Nightcap - Hour 2: No playoffs for Jets, 49ers end skid, CFB Playoff bracket set

Summary

Club Shay Shay Podcast Summary

Episode: Nightcap - Hour 2: No Playoffs for Jets, 49ers End Skid, CFB Playoff Bracket Set
Release Date: December 9, 2024
Hosts: Chad Ochocinco and Keyshawn Johnson
Produced By: iHeartPodcasts, The Volume, and Shay Shay Media

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1. NFL Playoff Implications: Jets Eliminated, Dolphins Keep Hope Alive

Chad Ochocinco and Keyshawn Johnson kick off their discussion by analyzing the recent NFL standings, focusing on the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins secured a narrow 32-26 overtime victory over the Jets, thereby preserving their slim 11% chance of making the playoffs. Chad emphasizes the significance of this win, stating:

Chad Ochocinco (05:15): "The Dolphins kept their playoff hopes alive with a 32-26 win over the Jets."

Conversely, the Jets, now with a disappointing 3-10 record, have been eliminated from playoff contention, marking a 14-season drought—the longest among all major North American sports leagues.

Keyshawn Johnson (05:25): "The Jets, now at 3-10, have extended their playoff drought to 14 seasons."

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2. Aaron Rodgers' Tenure with the Jets and Media Scrutiny

A significant portion of the conversation revolves around Aaron Rodgers' stint with the Jets. The hosts express skepticism about his fit with the team and the intense media scrutiny he faces in New York. Chad questions Rodgers' accountability:

Chad Ochocinco (05:25): "Did he take accountability for anything?"

Keyshawn highlights the harsh treatment Rodgers receives from the New York media:

Keyshawn Johnson (09:12): "The New York media is brutal. I'm not sure they'll say some of the things they want to say in your face, but they will sure put it in the headline."

This segment underscores the challenges high-profile players encounter when navigating both team dynamics and public expectations.

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3. 49ers' Dominance Over Bears

The hosts analyze the San Francisco 49ers' commanding 38-13 victory over the Chicago Bears. They commend the 49ers' defensive prowess and Brock Purdy's impressive performance, where he threw for over 300 yards and scored two touchdowns.

Chad Ochocinco (18:07): "The 49ers demolished the Bears 38-13. Brock Purdy delivered his third 300-yard passing game with two TDs."

Keyshawn points out the Bears' defensive shortcomings, particularly their inability to contain the 49ers' offense in the first half:

Keyshawn Johnson (18:07): "Bears were outgained in the first half, 319 yards to 40 for the ninth largest discrepancy since 1991."

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4. College Football Playoffs Bracket Set

Transitioning to college football, Chad and Keyshawn discuss the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff bracket. They outline the seeded teams and first-round matchups, noting the surprising exclusion of Alabama from the playoffs.

Keyshawn Johnson (35:43): "The College Football Playoff is set. Number one seed Oregon Ducks, number two seed Georgia Bulldogs, number three Boise State Broncos, number four Arizona State Sun Devils."

Chad underscores the unexpected nature of the selections:

Chad Ochocinco (35:51): "Alabama, you're not going this year. So the inaugural 12-team college football playoff..."

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5. Juan Soto's Historic Contract

A major highlight of the episode is the discussion surrounding Juan Soto's record-breaking contract in Major League Baseball. Santos signed a 15-year deal worth $765 million, marking the largest in North American professional sports history.

Keyshawn Johnson (31:35): "Juan Soto signed the biggest contract in North American sports history. 15 years, $765 million."

Chad humorously compares this deal to previous sports franchise purchases:

Chad Ochocinco (32:10): "Robert Kraft bought the New England Patriots for 172 million. Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys for 125 million... 765 million."

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6. Running Backs’ Challenges in Modern NFL

The conversation shifts to the evolving role and challenges faced by running backs in today's NFL. Chad and Keyshawn discuss the physical toll, diminishing value, and rule changes impacting the position.

Chad Ochocinco (61:03): "The running backs have gotten bigger, faster, and stronger, but the rules now force them to change their tackling methods, leading to more injuries."

Keyshawn emphasizes the overuse and lack of protection for running backs:

Keyshawn Johnson (62:31): "Running backs are treated like they're trying to cross the street. You better think about retiring."

They specifically mention Saquon Barkley's achievements as an exception to the general trend.

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7. Additional NFL Updates and Player Performances

Beyond the primary topics, the hosts provide updates on various NFL games and player performances:

• Saquon Barkley: Broke the single-season rushing record with 1,623 yards, leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a 22-16 victory over the Carolina Panthers.

  Chad Ochocinco (35:32): "Saquon Barkley ran for over 100 yards and broke the single-season rushing record for the Philadelphia Eagles with 1,623 yards."

• Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson: Discussed their impact on their respective teams' postseason chances, with Keyshawn predicting a surge in Allen's touchdown count.

  Keyshawn Johnson (43:48): "Josh Allen has 23 touchdowns, five interceptions, he might have another 10-12 rushing touchdowns by season's end."

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8. Q&A and Community Engagement

In the latter part of the episode, Chad and Keyshawn engage with their audience through a Q&A segment, addressing various listener questions ranging from best Adam Sandler movies to potential boxing matches involving Chad. This segment is filled with humor and light-hearted banter, showcasing the hosts' chemistry and rapport with their audience.

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Notable Quotes:

• Chad Ochocinco (09:22): "When you play in New York, you have to have very, very thick skin to deal with the media."

• Keyshawn Johnson (48:25): "You are not what happens to you. You are how you are. You overcome what happens to you."

• Keyshawn Johnson (49:00): "We the Nightcap family, we are not defined by what happens to us, but by how we overcome."

• Chad Ochocinco (59:57): "We are mopping, boys."

• Keyshawn Johnson (63:36): "Be yourself."

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Conclusion

This episode of Club Shay Shay offers a comprehensive analysis of the current NFL landscape, delving into playoff scenarios, player performances, and the intricate dynamics between athletes and the media. The hosts also provide insightful commentary on college football playoffs and celebrate significant milestones like Juan Soto's unprecedented contract. Through engaging discussions and interactive segments, Chad Ochocinco and Keyshawn Johnson deliver both informative and entertaining content, catering to sports enthusiasts seeking in-depth coverage and relatable conversation.

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Transcript

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[Chad Ochocinco]

Uhoh.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I mean I've. I've started here one year, so am I part of it for that one year?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh, did he. I have a question. Did he take accountability for anything?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No. But Ocho, he played. Had he played those games that they lost? Had he played like this now? Maybe it was a situation. What I noticed as guys start to get older they really love that warm weather. You see, Tom left New England. Where did he go? Ojo.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Tampa.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

What's the weather like in Tampa? Ocho.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Shoot, boy. Right now about. About 70, 75, 80.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Aaron Rodgers had his best game as a. As a Jet. As a Jet. Where was this game today?

