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12:50Shannon Sharpe:Man, congratulations. They're about to have 424 ,003. Because Ocho and I, so we going. Hey, you know what I don't like, though? What's that? I love the Cinderella story. I love that Cape Verde. and some of the other teams, African teams that played well in the group stage, right? But the round of 32, guess who? Cape Verde got to play July 3rd. They got Argentina. They got to play Argentina. Oh, man. Let's just say for the sake of argument. Hypothetically? If they beat Argentina, he going to double that? Double? Boy, if they beat Argentina, right? Hypothetically speaking, the goalie going to 100 million.

13:33What? He's going to 100 million followers. I'm telling you.

13:37Shannon Sharpe:Damn, he didn't post no show he like that? It's not that he's that post. He stood on his head. Hey. They love – you got to realize, Ronaldo has like 668 million. Only Instagram itself has more followers than Ronaldo. Yeah. And then Messi is next. Messi has like 550 or maybe 560. Yeah. Maybe 530-something. So you got to think about it. Those two followers have over a billion followers. Over 1.1 billion followers. Just those two guys.

14:08Chad Johnson:That's crazy. Damn. Yeah, soccer big time, bro.

14:15Shannon Sharpe:You remember when Ronaldo went on YouTube? He started a YouTube page and got 50 million subs in like 24 hours. Damn.

14:29They are living icons still active in their respective craft. Yeah. Crazy.

14:35Shannon Sharpe:You know what would have been interesting? If Jordan was playing, how many followers would he have?

14:44Chad Johnson:Yeah, he had the same.

14:46Shannon Sharpe:LeBron has the most. I think LeBron's like 157 million. I think he has the most. I don't even know who's next. Maybe Steph Curry. I don't even know.

14:54Chad Johnson:Hell, Jordan will be up there with them damn soccer players. Hell, IG itself. Probably.

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18:57Shannon Sharpe:Hey! He have two billion. Damn! So, keep it going, K-Birdie. alright it's time for our final segment of the evening it's time for Q and A and Joe it's your birthday you want me to fly down and come hang with you and the family

19:18Chad Johnson:nah I'm good Joe I'll see you in a couple weeks what's in a couple weeks I'll see you in a couple weeks bro but I'm asking you what's in a couple of weeks for you to be able to see me where we gonna be at we gonna be in NYC oh Joe okay okay I'm gonna see you out there I'm gonna see you out there Joe don't be too nervous I'll put hands on you now huh? it's just a friendly fade we get us a little friendly fade in then we can go back to being cool make sure you bring shades with you too why? because your eyes are going to be black

19:54Shannon Sharpe:why?

19:58Shannon Sharpe:the Monday night game versus Champ Bailey when you made him fall on that 50 yard touchdown bomb was your coming out party to let the NFL know you that boy and here to stay. I mean, listen, that was a good night against Champ. Obviously, Champ still one of the greatest. One of the greatest. When we talk about defensive backs, being able to cover one side of the field. In those conversations with Revis and Deion, Champ is that. I mean, that night, I'd like to say I got lucky a little bit, especially where he tripped over the back of my heel, which happens sometimes. But that was a good game. That was a good game.

20:30I would say that is my coming out party in a sense to let let people know and put them on notice. I hit a ride. All right,

20:39Shannon Sharpe:so what is the biggest shot you've ever hit in your life?

20:44Chad Johnson:The biggest shot?

20:49Chad Johnson:Damn. The biggest shot.

20:59Chad Johnson:I honestly don't know, man. You know, I had a few big ones. I can owe Joe Paul's, but... I can't really pinpoint one that was just...

21:13Chad Johnson:I don't really know. I don't really know. I know I had some great playoff moments, but I can't really remember one shot that was just like... I'm sure I got him, but I just can't remember none.

21:25Shannon Sharpe:I was on TikTok, and I saw a video that you showed a promo for your shoot for the Return to Baltimore on Monday night. You were singing Eminem's song, Guess Who's Back. but you put your name in it. Yeah, I couldn't use his.

21:41Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, and I'm sure ESPN paid money to get that cleared.

21:45Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah.

