Marquise “Hollywood” Brown on Playing with Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes & South Florida Roots

Summary

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Tranquilo Sports Talk

Episode: Marquise “Hollywood” Brown on Playing with Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes & South Florida Roots
Date: February 19, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, the Stay Tranquilo crew sits down with NFL star Marquise “Hollywood” Brown at Super Bowl media row. The conversation dives into Hollywood's experiences growing up in South Florida’s ultra-competitive football culture, insights from playing with quarterbacks Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes, locker room stories, Miami food spots, and the influence of family (notably his cousin Antonio Brown). Throughout, the energy is classic barbershop—fast-paced, candid, funny, and full of South Florida pride.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Growing Up in South Florida Football Culture

• Hollywood shares how football shaped his identity, starting from age six, with tough local coaching and neighborhood influences.
  • Memorable Quote:

    "Football, big time down there. I mean... the way I was coached, the way I was brought up, talked to by, you know, my coaches, people around the neighborhood. Like, it make you a certain way, it build you up a certain way."
    — Hollywood Brown (01:36)

• South Florida as a football talent pipeline, with a nod to enduring debates about Florida, Cali, and Texas.
• Culture shock when leaving for junior college in California:
  • Learned self-reliance and grew as a man through adversity.
  • Quote:

    "I never went further than Orlando growing up. So my first time going far, I went all the way far... It taught me early, you know, to be a man, to... take care of myself."
    — Hollywood Brown (02:39)

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Playing with Elite Quarterbacks: Lamar Jackson & Patrick Mahomes

• Unique attributes of both QBs discussed; both described as extraordinary, but with distinct styles.
  • On Mahomes:

    "He probably gonna play for a very, very, very long time. He take care of himself. He loves the game. He’s a competitor."
    — Hollywood Brown (03:44)

  • On Lamar:

    "He’s just... a freak of nature. He's a straight baller... When Lamar got drafted 32, oh, my God, we all lost hope. If he went 32, we got no chance."
    — Hollywood Brown (03:44)

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Toughest Matchups & On-Field Lessons

• Top three hardest cornerbacks faced:
  • Stephon Gilmore — praised for technique ("he was, like, locked in...")
  • Patrick Surtain II — "He stays in his technique."
  • J.C. Jackson — "It's like he knew every route I was going to run."
• Emphasis on year-to-year changes due to the off-season work of both receivers and defenders.
  • Quote:

    "The way you train in the offseason is going to dictate how you play."
    — Hollywood Brown (05:14)

• On Stephon Gilmore:
  • Quote:

    "This guy will not open up... I was getting frustrated... yo, he really good..."
    — Hollywood Brown (05:41)

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Trash Talk & Rivalries

• Jalen Ramsey called out as the league's top trash talker, but not many challenge Hollywood directly.
  • Quote:

    "But I ain't going to lie. People don't really talk trash to me... I like... people play video games with me, I talk trash all day long. But on the field... guys nowadays take it a little too far..."
    — Hollywood Brown (07:27)

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Locker Room Vibes & Andy Reid’s Coaching

• On adversity with the Chiefs and Mahomes' absence:
  • Team stuck together, maintained weekly focus, didn’t panic after losses.
  • Praises steady, process-oriented environment fostered by the KC staff.
  • Quote:

    "Every week we treated the same. Like, that was something different. Like we ain't big up nobody and we ain't load nobody. We treated everybody the same. Every week. The reset happened every week."
    — Hollywood Brown (08:25)

• On Andy Reid:
  • Mix of seriousness and fun; open door for personal issues.
  • Cheeseburger jokes in the locker room are real, but the standard is high.
  • Quote:

    "The cheeseburger thing is, he don't play. You know, everybody getting treated the same. It's a standard you gotta uphold... you could go to him and talk to him about anything."
    — Hollywood Brown (09:46)

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Miami Food and South Florida Staples

• Flanigan’s:
  • Go-to order is pasta with garlic bread, and always takes the cup home.
    • "I'm taking some bread to go. You feel me? And I'm taking the cup. Always 100%." — Hollywood Brown (11:05)
• Other Favorites:
  • Mr. and Mrs. M’s Subs
  • Publix chicken tenders / Pub Subs
  • Captain Max (“in between Miramar and Miami”)
• Miami = umbrella term for neighboring areas like Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale.

