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0:00people dislike me because I don't give a
0:02I'm going to tell the truth. You know
0:03what the difference between the
0:04conspiracy and the truth is? Time. I was
0:06emotionally unavailable. I think for
0:08those those seven or eight years because
0:09I'd met the person that changed my life
0:11and after that I just poured everything
0:13I had into football. And that's how it
0:15goes for all these people, you know, who
0:16who have issues with me. Uh especially
0:19the two past teammates. Like if you're
0:20only relevant when you mention my name,
0:22like you should check yourself. If I
0:24could have one wish, God please in this
0:26world, great spirit, whoever's up there.
0:32>> We're going into Aaron Rogers story now.
0:35And Aaron now, um, you lived a lot of
0:39lives in 21 years. You're one of the
0:41most talked about people when it not
0:43only comes to football, but in the
0:45country. How do you feel about being so
0:48controversial in terms of the media?
0:52I feel like there's a ton of hypocrisy
0:53out there. You know, everybody loved,
0:56you know, loved hearing about my takes
0:58on Colin Kaepernick when I said he was
1:00one of the top 64 quarterbacks in the
1:02league. Um, they loved my takes about
1:06when there was uh a shooting that
1:09occurred years and years ago was during
1:11Obama's presidency. Um, somebody yelled
1:14out some anti-Muslim rhetoric during the
1:17moment of silence, which I thought was
1:19so disrespectful. And I said after the
1:21game, the first thing I said was there's
1:23no place for that kind of hate in this
1:25world. Regardless of what happened, what
1:28you think happened. First of all, most
1:31of the stuff like we're lied to every
1:34single day. So like don't even get me
1:36started on that thing. But I I said
1:38something about that and and President
1:39Obama sent me a handwritten note
1:42>> afterwards.
1:44And nobody, you know, everybody loved
1:46that part. They enjoyed my takes. Mina
1:48Kims, you know, had me to her house for
1:51a feature that I did, you know, like all
1:54these people were my friends in the
1:55media until I came out against co and
1:59said, "I'm not going to stand for
2:00thising,
2:03you know, and and now after everything
2:05has came out, all they can say is, "Oh,
2:07well, you lied about it." You know,
2:09that's it's like when when somebody has
2:11an argument and all they can ever say is
2:13they can they attack your character
2:15instead of the content of what you're
2:17actually saying. You know that you're
2:19actually on the right side of things.
2:21And I've said many times when I said I
2:24was
2:25immunized, it was because that statement
2:28alone was the crux of my entire argument
2:31and ongoing appeal with the NFL around
2:33my vaccination status. Not to mention
2:35the hypocrisy around the treatment of
2:37players that were nonvaxed. the uh the
2:40inhumane way that we were treated as
2:42secondhand citizens around the facility.
2:44The way that we couldn't do anything on
2:46the road, all the six feet of
2:48distancing that Fouchy in his own words
2:50and his diaries it said was all made up.
2:53Fouchy chasing the fame. He's a he's an
2:56absolute my opinion criminal. If you
2:59read Bobby Kennedy's book about him and
3:01what he did in the in the 80s around
3:02AIDS, if you watch Dallas Buyers Club,
3:04do you know who the villain was in that
3:06movie? Dr. Anthony Fouchy. If Bobby
3:08Kennedy said any lies now, don't you
3:10think he'd be sued for liel?
3:12But it goes through the entire history
3:14of what he's done as the highest paid,
3:17you know, government worker. And I'm
3:20here on the phone with uh with the head
3:24doctor at the NFL, and he's calling me a
3:26conspiracy theorist. When I when I asked
3:28him I asked him, "Hey, uh you know, if
3:32you get the vax, can you contract or uh
3:35or spread the disease?" He said, "No." I
3:36said, 'Well, tell me this then, doc. Day
3:39one I get here, five scouts are out with
3:41CO, all fully vaxed. How'd that happen?
3:45And he called me he called me a
3:47conspiracy theorist. And that was like
3:49the end of the It was like the end of
3:50the appeal at that point when I'm like,
3:52"Okay, so you don't actually give a
3:53about this?" When literally so many guys
3:55on our team had fake vacax cards.
3:59>> So many guys. And and rightfully so.
4:01Have you ever heard of the Tuskegee
4:03experiment?
4:04And do you not think that everybody
4:06should have a healthy skepticism about
4:08the pharmaceutical industry when you
4:10learn about the the FDA and the CDC and
4:14their relationship and the uh where the
4:18funding comes from those organizations
4:20and the NIH and all these alphabet
4:23gangster agencies who make policies
4:25about our our health every single day
4:27and our livelihood and our privacy. You
4:28should have a healthy skepticism,
4:30especially if you're black.
4:31>> Yeah.
4:32>> Mhm. I mean what they just learn about
4:35the Tuskegee experiment what they did
4:36and just and and think is this the first
4:38time they've done this or would they
4:40have done other things like that go into
4:42Fouch's history about all the crazy
4:43experiments they were doing on beagles
4:46not to mention 2014 when they moved all
4:48the gain of function research out of the
4:50states out of University of North
4:52Carolina to labs like Wuhan lab
4:56>> and every conspiracy you know what the
4:58difference between a conspiracy and the
4:59truth is time every conspiracy that we
5:03were getting people like me getting
5:05ridiculed for. It's all been proven
5:06true.
5:07>> Kennedy assassination, right? We were
5:08told that was one thing that we found
5:10out years later it was the conspiracy
5:11was actually to be the truth, right?
5:12That it didn't happen the way it was.
5:14So, it's been years like that. It's
5:15always
5:15>> it's like you shouldn't trust the
5:16government. They actually and you
5:18shouldn't the government's a uni party.
5:20Like I was saying, is they want to pin
5:21me as, you know, like the right didn't
5:23like me because I played golf with
5:25Obama. And then then they think because
5:27I'm a, you know, antivax that I'm like a
5:30right-wing conspiracy theorist, you
5:32know, Trumper. And I'm like, first of
5:34all, I don't trust anybody in politics,
5:38maybe Ron Paul,
5:40but it's all the uni party. It's one
5:44party. They don't give a about
5:47regular people. They just keep doing the
5:49same policies. You know, everybody was
5:51cheering on ICE when Obama was in and uh
5:54Tom Holman, I think his name is or
5:56whatever his name is, who's the head of
5:58ICE or running that whole operation. He
6:00worked for Obama. They like them. They
6:02were deporting people. Then Trump gets
6:04on off in office and they're all, you
6:06know, racist. And then those guys are,
6:08you know, not wear they're wearing masks
6:10now, which is super weird. And Trump
6:12gets into office running on all these
6:14policies. you know, he's going to go
6:16after the swamp and go into Fort Knox
6:18and cut the vaccine stuff and not go
6:20into foreign wars and end the Ukraine
6:23stuff and what what's what's actually
6:24happened and transparency in the Epstein
6:26files.
6:27>> That's the biggest one.
6:28>> Absolutely nothing.
6:29>> Yeah.
6:29>> And I was actually excited cuz you know
6:32that uh Cash Patel, he goes on
6:36Rogan, which I watch a lot cuz I like
6:39Joe and Joe's a friend. And he says day
6:41one we're going we're opening up the
6:42Epstein files. There's been nothing but
6:45the obstruction of transparency with
6:47this entire administration. Anybody who
6:49even liked Trump or thought that things
6:51would change
6:52>> like this is a pro-Israel
6:56first or administration. And when you
6:59dig into it, that's the uni party. It's
7:02how many members of commerce of Congress
7:05are sponsored by Apac?
7:08>> Maybe.
7:08>> So all the there's no MAGA movement.
7:11There's no make America great again
7:13movement
7:14because the guy you elected hasn't done
7:17any of his campaign promises and it just
7:19realizes you think something's going to
7:21actually change. You know, in in the
7:24when Obama's president, you think that
7:26everybody's like, "Oh, there's going to
7:27be hope and change for a better world."
7:30Like, is anything in the black community
7:32gotten significantly better? No.
7:34>> Is anybody better off? Did the
7:36Affordable Care Act make a a major
7:38difference in the world besides being an
7:41extra tax, you know, for the rich? Is
7:43health care that much better in this
7:45country? And then Trump's going to come
7:47in and drain the swamp and do something
7:49and nothing happens and nothing changes.
7:51Then they roll out that old bag of
7:53bones. That was a wild four years.
7:55[laughter] And then you just bring back
7:57in the, you know, the guy from the TV
8:00show who's going to, okay, now he's
8:02really, this is second administration.
8:03Now he's really going to change things.
8:06Politics is a total sham.
8:08>> Remember he had the influencers go there
8:09where he gave they gave them the fake
8:12they're holding them up and like that
8:13total thing never got it. Never got
8:14anything in there and that that was my
8:16biggest issue with it is they said first
8:17day in office I'm going to release the
8:18Epstein files and we've all been waiting
8:20for
8:20>> this is a big sc. The whole thing the
8:22whole politics is a crazy sigh up. If
8:24voting actually mattered they wouldn't
8:25let you do it. That's the that's the
8:26truth of it. I don't know if Mark Twain
8:28said that. Somebody George Carlin
8:30probably would have said that for sure.
8:32>> But it's like George Carlin is way ahead
8:34of his time. He'd be incredible in this
8:36time.
8:37>> But he said there's a big
8:39>> quote
8:39>> and you ain't in it.
8:41>> Yep. You ain't a part of it.
