Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho react to Travis Kelce saying Shedeur should start in Cleveland !

Summary

Club Shay Shay — Nightcap Hour 2: Unc & Ocho React to Travis Kelce Saying Shedeur Should Start in Cleveland!

Air Date: September 1, 2025

Hosts: Shannon Sharpe & Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson

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Episode Overview

This episode of Nightcap Hour 2 centers on the buzz created by Travis Kelce's comments that rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders should be starting for the Cleveland Browns. NFL legends Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson (“Ocho”) delve into Shedeur’s position, the Browns’ QB situation, and wider league topics—ranging from player contracts to NFL history, team management, and even a segment on infamous fan behavior. Throughout, the conversation is unscripted, humorous, and filled with authentic veteran insight.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Daron Bland’s New Deal & Cowboys Defense

[02:27]

• Chad shares the details of cornerback Daron Bland’s four-year, $92 million extension with the Cowboys, noting his impressive stats and relationship with Trayvon Diggs.
• “I like it. He definitely earned that.”—Shannon [03:14]
• Shannon notes Dallas’s defense will have “bright spots” with their talent but isn’t sure about the whole unit.

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2. Shedeur Sanders & The Browns’ Quarterback Dilemma

[03:35]

• Joe Thomas’ Take: Ocho relays Browns legend Joe Thomas’ perspective rejecting conspiracy theories about Shedeur’s third-string placement:
  • “There’s no reason they wouldn’t be trying to promote a guy like that because he’s great for the league…”—Ocho, quoting Thomas [03:35 & 03:53]
• Sharpe’s Response: Shannon emphasizes that making the team itself is a big step for Shedeur, noting he’ll “see the field” if things go south with Flacco or Gabriel.
  • “When that door opens, you need to walk through that door and close it behind you.”—Shannon [05:38]
• Travis Kelce’s Input: Ocho recounts how Travis Kelce, a Cleveland native, believes Shedeur should be starting for the Browns now for both entertainment and football reasons.
  • “Give the people what they want… he’s gonna bring people to the game.”—Ocho [05:47]
• Hosts’ Reality Check: Both hosts agree that excitement alone won’t dictate depth charts; it’s still a business. Shannon notes the necessity of readiness in the NFL, suggesting Shedeur needs to dominate practices (“make every practice like your Sunday’s game”).

Notable Exchange:

• Shannon: “Every team has that guy that you turn the TV on to see…but that’s not the way the business works.” [06:18–06:53]
• Ocho: “If it’s meant for Shedeur to play this season, he’ll play…approach every practice like it’s his Sunday’s game.” [08:37]

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3. Comparing Rookie Quarterbacks: Expectations & Reality

[07:30]

• Ocho names rookie QB examples (Jaden Daniels, CJ Stroud) who hit the ground running, but cautions they had strong teams around them, warning against expecting instant miracles from Shedeur.
• Shannon and Ocho agree not every rookie can thrive right away, particularly with different supporting casts and systems.

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4. The Quarterback Carousel & Cleveland’s Future

[10:26]

• Ocho and Shannon voice concerns over “merry-go-round” QB changes (Flacco, Gabriel, Sanders) and urge Cleveland to commit to youth if the veteran experiment falters.
  • Shannon: “Because once they make a change, they’re not going back, nor should they.” [10:50]
• The conversation covers Shedeur’s strengths—accuracy, playmaking—as well as areas for improvement: holding the ball too long, being averse to incompletions, and avoiding costly sacks.
  • Ocho: “If you get sacked 65 times, who the hell cares if you got a 70% completion rate?” [11:46]

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5. Browns vs Bengals Week 1 Trash Talk

[13:33]

• Lighthearted smack talk about the Browns facing a tough opener against the Bengals.
• Shannon: “The Browns gonna get their ass whooped… The Bengals might score 55.” [13:33]
• Chad challenges Shannon’s hype, especially about the Bengals’ offensive line and the touted defensive stars on both squads.

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6. Calvin Ridley’s Redemption

[15:31]

• Ocho and Shannon discuss Titans’ WR Calvin Ridley’s journey back after gambling suspension:
  • Chad: “He admitted he made a mistake. He learned from his mistake, and he moved forward.”
• Both praise Ridley’s talent, predicting a big impact in Tennessee.

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7. Giants’ QB Dynamics: Russell Wilson & Jackson Dart

[17:47]

• The Giants’ tight opening schedule and pressure on Russell Wilson to perform is analyzed, with Ocho predicting a push for rookie Jackson Dart if early struggles arise.
  • “You and I did over/under. I’m going under…eight weeks before Jackson Dart plays.”—Ocho [19:27]
• Shannon urges patience, hoping the Giants’ brass let Dart develop rather than rushing him.

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8. Mo Lewis, the Hit that Changed NFL History

[21:50]

• Ocho recounts Mo Lewis’s perspective: “For me, it was just another play…” regarding the Bledsoe hit that launched the Tom Brady era.
• Shannon and Chad discuss Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft’s contrasting personalities, the post-Brady Patriots’ struggles, and what dynasty-level greatness looks like in all sports.
  • Shannon: “The greatness sometimes masks just how difficult something is.” [32:55]

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9. CEO Steals Kid’s Tennis Hat—Society’s Greed?

[36:19]

• The hosts dissect a viral incident where a CEO snatched a kid’s signed hat at a tennis event, using it to critique societal selfishness.
  • Shannon: “Come on now, tighten up, man. Tighten up.” [38:08]
  • Ocho: “This is who we are as a society…We’ve become selfish. We’ve become greedy.” [39:03–39:30]*

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10. NFL Owner Optics: Terry Pegula’s Mega Yacht

[44:40]

• Ocho and Shannon critique the optics of billionaire Bills owner Terry Pegula buying a $100-million yacht after securing a billion-dollar public stadium subsidy.
  • “Why would you do that when you take a billion dollars of public money?” [45:39]

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11. Lightning Round & Fan Q&A

[50:00]

