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Luke Kuechly deciding to retire out of nowhere literally out of nowhere via social media video at the age of 28. This guy made 7 Pro bowls out of eight seasons that he played in the NFL. I think he has a run of all Pros as well. He's a guy that I got to meet at the Pro Bowl that was so interesting to me because he's like Clark Kent. That's the guy. Yeah. He's like Clark Kent you see him off the field. He has glasses on he's very quiet. What? Shakes your hand. Hi. How's it going? Very nice to meet you. I'm like Luke nice to meet you as well want the Boston College obviously has an incredibly big brain and then when he gets on the field, he flips a switch and becomes an absolute Maniac calling out the other teams play before they can even call It Go on sideline to sideline freak athlete the ability to will his team to victories once again, and after again, I mean, he was just a lightning rod on the football field a second coming of Urlacher and all these other linebackers that you learn to love growing up in football Luke. Kuechly was just a very very special football player now at the age of 28, he has decided to retire young he's made 50 plus million dollars already. Well congrats to Uncle Sam making 23 probably billion dollars out of that. So he has over 25 million dollars in the bank account that he is I assume saved and done proper things with because he's a business marketing degree from Boston College, which is not an easy school. And while I was watching and listening to his retirement video. Put out there, which I'm assuming by the way after we've gotten to know Luke Kuechly a little bit. We did some stuff with them at the Super Bowl and I'm at the Pro Bowl. I think he was in that room probably alone with that camera, by the way, he's not a guy who's comfortable or love speaking in front of a camera. He's not a guy that loves a lot of attention. He just loves the football and I think he loves his teammates. So whenever he started speaking and he was talking about how he wanted to retire. I think the part that really got to me was about a minute 30 into this speech. He starts talking about how he still wants to play. But he doesn't feel as if he is fast enough physical enough for whatever to keep up with the guys that are already in the linebacker locker room next to him and I was like heartbreaking to me to see this guy. Who is this Greek god on a football field this man. Who is this? Super Alpha? He almost started breaking down and it's like he had a moment where he realized that he just didn't have it. Like you used to have it now Grand he just made another Pro Bowl. This is a guy who I would assume Matt rule was banking on being a leader in a Even in the locker room for him going forward but in Luke Kuechly his eyes. He didn't think he had it like you once had it and this can be a tough conversation with yourself. A lot of people don't have it. That's why you see a lot of people hang on until the very end. Try to collect as much cash as you possibly can when I retired. There's people in the media telling me that I didn't have any friends because my friends weren't gluing my jersey on me so I can continue to collect cash and till my legs fall off basically is what people said that mindset has been one row. Around for a long time because the NFL is a dream job for a lot of humans those who don't make it to the NFL and always dreamed of being an F L players assume that you should want to stay in the NFL forever. But what people need to know is the to be in the NFL is a privilege not a right for me. I no longer wanted to focus entirely on kicking a football. I wanted to focus on other things and I think the shield deserves people that want to focus entirely on being a professional athlete. I didn't want to focus day-to-day on what would make me a better. Our ball kicker. I wanted to utilize my brain and my time and my efforts to do other things now granted I was staring down a third surgery in 4 years. I didn't exactly love going to work anymore due to the general manager that was there for the years before I was there but ultimately at the end I didn't want to do in sacrifice my time in life to make sure that I would still be good at my job. When I was listening to Luke Kuechly speaking that video it sounded like to me it was a guy that was obviously didn't love the thought that he didn't have it anymore, but Also, it sounded like a guy who was potentially excited to turn his efforts elsewhere. It sounded like a guy who didn't want to have to commit his entire life to being great again because as you get older and this is what's so impressive about Tom Brady. This is what's so impressive about Adam Vinatieri. This is what's so impressive about the people Aaron Rodgers that get older and older and Drew Brees and can stay at that high level is the amount of commitment that you have to maintain to not only stay physically shape mentally sharp, but that Competitive Edge that has to keep you waiting. Every morning wanting to get better is something that not everybody can maintain and keep having I'm very thankful for Luke Kuechly for what he did on the football field and what he did for the NFL was great things. I was very excited to watch him play every time he got on there and I'm also very happy and thankful for him. If he is found complete piece in there. He said he still wanted to play so there will always be that lure of will Luke Kuechly come back. Will he missed the banging from training camp or the camaraderie with the guys which I would assume is potentially going to Happen a lot of people are going to talk about that just like Gronk alluded to when Gronk tweeted. So when you coming back because as soon as Gronk retired, he had an emotional press conference about how beat up his body was and how happy was to go forward and all anybody kept saying was old drunks coming back wrongs coming back girls coming back. Well, maybe just like me maybe just like drunk maybe Luke Kuechly got to the point where he started thinking. You know what I want to enjoy my life outside of football and focus on other things other than hitting people in dissecting offenses, and if that's the case, I'm incredibly happy. Luke Kuechly and I hope he enjoys the hell out of his retirement. Yeah, when I was watching I thought he was gonna pull a Wolf of Wall Street like halfway through like, you know what I'm not leaving that's like a minute leave it a minute 30 in it seemed like there was a quite a turn for the first minute. He was very calm cool collected and then about a I think it was like a minute 30 and he goes I still want to play. Yeah, and it was like almost like that moment and I even got emotional I retired on Comedy Central to join Barstool. And it was Super Bowl week, but I typed up something for my Twitter which is where basically any person that really, you know knew anything about me was through my Twitter and while I was typing it up. I got emotional in the middle of it because the game of football is such an awesome one like a Luke Kuechly said I still want to be involved in football. You got a lot of people that even though they choose to retire early doesn't mean they don't love football. It just means they want to spend their time potentially doing something else and I would assume that Luke Kuechly will still remain around football a guy. That's smart. We His brain is still utilized in the football World. He's missed 7 games. I think with three diagnosed concussions or something like that. You have to think that that probably will was a part of the conversation but I'm happy for Luke hopefully finding Solace and it did feel like about halfway through that video that he was potentially just going to be like