REShow: Mark Andrew - Hour 2

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Hey Rich what's up man? And Jason Feller finishing up his residency today Del Tufo returns tomorrow is that what it's on? Yeah and then gone Friday. Okay so we'll see it we'll see it we'll see it. Why is he just why is he coming back? Just to show that he thinks he's part of the program?

Is that what it is? I'll let you decide. Okay he's just gonna touch up you know what he's he's the ghost runner. He'll be our ghost runner. Hey guys I'm still here. Good to see you over there TJ Jefferson how are you sir? Let me make sure this mic's on oh yeah. There it is.

Oh there we go. You can do it you can do it. We chatted with Tom Pelissero of NFL Network and then shortly in about 18 minutes time joining us from the Arizona Cardinals will be James Conner but let's turn to the Mercedes-Benz Vans phone line and find one of the best tight ends in the National Football League entering his fifth year out of Oklahoma. Joining us here is a pro bowler and I guess a roommate of mine and my wife's my wife Susie for the NFL Honors. Good to chat once again with Mark Andrews of the Baltimore Ravens. How you doing Mark?

Hey Rich I'm doing great. It's good to talk to you again. I know we were sitting right next to you you and your mom and me and Suze taking in the NFL Honors that night.

I haven't spoken to you since then. Yeah we had a great time that was a good performance. Yeah by me is that what you're saying or or you're talking about the host of okay. Yeah the host was good you were good you did a great job. Thank you. Thank you I appreciate that Mark.

I'm very fragile I need that sort of support. So how'd you enjoy the evening? I mean seriously what did you think of that night back in LA?

It was just a cool experience you know just being around you know all those guys all those people you know a lot of those guys I haven't really seen you know in that setting or at all so just being able to be there be around and get to meet those type of people it was really really fun. Sitting right behind Josh Allen but you're big enough to be able to see over him I imagine right Mark? Do you have any no sight line issues right for you that night? No no no no sight issues we're a little a little bit above him but he's a big dude. He is that he is that but you are too man so let's just jump right into this Ravens offense and how things are looking in training camp and preseason. Walk me through it Mark how is how are things looking in year five for you and the Ravens offense? Yeah it's going really really well you know I think you know for us we had good OTAs you know period but you know we had a good training camp and and you know kind of finishing up our last padded practice of camp you know today but you know we have a lot of guys that are making big-time plays we're extremely focused we're going to be a disciplined discipline team and you know I just can't wait you know like I said it's a it's 9-11 you know against the Jets you know we're going to be ready to go we're going to be excited about that it's going to be you know obviously a humbling time to be able to play there in New York you know on that date you know so we're going to we're going to come and play with fashion.

So the offense has JK Dobbins back in it how does he look? He looks good man he's a he's worked extremely hard just getting himself back in the rhythm and you know just seeing him back out there the few practices and every time he's you know touching the football every time he's back out there every practice he's just getting that much better that much more fluent and and uncomfortable so I'm excited to see where he can get. Well because I believe if I'm not mistaken Mark you were kind enough to call into this program one year ago I think it was the day after he and Gus Edwards went down in the same practice and you walked us through how the team was feeling and you were very open about that I'm wondering how it must feel for you to see him out there a year later seeming ready to go in week one Mark? Yeah like you said man it was tough you know both those guys going down but we know the type of player that he is and what he can do for our team and the type of element that he brings when he touches you know the field and he's on the field so I think everybody's super excited about that you know you know for us we got to be able to get our run game going you know we've got a lot of things with you know Lamar throwing the ball but it really happens when we're able to run the ball you know that's when our offense is most dangerous. And then Isaiah likely from Maryland has had a terrific preseason he's in the tight end room with you what can you tell me about him and the role he's going to play alongside you this season? He's just I mean he's just an incredible football player doesn't play like a rookie he's well before his you know his years he's just very very polished he's got a football mind and he don't see that a lot with rookies so he's going to make big time plays for us this year you know all year long he's going to be in there and I'm excited to see him grow but you know he's a really really good player he's going to be on the field a lot and make it a big place for us. And then so are you guys the big play guys with all due respect to your wide receiver room they're not getting a lot of respect nationally so what do you think of that statement there? That's that's not fair you know I I'm excited you know like I said the the we're almost here the season is almost here we're going to show the