Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho react to Bill Belichick being PETTY & not letting Patriot Scouts at practice

21:25We're going to give you peanuts. nuts.

21:27Shannon Sharpe:But hey, he feels good because he got something. He got$3 million more than what was on the contract. Plus, he understands that he's 36 years of age. The last thing you want is to be a distraction going into the season because you have your quarterback now. You think you have a team good enough to compete in the AFC North. You think you have a team that can get to the playoffs. Look, we want all cylinders to go. We want to be focused and go take care of the job at hand.

22:00Shannon Sharpe:uh the the story that we just started on way uh gundy he's the head coach he played at oklahoma state but he's the head coach now he said the roster that oregon trots out there last year was like 40 million dollars probably similar to what it is now and so he and dan lanning who happens to be the head coach at oregon had him back and forth oh so they're going back and forth and Lanning said in the post game it never requires extra motivation or an opportunity to go out and kick ass, but it never hurts when somebody pours gasoline on the fire. No, not at all. Gundy got to be careful. You got to be careful.

22:34Well, he got to be careful to start winning some games, but they're going to get his ass up out of there. Bingo, that too, but understand your personnel. Understand what you have to work with before you talk trash about a team like Oregon that you already know has a$40 million roster, which is what they had last year. Well, hell, if they had it last year, I'm sure they got some dog coming back this year as well. And guess what? They won a national championship, so they might have a little more. Thank you. So does your team, do you have the personnel to back up some of the trash talk you're doing?

23:03If you don't, you go into that game quietly so you don't give the other team ammunition or the head coach post-game material when you know damn good and well you're not going to go in and have a chance to win.

23:22you got to be self-aware as a coach it's all about self-awareness as a coach

23:28Shannon Sharpe:it is um somebody said it's like 23 million not 40 um something similar to what ohio state's playing look because they don't have a cap on it you can spend as much as as much it's an open market so you'll spend as much as the boosters are willing to put in there and whatever it takes to get a player like a Jeremiah Smith or a player, whatever it takes to get a Caleb Downs, who's your top-ranked safety, who left the University of Alabama once Coach Saban left. Okay, if that's what it takes to compete at this level, I'm trying to compete. I'm trying to compete. And I think that's what a lot of the coaches are like, look, we got to put a cap on this thing.

24:09Shannon Sharpe:You know what I'm saying? Because if one team could spend$100 million, and we, you know, well, hey, it is what it is. Have all your alumni to give$50. It's so funny. It's so funny. The coaches or people in positions of power want to put a cap on the NIL, but they didn't want to put a cap on how much. Coaches can make. Coaches can make and how much university could make off your likeness. But now the players are getting some money. Now they want to put a cap on it. Come on now. Come on now. So it is.

24:46Shannon Sharpe:69-3. Coach Gundy might be in trouble. Oh, no. No, no, no. They play at Oregon now. They're playing at Oregon. Ocho, don't give a damn who you playing. That's Oklahoma State. 69-3? Hey,

25:06the athletic director at Oklahoma State, no good and well, Brother Gundy's team stood no chance against Oregon. now you play someone of you know what matter of fact how about this florida lost to university of south florida we've been had his watch okay now that's a game if it was if it was gundy saying some things he said and lost to a a lesser team then yes losing oregon i don't see you being on a high seat for that it's not that losing to Oregon

25:43Shannon Sharpe:Ocho is 69 to 3 losing to Oregon it's not the loss you lose 27 to 10 you lose 35 to 21 Ocho that's Oklahoma State that's 69 to 3 and plus he's been think about it that program has not there's been some slippage in that program you know why it's slippage right? Well, he's not getting the level of talent that he once got. We need money. Yeah. We're there. They're fighting with Oklahoma State, didn't they? And I think the thing is, I think their biggest booster who the stadium's named after T. Boone Pickens passed away. Yeah. So the money ain't free-flowing like it once did. Well, whoever took over T.

26:34Shannon Sharpe:Boone Pickens, neither him. We're not generous like him. we we're not generous we're not generous like dad or or grandpa or whatever the case may be uh right right and that's the thing that's that's you know everybody doesn't look at that school is the same way that was his pride and joy strong hands built america and kept it running for 250 years strong hands also keep copenhagen moving today here's to the bravery of linemen, the endurance of truckers, the skills of welders, the traditions upheld by farmers, and all American tradesmen sharing in our work ethic. Copenhagen, celebrating American craftsmanship, proven since 1822.

