Nightcap Hour 1: Russell Wilson CLAPS BACK at Sean Payton + Unc & Iso Joe CLOWN Ocho for having a TWIN BED + Unc REFLECTS on his 2025 & CALLS OUT his FAKE FRIENDS + Quinshon Judkins JOINS NIGHTCAP

Summary

Club Shay Shay — Nightcap Hour 1: Russell Wilson Claps Back at Sean Payton + Unc & Iso Joe Clown Ocho’s Twin Bed + Unc Reflects on 2025 & Calls Out Fake Friends + Guest: Quinshon Judkins

Date: October 23, 2025
Host: Shannon Sharpe (joined by Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson, Joe "Iso Joe" Johnson)
Special Guest: Browns RB Quinshon Judkins

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Main Theme & Episode Purpose

This episode of “Nightcap” centers on resilience, authenticity, and camaraderie within sports and life. The trio examines Russell Wilson's public response to Sean Payton’s comments, delves into personal topics—from bed sizes to friendships—and spotlights how athletes handle criticism and adversity. The show closes with an insightful, motivational guest appearance from emerging NFL star Quinshon Judkins.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Welcome Back, Iso Joe & Banter on Day-to-Day Life

• [03:17] - [06:41]
  • The hosts joyfully welcome Joe Johnson back after a hiatus, poking fun at his internet connectivity and health.
  • Chad jokes about his new “job” at the post office, setting a light and playful tone.
  • Playful ribbing between the trio sets the stage for authentic conversation, hinting at genuine friendship and affection.

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2. Russell Wilson Claps Back at Sean Payton

• [07:13] - [15:17]

Background

• Discussion centers around Sean Payton’s post-game comments appearing to disparage Russell Wilson in what was meant to praise QB Jackson Dart.
• Russell Wilson tweets: "Classless but not surprised. Didn't realize you still bounty hunting 15+ years through the media. Let's ride."

Hosts’ Perspectives

• Shannon Sharpe ([08:01]) expresses surprise that Wilson responded at all, but supports him, emphasizing every person has limits.

  "You'll only be able to take so much... What you see is just like they keep going and keep going...Eventually you weak?"

• Chad Johnson ([09:15]; [10:01]) supports Wilson's stand, expressing satisfaction Wilson finally addressed the criticism:

  "I love Russell 'Choir Boy' Wilson, but I love the fact that he stood up for himself... Russ said, 'I done ran out of cheeks. I'm finna clap back.'"

• Joe Johnson ([12:00]) is fully supportive, noting, "Enough is enough. Man, he ain't saying nothing. He's been going about his way, you know...I'm glad he responded."

Broader Takeaway

• Sharpe observes, “Eventually, you look at any animal... after a while, he's gonna lash out at you.” ([12:16])
• Emphasis on the dignity of taking the high road, but reaffirming self-advocacy when pushed too far.

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3. Coaches and Athletes: When Grudges Linger

• [15:34] - [19:45]

• Sharpe likens Payton’s stance toward Wilson to other unresolved coach-player grudges:

  "It's the same thing with Melo and George Karl...every chance he gets he tries to poke Mellow." ([18:17])

• Chad and Shannon agree it’d be better if coaches just said they didn’t like someone, rather than hiding behind petty comments.

  Chad: “Why don't you just come out and say, you know what? I don't even like this individual. And it's personal...” ([19:06])

• The discussion underscores public versus private personas in professional sports, and the limitations of professional decorum.

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4. On Relationships, Aging, and Seeking Perfection

• [33:34] - [42:28]

• The hosts reflect on dating and lifelong expectations, humorously lamenting slim pickings as they age.

  "The older we get, the chances of getting what we want, it becomes slim. Because what's available out there...don't nobody else want. That's why it's available." — Chad Johnson ([34:16])

• Sharpe gets candid about learning to let go of perfectionism:

  "I've come to the realization, I've got to find a woman that have enough of the qualities...that I'm willing to overlook the ones she don't have." ([36:55])

• They discuss giving grace both to others and themselves, as personal change and aging set in.

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5. Personal Setbacks & Fake Friends: Sharpe’s Reflections on 2025

• [42:54] - [50:42]

• Shannon Sharpe alludes to “storms” he's recently endured, the lessons of adversity, and the importance of guarding trust.

  "There are very few people you can actually trust." ([45:25])

• He calls out friends who disappeared during tough times, juxtaposed with those who stood by him—publicly appreciating Stephen A. Smith's steadfast support ([48:51]).

  "Stephen A. has called me and been there every step of the way...All I can attest to is the way Stephen A. is with Shannon." ([48:51])

• Chad Johnson relates with his own public hardships: “I had to take my licks...it was quiet for maybe six years.” ([48:25])

• Overarching message: hardship reveals true relationships; sunny days follow the rain.

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6. Comic Relief: Bed Sizes, “Polar Bear” Sleep Setups, and Living Like the Jetsons

• [25:53] - [32:49]

• Ocho reveals he sleeps on a twin bed, prompting Joe and Shannon to clown him for his frugality.

  “You ain’t had no twins since you was in college!” — Joe Johnson ([26:21]) “Hey, king bed costs so goddamn much...I’m cool, give me the twin.” — Chad Johnson ([27:10])

• Sharpe describes his “space age” bed, listing high-tech features and poking fun at Ocho’s Flintstone lifestyle versus his own Jetsons-level upgrades.

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7. Interview: Cleveland Browns Rookie RB Quinshon Judkins

• [51:18] - [64:27]

Judkins' Journey So Far

• Judkins describes his surreal transition from Montgomery, Alabama, to SEC star and now rookie sensation in the NFL:

  "It's been more so surreal...just getting the final touchdown, you know, going through so much...just everything taking off when I landed." ([51:42])

• He was initially at Ole Miss before transferring to Ohio State for a shot at a national title, downplaying motivations about NIL deals:

  "For me, it wasn’t about [money]...I'm a competitor. I'm trying to go out and win games." ([53:13])

• He credits his discipline and self-motivation in overcoming the lack of resources during his challenging offseason:

  "It was a testament to what I'm doing when nobody was looking...the amount of dedication that it took for me to give everything I had..." ([56:58])

Mentality and Early Success

• Sharpe celebrates Judkins' historic production as a Cleveland rookie, comparing him to franchise greats.

• Judkins remains humble and focused:

  "I'm just trying to chop wood...I got bigger goals. I know how I view myself as a competitor, how good I want to be." ([59:16])

• Judkins shares wisdom on longevity:

  "It's not how fast you can get here, it's how long you can stay." ([60:40])

• He discusses team camaraderie, backing up new QBs, and handling rapid transitions, emphasizing supportive relationships among young teammates.

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Memorable Quotes

• Chad Johnson, on self-worth and aging:
  “Hey, you get a certain age, you know, hey, you get what you can, not what you want.” ([34:16])

• Shannon Sharpe, on perfection and acceptance:
  “It took me 57 years to realize...there is no such thing as perfection, although we constantly try to achieve it.” ([36:50])

• Joe Johnson, on adversity revealing true character:
  “Circle got to be crazy small.” ([46:12])

• Shannon Sharpe, on trust after betrayal:
  “I’m very, very guarded now...there are very few people you can actually trust.” ([45:25])

• Quinshon Judkins, on NFL life:
  “It's not how fast you can get here, it's how long you can stay.” ([60:40])

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Notable/Light Moments

• Bed-size clowning:
  Ochocinco’s twin bed is relentlessly mocked, leading to elaborate tales of “space age” sleep tech and the high price of king-size mattresses.

