Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho talk to Terence Crawford about the BIG Canelo fight this weekend

20:33I'm not sure what's wrong. His lack of confidence on the court is probably why he's in the situation he's in right now.

20:39Shannon Sharpe:Yes. He ain't got any better. Yeah. Go look at Austin Reed from his rookie year to now. Oh, he nice he made nice go look at Jalen Williams from his rookie year to now Guys go just go look at Ben Simmons and you tell me from his rookie year Well, he plays rookie year, but his second year when he won Office rook when he was rookie he was NBA rookie of the year. Yes Go show more he's gotten better Hmm. I Just don't understand why you so nervous, huh? why is he so nervous just let that bit let it go let it because oh Joe from listen from from the air ball I do you can you in the NBA can't shoot I can do your job right and that's the one thing you got to be able to do huh you got to be able to shoot especially in the game now the game he's afraid to shoot do you go watch him in the runs yeah shooting threes pulling up he letting it rip He letting it rip.

21:42They always show him practicing. Everybody practices at that same facility in New York. In the summit, yep. Man, he'd be cutting up in that summit, boy. But I'm not sure why. If you can cut up in the summit, that should be able to transition you being able to play in front of 20 ,000.

21:57Shannon Sharpe:No, because ain't nobody in there but you and the guys. Ain't no hecklers in there. You shoot an air ball, don't nobody say nothing. Yeah. Damn. Not being able to shoot is one thing. Being afraid to shoot is something entirely different. He's afraid to shoot. Yeah. He's afraid to mess up. And then he lost his confidence when his coach said, I don't know if we can win a championship with him. And then the leader of the team says, yeah, is that when we had a dunk and we ended up getting one point. You passed it back. Yeah. Wait, wait. That was when he was in Philly too. Correct. Yeah. And I said he was done in Philly.

22:33Shannon Sharpe:I said he was done. Go back and check the tapes. I said he'll never be the same. Yeah. He was never the same after that. Even though you can factor in the back injuries, his confidence. There have been guys that had back surgeries late.

22:53Shannon Sharpe:I don't know where he thinks. That's all you're getting, Ben. I understand he's 29 years of age, Ocho. I get that. But who's going to offer Ben Simmons a multi-year deal? I'm not even sure that anybody's looking at a mid-level exception. They're looking at the vet minimum. I don't know what the vet minimum is. What's the vet minimum?

23:24Shannon Sharpe:2.3. He probably made, Ocho, he's probably made 150, 180 million. Right. The question is, do you want to play? Because you're not in a position of power to demand a multi-year extension, a multi-year contract or anything more than that. Well, I mean, the question about him wanting to play, obviously, when he had a contract, when he had those big contracts, when he was making big money, he wasn't playing. It ain't about, does he want to play? When you had the opportunity to play, you weren't doing that. He's made over $200 million. Shit.

24:04Damn.

24:05Shannon Sharpe:He don't want to play. he don't want to play he had tweet 29 he can't fold it yet he can't fold yet no but i don't know i mean maybe so what so what do you think what's the mid-level exceptions mid-level exception six and a half seven hey i i have no idea to me it's about being being around the right people that can help build your confidence back oh choo this is i talk about He was in Philly. He was in Brooklyn. He's been at the Clippers. Where else he's been? The mid-level is 14? Oh, he's not getting that. No. Hell no. Somebody else going to come call an outsider. Ain't nobody giving him 14 million, Ocho.

24:52He's young. He's young. 29 is young. Ocho, it doesn't matter.

24:58Shannon Sharpe:He's young and done what? so in the last five years what does he put on tape that says you know what yeah you're getting 14 million we got that yeah you're right you're right but again i mean he's a presence defensively he's good defensively he won't he won't offer anything on the offensive side of the ball oh let me ask you this when they offered him that 2.3 did you think they knew he was 29 when everybody else they gave him that one year deal did you think they know he was 28 did you think they know he was 27 yes sir and all they gave him was one year deals yeah what you and i are talking about right now they factor that in one year you know why ocho because it doesn't look like anybody wants to be tied to him for more than a year any longer than that.

