 and AM 6 20 I'm gonna talk a little actually bucks and NFL later today I know we got excited about that with our guy Hassan Khan. Yeah next segment did the video on Mike behind the scenes You you guys are in in gals for a treat because I thought there's really some cool things that came out in that jet Yeah, we were pre-recorded it before the show today to be able to get it all in but there's some stuff about the Negotiations with Mike Evans and the buccaneers that we have not heard yet So make sure you tune in after this thing don't go anywhere stay here. We're talking late. Don't go anywhere Don't go nowhere. Don't go nowhere But there's some new things on there, man that Zach and I both looked at each other when we had the Scooby-Doo And let's bring in our guy Hassan Khan at time to football on Twitter slash ex He's the guy that put together that incredible video that the that behind the scenes look of Mike Evans Resigning with the buccaneers Hassan. What's going on buddy? How are you today? Doing great. I'm blessed. Thanks for having me Yeah, of course, man. Listen the video crushed it It's just so cool to give a behind-the-scenes look of a guy that nobody wanted anywhere to nobody in the Bay Area Wanted him to leave and luckily it was all worked out. Just tell us a little bit about yourself What's your background? What got you into doing something like this to be a Independent journalist covering NFL players and telling their stories Yeah, so My life I just wanted to talk about football for a living. That's it as broad as that sounds I don't care in what capacity. It could have been in the commentary booth. It could have been in silent reporting studio show Whatever that's what I wanted to do so I decided to go to a four-year college get a journalism degree and I'm sure you guys can attest to this but trying to break into the sports journalism world It is very very difficult. Oh, yeah, you have to Either know the right people or you have to be really really hot and I didn't know anyone and there's a reason why this is a radio interview right now, so But After two years of trying to apply for jobs and trying to get a sports journalism job No one was giving me a shot. So I was doing YouTube on the side while I was in college just for fun Just to get experience and I thought to myself. Hey, this is making just a tiny bit of money What if I put all my eggs in one basket and went down that route, you know I'm still trying to work my way up and then Derek Gilmore of day one Mike's agent I was just sending a bunch of cold emails out probably to like 50 sports agents And I probably only heard back from three two of them said no and one of them said yes I would love to do something with you and thankfully that was Derek and I've been working with him for four years and that just kind of evolved from working with the draft Prospects and interviewing them that he's brought on to his team to finally getting a chance to sit down and have that That opportunity to interview Mike and we made a pretty pretty awesome feature talking about his contract Yeah, and on that feature if y'all haven't checked it out Definitely do so really good look behind the scenes at number 13 sticking around here in Tampa Bay You know What was kind of Mike's reaction and thought process when he heard that you know you wanted to kind of create this video? Well, so funny thing about Mike is the day the day that we interviewed him It was the day that he actually signed the contract So we got footage of that talked to Jason light and he had the whole press conference as well So he was booked with all these interviews. He had to do the press conference He had to do things with the internal team. He had local media in Tampa that he had I was the very last person that he talked to he was so busy that When I said everything up He walked in and the first thing that he said was all right. How long is this gonna take? I'm like, hey Hassan Khan nice to meet you Mike. He was like, oh my bad Mike. Nice to meet you You know, it's just been a long day. I'm like totally understand man But I kind of told him about the future what we're doing and and he was he was awesome He was awesome about it. He was all in and what I really love about him is his answers are just so genuine He doesn't put on a front try to give you a PR answer like when you ask him a question He'll tell you straight up what the truth is behind every answer So he reacted really well to to the idea of the feature Yeah, tell us a little bit more about the feature and why you went about it the way it did like it was this was his agent Derek Gilmore was he saying like hey, we want to videotape the whole process And how does that help Derek in the future? Is this one of those things where you kind of show other athletes other perspective professionals like hey This is how the process is gonna go We're gonna keep everything above board and and everything top-notch Yeah, so it was actually an idea that I pitched to him Because I've been working with him for probably about four years now And it's been just draft prospects that are kind of like those of low-round picks to Undraft it just kind of need their name out there So he likes the idea of me making videos for them making features for them so that he can send it to NFL teams And then just kind of working my way up and I was like hey, I know that my Gevins is your client But it's kind of hard to get in with with the top guys So I pitched the idea to him like listen, this is a good