at turn to camera but good for him. I'm happy for him. And now he gives a chance to somebody else to step up and make it play in just like the NFL has done since the beginning of time. It'll continue to grow and evolve in Luke Kuechly. We now is going to experience life post-football which I have found to be a damn good time. I think that's what so admirable to is. Like if you're just like an average NFL fan or Watcher like you would assume like in this guy still got it. He's still one of the best linebackers. So for him to like have the courage to be like, yeah. I just don't I'm not the player. I used to be I can't do that to my teammates. Like that's that's crazy. That's why I was so surprising to me. Well, I think that's the so a lot of people saw me tweet a lot right whenever I was towards the end of my career tweet tweet tweet but every My wake up every decision. I made everything I did. I mean, I don't really drink much anymore. I didn't drink them. Every decision. I made I was like is this going to make me kick a ball better? You know, like is this going to make me kick a ball better? I almost felt like I was being in this sounds don't take this for how serious it could be, but it felt as if I was being held hostage by a profession, right and I was getting paid very very well very very grossly overpaid for what I was doing. But every single decision I made was like, okay is this going to make me kick a ball better is this Gonna make me go out onto a field after our offense fails and kick a ball better every single decision. I made even in June even in April even every single thing you did every single day revolves around that for me whenever I retired it was nice for my brain to just be able to think like, okay. I don't have to just focus in on this one job that deserves a hundred percent of your attention by the way being in the NFL deserves 100% of your attention. And I think that's the thing that I slowly realized as I got older and more mature was like the NFL is the best league on planet Earth it. People to be a hundred percent committed to it and I no longer wanted to be a hundred percent committed to kicking a ball. So I got out. I think Luke fellows that same way like the NFL is a place for elite athletes and even if he's being hard on himself, which I think Luke could probably still play for another 10 years. Luke Kuechly can hang on and play somewhere for notes in it. Not even hang on Luke Kuechly could Thrive somewhere for another 10 years. But if he's gotten to the point where he's like listen this league deserves somebody that is at a better level than I am at right now. This league deserves somebody that wants to focus on this more than I do right now. I think that's it. Admirable and I'm very happy for what we see Luke Kuechly back. That's the question. Everybody's going to ask if there's probably odd somewhere right now. I'm gonna assume not because he's got a big brain. He was able to dissect plays you want the Boston College and I hope he's happy with that because in that video didn't feel as if he was all a hundred percent all in on every time if and now if you look going forward, there's a chance mat roll comes in and you're losing the three phases of the franchise for the last your lose gonna lose Kuechly. Probably Greg Olsen high probability of retiring as well. And then Cam Newton could be out too. Could be as a clean swipe Clean Slate for the Carolina Panthers Carolina Panthers could be brand new but they got seven years to do it in 60 seconds to do that with format rule. Not not literally but but you're right dome at rolling out signs. Joe Brady is offense coordinator who I thought would get a lot more looks you know, because the trend Kliff Kingsbury gets a gig Matt Le Flore gets a gig John McVay gets a gig these young brilliant offensive-minded guys from whether college or the NFL are getting his head coaching job. Brady who made Joe burrow the most impressive quarterback in the history of college football that that is not just saying like hey, there's Joe Borough guy is the most impressed with I've ever seen. No that's real highest completion percentage. Most touchdowns most effective offense in the SEC history. I mean this Joe Brady guy single handily came in and learned. Jobber. Oh 40 million dollars. I mean, I mean, it's just and you would think with the world and way the NFL is That you would want this because they ran a little RPO as well. The way the NFL is trending you would have thought that Jill Brady would have gotten a lot more looks and he was his name wasn't even mentioned for things and I think Matt rule was sitting back looking at this whole thing. He was like Cleveland Browns aren't going to interview. This guy Giants aren't going to talk to this guy. They're not they're not even Cowboys aren't going to look at this guy. He's like that sounds good to me 30 year old guy who just flipped the SEC on its frickin head. I'll bring him into Carolina, which I think does mean by the way that the probably to get new quarterback. I think if you unless I might be able to do some real good things with Cam Newton. I mean, I mean that is a decision that's going to have to be made and I don't think they're all out on Cam Newton, but I do know that if they do release Cam Newton, they get 19 million more dollars for a team that looks like they're going to have seven years in a patient owner to build. However, you want to build Cam Newton can't play for another seven years. Is he the guy the future? I don't know. We're going to find out I think this job ready higher was a good one, but now Matt rule has to figure out who's gonna be the leader of his defense. How do you replace a Ben All-Pro, how do you replace a perennial pro bowler who not only is fast and freakish physically, but mentally the guy can line everybody up and he can tell exactly what it is. That's going to be tough from a Troll. He's got a lot of money in a lot of task in front of them Christian McCaffrey is really the only constant that he has when do you think Matt rule do you think he had any inkling of this when he first got the job or is this the kind of thing where like he would have found out yesterday that Luke Kuechly was retiring. I have no idea. I have no clue how that will goes. The fact that looky. We did it the way he did. It was very surprising to me too. Because Luke Kuechly he's got it does not love being on a camera. We got a chance to do some stuff for them at the last Super Bowl. And by the way, he's just as impressive off the field as he is on the field gentlemen, I think he listed off every single player in the NFC south or something, right? Yep, like the entire every starters both ways. Yeah and the NFC South it when we were with him. I mean, he's just a super Brainiac that I did not expect to come through a social media video his retirement. I respect that he did by the way because he got to control his own narrative he got Chance to go on his own terms do it his own way, but I'm not sure I assume out rule learned within the last day or so, but if you tell Matt rule you assume somebody else in the room will know and then they leaked it. This was not leaked by anybody schefter all the people who know everything we're surprised by this video, which is why I'm so impressed by I think that role probably learned about it. Just within the last 24 hours. Yeah, and he's definitely disappointing because even if Kuechly admits that he's lost a step or he's not the same player that he was he still makes up with that by getting every single other player on that defense in the right. Lace and making the right checks and he's smart enough that even if he has lost a step. It doesn't matter because he knows where the ball is going most of the time and all