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Mac & Bone Show - JJ Jansen Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: JJ Janson is joining us, fresh off spending some time
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: in Canton. At Thursday's game, the dramatic win. We saw
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: JJ working his way into the celebration, and then we
• 0:11
  Speaker 1: saw JJ among the many that got shout outs from
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: Luke during his speech. And JJ's back at practice yesterday
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  Speaker 1: and now this morning with the Carolina Panthers. He joins
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  Speaker 1: us on the Mac and Bone show. JJ, How you doing, man?
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  Speaker 1: What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know why anyone would pick the Bears. The
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: Panthers have got one straight cover in the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 2: sixth season, so allegedly the line was two and a half.
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  Speaker 2: We obviously win by a three way to go Haines
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  Speaker 2: crown him again, and so I don't know. He's just
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  Speaker 2: got to keep the good times rolling here and one
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  Speaker 2: more cover allegedly. I don't know what any of the
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  Speaker 2: points spreads are.
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  Speaker 1: Ever, that's true. Somebody said, don't get JJ in a
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  Speaker 1: gambling scandal here. We just simply want some bulletin bar
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  Speaker 1: material have I don't have.
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  Speaker 2: Any interpreters or anything like that.
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  Speaker 1: So on the clear, Oh man, So how was we
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  Speaker 1: saw you get the shout out? We played it earlier.
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  Speaker 1: You not just you your wife Laura as well for
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  Speaker 1: the relationship Luke has with you guys, and you know,
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  Speaker 1: at the same time called out you know, Greg and
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  Speaker 1: kerr Olsen and then Ryan Khalil his wife. Like was
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  Speaker 1: it almost feels like was Luke Like Luke was like
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  Speaker 1: the adopted family member for so many of y'all married
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  Speaker 1: Panther players, wasn't.
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  Speaker 2: He He spent most of his career hanging out with
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  Speaker 2: all the married guys. He is, he's certainly become like
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  Speaker 2: a younger brother to all of us and certainly appear
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think it speaks to my biggest takeaway,
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  Speaker 2: and I'm not exactly sure. The exact length of the
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  Speaker 2: speech was called fifteen minutes. Yeah, he spent fifteen minutes
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  Speaker 2: talking about everyone but himself, which is of course the
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  Speaker 2: most prototypical Luke's speech. A couple of times I was
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  Speaker 2: sitting up there and I was trying to start applause
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  Speaker 2: because he was I know, he wrote that speech and
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  Speaker 2: probably didn't show anybody, and this was all about thanking
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  Speaker 2: all the people that meant a lot to him. It
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  Speaker 2: never occurred to him that he might have have like
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  Speaker 2: applause lines in there. He just wanted to say the
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  Speaker 2: things he wanted to say to other people. He was
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  Speaker 2: not doing it to perform to the crowd or anything
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  Speaker 2: like that. So a couple of times I tried to
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  Speaker 2: get the collapse going just to give him a chance
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  Speaker 2: to catch his breath right. He was. He wanted to
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  Speaker 2: make sure he loved on everybody that had an impact
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  Speaker 2: on him, and I thought it was a fantastic speech.
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  Speaker 2: It was the most prototypical Luke Keigley's speech of all time,
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  Speaker 2: even finishing with the fan as the most important member
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  Speaker 2: of our team and keep pounting. So that was fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: How special was the weekend overall? For you to be there?
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  Speaker 4: I'm obviously played in the game to begin with, but
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  Speaker 4: to be around not only Luke but all the Hall
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  Speaker 4: of famers that you witnessed this weekend, it was really special.
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  Speaker 2: And look, I had never played in the Hall of
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  Speaker 2: Fame game, as you guys know, and I was really
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  Speaker 2: looking forward to it. I don't think any player is
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  Speaker 2: excited about extra preseason games, but I thought that was
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  Speaker 2: an unbelievable opportunity for all of it to go and
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  Speaker 2: playing Canton, Ohio and turned out to be, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a fantastic game, and early reports were saying it was
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  Speaker 2: better than the Super Bowl. So I'm just saying that's
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  Speaker 2: what people are saying out there, that the Hall of
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  Speaker 2: Fame game went up to the super Bowl. So certainly
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  Speaker 2: Mike Tariko and Chris Collinsworth on the call had the
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  Speaker 2: energy to match that. But to be able to be
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  Speaker 2: around there, you know, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, take in all
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  Speaker 2: the sight, see a bunch of people. You know, We've
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  Speaker 2: been really fortunate here in Carolina. We've had a lot
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  Speaker 2: of Hall of Fame players and you know, get inducted
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  Speaker 2: here in the last couple of years. Obviously, Julius saw
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  Speaker 2: Jared Allen. You know, Bill Polling was the general manager here.
