Episode 15

Reality Playbook - Ep. 14 - "Dallas is my home... But I know for sure I'm not gonna win a Super Bowl there" w/ Adrianna from Black Girls Love Football!

Playbook

  1. NFC & AFC Championship Games Recap
  2. Coaching Availabilities
  3. Hall of Fame Gossip
  4. Flowers / Drinks

"Dallas is my home... But I know for sure I'm not gonna win a Super Bowl there", Demarcus Lawrence on his decision to move on from the Dallas Cowboys to join the Seattle Seahawks.

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Transcript
Speaker:

Welcome to the Reality Playbook where

we chat about sports and reality TV

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shows and the dramatic storylines

that tend to mirror one another.

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I am your host, a born and raised sports

and reality TV fans as the Real World And.

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Derek Jeter's, rookie season.

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So let's get into it.

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Go Birds, and welcome

to the Reality Playbook.

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Well, hey, thank you so much

Adriana,, for coming back.

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This is, uh, it was our last

weekend of professional football.

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Uh, in terms of watching

multiple teams, uh, fight it out.

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We're head to the Super Bowl.

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Yeah, there was so much, there's

so much drama going on in the

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LBC, but also in, uh, in the NFL.

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Um, somebody, somebody go gets,

go get Stephen a, um, a drink.

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'cause he was pissed like yesterday,

apparently about Bill Belichick.

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But we can get into that in a

little bit, but where you at?

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We gonna, you wanna start with the

championship games and then get

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into these coaching availabilities?

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Yes.

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I just wanna say we, we can just

skip through the championship

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games because they were four.

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Okay.

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Um, the Seahawks ramps, I gotta disagree.

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Oh no, the Seahawks, no,

the Seahawks brands was lit.

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The Seahawks brands game was

lit, but Broncos, I don't

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have anything to talk about.

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I have nothing to talk about.

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For the Broncos, that was the boring game.

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Very boring.

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The, it was a reminder that the Patriots

had the 30th, easiest ease of schedule.

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It was a reminder that the Broncos

also were not the better team.

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They may have been the better defense all

season, but they were not the better team.

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, Because if you, if your team is

smoking hot, then you, you should

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be able to thrive off without your

head, your starting quarterback,

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and you only score seven points.

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So yeah, the, I will say the Denver

defense look great, but any day where

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you can shout out to Vance Joseph.

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Yeah, shout out to Vance Joseph.

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But anytime where you can, uh.

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Knock Sean Peyton off

of his little mm-hmm.

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High horse girl.

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Literally girl.

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So the, so just catch everybody up.

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Broncos lost to the Patriots.

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They hosted the, the Broncos, , in Denver.

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, They lost, , seven to 10.

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It was, it was a very dry, boring game.

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Well not dry.

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And literally it was like, , flurries

were happening, , cold weather again.

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But, , what happened

after was interesting.

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, So Sean Peyton fires his OC along

with the running back, , I think

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running backs and quarterback coach.

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Mm-hmm.

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He fired.

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They said he was, they said he was in

a mood, a whole mood baby, whole mood.

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, Yeah.

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And then, , he said, he made some comments

, about poor Bo Nick's ankle, and Bo said

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he don't know what he talking about.

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So I don't know why he

would make those comments.

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, Apparently Pey Pey, , Sean Peyton, or

I'm sorry, coach Peyton, , basically

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said that he was predisposed, , his

ankle's predisposed to breaking, I guess.

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And so Bo Bow Nick's, , was just

like, bruh, you don't know my

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injury history with my ankle, so

I'm gonna need you , to just take

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a step back and have several seats.

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And so that's it.

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That , I, that, that kind of sums

up, I think that part of the drama.

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Yeah.

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That sums it up.

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I ain't giving him too much.

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I ain't giving him too much.

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What a messy individual.

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What a messy, messy, messy

individual now on the sea.

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Oh, go ahead.

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Oh, I was just gonna say now

on the Seahawks and the Rams

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then that was a good game.

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I was like, that was a good game.

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Was like, I hope Philadelphia.

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Sam Donald looked the best he did

all season, and I would've even put

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him in the MVP, like I would've.

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He looked like an MVP in that

game, and he looked great.

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He looked amazing.

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He played great, and he looked better

than Matthew Stafford, and I'm sure.

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I do wanna say some things that I

really, , I appreciated about that win.

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Um, one Cooper Cup.

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He was previously on the Rams.

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Yes.

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I was heavy for him.

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I Mm.

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Because they tried to treat my

man like he was the old man.

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Like he was washed up and he basically,

he was on the team , for a very

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long time, part of that Super Bowl

championship winning team, I believe.

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, And he, , and then when his contract was

up, they were like, oh, you can go field

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some other offers if you want, you know,

and come back to us if you feel like it.

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And he did.

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, And he ended up in Seattle and then, you

know, he ended up having some very key

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plays as well as touchdowns in the game.

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Um, but it was a great moment to see him

and Ppu, , poo nku, like come together

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and, you know, be like, oh bro, I love

you, but you, you're blessed to play.

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I'm so happy for you

to go and win that ish.

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As well as Matthew Stafford.

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I saw the videos from Matthew

Stafford looking for him.

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He was like, yeah, I saw that too.

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Where's 10?

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Where's 10?

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I was like, that's so sweet.

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I like that.

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, I appreciated that.

