Nightcap Hour 2: Mike McDaniel on the HOT SEAT in MIAMI? + GOLD MEDALIST Masai Russell joins NIGHTCAP + Zac Taylor STILL BELIEVES in BENGALS Offense

21:02Shannon Sharpe:And for him to publicly speak, because this is the first time that I heard I mean that he and the owner spoke they speak after every game I didn't know that I think most coaches talk to the owners after games especially when they aren't going well there's nothing to talk about when you win but if we keep losing okay now I got an answer to the head man I got an answer to the head boss because not only my investment that I'm putting in you but why are we not based on what I'm investing why am I not getting a goddamn return on that? I need a return on that money. But it's the fact that he mentioned that they, okay, let's just say for the sake of argument, that's commonplace.

21:45Shannon Sharpe:Coaches don't normally mention about the conversation that transpired between the two. Okay, okay. That's what, okay, maybe I phrased it wrong. I'm not surprised that they meet. I'm surprised that he divulged some of the things that they talked about in said meeting. Talk about, right, right, yeah. But, yeah, I just, you know, and the history is Ross, you know. He got short patience, huh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know if he got short patience. Look, Joe Philbin lasted four seasons. Tony Sperano lasted four seasons.

22:23Shannon Sharpe:Brian Flores and Adam Gase lasted three seasons. So what year is this for Mike McDaniel? Three? Coming up on four? This is fourth season. Yeah.

22:39Shannon Sharpe:two three four five it's fourth season yeah he good okay and he probably got they probably gave him a contract extension after he won uh uh took the team to the playoff so he probably got a contract extension he good he's straight yeah wait what you mean straight straight is he not going no he's straight about money his money oh no no he gone he gone he gone he gone leave i don't advocate anybody being getting fired but back-to-back seasons like this with the money that he's fitting to the money that he and the draft picks that he traded and those hot you know they they they pay the king's ransom to get jaylen ramson that they did trade him and brought back minkah fitzpatrick but you know they gave spent a lot of money for jaylen's uh uh for bradley chubb they played a lot of money in phillips they just they spent a lot of money and the return is just not there on the investment.

23:27Yeah, man. Yeah, that sucks. That sucks. I'm curious where they're going to go, especially coaching-wise. I think Tua, they just paid Tua last year, so Tua probably has about maybe another three.

23:42Shannon Sharpe:They ain't going to let Tua keep playing like this. He ain't going to be there three years. He's going to have to pick it up. He's going to have to play better.

23:50Shannon Sharpe:He's going to have to play better. Right. And. Dang. That's just the way it is. Right, right. That's a scary thing, too. That's a scary thing, especially as a player. You think you're safe. You think you've gotten paid. But obviously, if you're not playing as well as you should be, especially when you're making a certain amount of money, especially at the most important position on the field, as a quarterback, your team go as you go. Your team go. If you're playing well, then everything flows really smooth because they do everything through you. If the quarterback ain't playing well, shit. You goddamn defense better be all world.

24:33They better be top one, top two.

24:35Shannon Sharpe:If they're not, boy, it's going to be real hard to win games. Very, extremely difficult. And they're not anything special on either side of the ball. So when you're not special on either side of the ball, this is what you're going to get. You're going to get one and four. And it's going to be a struggle because we see New England is pretty good this year. We see Buffalo. Buffalo is Buffalo. So there are no – what's Miami's next five games? It's not a – Hey, matter of fact, you said New England is good this year. Why is New England good this year? Can we play? Because of who? They got the Chargers next.

25:07Shannon Sharpe:Browns. Falcons. Falcons. Ravens. Ravens. Bills. Bills. They might – I mean, they can – you know, if Lamar's not back, they can beat the Ravens.

25:19It ain't looking good. It ain't looking good. Chargers?

25:20Shannon Sharpe:No, Chargers going to get – Chargers just coming off a loss too? They definitely looking for somebody to rebound off of. Take their frustrations out on. Yeah. They're that A. Right now, people looking at the Dolphins like, okay, play the Dolphins and call me tomorrow. Like the doctors, they take two hours. Hey, the Dolphins, basically the homecoming game. Who we want to schedule for homecoming? Dolphins. Dolphins. It's all good. Yeah. We're going to be all right. everybody laugh now but when we bounce back boy y 'all ain't bouncing back when we back all right yeah when when that gonna happen give it give it through oh we we got to rebuild now we got it gonna happen in the 20s or the 30s when you're moving like i do trips don't always come together weeks in advance sometimes production shoots interviews or something i've got to travel for on a short notice like the time when i had last minute trip to Denver and everything came together fast.

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30:34Shannon Sharpe:All right, guys. Ocho, we got a very, very special guest joining us. Masai! We got the gold medal winning 100-meter hurdle specialist woman. She has the American record of 12-17. She's chasing that Toby Amundsen record, the Nigerian of 12-12, and I think she's going to get it. Masai, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. How are you guys? We're doing amazing. What up, twins? Nothing much. the the world championships did not go as planned i mean you had been running up until that running really well you go 12 17 you're in the 20s low 20s the entire season and for whatever reason you weren't able to put it together in the finals of of the world championships if you don't mind explain what do you think what do you think went wrong um i think a lot went wrong um of course as everyone knows i was like you said running all these crazy times throughout the year but I'm not the type to make up any excuse as into why I didn't get the job done I think the main thing was just um not the best planning going into the meet um and me and my coach kind of talked about that and I can assure you that those things won't happen again and a lot of different things went into uh like it a lot of things had a reason as into why I didn't do what I needed to do but like I said I'm not in the business of making up excuses I'm young that was my second global final.