[Chad Ochocinco]

At Ocho in Miami where it's hot.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Maybe that's what he needed. So if I'm not going to be in the jets, baby, let's see, where can I go that's warm weather or dome. Because, man, when you get old, man, it cold, man. I don't deal with the cold like I was dead on, Joe.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right, right, right.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

But I know I thought. I thought Aaron played really well today. I thought he was great throwing the ball. Garrett Wilson played well. Devontae played really well. But my only concern was my only. Well, I had two concerns. Rogers is age coming off an injury, and what happens if the defense has any slippage. Right? And that's. And that you. You've got to factor that in because history, if you study history, it tells us that the likelihood of your defense being really good and staying there. Normally, you dip, you come back up. You dip, you come back up. Yeah. Statistically, the only. The 85 Bears. The 86 Bears, if you go back and look at it, statistically, was better than the 85 Bears. Statistically, 72 sacks, had like 30. Had about 30 picks. But they didn't win the Super Bowl. They got upset, if I'm not mistaken. I think they got upset by Washington and then, you know, that was it. They were 14 and 2. Got upset after the 151 season. But that was my concern. And like I said, the guys around Rogers have to play really, really good because Rogers is at this stage of his career, he's not uplifting anybody like he once could.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

And that. And there's no shame in that. Most that there's a reason why Brady went to Tampa. Look what he had. He had a young Chris Mike. Mike Evans. He had a young Chris Godwin. He got Gronk to come back. Had a very, very good defense. This team was very. Guys, they would have made the playoff the year before. Had Jameis not throw 30 picks, they would have made a playoff. They were nine, Ocho. They were nine and seven. So imagine, imagine. And he threw for 5,000 yards, 5,100 yards. So let's just say for the sake of argument, Ocho, he cuts the picks in half. So Instead of throwing 30, he throws 15. That's a playoff team all day long, easily. And so, no, but I thought Roger. I thought Rogers played any. Well, any book. I mean, God, he just, like. I think that. I think now. I think the media just messing with him. They like. Because they ask him about, you know, what. Hey, what you think about the drought? And he's like, bro, I only been here. I've been healthy for. But there was. The point is you. You were supposed to end it, though. I know you've been here for a year, but. And it's still going on. Right? That's the problem. That's. That's what they really wanted to say. But they. They, like.

[Chad Ochocinco]

They didn't say.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They didn't say that, but that's what they're getting at.

[Chad Ochocinco]

The New York media is brutal. I'm not sure they'll say some of the things that they want to say in your face, but they will sure put it in the goddamn headline.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They sure will. And they got a bunch of them.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Well, a lot of them. They'll put it in the headline. You have to have very, very thick skin to play in New York and deal with that media. You have to be able to compartmentalize and separate the two. If you. If you don't. If you don't have the stomach or the mental capacity to deal with it, I suggest you don't play in New York and never read the goddamn tabloids or newspapers.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You see a lot of what he was able to say in Green Bay. Green Bay is a home. That's the only thing. That's the only show in town. There's no other. They don't got no baseball team. Milwaukee has a team, but that's 90 minutes away. Milwaukee got a basketball team, but that's down the way. They ain't got no hockey team. You got to go to Chicago, but that's the only show in town. And they. And they write very, very favorable reports about their great players. New York, no such luck. No such luck.

[Chad Ochocinco]

They do not care.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They do not. They do not. And so I don't know what he was thinking when he went there. They don't care about that resume. They don't. They really don't.

[Chad Ochocinco]

No. At all.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

All I know is that New York fans, y'all owe Zach Wilson an apology. Zach Wilson was 5 and 7. Was. Was a 5 and 7 last year. Aaron Rodgers, 3 and 10. New York, y'all demand apology now.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Y'all need. Y'all need to put your money together. Put your money together and take out an ad in the Post, Page Six, the New York Times, the Daily News. I don't care if you put it. Hey, whoever flew that plane over for the Giants, y'all need to fly one over for the jets and say, we want to apologize to you personally, Zach Wilson. Because it wasn't.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Apologize to me, too, because I'm the main one. That was. That was. That was. Yeah, yeah, y'all apologize to me, too.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Shit.

[Chad Ochocinco]

God damn it.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Baker Mayfield throws three touchdowns. The Bucks take over first place in the NFC south with a 2813 win over the Raiders. Aiden O'Connell was carted off the field with a leg. With his leg and an air cast after the defender hit him late. Antonio Pierce said, it doesn't look good. Uh. Oh, Was that a dirty play, Ocho? Did you see him play?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, it's hard to tell what's. Everything is dirty these days, huh? Every. Everything. Everything is dirty. You know, a game of football. The game of football in general, especially for defenders, is reactionary. Yeah, it's just reaction. You know, it's hard to change being able to react now that the rules have changed, you know? Now, I know what you. You always tell me you have to learn to adapt, and that's something is going to have to do, you know, with the way the rules are going, because they will find you, they will suspend you, they will take your money and keep taking your money until you learn to adapt to the game, because you're not going to cost them in the long run, which is why the rules are the way they are. And I understand that. But. But again, they're taking away from the game of football in the way it's played. The players have gotten bigger, faster, and stronger. And now you're telling them to find ways to change the way you tackle. I mean, it's hard. Some people are going to end up hurting themselves.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You know, I mean, go ahead. The defenders in the tough spot. I'm just being honest. They're in a very, very tough spot.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They are. I. I think the thing is, Ojo, is that we got to get away. Look, sometimes you can hear the guy dirty. I don't intend for him to get hurt.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

