. But they do have a... You know the funny part is though, Ocho, they got a pretty good fan base though. Yeah, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, hold on, Joe. What you mean they ain't got no five-star hotel in Memphis? Maybe they don't have a five-star hotel in Memphis that close enough to the stadium that the player can get to and from the game. I'm sure they got a five-star hotel. No, they got a nice hotel.
4:19Shannon Sharpe:I don't think it's five-star. The Westin is right there across the street from the arena. Ocho, that's pretty much where the team stay at. Yeah. But normally, Joe, a lot of times, like when they come to L.A., they stayed at the Montage. they stayed at the Beverly Wilshire or they stayed at the Four Seasons or they stayed at the Reds. And that's not downtown. That's in Beverly Hills. Right. Take forever to get to the game. It sure does. That's close to where I live, but I know how long it take me. Do y 'all get police escorts to the game? Nah. Nah, uh-uh. Nah. Wait, you don't get no escort? I don't get no police escort.
5:07Man, you got the bus leaving at a certain time, you figure out which one you gonna be on. First bus leave at a time? No, I'm saying going to the game though. Nah, bro. We might get an escort going to the airport. Oh, we get two in from the airport. And two in from the airport. Yeah, two in from the airport. Hey, everybody gotta move. Everything out of the way. Traffic stopping. It's a bunch of y 'all though. It ain't. Yeah, Adam, Adam, Adam. Y 'all probably got two buses, Joe. We ain't got but two buses. That's it. Hey, motorcycle cops be working, boy.
5:42Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah. Yeah. Hey, y 'all probably got about 10 buses. No, we got probably like four. Yeah. Yeah, we ain't got but two, man. You catch the first or second one. We out. Yeah. and uh in college we had we had two buses yeah we had two buses because we had the starters on one bus at first it used to be offense on one bus defense on the other bus then we started right offices started the defensive starters on one bus and then the uh uh the backups on the office and defense on another bus hold on yeah you know we that i'm at the back you know i'm at the back of the bus i got seniority couldn't wait to the upper class believe i'm gonna be the top dog i'm back there by the bathroom yeah what you gotta do one or two man i gotta do one do two you stay in there the whole trip you might stay in there hour two hours three hours but you're not finna go staking up there because we back there where the engine at joe and no joke yeah yeah yeah what you gotta do i'm asking you one or two because if you do two you're gonna stay in there and smell it just the whole trip.
6:51Shannon Sharpe:Man, come on, no, nope, you ain't coming out. And guess what? I leave their ass in there for two, three hours.
7:01Them bus trips used to be fun, man. There was some good times. Hey, when y 'all was in college, y 'all flew to y 'all games? We took the bus everywhere, Joe.
7:11Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah, from Savannah, we went, I mean, the farther, I mean, we go, I'm trying to think the farther. We could probably go for probably five hours on the bus. Damn. That's the furthest you had to go? Man, we used to take these, look, them little crop duster planes. I'm talking about only fit like six or seven people on them. We take like four, five of them. I ain't lying. When I was in college, that's how we used to travel. Scariest day of my life. I'm talking about, boy, hey, them little planes be dropping so much. Oh, man. Don't let it be no bad weather too. Oh yeah. Oh man. But I'm like, bro, first of all, have you ever, Ocho, you rode the bus cause you say you rode the bus from Miami to where Langston?
8:02Yeah.
8:03Shannon Sharpe:Like Greyhound? You drove? Nah, I flew. Yeah, grandma. Oh, you had money? Yeah, grandma had money. My granddaddy had money. I ain't had no money. Man, look here. Y 'all know like you riding the buses. I mean, people be coming back because I rode the bus to go see my brother on spring break. South Carolina. I would catch the bus from Claxton. So the bus, Greyhound would leave Claxton and it'd go to Meadow. It'd go to Statesboro, Meadow. It'd just stop off at places and pick people up. I mean, it's a two and a half hour drive. If you drove in a car and just drove straight, it's going to take you about six hours by the bus.
