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Bobby Bones
Lots to say with Bobby Bones and Matt Castle is a production of the NFL and iHeart podcasts. We got lots to say? We got lots to say? We're glad you're here?
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Matt Castle
And we hope you stay?
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Bobby Bones
Cause we got lots to say? Yeah, we got lots to say.
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Matt Castle
Now here's Bobby and Matt.
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Bobby Bones
What's up, everybody? Welcome to another epis. Coming up, we have wide receiver Nico Collins, who is just a straight stud. We'll talk to him about his upcoming season with the Texans and mostly if he's, like, back from being injured. It's weird, Matt. Like, when you're injured and you're a pro athlete, there's a fine line of pushing it, but also stopping so you can get back as fast as possible. Do you ever hit that line exactly right?
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Matt Castle
You know, I think it's probably something that every individual is a little bit different, but you're always trying to push yourself so you can get back as quick as possible and get back into, like, the OTAs, the offseason training. And it's. It's based on your injury and also the feedback that you have to give and be very open with with your trainers, the medical staff, and everything like that. But the minute you do start pushing too hard and then you set yourself back, well, that's what you're trying to avoid at all costs. So there's a happy medium because obviously the recovery in. In these injuries now that used to be nine months. You're the. You see guys coming back in four to five months. And so the methods of training and recovery has changed dramatically. And also the different details that they use in the sports science and everything else has evolved. So you're absolutely able to see guys come back at a much quicker rate, but you just don't want to ever sacrifice that into injuring yourself again and setting yourself back in the process.
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Bobby Bones
Yeah, I feel like if it were a contract year, like, there are probably a lot of variables. If it's your first year in a new contract, you're probably handling it different based on your security. Would there be accuracy in that statement?
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Matt Castle
100%. I mean, if you're coming up on a contract year. I remember even when I was in New England, I sub lux my kneecap, which means it came out of place and went back in. And I already had surgery on this thing when I was in college because I did just that, but my knee was swollen like crazy. But I knew I got to play that year, things went well, thought I might be up for a bigger contract, so I wasn't going to say anything because they were saying that you potentially need to go get a scope, do this, that and the other. But I was like, no chance. Because if all of a sudden you go in and you have that injury that you can get through but it's not significant to where you have to have surgery, then you try to fight that because you don't want teams to look at you and go, well, he's got the injury so we're not going to pay him or we're going to go a different direction because he's injured. So you just have to kind of work through some of that stuff. And then after you get that contract, it might be a little bit different. You might be able to take a little bit more time because you don't feel like that sense of urgency, the rush because you've been paid. And that's just, that's human nature.
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Bobby Bones
My last contract in media with, with the company iheartradio because my last deal was a five year deal before the one that I'm in now, which is similar, but I was in the last year of my deal and this is something I haven't talked about a whole lot, but it's similar in that I didn't want them to know, but I woke up one morning and this is probably 16 months before my deal was up. But the negotiation starts with over a year left because there's so many small details inside of it. And so I didn't want them to know, but I woke up and I couldn't read one morning. Meaning I, I remember like nothing happened to me except for when I opened my eyes that morning and I opened my computer to start working on the show, on the radio show, which I wake up at like 3:30 or 4 in the morning. I couldn't read the screen and I thought, well, this is bizarre. I have terrible vision. Anyway, my right eye doesn't work so I just thought maybe this is a vision thing. I get to work, I still can't read. My thoughts aren't really connecting. And I remember going to my co host and going, hey, you have to cover me. Something's wrong with my eyes. Like that's what I said just to get through it. And so she's like, cool. And so she covers me the whole show. I call my doctor and he's like, hey, I think you should go see a neurologist. So I go to a neurologist and they do all this stuff to me on these tests and he says to me at the time, he says, hey, I think you had a seizure in your sleep, and this could happen at any time. And I'm like, well, that sucks in my sleep.
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Matt Castle
And.
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Bobby Bones
And it could happen at any time. Like, what led to this seizure in my sleep? And he's like, there's a hundred variables. He said, so let's just knock out, you know, make sure you're eating right. It's very general because my. This neurologist wasn't like my close doctor, so. Okay, cool. I slowly. It takes about three weeks to where I can actually read words on a page again. I could get them a little bit. I still. I was not. My brain wasn't connecting, and I wasn't telling anybody at work about this because I. Again, it's basically contract year, and so it happens again. And I remember saying on the show, I was like, I have crazy brain fog now. This is like 12 months now. This is a few months, four or five months later. I had crazy brain fog. I said it on the year. And I think I was struggling a little bit with communication. And there were things at. At the time, not everything, but there were things. Like I would see this yellow thing on the table, and I would go, I know what that's called. I just can't place it. This yellow thing, it was a banana, right? It's something that we see all the time, every day. But I didn't know the name of the banana. And so I was like, man, this is bizarre. Maybe I had another seizure in my sleep. At the time I was doing Idol, and they asked me to go and be on Dance with the Stars. And so I go over. I'm on Dance with the Stars, and I remember I couldn't remember any steps on the show the whole time. Like, I couldn't remember. I have a pretty good memory, but I could remember no steps. Wasn't a good dancer anyway. But I had to. Muscle memory, everything, which means two or three hours for somebody turned in like nine or 10 for me. Because whatever your brain does to memorize things, I didn't have it. I couldn't remember people's names. So it happens one other time. And my wife, who we had just started dating, and I was telling her about this because one had happened a few months prior to meeting her. She was like, hey, that ain't normal. This has happened three times. I'm like, yeah, but I can't. I don't want to work because I don't want them to think this guy that we're paying a lot of money to, to be able to think and create and be compelling and be funny that he can't do it. So I'm hiding the injury basically just like someone with a hurt knee, like you mentioned with you. And so we connect with a neurologist. Like my agent's like, hey, I know somebody whose dad's a neurologist. Turns out I had blood clotting in my brain. I had three small strokes over like five years.
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Matt Castle
And oh my gosh.
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Bobby Bones
Exactly. I didn't know that because I wasn't trying to even know because I was like, if I don't know, I'm not holding back. I don't my company to know. And so I, you know, got on medicine. I still a little bit deal with it. I can tell when I'm having really bad days. But I hid it because I did not want my company to know I had had these three. They're called ischemias. Blood clotting in my brain, many strokes to where they would go, well, we don't think we can pay him what we think for the same exact fricking reason. Because I thought they're going to think that I don't have the capacity to perform at a high level. The high level I've been performing yet. So I hid the crap out of it. Now, had this been year one of my contract, I'd have been like, I'm having strokes.