world you know what we have to offer and and those guys in the receiving room have also worked extremely hard and they've made a bunch of plays in this training camp and and Lamar's feeding them and so you know I think time will tell and those guys are here to prove everybody wrong. Mark Andrews all pro tight end of the Baltimore Ravens here on the Rich Eisen Show 12 days before the Ravens go up to New York and play the Jets to open the season in 2022. So let's get to Lamar Jackson to use the Tom Brady phrase from this past weekend he's Lamar is 25 and has a lot of s going on so when when he's out there is is there any point in time where he's brought up his contract in those talks or you to him or anybody that's been around you to him at all Mark? No no you know he's just such a Lamar is such a low-key you know low-key fun going guy you know he's not he's not over here in the locker room you know talking talking about his business or what's going on and and this or that so yeah he has fun with life and he gets a lot of you know flack for for just being him but you know honest to god he's just a good dude good person great teammate and you know everybody over here loves him so I wish everybody around the world could kind of you see that and see how he is but he doesn't talk about his contract he's about his business he's very professional. And I understand that but you know he's a human being and I'll just give him my my two cents I mean I have an agent and whenever there's a negotiation and I hear something back through my agent from management that doesn't make me very happy you know I do have to swallow things and go on the air and just be the same person and not let anybody know that but deep down it just it definitely rattles your cage a little bit he's his own agent so there's been no sense at all that you know he's come from the cost his office or from whoever's office and the same guy nothing at all zero change mark I mean I think that they've been you know kind of open about you know they've they've talked and been here here you know and you know obviously had talks with that stuff but um you know me personally I don't know you know exactly what they you know what their deal is you know with a player being their own agent you know that's kind of one of those new things so um you know I'm excited for him I I hope he gets that deal done um you know because that's my quarterback I love playing with him um he's a special player he makes everybody over here better and uh the whole team kind of you know rallies around him so um we go how he goes so I'm excited for for him to be able to get that done hopefully soon so how has he changed as a quarterback since you broke in together mark how has he changed well I think well I think the the more years you kind of accumulate you get better and better you kind of see the game a little bit different you learn more but um you know he's matured he's he's become you know overall all around quarterback command in the huddle um see him throws everything you know so I think that's natural for anybody and uh he's already had such a high high ceiling and he's just um he's just continuing to get better and he's extremely hungry you know I he took this time to the softies into um you know focus up you know have a have a quarterback during coach not that he needed it um but he's extremely hungry and um he wants to win and that's really all that matters to him and so um it's it's very evident you know for him for us um what we're all about and um how uh how has Harbaugh changed in any way shape or form since you've come in has he changed at all because again what a what a maneuver to switch offenses midstream and make this Lamar's team and now have uh have Lamar enter year five under whatever circumstances are are happening uh and him being able to just you know roll with it with Lamar what about coach Harbaugh from your perspective yeah you know I you know for me I've always you know seen you know coach Harbaugh as a steady person you know he's a guy that um preaches all the right values you know he he's a um a leader of men and um every team meeting you know he's instilling the good values that um that we should all you know take with us each and every day so um you know I love coach Harbaugh I love being able to play for him um and so I don't know if he's changed too much but you know he's extremely understanding person he's able to to see the big picture most of the times so we'll probably laugh at that but uh why would you laugh at that dude and why would he laugh at that just because just like everybody else man we are we being a head coach is not the easiest jobs in the world you know so there's a lot to worry about there's a lot of things you've got to think about and um yeah so that's one of those deals Mark Andrews here on the Rich Eisen show and how uh ready to roll do you think Kyle Hamilton is the you know I chatted with him a couple times pre-draft post draft and um the concept uh around the combine of him as a top three pick was being bandied about and he wound up going to uh you guys middle of the first round how how ready does he look to you Mark Andrews I think he's I think he's gonna be special um he's got a like you know kind of Isaiah just a little bit different and you know different worlds but um he's got a real good football sense you know he sees you know kind of route concepts and he's able to maybe it's not his you know area of the field maybe it's not his own but he comes off on the plate because he sees the sees the whole picture and he's able to make the big time