Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho react to Cowboys & Bengals being the most unstable franchises, Angel Reese suspended

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21:52Shannon Sharpe:He offered the rookie$17 ,000 in exchange for the number 17, according to Devontae. According to Devontae, so he responds, he said, hey man it's good to you have happy you're on the squad but i need a million i'll be you what a million american dollars just for for a number

22:17he he was serious or he was trolling he was serious man man you know you almost made me curse. My bad. I'm sorry. But listen, if I was him, being that I had the number 17, and I don't have a, I'm not a household name, but someone like Devontae Adams come to my team where 17 resonates with that individual, knowing that he's worn it, one of the better players in the NFL and has been for a very long time, I'm selling that jersey. Maybe not for 17. and you throw me 50 or 100 ,000, I'm going to give it to you. Right.

22:56Shannon Sharpe:50 or 100 ,000, that's feasible. Right. Devontae should have went 50 to 100. You're right. 17 ,000. Come on, Devontae. Come on, man. I... Hey, you got to start low. You got to negotiate. You got to negotiate. 17, let's Devontae start 17. If I'm... What's his name? I said other dude's name? Malachi Corley. Malachi Corley. I mean, listen, man, you know, 17 that's really disrespectful you really disrespecting me you know i'm not a bump i'm not a bum i make money too make it worth my while give me a price that's worth my while and 17 000 ain't it i would have said here 50 if he said no to 50 okay but let's talk let's 75 now i can get 100 000 that's it i'm not going no higher than that

23:4350 i took 50 yeah yeah i mean yeah come on man we talked this devonce adams one of the greatest receivers of all time

23:52Shannon Sharpe:so what number did Devontae wear last year? did they take the number from him?

24:02Shannon Sharpe:he's at the Browns now right? right yeah I know Devontae is in the Rams

24:37Shannon Sharpe:So in other words, he went to the Jets and the Jets took the number from him. So he probably ended up getting nothing. Probably. Bro, if you're not on the active roster, you're in no position to bargain. Listen, if anything, if you're going to bargain, that's probably why he said a million. Because he's not making enough. If anything,$50 ,000,$75 ,000,$100 ,000. Ocho. It's good money. That's good money. Money. But the fact you're not, you're a practice squad. That's Devontae. They traded to get him. he automatically comes in and he trumps you so you got nothing yeah yeah 17 would have been more than look here man hey give me 50 and we hey we good i i really wanted 100 but i know you you've worn 17 since you've been in the league give me 50.

25:3217 resonates with that player there's certain players that come from other teams the number resonates with them and it just carries is over like a numerical number.

25:41Shannon Sharpe:So in other words, he goes to the Jets and he says, look, I want number 17. Yeah. Bro, you on the practice squad. And unless somebody's at practice, they don't even know you were 17. Yeah. Because you ain't see your ass in the game. And now look at you. You ain't got no money from Javante and you had to get a 17 up. Mm-hmm.

26:09Shannon Sharpe:Damn.

26:13Shannon Sharpe:Bro, I signed as a free agent with Baltimore. And I was with the, Jermaine Lewis offered him a Rolex for him and his wife. He said no. Okay, cool. I'm like, man, I want an even number, though. I ain't want no. I go to Freaky Frank Rainwhite, rest his soul. Frank passed on. I said, Freaky Frank, hey, man, I need 82. He's like, Sharpie, take it. Yeah. I said, nah, nah, Freaky, I can't do that. We called him Freaky Fras, I said, come on, Freaky, I can't do that. Right. He said, nah, Sharpey, he said, nah, nah, you know, hey, because, you know, he was in Denver who tried to make the team, and Denver didn't make it.

26:54Shannon Sharpe:He said, Sharpey, when I was in Denver, man, you treated me great, you helped me out a lot, I really, really appreciate that, Sharpey. Just take it. I said, nah, Freaky. Tell me what you do. I said, what's your hobby? He said, Sharpey, I like to fish. Fish. I said, what if I got you a boat? say shopper you don't have to do that i cut him a chance to go get your basketball bro how much a bad boat cost i think i wrote him a check for like 20 grand 25 000 well you got it what no i mean look i didn't come in there i'm not trying to big time nobody right i was the biggest free agent that they brought in nah no no that man had that number before she hadn't brought his ass there.

