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That's betterhelp.com slash positive. So true, so true. After hearing from so many of you, hundreds of you that reached out on social media Thursday night into Friday all through the weekend telling us where you are, how you listen. We were pretty blown away by not only the answers that came in from all over the country north of the border as well as across the pond. And actually we had two interviews from the British, well not the British Isles, we had two interviews from Europe last week.

One from the British Isles. That was our friend Matt Adams of the Golf Channel who was in Ireland and Scotland last week. And then from Christopher Clary who was covering tennis at the French Open. So it's kind of neat that we had two live interviews from across the pond. And some of you actually were telling us that you listen over there as well. That you listen via apps or online. And then here in the United States, our 300 plus affiliates north of the border as well on what is an extensive national network that has different numbers in different parts of Canada. But it's it's essentially similar to what we do here as a network and is carrying a bunch of our programming and not our 24-7 but some of our show too.

Then we heard from people who also listen to apps or Sirius XM 158. Really neat. I know that's the case. Just like you know that when I tell you I love working overnights, it's true. It's real.

I'm being genuine because here I am. This is wrapping. Well we're not wrapping. Sorry I don't know why I said that. It's June.

I don't know why we're wrapping up here. Number nine. But it's year number nine on this schedule and year number 11 overall with CBS Sports Radio which would make next year 10 full years. At the end of 2024 when my next contract is up or my current contract is up I should say it will be 10 full years on overnights. That's a long time. For those of you who have inhabited overnights and late nights or second or third shift for years for maybe longer than a decade you understand it is a lifestyle and it's not easy and there are weeks when it is I feel like the bags under my eyes are growing larger and puffier by the second because it is not always easy to navigate fleet.

So 10 years is a good round number. I'm looking for something different after 10 years but I am happy to be here and I'm really proud of the tradition and the level of quality and entertainment that we've established overnight. However wherever you join us if you listen late nights, if you listen all night because you happen to be working or driving or you're just awake yourself or if you catch us first thing in the morning because you happen to have a shift or a job that allows flex scheduling or you have a long commute maybe you're going to the gym or you have other things to do before you start work.

It's definitely a compilation. Our audience is a compilation of many different lifestyles, routines, work shifts, ages. We found that out as well and regions of the country. We love our affiliates. We're so glad that you are able to hang with us and here we go into the summer season where people are out of their regular routines a lot of the time traveling, they're on vacations, they take holidays, planes, trains and automobiles and we go with you there as well. So keep us in mind we have a bunch of affiliates who maybe wouldn't carry the show on a full-time basis but they carry it because they've got hosts who are out and on vacation. No we've had Chicago in most of the the last few weeks we've had Chicago at least a couple nights we've heard from a bunch of you on am 670 the score and before you know it you'll need us for training camp intel because you know NFL training camps start under six weeks.

What? That's crazy. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. Thanks so much for hanging out with us. As I look up here I've got multiple different networks on TV in the studio and I keep seeing the smiling faces of Sylvia Fowls and Sue Bird both honored. Sue Bird's number retired and Sylvia getting her own banner up in the rafters as they're two of the most accomplished and appreciated WNBA players and WNBA season continues on. Also still this weekend we were seeing the college world series come into focus right so we've had the super regionals going on and just some great storylines as always. I know in women's college softball and that world series just wrapped up over the weekend or late last week I should say we actually I had a friend of mine who texted me that he was there and that the atmosphere was just incredible the whole time there in Oklahoma City where OU not only completed an historic run but was able to win its third consecutive women's college world series. So now you've got the men's world series or the college world series that takes place in Omaha and it's opposite ends of the spectrum right it's Wake Forest who's the number one seed the demon deacons issue if you will but you've also got Oral Roberts headed to Omaha Oral Roberts. So they are in the final eight for the college world series and that's how many end up in Omaha going through regionals gone through super regionals they take out Oregon in their super regional lowest seed to reach the world series since Stony Brook which is a tiny school on long island lowest seed to reach the college world series since Stony Brook in 2012 so over a decade ago and it's kind of neat right because when was the most recent episode of Oral Roberts trending on the national stage March Madness 2021 remember the golden eagles made a run to the sweet 16. So this is pretty neat you've got Oral Roberts against TCU I mean ORU as they call it Oral Roberts has only been there one other time in the college world series and it goes back to the 70s. So it's pretty neat they've already taken out not just Oregon but Washington Oklahoma State and so you've got top seed Wake Forest with all the pressure with all the anticipation with all the expectation and then Oral Roberts a Cinderella in the college world series and then I mentioned TCU also Florida LSU Virginia.