plays and he's range he's long um and he's going to be able to cover guys you know so I think um he's a guy that his ceiling is extremely high he's going to continue to learn to get better um but he's already he's already very very good and he's going to be a good player for us on our defense how's my guy Ajabo from Michigan do you think uh we're going to see him soon mark what are your two cents I hope so I hope so I have we've we've heard you know we've heard we've seen um great things about him I know that you know he's hungry guy you know seeing him in the training room getting ready um you know hopefully getting back soon and um getting right you know because we need that okay so uh do you want to give your two cents on the Oklahoma season with your new coach everything coming up what do you got for me there now because you know your old coach is here in big 10 country in Los Angeles mark so what do you got for me on that right what do you think yeah well I think Oklahoma's gonna be good you know one of my one of my best friends um you know tainer shafer is a is a g out there and he said they're looking good um I'm happy about Brent Vedables and what he's going to be able to do um you know I'm a I'm a boomer sooner for life a group of Oklahoma fans so uh I'm gonna be rooting shooting for those guys and and um you know I think there's gonna be big things ahead are you excited to for where that good are you are you like the rest of the boomer sooner is rooting against usc as well or or no you're above that mark what do you got uh I don't I don't pay any attention to him or him or that program it's whatever to me it's whatever to you yeah that's as critical as I think you're gonna get mark you're too nice a guy I shouldn't even ask you those questions you know I shouldn't drag you into my mosh pit but okay so you got that okay you're not you're not happy about that but it's good you got Venables who obviously has a tie to the program and now he's got his opportunity there before you go in the sec and start teaching some people a lesson there right no doubt yeah he's been around he's an Oklahoma guy um he's gonna bring that defense and um he's seen a lot of ball so um I know everybody's excited about him in the season and Baker getting another shot it looks like he's getting is is is do you uh chat with him any any time yeah what about me Baker's one of my boys you know we chat here and there and we're so busy during training camp but you know I just know the type of person he is that's how fiery he is um so I'm extremely excited for for him and for him to be able to get that QB one job um he's he's a guy that you know that team's going to be able to rally behind him you know play you know play behind him and and he's going to be able to lead them um he's a fiery he's a fiery competitor and um you know maybe that's what you know maybe that's what they need yeah um yeah so it'll be good for them I'm excited for him all right tell him I said hi will you please because you know I mean we follow each other you know he's he's he's kind of gone into a little bit of a shell he's kind of you know he's tightened that he's tightened the rotation so tell him I said I said my best I will yeah he definitely is focused I know that and I look forward to seeing what he can do and you as well um I always appreciate your phone calls mark um send my best everyone there in Baltimore to uh coach Harbaugh and everyone else and let's chat during the season look for my calls always mark okay thank you appreciate you you best you got it that's uh Mark Andrews right here on the Rich Eisen show from the Baltimore Ravens god bless Lamar Jackson man I different cat let me just say this oh my god negotiations are tough all right I'm I'm just gonna shoot you straight negotiating with the NFL sometimes ain't easy it's just uh and any negotiation that I've had in my career way back in the day with the SPN when we parted ways anything to do with this show I mean you see me sometimes pacing on the phone whatever you see me talking to my agent Jerry agents of the stars right you see sometimes he delivers me news I don't want to hear you've seen a lot of it he has to do it and I try to I try to keep it from you I try to keep it from the kids I've done a lot of walking I cannot imagine Lamar Jackson going to the Ravens and being told something that he should have an agent here I I seem like it affects him dude I I god that's why I said that's why I started with bless him yeah wild so you're gonna go up you know Eric DiCosta you know the general manager or whoever is talking to you you're talking to the cat biologist I have no idea who he's talking to could it be Beshati at one point I don't know so the you go the owner's office you go to the coach's office coach might be like look I I'm out of this or you go to the GM GM pulls you in you're having a talk then you got to go back to the huddle then shake that off and and then be all in with the guys and for the team and be all in for your coach and for the organization man I do not know how you silo that I do not know how you silo that at all I do not know how you do that bless him is all I'm saying and I hope it the Ravens can get it done that's why Mark Andrews hearing that too because agents I know they take a percentage of your salary and you might think that that's not what you might think you don't want to give that percentage away but boy do they hear stuff and that you shouldn't be hearing and then be able to just swallow it assimilate it and then go out and you know call that play try to win that game damn