21:49Shannon Sharpe:Nightcap, big three. My wife, Adrienne, and I welcome a baby boy, legend Maximus to the world today. Six pounds, 13 ounces. Mom and son are healthy. God is great. Quentin, congratulations to you, your wife. Congratulations on the newborn. Glad mom and baby are healthy. That is awesome. That's his thing. Hey, Andy born on Joe's birthday. Man. Hey, that's your first? That's his first? He said, welcome to our baby boy. He didn't say it was first, but Legend Maximus. Hey, I like that. Oh, I like that name.

22:23Chad Johnson:Legend Maximus. With a name like Legend Maximus? Hey, he got to be that boy. Hey, Destin for greatness. You hear me? He ain't got no choice. Hey, I tell you what.

22:34Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you know what I'm thinking about? You know what? If you had another kid, Ocho, what would you name it? You know what, that's a great question. And most of the time, I stay out of the naming business and allow, you know, I'm in the naming business. You are? Yeah. I always allow mom to name. Now, if it's something I don't agree with, I will let them. Listen, you know what? I don't really like that. I don't like that. I'm just going to be honest with you. Yeah. But I let them do everything. I call my kids nicknames anyway. I haven't called Serenity Serenity since she was born. I say French Fry.

23:10I call her French Fry. Because she look like a little golden French Fry. That's my baby.

23:19Shannon Sharpe:Joe, what you got for him, Joe?

23:22Chad Johnson:I mean, all my kids' names start with a J, bro. I'm involved. They all got JJ's in their name. So, if I had a child, None of my juniors, though. I don't have, you know... Yeah, yeah, I ain't got no juniors. Yeah, I don't have no juniors. I wouldn't... I don't know, for whatever reason, man, I always felt that was strange. You know, maybe it was because of, you know, what I've accomplished and had to put that pressure on.

23:46Shannon Sharpe:You a junior, ain't you, though, Joe?

23:47Chad Johnson:Nah, I don't have my dad's last name. I just got his first name.

23:50Shannon Sharpe:Okay, okay.

23:51Chad Johnson:Yeah, but, you know, giving my son, you know, my name, bro, you know, hell, it's already enough pressure out here. You feel me?

23:58Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Mm. You're right about that. That makes sense.

24:06Yeah, if that is his first child, man, you know, congratulations.

24:11Chad Johnson:You know two is better than one, though. You still working for twins, Ocho? Who me?

24:17Shannon Sharpe:Oh, I thought you said working for your boy, please.

24:20Chad Johnson:Who me? Yeah. Yeah. I'm trying to look for the right price, Joe. You know, that FBI, boy, that thing expensive, boy. Yeah, yeah. Uncle, what you name yours if you had one? If you had one, because I know yours still swimming. If I had a boy, I'd name him after my brother. Yeah.

24:38Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man, well, you still got time. Man, what I look like. I mean, it's going to be a 33, 34-year age gap between my kids. Ain't nothing wrong with that, huh? Hey, listen, ain't no rule. Ain't no rule book. Ain't nobody say you have to do things this way. What's 2026? Yeah, I got to do that. kids they got expensive now Ocho

25:00Chad Johnson:boy you ain't never like hey Joe I tell people all the time man kids ain't expensive what you choose to buy they ass is huh cause I can get by I can get by cheap with them real quick boy okay

25:14Shannon Sharpe:no you can't yeah I wanted twins once upon a time Ocho oh no I ain't never it's never too late you hear me It's too late. No, it ain't.

25:29Chad Johnson:It really ain't, though. For real. If you just really think about it. Hey, Joe. Thank you, Joe. Thank you. It really ain't.

25:34Shannon Sharpe:Man, you see how I'm moving around? How you think I'll be moving around in 17 years? Hey, they'll be able to push you?

25:44Chad Johnson:Hey, listen, listen. You going to have you a younger lady because you know you don't want nothing old but a bankroll. You hear me? Yeah, you hear me. I already know that. I already know you don't want nothing old but a bankroll. So listen. Hey, hey, hey. They call me Cat Pistol. Pie ain't nothing to smoke.

26:02Shannon Sharpe:Ain't no real bullets in that joke. Ain't no real bullets. Nah. Yeah, that's all I got for a bank. That's a move. Yeah. That's a move. Shit. As a trio Laker fan, once LeBron got there, I was able to put my dislike for him and root for him. It's not even LeBron. It's his fans. His fans make you hate him, but we'll be sad to see him leave.

