Nightcap Hour 2: STEELERS interested in TYREEK HILL?! + 49ers BRIAN ROBINSON JR. names his Top 5 ALABAMA RBs + AJ Brown BREAKS silence on Eagles’ STRUGGLES

24:26Shannon Sharpe:My running back coach is out there with y 'all, Bobby Turner. You tell him, hey, man, I was on last night. Bobby T, he told me to tell you what's up. Okay, I'm going to for sure let him know tomorrow. I'm going to let him know. What's been Kyle's message to you guys? I've known Kyle since he was 12 years old. I know a lot of the guys out there because a lot of the guys where you were with me when I was in Denver, Kyle was in high school and when he went on to the University of Texas. But I know a lot of those coaches out there. So what's been Kyle's message to you guys that keep you guys three, got you guys three and oh, even though the injuries have started to mount?

25:04I think it's the message that really sits with me for real is he's been telling us just play desperate that's just been the message just play desperate and I feel like that's enough said honestly everybody pretty much responds to that alone everybody knows exactly what he mean when he say that play desperate I feel like that's the message simple as that

25:30Shannon Sharpe:Let me, Brad, okay, we hear this all of a sudden. I mean, I thought you was playing well for Washington, and then all you saw, you know, he might get traded, or if they can't find a trade partner, they're going to release. Was there anything in training camp, was there anything in the offseason that led you to believe that you wouldn't be a commander this season? I mean, honestly, I couldn't even tell you that. I was just so focused on, you know, just being a commander. I felt like at the time that's the only thing I should have been focused on, you know, unless, you know, somebody from the higher up had a message.

26:06They wanted to say something to me that made me think otherwise. Other than that, you know, my only focus was being a commander, you know. So, you know, I couldn't tell you nothing besides like rumors or something like that that probably like triggered it, you know. But you don't really get too caught up in rumors and stuff that go on on the Internet. that you don't really know. But apparently they was knowing stuff I didn't know at the time. Hey, listen, B-Rob, that happened to all of us, baby. That happened to all of us. One day, obviously, it happened to me. I'm sure it happened to you. And sometimes you going on about your business, doing what you're doing for getting prepared for the season.

26:46And all of a sudden, you know, it always come from in-house, too. It always comes from in-house. They purposely put it out there just to get the storm, just to get the storm going, you know, and it lets you know, well, damn, that's how y 'all feel about me. Everything I done did for you, all the work I done put in, the bloods went, I done went to war with y 'all, and that's what y 'all went to leak out there. And it is what it is. But listen, you're off the greener pastures, obviously. How are you enjoying your time out there in San Francisco so far? Yeah, honestly, man, I just, I mean, I jumped straight into it, man.

27:20I ain't really have time to really just, you know, get out and really explore like that. You know, I'm sure when the time comes, I'll see what it's like. But, you know, right now, it's just been all ball for me, man. I had to jump straight off the jet, like, you know, like trying to get in the playbook, you know. I was because, shit, I got to – I'm in the same position, you know. You're like a rookie all over again. Got to learn a new system. Yeah. Yeah, man. But at the same time, also preparing, like, the start of that, shit, I've always been. So, you know, so when my number call, like, come in and do my thing, you know.

27:52So that's what I expect to do. So, you know, just working on getting caught up to speed as fast as I can, just so that there ain't no hit-cups when I'm going to get caught. I don't care about the fact that it's only been a couple weeks. I ain't making no excuses for that. You know what I'm saying? When it's time for me to spin, spin. Yeah. Is the offense schematically any different? I'm sure the words are different, but are there any similarities from the commanders and what you have to do with the 49ers, or is it completely different? I think we run a different scheme. You know, it's definitely a different scheme.

28:26And it's actually, like, I like it.

28:30Shannon Sharpe:One cut, get your ass downhill. Exactly. You know, that make enough sense to me. You feel me? That makes sense to me. I'm good with that. I blocked that. Hey, one cut, hey. We're going to cut the backside. When you make a decision, when you put your foot in the dirt, commit to that, come on with it. Yes, sir. I'm already. Bobby T, hey, hey, hey, so that – Hey, we practiced that? So why the hell you doing? Yeah, Bobby T don't play. Jeno, hey, I don't know if you know Bobby T. Bobby T don't play. Nah. I done got to know him well over the last two weeks. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Bobby T a great guy, though.

29:14Shannon Sharpe:Man, he a great guy. What's it like having Christian McCaffrey? I mean, you're in the same meeting room with Christian McCaffrey. you in the backfield sometimes. What's it been like? Because, you know, going to the University of Alabama, you're used to having, you know, great back, great players around you. But he's a different animal. Yeah, he definitely, you know, he is who he is, though. But he's super humble, you know, great, you know, great teammate. So it's easy, you know, being in a room with him. You know, he's just a great team player. So he, you know, he ain't too caught up in, you know, being Christian McCaffrey and all that, you know.

