Speaker 1: Let's all start to you to presents. Off the Bench
with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Bob aber the bitch.
Now here's Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert.
Speaker 2: What's going on, y'all? Welcome back to OTV. We may
have to get Chris Marler on the show at some point,
who runs all of our social media, does an excellent
job there. Emily Laptop wants to share our television. I
don't think Emily wants to do that. She may. Sorry
if you listen on the radio whatever TV behind me
stayed a funny message. Anyway. We have to get Marler
on here though, at some point, because he is sitting
here arguing people online about how Alabama did not run
off Jalen Hurts. We did not run off Jalen Hurts.
You did, guys. Guys Alabama fans, y'all talked so much
trash on Jalen Hurts. Y'all clowned the hell out of
that man. And he says, when you're done just speaking
in generalities, just because let me know, I'm speaking from
my life experience. I spend every day my most active
group text, are all my friends from high school who
went to Alabama? Like I have the receipts. I know
how y'all felt about Jalen Hurts. Y'all thought he sucked.
Y'all clown the hell out of him. You complain the
entire time it was your starting quarterback and you cannot
wait to replace him with Tua, And now you want
to still like claim room and I get he still
likes Alabim, of course he does. He loves Nick Saban,
he loves the program. He don't like you fans, You
bum ass fans. The random out of town clowned him,
made him feel bad when he's like twenty one and
two like s he's the offensive player of the year,
and he still sucks in your mind. Get the hell
out of here. You've been doing the same thing to
Jaylen Milroe for the last couple of years. Oh my god,
you don't get to claim Jalen when you actively wanted
him out the entire time he was winning you games.
Visionous history. Clip that and send it tomorrow. I don't
feel like texting all that. I can't. I can't. I
can't text all that. Sorry. They came out of nowhere, guys, Uh,
all right, so coming up on this hour of OTB. Oh,
we gotta call Nick? Did you call Nick? Nick? Nick's
on the phone round? Oh my god, my bad, Nick?
What's up?
Speaker 3: Man?
Speaker 2: Nick Underhill? New Orleans Dot Football? How we doing? Nick?
My bad? My bad? Dude? Was him.
Speaker 3: Scared?
Speaker 4: Like I've never seen that side of you, Like it
was just like seeing the cool dad. They just snap
and start yelling at everybody in the car, like I'm
a little scared.
Speaker 1: Of I did not.
Speaker 2: I did not mean to. I did I just can't
handle sometimes. I guess I've just seen these arguments too
many times Alabam fans trying to hit me with the well,
actually we're really liked to Jalen, I know you did not. Okay,
just now he's a super Bowl champion trying to ride him.
Get the hell out of here. Okay, you don't get
to do that anyway.
Speaker 4: Well, they they probably made him who he is though,
like you know, like he probably started his his that
made him pissed off and made him like work harder
and made him, you know, have to to show the
world everything. So I'm sure he's like grateful for that experience.
But like I like, you know, I just remember how
it played out, and I think you're I think you're
one hundred percent right. Like they wanted him out of there,
they benched him, they were happy when they benched him,
and they saved him like he was a joke, Like
there's no doubt about it.
Speaker 2: And and to your point, that's been the greatest thing
about Jalen Hurts probably his entire career and the most
likeable thing outside looking in has always been Jalen Hurts's
response to adversity. Uh, he is a man. I mean,
think about what he went through two Super Bowls again
fumbling that ball and even though he played perfect, that
one mistake ends up being the difference in the game.
And what does he do He internalized it, He keeps
fighting now was a super Bowl CHAMPI like all of
us can learn from Jalen Hurts and the resiliency that
he has displayed. Nick, his coach Kellen Moore, and potentially
maybe even like a little Doug nus Myers situation expected
to Okay, So actually I'm gonna give it to you.
We're seeing the reports that what contract could be finalized
today asnounced as early as tomorrow. Are you hearing this
as well as the Saint's top insider.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I think I think it's something that's
going to get done soon. I Mean, the whole thing
was is he was always going to fly back to Philly,
and I had heard that earlier in the week. But
I isn't like, Oh, they want and he's going back
to Philly to celebrate, and like now it's time to
be scared. I mean, this is just kind of how
it's played out the whole entire time, and you can
kind of see that there isn't like this this I
don't know, like frankness on either side of it, like
the way they kind of like set it up and
the way they messaged it and all that stuff.
Speaker 5: You know.
Speaker 4: I know it was reported before that they were gonna
have like another meeting after the super Bowl or whatever.