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  Speaker 2: I played for his son at Notre Dame. Those were
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  Speaker 2: just some of the people off the top that you saw,
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  Speaker 2: and you just realized there's so many crossing of paths
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  Speaker 2: and guys you've played with and played against that are
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  Speaker 2: there celebrating. So that was really special. And again I
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  Speaker 2: felt like I was you know, I felt like I
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  Speaker 2: was back in like nineteen sixty seven. Like there's a
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  Speaker 2: certain nostalgia small town Ohio football all that you get
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  Speaker 2: to be a part of for a small bit kind
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  Speaker 2: of remember the roots of this game, and there was
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of Americana involved as well. So and
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  Speaker 2: I found out Joe Thomas has a burgeoning.
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  Speaker 3: Cow farm that all.
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  Speaker 2: The food got served for the whole weekend from. So
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  Speaker 2: that was fascinating informational along the way. Yeah, Hall of
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  Speaker 2: Fame Farms. They supplied all the beef for all of
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  Speaker 2: the events this week.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 2: And what I spent forty eight hours trying to figure
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  Speaker 2: out if Joe Thomas named the farm Hall of Fame
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  Speaker 2: Farms before or after he was in the Hall of Fame,
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  Speaker 2: because it was like the easiest lock of all times.
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  Speaker 2: We were just trying to figure all that out. So
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of fascinating things happening in and
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  Speaker 2: around beyond just Luke and celebrating his awesome career and accomplishments.
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  Speaker 4: Did you meet any Hall of Famers out in the
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  Speaker 4: wild that you hadn't met before that you thought, wow,
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  Speaker 4: I can't believe that so and so, or of talking
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  Speaker 4: to so and.
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  Speaker 2: So, Well, it was really cool because obviously four of
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  Speaker 2: the five guys I played against we had you know,
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  Speaker 2: I know Adam from playing him so many times, drew
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  Speaker 2: from playing those guys. But I was a huge eighties
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  Speaker 2: forty nine Ers fan and so Roger Craig was my
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  Speaker 2: favorite running back growing up. And because of the order
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  Speaker 2: of the speeches, Roger Craig was right after Luke. So
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  Speaker 2: when they came back to take pictures with Roger, there
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  Speaker 2: were all the forty nine ers. It was Joe Montana,
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  Speaker 2: who was my favorite quarterback growing up, Ronnie Lott, Jerry Rice,
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  Speaker 2: Eddie De Bartolo. I was like, holy smokes. Like I
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  Speaker 2: felt like I was seven years old. I didn't go
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  Speaker 2: up and say anything to anyone. I wasn't, you know.
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  Speaker 2: There's so many things going on, and I was there
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  Speaker 2: to support Luke, so I did not want to get,
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  Speaker 2: you know, lost in the crowd because I was fan
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  Speaker 2: boying the eighties forty nine ers. But that was really
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  Speaker 2: that was really special. And like I was at the
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  Speaker 2: gold Jack at dinner, I was sitting next to Coach
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  Speaker 2: Rivera and the all the eighties Bears defensive players that
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  Speaker 2: he played with, and you could see like Clyde welling
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  Speaker 2: up as they're introducing you know, like Jimbo Covert and
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  Speaker 2: and my Singletarry and all the like. It was just
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  Speaker 2: cool because everyone got taken back to their childhood or
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  Speaker 2: their playing days, and that was really special to be
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  Speaker 2: in and around those guys while that was happening. That
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  Speaker 2: was that was cool.
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  Speaker 1: We're talking to JJ Jansen about his weekend in canton
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  Speaker 1: See and his great friend and so many of our
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  Speaker 1: favorite linebacker Luke Keigley go into the Hall of Fame.
