Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho react to the Fan who pushed Lamar is BANNED + Micah Parsons had some words for Dallas

Summary

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Club Shay Shay: Nightcap Hour 2 – Unc & Ocho React to the Fan Who Pushed Lamar Is BANNED + Micah Parsons Had Words for Dallas

Date: September 9, 2025
Hosts: Shannon Sharpe (Unc) & Chad "Ocho" Johnson

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Episode Overview

This episode of "Nightcap" dives into two headline NFL stories:

• The indefinite ban of a fan who struck Lamar Jackson and DeAndre Hopkins during a game
• Micah Parsons’ pointed comments following his unexpected trade to Dallas Shannon and Chad bring their hallmark humor and blunt honesty, with tangents about league news, injury woes, personal rivalries, and playful banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fan Ejected and Banned for Striking NFL Players

[03:00–10:55]

• Incident Recap: After D-Hop’s one-handed TD, a Bills fan slapped Hopkins’ helmet, then struck Lamar Jackson, prompting Lamar to briefly retaliate.
• Immediate Consequences:
  • The fan was ejected and has been banned indefinitely from all Bills and NFL stadiums.
  • Debated whether the ban was excessive or necessary as a precedent.

Quotes:

• “You can’t reach over the rail and push somebody in the head… at the end of the day, I’m a human being.” – Shannon [04:02]

• “Sometimes people forget… we’re human beings first.” – Chad [04:24]

• “They want to be harsh and swift. You don’t want this to get out of hand.” – Shannon [05:00]

• Comparison to Past Incidents:
  Shannon refers to his Lakers incident, noting that being a public figure means lowering tensions, not fueling them [05:00–06:54].

• Security & Setting a Precedent:
  Both agree the NFL and teams must clamp down on unruly fans before more serious incidents, referencing “Malice at the Palace” and recent trends in fan behavior at sporting events [07:19–09:46].

Quote:

• “You got to come down with a sledgehammer when fans start doing unruly stuff like throwing… you know what, in the middle of football games.” – Chad [08:09]

2. Bill’s Fan Behavior vs. Reputation

[09:53–11:15]

• While condemning the individual fan, Ocho and Unc note that the overall Bills fan base is “pure class” for their charitable acts—one bad apple doesn’t taint the whole bunch.

Quote:

• “This might be one incident, but this one incident isn’t going to allow me to forget how much great they’ve done.” – Chad [10:19]

3. NFL Banter & Upcoming Appearances

[11:20–14:45]

• Teased Andre Ward’s appearance on the show (with Chad joking about their “beef”) and upcoming show schedules for Thursday and Friday.

Memorable Exchange:

• “Well, you know, we got beef, right?” – Chad
• “Well, good. We gonna cook it.” – Shannon [12:01–12:03]
• Chad fantasizes about fighting Andre Ward in an exhibition, hyping up a goofy fantasy sequence about walkouts and corners, underscoring the show’s playful tone [14:12–14:58].

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4. Head Coach Rule Blunders & Catch Controversies

[19:32–22:57]

• Brian Callahan’s Mistake:
  Discussed a coaching blunder about catch rules—whether an elbow down counts for two feet.
  • Chad expresses the need for coaches to know rules under pressure.
  • Shannon reviews the “Calvin Johnson Rule” and how catch rules have evolved.

Quote:

• “I need to be pretty… up to date on the catch rule.” – Shannon [20:36]
• “Except when DEZ caught that… I’m still confused.” – Chad [20:46]

5. QB under Pressure: Dolphins, Tua, and the Franchise's Future

[23:26–31:07]

• Chad, a Miami native, discusses his deep-rooted Dolphins fandom and laments the team’s inability to find a stable QB since Dan Marino.
• Calls for patience with Tua, highlighting that not every team gets a Mahomes or Lamar Jackson.
• Shannon points out defensive and team-wide struggles, not just Tua’s play.
• Discuss rebuilding strategies and high-pressure, big-money team moves.

Quotes:

• “It hurts me that I’ve never been able to see us have a successful season, have a great quarterback outside of Dan Marino. I thought TUA was the answer. I still think TUA was the answer. It’s too soon to hit the panic button.” – Chad [27:16]

6. Micah Parsons Calls Out Cowboys, and the NFC Picture

[37:02–40:24]

• Micah Parsons speaks on his late trade to Dallas:
  • “This last six months was super draining, super toxic for everyone… I don’t think no player should have to go through [that].”
  • Emphasizes wanting to give “everything I have” to his new team [38:58].
• Chad and Shannon critique Jerry Jones’s decision-making, root for Dallas to lose as a result.

7. Injury Woes: The 49ers and NFL Attrition

[40:25–45:42]

• Team in Peril:
  San Francisco facing multiple injuries: George Kittle (hamstring), Brandon Aiyuk (ACL), Juwan Jennings (shoulder), Brock Purdy (shoulder/toe).
• Debate on Player Nutrition:
  Chad argues many soft-tissue injuries could be prevented; mocks teams for overpaying nutritionists.

Quote:

• “This is the game we played and they currently play in the NFL. It’s brutal. There are no winners. Only survivors.” – Shannon [44:18]

8. Candid Takes on NFL Careers, Contracts, and Aging

[45:42–47:48]

• Discuss why Amari Cooper and other receivers over 30 struggle for contracts, even with strong résumés.
• Shannon: “There’s a reason why nobody signed him, Ocho… [He] was going to be playing on the league minimum with an opportunity to earn incentives.” [47:30]

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Notable Quotes & Fun Moments

• On Fan Behavior:
  “You hit me upside my head… I forgot where I was for a little bit.” – Shannon on sympathizing with Lamar Jackson [04:02]

• On Football Life:
  “There are no winners. Only survivors.” – Shannon [44:18]

• On Old Receivers:
  “What do they do to us once we hit our 30s? They work you out.” – Chad [46:51]

• On Dealing with Loss:
  “He woke me up this morning, so that’s better than a billion dollars to me.” – Shannon [50:09]

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Key Timestamps

• Fan Incident & Ban Discussion – [03:00–10:55]
• Bills Fans’ Reputation – [09:53–11:15]
• Andre Ward Teasers & Beef – [12:01–14:58]
• Head Coach Catch Rule Blunders – [19:32–22:57]
• Miami Dolphins & Tua Debate – [27:08–31:07]
• Micah Parsons Statement – [38:58–40:24]
• 49ers Injury News & NFL Attrition – [40:25–45:42]
• Q&A and NFL Career Talk – [50:54–59:20]

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Episode Flow & Tone

• Language & Tone:
  Candid, humorous, and direct—plenty of insider stories and lightly irreverent exchanges.
• Chemistry:
  Unc and Ocho play off each other with sibling-like teasing and support, keeping the conversation lively even when tackling serious topics.