those NFL top 100 videos your other players talk about other players. I did it like six days after surgery one time and I was on like 45 to 50 painkillers and I didn't remember any of it until it aired I was like, oh I slaughtered on that. I was really good but listening to players talk about Luke Kuechly you listen to other offensive lineman talk about playing against Luke Kuechly. And there they all say like we're in our setting this guy's telling us basically what our check is about to be. Well, how do you know that? We're not doing that and then the conversation Luke would like look at them be like, yeah, you are - he's the type of player. He was right and he said he wanted to be known as a guy who was like physical fast and tough I believe but I think his biggest thing was he was smarter than everybody. So those were the four contributing factors and I would assume all four of those are things that he would like to keep intact. He said he didn't have it as much as he thought he once did he said that linebacker room is a good one. I feel like he almost I felt bad for taking the spot of somebody else whenever he wasn't at his hundred percent that he might have been a couple years ago, but his what 90% or whatever he thinks he is at right now is still top 5% in all of defensive players. Yeah, which I think the NFL and NFL fan should be very thankful that we got to see Luke Kuechly. I think a lot of people are gonna be disappointed that we won't see more of them. But if he's happy I'm happy and he's accrued over 50 million dollars in his career. He has a big old brain and if he can utilize that to focus on something other than dissecting offenses and Working out and running his head into people. I think we should be very happy for do you think this is potentially marshawn's felt like like Luke was on the edge and then Marshall like take care of your chicken and your mentals and Luke was like all you right by like chicken is money. Mmm. What do you think? Children? I don't know. I couldn't figure it out. Take care of your chicken here your meat baby chicks. Yeah. Yeah dicks that would have been children here. Take care of your mentals. Take care of your chicken and he got by the way, Marshawn old whites. Classic old white. It's said that he was you know, speaking ridiculous or whatever. If you listen to what he was saying is one of the smartest things that an ex-player has said, he's like listen, I've been on the other side. We got people that are losing their lives. Like what Marshall on did was very Noble up there now granted he did it strictly because he didn't want to talk to any of the humans that were bashing him to what he was saying, which I respect even more but it is real like I think a lot of us and I'm even feeling this more and more trying to work deals for nflpa and NFL lumps. I am active right now and trying to make sure we can get some money from companies for NFL alumni for other people to continue to make money because I'm not a hundred percent sure that the nflpa does what they probably should do which is take care of, you know, the legends of the game the people that built the game and now I am somebody who is not saying like oh back in the day those guys did they did though in a lot of those guys haven't been taken care of so whenever Marshawn steps up and he says listen a lot of these players. Weren't taught how to manage millions of dollars. A lot of people weren't taught like Hey whenever you get $100,000 all those things you've dreamed of owning in your entire life that you can now afford. A lot of people weren't taught that discipline with their finances. So whenever you hear the stat like 80% of NFL players or 80% of professional athletes will go broke just a couple years after they retire and everybody's an idiot like blah blah blah. It's like have you ever just been handed a million dollars and said, hey, I know you used to sleep on the floor, and I know you used to eat. Oodles and noodles and used to do all these things for your entire life and everything you've ever wanted is now at your fingertips, but you should be disciplined with your money and it's like yeah, it's a lot easier said than done my friend and I think that type of thing that happens happens to a lot of players and I think Marshawn taking the initiative to talk about that is cool, but I'm not a hundred percent. Sure Luke Kuechly is directly because of mashing the think about something about that did Marshawn Lynch Hall of Famer in his own, right? Talk looky did Marshawn Lynch from the town? Okay. Okay the Town Town business. Did he convince a Boston College grad that he needs to take care of his chicken and retire and if he did that's why football is the most beautiful game on earth people from two polar opposite parts of the world can come together for an agreement and understanding in for one common goal and that's the betterment of the future that's like Aaron Aaron Rodgers and Marshawn Lynch after the game. Go and taking their own special moment Exchange in jerseys. They are on Cal. They're both Cal teammates together two, very different evidence. That's why football is the greatest sport on Earth. By the way, mat roll said this in his press conference Carolina Panthers. It's real you walk into a locker room. You are a short little dumpy guy. Oh, he's the kicker. Okay, you got a six foot six guy who shredded who's 265 pounds? Oh, that's a defensive end. That guy is from there. You got a guy from Compton. You got a guy from Bel-Air. You got people from all over the place coming together for one common goal. That is why football is the most beautiful game on Earth because of that and I think that is what people mess whenever they retire is that camaraderie with people that are very different than you being able to come together for one goal and being able to make it happen. That'll probably be what Luke Kuechly misses the most if I had to guess massive baseball Scandal happening right now with signs being stolen via video taping and cameras in in Batson garbage cans and yelling and Souls all this stuff and I only played baseball one time in my life it was professionally so anytime. I have a question about baseball and it's ethics and rules. I call a guy who's a friend of mine Indiana base guy Cincinnati Reds Gold Glove winning catcher Tucker handsome Barnard Tucker, what's going on man? Hey happy to see rehabs going. Well, by the way, you posted a video of you hitting the hell out of a baseball fatigue happy to see it. Thank you, brother. I appreciate that. So good. How are you? What happened? What did you hurt? I came back at the end of the year. So I was I finished your healthy, but I think I thought you had to have abs to pull them pulled an AB and an oblique but I finished the are healthy served thing was good, but it hurt like hell that's for sure. I couldn't fathom. I'm excited to see you back. Obviously. We are Reds fans here last year was tough and you guys gave us nothing to cheer for I assume this year will be different Tucker. I soon as yeah, we made a lot of we've made a lot of Acquisitions this offseason to have that are proven to be That are going to help us Is that real Is that real? Yeah. Yeah, it's real we've signed a couple guys on a guy out of Straight Outta Japan. It was a five-time All-Star over there sign a guy named Mike Moustakas is really going to help us out. Let's go right. Let's get past that last time I talked with you about the baseball is being a little bit easier to hit. It feels like that made waves and then now everybody's talking about it. That was a couple of years ago now whenever I have a question about anything in This world. You're like a generational baseball player data think he said baby. I mean you like you've been living