31:58The first one I won. The second one didn't go as planned, but I can assure you that it won't happen again.

32:03Shannon Sharpe:That's what we like to hear. Messiah, when you, look, I got kids older than you, but I know women hurdlers, so I go back. I know Gail Devers and Joanna Hayes and Don Harper and Lolo Jones. Yes, and Breonna Rawlins when we swept and Kenny Harrison when she set the world record Yadonka Donkava, I was around when Yadonka Donkava set the world record in 88 of 1221. She also won the Olympics in Seoul that year. So I know the women I follow, I love track and field. I don't know if you can tell, but I love track and field. It is my favorite. I was a professional football player, but the sport that I love to watch, that I really enjoy, it is the only sport that I watch with the sound on.

32:51Shannon Sharpe:All the other sports I watch, there is no sound. I love to hear Otto Bolton. I love to hear Sonia Richards-Ross. Carol Lewis used to be on the call as the lady that called the track and field. But I say that to say this. How soon can we expect you to challenge that world record? Hey, man. I feel like whenever it's meant to happen, it's going to happen. I got another meet this weekend. You're at Aflos. Yes. Shout out to Aflos. They're giving us another opportunity, another platform, all women's meat to do our thing but you know i don't know when it's gonna happen and i feel like for me personally i'm not like on a timeline to like when am i gonna break the work when am i gonna break through a record you know i know when i run my fastest times i'm not thinking about what i'm gonna do it just kind of happens and i feel like when you're like reaching and searching and trying to like break a record or run a fast time it never happened so for me um whenever it's going to happen, it's going to happen.

33:51Just like when I ran at 1217 and at 1219, it didn't feel like it. It just happened. So, you know, at the end of the day, whenever it's meant to be, it's going to be.

33:59Shannon Sharpe:You got your cash out ready? I got it ready. They said the cash, they said they swiped that card, they said, hey, what's your, what's your... They put that thing in right immediately. No, I'm ready. I got it ready. I already got the app downloaded. I done sent the wire transfer, the banking number, router number. I got everything. Yeah. go ahead Ojo what part when do you get a break when do you get to relax when do you have down time to do some of the things you love to do outside of track I think I run at 720 the break starts at 721 so I'm going to be chilling after that I'm chilling for like two months I don't want to hear I don't want to smell I don't want to think of a track so I'm actually going to Miami as my vacation.

34:50So I'll be in your city. Okay, okay, okay. I want to know what's in the water at Bullis.

34:55Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to figure out how the hell Quincy Wilson, yourself, all these people come out of this one school. What is going, what's the track program? I'm trying to figure out what y 'all got going on. It's low-key like a college program, but it's just in a high school setting. You know, I just think it's the coaches. I think the coaches just have like really, maximize like wanting to be a good program and um yeah I just think that they've done the research they want to be the best you know somebody got to be the best somebody has to do it somebody has to put the work in I think those coaches over there just they understood what they wanted to do and you know every year ever since I was a junior and senior they've been killing it ever since so for a program to just like continue to produce like world like I mean honestly world-class talent like me.

35:44I mean, most people at Wendy won. Quincy Wilson got a gold medal last year. I got a gold medal, so I feel like the proof is in the pudding, and if you want to run fast, you already know where to go.

35:55Shannon Sharpe:What made you go to... I'm trying to figure this out. Sid McLaughlin LeBron, she goes to Kentucky. You go to Kentucky. Now, at the time, Kentucky was not that program. I forget the other sprinter, the 100-meter specialist. She She ran the 100 to 200. She ran the 400. Abby Steiner, she went to Kentucky. But when I look at programs, LSU, Texas, Arkansas, USC, I'm like, when did Kentucky? I know Edric, he's now the head coach at, maybe he was your coach, but I think now he's at the University of Texas. Was he your coach at Kentucky? No, so I was a year late. Right when he left, I came in. So then Rolando Green became the head coach there, and he's been the head coach.

36:41He's my coach, and he's been – who's been coaching me ever since, like, I was, like, first step foot on the campus, and then now still my professional coach. But I don't know. I don't know what's in the Kentucky border. I know it's, like, hurdle you. And I think that we're, like, doing our big one in terms of that because it's me, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Kenny Harrison. Yes. Like, it's just, like, every single year. Like, it's a hurdle they're doing their thing. Right. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I just think it's – I don't know. it's just one of them programs that like I think have had a lot of just a lot of good luck and success and some hard working people in the hurdles and then even just like outside of the hurdles but definitely the most stacked in the hurdles you know what was funny too is I'm thinking about in high school you know I was a track runner I was very fast you know in the 100 I was 9 '9 you know 10 flat and I ran the 2 100 yard dash Oh, okay.

37:39100 yards, not meters.