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30:34Shannon Sharpe:Bill Belichick confirmed today, Ocho, following his first win at North Carolina, that scouts from New England Patriots do not have access to the program. It's clear I'm not working at their facility, so they're not working at ours. Coach Belichick, really? Yeah. Yeah, Bill. Let Bill stand on business. Let me ask you this. Tell me the coach that's been fired, that's coaching somewhere else, that's allowed to come back to the facility that he was fired at. You think Pete Carroll can go back to Seattle?

31:15Shannon Sharpe:what coach has been fired, still coaching, and can come back to where they got fired from?

31:31Shannon Sharpe:I don't think that if I get fired from my job and I go get another job, they're going to allow me to come back in the building at the job that I got fired from. It could. they might like me still but i doubt it right

31:50wait so you you gotta you gotta you gotta give me a little bit more here is there is there what is the reasoning for bill not allowing he's bad he's bad because he got

32:02Shannon Sharpe:fired he said he's not allowed in new england so they shouldn't be allowed there okay i like it i I like that level of petty. I like that level of petty. So you want to play? Ocho, I'm going to ask you a question, Ocho. Name the coach. You still haven't given me a scenario. So name the coach that's been fired. So if Marvin Lewis got another job, do you believe he could go back to Cincinnati while he's coaching another team? So you believe Marvin, while he was at Arizona State, he could go back to Cincinnati? Or Oakland. Okay, any one of them. No, no. Why not?

32:49That's a good one, huh? That's a good one. Just thinking about it, too, coaches in positions like that, that are coaching somewhere else, I don't even think they would feel comfortable going back to the place where they were fired from. He's talking about he doesn't feel welcome. Welcome, yeah, unless they're playing the game.

33:09Shannon Sharpe:hey you don't you don't like that level of petty it's not petty no coach is upset he's got five let me ask you a question how many coaches you think coach belichick is fired how many players has he cut oh that's a good one hey but what he's done for the organization you you don't you don't see why he would be upset you don't see why he would be mad after 20 years of what i gave him six champion uh how who knows how many afc championships he's not he's not a federal job or supreme court justice it's not a lifetime appointment you don't get to stay on the job forever if you're not with oh cho you know what sports are about it's about winning yeah and that was a bar too i like that i have a notepad i wrote that down coach belichick thinks because you know what i've been here 20 years i've won six super bowls and we've gone under nine.

34:02Shannon Sharpe:I should be able to. So even as we lose, we continuously lose with no hope on the horizon. I should still be able because of what I've done. Mr. Kraft says I paid you for that. I was paying you five, 10, 15,$20 million a year. So now I'm paying you based on what I believe you can do. And I don't believe you can get done what you need to get done because number 12 is gone. And I listened to you when you told me we should move off of 12 because he couldn't do it anymore. Right. That's tough. That's tough. I'm just confused why he's surprised that – but guess what? When you're no longer coaching, I believe you'll be able to go back, coach.

34:52Mm-hmm. Yeah. Absolutely. I mean – They're going to fix that, though. whatever whatever bill and mr craft are going through they're going to fix that they're gonna that it won't be fixed right now but at some point they will make amends because what they had was special huh what they had was special what they had was 20 years oh joe yeah yeah so

35:18Shannon Sharpe:are you want me to keep so you want me to keep you on for another five years with no i mean and we're getting worse. Well, you understand why they were worse. Yes. Because until you get that most important piece, that most important piece, to be able to build around it, that's exactly what's going to keep happening. Well, he led Mr. Kraft to believe that he could put anybody in there and do what Brady did. No, it doesn't work like that. Well, you should tell him that. You right. Sometimes a player is greater than the sum of all of its parts. Coach Belichick knew that. Coach Belichick wanted to keep a reign in place.

36:03Shannon Sharpe:Coach Belichick, what Tom wanted from Coach Belichick was validation. Coach Belichick knew that in order to keep this thing running, I can't give Brady any more credit than I give Richard Seymour, any more credit than I give Gronk, any more credit than I give them. That's how he kept control over it. And people are like, well, damn, I heard Aqib Tlaib saying how Coach Belichick would ream Brady out. I've heard you say it. I've heard other guys. That's how he kept control. Because if he'll ream out number one, everybody else will fall in line. He convinced Mr. Kraft that the Patriot way, the Patriot way was Tom Brady.

