Rams HC Sean McVay, USA Basketball Is Back, Mt Rushmore of Yellow Things Gets Contentious + Fyre Fest And Grit Week Recap
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On today's part in my take the finale of grit week although we have some other interviews from grit week coming next week some big ones.

We have Coach Sean McVay on the show. Awesome time with Coach McVay. We've known Coach McVay now for seven years in our relationship. I feel like he's in a very good spot. He's very comfortable with us. He told me to shut the fuck up at one point. Yeah, he was a good dude. He came in, started joking around right off the bat, back slapping, cussing, talking shit. Great time. Great time. So we're going to do Firefest, end of Grit Week, Grit Week Memories. We also have...

One of my favorite Mount Rushmores that we've done so far, because it got contentious and very funny, the Mount Rushmore of Yellow Things, which we taped on the bus. We are now back in Chicago for the beginning of the show. We wanted to make sure we talked about the USA big win over Serbia. So we've got a great Friday sending into the weekend. We did bring back some of the animosity from the Mount Rushmore debate.

After the game was over, the USA-Serbia debate, we were just in the game like gave, and we're still screaming at each other about the picks that we made. Yes, which we'll release later today. So great show for you.

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U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. U.S.A. Suck our dicks, Serbia. Suck our dicks, rest of the world. Yes. So, the end of Grit Week. Grit Week was great. We have some, the Rushmore and Firefester are still in the RV. We got back tonight because we have Rough and Rowdy tomorrow. Go to buyrnr.com. It's going to be great. But we got back and we watched.

One of my favorite basketball games, like that was a thrilling, thrilling basketball game. Serbia versus USA. Serbia gave us everything they had. Jokic played 38 out of 40 of the minutes. They were hitting whapping threes in the first half. But our guys, LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid, and Devin Booker, the five guys who basically played the entire fourth quarter,

they can ball. Yeah. And it's awesome. It's awesome to be able to root for those guys. Yeah. Like I, now I get it. I get it. I haven't had a lot to root for as, as a wizards fan and recent memory, you as a bulls fan, it kicks so much ass being able to root for LeBron James and being able to root for Steph Curry in that moment, being able to root for Joel and bead. I was rooting for Joel and be today. John bead. I'll say, um, he's more of a roller coaster. Uh, he was incredible in the fourth quarter. Uh,

I'm not, there's no Joel Embiid slander on this show today, but Max, I also had a little peek into why you are the way you are because Joel Embiid was on fire. He was, he was playing great, um, setting screens, hitting shots. And then he had like two or three possessions where he looked like he didn't know how to walk. And then he went back to being great.

And I was like, this is why Max is probably going to have the shortest lifespan of any of us in this room. He was just standing still at times. Yeah. And he would just, like, forget to walk down court. But not slander. But then he would do something awesome. Right. Like, he got the ball out at the perimeter, and he drove to the basket, probably got fouled a little bit on his arm, threw down an awesome dunk, and then...

I've never seen a player do this before, but he somehow landed on his head after he let go of the rim. Yeah. I don't know. It looked like he got tased on the way down. It was crazy. And just... I saw some people saying that maybe he was trying to minimize the impact on his knees. So he's just not landing on his feet anymore. He's the opposite of a cat. He just lands on his head. I've told you guys that...

Well, not landing on the head, but he chooses to fall because it's less... He falls well. It's less impact on your knees if you fall to the ground. Yes. Well, he certainly did that because I think he landed on his ear. But it was still cool. It was funny to watch. But I was rooting for Joel Embiid. It was fun to root for your country. One of the greatest Americans of all time. Awesome American. American hero. He also was on the court at the end. The last guy to leave the court just...

Playing the heel versus the French fans, which I love. The French are going to hate him on Saturday. Saturday is going to be electric. But yeah, that was such a fun game. And it was fun too because of Serbia and how well they played and also how much shit they talked. But...

Bogdanovich doing the he was he was talking shit to Mello who Mello should be the coach in next Olympics Mello literally called a play for Kevin Durant from the far sideline he was like clear out clear out it was when Kevin Durant had the sauce I think that's what uh yeah

I think that's what, what's his name? Dwayne Wade. Noah Eagle. Noah Eagle used a kaboom as well. He used a kaboom. He did the cross, the sauce. The sauce, yes. The cross and the sauce. Yes. That's at communion where you do the stations, you touch your shoulders, then you throw back the wine. Yeah, but it was every guy. That was the best part. It was like Devin Booker hit that big three off the inbound. Steph Curry was insane, 36 points, couldn't miss.

Jerome bead had big moments. LeBron's two layups that were just so impossibly good driving the lane. He had a triple double Kevin Durant being like, get out of the way. Everyone. Yeah. Mello just called my number. I'm going to score this.

It was just fun. That was the top basketball game I watched. It was fun. And when they were kicking the ball around the perimeter, it would be like, okay, LeBron's got this. And then he'd pass it to KD, who looked kind of open. And I'm like, fuck yeah, I get to watch KD make a basket for the United States. Then KD would pass it again, and it's Steph Curry that's got the ball. I'm like, oh shit, these are all...

awesome players to watch why have they not all been on the court at the same time for the entire game yeah well and so steve kerr um i'm actually going to give steve kerr credit because he uh threw changing up the lineup uh so much and then when the when we cut it to like six points in the third quarter and he's like let me just throw in the bad lineup again um and then they went the lead balloon back to 13 steve kerr

sense of the dramatic he gave us that that finish if he had just kept with his best players the whole second half we probably would have won by uh double digits yeah maybe i don't know i thought going into this tournament it seemed like he wanted to get some of the close games out of the way and that's maybe why he was thinking with the lineup but i don't know why he just continues to do it well i think i think our guys are old which that was also the cool part like kevin durant joe and bead a

LeBron, Steph, I don't know how many MVPs they have between the four of them a lot, but they're all older, and so they probably need their rest, but there was that one moment, it was the end of the third quarter where we cut it close, and then it went back to 13, and I think Bam was shooting a corner three, and it was just like, what the fuck? What are we doing, guys? What are we doing? But

Credit Steve Kerr for making an interesting game and one of a highlight Olympic basketball game because that was more fun than the U.S. just killing everyone. And Serbia was awesome. Jokic was awesome. All their guys hit threes in the first half. And I just it felt like we all could come together and we all had a part in this game. Yeah. Hank, like when you. Yeah. OK. Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, I'm an American first and foremost before anything else, so I was happy for our country. I think Steve Kerr is a fucking idiot. I thought you were a Californian first. I'm an American first. California is part of America. Didn't know if you knew that. Well, they don't want to be. Even his own player, Draymond Green, was chirping him on Twitter saying, you know, you got to mess with the lineups. They're clearly not working in the first half. You have Jason Tate, one of the best players in the NBA. Didn't play at all. He didn't play? Didn't play.

DNP. I actually do think Tatum should have played. That made no sense. The first half when we were going under these screens and not switching and it was like, dude, Tatum can just put Tatum out there. He can switch on everything. Yeah.

crash the board score it was weird uh but at the end of the day i'm i'm it was fun to root as an american for you know for the boys it was it is it would have been an all-time choke if they didn't even medal yeah yeah i mean it would have been really bad and this is what i love about the olympics this is what i love about the world cup this is what i love about just all international competitions you get to just be like fuck the world we're america suck my dick we're the bullies

we're going to beat the shit out of you. And you get to root for your country, and you get to feel good about it. After the game, Kevin Durant, they asked him what it's like representing America, and he said, there's a lot of bullshit that happens in our country, but there's a lot of good stuff. I loved that quote. Slim Reaper. Yep. He said it. Yeah. That should be a presidential slogan. There's a lot of bullshit, but there's a lot of good stuff too. So that's a very positive way to handle it, Hank. It's also like Jason...

Jason Tatum, Jalen Brown, they're going to have all the motivation in the world. That is a good thing for the, you know, I'm rooting for America, but after this is over, the Celtics, like they're going to be set up for a repeat. You're in the spot now where you would actually prefer Jason Tatum not to play in the gold medal game because you want full on revenge Jason Tatum to be like, you played a bunch of old guys and it's my league kind of thing.

Yeah. Yeah. I do want to give us some credit, too, as Americans for this victory because we did something that we sacrificed for this, too. We actually rooted for LeBron James today. Yeah. Like with our whole hearts. I was so happy watching LeBron when he was driving to the hole. He was incredible. He was awesome today. Triple-double. There was no snark in the back of my head watching him. I wasn't thinking about how maybe he looks a little bit older in France. I don't know how time zones work. He's like 5 1⁄2.

hours older than normal. Yeah. I did maybe say that his legacy was on the line at halftime. Well, you were motivating him. Yeah, right. That was tough love. We also found out that the key for Embiid to play against Jokic is he just needs LeBron to cover Jokic. Yes, he needs LeBron to put a big body on him. He was doing everything, LeBron. What about Jokic guarding Embiid? What about it?

What about 8 of 11 and Jokic was guarding Embiid. Yeah, no, we just said 38 minutes. We just said that that would literally be played an awesome game. Yeah, we're not. Listen, we'll be positive. No, yeah. Embiid was great today. Everybody on the team contributed today. Almost everybody on the team contributed today. Yes. And Drew Holiday, Devin Booker, Devin, Derek White and Bam all played a total of 61 minutes.

9 points, 3 rebounds. Oof. That was the death lineup. The reverse death lineup. Yeah. But everyone contributed. Everybody in this room, everybody in that room. We all came together. Listen, you have to make sacrifices for your country sometimes. And I can't think of a bigger sacrifice that we would make than openly rooting and admiring LeBron James. I'd agree with you. And I don't regret it. And I'll do it again against France. Credit to us for being the bigger men here. Um...

So, yeah, it was an awesome game. It was a lot of fun to watch. Olympics are great. We also had Noah Lyles.

won the 100 we talked about that on monday i want to say or maybe it was wednesday i don't know what time it is i think it was a it is you won by 0.005 seconds yes um but he lost in the 200 and then he did the savviest thing ever he got into a wheelchair because he had covid yeah he got covid wheelchair well he's got asthma too yeah so the old covid asthma double threat now um incredible the 100 meter race was awesome um

I did see a clip of him before the race today. He was just like using all his energy, whooping up the crowd and going crazy with COVID. That's no lie. But again, wheelchair, that kind of negates it all. It does negate it all. There was also an awesome, awesome moment where a French lady won a race. I think it was the 1500. And then she ran over to the stands and then she proposed to her boyfriend in the stands. She brought him down to the front row, got on a knee and proposed to him. Uh,

Didn't that happen in the Boise State game, right? At the end of that bowl game? And people got mad at the football player because they were like, why are you making the proposal at your biggest moment? Yeah, I think you're allowed to do that. Love is love. There was another time earlier...

in the Olympics where I believe it was a Chinese ping pong player came off and her boyfriend proposed to her after she won the gold. That's fucked up. That is fucked up. You can't steal her moment. He basically just stole the whole moment so everyone's like, oh, you got engaged. Oh, yeah, and also I guess you won a gold medal. Yeah, if you're that guy, you have to...

Was he pressured into saying yes in that moment? Because you can't run away. You have to say yes. She'll catch you. She's fast as fuck. Yeah. I also watched a steeplechase today. That was awesome. Is it called steeplechase? Yeah. Some dude ate shit. Yeah, he ate shit. And then that one, maybe it was a steeplechase. Might have been another race. There was actually a finish. The second place guy finished .003.

ahead of the third place guy. Yep. I don't know how they do this technology. I don't know either. So what do we have left? Do we have, we got more track and field? Marathon. Marathon. The marathon always ends it, I think, right? Does it? No, I think, I thought break dancing was last this year. Is it? I thought the marathon always, like, they run into the stadium on that Sunday morning. It might be one of the last ones. Yeah. We're up right now 30 to 29 on China. The total medal count.

We've won that easily. But we've got to win the gold medal. We've got to win the gold. And if you look at that per capita, we're absolutely dominating China. They've got like 2 billion people over there. Is it 2 billion now? No. Oh, they've grown. I just knew it was more than a billion. Once you get over a billion, it's 2 billion. Yeah. You lose track. You lose track of it. They've got enough. I'll put it that way. Okay, China, we get it. I think marathon is the last. Women's marathon. Yeah, they do it. They go into the stadium. It's very cool. Okay. Okay.

Other things. Pedro Grafal got fired. White Sox manager. I don't know why. They should have given him a little more time. So, yeah, he hasn't implemented his system yet. We're going to see what he can do. I would not coach the White Sox. Grady Sizemore's coaching them now. Yeah, Grady Sizemore's going to step in on an interim basis for them. Not full-time yet. But if you offered me $3 million a year to coach the Chicago White Sox, I would say no to manage that team. Think about how shitty. $10 million a year. $10 million a year?

