Hello, beautiful people. It is Play-In Tuesday, April 11th, 2023. And this sports program live from the Thunderdome starts right now. Much mana!
Much mana to all of you as well. Shout out Will Sasso and The Rock saw The Rock lifting at 2.30 a.m. on his Instagram. That dude is something that none of us are.
Speaking of something that none of us are, we have a guest live with us right now that we are going to talk to to basically kick off this entire show. Normally, we run through everything that's taking place. The NBA play-in starts tonight. Basketball matters all of a sudden.
Hey, now national television basketball games that matter are going to be taking place every single evening, pretty much, on TNT and ESPN. Can't wait to watch the NBA and have it be something that is worthy of having a conversation about every day because in an 82-game season, it is tough to take them serious. But now that the playoffs are starting, all the stars are here. All of them, right?
But now we go bear. This team said, you can't play with us. Why? Because you pushed a guy.
And that's never happened in sports before. So you've got to get out of here. Here's security, by the way, to escort you out this fucking building. Even though we traded like 14 different things for you to come to our team and overpaid you grotesquely.
Biggest game of the year, the most important game of the year, the game that we would pay you, the money we're paying you, to play in and play great. We're fucking actually suspended you. You're healthy enough to play. We don't want you to play.
Because it seems like the rest of the team maybe doesn't want you to play. Wild teams over there. Lakers have to win. That's LeBron James!
LeBron James and Andy Davis, remember, just a few weeks back, these guys were out of the playoffs and made a couple big-time trades. D-Lo comes in, he starts playing good basketball. LeBron James is back on his bullshit. And then they're going on, can't lose this Timberwolves team.
They're certainly burning from within, of course not. The ratings came in for the Masters, huge. Huge. Fucking huge.
16 million people watching on Sunday or something like that. That's hilarious. And a world full of ratings going dying. The Masters continue to go up, just like the NFL.
Congrats to the ROM, Kepka, for being actual draws. Real draws. And to the Masters, even though they have weather delay, a couple of trees go, Timber. Hell of a weekend, Masters.
Congratulations to the Masters ball. There's a lot of other storylines kind of brewing and rumors all over the place. We saw Trey Lance's airline for the first time, the internet certainly reacted. But that is not what right now is about.
Right now is about not only the toxic table, I boss, it's gone, and that's how you doing. Fantastic. How you doing? How you doing?
How you feeling? A little better today, huh? Yeah, Poplius is probably 65-70%. I was back playing Thunderball this morning.
I was limited to my movement, but that meant the ball strikes had to be a little bit better. I was pretty crisp with the paddling ball, I will say. What? Didn't I lose?
Okay, you're back. One by a lot. Yeah, they're good shots. These are maybe the best shots I've had in a long time.
Well, you lose one thing. Mobility. You gain another one with these strict shots that are taking place. It was really a wild development this morning, but the fly is feeling much better.
Much monitor you, boys. One half of the hammer. Got it. Cowboys 10.
Diggs is here. Tell me, you look great. Zabucka's recorder zipping. Zabucka's trying to bring the vibes back.
The vibes were fucking high to start 2023. Sweat the socks. Yeah, bring it. The best player got hurt.
Only okay, now vibes are low. So I'm trying to bring him back up. Yeah, I broke his leg. Back.
Broke his leg, best player. Only four months to be back, just in time to play. Classic Pirates. That's what I'm talking about.
Baseball matters. On stage yet again, absolute stallion of a man. Came in in a minivan that's electric charge that is entitled to a Mustang. 14-year NFL corner, he's got a Pac-Man.
Back to decide to use all electric people. Shout out to you trying to take care of yours. Now, the batteries are made up. The batteries are made up.
It might be worse. I tried to do the same grandstanding thing, too. Like, oh, I care about Earth more than you. But it turns out the battery is potentially worse than everything that could possibly come from a vehicle.
But I do appreciate you trying to do your part. And getting that minivan-looking fucking Mustang. What was that? What is that out there?
And what happened? And why did you take an electric vehicle from one city to another? Even though this was like a... That was an aggressive decision, I think.
It was an aggressive decision. I didn't say that. But, you know, I seen the Hummer out there. It was electric.
I said, hey, it's only 90 miles from door to door. It said that I can get 285 miles. No air conditioning. I left the house this morning with 180 miles on it.
Before I could get to 75, the motherfucker was already down to 100 miles. Then my buddy Joe, he's a smart guy. Anyway, you know, he knows about all the computers. I'm like, no joke.
Hey, let's find a place that we can charge this motherfucker up because it's getting low. And he went to a pump charger that didn't charge the car that we was in. We almost ran out, but he had to help me push a mile down the street, but we got here. Fucked up decision.
I'm going back to gas. I'm going to leave the electric to you. Okay, okay. Hey, wait a person here, though.
Aversity showed up in the form of a number that's on the screen that's lying to you. Because that number is without the air conditioner or music. You know, you just moving the seats. You know what I mean?
That's a long power. That was my first time. It was getting low, and he said, turn the air off. I said, oh, shit, Joe.
We might not make it. Then he said, turn the radio off. I'm like, shit, no air, no radio. What is going on?