• Uniform debates (Chargers’ powder blue unanimously praised)
• All-time Miami Hurricane receivers
• Rapid sports references—Russell Wilson, Notre Dame prospects, Bengals-Broncos predictions, and more
• Touch of birthday shout-outs and humorous back-and-forth about money owed, pools, and Cybertrucks.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Shedeur Sanders:
  • Shannon: “When that door opens…walk through and close it behind you.” [05:38]
  • Ocho: “If you get sacked 65 times, who the hell cares if you got a 70% completion rate?” [11:46]
• NFL Leadership & Dynasties:
  • Shannon: “The greatness sometimes masks just how difficult something is.” [32:55]
  • Ocho: “There’s levels to greatness.” [34:50]
• On Society’s Greed:
  • Ocho: “We’ve become selfish. We’ve become greedy. No, let me take that back, Ocho. We’ve always been this.” [39:10]
  • Shannon: “Come on now, tighten up, man.” [38:08]
• On Sports Legends:
  • Shannon: “When you see another professional athlete do it at an extremely high level, you have a greater appreciation for it.” [33:14]
• Smack Talk:
  • Shannon: “The Browns gonna get their ass whooped… The Bengals might score 55.” [13:33]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 02:27 – Cowboys CB Daron Bland contract news
• 03:35 – Browns’ QB situation & Joe Thomas’ take on Shedeur
• 05:47 – Travis Kelce’s public plea for Shedeur to start
• 10:26 – QB carousel: Flacco, Gabriel, Sanders
• 13:33 – Bengals vs. Browns week 1 predictions & banter
• 15:31 – Calvin Ridley reflects on career and comeback
• 17:47 – Giants’ QB dilemma: Russell Wilson & Jackson Dart
• 21:50 – Mo Lewis’ hit and the Patriots’ dynasty origins
• 36:19 – Viral fan incident at tennis event & societal critique
• 44:40 – Buffalo Bills owner’s mega yacht controversy
• 50:00 – Q&A: Uniform debate, favorite Hurricanes, NFL prospects

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Recap & Takeaways

• This episode is a classic Sharpe-Ocho mix of NFL insight, current headlines, player advocacy (especially for rookies), league trends, and cultural asides.
• Shedeur Sanders is the episode’s focal point, but larger themes hit on the pressures faced by rookie quarterbacks, franchise management struggles, and perennial debates about expectations and legacy.
• Off-field moments, like the viral tennis incident, are used to draw bigger points about sportsmanship and society.
• Through it all, the engaging chemistry and humor between Shannon and Chad keep the episode lively and relatable, offering plenty for both hardcore fans and casual listeners.

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For further listening:
Check out the next episode of Nightcap for reactions to UNC vs TCU and more NFL storylines.

Transcript

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[Chad Johnson]

The Cowboys agreed to terms with cornerback to Ron Bland four years $92 million with an extension of 50 million guaranteed. And Ocho he got what, 20 million at the time of signing. Bland average 23 million makes him the six highest paid corner in the league. Bland a one time Pro Bowler and one time All Pro from his nine interception 2323 campaign in which he delivered a record setting five pick. Sixes is part of a prolific cornerback corner, a cornerback duo with Trayvon Diggs. He earned it. Oh yeah, you got Nick last year but his first year I think he had five picks. He turned around give you 14. He got Nick. Hey, you believe he's your guy. You got. You got a little extra money stashed away since you didn't sign Micah. Hey, we good? They good? I like it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, he, he, he definitely earned that. He did. I'm. I'm excited to see him back. I'm excited to see when Trayvon. When Trayvon Digg comes back, you know, so that I think they. They defensively. I'm not sure what the Cowboys going to look like, but they're going to have some bright spots at certain position. I'm going to say it like that. They're going to have some bright spots at certain positions.

[Chad Johnson]

There's no conspiracies or hidden agendas with Shador Sanders placement on the Browns depth chart heading into the season, according to franchise legend Joe Thomas. Thomas said the reality of the NFL draft is that they. You have 32 teams that all want to beat each other, and so they're conspiring together to sabotage somebody, by the way, would be great for the league and he's great for the league because the league wants eyeballs. They want people watching their games. They want these great personalities. And so there's no reason. There's no reason they wouldn't be trying. They would be trying to conspire against him and sabotage him. Actually, the opposite. They want to promote a guy like that because he's great for the league and it doesn't make sense on any level. They just believing that with morons and not being able to see this guy is great things since sliced bread. The greatest quarterback since Tom Brady and he's ready right now to be able to elevate a franchise to the super bowl all the time. We're idiots for not seeing it. I think it's a higher ceiling. I think he has a higher ceiling. He's great playmaker. He has a tremendous accuracy and he has that, you know, when you're in the game, how to make those big plays. But just because you have that ceiling that's really high and the potential to be able to. That doesn't mean you can do it right now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I like it. I mean, that's. That's real cute. That's real cute. From Joe Thomas, obviously a Brown's legend.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Anybody knows anything about that organization, the way they do things, it is him.

[Chad Johnson]

He.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He has a right to his own opinion. He has a right to his own opinion. And sometimes his opinion will differ from others based on what they see and what they're seeing and how they're processing how they've handled Shador outside of that. I mean we've talked about it in depth from, from top to bottom. He made the team. I'm happy for him. He's a third string quarterback. I think at some point he will play. Will it be this year? It depends on how bad things go with Joe Flacco and Dylan and Dylan Gabriel when they get their opportunities to play. But I think Shador will see the field and when the opportunity presents itself, when that door opens, you need to walk through that door and close it behind you. Yep, that's, that's it.

[Chad Johnson]

Travis Kelsey differs though. Ojo. Give the people what they want in terms of Browns fans, start your door. Give the people what they want. The world wants to see him go out there and not only play but have success. At this point, guys are rooting for him. This isn't anything against Dylan. This isn't anything against Joe. I'm just saying, I'm just saying the excitement is there for Shador to go out there. He's going to put eyes on the screen. He's going to bring people to the game.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah. Travis looking, Travis looking from a different perspective.

[Chad Johnson]

Travis looking, Travis from Cleveland.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. I mean, obviously being from Cleveland, but he's also looking at the type of player and the excitement that he's going to bring. You're going to have people tuning in to watch Browns games. You're going to have people coming to Browns games to fill the stadium simply BC a quarterback. You know, it's different. Every team has that guy that you, you, you going to see or you turn the TV on to see. Every team has one, maybe two, you know, so I understand where Travis coming from, but that's not the way the business works itself. That's not, it's not, that's not, not the way it works.

[Chad Johnson]

You're right, Ocho. I, I think when you said like, look, Joe Flacco clearly is going to start the season. The number two quarterback is Dylan Gabriel. And if Shador is to get his chance, once he gets in there, hey, take all the chairs away from the table. Can't nobody else sit at the table. Just me. Just me. It's just me. And I, I do think, you know, people do root for him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Look, even, even if Flacco falters and they go to Gabriel, Gabriel's was a rookie also and he's going to struggle. He's going to make some mistakes. I think the thing is, is that, you know, we, we've seen Jaden Daniels and we've seen CJ Stroud, and we see some of these quarterbacks come in. They like, they make it like everybody know everybody's not going to be able.

[Shannon Sharpe]

To play like that.

