Transcript of Every Chief's Gotta Eat, NFL Meatheads & Keanu Reeves on Comedy Dangers, Life Advice & More | EP 160

All right, do you want to do this?

Are we supposed to do a podcast? Oh my gosh. What's in my hair? What's in my hair? Is this been in my hair the whole time?

Yeah. I thought you were doing that on purpose. Welcome back to New Heights, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. A WNDYR Show brought to you by WhatsApp. That's right. The app that you can talk to anybody, anywhere, from anywhere. And that's what's up. We are your hosts. I'm Travis Kelsi. This is my big brother Jason Kelsi out of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, University of Cincinnati. Alumni. Dogon, those bear cats are rolling, baby.

They're rolling, baby.

They're rolling. Nc20, UCF 11. I'm not even sure who we got coming up this week, but the Big 12 is on and popping right now.

Oklahoma State.

Oklahoma State this week. That's right. Yeah, they're in Oklahoma State. Man, that's another tough one, man. Big 12, baby. So good luck, cats. Keep Keep rolling. Subscribe on YouTube, 100 plus wherever you get your podcast to follow the show on all social media @New Heights Show with one S for fun clips throughout the week. Jason, please tell these wonderful 92%ers, our new listeners, what we have coming up this week.

92%ers. We've got another great episode. Right now, we're going to recap with the Chief's big win over the lines of Sunday night, maybe the worst day in Philadelphia sports history, as well as Keana Reeves coming on the show. That's right. The one, the Only Neo is in the house. Shane Belc, you kidding me? It's crazy. I don't know how we keep getting these guys. Dude, it's insane. We're going to talk about his new movie, Good Fortune, coming up as well as him being the best, nicest person of all time in Hollywood. Either way, let's get into some new news. In case you missed it, we dropped our episode with The Rock this Monday. Go check it out if you haven't seen it. Do you have a favorite part of the episode, Trev?

Man, just him talking about his favorite line that he ever... Like him talking about, you take that, you turn it sideways and shove it up your candy.

You shove it right up your candy.

Yes.

That was so good. That was a good part.

Just hearing him talk about his family and how just humble he is, man. He's just the best.

For those of you that missed it, it is out on the New Heights channel, YouTube and on Spotify, wherever you get your podcast, you can check that out. It's out. It was out Monday. We're also this week going to be Bringing back New Heights Film Club in honor of Quiana Reeves. We will be revisiting the classic film, The Replacements, that is going to drop this Friday. So tune into that if you are as big of a fan of that film as we are, or just like Quiana Reeves. The biggest piece of new news, New Heights might have an official tree.

I'm sorry, what?

We are now being tagged in video. Anytime a 92% sees a Japanese maple tree. Are we being tagged or is Jason being I think Jason is being tagged.

Oh, Lego.

A Lego Japanese maple. I didn't even know those existed. They make Lego trees? Do they make Lego redwoods?

I think they only make Japanese maple.

Hey, listen, they always do the- You're always trying to rope me into your...

This is you, dude.

I'm fine. Ornamental. Everybody loves a good Japanese maple.

I'm going to get Wyatt this Lego Other than maybe like an ecologist.

All right, what's this link? We got a voicemail from somebody. Can we open this up, Brandon? Let's see what they're talking about.

What we got.

Hi.

I'm calling on behalf of the larger community of 92%ers who are wondering whether or not Big Japanese Maple has reached out to Jason about becoming the face of the industry.

It's Big Japanese. It seems like a no-brainer to me. Curious to know if he's getting Fielding any offers from them.

All right.

Love you guys.

Bye. Fielding any offers.

I don't know that there is a big Japanese maple. I don't think... I mean, maybe there is. I'm not aware of the people really pushing Japanese maple. I feel like that tree is not as pushed upon as some other ones these days.

I don't know. That's what makes Japanese maple so unique, though. What is it? That's why Kylie loves them. What?

That they're not part of the big industry of agriculture. It's horticulture, right? Or is it forestry? Arbury? Arbury. I don't know what fucking industry you're talking about. But no, nobody's reached out. Kylie always loves a good Japanese maple, which is all I need.

It's so good. Please continue to tag us in any and all trees that remind you of Jason. All right. That wraps up a little new news.

Let's get it some bold topics to wrap up this week 6 in the NFL. Bold Topics is brought to you by Raising Canes, Chicken Fingers. Who doesn't love fucking chicken fingers in that Raising Cane sauce. I don't even know what it's called, but you know what I'm talking about. All right. Chiefs 30, Lyon 17, Sunday Night Football. This was a game that I think the entire country was looking forward to watching. Lyons obviously started off the season a little sluggish against the packers, but they had been really kicking ass and taking names the last few weeks. Facing off against the Chiefs who had really started to find their rhythm, even though they lost the previous week. That offense was turning around. Give us your thoughts, Travis. Initial thoughts on the game.

Four quarters of great football, man, all three phases. It looked like in the second half, they were shutting down the run and getting to the quarterback, and we haven't had, or at least a lot of people have been saying, We haven't been able to get to the quarterback. My guy Charles Amenehu, who gets in there. Chris Jones is getting after him. It's just the DBs are all lockdown coverage where they need to be. When the defense is playing like that and Pat Mahomes is out here, Texas gunslinger just shooting it all over the field, man. It's the best, man. It's the best. We were rocking and rolling. Had a few big plays on special teams that got us going. That's a tough lines team. I felt like we got after him in the run game and in the pass game. Guys were downfield blocking for each other, man. The energy right now in the building is electric, man. It's one of the most fun teams I've ever been on.

Yeah, that was watching it. You talk about all three phases competing and doing great for all four quarters. The defense was... Detroit came out running that thing. They were doing a great job. They put together a great first drive. But You're right. The defense adjusted. They kept fighting. Nothing really came easy. I think a lot of times, the lines get these big, huge, explosive plays, and the defense tried to make them earn it the entire time. And they had a couple of big fourth down stops. They They had the second half, it felt like they neutralized the running game a little bit better than they did in the first half. Nick Bolton mentioned potentially having some tips. It felt like they had a little... I don't know if we should mention that. Should we not mention that?

It sounds like They were, yeah, it sounds like the-They had a good idea what was happening. Yeah, it sounds like they-They had a good idea of what was happening. Yeah. It sounds like they... And that's the thing, when you're with Spags, you got smart players, man. You're going to see these, whatever they are, these little ticks or these certain things that an offense is doing, where if they want to keep doing them, we're going to be able to get ahead of them.

Let's talk about the Chief's offense, because that was the thing that I think everybody had wanted to talk about through the first, what, three weeks of the season. And as of the last three weeks, the Chief This offense looks back, Baby. You guys are doing everything well. And the one thing that I think stood out about this game, in particular, was the ability to run the football. It wasn't like a Rico Doudal unbelievable running day for the Chiefs. But it was a consistent, efficient threat that you guys imposed your will. This is a team we talk about. I mean, kneecap-biting, bully, tough-nosed team.

They were hidden. They were filling gaps.

And you guys took it right at it with them, man. That first half, you guys are both running the ball really efficiently, imposing your will on each other. It was a physical game. I think the first half went by in a flash. Before I know it, the first quarter was over. It was nuts. That's got to feel good, right?

Yeah, you get rolling in, especially in the run game, man. It just feeds those big guys up front. It just feeds It gets them going. It gets them playing a little bit tough. You start working some double teams, and they don't feel like they're just sitting on an island past Pro-in. You can get these big 300 pounders on the attack and downhill and moving forward and getting after guys, trying to demoralize them mentally and physically. And it's just like we got our interior three playing so physical and so well together right now with Kingsley and-Kingsley is coming on, man. Yeah, exactly. And Trey Smith. And then on top of that, Juan Taylor is playing fucking outstanding. We had a huge-Jayla Morse steps up. Jayla Morse steps up and has a fucking awesome game. Aiden Hutchinson.

That's a big task, baby. And he answered the bell, man.

Hell, yeah. I just feel like when those guys up front are rolling like that, man, it just makes everybody play that much more confident. Pat's not thinking as much about the line. He's seeing the field so clear right now, getting the ball out quick.

You stay out of situations that are hard to pick. Third and long is hard in the league. You know what I mean? It was interesting because the previous two weeks, and really three weeks, you guys had started to really hit the big play down the field. And that's one way to stress a defense. In this game, that really didn't happen. You took a couple of shots, but really the way you stressed them was by running right at them. Then that got the play action going. That got you in good situations where you could do the quick passes. You got a bunch of them where it was like, even before the snap, like Pat knew he was going to catch and deliver it right to you. Fire it out there, yeah. Yeah.

I think that's a huge... You got to throw it to Coach Reid and Matt Nagui on the offensive side that are calling these plays and put these plays in to give us an opportunity. Just go out there and just play quick. Play fast. Make them feel the attention to detail and the alertness that we're playing with. I think we're rolling like that, and Pat's getting it to everybody right now. Everybody's getting a chance to have the football in their hands, and everybody's satisfied, and it's going to have to even be more of that now that we're getting Rashe coming back next week. But it's just so much fun when everybody's getting a piece of the pie, man.

Yeah, man. The vibes look like they're pretty darn good for the Chiefs. A hell of a lot better than they were maybe three weeks ago or four weeks ago. We got some stats, I guess, here. The Chiefs are one of just two teams to feature four players with 220 plus receiving yards this year. Travis Kalzi, Hollywood Brown, Taekwan Thorne, and Juju Smith-Huster all over 220 yards. That's a very specific yardage. Travis, can you explain the Edge? It is. Can you explain the Edge motto?

Everybody got to eat, baby.

Ege. Everybody got to eat. Everybody got to eat.

Okay. I think Rasha might have started that one. It might have been a little sneak preview on what's going to come.

Well, I mean, listen, Pat does it better than everybody. I'm watching this Atlanta game on Monday night, and it's pretty much Drake London and Béjian Robinson. Listen, if you got those two guys, I'd probably just give them the ball, too. I don't know what we're doing anything else for. But you look at a Chief stat line, and every week, it feels like seven, eight, nine guys are in this reception category. It's like, man, Pat is spreading that ball around.

