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10:22Joe Johnson:Chew the fat. Chew the fat.

10:24Shannon Sharpe:I don't wanna go to the Galleria. I don't wanna do nothing. I just wanna sit in the truck. Right. Pass the time. Then go to Area 29, and then take my ass and get over the red eye.

10:33Joe Johnson:Hey, I tell you one thing. You walk in Area 29, I guarantee you won't walk right back out of there for that red eye. Yeah, it's like that in there.

10:45Shannon Sharpe:Okay, all right. See, nah, I'm good. I don't wanna go no more. I don't want to go no more. I don't. Hey. Yeah.

10:58Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, you know what I do every time? I've only been to Area 29 twice. I did the show in there once, and I went another time when I had to work out in Houston. To keep myself focused while I'm there, I put on a security shirt and do security.

11:13Shannon Sharpe:Oh, man.

11:14Joe Johnson:Hey, be dead ass. Be dead ass serious.

11:18Shannon Sharpe:That's how I stay focused. Locked in. All right, okay. You know, hey. No, I'm good, cuz. Yeah. I mean, you know, like I tell y 'all, man, ain't no wrong with looking at the menu as long as you ain't got to order nothing, you know. Oh, man, okay, they got lamb chops. I ain't know they had lamb chops, okay. They got that porterhouse. They got that porterhouse. They filet. I love these lamb chops. New Colorado. I don't like them cut too thick. I like them cut a lot like lollipops. yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah put that a mean demonstration on about eight or nine of them things

11:59Shannon Sharpe:bad look here

12:03Shannon Sharpe:no hey hey yeah who play tomorrow anybody play interesting tomorrow yeah um hold on hold on

12:11Joe Johnson:i'm gonna tell you right now because i was just i was just looking at it i would think about shoot I would think about, um, I know, I know. Ooh, France play Senegal at three o 'clock, boy.

12:22Shannon Sharpe:That's going to be a good one, Ocho. What? Yeah. Senegal. Good. Obviously, France is good. They finished winning the World Cup last year to Argentina. But Senegal, yeah, Senegal is good.

12:33Joe Johnson:Hey, France play tomorrow, play Senegal. Argentina play Algeria. And Norway play Iraq.

12:41Shannon Sharpe:Okay.

12:42Joe Johnson:Yeah, but it's you a France and Portugal play Portugal play on the 17th on Wednesday or maybe Thursday. Oh no, Portugal play Congo DR in Houston at NRG Stadium. That's on Wednesday. Yeah, you want to go?

12:58Shannon Sharpe:No, I'm good. I do not.

13:06Joe Johnson:Hey, I'm trying to hit wait, I think it's Friday. Haiti play Brazilian on Friday in Philly. That'd be a good one to go to, boy. I wonder where I'm at Friday. Let me see.

13:20Shannon Sharpe:That boy going to be all over the place, ain't it, man?

13:23Joe Johnson:Hey, Joe, I'm on a flight every week catching as many games as I can.

13:27Shannon Sharpe:That boy ain't playing. Don't do your thing, bro. Do your thing, Ocho. Do your thing. Have fun for Joe and I. Yeah, please. Joe, a bad influence. I can't be hanging out with Joe. Nah, what do you mean? How am I? Who a bad influence? We know who the bad influence is. Bad, bad, uh-oh, man. I mean, we could go. We could just go for the day, can't we? Yeah, I mean, you know.

13:52Joe Johnson:Hey, I'm like the little brother. How the hell I'm the bad influence?

13:55Shannon Sharpe:Oh, here he go. What? Joe is the bad influence. How am I the bad influence? See, Joe spent time. See, Joe already played in Houston. Joe know the spots. Joe just want a reason to go, and we his reason.

14:10Joe Johnson:Hmm. Joe not allowed to go out the house. Who ain't? You? Man, come on, man. Listen. Hey, don't act like you run a show. Don't do that. Don't do that. Listen. Ocho. Ocho.

14:22Shannon Sharpe:Ocho. Ocho. Ocho. I am a faithful person, bro. But we can go have a good time. My lady ain't like that, bro. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We can go have a good time. Now, she may know y 'all character. You know what I mean? Who is y 'all? oh whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa who is y 'all let me see can i finish can i finish you know because it's like you know some guys you know you hang out with you know how they are oh yeah they gonna they gonna be on the yeah i mean they're gonna be doing they thing i'm gonna be chilling bro uh you know that's understood i will be chilling no i'm gonna be i got to be chilling

14:57Joe Johnson:the camera everybody gonna be looking at me yeah okay ah hey i'm gonna be in the cut i'm gonna have on my wig so they ain't even gonna know it hey hey you know when we go i say you know i got the anderson pack wig huh now you i'm serious when we go when we do that when we do outside i'm having my anderson pack wig my you know my little shades hey hey i advise you not to have

