 An emotional goodbye to Minnesota, but hello Hollywood one of my faves new charger Eric Kendrickson studio here in LA ready to stop Offenses all across the league and what a division. You think people settle into their career nine years in one place Maybe they want to take it easy. Maybe head to the oh, I don't know the AFC South No, we're gonna go to the AFC said we're gonna deal with Patrick Mahomes and company for the rest of time That's okay We're gonna have Alan Lazzard Joining us live from live apparently what and are the Titans looking to climb up the NFL draft board for a quarterback? Jim White pops by with the latest and wins the national championship Dominant run they got a win Finish the job. They took care of business and Diego State 76 59 And it really prepared me for a sweet night's sleep fell sleep on the couch to this one I'm sure you did too if you did not if you stay if you kept your eyes open Especially on the east coast. I'm on the west coast balling asleep John Ralston says he doesn't sleep in April He doesn't sleep to my eye. I in fact do I in fact do sleep in April That's what it turns out to be and now a nice breezy cool win for them and very special their fifth national championship in the last 24 years and A cool stat here. They're just the third team in college basketball to capture a national title while winning all of their Tournament games by double digits that my friends is Dominance and it's master's time this week and that kicks off on Thursday April 6th Then we've got the derby in early May This is a really fun time in sports and a really fun time here at Fandle and my question I guess as I sit here on a Tuesday morning Will all of this happen the masters the derby the NBA finals all these things happen before we figure this Aaron Rodgers thing Out like what let's take a live look people this morning We've got Eric Hendricks on the show we have Jim White in a minute This is a live look at live in Miami here on a Tuesday morning. It's not really, but that's okay We have new jet money out there on the scene Al Mazar. What's the latest? Oh, yeah, there's a sign there That's a stop asking me about Aaron and he's loving it now listen and believe me I don't want to talk about Aaron either But I do want to say this like there's a lot of people on Twitter responding to this this morning that are saying That's so lame of him. Why would he write do you think he walked into live and said hey Dave Gruntman Make me a sign that says this no let me explain to you what happens at a club You get the table you order the bottle the sparkler comes out It's really not any different when you're celebrating your birthday I'll garden the entire way staff comes out with a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake make it to your table clap their hands I have some sparklers It's the same thing so some door guy or some bottle service girl who's a Packers fan or jet fan decided That would be a fun thing to write and it is in great marketing Dave Gruntman back there with those sparklers We thought we could do the same for some NFL players and by we I mean Marissa. What do we got? We cooked up some other signs quickly this morning. What we got? Oh, we got our first one coming up here It's for the Ravens. Okay weather woman. Oh Why are you so allergic to receivers? Oh It's not wrong they never take a receiver they never listen to me. I'm always talking about it The Ravens deserve that the Ravens deserve to think about the offense. I don't think you are wrong. What's our next one? I think we got one for Aaron Rodgers. It's a wish list It's a wish list of demand that was his response when it was not a list of demands Well, listen, he made it pretty clear that he was not happy about that But Lazard we're in the cob. Mm-hmm. I think he should out You know don't take James Jones from a seared fan dual Super Bowl champion But if you want to Megatron told me that he would like to play with you. Why don't you call Calvin Johnson? Yeah, I get a call Woody Johnson Calvin Johnson same last name. Let's make it happen I think we got one more. Okay. I think it's a special one. What is this? I am not dating Tom Brady That is a statement. I am not and I don't want to hear the backstory, but yeah, I don't believe it there I am not in fact dating Tom Brady. Thank you Marissa. I'm still delivered. You're welcome We did get some news finally some news one of the top free agents left on the market according to mr. Adam Schefter the Ravens Did make a contract offer to Odell Beckham, Jr. Finally, they saw our sign they made it happen and I still we probably won't sign anything until he finds out What's happening with Lamar? I wouldn't if I was advising Odell But we know the Ravens are committed to bringing it back and I like the fact that they're making a stronger effort to support him That's what you need to do You see what the deaths are doing they didn't even have Aaron yet You got to make Lamar feel like you're gonna care about the offense now I know it's ultimately gonna come down to whatever the contract offer is but the thought of playing with Odell That's gotta be fun for Lamar to think about if you look at the Ravens offense health durability This is a big question with this group of man He has the potential and this offense has the potential to be explosive on paper So I'd like to see it happen Of course the Ravens have a lot of work to do with Lamar before we get to that point Ravens By the way didn't have a single receiver with over 500 yards last season I think I've said that 19 times already to Marcus Robinson to Marcus Robinson Who was forced on a death chart going into the year was their leading receiver with 458 yards? Come on Do better than that and I made the point here that Lamar Jackson is very young And that we think that he can't throw the ball we don't know what he can do We don't know what he can do because he's 26 and he's played in a very similar kind of offense every time So if we take it off of his legs and maybe give him some help through his ability to get it to receivers It's the right receivers to explosive receivers that are well suited skies limit I think for Lamar Jackson So there's also some interesting reports out of Tennessee that we have to get to so Daniel Jeremiah who we know and love He if you don't listen to move the sticks It's an incredible podcast super thorough and easy to listen to a listen to it in my car when I'm almost crashing and trying to Parallel Park every day He said that the Titans might