29:49So, shit, it's been pretty cool, you know, just getting to know him and get to play alongside him and just seeing how he go about his business and why he is the special player he is because, shit, he handled his business like that. He'd be on top of it, you know what I'm saying? It's just been fun to watch and just get to know him and, you know, just see how he's been great like that over these years. Hey, man, what is it like, man? I'm like just a thought, man, and being able to share the field. I'm kind of hurt almost a little bit not being able to play in this era because there's some great players that I enjoy watching, especially on the defensive side of the ball, that I would have loved to go against.

30:31Fred Warner has to be one of my favorite players. Man, you've got to tell me, what is it like being able to share the field with young Bull, man, every time y 'all out there on that field? Yeah, I think being able to share the field with Fred is special. You know, it's a moment in my life I ain't going to take for granted for sure. Because I came out here to San Fran and had to play against Fred my rookie year. Yeah. Man, we tore each other up. You know what I'm saying? But we hit each other enough just, you know, after the game, like, bro. Respect. You know what I'm saying? Respect for sure. You know what I'm saying?

31:08So, you know, by the time I walked in the building here, it was just like, you know, we still remember, like, no moments, like, playing against each other. And I'm like, we on the same team, you know what I'm saying? So it's like, hey, we're going to go do that to other teams. We're going to go do what we was doing to each other. We're going to go do that to somebody else. You know what I'm saying? So I think that's dope for sure.

31:29Shannon Sharpe:B-Rob, do you remember first game you came out? It's a tremendous meme. You came out running to many men after the traumatic, you ended up getting shot. And I was like, well, he probably done for the year. And hell, you back in no time. I'm like, damn. Now, I mean, obviously that's a very traumatic experience. What was it like running out after being shot? I don't think you missed very many games. What did you miss, like three or four games? No, you was right back. I only missed the games that I was out for the, what is it, NFL? Yeah, yeah. You know, football injury. Injury reserve, yeah. So you got to miss four games.

32:07Those are the only four games I had missed.

32:10Shannon Sharpe:Did you know you was going to be able to make it back so quick? So when this happened, so what are the doctors telling you? What are the athletic trainers telling you? And then what are you telling yourself? So the doctors actually told me that I would make a full recovery. I would be able to play ball again. So that was the first thing the doctors told me. So once I got out of there, I took it straight to the recovery room. And once I got in the recovery room, it was just a work in progress. You know, once I started walking and I was able to jog and just move my feet and just do little cuts and stuff to just make me feel like myself again, I just started kind of ramping myself up just in the training room and getting stronger.

32:56And really, shit, I still wasn't ready to play. I just, I wanted to play. You know, in my head, I was like, you know, ain't nothing going to stop me from playing. I'm playing. And then especially after she again named a starter too. I'm like, yeah, I got to get out there. Start my career as a starter. I got to go get, get, get in there and get active. Like, and, um, I went even close to healed and healthy when I, when I even touched the field anyway, not even close, not, by a long shot, right? By a long shot. I ran, I ran on one leg. I ran on one leg for two years for sure. Damn. Like, no doubt.

33:32But so when I finally came back, this was the thing that this was the decision making time. After I was set out for the first four games and I was able to come back, you know, Rivera. Rivera was my head coach at the time. Coach Rivera, he came in the locker room. He came to me. He was just like, yo, totally up you. I respect that, though. You know what I'm saying? He came up to me, he was just like, yo, it's totally up to you. You know, like, your call, your shot. I'm like, I'm going, you know. That was the only words I have. I'm like, I'm going.

34:10Shannon Sharpe:So, that's just how. Going through this traumatic experience, have you had to move differently? Have you surrounded yourself with different people? Make sure you stay out of certain areas. So, how has that impacted the way you move day to day now? honestly um i've always been the type that moved precisely you know i always had that precision in my movements you know so it was actually actually kind of shocking how that even drew up on me i didn't realize that the city was just that bad you know i just didn't i didn't know it was that that that terrible out there you know i was just calmly stopping through you know i didn't know it was that terrible you know to where i had to really you know just be all the way on edge yeah like like i really wasn't even on that type of time at the time and you know most like that's just that's just how i naturally move anyway so i kind of let my guards down for a minute down after just getting the rules and stuff from the the nfl security um of our team that was just telling us like how the gun laws and stuff like that is down there so i'm like all right i ain't got no guns guns down ain't gonna worry about the gun feel me so badly so my mindset just my mindset was just kind of like i kind of like slept on i slept on them for just a little i kind of slept on them you know i'm saying and it happened just that fast damn just in that little in that little that little window where i was sleeping at i took you know what i'm saying yeah man they ran down You had any jury that take anything above you?

35:53Nah, man. I ain't really even have nothing on me, but my wallet and my keys. But there was more shock. There was just as shocked as I was. So it was just kind of like we was at a little standoff. I ain't give them nothing. But I just ain't really have time to. Shit was just happening so fast. I ain't had time to do nothing for what I did. But like I said, you never know what you're going to do until you get in a situation. Like, you know, I learned something about myself that day. I'm glad you're good, though. I'm glad you're good, man, by the grace of God, man, to be able to continue doing what I'm sure was your childhood dream, and that's playing the game of football.

