 Happy Monday everybody! Gronk is on today's show! Yay! He'll be here to break down Sunday, night Brady, a bunch of other week 16 storylines. Also, I'm really excited about this from the commander's undrafted free agent and free safety and pro bowler Jeremy Reeves. What a story! Took over the interwebs last week so I'm very excited to talk to him and because you are very astute, yes, yes as part of the NFL international series. I am in fact in parts unknown on a work trip to Mexico doing shows all between eating egg white omelettes and getting room service coffee. It's a really tough job but you know somebody's got it. Season vibes are really high. I am on vacation which is incredible. My entire show staff minus a couple wonderful people that I want to shout out Richard Issacow. I think Conrad's trying to make his way back but an incredible producer who's trying to get us where we need to be on this on this Monday and on this week which is awesome. So I mean only people happier than me are probably like Steve Wilks and people who had Tyler Higby and fantasy championships yesterday so things are all good. I hope everybody had a great holiday. You can hit us up at Up an Adam show. Big yes today Rob Gronkowski and Jeremy Reeves but we want to get everything set for you. I want to you know that playoff picture gets updated and cemented in a way of one game tonight but take a look at what's going on. I want to pull up with uh guys let's pull up the AFC first. All right Bill's Chief Spangles as you can see here they pick up wins so nothing happens at the top. The Titans lose to the Texans insane. I'm so not surprised those Titans are spiraling. The Jags then take control of the AFC south and move into the fourth seed. Ravens is off of a playoff spot they beat the Falcons they're still alive in the north. Chargers can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Colts tonight lot on the line and the seven feet seven seeds fallen into a bit of disarray Dolphins hanging on they drop four straight the flailing Patriots and Jets still alive there as are the Steelers inexplicably inexplicably but their uh their chances are not good they're bleak at three percent so let's look at the NFC here. Here's what stands out to me. All right the Eagles they lose to Dallas they can still lock up the one seed they got one uh more win over the final two weeks to get that done the Vikings are in the two seed after Kirk Cousins eighth fourth quarter comeback of the year eight which is insane Niners Day by the way speaking of eight they've won eight straight they want that spot Bucks holding on to the NFC south lead they rally in that fourth quarter the deficit to the Cardinals was no more and overtime the Panthers and Saints somehow still alive in the division race and the Cowboys they're sitting pretty they're in the five seed um still mathematically alive in the NFC East if they can win and the Eagles lose out now the Giants and the Commanders are in the final two wildcard spots right now after losses because guess who else lost the Seahawks and the Lions they dropped their games as well and we're going to get to that last one in a minute so let's dig in here and I think what we should do smartly is leave the Brady talk leave the Bucks talk their playoff chances we'll leave that to Gronkowski when he gets on here right so let's sort of talk about what's going on and I want to start with the Frankenstein Undertaker John Snow he's alive Aaron Rodgers and he's alive and kind of well man he's back in the playoff checksnicks bowl if you know what I'm saying like he's in the mix you don't know and those good pieces listen those those like corn checks and then you got don't be the window paying checks thing the pretzel that's still sitting in there when they playoff hopes are done that's what they're doing and they're moving up into this world where they're still in the bowl and they're still in the mix and we'll see what they can do with those chances so I'm getting laughter in the background here in parts unknown it was a comeback win 26 to 20 we all saw it Green Bay winners of three straight Santa just loves Aaron Rodgers that's what I think the Giants lose the Commanders to Seahawks Lions Lausers as Ace Ventura would say Packers are half game back of the Wildcarts but half game back and their path out of that checksnicks bowl and into the playoffs is pretty simple beat the Vikings and Lions over the final two weeks then the the commanders to lose one of their games against the Browns or the Cowboys or the Giants who lose both of their games against the Colts and Eagles this isn't cute this isn't fun narrative fodder for AM radio whatever this isn't storylines right they have a legitimate shot at this especially when Aaron Rodgers looking the way that we've seen him lately he's clearly healthier than he's been in a while that's obvious and he's clearly built more trust with the guys around him look at this throw this is I mean come on this is a dot to Mercedes Lewis out of all people this is up against any throw Aaron's ever made it is beautiful and we got to give credit to the defense they pitched a shot out on the second half against what has been one of the league's most explosive offenses though not lately maybe they did their thing so there's also this thing that we have to get to and it's something that might be a small nuance or made made fun of or whatever but take a look just take a look at this look at you all in a good move Merry Christmas fans so good to see you I haven't seen you in like five minutes thank you very much take care is that Christmas spirit Aaron Rodgers no no no those of us who pay attention no better in the power rankings of devious dangerous smiles I'm talking the Joker Jack Nicholson Grinch the clown from it Pennywise and Kevin McAllister this Aaron Rodgers smile is legit if you're a football fan and you're not a Packers fan the ugliest the scariest of them all they look good and I