 We got a great show. I am here in LA. The sunshine is nowhere to be found, but guess what? The U.S. Open is. There's signs everywhere. We're very excited. We have Will Zellatoris. He's a young rising star in the PGA tour world, and he will be here to sort of break all of that down. We'll talk a little live. We'll talk a little PGA. We'll get to some U.S. Open stuff as well. Also, go Nugs. We see you. We salute you. We celebrate you. We've got that going on. Is the Andrew Hopkins watch still happening? Yeah. Hammer Watch is in Ethan's studio. Let's go. That's what happens. And that's where we start the show. There's no other way to start the show. I was congratulating the Denver Nuggets, and their biggest fan, Matthew Hamilton, who came all the way across the country. Not to see me, I'm sure. I don't quite know what you're doing here. We're here to weirdly escape the pollution in New York, so you came over to clean and crispy Gloom June LA. Yeah. Who would have thought LA would be the place to go to get some fresh air? What are you doing here? I don't know. Came out for the last couple of days. Who knows? I love it. Well, we're going on a bit of a vacation. Not together, of course, but all going our separate ways after Thursday's show. We're going to be gone for a little bit. We have a lot to get to. We're going to have fun shows until then. I don't really know where to look because you're right here. I'm like, can we do that again? You're right here, but you're looking there. I'm looking here. I'm in my pajamas today. There's a lot going on. There's a lot going on. We're starting with the Nugs. You and I watched the game, and it was, again, not together, but we watched the game. And listen, this has been a long time coming. I talk about Cronkey on the show all the time. I worked for him in St. Louis. One of the first people to ever give me a paycheck was Stan Cronkey. I used to serve drinks to Josh Cronkey at Willie's Public Pool at Columbia, Missouri. And here we are, 47 years, not later, but 47 years of Nuggets Dumb, and they finally capture their first NBA title. It's awesome. And so is Yokech. I mean, just awesome. His post-game interview, people want to say it wasn't great. It was iconic. This is an icon, and you couldn't tell that he was even excited, by the way. He was talking to Emmy Award winner, the amazing Lisa Salters. Did you just win an NBA championship game, or are you Ivan Drago? What's going on? Do we have the clip of it now? Let's take a listen. You are an NBA champion, Nikola. How does that feel? It's good. The job is done. We can go home now. So Hamilton texts me and says, this is ridiculous. And the whole world is like, what is this? This is your post-game? You just won this thing? What? And I just said Eastern European, man, I'm Eastern European. This is just what it is. You don't celebrate. You're even keel. You're like this. By the way, Eastern European, I mean, Yokech, you got Yokech, you got Igor Świątek, the Polish tenor sensation. I'll do in their thing. So congratulations to him. Let him celebrate how he runs. And people want to say a little bit that we can like roll this champagne video in the celebration. Didn't really have a lot of oomps. It's so freaking funny. This was me in Miami at my bachelorette, not mine, but the bachelorette party. I was at where I was like, I'm just buying all these bottles so everyone else has fun. And I really want to be in bed at 9 p.m. with like an eye mask on. That's sort of the vibe. You have a history of champagne bottles too, though. I do. I mean, goggles are a great move. In fact, I'm taking notes from you, Joker. I'll say this. People, you know, obviously there are iconic celebrations. And we all remember the Michael Jordan's and the Kobe's and the little bronze and all those guys winning. And like people are saying this one was lackluster. It was underwhelming. That's BS. This is an iconic celebration that you are going to remember for the rest of your life. And you're going to have callbacks. You're going to say next time anybody wins something and they don't celebrate or they're not excited, you're going to say, all right, Joker, okay, Yokech, like it's just going to be a joke and it's going to enter the lexicon of celebrations as this asymmetrical antithesis of what we're used to. And I think it's iconic and I love it. And it's very, like I said, very Eastern European and you love to see it. So congrats to him, of course, the MVP as, you know, probably should have been the league MVP, probably the best big man in the history of the sport. We're getting into that conversation. I mean, he's going to keep going, right? He's not stopping. He's not retired today. So we'll see how that shakes out. We've had a bunch of great NBA players on our show tour talking about that. Yeah, and he is going back to race horses. That's why he wants to get home. Is that what's going on? Apparently, yeah, he said he wants to get back. He has his horse and he's preparing for a race. So he wants to get home for that. They asked him about the parade. They're like, are you excited about it? Great reporter by the way. I don't know who it was. Whoever asked him that because they knew they were going to get some downplayed answer. They just wanted