This is yeah it's it's gonna be fun I just love the contrast with where the schools come from and their experience. They don't yet have the full college world series bracket so a couple more super regionals that have to finish up on Monday but after that it's on to Omaha. It's after hours here on CBS porch radio so that's part of what's happening on Monday also happening on Monday game five of the NBA finals. It could be a coronation it could be the culmination of what has been eight years of coaching for Mike Malone but this multi-season arc for the Nuggets so it goes back to 2020 when they really found their stride in the bubble. Remember that was when Jamal Murray introduced himself to the NBA on a national stage when people saw what he was capable of and when the Nuggets took on the Lakers in the western conference finals now they fell short but we've been hearing about that experience really setting a tone paving a way if you will for them to get to this point. They had to try and fail now I would say there was no expectation with the Nuggets in the bubble that was a surprise the last couple years not so much but Jamal Murray tore the ACL late in the regular season going back to 20 21 yes well yes 21 right 21 yeah and so he was working his way back working his way back he had to find that groove again. Nicola Jokic of course was winning two MVPs along the way the Nuggets in the regular season had established himself as a team to beat but last year had to fall flat last year had to miss out for it to sting a little bit for them to be extra motivated they bring in pieces to put around Jokic and Murray comes back healthy and now here they are despite some we'll call them stumbles at the end of the regular season when Jokic was hurt it's a long season right it took them quite a while to actually clinch the number one seed but they have played their best basketball of the year in this postseason only dropping one game at home sweeping the Lakers in the western conference finals reaching their first ever NBA finals and now one win away courtesy of a victory in Miami on Friday night now keeping in mind this was the game in which Nicola Jokic was in foul trouble for a good portion of the fourth quarter actually ended up having to sit for a large chunk of time and into that void other teammates step up like Aaron Gordon. Gordon walks it over to the right hand side bounce pass Murray's open down low layup is up and in what was Jimmy Butler thinking there oh my goodness time out Spolstra Denver leads it by 10. Murray veals down to the right elbow guarded by Adebayu this has Gabe Vincent on joker two hands on the alley-oop to Aaron Gordon Denver leads it by 11 72 to 61 over halfway home in the third quarter Murray to the elbow corner three Gordon yes oh I can't tell you how big that bucket was back the other way comes Adebayu Adebayu stutter step drive fighting the clock jumper air ball at the horn and Denver will take a 13 point lead to the fourth quarter and because the fourth quarter was dead even they each scored 22 22 points that's it each scored 22 the spread when the game is done remains 13 that's Jason Kosmici on Nuggets radio for Nikola Jokic even with the foul trouble it's crazy numbers 23 points 12 rebounds four assists three steals and three blocks even though he had foul trouble he points to Aaron Gordon so does Jamal Murray as being the difference in that game four he won us the game he was the he was our best player on the floor and um you know guarding the best player every night that's not a tough job and maybe you're not gonna get a lot of credit but uh we know what he what he's doing for our our team and uh we're really thankful for him and appreciate he appreciate him a lot he's a dog he's uh strong he's physically he's tough he's chill he brings everybody together off the court and he's a he's a selfless player and um he's been solid this whole um this whole playoffs this whole season the whole time he's been here he's been he's been great Aaron Gordon with 27 points on Friday to go along with seven rebounds six assists he shoots 11 of 15 from the floor so when you get that type of production from Gordon to go along with Jokic to go along with Bruce Brown who's got 20 off the bench and we've seen him do this a few times he's a streaky shooter so he's out there for his tenacity for his toughness for his defense but he also scored 21. Again we'll see him kind of flame uh flare up in different games where he's got open shots he gets hot and he's able to contribute but that's not generally his role and so I like this element of the Nuggets where it's a different guy who will step up to be third option okay so Jokic, Jamal, third option who's it going to be a Michael Porter, a Contavious Caldwell Pope, a Bruce Brown maybe it's going to be an Aaron Gordon right maybe it's going to be a guy that the defense can't focus on as much because there are so many other options it was all hands on deck why because they do not want to let this thing slip away I told the guys the first thing I said we're not celebrating it's a good win we've done our job but we're not celebrating like we've done anything yet we know we're gonna have to go home and uh turn off the the tv the radio don't read the papers don't listen to everybody telling you how great you are because we haven't done a damn thing yet we have to win another game to be world champions and we're going to do that by simply taking it one quarter at a time and uh we stay true to our identity we'll give ourselves a great chance to do that same thing it's always been it's always been it's a game at a time now we're in a must win situation every single game which we're capable of some correctable things that we got to do but it's not impossible so we got we got