And it was fun for you to be like, I actually can just do whatever I want on here.

Oh, that's a great question.

And we had a lot of success at Auburn.

And I always attest, we wasn't the most talented team.

We just was the best team.

You know, like everybody knew what they were there to do.

You didn't have guys bickering or complaining and saying like, hey, bro, why they ain't throwing me? You know why we didn't throw you.

right?

So after the league, you know what I mean, you start doing Funky Friday, start doing Fourth and One, you and Peggy, like, when did, like, you said, like, because a lot of people wouldn't even know you was like, you know what I mean, you drop gems and you articulate, you know what I'm saying, but it's like, when you was like, I'm going to let the world see this side of

me.

I remember doing Funky Friday.

Uh-huh.

And my first couple of episodes was in Boston.

And people don't really know, I've said it numerous times, but they don't really respect Peggy's journey Because Peggy started off as my shooter.

Like he would be shooting content.

want to

you mentioned your rookie year um what do you remember going into that training camp your first training camp and going into your first season how was your mindset and how would you advise somebody going into that

Oh, that's a great question.

All right.

So my rookie year was a little unconventional because it was coming off the lockout.

So we didn't have OTAs.

We didn't have a lot of those normal, you know, team practices or hinting towards sort of things.

So I had to kind of learn like on my own, on like a hidden kind of basis because I couldn't talk to the coaches.

How'd you deal with all that?

Mm-hmm.

Because what I realized for so long, and was good at masking, still am good at masking, and I think anybody who is somebody is good at masking.

Where does warriors go to weep?

Mm-hmm

... and realizing that, yo, bypassing all these things and saying like, yo, above all, I realized I was hurt, and I wasn't able to verbalize what hurt me.

... or do you agree with Dan?

Damn, damn.

[laughing] I gotta go with Dan.

But, uh, let's state the facts here.

If Drake May is able to find a way to win this Super Bowl, to Ryan's point, you now are propelled to an expectation that not a lot of people ever reached this early.

He's exceeded expectation this early in his career.

He's only in year two.

No, not at all.

[laughs]

Uh, you have to understand how the business of football works.

Teams aren't just going to keep firing head coaches and firing head coaches, and not looking at the roster to try to make change in that way.

Because one of the main principles that coaches will kind of say is, "That wasn't my guy.

I didn't draft him.

That's, that's not who I really wanted." [laughs] Keon Coleman, for Christ's sake.

These are things that everybody gets to point a finger.

Go ahead.

Mm-hmm.

You have Joe Cox, you have George McDonald, Kevin Smith, Da- uh, Dane Stephen or Dave Stevens, uh, Billy Glasscock, and more, that was on Ole Miss's staff, and now is transitioning to LSU.

Oh, and by the way, while they were preparing for, you know, the semi-finals game versus, uh, Miami, they were transitioning back and forth.

If they wasn't transitioning back and forth, they was in constant communication of, you know, "LSU, how are we gonna recruit? Hey, what's gonna be the plan? We're already in phase one of our off-season program." There's a lot of controversy for me that, that...

I feel like the kids were cheated.

Because as you're trying to prepare to be the best version of yourself, you're not being asked or, or directed from a person who's all the way bought in.

And as a player, I would feel a certain type of way.

Hello, B-A.

Huh?

... to unpack a quarterback is as only as good as his kicker.

When you start to see certain quarterbacks get us in position, you do all the heroics, you get us to that point, and you miss the field goal? All that's for naught.

When you start to also realize, like, yo, we're waiting for Lamar Jackson to come show up, we waiting for Lamar Jackson to come show up.

Don't lose it.

Oh, now he turn...

He takes over a game by making plays or extending the plays and guys around him starts to make plays around him.

Because if not, I don't see him having better years, better opportunities than he's had previously.

(laughs)

... were your, were your doormat to walk over.

It's like, the Raiders has played...

Well, we have this analogy in- in football, uh, it may be in sports, too, but don't be the homecoming game.

Do you understand that analogy, Peter or Stephen A.? The homecoming game almost guarantees you a win.

Almost guarantees that, yo, we're gonna be uplifted at the end of the day where we can celebrate, we can go out and eat and da-da-da-da-da.

Well, the Las Vegas Raiders have probably played- played in more homecoming games this year than any other team known to man.

They should actually pay you s- more for doing so, and they go out of their way to pay you less.

No. Cam, agree or disagree, with Stephen A.?

Uh, I disagree.

And I know the, the, the popular pick was to say, "Well, why didn't you-... come get me.

Well, why didn't you hit my agent up? No, I'm not gonna go that route.

You don't make a desperation a- acquiring, you know, a, a athlete just to have him sit behind and, and, and sit back.

Now, there has been history, you know, in the philosophical world for Philip Rivers.

So it's not too much to ask.