  “Hey, king bed costs so goddamn much...I’m cool, give me the twin.” ([27:10])

• Chad Johnson’s “Paul Bunyan” bravado:
  Claims he could take on James Harrison on sight, earning incredulity and laughter from his co-hosts. ([22:13])

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• Russell Wilson vs. Sean Payton: [07:13] – [15:17]
• Melo/George Karl analogy & coaching grudges: [18:17] – [19:45]
• Dating & perfectionism: [33:34] – [42:28]
• Sharpe reflects on betrayal & fake friends: [42:54] – [50:42]
• Clowning Ocho’s twin bed: [25:53] – [32:49]
• Quinshon Judkins interview: [51:18] – [64:27]

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Tone & Language

The tone throughout is warm, teasing, heartfelt, and unfiltered—mixing barbershop humor with sage advice and open vulnerability. Personal histories are woven with sports commentary, presenting a genuine window into the hosts’ lives and passions.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This is an episode highly rooted in authenticity, brotherhood, and facing life's storms—with plenty of trademark Club Shay Shay humor. The Russell Wilson/Sean Payton segment is a masterclass in both sports analysis and life advice about standing up for oneself. Judkins' interview offers a look into the mindset needed to make it in the NFL, as well as a reminder to stay humble and disciplined in the face of success.

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[Chad Johnson]

Hey, Unc. I just got one more job too. Joe.

[Joe Johnson]

What'd you got?

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you got?

[Chad Johnson]

They just had me as the assistant to the assistant manager at the USPS postal office over there in Weston.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I went. I went to my interview today and I go to the. My interview again in two more days.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, I tell you what, give me a couple of books of stamps while you over there.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, I get a discount on them, too.

[Joe Johnson]

Hold on. So you'll be working at the post office?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. As a manager, I oversee. I oversee the flow and all and all the deliveries coming in and going out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Do me a favor. When you're in the mail room.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hold them envelopes like this here.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If you see something in there that, that we can do something with, I know somebody that can make it happen.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

I got you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho, they got a place for you too.

[Joe Johnson]

You going. You're going to.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm telling you, you're going to jail.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, listen, as long as you put some on my commissary, I'm good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I got you. I got you the money that. Hey, the money that we take in, right. 4% of it go to your commissary. 4%.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Member of our team. He's back after three months vacation. He got his Internet working. Bin Laden had better Internet service than that lumber bar. But you know what? He got it back. It's good. Now he ain't in the tunnel. That is high. So, Joe. Joe Johnson. Joe. Glad to have you back, man.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, good to be back with y'.

[Chad Johnson]

All.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, this leg. Hey, this leg getting better and better every week, fellas. I'm getting back.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's all we need to hear. That's all we need to hear. Gonna be up and moving around in no time.

[Joe Johnson]

I'm already moving.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You already moving around.

[Joe Johnson]

Man, stop playing. Come on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wow.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on, hold on, hold on. Have you. Have you been able to test that leg out against in any competition, though?

[Joe Johnson]

Trying to do that right now, Ocho?

[Shannon Sharpe]

As long as I can walk with comfort, right?

[Joe Johnson]

That's where I'm at right now.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, that's all we need to hear. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button. And do us a favor, go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed, wherever you get your podcast from. Thank you guys for your support. Thank you for your continued support. Thanks to you, all of this is possible, meaning a lot of people counted us out, but you know what? Ocho held it down. We're back. Fans are back. Joe's back. We got basketball season started up last night. We're going to dive into it tonight. But I cannot thank you enough personally from the bottom of my heart. Thank you for your support and your continued support. Make sure you check out Shave by La Portier now. We have it in stock now if you can. If you cannot find it in a city or state near you, order it online. We'll ship it directly to your door. Please drink responsibly and stay safe. Go follow my media company on all of its platform. Shay Shay Media and my clothing company, 84. With 84 being spelled out, that link is pinned into the chat. We got a very special guest joining us tonight. We got Browns rookie outstanding running back Quinshon Judkins. He joins us. But first, Joe, you back. Joe said the recovery's going well, rehab doing really well. So how many times you rehab a week? I mean, you know, you're not a professional athlete anymore, Joe. Cause, you know, normally if you had did this on the Hawks or one of the team, you there five days a week, maybe six days a week. Now you get. They give you two.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, two. Two days out the week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. I go in on Tuesday, Thursday get that work in. And you know, I do a lot of stuff on my own too as well.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So. Yeah, that's what you got to do. Hey, you know what?

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, That's.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's how I do it. Once I find out what they was doing.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, I do the same thing on my time off, maybe add a little stuff. Oh, yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

It's the same thing as like, you know, like if you only get better when you go to practice, then you're only gonna be so good, you know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If you don't do, then you won't.

[Joe Johnson]

Be that great, you know, What I mean, right? So I know a lot of stuff that I need to do here on my own at my house. And when I get to therapy, bro, I'll be ready. I'll be ready. That's like the highlight of my. Of my week.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep.

[Chad Johnson]

I like it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All right, guys, we're gonna get into it. Russell Wilson, he clapped back at his former coach, Sean Payton at the post game comments praising Jackson Dart.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let's take a listen to what Peyton had to say. You know, they found a little spark with that quarterback.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Too long ago and I said we.

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Were hoping that that change would have.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Happened long, long after our game. Russ tweeted back, classless but not surprised. Didn't realize you still bounty, honey. Bounty hunting 15 plus years through the media. Let's ride. Now, Sean Payton later responded today that he was just talking about, you know, he was praising Jackson Dart.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now, he mentioned that he had talked to John Mara several weeks earlier, before they even played, before they had even made this switch. God. Y' all know I'm Bronco through and through. Like Sean Payton. I know Sean Payton. We had a very, very close mutual friend, Mike Ornstein. Mike Ornstein passed away.

[Chad Johnson]

Rest in peace.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, I know Sean very well. No, you didn't have to. Everybody knows how you feel about Russ. Yeah. Russ probably feel the same way, but would never say anything. I'm a little surprised Russ even responded to this. I like it, Ocho. But here's the thing. You'll only be able to take so much. Yeah. Because what you see is just like they keep going and keep going and keep going. And then up here, are you weak? You weak? So Russ responded. I don't have a problem with Russ, with Russ saying, but, Sean, come on now, Ocho, are you surprised Russ responded and are you surprised this thing has really taken. Got legs and kind of like started running on its own?

[Chad Johnson]

I like the fact that it has legs. I like the fact that it has legs. Sean Payton, he already tried Russ on the sideline. He tried Russ on the sideline, berating him and talking trash to him, actually provoking Russ, hoping he would break character, hoping he would show a different side than who he actually is. He kept calm, mild mannered. Now he takes shots at him again.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

For no reason at all. And I love Russell Choir boy Wilson, but I love the fact that he stood. He stood up for himself. Russell Wilson. Matthew 5:39. In the Bible, it says turn the other cheek. Well, this time Russ said he, I done ran out of cheeks. I'm finna clap back. I'm gonna fire back at you.

[Quinshon Judkins]

I'm.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm finna stand up for myself. And I like him showing some. Some enthusiasm and getting in the fire for a change instead of just letting you know, let it be water off a duck's back, man. Talk your shit, Russ. It's okay. It's okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Guess what?

[Chad Johnson]

What?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ain't no person named Shannon in the Bible. I ain't in there. You keep talking back, taking your cheap shots at me, I'm gonna put something on you. Come on, now. And that's what Russ did. Remember? Remember, Ocho?

[Chad Johnson]

Come on, Russ.

[Shannon Sharpe]

At some point in time, enough has to made your point, right? You didn't want me. You moved on. You have a quarterback in b. Knicks that seems to be that. He's the guy for the Broncos future. I've gone to two. This is my second team since I've left the Broncos. Yeah, I ain't bothered nobody. Russ, you. You could like or dislike Russ, but the one thing that. You can't say that he's not bothering anybody. He's not talking down. He's not saying anything negative about anybody. So my thing is why, hey, let.