would not be surprised are we going to have like a Brady Rodgers NFC championship game situation didn't see that coming I did see the Bengals clinching coming and they did of course before they even played they got it done so let's take a look at what's going on over in the AFC the Bengals it's a hot streak 22 to 18 wasn't perfect especially the second half but it's 22 to 18 I will not let you forget though that this team was once four and four and there was a legitimate concern over their shot to get into the playoffs and after seven straight wins here we go 11 and four game back at the one seed and they might have a chance to jump into that spot they got that huge Monday night football is this going to be the game of the year up against the bills it very met well might be and I will just say this 17 zip falling behind them to beat Tampa last week right and then they nearly squander what was about the best half of quarterbacking I've ever seen in my entire life 22 point lead against the Pats on Saturday I'm not concerned but they're going to have to show me and they're going to have to figure out how they can put together a complete 60 minutes if they're going to try to push this streak to eight and grab the one seed you know you never want to apologize I feel like for a win in this league and I'd love to know how Bengals feel so hit me up at up and Adam show um or just at Hey K Adams but I mean I know there's the argument that it says a lot about a team that they've been able to win in different ways look at the Vikings look at that was heart attacks and everything but I do think they're going to need their best game and their second half wasn't their best game we need their best game on Monday night football the day after New Year's Day it's January 2nd we're trying to win this thing advance to eight and get the one seed they're going to have to bring it on both sides perfectly and the bummer here is the Lyle Collins news right they're going to have to step it up even more he's done for the year with that torn ACL and I think everybody in sports media saying it this morning it's obvious and the connections and the connective tissue are clear beep beep excuse me uh Andrew Whitworth will you please report to the principal's office like what are we talking about Whit has he talked about this yet come on this is this pull a whetal right your boy's whetal make it happen make the blockbuster movie David Fincher and Christopher Nolan are fighting over the screenplay rights like let's make this thing and make some magic and if anybody and anybody has the magical ride in them it is the bangles and especially Whitworth came back and I should mention Patriots in a free fall they've lost four of their last five these are just my musings here uh and the smoke is building in New England I'll talk to Tom Kern about it tomorrow on quick slants but guys it's ridiculous and a lot of people are saying it's time for Bellacheck to move on I've talked to Gronk about it last week and he said maybe they don't have the right pieces like things have gone wrong with them um I thought it was ridiculous to say they maybe should they should move on but there's a lot of smoke and so yeah there's uh almost too much going on to think that there's not something and we'll see how it plays off if they keep you know flaming out the way that there are what as an owner is your obligation to move on to to inject some freshness to make a change uh it'll be a huge huge story in the off season for sure um we have to get to this of course before we bring Gronk on um Game of the Weekend Cowboys outscoring the Eagles 40 to 34 and they somehow as the Cowboys do keep their NFC chances alive right if you're looking at the NFC's standings here the win brings Dallas to within two games of Philly so they need to win out they've got at Tennessee they've got at Washington and they need the Eagles to lose both remaining games at home against the Saints and the Giants to take the East so regardless of how it all plays out I will say this it was I mean Dak Prescott I just looked this morning the number one fantasy score as far as quarterbacks are in many a fantasy championship so very encouraging to see him sort of rise to the occasion bring all of that offense in such a big game and in critical pressure packed moments the anti-tua I mean when you're seeing what he did and let's show you this I think we got it right yeah this is a missile on third and thirty are you kidding me and who does this go to the new edition the veteran the people you know nobody wanted to see this everyone wanted Odell that's that's third and thirty to T. Y. Hilton that might be the throw of the year am I wrong tweet me am I right that the throw of the year he doesn't make this throw I think Dallas's chances of winning this game are absolutely toast instead it's a game tying touchdown to his teammate C. D. Lam and that of course leads them to you know two field goals to put it away so Dak stats are incredible and the Cowboys get this level deck this sort of deck all the time they're going to have a chance to do damage in the playoffs it's undeniable Dak of course you know it's so tantalizing you want to buy in it's frustrating at times of course Cowboys fan knows that they have to know that he has all the potential in the world but you got to see what he can do down the stretch and for the Eagles I do want to give some I mean Marissa is watching I think she's in Philadelphia visiting her family Marissa love you hope you had a beautiful Christmas and I'd be happy I know you lost you don't look up the one seat it's still ahead of you Eagles fans. Minchu was good you can't say he wasn't right he threw for 355 yards he had a couple of touchdowns and there was some rust that's to be expected he kept Philly alive in this game though he went shot for shot with Jack and if the defense which is I don't know what happened if the defense can get it back together and keep playing the