Cooper DeJean, Reed Blankenship & Bijan Robinson on the Super Bowl, Kevin Stefanski & More

Summary

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Exciting Mics – Super Bowl Week: Cooper DeJean, Reed Blankenship & Bijan Robinson on the Super Bowl, Kevin Stefanski & More

Date: February 6, 2026
Hosts: Cooper DeJean & Reed Blankenship
Special Guests: Bijan Robinson (Atlanta Falcons), Mary Crippen (NF Elementary), Jeremiah Love (Notre Dame), Kyle McCarthy (Agent)
Setting: Super Bowl Media Center, San Francisco

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Episode Overview

In this high-energy Super Bowl-week episode, Eagles defensive backs Cooper DeJean and Reed Blankenship broadcast from San Francisco’s EA Sports Madden NFL booth at the Media Center, bringing on Falcons’ star running back Bijan Robinson, legendary agent Kyle McCarthy, and drafting sensation Jeremiah Love. Listeners get a candid, entertaining look into life after the season, Super Bowl nerves, fresh starts under new coaches, wild food takes, and a lightning round of questions from real elementary school kids.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Catching Up Post-Season

[01:10–05:34]

• Cooper recounts Pro Bowl events, media obligations, and basking in Arizona’s warmth.
• Reed shares his whirlwind relocation from Philadelphia back to Tennessee, braving interstate winter storms, and preparing for “baby moon” travels.

Quote:
"I got down here Saturday. Got to be a part of the Pro Bowl festivities… played the game Tuesday. NFC got the dub. Got a nice little check." – Cooper DeJean [01:13]

2. Reflecting On Last Season & Moving Forward

[05:34–07:58]

• Both hosts candidly discuss the sting of not reaching the Super Bowl again despite last year’s championship, emphasizing the rollercoaster of two seasons "blending together."
• Reed, a free agent, is focused on improving core strength and flexibility—maybe with Pilates.

Quote:
"I don't know. You can get a little mentally fatigued and physically fatigued, but it's good to have a couple weeks just to lay low and let your body recover." – Reed Blankenship [05:00]

3. Super Bowl Memories & Game-Day Nerves

[08:32–10:35]

• The duo revisit last year’s Super Bowl jitters—Reed’s nerves so intense he needed anti-nausea meds, while Cooper had “butterflies” but turned it into a breakout performance.
• Analysis of this year’s matchup: both expect a low-scoring defensive slugfest.

Quote:
"I had to take a… zofran for nausea… I don't know if it was nerves, just like, this is crazy, you know?" – Reed Blankenship [08:40]

4. Style Segment: Super Bowl ‘Sharp Fits’ Fashion Ratings

[11:26–14:03]

• Hosts rank high-profile NFL and celebrity outfits using the "Cooper Sharp" cheese scale, from Zach’s suit (top marks) to Stefon Diggs’ futuristic shoes, to Bijan Robinson’s own red-hot look.
• Reed reveals his Abercrombie & Fitch aspirations; shout-outs abound.

5. Player Recovery & Fitness Habits

[14:03–15:50]

• Recovery talk: Golden Standard Whey Protein shakes, constant travel, and new supplement rituals get the spotlight.
• Cooper’s motto: "I travel a lot, so I always got the 40 gram protein shake with me to help me on the road." [14:41]

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Featured Guest: Bijan Robinson Interview & Insights

[16:02–29:01]

On Super Bowl Week and Partnerships

• Loving the week’s energy and plugging Colgate Total, Bijan notes his commitment to handling problems before they start—on and off the field.

  Quote: "I'm super big in handling those problems before they start. You know, that's big with Colgate…making sure that you don't have to go to a dentist." – Bijan Robinson [16:52]

Setting Records & Work Ethic

• Reflects humbly on his “a little over 2,200 yards” season, stressing leadership, versatility, and making those around him better.

  Quote: "It's just a blessing…God is good for continuing to let me grow in my game and all over the field…just trying to enhance, continue to enhance not just myself, but my teammates." – Bijan Robinson [17:36]

The Kevin Stefanski Era in Atlanta

• Immediate positive impressions of new head coach Kevin Stefanski and his “special,” offensive-minded vision for the Falcons.

  Quote: "The thing I love about him is his leadership. He's been a head coach before, so…we love that." – Bijan Robinson [18:51]

Offbeat Team Culture & Locker Room Talk

• Least trustworthy for aux-cord? Michael Penix: “His taste in music is so dry…it's Kodak Black all day.” [20:16]
• Favorite locker room jams: House music for its versatility.
• Reality show star on Falcons: Ray-Ray McCloud or Kobe Bryant for their “huge personalities.”
• Essential on-field gear: “Cleats. I gotta have a specific pair, a specific saying that I write on there.” [22:19]
• Rotating 5–6 pairs through games and practices—never wears a fresh pair straight away.

Offbeat Food & “Bijan Mustardson”

• His own mustard brand (Dijon, honey, & classic), launched four years ago. Craziest mustard fans? “They just gulp it right out of the bottle.” [25:14]
• Banter ensues about weird food mixes: Reed admits to ranch on spaghetti, syrup on eggs ("Oh, absolutely not!" – Bijan Robinson [26:32]).

Quick Hitters – NFL Fun

• Can the average person get 5 yards in an NFL game? Bijan: “Absolutely…if there’s a wide open hole…though they might trip.” [26:53]
• Funniest trash-talker? “Kobe Bryant…he brings it out of me.” [27:51]
• Ultimate running back build: Speed—Chris Johnson, Size—Derrick Henry, Balance—Ladainian Tomlinson, Vision—Barry Sanders, Hands—Marshall Faulk/CMC, Adds himself for hands. [29:01]

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Kids Q&A with Ms. Mary Crippen (NF Elementary)

[29:10–38:28]

Kids across America fire off hard-hitting, hilarious questions:

• Favorite school lunch: Reed: Rectangle pizza; Cooper: Chicken nuggets w/ BBQ sauce.
• Recess games: Football (“getting in trouble for tackling”), basketball, dodgeball.
• Building a super team:
  • QB: Matt Stafford
  • RBs: Christian McCaffrey + Bijan Robinson
  • WRs: Jamar Chase, Justin Jefferson, Jameson Williams
  • TE: Tucker Kraft
  • Defense: Seahawks
• What do you love in life? Cooper: "The people I have around me, the game of football, my Lord and savior Jesus Christ." [35:18] Reed shouts out his expecting wife and unborn daughter (“girl dad!”).
• Celebrity crushes (from Cambry in South Dakota): Cooper’s picks: 1A) Sydney Sweeney, 1B) Tate McCrae. [37:47]

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Jeremiah Love (Notre Dame RB, NFL Draft prospect)

[38:41–42:34]

• Declared for the NFL draft after 3 years; aims to bring versatility (“block, run, catch”) to a pro backfield.
• Inspired by Jameer Gibbs, Saquon Barkley, Ash & Jinte, Bijan Robinson.
• Builds his “perfect back”:
  • Speed: Jahmyr Gibbs
  • Size: Derrick Henry
  • Balance: Himself
  • Vision: Najee Harris
  • Hands: Alvin Kamara
• NFL Draft plans: undecided if going to the event or celebrating at home, wants “everyone who’s been a part of the journey” to be included.
• Super Bowl pick: Seahawks, expects a “low scoring” defensive game.