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I'll say though, I don, I don't

know, I feel like this is a,

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these are division rivals.

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Like they know each other very well.

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I think that's why that

game was what it was.

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, But I do think the Rams, I mean, , they

really did try and it's kind of

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funny to see how it ended for them.

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'cause it remind me a little bit

of the NFC champion, or I'm sorry,

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the divisional round, um, you know,

championship or divisional round

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game when they came to Philly.

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, And they kind of lost out on

the kind of, you know, the end.

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Uh, but what'd you, what'd you take from

the, the, uh, defensive player wooing.

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Who I think he shouldn't be allowed

to play in the Super Bowl because that

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wasn't the first time he did that.

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He said, I just think he

should go sit down somewhere.

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I just think to keep doing

that is no space left.

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It's just, it's not necessary.

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So during the game, uh, just

everybody just kind of getting

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caught up, , Rick Woolen, I'm

sorry, he No, no, no, you're fine.

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Rick Woolen was, , they, the Seahawks

really had the Rams on the ropes.

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They, , rams just, you know, could

not get a first down to save their

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life on this, I guess set of plays.

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They, , the Seahawks defense stood, stood

the Rams up, and the Rams were ready.

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You know, we were ready to

kind of do what we normally do.

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You know, offense comes on, defense goes,

goes off, and , Rick wooing decides he's

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gonna start taunting the coaches, like, I

mean, he did it right in front of the ref.

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, Or official, I'm sorry, the official

as well as the, as well as like

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the coaches and like the staff

on the side, , with the Rams.

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, , and then all of a sudden we get

up after the play ends taunting

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15 yards automatic first down.

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And then, , and he, and I mean,

that whole defense wake word, I

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feel like the whole defense was

like, I'm gonna get you tonight.

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If we lose this game, it's

because of that specifically.

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, each team had, if we lose this

game, it was because of the special

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teams player, muffin the punt.

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Mm-hmm.

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And if we lose this game, it's

because of Lin and this, uh,

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uh, taunting, uh, penalty.

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But on the next game, on the next play,

the first play of the jump, Matt Stafford

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and, and Poo could just embarrassed

it, it, I mean, he, like, they go.

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Touchdown.

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Um, and so it was, I'm sure it was

very frustrating for the, the defense.

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So I don't think he should be able to play

in the Super Bowl because he doesn't have

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the, um, he don't have the discipline.

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He doesn't, yeah, he doesn't

have the maturity to know that.

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Because what if you cost me my Super Bowl?

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Like that is the thing

about Seattle, right?

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We, everybody keeps talking about the,

um, Marshawn Lynch and the decision

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to throw instead of like, you know,

beast mode do beast mode things.

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And I, I would hate to see that happen,

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him do something stupid, stupid and

it completely impact in such player.

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The Patriots is not the bad.

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The Patriots should get.

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Dave, the Patriots should lose this game.

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Like the Patriots should lose

the Super Bowl by like 30 points.

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It should, like, this score should

be probably like seven to 35.

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Oh, okay.

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I don't know.

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I, I don't, I'm not good at scores.

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I'm so bad scores.

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I'm not good at scores neither.

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But what I'm saying is, but yeah, I

know you're saying it's, that's how,

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that's it's not, it's a wide margin.

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It's not even close.

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It, it should be a super wide margin.

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Like we not, they not even on the

same playing field, so both of us.

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Okay.

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And I, I do think that the

Patriots are a good team.

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Yeah.

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I think that Drake and Drake,

I've made several comments last.

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I went back and looked at my third

from last year, and I gave Drake May,

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lots of compliments all last year.

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And I gave, I didn't give

him any compliments this

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year because I hate Mike Va.

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Oh.

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But I hate Mike.

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It's because of the Titans.

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It's not, , it's just titans.

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It's because of the Titans.

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It's because of what he allowed the

titans, how he allowed the Titans to

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behave when they played the Ravens.

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I see.

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I see.

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And because of what they did,

they've never, , they have not

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recovered from what they've done.

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I see.

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They literally, , , they

brought bad luck on them.

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So Yeah.

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In Baltimore we have a saying like,

you never do anything to like, the

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shield in the middle of our stadium.

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Okay.

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The titans inside of it

to dance on the shield.

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Oh.

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And the organization

hasn't been the same since.

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Thank you.

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So, I follow the SEC network and the

Big 10 network, , since , my teams that

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I wa, that are my alma maters are in.

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Speech respective, , conference.

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And I love it when they come out

with that like list, um, when they

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come out with that list and, , they

say, Hey, , these are all the

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players that are from the Big 10.

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These are all the players

that are from the SEC.

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, And so they've been doing

it throughout the playoffs.

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And so to see that we still got

one Marilyn Guy in the game.

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Shout out to Stephan Diggs.

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And I know he's got a lot of complicated

stuff that's happening right now, but,

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kudos to him for just trying to , be,

bring a professional, be a professional.

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So, shout out.

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Shout out, of course, like the

SEC, , big 10, but shout out to Mack

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Hollins and Stefan Diggs because

those two were former Bills players.

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Mm-hmm.

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And it's almost like poetic justice that

they get to a Super Bowl before Josh

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Allen does, and they get to it on with

a division rival, which is , it's crazy.

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So there's a lot of questions to asked,

there's a lot of questions to be asked

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about Buffalo and how they're, they're

doing things and we, we definitely got

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some things to talk about, uh, with them.