way they did the majority of the season they'll be okay I've got confidence they can capture they can do it with Minchu until Jalen gets back and Jalen needs to rest which means you guys need the one seat you have to get it done and I'm sure we'll hear all sorts of reports from all sorts of media members talking about the severity of what is going on with his throwing arm shoulder all of that you can still make it happen with Gardner I believe that get it done and get get a buy so you can come back full strength after we'll be back after the break we have Jeremy Reeves on the show the Commanders Pro Bowler and we also have Gronk I think Gronk Gronk Gronk Gronk Gronk okay we'll we'll talk to him after this here we go welcome to the Up and Atom show live from the NFL International Initiative Mexico that's where I am today starting this week and I'll be we'll be here through the new year we have Jeremy Reeves on the show very excited about him getting a proble not emotional video with Ron Rivera and so we'll have him on of course but we will bring in our guy Rob Gronk Husky now our fan to a family member Merry Christmas my friend yes Merry Christmas K how you doing I actually got some crazy stories about this Christmas what yeah tell me telling everything well first off so I came to Buffalo New York because that's where I'm from home of the bills yes bills mafia people they're jumping through tables you know even though it's there's a blizzard going on here so I was supposed to actually go to my girlfriend's parents house in Connecticut on Saturday and Sunday for Christmas and I'm so sorry babe but I came I came to Buffalo real quick to see my brother's kids to see my dad on Wednesday night I came here and I was supposed to fly out Friday at 4pm a commercial flight guess what the blizzard hit Friday morning and I'm still locked inside of the house that I grew up in Buffalo New York with my father so we've been locked inside for four days now which is just incredible the weather I never seen a blizzard like this in my life it was 70 miles per hour winds I'm hoping I can get out today but we will see I gotta make it up to my baby well I mean what did you what are you gonna get it for Christmas yeah I got I mean I got her some good stuff now for sure that there's no doubt about that I'm gonna bring around a nice vacation I like everyone knows who Camille Camille even to say Camille I love that you call it your girlfriend yep I'm gonna bring out a nice vacation I already have a plan for New Year's very to a tropical island I'm a good island is your costume ready for is your uniform ready for the airport uh mask oh no no I was supposed to that's also I'm gonna be you know in a jam now because I gotta get back the flight's actually tomorrow morning to leave so that might be getting pushed because the Buffalo airport is still closed until tomorrow but there's a couple other airports around that I think are open possibly so I might be able to get out um yes I'm going big time this is the time when I save my you know my PJs my privates is in situations like this situations like this so hopefully I can get out at a nearby airport Gronk there's a famous story or whatever rumor that you haven't spent a dollar of your your paychecks from the NFL that's still true oh I mean not when you're flying private you're spending all your money now when you have to buy Camille nice or Christmas presents because you didn't make it to Connecticut exactly uh that's crazy but who's in the house like how many people are in your childhood house so it's just my dad and I I actually are one friend my well my childhood friend from growing up actually was here for two of the days as well but he just left this morning he was able to get out because the roads are plowed so he was just able to drive home he's got work tomorrow and from home so he was he was happy he was able to finally get out we were right behind him I actually whipped out the snowmobile last night my dad has a snowmobile from 2004 which is basically brand new still because it only has 1900 miles on the thing was ding ding ding ding it was running very nicely and I whipped it around the yard a little bit yesterday and then I I whipped it on the driveway to pat down the snow because you couldn't go over the snow it was so high but we patted it down so he was able to get out today because of my you know lovely plow skills with the snowmobile that's that's beautiful now where are we in the Grand House what's behind you can we get a little tour I'm in my dad's office right now and uh look at okay we got my brother's helmet when my brother played for the Dallas Cowboys amazing right here Chris Chris Grandkowski I played with him at the University of Arizona he actually has one touchdown in his career in the NFL from Tony Romo and he did and he started the Grand Spike so if you can pull that up in 2010 somehow he absolutely Grand Spike the ball you know through to the moon uh when he scored his one-yard touchdown uh so he only has one touchdown but we can say he he famously started the Grand Spike uh what else do we have here a couple things for my dad when he played back in the day uh he played at Syracuse he has a he's a big Syracuse alumni loves that place and then he has a lot of pictures of me because I'm his favorite son so he's got pictures all over the place and then speaking of Buffalo hold on I'll flip it my one brother my one right there my one brother he played for the Bills for one season right there's the Buffalo Bills jersey right there so yeah then he's got a couple you know a lot of other stuff but you know my jersey's just most important we would just we just I didn't know that he started that your brother started the Grand Spike that's news yes yes he did he actually you got to look it up he played full back for Dallas for a year and uh same my my rookie year as well we both left Arizona together and uh he absolutely Grand Spike the football to the moon