good luck let's take a break we come back and it is time to chat with James Connor of the Arizona Cardinals we've been talking to him way back in the day when he was with the Steelers yeah man what a season he just posted with the Arizona Cardinals getting set for another one that's next on the Rich Eisen Show 844-204-rich number to dial here in the program great chat with Mark Andrews now let's turn back to the Mercedes-Benz Vans phone line all the fans who are calling in to chat with us we've got a full third hour wide open by the way 844-204-rich number to dial we'll take your phone calls the rest of this hour as well as hour three Chris Brockman's got burning questions for all yes 32 NFL teams you're going to do what 32 32 to 26 the bottom seven okay if you will uh okay you're going to rank them the Cardinals are not part of that right they are not okay so we'll be hitting the Cardinals later on as you get further up later on very good uh this man's about to enter year six of a pro career that is going strong to say the least what a season last year a touchdown maker of the first variety for the Arizona Cardinals back with the team now once again and back here on the Rich Eisen Show Mercedes-Benz Vans phone line the great James Connor back here on the show how you doing James uh man Rich I'm doing really well how are you doing I am doing better for talking to you what a great season last year I couldn't be happier for you could not thank you brother thank you thank you are very welcome um is that the sort of stuff you've been dreaming about last season James yeah man just uh just playing big you know just rising up to the moments and uh just feeling like you know playing some of my best ball even though I still don't feel like it was my best ball um but just man just contribute and uh to just be embraced you know and just start some new it was just real it was uh it was real for me it was real and I I enjoyed every minute of it what do you mean you didn't think it was your best ball uh you know just uh a new offense you know so I mean I was I still feel like I played good ball but I feel like my best ball is just to come this year with having you know another year in this offense um stronger camaraderie with the guys um man I feel like I'm you know my body is better better shape um stronger everything like that so um you know you just you just try to get better year after year and I know where I was at last year I know I was what this year and what I'm capable of this year so I just feel like I guess my best ball is coming this year well how does I don't really ask many how does it feel questions but you you have had quite the journey um you you battled illness you've come back from from uh from so much James but and your career you you you had your your shot when Le'Veon Bell gave you that shot quite frankly uh with his with his situation in Pittsburgh and then you go to Arizona um any support role is how you started last year before you burst through you're RB1 on the depth chart right now how does that feel to you James Conner oh man um I'm grateful and I'm excited to get it started you know it's a big responsibility um but I'm but uh you can't you know forget the responsibility and the blessing so um I know that uh you know it's a it's a big role and um you know I feel like I'm the man for the job so I'll just come in uh day in and day out you know what I got and just be my best self and um and I feel like that's pretty good so and I'll just bring up bring other guys along you know with me uh the other running backs as well as the rest as the rest of the team and uh you know the the concept in Arizona prior to your arrival and then last year there was a similar struggle finishing strong uh was always uh has been an issue in Arizona but starting strong this year could not be more important it appears uh with DeAndre Hopkins going to be out for the first six games is that in is that something that is being stressed to you starting strong as a team um no I think that uh this man that's in the job description you know we understand the circumstances that we're in with players um you know with d-hop being being gone and whatnot for the first couple weeks and so um you know you do day in and day out we just uh preach that that message of doing doing your job doing your role being your best self and uh stepping up man after the game of football is about you know it's about stepping up and so um that's that's that's the message what the message is is it's finished you know all the way through it's finishing you gotta start fast of course um but you gotta finish if you can't finish then you know we're starting fast you know so uh you don't just want to start fast and leave it at that so we're just practicing uh finishing we're trying to finish hard practice finishing runs doing this and doing the little things you know right day in and day out uh in the building how much did last year's finish creep into your thoughts throughout the months between seasons um uh it creeped in there you know just knowing how uh how good of a football team we are and knowing um you know what we're capable of and the talent that we got um you know it's uh it's we it's unacceptable we gotta finish you know and so we had the football team to do it we had the resources and uh now we just gotta you know we we we working until we got action you know we got action coming up here pretty soon and uh we all the whole squad we can't wait to get it started james connor arizona cardinals two-time pro bowl running back coming off of a dream season last year