36:45Shannon Sharpe:That's the Patriot way. Tom Brady, because they still got their same, they're still disciplined, they still do all the things, and then nobody talks. It doesn't matter what way it is. You need a guy. And Tom Brady's don't grow on trees. There's only been one Tom Brady tree, and it's gone. So I don't know what, I don't know. I don't know. I really don't. I don't get this. Because he's only looking at the bad. He's only looking at he fired me. He's not looking at the other years in which he could have fired you for Spygate. Or he could have fired you for Deflategate. Or a host of other instances.

37:36Shannon Sharpe:But he's stuck by you.

37:41Shannon Sharpe:That's just me. Everybody doesn't see things through that prism. clearly he's still upset about getting fired you're not the first you're not the first great coach this guy look a lot of great normally you see uh a bill walsh step aside you see uh lombardi steps aside and then he uh he retires and then he goes and coaches washington um normally guys chuck no steps aside go i'm done so normally guys that win at that level they don't really get fired they step away you see guys that's won three more championships like jimmy jimmy johnson jimmy johnson got fired that's an anomaly chuck no one four he stepped aside uh coach shula one two stepped aside bill walsh one three stepped aside so normally when guys you know win three four uh uh mike mike won two at mr bowling and did i like they weren't getting any better.

38:40Shannon Sharpe:They were spinning their wheels. But see, those coaches, they knew in the fold. They knew in the fold. They understood the chances. Look at the landscape of the team. What you have coming back. What's leaving. You know in the fold. Sean Payton, he knew. He knew in the league. He knew. He saw the writing on the wall at a time. Drew Reed is done. Everything's getting old. Let me get up out of here. I gotta go. I gotta go. It's all about foreseeing. Foreseeing the future. Again, that's all a part of self-awareness. An unnamed UNC athletic source told the Boston Herald, why would we let them in our home after how he's been treated since he left?

39:29Shannon Sharpe:We will help our players being treated fairly is a two-way street. A two-way street for whom? I'm just trying to figure out. How has he been treated? because normally, Ocho, when you get fired from a job, they don't just let you arbitrarily just come back anytime. Right. I don't know. Like I said, I hadn't been on a whole lot of jobs, but, I mean, when I got let go at Fox, you know, I'm pretty sure my ID badge didn't work anymore. And then why would I be there? Right. Who goes back? I mean, who gets fired? Chad, y 'all can help me out because I've really never really had a nine to five, so I wouldn't know.

40:08Shannon Sharpe:So if you get a nine to five and you get fired, y 'all trying to go back to your job and hang out with your coworkers. Hey, man, what's going on? Man, what you doing here, Ocho? Man, I thought they fired you last week. Yeah, man, I just come to hang out with y 'all. If that would happen, Chad, y 'all help me out, Chad. Because like I said, I've never had a nine to five, but I wouldn't know. You have to think about it. All the things you have to be able to see from Bill's viewpoint. see it from the lenses in which Bill sees it at you know you see it one way but he sees it another which is why he's doing it so obviously he feel he feels some type of way about it we don't have all the information on why he feels that way but he does because he's actually doing it oh Joe we talk about this all the time the greater the accomplished player the person is the bigger ego Also, they fired a man that won six Super Bowls.

41:03Shannon Sharpe:Do you know what that does to your ego? Yes. Imagine Tom Brady, how he felt. You tried to get rid of me a few years earlier. And now, after everything that I've done.

41:23Shannon Sharpe:So, how must Tom Brady have felt?

41:31Shannon Sharpe:coach, I mean, damn. So you wanted to stay on forever? Even after you're winning nothing. So even so, no. The thing about sports is not lifetime achievement. It's to update your resume. You've done everything. He is a six-time Super Bowl winning coach. He is a coach of the year. He's a this or whatever you want to call it. He is the most accomplished coach in NFL history. He's that. You can't take that away from him, Ocho. But if I'm still paying you 15, 20 million dollars a year, there's an expectation I have for you to win. I'm not paying you 15 or 20 based on what you've done. I'm paying you 15, 20 based on what I believe you'll do.