25:48Yeah. Yeah. That sucks. That sucks.

25:54Shannon Sharpe:And people say, all he got to do is shoot. Okay. All I got to do is win the lottery. And that's the hard part. When have you seen him shoot it?

26:11Shannon Sharpe:It's kind of hard to draft a guy. He got drafted number one overall. You're talking about a guy that's 6 '10", can handle the ball, but he's afraid to shoot. I've never seen anything like it. I've never seen anything like it, Ocho. That's like a receiver getting drafted, but he's afraid to catch the ball. How do you play a receiver if you're afraid to catch the ball? How can you, if you're afraid, you're the first pick in the draft. Okay, you want to be Ben Simmons, Ben Simmons, excuse me, Ben Wallace. Outstanding defensive player, four-time defensive player of the year. Blocked shots, rebound.

26:47Shannon Sharpe:Okay. Ain't nobody expecting Ben to shoot the ball. Dennis Rodman. Come on, Ben. You the point guard? You can't play that position. You could be a big. You could be a center. You could be a power forward. Maybe not in today's game. But Ocho, how are you going to be a point guard and you won't shoot the ball? Yeah. That's odd. All right, guys. We know y 'all been waiting to say, no, you have not missed the Bud interview. Now it's time for you to show you guys the interview that Ocho and I had with Bud Crawford earlier today. Let's take a listen to this sound, guys. Strong hands built America and kept it running for 250 years.

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31:23Shannon Sharpe:Don't miss Guns N' Roses. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we told you we had a very, very special guest joining us tonight. In the four-belt era, he's the first male boxer to be undisputed in two weight classes. Here he is taking on the ultimate test. He says he wants to do it. He's going to do it. Here he is, ladies and gentlemen, Terrence Bud Crawford. Bud, what it do? What's up with it? Man, I'm good. back but look we're we're we're seven six seven days away from this flight you seem so calm you seem so relaxed when i did the earlier interview on club shay shay you like i'm ready i've been preparing for this everybody seems concerned because you moving up two three different weight classes but you seem calm what's going what are you thinking now as the the crescendo is about to happen.

32:14Only thing I'm thinking about is history, you know, making history, that's it. But how has camp been so far? How has your approach been in camp this time as opposed to other fights? Have you had a different approach in the way you went about training for this fight? Not at all. You know, like I said before, you know, camp is camp. You know, we go in there and put in the hard work no matter who we fighting canelo's no different we we train hard we fight hard and you know the work is is done in the gym the what the novice like oh man bud bud bud

32:59Shannon Sharpe:but i've saw a lot of people that do this professionally do what you do box professionally and they'll say, I don't know if Bud understands the difference in punching power from a 168 versus a 147 versus a 154 versus a 135. That seems to be the concern of people that do what you do for a living, Bud. Are you concerned about that? Because when I talk to you, you say he need to be concerned about my power. You know, one thing is evident is that you're going to get hit in a boxing match. Okay. Always. You know, everything could be, you know, all the questions will be answered come Saturday. You know, they don't got to speculate and guess and hope.

33:46Oh, man, he can't take the punch. How do you know I can't take the punch? You know, LA never hit me and I said I can't take the punch or, you know. So I just laugh at people that's, you know, praying and hoping that it goes the way that they want it to go. You know, so Saturday, everything will be shown.

34:08Shannon Sharpe:You look good, bud. I mean, you had the internet and the buzz. They say, man, damn, bud, look good. Here we are, and we're still a couple of days away from the fight, and he's looking like this. So obviously, he's put the time in the gym. He's put the time in the weight room. The one thing that's never been questioned about you, bud, is that you took your craft serious. You put the time in. No one has ever said Bud Crawford stepped into the ring. and he was unprepared. So we know you are prepared. But what, and I asked, I said, well, damn, bud, I mean, to step up in this weight class, what do you normally walk around at?