Yeah, the electric vehicle, it's an interesting ball rack. Oh. Look how clean this is. Much better.
When I had my body almost ripped over a ball going down the thing. And I was like, kind of a risky thing, just have it all here. We had this whole thing. But the electric vehicle game, I've been in a long time.
Whenever Tesla came out, and I was being grotesquely overpaid to do something, kick a ball. But hey, the business that was paying me made a lot of money, too. So let's also think about that. And that thing came out.
It was supposed to be faster than like an import, pretty much. It was supposed to be quicker than anything else. And it lasts forever. And it's just saving the world.
That's right. Now, this is a hilarious thing for me to drive. I get the P80 thing, whatever. It was one of the greatest vehicles of all time.
I mean, it is so fast. I got car sick every time I was in the fucking Tesla, whatever it was. But the whole drive it to anywhere was quite a roll of the dice then. And they had said at that time, wait till next year.
We're going to have like, we're going to have gas pumps on this. We just show up on the side of the road. You pop in. They'll pop out your one battery, which don't look into where it comes from.
No, no, no. That one battery will go down. And then they'll shift out a charge one. And they'll pop right back in.
And then you'll just kind of go on. And then it'll be a five-minute stop. It's shorter than a gas station. Yeah, they're nowhere near being, anywhere near complete.
They have no shot. But if you're talking about him searching, you found a Tesla charge station that doesn't work for the Ford, I assume. That can't be how it is. And they're talking about moving to electric vehicles.
It's like, it is impossible to get actual anywhere other than just around the house. So don't give up on electric vehicles. Yeah, don't do that. But you can't be going like, or go on trail with them.
They got to tell us the true mileage on this shit, man. Because the fucking car is halfway dead by the time you turn the radio halfway up. That's our future decision. That was our future.
Dude, that Hummer potentially. That Hummer though, come on. That's pretty good. But that'll take great when you go three miles a day.
Yeah, remember, when I was driving downtown to the office, to the house, I almost had to get a little bit. Leave it over. Yeah, because the charger couldn't charge it quick enough. Why didn't you tell me none of this?
Dude, it works. I didn't think I'm going to drive Cincinnati to Indianapolis. What are you doing? No way, dude.
But I do like that whenever they sold it to you, they told you that you could. Yeah. You know, because they told me the same thing every single time I done it. They never told the truth to me.
You should have bought the solar panels with it. I'm going to be honest, that car stinks. It does, dude. It's a Mustang, dude.
Mustangs are horsepower heathens. I've got a Shelby that has 660 some horsepower. That thing purrs. Now, I did try to drift around my front driveway and wrap it around a tree.
But that's what's going to happen when you have a rear-wheel drive vehicle with 660 ponies and a large space. It's hard not to, oh, I'm a fucking drifter all of a sudden. And then a bottle shows up out of nowhere, you get a tree, bang. Oh, is it total close?
Going to have to fix it. They got it fixed. That is what a Mustang's supposed to be. That minivan fucking thing you drove in here today can't have it.
So you're also empowering Ford to continue to do that type of stuff. I just want to know, I was disappointed in you. We all were. We thought you were going to make it.
I was disappointed in Ford. It's not shaped like a Mustang. It's a minivan. It's a minivan.
You're not supposed to be able to stand up in a Mustang. You're supposed to be able to get 287 miles out of this fucking car. And it was nowhere near there. You were at 180, though.
So even the 280, I mean, what were you thinking? You got a Lambo SUV last week and now you're talking about this. Oh, jeez. Well, I thought it would be a better idea than the gas thing if it could make it there and back.
It might be, too. Let's give it a go. Yeah, for sure. And the thing is, Pac-Man 2, if I remember from Hard Knocks, he also ran out of gas one time.
Oh, yeah. I do remember both situations. He told Magic about that. What happened there?
What happened there? He just, he would line you through. It had that thing that he said, how many miles left? And he said, you got 30.
Then he goes to E. And everybody's like, well, I got an extra 15. Is that what happened? Well, I was in a demon.
You know, he's got a lot of horsepower. I just didn't have a chance to look down at it. Oh, you're too busy listening to it. But this time, this was, I looked at this thing the whole time.
180, I started off with, and there's no way that from downtown to 74, it's 70 miles. Yeah. I got on 74, I had 100 miles to go, bro. Okay, yeah.
How loud was the music? Now we have to get into what music was that. Well, Joe's negative ass was over there talking the whole time. Joe, we're not going to make it.
That's not true. We don't have to come from here. Why would you keep saying that? Joe sold his tech company for $10 billion.
It's $28 billion. Yes, Joe is. We're wondering why he didn't talk last time he's here. He doesn't think we're fucking worthy.
Yeah, he brought his computers as big as his desk. I heard him speak in Mandarin earlier, talking to Chinese markets. You know, before they're even online. You should know what he was talking about just a moment ago.
They were talking about how they're putting the fucking internet together. He's got H, capital E, lowercase, E, C, Y, colon. He probably was draining that thing. Actually, he probably plugged into that car and drain and said, you need to be taught a lesson today.
You can't be driving electric vehicles that far. Nonetheless, Pac-Man, your car collection is fantastic. As are you. We're so thankful that you're here.