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Matt Castle
I'm out.
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Bobby Bones
I'm having strokes. It's. I need out of here for four months. But that, that was tough. That's. That's the closest I've ever been to a pro athlete trying to hide a knee injury right there.
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Matt Castle
I mean, that's a little bit more serious. When you can't remember what a banana is.
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Bobby Bones
Oh, yeah.
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Matt Castle
Or the names of people. That's pretty weird and at the same time, really scary. And that would make me, like super afraid, like, what's going on here at the same time, like you said, when it comes down to these corporate groups or a team or anything like that, any little thing that they can put a liability claim or something like that into your contract that says if he has another one, we don't have to pay him or he has to pay back the monies that we've already paid him or something like that, where you're just trying to avoid that at all cost because you're, you're, you're right there at the finish line to finish the contract and you're like, well, I don't want them obviously to hold anything back because I've earned this, but I do have A little bit of something here. A little baggage in your case, little strokes that might impact that.
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Bobby Bones
Yeah, I didn't want them to go, hey, we love you and you've outperformed your last contract, but we don't feel, in all good faith we can pay you as much as we would have with this, quote, injury that you have now. Because if I were the corporation, I would do the same thing I was worried about them doing to me. So, yes, understood it. Just hit it. And I'm basically a pro bowler if that's. That's what we're getting to.
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Matt Castle
Basically recovered and we're all good now. And they are very happy now. Did you ever actually tell them about any of this or this is going to be the first time they're hearing it?
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Bobby Bones
It could be the first time they're hearing it. I've only talked about it once or twice ever. But I'm so deep in this contract now. But what it turned out because all this gray matter in my brain that was all jacked up, it was just from sleep. I. I didn't sleep for years and years and years. And, oh, man, my doctor was like, hey, I can see, like, the exact. Maybe not dates, but those. How long it's been since the last ones because of the. My brain, they showed me on a scan and he was like, I bet you had one like, seven months ago. I bet you had one because of. Again, the gray or white matter. And now. But I got, like, years left. So if they were to say something now, I'd be like, ah, what are you gonna do? You know, I got, yeah, three years left in this deal. Yeah.
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Matt Castle
I can't remember a banana.
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Bobby Bones
Who cares exactly how many times we talk about bananas every day. You know what I mean? My wife does. She like, keeps me in line, though. Like, if I'm. I. If I'm starting to even feel it, like, she kind of cracks the whip. How is your wife with you playing ball in that, was she? Because my wife's super supportive. But also, if I'm like, overdoing something, she knows that my goal is to be the best version I can be professionally. And she'll go, you're overdoing yourself. You're not going to be as good as you want to be because of what you're doing right now. What was that relationship like?
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Matt Castle
Well, she understood the athlete's mindset. She. Her also. Her one rule was, look, if you go down, you get up if you can. Regardless of how bad that injury is, if you can get up, then get up. Like, don't sit on the field. There was only really one time I can remember that I didn't get up. I got a concussion against Baltimore where I got knocked out and she understood that it was something a little bit more serious. But even when I broke my foot, I got up, hobbled to the sideline even though it was super painful and got up. And so that was her one world. She's kind of a badass in that circumstance. Like the almost reminded me of the girl from Any given Sunday, like, you're the goddamn quarterback, you know, the team and stuff like that. So she just, she, she pushed me to be the best, but she was also on me about my nutrition and this, that and the other and was always there anytime I need her. Even in the off season when I go to a new team or something like that, she would quiz me the place. So I'd give her the list of plays. I'll be like, look, I need to get quiz on these because I need to be able to say this and regurgitate it in the huddle. And so she'd quiz me. So she was, she was on board, she was down for whatever.
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Bobby Bones
D1 athlete wife. That's awesome. Where for me, my wife great athlete but like she has like a family where I didn't. So I was like, if I, I don't need to take care of myself. Like if I. Something happens to me, who cares where she was like how your wife was instilling what she knew because she was in that life as well. My wife was doing that as well. Like, hey, you now have a family. You like, you need to take care of yourself because if not, you're going to be dead and you're going to leave us all here. So yeah, here's the good women. If we had something to toast, we'd toast good women right here.
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Matt Castle
But here's the good women.
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Bobby Bones
Yes. We're coming back with Nico Collins. We'll take a quick break. Nico Collins in just a second.
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Nico Collins
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Bobby Bones
Wide receiver, Houston Texans Nico Collins how you feeling physically? Where are you now?
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Unknown Speaker
I'm in Houston, man. I just got back yesterday, starting the offseason program, cranking back up. So feeling great.
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Bobby Bones
How, how's the hamstring? Like, you still. You able to. You run on it fully now?
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I'm good now 100. Feeling great. Can't wait for this year, man. I feel like it's a great year. Starting year five, new oc, you know, great team, you know, so can't, can't wait to get started when they're like, the great energy right now is nice.
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Bobby Bones
When there's a new oc, like how, how much installation happens preseason versus how much once you guys all get together, like early ball.
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, it's a lot. I feel like in when the, when that OC first comes, you know, he want to get the base foundation started. You know, he want to get the run game, you know, the past game situation. So I feel like the first OTAs, man, is really just getting the foundation started. You know, the quick game, you know, the intermediate routes, the medium routes, you know, just getting stuff down pat, you know, really found the rhythm of things, you know, I really see how things gonna be ran once we transition from OTAs to camp.
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Bobby Bones
When the transition happens, do they ever keep some of the language so it's not, you know, a full installation or, or since he's there now, I mean, is he. Did he change all the language?
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Unknown Speaker
No. Yeah. I think now is he's. I think now they're meeting to see what we're going to keep in house and what, you know, what he want to run as well. So I feel like now this is what we, you know, go through and see what fits us and what we Going to work use throughout the season. So I feel like now is otas we use that time to see like, I would pretty much see like, what, what plays and what, you know, type of style, type of offense we going to be heading into the 20, 25, 2026 season. And so I feel like during camp, man, you. That's when you really go in your bag and really, you know, bring out your. Your best plays, you know, because you're getting ready for the season. You know, I feel like now is, you know, he's trying to get the foundation started and, you know, get the, the main details down.
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Bobby Bones
Like last year you went off, like, no doubt you went off, you stayed off until, until you got hurt a little bit, but you went off. So when, when a new OC comes in, are you. Are you concerned at all or are you just like we're going to amplify what we did with the new guy?