to go out there and do it we got three to get we're going to continually fight starting tomorrow to get better and then we're going to monday and and do what we said we were going to do this entire time and win we have to we have no other choice otherwise we did all this for no reason so the guys know we know um we got something to do our whole season hasn't been easy uh you know we just seem like we just we won't quit we just will not quit bam adebayo and jimmy butler who have been very consistent in what they have said about this team with its backs against the wall and and you've heard me say this over the course of miami's run they always do it the hard way but for whatever reason miami cannot take the easy road how about don't trail by double figures in the second half don't trail by double figures going into the fourth quarter and maybe you won't have so many fourth quarter comebacks because you won't need them they never do it the easy way yes they've made a killing with the fourth quarter comebacks and they certainly know how to win on the road so jimmy butler talks about being a must win that was after game four on friday but i believe you can see the fatigue i believe you can see the wear of these playoffs they're not as careful with the basketball now credit the nuggets for playing defense aaron gordon for sure bruce brown we know that these guys take the defense seriously they may not all be defensive first teamers but they take it seriously they work hard at it and they forced 15 turnovers against the heat which is a lot for miami that's triple what we've seen in other games but they forced 15 turnovers they turn that into 17 points and there's your margin of victory on friday but also you can see the heat running out of gas a little bit they're there right now living and dying with that three i don't love that i've i've never loved that but they make just eight triples on friday and if you've got double the number of turnovers that you have three pointers that's not a great recipe for success in the nba but of course they're used to this they're pretty comfortable in the zone i just think it would be a heck of a lot easier if you didn't always put yourself in a must-win situation or a situation where you have no other choice it's after hours here on cbs sports radio so a little bit later we'll hear from them last thoughts before mondays game five in denver certainly a lot of emotion a part of breaking through in pro sports or college sports it's just that the pros they're paid to do this theoretically they're more mentally tough than college students not always right but that's the idea is when it's your job because of the extra reps you get because you're in the arena so much more because it's your focus most of the time that you you're better at the discipline you're better at blocking out the noise you're better at compartmentalizing if you will but there's certainly a lot on the line and you can imagine how emotional it will be in denver for the nuggets who are on the cusp and not just these nuggets right all nuggets every nugget and all of the fans who root for the nuggets not the little nuggets that's something completely different but the fans who root for the nuggets you can expect that monday could lead to some wild celebrations and potentially tuesday will be a day in which there's a lot of working from home i'm using my air quotations working from home you put that in your pipe you smoke it oh heavens and mike malone can finally drop the chip off his shoulder he has been spicy for months now don't you dare slight nikola yokich in fact don't you even sneeze in his general direction he's been stoking this fire of nobody believes in us he's been stoking this fire of we're not respected now there is some truth to that but boys he's been stoking it he doesn't even like miami's press room what a bad press room by the way i mean just why are you being so rude soft he's been calling out his own team he's been calling out other teams he's been calling out the media just put that in your pipe and smoke it will ya i actually don't think that's legal anymore you put that in your pipe you smoke it how many people are allowed to have pipes well not those kind of pipes how many people are allowed to have like smoking pipes in denver yeah they're all right no i'm not i said not that kind of pipe i said the the the pipe that you would see your grandfather use the one that stunk to high heaven right oh i mean i'm sure i'm not the only one but my italian family my mom's little side of the family in the youngstown ohio area there were plenty of family parties where my uncle steve had the pipe fired up oh goodness my grandpa had a pipe as well oh man that smell i can i could even recall that smell right now do you know that smell is the most powerful of your senses in terms of its ability to connect you with memories even more than vision more than hearing more than touch smell is the one that triggers the most memories and the most kind of flashbacks and it happens it happens a lot with me like the smell brings you back to your childhood well any memories right you can smell a particular scent maybe it's a cologne that someone's wearing maybe it's the pipe maybe it's i don't know food and it can trigger all kinds of memories yes smell apparently is the is the sense more than any other that can trigger memories in your brain which is i think fascinating wild yeah real wild all right speaking of wild coming up at the rbc canadian open where rory mcelroy was the talk of the town and not for his golf at least not initially where liv versus pga is fired up again even if they say they're merging there's still a lot of details to work out it was a different golfer a canadian who stole the show and then back of