26:28Chad Johnson:Yeah, you're going to be sad to see him leave. You're going to be sad when he retired too because, you know, the game has been in a great space and place since he's joined the NBA 21, 22 years ago. Man, it's going to be a sad day when he walk up out of that old Joe. Yeah.

26:48Man.

26:49Shannon Sharpe:People never understand it too, Joe. They never understand it. But I'm just trying to figure out, they say his fans. So what historically great players didn't have a loyal fan base? So Jordan fans don't bother you, huh? Kobe fans don't bother you. Steph Curry fans doesn't bother you. Michael Jordan, excuse me, Magic Johnson fans doesn't bother you. Just LeBron's fans, huh? You see that, John? Only LeBron fans. are any more fans more devout than Kobe and Jordan's fans no I would say no but hey it's gonna end for everybody Steph has mentioned more than once that he'd like to play in Charlotte someday any chance that could happen yeah but it won't be tomorrow hey probably by the time Steph start playing in Charlotte he'd be his three ball be looking like mine.

27:46Chad Johnson:Yeah, I don't see that happening. Not at the rate that they're going. I don't see that happening.

27:59Shannon Sharpe:LeBron is too old for these questions. It's rings or nothing. Like, why are we still playing for fun at this point in your career at this point in your career at a high level? Yeah, it is. It's easier to play when you still enjoy the game and you don't look at as a grind. How many people you think tomorrow morning is going to wake up like, oh, man, I got to go to this damn job. Yeah. LeBron is, most guys never have, LeBron probably never had to woke up with that. Brady, Jordan, Kobe, Peyton Manning, Joe, Ocho, I ain't never woke up like, oh, Lord, man, I got to go. Ooh, Joshua, he got to go to practice today.

28:42Shannon Sharpe:I ain't never felt that way. Now, I'm sure maybe some people have, but I've never felt like that. I've never had a job that I woke up and said, damn, I got to go in here today.

28:54Chad Johnson:Hey, not when you were enjoying it and having a good damn time. Now, when I had my first job at UPS, yeah, yeah, I was thinking that. I was like, damn, I got to go down here and pick up these heavy-ass e-rig boxes and unload this damn truck. Oh, wait, what is going to be here? Yeah, I thought about it again.

29:14Shannon Sharpe:You play good money though, Joe.

29:16Chad Johnson:Yeah, they play good money, but I was in high school. I had already made my man up. I'm in there with dudes, man, who've been working 15, 17 years. I'm like, oh, hell no. I can't do this for no damn 10, 15. Oh, hell no. Boy, I'm going to be in the gym tomorrow. For sure, for sure.

29:32Shannon Sharpe:That's how it is, Joe. Yeah. I mean, you working out there in the fields, and I'm young, and them men, they grown. They got kids. They got grandkids. I'm like, man, I'm not finna be working out here. You think I'm gonna be doing a manual labor job, me, with my kids at these feet? Oh, hell no.

29:51Chad Johnson:Hey, Ocho, dudes used to come in there. You know, if y 'all know guys who work at UPS, they all wear back braces. So I'm coming in. I see all these older dudes. They were like, hey, Joe, man, you gotta get your back brace, man. I'm like, well, I ain't even planning on being here that damn long. I'm just trying to work long enough for my back to start hurting. I'm just trying to find me something to do, make a little money before I go off to college, man. Damn this. I ain't going to be alone.

30:19Shannon Sharpe:Golden State Geriatrics. In the 1990s, two receivers had success against Prime. That's your brother, Michael Irvins. What did they do different for others in the 90s? They were physical. Yeah. My brother played for contact. Mike was a big physical receiver. Mike was the reason they outlawed the head slap because Michael Hurd was slapping hell out of people upside. Hey, Joe, coming over that line of scrimmage? Yeah. You're the problem I'm waiting. People ask me, man, the way you see Mike animated on his podcast, he's like that in real life.

30:55Chad Johnson:Yeah.