[Chad Johnson]

Me say, Uncle Joe. Russell Wilson, if you want to talk about quarterbacks and the way to conduct yourself as a professional athlete on and off the field, he's a consummate pro. He is the ultimate pro when it comes to doing your job, going to work, being a family man, being a husband, doing everything the right way.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

The fact that he finally got outside of his character for a change is exciting for me. I like it. I enjoy it. Because. Now, listen, at some point, you gotta. You gotta put a nail in the coffin. Because you don't put a nail in the coffin, they gonna keep digging your grave.

[Joe Johnson]

I agree.

[Chad Johnson]

They gonna keep. They gonna keep on digging your grave and keep digging at you for no reason. There's no reason for. And I know Sean Payton as well. There's no reason for you to do, you know, do that. But you understood. Listen, I got it. I gotta send up. I got an easy duck. He ain't gonna say nothing. He ain't gonna fire back. But finally, we get a new Russell Wilson. I love this. I love this Russell Wilson and Russell. I know you're gonna see this. Anybody else say something, you better fire off of their ass, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Go ahead, Joe.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, I. I agree with both of y'.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Alls.

[Joe Johnson]

I think, you know. You know, I think Russ is. Is more so, like, you know, enough is enough. Man, he ain't saying nothing. He's been going about his way, you know, tending to his business, and they still taking cheap shots at him. I'm with him, man. I'm glad he responded. I'm glad he said something.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Be petty, Betty, go back at him. It doesn't matter how mild mannered a person is. Eventually, yeah, eventually you look at. I mean, you look at any animal, it might be. Even. Even the dog might, you know, you see it. But after a while, he's gonna lash out at you.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Oh, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's going to lash out because it's only going to take so much. So he, Russ, felt that, okay, former teammates have been taking shots at him, you know, X, Y, and Z, and saying all these things. And now he's like, bro, how much, how much more. How much more crap do y' all want to dump on me and say, man, y' all just pouring perfume on me.

[Joe Johnson]

Listen.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because at some point in time, Ocho, enough is enough.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You've made your point. Okay. Okay. I'm fine. I, I, I get it. I get it. I didn't. I didn't live up to the expectations that I had. The coaching staff, the organization, or the fan base of Denver. I didn't meet those expectations. I accept that. But I'm gone. There's no need. There's no reason for you to mention you can praise Jackson Dart.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Without taking a dump on me.

[Joe Johnson]

Absolutely. Absolutely. Hey, look, praise.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Praise your guy, but why would you have to take a shot at me? And you. Like I said, he said that he was just praising Jackson Dart. But you said that you had talked to John Mara, who's one half of the owner of the Giants, weeks ago. Even if he had done that, he could have kept that to himself.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He didn't have to share that. He didn't have to share that. Ocho. Joe, he could, he could have just said what he said, like, you know, and maybe with his coaching staff or with his close buddies, when he's having a drink. I told you, I told John. I was like, man, I hope y' all make that, make that change after us, because it's just a matter of time.

[Chad Johnson]

Right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cool. And nobody, the way Jackson Dart is playing, I don't think anybody's upset that they made this move. I told Ocho. I said, ocho, over under eight weeks. I said, I'm looking like I'm taking the under. Ocho just said, no. I said, I'm taking the under.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because I had seen enough and I've Seen enough in the preseason. I said, ocho, they're going to make this. Make this change sooner than later. Yeah, yeah, but I just don't.

[Joe Johnson]

I don't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't. You know, the continuation of beating down Russia, it's unnecessary. And what is that? I know you're excited. Oh, Joe. You know, we win a game. Oh, Joe. We win a game. Yeah, we beat them. Sorry, Raps. Yeah, yeah, but we thought y' all had us. Didn't. Hey, 33 in the 4. 33. I get all that. But come on, now. Winners. Enough. Enough. Ocho. How. How. How much am I supposed to take?

[Chad Johnson]

I like it. Hey. Matter of fact, he should have cursed in the tweet. Go all the way there.

[Joe Johnson]

It wasn't enough for you?

[Chad Johnson]

Nah, listen. I like it. Listen. He fired back, but he fired back in a professional manner.

[Joe Johnson]

Absolutely, man.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on, man. Hey, Russ, next time, man. Man. Man. What I put. Let me put your tweet together. I'll put the tweet together for you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah, hell, dog.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, listen, but what was it about? Why was Sean Payton bring that up? Honestly, like, what did that have to do with anything?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Listen, this is all about the privileges that was bestowed upon Russ. Before Sean Payton got there, I said some things, and everybody called me a lie. I was talking me and Ocho, and I was having a conversation, and everybody wanted to tell me, shannon, you don't know what's going on because you're not there. I said, you do realize I'm still held in very, very high regard in Denver, right? You actually think I would say something like this and it not be the gospel. I say, hey, I'm Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. When I speak about something coming out of Denver or Baltimore, it's the gospel. I don't really talk too much about it because y', all, they know, but they try to undermine me and try to say, you not in the locker room or you don't know what I'm talking about. But y' all don't realize how often I call around the league and. And a lot of things that's going on, that's get reported, that ain't my job. I ain't Adam Shefter. I don't try to be. I'm not Jay Glazer. I don't try to be, but I know a lot more than what I say. And when it comes out like they got mad, I said it. Sean got there when the organ, when they were explaining the privileges that Russ got. Sean like, are you hitting me? Are you kidding? Me, it's like, no, we. Like, we thought that he's like, no, that is not normal protocol. Nobody in the history had ever had a situation like that. And from that point on, once he heard that it was over, he would have needed to throw for 50 touchdowns, 4,000 yards and get him to the AFC championship. Other than that, it wasn't going to work. So instead of trying to listen to what I was trying to say, try to explain what was transpiring and why so many people were out on Russ in Denver, they wanted to talk about, oh, you talking bad about a black man. You wouldn't say that about a white guy. When I had called Tom. When I had called Tom Brady and Peyton Manning and Tony Romo and Aaron Rodgers and all these other quarterbacks. But, see, long as I'm talking about them, it's fine, right? All I was saying. I didn't say Russ was a bad person. I said he got privileges and it made his teammates feel a certain type of way. We on Ocho, we know who makes the money. Yeah, but just because you make more money, we don't want you getting privileges. We don't want you having offices that none of us like. Hold on. Really?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So from that point on, Sean felt some type of way. He felt some type of way. And I get it. I get it. But that man been gone for two years now. It's time to let that go. Yeah. Yeah, Joe, you know what it is?

[Joe Johnson]

What's that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's the same thing with Melo and George Carl, George Carr keep on poking Mellow Melo, don't mention George Carl. But every chance he gets, he tries to poke Melo, Melo's gonna have to look. Melo's gonna have to draw a line in the sand and say, mo, fo. If you step across this line again, I'm gonna have to unleash.

[Joe Johnson]

You know, he ain't got no problem doing that. You know, Mello ain't got no problem drawing that line.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He's gonna have to, because every time, every time, he's always speaking negative. Oh, they couldn't win no championship with that guy. He wouldn't play defense. He wouldn't do this. I get it. You don't like Melo. Everybody is not gonna like everybody. But, bro, you hadn't coached Melo in damn near two decades. What is the issue now? Can we just move on?

[Chad Johnson]

I mean, obviously, at that point, it'd be better if coaches come out, especially when they continue to do this and they have things to say. Years removed From. From dealing or coaching a certain individual. Why don't you just come out and say, you know what? I don't even like this individual. And it's personal. It had nothing to do with the sport. It had nothing to do with basketball, had nothing to do with football. Nothing to do with him playing quarterback or whatever it may be. I just don't like him. And that's okay. It would be. It would be better suited for us as a public and fans of these sports to come out and have Sean pay say, you know what? I just don't like Russell Wilson.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't know.

[Chad Johnson]

I don't know what it is about him. I just don't like him or George Carl. You know what? I don't like Carmelo.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Maybe what's understood don't need to be spoken.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know? Yeah, man. I. I don't. I don't. Well, if. Say if. If. If somebody continuously cheating on the other party.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What. What does he need to say? What does she need to say?