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For Listeners Who Missed It

This episode is rich in:

• Contemporary NFL hot takes with historical context
• Honest, player-centered perspectives on league business and fan culture
• Playful, unfiltered banter and personal anecdotes from two NFL veterans
• Real-time reactions to NFL news, with a focus on player safety, fan boundaries, aging in the league, and team-building challenges

If you want a grounded, entertaining take on today’s NFL—with behind-the-scenes flavor and real emotion—this episode delivers.

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Transcript

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh Joe fan who hit D Hop and Lamar on the helmet last night has been indefinitely banned from the Bills in NFL stadiums, according to Adam Schefter. After D Hop's one handed touchdown grab, several Ravens players were celebrating near the front row of the stands and out the back of the end zone when the fan struck D. Hopkins helmet and appeared to make contact with Lamar as well. Lamar then shoved him in retaliation. A fan was also. The fan was also ejected by security personnel. Lamar said, I seen him slap D Hop and then he slapped me and he was talking. So I just forgot where I was a little bit. I got. I gotta, you know, I got to think of those situations. We got security out there. Let security handle it. I let my emotions get the best of me. Hopefully it won't happen again. I'll learn from that.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I mean, listen, it's unfortunate.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Put your hands on the man. You listen, I understand. Ocho, look, so if. If that's a Buffalo Bill player and they jump up in the stands and grab you, but you can't reach over the rail and push somebody must. Somebody in the head.

[Chad Johnson]

Absolutely not.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So. So what you. Because at the end. Because people. I think sometimes people forget. Ocho, no matter who you are, no matter. You play football, basketball, baseball, whatever, right? At the end of the day, I'm a human being. I'm a human being. You hit me upside my head. I mean, I'm gonna. Let me. Like you say, he said, Lamar said it. I forgot where I was for a little bit.

[Chad Johnson]

Especially. Especially in that environment. It's in a hospital environment. You know, you don't know where the fan is. Is being. Is he intoxicated? If he. We. Obviously not. She's not trying to harm you. But just still fans, you got to keep it your hand to yourself. If Lamar or the Hop was playing at home and they were coming back to the bench on their sideline and it was the fan that touched you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, for sure. But he should. But look, he had a. I think he had a Bills jersey on.

[Chad Johnson]

It was the Bills fan.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

It was a show. So I understand. I mean, hey, do you think that's a little too excessive, being banned indefinitely or is it just this season?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, they not. Well, I think. Well, I Mean, they didn't put no time frame on it. I think the thing is, Ocho, they just trying to set a precedent. You know, in situation like this, you want to be harsh and swift. So. Because you don't want. You don't want this to get out of her hands, because a lot of times, you know, you catch a touchdown and you're back to the end of the stadium, and you don't want fans, opposing fans, you know, touching the pole. Excuse me, home fans touching opposing players. Let's get. Let's get a grip on that. Now, look, I'm the first that I understand, and I was. Shannon, you. Yes, I was at the Lakers game, and I let my emotions get the best of me, but I didn't step on the court and I didn't touch anybody. Was I wrong? Yes, absolutely, 1,000%. And if the Lakers, the Jeanie Buss, Rob Palinko, whomever in charge of the state percentage of the Crip at the time said, Mr. Sharp, you're no longer to come in my building. I'm responsible for my actions. I'm not responsible for the consequences that become from my actions. So I said, you know what? Hey, I wouldn't. Wouldn't have took my black ass back down there because they had already told me I'm not allowed in the crib. Or at the time, it was still the staple. They told me I wasn't allowed. That's what they. That's what if they told me that if the NBA said, Mr. Sharp, you're not allowed to come back on NBA facilities. And well, hey, All Star Games or whatever, I wouldn't win because I was wrong. I was wrong. I didn't touch anybody. I didn't step on the court. But me being who I am, I'm supposed to lower the temperature in the room. I'm not supposed to turn the temperature up. Dylan Brooks is young enough to be my son. What the hell I'm arguing with him for? He doing his job. So I'd have been dead wrong. So I. So before y' all jump in the chat, I know you well. You did wrong. I'm wrong. And if they had told me the NBA or the Lakers brass had told me I'm not allowed, saved me a lot of damn money. Saved me 350,000 for the damn season tickets I bought.

[Chad Johnson]

That's why you need to take me when you go to events like that, like you need to have me. I told you, I'm your enforcer. It's an issue. So you didn't have to Deal with Dylan Brooks. I would have dealt with him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He good man.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, that's my homie. He's not. That's my homie. But still, sometimes. Sometimes you got to check him like Nike, you know, that's my dog now. But still.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah, but. But. Yeah. And I think that's what the NFL want because Ocho. Now you talking about machismo. Machismo. You talking about the.

[Chad Johnson]

The.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The. Despite that. The highest of testosterone.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He lucky that was a quarterback. That's right. Here wasn't a big. Hey, you hit T Dub. What if you hit Trent Williams now he back there celebrating. You hit Trent Williams upside his head.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Trent Williams done swung on guys in the league. So what you think he'd do to a fan?

[Chad Johnson]

Gonna pull you out the stands.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Exactly. So that's where you. I think that's what Roger Goodell and I think that's what the NFL brass is trying. And the Buffalo Bills is like, look, we want to try to stop this. We don't. We don't want to see. Because we saw them throw. They done started that bull jive or throwing something on the field like they've been throwing at the WNBA games. I don't want to mention what it is.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Know what they need to do. You. You want. You want that to stop? You tell people you have a memo. Go out to the fans. If you see anyone throwing any objects, regardless of what it is, onto the field of play, there's a reward, and that individual is banned for life. Bet it won't happen again. You have to come down with a sledgehammer. When fans start doing unruly stuff like throwing. You know what, in the middle of football games like, I mean, it's pointless. What are we doing?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause you. I'm trying to think. Who thought that was a good idea? I'm sitting around the house. We drinking with the boys. Hey, yeah. Yeah, man. I'm going to a game. Yeah. Yeah, man. We ought to do something, man. What you want to do? We want to run on the field. Nah, nah. Everybody does that. Yeah, you want to go out there with no shirt on? Nah, man, that. It ain't cold enough to do that. Let's bring something that we get from a novelty store and throw it on the field. Who sits around and think about bull job like that?

[Chad Johnson]

Well, they just copying what they saw. That's why the NFL has to crack down on the fan from Buffalo. So f. Because it's. It's a copycat league. If fans see one fan do it which is they gonna do next week, another fan gonna try the same thing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, you get what you call them. You don't want a malice in the palace. You see what happened? You touch somebody and the next thing you know, they run up and, you know, you throw stuff and you run stuff. Cause I think somebody tried to throw a bottle and hit D hop because like a bottle came. Came flying. I get it. Come on, fans.