8:45Shannon Sharpe:Six and a half hours. Because they're stopping everywhere. They're stopping at a Joker house. Dude come with his suitcase. Dude come with his suitcase coming out the dirt road. I'm like, well, damn. But you know, I don't know if you've ever been in a bus station, but boy, there's some seedy characters in there. Yeah. I know. Yeah. Man, they trying to sell you something. Somebody trying to steal something from you. it's a lot of bull jive going on so you got you know and you know i remember hey don't go to sleep on the bus okay hey because i have i got narcolepsy soon as the bus move i ain't got i ain't like you out of there man hey you soon you close the door you think the door closed
9:36Shannon Sharpe:but going to the bathroom i thought that was disrespectful oh cho you knew you had to go to the bathroom, you should have used the bathroom before you left the dorm. Right. Yeah, especially back then Joe, them buses, once you open the door, a stench comes out. Yeah, thank you. I've been on that. Yeah, a stench comes out. So you want to make sure, listen, do number two before we get on the bus. Thank you. Because you ain't doing it while we on there. Because every time that door opens, boy, that smell from the fire. Hey, I've been there. Look, we rode that Greyhound when I was playing AAU from Arkansas all the way to Cocoa Beach, Florida.
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15:43Shannon Sharpe:somebody, they might get sick cause you know them fumes back there. They shouldn't talk about that before they took their ass in there. I might get sick. Joe. I already know what you talking about boy. Hey, I'm telling you. I understand the pageantry and I think everybody should have at least go one quarter or one semester to an HBCU. To see homecoming, to see the pageantry, to see the student center, how it be buzzing, doing homecoming. just you know the step shows and everybody because we had a yard so we had like where the cap was to be at they had their own little park and the uh the sigmas and the deltas and the aka everybody had their own little park and they'd be out there doing their thing so to experience that man ain't nothing like it nothing like it ain't nothing like it man the step shows because you know this is how the step shows i don't know if y 'all had it so yeah so step shows fort valley and this one and that, and they come in and do the competition.
16:42Yeah, yeah. Man. They used to be lit. Was it? Oh yeah. I could only imagine. Hey, Joe, I went to my daughter probate boy at Prairie A &M. They cut up at it, man. Oh, the girl come in and I came back here. They be looking good, Ojo, they be here. Hey, but my daughter crossed over as an AK and I came on the show to talk about the experience. Ojo, you out there bringing it. I was in tears. I was, hey, I was in there. I was in tears. Oh, Joe, you didn't see that when you was in school? Joe, where? I was at Langston, but damn, that two weeks before I got thrown out for fighting. You know? And then I went to Santa Monica, so I never had an opportunity to experience that.
17:29But being there, man, you know, for that hour or two hours - I ain't never seen nothing like it. Oh, man. Oh, man, it was unbelievable. College was amazing, bro. Whoo, not low.
17:45Shannon Sharpe:Not low.
17:50Man. Yeah.
17:52Shannon Sharpe:Hey, you out of supposed to do it church, Joe Joe? Yeah, yeah. Not low.
18:01Hey, hey, uncle, if you could do it again, would you, if you could do it again, and you had the opportunity to go to a power five, to do it, or you want your HBCU I'm not going back there, man. Yeah.
18:12Shannon Sharpe:Because bad things would have happened to me at a PWI. Yeah. Yeah. Okay, I got you. I got you. I got you. Let me go because I know – I'm not saying that it wouldn't have, but I know that the professors and the doctors that I had, they cared about me. I'm not so sure that – and there might be a few that care about those, but they knew that I was going to be the representation and I might be the best representation of Savannah State. So they're gonna make sure that I was really, really educated. They weren't sending me out of there that didn't know, hey, we just gonna pass him along because he's good at football.
18:47Shannon Sharpe:Nah. And a lot of the professors that, I mean, some, a lot of them pass on. But Dr. Brock, I had Dr. Brock. She's probably in her 90s. She still asks Bucket about me. How's Shannon doing? Every time they see him, Dr. McLemore, Dr. Green, they ask about me.
19:10Shannon Sharpe:And so when I had my jersey retirement, when they retired my jersey, they asked anybody, I said, find these people. Some of them had passed on. One lady, her name was Miss Pat. She was in charge of the cafeteria.
19:25Shannon Sharpe:And they couldn't find her. But somehow she found out I was having it. And she showed up. She got a white on. She dressed to the nine. And they wouldn't let her in. But I, because I was in the back. and they said, no, you wasn't on the list. Bucky told him, said, nah, y 'all better let that one in. Man, Miss Pat at the door, she saw me. Take on my baby. Take on my baby. I told y 'all my baby know I was coming. That woman loved because you couldn't, what you were supposed to do, until we go through the line, the breakfast line, the lunch line, or the dinner line, you get one serving. You eat what you got, then you come back.