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Cultural Influences & Family

• Shoutouts to music—favorite Kodak Black song is “No Flocking” (12:15).
• On cousin Antonio Brown’s influence:
  • "A.B. great... what he did on the field... can't be taken away from him. The film can't get erased. Yeah, he one of the goats and influenced me a lot, especially in college, you know, him being a smaller guy, showing you know hard work can take you places because he worked harder than anybody I knew."
    — Hollywood Brown (12:44)

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Miami Dreams: Hometown Recruiting

• The hosts playfully ask him to reunite with Lamar Jackson in Miami at the end of his contract—Lots of agreeing and laughter.
  • Quote:

    “We need you... I'm going to recruit you right now in the Miami office.”
    — Interviewer 3 & Hollywood Brown (13:19)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Hollywood on South Florida Football:

  "It make you a certain way, it build you up a certain way." (01:36)

• On Mahomes & Lamar:

  "God just came down and touched him with... some different gifts, you know." (03:33)

• On facing Stephon Gilmore:

  "I pay attention to details a lot... he was patient... I was getting frustrated... yo, he really good." (05:41)

• On Andy Reid:

  "You could go to him and talk to him about anything you got going on, and he gonna listen, he gonna give his input, his advice, and you can't. You can't ask for nothing else." (09:46)

• On Miami Eats:

  "I'm taking some bread to go... and I'm taking the cup. Always." (11:05)

• On Antonio Brown:

  "The film can't get erased. Yeah, he one of the goats." (12:44)

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Selected Timestamps

• [01:36] — Growing up playing South Florida football
• [02:39] — Culture shock leaving Florida, lessons from Junior College in California
• [03:33] — Comparing and contrasting Mahomes & Lamar Jackson
• [05:14] — Toughest cornerbacks, importance of offseason work
• [07:20] — Trash talkers, attitude on the field
• [08:25] — Chiefs locker room mentality during adversity
• [09:46] — The Andy Reid player experience, locker room cheeseburgers, openness
• [10:44] — Miami food: Flanigan’s order and South Florida staples
• [12:15] — Favorite Kodak Black song
• [12:44] — Antonio Brown’s influence and impact
• [13:19] — “Come home to Miami” recruiting pitch

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Tone and Style

The episode is energetic and familial, packed with barbershop-style banter, local jokes, and honest player insights. There’s as much Miami pride as football talk, creating a welcoming, hype, and unfiltered listen for fans and locals alike.

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For Miami sports die-hards, NFL heads, or anyone craving a slice of authentic, insider football culture—this is must-listen content.

Transcript

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[Interviewer 1]

All right, all right, all right, we're here. Super bowl media row. I was about to say we're in Miami. We're not in Miami. We're in San Francisco, but we're basically in Miami. Miami, boys. North Carolina. But we got Mr. Hollywood Brown here. How you doing? How we feeling?

[Hollywood Brown]

Doing good, man. Blessed to be here, man. It's been a lot of fun. Enjoying it?

[Interviewer 1]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Vibes are high here. Energy's high out here, but yeah, talk to us, obviously, down from South Florida, tell us a little bit about playing ball down there, growing up in that area and, you know, the lifestyle down there.

[Hollywood Brown]

Football. Football, big time down there. Oh, yeah. I mean, I was just telling somebody, been playing from the time I was six years old, the way I'm. Way I was coached, the way I was brought up, talked to by, you know, my coaches, people around the neighborhood. Like, it make you a certain way, it build you up a certain way. And just to see a lot of, you know, peers, you know, come out of that, going to the NFL and then the younger ones after us, it's been just a lot of fun seeing it, knowing that, you know, I played a role and one of the ones that made it through all that and is out here.

[Interviewer 1]

Oh, yeah. I mean, it is crazy. We were talking about it with Thorin a couple hours ago, and it was just like, it's crazy how much talent comes out of South Florida. And we were saying, like, that debate, it's the best. Is Florida or Cali always right? But it's got to be Florida.