36:41Shannon Sharpe:You're from Tuscaloosa. did you consider going to any other school other than Alabama? No, not really. I ain't even going to lie to you, bro. It was always Bama, bro. It was always Bama. I even tried to go out and visit other schools and it just wasn't Bama. Did he see you right now? Well, really, it almost got a little rowdy as right before it was time for me to go and sign the school. Kirby had got the head coaching job at Georgia after being at Alabama for all those years. And he was part of my recruiting process as well. So, you know, he kind of went and got that job at Georgia. He was just like, come on.

37:30I'm like, I went over there, checked him out. You know, me and my family went over there, you know, sat down with him, you know. You know, he made it real interesting. He finally had made my recruitment process interesting because at that point I hadn't been paying attention to nobody. Kirby had gotten that job. He made it interesting for a short second, and I was just like, nah, bro, can't do it. Can't do it. That's dope.

37:58Shannon Sharpe:Give me your top five Alabama running backs.

38:03Off the top like that, I got to go back a few years because my first running back that I actually paid attention to, you know, just growing up in Tuscaloosa was Glenn Coff. So I'm going to throw him in there. I'm going to let Glenn slide. Then I'm going to let Mark Ingram get in there. Mark. I got to let Mark get in there. I got to let Trent get in there. I got to let Trent get in there. I got to let Josh get in there. You ain't got me one more spot

38:42Not including myself I'm not including myself But I'm gonna put Derrick in there Damn you throwing Derrick in there

38:48Shannon Sharpe:Damn But no he ain't last It ain't really no order Everybody doing their thing It ain't no order when you putting the Bama backs together It really ain't no order You know what I'm saying I don't know like it really ain't no order Obviously you can put them in your own order You know what I'm saying

39:09That's a nice list.

39:11Shannon Sharpe:Man, hey, B-Rob, we appreciate you joining us, man. Good luck. Stay healthy. And when your time come in there, hey, shine. Shine bright like a diamond, bro. Do your thing. No doubt. No doubt. No doubt. Appreciate y 'all. Appreciate y 'all, man. Hey, B-Rob, do me a favor. What's up, bro? Hey, when you see Fred, when you see Fred tomorrow, tell Fred I would have ran his ass over for you real quick, bro. All right, bro. I'm going to be the first person I talk to in the morning. All right, B-Rob. Have a good one, man. Thanks for joining us. When you're moving like I do, trips don't always come together weeks in advance.

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44:07Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, the Eagles are 3-0, but one area that is still a work in progress is the passing game. Philadelphia enter week four, 29th in the NFL passing yards. AJ Brown spoke about the need to shift when teams take away Saquon and be attackers on Sunday against the Bucs. Let's take a listen to what AJ had to say. And how do you balance that then now that it is public that that's how you want this offense to be run? What do those conversations look like with the coaching staff going forward then? See, that's where I kind of messed up at because, you know, those are my feelings and I express that to the world.

44:40But obviously, if that doesn't go that way, obviously everyone's going to say, AJ's not happy. But obviously, the goal is to win the game, and obviously we want to do that first. But like I was just saying, I think it just kind of took too long for us as an offense to adjust and be more aggressive. When one thing's not working, I was just saying, let's not continue to keep trying to get our head on the wall and see if it's going to work. Let's mix it up and do what we need to do. So that's what I meant by that. So, yeah. Man, I don't like that. What don't you like? I don't like that. Let me go first.

45:18I don't like that. Tell me what you don't like. See, he got that C on his chest. He got that C on his chest. So he is answering like he Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Everything he going to say is politically correct. See, I don't like that. So I'm going to say it for him. Hey, Coach Petula, I'm a top five receiver in the league. You hear me? Man, get me the ball early. It ain't got to be nothing crazy. Just let me touch the ball early in the game in the first quarter. Let me touch it. Give me a little smoke screen. Give me a little bubble. Give me something to let me know, make me feel like I'm a part of the game, a part of the system, a part of the scheme.

46:02It ain't got to do much. Boy, we one of the few teams that got two number one receivers on the same field. And we wait until the third and fourth quarter to get us the ball. Come on now. I understand that. We 3-0. But it shouldn't have to take for us being behind for us to play aggressively and then have to throw the ball. Let's have a little balance. You hear me? Because what's grits with no eggs? You hear me?

46:30Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I hear you. What's waffle with no syrup? All that coughing, though, I'm concerned. With who? You! Me? Yeah. Chat, y 'all heard that coughing? I think I don't know. Yeah, I'm good. I'm a little excited. When I get excited, I cough. I don't know. That's all it is. I don't know, man. I don't know, Joe. Yeah, I get a little excited. But, hey, listen. Hey, AJ, man, say what you want to say. I'm going to say it for you. Man, get me the ball, man. You know what I can do? I'm him. I'm that boy. Top five. And I'm telling you, I understand the way this business works. And if y 'all keep playing with me, y 'all going to come to me and knock on my dough.