That one won't be in the collection. Yeah, that one's getting sent back to the tech factory. Right? Right.
Put it back in the system. Don't give up on electric vehicles. That Hummer's awesome. Well, until we can get some shit that, you know, is a little bit more range.
Reliable. No, they need to be able to figure out how you can get. You got to be able to charge the goddamn thing if you need to. Gas stations exist for a reason.
You know? And I assume at one point there wasn't a lot of them. And then people were like, whoa. Need more of these.
You know what we need? These far things are sweet. Exactly. Tom Sheets.
It'd be much cooler if we could get somewhere. And Tom Sheets found her sheets. The Superior Gas Station of Pennsylvania said, we'll put these up along the roads that people drive on those. You know, like from city to city.
And then people are like, oh, we'll put these in our towns. And then just kind of start growing from there. And then obviously the business side of it, cool. That is very political.
But the electric ones need at least the start of it when we're on highways. They're nowhere to be found. It's not to do, bro. Speaking of sheets, that cheese dog when we was in college.
Oh, my God. You're so quick. Those are MTOs that we made to order. Anyways, today's show isn't about that.
No. We might spend 15 minutes chatting about other things, but there's somebody sitting directly in the middle of our stage who has a fucking game today at 3 o'clock. Hell, yeah. And you might know his name because what he accomplished last Friday is something that has never been accomplished before in NCAA, I believe.
And I'll just keep rattling off records, history, and tell me when I'm wrong. This dude hit for the cycle and pitched a no-hitter in the same goddamn game. We're talking about Shohei Ohtani. We're talking about everything he's been able to accomplish.
And they go, well, who else has done what Shohei Ohtani has done? They're like, well, Babe Ruth kind of did it. Sorta. Sorta.
And now Shohei's doing it to a whole other level. Babe Ruth's obviously a legend for a lot of different reasons. But Shohei, that was literally the only precedent it felt like for this figure in L.A. That was our terrible baseball team.
Obviously, we all assume this is the greatest baseball player of all time. This sport of baseball is talked about in two different ways. The best pitcher and the best hitter. That's right.
Turns out this one guy, fucking both of them. Well, this past Friday, University of Indy Greyhands pitcher, Brady Ware, hit for the cycle. That's every single type you could have in baseball. Whoa.
And pitched a no-hitter at the same damn time. Never been done before. Is this a young Indy Greyhound? Shohei Ohtani?
He was like it. Here's the highlights. And if you don't believe it, it makes sense. I thought it was a lie on the internet.
Yeah, sure. The real deal. Wait, let's get that one. They're going to call it a home run.
They're going to call it a home run. They're going to call it a home run. 50 feet over. Talk to the bagel's indoor facility.
That is. See you later. Sit down. Kind of haters guy.
They're going to call it a home run and get a piece of that one. Oh, shit. Don't worry. He's going to get a triple.
Done. Good slide. Wow. Dog.
We got a home run. We got a triple. Yep. He's going to be a single away from hitting the cycle.
He's got good energy. He's going to be the cycle for Brady. You want to move him. You want to move him.
Ladies and gentlemen. And there's another strikeout. Obviously, an absolute dog to win the game. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us.
That man. Brady Ware. Brady, how are you, pal? Man, fantastic.
Thank you. We said to turn off the mic. We can move it towards you. Whichever one you want.
No, this mic. He has an actual microphone. Nailed it. Great voice there.
Brady, what a moment. We obviously synced it on. I believe Omar reported on SportsCenter. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I think so. He's fucking everywhere. He's an absolute dog. It was on SportsCenter.
It was on Police Report. It was literally everywhere because it was history being made. Right here in the middle of baseball season. What's your weekend like?
Have you enjoyed it at all? What type of guy are you and how did you kind of take it all in? Oh, man. This weekend was something different.
I mean, I've never experienced anything like that. I mean, just last week. You know, just felt like a normal guy. And then all this stuff happens.
And now it's just in a whirlwind. We live in Indianapolis, right? Oh, yeah. Live in the heart of the city.
I didn't know there was a dog roaming around at Indy Greyhound Stadium down on the baseball team that is pitching and hitting prolifically. How long have you been at the University of Indianapolis? I've been, it's my first year here, so just since, you know, August. Where were you before here?
I was at the University of St. Catherine in San Diego, California. Okay, where are you from? From San Diego.
Okay, your first year in anywhere other than San Diego for an extended period of time? Yep, first time living outside my parents' house. Welcome to Indianapolis. Let's go.
Welcome to Indianapolis. Great to have you out here. I mean, certainly, I think this is going to become a pipeline. San Diego athletes straight into Indianapolis for college.
Half a year here. I see, like, exactly. Phil Rivers was the last one. Brady Ware was the second one.
Are you enjoying the college baseball experience? We're Division II right now. So how many games in a year? Oh, we got, I think it's like 50 or 55 plus the postseason.
55 games. You're pitching and hitting in any other positions? I play some first base, but mostly just hitting and pitching. How often do you pitch in those games?
Do you have 50 or some games? Well, usually I'll pitch like once a weekend, but, you know, this year's been a little different. I've been hurt a little bit. Oh, so is it a bounce back?