Not a lot of tendencies. It's not just check downs. You know what I mean? Where guys are getting first downs. Noah gray had a huge first down. Juju Smith-Schuster, I think, had our longest play on a naked.

Hollywood Browns running out of countdown celebrations.

My guy says, Fuck it. I'm jumping in the stands. You already know. I only played it for one. It's so good, man.

I love it. Well, let's get the primetime trav. We talked about LeBron stats. Trav passed a legend, Jason Whitten in primetime receiving yards. Did you notice? You are now second? You are second all-time in primetime receiving yards. Again, another very specific category. How does it feel to be The second all-time receiving yards for a tight-end leader in that category.

It means a lot because I feel like I would love to see how many games Jason Whitten played on primetime. He needs to play for the Cowboys. The boys are always on primetime.

They're getting primetime, for sure.

Since the beginning of his career, to the end.

Listen, you've had a lot of primetime games, too. You're the fucking Kansas City Chief. You guys are on every... You've played on every day of the week other than Tuesday. That's the only day you haven't played on, right?

I'm trying to say we're America's team, Jason?

I'm saying you've had some primetime games. So don't act like you guys aren't getting opportunities. You've had some opportunities.

Who am I second behind?

You got to be Tony, right? That's the only person that makes sense. But he didn't have a lot of primetimes, did he?

What are you trying to say?

He was on the Chiefs when they weren't very good. When Tony was there, not the same as Chiefs of recent. I don't know.

Them boys was cold in '03. Who are we second behind? Did we got that, Brandon? I got to know. I want to know who were we. Take a guess. Take a guess. Take a guess. Receiving stats.

Who do you think it is? It's only receiving It's not tight end. It's just second- It's not a tight end.

Receiving stats. Who do you think it is? Oh, Jerry Rice. There you go. Sorry.

I thought it was just tight ends. That's an easy answer. Thank you, Brandon.

I don't want to know how far behind him.

Miles, 49ers, they were in some of primed-time games. You're miles behind Jerry.

Damn it, not miles.

Well, let's get into the game. Trav, you had a bunch of catches. One of the better games you've had this year, or actually, probably the best game you've had this year. Six receptions for 78 yards. I love a lot of these photos, man. Take a look at this photo where you're being held up by five different Detroit lines, four guys. Did you look at your face in this? There's an age to this face right there in the middle. That is just...

No, dude, you know what this is? You know what this is? This is the first catch of the game. And you know how you're trying to finish? I get hit by one guy, I slide off of him. Now I'm just like, I'm getting pinballed, but I'm keeping the feet moving. And then I get held up. Pinball security. Then I get held up. Yeah, exactly. You're involved in security in a situation like that. And then once I get held up, the stampede is coming. I think I'd locked the eyes with Trey Smith about to come and clean the pile.

And I was just like, Brace yourself.

I'm like, Hit me, motherfucker.

I love it.

No, man. The big boys were finishing downfield, man, and I was just bracing for it.

Andy Reid was asked about your performance. He said, We've been giving Travis, Kelsey, a lot of... What What is this? Geritol? Is that an aging thing?

I don't know, man. Coach Reid's the best. He pulled one out from the... This is probably... What is Geritol?

It's got to be something with old people.

I don't know. But it's from the '70s or something.

What about this? How is your head feeling? You fucking did a head stand in the middle of the game.

He caught me with a Charlie horse on my thigh. Caught you in the jump? Yeah. Caught you in the jump? I got a Charlie horse more than I got anything going on with my neck.

Listen, landing on your head was interesting. What the fuck were you doing reaching for the pie line? Did you think you were not down?

Did you not- I was feeling stupid. I was feeling stupid that I didn't get in the end zone? So I'm just like, Mother fucker, man.

You had been down for four seconds. Boom.

God damn it, Travis. You're on the fucking one-yard line. Get in the goddamn end zone. Stop jumping, man.

One of my favorite things of the game was that. I just love the reach in the end.

It looks It was even worse. They did it in a slow motion on the broadcast. It made it look even worse. You're right there.

Just, God damn it.

Get in the fucking zone, Travis.

Holy shit. That was funny.

That was too funny, man.

Kingsley Suamana took you out after the Hollywood Browns' pitch down.

Yeah, that was fun. Kings is the man, dude. Everybody was just out there finishing downfield, man. Listen, when you're in the end zone, it doesn't No matter what's going on, man.

I love the way you fall on this, too.

Yeah, I was just like, Fuck it. Let's go, man.

You get a little extra shove on Kirby right there. Can we talk about the hurry up after the catch? Is this smart football? I think it is, and I noticed it on the broadcast.

Well, it's definitely smart football, and I looked at Pat and I was like...

So this is what I wanted to talk about because I saw you give a very subtle, just like something with your finger, whereas a lot of because when I caught it- They'll do this big old, this huge gesture, and that signals right away in the opposing coach like, Hey, they're trying to get this snapped off because he doesn't think he caught it. A lot of times, you'll see a challenge in that instance. Do you guys talk about this? Do you try to make it subtle, or is that something that you just did instinctually?

When I caught the ball, I felt the ball hit the ground. That doesn't mean I didn't have possession of it. Correct. I'm saying it's in my hand, ball hits the ground, or as I'm going down, and I'm like, I don't know if they're going to try and at least give this a chance. Now it's out of our hands and it's in the loop.

No question.

You know what I mean? In my mind, I'm like, It might be smart if we just did a quick... You know what I mean? It's the first down. Might be smart if we just get up here and go. I think everybody felt the exact same way. I'm not going to say it was like we did it because I was like, Hey, yo, let's do it. But I was even thinking what the coaches were thinking on that.

Usually, the coaching point is if there's any doubt, right? If you have to wonder, did I catch that or not? You tell the guy- Don't even put it in the booth.

Don't even put it in the booth.

Yeah, just hurry up, get on the ball, especially if it's a first down big play like that one was. It did make me realize how much the rules of a catch have changed over the last 10 to 15 years. Because I think by the old standards of a catch, this was absolutely not a catch because it used to not be able to touch the ground. The moment it touched the ground, they would call it like, Hey, that's trapping, not catch. But now, you really don't lose possession. Like, your right-hand slips off of it, but your left hand maintains full contact and the ball doesn't really roll.

It was in my grips the entire time.

In my heart of hearts, do I think you maintain possession the entire way? I don't think so. But based on how we rule a catch these days, I don't think this would have been overturned if it was reviewed anyways. The official in the booth said the exact same thing. I think, by the way, we to determine a catch today's standards, I think that would have been upheld anyways. But smart decision by you, regardless. We also got you with the dream shake, as you're calling this. This was your first catch of the game. It wasn't the other one, right? I thought this was your first catch.

No, this is the first. This is the first one.

Yeah, this one was nice. Yeah, it's-I'm talking shit on the sideline to the young guys that I know nothing about '90s basketball because they weren't born until 2002.

I threw it out there. It wasn't as Hakeem Olajuwon dream shake in the post. What are you talking about?

You looked exactly like Hakeem.

It was definitely the guy behind me and give him a little chimie, for sure.

I thought it looked exactly like... It was like I was watching Olajuwon play football for a second.

Shut the fuck up.

Look at that.

Shut up to Keji. Kevin Garnett also had a little bit of this shake in his post-up game. See, that was just me in high school, man. Give me the ball in the post. That's what I was saying. They don't want to see me in the post with my back turned.

I was talking to somebody on Monday night. I can't remember who it was, but they asked me, How does your brother feel that? I'm like, I think he just takes a picture before he turns around, where those guys are at in his head. And he knows timing-wise that they're going to be on him when he catches the ball and he just takes that little jab step. What is your thought process? What causes you? Because you obviously can't see What causes you to be able to do that?

Jason, I got eyes on the back of my head.

No, you're not Cam Skatebu. You can't see that well. What?

I know exactly. I look up at the Jumbotron right before I catch it.

I don't buy it. I'm not buying that.

Could you imagine if I did that?

There are guys that claim that, but I don't buy that.

I've looked up at the Jumbotron one time when I was running in the open field just to get caught.

Yeah, I can see that.

No, you take a mental... Like you said, you just feel the game. I realized that who are the two closest guys to me? One was directly in front of me, coming down to play me into the flat. And then there was one guy coming from the inside out. And how am I going to get this ball How am I going to get more yards? How can I make these guys miss? Or how can I make one guy overpursuit? You play around with that in practice. Sometimes you get fucking smoked and it doesn't work, and you got a five-yard gain. Sometimes you You know what I mean? You make a guy miss, you guys run into each other, and you're getting 10 yards. It's just playing and feeling the game.

It worked in this game. It was a dirty little move right there. Leverian Hakeem Olajuwanescu. We got some records with 1,032 catches. Travis now has the 12th most receptions in NFL history. We're on the LeBron stats right now.

Yeah. What are we doing?

Can we name the other top 11? Most Most catches in NFL history?

Most catches in NFL history.

Let's go tight ends first. We got Jason Witten, Antonio. Is Antonio Gates still above you in receptions, or is he not?

I would assume he is, yes.

Let's say those three, those are the three tight ends above you, right?

Yeah.

Then we got receivers. We got Jerry Rice, Randy Moss. I'm thinking Randy, right? It's got to be guys that played forever in the modern era. So Jerry. Larry Fitts. What's a-Larry Fitts, Jero. Julio Jones. Larry Fitz. Yeah, Larry. That Julio? It's got to be somebody to play with Payton. Marvin or... Oh, my gosh.

Reggie.

Reggie Wayne? Or both of them? I feel like Marvin was there longer. Reggie had like that. It was pretty ridiculous. But Marvin was there, I feel, a long time.

I don't think it's either one of them.

Terrell Owens? T. O. Has got to be up there, right? He's got to be.

I'm giving you nothing. You're on on this list by yourself at this point. Antonio Brown?

Tim Brown? No, Antonio didn't play long enough, I don't think. I feel like Tim Brown played for a long time, right?

Yeah.

Megatron didn't play a long time, but he might be up there.

Now, I just want to know.