47:09Talk about my production don't match my goddamn salary. And you trying to take my chicken. And before you take my chicken, I'm going to say what I need to say publicly. But I'm going to say it the right way so it doesn't offend nobody. Because Petula, call plays for me, boy. Let me get that rock early. You hear me? I'm trying so we can fly high. We can fly high. We know we 3-0. I know we 3-0. But we don't have to be conservative going into the game. I know we got Saquon. But if they got nine in the box, hey, Jalen, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert. Hit me with that signal, boy. Shit. Boy, don't get me started, man.

47:51I don't think A.J. said anything wrong. We got A.J. Brown and Devontae Smith, and we 29th in the past.

47:59Shannon Sharpe:Because they keep banging the head against the world. In what world does that make sense? Because teams, because they're still trying to look. If you think that Saquon's going to run for 2 ,000 yards again and he's going to have the same level of success, it's not going to happen. No. You might have to throw early to run late. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I'm so glad you just said that. Because the philosophy during our day, the philosophy when we play is you run the ball to open up the pass. You run the ball to open up the pass. That's how it was in the early 2000s and before that. But we in 2025.

48:39Boy, it's a passing league now. You ain't winning no games running the ball. Now you can be efficient in winning running the ball when you got 26 back there. It's possible. But wait a minute. Saquon ran for 2000 last year. So what you think every team you play finna do? Gear up to stop him. We finna put the great wall of China and stack nine in the box.

49:01Shannon Sharpe:beat us in the air. That's how you're gonna have to do it. You're gonna have to teams are not gonna let say when you see the numbers. They're not gonna let say Juan beat them. They're not. They're not. They're gonna make they're gonna make Jalen consistently beat them and and Morton and look, he was in a situation that AJ had one of those games and they didn't have anybody that could do uh uh uh uh do anything with with with uh AJ but that's you're gonna have to throw early and you're going to have to throw early and run late. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What you mean? What you mean they was in a situation where they had a team where nobody could do anything?

49:37But ain't too many corners in the league and do anything with A.J. anyway.

49:40Shannon Sharpe:But they didn't really have anything. I mean, I think the Rams were without their best corner. So, yeah, you're right. I mean, consistently, but I can slow him down. No, no. Right. I mean, slow who down? You can only – hey, listen, we talk about A.J. Brown, huh? We talk about A.J. Brown. Talk about slow who down. You can only hope to contain him. Boy, he's an eagle. When you contain him, you slow him down. That's kind of what's slowing down and continue. That ain't enough. His slowing down is still a productive day. An A.J. Brown slow down day is a productive day. I'm there telling you what I – I ain't telling you what I heard.

50:16I'm telling you what I know. Devontae Smith, a slow day for Devontae Smith is a day other receivers wish for. That's a good day.

50:26Shannon Sharpe:Come on, now. if the run game is not there, we shouldn't have to wait until we get into the fourth quarter, late third, fourth quarter, to start throwing the football. Yeah. You got, look, your defense played outstanding. The Rams really couldn't do anything the second half, and that was because of Philly's defense. But, you know, you could have threw the ball earlier. So I think the thing is not, Ocho, you start throwing it early, and you get AJ and Devontae going off early, now that's going to open up. That's going to open up Saquon. Because right now, teams are gearing up to stop Saquon. They're going to make Jalen Hurts, and I know he's won a Super Bowl, but still, they're going to make him prove that he can beat them consistently throwing the football.

51:11Shannon Sharpe:Because I know if we don't stop Saquon, we can't stop it. It ain't even going to be close. Because we saw with Saquon, you saw what that offense looked like. Jalen Hurts threw the ball 12 times. Because why? I don't need to. Saquon running for$1.50. He running for$200. But teams are not going to let him get off like that this year. So they're going to have to find other ways early. Not saying Saquon won't be valuable. I'm not saying you just don't stop giving Saquon the ball. No, don't do that. But I'm saying you've got to get A.J. and Devontae going a lot earlier than the final 16 minutes of a ball game.

51:51Shannon Sharpe:AJ going the whole first half and not get a target Smitty catching one come on now what we doing here it's not that complicated I wish I what listen I wish I don't know how much freedom Jalen Hurst had but you got a Super Bowl in your back pocket now you got a Super Bowl in your back pocket you talk about I know Petula calling plays most of the time listen you make adjustments based on the defense and what's called but if I'm Jalen where I come to that line, Unk? Let me ask you a question. And I see that safety drop down in that box and stop to run? Yeah. Yo. Let me ask you a question. What's up?

52:34Shannon Sharpe:How much freedom Russell Wilson had after having a Super Bowl? Oh, see, Unk, let me tell you something. I'm only based on what I just said, based on what Carson Palmer was able to do, based on our chemistry we had together. I'm not sure. I'm not sure how much freedom they have in today's world. And today's, you know what I'm trying to say. Yeah, I know what you're saying, but I'm saying. John Elway had freedom. You're saying that Jalen should have more freedom because he won the Super Bowl. Russell Wilson won the Super Bowl. Because if he had that freedom, he should have checked out of that play, right?