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But, uh, I, and, and again, not no

shade to Josh, you know, no shade

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at all, but it's just what it is.

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Like, there's so much negative stuff

that came out about Stefan Diggs

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and, you know, all that, but they

actually said, , he's gotten to the

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NFC Championship with the Vikings.

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He got to the A FC championship

with the bills, and now he's got a

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FC championship with the Patriots,

but he's never been to a Super Bowl.

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And so I was just really, really

happy that he was able to get there.

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So shout out to him and

shout out to Matt Cols.

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Yes.

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Matt Collins is a former Eagle.

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Shout out to him.

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He wow, boy.

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, He's, he's so precious.

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, So anyway, so just moving on.

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Be it sounds like both of us, you

know, think that the Super Bowl's

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gonna lean in that Seahawks favor.

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My bet though to you is, will

Cardi be on stage with that

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bunny during the Super Bowl?

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Yes, she better.

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, I'm more so betting on the odds of seeing

Cardi b , pop up with I like it like that.

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Or some, something with

Bad Bunny on stage.

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So, , and I'm getting warmed up on Bad

Bunny 'cause I don't listen to him.

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, But I, I just, you know, got

the, the Apple Music kind of list

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and I just started listening to

him and, and it's so much fun.

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Like, he's, it's great, great music.

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It's very musical and it's a lot of fun.

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So can't wait to see that one.

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All right.

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Moving on from, , super Bowl.

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You better be safe and

your travels, , Adriana.

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, And I can't wait to, to see you.

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, And your threat.

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Thread, what are we calling them?

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Posts?

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Is it Threads, posting thread, threadings.

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, Can't wait to see how you're gonna,

you know, just see, you know, what the,

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your Super Bowl experience will be like.

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So, , I'm looking forward to, you

know, definitely our conversation

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after the Super Bowl occurs.

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, so anyway, so can we move on to this

coaching avail, availabilities, , and

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these decisions that have come down, I

need to start with the Ravens Of course.

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How are you feeling about

Jesse Minter coming back?

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, I'm excited for Jesse Mentor.

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He did mention in today's press

conference that he will be calling

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defensive plays, which I'm happy to hear.

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, I'm happy to hear that he's not gonna

hear some BS come through his ear

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and allow it to be said to a player.

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, I'm happy to hear that he is

building a great relationship

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with, , you know, team players.

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, And I'm just also

excited for this new era.

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I'm wondering if we should have had

a new era that came in with Lamar

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since Lamar's known as New Era eight.

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Maybe we should have got a

new coach a little sooner.

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But anyway, I'm super excited

for our new coaching staff.

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, I'm excited for you.

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I like, I'm excited.

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I think we got the best kick.

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I think we got the best.

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I do.

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Definitely.

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I think we got the jewel, the

crown jewel, but we'll see.

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I do, I actually agree with that,

especially, , given some of the people

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that didn't get hired, but, , but act,

I love the story of him, you know, being

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a, on the Ravens, coaching staff and

then going, to Brother Harbaugh's team

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and then now coming back here and being

able to be the head coach and mm-hmm.

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How they saw how great Mike, McDonald.

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I mean, they're saying like that coaching

tree or that system that the Ravens had.

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Was so good, like seeing how

that, that how Mike McDonald's

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doing over , in Seattle.

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So I'm excited to see how it, how it all

shapes up and, and I really, I'm really

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hoping for the best 'cause I really do.

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I really like the Ravens.

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, And I, and y'all deserve a lot better

and I would love to see y'all get back

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to defense as your identity, , with,

of course offense is fun, but I'd love

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to see more of a, , Ray Lewis, right?

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Yeah.

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But , I think I, I as a, I think

it's time , to, I think it's time to

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move on from like this idea of like

always like bringing Ray Lewis in.

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, Like Jason Kelsey.

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He can't come, always come into

like the Eagles locker room, right?

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So like, oh, , I get what you were saying.

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You were saying like get

back to the days identity.

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Yeah.

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The identity.

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Yeah.

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And so I, but I kind of

disagree with it too, because.

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When you have somebody, when you have, to

me, in my opinion, the greatest athlete to

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play football right now is Lamar Jackson.

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He just gets limited by some of the

things that, situations that he's in.

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But when you have a Lamar

Jackson, that's not your identity

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has evolved to being offense.

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That's just what it is.

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But the stats say different.

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The stats say that you need to have

a very, you need to have a strong,

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you have to have a strong defense.

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You have to have a strong defense.

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Defense win championships.

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, You, but you need to score points.

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Right.

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You need to score points.

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You need to protect the ball.

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You can't have, yeah.

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And I think that's why we need Jesse.

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Yeah.

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That's why we needed Jesse.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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, But it would be nice to

I call him Uncle Jesse.

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, Oh, little full house rep.

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Even though he might, he's like

literally, I think the same, think

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he's be, I think , was he like 30, 35?

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He's younger than me.

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What the hell?

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I don't know.

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I think I thought he was young.

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, Okay, let's get him do

some TikTok dances then.

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Come on, coach.

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Oh Lord, Lord Mercy.

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I hope he's got rhythm.

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, He seemed like it anyway, so.

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All right.

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I'm gonna start back, , I'm gonna

leave the Cleveland discussion last

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'cause I got a lot to say about

that, but let's go through it.