Who are we missing, Brandon? Jerry Rice, Larry Fitts, Tony, Marev and Harry. Chris Carter. Yeah, Chris Carter is one that we definitely should have got. Tim Brown, we got. Tarrolly Owens. Antoine Bolden.

Damn.

We said Andre Johnson, right? You said him? I think you did.

No.

No? No. Fuck. That's one that we definitely should have got. We definitely should have got Andre Johnson.

Let's go, man. I got Keenan Allen right there, too, man. Let's fucking go.

Keenan Allen coming up. Man, Julio Jones isn't nowhere near that. I thought he would be out there.

I didn't think so, yeah.

He played for a long time.

He did.

Does the plus mean they're a Hall of Famer? What the fuck does this plus mean? Yeah. All right, that's the answer to that. Wood stats from Chase Snyder on Twitter. Travis Travis Kelsi before the release of Wood, four games, 15 catches, 188 yards and a countdown. Travis Kelsey after release of Wood, two games, 139 yards and one countdown. That's hilarious. I don't know why that's significant, but It's funny. Is this a LeBron stat? Patrick Mahomes, fastest to 300 combined touch downs. Yes. Whenever you have to put a parameter on the fastest 2X, or that means you just made up an arbitrary number just to make Jim have a stat. I don't know what the... That's the definition of a LeBron stat. When you have to make up a statistic that... Nobody would ever say the fastest 300 combined TDs. The only reason this is being made is for somebody to have a talking point about the greatness of Patrick Mahomes. We don't need this staff, but congrats, Pat.

Let's go.

Anything else from the game that you want to talk about? I can't think of anything else, No. I mean, nothing happened after the game of note, right?

No, I can't think of anything.

I'll say this, and you can tell me if you want to take it out or not. I think that the game is a heated game. Emotions get flared up. It's a physical game. You never want it to get to that level, especially when the game is already over. But at the end of the day, the NFL take care of the fines and suspensions and all that stuff. It is a game of emotion. It It's a game of physicality. It's a game of passion. I don't really overthink this. I think Dan Campbell handled it well in his press conference. I think everybody has handled it well. I don't think it less of anybody, I damn sure, don't Sometimes these things happen in this sport because of how physical and aggressive it is.

It doesn't make it- It's football, man.

Yeah. You know what I mean? I don't want to overdo any type of statement. I don't even know if we should put that out there. But regardless, next week, the Chiefs have an in-division opponent. We got little Chiefs Raiders action.

Raiders Week, baby. Let's go. Fire me up, man. Dogon.

Return for somebody you guys have been long-awaiting and anticipating as players and his fans. Rashe Rice will be back in the lineup officially.

I'm just happy to get my guy back out there, man. He could put this shit in the fucking past. Rashe is such a good dude, man. When all this happened, I gave him a shout and let him know, Man, listen, we know who you are as a person. Don't let the world drag you through and make you feel like you're any less of that. He's one of my favorite people and one of my favorite teammates I've ever had in the building because of how he attacks the day, how he lives his life, his generosity and his work ethic and how much fun he has playing this game. I'm excited for him to get back to what he loves to do the most, and that's play The ball.

Listen, everybody makes mistakes. This was a big one, and he served his punishment for it. Yeah, exactly. You got to just move on. That's the only way you can approach it. You know what I mean?

We're about to get the most ferocious version of Rashe Rice, man. I cannot fucking wait. This guy has been sitting in meetings, listening to plays, being dialed up. I just know he's ready to get in on the action with this man. And he's one of the best energy guys on the field. He plays He has passion. He plays with physicality. You can have him block in the run game. You can have him when he gets the ball in his hands, he's finishing. He's running through arm tackles. And he's such a vital piece to have outside of just being a great receiver, man. I can't wait to get back out there and rocking with him, man.

It's interesting. He's coming back. I think when I was thinking about him coming back like three weeks, he was like, How much? He can't just be back. I don't think it can just be the Rashe Rice show. As good as he is, I don't think it can be that. That's not just going to be the fix. But now with the way you guys are rolling and some of the players that have emerged between Taekwun Thornt and you're getting the run game going, Juju Smith-Schuster adds a lot to the game. I really do think in the run game and all these little things, man. He is an underrated He's a great piece. He really is, man. I love it, Doug. I know there's that picture of my guy going around. Listen, he's an agitator, for sure. And he gets after people in a lot of different phases. Rashe coming in there, he's coming in at the right time, man. It feels like a lot of things are clicking. Worthy's back. You got the razzle-dazzle plays back in the lineup, and now you're going to have this premier guy brought back into the building. It just feels like everything is clicking right now with the Chiefs.

I can't wait to watch next week and see what it looks like. Good luck to you, brother.

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Are you just going to go buy them from the store?

You know it.

I mean, I respect it. But if you do, pro tip, pockets to hold the Reese's. Nice. Keep your mouth uncovered for easy Reese's delivery.

Nice. Yeah. I mean, you got to have costumes with pockets for candy, specifically. It's the candy season. If you don't have a costume with a pocket in it or a pants with pocket in it-Yeah, what are we talking about?

What are we talking about? What are we talking about? Pockets. You got buckets. Where is Halloween? We're not putting candy in pockets. If you're not- We got buckets. We got knapsacks. We got pillow cases, fanny packs.

Nice. They really are Halloween's perfect candy treat, man. Enjoy Reese's Pumpkins now. Out found wherever you can find candy.

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Yeah, didn't they just step up and do a bunch of stuff with Calci Car Jam?

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He also is working with tight-end U as well, right?

Come on now. It's all of it, baby. He's in on everything we're doing. He's a philanthropic guy. He really is, man. He's doing an amazing job with Raising Canes and all the communities that they're in. Ty came out a few times, actually, to speak to the tight ends, sharing the entrepreneurial journey. He's awesome on sharing his story, and he's got a hell of a story out of Louisiana. Just a genuine guy who built something special, man.

Hey, man. Sounds like this guy likes two things, giving his money away and frying up chickens.

All right, now.

Speaking of special, how about those chicken fingers? How about them, baby? Always perfectly crispy on the outside. Yes, they are. It's sweet Juicy on the inside. I love them.

You have to get extra cane sauce, man. That cane sauce is the kind, as you know. That's non-negotiable.

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Let's do it, Big Dog. Some of the other big stories around the league, starting with the Eagles, baby. It's a tough one, man. Do we have to?

I'm sorry. I'm just upset that now we have to talk about that Eagles game.

Listen, Jason, we don't have to.

All right, we're skipping it. No eagles talk.

They're in fucking time out. No, get your shit together. We'll talk about you on the show. God damn it.

All right, here we go. You got scatabooed. We got darted.

You got darted. It's hilarious. All right, some of the other big stories from around the league, starting with the eagles, man. The eagles had a tough one. Tough in division game. Giants 34, eagles 17. Jason, what's going on with the birds, man?

I think a short week They obviously came off a tough loss to Denver. A lot of the narrative had been the offense needs to get it going and get it fixed. They've been prone to a lot of the three-and-outs. I think the league-leading percentage of three and outs. I think the league leading percentage of three and outs, and the offense is just, at some times, it's really clicking. For haves, we're putting together great haves, and then other haves, it just feels like it's either all or nothing, it feels like. You know what I mean? It's a frustrating thing to watch. You need that consistency. They know it, and they're out there trying to fix it. But yeah, the short week, I'm not going to lie, going up against New York, they're missing neighbors. Went down a couple of weeks ago with an ACL injury. Slayton's out for the game. They're missing their two best options from a quarterback standpoint. I thought the Eagles's defense, and they would put up a much better performance. I could not be more wrong. I didn't think that the Giants were going to The Giants are going to do much offensively.

I did not think Dart was going to be able to throw the ball the way he did. And I thought being one-dimensional against the Eagles is going to be hard. And they weren't one-dimensional. Dart threw the ball very well. Now, the Eagles were missing Jalen Carter. Quinian went down early. And it's just the coverage wasn't great. They were good at stopping the run in the first half, but eventually everything just snowballed. And it was a tough game to watch as an Eagles fan and a guy that is such a big proponent for that team and those players in there. They didn't play well. That's the reality of it. They got, not only did they not play well, but one of the things that was frustrating. It was just the energy difference, if I'm being honest. The Giants- It's crazy how much that energy means everything.

How are we showing up to the ballpark today, man?

Stout says this a lot. Execution fuels emotion. I know this as a player, and you know this. When it's not going well, it's hard to have that.

Find it, man. You got to find it.

Exactly. That's what I think right now with that game, and part of it's the way it unfolded. The Giants were playing better. The Eagles were not playing well in a lot of phases, and they were getting frustrated as the game went. So of course, the energy is going to be different. But Jackson Dart and Kim Skatebu, these guys right now are playing with this young, youthful enthusiasm that's excited to be realizing their dream in the NFL. They're out there, and you can feel the energy and emotion and passion with them. And it's rubbing off on the whole team. I mean, Jackson Dart goes into the blue tent, and people are going in there to try and get him out. They're like, Fuck, no, you're not concussed. You can't quit on us. And it's just like, man, it was amazing, honestly, watching that.

How many more tests you got to keep running? Can he count the 10?

Yes. Is he seeing double or is he already- Is he following the finger? Yeah. Does he know we're in New Jersey?

How's his balance on his right leg? We don't need the left. We only need the right. I mean, I think...

And a lot of it comes down to the expectations. The Giants, I think they're one and four coming into this game. They're starting a rookie. They're playing two rookies at two meaningful positions. The expectations for the Giants are not great. As long as they're performing well, it's It's like, Hey, these guys are balling out. The expectations for the Eagles are... I mean, it's Super Bowl or nothing. If we don't go back there, it's a let down as far as the fan base and people are concerned. I think that's the reality of it. Right now, they're falling short, and that is a frustrating or anything as a player. You want it to go well, but- Still early, but I hear you.

Right now, where the team is.