no lie he put some power into it yep um Richard are we getting up oh I think they're trying to get it uh well or yeah I think they're trying to get it while we wait okay I'm sorry your other kids aren't as awesome as me Ron you're amazing um I want to talk so I saw the Buffalo players coming home from their game and their cars are it's like an entire the height of a car of snow on top of their car it's insane up there in Buffalo I hope you get out safely and not just you anybody who's waiting and trying to get to where they need to go uh Richard do we have it all right take us through this Gronk here's the footage oh wow you already pulled it up all right yeah baby he's a little chunky right there he's a little meat I'll say he was a little meaty fullback he goes to the flat acting like he's gonna block the dn he released this for one yard to the flat catches the ball touchdown and kaboom absolutely Gronk spikes the football to the moon baby thank you Chris for starting the Gronk spike thank you do you do you like it when other people do the Gronk spike are you like excuse me copyrighted trademarked uh kind of both you know I'm like that was cool he did the Gronk spike but then at the same time I'm like you know that's my move you know you'll never spike it as good as me we have okay listen to this uh here's what happened speaking of this Bill Belichick he was challenging a play this week in the loss to the Bengals they almost won them that second half was good but he did it so emphatically that everybody's calling this the Gronk spike this is really aggressive what do you make of this I didn't even see that until just now but I can tell you this I'm probably always in and Bill's head you know he loved me and so he wants to be just like me so he was probably Gronk spike in the flag um you know after myself so thank you Bill uh for that dedication and Gronk spike in the red flag I appreciated my man I love it okay you're talking about the weather so let's keep this going so this Kansas City game was so cold miserable okay it was actually won a Gronk it was one of eight games that were played in below freezing temperatures insane I want your help in understanding this because I never have players warming up pre game in the colds with no shirts on why make this make sense you know I never done that before I never actually went out there and warm up throughout my shirt on but I mean if you put yourself out there I would say possibly I mean I'm I'm thinking about this theory is you put yourself out there with no shirt on at beginning of the game and you just let you know the temperature just absolutely frost your body you know to the max and get you know kind of get accustomed to the cold weather you know before the game starts so then when you go put the pads on the long sleeves all that good stuff all the other gear that keeps you warm then you're going to possibly feel warm because you were just had no shirt on in the cold for about 20 minutes so I think that's the only theory that you can justify with it Booger McFarland said that he used to take whiskey shots on the sideline to keep warm during cold weather games well did you have a secret to help you in box bro uh it was just go next to the heater that was my secret and and the best thing was are those jackets right when you love the jacket you always have the jacket on oh yeah those sideline jackets they keep you warm like no other it protects the wind it blocks the wind and it just keeps the heat in and then it's weird the jacket's so heavy as well that when you take it off you feel super light oh that's weird I love that okay let's see what else do you want to talk about I want to talk to you a little bit about this game last night just because we have to it's you're you're here it's the bucks and so what happened was there was a game-winning drive again by Brady Brady gets it done they somehow win it was insane and I looked up this morning I'm trying to find I think he's had 57 of these 57 I think game-winning drives maybe I don't even know is that right 57 okay you've been a part of it's an NFL record you've been a part of so many of those grunk can you take me in the huddle and tell me what happens what is said and what shifts with Brady when you're in that kind of a situation yeah I mean you can never count out Brady no matter what the situation is as long as you know they're down by one score and he can go down and drive that drive the ball down and tie it up or take the lead and once again he did that as well and and first off I think the Tampa Bay Buccaneers need to be in and no huddle more often look at this game versus Rams they went no huddle and they scored two touchdowns in the end of the game once again come back on the on the final drive by Brady which is always impressive it's just he has it down to a science as well I mean you go through the huddle you're not really in the huddle because it's a two minute drill so he's just signaling to everyone he's yelling out to the linemen exactly what what you know past protection it is going to be and then he's signaling to the receivers what what the routes are going to be and he does it so crisp he's so good at it he's been doing it his whole life and he does it every single week you go through the two minute drill during this situation so it goes as smoothly as possible when the game comes so you sit down and practice I think Friday afternoon where he goes through all the signals real quick so then everyone has it to the tee so you waste no time so you have as many seconds that you need when it comes to the final minutes it's really well set I mean we're I mean they're they can do it still they can clinch the south two games left they got to beat the Panthers this week they're rolling and I think we might see an Aaron Rodgers Tom Brady NFC championship game what do you think is that crazy that would be absolutely nuts to see the Brady Rodgers you know a championship game that would