No, no, I wouldn't. Because remember, what is a three year contract? Three year contract guaranteed. So 30 million total. And Gary Reinsworth. I mean, Pedro Grafal didn't get fired for a very long time. Do I get unlimited milkshakes that they have at the White Sox field? Yes. Okay. Yes. Then I'm in. So funny that they fired him now. Like, what's even the...

What's the point? I think it's like, did they lose two out of three to the A's? And then that did it. They're like, okay. But they also broke their 21-game losing streak. They did, yeah. I would not want to manage them. Imagine what a shitty job that would be. No, it sucks. It's just miserable. Everyone's upset all the time. It's hot. You have to go to that shitty stadium with nobody in it. But you also would have no pressure.

Well, you might get fired if you lose to the A's. No, but again, Pedro Grafal didn't get fired for a very long time. For a very long time. He had the longest leash. I think there's – I saw some stat where it was maybe over 100 games or 150 games he was the third worst manager of all time. They've been playing baseball really long.

Really long time. A really long time. Kind of unfair to put that on him for his managing job. Yeah. Was that really... How much of that was him versus how much was the team, just the overall vibe of the organization? Yeah. Yeah. And again, I think I mentioned it earlier this week, the worst is the guy, the doctor, when everyone went to war. Yeah. The dentist. Yeah. Who managed, I think, the Phillies. Yeah. It's pretty bad. Bad company. Okay. Okay.

Anything else? I mean, Grit Week was great. One of our guests from Grit Week was in the news the other day. Oh, Jim Harbaugh. Yes, you told me you saved this for me. Yes, yes. I asked what a show cause was.

And you said, I found out a couple years ago, but I forgot, but I'm going to find out again. Yeah, I just need to jog the memory. Okay, so I'm excited. So I was 75% correct with what I thought that it was. So Harbaugh just got a show-cost penalty from the NCAA. They found a bunch of, like, I don't know, the level one, level two, level 2A infractions. Okay. Nobody knows what any of this bullshit means. It was just like, okay, you did some stuff. You wouldn't cooperate, so we're going to hammer you on stuff. This is...

Because it's very confusing. This is from... This is not Stallions. Yeah, I believe there was some Stallions involved in this. But this is... I think this was the cheeseburger, the COVID recruiting. So this is a four-year show cause for recruiting violations. Yeah, so this isn't even Stallions yet because the NCAA moves so slow. So...

What they did was they tried to interview him and he was like, I'm just not going to talk to you. And then they tried to, which legally speaking is the right thing. Yeah. He watched too many of those shut the fuck up Friday commercials on YouTube. And he's like, yeah, I don't have to say shit to you. I'm going to plead the fifth.

There's no Fifth Amendment in college football because the NCAA considers themselves to be, like, bigger than the Constitution. Yep. So he did not cooperate. Nobody cooperated with the NCAA at Michigan. Some people did. Some people lied. Harbaugh got punished for all of it. Harbaugh is getting a four-year show cause, which means...

So he's not in college football anymore, right? But if another team were to hire him in the next four years, they would have to go in front of the NCAA and explain why that school shouldn't get punished more for hiring Harbaugh. Got it. On top of all the other stuff that he would bring to the table. I mean, he's going to just stay in... He's never going to go back to college. Probably not. That was his dream job. Yeah. The question is, this sounds like...

I know right now, if you listen really closely, if you listen to the wind, go outside right now, or if you're in the car, roll down your windows and just pause the show and listen to the wind, and that sound you hear is

Is Mike Florio typing away on how Roger Goodell should actually punish Jim Harbaugh because the NFL should not be a safe harbor for someone who does something illegal in the NCAA. Oh, Florio's already done that. Okay. There it is. I hope you did that four days ago when you were driving to work. Yeah. That was Florio. That was your, this is going to be his favorite story for at least a week. I know. Cause I remember when he did it with Jim Trestle. Yeah. Um,

He's going to love this. What he did, and that was the earthquake we felt on Tuesday night when we were recording, was Florio just banging away at the space bar on his computer. He took the line of reasoning of...

When Trestle did that at Ohio State and he got fired basically for letting his players get tattoos in exchange for merchandise, which sounds... Everything that was illegal 10 years ago sounds so stupid now. And also kind of awesome. And awesome. Yeah, it's good. Things that were crimes 10 years ago are just awesome now. Yeah, game cleats for a tattoo? Cool. Awesome. Very cool. Very normal, actually. So, Trestle...

The NFL told him that they reserved the right to punish him if he were to get a job at the NFL for stuff he did in college. Florio is now saying, well, remember what you did to Trestle.

I wonder if the NFL is going to take that precedent that they've already set or if they're just going to completely ignore it for Harbaugh. So something that nobody was thinking about yet, Florio raised his hand. Right. Florio did the thing where he was like, you didn't collect her homework yet when the teacher wasn't going to do it. So Goodell's not doing anything, and Florio's like, hey, remember Trestle? Are you going to do that with Harbaugh, or are you not going to do that with Harbaugh? This story, yeah, this was made for Mike Florio. He basically got a gift from heaven, and he's just, this is an entire, the rest of his summer is this.

It makes no sense, though, to punish somebody at a new job for something they did at their old job. Well, tell that to Mike Florio. It doesn't make any sense at all. He doesn't like that. He doesn't like that. You got to keep the torch right to Jim Harbaugh. Don't let him run to the NFL. Yeah, I mean, we like Jim Harbaugh, so we're biased.

Which we admit. Very biased. We very much admit. There were a bunch of training camp fights too. Nice. A lot of training camp fights. DK Metcalf took his helmet off, swung it at a guy. Love that. Yeah. I think the Guardian scrum caps are actually doing more harm than good. Yeah. I think their players are ripping them off and they're like, oh, it's not that hard of a helmet. I can swing it at a guy's head now. It's like a pillow fight. It's like a pillow fight. It's encouraging bad behavior.

Yeah, like a nerf fight. It's basically a nerf gun. It's like, oh, I can shoot you in the head with this. It won't hurt. It's just a suction cup. Hank, what's going on in this Patriots game? Did Drake May play? Yeah, two for three. Okay. 19 yards. A couple drives. That is... I mean, in terms of preseason games, that's pretty much a perfect game. You also had...

I've never had to pay attention before either. This is a new thing. We had quite a glimpse into the battered brain of memes, which memes and I talked the other night about we just have to stick together more because our franchises are like a joke that everyone just kicks our ass about. But memes, I was asking him to do something and he was like,

I want to watch the first Patriots drive. I was like, why? He's like, I want to see if they're going to suck or not. It was Jacoby Brissett in the rain against the Carolina Panthers preseason game one. Yeah. And he was going to make his judgment on this entire Patriots season. But you never know. Never miss an opportunity to see your biggest opponent just stinking it up. Well, I think it was also like a haunting thing that he was saying because I think he thinks and knows that they're not going to be a good football team, but he just sees the jersey...

And he's like, I can't actually believe it. I have to see it with my own eyes. Is that fair to say, memes? That is correct. I completely understand where you're coming from. Yeah, there's some weird shit going on with the new NFL graphics, too. The landing zone of the kickoff is wild. Is it? The blue area. Oh. They wrap it in blue. What happened to green? So the green zone, remember, that still exists when it's like that's how far you have to get. Where's the green zone? The green zone is like...

I don't remember what the green zone was. It's a bunch of yards that you have to get for... What was the green zone? Field goal range, maybe? No. What was the green... No, the... I think the green zone's first down, like, from... No, that's the yellow line. No, no, but, like, the in-between was a green zone, no? Yeah, but that made...

Shit. We've been out of practice. We're going to do our same faces new places on Monday to get ourselves a little sharper. The Green Zone NFL broadcast. I feel like they didn't even do it, too. Green Zone might be to get to the field goal line. It was bad because they stopped the area of the field from the offense's own 15-yard line to the opponent's 20-yard line.

I, I, NBC did it and then they took it away. Did they not? I thought they kept it. Oh, cause it made no sense. We'll figure it out. All right. All right. I got it. It's preseason for podcasters too. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Say, talk amongst yourselves for a second. Hank and PFT. Hank, what was your favorite moment of the week? I like surfing. Surfing was fun. Video's out now. Uh, it felt more fun than it looks on camera, but yeah, it looks, it looks very lame. It looks like we've got our dad behind us pushing us on a tricycle.

But it was fun. Yeah, it was fun. It was a really good time. Do you feel like you just got out? What's up? Memes is right. Shout out memes. It's when the sky cam and they do the green zone so it gives you better depth perception on how far you have to go to the first down. So it just goes to the yellow line. Yeah. Okay. And it actually was going to be the gray zone. Yeah. I don't like that.

Feel good about that. Feel really good about it. All right, last thing. So tonight is Rough and Rowdy, West Virginia. Please buy it. Buy rnr.com. I'll be singing the national anthem. We have 25 fights, I believe. It's going to be a great night. So we had to get back from Grit Week, but we still have a lot of Grit Week content coming out. So we did... We have...

three more interviews coming out a big one on Monday big big one on Monday a couple videos some vlogs it was a great grit week you guys all have fun I had a great time I had a blast yeah I always get off grit week and you'll hear because we were taping fire fest while we're still on the bus and I was talking about feeling old but the minute we get back from grit week I'm just like I miss the boys I have that moment where it's like it's almost a feeling of like the end of a bachelor party you

You know? Yeah. By the way, fellas, what happened on a great week, we're not going to talk about everything, right? Yeah. Some things are just kept amongst ourselves. That lunch we ate where we all just had explosive diarrhea right after. It was just one after another. That was one of the craziest things ever. All of us going to the bathroom. PFT's like, I got to go to the bathroom. I was like, oh, man. Instantly. And then when we got to the Rams facility, I was like, I got to go to the bathroom. I went for like a half hour. I went three times while we were still sitting at the restaurant. Yeah.

Yeah, my butt hasn't recovered yet. It was crazy. I got one of those neck pillows that you put around your neck on a plane. I just sat on it for the entire flight back. Yeah. So great Grit Week. Thank you everyone who saw us, who came out. We love doing Grit Week. We're already thinking about next year. We've already talked about maybe...

A couple NFC East places? Maybe, yeah. Possibly? We heard you loud and clear. If you don't think that California was gritty enough, we're thinking about the French Riviera for next Grit Week. Yeah. I do think the people we interviewed was very gritty, and also the surfing video. I mean, go watch it right now. That was getting us into wetsuits and trying to tame the Pacific Ocean. Max looked like Joe Burrow walking around with just no back at all in his wetsuit. Yeah. The zipper was broken. It was broken before I got it.

Max just screamed. He was just like, just so everyone knows, the zipper was already broken. Okay, well, now we're going to talk about this. We did the random number generator in the bus. Let's just do the real numbers, right? Yeah, we'll do the real one now that we're back. Yeah, the real one. No, numbers. Numbers, Max, have you ever gotten the lottery ball machine? I've gotten the number. 20. 17. 3. 42. 11. You said 11? Yeah, well, for some reason, I thought Hank was going to say 56. 8. 11 was a good number.

42. 99 pugs on her. Yeah, 99 pug. What did Shane say, 21? 33. Great Larry Bird jersey. 33. So many threes. Love you guys. Okay, Mount Rushmore time. The MMA event of the year, Battle of the Giants, is coming up fast.

Lineal heavyweight world champion Francis Ngannou makes his return to the cage versus Hanan Ferreira. Women's MMA GOAT Chris Cyborg takes on 2023 PFL champ Larissa Pacheco.

Johnny Ebelin goes toe-to-toe with Fabian Edwards with the Bellator middleweight title on the line. Battle of the Giants and Ganu vs. Fajera goes down Saturday, October 19th at 4 p.m. Eastern Time on ESPN Plus Pay-Per-View.

Hank. You'll never guess, honestly, this is a little teaser, on which guest we had on the bus wearing this hat. You'll truly never guess it. Yeah, actually, you will never guess it, because we're never going to air that interview. Okay, yeah. No, we are. Okay, Mount Rushmore of Yellow Things.

This is going to get contentious. This is going to get contentious. We should say before. I don't understand why. It's already contentious right now. It's already cut and dry. No, it's not. We should do a quick update. Hank has won Wednesday's Mount Rushmore. Congratulations to Hank. Thank you. Thank you. He is now four points up on PFT. Watch all the pregnant women. By the way, that one got me in trouble.

I might have gotten a text being like, you picked Navy SEALs over pregnant women? And I was like, I was just trying to get Hank a win. Pregnant women never killed Osama bin Laden. Yeah. So thanks for that, Hank. You had the chance. I did. I had 1-1, but I was trying to get you a win. That's what we're going with. Sure. Yeah, agreed. Hank, congratulations on the win. You were up four points on PFT. Yep. Who's in last? I am up six points on Hank.