How about their skills in the future?

Just understand, it's likely only for six days.

Yeah.

Well, I'll say this.

I, I love everything that Aaron Rodgers said, you know, because it is truth.

But the also truth to this is, we're talking because you talked first, A-Rod.

Last week during this same time, you were speaking about, you know, under performances and missed throws on your part, and you know, just making sure that the signals and the miscommunications and things like that.

Well, that's the reason why we're talking.

Cam Newton, what did you make of Kevin Stefanski's deci- decision to keep Shedeur on the sideline for that two-point conversion?

(clears throat)

... to look at me and say, "Ah, man, why don't we have an opportunity?" This has been a strategy that Notre Dame has been doing since the college football player- playoffs have existed.

And the truth of the matter is, I'm not a bigger fan of the SEC more than I'm a fan of this, quality in opponents should be the only metrics that matters in College Football Playoff selection, the quality of opponents.

Now, when you start to see Notre Dame and who they've played throughout the year, these are the biggest question marks because (paper tearing) the two quality opponents that they did play, they lost.

You got number 10 Miami, you got Texas A&- A&, then you have these type of dynamics where you're playing Purdue, you're playing Arkansas, you're playing Boise State, you're playing Boston College, you're playing Navy, you're playing Syracuse, and you're playing Stanford.

And those type of resumes that you're gonna hang your hat on and you're gonna tell everybody (paper tearing) in the college football world that, "Hey, we deserve a chance to play in the, uh, college football playoffs." Not so fast.

And I do not agree with that.

Go ahead, Stephen A.

Cam, Packers, Bears, who you like?

Man, I'm going with Micah Parsons.

Any person that comes out with that energy on a Tuesday or a Monday, man, why would I go against that?

(laughs)

Especially it being at Lambeau.

So, (laughs) I...

If he feel that way, if he that confident, I gotta rock with him.

Right.

As you know more than anybody, Mr. Woody, is, is in this time, this is where the real teams kinda separate themselves in November, December and January.

Well, what Seattle has shown us is they're capable of stopping or halting or yielding any team, right? Good offense, you have a good pass, okay, cool, we'll defend that.

Hey, we need to find ways to get sacks to get after the quarterback, we'll, we'll do that, right? Now, the thing that is still the liability here is Sam Darnold, and that's the thing that is gonna be held up.

You know what's so funny, or the, the, the, the unspoken truth about this is there's only one position in all of sports that cannot be a liability.

That's the quarterback position.

The quarterback position in, in all of sports is always supposed to be the asset.

(laughs)

Not even Mike Tomlin can speak in his own defense for 10 years without a playoff win.

Yeah, I mean, you're 100% correct, Stephen A., and I, and I attack it through this angle.

10 years are not the, the, the rollout of what your off-season acquisitions was to do did not pan out.

It was a mismanagement of, of off-season moves that everybody has to be held accountable, especially when you know the person that you got rid of is shining somewhere else.

That person, George Pickens.

What's the biggest issue that I've been saying, amongst others, this whole year?The Pittsburgh Steelers do not have any skillful talent on the, on the receiving position, running back position, that really plays to Aaron Rodgers' strength.

When you are looking at tight ends to be the leading receivers and leading the, the, the team in receiving yards, when you're, when you're scratching and clawing, you're scratching your head and you're saying to yourself, "Where is DK Metcalf?" Is this is the per- if this is the person that we acquire for a second round pick and this is all we're getting, as low as 12 yards in the game, 22 yards in the game, three receptions, two receptions, and then you look down and you say, "You made these acquisitions or you made these decisions in the off season." The, the, the acquiring of Darius Slay, the acquiring of, of Jalen Ramsey, which I think that that, that was the only one that pretty much panned out.

Should Sanders, though, be the Browns' starting quarterback for the rest of the season? Cam Newton, what do you think?

Today, this morning, you wake up higher on the Cowboys or more down on Philadelphia?

Uh, down on Philadelphia.

Down on Philadelphia.

Th- Like, th- A team of that caliber, we don't expect those things to happen to them.

And the thing that's alarming is the first three drives you score.

You come out with a bang.

We, we impose our will.

(laughs)

Cam Newton.

Uh, I'm going with Jalen Hurts, uh, and it's for obvious reasons.

Um, Dak Prescott is the reason, or one of the main reasons, why a lot of success has been for the Dallas Cowboys this year with having one of the top tier offenses in this league.

Well, Jalen Hurts is one of the main reasons of what we're hearing reports come from locker rooms or the media out of Philadelphia.

So, who is under the most pressure? It's definitely Jalen Hurts to be able to perform because the thing that's undeniable about this is if the Dallas Cowboys find a way to crack the code of Philly's defense and now it's able to score points, how will Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia offense be able to respond in a, a, a ability to put up points? Do they have that in their bag to do? And that's what brings the pressure for Hurts more than Dak.