Right now, they're not playing up to what they need to. There's a lot of season left, and I got a ton of confidence that these guys are going to come now, especially after having a loss like that with a rejuvenated energy. I think that the Eagles have got to get back to playing with that energy, to getting things going. And I know they've been hard at work. They've had the mini buy now to refocus a lot of this. You're hearing the coaches feel like they are... I feel like the offense, a lot has been made about Kevin Patulo. I know that Eagles fans are going to like it. I feel like it is getting better. I feel like you're seeing some either more creative things. I think you're seeing them get to Saquon in a better away, even though it's still not being executed perfectly. And I anticipate that to continue to improve as the season keeps going. Defensively, getting Quinan and Jalen Carter back will be huge. And I got to think, Vic Fangio, one of the best coaches in the NFL, is going to get those guys right moving forward. So, yeah, it was a frustrating game to watch.

It was a frustrating game to watch as a fan and as a former teammate to a lot of these guys because you know where they've been, you know what they're going through in these moments. But at the same time, this is where great players are made, man. It ain't when shit's going right, it isn't when the whole world's telling you how great you are. It's how do you respond when everything's against you? How do you respond as a teammate when everybody's trying to separate you?

That's the biggest thing, man. That's the biggest thing. You can't let people fucking peel you apart, man.

And this is something you know so well. You guys have just been through this earlier in the season, right? You've been through it for a whole offseason. You guys dealt with a bunch of this through the offseason, with the way the Super Bowl went, through the first couple of weeks of the season, and now everybody's back on top of the Chiefs bandwagon, right? This is when great teams, great players, and great leaders are tested, when you're going through stuff like this. And I look forward to seeing how they respond. That's the reality of it.

Brandon put a question on here. I'm assuming Brandon did this. Yeah, you never know. Is it easier to play with no expectations? I feel like I've I've always had the most expectations on myself.

That's a great way to put it.

I've always put that Super Bowl or fucking nothing on myself. I've always put that, I have to be the best player in the world for my teammate, or I need to find a way to get better. In terms of the scrutiny of the expectations from the world, I think when you first get into the league and you're What is it? You're living life and you're flying by the seat of your pants, I think is the phrase. When you're having fun being in the NFL for the first time, getting wins, being on top of the world, getting recognized for that, I think that is such an easy feel because you don't know what's coming. Because the NFL is going to catch on to what you're doing, and you're going to have to make adjustments. I think there is a bit of, yeah, it's easy to do it once. In a sense, it's not easy to win in the fucking NFL. I'm not saying that.

Well, that's the bigger thing. But yeah, go ahead.

In terms of getting those first wins, I think that's the easier task than to continue to stack wins, stack seasons, and meet those expectations, than it is to exceed maybe some expectations that you set for yourself when you haven't been in that boat.

You touched on two things that I think I I really love, one being the best players are internally motivated. If you're finding motivation from the exterior fan bases making noise, whatever it is, you're never going to be one of the best players in the world. That's just not the way it works. The best players in the world want to be the best players in the world, and they can't live without being the best players. That's how they fucking operate mentally. That's just the reality of it. You're the hardest person in yourself that anybody else can throw it down on top of you. But I also think that Is it easier to play with no expectations? I think part of this is a little bit of a fallacy where it's easy for anybody to put one great season together. It's not easy to have one great season, but it's easier to do one great season than to continually repeat on that great season, whether it's as a team or as a player. Sustained excellence in the highest level of any profession is incredibly fucking hard. It's It's incredibly hard to continually find new ways to have success after everybody is trying to beat you in the NFL.

And the expectations only come once you've climbed the mountaintop, once you become a great player. So of course, it's harder once those expectations are out there to repeat, because it's harder to have sustained excellence than just have a one-off fluke season or a few games. I don't know that it's a fair question.

Yeah, I hear you on that.

It's easier when there's no expectations because nobody Nobody is saying anything. You don't have that on top of yourself. Yes, that's true. But I don't know that it becomes actually harder because of the expectations. I just think it's harder to keep rolling the dice and fucking hitting sevens every single time. Eventually, you're going to fucking hit a... Harder to hit a six. That's harder to roll the dice and continually hit the point. Eventually, you're going to hit a seven. The sustained excellence aspect of the NFL or any top of your field is extremely hard. It takes a dedicated work ethic and a great team and great leadership to continually come back to the table and win.

All of you guys out there that just heard Jason give a fucking great speech about, Don't give up on the craps table. That doesn't mean, Go out and gamble tonight.

No, go gamble. Go have some fun. Just do it responsibly. It's harder from an outside Side noise thing with the expectations, but I don't know, man. Fucking expectations. I'm just trying to fucking win the day. I'm trying to block outside zone right here and fucking reach this nose guard. That's my expectation. I ain't focused on this other bullshit.

Literally. A rough day for Philly last Thursday. Obviously, the Eagles lost to the Giants, but the Phillies got knocked out of the playoffs, man. I know.

Extra earnings.

Cities in history to have their NHL team lose, NFL team lose, and MLB team lose in the playoffs and be eliminated all on the same day.

Yeah, only been done twice, and it's both times it's been done.

No, it's both Philly.

Fuck. Philly last Thursday, and then Philly also on October 16, 1983. Only two times this has happened in history, according to Greg Harvey, which we will take his word as gospel because that's what we do in these days.

What a time to be alive. Yeah.

I mean, there was something else in here. You guys must have deleted it, but was Detroit's Day of the Lions? What was it, Brandon? You had it in there. Lions.

Lions, Michigan.

Yeah. And who else? And Tigres. And Tigres, which tells me you know nothing about Detroit, because Detroit is way more riding with Michigan State. You fucking dumb ass. No, I'm sorry.

This is definitely a Spartan city. That's fine.

These fucking wine drinkers from Ann Arbor. No, fucking Detroit is riding with Michigan State.

I would like to apologize to the city Detroit. I'm sorry. I'll wear that one. That's on me. That's my fault. Sorry, guys. Guys, sorry about your tigers. My bad. Do we want to keep hitting on this game? I mean, this picture is fucking iconic.

I mean, just two fucking lovable idiots. I just think it's-That's the best, man.

I fucking love this shit, man. This is fucking... God damn it, man. This shit gives me fucking life, man.

Listen, man, I think- These dudes just love some ball, man.

That's what it comes down to, man. They just fucking love some football, man. And they love each other. They love the team that they're on. They play with high vibes. Man, they're playing their tail off. Jackson darts. Doesn't look like the biggest guy. I mean, on the field with him, he's not a small dude. No, he's not. The style of football that he's playing, where he's He's putting his head down and he's trying to run through grown-ass men in the NFL. This guy just fucking wants to get every single yard for his team. You know what I mean? I agree.

I think- Skatebo is doing the exact same thing with every fucking rush that he gets.

He's looking for contact on runs. And it's like, what that does to your team when you have success, man, it just it makes you, it builds you, man. It just gives you the juice, man.

When this whole first thing started happening, I was I don't know if I was being a hable. We'll see where this energy is going. I don't know. But I got to hand it to him, man.

Can we zoom in on this photo?

Look at this fucking guy. You can't deny how the whole team has responded to this energy. They are all playing, and it's infectious, and the entire team has been energized.

Look at this fucking-The face.

The face is so good, man. This is the type of energy that football... Just guys that love fucking playing ball. Come on, Barry. They're excited to do dumb shit. I'm going to go run through that fucking brick wall. Who's man enough to do it? Who wants to do it? Who's win? I don't give a fuck. What front was it? What coverage was it? What did the linebacker do? Coach, I just fucking ran straight as fast as hard as I could and didn't stop moving my feet. That's a fucking mentality that a lot of the NFL is missing right now. They lost it when they got rid of fullbacks a little bit. And that's the attitude this guy's bringing. There was a great clip of, I think it was DeMario Davis giving this kid flowers and saying, Dude, this guy's for real. I fuck with him just because there's no back down, there's no quit. And you need a guy like that. Every team needs that guy, the replacements. We talk about it with Keanu. The fucking middle linebacker, right? Everybody needs that guy that's like, Yeah, you're going to ask me to do something really stupid?

I don't give a fuck. I'm willing to go do this dumb ass thing just with relentless energy, and I'm going to fucking attack everything in front of me. That's what fullback was. Every team needs a guy like that, and everybody loves that guy, especially when there's an energy. I don't know why, dude. This guy reminds me a little bit of Ezequo Elliott. There's an enthusiasm and an energy about him that is just fun to watch. I I hope they lose every game as an Eagles fan, but I also love watching it. You got to look for it. I got to say it. It is what it is.

You know what it's going to do? It's going to make me... When Sunday at noon or 1 o'clock Eastern time, whenever that time comes around, it's like, Man, let me see what the Giants got going on today. They fucking make me want to watch the Giants because of the energy they got, man.

It's a mentality that is oftentimes missed in today's NFL. It's hard to find high-level talented players that do not give a fuck if they're about to fucking KO themselves. They're going to fucking keep doing that.

There's too much mental toughness.

Hey, sports science says it's not smart to run full speed into the middle linebacker with your head down. Yeah? Well, fucking watch this, motherfucker. Take your science. You want to see something cool? You can take your science, turn it sideways, bend around and shove it right up your candy of ass. Cam Scandiboo is coming right up that thing, baby.

Oh, man, that was gold. Thank you.

I love everything about it. I really do.

Zero's filter, man. You got to have a psycho. You got to have a psycho, man. You got to have a one or two or three or four. You got to have a few, man.

Those meathead just like, Don't give a fuck what they're doing.

No, and having fun doing it.

Johnny Knoxville with shoulder pads on just willing to fuck himself up for the team. Yeah, quote from teammates are hysterical. He's genuinely an idiot from Gunner. I don't even know how to fucking say this Polish ass name. Gunnar Oysuski. What the fuck am I doing, Brandon? I don't know what this fucking name is.

I love how Brandon got that straight. I'll put it in here if we can.

He's genuinely an idiot. Love that. Jackson Dart, the first time we met, we said three words to each other, just headbutting each They're just the bash Bros. This is just a reincarnation of the bash Bros and the Mighty Ducks.

Exactly. And that's why the bash Bros were so... That's why the Ducks were so fucking good.

Zero filter. First time in a special team's meeting, he asked, What's our job? Our job is to play with speed, get off the ball, and then this animal just goes, Physicality. Let's go. It just made no sense.

No, it made all the sense.

But it does. That's the thing.

It makes all the sense.

