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13:48Chad Johnson:Because he won't sign the$200 million? Yeah.

13:51Shannon Sharpe:He gonna miss out. What he want? He gonna let 20 million stop him from taking 200 million.

13:57Chad Johnson:Hold on.

13:57Shannon Sharpe:What do you want, Uncle Joe? What do you want?

13:59Chad Johnson:He want more than 200 million, obviously, Ocho.

14:01Shannon Sharpe:He want that max, because I think the max he can get 290 something, right? 279, somewhere between 279 and 290? Oh, so they trying to short him 90 million?

14:10Chad Johnson:Man, damn that, Ocho. Damn them trying to short him. Man, sign that 200 million, man, and be happy and going on about your way, man. man. Come on, man. Go look, you mess around, pass up on that and try to play out, play it out and it don't go as planned. You ain't probably gonna be able to go back to that 200. Oh, what if he bet on himself and he ball out? I did. That's the chance. That's the risk that you got to take. That's the risk. You know, is he injury prone? Now he injury prone, but he He ain't no guy who's just those moments.

14:44Chad Johnson:He ain't, he ain't no. Huh? If I'm him, I'm, hey, Jalen Durr, if you see this boy, bet on yourself, right?

14:51Shannon Sharpe:Well, I mean, if they thought he was like that, guess what? Somebody would've put together a sign and trade package, wouldn't it, Joe?

14:59Chad Johnson:Hell yeah. As a matter of fact, if he gonna bet on himself and he can help lead Detroit to the finals, okay, that's one thing, but his game ain't predicated off that, Ocho. You know what I mean? He ain't no guy who you get a ball and you're like, hey, look, go win this game for us. That ain't what he do.

15:18Shannon Sharpe:Damn. I'm not 200 million for 10 %? Because basically that's 10%, Ocho, 220.

15:29Chad Johnson:I can't.

15:30Shannon Sharpe:Because I don't see, me personally, I just can't see. Because guess what? If I blow 200, I blow 220. yeah

15:42but 20 20 more million bro come on man 20 more 90 you said 90 he want to know i don't know i don't

15:49Shannon Sharpe:know he want more than what he would look bro he not a shade he not no superstar they can see the thing is god the guys made this all nba like third team all nba been all-star now all of a sudden you You think you Shay. You think you Luka. You think you yolk. You not. Hey, he gotta get it while he can. Ocho, you 22.

16:13Chad Johnson:You trying to take advantage of the moment? Damn. That's my thing. At 24, 25, you gonna be right back at the drawing board.

16:26I, man, never mind.

16:29Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, you are. I just, hey, I ain't going to tell him what to do. He believed that he worth it, and he going to take it. He going to hold out. He signed a one-year deal in this deal. Guess what? The max somebody else could offer him four years at 194. So guess what, Joe? He risked it. He signed a deal,$13 million,$13 million, to be able to go sign somewhere else for$190 something. That's if they give him that. That's if he has an outstanding season. What if the season, the regular season, isn't what it was last year? You don't see a player that young regressing, though. He should improve offensively.

17:18Chad Johnson:Well, Ocho, he's a paint monster, meaning outside the paint, he ain't scoring no damn points. He don't score outside the paint, bro. he's just a dog. He's just a dog under that defensively and offensively. So you basically Dwight Howard then?

17:37Shannon Sharpe:I think he had a little bit more offensive game than Dwight. Similar. I think Dwight, at the same age, I think Dwight was a more dominant player than he was. No, he wasn't Dwight Howard. Dwight Howard finished top five in the MVP. Dwight Howard was a three-time defensive player of the year. Dwight Howard was at one point in time with a top five player. Jalen Dern is never – I don't see it. Maybe Joe, because this is Joe's level of expertise. I don't see him being a top five player.

18:03Chad Johnson:You see him passing Shea, Jokic, Ant-Man. Come on, Unc. No, no, no. But if you Jalen Duren, you really can't blame him for trying to take advantage of the moment and the opportunity that's in front of him, Unc and Ocho. The market is what it is. It's timing, bro. Everything is timing. Look, it's my time to get paid, Unc. this is what a max player gets. So listen, man, they're going to have to meet me.