34:44Shannon Sharpe:You're like, I'm good. He's like, this is really good for me because I ain't got to cut that much weight now. Right, right. No, I'm good. I'm good, you know. Like I always say, everything happened for a reason. And that reason being that I'm here now And, you know, it's already written. So I'm just ready to go out there and make history and see my legacy. Come Saturday. Yeah. Listen, if there was one boxer who can make history, going up weight classes, going down weight classes, regardless of what it may be, you have a chance to cement yourself in the history books when it comes to some of the greatest boxers of all time.

35:26If there was one boxer that can do it, it's you, based on your mentality. your upbringing your surroundings that have built you for moments like this boxing is about moments boxing is about making history and making fights people want to see the only question i have going to this fight i'm excited i have you to win what challenges you think you might face fighting the canelo oh there's going to be a lot of challenges you know uh he's a good he's a good fighter all around. You know, he's a good pressure fighter. He's a good counter puncher. He's a good boxer. He has a great defense. You know, it's going to be a lot of challenges, but that's what makes for a great fight.

36:09You know, you got to solve the puzzle. So, you know, just like he got to solve my puzzle, I got to solve his. You know, we're going to go in there and we're going to give our all and be the best man going to win.

36:23Shannon Sharpe:Have you thought about it? Have you thought about it bud when you look at guys that have moved up um you look at sugar ray goes from 35 to 40 47 50 goes all the way to 60 to fight marvin haggler you look at florida what he's been able to do you see pacquiao but when i think about a fighter i'm looking at roy jones roy jones started out of junior middleweight 154 goes all the way up to heavyweight i'm looking at you where you started bro you 30 you 35 30 40 pounds from where you originally started at have you let that sink in the gap and what this would mean for bud crawford legacy i'm gonna be in attendance i'm gonna be able to tell my grandkids your papa uncle and i gonna be there i'll pop your papa was there when bud crawford shocked the world when he did what no one thought he could do other than himself and those in his circle have you allowed yourself to think about what this moment actually means in boxing history uh i haven't thought about that yet because the job is not done yet okay you know so of course you know a lot of people kind of remind that you know this is history like go out there and do your thing but you know you don't want to get too uh too far ahead of yourself yeah like it ain't i ain't i ain't did nothing yet you know oh so after after you know the fight that's when you know all the emotions and everything that come out reality sets out you know my question is how soon after your last fight did you start thinking about the canelo or was canelo always on the horizon you fought uh uh you spot sean porter you fought uh uh uh arrow and then you fought this last fight so how how how far did you out did you start thinking about man i want to fight i want to fight canelo well really i i wanted to fight canelo when i was at 147 before i fought majumar i wanted to go in three divisions to uh fight canelo you know because that never been done before i want to do things that never been done before you know so i can be the first like i was the first to become a two-time undisputed in the four-bed era first male boxer to do that like that's that's that's legacy right there when they when they talk about you know being undisputed and undisputed champions they're gonna they're gonna see me my name as number one who was the first fighter the first to do it oh yeah and that's gonna set the the bar high for the the fighters coming after me to try to you know do better which they probably will you know in history uh but given time would you give them something to shoot for bud yeah yeah yeah yeah for sure just like the other boxers i mentioned sugar ray and roy jones jr some of these other fighters gave you something gave you a target and that's gonna because like you said some fighter in 15 years 20 years 30 years from now said i saw what bud crawford did and i said you know what i want to challenge myself like bud bud went and did it had no fear and said hey whatever happens is going to happen but I need to know I don't want to I don't want to have sit back or regressing man I should have got that fight I should have did that and be afraid somebody's going to say they did something because they saw Bud Crawford do it in 2025 for sure yeah there's something that the fans always ask for including myself or being a huge boxing enthusiast we always talk about making boxing great again getting fighters to fight each other I think you're going to start something, taking on the challenge, daring to be great, wanting to create a legacy and make history in itself.