Max is running away with it. So it's Max 50 points, me 42 points, Hank 36, PFT 32. It's not looking great for your boy right now, but that's fine. There's a lot of season left in Mount Rushmore season. A lot of time for Hank to collapse. He's feeling himself right now, which I like. No, I'm not. Hank's acting like he's in first place, which I absolutely love.

I know how this goes. Now, you're going to get confident. I'm going to sneak up on you like a little monster in the dark. Let's go, PFT. I'm going to grab you by the ankles. I'm going to drag you down into the ocean. I'm going to hold you under until you die. Let's go, PFT. And then this is what's going to happen, Hank. You're going to have...

You're going to have to take a punishment out of the hat. It's not me versus you. And you're going to complain about it. And you're going to say it's unfair that I'm predicting the future right now. I want to see you do the punishment. I want to see PFT because PFT is my dear friend and co-host of the show. And the punishment is going to happen during football season. And we work a lot during football season while you sit on the couch and scroll Twitter. So I would...

It's not going to get contentious. I would like PFT not to have to devote whatever, however many hours this stream is going to take. And I want to see you do it. Your Twitter screen time is probably 20,000 times more than mine. What did I say? What did I say? What? During the show. Right.

Yeah, it's not that high anymore. No, you didn't say that. Yeah, I did say, you sit on the couch. The couch that we do the show with. What are you talking about? The proverbial couch. Oh, I mean, I... No, you said I sat on the show. You never sat on the show. Okay. But the couch, I was thinking about the couch. The couch that you sit on during the show. I have multiple couches. I'm sitting on a couch right now. Oh, Mr. Fancy Pants got a lot of couches. We got J.D. Hank over there. Yeah, you want to fuck a couch? You got a couch fucking problem? When you say couch, I don't instantly think of the studio. That's all I think about.

Is that couch. What I noticed in the standing, however, is that I think what happens more often than not is I either strike out completely or I hit a home run. I'm either first or fourth. That's it. You're Adam Dunn. I'm actually, actually, sabermetrically a very good baseball player in today's game. Yes.

Okay, so let's not get contentious. No. We're on the bus. It's Grit Week. We've had a great Grit Week. It's been fun. Great week. I think the coaches have taught me. It's like I do love every question. What does grit mean to you? It's not about how you act when you're down. It's about how you act when you're up and just staying focused. Yeah, and you're acting real sharp. Real sharp. And a little fresh. That's a compliment, but I'm not going to take it as a compliment. I'd like to put a bar of soap in your mouth. Okay.

My rush for yellow things. Backwards hat. Colin Coward would hate that. Yeah, but this heartbreak motel hat on forwards. It's a good hat. Ladies, you've been warned. Wait, who's got first pick? I think I do. Oh, wow. Yes, Hank, Max, me, Big Cat. We'll never be able to just dive in.

I was ready. I get surprised every time the order comes out. I'm pretty worried that Hank's going to take my 1-1. Oh, no. Is there a 1-1? I have a 1-1. Does it go bah? That's it. Spongebob Squarepants. That's a reach. That's a reach. I had a different 1-1, and then I was re-looking at the board, and I said, you know what? Fuck it. Let's take a shot. The other 1-1 was kind of obvious, and it doesn't really pop.

So I went with Spongebob. That was an audible, and I feel good if the guy that's in first place wanted to take it. Wait, were you going to take that? If I didn't say, I think you're going to take 1-1. But I had a different 1-1 up until like 20 minutes ago when I was reviewing. Oh, nice. Okay, that's a really good 1-1. I was really... I almost didn't take it, but you were the one I knew was going to take it. I was going to maybe try and get it back around. Yeah, right. No, I was definitely taking that. That was an easy first pick for me. Okay. I will go with...

Lemonade is my lemonade number one overall. Nice. Well, I am very happy that this fell to me. I'm going to go beer. Yeah. Beer is the one one. Yellow. Yeah. Look it up.

Google if beer is yellow. I'm being- I have to be- I have to be fully transparent here. I had beer, so I'm gonna defend PFT. Beer is yellow. Okay, so that's where we're going. That's where we're going with this. What do you mean? It's not yellow. Craft beer is yellow. Oh, memes. Look at memes' face. Oh, memes is thinking. That is not yellow. Oh, I'm looking it up. If you Google- Yeah, if you Google is beer yellow, beers are often yellow. Mm-hmm. That's a good pick.

I think you need to pick like a specific type of beer. Yellow beer. All beer that's yellow. Coors Light. Coors Light's yellow. No, it's not. Golden. And golden is yellow.

Yeah, I mean, I had it, so I'm going to defend you, PFT. Yeah, I mean, I think you guys are. Yeah, the golden. All right. You know what? You guys are reaching. Beer, it's yellow. Coors Light says golden beer, golden jello. I think it's brooding golden Colorado. Oh, thanks for making my point. What are you trying to do? I don't think that's for the color. No, lagers, ales, those are both yellow. Fine. Honestly, you need this one.

No, I don't need your pity on this. It's yellow. Do you or do you not need this? It stands on its own merits. Fact or fiction? No, I don't need it. He was about to pour it on the ground. I don't need it. He was about to pour Coors Light out on the ground. That's yellow. I just need Hank to be worse. That's all. Okay. I'm not even thinking about you. I have two picks. Yep. I'll run free up there. I love it. All right. I'm going to go.

Cheese. Good pick. Cheese. Any specific type? I mean, all yellow cheese. Orange. I like cheddar, but... That's orange? I had cheese on my list. Well, I thought I had cheese. I looked it up, and then it was like most cheese is orange. Bright orange. Look up. We just made a fucking noise. Cheese is yellow. Bright orange. That's what I looked at. That's what I saw. Not all cheese is yellow, but a lot of cheese is. Okay. That's what I'm saying. You have to pick a yellow cheese. Like there are...

You have to pick a cheese. I'll give you cheddar cheese. Yeah, like PFT should be Coors Light. Okay, fine. Cheddar. Because there's beers that are brown. Cheddar cheese. I'm not taking those. And there's cheese that is white. But there's a lot of beer that's yellow. There's a lot of beer that's not yellow. Yeah, and there's a lot of cheese that's... What was your pick, Max? Lemonade.

What kind? Oh, that's a good question. Yellow lemonade? Well, there's pink lemonade. Yeah. You have to say yellow lemonade then. No. No. No.

There's like white lemonade. False. It looks white. Lemonade is yellow. You want to go down this path? I've seen a lot of very pale lemonades. Yeah. It's a good thing we're not getting contentious. No, you guys know what you're doing. Me and Hank are playing this game the right way. You guys are muddying the wall. Cheese is yellow. Cheddar cheese is yellow. So is American. Why can't I get all cheese? You got all lemonade.

But like lemonade. He got all beer. Generic lemonade. He got every Spongebob. I did get all beer. I want him to get all beer either. He should get all beer. He should get all beer. He should get light beer. I got it. You should have taken beer before lemonade, weirdo. Yeah. But that's not fucking yellow. Beer is not yellow. Yes, it is. It's tan. Beer is tan. All right. Well, this one might get it. This one might then spiral you even more. My second pick, french fries. Beige. Beige.

They're golden. McDonald's french fries are yellow. Okay. McDonald's french fries are yellow. We're just picking any color now. What are you talking about? I will say this. That's right. I will say this. If you were giving like a- That's yellow. No.

Can I speak? That's yellow. It's a fucking fake picture. Are you sure it's not? That's a cartoon, basically. Oh, my God. If you were to give a little kid an outline of a French fries and told them to color it, they would get the yellow crayon to color it. Thank you, Hank. Like that. If there is a color, French fries are yellow. Hank, if you were to ask a kid to color in beer, what color would they choose? Yellow. Pro.

There we go. Thank you. Thank you. You also wouldn't like blink. I would think that's... The beer is a lot. I would think that's a lot of beer. Let me just say this. And cheese would... Orange. Let me just say this. Cheese would be orange. No, it wouldn't. Yes, it would. No, no. You guys... Cheez-Its. What color are Cheez-Its? Great point, Henry. What color are Cheez-Its? I didn't pick Cheez-Its. I know, but the best I've seen... No, but Hank, that's C-H-E-E-Z. Yeah.

Exactly. Made with 100% real cheese. I think he thinks that someone here is upset that they took lemonade in the first round. Lemonade is fucking yellow. I'm taking yellow things for a yellow draft. French fries are yellow.

No, you guys need this. You guys need this. Let's keep going. No, let's keep going. You guys need this. Now I understand why Max was going to get contentious. He's colorblind. He said before, he's like, he's going to get contentious. You guys don't know colors. You guys don't know low. You said that memes was going to be the decider. Memes, french fries, or yellow? Go through all of their picks. And Spongebob. I want them to get one pick that's actually yellow. Memes would have given it a six. Come on, memes. Well, I think french fries are yellow. Yes, thank you.

Cheese? Cheese. Fine. You know what? I won't take cheese. Take cheese off the board. That's fine. My first pick. I just wanted you to take specific cheese. No, no. My first pick will be the Simpsons. That's yellow. There we go. I have French fries and the Simpsons. I thought about the Simpsons, but I never watched it. Thank you, Huey. He just mumbled great pick. It's a good pick. Cheese is still on the board. I'm not going to lie. There is a...

I just wanted on the record that Max made me take a pick off No, I didn't, I said I wanted All I wanted you to pick was a specific type of cheese Check the tapes, I just wanted a specific type of cheese Simpsons, french fries You know who would be on our side, Big Cat? Who? Bubba Yeah, I was just about to say I was literally about to Yeah, he's colorblind No, okay, I can see this getting contentious This should be an easy one We should all agree, gold Good pick

Good pick. Isn't it gold? Gold medals. Isn't gold a color? Gold. Gold is yellow. Gold is a shade of yellow. Gold is gold. Gold is a shade of yellow. But gold is gold. If you were to give a kid a cyclone. I had you back on beer. It's literally gold is a color. Is gold yellow? I'm going to search this. Is gray and silver the same thing?

We're not doing the... I mean, maybe I'm way off, but isn't gold a color? Pure gold is a rich yellow-orange color. Orange was the first word there. I just assumed gold was gold.

Okay. If we did a gold draft, gold would go first. Gold would be the metallic variation of the color yellow. Okay. According to Reddit, that's always right. My draft is just going to be yellow things. Well, lemonade, again, I can find you a lemonade right now that's not yellow. I can find you a lemonade right now that's not yellow, big boy. I'm going to go with the first down line.

Any qualms there? Well, it's not official. Well, yeah, it's not official and it's only on the TV. It's not on the field. All right, fine. Next time you watch TV, you don't get to look at the yellow line. Oh, yeah. See how you like watching football then, buddy. Okay, next time we watch football, you can't eat any cheese, buddy. I like cheese. And I wanted to take it, but I looked it up and the first color it said was orange. You had to look up what the color of cheese was? Yes, because I didn't, for this reason.

Because if I picked it, you know if I picked it, I would have got fucking roasted. That's not true at all because I was very honest when PFT picked beer. I said I have beer on my list. Yeah, well, PFT is in fucking the basement right now. Yeah, well, guess what? Guess what, buddy? Sometimes you got to be in last place and you got to have grit and you got to build your way out of it. No, yeah, it's okay. Okay. Hank, you have two picks. I'm going to go with. Good thing this isn't contentious.

Yellow, parentheses, Coldplay. The song. The song. The song, Yellow. I'm going to allow that. Yeah. It's a yellow thing. Sure, yeah, yeah. I'm going to allow it. Yeah. Because I'm very easygoing when it comes to this. Well, I don't, I mean, yeah. And I will go with... Can you give us a bar of that song? And it was all yellow. I like British Hank. Yeah. I will go with Pepper Jack Cheese. Mm-hmm.

Wait. Pepper Jack's white. That's white. Pepper Jack is white, dude. What are you talking about? All right, Hank. It's also white and red and green. I would allow Hank to take that for the shot. You don't know what Pepper Jack cheese is. No, I do. Time out. You don't know what Pepper Jack cheese is. We're on the same side here. It's not white, red, and green. It's yellowish. It's got a yellow hue. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Pepper Jack's white. It's got the specks of peppers in there. It's...

Pepper Jack cheese is not, it's white. Look at, this is Pepper Jack cheese.

That's yellowish. You picked a white cheese. That's not white. You picked a white cheese. If that's not yellow, then no cheeses should have been allowed. Oh, there's lots of cheeses that are yellow. That cheese is... You basically could have picked Burrata. Hank, I was really... I wanted you to be on my side. Yeah, I know. So is Pepper Jack. Pepper Jack is way more yellow than Burrata. Oh, Hank, they're both white. No. There's like peppers in it. It also has two other colors in it. So...