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  Speaker 1: So you had to be back Sunday Sunday morning. Y'all
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  Speaker 1: were practicing yesterday at ten am. But like you say,
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  Speaker 1: did you stay there through the whole weekend? Like, did
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  Speaker 1: you get some partying in with Luke and Greg and
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  Speaker 1: the boys, And did you guys get to actually tell
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  Speaker 1: Luke how great he was at any pointer? Did Luke
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  Speaker 1: just keep through every bit of partying just talk about
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  Speaker 1: everybody else?
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  Speaker 2: You know exactly, you know exactly how that went right.
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  Speaker 2: You understand that you can't give a compliment to Luke
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  Speaker 2: without him either running away or giving you three more
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  Speaker 2: compliments back. So we had a great time. You know
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  Speaker 2: what was really special. I felt like it was a
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  Speaker 2: football wedding, right, like we were all there to celebrate him.
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  Speaker 2: But in the meantime, because of his career and accomplishments
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  Speaker 2: as a player, you got to go also see all
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  Speaker 2: of your former teammates, right. I saw aj Klein and
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  Speaker 2: David Mayo and Colin Colin Jones, and I saw Shack,
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  Speaker 2: And I saw Marty Hernie and Dave Gettleman and Brandon Bean,
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  Speaker 2: and I saw all of these people that we did
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  Speaker 2: all these cool things with as a team, those teammates
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  Speaker 2: and those guys you know, Cam was there. Got to
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  Speaker 2: catch up with cam Aton like that was what was
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  Speaker 2: so special. Because of what Luke did on the field,
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  Speaker 2: we got to all get back together for a meaningful
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  Speaker 2: couple of days celebrate what we did together as a team.
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  Speaker 2: Certainly obviously celebrate Luke, but that was really really special
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  Speaker 2: about that whole process is because of one man's accomplishments,
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  Speaker 2: the team gets to celebrate as well, which is of
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  Speaker 2: course Luke wouldn't have it any other way. You know,
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  Speaker 2: That's just how it goes.
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  Speaker 3: I need to know. I needed to know.
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  Speaker 1: That's awesome. Though, by the way that sounds, he didn't
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  Speaker 1: play the ninety five Hall of Fame game. Stop that
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  Speaker 1: with the tax How dare you text her?
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  Speaker 2: Oh no, there was a there was. Bob Christian was
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  Speaker 2: the fullback. He wore forty four before me. I think
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  Speaker 2: he had the first touchdown. He did. Forty four scored
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  Speaker 2: before anything else did.
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  Speaker 4: And I thought, and I thought, he's only forty four
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  Speaker 4: before you.
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  Speaker 3: I thought forty four.
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  Speaker 1: Should have gotten the ball down by the goal line
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  Speaker 1: on on Thursday. But I'll take that up with coach. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: you were a mid season four man up and down
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  Speaker 1: the field. Oh yeah, you covered.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate you noticing.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, that first punt you got a lot of TV
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  Speaker 3: time j J.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll tell you what. The Rochelle punched the ball out.
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  Speaker 2: I thought, oh my god, what second? Oh my god,
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to fumble recovery in the Hall of Fame there,
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  Speaker 2: so pretty good?
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  Speaker 1: Do you know that you feeling? Did you hear them myself?
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  Speaker 1: Did you hear they talked about you? And they'll broadcast
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  Speaker 1: at one point?
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  Speaker 2: No, I didn't, Oh my god.
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  Speaker 1: They Okay, it was when you were over there, you
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  Speaker 1: and Sam Martin were there, I think because y'all were
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  Speaker 1: pinned at the one foot line or whatever, and you thought,
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  Speaker 1: oh crap, we might have to be stapping in punting
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  Speaker 1: right down here at our own end zone. And then
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  Speaker 1: Tremaine draws the PI and they were talking about how
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  Speaker 1: you and Sam were excited, especially Sam that you didn't
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  Speaker 1: have to punt from like the complete back of the
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  Speaker 1: end zone.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So we even had that meeting two days before the game.