But I still did. I still, you know. Yeah. Did that. You know what I'm saying? So people like. Well, that wasn't his intent. Well, intent only matters to him. The guy's still hurt. Right?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right. Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You know what I'm saying, Ocho? Hey, you cut somebody off. Well, I. I ain't mean for him to drive off into the ditch or to hit the pole. Yeah, but you cut him off. Yeah, Once you commit that act, I mean, it's kind of like out of your hands now. But I just. Like I said, it was. It's. It's. It's. Look, the game of football is physical game and injuries are a part of the game. You play it long enough, they get you. You get somebody and somebody gets you. It's just hard to go through and not take. I mean, sometimes I look at somebody here, side, like, damn. And sometimes until you have so much adrenaline going, you get hit, you don't realize until the next morning, like, damn, I'm so. Why I'm so sore? Why this hurt? Why that hurt? And then you go back and look at the tape. That's why. Man, I do let it kill me.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. I remember them days all so well.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah, I don't miss them either. You know how Steve used to say, I wish those days would come back? What's more. No, I don't.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh, no.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Well, no, I kind of.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I kind of miss it a little bit.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I don't. I don't miss nothing about it. The Las Vegas Raiders now currently hold the number one pick. The Giants hold the number two pick. New England, number three, Carolina, number four. Jacksonville, number five. The Tennessee Titans, number six. The jets, number seven. The Browns, number eight, Chicago, nine. The Bengals, ten. New Orleans 11. And the Dallas Cowboys, 12. Top ten pick. How that make you feel, Ocho? Who knows, y'all might be able to draft Travis Hunter. Y'all might trade up, get Travis.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, that.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Whoa.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Can you imagine?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Can you imagine?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Cheap ass Mike Brown ain't trading up nothing. He. He better have. Hey, he gonna have to break that piggy bank over to pay Chase. See, you see what you have when you kick the can down the road? That's that balloon payment. I know you don't remember that. Hey, that's what the housing market crashed. They used to have what they call, you know, Bloom payments or interest only loans. All you had to do is pay the interest on the loan. You got a 10,000, 15,000 square foot house that you paying $2,000 a month. Now, that Bloom payment, you have to pay that thing off, right? You see what happened when he kicked that can down the road with Chase? Not Chase, but. Oh, oh, and Chase said he got no ski masks.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Give me the loop.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. With no, no, no masks.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. Oh, I want you to see me. This what they call strong arm.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey. And now I'm sitting here thinking, huh? Like, let's think about this. Now, if we if right now, based on our Record.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I'm not sure how the rest of the season is going to go, but what if the Bengals do trade up and go get Travis Hunter?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

First of all, like, ain't nobody gonna trade. Ain't nobody gonna trade you for it. And first of all, that's not how y'all do business. You know that. I know that.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Wait a minute. What we've done is we've turned the culture around, and we have a winning culture. The Detroit Lions, we have a winning.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Culture, by the way. Let me finish.

[Chad Ochocinco]

The Detroit Lions ain't used to have a winning culture. What do they have now?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

When have y'all. Okay, tell me the time that the Bengals have traded up.

[Chad Ochocinco]

They haven't, but we're trying to change the culture to a winning culture.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

But you say y'all had a winning culture. I'm trying to figure out when y'all win one.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I didn't. I didn't say that. I said we want to have so we have to make the necessary changes to do so. And if trading up, doing something we have, something we never done before is going to help us get to that point, maybe we can trade up and get Travis Hunter to help bolster that defense.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I want to have dreads. How long you think I need to want to have them things?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Well, actually, if you want dreads, you could just order the goddamn little cap thing on.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No, I want the dread. I want to grow them. I want to grow them out my own school.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's gonna. That's gonna take about a year and a half before they lock up.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I should lock you up for saying that. I should call the cops right now. Hey. Hey. Ain't no locks growing on my head. No year and a half. Ain't no. At this. At this stage of my life, it's over. This is what I got. That's what I got.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Your hair can't grow.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I bet it's gonna grow like this. I bet it ain't gonna grow no dreads. I can't grow no locks.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You can grow some locks. We just talk about if your hair can grow in general. You can let it grow enough to where you can twist it and it'll lock up on its own.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Don't your hair start to itch? Like, if I grow a couple of days without shaving, my face start itching, don't you.

[Chad Ochocinco]

All you gotta do is wash. You gotta. You gotta wash. You use Selson Blue or Head and Shoulders?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's what I use on my hair.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No. 49ers beat the Bears 3813 to spoil Thomas Brown coaching debut. Brock Purdy delivered his third 300 yard passing game of the season with two TDs to Juwan Jennings. Isaac Garindo gained 128 yards from scrimmage and scored two touchdowns. Well, George Kittle had six catches for 151 yards. That helped deliver the highest scoring game of the season for the 49ers. The defense did the rest and strong pressure and a four man line led Caleb Williams getting sacked seven times. The Bears were looking for an emotional boost from the first seed for the first in season firing of head coach in franchise history after letting go Matt Eberflusse. Instead, they came up on the short end and one of the most lopsided first half in recent memories. The Chicago Bears Ocho were outgained in the first half, 319 yards to four for the ninth largest discrepancy since 1991. Damn. Well, I want to know if that's the ninth, who had won. What does somebody have 500? And they had minus 10, managed only one first down and they trailed 24 to nothing at the break. Shanahead said he only wants to coach in one place and that's debate.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You know what's funny when you think about the 49ers. I know they play the Chicago Bears. Yes, Bears have been up and down. Caleb Williams has been up and down. But I always said famous coach, legendary coach by the name of Bill Belichick said real football doesn't start until after Thanksgiving. And every time after Thanksgiving, when it matters most, when the team is supposed to go on a run and they have momentum and they catch that rhythm and the chemistry of that team and they just play well and they make it to the playoffs. And for some reason every time they get to the playoffs, they have a nice super bowl run. I wouldn't be surprised if the 49ers shock everybody and find a way to make their way back to goddamn New Orleans. Now, I could be wrong. I could be wrong. I'm just saying, this, this happens every year.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Oh, you got so many guys. I mean, you think about your top two running backs out. You got one of your top receivers out, you got Bosa out. Man, you just got so many. I mean, you got. So look, look, you, you playing a team.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I'm just being optimistic. My bad, my bad, my bad.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I mean, look, now, had they did this to the Eagles, had they did this to the Lions. Okay, we onto something.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's a good conversation, right?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Oh, Joe didn't beat the Bears.

[Chad Ochocinco]

They.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Just fired their coach for the first time. And the last time a coach left in the middle of the season, he had to go to World War II. So. So I don't even know if we count that, but I'm just saying. But the 49, the look, they look good. And that's what Ocho. That's what I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to look good against a bad team. Shouldn't I look good against a bad team? Why am I struggling against a bad team? I shouldn't. I shouldn't. So they did what they were supposed to do. That's what you're supposed to do. You jump out on the team. You don't give them hope. I don't know. But if you go back and look at. You look at the second half, they get the ball, they go right back, they go right down the field and score. I'm trying to figure out why the Bears do this. Because if we look at the game against Detroit, Ocho, they bull drive the entire first half and then come out the second half and they go boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Right down. Why y'all can't do that in the first half?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Like it ain't nothing.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

What am I missing?