be trying to make a deal with the Cardinals To move up to that three spot presumably to grab one of these quarterbacks when you look at the state of the Titans right now I kind of love this if they're able to pull it off Listen with the way last season came crashing down on them like Sneaker waves this team is a need of some serious retooling. They got to take the team to the shop It's not that it's all Ryan Tannehill's fault, right? He was playing injured He missed some games to end the year but at this point we know what Ryan Tannehill is He's a solid quarterback. He can win your games But he's one that doesn't have a super super high ceiling and the Titans had the 30th ranked offense last year While paying their quarterback a lot of money So that is not a recipe as we all know for sustained success So if they make this move and they go with the rookie, you know much they can save 27 million dollars Do you know any of Eric Hendricks cool supercars I could buy? You know how many dodge vipers I could buy with 27 million dollars a lot. He just walked into the studio I'm very excited. Okay. They can save that money by cutting Ryan Tannehill That means they can afford to keep Derek Henry They can take the pressure off the young quarterback They can add pieces begin the process of getting the roster back where it needs to be when you look at the division Right here. You've already got one young star quarterback to contend with who's looking pretty good and Trevor Lawrence And you're about to have to deal with two more Houston's gonna grab one Indy's gonna grab one They both pick in the top five the tables are turning quickly. Don't wait for it to happen Okay, Tennessee, you also have the chance to stick it to a division rival You can leap in front of the Colts Stupid Colts make them take the fourth quarterback off the board. That's ugly that would suck for Ursa and company You can go and get your guy for the future and really jumpstart the entire retruing process of this So let's really quickly bring in one of the best reporters in the business. He's covering the Titans It has since they became the Titans back in 1999 Jim Wyatt. Have you been? I'm doing great Kay. I hope you're doing well this morning. I am it's there's exciting stuff going on You just heard my argument about what I think the Titans should do make it interesting Say give a little to a division rival. So we're hearing some of these rumblings. What do you make of them? Well, I think when you've got a you know You're in the 11th spot and you've got four quarterbacks in this draft that are considered first-rounders Some of them top 10 and you've got to do your due diligence. I think that's what the Titans are doing I think with the new general manager, it's hard to really predict What he's going to do because he's never done it before he was we got to keep in mind And he was with the 49ers in 2021 when they made a very similar move They were sitting at number 12 and they moved up to number Three at that point here the Titans are sitting at number 11. We're talking about pick number three. So I know where he's been No, they're doing some work You know, certainly been a lot of buzz. I know danger. Jeremiah is not a guy who breaks a lot of news So he throws something out. He's usually right on so I don't doubt that the team is doing his due diligence How much, you know validity there is or how serious it is I think I guess time will tell on that Do you feel for which of these quarterbacks might be the best fit or might be liked by this organization the most? Well, he's been everywhere. I mean rena's been to Ohio State. You know, we went to Kentucky You know, we went to alabama He was went to florida to see all those guys. Mike Vrabel's been on some of those trips You know, like Mike Vrabel was in Knoxville to watch in Hooker So they you know, now he's early, you know guys consider top 10, but also they're looking at A hint at hooker who played up the road. So I think they're looking at all of them. And now it's just a matter of you know, having pro day visits and You know getting guys getting to know guys better to figure out who the best fit is and maybe through this whole process Yes, you figured out one of these guys is not what you want to do and you want to ride with ryan tana hill for another year, but You know, you're not you don't want to be in this position a lot to pick a quarterback And you better make sure you're right if you do it Especially when your division rivals are getting young quarterbacks and making those moves now And I do feel like we know what the ceiling of for ryan tana hill is and we he took a huge leap from when he got moved from The adam gaze world of the dolphins, but now it's time to maybe potentially look elsewhere And I think it's what they're doing and then there's this derrick henry thing, right? I would like to keep him around to be able young working. I think that would help But we're hearing trade rumors about him. I'm looking at the numbers He's really not showing signs of falling off. I hate this narrative guys are on 28 even at the running back position He turned 29 in january. He just put up under 2000 total yards Last year the second best output of his entire career. Do you think we see him moved at some point before the draft? Well, all the right, you know on the record, you know, ryan carlton has said that the derrick henry You know shopping him that was all an erroneous report Uh with that said, I mean you as you mentioned k I mean, I I think there is you know a school of thought about Running backs as they get older. I went through with with eddie george went through with chris johnson I know there came in the last year of his contract. You've got to factor into a lot of things and and while rain has said, you know, nothing Has transpired as far as trying to shop him Also went through this last year with a j brown where you know it I felt like he was going to be on the tight roster and then it comes draft You know draft weekend and and he got moved Sitting here today april the fourth and I think derrick henry It was certainly is on this roster now. I kind of expect him to be on the team this year But things change quickly. He's been the face of the franchise. He's been this team's best player Fan base could not imagine what things would be like without him And uh, I think ryan carlton and derrick henry will sit down and get on the same page and things will be worked out Moving forward with their seat. Will they see eye to eye? We appreciate