be actually incredible I mean the NFL would love that everyone would love that I mean especially with that both of them having a down year it's the first time in NFL history that both of them are even having a down year let alone both of them at the same time and then just picture that they both you know barely sneak into the playoffs and then face each other off in the NFC championship game that would be that'd be a pretty wild situation it could possibly happen so I was I'm in Mexico right now and I was listening to the Spanish call of this game but I was also looking at Twitter and I understand that consworth and chorico were bringing you up a lot in the game they were saying the Bucks miss Gronk they missed him in the pass game they need him in the run game does does that give you an itch to come help your buddy out at all what do you think about that when you know that they're saying your name you're not even out there I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the compliments oh we love it just show my last one more time just how awesome how awesome I am but uh no I mean I definitely miss everyone over there I'm talking about that was the best you know a great great two years I had over there it was a great situation I had going on it was the situation I wanted as well to finish off you know my final years in the NFL and I definitely do miss the guys they're great guys in the locker room but I don't really have an itch to go back I mean if I did I'm sure I would have went back already instead of week 17 um after a blizzard you know I sit in involved love um I'm not really prepared right now to go back at all either the mindset uh mentally or physically not not prepared at all but uh I'm just enjoying my time and hey we're fan duel athletes now fan duel retired athletes I'm with fan duel now they're putting me to work they're keeping me busy keeping you busy so I'm happy as long as I'm working doing something keeping my mind going um that things are good so no I don't I don't have the itch at all to to go out there and uh play play that game of football not the game of football you're trying to get to to Connecticut okay uh into vacation okay last thing for you there's five days left in 2022 we thought we could take a look back at the year of Gronk and I'm going to take you through some moments I'm going to take you back Gronk first the beginning of 2022 January 16th NFC wild card it's the Eagles you caught your 15th career postseason touchdown the most ever by a tight end what do you think about when you see this play uh just how wide open I was it was it was pretty awesome when I released um you know it was kind of a play action pass on the goal line and when I released all the linebackers fit on the run because we got Leonard Fornette he's a beast so they all they all took the bait and uh they just left me wide open and those are my favorite touchdowns and they're the easiest touchdowns but when that ball's in the air let me tell you I'm thinking like whoa I'm so open am I going to catch this ball you just you start thinking all these thoughts when you're just so open because you don't have to react or anything so it those are tough catches sometimes in those situations but I pulled it off I pull it off on a one-yard catch right there that was your final touchdown too until you unretire again oh yes that is you're right that that was my final touchdown I'll I'll take it my brother's only touchdown was a one-yarder and he grunts liked it and my my final touchdown was only uh was a one-yard touchdown and I grunt spiked it as well so um that was a good game we beat the we beat the eagles look at my final touchdown was versus team that's that only has one loss no two losses this year as well yeah the best team in the NFL I grunt spiked last year that's right you grunk spiked them bro all right let's talk about um the next one it's February 27th grunk it's a ball you caught from Tom Brady it's another touchdown in the Super Bowl um yeah for $69,000 I believe is this true what what my mentor from your NFL career is most important to you that's our question yeah I didn't even notice this I didn't even see this I didn't even know this went for sale and this is pretty incredible stat as well I'm reading a Super Bowl Tom Brady pass I I want to first off I want to know who got that ball that's pretty that's pretty nuts I want that ball I want to display it and um and it went for 69,000 bucks this this is just getting out of control now this is the second time that something is that has to deal with 69 is brought up on the show which is mind boggling I don't even get it what was so special about that number $69,000 for a ball I actually sell one of my balls and then I can definitely stay retired next year as well then what's the best thing you you have though like what is the piece that is the most important to you you've got too many rings to pick one of those I would say uh memorabilia wise um actually so I got the I got the replica of the Lombardi trophy I bought I bought one for each of the Super Bowl wins and I'm telling you those are the coolest things to have is the replica of the Lombardi trophies everyone comes over they they're in awe every time when someone sees it in there is this the real trophies this is the real trophy unfortunately it's not but just having the replicas in the house are super cool Gronk I forget did you dent one of the Lombardi trophies or did you almost drop one in the water what was which one no no no I wasn't dropping the water I'm very responsible but um I actually dented the Lombardi trophy after we beat the Rams the last Super Bowl game um that we played in with uh with New England it was actually my last game I'm pretty sure my last game with New England yeah was that was that Super Bowl so Julian Adam and we're sitting there we're going we're going out we're going out to throw them out the first pitch and we're just sitting there we got delayed