the hour oh not just stole the show but countrymen got tackled by security did you see this moment we made to put it up on social media jim nance actually described it in the moment somebody must have gotten in his ear and say look what's happening look what's happening so there is a fellow canadian who wants to celebrate with the winner it's this huge deal for the country he gets tackled by security because they don't know who he is if you haven't seen the video jay maybe put it up because i'm i'm sure it's the guy is drunk but okay but he did have champagne but he actually wasn't drunk we'll explain it's after hours with amy lawrence on cbs sports radio you are listening to the after hours podcast good pace t-mobile's network can help keep you connected to all 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we're talking nearly 70 years so for canadian golf it's a big deal not to mention as you hear with jim nance on cbs it comes on the fourth hole of a playoff courtesy of a 72 foot eagle putt so as that putt drops not only does nick taylor freak out throw his club into the air jump into the arms of his caddy but adam hadwin who is among those canadian golfers who's around the eight not the 18th grade but is around the green where the playoff is taking place he starts to rush in with champagne along with again other canadian golfers he is not recognized by security even though he's a close friend of had of taylor's even though he just finished up his own round and been playing that weekend he's tackled by a security guard as he's spraying champagne and so dick taylor says yeah he was upright when i saw him later and my hat smells like champagne so maybe some of it actually reached its intended target last player from canada to win this open pat fletcher in 1954 he wasn't even canadian born but he was canadian citizen so you have to go all the way back to 1914 to find the only other canadian born champion congratulations to nick taylor but again we're talking 72 foot eagle putt a moment that may never be replicated pretty incredible that you can drop that kind of a putt with all the pressure of the fourth hole of a playoff it was long obviously i i we knew that the the finish line would be the best way to put it we knew about the last 15 feet because i had that in the second playoff hole um with the rain coming down the slope obviously we knew it was going to be slow it's so easily that putt 10 feet short from how far i was um and to get it there was obviously a bit of a surprise honestly um but i felt since that we learned a bit from that second putt that we knew generally what i was going to do it's it's there's a lot of luck for that to go in the hole 72 foot eagle putt and it's this compilation of having played the hole multiple times over the course of the tournament watching other golfers play the hole of course the caddies have done their work but yeah the ball's got to roll exactly the right speed and and their skill involved the brakes whatever it might pass by or pass over on the green does it do what it's supposed to do that ball is a pain in the rear sometimes it's after hours on cbs sports radio now he's being labeled an inspiration for canadian golf wow what does that feel like nick taylor it's hard to imagine because i feel like i'm still that kid you know i go to a handful golf courses when i'm back in abbotsford in the summers and it's great to see junior players and you know new know who i am say they're big fans playing golf so i know this will only help that generation nick taylor grew up in abbotsford british columbia like hadwin and so and so they're friends they've been friends forever but hadwin just gets completely flattened again if you haven't seen it the videos out there if you haven't seen it hadwin in the background and someone must have pointed it out to jim nance that hadwin got taken out by a security guard but then and and we don't have audio from hadwin maybe at some point but i read this quote which was really funny where he said he had so much adrenaline he was so fired up for his friend that he didn't even the tackle even faze him he just popped right back up was ready to go find taylor so taylor is 35 years old only his third win on the pga tour and maybe he wouldn't trade it for a masters or a green jacket so i won't be that melodramatic but this is a signature moment for canadian golf and it comes on the heels of everything that stole the show well first of all the canadian wildfires with the smoke and the air quality in eastern canada so that obviously was not to be overlooked last week and many parts of the united states were dealing with it so there was some trepidation about whether or not they'd be able to get the tournament on time and completed but then the pga live merger announcement that you served any attention on the tournament until it actually teed off and maybe even after that rory mcelroy by the way who was two shots out of the lead to start sunday's final round finished in in the top 10 but flipped back a little bit and he actually was i saw some quotes i saw some quotes from him where he was talking about how that press conference that he did the day after the live announcement was that wednesday i'm trying to remember last last week that was the most awkward press conference he's ever been a part of it was just so awkward and uncomfortable for him but golf as it does in every other sport the actual golf like we've seen in football like we've seen in any other sport that's going through a bit of a pr nightmare or controversy there's backlash from fans very very commonly when they get back to the task at hand when they actually go back to competition a lot of the headlines from outside the ropes if you will to use the golf terminology it fades away