[Chad Ochocinco]

The play calling, the play calling, the play. The play calling is different. You know, the offensive cord there, he gets settled in. He gets a little bit more comfortable with some of the plays. He catches the rhythm in the. In the flow of the game. Momentum is probably on the offensive side. And for some reason, everything you call just happens to work.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They gotta do something better than this, though, Ocho.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, man.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Caleb, man, he's Ocho. Yeah, I know, I know. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about them hits. I'm talking about them sacks. Seven, nine, five. Yeah, man. That thing add up on joke.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, they do. They do.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Charbonneau runs for A career high. 134 yards and two touchdowns as the NFC leading. NFC west leading. Seahawks beat the Cardinals 30 18. Excuse me. Geno Smith is now a perfect 50 against Kyler Murray. Ocho, would you. What you like about this game, man?

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's one of. That's one of the few games I didn't even see. You know, I wasn't able to see that one on.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Why?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Because I was on a plane.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I saw it. And that was the only game.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That was the only game I wasn't able to see. I didn't see there. I saw all the rest of them, but I was on the plane the.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They look good. Seattle look good. K9 was out. Charbonneau came in there and ran the ball extremely well. Obviously they got, you know, got guys that can make plays outside DK Jackson and Jigba Lockett. And Jig was turning himself into a very, a very, very, very good receiver. He's catching everything thrown his way. He's making play after play after play. Would I be surprised if he made the Pro Bowl? No, I would not. But he played well today. Gino played well. Gino, 24, 33, 33, 1 touchdowns, no interception. He wasn't sacked. They ran the ball 31 times for 170, 76 yards and jig, but 5 for 82 on five targets. Charbonneau had seven catches on seven targets. DK had four catches on six targets. But they did a great job on Kyler. They picked him twice. They sacked him, they flustered him. They, they, they limited the damage that McBride. He had seven catches, 70 yards. But they did a great job of limiting the big plays that he could make that he had. Marvin Harrison Jr. Nothing to speak about. Four for 49, zero touchdowns. Had a long of 15 or eight targets. But Gino is playing really well. He's playing really well. I think they're going to win that division.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, of course they are. Of course they are. And the reason they they're going to win the division is because of the quarterback play. And Chad, this is what you all need to understand situation. And where you go and where you end up is very important. Very, very important. I need y'all to do. Chad, I got, I got a homework assignment for you. I know most of y'all are probably out of school right now. I want you to look up where Geno Smith is from and that will give you a better understanding or while the Seahawks are having success. So look that up and Google it. And then right. Where you from in the chat? Okay. That's your homework for the night. And the Seahawks are going to continue to surprise a lot of people, you know, and they're going to have obsessed because of the quarterback play.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They got a tough schedule, Joe.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I know, I know it's tough. I know it's tough, Packer, but you know.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You know who overcome a tough schedule?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

What?

[Chad Ochocinco]

That the quarterback.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They get the packers next Sunday.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

And then they get the Vikings the following Sunday. They go on the road the day after Christmas to the Bear, to Bears, and then they're on the road in January to the right at the Rams. Yeah, we know the packers are legit we know. We know. Minnesota's legit.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah boy.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

And the Rams play. And the Rams this game might determine whether or not they can sneak a wild card. Bears.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Matter of fact. So that's the next three games, right?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

The packers next Sunday, the following Sunday, Minnesota, the. The Thursday after Christmas. That Thursday night game will be Seattle at the Bears. And then January 5th, they play the Rams.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Matter of fact, I'mma tell you like this. I'm gonna tell you like this, matter of fact, because Geno Smith going 4. 0 against the next four games. How about that? Geno Smith, a Miramar legend, Dade county legend, is going 4. 0 in the next four games. Anybody in the chat want to bet, let me know.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You ain't said that. You said that man is jersey. You said that man in Jersey yet who demanded that jersey that. That y'all was gonna lose.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, I don't got. I don't got. Ashley's supposed to get address from me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You get. Hey, hey, bro. Ashley.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Okay. Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Okay.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Okay.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Well, I got you. Cool. I got you.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Hey, Ash. Hey, Ash. Tell. Hey, tell ass hit your niece. Hit your niece and tell her it's some. It's some signed jerseys over in there and to shit that out for me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No, go pick it up.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh, not that, not that, not that ain't happening.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Okay, bacon lovers, let me tell you something amazing about Oscar Meyer thick cut bacon. Now, I don't know if you've used a smoker before, but it's a real labor of love. You've got to put time in to get that rich, smoky flavor. Now think about this. Oscar Mayer smokes their bacon bacon for 12 hours. That's half a day. Twice as long as most bacon is smoked. So for that savory, smoky thick cut bacon. Keep it, Oscar.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Listen. Tired of tossing and turning all night on your old lumpy mattress? Then it's time to upgrade your sleep game with a resto form mattress. This state of the art memory foam technology will have you feeling like you're sleeping on the cloud for 12 hours or more. 12 hours.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That's the same amount of time Oscar Meyer smokes their delicious thick cut bacon. Yeah, while you're sleeping, Oscar Meyer is still smoking that bacon. Forget your mattress for thick cut bacon you'll dream about. Keep it, Oscar.

[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Hoda Kotb]

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[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Keyshawn Johnson]

Hi everyone. It's Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. We love this time of year. There's so much to celebrate.

[Savannah Guthrie]

That's right, Nobody does the holidays quite.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Like today all season long. Join us for special performances with the.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Brightest stars, plus festive recipes to whip up the perfect holiday feast and great deals on the hottest toys and gifts for everyone on your list.

[Chad Ochocinco]

So join us every morning on NBC to make TODAY your home for the holidays.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Juan Soto is now a New York Met Ocho. Hey, wait.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Juan Soto went to the mess.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

He just agreed to the largest deal in North American professional sports. 15 years, $765 million that he didn't even call.

[Chad Ochocinco]

He didn't even text me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Robert Kraft bought the New England Patriots for 172 million. Jerry Jones bought the Dallas Cowboys for 125 million. Yeah, yeah, yeah, 765 million.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, man, who, man.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

He left handed.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. It's reported that The Yankees had 16 years for 760.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I'm sure there's some other teams, obviously, you. You hear about Toronto being involved? Maybe the doc, right? Man, if the Dodgers, I don't know, Dodgers. What Dodgers get this money from?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Well, you come. You know, Mexico right there. What you mean? Where they get the money from? You want me to tell you how? I ain't gonna tell you. I ain't gonna listen. I ain't gonna put their business out there. But I can tell you how they getting the money.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Damn.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I could tell you.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You had this, man, at 700 plus million. You got show head, 700 million. You got a Mookie Bass in like 365. You got Brady Freeman. Damn.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, yeah. Hey, well, hey, well, 7C5, that's good. Money like, that ain't the type of money like for somebody, somebody like me, I don't need that kind of money, you know, because the way, the way I spend that. Just what am I do with it? I ain't gonna do. No, it's just. It's just gonna be sitting there. I'm gonna be a rich, rich dude with 765 million, wearing H M and drinking, smoking.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I'd rather have that kind of money where H M and not have that kind of money where H M. You can wear h m with 765 just like you wear H M without it.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right, right, right. You're right. You're right.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Is that just too much, you know, that's just too much for somebody like me. No, that put. That'll put too much pressure on me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

