T-Town Never Down

[00:00:00] I will better take projection.

[00:00:34] Right now, it's like, what do we usually talk about in the playoff time? Like, is it just that? Every weekend I realized, I was like, oh, we never have shows this time of year. Because usually I'm working Jazz Fest. Yeah, usually you're working. Yeah, so it threw me off. But, man, that... Yeah, I was wondering, I was thinking there. It's usually some time in the end of April, first part of May, we take off a little bit. We'll figure out something. But, yeah, man, it's just funny, man.

[00:01:03] And so, you know, I got the kid mostly by myself. Grandparents come to help for a few days here and there. But I was joking with my wife. We went down this weekend for the first weekend of Jazz Fest. And I was joking with her. I was like, baby, you ain't never got to worry about me leaving because I won't do this shit on my own. I love my boy, but he's a handful. Handful, absolutely. But, yeah, man, it's been a good time for sports at least.

[00:01:34] Good time to be tired and sit on the couch. Of course, NBA playoffs, Stanley Cup playoffs, baseball going. And then, of course, the NFL draft this past weekend, which I guess is a good starting point as any. As expected, Fernando Mendoza first to the Raiders. And then it got, you know, a little interesting. Jeremiah Love going to the Cardinals at three was a little.

[00:02:06] Maybe a little reach. Yeah. But you also, I mean. Then again. I about to say he was. But then again, he does a lot of things. Yeah. And he was number one on so many people's draft boards anyway. Like so many people thought he is the best player, which he might be. Of course, David Bailey from Texas Tech went number two to Jets. But that's the thing with, like, a player like him. I mean, he's a versatile. You use him in running game, passing game.

[00:02:35] So, I mean, he's going to be a multi-use weapon. And, you know, the Cardinals use him right. I mean, you'll get your pick three worth out of him. If he adjusts the league, I think he would. Yeah, I mean, he wouldn't be good other than, of course, you know, for us offensive line and things of that nature. Yeah, exactly. And then you got an established stud running back, a playmaker back there

[00:03:02] for when you do get your quarterback, your franchise quarterback, which it seems like the Cardinals are trying to maybe bank on next year or some other route. But maybe. But they got. They got Jacoby Brissett. They got Gardner Minshew. And they just drafted. Oh, yeah. So, who knows? Maybe that's the future. I mean, that's a guy that everybody always counts out. And he always shows up at the.

[00:03:33] What is Carson Beck? That's who they drafted. I was blanking. I was like, wait, I know they drafted one of these quarterbacks. Yeah. So, Carson Beck, I mean, that's a guy you just never know. Because, I mean, people thought he was done after Georgia. Went to Miami. Kind of rebuilt himself. Yeah, I mean. Yeah, he made the interception at the end there. But, I mean, got him all the way. He did. And was in the game. He got him all the way to the national title game. I mean, he took Miami to places they haven't been in forever. Yeah.

[00:04:03] And since we were in college. And he was the only guy to even get close to beating Indiana in that playoff. So. Yeah. I mean, they were right there. I mean, they were going off the field. You know, we went neck and neck with them. You know, the Hoosiers just a little bit better. Of course, he had a much better defense than our guy Cam had the year before. True. True. Very true. But, yeah. So, you know, he was a big one.

[00:04:30] And then Cardinal Tate became the first receiver off the board to the Titans at four. Which started a little run for Ohio State. Arvell Reese was after that. And then number seven was Sonny Stiles. Spencer Fano, big offensive tackle. Went to the Browns, which a lot of people love what the Browns did in the draft. For me, it's always – it was good. But, man, they've had a lot of good drafts before, too.

[00:04:58] So, until whatever curse they got, you know, breaks on the field. Yeah. And then, I mean, your Cowboys got a gift at number 11. Caleb Downs falling to number 11. I mean – Amazing. Yeah, absolutely. He moved up one. Yeah. Yeah, but, I mean, you can't ask for more than that. I mean, obviously, a hell of a – from day one, you know, he was a star. A star in Tuscaloosa, a star in Columbus.

[00:05:27] I would assume – you know, there's rumors he has some injuries. There's maybe been dropped a little bit. But, I mean, on the field, you never saw that. So, I mean, all I can say is you would think he should have a hell of an NFL career if his NFL career goes anything like his college career did, which was good from day one. Man. He never had a job. Yeah, I think the sky's the limit. I mean, I think you can talk. I think, you know, if he plays the full potential and everything clicks, it's a guy that could be in the best ever conversation.

[00:05:55] I mean, he understands the game in a way that so few do. He does. I think, you know, I'm not – I'm not saying he's there yet. He doesn't kind of have that freak – I mean, he's a great athlete. I don't know if he's a guy, but Ed Reed, of course, you know, Raven, my guy. Yeah, he may not be like him. Yeah, best safety of all time, in my opinion. I know the old heads like Ronnie Lott. Ronnie Lott is a badass too. But Ed Reed was, to me, another world. Honestly, Troy Palamalu, of course, you know, they went ahead to head so many times. He's in my set of books.

[00:06:24] He's great, but he's not. I mean, Ed Reed, to me, is like – He's not Ed, man. But what made Ed so great, aside from, you know, obviously freak athletic ability, was he was smart and he loved the game so much. I'm sure you've seen and everybody's seen that clip of Bill Belichick talking about him and a play he made where he, like, fakes out Peyton Manning and all that or something like that. Bill Belichick just loves him, you know, like the football mind of Ed Reed.

[00:06:51] And Caleb Downs has that kind of mind, that acumen for the game. We saw that. It was a freshman. Yeah, we saw that. Yeah, we saw that in Tuscaloosa, man. I mean, he damn near, you know, if his big toe wasn't out of bounds, remember, he could have picked off J.J. McCarthy in the first play of that Rose Bowl. I mean, that's a whole different ballgame, I think. Yeah, and that, you know, deep, deep in Ohio State territory. Yeah, that could have been a, you know, maybe, you know, different universe sliding door mode. That scene, Nick Saban goes out on top.

[00:07:22] But anyway, yeah, what a gift for y'all at number 11. I mean, and what you drastically need. And really, I mean, honestly, if you think about it, out of all the players that, you know, transferred out of Tuscaloosa, really, I think he's the only one that I was like, damn. Yeah, yeah. We missed him. You know, we had other people leave, but nobody was like, first Saturday. Yeah. Like, we found ways to play. Yeah, he's the kind of guy you put on that defense, and maybe one game goes a different.

[00:07:51] You know, maybe, you know, we don't lose to a Vanderbilt last year or something like that, you know. Absolutely. But Caden Proctor came off the board next. First Bama guy. Yeah, right. And then right after that, biggest surprise of the first round, of course. Oh, wow. Another Bama guy came off the board. Ty Simpson, number 13 to the Rams. Shocking pick. Everybody. Just shocked. Yeah. The hell out of everybody.

[00:08:21] But, man, as for Ty itself, what an absolutely golden position to land in, man. Phenomenal. I mean, you go to a recently a very solid franchise. You know, great coach. No expectations. You know, at least has a year to sit and watch. I mean, it's perfect.