now i'm not telling you it's going to stay faded it's not there will still be plenty of chatter i don't imagine that it sits well all of a sudden with the golfers and there's going to be more that we'll hear i mean rory mcelroy was talking about the noise even as he was playing over the weekend and the merger hasn't even taken place yet what happens with live remember he hates live hit live hate it like i hear it i hate it so yeah there's a lot still to be done which means the headlines will persist but when they're playing golf just like when we're in the middle of an nfl sunday nfl sunday or an nfl weekend so often the other headlines they just kind of they hit the back burner and they fade away and then they flare up again when the events are over all right on twitter alaw radio also on our facebook page after hours with amy lawrence hope you had a great weekend i potted my first flowers i actually had them over a week ago but was not sacrificing them to the smoke monster during the week and so tuesday wednesday thursday i wasn't i wasn't going to put them outside and allow them to be eaten up by the smoke monster and actually the plants that i do have outside the ones that are in pots i have a big palm that is probably 15 years old i keep cutting it back it keeps growing um and then i have a a boston fern that was a little bitty stem and now it's this full plant they all look like they suffered some smoke damage i can't really explain it except to say that the tips are all real brown it's either that or there was frostbite one of the other all right coming up we've got qb news because now we have to we'll explain you are listening to the after hey can you hear me okay good well so can your potential customers right here on your odyssey station you might be used to skipping social ads but you are still listening to me right now and so are your clients to learn how to drive more business and how odyssey can help get your message to your customers visit 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allen nine yard touchdown run the bills respond and then some it's time for qb news on after hours and we are mandated to do qb news this portion of the show is brought to you by wesley financial stuck in a timeshare and you want out contact wesley financial group now and get a free timeshare exit information kit at wesley financial group.com there is never a bad time of the year never a bad time of the show for some qb news so racking it up and starting in the nfc east remember last year three playoff teams out of that particular division they went from the nfc least to the nfc beast and more changes are in the offing like mike mccarthy who will be calling plays this year for the dallas cowboys he keeps his job much of the chagrin of many cowboys fans but actually mccarthy wants you all to know that dak is the one who's in the driver's seat you need to own the offense you know i have no interest in and being known as some guru coach or a smart coach i'm a smart hall of fame type quarterbacks the only way to get there is you got to make them own the offense and uh and you you see it he has a personality and he's done a really good job of taking ownership of that and then with that he's knocked it out of the park did he really say i have no interest in being known as a smart coach it's one of those phrases that comes out of your mouth and after the fact you hear it and you realize uh-oh so yes mike mccarthy dak press got trying to get on the same page but part the he doesn't want to be snapping you know the reins hey let's go this way let's go that way he wants dak to take ownership cowboys 12 and 5 last year only team better in the division is the team that went to the super bowl for the nfc jaylen hurts not only gets the massive contract extension but they feel like they've got a platform moving forward so what stands out about the off season to this point jaylen um kelsey's back that stood out that's it no big fat contract no record-setting deal nah not this move or that move instead kelsey's back better than ever oh that'll be fun we get the new heights podcast with both travis and jason still active in the nfl also in the nfc east am i the only one who is a little bit suspicious of all of the commanders coaches and players who are raving about sam howell logan thompson he's the latest on serious xm nfl radio it's a lot of fun to play with him because he kind of has a like mind of uh you know somebody who's not exactly a a quarterback he sees the field from like a receiver standpoint sometimes and and obviously when he's running the ball he sees it as a running back standpoint and uh so he's he's special in that regard i'm excited to see what he can do but he throws a very catchable ball uh you know none of the receivers tight ends i've had any problems catching it it's not heavy he comes in nice uh it comes in you know kind of flat which is which is nice and an easy ball to catch the tight end logan thompson logan thomas logan thomas jay wait wait jay all right then yes logan thompson is a goaltender for the golden knights yeah well thank you for that so logan thomas he enjoys catching the ball from sam howell it's not heavy it's a flat ball on serious xm nfl radio we'll see whether or not sam howell can live up to the hype of course the commander is the only team in the nfc east that did not make the playoffs last year remember we had this incredible surprise uh of of not just the nfc east but what happened in the nfc west uh and so we'll get to that coming up but detroit also one of those great surprises where they uh put together a magical second half run knocked the packers out of the playoffs and now dane campbell is raving about jared gaughan but he's not the only one jamir gibbs as well i can see