Were you gonna jump in?

Y- yeah, they're gonna talk regardless.

Come on, RC.

He's throwing it out there, I see.

I did...

That, that is true.

And I think the thing when you, when, when you look at it and how the Philadelphia Eagles have been able to manage success over these last couple of games and couple of weeks is, they've been able to keep the scores low, right? So for me, I'm higher on Dacquaveus, Dacquaveus, Dacquaveus Prescott, George Pickens, Mr.

Crashout.

Yeah.

I want my opportunity to prove that, yo, we put ourselves in positions to win that game.

So if it is against a Dory Jackson, if it gi- is against any type of DB, I'm having a highlight looked on number 88 for the Dallas Cowboys all game, because what we've seen in the first display was not an indication of what was to be and what we expected-

(crowd cheering)

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh-huh.

I like you.

Go ahead, Cam.

Uh, Cam, really quick, you wanna get in here? Go ahead.

Yeah.

Absolutely.

Hey, I, I would like to challenge something real quick.

I don't necessarily think of a, of the biggest red flag to be the Detroit Lions offensive line here when we've had two things.

There was evident that Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown's connection yesterday was an extremely weird, an eye-opener.

We haven't seen this all season.

Cam Newton, what do you think?

What do you think is gonna happen? What's the deciding game?

I'm fascinated, Shay, to see what we get from the Philadelphia Eagles out of the bye.

Uh, this is a team that the last two games before the bye week, they played two very different offensive styles.

In the first one when they played the Vikings, they threw themselves to victory, 330 yards from Jalen Hurts.

They were feeling good.

Then against the Giants the following week, they ran for over 200 yards.

They go to the bye, they acquire three different players.

And so, who should be the favorite in the NFC West? This is like picking which of your two kids are your favorite, uh, the Rams or the Seahawks, Cam Newton?

Can you sustain that and win in big games with that offense from Arthur Smith? And I think this week will show us a lot about that after playing so well against Indianapolis.

Indianapolis.I mean, when you...

So, not only is it a l- a litmus test for the Steelers.

I'm, I'm saying the same thing about the Chargers.

They started this year off explosive, going to Brazil, beating the Chiefs, then doubling down, you know, with having some, some, some good-looking wins, so to speak.

I think when I think about the Steelers and even the Los Angeles Ra-, uh, uh, the Los Angeles Chargers, they're what I would kind of compare as a tier two to potentially tier three team, right in between there to say, like, are they good enough to really be compared to skillset running a deep playoff run? Now, we know what the inefficiencies for the Pittsburgh Steelers are, but we also know what the strengths are as well, getting after the quarterback from what we've seen last week.

Now, the Los Angeles Chargers has a deficiency with protecting the quarterback.

I'm just now worried about Minnesota in this game.

Yeah.

Talk about a coach not having control of that locker room.

And it, it may not necessarily be the coach in Cincinnati, but where he stay? He's in Miami, chick.

The person who's in Miami speaks about Mike McDaniel not having control of that locker room.

So Stephen A, I'll ask the question.

Does Zach Taylor require a...

LA, you see they ain't going away? What y'all gonna do? Man, I- y'all better- y'all better crawl before y'all walk and make the damn playoffs first before you even think about something on the Super Bowl talk.

Listen, it comes down to us understanding and everybody understanding you have 24 hours to make something happen.

Not the man.

... one of those things definitely gotta come to Dan Quinn.

The, the thing that I'm asking myself if I'm Dan Quinn, why do I need to prove it this way? You had a bad game.

It happens in the NFL.

Okay.

Jayden Daniels is not only coming off of an injury and have been plagued with injuries up until this point, you find ways to give him reps in other aspects.

Live reps is no thi- there's no way that you can emulate that.

You got one minute.

Which of those NFC West teams would a week nine loss be scariest for?

San Francisco 49ers step up to the plate, because uh, optically or it doesn't look good having four losses, and it's gonna get real spooky permanently if you find a way to lose and the others find ways to win.

Being in the third, so...

It- it- it- what we're going to see from the NFC is they're- they're- that's the most competitive conference, right? And unfortunately, a winning record team is not going to make the playoffs.

And that's unfortunate, because now when you have a division that's solely off of guys that's- that has the opportunity to play each other, but you got the Packers, you got the Seattle Seahawks, you got the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, you got the Philadelphia Eagles, you got the Detroit Lions, everybody's not gonna play, or- or everybody's not gonna make it.

So for the 49ers, it will behoove them to collect as many wins as they possibly can, because if it ever comes down to somebody else having to say so and you don't have control of your destiny, that's the most helpless position to be in as a team, needing somebody else to win or lose for your behalf.

Which is?

Mike McDaniels knew Tua really wasn't his guy.