37:40Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, 100 meters. I was 9, 8, 9, 9 in high school now. I just, yeah, so I'm thinking about, you know, my daughter's at Kentucky. Obviously, you know my daughter's on the track team at Kentucky too. So I'm thinking I still got some eligibility. So I'm thinking about enrolling and running, seeing if I could probably no-do a lot. Yo, you going to come to Kentucky? You going to come with teammates with a baby shot? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's never been done before. With his grades, he couldn't get in prison. You ain't got that to worry about, baby. He's straight. He good.

38:17Shannon Sharpe:He good. So you just. Yo. Besides, we had Melissa Jefferson on. And we was talking to her. And this was before she actually ran. And I said, you know what? I said, watching you run. I said, there have been very few women only recently back up 10-6 with another 10-6. so you could tell she was in tip-top form. I say, you have the people in the world championship. When you look at who's around and you look at, you had Toulouse Smith and you had Sha 'Carri and you had Julian Alfred and you had Dina Asher Smith. You had all these women in there. So you had the people that can push you. You had the conditions, even on a rainy track, and she ran what she ran.

38:57Shannon Sharpe:I said, if you get a favorable win, I think you can go sub 10-5, I mean sub 10-6. She said in her mind she thought she could run low 10.5. I say that to ask you. You get the ideal conditions. You get a Starks. You get a Tia Jones. You get an Amundsen. And you get Kombucha in that race. And you get perfect conditions. You say you don't think about it, but you know you're going to probably need to run low in order to be first to the tape. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. I mean, that's always the mindset lining up against the women's hurdles. I mean, we're definitely the most competitive event across the board.

39:37And that's the thing. If you're not showing up as your best, like it's going to be tough to bring a win. Like it ain't ever going to be an easy win in the women's hurdles. But I know for me personally, the way that like I view myself and the way that I am and the way that my work ethic is, it's just like I know when I'm at my best and when I'm mentally locked in and physically locked in, it's not a lot of people that can humbly compete with me and I feel like I've showed that like I don't have the world record but I'm the only woman to ever run 12-1 twice in in the same year so even though you know Tokyo didn't go as planned everything always happens for a reason so like I said that's gonna be the first and last time that y 'all ever see that happen um and yeah I mean I know like I'm a game time competitor I'm a big time competitor so at the end of the day like I'm going to show up when it counts.

40:26Shannon Sharpe:You're not the world. You don't have the world record yet. Yet. Yeah. That's a good one. Matter of fact, you know, I have a question too. As a former hurdler with much experience, obviously there are different phases and strengths and weaknesses when it comes to when we do run. When it comes to you, when it's time to run the hurdles, what do you think the strongest part of your race is? Is it the beginning? Is it the middle? Or the first? All right, this is going to sound kind of gawky, but. go ahead talk talk your shit the whole way i know you don't care but like you can't you like running being a 12-1 hurdler that's not like a bad part of your race but um i think my what i'm most known for is definitely the back end and that's what like separates me from most but you know i think what changed this year is that i got like the start mixed with the finish so like you said perfect conditions perfect setting even when i ran the 12-1 at grand slam like it was a great track perfect wind perfect temperature um yeah i mean it was just it was just a great day and then when i ran my 12-1 in poland it was like fast track good energy good vibes like i felt good so you know like i said at the end of the day when it's gonna happen it's gonna happen i'm like getting closer and closer so it's i'm definitely fiending for it and it's gonna happen when it's supposed to hey are you are you superstitious or do you do the same routine before every race do you have the same meal i i like cut back because i mean i definitely for well when i was like in high school and honestly in college i don't know what i was thinking about before i competed i'm like i just was like i feel like i was like a little baby just out there competing but then when i went pro like before the olympics like my mind my whole mindset just completely changed so i think that now i definitely have a routine but i try not to like be so picture perfect because it's like at the end of the day it ain't never gonna be the same it's never gonna be like you can't replicate it so you can do certain things that are the same but you just got to show up and run like at the end of the day i tell myself i'm fast so that's all it is like if i'm fast i'm fast it don't matter what the weather is what the time is how it is it just it is what it is so just believe in that and just be true to that and you're gonna run fast so i try not to like get too caught up we we had a court one more one more thing i have a question when it comes to diet are you one that it is free when it comes to what you consume or do you are you strictly on okay i always got to eat healthy everything always has to be good for my body or do you have a healthy balance of okay i'm gonna eat mcdonald's like ocho but also on the other hand i'm gonna make sure i eat yeah so i feel like in the off season i go kind of kind of crazy um but like in season i just try to stay away from the fried foods just because like i've learned a little more about like nutrition and how it processes everybody so now you know when i was in high school you know i'll be doing a chick-fil-a for breakfast lunch and dinner like you know but i just try to eat just clean like not even just like as an athlete just like as a human right um and we run and like the way my coach trains we get around the track so if you're not fueling the right way you're gonna feel terrible right um so for me like i just stay away from like the fried foods but i love a good sweet I can't lie.

43:44I'm always going to get a little sweet every now and then. Yeah, see? You still eat McDonald's? Yeah, why do you think I look like this? Oh, my gosh. I can't believe you still eat McDonald's. You and Chael. Y 'all got to stop.

44:00Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. He's not going to stop, though. You eat McDonald's? No. That's why he's so small.