27:38Shannon Sharpe:Don't try. I ain't trying to take advantage of nobody. I want the number. I want 82. Ozzy wore 82 when he was in Cleveland. I said, you know what? I want that number. Well, matter of fact, since you cutting checks, I saw a little escalator I like too. A little escalator IQ.

27:58Shannon Sharpe:You owe me$5 ,900. Huh? you owe me $5 ,900 I got you but you cut freaky check that was also in 2000 oh so inflation so she would throw me$50 ,000 there money jumped funny in 25 hold on hold on I'm just saying jump funny

28:26hey everybody listen we gonna get back on track yeah

28:30Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah. But that's just me, Ocho. Everybody don't look at it like that. That's just me. How I looked at it, I'm like, okay, the man had the man. That's his number. He's had it. Boom. Right. So, hey, I'm Corley. But I can see, Ocho, I can see if that number has some sense. It'll be interesting to see what number was he when in college. What number was he in high school? If he had that number, Ocho, you know what I'm saying? But even still, even if you had it, come on now. We talk about a legendary, iconic player. We talk about the Bonsky Adams, the best route runner in the NFL. Yes. For those of you in the NFL.

29:10Shannon Sharpe:I hear private Ocho.

29:13Shannon Sharpe:He was living at Western Kentucky. Ocho. When Jerry went to Seattle, he personally called Steve Largent. Steve Largent number is retired. Steve Largent was the first ballot Hall of Famer. Yeah. if Steve Larger can unretire number 80 bro you could

29:40man man

29:48Shannon Sharpe:I don't know maybe he has his reasons I mean Devontae said I offered him $17 ,000 I ain't gonna lie Devontae I wouldn't let it go for that either It's going to cost you$50 Hey, can you hear me? Yeah Hold on They're saying I need a connected internet

30:09Shannon Sharpe:Did you say you're going to send me my money? Because I didn't hear that No, I just In the hotel, I mean The screen to connect it Just popped up out the blue Okay, I guess I don't know why I did that Oh, Joe. What's that? NFL agents have spoken. Okay. The Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys were voted as the league's most unstable franchises in a recent survey. Whoa, whoa. NFL writer Ben Standig surveyed agents to find out which team they consider the league's most unstable franchise. The Bengals topped the list, followed by the Cowboys, which means they're worse than the Panthers and the Browns.

30:52Wait, hold on, hold on. I don't understand. When we talk about unstable franchises, I'm trying to understand what are the agents basing that off of? Because the Bengals have been stable for a very long time.

31:03Shannon Sharpe:One agent referred to the Bengals as a mom and pop ownership. The Bengals are owned by Mike Brown and he has several family members working at the team's front office. Similar to Dallas. Ocho, a lot of people say never mix family with business. So the Cowboys and Bengals were family run. And, you know, Jerry, like, in the docuseries, he called Steven. He called Charlotte. He called Jerry Jr. He said, guys, I'm going to do this, but it's all hands on deck. Right. Steven said, hey, I need you guys to move to Dallas. They all did. Mike Brown came up under his daddy, Paul, who created the Cleveland Browns, owned the Browns.

31:43Shannon Sharpe:Boom. Art Modell got him. He started a new team, Cincinnati Bengals. and there you have it. Yeah, yeah. I don't like that though. I don't like that for the simple fact if you look at the direction and where the Bengals were and how far they've come in trying to build a winning team and how people have the moniker of they are very cheap to where they now have changed that narrative and have paid their players. I just don't understand. Oh, so they played two players. Stop. Well, they've been playing players. And think about it. I'm 57. They came into existence in 1968. So in 57 years, they've really played two players.

32:22Shannon Sharpe:Stop it.

32:25Do I need to break down all the players that they've actually played?

32:29Shannon Sharpe:I know the players that they've let go, that they refuse to pay. But anyway, but look, a lot of teams.