[Chad Johnson]

One thing I can say, you know, Buffalo Bill fans, they. They probably got the best fans in the world.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, they probably.

[Chad Johnson]

They probably have the best fans in the world. Especially when it comes to an opposing player and opposing team. Some of the things they do when they band together for a cause, whatever cause that that player might have, and they all donate to charities all at once, man. Listen, Bill's fans is they. They, they. Some. They. They class. They. Pure class. Now, this might be one incident, but this one incident isn't going to allow me to forget how much great they've done.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yo. No, no, no, they. They're good. They're good. Look, they. They celebrate. Hey, I don't know about that. Jumping off on burning tables and doing all that other stuff.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, we gotta go do that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, we ain't got to do nothing. No, we don't. You can't. Go right ahead. Go right ahead.

[Chad Johnson]

Content me and you. I'm telling you, hey, jump off the Winnebago onto the table.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oo. All you got. That's what you should do. You should hire you somebody to follow you around to get that.

[Chad Johnson]

That's what we gonna do.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, we not going to do that. I already know. I didn't. I didn't. I done took all the unnecessary risk with my body, right? Jumping off and getting run into and doing all this other stuff. I'm good now. Oo. I ain't really trying to have no more surgeries. I'm really not.

[Chad Johnson]

That's. This is. It's a part of the process. Huh? Process.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Go ahead.

[Chad Johnson]

Wait, I thought it was the team.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Ocho, guess who got. Guess who gonna be a guest on the show on Thursday.

[Chad Johnson]

Who?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Andre Ward.

[Chad Johnson]

Which Andre War you talking about? Andre Ward.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Like, you know how many Andre Ward you know?

[Chad Johnson]

You talk about the boxer.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. How many Andre Wards you know?

[Chad Johnson]

I'm saying we talk about the boxer, right? How many you know that for Kovalev. Okay, okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

In person.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on. I'm sure. Are you sure that's.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's.

[Chad Johnson]

Are you sure that's a good idea to have on Here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's a great idea. I can't think of a better idea. Reached out to him personally.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, you know we got beef, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, good. We gonna cook it.

[Chad Johnson]

All right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

We gonna cook it.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, listen. If we gonna cook the beef, it's gonna get well done.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay?

[Chad Johnson]

Well done, and I hope you're ready. If he coming on our show, he gonna get him out full. And if you get too slick, I can give him a fistful.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, hey, he watching. I'm sure he watching. I reached out to him personally.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, hey, Andre Ward, if you watching, just let me know. I respect you, everything you've done, you know, one of the greatest boxers, one of the greatest fighters of all time. But at some point, like my grandma told me, sometimes at some point, a cat runs out of lives. And if we ever step in the ring. Yeah, I hope you got time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Thursday and Friday, we will be live. Ocho and I. Nightcap will be live, right? Date. Well, it'll be daycap. We're still gonna be Nightcap coming. We got two shows on Thursday. We got the day cap that's coming on with the. The Bud Cross, the Canelo Bud. And then we gonna do two hours of that, which will be from three to five. No, from 12 to two on Thursday, 12 to two from third on Thursday, and then three to five on Friday. So Thursday from 12 to two day cap. Then we come on again after Thursday Night Football. Friday is from 3 to 5. So we got. We got back to back. We got back to back days of a. Of day cap, and we got one day of night cap, so.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah, I'm ready, boy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, hey. You got me feeling good now, boy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You got me feeling good. Hey. All right. Stay feeling good.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, so that's two people that's. That's two people that's trying to meet their makeup. First, I'm gonna be Debo. And Jamma beat James Harrison ass. Then Andre War gonna get this work. And anybody else out there in the world got something to say and want to step up to the plate like King Griffey. Holl at your boy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He. He said that, you know, he was thinking about. I saw him interview him. And Roy was talking, say, hey, the money they throwing around, he might get back in there and do an exhibition, okay?

[Chad Johnson]

And that exhibition could be me. Hey, imagine that. Ocho versus Andre Ward. I come. I come out. I come out. Cameras ass. Jordan. Jordan McCutman. Ash got the water and the ice for me each round. You. You my corner. You my coach. I got the Nightcap robe, nightcap trunks, all gold gloves. Gold mouthpiece. Come on, champ. Come on. Ocho. Give me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm gonna get Freddie Rose. I'm gonna get Freddie Rose to. To train you.

[Chad Johnson]

No, no, I want Bosie Ennis. Bosie Ennis gonna train me because I fight like boots. I fight like Jaron Ennis. That's my style.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, I need you to fight like sneakers and run. That's what I need.

[Chad Johnson]

The only person I ever ran from in life is my grandma. That's it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, rougher. What's it called him? Andre Ward.

[Chad Johnson]

No, I mean, man, listen. Andre Ward, light skin. I'mma lump him up. They bruise. He bruise easy. He gonna have a black eye after the second round. He bruise easy. I'm telling you, my hand. My hands is registered. Huh.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Interesting.

[Chad Johnson]

I feel good, right? I feel you should have never told me that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, told me that. So Thursday and Friday Nightcap will be live, 12 to 2 Pacific time. So that's what, that's 3 to 5. That's 3 to 5. So 3 to 5 East coast time on Thursday, 12 to 2 West coast time, and then 3 to 5, which will be 6 to 8 on Friday. So all the guys, people will be stopping by. You know, we a. Who know, they don't tell it. Who you go see from boxers. The Dana White. Hey, we're gonna try. Hey, we're gonna try to get everybody. Y' all know how we do it. Oh, y' all know how. Y' all know how we do it.

[Chad Johnson]

It's gonna be nice.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, when we do something, we go out. We go all in. We go all out.

[Chad Johnson]

Absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If they, if. If they box and they come through that building, they're gonna. We're gonna get them to go nightcap if it able for five minutes.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what we do. Ojo Brian Callahan made a very unfortunate blunder yesterday both in the game and after the game. Let's take a listen to what he had to say.

[Micah Parsons]

Where they moved out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Of bounds on the sidelines. It looked like the elbow hit inbound first.

[Colin Coward]

Yeah, you gotta get a foot inbounds too, which we didn't have a clean.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Look at whether his foot was down as well an elbow doesn't equal two.

[Colin Coward]

Feet, so his foot would've had to come down as well. We didn't have a clean look, so.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The call from upstairs was that it wasn't more challenging.