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  Speaker 2: Our sorts teams coach Tracy Smith was like, Hey, we're
• 9:24
  Speaker 2: gonna install it just in case we need to. Here's
• 9:26
  Speaker 2: all of our rules and stuff. He goes it happened
• 9:29
  Speaker 2: so infrequently, and then of course like it. It was
• 9:31
  Speaker 2: two minutes into the game and Sam and ire like,
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: oh my god, here we go. So yes, we were
• 9:36
  Speaker 2: very happy that Kenny was able to throw that go ball,
• 9:39
  Speaker 2: and honestly, the corner basically treated like it was a
• 9:43
  Speaker 2: gunner rep. He shoved him out abound. It was the
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  Speaker 2: easiest pi and so I was standing right next to
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  Speaker 2: Bryce and we were high five in each other. That
• 9:49
  Speaker 2: was a that was a big play, not just for
• 9:51
  Speaker 2: the offense but for the punt guys. We were more
• 9:53
  Speaker 2: than happy for ce Bt go and make a good
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  Speaker 2: play there.
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  Speaker 4: On the sideline also was to play in that game
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  Speaker 4: ja Ja because normally Hall of Fame games, we can't
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  Speaker 4: wait for them to end with this one. Even if
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  Speaker 4: he didn't have rooting interest, that was a pretty awesome game.
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  Speaker 4: To do, either to watch or be a part of,
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  Speaker 4: wasn't it?
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  Speaker 2: It was fantastic And look, so much of our team's
• 10:14
  Speaker 2: identity came out in that game. We've talked about in
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  Speaker 2: the past, we've got five pillars and the last is finish.
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  Speaker 2: And you know, sometimes we were sort of laughing, like
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  Speaker 2: we've had some preseason games here in the last three
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  Speaker 2: years where maybe we're down seventeen, but instead of taking
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  Speaker 2: a knee, we're going to go drive and try to
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  Speaker 2: score to end the game. And we're all celebrating on
• 10:31
  Speaker 2: the sidelines. What's what these Panthers like, they're weird, Like
• 10:34
  Speaker 2: they just lost a preseason game and they're like celebrating
• 10:37
  Speaker 2: on the field. That's part of who we are and
• 10:40
  Speaker 2: so now you know, it's getting put into place. And
• 10:43
  Speaker 2: one of the cool parts is like that running off
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  Speaker 2: the sidelines. That is our identity. So it doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: that those guys for the most part that we're on
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  Speaker 2: the field haven't been here for very long. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of rookies and young players like, that's our team out
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  Speaker 2: there on the field. And certainly Hayes was fantastic. Think
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  Speaker 2: in that last drive of a couple of scrambles but
• 11:02
  Speaker 2: but that's us, that's our guys. It's not guys trying
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  Speaker 2: to make the team. Those are Panthers out on the field.
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  Speaker 2: And and so that was a fun way to finish.
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  Speaker 2: And and look, like you said, people are saying it's
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  Speaker 2: better than the super Bowl. So just just if we
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  Speaker 2: can keep that going for for at least another week
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  Speaker 2: until we go to Buffalo, I think you guys should
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  Speaker 2: keep pushing that. All right.
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  Speaker 3: We were we were on the big.
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  Speaker 2: The cover and the cover too, and we hit the
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  Speaker 2: over almost all by ourselves. So that was a that
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  Speaker 2: was a good thing. There you go. Not that.
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  Speaker 3: Follow stuff, follow that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: JJ Jansen hanging with us after his weekend in Canton
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  Speaker 1: with Luke and so many of his friends from so
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  Speaker 1: many years here with the Panthers. All right, So I
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: read so many different articles about Luke over the last week.
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  Speaker 1: Darren Gant had so many freaking good ones. There was
• 11:49
  Speaker 1: one in there and I actually forget what the full
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  Speaker 1: story is, but it includes it includes your wife telling
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  Speaker 1: you at some point, why can't you why can't you
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  Speaker 1: be more like Luke?
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  Speaker 2: I need.
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  Speaker 3: I need to know what was that about again?
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  Speaker 1: And did that hurt or did you say you know what,
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  Speaker 1: I should strive to be more like Luke.
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  Speaker 3: I don't blame her.
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  Speaker 2: So first of all, Darren's fingers are going to fall off.