in this world. So now Alex Cora is this guy who is formerly of the Boston Red Sox in Boston. Just so happens to be attached to this. I don't know why with everything like that. He was at the Astros whenever he was the assistant the bench coach the assistant coach of the Astros the Astros broke basically every single hitting record that you could possibly break at home. He gets a job. He they win a World Series he gets a job in Boston. They do the Thing up there then all of a sudden a picture comes out says all their recording a podcast or says it. Is this something that is understood that happens or is this like what is your take on this as a guy who's a catcher in your exact fingers are probably on some of these cameras out there. What is this in the state of the game? Well for me, it has been happening forever. I think sign stealing looking for tells I mean happens if every sport. I mean you play in the NFL. I'm sure you watch films obviously. I mean you watch film you. See guys on the quarterbacks on the sideline looking at iPads seeing pictures like real time Real Time pictures. It happens in every sport. And so I kind of don't understand it. And My worry is baseball has all these Unwritten rules. You hear you hear guys say, well you he's not supposed to do that. Well, it's not by the letter of the law. It's not a rule necessarily and so like in preparation for this article or for this interview. I did a little research and I read a couple articles. And nowhere that I found was anything that was being done at that time. It wasn't necessarily against any rules was it frowned upon maybe however from a catcher's perspective. We do things from inning to inning we change signs you you set up later before the pitch is getting ready to be thrown to you to combat that so anytime like a guys on second base you have assigned sequence it may it is intricate as the The the one which normally means fastball doesn't mean a fastball and then you sequence it in a number of signs to try and hide it things like that. I mean you do things to combat those things you look for tells from the other team that make it appear. Like they're giving signs to their hitters the that it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I are you saying this is are you saying you think this is kind of getting blown out of proportion and this is something that you as a catcher who is the person who signals are being Sign basically understands that there is the potential of this happening and it's your job. It's on you and the Pitcher to make sure that this doesn't benefit the other team no question. No question. I think I would be willing to bet that when Mike fires said what he said that he wasn't a didn't think it would get to where it's at. Now. I mean guys are losing their jobs guys are potentially getting blackballed from baseball with with all of this stuff that's going on and if it's pretty black and white for me if they were breaking a rule I get It if they were breaking an Unwritten rule, I don't understand it because I mean in any in any Walk of Life you look for an advantage if they if I have a unique position because I'm in a situation as being a catcher that that I do things to combat sign stealing but also from a hitter's perspective. I would love to know what's coming. I mean it makes my it makes my job a hell of a lot easier to hit if I know what pitch is coming and so if a picture is blatantly giving me if he if he's in the wind up and it's his blatant. His hands go over his head when he throws a fastball and His Hands don't go over his head when he throws a breaking ball. I'm going to take advantage of that. And so where's everybody else that's on that's on our team. So I that to me is what I don't get I don't get that that if if a guy was showing that he was throwing a changeup and and I mean it's been happening forever if you played Little League, I have a plan I think people are assuming because now is this something you're going to have to change knowing that there is a chance that there is a camera should Now they said now I don't know enough about baseball to really ask the right questions here, but they said there was a camera being shot from center field at the catcher. They would then go into a room to see what the catcher was doing. And then they would bang on garbage cans and whistle and stuff for what the picture is doing as a catcher now. I'm just I've never played catch. I've only played right field professionally, but if I was a catcher and I heard this type of stuff happening, isn't that something that would also make me tip you off like, oh they're giving a little bit of this or they're giving a little bit of that. Something I got and is the fact that they had a live feed going on is what they're blowing up about or is that something that maybe you know is happening. They are the live feed is the issue. I believe however the rule of not being able to have I think they changed where you can have cameras. They changed that going into last season. And so all of this was happening happened in 2017 when there wasn't a rule where you could or couldn't have cameras. So for me. Me it's a little it's really kind of it's odd to me. I don't again, I hate you hate. I don't get it you hate it. I do I think it sucks. I really do. I think it sucks because Guy outed his teammates that he benefited from and I just think that I think it sucks. Imagine if you're a catcher though and you hear an entire Dugout like and you're just sitting there like what is that? Are you guys? Use me, I think there's something going it. That's the thing about baseball though that I think a lot of people appreciate especially Baseball fans is like the game Riley like there's a game inside of a game that's happening. Whether it's the umpires Strike Zone whether it's like a little bit more grip on the thing or the ball or anything like that. There's always like these little games inside a baseball. When a lot of people from the 30,000 foot view. You see you're like, okay, it's picture first batter and then there's nine innings, but there's all these little things trying to get this little advantage and he's a hundred and ninety seven. 7,000 games that you have. It's almost like a part of the sport. Is that what you're saying as opposed to these Unwritten rules being broken? So almost like these types of things are part of the sport and it's what makes the sport even better. I agree. I it's things. I mean, it's things that have been happening for 50 years. I mean, it's just guys like I played with some guys that played with the Dodge it was Chase Utley on the Dodgers towards the end of his career and are hitting coach said last year that chase. His job when he wasn't playing he would just look for the picture to see if he could pick up anything to decipher. What pizza was coming. I mean that was just basically his job with the Dodgers. Like I said when he wasn't playing so it's just thinking things like that and he had gotten that from guys that he had played with with coming up through the minor leagues and an early on in his career in Philadelphia and I just it's something that's gone on forever. Now again, if they were breaking a rule if there was something in place that said, Is this the live feed couldn't be directly to a camera in the video room or in the batting cage or anything like that? Then I completely understand it. But however if there was no rule in place about the live feed like you said or anything like that then I just don't I just don't understand it. All right. Well, that's my opinion from here on out there. Yeah. Yeah, I do and I agree with what you're saying Tucker to about like the unwritten rules in this stuff going on. But like does it change your mind at all when you see