20:05Shannon Sharpe:Miss Pat go ahead and give me two. Yeah. But everybody, not only was it the players man, the regular student, cause we ate with the regular student body. It wasn't like what y 'all got at Oregon State or Arkansas, the athletes eat together, and then the student body. No, we ate with the student body. So I was the only one, athlete, anybody. She gave me both of my service on one tray. But they got so mad, they was like, why you do him like that? Cause y 'all ain't my baby.
20:37Shannon Sharpe:But hey, man, man. Ocho, I wouldn't trade that experience for nothing, man. I wouldn't trade that experience for nothing. But people that had the opportunity to experience HBCU life, man, for four years of that. You the player, Jocho. You went to an HBCU, I can see you pledging. What he would have been? Hey, what I would have pledged, huh? Based on my personality. He proud of him. And then the way I am. Nah, nah. You think he got the cane, because Ocho is showman. He gonna be twirling that cane. Hey. Yeah, a cap or an alpha. A cap or an alpha. Alpha. Black and gold. Well, why can't be the one that - Oh, you talking about the Q though?
21:21Nah, they purple and gold. I don't wanna be disrespectful, but yeah, that's the FG, you know, they wild and they crazy. Hey, normally football players, players Q.
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21:33Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, for the most part, for the Q or Kappa. Hey, they can't wait to take their shit off in the club and had them big U's showing on, aren't they? Yeah, yeah, they done got them branded. I said, no. Man, Sharp, you like, man, you actually damn mad. Y 'all ain't finna starve me, y 'all not cutting my hair, ain't nobody wearing my clothes, ain't nobody driving my car, ain't none of that happening. Oh, yeah. Oh, oh, oh, you ain't pledge? I pledge me five me.
22:07Shannon Sharpe:Hey, Joe, did you play? I played basketball. Thank you. Yeah. I got you. We had our own thing. We call it T5, T5T. So basically it was the team, the football team. Yeah, I don't know. Hell no, Joe. Oh, Joe. I got to get my work, man. Poor they didn't see me down there for that. To all the guys, hey, it's a great community, and they got brotherhood, and they have all this, and to have the conventions and all that and more power to you. But that just wasn't me. Yeah. That wasn't why I was there. I ain't finna hold you. LeBron spoke about his decision, which prompted immediate backlash from both Cleveland ownership and fans.
22:49Shannon Sharpe:I took the villain role because I let the media and I was young. I was 25 years old and a lot don't understand. That was the first time that I ever left home. Even when I got drafted by the Cavs, my first seven years with the Cavs, I still stayed in my hometown of Akron. It was the first time ever going to Miami when I did.
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26:59Shannon Sharpe:The decision, I made an announcement that was going to Miami. My whole mindset was, I want to do something different. I wanted to treat it like a college when guys get their caps. I didn't know or feel like the hate that I got from that, the backlash from that was going to happen because I felt I was doing it. So I was allowed the media. I allowed everybody to put me in a dark place. The reason I played the way I played in the finals is because I wasn't me. Shed that black hat. Shed that villain role. I'm going to get back to bed. My effing self. And boom, we came in, ball to the wall, and we were able to make it happen.
27:39Shannon Sharpe:It was tough on me, but it definitely made me who I am, ultimately, especially as a basketball player and also as a man. Mojo Joe, what's your thoughts? I think he had to take that route, Uncle Ocho. He had to go to Miami. I'm going to tell you why. Boston had just got KG and Ray Allen, and that's who put Bron out. It was going to be hard for him. He putting up 45, 50 points against them dudes, and he can't beat them. He had to go get some help. He had to. Oh, yeah. And they wouldn't come to Cleveland. Yeah, if not, he wouldn't have won one in Cleveland. You know, for him to go to Miami for them, what, four years?
28:18Was it four years on? Four. He had won two titles. You know, know what it's like to win. Now he got that under his belt. Now he take it back to Cleveland with a young Kyrie. And they brought Kevin Love in. It was cooking. It's tough because, you know, he's like,
28:41Shannon Sharpe:I'm just announcing that I'm going. Yeah. So would you have been upset had he not been? Now, mind you, now he raised money for the Boys and Girls Club. I mean, estimated he raised$2 to$3 million. Damn that. He was a free agent. He didn't request a trade. He didn't cost anybody anything. He's not like some guys that's like, I want to be traded. And you got to move the guy in the offseason, or you got to move him before the trade line. Whatever you think of LeBron James, he's played his contract out. He played it out in Cleveland. He played it out in Miami. He played it out in Cleveland. He's playing it out in Lakers.
