Best of NFL News Part 1: Aiyuk CRASH OUT on IG over 49ers Drama + Kyler Murray QB1 BATTLE with J.J. McCarthy

Summary

Nightcap Podcast | June 12, 2026

Episode: Best of NFL News Part 1 – Aiyuk IG CRASH OUT, 49ers Drama & Kyler Murray QB1 Battle

Hosts: Shannon Sharpe & Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson
Produced by: Shay Shay Media & Playmaker
Theme: Unfiltered takes and reactions to NFL headlines, player drama, and instant sports analysis with a mix of personal stories and banter.

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Episode Overview

This episode dives deep into two hot NFL storylines:

1. Brandon Aiyuk's explosive Instagram posts and ongoing drama with the San Francisco 49ers.
2. Kyler Murray's transition to Minnesota, adjusting to a new offense, and the quarterback competition with J.J. McCarthy.

Shannon, Ocho, and guest Joe offer their signature candid, sometimes comedic takes, analyzing not just the headlines but the mentality and business side of being a pro athlete. The conversation expands into personal reflections on the fleeting nature of sports careers, issues of player conduct, and broader league dynamics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Brandon Aiyuk vs. the 49ers: Instagram Meltdown & Trade Rumors

Timestamps: 02:54–14:44, 33:34–39:28

• Aiyuk’s Social Media Outburst:
  The hosts dissect Brandon Aiyuk’s cryptic and emotional Instagram posts where he likens himself to a kid whose toy is being kept from him at the playground. The consensus is that Aiyuk feels unappreciated and is demanding his way out of San Francisco.

  • "Like them kids...they don't get picked for the basketball game at the court, but they the ones that brought the ball. So they like, alright, y'all don't want to pick me, I'm taking my ball." — Shannon Sharpe [03:10]

• Trade Value & Trust Issues:
  The crew analyzes whether other teams will trust Aiyuk after such public displays.

  • "How can you trust this? His actions, bro, considering the fact that...he got that money from San Fran...you're gonna be cautious." — Joe [06:35]
  • Shannon insists Aiyuk’s talent means someone will take a chance, but at a “prove-it” price, likely a short-term deal rather than a big contract.

• Financial Lessons:
  There’s disbelief at Aiyuk being willing to give up millions just to leave San Fran. The hosts draw on their own experiences, emphasizing maximizing career earnings—"make as much money as you can"—given the short window of pro athletic life [13:04].

  • "Some people quit their job and pack their stuff up and go way over here. Nah, I put my faith in the Lord...but I ain't gonna be no fool." — Shannon Sharpe [10:22]

• NFL Business Reality:
  The replacement cycle is always churning; younger, cheaper talent is always on the way, stressing the urgency for players to secure their futures.

Notable Quotes

• "This game will move on without you, man. It’s easy for you to get faded out." — Uncle Joe [12:00]
• "You're not going to have a lawyer or no doctor career where you playing 25, 30 years...make as much money as you can in that 5, 10, 15 year window." — Shannon Sharpe [13:07]

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2. Wide Receiver Stereotypes and NFL Culture

Timestamps: 34:44–42:14

• Group Punishment:
  The discussion highlights how one WR’s bad behavior taints other players’ reputations, impacting contract negotiations across the board.

  • "We're the one group that if one of us acts up, they put it on everybody." — Shannon Sharpe [36:56]

• Double Standards:
  The group laments how Black athletes are stereotyped collectively for individual missteps, unlike other groups.

• Solidarity and Power Dynamics:
  The NFL owners’ unity is contrasted with the fragmentation among players; particularly, the failed attempts at collective bargaining and why true solidarity remains elusive.

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3. Kyler Murray & the QB1 Battle in Minnesota

Timestamps: 45:35–51:49

• Murray’s Adjustment:
  Kyler Murray describes the difficulty of learning a new offense in Minnesota, especially when splitting reps with J.J. McCarthy.

  • "Now having to split reps, it’s me already being behind...learning on the fly, trying to play fast, efficient and then let it loose while learning, that’s the toughest part." — Kyler Murray (audio clip) [46:00]

• Should Murray Get All First-Team Snaps?
  Ochocinco argues it should be Murray's job, and splitting reps just slows his adaptation. Joe counters that every pro has to adapt to uncomfortable situations, and McCarthy needs reps as well.

  • "As a professional, you're gonna be in uncomfortable situations at times, and you have to be able to adapt. This is our profession." — Joe [48:05]

• Analysis of the Competition:

  • Murray is "behind the curve" due to less rep time and learning curve.
  • Justin Jefferson’s endorsement of Murray is seen as a huge confidence boost and sign of respect.
    • "He throws you to the open...he's a smart guy and he's a competitor." — Justin Jefferson (paraphrased) [50:07]

• Physicality of the NFL:
  Murray’s size is underscored as both an asset (mobility) and vulnerability (injury risk).

  • "Kyler Murray is a very average sized man playing a giant game." — Shannon Sharpe [51:05]

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4. NCAA Gambling Scandal: Brandon Sorsby and Texas Tech

Timestamps: 51:49–63:53

• Sorsby’s Betting History:
  The hosts break down the legal ruling allowing Texas Tech QB Brandon Sorsby to play, even after admitting to massive gambling violations while active on his own college teams.

• Conference Fallout:
  Other schools in the Big 12 are boycotting Texas Tech; there’s outrage at apparent judicial bias since Texas Tech alumni presided over the case.

  • "You look at what does Lady Justice...she got a scale, but she's blindfolded. But they say sometimes...she's peeking to see who is actually walking up them steps." — Shannon Sharpe [55:13]

• Integrity of the Game:
  The crew expresses outrage at the lack of consequences for Sorsby, especially compared to harsher punishment of pro athletes in other leagues.

Memorable Moment

• "How do you jump over a stack of money to pick a dime up?" — Shannon Sharpe on pro athletes risking massive salaries for small-time betting scores [61:31]

• The segment ends with a warning about how point-shaving and gambling scandal threaten sports' credibility and the pride that players take in not “messing up the money.”

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Notable Quotes

• "Stop running from the belt. The belt coming. They scared. The truth is, they scared. They know how I get." — Shannon Sharpe [04:02]
• "You want 500 off of this, I'll give you 50. Or pack it up and take it with you." — Shannon Sharpe, on negotiating in business [08:17]
• "I like to hold my money sometimes." — Shannon Sharpe recalling NFL paydays [16:43]
• "They got the money, but that don't make it right." — Uncle Joe on Texas Tech scandal [60:17]

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Lighthearted Banter & Personal Stories

Timestamps: 14:44–33:34, 39:43–45:35

• Stories about getting paid in the pros, paycheck memories, and how direct deposit changed NFL life.
• Jokes about breakfast spots in Atlanta, group hangouts, and Ocho’s thriftiness at Vegas blackjack tables.
• Reflections on upbringing, family, and how hard work translates from farm life to the pros.