[Chad Johnson]

None.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You keep doing what you're doing when you know it's wrong.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't need. I don't need no. No Harvard attorney to try to read between the lines.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes, sir.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're telling me the mere fact that you keep taking shots at me publicly is one thing. If it's getting back to me, Ocho. But the mere fact that you're putting it in print, you're. The mere fact that you keep saying it publicly, I can read it for myself. I can see it for myself, tells me that how you feel about me. But I didn't. I already knew that. I'm like, I've been trying to take the high road, try to remain. Remain professional. I'm trying to build a brand. I don't want to do anything to tarnish that. But, hey, bro, I understand. That's not what you are. You don't try to build a brand. You're not really on television. People go to you when they want to get. They want to get clicks. They want to get rage bait material. They'll come to you and you'll say something. Melo is one of the 75 greatest players to ever play in the NBA. We understand what Melo is now. He's a Hall of Famer. So automatically, if somebody says something negative, that's going to get picked up. That is Melo. That's his former coach. I just don't get it. We don't have to like all of our teammates. We don't have to like all of our Coaches. I had a great relationship with all the coaches. Maybe one or two I didn't really jive with. And. Yeah, it's okay. But I would never say anything publicly.

[Joe Johnson]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, look. Or a teammate.

[Joe Johnson]

It's only so much, bro. It's only so.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, bro. Bro, I'm 57. I got grands now. But what I'm talking about what happened 25, 30 years ago. Yeah. What purpose does that serve in a negative light? Yes.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Not at all. Not at all. I mean, listen, I get along with everybody. I'd assume.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I try to.

[Chad Johnson]

I'd assume everybody loves me the same way I show love. There's only one person I don't get along with. And if I ever see him, it's on site and.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Huh?

[Chad Johnson]

What'd you say, Joe?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Who was that?

[Joe Johnson]

You don't want to say.

[Quinshon Judkins]

You don't want.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, James Harrison.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Like it's personal. It's personal and I say it every day, and I. I let her know. I can't wait to see him. Obviously, he doesn't live here in Miami, but the only place I probably see him on what, maybe Super Bowl. Yeah, I'm sure we'll probably cross. We'll cross paths, maybe, you know, radio row or some like that. And I. He either he gonna have security or it's just. It's just gonna be a thumping session.

[Joe Johnson]

Ocho, I don't know if you want to climb that tree, man.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, one thing. One thing about me. Hey, hey. Let me tell you something. Hey, Joe, in high school, they called me Paul Bunyan. You hear me? I used to. Hey, I'm chopping every. I'm chopping everything down.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey.

[Chad Johnson]

All the trees.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey. As you play a partner, man, I'm trying. Listen, you might want your pass on that one, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, hey, hey, Joe, brush up on your NFL knowledge.

[Joe Johnson]

What you want to know? I seen a.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I'm just saying. Cause I might need a new partner.

[Joe Johnson]

Okay, okay. Say less, say less, say less, say less. I'm with you.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, the fact that y' all don't have no faith in me, man. Y'.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All.

[Chad Johnson]

Y' all not. Y' all not Christian.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey. Basically saying you're gonna be concussed. You're gonna be out. You're gonna be out for the rest of this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'll be. No, we gotta. Look, we got other. We got other business ventures that we're trying to get to, Ocho.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, we gonna get there no matter what. We gonna get there no matter what.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I Mean, if you can't talk for.

[Chad Johnson]

Like, six months, man, trust me, I'm gonna be okay. You. Hey, listen, if you see me in a fight with a bell, you might want to help. The bell.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, I don't need no partner when he move in the chair like this here.

[Joe Johnson]

You hear me? I can't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I can't use no partner like that. I need a real partner. Somebody to go laugh and joke and get up out the chair.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey, Ocho, I got. I got a question. What's your game plan, though? Like, what Y'. All. Y' all getting in the Octagon? What y' all doing?

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, listen, listen. Octagon street boxing ring. It don't matter on site.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It.

[Joe Johnson]

It.

[Chad Johnson]

It don't matter, Joe. Like, I'm. I. I'm at that point, like, I'm kind of frustrated because I keep challenging him, and he really don't want no smoke. He's not responding. That lets me know. I mean, all that size and muscle don't mean nothing, man.

[Joe Johnson]

Okay, hey, hey, from me to you, bro. Just keep your distance. Stick and move. Don't.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what I'm gonna do.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Joe, don't.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah, there you go.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, hey, look at. Look at my rain got there.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, I'm gonna keep him at a distance. Yo, like, I might. I might get mid ranging now and get close up on him.

[Joe Johnson]

No, no, don't do that. Don't do that. No, no, don't get close.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Keep that distance. Use that jab.

[Joe Johnson]

You gotta use that jab, baby.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, hey, Joe, I'm. Use that thing, Joe. I'm gonna use it. I'm telling you, man, let's. Hey, listen. Hey, one thing about it.

[Quinshon Judkins]

God always.

[Chad Johnson]

Been on my side, you hear me? And all my.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm on your side.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm saying I'm gonna pull him off you. I mean, but y' all sound like y' all ain't on my side. Y' all telling me I'm gonna be hurt and I ain't gonna be able to talk. And.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, it ain't gonna be. Ain't looking good.

[Chad Johnson]

All right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But no, what we try to do, Ocho, we trying to keep you safe.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm. I'm safe. When I get in the car, I put my seatbelt on. When I walk out the door, I say a prayer. Every morning I roll out of bed. Whether I roll out the left side or the right side, I say me a prayer. So every time I walk up and. And I Pray I'm always safe. God.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You don't get out the same side of the bed every morning. Huh? You don't get out the same side of the bed.

[Chad Johnson]

Now, sometimes I roll to the left. I roll to the right, depending on what side she on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, okay. Yeah, I get on the same side. It don't matter.

[Joe Johnson]

Me, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, no. Hell no. I'm sleeping outside.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, God damn, what size bed y' all got?

[Quinshon Judkins]

All right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No.

[Chad Johnson]

Who.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Who sleeps in the middle of the bed? I sleep on one side.

[Chad Johnson]

No, I don't sleep on the edge of the bed because I might fall out. You don't. You don't. You don't toss and turn.

[Joe Johnson]

No.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah, I see my beds. I got a twin. What's besides y' all bed.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, man, stop.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I got a king bed that.

[Joe Johnson]

Man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you. What you sleeping on the full size?

[Chad Johnson]

I got a twin.

[Joe Johnson]

Boy, you ain't had no twins since you was in college.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You ain't exactly. Time out.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on, wait, hold on. I'm not playing. Wait. Y' all got king size beds, man?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Chad Johnson]

You know how much that cost?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

Oo. I. I got to have a king size.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, but Joe, you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Joe, you probably got a California king. Your feet be hanging out the bed, Joe.

[Joe Johnson]

There you go, baby. There you go.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, King. Hey, listen, the king bed costs so goddamn much. I just got. I got the cheapest one, and then. You know how much a mattress is?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, no, and you don't have to buy no mattress. You don't have to buy no mattress but once every 10 years.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, they made a apostropedic mattress, man. Was like $4,000 for a king bed. I'm like, oh, I'm cool. Give me the twin.

[Shannon Sharpe]

My mattress. I got one of the mattresses, Ocho, that read. It'll tell you how long you slept, how long you was in a deep sleep, how long you was in the rim. It'll keep if. If your bed get hot, it'll cool it down for you. It'll make adjustments.

[Joe Johnson]

You got your memory phone?

[Chad Johnson]

Huh?

[Joe Johnson]

You got one of the memory foams over there?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I got one of. You know, one of those. One of those space age beds.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, hey, hey, what they would. They run. How much would them run?