your time at mr. White 1999, huh? Been a long time. Yeah It's about time to win one. Don't you think? Yes, it is. Yes, it is And i'm rooting for you to do that What do you want to happen before I let you go as a fan as you know, obviously you're not a fan But with that little voice that pulls at your heart strings a little bit Yeah, I mean it's different because I did I covered this team for the tennessee in the national newspaper from 99 to 2014 And I worked for the team in 2015 obviously you don't want to see the team win But work needs to be done and this team has done some retooling You know let go let go of guys like taylor on and ben jones and robert woods at zack cunningham and bud depri It's gonna be a different team and now the team's in the process of of trying to identify players in free agency That are good fits. They need to do the same thing the draft. They need to get better at receiver They need to get faster as the team and yeah They need to be able to compete with some of these teams in the afc. They can score a lot of points So that's what needs to happen got to get good on defense too, but uh, yes Do you have to get good on defense? Yeah, a lot of people want if there's a rebuild or they blowing it up Or they're tanking that's not happening. They're just trying to I think I call it a reboot And I think that's what's going on right now. We appreciate you mr. Jim white. Thank you for and enjoy the Who knows what's gonna happen ahead of the draft? Maybe there'll be a trade. Maybe the Colts get lamar Maybe y'all get lamar. Maybe you stick with ryan tannell. Who knows we appreciate the insights from him and coming up We have a very special guest in studio eric kendricks linebacker Well, I can't forget this right for the los angeles chargers. You're back in kelly bro. We love it. We're live in studio with eric kendricks next Haunting a revolving door of chicago bears quarterbacks from my hometown year in year out Our guest here in studio played linebacker for eight seasons for the minnesota vikings. He was an alt pro He's a pro bowler. He just signed with the los angeles chargers. I got my helmet back there, right? Yeah, we love it. Uh, and this is where you were a stud for the ucla baruans. We've got eric kendricks in studio How are you good that that uh helmet was a nice touch. I walk him like, you know, it's the little things It's the little things you make you feel comfortable, you know, we're so happy to have you here We have a lot of news to get to listen Uh, the biggest news is that you're no longer wearing purple. It's blue Baby blue because you're having a boy and we just heard that that's the big news Sure, you're a charger. We'll get to that. But uh, talk to me and I think we have your gender reveal here Talk to me through this. Um Obviously didn't know what to expect. Look how cold it is And didn't know if the blue was gonna show up on camera, but I think you can tell about my wife's reaction that I mean that looks excited. That looks planned eric. It's so perfect. It wasn't. Um, it was uh We kind of just set up a camera and and uh and did it ourselves So it was nice nice and private Is it stressful? Like you've been in the nfl for so long. There's so many moments of high stress of what is it like knowing Is your first baby boy? I know it's just like a lot of unknown, but I feel like I feel like I got a pretty good moral compass. So I think I'll do all right, you know Just maybe change a couple diapers here and there. Are you gonna be a diaper changer? Patrick, my home's is a big diaper changer. Really? I believe that I have to be you know I don't think my wife will let me um get away with that Who in your locker room would you go to for advice and let's talk even just viking Because you know the locker room so well who'd be the person you would take dad advice from man There's so many great dads in the locker room. Um, I think off the top. I think uh, jordan hicks is one of them josh martellis You know cure cousins Harrison smith, you know those guys are you know the fathers that I kept thinking about the top of my head Yeah, who's the person former team or now current team that you would least trust to babysit your baby boy Because I remember with the vikings. They did that thing with the stiff on digs Nobody's trustings to fun digs to date their sister or whatever. Who is the least trust with the babysitter of the bunch? Um, I just don't I just uh I'm gonna say jet like jesson. I don't know like I'm not saying that he's not he's not good with kids He's great with kids while the kids feeding themselves. I think at this point of his life. I don't know Yeah, well, justin jefferson. That's what we call jet. Okay. Got it. Okay. Let's get into some of this because we have Some gender reveals teammates included sports guys and I want to have you rate them because yours was perfect I want to know why why we watched it as a project as a production group and we're like, it's so understated It's not over the top. It's not like a ton of poop. It's beautiful. It's charming. But let's take a look at this Yeah, let's take a look at this first one together. I believe this is kurt cousins now. He almost missed that Question mark. Let's take a look. Yeah, see anything athletic anything athletic. Well, first of all, he delivered So that's a solid eight off the top. Okay, and that's better But uh, I think that anything you do athletic or you know hitting a golf ball or something like that It's like it's putting a lot of pressure on you as a dad to deliver and hit a hit a smooth Target or whatever, but uh, you know, he got it right. He got it right. He had a boy You didn't pick him as the first person to get advice from them. I noticed that Just saying he was like the fourth person you mentioned not court not car cousin who has a conversion man Okay, um, I heard you were a very good baseball player in high school. So let's take a look at this baseball and Oh, see reveal attempt See anything athletic you have to you it puts too much pressure on Who's doing the sport and this this case, you know, he thought that he could take a ball right here, but Um, the coach gave him the hit and run signal. So he has to swing at everything He didn't like the bitch. He has to swing you have to swing at everything. You know, it's not it's not that kind of situation What are we giving him? I'm giving him I'm a uh, that's a weird four, but It's a weird four. Okay, we got a four that's I I think He didn't hit the guy in the face. So it made it it