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Kyle McCarthy (Agent, Former ND & NFL Safety)

[43:14–47:32]

• Admits he was initially hesitant about the show: “I was a little concerned… you guys are great players, you don’t need any of this other noise… you’ve exceeded expectations.” [43:45]
• Shouts out the podcast crew, recaps the Pro Bowl and upcoming Super Bowl events for the guys.
• Names best players he played against: “Reggie [Bush], Calvin Johnson… Brian Dawkins, Champ Bailey”—adds, “I made a highlight one time against Percy Harvin though. I was on his highlights—it was bad!” [46:01]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• "I just wish I was a little bit more calm. Maybe fourth year in the league, it hasn’t changed."
  – Reed Blankenship, on Super Bowl nerves [09:13]

• "For me, it's just trying to enhance, continue to enhance not just myself, but my teammates, everybody around me…"
  – Bijan Robinson, on his approach to the game [17:36]

• "He’s from Florida, so they have the same taste like, bro. It's Kodak Black all day.”
  – Bijan Robinson, on Michael Penix's aux-cord skills [20:19]

• “Rectangle pizza.”
  – Reed Blankenship’s favorite school lunch [29:54]

• "I love the people that I have around me. The game of football. My Lord and savior Jesus Christ…"
  – Cooper DeJean [35:18]

• "He’s as good of a player that I’ve seen off—like a running back I’ve seen in person—since Reggie Bush."
  – Kyle McCarthy on Jeremiah Love [45:03]

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Top Timestamps

• Bijan Robinson joins, Colgate partnership, and reflections: [16:02–17:36]
• Super Bowl nerves & last year’s big game: [08:40–10:35]
• Trash talkers, locker room personalities, and on-field gear: [20:06–23:01]
• Kids' hard-hitting Q&A: [29:10–38:28]
• Kyle McCarthy’s candid agent take: [43:14–44:13]

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Conclusion

This episode of Exciting Mics serves up an unfiltered, inside look at NFL life and locker room culture in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. Cooper, Reed, and their guests blend earnest football talk and competitive grit with infectious humor, fresh fits, wild food opinions, and true gratitude for their journeys. Whether you’re an Eagles diehard or just love athlete banter, this week’s show is packed with chemistry, heart, and memorable takes – proving why Exciting Mics is the NFL’s most relatable, entertaining new podcast.

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Go Birds!

Transcript

[Cooper DeJean]

You got a new staff coming in, Coach Kevin Stefanski. Yep. New OC what excites yourself about them and what they're going to bring to Atlanta? Have you. Have you been in contact with them?

[Bijan Robinson]

I have. I have. Yeah, man, Kevin. Kevin's awesome, man. As soon as he got the job, like, we started talking to each other immediately and about life on the field, off the field. And the thing I love about him is his leadership. He's been a head coach before, so, you know, to see him and. And this role with the Falcons and his vision for the team and talk about it with him, it's been a. It's been pretty special. And he's just such an offensive mind, and we love that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Pretty exciting. Welcome back to the Exciting mics. I'm Cooper DeJean.

[Reed Blankenship]

And I'm Reed Blankenship. We're in San Francisco this week at the EA Sports Madden NFL booth at Super Bowl Media Center. Back with another great episode.

[Cooper DeJean]

Remember to follow exciting mics on all platforms like comment, share and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you listen to your podcast. Let's get it started. We're going to start this podcast off with how we do it, every single episode with what's exciting us this week.

[Reed Blankenship]

You've been down here for a little bit.

[Cooper DeJean]

Down here for a little bit.

[Reed Blankenship]

What for? What for?

[Cooper DeJean]

I was down here for the Pro Bowl. That's right, the Pro Bowl. I got down here Saturday. Got to be a part of the Pro bowl festivities. All the fun stuff. Played the game Tuesday. Nfc, got the dub.

[Reed Blankenship]

Nice.

[Cooper DeJean]

Got a nice little check, you know.

[Reed Blankenship]

Wow.

[Cooper DeJean]

For winning the Pro bowl.

[Reed Blankenship]

We want a.

[Cooper DeJean]

Which isn't too bad.

[Reed Blankenship]

A present then.

[Cooper DeJean]

You want what?

[Reed Blankenship]

I want a present.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, you're gonna get a present. You're gonna get a present. And Reed. Yep. Flew in this morning and he's flying out tonight for his baby moon.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Where you get. Probably shouldn't disclose that, but.

[Reed Blankenship]

But shout out to wifey for allowing me to say. Allowing me. But yeah, she. She made some things work and I'm able to come out here.

[Cooper DeJean]

We got up early at like 4am I did so.

[Reed Blankenship]

Running on some caffeine.

[Bijan Robinson]

Oh, were you trying to get me?

[Reed Blankenship]

I was just doing that. Sorry.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, let's catch up a little bit.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, sure.

[Cooper DeJean]

What have you been up to since the season ended? Anything fun? Anything crazy you spent Chilling.

[Reed Blankenship]

I guess more of moving is. That's. That's not really fun. Yeah. Moving from Philly back to tn. So back.

[Cooper DeJean]

Tennessee.

[Reed Blankenship]

Like Tennessee. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's not. That's not a lot of fun.

[Reed Blankenship]

Moving is always.

[Cooper DeJean]

I hate moving. I hate packing. I hate unpacking.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

I hate all of it.

[Reed Blankenship]

It's got to be done, though.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

But we. We made it work. Made it work.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's good. I mean, I've just been hanging out. I was in PA For a little bit for a week or so, and then went back to Iowa for a few days, and I've been enjoying the nice little weather down in Arizona.

[Reed Blankenship]

Well, I'll tell you one thing. I'll tell you one thing. Me and. Me and my wife drove from Jersey to Tennessee.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

Obviously it was freezing up there. Went back down south still, same temperature. They handle it a little. Little bit different. Crazy South. Everything. Everything shuts down.

[Cooper DeJean]

But obviously, season didn't end the way we wanted it to. That is why we're here talking to you guys. Yeah. Radio Row in San Francisco. But, you know, how long. How long did it take you to get over that. That last loss?

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm still not over it.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

Honest.

[Cooper DeJean]

Probably not to the end of the season, I think.

[Reed Blankenship]

I won't even say end of the season. I guess back to when I started.

[Cooper DeJean]

Obviously, it hurts a little less now, like, after the game, a few weeks after the game. But, yeah, it sucks not. Not to be able to play, you know, this. This weekend. And now it's back to work in the off season. Reed's gonna read the free agent, so hopefully we can bring him back.

[Reed Blankenship]

We'll see.

[Cooper DeJean]

To Philadelphia. You got. What are some things you're gonna try and improve on this. This offseason when you go back to work there?

[Reed Blankenship]

There's a few things. Sometimes, like, some things, I want to just keep it personal so I can just work on it myself.

[Bijan Robinson]

Absolutely.

[Reed Blankenship]

Physically, probably a little more core, a little more flexibility.

[Cooper DeJean]

For sure.

[Reed Blankenship]

Might get into Pilates. That's.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm about to, too, so I don't know how it works. I might be the only, like, professional athlete in the studio, but that's all right. That'd be the least flexible.

[Cooper DeJean]

And you're gonna be in there with a bunch of pros.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

I think speed and strength are always, always things.

[Reed Blankenship]

Absolutely.

[Cooper DeJean]

You know, that you. That we needed to continue and to improve on those. That'll never change, you know, but pretty soon, we're gonna get back to work. We've been relaxing.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

The last few weeks or so. Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

I mean, this was. I was actually talking to somebody, I guess, a couple days ago. It felt like last season and this season just meshed together.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, it was crazy all at once. Felt really long.

[Reed Blankenship]

I don't know. You can get a little mentally fatigued and physically fatigued, but it's good to have a couple. Couple weeks or so just to.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

To lay low and let your body recover the way it needs to.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, Most definitely is. That's. That's what I've been doing. Reed's been doing that also, so. But now we're here. Yeah, we're here in San Francisco talking on. On exciting mics. Obviously.

[Reed Blankenship]

Crazy. It's a different environment here.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

It's not our. It's not our own little studio. We do. We do. We're going. What have you been doing after the Pro bowl, dude?

[Cooper DeJean]

Pro Bowl. I've been here on Meteor Row, living it up. Joey has been. Joey's been putting me to work down here at the. At media row.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm sure she's taking.

[Cooper DeJean]

Talk to some cool people. I got to be on Pat McAfee Show.

[Reed Blankenship]

How was that?

[Cooper DeJean]

It was cool. It was really cool. I made a shot for 10,000 to charity. Did you make it in a basketball hoop? Yeah. 10,000 charity. I missed the first one, though, which would have been 20,000 to charity.

[Reed Blankenship]

Oh, so she made the second one, though.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

You're on K. I made.

[Cooper DeJean]

I made. Yeah, I was on kms, too.

[Bijan Robinson]

That was.

[Cooper DeJean]

That was an interesting. Interesting interview.