They put no pressure. I want that kind of pressure.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Even people gonna be begging. I'm gonna be like, I ain't got it.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah, that's okay. People. People begging now.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Get it. They do, they do, they do, they do. You know, but they. Listen, they got. They gotta go. They gotta go. They gotta go through you, you know who you. You can't. You can't even get to me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Oh, real handle that.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, yeah. Well, yeah, hey, that. Well, listen, come to who you need what, how much, but you know, so. And so. So and so handled the finances, man, and stuff like that. So you might wanna, you know, we'll see what we can do because we have a. A monthly program that we stick to, a monthly budget that we stick to. We don't go over now, whatever rolls over into the next month now, we'll see if we can help. We can help you with that. Out of that, you know, we. You know, I mean. Yeah, I run. I run a tight ship, boy. I got 50, 11 goddamn kids, man. I can't just be handing out money like that.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Big in. Big O.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You think Juan Soto better than me?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah, I think every baseball player in the major league, triple A, double, a single A better than you. That's just me.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You know. What? Well, you know, your opinion is wrong because I was a five tooler in high school. I just chose to play football.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, he had a crowbar, he had a monkey wrench, he had a pipe wrench, a screwdriver. Those were the tools that he had. He spoke.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh, no.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

He almost was a handyman.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hello. When I was my senior and junior year, I was slugging 402. Listen, I hate.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That's not good. Yeah, that's not good. Slugging 402 is not good.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yes, it is. I hit four. I hit. I hit 62 home runs. My singing. Yeah, what you talking about? It ain't good.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Slugging 402 ain't good. You want to say OPS?

[Chad Ochocinco]

My slugging percentage was.402.402. What you talking about?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That's really not good on Joe, but okay. CP College football playoffs are set. Oregon gets the number one overall seed. They get a buy. The Bulldogs with their win, they get number two seed, get a buy. The Boise State Cowboy. Excuse me. Broncos, the number three seed. They get a buy. And the number four, Arizona State, get a buy. Now the number 12, see Clemson takes on number five, Texas. Number 11, SMU goes to Penn State. Number 10, IU, which is Indiana, is at South Bend. Notre Dame, number nine. The balls of Tennessee will be at number eight, Ohio State. So what we thought was going to happen, the committee pulled a fast one on and says, no, Alabama, you're not going this year. So the inaugural 12 team college football playoff. Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Clemson, Texas, smu, Penn State, iu, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Ohio State. So with that being said, three teams from the SEC, three teams from no. 4 teams, four teams from the Big Ten. Because you got Oregon, you got Penn State, you got IU and you got Ohio State.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hmm.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Now, you see what Notre Dame said. We ain't part of no conference. We gonna get all that money.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

All the money come to us. So we'll be in a conference in basketball, baseball, but football, we independent. So any surprises, Ocho, from what I can tell. What I can tell. Ocho, before you go, before what I can tell, it seems like the home teams are all favored pretty substantially. Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I mean, there are no surprises. We won't know what's the surprise until the games actually happen and they play. Because ain't no telling what's going to happen when these teams play each other again. I've said it before. We talked about it Saturday after Saturday. There has been no team that has been dominant year in. I mean, week in and week out. There hasn't been any team.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No.

[Chad Ochocinco]

They've all shown weaknesses. They've all shown signs that they can be beat. Some of them got. Have gotten lucky with certain calls and just. You just don't know. So I think it's a toss up between all the games that are being played and I'm excited to see what happens and what.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah, this is the team that makes.

[Chad Ochocinco]

The fewest mistakes in these games where the level of competition is pretty much even. That's who wins the game.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

So the teams that advance to the championship will have to play one extra game.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I mean, for the amount of money and what's at stake, I'm sure that won't be a problem. These kids are young enough and I don't think this. I don't think the game start when they start the 20th. I think that's when the first game start. So right there you have it. Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, Arizona State, Clemson, Texas, smu, Penn State, Indiana, Notre Dame, Tennessee, Ohio State. That is your college football playoffs. Now it's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A. Green. Green. Ave. I really wish Nightcap would have had a special segment earlier, reacted to the college football playoffs. You have. Well, Green, I'm sorry, bro, but this is kind of like football Sunday. This is NFL Sunday. Had they had that out yesterday, we could have given, you know, could have helped you out, bro. Sorry that we didn't spend as large a time, but normally the NFL dominate. Dominate the Sunday show. We do try to get some college in there when it's, you know, occasionally we'll have Coach prime on or we'll react to something Colorado or something worthy of being reacted to earlier. But the NFL was really good today. We had some really Great games and we're starting to shape out to see now the pretender contenders and the pretenders are starting to. One is starting to rise and the other start to fall off. So sorry about that but we'll. I'm sure we'll have. We're going to have plenty of time to talk about. Talk about the college football playoffs and the teams over the next, the next month. Jada, go ahead.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, Juan Soto got a Twitter?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I don't know.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey. Hey, Chad. Juan Soto got Twitter.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Which group of Russ receivers you think are mortalities? Baldwin, Curse and Tate or Pickens, Williams, Austin, Jefferson, Frymuth? I think Lockett, Metcalf. Nah. Doug Balding and Curse and Tate. They were really special, man. They was tremendous after the catch. As far as talent, maybe, maybe with pickings, but I think DK is just as talented as Pickens.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Completely different skill set.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Very.

[Chad Ochocinco]

But yeah, completely different. But yeah, I understand what you mean.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That group he had with Bald and Curse and Tate, they were really, really good because think about it, they made, hey, they made back to back football appearances. And the thing was they're underrated because here's the thing, they don't have no big names. It wasn't nobody going to the Pro Bowl. I don't think. I don't think any of those guys went to the Pro Bowl. I could be wrong now, you can correct me if I'm wrong, but they just made plays. That's all. Golden tape. When he got the ball in his hands. Oh, you got hell getting him on the ground.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. Hey, hey. Doug Baldwin had the micest footwork and route running, man. He was sweet. He was sweet with it. Boy.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

TS car washing detail service said, is Russell Wilson in MVP talk? No.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, he's in the MVP talk. He's in the MVP talk for the Steelers. Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Team mvp.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. He.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. What he's done, you got, you got Josh Allen, you got Saquon, you got Lamar and you got Jerry. Golf right now for me I think it's a two man race. I think it's Barkley and Josh Allen that's just me. What do you think, Ocho?