[00:08:48] Yeah, and they've told Matt Stafford, you know, and they've said, and they've said it publicly too, that the job is yours until you don't want it. So, Ty could get two, three seasons under, you know, Matt Stafford learned that game. And then, I mean, you look at a guy like Aaron Rodgers. He did it. People, you know, he sat under Pharr for, God, four seasons? Three? Like a couple? Yeah. And he only came in because Pharr got hurt. I remember it was against us on Thursday night football. Yeah.

[00:09:19] Back in my 07. Yeah, so, great situation. I understand people shock. You know, maybe you think, you know, the Rams also had a, they didn't. Maybe they need to go after a wide receiver or, you know, different things. Yeah. Because, I mean, obviously people feel like they're, you know, what, because the Rams are a team, of course, a player or two away from the Super Bowl. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:09:45] So, you know, what, who, you know, I'm sure some were thinking they'll probably drive someone that they feel can put them over the top. Obviously, Ty Simpson's not going to be playing in Lakeshore unless, unfortunately, you know, Matt Stafford got hurt or something like that. No one wants to see, of course. But, yeah, so, you know, kind of, and, you know, a lot of people were shocked. A lot of people don't, didn't even think Ty was a first-round guy.

[00:10:13] But, you know, I, you know, he, you know, he earned it. Because, I mean, this is a guy who has a lot of patience. I mean, you know, we saw him, you know, in that, in that game. You know, he was sitting behind, you know, 23. 23, he comes in the season, sitting behind Jalen Mill Road.

[00:10:42] Then he gets to play in that monsoon game. Looks horrible. And I thought, man, I was like, man, Ty Simpson may never play again in Alabama, honestly. Had that, had that, I mean, had that weird play where he had that long run, but did drop the ball right before the goal line. Yeah. Yeah, you thought for sure. And he did that with Nick Saban as coach. Which I thought, I was like, oh, Ty's done. I thought he's got, he's transferring after this season. And he's, you know. He'll never see the field again. I was going to say, he's going to be asked.

[00:11:10] And then, you know, and then he obviously doesn't play in 24. And honestly, you know, 25 comes and like, people are like, do we even want, you know, there's a lot of rumors. There was quite a few people that thought 25 might not start killing. Do we think Ty's even good enough? I heard a lot of that. Do you know? But, you know, he kept working. Didn't pay attention to anything other than getting better, learning.

[00:11:38] You know, even, you know, even in that first game, you know, the ugly game against Florida State. It went on Ty that day. Ty was one of the better, better points of that day. One of the few bright spots was Ty Simpsons, you know, just his fight, you know, didn't give up. You know, kept battling. And you're like, man, at least you see a spirit, a guy that wants to win. And, you know, he turned into a leader by the end of the season.

[00:12:07] And, you know, came much further along than I ever thought he would in Tuscaloosa. At one point in the middle of the season, he was the best quarterback in the country. He was a leader. Any of those injuries? Yeah, the injuries and. I think he got hurt. The injuries and then, you know, kind of an illness, I think, something. You know, there are a lot of things that. November was rough on Ty. Yeah, November was rough on Ty. The running game just never, ever getting going, putting pressure on him in the passing game. But he was the front runner for the Heisman up until, like, November.

[00:12:37] Yeah, he was. And so I think people forget that. Yeah. And, you know, he had weird turnovers. I don't know, two weird turnovers. And he was putting numbers on Oklahoma, too. He just had the crazy, the weirdest stuff happen that game. Yeah. Oh, yeah. And then the first one, you mean the loss? Yeah. Oh, yeah. And then, but, yeah, kept his composure. Led the comeback in the playoff Oklahoma game.

[00:13:04] You know, the clutch throws in the Auburn game. Yeah. SEC title game was rough. That was rough for everybody. It was a rough game. And then Rose Bowl was another rough game for everybody. Yeah. And it got hurt in there, too. So, but, yeah, I think, so, at least in the Rans for sector, yeah, you think maybe they, you know, do they keep trading back and acquire assets until maybe they were just worried.

[00:13:31] Maybe they knew something nobody else did, that somebody else, you know, right behind them was going to take a quarterback, you know, who knows. Maybe they've seen something. I mean, it wasn't, you know. Or maybe they still, you know, maybe they don't have, you know. And another thing, too, is you look at it, more than likely, you know, next year is supposed to be a good quarterback class. But more than likely, the Rams are thinking we're not going to be anywhere near that unless we really trade up. Just an opportunity to get somebody we kind of like. Yeah.

[00:14:00] I mean, and you look behind them. Obviously, the Ravens not taken. Buccaneers not taken. But then the Jets are right there at 16. So, who knows? Maybe they thought the Jets might take a swing. And they very well might have. Because there was a lot of people thought that was one of them. There in Arizona were kind of the thoughts of where Ty was going to go more than anybody. Yeah, maybe they were worried about that. Or maybe they just didn't want to trade back into the late first round to try to get them there.

[00:14:26] And maybe, like we said, their roster really doesn't have that many holes or any at all major ones. They traded for Trent McDuffie this offseason. So, they got a star cornerback. I mean, so maybe they just said, look, you know, there's something there in that organization. We really like this guy. We're just, fuck it. We're going to take him. He'll sit. He'll learn. There's no pressure. Let's go out. I saw him. Maybe they didn't look very happy about it. It's funny.

[00:14:53] He has since come out and said there's, you know, some personal stuff going on. That's why he might not have looked. But, yeah, I got it. But that's true. I'll tell you what. I got all that stuff about it, man. I just can't. I'm not going to believe that the head coach hates the pick. No. And it's going to happen if he hates it that much. You know, like he might, you know, there might be some disagreement you could see.

[00:15:15] But, like, if it's, you know, if he were actually mad to where he'd put on that face in the press conference and all that, then it wouldn't happen. Yeah. And, yeah, then obviously, you know, and I feel like he's the type of coach, like, he's going to feel like, well, I can make, I can turn him into the guy we need him to be. I feel like that's Sean McVay styles. He has that sense that I, you know, kind of that I am a quarterback whisperer type.

[00:15:43] You know, if there's any questions, you know, I'm the type of coach that can put him over. So, you know, it seems to have that kind of confidence and rightfully so. I mean, you see what he's done. So. Yeah. But, you know, that was a big surprise. The first round. Caleb Downs going to Minnesota at 18 was a little surprised just because of his injury history. You know, my Ravens, we'll talk about them in a second.

[00:16:12] We'll break down each of our teams here. Ruben Bain goes to the Buccaneers. That's a great get for them. I think. I think that. He was pissed. I think, yeah, I think that. I think that short arm thing is bullshit. And I've seen him play, man. Sometimes you just watch him. You just got to watch the film. I think that's going to be a Randy Moss type shit. And that dude's going to make some people pay in front of him. Oh, yeah. He was pissed.