[Reed Blankenship]

I feel like you never know. You never know what's going, like, about to be asked.

[Cooper DeJean]

You never do. But that's okay. That's okay. Sometimes you just got to go with the flow.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

And you know, that's what I do. That's what I do. We both just go to the flow. Go with the flow.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's what we do, man. We're on the loudspeaker. Don't say anything crazy.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're on the loudspeaker. Exciting mics, baby. Me and Reed blanketship back here at super bowl week. It's a little different this year, obviously, being on radio Row filming the podcast compared to last year. But it's a little bit of the same, though, because there's a lot of media that goes along.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, it's different. I mean, you gotta. When you're here for the super bowl, you gotta balance the media and play a game. Yeah. Here we're just.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're just bounce. We're just loving the media and having a good time, so it's okay.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'd rather be on the other end.

[Cooper DeJean]

Trying, but 100% would be. That's all right, though. It's hard to Believe it's been almost a. Almost a year since we won the super bowl on my birthday. Birthday's coming up on Monday. The game's on Sunday.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yep.

[Cooper DeJean]

So it's been. It's been a crazy year. It's. It almost seems like the years blended together. Like we went to the super bowl, just rolled right into the next season.

[Reed Blankenship]

I feel like there was no break. But we did have a break.

[Cooper DeJean]

But we did have a break. Very little breakdown.

[Reed Blankenship]

The schedule. Home away.

[Cooper DeJean]

Home away. Yeah, our schedule was insane.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

But no excuses.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

I mean, no excuses. Obviously, the end goal wasn't achieved, and now it's. Now it's back to work, but a lot of things have changed. We're still us, you know, we're still rebanking ship. Cooper, Jean.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Well, you guys all know, but things around us have changed, obviously. We started the podcast.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah. Didn't. I mean, didn't know what we were getting into, but we really didn't.

[Cooper DeJean]

And now we're here at Super Bowl. We shooting a podcast on radio. Crazy Reed's up. This is his style. He's rocking jeans. He probably. Last year this time.

[Jeremiah Love]

No.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, no sweatpants. Yeah, last year, you would have been wearing sweatpants.

[Reed Blankenship]

Last year at this time, I was wearing. I wore a suit.

[Cooper DeJean]

No, I'm saying, like, if you were here last year, you would have been wearing a sweat. A sweatsuit.

[Reed Blankenship]

Probably comfortable.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

Why not be comfortable?

[Cooper DeJean]

But we can get you. We can get you in some Abercrombie and Fitch, maybe.

[Reed Blankenship]

Shout out.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out. Shout out.

[Reed Blankenship]

Shout out.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's talk about. Let's talk about last year's Super Bowl. Obviously, with super bowl coming up on Sunday, what were the nerves like going into the game last year?

[Reed Blankenship]

I had to take a. I don't know what you call it. Like a zofran for nausea.

[Cooper DeJean]

Really? Dude, it was before the game.

[Reed Blankenship]

Before the game.

[Bijan Robinson]

Wow.

[Reed Blankenship]

There was a couple times last year where I don't. It wasn't. I don't know if it was nerves, just like, this is crazy, you know?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

You have so, like, you. You are a different person than I am when it comes to games.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. I just like to have fun. So you just go out serious.

[Reed Blankenship]

I got to be serious. Somebody's got to be serious.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm. I'm serious, but I'm. Have fun.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm not saying you're not serious, but.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

I just wish I was a little bit more calm.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. You know, get there. Maybe we'll get there.

[Reed Blankenship]

Maybe. Fourth year in the league. It hasn't Changed. So.

[Bijan Robinson]

No.

[Cooper DeJean]

But the super bowl last year was probably the most nervous I've been for a game. I don't know if it was mers. I don't know if it was nerves or excitement. I was. I mean, I just had butterflies going through my stomach.

[Bijan Robinson]

Our locker room.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's almost like I knew something was about to happen before the game. Like just the amount of butterflies I had.

[Reed Blankenship]

Well, you didn't have a pick all year.

[Cooper DeJean]

I didn't have one and I. It's the last game of the year. I'd heard it all year. QA got two in the playoffs, I still hadn't got one and then I got one and then we blew them out big time. Defense played great. Offense played great. Special teams clicking on all cylinders. I think the Nerf stops right after our first drive. Like that first third down stop that we got.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, it's usually after the first hit for me. Like I've got to hit somebody first, whether it's taking on a block or.

[Cooper DeJean]

Get a feel a little bit, you know? Yeah, feel it, Feel it. Do you have any predictions for this one? For this one? What's your prediction?

[Reed Blankenship]

I mean, I feel that's going to be pretty close.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's definitely going to be close to good defenses.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, I don't feel like it's going to be anything like it was last year.

[Cooper DeJean]

I feel like it depends who. Who gets. Gets the turnover. That one turnover is going to change the game, I feel like.

[Reed Blankenship]

Wasn't it? I mean, there was when we played the Chiefs in 22. It was close. And then 23 was. It was San Fran and Chiefs again.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

That was a close game too. I feel like that those are defensive games and they're not like crazy exciting for the fans, but for a guy like me, it's.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's supposed to be the best teams in football. So. Yeah, I mean, you know, but Mad did a simulation and the result was Seahawks 23, Patriots 20.

[Reed Blankenship]

Wow.

[Cooper DeJean]

What do you think about that?

[Reed Blankenship]

I don't know. I mean, I feel like I could see that happen. I can see. I can agree with that. I feel like it is going to be a low scoring game.

[Cooper DeJean]

Definitely is. Yes. But we'll see what happens. I guess if I. We're back. Now it's time to get into our favorite segment though. Is this the sighting?

[Reed Blankenship]

Yes.

[Cooper DeJean]

Fits. This is a special one though, because we're calling it Sharp Fits.

[Reed Blankenship]

Oh.

[Cooper DeJean]

Since it's brought to you by our friends at Cooper Cheese Shout Out. Cooper Cheese. We're gonna look at the Following super bowl theme fits and say whether they're mild, medium sharp, or Cooper Sharp.

[Reed Blankenship]

This is nice.

[Cooper DeJean]

This is nice.

[Reed Blankenship]

Who we doing, left or right? Or are we doing this as a whole?

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's see what we're doing them both. We're doing both. Okay, so I didn't know Zach was going full suit.

[Reed Blankenship]

So Zach going full suit. I'm going to have to say that's Cooper Sharp.

[Cooper DeJean]

That is Cooper Sharp.

[Reed Blankenship]

Now you. I would say I went with the Nike tech medium. Yeah, I'll give you.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'll give you that. I'll give you that. Because I'm looking like Reed back in back before I met him. I got him to. All right, we got. We got Stefan Diggs here. Super bowl arrival on as he's going to the plane here. He looks a little cold. Looks like he's got some shoes he's gonna switch into once he gets to the warmer weather in San Fran.

[Reed Blankenship]

It looks like the shoes from Back to the Future.

[Cooper DeJean]

This, personally, is not something that I would wear, probably. I'll go. I'll give him a sharp because I just. Cause I know he's got. He's got some style and swag.

[Reed Blankenship]

Whatever you say, I go with, too, I guess. Sharp.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, we'll give him sharp. Sharp. Stefon Diggs, Kenneth Walker. Your boy Reed likes the name K9. This was back K9 in week nine. Oh, some calm. This is calm.

[Reed Blankenship]

Sharp.

[Cooper DeJean]

Calm Sharp. I'll give him sharp, too. He's got the Louis V. Duffel all white with the green jacket. That's a sick jacket, that is. No, I give him sharp.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm saying sharp.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, go with sharp. Oh, bad bunny. Shout out. Bad bunny. This year's super bowl, full halftime show performer at the Met Gala. Personally, I'm a fan of all white.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, I am, too.

[Cooper DeJean]

So I'm going to go Cooper Sharp on this one just because I like the all white.

[Reed Blankenship]

I don't know, is the roses part of it or.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, they must be a part of it. I mean, it'd be clean without the rose.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Either way, the roses just add a little. A good little aesthetic, I guess. Whoa. We got Bijan Robinson here, who was just. This is awesome. Good fit. I like the red.

[Reed Blankenship]

I like the red, too.