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Unknown Speaker
I feel like when I went, you know, a new, new coach come in, you know, I feel like we just got to, we. We build on what we did last year, you know, just, you know, putting me, putting me in positions, you know, that. That fits, you know, the best things I do, you know, so. And just anybody, you know, me, including the wide hours, the running backs, you know, just putting guys in the right position for us to, you know, exceed, you know, be great, you know, make plays for the team, man. So, you know, I'm excited for this year, man. I'm excited for, you know, the offense and, you know, the energy, you know, we're going to bring this year. Man, I can't wait.
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Bobby Bones
Some of my friends play pro basketball. They talk about when they're on, like, the rim looks like it's 10ft wide and, you know, they can't miss. Like, when you're on, like, what's the. What's the difference with you? Does the ball look bigger? Does it look softer? Do the players look slower and everything.
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Unknown Speaker
I think when I'm on, like, the ball, everything is moving slow motion. Like everything. The ball's coming slow. Guys just look slower. Yeah, it's just like action figures out there, you know, just the bag drill. That's kind of what it feel like, you know, you just Ross on there, you know, you're not seeing nobody, everything just moving, you know, you're blocking out the noise, man. It's just in the moment, man. I feel like there's no better feeling, man, once you, Once you find that groove, you know, you know how it is. And it's. It's unstoppable to stop, you know? Yeah, that group is nice. I love being that group.
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Bobby Bones
You ever self scout yourself for tendencies to make sure that you're not being scouted for tendencies to make sure you're not doing things like on the line that they already know what you're about to do?
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I try to. I try to, you know, modify my game to keep it the same because I'm a bigger receiver, you know, so. So it's. It's easier for me, you know, I'm 6 4, so it's easier for me to. You can tell when it's time for me to decel, stop, speed up, you know, It's. It's easier. Easier indicators, you know. So I feel like for me, man, just that's one thing I self scout. Just how can I find ways to make everything look the same, you know, my tempo changing or. They know when I come off the ball fast, it's either gonna be a deep route or I'm coming off slow. Might be a run play, you know. So I feel like right now I'm at the point in my career where I need to make everything look the same. I feel like that's things I've been chasing, you know, even when I'm tired, you know, fourth quarter, you know, you got to run the post route, you know, or gotta run the end cut. How can you make everything look the same, you know, so the dbs, you know, can't cover, you know, they smart too, you know, they great players. They get paid as well, you know, so they watch film, you know, they pros, you know, so they know, they know the game, you know, so they know when it's a run play or pass play. So I feel like for me, that's. That's one step I gotta take, you know, just making everything look the same, you know, keep my pad level low. Being physical at a lot of scrimmage, you know, which I am, you know, But I feel like for me, it just continue to work on those things.
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Bobby Bones
Yeah, you're physical, you're large. Do you like when a DB comes up to jam you? Is that fun? Like, let's go.
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, I love it. That's fun of it. Football, man. I feel like that's. That brings the energy, you know, that brings the competitive nature that I have, you know, I love competing, man. Like when God come down to press, you know, that's he trying to stop you from making plays, you know. And for me, it's the team, trust me to go Make a play, you know, whatever your number's called, you got to make a play in it. So I feel like, for me, man, I love being pressed, you know, I love just competing, you know, because they putting their all into that press jam, you know, so, you know, you beat them off the line, you know, a lot, you know, keep running your reps and, you know, you can. You'll know when you take their pride a little bit.
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Bobby Bones
Speaking of getting your number called, if I'm correct, you were drafted in third round. What are these guys feeling? What are they feeling right now as we're inching up? What were you feeling about this point as the draft was about to happen?
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, man, I was anxious. Didn't know where to go. You know, I didn't know where I was going to go. Didn't know what team, you know, believed. Didn't me like me enough, you know, just coming from the Senior bowl, man, you know, it was a lot of emotions, you know, pro day as well, you know, it's a lot of nerves because it's. You train your whole life to get to this level where you, you know, where your guys trained to go now, you know, so when you get to this level, man, it's. It's the best of the best, you know, Guys are great at this level, man. So around this time, man, it was a lot of emotions, man. It was. Man, it was hard to explain, man. It's anxious, nervous, you know, just. Just wishing, you know, you never know if he was gonna get pick or not, you know, it's different coming from high school to college, where you get to pick what school you want to go to, and. But now it's the complete opposite, you know, teams gotta see if they like you, I'm saying. So I feel like that was the big difference for me feeling, you know, just coming into the draft, you know, so, man, I ended up just being with my family around the time, and I ended up, you know, getting the draft house, being with my family, man, being with my loved ones. I feel like that. That really helped me out, you know, and just talking to my mom, my parents, you know, just them telling me, you know, whatever team get me, man, just make sure you. You go and, you know, make your mark and have fun with it, you know, just thank God for it all, you know, and just have fun, you know, the same game you're playing your entire life, you know, it's just at the highest level, you know, it's something you've been dreaming about your entire life, and it's finally here, you know, so taking it around with it, man. You know, take advantage of your opportunities.
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Bobby Bones
What teams did you meet with? And was the Texans one of those teams you thought might pop up and draft you?
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Unknown Speaker
Actually, I was meeting with a lot of teams, man. I met with the Tennessee Titans a lot. Jacksonville. Jacksonville a couple times, man. New York Giants. Yeah, Houston. I ended up meeting with Houston like it was later, man. And the interview was like five minutes, you know, they just asked me how I was doing, how I was feeling, you know, and it was good. You know, they liked my game, things like that. So it was short. It was short and sweet, man. It wasn't nothing. Nothing too crazy. But I feel like just around that time, I wasn't expecting, you know, the. Houston. Houston, Texas to pick us, man, and pick me, you know, it was this. It's a blessing, you know, because around that time, you know, Jacksonville, it was, you know, they was interviewing me a lot, you know, like every day. It's hard questions, you know, just things like that. So I kind of thought, you know, it was gonna be Tennessee, Jacksonville. Jacksonville is pretty hard, too, with the interviews, you know, asking me a lot of questions, you know, asking about the family stuff. So I really thought I was gonna. Either Jacksonville or Tennessee around this time, for sure, but not Texans. Definitely surprised me, man. You know, that's one team I was not expecting. You know, they kept a short interview and ended up picking.
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Bobby Bones
I'm from Arkansas, so for me to go to school somewhere cold, that would not have been preferred. Now you're from Alabama. How did you end up in Michigan? Because that feels like a whole different climate, man.