like Houston's home in a way splits like the stats like that? They were basically unbeatable at home at points during the postseason. I mean like they're you know, they're batting average and I get home field advantage being something that's very real. But you know, they're batting like 80 points higher a lot more homers a lot more extra-base hits scoring a lot more runs. Like does that change your opinion on it at all? It doesn't say changed my opinion on it. I think like from like a catcher's standpoint and from like a Scouting Report standpoint. We look at things like that. And so there everybody knows who is who are the teams that give signs whether it be first base coach or third base coach does something that the hitter can see or if it's a runner on second base giving a location to a hitter or things like that or you know your pictures that get in trouble and tip their pitches sometimes and so you it's just something you have to take extra precautions. I mean and it's pretty obvious now thinking back like Brian McCann when he was catching for the Astros and 17 in the World Series. Everybody was talking about how many visits they made to the Mount they They hated it. I hated it, but he was going and every time he would go he would say he was going to combat the other team from stealing signs and they were change up the signs of do things like that. I mean there are things now that happened the Cardinals come to mind. They have a card in their back pocket that Yadier Molina will go like this behind the plate and he'll hold up like a number to number 5 number for whatever it is and the Pitcher will pull a card out of his back pocket. Look at the card signed sequence number four and they change the signs and it's Crazy, it's like a football. It's like a quarter because it is it is and it's just there's things there's things done now to combat that and so it doesn't necessarily change request doesn't really change my mind. It just makes it more obvious that there were able to do something at home. They were all able to give signs and again to me it's very black and white if it was against the rules then then it I hate it. But if it was just a competitive advantage that they were using or an Unwritten rule then I think it's just part of the game Gold Glove winner. Starting catcher for the Cincinnati Reds coming off a rehab it's reg going to be good this year excited for that Indiana native and Legend. 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What are we doing getting after it over there a little bit. I'm just on a little bike ride. Just a little warm up in the morning get it going get the body stand up. Oh my God, you do that every single day. Do you do some form of? Yo every single day. No, I actually hate cardio. I despise it unless I'm like playing in some basketball league or something like that, but I'll get all my mountain bike every once in a while. I live in a great area where there's a lot of natural paths all around so I can get on those and get a little get a little something in can't get the body lubed up as you know playing this game for a long time you get into a consistent kind of mode as far as Working out and that's important to me because it's more more than anything. It's not so much the physical benefits is it is the mental benefits just getting out there and get my blood going and getting a pump on I like to get into the gym though. I'll get into the gym five days a week and just kind of try to stay active. I love that your Meathead. I need to get back. I need to get back into that Jeff. I need to give my I am so fat right now this last four months. I'm 260 pounds right now Jeff. I'm potentially gonna die of cholesterol or heart attack at any given time. I need to get back. Back into it. Yeah, man, you got to take care of yourself. Come on, man. Get out after it, dude. Hey, I know better than that Jeff. I don't mind. All right, let's get to this weekend. Shall we San Francisco 49ers are back on top of the world hosting the NFC Championship up there in Santa Clara George. Kiddo you Jimmy G that run game the defense is seems to be back Richard Sherman can dissect everything. It feels like do the Packers have a chance going in there. And how do you see the game playing out? Well, you know just Anybody they have a chance, I mean, obviously this league this game comes down to one game Aaron Rodgers Aaron Jones that offensive group that they have their they're talented enough to put points on the board now going back seven eight weeks when the Niners played them on Monday night. They completely dismantled Green Bay really took everything away from them from a defensive standpoint and what Aaron and the offense could do. I mean they were stagnant. It and you know, I look at the Niners right now. They're just coming together at the perfect time. They at they got healed up. They got some of their guys key guys Deford Tchaikovsky tart Quan Alexander on the defensive side when they were playing top-notch defensive football. That was the first eight weeks of the season. They were one of the best in the NFL then they kind of fell off. They had a few injuries. They kind of fell off a little bit people started to expose sir. Things about them but now getting some of those key ingredients back along with what they have with Bosa and Armstead and Buckner inside. I mean, this is a group that just plays extremely great team football on defense and then when you look at their offensive side of the ball with George Kittle at tide and some of the guys that they have stepping up now Devo Samuels Emmanuel Sanders those guys at the wide receiver position and then the three headed monster of running backs with moster and Coleman and breeding AA and Jimmy G. Just making good decisions. They're really Built Well and Built Well to be good for the next not just year this year but years to come but this should be a great matchup. I mean Aaron's been here before he's obviously LED that team to a Super Bowl title before they're very capable of coming in and putting a great game plan together and a great game and these are two coaches that know each other Kyle Shanahan and and the fluorine base head coach. Yeah, they were together in Washington. So they have Already with each other and it should be a great game. So I never knew his name before he was hired. It's all right, I struggle with everybody's names that I think you just did an incredible job breaking down that game. What do you think John Lynch? Why do you think let me change that question? Why do you think John Lynch has had such success building up this roster what you just said. They're also I think they're contractually in a good spot for a few years as well. They have a quarterback that they've paid and they've still been able to put together a good team. Why do you think John Lynch has had such good success at the GM position, I think. You know Pat oftentimes those GM's are guys that have never played the game of football. They don't know what it's like to be in a locker room. You get a guy like John Lynch who's been a Super Bowl champion who's been on the ballot for the Hall of Fame who was such a an elite pro for his entire career with the defensive mindset. As you know, as you've seen in the past teams that are built strong on the defensive side of the ball. You look at Denver a few years ago when they played Carolina, it wasn't Peyton Manning's offense. That was leading that team. Was a defensive football team that was really making that team outstanding prior teams of that the Ravens different situations where defensive football overpowers great offensive football. And I think when they started building this team, they really focused on getting that Foundation of a defense that defensive line