15:22Shannon Sharpe:none of that on punica i don't want no excuses from you i'm tired of the excuses from you i don't

15:27Joe Johnson:want no more excuses from you so you just gave me excuses you you gotta you gotta postpone us playing

15:32Shannon Sharpe:for two three four months you talk about excuses but hey guess what guess what chat i promise you it's gonna be worth it when y 'all do see it i promise you that i promise you that matter of

15:41Joe Johnson:fact by the time you get healthy i ain't gonna want to play your ass no more man

15:47Shannon Sharpe:hey and plus i'll probably be able to get get away with it joe because you know they say i don't like them anyway so i'll be cool they like that day yeah yeah no no no no no no no they gonna know it's you now they gonna know it's you we yeah yeah yeah what do you mean they gonna know we in h-town they gonna know we're in 20 what is nah i'm gonna be in the truck i'll be on the walkie What are you talking? What are you looking like in there, fellas? Nah, nah, nah. No turn. Yeah. All right, it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A.

16:31Shannon Sharpe:Man, chill, bro.

16:34Joe Johnson:Oh, my knee hurt.

16:35Shannon Sharpe:Oh, here he go.

16:37Joe Johnson:Oh, my knee hurt.

16:38Shannon Sharpe:Before we get to our Super Chats, we got four video voicemail from our Discord. Let's take a listen.

17:11the finals because i was so caught up into the box and stuff so i didn't know what was going on with the nba talk and uh joe i saw the q a and people were saying how you clearing your throat and all this and that but me personally i know that's from that scully and brother i know where it's from but all you need is some sea mouse and some pineapple chunks and this last part right here y 'all ain't gonna like it go niners brock purdy for mvp shout out to the chat damn hey

17:40Shannon Sharpe:Joe he say you need some what Seamoss and pineapple chunks What the hell is a pineapple chunk It's pineapples that's cut in chunks That's normally how pineapples come Mojo

17:51Joe Johnson:All he had to do was just say some pineapples He had to add some chunk

17:54Shannon Sharpe:I mean I guess you can get it as rings I mean sometimes people you have to have it in rings Yeah

18:00Joe Johnson:He could have just said pineapples I like that though

18:03Shannon Sharpe:I'm sorry I'm sorry I'll make sure I tell him that next time let's take a listen to the next one what up bunk what up ojo what up iso um hope y 'all having a great night man really big fans of y 'all um i look up to you man just love y 'all and um my question for tonight is where do you think the hawks are going to be next season i heard something about maybe getting jaylen brown just kind of looking around that trade market but where do think the Hawks are going to be next season. And so I can get a shout out turning 22 tonight. First thing I'm doing when it hits midnight, getting some Shea Balaportier to celebrate, baby.

18:45Hey, appreciate y 'all.

18:47Shannon Sharpe:Take care. Appreciate that. Well, happy birthday. Happy birthday. If you're on the East Coast, it's already your birthday right now. So happy birthday, and I appreciate the support by purchasing the bottle of Shea Balaportier. Joe, if I remember hearing this correctly, I think it said that Jalen Brown prefers San Antonio or the Hawks. Yeah, think about that. I don't know, but I was reading around, and obviously there are a lot of teams that's in play. Obviously, you're talking about a guy that's a Finals MVP, an Eastern Conference MVP, an all-NBA selection player. So a lot of teams would love to have a guy that can play both ends of the court.

19:22Shannon Sharpe:But it seems to me that he says he prefers San Antonio or Atlanta. But what are your thoughts, Joe? I think if the Hawks are able to some way get Jalen Brown, it'll definitely put us at the top of the East. You mean you have Jalen Brown? I mean, you have Jalen Johnson, Jalen Brown. Bro, that's two of the – Alexander. Nikhil Alexander Walker? Yeah, yeah, yeah. But what I'm saying, Ocho, it's kind of like how the Knicks went out and got OG and Bridges. You know what I mean? You got to have two guys at that position who can guard, which both can guard and both can get a bucket. I think Jalen will feed off him.

20:01Shannon Sharpe:He will feed off Jalen. I think it'll be a great match. I think it'll put the tops. I mean, the Hawks. It'll put the Hawks at the top of the East, bro. Real talk. I think we probably got to make a couple tweaks as far as bigs, see who we can get in and help some of these guys. But for the most part, boy, if you get them two, if you get Jalen, you get JB and put him with JJ, but you must run and put him with Wimby out there with those young guards. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's going to be trouble. But who are you giving up if he go to San Antonio? Who are you coming out for? Castle? Fox. They going to want more than Fox, Ochoa.

20:42Shannon Sharpe:I'm sorry. Oh, yeah, for sure. Yeah, you're going to have to come out one of them young wings. You're going to have to come out Castle or Harper. No, no, I don't see them coming out for either one of them. For JB, what do you think Boston finna take back? You're right, you got a point. Probably be a three team. It ain't gonna be no one, no, no, no, no, what team. That's gonna be a three or four team deal, Joe. It's just hard. Why would Boston want to give up JB though? That's my only problem. It's like, you know how special them two guys are together. Him and Jason Tatum, they done won already.