32:40Shannon Sharpe:I think the thing is, Ocho, is that you look at the Colts. the Colts they kind of you know Jim Irsay rest his soul now his daughters are in charge

32:54Shannon Sharpe:Virginia McCaskey rest her soul her dad founded the Chicago Bears George Mr. Hallis he's passed on passed it down to the son Amy Adams Bud Adams daughter she took over I think Amy Adams skunk, I think that's how you say it. But if you go back and look at Mr. Wilson that owned the Buffalo Bills, they sold it. So, you look at the Rams when Georgia Frontier, when she passed, they sold it. Some like, we don't want that headache. You look at the Bowling family, they couldn't come to a consensus on who was going to run it. They ended up selling it to Rob Walton and his family, the Penners. So to each his own.

33:50Yeah, I don't like that. I don't like for the agents to talk about because I'm just thinking of how bad the organization used to be. And I'm picturing where they are now. And they're in a good space. So them being unstable, Mike Brown, Katie, Troy Blackburn, Duke Tobin, Zach Taylor, they have done a phenomenal job in building a winning team. Building a team, for one, getting the quarterback that gives you a chance. So each year, every year we come in, even though we missed the playoff last year, we have a chance. And it's all based on how we start those first three, four weeks. That's what matters most.

34:30We don't have to rely on anybody on the back end of the season, hoping so-and-so win so we can get in. We got to take care of our business, starting this goddamn Sunday down there in Cleveland on that water.

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37:45Shannon Sharpe:Warning, this product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes. I don't want to bet against my own money. Christian McCaffrey did not practice today with a calf issue that popped up during yesterday's workout, but he made it clear that he believes he'll be on the field Sunday against the Seahawks. I always plan to play. I feel great where I'm at. Unfortunately, when you have an injury history that I have, sometimes when you don't practice, things get blown out of proportion. But like I said, I feel great. Ocho, should we make something out of this? Yes. Yes, because he's always hurt. I love McCaffrey.

38:21I love the player he is when he's actually on the field playing. But these things continuously always happen to him. Soft tissue injuries. A nick here, a nick there. You say it all the time. If you limp in the season, you will limp out the season. The fact that people are getting hurt and the season hasn't even started, well, it started, but teams haven't even played yet, and some people are already hurt. How are we already hurt? You know what it all comes down to? You don't practice as much. You don't hit as much. But for some reason, everyone continues. You hurt more. You hurt more. You want to know why?

39:00It all comes down to one thing. And again, I say this all the time. This is why they need to listen to me. Ultra versus science. Science is a reason that everyone is getting hurt. All this healthy stuff that they're eating, they're putting in their bodies and they're wondering why their bodies are breaking down. You ain't even done nothing yet.

39:24Likely Baltimore hurt right now. Christian McCaffrey ailing, you know, I mean, like, come on, man. I can see it. The season has started. You didn't play two, three, four, maybe five games. And then something comes up. You ain't, we ain't done nothing yet, man. Come on, man.

39:40Shannon Sharpe:Guys. I know you guys were expecting, uh, we were supposed to have ghost face on, but he's having, um, internet issues. and so instead of just having it go in and out, we said we'll connect with him another time. So we're sorry for any inconvenience. Some of you guys might have popped on, some of them in the chat might have just popped on to see Ghostface. There will be no Ghostface tonight. He's having internet issues with the Wi-Fi and we said, look, just come back at a later time when you get this thing connected so we can have perfect connection. So that's what's going on. Unfortunately, we're not going to be able to get Ghost on tonight, but trust best believe we'll uh we'll he'll be back he'll come on at a later date in time i agree with you ocho look they don't i i just don't understand how guys are hurting more when you hit less i do understand because your body's not callous your body's not used to taking the blows and so then all of a sudden you start taking those blows and your body's not used to it you're not used to falling you're not used to getting banged you're not used to getting bumped into I'm used to talking football terms.

40:44Shannon Sharpe:You're not used to the collision that you have in practice. Sometimes guys get ran into it in practice, Ocho. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And now, I mean, damn, guys, stay hurt. Yeah. I'm telling you what the common denominator is. I'm telling you what the common factor is. But nobody wants to listen to me. Yeah. Yeah, he must have got the same in there provided as Joe got.