18:33Shannon Sharpe:But they don't see him as a max player, though, Joe. That's the problem. He views himself as that, but he's not paying himself. In what Shams reported, he says he sees himself as a tier above the Thompson twins. Well, one Thompson twin got, what, 208? Yeah. So he says, I'm better than that. So he's looking to get 30, 40 million. he's looking to get he's looking to probably get at least a quarter of a billy hey man

19:03hey joe is he better than both thompson twins and as far as what they do they two totally different

19:10Chad Johnson:types of players ocho yeah uh but i i don't know if i would say he's better i think those thompson twins are such swiss army knife that they can do a little bit of everything yeah as opposed to during you know he's just a beast dog he a dog ain't gonna lie you want him on your team but it's just damn at that price point it's just it's hard obviously because that's why

19:32Shannon Sharpe:detroit taking so damn long here right right but they got their hold of keys they're like okay you can sign a one-year deal and if you do what you think you do we'll come back and we'll talk about

19:40Chad Johnson:it next year but um two you listen man i done turned some money down okay okay but i ain't a 200 it boy you got me but i don't know what i hey hey i get it i understand the market is different now you know the way cats getting paid are a lot different but man don't be pocket watching nobody else hey i'm straight up straight up hey don't be man when you got these type of figures on the table hey man well you better hey sit down with mama and grandma now mate hey hey hey Hey, man, you got to get this thing done, boy.

20:20Shannon Sharpe:At 22, Ocho, I'll be back at Joe. He's going to be back at the table at 25, 26. So all he got to do is he signed for the 190. Go to the All-Star game twice, be an All-NBA player, and guess what? You in line for another max deal. In three more years.

20:38Chad Johnson:Yeah.

20:39Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Give me that 200, man. Yeah.

20:45Maybe, I don't know why he don't see it like that though.

20:48Shannon Sharpe:Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. Yeah. Hey, I like that Joe. Hey, the way you just explained that, okay, you know what, give me that 200. You know what, I'm finna prove you wrong. Three years. Now you at the table for 350. Hey, I got the PP on that one.

21:10Chad Johnson:Yeah, I don't know. Hey, I hope he get it done before the season starts because you don't want one of your top guys, one of your cornerstone pieces on your franchise to go into a season to where he's still playing for a contract when you could have got that taken care of. Yeah, I know. Obviously, y 'all can't come to an agreement, but man, you don't want that on Jalen during going into the season. No, you don't. That's going to be – you talk about pressure. there's going to be a lot of pressure for that young man. And the East has gotten a lot stronger, meaning it ain't no guarantee that the Pistons is going to be the number one seed no more.

21:46Chad Johnson:Exactly. You know, you got to think. Look at Toronto getting Kawhi. Look at Philly getting Jalen Brown and Bron. Like, it's some teams, bro. Hey, Philly, I mean, not Philly, but Detroit, they could be in the middle of the pack this year, you know, considering the fact if they can't duplicate Miami with Giannis and Bam. Yeah, so hey man, it's going to be a real difference in the Eastern Conference, so if I'm Jalen Duran, I'm signing at 200. I agree. I'm signing.

22:18Shannon Sharpe:I just can't let that, I just can't let 20 million stop me from 200 and I can be back at the table at 25, 26 for possibly 300, 320, 340. The man

22:32Chad Johnson:22 years old man 22 and he a man now he a man yeah and it might be the fact that he's 22 years and he's not understanding you know what we talking about he maybe he doesn't see it that way oh joe i want to get as much as i can now because what happens if i get injured what happens if i'm not

22:51Shannon Sharpe:able to to do bro you got 200 million you should never have to work a day in your damn life that's a hundred million after taxes just put it up think about it Ocho if you can't live off eight million dollars a year and never touch the principle and it continues to grow hey listen I'm with you you gotta have it if you spend eight million dollars a year you gotta have it yeah yeah damn why nobody talking about getting Joe Milton in Dart absence since he was threatening to Dak and making him look over his shoulder. I don't think he was making him look over his shoulder. We'll see. Maybe the Giants reach out.

23:35Chad Johnson:I don't see that, man. I just – I see Flacco before that, Joe. I do too, Ocho, because you know what you're going to get from Flacco, and you ain't asking too damn much. And you know he ain't going to come in and obviously take over that starting position. I think if you're going to get Joe Milton, Ocho, it's a potential, man. and he could come in there and things could be hitting on all cylinders, then how the hell you take him out the lineup? That's my thing.

24:02Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, the chat said, give us a look at your new setup. Hold on. Let me take the camera. Hold on.

24:12Chad Johnson:You don't know how to work it yet, y 'all.

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27:36Chad Johnson:That boy right, that boy ain't gonna get no sleep.

27:42Chad Johnson:How many monitors you got?

27:47Shannon Sharpe:Man he got monitors like he a hacker Joe. The hell?

27:55Chad Johnson:This man what the hell he got?