21:20Shannon Sharpe:Like all you gotta do is keep the guys around them who can help, who can contribute. like I don't know if you Boston bro why would you mess with that maybe they send uh what you call them they send Cornette back to Boston he played his best ball there

21:41Shannon Sharpe:let's take a listen to our third one what's up Nightcap fam Ash and staff Unk Ocho Damas and

21:56if you met another he's a phony all right check it out joe you need to come up here and check me out i take care of that cough way just like i did ocho and come on y 'all talk about my team give us some love love y 'all

22:19Shannon Sharpe:The Hurricanes did win the Stanley Cup.

22:23Joe Johnson:That's right.

22:24Shannon Sharpe:I think Brenda Moore is the coach. And Stahl won the Conn Smythe. I think he was the oldest Conn Smythe winner ever. Congratulations. They beat the Vegas Knights. The Knights had a lead. I think they had a 3-0 lead in one game, and they ended up losing that game. And, man, Hurricanes, hey, they lived up to the name because once they got moving, it wasn't no stopping. It wasn't no stopping. So congratulations to the Carolina Hurricane, 2026 Stanley Cup champs. Here's our fourth and final one. Good morning, guys. This is guys, the kit man here. This is London calling Unk Ocho and still the king.

23:10Hello. I saw Joe. Hello. I'm here in sunny London. this morning I've got a quick question for you. Now I was watching the World Cup and one of the UK based commentators mentioned the game last night being at AT &T Stadium which of course is the home of the Cowboys and he mentioned that the Cowboys are America's team. Do you still agree with that assessment? Because I'm not so sure now. I mean they were there in the 70s under Tom Landry, Roger Starbuck as the quarterback, and the 90s with Emmitt Smith, Michael Irvin, Troy Aikman, Jimmy. Copenhagen's spit-free packs American-grown tobacco into pouches.

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27:03Shannon Sharpe:unfortunately they are yeah nobody needs a needle like them Joe

27:06Joe Johnson:I would get ready to say the same thing I would get ready to say the same thing no matter what listen they made their hey way back in the days after 30 35 years whatever whatever however long it's been 30 years that that brand that brand that that that star on that helmet has solidified itself so strong back then that still today no matter what teams have been winning whether it's the chiefs whether it's the eagles whether it's the rams nobody moves the needle like them damn cowboys what nope man listen them boys cowboys lakers yankees yeah and they're saying a lot

27:45Shannon Sharpe:it's in the lot yeah man it's no surprise y 'all ain't surprised though right nah hell nah look at the five most watched games they got cowboys in them yeah they just do when they're in the playoffs they'll have the most viewed games like it or not it is what it is that's gonna be like similar you know how the Knicks won it this year how new york yeah can you imagine when we win it when the cowboys win it oh we you okay

28:20Joe Johnson:oh oh you all right no i'm saying i'm saying you said when the cowboys win i'm asking are you playing madden no man i'm talking about in real life man can you imagine man miles gary gonna

28:31Shannon Sharpe:have about four sacks and then we know what you gonna come out of retirement aaron donald he's gonna have three oh man come on come on come on come on and don't ain't coming out of he ain't coming out of retirement. Nah, nah. Hello, Ocho and King Iso. If you woke up one day and you were 25 years old again, what would you do? Love the show. Oh, man. Ocho, you were 25 again.

28:57Joe Johnson:Boy, if I was 25 again, that's a good one, huh? That's a good one. Let me think, when I was 25, I was still playing, huh? Damn. Still playing? Hell, you had just gotten the league. Yeah, you right. i'll probably would in my third year yeah damn that's a good one hey hey i had just i had just got to atlanta yeah i probably would uh i probably would have got snipped

29:31Shannon Sharpe:probably got snipped at 25. damn joe what did i want me to keep it 100. oh yeah yeah i ain't ready Y 'all ain't ready for this conversation? Yeah, go ahead, Joe, go ahead. Okay, yeah.

29:42Joe Johnson:Take your time, take your time, Joe.

29:44Shannon Sharpe:I probably got snipped at 25 and reversed it if I felt like I had a worthy...

29:53Joe Johnson:Opponent?

29:53Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm gonna just keep it real with you, yeah. Yes, sir. Yeah. If I was 25 again, that was, hold on. That was down to 33. Ooh, Lord. I don't want to be. I don't want to be. I don't want to be. I don't want to be. I don't want to be, Joe. I don't want to be 25 again.

30:20What would I do if I was 25 again?