that that area that could put pressure on a quarterback that could stop the run game and they've just done such a great job. I think with John Lynch a guy who has played the game for so many Many years has such great experience who's an intellectual guy as it is from studying the game and understanding the chemistry of a team and how important it is to put those pieces to the puzzle together that really fit. Well that gel well together. They've done a great job of doing that they've weeded out some of the negativity they pushed it to the side not allow it to become a disease from within the locker room and just their talent and what they've been able to see from the i&d Bose. Mills in the second round. I mean you can talk about the receiver from Seattle has been a steal but Debo Samuels is turned out to be a great find in the second round for the 49ers. Just what he can do is versatility not only as a wide receiver, but as a running back in the backfield what he can do when he gets the ball in his hands has been exciting. So you look at just the things they've done over the last couple of years. They've really built the team up strong on the defensive side with a lot of good young talent and then they put some good pieces in place that and look at George kid'll they lucked out on that one. Look at a guy that they got in the later rounds to just be the Beast that he is on the field the energy that he brings. It's awesome. Well, you need to look out everyone song was later round picks, but also your culture creates that and I think that's something that's a San Francisco culture. The Niners culture is a great one and Debo best name I've ever heard but also he is fit in very well there and I think Jimmy G. Everybody says people are game managers. I think he's a great quarterback and I think going into last year. There was a lot of hype on them. They obviously didn't work out because Jimmy got hurt this year not as much now, they're kind of off and running can't wait to watch him take on the Packers. Love Aaron Rodgers going to be a good game Let's flip over the AFC. How do you say I guess the Texans had the answer for the Chiefs and it was score early have them make some special teams mistakes take advantage of them their UP24 zip and then Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid with his beautiful mind in all of those weapons on that offense. They could have scored a hundred if they would have played for good quarters, and I don't know how you stop that. How do you stop that? Jeff and are the Titans the team to do it. I know it was amazing man to watch that game play out to sea Houston go up 24 0 but know that it's like they were up twenty four two zero, but you knew that Kansas City wasn't out. Yeah, I mean, you know, they had a couple incompletions on third down that would have extended drives and those turned into like nightmarish opportu situation that got the blocked punt for a touchdown then they had the fumbled punt that gave a short field a Houston. New is just a matter of time. But how quickly they were able to turn it around to score 21 points within four minutes to go up at half-time 2824. You knew at that point that Houston had no answer coming into the second half. And and how do you stop those guys in Kansas City? I mean, I was just trying to think about that earlier today. They have such great weapons, but Patrick Mahomes. It's like he has an open receiver every single play. I don't know how you stop this group. Group of talent what they're able to do with their running backs out of the backfield how Patrick's able to extend time by time when he needs to he's great and calm within the pocket but he's also the best when he's outside of the pocket what he's able to do with his legs and his arm outside. The pocket is is unbelievable. And you know, you look at what what sort of team can stop this team. First of all the best The best defense to Patrick Mahomes is keeping him on the sidelines exactly. And so when you look at how Tennessee is built with that run game with Henry and what they're able to do physically in moving canes and hopefully ball control will play in their favor. That's really the only way that I could see a team being able to match up with Kansas City now not enough I think attention has been put on what Tennessee can do on the defense side. All they have beat Kansas City earlier in the season in Tennessee. I don't recall exactly what the situation was whether Mahomes was playing in that game or not. But hey proven themselves that they can play with this team and I think going into this game with the confidence that they've built up over the last two weeks with big-time wins in New England in Baltimore. I mean, are you picking the Titans are playing with a chip on their shoulder you pick up the top team to play right now with the chip on your shoulder. You just picked the Titans. Is that what you just did just pursue I didn't pick the tight. All right, Jeff. Get back to your workout. I can't thank you enough for joining us. Every time you come on here. I learn and I'm intrigued by your conversation. You're very good man. Appreciate it man ate all the best to you. Maybe we'll see you in Super Bowl time. You got it. Ladies and gentlemen, Jeff Garcia. I appreciate you man. Hello. Sorry for the interruption. I just wanna let you know that right now there is Thing that is just as scoop that you put in a water bottle and it gives you all the vitamins minerals and nutrients that you need for an entire damn day. Your body's nutritional needs changed your distress travel sleep patterns exercise the imperfect diet, whatever the hell you have going on and even if you have a balanced healthy diet, it can be tough to cover all of your nutritional basis. 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What does it for as a friend if I pee are you doing media run right now? Yep, nflpa, we've got the Collegiate bowls out here and just checking things out. All right before we get to the Saints because you've been there for 10 years steadfast the guy who's been an All-Pro for the Saints third disappointing loss for an incredible season before we talk to that just because you're at the nflpa stuff out there. The new CBA is up right now. There was conversations like a month and a half ago that a deal is going to be done early somehow which I was very surprised about because there's billions of dollars at stake and that could optically look bad for either side. Whoever loses. How are those conversations going and what are some differences that people are going to maybe learn about with this CBA coming out for the new one? Well, I'm on the executive committee. So I can't really talk about any of that where we have your boys in Oteri's on that as well. And you know, it's an exciting time for sure, you know, it's a different climate than it was nine years ago for the old CBA. So hopefully we'll be able to make some moves in the right direction. For that are going to help every player you say different climate. Does that mean it's been a lot more positive conversations as if we're business partners as opposed to going to war with each other or is that what you're saying? Yeah, I would still pay for sure that it's been an amicable and that you know, it seems like it's in everybody's best interest to at least give it a shot. And so that's exciting is the conversation behind closed doors both by the nflpa and the NFL that the lockout is something that was not good for both sides. I think that's your opinion and everybody has it's different. So I just think the climate right now is in a place that you know, I think there's a lot of there's a lot of positive reasons to at least have everybody intend to try to get something done. And you know, what