42:20Shannon Sharpe:I've already paid you for those Super Bowls, Ocho. So how long? How long must I pay someone for something that they've already done? Yeah. Yeah. Once you don't have that quarterback, man, it becomes that much more difficult. Yes. Becomes that much more difficult. And Coach, look, he's great. These defenses and what he was able to help Tom do, saying, Tom, if you're in this formation, this is where you're vulnerable. If you did this, this is what I would do. This is what I think they'll do. It was a match made in heaven for 20 years. Yeah. A lot of marriages don't last that long, Ocho. A lot of marriages don't.

43:07Shannon Sharpe:Tom, there ain't a whole lot of coaches that a great player, quarterback, would have allowed the head coach. A lot of head coaches wouldn't even have the audacity or the gumption to even speak to a quarterback like that, at least not in front of the team. Now, maybe you call him in his office. Maybe you undress or dress down the quarterback. Okay, but not in front of the team. Tom allowed that to happen. He took it. He gritted his teeth. He bit his lip.

43:44He understood, though. He understood why. He understood why. It shocked me seeing it. That's the first day, first meeting.

43:52Shannon Sharpe:Maybe there were some things that were said. Maybe there were some things that were said, Ocho, that we don't know about. But I don't believe, like I said, and like you said, Ocho, we don't know all. All I know is that he was relieved of his duty. They agreed to go their separate ways.

44:12Shannon Sharpe:normally one person has to initiate that because it's hard for me to believe that we sit down at the exact same time and says, I think we should go our separate ways. He say that, I say that. It's like a divorce. We've decided to go our separate ways. No, somebody decided that they're going to go to a separate way. And I agreed, okay, we'll do that. We'll save face and we'll issue a joint statement since we're going our separate ways. Right.

44:40Shannon Sharpe:it's tough because of you're never going to see a run like this again Ocho you're never going to see a run like this no you're not

44:55the closest thing to it is down in Kansas City that means Andy

45:02Shannon Sharpe:would have to stay on another 12 years just to reach that you think Andy Reid got 12 years in it Andy's damn near 70 me. Dang. Yeah. So you got to understand how young Coach Belichick was when he got the job.

45:25Shannon Sharpe:I just look, it was a great situation. Nothing lasts forever. But I just wish they could put this behind them. Coach, Mr. Craft is going to put a statue out there once he's done coaching. Oh, yeah. he said it. I believe him. He's going to be one of the two players, two men from the organization that have a statue. It's just, I think it's petty. That's just me. The Jags are planning on for Travis Hunter to be an every down wide receiver and a situational corner tomorrow over the regular season open against the Carolina Panthers. Jackson. Yeah. initially were determined on a usage on a week-to-week basis.

46:11Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, are you surprised that this is the approach that they're taking? Absolutely not. Because the higher-ups, the coaches, they understand. He wouldn't be able to do it every play. He wouldn't be able to do it. But he can play receiver full-time and then be using packages on third down.

46:36I'm excited. I'm excited for him. I'm excited for the Jacksonville Jaguars. I'm excited for Trevor Lawrence to bounce back to get back to what we know we can do. A phenomenal throw to football. Him and Brian, excuse me, him and Brian Tomlin Jr. had a phenomenal season last year. Now you add an additional weapon with Travis Hunter. Oh, they're going to be nice. They should be nice. Like, it looks nice on paper, but you got to go out there and play. I'm excited to see Travis Hunter on the other side of the ball. It's a different ball game now. You know, it's a game of inches. You got to be on point every single time you step out there on the field defensively.

47:14And then injuries. You got to stay healthy, baby.

47:18Shannon Sharpe:You got to stay healthy. Yeah. I mean, that was a time, Ocho. Hey, when the defense was on the field, that was a time for me to decompress. To take my bag. And relax, yeah. Yep. You get to reset. You get to reset and prepare yourself mentally for the next offensive series.

47:39He's taking on a lot. But if there's anybody that can do it, I would love to see him do it. Doing it at the college level is one thing. Doing it at the NFL level is a whole other ball game.

47:50Shannon Sharpe:Doing it like we both believe he can do it periodically, but he wants to do it full time like he did it in college. So he wants to play 65, 70 plays on offense, 65, 70 plays on defense. That's where I think the problem comes in. But, hey, I'm all eyes. I'm going to watch. Yeah, absolutely. Can you imagine the Jaguars playing the Bengals, right? And he playing receiver full time. Dealing with Tee Higgins, dealing with Chase. Dealing with Jamar Chase and then having to flip sides and then go play receiver. Man, come on, boy. You know the kind of energy you got to exert when you're playing these receivers at this level?