30:56Shannon Sharpe:That ain't no act. That's him. Yeah. He's the best, the coolest, the greatest. I mean, man, that dude there. As a matter of fact, we just We just saw it. I just saw it Thursday in LA. Mike, I gotta go, man. I said, man, I gotta go do my podcast. I said, you know how Mike is. Mike will talk to you for 30 minutes. Damn, Mike, I gotta go. But he's a man, great, great, great, great, great dude. Man, me

31:34Shannon Sharpe:and Mike took the Super Bowl that was in Atlanta. All I would say is this. Me and Mike took Gary Sheffield. He had a Winnebago.

31:46Chad Johnson:Yeah.

31:47Shannon Sharpe:He had a motor coach. I said, man, let me... He's like, you know how to drive one of these? I said, hell, it ain't nothing but a big old truck with a hull over it. Yeah, I can drive it. We boned out. Man, you know what? To this day, I don't know how he got that coach back.

32:04Chad Johnson:What? you were driving a motor coach

32:07Shannon Sharpe:yes me and Mike nah I don't know how he got it back next time I see chef I was like chef how you get that how you get that back

32:21Chad Johnson:what y 'all y 'all ain't take it back to him what y 'all do with it you know

32:30and he was out there having the time I'm back in it

32:38Shannon Sharpe:Why can't Orlando seem to be able to get consistent playmaking point guards? Why does it seem like it's impossible to be good for three-point shooting for them? Did Rashard Lewis and them use up all the threes or something?

32:50Chad Johnson:They definitely need a point guard. They got point guards. They just don't have scoring shooting point guards.

32:58Shannon Sharpe:Suggs is a defensive point guard.

33:00Chad Johnson:Yeah, so they don't play great off Ben Carroll and Wagner. Their guards don't play great off them. They're great pick-and-roll guards who can get in the teeth of the defense, who can make plays, who can be disruptive defensively, but they're just not that great of an offensive threat.

33:21Shannon Sharpe:My man locked back up after coming out in January. I want to leave, but his son died in March from a car accident. Am I wrong? A man locked back up after coming out in January. I want to leave, but his son died. Oh, oh, she's saying my man is locked back up after coming out in January. I want to leave, but his son died in March in a car accident. Am I wrong?

33:56Chad Johnson:nah man listen them damn women they only gonna wait around for so damn long

34:01Shannon Sharpe:yeah yeah yeah you've been loyal probably longer than what you need

34:04Chad Johnson:yeah yeah if he just got out and went right back yeah

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34:32We'll see you next time.

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37:46Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, hey. For some of them it is. Huh? For some of them it is.

37:51Chad Johnson:Nah, hell nah.

37:53Shannon Sharpe:Nah, hey. Babe, I don't think you'd be wrong if you left.

37:59Chad Johnson:I'm telling you.

38:00Shannon Sharpe:I don't.

38:03Chad Johnson:Don't I, Dan?

38:04Shannon Sharpe:I know the vows say until they'll do us part or until that man break us up.

38:14Shannon Sharpe:The man. He broke us up.

38:18Chad Johnson:Yeah. I'm going to go have you a little fun, baby.

38:21Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Go ahead, Joe. What'd you say, Ocho? Hold on, I'm saying, you have no value behind them bars now. Man. Yeah. Look, okay, people make mistakes, but to get out and to go back after she was there for you when you got out? Ah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

38:41Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah. Hey, hey, hey. Somebody else gonna have a holler like a stoke pig. The squid. Yeah, you know how it go. Hey. Damn, Joe. Yeah, yeah. You know how it go, Ocho. Don't go to act like you don't know what's going on. Yeah, I mean, there's a pig. Damn. Yeah. Yeah, you got it.

38:59Shannon Sharpe:Hey, got a falling off the bed. He falling off a will. Hey, there you go. You know what you got? Come in.

39:08Chad Johnson:Let me stop. Yeah.

39:13Chad Johnson:Yeah. Yeah.

39:15Shannon Sharpe:Yeah.

39:15Chad Johnson:You know what I'm talking about?

39:16Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey. Hey, that's a good one.

39:21Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, hey. Y 'all probably ran into a little something back in your day that they had somebody and he was locked up. You know how that go.