[Chad Johnson]

Those are isolated and they had really, they had really on them.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Chad Johnson]

They had really good players around them, had really good play callers. And, and, and, you know, that doesn't mean whomever is in there is going to have that level of success. People just think that. People just think that. It's easy. Hey, I mean, I mean, when I first got the league, man, you ain't that big. I, I probably could have played in the league. Oh, you think that's all it takes, is size?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Your size? Yeah, I hear that all the time, man.

[Chad Johnson]

You ain't that big. Okay. You know, I didn't, you know, when I fill out the job application, didn't say I had to. There was a. It's not like the, the amusement park. There's a height and size requirement.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Height requirement.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. But look, what it's meant to be is going to be. Yeah, it's really that simple. What it's meant to be is going to be. If it's meant for Shador to play this season, he'll play this season. If it's not meant to be, play this season, he won't play. All I'm saying is that he should approach every practice like it's his Sunday's game.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, absolutely. You have a choice. It's the only way to approach it.

[Chad Johnson]

That's the only way you're going to prove those are your reps. That's your Sunday. That's your game. Trust me, they're watching now. They're watching to see how. How you. How you getting those guys on the practice squad. How you getting those guys to play, you know, hey, you. Hey, come on, guys. Hey, come on, we got to make those plays. What type of look you're giving the defense. Study the quarterback that you're going to be representing and give them that look.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

If that guy. The pocket. If that guy is a pocket quarterback, stay in the pocket. If the guy moves, you're going to have to be able to move some. You're going to have to give them as realistic of a look that they're going to see on Sunday.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

And sometimes you have to get out of who you actually are. You know what I'm saying, Ocho? Because, you know, that might not be your style, but your style is not going to be the style they're going to see on Sunday. So it does them no good, right, to see do what you do during the course of the week and then the guy on Sunday gives them an entirely different look. But I just look to the best man win. You get out there and you do what you're supposed to do. And if Flacco can hold him off, he can hold him off. If Gabriel gets in and he can hold him off, he holds him off. Shador gets in, he could hold him off. He holds him off. But I don't want to be, you know, okay, Flacco didn't do well in five weeks. Okay, here come Gabriel. Gabriel doesn't do for five weeks. And here comes Shador. Shador doesn't do well. Here come Flacco.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, that merry go round of quarterbacks. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

But I, I just don't know because it's not like Joe Flacco is going to be your long term solution. Joe Flacco is not going to be there next year. I don't think anybody thinks that Joe Flacco is going to be starting, going to be in Cleveland next season. So for me you might as well go one of the youngsters and keep it moving.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what's going to happen at some point. If things, if the bottom falls out at some point. Because once they, once they make a change, they're not going back, nor should they. No. Once they make a change to some.

[Chad Johnson]

Rap, nor should they. So look, everybody's rooting for Shador. They want him to play. And people can't understand, you know, look, some things, truth and fiction, the only difference between truth and fiction, fiction has to make sense. And this doesn't make sense to a lot of people. A guy that threw the ball as well as he did, the amount of touchdowns that he threw for the low interception rate, what he was able to do at Jackson State, what he was able to do at Colorado. Does he have some deficiency? Yes. Does he bail backwards too much? Yes. Does he belly too much and go sideways? Yes. Does he hold on to the ball too long? Yes. Yes. Yes. He's not perfect by no stretch of the imagination.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

And those are things that he's going to have to correct in order to be the type of quarterback that he wants to become. He's going to have to get better. He's going to have to Ocho. I think the biggest thing he's going to have to do is to say f my completion percentage because sometimes I think he's holding onto the ball because he don't want to throw an incompletion wait for everything. Ocho, if you get sacked 65 times, who the hell cares if you got a 70% completion rate? Because there are a couple of times that you took yourself out of field goal range on those sacks. That's what happens. If you take that many sacks. There are going to be times that you're going to take yourself out of field goal range that you potentially take points off the board. He is going to have to get better at that. And I'm sure the coaching staff is in his ear telling him, shador, you'll have to get better than that. You can't take these sacks. You can't put us in third and long. Keep us in second and short. Keep us in third and short. Not third and long. Keep us in field goal range. You can't take a sack when the situation clock like we saw. Notre Dame quarterback can't take a sack in that situation. Ocho, you got no timeouts. The receivers are way downfield. So think about how long it's going to take. Think about how long that play developed and now think about how long it's going to take those guys to get back downfield.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you got every. You got to speed up everything.

[Chad Johnson]

You got to speed up everything. And those guys are coming. This is not seven on seven, you know, we'll get back to the pet. Ocho. Back of your damn head.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Every blue moon, you get one of them.

[Chad Johnson]

Every. Every blue moon. But it's not often.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Nah.

[Chad Johnson]

Not often at all. So we'll see how it plays out. Guess what? We'll find out in the next five, six weeks, Ocho. Yeah, absolutely.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, I know. I can tell you what's gonna happen week one. I can tell you that right now. The Browns gonna get their ass whooped. Brown. I'm telling you. The bangle. The Bengals might score 55. Hey, Chad. Anybody?

[Chad Johnson]

I thought you said. I thought you said the Browns had a good defense with Denzel Ward, Miles Garrett.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, they got a good defense. But the Bengals still might score 55. Cause we got Jamar Chase. We have Joe Burrow. We have T. Higgins, we have Chase Brown. We have a. We have a very, very good offensive line.

[Chad Johnson]

No, you don't have no good office. Don't say that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We have a great restructured offensive line.

[Chad Johnson]

Y' all got an okay offensive line now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We have. No, no. You're gonna see. Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Week one, how many sacks Miles Gary gonna have?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Against who?

[Chad Johnson]

The Brown. I mean, against the. The Bengals this week?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I give him one. I give him one. I give him 1, because he's top three in the league right now. I give him one. Outside of that, that's it. We ain't give him no more than that. And anybody in the chat you want to bet, let me know. Anybody in the chat want to bet, let me know. I bet you whatever. Make it light on yourself.

[Chad Johnson]

Want to know when you gonna pay me?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Pay who?

[Chad Johnson]

Me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh. Oh, man, you know I got you, cuz. I got you. You my. You my guy, you know I got you.

[Chad Johnson]

Calvin really heads in the year two with the Titans. He says he's in a much better head space in his life after injury and mental health journey which included gambling suspension derailed his career. The suspension gave me time to rest, get physically better and mentally stronger. After that year, I was ready to come back. Football has been a job since I was a kid. That's all I've ever did, man. I've never worked a job. I learned. I learned a lot tools during this, that process. I still use those things today. When it gets hard. I don't let myself go too far down. I'll flush it out. The bad thoughts refresh my mind every time I go home. Like it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I like it.