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Conclusion

This episode blends unfiltered commentary on NFL drama, serious analysis of athlete conduct, and the realities of league politics with the trademark humor and authenticity of Shannon Sharpe and Ochocinco. Listeners get:

• Candid player perspectives on Aiyuk’s 49ers situation and trust issues in the league
• A nuanced breakdown of quarterback competition dynamics and team-building
• Insight into the business side of pro sports, the fleeting nature of athletic careers, and how off-field actions can taint or uplift a player’s legacy
• A sobering take on NCAA integrity amid growing gambling scandals

Perfect for anyone wanting the real talk behind the headlines—straight from athletes who lived it.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Hello, it's your favorite sports unc here. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button to join the fastest growing community on YouTube. Remember, Nightcap doesn't happen without you, so please subscribe or you're gonna make Ocho cry. Brandon Ayuk. Ocho. Joe broke his silence on his situation with the 49ers. Here's what he posted on Instagram this morning. We dealing with, you know, like, them kids, and they. They don't get picked for the basketball game at the court, but they the ones that brought the ball. So they like, all right, y' all don't want to pick me. I'm taking my ball.

[Joe]

I'm going home. Ass boys.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Little ass boys. Or like, when your kid, he got

[Joe]

this one toy, but he don't really

[Shannon Sharpe]

know how to use it correctly, so somebody else about to pick it up

[Joe]

and play with it, and they like,

[Shannon Sharpe]

oh, yeah, this Liddy. And they're like, wait, wait, wait, wait.

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Hold on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's my toy.

[Uncle Joe]

Ass boy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Little ass boy. Man. Stop running from the belt. The belt coming. Scared. They scared. The truth is, they scared. They know how I get. They gonna say, oh, yeah, ba Ba.

[Uncle Joe]

BA did this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

BA did that. BA Did.

[Uncle Joe]

You know that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Allegedly. Allegedly. But what they not gonna say is ba suck at football. Cause they know how I get. And they running from that belt.

[Joe]

That's on the way. It's inevitable.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It's coming. Stop running. Stop being a female dog. Stop being a female dog.

[Uncle Joe]

Stop being a little cat. Stop being a woman.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Stop running from the belt.

[Joe]

Hey, hey, hey, hey. They gotta give my man some help, for real, bro.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, you understand what he's saying? Huh?

[Joe]

Yeah, I totally understand what he's saying,

[Uncle Joe]

but I get it. A lot of people probably not gonna get it. You know, I mean, for us, you know, sometimes we say things in riddle format where. Where others really don't understand it. Now, the. The concept and what it sound like he's trying to say is, Obviously, I'm a 49, right. And the other people that might want me.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Instead of letting me go elsewhere so someone else could have that same toy that the child is playing with, they're like, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. I want to keep him here.

[Joe]

Yeah, I'm gonna keep him here.

[Uncle Joe]

You can tell that part based on the analogy that he did use. I mean, what you think, Joe?

[Joe]

I don't think Nobody taking a chance on that. Okay, Ocho, who gonna want to deal with that? Bro, like, I don't know.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think somebody will take a chance. Joe. I think the thing is, is that 49ers want to get some value for him. You know what I'm saying? They. They. I mean, what I don't get with him? Okay, Joe Ocho, all you gotta do is go rehab. How you not go rehab? How you. How you. How you say. You know what? I hate this situation so bad, I'm gonna forego this kind of money. Joe Ocho, that's what I don't understand. Okay? You said that. Hey, now. And Everybody knows the 49ers want to move on. Everybody knows he wants to move on. So everybody's trying to suppress the price. I'm not trying to give you what you want for him. I just. I. I don't. And look, everything. Everything he said could be true, but guess what? It can be true. And I'm gonna get every dime that I'm supposed to get. And if y' all want to trade me, trade me. But y' all gonna trade me with my pocket.

[Joe]

But if you're another team, though, how. How can you trust. How can you trust this? His actions, bro, considering the fact that, you know, he got that money from San Fran. That's what I'm saying. Hell, you gonna be scared, man. You gonna be cautious, like.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So you.

[Joe]

You saying. Y' all saying the 49ers want to get some value, get some value of him, right? But, hell, who. Who gonna want to deal with that, bro?

[Uncle Joe]

I mean, they.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, somebody. Look, he's too talented. He's young. He's probably, what, 27? 27. Oho. 27, 28. So he has some talent. He had over a thousand yards. But I. I. Look, his time in San Fran is up, and then, you know, he posted. I read that the police is going to issue a citation for him when he posted himself speeding. Ocho, I say that's why you got to be careful. You never post yourself in the commission

[Joe]

of crime,

[Shannon Sharpe]

because anything that you post that, use that against you. You, Bro, if they taking lyrics and using somebody, you. I'm singing a song. Yeah, I smoke that fool over there on 15th abroad, somebody get killed on 15 brawl, guess who they coming to get? Oh, you. You post a video. This your IG account? You driving 100, 110, 415 miles an hour, man. That. What. It's on your account. So. So let me get this right. Somebody stole your car, hacked into your account, and did this? Boy, they really. Did they really hate you. So I think that's the thing that he's up against Ocho and Joe, I think the thing is, I think he can still play. I think he has value. But how much value? Ocho, I know you got to get up. Ocho, I know you got to sell something. You moving, man. I know you don't want to take all this stuff with you.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, it is awesome.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You want 500 off of this, I'll give you 50. Or pack it up and take it with you.

[Uncle Joe]

You know what you also got to understand is, is he wants out so bad that he was. He was willing to give up that kind of money and say, you know what? I want to get out here so bad, I'm gonna give you all that back. Just my freedom to go elsewhere.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't like nothing.

[Uncle Joe]

Listen, and Joe, I'm with you when you're right. I don't 26 million had his back. I just want to get up out of here.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Me too. Guess what? You could still want to leave somewhere with a bag full of money.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, I've never seen anything like it before. A lot of people, obviously, they won't understand the context unless you. You've been a part of the business and understand how the business works and understanding that. And he just doing everything he can to be able to get out of there, which is why he was willing to give that money up so he can go somewhere else.

[Joe]

So.

[Uncle Joe]

So let me go make sure you get some value for him, though. I know that.

[Joe]

So again, Ocho, y' all tell me what team is going to put belief in him thinking, you know, not thinking that he gonna do the same thing to them who gonna give him a long term deal to where he ain't getting no long term deal from that after acting like this, bro, you know what, Joe?

[Uncle Joe]

He might not get a long term deal, but I think he gonna get a deal. It's gonna call it. You're gonna come in here and prove it. You got to come here and prove yourself.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What we call you gonna get a

[Uncle Joe]

prove a deal, Especially coming off that acl, right?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Huh? But he's two years. Remember Ocho, he did that two years ago. Last year he rehabbed, so he should be good.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe, he can go. Joe.

[Joe]

No, no, I know he can go, but at the same time, man, y' all don't know how injuries. Well, y' all do, but you know how injuries can affect, bro, when you can't get out there and compete and play. You know, to me, I understand metaphorically what he was saying. I understood all that, but at the same time, bro, I mean, some of the antics he's been doing, bro, he got, I mean, to, to, to, to have another team take a liking into you, to want to take a chance on you. Come on, bro. Sometimes I'll be wondering what some of these cats be thinking, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I don't, I don't, Like I said, I don't get it. I, I can, I can still. Look, Ocho, I might be looking for another job. How many job. Looking for another job. Hey, until that job comes available, I ain't leaving no income. I mean, now some people just quit and hey, quit their job and pack their stuff up and go way over here. Nah, I put my faith in the Lord. I put my faith in him too, but I ain't gonna be no fool. Look, look, look.