I don't think that's gonna happen. I don't think they
need for it. I think that was something that was
probably just said so when he was asked about it,
he could say, hey, look, we're gonna keep talking after
the super Bowl and nothing's done. And it gave him
something to the point too, but that there's no need
for another interview, like he doesn't have to sell himself again.
This is this is done, Like he just has to
sign the papers and off they go. You know, I
heard from someone this morning even about like staff and
behind contacting the people he wants to talk to for
his staff, so like it sounds like things are in motion.
It's just kind of asked to get buttoned up, and
you know that's the end of it. I mean, I
guess there's always the element of nerves until like someone
actually not just gets to the podium, but gets to
the podium and like starts speaking about how they're in
the role. I mean Bill Belichick's at the podium and
walked away at the podium Beguinness like like you know,
there was a press conference set up and then that
one never happened. I mean you've seen the Josh McDaniels
thing before and Ben Johnson before, like so I mean
there's there's always nerves until it's all the way done.
So like yeah, I mean I think I think there's
a need to be on edge just in general with
any coach higher until like it's completely done. But everything
I've gathered is that this thing is agreed to, like
it's gonna get done. It's it's just a matter of
formalizing it and then off you go. I think there's
going to be a press conference later in the week, Like,
I think all that stuff is going to happen as expected,
and I would be incredibly surprised it didn't happen. The
Saints would be incredibly surprised it didn't happen. The Eagles
owner was talking about Kellen Moore Levin on the record,
like he'd be incredibly surprised. The four or five people
that I know he's contacted about talking to for roles
on the staff would be incredibly surprised.
Speaker 5: So everything here.
Speaker 4: Looks really really normal right now. It's just, you know,
it's just a matter of formalizing it.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And I said on yesterday, and by the way, guys,
football is the site you want to stay on top
ball this. I've been a proud subscriber for years, Absolutely
love it. Excellent worked there by the team. Yeah, and
it's like we talked about yesterday, I think it's impossible, Like,
no matter how you felt about More originally you were
into him, you weren't into him, You're in pivalent on him.
It's impossible to watch super and not feel better about him,
So you definitely get a bit of positive momentum from
kind of a pr standpoint and announcing it. This week,
let's talk coordinators. There's some talk that current Eagles QB
coach dougn Smeyer may come down here BOC and that
Brandon Staley is the lead name for d C. Again,
is this in line with what you were here?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I think those are definitely the ones. I think evra
Flus was probably gonna be the DC, but then he
ended up in Dallas. I believe they hired him, so
I think I think he was probably gonna be one
of the guy or at least I shouldn't put it
like that, but he was definitely one of the top
guys on the list, and I think it might have
went his way. You know, there was there was some
backstreet heat on the OC thing, but that doesn't sound
like it's it's gonna happen. That sounds like, you know,
I I think I think More's choice is mess Meyer,
and I think that's the direction that they're gonna They're
gonna go with it. Uh, He's done with them kind
of every stop, and that's that's the kind of higher
you want to see you want someone to kind of
bring their their top lieutenant with him, and that's someone
that you know, those who clearly speak the same language,
they've worked together forever, they can kind of you know,
set it up and go. I was kind of watching
how they interacted and did things on the sideline throughout
the Super Bowl, and like, you know, it seemed like
like Nuts was like really highly involved with with the
quarterbacks and you know, specifically was just kind of like
in jail on Hurt's pocket the whole game. I kind
of like seeing that like someone kind of just being
the the QB whisper over there. And that's the role
that you can continue to fill here because more we
keep calling the plays.
Speaker 2: And all that.
Speaker 4: But it looks like a very very put together staff.
Everything look really organized. I mean to the point where
you know, Aj Brown snaps out at the head coach
and keell them more as to where with all that
to get him the ball like quickly, to calm him down,
you know, just all that stuff, like those details, Like
I was just impressed with kind of seeing how that
went stately. Yet they work together in the Chargers, I
mean you kind of get like a like a replicile
of the Eagles whole thing there, because he's a vig
Dangio disciple two three or four fronts all that stuff.
It would be interesting to see if they if they
would bring mat here. I don't know if essentially have
the personnel around a three four, but I mean it
would be fascinating to see you again if someone I
liked him. I like his exes and ohs that I
like his football mind. I worry about the leadership quotion
of it, hope, just because you know, we kind of
saw how that played out there. Yeah, if you having
me like assemble like a dream staff, I would want
one of those two guys to kind of be like
an enforcer type, like Dan Campbell type. Maybe you know,
just someone that can be kind of like a culture builder,
but look, you can get that from another role. Dan
Campbell was a tight ends coach here, So I think
that's just something you have to be mindful of, just
just to make sure you have that, you know, culture
coach kind of in your building and and special teams.