[00:16:36] The Eagles get Makai Lemon at 20 after your boys did a little trade. Dude, we're always trading with the Eagles. I'm like, why do we do this? And then you all took Malik out. That was so funny, though. Did you see where Pittsburgh was calling him? He was on the phone with Pittsburgh because they were going to take him at 21. Yeah. And the Eagles were trying to get him. Hey, bro. You got to go. You're on the stage. You got to go.

[00:17:07] Yeah. Yeah. And then, yeah, let's see. Casey Concepcion going to the Browns at 24. Again, a lot of people love their draft. That's great. Yeah. To me, that's great. I mean, Shador Sanders has got to love it. Oh, yeah. Getting him some weapons. And they weren't done there. Concepcion was a star at A&M. That past year was amazing. Let's see. Omar Cooper from Indiana to the Jets. Keldrick Falk from Auburn to the Titans.

[00:17:35] And then another Notre Dame running back, Jadarian Price to the Seahawks at 32 in the first round. Only two running backs in the first round. Both Notre Dame. And you know why not? Hey, Kenneth Walker to the threes in Kansas City now. So, hey, you pair Price up with Zach Charbonnet. Man, that's... That's a nice little combo. Yeah. And that's another roster that doesn't have any huge glaring holes. So, they can afford to... You're right back. Yeah. Hey, let's build a... Let's get another weapon.

[00:18:05] But... Yeah. Let's see. Yeah. Let's talk about our teams. How did you like your Cowboys draft? What did you think? Overall, I mean, you know, we hit what we needed to hit. I thought, you know, it was focused primarily on the defense with the, you know, first, you know, first, you know, couple of picks there. Maybe kind of reached on the second, first round pick, but I get it. I mean, he's in, you know, we need all the help we can in the... And the... And the...

[00:18:35] And the... Russian quarterback. So, but... But overall, you know, I thought... We... We hit the needs. And then, of course, we got the other... We traded with San Francisco to get their linebacker as well. So, I mean... Well, yeah. Picked up a little L.T. Overton in the fourth there, Alabama. Actually. But that was a nice one as well. So, you know, we knew all of our weaknesses as a defense.

[00:19:05] The best we really went after. So, you know, we... You know, the Cowboys, we rarely... Recently, we rarely had a bad draft, honestly. I think... We usually draft well. We do some of the dumbest shit when it comes to, like, signing... Re-signing folks and free agency at times. But overall, I think we draft pretty well. We just have done some questionable stuff in the free agency world. But I like how we draft.

[00:19:32] You know, we hit our defensive stuff. I mean, obviously, you know, we... Sky's the limit when you're the worst defense in the league. I mean, you can only go up. So... Yeah. But, you know, the defensive coordinator got some new pieces in there. So, you know, I think we're in a good... As good a spot as can be. Yeah. I agree. Yeah. Like you need... Like you said, you need defense. And that's what they like. You know what? We're going after defense. All right.

[00:20:02] Ravens, too. My Ravens... A lot more draft picks than y'all. But I like what they did, too. They had some needs. They went after them. They had a great lineman fall to their... Ione from Penn State fall to their lap at 14. That was good. And look, I think he... Ravens fans already love him. He came out in his little interview. He said he's there. He's like, no one's going to touch Lamar. He's like, I'm going to put my hands on folks. It's like, oh, yeah. That's a Raven right there. Yep. And, you know, we needed to fix that interior line.

[00:20:31] Didn't address the center position. I guess, you know, just didn't like where they were. And so, interested to see where we go, if there's some veteran out there or maybe even a trade or something in-house. So, interested to see there as far as... That's the only really position that didn't get filled. But that was a good one. Took Zion Young from Missouri in the second round. Need to, you know, just stacking up on edge rushers. He was a talented dude. I mean, we saw him playing just in the SEC. I mean, so, yeah.

[00:21:01] Talented guy. Yeah, he could have easily been like a late first round guy. So, good to get him there. There, Jacoby Lane from USC and Elijah Serra from Indiana. Two big receivers. Solid. Yeah, took a couple tight ends. You know, Hibner from SMU. And then a boy, Josh Cuevas from Alabama. Love that pick. Love seeing that Raven. I love... Dude, I really... I, you know, I don't think he got near the loving cause he should have. I thought... Josh Cuevas, he was money whenever they...

[00:21:31] He was dependable. He caught the ball. He had some explosive plays. Like, I think he was far underutilized, honestly. So, when y'all got him, I was like, damn. That's a great pick. And a great blocker, too, man. Like, I saw some crazy stat of his about how many blocks he wins. I wish I could remember it now. But it was like something that made me go like, damn. That's something about how his run block wins or something like that. Like, some... Absolutely.

[00:21:55] It was either some, like, crazy streak of 200-some straight wins without, like, moving or, like, 200-some out of, like, 240-some attempts or whatever he didn't lose. It was some crazy stat like that. He got a love game. Yeah. And then, yeah, like you said, I mean, he was, like, our most dependable set of hands this year. You know, like him. Yeah. Him and Jeremy Bernard. Which, aside, I hated that Jeremy Bernard went to Pittsburgh, man. Shit. Bullshit. But, I mean, that's a Steeler-type receiver, man.

[00:22:23] But I hated it. Just, like, no nonsense. Yeah. But, um... Not the flashes, but, yeah. Just, uh... Yeah, but, you know, got some cornerbacks there. The guy from Duke. Got Rivers. Chandler Rivers. That's his name. Steve Bishotti is funny. He said, like, it was the first time he actually wanted to make a pick. Because he is very much, like, a hands-off owner. He's very much like, hey, I hire you guys for a reason. Do the thing. But he, you know, said he always wanted to do it.

[00:22:52] He's talked about, you know, having a team only for, like, 10 more years and then selling it or whatever. It's pretty funny, too, because he's like, no, I'm not giving it to my kids. They need... If they want a team, they can buy a team. I don't think I would ever... Man, that's... Yeah, that's... Well, you got a thing, man. How much that... Man, that would be a crazy ass... But, anyway, he said he wanted to make a pick. So, DaCosta, we had three fifth-round picks.

[00:23:19] Eric DaCosta was like, all right, take a stab at that last fifth round. And he gets Adam Randall, a big back out of Clemson. Yeah. Kind of another bruiser to pair with Derek Henry there. Match up with our other guys there. Of course, we got... I think Justice Hill's still in town. I don't think we let him go. And then Ali. So, another big bruiser type. Usually, you know, we got Derek Henry and then all the little speedy guys. So, now adding in another big back.

[00:23:49] It'd be interesting to see there. Absolutely. Got ourselves a punter. Some more interior linemen. So, yeah. We did what we need to do. Love the first-round pick. Love getting a Bama guy. Always like that. You know, addressing some needs. So... Absolutely. Really liked it. We talked about people loving that Browns draft. Of course. So, Spencer Pano and Casey Conception already talked about. They got David Boston from Washington around two.