28:01Chad Johnson:I like the set up bro, it's dope. The stars in the ceiling, you know what I mean? Yeah, April, for people in the chat, the people in the chat if you have uh people in the chat if you if you have instagram well i'm sure most most of y 'all have instagram go to um it's called dope gaming setup that's that's the the title for the instagram and the company is called av style design a guy by the name of victor he he did this for me they did one hell of a job and the funny thing it's not even done it's not even done yet you know I'm gonna add my um my soccer stuff on the side my posters my Napoli posters you know pictures of Matadona and stuff and that's pretty much it but but it's called AV style design and if if you have Instagram just look at dope dope gaming setup and you'll see some of the work they've done this is what this is nothing Joe compared to some of the other stuff that what oh you supposed to go all in i did go this is all in how much you pay for that how much you pay for that uh terrell davis 30.

29:13see i pissed it out of pissed jenny got you a hundred thousand set up damn oh it's a small little room no we're the decked it out this is what i i just took one of my bedrooms i was gonna i was gonna pitch in and give you 50 but since you say that's all we got okay well you can let me get you can let me get that 50 though i can use it to watch something all you do is go by and watch or something nine nine i ain't gonna do that i ain't gonna do that what you go by with it with an extra 50.

29:51i ain't gonna buy nothing i probably take it split it up between the kids put it in

29:54Shannon Sharpe:little trust well no i'm gonna send you 40 because that 5900 they're turning to 10. hey but no i took the 5900 and i invested in the studio well we should appreciate that see see see well i got a little more i got raps i got like really like tv monitors and cameras set up i i i'm gonna get i'm gonna get i'm gonna get your camera though i'm gonna go uh you got my camera You got the exact same camera I got. You in, Joe. No. What do I got there? I got the Sony a7 III. Don't he have the same camera? Jordan said, you got the exact same camera I got. Yes. Oh, I do? Joe, too. I don't look fuzzy. I look clear.

30:40Shannon Sharpe:I don't, I mean, you look clear, yeah. Chad, does he look, does Ocho look different than mine? I don't look clear. Maybe it's because they had that damn hospital wall. Yeah.

30:57Yeah.

31:01Shannon Sharpe:Right. You got a... Jordan said your camera is better than the one I actually have. Because I'm shooting this out of the TV monitor. For real? Okay.

31:20okay cool I guess I ain't got to do nothing else

31:26Shannon Sharpe:Ocho just finished watching your Jamar Chase podcast love seeing you giving him his flies while actively playing great episode oh yeah oh you was on Chase Pod yeah yeah I did it yesterday while I was in Dallas called Chase and Chase and number one it was dope I really enjoyed that and I had to give most of the time when you're playing you you you get your flowers from you know for your fans but to to for me to be able to have an appreciation for him so early in his career and just I had to give him his flowers man because seeing what he's done so so fast and so early has been has been dope you know from a fan watching from afar so I don't get I don't get that Ocho like people like man how you gonna say Gronking, that don't diminish me.

32:14Shannon Sharpe:That just goes to show you just how great they are. That don't take anything away from me. I did what I did. But look at what they've done. And the amount of time that they've done it, it don't take away from me. I did what I did. I'm very proud of my career. The records I put up, I mean, 20, what, I retired in 04? And 20 years later, I'm still in the top five? I'm good. I'm good. That's crazy.

32:49Shannon Sharpe:Giants about to tank and get a number one pick in the next year's draft and go get Archman.

32:58Nah, they ain't going to do that. They ain't going to do that. Man, Jameis ain't going to have that. Jameis going to go out there and throw, man, for 400 yards a game. Now, he might have a game

33:10Shannon Sharpe:Well, he actually do throw for 400, Ocho. Joe, he got it in him. You're going to have it, man. Hey, is Malik Neighbors okay? Man, I got it. Hey, you know what? Not thank you for running. I got to get me another receiver. Joe, we got to find out how we can get on the waiver while I can get us a receiver. Oh, yeah, what you got over there? I got a couple guys.

33:29Chad Johnson:I got some. I got Malik Neighbors. I'm going to get rid of him. Why are you getting rid of Malik?

33:37Chad Johnson:You don't think you're going to get better as the season goes on?

33:40Shannon Sharpe:Well, he'll get better for somebody else.

33:49Shannon Sharpe:Those are. I still got. I got. Look, I got Almond Raw. I got Smitty. I need me another receiver. I got Don Kincaid. He the only dude that ain't really give me no points. Everybody else been balling.

34:02Chad Johnson:Damn.

34:03Shannon Sharpe:He coming off an injury, huh? Man, that's what y 'all. The bunch of callers. Me and Jordan didn't get our picker, and then they just picked him. Oh, okay, okay, okay. Javion trying to trade me. He want to trade me. Who are you trying to trade me? Josh Allen for Matthew Stafford.

34:22Chad Johnson:Oh, why you ain't made that trade? I know you want that trade.