[Chad Johnson]

He. He admitted he made a mistake. He learned from his mistake, and he moved forward.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, most definitely. Most definitely. Most definitely. Listen, I'm excited. I'm excited to see.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, he's special. He could play. Like I said that last year. My. That his last year in Atlanta. Lord have mercy. If.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If the issues hadn't arisen with what happened. He's one of those. We're calling those conversations. We talk about top five.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes. Yes. He was that good. Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Not. Is. Still. Is. Not. Was.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Is that good? You know, and you're gonna see it now. You got. He got. He got him a nice quarterback this year, too. That's gonna get him the ball. All right.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. No, no, no, no, no. He's special. No, no, no. He's special. He's special.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He can go. He won the ones. Hey, uncle is coming. Really?

[Chad Johnson]

Now should be about 28. Yeah, he should have been about 28. 30.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah. Because Kevin really was before Amari. No, he was at the coup. He was at the coup.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if Tennessee come see him, too, after this season.

[Chad Johnson]

They just signed him. He's the second year of a deal, Ocho.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He is.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes. Remember, that's how they got him from Jacksonville.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. I don't think that was enough money, though.

[Chad Johnson]

I mean, What'd he get? Four for 92.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, that's what it was.

[Chad Johnson]

I think so.

[Shannon Sharpe]

At 20. At 20. Oh, at 30. Okay. Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

They might. It all depends on how much you got up front, I think. Didn't he sign a 4 year for 92? How much did you get? Cab. Really? They gave a big number. Ocho.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Okay. Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

They gave him a big number, but he can play. He, he, he, he. He's earned it. Yeah, he's earned it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Four for 92.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Good. He good. He good. He good.

[Chad Johnson]

The Giants have a demanding opening schedule, playing the Commanders, Cowboy, Chiefs and charges over the first four weeks of the season. The athletic reports Russ must engineer wins against those contending to prevent head coach Brian Daboff from benching him for rookie Jackson Dart. Giants brass has told everyone who will listen since the draft. Russell is their unquestioned starting quarterback and the plan is first round picks to develop behind the scenes. It sounds awful familiar to 2019. The plan was for Eli to start Daniel Jones on the bench. Then Jones took over after an 02 start. And the same thing with Eli. Remember when Eli came in, Kurt Warner was supposed to be the starter. And then what happened? Ocho.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Yeah. Hey, hey. I don't. I don't think they should rush it. I. I hate when the media does this. I hope the ball is patient, allowing Jackson Dart to sit back and learn, you know, from Russell Wilson instead of being thrown out there to the wolves. Russell Wilson has enough talent around him. Offensively, they have some good pieces on defense. Well, I think they're going to be fine. They're gonna be fine. The first Russian Wilson. Just throw Uno the ball, baby. That's it.

[Chad Johnson]

Ocho.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

We got Commanders, Cowboys, Chiefs, Chargers.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, well, don't throw the Cowboys out there. Don't throw the Cowboy name out there like that. Like they're. This.

[Chad Johnson]

This is a rivalry game. So, you know they're the same divisions. The divisional game. So, you know, divisional games can go either way. Ocho, you right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But hey, I'm.

[Chad Johnson]

And the Commanders is another division game, rivalry game.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Really good.

[Chad Johnson]

Chief Chargers, very unfamiliar. Two AFC west opponents. I mean, I don't know if I've ever heard of this. You got two division opponents and then you got two FC west opponents. But I'm not. I think you and I did over. Under. I said I'm going under. Eight weeks for Jackson Dart. He played. He played too great in the preseason. And I've heard rumblings. People say you should just talk about preseason, but I'm just saying about preseason. I know, but I'm saying I've heard people say, hey, I would just roll with Jackson dart.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, from. From jump.

[Chad Johnson]

From the jump. Yep.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wait. If they were going to do that, if they were going to do that, they wouldn't have brought in Russell. They wouldn't have had Jamis. I mean, they. I mean, there's no way. There's no way. Because there would be no point in even bringing them in if you just run them. If you running.

[Chad Johnson]

You didn't know you was going to be in a. You didn't know. You. You. You signed all those guys before you got Jackson dart. You didn't know you were going to be in position to get him. What if. What if somebody snatches him up? What if somebody moves ahead of you and take him? So now. So I got. Oh, Jo. It's kind of like, you know, I bought. You buy something and you like, damn, if I knew I was going to be able to get. If I knew I was going to be able to get that at a cheaper price, I wouldn't even bought this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right, right.

[Chad Johnson]

So that I believe that's what happened. They didn't know they're going to be in position to get Jackson dart. And now all of a sudden, we signed these guys in free agency and guess what? Jackson dart is there. Right, man. We can get him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You right.

[Chad Johnson]

Man. If I knew the. I could have got this new car for what I wouldn't. I wouldn't have got these two used ones. But it's, it's. I remember I. And I remember Ocho, how sad Eli looked.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh.

[Chad Johnson]

Standing on the sideline.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, because Eli has started. You have to understand, he looks sad when he.

[Shannon Sharpe]

In the game.

[Chad Johnson]

He does.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It just, just, just.

[Chad Johnson]

You can't tell when he's. Well, he had. They had already broken the street because. Remember Geno Smith when they benched him for that one game?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

I say, man, that's some bull jive. How you gonna break the man's street for one game and then put him back in there?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, they did that on purpose. I'm not sure why. I'm not sure why.

[Chad Johnson]

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[Chad Johnson]

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[Chad Johnson]

Exclusions applied for play for him is really irrelevant to me. I was just another play to me. To y', all, it's a big game. Changing history, changing play. I've never gone back to watch the play. If people want to talk about it, I don't hide from it. But it's no importance to me. Lewis had avoided the spotlight since retiring. Former teammates say he feels slightly because I don't think so. Look, I know Mo. Mo and I used to work out together. He a Funny guy, but he's like, hold on. So what y' all want me to do? The guy got the ball. He's a passing quarterback. He's not that fast. And then, bro, get out of bounds.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He was trying to get out of bounds.

[Chad Johnson]

Not fast enough.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, he was headed out of bounds. He didn't get out fast enough. But it was a good hit. It was a good hit.

[Chad Johnson]

Clean. Good, clean.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, Good, clean hit. Drew Brees went down, and the rest was history. I mean, Drew Bledsoe went down, and the rest was history. Yes, the rest was history, so.

[Chad Johnson]

And it lost. Go ahead.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think. I think if he didn't go down, if drew. If Drew Bledsoe didn't get hurt, I think if somebody. History still would have been what it was. History still would have been what it was. But at some point.

[Chad Johnson]

Come in there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, at some point.

[Chad Johnson]

I mean, I think it might be a very difficult situation. Ocho, you just gave a man $100 million, and then you say, well, we're going to start this guy that we took in the sixth round.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, that's tough.