the bite. And so, of course, aren't you excited about the parade? And he says, I have to get home. And in that moment, I thought, oh, no, there's something going on back at home. Like, there's something serious or grave or like something he has to figure out or something he promised like a little girl, you know, on a pony somewhere, Seinfeld episode, like, like, whatever. And that's not the case. He apparently wants to go because he's a big horse guy. So pony was accurate. There's that part. So congrats. Not only to him, not only to Denver Nuggets fans and Russell Wilson and Champagne, you know they're juiced up by this. You know they're watching like, this could be us. This could be us. But instead, who said that Denver was having the time of their lives in sports? They all showed up. They're all there. You love to see it. And big shout out to the Nuggets, the Rams, the Avalanche owner, Arsenal guy, Stan Cronkey. He's on an unparalleled run right now. Maybe not with Arsenal, but these teams are crushing it in the last 16 months. He's won the Lombardi. He's got a Stanley Cup and on his shelf. He's got a National Cross League title and now a Larry O'Brien trophy. Just unbelievable. We see you. We love you. This one meant a little more to him. His son, Josh, of course, has been running that team for a long time. That's his son, his bloodline, his kid that he watched play at our alma mater. Hamilton and I used to go to Mizzou. I mean, they've got, you know, Paige. They've got huge connections to that school and the sport of basketball that they're so passionate about. This one meant something to them that's a little extra, I think. Yeah, especially 47 years for that fan base. Yeah. Without a championship. That definitely has to mean a lot. It's exciting. I like it. It's an awesome show before we hit vacation here. Lesson two days. I'm excited. We're going to give you a couple of players to keep your eyes on because we're keeping tabs on them. That's right. We're doing all the work. I know you're thinking, oh, who gets to go on vacation for four weeks? We do. But it's not because we didn't finish our homework and turn it in before we left. Now, these are guys who are kind of flying under the radar or rookies who I do think might be, I'm not going to say might be. These are guys that are going to be a factor this year. I'm just going to go ahead and say it. We're going to start with the guy that sort of spurred this idea. A friend of the show, Buccaneers running back Rashad White, okay? Leonard Fournette out of the way. The lane is cleared for him to be the guy in Tampa. And we hope he is. Leonard Fournette was supposed to be on our show and he no showed. Yeah. He overslaps Leonard Fournette. So we're all for Rashad White, okay? Last year, no, we love Leonard. Last year, while playing behind Lenny, he still managed to put up a whopping 770, total yards, 50 catches, three scores. He and I talked about that versatility. We talked about him being a stud in that backfield. And you can imagine how everyone down there is excited to see him be the lead dog. In early April, Jason Light said that Rashad's going to be a stud. And it wasn't just lip service. And you know how I know that? Because the Bucs didn't draft a single running back in the draft a few weeks later, despite plenty of opportunities to pull that trigger. And while there are some doubters out there, fine. I'm sure there are. Rashad's drawing inspo from that Bucs fan base and seems more than ready for the opportunity. Listen to what he said to me a couple weeks ago. You've been waiting moments like this your whole life, but everybody got a right to their own opinion. It's just up to me to be that, you know, to got to back it up and to have, like you said, the fans and people believing me, it makes, you know, it's heart, it's heartwarming for sure. He's one of my favorite guys we've talked to, really. I'm really rooting for him. And I think we're looking at fantasy a couple of weeks ago. He's really under the radar still. Yeah, he's outside the top 24 running back. So he's, like, running back three in fantasy. I also love, by the way. In a PPR league, what are we doing? Like, you've got to grab him. You think Baker or Trask aren't going to be trying to get him the ball as soon as possible. How's their Olin? Yeah, the Olin, they've made some adjustments there. Didn't have a great year last year, but yeah, they've kind of overhauled it. I like the Bucs-colored roses, by the way. You're really going all in on Rashad. I would call them up-and-adams colors, and I think they stole it from us, but that's okay. Okay, let's move on here. Lyon's running back. Oh, my gosh. Do you like this kid? Talk to me. Jameer Gibbs? Tell me. Love him. Why? Versatility. All right. So kind of the same thing as Rashad. Right, we love that. Okay, so let's do it here. Here's the rookie. Everybody's so excited about explosive as a runner, ability to line up at receiver. But, I mean, let's not act like Gibbs doesn't possess some of the very same traits here. I mean, look at this. Bijan Robinson's sort of comparison vibes, right? This isn't the only guy with highlights out of OTAs. Detroit signed David Montgomery. Sure, we love David Montgomery. I wish him the best. So