[Joe]

We 1 percenters, bro.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Like you ain't football. You ain't, I mean, you ain't making this type of money, bro, on a year to year basis after.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. They're few and far between. Every once in a while you get a Tom Brady situation or you'll get a Tony Romo situation, you'll get a, a Chris Collins work. But think about what we just said. I ain't name before people. Hell, they've been 25, 000 men to play in the NFL, you know. Hey, hey, I mean, yeah, you get a situation like Ocho and I and yourself, Joe, we do good that we don't have to mess with our savings because we have jobs that bring in income and we don't have to touch our savings and hopefully at last rainy day. But everybody is not like that.

[Joe]

Absolutely.

[Uncle Joe]

You know, the scary part is Uncle Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What's that?

[Uncle Joe]

That position. There's so many that can do exactly what he does. Yes, there's so many, Joe.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Do exactly what he does. And they, they younger too. They younger, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And they just, and they just had the draft, man. Yeah. They just had to buy this game.

[Uncle Joe]

This game. It will move on without you, man.

[Joe]

It's easy. It's easy. It's easy for you to get faded out, bro. I'm telling you, man. Look, yeah, I, I, I took this with pride and dignity. I'm talking about when I got into the NBA, Uncle Ocho. I want to maximize as much money as I can make. I want to maximize my potential. And it was on a night to night basis. I ain't gonna lie. I was nervous and scared as I don't know what to get out there and compete against some of the guys I grew up watching, idolizing. But I took that fear, bro, and embraced it, you know what I mean? Like, I ain't, man, I never, I never thought about, you know, some of the craziest stuff I've seen some of these guys do who are professional athletes, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep.

[Joe]

I just to mess up my money. Oh, hell no.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And, and my thing is that I knew. Or when you young, you think you're gonna play forever. Oh, yeah. I got me a good 15, 20 year career. And, and, and, and then when you wait, I mean, you go to bed one night, you wake up, you in year five, you close your eyes again, you're in year ten.

[Uncle Joe]

You're like, damn, it go by so fast.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It go by so fast. Professional athletes are not like, unless you're a golfer, you can have an extended career play, you know, if you reminded, minus injuries. But for like a basketball, football player, obviously baseball players can play a little longer because there's not as much wear and tear on the body. But you're not going to have no lawyer or no doctor career where you playing 25, 30 years, you can forget that. So where doctors and lawyers might make their money over a long period of time, you make your money in a finite period of time, make as much money as you can in that 5, 10, 15 year window. If you're fortunate enough to get the 20, have at it. But make as much money as you can because the likelihood of when your career is done, of you making that kind of money, everybody ain't gonna be no damn Michael Jordan. I'm sorry, I hate to tell you,

[Joe]

I hate to break it to you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're not gonna be LeBron and you're not gonna be all. Yeah, a lot of these guys, not Joe, they're making so much money now. Ocho, when they play, they ain't worried about nothing. These guys making 4, 5, $600 million even after taxes. And you pay everything, you still should have 200 million left. 200 million, making 8%, you ain't even touching the principal. And you living off 15, 20 million dollars a year. That's if you spend.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

So it's different now then when Ocho, when you and I play, man. Hey, man, I remember, I, I remember getting them to, you know, every. We got paid what we got paid every two weeks and getting a check for fifty five hundred dollars.

[Joe]

Yeah,

[Shannon Sharpe]

that's all you. Yeah, boy, I ain't never seen 55. I ain't never seen a thousand dollars at one time. And you took. Well Once I got, my brother would send me if I did something really good. But to have, I mean, I remember I got my first check. Joe, don't. Yo, that thing say $5,511, man. I went to the bank, cash the whole check. I gotta bring this home, put this on. Hey, that lady said, My Mr. Sharp, would you like to open the cap? No, I like you open that door and give me $5,511. That's what I like for you to do. Don't ask me no question, lady. And don't call nobody. Say, shannon Sharp just took out $5,500. Because I got to go home and I got to see this 5,500 laid out on the bed.

[Uncle Joe]

I remember them days, boy, man, like, like the meat potatoes of your career, Joe. Yeah, Seeing that check every Monday, you know, direct to pot. But just going up there, getting that check and seeing that, you know, 300,000, 350,000 every, every Monday, Joe,

[Shannon Sharpe]

Joe, I used to go get my check. They like, well, you want. You know what, Joe? You know, I only got direct deposit in the last six. In the last three years. Yes. Fox told me they would not send me my check. I would have to get a direct deposit. Prior to that, everybody sent me my check. Damn, I gotta see it. I didn't see it. You gotta see it. They gotta see it. I didn't see it. Hey, hey, Alex, our financial guy used to name the. Alex. Alex, I need to get that. Get in there. Hey, Shannon, how you doing? I do a lot better when you have.

[Joe]

You see the big numbers. What? 700, 700K.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Joe, you know, it should be so funny. You know, Monday we go in there, everybody go up, they get their checks. Yeah, they'd be down in the locker room.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

And compare, compare, though.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hold that thing. Hey, let me hold that thing up to the light.

[Uncle Joe]

It used to be so. Yeah, so funny, man. Hey, them boy be down there violent.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I like to. And I like, See, I just like to hold my money sometimes. Yeah, I messed up the, the, the Broncos payroll. They sent me a check I deferred in 99. I deferred a large part of my money, and they sent me. But I, I, I had forgot. I deferred it on Joe and Joe. So when they sent it to me, I'm thinking, okay, it's a little sub, you know, look, you know, maybe a little $5,000. I had think I stood in the drawer. They called me like a month later. They like, shannon, we sent you a check. I said, yeah, yeah, I got it, I got it. They's like, is something wrong? I was like, nice. It's in the drawer. They're like, we gonna cut you another and just tear that one up. We're gonna cut you another.

[Joe]

How much was it?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think almost $2 million. Joe, I didn't. Joe, it didn't d. Joe, it didn't. Dawn forgot that, that my agent and I said we were gonna defer the money. So I'm just, you know, I'm just, I think it's a regular check. I'm not. You know what, you know what it was? I just thought it was like, thought it was like $50,000. I ain't in no rush to cash no $50,000 check. But it was like. And I just like, Mr. They like, Shannon, we're gonna issue reissue you a check. Because they had messed up. Because they looking like, hold on. Why is almost $2 million still outstanding from the cap? And they's like, damn. They called me. It was right in the drawers on my bedside table. Hadn't even opened anything. But I, I, I.

[Joe]

Cash.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They told me, they told me to go cash it. Hey, yeah, but, yeah, no, no, no. Until 2016, I didn't have direct deposit. No, no, you just. CBS sent me, send me my check. I need to get that Broncos. Give me my check. The Ravens. Let me get that right.