I think it would be a huge mistake if they
let Phil Galliano get out of here. He was Riusy's
top lieutenant forever. Obviously you can't keep it, Rizsy, but
they have some of the best special teams in the league.
I would change from the host spatial puntings because I
don't like it, Like I can't get my head around it.
But I think Phil's an excellent special teams coach. Like
they got that blocked field goal, but with something that
he saw against the Giants. I mean Saints big picture,
you'd rather they lose that game. But if you're hiring
a coach, like, you know, a guy some spot that
stuff and figure out how to do it, that's what
you want. So I would I think it would be
a huge, huge, huge mistake if they let still get
out of here. I would keep the continuity of special teams.
Speaker 2: Now, Nick, the only thing is, if we're just looking
at rosters in front offices, uh, you would be hard
pressed to find a bigger disparity in the entire NFL
right now, that maybe going from the Eagles to the
New Orleans Saints roster. I mean, I I've been searching
my cinematic background for the correct metaphor I can exactly find.
It would have kind of landed on is when Gordon
Bombay shows up in the Limo and sees the Mighty
Ducks for the first time, and it's all ragtag and
beat to the ground. It's kind of like, well, what
the hell am I getting into? Like, what do you
think Kellen Moore is gonna think when he walks in
the first day and there the Saints roster is arrayed
in front of him.
Speaker 4: Well, look as long as is Kellen Moore doesn't start
slicking his hair back in season two and I have
to find himself, Like, you know, I think I think
they'll be all right now. But yeah, I mean I
think I think it's not comparison. Look at there's a
lot there's a lot of building to do here. There's
a lot of stuff that you got to figure out,
you know.
Speaker 5: Uh, It's just look, there's there's a lot of Eagles
wins like it better Saints' losses too, like add that
to starty, Like even Jalen Carter, Like they have Jalen
Carter because the Saints wanted to get Trevor.
Speaker 4: Hunting in the building a year a year or early.
I mean, so it's tough, man, I mean, but look,
there are some there are some Adam banks Is on
this team. I mean, there is some talent I mean,
at least there's more than one cake eater on the Saints,
so that's that's good for them. But look, they got
to fill it out, they got to get more depth,
and there is a ton of work to be done here,
and I'm gonna be fascinating to see kind of how
they handle the reset, because there has to be a reset,
and it really I think Tripp said this on our
show yesterday, and I think it's the best way to
put it. I think it's a two year thing, and
I think it is kind of kind of like what
Denver did is where like Sean gets there and it's
you know, all right, I got to work with Russell
Wilson for a year and then in the year two
I can get rid of them. And I think that's
probably what's gonna end up happening here, because getting rid
of car in year one, like the cap ramifications are
insane and like you literally can do nothing else, and
even if you want to move on from him, it
might be hard to do it. And the best way
to maybe do it is get rid of some of
the old guys this year, and then the quarterback next year,
and then when you get rid of the quarterback. You
can kind of be you know, have some some room
with your assets to build around Spencer Rattler or whoever's
going to be playing quarterback that season. So there is
a lot of there is a lot of stuff that
you got to do. You know, it's tough. It's tough.
I mean, it's going to be a huge rebuild, and
I don't, you know, I don't. I would just hope
that they don't do the thing where they're like, well,
look we got this guy and that guy and we
can get the nine time wins in the nasty stops,
because you can sell yourself on that and it wouldn't
be the most outrageous thought in the world. But it's
just not worth it. And I just hope, I hope
to God like that they just don't, they don't take
that approach, and there is some level of resetting. But yeah,
they're definitely pulling up on the pond right now. I mean,
it's not a built team at all.
Speaker 2: MGM has the Saints with the worst odds in the
NFL to win the Super Bowl plus fifteen thousand. We
looked it up. Even lester City when they won the
Premier League was five thousand to one. Oh man, it is.
It's indicative of exactly what Keilmore taking over. I guess
what I'll be fascinating to see is we all say
here in the off season that we understand the rebuild
and that it's cool if things go south. I just
wonder how that rings true when the losses starting to
pile up. You know, I wonder, I wonder if people
keep that same energy and are willing to ride or
just how toxic and bad uh this thing ends up getting.
Speaker 4: We will see.