8:42>> You ain't a part of it. And that's the
8:44truth. So we should be skeptical of all
8:46of it. Everything they say to us.
8:48>> So does it make you hesitant? Sorry to
8:49interrupt you. Does it make you hesitant
8:50to question things because you know
8:52you're getting so much for it. So you
8:53could question it in your own personal
8:55stuff. Why do people people the people
8:56that don't that don't like me, right?
8:59Outside of the Detroit, Chicago, and
9:00Minnesota fans who have a distaste for
9:02me because of my time in Green Bay,
9:04[laughter]
9:04>> the majority of it's rooted in the the
9:06vaccine.
9:07>> Yeah.
9:07>> Cuz 85% of the population got it. And
9:10they didn't realize this is a scop. This
9:12is bow warfare. And that they're just
9:15testing to see how compliant you would
9:17be. I live in California right in the
9:19offseason, right? They were blocking off
9:22lookout points where you can pull your
9:24car off on the side of the road and look
9:26out at the ocean or look out at the
9:28mountains. They were arresting surfers.
9:31What if any of that had to do with
9:33public safety? Are you kidding me? It
9:36was all about what can we get away with?
9:40And [laughter]
9:41I can go on and on about just the the
9:43absolute fraud, you know, that that was
9:46going on and and the SCOP, but I mean,
9:49you had you had governors all over the
9:51place eating burgers and giving out
9:53crispy cream donuts for vaccinations and
9:56fast food places, which are so healthy
9:58for you, where the were the were, you
10:00know, the stores that were deemed, you
10:02know, uh what was the word they were
10:04using at the time? like uh it was
10:06important for it to be open at the time,
10:08but you're shutting down churches.
10:10You're shutting down businesses.
10:11>> You're shutting down
10:12>> you're shutting down schools except for
10:14Gavin Newsome's kids and go in person.
10:16You're shutting down
10:17>> you're shutting down restaurants. How
10:18many restaurants
10:19>> closed all over the world especially in
10:21this country in some of our greatest
10:23cities that just closed and will never
10:24reopen because of this idea that you
10:27know we were endangering each other
10:29through this. But then this vaccine, you
10:31know, Joe Biden, you're gonna all the
10:33nonvax are gonna have a winner of death
10:35and, you know, coming up and it's like
10:38we live through that. We live through a
10:40multi- trillion dollar worldwide SCOP
10:44meant to see how much they can control
10:45us. And that's why people dislike me
10:47because I don't give a I'm going
10:48to tell the truth. And the difference
10:51between a conspiracy and the truth is
10:53time.
10:54>> And six years have passed now. And how
10:56many people I can I was thinking about
10:57this the other day in my car. It's like
10:59I don't know one person that's that was
11:01unvaxed that ever says, "Man, I wish I
11:04would have got that." I know a ton of
11:05people that I've talked to that actually
11:08have a spine and integrity who go, "Man,
11:10I wish I hadn't got that." The majority
11:12of those people are not just people that
11:14were like, "Oh, I just believe the
11:15government." The majority of those
11:17people were told, "Get this shot, which
11:19we have zero
11:21>> research on, testing, placebo testing,
11:24nothing, or you lose your job."
11:27That's what they were told.
11:28>> You can't travel. You can't travel. You
11:30can't go out. You can't do anything. You
11:31can't go see your family.
11:32>> But a lot of it was you can't have your
11:33job.
11:34>> Yeah.
11:34>> I mean, what they did in NovakJokovich,
11:36I was watching Novak last night and I
11:38was disappointed. He wasn't feeling
11:39good. Didn't play good. But I went to
11:42the US Open when I was um up there in
11:45Jersey and
11:47I'm watching him and the year he won. It
11:49was like 20 2023 I think he won. And the
11:54last match, I I went to a semi-final,
11:56but the last match
11:59they he finishes the match and it's like
12:02now we're going to show you the Madna
12:04shot of the match. [laughter] I took a
12:07picture. I got a lot of heat from the
12:08from the Jets PR, but I took a picture
12:10of Novak hitting and literally there's a
12:13Madna like one of the sponsors in the
12:15side right there and I just took a red
12:17line you can do on your photos on my
12:18Instagram and just like put a line
12:20through it. I'm like, this person, one
12:22of the healthiest guys in the world, was
12:23literally kicked out of Australia for
12:25not being vaxed when he contracted COVID
12:27and couldn't play in a tournament. I
12:29mean, what are we talking about?
12:30>> Yeah.
12:30>> But like, why are you still talking
12:31about CO? Why? Because of a SCOP that
12:34closed businesses that killed people
12:35that that you couldn't go to your uh
12:37your friends and your relatives like
12:40funerals or see them at the hospital or
12:42be around your loved ones and then it
12:44was you were ostracized. You were called
12:46a bunch of crazy names. I mean, how many
12:48Hollywood actors, the genius in
12:50Hollywood were saying they should round
12:52up nonvax and put them in concentration
12:54camps or kill them or not, you know,
12:56Jimmy Kimmel said, you know, uh, non-vax
13:00person with a heart attack. No, don't
13:02treat them. Treat these other people
13:04first at the hospital. They've been
13:05saying this all the statements, the
13:06embarrassing Steven Colbear vaccine,
13:09like one of the dumbest late night
13:11sketches of all time. you know, late
13:13night just went to Obviously, the
13:15last few years once uh Leno, Conan and
13:17and Letterman retired, but it's like the
13:19just propaganda that was puppeted every
13:22single day. You turn on news, mostly
13:24CNN, and you'd see the you know, do you
13:26remember this? The uh cases and deaths
13:29and this like rolling timeline
13:31supposedly.
13:32>> It's just crazy. And we made through it.
13:35We made it through it. All of us who
13:36were supposed to die unvaxed made it
13:38through it. But I I lost as much as most
13:43as anybody. May, you know, I lost
13:45obviously any goodwill in the media
13:49because, you know, they're all run by
13:50the same people.
13:51>> Um, no sponsors, zero sponsors.
13:56Um,
13:57reputation.
14:00>> Not many other people suffered the same
14:02stuff. Now I'm just like,
14:04"Go yourself. Don't be like you can
14:07have all that, but you got to stand for
14:10something in this time." And and for me
14:12it was that and they just told, "Oh,
14:13he's a liar. He lied to his
14:14teammates." No, not at all. I said
14:17literally the line that was the crux of
14:19my appeal. There was no followup. There
14:21was no nothing. Everybody in the
14:23building knew from day one, I am not
14:24vaxed. Go yourself.
14:26>> Yeah. Literally to the point of it was
14:29tense conversations with people in the
14:31organization who were like, "What if
14:33they find out?" I'm like, "I don't care
14:34if they find out." Well, you supposed to
14:35wear a mask. I'm like, "You're telling
14:38me I'm standing at the podium for my
14:39daily media on Wednesdays. There's 20
14:43media members sitting 30 ft away from
14:45me."
14:45>> Y'all did that? We had to do like Zooms.
14:48>> Well, at the beginning there was it was
14:50it was live. Then we went to
14:52>> and they're all masked up and they're
14:54all vaxed.
14:56And tell me again how an unvaxed person
14:58is dangerous to a vaxed person.
15:01Make it make sense. Okay. I am dangerous
15:03because uh I could give you a disease
15:06that you were vaccinated for which is
15:08supposed to prevent you acquiring that
15:10disease. How does that make sense?
15:11[laughter]
15:12>> So what do most people get wrong about
15:14you then?
15:15>> I mean it's that and it you know it's
15:17that for sure.
15:19Well, wrong. They they they have their
15:21opinions based on that. I think, you
15:23know, I had two teammates who spoke out
15:24about me years ago. Um, two teammates
15:28out of all the people that ever played
15:30with me that didn't have a great
15:32experience with me.
15:33>> One was bitter because he went to
15:34another team and never became a player
15:36again.
15:37And the other was uh just not a smart
15:41person. That one hurt me more than the
15:44other one because I spent so much time
15:45with that guy. I mean, literally the
15:46night before games, I would be up in his
15:48room for an hour helping him with the
15:49plan, checks, everything I was going to
15:51do. I went above and beyond for this
15:52guy. Um, but both of them, no one cares
15:56about what they have to say, which is
15:57for most people at this point in my
15:58life. No one cares what they have to say
16:00until they use my name.
16:03>> You know, I dated two women uh who
16:06nobody gives a about unless they drop my
16:08name and they like to say, you know,
16:10their version of the history of what
16:12actually happened. And so I'm just this
16:14like, you know, monster of a, you know,
16:18partner and it's just horit.
16:21>> And number one, why you still talking
16:22about me? It's been years. You know,
16:25like I dated Danica and uh she had just
16:30retired. She was depressed and not fun
16:35to be around. But I didn't leave her
16:37because I was trying to be there and be
16:39a good partner. Then it was going a
16:41certain direction. Obviously, there was
16:43no intimacy. It was nothing. And I'm
16:47buying a house in in uh in Malibu. And
16:49she goes, "Well, do you want to buy it
16:51together?" And I said, "No." She said,
16:53"Well, you know what that means then?" I
16:54said, "Yeah, that's the way things are
16:56going." She said, "Well, let's get
16:57counseling." So, then we got counseling.
16:58And then what happened? Then co hit
17:00>> and we're stuck together. So she tells a
17:02story that I like, you know, totally uh,
17:04you know, so blindsided by, you know,
17:07getting left by you and there, you know,
17:09there's blood that he leaves a trail of
17:11blood around. I'm like,
17:13>> what are you talking about? [laughter]
17:15That is not what happened by any means.