34:25Shannon Sharpe:You can't go wrong now. He wants a receiver also. Oh, and a receiver? Damn, give him a lead. He want Devontae. Oh, hey, oh, no. and if he does because we play this week if you do get it, it will be this week. You think I'm gonna tear you over number one receiver. You play at me. You a who play tomorrow Atlanta and Packers. You ain't got nobody on either team. I know I'm just saying during love during love my throw for 500 tomorrow man. You got out. Oh, I got JV. I play JV on this week. I don't know who you play this week, Joe. And Ocho. Yeah, I got it. Oh, no. Ocho, you and Joe play each other, don't you?

35:15Shannon Sharpe:Oh, yeah. We play Joe. Uh-oh. Hey, hey, hey. Listen, I'm going to be one and two. You going to be what? Oh, yeah. You losing for sure against me. I'm going to be one and two. I definitely ain't starting 0 and 3 now. That ain't going to happen.

35:29Chad Johnson:Oh, you going to be 0 and 3 if you ain't won no game and you playing me? Nah, you going to lose, Joe. Hey, hey. Is Puka going to play this week? I don't know. I hadn't heard anything. Hold on. He ain't practiced today. Yeah. Sean McVay said, I want to err on the side of caution. Did I say that right? Did I use it right this time? What? Yeah. Error on the side of caution. Yes. Yeah. So yeah. Puka didn't practice today.

36:01Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. I might. Oh, Ash. Ash behind me on the waiver wire. She tried to use my, my lack of knowledge of how the waiver while work to try to jump me. What she tried to do? She tried to jump me and take Boston, Denzel Boston.

36:22Shannon Sharpe:Cause everybody she got, her quarterback hurt, her running back hurt, her receiver hurt. Everybody, all her number ones are hurt.

36:32Chad Johnson:Yeah.

36:36Shannon Sharpe:Oh, do you remember getting into it with Ocho on Undisputed over the Hall of Fame? Man, you had Ocho hot. Do y 'all still have the same opinion?

36:47Shannon Sharpe:What was that? What year that was you came on there, Ocho? Was that 2017, 2018? I don't know. That was a long, long time ago. Yeah, I couldn't really, I couldn't say what I really wanted to say. I'm pulling your phone out. Man, I don't care what your phone say.

37:06Shannon Sharpe:Oh, that was fun. Oh, that was fun. Zach Ertz needs 11 catches to be the Eagles' all-time leader. How long before he makes the Hall of Fame, and where do you rank him all-time tight ends? He got his work cut out with that. Zach Ertz. Because you look at the area in which he played in. He played with Gronk and Kelsey.

37:36Shannon Sharpe:And he probably caught a little Jimmy Graham, caught the tail end of Jimmy Graham. He probably caught the tail end of Gates. Jason Witten was in that era. Yeah.

37:50Shannon Sharpe:What's good, Nightcap fam? Today is my daughter's Lena's birthday. Can y 'all wish her a happy birthday? Please. Been watching y 'all since day one. Love the show. Lena, happy birthday. Happy birthday. Hopefully you had a great day today. We don't know how old you are, Lena. But if you're old enough, you know what? Even if you're not old enough, they're going to play this back one day. And the Nightcap fam, Unk, Ocho, and Iso, wish you a happy birthday. Happy birthday, Lena.

38:19Shannon Sharpe:What's up, Nightcap crew? Can we get B-Han for a show? We need him for the story segment and Ocho Toys. It'd be here and something else. He'd be all one. Hey, Ocho, Iso, will Atlanta and Indiana be the most watched first round series in WNBA history? We have Angel and we have Caitlin along with Barnard and Sophia. Sophie, excuse me, Sophie Cunningham.

38:47Chad Johnson:Hey, hey, that's who they playing in the first round? Hey, man, hey, hey, listen, hold on. The Atlanta Dream, they've been playing some great ball as of late, Ocho. I don't know if y 'all really been watching. Yeah, they've been balling. Angel been playing out her damn mind the second half of the season. They got a real shot. They got a real shot to do something. They really got a real shot to do something special.

39:11Shannon Sharpe:With that backcourt of Indiana.

39:13Chad Johnson:And Kelsey. With Kelsey. Ooh. Ooh. It might be the best backcourt in WNBA.

39:22Shannon Sharpe:No question. I mean, both of them. One averaging 22, the other averaging 24. Kelsey Mitchell ain't nothing but a bucket. She a walking bucket. Left, and she lefty too? Ooh, she nice. That's gonna be. Sophie Cunningham had the internet on Blaze, but the MAGA people was hurt. She hugged that brother.

39:44Shannon Sharpe:Let's go.

39:46Chad Johnson:We up? Yeah. 1-0. I'm gonna have to go check them out. I'm gonna have to go check one of them games out, for real.

39:54Shannon Sharpe:Start bench cut, Western Conference backcourt. Luca and Reeves, Mello and Ant, Ja and Dane. Happy birthday, CJ2K.