[00:24:18] That's a great pick. Dude, their Wednesday messed that up so bad. Greeny. Oh, yeah. Talk about that with David Boston, son. I was like, where did you even get that info from, bro? So embarrassing. Oh, that's crazy. Just making shit up. That's like on the... When we were back in college on the NCAA games, they had a line where if a guy, a player that,

[00:24:44] you know, they generated the name in Dynasty, if he had like a famous name, Kirk had a line, something like, well, it's no surprise. Like, you know, he's such a gifted athlete. Look who his father is. You know? Yeah. It was always funny. He said, I remember we used to joke around and shit. Like, if they said that shit and the guy's name was like Cunningham or something, we were like, oh, shit, it's Randall's son. Yeah. I swear, that's all Greeny did. He was just like, ah, fuck it. Like, it's David Boston's son. I'm like, dude, you don't think David Boston would be at the draft, bro?

[00:25:16] When some of them are with him, it was so funny, dude. I mean. Got themselves a couple of Bama boys in the fifth. Parker Bralesford, Justin Jefferson. Dude, I think Parker Bralesford, I think, you know, that's a hell of a fifth round pick. I think he's going to have a long NFL career. Yeah. I think. Because that dude doesn't make mistakes. He's just not big. You know, but really a center doesn't have to be the biggest. No. Yeah.

[00:25:44] And he, I think you're right. He's so smart and he's so steady. I think great. And then a big late round one, Taylor Green from Arkansas taking the flyer in the sixth round on a guy with incredible talent. If you can get him to. Why not? I mean, he's got speed. Out the world. Yeah. If you can kind of fix that throwing motion. You never know. Yeah. And he's got a, he's got a cannon. So you just got to hone it in. Yeah. He really does. You got to hone it in.

[00:26:13] And then you got an incredible athlete obviously there. But yeah, got some weapons for Shador or whoever the quarterback ends up being. Got some linemen. Added a lot of depth. They had a lot of picks. Mostly focused on the offensive side of the ball. So there you go. Anybody else's draft stand out to you or anything else on the draft? Let me see.

[00:26:46] I'm trying to think of who is really anybody. Dude, Weston always has a good draft. It pisses me off every time. But it seems like the Eagles always make the right moves. They always do great. They're well run. Sadly, a very well run organization. You know, Howie is a great GM. And they honestly piss me off all the time.

[00:27:12] And I'm always upset when we trade with them because I already know that they're going to piss me off. And I mean, they're getting a kind of lemon there. Obviously, that's going to be that. You know, obviously, Weston name is gone now for sure. AJ. Yeah. AJ and, you know, rumors is going to the Patriots, which would be huge for them. You know, that was a talk. But, you know, they got, you know, Stowers from Vanderbilt, solid. Officer Tark from Miami.

[00:27:43] They got the North Dakota State quarterback. You know, some people were high on as a sleeper there. So, I mean, they always draft very well there. And then I would say it's always funny because, you know, I thought maybe. But the Steelers drafted another quarterback that you're just like, what? Why?

[00:28:14] I mean. You know, they've had so many issues with, you know, they always reach, it seems, for these average quarterbacks. And, you know, they already tried it a couple years ago with the pick quarterback. And that didn't work out at all. And now y'all went Penn State with Aller. And I mean, I get it. I mean, he's there. But they just have not been able to figure it out after Roethlisberger. And I don't see this working out either.

[00:28:45] I mean, yeah, it's weird if. So, yeah, if Aaron Rodgers decides not to come back, their quarterback room is now Drew Aller, Will Howard, and Mason Rudolph. So who knows? Yeah, what. I mean, maybe they're okay. I mean, I was not terrible. He just never lived up to the hype. Yeah.

[00:29:07] You know, Will Howard, obviously, you know, kind of fell into a great spot at Ohio State. And then you expect him to kind of always be kind of a career backup. I mean, not a terrible guy. Obviously, he's not going to make mistakes. But, yeah, just never. They always, I don't. Drew Aller is your future. I don't know.

[00:29:34] I just, I never understood the hype with Drew Aller to begin with. I never saw it. I kept waiting. You know, maybe he's going to show me something. It never did. So I thought that was kind of funny because they've been kind of, the quarterbacks they've had in there have been atrocious. So it'll be interesting to see if he is able to change around. Now, of course, you know, Mike McCarthy, a decent quarterback guy. So maybe he helps him out there.

[00:30:05] It clearly is beyond Mike Tomlin as far as picking back quarterbacks because they're still doing it. But I don't know. I thought that was funny, though. Yeah. Other than Jeremy Bernard, them getting there, there's nothing that I was like, damn, you know, like looking at their. Jeremy Bernard, dude, he's, you just know he's, if he stays healthy, he's going to have a good 10 to 12 year. Probably never like an all pro, but he's always, he's just going to be one of those guys.

[00:30:35] It's always around the league. Always going to be around 800, 900 yard mark, maybe crack a thousand time or two. Solid guy. And he's just going to have a long NFL career. Let's see elsewhere. The Bills kind of had a draft that I was just like, eh, okay. Nothing that like really, they didn't have a first round pick. So nothing that really like scared me as to like, oh yeah, big improvement. Yeah.

[00:31:05] I'm just looking through different people's drafts here. See who. Let's see. Carolina got our boy Bryce. Let's see. Monroe Freeling, a tackle from Georgia. So trying to protect him there. Chris Brazel from Tennessee, another weapon. They mostly focused on defense though. Shoring up defense with their limited number of picks. And really, they were a very solid defense last year.

[00:31:34] I'm just looking around. But yeah. No. Yeah. Texas Tech, Lee Hunter, Nova Star. But I never, Texas Tech dudes are flying off the board. Oh yeah, right. Which is different. But the funny thing with that is, man, with all this, you know, it's so funny though, because like all these dudes were like for, you know, getting drafted by Texas Tech. Yeah. Dude, they were at Texas Tech for like six months.

[00:32:05] They got there in the summer and our spring and were gone by January. That's crazy. So funny. And they're probably going to do that again. You know, that's just going to become the Texas Tech style. Yeah. Bringing everybody via the NIL because they got a lot of it. But they might be looking for a quarterback honestly now because you see it with their guy today. Oh yeah. Yeah.

[00:32:32] Brendan Sorsby going to take a break to first. Well, the two updates, you know, the first one I got was that he's going to take a break to address his gambling addiction and then I saw one where the NCAA is. I was like, what? Yeah, right. It's like, oh damn. But I was like, all right, it's the off season. You know, he'll do a program over the summer and then my fall practice. But then I got a second update. So the NCAA is investigating him for some bets he made on Indiana while he was at Indiana before he's at Cincinnati. So a little, ooh. That's. Wow.

[00:33:02] That's the kind of thing to get you in trouble there. Yeah. I'm like, where did, like, who told on this man? Like, it was so random. You know what? Even in Cincinnati, it was. So late. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, man. It's just like, what? Who did he piss off? They knew something. I don't know. And something about Cincinnati and gambling, man. You remember that's where the bet was placed. Yeah.