17:18Now,
17:19>> I I must digress a tad. I met my wife in
17:222017, and at the time
17:25>> Wait, does she exist? cuz that was
17:27another
17:27>> Yeah. I mean, [laughter]
17:29>> I had to say cuz I'm saying a lot of
17:32people act like you don't have a wife
17:34and it's all made up and I'm just
17:36>> like, how do you deal with that? I don't
17:38care about anything.
17:39>> Okay.
17:39>> I don't.
17:40>> Yeah.
17:40>> Like would that be would that be a thing
17:43if I had been a good soldier and been
17:45fully vaccinated?
17:47>> That's actually a fair question. Would
17:50people be these? Would these Would these
17:52exes Would these teammates would anybody
17:55would they have a platform if it wasn't
17:57invogue to like rip on the nonvaxed, you
18:00know, emized guy who lied to his
18:02teammates and his organization. It's all
18:05But in 2017, I met my wife and
18:07at the time she was leaving the states
18:09and going back to Europe. And my biggest
18:11regret is not begging her to stay or
18:13just like
18:15>> proposing right there.
18:16>> Yeah. because that sent me into a tail
18:18spin of like,
18:20you know, I was what can I be accused of
18:22as a as a a partner in a relationship?
18:25Like
18:26I was emotionally unavailable, I think,
18:28for those those seven or eight years
18:30because I'd met the person that changed
18:32my life. And after that, I just poured
18:35everything I had into football.
18:37>> And I think I got a lot out of that for
18:39sure. But I knew I was supposed to be
18:42with this one person and I couldn't. We
18:43were separated by an ocean for a lot of
18:45it. Then, you know, she was engaged. Uh
18:49then, you know, I got engaged and and uh
18:53luckily for me, we came back together.
18:56But the other part of that, so there's
18:58that, you know, Danica with her story of
19:00like a trail of blood and blindsided by
19:03me, you know, leaving her when it's
19:05like, all right, there's zero intimacy.
19:06Uh we didn't didn't I didn't want to buy
19:09a house. You didn't want to have any any
19:11attachments. And uh there was really
19:15nothing there. And then
19:16>> I date Shayen. And again, I feel like
19:21this needs to be told because
19:24there's just narrows out there.
19:25>> Yeah.
19:26>> Which by the way, you know, forever. The
19:28other thing people hit me on all the
19:30time was he's such a even his family
19:33hates him.
19:34>> Nobody knew anything that was going on
19:36with it. And I decided that I didn't
19:39want to play this out in the media
19:40because I didn't think that was right.
19:42Now, other members of my family would
19:43say things whether the intent was to
19:46harm. Couple times it was by a few of
19:48them. Couple times they didn't really
19:49know what was going on.
19:52They didn't know what it would be like
19:53to have a son who was super famous. I
19:56didn't know what it' be like after the
19:58Super Bowl to be super famous in the way
19:59that I was and how that changes
20:01relationships
20:02>> and the relationships dissolved.
20:04>> Now full circle, they're back together.
20:06M
20:06>> it's amazing. It's been great to have
20:08all those people, my little brother and
20:11my older brother and his family and my
20:14parents. That's been really really
20:16special.
20:16>> How'd that come about?
20:18>> Well, can I I'll get that. [laughter]
20:19But it's like that's again like it
20:21that's another
20:23>> knock against so after that what are you
20:24going to say about me? No, actually
20:26we're good, right? We spend a lot of
20:28time together.
20:28>> Mhm.
20:29>> But the other one is like I'm this
20:31terrible like partner. Obviously I have
20:32a fake wife. Um, [laughter]
20:35>> so I just want to I just want to say
20:37this like um
20:38>> you know then I date Shayen and I
20:41propose and she says yes. Now she uh
20:45maybe felt like she was forced to make a
20:47decision. She could have said no. Um but
20:50not a couple days after that she tells
20:53me
20:54you know before we get married I got to
20:56go this guy.
20:59And I'm like, cuz her story is that I
21:02ruined her life and gave her a crazy
21:05depression because I left her. But the
21:06actuality is she told me that then she
21:08took off the ring by March. So I
21:10proposed in December, took out the ring
21:12by March. And we had a couple times
21:14where we tried to, you know, get
21:16reunited and nothing ever happened. And
21:18there wasn't even a relationship in 22
21:19to break off. She literally told me, "I
21:22don't want to be with you."
21:24>> After we tried to have some sort of
21:25reconciliation in 2021. So, I'm like,
21:28there's just a lot of narratives out
21:29there that are just not true, you know,
21:32and they portray things a certain way
21:33because I can get away with it. Cuz if
21:35you say my name
21:36>> Mhm.
21:37>> like all due respect, that is due. When
21:40you say all due respect, there's that
21:42word do,
21:43>> right?
21:44>> Yeah.
21:44>> Which that's the big part of it. Like
21:46how much is actually due based on what's
21:48been said.
21:49>> No one knows what they're doing.
21:51>> Their the height of their their fame was
21:55when they were with me.
21:57those they get clicks when they say my
21:59name just like the idiots on TV get
22:01clicks when they say my name because I
22:02am a lightning rod because people
22:04actually give because there is a silent
22:06majority that's like I like this guy he
22:08stands for something there's the group
22:10of people that are like I like the old
22:12guys I pull for the old guys that's how
22:13I feel watching you know the Steph
22:15Curry's of the world or or the uh you
22:17know the older guys in the NHL you know
22:20with the three awesome guys we have here
22:22in Pittsburgh and Latang Gino and uh and
22:24Sid like I pull for the older Like, so
22:26there's that there's that group that's
22:28silent for the most part because
22:29[clears throat] if you if you come out
22:31and you say, "I like that guy. Oh, he's
22:33a liar. He's a racist. He's a MAGA.
22:35He's, you know,
22:37you know, he's a tinfoil hat wearer cuz
22:40he believes in conspiracies." And it's
22:42like, so those people aren't out there.
22:44But when I say what I said on Pat McAfee
22:46Show
22:46>> Mhm.
22:47>> I can't even tell you. Maybe it's a
22:49conservative campus. Uh, you know, but
22:54all the workers at St. Norbert's pulled
22:56me aside in their own way and said,
22:58"Thank you so much for what you said.
23:00>> Thank you for talking about Fouchy.
23:01Thank you for standing up for us." And
23:03that's how I felt when they sent a
23:05stoogge out to Green Bay in 2020 and he
23:09was 2021 and he was talking about you
23:11got to get vaccinated, here's the data
23:13on getting vaccinated, blah blah blah
23:16blah blah. And I just started asking
23:18questions. We were sitting six feet of
23:19separation in in the creek. It's already
23:21an absolute joke. And I started asking
23:23him questions. Question. I only want to
23:25ask him questions to the point of the
23:27team president, Mark Murphy, had to shut
23:28it down. He goes, "All right, let's uh
23:30we're kind of done." I walked out of
23:31that meeting and every scout,
23:35everybody with his spine in the scouting
23:37department, uh, and coaching staff and
23:40everybody had been forced cuz all those
23:41people were forced to get back. There
23:42was no like options. And it wasn't like
23:44they I don't think I maybe they did
23:47didn't have the access that maybe the
23:49players did to fake fact cards, but they
23:51all said thank you for that. So there's
23:52a silent majority that actually like
23:54appreciates that someone's willing to
23:55stand up and say stuff because
23:57>> honestly there were a lot of cowards who
23:58didn't say anything who could have.
24:00>> There were a lot of guys who whose
24:02platform is built on health and wellness
24:04who I know for sure didn't get vaxed who
24:06didn't say anything.
24:07>> So I was out there catching strays fine.
24:09I was loud about it. I wasing hurt about
24:12the way I went down and I didn't like
24:14the attacks. I didn't like all these
24:15media people where I thought my friends
24:17turned their back on me. But it's like I
24:19was right about that. These other
24:21narratives by my exes are not rooted in
24:23truth at all. You know, they portray me
24:25and they're piggybacking on you. Tell
24:27number one, stop talking about me. It's
24:28been years, 5 years. What are you
24:29talking about? You're not relevant.
24:31>> Like, like, stop talking about me. Move
24:33on with your life. Like, live your life.
24:35>> Also, two, you're lying about what
24:37actually happened. Like I was actually a
24:39good partner, Danica, and but yeah, I
24:42didn't want to buy any house with you
24:43and I didn't see a long-term future.
24:45Okay. I don't wish you any harm unless
24:47you're, you know, throwing spells and
24:49shade my way.
24:50>> Mhm.
24:50>> Uh and Shay, like you left me. You took
24:54the ring off. Like what are we talking
24:55about? I ruined your life. Like just
24:57stop with the narratives. Time to move
24:58on. Move on with your life. Don't
25:00mention me. And that's how it goes for
25:02all these people, you know, who who have
25:04issues with me. uh especially the two
25:07past teammates. Like
25:09if you're only relevant when you're
25:10mentioning my name, like you should
25:12check yourself. And there's a lot of
25:13terrible people on TV that get clicks
25:16out of it. And also ESPN is really
25:19scared.
