Brock Purdy: Important To Stay Calm And Keep It Simple

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Kansas City wins the game. First things first, Reed, have you won anything three years in a row in your life? Nothing I can think of.

Do you talk about it? Hoping we're kind of in the realm of not talking about the past too much. Earlier on the show, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce coming up. 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy. Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Woodson. Ravens running back Derrick Henry.

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One week and go at this very time. Brandon Ayuk was not extended and he wasn't in camp. And Trent Williams wasn't anywhere near it coming into camp at all. He was ATC.

He was ATC. Now he's on his way to San Francisco apparently with a contract he's happy with. And Brandon Ayuk is getting ready for season opener against the Jets on Monday Night Football. It's all good in this guy's hood. Joining us now courtesy of the official grill and bar sponsor of the National Football League.

That being Applebee's. He is the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers Brock Party. How you doing Brock?

Yes sir, doing great. Thanks for having us. And excited to kick off the season with Applebee's man. They're the official grill and bar partner with the NFL.

So man, hopefully we can throw some touchdowns on Monday night and serve up some 50 cent boneless swings man. Look at you. Look at you. Look at you dropping all those lines there. You're a professional. You are a total pro. Look at you.

You got to take pride in your craft man. That's it. You only know one speed.

You absolutely only know one speed when it comes to all that. Alright so we'll just leave the Applebee's for a second and absolutely return to it because I do want to know more about that. So do all my friends. That's for sure. They probably want to know more about that than what's going on with you maybe.

But not me. So you are now a married man right? Is that how your off season kind of kicked off? Right? You got married?

Sure. Yeah two weeks after the Super Bowl got married and went on our honeymoon. So yeah it's been a fast off season. I've done a lot. But yeah my marriage has been great. Got to marry my best friend and you know her and I are just doing life together now so it's been good.

That is cool. Now so you weren't planning for a wedding during the Super Bowl were you Brock? You weren't. You delegated I imagine right on that front? Yeah I mean she did a lot of the planning yes but I mean obviously she liked my input here and there and stuff. So you know I was studying up for the Chiefs in the Super Bowl and also you know in the back of my mind knowing that these are the kind of flowers that we need for the wedding. Yeah really?

Are you serious? That was happening? Yeah I mean yeah yeah throughout the season and stuff we did a lot of the planning and then the week of the Super Bowl like obviously we're getting ready for the game.

Yes of course. Knowing that the most important day of our life was coming up as well so we were excited about it. It was a good time in life. Because you know normally guys two weeks before a wedding would have a bachelor party in Las Vegas. Not you know play a Super Bowl.

Quarterback a Super Bowl in Vegas. You're aware of that right Brock? Correct? Exactly so I mean we had to make some changes obviously for my wedding party you know. I think we all knew what I was doing but it ended up being good. Great wedding. Okay so who from the team showed up like did Kittle get messy there or what happened at the Purding update?

I had a couple guys like a roommate and some other guys but I didn't have the big name guys come. It was more about Jenna and her day and everything. I told the guys that ahead of time but you know obviously it's nothing but love with my teammates and everything but this was Jenna's day. Okay alright fantastic.

Well congratulations about all that. And it looked like again Kittle was here and brought this to my attention. Saying that you had sort of like Pokemon size thighs now.

Like this is what he was saying. Did you get like quads on your registry and people were getting you quads? Like where did the legs come from Brock?

Be straight up with you. I mean there was that and then when you're working out here every day you see a guy named Nick Bosa work out. And so I sort of took his regimen of what he does with his legs and I was like I think I need to apply that to my game as a quarterback. So nah man I just went to town on my legs and started to get a strong lower half for the season and help me out with my throws and stuff. And yeah in the off season that's just the time to bulk.

Yeah you clearly did that. So how much bigger are you coming into this season than you have been before Brock? I would probably say just a couple more pounds of more muscle mass and just try to lean out. Obviously lean out cutting fat and all that kind of stuff. That's just where my emphasis was but in the off season everyone comes in looking really good and in shape and stuff so now it's just a matter of maintaining it.

So yeah that's nothing more to it. I'm just trying to be in shape and ready for the season. Faster? Are you now faster?

Have we timed you? Yeah I need to race you man. No you don't.

No no no I decline that invitation. I'm not Noah Lyles you know what I mean? That's not happening you know what I mean? Yeah I don't know if I've gotten faster or not. I think I feel quick and I feel good so it's a matter of game speed. You know when I'm getting chased down by D. Lyman or D. End and we'll find out what my GPS is in the game.