[Chad Johnson]

Wait, get it to me again. So there was a catch. That was clearly a catch, but the call upstairs said there was no need to challenge it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The guy said it looked like an elbow. An elbow or knee equals two feet. He said you need an elbow and a foot. You don't. You don't need that. You get an elbow down. That's my feet.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay. Okay. Yeah, you. You got to know the rules. You. You got. You got your head coach. Yeah. You got to know the rules. Yeah, that's. That's a little blunder, a little mistake. Little mistake. Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. But I mean. I mean, there. Look, I don't know every rule, but I need to be pretty. I'm pretty sure I'm. I'm pretty up to date on the catch rule.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure we definitely have to do it, because that's actually what we do. So we understand exactly what qualifies as a catch. Except when DEZ caught that bitch. Excuse me? When DEZ caught it against the Packers. Now, that one I'm still confused about.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because what they ruled is that it's the old Calvin Johnson rule. They started this with Calvin Johnson. Lovey Smith challenged this with the. When the Lions played the Bears.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, it was a Bears game. We had the one.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. And he tried to get up. So what they said, if you catch a pass and you go down, you must complete the act of catching the football throughout the entirety of the act. So, in other words, what dad needed to do once he went to the turf, he needed to basically stand up with the ball. Now, they changed the rule because you remember the Patriots and the Eagles. The little running back caught the ball out of the backfield, and the exact same thing happened, and they gave him a touchdown. But at that point in time, and they had just amended it that year earlier.

[Chad Johnson]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But going to the ground, if you go to the ground, if you voluntarily go to the ground, you must maintain possession of the football throughout the entirety of the act.

[Chad Johnson]

I got it. I got it. That's. That's. That's a. That's a. That's a.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's.

[Chad Johnson]

That's what the funny thing about it, too, as a head coach, you. You understand how many things they have to worry about, especially after a game, a gain of that magnitude. They ask you, right? You lost the game. You got so Many things running through your mind. But that's obviously a rule. You would know. He'll probably get to his office and be like, wait, what, Wait a minute, I know the rule. How did I miss that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

But that's the thing. That's why you have people up there. You have people up there that's telling you, okay, what's going on. That's such and such. That's article, that's that section, blah, blah, blah, blah blah. Because like you said, I've got to worry about the day to day. I got to worry about office defense because I'm hearing everything that's going on. I'm here the defensive call, I'm hearing the offensive call. I'm making sure the special team. Okay, coach in this direction, he's good from 54. From that direction, he's good from 57. What are we going to do on fourth down? Are we running the fake here? What we going all that. You got all that. I mean, okay, Coach got a lot on his plate during the course of a ball game.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes, sir.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And, and, and the really good ones handle it. And you don't even, you don't even know. That's, that's an issue. Obviously Coach Belichick does it as good as anybody. From taking safeties to running time off the clock. I mean look, some of these guys make it look you, you don't even think, you don't think anything about it. But it's a lot going on in the course of a game. Yeah, but like you said, Brian Callahan, hey, he's a young coach. Hey, just a little 40 and slip.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey.

[Shannon Sharpe]

After throwing a pair of interceptions and losing a fumble Sunday in a 33.8loss for to the Colts to a former teammate and current in the quarter court, cornerback Xavier Howard threw some shade. We knew the guy, he gets the ball out pretty quick and once we take away the first read and I feel like it's panic mode after that it showed yesterday we took away the first read and he was trying to get rid of the ball real quick. Coach defensive Ed Latu offered a similar assessment. You could just tell with those big eyes and him getting flustered.

[Chad Johnson]

I don't, I don't, I don't like when players do that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ain't lie.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I don't like when players do that. Obviously you, you would know you would no one, you would know him better than other people being that you played there. If there's some flaws in this game, ask him when X was there. Maybe those flaws, maybe he maybe improved, you know On, On. On say of flaws that you might have witnessed when you played here. Obviously not. He didn't. He didn't play a very good game. He didn't play collectively as a team. They didn't play well.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think they did not.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, they did not. I think for the Dolphins, for them to win, Tua has to be the one to raise his level of play and everyone else will meet him wherever he's at. I think that's. I think that's how the season's gonna go on. And if Tua plays bad, I think the team. The Dolphins are going to play bad, and that's just how the season's gonna go. Just, Just, just in general.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Look, Ojo, we watch tape, and when defensive guys watch tape, they know here's a guy that wants to get the ball, like, quick. He don't want to take a lot of XX hits. So even if we don't hit him, even if we don't sack him, let's hit him. Let's get around his feet. He got happy feet. Let's a, let's. Let's try to crowd his face as much as we possibly can. Just like a, Just like receivers. He's not the most physical receiver. He doesn't like contact. Let's get a little handsy with the guy. Let's put hands on him. That's what you, that's what you try to do. I mean, that's what the tape tells us. That's why we watch all that film. We know who's going to bite the double boo. Who. We know who's slow to. To get in and out of breaks. We know who's. Who's trying to guess right, who's trying to clue who's trying to play 5 to 7 yards off. Include everything. And we got to double move them. And we're gonna run the go ball. We're gonna. First of all, we're gonna run the goalball from the jump because if you don't, they're gonna sit, they're gonna squat on everything. Damn near impossible to throw anything short.

[Chad Johnson]

Gotta give them something to think about.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey. Yes, you can see my camera. You can see. Hey, does my. It look yellow, don't it?

[Shannon Sharpe]

It does.

[Chad Johnson]

What Jordan at and Jordan, what I do to get my, my camera.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You probably need to buy a new house.

[Chad Johnson]

Who, me? I just, I only been here a few months.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, I know. I don't know what you did, what you touched.

[Chad Johnson]

I. I don't know what I touched. I'm sitting here touching everything Over. I don't know how to work these cameras, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Is your overhead light on?

[Chad Johnson]

Overhead? Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, but I don't know what you did. I mean, you started tinkering with something and it turned yellow.

[Chad Johnson]

I know. My bad, man. My bad. Damn. What you think I'll be. I'm be yellow for the day.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Can you stop tinkering with stuff? Dolphin fans are ready for a change under center after a dreadful start. They want Shador Sanders traded to the Dolphins should Miami make a new move.

[Chad Johnson]

Ocho, it's only week one, huh? It's no. It's no time to hit the panic, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The fans don't care nothing about the week two.