25:20>> Why? Because I can speak up and speak my
25:23mind. And that McAfee thing rattled
25:24their feathers because I didn't just say
25:26that on McAfee show who is honestly I
25:30love Pat and he's done more for that
25:31network than any other horrible show
25:33they have on there that they think is
25:35[laughter] they should pay those guys
25:36doing it. But I also said you're a
25:38gutless organization
25:39>> because they haven't said anything. They
25:43spend so much time on certain issues but
25:45you won't you won't talk one second
25:48about the Diane Rini situation. What
25:50just happened? Uh let's see. uh the
25:52owner of this the Niners.
25:54>> Yeah.
25:54>> Uh listed a prostitute for $140 in in
25:58Ohio.
25:58>> That literally was the number one topic
26:01when you click on ESPN.com, right? They
26:03will rotate the eight stories or
26:04whatever they have, but they usually
26:06have like the one story that's featured.
26:07That was the featured story. So, you
26:09bring in how many millions of eyes to
26:11that situation. Why do you want to throw
26:13Jed York under the bus? I don't know.
26:16But does that have the same effect as uh
26:20a reporter who's uh you know has
26:23intimate relations with a coach who has
26:26a vote for MVP, has a vote for coach of
26:28the year. I don't know if she's on the
26:30Hall of Fame or not, but
26:32>> there's voting stuff. Uh there was the
26:34thing about Morgan Moses going from the
26:35Jets to the New England that was posted
26:37a day early. How many other inside stuff
26:39was shared? There are a lot of insiders
26:41out there. Yeah.
26:42>> Do they all have strong integrity?
26:46I don't know. But the fact that ESPN
26:48spent zero time on that story, but Jed
26:50Jed York gets popped in San Fran, it's
26:52literally on the top of their of their
26:54role right now. That's hypocrisy.
26:55>> Do you have a reason why you think they
26:57didn't cover that story?
26:58>> Yeah.
26:58>> What do you think it is?
26:59>> I think there's a lot more to it.
27:01>> So, it's deeper. Like the relationship
27:03may have been longer.
27:03>> The NFL is going to protect the Shield
27:05and I I respect that, but they're going
27:08to do by all means necessary.
27:11>> And that's an NFL partner now. They just
27:12bought the NFL Network. So they're Yeah,
27:14they're clearly
27:15>> taking the words out of my mouth. They
27:16got to be very very careful.
27:17>> Yeah.
27:18>> Now, let's move on to your family.
27:21How did that come about? How did it go
27:23about reconciliation? And
27:25>> but there's there's been a there's been
27:27a few things that have happened the last
27:28couple years, which has made the idea of
27:30reconciling with my parents first um an
27:33opportunity.
27:34>> I will say just before you get into it,
27:36I got to meet your dad after a game and
27:38I actually enjoyed. I mean, he was he
27:40was kind and I I appreciate that. Yeah.
27:42No, he was excited to meet you. You're
27:44one of his favorite players. Um he likes
27:47the old guys, too. You know, he's like
27:48[laughter] his son's old. He's like he
27:50wants all the old guys to hang around
27:51and keep playing, you know. And he likes
27:53the big guys. I mean, he's he was a
27:55255lb guard. He played in at Chico State
27:58University. No longer have a football
27:59team.
28:00>> Yeah.
28:00>> But he was he was one of the big guys.
28:02>> Um back then 255 was like covid-19
28:06what would that have been? Uh7s. Yeah.
28:09>> Yeah. Cool. Um,
28:12but so there was some some stuff there
28:14and then uh it just I could tell I was
28:16coming to a a time where I needed to
28:19make it right. My parents were uh
28:22wanting to move to Nashville to be
28:24closer to their grandkids.
28:26>> And there was some tragic events that
28:28happened in Chico that kind of made them
28:32not feel as tied to it because my mom's
28:35from Menescino County, Northern
28:36California. My dad's from Southern
28:38California. Uh there's an air force base
28:40down in town called Lomboke. My
28:42grandfather was in the Air Force. Um so
28:45he taught there. So but then they both
28:47met at Chico State. So that was in 19,
28:50you know, they got married in 80. I
28:53think they met in 76 maybe. So it's 50
28:55years, you know, and we moved a couple
28:57times. But but they were ready to to
29:00leave, which is crazy. I have 50 years.
29:01So actually the last day they were in
29:03Chico was the day I met him at their
29:05house. the house that I had bought them
29:07and built for them. And so, again, full
29:09circle, right? That was it that was a
29:11cool full full circle moment. Um, and
29:13then, uh, a couple weeks after that, I
29:16went out to Nashville and, uh, met with
29:18my older brother. And a couple weeks
29:20after that, I met with, uh, my little
29:22brother. So, it was it was cool. You
29:25know, there was, uh, tough conversations
29:27for sure, but, um, I'm just in a much
29:30better headsp space. And I said it
29:32before, but my wife deserves a lot of
29:34the credit for that. Just to be even
29:36able to to get to that point where I
29:40could think about having the
29:40conversation. She was a big part of
29:42that. And not that she was pushing
29:43anything. She wasn't. It was more just
29:46when and I think you guys probably
29:48relate to this. When you're when you're
29:50loved by someone in such an
29:52unconditional and beautiful pure way,
29:55you know, uh it changes your perspective
29:58on all your relationships around that.
30:00you know, that's like it becomes your
30:01anchor point. It's like,
30:03>> wow, if I can be made to feel like this
30:05by this person, like it I feel like it,
30:10you know, opens up your heart in a
30:11really deeper way, you know, that I
30:13never experienced before. And because I
30:17mean, a year ago, even two years ago, 5
30:19years ago for sure, I would have said,
30:21"No, I'm never going to reconcile. It's
30:22just not going to happen. It's not in
30:24the cards. I'm uh not ready for that.
30:27Don't think I ever be. I don't think
30:28they're ever, you know, it was it was
30:30really built in judgment, you know, just
30:32like ego and judgment. And ego and
30:34judgment gets in the way of basically
30:35any progress or evolution possible. So,
30:38I had to really put those those aside,
30:40you know, and and when the judgment
30:43disappears, you can actually see your
30:45parents for who they are, and that's
30:46flawed people. When you grow up, it's a
30:48tough thing cuz when you grow up, you're
30:49like Superman, Superwoman, like can
30:51never do anything wrong.
30:52>> Yeah. 100%. Then you then you go through
30:54those teenage years where there's the
30:55angst and you're frustrated and they're
30:56like don't respond to them. And then uh
30:59and then at some point you go, "Oh, they
31:01were just like trying to do their best."
31:04>> Yeah.
31:04>> No, they made mistakes for sure.
31:06>> Everybody makes mistakes.
31:07>> But everyone makes mistakes. And it's
31:08the judgment of like, okay, now that I'm
31:11older and and want to start a family,
31:12it's like,
31:14>> oh, they really had no idea what the
31:16they were doing.
31:17>> None [laughter] of us do though, right?
31:18None of us do. Like it's
31:19>> But it's hard. But if if the ego is in
31:21the way and the judgment's in the way,
31:22you can't even bring yourself out to
31:23even think about that. I couldn't and
31:25that was my that was
31:26>> the biggest hindrance to doing it. So,
31:27it's been really beautiful to
31:29>> to do that. My dad came up to a game.
31:32>> Hopefully, uh we'll get all of them out.
31:33I was just talking. It was my brother's
31:35birthday. Little brother's birthday
31:36yesterday. He was just in Ireland
31:37calling a game.
31:37>> Your little brother's birthday is
31:38yesterday.
31:39>> Yeah.
31:39>> 8:30. Yeah.
31:40>> My My little brother's birthday is 8:29.
31:43>> Yeah.
31:44>> Crazy.
31:44>> Yeah.
31:45>> Um you brought up your wife. How did you
31:48guys meet? We met in 2017. She was
31:50living in Austin. Uh, and she had gone
31:54to the University of Texas, which is
31:55also kind of weird because I hated Texas
31:58forever [laughter] because of M. Brown
32:01in 2004 and his
32:03>> shady uh voting, him and his brother
32:05Watson in the polls. [laughter]
32:08So I found out to you know like so then
32:11my wife went to Austin and then I found
32:13out my grandfather so my dad's dad who
32:16was like a war hero he was he was a be
32:2124 or 52 he was a fighter pilot and he
32:25was shot down over Hungary and had to
32:28spend a lot of time in uh P camp and um
32:34I found out in his uh he did a big
32:36deposition for like the war criminals
32:40act or something where he talked about
32:42the conditions he was in in the in the
32:44prison ps was wild like a big file. Um
32:48actually the guy that wrote that book um
32:51unsolicited really that book about me uh
32:53he gave me those uh those files but it
32:56was interesting because I learned more
32:57about my grandfather and he had gone to
32:59Texas as well. So, I was like, here's a
33:01school that I've always disliked.
33:03Although, I like Vince Young and I had
33:04him in the QB room for a week or two.
33:06But,
33:06>> yeah.
33:07>> Um,
33:08>> but never liked Mac Brown. Um, but
33:11didn't like the the university and then
33:14my wife went there and my grandfather
33:15went there. So,
33:16>> wow.
33:17>> Um, but then, like I said, she moved
33:18over back over to Europe and then we
33:21kept in touch and there were a couple
33:23times I thought things going to work out
33:24and then, you know, then she got engaged
33:27and I was like, "Oh that's that's
33:29done." And then I got engaged
33:31and I thought, "Oh, I'm done, too." But
33:33then, you know, obviously
33:35she had her own prerogative and took her
33:37ring off in 3 months. So, [laughter]
33:39[gasps]
33:40>> how'd you end up proposing her
33:41>> to my wife?
33:42>> Yeah.
33:44>> Uh, well, we we eloped.