40:07Chad Johnson:I'm starting LaMelo and Ant.

40:13And I'm benching Dane and Ja.

40:19Shannon Sharpe:You cutting Luca in their arm?

40:24Chad Johnson:Yeah, I got to let him go. Damn! I gotta let them go. I gotta let them go. They gonna have to show me. They gonna have to show me. They gonna have to show me.

40:35Shannon Sharpe:Well, they play together. Dame and Ja ain't never played together. And they got an assload of guards over there, Joe. Somebody gonna have to go.

40:45Chad Johnson:Yeah, I think they gonna find a way to figure it out, though. Man, how you gonna play school? Ja and Dame. You gonna have three guards. And they still got Drew Holiday over there? Man, they're going to have to figure it out. I don't know if they're playing on trading one, but you typically don't have four point guards like that. Although, Drew can play multiple positions, which I think they'll probably use him like that. He'll probably even play some three sometimes. But I think Portland got a good chance to do something special. They got a bunch of guys who are looking to redeem themselves.

41:20Shannon Sharpe:Drew the only one that play defense, though.

41:23Chad Johnson:Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right, you're right.

41:26Shannon Sharpe:Ocho Muncho. Ocho Muncho and ISO. The year, 99-2000. You got Druid Hills, Jagged Edge, Boys to Men performing. Who opened the show? Who's the second act? And who's the closer? You can take one group out and add silk. Joe, who you got? I'm going. Who opened in the show? Boys to Men.

41:48Chad Johnson:I'm going to have Boys to Men open that junk up. I'm a huge Boys to Men fan. They're going to set the tone. Drew Hill gonna come in and smash that thing after that. You know, they ain't got nothing but some hit. And Jagged Edge gonna bring us home. They gonna close us out. Hey, it's gonna go down in a major way, too. I like that. That's a good one. You bought a sofa you didn't have to assemble. A suit someone measured just for you. And now, you're taking a guy's trip that actually matters. You've upgraded a few things in life. So why are you still running with rough nicotine pouches? On Plus Nicotine Pouches with Nikko Silk Mesh.

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44:31Our show is contagious. It's a little bit addictive. It's in the most positive of ways. It has a good amount of range from smart to silly, and it's got a journalistic backbone. Monday through Friday, I show up and talk about sports, Listen to the Dan Lebitard Show on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever it is that you get your podcasts.

44:54Shannon Sharpe:Good one. Hey, the freak order is Ocho at one, Unk at two, Joe at three, because the only thing Joe got is a playlist, and that don't make him no bad brother. But that just goes to show you how sneaky he is. He got a playlist. What I'm saying, Ocho and I ain't got no playlist. Hey, y 'all don't need no damn playlists. It's freaking y 'all here. If you got a playlist, that's where everything starts from. That's it. It starts with the playlist. It starts with the music, and then you go into everything else. You got everybody fooled, thinking you so innocent. Did he open the eyes up? He talk about, oh, you know about browsers?

45:31I was like, Joe!

45:34Shannon Sharpe:Hey. You heard it, you heard it, Joe. I didn't know what it was until he said it. I had to move.

45:40Chad Johnson:Don't do that. Don't do no lying now. I had to move. Don't lie to the chat. Just keep it 100. Don't do that talking to us. You ain't know. I had to Google. Man, come on, man. Come on. I was like, what the hell, Joe? Can't sneak nothing past old Joe. I ain't judging y 'all, though. They don't make y 'all no bad brother with me. You in the same courtroom. How you talking about you ain't gonna judge?

46:10Shannon Sharpe:I saw Gil say you really 16 because of the pic with J. Smoother Al Horford, you can see eye to eye level. Height gate, you 6 '8", 6 '9", or 6 '10". What we doing?

46:21Chad Johnson:Man, listen, I'm finna tell y 'all my real height. So I'm 6 '7", three quarters. I'm closer to 6 '8", than I am 6 '7". Does it make sense? Does it make sense? I'm six, seven, three quarters, so I'm closer to six, eight than I am six, seven. How tall, how tall, smooth? Yeah, Josh say nine. And Big Al, 16? Yeah, he about six, nine and a half, close to 16, yeah, yeah. Oh yeah.

46:51Shannon Sharpe:Good boy, tall boy. What's up guys, Unk, Ocho, still, can you give a shout out to my best friend, Darryl and Neva. They just got married recently and there's no love like black love. Thanks guys. Love the show. Darryl, Neva, congratulations on the new nuptials. Hey, your homeboy wanted to give you a shout out. His name is Roger. Wanted to give y 'all a shout out. Said there's no love like black love. And the crew at Nightcap, Ocho, and Iso, we want to wish you our best. Thank you. Oh yeah. You can tell Iso on that lean right now. He not wearing that do-rag tonight.