[Chad Johnson]

Hold on, hold on. Wait a minute now. I'm part of the fans. I'm a true Dolphin fan. I don't think people understand those of you in the chat when I say we. I'm from Miami, born and raised. Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1968. I was born at 3:08am My mama name is Paula Hurricane Johnson. Okay? I went to the Dolphins game at the Orange Bowl. There was no Joe Robbie. There was no Hard Rock Stadium. I was at the Orange bowl in Overtown. Damn near right, you know, Right in Overtown, watching them play. So I've been a fan for a long time, and it hurts me that I've never been able to see us have a successful season, have a great quarterback outside of Dan Marino. We've been looking for that position for a very long time. I thought TUA was the answer. I still think TUA was the answer. It's too soon to hit the panic button. Everybody can't be this superstar tier one quarterback like Mahomes and Joe Burrow and Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen. Everybody can't get that. But what we can have, we can have an adequate quarterback that can facilitate the ball. Do us ask of him offensively, not turn it over and we can win games and we've showed we can do that. That's it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y' all gonna have to improve in a lot of areas because y' all gave up 30, y'. All. You do realize that nobody had scored on seven straight possessions since 1978?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, that's.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's bad.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, who's.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Daniel Jones did that?

[Chad Johnson]

Can I tell you? Can I. Can I say something real quick?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sure.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, the Dolphins are rebuilding. You notice they tearing the roster. Roster apart. Getting. Getting most of the. The older players out. You do. You. You don't notice how they're. How they're wiggling Everybody out there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Two are not old Tyreek is only 30. Jaylen Waddle.

[Chad Johnson]

No, I'm, I'm saying you have. See, you got, you got to see it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You got to see they rebuilding because they spent all this money to, to try to go after this. That's why they went and got Jalen Ramsey. That's why they went and got Tyreek. That's why they paid Waddle. That's why they paid Tyreek. That's why they, that's why they, they, you know. You know. Yes, absolutely. They go get a Bradley Chub and they go, yes, they going for it. And now it's like, hold on. We throw it. We, we, we throwing money off the Titanic. We ain't gonna never see this.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah. And that, this is, that's what they're doing. That's what they're doing. They scrapping it. I was one. I was one of the few. I saw the Dolphins 1972, perfect season. I was there. I was in the stands at the Orange Bowl.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, considering you weren't born yet, I don't know how that happened, but okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Hun, I was born in 68. I was there. I was four years old.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Might have been five birth certificates say 77. But we'll go along with that. We'll go low with that.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm hurt. I'm hurt though, as a Dolphin fan. Among. It's been a long time, man. It's been a long time. Very long.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So. But hey, you remember when Tyreek said that that tour is just as good until my homes? Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, oh. Here you go.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Why you bring. He said it.

[Chad Johnson]

Why you bringing up all old stuff? Listen, all the. Some. Sometimes. Sometimes, Right? Sometimes. Just a small example. Two is good. But sometimes you have to give your quarterback positive reinforcement.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You gonna say something? You would literally. You would literally say. You would literally. After the guy that's done 1, 2. That's the 1, 2 MVPs, right? And you would literally, you would literally say, tua is better than Mahomes. You would literally. The guys had a 5,000 yard season, a 50 touchdown season.

[Chad Johnson]

He didn't really say better. He didn't really mean it. He didn't mean it that way. Sometimes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't know how. I don't know. I know what he said. I don't know what he meant. I know what he's saying.

[Chad Johnson]

Gotta understand, sometimes as black folk, we exaggerate what we mean to make the person we're talking about feel a little better. He didn't mean it literally.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You do realize how that makes him look yeah, okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I understand. I understand. Okay, I understand.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Go ahead. What, what you want to say?

[Chad Johnson]

I'm gonna say it's one o' clock already. My flight, my flight is six o'.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Clock.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm flying to Vegas, and I just landed this morning from Chicago.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Matt LaFleur called out the fans. What, what do you want to say? He just landed this morning.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I left. I left Chicago at 5:00'. Clock. Okay, I'm excited.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You the one that you don't have to be here till Wednesday. You the one that chose to come out early.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, I'm flying out early because I'm trying to get the Grits Cafe. I'm trying to get the Soul Food Cafe. I'm trying to go to the casino and play blackjack. You know, they, they gonna, you know, they give me, they give me a money line at, at the casino.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You mean a credit line?

[Chad Johnson]

Credit line, My bad. I'm talking about money line. I'm thinking about me gambling yesterday at this, at this, at the sports book. Okay, they give me a credit line of a million. So this time I pay your money. I guarantee you, when we do the next show, I guarantee you have your money. Because tomorrow when I hit that casino in Vegas.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Ain't gonna owe me nothing, boy. Nothing. I'm a double what I owe you. I'm a double without you. I'm gonna give you 12,000.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, you're not gonna double what you owe me because you're gonna pay me before you get any more. You mean to pay me? You gonna pay me double what you owe me, but you're not gonna double? No, that's what I meant.

[Chad Johnson]

I say I'm a double. It. I'm a double. I'm double what I owe you. So I'm giving you 12, 000 instead of 5,900.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay?

[Chad Johnson]

Like, that's love.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I. I just. You know what? Right now, Ocho, I just settle for the 5900. I. I don't want to stress you out too much. I just. Yeah, yeah, let's just. I take baby steps.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay? Okay, okay, okay. You want, you want to crawl before you walk?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

We'll sell that tomorrow.

[Colin Coward]

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[Chad Johnson]

Hey, do me a favor. Meet me at the casino. I'd be in the back. I'd be in the back with the high rollers. They'll direct you to where I'm at.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, that's me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What you. You gonna be? You in the, in the slot area, you in the, the poker area. The Blackjack.

[Chad Johnson]

I play poker. Huh, Uncle? I play poker with the big boys. You don't know me. They know me in Vegas, man. And they go for anybody else in the chat. If you in Vegas come, I'll let you boy at the casino.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh Lord.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Matt LaFleur called out the fans after a big win in season opener Ocho. Take a Listen what Matt LaFleur had to say about Packer fans.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, the fans that showed up brought great energy.

[Colin Coward]

And the fans that sold their tickets to all those Lions fans got to be better.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, okay, okay, okay. And he knows that. You know how you know how he knows that, huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because the stadium sold out.

[Chad Johnson]

That not only the stadium sold out. Based on where the Lions fans are sitting. He knows it was Packer fans that sold him those tickets.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Chad Johnson]

You know them. You know how I know? Because I did that one year. I did that one year. I bought. I bought tickets from packers fans to put Bengals fans in the seat so I could Lambo lead to them.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You ain't have a three.

[Chad Johnson]

I know. But it was expensive. What?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I know. Yeah, three fans, though.

[Chad Johnson]

Listen, don't. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. And you know what's so funny is that game. I pulled it off. I pulled it off. I came up with this whole miraculous plan to. To find a way to get packers fans that. That sat in there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let me guess. You didn't score.