44:13Shannon Sharpe:No, I eat. I have. I eat. I try to eat. I eat healthy. I probably try to eat three to four times a day, so that's 28 meals. So at least 25 will be tremendous. Rice, broccoli, carrots, chicken, ground turkey, lean cuts of beef, stuff like that. And then, you know, I might have a sausage biscuit or something like that. But the majority of the time. vegetables yeah yeah oh yeah i eat broccoli oh no hell no that's vegetables well you ain't never had a big mac with lettuce what you mean festival they cover tomatoes too man they don't put no tomatoes on no big mac i get i get i get tomatoes on my big mac what you talking about you see you see what i'm saying he's not gonna go to class he had he had one class all day he was in the same classroom the whole day, Messiah.

45:09Shannon Sharpe:He's not going back to school. That's why. I got to keep an eye on him. When we go places, I got a leash. He locked on my arms because he'll wander off. Listen, I didn't want to tell you about it. I was trying to save it. I didn't want to let nobody know, but obviously University of Kentucky offered me a one-year scholarship. They offered me a one-year scholarship. I sent my film in. I sent the footage in. They saw me run the 100.

45:39it no yeah coach green he said he said listen i i'm thinking about giving you a scholarship can you come in and run a one and a two bro why are you like this i don't know they saw they saw him running they saw him leaving the mall they said yeah he might can run the hundred right and y 'all and y 'all don't believe in me y 'all y 'all two acting like my high school teachers man They told me about going to mouth this shit. I'm telling you, I'm going to prove you wrong. I can't wait to see it.

46:08Shannon Sharpe:Masai, thank you for joining us. Congratulations on winning gold in the Paris Olympics. Look, things didn't work out. Sometimes you have, hey, you followed everything, was feeling great, and I know you wanted to back up, you know, consolidate the globals with a gold in Tokyo, but it didn't happen. Hey, you get a chance Saturday. Enjoy your time off and come back next year. What is the ultimate championships next year, right? Yeah, ultimate championships are in September next year. Okay. So before we get you out of here, so now you're going to take a month or two off, chill, relax, you know, eat, you know, eat some, you know, I don't know.

46:40Shannon Sharpe:Do you like breakfast? Do you like pancakes? Oh, yes. Yes, breakfast is my favorite meal. Breakfast is my favorite meal also. So how soon before you get back and start, you know, doing a little light jogging, doing a little passive stretching, get back in the weight room? What, November, December, first of the year? For the November It sounded a little too close But It sounded a little too close too So the first of the year I'm pushing more towards The first of the year I probably started getting Moving a little bit like in December Just to like get my feet back under myself But I was showing up for actual training With my coach probably Into the first of the year yeah What do you train if you don't mind me asking I train still at the University of Kentucky okay so okay so you live in kentucky okay yes well congratulations continue success stay healthy hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on i just thought about something 60 meter hurdles if we race you think you'll beat me wait if we both did the hurdles if you run a flat 60 and i'm going over hurdles no i'm going i'm going over her i'm a hurdle runner wait she'll beat you in a 60 ocho hold on hold on besides i done beat gran holloway in practice i think you got your answer then you beating me you smoking me okay i got i got massage against you in a straight 60.

48:05Shannon Sharpe:what like with no no hurdles i got massage you i'm ticky tocky you already know where i stay i got my side against you straight up 60 meters okay bet bet bet bet bet bet okay bet bet Matter of fact, I beat you and my daughter. You know, as a matter of fact, and guess what? When it happened, March, around March or April, when you're back in shape, we're going to come down there and we're going to put the money on the ground. Put the money on the floor. Put it on the floor. Hold on a sec. Put it on the floor. Hey, and when you run by, I want you to pick it up as you're crossing the line first. Then go ahead and grab it.

48:48Shannon Sharpe:Then go ahead and grab it. because money out of sight cause a fight Masai thank you for joining us congratulations on all your success continued success come back and join us sometime soon thank you guys so much I appreciate y 'all thank you Masai Russell American Olympic champion 100 meter hurdles and she's the American record holder with a 12-17 she's the only woman to have two sub 12-20 hurdle races Congratulations. We'll see you down the road. Bye, y 'all. Bye. Ocho, Bengals coach Zach Taylor isn't relinquishing one of his team's most important duties. Taylor confirmed today he will retain his role as team's offensive play caller after the Bengals suffered their third straight loss, 37-24 home defeat to the Lions.

49:42Shannon Sharpe:Cincinnati mustered just three points through the first three quarters for the third consecutive week. Taylor said he'll continue his dual capacity he's held since taking over the team's head coach in 2019 yeah he don't need to relinquish nothing I know what they need to do can I tell you what they need to do now that's my team and I love them I love them to death but boy I don't care if you had Jesus and the 12 disciples that quarterback they're going to be running for their life but Jake Browning he get the ball before he could even turn the ball around and grab the laces to look down the field to see we want to throw the ball boy he running for his life you hear me stop calling all that scat protection to you hey but but let me let me tell you something zach taylor what do we need to do if you understand there's a weakness at the offensive line what do we do okay we got jake brown and shotgun let's go quick game condense the goddamn splits run crosses, run whips, run the stick routes, allow him to get in the rhythm to get the ball out of his hand fast.