[Chad Ochocinco]

You bet. You about right. You about right. I mean, I mean depending on. I'm sure Lamar Jackson's probably going to come on in these last few games. I'm sure Derrick Henry is probably going to come on in his last few games and change the complexity and the dynamic of this title race. But. But hey, Josh Allen is playing well.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

He played extremely well as well.

[Chad Ochocinco]

But the chance of that, it's think it's too many quarterbacks that can end the season on a high note where Saquon won't be able to get it. Saquon has to be lights out the next four weeks. I'm talking about lights out the next four weeks.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Josh Allen has 23 touchdowns, five interceptions, but hell, he probably has another 10, 12 touchdowns rushing. Ocho. That's the thing. That's what, you know, look, you got. You got. LaMar has like 29, 28, 29 touchdowns, and I think he has five interceptions or three interceptions. But when you factor in Josh Allen, rush touchdowns, right? I mean, he might have. By the time the season's over, Ocho, he legitimately might have 50 total touchdowns. Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Damn.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. Last year, I mean, Ocho, last year he had 18 interceptions. He's got five. The year before that he had 14. Year before that, he had 15. The year before that, he had 10. I mean, the fewest interceptions, he only had one season in which he's had single digit interceptions. Everything else has been double digit. He's cut the interceptions in half. And guess what numbers are taken off.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, salute the Arthur Smith. Salute the Arthur Smith.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I'm trying to see. And he's. And he's only been sacked 13 times. You could. You can.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You could. You can live. You can live with that. He's playing really, really well. Jane Michael said. Hey, Uncan Ocho. Can you guys give me your top five receivers in order in the game today? Order? Man, we. We need to think about that, bro. Right now you have to say Chase Jefferson. Hey, he don't get. Hey, people want to discount him. I like Puka Nakua. I'm g. Put Puka at my top.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I'm.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Put Puka at my damn top.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Damn.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Afc. I'm in Raw.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Tyreek. No. Or is it because he's had a down?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah, he's been. He been. He kind of been nicked this year. Well, I think what hurt him is that 2 has been out. But you know what? Just because he's still Tyreek, I put him in there.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Who you got?

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's tough. I mean, listen, my 1A, my 1A, 1B is. Is Chase and Jefferson. God damn. AJ AJ Brown, Tyreek, CD Lamb. Now there. There's some other players that you know are on the fringe that belong in that conversation as well.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. Who else? Who else I'm missing? I think Pickens. Pickens is in that tier.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

One. Yeah, he coming. He coming. He coming. He definitely coming as well. Let's see. Nfc, let's go NFC South. Mike Evans been hurt this year, but we can't. He been out a lot, man.

[Chad Ochocinco]

He. He's Mr. Consistent, man. Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Well, you know what, O. With the exception of. With the exception of Chase and Jeff, it's been a quiet year for receivers, man. They're the only two that's consistently week in and week out. Now, they had Jeddah, had that streak where the defense said, we ain't giving you nothing. We going to double, we going to triple you, we going to let Hawkinson, we going to let Addison, we going to let everybody else. We going to double your ass. We going to stop you no matter what. Yeah. But other than that, it's kind of been a down year. Except for those two guys.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Cupcake. Mommy. Hi, guys. Just want to let you guys know you're appreciated. I think y'all realize how much you help those in dark, dark spaces. You're actually helping me cope with my divorce after 22 years of marriage.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Whoa.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Ah, Cupcake, we're sorry. Cupcake, we're sorry. Being together with that. I could just imagine being together being. To being with someone for that length of time and then having it end. It's tough. Tough. But you know what? We thank you for your support. We want you to know that we're thinking about you. We're praying for you. Sunshine follows rain. But just hang in there. Just put one foot in front of the other. Wake up with a positive attitude.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. With your head high, too.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Put your head down. You can't see where you're going. Now what?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You are not what happens to you. You are how you are what you do after it happens to you. Don't let that define you. You're not defined by a divorce. We're not defined by what happens to us. We defined by how we overcome what happens to us. So the Nightcap family, all of those that are listening, that are watching y'all, say a prayer. Cupcake. Mama.

[Chad Ochocinco]

We are not defined with what happened to us.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

We're defined by how we overcome what happens to us. Matthew Young says, ocho, your teeth are blinding, bro.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, you know, you know, Devin Bale.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Said, oh, Joe, I don't know why these athletes are playing any sport other than baseball. Now I'm wondering if you're going to see someone sign for a billion dollars. Eventually. Yeah, for sure.

[Chad Ochocinco]

But you also have to understand the small percentage of people that reach that level of Bryce Harper. You know how many? Darren Judge?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yes.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Everybody. Boy, it's hard, boy.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah. Baseball is harder to achieve. Because I mean, because at least you, I think you got 29 players on the baseball team. You got 53 on the NFL roster. Yeah, so you got. So you got double. So you got damn near double in baseball. NFL roster as a baseball plus baseball. You got to play and start playing at such an early age. Football. We see guys, excuse me, start playing in high school and can make it to the NFL. You ain't finna start playing no damn baseball in high school and make it to the majors. That ish ain't happening. Nah, you better learn from the age of 5 or 6 years old to pick that damn ball up out of that man's hand and not be afraid of that curveball. Okay bacon lovers, let me tell you something amazing about Oscar Meyer's thick cut bacon. Now I don't know if you've used a smoker before, but it's a real labor of love. You've got to put time in to get that rich smoky flavor. Now think about this. Oscar Meyer smoked their bacon for 12 hours. That's half a day, twice as long as most bacon is smoked. So for that savory, smoky thick cut bacon, keep it Oscar.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Listen, Tired of tossing and turning all night on your old lumpy mattress? Then it's time to upgrade your sleep game with a resto form mattress. This state of the art memory foam technology will have you feeling like you're sleeping on the cloud for 12 hours or more. 12 hours.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That's the same amount of time Oscar Meyer smokes their delicious thick cut bacon. Yeah, while you're sleeping, Oscar Meyer is still smoking that bacon. Forget your mattress for thick cut bacon you'll dream about Keep it Oscar as.

[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Hoda Kotb]

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[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Chad Ochocinco]

Hi, everyone.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

It's Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb from the Today Show. We love this time of year. There's so much to celebrate.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's right. Nobody does the holidays quite like today all season long. Join us for special performances with the.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Brightest stars, plus festive recipes to whip up the perfect holiday feast. And great deals on the hottest toys and gifts for everyone on your list.

[Chad Ochocinco]

So join us every morning on NBC.