53:05Oh, that's right. That's right. That's right. Hey, can I say something real quick? I think you know who would have got the credit if they had made that play was complete? You know who would have been the hero of that Super Bowl? Beast Mode. Beast Mode. no no if he didn't he didn't check oh no no you're right no you see what i mean

53:27Shannon Sharpe:who gets the credit well i think the thing was is that beast mode was gonna be the mvp because he was running the hell out of the football oh absolutely absolutely he was having he was having a great day i think i think i think that play call probably came from the sideline all the plays came from the sideline but i'm saying i agree what you said is that they call plays from the sideline of Carson. But if Carson saw something, Carson would check out of it. Oh, oh, oh, hey, oh, he getting up out of it. And he not even saying nothing. I have to make sure my eyes stay on him. And I already knew if we play in Baltimore and we play in goddamn Pittsburgh, understanding all that crazy exotic and movement and all that movement they love to do, you want to play around?

54:12Man, Carson come up out of that thing quick. Keep your eye on me. He'll say it before I leave the huddle. Keep your eye on me. If they play around, we're going right to it. He'll tap the side of his hip where nobody can see but me. And I already know what to do. It just made the game of football so much easier. It made it so much simpler. Because at times, sometimes coaches, they can complicate things.

54:36Shannon Sharpe:I put them clamps on you, though. They can complicate things. Huh? I put them clamps on you. Clamp what? Put the mitts on you. What you talking about? You play baseball somewhere? No. I play football. You talking about lining up against me, like locking me up? Jammer. Man. Jam who? You talking about peanut butter and jam? Peanut butter and jelly? Jam? Ocho. Man, don't do that. Don't do that to yourself. Don't do that. Graveyard out there, boss. Graveyard out there. Don't do that to yourself. Ocho, how do you think I got your name Graveyard? because when I left the field there were bodies everywhere no it ain't anyway dang I got a name no you got you got that name we used to work at the grave that's about it you used to work at the great cyclops come down here you say hey I'm gonna hey I put it I put this soup bone upside your head it's one is one thing about it but with all due respect all my opponents and everybody i played against i always showed nothing but love i would never malicious but could nobody do nothing with me i'm gonna tell that corner hey and come on inside i got it what you gonna do what's it that that don't mean but do you see what i did to my opponent what did you see what i did to my opponents trying to get physical and trying to hurt me is not gonna do nothing but hurt yourself no no no see hey you see hey you come across that bill i'll put that thing right there on you you see that old joke that don't mean nothing that don't mean it because when i get up i'm coming right back at you that's the thing hey hey when i hit you i'm gonna do i'm gonna do wwe one two three oh no no um but you understand i got up every time for for a decade straight i got up every time except one every time i got up and got the talking and yipping and yapping I don't feel that, boy.

56:40You can't do nothing with me. This is what I do, huh?

56:44Shannon Sharpe:I'd have your hands down by your side, just like. Boy, you crazy, boy. Hey, listen. Hey, um, you might have got cut. You heard me? You might have got cut after playing against me, boy. Hey, Ocho, you might have got cut. You might have been walking to the hotel looking like, damn.

57:01Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. They got about 13, 14 guys out there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All right. That's what I want you to think. You talk a good one until it's time to play me. You talk a good one. Hey, that ain't mean nothing. Because the game of football ain't played with those. And what you showing right now, that ain't going to pop me. I'm going to put it upside your head. Who? Why? Hey. You couldn't do nothing with this, boy. You hear me? I was out there. Six four, two thirty. Man, I see bigger legs on a frog. That's fine. That's fine. Yeah, man. That's fine. You must have forgotten to do push-ups or something.

57:42Shannon Sharpe:You better get the push-ups. See, I didn't do no push-ups. He's saying right here. Tell him Thanos.

57:51Thanos, which way he facing? Oh, there you go. Thanos, and he's supposed to be asleep too. I got to take him to the dog park.

58:02Shannon Sharpe:He say, he say, I can go to the dog park because - Oh, he extradited? He extradited? I got fixed. I said extradited. I mean, not extradited. How do you say it again? Huh? What's the word? Oh, neuter. Okay. Where the hell I get extradited from? I don't know where you're from. He ain't committing no crime.

58:30Shannon Sharpe:I mean. Why you ain't sleeping? your auntie locked you out the room hey I'm using words all out of context and shit somebody is he excited yeah he can be no crying they ain't looking for

58:51Shannon Sharpe:he's a

58:55Shannon Sharpe:you supposed to be I think you went upstairs I put some treats in a titan's cage I bet you went up there and ate them because you feel full I sure hope you and took your ass up there and ate that man food. I sure think he did, though. I really do. Ocho, Complex dropped the 25 greatest careers ruined by injury. Number one was Bo Jackson. Number two was Terrell Davis. Number three, Gail Sayers. Number four, Monica Sellis. Number five, Sandy Koufax. Number six was Grant Hill. Seven, Penny Hardaway. Number eight, Sterling Sharp. Number nine, Earl Campbell. Number 10, Ken Griffey Jr. And then you had Andrew Luck, Derrick Rose, Mike Trout, Arbita Sabonis, Ralph Sampson, Tracy McGrady, Bill Walton, Pete Maravich, Maurice Stokes, Tony Caligliari, Bernard King, Brandon Roy, Delpo, Juan Martin Del Potro, the Archon team, Robert Griffith, and Yao Ming.