39:28Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah, man. Hey. Yeah. Man, y 'all wrong for that. Ocho, you wrong for that, Ocho. Me? What'd I do? Tell me that's magic, but he's going to have a falling off the bed. He's falling right off the bone with him. Yeah. Don't play no games. Iso Ocho, my son, D 'Arian, birthday is today, Big 21. Can you please wish him a happy birthday for me? Please, proud father. D 'Arian, happy 21st birthday. Bro, you legal. You can actually do everything that you want to do. Yeah. But just make sure it's the right thing.

40:02Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, hey, hey, and you share a birthday with your boy. You feel me? Boy, you in good hands. You hear me? God looking out for you, man. Hey, stay out there, twin. Yeah, and make sure if somebody asks you to show up, you show up. Oh, here he go. Damn. I just want to make sure we can count on you, man. That's it. Bro.

40:24Shannon Sharpe:Somebody said the Ninja Turtles came up out of the sewers with no shell when the Knicks won the championship. Oh, man. Cowabunga. Yeah. No, who said that? No, Bart Simpson said Cowabunga. What did the Ninja Turtles say? Because they were like named up. They were Raphael, Donatello.

40:48Chad Johnson:Michelangelo, Leonardo.

40:50Shannon Sharpe:Leonardo. Leonardo, yeah. Can you wish my son a happy birthday to my son, Julian, turning one year old today, June 29th? I'll show him this when he's older. Happy birthday, King Iso. Absolutely. Appreciate it. Happy first birthday. Happy first, Julian. And one day you're going to look, you're like, hold on. Man, you knew Unc Ocho and Iso? Yeah, man. Man. You knew a shout out. You'll be able to show this to your friend. So happy first birthday, Julian. Big three, I'm ready for some football, but am I tripping? Did Jerry let his three best pass rushers lead the building? D-Wear, D-Large, Michael Parsons.

41:29Shannon Sharpe:What is Jerry thinking? Jerry's thinking that those guys didn't have it anymore. Right. And D. Ware went and had a remarkable help lead his team to a Super Bowl. D. Long went and helped lead a team to the Super Bowl. Michael got hurt, but he was just starting to round into shape and to show you why Green Bay gave up the assets and gave him the contract that they gave him. You're starting to see that. We'll see. He believed that the players that he received back and the picks that he was able to get in the draft, he believes they'll be able to replace Michael. Only time will tell.

42:10Chad Johnson:Only time will tell.

42:12Shannon Sharpe:Which team can pay LeBron the money he wants and also contend for a championship? It seems to me Miami has the most. They can play him the full$15 million mid-level. Yep. Hello. Yep. Now, whether or not he can contend with a championship, I don't know. But I know they can play him the most. from what I've been reading, Miami has the most.

42:34Chad Johnson:And they ain't gonna have a number G League players surrounding their ass. So you can say sure. Hey, we'll cross that bridge when we get there, Joe. Don't worry about that. Okay.

42:46Shannon Sharpe:Sharp, I'm a 49er fan, but I've been following your career for years. I'll probably never meet you, but nightcap is the best thing going. Salute to you and the guys. Salute, gentlemen. I appreciate that. Thank you for your support. Thank you for watching. All you guys, I mean, like I said, we started off in a hotel room in New York in September. Only had about 2 ,000 fans that night. I think, Ocho, I think we went about 35 minutes. Yeah. And I was like, man, we still got so much to talk about.

43:19Chad Johnson:Yeah.

43:20Shannon Sharpe:And then we expanded. And then Ocho got me drunk one night and started telling stories. Joe and the rest is as they say nightcap history but uh go ahead Joe nah I was saying it was history after that boy them stories boy I got so many in my back pocket Joe oh man

43:41Chad Johnson:I already know it

43:43Shannon Sharpe:I ain't got no more I've been good I done told y 'all all the bad stuff I did I've been a model citizen since then

43:50Chad Johnson:Papa was a rolling stone wherever he laid his hand Was his home.

44:01Shannon Sharpe:Can you give a shout out to my wife, Jasmine? She's pregnant with our first child. I'll keep the show posted. Ocho Advice got her pregnant. Oh, what? Yeah. Yeah, well, Jasmine, congratulations. Hopefully everything is going really, really well in this pregnancy. And pretty soon you're going to deliver. You didn't say it was a boy or a girl, but hopefully you deliver a healthy child. And you and baby will be healthy. and Gabriel. Thank you, man. Thank you for watching and thank you for your support. I don't know what advice Ocho gave you to get your wife pregnant, but you probably should stop listening.