made it something very generous How about this? I know you're into cars. Did you consider going this route? Let's take a look at Oh, well, that's subtle. I think that I think that when you have a kid, you're trying not to catch a case Um, I think that staying at a jail is You know, this good idea and uh, I think this is going to put you in jail. So Jordan Hicks tell you that I mean that's you know, I think it's a Zero that's a big zero And yeah excited. I didn't bet these before I saw them Uh and and listen and here's this last one and this one's famous. I think Listen, it's hard to hide what you're rooting for. Napier Wilson taught me that if you have a lot of girls Then you want that you ought to keep trying for that boy. So this is uh, gordon hayward nba star Who's got two girls gorgeous? girls walking around look He doesn't look excited See and then that's the thing about general reveals too. It's like, you know, it it builds up anticipation and You know, sometimes you can get let down, but hey, I think that he was happy He's just was he a little bit, you know, do you think he's trying for another baby? potentially probably What are we gonna give him gordon hayward? I'll give him a Just for the reaction. I'll give him a you know a six a six. It wasn't too much. It wasn't you know It wasn't too much, but very kind. I mean a I like the fact that he just kind of did it with his family Okay, I like that. Let's talk about minnesota. You penned That to be serious here like a pretty emotional letter About what it meant to you your time there and how you're always going to have a little minnesota in in you What does that mean? It just means a lot, you know, um, obviously, uh Spent eight eight years there, you know, I developed as a man there. Um, just went through a lot so The experiences I have my teammates and in the coaches and in the staff and You know my relationships around the city Uh, it just meant a lot and and I didn't realize that that's kind of what I was leaving as well So, uh, I had to go back and like say something a little bit. I didn't want to do it at first Kept saying no kept saying no kept saying no and then um, it fell right and I felt like it was the right thing to do My bond with the minnesota's fan base is that I call them the most tortured fan base I've just said that over just so good quality teams good like studs and it never happens And it's always so close minnesota miracle all the and it never happens What is like what makes this fan base so special to you? It is loyal, you know, um, I feel like they just uh It just showed me love that you know from the jump, um embrace me Um It was a good time, you know, I feel like I never played in this uh A game that wasn't sold out in minnesota. So that was that was pretty cool to have that experience What are you gonna miss the most not the weather? I'll miss my my teammates for sure You know, I feel like I feel like football is fun. Um You know everything about the cities are fun But like at the same time like it's always about the locker room and and things like that So that's what that's probably gonna be it. Uh as the football gods would have it you're facing the vikings this year Do you know that that's crazy? You know in minnesota? I uh, I I didn't realize that I don't know anything. So I just kind of signed up, you know, I mean let's play football and um and Someone was like you're playing the nfc north and I was like I'm playing the same div. I'm playing everybody in the nfc north. Yeah, everybody. I'm like, oh my gosh I'm not leaving the division essentially. So it's gonna be cool to be uh, have a whole new field But at the same time, you know, I'm gonna have a lot of familiarity with with a lot of the teams we played and you Know, I'll probably have some uh some little tips and keys and what is that going to feel like to go back to Minnesota and play there really think about it. We don't know what week it is, but come on It's only right. Yeah, I feel like it's really are you gonna just pork her cousin? So gosh, I feel like he's gonna have a coming for him Which team do you feel like you know the best in that division? Like if you had to pick one to play right now, would it be my my measly bears? Do I know the best no just that you like if you could pick to play one of them three times this year Who would you which one would you pick? Do you want to be chasing fields all around No, I don't know it's hard. I wouldn't be doing it if you watching you do it It's hard. What's green base situation? Good question. What do you think it is? I don't know What are you hearing Allen's are was it live the live last night and they were showing the thing that said Don't ask me about air. I don't know what's going on there either. I feel like this is the most plugged in I've been with football in a while. So really I think it's um, I think it's Jordan left So who would you like to play? I feel like it's a loaded question I want to play the Vikings honestly. Really? Yeah Just because just because of my history there and everything Bobby Wagner went up when back up again He's back with Seattle, but he went up against and he crushed. He went off. He had this. Yes Emotional amazing game when he faced them. So I would hope that that would be the same for you. Um, how does it feel to be a charger? What's the vibe so far? Bob is great. Um, I feel like it was just so crazy You know, it was like a blur everything that had happened. So So for me to be back in LA, you know for me to be, you know um Back in the blue and gold, you know, it's a different different blue and gold from UCLA, but Um, it's it's right. I'm about to have a child, you know, family support systems kind of out here in california So it's a blessing, you know, I feel like all the stars are aligning I was kind of nervous heading into free agency because I've never been in that situation But um, ultimately I think that this is the right the right move And we have a great quarterback and and a lot of a lot of studs on the team So, um, I'm ready to ready to do it speaking of great quarterback Let's get to this guys. Uh, and listen You're he's he's now your teammate. Okay, but this is the last time I think we're ever gonna be able to show this play talk about this play because air Kendrick is now wearing that lightning Both but take me through this play right here because boy boy. Oh boy week 10 Yeah, I don't mean that like I think obviously I think I had the middle of the field some type I don't know if it was covered too or