Don't let all these Xs and O's get in the way of the fact that... What's Marshawn Lindsay? Hey, that's my favorite interview of all time. Not too many people can take someone to run through their face over and over and over and over and over in that? And he says, Run through a motherfucking face. No, motherfucker. There ain't a metaphor. There's no fucking simile happen. There ain't a pun. It's just fucking me and your goddamn chest, and I'm putting a hole in that motherfucker. That's what the fucking science is.

Dude, you're getting me fired up, man. God damn, that shit's cold.

All right, rest of the league. Dolphins suck.

God damn it, man. They might be cooked, man.

Fuck. Even the Mike McDaniel's, like Mike McDaniel's press conference is just like, he knows they're cooked. There's zero hope happening right now with the dolphins. I just don't even know what to take of them. You watch the tape, and there's still creative stuff being designed. It just feels like they are searching, man. The line is struggling to block a lot of that stuff.

I haven't been able to catch him. Not playing as much. I just see the demeanor after games. I'm just like, Man, they're in a tough spot.

The demeanor's bad. And not even just after games, Tua Tugovolova was telling the reporters that Dolphins players have been late and/or skipping players-only in recent weeks. What's a players only meeting if the players are showing up? The janitor's in there, just he's the only one in the players meeting. What the fuck are we doing? How does that even happen? Typically, the players only meeting happens after a team meeting. So I was like, Hey, everybody, we're just going to stay in here and talk. How many players only meetings are these guys scheduling? I'm so confused at how this is a thing. Well, we had the players only meeting Tuesday, and everybody showed up, and then the one on Wednesday.

Yeah, they should have It got all on the same page. We got our RSVP in there. That's the problem. What guys were going to come. It's all about communication, guys.

They're SMSing, and they need to get the WhatsApp. You can use that across all your devices. No excuse to miss the WhatsApp. Players missing the players only meetings is fucking hilarious to me.

Damn it, man. I fucking love to him, man. He's a good dude, man.

He's a great dude. It's tough. He's a tough situation. He's pointed it out. It's just not good.

Football Nightmare, Trent Williams shared And he has, Nightmare about showing up late to games. I get one frequently. Oversleeping a game, pulling up at halftime, waking up in a sweat. I mean…

That's interesting. Have you ever had a late to a game, Nightmare?

Nightmare? No. Just like a real life. He said it was a dream? I was living that dream, dude. Reality. Yeah, my reality is fucking being late and sweating on my way to the fucking stadium.

I can't say I've never had this nightmare. Is it bad? I don't remember my dreams.

I think it's a Kelsey thing.

Is that a Kelsey thing? I couldn't tell you the last dream I remember having. Do you remember waking up dad? How funny is it to wake up? We need to get that on camera and show the world what it's like to wake up. Every time you catch Ed Kelsey sleeping and you nudge him, he wakes up like he is falling out of the sky. I'm just like, What the fuck is going on in your dream that you can't just wake up gracefully? I just don't understand it. He is a deep sleeper.

Dude.

We got to catch this on camera because I don't think I've ever caught anybody else waking up like that routinely.

I used to add to it and try and fucking scream or something when I was a kid. I was just a tortured dad when he was sleep on the couch, man. Fuck.

Was he doing it just to try and... It felt like he was trying to scare us. He was like, Oh, don't do that.

He might have. That sounds like a deep sleeper.

Jets update, still winless. An amazing stat. Justin Field's negative 10 yards passing. Fewest in franchise history, fewest in the NFL since the bears had a minus 20 game against the Lions in 1981. Things got so bad, Kurt Warner started tweeting while he was announcing the game.

Oh, no.

He's announcing the game, and he's. Somebody please explain that last Jets drive. Not really sure what I just watched.

I just like- He's watching it like, I need some help here, guys. I got to crowd-source this.

I don't know what to even say anymore.

Damn, Kurt.

Jets Jake. We got to bring you on Jets, Jake. Our local Jets expert, Jets, Jake, also social media expert extraordinaire. Jake, what's going on with the Jets? From your expert NFL perspective, what do you think is happening? The defense was really bad at first.

Then the defense got better. Now the offense can't do anything.

It's all really bad.

Kare, Wilson's hurt now.

He was the only bright spot on the offense. They were running the ball pretty good.

Yeah, offense was playing pretty good.

Running the ball was the only thing that they could do.

And then people forced them to throw the ball, and they got negative 10 passing yards. So, yeah, it's not fun. I was so optimistic.

We cut that out of the episode a few weeks ago, but I was like, They're going to be over 500 by the by, and they're zero and six right now. Are you talking about after the first game where they almost the Steelers, the only good game they've had?

Yeah, I was super optimistic. They've been in all of them just like they've been in.

No, they had that one, and then the one close game against Arizona. Against Tampa. Tampa.

They were close. Yes. Yeah. No, it's been a real fun season to watch. I'm glad I have your guys' team to also look for it, but it's not the same.

Brandon asked me if I still care, and I can't not care. I've invested so much in- Sure you can. Try it out. It's great.

No, he's got a Jets tattoo. He has to.

I don't.

Someone else does who we will have on the show eventually. Are we having them on the show? We promised somebody they would be on the show. He got bumped for Leo, Keanu, The Rock. He'll have his day. All right. That's enough. That's enough bumping him. This guy got a fucking tattoo. We're not bumping him anymore. I want him on the show. I want his take on this negative 10 yards passing. That's what I want.

Are they a Jets fan?

Probably not. I think they just want to come on the show. He's not a Jets fan.

He just got a tattoo of me riding the Jets logo, which was a very humbling and honoring.

Anyways. Either way. It's been a fun year. I love football. Football is great. Thanks for joining us.

Thanks for jumping in and giving us your take.

Appreciate it, Jake.

Hold on, wait. One thing, one thing. Get back in here, Jake. I want to do one thing. Jake, just because we've wasted time in the Jets now, you got to give me something. Pick the first win. Oh, boy. Oh, wow. Pick the first win. Call your shot. Baybrooth point to outfield. Call it right now.

Do it.

I mean, this It's going to look really bad really quickly if I'm wrong, but Carolina has been horrible on the road. I do think the 'Oh, ' '6 Jets' could get away.

This is why I care every week. Call it.

It's like, next week, I do think the Jets win that game, Carolina coming in to mess life. We'll see you next week, Jake. Lock it in. See you guys next week. We'll get an update next week. Thank you.

Truly amazing optimism in the face of such horrid- Jake is a sick man. Evidence. The The ability of Jets fans to negate what they're observationally looking at is truly remarkable. Thank you, Jake, for your input.

Thank you, Jake.

No problem. We are officially a third of the way through the NFL season. So let's take a look at where we're at so far. All right, who's good? Toughest division. Toughest division might be the AFC West. I don't know who else. Nfc North, probably. Lions, Packers. Bear's got a big win against Washington. There's a lot of bad... What's happening in the NFL? It is a crazy year.

I don't know what's going on.

There's not really any team that feels like they are the juggernaut.

No.

It feels like it's wide open.

Bills losing last night. Dude, nobody.

Lyons looked like they were starting to get it done. Then you guys go out there. The Chiefs feel that way, but they're three and three. It's a wild year right now, man. The Colts are five and one, but they haven't played anybody. I like the Colts, but I still got to see it.

Yeah.

Yeah, I don't know, man. It's just a weird year. It's wide open.

Who do you think the biggest surprise is?

Danny Jones.

I don't even think it's close. Danny Jones, man. I'm not surprised.

I think everybody. Who thought that Danny Jones is going to go in there and through the first six weeks be the number one quarterback in QBR? The Colts will be five and one. I thought Danny Jones got around, and he went into a great opportunity. Yeah. I mean, listen, I thought he got a shit end of the stick over in New York. Great wide receiver, a studded tight end right now. Okay, but you thought it was going to look like this? You thought it was going to look like this?

I don't know. No. Come on. I don't know.

Nobody thought it was going to be this.

I didn't have a thought. That's right. Fair enough. But at the same time, it makes sense that he's going out there and he's winning football games.

I thought he was a better quarterback in New York than people gave him credit, but I definitely did not expect this. He has far exceeded any of my expectations. I don't know who else has been the biggest surprise. I'm trying to think.

I'd say Seattle. I didn't feelI don't think Arnold would be able to repeat? It's not even Arnold, man. A new first-year coach, Seattle-Second year? Is it second year? My bad. They traded DK. I'm like, What does that team look like with a new quarterback and a second-year Coach. Sure enough, man, I saw it firsthand in preseason. I'm like, Man, this team's got juice. This team can run the fucking football. They got players, man. They got dogs, a wide receiver. They got my guy, AJ Barner from Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio football player at tight end, baby. Let's fucking go.

Listen, they had a big win this past week. I think they've definitely been surprising. Trying to think of who else. I thought the Bucks would be great, so that's not a surprise. I guess I'm surprised the 49ers have been able to weather all these injuries and somehow be towards the top of the NFL. They've done a great job with that. Now, they just use Fred Warner.

It's like-They get my guy, George Kittleback, but that Fred Warner and- Patriot's got to be up there. It's tough.

Patriot's got to be up there. Vrabel got them right quick. They're playing good ball. Drake May looks legit. Making a lot of plays, not just he makes on schedule plays, then he scrambles around, makes off schedule plays. The poise in like- That's what it is.

He's the calm and savviness of him.

He looks like a fucking eight-year, 10-year veteran.

He's doing it for a while.

Yeah, it's impressive. Raven's struggling as a surprise, but I think when you go through the injuries, It's not that surprising. I don't know, man. The whole year is a surprise. It's just been wild. All the teams I thought were going to be the competitive teams coming in, it just looks like all of them are losing games. It's so wide open. Coach of the Year. Who do we think is the Coach of the Year through the first quarter?

I'm a little biased, but- Who?

Andy? Come on, now, baby. Come on. Don't be a homer for once, Travis. Andy Reid- I don't know what you're going to say. You guys are expected to go to the Super Bowl in your Three and three. Do not give me Andy Reid as the coach of the year through the first quarter. I love Andy Reid. I love Andy. He's the coach of my world. I love Andy Reid. Who's exceeded their expectations the most? Vrabes. I think it's Vrabes. I feel like even with the Colts, it felt like there's pieces in place, and Shane's done a phenomenal job this year. I think the Patriots being good is the biggest surprise. I did not think that they would be good this year. I thought it was going to take longer for them to be good. I'll go with Vrabel, plus another Ohio guy to just give an award to. Mvp.