[00:33:31] They got a, was it Brad Bohannon, Brian Bohannon, the fired from Alabama baseball, man. Wow. Uh, it was the weirdest that Friday, the infamous Friday night against LSU. Yeah. Uh, someone, you know, putting a call and placing a bet in a Cincinnati sports book. Uh, but yeah. Uh, so yeah. That was the NFL draft. Uh, let's see elsewhere in the world. Always a good time. Yeah. Good time. Yeah.

[00:34:01] Always a good time there, you know, just to see the guys, you know, their first, first part of their dream realized they're getting to the NFL, especially, you know, those first strong guys, you see excitement, you see, you know, some of the biggest stuff with dudes balling. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Yeah. It was great. I kind of liked that presentation. They walked down the hallway with the logos kind of stopped. Um, yeah, it was funny to see. Yeah. Some of those dudes just either super emotional or maybe even pissed off, you know, just walk

[00:34:30] right by, grab the hat, didn't even pose like it was a mirror. Uh, but, uh, but yeah, let's, uh, let's move to the NBA playoffs. Uh, big playoff going on right now on the man. And the, uh, story of the NBA playoffs right now is injuries. Um, we already, you know, we already knew Luca missing round one. Uh, Wimby is getting a concussion. Austin Reeves going down.

[00:34:58] Uh, Anthony Edwards may be out for the rest of the playoffs or at least a few weeks. Uh, Dante, Dante DiVincenzo definitely out for a while now. Uh, yeah. Uh, Achilles, man, that's terrible to get that late in the year. And now you're missing the playoffs and you're going to miss most of next year. Yeah. Next year too. He's had some bad luck in the playoffs cause he was on that Bucks team and he got hurt during that playoffs when they won the championship. I think he did. Yeah. Yeah. Didn't get to play.

[00:35:28] Golly. Some bad luck. But yeah, Anthony Edwards going down, man. That, that sucked. But that man from Illinois. Dropped what? 40, 43 on Denver on Saturday. My goodness. I, um, dang, that's it. I can't think of his last name right now. Mid-season trade from the Bulls there. Probably happy as hell to get out of Chicago.

[00:35:56] And, uh, you know, he's had, you know, he had, you know, some solid games since he's been in Minnesota. But I mean, he just took his game to a whole different level there. I mean, obviously, you know, with Anthony Edwards completely out, I mean, that adds a shitload of minutes for him. That changes his whole trajectory for the playoffs. Because now he's moved from a solid backup type of guy, you know, give some solid minutes to,

[00:36:25] hey, bro, we need, uh, 40 minutes out tonight. So, man. But, and he definitely stepped up on Saturday there. You know, they, um, have Denver on the ropes. Uh, yeah. They're up 3-1 on Denver in the series. Uh, Denver's got a 9-point lead here on the second quarter in tonight's game. Trying to stay alive. Of course, they need to win 3 straight now. You would think they probably do.

[00:36:53] I mean, just because that's, but, man. Who would have thought, man, if those two guys go out, even Shenzel and Edwards, and you still win? That was huge for the Bulls. Um, yeah, absolutely. Um, let's see. Elsewhere, we saw Orlando take a 3-1 lead on the Pistons earlier tonight. Just insane.

[00:37:19] You know, Orlando, honestly, maybe they're one of those teams that kind of slept through the regular season at times. Because they got a talented bunch. They do, yeah. There's a lot of talent there. I mean, you have Bain, you have Vanchero. I mean, you have some talent there. Um, some good role players there. Um, some good defensive guys. You know, Wendell Carter's solid.

[00:37:47] Um, Suggs can be solid. He didn't shoot with the damn tonight. But, you know, overall, solid guy. But, man, they might be kind of dangerous. I mean, still a pretty young team there. Um, and that was the thing we wanted to put Detroit. You know, their first time really go around in the playoffs. And, you know, they're having a hard run of it as a 1 seeder. You know, it's not a board you really want to go on as a 1 to lose to an 8. Yeah.

[00:38:19] But, I mean, but really, you know, I don't think it's that, that, it's not as seismic as some of the 1 8s we've seen in the past. No, for sure. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, you don't really, I mean, honestly, you really, I don't really see that as, yeah, it's a 1 8. Yes. But I guess it's just how we look at Detroit more than anything. Now, if it were like Boston, we'd be like, oh, shit. Yeah, exactly.

[00:38:48] Detroit hasn't earned that shock factor yet. Yeah. Um, yeah, it's definitely surprising, but it's not like, oh, damn. Uh, so, uh. It's not like Boston is down 3, you know, 3-1 to the Magic. Yeah, no. Or something like that. But, yeah, we'll see, we'll see how they respond there. Um, elsewhere in the East, uh, speaking of the Celtics, they're up 3-1 on the Sixers. Uh, they get a chance to close it out tomorrow. Uh, that seems pretty good.

[00:39:14] Yeah, and then the, uh, other two series tied it to, uh, the Knicks and Hawks battling, uh, Cavs and Raptors, uh, battling, maybe Raptors putting up more. The Raptors, man, they went to, they, they, um, went home and Toronto, though, they, they, they've been a couple of years without the playoffs. But they, they love their Raptors. That's a hell of a, um, atmosphere when they get up there. Yeah, uh, absolutely.

[00:39:40] Um, so, some big game fives coming up, uh, tomorrow night in, uh, New York. And then Wednesday in Cleveland. Over in the West, uh, Thunder right now trying to finish off the Suns. They're up by 10 at the start of the 4th. Seems to be on. Yeah. Yeah, it is in Phoenix, but we'll see. It doesn't really look like Phoenix putting up much of a fight here. Uh, Nuggets and T-Wolves. We talked about that. They're playing right now. Uh, Lakers up 3-1.

[00:40:10] The Rockets, uh, staved off a sweep, uh, the other night. Big thing there is what's going on with KD. Yeah. Like, he's just another one. Is he hurt? Is he pissed? You know, he's had those moments where he kind of has a history of quitting or, you know, not, but I, I don't know if his injury's that bad or, but it doesn't, the optics of it doesn't look good. No. Yeah, absolutely not. We don't know.

[00:40:38] I mean, I'm not going to say guy's not hurt, but the optics of it and who he is and what do we want him to do? I mean, this is the type of, this is why they brought KD in was for the playoffs, honestly. We still, the Rockets were good enough in the regular season without him. Already we've seen that, you know, they were looking for him to kind of be the difference maker when it comes to the playoffs. And yikes, not what they bought, not what they brought in to sit out in the playoffs. No. Yeah.

[00:41:08] No, they, he could have sat all regular season and they would have been okay with as long as he got, they got KD in the playoffs so that, you know, that we know at times is one of the most dangerous dudes ever, which is what they're banking on. But man. Yeah. And especially a Lakers team without Luca, man. I mean, that's, yeah, that's. Yeah. Luca, no Luca. No Austin Reeves.