41:16Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, Seattle Seahawks will have undercover law enforcement officers wearing opposing team jersey at Lumen and Field this season in an effort to quickly detect and address illegal and unruly fan behavior. I like this. I like it. It's cool. it's cool it's cool but but one of the things one of the enjoyments you have as a fan is to be at a game and be unruly to talk trash to say some things whatever you want to say from the stands as long as it is not um as long as you don't throw objects you should be able to say whatever you want to say now unruly now the fighting okay now that if you want to niche get get a hold on the fight.

42:00But the racial slurs,

42:01Shannon Sharpe:the homophobic slurs, the xenophobic slurs, you know when you combine alcohol and your team is not winning, you know, people all of a sudden, they get out of hand. And you're like, well, hey, we're at a game and emotions are high, logic is low. And then when you get alcohol, because alcohol, all alcohol does is break down inhibitions. Whatever you say, you thought about sober.

42:31Shannon Sharpe:A drunken mouth Is a sober man's thoughts Oh yeah So you only say it don't you only say it What you thought sober People like man He got drunk No he thought about stealing That dump truck while he was sober He thought about stealing this plane While he was sober He just built up the courage to do it While he was drunk yeah I think it's more so to fight now we talk about the unruly fans getting drunk being intoxicated they're fighting against each other you know it's I think that's more so well what you think leads to fight talking trash you start calling people out of their name and you know you start it all of a sudden you start touching you all in people faith man nobody want to smell your drunken breath yeah all right uh you know i i've always just tried to like have my family or you know friend look bro don't don't wear no don't wear no 84 jerseys or no 82 jerseys up there in that stands bro it ain't worth it yeah i wouldn't definitely let nobody go to oakland you asking for it the black hole you asking for huh yeah man please many people crazy over there man them people was crazy at the black hole you tell it they throwing the bus they rocking the bus on the way in nah yeah oh cho angel reese got suspended for the first half of a game saying her teammates suck this guy made a statement saying uh the chicago sky values the safety respect and well-being of every player we are committed to accountability so our players can stay focused on playing basketball.

44:18Shannon Sharpe:Because of the statements detrimental to the team made by Angel Reese during a league-mandated media, she will not play in the first half of the game September 7th against the Las Vegas Aces. This matter has been handled and resolved internally, and we're moving forward as a team. Now, mind you, she's suspended for a game because she picked up her eighth technical foul. So, and I think that's tonight. That was tonight, right? She was suspended tonight, and now she's suspended the first half against the Aces on the 7th of B Monday, correct? Yeah. Sunday. Sunday. My bad, Sunday. Sunday. Sunday. Yeah, look.

44:59Shannon Sharpe:Andrew expressed her dissatisfaction with the state of the franchise is what she said. I'd like to be here for my career, but if things don't pan out, obviously I might have to move in a different direction and do what's best for me. But while I'm here, I'm going to try to stay open-minded about what I have here and maximize that as much as I can. She then called out specific teammates by name and expressing her desire for Mars to coach the team harder. She was quoted multiple times saying, we need great players. She also questioned whether Courtney VanderSloot was capable of returning to form at the age she's at after tearing an ACL seven games into the season.

45:35Shannon Sharpe:We need someone probably a little younger with some experience, somebody who's been playing the game and willing to compete for a championship and has done it before. Damn, Angel. Shit. Hey, most of the time too, Unc, with someone like that, someone as young as Angel who's coming to the game that has great passion, who's good, there are certain things that you can think, but you never say out loud. Correct. Especially when it's talking about your teammates. Correct. You see all the time, teammates that are grinding with you through training camp, teammates that obviously go to war with you on the court, on the hardwood.

46:10And that would be very offensive. of course it would I couldn't really walk in that locker room and look them in their face again nah I would never say nothing like that

46:24Shannon Sharpe:we done been on teams where we had teammates that we thought were buns yeah we wouldn't say that no no no no never hell I mean at some point in time they might have thought I was buns I mean I like to think even you know being a seventh round draft pick and working I thought I was a pretty good player I was a good special teams player even if I wasn't contributing that much on offense but I like to think that once I got my way into the starting lineup consistently in 92 and moving forward I like to think I was a pretty good player and just because I was a pretty good player that didn't mean I needed to take a shot at players that I didn't think were on my level or didn't play.