That's all that matters. Okay and so what do you believe you are going to be improved at this season based on what you've prepared and looked at in the past couple of years of your progression Brock? I would say just like situational football man. Like watching you know the games back from last year and being in certain situations whether that was you know third and long, second and long or you know staying on the field more consistently or being willing to punt and looking at those playoff games and what I could have done better. I feel like those are areas where I really looked at pretty hard and just playing quarterback in a more efficient way in situational moments and so that's something that I sort of harped on and then obviously like working on my mobility and my body. You know last year I came off of UCL so this year I was actually able to work on like all components of my body getting stronger faster and more mobile so put all those things together and I feel like I had a real offseason and gotten better. If you don't mind sharing what in your review of the playoffs did you see and self scout and say I can be better at that?

You got any specifics you want to share Brock? I mean I think there was times in you know like the Packers game where you know like they were sort of taking away our intermediate to deep shots and you know I was in that game trying to force things downfield and it's like alright man like being willing to take the check down stay on the field getting third and manageable. Detroit you know in the first half there was some some plays same thing where it's you know third and long and stuff and it's being willing to take the check down and punt rather than you know I tried forcing one ball and it got tipped and intercepted and now the defense is in bad field position.

It's stuff like that so you got to learn from it you got to experience those things but those are areas that I can definitely be better at and learn from. What about the Super Bowl? Super Bowl yeah still same thing you know there's there's times throughout the game like we get an interception and and we're in the plus 50 of going going in and scoring and you know we go three and out and it's like on second down. In my eyes I'm like heart of myself I'm like man I could hit IU in a tight window to move the chains but instead I progress and it ended up being an incomplete pass or something like that so there's certain plays throughout the games and moments that you know you can take advantage advantage of and and you know obviously create momentum and run with it so those are plays that you got to learn from and and grow.

Do you think and again I know this is these questions Bronk Purdy here in the Rich Eisen Show are our paparazzi type questions media type questions where we're where we. We work in the narrative business and and yours is is that you are still needing to get into that elite level and you get taking your team to the Super Bowl and performing as well as you did and going into the. Extra period going into overtime against the Chiefs and getting points on the board do you feel you've answered questions about you Bronk do you feel that way. I mean honestly speaking like I don't you know buy into you know the world's narrative of you know who I am and who I am as a quarterback and all kind of stuff for me what matters most is you know having the trust and respect of the guys in this organization and in this building. You know my teammates my coaches the everyone who runs this organization they see me on the day to day basis of how I work how I prepare and and going out and winning games that's all it matters and so that's what my focus is and what it's on and if I.

You know listen everybody else on the outside world and try to please everybody then I would be drained I would I wouldn't be who I am and so that's where my focus is that people can say what they want but you know at the end of the day man I'm just trying to win ballgames here with my guys and and earn their their trust and respect every day so that's where I'm at with that you know there are members of my profession you saying you tune them out that's. That's that's insulting brock you know what I mean tuning out to me sorry man we're talking for a living how do you not hear us you're not you're not you're not hearing I mean I yeah I hear some stuff here and there you know Deebo will be telling me stuff on the locker. What do you mean Deebo's telling you stuff what do you mean? Just stuff throughout the year last year the backwards hat dilemma I don't know if you remember hearing about that. So Deebo came up as I do they're saying you can't be a franchise quarterback if you're wearing your hat backwards I'm like dang bro they're saying that so I got my news sources in the locker room with some of the guys but it's all we laugh about it and we know it's real and what matters most. They're not trying to stoke your flame a little bit do you think?

I don't think so I think all the guys like to joke around about stuff and and yeah man it's it's a good time. I don't know I mean Kittle when he was here told us that when you first showed up to the 49ers he stuck an Iowa shirt in your locker and you grabbed it and cursed him out is basically what he said brock. Kittle nah dude he I'm not going to say anything about George but I love him but that is not true the cursing part.

I did throw the shirt and the jersey back at him all the Iowa gear that he had in my locker and I was mad but to say to say that I cursed back at him was like dude that did not happen I remember seeing that clip actually I'm like what the heck George. Okay so is that that's what the heck is that that's the ceiling of your cursing is what you're saying brock that's yeah that's it I mean yes I for me I got to tame the tongue and and you know obviously what comes out of my mouth I want to honor the Lord and that's how I live my life. Well I'm just thrilled to hear that you do hear what I'm saying at least what's being said here is something that you're paying attention to right did I pick up on that?