Let's go, Northeast, Ohio. Mvp.

I think it's a clear run away through the first quarter of the season.

Pat Mahomes, baby.

Baker Mayfield. No question about it.

I love Baker, so I'll allow that.

He's got a lot of great weapons, but he's also... I mean, this last game, everybody's hurt. Mike Evans is down, Chris Godwin's down, Buga's down, Bucky's down, and he's still balling. He's still putting up over 300 yards, basically.

He's tearing it up this year. Shaken big, baby.

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All right, who are we going with? Who are we going with? Who are we going with? Who are we going with? Who are we going with? Who are we going with?

I'm going with my guy Jay Lamour, man, keeping it in the house. Filled in and left tackled the other day as a brand new baby girl in the house. I'm sure keeping them up at night. I was born the day before the game. Shout out to Jalen's wife. And shout out to Jalen, man. One of my favorite teammates right now. Guys, fucking awesome to be in the building with Detroit's finest. Yeah, baby. Could it be happier that he got his opportunity to shine on a little Sunday or a little Sunday night football?

Make sure to ask Jalen if he's a Michigan or a Michigan State fan.

I'm going to say he's a state guy.

I hope he is.

I could. I don't know.

Kind of loser, says Michigan fan. Okay, State fans who went tarps off. Did you see this? No. What's this video? Tarps off. Apparently, one fan went shirtless in the second half, and it grew to three full sections. I mean, there's nobody at the fucking game.

Yeah, they're not very good this year, I don't think.

I mean, I can't award. I love the no shirts. And this would be epic if it was packed sections doing this.

I mean, it's packed right there. It's fucking packed.

There's nobody at the fucking game, Travis.

Bro, it's It's packed right there. That section is packed, though.

I'm not giving this any love. If it would have been bigger, I would have been all on board. All right, Rico Dautl. I keep giving him the hemy. Again, Rico Dautl went for more than 230 yards from scrimmage. He's fucking killing it. What? Two games in a row. He's been fucking unbelievable. Torched his former team, the Dallas Cowboys. It wasn't even all big runs either. It was a lot of seven-yard, eight-yard, just like, Man Mountain, Dean coming downhill.

I love this. He warned his former Dallas Cowboys' teammates last week, They'd better get ready and buckle up. And then after the game, they wasn't buckled up.

They wasn't buckled up.

That's a banger.

No, they weren't. Taz Johnson, 145-yard touch down reception, and thought the crowd was chantting MVP for him. Oh, yeah. That's a funny one. I'm thinking they're talking about me.

So I asked Shep, and he was like, Yeah. I was like, I didn't do nothing this year.

And he was like, They're talking about Baker. No, he's not getting a stamp for that. Texas ANN police Twitter account. What's this, Brandon?

You haven't heard about this?

No.

This is the Texas ANN police Twitter account that you need to follow on Saturdays because they just tweet out the various students being arrested at games. So you get things like, Public intoxication, PA 102, unable to walk, given an opportunity to call a sober friend, but he locked himself out of his phone, arrested. The best is the third one. You got to read the third one. The third one? Public intoxication. Auggie Park contacted subject eating a sandwich with a water jug of whiskey. The BAC was, you heard this right, 0. 337.

Oh, my God.

Related least to the EMS.

Jesus Christ. Is that real?

I like this. Yes. This second one, too. These are all real. I had to look it up. Anything above 0. 30 is alcohol poisoning 1,000%. He still had the jug of whiskey in his hand. He was carving up for the second half.

I'm not going to lie, I don't like any of these.

Oh my God, Jason.

Arch Manning, then.

Arch Manning, baby.

I'm going to do it because I think they earned it. I'm going to give it to Cam Skatebu, the fucking reincarnation of a human dog, if I've ever seen one.

Let's go, baby.

I just love to pet this. There's something so refreshing about the mentality. Yeah. There's something so refreshing about it.

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All right, it's time for the conversation you probably have been waiting for.

This entire time.

Ladies and gentlemen, Keanu Reeves. Our guest today is 6'1 actor from Toronto, Canada. New York Times ranks him as the fourth greatest actor of the 21st century, but he's number one in your heart. You know him from The Matrix, John Wick, Point Break Speed, The Replacements, and many more, and coming soon, now his new movie, Good Fortune. Michael Reeves, please welcome Keanu Reeves. Hey.

Hey, Jesus.

Thank you. This is awesome.

Dude, Keanu, you're a legend, brother. Congrats on everything as of late. And congrats on good fortune, man.

Absolutely. Thank you. It's a fun film. I had a great time making it.

Oh, yeah. It's a fun It's a fun watch, man. It's a fun watch. How about it, my guy? Oh, yeah, of course.

We got the screeners.

Oh, yeah. I'm in, yeah. You played a hell of an angel, man. Tacos, baby. Who doesn't love tacos? Tell me about what it was like working with Aziz Ansari as a director?

He was really lovely. He had a vision. He invited me to the vision and then was really collaborative. I'd go to his house, we'd work on script, So cool. Get some rehearsals, some readthroughs, worked with he and Seth Rogan. Legends. And so then he just kept working on the script, trying to make it better and better, get his the tone and what he wanted the film to be about. And I really appreciated him inviting me into that process through the character Gabriel.

Do you want to tell us a little bit in your words about the film? I know, obviously, you're an angel. It feels like a very The trope has very much been done before of like, does money solve happiness? But I feel like you guys did it in a little bit different way, and you shed a more truthful light on it, I guess.

I mean, it's like an angel comes down trying to do better. He swaps Aziz's character, who's having hard times, and he's sleeping in his car. And with Seth Rogen, who's venture capitalist, doing pretty well off. And in the typical Body Swatch Switch movie, the guy... See, I'm like, I expect Gabriel, expects him to see how the other half lives, and that money doesn't mean anything. It's really about something else. In this film, it's like, Well, no, actually, money can help.

It's so good, dude.

It actually does make a difference.

It's so good. It's a difference. Why would I go back?

He actually says, why, dude, can you make me go back? And I'm like, Technically, no. And I'm like, But you're not that guy. You're taking someone else's life. And he's like, Yeah, well, then let me just do it for a couple of weeks. But through that journey, because then, of course, I'm screwing up. I'm not supposed to switch these lives. Then when he doesn't want to go back, then I basically get fired.

You're doing, man.

Then I have to become human. Then I go on this journey of I'm seeing how they both are.

That's some of my favorite parts of the movie is you having to now be human and realizing what food tastes like.

Yeah, I'm spreading a hamburger, chicken nuggets. That was fun.

I found it pretty funny because I feel like of all the A-list celebrities, when I think of them, you seem the most down to earth, figuratively and literally. I see you go and take in public transport, you're walking down the streets. You are with the people. There's There's nothing that you push that you are not connected to the human experience. Was there something that spoke to you in particular about what the message this film was trying to put across in that regard?

Yeah, for sure. I thought that it handled the allegory or taking on a tough subject of people having to work multiple jobs. And Zee's takes on the perception of the American dream. And that can be not funny. And I thought he was really sensitive to representing that struggle at a certain level and coming to a place that's not just about hope, but practical things in the sense of just it's about friendship, it's about connection, it's about laughter, it's about heart. And yes, these Other things are happening. But take what we have, what we can do. Take each other, reach out, be connected. It's really just a backbone. And the riches of being aligned.

Beautifully said. Beautifully said, as always.

Beautifully said, man.

Well, I got to ask you, would Quiana Reeves be a good angel or a bad angel in real life? How do you think you'd nail that? That's my job.

Well, if I was in my mind to it, I think I would be okay.

I'd be okay.

My angel Gabriel, he's just in charge of texting and driving. So if someone- So good, dude.

I love that it separates. They separate the angel duties. Like, no, that's not your- They're in this department over here.

I look up to another angel, Israel, who's saving lost souls. I don't know. I could try.

Well, I have a feeling you'd nail it. You haven't done a comedy in a minute. What sparked you to go back into that genre?

Well, I mean, John Wicks got some humor.

Oh, yeah.

But it's not a comedy.

Yes.

I mean, I love it. I love it, and I hadn't done it for a while. I had done another sequel with Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Now it's been for a couple of years ago. But really since then, no, I hadn't done it. And it was great to work with the Zs and Seth Rogan, who's a genius, and Sandra Oh, and Kiki Palmer's in it, and she's amazing. It's fun.

Hey, there we go, man. Just have fun.

I mean, there's a lot of crap to it, but it's pretty fun.

That group that you just mentioned right there, man, that sounds like one of the funnest hangouts you could put together. It sounds like everybody's having a good old time. For us, like non-professionals in the movie world, in the film world, you were talking about how you and Ezees got together beforehand in terms of the script and to build these characters or build his vision on it. How far in advance does that happen before you guys even start to film, or is it just a nonstop ongoing?

I I got the script a few months before we started filming, and then I would say probably the four or five weeks leading up to just meet a couple of times. Nice. Just before filming a little more intensely. Because I was going a certain path with the character, and he really wanted me to bring back some of the energy and lightness of previous roles. So he wanted a little bit of Bill and Ted in there. Have you ever Have you seen a film called Parenthood?

Of course.

On Howard's film. So I played a character in that, and he wanted some of that guy. So he wanted a little bit of... And I liked that. I liked this old soul with a bit of innocence to him. But he really directed that, and he gave me that note about three weeks before we started filming.

Wow. You can just channel it all. I mean, obviously, you're one of the best to ever do it, but you could just channel it all right then and there and really start to ingrained in it from there.

I had to bring a little bit back. There we go.

There we go. I had to knock the cob's whips off a little bit.

I'm just 16 years old, man. But it gave me light. It gave me energy, and it gave the character a presentness, a way to see things that I think the viewer can take on his point of view, which was great.

That's awesome.

Well, we got one last question with the If you could swap bodies or lives with anyone, who would you swap with?