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Unknown Speaker
It's night and day, man. I say Jim Harbaugh, man. Jim Harbaugh, he came down to the Big Ten. Came down from the Big Ten. SEC country, man, and got me, man. I was. I was. I was blessed enough to be highly recruited. A lot of teams in sec, man, pretty much. I had every team in sec, and Michigan is my only Big Ten. And it was just something about Coach Harbaugh, man. He stood out. He was different from all the other coaches. Just his. His. You know, just the way he just came about the game, man. You know, he cared for the players, you know, on and off the field, for the families, you know, he was a real football guy, you. And it stood out. It was different from the rest of the coaches and the visits I went on, you know, so he came down, man. I went up there a couple times for official visits, man. And I love the culture, man. I think that was when they first went to Jordan. And so I just seen myself going Jordans. I think it was the first Jordan team, college football around that time, man. So it was dope, man. I feel like just me going up there playing amazing blues, different, you know, coming from Alabama, you know, a lot of guys didn't do that. You know, a lot of guys know me stay in the state either, go to Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, you know, Florida, they stay in the south, man. But I just wanted to do something different, you know, I just wanted to go up to the north, you know, playing the Big Ten, you know, just see what's different, see what's out there, you know?
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Bobby Bones
What about catching the ball in the cold, though? Like, catching the football in the cold? You had to learn.
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, yeah, that.
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Bobby Bones
That's. That's hard, right?
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Unknown Speaker
It's hard, man, because your hands are numb and the football is hard as a brick, and it's coming fast. You got no choice but put your hands up, catch it. It's terrible, man. I feel like that was my worst experience. Like, that winter in Michigan was probably my worst my freshman year, man. Like, I didn't. I didn't know how to dress for the cold. I had jackets. Was not doing it for the weather, man. You need a coat. I didn't have no boots. I was going through it, man. My first winter in December was. It was rough. I had to call mom, like, yo, can you send me, like, a care package? Like, I need. Show me what I need to go shop for. I need to stay warm out here. But, no, it was the best decision I ever made, though, man.
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Bobby Bones
Watching you last season, just watching the other wide receivers around the NFL, like, there are a lot of guys. There are a lot of, like, dudes. But, like, you were that dude. Like, the whole season, like, you were that dude. And everybody started to realize it about. About game three, where it was like, okay, he has separated himself from everybody. Did you do anything last year leading into the season that was different, or is it just a normal maturation process?
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I didn't do anything different. I feel like I build on. I build on last year, my sec, coming off my third year. And this year, I feel like I was just building, you know, just finding the things that was good for me. My third year, I did it again, you know, I amped it up, you know, just taking the game to another level, you know, just trying to, you know, learn stuff, learn from different people. You know, I had, you know, Stefan Diz joins us this year. You know, just learning from him, you know, just learning, you know, how to. He's become a great receiver. I've been watching stuff for years, you know, middle school, you know, throughout high school, you know, even now, I'm still watching, you know, guys like that, man, just leaders, you know. I lean on asking questions of vets, man. Just finding ways to go about my game, man. Cause I feel like there's always ways to improve on your game, and there's no ceiling. So I feel like for me, man, just striving for greatness and not getting complacent, not getting comfortable, you know, just because you had a little, you know, success is a blessing, you know, but you. I feel like for me, you gotta continue to go. Continue to remember, like, your goals and, you know, just being 1%, you know, just taking advantage of every opportunity, you know, that was. That was what I was doing. You know, you just never know when the game could be done, you know, And I feel like just. I realized that, man. Just flipped the switch. And I'm still continuing to realizing that now, you know, just enjoying everything, you know, because it could be over tomorrow. Never know, you know, so feel like, nah, man. Just having fun. Join the process and loving it.
- [26:36]
Bobby Bones
I got three final questions, and I'll talk about C.J. stroud first. I mean Ohio State. So that's, you know, a few years ago, maybe you guys wouldn't have gotten. Gotten along so well, but, like, what's he like? The facility? What's he. What's he like on the practice field?
- [26:51]
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, dude's a leader, man. I feel like he's a born leader. From day one, since he came in, man. Just his work ethic and his leadership. He was there, man. He came in not even looking like a rookie, man. He came in ready to lead, you know, because first two years we was. Wasn't winning, you know, the program. It was probably maybe one Winning, like, five games. Two years. My first two years I was here, man, it was. It was kind of. I rebuilt year. It was kind of hard for me. But, you know, once we drafted CJ Will, man, and Henry, man, I feel like this Tiger team. That draft class was nice, bro. And I feel like we. We stepped it up. That's what we needed. We needed that. That those guys, man, to come in and make a difference. And they did. And C.J. he's every day in the building, man. It's just. You can tell he's on a mission, you know, he. He leads the right way. He'd be there for you, man. And there's no better guy to go out there and play. Play for it, man. You know, he got your back. It's a great guy, man, and humble. He's on me. He's calm and collected. That's why they call him. He's real calm. You know, when pressure's high, lights get bright, you know, the guy stays the same, man. I feel like that's the type of guy you need as a quarterback.
- [27:57]
Bobby Bones
All right, final two questions. Did you keep any balls from this season? Any special moments where you kept the ball?
- [28:03]
Unknown Speaker
Yeah, for sure, man. I cut a lot of footballs, man. Got a thousand yards. I kept that first touchdown reception. I kept that. What else? My second touchdown, I scored against, I think it was. They got caught, man, the first one. Second one got called back. I was sick. First touchdown, gave it. I know it was my mom's birthday, so I had to. I had to. Kept that ball, gave it to her. So it was a great, great one. I was gonna keep the. The Dallas ball that first play. I came back after my injury, ended up breaking like a 70 yard, 69 touchdown. Got called back, sick. So I was, you know, I still kept that ball because it counted to me, you know, coming back from, you know, just missing five games, you know, and that. That game against Dallas, and that's being the first play. Batman and no. And they gave me the ball the first play, and, you know, I took it to the house. I feel like that was a. It was a great feeling for me, you know, just coming off injury, you know, good blowing injury, hamstring, you know, and that being my first play back, man, you know, I had to keep that. You know, it kind of counted. My books might not count nobody else, but, you know, that's. That's something to remember, you know. But I always keep a lot of my footballs because, you know, it's hard to score in this. In this league, man, it is. So, like, when you look back 10 years from now, man, you could tell your kids or, you know, grandkids, you know, that's what I was doing back in the day.