[Chad Johnson]

I scored. I scored that game. So everything worked. They worked out perfectly. And I. I jumped to the Bengals fans. It was dope. It was. It was a great, great morning. One of my better celebrations, huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

What year y' all play the Packers?

[Chad Johnson]

I don't remember what year that was. The chat would know better than me. The chat is really good. Hey, Chad, the celebration where when I played at Lambo and I jumped. I jumped to the Bengal fans on purpose. What year was that? And I think. I think C. Wood was there too. I think C. Wood was there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, four o'. Clock. This. Ooh, four o' clock on Sunday.

[Chad Johnson]

What happened? What happened?

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, that's Week four.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, Dallas Packers. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's before Michael Parsons had some fighting words for the Cowboys. Let's take a listen to what Micah had to say.

[Micah Parsons]

This last six months was super draining, super toxic for everyone. It's something that, you know, I don't think no player should have to go through. I think players fate should be decided earlier. I think the fact I was traded a week before the season was really outrageous and rough. It's something where I could have been with these guys getting better and better and we could have had probably even more dominant start, you know, if that was the decision we were going to make. So I'm just happy that's behind. These guys embrace me. They believe in my talents, they believe in me. And I'm just going to give these guys everything I have because I know it's at stake. I know what they gave up for me to be here, and I'm gonna do what it takes for us to win.

[Chad Johnson]

I like it. Take them shots, boy, because they took shots at you. Take them shots and give them what they looking for. You know, as much as I, I love Michael Parsons, as much as I love Dak and I, I, I want the Cowboys to lose that game week four simply for the decision making of Jerry Jones. That's it. That's it. That's it. It's gotten to that point. That's why I want to see them lose because of their egotistical owner.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. And we're gonna bring it to you. We, we'll make, we make sure, we gonna make sure he'll be pumped up.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hopefully he don't hyperventilate because he gonna want to get a sack so bad. He gonna be wanting to get that ball out, hit dag in his back, strip sack. He want, he, he, he wants a, he wants to make and he wants to make impact plays right away. Especially that game, Ocho. Especially that game. So you're probably going to want to probably throw a couple of screens his way. Couple, you know, you know, run a jet, sweep his way, run a reverse his way, catch him out of position. But it's going to be a very, very, very, very good game. George Kittle is reportedly expected to be sidelined multiple weeks after suffering a hamstring injury during Sunday's win over the Seahawks. Hamstring issues could cost him two games. It cost him two games last season in Rappaport. Killer will likely be sidelined between three and five weeks. Brandon IU remains out as well, still recovering from last season's ACL surgery. Juwan Jennings left Sunday's game dealing with a shoulder injury. More importantly, Brock Purdy status for week two is up in the air after he suffered left shoulder and toe injuries. Hey, they walking wounded.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, more than that. The season just started, huh? We in week one. We're in week one. Your quarterback hurt. My boy. Juwan Jennings hurt.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Auk.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, Auk ain't been back yet. George Kittle, hamstring injury. Again, it all comes down to what do they say? Nutrition. Now, some injuries are not. Or some injuries are going to happen. You know you're going to get hurt. But again, some of the soft tissue stuff. Rock Purdy, I think he has a toe. Unk. He has a toe and a shoulder.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm like these. These are all areas where I could help. But again, no, don't listen to me. Everybody knows best. Let's. Let's bring in these Nutritionists that charge you 3, 4, 500, 000 a year, you know, to give you these. Man, don't get me started. But it is what it is. Hey, I'm wishing everyone a speedy recovery because if. If they don't play, if Brock Purdy's not able to play, man, who the.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hell is the backup they signed? Who did it? Oh, Mac Jones.

[Chad Johnson]

That's right. Mac Jones is the backup. Okay. Max Jones is cool.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Who gonna throw the ball to?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, Ricky Purcell, Ricky White. He. He's emerged and shown that he can be number one. Not just wet a number. He's shown that he can be the number one. So I'm. I'm kind of okay. And with that situation, Christian McCaffrey is healthy. He's playing. Let's hope he.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He can stay healthy.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, he can stay healthy. And they'll be all right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, it's gonna. They don't really have a choice. You know, I. Look, obviously you like to have your starting quarterback, but M. Jones does have some confidence. He's been a starter in this league. He's gone to a Pro bowl. They. I think they signed Kendrick Bourne.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes. Today. Today.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, he signed him today.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So they're. It seems like they're proceeding as if they're not going to have a couple of these guys. Ocho. That's what it looks like to me. I don't know if they got anybody on the practice squad, receivers that they. That they like and probably could call up. Obviously, there's not a. You know, it just so happens I think Kendrick Bourne. Oh, he was the last cut at the. At the Patriots.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm Thinking Kendrick. Mom. Thinking of K. K.J. my bad.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You thinking about K.J. osborne?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm tripping, I think. Wasn't he in Washington?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Commanders. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. So, yeah, look, it's very unfortunate to get ravaged by injuries after the first game. This is, this is, this is the game that, that, that we played and they currently play in the NFL. It's a very brutal game. There are no winners. They're only survivors. And you just try to survive and come out there, you're going to be beat up. If you play, you're going to be beat up. I don't care if you just play special teams, you're going to be having a lot of collisions.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And so just imagine if you play offense or you play defense, you can just imagine. So with that being said, you just hope the 49ers are able to. To weather this. This injury storm that they seem to be going through currently. And it's gonna, It'll be. Man, Kiddo was. Kiddo was like, he was about to go off too, and hamstring just. But he's, He's. He's had, he's had to deal. He's had to deal with some, some injuries before. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, he's had hamstring, he's had guys talking about 49. If you need to reach out to Amari Cooper, hell, if it's. If his heart wasn't hitting in Vegas, it ain't. What makes you think it's gonna be in San Francisco? And you know, Ocho, you know, once you start retiring, you already done told yourself you might would just go ahead and quit.

[Chad Johnson]

And you're only retiring because the situation they putting you in, you coming in thinking you finna be that guy, despite age, understanding, but knowing that, oh, you think I'm gonna come in and we doing cardio. Oh, absolutely not. I'm cool. I hang it up.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. What guy, you know, that's coming off the street gonna be the number one?

[Chad Johnson]

I mean, you know what I mean? Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, then what you saying?

[Chad Johnson]

I mean, but we, we talk about Amari Cooper, we talk about one of the better players to ever pay, and.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He didn't get signed until three days before the season. So what happened all. So what happened during free agency? That's the guy we talking about, Amari Cooper.