59:57Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, if I give you an opportunity, you can bring five of these guys back. and put them back in their prime with perfect help, which guys are you picking? I think Conigliere got hit in the head with a pitch. Damn. Yeah. Five guys to bring back in their prime. Oh, actually, during the era when they got hurt, I'm bringing back Bo Jackson. Actually, I saw Bo play. I was in the league when Bo played. Yeah. I'm bringing back Ken Griffey.

1:00:33uh

1:00:37brandon roy

1:00:41you said brandon right yeah brandon roy his knee yeah yeah yeah bad knees uh i think who else i remember monica sellers i remember when she was in germany she ended up

1:00:57Shannon Sharpe:getting stabbed. She was good. The guy didn't want her to overtake Steffi Graf. She was really the first one I heard do all that grunting. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I remember that. I can't even watch Cheney with the sound. I can't. The men, everybody do it now.

1:01:24Shannon Sharpe:A lot of these, like I said, I play with TD. Don't remember Gale. Gale had a blowout of his knee. And back then, they just opened the knee up. It was that big zipper. Sandy Koufax had elbow. I mean, Sandy Koufax, I mean, you talk about what he went. I think he went like three side youngs. Penny, my brother Earl. Earl Campbell was, I think, three-time offensive player of the year. I think Earl won the MVP like his rookie year or something. The second year, he was amazing. And he was all they had. I remember him. It was him. Ken Burrow Ken Burrow had double zero He was the last guy to wear double zero He wasn't one zero, he was double zero What was that?

1:02:06With double zero? Hey that's sweet right there, I like that You gotta be that boy too To wear a single digit To wear double zero You gotta be him

1:02:22Shannon Sharpe:so me I'm bringing back oh you know what D-Rose D-Rose yeah I'm bringing my brother back I'm bringing Bo

1:02:35Shannon Sharpe:I mean TD already TD got two Super Bowls he's a league MVP Super Bowl MVP he was good at that point he was good at that point man Griffey man Griffey ran into that Kingdom Wall too many times. Griffey had no regard for his body. Hey, listen. King Griffey's swing is basically the Mona Lisa. His swing is equivalent to the Mona Lisa. Right after 7 '4", Samson, I remember him at Virginia. Took him to the Final Four his freshman year. never got back that far. They ended up losing. I mean, they got beat. The biggest upset probably was Chaminade took them down. They was the number one team in the country, and Chaminade beat them.

1:03:28Shannon Sharpe:But he's three-time player of the year.

1:03:33Shannon Sharpe:People don't realize this, that he was the MVP. He was the conference player of the year.

1:03:42Shannon Sharpe:When Jordan was 84, because he left at 83. Man, there's some names on here, Ocho. Bird Dog, Bernard King, Juan Martindale Paltrow. We all say, what if, what if. Ocho, now it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q &A. Damn, hey, it's one of them good nights. Hey, we can go for an extra hour tonight, bro. I'm feeling good. I need some sleep. Uh, Quinn Mo. You got to go tomorrow. Where you got to go tomorrow? I just got back home today. You sleepy? I will be when I get up here. I'm going to sleep, yeah. Okay, my bad. We on tomorrow, right? We on Friday? No. I got something to do Friday.

1:04:38Okay.

1:04:38Shannon Sharpe:All right. Well, tomorrow, we'll do three hours tomorrow. We got a special guest tomorrow? We got a special guest tomorrow. Ooh. I'm told. Can't tell you. Why y 'all don't be telling me? I ain't going to tell nobody, I promise. You ain't going to tell nobody else. Quentin Mobley said, what's up, up? Back in March, you said Zion was that disciplined guy for the Pelicans organization, and he didn't want it. What are your thoughts now? Man slimmed up. It's a contract year, Pelicans in five. He look good. He look unbelievable. We about the same size. The thing is, is that the offseason is the easy part.

1:05:16Shannon Sharpe:You got to be disciplined and structured during the season because you fly. When you're getting in at 3 o 'clock in the morning, are you going to make smart eating decisions? Or are you going to go get pizza? Are you going to get chicken? Or are you going to get the salad, the chicken breast, the baked chicken, the rotisserie chicken, things of that nature? That's when it gets hard. You're struggling. You ain't traveling nowhere. You're sitting home. You go train. Your chef cooks your food. Boom, you there. You have to make those same decisions that he made to look like he looked, and he looks incredible.