- [29:34]
Bobby Bones
Final question, the easy one, like, what's the expectation? What's the ceiling for this year? You know, what's the goal?
- [29:39]
Unknown Speaker
For sure. I mean, I feel like the ceilings is. Everybody's selling, you know, we gotta get to that Super Bowl. We know it's ceiling. But I feel like our goal, man, is just continue to get better, continue to not be the same every week, you know, improve, you know, and continue to be us. I feel like when we out there having fun. We play our best ball. Not thinking, you know, and I feel like for us, that's gonna be our challenge, man. Go out there having fun, you know, and being nuffs, man, we being nuts, not thinking too much. I feel like that's when we have the most fun and winning games, man, the potential of this ceiling, this team this year, man, I feel like it's great, you know, and I can feel it right now in the building, just, you know, first, second week workouts, you know, flowing the mindset, not from the coaches to the players, you know, everybody staff, you know, to everybody, man, I feel like the energy is there. I feel like the missions, everybody know what the mission is. And we don't want to have that feeling we had last year, you know, getting to the same spot we did twice two years back to back. And I proceeded, you know, so we know what we got to do. We know what it takes to, to go to the next level and go to the next game, you know, so I feel like for us, man, it's a great feeling, it's great energy and I can't wait for everybody to get back.
- [30:45]
Bobby Bones
Nico, I appreciate you. You're fun to watch, man. It's awesome. Awesome to see last year. Just kill it and yeah, rooting for you guys. So thanks for the time, Nico.
- [30:53]
Unknown Speaker
No problem. Thank you so much.
- [30:55]
Matt Castle
Have a good one.
- [30:55]
Bobby Bones
See you, buddy.
- [31:04]
Nico Collins
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- [32:11]
Bobby Bones
Hey, Matt, who do you think has the craziest fan base?
- [32:14]
Matt Castle
I mean, the Bills have to be up there with the Bills mafia. There's no doubt about that. Philly, Philly. Philly and the Bills. I'd probably say those two. Maybe the Las Vegas Raiders with the black hole and everything. Seattle Seahawks are place to play.
- [32:30]
Bobby Bones
That's a good one.
- [32:31]
Matt Castle
Yeah, I mean, because they've got. They retired the number 12 because of the 12th man. That's their big deal up there. And I think that they pro. They have to pump artificial noise into that stadium. It's wild.
- [32:42]
Bobby Bones
The 12th man is a good one, which I don't think I would have gone there. I'm glad you did. Did you ever play in Seattle?
- [32:48]
Matt Castle
Oh, yeah, multiple times. And it is loud as can be and it's always dreary, little bit damp, you know. And when they had the legion of boom, that place was rocking. Marshawn lynch, that whole group, I mean, they were good, good football team.
- [33:04]
Bobby Bones
How is it. And I guess I should say, where is it when it is so loud? Like, how is there a difference in deafening and really loud and just kind of loud? And does it affect play?
- [33:17]
Matt Castle
It does, because communication, when it is so loud, particularly when you get to some of these end zones, like in Seattle, even New Orleans, when they were at their height, they were so loud and particularly in the end zones, that communication, because so much is going on, particularly if you're a quarterback in an offensive unit that you identify the linebacker to set protections and set the front, that everybody's got to be communicating the. And you're not using cadence. You're all on silent count. Because if you use cadence, everybody's going to jump off sides. And you see it often. If so they try to use cadence and it's too loud. There's just some guy that gets a little bit jumpy. So you're waiting for that ball to move. So under center, I literally would slap the center's butt. He'd bob his head and snap the ball, and that was the indicator. And then the wide receivers on the outside, all they're looking at is looking in to see the ball move. They don't even concentrate on the slap or anything like that. And then when you're in the gun, you're using a foot so you can go silent one, silent two, silent three in some cases. And everybody's got to be on it. But it definitely changes your communication because when you're up at the line of scrimmage, you want to change protection.
- [34:21]
Bobby Bones
You.
- [34:21]
Matt Castle
That's when you see like the old school clips of Peyton Manning running up and down the line communicating to everybody, being very demonstrative. Well, that's because communication is key to getting it done.
- [34:31]
Bobby Bones
When you say you use the foot and shotgun, what do you mean?
- [34:36]
Matt Castle
So when you're standing back there, the indicator, you either have the guard or the center sometimes will look through his Legs and you're literally lifting your leg up. One leg. And that's silent one. Silent two would be two lifts. So you go like this. He goes down. Bob's. His head comes up, then he looks back down, Bob's it again. Or you have a guard tap him. And so that's how you would start. The cadence you would use. No, no cadence whatsoever. It was all silent count.
- [35:00]
Bobby Bones
So you're telling me there are instances where the guard is watching so he can tell the center what the silent count is?
- [35:06]
Matt Castle
Yes, because I think it's a better method, to be honest with you. Because the center controls the front. He's setting stuff after. I will identify. Hey, the middle linebackers here. So I said it originally, but he's talking to the guards continuously and it's getting passed down like, hey, watch this guy coming down here or the game or whatever it might be. So as the center keeps his eyes on the defense, the guard looks back and all he does is he taps. He taps the center on the side and that now the center knows it's time to go and so he's able. They're both able to get their eyes on the defense for the most part.
- [35:39]
Bobby Bones
Thing I do feel like I learned something. Like I feel like I'm mildly knowledgeable, but I didn't know because I've seen the leg lifts and knew that one or two, but I never knew there were other eyes. It's like in your neighborhood, the neighborhood watch where people are out at night. Like we have the neighborhood. The guard is the frickin neighborhood watch for the center of the quarterback.
- [35:57]
Matt Castle
Yeah, you'll see these guys look back like this and you'll see them just kind of put their hand out. Sometimes they'll even put it out in front of their face like this. So that that's the indicator to that we got to get going.
- [36:07]
Bobby Bones
Another one of the teams I put up for fan bases is the Packers. Because one, you got to be crazy to go to games that cold. They. Are they loud?
- [36:15]
Matt Castle
They're relatively loud. I mean the coolest part about it is a historic like value of that place and so much history. You're walking down all the locker rooms green. But then the Lambo Leap and everything that they have, they're loud, but I wouldn't say they're as loud as Seattle or even a Kansas City. When Kansas City's rocking. That fan base will get after you there. There's some really loud stadiums, there's no doubt about that. But I would say that they're not as loud as, like I said, Seattle, Kansas City. Pittsburgh gets loud, too, with the terrible towels. I mean. And the other part about Pittsburgh, they travel. We've had games in, like, Kansas City before where there's more than half the stadium dressed up in Steelers outfits. I'm like, I thought this was a home game. What is going on right now?