47:30Chad Johnson:I wouldn't have got me a fresh cut. Yeah, I know. Today is Wednesday. It's R &B Wednesday. As soon as we get out of here, man, I'm going to hit R &B Wednesday for about an hour with Ocho. You going to leave the house? Yeah, man, I'm going to hit R &B Wednesday tonight. It's going down. You going to put that freak up in there? Hold on, hold on, hold on. What you say, Ocho? You allowed to go out the house this time of night? Come on, man. Stop. Why are you playing? I'm just asking. joe it's going on it's going on 12 31 o 'clock i'm just you ain't got to get no permission or nothing no what do you mean what what do you mean permission why i got to give permission to leave and go somewhere joseph why i got to get permission to leave my own house damn you get permission to go everywhere else what you mean who said we ain't asking to go

48:14Shannon Sharpe:nowhere in a while joe oh joe we ain't gotta we ain't asking to go nowhere until the end of the month we we get we get one maybe once a month or once every other month so right okay hey y 'all

48:26Chad Johnson:gotta chill man yeah but yeah it's gonna go down tonight man it's gonna go down all right i'm gonna meet you up there all right uh uh probably had that station wagon there like bang brothers van

48:40Shannon Sharpe:he's not fooling nobody he really number one I know I should have told y 'all about that station wagon, man. They already know it. Boy, they already know it. I know, Joe.

48:56Shannon Sharpe:Do you really think Shadour will be able to have a good career in the league considering the Browns being the Browns and how distracting it is would it be to go to another team to pick him up as a backup? How different would it be if the Falcons didn't blow a 28-3 lead? you think they would have could have continued to dominate or would have been fall right back to bottom what you think guys you think Shadour could be if he goes to another team you think he could have I guess the bottom line he's asking do we ever think Shadour will have success in the league I think that's what he's asking in a nutshell I believe so I believe so if things don't if things don't go well obviously in Cleveland I can see Shadour being the future of that team if they don't do well and they choose to go the quarterback route again with the early round pick.

49:51I see she's maybe going somewhere else and starting his career off in a new scenery. I mean, a la maybe Atlanta Falcons. I'm not sure what other teams are in need of a quarterback, but I can see that happening. But for right now, I think it would be Cleveland.

50:07Chad Johnson:I think he will be a successful quarterback in the league, he just needs an opportunity, bro. Get a young man an opportunity, let him know he ain't got a dragon breathing down his damn back. Every time he go out there, I think that'll make a world of a difference. For him to know that you have confidence in him, because he's a confident young man already. The fact that he know you're behind him, I think you'll get the best out of him. I look forward to him getting an opportunity.

50:36Shannon Sharpe:How different would the Falcons have been if they didn't blow that 28-3 lead?

50:43Shannon Sharpe:Man, you couldn't tell Atlanta. They ever get one. There's some cities that if they ever get, like New Orleans, you can't tell New Orleans nothing. They got that one with Drew Brees. Can you imagine Atlanta having a Super Bowl?

51:00Shannon Sharpe:Ooh.

51:03Chad Johnson:They got close, Uncle Ocho. I don't know if they're going to ever get that close again.

51:07Shannon Sharpe:Not having a 28-3 lead late in the third quarter. Oh.

51:15Shannon Sharpe:Big three, what made you like football and basketball to finally say, you know, this is what I'm going to do in life and be great. Also, did you write down your goals and what did you do to keep up with them? Yeah. Yeah. I tell people all the time, write down your goals on the left side and then write down what you're willing to sacrifice to reach said goals on the left side. See, people will write down their goals, but never write down what they're willing to sacrifice for those goals. Right. Greatness is very, very lonely. Sacrifice is very, very selfish. You're going to miss some things. What you try to do, determine what is the most important thing that when I look back 10, 15 years from now, because my kids are not going to be one, they're not going to be five, they're not going to be 10, 15, 20, 30 years from now.

52:13Shannon Sharpe:What can you live with yourself that it doesn't keep you up that you missed?

52:23Shannon Sharpe:You got to sacrifice. you gotta sacrifice the short term in order to get something in the long term

52:37Shannon Sharpe:I've been preaching I used to tell the guys all the time a February return must be paid on a daily basis what do they play in February Super Bowl well you got to put in every single day to reap that investment at the end Right.

52:59Shannon Sharpe:I wish it was something I could tell people that like, you know what, this was it. No, I knew what I wanted to do from a very, once I found out how much money they make, and they wasn't making money like they make now, but it was more money than, bro, when you making$15, you making$20, and somebody tell you they're going to pay you$100 ,000. Woo! Especially back then? What? That was different, bro. That's it. I just wanted to make enough money that I could get my grandma out of the environment that we was in. I don't know how, I didn't know how much that was. Million dollars didn't even cross my mind.