30:26Shannon Sharpe:That's a great question. And we couldn't go back and play a professional sport. Because obviously, Ocho, you'd go back and play. Joe, you'd go back and play. I definitely would go back and play, considering the money the tight ends make it. Hell, I'm making$20 million. Yeah, but I'm saying if you can go back and you know you can still do that, you still can play football, you probably going to – hell, you think you're a hell of a tight end now, boy, you probably – hey, they – if I go back and I can be 25 again, I'm definitely getting snipped. I am definitely getting snipped. I'm not.

31:05Joe Johnson:What? What?

31:07Shannon Sharpe:I am. Boy, you be Nick Cannon.

31:11Joe Johnson:Nah, I mean, no, it would be the same way it is, because everything mine was well thought out. It was a method to my madness. It would still be the same.

31:20Shannon Sharpe:Oh Joe, think about 25 now and what's available. The internet is available. The people that you didn't even know in Kansas, in Minnesota, in California, in all those places. Boy. nah that they're gonna be temporary fun that boy that boy gonna be exactly he gonna be sliding all kind of dms ain't it man hey um and he he already know he don't pull out nothing but a parking spot y 'all y 'all y 'all y 'all not y 'all not listening to me that ain't how i operate that ain't how i

31:52Joe Johnson:operate yeah all that social media that's gonna be fun fun and keep it moving pro creating athletes let me see your high school footage can you run can you jump let's hit Dave and Buster let me see if you can shoot do you got coordination let me see a lateral movement do this lacone drill real quick yeah I don't care about no goddamn social media and being fine you gonna have my goddamn child with two left feet absolutely not I don't care how good you look yeah fun I'm gonna knock you down that's about it yeah no disrespect i'm getting snipped yeah i'm telling a little football

32:29Shannon Sharpe:yeah i definitely go i definitely make better decisions yeah hello yeah yeah definitely make better decisions dr frank l belliman says oh cho you know i love you but how you gonna get mad at um for making women use the bathroom down the hall when you unplugging toasters just to save 50 saying make it make sense i mean my mind mine makes more sense than you know going down the hall to use the bathroom and you i you i think i think your woman or your man should be able to

33:01Joe Johnson:you know use the bathroom number two with the door wide open a whole of great conversations some of the best conversations are had when you're using the bathroom i ain't never had a good

33:09Shannon Sharpe:conversation doing that i don't know about you joe maybe you have but i know no no no and i ain't about to start me neither me neither i'm with you i don't know what's wrong with this boy yeah uh when we're getting an iso emoji for the members also uh when did you realize that you never getting that 5900 plus entry from ocho the moment i bet it

33:34and and the man housing me about a couple dollars who did that out hey joe i'm gonna get my 500 up

33:43Joe Johnson:you huh if i got to squeeze you like a sponge i'm gonna get it boy yes sir

33:53Shannon Sharpe:panel is y 'all the tallest in your family oh joe are you the tallest in your family yeah nah my brother about six four six five joe you the tallest man i stick out like a sore thumb okay ocho i'm telling y 'all look look look i was grace i was blessed by god bro like i i have nobody in my family who is close to my height close wow my dad was about six three and a half maybe six four i had outside of him nobody has been close no i think i got a cousin on my on my dad's side he's like six three six four but no yeah joe yo joe your old girl was tall i mean your mom was

34:37Joe Johnson:tall? We call her old girl down here.

34:39Shannon Sharpe:Nah, she, nah, Ocho, five, six, maybe seven.

34:44Joe Johnson:How the hell, how the hell you got so damn tall?

34:47Shannon Sharpe:God, bro, I'm telling you, I will bless Ocho, I will bless. Okay, Ocho, when I was in junior high school, when I wasn't nothing but about six foot, maybe six one, me and my home, me and my best friend, Carl Vaughn, we used to go down to the nurse office almost every week, bro, just to measure ourselves. Right. As we were growing, cause we all wanted to be tall, right? So I used to come in there, I started coming in there with three, four insoles in my shoes. Just to be a couple inches taller. So look, after we started doing that, no lie bro, by the time, like you know, ninth grade wasn't high school when I was in school, it was still junior high.

35:25Shannon Sharpe:It was last year junior high. So my ninth grade summer going into 10th grade, I grew like four and a half inches out of nowhere. where I'm six, six, you know what I'm saying? Like nobody in my family, outside my pops, bro. Nobody in my family is tall. Ocho says you're going to the Haiti game. That would you say if you ran into that Zoe who shook the car with your shorty. Also Ocho, what happened with Spain today?