50:53There are ways to manipulate the play calling because there's a certain weakness up front. You can do that. You can do that. Two seconds? This NFL, if them boys can't block for two seconds to allow them to get the ball out and shotgun, they don't need to be on the goddamn team. I saw a lab with my own eyes on the safety on the safety he took I saw that loop around what are we doing it was one second one second it's one on one no disrespect to the guard you can't do that at this level how do you whiff he didn't even make a good move he stepped to the right and he went to the left and you whiffed completely.

51:43He did. That's the NFL. Come on, man.

51:51Well,

51:54Shannon Sharpe:he about to lose both of those duties at the end of the season, unfortunately, Ocho. Yeah. Oh, another thing. I'm glad you said it. Chase. Chase. I love you to death. I don't care if they know what we running. I don't care if they know every play. Boy, you're the best in the league. We pay you$40 million. If the ball in the vicinity, you get jiggy with it like you did the other day. I don't care if they know the plays. Every time it come your way, you make magic, boy. Make magic. No excuses. None. You wear number one for a reason. For a reason. For a reason. You're the best in the game for a reason.

52:43Every time you come out of the huddle, boy, you got to get in sixth year. Well, I don't care what the play is. Come to me. Double team. Triple team. Four people on me. Just throw it. Put it in the area. You know, I heard Chase say that. They, you know, they know what we're doing. They know the play that's coming. Man, uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Boy, you were one for a reason. We pay you$40 million for a reason. I don't care if they got the playbook.

53:10Shannon Sharpe:Ocho. Get jiggy. Ocho, you might catch some passes, but they know what you're doing. You're not going to win a whole lot of games. You know that, right? I know. Okay, I'm with you right on. Hey, listen, I'm getting a little emotional. I'm getting a little emotional. Hey, man, you got me losing my voice. Nah, you been sick. Hey, Chad, this man been sick for three weeks. Hold on. I'm not sick. that man been sick for three weeks chatting y 'all know it oh my goodness hey hey hey hey um guess who guess who was our leading tackler in the game chase yep and matter of fact because jamar chase was the leading tackler and he led us in the receiving yards we need to pay him some more money because he playing both sides of the ball he's doing the job he's not asked to do what you doing man you man everybody heard you call i don't know what that is that could not be smoking

54:11Shannon Sharpe:hey maybe i need hey you think i need to take a off day man look here i don't know what you got going on ocho but you got to cut that out i mean three weeks man it just happened no no no that thing been going on for chat chat how long also been sick when i when i was on my um when i was on a flight on the spirit flight from vegas the fight was man that fight been three weeks ago

54:44hey you know i smoke about three four sticks a day that don't make it no better you keep on calling like that they ain't gonna let you in london oh they ain't got no choice yeah they do hey hey hey i i'm gonna um i need what's the name information because you know i go to new york i'm in new york tuesday and wednesday and then i fly um havoc so i want i want to meet i want to meet foxy and look kim i need an autograph i ain't got it the hell i know i know i'm just saying i fly to london on thursday so matter of fact you know i get to see i get to sit with gaddell at the broncos game uh

55:22having your wake one want to know if you want to come by rehearsal yeah man what's up i get i get i get to new york tell him i get to new york tomorrow at one o 'clock i have her i have a rental where we go wherever they watch it he's sick yeah hey hey hey half matter of fact y 'all can put me on the track put me on the track i could rap yeah i'm one of them put him on the

55:46Shannon Sharpe:8-track. Something ain't never coming out. Nah, nah, nah. Hey, Unk, you know, hey, listen, my penmanship is cold, Unk. You hear me? Hey, Unk, I write with the best of them. Now, sometimes the delivery ain't what it should be, but I went Jay-Z before Jay-Z. Ocho, can you write in cursive? Who, me? Ocho, I asked Ocho. Yeah. Can I write in cursive? I can talk in cursive. Yeah, I ain't think you can write. crazy i could talk i could talk him cursing hey that joke of 55 years old is still printing oh you hey oh c h o oh no hey i got some of the prettiest handwriting in the world you hear me i used to write love letters to all my girls oh my goodness yeah during the day i used to write love letters matter of fact um matter of fact hey chat if you got a girlfriend when the last time you use your pen to tell your girl how you feel about her.

56:44Have you ever been able to express yourself on paper like me? That's what I do, Unc. I write letters. That's how I get them. You got to think, if I don't spend no money, how do I always end up with some of the most beautiful women in the world, Unc? You know why? Because my pen is phenomenal. I don't spend no money. It's even while phenomenal. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. I've never had anyone write me a love letter before. this is so thoughtful let me give you a chance

57:14Shannon Sharpe:they say they know why they know why you end up with some of the most beautiful women in the world to chat say they know why ain't got nothing to do with me ain't none of my business I don't even know why I brought it I don't even know why I brought it up ain't none of my business so I ain't got nothing to say hey hey you know you know my my uh my representation you know it uh it it it it is it's beside me you know they used to call me in high school law you didn't go to high school you went to the trailers behind the high school yeah but what they call you oh i'm trying what they call you they used to call me the plumber oh lord yeah yeah they used to call me the plumber in high school ate them some good days on and the fact that it's carried over for so long.

58:09I'm in my 50s and they still call me the plumber. It's hard for me to hold on to something for a long time. You hear me? Yeah. Yeah, it's hard, but I do what I do in the time that I'm with you.