[Cooper DeJean]

Red shorts.

[Reed Blankenship]

It's different. It's unique.

[Cooper DeJean]

It is unique. It's unique, and I like that. So I'm gonna go Cooper Sharp for him, for our boy Bijan Robinson.

[Reed Blankenship]

I agree. Got his mustard.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's got the loafers on with the high socks and the Shorts shout out to his stylist too. That's sick. Now we're going to tell you about our partners from Optimum Nutrition. After a game or workout, I use golden standard whey protein powder to help my muscles recover quickly. My schedule never really slows down, so even in the off season, I'm dialed in on recovery and performance. Golden standard whey protein helps me do that. Right here we got the 40 gram protein shake. I travel a lot. I travel a lot.

[Reed Blankenship]

A rot.

[Cooper DeJean]

I travel a lot. So I always got the 40 gram protein shake with me to help me on the road. They also make creatine gummies. Easy.

[Reed Blankenship]

Just pop in before a workout, after.

[Cooper DeJean]

A workout or whenever you want to take your creatine. Whenever you want to take your creatine. And they also got the, the powder protein, the golden standard whey protein. Nice. I used the double rich chocolate flavor. Really big chocolate protein shake, guys. Big chocolate, no fruit.

[Reed Blankenship]

A little bit of fruit.

[Cooper DeJean]

Maybe throw some fruit in there. Yeah, perfect. Make it. Yeah, add some fruit to it, I guess, if you want.

[Bijan Robinson]

Do you do that?

[Cooper DeJean]

I usually just drink the. Why not that golden standard whey protein straight up.

[Reed Blankenship]

Oh, straight, straight to the dough or.

[Cooper DeJean]

I got the 40 gram protein shake with me right here on go at all times. You know what I'm saying? So shout out Optimum nutrition. We've been running around with them. We were running around with them yesterday. We were doing interviews on behalf, getting them some shout outs for helping us.

[Reed Blankenship]

Try it out, then stay recovered.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we'll get you some.

[Reed Blankenship]

Thanks, bro.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, you're gonna need one before your flight.

[Reed Blankenship]

You're right before your flight tonight. Might need one right now.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're excited to welcome two time Pro Bowler, one time all Pro Falcons running back Bijan Robinson. Welcome to the show.

[Reed Blankenship]

Thanks for joining us.

[Cooper DeJean]

Bajan has partnered with Colgate Total to highlight the Colgate Total active prevention whitening toothpaste and toothbrush and emphasize the importance of oral health.

[Bijan Robinson]

That's right.

[Reed Blankenship]

What's been your highlight of the super bowl week so far? And talk about us about your partnership with Colgate Total.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah, man, I mean it's been amazing, man, like just being around and seeing all these great people here. Obviously we got a dub in that promo, you know, that's what we do. But no, man, it's just super cool, like you know, being a part of this another year. Obviously, you know us players like we're competitors so we want to play in the bowl. Obviously you guys won last year, congrats. But no, it's A been a great time being here, but yeah, man. With the Colgate total active prevention system, it's been a great partnership. And, you know, I'm super big in handling those problems before they start. And, you know, that's big with Colgate and handling the issues and the oral health problems before they start and, you know, making sure that you don't have to go to a dentist. And so the. But the big thing is their toothbrush and their toothpaste is. Is, you know, what's. What's big right now. And I just want everybody to get it. I want everybody to be a part of it. Because if you love Colgate, you'll love it. If you hate it, then you'll still find a way to love it. So it's good, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out, Colgate, baby.

[Reed Blankenship]

Shout out. But obviously off the field, you're winning. I mean, this year you had what, 2200 yards? A little over 2200 yards.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's insane.

[Bijan Robinson]

I mean, it's just a blessing, man, like. Like God is good for continue to let me grow in my game and all over the field, like running the football, catching the football, and it just being a threat all over, wherever I lined up. So, you know, for me, it's just trying to enhance, continue to enhance, not just myself, but my teammates, everybody around me on that offense. So we can continue to, you know, keep striving to be the best.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm sorry I keep cutting you off, but go ahead. Do you go into a season knowing that you might get a. A lot of work or it's just one of those things?

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah, I mean, I think just one of those things. I know I'm preparing for that. I'm preparing for just a lot of work and whatever the team needs for me. But yeah, I definitely knew, like, I had to go in ready to go with, you know, runner, runner routes right at receiver, at slot from the backfield, and then obviously all the run game stuff. But I just know that I had to become a complete player this year and not just be like some pass run, but every. Everything, whatever.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yes.

[Cooper DeJean]

You got a new staff coming in, coach. Kevin Stefanski, new oc. You know what excites yourself about them and what they're going to bring to Atlanta? Have you been in contact with them?

[Bijan Robinson]

I have, I have, yeah, man, Kevin's awesome, man. As soon as he got the job, like, we started talking to each other immediately and about life on the field, off the field. And the thing I love about him is his leadership. He's been a head coach before, so, you know, to see him in this role with the Falcons and his vision for the team and talk about it with him, it's been a. It's been pretty special. And he's just such an offensive mind and, you know, we love that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Exciting. Yeah.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

You're going into a contractor, I'm sure. I mean, you're not really thinking about that, but we just went through this. He played pretty well throughout it.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Is that something that's been on your mind or you're just. You're just focused on ball right now?

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah, I mean, it's. You know, you focus on ball.

[Jeremiah Love]

Yeah.

[Bijan Robinson]

There's talks about it and, you know, I just put it in God's hands, man. Whatever he has for me, and that's. That's what's gonna. That's what's gonna happen. So, you know, obviously, I gotta focus on the now and, you know, take it one day at a time. And, I mean, you see, we'll see what happens.

[Reed Blankenship]

Sometimes it's hard to put that little voice in the back of your head saying, this is. This is a big year, you know, no doubt. But you just got to go out and play. Whatever happens, like you said, put in God's hands for sure.

[Bijan Robinson]

That's all you can do. Be yourself.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right. We're going to ask you some questions about your. Couple of questions about your teammates and yourself.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

So who on the Falcons do you trust the least with the ox cord on a. On a road trip?

[Bijan Robinson]

I'm going say.

[Cooper DeJean]

And why.

[Bijan Robinson]

I'm gonna say Michael Pennix, bro.

[Reed Blankenship]

Really? Bro.

[Bijan Robinson]

His taste in music is so dry. Like, he. He's from Florida, so they have the same taste like, bro.

[Reed Blankenship]

That is true.

[Bijan Robinson]

It's Kodak Black.

[Reed Blankenship]

Shout out Matt.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. He's from Florida, too. Yeah.

[Bijan Robinson]

And it's just crazy. Like, everybody will be so upset if he was on ox. I'm like, you gotta expand your bras, bro. Like indie, alternative. Anything else? So you.

[Reed Blankenship]

Are you a big. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Music taste. And I do.

[Bijan Robinson]

I do. I.

[Cooper DeJean]

What's your favorite genre of music?

[Bijan Robinson]

Probably house music.

[Cooper DeJean]

House music.

[Bijan Robinson]

House music, you know, because it's all. It can go chill house. Chill house music, or you can go, you know, a little bit more upbeat. But that's. That's my favorite job. I played in the locker room is my dad.

[Reed Blankenship]

Now, this is another question we have. If the Falcons had a reality show, who's getting the most screen time and why.

[Cooper DeJean]

Some personality.

[Bijan Robinson]

I would probably say, you know, one of my. One of My past teammates.

[Jeremiah Love]

Ray.

[Bijan Robinson]

Ray McLeod.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, bro.

[Bijan Robinson]

He would be amazing on a reality TV show.

[Reed Blankenship]

Like, just his person that. Like his character.

[Bijan Robinson]

We have another kid. I don't know if y' all know him, but his name is Kobe Bryant.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah. He has a huge personality as well.

[Reed Blankenship]

So what makes him, like, I know Jordan Davis is one of our.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, probably. Probably be ours.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yep.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's just a funny guy. Got a great, great personality.

[Reed Blankenship]

If they're anything like him, I mean, he's hilarious.