No what matters most yeah what matters most with all the media whatever Rich Eisen says is true and I listen to 100% of it every day. Clip and save that that's a new drop whatever Rich Eisen says is true make sure that you get the in point and the out point of that I don't want to get too deep in the weeds of how we go about our production business here but Brock Purdy just said the truth. Okay so let's talk about what you're doing with Applebee's we started the interview where you were dropping you were dropping a lot of knowledge so what is what is the scoop with you and Applebee's Brock Purdy? Yeah man I've teamed up with Applebee's like I said they're the official grill and bar sponsor with the NFL and so yeah to start off the season they got 50 cent boneless wings you guys can stop in your neighborhood Applebee's and grub up and watch some football. And yeah growing up man after you know youth football games are literally baseball games we have a little team and families all go to Applebee's and have a good time so when they called and wanted to do a partnership I was like let's go so team Applebee's baby let's go. Team Applebee's very good again the official grill and bar sponsor of the National Football League what's going to be going through your mind in the tunnel Monday night football week one. You know Rogers is out there with the Jets I mean obviously you've you've taken on folks like Brady and beaten him so I mean you it's no stranger of you to go against first ballot Hall of Fame goats but what is going to be going in through your your mind as you get set to step on that field on Monday night against the Jets Brock? Yeah man I think obviously it's you know the first game of the season and it's the first step to you know our our road and our journey this year as a team so more than anything that's what I'm excited about is getting this whole thing kicked off.

But yeah against the Jets on Monday night primetime it's that's what every kid dreams of is being able to play on a Monday night game against a guy like you know Aaron Rogers and a great defense in the Jets so for me it's about you know staying calm and you know keeping it simple it's 11 on 11 football and let's go out there and compete man it's all that matters. Okay and just to bring it all full circle you're a married man now you you you went to Nick Bosa leg camp right on top of it as well I'm assuming the old roommate's gone right that's done you and the roommate are done right Brock those days are over now? Yes sir we once we got married the wife you know sort of had to tell me you know no more roommates so that was it that was the end of the ride. Did she basically told you to grow up Brock is that what she basically said told you to do because it's okay I'm married 22 years my wife tells me that literally every day so that's fine. That's just how it goes man that's marriage but uh you you lay down your life for one another and of course and you learn from one another and uh so when she told me that the roommate had to go it was it was a it was a gut check and it hurt but uh. What about all your stuff did you bring your stuff or your stuff is now that's gone too because again just so to give you an idea 22 years of marriage I have one chair that I brought the relationship that's still around one that's it that's it what about me what about you now? Man the only thing that I kept was probably the foam roller that's in our room I have a foam roller I've had since college and I won't give it up but outside of that man she uh she cleared out the closet she organized everything and feels like I'm living a new life but it's all good. Hey man let's see how it translates to wins and losses Brock right let's see how it translates on the field right?

It'll be good it'll be good but I'm excited for it. Brock thanks for the time greatly appreciate it look for more of my calls throughout the year and um you know uh the guys here accuse me of uh acting like your dad that you're one of my uh de facto sons um so everybody back off now. Brock also said that I'm telling the truth all the time so everybody's got to back off now okay does it make sense? Does Brock know you claim him on your taxes? No do you know that Brock? Oh man I did not.

Come on Rich. Don't tell him all my secrets. Sorry about that. Brock take care of yourself sir thanks for the time greatly appreciate it.

Thanks guys. Everybody check out you got it everybody check out the newest member of team Applebee's that is Brock Purdy uh the official grill and sponsor of the National Football League through the 49ers quarterback right here on the Rich Eisen Show. Okay checking in with him.

All right we're here. He is set up. He is set up. Dak set up too. Well I'm just saying this guy is set up. Ayuk, Deebo, Kittle, Juwan Jennings, McCaffrey.

Whatever Rich Eisen says is true. Nice. Oh wow that was a great job getting that turn around. Trent Williams. Trent Williams the defense on the other side right? Defense. They're all right there.

And he has the ability to go out there try and finish in the top five of MVP voting go out maybe win the damn thing win the whole Super Bowl and then turn to the York family and say it's my turn. Pay me. It is my turn. Back the truck up.

Oh my goodness gracious. Rich what happens if they do win the Super Bowl? Is that six is there any chance? That six becomes a seven? No, no, no, no, no, no. Look cause in the long run it's gonna be a deal in probably for three seasons. I will say this. I will say this. If Purdy if Dak signs sixty first right? And Purdy wins it all.

He could potentially threaten Steph Curry to be the highest paid annually paid athlete in the Bay Area. So we're looking at sixty seven then. No that's sixty two. Sixty two. No sixty two and change. But the bottom line is as you just heard is that and by the way Instant Folk Hero and Niner Fandom.

Of course. You know right now they're all like back in his play like they bank any quarterback play in Niner Fandom. Remember that? Anybody came for Trey Lance a year ago or two years ago? Oh my God. It got ugly fast. Right? So they love their quarterbacks there. You win it all like this?

First one since Young to win it all? And then get paid? That said if it doesn't work out as we just heard. At the very end of the day he'll still have his old foam roller. That's the item he tells his his new wife. That's like your chair.