Speaker 2: Do you have any insight from doing this job and
dealing with Saints fans in the manner that.
Speaker 4: You do, it's not as well, how they're going to
react to if they lose games.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like if it's not going if it's going really
badly next year, which I mean, I guess you have
a drafting, maybe we'll finally draft a quarterback for the
first time in fifty years. But yeah, what do you think?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think people are ready to burn
it down. I mean, yeah, I really think they are.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 4: I mean there's a I mean I think it was
there this offseason, and I think the way this played
out and call of Moore went in the Super Bowl
and having the performance that he did. I mean, I
think that was really I think it was really calming.
Like honestly, I think it was. I think it was
incredibly calming. I mean, the anger and the fan base
has like gotten so bad that I searched to the
ends of the internet to find a way to hide
my mentions on on Twitter. And there is a plugin
that you can put in the Safari and do it,
because like it was like there their virtual like towards
the organization, like just reading it every day, like nothing
pointed to me, but like just the general sense of
anger was like it was affecting my mood, like having
to digest it. So I was like, all right, I
got to do something here.
Speaker 5: But it's bad.
Speaker 4: It's bad out there.
Speaker 6: Man like it.
Speaker 4: And I think if if this isn't right, like it's
it's got to get this is it? Like this is it?
Like there's no way that you can stand up there
and just you know, keep doing what you're doing if
you if you get this wrong. So if they're going
out there, they're losing games. And if look, I think
the manner in which you're losing a matters though, too,
Like if you're doing the okay, we are resetting and
not trying to be the most competitive team. I think
you can go out there and lose fifteen games and
people won't care, Like there'll be some dissatisfaction and anger,
but I think generally that there's enough logic. But if
you're hanging on and it's like we aren't getting rid
of any of the old guys, We're keeping Derek car
We're going to keep building around them, and we're going
to win ten games and make the playoffs and try
to do what Camp is doing or try to do
you know, what Washington's doing or whatever, and you fall short,
like I think at that point, like people are done.
Like it's a smart fan base, like they know the
difference between the two things, and that's that's fine, but like, yeah,
I don't think you can make this effort of like
we're staying on this path, and then if you stay
on the path, you have to reach the goal. Like
there's just there's no doubt about it that you can't
do that again. You've missed two years in a row.
It's painfully obvious it's time for a reset. And if
you don't do it and you miss, like I think
that that has to be the end of everybody.
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Speaker 1: Com today, welcome back to the best morning sports show around.
It's Off the Bench with Hester and Timo.
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Speaker 2: Writing to you what you don't have any questions? Has
that go to me mailbag? Favorite way to eat a
potato baked, mashed fries, tops, hash browns, homemade chips. Good god,
I mean, does that not just really drive home what
an incredible food potato is. Because all of those are good.
There's not a bad way to eat the potato amongst
the bunch. For me, though, we're gonna go fries first
and foremost, because that's I mean, it's it's it's French fries. Right. Also,
there's a lot of wiggle room even within the fry category, right,
are we talking about big old steak fries. You tried
tiny little fritz you're talking about somewhere in the middle.
I tell you what, okay, so okay, Lahara, I'm getting
I'm getting very add here. Fries is my favorite. Then
mashed then hash browns. What about, y'all.
Speaker 6: I might go, I might get fries and mashed potatoes
are at the top. I don't know which one I
would have first. I do love a good mashed potato.
Hashed potatoes are very good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, incredible launder Umm.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I'm gonna go mashed potatoes and then
fries so and then hash browns.
Speaker 2: As far as the fries go, my favorite fry, I
would say probably about a medium one, like a thin fry.
I want to be crispy and you know, just a
little uh whatever you wanna call, like cagun teas and
eating spicies and whatever. Like salt's great, just salt is great,
but a little spicy fries and and and and and
I do love a curly fry also, but it's not
my ideal. I thought it are good. It is very funny.
So he took the Molinaros out at uh in New
Orleans the other night, and we're at Lucy's and we
just got to order fries for the table, and it
just came with like a little Cajun season on and
you should have seen there Midwestern reaction. Joey's dad was
head over heels in love with these fries like he
had never tasted anything like it. I was like, man,
they really don't spice their food. Has that go to
the mail bag? We need a quad Bob or Green
update to hear he's deadlifting three hundred pounds. He's deadlifting
three hundred poops. It's all he does, just crapping diapers
all day.
Speaker 6: He's got a little bit of an arm. You said
he just likes to throw everything.