there will be a little competition there for touches in the backfield. But we're going to see Gibbs lining up all over the field just like he did at Bama. He's jumping into the Detroit offense and already, you know, they're set. They were top five last year as far as the offensive side of things go. So we should see big things out of him this year. And I'd like to understand the field as long as possible and give that defense a little rest. Like, let's not roll the defense out there every three seconds, Dan. That's a good point. Yeah, definitely help that defense out, keeping him off the field. But if it wasn't for Bijan, we'd be talking about Gibbs so much more because I think he's that special of a talent. Yeah. So I love that you're giving him some love here because I think I'm with you. I think it's going to be a big year. They used him at receiver a ton at Alabama. We talked about Bijan so much, all that footage out of OTAs of them lining him up in the slot. We're going to see the same thing out of Gibbs and I think it's going to be fine. Too many guys in the backfield, though, for me to get excited about him? I don't think so because I think he could be out there with Montgomery. You could see him line up in the slot with Montgomery at tailback. We loved Montgomery who was coming out, remember? Yeah. Now he's got a division with a division rival. Okay, now let's get to a couple of receivers and this is the first time we've mentioned it but we're just putting our stamp on it as we head out the door for some vacation. It's Calvin Ridley, out of sight, out of mind and meaningfully so, but I just want to remind everyone of what he's capable of when he is on the field. I'd forgot about this a bit until Hamilton put it on my radar during one of his breakdowns. Look at the numbers he put up last year, a full year. Back in 2020 was the last time we saw that. It was top five in yards, top 10 in touchdowns and that was in less than a full slate of action. So now you put Ridley in a Doug Peterson visor offense. You know, he's the number one guy. Trevor Lawrence will take another step up and I think we're going to see a career year out of him. Another receiver I like, we like the young guys who told you we're bringing this here with Vikings working Jordan Addison. Vikings fans, you're insane. First of all, we'll get to that another time, another day. And I do love Jackson Smith and Jigba. We are a Seattle Seahawks show of record, but we got to give Jordan some love. And yeah, you got Justin Jefferson there, but situation matters so much when you look at which rookie receivers pop up and he is, because of Justin Jefferson and a whole other bunch of reasons in the best possible spot to kind of have, what kind of year though, like monster year? What does monster year mean for a rookie? I can see like 1,100, 1,200. Wow! Yeah. Because they throw it, they throw it around a lot. Will he have a better, will you put your name on him having a better year than Jackson Smith and Jigba because it's a more balanced offense where he's not, you know, in Seattle? I think so, because I think statistically when you look at it, the Vikings were the third heaviest passing offense last year. And now no Dalvin Cook, you think they're probably going to air it out a little bit more, right? I don't know! A lot of opportunities and with all the attention that Justin Jefferson is going to be getting, you got to think he's going to get some favorable match-ups. I mean, they're going to pass the ball even more, I feel like, with the Vikings. You get rid of Dalvin Cook. I know he caught the ball a little bit, but I mean, having the best receiver in the game and Justin Jefferson helps him. So hopefully it frees up Addison to make big plays out the gates, and you're right about that. Okay, the last one. Oh my gosh, Irv Smith. When he got injured a couple of years ago and he was on the Vikings, more heartbreak for the Vikings, he's, we were robbed, I think, of a couple years of greatness. That doesn't matter. Throw that out the window. He's still only 24 years old. You know, he missed the entire 2021 season. He had to complete with looks with Kyle Rudolph and T. J. Hawkinson last year, but now it's a bit of a fresh start. Where else to go but Cincinnati? Love it for him, okay? And he's talented, previously underutilized. He can make the argument of freshness, even though he's coming off of an injury-plagued four-year stretch with the Vikings. Look at what Joe Burrow has helped his two predecessors achieve, okay? He loves a tight end. C. J. Uzama put up career highs in catches. Yards, touchdowns in one full season with Joey B. Hayden Hurst had a career high in reception just by missing four games. Chase and Higgins demand so much spotlight, not only on yachts with Instagram models, but also on the field between the hash marks. You know, they get lots of shine, and when that happens, the tight end position can grab some balls, can do what they want to do. And Irv Smith Jr. has shown the potential. If he can stay healthy, I think we're going to see him become a major factor, hopefully in this offense. So these are just some guys that I like for your fantasy, for your, I don't know, for your odds, for your whatever, for you to