40:10I think a moment like this, when you do step in the ring with Canelo, it will get some of the other best fighters to actually fight each other instead of, you know, motioning around and picking and choosing when to fight, scared. Just the challenges that you're taking on is dope. It's really dope to see. but after some of this magnitude but a fight like this where you talk about legacy you talk talk about history i'm not trying to put the carrots before the horse but what's next after something like this of this magnitude this damn big hey listen man we we we take one fight at a time one fight at a time well you meant to put the horse before the carrot because the

40:51Shannon Sharpe:carrot does go before the horse because the horse is chasing the carrot but we got what you But we get what you mean, bud. We understand what he mean, bud. My bad, my bad, my bad, my bad, my bad. But I know you're very close to Floyd. Did Floyd give you any pointers about how to go in there? Because Floyd fought Canelo. I think Canelo was 23. Floyd was 36. So you're a little slightly older than what Floyd was. Canelo's a little slightly older than when he fought. But has he given you any pointers of how to go about your business? or do you even take pointers do you watch film on fights or do because floyd said he didn't watch film he took what his trainer was going to say and he implemented that in the ring do you watch film and has floyd give you any pointers well of course you know i watch a little film you know not too much because you know i always said that the fighter that i'm fighting i was gonna not gonna fight me the same way because my style is different gotcha watch yeah a little uh video to see the things that they like to do.

41:51Once I see that, then I know what to work on. I know what to watch out for. Uh, far as Floyd, no, I haven't talked to Floyd about Penelo or the fight.

42:02Shannon Sharpe:When you go into, when you say you watch a little video, are you looking for a pattern? Are you looking at the way he's trying to set things up? Are you looking at the way he's circled? Are you looking at the way? So what, what, what, what exactly are you looking for? Just, you know, a little bit of everything i like to look at see what the tendencies is and uh things that they do things that they don't like and just certain patterns for sure so then when i'm in the ring i recognize it when i see it and you know what you know it's coming are you you have all of us all of us have i have routine before i played football game there was some that there was a pattern there was a i'm not really superstitious is there a certain routine that you do before every fight?

42:46And are you superstitious in any way? I'm not superstitious or anything. Like I said, all this is already written. You know what I mean? This is already a guy playing. So, you know, there's nothing he can do, I can do, that can write history. It's already done. You know what I mean? So, we just got to see how it goes. so go ahead go ahead i'm gonna say i know how it's gonna go i know how it's go and when when you raise your hand i'm finna jump on the ring like little mama did when jason was on stage i'm telling you right now i'm jumping i'm jumping in the ring they did they had to take me to jail for sure yes i'm gonna make sure they take you to jail though don't worry so so so bud now okay here

43:37Shannon Sharpe:we are a couple of days away now for the most part the hay is in the barn there ain't no most far I don't know you might might have one more day of road work whatever the case may be you now all of a sudden you trying to make sure you come in at that 168 so over the next three to four days what is a bird call for a day are you watching movies are you you know you catch it up a lad you know your trainers in your ear says okay remember this this is what we worked on so So what's the last three to four days? What is that going to be like for Bud Crawford? A lot of media, a lot of interviews, got the press conference.

44:17You got the wins. You got the shakeouts. You got the making way. Then you got the fight. So you don't just be sitting in a room just chilling all day. You still got things to do.

44:30Shannon Sharpe:Is that a good thing or a bad thing that you don't sit alone in your thoughts? that you're, like you said, you're doing interviews and you got this media tour that you got to go on and you mentioned you got the press conference. But for the most part, I would think family, friends, and loved ones leave you alone. And so you can focus on what you need to get focused on. So is that what happens? I mean, you've already given everybody, okay, look here. I cut the phone off at such and such a time. Don't call me. Hey, somebody else is going to handle what they need to do. Mama, you got the kids. Mama, you have everything.

45:05Shannon Sharpe:Manager, you have everything over here. Now it's time to prepare my mind and really just lock in. Yeah, it gets like that. But at the same time, me as a protector, I still be, you know, worried and thinking about them. Yeah. Especially when they all come to Vegas and, you know, they all partying or going out and things like that. Knowing me, I'm like, what they doing? Where they at? You know, are they here? They here are. Make sure they're good, you know? So the worrying about them ain't gonna never stop. But everything else is definitely cool to be, you know, in your thoughts at times. Like, I like to sit by myself and visualize the fight, you know, how it's gonna happen and what I'm gonna do if this happens, what I'm gonna do if that happens, you know, and just be in your own space at times.