whatever, but uh I see him peeking at, um I'm just like No, you were just like what I just I woke up like this on the 10-yard line after picking up picking up Justin Arbor I saw him peek at keenan aline early and then I was like, oh, he's about to go at him And I kind of curled back with him down the middle and and I made it I wish I would have like kind of scored even though they called it down when I got tagged But the highlight would have looked better if I ended up in the end. So have you talked to Justin at all yet? No, no, I haven't talked to yeah What's that gonna be? I mean you you sacked him you picked him off, but you pick off guys all the time How do you pick guys off that easy? You have a lot of interceptions Does it come to you? I mean, I feel like I I don't know I feel like you know, I love the the aspect of the game You know, I love I love playing catch and throwing the ball and ball skills and things like that. So I feel like Um, anytime I'm able to get the ball. I just want I want it so bad when it's in the air I get so like upset that just like barely flies by if I tip it So I want the ball at all times Well, you're gonna have to try to get it against a pretty good quarterbacks Did you think about that when making this decision? Not at all. Really? No, I don't like I'm not I'm I'm a football guy, but like I'm not like a football guy. So like I got I Chose the thing that was right for me And then it was like everything else came into place afterwards like, oh, you know, we're playing You know, the chiefs twice in the division, you know, and I'm like, oh, like Hey, it's cool. Jimmy G I signed up for it. Let's do it. Yeah, you want to do it. You want all that smoke Well, how do you fit in that defense? Like they need help stopping the run. That's what you do really really well And I mean they people ran all over them last year. Like, how do you fit amongst the Khalil max and the Uh, the bosses of the world and the derby and james. That's a solid group Yeah, I don't I don't know how I fit right right right now. Is he speak though? But I think that I do bring a lot to the table and um, I'm not gonna try to do too much I'm gonna show up and uh, just be who I am and um, you know, hopefully that you know, I could I could help help everybody out Yeah, we're wearing number six next year. Why? So I almost changed the number six in minnesota. Um, I think when you know, I said, oh, I decided not to I said if I ever change teams, I'll try to get six So as soon as I got, you know, with the chargers, I was like, man, I'm gonna try to get number six And dustin hopkins had number six. So I messaged him, you know, um, saying, hey, I'm coming back to my home state It would mean a lot for me to have number six and um You were six your whole my whole career my whole college almost my whole college career But we came up with a cool idea that um, you know, I was going to donate to his foundation which him and his wife gabby started and um, it's to help, you know Kids with special needs and families with special needs and um, his son is inspired by a son Who's on the autism spectrum? So I mean when he told me that I was just like, this is this is amazing I go rather, you know, I want to donate my money I want to like this is this is something great for me to get the number and spread awareness So I want to, you know, encourage other people chargers fans, nfl fans to donate as well Chargers fans are a mighty fan base when it comes to supporting their team. So yeah, so I think it was beautiful I think that it was a great situation, you know, I think that, um, you know, I just didn't want to come in and You know, take the number. I know he's a vet and things like that. So, um I think that us working together and doing this for the for the great for a greater good is is is Best case scenario amazing. So we'll get that. I mean, I'm sure our socials all over it We're gonna get that information out on twitter So if you want to do the Wells foundation for the Wells foundation, I personally will donate We'll get that and that's why you got drawn to the number six. I love that We were talking about the nfc north, you know and erin rogers and all of that What was it like? What's like your best erin rogers memory? My best erin rogers memory I feel like I have So many close crazy games with him and I think it's not even it's not even like the the games or the Outcomes the memories. It's the little chess matches between like Before the snap. Oh, what does that mean? It's just like he's calling up. He's calling something He's changing the protection. He's checking through the receiver saying something to him And we're just kind of like you guys are like trying trying to decipher things figure things out Sometimes it works for your for you and sometimes it doesn't but I think those are the Those are the cool things that when I when I came into the league that I got addicted to immediately and I Fell in love with so he's just super. Is he like the most cerebral quarterback? You would say like the one that tries to mess with you the most He's up there because I think that he has so much, you know command and control over the offense and confidence and a lot of other things But um He's up there for sure. Is he mean or is he like funny out there? I can never tell. He's competitive. He's not mean. He's competitive um I don't know. Doesn't he like sometimes I feel like he looks at people like and he just Like he just Kills you with his eyes. I mean if you do if you do something like if you like hold a receiver or jam a receiver Or maybe hit him a little late or something like that. He's gonna chirp you. He's gonna get upset really most most quarterbacks would Yeah, we'll see how he does in new york. Oh my gosh if that even happens or we're gonna take a short break here We have more with eric kendricks future dad gender reveal raider car guy And good doer with the wells foundation wells foundation. Is that right? Yep. Well, I love that. We got to get that out there Eric kendricks is a football guy. He's a good guy. He's a pro ball pro guy. He's also a car guy We all predicted uh who what kind of car you we'd come in and I said mustang Conrad said Porsche dodge viper. This is our production staff pete cruiser pierre thomas That's what I used to call him lamborghini or a soup a Subaru. Let's take a look at the footage We caught you teams. Okay. What is What is this? That's a gt3 rs. Um, it's the best car as far as I'm concerned Tell me about it. Um, it revs to 9 000 rpm. It's