like an hour everything got delayed like an hour so we're just sitting in the back and Julian Adam is warming up throwing the ball and then I just stepped in the batter's box and I can't believe he actually threw a ball so I blame him for throwing the ball because you if I'm in the batter's box and I was using the Lombardi trophy as a bat you know I'm going to take my best shot you know so it's all Julian's fault for throwing the ball but uh we made history we put a dent in the Lombardi trophy and it's still it's displayed at Patriot Place uh still and uh you can still see the dent to this day what did Mr. Kraft say to you uh I think he loved it you know we just wanted we just won the Super Bowl Julian Adam and was MVP I had the I had the big catch um up the middle uh to put it to the two-yard line to set up the only touchdown score of the game so therefore you can only be happy that the MVP and the guy that set up the big touchdown you know we dented the trophy you can't be mad about that the year of Gronk 2022 happy new year to you I hope you get out there safely sending all the positive vibes to you and your dad and your whole family and all of your loved ones and Anne took your girlfriend who's getting lots of presents yes yes thank you Kay Merry Christmas have a great new year you too I'll be back on next year and uh I'm glad you only made it to February for the for the year in review for Gronk you only got to February 27th yeah that's good listen I learned a lot of things and we gave your brother some love too which we love we're gotta we gotta book your mom early in 2023 yes you're right I'm actually gonna see her I'm supposed to fly to her first before we go to these islands so we're gonna book her we're gonna book her 100% I might have to bring her to the island my friend all right talk to you soon bye Gronk okay I literally almost hopped off the zoom call everyone so everyone knows I literally almost hopped like I left the zoom chat instead of saying we were going to commercial but then we're just learning here uh amazing to have Gronk on the show that was so much fun and we will have Jeremy Reeves on the show right after this very excited to get to know him hey Jeremy excuse me excuse me hello pro bowler Jeremy Reeves I got that wrong I apologize good morning good morning how are you here's the pro bowl special team sky you're the starter you aren't a young man everything you've done and I know your mom would be proud it's so beautiful so much to talk about and to celebrate because the pro bowl people want to say oh the pro bowl is so cool the pro bowl is a big deal you can see right there the pro bowl is a huge deal to all players what a moment Romabr telling Jeremy Reeves that he's going to the pro bowl as a special team starter and we are very excited to welcome in and let me get this right pro bowler Jeremy Reeves good morning good morning good morning it's good morning and congratulations listen shows like this any show any podcast anything that's ever written about you will always from now on always and forever say pro bowler before your name how does that feel it's a blessing honestly you know from the path that I've had to take um to where I am now it's a it's a testament to God you know that's that's the best way I can describe it it's a unsettling feeling I mean your reaction was so pure and I think that's why the video was everywhere it's also inspiring we'll get into that what were you why like what were you thinking when Ron Rivera called you into your office did you think you were in trouble uh yeah honestly I didn't know what was going on um usually um if he comes in there he tells you to come talk it's either about uh you know I'm on the captain's committee board so it's about something with practice or schedule or on the other hand it could be like I did something wrong so I didn't know what to expect so you can see the video where I first walked in uh my face I didn't know what was you know coming uh so it took me definitely by surprise and then he does this whole like I mean I love I love Ron but he's like he does this thing he we're we're yeah he's like right right right I didn't know what the heck to expect with that either like he did the whole I mean they sold it perfectly I mean I couldn't like they couldn't have been scripted any better by them um and just like the whole the whole way they went about it I didn't see the camera I didn't know anybody was there was just me and coach and then you know he dropped that on me and it was kind of like I just said I mean the emotions got flowed yeah well let us say congratulations first of all and I'm sure just knowing what I know about you that you want to probably shout out your other pro bowl teammates right the captain Jonathan Allen definitely your guide Tress absolutely you know I gotta give a big shout out to those guys man you know Tress makes my job easy you know he's he's the best at what he does and uh I just go down there and do what I have to do and then you obviously have J and Terry and you know sweat and pain who are alternates you know all those guys you know they they've all contributed in some way or form for me to you know be where I'm at I think people can really draw inspiration myself myself very much included in your story so undrafted out of south alabama in 2018 you're in training camp with the eagles you're part of the final cut that's got I can't that's gotta be the worst the final cut then you're picked up by washington and over the next three seasons you are released five times and you've been back and forth practice squad active roster bow I hear you kept every letter from when you released to was there ever a point or was there ever a point where you thought I might quit to be honest with you yes there was I remember in uh after the 2019 season I remember I called my dad and uh I was kind of emotional I was just like you know dad I don't know if this is really for me um and uh he I remember