53:36Shannon Sharpe:Mine wasn't even, hundred thousand, hundred thousand. I knew what a hundred thousand was. Ain't nobody talking about no million. I mean, you know how much a million was back in? No, I'm trying to think. Yeah, I mean, when I first, I'm trying to think. when i saw miami vice yeah i saw magnum magnum ti yeah yeah i was saying i was talking about magnum ta that's telling you you remember all the rest of magnum yeah uh and i saw lifestyles of the rich and famous with robin leach hey robin leech this is right now a little rich and famous

54:20Shannon Sharpe:I need a house like that. I want a road, I want a Mercedes. It really shifted. You know, I saw cars around me, man. I get me a Chevelle. I get me something like that. And then I saw that Ferraris, Mercedes, Rolls. Nah, nah, I didn't shift my thinking.

54:39Chad Johnson:Yeah.

54:40Shannon Sharpe:I was hooked. I was hooked. I don't know what y 'all thought y 'all about getting up out of there, but I was hooked. I was hooked. yeah as a kid probably you say when did i know what what he asked when did uh when did you uh finally say i'm going to do this is what i'm going to do in life and be great also did you write down your goals and what did you do to keep up with them

55:04Chad Johnson:yeah but probably i'm gonna be honest with y 'all man in high school i could see it i could see it in high school i ain't gonna lie to you uh did i write my goals down no i ain't I ain't writing that down either. I was focused and determined, boy. You hear me? I'm talking about if I had to stay locked in, I knew what I was supposed to be doing. I knew what I shouldn't have been doing. Right. You hear me? Yeah, I knew that.

55:31Shannon Sharpe:Marvin Harrison Jr. would look real nice in the silver and black. We need a number one, and he can be a piece, especially for Mendoza moving forward. I like that. I do like him in Oakland. I mean, Las Vegas. Las Vegas.

55:50Chad Johnson:To kind of force feed him as a number one?

55:57Chad Johnson:Probably not bad.

56:01Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, I know Chase is your guy, but you got to break some news to you. JSN is top two, and he not two. if you don't believe me just wait a few more weeks yeah I don't want to I don't I don't I don't need to wait a few more weeks let's let's talk about resumes since they've been in the league let's talk about that huh let's put let's let's put everything together not just a few weeks not just last year

56:33Shannon Sharpe:I think the thing is if people think they're they're the two Those are one, two. Order might vary. You like Chase. He likes JSN. I think right now if we had to rate them Ocho, I think they're the top two. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, that's – I don't want to say it's – I don't want to say it's not even close, but that's about right. Because I think Chase looks at it like, hold on. I led the triple crown. I ain't with offensive player of the year. JSN just had the most yards. He win the triple crown. He win the offensive player of the year. Chase is probably looking like, hold on, wait a damn minute. Jetta did the same thing.

57:15Shannon Sharpe:You see Michael Thomas Jr. Cooper Cupp won the triple crown, and he won offensive player of the year. I win the triple crown, and I don't get ish.

57:28Worry about it.

57:33Shannon Sharpe:What's up, big three? Can y 'all wish my grandma Zola? Happy 80th birthday. She definitely enjoyed her special day. And have y 'all ever been to Destin, Florida? First, Ms. Zola, happy 80th birthday. Happy birthday, Ms. Zola. Yeah. 80, the big 8-0. That young lady's seen a lot in her life. Continued blessings. No, I've never been to Destin. I've heard about Destin, but I've never been. I ain't really a beach guy.

58:06Chad Johnson:I am. You a beach guy, Joe? Oh, Joe, they got the white sand in Destin? Huh? Oh, I ain't never been to Destin, Joe. You know, listen, I got Fort Lauderdale Beach right here and I got South Beach. I'm in between both. And I like to sit out there and tan sometimes, Joe. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like sitting on the beach. Well, the kids, my kids love going to the beach, but I don't mind sitting out there, you know, turning a few shades, you know what I'm talking about? You know, if I'm out there on the beach,

58:33Shannon Sharpe:I'm trying to shake the beach towels. that's all i'm trying to do i'm just trying to shake the beast out

58:38Chad Johnson:hey hey hey hey you can't shake you can't shake everything man

58:44Shannon Sharpe:you know what i'm saying you hear the waves slapping up you know you hear the wave and people won't even know they won't know what's that slapping the waves You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? That don't make me no man, brother.

58:57Chad Johnson:It don't. It don't. Yeah.