1:05:51Shannon Sharpe:He's going to have to look like that. He's going to have to keep that same discipline and focus throughout the season. Go ahead, Ocho. You know what the funny thing is? Whoever he has around him right now, whatever team of people are helping him to get to the point he's gotten to now, those same people in that same team will probably be there in that structured environment when it's time to play to make sure he stays intact and on the same program that he's on right now. He looks phenomenal. He looks phenomenal. I'm not sure what it will change as far as his game is concerned. He's going to have that same bounce.

1:06:24He's going to have that same hop, that same power. I think he's going to be okay because whoever got him to this point now, understanding that it is a contract year, they're going to be with him along the way on this entire journey

1:06:35Shannon Sharpe:through the whole season. I hope so. Lanny Ray said, hey, guys, Josh Metellus does an IG segment called Tell Us with Metellus. Skull. I'm thinking we need No Cap Recap with Shannon and Capping with Ocho segments for Nightcap. Yep. What Capping mean?

1:07:02Well, that's a big ass hat. I said two more. I ain't get that. Oh. And if you sent one, you know, man.

1:07:13Shannon Sharpe:They say he has called about$5 ,900.

1:07:19Hey. Listen, everybody, if you think I'd be lying, I'd be capping. But anytime I see a thing on you, this is nothing but life experiences. I'm telling y 'all stories from my past on things that I've done and achieved in life that when there wasn't no cameras. I believe you, Ocho. Yeah. I appreciate that.

1:07:42Shannon Sharpe:JBS Smoke B said, what cigar you smoking, Ocho? Oh, hey, boy, this right here, boy, this is Arturo Fuentes. I got them Fuentes. What do you know about that? I had to worry about it. I went to Dan Marino golf tournament, and I won. They had like a limited release. I think they did like 50 boxes, and I bet I won. Okay. I forgot. I didn't know at the time. I didn't know about the cigar. I didn't know you had to be in the humidor and they dried out. They got to be in the humidor. They going to get stale. Oh, you done messed up. What are that good money, man? You done wasted money, man. That's good money, man.

1:08:26Shannon Sharpe:I get it. Aaron Owen says, when Elway retired, was there any trade discussion to get a vet for the 99th season or was the organization riding with Brian Greasy? Well, at the time, Bubby, who had backed up John in 1998, he came back, he was going to be the starter. Bubby ends up getting hurt, and Greasy ends up starting. So that was, you know, Mike was set, that he thought that we had enough with Bubby and Greasy to win. You know, TD was back. TD was the best back in one of the three or four best players in the league. He was the best running back in the game, and Mike thought we had enough. but nah, we didn't.

1:09:06Shannon Sharpe:MSQ, Oginocho, what would you rather have as a QB in order of success? An elite O-line, average skill group, an elite skill group, or an average offensive line? Ooh, that's a good one. I'm going to go with elite offensive line. Because you got all the time in the world with them the hard - And them guys can get open. You can be average and get open. You got enough time. They get open now. Yeah. You can be elite all you want to. When them turn styles, nah. Bear Don Ken, Ocho, I'm going to Miami next month. What are some good food spots? And don't say no damn McDonald's. Let me tell you about some good food spots, boy, if you're going down to Miami.

1:09:56Matter of fact, next month, if you're going down to Miami, boy, hit your boy. You hear me? Hit your boy. Just send me a message on Instagram. and I'm going to see it. But we hang out together. You hear me? First of all, I need to do me a favor. I need to hit I Crave. It's in Liberty City where I grew up. You're going to love it. It's soul food. I don't know if you like soul food, but you need to try it. Also, Kayvon Webster has a restaurant called Smith & Webster. You got to hit that too. What they serve. Boom. Smith & Webster. Oh, but they serve everything. That's fine dining, boy. Kayvon? Kayvon's thought?

1:10:25Everything. They got everything. You got our senior menu. The third restaurant you need to try. I love Cuban food. I rotate the same restaurants over and over. You got the hit. Okay, you listen to me? I'm making sure you write these down. Okay, boom. Cuban food. Havana, Cuban cuisine. That's out west. It's out there by me. Okay. Havana, Cuban cuisine. You got to hit those three. Outside of that, everything else everybody will suggest is that five-star stuff. You got to go dressed up and all that. If that's something you want to do, you do. If you're coming down here with a girl, one spot that's five star that I would say for the experience, for your lady or your family, go to the Mai Kai restaurant.

1:11:08The Mai Kai restaurant is a Polynesian restaurant that's very nice. They put on a show, fire show with the Samoans and the Usos. You will enjoy that as well. Now, that's my four. And as a treat for dessert, try McDonald's.

1:11:24Shannon Sharpe:Ocho97 asks, pay one, trade one, wave one. AJ Brown, Jamar Chase I'm in Ross St. Brown Hey that's not fair man Why be doing this man Why be doing this You hear me I don't like that For the sake of argument For the hypothetical that you I'm going to pay I'm going to pay Chase And what was the second You trade one And then you got to waive one And the last two you got Amun-Ra or you got AJ. So you're going to trade AJ and wave Amun-Ra or you're going to trade Amun-Ra and wave AJ. That's hard. That's hard. I like both of them too. But they're different. They're so different. Yeah, completely different.