58:24Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you do. That's what they say. Yeah.

58:33Shannon Sharpe:Lord, I'm blessing this man here. North Carolina Tar Heels have started Bill Belichick era with a 2-3 record, and three losses were blowouts against TCU, UCF, and Clemson. Discontent is building around the program, according to a report by Pat Welter, W-R-A-L News. It's all starting at the top, and these boards are being affected. A parent of a current UNC player told Welter, I don't fault the players, I fault the leadership. that created the toxic environment. There is an individualistic mindset. The boys are young and they're feeding into it. It's an unconstructed mess. There's no culture, no organization.

59:16Shannon Sharpe:It's a complete disaster. According to the report, the players who were recruited by Belichick and the transfer portal have been given preferential treatment. Parents have questioned the lack of communication from the coaching staff and hiring decisions Belichick made in his coaching staff. including bringing aboard two of his sons and the son of general manager mike lombardi are being viewed by some players as nepotism the lack of experience the coaches have is ridiculous a source told welter they've always done that somehow they've convinced us and it's a lot of us because when lebron james do it that's all y 'all throw but y 'all see he got two of his son and he brought another son.

1:00:01Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. So we're the only ones that look at nepotism as a bad thing. We get in a position to help a family member or a friend. We won't do it because us, like us, say, oh, man, that's nepotism. He shouldn't get that job. But they do it all the time. Right. It was reported, if I'm not mistaken, wasn't it reported, that if he leaves, his son would get the job. Steve would get the head coaching job. Let's look that up. Right.

1:00:36Shannon Sharpe:they do it our time coach you're waiting

1:00:42I mean that's been going on for a very long time huh I'm not sure why they're surprised now I'm not sure why they're reports about it now that's the way it's always been it's been like that

1:00:51Shannon Sharpe:yes coach look look at look at Jerry look at Jerry's who he got his daughter he got his son he got all his kids working for it yeah yeah most coaches hire coaches there's kids and family

1:01:10Shannon Sharpe:that's because he left the job he's the dc at what did he say at washington steve i think he was the dc at washington

1:01:21Shannon Sharpe:nepotism is everybody else can do nepotism it's we we look at it as a bad thing right like i said my kids don't don't want to be in the profession that i'm in okay fine do your own thing i never pushed them in any direction i just say when you go in the direction hey i'm gonna give you a shove just be the best you can possibly be do it all the time what's the problem now it seems to be that they're looking at like well the people that's in position they're not qualified to be in said position

1:01:54qualifications only matters to us right that too all right wait a minute now when it comes to the coaches people in those positions have a background in football they all have a background they've been doing it for a very long time actually they were doing it at the highest but here's the thing so coming down to the coming down to the collegiate level they had the experience

1:02:13Shannon Sharpe:in being able to coach and yes i don't got no problem with that okay right but they started at the top. They didn't start in college or high school and work their way up. They got put on the staff because my daddy was the head coach. Or they got put in position because my dad was the general manager or my dad was the owner. So it was no working your way up. And I don't got no problem with that. I don't have a problem with it. Just like I don't have a problem if LeBron helped his son get on the Lakers or get to the NBA, so what? They do it all the time.

1:02:46Shannon Sharpe:But Coach Belichick got a problem on his hands. Now, I don't know if this is true. I'm willing to give the man a couple of years, Ocho, because it's different now. Guys come and they go. You got the transfer portal and you got this and that, and it's different. And because you got this NIL and you got this collective and you got all of that, you got these kids now. It ain't just about no sneakers. Hey, you need to break these kids off. They need to see it. Yeah, that's it. That's it. You got this. You got to play it. Ain't no more waiting three, four years, Ocho, to get paid. You know, I can prepare your son for the NFL.

1:03:24Shannon Sharpe:I know what it takes. I coached at an elite level. I've won championship. This is okay. But in the meantime, if you think I'm going to come to your university and I'm going to wait four years to make money, you're wasting your time. That ain't happening. No. I mean, I ain't going to lie. Hell, if I was a kid, you come to see the mayor of Porterhouse, what are you talking about? Why you even come here? You see how I'm living? You think my grandma going to live like this for another three years? Man, you watch your damn mind. Oh, hell no. I don't know what's true. Look, this is a report. And I'm sure it has a lot to do with – because people – I'm sure there are some that thought Coach Belichick was going to pick right up where he left off in New England in the heyday.

1:04:12Shannon Sharpe:It takes time. These are young kids. They're going to make mistakes. even even even you know professionals make mistakes these kids are going to make mistakes but it's different we look at them different now Ocho you know why because we used to say Ocho before man they ain't getting paid when you get paid you get looked at at a different level I don't care how old you are you're making money now yeah 18 19 year old Jeremiah Smith got four million dollars uh the williams kid alabama 1.8 you see uh carson bett got 4 million arch manning making six no no no ain't no more no no no no bro you getting paid you basically a professional and the funny thing about it is everybody you just named they're playing their wage you got to they're playing they're playing up to their wage they have to they have to you know and all it is all it is is i call it it's a starter pack it's a starter pack that was going to be like when you get to the next level because the purse is going to be much bigger than what it is now.