47:07Shannon Sharpe:Look, yeah, I can be upset, Ocho, when we lost the game. And I know guys that didn't play well. Right. I know. I can look up at the jumbotron and see who gave up that sack. I can look up at the jumbotron and see who missed the block. I can go get the steal shots. We didn't have it like they do now, Ocho. You can see the whole entire play. We just had the steal shots where you had to, damn. Like that. I mean, look. She's an emotional player. and she let her emotions get the best of her. Let's not dig a grave and bury her. She's a young woman. She's not used to losing. She was at LSU. They won the national championship, and they went to the final four.

47:52Shannon Sharpe:They didn't get it done the next year, but she's used to winning. She's not used to losing. And you have to, like I tell people, you handle losing with the same grace and dignity as you handle winning. if you're gracious and winning you got to be gracious in defeat you got to be the same yeah and she let emotions get the best of her but even if your emotions get the best of her you can't take like my teammates we need great players because some of our teammates probably say yeah we sure do we sure do yeah oh man so like i said she she she'll learn she'll learn she'll learn what to say, what not to say.

48:32Shannon Sharpe:She'll learn how to say it. She probably could have said, look, we just got to get better. I've got to get better. We've got to get better as a team. We've got to, you know. And now a lot of the stuff that she said, she probably could have told the coach to, you know, coach, I'd like to have a conversation or I'd like to have a meeting with you. Or she could go upstairs and talk to, you know, personnel department. Everything is not for the paper. Everything is not for television. Everything is not for public consumption. Right. And obviously now when you come out and you say things like that, especially about your teammate, now you put a microscope, which is already on you anyway.

49:07Now you got to put a microscope and pressure on yourself. Because now they're going to nitpick. They're going to nitpick by every little thing. So now you got to go out there and be that shining light, be that shining star consistently for that team that you talked about.

49:21Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. It's like I said, you know, she'll learn. She made a, you know, she let her emotions get the best of her. And she'll move on. And hopefully we don't have a repeat of this. And she'll be better for it. But I tell you what, hey, she's Dennis Rodman on the glass, man. She be balling, man. She be balling. Yeah, man. She be balling. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer are accused of circumventing the NBA salary cap via an alleged$28 million no-show marketing deal between Kawhi Leonard and a third-party company that Barmer had invested in. Barmer claims he had no knowledge of the deal between Kawhi and Aspirations, a now bankrupt digital bank and tree-planting startup whose co-founder pleaded guilty to fraud.

50:10Shannon Sharpe:That journalist, Pablo Torre, reported Wednesday on his podcast, Pablo Torre finds out.

50:24look

50:26Shannon Sharpe:all I know is this there have been instances where they've been under the table handshake deals now Adam Silver is a lot more lenient than David Stern David Stern dropped the hammer on Minnesota and he basically ruined him he basically gave him the death penalty

50:47Shannon Sharpe:first of all he undid the deal that they had with joe smith right and then he took like five first round draft picks he basically it was it was basically the equivalent of what the ncaa did to smu he gave him the death penalty right i don't know what's going to happen i don't know what's true i mean there's a lot of circumstantial evidence and maybe adam silver says circumstantial is not good enough right but the company went bankrupt the creditors now become public

51:23yeah i saw steve bomber came out and he uh he had to sit down i'm not sure who the sit down was with so i think it was remodel sherborne oh yeah i saw him explaining himself about the decision it didn't look good yeah and and him saying well what what kawaii does in his personal time and his personal business whatever company this might be that that that's on him as if as if he's finding a way to uh see himself out he's trying to distance himself from the situation right

51:56Shannon Sharpe:damn so why would that company have a deal with kawai

52:08that's out my pay grade and understanding exactly how and why that went on

52:13Shannon Sharpe:yeah it's not a good look I think the owners really like Steve Ballmer he's easy to like I like his passion I love how he's cheering for his team and he gets so caught up he's a fan I think sometimes he forgets that he's an owner. The fan, yeah. He's the owner, yeah. Absolutely. I mean, he's in it. I love it. Man worth$150 billion. And he got tickets up in the rafters. He's so excited. Yeah. Like you said, Ocho, I read a little bit of it. It's not a good look. I'm sure the NFL, the NBA will do their due diligence and whatever needs to happen. But even if he's found guilty, I don't think they're going to make them trade Kawhi or lose Kawhi.