Oh, my gosh. I'm just trying to make it work in this one.

That's fair. That's a fair one, yeah.

I don't know. I mean, you guys are involved in athletics, so let's go. If I was like, what would be a moment? We hear about those moments in sports where people go into the zone. We're almost unconscious and you're just instinctive and you're doing that. And then I love the Olympics. I love that someone, the dead of his skin, and four years in a lifetime coming up. It's crazy.

That one moment, right?

When you guys, it's like the whistle, right?

Now it's time. Everything you've worked for is going to happen right now. You better fucking get this bobsled moving, brother.

Imagine being, I don't know, Usain Bolt, breaking the world record.

That's a That's the man in the world is- That's a big one.

Great Luganus on that- I'll trade spots with that.

Having a good, like a perfect dive.

Yeah.

I mean, like hockey. I grew up playing hockey. Heck, yeah, baby.

Hell, yes. I grew up on the ice, baby. That's what I'm talking about.

Toronto, Canada. You have to. It's like you're not allowed to grow up in Toronto without playing hockey. Exactly. What did you play? What position? What position you played?

I was a goal tender.

Goal tender? What?

I played net.

Let's go, man.

I think being in someone's body, being in an athletic body, achieving that one moment, whatever that was.

Yeah. Heck, yeah. Pretty wet, man. Cool.

Well, I'm not going to lie. We've talked about it before. For me, winning the Super Bowl was like that, and you feel like the people that make these movies, man, they fucking nail it.

How did they do this?

It's crazy. I still remember Super Bowl 52, the last play of the game. Tom braided goes back.

It goes to Mary Grunt.

We're going to win the game. We know that this is going to get completed. He throws the ball up. A stadium full of 65,000 people, you don't hear a thing. It is completely silent. The ball feels like it's taking forever. Finally, it falls.

Somehow, while it's in the air, there's violins playing.

I didn't hear that, but I remember running on the field. I'm like, Running on the field, is this game over? And you still don't... Your senses are so in the moment of what's happening up here that they're blocked out. Until I saw everybody else celebrating, then it almost like the sensation rushes in all at once. It's insane. And Travis talks about being in the zone a He talks about it being blacked out on the field.

Yeah, I'm blacked out. It takes me a second to actually have to process, wait, what just even just happened right there? How did I just get hit that fast? And why are we 10 yards downfield?

Do you guys find this, too? I went to a pretty high level in hockey as a junior. I didn't do junior A or anything like that. But to me, it was like, even when you were unconscious, it's so interesting. And this It happens on stage, too. How much you can also think.

Yeah. Oh, yeah. I think you have all those built up.

It almost freeze up your thinking. You're not bogged down, overth it. It just feels like you just process it.

You have all those built-up instincts that you've just been channeling and fixing and just making it to when you need to pull out that answer to whatever is going on, that instinct just hits so fast.

The body notes. I'm sure you're looking at people. People are looking at your hips and where you're going to turn and how do you-They don't want to look at the hips, Keanu.

They don't want to look at the hips, baby. They don't want to stress whatever it is.

I got to ask you more questions about being a goal. First of all, nine times out of 10, for anybody watching, whoever's the goalie is usually the craziest person on the team. It's almost always that way.

It's the best crazy, though.

No doubt. What was your style in Net? Are we butterfly? Did you have a What was your weakness? What was your strength?

I grew up in an era. I guess I started playing street hockey, nice hockey in the '70s. And then I guess my hockey was like 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, and high school hockey. I had a tryout for a junior B team and then had a possible tryout for Major Junior A. But So I was like a crossover style. My '70s styles were more stand-up, right? Yeah. But I was still... Like Jerry Chivers from Boston really brought around the butterfly style, but early days. And then there was '70s Russian hockey, which was like Trechiac, who did the butterfly a little bit. And I was doing Jacques Plant, Bernie Perante.

I was about to say, Bernie, rest in peace. Just passed away. Legendary flyer. You beat me to it. Yeah. He was up.

So I would get told I went down too much.

Okay.

So I was like a stand-up goalie with a I was stand-up goalie first. So in an ice hockey, but in a butterfly position, you kick out like here. Yes. In an old stand-up style, if you were going to do a skate save, you would turn out.

Oh, what? That doesn't make any sense, man. Right? So if you were standing here. It's exposure right there.

No, but if the shot's going low to my glove side, right? Yeah. You would go butterfly and stop it here, right?

Got it. You would go out. Yes. Anyway. I've seen that maneuver now watching clips.

All the time, yeah. Old-school hockey. That's good shit right there, man.

I did some celebrity games, and I remember some of the players who were playing. You're in a celebrity game, and it's like, Oh, you can play hockey? I'm like, Yeah, I'm okay. And then they're like, Wow, you're like... They would say to me, it's like, Wow, playing against you. It's like when we played in high school, like old-time goal.

So good, man.

I love it.

I had a good glove, man. Really fast reflexes, and I was positionally sound.

Oh, it's at a good angle. I love it, man.

We grew up playing hockey. I don't know if you know that, Quiano. We played growing up, too. I recently got back out on the ice and just rented a pair of skates. Haven't been out there in 10 years. I just happened to stumble across this. I was trying to watch football games in Jacksonville. For some reason, the sports bar was in an ice rink, and there were beer leaks happening all around me. One of the guys was like, Hey, do you want to hop on the ice? I'm like, Hell, yeah. Do I? I want to hop on this ice. Let's go, baby. I was Like a deer, like a baby deer trying to skate. I couldn't do it. I'm blaming it on the skates. I'm hoping I still got it, but it just made me fall in love with it. I just love being in an ice rink, the smell, everything about it.

Oh, you're a bear.

Yeah. It's Stale. Yeah, man.

I'm telling you, I hate playing in the heat in football. When it gets to right now to November and December and January, where it feels like I'm just breathing in an ice rink, oh, man. That's the best. I could go all day.

I could go all day, man. We do want to ask some more questions. Is there a Mount Rushmore, in your opinion, of Keanu Reeve's quotes? What are your favorite quotes that you get thrown at you routinely from your career?

Okay, well, I'll just say some of that hit come out on the street, like Gary Busey saying, Utah, two. Give me two.

Yeah, okay. There we go.

It's not my line, but- Yeah, that's a good one. I did a film in the '80s called River's Edge, where my character calls another character, Motherfucker Foodeater.

You just hear mother, mother, mother, mother, mother Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

He's still in Ted's be excellent.

Dude, that was the one I immediately think of. It's just such a great way to go about life, man. Summed up perfectly. Be excellent to each other and party on, baby.

So sweet. Be excellent to each other. I don't know. Does John Wick have any? I mean, it's just a dog. It wasn't just a dog. Yeah. I don't know. He doesn't...

I don't know if he- He's more of a quiet, calm, centered assassin. Quiet and calm. Dude, throughout the whole thing, I think of just this maniacically.

That was crazy. He just came through the screen, man. That was awesome.

Maybe that's what it makes you think. Oh, man.

Dude, after good fortune, you're going to be having cigarettes and tacos thrown at you, man. It's so good.

It's not a bad day.

There you go. It's one of the things we love as humans. We'll get to our last segment, Big Dog, and get you out of here, man. Our last segment is called We Got to Ask, But You Don't Have to Answer. You could tell us the fuck off, but we would love to hear your input on a few of these, man. First one, famously played Neo from The Matrix, as we were just talking about. Are you upset we apparently learned nothing from those movies?

Ai is, how far are we out from just The Matrix being real, brother? Do you think about this? You got to think about this a lot, right?

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yep. It doesn't seem like we're like moths to the flame. It's like we can't help ourselves. If we can do it, we'll do it. Yeah, it's great. We're doing it, and we don't know actually what we're doing.

Yeah, that's what it feels like.

What are the ramifications? What could go south here?

How far does this go?

Are we already there? Are we already in a simulation? I get to go back and forth, man. I choose to believe no. I choose to believe no, but I don't know. Maybe I've just watched the matrix too many times.

There you go.

The Matrix gives a lot of, especially in the first three films, a lot of weight to reality. What is real? What is real? And a lot of power to that question. And I remember a few years ago, I was at a dinner, and the host had a couple of kids, like 15, 12, 13, 15. One of them asked me to explain the plot of The Matrix, and I was like, Well, I play this character. Basically, trying to fight for what's real against a simulation. And this young person goes, Well, who cares if it's real?

No way. Man.

I was like, Oh.

Okay. All right.

It's one way to look at it. That's where it's headed.

That's where it's headed.

So it's like how we're going to value those, what matter and who will care. It's crazy.

I'm on the side of real.

It's crazy, isn't it? Anyway, is there another one? I'm on the real. I'm on the real side, man. Yeah.

All right. Liger note. Okay. In Point Break, Patrick Swayzey does a lot of his own skydiving. Are you known as your own stunts guy? John Wick, obviously, we've seen all the action movies. Do you do a lot of your own stunts?

Yeah. I like to say, because it's true, that I don't do stunts. Okay.

Fair enough. All right.

My son, Donald, Double Jackson, Spidel, got hit by a lot of cars. I didn't get hit by them. That is a stunt. John Wick got hit by a lot of cars, and Jackson was getting hit by cars. Okay. So if I'm there, if I'm doing something, I really learned, actually, with Point Break, in a wonderful old stunt coordinator named Glenn Wilder, and in a film called Speed, with a stunt coordinator named Gary Himes. How can we put the actor into the action? Because then you don't have to cut away from the story and the character. And so you create a really good connection with the audience. And I really liked that and believed in that. And that's something that the Wachauskis on the matrix believed in and wanted to do as well. So I'll do as much as I can do. But if I'm there, it's not a stunt. And if I'm not there, it's a stunt because it's dangerous.

Well, this brings up another thing we wanted to ask you. You've done all these iconic action movies where you're moving and fighting and running. Is it true that you got hurt doing this last film more than you got hurt in all these other ones? You're an angel tapping people on the back who are texted driving, all of a sudden you hurt your knee. Is that accurate?

Yep. Oh, no. Oh, no.