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Atlanta Falcons , has Kevin Stefanski done

his, , his conference, express conference?

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I only saw Matt Ryan.

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You didn't, how you didn't see that?

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, Did Kevin do this mess?

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He said, I always hold people accountable.

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I'm gonna be, I'm gonna be accountable

and I'm gonna be accountable.

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Okay, cool.

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I saw Matt Ryan.

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I didn't see his, but again, you saw

what Matt Ryan said when he was like,

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welcome to Atlanta when the players play.

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Yeah, I think they're trying

to have a duval moment and then

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, let's not do No, we say that.

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Yeah.

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. John Harbaugh, obviously with the Giants.

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Robert Seila ended up with Tennessee,

but now Brian Day Ball signed on

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to be his oc, so he's out of the

Augusta Philadelphia OC race.

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But to me it's quite clear that

Brian wants to go back and head

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coach and I think the Philadelphia

OC search, to me it's starting to

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sound like they want someone who's

gonna be there for a couple seasons

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and not just be there for a season.

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Yeah.

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, Brian, day ball, he went to oc but

shout out to Brian Day Ball to be

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cam Wards, , offensive coordinator.

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'cause Brian de Ball's known

for how much he developed, you

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know, Josh Allen in, , Buffalo.

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And maybe if Brian's only focusing

on, , offensive coordinating

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might see a difference

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and that defense is so strong.

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So it's two former New York coaches.

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It's so cute.

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The Jets.

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The Jets and the Giants coaches.

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I'm excited for that.

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Pronounce Tennessee.

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I'm excited for Cam.

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Cam Ward.

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Sorry.

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He said that only his mama can say

Cam, I'm excited for Cameron Ward.

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Oh, that's too bad.

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But 'cause your whole brand

is Cam Ward, too late.

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It's like it, yeah.

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, Anyway, so Mike, , so we, I think we

talked last week about the Dolphins

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going with Jeff Halfly, , the defense

coordinator of Green Bay Packers, , the

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Pittsburgh Steelers and Mike McCarthy.

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, Do you have any reaction, I mean this

is in your, inside your division, so.

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Y'all Alana's laughing because of my

facial expression and y'all can't see.

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Maybe we can grab this photo

for, , Instagram or something,

393

:

but you know, I am just mm-hmm.

394

:

So scared of the Steelers now

that they have this head coach.

395

:

I am so nervous.

396

:

I'm shaking in my boots.

397

:

The one thing , we can talk about

that Mike McCarthy can bring, I

398

:

guess , is the offensive play calling

and the offensive side of the ball.

399

:

But I don't know.

400

:

I will see.

401

:

Ooh, the offense for the Steelers.

402

:

Exactly.

403

:

I mean, they got you,

they got some work to do.

404

:

I can tell you, I can tell you nobody

405

:

they done went and got

DK Metcalf for what?

406

:

George Pickin's probably laughing.

407

:

Well, he's a free agent this

season, this year, so we'll see if

408

:

he's still stays in Dallas or not.

409

:

'cause somebody else might be

calling, knocking out his door.

410

:

Mm-hmm.

411

:

, So anyway, so Pittsburgh, I know

he ain't coming to Baltimore.

412

:

He better keep dreaming.

413

:

, We don't do crash outs over here,

414

:

so, Pittsburgh's going to, it

has Mike McCarthy, , and then

415

:

Buffalo, they named their coach.

416

:

And given all that went down with, they

fired their, you know, Sean McDermott

417

:

and everybody's confused because then

he promoted the GM and all of that.

418

:

To say that Joe Brady, the offensive

coordinator of the bills, was essentially

419

:

just promoted to become the head coach.

420

:

So a lot of people were just

kinda , , well, okay, so nothing's

421

:

really gonna change, right, because.

422

:

This is the guy that is besties with Josh

Allen and is gonna be running the offense.

423

:

I guess he'll, maybe there was a,

maybe there's like a, you know, a,

424

:

uh, a conflict, you know, between

Joe Brady, , and Sean McDermott.

425

:

Maybe that's what's happening, but

can you explain to me , what, like,

426

:

all, we're all dumbfounded , by the

moves that Buffalo Bills are making.

427

:

, I don't understand what the

Buffalo Bills are doing.

428

:

I don't pity Josh

because Josh has a voice.

429

:

Josh can speak up and Josh could have

maybe like spoken up him and the owners

430

:

could have had a conversation about

the co the head coach problem and to

431

:

elevate Joe Brady after he is behind

why you guys also have not punched a

432

:

ticket to the Super Bowl when you keep

getting to the a FC championship game.

433

:

This was your opportunity?

434

:

No.

435

:

Lamar, no Lamar whatsoever in your way?

436

:

Patrick Mahomes got left

back in Cancun a month ago.

437

:

No, he's actually in the operating table.

438

:

He's in the operating table.

439

:

And now he's, and now he's

in the rehab facility.

440

:

Yeah, in can He didn't get to,

he didn't get to go to Cancun.

441

:

He was, he, they were doing

what they do no days off.

442

:

You didn't have the only person.

443

:

You was Lawrence.

444

:

You knocked him out.

445

:

And

446

:

I did.

447

:

And I just, I'm, I am, if you are

listening to this podcast, you know

448

:

that I don't, I like Josh Allen.

449

:

My problem is full turnovers do

not, does not equate to a goat.