[Bijan Robinson]

They definitely are. Yeah. Kobe's a big personality, you know, will say whatever, do whatever, and it's. It's pretty hilarious.

[Reed Blankenship]

Kind of mingles with everybody.

[Cooper DeJean]

I think you get a lot of screen time on the. On the reality show.

[Bijan Robinson]

I mean, I think. I think I would, but I know y' all said a teammate, but. So definitely, definitely you can say yourself. I mean, you don't have to be humble, y'.

[Reed Blankenship]

All.

[Cooper DeJean]

Maybe as a duo.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, they. They like to throw us in the mix.

[Bijan Robinson]

Absolutely.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Bijan Robinson]

Thank you.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's get. So we're. Now. Now we're going to go to you.

[Bijan Robinson]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

What on field gear that you wear, do you think makes you elite? It can be anything. Like, could be.

[Reed Blankenship]

And has it changed throughout the big thing?

[Bijan Robinson]

I would say the cleats.

[Cooper DeJean]

Cleats.

[Bijan Robinson]

Like, I. I need. Man, look at this. Look at this bird.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, I don't like this bird.

[Bijan Robinson]

It's the wrong bird. What's it called? But I'll say. I'll say my cleats and. And I got to have a specific pair. Like, I got to have a specific saying that I write on there. But yeah, if the bottom of the cleats feel great, like. I know, I know. It's gonna be a great day.

[Cooper DeJean]

Do you. So do you wear a new pair of cleats every single week or.

[Bijan Robinson]

I don't.

[Reed Blankenship]

Do you, like, really?

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah. So I. I have, like, five or six pair that I wear throughout the season, and then I'll just rotate because.

[Reed Blankenship]

Is it practice, too? Yeah, practice.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah, practice. Because I need to, like, feel it. Like, I need to really break into it.

[Cooper DeJean]

And I don't like wearing new cleats. Yeah, I like having something, you know, broken in. So I don't.

[Bijan Robinson]

I don't go through. So you don't have the same cleats, like, in. In. In the season?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I'm good. I wear the same, like, style I try to wear.

[Reed Blankenship]

I wear the same style. It's hard to wear the. I feel like after a couple uses it.

[Bijan Robinson]

Are the styles still in style like the do. Does the company still make the.

[Cooper DeJean]

So. So Nike used to have these vapor.

[Reed Blankenship]

The like vapor carbon ones, the little studs. Right.

[Bijan Robinson]

Oh, oh, hello.

[Cooper DeJean]

All the time. And they stop making them.

[Bijan Robinson]

I know. Nike is a brand problem.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, yeah, I know.

[Bijan Robinson]

Old school.

[Cooper DeJean]

Sorry. Boy.

[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

Bijan has his own mustard brand.

[Bijan Robinson]

I do.

[Cooper DeJean]

Bijan Mustardson.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yes, sir. Yes.

[Cooper DeJean]

Wow.

[Reed Blankenship]

What's the, like, what's the difference? So it tastes like Dijon mustard.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah. So it's Dijon mustard name on it and then we change it to Bijan.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay.

[Bijan Robinson]

And so we have like the, we have the Dijon mustard. We have the honey mustard and the regular mustard now, but man, it's been, it's been something that I started like about four or five years ago and it's been.

[Cooper DeJean]

What do you, what's the, like the weirdest thing you think that you put mustard on?

[Bijan Robinson]

Do you eat the weirdest thing? Right.

[Reed Blankenship]

So you, you're a big mustard fan.

[Bijan Robinson]

I do like mustard. I Do. Absolutely. But not for, like, People use it for a lot of weird stuff. Like, I see fans, you know, just take the mustard and just gulp it, right? And I'm like, like, man, good for you, you know? Good for you. That's.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's crazy.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, I like that. With ranch, I think.

[Cooper DeJean]

Ranch?

[Bijan Robinson]

Are you serious?

[Reed Blankenship]

That or sweet baby rays.

[Bijan Robinson]

I mean, I put ranch on everything.

[Reed Blankenship]

Everything, bro.

[Bijan Robinson]

Spaghetti.

[Reed Blankenship]

Now, if I have. Listen, listen, listen. If I have spaghetti on my plate. You said spaghetti, right?

[Bijan Robinson]

So you.

[Reed Blankenship]

If I have spaghetti on my plate and say I have, like, a salad with ranch on it, and it mixes a little bit, it's not bad.

[Bijan Robinson]

So you just want. You just won't put the ranch on the spaghetti.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'll put ranch on the sp.

[Bijan Robinson]

Put the ranch on the spaghetti. Spaghetti bread.

[Reed Blankenship]

Now, have you had. This is off wall. What? Stir up on your eggs.

[Bijan Robinson]

Oh, absolutely not.

[Cooper DeJean]

Not on your eggs.

[Bijan Robinson]

On the eggs.

[Reed Blankenship]

Like, try.

[Bijan Robinson]

Really? Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Syrup or ketchup? On my eggs?

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah. Ketchup? Yeah, I put ketchup on.

[Reed Blankenship]

Try syrup.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, let's get in these. Quick hitters. Yeah, Quick, quick ones.

[Bijan Robinson]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Obviously, you play. You play running back.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Do you think the average person could gain 5 yards rushing in an NFL game?

[Bijan Robinson]

I absolutely do.

[Reed Blankenship]

Really?

[Bijan Robinson]

I mean, all right, I know y' all play defense, but, like, think about it.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm thinking about it.

[Bijan Robinson]

I don't think about it.

[Cooper DeJean]

Line, too.

[Bijan Robinson]

It depends on the O line. So, okay, if an average person and they make a wide. A wide open hole, say, on a play action, I don't know, like a. Out a zone scheme or something, and there's a wide open hole, they could trip. Like, they could run two yards and trip and. And put the ball out and they gain five yards. All right, now, I mean, they might need a little bit of speed, a little bit.

[Reed Blankenship]

I respect that.

[Bijan Robinson]

But I don't know, man. That's. That's. That's kind of hard. Shoot.

[Reed Blankenship]

Funniest. Ish talker you've played against.

[Bijan Robinson]

Funny is trash. You know, it's weird. Not a lot of people talk trash because, you know, I played against both of y'. All. I'll say y'. All. Y' all know. I'll say a word on the field, bro. I am silent. Silent. But I'll probably have to say, could.

[Cooper DeJean]

Be on your team, too.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah. You just hear it.

[Bijan Robinson]

I'll probably say Kobe Bryant.

[Reed Blankenship]

Really?

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay.

[Bijan Robinson]

In college. And I see him in practice, and, bro, he, like. He brings it out of me. He brings it out. I don't know. I don't know what he brings out.

[Reed Blankenship]

Of me, but if somebody starts, you.

[Bijan Robinson]

Know what he doing, bro. So I'll probably say Kobe Bryant.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, last one. Build. Your ultimate running back. Could be anybody, past or present.

[Bijan Robinson]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Speed, size, balance, vision, hands. All the things the running back needs.

[Bijan Robinson]

I'm going say speed. Chris Johnson.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay.

[Bijan Robinson]

Like he. He was the guy. Size. I mean, you got to go Derrick Henry because he's. I know you body slammed him, but.

[Reed Blankenship]

I know you said it. Leave him out.

[Bijan Robinson]

He's balance.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, you got pretty good. I mean, I've seen you play. You got pretty good balance.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, you gotta throw yourself in there.

[Bijan Robinson]

But I'll probably say LT like Ladania Thompson and then. And then vision. Barry Sanders hands. There's a lot of great running backs I can catch. I would put myself in there.

[Reed Blankenship]

There we go.

[Bijan Robinson]

There we go. I'll probably put like a Marshall folk.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay, okay.

[Bijan Robinson]

Or like CMC or somebody.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yep. All right.

[Bijan Robinson]

But yeah, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's it for our boy, Bijan Robinson. Appreciate you joining us on exciting mics.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah, appreciate it. Be on here with y'.

[Cooper DeJean]

All.

[Bijan Robinson]

Absolutely, absolutely. Yep.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's give a warm welcome to Mary Crippen, the famous elementary school teacher shaping young minds in the classroom through NF Elementary.

[Mary Crippen]

You got it.