[Shannon Sharpe]

A little sauce, you know, a little something.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, they come in twin.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, what. Hey, hey, Ocho, why you be trying to act like you can't spend 4, 5 grand on the bed, Man, I.

[Chad Johnson]

Ain'T spending no on the bed, Joe. Who do that? Look, look, come on, man, you ain't doing nothing but sleeping and shagging on there anyway.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what I'm saying. It'll tell me how long I was in a rim sleep. It'll tell me how long I was in a deep sleep. It'll tell me how. How long I snored. It'll say you snored 35 minutes last night. You snored 50% less than normal.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. It'll tell you what time you fell asleep.

[Chad Johnson]

I have a question. Even if that bed has all those features and has all those amenities that it comes with, I'm sure it cost a pretty penny. What are you going to do with that information?

[Shannon Sharpe]

5,900. That's how much the bed cost.

[Chad Johnson]

That's a whole lot.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you mean? Oo. What you mean, what I'm gonna do with that information? It'll tell me. It. It. Guess what it says your best time to work out is between the hours of 1 and 5.

[Chad Johnson]

You don't tell you that your body. Your body will tell you that your body exactly when the best time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what it's telling me. It's the same reason they put all that stuff in your shoulder pads and they track everything that you do at practice now, right? You dehydrated, you need more hydra. See, the more information you have.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, you. You want me. Want me to tell you. You want me to tell you why they track everything now? Because they understand, see, their pros and their cons of that and them tracking everything they understand. When you get to a certain amount of mileage. Yeah, this car, he ain't no more good. That's all it is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That man, he tracking that upstairs. Yeah, they listen.

[Chad Johnson]

They try to. They try to make it seem like it's a good thing, but they tracking all this stuff. So where his speed ain't what it used to be. Yeah, we might need to watch him. It's about. We might want to get rid of him and get some good for.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, they get. They put it in your pads, Ocho. Huh? They put that in your shoulder pads.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. And. And the catapult, you know, the catapult thing? Yeah, yeah, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And. And the bed. And, you know, I like it to be about somewhere between 66 and 68 degrees. So, you know, as you lay down, I'm a. The bed, my body temperature, I'm like, I might. My body temperature is hell. So it'll cool it down. So it might start at 72 and it'll say, you know, we. We made 34 adjustments. Last night to your bed, huh? Be at my feet, be at my back. Be it if I'm on my side. Be it if I'm laying on my stomach, it doesn't matter. It'll automatically adjust.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, I got a damn boo.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I give you a clue. I give you a clue.

[Chad Johnson]

All that's so unnecessary. I do just fine. Hey, let me tell you something. Stay with me real quick. Stay with me. Joe. Joe. I got a twin bed, Joe. It cost me 2200, Joe. I got a mattress, memory foam, Parcipedic. It cost me 800, Joe. That's fine. You talk about your bed heating up and getting cold and doing this and doing that. I don't need all that, Joe. I put my AC on 65 degrees and I leave it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm good, I'm good. I ain't gotta do all that. The bed adjust for me. It cooled down for me. I ain't got to do all that.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, you boys sleeping like polar bears?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, Joe, you already get hot. Oh, Joe, you get hot, you gotta kick your leg under the COVID or throw the COVID off that. It'll float. I ain't got to do none of that. I ain't got to do none of that.

[Chad Johnson]

That's normal though. That's.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's nor that. Hey, me, I pull the covers up.

[Chad Johnson]

On me now, see? Hey, you, you live, you live in a different time. You trying to live like the Jetsons. I don't want to. I want to live like the Flintstones.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I already lived like the Flintstones for 20 years. I ain't trying to live like that again.

[Joe Johnson]

Right, right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm good. I don't have pallets on the seat on the floor. I don't slept on those cast iron bed. I'm good. I' ma sleep good now.

[Joe Johnson]

Oh, yeah. Hey, hey, O. Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sleep is important, brother.

[Joe Johnson]

That's, that's, that's. Hey, look, that's how you got to recover, man.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on, I. I'm good, Joe. I don't go nowhere. I know about sleep. If it wasn't for the show, remember I'm sleep by by 9:30 at night. I'm up at 5:00am every morning. I'm in the gym at 7:00am I sure wish.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I sure wish I could go to bed at 9:30 at night.

[Chad Johnson]

You can if you stop partying.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, you remember what happened Monday night?

[Chad Johnson]

What?

[Joe Johnson]

1:30. I seen.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. What time did we. Come on, ocho. It was 10:45 here, it was 1:45 there.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. We didn't get off till 3 in the morning.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Exactly. And guess what? Guess what else, Ocho? I had to get right back up and catch a flight, right? And go to la.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay, see, that's. That's what I call dedication. Because I was up, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. I was up to. Hey, Joe, it was three. We got off the show. I. Joe, I swear for God, My clock said 3. 3:23.

[Joe Johnson]

I already know.

[Quinshon Judkins]

I went.

[Chad Johnson]

I wasn't tripping. I was feeling good, too, because I took a nap earlier in the day. Yeah, I took a nap earlier.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I can say I. I had to cut them naps out because you.

[Joe Johnson]

Can'T sleep at night.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I can't sleep at night.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, see, that's perfect. You see, this is. This is why I'm trying to get you a partner now. This. It's perfect. Right there. Them nights you can't sleep at night. Boom. Hey, honey, he wrote a poem for you. Hey, honey, let me write you a love letter.

[Joe Johnson]

Hold on.

[Chad Johnson]

Recite some. Recite some Shakespeare to you to your girl or something.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hold on.

[Joe Johnson]

Hold on. I thought I'd say. He got somebody, say, gonna be married in two years.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You heard that joke? Yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, just. Cause y' all don't see me. I'm listening and watching now.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, Joe, you married? Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Close enough.

[Joe Johnson]

I ain't married.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Close enough.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay, listen, hold on. Stay with me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He just ain't got no paperwork.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, listen. This what we can do. We could all make this official and have a trifecta wedding.

[Joe Johnson]

Hold on.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, we can have a trifecta wed.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm official. I just ain't got no whistle. I'm good.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, we back. We back.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Probably watching.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. Okay.

[Joe Johnson]

All right. I'm picking up what you put now. I got you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. You see what I'm saying, Joe? Be knowing. Yes.

[Joe Johnson]

You feel me now?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey. Oh, Joe. It's time to come on. It's time to come on.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Come on.

[Chad Johnson]

It's about that time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

We not getting no younger.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, Joe, I tried to explain to Unc. I say the older we get, the older we get, the chances of getting what we want, it becomes slim. Because what's available out there right now, don't nobody else won't. Because that's why it's available. You hear me?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You get a certain age, you know, hey, you get what you can, not what you want to. You know what I'm saying?

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, the pickings are slim now.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, it's a tough time to be dating now, boy.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, yeah. Hey, boy, I'm. I waved my white flag long time ago.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I remember. But, hey, we always. Hey, we got back to school clothes. It was like a week before school. Everything done been picked over. Hey, it wasn't no early. We. Hey, we get. The last two weeks, everything done been picked over. Everybody else that tried the jeans on or tried the shirt on that had their feet in the shoe, that's where they came up. Cause I remember when I was coming up, Joe, people be trying the shoes on just their bare foot.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You ain't had no socks. You know, they just started you laughing, Ocho. I ain't lying. They. They, they. You people had their breath like, damn. Hey, let me. Let me get them. What he just had. But that was. That was back in the day, so. But I'm okay. It's time to come on in, Ocho. It's time to come on home, man.

[Chad Johnson]

It just. It is what it is. And listen, I'm at fault, too. I'm at fault, too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. For sure.

[Chad Johnson]

As I've gotten older, I've tried. I struck out, huh? I've tr. I've tried. I've tried. I've struck out. But, you know, I'm back. I'm back at the plate. That's. That's. That's the one thing I love about baseball, is at some point, as much as you strike out, you will get your opportunity to be at the plate again. And right now, well, Uncle, I'm about to hit a home run.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah. You know. You know, my problem was.