33:47>> Mhm.
33:47>> So, it was it was uh it's quick. Um, but
33:51I had a little something set up um
33:55when I was when I was over there.
33:57Surprise for her. That's about all I'm
33:59going to say about that. [laughter]
34:02>> All right, let's let's switch gears a
34:04little bit. Let's talk about your
34:05accomplishments.
34:06>> Oh, yeah. I know you love to talk about
34:08your accomplishments.
34:08>> I do not [laughter] talk about my
34:10accomplishments.
34:10>> You love to talk about your
34:11accomplishments. You want to make sure
34:13everybody knows how many MVPs.
34:15>> I I don't talk about my accomplishments.
34:17I won four MVPs. Yeah, [laughter]
34:19>> everybody knows that. Do a quick Google
34:20search.
34:21>> Yeah, come on.
34:22>> How many Pro Bowls? I I thought it it it
34:26could be way more if I had done, you
34:28know, and I'm not going to call out
34:29names, but the guys who are the third,
34:32fourth alternates that go to the Pro
34:33Bowl and somehow get a Pro Bowl nod.
34:35>> Do you hate the Pro Bowl because of
34:36that? Cuz like doesn't it just take away
34:38from
34:38>> I was in the last real Pro Bowl.
34:42>> 2012 is the beginning of the end. Like
34:44the beginning of the end was before that
34:45when I played in 20 after the 2009
34:47season, it was a it was a real game.
34:49Yeah,
34:50>> it was we played hard and
34:52>> everyone wanted that truck,
34:54>> but in 2012
34:56it was not. It was the beginning of the
34:59end.
35:00>> And I was like, "Oh, this is going
35:02downhill."
35:03But I think I've got 10, but I could
35:05have
35:06>> I
35:06>> quite a few more cuz I was first
35:08alternate and they would call me and I
35:09would always tell our guys, "Hey, uh,
35:11I'm injured. Don't pass me on the
35:12physical cuz I want to go to the Pro
35:14Bowl if somebody drops out."
35:15>> I just crack up though. He's asking you
35:16this like he doesn't know every all pro
35:18he's got what year he did it.
35:19>> He's a big spot rack.
35:20>> Oh, he's that NFL reference.
35:23>> You know who the big spot
35:24>> NFL reference too big time.
35:25>> That's a good site though.
35:26>> Yeah,
35:27>> cuz you've looked at it. [laughter]
35:29>> Spot
35:31>> cuz TJ and Herb will ask him how much
35:33he's made and he
35:34>> Oh, they know to the to the scent.
35:36>> Of course they do.
35:37>> Yeah, I know they know to the scent.
35:39>> Um, when you hear about all that, is
35:41there one accomplishment that stands out
35:43from the others?
35:45Super Bowl MVP, Pro Bowls, AllPros.
35:50I
35:50>> think what I've always wanted to be
35:52defined for was
35:55uh aggressively calculated
35:58>> quarterback play. So, in 2018, I threw
36:01like 600 passes and threw two picks,
36:03both tipped,
36:05but I had a streak.
36:07>> Why do you know that [laughter] stat
36:08though? That is crazy.
36:10>> Buffalo and Chicago.
36:13Puyer got the one and Eddie got the
36:15other one, I think. Um, but I had a run
36:19and you have to look at the exact
36:21number, but I had a run that was crazy
36:22at home. Like at Lambo, I had like
36:26something like 600 plus. I hope it's at
36:30least that much. Somewhere between five
36:32and 600
36:34uh straight passes without interception.
36:38>> That's 586 consecutive passes without
36:41without interception. 56
36:43>> from 2012 to 2015. That is an insane
36:45stat. 1,043 days without an inter.
36:49>> That is ridiculous. That's insane. 49
36:52touchdowns and zero interceptions.
36:54>> Pretty good run. That's a very good run.
36:56>> That's pretty good. Yeah.
36:57>> Your MVP years 2011, 2014, 2020, 2021.
37:02>> What's the best version of you as a
37:04quarterback?
37:07>> Honestly, 2016 was the best version of
37:09me.
37:09>> 2016. I didn't win MVP. Could have. Matt
37:12Ryan won it. They went 14 and two.
37:15>> Mhm.
37:16>> Um, only because we So, it's 2016. I'm
37:20not talking to my family. My brother's
37:21in the Bachelorette. I'm getting crushed
37:23by unnamed sources in the media. We're 4
37:26and six. We just lose to Tennessee. Like
37:2945 24 down there.
37:30>> Yeah.
37:31>> And it was really rough. And then I was
37:35thinking about on that Monday like how
37:37shitty it was and where it must playoffs
37:39and nobody believes and I was like
37:43I looked at the schedule Monday night
37:45and Tuesday I was looking at the
37:46schedule talking about it. I was like we
37:49just beat Philly here. I bet we could
37:50run the table. And then so I said it on
37:53that Wednesday in my press conference
37:55and I played some of the best football
37:57during that stretch of my career those
37:58last six. We weren't a great team, but
38:01we won the six in a row to make the
38:03playoffs.
38:04>> Mhm.
38:05>> Then we win the wild card, then we win a
38:07divisional round. I mean, like the
38:10divisional was against Dallas, who was
38:11the one seed.
38:13>> Now, we all didn't have a great one in
38:16the last game against Atlanta that year,
38:17but
38:18>> but that was that was a really good run.
38:20Now, the best I played start to finish.
38:22>> I mean, 2020 was a little bit
38:25>> 48 and five is pretty damn good with a
38:2770% completion percentage. Little bit
38:28unfair.
38:29>> Yeah, that's I mean
38:31>> that that is that is a stupid year.
38:33>> I got all home games.
38:35>> Uh
38:36>> there was no crowd.
38:37>> Oh, cuz there's no crowd. That's a good
38:38point. How easy was that? That was we
38:40played in Minnesota week one
38:42>> and I think we drew them off sides four
38:44times in Minnesota. Now you're talking
38:45about the hardest places to play in my
38:47career, right? Number one, Old
38:50Metrodome.
38:51>> It was pumped in noise. It was crazy
38:54atmosphere. That's number one. Number
38:56two, Seahawks
38:58>> in Seattle. You can't hear a thing.
39:00>> Yeah.
39:00>> Right.
39:01>> Number three,
39:04probably the new Viking stadium, right?
39:08>> And we played there. It's super loud.
39:11The way it's built, it's not
39:12acoustically like perfectly similar to
39:15Seattle where it's like whatever they
39:17did with the acoustics, it doesn't take
39:18a whole lot for you not to be able to
39:19have a conversation. Like I remember we
39:21played in Oregon, which was I think
39:23built by the same design. We played an
39:25organ in college and the band was
39:27playing and we were in a walkthrough and
39:29I couldn't have a conversation with Cam.
39:30It was that loud. Just the band was
39:31playing. Seattle's like that where it's
39:33just like deafening. But Minnesota was
39:35like that too. And week one I drew him
39:37off sides four times. Zimmer was
39:39playing. I don't know. He wasn't
39:40pressuring all for some reason. But I
39:42threw like for 360 and four touchdowns.
39:44I was like, "Oh, this could be a really
39:46good year." [laughter]
39:48Because the next year I went MVP. We
39:50played in uh in Jacksonville week one
39:53against the Saints and lost 38 to3.
39:56[snorts] Jamus Winston had five
39:58touchdowns. Blew us out. We were
39:59terrible. [laughter]
40:00I was like, "Ah, well, guess I'm not
40:02going to win this year." But like you
40:05brought up something very interesting.
40:07You talked about Matt Ryan winning the
40:09MVP in 2016 and you mentioned the
40:12record. He was 14-2 that year. Does that
40:16play a big stat? I mean, play a big part
40:18in winning the MVP.
40:20>> I think so. And I think it should.
40:22>> You do?
40:22>> Yeah.
40:23>> Why is that?
40:24>> Because
40:27when you take care of the football and
40:29you give yourself a chance to win, like
40:31that should be a part of it. Now, if you
40:32have a dominating number one defense and
40:34you're not maybe the most dynamic
40:37player, I get it.
40:38>> Most valuable player though, maybe
40:40shouldn't call it most valuable player.
40:42>> Mhm. sometimes
40:44um best player on the best team is often
40:46where it goes.
40:47>> I don't think that's wrong either.
40:49>> I think it's it's it's part of it. Now,
40:51I will say in Yeah, I had a couple near
40:54misses, too. Like 2016, right, I was in
40:57the mix. 2012, I was definitely in the
41:00mix as well.
41:01>> Mhm.
41:01>> And then we ran into the buzz saw known
41:03as Adrien Peterson. [laughter]
41:06>> Oh my god. I mean, he deserved to win
41:09it. Like I always say like who's the
41:11best back you ever seen? Aa a AP.
41:13>> Yeah.
41:13>> He says that too.
41:14>> Yes.
41:14>> I mean he was different.
41:15>> Yes.
41:16>> He could outrun you, run you over and do
41:20everything in between. I mean he was
41:22when he got going that gallop going.
41:24>> That's exactly how you describe it too.
41:26The gallop.
41:26>> Unbelievable.
41:28>> But man, he was incredible. 2012, you
41:30know. So that was that was another one
41:32could have could have been close.
41:34>> What quarterback that does doesn't get
41:36enough credit when it comes to history?
41:39Well, I think currently Dak Prescott. I
41:42like Dak. I'm a big fan of Daks. I would
41:45say all time.