Holy shit, I'm back. Hurt no hitter? Yeah, I was my first game back, actually. Wow.
No way! Welcome to the show. Congratulations, dude. Pack, think about all that rehab.
During, while he's working out, why don't you wait until they see me when I get back? I'm going to be the best version of myself. No hitter, fucking hits with a cycle pack. What a guy.
How do you feel, man? Feels good now. Healthy? You feel good?
I feel good. I was actually supposed to be on like a 60 pitch count, but obviously after I got the no hitter going, they let me keep going. So you're, where'd you get hurt at? Well, actually, it was my oblique on the right side.
And you're a? Left-handed pitcher. Okay, so that's cool? So I was pulling, yeah.
I pulled it. Okay, how long did you pull it? That was like two weeks ago. When did the season start?
The season started, what, like, middle of March, I think. And they beat the shit out of some teams in February. So it makes sense that he's saying March is actually, yeah, they beat a team 32 to 7 in the opening weekend. So is you in the factory here in D2?
Like, do we not know that? Is this your team supposed to be, are we winning it all this year? I think we're going to win it all this year. Hell yeah.
That's what I'm talking about. Let's go. Go ahead, Ty. I just, I mean, at what point, because I watched the, you know, highlights too, and outside of the PA guy kind of just being on horses.
He's a little bit of a hater. Do you know that guy? You were new there, I guess, so your first year, maybe you got to win him over. Did you hear that?
Did you hear the commentator? I heard it after, but yeah, I've never met the guy, so I don't know if he's hating on me or what was going on. Well, you want to remember by the end of the day. You did, but at what point did, I mean, obviously, you know, like, baseball culture, like, you kind of have an idea that the no-hater's going, but I also saw, like, you had guys on base, like, first and second multiple times.
Like, what point did it kind of set in? Was it harder focusing on the cycle aspect or the no-hater aspect? I think the no-hater was definitely harder to focus on. I realized I'm, like, the fourth, but I also didn't think I was going to be able to go much past the fourth, the pitch count.
But, you know, they kept sending me back out, kept asking me how I feel, and I was just like, all right, let's just roll with it. Hell yeah. I seen the thing where you was 15 minutes late. I have a pre-game ritual.
It seems like, I don't know if you did this on purpose, but since you was 15 minutes late, do you think you should be a couple minutes late? Change your routine. Change your routine. Well, I'm currently late right now, so.
Maybe I'll have a good game today. Okay, for today's game? Yeah. So does your coach hate that you're here or happy that you're here?
Oh, he's happy. He's got to be. Shout out to your coach. Good coach.
You feel like you got better since getting to UND? Or, like, does your game continue to grow? Or are you already a made player? I honestly don't understand baseball.
world much because people get drafted like 17 and then they end up in like single A double A some guys opt to even get drafted they go to college then they think about going over and then they're maybe in double A or triple A it's like I don't understand the baseball development world at all but like are you continuing to get better right now goal dream still to be in the majors is that everything go to a bigger school like what is the is there a mindset or do you just take it literally like game by game almost I mean obviously everyone's trying to get better but I mean I want to play next level you know play some either independent ball or maybe get drafted front tier league I played in front tier league you know I played in there first time ever stepping into a batter's box you played baseball your whole life only sport yeah that's the only sport loved it loved it everything about it yeah my dad got me into it when I was like probably like two years old when you're pitching are you thinking or trying not to think at all well I think I gotta change my mindset now because this weekend it just felt kind of blank out there so I have somebody that does something that is just like a routine thing yeah I'm trying not to think at all everybody that I know that's a kicker is trying not to think at all is that something that do you have like a full pre-pitch routine like mental cues you give yourself or are you just out there playing in the moment who's calling pitches my pitching coach is actually calling pitches dog you take him off I took him off a couple times but he did a pretty good job calling pitches what are we throwing fastball fastball mostly change-ups three couple curveballs in there four bucks three two what's your goal to pitch three two probably change-up okay you already had to set that up I assume right isn't pitching like choosing what to pitch how to pitch when to pitch yeah it kind of depends just how they got that went but what about a knuckleball we actually got a teammate that throws a pretty good knuckleball wow little Wakefield yeah Wakefield's boy they have that reality show remember they're trying to find the next great knuckleballer this is a real deal they had other professional athletes I think Wakefield was the reason before or after Million Dollar Room so it was before Million Dollar Room after Wakefield had his success yeah because I was watching I think it was other celebrities or athletes like retired athletes trying to do it they were trying to teach them how to pitch the knuckleball and there was only like one or two of them they could do it and they got an actual trial I think and none of them made it because you know it's not an easy pitch to throw is that what we're talking about I mean the thing with the knuckleball is the person throwing doesn't even know where it's going so it just kind of goes wherever it wants to go how about when you're hitting you're a lefty hitter so you want to hit against a righty pitcher or a lefty pitcher I'd rather hit against a righty what do you think about a new rule you can't slide over no more you should probably like that rule I like it it's not in the college level yet but it's in the big are they shit against you? not really well when you're fucking going how can they shit against you? I guess that's true we was talking and I was saying it can't be that fucking hard to hit the ball left if everybody is over here as a left-handed hitter can you explain to us how hard it is to not pull the ball? for more context whenever they change the rule the teams are no longer allowed to shift over those of us who are not baseball people they showed us an aerial shot of what the defense looked like and everybody's over here and we as a sport know where they're not it's like hey just fucking hit there it was that was the actual fact so I'm not a baseball guy just okay pal just all you gotta fucking do is just put it not easy to do that I guess and is that something I guess you do have the ability to do because you're not for the double I believe I mean pulling the ball is just a natural thing to do so especially these big lefty power hitters a lot of them don't work on hitting the ball the other way so it's kind of something you gotta learn to do you better hitter or pitcher better hitter or pitcher definitely better hitter let's go dude oh really so it's the nicotine that is the problem not the tobacco we've learned that now that is what that role is you're a 50 year senior though you're not grandfathered in you could just be like hey I was chawing in St.