48:31Shannon Sharpe:And the mental energy also, not just the physical energy. What? Yeah. Yeah, because, listen, it's a mental game to begin with. Absolutely. It's a mental game to begin with. But I like it. I'm happy for them. Listen, I'm locked in. I'm in Chicago. I'm at the DraftKings at the Sportsbook tomorrow. I don't know about connecting the Wrigley Field. They got it so big. Every game. I got access to every game. Oh, this is going to be nice. I can't wait. Ocho, have you seen? Hold on. The Bronco play tomorrow? The Bronco play tomorrow? Yeah. They play Titans. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Y 'all finna lose. Y 'all finna lose.

49:11There you go.

49:12Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, have you seen the Phillies' Karen video? Take a look at this video, Ocho. Let me know what you think. I ain't seen it. That was boring. Bro, you took it from me. You took it from me.

49:32I'm glad you heard that. Ocho, the hitter home.

49:38Shannon Sharpe:Help me out. Help me out here. We got another video.

49:49Shannon Sharpe:That's it. Is she running after the man with the ball? Ocho, what happened? They hit a home run. The ball is on the ground. He leaves his section. He go picks the ball up. He brings it back and gives it what looks like his son. She said he took the ball out of her hand. If I'm hearing the video correctly, what they're recording, they said she didn't have the ball. He reached out and picked the ball up off the floor. She didn't have the ball. He got there before her. He got there before her, basically. Right. I can see if he took it out of her hands. I can see if he took it out of a kid's hand.

50:27Shannon Sharpe:The ball was on the floor. He didn't take it. He was awful nice to just give it to us like, I don't want no. But ma 'am, just because that's not his section, that doesn't mean he can't go get the retrieval ball. She felt like she was entitled to it because it was in her section. So the question that I have, if somebody else from her section would have gotten the ball, would she have felt obligated? Well, the fact that she felt obligated and didn't get there fast enough, you snooze, you lose. When a home run is hit, Unc, it's the first person that gets to that ball. That's always been the rule.

51:09Yes. That's always been the rule. I don't attend many baseball games. When I do see a home run hit, I see everybody running to that goddamn ball. when people play in San Francisco and they hit a home run and it end up in that wall. Yeah, because he's cold. Yes, with Barry Ball. Yes.

51:24Shannon Sharpe:Ain't a whole lot of people have been hitting in the cove since Barry left. But yes, you're absolutely right. And it's the first one. Hey, and everybody out there in their little kayaking and trying to get the ball. Okay. If they hit the ball, Ocho, you in your kayak. I dive in that water and I get the ball. Don't be talking about this ain't your section. The hell, I don't care whose section it is. I dove in the water. I got this ball. Damn you. I got there first. Yeah.

51:50Shannon Sharpe:The guy is a lot nicer than a lot of people would have. A lot of people would have told that lady, forget you. I ain't giving you Jack. Oh, he gave it to her. Okay, that's cool. That's cool. I wouldn't have gave it nothing. I ain't going to even lie. That's my son. I got that ball for my son. Right. Now, he did. I think he got a signed back. I think I saw somebody say he going to fly the family to the World Series.

52:18okay I like that see that's the that's the good thing about videos when they go viral some of the players from the team they see what happens and they get in touch with the fan and then you even you get something better you get to meet the player you get bat you get a glove you get a ball and you get more access that's even better so all she got now is the ball and now they got even but let me ask you a question Ocho tell me chat let me know what y 'all think

52:43Shannon Sharpe:What do you think the chances are that lady was going to dive on that ball in a scrum and try to get it? No. That's normally what guys do. Guys dive into the scrum and bust their head or jump over somebody or spill their beer. We've seen guys try to catch the – hey, they got the baby in one hand, got the baby in a sling, got a beer in one hand, and they catch the ball. Guys do stuff like that. I haven't seen, not to say it hadn't happened, I just haven't seen a mom trying to catch a ball while she holding the baby. They're more like more protective. They're like, ooh, don't hit my baby. Guy's like, hey, I'm going to catch this ball.