[Uncle Joe]

But I tell you one thing. Well, that man upstairs been good, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, man, not good.

[Uncle Joe]

He's been great. He's been great because to go from what it used to be, what I was playing and to, to fall off that mountain, to climb my ass and work my ass off to get back to that mountain.

[Joe]

Hello.

[Uncle Joe]

And now I got about 50, 11 jobs and Adam checks looking the exact same way they used to damn near 15 years ago.

[Joe]

Hey. Hey. He may not come when you want him to, but he always on time.

[Uncle Joe]

Always on time.

[Joe]

But listen, it is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you, but you. But you know what, Joe? I think the thing is for me is that I appreciate it because I remember working for $5 a day. I remember working for $12 a day. I remember working for 16 a day. I remember catching a thousand chickens for a dollar. A thousand after working in the fields and making $5 a day and my uncle blowing the horn and me and my brother going out there because our crew was mainly our cousins. Me, Spanky, Lanny, Eugene, Arnel, Robbie, Bernard. Sometimes it was about, it was about eight of us, but the, the oldest one, we're all, for the most part, Arnel Was the oldest because he a year younger than my sister. He was the oldest. We had like two dudes like within their 20s, but most of us were teenagers. Yeah, make it a dollar a thousand and the most we catch because we had a small. Because we were young. Small crew was 16,000. So that's $16, plus the $8 or the $12 that I made. So now that's 28. 28 back in the 70s, I don't know if y' all notice, I don't want to break it to you. Was a lot of Damn money. Yeah, $28 was a lot of damn money. And to go from making 28 to a thousand dollars a day or 5,000 or 10, if you can't appreciate that. That's why I appreciate everything I get. And you said, babe, damn, you holding everything. You damn right. I still got the fax machine. I still got all that.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't let nothing go. Absolutely not. Because I work too hard and I know how hard it was to get it and I appreciate it.

[Joe]

Yeah. Hey, hey. That's where you and your brother get that damn get up and get out from, huh? Chasing them damn chicken. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes. No, but we got to get out for catching pigs. No, because the chicken in the chicken house. Well, I know you for you in Arkansas, Purdue, I think. But where's Purdue at? Is Purdue in Arkansas, the chicken. But if you. In the state of Georgia, if you eat Claxton, if you eat the claxton porch plant, anybody that's passed through A301 and plants right through there on the right hand side. If you're coming down and headed towards Glenville heading south, or if you're going back the other way, it's on the right hand side, left if you're coming down. Right if you're going back. There's a place called Clack Portrait Plant. That's who we work for. That was the chicken thing. So we worked. So the chickens came and you work from Sunday through Thursday. You didn't work on Fridays and Saturday because the place was closed Saturday. Saturday, excuse me, Saturday and Sunday. So the last load we got Thursday. So they processed that on Friday. So use off Saturday and Sunday. And then they brought Sunday, they brought the load back in right there for the. The month Monday morning. So you got deboners, you got, you know, pluckers and things like that. But it made us appreciate working those long, long hours. And people like now when we, you know, we went 14 straight days. We did 27 days of 31 in May that's what y' all did. Now, me, I taped seven episodes of Club J shape. So now I did 34 shows in 31 days. Damn. Plus the other stuff I had to do for La Portier. So for me, hard work, it don't bother me. Because the way I look at it, you know, I look at it, guys. I work that hard for the Broncos, for the Ravens, for Fox, for cbs, espn, you mean, Tell me I can't work that hard for my damn self?

[Joe]

Hello?

[Shannon Sharpe]

What's wrong with you?

[Joe]

When you're right now?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hell, no, that don't. And plus, like, you know, I had all the kids. I had all my kids last night. We went to dinner, and it's a rarity that I all get them all together, obviously. My youngest daughter, she's finishing up residency and Key is married. And so try to get the kids and my daughter in law here and Kayla doing her own thing. But I got the kids together. And I looked around, I'm like, damn, I got all my babies in one spot. It's been a while since I had them all together. And I could honestly say they hard workers now. They, they, they, they. I mean, they got. You know, my youngest, my oldest, she got the drive. And she's starting to see, like, if I really, really won't, I'm gonna have to, like, get to this other gear. Kind of like my. Because you cut. All my kids ask myself, like, dad, when are you gonna slow down? I say, slow down. And do say, tell me what your dad gonna.

[Joe]

Hello?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Slow down. What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? Sit around and do what? Ocho and Joe, I've been home. I've been home since Tuesday. My TV has been on twice. About to watch the spurs game, and I'm like, it really dawned on me today. I was like, shh. If I don't talk to Bucket, if I don't talk to Burns. This dude called me today. Hey, I'm in Atlanta. I was like, okay, hey, let's do something. What we gotta show. Hey, hey, man. To my. Hey, let's go. Let's go to the city. I said, ocho, I got a show, Ton. We got a show tonight, and I gotta get up in the morning. I gotta be on a plane. Hey, what about breakfast? I said, bob, he called me on

[Joe]

that same type of time. Hey, hey, man, I'm in Atlanta. Let go. Hit up. What? I asked him, I said, damn, ain't we working tonight, Ojo? He said, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We go up there for a man Boy, please.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, you see. See what I'm talking about? You see how y'? All, I, I, I come out. I come to the city. I know Unc was here. Joe, I promise you. When I think we did the show, what, two nights ago, I said I'm come. So we can go to Cosmo Atlanta.

[Joe]

Yeah, we gonna link tomorrow. Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Y' all ain't believe I was coming. Yeah, I come in town, y' all

[Shannon Sharpe]

don't want to hang with me because

[Joe]

you done cried wolf so damn much. We don't know when you was here.

[Uncle Joe]

Well, I, I, I, I. Well, I mean, I'm here, so we'll be going to breakfast. Uncle Joe,

[Shannon Sharpe]

I got a manicure, pedicure in the morning.

[Uncle Joe]

Wait, that. That could wait until we eat, bro,

[Shannon Sharpe]

I gotta get on the flight. My flight leaves at 11:30.

[Uncle Joe]

Catch another flight. What are you talking about?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I got to get to Denver. I got stuff planned. I got stuff to do.

[Uncle Joe]

Make sure whatever's in Denver could wait until you have lunch with your two co hosts.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I could have. Guess what? Me and my two co hosts, we gonna have a week off where we all off together.

[Uncle Joe]

When is that?

[Shannon Sharpe]

After we. After the World Cup? The 20th.

[Uncle Joe]

No, no, no, no, man. Listen, we going to breakfast tomorrow morning.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Y' all see this?

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, hey, hey, Joe, you've been. You've been to toast?

[Joe]

Yeah, they got. Oh, man, they got some good food to know.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Hey, so, hey, we gonna go to Toast tomorrow at 7:00am Seven? Yeah. So you got enough time? Cause he got a flight at 11:30.

[Joe]

Are you gonna be up at 7?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Lord have mercy. Yeah, I'll be there.

[Uncle Joe]

Let's go.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let's go.

[Uncle Joe]

I want to talk about. Hey, I'm gonna pay. I'm gonna pay, too.

[Joe]

All right, all right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I sure hope it ain't no way.