right here on the rich isin show so what what's it going to feel like first week of the season for you james i mean this is this is it man you're back yeah football's back and i can already hear it in your voice right now for the before we take on the chiefs too my gosh point for point uh points of points of palooza this is this is it right this is great no i'm 1000 this is it you know so this is it you know this is this is why we work so hard this is what all summer was about all off season um the stage is set man we got a great opponent we had our house um you know me personally i feel you know i'm too stoked because i feel i'm at home now you know and uh i'm an av and uh man everybody just embraced me here so now you know i'm leaving it all out there on the field uh every game so it's just going to be uh it's you know just love the environment i love the city you know so uh this is home i'm juiced up and um when we get to play football you know i think that's uh you know some people you know there's there's outside pressure and whatnot back at the end of the day and we playing football and this is what we love to do and sometimes we get fear uh confused with love and so man there's nothing to fear you know i have to message them you know trying to tell the team it says man we get to go out there play football and we are so blessed and gifted uh out there we got a hell of a team so man we just excited excited i could hear it in your voice james like you'd you'd play it right now if i told you kickoff was in 15 minutes yeah i'm ready right now no doubt about it no doubt about it we can play on sunday but i'm i'm taking advantage of every day we got up until then just to keep keep building it uh building this armor up um and just go out there swinging plus your quarterback your quarterback had an interesting off season james i'm sure you uh you noticed what was going on with kylin how's he doing man just uh he has good growth though you know he had a i think he uh grew this off season for sure you know he's of course a couple headlines and whatnot but man he i was just being by his side uh through it um you know us and the whole team you know we can we we just see the growth in him and just know that he uh man he just stayed down and just worked you know i try to talk about his name his character all that whatever um but we know the real pay one you know he with him and so uh yeah now he's do stuff he too you know when it takes care of everything when you say growth can you give me an example of that james you got one for me this is the only way you can grow is uh you know when you go go through things maybe that's uncomfortable for you or that you or you put in a position that you necessarily can't have control over or don't want to be in you know but he made it through you know um you wouldn't know what time and so yeah man just growing just growing that's the best way i can put it you know you go through something and he and he still he's still you're playing good ball you know so he's just growing well i mean i know you don't speak for another man or another person certainly another teammate certainly not somebody as important as kylar murray but when when everything was going on about his ipad and you know and needing to study or mandated and during the week and they would check and all of that business that that clause that eventually came out of his contract how how was he did you call him were you around him at any point in that time that that very long 90-hour period i imagine we were no we're just in training camp and uh still attacking each day you know attacking each day that's our brother so uh we just let the outside noise you know do what they do you know that's what that's what the media that's what they they want to paint pictures and whatnot we was just in training camp grinding putting it down showing up and working so um yeah he can answer better for you but and we were just attacking attacking each day because we we know the vision that we have as a team james connor of the arizona cardinals here on the rich isin show i don't know if you saw desmond howard you know desmond uh on espn i don't did you see who he predicted he's gonna make the college football playoffs james did you see the university of pittsburgh yes you did so you did see that um what do you think about that james connor what do you think man my university man they uh i love what they're doing they're they're they're you know coming off of a championship there was acc championships and uh it's just it's just you know you just want to leave the place better than you found it you know and i never um i never got a chance to win the acc championship so uh it just makes me proud to see them doing that seeing the draft picks you know i'm excited for picket doing this thing in pittsburgh um and i just uh you know the mentality i know cars uh coach narduzzi you know the mentality and uh you know the type of coach that he is man them boys are going to be ready and so it's not far-fetched you know for them to to make big noise and be in that playoffs you know they the people won't act surprised but you know we're the university of pittsburgh we can play with anybody well your former coach in pittsburgh and um and mike tomlin uh says it's made it seem like he has made a decision who his starting quarterback is going to be in week one against the bengals but he's not letting anybody know right now um if he is potentially on the fence what would you tell him about kenny pickett or unless you unless you have had this conversation with him i don't know but no