So it might be like a yellow pepper. French fries are yellow and brown. Oh, now you're going back on French fries. I mean, I'm just saying, I didn't know it was pure, straight up fucking unfiltered yellow. There are a lot of cheeses that are yellow. Pepper Jack is not. If you like maybe yellow cheese, no one's like Pepper Jack. It's yellowish. Cheddar. I said cheddar. All right, then I'm just going to go fucking balls to the wall. Cheese is not getting picked. Yeah, no. I mean, if Pepper Jack's not yellow, no cheese is allowed.

I think we should let Hank take Pepper Jack. No, I'm taking Pikachu. Oh, okay. It was on my list. I was being honest. I'm not a Pokemon. Never seen Pokemon. Pepper Jack would have slapped. Never been around a Pokemon. I'm going to go with Buttered Popcorn. Had it on my list. Good pick. Buttered Popcorn is yellow. It's yellow. You're thinking of like smart food.

Like if you gave a kid a crayon and told him here's some pepper jack cheese. Okay, I'm going to step in. They're not going to just leave it white. I'm going to step in. I'm going to go with the sun. The fucking sun? The fucking sun. Which also could have been out in the Mount Rushmore of tough things. Yep.

Okay. Any one complain? No. I almost picked a 1-1. Yeah. I like it. I like it. Okay. It's a good third round. It's a good third round. It's great value. I probably should have taken it. It's a coach's son. Okay. I probably should have taken it. I got my last two. I need the anime freaks.

You need them to step up. That is the thing about the people that follow the part of my take account. It's a huge crossover with the anime freaks. Yep. All right, I'll go. I have two picks. One I'm probably going to get yelled at for, but this one everyone should agree with. No, this whole draft is pointless anyway. What? I'm not yelling anymore. No, I would like you to yell if you don't like it.

This one you like though Yellow Labrador Retriever Yep Great, Yellow Lab Great choice Yeah, there is Yellow Lab What? I just admitted that I would like it No, what did I say? Dogs I didn't know that there was a difference between Yellow and Golden There's a big difference What did I say? What did I pick? Yellow Yellow what? Labrador Retrievers And what did you say? Right, I didn't know that there was a difference There is Very much

it like you would know the dog in a lab dog in a golden retriever two different dogs marley and me now the pepper jack thing makes sense yeah yeah yeah i'm colorblind okay last one oh man max take it i'm not gonna get mad i promise pasta

No, I'm actually, I'm all right with that. There are yellow pastas. Yes. Fresh pasta. The freshest pasta is always yellow. With homemade pasta, delicious. Yellow.

You okay with it? Good pick. Yeah? Hank? Hank's still in a, like, he just found out that Golden Retrievers and Yellow Labs are different dogs. No, that's a... He's trying to... He's trying... This by me. His whole... I thought for sure you would have taken Pasta. You know what? He's had two picks that have been presented to Hank today that Hank could have taken in the things that I just learned recently, Draft. Yeah. Yeah. Yellow Labs and Golden Retrievers and Pepper Jack Cheese. Max? Pepper Jack Cheese is one I know people are going to like.

There's not a single person on the planet that's going to have your back Absolutely not Max, I was convinced you'd take pasta You took lemonade over pasta What kind of Italian are you? Lemonade is obvious I was thinking more classically yellow I mean, pasta's yellow

I know, but I was thinking like... I'll be honest, I didn't have lemonade on my board. I didn't even have... I didn't even think about lemonade. Lemonade. And you went 1-1. Well, I was thinking of things that are... You don't understand what 1-1 is. This might be the end. First of all, you don't understand what 1-1 is. This might be the end. You don't understand what 1-1 is. You're 1-1. This is 1-2. You're 1-1. My 1-1 was Spongebob. Yeah, his 1-1 was Spongebob.

Shit. You still had a first round grade on lemonade. Let's get back to the fact that- Lemonade. All right, fine. You know what? Max. Let's go out and find somebody who doesn't like lemonade. We're not going to yell anymore. Let's agree to just remind everyone that Hank thinks pepper jack cheese is yellow. Yeah, that's a good point. It's yellowish. Where did Huey just go? Oh, nice. Thanks, Huey. Good job. Good job, Huey. Wait, you're up. All right, my turn? Last pick? Last pick?

I'm going to go with the pass interference icon that pops on the screen. Great job. Horrible pick. When your team throws an incompletion. It's a terrible pick. Why is that a terrible pick? Do not almost nut yourself. Wait, what was your pick? Sorry. The pass interference icon that pops up after your team throws an incompletion. And it saves you. How is that going to look on a graphic? Well, it looks cool when it happens on TV. No, Rushmore graphic.

That's a paragraph. I don't think about that, Max. I don't think about that. That's why you're in last place. Well, you're a big fucking pander bear, aren't you? That's not true. You just admitted to pandering to the graphic. He does pander. Wow. No, Max panders. That's why he's in first. Yeah. Correct. He's been pandering to the entire meatball contingency. I go with my heart. You don't think this guy likes meatballs? No, I'm just saying you've been pandering to fat meatball. And you know what? I actually think the people will like the pass interference thing. We've all been there.

Yeah, no, I mean, PFT's kind of right. Peter Schrager just walked in. What's up, Peter Schrager? Hey, Peter, I got a question for you. When you're watching football, you're rooting for a team. Max, will you shut the fuck up? I got like five questions for you. Actually, I should lead off with... Let's go one by one. We have so many grievances right now. Sit in the middle, sit in the middle, sit in the middle. All right, all right, first question.

Peter Schrager, NFL Network. You can find him everywhere. We're actually going to have you on next week. Hard Knocks Podcast. Peter Schrager, what color is Pepper Jack cheese? It's white, but with a red and orange tint of speckles of red and orange. Correct answer. Is there a difference between a Golden Retriever and a Labrador or a Yellow Lab? Yes. Okay. Good answer. Let's be here.

Beer's brown. Oh, no. Beer's not brown. Oh, no. Beer's not brown. Oh, no. French fries are yellow. Yes. Thank you. Beer's not brown. What do you say? What color is lemonade? I don't know. What color is lemonade? Oh, now this is a good one. I say pink.

Yep. Okay. Yep. Yep. Yep. But if there's like a lemonade stand, it's usually yellow. Okay. But I'm at a restaurant and I'm ordering lemonade. It better be pink. But the person didn't say lemonade stand. They said lemonade. Then if you order a lemonade and if you're like, hey, can I get a lemonade? And it comes out pink. You're like, I didn't order a pink lemonade.

Okay. I just think it's an interesting conversation. All right, so wait, what was your pick? All right, so Peter, if you're watching football, right, and your team is playing, it's third down, third and ten, and they throw an incompletion, and then like half a second later...

The pass interference icon pops up on the screen. How exciting is that for you as a fan? Yeah, that's a quiet fist pump, but I understand if people go, yeah, okay, flag, flag, flag. But to me, you got to have some respect. It wasn't a true first down. It was like, all right, we'll take it. But you bailed out. You bailed out. It's a quiet fist pump. I think this is more relatable for people that root for teams that historically have quarterbacks that can't complete passes. Yes. Of which there are many. Sure. And it's also, so it's just for the interception play.

On an incomplete pass. Okay. Okay. Because obviously that yellow score bug is bad sometimes. It can be bad, yeah. It can be very bad. I'm saying when you're on offense. Yeah, yeah. Okay, Max, your last pick. I'm going to go with the Minions.

Oh, okay. Nice. I actually like the Minions a lot. Minions are great. Big Minions fan. Make me laugh every time. You wanted to get mad at me there, but you... No, I've been honest the whole time. You know I had his back. You're right, you're right, you're right. I'm defensive right now. I'm defensive, I'm defensive. What color is gold? Gold, oddly, gold can be brown as well. Okay, so Peter doesn't know anything. Peter's colorblind. He's got shit for brains. Okay, Hank. I gotta... I can't... Okay.

I haven't watched any Olympics this entire two weeks. Are you guys in on the Olympics or out on the Olympics? In-ish. I was halfway in. I enjoy that gap that it fills in the summertime. Yeah, there's nothing else going on. I can convince myself to care about things that I normally wouldn't. Hot take? Yeah. Not enough bloopers anymore.

Everyone's awesome. Well, we had the penis. I saw the penis. The balls, yeah. We saw the guy, the diver, like, back and hit his back first. Yeah. But, like... Yeah, that was an old clip. See, that's exactly right. Like, I just saw it online. I'm like, all right, well, there's a blooper. It used to be there would be guys fucking up. Now, everyone's great. Yeah. And it's great. And also... This is me just... I gotta... The Polish chick? You like the Polish chick? She's good. It was more...

The one that looks like a Bella Danger? Yeah. I don't know that name. I've never searched that name. You fucking dog, Peter. When you say that you saw the penis, are you talking about the opening ceremonies? That guy was weird. Okay, wait. What did you say? An obsession with all the celebrities. Yeah. Snoop Dogg's getting paid. I saw that report. All right. Hank, your last pick. A quick shit on the Olympics. Yeah, yeah. Yellow Starburst.

Okay. All right. Some people would say the worst of the Starburst flavors. I don't think they're the worst. They're just clearly not the best. But they're yellow. They are yellow. But Max already took pink lemonade, so you could have taken pink Starburst. I don't think I could have. All right. What did we miss on the yellow draft? We missed a lot. Sunflowers have counted? Yes. Sunflowers would have counted. I'm not serious.

What about peanut M&M's? I was staring at it. I was staring at it and I didn't have it on my board and then I saw it and I was like, that would be disrespect. I thought about it, yeah. The Lay's chips too, right? But Lay's chips are not, like if you're talking about the best chips, Lay's chips are the best. I like Lay's chips with a sandwich because it's a good salty crunch. But when somebody serves me yellow Lay's original, I feel like I'm eating in prison. That's like what they give inmates. But they're good with a sandwich. Yeah.

I had construction machinery. Oh, that's a good one. Fucking cool as shit. Big excavator. Really cool. I had butter. I had butter. I had mustard. I had bananas. Scrabbled eggs. Butter was a mistake. Yeah. Honey. Honey. Honey. I had that too. That's a good one. Beavis and Butthead. Yeah. Tweety Bird.

I was pretty heavy, I could've gone a full lemon board honestly I think Beavis, he has yellow hair Oh okay, uh, Beavis, I meant Beavis' hair Tweety Bird, Wolverine Um Oh, this was something That would be, like his suit is yellow, Wolverine's suit Sure The person is not yellow Is there a sound playing somewhere? I think it's just a car outside No, I think Oh, yeah

Was that in a Bella Danger video? Peter walked on to say hi for two minutes and he's already regretting it. The Steelers? Steelers, black and yellow. Yeah, black and yellow, black and yellow. I had Hank's belly. Yep. What? Yellow belly, he's a coward. Yeah, yellow belly. Oh. Shaking shit. I've been slow today. Yeah. I had field goal posts. Just definitely going today, yeah. I mean...

Field goal post. I don't like field goal posts. Pepper Jack and Cheese was yellow. It is yellow-ish. I don't like field goal posts. This is the most wild Mount Rushmore we've had this year. Big Cat, you like one field goal post. You just don't like both. The Tour de France jersey. Oh, yeah. The guy with the yellow jacket. Shout out Harbaugh. Shout out Harbaugh. Bees. Fire salamanders would have counted. Are they yellow? I thought they were orange. Then, yeah, they would have counted. What about tortilla chips?

Yeah, that can be yellow. I think they're yellow. That's just as yellow as fucking pepper jack. No, it's not. You gotta chill with the pepper jack. You're so wrong about pepper jack. It's crazy. Tortilla chips are not yellow. Some of them are. They definitely are. Which ones? The yellow ones. Oh, the ones that come in the yellow bag. Santitas? That's a specific type, but the general tortilla chip is not yellow. Some of them are made from white corn, some from yellow corn. Queso Fundido? Oh, that's more white. I think that one's more white. Yeah, you're probably right. You kind of hanked yourself on that one. That's a yellow chip.

There's cheese. I understand. I found it with cheese. Nacho cheese. Oh, what? Nacho cheese on it. You missed it, Peter. He took off cheese. He made us all not pick cheese. That's not true. I told you to just pick a specific cheese. I just wanted you to take cheddar cheese. You could have taken the Packers cheese heads. That's not a good thing. It has a mild buttery flavor and a pale yellow color with a compact and supple texture. Okay, what else did we miss? Peter, any yellow things? Yeah, yeah.

The Simpsons. I had it. That was my first pick after cheese got taken off. Yep. Saxophone. You took cheese off. You took cheese off. I just wanted a specific cheese. You took cheese and pasta off. Pasta was a good pick. I told you it was a good pick. Charlie Brown's shirt. Yep. Oh, yeah. Charlie Brown's shirt. The man in the yellow hat. Yeah. Oh, wait. Oh, I was a huge curious George guy. Wait, Hank, is that the man in the yellow hat or is that the man in the yellow hat's hat?