[Chad Johnson]

That's tough. Now, everything that happened after they won the Super Bowl, Coach Belichick could do no wrong in Mr. Kraft's eyes, because it seemed like every. Every button that he pushed. Kaching, kaching, kaching, kaching. And when it's going like that. Look, I don't. I don't know anybody that's ever been around Mr. Kraft. I've been around him a little bit. I like him. Been around Coach Belichick a little less. I don't have a problem with Coach Belichick, but they are very different people. They're very, very, very, very. How many times did I say very? Okay, one more time. Very different people. They are. Ocho. Yeah. When you got two different people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes, sir.

[Chad Johnson]

That's opposite of each other. Mr. Crab looked at it like, you know what? Yeah. We different. I don't like the way he does certain things or why he talks. I got it good. These Super Bowls keep piling up. We win the division every year. We're in the AFC Championship game every other year.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

I'm gonna keep my mom close.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Hey.

[Chad Johnson]

Because based on what he had done, Coach Belichick should have got another three, four years. If you mean to tell me this man gives you 20 years and you win 18, 19 division titles, you go to seven, you go to nine Super Bowls, you win six, you go to 10, 11 AFC championship games, and you mean to tell me you only get two years, you only get two years. So I give you 20 years of prosperity, and I only get two years? One year, we make the playoff the next year. How many years did Coach Belichick coach after Brady? I'll make sure I'm with it. Two or three. He drafted Mac Jones. They go to the playoffs the next year. They don't. And did they fire him after that? I think Coach Belichick didn't draft Drake May. He got two years. Tampa. Yes. He coached four years already. Wow. I didn't know. Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, he squeezed out four.

[Chad Johnson]

He got four. Went to the playoff the first year. Right. With Mac Jones.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt. First year. Well, he was nice. He looked very promising. And then. I don't know what happened after that.

[Chad Johnson]

Well, right, so he got four years after Brady left. The. The second year.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The second year after Brady. That's the first year.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay, Right, right, right, right, right, right. Okay. And. And I think the f. Look, he has started to take those swings and misses. Oo.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Because when you got Brady, you can swing and miss, and Brady come up there and hit it over the fence he makes. Brady was the greatest eraser. So every mistake that you raid, Brady could erase it every time. And writing the correct answer. Now, the mistakes that you make, it drafting. Drafting those tight ends, and they're not on the team, signing guys in free agency, and they don't cut it after the year. Ms. Grand's like, Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.

[Shannon Sharpe]

This ain't. This ain't what I'm used to now.

[Chad Johnson]

No, no, no. And Ocho, you know, you get used. You get accustomed to a certain. Certain level of winning lifestyle.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah. You want to. Me. Want to maintain that.

[Chad Johnson]

Absolutely. But like I said, I don't. You know, Mr. Krabs is a very religious man not to say that Coach Belichick's not, but I just don't. I. I wouldn't necessarily put them together if I don't see them best friends.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

As just people. Just common people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

You know what I'm saying? And I'm not saying I don't know if owners and coaches are best friends, but.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Strictly business.

[Chad Johnson]

Strictly 1,000%.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Two people with the same end goal, the same end goal in mind. When it comes to business and football, we trying to compete for the same thing. Outside building. Nothing alike.

[Chad Johnson]

Nope. Nope. And I'm like, mo, man, what y' all want me to do? I. Y' all make it seem like I. I intended to, like, almost kill this man. I didn't. I just put a hit on him, just like I would anybody else that's running the football. My job is to. Is to hit people, tackle people, and go back to the huddle and do it over again.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

But it birthed the dynasty unlike anything that we had ever seen. You probably got to go back to the Yankees in the 20s or the 50s or the 60s to find any something like this over the period of time in which it lasted. 60 Celtics, you know, they win eight championships in. In that decade where they went eight in a row. They won more, but they won eight in a row. I mean, you got to go back to something like that. You. But in football, I don't think I'm gonna see it in my lifetime now. I'm not gonna live another 80 years, probably not gonna live another 50 years. So I'm. I'm not gonna see it in my lifetime. Good luck. Somebody that's in the teenage years seeing something like what we saw from 2000 until Tom Brady left in 2020. Good luck. That's what I say. Good luck. I mean, 20, 19, so good luck.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, you're right. And it made it. And people think it's so easy. They think it's so easy because now we're seeing another great quarterback do it. Not to that extent, but he ain't too far off.

[Chad Johnson]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He's on the way.

[Chad Johnson]

No.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And 15 over there in Kansas City.

[Chad Johnson]

No, it's not easy. Winning is hard in the NFL, and to win consistently is even harder. And to win consistently and then cap it off with championships is even is much harder.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

And I think sometimes, you know, it's just like anything. Ocho, you see somebody, man, man, that's easy. Steph Curry, make that look easy. That is. Ish. Ain't easy. Man, that man threw the ball back. That ain't easy. They just. The greatness sometimes mask just how difficult something is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Gretzky made hockey look easy. Usain boat made running look easy. Michael Phelps made swimming look easy. Simone Biles made it look easy. Serena, it's not. It's. That's just that they're so great. You take it for granted.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

But when you play, when you're a professional athlete, no matter the sport that you in, and you see somebody else, another professional athlete, do something and do it consistently at an extremely high level, I think you have a greater appreciation for it, Ocho, than, say, the normal fan.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

I definitely think you have a great appreciation because you realize, you understand. Because you think about Ocho, you think about what we put into what we do. And we were great in our own right. But when you see Jerry or you see Tom or you see Mahomes or you see Emmett Smith or you see a Jerry Rice or you see a Joe Montana or you see a Jordan or Larry Bird, a magic and a LeBron and a Steph Curry.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You'Re like, man, damn.

[Chad Johnson]

And you look out, Joey. Like, I remember. Like, damn. I mean, I remember being in high school. Like, damn, I'm really talented. I mean, I do stuff that just comes so easy. I mean, it's easy for me to. To do this. And then you see these guys, you like, what must they have been like in high school? What was LeBron like? What was. What was Time like? What was. I think Serena was homeschooled. So I'm like, damn. You get a greater appreciation for greatness.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Because you understand, it's just. And there's levels to greatness. There's levels to greatness.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That it is the cat. I think the casual fan really wouldn't understand it. The casual fan. I think those that have played the game, played the sport can see it a little bit differently and understand what you're witnessing beforehand. Seeing Brady play, seeing Pat Mahomes, seeing stuff like that, and the dynasties and. And that they're creating the situations on how great certain situations are, especially when they end that Brady and Belichick era.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid era. Watching the greatness of LeBron, people not understanding. Always having something negative to say. Watching the greatness of the Braun for so long, not understanding how great what we're witnessing is until it's no longer there. Yeah. It don't hit you. It ain't hit you now. It ain't hitting nobody yet. You got to wait till they're done, then you'll see how great Steph Curry is.