his reply you know he was like hey it's gonna come it might not be what you wanted to but it's gonna happen and so uh you know I just took that and I kind of ran with it um and you know I've persevered and you know just continued to have my faith in God and in myself and um another big thing that people don't really attest to is like my teammates you know they always believed in me and um they kept the faith in me they always told me that you know I'm a good enough player to be here and so you know having that reassurance from them as well and you just keep pushing and in the videos we see coach Rivera mentions your mom your mom wrote who passed away last Thanksgiving day uh and how she would be proud and she certainly would be how much does she have to do with what drives you motivates you and lets that perseverance happen despite all that adversity and all that being told now um everything you know that's the one woman that brought me into the world she gave me life um and so she taught me everything that you know she went through one mother didn't have an easy life growing up you know she was a a child that had to grow up early herself and so she raised all her siblings basically and so um everything that she learned along her journey she taught me and so when when she passed you know it was just kind of something that added on you know to the fuel and uh made me just want to go even harder you know I know that she was watching down on me and she was pulling for me and uh you know she's she's been up there working as as you can see so you know um everything is dedicated to her you know I love her I miss her you know I'm thankful for all the lessons that she gave me because you know without her there is no me there's no this it's so beautiful and so well said and I was looking at your Twitter timeline all of my producers are we're trying to get to know you a little bit better than you and you really wrote about this isn't like this was your journey and then it happened like you almost documented it what was going like and your thoughts and positivity and it's almost like you manifested it it really is uh yeah I mean my you know my mom wrote me a letter the day before I went to college I never found it until after she passed away my my stepfather gave it to me um and it basically my mother was telling me basically you know one of the coasts that was in it really stood out to me and said that uh you know you know always believe in yourself no matter what um and with God all things are possible and so that kind of just took that around with it um and then my whole life to go back to you know the post and everything it hasn't been easy from the start in high school I fractured my l5 my recruitment went down and then um I ended up signing with south that was the biggest division on offer I had I went to south had a great career went undrafted um get into the league I've gone through all the ups and downs that you know of being a star there playing in the playoff game and then going to practice squad and then coming back up and then going back down so I've experienced every emotion that you can experience in this game um and just the one thing I can say is I just didn't quit I stayed quit you know I I kept going and I kept working and you know the first year level will always come back to you one way or another and so I'm just using out my platform and what I've experienced in this game and in life to show other people what's it when it's hard or doesn't mean it's over you know you know the breakthroughs right around the corner you just got to keep digging I promise oh man I think everybody can use this on on a Monday going into the new year holiday feelings of it you're so inspiring Jeremy I'm so it's a blessing to even meet you today um and thank you for coming on and you mentioned your teammates you mentioned your family you're obviously self-driven it's important to you it seems like you have a connection with your coach too we hear the term players coach a lot when it comes to Ron Rivera and some other coaches but um what has he meant to you uh a lot man um in 2020 actually was really the year I kind of you know took that next step in my playing career I was on the pride discord we had a bunch of guys go down it was a povy year so it's a tough year for everybody um mind you this is the same coach that same year had cancer and was fighting for his life but was out there every day making no excuses and was um it was coaching his behind off for us to develop you know make a push to the playoffs um so we get to the Thanksgiving day game that year we had a couple guys go down and now I'm starting I went from a practice squad squad got to a starter in the game that had big big implications for our you know season and you know I go play I play well and then I end up starting the last three games of the season you know and there's this big you know thing about in the media of how you could go get another safety and pregnancy and go get somebody that he knew and trusted but uh he gave me opportunity and as a player especially in the position I've come in as an undrafted guy all you ask for is an opportunity that's it it doesn't have to be a great opportunity just anything um you'll be grateful for it and so he gave me that on one of the biggest stages you know we're playing prom town on Thanksgiving day and um against the cowboys a division rival and um you know I go play well so from that moment forward I realized that you know this is somebody that I do anything for because he's making no excuses with his situation out here with what he's doing with the his personal life but he's still showing up every day going to work so I have no excuses despite what my situation is to come in and go to work and you know put my best foot forward every day. Gosh Reeves this is the church of Jeremy Reeves here on a Monday on the Evan Adams show I'm listening to you uh but we got business to take care of I didn't