450

:

I'm sorry.

451

:

Bring the heat.

452

:

Y'all not bring , the heat.

453

:

The way that if dad was Lamar Jackson,

he would've been called everything

454

:

but the name his mama gave him child.

455

:

And that, this is my first

time speaking on this.

456

:

I finally, it's been like three,

it's been what, two weeks?

457

:

So I'm finally been able to speak on

this because , I'm still mad about it,

458

:

, because I haven't, because I don't like

arguing with people won online about this.

459

:

'cause people think like Baltimore,

like we don't like Josh Allen.

460

:

No, we don't like the criticism

that is not equal or fair.

461

:

Because even if that was Patrick Mahomes

that through those four turnovers,

462

:

he would've been vilified too.

463

:

Mm-hmm.

464

:

He would've been blamed too.

465

:

Mm-hmm.

466

:

, And years ago I used to always be

like, dang, I feel bad for Josh Allen.

467

:

He always getting the

bad end of the stick.

468

:

He always da da.

469

:

But now I'm at the point, once he

got that MVP trophy last year, I.

470

:

I don't have no guilt.

471

:

No, no guilt whatsoever.

472

:

You were supposed to show up and

show out in that game and you didn't.

473

:

Mm-hmm.

474

:

And look, and for Sean McDermott

to be fired, that just was, that

475

:

just, I still don't get that.

476

:

Even though Alana Yeah, I told

you he was gonna be fired.

477

:

Did you?

478

:

I told you.

479

:

Oh, I told Simone.

480

:

I thought I told you too.

481

:

I said it.

482

:

I said it.

483

:

I said it.

484

:

I gotta go find girl.

485

:

I gotta go find the thread.

486

:

My threads be keeping my history.

487

:

I said at the beginning of the season,

if Sean McDermott does not win, go to

488

:

Super Bowl this year, he will be fired.

489

:

He is on the hot seat.

490

:

But in fact I probably deleted it

because Bill's fans got offended.

491

:

'cause they always get

offended by everything.

492

:

Yeah.

493

:

I mean we, we talked last week about.

494

:

The fact that there, that it just do

doesn't fit, it don't work any longer,

495

:

but you would've expected that the

Bill's leadership might have brought in

496

:

someone who might have a fresh take and

might be able to do something with it.

497

:

But maybe again, everybody

was like, sweating Joe Brady.

498

:

People were sweating your old oc, which

is gonna lead me the Cleveland Brown

499

:

talk, but with sweat in these ocs.

500

:

So, I don't know, maybe they just show up

and somebody, everybody knows something,

501

:

you know, , clearly people know things

within the system that we don't know.

502

:

, And candidly like, let, let's just

be completely, completely real.

503

:

Um, just owners, they don't

have very much of a logic.

504

:

Not at all.

505

:

So don't, I don't think , it's worth put

trying to figure it out, especially for

506

:

the owners that you can tell there's not

really that much logic going on there.

507

:

, My owner I think is a lot better,

but he also ha relies, you know,

508

:

and has a great relationship with

his, you know, Howie Roseman.

509

:

Yeah.

510

:

Right?

511

:

And Howie is a bit,, more

methodical and stuff.

512

:

So very intelligent, very, and you

know what was, and my, the Ravens gm,

513

:

I only told him in front of everybody

on that, , on that press conference.

514

:

And you next think this, think this,

think, think you gonna see you.

515

:

No, you're Raven's owner.

516

:

Yo.

517

:

He said, he said, he said, oh.

518

:

And he, and you're next.

519

:

You're next.

520

:

He let him know, be rolling

during that interview, baby.

521

:

He let know interview.

522

:

You're, let this, let this,

let this coach not work out.

523

:

You are next.

524

:

Because he, we, our owner, he's

really into keeping people.

525

:

He say he don't like fire on nobody.

526

:

And that's what took him so long to go

ahead and pull it, you know, and let go

527

:

of the coach that we had who I want now.

528

:

Yeah.

529

:

Because yeah, the Mike

Tomlin comment was hilarious.

530

:

He was like, , I don't know

about him coming over here,

531

:

ally, he said, especially

after he did the Yeah.

532

:

, Ah, I was like, I'm, I feel,

I love that he said that.

533

:

'cause that just told me, that to me, that

just told me that, um, we, that my, my,

534

:

my owner pays attention to everything.

535

:

Mm-hmm.

536

:

Mm-hmm.

537

:

Mm-hmm.

538

:

That tell me that nothing goes past him.

539

:

The fact that he not remembers

that Mike to did that, that told me

540

:

that he, and he took it personally.

541

:

You know, you want these, you know,

and yeah, but again, you know, he,

542

:

you know, he's a Aries girl, so

543

:

don't nothing get passed down.

544

:

Block it.

545

:

Don't matter how much money you got

in that pocket, in that pocketbook.

546

:

Okay, so onto your division,

rivals another one.

547

:

The Cleveland Browns.

548

:

They moved on from Kevin Stefan.

549

:

Kevin Stefan Atlanta went really

well on his feet in Atlanta, took

550

:

over Raheem Morris's position.

551

:

, And so they, so , the Cleveland Browns

management, uh, there was a bit of

552

:

a tension and that Jim Schwartz, who

has been a former head coach, but also

553

:

is a Super Bowl, , winning defensive

coordinator with the Eagles, , and

554

:

then came over and has had the defense

of the Browns essentially keeping

555

:

the Browns any part of relevant.