35:53Joe Johnson:Oh man, I don't know what happened with Spain. The fact that Spain dominated the whole game, Spain dominated the whole game And played one side of the field In Cape Verde's half all game Cape Verde damn near played defense I think they might have had what maybe One counter attack In transition in the first half Maybe two in the second half And off one of those was their first corner In the 90th minute It was unbelievable But I don't know what happened to Spain They're going to be alright though They're going to be alright Spain will always be in the mix When it matters most

36:30Shannon Sharpe:oh Joe don't blame Cambodia baby you got some good good don't blame me you talking about that 30 that that 30 second demonstration that you know I don't do that

36:40Joe Johnson:one 30 seconds I'm it was about 50 seconds don't do that don't cut me okay my baby oh man don't cut me short yeah so it's all you gotta head back to your Ocho stop oh yeah yeah yeah yeah I tried that before, you know, when you stop and have a conversation.

36:58Shannon Sharpe:You got to bring your excitement down a little bit. You excited. Yeah.

37:04Joe Johnson:You know what? You know why? Because I wait two weeks and all of a sudden out the blue is like, yeah, it's my bad. Hey, you know what? Let's not talk about that no more. Copenhagen spit-free pouches are packed full of American grown tobacco. Made for welders. stuck behind masks more mechanics stuck on a fused spark plug the long haul trucker stuck in gridlock performing working late at the field office or anytime there's no time or space to spit there's Copenhagen spit free pouches find them in stores today not all varieties available in all geographies warning this product can cause mouth cancer

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40:17Shannon Sharpe:I ain't tried to shake with nobody I'll rock with. Hey, like I said, I'm over it. Y 'all ain't got to shake hands. Why didn't the Spurs coach try to double big lineup at least one minute? Miles Plumlee could have come into the game and got a rebound. Miles Plumlee or Kelly Olenek. But Wimby got to get stronger because guess what happened? But Mitchell Robinson pushed his ass up under the basket, got a rebound and got a throwout. Yeah. Hey, you know what? It is funny you say that. That's Mason Plumlee over there. But Mason Plumlee and Biz Mac Biombo sitting over there on that bench. I wonder why they never – outside of that one time they came in against OKC when I think Wimby told them to hard-file somebody.

40:59Shannon Sharpe:Yep. You never seen them play. You know what? It's crazy. It's crazy.

41:07Shannon Sharpe:from our studies gambling is no less dangerous than any drug but because it lacks physical substance people underestimate it until it's too late you're paying them a chemically trick your brain into making you go broke well i think the thing is is that you just can't gamble on the sport that you play play yeah right ain't no way around it yeah i mean if you want to baton horse I mean, you probably, if you're in the NFL and you want to bet on horse racing, you probably could do that. I don't know. Like I said, I've been away from it for long. You want to bet on golf or tennis? Okay. You can't bet on football, NFL football.

41:49Shannon Sharpe:What's so hard about that?

41:54Shannon Sharpe:Hey, guys, love this show. Start, bench, cut, lyricists. Nas, Jay-Z, Eminem. Woo. oh Joe you the rapper I ain't no right I don't know I ain't rapper me I listen to old school I'm starting yeah that's Joe area I'm starting Jay-Z

42:18Shannon Sharpe:uh I'm gonna binge knives I gotta cut Eminem I know I know I know I know I know damn

42:30Damn.

42:31Shannon Sharpe:Damn, Joe. I know, I hear you. Can't win. Ocho and Iso, thanks for opening up there tonight about your parents' substance abuse issues. Dealt with it with my pops. And as a kid, it was horrible to see the person you love change into a different person. Man, that's the hardest part, bro. Like, you know, for me, Ocho, Joe, you know, my pops, you know, he lost both his legs prior to him dying. Yes, sir. Oh, man. He had diabetes, Joe? Yeah. But guess what? What the? I never known his dad to ever have legs. Oh, my granddad never had legs. So my granddad always wheelchair-bound since I was born. I never known him.

43:15Shannon Sharpe:So look, when my dad lost both of his, what I'm supposed to think, I'm like, damn, is this hereditary? You know what I mean? So, you know, they both had poor circulation in their legs. So I just feel like, you know, what I'm into, obviously, fitness helps so much. But me doing the hot yoga, I mean, that creates great circulation throughout the whole body. So to some degree, I feel like I have to be in that hot room, bro. Like, it's bigger than really what meets the eye or what more than I tell people. But, like, we all come from, you know, health background situations, you know, from our family.

43:49Shannon Sharpe:We won't get to choose your family, but, you know, you can make a difference, bro. You know, by training. How you live, how you eat. Absolutely, Joe. There you go. So I can't imagine myself without my legs, bro, but my pop lost both of his legs. And, you know, when I met him at 26, we played one-on-ones. We boxed out in the backyard. We played football in the backyard. And then to see him lose both his legs, I'm like, damn. But, hey, he lived a hard life, bro. He lived a hard life. You know the guy, y 'all know Inky Johnson? Yeah, yeah, yeah, with the arm. Yes, yes, yes. My dad has one of them.