53:27Shannon Sharpe:He wasn't going to jump on that pavement, mess her knees up, mess her clothes up, trying to get a baseball. She just thought it was easy because it wasn't a whole lot of people in that area. And he just ran over. He picked the ball up, got the ball held up, gave it to his son. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Man,

53:52Shannon Sharpe:just because you paid for it, it don't mean you're entitled to catch a foul ball, Ocho. It doesn't mean that you're entitled to get a home run ball just because you're in that section. If somebody beats you, so what happened? The ball trickles down. It lands in your section, but trickles down and goes in somebody else's section. Then what? You say, well, the ball landed in my section, but you didn't get it. Yeah. No, you can't do that. You're not obligated to it because you couldn't get to it. Thank you. Thank you. Now, if they want to give you the ball. Correct. Because you are a woman, then be grateful for that.

54:27But if they don't, they're not obligated to do that.

54:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I guess you feel like, well, I paid for this ticket, and it landed in my spot, and you was faster than I was. Mm-hmm. I can see if he took it out of her hand. Yeah, that. He didn't take it out of her hand, Ocho. She's talking about you took it out of my hand. That woman's hand wasn't nowhere to – Chad, look at that. Look at the video. He didn't take that ball out of that lady's hand. Not even close. But I commend whoever gave him – whoever the Phillies player that gave him that signed bat. Do we know who gave him the signed bat? Hope it was Swarber or Bryce Harper. Hope it – Bader. Bader.

55:05Shannon Sharpe:Well, Bryce Harper, give him a signed bat.

55:11Shannon Sharpe:burger give him a sign back too

55:16Shannon Sharpe:yeah boy and a signed jersey get a kid something make them feel bad you got a five dollar ball and cause all this commotion because you felt entitled that you should have got the ball Oh, man. Lord, have a good season.

55:36Shannon Sharpe:But the guy even gave him the ball and just like, I don't want no problem, ma 'am. I don't want no problem. Lord, have mercy. Yeah. You know who I met when I landed here? The Cubs might be playing the Washington Nationals. Okay. And one of the better players that played for the Washington Nationals by the name of Josh Bale. I met Josh Bell and his family earlier today. When I walked in, it was cool. It was cool. Obviously, they watched the show. They watched the show and they said they love it. They say you and I was very funny. Josh Bell, I'm very, very respectful to him, you know, him and his family.

56:13But it was really cool, really cool to meet him. And I told him a story about how I almost played for the Marlins in 1997. He didn't believe me, though. No.

56:26Shannon Sharpe:He should. All right, guys, we're going to get you out here on this one. It's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A.

56:43JJ Carver said, is that Frozone?

56:46Shannon Sharpe:What's Frozone? What are you talking about? Are you trying to make fun of me? Oh, you're talking about an Incredibles with Samuel L. Jackson. Where's my super suit? oh okay okay I was cutting my best hey um you know I'm staying at the Ritz Carlton they gave me this they gave me this when I came in a little gift oh they gave you a little gift bag a little goodie bag I told them I was going to put it on told them I was going to put it on you know so boom I'm wearing it so Ritz Carlton everybody at the Ritz Carlton down here in Chicago I appreciate you see I got it on I got it on uh Dab Smith said Bryce Underwood is going to be good but he didn't play good tonight, but the OC for Michigan called a terrible game.

57:29Shannon Sharpe:Way too conservative on third down. You've got a quarterback that has arm talent. Why not give him a chance to make plays? I think if they could have got some third and shorts, it seemed like everything was kind of third and long. And you don't want to do anything to back your offense up. But I think, look, for an 18-year-old playing in a hostile environment his first his first road game and it's in or norman oklahoma i think he did okay um he'll be he'll be better for it moving forward uh shakur said nightcap fam love would think that stab is the answer for cu just because he looked okay against delaware uh what game besides baltimore excites you uh no i but look he looked better than the other two guys did against Delaware.

58:25Shannon Sharpe:It wasn't like he was playing Delaware and they were playing Alabama or Georgia. They were playing the same team. And the question that I asked, did he look better than the other two guys that were playing against Delaware? Yes or no? Now, I'm sure Prime would do his due diligence. Time obviously had enough confidence to put him in the game. So obviously he had liked something that he had seen during OTAs, training camp, and during the week of practice. You led him to say, okay, son, get in there. So we'll see how this thing plays out. But I'm excited about all the games. I mean, the Commanders play the Giants.