[Chad Johnson]

Why he retired. That's what I'm saying. I'm not wasting. I'm not wasting my time. You're bringing me in here. I'm thinking I'm coming in for one thing. And Then once I get there, it ain't what it is. You know what I'm gonna get? I'll give you the two fingers and spread them. I'm gonna give you the two fingers and spread them. I'm out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, but let me ask you this.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes, sir. Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Why didn't somebody sign him during free agency? Why didn't someone sign him and doing ota? Huh?

[Chad Johnson]

Age.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Age. How old is Amari Cooper? Is he 30?

[Colin Coward]

Yes.

[Chad Johnson]

Huh? What you mean?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Might be 31 tops. He 31?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. What do they do to us? What do they do to us once we hit our 30s? What do they do to us, Ocho? They work you out?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, D. Hopkins, D. Hop didn't have D. How does D Hop? He got a job as soon as the season. As soon as free agency started, he got a job at 33.

[Chad Johnson]

We all aren't. We all aren't created equal.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No. So I don't know what Mark Hoover thought. I mean, there's a reason why nobody signed him, Ocho. You do realize that, right? Right. Even if he's playing on a. He looked like he was gonna be playing on the league minimum with an opportunity to earn incentives. So that was kind of going to be the contract that he was going to get regardless.

[Chad Johnson]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And no, there were no takers during the free agency period. There was no takers doing OTAs. There was no takers doing training camp. Only before, right before the season, did you find a taker that doesn't tell you anything.

[Chad Johnson]

A little bit.

[Shannon Sharpe]

A little bit?

[Chad Johnson]

A little bit.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Tell me a little bit.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm mad. My camera yellow, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Look, I just think the thing is, like, look, I mean, and the knock is all. What'd you do? Nah, go back. Turn them lights off. It's good now.

[Chad Johnson]

It is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Hey, you turn the lights on, you turn some yellow lights on. They're not. We're making. To just flip back.

[Chad Johnson]

Why is it doing that? Oh, you know what it is, Jordan? Know what it is? Oh, why would it turn yellow? When I sit down.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He says, I think it's the shirt that you put on. For real? Yeah. Walk away and come see. You see Ocho, you good? You see it? Oh, okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay. What? What? Okay. Why does it do that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause you have those kind of bull drive lights in your house.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay, we good. We good. We good. We good.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho. The billion dollar powerball dream. Our billion dollar Powerball dream is over. The winning tickets for $1.8 billion jackpot was sold in Missouri and Texas.

[Chad Johnson]

Damn. You know What Uncle? It wasn't in God's plans. No, that's not. That's not what he wanted for us.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, he didn't want that for us this time.

[Chad Johnson]

You know, I'm not sad. You know why I'm not sad? Because I'm thankful for what he does. Bless me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, he woke me up this morning, so that's better than a billion dollars to me.

[Chad Johnson]

He did, he did. He did. And my cup runneth over.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Absolutely.

[Chad Johnson]

He continues to bless me in ways unimaginable that I never would have thought of, and he continues to do so. But for that I'm grateful. If you wanted me to have a billion dollars, he'll make a way.

[Shannon Sharpe]

All right, guys, we gonna get you out of this with this. It's our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A.

[Chad Johnson]

Camera. Tony. Hello.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cameron Norwood Jr. Said, oh, I think the Vikings will be just fine with JJ McCarthy, but they should have never let Cousins go to Atlanta when he wanted to stay in Minnesota. No, they just realized they were only going to go so far with Cousins.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. And he had plenty of time to prove it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Chad Johnson]

Time to prove it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. And they weren't willing to pay what Atlanta paid. Think about it. Atlanta paid the man 150 million and gave him 100 million guaranteed.

[Chad Johnson]

Kirk bought that money too, now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Kirk done made the boatload of money now. He bought that money, too. You think about his last six years, he's had fully guaranteed contracts. He played two years on the franchise tag, so last six or seven years, he's only had guaranteed money.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, he better.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So first cousins first cousin's good. He good. Lanny Ray said. I predicted the Vikings first touchdown would be JJ To JJ SK Laney. Congratulations. We know how you bleed purple and gold. You guys won. It didn't look. It didn't look promising for three quarters. It's not how you start, it's how you finish. And you guys finish strong. Where you been, Laney Ray? As a matter of fact, where have you been? Sub 05x stop hating on Caleb. Ben Johnson got out. Coached by Flores. Flores adapted to Ben didn't. Flores has gotten more guys, got more guys experience in the system than being. Tell me, how many quarterbacks do well against Flores? Constant third and longs again. This loss is on Ben creativity in the run game. Flores was able to eat well. It doesn't look like they were doing anything on first and second down either, because when Caleb tried to drop back the path, they unleashed the hounds on him. At some point in time, the quarterback's gonna have to let his back foot hit and he can be able to throw the ball. He can't always have it to throw on the move. And I was. Nobody was hating on Caleb. We just said, hey, he needs time to throw the football. And we thought spending $94 million, with 55 million of it going this year on three offensive linemen that they upgraded the position that there was most ineffective last year. So I really want to see what my quarterback can do when he doesn't have to run for his life every time he catches the ball and just take off running. And tonight was basically a microcosm of what it was last year. The offense didn't look at it. Look, yeah, he made some good throws, but him running for his life was a lot like what happened last year. He was sacked the third most time since the super bowl era. He got sacked 68 times, Ocho.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, 62. 62. Was 62, or is it 68?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't know, but he got sacked the third most times in NFL history since the merger.

[Chad Johnson]

Anything over 50 is a lot. Let's just put it like that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hell, yeah. Hell, anything over 40 is a lot. He got sacked 68 times. Because the record, I think, is David Carr is 76. Right.

[Chad Johnson]

It was in Houston.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, his rookie year.

[Chad Johnson]

I remember that. I remember that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And then I think Randall was next. But a lot of times mobile quarterbacks will have a high sack rate because they run themselves into a lot of sacks. They run out of things on the front side only to run into the arms of somebody on the backside back side. So. So you look at a lot of the mobile quarterback. Go back and study. Look at a lot of the mobile quarterbacks and see what the sack totals. Look at Mike Vick got sacked a lot. Justin Fields sacked a lot. Caleb Williams sacked a lot. Steve Young got sacked a lot until he learned how to be a pocket passer. Randall Cunningham, look at the guys that are mobile quarterbacks. You think, well, damn, how you getting sacked so much? And then go look at a guy like Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Yeah, Frank Sinatra. Ref took the game with those phantom pass interference calls.

[Chad Johnson]

No, I don't know about Phantom.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's hard to be a db. It's hard to be a db. Go ahead, Ocho.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm gonna say some of them. Some of those situations like with Aaron Jones, you can help yourself by looking back for the ball.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, first of all, I'm not thinking for running back. Gonna run a go route on Me, I'm thinking the running back's gonna run. He gonna run the out route or he's gonna run. He's gonna run to Texas. He's gonna try to cross my face. Now he keep doing. He, he keep to keep it up the scene.