[Joe]

How you know? I mean it Toast gonna even be open at 7.

[Uncle Joe]

I'm calling.

[Joe]

Don't stop.

[Uncle Joe]

I'm call Steve. I know, I know, I know, I know. The owner, you know?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, we all gonna hang out and stuff. Yeah. Hey, Joe, don't forget tomorrow. You gonna pick me up?

[Joe]

Yeah, I'll come pick you up.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, what you drag? Can I smoke in your car?

[Joe]

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

[Uncle Joe]

What kind of. What kind of car? What you gonna drive?

[Joe]

Joe, come on. Come on, man. Come on, man. You add a lot questions now.

[Uncle Joe]

Want to pull up my style? So I got.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah. We're gonna be all right. We're gonna be all right.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, I want to be Outside the window.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Y' all see me and Joe and

[Joe]

Toast don't open up to 9:00am Man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yeah, you out of gas. Oh, I have to catch you next time.

[Joe]

It'll open up to 9:00am you shouldn't open up in no damn seven o'. Clock. But Waffle House.

[Uncle Joe]

Okay. Hey.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, I catch it. We catch. Hey, I catch y' all next time around.

[Uncle Joe]

I only come to Atlanta one time a year, so we.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You'll be back.

[Joe]

Hey, hey, hey, Ocho, let's go to Vegas, bro.

[Uncle Joe]

Who?

[Joe]

Let's go to Vegas.

[Uncle Joe]

Man, that's five hours away.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn.

[Joe]

What's wrong with that? You like to travel dab.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You make it seem like you walking. The hell you know.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Allegiant, Frontier ain't got no WI FI on their plane.

[Joe]

Oh, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Well, hop on Delta.

[Joe]

You can't get no Delta flight.

[Uncle Joe]

But you know how much Delta cost.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, Delta. Hey, yeah, I know how.

[Joe]

I know too.

[Uncle Joe]

Y' all tripping.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, I'm thinking about catching this over my mouth.

[Joe]

I'm looking. Hey, I'm looking for a reason to go to Vegas. Hell,

[Shannon Sharpe]

would you? What? You trying to come to Vegas?

[Joe]

I gotta go. I gotta go across town. I gotta go across town, see a man by.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, you want to see. Oh, so you gotta see a man by a horse. Hello.

[Joe]

Hello.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Uncle Joe]

You try to get on the table, Joe.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, man.

[Joe]

I mean, if y' all want to go do something, we could do a little something now. We, you know, play a little blackjack, throw some crap.

[Shannon Sharpe]

First of all, Ocho ain't gonna do nothing. He want to go to the five dollar table with the table I paid.

[Uncle Joe]

I, I. Hey, Joe, I get 200 out the ATM and I played the 25 table. Blackjack.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, we gotta play at least a hundred dollars ahead.

[Uncle Joe]

That ain't happening. Not over here. No, sir. No, sir.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn.

[Uncle Joe]

No, sir. 25 table, boy. Once my 200 run out, I'll watch y' all play.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn, man, that ain't gonna be long. Hey, you get a bad. Hey, Joe, he get a bad shoe.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, the last time. The last time when we went to watch the Canelo bud fight at my hotel, Joe, I paid the 25 tables. Yeah, I walked away with 700.

[Joe]

Oh, really?

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah. Walked away with 700. I, I, I know. I know when to get up out of there.

[Joe]

How many, how many people at your table?

[Uncle Joe]

Three.

[Joe]

Three got. Do you know them?

[Uncle Joe]

Nah. They were helping me, though.

[Joe]

Oh, okay.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay.

[Uncle Joe]

I don't know how to play blackjack that good. I know I got to be the dealer, but the people next to me were helping me, all right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No see, I don't lack all the pocket.

[Joe]

You be locked in.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, they be want to talk. Hey, aren't you. Which one? Which one of you don't you play? Bro, these cars don't care nothing about that.

[Joe]

You trying to win a little money? They try to hold their conversation.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you got all the conversation, man. We hey, get back to the table. Hey, you're talking

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[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

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It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Brandon IU back on ig. Let's take a listen.

[Uncle Joe]

Back on there again.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Here we go. And another thing.

[Uncle Joe]

You want to know why they really mad, though?

[Shannon Sharpe]

They mad because they stupid and dumb.

[Uncle Joe]

They mad that they paid me 50 million in eight months and they avoided

[Shannon Sharpe]

my guarantees for 2027 and I'm about

[Joe]

to be on a new team in 2027.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They mad at themselves for real.

[Uncle Joe]

Acting like they mad at me, but they stupid ass mad at.

[Joe]

And y' all talking about somebody. Come in.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Come on, Joe. Ocho. Ocho. They didn't board him. You did. All you had to do was show up.

[Uncle Joe]

He didn't want to be there. He didn't want to be there.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Okay, but. But don't. Okay, you don't want to be there. Don't say they voided them. You avoided that contract based on what

[Uncle Joe]

he's saying in general. That's why he's calling him stupid. You know, But I mean, listen, I don't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't.

[Uncle Joe]

I don't condone his behavior, Uncle Joe. You know that. I was one who was always, you know, for being himself. But within the game, you know, within being a team player. I'm not sure what's wrong with B right now, but you do have to understand is they will always have the upper hand. You know, you can only play with them so long. Your opportunity, your window of opportunity to be able to play this game, you love this game that you've always wanted, you know, to play as A kid growing up. Your childhood dream.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You.

[Uncle Joe]

You playing with it. You playing with it. It goes by very fast. It goes by very fast. And there are too many receivers coming in every year that are good, that can do exactly what you're doing, despite what you've put on film. BA we know you can play, right? You, you, you, you, you the real deal. But it's too many that are coming back to back that they can put in positions to make those same plays, to make those same catches. So you got. You got to be careful, man. They will. They will weed your ass out of here, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Let's get it.

[Joe]

This one younger.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Go play forever. Yeah. Brandon, you're not as good as they be. You're not.

[Uncle Joe]

That's a different tier. That's a. That's. That's the cream of the crop when we talk about receivers.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And. And. And they said what? And what did they say? Enough is enough.

[Joe]

Ain't no team tolerating that, bro. I'm sorry. Because if we get him on our team and then he start acting like that, like it, man, Nobody's gonna deal with that, bro.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You're gonna be. If they do, he gonna be on a. Prove it.

[Uncle Joe]

I mean, wherever he goes, it's gonna be on a proverb year. He'll be two years removed from acl. But, Joe. But when he on that field. Oh, he could go now. Yeah, he can go.

[Joe]

You talking about the previous iu. You talking about IU from two years ago.

[Uncle Joe]

What are you gonna look like right now?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I love how he said they dumb, but you was all. You was all in your feelings when they hadn't signed you, when you had that pre. When you had the franchise tag. Yeah, but now they give you the money. Now they dumb. You see,

[Joe]

That's why they have a problem giving us our money, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, it is, because we're the. We're the one group that if one of us act up, they put it on everybody.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, and you know what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

They.