[00:41:32] And, you know, honestly, I thought they were going to, you know, they staved off elimination, but you'd have to think to, it's not going to be too much longer. No. Yeah. And kind of the same in the Spurs Blazers series at tomorrow night, Spurs got a chance to close it out. Wimby talking about how he was not satisfied with how the NBA concussion protocol went. He thought he gets cleared and he still had to sit again.

[00:41:59] And honestly, that's probably the only reason Portland got a game. Yeah. Honestly. Yeah. Even that game was close. I mean, they had to, you know, pull that off. You know, they did jump out to that big lead yesterday when they were up 16, 18. But then the Spurs like, no, that was cute. No. But yeah. Spurs just a talented bunch. They're, you know, the young, talented team. And at least through the first round, seems to have handled it pretty well.

[00:42:28] You know, there was another one with a lot of young people were wondering, you know, how did they do in the playoffs? And, you know, to have a guy like Wimby and, you know, still able to win it, you know, when they won that game three in Portland without them. That's a solid, solid win for, you know, a young team there. Yeah.

[00:42:53] So, yeah, there looked the part there so far in the playoffs. You know, honestly, and I haven't watched it yet, but the most exciting thing about Portland is I don't want to watch the Jail Blazers thing on Netflix. Oh, yeah. Because I enjoyed that team. I enjoyed those teams. Yeah. Back in the day. Rashid and Mow. Oh, yeah. But, yeah. So, just kind of waiting out the first round here, hoping that people can get healthy, that, you know, we know can get healthy.

[00:43:22] So, it's a shame that so many injuries. We should have some great second rounds. Yeah, we should. Yeah. Over in the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, the Avalanche sweep the Kings in round one. Stars and Wilds tied it to Golden Knights and Mammoth. It's been a wild series. The Stars. The Stars, yeah. Overtime after double overtime, two double overtimes in a row. Yeah, man.

[00:43:51] So, the Stars won three, they won four in double OT. Man, you might be looking at the full goal there. Yeah, it's been a great series. One of those old ones I used to love watching, man. Like, growing up, I remember watching some of those, like, four or five overtime games, like, deep into the night, you know, just, like, trying to keep quiet for the parents, you know, like, from my mom. I'm not trying to wake up my mom, you know. Like, yeah.

[00:44:18] Just funny coming to school the next day, talking to other, my friends that like hockey, you know, just like, oh, did you watch it? Yeah, yeah. Watch it, man. It's crazy. Yeah. Let's see, the Ducks lead the Oilers three to two. Man, I did, I tell you what, I did not know that Anaheim changed their colors. I don't know what they were doing, but they need to go back. Yeah. That Mighty Duck logo does not need to be that red, man. No.

[00:44:47] Purple and green and. That's how it always should be. That's what you guys are. Stick with me. Over in the east, classic Pittsburgh-Philly series. Speaking of five overtime games, man, I do remember that, a classic from when I was a kid. Ah, man, who is it? There's a Philly guy that scored a winner in the fifth overtime, or who was that? Damn, I wish I could remember that.

[00:45:15] But right now, Philly jumped up 3-0 in the series. The Penguins have now won two straight. Trying to complete the big comeback there. They both won tonight. Yeah. 3-2. Yeah, 1-3-2, so now they're down 3-2. It'll be in Philly on Wednesday, so the Penguins need one more win to force a game seven. And then Carolina swept the Senators, so you got one Canadian team out, one on the brink in Edmonton.

[00:45:44] And then Montreal looking the best as far as breaking Canada's Stanley Cup drought. It's been since 1993 when Montreal won it. Crazy. They're tied with Tampa Bay 2-2, and then Buffalo up 3-1 on Boston. Right now, Las Vegas and Utah playing 3-2 in the second intermission. Las Vegas was up 3-0, and Utah kind of got two goals quickly.

[00:46:12] They got that one in the multiview here. Let's see. Let's talk some Bama sports this week. Rough week for baseball, man. A midweek loss to UAB. Admitted a good UAB team, like maybe a tournament team, but still not good. And then lost 2-3 in Knoxville. Yeah, one Thursday. Oh, yeah. Man, yeah. Big win Thursday, man. One of the hardest hit home runs I've seen in a while.

[00:46:40] The dude's name is blank on me right now, but he jacked one down that left field line, and it just disappeared into the Knoxville night. What was that? Yeah, just absolutely. Like Jorge Soler in game six of the 21 series, man. Yeah. But that's immediately what it reminded me of. He just disappeared that ball. Yeah, and then lost both games over doubleheader the next day. Double slaughtered on Friday. My goodness.

[00:47:10] And then the women lost in Knoxville two out of three as well. Yeah, they at least got the midweek win. But, yeah, Tennessee softball a little bit better than baseball, but tough place to play either way. Yeah, but, I mean, what a lot. I mean, we came and got the huge win on Saturday. Yeah, run-rolled them. Run-rolled them in the fifth. And then the Colts came Sunday, and then tonight I was watching up a little bit.

[00:47:38] Man, they just – you know, that starting pitcher, he's tough. We just couldn't get any hits really. You know, they got a couple of errors there in the fifth. And, man, you know, they lost four to one. But only, what, the fifth or sixth loss of the year there. So – Yeah, still second in the SEC. That's not – you know, that wasn't – it's a tough place to win. Of course, you'll want to get a series win up there. But not the end of the world for softball.

[00:48:06] Much worse loss for the baseball team. Yeah, that's a bad – They're quickly – It's one of the bad moments in the baseball team. They're quickly disappearing. Yeah, not only losing grip on hosting a super regional possibly, but hosting a regional at all. Yeah. So they need to turn around. They got Vanderbilt. No midweek game for them, and then they host Vanderbilt in the weekend. So they need a sweep. They definitely need a series win.

[00:48:32] But a sweep would be big to turn things around, get momentum back on their side. But softball has their final SEC series of the regular season. That's crazy where they – That's crazy where they are almost already. My goodness, it's going fast. They host South Carolina this weekend. So second in the SEC right now, try to solidify that position for the tournament. And then they obviously are in great position to host a regional and super regional. Oh, yeah.

[00:49:02] Super regional, yeah. And then hoops. Yes. The portal is closed as far as people can enter. And, of course, still a lot of names out there that can commit. Excuse me. But I don't think they had added Drew Fielder from Boise the last time we met. I don't think so. We closed strong. Going big, yeah. And then, like I said, still stuff out there. Still some players out there that they can still sign. Just nobody else can enter the portal.

[00:49:32] So we'll see what goes on there as far as us. Nate got his extension. Yeah, Nate – It seems like all the coaches got their extension. I was going to say, everybody's getting paid. Nate gets a big extension. People – Kaelin got his extension. Yeah. Kaelin Borg gets a big extension. People are not happy about it. The interesting thing is the OC did not get a raise. Yeah. He got no extension. So that'll be –

[00:50:01] It's like – Ryan Grubb kind of – We're going to earn it this year, I guess. I was going to say he better. Because he got no extension. Of course, Courtney Morgan, he's done a hell of a job as a GM. So he got a big raise and extension. But he does – We got that five-star quarterback coming in from Louisiana. So – Oh, yeah. Got the big commit. Elijah something, right? Yeah.