bulletproof. You can drive it to the track drive it home Um, it's like a race car. What are you batman you to bulletproof race car? It's naturally aspirated sounds good You know, I'm not I'm not I love all cars, but that one has a pretty good guy drive I feel like you drive Now from me I come from new york. I was like by first this is my first real driving here What do you think I'm driving around uh around l.a. And God I say like a bmw No, no, but close Mercedes I have the car everyone has like a the tiniest little rover just like the tiniest little one that I just beat bop around In traffic and cry when I'm trying to parallel park. Okay, but you're very passionate about cars We know that you actually work on them. Where did this passion come from? I started working on cars like probably two three years ago. Um, I've always wanted to do it I always had the passion to do it, but I didn't have the resources So, um, I feel like I met a cool bunch of cool people who invited me to their garage and kind of Went from there and I've been working on cars my buddy Carter and he you know Help fixing up my my grandpa's old dodge viper And um, you know my Mustang that I that I have Kind of got my hands in that learning just the basics and things like that So it's a lot of fun for me. Did you steal that coat from Carter? No, my buddy max got me this coat. See all my friends just love them They know that I love cars and they just they just love me. I don't know anything about cars. I really don't it is right? Am I right? I was like, it's either that or like the star trek logo. I don't I don't quite I don't quite know Okay, here's what's going on. We uh, let's see. Oh, yeah Wait, hold on talk to me about the Mustang because the dodge viper is a special car too, right? But you have this was your high school dream car. Do we have this? Why is this the dream car? Oh, um, that's the one I wanted when I was like 15 or 16 and 50 shades of night rider My parents were like, absolutely not. Um, you need something else. That's more reliable. But now I'm I'm 31 and I uh Have have a little bit of you know changed to my name so I can do what I want My mom can't tell me what to do so Eric you can you can say you can say you have a big bag of money. It's okay. We get it You've been in the NFL a long time and you do anyway, this is my dream car and uh I was able to get it and it it brings me so much joy when I drive it I love that. All right, let's play a fun game where I'm going to give you a teammate and you're going to tell me What car they would be like when I think of my producer brian I think station wagon wood panels car seat that whole thing right suburbs two kids and a dog over the Over the lap seat belts all of that. Okay, first up and speaking of that her cousins This is the first player look over here and tell me what kind of car So I'm gonna go 400 t rd pro Toyota is reliable. Okay, that has great resale value. Um, obviously, we know Kirk has great value this quarterback and it's just durable, you know Tough long lasting. Okay I like that. But now do we have to put but also subtle and modest? Is her cousin subtle and modest anymore? Can we say that about let's be honest? That's why I upgraded to t rd pro, you know, it's from the forwarder to the t rd pro It's like that's cool because it has to what's something that's really what's cool. Let's not cool anymore Like rims. Are they not cool anymore? What's that or like a What's not cool it because it's the chain thing is spinners something like that Put something on that that's like he thinks is cool But nobody else thinks is cool and I think we're good with Kirk cousins. All right How about Justin jefferson you mentioned jet earlier? I feel like Justin jefferson is like, uh, like a ferrari Pista, yeah or a pista. I don't know that is what it sounds right. It's a ferrari a little bit flashy There we go right there. Boom flashy, you know fast I've got the racist drive down the middle, you know, he always wears the pregame jewelry and the glasses So it's a little bit flashy. You pull up, you know, he's there. I appreciate the sound effects from the controller I feel like I'm in a radiator springs disney land right now. It's great. How about Khalil Mack? You could go Mack truck. Yeah, see Mack truck was obvious I'll say like a trophy truck, you know what I mean? Like a like a trophy truck is like They go off-road and you know, yeah, exactly You know, there's there's bumps in the way. There's trees in the way and it doesn't matter You just get through it and it just Any terrain no matter what fast are you excited to play with him? I am yeah I've I've seen another sign line and you wave always big, you know, I don't even wave Yeah, I wouldn't either He's terrifying big fast and explosive. Okay. How about this one? This is this one This is the first little guy here. He can do it all. He can suplex drive as kelsey whatever kind of car He is what do you got for durban james? I got the the Porsche, you know Porsche gt3 rs kind of like the one I pulled up in, you know durable. Okay, that's a different one But at the same time I feel like uh Reli you know Performance is automatic, you know reliability automatic, you know, you can count on it for sure. Okay a bonus one What about you? Me eric kendricks 2.0 chargers vibes. Listen, I'm about to be a father, you know I'm gonna go outie. I'm gonna go outie outie rs6 because you know I feel like it's a station wagon vibe, but it's also super fast Okay, I can throw that. Yeah, it's there right there. I can throw the stroller in the back, you know what I mean But I can get to where I need to get to pretty quickly. Tell me this. Well, how could I make my car cool? Um, like any car like is it all that all mine's all black all like everything. Is that cool or black? Yeah, murdered out. Just completely by is that okay? I don't know. What do I need to make it cooler? Like I don't know anything about cars some wheels Where do I go get wheels from the wheel store exhibit that's my ride like where do I what do I do? Do I need like an aquarium in the back? Did you watch that show that did? Oh, come on. Absolutely. Yeah, that's probably probably how I wanted to like work on cars and things like that You're gonna get a dad mobile now. That's a dad mobile They have like they have like racing car seats and stuff like that for I've been going on to do like a rabbit hole as far as like they have like Bentley Porsche Porsche strollers like I'm not gonna get them, but you know Oh Eric Kendricks