[Chad Johnson]

Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They don't understand yet.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. I mean, and there'll be other great players and. But then you'll have a. Like, man, man, you remember when. Man, you remember when Bron and kd, man, you remember when Steph Curry and such and such. Just like Bird and Magic, just like Jordan in this one. Elijah wanted in. Shaq.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

Twenty years from now, people would talk about KD and LeBron, Steph and LeBron. Jokic in this one, Luka in that one. It'll be just like that. Just like we talk about those guys. And just like people used to talk about. When I was coming up, they talked about Chamberlain and Russell Ocho, Polish millionaire CEO Shrek. I already messed his man name up. But this is what he said. He said, I understand that some people might not like it, but please, let's not make a global scandal out of a hat. It's just a hat. If you were faster, you would have had it. I remind you that insulting a public figure is subject to legal liability. No, it's not. You sue somebody. You. If you were to sue somebody in the States, ain't nothing gonna happen. Cause, bro, you snatched the habit. First of all, you took the kid's pen, he tried to hand the guy, he tried to hand the kid the hat. You snatched the hat, you got something signed, and then you gave the kid, his kid his pen back. You didn't let the kid get his. His tennis ball sign. You didn't let him get the hat. You took the pen, got something signed for yourself after you took the hat.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Wait, he took. Why he took the cat from the little kid? That one?

[Chad Johnson]

Because he said if the kid was faster, he'd had it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ah, who signed it?

[Chad Johnson]

What? A tennis player. The tennis player took the hat off to give to the kid because it was his pen that he was signing with.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, and. And the.

[Chad Johnson]

The big grown ass man. Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ah, man, come on, man, that's messed up. Matter of fact, he has the resources to be able to get his sign without. Without having to do all that.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Come on now, tighten up, man. Tighten up.

[Chad Johnson]

From a kid. Now, it was the kids pen and the tennis player signed all that. And the kid didn't get anything signed. He didn't get anything signed and he didn't get. And he didn't get a cheap seat. I would always. If I use somebody's pen, I say, hey, bro, here, let me get that. It's your pen. How you gonna let everybody borrow your pen? You sign five, six, seven things and the guy and the kids pen that you use, he don't even get anything signed.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, man, and that's.

[Chad Johnson]

Man, who pins, who pin is this? Who painted this? Mike, let me get that, bro. Right, that's how you're supposed to do it, y'. All. Sometimes grown people, y' all be doing too much. And you see this all the time. They be for a baseball. The kid about to have a ball, they toss the ball and they reach that big grown ass over there, snatch it away.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, come on, bro.

[Chad Johnson]

From a kid, you're gonna snatch a ball or a towel or wristband or whatever the case. Whatever the case may be. Ojo, come on now. Is that what we are in society?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Every time he polish. Don't put that on us.

[Chad Johnson]

He's a part of society, Ocho, not ours. What do you think? We see that most of the time. If I didn't tell you, you wouldn't know that. You wouldn't know these Polish. We just happen to say that that's what we see in society. We're a part of society. And just when I think society, we're better than this, as a society, I come to the realization, no, we're not. This is who we are as a society. This is what we become as a society. We become. We become selfish. We become greedy. No, let me take that back, Ocho. We become more. We've always been this. Yes, we've always been this. We've become more. But I couldn't believe. And. And then he had the nerve to tweet to. To tweet this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, you on Twitter, too.

[Chad Johnson]

He said, I understand some people might not like it, but please, let's not make a global scandal out of a hat. It's just a hat. If it's just a hat, why the hell you do all that to get it?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think. I think. Chad. Hey, Chad, we need to tweet him. Tell him, give us that goddamn hat back to the little kid.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah. He's a CEO. He ain't just some willy nilly person that works at a company, Ocho. He's the CEO of a company.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right?

[Chad Johnson]

And he's like, if you were faster, you would have had it. Really? So. Because the kid doesn't have the reflexes as an adult. Wow. Hey, and. And first of all.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, what's his Twitter, man, I don't.

[Chad Johnson]

Know what to do.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let's go pay him. Let's go pay his business a visit.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. People have been writing negative views about the business. What is it? Sure, Zach, sure. Zrek purpose.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What kind of place is it? What they sell? What services do they provide? So we get. We can leave a.

[Chad Johnson]

What kind of company? Oh, is it like. It's like a paving company. Ocho Paving. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, we're gonna. We gonna. We gonna. We gonna get them out of business.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Hopefully they don't need to pay anything or they use another company. Yeah, I know he is. Ain't talking about insulting a public figure. Maybe in Poland, but you ain't gonna get no justice. You bring your ass over here because.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, hell no. Hey, don't. Hey, don't play one thing about it, boy. People don't play when people come together.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, but you want to get you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Up out of there. But he won't have no business left.

[Chad Johnson]

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Intense backlash after video of his hundred million dollar mega yacht circulated online Ocho as taxpayers have played nearly a billion dollars towards the team new stadium. Terry Pegula's mega yacht Dub Top 52 is over 200ft in length, featuring luxury cabins that can accommodate up to 12 guests. The vessel is available to charter for 550,000 per week. The backlash came when the bill's franchise received what it called one of the largest public subsidies in NFL history. Why would you. Why would you. Ocho. He's not the first. And. And. And. I don't know. Mr. Pugula. I don't know Him. I've never met him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I do. I know him well.

[Chad Johnson]

I know his daughter. She advanced today in. In tennis and straight sets. Why would you do that? When you take a billion dollars of public money.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Then you turn around and you buy $100 million yacht when you're probably worth 4 or 5 billion dollars. Why would you do that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I have a question too.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think the timing of when he chose to do it.

[Chad Johnson]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Without the public funding, he still could have got that yacht, huh?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, absolutely. And that's the thing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You got that yacht. I think it's just the timing of doing so. Or maybe you got to think, how long does it take to Billy yacht. It is something new.

[Chad Johnson]

It takes a minute to build a yacht.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Exactly. Is this something new?

[Chad Johnson]

Is this something that is probably a couple of years.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. So, I mean, you never know.

[Chad Johnson]

But that's the new thing, Ocho. If you go back and look, look at these owners. Jerry Jones has one. Arthur Blank has one before he left Snyder has one. That seemed to be a new thing because there was a tax going on, a tax cut, a tax break. If you got a yacht, if you got a private jet. So, you know, so you see what I'm getting at you and I know you and I don't know what that's like because I don't want.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I know what it's like because I used to have a private jet before I used to have a mega yacht, but I had to get. I had to get.