59:00Shannon Sharpe:Damn. I mean, that's my goal. I mean, that's what I want to do. I want to be on the beach just one time, you know, right there at the end. You know what I'm saying? The water just comes right up there. You know how the water comes right up to your feet, and then go back down. And then come back up to your feet and go back down. So by the time it comes up the third time, I'll be done. I'll be able to knock the water. It ain't going to do about two of the police. Now that I'm saying about two of the possible. Right. Okay. I saw Joe was hitting them buzzer beaters, shutting down the whole crowd and don't let him see a crossover with the state down three point killer.

59:38Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I mean, Joe you hit Rondo with a crossover too, did you?

59:44Chad Johnson:I done hit a few people. But that was a three. You hit Rondo with a three though. Oh, you must – what are you talking about? I think you was in Brooklyn when you hit Rondo. I don't remember. You know, I got a few bodies under my belt. You know, I stopped counting out the wild here, you know. I sure can't wait till we play. You better be able to wait. I sure can't wait. All right.

1:00:13Shannon Sharpe:Ocho, ISO, what's the most difficult place for y 'all to play on the road? Kansas City is the toughest place for me, Arrowhead. I don't know if it's still Arrowhead. They probably call it something, but I'm saying the old Kansas City, where they played was the toughest place on the road for me.

1:00:31Chad Johnson:The toughest place for me, I wouldn't even say it's the toughest because I enjoyed it. I would probably say Memphis. I don't care Ocho because I had so much family and friends come down. You know, you always want to put on a great performance, but I ain't got no place that I just hated or it was tough. Like, you know, we play indoors, bro. We play an indoor sport. Right. So it ain't like, you know, the weather conditions don't bother us. I'm trying to think, boy. I'm kind of weird because I enjoy playing away. And obviously it was really bad in Baltimore. It was really bad in Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

1:01:11I enjoy those hostile environments, man. and fans talking trash, throwing stuff at me. I didn't care.

1:01:21Shannon Sharpe:I was at the first 1997 FC Championship game, and I was really pleased that you called Cook Earl home for the clinching catch. I sat there and watched y 'all celebrate with my terrible towel balled up. Actually, that was an Earl. That was Jason Gilden. They played cover five, man two under, and they played it with the with the wheel and the Sam. And so normally they play it. Obviously, they have somebody over you, but he was at the end. He was like in his three, four position. And so at the snap of the ball, he ran up under the route because he ran all pivot. And if he just did his hand like this, the ball would hit the back of his hand, but he tried to knock it down.

1:02:06Shannon Sharpe:And by the time he did this, John, the ball had already stuck it out wheeling up the field.

1:02:14Shannon Sharpe:there she blows that's all she wrote

1:02:19Shannon Sharpe:that's all folks what up big three when is ISO going on club she she it'll do numbers thank you ISO for agreeing to it yeah told you

1:02:36Shannon Sharpe:Ocho you gotta pick three cut one Chase Jetta Puka JSN. Been tapping with y 'all from Jump. Love the show. Woo, that's tough. I'm gonna go Che Jetta JSN Puka. Puka gets cut. What up, Unc? Ocho Aiso. My name is Mishat. I guess that's what it says. Mishat, yeah. Can I get a shout out for my birthday? I turned 33 today. Much love. Love the show. Absolutely. Mishat. that's a biblical name y 'all remember yeah that's me from the bible in the fiery furnace meshak shadrach and a bed and he go yeah yeah y 'all baby they look they threw three in there and when they looked in there they saw four they said whoa whoa what's going on we threw three but they were just sitting there just a snug and a bug in the rug i remember i remember that uh shirley ceasy got a song talk about meshak Yeah, yeah, me, Shadrack, and Abednego.

1:03:46Shannon Sharpe:That completes this episode of Nightcap. We want to thank each and every one of you for joining us again. You know who I am. I'm your favorite of my partner and co-host with the new backdrop. Finally, finally, his room is complete. Hold on. It ain't complete. I need my trophies on my shelves. Now I need my trophies and stuff. Well, I don't know how you going to get some more trophies. They don't make no more trophies, though, Cho. We sent you the trophies. What? You know what happened. Hey, offer$10 ,000 and get them back. Offer what? Offer$10 ,000 and get them back, Ocho. Man, I ain't, man. Ten who?

1:04:23Hell, I'll make my own trophy. Just show me the design.

1:04:28Shannon Sharpe:That is the bigger ring of fame. I ought to read the all pro. That is Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson. And the seven-time NBA All-Star. The All-NBA selection from Little Rock, Arkansas. University of Arkansas alum Mr. Atlanta Hawk himself that is 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 podcast from thank you for your support your continued support because your eyes, ears, and word of mouth are invaluable that's how we became the number one sports podcast on YouTube because of you your eyes, your ears, your word of mouth you watched us you spoke about us you told folks about us.

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