1:05:16Shannon Sharpe:And so are the expectations. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. So are the expectations. LeBron James sent the internet into a tizzy on Monday when he posted a cryptic tease for his second decision on social media. Ocho, do you have any guesses what this is about? Tickets that were normally to get in $85 are now $485 for his last home game for the Lakers, the last home game the Lakers played the regular season in 2026. Those tickets are going for the cheapest tickets are$485.

1:05:52Damn.

1:05:54Shannon Sharpe:He put a tease. I guess some people say it's a business venture. He has something with Amazon coming out. Is it retirement? I don't know. Yeah, I mean, obviously, I don't think he would be discussing or talking about retirement or putting out a cryptic tweet about anything when it comes to time before the season starts. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's probably business-related. And you never know when it comes to LeBron. He has so many things going on. He has so many surprises. So you probably really don't know. No, you don't. You really don't know. But the internet is going crazy. It doesn't strike me as something that he would do.

1:06:30Shannon Sharpe:He's going to let you know LeBron plays everything close to the vest. He didn't let anybody know that he was going to leave Cleveland until he left. He didn't let anybody know he was going to leave Miami until he left. He didn't let anybody know he was leaving Cleveland again until he left. Right. So this is very uncharacteristic of him if it was a basketball decision. Let's say that, keep it basketball related. Now, he could ask that, you know, he could say, like, I got this new company or I'm entering into this agreement with Amazon or Google or Microsoft or whatever the case may be. That's one thing.

1:07:09Shannon Sharpe:But business-related, LeBron James has played it very, very close to the best for 20-plus years. Absolutely. Absolutely.

1:07:25Shannon Sharpe:No. I got to find me another player. I got to find me another guy to root for. I don't know who it's going to be. Who y 'all think I should be? Who should I get behind? To root for basketball-wise? no that ain't happening ain't no webby

1:07:48Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to think who I really like I like Jokic I got a pick between Jokic, Luka and Ant-Man Ant-Man Ant-Man from the crib damn

1:08:07Shannon Sharpe:But I've been on Luka I've been with Luka for the jump And Yoke Guess I'm gonna have me three

1:08:21Shannon Sharpe:Oh yeah But everybody's going crazy Wanting to know what LeBron is going to do Let me say 10-7 is when he's gonna announce it, right? Tomorrow Oh, the day is the 7th. Oh, tomorrow is the 7th? Shit. Man, these days be going so fast, I don't know what the hell be going on. Huh? Yeah, yeah, I'll just count that. Hold on, I'll just say November, December. I got about 85 more days in 25. And then your boy is like a scout on a new route. He out! There it is. There it is. You say vote. Come on. Hey, let me tell you. Let me come on. Come on back home. Get it. Get it. All right, guys. It's time for our final segment of the evening.

1:09:13Shannon Sharpe:It's time for Q &A.

1:09:26Shannon Sharpe:Triple X got sanity. Say, Ocho broke in but didn't leave your 5900. He didn't. The least he could have did. I mean, I read this story with somebody broke into this lady, broke into this guy's house and clean the house, wash the clothes, clean the kitchen, wash the dishes and everything. You broke into my house, steal my merchandise and they leave my money. Well, actually, I went to your house and got my merchandise that you refused to send to me. There's a difference. And when you break into someone's house, you ran all black. And the one thing I don't want is money in my pocket. All right. It ain't supposed to be your pocket.

1:10:01Shannon Sharpe:It's supposed to be in my pocket. You want to hear my speech? No, I don't want to hear your speech. I want to hear my money. Shakur said, you're not going to see nothing on them cameras but teeth and chains. There it is. That's how I knew it was him.

1:10:22Shannon Sharpe:Tyler, the great 27 said, it's hard to get Travis involved on offense, the game when you use him to guard the number one receiver, worthy and Kelsey on defense. Well, that's a part of it. Bishop Barnett said Duval Duval Dent Street said Bengals beat them Jags they'd be 5-0 if they would have beat the Bengals they lost to Jake Browning and the Bengals defense 2-3 who they? Y 'all play Jags? Yeah I think it was week 2 Oh y 'all beat them yeah I think it was week 2 Kimber Norwood Jr. your five interceptions through five weeks is unacceptable for a QB. Yeah, because if he's throwing five, that means he's going to have 17 at the end of the season, and that's really high.

1:11:12Shannon Sharpe:Wolf, the fact Bengals are better than the Chiefs by default because Browning beat Trevor Lawrence between – it goes towards Ocho dead. No. Joey Lopez says, can we talk about the terrible calls by the refs? I did fake Hollywood Brown on a shot up the sideline. I thought he got interfered with. But other than that, I thought the game was, you know, apparently called okay. I thought they called one that kept the drive alive. I thought the receiver from the Jags, Ocho, I thought he slipped. I didn't think I put him down. But, look, we can go back and dissect and look at calls. They're not going to get every call right.

1:11:51Shannon Sharpe:They're going to miss some. They're going to get some. But it was a great game. Congratulations to the Jags. They earned this victory tonight. Yeah. Little Ninja 24 said, what's up, Uncle Ocho? Hey, Ocho, the sooner you come to terms with the Bengals being trash, the better you will feel about the season. LOL. Love y 'all. Hold on, hold on, hold on. I feel good regardless. I feel good regardless. I don't know what for. Because I understand. I understand why we're not playing well. I get that. Because y 'all terrible? So therefore, huh? Because y 'all terrible? I mean, we're terrible because I quarterbacked.