sound cool at the bar picking up chicks. Hey, Janice, I think Jordan Addison's really going to pop off this year. Want to go on a date? Swipe left. This is, there you go. Keep tabs on these guys. And who did I miss? I'm sure you'll let me know. Okay, coming up next on the show, the U.S. Open is in L.A., PGA Tour star Will Zellatoris. Oh, that's a nice smile. All right, let's talk about it with Will, rising star. Janice loves a Viking snubber courtesy. Janice is like, oh my gosh, hey. All right, greetings from LACC. I hear that's off Will's shirt. Am I wrong? I don't know. I don't know, but it looks beautiful and gorgeous. Welcome to L.A. Is that like a Photoshop CGI'd son? There's no world that that's actually the son. There's no son in L.A. Like that is, that is an absolute, that is a throwback to 1998 or some other time era. Hashtag climate change. Okay, next guest today, a young rising star PGA Tour professional in just 10 major championship stars. He has six top tens. Wow, he has currently ranked 11th in the world rankings. That's just insane. A total star. Will Zellatoris, how are you? Hey, thanks for having me. It's a good catching up. Good catching up. I'm excited to talk about the U.S. Open, everything going on in the golf world. You know, when things from the golf world enter my like Twitter timeline, you know, stuff's going crazy. Like, you know, things are insane because that is not a world that's super familiar to me. So we definitely want to talk about everything, but I know you are dealing with a bit of a back situation. You recently had surgery. How are you feeling and where are you in your recovery? Tell your fans. Yeah, no, I feel great. I'm about eight and a half weeks out after my first surgery and I feel really good. You know, this is the first time in probably about two years. I'm really able to kind of push off my right side a little bit better. And I think it'll be really, it's a really good thing. I think we try to push off surgery for probably seven, eight months. You know, being 26 years old and saying that you're having a back surgery. It's always kind of a scary thing, but reality is, I mean, I still have the speed. I'm a little bit ahead of schedule in my rehab. So I feel really good. Now it's just the patience game, which I know I'm terrible at. So I'm working on it. Do you have like a goal in mind of getting back into action or a specific tournament as a goal or anything like that? Yeah, I mean, there's no rush. I would say just because I mean, obviously after our last week that we have, we have no idea what 2024 looks like in 2023 in the fall is supposed to help guys towards 2024. I have no idea what's going to happen on that end, but I'm kind of looking, I'm hoping Vegas would be a really good one to come up for. Yeah, I'd say that. I'd say so. Guy off back surgery, getting his leg let loose in Vegas. That sounds great. What are you doing while, you know, patients is something I don't have. And I can't imagine being young and wanting to be out there and compete and having the talent to do it and having to be shelved like that. What are you doing in your spare time? I need to know what you're binge watching. I need to know how you're filling your hours. Are you doing crossword puzzles? Are you reorganizing shelves and drawers? What are you doing? Yeah, I am actually in the middle of graduating. I left school early to turn pro. So I'm finishing that up right now. I think I've, I'm taking all of these like career planning classes, which is pretty hilarious. And I think I've written my resume like four times. So at this point, so it's just, it's just filling in the hours. But really after last week, I feel like I've got an unpaid administrative job. I mean, I've spent probably 25 hours on the phone trying to get a better understanding of, you know, what's going on in our world. So in reality, I was a little bit, you know, my wife and I are going to travel a little bit and go do some fun things. Since I'm really not able to do much golf wise, but I'm able to walk and move around. But yeah, after the last week, I feel like I've got a job. I mean, I'm just going to tell you, you're doing it wrong going to school. And I mean, I wanted to hear like beach. I wanted to hear, I'm watching the Sopranos from the beginning, something like that. But you do you. And congratulations. I'm up in the mountains right now. So we're on vacation right now. So we're doing all right. All right. I love that. Last week, were you doing all right? That's the question here, because oh my goodness, one of the biggest stories in the world and that will be in sports history. I think with this, the PGA tour and live tour, teaming up all of that. What, let's take me back to last week first. What was your reaction when you got word that the tours were merging? And then how did you even find out on Twitter, like everyone else? Well, so I was actually in New York on Monday for, I was meeting with a partner and a couple of friends and Jimmy Dunn actually tried to call me and I texted him saying, hey, I'm in the city would love to catch up. He's kind of been like a pseudo uncle to some of us out there on tour. You know, he's been around for a long time and his story is pretty amazing. And I totally