No no no no no. My chair is very comfortable. Foam roller. Foam roller. I mean listen you can't work out your IT band on my on my chair.

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He is a Pro Football Hall of Famer, one of the all-time greats, Charles Woodson. Good to see you, Charles. How are you? Good to see you, Rich. Man, how are you? I am great. Right back at you.

Look at us. You got the wine behind you. I have right here Woodson Whiskey Team 144 bottle right there. Oh, yeah. Okay. Right there. First ever spirit sponsor in the history of the storied athletic department. Team 144 that won it all last year. Maison Blueberry Lemonade and the Michigan Mule are going to be serving in the big house using this. That's correct?

Hey, Rich. Hey, that's big time, man. This is the first of its kind at the University of Michigan. You know as well as I do that they don't sell alcohol in our venues there. And you know, it was just passed last year that they were going to allow alcohol spirits to be sold within the stadium. And so I mean, what what better way to introduce it than to have, you know, the first and only defensive player to win the Heisman. You know, to be the first spirit sponsor of Michigan Athletics. So I'm certainly so proud of, you know, being in this position, having the support of my university. A big shout out to my team, you know, Joe, Jay and Chris for helping to make this thing happen. And everyone at the University of Michigan, you know, I sent a post out earlier. I said, man, this is this is big time. This is big time, you know, for us to be the first. So extremely proud, man.

And, you know, I hope everyone in the stadium who decides that this would be, you know, their spirit of choice, you know, when they're enjoying the game to think of. Think of think of Woodson whiskey, but please drink responsibly as well. I love it. Charles Woodson, excellent message right there.

Excellent news. As you could see, Team 144 bottle right here, back on the Rich Eisen Show radio network to the Roku Channel audience. Charles Woodson introduced once again, we just showed off Team 144, Woodson Whisky's Team 144 bottle. Inspired, inspired by the national champions. Indeed.

But Charles, you didn't win the Heisman Trophy just because you played one side of the ball. You are more than just a one dimensional person, one dimensional whiskey maker. It's not just this bottle right here. Wait for it. I have the limit. Wait for it. Wait for it. As they say in the game show world.

But wait, there's more. Limited edition, 65th anniversary bottle in collaboration with the Raiders right there. Hey, Rich, usually they say, hold my beer. I'm going to say, hold my whiskey.

Look at that. Yes, you're killing the official burden of the Las Vegas Raiders. We started this partnership last season. And as a part of this season, being the 65th anniversary of Raiders football and that commitment to excellence. You know, this is one of the perks of being a partner and being able to come up with these commemorative bottles. And, you know, on that bottle, of course, is that that that logo, Raiders logo representing 65.

But also throwing up, throwing up the old. You know, you've got to give love to Oakland. You know where it all started, where I was drafted as a young rookie in nineteen ninety eight. So very proud to have that label and just giving that love, you know, to the city of Oakland who lost their team to Vegas.

But we never forget about where we come from. And so that is an old to to the Oakland Raiders. So, of course, big shout out to the Oakland Raiders, the L.A. Raiders and now the Las Vegas Raiders.

So happy 65th anniversary to the Raiders. WoodsonWhiskey.com to find out where you can get these babies and start drinking responsibly. I got to be honest with you, Charles, watching the first half of Michigan Fresno State. I was thinking of drinking somewhat irresponsibly and I reach for my intercept line.

But, you know, these things these things, you know, take time. Great plug, by the way. Thank you, sir. Listen, come on.

There's there may be an eye on rich and eyes, but I'm a team player when it comes to you. So what was your impression of Michigan's season opener, Charles? Honestly, I would say, Rich, about what I expected. I think coming into the season, losing the type of players that we lost this particular year, being that we had like 16 guys that went on to the next level, losing your quarterback starting quarterback who was twenty seven and one, I believe throughout his career, Corum has the most touchdowns. Talk about that offensive line that played last year. We lost a lot. You lost your head coach. You lost both both coordinators.

I mean, I don't know how it was supposed to look after all that. I know that this team is going to be well coached. Rolling and the assistant coaches on Michigan will get this team rolling.

But it's hard to imagine that everything was going to come out and roll smoothly. You had a quarterback and Warren who came out who had his ups and downs throughout the game, you know, threw a pick, had a guy who probably could have hit down the field for a touchdown, threw it a little short. So he's going to have to go through his growing pains as a quarterback.

The running game, which, you know, we've always relied on at the University of Michigan, you know, was not there. You kind of got things going a little bit late in the game. But I mean, I think this is to be expected, you know, from this team, you know, having so many guys that they have to replace. So I'm hoping that, you know, guys like Donovan Edwards, who's a veteran on that team, Will Johnson, who made a big play at the end of the game, you know, can, you know, get these guys, you know, each and every day as veterans of the team, ready to play and, you know, do better down the stretch. So then moving on to the Raiders, what's your expectation level for the Vegas Raiders this year, Charles?