53:10Shannon Sharpe:I don't think he's going to be a death sentence like what Donald Sterling did to the Minnesota Timberwolves. And he suspended Glenn Taylor for a year, and he suspended Kevin McHale for a year. Oh, yeah, he dropped a hammer. He dropped a hammer on him. He really dropped a hammer on him. I don't know if it's going to be that. It might not be anything. It might just be a fine, but it doesn't look good. But, hey, we'll see what happens. All right, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A. Yeah. Hey, we got football tomorrow too, right? Yes. Is it a success game? Who playing?

53:57Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, college. Okay. I'm just messing. Yeah, we... Gary Peters said, Ocho looked like the Caliphaz and California Razor. You know, you heard it through the grapevine. Hey, I remember the California Razor, they used to be singing. And they were singing, heard it through the grapevine. Yeah, the Marvin Gaye song. Yes. Yes. They were all dressed up, had little tux on, had little white gloves on and everything. Yeah. Now, Ocho clean tonight. Ocho clean tonight. You can't tell him anything. All the money said Ocho dressed like James Bond body double. Keep up the good commentary, gents. Man. Man.

54:47Shannon Sharpe:I don't hear no water. Hands come back. Look at that. Look, all I see, all I do is see him zip, he zipped up his pants, I ain't see no water, I don't see nobody, no wetness on his hands or nothing Who, me? And he touch his nose Hey, hey, hey, what did that person say I look like what? Uh, California raisin Said he hurt you through the grapevine Well, that must be somebody old even, remember that Yeah, hey, the chat making fun of my, making fun of my tuxedo They say you dress like a James Bond body double. Yeah, that's me. I could be a James Bond. I could be a 007. I could be a 007. I told the chat.

55:29You could be a 5900 too. Let me get that. I got you. I got you. I got you. I got you. I went to the Jeezy concert tonight, Unk, and I was watching the game on my phone at the Jeezy concert. How was it? How was the concert? It was really good. You know, we got the orchestra with him. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. He's in tux or something. It's called. It's black time, so everybody Grown folk, everybody in there look good Real spiffy I enjoyed it, it was right around the corner Here in Cincinnati And that was it Went in and enjoyed it, man

56:01Shannon Sharpe:The 7-7 Unc made Ocho dress up Because he ain't paying him that$5 ,200 $59 now It's a little higher than that Matter of fact, you know what Make it$6 ,000 Just make it an even$61 I got you. I got you. I got you. No problem. Kemper Norwood Jr. said the Broncos will win the AFC West this year. I agree, Kemper. Huh? They win the what? I know who won't win the AFC North. You will. All right. This is a different year. I won't bet nothing. This is a different year. Joe X Black said football is back, baby. What a game by my Chargers. What a game by the Chargers tonight. Like, Unc, your Broncos better watch out.

56:46Shannon Sharpe:God bless y 'all and the nightcap crew. Go Cowboys. Hell no, Joe. Ain't no go no Cowboys. You said all that. You talking about the Chargers, talking about the Broncos, talking about God bless nightcap and the crew, and then you're talking about go Cowboys. You think you slick, Joe. Hell no. Ain't no go no Cowboys. Casey Taylor said, Yo, Unc, what's the story between you and Michael Irvin? Y 'all are super close. Y 'all kept dapping up like cousins haven't seen each other in years. It was awesome to watch. Cool stories. But, man, look, the Mike that you see, that's how he is all the time. All the time, 24-7.