opportunity if you want me to cover this contract Hims him signing it behind the scenes look I think it'd be a pretty good video and he liked the work that I did and he was like yeah Sure, let's let's do it So we flew out to Tampa that day and did the whole thing, but as far as day one goes Yeah, absolutely. I feel like this is gonna help him out a lot. He's over already such a great guy He takes care of his guys. He's very responsive like I mentioned out of all the agents that I emailed he Right away emailed me back And with his guys he takes care of them And I believe that this feature is gonna do a really good job and help promoting him and getting more Clients on board with him and I feel like this is just the beginning for day one Yeah, and while you were kind of putting this all together and you were compiling all this footage What what one piece of information kind of stuck out to you that you got that maybe caught you off guard or made you like Wide in your eyes when somebody said it through the process So as far as like something that cotton caught me off guard. Are you talking about what Mike said or anybody? I know you talked to Jason light to the GM and Gilmore the agent So like it really well done piece. There was a lot of coverage in there any of their comments throughout that you were like Oh damn Yeah, so you get a Idea behind the scenes of everything that's going on I can go back to the deadline process because this is actually when the idea of creating a feature Started was back in August of 2023 when Mike set that deadline like hey We got to get this deadline done before the season Otherwise, I'm gonna explore free agency. I remember Asking for an interview because I was down in Tampa and asking Derek Hey, is it okay if I get an interview with Mike and Derek said No, not right now because let me let you in on a little bit of thing a little bit of something that's going on right now And it's the fact that we're in its contract dispute. Don't tell anyone yet, but I'm gonna set a deadline And he was just kind of like venting to me like yeah, this is what's going on with The buccaneer is in us and we're kind of like four million apart right now We've been talking about this for two years. So I'm just at a point right now We're just gonna set a deadline and then if it doesn't happen We'll think about it later. We'll see what the future holds, but just seeing things like that happen like getting Inside info before things were actually released That that kind of opened my eyes a lot to oh crap This is actually a pretty cool process that I want to document Hassan from your experience from your vantage point to Derek and Mike feel like this job with that this deal was ultimately gonna get Done, you know to be honest with you When I spoke with him when that deadline was set I got the idea that It wasn't happening. I'm you know, just to be honest with you eventually it worked out and even after the season ended I Asked Derek like hey are the buck still an option. Are you serious about going somewhere else? And he said no, I mean the bucks are actually they're still an option But the ball's in their court and so Jason from the interview that we had with him in the feature He was very adamant and he said listen. I know where Mike's at. I know where Derek's at But I'm gonna get this thing done and they got it done One of the other things that stuck out to me because we did a lot of speculation here And we even asked him that day after the signing like who else was calling what else was on the table? What other teams and in the future? It seemed like the state of Texas was kind of the other spot that he was looking to go Yep. Yep. Absolutely. I mean Mike. He's a Texas guy. I will say this You know, there's there's like a period where teams are allowed to talk to agents and players so there was talk around the combine of Okay, maybe these are the teams that Derek and Mike are looking towards signing with if it's an option of free agency But as far as my knowledge goes there was no like Talks with any of the teams during the combine. It was just like here's a list of teams Who we would like to play for Once that free agency period begins, but yeah, the state of Texas definitely one of those teams Yeah, the part in the interview where Gilmore said yeah I just imagined Mike with that Dallas Cowboys star in his chest made me throw up a little bit as a box for Border here, but it was interesting inside. It was interesting. Absolutely. Yeah And and you know talking about all those teams like, you know, there's rumors out there about the Kansas City chiefs People are like, hey, man, Mike should definitely go to the chiefs. Well, that was definitely on the list The fact that the Rams that Derek brought up the Rams I'm like, I actually asked them like, hey, don't they have puka and Cup like how are they gonna get done? It's like, well the Rams love three wide receiver sets. So I mean, there was a lot of options Well, you did nail it my friend. Make sure you check him out time to football all over social media Thanks again, Hasan and we will if you have any other videos coming out Contact us and we'll do our best to share it with all of our listeners all of our viewers and continue success Man, keep in touch. I appreciate the sport. Thanks for happening. You got it Hassan Khan right there time it to football. What a great chat, man. That was awesome. Ah Chiefs Rams. Yeah Mind blown. That was why I'm blown. Yeah, we'll get into that a little bit later on