- [37:02]
Bobby Bones
People liked us last week. Let's do another edition of what Were They Like? Where I just pick somebody that I think you knew and you tell me what they were like. And this week I pick. Tell me about Doug Flutie.
- [37:14]
Matt Castle
Doug Flutie, dude, this guy was a legend when I showed up to New England. He's 41 years old and he's not big in stature. I mean, he's probably 510 might be generous, 5, 9. But he had an absolute cannon for an arm. And I'll never forget, I come in the first day, I'm coming in as a rookie. I'm walking up and he pulls up in like an old school Trans Am with an eagle on the front. He lived. He lived in the 1980s, dude. Like, he had the hair flow and he was like a little kid. I mean, he loved, loved every sport. He played in pickup basketball. He played in the hardball baseball league at 41 in the off season. And he'd come in and he'd tell you all of his stats. He was like a little kid. He'd tell you all of his stats, how many innings he pitched, people, he stole base. He'd go out to Fenway, and before games, he'd go down there constantly and just shag balls for batting practice like he was a legend. And I'll never forget the. It was the end of the year. That year we're playing Miami at home and I got to play for three quarters. And the crowd was getting frustrated because they wanted to see Fluty like it's Boston, Boston College, like he's a legend there. And so Fluti could do this thing called the drop kick. And it hadn't been done for God knows how long, you know, 30 years, whatever it was. And we go down and I throw my first touchdown pass of my career to Tim Dwight on a little return route. He falls in. Well, Doug Flutie runs on the field and he's going to do this drop kick because Bill's a big historian, so he's like, can you do this in the game? And Doug's like, yeah, I'll do it. So Doug lines up behind the center in a shotgun snap, and everybody is going wild. And the defense doesn't know what to think because we're in a field goal formation with just Flutie back there and he drops it, hits the ground, kicks it through the uprights for a pat, does the drop kick. So now it's like super bowl winning type stuff. The crowd is all, now I come back out for the next series, for the two minute drill, and they're booing, they're so pissed off. Doug Foodie is not back in the game. I'm like, guys, I mean, he went in for the drop kick. It was awesome. But can I just, can you maybe a little bit of support right here? No, no, they're going flu floo. It was great, but he was a great teammate. Funny as hell. I mean, I will say in meetings he was one of those guys that's old school, right? He wants to block it up and throw down. So we'd be going through the game plan sometimes and after Brady would get going through his favorites, they'd get the Flutie and they'd be like, all right, so if you get in there or if something happens, what do you want me to start? He's like, look, just block it up. And call goes, I'll make it work. And he was just that kind of dude. I was, I was laughing my ass off, though. He was a funny, funny dude.
- [40:07]
Nico Collins
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- [41:15]
Bobby Bones
All right, you're up.
- [41:17]
Matt Castle
All right, Bear Grylls. Tell me some good Bear Grylls stories.
- [41:22]
Bobby Bones
So Bear Grylls has a show. He has many shows, but he has a Running Wild with Bear Grylls where he takes out celebrities and takes them all over the world to places and basically sees if you can die. That's what it felt like anyway. And I got a call, says, hey, do you want to do Running Wild with Bear Grylls? On Nat Geo on Disney plus. And I was like, I don't think so. Like, I'm good. I don't. I'm good. I don't. Not for adventure. I had enough of that my whole life growing up. And they're like, no, no, no. I don't think you understand. Like, he only really asks famous people, and you're not famous, so that would be cool for you to do. That's how it was positioned. And I said, okay. And so I begrudgingly said, yeah, sure, thinking we would go to, like, New Orleans or Las Vegas into the. A dune or something. And they were like, all right, we're gonna go to Norway. I never been in Norway. Long trip. And it's like, you'll be there for two days. You're in the wilderness. It's cold, but you'll land, and off you go. And so I'm like, all right, cool. So I get on a flight. We fly to Norway. Let's, like, fly to Paris and then Amsterdam and then a small town in Norway. And you get off. It's beautiful, by the way, but you land, and it's just right into the show. So as soon as I land, I throw my bags in a room, and they're like, all right, let's go. I haven't met Bear or anything. And so I watched a couple episodes on the way on the flight just to kind of see what was going on. And I'd seen a couple a few years prior, but it wasn't like I watched all the Bear Girls episodes. So a little bit had to reintroduce myself to what was about to happen. And I didn't like what I was introduced to because I was like, I don't want to do this stuff. I hate heights. And so we're in a foreign country, and they're like, just go, and he'll join you. And all of a sudden, I see a helicopter flying over the top, and here's Bear, like, hanging off the side of it, and he's like, all right. And the helicopter's still running, and he's like, clip on right here. And I'm like, what? He's like, clip on right here. Never. Not nothing, not met him, anything. All I hear is this guy yelling at me, and I clip on. All of a sudden, the helicopters lifted us off, right? And we're, like, just hanging from the freaking helicopter, flying over nowhere. I'm like, oh, my God, I hate heights. And there's. It's little. Literally a clip from me falling to my death hundreds of feet. So we finally land, and it's freezing cold and it's raining the whole time, and my adrenaline is pumping, but I don't know why, because I don't know what I'm about to do. And so we just start hiking. We have, like, 20 miles to hike that day to get to our end destination. And part of it is going through water. And again, it's probably 37 degrees and it's raining. And so we go and it's wet. And I'm telling you, it's not like there are producers following you around giving you, like, tootsie Rolls or blankets. Like, it's as legit as it possibly can be unless you, like, tap out. And so we're going. And we're going through marsh, and I, like, fall, and I'm wet. My whole leg's wet. It's less than 40 degrees. Bear's really nice. But again, we're shooting a TV show, and we're trying to get to our place before dark, and we come across this disgusting rotted goat. And it's a floating on the water. And what we were looking for were, like, some birds or some plants because he was like, hey, we're gonna try to find some birds to eat, because then we'll cook them and eat them. Because he's, you know, he was in, like, Special Forces in, like, the uk. And I'm like, great. This part, no problem with. Grew up in the woods in Arkansas. Hunted my whole life. Whatever you need. So we're going through. But it's a rotted goat that's poking out of this cold water. And so I have to go and wade. I don't have any extra socks. Wade to this goat. We drag it to the land. And bear is smart enough to know, well, if that side's rotted, the other side is going to be perfectly preserved because the water's cold. So we pull it, we flip it over. He's absolutely right. It's perfectly preserved. And he's like. He's like, I'll. I'll skin this. Cameras are with us, but the cameras aren't allowed to, like, talk with us. That we're not allowed to talk to the cameraman at all. And he's like, have you ever used a knife? And I'm like, oh, I can clean this animal. He didn't know that. I'm like a hillbilly, like, growing up. And he's like, you can. You can clean an animal. However, I don't have a good British accent. And so, like, I freaking cleaned the goat. Like, half the goat. And, yeah, I was able to, like. And he was so shocked by that. And I think a little bit his outdoorsman respect of me went up a notch. I didn't deserve it, but it went up a notch. And we're, like, going off clip. It was miserable. I'm coming on, like, off ropes. We're falling off 400ft cliffs. And we. We get to the end of the night because you do a full, like, 12 hours. You sleep out in the. In the wilderness, and then you have another, like, six hours the next day to get to the final spot. And the best part of it was after I would, like. I'd, like, kill myself all day. It felt like. And have died multiple times. It was just Bear and I sitting at a fire. No cameras. They don't put you in a hotel or anything. You literally are out there in a tent. We just sat around and talked for, like, four hours. Was, like, the greatest dude. Like, so generous with the stories. I was, like, talking about good celebrities, difficult celebrities. Was so, like, open and, like, vulnerable. Like, I loved the dude. I ended up doing the show the next season as well. But that whenever we were leaving the next day, he was like, you ready to get back on the helicopter? And there's a clip of me getting back on the helicopter and the helicopter being funny and, like, doing, like, one of those go straight and then jerk, and it, like, swings you, and you see me just swing out of the helicopter, dude. The worst.