57:23Shannon Sharpe:I met Mike the first time in 91 at the Pro Bowl when I went with my brother. He was cool with me. And ever since then, and every time I would, like, see him at the – he wasn't in the Super Bowl, I wasn't in the Super Bowl. We bumping each other. and it's just like he's the guy that makes you feel like he's been knowing you your whole life and you just pick right up where you left off pick right up where you left off uh he's great and then like uh like go to the hall and i don't get a chance to go back and i probably should go uh more try to get back as much as i possibly can but it's a huge undertaking to get especially when i got so much stuff going on but that's not an excuse so sorry i don't even want to make put that throw that out there.

58:08Shannon Sharpe:But he and I was always like, we'd be at the back of the bus and we'd be talking and be laughing and joking about everything. You need to pull up, I think there was a clip, somebody recorded it, of him and I just joking, going back and forth. But that's the type of relationship that we have. We're kind of a little more like, you know, brothers. But he's a great guy. He's a great guy. Michael, he's one of a kind. He's one of a kind. Sonny Ray said, this the year for Lamar or Josh, if ever? Yeah, look, Lamar said this is the best team that he's been a part of. Lamar hasn't had any excuses. They've been had one of the most loaded teams in the AFC.

58:50Shannon Sharpe:Lamar just needs to... The Lamar that we see in the regular season that we've seen over the last three, four regular seasons, that's the Lamar that needs to show up come playoff time for the entirety of the playoffs. If that were to happen, Ravens going to be the Super Bowl champs I love how you're just skipping over the Bengals but okay I'm going to let you rock out Lamar rolled the Bengals Davin Mitchell said watch every night watch every night live from Scottsdale Davin appreciate that appreciate all you guys that's in the chat tonight all you guys that are watching live listening thank you all the guys that everybody that watches and listens and say hey man y 'all got to watch Unc and Ocho on Nightcap man, they be having me dying laughing.

59:34Shannon Sharpe:We thank you as well because it's because of you that nightcap has been able to become the phenomenon that we've become. Eagle fan, I'm in Philly watching nightcap on the big screen at the bar. Shout out to Uncle Nocho. Eagle fan, thank you. Nate Harper says, hey, Uncle Nocho, what do the Eagles need to do to improve on the defense? I think they need to put Cooper DeJount outside the quarterback and bench Adore Jackson. Well, look, Ocho. Yeah. In football, we call it a fish. A lot of times we say, okay, we find a weak link, and we keep tugging until we find it. We keep turning the door handle until one of them is open.

1:00:12Yeah.

1:00:13Shannon Sharpe:And the door jacks are going to have to get that fixed. Yeah. You're going to have to get it fixed. It's really that simple. It's on film now. For sure. It's on film. And once you put it on film, they're coming at you every game. Yep. Every game, they're coming at you. But you see, they saw last night, they couldn't get pressure. they said you sued their side their size is daria smith today yeah they understood they understood absolutely we got to get a body in here that can put some pressure on the quarterback before so we can't have our back in and get exposed so we can't and see when you lost they lost two starters that could go pin their ears back i think one went to new england and the other i forget what the other one went um but you see they blowing by you're getting everybody tired Now those guys that were their backups, they're the starters.

1:01:01Shannon Sharpe:Now they're finding it's a little harder. Now all of a sudden those guys are tired. Yeah.

1:01:11Shannon Sharpe:It's a difference. They're finding that out. But they're going to have to get pressure. They're going to have to get pressure without sacrificing that secondary. Hey, y 'all talking about Darius Slade. Darius Slade still had some life in those legs. Wasn't nothing wrong with him. That's a business move.

1:01:31Shannon Sharpe:legendary that boy Justin Jefferson a bad man put some respect on that man less F and go okay peacemaker advocate if a player knows he's going to say something in an interview that's going to cost him more than skipping it he might be wise to keep quiet

1:01:57Shannon Sharpe:I just think the thing is, Ocho, you can control it. Yeah. You're frustrated. Everybody gets frustrated. You lose a game that you think you should win or it's a close game and you don't play well. Bro, just go out there and BS your way through it. We just got to be better. We got to be better. That today wasn't good enough. Maybe against another team on another day, that would have been good enough. But it wasn't good enough today. So we go back and look at the tape. We got to be more attentive in meetings. We got to be better in practice. We ask everybody, coaches, players alike, to be better.