Probably the hat. It would have to be the hat. If you're making a stink about Wolverine, kind of the same thing. Yeah, yeah. That hat is way more iconic than... Yeah, but that would play. The Savannah Bananas?

Where do you stand on those guys? I watched a game of theirs last week I was out on them and then I watched the game and I was like This actually kind of rocks Yeah, I mean it's also been, their rise has been crazy Yeah, their rise has been crazy Dick Tracy Dick Tracy, good one Didn't date you at all Madonna, the starring role Yes, oh yeah, just blondes Blondes in general Blondes, blondes is a big one Oh no

I know you're more of a brunette guy, Peter, but... But I think you would have to... You couldn't have gotten blondes. You would have to say blonde hair. Why are you arguing me over something I didn't take? Because I'm justifying why none of us took blondes. It doesn't matter. No, I'm just thinking in my head. We're doing honorable mentions. It means nothing. Still being contentious. Lemon bars. I could have gone all lemon. Lemon bars rock. You guys are stupid. What about pink lemon bars? Lemon heads. Lemon heads, good pick. Lemon heads.

Lemonhead's a good pick. Corn? Just corn. Hank! How did you not pick corn? Oh my god, Hank. Hank loves corn. And what did you pick? What are your four picks, Hank? Hank got the grossest corn today. Hank, what were your four picks? What were your four picks? What were your four picks?

Doesn't matter. No, no, I want to hear them again. Spongebob. Great pick. Yellow. Coldplay. That's corn. That's got to be corn. But that's got to be corn. Pikachu has to be corn.

What was even my fourth pick? I don't even know. Unmemorable. How do you not know your own picks? It wasn't corn. What was your fourth pick? Yellow Starburst. Oh, dude. All three of your last picks should have been corn. I would rather... I would... Like, if I had the choice between corn or Yellow Starburst for the rest of my life, it's corn. A lot of people are saying that Hank... Corn or anything for the rest of my life. A lot of people are saying that Hank got out of last place and got cocky.

No, that's a mistake. But again, it doesn't matter because it's over, but that will keep me up. Yeah, that's tough. Not just because of the... I don't care that I would have done better on the graphic, just for personal... Yeah, you portrayed yourself. Kind of like Max Imposta. Yeah. Yeah. Honestly. I loved it when I did it.

I love that I got it. I know. I wanted to get mad about it, but it's the right color. Fresh pasta. Fresh pasta is yellow. Yeah. Okay. Good Mount Rushmore, boys. Good Mount Rushmore. Yeah. Just great convo. Yeah. It was fun. A pleasure all around. It got contentious, but it was fun. Thanks, Pete. Thank you, Peter. I loved coming in. That was great. Yeah. We're going to get to Coach McVay in a second. He's brought to you by Coors Light. Great Week is sponsored by Coors Light. The best beer in the world.

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Okay, we now welcome on a very, very, very special guest. It is- Not damn time again. Yeah, I know. You can probably recognize that voice. It is our Grit Week interview presented by Coors Light. It is head coach, Super Bowl winning head coach. So I think the last time you were on, you had not won a Super Bowl yet. Yeah. Sean McVay. And you guys enjoyed the box, right? I'll get to that. You guys got that? I'll get to that. I love the box, yeah. So we start every Grit Week interview with the same question. How would you define the word grit?

How would I define the word grit? I think it's about persevering, being at your best when the times are toughest. You know, I think the separator in anything when you talk about people with grit is when they're in the storm. It's easy to lead when things are going well, but, you know, people that have grit, they lead when they're in that storm and they get out of it quicker. You could also have just said the 2022 Los Angeles Rams season. Fucking right. Mm-hmm.

That was grit. Or the start of last season. Yeah. And that's... Well, yeah. You know what? I thought you were... See, I'm a bad listener there. I thought you were talking 23, you dick. 2022 wasn't... Yeah, that was bad. I don't know if I'd call that grit. That almost broke me. Yeah. But no, last year, that was a cool example because...

When you really say, all right, how do you really work through? How do you stay the same even though we're 3-6? Everybody's kind of writing you off. And I think the best thing about that team is a lot of people said, all right, well, what was the difference? There really wasn't one. They started making some plays, having the games go in the right direction, but the guys kind of stayed the course. Last year was a fun year. Yeah. It was. It was fun to watch you guys. For the record, I believed in you when you were at your worst.

did you i put money on the line on you guys to make the play i said they're gonna make the playoffs at what point did you make that bet at your darkest hour so you made that bet when we were three and six i believe you're three and six yeah it was right in that zone that's awesome i looked at the schedule and i was like how much money did you put on it uh it was about four or five units so it was a successful guy you didn't believe in us i know no i think i think i i think i ended up getting five figures out of it i love it yeah so congratulations for bet

on us. I appreciate you. Yeah. So it was a gritty season. Yes. You guys were down. Then, then you come back and turn things around. Everyone was saying before last season started that you were, I guess in the midst of cap hell, like there's been two seasons where you've been a cap hell. Yeah. What's it like to fight through cap hell and come out the other side? It's not fun. It was, uh, you know, I think when you look at it, there was a lot of decisions that in the moment, you know, you feel very, you know, you feel like these are the right things and,

And I'm not saying you would do anything differently, but what you do want to make sure you understand is, all right, what are the possible ramifications down the line? And there was some decisions that, you know, I take some responsibility in, but there was a lot of good memories in the midst of that. But it was challenging when you're operating and you never have to part ways with a lot of guys that you really shouldn't have to. But, you know, those guys went and did their thing and

And I think it was a cool opportunity to see a lot of rookies get opportunities and really take advantage of chances that kind of were forced upon us. And they certainly made the most of them. So kind of on the same lines of Cap Hell, this past offseason, you finally had a first-round pick. Yeah. So you'd never had a first-round pick.

pick we had never had we you know what we traded out of it in the 18th season we traded back but other than that we had not had a first round pick in seven years yeah what was going through the the i we were we saw less in the hallway and i asked him if like he needed an epi pen in the draft room like because i we had a theory that you guys were just not going to be able to do it you were like at the last second like no we can't do this yeah we don't want to do it and do some trade where you traded a bunch of future picks so that's all you guys were doing so what

It was a possibility. Yeah. But you have a first-rounder this year. Is that a little weird? He's a stud. It was weird. And there were some instances...

When you look at it, there's a lot of options. Even the previous year, we had discussed trying to go up to get a couple players. It didn't end up working out, but it certainly felt weird. My wife, we've been together for a long time, been married for a couple years. You look at it, and I'm going to the draft on Thursday. She's like, what the hell are you doing? There's actually picks this night. It was the first time we've had to work on a Thursday night of the draft. It felt weird. You were used to just setting up next to your pool.

I remember they showed your house was in 2020. Yeah. And you were just like chilling on night one. We were just chilling. You know, it wasn't Kingsbury set up, but it was close. Now you do look like you've been in, you're in good shape right now. What are you doing? What are you benching? Well, you know, I'm not benching. I don't, I don't know. The lot,

body weight, you know, running a little bit more. You're kind of, you're borderline a thirst trap. Have you posted pictures of yourself without your shirt on? Only to my wife. Okay. You know, I appreciate that, man. You know, I've been, I've been working out with Cooper and Puka's trainer. Okay. He does a great job and, you know, staying away from the carbs and,

A little minimizing, I guess. And the facial hair looks good. Facial hair looks great. I'm embarrassed to admit, I had to get PRP for that. Did you? Yeah. It looks a little fuller. I was stressed. My beard, I mean, I was getting, I don't know if you want to say alopecia, but it was getting thin. Yeah. You got shots in your face? Yeah.

Absolutely did. Okay. So here's how it started though. I'll give you this. This is how it started. I'm so LA now. So a couple of years ago at the draft house, they got this over the top shot. You go back to the year that Puka Nakua was drafted. They want to show this.

They're showing these where we're talking about the vision for Puka, all that stuff. You know, I'm just, you know, selfishly looking at my hairline like, what the fuck is going on with this thing? All I'm seeing is bald. You know, and actually Raheem Morris' daughter, Malia, she always used to say, you are balding. And I thought she was just joking with me.

So I told my wife, I said, why didn't you tell me? I'm actually going bald. And the back of my head looked terrible. So I started getting PRP shots there. Smart. Starting to come in. You know, I'm feeling good about that. And I said, why the hell not the beer? Yeah. You know, and you believe, are you just saying that? No, it does look good. If he's going to get this, he's probably going to Google it right now. It is. It's a pleasure pain when you do it. So I got it like.

four years ago yeah and it bought me a couple years but now it's going again so you did the prp i did it on the top of my head yeah it bought me a couple years let me see oh no it's bad now it's it's a disaster back there right now it's not great but uh yeah the pr it hurts when they know the lady said though you know if you're the healthier you are and if you still have some hair growth the more likely it is to actually work i'm super healthy

You are healthy. That's why I worked for a couple of years. So the facial hair. Yeah. I mean, we, we've given you a little shit. Sometimes you've gone pretty boy. I remember we saw you in Indianapolis a few years ago. I can't remember. You came up to us like, why are you guys giving me shit? I remember what it was. It was. So when you, when you first came on the scene, it looked like you spent a lot of time lining it up just perfectly. Yeah. And we were like, he spends too much time on the facial hair. It,

it needs to be like a little bit more jagged he cares too much about the facial hair and you saw us at the combine exactly what you said but those are my good those we have to let you know i forget those are our favorite you guys have to be careful what you say now we can say whatever the hell we want your shot yeah we'll talk a lot of shit about on your back we we it was a great now it was a great moment for us because we're like wait sean mcveigh like listen to us give him shit about his facial hair i'm a fan i can admit i'm a fan i love it um

It looks good. The hair looks good, too. Did you switch your product recently? No. You know what? It's the same product as normal. Maybe it's a little fresher since I just got off the field. I wanted to make sure it's freshened up. Yeah. Good. Do you want to do some of the, whenever someone interviews you, they do like, hey, week 10. Oh, no. I got one for you. Okay? No, see, like, here's the thing I will preface with that, okay? That has gotten way blown out of proportion. Yeah.

It's one of those deals where when you go back through stuff, you remember it. But I don't have that recall like I used to. Okay, well, I got one that I think is going to stump you. Okay, good. I believe it. Okay. Fourth and 14, 440 left in the game at Detroit. Playoff game. Yeah. What offensive play did you call? Yeah, you know what? I didn't, unfortunately. I'm upset that there wasn't a call on the previous play. Anyway.

Hey, I'll be honest. You got to go for that. You know what? You're right. And you know what I should have done too? I think I should have called the third down differently. Yeah. To give us a better chance. I did not like the way I did that. That was an incredible playoff game. It was an incredible playoff game. But I look at it, and I'm being dead-ass serious about this too, some of the red zone sequencing. Because I thought defensively we settled in. They got going. They came out hot offensively, and we were kind of matching them with our offense defensively.

But then I thought defensively we slowed him down. We had a chance. We're removing the football. We had some possessions that we didn't come away with points that we really should have. But that stings. And I'll tell you why. And I'm not afraid to admit I would do that differently. I would have called probably the sequence leading up to that differently. Whether it works out or goes down the way we want, I don't know.

But I think to take the ball out of Matthew's hands and to then sit there and because of some of the timeouts, different things, to not give him another op at the ball, shame on me for that. From a fan's perspective, it was such an awesome game because that building was on fire. It was the loudest. I'm telling you. So I thought the loudest place I'd ever been a part of coaching-wise, NFC Championship 2018 New Orleans. We're getting ready to go out. We tested. We had been there earlier in the season. It was rocking. It was rocking.

And I remember it was so loud. You couldn't even hear anything. Goff's mic went out right before he's got the backup helmet on. You're like, what the hell's going on? But they did a genius thing. I remember they showed, you know, Robert Woods had been interviewed during the week and they said, all right, what, uh, you know, do you think the noise is going to be a factor? And,

And Robert's kind of on my shoulder. And he answers it exactly like what you would want him to. He's like, no, we're going to handle it with poise. It's not going to be a factor. Will they show this shit during a TV timeout? And then the fan just starts screaming. I'm like, why the hell did you say that? But that was the loudest by far. And Detroit was way louder. And it was everything you wanted to play off game. It was a sick atmosphere. I mean, credit to Detroit.

And I'm telling you, my dad loved it. They were already out on the field. I came out like 60 minutes before kickoff. The stands are full. My dad said, I heard these people booing their ass off at somebody. I watch you walking out. He was laughing so funny. Everybody's booing, talking to me. It was great. I loved it. Yeah, and that was why we were frustrated because we were like, this is going to be one of those classic finishes where they're going back and forth. And I ruined it for you. And then they just run out the clock.