1:12:23Shannon Sharpe:You didn't say that about Baltimore yesterday. Baltimore. You didn't say that by then. That's not my team. Okay. My Broncos did that thing, didn't they, Ocho? Okay. Here we go. Okay. Johnny Depp said, Bingo should pick up Milton from the Cowboys or Mills from the Texans for a new backup QB. I don't think Dallas is moving away on Milton. They like him. I can see me in the situation of Hail Mary at the 60 at the 40-yard line, and they bring him in just to throw the Hail Mary because he has that kind of arm talent. Laney Ray said, big controversy in the chat tonight. The correct ones are calling it a shopping cart or a cart, not a horse and buggy from a little house in the prairie.

1:13:11Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, it's a shopping cart. What, I mean?

1:13:18Shannon Sharpe:Shopping cart. I don't know. Did I call it? Oh, well, my grandma called it a buggy probably. Don't put nothing in this buggy. man them old people they they they ain't pronounced nothing right but you knew exactly what they was talking about exactly yep uh fuzz light year 12 said oh oh cho can y 'all do me a favor invite yankee players coaches and trainers on i need that nightcap effect at the uh for this parlay but they need to do something man they've been giving up i mean and they got beat, what, like 10-1, and then they got beat 13-7 the other night. Yeah, that's what I said. Aaron Jones, don't worry.

1:14:00Shannon Sharpe:We'll make McDaniels in Philly as OC. He's not meant to be a head coach. Come up north. We got you. Yeah. Might be on to something. Tino Davis, KC plays the Lions in KC. What chance you give KC? A great chance. I mean, it's from week to week, man. I mean, you never know. I mean, look how Detroit looked week one against Green Bay. Look how they looked ever since. Shakur said NFL want to expand and go global, move Bengals to London, so we never got to watch them play. We play when we sleep right through that. True. We got jokes, huh? Okay. Okay. Lamar Mills says, I noticed you all talk top-tier running backs and never mentioned Alvin Kamara.

1:14:47Shannon Sharpe:What tier is he? well, it just so happened that he on a bad team. So it's hard to get the recognition that you deserve when you're on a bad team. Even though we know how good you are. Yeah.

1:15:05Shannon Sharpe:Jamal, the singer, when I was eight, called my aunt fat. She backhand slapped me, cut me under my eye. I'll be 34 next year. I still got that scar. Yeah. People didn't play back then, man. Drew Brown said, yo, Uncle Ocho, can y 'all build a dream offense? You both started.

1:15:27Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Larry Allen at guard. I'm going to take Jonathan Docton at one tackle, Gary Zimmerman at another tackle. I'm going to put – who's going to be my other guard? I put Zach Martin at one guard. Quentin Nelson at center. You'll put Quentin Nelson at center? I will rest his soul. Mike Webster will be my center.

1:15:57Shannon Sharpe:Quarterback, I'm going to take seven.

1:16:02Shannon Sharpe:I'm going to tie that in. I'll do Jerry, T.O., Randy as my wide receiver, and I'll put Barry as my running back. I like that. Who you got? Who your team? Shoot. I want the same team you just said. But my receivers is me. My running back is Walter Payton. And I got T.O. and Randy as my other two receivers. All right. That concludes this episode of Nightcap. The Jacksonville Jaguars come back late. They score 21 unanswered. Then get the go-ahead touchdown with 30 seconds remaining. as they clip the Kansas City Chiefs 31-28. Trevor Lawrence was 18-25, 221, one touchdown, one interception, and a fumble.

1:16:54Shannon Sharpe:But he played well when he needed to play well. The defense of the Jags got a big-time interception, returns at 99 yards, and they win the ball game on a Monday night and look very impressive in doing so. We want to thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. I'm your favorite Unc Shannon Sharp, and there's my partner and co-host, Liberty City's own Bengals Ring of Fame honoree, Pro Bowler All-Pro. He's Chad Ochocinco Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from.

1:17:28Shannon Sharpe:I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your support and your continued support. Thanks to you, Nightcap has become the phenomenon which it's become, and thanks to you, we'll continue to be that. So thank you very much. Make sure you check out Shea by LaPortier. If you can't find Shea by LaPortier in a city or state near you, order it online. We'll ship it directly to your door. Please direct responsibly and stay safe. Make sure you go check out my media company, SheaShea Media, on all of its platforms, and my clothing company, 84 with 84 being spelled out. That link is also pinned in the chat.

1:18:02Shannon Sharpe:Nightcap has been nominated for two Signal Awards, under the genre, Best Sports Podcast, and under video, Best Video Podcast co-host team. We're currently leading by fractions of a point now in both categories. We need to run it up. Voting ends midnight on Thursday. Club Shea Shea has also been nominated for two awards under the genre Athlete Shaping Culture and under video, Best Video Podcast. We want to thank our special guests, Havoc of Mobb Deep and Masai Russell, the reigning Olympic gold medal from the Paris Olympics. Thank you guys for joining us. Again, the Jags beat Kansas City 31-28.

1:18:40Shannon Sharpe:We're off tomorrow. We're back Wednesday. Thank you guys for joining us. I'm Unc. He's Ocho. See you Wednesday, guys.

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