Well, I was chewing a scene, and then I was going back to the dressing room, which was at a residence, and they had a carpet laid down to protect the owner's carpet. Then there was a And then there was a little section, and then I caught my foot, and I started to fall, and then I spiked my left knee. I spiked it, and my left ventella went like this.

Oh.

My knee I had a vertical break. It didn't break the top and bottom.

A vertical break? I've never heard of this.

I've never heard of this.

Oh my God.

It just snapped right in the middle of it.

It's better than a horizontal break.

Well, that's good. At least it's better than a horizontal, but that still sounds pretty messed up. That still sounds terrible. Did it heal? Do you need surgery for this or it all just heals on its own?

No, but with the vertical, they just said I was immobilized and more braced. For basically 10 weeks. But I filmed while I had that. But until they pulled the blood out of the capsule, the pain was banana cake. Have you guys ever had... I'm sure your knees aren't in great shape.

I have It's like you have that exact same fall, but usually it happens on grass or whatever. You don't break your patellar. What happens is you rupture your bursusack, so your knee just fills with insane fluid. Yeah, yeah.

It just balloons up.

I remember I burst a bursusack one time, and for For some reason, when all the fluid in there was pushing on a nerve, it just.... It was the most intense pain I ever had. Yeah, exactly. Well, I didn't want to move it.

I was like, Oh,.

When you went to drain it, it was like...

Oh, see, that's the drain.

Get the CCs out of there?

I think I had over 50 CCs. It was just like...

Yeah. It's That can't be good. Oh, man.

Yeah, it's the worst.

Anyway, so comedy is hard.

You got to pick those knees up, baby. You played the voice of one of our favorite TV shows, Severance. You played the voice of the Lumen building in Severance. What was it like almost losing out on the role to Barack Obama?

Oh, I didn't know.

Did you hear this? Oh, my gosh. Are we breaking news?

We're breaking this news here?

I I don't know. Did Ben Stiller tell you that? Ben told us that. Yeah, he said he was thinking about Barack Obama. It was one part.

Barack must have said no. And I was like, no. I was like, oh, my God. I was the second choice?

My That's okay.

As long as I got the dig. There you go. I don't care if I'm not the first.

If you weren't an actor, what would Keanu Reeves be doing?

I don't know.

We could ask that question a lot, too.

Playing in the NHL or what?

Hey.

You know, I was good, but I probably wasn't good enough. When I thought about professional hockey, I always thought of just doing the Olympic hockey team, Canadian hockey team. That's so cool. I might have been able, but probably not. But anyway, what would I be doing?

I don't know. We could ask that same question, and I don't know either. I feel like once you've been going along with something for so long, it's hard to imagine what would have manifested without you doing that. I know it is for us when they're like, What would you do if you weren't a football player? I was like, I don't know. Coach? The only thing I can think of is what I wouldn't be, and it wouldn't be a landscaper because my dad always used to look at me when I did the yard work and be like, Boy, you better get paid by the hour.

You are getting shit done. Is that a slow rake? Exactly, yeah. Taking my good old time.

I don't know where the rake is on the floor and the football is thrown in the air to myself.

What is the best piece of life advice that Keanu Reeves has ever got?

I haven't had a lot of advice. No?

You've just been out of here. I like it, though, man. Just take it. Just living and learning.

Lots of living and learning. We're trying to. A lot of living, but trying to learn. And advice, advice, advice.

What would be the best advice you would give somebody?

I think I've been told... The best advice was rest.

It was probably just like, before, just get some rest. I'm with you, man. I love it. I'm with you, dude. Listen. There's nothing better than putting your feet up after you've been working your fucking ass off, man.

Dude, if you're looking for advice, putting your head down and going to sleep is sometimes some of the best things you could do.

I mean, I guess maybe that's not good. It is good advice.

I think it's great advice. Yeah. Especially if somebody's I'm looking for advice because then they've been thinking about it, right? It's like, Man, how can I solve this? What can I do? And nine times out of 10, once you're in that state, it's like, All right, let's take a second and take a rest.

Get a clear mind. Get a clear mind. Come back to this. Return to that brain.

Get a clear mind. I didn't get to clear the mind part.

All right, last question. It can be good, bad, whatever you choose. Do you have a welcome to Hollywood' moment?

Oh, to Hollywood' moment.

We ask a lot of our guests who are athletes, 'welcome to the NFL' moment, whatever. Do you have a 'welcome to the industry', 'welcome to Hollywood', 'welcome to acting? Is there anything that stands out where you're like, Man, this is either what I want to do? Yeah, go ahead. Sorry.

I got I was made when I was 16, so I was a professional actor around 16, 17. Okay, wow. I was in Toronto, Canada. Then I got a manager who lived in Los Angeles. I ended up doing a movie of the Week in Canada, Toronto, that got me an agent in LA. Okay. So at 20 years old, I drove in my car to Los Angeles, got out of my car, and my manager said, We want to change your name. And so that's like, Oh, welcome to Hollywood.

No way. Did they have a name in their back pocket or did they say- No. You didn't even let it get to that point. You were like,.

And I remember I was on the B, I was walking on the beach and I was just like, My name? What am I? Change my name? My middle name is Charles. So I was like, Chuck. And I grew up on a street called Spadina, Chuck Spadina. And then I was like something Templeton. But then I was just like... So then I became Casey Reeves.

Casey Reeves?

I'm credited as Casey Reeves.

In your first film?

I think so. Maybe in I was like, Maybe. I think there is. And then I couldn't do it. So then I would be in auditions and they'd go, Casey Reeves. And I would be like, I wouldn't even answer.

I was like... Somebody's got to call you and you got to respond.

I think six months later, I was like, I'm not doing this.

There you go.

But that's a Hollywood moment.

Yeah, I was about to say, welcome to Hollywood, baby. Well, Quiana, we cannot thank you enough.

Who's going to win the Super Bowl?

I think the Kansas City Chiefs are rolling right now, Big God. I saw it. Yeah, man.

We're still on those eagles. Jason. Don't sleep on those birds, baby. We're getting rolling here. Do you have a squad?

Do you have a team you favor?

Well, I've so enjoyed, Russ, and your success. I've never became a Patriots hater. I always was like, Okay, they are what they are. But emotionally, I never got Patriots, but I still They had so many great players.

Oh, yeah, they did.

You appreciate the...

There's a kid who was a kid, it was the Steelers. Then Swann.

Swann?

Yeah, that was so graceful.

So smooth.

Sounds just like his name. It looks just like his name.

Then I liked Joe Montana.

Joe Montana, baby. That's a chief at one point. Yeah, in the '90s, right?

I like that. Now, my I guess my childhood heart is with the Steelers and that experiment that's going on.

Dude, they're rolling right now. They're rolling right now.

It's the experiment.

They're leading the north right now, baby. We did a poll a few years back, and I've been on record as this. I think the Steelers is the best name in football. It's like such a football. It's a strong name. It represents the community so well. It's an embodiment of the people that I literally built the city and a lot of the United States. I just think it's a fantastic ethos to a city. Then all the sports teams in Pittsburgh match with the Black and Yellow. It's a very cool sports town.

The team always feels like that's what it represents, the toughness and the steel curtain.

They never lost sight of that.

Then they go out and get the biggest, strongest, fastest wide receiver in the NFL. It's like, All right, that's a stealer's move right there.

I got to say, Quiana, I can't thank you enough for coming on, man. Everyone, check out Good Fortune. But I got to say more than that, not only do I love you as an actor and what you've embodied in your films, you're tremendous. I just love your entire ethos, man. I know I don't know you know you, but just observing from afar, I appreciate what you stand for, the way you go about life and everything, brother. So thank you for hopping on this sports podcast.

My girlfriend would love to say, Hello, Alexander. She loves it.

Nice. There we go.

Your journeys that are going on. She's like, God, big love for all of that.

We'll send the love right back, brother. You already know. From what everybody says, you just knew he was about to be the smoothest cat that we've talked to yet. He's such a good dude, man. Now I really, really want him to come out to a Kansas City Chiefs game so I can hang with him.

Yeah. Did not disappoint. Fantastic human being, unbelievable actor, unbelievable football player, Shane Falco. Can't tell me.

You can't He couldn't have won a Super Bowl with that Ravens team.

I mean, listen, I got full faith. Full faith.

Ex-hockey goalie, tough competitor.

I mean, just hand it off. Was it Jamal Lewis? Just hand off to Jamal Lewis.

Was it-How fascinating was that to hear him talk about the style of goaltending? Standup versus butterfly from the '70s to the '80s.

When he was saying it, I was like, That sounds like Bernie Peron. I feel like he's speaking about Bernie Peron right now. He said it.

I wanted to get a Patrick Wa reference in there.

That's a way different style. Do you remember, dad? I remember one time I'm watching the Avalanche because that was the team I liked because we didn't have a team in Cleveland. I was a huge Peter Forestberg fan. I remember dad kept calling Dad kept calling Patrick Roy.

Yeah. That's a lot of American stuff.

He was like, Dad, it's Wa. And he's like, I'm American. That's Roy.

He's such a prick.

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Yeah, baby. Did you take any actual hits, or was this mostly like body doubles and things?

No. They were like... When we would run plays at full speed, they would come in, and basically, Basically, they were all like, Don't hit the guy for the reason that we all have a job.

Yeah, exactly. It's a good reason. That's very much like the NFL. It's very much like if you touch.

That's exactly what it is in practice.

You are fucking talking yourself right out of this fucking... Don't hit the guy who's helping us get paid.

That's right. That's how it works.

Golden rule, baby. I think you were one of the most convincing film quarterbacks of all time. And that's one of my favorite movies to watch. Is it true that the Ravens wanted to give you a try out after this?

That's absolutely nonsense. I don't know, man. My release would have obviously been left. I don't know why, but we tend to have a lower release. Okay. And my getting out the ball was a little slow, but I could hit... I mean, it wasn't on a rope, but we could do 50-yard corner. I could hit.

You're an athlete. That's a hell of a throw right there.

We said five steps, then long seven and go. But don't start believing you can really do it.

Well, listen, I don't know if you saw those 2000 Ravens, but you didn't need to be that good. I think the opposing team's average 11 points a game or something like that. Not even.

It was nine.