[Chad Johnson]

Say it takes four years to build a yacht, Ocho. Now, now this is a 200 footer. So I mean, a lot of them people got 300, 400. Imagine some Russian billionaire, he got one that's, That's a football. That's length of a football field.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Can you imagine how big. I can't even think. My mind wouldn't even wrap around that. But look, I might have. I might, I would, might, would buy shares in a, in a, in a, in a. Pj. Private jet. I want no yacht. I want no yacht.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You want no yacht?

[Chad Johnson]

No, hell no. I don't like the water like that. I don't even take no bath.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, hey, listen, man. I had my feet kicked up, man. On my yacht, man, with my cigar, man. Relaxing. Frankie, Beverly and Maze playing in the background, talking to. Man, get your off that goddamn bow.

[Chad Johnson]

No, I wouldn't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Get out. Come sit back here.

[Chad Johnson]

A jet. Private jet, Ocho.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

I want shares in a private jet. I only put a couple hundred hours a year. Couple hundred hours a year. Give me everywhere I need to go. Yeah. Huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I ain't going nowhere like that. See, you. You like to fly? You like to travel.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, Joe. That's all you do. Let me ask you a question. How do you get from point A to point B, isn't it? I don't know, But. I don't know if you noticed, but your company filed bankruptcy again.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Who?

[Chad Johnson]

One that you fly all the time that you be talking about the spirit airlines. I ain't called no name. Won't you. We don't call names on here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, one thing we not gonna do is we're not gonna talk about spirit airlines.

[Chad Johnson]

I didn't talk about it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When it comes to chapter 11 bankruptcy, let's understand what chapter 11 means. We gonna be all right, and we ain't going nowhere. And I'm not singing the song either, but we gonna be all right.

[Chad Johnson]

We're gonna be so. Yeah, I mean, like you said, Ocho, it's just the optics of it. I mean, it's like you. That's how I feel. Chad, he out here buying all this new ish, and he owe me 5,900. What.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What have I bought new? I haven't bought anything new.

[Chad Johnson]

New place, all white. Look at them TV. Them iPads on the wall.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, why you keep. Hey, I know. I know, Chad. They might. Hey, it look. It look really small, right?

[Chad Johnson]

But look at.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, it's far away. That's actually 60 yards.

[Chad Johnson]

I don't know about no 60 yards, but I know that's what you call them.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I look, you can see me.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, I see you. Let me tell you what I can't see. 5,900.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, now, that's. That's like. That's like. It's like almost a football field here in the living room. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Hey, what. All right, Ocho, we're gonna end on this one. It's time for our final segment of the evening. It's time for Q and A.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm almost. I'm almost here.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, you got a cyber truck? Did you get a cybertruck?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Huh?

[Chad Johnson]

Didn't you get a cyber truck?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Me? Yeah. It's out there. I ain't. I ain't buy that.

[Chad Johnson]

My. My little.

[Shannon Sharpe]

My baby bought that for me. I know she watching. Hey, boo boo.

[Chad Johnson]

New baby, old baby.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now, come on, man.

[Chad Johnson]

Come on. Come on, man. Hey, get my money.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I got you. I got you. I got you.

[Chad Johnson]

Long.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, listen, remember, as long as I owe you, we ain't never.

[Chad Johnson]

You told me that before. You ain't gave Me my money yet.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I know because the pool. The pool almost finished. As soon as they finished the pool.

[Chad Johnson]

What they got doing my money. I want to get a pool too.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You can't even swim.

[Chad Johnson]

I can't swim now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're too old to get in the water. You got bad hips.

[Chad Johnson]

That's why. That's why I want to get in the jacuzzi. I want to get the Jacuzzi where it's nice and warm. Erdo is saying who has the best uniforms in the NFL and who has the worst uniforms in the NFL. The worst is a team up in with Jordan's hometown. Who Cincinnati.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Our color rush. Those color rush. All white jersey with a white helmet.

[Chad Johnson]

That's the best. That ain't y' all beautiful. That ain't y' all stand uniform. Oh, standard.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

I like, I like the. You know, I, I like, I like the Chargers. Those powder blue.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. That powder blue. Nice boy.

[Chad Johnson]

That powder blue.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I can agree with you on that. That powder blue is nice.

[Chad Johnson]

And you know who you have to. You remember the Houston Orleans old powder blue to love your blue uniforms.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. With the, with the, with the. The oil.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I like the Broncos. You know what I used to. I like the Broncos. The OGs, the. The blue and orange with a helmet.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The horse on the side.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Nah, this was this one. It had this logo on the side, but it was a different orange. It had that logo on the side, but it was. It was a lot.

[Shannon Sharpe]

There are. Yeah.

[Chad Johnson]

Color of blue kernel with oo. Who are your top four Hurricane players?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Woo. Sean Taylor, number one. Ray Lewis. Ed Reed. Oh, my goodness. I mean, I can go Andre Johnson. I can go Santana Moss, Roscoe Paris, Andre Row. It's. Oh, it's so many. I'mma go. I'm going go with my dogs, though.

[Chad Johnson]

So. So no, no, no Michael Irving. No SAP. No Cortez Kennedy, no Jay Boogie, Jerome Brown. None of them. Huh. You know what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Matter of fact, you know what I'm doing? I'm going receivers.

[Chad Johnson]

Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Santana, boss. Andre Johnson. I'm going my dog. Roscoe Parish. Give me another. Give me another receiver. I'm tripping.

[Chad Johnson]

You got Devin Hester. What's the guy he played at. He played the Indy. Reggie Wayne.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm tripping. Reggie Wayne. Yep. That's my. Matter of fact, that's my five right there. I mean, listen, it's. You can go. When it come to, um, you can go down every position and it's nothing but dogs.

[Chad Johnson]

You.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You can't even go wrong, but I'm going with all receivers.

[Chad Johnson]

Hell, Jeremiah Love only got 14 touches, bro. Why Jeremiah Love? Who he play for? You must be talking. He talking about for the Canes or something? Because I'm missing something. Notre Dame. How many touches you want him to have?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, that little. Little receiver for Notre Dame, Faison.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He started. He started off the game out the gate. They were where they were featuring. That boy. He was nice.

[Chad Johnson]

10 for 33, 4 for 26. I mean, it's kind of hard to get the running game going when you're behind. Yeah. And they really couldn't run the ball. They had 28 rushes for 93 yards. I mean, I'm. That's not good. So I don't really know what you. What you expect them to do. OG underscore Thanos. What's up? Uncan Ocho, can Carson Beck be a high draft pick? With a good season this year, anything's possible.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, matter of fact, he can be a good high draft pick if you beat the teams that you're supposed to be.

[Chad Johnson]

Yep.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No. Beat the teams you're not supposed to beat.

[Chad Johnson]

My bad.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's what I meant to say.