• 12:15
  Speaker 2: He's been typing for like four months straight so between
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  Speaker 2: so that guy needs a break as much as Luke
• 12:21
  Speaker 2: needs a break. If I remember correctly, I think that
• 12:24
  Speaker 2: I think the sort that was at McCaffrey's wedding, right, So, yeah,
• 12:27
  Speaker 2: so Luke was there. Uh, you know, a single Sam
• 12:33
  Speaker 2: Darnold had a girlfriend, but he was single. So there
• 12:35
  Speaker 2: was a couple like single guys moving around and everyone
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  Speaker 2: was just a little uncomfortable. The funny thing about McCaffrey's
• 12:41
  Speaker 2: wedding is a little bit like the Taylor Swift wedding.
• 12:43
  Speaker 2: I think all of us sort of thought, how did
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  Speaker 2: we get an invite to this super like elite wedding?
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  Speaker 2: So we were all there and at one point though,
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  Speaker 2: like I got distracted and I was sort of wandering off. Guys,
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  Speaker 2: it's not going to shock you that I found people
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  Speaker 2: to talk to and just sort of ended up wandering
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  Speaker 2: away from whatever the festivities were. And Laura was going
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  Speaker 2: down i think, going down the stairs, and Luke was
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  Speaker 2: there to help her and give her a lending hand
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  Speaker 2: and was very gentlemanly and very civaliriusts. And she came
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  Speaker 2: back and she goes, where did you go? And I
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  Speaker 2: said something along the lines of sorry, I got distracted,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I wandered away and I was talking to someone.
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  Speaker 2: She goes, Luke had to help me down the stairs.
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  Speaker 2: He was very can you please be more like Luke?
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  Speaker 2: Can you just kind of keep an eye on me here?
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  Speaker 2: And I was like, you're right, we should all strive
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  Speaker 2: to be more like Luke more often. So, uh no,
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  Speaker 2: I did not. I did not take any offense to
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  Speaker 2: that I was, but I was reminded that that maybe
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  Speaker 2: at a wedding, when everyone's in nice dresses and everyone's
• 13:41
  Speaker 2: you know, in their in their best attire, I should
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  Speaker 2: probably be around my wife a little bit more to
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  Speaker 2: help her down the stairs or or something like that,
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  Speaker 2: and get a little bit lost, less lost in conversation
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  Speaker 2: just randomly wandering around. So it's it's an area of
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: growth for me. But again, we all, we all can
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  Speaker 2: learn a lot from Luke.
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  Speaker 4: That's one of my dogs during marriage. God Rest her
• 14:01
  Speaker 4: soul was named after keik Lee.
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  Speaker 3: There you go, I like that was a female dog.
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  Speaker 3: Named after Luke.
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  Speaker 2: I love it, Like, okay, we can all learn things
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  Speaker 2: from Luke. Just be humble, give credit to others, even
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  Speaker 2: if you're the best. You know, you know, open doors
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  Speaker 2: for for Grandma's help, help women when they when they've
• 14:27
  Speaker 2: got high heels on, help them downstairs. We can all
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  Speaker 2: learn as men more things from Luke Keithley.
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  Speaker 1: And he's and he's handsome as hell. He makes us
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  Speaker 1: all look bad. I feel like he's.
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  Speaker 2: He's very handsome, and my gosh, he can he can
• 14:42
  Speaker 2: sit up a run in the b gap. Hell yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you know two things. That's basically a complete man.
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  Speaker 3: Hell yeah, I love it. I love it.
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  Speaker 1: Seven seven o four numbers says there is no way
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  Speaker 1: JJ's wife is the only one that has at least thought,
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  Speaker 1: if not said, why can't you be like Luke Keigley
• 15:01
  Speaker 1: to her husband?
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  Speaker 3: There you go.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I mean we can all say this isn't just
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: a husband and wife thing. We are all saying this
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: to all. Men are saying this, other men, women are
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: saying this, other women. Luke is the Luke is the
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: gold standard for just the complete human beings. So of
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: course if you were listening to this, he'd be he'd
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: be dying. He'd be sweating already. He'd be so nervous
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: that that we're heaping so much praise. But again for
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: a man that, for eight years ago never once accepted
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: a single ounce of praise, I'm okay for a few
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: for a few weeks and getting uncomfortable with the amount
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: of love and attention he's getting.
• 15:34
  Speaker 3: I love it all right.
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: So the biggest question before we let you go, did
• 15:37
  Speaker 1: wedding Greg show up when y'all were partying this week?