29:18Shannon Sharpe:And LeBron, as far as I know, and you and I both know, everybody knows here, had LeBron ever requested a trade, it got out. Yeah. It would have got out. He didn't have to request a trade, though. That was home. That's home for him. And I think, you know, the people in Akron, the people in Ohio, they understood that, and that's probably what hurt the most. I think with LeBron being 25 years old, you know, not knowing how to basically leave pretty much, you know, and doing that decision. I just felt, you know, the people of Ohio, they kind of felt like it was probably kind of thrown in their face to some degree.
29:58You know what I mean? Like you put us on this big platform like this to tell us you leaving. And that's why they were, that's why they were so negative towards him, you know, when he left.
30:09Shannon Sharpe:Well, you and I both know he wasn't going to hold that decision to say he coming back. Yeah. I mean, what you thought, Joe? Who holds an announcement like that? Oh, I'm staying. Nah, you don't. I think we all were thinking that though. I think we all were thinking like, man, look, hold on, he doing a decision. Wait, this just don't sit right. Yes. You already knew he was leaving at that point. And boy, they went to burning them jerseys. And the thing is, but think about it. How many times, I guess because people, how many times you think people change jobs in the course of a year, Joe? Not too many.
30:47Shannon Sharpe:You don't think people change? I'm talking about regular jobs. Go from Amazon to UPS, UPS to FedEx. I'm just talking about changed jobs. How many people in the U.S. you think change jobs every year? Every year? Yes. I thought you were saying like... No, not players, no, no. Yeah, yeah. See, the problem is that fans want players to act normal. or act like you human just like the rest of them. And when they do things like the rest of us, do what they do or they get mad. They get mad. Very mad. You feel, I like to think most times, if you had a job, I wanna rise up through the ranks. So no matter where I start, even if I start in the mail room, I don't wanna stay in the mail room for 20 years.
31:34Shannon Sharpe:I wanna move up. Maybe I get a desk and then maybe I do this and then I do that and I do that. We see Eric Spolstra, he started breaking on tape and then he at the bench and then next thing you know, he the head coach. Aspirations, dreams. Most people have a dream, like, you know what? This is a nice little job, little entry-level job, but I have bigger dreams and I want to move up the ladder. LeBron's dream was, I want to win a championship. If I can't do it here, why would I stay, Ocho? Why would I stay at a job? They're not going to give me the ability to advance. So basically, I'm capped. This is where I am.
32:13Shannon Sharpe:I'm captaining this$70 ,000,$80 ,000 a year job. This is where I am. Yeah. Or I could say, you know what? I think I got a better opportunity to rise up the ranks. LeBron says, you know what? I want to win a championship. I believe had LeBron, if Cleveland could have got, like Boston got KG, like Boston got Ray Allen, I believe if they could have brought talent in, I believe LeBron would have stayed. what reason does he have the lead if he can win championships in his hometown because the championship that he won in Cleveland is worth more than both of those what he won in Miami I agree couldn't get no help couldn't get no help in Cleveland ain't nobody gonna go to Cleveland the same thing Yon is finding out about Milwaukee isn't he Joe there you go it's hard to get It's hard to get talent in Milwaukee for guys to even want to go there and play their with Giannis.
33:15Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, that's what he finding out. Unless you like Harlins, and they promise you part of the Harley-Davidson plant that's in Milwaukee. But I don't see a whole lot of basketball guys riding motorcycles, so that's out. Look, I don't have a problem. I've never had a problem with a guy leaving. Because guess what? they trade players all the time once you no longer in the youth but it's amazing how fans don't understand that Joe and Ocho you notice that Joe guys that fans don't understand they trade somebody oh well it's part of the business a player leave via free agency or asked to be traded oh you selfish you don't care about the fans well the owner traded you got last time and he didn't care about the fans But you understood that.
34:07Shannon Sharpe:I just never understood how fans feel more connection to a billionaire than the millionaires. And maybe there's not a connection either way. Or maybe there's loyalty to the team. Okay, that's your team. LeBron or Giannis or KD or this guy, they don't own the team. So why should they have a loyalty to a team that doesn't have loyalty to them? Absolutely. Yeah, you're right. Y 'all loyal to these teams, guess what? They pick up and move. Then how you feel? All the time. How y 'all feel when they pick up and move? You got to move with them, Monk. Hey, San Diego to L.A., Chargers. They should have stayed in San Diego.
34:49I mean, hey, St. Louis Rams to L.A.