1:02:35Shannon Sharpe:In order for us to be the type of team that we know we can become, we have to be better. You don't have to go there and blow everybody up. Nobody going to be up there and say, oh, man, now all of a sudden, We really like this guy because he just blew up all his teammates. No. Doesn't work like that.

1:02:57Yeah.

1:02:59Shannon Sharpe:It is too small. All-Star Cowboy, D.C. for life. What up, Ogunocho? I'm a Cowboys fan, and I can honestly say our run defense look pretty damn good. I got to see a lot more as the season progresses, but overall, more than what most expected. Yeah. I'll give them credit. They played well last night. You let the quarterback get out. But, you know, most teams don't have a quarterback that's as athletic and as mobile as Jalen Hurts. So you should feel so. But you should be concerned. You ain't getting no pressure. Your defense built the pressure.

1:03:39Shannon Sharpe:And I like the Cowboys offense in the first half. I didn't really like anybody's offense in the second half. Only three points were scored, Ocho. Yeah. So, with that being said, the Cowboys had to be pleased with their rush defense. They weren't happy with their pass rush defense.

1:03:57Shannon Sharpe:But, yeah. They'll be okay. But that defense is better. That division is better. Got better, yeah. Top to bottom. Bless it. It was so funny when you and Mike imitated Al Davis. with you and Mike. He never takes Al. Al was a little... It's kind of like, Ochoa, you go somewhere, you take on the habits. I don't know who... I guess the Jets. I mean, who's the Patriots rival? The Jets? Or Buffalo? Or the Dolphins?

1:04:40Shannon Sharpe:Probably the Jets. yeah maybe maybe the Jets and so with that being said like okay look it's always we had what we call Raider week Raiders is our rival we don't like Kansas City either San Diego Seattle all of us used to be in the same division but once Mike came there and he told us that we're going to take it out of ass digger we're going to beat him out of his team owe the man money and tell him about sue me and it's going to cost you more attorney fees than what I owe you. Who says that? Oh, yeah, we got to have you. Yeah. We got to have you. Pay that man the money.

1:05:27Shannon Sharpe:But he was great. The thing is he had been around football so long. He's the first commissioner of the AFL. He knew good players. He'd always walk around. Ochoa, he had that white sweatsuit on. Yeah. White pants, he had a white sweatsuit, he had a white pants. You know, coming from the South, you know, we didn't wear white pants Labor Day. Labor Day, yeah. Al got on white in September, October, November, December, January. Al got on white. And he would always come. And, you know, he's like, you want to be a Raider? No, I kind of like it right here. I'm good, I'm good. The Broncos, Mr. B, treat me quite well.

1:06:13Shannon Sharpe:Annabelle Escobedo Hey Unc and Ocho I can't believe it's been two years since Nightcap launched. I still remember the first episode with Unc told the lobster Ocho looking like Bruce Wade I see you putting their work

1:06:30Shannon Sharpe:That concludes this episode of Nightcap. Again, guys thank you, especially for last night staying up late. We know they come out till midnight and you guys stayed up with us through the entire night and even tonight. Thank you guys again for staying with us, rocking with Nightcap. We can't thank you enough. I'm your favorite Uncle Shannon Sharp. The guy in the tuxedo, shadowboxing. It's been a ring of fame honoree, the pro bowler, the all pro. That's Chad Ochocinco Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button. Do us a favor. Go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from.

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1:08:25Shannon Sharpe:Justin Herbert was 25-34, 318, three touchdowns. Had a game-clenching scramble that closed the game out. They burned out the last two minutes of the ballgame as they win. The Chiefs lose a one-score game for the first time since December or Christmas of 2023, which is a span of 17 games, but that streak is over now. The Chargers get it done on the road in Brazil, 27-21 over the Chiefs. Thank you for joining us tonight. We'll see you back tomorrow. I'm Unk. He's Ocho. So thank you guys so much. Peace.

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