59:05Shannon Sharpe:We got some really good matchups tomorrow. Really good ones. The Packers play the Lions. Lions, yeah. Bears in the Bikers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We got some good matchups this weekend. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. MSQ said, how great do you think BYU commit Folsom High School quarterback Ryder Lions can be? I don't know much about him. I'm not finna sit here and bull jive you. I'll have to take a look at him. We'll find out. I have to go back and look at some YouTube videos and see what he looks like. It's easy to say somebody's going to be good or great, but you don't know until you get them into your building and they put that uniform on.

59:46Yeah.

59:47Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Architect Nice TV. Thank you, Shannon. I said the same thing about Grambling playing Ohio State today. No point in playing for money that football team itself would never see just get embarrassed by 50. It just, I mean, you got to break by the time. If I give you a million dollars, Ocho, and you got to fly 70 players up, and you got to bring the band, and you got to feed them, and you got to put them up in a hotel, all of a sudden that ain't a million dollars no more. Go on that. It's gone. It's gone. I need to win the lottery because I'm for two years. I got y 'all. Kevin Norwood Jr., my question is, top four college quarterback, you talking about this year or all time?

1:00:31Shannon Sharpe:All time? I'm putting Cam in there. Cam had the greatest season ever. You go back and look at Cam and what he did with the talent that he had around him? Around him, yeah. And in the SEC? Yeah.

1:00:50Shannon Sharpe:all time man i think you have to put tebow in there for the simple fact of what he did

1:01:01Shannon Sharpe:cam tebow damn who else started a bunch of games i think baker i think you have to throw baker mayfield might might make my Man, there's a lot of quarterbacks. Tommy Frazier. I'm putting Tommy Frazier in there. That's a good one. Nebraska was hell back then. Boy, they was hell back then.

1:01:31Shannon Sharpe:Michael said, Ocho, Johnny, why is Stanford football still around? They haven't been good in years. I always get some bad stuff on national TV. but look I mean it's nice you go to Stanford bro you try to be a doctor you try to do economics you try to be tech I mean it's not I mean hey it's nice I mean see Matt gets to put that Stanford degree on his wall but most players that go to Stanford ain't gonna play in the NFL they're not really going thinking about playing in the NFL they're going to start thinking about a startup they're thinking about being a financial guy they're thinking about something uh google apple microsoft that's what they're thinking ocho let's just be honest

1:02:23yeah and football football is their their second or third priority huh football is their hobby

1:02:31Shannon Sharpe:mm-hmm yeah you go to Stanford you're not majoring in eligibility where did Richard Sherman go okay Richard Sherman understanding he had the skill set and the talent to play at the next level very good Christian McCaffrey understood I have the skill set and the talent to play at the next level outside of that are there any more oh andrew luck john elway john elway yes no very very very few very few uh arjun said hey okay y 'all wish me happy birthday arjun happy birthday hopefully you had a wonderful birthday i don't know if it was today or if it was yesterday or tomorrow or today if you're on the east coast but happy birthday hopefully you did something fun hopefully you're going to do something fun and you're going to get an opportunity to spend it with family, friends, and loved ones because that's what we should be doing on our birthday.

1:03:34Shannon Sharpe:That concludes this episode of Nightcap. We want to thank each and every one of you that stayed up with us and joined us for Nightcap, joining Ocho and I. The game was okay. It wasn't great. It wasn't a barn burner. It wasn't a thriller. But we thank you for spending a couple hours with us on a Saturday night. Thank you. Thank you for joining us, Nightcap. I'm your favorite uncle, Shannon Sharp, my partner and co-host, Frozone. Bingles, ring of fame. The pro bowler, the all pro, that's Chad Ochocinco Johnson. Please make sure you hit the subscribe button. Please make sure you hit that like button.

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1:05:35Shannon Sharpe:He'll be back in the States, and so we'll be back on a good Wi-Fi signal next week. So thank you, Johnny. Appreciate that. Enjoy your time over there. Get back to the States safely. look forward to talking to you next week. I am Unk. He's Ocho. Woo! A full schedule of football Sunday. Tomorrow. You don't want to miss what Ocho and I have to say. And, got a really great game tomorrow night. Buffalo. Baltimore. Woo! Gonna be a barn burner. I'm Unk. He's Ocho. See you tomorrow. Peace. Hooray. Hooray.

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