like what I saw this week and I you know I'm not gonna I love Ron I'm not gonna get into the time can you mine again but I'm not gonna even get into it I'm not gonna give you some I'm just gonna give you some numbers my new friend seven and seven and one you lose to San Francisco on Saturday trying to cling onto a playoff spot that I very much want for you and you've got the Browns this week you finish against the Cowboys that won't be easy what's the mentality what's the approach for these teams for this team as you try to hold on to that playoff spot we just realized you know in our room in our defensive room and in our team that everything we want is in front of us and we control our own fate so we just have to go out there and execute honestly we don't need to pay attention to the things that don't matter all that matters you know we have our mantra in our black room everything that we need is in this room and so just just building off that you know trusting each other trusting the game plan and going out there and executing at a high level we're more than capable we're showing that we're more than capable to handle these moments you know we've been clawing and scratching you know all year long so yeah just to keep fighting absolutely and going out there and you know just competing at the end of the day that's what it's all about it's competing and winning your matchups is it true that you pick out high-nikey shoes when he wins or when he what is this I heard nah I mean I almost say this I gave him a suggestion after we played the Colts he wouldn't was going to pick up the Georgetown ones and I was like no dude get stormed blue like that's a perfect shoe and it's a nice shoe like it's a fire shoe you can wear that with anything um but I'll say that though my god for he's got his own most fire man he's got his own little thing going and uh I respect it because I'm a big shoe guy so like but I see my god go out there getting to meet after every game I'm like all right before I see you baby I see you big guy I love that I also my producers are telling me to ask you about your high school yearbook for your school yearbook photo what is this what's going on Richard anybody tell me take take me through this um so I remember I did an interview from my hometown back home in Pensacola and they were saying you know like did you always know this is you were going to be here and like that picture there is this yeah that's the answer you know um ask you know your favorite food and your favorite book and hobbies and everything and ask what you want to be in the future I say I'm a professional football player that's in fifth grade I'm now 26 years old in my fifth year in the league so uh it just goes to show that word's a powerful man and things you speak over your life they can come to pass man it just it just takes work and faith and belief and um a great support system around you you know it takes a village it's not just me that gets you know dishonor it's everybody that's helped along the way my family my friends coaches pass and present teammates um it took a village and so you know just if you believe in yourself and you put the work in you know your fruit will always come back to you well we'll make you happy ask like what's the goal was it Pro Bowl is it playoffs for your team do you have a personal goal that you're working towards next so we can cheer you on absolutely my my first of all my my football goal is to you know um win a Super Bowl you know the Pro Bowl and all that stuff it is exciting and it's awesome it's a true blessing but at the end of the day I want to win I'm a winner um and I want to get that feeling you know I want to I want to be able to hold a little party um and so my personal goal is honestly it's just that you know just just to keep being myself and to keep you know trying to inspire people with you know my story because honestly that's why I gave you my test my test isn't just from me it's with people out there that are going through things in life and they can look at me and say you know he went through that so now I know I can get through these things that I'm going through so um honestly that's that's it just you know let guys go shine through me uh Jeremy you got you got some work to do you got your first Pro Bowl enjoy it enjoy it I think Tori holds if I'm not mistaken too early 2000s a bunch in the mid 2000 he's probably got six or seven he's got an all pro for sure and he's got them rings you got some come on Tori I mean you got you got some work to do I got some work to do but I mean you know I'm ready for it it's so nice to meet you thank you for sharing your story and I'll get to work because Browns and Cowboys isn't going to be easy absolutely you know I'm about to go put my heart out on that all right Jeremy Reeves pro pro bowler Jeremy Reeves and his debut on the F and Adam show have a good day have a good weekend happy new year we'll be back same deal just build coffee everywhere no way Dolphin's losing kind of made the AFC playoff picture messy especially that seven seed they're hanging on they've dropped four straight Steelers cannot be eliminated but we've also got the Chargers big one tonight they can clinch a playoff spot with a win over the Colts more after the break right here on up and Adams happy Monday I 40 seconds left do I spend every second to tell Andrew Whitworth he needs to get his butt to Cincinnati immediately although I will say from LA there are no direct flights my big complaint my big right my big Festivus as Richard is a collapse in my ear I can I want to go to this bills game on Monday night no direct flights no flights at all really from LA to Cincinnati all right Gronk by the way told us that he has booked his mother on the show on his next appearance which is January 6th so get it in the calendar be safe uh and honestly go watch and listen to the Jeremy Reeves interview it is my inspiration for 2023 have a good day everybody bye