Speaker 2: Yeah, throw everything, kick everything. Yeah, he's little madmen. Has
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I like to stay better, but the way they the
way they see the marin.
Speaker 7: It to chicken, I think I'm gonna go.
Speaker 2: Chicken has to go to the mail bag? Did Bob
beat more smash burgers? And how's your stomach? Also snaps it. Yes, okay,
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And because I'm an idiot, the first thing I ate
when I got home a smash Burger. I still had
one leftover. Uh, I didn't you need bread or anything.
I just hate the paddy. Just cold out the fridge, Dude, you.
Speaker 7: Beat the cold patty.
Speaker 2: No, Yep. It's like Chiff Johnson talks about dude food
out the fridge just because it makes food that is
the same different right, Like there's it's still very good,
but there's a difference in eating a cold steak out
of the fridge or a warm steak, right, but I
like both. Same thing with the pad.
Speaker 6: You're also the person that eats cold spaghetti into my bile.
I can't do it.
Speaker 2: Get colds.
Speaker 6: Something about cold red sauce just does what's the sweet
red sauce to be fair, which is anathematical sauce.
Speaker 7: I can't I can't do.
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not at all, Real foxhel Real foxhel for life. Has
to go to mail. Do you think the Saints will
take for us?
Speaker 7: I don't think they'll take intentionally.
Speaker 2: They're not taking intentionally, but I don't know. Maybe they
hopefully they won't have a choice. Has to go to
your mail bag, t How do we get more interviews
like the Patrick Peterson one that was a fantastic sit
down even it was on fr I know, I don't know, man,
I gotta be honest. My biggest weakness in this job
is scheduling guests. It's in It was what Jordie was
best at. So don't get your hopes.
Speaker 6: So we'll say they're like for a show with two hosts,
though like guests aren't as necessary.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, definitely to break up, yeah, because it's not
as much kind of moony still, Like if you want
an area of improvement that we could get to move
above seven, that would that would be it has to
go to mail, like one hundred and five degrees or
fifteen degrees one to five easy and I'm close. Knight
has to go toamail like skyliner or monorail. Monorail do obsessed?
Mono rails the highest form of Disney transportation.
Speaker 7: What's the skyliner?
Speaker 2: Uh it's like a gondola. Oh okay, yeah yeah cold
Patty's hardcore. Try it right. Hashtag o tob mail bag.
Should theaters allow you to pay a fee to allow
you to bring in your own food?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 7: Food in?
Speaker 2: Not only that, but like no, I mean that's that
the theater makes their nut. You know, they gotta charge
you a lot for food.
Speaker 6: Like, go into a nice restaurant with a kid, and
you'd be like this little kidf the kid brings in McDonald's.
They don't like fancy food. Yeah yeah, doing that.
Speaker 2: That said, times are tight, and so have you sneaking
into a theater? Like, I got no problem with you
sneaking food into theater. Still, the funniest theater meal I
ever had was sneaking in an entire box of Panda
Express into the strangers and looking at the people next
to me be amazed as with squinted red eyes, I
pulled out out a box of Panda Express and started
to eat low maine and sest me chicken right in
front of their face. Also dim burritos before very friendly
theater food don a po boy very goods like two
years ago. Hell yeah, just hope your wife's purse is
big enough as to go to your manback. What's your
plans for Valentine's Day? I think nothing's been so busy.
I'm gonna chill. I was thinking about going to that
gymnastics meat on Friday. Unfortunate. I don't think of what
I do, but number one for number two in the country.
Hell yeah, that's the biggest one B two matchup with
the weekend in my mind.
Speaker 7: Y'all have been married for so long, though they're like
y'all can y'all can chill?
Speaker 8: No?
Speaker 2: I mean, look, this is because I I had that
conversation with yesterday, like what are we doing? And she
don't do it? So very coop uh has to go
to you? Was your favorite part of Raman? Kayla and
Will they were poort?
Speaker 6: I haven't done the necessary research on these three, like
obviously a laundra is gonna take on Kayla, no question
about that.
Speaker 7: Who's who's bigger Will or ramone.
Speaker 2: Uh ramone is massive? How big? Are we talking? Twice
the size of me?
Speaker 7: Twice the size of you?
Speaker 2: Yes, like six six three hundred, not fat, like we're
gonna you're You're gonna have to handle Will and me
and Jake are gonna have to dry to double team
remote and hope that we make it.
Speaker 6: I was saying, I would, I'd like to try my
luck at the biggest dude, but not that big.