1:12:15So different. Two different type of animals, but they're really good at what they do. They're really good. One strength is another weakness. Another weakness.

1:12:30You know what? I'm in raw. I'm balling right now. And I'm going to just base everything off of right now. I'm a trade. I'm a raw. I'm a wave. AJ. But in real life, I ain't doing none of that. But go ahead.

1:12:41Shannon Sharpe:I'm just answering. Cal Simpson said, Uncle Nocho, I need y 'all opinion. If y 'all had to choose a D-line and linebackers to face 90s Cowboys O-line, but Barry Sanders at running back, not Emmitt Smith, who y 'all picking to stop? Who y 'all picking? Nobody. Nobody. Ain't nobody finna stop that. You trippin'. Did you hear what he just said? The 90s with Barry. Barry Sanders? Man, please. And go ahead and hand them people to Lombardi, please. Iggy said, 85 pointers, ocho cinco diamonds. Yeah, I helped Future write that song. People don't even know that. No, they didn't. I'm not saying Future write.

1:13:27to me when he made that song.

1:13:30Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, Kimberynowood Jr. said, Unk, I've been listening to y 'all all day. I love y 'all, Unk. My question, who's your top four blues singers? My number one is Marvin Cease, then Marvin Gaye.

1:13:45Ooh, wee. Ooh, that's a good one. Top blues singers.

1:13:55Shannon Sharpe:Ooh, wee. I don't really look at Marvin I guess R &B Rhythm and Blues I guess that's where he's going with it Marvin would be number one for me Damn Then we got Luther We got Teddy Barry White Donny Hathaway That's not Blues That's not Blues though Like BB King He's got Marvin Sees and Marvin Gaye I don't think, I mean, if you talk about, if you just talking straight blues, no, I agree with you. That's a different genre, though. Yeah, I agree. Marvin, that ain't blues. Blues is like, you know, BB King. Yeah. Bobby Blue Bland. That's blues. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bessie Smith, John Lee Hooker. Oh, but, hey, we just brought back some memories.

1:14:50Boy, whoever asked that question, thank you. Thank you. It's so funny. I go to the blue. Hey, the fact that they asked that question and then I'm stumped and I'd be at the blue. Hey, oh, blue jean blue. So you don't come to Miami, man. You could have went to the piano bar and the blues club with me. Blue jean blues off. I'm going to come down there.

1:15:10Shannon Sharpe:You know what, Ocho? When we take our vacation, I'm going to come down and I'm going to spend like three, four days. Vacation? In June. But we don't go on a vacation till 2026. That's what I'm going to come down there. I got three days for you, Ocho. You show me your city. Hey, three days. Yeah. Whatever you want to do, within reason. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Hey, you can, I know I'm going to take you too. I know I'm going to take you. I'm going to take you. See, you don't like my kind of music. You don't like blues and jazz and classical and opera and stuff like that. But I'm trying to think where I could take you, that you would like.

1:15:46I'm going to roll out the red copper fight. I'm going to roll out the red copper fight.

1:15:49Shannon Sharpe:You know. Yeah. I'm still on probation though, so. No, no, no. We good. But once 2026 get here, boy, it's a new year, boy. We starting over from scratch. Oh, no, we good. Everything in 2025 is left in the past. Listen, I'm telling you what God told me. He said we good. Thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. Y 'all know me. I'm your favorite Uncle 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. and please hit that subscribe button. Please hit the like button and do us a favor.

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1:16:59Shannon Sharpe:With 84 being spelled out, that link is also pinned in the chat. Nightcap has been nominated for two Signal Awards, under the genre Best Sports Podcast and under video Best Video Podcast. We're currently in second place on both. Oh, hey, thank you, guys. Hey, y 'all do Ochoa right. Ochoa, we jumped to first place. We already jumped in first place. For real? That's why I love y 'all. They do it right now. They do it right. Let's go. We got to pad this thing because the voting ends at 10-9, right? Yeah. So we got to put it way, way, way out there. But thank you guys. Hold on. I got a question. If we win an award, are you going to send me my award?

1:17:45Uh-huh. Oh.

1:17:53Shannon Sharpe:This is a signal award. Well, God damn, where mine at? They say they cost like$5 ,900. That's the thing, man. So, under the journal, we're nominated for two signal awards, Best Sports Podcast and Best Video Podcast co-host team. We want to thank our very, very special guest for joining us, safety John Metellus and 49ers running back Brian Robinson Jr. Thank you guys. Stay healthy and great and best seasons moving forward. Jackson Dart has been named starter for the New York Giants for the rest of the season according to coach Brian Dayball. Thank you guys for joining us. We really really appreciate the support that you've given us over the last two years.

1:18:41Shannon Sharpe:Thank you so much for all the wars that you've helped us garner because it's all because of you that nightcap has become the phenomenon that we've become. So thank you very much. We're back tomorrow after Thursday night football. Thank you again. Stay safe. God bless you.

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