[Uncle Joe]

They. They gonna make us wait, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Ocho, man. Oh, y' all remember how Ocho acted back in 2002? What that got to do with this, man? Trying to get money in 2026? If you think about it, we're the only group that if somebody misbehaves, it's a re. They make it as a reflection. They pay everybody.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, they gonna make us wait anyway, regardless, huh? Hey, Joe, we got to fight Tootine there for what we want. When it comes to a receiver, it's time to get paid.

[Joe]

Oh, my.

[Uncle Joe]

It don't matter who you are. Oh, I was like, hold on. Circus.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They don't. Oh, somebody. Well, I told you. What about Chicago? Some black guy get. What about Chicago? See, I told you. That's, that's like in Chicago.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Somebody from the Asian community does something. They don't paint all Asians like that. Somebody from the white community do something. They don't paint all white people like that. Somebody from the Hispanic community. They don't paint all Hispanics like that. But let one of us do something. I told you, they're aggressive, they're violent.

[Joe]

Y' all know why, man, we, we the culture, bro. We are.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I just hate that. And that's what I try to do. That's what I really, I try to like when I talk to people, I'm like, bro, this is not just about you. If it was just about you and they were going to judge you just on you. But unfortunately, your complexion is reflective of a lot of complexions under this prison.

[Joe]

Yep.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And that's how we get judged. And it's. Look, it's not right. It's not right. It's not. But you know what, guys? Until we get more people that are in position of power that can do something about it, until we get about 55 or 60 guys, that's, that's worth 100 plus billion.

[Joe]

Right.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

You try to, you know, do what you do and just keep it moving.

[Joe]

Yeah, that's it.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's, that's all we can do, Joe. That's all we can do. Yeah. And I, I just, I just wish, because they just. Now he say they dump somebody else. Gonna be hard get to get money. And you see, that's why they put, that's why they like to put the tag on you see, Joe, Ocho Joe. This is why they put the tag on you.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now just imagine, had they, had they, they put the tag on him, he goes out there and have this injury. Ain't no 50 million. Nah.

[Joe]

But he ain't, you know, he, if he got that tag on him, he ain't gonna act like this. They want this. This one.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, but see, he, if they see they had the tag and what they did is that they, they found they got a long term deal done. Had he had the tag on him and he went out there and played and did this. Now all he got is that one year that's guaranteed.

[Joe]

Right. Right.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Now the likelihood of him, you know, getting that big time money, he gonna have to really prove it.

[Joe]

Yeah. Yeah. I don't Know now he got.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know, he got 50 million in his back pocket minus the taxes and fees. He's straight.

[Joe]

Yeah, he might be straight. Cause he probably gonna be back on here the next couple days. Just keep it 100. He probably gonna be back on the next couple days, and I think he gonna be digging a deeper hole for himself if he's trying to get on another team.

[Uncle Joe]

Them folk don't play, boy. They will make a. They will make an example out of you, man. They will show you that we don't need you. It's too many. It's too many good receivers coming in back to Bam. To about every year.

[Shannon Sharpe]

See the difference between them and us? If I got a beef with Joe, even if it means doing great business, I ain't focus. I ain't messing with Joe. Yeah, they might not like each other, but if it means doing business and making money or. Or. Or. Or putting up a barrier so nobody misbehave, guess what they gonna do. Y' all already know.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

If y' all think all 32 of these owners get along, what's the likelihood of 32 people getting along? We're gonna make money, and we're gonna be unified.

[Uncle Joe]

Keep. To keep the main thing. The main thing.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I just. I. I just wish. I wish we could be like that. Ah, it's money to be made. Now, I don't rock with you, so I can't make no, but please, they

[Uncle Joe]

don't move like that.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You hear me?

[Uncle Joe]

The bottom line will always be the bottom line.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But they know that, though, Ocho. They know we ain't gonna. They know we ain't gonna pull together. That's why they don't ever worry.

[Uncle Joe]

It's too busy.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's why they don't worry, Joe. They ain't worried, man. You think they're gonna pull together?

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, it's too many of us.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sit down.

[Uncle Joe]

It's too. It's too many of us for us all to pull together.

[Joe]

Hey.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Cause guess what, Ocho? Somebody got to be the hnig.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, h. Nic.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Excuse me. Yeah, because so it ain't. It ain't. No. Look, here we equal. Nah, but you know, I want the title before you know it. Hey, we all partners. And I don't snuck CEO on mine. My car.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, you know what? And also, Joe, you know the hnic. It has to be the quarterback. The quarterbacks. The quarterbacks. We have to lead it. And they not. They not flipping.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They did. I don't. You don't remember this, Ocho, but they. You. The o. The, the. The. The quarterback had their own club separate from the nflpa.

[Uncle Joe]

Who is this? Yeah.

[Joe]

A year though.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Ocho. And guess what? And then they, they ended up signing a lot of the big time players. They took guys like Emmett and Brute, some of the bigger name players. They ended up taking them and guess what? They ended up selling the quarterback club back to the NFL. I ain't gonna say that. Let me go because Ocho, I don't wanna. I don't wanna mess up our opportunities to be able to get stuff. So I will keep my mouth shit. But I just know a lot more behind the workings of what transpired than the mo. The common person does. But you know what? Just so we can get. I'm trying to get. I'm trying to. We try to get back in good graces. We wanna, we wanna go to the Super Bowl. We want to go to the draft. We want to do stuff like that, Joe. So you know What?

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I turned off news altogether.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything. It's the rage bait.

[Health/News Announcer]

It feels like it's trying to divide people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We got clear facts. Maybe we can calm down a little.

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[Shannon Sharpe]

Let's meet at the Facts. Let's move forward from there. NBC News reporting for America. I'm no web designer, but WIX Harmony kind of makes me feel like one. It's an AI website builder where I just describe what I want and it builds the entire site for me with all the business tools I need. My favorite part, I get an AI agent named Aria who helps me think things through or get stuff done. WIX has been pioneering website tech for 20 years and they've done it again. Try it for [e-mail] harmony that's wix.com harmony keep my mouth shut. Kyler Murray spoke about the toughest part of adjusting to Minnesota's offense. Let's take a listen. Chad as far as I think the toughest part is, again, I was there for seven years. I know I had two different, you know, offensive systems, but at the same time you're getting all those reps, you know, now having a split reps, it's me already being behind, not getting them amount of reps that, you know, you would typically want a guy to get. Learning an offense, that's probably the toughest part. You know, just again, going back to the past, being in control of everything, understanding what we were already doing because I was comfortable within the system. Now coming in the new system, learning on the fly, trying to play fast, efficient and then let, let it loose while learning is pretty, you know, that's the, that's the toughest part.

[Uncle Joe]

It makes sense, make total sense, especially having, you know, the split reps with someone that you're already going to be out. And I mean no disrespect, you know, to Brother McCarthy, but he's going to beat you out and I, I wish the head coach ahead of time. I know you don't want to do it, especially this early. You want to make it a quarterback competition, but you already know who you're going to choose when the time comes. Joe, when the season starts, you know you're going with Kyler Murray. That's why you brought him there. We've seen a small sample of JJ McCarthy already and we know he's not going to be the quarterback for the foreseeable future. At least not for right now. Kyler Murray needs to be getting all those reps with the ones right now so he's comfortable and he can feel the way he felt when he was Arizona. It was Arizona. He felt like he was under control. He knew everything. He knew where everybody was going to be, any calls that need to be made or adjustment need to be made. He knew exactly what to do. And all to me, all this is doing is slowing down his process to getting to that point of comfortability.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yep. Well, progress to get to where it needs to be. Absolutely. Right, Joe.