Speaker 2: Hey, now it is a double team. I know you
would to have to go to the mailbag. T bubs
flows sneaky back. I know. I find look as I
finally recovered from the uh from the F boy fade,
which should be fair, I kind of cheated, Okay, relaxed.
I kind of cheated the f boy fade a little bit.
Speaker 7: I think it looks nice.
Speaker 2: Thanks said you want to try a big guy.
Speaker 7: That's that's That's no, I don't know.
Speaker 2: I'm confused. Now you're sitting mixed signals, Tayte, all right,
that'll do it for O tob mailback guys. Coming up next,
we got our TATAE NFL Story of the day day
and do I have anything else that you haven't cleared out? Oh,
I'm gonna okay, Taylor, I'm gonna allow you a double
take next segment. Uh, because you wrote here in the
document Mason Taylor Bleacher Report NFL Scouting Profile. I have
a major problem with this evaluation. So hear what Tata's
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Speaker 1: Maybe off the bench?
Speaker 3: Was that?
Speaker 2: And y'all welcome back go TV. So I screwed up
the teas because what I should have told you all
is that we had exclusively sit down with Dustin Porrie
coming out. Uh, But I instead told you Taylor was
going to talk about Mason Taylor. God, there's a there
is a Eagles to Saints level of disparity between those
two things. But anyway, here we are Elandra at Radio Road,
got to sit down with the Diamond himself, Dustin Poree.
Speaker 3: Here it is, hey, but from Radio Road for Super
Bowl Week. Super excited to be talking with Dustin Poorier.
Like I am kind of fangirling a little bit right
now because I'm like a huge UFC fan, so I
this is really exciting for me. So we need to
get the very important question, the most important question out
the way. First question, gumbo potato salad in or on
the side.
Speaker 2: See me, this is where me and my wife have
trouble agree on disagree on this.
Speaker 8: Yeah, no, on the side. On the side, Rice goes in, Yeah,
on the side.
Speaker 3: You don't do like a mix it all together type thing.
Speaker 2: Rice goes in, potato, salad goes on the side.
Speaker 3: I kind of agree with that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: So we're here for the super Bowl obviously, and you
can see that there's so many people here. The vibes
in the city are super high. And you know, talk
about wanting your swan song to be here in New
Orleans and bring a pay per view here, and where
are we at with that process? I saw there's some.
Speaker 2: Movement in Yeah, there's a lot of movement. Me and
the UFC.
Speaker 8: I been working on this and talking about this for
the past few months. You know, I would love to
lay the gloves down where I picked them up in
the state of Louisiana, fighting in New Orleans. You know,
it would be incredible. Hopefully, I'm I'm hoping for this
summer Smoothie King Center, and I think we're pretty close
so making it happen.
Speaker 2: Nothing's done for sure, Yeah, but I think we're close.
Speaker 3: Do you think that the super Bowl and like seeing
that there's like the city shows out for it and
people come to New Orleans for it just for fun,
but also there's an event that they want to come to,
like they'll make the trip. Do you think that this
will help kind of push it over the finish line?
Speaker 8: Yeah, it shows that we can host huge events and
have a great time in the city and be safe.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 8: Obviously being from Louisiana, you know how it is out here.
The vibe is different. The food's great, the people are good,
the music's great. But being the Super Bowl, so Mania's
coming here, so it is, we got a lot of
stuff going on in Louisiana, So it'd be it'd be
great for the state, great for the city if we
can get a UFC here, Because I haven't fought at
home for the UFC since like twenty fourteen. I've been
ten eleven years ago, so I would love to lay
the gloves on.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 3: And so I've watched your interview that you did with
Theovonna while back, and I remember like he asked you like,
do you know when you're gonna retire? Do you have
a few fights left like et cetera, And then you
your answer was I think I'll know in the moment.
So do you feel like after you fought Islam, were
you like, Okay, I've got one more in me or
was it more like no, you were already thinking about it.
Speaker 8: If anything that showed that fight showed me I have
a lot more in me. Yeah, and I still feel
like I do. But it's just how much do I
want to give of myself to the sport. I've given
my whole life to it since I was a kid,
you know, and I have fifty something gauge fights.
Speaker 2: It's like you don't ride for free.
Speaker 8: At some point, this is gonna you know, I still
feel great, I still feel good, but this is you know,
if I'm not fighting for the world title or putting
myself in a position to fight for the world title,
what am I fighting for money? I'm good, you know,
just the thrill of fighting, you know, that's always awesome.