Man, you know, it's, you know, the quarterback situation is one where, you know, you have the quarterback battle and Minshew is the guy who's going to be the guy at the helm for the Raiders. So I feel like, you know, like most teams, man, you got to get the most out of that position. And so I'm hoping that he can go out there and be consistent, you know, from start to finish, if he's a guy the whole season, you know, lean on the running game, of course, get the ball to your playmakers like Devontae Adams. We've got a young kid, of course, out of Georgia, the tight end, who I think is going to be a big weapon for us and also Mayor, the tight end last year. So being able to run some tight end sets. So this offense, I'm hoping to get going, but for me, the defense with Max Crosby, I think as a guy, you know, that's going to have to, you know, they got to set the tone. I think the defense has to set the tone. So for me, I think for every team, you've got to see how it looks early on, you know, just to kind of see, you know, how it's going to play out. So I'm looking for big things.

Of course, I'm hoping for big things. But, you know, things for the Raiders, man, you know, you know how it is, man. It's been a rough go for us over the years. So I'm hoping we can bring back a little bit of that swagger that we ended the season with last year. Well, Antonio Pierce, it's wild that what got him the gig, the way they finished beating Kansas City in Arrowhead on Christmas Day, the last team to beat Kansas City as of this conversation, also caused them to fall a little bit too far in the draft to get a quarterback.

You know, I guess it's a little bit of good and bad. I love the addition of Christian Wilkins to that defensive line, and him and Max Crosby can do some serious damage. But do you have any contact with Coach Pierce? Talk to him and figure out what his philosophy is going to be as an HC full time now?

Charles? Well, first, I don't know if I'm happy about the win at the end of the season against the Chiefs, because, you know, let them tell it. That's kind of the thing that woke them up late in the season, and then they went on, you know, to win the Super Bowl again. But, you know, with Antonio Pierce, I think what, you know, he brings to the table, you know, is a guy that, you know, kind of, you know, was groomed in that Raiders tough physical tradition, you know, that is the old Raiders. You know, he grew up watching his team, and he knows the players that were a part of the team, and he grew up understanding what it meant to be a Raider and what it meant to wear the silver and black. And so I think that he brings that tough-minded, physical, hard-nosed mentality to the rest of the team, and I think all of those guys pick up on it.

If you're around, you know, Antonio Pierce, he's a no-nonsense type of guy, but also a guy who's been in the locker room, so he understands the game, understands the needs of the players. So he's going to be on those guys tough. He's going to coach them hard, but then also understands, you know, the toll that the game takes on you as a player, you know, and being able to understand what those guys need at the right times throughout the season. So I think he'll have the right approach. I think he's got the right approach right now. You know, he had a tough decision to make. Do you go with a young quarterback, you know, that you drafted, or do you go with guardroom issues? So you know that he's willing to go out there and make the tough decisions as a coach, but I just think that, you know, his intensity and the way that he's going to coach these guys, man, will get the best out of them. A few minutes left with Charles Woodson. Pro football, Hall of Famer, all-time great from the University of Michigan as well. Woodson Whiskey is on fire with a Team 144 bottle and a Raiders limited edition 65-anniversary bottle.

Go to WoodsonWhiskey.com to find out. So how do the Chiefs not three-peat, Charles? I mean, how about me just phrasing it that way? Yeah.

But walk me through it here. They could be, you know, they would have to be their own worst enemy because I feel like every year, you know, you look at a couple of years ago, they lose, you know, Tyree Hill, and then it seemed like, you know, they don't miss a beat, right? They go out and win the Super Bowl. Last year, it seemed like they were kind of, you know, hitting the wall a little bit towards the end of the season. And then I mentioned, you know, the Raiders go there and beat them, and then all of a sudden they woke them up and lit a fire up on them.

And then they went to Baltimore and took care of business in Baltimore, and then they go on, you know, to win the Super Bowl. Looking at the draft, you know, this is a team that likes to get down the field. And then there they have another guy, like a Tyree Hill, that can stretch the field, you know, get down the field and terrorize defenses down the field, which helps Patrick Mahone show off the arm that he has. So it seems like this team, every year, they lose an element of their team, and then they just reload it with someone else who comes in and can contribute right away. So the only way that this team, I feel, gets derailed is if they get complacent as a team or injuries, which, you know, can happen to any team. I think that's probably the only two things that knocks these guys off, because as long as 15 is back there, Travis Kelce is still in the game.

Chris Jones is there on the defense. This team is going to be right back in the mix. So your Super Bowl prediction would be what? Give it to me.