[Cooper DeJean]

There we go.

[Mary Crippen]

You got it.

[Reed Blankenship]

Ms. Mary has some probably hard hitting questions from her elementary class.

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah, I mean, these are. These are not questions from me. These are. And this is from elementary classes all over the country.

[Reed Blankenship]

All over the country.

[Mary Crippen]

So there's a bunch of classes now enrolled in elementary. Yeah. So are we ready to get into.

[Cooper DeJean]

Let's do it. Let's get into it.

[Mary Crippen]

All right. This one's from Shayra, 4th grade, North Dakota.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay.

[Mary Crippen]

We're starting off easy.

[Cooper DeJean]

Midwest Shout out.

[Mary Crippen]

All right. What was your favorite school lunch?

[Reed Blankenship]

Oh, I know the. Is it rectangle pizza.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Really?

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Mary Crippen]

Any sides with that?

[Reed Blankenship]

Like, they usually had, like, corn. I don't like that.

[Mary Crippen]

Now, were you a juice or a chocolate milk guy?

[Cooper DeJean]

Chocolate milk. Every single time.

[Reed Blankenship]

Chocolate milk. And then the Trumoo brand. You remember that? Like the low fat. I didn't really like that.

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Really?

[Reed Blankenship]

I started getting like, apple juice. But you remember those Gatorade cans?

[Mary Crippen]

No, my school didn't do that.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we didn't have public school.

[Reed Blankenship]

We didn't do that.

[Cooper DeJean]

We didn't have juice either. We didn't have apple juice.

[Reed Blankenship]

Sorry. That's what I like.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's crazy.

[Mary Crippen]

How about you?

[Cooper DeJean]

My favorite probably the chicken nuggets with barbecue sauce.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Nuggets. Dipped in barbecue sauce. For some reason, the chicken nuggets at school were just hidden different for some reason.

[Mary Crippen]

True.

[Cooper DeJean]

And I usually got a couple of chocolate milks if my friends wanted me to hand. And hand me another one. I'd take another one. But chocolate milk was. Was the essential.

[Mary Crippen]

I mean, yeah, I put chocolate milk in the cereal.

[Reed Blankenship]

Really?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah. Chocolate milk.

[Mary Crippen]

Frosted Flakes. So underrated.

[Reed Blankenship]

Milk in general.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'm not a big cereal milk in my cereal. I just eat the cereal dry.

[Reed Blankenship]

He is. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

He gets that every day. You get more of the flavor, I think.

[Mary Crippen]

No, no, because then the milk after the cereal is all gone. It's like the flavors change.

[Reed Blankenship]

Okay, well, there's too much going into this.

[Mary Crippen]

In chocolate milk is like triple the chocolate.

[Reed Blankenship]

I don't like that. Too much chocolate.

[Cooper DeJean]

So you're a big, big cereal person.

[Mary Crippen]

Huge.

[Cooper DeJean]

We gotta get you some Coop scrunch. Oh, I got my own cereal.

[Mary Crippen]

Do you really?

[Reed Blankenship]

Come get an acne.

[Mary Crippen]

For real?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we'll send you some. We'll make sure to send you some.

[Mary Crippen]

All right, ready for question number two?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yep.

[Bijan Robinson]

Let's do it.

[Mary Crippen]

Here we go. It's from Elijah, first grader, Pennsylvania.

[Reed Blankenship]

Ooh.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yay.

[Mary Crippen]

Shout out. What did you guys like to play at recess?

[Reed Blankenship]

This is easy for me.

[Cooper DeJean]

We either were playing football, usually getting in trouble for tackling each other.

[Mary Crippen]

That's still true. Even this day and age.

[Cooper DeJean]

Or basketball.

[Reed Blankenship]

Dodgeball.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, dodgeball. Dodgeball at recess. I thought that was more of a physical education class.

[Reed Blankenship]

We didn't have recess. We had what? Yeah. What?

[Mary Crippen]

Yes, you did.

[Reed Blankenship]

No, I didn't.

[Mary Crippen]

Choir. No, no.

[Cooper DeJean]

Pe.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's what we called.

[Cooper DeJean]

Recess is like free time.

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah, recess is free time.

[Reed Blankenship]

I don't remember. Look, I went to school. I don't ever remember.

[Cooper DeJean]

Should we go to private school?

[Reed Blankenship]

No.

[Mary Crippen]

All of us are public school. Public school, public school.

[Cooper DeJean]

Public school, public school.

[Mary Crippen]

Shout out.

[Reed Blankenship]

Shout out.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out.

[Reed Blankenship]

I guess from Alabama. We do things different.

[Cooper DeJean]

Whatever.

[Mary Crippen]

All right, here we go. Next question. This is from Parker, fourth grade, Wisconsin.

[Cooper DeJean]

Wisconsin.

[Mary Crippen]

All right. If you could build a super team, who would be on it?

[Cooper DeJean]

Super team. Like football this.

[Reed Blankenship]

Like, who's in the NFL now?

[Cooper DeJean]

How many people are we picking here?

[Mary Crippen]

Let's go, Cube. I mean, whatever you want.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, qb.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Mary Crippen]

Qb.

[Reed Blankenship]

Is it who's playing now? Or like, anybody? Anybody. Oh, because we do it now, obviously.

[Cooper DeJean]

These are young kids, right?

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah, these are. I feel like you got to do.

[Cooper DeJean]

The now, because right now, Quarterback, I'm taking Jalen Hurts.

[Mary Crippen]

You can't okay, can we not pick all the people?

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, no Eagles. So no Eagles outside of the Eagles.

[Mary Crippen]

Yes.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay. You pick quarterback.

[Reed Blankenship]

I gotta pick quarterback?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

Matt Stafford.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Quarterback, Matt Stafford. Running back. I'm gonna go Christian McCaffrey.

[Reed Blankenship]

Really?

[Mary Crippen]

After you just had Bijan sitting here?

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah. All right.

[Cooper DeJean]

We can have two running backs.

[Mary Crippen]

You can.

[Cooper DeJean]

They're both like. They're both like receivers, you know?

[Reed Blankenship]

Going to put Bean at 2.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we'll put Bean and CMC in there.

[Mary Crippen]

All right.

[Reed Blankenship]

All right. Who we going next? Receivers.

[Cooper DeJean]

Receivers. We'll go receivers.

[Reed Blankenship]

Receivers. Jamar Chase.

[Cooper DeJean]

Jamar Chase. Yeah, I like that one. Another receiver will go. Justin Jefferson.

[Mary Crippen]

All right. Ch.

[Reed Blankenship]

So.

[Cooper DeJean]

So one more receiver. One tight end. One receiver and one tight end. Let's get, like a fast guy, like a burner down the field. I was thinking like Jameson Williams or Tyree Kill.

[Mary Crippen]

Pre injury.

[Reed Blankenship]

Jmo. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, we'll take JMO and then tight end. Tight ends, trying to think here. Who's some.

[Reed Blankenship]

You have Tucker Kraft.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, yeah, he's a good one. Kincaid from the Bills.

[Reed Blankenship]

Knox, too.

[Cooper DeJean]

Dawson Knox. Yes. Ferguson. God, why can I not think of any tight ends right now?

[Reed Blankenship]

You're on the spot.

[Cooper DeJean]

I think I'm gonna go with Tucker Kraft.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, he does it all. Blocks, catches.

[Mary Crippen]

If you guys like fantasy style, like, you know how you don't build your defense, you just pick a defense on fantasy. You can't pick the Eagles. What defense is your.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's crazy.

[Cooper DeJean]

I'll go with the. I'm gonna pick the Seahawks.

[Reed Blankenship]

Just like Seahawks. If you're going this year. Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Seahawks defense. All right, easy.

[Mary Crippen]

Love it. Here we go. We've got Leanna, second grade, from Missouri. She wants to know, what do you love in life?

[Reed Blankenship]

What do I love in the question?

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah, you got to think about that. You can think about that. What do you love in life?

[Cooper DeJean]

Wow. What do I love in life? I love the people that I have around me.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

The game of football.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

My Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. Obviously. Yeah. But it's. I think life's about who's around you and the people that you have and the people you do things with. They keep you positive, keep you humble, keep you grounded. No matter how high you get, how low you get, they're always right there for you. So I think that's the keys surrounding yourself.