Speaker 2: That's addicting.
Speaker 8: But like, I have a family to look after and
I need I need my faculties. I need to be
there for my daughter when she gets married. So I
just want to have that feeling, in that rush, that
high one more time.
Speaker 2: And I would have loved to do it here in
New Orleans.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so next question, whenever you well, actually, let's move
because I don't know how much time you have, So
I'm gonna move on. So we're gonna switch to We've
been doing three and out with everybody, which is just
three fun questions that we do real quick, and then
we're gonna call it three rounds. Though, We're gonna go
three rounds with Dustin Poirier right now. So, Dustin, what
you're good? What is your go to Super Bowl snack?
Like you're going to the Super Bowl party?
Speaker 7: What is it?
Speaker 2: Come on, wings, wings, and blue cheese. Leave the rancher,
leave the ranch out of here. Put the blue cheese.
Your blue cheese, guys, chunky blue cheese.
Speaker 3: Come on, Dustin, if it's hot.
Speaker 2: If it's buffalo wings, yeah, blue cheese, okay.
Speaker 3: Second question, bucket list? Concert dead or alive or both?
Give me both? Like, what is the one concert that
you really want to go to?
Speaker 2: Uh? Dead?
Speaker 8: I'm trying to think, like a Bob Marley concert would
be incredible, you know, such a Tupac concert would be incredible.
I'm going to see who am I going to Post
Malone tonight?
Speaker 1: Me too?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'll see you there.
Speaker 3: My wife are going, oh yeah, I'm really excited about
It's my birthday, so like, thank you. So my boss
hooked me up with tickets to go see it. So
I'm super excited about you that. But yeah, last question,
if you weren't a UFC fighter, what do you think
your job would be? Did you have like another dream
job growing up or not?
Speaker 2: Really?
Speaker 8: I've been fighting since I was seventeen years old. I've
had a lot of jobs throughout the years before I
started making real money fighting.
Speaker 2: But I don't know what I would be out. I've
been fighting since I was a kid.
Speaker 3: Do you think like after this that you would transition
sort of like Daniel Cormier did another Louisiana legend into
like sort of a broadcasting role because his show with
shel Son and is really good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, good guy, bad guy. Yeah.
Speaker 8: DC's a buddy of mine. I would like to you know,
I do work a lot with ESPN. Yeah, I'm working
the Miami card in April pay per view. Yeah, So
if I can get more gigs like that, I'd love it. It
keeps me attached to the sport and also makes me
nervous and gives me the rush.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Because live TV is different.
Speaker 8: I've done a lot of video for TV where they
can edit have teleprompters.
Speaker 2: Live TV off the cuff is a whole different thing,
and it's.
Speaker 3: Exciting live radio every day and it really is like
it's a rush. So I love it. Two more quick
questions if you have time. So UFC three twelve coming
up tomorrow night. Did plus Y and Strickland too? What
do you think? What do you think? Let me ask
you what did you think about the first one? Because
there's a lot of controversy surrounding that one. So what
did you think about Did you think Strickling got cheated
out of it?
Speaker 8: Or I'd have to go back and I'd watched it
live and I didn't go back and rewatch. I have
to make that decision and have to watch it again,
like by myself.
Speaker 2: Yeah, without people. You know, I'm watching out a bunch
of people. A lot of stuff's going on. I have
to really watch it. Yeah, but I think I think
is gonna win again. Of course, Sean Knon's dangerous and
he's unorthodox.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, he's got the stash going right now
that I don't know if you saw it, it looks
a little crazy.
Speaker 2: He's got the staff going too in his arm.
Speaker 3: It looks like, Yeah, I was like, oh my gosh,
that's not good. Last question, let's get your Super Bowl
prediction Eagles, Chiefs. What you're thinking.
Speaker 2: Birds, I'm going to Eagles. Yeah, I'm going to want.
Speaker 3: You heard it here first, Dustin Pourriet going with the Eagles. Dustin,
thank you so much for some of your time today.
Speaker 2: No problem, Thanks for having me. Wow, the diamond pretty
good handicapped for there a log. So that was your
first ever interview.
Speaker 3: First ever interview. He went two for two though, duplus
e one. He beat Strickland on Saturday night and then
he went with the birds.
Speaker 2: So shout out Dustin.
Speaker 7: It might be the oracle.
Speaker 3: But yeah, first interview I've ever done in my entire life.
Speaker 2: You did an awesome job. Thank you, not even just
guessing you have those You're very comfortable. He obviously had
a very good time. That was great.