[Chad Johnson]

Call me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Joy Otani.

[Chad Johnson]

No, no. What's up, Aaron? Judge no play for the Blue Jays.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Vlad Guerrero, Jr.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm Guerrero Jr. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That is. Hey, the thing was, you knew, my problem was. Ocho, talk to me. Looking for perfection.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, take your time.

[Joe Johnson]

It ain't that one.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, she the perfect height. She was the perfect complexion.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on, now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

She had the perfect build. She had the perfect.

[Chad Johnson]

Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Bro, you not gonna find all that in one. You just listen. I've come to the realization I've got to. I've got to find a woman that have enough of the qualities that I'm looking for that I'm willing to overlook the ones that she don't have. It took me 57 years to realize that there is no such thing as perfection, although we constantly try to achieve it.

[Chad Johnson]

Talk to him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So now I'm like, okay, that's enough.

[Joe Johnson]

Right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're enough.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Tall enough. You fine enough. The complexion is enough. Everything is enough.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And it took me a while to realize that because I'm like, I'm trying to be perfect. Hell, I want the perfect person.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's why I ate the way I ate. That's why I trained, because I was trying to be perfect. Shannon and my sister just say, shannon, you realize you're not gonna be perfect, right? You realize you, you flawed. You are flawed. I don't know why.

[Joe Johnson]

We all are.

[Chad Johnson]

We.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I mean, I'm like, listen, I.

[Chad Johnson]

I, I, I, I would love, I would love to be a therapist. I would love to be a counselor for, for my sisters because they, they have expectations. And I love, I love people having expectations and, and, and having wants and needs and want requirements for people that they date to meet those qualifications. You hear me? What y' all laughing at?

[Joe Johnson]

I'm listening, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, but here's the thing though, Ocho.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, but, but, but stay with me real quick.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I want to hear this one.

[Chad Johnson]

What are the chances if you ask a woman, Joe, if you ask a woman, what is she looking for in a man? You feel me? And she'll run down the list of all the qualities and all the requirements that's, that's that she wants. And it's almost, it's a build a bear. It's not, it's not real. The expectations aren't realistic. So everyone is looking for this. This not, not imaginary. But you, you'll meet a guy that, that'll meet half of what you want and ah, you know. Nah, he ain't no good. No, he where he, he where he work at Sears. Oh, he work at Macy's. I can't do nothing with that, Ocho.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, the easiest thing you'll do is to get with a person. Getting with is the easy part. Staying is what's hard, man. Basketball came easy to Joe. Football came you easy to you and I. But guess what we had to do. We had to practice, we had to study, we had to lift weights, we had to train. All that goes towards work working. You see, everybody gets to the relationship and then that's it. You've got to work every single day. Because the person that you met yesterday is not the person today. The person that you go back to bed with tonight gonna wake up and so now instead of finding a reason to break up, can I find a reason to stay? In the words of earth, wind and fire, can I find a reason? Just one. Can I find one reason to stay? The reason that we love games been played all of our reason was a.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on now, take your time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right, so now, it took me a while because I, I. Ocho, man, you age. Damn. Damn. Nah, Shannon, because at the end of the day, the way she looked today, she ain't gonna look like that 10 years from now. Hey, hey. From 20 years from now. And that. And that. That booty that's up on the shoulders.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's gonna be down by knees. And you're gonna need to pick it up and walk with her. Walk behind or the cat, because you know what? If she walking in a silhouette that you can see right now, when she get about 55, 60.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's gonna be dragging in the sand on the beach. You're gonna know what you. Hey, what? My girl. Okay, I see a trail. You know what I'm saying? And you. You gotta accept that, Ocho. Yeah, because I really. You know what? I. I walked by the mirror the other day, and I was like, damn, I ain't the same guy no more, Ocho.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, you hold on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You lost it, Ocho. I'm telling you, I used to. I used to compete. I used to compete in a boot from 25ft away. That's how your arm was, Ocho. Hey, I ain't that no more. What happened.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, you say you ain't got it like you used to.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I ain't got it like I used to. I said, well, damn. I'm like, you know, I. I'm not terrible, right? But I'm looking at how I once was, right? And so if I were. If women were to judge me by what I used to be as opposed to what I currently am, right? I ain't gonna get nobody. I know. I used to. Hey, I walked around at 2. I walked around at 235 with 5% body fat, okay? 3%, 4% body fat for years, right? So I was like, you know what? I need to give people grace. Like, I'm asking people to give me grace.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on. What you saying? You fat now?

[Joe Johnson]

No, he's not fat.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, no. Everybody, no stretch of the imagination.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay, okay.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, hey, Unc. Saying his bounce back ain't like it used to be.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Joe Johnson]

His bounce back ain't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah. I just said the baby arm ain't what it used to be. That's all I'm saying. Oh, Joe. That's all.

[Chad Johnson]

That's it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We ain't going no further. 26, 26. I'm gonna be back. Check. Stay with me till 26. My bad. My baddos. Yeah, but you just. You have to come to the realization, man. And I've come to the realization that, hey, it is what it is. Hey, I ain't. I ain't 27, ain't 37. Hey, just gotta keep kicking. Hey, I just put one foot. One foot. One foot in front of the other, and just. Just keep. Just keep going forward.

[Chad Johnson]

But we back. We all. We all the way. I love it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We all the way back. But you better believe, 26. It's gonna be all the cracking.

[Joe Johnson]

That's what I'm talking about. I'm gonna be part of some of that cool stuff y' all got going.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. You know the reason why y' all fell in love with Uncle Cho. Nightcap. 26.

[Joe Johnson]

26.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Yeah.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Two more months.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Y'. All. Y' all know, y'. All. I got these jokes.

[Chad Johnson]

I.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, I ain't in the joke telling business like. Like quick. But I got some. But, man, this. Man, you know, when you. You know, I'm saying, you know, you driving, you just spend a lot of time. You know, I've had a lot of time to think, because, you know, my grandma used to say, boy, she said, you either walking into the storm, you in the storm, or you walking out of it. Yes, sir. You say, somebody. Everybody going through something, son. Yeah. Come on.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on, boy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And when you in that storm, when you in the eye of the storm. The eye of the storm dropped down in New Orleans. Katrina. That was the eye.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Boy, you don't think. You don't know if it's ever, ever, like, when is this gonna be over? How much longer?

[Joe Johnson]

Damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hello? Where do I go? When does it end? What did.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, but I.

[Chad Johnson]

The storm could be.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho. I read a quote many, many years ago. It said, a lesson that's not learned in blood is destined to be repeated. I had a conversation with my brother probably about two months ago, and he called me, and I said, well, you know, he. Obviously he knew what's going on, because I called him and told him or her time. And then something else came out. And then something else came out. Then something else came out. Then ESPN came out. He said, shannon, there's a lesson in here somewhere for you to be going through what you're going through. There is a lesson. It's on you to figure it out. Yeah. I said, man, I sure wish I. He said, you know what? He said, no, that's not the. That's not the plan. He said, if you knew what it was, you would circumvent the lesson.

[Chad Johnson]

Right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

He said, no, but you'll figure it out.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He said, you'll figure it out. Yeah.

[Quinshon Judkins]

And.

[Shannon Sharpe]

People, when y' all see me, I don't. I don't want y' all to have the wrong impression, but I'm just very guarded now. I'm very, very guarded. I was always on alert, but I'm on high alert because I really don't know who I can really trust because what I've seen over the. Over the. Over the last six months, there are very few people that you can actually trust. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on, now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Very, very, very few, man. And there are. There are people that said some things, and it's gotten back to me, but I was like, wow.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you had this conversation, Ocho, about being down, and then people feel like they could. They can pile on. Yeah. But I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm just very. Hey, I'm very. Matter of fact. I'm very. Hey, how you doing? It's nice to meet you. I'm going about. I'm. I'm on my way. Yeah. I'm on my way. Because I don't. I don't want people. Yeah. I had a conversation and chef. Because if you stay too long, Ocho, the more people. And this is what I had to learn, and somebody told me this. They say, shannon, the more people you become involved with, the more stories there is to be told.