556

:

Period, point blank best.

557

:

Mm-hmm.

558

:

Defensive player right

now on Earth in Miles.

559

:

Garrett, , and a be a great defensive

unit that shows up every week, even though

560

:

the offense doesn't, they opted not to

move forward with Jim Schwartz as the

561

:

head coach, but to bring in Todd Monken

from the Ravens, , the former offensive

562

:

coordinator, Gerard, , and now , Jim

Schwartz is like, okay, , I'm good.

563

:

So they're literally about to lose their

defensive coordinator, and obviously

564

:

they're like, again, logic isn't there.

565

:

Right.

566

:

, Any thoughts about them

naming your former oc?

567

:

I guess they just really what

he did, , and the success that

568

:

he's had with the offense.

569

:

The offense, and with the Ravens.

570

:

And maybe this year it was a blink year.

571

:

, Maybe people aren't really, you

know, attributing what happened

572

:

with the offense this season to him.

573

:

Maybe they're just looking

at the, I don't know.

574

:

I'm trying to understand and justify

why he was such a hot commodity hold.

575

:

How am I about explain

what idiots do to you.

576

:

Lonna, please.

577

:

I don't, you're in the thread streets.

578

:

Lemme tell you something.

579

:

You're in the thread streets.

580

:

I'm like, well, maybe she knows something.

581

:

I'm in the thread streets, but guess what?

582

:

I know.

583

:

Guess what?

584

:

I know,

585

:

bro.

586

:

Outta control.

587

:

Scy Brown is the president of the Ravens.

588

:

Okay.

589

:

Scy Brown is

590

:

you, is the former G is a

former GM from the Browns.

591

:

Okay.

592

:

And the reason why I bring that up

is because I'm just thinking that

593

:

Todd Monkin was sent to Cleveland

or pushed up to Cleveland , Hey, I

594

:

got somebody for you type of vibe.

595

:

You get what I'm saying?

596

:

That's interesting.

597

:

I think it was all about , Hey, we going

to like softly fire you, but we think

598

:

okay, maybe you could go to some, lemme

make, he was already gonna be out though.

599

:

He was already out 'cause John left.

600

:

Everybody thought he was going

to to be the OC with the Giants.

601

:

That was the word on the curb.

602

:

And then all sudden, oh yeah,

that was the word on the curb.

603

:

, So let's talk about this whole

pro football Hall of Fame.

604

:

And y'all, it's gonna be a, we're doing

a tight, , check in with one another

605

:

today, but there's big news that came

out of the NFL, , or let me say the

606

:

gossipy word on the street crowd.

607

:

, Heard that during, I guess, hall of

Fame, hey, heard football from pro right?

608

:

Pro football because here's,

let me say it this way.

609

:

So Pro football Hall of Fame, , the

votes were voting like we got, the,

610

:

that whole process is underway.

611

:

Someone leaked to the media, that

Bill Belichick didn't get enough votes

612

:

to be a first ballot hall of famer.

613

:

And when I tell you the bomb,

it like blew up, , yesterday.

614

:

And what was funny about it is, , I

just see text messages about, and I was

615

:

like, oh, let me look up what happened.

616

:

And so I actually thought they announced

it, but they actually didn't announce it.

617

:

They announced the pro football hall fame.

618

:

This was a leak from, because , I

even looked yesterday to find

619

:

like, who, who are the slate?

620

:

They don't have it.

621

:

It's a leak from that meeting

that's making all the rounds.

622

:

Mm.

623

:

That's crazy.

624

:

Ice.

625

:

Ice, baby.

626

:

That is crazy.

627

:

Ice Baby.

628

:

, I didn't realize that.

629

:

But, , I've, I don't know.

630

:

, Everyone is like, throw out the

Hall of Fame because of the Bill

631

:

Belichick not getting in first ballot.

632

:

I've heard , a few reasons and I'd like

to go back and forth with you on them.

633

:

Have you actually, what reasons

have you heard , or your thoughts

634

:

just generally about , this topic?

635

:

, For go on.

636

:

, I heard somebody say that.

637

:

It was like based off

of cheating scandals.

638

:

And then I saw somebody say, , the

way that Bill Belichick treated the

639

:

me the same media who he wanted to

vote for him, , he should have known

640

:

that would, that , this would happen.

641

:

So one of the, , the theories is the

Spygate and Deflategate hurt his, um,

642

:

him being a, and this is all about

Bill Belichick will be in Hall of Fame.

643

:

What they did is they said, we just not

gonna put you in the first, you know,

644

:

opportunity that you are eligible.

645

:

We're just not gonna put you in it.

646

:

That's what the, that's the difference.

647

:

He will be in there.

648

:

We all know he will be in there.

649

:

Everybody's mad because

he's not a first ballot.

650

:

First ballot means that

you're so amazing and great.

651

:

No one can overlook anything

that you've done because you're

652

:

the greatest of all time.

653

:

Mm-hmm.

654

:

And therefore, you should

get in eat very easy.

655

:

So that's what they mean by when we talk

about being a first Ballad Hall of Famer.

656

:

, And so when we talk about Bill, bill

has all these amazing accolades, but

657

:

he also has, you know, some things that

are going on, you know, in his life.