But that's okay. Now you have an in-game coordinator, right? We do. You know what? So what exactly does that guy do? Because you hired someone who's going to help you. We've had guys do that before. So it's John Stryker. He's been in Tennessee. I think Vrabes and those guys the last four years did as good a job of understanding the nuances of rules, clock management, timeout usage.

that's something that shoot I got to be better at and to be able to have somebody that you lean on now hey the ultimately it still is my responsibility to improve but to have somebody that's charged with that tasks he's a stud I think he's gonna really you know be beneficial so does he come up to you like just every few minutes being like hey here's what we got timeouts left what he'll be on the headset and

you know, there's a dialogue that's a free flowing dialogue throughout the course of the game with really your coaches, but you know, possible four down scenario or, all right, this is, this might be something where if we get to this, let's go for it. And if there's a flexibility and a fluidity to the flow of the game, uh,

But the main thing is, is I've done a poor job, especially as it relates to that big cat is burning timeouts in the second half. I mean, we had two games last year where you're saying against Pittsburgh and against Detroit where, you know, does it change the outcome of the game? Who knows? But at least we have a chance to possibly get a possession back or, you know, be able to use that to our advantage. We've been saying for years that teams should have a coach that just plays video games and just plays Madden all the time. And if they play Madden all the time, then they understand better than anyone else.

those end of game end of quarter end of half scenarios when it comes to timeouts does he play a lot of video games uh no he does not play video games i don't know if madden's gonna simulate the uh end game situation it does it does it yeah it does give me an example how the pressure the pressure of playing madden now the new college football game the stadium pulse place going crazy your controller's vibrating yeah

It's just like the real thing. You also have to understand from a fan's perspective, like we sit on the couch. We're dumb. We don't know football. We can't be like Sean McVay. Oh, he should have called a different route for his tight end on that last play. But we do know a shouldn't have used your time out there.

That's what we can complain about. I can agree with that. Yeah. I can agree with that. That's all we have. It's not crazy. We're just like, oh, he used the time out. I wouldn't have done it. It's like all the answers and no accountability, right? Yeah, exactly. That's what we specialize in. You get it. I never would have done that. There will be some times where I might say I'd see it differently. That one shouldn't have punted away on fourth and 14. Yeah. Maybe in a few years. I don't know how long you're going to be. You guys ever seen the movie Anger Management? Yeah. Yeah.

you know, the early parts of it when, you know, he's like, I thought we said we weren't going to listen to the game. I ever seen Missile up, you know, and you got a dunk ditch that that's how I feel about, you know, not going for it on the fourth. Maybe should we give him another hypothetical? So is his mind sharp? So I, I, if you have another hypothetical, I actually was going to ask him that, that same hypothetical. Um,

Well, I was thinking the one-day answer. So you were going to do that too if he didn't? I was, yeah. I had that as a question. But there's another one. If you're in the NFC Championship game, hypothetically, and it is fourth and what is it? Eight. Fourth and eight. Fourth and goal from the eight. Fourth and goal from the eight-yard line. And you're down by who? I know where you're going with this. This is hypothetical. This has not happened. Okay, so it's fourth quarter. You're fourth and goal from the eight. You're down by what?

Five? No, you're down by eight. Eight points. Eight points. And you're going up against the best quarterback of all time. Let's call him Tom Brady. Hypothetically, it's Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In that scenario, would you kick a field goal, which is worth how many points? Three. It's worth three points, or would you score a touchdown, which is worth...

Six points and then you can go for two. Here's what I'm sitting there, as I'm watching that game, I'm sitting there riding with my buddy Matt LaFleur right there. Oh, that's... Wait, that happened? Let's get the stop. Let's kick the field goal and let's win the damn thing. Now, were you thinking, let's kick the field goal, then we'll kick another field goal, then we'll kick another field goal? No, I don't think I was thinking that. Okay, all right. Some people might have been thinking that. That's nine points. Do coaches get piss tested? Because I thought that he should have gotten one after that game.

I love you. He's going to text us after this because we bring this up. Remember when I had you come up to him at Indianapolis? Yes. That's my guy, though. You know what, though? Here's what I will say.

When you look at it, especially going into year eight, it's amazing the amount of situations you go through where you're saying, it seems so clear, and man, that 40-second clock goes real freaking quick. If you're coming out of a timeout and it's 25 seconds, and such a big deal of is learning from some of your mistakes or things if you would do it differently. Yeah.

I don't know that there's as clear cut of a right or wrong answer as what we're talking about with me. And I actually do mean that just based on the flow of the game and where they were going and how their defense was playing at that point in time. But that's where I, in the video game, that's where I hit the start menu. So you don't have to burn a timeout. So how would, let me ask this. So how would you guys have played third and eight to fourth and eight? Third,

Third and eight to fourth and eight? Yeah. I probably would have run the ball. Yeah. Run the ball on third down. Yeah. Make it manageable. And you know what? I can't say that I don't think that's a sound thought process. Yeah, that's what... I know Army does that. Well, they run the ball anyways. But when they plan out their scenarios, they just anticipate, okay, we're going to go fourth and fourth down like almost every time. So we treat it like it's...

first and eight every time. That's how a lot of these teams do handle it. If you know you're going to get to a certain thing so you can play some percentages, do it a little bit differently. Yeah. I mean, you hit the nail on the head. We have zero accountability for anything. So we do get to feel smart when we come out on the right side of it. But nothing gets me more upset as a fan than when if a coach makes a mistake and

And then they just dig in on it afterwards. And they don't admit that it was a mistake. I don't get that either. And they don't learn from it. So there are probably a lot of Rams fans listening right now that are like, well, at least, you know. No, you took accountability right away. At least he's moving forward. No, you know what, though? If we tell our players that, like, you know, all kidding aside, if we're saying, all right,

let's have accountability be one of the most important things. And it's hard for us to move on if we can't acknowledge like, all right, we're wrong. And let's be selfless and secure enough to be able to admit that. And if I'm asking something of our players, then I better be willing to do it. And then there are some times when you say some things didn't go down, but was the thought process sound? And usually when I get the most...

When I get mad at myself or when you're saying, all right, you didn't either think about this beforehand, you didn't play it right in terms of the sequencing of what led up to that fourth down, or sometimes it doesn't go down for you. There was some play calls like in the Super Bowl drive. The one play that Stafford no looks, that was a terrible play call.

It was. That's like the worst coverage ever. He no looks a hook defender dropping right off into that zone. He has enough field for the backside player, and it's a 20-plus yard gain. And then on the flip side, you're saying, all right, fourth and one, we go for it on the jet sweep. Cut.

makes a great run. Well, if he trips, is it a bad call? No, I don't think so. Right. Yeah. You know, and so that's where you have to be honest with yourself and it's hard because there's stakes at hand and it's so public. Right. Yeah. You have to be able to make sure that, you know, you're fair about that. Process, not results. Yeah.

But it's also like, all right, let's make sure that what led to it. And it goes both ways, right? Like if it works out, you still have to acknowledge, even though it doesn't sting as much, that shit wasn't sound. In the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, I have to imagine you're talking about the adrenaline earlier. How did that affect you? Were you actually feeling, was the heart rate up? Were you feeling different? Were you trying to actively calm yourself down? Yeah, you know what? I would say this. Because I handled the 18 Super Bowls so poorly,

And really, it was such a blur. Like, I mean, honestly, I think the games that are the clearest, you know, and it's all mental for us as coaches, are when you're just there. You're seeing the game. You're able to make adjustments. You're able to communicate clearly to your players. You're getting to stuff if things go a little bit different than what was expected. And even though early on we kind of saw it,

it was just such a blur where it just went, it was, you know, whether you want to say I wasn't doing a good enough job. So I wanted to make sure you say, just try to be in the moment. Don't make some of the same mistakes twice. And there was an element, our defense was playing so well, you know, we obviously had some injuries losing Odell, you know, even Van Jefferson was banged up at that point. Uh,

But I thought our guys stayed the course. The defense gave us an opportunity. And then when we had to have it, I felt like our guys did an excellent job executing. And I did think there was at least some clarity of thought, even though all the play calls weren't exactly what you would want. So I actually had this question. The,

18 Super Bowl, you've talked about like, hey, that was my first Super Bowl. It didn't go well. I could have done a better job. Did winning the Super Bowl in 21 kind of take a little bit of that sting away? Or is it something that you still are like, man, I let that one go? It's funny. You know, I'll still always feel like I let guys down that had an opportunity. You know, the John Sullivans of the world, the coaches that were there. You know, even, you know, you want to win that so bad for your players. Todd Gurley's, you know, Micah Barton.

Michael Brocker. There was a lot of special guys that were a part of that football team. And I felt very responsible for that, but I think you want to always channel things the right way. And here's what I will say to that, you know, in the 21 season, it was cool because there was so many guys that you wanted it for even more than yourself.

and there was a clarity and there was a purity in that journey. And I think the adversity we faced where there was real grit that had to be established wasn't something that you can fake. And when you have a lot of guys that it meant something to them, but they didn't want to let each other down, whether it was people for Aaron, people for Whitworth, Eric Weddle, Jalen Ramsey, Vaughn, Odell, Matthew Cooper, the Rob Havensteins, even though Higby wasn't able to play, there was a lot of special guys that were a part of it.

and so um you know that was cool i don't know if they say it took the sting away because there were still other people that yeah you feel responsible for but it definitely was a lot of learning lessons because in some ways too it was a cool thing and then afterwards you start you know buying into your own stuff a little bit and you get away from the stuff that you know that is when you're at your best for these guys so after you win the super bowl there was that period of time where people were like sean mcveigh might retire take a walk away from football for a little

bit. How close were you to actually walking away? Cause it felt like it was close at some point. You know, it's funny. I think the lies I told myself for once we'd win it, then I'd be happy. And that's something that I'd always had interest in. And then there was some real opportunities, you know, with, with real, you know, opportunities to, you know, have financial rewards and things like that. What I didn't want to do is disingenuously lead people down a path. If I really knew I kind of still wanted to coach, but yeah,

I don't know. It was such a blur. It never got close. I never took the meeting. There was people that I work with, had conversations and pre-dialogue about what it would look like, but I didn't want to lead people on, especially if that's something way down the line that you're interested in doing. So it never got serious, but-

Then you start, you know, it does get, it does catch up to you a little bit if you lose the perspective. And there was definitely some times I did. And then I think it got exposed by some of the results we had in 22. And that's real. Well, we're happy you stayed in football. Yeah. And I love it now. Well, I appreciate that. And here's the thing too. I would drive my wife crazy if I was around at home too much. I mean, she loves me, but you know, I know she's ready when these breaks come back.

I think my little man gave me a different perspective. Congratulations, by the way. Yeah. How is it being a dad? It's the best thing ever. It really is. I mean, and now he's getting to that age where he can recognize you. He's got a personality. He's smiling. He's doing a bunch of cool stuff. And so it does give you that purpose and perspective having the family that I have. But I do love coaching. Yeah. There's so many things about it that you love when you have the right headspace. Yeah.

and you know i'm hopeful to do this for a lot longer and for a really long period of time and then down the road if if that opportunity presents itself but hopefully they'll have to kick me out of here yeah wait how old is your son now my son is no shoot he's he's nine months okay nine months okay yeah starting to smile a little he's smiling he's he's uh he's getting around the house he's flying around in his walker and you know he's always jumping man he's he's a little he's he's

crazy though they're trying to just kill themselves by going upstairs all the time it's wild you can't take your eye off yeah are you gonna let him play football if he wants to oh yeah nice nice good answer so I feel like you love the uh the chess match that's inherent in football the pre-planning watching it pan out um do you ever call plays knowing that they're not going to work to set something up for later

That's a good question. I wouldn't say knowing that they're not going to work, but even if I don't think it has a great chance for success, but you still want to have an efficient play. If it can pay dividends, there's been some opportunities where you're saying, all right, let me get this play off because I think it's really going to open up something later on. But yeah,

There's usually a little bit more luxury based on if you're in a rhythm, you're getting plays off. You can only sequence a game the way you want when you're able to get opportunities to do that, present things. If you're going three and out, it's hard to get into any sort of rhythm, whether it's offensively or even as a play caller. But I wouldn't say intentionally not to work, but...

if you feel like all right this is to set something up that you feel like definitely has a great chance to relate you know end up you know resulting in a big play at what point this season are you gonna uh text aaron donald and be like come on dude tomorrow yeah has that happened yet let's put it this way i talk to aaron pretty frequently he texted me the other day asking about the chargers practice next week i want to say what you're thinking about man yeah you know um

If he wants to, the door and the invitation is open. Oh, wow. That's very gracious of you. You think you can still play? No shit, right? Here's the thing, though, and I think you guys would understand this. If there's a man of men, it's Aaron Donald, right? Yes. When he looks you in the eye and you understand what he's about and what he puts into it and he says, hey, I'm going to – I feel full. I feel complete. I'm putting everything I can into this.