he's a great person uh he comes and talks to me about routes and plays that like how he wants how he wants me to run them and um which i can help our chemistry and just help us get better what did dan campbell say they don't need another quarterback they're happy with jared goth they didn't draft somebody to replace him and he thinks he's a lot better now than he was when he was in california and so jamir now trying to get to know him and and think develop a rapport that can help the lions build on what they did last year right now the nfc south desmond ritter yeah who's gonna have a better season sam howell or desmond ritter he took over late last year for the falcons and he's trying to now assume his position as qb1 and work like a qb1 you know it doesn't matter really whether you're first in or last out um it's all about being efficient that's one thing i learned last year uh was you know you don't have to spend 24 hours here you don't have to spend 18 hours here but if you do it efficiently you can find the right times you know to be some people are morning people some people are night people some people don't want to come in so two minutes for the meeting some people will stay five hours after the meeting uh so for me just to get up get early knock it out get everything that you need done and then you know go to work night people unite here we are represent baby it's after hours on fbs sports radio in our qb news so desmond ritter is qb1 now going into his second season needs to be a pro needs to be a leader gino smith well he's got over a decade in the nfl but it will be year two at the helm of the seattle seahawks and dk macalf he's excited about again building on what happened last year with that wildcard spot after last year um you go into the off season we're wondering if he's going to be our quarterback next year or not and you know once we got the news that he was going to be our quarterback it's like all right we can just pick up from where we left off last year and that's him being a great leader like he was during uh during the whole season last year um and just his energy and his passion to win and to continue to compete he's been here since day one of otas and uh since they started off season workouts so i mean he's just been trying to get everybody along and bring everybody you know to a team atmosphere to where this is a brotherhood and not just you know us coming to work so that's the one thing that he's trying to instill in the offense and instilling this team excited to see what will happen with p carroll and gino and another year and they're not going to catch teams by surprise how competitive will they be in the nfc west if the rest of the division sees it coming in the nfc east you can't miss the fact that the jets have brought in a pro bowl quarterback a future hall of famer and he is still gushing over his first what month and a half with the jets the last six weeks have been about the most fun i've had in a while so it's fun to come to work and be excited about what we're doing we've got a great quarterback room to be able to work with uh todd downing and rob and hacks in there all the time and you know we get some other randoms coming and sitting in the room which is nice too but to work with zach and tim and chris has been a lot of fun zach of course being zach wilson who speaks openly about his reaction when they traded for his buddy aaron rogers at first um you know you're not always happy about that but you know i'm extremely psyched that out of any quarterback you could have brought in it was him i think right now i'm having a ton of fun like more fun than i've had and and i think that's just you know the cubie room um being with aaron i think it's feeling like every single day there's so much to like learn you know it's like every day i'm just like wow like i just learned 10 different things about playing the quarterback position so i think i'm getting so eager to be there and soak up all the information that whole room has all right but i need some more specifics how exactly can rogers help you become better as a quarterback i have to look at kind of where i'm at as a quarterback and how i can look to to be the best i can be and and i do think this could be a big part of it you know i think what he brings to the table what coach hack and and downing bring to the table could be really good for me and my development and and then this offense of course too zack wilson doesn't have the expectations of being qb1 he'll see the field maybe sparingly as long as rogers is healthy but if ultimately the jets can have him ready by the time that aaron is done now remember aaron's tells us he was 90 retired by the time he got into the darkness retreat and then he came out realizing he wanted to play again oh and that he definitely wanted to play for the jets or something like that and so now you've got a zack wilson who doesn't have the pressure maybe he can improve his leadership skills let's hope he learns that from aaron maybe he can improve on his communication with the team remember the team that was wearing mike white t-shirts when he took over last year and and zack got benched can zack grow up forget the quarterback part can he grow up and be ready whenever aaron is done don't have your number you're not gonna have my number it's after hours with amy lawrence cbs sports radio do you hear that that is the sound of bmw performance without a single piston or cylinder a generation of all electric vehicles designed and built like no other the bmw ix i7 and i4 revolutionize every drive into a thrilling opportunity to feel the pure rush of bmw 100 electric but isn't that what you'd expect from the ultimate electric driving machine take advantage of exceptional lease and finance offers today