[Joe Johnson]

Circle got to be crazy small.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The more people you're involved with, Shannon, the more stories there are to be told. Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

I like that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I didn't know what was going to happen. I appreciate you, Ocho, because you're like, hey, when you text me, unc, I'm with you.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Whatever we got to go through, we going through it. You ain't by yourself.

[Chad Johnson]

To the wheels fall the off. You gave me the opportunity.

[Shannon Sharpe]

There are so many people o. Joe and Joe, where I'm going, that used to call. That used to text.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I ain't heard from them since this happened.

[Joe Johnson]

But that's all right, though. That's all right, though, man.

[Chad Johnson]

Please.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah. Keep it moving, baby.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Maybe this is what. I don't wish this on anybody. But what it did do is it really showed me who's really, really there.

[Joe Johnson]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

There are a lot of people on the peripheral. Peripheral. When things were going well with. We were at the apex and getting invited to everything.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm talking about ain't called. Ain't called. And I'm talking about. We were talking once a month, twice a month.

[Chad Johnson]

Right. Are we gonna come back?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But I See?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. And, you know, I think about two. Uncle Joe had to think about, you know, Unc, what you had to go through. You know, I've been in the eye of that storm, too, now. Big time. In front of the world.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

So I. I had to take my licks. I had to. I had to.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You got it. You got her.

[Chad Johnson]

And I had. Hey, Joe boy, them calls stop. Ain't hurt nobody. My circle was always small, so my same. My same circle was right there, you know, to lift me up. But I already knew I. I was going to sit for a minute. Yeah. For a long time. Joy had a. It was quiet up for maybe six years.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, you know how long Six. Six years is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hell. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Nothing coming. No. No, nothing. You just.

[Quinshon Judkins]

I'm.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm. And then here we go. You give me an opportunity. You know why? Everything is.

[Sponsor/Ad Voice]

Is.

[Chad Johnson]

Is back going motion. Is going. Is going good.

[Joe Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

And then you think I had a nerve to jump ship just because you going through what I had to go through years ago. I know it. I know what it's like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. I'm looking at the chat. Everybody say, stephen A. No, I will say this. Stephen A. Has called me and been there every step of the way. I will say that. I will say, Stephen A. Have reached out. He's called, asked me anything. Juvie. He like, man, juvie. Just wanted to say, hey. That's. That's his boy. He just wanted to say, hey. You good? Hey, you good? I'm good. I'm good. Look, I know a lot of people say a lot of things about Stephen A. All I can attest to is the way Stephen A. Is with Shannon. And he's been great. Because when I went through what I was going through with Fox, he was there. When I was going through what, this. He was calling. Anything I can do? What can I do? I won't get into private conversations that we have, because that's between he and I. Right. But there are a lot of other people. A lot. Well, I shouldn't say a lot. A lot of the parcel of land, there were a few. Quite a few. But you know what? I was. I've been down before this public lashing and ridicule and scorn and humiliation.

[Chad Johnson]

Been there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thank you, Lumps. But it took me. It took me a while to realize, like, hold on. You call the people that you're closest to. Brother, mom, sister, kids, best friend, bucket burns. You explain to them what they say. Bro, we good. Once I got. Once I got to that, Ocho, you and I talked about this. The man. Look, it is what it is. I'm gonna be all right.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, I ain't even want to hear it. We good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sunshine follows rain.

[Joe Johnson]

What.

[Chad Johnson]

What. What time. What time the next show, Right? Hey, Joe, that's all I want to know. What time is the next show?

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's exactly what he said he did.

[Chad Johnson]

I know what that's like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. Okay. Yeah, we will get back to that, but our very, very special guest is joining us. Cleveland Browns rookie sensation running back Quinshon Judkins joins us. Q, what's going on, bro?

[Quinshon Judkins]

What's up? What's up? What's up? How you doing?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah, he good. He good now.

[Chad Johnson]

What's up?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You were housed in that thing this week. Well, you've been housing it since you got back, but you was really house in that thing. You. Hey, house call.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Seriously.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm out.

[Quinshon Judkins]

I had to. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

How you. How you feeling?

[Shannon Sharpe]

How.

[Chad Johnson]

How's your. Your experience so far in the NFL been? Is. Is. Has it been everything you expected it to be as. As opposed to, you know, the transition from college to.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Oh, yeah, most definitely. I feel like it's been more so surreal, not only for myself, but for my family to get to experience everything, you know, get to meet a lot of the players. And that whole nine yards, man, just getting the final touchdown, you know, been through, going through so much. A slow start to the beginning of the season. And shoot, just everything taking off when I landed.

[Joe Johnson]

That's what's up.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're from Ohio.

[Quinshon Judkins]

I'm from Alabama. I'm from Montgomery.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, you.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How did. Let you get out of. How you get out of. How did you get way to Ohio State from Bama Nil? That's the way to keep it.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Seriously. Oh, man. I think for myself, just in college, man, I ended up going to Ole Miss for two years. I played there in the sec.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Had.

[Quinshon Judkins]

A lot of success. And then my last year of college for my junior year, I was like, man, I want to go somewhere I can compete for a national championship. So I end up at Ohio State. I felt like that was a great situation. Coach Day one's a great type program. A lot of talented players there. So I was like, you know, it's no better place to go than Ohio State. So I end up there.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, Q, tell me something. You SEC freshman of the Year, right?

[Quinshon Judkins]

I. I was like, nominee for it or something like that, but, yeah, I think I was a freshman of year. I can't even remember.

[Joe Johnson]

So you left the SEC to go To Ohio.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That bag.

[Joe Johnson]

Different, ain't it, man?

[Quinshon Judkins]

For me, it wasn't about that though. For many different people, like in the game it's about money, the car different. For me, it was like in the day, bro, I'm a competitor. I'm trying to go out and you know, kill it. Like, I'm trying to go out and, you know, win games as much as possible. Because at Ole Miss I was putting up 1500 yards. I'm getting 15 touchdowns a year. So I'm like, man, no, I'm doing all, all that. But that's not what fulfills me. That's. That don't make me happy. So that wasn't what I was chasing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, you order that title.

[Chad Johnson]

Thank you. Hey, Q. Q. Hey, hey, don't give me that politically.

[Joe Johnson]

For real though?

[Quinshon Judkins]

Not for real.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on. Hey, this your boy? Come on. Don't. Don't do me like that.

[Quinshon Judkins]

For real.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, okay, okay, okay. Let me let you have it. Hey, one thing I want to talk about. I want to talk about the Cleveland Browns and I want, I want to. From the outside looking, I don't think you quite understand. Obviously you, you in position, but me on the outside looking in because there, there's been, there's been controversy at the quarterback position. Do you understand that you are the bail cow, that you are the offense that often goes as you go. Most of the times it's a star player, star quarterback or a star receiver, but you are the nucleus of that offense and as you go, the rest of the team goes. Do you quite understand that just yet?