What do you got? Yeah, it's hard for me to knock the Chiefs off the mantle, so I'm going to say they're going to be back in the Super Bowl. And then I'm going to go with my old team. I'm going to go with the Green Bay Packers.

I'm going to go with the Green Bay Packers. I really like what they did in the offseason. I love the fact of, well, I hate that Jacobs went from, you know, the Raiders, had to leave the Raiders to go to another team, but he went to another one of my old teams, old teams in the Packers. And then, you know, bringing a guy on the defensive side of the ball like Xavier McKinney, a ball hawk. You know, he's a young guy, but still a veteran, you know, as far as I'm concerned, been in the league for a couple of years. So having additions like that, I feel like the growth of Jordan Love, I feel like you have a young guy at the quarterback who gets to grow up with his younger receivers. You know, A-Rod, older guy, probably didn't have the type of relationships with those young guys that you would like to have between your quarterback and receivers. But you think about Jordan Love, you know, a young guy, who does he hang out with? He hangs out with the other young guys. So these guys now feel like the weapons that he has, you know, at the receiver position, reminds me of when I played there, when we had a Greg Jennings, a Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson, and Michael Finley, like we had, you know, weapons, you know, all over the place.

And I feel like he has that now. I feel like the Packers always do really well in terms of bringing in young talent to receivers. So I'm going to go with a young Packers team that's hungry, that last year had a real shot, you know, at making it, you know, getting to the Super Bowl and having a shot at winning it again. So I'm going to go Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers. And then who wins it?

You got to give me a winner. Come on. Well, I got to go with the Pack.

I mean, if I got one of my teams in the show. Wow. Okay.

All right. I got to go with that team. Yeah, yeah.

Well, the Packers getting to the Super Bowl over the Lions or the Eagles or the Cowboys or the 49ers or any of the other teams that made the playoffs last year would be kind of surprising. And then for those, for them to be the ones to stand in the way of the Chiefs, that would make you, you know, one of one, I imagine, outside of Cheeshead Nation, you know? That would. I'm all about being first. I know that.

If you ain't first, you're last. That's right. That's right. We would have beaten Nebraska, right, if we played them back in the day? One hundred percent. One hundred percent.

What are you expecting the same? We would have shut down that option and the passing game would have been Nolan Boyd. We would have been all over that passing game. So we would have shut it down. That's exactly right, Chris. He knows his football.

No, actually, they would have got us rich. You know what I mean? You do cry. Put this guy down.

Syracuse gets one win and all of a sudden he's so excited. Thanks for admitting that. Yeah, we would have got you.

We would have got you. You're going to go. I'll be honest. I'm a little nervous for next week with Texas. Are you going? Are you going to be there? I'll be there. I'll be there with a big new kickoff.

That's right. I believe we got a three-hour show, you know, so we're there for the long haul and look forward to an electric crowd. You got two big brands going against each other. Michigan, of course, they won the game. It was a little rocky at first, but we got the win we needed. Texas, they looked good.

They sure did. They came out, especially that opening drive. You know, I think they're kind of where we were last year.

Got a bunch of guys that are back and I mean, offensively, they look on schedule, you know, opening drive, turn over to the second drive, but then the third drive it was right back down the field. So absolutely, you know, going to be a tough matchup for us. And I look forward to Michigan, Texas.

All right. I look forward to seeing you there. I'll be watching in advance of that game and Charles, congrats on everything going on here with Woodson Whiskey. Got Team 144 bottle, the limited edition 65th anniversary bottle of the Raiders. Love flying American Airlines and choosing the Intercept wine, by the way, at 40,000 feet, it goes down well.

By the way, it's five o'clock somewhere. Nice glass. Nice glass right there. Very good. Go blue. Right back at you.

Go blue. Thanks again, Charles. You be well. Cheers, Rich.

Right back at you. Thank you, guys. The great Charles Woodson.

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What do you got there? The pride of Lake Nona. Shout out to my Lake Nona Lions, man. I'm coaching my, helping coach my son's high school team, man. So I got to give them a, give them a shot.

Lake Nona Lions, baby. Okay. Are you calling anybody into your office? Like Lloyd Carr called you into his back in the day?

Anybody been called in your office, Charles? I've been, I've been close. I've been close. I've been close. You call anybody's, you call somebody's mother on them like he called yours right back in the day. I love that story. That's one of my favorites. I can see it happening.

I can see it happening. Isn't it amazing? You know, the kids these days, I think they're a little, they might be a little worse than me, Rich.

I may be calling some parents sometime soon. Full circle stuff. That's Charles Woodson, everybody right here on the Rich Eisen Show. I am sitting at the Rich Eisen Show desk furnished by Grainger with supplies and solutions for every industry.