[Joe]

Hey, hey. As a professional, you're gonna be in uncomfortable situations at times, and you have to be able to adapt. This is, this is our profession. This is what you chose to do. This is part of it, bro. You know, it ain't, it ain't a bad thing that he's uncomfortable, but J.J. mcCarthy was a starter last year, which I y' all don't want him to get no rips.

[Shannon Sharpe]

No, because guess what? If JJ was doing what he's supposed to be, there would be. No, listen, it was just like, come on, that'll be like, guess what? They didn't bring no two guards when you was in Atlanta. Guess why? Because ISO was doing what ISO supposed to be. When they start bringing in people that play your position, what they trying to tell you? ISO?

[Joe]

Yeah, they try. I, I, I get that. Especially the quarterback position. I understand that part, but listen, hey, we don't know if he gonna as Minnesota. Probably thinking, hell, we don't know if he gonna hold up the whole season here. We, we can't just throw our last year start and don't give him no reps. He gotta get.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, we let it get, we'll let it get some reps. Get your reps on the practice, the squad or not, what you call them on the scout.

[Uncle Joe]

At least go with the tools now

[Joe]

and listen, hold on, hold on. And then again, yeah, we want you to be the starter, but damn, you got to come in and prove it a little bit. I mean, come on.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, you're right. I get what you're saying, Joe, but you have to understand, Joe, he's already behind. See, JJ already knows the offense. This is his second year in offense. Kind of like I'm fresh, I'm trying to learn on the fly and I can't get enough reps. Consistency, because normally the starter takes eight reps. He probably going three most then what you call him get three. Then he go two. Then he go two, bro. I need about, I need about six of them reps before I feel comfortable. Straight Justin Jefferson. Praise Kyler said. He understands the game. He understands the defenses. He understands just how to put touch on the ball just enough to where it gets to where it's got to go without making it difficult for us to. So he understands the game a lot more just because he's been in the game for a couple of years now. So he kind of throws the ball before you even get out of your break. He throws you to the open for sure. He's a smart guy and he's a competitor. Just like he got to be down.

[Uncle Joe]

He has to be able to. He has to be able to do those things, Joe, because he's so small. Understanding, knowing how to throw. Throw through lane, throw through hands, anticipate throws, Throwing people open, letting balls go. Yeah, pause the way I said that. Letting the balls go ahead of time, you know, before receivers get. Get out their breaks. Because he's not as tall as most, you know, most quarterbacks, you know, he's mobile. He's a dual threat, and he can throw the ball. That. That wasn't the issue. That wasn't a problem. He can run the ball. That wasn't the issue either. That's the only problem. He couldn't stay healthy, Joe.

[Joe]

Yeah, that's it. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I'm a small guy, bro. Ocho, like, people don't realize this is a damn physical game. Yeah, it's a big. Kyler Murray is a. Is a very average sized man.

[Uncle Joe]

Average.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Playing a giant. A giant game.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

I don't even think he average. Well, you see how small Kyle is.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, he like five, nine. Five.

[Joe]

Boy got some wheels on the road.

[Uncle Joe]

When you run, it just remind me of, like, a little bad kid.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, but, yeah, no, no, no, no, no. He can run, but. But he can absolutely run.

[Joe]

Yeah, but to get that, that. That vouch from Justin Jefferson, bro, you know, I know for Kyler Murray that that's gonna weigh heavy for him, you know, going into, obviously, the season. You know what I mean? Obviously we know he gonna be the starter, but I think getting high praise from your number one target, bro, that. That says a lot.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. Guess who ain't getting no praise. The guy that couldn't throw people open. Man, this story breaks my damn heart. I don't know what the. Well, I don't know what these people are thinking. Texas Tech quarterback Brandon Sorsby has reportedly been granted an injunction he requested by a judge at the district court of Lubbock. Okay, there you have Your answer? Sorensby is not expected to be eligible for the 2020 college football season and will not have to enter 20 the NFL supplemental draft. The judge reasoning granted Sourcebee injunction. The courts find that sub Sorensby Sorsby will suffer a probable and imminent and irreparable injury without the injunction because he'll be unable to participate as a member of Texas State University 2026 football team. And according to Rob Reinert, the majority of the Big 12 teams are boycotting the games against Texas Tech next season due to Brandon Sourceby ruling. I'm told multiple boards members have also motioned to eject the Red Raiders from the league. Current only current holdouts are byu. The athletic officials from Nebraska, Georgia sent department wide memos today instructing their coaches and sports deputies not to schedule Texas Tech if games are already scheduled. The school may work to cancel the matchup. All four justices. All four justices on the seventh court of appeals in Texas. Guess where they graduated from? Texas Tech. Hey, hold on. Don't nobody want to recuse themselves? Don't nobody say, you know what the look of this. If we were to grant this day, can you imagine what this is gonna look like? So nobody thought anything? Nobody say, you know what? You know what, Ocho? Joe? I'm just gonna recuse myself. The man admitted that he betted on games in which he was a member of the team when he was on that team. And he said, I wagered at least 95. If. If the reports are true. Reading what I read. Chat and y', all, if y' all read it, you read it. He's bet, you know, $90,000 when he was a quarterback, not one time, but over bets, multiple thousands of bets.

[Joe]

Damn.

[Shannon Sharpe]

He admitted it while he was participating. And y' all say, you know what? He gonna suffer irreparable harm. What have you done?

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, so teams that. Teams that have Texas Tech on the schedule, they're declining.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We ain't effing with y'.

[Joe]

All.

[Shannon Sharpe]

We ain't effing with y'.

[Joe]

All.

[Uncle Joe]

Would they really do that, you think, Unc?

[Joe]

Yes.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I mean, Joe, how. I mean, how do you. How do you. How do you. I mean, you look who thinks this is justice? All four of these judges graduated undergrad at Texas Tech. They're hearing a case involving a current student athlete at Texas Tech. And you don't think that there's an impropriety? You don't think there's a bias? You see, Ocho, remember I told you.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

When you. Everybody's ever been to a courthouse, you look at what does Lady Justice. She got a scale, but she's blindfolded. But they say sometimes when you walk up there, she's peeking to see who is actually walking up them steps.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, listen, I'm with you when you're right, but I also have a question. Is young Bull really that good?

[Joe]

Is he really good? Is this the kid that. Was he at Cincinnati at first?

[Shannon Sharpe]

I think he was at Cincinnati. I think he was at Indiana. He's a lot of different schools. I think he's been a couple of places.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, he keep. Why he keep bouncing around like that, huh?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Hey, hey, they find out he betting he gotta go somewhere else to punch another bit. You can't keep going.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey, Chad, is he good? Chad?