[Reed Blankenship]

Good answer, dude. Yeah.

[Mary Crippen]

That was touching.

[Cooper DeJean]

Thank you.

[Reed Blankenship]

Retweet. That was pretty good.

[Mary Crippen]

Is that you can't. But that can't be your answer.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

Why can't it not be.

[Cooper DeJean]

You gotta watch some stuff.

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah, you got.

[Reed Blankenship]

You have to, like, feel more specific. You're right.

[Mary Crippen]

What do you love in life?

[Reed Blankenship]

So, pretty much what everything Coop said, but plus, obviously, I got a new addition. My wife and now baby girl on the way.

[Cooper DeJean]

Baby girl.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's going to open up a whole different life for me. I mean, it already has the amount of clothes we already have, so.

[Cooper DeJean]

Girl, dad.

[Reed Blankenship]

And the target trips my wife talks about with her all the time, so I'm in for a ride. But, you know, that's what. That's what I like.

[Cooper DeJean]

That's what I love, so I love it. Have you helped pick out. Pick out any of the clothes for the. The girl with a little baby?

[Reed Blankenship]

Well, I tried, but she's. She'll, like, sometimes snarl her nose, whatever. I'm like, oh, okay. I thought this was cute.

[Cooper DeJean]

You think you're going to ever be able to tell her no?

[Reed Blankenship]

No.

[Mary Crippen]

Absolutely not. Dads and daughters, just.

[Cooper DeJean]

You're in for a long ride, buddy.

[Reed Blankenship]

There's no way that's. That's your job, to tell her no or. You're the fine uncle.

[Cooper DeJean]

You tell her no. I'll say yes to everything. How about that?

[Reed Blankenship]

No, that'll work.

[Cooper DeJean]

She's going to be spoiled.

[Mary Crippen]

As she should. Yeah, as she should. All right, you ready for our last one?

[Cooper DeJean]

Last one.

[Mary Crippen]

Now, this is just a Coop question.

[Cooper DeJean]

Coop.

[Mary Crippen]

Coop question.

[Reed Blankenship]

Uh. Oh, I'm not gonna help on this, too.

[Mary Crippen]

Hey, you can have some input. Whatever. I mean, you ready?

[Bijan Robinson]

This is.

[Mary Crippen]

This is from cambry. She's in 8th grade from South Dakota.

[Cooper DeJean]

South Dakota. Fun fact. I was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

[Mary Crippen]

Okay, Fun fact.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out.

[Mary Crippen]

Shout out. South Dakota, Midwest. Now, Cambry wants to know who is your celebrity crush?

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, my gosh, guys.

[Mary Crippen]

Why? Oh, my gosh.

[Cooper DeJean]

Guys, I have.

[Reed Blankenship]

You have a lot?

[Mary Crippen]

Is that what you're gonna say? You have a lot. We gotta Rank em. Top 5 power ranking of your celebrity crushes.

[Reed Blankenship]

Do we know there is five, or is there more?

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, I'm gonna. Can I throw out a couple?

[Mary Crippen]

Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

Sydney Sweeney.

[Reed Blankenship]

Oh.

[Cooper DeJean]

I don't know if Puka's already, like. Sounds like he already shot his shot with her.

[Reed Blankenship]

I mean, so shot is shot. You can shoot your shot, too.

[Mary Crippen]

I think Cambry would want you to shoot your shot with Sydney Sweeney and Tate McCrae. Okay.

[Cooper DeJean]

And then there's probably.

[Mary Crippen]

Is that a 1A 1B type of situation?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we'll put 1A1.

[Mary Crippen]

All right, all right, all right, all right.

[Reed Blankenship]

Who's 1A who's 1B?

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, no, we can't.

[Reed Blankenship]

I mean, we can.

[Mary Crippen]

We absolutely can.

[Cooper DeJean]

We'll go. Sydney Sweeney, 1 1A. Tay McCrae, 1B.

[Reed Blankenship]

You're hilarious. I like it.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Is that all, Is that all the questions? You got the hard hitting questions.

[Mary Crippen]

That's the hard hitting.

[Cooper DeJean]

I didn't know they were gonna get like that straight from the kids. We appreciate you joining us.

[Mary Crippen]

I appreciate it.

[Cooper DeJean]

Thanks for. Thanks, kids, for all the hard hitting questions.

[Mary Crippen]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

And Ms. Mary for joining us on the podcast.

[Reed Blankenship]

Absolutely.

[Mary Crippen]

Good luck next season, guys.

[Cooper DeJean]

Thank you.

[Reed Blankenship]

Thank you.

[Cooper DeJean]

Appreciate it. All right, we're here with 2025 Doak Walker Award winner, unanimous all American and Heisman finalist from Notre Dame, Jeremiah Love. Appreciate you. Appreciate you joining us on exciting mics our podcast. Is this your first time? This your first time at Radio Row?

[Jeremiah Love]

No, it's my second time.

[Cooper DeJean]

Second time, yeah. Oh, you're big time. You're big time. That's awesome. So you recently declared for the draft. Talk, talk about that a little bit. Did. Did you have another year to go back?

[Jeremiah Love]

I did, yeah.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Were you thinking about it at all or you were.

[Jeremiah Love]

Nah, my time was over, man.

[Reed Blankenship]

How many years? How many years you stay there, huh?

[Cooper DeJean]

Three years.

[Jeremiah Love]

Three years? Yes, sir.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yes.

[Cooper DeJean]

Three years.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Three years.

[Cooper DeJean]

What do you think you can add to an NFL running back room next season?

[Jeremiah Love]

Versatility? You know, I'm willing to do whatever you need me to do, whether that's block, run, catch the ball. You know, I'm gonna do whatever I gotta do for the team to have success or to win games. You know, I'm just, I'm a team guy. I'm ready to do whatever I gotta do.

[Reed Blankenship]

I love that he's humble. I love that Swiss army night.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, for sure.

[Reed Blankenship]

So who are some of the guys you've looked up to in the league, like now?

[Jeremiah Love]

Jameer Gibbs, one of the guys that, like, I just love to watch. He's a great running back. I mean, Saquon Barkley, I feel like two years ago with the Eagles, like, did something for running backs that just, just propelled us to the future, you know, like, I mean, just set a great standard for running backs. And then Ash and Jinte last year, you know, just continuing to just elevate running backs, you know, just put us in a brighter light. And Bijan as well.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah, I mean, there's some dogs, three.

[Cooper DeJean]

Good running backs right there. You had to. If you had to build the perfect running back, if you had speed, size, balance, vision, hands, all those things, who would you pick? For each. Each one of those, if you were building your perfect running back.

[Jeremiah Love]

So for speed, I definitely go Jir Gibbs. Size, Derrick Henry. Balance. Balance.

[Cooper DeJean]

You could throw yourself in there, too, if you want.

[Jeremiah Love]

I got great balance, so I'd probably put me in there. Vision. I go with Naji Harris. Hands, definitely. Probably Alvin Camaro.

[Cooper DeJean]

Alvin Camara. Good ones. Some good ones right there. All guys are still in the league today, so obviously the draft's coming up. Combine's coming up. But do you have a plan for the NFL draft? Will you be going to the draft, or will you have your own party? And who will you. Who will you be with?

[Jeremiah Love]

I'm not really sure what I'll be doing yet, honestly.

[Cooper DeJean]

Planned out.

[Jeremiah Love]

Not planned out yet. I mean, like, I hope to go to the draft, but at the end of the day, like, there are so many people that's been a part of this journey with me, and I want everybody to, like, be able to be there. So not sure if I'll go or if I'll, you know, go somewhere so that everybody can celebrate, but, I mean, I'll definitely be with my mom, my dad. Hopefully my best friend can be there. I was Granddad, everybody.

[Cooper DeJean]

I was the same way. I. I mean, I thought about going to the draft, but you think about all the people you got around you, and that if.

[Reed Blankenship]

Sure.

[Cooper DeJean]

That gets stressed, too, getting to that.

[Reed Blankenship]

So many people.