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Follow and subscribe to Throwbacks on YouTube, Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. You're the one who comes downhill and does the diminishing. So I have a nickname for you.

You Derek Henry are the diminisher. I love it. I love it.

Whoa. Should we love it? Okay. So you understand this is, this means a lot to me because I've tried a lot to give nicknames to people in the NFL and they have rejected them.

I've been, I love it. I love it. I can tell you put thought and time into this nickname. And I definitely appreciate it.

Like you said, we've been knowing each other for a long time and I know that you put a lot of thought into this and I'm very appreciative. It comes from the heart. I love it.

From right in here. You are the diminisher. You're the diminisher is coming to your town to diminish your chance of winning. You are the diminisher in the fourth quarter.

The diminisher is running downhill. Derek Henry. Yes. Right. But you know what I got to do? What? I got to live up to it.

That's the only thing I got to live up to it. You gave the nickname not from the middle to it. I am not concerned about it. That's all I'm saying. Appreciate it. Okay.

I am not concerned about it. So let's print up the shirts and the hats and let's go. And you can have it. You take it.

How does that sound? All right. You take it.

Hey, sounds good. Derek Henry. The diminisher. Say that one more time.

I want to hear it. Say it one more time. The diminisher.

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Game time. It's also time to chat with Derrick Henry. I chatted with him just the other day, over the weekend, fresh off the practice field. This is the chat right here. Joining me here before kickoff to another highly anticipated NFL season is a man entering season nine in the NFL.

And the current yards leader for anybody active in the NFL is Derrick Henry of the Baltimore Ravens. How you doing, Derrick? Good to see you. Doing good. How you doing, Rich? Good to see you as well.

Right back at you. All right, so what's going through your mind, having an NFL season for the first time with somebody other than the Titans in your career right now, Derrick? I'm excited. Week one is here. We've all been anticipating, so I'm excited.

I'm excited to get out there today and put everything together so I'll be ready for Thursday. And so last time you and I spoke, it was in early April and you were still, you know, getting ready to join the Ravens in person and physically hadn't really seen Lamar Jackson yet up close as you have now. What's your impression of your new quarterback, Derrick? Yeah, I mean, he's a leader. You know, it's good to see the way he works throughout the week.

You know, it's preparation. You see why he's a top player and an assistant player and MVP type player in his in his league. You know, you know, it's been fun. I'm getting to know him. Fun working with him and how he approaches his work every day. What have you learned about him that you didn't already know? Well, I mean, just to get to know him as a person, you know, and then, you know, seeing the way he works, the way he leads. He's a leader of this team. He goes out and leads every day. And I was just seeing his his talent all around, you know, not just what I'm going up against him, you know, in those previous years, but, you know, seeing it every single day he goes out to practice.

And you got an example of that where you're where you saw that you're like, OK, I didn't I didn't know that. I feel like his his throw, the way his accuracy or the ball placement that he's up there with the best of. I mean, he's just dynamic with his arm as he is with his legs. Derrick Henry here shortly before kickoff of the NFL season Ravens at Chiefs. So you're four hundred ninety some odd yards shy of a ten thousand mark in your career. What would that milestone mean to you, Derrick? Yeah, that'd be a very cool, surreal moment for me, knowing that all the backs I've watched, the great ones, the ones who were elite when they played and the ones I look up to and admire, you know, throughout the years of playing now to accomplish something that, you know, I grew up accomplished that accomplish that would be so cool. I'm not trying to put too much emphasis on the focus on just trying to take a week by week, but that definitely be incredible milestone for sure.

Yeah, I mean, ten thousand yards is only been reached by thirty one other human beings in the history of the NFL. And so that would clearly mean something in terms of your your production and everything that's gone on right now. Do you feel that you are because I certainly do that. You are 30 years old. That is the the number that everybody ascribes to a running back to start showing diminishing returns. Do you feel that you are maybe, you know, an avatar for people who think running backs can actually go past age 30 at a very significant level and that you are going to be going into the season with that sort of chip on your shoulder?

Derek, I wouldn't say avatar. No, I'm still I'm still human. I think you are only as old as you feel and I still feel great. And I still want to play this game at a at a high level and feel like I still can.

You know, you know, and what to show that once the season gets underway. We have just been blessed to be able to play this game this long and at age 30. So full of feeling good about it, feeling good, simple.

I can play at a high level, but I'm an avatar. Well, I mean, you know, you're you're you're so you stand for something. I guess that's the way I was kind of using that word. You know, not that you're not.