[Savannah Guthrie]

To make TODAY your home for the holidays.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, I might. I might be the only one could do that. Man, I sit right now, you know, go play for. I go play for the Marlins right now as a DH. As a DH. And my batting average would probably be 330. 320.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No, you're not fitting to hit a ball.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Who I. Well, I could hit. I could hit 90. Ask the Cuban miss about me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You not hit no baseball. Oh, I ain't talking about. I'm not talking about no. What you call her. I'm talking about in the battles box. You ain't getting no hit on no major league pitcher.

[Chad Ochocinco]

What?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No. If y'all acted up on the sideline after a play not going your way due to a bad throw, how will Carson Palmer, man, please. How would Carson Palmer, John L. We deal with it.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Curse. Cursing to curse me out. Carson. No, boy. Carson. Get Carson. Carson got a little.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I already know what's gonna happen. You ain't gonna get no more balls.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, Carson went to usc, man, he ain't play that.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Y'all do that. When you do that with rookie quarterbacks, man, you're not finished. Y'all notice. Y'all notice. Ain't nobody do that with Tom. Y'all notice. Ain't nobody do that with Drew. Ain't nobody do that with Manning. Ain't nobody do that with Elway and Montana and Marino. Y'all notice that? Yeah, man, please. They don't play that. How many. How many balls you thought you were gonna get the rest of the day? How many balls you thought. You go get there? And then they're gonna have that conversation with you. Maybe not that night, but that next week before you go out to practice. Oh, they're gonna have a conversation.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh, yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Coach, you gonna talk to. You first, though, try to break it down. So, you know, I know he gonna talk to you and then want you to, hey, go ahead and get you prepared that the conversation is going to happen. You know, hey, someone want to talk to you, blah, blah, blah. And so. Cause you know, hey, he. You know he gonna be on one. Cause you tried to show him up. You made him look bad in front of 80,000. And then people talking about that. They're asking them questions. Did you see 84 Thor's helmet? Did you see 84 Slam his helmet? Did you see 84 side? Now he's got to answer questions about stuff that he don't really want to talk about, right? Now I'm gonna be, you know, come at me sideways. I'm gonna be on one, too. So now it's gonna be a situation where you got two big dogs and they had a pissing contest. Well, I'm a skunk. You'll never get in a pissing contest with a skunk. Right. Because you're gonna lose.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Right?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

So what I would do just a. He explained that to me early on. I respected that. Hey, I'm never. You run the wrong route. You drop something, I'm never gonna show you up. All I expect is the same courtesy, bro, we good, right? We good. I'm gonna give you that. And then when other guys that didn't know any, but, you know, we get guys that just come there. They don't really know how seven is. I pulled, bro, what the hell you doing, man? I Was like. But okay. And tell him you probably wouldn't have called if you throw it to you the damn way. Make it your ass over the sideline. Shut up, please. You must be. Don't want any more balls, right? Ever. Ever bad. Please. No. That was no acting up with no. With no veteran quarterback. Not veteran quarterback. I ain't talking about. Like I said, every veteran quarterback is different. But I'm talking about those, you know, elite. Yeah. They don't play that boy child. Casey Taylor said. Oh, Joe, you once said the Pro bowl should do veterans versus Pro bowl players in flag football. Who would you want to be on your 707 team? Seven players. UNC played Ruined Hills. Yeah. In coach, though. Yeah. I want no part of that.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I got. I got. I got a bunch of dogs that'll come play with me. Like me, Chris Johnson. T o gonna play. I got Champ. Champ gonna play.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You talk to Champ about this?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

He good.

[Chad Ochocinco]

He good. He good. He gonna. He gonna play Charles Woodson. I'm gonna get. I'm gonna. I'm gonna get Randy. You know, I'm praying for playing. Praying for you, Randy. We're gonna get Randy. He gonna be all right. I got so many. I got so many dogs. We were embarrassed. Today's current players and we played seven flag. We talk about flag now. We play flag. You know, a little fun. Just having fun. I think that would be a tremendous. Tremendous turnout, and a lot of people would love to see that. The old school versus the new school. You know, we not trying to be serious. I mean, just the fact that having. Having every. Everything integrated from the old to the.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

New, man, y'all not gonna be able to move. Ocho.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

First of all, Woody ain't running like that. A champ definitely ain't running like that. And y'all gonna be first of all. And then y'all gonna be full sore for three months after y'all play. So I got the new guys.

[Chad Ochocinco]

They gonna lose.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I'm gonna take the guys. I'm gonna take the guys that's been playing football.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Hey, we. We got Vic at quarterback. We need three quarterbacks. We had. Let's say we get Michael Vick. We go get Carson. Who else out there? That's who.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Brady, Tommy.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, man. We are mop. We are mop. We are mop today.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chad Ochocinco]

We are mopping boys.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Tony G Said, yo, I picked up an extra shift tomorrow night because I'd rather be at work than watch the Cowboys and Bengals play on the same field at the same Time. Damn. Damn.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I don't know. I don't know why you say that.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That man said he would rather work.

[Chad Ochocinco]

We Gonna put up 40 tomorrow. The Bengals putting up 40 tomorrow.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Oh, Lord.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I bet. I bet you that.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

But what Chase.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Michael Chase might go for 300.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Dig say he shutting all that off. Yep. Dig.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Dig solid. Dig solid. Yeah. Yeah. Bengals putting up 40, though.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Well, don't give up 43, Raphael. The Leapy guys, why we no longer see running like Jerome Bettis, who started to get after. To get going after his. You see coming out of the power Dragon.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I mean, look, the game has changed.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Game change. Yeah. I mean, there's only a handful of guys. I mean, Derek Henry is the really. The only really power. But back that. I mean, no, cuz first of all, they don't o. They don't want to pay the running back as it is. And then they gonna say, oh, you already got too many hits on you. Hell no. I don't blame the running backs. I'm running out of bound. I'm dodging. Hell, you don't already. Because the way they evaluated a running back oo, his highest value is when he first gets. He first gets to the league. Cuz I got him at 21, 22, 23. Now how many times I'm gonna probably give him the ball somewhere around 220 to 275. So by that mathematics, in four years, I've already put a thousand carries on his body. I don't blame him unless it's on the goal line or I need a first down. Third and one, fourth and one. It ain't running over nobody. I'm trying to dodge everybody. It's like I'm treated like I'm trying to cross the street. Oh, Joe. And I'm dodging cars. I just. I'm dodging players. I ain't trying to run over nobody because I already see what y'all do. Y'all already devalued the position. And so what y'all tell me if I get a couple of hits on me? Oh, you know, he. He got too many hits on his body. Ocho. Now at 26, y'all got guys. Somebody needs to think about starting to retire. What?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Damn.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No. Absolutely not. Patterson, Yazzy, Chad. I took my shot and made it. She said yes. I'm shocked. I feel like Luca hitting a step back game winner. Any first date advice? Dudes don't. Not a home run, but I'll take a base here. That what you need? That what you need? I hit for average. Yeah, average.