Speaker 3: I was very nervous and I feel like you could tell,
but it's fine.
Speaker 2: That's staff line. I am pretty pretty great as well.
Speaker 3: And I have to say it warmed my heart that,
you know, my cold dead heart. Yes, yes, it warmed
it that you and Jake and Rivers were like so
supportive during it.
Speaker 2: Oh well, I mean you know it's your favorite. I
knew you were very excited about it. Yeah, thank god
we avoided the disaster rivers for God's put her phone
that we filmed it on an airplane mode. And then
right after it Endo Moscona could yes, so like we
barely averted disaster. But I was on stand back. I
was ready to ignore that call and restart the filming.
But you you killed it. First interview with somebody that
you liked that much and very tough. You nailed it.
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Speaker 6: Slone came across a Super Bowl Sunday. ESPN actually did
a story on this. Look it's you don't want to
say a happy ending, because nothing's ever happy when someone
loses their life. This obviously circulates around the That was
not a bad way to put it at all, but
tom up, this is about Tiger Besh ESPN did a
story on Tiger Besh, just something heartwarming that the Philadelphia
Eagles decided to do so. Ryan Quigley was Tiger Besh's
best friend. They played football together at Princeton's and Ryan
Quigley is from the Philadelphia area. He was a massive
Philadelphia Eagles fan. He flew Tiger Besh out there for
a couple of games. They went all the games together.
When they started doing really really good this year, they decided, Hey,
if the Eagles make the Super Bowl somehow somewhere or
you're going to find a way to make it to
this game. He was actually in New Orleans with Tiger
Besh during the accident. Actually has a bum leg now
because of it. They showed him on ESPN temporarily, but
he is in a wheelchair right now.
Speaker 7: And he said he was never going back to.
Speaker 2: New Orleans ever.
Speaker 6: He's like, I'm not going back tough city, Like it
only reminds me of one thing. Philadelph Eagles got wind
of this and said, look, we know you don't want
to go back, but we want to fly you out there.
We want to give you tickets to the Super Bowl.
On us quickly went He wore Eagles, Jack Besh, Tiger
Besch Jersey, and he actually said, it turned out to
be a really good time.
Speaker 7: So shout out to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2: For doing that. Very very good, very good story there
by the Philadelphia Eagles a very like you said, tragic
and yet heartwarming story. And it was pretty amazing seeing
all of the victims honored there before the game, Jack
Besh there on on the on on the field, it was.
It was amazing. It was amazing. All right, possible pivot,
Uh Taylor, give me your Mason Taylor take real quick
thirty seconds or less, one minute or less.
Speaker 6: Bleacher Report said that one of Mason Taylor's weaknesses is
that he'd never had the ball thrown his way in
high pressure situations or at a high volume. And that
is literally what Mason Taylor was the best at. We
talked about it after the bowl game, saying, your biggest
loss on offense very well could be Mason Taylor if
it's not Emery Jones or Will Campbell because time and
time again, third and long, must have it four downs.
Garrett Nelsemeyer went to Mason Taylor and they said one
of his biggest weaknesses is, uh.
Speaker 7: Not getting the ball in big moments.
Speaker 2: Uh, all right, let's do this, ask them in trying
to make colk col Ker's Light is he Heart Teltzer
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the bench bigger beef Drake versus Kendrick or Teaba versus t.
Speaker 3: Te what's my favorite one?
Speaker 2: Or which one's bigger? Which one's bigger Drake and Kendrick.
Speaker 6: Yeah, probably I feel like that's one side now though
it really is like I feel like Drake doesn't care.
Speaker 2: Well no, I mean he came out in the concert
with the bullet holes and the smoke coming out. I
think kind of like being like, okay, you know whatever.
I still that's actually one of my Again, that is
one of my biggest problems with kendrick performance. I knew
all the songs. I love Kendrick. Uh, but you didn't
need to make the whole super Bowl like about him? Right? Well,
I guess the whole thing wasn't, but a lot of
it kind of felt like, I mean, the chain of course,
not like us was gonna be the big songs. It
was a massive hit. But yeah, asked the bench, is
a two point advantah, yeah, a version versus Bamon not
a high pressure? What are we talking about?
Speaker 7: Four downs against old myths didn't happen?
Speaker 2: What ask the bench to Tea Bob? Just tell Andrew
she's inside him?
Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, I am, she is right now as we speak,
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Speaker 2: Bob Drake literally filed the lawsuit over the beef chances. Okay, no, no,
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