missed his call. And I wake up Tuesday morning, he says, hey, give me a call. I got something to run by. And I think when Jimmy Dunn calls from now on, I think I'm probably going to answer. But, you know, I, I don't agree with it. I don't agree with it. I don't agree with it. I don't think anybody on tour agrees with that because when you get an email that says this is your tour and three people basically decide your future. It's kind of hard to accept that. And I think it'll be really interesting to see where things go because we have all this litigation. The litigation is obviously agreed to go to the side. But if we're having a discussion, I think it's going to be really interesting to see where things go because we have all this litigation. But if we're having anti trust lawsuits between live in the PJ tour, that litigation goes away and now we're together. I don't see how the DOJ could be accepting of that. I'm hopeful. I mean, look, I am, I want what's best for professional golf in general. So wherever that goes, I'm all on board. And I think there's been a lot of learning on my end over the last two years of trying to understand people's opinions and arguments behind it. You know, I think a lot of guys got in hot water for, you know, saying there's a moral argument, which if you start going down the moral argument path, well, if you take a Boeing airplane, you have a Starbucks coffee and you take a new bird. You know, that's that's PIF money that's in this company. So you can't, you know, you can't lose, you can't win that battle. And so I think this is the best way for us going forward. But again, the way how this was done can never happen again. It's a really thoughtful. I can, you've done a lot of thinking on this as you sit with your back, you know, doing your career planning. And I really appreciate the candor. And I think it's a really thoughtful thing that you're saying. But you were, as I understand it, among many players who turned down the offer up front, right? They like they had offered you before any of this went down to go on live. Where do you stand with yourself now on the decision to sort of remain with the PGA tour before this all happened? Yeah, you know, I think I, you know, I'm loyal. I think at this point now it's all of us are, you know, the guys who met in Delaware, a lot of the top players. We just want what's best for the game going forward. And we understand why this was done because it's a unifying factor. It's a unifying deal where you're now going to have everyone back playing again at some point in time. We don't know when that would be. But, you know, you can't tell these guys that, you know, hey, you can't come back and play the PGA tour wherever that that's just not a possibility. That can't happen. And so I for me and being some of the top guys that turned down the money, I'm actually okay with it. I mean, I know that the, you know, Freddie couples came out and, you know, he basically leaked my my offer that I had, but it was over six years and then he run it through and I'm like, man, I had a great 2022 and, you know, life was really good and having to go through what those guys went through to be at live and then now not even knowing what your future is in 2024. I don't regret my decision one bit, you know, because in 2024, we don't know what our landscape is going to look like. We don't know if these guys are going to come back. We don't know if they're not suspensions. We don't know if they're going to have fines. We don't even know if this deal is going to go through because of the DOJ. So to be honest, I have more questions than I have answers right now. And that's even from, you know, being around a lot of these top guys that are on the front lines with it. But, you know, like I said, it's, it's, it's a pretty wild time to be sitting here and thinking, you know, at 26 that, you know, I've told people where they they've asked me, you know, man, what do you think about this? I'm like, oh, you heard about it. You know, it's like, I'm just stuck in my own world, not even thinking about, you know, the quote unquote merger. So it's, it's like I said, I think in the long run, this is going to be good for us, but there's so much work to be done. So if you ask me what 24, what 2024 is going to look like, your guess is as good as mine. Yeah, there's so much uncertainty. And yeah, we all heard about it. Well, everybody heard about it. I got to ask you though, you know, I covered the NFL mostly and it's 32 teams and locker rooms are very important. Your world is very different. Y'all are all individuals doing your thing, but you do coexist. There's locker rooms, there's photo ops, there's meetings, there's pressers, all of this. Have you thought about, or do you know what it's going to look like when all of you come together? I think, like I said, I think having, it's going to have a lot of eyeballs for one, which is really good for us. You know, there's a lot of guys that went that a lot of us on the tour are still very close friends with, you know, like Harold Varner is one of the greatest guys on earth. I love that guy. I mean, what he's doing at ECU right now, or that he announced yesterday is just incredible. You know, there's a lot, you