44:24Shannon Sharpe:He got shot with an AK. He got shot right in his elbow, shattered his whole arm, bro. So he had no feeling in that arm or nothing. You know what I mean? So I watched his body break down on him, bro. I seen it. So I know what you mean. I know what you mean. So that's why I go so hard. People are like, man, why you go so hard? How you in that damn hot room three, four times out of the week? Because I feel like to some degree I got to be in the hell. You're right. I mean, and I think that's kind of like why I eat the way I eat. Like I said, I didn't drink until I, you know, came up with a cognac.

45:01Shannon Sharpe:But I'm not no drinker. I'll drink here and there. But I know my family's history. Yeah. I know my grandfather died at 57. My uncle died in his 50s. I had an uncle died in his 60s. I had an aunt died at 47. My dad died at 39. None of his – only one of his brothers made it past 52. Yeah. I already know. I know what I'm up against. Yeah. That's why I started getting checked out at 35. I was still in the league. My last year in the league, I'm going to get in check. Man, do this blood work. I mean, because my family history, my dad died at 39. Yeah. Had a brother die at 44. The brother died at 49, 50.

45:40Shannon Sharpe:Damn. My grandfather was 57. I had an uncle. His son died at 57. Uncle died at 60. Another one died at 64. I got one uncle. I got two uncles on both sides of the family. Lived past 70. Two. All of them died. 65 or below. Yeah. Damn. Aunt died at 47.

46:08Shannon Sharpe:What am I supposed to think? Yeah. Yeah, it's real, bro. It'll change your way of living, it'll change your way of life when you done been through something like that because you think the worst, you try not to, but hell, I couldn't help it. Like I tell you, my granddad never had legs, then my dad lost both of his legs. I'm like, hold on, bro. Yeah, yeah.

46:34Shannon Sharpe:So that's how, hey, man, anything start hurting on me, Shelly, make me an appointment. I ain't wait, cause you know black men, we normally don't go to the doctor until God comes sitting at the foot of the bed. Hello, hello. God came to me last night and told me I need to go to the doctor. Hey, please. What this premium costs, I'm going. Yeah, yeah. Hey, that's why I try to take good care of myself, man. I went and got blood work just done this morning. Yeah, yeah. He said, Mr. Charles, we see a little irregularities. What time you want me there? Bad please

47:10Joe Johnson:I need to go and get this eye fixed man

47:15Shannon Sharpe:Yeah what you gotta do you gotta have surgery

47:17Joe Johnson:Yeah I gotta get this cataract removed Joe my whole right eye is I mean I don't know if you can see it Joe my whole right eye Joe Is grey I'm talking about like grey

47:29Shannon Sharpe:I'm saying if you cover up your left eye You can't see out the right period

47:33Joe Johnson:I can't see none Joe and on my mama rest in peace Joe I cannot see you in the camera sitting right here in front of me I

47:40Shannon Sharpe:can't see nothing I'm saying it's blurry or you just can't see blurry you ever you ever tried to open your eyes on the salt water yeah yeah that's exactly what it looked like hmm now I got to get that cataract they need they need to move he can see very well he got eight kids he can see that He can see that couldn't he joke. He lined it right on up, ain't it, man? Hey, you know the guy that don't see look at Stevie. How many kids Stevie got? How many car kids Ray Charles got? Hey.

48:10Joe Johnson:Yeah, I mean, you know, it was the idea. I just agreed to it, man.

48:16Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, okay. I'm happy George Pickens shut down the drama on coming to minicamp and helping the Cowboys have a quiet offseason. If the Knicks can win, why not the Cowboys? L-O. Let me ask you a question. When last time you heard, prior to Dolan giving that speech about the rings and that significant other's going to get rings, tell me the last time you heard Dolan talk. Now, how many times during the course of the week do you hear the Cowboys on the talk, Joe, Ocho? Every week, yeah. Okay, there you go. There it is.

48:47Shannon Sharpe:Big three, what quarterback on his new team has a better chance of winning the starting position? Kyle Murray, Vikings, or Tua Atlanta? Both. I got Kyler Murray. Two have been looking good, though. Two have been looking good.

49:03Joe Johnson:Say that one more time.

49:04Shannon Sharpe:Which quarterback on his new team has a better chance to win his starting job, Kyler Murray with the Vikings or two with the Falcons? Or both?

49:10Joe Johnson:I mean, whoo, that's tough. I know Kyler going to start no matter what. I'm not sure why that's even a question. But two and Penning Jr., boy, they finna go at it, boy. Boy, they finna go at it. Two lefties? Yeah, boy, they finna go at it, boy. Somebody gonna be upset. That race is even, and it's all gonna come down to who can stay healthy, who is healthy.

49:36Shannon Sharpe:I got a question. Yeah, what's up, Joe? Did they bring two over here to Atlanta because you didn't really have to change the offense with him being a lefty? Do y 'all think that had something to do with it? And I get him on the cheap, because Atlanta's playing this guaranteed salary this year. So I can pay him cheap. This is last year. And they're looking at it like, Joe, we need to light a fire because we're going to have to make a decision. Yeah. I mean, am I going to give up$300 million to a guy that can't stay healthy and can't get us into the playoffs? Right. Hmm. It crystallizes things for you.