34:52Shannon Sharpe:Well, they started in Anaheim. They was in L.A., then they went to Anaheim, then they went to St. Louis, and now they're back in L.A. The Raiders was Oakland and LA and Oakland and LA and Oakland, and now they're back in Vegas. Arizona was in St. Louis. Yeah. Hey, guess where they go, Ocho? I gotta have it. Yeah. The Bears, they moving out of Soldier Field, possibly going to the Burbs or going to Indiana. Why, Ocho? Kansas City left
35:32the bottom line is never the Oilers
35:37Shannon Sharpe:they left, they're in Tennessee why? that money I don't players leave, oh well yeah you play your contract out you get to pick and choose what you want to do I don't give a damn they don't play the contract. You trade me before my contract up. So I should be able to ask you out. Ask out. They want it both ways. You don't get to have it both ways.
36:13Shannon Sharpe:But that's where we are now, Ocho. Man. Joe, Ocho, the Washington Withers have apologized for an April Fool's skit in which a Planet fan was seemingly tricked and believing that he made a half-court shot for$10 ,000. In a statement today, the Wizards said they missed the mark, but the entire bet was scripted. They blindfolded a guy, Ocho. They had to try to hit a half-court shot. Yes, yes, congratulations. You're going to get the check. Hey, I know. I know. You got me coming. Hey, hold on. You got me coming to support you, right? Not only am I coming to support you, y 'all ain't winning. I'm coming to support y 'all taking that.
36:55Y 'all having a horrible season and I'm coming out here to support and you going to April Fool's. You should have gave me$10 ,000 for showing my black ass up. Hey. I have to see. I have to see. I got to see the replay of something. You going to get me like that? Oh, Joe. Oh, baby Joe. But I mean, they start screaming. You think, yeah, I got it.
37:18Shannon Sharpe:I got it. Yeah, but I ain't going to really believe it. I'm going to be like, hold on. I'm going to take it out. I made it, I made it, nah. Yes, cause they scream, he's like, yes Joe, you made it. I need to see, what a replay, I need to see it, where is that? Man, look here, if somebody, Joe, if you think about it, if somebody had told you, Joe, you and your mom just won$25 ,000, you ain't gonna ask no question, how, what, like, give me that check. Hey, when you ain't got money, you don't ask no questions where the money come from if you think you about to get it. Hey, at all. Hey, all I know is, hey, Christmas came early this year.
38:00Man. Hey, listen. What you talking about?
38:02Shannon Sharpe:They should have gave, just go ahead and get a man to 10 grand and call it a day.
38:08Shannon Sharpe:Oh, was it? Well, if he's in on it, why y 'all upset fans? They said it was scripted. They said the guy, you know, he was a plant. Oh, he was? Oh, yeah. Because it seemed like a, uh-uh. Well, hell, they're going to be upset anyway, regardless, just because the thought, the audacity. But you know what? April Fool's ain't really, people ain't really, it still got so bad out here, because if you really think about it, you read some of the stories, it's got to be April Fool's every damn day, because ain't no way this possibly happening. Ain't no way. Think about this now. It's gotten so bad that ain't nobody really played no April Fool's joke, didn't it?
38:49Shannon Sharpe:You ain't seen nobody play no April Fools, Joe. Nah, nah. That's how bad it's done got. Because every day is that, they got, this gotta be April Fools. No, dumb dumb, it's June 17th. Hey look, I - Let that sink in for a second, guys. Hey, hey, I thought I got April Fools last year. What happened, what happened, Joe? My home girl, Laura, hit me. She was like, man, they want you to come on nightcap tonight. And it was like, it was early in April, like the first week of April. I'm like, man, listen, I said, hey man, don't be calling my phone with all these April Fool jokes. Nah, I ain't playing. I ain't playing.
39:29Yeah, that's when I first found out. I told her, I said, man, you need to go and get off my phone with all these April Fool jokes.
39:35Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, but that's why, but I'm saying, man, I be like, man, you know, back in the day, man, we, April Fool's, I mean, you could believe nothing. Nobody said, because everything was a joke. Nah, I'm for real though. No, you're not. It seems like they're not too. Yeah. It seems like they're not too. You forget that it's April Fools. Yeah. Man. Yeah. Things done got so crucial now. It seems like April Fools. Nah, bro. This ain't April Fools. This ain't real.