658

:

One is this young girlfriend who is really

given a lot of latitude around him and

659

:

his business dealings and the press.

660

:

, I think also his performance after Brady

left, no one's talking about that part.

661

:

But I think that's also might be

playing into this, , along with

662

:

the de fla gate and, , spy Gate.

663

:

And then they also said , that

there was this, , it's kind of

664

:

like , the, , it's like bystander.

665

:

Mm-hmm.

666

:

, Like the bystander dilemma where

you see someone being harmed

667

:

outside of your apartment.

668

:

Everyone is watching at their windows.

669

:

This person being harmed, but nobody

calls the cops because everyone else

670

:

thought that someone else was gonna

call the cops apparently, because of

671

:

the change in voting, , where they

got less votes apparently per person.

672

:

, People were putting the people they

really wanted up and other people

673

:

just thought, oh yeah, everyone's

gonna put Bill Belichick up.

674

:

And so PE not enough people actually

put Bill Belichick up, which is crazy.

675

:

It's a, it's called the

bystander, , kind of effect.

676

:

So that's how many that's.

677

:

Three theories so far.

678

:

Yeah, but you know what?

679

:

We never gonna know the truth.

680

:

Well actually we probably

found out in a couple years.

681

:

Everybody is mad though.

682

:

Mm-hmm.

683

:

Getting on yelling, throw

the whole thing out.

684

:

I'm not saying that this is, , not

significant because, you know, whatever

685

:

technicalities, . Be damned like he did

do something that was incredibly difficult

686

:

to do, led a team for a pretty long time,

, and did some really special things.

687

:

But when I put it on the scale of what's

going on nationally to what, you know,

688

:

the fact that we know he'll be in there

and some of this is just a little bit of

689

:

a, maybe , a payback for, , there's also

some conver conversations about him and

690

:

just going to people's games and just like

the cheating part and the line mm-hmm.

691

:

Stepping, , where they, there's

they're people who are like, you

692

:

don't deserve to be first ballot.

693

:

No, I get it.

694

:

I get it.

695

:

But it was very significant.

696

:

, I don't know, but I also don't care.

697

:

That's true.

698

:

I really don't care.

699

:

That's real.

700

:

Flowers and drinks, since

this is a tight 10 today, what

701

:

are your flowers and drinks?

702

:

Who do you, are there any flowers,

drinks that you wanna throw?

703

:

I'm giving flowers to.

704

:

Mike McDonald for leading.

705

:

Shout out.

706

:

Shout out to Seahawks.

707

:

Shout out coaching his Seahawks

coaching coach, coach, coach, uh,

708

:

coach, coach to the Super Bowl he took.

709

:

Sam Donald got Sam Donald out

there looking like Sam Donald

710

:

deserved to be the number one

draft pick in his, in his class.

711

:

And this is also a point of

developing development for especially

712

:

the first rounders development.

713

:

Mm-hmm.

714

:

Is a thing.

715

:

Hello?

716

:

Hello.

717

:

Donald didn't get good until he went

to the quarterback whisper, , Kevin

718

:

McConnell and oh, and, , with the Vikings.

719

:

He, his whole game flipped when he was,

I wanted the Vikings regret treating him

720

:

so, I'm giving my flowers today to, uh,

Mike McDonald for coaching his Seahawks.

721

:

Uh, and I'm, I'm gonna share the flowers.

722

:

I'm gonna just give out

bouquets to bouquet Sam Donald,

723

:

and I love that McDonald's.

724

:

I love it.

725

:

Um, for their work.

726

:

And JSN What, what JSN and,

um, the running back, uh, with

727

:

a really professional name.

728

:

What is it?

729

:

Kenneth Walker.

730

:

The third.

731

:

Like, look, you, listen, Washington,

I was not aware of your work.

732

:

Okay?

733

:

And I'm throwing drinks on, I'm gonna

tell you what I'm throwing drinks on.

734

:

Ready?

735

:

Who I'm going to throw drinks on.

736

:

Uh,

737

:

I'm going to throw drinks on

738

:

Eric DeCosta for.

739

:

Allowing Mike McDonald to leave

the Ravens and go to the Seahawks.

740

:

You feel a type of way about

your, I feel a type of way.

741

:

Y'all knew that that man should

have stayed in that building.

742

:

But you told, you just told us, , 15,

20 minutes ago, your your, your owner is

743

:

slow to fire, but , , and slow to hire.

744

:

But , he don't wanna fire nobody.

745

:

I don't blame.

746

:

I don't, but I don't

blame my owner for this.

747

:

You blame me because Eric would.

748

:

Mm-hmm.

749

:

Because they had such

a close relationship.

750

:

They all, they like we are all

I love brothers be brothers.

751

:

Do you have any, , so you, you think

how Roseman, you think how Roseman

752

:

give a damn about fing Nick Ci.

753

:

And don't he probably tell him every

day I'm gonna, I'm gonna fire yo.

754

:

Say the wrong word, Nick.

755

:

Look, look, look, y'all.

756

:

Doug Peterson brought

the first Super Bowl.

757

:

Win the very first Super Bowl win

to the Philadelphia Eagles, and

758

:

one season after that, he got.

759

:

Fired.

760

:

I still don't understand that.

761

:

But we gonna start, you gonna hit,

we like, we gonna have to discuss it.

762

:

I feel there's, or something.