[00:50:31] The guy from Baton Rouge. Taking one out of Lane's backyard. Now, LSU people said they weren't in there after him. But that's what LSU people say all the time. But that man is from Baton Rouge, and LSU is one of the few, if not the only school left where high school kids want to play at that school that you're from. If you're from Louisiana, at some point your dream was to go to LSU. I don't care.

[00:50:57] How about to say, you cannot tell me that that kid, Elijah Haven, that's his last name, did not want to go. But he's a big 6'5", 220-pound dude, number one quarterback. We have a plethora of quarterbacks. We're going to have a shitload. That room is going to be ridiculous. Yeah, of course, he's class of 27, so, you know, coming in next year. But – You know what I'm saying? Next year is – Man, that's going to be a crazy quarterback room. It is, man. As far as –

[00:51:28] That's awesome. That's what you want to see under Kalen DeBoer there, so. Yeah. Yeah, but, I mean, that was the big thing. You know, Ryan Grubb. And then another one – Dude, I didn't realize West Ham is making a lot of money, though. He's having a lot of questions. He didn't get his extension. Freddie Roach makes a good amount of cash. But he didn't get his extension, so he's going to have to earn his as well.

[00:51:56] I know a lot of people pissed off at Freddie right now. I like what he's done. It's just kind of shocking. I thought he was going to be a hell of a coach, but we'll see. But, yeah, you know, the big thing was – You know, when Ryan Grubb there, he's going to have to earn the money

[00:52:14] because obviously, you know, there's obviously enough talent there. So, you've got to be able to do something. You've got to be able to run the ball at least a little bit. And, of course, most importantly, you've got to be a little bit unpredictable. Everybody in the stadium can't know what you're going to run every play. Yeah.

[00:52:44] So, we'll see. Yeah. We'll see how that goes this year. That's a long way to go. Long way to go there. But, yeah, let's see. That is it for my notes. Anything else in the world of sports you want to touch on? You know, on the wrestling side, WWE dropped a lot of big names. Oh, yeah. Big releases. Kairi Sane probably the biggest, most shocking among them because she's actively in a storyline. Yeah. They had that whole story going.

[00:53:14] Kind of a weird storyline to end their career there. And it's just like we're just kind of in the middle of it. She never even got the chance to finally break loose. And, yeah, now she's gone. I was like, whoa. Aleister Black and Selena Vega. The whole Wyatt Six. Yeah, the whole Wyatt Six. Just everybody. Which they, you know, the cool debut and all that. But they never really took off. It got old. Sadly, it got old. Yeah. It doesn't work.

[00:53:44] Well, you know, it's funny. I mean, Aleister Black and the Wyatt Six suffer from the same problem, which is great characters. Like, they can do some really cool character work. But if the writing's not there for good storylines and good feuds, and it just becomes old quick because you're like, all right, so what's the point? And it just sucks, man. Because a lot of talented guys, particularly Aleister Black, man. You know, I'm an old school NXT black and gold fan.

[00:54:14] And when he was there, when he was running the title there, man, I was like, oh, that dude can be a main eventer, man. He could. He has the look. He has the charisma. I don't know. I don't know. They have some lackluster writing going on in WWE. Yeah. And I think a lot of it has to do with, you know, the TKO.

[00:54:43] Like, they only care about certain things. Well, and yeah. And there's been some stuff come out, says, where they, you know, some leaks of basically them saying, oh, yeah, we do have control over creative. So, yeah, that's not looking great. You know, that's the one thing, no matter how much of a piece of shit he was off, man, Vince knew how to do wrestling right. He did. He definitely faltered toward the end, you know,

[00:55:12] in the last decade or so. But for the most part, shit like this, you know, with some of the stuff you hear, that would have never happened. Yeah. He knew how to do wrestling right. You know, shitty person, but wrestling-wise, he knew what he was doing. True. Yeah, but it's, you know, especially a guy like Aleister Black, you know, because he went to AEW, and even there he kind of had the same problem. We're a great character,

[00:55:41] but then started a great faction there, the House of Black, which, you know, made Julia Hart, you know, completely changed her character, went from this, like, you know, little preppy cheerleader to this evil Stevie Nicks, almost awesome character. She's gotten so much better in the ring. Brody King, who was, you know, obviously a star on the indies, but put him on national television, and man, he's blown up. You know, when Buddy Matthews can stay healthy,

[00:56:11] he's just an amazing guy in the ring. He's just one of those guys that's always bit by the injury bug, unfortunately. But yeah, it was the same thing. Like, okay, and they had belts, they had the trios title, they did some cool stuff. His debut there as Malachi Black against Cody Rhodes, when he was still there, was really cool. The way they did it, like, you know, like earlier in the broadcast, they had like some, the lights go out in the arena, and then it came back on,

[00:56:40] and they basically acted like it was real, like, sorry guys, like, you know, don't know what happened there. And then it happened a couple times throughout the night, and then it finally happened, and he attacked Cody Rhodes. I was like, man, that's really clever, but same problem. Like, you know, what's, you know, what was the House of Black's motivation? What was his motivation there as a character? You just kind of like, all right, man, like, yeah, we get it, he's cool in the ring, but we got to have just something else. And, yeah, the same. And that's, you know, that's the hardest,

[00:57:10] but really, but it's ways you can figure it out, because honestly, there's been plenty of great wrestlers that are in the past. Great wrestlers, terrible on the mic, but yet they figured out. I mean, you look at it, Bret Hart, absolutely atrocious on the mic for the most part. Kevin Nash, you know, big persona, but he's, he was kind of trash on the mic. I mean,

[00:57:40] even like, Triple A, Shawn Michaels, at times, you know, I don't know, but, like, but you, you got to figure out, you either got to put them with somebody who is good on the mic, because, I mean, there's a lot of great wrestlers that don't get where they need to be, because no one ever puts them in the right spot outside of the ring. You know, you got to have that persona. You have to have a memorable persona there. Oh, yeah, I mean, wrestling history is littered with guys that we've forgotten now,

[00:58:09] but then at one point, we were like, man, this guy could be, you know, main eventer one day, but they couldn't go on the mic, they, you know, couldn't get their character to click, whatever, you couldn't find the right gimmick, and, yeah, but, but then you feel bad for so many folks, because I'm like, so many people, obviously, they, they didn't have any really, dude, it's a wonder at times, how much say are they having these characters? Because, like, what's her name, you know, Chelsea's body, I can't think of her name,

[00:58:40] she got, she wrote, her real name, she would beat the hell out of, Albo Fire. Albo Fire, yeah. She said, it's like, dude, like, really, a way, you know, really a waste, talented, obviously. And she was, and then, you know, kind of a joke, kind of security. Yeah, she was one of those that, like, I am completely blanking on her first name, but she was one of those weird ones that, this is one thing Vince did not do well,