50:18Shannon Sharpe:Yeah. Yeah. You definitely not going to – I just don't see it. unless he wins this starting job and plays extremely well, I don't really see them picking up that fifth-year option. You, Ocho, Joe? Mm-mm. No. Mm-mm. They got some good – they had to bring in some competition. Yep. All right, so since you won't be playing in the Big 3 this year, can we get some analysis on the games during night cap? Oh, yeah, from the Big 3 games? Is that what they talking about, huh? Yep. Yeah, man, we can get a little analysis in. It's some different teams. Obviously, they condensed the teams in the big three.

51:03Shannon Sharpe:It used to be like 16 teams. I think it's more like eight or 12 teams now. Right. And it makes the parity of the league meaning a lot tougher. Like, there is not one team that's just clearly better than the next. Now, you know, just to kind of get a humble brag, I'm going to be 100 with y 'all. If I were playing, we'd be the favorite. We'd probably run a Boston. Just keep it 100. Yeah, no, no, no. I ain't trying to be funny. You're just keeping the stat. Chad, I want y 'all to stay with me now. Check me out. Last season, the only two games I played in, obviously, was against the two teams that played in the championship game.

51:44Shannon Sharpe:What I'm telling y 'all, if we hadn't got them boys out the way, We were going to run through the whole league. We had a hell of a team then. This year, I felt like the team was even better. But unfortunately, I can't play. I think we still have a chance to really get there because we got guys on our team who's won it before, guys who've been to the championship game a few times, and they hungry, bro. You know what I mean? But it's a fun league. I see Q, Clyde Drexler. These guys doing a great job with the league. I'm looking forward to the growth of it. And you know, hopefully next season, bro, when they come back around, you know, you will be a 100 and I'll be able to put on a mean demonstration for y 'all for sure.

52:27Joe Johnson:I was looking forward to big three this year, man.

52:32Shannon Sharpe:Handbags and Heels says prayers up, ISO. Yeah. Start bench cut, 50 cent, get rich or die trying. Jeezy, Thug Motivation 101, Lil Wayne, the card of two.

52:46Joe Johnson:hey what i get richard that trying yeah man that thing was so crazy hey hey that was that was hard but that damn thug motivation a classic oh my god last time i'm talking about iconic

53:02Shannon Sharpe:little wayne carter too that carter too was serious too hey it's hard bro i ain't gonna lie to you say you got to cut start bench yep damn i'm a huge little wayne fan too but i'ma just go and put it out there uh i'm gonna start that thug motivation bench bench bench 50 get rich or die trying i'm gonna have to cut that carter too

53:34Shannon Sharpe:Hey, since y 'all coming to Vegas, let me schedule the event so y 'all can stop all this talking so we can see who's the best, me.

53:42Joe Johnson:Well, we ain't got to schedule nothing because we know who the best is.

53:45Shannon Sharpe:Man, come on. Now we know. We know between us.

53:50Joe Johnson:But I mean, nah, not between y 'all because they need one of y 'all that's best.

53:54Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, I'm saying I'm better than y 'all. Y 'all know it. I'm saying, see the thing is, I don't know why it's so hard for y 'all to give me credit or compliment me. It's just, it's baffling to me, bro.

54:06Joe Johnson:It's like -

54:06Shannon Sharpe:Hey, hold on. Compliment you about what, Joe? I told you about a talk-off man. I mean, you know, what I'm saying, Ocho, is how I get things done on camera. You feel me? Yeah, when the lights come on, you know how I move, man. Stop playing. Popcorn go to popping. Come on now. Come on now. All right. All right, Joe. Yeah. What would y 'all do if your lady wanna go to Jamaica to get rubbed down in limestone? Man, that ain't happening. Nah, nah, we ain't doing our lady.

54:34Joe Johnson:You have to understand, you just said, what would we do if she wants to go get rubbed down by somebody else? Well, obviously she wouldn't be my lady no more. Yeah. Even to even suggest such a thing.

54:47Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, yeah, yeah.

54:50Joe Johnson:If you wanna have fun, you can have fun, that's fine. Enjoy yourself.

54:55Shannon Sharpe:What you use, Ocho, what you use? You use baby oil? What you use?

54:59Joe Johnson:What you mean?

55:00Shannon Sharpe:When you rub and you're laid down, what you use?

55:04Joe Johnson:I use Vicks Vapor Rub.

55:07Shannon Sharpe:Vicks Vapor Rub?

55:08Joe Johnson:Yeah, because it give you a tingling feeling. You ain't never did that, Joe? No, on your lady? Yeah, try it, Joe,

55:18Shannon Sharpe:because it make the whole body tingle. Nah, you know, I put a little bit in my nostril when, you know, if I feel like - Yeah, yeah, but.