Catherine I've gotta be able to chaw here I don't think look how handsome this guy he's a handsome forward how's the team we got a good team you're new there you got hurt for a couple weeks was it hard to adjust to a brand new team or how was the kind of camaraderie behind his teams I think the team's great we should be pretty good this year I think the bigger adjustment is just the weather and everything out here being cold body sore get sore more what was that get a little sore more weekend games we do a little bit more I have no idea how the team is you don't even know who's pitching you right now okay sick alright so what is something that's like that'd be good for a college baseball D2 game how many times do you go to bat tonight probably like 4 or 5 4 or 5 times yeah okay so 2 hits right 2 hits 2 4 2 5 1 4 spine get a couple ribbies maybe alright so 2 hits what do we gotta do 3 hits go away he's gonna turn it 1st ballot 315 is really good so that's 3 out of 5 3 out of 5 he can do it that's baseball he can do it law of averages you just went how many bats did you get in cycle game 4 and this pitcher is gonna be pumped to pitch against you you're not the best shit here it might be a home run the first pitch you go what about an on base percentage of 5 they might pitch around a little bit you either go 2 for whatever or hit a triple or better double or better double or better okay so alright so you gotta hit a double or better a home run or go 2-4 okay boom so if you do that if you do what we laid out there the double or better home run or 2-4 or whatever it's singles we'll give you you'll get 5,000 bucks okay 10,000 bucks 10,000 bucks you do you do the cycle again that'll be $50,000 because that's how you control me saw the one he had on the triple two guys in the gap one of them dives you have to lucky for this as well so if you do that again alright yeah man we'll give you 100 grand we'll give you 10 grand if you do the double or better home run or 2-4 and then we'll also give 10 people $500 if he does the the lesser if he hits for the cycle there are 10 winners today I'm sorry no yeah I think there should be I think there should be 25 winners $500 if he hits for the cycle so 25 $500 winner $500 winners if he hits for the cycle all you're going to have to do is just quote tweet this video right here and say something nice to bring you fucking wear here's a nice thank you input the most efficient way to pay you and then if you do that other one we'll give 10 people $500 nonetheless we can't thank you enough for joining us you're missing batting practice so that helps us out you're not going to have to give you money but people obviously are excited to watch you and even if you go 0 for your next 100 you've already done something that nobody's ever done before you should be incredibly proud here in Indiana pal thank you guys it's been awesome to be on the show so you have another year still if you want it I don't this is it really that's not COVID you just gave like a bonus year I already got the bonus year so this is my fifth year of playing what if you got a master's or something that's what I'm doing right now actually in my master's in what teaching oh really you're going to be a teacher that's the hope holy hell what's the mathematics math or business okay let's go creating business people what a star ready wear good luck with everything dude you're going to have success no matter what you do I think you're incredibly cool looking and the composure to have no matter what level you're on knowing that history is on your shoulders and on the next swing to be able to pull through in that moment legendary pal ladies and gentlemen Brady Ware welcome back to the program here on this glorious NBA play on Tuesday April 11th 2023 we can't thank you enough for joining us here on this glorious day the weather's amazing here in Indiana hey it's happening I'm here pushing a car about a mile and a half imagine if it was that weather like a week or two ago I hope everybody's enjoying the hell out of I think spring being strong now here in Indiana I believe there's some storms coming this weekend normally storms mean a different front is coming into town and trying to beat the fuck out of the last front that was in town current front that's in town warm will that storm bring cold air we shall see I hope not it is amazing life is better when the sun is out life is better when things are happening in the league that we talk about most speaking of things happening the brand new Lions have made a trade with the Atlanta Falcons the Atlanta Falcons have traded a fifth round pick that they got from Jacksonville in the Calvin Ridley trade if you do recall Calvin Ridley great wide receiver now a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars only going to make them better the pick that Atlanta got in return they're sending to Detroit for Jeff Okuda if you do remember third overall pick out of Ohio State he had that drill that he did a combine where his hips appeared to be like a double jointed almost he was sprinting backwards on a straight line flipping his hips he went to Detroit obviously fifth year option remaining to be decided upon they haven't until May 1st quick math 19 days or so yeah so they gotta see what he's like in these OTAs if they like him as a person or if they're already just committing to paying him 11 and a half million for the fifth year option Jeff Okuda how is he as a player there's other reports coming out to both sides I feel like this is a win-win including Okuda who's got a great new start maybe because he didn't work in Detroit does that happen back there for Okuda and the Detroit Lions yeah I think this is a great fit for him in Atlanta AJ Terrell is another really good dog down there but he also says that they're not sure about the group that they have in Atlanta so I'm eager to see but this guy can play football he got really good hips he can work on his ball skills a little bit that would be the only knock that I have on him he don't track the ball really that good but he plays really good track the ball like I'm playing man-to-man and you throw a deep ball and I'm right there on the plate and I miss the fucking ball you get what I'm saying a lot of guys that play really good until the ball is in there that's called tracking the ball I do it really good because I play punt return also but it's some guys that can get out there that can be in the perfect position and when the ball is thrown they get clumsy you get what I'm saying yeah because you would think that'd be fixable because at least they're in the spot there's people that aren't in the spot okay they got coach probably not going to be able to do it but if you're in the spot and you're just missing the ball you can work on that is that something you can get better at? well yeah I think you can get better or you just play the hands you know some people can't go up and catch the ball as far as interception so you have to be making sure you're getting your technique swipe through the arms and get the ball down but he's a good player I'm not taking nothing from him