41:48I mean, there's certain guys that
41:50revolutionize the position. I think we
41:51need to think about that when we think
41:52about the the players that made the
41:55biggest impact in the league. I think
41:57about going back to Randle Cunningham
42:00and Steve Young. You know, Steve for me
42:02was like I was a Joe Montana guy, so I
42:04had a hard time with Steve in the
42:06beginning, but Steve had an incredible
42:08career and he he changed the way the
42:10position was played, him and Randall.
42:12And I think it was because of those guys
42:14that a Michael Vic comes along.
42:16>> And because of Michael Vic, you get
42:18Lamar Jackson.
42:18>> Yeah.
42:19>> And I think there's these guys that have
42:21paved the way that are really important
42:23to the fabric of the history of the
42:25league. And Steve was one of my favorite
42:27players and I've got to know him. He's a
42:29he's a great great human being. Michael
42:30Vic is awesome. Comes to my charity
42:33event every year.
42:34>> Thanks for that.
42:34>> But I mean, how many guys growing up
42:36that are my age play with Michael Vic in
42:38Madden,
42:39>> bro. Everybody,
42:40>> I think he should be a Hall of Famer
42:42because of that.
42:42>> Yeah,
42:43>> because he changed the game.
42:44>> He changed the game. 100% 100% changed
42:46the game.
42:47>> And but I loved the, you know, I love
42:49watching Randall growing up, too, cuz
42:51Randall could just throw that thing, you
42:53know, and he could move around. He was
42:54active. But I was always a Niner fan. So
42:57I always say Steve, you know, there's
42:58like Dan Marino was a really good
42:59player. Mhm.
43:00>> didn't win. So, he's not kind of treated
43:02the same. But I think for anybody like
43:04Dan, even myself to some extent, like
43:07there's difference between the being the
43:09greatest player of your era and
43:13greatest winner of your era.
43:15[clears throat]
43:16>> Yeah.
43:17>> You know,
43:17>> yeah.
43:17>> Like winning is a team sport. Obviously,
43:20it takes great quarterback play,
43:22>> but the way that the guys you play
43:25against talk about you Yeah.
43:26>> is most important. Like, who's most
43:28difficult to prepare for? And I think
43:30that's what and you know Pat's already
43:32got like three Super Bowls, but like for
43:36I feel like for me I was that guy for a
43:39long time that was really hard to deal
43:40with when I could really move around and
43:42run
43:43>> and then Pat came along and it's like
43:45well this guy can beat you with his
43:46legs, with his arm, with arm angles and
43:49doing different things and
43:51you know obviously we'd all love to win
43:53a ton of Super Bowls but you want to be
43:56regarded as the best player.
43:59Well, not many guys have your
44:00efficiency, too. 1.4 interception
44:02percentage all time. The rushing
44:04touchdowns. I mean, it it's at your
44:06peak, if not the best, one of the best
44:09ever. No doubt. Take the titles and the
44:10wins out of it. So, you don't think QB a
44:12win stat is a QB stat then? Not fair to
44:15give that.
44:16>> Oh, I don't know. I like those
44:17discussions. I'm like, I don't give a
44:19about that. [laughter]
44:20Like, is a Super Bowl a quarterback's
44:22stat? Is a is a win a quarterback's dad?
44:24Like
44:26>> it seems to be put on y'all's shoulder a
44:28lot though, right? They break it down to
44:29how how many Super Bowls did the
44:30quarterback win. It feels like where I
44:31don't think Cam's getting as much of he
44:32doesn't have a Super Bowl so he's going
44:33to be out of the hole.
44:34>> There's a lot of bad quarterbacks that
44:35were on good teams and won Super Bowl.
44:36>> Yeah.
44:37>> There's a lot of guys that had bad
44:39performances at Super Bowl.
44:40>> Mhm.
44:41>> And still won the Super Bowl.
44:42>> Mhm.
44:42>> There's guys that weren't MVP of Super
44:44Bowls at quarterback. Does that go in
44:47their cap or not?
44:48>> No. They won the Super Bowl.
44:50>> They won the Super Bowl. They were a
44:51part of it. It's great.
44:54But I mean at the same point like
44:57you want both.
44:58>> Yes.
44:58>> Any you want to be the best
45:01>> and be the champion.
45:02>> Anybody who says differently like Kobe
45:04Bryant said this to me like Kobe wanted
45:07to be the best.
45:09Win a championship. Yeah. That's awesome
45:11too.
45:11>> But he want to be the best.
45:13>> Michael Jordan got both. He was the best
45:15and he won the most championships.
45:17>> Yeah.
45:17>> You know.
45:18>> So who are you measuring yourself up
45:21against?
45:22>> I'm not. I don't care.
45:24[laughter]
45:25>> He doesn't care. I don't believe that
45:27one bit.
45:27>> No, I mean
45:29I got all the accolades. Let the play do
45:31the talking.
45:32>> I know how people talk about me. I know
45:33a defense coordinator's
45:35>> prepared against me.
45:36>> I know they're probably happy to not be
45:39worrying as much about my legs these
45:40days.
45:41>> Yeah,
45:42>> cuz there was a time I could beat you
45:44with my legs.
45:45>> I see that.
45:45>> I wasn't running for a thousand yards,
45:47but I was I was getting out of the
45:49pocket making plays.
45:50>> You had a few rushing touchdowns last
45:51year, though. You still move a little
45:53bit.
45:53>> One. Hey. Hey. Listen.
45:54>> That last one he he made everybody do uh
45:57he did everything.
45:58>> Mike T. That was one of my favorite
46:00things. [laughter]
46:01They showed Mike T. He was like doing it
46:03a couple times.
46:04>> Big third down conversion with your feed
46:05too in the Raven game too. Yeah, he made
46:07a couple plays.
46:08>> I will say when we went to Chicago and
46:10you weren't playing, I told TJ, we get a
46:13touchdown, you better do the discount
46:15double check. And he did it and it went
46:18crazy.
46:20I hated missing that game with I mean I
46:23just could not grip a ball.
46:25>> Yeah.
46:25>> You know, I wore a cast for like four or
46:26five weeks, but I could not grip the
46:28ball that week. It was, you know, it was
46:316 days after I'd broken it in four
46:34spots, but I'm like
46:35>> I desperately wanted that was like in
46:37the beginning season. It was like, yeah,
46:38I wanted to play Green Bay.
46:39>> Yeah,
46:40>> but it was in Pittsburgh,
46:41>> right?
46:41>> I could not wait to go back to Soldier
46:44Field.
46:45>> That would have been
46:46>> It just killed me. And the fans were
46:48awesome.
46:49>> Yeah, it was it was a great environment.
46:51>> I love Chicago. I know they hate me. I
46:52love Chicago fans.
46:54>> Yeah.
46:54>> Even when I told them that I own them,
46:56it was because everybody in the front
46:58row was flipping me off and screaming at
47:00me. I was like, but I love that. They
47:02are great sports fans.
47:04>> Yeah.
47:05>> And the interactions were amazing. Like
47:07I mean, people were flipping me off in
47:08the stands. People like it was I love
47:11it.
47:11>> What was it part What was it like being
47:13part of the AFC North rivalry now?
47:15>> It was good. It was really good. You
47:16know, it's different. Like it doesn't
47:17have the same energy for me just because
47:19I grew up with so many of these. I grew
47:20up in the league with like playing
47:22against Erlacer and Briggs and Peanut
47:24Tman in Chicago and playing against
47:27>> Vanabos and Sue and Fairley and
47:31>> you know all those crazy guys they had
47:33there. And then Minnesota was w I mean
47:35my first year starting
47:36>> they had Pat Williams,
47:38>> Kevin Williams,
47:38>> Kevin Williams,
47:40>> uh
47:41>> Jared Allen
47:41>> Jared Allen and Edwards I think Edwards.
47:44Then you had EJ Henderson, Ben Leieber,
47:47Chad Greenway.
47:48>> Mhm.
47:49>> I mean, they had and uh Antoine Winfield
47:52was one of the best,
47:54>> you know, outside inside corners that we
47:56had seen at that point.
47:57>> Yeah.
47:57>> You know, like one of, in my opinion,
47:58like the three guys that could do it.
48:00>> Charles Woodson could do it, Ronda could
48:02do it, and Antoine could do it. Like at
48:04super high level, cuz playing a nickel
48:06at a high level,
48:07>> you're on
48:07>> is different than playing the outside.
48:09>> Yeah. Um, but like growing up in those
48:12rivalries, like you just he had so much
48:13more opportunities, but I feel the I
48:16feel the uh the the hatred in in some of
48:19them and I feel like the competitive
48:21balance. I was saying last year like we
48:24we hated Minnesota and I feel like that
48:27is that's the Pittsburgh
48:31and
48:34uh and um Cleveland [clears throat]
48:37>> and then we wanted to beat the Lions and
48:42I feel like that's the Cincinnati
48:44Pittsburgh.
48:45>> Mhm. And then we respect
48:48obviously really want to beat him, but
48:49there's more of a respect between
48:51Pittsburgh [clears throat] and both.
48:52>> Maybe I'm wrong, but that's kind of what
48:54I
48:54>> thought would be in the Super Bowl. And
48:55there's just a history there that
48:57>> Yeah.
48:58>> screams excellence.
48:59>> Yeah. All right. I'm going to play a
49:00game with you. I'm going to give you
49:01five things. You tell me if they're
49:02overrated, underrated. All right. PF
49:05grades. [laughter]
49:07>> PF's a joke.