i'm not sure i'm not sure i know kenny had a great preseason but all the qbs uh did and i'm a fan i'm a fan of all those guys of mitch you know and mason and so um you know they're going to evaluate see what they got uh who they want to take the field week one but um you know i feel like all those guys are capable so so i don't know if you saw pickett did leave his mark on college football for sure uh they they outlawed the the fake slide they outlawed that the fake slide yeah yeah that was a heck of a play that was a heck of a play can kylo do that kylo can do that right if asked he could probably yeah he could do that in his sleep he probably can do that right yeah that's what he'd do you know he's he's an incredible athlete you might lose your head though in the nfl though if that happens and i don't mean uh figuratively i mean literally you know no one can do that right you got to be careful i bet so be careful no doubt about it james connor great to chat with you sir let's uh talk during the season let's do it let's do it all right rich i'll talk i'm rooting for you as always james thanks for the call appreciate that's right right back at you that's james connor everybody of the arizona cardinals rb1 think about it right pittsburgh told him see you later yeah i know i know he laughed when i said um you know uh maybe you spoke to to tomlin about it i don't know if he holds anything uh against him there he laughed no he's like yeah i didn't i didn't speak to him about it but i i want to get it exactly right here so if you don't mind me because i don't um what are you looking for rich uh he he was in he had um hodgkins lymphoma is what he had that's what james connor had stage two hodgkins lymphoma a blood cancer that affects the immune system and this was um during college and pittsburgh drafted him right hometown kid you know all about his story yeah it was amazing he when he came back from that that season he had was just unbelievable because he i mean you go through something like that exactly sure in his mind he's thinking well maybe not i was gonna say in his mind he's thinking his career is over but after listening to him talk as we have before and you just said you don't know if he harbors ill will towards tomlin or anything right when you listen to him talk you just get to fill in the james connor is the type of man who doesn't really harbor ill will it seems like he just grinds and moves forward and if it happened you know we move on and we just we have a goal and we're just going to keep you know marching towards that goal so been there done just like you huge james connor fan me too and um right because he got them but the best for the dude man because he got that shot in pittsburgh levion bell as we all remember and he would sat it out and so that until he until he had a the dreaded high ankle sprain and he couldn't finish james connor was like the darling waiver wire fantasy pickup of that year he was terrific in that role in pittsburgh and then the next year didn't perform nearly as well and that was the end of his tenure in pittsburgh and arizona got him and it was one of those oh okay all right and then what chase edmunds kenyan drake and him and then kenyan drake wound up on the raiders and then it was just he became a touchdown machine he did yeah right around like week three week four of last year yeah and now he's rb1 that's why i want to ask him like you are rb1 you are the starting running back i don't think he's had that professionally i don't think he's ever started week one as the rb1 of a team did he the year after in pittsburgh uh maybe maybe i'm just starting where you come out of training camp it's it's your run game it's your run room and that was his second year um when he had the the breakout 12 touchdowns so but yeah 19 i'm not sure who was rb1 for the Steelers then let's take a break right here on the rich isin show when the phone lines are lit we are thrilled to see that still to come in our number three chris brockman's got burning questions about every single team in the national football league we're gonna run we're gonna run them down day by day right up until kickoff of next week absolutely uh and then uh if you miss what kyle shanahan had to say yesterday about um bringing jimmy garoppolo back as the backup to the quarterback who is replacing him wow um we'll talk about that in our number three here on this very busy wednesday edition final day of august edition of the rich isin show calloway chrome soft engineered chrome soft to be the best tour ball and it didn't just make it the best players better these golf balls have made everyone better men women first time major winners repeat major winners club champions business golfers the chrome soft family is the best 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year more than trey and he completed just 56 of his passes in his first year with the bills he completed 52 percent in his second year 58 percent and 69 percent in 2020 when he fully arrived and so the only time i want to see jimmy on the field this year is if trey gets banged up that's it regardless of wins and losses i agree with you i i agree with you wholeheartedly and and and that is what appears to be the case bill as to what um kyle shanahan has set the table with and we're going to play his sound bites um his highlights if you will of his press conference yesterday his conference call yesterday with the media explaining what happened what he's told all the players and how he thinks it's going to work out the question is is how patient will he be you know if the