[Bijan Robinson]

So I just.

[Cooper DeJean]

I just did it at home.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

I was able to be with all my people.

[Jeremiah Love]

So you wish that you could have went to the draft day? Do you wish that you would have went?

[Cooper DeJean]

I mean, with what happened in the draft, I'm glad I didn't go.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Because I thought I was gonna go on the first day, but I ended up going on the second day, so it was probably better that I didn't go. So it was. Maybe it was fine.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah, it worked.

[Jeremiah Love]

It worked out.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Reed Blankenship]

But who you got this week?

[Cooper DeJean]

Super Bowl, Seahawks? Patriots?

[Jeremiah Love]

I'm probably gonna go with the Seahawks.

[Cooper DeJean]

Seahawks, yeah.

[Jeremiah Love]

He's got a great team. Great defense.

[Cooper DeJean]

Great defense. Good team. You think it's gonna be low scoring or high scoring?

[Jeremiah Love]

Got a low scoring game?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Jeremiah Love]

Pretty low. I think so.

[Cooper DeJean]

I agree.

[Reed Blankenship]

I agree. It's a defensive game, man.

[Cooper DeJean]

Defensive game for sure. So you get. Get guys like this on your team.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Jeremiah Love]

Hey, hopefully I'll be in their shoes one day.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, he'll be there. You'll be there soon enough. Appreciate you joining us.

[Bijan Robinson]

Yes, sir.

[Cooper DeJean]

Best of luck.

[Jeremiah Love]

Thank you.

[Cooper DeJean]

With the combine in the draft, Eagles fans, you know, how much this city means to me, the passion, the pride, and the way we show up for each other.

[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blankenship]

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[Cooper DeJean]

We got a special guest in the building. Another exciting Mr. Kyle McCarthy, the OG exciting white, I guess. Yeah, well, we could say, yeah, absolutely. Our boy, K. Mac. You guys know how we feeling? How you doing? You good?

[Kyle McCarthy]

It's an honor to be here with you.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yes.

[Reed Blankenship]

Is it?

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, it is.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Man, this is. This is cool.

[Cooper DeJean]

So Mr. Kyle McCarthy is me and Reed Blankenship's agent. And what.

[Bijan Robinson]

So what it.

[Cooper DeJean]

What were your thoughts initially on us filming the podcast? Be really honest.

[Reed Blankenship]

Be honest.

[Kyle McCarthy]

I mean, keeping it real. You know, I had my hesitations. I was a little concerned. I was a little concerned. You know, I care about you guys and you know the name. I was a little concerned about the name.

[Jeremiah Love]

Yes.

[Kyle McCarthy]

You know, because you guys are great players. You know, you don't need any of this other noise. But I. I will admit it. You guys have exceeded expectations. The whole production, the whole production.

[Cooper DeJean]

We got a great crew around us, you know, so they've, they have.

[Kyle McCarthy]

We got the A1 team, the goat for team. We got everyone.

[Cooper DeJean]

Everybody, good people shout out you. Have you been enjoying your super bowl week?

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah, well, you know, we had the Pro Bowl, Pro bowl start the week, which is cool and obviously different this time around. Always a good experience. And then, yeah, we're in the super bowl week now. We got a big, big thing in A one block.

[Reed Blankenship]

I'm new to that.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Oh, it's gonna be cool.

[Cooper DeJean]

It's gonna be our first year doing this.

[Reed Blankenship]

Oh yeah, you weren't able.

[Kyle McCarthy]

You guys were kind of busy last year.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, we were a little busy.

[Jeremiah Love]

Yeah.

[Kyle McCarthy]

So.

[Cooper DeJean]

But yeah, now, now we got. We're about to have on another guy who you know very well, Mr. Jeremiah Love here soon fellow elite Notre Dame. He's Elite Eilish, Elite running back.

[Kyle McCarthy]

He.

[Cooper DeJean]

He's the number one running back in the NFL draft coming up this year.

[Kyle McCarthy]

He's as good of a player that I've seen off like a running back. I've seen in person since Reggie Bush. I. I really think he's really.

[Reed Blankenship]

Wow.

[Kyle McCarthy]

He's that good. Yeah, I know that's high praise, but at least my own two eyes, what I've seen. Now, listen, Bijan's incredible. I'm not saying, you know, he's pretty.

[Cooper DeJean]

They're almost like very similar players.

[Reed Blankenship]

Is that similar? You would compare them to Bijan, or would you more compare them to Reggie?

[Kyle McCarthy]

I mean, I. I would say that Bijan and Reggie have some similarities, too, you know, but. But as far as, like, in person, I mean, you know, that was back when I played, you know.

[Reed Blankenship]

Right.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Played against Reggie. It was.

[Cooper DeJean]

You played against Reggie Busch?

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah, man. Notre Dame. Busch, Bush.

[Reed Blankenship]

Know.

[Kyle McCarthy]

I'm old, bro.

[Cooper DeJean]

You were in that game?

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah. Wait, OG I told you. Og. OG Exciting.

[Cooper DeJean]

Did you have to make an open field tackle on him or.

[Kyle McCarthy]

No, no, I certainly didn't. I. I made a highlight one time against Percy Harvin, though. Percy Harvin.

[Cooper DeJean]

Shout out. Percy Harvin?

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

No, no, I used to watch him. I was for the Minnesota Vikings.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah, I was on his highlights.

[Cooper DeJean]

Oh, yeah?

[Kyle McCarthy]

Yeah, yeah. It was bad.

[Cooper DeJean]

Okay, but who do you think the best player is that that you played against? For reference, Mr. Kyle McCarthy played at the University of Notre Dame and played in the NFL for five, four. Four seasons. Played.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Played as a loose term. I was, like, on the team, you know, I was like a back end of the roster, P squad, active, hurt, like, you know, one of those guys.

[Cooper DeJean]

Who's the best player you played against, though? You think.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Maybe Reggie? Calvin Johnson? Calvin Johnson was a G. Do you.

[Cooper DeJean]

Have to cover Calvin Johnson?

[Kyle McCarthy]

No, I. I mean, like Brian Dawkins and Champ Bailey do that stuff, but, you know, I just cheered on from the sidelines.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, that's.

[Reed Blankenship]

That's good.

[Cooper DeJean]

Good teammate. Great.

[Kyle McCarthy]

I was a great teammate. Yeah, great teammate.

[Cooper DeJean]

Love that.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Very supportive.

[Cooper DeJean]

We appreciate you joining us on. On the podcast, though.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Is it on? Yeah, no, this is on. I obviously watch it all the time.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah, I'm sure you do.

[Reed Blankenship]

You know, make sure we don't say anything crazy.

[Kyle McCarthy]

No, yeah, yeah, exactly. It's like, dude, I want you guys to get in trouble. You know, just go. Go get ready. Play on Saturday or Sunday.

[Cooper DeJean]

Sunday after. Well, it's been an honor.

[Reed Blankenship]

I was gonna say, if you want to go to the agent for a week.

[Cooper DeJean]

Yeah.

[Kyle McCarthy]

You want to get agent.

[Cooper DeJean]

We're about to have your boy on.

[Reed Blankenship]

Yeah.

[Cooper DeJean]

Jeremiah Love here.

[Kyle McCarthy]

I like it. I like it. Hey, love these guys the best.

[Bijan Robinson]

We love you.

[Kyle McCarthy]

Thanks for having me. Exciting Mics Subscribe Yeah, yeah. Do all that stuff you guys do.

[Cooper DeJean]

There we go. Appreciate you.

[Kyle McCarthy]

See you guys.

[Cooper DeJean]

All right, Reed, thanks for coming down, making the trip out.

[Bijan Robinson]

Of course.

[Cooper DeJean]

Thank you for tuning in to another episode of Exciting Mics.

[Reed Blankenship]

Remember to like, comment, share, and subscribe on YouTube wherever you get your podcast.

[Cooper DeJean]

Drop your questions in the comment section below and you could be joining us soon whenever we film our next episode.

[Reed Blankenship]

As always, we appreciate your love and support. We'll see you soon. And always go birds.

[Cooper DeJean]

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[Reed Blankenship]

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