49:09>> Give us your honest opinion because we
49:11had Deshawn Elliott on and he went in on
49:13PFF.
49:14Well, you first have to know some of the
49:17ownership of PFF.
49:19>> He called that out. Yes, he did.
49:20>> Second, they have no idea what scheme
49:22you're running, what the
49:23responsibilities are, how it all works
49:25together.
49:29Nothing to say about if I don't I've
49:30never even checked my grade. I think
49:32it's a joke. The only time I'm ever even
49:34exposed to it is if you're watching
49:36Sunday Night Football and they put up
49:38and it's a joke. You'll be like, "That
49:39guy's a really good player and he's
49:40rated 34 out of 45." I'm like, who the
49:44is judging that?
49:45>> Yeah, it's wild.
49:46>> His is always pretty good, though. So,
49:48his is always good, so he doesn't care.
49:50>> Yeah. [snorts and laughter]
49:52>> I'm going to go uh NFL combine
49:54>> overrated.
49:56>> I mean, just the whole the whole setup
49:58of it, you know, for me, and this is way
49:59back in the day, is like uh I fly from
50:02the West Coast and then I have a 5 a.m.
50:04drug test. So, that's 2 a.m. on my body
50:06clock. Then I do the Cybex, right? And
50:09it burns your legs out. Then at the time
50:12I had 32 doctors pulling on my one year
50:15out of surgery ACL.
50:17This is all before I ran. Then another
50:19day I went to a random MRI facility and
50:22sat there with a sack lunch which was a
50:25sandwich and an apple for like 6 hours.
50:29They left me there. Then they came back
50:30and got me. Yeah. I think it's
50:32overrated. [laughter] Yeah. I think
50:34there's a better way to do it.
50:36No. I don't It's got to have gotten
50:38better, but
50:39>> Yeah. All right, let's go with one of
50:40your favorites. Pat McAfee.
50:42>> What's the overrated or underrated?
50:44>> Underrated.
50:46>> He carries game day and the hate that he
50:48gets for that is absolutely asinine.
50:51>> Carries game day. I mean, I like Kirby.
50:53I've always liked Kirby and Corso. Um,
50:56Corso is now retired, but like
50:58>> Pat is the show anywhere he goes.
51:00>> Well, I think he can do wrestling. He
51:02can do, you know, he can do he can do
51:03anything he wants really. Were you ever
51:05going to go to his concert thing and
51:08show up and announce?
51:10>> We laughed about it. He's like, "It'd be
51:12awesome. He just came in." I said, "I'm
51:14not coming."
51:14>> Tell the truth. You thought he was
51:15coming.
51:16>> I thought you were coming. I thought for
51:17sure. I told him. I was like,
51:18>> he said, "I haven't told anybody that
51:19you're coming." I said, "Well, don't
51:20tell anybody I'm coming cuz I'm not
51:22coming."
51:24>> Yeah, that was crazy.
51:25>> Overrated, underrated. Mike Tomlin.
51:27>> Underrated.
51:28>> All right, last one. Podcast.
51:30>> Which? Doing podcast.
51:32>> Just doing podcast. Oh. I don't know. I
51:35don't feel like it's it is what it is. I
51:37mean, some are
51:38>> some are better than
51:39>> really bad and this was not one of
51:41those.
51:42>> Oh, thanks.
51:42>> Well, thanks. Appreciate it.
51:43>> I got one for you. Um, talking about
51:46butterflies.
51:47>> Butterflies.
51:48>> Yeah.
51:49>> Well, I saw an enigma, so I I figured
51:51I'd bring it up. [laughter]
51:56I was talking about the whole aspect of
51:58the [laughter] butterfly, you know, the
52:00the stages.
52:03>> Overrated,
52:04>> bro. [laughter] How many times have I
52:06sent you that one picture of you playing
52:07the ball?
52:10[laughter]
52:12>> Oh, I love
52:14having a good time.
52:15>> He was fried out.
52:16>> He was It's all right, though.
52:17>> I was actually was not.
52:19>> You were not.
52:20>> I was on the comedown.
52:21>> Oh. [laughter]
52:25The eyes. Everybody's had those eyes
52:27before.
52:27>> That was after the last. So the last
52:29ceremony you start later. So we we
52:31usually start like 7, end at 2:00 or
52:333:00. This was you start at 9:00 at
52:36night
52:37>> and you don't stop till the sun up.
52:39[laughter]
52:40>> Till the sun up. That's crazy.
52:42>> Listen, I retired from This is breaking
52:45news here. I'm retiring from the NFL in
52:47a year.
52:49I'm retired from plant [laughter]
52:51medicine. effective immediately.
52:56I mean, no more memes, [laughter]
52:58no more gifts, nothing, please.
53:02>> Oh my gosh. Um
53:04>> Oh my god.
53:04>> The darkness retreat like
53:06>> overrated. Overrated.
53:08>> Oh yeah.
53:09>> Did Did you come out feeling any better?
53:11>> No. [laughter]
53:12>> No.
53:13>> I was bored out of my mind. I would
53:15never ever do that again. Would you do
53:19the Iawaska?
53:24>> I would never say I would never do that
53:26again.
53:26>> Yeah.
53:27>> I think it can really help people. I
53:29don't recommend it because
53:31it's not easy at all, but
53:35I don't know. I mean, I have no plans to
53:38do it.
53:38>> My wife wanted me to ask this. What were
53:41you thinking after you took it? Like,
53:42what realization did you come to?
53:44>> I mean, it was really important for me
53:45in my journey where I was at. um for
53:50healing, self-healing, and then healing,
53:52you know, some of the relationships
53:53around me. Um, also, you know, I've
53:57always been fascinated by the, uh, the
53:59idea that there's more going on in the
54:01world than you can see,
54:02>> and that opened my eyes to a lot of
54:04that.
54:05>> But, um, yeah, I mean, it's some people
54:08I took many people over the years, and
54:11some people are blocked and didn't have
54:12a whole lot go on. Some people had some
54:14more magical experiences. I've had, you
54:17know, a little bit of both. I mean,
54:19>> what's the craziest thing you've seen?
54:20>> I can't even say this is sanctity of it.
54:23>> Yeah, you just got to let him. You Why
54:24don't you try it and you can you can
54:26give your own experience.
54:28>> Listen, I'll just say that me personally
54:30like the like the the night that of the
54:34bongos, right? [laughter]
54:36I had the the giggles for hours. I was
54:41just so happy. I had the giggles for
54:44hours. I sat in front of the maestro.
54:47There was like a man and then his wife
54:49and then like a couple other women. And
54:52he was playing the guitar. And as I sat
54:54in front of him, he didn't have a head.
54:57[laughter]
54:59You didn't have a head. I thought it was
55:01the funniest thing ever. I could not
55:03stop laughing, but nobody was around me
55:04to like laugh with me. And then uh Yeah.
55:07So you do some hallucination
55:09hallucinating.
55:10>> Oh god.
55:11>> That was uh that was pretty wild.
55:13He actually had a head. Obviously
55:15obviously hallucinating.
55:17>> Of course. Of course.
55:18>> Next morning you're like, "Oh, he does
55:19have a head."
55:20>> Oh, there it is. [laughter]
55:21>> All right, Aaron. We like to play a game
55:22here with all of our guests. You've been
55:23great answering all of our questions.
55:25Now it's your turn to ask Cam any
55:26question you want. He has to answer
55:28every question and as many as you want.
55:30The floor is yours, my friend.
55:34>> I wasn't prepared for this.
55:36>> I told you this yesterday. Why are you
55:38lying?
55:40>> Well, let's see here. Do you want to do
55:41plant medicine? Is that why you're
55:43asking me? Are you open to it?
55:44>> I would like you to actually if he
55:46wanted to get into it, slowly get him
55:47into it. Cam is kind of a straight laced
55:49guy. So, how would you go about that?
55:50Actually,
55:52[laughter]
55:53>> to an extent, grow it up. He was He was
55:54our DD growing up to be honest.
55:56>> I was DD growing up.
55:58>> So was I.
55:59>> It happened.
55:59>> We turned out pretty good.
56:00>> Yeah. Good job.
56:02>> Um, okay. I'll ask you two questions.
56:05All right.
56:06>> First one is uh I like this question.
56:09That's why I'm asking it to you. like
56:11what what would you tell your
56:16young self in the league young self
56:17first couple years
56:19>> cuz I remember for me like I was so
56:21nervous all the time like
56:23>> it just I made me like miss out on some
56:26of the joy in this because I just was so
56:28crazy to like perform well and study all
56:30night and
56:31>> you know like and really it's not that
56:34serious you know like it's important but
56:36like can't miss out on the I would say
56:38you can't miss out on the the fun with
56:41the guys and the lessons in the locker
56:42room. But what would you tell your
56:44younger self?
56:45>> I think the thing I struggled with my
56:47first couple years was not playing. Um,
56:50and
56:51>> how many years you not play?
56:53>> First two years I barely touched the
56:55field. And so I would go I would go to
56:58the game like upset. I think I cried
57:01before even getting to the stadium cuz I
57:03wanted to play so bad. Um, but I never
57:06let that affect like relationships and
57:08like teammates because like I love those
57:10dudes and like I respect them. Like
57:12these dudes just went to the Super Bowl
57:13and lost. Like I'm appreciative just to
57:16be here, but like I want to be on the
57:17field. But I think just understanding
57:19the patience of it all cuz like you want
57:22to be in this thing for a long time and
57:23like you want to appreciate these
57:25moments, but like your time's going to
57:27come. Like you just got to you got to be
57:29ready. And I was, but you know, I
57:32remember just calling me like, "Man, I
57:33don't even want to go to the game
57:34because I'm just so upset because I want
57:35to be out there with those dudes." Like,
57:37you you create these relationships.