[Chad Johnson]

I think they're going to be favorite against. They're going to be favored a lot of games. I think they might not be favored against Florida State. It'll be close. It might be a Pick them or they might be favored by one or two.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

But you're right, Ocho, they're going to be favored down there in every game because a lot. And a lot of their toughest games are at home. So they're, you know, they're going to really be favored, so. But I think he can. Chris Baller said, who y' all got tomorrow? Tcu, unc. Can't wait to see what Coach Belichick.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Has planned going with Bill all day.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah. Look, we saw how Matt Patricia had Arch Manning head spinning.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, boy. Hey, Matt. Maddie had them boys playing.

[Chad Johnson]

He did. And. And I always think I. I think like when. When. When pro coaches, former coaches come, they have a decided advantage because they can get. Yeah, they're gonna. They're gonna show some looks college these kids ain't never seen before.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And it's much easier, too. Especially you have the personnel to be able to execute those looks. If you ain't got the right players, you ain't be able to pull it off.

[Chad Johnson]

And the thing is, Ocho, is that. How do I go back and study film? I got to go back and look at film with Mike Patricia called defenses. I got to go back. That's in the NFL. I got to go look at when Coach Belichick called defense. That's in the NFL. I ain't got no college tape on him.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Right.

[Chad Johnson]

So they do have an advantage. Wazu said, my mom went back to school to get her teaching degree in her 50s. Never too old. Wazoo. You're absolutely correct.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's right. So when y' all see me at famu. FAMU next year. We're at the. At the end of football season. Look. February, March, something around there. Y' all find me in Tallahassee. We'll be doing the show from there.

[Chad Johnson]

J1's J1's Cal said Jaron Sagaportelli is a lefty cow quarterback from Hawaii that everyone has been talking about. He beat out Ohio State transfer Devin Brown as a true freshman and has drawn comparisons to Tui and Purdy. Okay. We have to take a look at him, bro. Tommy G. Notre Dame cathedral is a 10 out of 10 experience. Take your word for it. I've never seen it before on television. I've never seen it in person. Pat dub said Week 4 Packers versus the Cowboys. Bingos versus the Broncos. Nightcap gonna be rocking. Y' all wear each other's jersey. If y' all team lose. Ocho Nim losing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I. I guarantee we don't.

[Chad Johnson]

Y' all lose it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I guarantee we don't. And I know one thing. What Jamar Chase. I hope Pat.

[Chad Johnson]

I Hope Pat for PS2.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I hope. I hope Pastor Tan don't do that. I hope you follow him all over the place because we don't had our conversation on how to slice and dice him now. So we good.

[Chad Johnson]

Reezy Rock said Cincinnati and Denver week one. Who's losing? Not the Broncos.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, not us either.

[Chad Johnson]

Anybody losing then. Okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And all right. And I've told you we putting up 55 points.

[Chad Johnson]

Troy Hughes said that trading Michael Parsons to Green Bay just killed the Cowboys super bowl hopes or can Dallas still piece it together?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, hopes.

[Chad Johnson]

I didn't say they were going to. Too bold if they kept it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What are we talking about?

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah. I didn't see that with Michael. So Elijah says just saw Little Wayne. Great show. Who would you like to see live? I sample UNC talking about how valuable his time is in a song called Myself. Check it out. Send it to Ocho and Ash. Who would I like to see in concert?

[Shannon Sharpe]

He. He. He's. He's pay. He's passing going on. But.

[Chad Johnson]

Who. Who would you want to see a concert Prince Michael. Who?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, blue eyes.

[Chad Johnson]

Oh, Frank Sinatra.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, man. Oh, yeah. Oh, Frank. Boy. I. Yeah, I'm. I'm the type. Frank would probably put me on stage to come sing with him. Can you imagine me and Frank Sinatra singing a duet?

[Chad Johnson]

No, I can't imagine that now. I could. I couldn't imagine that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Come fly with me, man. I.

[Chad Johnson]

Boy. Yes. Can y' all give a shout out to Daron Grimm for his birthday today? Ocho, you inspired him a lot when he played college football. Thank you, Duron. Happy birthday. Hopefully, you had a great day. Hopefully you did something. Got a great. Got some gifts. Got an opportunity to spend it with family, friends, and loved ones, because that's what we do on our birthday. We celebrate with those that we love and care deeply for and that care about us. So happy birthday, Shannon Bartholomew Sharp. Why y' all want me to be a Bartholomew? Do I look like a Bartholomew?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You look like a Bartholomew, though. It makes sense. I like that. You should change your name. You should add that to your name in the course. I like that.

[Chad Johnson]

Ask somebody. You look like an Earl.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Me?

[Chad Johnson]

No, me.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I can see Earl.

[Chad Johnson]

Earl Le Pearl.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Earl of Pearl Shaw.

[Chad Johnson]

I think I'm just gonna go with Shay. Shelling. Shay Shock. Yeah, that works.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay. Okay. I like. I like that. Little short.

[Chad Johnson]

Little short.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Chad Johnson]

Yeah. Thank you guys for joining us for another episode of Nightcap. We greatly appreciate that as you watch the number 10 Miami Hurricanes take down the number 6 fighting Irish of Notre Dame by the score of 2724. Carson Beck was 20 of 31, 205 yards, 2 touchdowns, no ints as they win 2724. Thank you guys for watching another episode of Nightcap. Y' all know me. I'm your favorite uncle. Shannon Sharpe, my partner and co host. He's Liberty City's own. He's madding rating adjuster Bingles, ring of fame honoree, pro bowler all pro. He's Chad Ochocinko Johnson. Please make sure you hit that subscribe button. Please make sure you hit the like button and go subscribe to the Nightcap podcast feed. Wherever you get your podcast from. Thank you guys for your support and your continued support. We greatly, greatly appreciate it. Make sure you head over to check out Shay by Laportier. If you can't find it, any city or state near you, order it online. We'll ship it directly to your door. Please drink responsibly. My cognac. Got a commemorative bottle celebrating my brother and I induction into the pro football hall of fame. We are the first two brothers in the Pro Football hall of Fame and I thought it'd be really cool if I did something to commemorate that special, special occasion. Just head over to laportierconac.com to grab yours. 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 got a new show launching under the Shay Shay Media umbrella. Debo and Joe James Harrison and Joe Hayden. Please go subscribe to their YouTube page. Show them some love. Debo and Joe. They'll be live Monday, Tuesday and Friday mornings at 11am Eastern. Tomorrow is their very, very first episode. Show them some love. Check them out. You won't be disappointed. Those guys got great chemistry again. Miami beats Notre Dame by the score of 2724. The number 10 team wins at home. Took down the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. I'm Unk Heath Ocho. We're back tomorrow after UNC tcu. Thanks for joining us. Huh? No frogs. Frogs upside down. I'm Hug, he's Ocho. We out.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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