46:00Shannon Sharpe:Do you believe a lot of people say, well, I don't believe Bud can win a decision. Blood is probably going to have to stop Canelo because Canelo is the champion at the 168. And it's probably the likelihood of him getting a victory by decision in Vegas at this weight. Probably not going to happen. I mean, what's your mindset? By any means necessary, if it has to go to the car, it goes to the car. if there's a point in the fight where I feel I can sit down on some punches and get him up out of there, that's what I'm going to do. My thing is I don't worry about what people say. Many people is worried about what other people are saying.

46:44Oh, he's too small or he can't take the punch or he's not going to get a decision or he's this, he's that. I don't worry about none of that. My job is to go out there and fight. That's what I'm going to do. Come say, I'm going to go out there and fight. And I'm going to fight my ass off. You know what I mean? And then whatever happens, happens. You know, but I know one thing for sure. I'm not leaving without all them belts.

47:07Shannon Sharpe:Damn. So, hey, you're going to be like a department store. You're going to have about seven, eight, nine, ten belts when you walk up out of the belt. I'm going to be walking out with all of them. I mean, has your power, your footwork, your speed, has everything carried up despite the weight gain? Everything flows with you, right? Yeah, for sure. You know what I mean? Like I said, just because you gain a little weight doesn't mean that, you know, you slower. People get faster when they get bigger. We're explosive. Punch a little harder. Things like that. So I'm not worried about, you know, foot speed or hand speed or anything like that.

47:45That's fine.

47:46Shannon Sharpe:But you also didn't have to go through that big weight cut to come all the way down to possibly 47. Because, you know, and I was telling people, I said, man, they said, man, You was in the ring wrestling with Bud. I said, that little mofo's strong now. Hey, you saw how you had me huffing and puffing. So don't let the signs fool you. I know you say, man, he only won. I said, nah, he wasn't 147 that day. He said he won 147 that day. I don't know what he weighed, but it wasn't 147. Yeah. But do you feel comfortable? Do you feel like, because sometimes you gain a little weight, Bud. you're like damn i don't feel comfortable you feel comfortable carrying this weight around so great i feel great you know uh i'm just ready i'm just ready to go out there and do my thing all right well bud yeah we look wait hold on this is the last one we got a rap on yo yeah that's one listen i just want to make sure do me a favor i know this is not really returning to the fight i just want to make sure andre ward is in attendance because we got some unfinished business.

48:51He on the commentary. Leave him alone, man. I told you he gonna whoop your butt, man. Just make sure he's there. He gonna stop you. Nah, but that's what I do, boy. We cut from the butt. Hey, hey, hey. You remember you was talking stuff to that big dude, I forgot his name, the football player. James, yeah, Devo. Hey, I'm gonna go.

49:18I'm going to grab your little ass up. Hey, hey, bud, make sure you're in attendance. Bud, make sure you're there for that. Hey, D-Bo is going to grab you like Shannon grabbed me.

49:32Who's side you on, bud? I ain't got nobody side. I'm just saying. D-Bo is going to grab you like Shannon grabbed me. Hey, man, listen, I got this. Just make sure you're there when I whoop him. When I whoop him, just make sure you're there. And then Andre next.

49:46Shannon Sharpe:Bud, I appreciate your time, man. Congratulations. Best of luck on the fight on Saturday night. We will be in attendance. And I want to be able to say, you know what? I was in attendance when Bud Crawford shocked the world. Good luck. And we'll talk to you after the fight. Appreciate it. Bud Crawford. Yeah. It's always great having Bud. I mean, anytime around. I mean, I did the first interview a couple of months ago. and he's just like you've been knowing him. I mean, he makes you feel like you've been knowing him your entire life. It was great to have him, wishing him the best of luck. He seemed at peace.