struggles are the struggles are so significant that he'll have to turn to garoppolo and you just know if that happens then you're going to have to rehabilitate lance in many different ways that uh i i hope doesn't happen to be very honest with you because that would be particularly harmful unless the 49ers win it all anyway you know i i agree with you that the ups and the downs have to be um have to be gone through they you've got to go through them you've got to um navigate them you've got to expect them and then you've got to work through them because that's what happens most of the time unless he can come out of the box looking like justin herbert looking like mahomes and looking like every other kid that came out of a first round top five pick and or top six pick and and crushed it you know that's my two cents on that yeah and uh something else i i want to make sure i say is that going forward talking to you rich will always be a special memory for me thank you oh my gosh right back at you bill thank you that's bill in california that's so nice of you to say that i appreciate that let's uh let's uh make sure i wanted to get out of the conversation with bill uh fast before he said site before yes he said before he's punking me i'm just kidding it's exactly why he's got out of that conversation very fast it's not a lie if you believe it all right now i'm looking down at our call sheet here let me just set this up this is our the caller is indeed uh the individual okay but before we bring him in um let me just recount again what susie and i saw on saturday night here in los angeles california one of susie's favorite bands okay you know i don't think anybody tops in her world bruce okay springsteen's number one and then everyone else is down the list there's coldplay who i've seen i've seen bruce with her and i've seen coldplay with her she's never seen the killers and she loves the killers and she's gotten me into the into the band the killers and so um we i took her on saturday night to bank of california stadium the new stalker stadium you've been there right chris i've been there a few times it is awesome it is awesome it is awesome it's a hell of a venue and i i've never seen uh a concert there but anyway so we go see the killers and uh brandon flowers it just has the entire place in the palm of his hand but he also is the presence of mind to look out in the crowd and see what's in the who's in the crowd and there was an individual who held up a sign and i i don't want to you know i i think i remember exactly what it said but we're going to find out exactly what it said in a moment but it was an individual saying that he's suffering from cancer and he could come up and he could play a song with the band um and he comes up and crushes it they took him out of the crowd and he crushed it and i took a video of it because it was truly one of the most remarkable things i've ever seen and i know bands take people out of the crowd sometimes and do you know put them on the stage but i've never seen this moment uh that i saw because he not only crushed it but he also was living his best life fighting cancer and ready to play drums on reasons is what i think the set the the the sign said and reasons is is shorthand for the song for reasons unknown which wasn't i don't believe on the set list and so i put that out there rex chapman god bless him this is right up his alley of of cleansing your timeline he um he retweeted it and it's gotten a lot of views and is this in fact what's happening christopher yeah uh his name is joel he's from fresno california he's online too rich joel uh who was uh such a delight to see uh living his best life at the killers concert killing it like he was uh ronnie venucci uh junior the actual drummer of of the killers here on the rich eisenhower is this you joel yeah that's me how you congratulations what a moment are you on cloud nine still brother or what rich i'm on another planet still man uh and i'm sitting in a fusion chair right now at the cancer center uh and just i mean i can't imagine a happier life so um okay you're a third grade teacher correct joel is that what you do for a living and i do it yeah okay so what what what was your plan that night did you really think you were hopefully going to get up there that night on that yeah well i mean i i acted as though i would because i mean you're always visualizing the end game and uh so i made the sign all my friends were were there you know shining their cell phones on it and we made a whole lot of new friends there in the pit uh who are eager to help because they they all got in on the plan um i had some more signs with uh arrows on them and my friends held those up too pointing at me okay and your sign your sign read exactly what what did it say again joel yeah um fighting cancer and ready to play drums on reasons i thought i saw that so and i you know i wanted brandon to know like i meant business well then you showed everybody in that stadium you meant business so do you play drums in a band is it what's your background on that so it's been like 20 years since i've played with with other people what um i met my wife when i was touring with my band and um you know it's so funny because we used to walk around and people tell us like oh my gosh you're with the band i want a picture with you and me being the drummer i i was always the guy that gave the camera to because no one ever recognized me but then my wife's a drummer and she knew who to look for and uh she didn't give a crap that i was in the band which was so alluring means you found the