different styles of play yeah different styles of play he played really good at the line too they had Cam Sutton from the Steelers they had Emmanuel Mosley from the Niners they were mocked to probably take one of the top corners at six it's not super surprising Artie Smith you need to kind of gear up on the back end well they added Jesse Mates too so if there's anything that can help you got an unbelievable safety not a lot of great I don't want to take shots anybody not a lot of great quarterbacks down there in the South no not at all in the NFC South if you have a great defense you can what's that I think you can safely say that yeah I don't want anybody to take any offense Derek Carr might be a reborn guy down in the middle I've been watching your honor you know what I've been there hey New Orleans is a wild place Derek Carr is a quarterback now good luck down there hope he does well with the NFC South it's certainly a massive question mark if you have a stout defense we need to make our defense great not a bad decision against the weak offenses it seems like to be all around them I mean that division was up for grabs pretty much basically the whole season the Falcons came out the Falcons were on top the Falcons was winning division AQ was loving the Falcons pretty much every week because the run game is awesome and they had that rough in the pass for that country Derek Hill bullshit changed the rule and that is kind of Artie Smith's offense is just smashing out so it makes sense we kept saying go get Lamar you guys need to get a quarterback but it looks like they're going all in kind of defensively and they're going to hope to win games at like 17-9 just real quick though Lamar on that offense they allegedly completely out made another person start but we can still think about what Lamar would look like in an offense for those that don't know if you haven't paid attention to Artie Smith's offense down in Atlanta we only know this because in the trenches he was trying to have them on basically every single week alongside the Eagles and the Niners that's the type of run game that they have in Atlanta very creative they set up leverage can make holes if you have playmakers the offense can be efficient I think that's probably how they're viewing it down there we just need to know that on defense side we can get stops we need to try to build a winner down there quick Artie Smith we have to remember this he could be a bazillionaire just laying down I'm fat in a yacht he could be he has chosen to sleep on touches fix printers at 5am in the morning draw up cards because of his love and obsession with football or whatever feels like if he ever wanted to just back out he had more than enough chances to do that he's going to win I think Artie's a guy that's going to win I think he's going to figure out how to win I believe and with that NFC South being so weak right now no better time than now which makes no sense why they're out on Lamar so I don't understand why that's the case they do but still I don't know yeah Heineke is there but it's one of those things where you kind of have all the pieces together and then if like week 8 you're just getting terrible quarterback play when you know you could have potentially went out and gotten Lamar it's just like well fuck what do we do now we name this guy starters young we pay Heineke so it's like are these the only two options we have at this point yeah they are and then if Carolina goes and they do hit on whoever is the number one overall pick and there is just this new young stud in that division like that changes the whole future for Atlanta really just because okay Ritter didn't work so maybe they are still competitive to tie some 17-9 games they're going to win ballgames they're not going to be at one of those top spots and have a top 10 pick like they do this year so Ritter might be a guy yeah definitely could be but I think the things that he did on defense showing that they're going to be top of this division they want to got Jesse Bates that they spend a whole lot of money on they just want to got this kid here they got AJ Terrell and in the front end they got some dogs Tampa Bay okay Carolina okay Saints who the hell know what this guy is going to do we don't even know what the Saints is going to be Derek Carr yeah that guy right there oh Derek there's no big player we know where how much did he get how much did he get 100 million 60 million 60 guaranteed yes in comparison to Jimmy G too in comparison to Lamar yes just the conversation that happened about Lamar Derek could go in though tomorrow they got defense Saints have good defense right yeah yeah honey badger yeah cam gladmore they got dog tomorrow the Saints have good defense yeah right bro the Saints fucking corners suck whoa they gave up more yards than any NFL team this year I don't know what y'all talking about have y'all seen the Saints have y'all forgot have y'all forgot yeah maybe I'll just think of Cam Cam is on TV he's awesome he's at the Pro Bowl great Demario Davis he's a fucking dog Daniel Pro Bowler absolute stud and I remember maybe it was the year before last maybe playoffs late in the season I know it's always a lot of conversations like hey this offense is humming this offense is doing their thing and there's a couple offenses we saw get hot at the right time Chiefs being one of them same with the fucking Niners when Brock Purdy got in there it's like hey this offense has gotten hot you're gonna have to have a hot offense to win the Super Bowl but what's kind of the loss of the conversation is like hey that defense is going to win the Super Bowl and that defense looks like a defense that's going to win the Super Bowl Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense whenever they went on that run that defense got real good late and when they got real good late not only did obviously Lombardi-Lenny playoff Lenny do well the run game do well their defense got hot Rams defense got hot it's like at one point we thought the same set of defense that could go in the Super Bowl I remember us having that conversation so that's what I'm referring to now if it was last year you said they gave them more yards than anybody in the NFL they were allowing like 330 last year a game what's that all about what's that all about we didn't talk shit about I was saying bad football team that's why we didn't really talk about it because they were in it for the entire year because of how terrible the division was like the Bucs went 8-9 went to the playoffs it wasn't like there was one clear cut winner I think it was week 14 maybe and there were a few teams went wrong in those closing divisional games I could have still went to the playoffs we'd like to let the NFC South fans know that hey I understand the NFC South it's week 2 looks like you're crazy I lived it we understand that very much but facts are the facts that South division looked terrible so I don't think anybody's taking a big leap I guess Carolina Panthers was with the entire coach stuff that they hired? I think the same quarterback situation had a lot better this year. I agree.