You know, you always got a good comparison. I appreciate it for sure. I appreciate it because, again, that's what I'm saying, that that you can bust up some serious norms here and you can show on behalf of a group of men in this league who are always counted on, always counted on the fourth quarter. Right. That that you can show 30 is just a number and heck with that and maybe lead by that example is kind of what I mean. Yeah, definitely. I mean, that's something, you know, that's a goal and that's something that, you know, I definitely, you know, want to, you know, take the stigma off of, you know, Asian running backs. Guys, you can still play the high level. You know, they play at a high level no matter what age they are. You know, I appreciate it, Rich.

Yeah, it's my I only mean what I say whenever I certainly talk to you. A couple minutes left with Derek Henry, you're going into arguably one of the loudest stadiums in the National Football League. So I ask you this question in your career, which would you prefer more lighting up a stadium with your own fans and making it as loud as possible or quieting a crowd like Arrowhead?

What gives you more motivation and pleasure in your career? It really doesn't matter whether it's home or waste. You got to go to the open play. But, you know, there's no better place to go play, especially, you know, playing the Super Bowl champs. Going back to back, you know, Arrowhead is always loud and, you know, they they always pack the stadium out. So it's gonna be a hostile environment. So no better way to kick off the season.

The first game of the season in Arrowhead night game is going to be a lot of fun and wait for sure. And what are your goals? Do you still write them down before season at all, Derek?

No, not anymore. The goal is to win the Super Bowl. So that's that's the goal I'm trying to reach. And, you know, trying to work, trying to work through this week to get ready for Thursday and, you know, continue on that quest as the season goes on. When did you stop writing it down?

When did that happen? Because I mean, like, you know, you put everything else, you know, in front of, you know, the individual goals. And the things you want to happen will happen naturally rather than you just constantly worry about them or tracking them.

You know, I just try to focus on, you know, what we're doing as a team and then put the team first and individual things that fall in place. What's going to happen? I'll ask you the question I asked Travis Kelce in advance of of the this game as well. You're in the tunnel, Arrowhead. You hear the fans going nuts. You're about to run out with a new team for the first time since you were at Alabama. What's going to go through your mind for that night, Thursday night?

I mean, that's probably out the window. I've been here for a while and got used to that. It's time to go play. I'm focused on doing my job at the best, best possible way that I can to help us win all the other stuff. That's done it over. It's time to go play.

So I'll be focused. Thanks for the time, Derrick Henry. Always a pleasure to catch up with you.

Run like the wind. Enjoy your time Thursday night and we'll catch up down the road. Thanks for the time. Appreciate you.

Thank you for having me. I picked up he was meaning business. You know what I mean? Like he's not like I got a guy who went through a walk through. He was going to grab lunch and then he was going to go work out and practice. I just think he's ready.

He is ready. That Ravens team that's going to show up on Thursday night is going to be eager. What a game. What a game to kick it off. It's a great opener, man. Right? It's a great opener.

Oh my God. And then and then the Bengals come in after that to Arrowhead. The Chiefs have a really tough start. Yeah. And then they're at Atlanta. Those are the first three. Those start to the season. Yeah. Those are the first three.

OK. When we come back Giants news, there's also Paul Rudd going to join us to help us choose our fantasy team. And that's always a funny segment.

Overreaction Monday on a Tuesday and the AFC South will be predicted. That is coming up in our number three of this program. We've already had four interviews in the books. And then we'll take some phone calls as well to make sure we're interactive with the fans back here on the show.

Still here on Roku. It's it's happening, which is what football. Oh, my God. I'm like, wait a minute.

There could be a million things in front of. But what are you doing that you can't you're not coming to Kansas City with us. I have a Friday night game for Fox.

I would have I would have been there that Friday night game. He doesn't even know. We don't know because they don't tell us. Mike, we mean, the schedule is so far done in advance. There's only got to be one game, right? No, I think there's a couple on Friday. F.S.

one is Duke Northwestern. That can't be it. He's not coming to Kansas City to make sure he's right. I don't care what game I do. I get paid to see the nerd bowl.

Like, what do we do? Oh, come on now. Rockman. Hey, what? What are you talking about? Can't say that. Why?

Rich. It's the nerd bowl. You went there for one year. It doesn't really count. It doesn't. It absolutely counts. Of course, it counts. I will defend Northwestern's honor any time.

Like the glory of love. Right now, when I went to Syracuse and I met a whole bunch of people that were going through the program there for communication. Oh, we're back. We got a vote in the coaches' bowl this week. It looked like Tri-Lam to me, pal.

We were so bad when I was there. Lamar Luttrell there? It was Tri-Lam. So back off, Surges.

Tri-Lam! Was Booger on the vibe? Pretty much. Pretty much.

I went straight to Michigan after that. Greeny's holding it down for you guys. Oh, I don't claim it. What's up, Greeny? Just 6% on a deal. You can retire next month.