know, Sebastian Varner is one of my best friends. And so, you know, like, I miss those guys. I miss seeing them. I miss playing practice rounds with them. But, you know, and it's just like I told them, I said, look, I've got no problem with you going to live. I just want to make sure that you know what you're doing. You know, I get it that you're going to be going for, you know, a lot of guaranteed money, but we just don't know. I mean, you're partnering with somebody that we don't know, and you quite frankly don't really know either. So, you know, I think it'll be, it'll be like having the guys back at some point, whenever that may be, you know, but I think, you know, the majors have been pretty, I think the media has been really wanting to have this live versus PGA tour battle. And in reality, you know, when it comes down to the majors, you know, Brooks winning, I think people really wanted to have that live PGA tour. Come on, Rory, come on, Brooks. In reality, you know, we all play golf. We've all known each other for, you know, the better part of 15, 20 years. So, you know, I think on the personal side, you know, there's maybe a few guys that maybe have some problems with some of the guys and I completely get it. But at the end of the day, my job's to go out there and play the best golf I can and get the ball in the hole as fast as I can and hopefully beat those guys. You don't mind those guys? You don't have like a chip on your shoulder? I would have a tough time. I would be like 50 million bajillion. Huh? Phil's doing his dances and like the eyeball emotes. Like, that's not going to put a little, even in a good way, little something extra on you. Come on. I think the part when the, I think when everybody was celebrating the deal, I think the details were so vague and so unknown that it was just thought that this was a merger and they were coming back. But then once the details came out of, it's not that simple. But we also don't know if this framework agreement is going to work. I think to me that's where I'm like, I wish I had answers for it. I wish I had, you know, some headline answer of, hey, this is what's going to happen. But I, who knows? I may give you an answer today and I might have a complete 180 tomorrow. I really don't know. And you're allowed. Give them hell. Okay. Listen, you talked about all those eyeballs on, on all the guys when they're together. That happens this week. It's a big week in golf. You was open here in LA and they say it's not officially US open week until you see, you know, these videos of the rough. So here they are. It doesn't, you know, that doesn't just look, you know, what do you think of this? Yeah. I mean, this is stereotypical US open. It's interesting because we haven't had a US open on Bermuda rough. And, you know, we get lies like that. It's just a total guess. I mean, you have no idea if that ball is going to come out four feet in front of you or 45 feet in front of you. So have fun boys. I'm looking forward to watching the mayhem. I mean, you've won on this course though. Will, right? This is the. I love this golf course. What were you? 12 years old? 2017? Walker Cup Squad. What's going on? You know, it's going to be a very different experience for the US Open this year because there's so many different ways you can set up this golf course. I mean, when I played in 2017, I think number seven played as a par three and a par four. Number one, we teed off the putting green one day to move it as far back as possible, like right in front of the clubhouse, essentially. I mean, you know, it's going to be a very different experience for the US Open this year because there's so many different ways you can set up this golf course. So essentially, you know, was it 11 played at 300 yards as a par three? And then we played 15. There's a 15 or 14 at 76 yards as a par three. So you can do so many things to this golf course that it really is kind of up to what the USGA wants to do with it. Take that how you want it, I guess, but I really do love the aspect of you can make these holes play completely different depending on the day. And so I think these guys are going to be in for a test. I think the person who's kind of most malleable and just accepting of, okay, we're playing a 300 yard par three. This whole, even though it has a par three on it, this is like a par 3.5. And if I just make a couple of pars over the next four days, I'm playing, I'm tying the field. And so US Open par is always irrelevant, but one day that hole could be par three and a half. And the next day you might have a nine iron in and it's, you might have a birdie look. So the guys that I think just go out and hit the best shots I possibly can and just be patient and know that they're going to make bogeys at some point, but it'll make sure no doubles. That's just the recipe. And Brooks did it amazingly at Oak Hill. I mean, if you watch this Sunday around, it was so boring, but it was so good. I mean, he hit four, I think he hit like four iron shots within six feet. And then he just lagged everything else close. And it was just like, you can't beat that. You have a lead in a major. It's really hard to make mistakes when you do what he did. I understood about 20% of what you just said. It's