50:20Shannon Sharpe:He seemed at ease. He was very, very calm, Ocho. You know, tomorrow the show, we got two shows tomorrow. We're going between 12 and 2, which will be 3 and 5, East Coast time. So we're going to be on 3 to 5, and then we're going to be on again after the Packers-Commanders game. actually my brother gets his Hall of Fame ring at halftime of the game so we got two shows tomorrow the first show is 12-2 West Coast time which is 3-5 East Coast time and then we'll come on again after the game immediately after the game we'll follow it up so we're excited we got some big stars I think we're going to get Canelo I think we're going to have Dana White I think we're going to have Bud Crawford we're going to have a lot of guys stopping by passing through and we're going to get those guys to bring those guys to you guys.

51:08Shannon Sharpe:So tune in tomorrow between 3 and 5 to talk more about this fight. All right, Ochoa, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q &A. Yeah. Make sure y 'all tune in tomorrow now. We got some fights to talk about. Hey, Uncle, you know it's very important, right? What then? I talked to Turkey. I talked to Turkish Ali. I talked to him, too, about the fight with Andre Ward. He said it's something that he's interested in doing, so everybody in the chat I think y 'all can look forward to not only me beating Debo's ass but in the future me getting in the ring with Andre Ward and lumping his ass up too yep I look forward to that thank you look forward to that thank you Ghost Hendricks says Ravens defense on man is boosted they not it Ocho you might have to have to take them down or not everybody be wanting you Listen, it's only one week.

52:05Now, we'll make the proper adjustments if they continue to play bad, but after one week of football, we can't lower ratings and we can't increase ratings. Like, let's settle down a little bit. As time goes on, we'll make the proper adjustments based on the team's play.

52:22Shannon Sharpe:Moneymaking G said, what's up, Unc and Ocho? Unc, I had to go through your Glenville last night. I need them to change the brothers' side to Hall of Fame, great Sterling and Shannon Sharp. I wonder will they change it. They'll absolutely change it. Home of Sterling, Pro Football Hall of Famer, Sterling and Shannon Sharp. Yes, they're going to change it. Rashad Mabon, is Mike Evans a top 10 receiver all time? Woo. Okay, Jerry, Randy. T.O. T.O. Larry Fitzgerald. Larry Fitzgerald. Marvin Harrison, that's five. Chris Carter.

53:06Shannon Sharpe:See, I think, Ocho, I think the thing is like people just looking at stats. Yeah. If you just look at the stats, you're going to probably say, yeah, because it's the same thing. If you look at stats, you probably say Frank Gore is a top five running back. I don't think anybody looked at their career and say Frank Gore is a top five running back. That's just me personally. we named our five who else Ocho they they base everything off of numbers huh because that's all that's all they have to go off now when you play the game you understand some of the players and their skill set and what they did for the game outside of just numbers on numbers only tell half the story what about you put him in front of Megatron would you put him in front of AB would you put him in front of Julio now we're eight we're at eight you know how many I didn't say michael irvin i didn't say sterling sharp i didn't say tory holt i didn't say isaac brood it's so many it's so the question is what what would you put him in front of jerry would you put him in front of uh uh to would you put him in front of randy would you put him in front of larry fish jerald would you put him in front of megatron a b julio chris carter i'm just Andre, I'm just saying, y 'all asking us because y 'all want to hear us when you already know the answer.

54:24Shannon Sharpe:Y 'all just want to hear us say it. So you can say, go back and say, Hall of Famer Sheldon Sharp said, Mike Evans is not a top-tier receiver. Y 'all already know the answer. Yeah.

54:36Shannon Sharpe:We said that, but I'm saying, Dante Hunter, 12, 1 ,000-yard season. Who are the names that I named are you putting him in front of? Are you putting him in front of Jerry? Are you putting him in front of T.O.? Are you putting him in front of Randy? Are you putting him in front of Larry Fitzgerald? Are you putting him in front of Megatron? A.B. Julio. Andre Johnson. Andre Johnson. I'm just asking, are you putting him Marvin Harrison? Are you putting him in front of those guys? It's really, if you say yes, would they need the top 10 receiver? If you say no, he's not. He's not.