763

:

One day I feel like we need to do like

, a deep dive, a real, or vi a deep dive.

764

:

Go to Pablo tore and

give him that, whatever.

765

:

Anyway, , my, my flowers actually

are going to the Philadelphia 76 ERs.

766

:

It's so nice to see them.

767

:

It just so nice to see that Joelle Embiid

is like, kind of returning back to form.

768

:

, It seems like he's playing

with joy, even in the losses.

769

:

It feels like he's playing with joy.

770

:

, And he's putting together some really,

really, really great performances.

771

:

I mean, in a game and a half,

he had 60 points, you know, he's

772

:

just been out there bawling.

773

:

And I know I just, , I know how

people feel about Joel, but , I really

774

:

don't think people understand, , I

don't like he is , a big guy, but.

775

:

You could tell he's impacted,

. Like he feel, he can feel it.

776

:

So give like, let's give him his flowers

for, you know, working and trying hard.

777

:

He just gets a lot of official

hate thrown at him all the time.

778

:

, And then shout out to Tyse Maxey.

779

:

'cause you know, he's just

so sweet and adorable.

780

:

And then him and BJ

Edgecombe, who's our rookie.

781

:

That was what a steal.

782

:

What a steal , in the NBA draft.

783

:

Him and, , BJ and Tyrese Maxey

are on the cover of Slam.

784

:

So I have to give it up to the 76 ERs.

785

:

I still don't claim a team, I

just need to be clear with that.

786

:

'cause I don't think I have

good basketball, , energy.

787

:

But I do enjoy my players.

788

:

I do enjoy watching the game.

789

:

And so shout out to them and

then shout out to the ladies.

790

:

Man, y'all, they come and

Andra is in Philly's again.

791

:

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

792

:

I'm trying to get out.

793

:

I'm trying to get outside, girl.

794

:

I'm trying to get to one of those

parties, so , we'll figure that out.

795

:

But shout out to Unrival.

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:

It is been a lot of fun to watch y'all.

797

:

And, , I'm forever and I

just really, a lot of talent.

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:

Love the social media.

799

:

It's, y'all are great.

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, And then I don't, I don't know,

I, again, , I think, I don't even

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:

wanna talk about any, anything

else, , and throwing drinks on people.

802

:

But next week.

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I'm excited, , to share, um, that we're

going back into the old format a bit with,

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:

you know, some sports on the front end

and then some reality TV on the back end.

805

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, I, this is gonna surprise a lot

of people who are loyal listeners.

806

:

I watch The Real Housewives of Potomac.

807

:

She watched it, y'all, she watched

it, and Nene is back on Bravo and

808

:

Nene is back on Ultimate Girls Trip.

809

:

Thena Bravo is Back, baby, ultimate

Girls Trip looks like it's amazing.

810

:

But let me tell you this,

Stacy, , Roush Rush, , on Potomac.

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:

I'm part of the stand committee of her.

812

:

. Quickly.

813

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To me, she's like the nicer

version of Kenya Moore.

814

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, But she's like, don't play with me.

815

:

'cause uh, you step, you step punks,

punks jump up to get beat down.

816

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She's like, I'm still from Detroit,

so, so let's not let it go.

817

:

, But I can't wait to debrief that one

with you, uh, Adriana, uh, 'cause that

818

:

the Potomac women have been on fire.

819

:

, And I think it's still, , it's

actually been interesting to watch.

820

:

I love, I want us to talk a, a bit about

the football player dynamic that's going

821

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on in, in there, especially this's like

Bobby Wagner and , or Bobby Massey.

822

:

And, . , What's his name?

823

:

Darius Harris, I believe.

824

:

Who's he was with the Cowboys.

825

:

I think he's now in the Patriot.

826

:

So he's potentially a Super Bowl.

827

:

, He, you know, potentially could

win the Super Bowl, which is crazy.

828

:

, Chris Samuels jumping back in the mix.

829

:

I like I am.

830

:

It's a lot of sports connection.

831

:

It's a lot of sports.

832

:

, With the Potomac ladies, , salt

Lake City, they're wrapping up,

833

:

but we gonna touch on them too.

834

:

But Summer House, I believe they're

gonna be starting in February.

835

:

So it's a whole, it's a thing.

836

:

Yeah.

837

:

We ready, we're ready

for the reality part.

838

:

We're ready to talk.

839

:

We're really, we are gonna be,

we're gonna be breaking it down.

840

:

I'm ready.

841

:

I'm excited.

842

:

So tell 'em where to find you.

843

:

You can find me@ww.black

844

:

girls love football.com.

845

:

Thank you so much for joining.

846

:

We'll see y'all, , enjoy your sports.

847

:

Go Sports.

848

:

Go.

849

:

Sports Go.

850

:

I'm still saying Go Birds, but yeah.

851

:

Go Flyers.

852

:

Go Sixers, go.

853

:

Oh yeah.

854

:

Go Ravens.

855

:

Go Ravens.

856

:

Go.

857

:

Caps Phillies are gonna be showing

up soon, so let's all know what y'all

858

:

are doing going or the Oreo show up

and only like what thir like 40 days.

859

:

Okay.

860

:

All right.

861

:

Well see you when I see you.

862

:

All right.

863

:

Bye.

864

:

Y'all have a great, have a

See y'all on the other side of

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:

Super Bowl on the other side.

866

:

All right.

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