Then you let him say if there ever is a situation where he gets that itch, but I got too much respect for him, honestly, to ask him about it. And I think he kind of understands, but I don't think there's any chance. I think when you talk about a complete and a full resume and where he's at in this part of his life, he's earned the right to say, I can walk away with no regrets. And even though I could still play at the upper echelon of this league, I got four beautiful kids, a wife, I got business ventures.

And he's set. And he's got some other interests, too. Yeah. He's got a Super Bowl ring. He's financially taken care of. I feel like it's probably pretty nice this time of year for him not to have to go to camp. But you should just keep texting him. But yeah, just be like, hey, listen, Aaron, you don't even have to practice. I know, right? Yeah, how about that? You just offer him no camp. You don't have to show up during the week. Every time he didn't come to camp, he won defensive player of the year. Yeah. So there you go. The less practice, the better. Yeah.

For him, yes. Yeah, I feel like you should maybe consider doing that. Speaking of the defensive side of the ball, so your college best friend is now your defensive coordinator. He's earned it. He's a stud. But what is that like? Is it like you have this relationship where you guys have known each other forever, you were friends before you got to this level. Do you find yourself catching yourself at moments being like, wait, we're high-level coworkers here, we're not... I think it's special because he's earned the right. I think...

It's funny. So his dad, Dave Shulup, was the head coach of the Bengals when he was 32. Obviously, his grandfather is Don. Mike is his uncle. And he's a big fan of the Bengals.

And, you know, one of the things when we got here, you know, I've got a bunch of friends on this staff, but they've all earned the right to be here. And, you know, it's like, we're not doing favors. You earned the right. And, oh, it's cool to be able to trust somebody. And we've been together from day one. He lived with us, you know, my first year. He lived with me and my wife and then, you know, ended up, you know, moving out. But he's

To have somebody you trust that much, he's coached on all three levels of the defense, comes from a football background. It's really special to have. And he's done a great job. I'm really confident in the leadership. We think very much alike. But what his dad said is, you know, I wish seeing what you guys have been able to do that I wasn't so worried about, you know, hiring friends if I thought they were worthy of it. Right. Because you wanted to go, you want to be careful. And, you know, and this is a high pressure business, but.

I wouldn't have done it. He's been ready for a while, but I think it worked itself out that with Raheem getting that opportunity that he'll go do an awesome job in Atlanta. Chris is in a position and had an open mind and let guys compete for the interview, and he earned it. He's done a hell of a job so far. I got a ton of confidence in him. It's also got to be hard. I mean, you have an incredible coaching tree at a very young age, and all the guys that feel like they come in this building, and then in a year they get snatched up. Yeah.

Is there a part of you that's like, man, I wish we didn't have this type of turnover, but you're obviously happy for them, but it's got to be like, man, this keeps happening over and over. It's not ideal, but you know what? It keeps you fresh. It attracts high-level people. And I think about this. I was so lucky. I was 30 years old when I got this opportunity.

And, and it's not just me. These guys are contributing to me. I'm learning from these guys that have been through here and then they go on and they put their own spin on it. But things have been good because you have guys like Raheem Morris, Kevin O'Connell, Zach Taylor, Matt LaFleur, Staley's of the world, Shane Waldron. You know, you get a lot of guys that have gone on Jed fish, you know, a lot of great coaches that have gone on Liam Coleman, Zach Robinson, our OCs. And so they've all been a part of good things here.

And if there's not an opportunity based on, you know, what their chances are to elevate themselves, then I think that's the best thing ever. Yeah. Does it make it harder? Yeah. But you know what it does too? It keeps you fresh every year and you know, you don't take things for granted. And I think we've gotten good at figuring that out, but it's all because of the right people that come in here. Yeah. If it's a good job, then good people are going to want to have it. And you're going to have very talented people coming in. I do have to, I do have to bring up one thing that I don't like about what you've done in the last year is,

The motivational shirts that you made. Yeah. And I saw one the other day when we were at the Chargers-Rams joint practice. Mentally and physically tough players who play smart and love to compete. That was an old one then. If you saw that one, that's old. Yeah, they're still wearing it out there. But what was the thought process behind putting so many words on a T-shirt? Well, I've learned. It's a lot. That's a lot of words. But they all actually do mean something. What don't you like about mentally and physically tough players? I like that.

Okay. That would be a great t-shirt. What about, hey, you want guys who play smart? Yes, that would be a great t-shirt too. How about you want guys who love to compete? You just made three great t-shirts. That's what we did this year. Oh, you split them up. Yeah, there you go. There we go. Okay. Hey, see, I'm coachable too. We're back. Hey, having the paragraph, totally fucking unnecessary. Too much reading. It looked like one of those. It's exhausting. Yeah.

I agree. You ever get those like auto-populated ads that are served to you that show like very specifically like what sign you are in the horoscope and like what job you have? It's like on Facebook. They know who you are. So they try to send you these shirts that have like – He's not online. I can imagine. And I tend to agree with you that that's an old shirt. You would never see something like that now. Great job. It's simple.

People crisp to the point. Good job. Model the way. This year we're going forward on fourth and 14. We're making three different t-shirts. I like that evolution. Perhaps. You're a smart guy. I had a question for you kind of along the lines of what Big Cass earlier to test the memory, but it's not about a play. Yeah. We do this game a lot with different players, different coaches that we have on. How many Johnsons have you ever coached?

As a head coach, just on the Rams. Do you actually know the answer? I've got a list of Rams players named Johnson here, so we can go through the list. So since 2017. Since 2017, how many Johnsons have you played with? If I had to guess, how many Johnsons I've coached or played with? Oh, sorry, sorry. Played with. Coach, how many Johnsons have you watched being played with? Yeah.

What the hell is your question? We're going to have the quote card, Sean McVay has played with this many Johnsons. How many Johnsons have been on the Rams while you coached them? Right. Pretty simple. How many players with the last name Johnson? If you want to put it that way. Yes, that's an accurate restatement. I'm going to say, golly, man. Well, can you name them? Can you just name the Johnsons? Well, two guys come to mind. John Johnson, Isaiah Johnson. All right. Tyler Johnson. How many more do I have?

uh johnson's man it looks like there's one more one more all right give me the side of the ball defense defense big d you said isaiah right i did say isaiah johnson i said john johnson i said tyler johnson and i said give it to him give it you want it yeah yeah you want the johnson yeah i want the johnson give it to him okay i'll give you the johnson

Wait, I just had it and I lost it. Here we go. Tremaine Johnson. That is bad that I didn't remember that. 2017. Yeah, that's bad. Yeah, sometimes you forget a Johnson when you play with a lot of them. Sometimes, perhaps. All right, well... Look how uncomfortable Artis is right now. Yeah, he's looking around like, what is going on here? What is he going to say? He's going to be looking for a new head coach tomorrow. We keep this going. Listen, this isn't a Schrager sit-down, okay? Although we love Schrager, too. All right, last question. Yeah.

Brought to you by Chevy, Chevy.com, Chevy Silverado, toughest truck out there. So we started with this, but what happened with the Super Bowl suite? Are you going to give us one next time you're in the Super Bowl? Well, let's understand the parameters. You know, I don't think I understood...

What are we looking for? What's something that if we get there again, what's a... Now, here's the thing, too. You guys don't need it. I'm asking you guys for freaking tickets. Here's what I'll make a deal with you. No Super Bowl suite. I just want to be able to call one play. And I have the play for you. We have the dialogue. I can't promise when it'll come up. You want to play? As long as I think that we agree it's a reasonable decision. Ready for this play? Yeah. Fake punt punt.

I'm fucking confused. Okay. You snap the ball to the fullback or someone standing about five yards behind the center. Oh, I know, but why? And then he fakes the punt. You're already criticizing me for punting it on fourth down. I understand, but no one expects to fake punt punt.

Because they say, oh, fake punt, then he laterals to the punter, then he punts. When are we doing this? Second down. Why would we just give away a possession? It will fuck everyone up. Sometimes you've got to fuck people up. You know what? Sometimes you've got to shut the fuck up. Fair, fair. Make them think you're crazy. Just be like, this guy has lost his mind. Turner's going to come up, and he's going to try to tackle the fullback, pass it back to the punter, kicks it, pins him deep at the one, then you get a safety. Okay, all right. I lost my play calling privileges. Well...

What would you say if someone actually did that? I'd be like, fake punt, punt. I've been asking for years. What if the Bears do that in a one possession game with three minutes left? And they're down. Did it work? I mean, it pins them deep, but then they never see the ball again. The fake punt, punt is not what you're liking. Honestly, I think I'd die with the fake punt, punt. I'd be like, that was sick. I would appreciate it. I could see Iowa actually doing that. Yeah.

That would not shock them. They'd find a way to come away with the dub. Yeah, no one's ever expected the fake punk punt. Someone's going to do it. And I think that the other coach was insane. I'd be afraid of them. Yeah, that's what I would say. I'd be like, yeah, that'd be concerning. Yeah. Well, coach, we really appreciate it. We love having you on the show, being a recurring guest. We're rooting for you. Best of luck this year. You guys too. We're happy you stayed in football. Yeah. Yeah.

I am too, man. It's good to see you guys again. It's been a while. Hey, how was the Harbaugh interview? He was great. He was awesome, wasn't he? Awesome guy. Is he talking chicken and bees? Did I see that? We can eat chicken again. He gave us permission. And he invented a rivalry trophy. Did he? That was pretty cool. He's the man. Oh, I have one last, last, last question. Would you coach U.S. soccer? How long do you think it would take for you to become an excellent soccer coach? I got a lot of reasons. Here's what I... Arsenal. So I've had some interactions with Mikel Arteta.

I tell you what, I played soccer when I was growing up. The technical, the tactical approach, unbelievable. No way. Those guys do a great job, but I'd work my ass off to figure it out like Ted Lasso. Yeah. I think you could do it. I think if we gave you like five months, you'd be better than Greg or whatever his name is. Yeah. You would. Hey, it's hard. Coaching is hard. Yeah. All right. Thanks coach. Thanks fellas.

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And now, here's Firefest of the Week. Okay, let's wrap up Grit Week, a great Grit Week, with our Firefest of the Week, Henry. I think this was a Firefest IRE. It was a great week. I love Grit Week. I love LA. I had a great time. Yeah, you want to move here.

I have like four Fyre Fest. One of them was that every time we come to LA or California, Hank just says, I want to move here so bad and I hate you guys. Yeah. Not the latter. Well, no. I mean, you want to move away from us. It hurts every time. But we came here when I was 20. What did I say? We've come here. Oh, no. I know you've been hurting my feelings for over a decade now.

Yeah, Hank will let you know that he... Before we moved to New York, I was like, we should move to California. Before we moved to Chicago, I was like, we should move to California. I'll never stop, I don't think. And every time I come back, it kind of reinforces it. You've made it very clear that you don't want to be with us. Yeah. And that's okay. It hurts. I've always wanted to live in California. Yeah. With none of your friends.

I have friends here. I was born here. He wants all the boys in California. Yeah, I wanted to be in California with my bros, which is what we did this week, which is why it was a great week. Yeah. We had active mornings. We did fun stuff. We did fun interviews. Good food. So nothing bad? No.

You got enough naps in, so yeah, you were good all week. Hank, wouldn't your fire fest be that you're about to go back to Chicago and you're just going to be thinking about California? And you'll never be near a beach or water ever again? No, I like Chicago too. It's all good. It's all good things. It's been a good week. I don't, like, is there something bad I'm forgetting about? No. No, you've been a pleasure to be around. You've been fun. Yeah. Yeah. I've had a fun time being around you. Me too. Every minute. Well, wait, me too.

I've had fun being around you guys, too. I like being out of the office. Less corporate nonsense. Less meetings. Just bros. Bros on the road. A lot of corporate nonsense, meetings, summer games. I actually wish that we were there for the summer games. That would look like fun. Well, we got Camp Arstool coming up. Camp Arstool coming up. That's facts. I just like being, you know, we have more fun when we're on the road. Yeah, no, we've had a great time. We've had some, what was that, Max? Well, I mean, this is Hank just for...

Yeah, I mean, it's a lot of work. But we've had... Our fights have been very fun, jovial fights this week. Is Hank gaslighted? Is that what you're saying? No, it's just Hank forgets the... No, well, that's part of it. That's a fact. And I mean, I was in your guys' shoes for five years. It's not as fun...

Oh, yeah. You guys do. But I used to have to do that, and now it also puts in perspective when I don't have to do it that it's like it is just a little more chill. Shout out the boys on Tuesday night, all the behind-the-scenes boys and Max, who's both behind-the-scenes and on-scenes or in front of the camera. I think they all slept like one hour. Yeah. And I know people are like, where's the podcast? Where's the podcast? And I know that's a running joke, but they are always getting the podcast up.