[Interviewer 2]

Don't sleep on Texas too, though.

[Interviewer 1]

Texas got some Dogs. That's the quarterbacks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

I want to talk about the. Was it a culture shock being a South Florida kid your whole life, then going to Oklahoma?

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah, definitely. Like, when I went to junior college first, and that was my first time on the airplane, I never probably went further than. I never went further in Orlando growing up. So my first time going far, I went all the way far. I went all the way far to California and went out there, and it was a big culture shock. But for me, it taught me early, you know, to be a man, to how to take care of myself and just try to work to get to where I wanted to be. And so I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't change it for nothing else. Yeah. Oh, yeah. You've.

[Interviewer 3]

You've played with, in my opinion, two of the best quarterbacks in the league. Mahomes. Lamar, can you tell us a little bit about, like, what makes those guys different than, you know, anyone else in the league, really? And then kind of, what are some, like, key differences between each of them?

[Hollywood Brown]

First off, man, I think God just came down and touched him with. With some different gifts, you know, A little different.

[Interviewer 2]

My home's Texas. Lamar, Florida.

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah, they got touched with. With some. With some. With some gifts, man. And those two guys are legendary. I'm blessed to say I play with both of them, feel like they can go down as the best, you know, I feel like talking to both of them. I mean, they got a lot. They got a lot they still want to do. I mean, Patrick, he probably gonna play for a very, very, very long time, man. He take care of himself. He loves the game. He's a competitor. And Lamar, he's just. He a freak of nature. Yeah. I mean, he's a straight baller. And like, when I say, you know, talk about the people out of South Florida, he one of the pioneers to show us, you know, this is real. Like, I just told him, like, when lamar got drafted 32, oh, my God, we all lost hope. If he went 32, we got no chance. But I mean, like I said, he's one of the guys that's just. He's a baller, man. And I feel like anything he want to accomplish in his league, he gonna accomplish. People just gotta give him the respect 100%.

[Interviewer 1]

I mean, growing up watching, you know, watching Lamar was like, he's one of one. Like, there's nobody that does the things that. You see what he does on the field, right? And it's like you said it, right? Pick 32. It's like, everybody messed up.

[Hollywood Brown]

It was insane. Yeah.

[Interviewer 3]

In terms of, like, I mean, you've now been playing. How many years is it now?

[Hollywood Brown]

I'm going on eight. Eight years. Wow.

[Interviewer 3]

Give me your top three guys.

[Interviewer 2]

First off.

[Interviewer 3]

Nobody can cover you, but give me top three guys. They're the hardest to go up against.

[Hollywood Brown]

I think it changed year in and year out, man. One thing I learned about this league is the way you train in the off season is going to dictate how you play. I mean, I done played against guys that gave me problems and then they didn't. Or I might have gave guys problems one year and the next year I didn't because they probably trained better than me. So I think I can go. My rookie year, Stephan Gilmore, that was. I think that was the year he won, like, diesel player.

[State Farm Representative]

Yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

He's putting hands on people.

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah. His technique.

[Interviewer 2]

He's putting hands on people.

[Hollywood Brown]

His technique was crazy. I think my first, like, first third down, I caught a pass on him, and then after that, he was, like, locked in. Like, I pay attention to details a lot, especially early on when my foot was really hurt. I had to rely on technique a lot. And just the way he was patient. And for me, I didn't want to get touched early on because I didn't have the balance. So I'm like, yo, this guy will not open up. This guy won't. He won't open up. And I was getting frustrated, and I was like, yo, he really good, you know, because I had thought I. It was like middle of the year. I thought I came up with a method, you know, that was getting me right until I faced him. So that was good. Pastor Tanis, he's really good. He's another guy. He stays in his technique. And another guy I had trouble with. It was a. It was a monsoon, though, out there. What was his name? J.C. jackson. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He was at the Patriots. He was another guy. Stayed in his. It's like he knew every route I was going to run that year. And, yeah, those was three matchups. When I left the game, I was like, yo, them guys good?