[Quinshon Judkins]

I think just because it's so early on in my career, I quite don't get it yet. But at the same time I understand like the situation like and Coach Stefanski is offense and if you go back to Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt and different guys playing in this offense, it's always been able to lean on the run game. And I think that's what's very beneficial about planning this offense. So I think just in my mindset, man, like my mentality, regardless of who we playing that week, what plays we installing, just had a staying determination, bro, to just go out there and like, just leave it all out on the field. But knowing the particular like situation, like, yeah, for sure. Knowing that this is a run first offense, I'm already know I'm here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you in the west coast system. In the west coast system, that's all. You put your foot in the dirt, you get downhill and then everything comes after that. Because now we're going to boot. We're going to play action. Yeah, because look, I play, I played in this offense. Now a lot of it's maybe changed, the wording of garbage has changed. But you go back and look at the Broncos offense with TD and Clinton Portis and Mike Anderson and Reuben Drones, and you look at the way the team run this offense. When you got a running back, when you got a guy, Christian McCaffrey in San Francisco, Kyron Williams with the Rams, you look at Josh Jacobs with the, the packers. When you look when that. When the run game is efficient, this offense is almost impossible.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Almost, almost literally. Because I feel like that's when we're our best, when we're clicking in the rank game. Like, I feel like as a team, man, we unstoppable and that's where we continue to get better at and consistently try to go out there on Sundays and put it all together. Because I feel like, like you said, man, that run game is what really helps us.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What was your expectations when you, what. What was your goals when you came in? You was dealing what you did. You was dealing with what you was dealing with that offseason. I think you got uninvited to the, to the draft, but you was going through what you was going through. You was like, okay, this is going to be behind me and I'm going to have to put what I. What this is. I got to put that behind and I got to go somewhere and I got to perform at an elite level. I got to play like I know I can play. What was your expectations for your, your rookie season?

[Quinshon Judkins]

I think for myself, it was more so a testament to, you know, what I'm doing when nobody was looking. Because when I wasn't in the building, you know, like, I didn't have a strength, a strength staff. I didn't have a coach to talk to, to go over plays. I didn't have every resource that I had while I'm here in Cleveland now. So it was like the amount of dedication that it took for me to give everything I had and try to perfect my crowd when I wasn't around and then come back and like, it was like it was nothing. And try to get on that same plate page with no training camp, no. No football for what, three months. So not having those things and just training, making sure I'm mentally sharp so when, when I get that call and I go back, I'm ready. I think that was my things that I really harped the most. Also, other than, like, physical activity was. Was really Just making sure, you know, like, I'm mentally sharp. Just because you go through so much, man, and a lot of people don't understand, they'll never. They'll never know what it's like, you know, especially being an athlete and the thing that we deal with. But, yeah, bro, just really. Just making sure I'm mentally there all the way sharp. 100%.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I love that, what you said, what you was doing when no one was watching, because discipline is doing what you should do versus what you want to do. I'm sure you wanted to. Hey, the boys kicking it. They doing. They pay. Hey, let me go over here. Let me party. Let me kick it. But the discipline stay true because I got bigger issues. You're the first Browns player with three rushing touchdowns in the game since Nick Chubb did it September 18, 2022. You had 84 yards rushing, three touchdowns, and your rookie of the week nominee. When you see things like you've done doing things that hadn't been done by a Browns player in three years, you're doing, you know, being nominated for rookie of the year. Look, we all want validation. We put that kind of time in, we put that kind of work into the off season. And to see you plant a tree, you want it to bear fruit. Yeah, you're bearing fruit. How pleasing. How gratifying. How satisfying is it for, like, okay, everything that I did in the off season, everything that I went through, this is more gratifying. It makes it even more like, I know I was doing the right thing.

[Quinshon Judkins]

For me, it more so, like, I'm one of those people where it's like, man, I'm just. I'm just trying to chop wood. I'm just trying to chop wood. You know, what I'm doing is that's cool. But at the same time, like, you know, I got bigger goals. I know how I view myself as a competitor, how good I want to be. So I don't really think about it. But at the same time, when I look up and knowing what I've been through, knowing, like, how I persevered, knowing what, like, different challenges I face, and then you see the light at the end of the tunnel, it motivates me personally to, like, you know, keep going and strive to be better. So I think just that motivation you get from it and the hunger.

[Joe Johnson]

Hey, Q, man, as a rookie in the NFL, bro, living the American dream. Tell me what it's like, because when I look back when I was a rookie playing in the NBA, I couldn't sleep, man. I couldn't sleep. I was so geeked for the moment because I'm coming. Cause when I came in the NBA in 01 is when Jordan came back. You know, T, Mac Cole, Vince Carter, all them dudes was, you know, they was at the apex. So I couldn't sleep nights before games because I was so geeked up for the moment. Man, I'm not playing. So what is it like as a rookie, living the American dream? You probably been, you know, wishing for this moment since you was a kid. And now that you're actually in it, what is it like?

[Quinshon Judkins]

Oh, man, I think for me, man, like, just finally being here, this is something you think about your whole life. You work your whole life for this. Like, you worked since you was this big, like, to get to this, to this moment. So it's like you finally hear it. But what I realized was it's like, okay, it's not how fast you can get here, it's how long you can stay. So. So. So my thing is, you know, doing everything in my power to, you know, be able to go out there and do this, have the same amount of success, not only for this year, but before a long time, and keep that same discipline. So that's one thing I did learn, I would say, is that, you know, just having so many good vets, too. You got a lot of good vets in the locker room, and you meet a lot of good players around the league to develop a lot of relationships. I think in college is more so very. Compared to NFL, I would say it's kind of individualized just because guys aren't in locker rooms as long as they are at different organizations in the league. So I think in the league, man, you always have people that you can lean on, get advice from, because, like, coming into this, you know, a lot of stuff moves super fast. So having somebody that you can ask different questions to so you're not just hit by the blind for real.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right, Right.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, how's the body holding up?

[Quinshon Judkins]

Yeah, I feel. I feel good. You know, I used to get. I got a lot of carriers when I was at Ole Miss. I used to get a lot of carries. And then last year at Ohio State, I think I had like, maybe 300, 255. So I was used to being the bail cow guy, you know?

[Joe Johnson]

Right.

[Quinshon Judkins]

So I feel good, though.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

How does the quarterback look? He started out, you know, Gabriel gets drafted and Shador comes in. And we know what Shador. We know what that last name brings. You got Joe Flacco, you got Pickett and they, okay, we're gonna move on. We go in this direction. And now has that the quarterback. The situation with Gabriel and Shador, is he going to get reps? Is he going to start? Is he going to play? Has that impacted the locker room in any way?

[Quinshon Judkins]

No, I think with our team, we all so close, and we got a lot. We got so many young guys, man. It's like in our locker room, we genuinely. It's almost like you're in college again. It feels like for real, for real. Like, damn. Like locker room full of young guys. But, man, it's just like the energy there. Regardless of who playing, those two guys, they always support each other, man. Was a clip I seen, I like that on the Internet the other day, and it was like them walking down the sideline and just talking, laughing about, I think we had just scored a touchdown or something. But that's who they genuinely are. That's who they truly are. They are competitive, but at the same time, they want what's best for each other. And I don't think it's ever been turmoil or any. Any word said by anybody on our team, like, about who's our quarterback. We all 100% support Dylan. I even played them when I was at Ohio State twice. I played him at Oregon once, and then I played him again and passed it into California at the Rose Bowl. So I got to see him and how he is as a quarterback. He's super talented, bro. He's, like, super smart. He processes really fast, and he's a great player. So I'm excited to see how he develop in his career.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's amazing, man. Q, thanks for stopping by. Thanks for giving some time. Congratulations on your early success. Continue success, stay healthy. And, you know, when it's all said and done, at the end of the year, you go over a thousand yards, come back and tell us how you say, Appreciate y'.

[Chad Johnson]

All.

[Joe Johnson]

Appreciate you, man.

[Chad Johnson]

All right.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Later.

[Chad Johnson]

Yo, hey, tell Denzel Ward he can't stop.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Look, hey, look, I'll be telling that practice, he be. He be getting mad. I'd be like, bro, I've been that.

[Joe Johnson]

Corner on your ass, boy.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm 220. I still do it.

[Quinshon Judkins]

Yeah, I'm like that.

[Joe Johnson]

I'm gonna hit him, though.

[Quinshon Judkins]

I'm gonna let him know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I appreciate that, man.