[Chad Ochocinco]

There you go, Cage.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I steal the base. Hey, bro, look here. Ocho said you got to manage your expectations.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Oh, yeah?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

She said yes. You know, just be you. If you are. If you a funny guy, be funny. If you're a serious guy, be serious. If your combination of both be. Hey, at the end of the day, I got. You got to be who you are, bro. You show up, don't send your representative.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

What you got for it?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Shoot. Hey, listen, be yourself.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Be yourself.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Don't try to be nothing other than that. And don't let us see your representative because you're gonna have to stay. You're gonna have to stay in character. Ain't no cameras rolling. You ain't getting paid for that. Hey, that was a good one. I gotta write that down. Wait a minute.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Raheem Cunningham. Good night. Uncle Ocho, big fan and supporter. Yesterday was my birthday, December 8th. Could you wish him a happy birthday and do you have any advice for a 22 year old? And Ocho, can you send your boy a signed jersey for his birthday? Raheem, happy. God dang, Raheem, you ask an awful lot, but happy birthday. 22.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Happy birthday.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I don't know what you did. Hopefully you had fun. Hopefully you enjoyed it. Probably went out with your gal and your boys, had a good time celebrating life just another day. You just happen to be born on that day 22 years ago, but approach every day like it's your birthday, bro, because you got up, you got an opportunity to wake up, open your eyes, put your feet on the floor. And the blood was still warning because remember now, there are a lot of people got an appointment called, they couldn't reschedule, so always be thankful for that. Always. Ker Norwood Jr. Said, My question is, what are your top four Adam Sandler movies? What's that? Bobby Boucher. What was the name? Bob Boucher. Movie Water Boy.

[Chad Ochocinco]

What a boy.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Water Boy. And the one that he adopted the kid. He teaches the kid all the bad things. What was that one? What was that movie? Adam Sandler. Stepdad. Stepdad. Stepdad. Stepdad. I'm trying to think what else other. Yeah, I. Number one definitely for me is waterboard. Number two is Stepdad. Man, I have.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

But I gotta Google Adam Sandler movies, man.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah, I did.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

What is it? Daddy Big. Big Daddy. Big Daddy. Big Daddy. Big Dad. I know it was something. Daddy. Hell, yeah, he was. Daddy. Hold on. I like the movie Hustle. Hold up. Yeah, that's it. Hold up. No, I was gonna say, was he in that movie. No Grown Ups.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That was. That was a good one.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

And 50 first dates. That's all I got for you. Kemper supreme cassette. Uncle no love the stream tonight. Could not stop laughing at question. Oo we miss rail on the stream. Can we. Can. Can we the chat see her before the end of the year?

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Google, man. Don't do that. Don't do that. Ooh, don't do real like that.

[Chad Ochocinco]

And that. That. That. That. That's my dog. That my dog. That my dog.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Well, I think you ought to bring it back on there and kiss her right on front of everybody. So everybody to see.

[Chad Ochocinco]

We going. We know y'all working through some things.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

That's what happens. People go through stuff. You got to work your way through it. It's not going to always be Ocho, you're not gonna always be able to score 50 points. There gonna be some times that you fall behind and you gotta figure this thing out sometimes.

[Chad Ochocinco]

You know what I want to figure out? I want to figure out what I'm feeling when I'm. When I'm fighting Keith Lee. That's what I want to figure out. I need you to call his people, figure out a date so I can start. So I can get in camp. That's what. That's what y'all did. That's what y'all need to figure out. Because I'm telling you, Keith Lee, Bruce Lee, Stan Lee, Lee Harvey Oswald, Sarah Lee Lee, Come Lee Kim Jun Lee, every all leads get their ass whooped.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Oh, Lord have mercy. Oh, you let the man. Come on, Ochos. Listen, he.

[Chad Ochocinco]

But he. He said my name. I ain't bring his name up. You said you won the fight. You got to stand on that. You gotta stand on that. And we talk about boxing. I don't do no goddamn mma. I use my feet for driving.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

You should be able to take him on, Joe. He ain't but like 175.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Nah, listen, I listen now. Now, I'm 205 now, so I gotta lose all this damn muscle.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

No, hey, he said he'll. He say he'll take you at MMA at 175. You could be whatever weight you want.

[Chad Ochocinco]

I box. I box. I've been boxing. I've been boxing the past five years now. You hear me? And the disrespect. I'm thinking about it to myself. I'm like, well, hold on now. The last five years, I've been training with the Charlo twins. I'm training with Jerome Boots Ennis and Caleb Plan and Shakur Stevens. I've been with these boys the past five years, and I'm thinking about, well, God damn, I'm in there with them. We getting good, working. And now I have you come and talk about you want to fight me. And I'm thinking about all the stuff I've learned of a ring IQ and my movement and my ability to manage my distance and understand the range and. And win the tech and when not to. I'm like, man, you really want to do that with it? With as.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

With.

[Chad Ochocinco]

At as athletic as I still am and as quick as I. Man, man, man, I'm gonna beat your ass, man. What you talking about, man? They just. Don't be talking, man. I really do this, man.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

I'll take your word.

[Chad Ochocinco]

Yeah. And listen for one. I ain't feeling. I ain't gonna embarrass the people that train me. I ain't gonna embarrass Bozy Ennis. You know, you know, we done put in five years worth of work. We think I'm gonna. What you critique food? Do you think you finna whoop me, man?

[Keyshawn Johnson]

Please, please make sure y'all guys hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit that, like, button. You know why? Because that helps us grow even more. Y'all know me. I'm your favorite. On Shannon Sharp, he Liberty City's own bingo ring of fame honoree, the Pro Bowler, the All Pro. That's Chad Ochocinco Johnson.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's me. That's me.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

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[Chad Ochocinco]

The Bengals beat the Bengals beat the Cowboys.

[Keyshawn Johnson]

How about he thought yo, we're out the volume.

[Chad Ochocinco]

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[Keyshawn Johnson]

That length of time you can fly from Miami to Los Angeles and back from Los angeles to Miami. 12 long hours.

[Chad Ochocinco]

That's about how long it takes Oscar Meyer to smoke their bacon. There's no wrong way to enjoy it. So buy some Oscar Meyer thick cut bacon right now.

[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Hoda Kotb]

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[Chad Ochocinco]

Check.

[Hoda Kotb]

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[Chad Ochocinco]

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[Keyshawn Johnson]

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[Savannah Guthrie]

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[Keyshawn Johnson]

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[Chad Ochocinco]

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