[Interviewer 1]

Yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

The crazy thing about Gilmore is, like, everybody always said, like, he didn't have the top end speed.

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

But like you said, he just never got out of his technique and it didn't matter.

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah, he never got out like he

[Interviewer 2]

was going to be in the right position. So he met up. I think he's going like, he's still playing, right?

[Interviewer 3]

I think.

[Hollywood Brown]

I don't know.

[Interviewer 2]

Even if he ain't he got.

[Hollywood Brown]

He my neighbor though. So shout out to bro.

[Interviewer 2]

He got 11 to 12 years and never had top end speed. And you're one of the fastest guys out there. And he didn't have a problem because yeah, he stick to his techniques and he knew it. I want to ask because the receivers and corners, you always got the best spice. Best trash talkers.

[Hollywood Brown]

Jalen Ramsey.

[Interviewer 2]

I was going to say Ramsey don't count because we. Everybody says Ramsey.

[Hollywood Brown]

We top 10.

[Interviewer 1]

Ramsey get on your people's skin.

[Interviewer 2]

Yeah, Ramsey crazy.

[Hollywood Brown]

But I ain't going to lie. People don't really talk trash to me. I don't know what it is. They don't really say too much to me too.

[Interviewer 2]

I think people don't try to egg on fast.

[Hollywood Brown]

People. Actually taught trash to me when he was early on he was at the Titans. But other than that, like people don't. And I'm. I like I said the way we grew up, I invited like people play video games with me. I talk trash all day long. But just on the field, it's a level of guys nowadays take it a little too far. So I just don't be talking. And if you gonna talk, make sure you say the right thing or just be prepared for, you know, whatever else.

[Interviewer 1]

Yeah, I want this season too.

[Hollywood Brown]

All right.

[Interviewer 1]

Obviously a lot of adversity, right? Mahomes goes down. What was kind of the. Kind of the feel, right? Obviously Kansas City's been dominant for the last couple of years, but what was kind of the feel in the locker room this year?

[Hollywood Brown]

Man, even early on we was facing adversity. We never thought we was out of it because of the guys we had on the team and the way we were losing. Like we knew we were losing because of our mistakes. And so for us, we were never really out of it until we were actually out of it. And even when we were out of it, when we knew we were out of it, everybody was like, all right, well, let's just, let's play hard. Like, let's. Let's finish off with a bang. And that, that credits to, you know, the coaches, the environment coach recreated and the players as well, especially the players that's been there for a while, setting that foundation for us, man, it was every week was a new week. I feel like a lot of times, other places I've been, you know, some weeks different, you know, I feel like every week we treated the same. Like that was something different. Like we ain't big up nobody and we ain't load nobody. We treated everybody the same Every week. The reset happened every week. And I think that's something I'm gonna carry with me, you know, the rest of my career. Yeah, I mean, Reed, one of the

[Interviewer 1]

best coaches of all time, right? I mean, you hear guys like Belichick, obviously, but Reed is up there in that. In that category, in my opinion. Right?

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah.

[Interviewer 1]

But I'm curious. Reed seems to be like a funk guy in the locker room. Is he what we.

[Hollywood Brown]

What we see? I don't know what y' all see,

[Interviewer 1]

but I don't know. I always just see him.

[Interviewer 2]

We just see, like, this big, jolly guy. So, like, he just seems like.

[Interviewer 3]

Oh, you know, like, I think what. I think you guys gifted him, like, a burger or something like that.

[Hollywood Brown]

Oh, yeah. Cause that's what he always saying. He always said he gonna gift us a cheeseburger. But I feel like Coach Reed, man, he done seen it all. He done done it all, and he loves ball. And just to see him, the way he comes to work every day, man, no matter how he feeling, he's showing up every day and trying to put us in the best situations and the best positions. So I feel like he one of the greatest coaches to ever do it. I mean, he gonna go down as one of the Goats. So, I mean, I don't know what y' all see, but the cheeseburger thing is, he don't play. You know, everybody getting treated the same. It's a standard you gotta uphold. And then, you know, he able to have fun. You could be real with him about anything. And that's what I appreciate about coach. You could go to him and talk to him about anything you got going on, and he gonna listen, he gonna give his input, his advice, and you can't. You can't ask for nothing else.