44:37Shannon Sharpe:You shouldn't.

44:39Chad Johnson:Hey, Jazz, don't let him pull no fast one on you over there, Jazz. You got to stay locked in. Yeah.

44:48Shannon Sharpe:Joe, what team that won the NBA Finals player could you replace and they still win the same? Ocho, the Super Bowl with you, and Unc, who would you join? So what team won the NBA Finals that you could join, Ocho? I mean, Joe, you could replace the player, and you could join, and they still win. I guess he's talking about now.

45:08Chad Johnson:He got to be talking about what player would I take off the Knicks that I can replace, and we still win? Yeah. Shit, I take Bridges spot. We be good. Damn, Joe. You asked a question here, Unc. I got to say someday, I'm about to take Bridges spot. Why didn't you say Miles McBride? Nah, nah. Put me in the day. I'm starting line up here. Damn it. Yeah, we going to get to it. Me and Bronson in the backcourt? Shit. Ocho?

45:44Shannon Sharpe:Damn. So you got to replace somebody on Seahawks? The Seahawks? They just won the Super Bowl.

45:59Rasheed Rice not Rasheed Rice Rasheed Shahid Shahid yeah

46:04Chad Johnson:damn you finna be balling out of control ain't you I'ma make it do what it do

46:09Shannon Sharpe:you know okay hey somebody say hey Joe you can replace Spike Lee

46:18Chad Johnson:hey that's a good one hey hey you know them damn New Yorkers boy, they going to stick together now.

46:26Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, man. I ain't going to lie, bro. I ain't finna hold you. At 58, I couldn't replace nobody. I couldn't give them no water. I can't give them a towel. I can't do nothing.

46:37Chad Johnson:No, no, no, no. Right now at 45, nah, I can't replace them. I'm thinking you talking back in my day when I was, you know what I mean? Right. Yeah. Oh, yeah, nah. Oh, yeah. What? Yeah.

46:49Shannon Sharpe:Anybody that won the Super Bowl in the last 10 years in my prime, I can replace him. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

46:56Chad Johnson:Okay, okay. The hell? Yeah.

47:00Shannon Sharpe:My guys, biggest expectation this season, Bryce, Burrow, Dak, Stroud. Who lives up to the hype and who doesn't?

47:08Chad Johnson:Dak. I mean, hell, we won't know. That's a great question. Nah, we do know Dak. We know Dak going to put it where it's supposed to be.

47:16Shannon Sharpe:I think it's your quarterback. It might be Ocho's quarterback. What? Because they got everything. Oh, yeah. He said they feel like 2019 LSU. Yes. They've helped that defense. They brought T back. They brought Chase, obviously Chase's back. The running back, Brown. They got a guy that can fill in in the slot.

47:39Chad Johnson:Hey, the best ability is availability. We know Dak ass going to be healthy and ready to go. We don't know that about Burrow, bro. Let's keep going. We know that. Huh?

47:50Shannon Sharpe:We know that about Dak?

47:52Chad Johnson:Yeah, we know that about Dak. You know he gonna put it where it's supposed to be. Pickin' CD. We know them boys gonna eat. You hear me? Ferguson, them boys gonna eat. Yeah.

48:01Shannon Sharpe:CD drops a lot of balls.

48:03Chad Johnson:He done, we done, he done fix that. I mean, he been, he been working. He done fix that. He ready. Okay. Yeah. I'm gonna take your word for it. Yeah. We good. Okay.

48:14Shannon Sharpe:I'm gonna take your word for it. Yeah.

48:19Shannon Sharpe:that concludes this episode of nightcap we want to thank each and every one of you for joining us like you have so many times before y 'all know who i am i'm your favorite uncle my two partners and co-host the liberty city legend the bingo frame ring bingo ring of fame honoree a former pro bowler and an all pro that is chad ochocinco johnson and the third member of the big three is a seven-time NBA All-Star and a Little Rock Arkansas native, Mr. Clutch himself, Iso Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from.

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