everybody. All right, we appreciate you coming in tell talk to chargers fans I'm really plugged in with that specific fan base I Last year when they were taking on the titans I was at the game and I was had a couple of drinks and I was out there going Tom Talesco Like Brandon Staley my glimpse go to the Super Bowl that was my message to them And it was caught on film and it was absolutely embarrassing. What is your message to chargers fans? What's up, um Come on. You're the Cali boy from home What's up? I'm coming home. Um, I'm gonna work hard and let's let's get it done. You know, let's let's uh, let's let's make a splash Let's What's your message to Patrick my homes? What's up sometimes less is more, you know, it's less is more Okay, I like I'm looking forward to it. I appreciate that about you stop the run That's all I'm just stop the run. Do what you just do what you do. Just do what I do Maybe yeah intercept don't do too much. Don't do too little intercept other quarterbacks Yeah, you think Justin Herbert's got it is he you know, when you I'm not gonna ask you to rank him among the a ofc Uh afc west quarterbacks, but yeah, I mean, I think that he's legit. Yeah, he's legit making my decision I think that I came into play for sure. Yeah, okay. We appreciate you Eric Kendrick's new charger But you know him an all pro wells foundation We're gonna get to that and everybody get over to nfl shop and get the number six jersey Oh And outie our what rs six rs six Tulane running back tajé spears one thing about him is I think he might pull a matt forte. Let me explain spears has a legit shot to be the first player from tulane To go in the first three rounds of the draft since my guys chicago zone matt forte mr 2000 yard seasons after field. This is the only reason I like being a bears fan And that was back in 2008 when he was taken that high. Okay. So yes I'm not saying he's gonna be matt forte in the nfl And I know there's those are some very big shoes to fill and some lofty expectations given the legendary career Forte was able to carve out in the league I don't think taja is gonna shy away from the challenge though because he has not shyed away from anything In his young career. He's had to answer questions throughout his whole life With the green wave sure you averaged seven yards per career Or per carry and led the entire nation in touchdowns, but you did it in the american conference Can you do it against real competition? That's the kind of questions he's asked Well, he got a shot to take on a college football powerhouse in his last game of his career in the cotton bowl against usc Let me show you how it went. Here it is Tajé showed off his speed his power his toughness running away From and sometimes right through by it for the way trojan defenders racking up 205 Yards for touchdowns he helps to lane pull off a stunning 46 45 upset over the trojans and Heisman trophy winner Caleb williams the green wave finished ninth in the ap poll to end the year behind taja's efforts Their first top 10 finish since back in 1998 and if that wasn't enough of a statement about what he can do To top competition he went to the senior bowl later that month is everybody bringing their bests Is that what the scouts are gonna look for the gms all that he went against the best and put on a show all week long I mean, this is just absolutely absurd this type of change of direction You're watching the shiftiness. He has he's saying hey scouts drool literally drool over my versatility go for and That's is all why we could see spears as one of the top running backs off the board in this draft so listen Is I think it's Poncha tula. I believe I learned about this this morning poncha tula, louisiana. That's where he's from They got a nice strawberry festival learned all about that move over strawberry festival Your new claim to fame is taja spears. I think he pulls a forte. I think he's drafted highly Come end of april. All right. We'll be back after this. We've got a lot more to get to on up and adam's here on a tuesday Lots of fun with our guy eric kendricks here in studio hamilton joining me now a big thanks to jim wyatt by 1999's a long time ago long time ago matt forte To lane drafted into 1990 or no, what was it 1998? We just said that's a year before that so you're before the titans were even the titans, right? To lane Last top 10 finishers 1998 forte was drafted in 2008 um But yeah, jim wyatt 1999 the entire existence of the tennessee titans as the titans. That's pretty impressive um, and I love what you had to say about taja spears. He's uh He's one of my favorite players to watching college football last year that that display you put on in the cotton bowl Yeah, that display in the cotton bowl was so much fun Um really put him on the map for a lot of people that weren't as familiar with his game And it wasn't just like the speed and all those breakaway runs that he had It was the toughness. He's five ten two hundred pounds. Not the biggest running back. You'll see but he Punished every single usc defender that tried to tackle and like tackle him in that game You could tell he had a chip on his shoulder. He was hearing what people are saying about You know the level of competition like you mentioned and he he he set out to prove a point and and he more than did that It's uh, that was one of the biggest upsets we saw last year You gotta think like if you're a young player and you know you get invited to the senior role And you and I come from nfl networks So we know how important that is and how much you pump that up and how much we know that guys like not even Just the day on germinus, but the real guys making the decisions in those war rooms Are looking at that game because you are going up against better competition than you're potentially used to And you are also on a big pressure stage and that's what every nfl game is And that's you know something that they're looking at and all these guys are bringing it Does the do the guy has there ever been any Connective research done or maybe we could do this in this dreadful off season Like guys who pop off at the senior bowl how that translates to their nfl career Like the mvps in the senior bowl vibes, you know what I'm saying What does it like is it something that we should really circle and emphasize? Yeah, it would be interesting to go into and you know like the game itself I think isn't as important for evaluators is the week of practice leading up to it That's where you know, you see these guys do their