[00:59:09] toward the end, but when people would come up from NXT, he'd want to change your names for some reason, it was like, I never understood it, because, again, it's, NXT is supposed to be your developmental, it should be the same universe, so to say. Okay, so like, these guys should come up, especially if they had established characters, and she, I said, Kaylee Ray, I think that was it, but you know, yeah, she had an establishment, you know, he's done that so much, like the worst cases being like the, what do they call them, the Viking Raiders, you know, they're the War Raiders down at NXT, and you know,

[00:59:39] then became the Viking experience, and it's like, ah, they became a joke, which, you know, Vince never really did like tag team wrestling. ah, they're trying to take a 3-1 series lead there. Ah, but yeah, um, so let's see, ah, Apollo Crews, he's been there around, he was another guy, like kind of, really had it in the ring, but never much outside the ring to offer. Ah,

[01:00:09] Zelina Vega we mentioned, Zoe Stark, um, Zoe Stark, great wrestler, but no personality. Ah, the Motor City Machine Guns, great tag team, you know, of course, WWE is just never, ah, tag team wrestling. It's kind of, yeah. It's kind of fit for them. Ah, WWE doesn't really like tag team wrestling. The only time, WWE has actually really cared about tag team wrestling was back in the, like the Hardy Boys,

[01:00:38] Dudley Boys, Edge and Christian days. And it was like, those teams just kind of wielded out of them to be like, all right, hey, yeah, we need to put these guys, but, and they, someone, they forced it out. You couldn't, and that's, like they, that's the one thing AEW does, one thing WCW does, other wrestling companies have done. And WCW always has some phenomenal tag team stuff going on. And then like, they would also, you know, if the, if the tag team story was the hottest story at the time, guess what? That was going to be main event.

[01:01:07] WWE will never put a tag team match as a main event, except that, except when they do that bullshit as, oh, let's put two single good guys and two single bad guys and tag team match. The old Teddy Long, you know, making the tag team match, you know, if, if, if you weren't going one-on-one with the Undertaker. It's funny. Dude, Teddy Long is probably the most underrated GM of all time. I used to love Teddy, man. Those SmackDown years were amazing. Because he was so funny.

[01:01:36] Cause you were always going one-on-one with the Undertaker. Yeah. And the other funny thing is, if you go back and see, he called everybody a crack. It's so funny. So funny. But really SmackDown, SmackDown in the early 2000s was one of the wildest shows in the world. Mm-hmm. Like if you go back and watch some late nineties, early 2000, like 2004 SmackDown,

[01:02:06] you'll be like, what the, that was on regular TV. Cause there's some wild stuff that happened on SmackDown. Yeah. They would not, where they get shut down so fast in today's Pete, correct wrestling world. Yeah. That, that kind of Ruth, ruthless aggression air right before they went PG, man. Oh boy. It was some wild stuff. Like tone, tone down from the attitude era, but still some crazy shit. Wow.

[01:02:34] The other big name in this Santos Escobar, of course he's been hurt a lot, but he had a, he had a minute there where he was really coming on. He's got, he was, I've always liked him, man. But back from when I discovered him in, yeah, I discovered him in Lucha Underground. Lucha Underground. Yeah. When he played King Cuerno. And then went to NXT and teased it as his, you know, took off the mask.

[01:03:03] And it was this big shocking surprise when he, I'm completely blanking on what his name was. Then, but, well, I might have to look at that, but that's pissing me off. It's like the son of something, but yeah, that was his big debut in NXT. And it was a big deal. And he took off the mask, like for his debut. And I was like, oh man, this is crazy. And then he's had,

[01:03:32] he's had some time, but man, WWE does this weird thing where they get these great Latin guys, these Lucha doors on the roster, and then they just have them fight each other all the damn time. And it's like, man, you know, they can fight other people, right? Like El Hijo de Fantasma. That's it. El Hijo de Fantasma. Cause they had the whole, they had the whole thing versus them in the LWO and they went weeks and weeks and they kept on fighting. It's like, come on. Yeah.

[01:04:01] But yeah, he had some, he had some good stuff in NXT and leading legato del Fantasma. So hopefully he's a guy I'd love to see AEW pick him up, man. We've seen, what's it say? Andrade go back there with some success. Yeah. He's killing it there now, man. Andrade. Yeah. He's, he's having a good time at AEW. Let's get, let's get Santos there, man. I think he can do,

[01:04:30] he's great for that AEW style. But yeah, but it's a lot of, it's a lot of talent for AEW to add back or get for the first time that's out there. So that's the one thing, you know, in the wrestling world, I mean, obviously it sucks when you get released from the biggest, but you know, it's plenty of, plenty of pathways. And honestly, probably if you want to, you can probably get back to WWE at some point. Cause it seems like,

[01:04:58] it's our ever revolving door for many. Yeah. Let's see. But yeah, with AEW, it's, it's, it's funny because you hate to be like, Oh, they should sign this guy and this guy, you know, after every time WWE releases, cause you know, they need to do their own thing. But, and then of course, you know, with, you know, the history of what's his face there, Alistair slash Malachi black there, you know, there's some rumors.

[01:05:28] The reason he didn't like it in AEW is cause he didn't want to take pins to certain guys, you know, or any, you know, anybody he didn't deem. Right. But who knows, you know, how true that was. But you, you want to see, you want to see everybody land on their feet and you want to see some good stuff. But like, I mean, Santos Escobar, Escobar, uh, the Motor City machine guns are tailor made for that tag team division, man. They can go fight guys, fight guys like the young bucks and put on some bangers, man. Motor City versus, uh, uh,

[01:05:57] what's their face? yeah. goddamn, uh, AEW definitely much more friendly for tags. FTR. That's what I'm trying to think. I was like, damn, uh, I bet them and FTR could put on a good one, but, uh, yeah. And then it looks like, uh, you know, WD now we're going to get Roman and Jacob five too. It looks like that's going to be the big match. Uh, so interesting, you know, see where all these companies go from here.

[01:06:29] Um, that's, boy, that's one thing. That's Samoan bloodline, boy. It keeps going. It's and they still have people that haven't even showed up yet. I'm fully, and they said, Zillow five too. And it's always a far too. Somewhere. But man, and then, you know, and then eventually they're all going to have, you know, they have kids and who knows if they want to wrestle. And that's more, that's Samoan, um,

[01:06:59] bloodline blaze. It's, it's, uh, it's impressive. Pro wrestling and, uh, offensive and defensive lineman, man. Uh, man, a plethora of talent. But, uh, yeah, I think that does it for us, man. That's, that's all I got. Uh, come back again next week with some more, you know, NBA playoffs, Stanley cup playoffs, uh, playoff, some Stanley cup, some Bama Springs sports. Yeah.

[01:07:30] What, whatever else goes on this week. but, uh, all right, Greg, man, I'll see you next time. All right, buddy. Yes, sir. Thank you once again for listening folks, as always subscribe, rate, like us, do whatever your chosen podcast platform asks you to do. Tell your friends about us, tell your rich friends about us, especially if any of them feel like sponsoring a podcast. You can check out all of the family of Alabama take podcast at the

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