- [46:58]
Matt Castle
He no way.
- [46:59]
Bobby Bones
Was super kind. I felt like I died many times. It came back to life and did it again the next year. I think there were only two people that done it twice. Me and Channing Tatum were very similar, especially with our shirts off. But he. He couldn't have been kind. And we keep in touch. And Bear Grylls is as nice as he seems on the show. So that's my bear girl story.
- [47:20]
Matt Castle
Dude, I love that you did that show because I would watch that show religiously. Like, I wonder if that would be fun to do. But it did look like you guys were out in the elements that I didn't know. It was two full days, 20 miles of hiking. But you. They find random food, you do all that stuff. But it's definitely a mental grind, without a doubt.
- [47:38]
Bobby Bones
Well, they also probably know what your weaknesses are, and they challenge you on them. So I hated heights. I made a mistake of saying that. I was like, yeah, I'm good. Everything but heights. So it was all heights. It was all freaking heights. It was like, what can we find to throw him off of that will make him possibly cry. And so yeah, if anyone's wondering, Bear girls and Doug Flutie A A A individuals.
- [48:09]
Nico Collins
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- [49:17]
Bobby Bones
We're going to draft our sport movie team. I will give you the category. Okay. There'll be five categories. You draft your position. The first is of your sports movie team, your leader. Who do you draft to be the leader of your team?
- [49:37]
Matt Castle
The leader of my team. I'm gonna go with Roy Hobbs from the Natural, a movie that you've never.
- [49:44]
Bobby Bones
Seen, but I know it. I've seen clips. I've seen clips. I mean, he hits into the lights. I thought that was cool.
- [49:49]
Matt Castle
I mean, not only is he a great baseball player, but he fought through adversity.
- [49:52]
Bobby Bones
Well, I don't know. The adversity, huh? I don't know. What's the adversity?
- [49:55]
Matt Castle
Oh, he got shot.
- [49:56]
Bobby Bones
Really?
- [49:56]
Matt Castle
Yeah, by a lady on a train that had like full mental issues. Wanted to want to be his girlfriend, but I have no idea what happened. But really set back his career, but he fought back from that adversity. Made it all the way up to whatever. He was and was a great teammate, great player, great leader. Just all around good human being. Roy Hobbs.
- [50:18]
Bobby Bones
I'm going Shane Falco from the replacements.
- [50:20]
Matt Castle
I do love that. That's a great call.
- [50:22]
Bobby Bones
The ultimate underdog quarterback. Nobody believed in Shane Falco.
- [50:25]
Matt Castle
No.
- [50:26]
Bobby Bones
Shane Falco freaking played though.
- [50:28]
Matt Castle
And he bald.
- [50:28]
Bobby Bones
He bald. Hard.
- [50:29]
Matt Castle
Bald. Hard.
- [50:31]
Bobby Bones
Good ones. All right, next up, your athletic freak.
- [50:38]
Matt Castle
Okay, I mean, I was thinking about this and I always remember watching Blue Chips growing up. And then I remember Shaq was the actor in Blue Chips was the guy that they paid for to come in, be part of the program, take him to a national championship. You know the name?
- [50:55]
Bobby Bones
Yeah. What Booby. No, no, no, no. Neon. Neon. He was neon.
- [51:00]
Matt Castle
Neon.
- [51:00]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, neon. Like boudo. Boudoir.
- [51:03]
Matt Castle
Yeah, boudoir. They went down to the gym, and they're in that sweaty gym, and he's just dunking the ball over people.
- [51:08]
Bobby Bones
Blue Chips was.
- [51:09]
Matt Castle
It was a great movie. Like, a really good inside look.
- [51:14]
Bobby Bones
Penny was in it, too.
- [51:15]
Matt Castle
Yeah, Penny Hardway was baller, too.
- [51:17]
Bobby Bones
That's a. They get no freakier in a great way than Shaq. Yeah, man, I had two A pluses on this one. I don't want to be the guy that picks two.
- [51:26]
Matt Castle
No, please do.
- [51:27]
Bobby Bones
Forrest Gump.
- [51:31]
Matt Castle
That's a solid pick right there.
- [51:34]
Bobby Bones
University of Alabama. Like, he just kept.
- [51:36]
Matt Castle
Gone running Kickoffs back. Gone Marathons.
- [51:39]
Bobby Bones
Yes. Like he kept running. Yes.
- [51:41]
Matt Castle
Ping pong.
- [51:42]
Bobby Bones
Yes. I mean, the forest gun. Wow. You get no freakier athletically.
- [51:48]
Matt Castle
No. Because he's, like, weird, too, and he doesn't even know he's doing it.
- [51:52]
Bobby Bones
The other one, that was right, because I felt real good about force. Be honest.
- [51:55]
Matt Castle
I'll say. That's all time right there.