Yeah, it was a late night. I mean, shout out Pug edited through an earthquake. Yeah.

Maybe that's the fire fest. I didn't feel the earthquake. That was one of mine. Big fire fest. I was really upset. If you're going to be in an earthquake, you want to feel the earthquake. Yeah. But the thing back to Grit Week 1 when it was like we had to drive the bus, clean the bus, set up like we had one person. That's fact. It sucked. There was about, I'd say like 40 hours this week where the bus smelled like absolute piss. Yeah. I don't know what that was.

I think it was piss. That's just bus life. Huey, I wasn't going to say anything. You made a face like a pooch. It just smelled bad, and it had nothing to do with me. Okay. Okay. It sounds very suspect. Mames, if you saw his face on that camera, it made me think. No, I...

I think it was the bus driver. Oh. The one who's not here to defend himself. Shout out Charlie. He was great. Shout out Utah. But yeah, the one who's not here to defend himself. Utah, number two. Yeah. He's from Utah for those wondering. Oh, okay. Yeah. Yeah. That's just his experience. Yeah. Did smell. I did find some Febreze and that helped. Appreciate that. Thank you. It smells great on you now. It does. Yeah. It does. Yeah. It does. Yeah.

Okay. PFT. He's like a press conference after he just blew a game. Yeah. Huey, under the mic. Okay. Yeah, he did great, Huey. PFT. I got a few of them, I guess. Funniest moment of the week was probably Huey. I don't know where I am. We got to bring that up. I want to see. No, I want to see. Well, no, we have two funny Huey moments. One we'll save for next week, but the other one I want to see if he's going to use it as firefests. If he doesn't, I'm going to say it.

I won't say it as my fire fest. I'm assuming. I don't know if you know what I'm talking about. All right, let's go. All right, Huey, you go. Does this audio sound bad when we do this? No. Okay, good. Shout out Jonah, too, our sound guy who always comes with us on the trips. The best. He's the best. The best. Just listens to us bitch at each other for five days. Yeah, he just sits there and giggles. Jonah could write a great tell-all article about...

And just being like, this is what these guys really are like. They are the same on the show as they are in real person. They're just always bickering and making jokes at each other's expense. But Jonah, you won't write a tell-all novel, right? That's on the record. I actually wouldn't mind if you wrote an article just for us. Just like, this is what I think. You ever thought about blogging? Jonah...

I haven't, no. Jonah, what do you think... Good answer. Jonah, what do you think when you just watch us in our, like, we're just all making fun of each other, kind of fighting, like, are you ever like... Do these guys even like each other? No, it's very much friendly. Yeah. You know, entertaining. Because it is pretty much we do the show when we're not doing the show. Yeah. Well, shout out Jonah. Jonah's the man. Okay.

Huey, back to you, buddy. My Fyre Fest? Sweating. Oh, okay. Can't stop it. Yeah. After the great time with Must the other day, I took a shower, a cold shower. Didn't help. Yeah. Still sweating. It was a hot gym. It was a two-hour gap in between the shower and the meet-and-greet.

Still sweater. And then I think the meet and greet made me nervous. Didn't want to fuck up any pictures. You know, wanted to be nice to everybody. It was a tight, narrow area. So, you know, trying to maneuver. I think I just think I got hot. Yeah. And it was. Yeah. So and I hands I have not been. I mean, hands are just. They're just wet all the time. The wettest hands in the world. Oh, I feel so bad for for our friend. I don't know if I Mr. Rosillo. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, when I shook his hand, it was bad. It was wet. I mean, it was a blatant wipe off, and I couldn't say no. Yeah. Okay, so that wasn't what I was going to say what your firefress was. I thought what your firefress was going to be on all the way back to Sunday when we were at Chargers camp, and we finished taping with Coach Jim Harbaugh. Yeah. And you're a big Michigan fan. Yeah. And Coach –

turned and pointed at you and he said, what did this guy win a contest or something? Yeah. He's like, how'd you get here? Yeah. I got, I got that vibe. Yeah. No, no. He said that. Yeah. I realized that. And then it hit me a couple, about an hour later is when I realized, Oh,

That didn't sound good. That didn't sound good. In a way, you kind of did win a contest. Yeah, and it was like my first day on like an actual like shoot like that. So I really didn't know what the hell to do and where to go. So I looked like a fool. Yeah. And so, yeah, I mean, I was just kind of, yeah, I was, I mean, I'm going to be honest with you.

I think he thought I was from like a Make-A-Wish or something. Yeah, no, he said he wanted to win a contest or something. Yeah, like, so that's rough. But you got your picture. Yeah. And then we were like, no, he's our intern. He's like, that's awesome. Yeah, yeah, and he's a cool guy, you know. We'll meet him again, you know. Yeah. It won't be the end of me. Your paths will cross. Yeah. It'll be all right. But yeah, no, it was, that one definitely, I sat in my bed that night thinking, oh, fuck.

Let's fuck that one up, huh? I'd love to see Huey later on at night put his head on his pillow. He's like, oh, shit. Oh, like the Rosillo thing. I regret it. I regret voting for Angel Reese. Oh, yeah. That didn't go well. Yeah, because I was like, it's clearly Caitlyn. I mean, she's averaging like 20 and 10. I panicked. Yeah. I panicked. That's okay. You're doing a good job, Huey. Yeah, that's okay. That's a little tease. Tease. Tease. You're doing a great job, Huey. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you.

The hardball thing is nothing compared to the... Yeah, we'll tell that on Monday. That'll be... It's so good. I wish we had that on film. I'm so pissed that we didn't. We'll have a good laugh. Yeah, that was a good one today. Yeah. That was the most nervous I think I was the whole week.

Which is crazy, because you've been nervous all week. All week. All week, yeah. I'll say who it is. No, I won't, but oh boy. Yeah. Oh boy. Okay. I've never seen memes laugh like this. Huey, how do you spell that? Well, H-I-B-B-I-D-Y-D-I-B-B. Can you get the language of origin, please? Huey. I-D-Y-D-Y.

Yes, that's correct. I think. You nailed it. Yeah. Sure.

It's a test. Yeah. You hate tests, but you did good. Yeah. Finally. About time. All right, PFT, your Fyre Fest. I got a few Fyre Fests, I guess. It's been a good week. I want to echo what Hank said. It's fun hanging out with you boys. It does kind of take me back to the first Grit Week and the second Grit Week when we were in a van or we were on a bus that was breaking down. A lot of fun being out here on the road. And I do love you guys, and I love all the AWLs, and I tell them at the end of every episode that I love them.

And yesterday I said it and then it didn't end up in the final cut so they thought that I didn't love him. So I don't know. Was that Hank? Were you editing Hank? I did blame Hank on Twitter. Oh, that was your Firefest, Hank. You didn't get included in the production picture. Oh, yeah. No, that was funny though. That was just banter. That was my fault and the back end's fault because I fixed it and then it didn't fix.

Sounds like you're using the back end as the fall guy here. I also might have told you when we did the UFC part that you didn't say it. You just didn't say it. UFC? UFC? What UFC thing did we do this week? It's been a long week. Yeah. Well, I tried to fix it. I tried to fix it in real time. Just so the AWLs know, I tried to fix it and it added an hour. It legitimately added an hour of me waking up or being awake that night. Mm-hmm.

Which put my sleep from what would have been three hours to two hours. No, it was definitely my fault for not saying it. No, it was my fault. At the end. No, it's my fault. Also, this is a good time to announce that we're going to start releasing the video of the podcast at the exact same time every morning, right? Hank, what time? 7 a.m. 7 a.m. Eastern. Eastern. Eastern. The podcast will come out as soon as it's ready, but it's better for the algorithm. It's also better for Pug.

7 a.m. Eastern. People are still going to be so mad. That's okay. I understand that. People are going to be mad, but you can listen to the podcast, and it will be out at 7 a.m. Eastern. Podcast will be out. It helps the algorithm. We appreciate everyone helping the algorithm. You can listen to the podcast whenever it's done. Correct. And if you're fiending for the YouTube, you can wait until 7 a.m.

That's fair. That's very fair. Yeah. That's very fair. What are you looking at, Max? There's AWLs that are taking a picture. I thought they were going to try. That's cool. I love them. Shout them out. I love those guys. Shout out AWL. Shout out AWLs. So I do love you despite the end of yesterday's episode. Other Fyre Fest. It's been about two weeks since I've been home. I don't know if the El Camino is going to start. I think the line on that is like plus 250. Yeah.

for whether or not it starts. It's one of those things you gotta, you gotta like pump every day. That's a thrill though. It is a thrill. That's gonna be a thrill tomorrow. Yeah, I think it's, it's,

Probably not likely to start the first time I don't know she's been on a hot streak But I miss her and I'm gonna go home And I just remembered today I got a weed plant I got a weed plant the day before I left And I put it in my backyard Has it been raining in Chicago? I don't think so I think it's been beautiful No it rained one day but not enough Maybe that's perfect Because I'm trying to grow shitty weed Because we didn't have enough guys for our softball team And we had to forfeit

it. Okay. Well, maybe, maybe I'm growing like tough, shitty, resilient weed. So it might be perfect for what I'm looking for. Uh, so the, yeah, the El Camino and then, um, pre-fire fest, the air and water shows on Saturday and last year was a disaster when I misidentified the F-16. So I haven't done any research as to what planes are flying at all. I have no idea, but it's a big redemption story for me on Saturday. So God willing, I'll nail it.

Okay, my Fyre Fest is Hank Hurt My Feelings, I Didn't Feel an Earthquake. I heard you.

You love California more than us. It's fine. You hurt my feelings. I love you more than California. I want us to move together. I love you more than the state of California. I love you more than the state of California, but I would love to love you in the state of California. Quote card. Yeah. Shane, quote card. That's a quote card. That's one of the first states where that would have been allowed. Yeah. All right. So, yeah, I guess my real fire fest is I...

I love Grit Week. It's always fun being on the road with the boys. We got ups and downs, fun. I'm just, I'm feeling my age. This was the first Grit Week where I was feeling my age. We were doing a lot of activities, and my body is not responding well. Yeah, the days are like 16 hours long. Yeah, we surfed, played Frisbee golf. We did a workout at USC. We did a bunch of interviews.

I'm just... My bounce back is not there. So just facing that is tough. But I still love Grit Week. It's still fun. Also, I won't apologize for getting triggered about Caleb Williams. Because then after the show on Wednesday, he went viral again because he has a purse. Yeah, I can't believe we missed the purse in real time. How long has he had the same exact purse? I'm going to get the same purse. I'm going to start carrying it around. Listen, my guard is up. The purse thing, it's like people...

What if his playbook's in there? If you're in a facility, it's basically a backpack. Yeah, basically. This is why I didn't want hard knocks. It's pretty much a suitcase. Yeah, it is. I'm going to get the same one, and I'm going to start carrying around a purse. So you're going to get a purse, you're going to paint your nails. Yeah, I'll paint my nails. If we start winning football games, I'll paint my nails. It's sad that we didn't pick it up in real time, though. That we didn't see it happen. Yeah, I was just thinking about his ass.

Yeah. And any HBO slander. Yeah. So, all right. Good week, boys. Fun. Always love Grit Week. Had a blast. Great times. We learned Hank doesn't know what color pepper jack cheese is. I still can't believe that. All right. Should we do numbers? Oh, I guess another Fyre Fest is, Max, I didn't realize it as we did the show. You actually got the number. I know. Yeah, he did. Yeah. But it's not the lottery ball.

It's not the ball. I got the number. You didn't get the ball. It's not the lottery ball. You got the number. But you've never gotten the lottery ball. The question is, have you ever got the number? No. The question is, have you ever gotten the lottery ball? No. Have you ever... Well, I just changed the question. Yeah. All right. So we do numbers. 22. 20. 8. I'll go 56. 42. I mean, I already won this. 99. 3 for memes. Tim, you want a number? 33. 33. Jonah? 2. 2. 2.

Shane back there? No, he's trying lemonade. He's trying lemonade. Okay. He's not feeling very well. 15. 15. Love you guys. T-Bone. Love you guys. I'm talking away. I don't know what to say. I say to you.

Today is another day to find you. Shine away. I'll be coming for your love, okay? Shine away. I'll be coming for your love, okay? Needless to say, I'm all sentenced. But I'll be stumbling away. Slowly learning that life is okay. Say up to me.

It's so better to be safe than sorry. Say up to me. It's so better to be safe than sorry. Bring you all the things I've got to remember. Be a shine away. I'll be coming for you anyway. Be a shine away. I'll be coming for you anyway. Come on. Take a chance. Come on. Take a chance.