57:39You're like, "Man, I want to I want to
57:41give everything I can to him." And like,
57:44you know, when you're only doing field
57:45goal,
57:47you're [clears throat and snorts] not
57:48doing anything. And so, I always felt
57:49like, how am I like supposed to pull my
57:53weight? how am I supposed to like cuz I
57:54I felt like I dealt with like imposttor
57:56syndrome for so long
57:58>> because like I wasn't doing enough and I
58:01still feel that way but like it's just
58:03like you have to be patient with your
58:06time and really work on your craft
58:07during that time and which I did but it
58:10was hard for me to understand that at
58:11first.
58:13>> All right, I got one more question. It's
58:14a multi-parter.
58:15>> Mhm.
58:16>> How old were you when your father
58:17passed?
58:18>> I was 16 going on 17. All right. So, my
58:22two-parter is like first, for those of
58:25us that never got to meet him.
58:27>> Yeah.
58:27>> Like, what was he like and what's like
58:30your fondest memory? Number one. And
58:32then number two, like
58:34how has like his life and death affected
58:38your
58:39relationship with your wife and your
58:42kids, like being a father?
58:44>> Well, I answer the last part first, like
58:46meeting my wife and seeing my kids. Um,
58:51I feel like I'm always going to miss
58:53that part of them getting to meet my
58:55dad. Like I get to see I look at my kids
58:59and I can say like, man, they're
59:00stubborn as hell. But that was my dad to
59:03a like a tea. And you know how Cal can
59:05be. Cal is just [snorts]
59:07Cal changes the room. Like he is the
59:10life of the party. That's my dad on
59:12steroids. like and you know I I think
59:16those special moments where I don't get
59:18to have I get I don't get to have him in
59:21the room I miss that like I don't get to
59:24have my dad at
59:27Christmas or I don't get to have him for
59:29their birthdays and like missing these
59:33monumental moments in my life I'm always
59:35pretty upset about I don't like to talk
59:38about it because like you know it's near
59:40and dear to my heart but like those
59:41people,
59:43they should have had an experience with
59:44him. And so, like when I was fortunate
59:47enough and my dad was getting kicked out
59:49of basketball courts and stadiums cuz
59:52he's yelling from the sideline and he
59:55got kicked out of a church league cuz he
59:56was cursing out the ref, which was
59:58crazy. Or, you know, my dad used to
1:00:01always go to take me to school and be
1:00:03blaring rap music [laughter] on like
1:00:06embarrassing the out of me and I hated
1:00:08that. But like looking back I'm like
1:00:11>> damn my dad was cool as like and so
1:00:13having those moments like wrapped up in
1:00:15me where like man I wish like I they
1:00:18could experience that and have their
1:00:20grandfather around. I wish they got to
1:00:22do that too.
1:00:23>> Yeah.
1:00:23>> Yeah. It's cool.
1:00:24>> Thank you.
1:00:25>> Thank you. Thank you for doing this
1:00:27podcast. I think it's been awesome to
1:00:29just let you explain and
1:00:31>> talk about what you wanted to talk
1:00:33about.
1:00:33>> You promised it was not just football.
1:00:35>> You did. We went there.
1:00:37>> Yeah. We gave you the platform. Is there
1:00:39anything we missed that you wish you
1:00:40could have talked about?
1:00:40>> There's I mean multi- multi-part I can
1:00:43go on and on like what do you want to
1:00:44talk about? Let's [laughter] go.
1:00:46>> We'll have to do another part another
1:00:48time.
1:00:48>> I think the thing you know the thing is
1:00:50like that I would just to answer my own
1:00:52question like
1:00:55>> the beauty in aging
1:00:56>> Yeah. is
1:00:59experience, you know, and the experience
1:01:02>> like I look at like the older people I
1:01:05respect the most and they don't lose any
1:01:09>> energy, sleep, time to worrying about
1:01:12what other people think about them.
1:01:13>> But when you're young, that's really
1:01:15hard. When you grow up in the league,
1:01:16that's really hard
1:01:17>> because you care so desperately about
1:01:19>> and I don't care about, you know, like
1:01:23being right or being righteous anymore.
1:01:25>> Yeah. I just I do care about the truth
1:01:27and I care about what people have been
1:01:30saying about me for a long time,
1:01:31narratives that are just not true. And I
1:01:34think part of the beauty in going to the
1:01:37Jets and to the Steelers is I was around
1:01:39new people that hadn't been around. And
1:01:40so people got to see a different side of
1:01:41me. And if you go back to the 2023
1:01:43summer, people really enjoyed Hard
1:01:45Knocks, learned more about me. Now they
1:01:48I got hurt, then I talked about COVID,
1:01:49then they all turned back on me again
1:01:51>> um in 2023. But then coming here, I did
1:01:53want a clean slate and I wanted people
1:01:55to get to know me for who I am, that I
1:01:57desperately love football. I love
1:01:58competing and that I have a heart for my
1:02:01teammates, you know. So all these
1:02:02narratives out there, you know, that my
1:02:05exes were saying that two early two
1:02:08former teammates said, um, [laughter]
1:02:11and the co stuff has painted this
1:02:13picture of who I am. That's just not an
1:02:15accurate representation. And as I blend
1:02:18into obscurity, which I really look
1:02:20forward to after this season.
1:02:21>> No, you're gonna be you're gonna be on
1:02:23TV with Mike T.
1:02:24>> These will be the last words [laughter]
1:02:25that you'll hear from me. And might as
1:02:28well go out with a bang with the truth.
1:02:30Whether or not you want to hear it,
1:02:31that's fine. Doesn't have doesn't bother
1:02:33me. Whether or not you actually hear it
1:02:35cuz some people hear, but they're not
1:02:36listening.
1:02:37>> Yeah.
1:02:37>> Whether you hear it doesn't bother me.
1:02:40Whether you actually hear what I'm
1:02:42trying to say, that's up to you. But I'm
1:02:44going to keep speaking the truth. and I
1:02:46appreciate the platform to do it on your
1:02:47show and hopefully some extra eyes will
1:02:49come to it.
1:02:50>> Appreciate that.
1:02:51>> And uh get on board with the Steelers
1:02:53this year cuz uh it's going to be a fun
1:02:56last ride.
1:02:57>> We'll see. Maybe there's another year.
1:02:59>> Oh, don't do [laughter] that. Don't do
1:03:01that to him again.
1:03:02>> Don't do it. No more bongos. [laughter]
1:03:06>> Can we at least get an Enigma part two?
1:03:08>> Oh, no. [clears throat]
1:03:09>> I want you to do one. I want you to do
1:03:10one. You should do one. Your last
1:03:11season. We'll take it down to the
1:03:13jungle.
1:03:14>> Show. Bring the show. Can we all go? I
1:03:16would love that.
1:03:18>> Take people out.
1:03:19>> You You laugh a lot. If I could have one
1:03:22wish, God, please in this world, great
1:03:25spirit, whoever's up there. I just I
1:03:29want Cam to experience one night of a
1:03:32and then put some bongos in front of
1:03:34him. When you're on, you can't help but
1:03:36play the bongos. You're so excited.
1:03:38[laughter] Bongos are fun and they're
1:03:39just they're kind of a rudimentary. Like
1:03:41there's not a whole lot going on. Sounds
1:03:42like variance of sound is just very
1:03:44little between the different parts of
1:03:45the bongo. But when you're playing those
1:03:47things and you've had a little medicine,
1:03:49oh my god, you think you're the greatest
1:03:51drummer in the history of the world,
1:03:53there's not anything more fun in your
1:03:55mind. Like you look at my pictures,
1:03:56there's any how could there be anything
1:03:57more fun in this moment right now than
1:03:59playing a bunkas
1:04:00>> in front of a headless guitarist.
1:04:01[laughter]
1:04:03Headless guitar.
1:04:04>> Full circle.
1:04:06>> All right. I I'll I don't know.
1:04:08>> Next year. Hi, Wasa. We're going with
1:04:10it.
1:04:10>> Wow. I'll set you guys up. Sounds good.
1:04:12>> You have to come.
1:04:13>> We're doing it.
1:04:13>> You have to go out and join us.
1:04:15>> We're doing it.
1:04:16>> Let's see. You got bongos.
1:04:17>> We'll get We'll make sure we got bongos.
1:04:19>> We got plenty of bongos.
1:04:20>> Yeah, we will.
1:04:21>> All right, Aaron, I want to say thank
1:04:22you so much for coming on. It's been a
1:04:23pleasure. Um there's not much more I can
1:04:26say right now. Love to do this later.
1:04:28>> Mhm.
1:04:28>> After we win the Super Bowl.
1:04:29>> Okay.
1:04:30>> All right.
1:04:30>> After we win it.
1:04:31>> After we win it.
1:04:32>> Definitely not doing this on ESPN.
1:04:35[laughter]
1:04:36>> No.
1:04:36>> And that's how And that's how we ended
1:04:38right there. All right. Thank you so
1:04:40much for listening to the pod. Like and
1:04:41subscribe and we'll see you next time.
1:04:46[music]
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