55:26Joe Johnson:That's when you sick, but I use Vicks Vapor Rub during foreplay. Oh, man. Yeah, you could joke. Hey, listen, don't knock it till you try it.

55:33Shannon Sharpe:I'm telling you. Man, man, Joe out there talking about Joe been watching too many videos talking about what he put on his rubber lady down, man. Yeah, I'm just trying to see what. Joe want that thing camera ready. Yeah, I go. I seen you, Joe. Hey, Chad, you see what I'm talking about, Chad? You see what I'm talking about with Joe? You see y 'all, you see Joe? Oh, oh, you trying to. Oh, you just try to put me, oh, okay. I see what you got going on. I see what you got going on. Did y 'all see, did y 'all hear Joe? He talking about what you rub your lady down with. Because I'm asking. Joe's watching the cameras, see Joe been watching him.

56:06Shannon Sharpe:Hey, y 'all know the tricks of the trade? I'm asking because I'm sure he used some type of gel or something, I'm sure the man used something. The man, the man. Chad, what'd I tell you?

56:19Joe Johnson:Hey, you number one, Joe. Oh, no. Freak ISO, that's what they got. They got freak ISO.

56:23Shannon Sharpe:can't look i can't even answer ask a question now i gotta be number one hey where did a question come from joe that was out in the blue well we were just talking about the jamaica people rubbing people down i'm like i'm thinking you know i can rub my own lady down with my with my own so i asked

56:40Joe Johnson:ocho i said oh what you use yeah try you try that big baby rub joke one time and watch it make the body it make the body feel cool and give them a different type of sensation that baby oil or any

56:52Shannon Sharpe:other no um hold on hold on oh oh you got any suggestions you use it

57:06Shannon Sharpe:i'm just asking i'm just asking because maybe hey if i can spice it up a little bit you know outro always telling me about spicing up my relationship if i got you know maybe maybe i know but you you try to get the camera shot ready i know you joke i know you got the ring light going got some kind of oil i don't know what type of oil it is but you got to get the oil going

57:30Shannon Sharpe:joy joy tell my coconut oil okay okay okay jordan all right jordan okay yeah and the first one and joy the first one hey boss i'm going to church tomorrow oh Then he got cooking on all in church. Hey, you got to watch out now because they be something to wear one. They be the freaking one. Yeah, I thought what I was trying to do with Jordan. He quit the holiday church. Yeah, boss, I went and got the word today. Yeah, I bet you got something else too. Before and after church. That ain't none of my business. I just want to know what cigars Ocho smokes.

58:09Joe Johnson:My top five, Andalesean Bull, LFD Andalesean Bull, lunatic Jaime Garcia and let me see obviously my 85 cigars will be is in my top five and my fourth would probably be the 24-karat Daniel Marshall cigar yeah

58:28Shannon Sharpe:I had a guy I had a sign and he gave me like four Daniel Marshall's Ocho the gold ones yep and him dim dim dim like top of the line yeah They're like$7 ,500 cigars.

58:42Joe Johnson:Ain't no joke. Nah, boy, they$300 a pop, huh? Damn. Yeah, Joe. Yeah, the Dan Marshall. I mean, when you smoke it, Joe, the ashes burn gold.

58:54Shannon Sharpe:Hold on, hold on. You can't get no Dan Marshall from the little gas station and nothing like that, can you make? No, no, no, no. You got to do a cigar shop. And they're probably sold out of them. You probably have to order them. Really?

59:04Joe Johnson:You got to order them, yeah.

59:05Shannon Sharpe:I'm about to look them up. Dan Marshall.

59:07Joe Johnson:Okay. Yeah, Dan Marshall, 24-carat gold cigar. yep

59:13Shannon Sharpe:that completes this episode of night cap we want to thank each and every one of you guys for joining us tonight we greatly greatly appreciate that although we didn't have a lead in we still have a nice number in the chat so we really thank you for that y 'all know who I am I'm your favorite unc and that's my partner and co-host that's Liberty City's own the former pro bowler and an all pro from the Cincinnati Bengals that is Chad Ochocinco Johnson and the third member of the big three is a seven time NBA all-star from the Atlanta Hawks out of the University of Arkansas. Y 'all know him, a bucket taker, a bucket maker, and he's clutch.

59:45Shannon Sharpe:Give him the ball, get out of his way. That is ISO, Joe Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit that like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap Podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts from. Thank you guys for your support and your continued support. Those looking to purchase a bottle of Shea by Laportier, head over to LaportierCognac.com to purchase you a bottle if it's currently unavailable in a state or city near you. It's a premium BSOP cognac, and we have it in two sizes. We have the OG, which is the 750, and we also have the Junior, which is the 375.

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