one-on-ones like you saw that drill from Uh from tajae that where you saw as we're out running the change of direction things like that Like that's what the the coaches and scouts are really looking at is You know those one-on-one drills those competitions But I know it there have been I think a few interesting look backs on the guys that do win mvp of the senior bowl and it's an interesting group I know daniel jones is one of the prominent ones. Um, yeah still Remains to be seen, you know how his career is going to turn out Oh, he's gonna be off for it heading in a positive direction right now for sure It wouldn't surprise me if daniel jones ends it with two rings and just equals elan running and just Their bust is next to each other in the can and it'd be amazing Eric Hendricks is super fun to have in studio And I thought he handles himself very well because he's very genuine like just very just pretty much tells you How he feels but he he doesn't want to say anything Bad or what he's like fun. He's like a fun loving character and it's fun that that's true And then he's you know this run stuffer and like demolition man on the field for so many years to play at such a high level It's not easy to do Um, and I asked him in commercial break I was like, what do you make of like the i'm 30 on the wrong side of 30 things because that's like You know the vikings. They like their younger linebacker They moved on from him and then you're seeing all of these guys like the bobby wagoners Future holofamery you're looking at levante david all these guys and they're into their 30s And he said to me In the break he was like I feel better than ever I feel better You know and there's so much technology the rules have changed the maintenance of bodies is different And I hope that that becomes sort of more of the trend like we're seeing it with quarterbacks playing longer into careers I know it's a completely different position that's handled a completely different way and very much not in bubble wrap Like that position, but like there's a longevity thing that I think is happening that I hope happens And it'll of course equal out, but I think the chargers are getting in value in eric hendrix I think so too. I mean it's not like 31 is Is ancient in nfl terms either and as you said with the way that Things have changed as far as how these guys take care of their bodies The resources they have available to them I think you're right. I think we'll start to see You know more of a trend of longevity in the nfl linebacker is this physically demanding. It's you know It's not quite being a running back as far as the physical demands and the toll takes but it's close and You know so it is one of the tougher positions But yeah with the longevity with the way that Things have changed for these guys and the way they take care of themselves and also with kendricks One of the biggest assets he has is his mind and The way that he's able to diagnose things and his instincts and and all of that So, um, you know, he's only going to get you only get better with that stuff over time as he as you learn as you You know as you continue to grow throughout your career. So that's going to be such an asset for this charges I thought it was Interesting that he didn't not that he would take the bait on rogers But had nothing really like was insightful And you know, but like he doesn't drag him. He doesn't have like a one store He also didn't like take, you know the handling of the justin Herbert question I thought because he had such a great those like an insane game and insane play Like it's kind of awkward like oh, that's my new quarterback. He hasn't talked to him yet. Is that it? Was that weird? No, I mean as a defensive guy, I don't know that you necessarily, you know Have that conversation with the quarterback, but it was interesting to hear him say, you know Justin herbert was it was a significant factor in him picking the chargers So I think that tells you a lot You know those actions speak louder than words and the fact that he chose the chargers when I'm sure he had a lot of options. He used he must have been pretty sought after on the market There are a lot of teams that had holes at linebackers. So For him to choose the chargers, uh, you know, I think that says a lot about herbert in and of itself It's a good call by you. All right. We'll swing on the show. This would be of grok this week Oh, we have grok grok grok's coming up tomorrow. So are we gonna ask grok about the Brady Bahamas thing? I think we have to right with it. Was it a birthday? What were they even celebrating? I don't know. I I have not looked too much into it. Uh, I just saw blaine gabbert out there Edelman and the usual says like is it the new derby to just go there with to bakers bay Bahamas with him Um We love that and we've had the the like the top gun beach scene We're gonna have to ask him about and figure out what that's like. Uh, who else do we have coming on the show this week? Uh, we got a super bowl champion coming on again. Ernest Jones, uh, the rams linebacker who had a big Super bowl performance against the Bengals in that win. Um, so he'll be he'll be in studio We've got to make use of that. Uh, that beautiful new studio We got it it it really is and we're gonna we'll figure it out eventually But we're taking it day by day. It looks good though. I think eric was impressed. It looks great We're excited about that. Did you like my uh, my thing about clubs? Yes People like tell and i'm not i'm not bragging that i've been to a club or no, you know the basic Manors of how things work, but uh, almas are catching heat this morning about that. Okay We've got a big show tomorrow and for the rest of the week as well and then master starts and it's my birthday And i texted you would you do not respond to me when I said we're not no burp I texted you in the middle of the night. You just texted you like one o'clock in the morning. Just no birthday That was it. That's all it's And i'm the boss. So that's what's gonna happen. All right. We've got a great show for you guys tomorrow big Thanks to eric kendricks. Uh, we will get that information taylor few will get that out about the wells foundation And I will donate and get that going for chargers fans who i mean and taylor few snuck in here like a little mouse and changed the Bangles hamlet to a chargers hamlet well done It's the little things as eric kendricks that so we'll see you guys tomorrow right here on up and adam's with rob Gronkowski ahead of the masters