Andy Dalton's a great guy. He's still a good quarterback last year. They were not a good team. I don't remember.
I thought their defense was good. Tomorrow was in and out. They were banged up on the old line. Like the bombs in and out.
Their first round pick had a lot of injuries on the old line. A lot of injuries in the back. I don't know. Lattimore was he healthy all year?
There was a lot of injuries. When they tried CJ DJ? Before the season started. Right before the season started.
And they added a dude from the Jets, Marcus May, I think. He was their best player on defense for the Jets two years ago. Foxy, how do you feel about the Lions standing up too out of town? He was amazing.
He didn't work out. Number three overall, we're willing to admit it didn't work out. Let's move on. Yeah, tough go.
If you guys remember, the Lions, Matt Patricia Botquin, they trade Darius Slay and then draft this dude thinking he's just going to fill big play Slay's spot. Yeah, that didn't happen. His rookie year, he got a hamstring. So as a corner, you're fucked immediately.
And then he tears his Achilles. Fans really, really, really wanted him to be good. He just wasn't. And everyone liked him.
It just didn't work out. I think it's going to be better for him at the end. He got thrown into the fire immediately, too. I think they played the Packers.
Devontae Adams, right away. Yeah, Devontae Adams just absolutely rapid big time. Welcome to football. That's a tough tactic if you have to stare down your first game.
Matt Patricia, we do know as a defensive genius, not that great of a head coach or offensive coordinator. He wasn't even a defensive genius in Detroit, I would say, either, but that's just me. That's just me. Well, he had that one play call.
He did. He had the Seahawks. I've seen it. He also has a legendary Radio Row visit.
I'm one of the best ever. Of all time. He was awesome. I don't know how he got in there.
Me neither. It's unbelievable. He's just so recognizable, I guess, but normally that does not matter in those places that are locked down. He forgot his ID.
He forgot his ID. He didn't have his IDs. He was sweating so bad. Gave us a great interview.
He did. He was right in the middle watching film, came over, did the whole thing in a frantic, went back to watching film. As long as you didn't fucking sucker punch nine inside the head, it was going to be a great interview. Drew Brees allegedly did that to die on his way out of the Radio Row interview.
Nonetheless, I fucking hope the Saints get better. Honestly. For the good of New Orleans. And also congrats to the Hawkins and the Lions making a deal that it seems like all parties are happy.
I forgot that he was drafted from the previous regime. That is an even added wrinkle. Like, get him out. Did we do this?
No. Didn't think so. Has he played well? He's potential.
All right, good round. See ya. That's the same GM. He's probably not trading him.
He's holding on to him. He's saying, hey, I still see what I saw on you whenever I took you number three overall. So that adds into it. Everybody's happy.
Good luck to all parties. Last year was his best year, by the way. So he did have a good season last year. He's kind of smart there.
That's the answer. A little bit of smart from Okuda. What do you think that means, Pac? He's happy.
But doesn't want to be too visible. Doesn't want to rub in the faces before the Lions fans. Is that what you think? A little bit of smart.
You know how I go. Y'all need to pick up the option. Yeah. Okay.
So he's going to be a free agent? That's personal. You trade me or put me in however it goes and then you obviously you wasn't willing to pick up the option. Yeah.
Previous GM drafted him. He had to know. I mean, this is just, that's the way football goes. That's the way any business goes whenever a new person in power normally takes over.
They kind of have their vision of things and you were the vision of the past that didn't work which is why the new vision's there. Okuda will hopefully have a great season and a great career down in Atlanta and I assume they'll pick up his fifth year option in the next week or so maybe on a restructured contract for whatever they have to prove. Whatever it is. They're investing on defense football.