55:18Shannon Sharpe:De Niro Harris, be honest, coming from the Hall of Fame like yourself, do you think they're the running back better than Barry Sanders? Not that I saw my eyes. Uh-uh. Now, I mean, some people say I like Jim Brown. I didn't see Walter play. I watched him on television. I didn't see Walter play. He obviously retired before I got there.

55:46not my eyes no no the world said don't show my birthday in september 26th it would make my day if i can get an autograph signed jersey from you okay but you gonna provide the jersey or you want me to provide the jersey because if i provide the jersey i got you you know just send me send me a little DM on Instagrams. And I make sure my people get that out to you, twin.

56:14Shannon Sharpe:You know, they can get everything out except my money, but okay. Huh? Hey, um. Montavion Cole says, Saints fan here. What's your opinion, Unc and Ocho? Can the Saints have a successful season this year? Ocho, what you thinking? I mean, that all comes down to defense, being able to play defense. and Spencer Rattler doing what Spencer Rattler needs to do. That's what all comes down. All comes down. Your wins are going to come down to your quarterback, your quarterback play. How consistent can he be week in and week out? That's all it comes down to. Yeah, quarterback play. Quarterback play. I thought he threw a great ball that could have been possibly touchdown, kick PAT, and you go into overtime, but the guy didn't hold on to it.

57:01Shannon Sharpe:So it's going to be interesting to see. Jacob Mota said, Uncle Nocho, y 'all are granted the first two international NFL teams. Where is your team located and what's the team name? And are you paying X amount for prime to coach the team? Where your team going to be located, Ocho? My team? Yeah. International. Oh, we're going to be in Italy. What you mean? Yeah, my team going to be in Italy.

57:38Shannon Sharpe:then they'll play the game in Italy I gotta say okay we play games in Japan we play game in London we play games in Barcelona we play games in Australia Mexico I think I'll put mine in Mexico that's a good one The conquistadors. That's going to be the name of my team. Kiprin Orwood Jr. Ocho, my question is, who do you have winning the MVP early season pick? MVP early season pick right now, it'd probably go to Josh. It's early season, and based on what we saw from Josh Allen in week one, and obviously we've had an opportunity to see all quarterbacks, all other skilled position players Josh Allen sticks out like a Thor some so far he sticks out like a sore thumb so can he keep it going?

58:42Probably can be Lamar Jackson will have something to say about that. I think Joe Burrow will have something to say about that. Patrick Mahomes is also one you don't want to leave out the conversation when it comes to MVP despite how they look week one so we'll see. We've got a long season to go boy. We've got a long season to go

59:01Shannon Sharpe:Quentin Mobley or Quentin Mobley, Ben Simmons, pulled a Deshaun Watson, quick finesse. Bag on head, Ocho versus Debo. Give me Ocho all day, every day. You don't mess with Liberty City. Thank you. We call Ocho Waffle House because he was open 24-7. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Somebody that has common sense and understands my background in combat sports. Understanding regardless of a guy's size, the cloth that I'm cut from, it's up with whoever, and it's stuck. Nesconi said, we're in your corner, bud. Go make history. Yes, yes, we are. Cedric Jr., quick question. Since Monday is the last game for football week, can we do a segment every Monday night before Q &A?

59:45Shannon Sharpe:The segment will be choosing five players for MVP race. The first three is someone you consider an MVP candidate, and the last two are honorable mention. Okay, we'll look into that. Chat, that's what y 'all want to do. Y 'all want us to pick the MVP candidates week to week and then see how close we are at the end of the season. Thank you for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. We really appreciate you guys joining us. Y 'all know who I am. I'm your favorite Unc, Shannon Sharp, my partner and co-host. He's Liberty City's own Madding's ratings adjuster, bingo, ring of fame honoree, the pro bowler, the all pro.

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1:01:40Shannon Sharpe:Eastern. Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, 11 a.m. Eastern. That's Debo and Joe. Thank you guys for joining us. We'll see you tomorrow after the Packers commanders. I'm Unc, he's Ocho. We out. O.

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