• 15:42
  Speaker 3: Did he turn it up like he did at McCaffrey's wedding.
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: Okay, so I had I had to leave a little earlier,
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: like you said, I had to get back to practice,
• 15:48
  Speaker 2: So I was there for most of the night wedding.
• 15:50
  Speaker 2: Greg was not as on. I think there was a
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: First of all, there was a lot of people around,
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: and when I left, all basically every hall famer from
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: the University of Miami was there, and Luke or Greg
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: was holding court with a bunch of the young boys
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: in attendance. They were all playing football, I think, trying
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: to explain to them what real football was like, using
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: the U as the gold standards. So I don't think
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: he got turned up as much because he kind of
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: turned into coach Greg in the middle of the party
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: to make sure all these young boys understood what was
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: going on. So it was a little bit of it
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: was sort of half wedding Greg, but it was very
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: much coach Greg as well. So again the many personalities,
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: the many angles of Greg Olden showed up. And certainly
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: he forgets sometimes that he started at Notre Dame. He
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: forgets that he's also one of us. We were literally
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: we were sitting we were sitting at the gold Jacket
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: inner and as they were announcing players, me, him and
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: Khalil kept reminding each other where all the different guys
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: were from. Hey, where'd that guy go to school? Where
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: that guy? There was a lot in Miami, USC and
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: Notre Dame guys. So we were all we all felt
• 16:59
  Speaker 2: pretty good about our.
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: So I bet you did you recognize Ryan Coyle because
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: we don't anymore.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: So he was sitting next to me, so I had
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: I had. The guys started talking, is like, your voice
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: sounds like Ryan, and so we we figured that that one.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: That one out pretty good.
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: That's crazy how different he looks. We will end this JJ.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: He's keeping it tight. He's he's gone more on the
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: Jordan gross angle. There's no offensive lineman is three hundred pounds.
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: They're all either two hundred or four hundred, and we
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: have to wait till after their career ends to figure
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: out which side they're going to. Ryan went, Ryan went
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: much the way of Jordan. He went down very very quickly.
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: He just to show him how hard they must have had
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to work to keep that weight on. Man, You know
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: what I mean, It's not natural for them at all.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: There are there are, there are some guys that three
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: hundred is not hard to keep. It's it's staying away
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: from four hundred. But for the most of them, for
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: most of them, these guys are outstanding athletes. So they
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: played tight end, they played you know, d end in
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: high school, and they you know, they were trim guys.
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: And they're like, hey, you're on the offensive line. You're strong,
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: you're athletic. And so they're eating a lot of peanut
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: butter and jelly sandwich, are trying to keep themselves up.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: It makes sense, that makes sense. We will end this
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: by letting you know that there is a fan out
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: there by the name of Kannapolis Man who wants to
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: start the movement to get JJ Janssen in the Hall
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: of Fame in Canton. All right, I'm gonna give you
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: his number. You guys can start a campaign together. JJ
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: get the first long snapper. Needs to happen, baby.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: Why well, I really appreciate that. I don't think a
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: self funded campaign from a long snapper is getting a
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: long snapper in the Hall of Fame. So you know,
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: I do have to I have to tell you this
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: quick story. So they were giving away awards and like
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: Hall of Fame inductions for other things like contributors, and
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: one of them was the guy that basically created statistics
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: in the NFL in like the nineteen forties, and Greg
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: was like, this is your favorite Hall of Famer, isn't it.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: I said, yeah, this guy his name was His name
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: was Seymour like THEMU like that was his name literally
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: sounded almost made up, but he he was like a
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: founding member of the Elias Sports Bureau. And Greg looked
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: at me and goes, this guy means more to you
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: than Luke. I was like, basically, like he.
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: Dump because Stork in the Hall of Fame. JJ loves you.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: Did Like that was the best man. Needless to say,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: there's room for all of us at the table, but
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: I think long Snapper might have have a little bit
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: of a waight ahead of us.
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: All right, brother, Hey you got a fan of You
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: got fans here in US and Cannapolis. Man on the
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: text line, Seymour Shams.
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: Yeah, part sat Guy, part killer.
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: Whale a JJ.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: Have a good practice, brother, and appreciate you sharing some stories.
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: Man.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: Thanks, appreciate you guys. Keep founding