kind of see how it shakes out? Okay, perfect. Let's get back to the football now New Orleans Saints have another incredible year home playoff loss happens yet again. I mean when I say heartbroken, I mean heart broke. For Saints and Saints fans, and you as a friend first the Minneapolis Miracle obviously happens you end up lining up a d tackle for an extra point after that. You looked great there. Then there's the Phantom pass interference. And then there's this overtime loss for Drew Brees doesn't even get a chance to get back on the field which obviously Spurs a lot of conversation. What is this state of the New Orleans Saints in your mind? Because every year you guys have this incredible team and then you're just so close to making another run like you did beating us for the Super Bowl. What is the state of the New Orleans? St. You think I would say its outstanding. I think New Orleans 15 20 years ago was not seen as an elite organization may be a bit of a laughing stock and I think with Drew and Sean and Mickey Loomis rgm, there's just been such an incredible level of stability and sustained excellence and you know, it's it doesn't make it easy to ever lose in the playoffs because you know, those are Trinity's are not guaranteed. But as far as your organization goes man, it's just so stable. I think they do things right from the top down and that gives you a chance every year. I'm really happy that you're just incredible onside kick at halftime that buried our Super Bowl is what could really kick off this entire run for the Saints. There was a entire article written about Ambush and how impressive of an onside kick that was and I said for you to be a rookie to be able to pull that kickoff on the grandest a the biggest stage that there possibly could be was so much precision and everything like that. It was it would probably the most impressive kick I've ever seen at literally the most impressive kick I've ever seen anything. I appreciate I was just glad and weren't wearing white pants at the exact you think Drew Brees has more in the tank or everybody the conversation about Drew Brees is always been he's trying to get another one you get close. He's trying to get another one and get closer trying to get another one. He wasn't on the NFL all 100 team. It was complete farce. He has every record you could possibly have he has a Super Bowl ring. What do you see Drew Brees having more in the tank and coming back for another run at this thing? Yeah, look, I didn't see him not being back next year. He loves the game so much and he loves this team and at the end of the day, he's a competitor and he just wants to go after it and every time he doesn't get an Accolade that he deserves her that I think he deserves it's good for him man. He plays best of the chip on the shoulder is done that his whole life. And so I kind of you know, it's always a good thing whenever he got he's a little underappreciated because then Thank you, take things personal and he's competitive and he loves to win and I'd expect it back next year Thomas. It feels like a lot of the Great's operate that way Aaron Rodgers everybody now, he'll never say but everybody around them says that I operated that way. I'm not saying I'm Aaron Rodgers but a professional athletes. I feel like people think aren't as Petty as they are. But anytime you have a chance to feel slighted. It's a great way to use as motivation. I'm happy to hear that Drew Brees arguably best quarterback of all time if they're at least in a conversation top three top for of all time. It feels that same way as well. Well, look, I think you can call it petti and I wouldn't describe drew that way, but I think another word maybe is some of the best athletes. I've been around they get salty kind of quick and and so I you know, our kicker will Lots is like that I would joke with them all the time. He's he kind of gets more sensitive about things but he takes it personal and that's why he's so good. He's just he's just a machine, you know, you give back to the punting community and Kicking More than any other punter I've ever seen you taught me how to punt. You've taught a lot of the guys in the NFL currently had upon I think you should get a lot more credit for that than you do by the way. Look, I don't do it for credit. You know, I've always kind of had this life philosophy what you give will grow what you keep you loose and whenever you know some people like hey, man, you're training guys take your job. I just feel like whenever it's time to be done. It'll be time to be done. And it's you're meant to share with what you have and honestly, I'll never forget those two. Two days we spent right after you got drafted up and will Scott's and that was that was good times for sure Thomas Thomas. All right, will you just tell me how to put Hey listen, I just got drafted to punt. I understand. I have a little bit of an ability but to make a paycheck here. I'm going to have to be a little bit better. Is there any way you could tell me how to put in for two days to your credit you 1,000% did and then fast forward. We're in the Super Bowl together. And now I mean I had I was I Second-guessing myself at that point. Wow, the punter of the decade thing comes out, right? You're number two. I'm number one. I think that's wrong. I don't think I should have got it. I think you should have been it but that is the numbers don't lie. Pat numbers don't lie. And I love PFF. They've been shoot. I negotiated my last contract with all their data. So, you know the numbers don't lie and you deserve that man you all you did your whole career was get better. That means a lot and all I did was learn from you. Let's talk about people getting better. Okay, that Niners team they got better last year. They say they stopped because Jimmy G decided to zigged instead of zagged you played in a game against them that was must-see television. Now, they are hosting a playoff game against Green Bay Aaron Rodgers in the NFC Championship. How do you see that one going and who do you give the edge to Thomas? Well, look, I think the stats say the home team's got the edge. I think it's a little Bit of a mind f a little bit with how the game the original game went early in the season with the Packers getting smoked. I think that's that that can be a tough deal for San Fran. I think just it's hard to beat a really good team twice and they become so handling. And so, you know, I think the Packers will obviously figure out a lot of adjustments to make and you know, I think special teams could be huge. You know, JK Scott being out in San Francisco where it's nice weather typically Is that guy a special man? He has special he can be a game changer for them for sure. I don't know you guys punting not leave the ground. Hey, man, you're an athlete and I'm not so I had to find a different way. We're talking about Jake a scarf or punting Insider JK Scott. When he punch you see his plant foot never leaves the ground. It's always right leg Thomas does the same I got another piece for you. I'm JK that I've never seen before his, you know, there's typically a little air time between your drive step and your plant. He almost has both feet on the ground at the same time. I've never seen that before if you go watch that, is that why he was up to? Justin because that little air time there can make your stride a little bit different. Yeah, there's no air time and his legs are like is like a giraffe out there. It's amazing watching Punk. Well, I am I've been corrected. He does not do yoga. He does Pilates which is what you do to so you two are the same exact human being basically, absolutely. All right. That's that's that's for non athletes. Like I said Thomas your freak athlete I appreciate you so Luke Kuechly