40:07Shannon Sharpe:Ocho. What's up, baby? Cousins signs a five-year,$172 million deal with the Raiders. In reality, it's a one-year,$20 million fully guaranteed deal that also combines a club option for two years at$80 million. The Falcons will pay Kirk Cousins$8.7 million this season. The Raiders$1.3 million and Las Vegas, excuse me, the Raiders will also play another$1.3 million, that's$10 million. Vegas also agreed to pay the new quarterback, a fully guaranteed$10 million roster bonus on the third day of the league New Year League year in 2027. Most notably, it also sets another new mark. It'll be the 11th straight NFL season in which Cousins has had a fully guaranteed contract.
40:58I told you, Uncle Joe, well, God has favor. God has favor for certain people. Obviously, timing for Kirk Cousins has always been impeccable, along with him betting on himself, Unc, when he was in D.C. oh that's how y 'all want to play you know what I'm betting on myself
41:16Shannon Sharpe:and every time he hit he hit big every time he hit big in Washington he hit big in Minnesota hell he hit big in goddamn Atlanta and lo and behold here we go right back up right back at it again and that's a good security blanket for them too that's a good security blanket nice little bridge to Mendoza yeah Yeah. Yeah. Very nice. Is he gonna start though? Or he? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I believe cousins do start. I do. You think so? For the first probably five, six, five to eight game. Think about it Ocho. Guess who his coach was in Minnesota? Quarterback coach. Who? Yeah. Kubiak. Who the head coach of Vegas?
42:02Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, remember when you and I first started? I said, that's why you don't burn no bridges. You see how that works? Because them guys go elsewhere. Yeah. Think about it. All them coaches that I had in Baltimore, Rex Ryan got a head job. Marvin Lewis got a head job. Jack Del Rio got a head job. All those guys, Mike Nolan, head job. Yeah. Mike Smith, head job. So all you got to do is play your cards right. Don't be no jerk. And guess what? They go get somewhere. You know what? Good veteran mentorship, leadership in this locker room. Let's go get old Ocho. Yeah. Let's go get Joe. But guys don't think like that.
42:51Shannon Sharpe:They think all they think is in the present. Here, right now, where I am. Right. Man, please. Hey, either he got good luck or he got favor or he knows something about somebody. He got some information on somebody. They just keep giving the weed. Hey, Kurt Cousy hit a lick out here, man. Hey, he hit them across the head. Hey, I'm calling Mike. I was like, Mike, look here, man, I need a favor. I know you done hired a lot of people. I need a job. 84, what you want to do? Where you want to be? Sean McVay was on his staff. Kyle was on his staff. Kevin O 'Connell. All them guys. LeFleur. I could do something.
43:34Shannon Sharpe:Let me be community relations. I can do something, Ocho. I don't want to do no coaching. I don't want to do no coaching. Community relations. You got no patience for no coaching. The hell no. Get your money first, Cousins. Kirk Cousins contract history. Four years,$2.57 million. And then he played that contract out, Ocho. And then he had a one-year, basically$20 million deal. And then he had the next year, fully guaranteed Cousins franchise tag. And then he had a one-year, basically$24 million deal. And then he signed a three-year,$84 million deal. Fully guaranteed, Ocho. And then he signed a two-year,$66 million deal, Ocho.
44:15Shannon Sharpe:Fully guaranteed, that is. And then he signed a one-year, Minnesota,$35 million. Fully guaranteed, Ocho. And then he signed a four-year,$180 million with$100 million guaranteed, Ocho. And now, five years, 172 with 20 guaranteed. And guess what? So, five, six, nine, 11, 12, 13. So, what is this? Is this his 15th year, 14, 15th year? 14th year. And Grant told him, 14 years, guess how many playoff wins he got, Ocho? Drum roll, please. What? Man, get out of here. One, my boy. You got one.
45:29Shannon Sharpe:also nearly identical to Tom Brady who won seven Super Bowls. Cousins one playoff win. Off win. Hey, he don't have no playoff win, Joe, but boy. He won the Super Bowl with that bank account. He in the Hall of Fame with that bank account. Absolutely. I don't know who his agent is, but they might need to look at him. Hey. You talking about Cousins got favor, he got favor. But Joe, Cousins numbers will put you in the blender during the regular season. He's spreading that thing around, ain't he? Boy, he let that thing go, boy. Give him time. He's surgical with that ball. Damn. Hey, Kirk sitting at the house, he chilling.
46:20Feet kicked up with everything.
46:22Shannon Sharpe:Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
46:30very he's very religious too is he oh yeah very good god that's why that's why i say that's why i say you got favor now
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