[Chad Johnson]

Right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Because I'm playing five footed. Don't you. I'm playing. I'm a break on the out. I'm not gonna let him cross my face. Because if you try to cross my face, I'm a collisioning. Yeah, I'm flat footed. He keep going.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm dead right on that, on that pass interference that put the Vikings all the way down by the goal line. If he looks for that ball, it's going the other way. Interception.

[Shannon Sharpe]

A lot of times they panic.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah. Well, the thing is, I mean, I think Dan Marino would go a whole season and get sacked nine times. Hey, I mean, you couldn't sack Danny. You sack Danny, you like, bro. I got one. I mean, yeah, he would go. He would go season with single digit sacks.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, but, but big Richmond Webb on that blind side now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Where we came. We came out together. Where we came out from Texas A M. Kenneth. Huh? He came out 90. Yeah, he's in my draft. Kenneth Darnell. As a Packers fan, I love tonight's game. Bears lose the home opener while celebrating 85 champs. I hope the Bears fans get home safe. Hashtag bear down. Yeah, you can't lose that game. I. I mean, I hate it like when we have the alumni come back. Oh, you can't lose that.

[Chad Johnson]

No, absolutely not.

[Shannon Sharpe]

A whiskey. Looks. Looks like sightseeing tour to me. Zero wins, but they have multiple trips to the local museum. No chance Ray Holman was there a Mason Graham or an Abdul Carter sighting all this weekend. That's one week. Give them some time that, hey, they got all, you know, hey, week one.

[Chad Johnson]

Jesus Christ.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Bag on head. I'm a long time Dolphins fans living in Miami. How do you think that feels? Y' all should be sending me super chats to pay my psychiatry bill. Jamie J. Breezy Williams. Hey, guys. Excuse me. So many. So many injuries. Week one. Now that week one is over, which injury do you guys think was the biggest loss to a team this week? Well, whoever lost their quarterback, yeah, he's the most important guy. So if Purdy don't play, that would be the biggest. That'll be the biggest loss. Yeah. Kaleidoscope 1 says where Ocho get those chains from? And the general public? And can the general public afford them? Yep. But these Yep.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, nah. But these come from Eliante.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, them come from the mall.

[Chad Johnson]

Shit, I wish they did.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Gary A. Said, after burrow, the number one overall QBs have been trash. So who's been number one? Caleb Williams, Bryce Young, Cam Ward. Who else was number one after those guys? Ocho.

[Chad Johnson]

Cj. Wait, cj. Strap.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wait, CJ was number two with Bryce Young. Bryce Young was one.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, that's right. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Trevor Lawrence.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, Yeah. T. Lawn. T.L.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So that's it. Because Trevor Lawrence was after Joe Burrow, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The guy from Jacksonville. Trayvon. Trayvon Walker.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Dn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep. Brandon Homer. Uncle Nocho. I just want to say that after we won NFL, the highest paid quarterback, Dak Prescott, has more tackles than TDs. Boy, y' all be killing that. Y' all stay on that. Cortez Scott said. Ocho, production and skill set only. Which current hall of Famer is your career comparable to?

[Chad Johnson]

My who? Production and skill and skill set.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, it's a production skill set only. Which current hall of Famer is your production comparable to? Is your career comparable to.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, that's a great question. I'm not sure because I haven't really dug into the numbers and stuff like that, so it's hard for me to really answer that question, being that I haven't done my homework in that area. I'm. I'm sorry, I haven't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Dr. Frankie L. Bell said. Just checking in on you guys. How y' all doing? Love y', all, Doc. We doing good. Life is good. Life is good. Any day that I wake up, no matter everything that transpired, it's a great day to be alive. It is a great day. It is an awesome day to be alive. God is good. God is good.

[Chad Johnson]

All the time.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That concludes this episode of Night Captain. I am your favorite uncle, Shannon Sharp. My partner and co host, that's Liberty City's own Bingo's Ring of Fame honoree, Madden's Raiders adjusted, the former Pro Bowler All Pro, he's Chad Oo Johnson. Please make sure y' all 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. We'd like to thank each and every one of you for your support and your continued support. But because thanks to you, Nightcap has become what we've become. And it's all because of your eyes, your ears, and your word of mouth. We could not have done it without you. Make sure you Check out my shave by La Portier. We have it in stock. And if you can't find it in a city or state near you, order it online. We'll ship it directly to your door. The best tasting premium VSOP cognac on the market. Don't take my word for it because you know this. If you've tried it, and if you haven't, you won't be disappointed if you do. So check us out. We have a commemorative bottle signifying my brother's induction into the Pro Football hall of Fame. He joins me and we're the first brothers inducted into the Pro Football hall of Fame. Just head over to laportiercognac.com to grab your bottle. It was a part of history. Thank you. Please go follow my media company page on all of his platforms, Shay Shay Media and my clothing company, 84. With 84 being spelled out, we've got a new show that just launched under the Shay Shay Media umbrella. Debo and Joe, James Harrison and Joe Hayden. Please go subscribe to their YouTube page. Debo and Joe. Their show airs live every Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 11am Eastern with reaction. Guess what? They're on tomorrow after they'll have a reaction to tonight's game in which Minnesota goes on the road and Beast division rival Chicago Bears by the score of 2724. They scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter and they come all the way back being down by as much as 17 to 6. They're down by 11, but they outscore the Minnesota Vikings 21 to 7 in the fourth quarter and they win a close one, 27 24. J.J. mcCarthy 13 of 20, 143, two touchdowns and an interception. But it's his first NFL start and he was able to pull it out. Shout out to our director, Jacob, and the entire graphics. Hey, y' all see all new graphics?

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, nice now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, we got a little graphic. So, Jacob, hey, congratulations man, to you and the team. You guys are doing an excellent job. Y' all keep us up to date chat. You know, we see you guys saying I appreciate the, uh, appreciate the compliments that y' all give the team. You know, here at Nightcap, we try to do the best. We try to stay on the cutting edge. We try to do graphics, we try to do. Wish we could give you guys highlight, but unfortunately we're not that big yet. We're not that big, but we can give you graphics and other stuff. But eventually, one day, one day, one day we'll be able to you know, maybe have a graphic here and here or there. But thank you guys for the compliments. Congratulations, Jacobs, to you and the entire graphics team. That concludes this episode of Nightcap. I'm your favorite uncle, Shannon Sharpe. That's my partner. We will see you Wednesday. Wednesday. Got something special for you guys on Wednesday. He's Ocho. Wow.

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