- [51:57]
Bobby Bones
Bobby Boucher was number two.
- [51:58]
Matt Castle
Bobby Boucher. I thought he'd be a wild card.
- [52:01]
Bobby Bones
For you because he hits like Ray Lewis on steroids. Like, Bobby Boucher took heads off.
- [52:06]
Matt Castle
Yes, he did.
- [52:07]
Bobby Bones
But Forrest Gump has got to be my free.
- [52:09]
Matt Castle
That's a great call.
- [52:10]
Bobby Bones
All right, next up in the draft, your wild card, for any reason whatsoever, which athlete would you have on your team?
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Matt Castle
Oh, Happy Gilmore.
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Bobby Bones
Great one.
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Matt Castle
Happy Gilmore. Are you kidding me?
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Bobby Bones
That's a good one. Well, I'm going Air Bud. It's a freaking dog, dude. I got a freaking dog who can play ball like nobody else got a dog.
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Matt Castle
You know what the funniest part about this, when you sent this, my wife and I had a conversation. I said, this is going to be a great conversation. And I. She's like, what about airbud? I was like, I can't go with the dog. Like, honey, I. I mean, I go with the dog. You went with the dog. And I love it. Literally had that conversation.
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Bobby Bones
Airbuds legit. Like, I'm just. Imagine showing up with a dog that can play ball. They're gonna be so distracted by the dog. They can't. They can't focus.
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Matt Castle
Yeah. And not only did that dog play basketball, played volleyball. 1.
- [53:02]
Bobby Bones
Imagine airbag baseball. Imagine everybody in the red zone.
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Matt Castle
Oh, just go up and get it.
- [53:06]
Bobby Bones
Yeah.
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Unknown Speaker
Okay.
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Matt Castle
Breaking ankles or biting ankles?
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Bobby Bones
Biting ankles. That's a good one. All right, Coach. Who's your coach?
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Matt Castle
Oh, man. I went with. Oh, Jackie Moon, Will Ferrell, he's semi pro. He's the owner. He also is a player. He's pregame announcer and he fought a bear. I mean, does it get any better than Jackie Moon?
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Bobby Bones
It does not. Except I'm going to give you a close. Not better, but close. Okay, Mickey from Rocky. Because if you need to get up, get up, Bones. Get up, get up, Rock. Like, I feel like Mickey's the guy. That's because I'm probably gonna be like shaking, hurting, and he's like, get up, Bone. Air buddy. Get up.
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Matt Castle
Air Bud would knock Rock. He's the only dog that can knock Rocky out.
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Bobby Bones
And finally, like your enforcer, your tough guy, who would you draft there?
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Matt Castle
I went with Jean Claude Van Damme from Bloodsport. I mean, let's be honest. I know he's not like your typical team tough guy, but I mean, the guy went for like battle to the death, wherever the hell they were in Bloodsport and fought that one guy who was very intimidating and he fought blind, I mean, pretty hardcore.
- [54:18]
Bobby Bones
That's true. He did find.
- [54:19]
Matt Castle
Remember that.
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Unknown Speaker
Yes.
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Matt Castle
He's like, close his eyes.
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Bobby Bones
Well, that's so underappreciated.
- [54:23]
Matt Castle
Could just feel the wind in his air and just block.
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Bobby Bones
Mind Forcer. Didn't love him, but would definitely accept him on my team. Yvonne Drago from Rocky 4.
- [54:37]
Matt Castle
That's great.
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Bobby Bones
I want him roided up.
- [54:39]
Matt Castle
Oh, 100.
- [54:40]
Bobby Bones
I want every way he cheated against America to be cheating for America with me and Air Bud.
- [54:45]
Matt Castle
Hgh, steroids, amphetamines. I want the whole package, all of it. Yeah. And I want the girl that traveled with them, the blonde that might have.
- [54:53]
Bobby Bones
Beat with a short haircut.
- [54:55]
Matt Castle
I think she was more intense than he was.
- [54:57]
Bobby Bones
One of my honorable mentions for the coach was just see if you know who this is. Gordon Bombay. Familiar?
- [55:02]
Matt Castle
Gordon Bombay.
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Bobby Bones
Gordon Bombay.
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Matt Castle
Give it to me.
- [55:05]
Bobby Bones
Mighty Ducks.
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Matt Castle
Oh, that was a great call. My runner up for coach was Ted Lasso.
- [55:12]
Bobby Bones
Great call. Didn't even get on my list. Yeah, and I missed. That's a. That is a great.
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Matt Castle
I mean, inspiring fun to play.
- [55:19]
Bobby Bones
Brings you a little. Little cookie treat. Cake Treats.
- [55:23]
Matt Castle
Yeah. And my other one for runner up of leader was Roy from Ted Lasso. You know the.
- [55:28]
Bobby Bones
Yeah, Roy Hardcore. My enforcer backup was another Rocky Clubber lang, which was Mr. T. Oh, Mr.
- [55:36]
Matt Castle
T. That was great.
- [55:37]
Bobby Bones
Did you know Mr. T, you know all the chains he wore, Right. Did you know when he. Why he wore that initially was because he worked bouncer at a club and people would just leave stuff at the bar. And he just collected on his neck. And that's where his look came from.
- [55:50]
Matt Castle
Hey, any way you can come up, bro? I'm down with that.
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Bobby Bones
All right, that's it for this week on Lots to say. We appreciate you guys. Please subscribe, Go over to Lots to say on Wherever you listen to your podcast, it could be iheartradio, it could be Spotify, it could be Apple Music. If you don't mind subscribing. And if you like the show, please share it on your Instagram story. That would mean a lot to us. And if you don't mind giving us a review and five stars, that would help tremendously as well, because we're going to be very honest with you. That affects the algorithm. We need the algorithm to push us up so more people will like us. So we're going to be honest with you so we can keep our job. And that's what it's all about. So thank you so much. Kickoff Kevin Executive producer Reed Yarberry running all the videos. He is Matt Castle. I'm Bobby Bones, and we've had lots to say. Goodbye, everybody. Lots to say with Bobby Bones and Matt Castle is a production of the NFL and iHeart Podcast. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Some people just know they could save hundreds on car insurance by checking Allstate first. Like, you know to check that you pack the grill first before leaving for the tailgate. Now you've got seven hangry friends in a cooler full of uncooked brats. Checking first is smart, so check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. You're in good hands with Allstate. Savings vary subject to terms, conditions and availability. Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates, Northbrook, Illinois.