[Interviewer 1]

Yeah.

[Hollywood Brown]

Oh, yeah.

[Interviewer 3]

Yeah.

[Hollywood Brown]

I got a question for you.

[Interviewer 3]

South Florida question, right? We've got the cops right there. Please tell me you've been to Flanagan.

[Hollywood Brown]

Of course. Come on, baby.

[Interviewer 3]

Give me your Flanagan's order.

[Hollywood Brown]

I'm getting the. The. The pasta. Pasta's fire. Oh, yeah, with the bread.

[Interviewer 1]

That's the garlic bread.

[Hollywood Brown]

The pasta with the garlic bread. With. To go bread. I'm taking some bread to go. You feel me? And I'm taking the cup. Always 100%.

[Interviewer 2]

I'm leaving here with something.

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah. Shout out to Flaningans, man. I gotta take the cup, though. Yeah. What.

[Interviewer 1]

What other South Florida staples you go back when you're back home that you go to?

[Hollywood Brown]

I think they under new management, but Mr. And Mrs. M's sub place that. That's always been a go to. We don't got Publix nowhere else. Publix chicken. I grew up on Publix Chicken. Pub Sub.

[Interviewer 2]

Dude, when I come down, my wife and My wife's picky, and she's even like, buffalo chicken tender.

[Hollywood Brown]

Sub tossing.

[Interviewer 2]

Buffalo.

[Hollywood Brown]

You got to.

[Interviewer 2]

It's like.

[Hollywood Brown]

And another staple. Captain Max. I don't know if y' all know about Captain Max off of what is off. It's in between Miramar and Miami, so. Hey, well, I did a list. Y' all check Captain Max out. Yeah.

[Interviewer 1]

Nice. Elite food in Miami is elite vibes in Miami versus South Florida. Yeah, Miami's like kind of the. The reputation. Anything that's not Fort Lauderdale is basically Miami.

[Hollywood Brown]

Exactly. Yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

Yeah.

[Hollywood Brown]

When I tell people, I'm like, yeah, where you from? Like, Hollywood once. They acting like they don't know. All right. Miami, bro. It's right there, bro.

[Interviewer 3]

I gotta also ask. Favorite Kodak song.

[Hollywood Brown]

Favorite Kodak song. OG I'll probably go. No Flocking.

[Interviewer 1]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Interviewer 3]

I love Skrilla.

[Interviewer 1]

Yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

I gotta ask, because we talked about Lamar being such an influence on you and stuff and giving y' all hope, but, like, your cousin's Antonio Brown.

[Hollywood Brown]

Yeah.

[Interviewer 2]

I mean, he's been down the road, you know, but he was. Everybody that talks about receivers talks about him being top three. How was it like seeing your cousin doing his thing, being the top guy?

[Hollywood Brown]

A.B. great. I mean, what he did on the field, no matter what going on can't be taken away from him. The film can't get erased. Yeah, he one of the goats and influenced me a lot, especially in college, you know, him being a smaller guy, showing, you know, hard work can take you places because he worked harder than anybody I knew, so hard work definitely could take you places.

[Interviewer 2]

Thank you.

[Interviewer 1]

Oh, yeah. Well, we appreciate you for coming on. Love the South Florida.

[Interviewer 3]

I've got one last. It's not a question, but I. I haven't asked for you. When your contract is up and you're ready to find, I need you and Lamar to reunite in Miami at some point.

[Hollywood Brown]

We need you. I'm going to recruit you right now

[Interviewer 2]

in the Miami office.

[Interviewer 3]

Come home, we get the camera.

[Interviewer 2]

If y' all talking about it.

[Hollywood Brown]

This guy right there.

[Interviewer 2]

I said at the end of your. You know, when you're.

[Hollywood Brown]

When you're ready. We might have. We might have, you know, jokingly saying, seriously, man, thank you.

[Interviewer 3]

Thank you for coming on.