perfect partner that's for sure that's that's for sure she's my uh she's my greasy wheel with this cancer fight and uh always getting the grease right so uh the look on your face i think you mouthed the words i i can't believe this right when you got when you got up on the stage where they took you up on the stage and and put you on the stage and you got when you got up on the stage where they took you up on the stage and and put you on the drum set i looked right at her and and and said oh my gosh that's right that's what it was right and i was actually talking about just the drums themselves because like my first impression was like man these are nice yes they were i bet and then you just you got in a zone joel you were awesome you were incredible and i know so many people who were at that concert and that's what we took out of it lindsey buckingham showed up you know to to take part uh in in the encore scene go your own way and that was incredible but that still was second to the best thing i saw that night and that was you and we're looking at the selfie and looking at you unbelievable what did you say to those guys when it was all over what did you say so when it was all over they came and gave me a hug and uh i just you know through in between breaths i was like you guys just added years to my life i'm so grateful what would you care to share with us sorry what would you care to share with us about your your fight right now joel so i'm i'm six years into the fight um i have a rare cancer it's a sarcoma which makes up um less than one percent of adult cancers and i have one of 50 some variations of that um there's no known cure or or treatment in fact i'm right now receiving an infusion for a kidney cancer medication um and you know it's just clinical trial after trial um i mean this cancer is so rare i was actually misdiagnosed back in 2010 they thought i had a like a sports injury uh from doing triathlons and i was like no i never never got hurt and they're like well come back in five years and we'll check it out again and five years later i got a i got a stage four cancer diagnosis they'd gone from my leg to my lungs and so if it had been caught soon enough i could have maybe had surgery and and and been cancer-free um and you know i carry that and that's a that's a tough thing to to live with because i i really love the person i get to be now um you know saturday night wouldn't happen if if that hadn't happened to me and it's just like when you're faced with a ticking clock that's that loud um the whole world gets a lot more colorful and opportunities to take chances and you know dream big are it's not really optional it's just like you you got to just get out there and take it well joel stetler um you took it and i i will never forget it nor will my wife nor anybody in that place and i know um just seeing you take advantage of that moment uh or live your best moment there you were terrific it was great and just seeing how the band reacted and how the crowd reacted it was just awesome it was it was a beautiful moment and ever like i everyone in the pit was giving me high fives after i was like okay we're all family now sorry for blocking your view for the first half of the show with all my arrows with with all my arrows you said yesterday or the day before when you're talking about the concert uh you quoted uh i think it was wayne gretzky um yep and i was talking with my wife about that and uh i think my biggest takeaway from what you were saying was and i'm going to tell this to everyone i know now you got to live your life you got to take chances so that when people talk about what you did they've got to quote wayne gretzky when they do it like i said you miss a hundred percent of the shots you don't take but you also can make a hundred percent of the moment that you have in front of you when you get the opportunity and and it's it's it's so difficult to do that it's so difficult to just say go for it and it's so difficult to live in the moment and and crush it and and that's what i took away from it that's what my my wife suzy took away from and i think it's everybody took away from it truly i i've i've met people who were at the concert through you know or didn't know that my friends were there that's all they're talking about were you joel and it's true they were talking about you and and your moment and i will never forget it and let's just let's now we're in contact here um let's stay in touch okay joel let's do that i'm for it okay i'm gonna follow you on twitter and then let's let's exchange information and whatever i can do to help i know you've got a foundation right running buddies project i've got about a minute and a half before my my radio stations jump but you know what can you tell me running buddies was uh a project that that we we definitely kind of went for there but i'm mostly excited to be supporting the brave light gate organization um and a couple others that i'll tell you about later okay well everyone can follow you at hey underscore mr underscore stetler and your third grade students must have a great time in your class and have their future made brighter and their minds expanded and their hearts bigger and my my world is better for having seen your performance which it was and um and i appreciate you reaching out man and i'm so glad that we are going to be in contact now joel oh man me too thank you so much rich you bet be well joel yeah and thanks for calling in and sharing your story that's keep it up joel beautiful that's that's uh my new 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