There's a photo now of Patrick Mahomes, Trey Lance and UCLA quarterback Dante Moore training and nobody really talked about the fact that Patrick Mahomes and Trey Lance are training and that has to be good news for Trey Lance. And we saw some videos come out from a workout where they were both which is throwing absolute seeds. Only thing being talked about here to exceed all expectations, Jim, is that that throw is fantastic in the middle. Yep, great.
Patrick Mahomes looks really cool tucked in shirt into workout shorts. Absolutely. And Trey Lance appears to be in great shape and that's the first time we've all seen this headline. That's what the internet said.
That's not what I said. I'm just telling you that's what the internet said and now I have to like re-go back to my head. I'm like, always see him in hats. Always.
Always see him in hats. He's got to do what he's got to do but I want to let everybody know on the internet know it was weird the way you guys all reacted to this photo at the same time. The entire internet. People that feel this way about things on the internet people that feel this way about things on the internet all came together and had the same reaction.
That's the first time we've seen his whole fucking face and head. And I would let everybody know that was rude. And Trey Lance, you look like you're getting after it and everybody that's a fan of yours is pumped about it. And I think that needs to be reiterated a little bit there, Connor.
Yeah, it really is kind of hard to think back when there's been a guy who's been a top three pick who's been down worse than Trey Lance right now because could you imagine finally... Could have just got ready for a fifth round pick? At least the entire internet isn't cooking them. I mean, could you imagine finally...
You're true. But finally you get some clips out, some highlights you're working with Pat Mahomes and the only thing that can be talked about is Jesus Christ this guy should shave his head right now. Oh my God, Connor. I didn't say that.
I'm saying that's what the people are getting there. I mean, how old are you? Like 21? Yeah, he's young.
Oh, he needs to shave it. Yeah. No, no, you need to get the burlap. That's right.
They have ways to fix this now. I don't know if anybody can fix it. Oh yeah, the team I got it. They have ways to fix this.
They do. They have ways to fix it. Do whatever you got to do or just keep rocking it. You know, like Von Miller just has what?
That signifies... That's the Dallas thing, though. You know, they put it back there in the back. What's that?
That's the Dallas thing. You said... Everybody in Dallas, you know who I think started that? Who?
I believe it was a Renato, Brazil. He had like just a circle in the back of his head for the World Cup, I think. Or maybe just the front. Hell no.
He just had a patch. I thought he was on the front. No, Pat. Hell no.
Yeah, yeah. Wait till you see this guy. I don't remember which Renato it was. It was...
There was a few Renato's. In Texas, they wear like it'd be thick back there, too. Like they wear the whole head, shave, and grow out like a little Afro patch back in the back. Yeah, that's the shag right there.
Is that what it's called? The shag. Yeah. The shag?
Yeah. Trailing should be on the front of his head. Trailing, what are we doing? Yeah, there was.
That was the opposite of the shag. I guess that would be the... That's awesome. You remember when James Conner had the haircut that I had to get?
Oh, yeah. That was the shag, too. Yeah, it was like a mullet. It wasn't bald, though.
It was kind of like faded still up here a little bit, right? Yeah, he credited it as like a Dallas shag thing. Okay, so Renato is interested to give me the opposite of the Dallas shag? Yeah, and that's a Brazilian shag.
That's a Brazilian shag. The Dallas shag goes in the back door, the back of the head there, the Brazilian shag right there in the forehead. That's right. Okay, make sense.
There's someone else with a Dallas shag right now. Oh, yeah, Gumby. Yeah, Kyle Kaskor. That's right.
Oh, Kyle Gump. He does look unbelievable. Your hair is awesome. Your hair.
How long have you been growing it? If my hair did that, I would cut my hair. To the Dallas shag? Yeah, something.
So like Hulk Hogan had that too. Now that we're starting getting into it, brother. Hulk Hogan had the skullet where it was bald on the top and then down around the side, obviously Jefferson, but him like this. Like Brent Michaels.
And then he grew it out. He grew a full mullet out there. But Hogan always had his thing on. Yeah, that's because that was all bald up there.
Boom. Bam. A little bit of a skullet there. And that was not fake hair.
Is that what you're going to say? Do not say it. That was disgusting. That was disgusting.
That's real. That right there is real. Don't you dare call me my hair, brother. It was painful.
I'll take you down if you think Pac-Man that this isn't real. I'm like, I got news for you, brother. That's right. I'm happy he got to say that because that needs to be said to you, Pac.
He paid for it. Congratulations to everybody on all the haircuts that are up. Play for Best Lives Matter. Nice to get one.
Funny side story. Pac saw that was on the sheet. He was like, I'll call his name in the middle. Dante is a dog.
Absolutely dog. He can throw it anywhere, man. He's from Detroit. He was Detroit player of the year.
I had a chance to coach him on Cam 7 and 17. He was absolutely the truth. I don't even think during the whole season, he might have had five incomplete balls. How many games this season?
Probably 25 games. Jeez. Seven on seven, no problem. He's one of the best I've ever seen throw the ball.
Flat out throw the ball, he's the best I've ever seen as far as a high school kid. He's a freshman right now? Yeah, he's going to be a freshman. Is he going to start soon there?