retires. Okay. Okay, hold on. Hold on NFL PA member NFC South member a guy who you sent me a photo of you and Luke Kuechly having an interaction. I've no idea what it was at a blocked field goal. Yeah, we're blocked field goal. And I thought I'd be able to you know, I was able to kind of get to them but then he decided I think he slowed up at the end just so he can embarrass me. Yeah, definitely my most embarrassing moment as a professional athlete. Yeah, you got the real Thomas their biker gang and I looking at a photo for those who are listening on radio Thomas you've been in the league now 10 years. You're 30 plus years old. You've seen a lot of players come and go Andrew Luck retires young. Everybody talks about Gronk retires young now. Luke Kuechly is retiring before the age of 30. Do you see this being something that is going to continue to happen as players continue to realize that there's opportunities off the field and maybe it's time to give somebody else another chance. I've accrued enough money or what do you think it is or do you think this is just kind of like a case-by-case basis? Okay. I think what the money is in a different realm than it's ever been and it's only continuing to go up and I think you're going to see players that that play positions that are Eclis very difficult to play those guys that you just listed a lot of those guys have gotten beat up a lot whether it's concussions or just getting you know Gronk. He's just getting everybody's best shot every time he caught the ball because he's so dang big and and Andrew got you know, waylaid for years up in Indy and I just, you know, you're going to see guys that are going to start looking around and they're going to say look, I'm healthy right now, and I've still got my wits about me. I've got a ton of money in the What's it worth and you're going to see that if I think the common thing you see there's a lot of Smart Guys you just listed right that are they going to be thinking about things like that. And it's it's only human nature to think like that. It's different when you got no money in the bank account. So I wouldn't be surprised to see that continue completely agree. You're very intelligent man as well. I hope you punt to the wheels fall off there because you're a lot of fun. What's this Juice company your now investor owner a part of having good for you getting business. Well appreciate my main squeeze juice. Company, it's a franchising company down in now Louisiana based in New Orleans, and I actually got into it were interested in it because Marcus Colston was their initial investor and there, you know, I just I started checking my credit card statement every month and I said, okay, I need to find a deal or something here today. And so I got touch with those guys and got to meet their team and they're expanding very rapidly taking over Houston now, Novice expanding in Dallas and get into Florida. We're trying to take over the southeast as quick as possible to erase to real estate and you know, it's just a big passion of mine Health wellness and being able to provide value information and and how certain things help me prolong my career or try to continue to get better in my career passing those along the people that follow me. It's kind of a passion of mine. And so, you know New Orleans isn't exactly known as the health capital of the world. So You know, it's it's it's something I'm passionate about and and it's exciting to be a part of it. Well, I appreciate you so much for joining us. Good luck with main squeeze. What you give will grow is also awesome to grow your hair out and then you cut it and donated. I mean you're a man amongst men. I appreciate the hell out of you. Good luck in those negotiations with the NFL and congrats on continuing to be able to just Slaughter footballs you mad path. I should be on man. Ladies and gentlemen All Pro Super Bowl champion, Tom. Thank you. He taught me how to punt it was a hilarious day. Nice guy, very nice guy completely different human than me completely. I think as like an engineering degree from SMU like very very intelligent super tall his legs come up to like, my boobs is different. It's a very different world between he and I but he like he's one of those guys that's legit. You know, he's legit like you can ask one question will give you a real answers and his professional sports world. That's not always going to happen. You see with backups getting drafted in and the starter not taking care of them because you are literally giving the keys to the state to somebody that's potentially going to knock you out of your house. Literally and Thomas Moore said was a kid in a guy guide this time, I guess but a kid and then I was like man, I don't know why they drafted me to do this Bill Belichick literally told me we think you're athletic enough to figure it out. I'm like, I need to figure it out Thomas. He's like let's go and we did like with like two hours on the field then we want to watch film and then the next day the same thing and just you know, I don't Happen good news men out there looking to shave their balls in a much more safe fashion. 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On today's show, Pat reacts to the shocking news of Luke Kuechly's retirement from the Carolina Panthers after 8 seasons as arguably the best linebacker in the game. Pat reflects on some of the thoughts he had when announcing his retirement and looks back on what will undoubtedly be a Hall of Fame career for Kuechly. Pat and the boys also discuss what comes next for Matt Rhule and the Carolina Panthers as they lose Kuechly and hire LSU passing game coordinator Joe Brady, and what that means for their Quarterback situation and if they are now in a position to trade up to try and draft Joe Burrow. Next, Gold Glove winner and current Catcher of the Cincinnati Reds, Tucker Barnhart stops by to discuss the controversy surrounding the cheating scandal that has rocked the Houston Astros, Boston Red Sox, and the rest of the MLB. Tucker explains why he doesn't necessarily like what is happening with the punishments, gives his take on the whole situation, and explains his opinions on the entire situation, as a guy who is intimately involved with giving signs every game (20:33-31:54). Next, 4x Pro Bowler, Grey Cup Champion, and legend of an NFL Quarterback, Jeff Garcia joins Pat and the boys to discuss the NFL Conference Championships. Jeff gives his thoughts on Green Bay vs. San Francisco, and why he thinks the game will be closer than most people think, and what he sees as the keys to the game are for both the Packers and the 49ers. Jeff also dives into the AFC Championship and explains why it is so hard to stop a guy like Patrick Mahomes, but why a team like the Titans might have the perfect formula for doing so (33:33-44:10). Lastly, Super Bowl Champion, Pro Bowler, All Pro, and current Punter for the New Orleans Saints, Thomas Morestead joins the show live from LA. Thomas and Pat discuss where things are currently at with the NFLPA discussions and if he thinks things are moving in the right direction. He gives his thoughts on the state of the Saints after another crushing defeat in the playoffs and whether or not he thinks Drew Brees will return to New Orleans for another season, and what makes him so special. Thomas also reacts to Luke Kuechly's retirement and discusses whether or not he thinks this will become more of a norm moving forward with elite players retiring during what most would consider the prime of their careers. Pat and Thomas also reflect on the PFF Punter of the decade and Pat shares the story about how Thomas taught him how to punt after he got drafted (46:18-59:43). Today's show is a loaded one. Come and laugh with us. Cheers. 