[Joe]

They probably, man. He know, you know, he probably can make a nice little piece of change in college, you know, by staying in college.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. Absolutely. Absolutely.

[Joe]

Yeah. But for them. For them to be able to play after he admitted to that.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah. But in a situation like that, he throws a pick and they lose the game, a close game. How do you convince the people in the stands. How do you convince the people that's watching that he didn't do that on purpose? See, once I cast doubt, I've got to believe what I see. Him is on the up and up. O, Joe. I got to believe what I'm seeing is on the up and up. If it's not on the up and up, what do we got here? Tell me what we got, Chad.

[Uncle Joe]

Right.

[Joe]

Damn, man. Hey, listen, look, but while y' all talking, for real, I heard that, you know, they caught a lot of student athletes this past season, football and basketball, as far as, like, guys point shaving and things of that sort. Yeah, this is big, man. It's huge. Like, these. These people ain't been. Hey, there's been some cats out here throwing games, man.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey.

[Joe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

Hey. They trying to. Hey, Joe, I don't understand why they doing it. You already making good money and you trying to double. You trying to double up on your money. I mean, for what?

[Shannon Sharpe]

You know what, Ocho, I don't know what an individual situation is, so I don't want to say. But me, I mean. I mean, to, like, know my teammates and to know the type of work that we put in and to go out there and deliberately drop a pass or deliberately go out there and do something that could. Bro, that ain't gonna rest. That ain't gonna. That ain't sleep well. That ain't gonna.

[Joe]

As hard as we worked as hard as I worked in college, bro, as hard as I know my teammates work, boy, we gonna jump your ass. We find out you throwing control, we gonna whoop your ass. I'm seeing. Boy, we work too hard for that, man. Man, run us to death, man. Please.

[Shannon Sharpe]

What? Wow. Oh, the Lovett Bar association takes a. Bar association. It's about. He gonna suffer irreparable harm.

[Uncle Joe]

He should.

[Joe]

Yeah. Yeah, he should.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You. You. You got. They've got. Without consequences. What lessons can be learned, Ocho?

[Joe]

None.

[Uncle Joe]

None at all. And you get. Listen, you got to make it.

[Joe]

Yeah, yeah.

[Uncle Joe]

Somebody. You got to.

[Shannon Sharpe]

That's the whole point. In order for someone to learn a lesson, they had to have suffered some level of consequence. He suffered nothing.

[Joe]

He gets to play.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Even after admitting that he bet almost $90,000. If the reports of what I read is true. Yeah, that's what alleged. That's what he said. Allegedly. He said that. And then. Hold on. Let me make sure I. The court finds that Sarsby would suffer a probable, imminent and irreparable injury without the injunction because he will be unable to participate as a member of Texas Tech University 2026 football team. He should suffer imminent and irreparable injury because of what he did.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah, yeah,

[Joe]

I'm with you, bro.

[Uncle Joe]

I think the team gonna let him back, huh? Especially with all that.

[Joe]

Come on, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You think?

[Joe]

Hold up. So you think if people. If people raise enough hell, he. They gonna still keep him on the team or.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I do believe it.

[Uncle Joe]

I don't know. Unless he's the next.

[Shannon Sharpe]

The.

[Uncle Joe]

The next Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Ben Affleck.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, yo, Ocho, why you think. Why you think? Texas Tech. Who put the money up for the appeal to be heard.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, hey, Texas Tech got that bag, too, over there?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yeah, they got that money down there.

[Joe]

Come on, man.

[Uncle Joe]

Damn.

[Joe]

They don't make it right here because they got the money. It'll make it right.

[Uncle Joe]

Oh, no. It definitely ain't right. Oh, hell. Hey. Absolutely not.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Sorsby acknowledged he had wagered at least $90,000 on pro and college sports over the past four years, including 40 bets on Indiana football while he was a freshman with the Hoosiers in 2022. Again, chat. He acknowledged that he wagered at least $90,000 on pro and college sports over the past four years, including 40 bets on Indiana football while he was a freshman on the Indiana Hoosiers team in 2022.

[Joe]

Come on, man. Hey, hold on.

[Uncle Joe]

That ain't number great.

[Joe]

Didn't they just take. I know, I know. It's two different sports. And. And Terry Rogers, NBA player, whole 26M. Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Arbitrary rule he had.

[Joe]

It's probably gonna be hard as hell for him to get back in the NBA. And you mean. Come on, man.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Joe, Joe, Joe. But you gotta help me understand, Joe. You making 28.

[Joe]

Okay? I can't. I can't help you understand now.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Oh, Joe. Okay, well, help me out, ocho. You making 28 million.

[Uncle Joe]

Yes, sir.

[Shannon Sharpe]

And you. Potentially. Allegedly. What's being reported is that you took a hundred thousand dollars. Hey, so how you. How you. How you drop? How you jump over a stack of money to pick a dime up?

[Uncle Joe]

Can I tell you something?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

That ain't none, but being in it with the wrong crowd and the wrong people.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You right, Joe. O.J.

[Uncle Joe]

and you ain't got no choice. You. You hear me?

[Shannon Sharpe]

Are you picking up?

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Yes.

[Uncle Joe]

Come on, now.

[Joe]

Nah, bro, I still. I can't. I can't even fathom that, man. I'm sorry.

[Uncle Joe]

Listen, I wouldn't. I wouldn't even be with that crowd.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't. I would. Look, Ocho, you know, when we play. Hey, man, who you think gonna win? Who you think, bro?

[Joe]

I don't.

[Shannon Sharpe]

I don't wager. Cause you go pick these games and. And you get pitched, the first name you gonna say, man. Shannon Sharp told me such and such.

[Uncle Joe]

Yep.

[Shannon Sharpe]

They don't care nothing about. They don't care nothing about you. They want a big fish. How many times you see somebody have a perch, have a crappy, have a bluegill, have a red breast held up now, how many times you see them have a large mouth? Bass.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Or tuna or stripe? They want the trophy. You ain't no trophy. Ocho. Joe. Unc. We. The trophies. They want to try our ass out there.

[Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Make an example out of us.

[Joe]

But hell, you.

[Shannon Sharpe]

You. How you admit that you gave it on pro in college. You place 40 best when you were a freshman. And they're gonna talk about you a sufferer. What about the irreparable harm that you've done? What about the imminent harm that you've done?

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Joe]

Yeah, man. I don't know how they can continue. I don't know how he can keep playing, bro behind this.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Damn.

[Uncle Joe]

He better declare for the draft, that's what.

[Shannon Sharpe]

But the problem was it was too late. So he had to enter the supplemental draft. Now I can't remember the last player that's gone in the supplemental draft. The supplemental draft used to be a thing.

[Uncle Joe]

Yeah.

[Shannon Sharpe]

Bobby Humphrey went in the supplemental draft. Steve Walsh went in the supplemental draft. There've been guys that's gone in the supplemental draft, but I'm sorry. This is. This is crazy. This is outrageous.

[Uncle Joe]

I'm curious to see how this is gonna play out.

[Shannon Sharpe]

It ain't gonna play out well.

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