literally like you're speaking another language, but every dad in here is geeking out like, yeah, I heard malleable. So give me, you know, who is that? I'm going to just put you on the spot. Who conquers this course and wins this weekend? I, I mean, I think it's going to be one of the big names. I know that that's just a, you know, ha ha great answer. But I think the guys, you know, it's a big boy golf course. It is, it's about 7600 yards. I think is what it is. Okay. And so, you know, the guys who hit it over 300, probably I'm looking at the guys, you know, like Iran, like a Brooks, like a Rory, you know, these guys that have the total package, which you need to win a US open, but distance is huge at this venue especially. You said Brooks twice. So I think Brooks is the guy I'm going to go for. Okay. I hear you're a golden nuggets one last night, but you're a Golden State Warriors fan. We all saw this. You yell Steve Steph Curry's mantra. What are they going to say? No. During your victory round, your win at FedEx St. Jude championship. That was your first tour in. So take me back, you know, just because we're celebrating all things NBA today. You, you, you know, you make it through that putt. You hoist that trophy. Talk to me about that. Yeah. I mean, what a wild time, you know, it was actually my first year on the bag with, with Joel. Yeah. I know it was pretty wild. I, uh, I knew that I was playing some really nice golf, got off to a hot start for three in a row. And then, uh, made a really great up and down on 18 to get into the playoff. And then, uh, I got a bounce from the gods for my ball to stay up and, you know, kind of create a match play situation on that part three. Um, after, you know, really set pad. This exact same shot. His just happened to kick in the water. And then we have a little bit of a match play mentality from there. Um, so pretty amazing time. And, um, I'm looking forward to going out and repeating it at some point. I love that. Now did happy Gilmore tweet you after that one? He, so he's, yeah, he, um, he actually texted me after the masters a couple of years ago. And, um, it's so funny you're reading it because he texted me the day I actually got engaged and I said, Hey, thank you for the text message. Really means a lot. And, um, you know, I just got engaged today and just reading his text message. You've got it. You've got it all going on right now, man. Like so happy for it. I could just hear his voice. Like as, like as I'm reading the text message. Um, but he's, I mean, the guys, he's super, super nice. And, um, how do you know him? How do you know him? I think because of the masters a few years ago, people thought I looked like happy Gilmore. Which I, yeah, the long hair. Yeah. Back then when I had the long hair and all that, I definitely do. But I get, I get all their comments all the time about, you know, where are you going with those clubs, punk, you know, all the great lines out of it when I'm out on the golf course. And so, um, but he got a hold of me somehow. I think through the tour and he's shot me a couple of texts after. Have you golfed with him? No, I've never met him. Let's go. So I know I'd love to, I'd love to. Don't heal up for your career, your millions or your heal up so you can, you know, get in a foursome with Adam Sandler, David Spade and Chris Rock. Like that's what we're talking about. Can you imagine? There's no amount of money in the world. I mean, I would pay so much money for that round, but I swear I wouldn't be able to focus. Yeah, probably the first round I've ever played and I'd be totally okay with it. Yeah. You're just taking that live money. Getting. Okay. Listen, we mentioned Steph Curry. I'm sure he'd love to golf with him. I don't know if you've met him or not, but the whole match thing is happening. And it's very exciting. Steph Curry and Clay Thompson, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, my world, your world. Let's go. It's June 29th. I assume you'll take Team Warriors to win, correct? I kind of have to. Otherwise, I mean, I might look like a bandwagon or something like that. I already get enough crap for being in living in Texas and being a Golden State Warriors fan, but I'm born over there. So I, you know, that's still kind of home for me, but I got a roof of my guy. Guy's been, I mean, he's a guy's my hero. Yeah. And you, I mean, just before we let you go NFL, do we have a team? Are we a Cowboys guy? Are we a fantasy football team? Yeah, I'm a Cowboys guy. I mean, I know the Warriors have had a nice run, but I got to balance out the misery somehow. I love it. I love it. All right, we appreciate it. You're amazing. I love the explanations. I feel a lot smarter and dumber all at the same time. So it's very good. It's a little happy Madison sort of vibe that I'm feeling. We appreciate you. Will Zalatoris. Good luck in your recovery. And, and thanks for the time. Thank you. Thanks y'all. Have a good one. Thank you. Enjoy the mountains. It's like where I want to live and be for the rest of my days. All right. We'll be back. We've got more. We'll hop back to the NFL. Little NBA. Do not miss it. Okay, I got wind and dying. Caviar, roses, private jet, the whole thing, mock-ups of him and Titan's jerseys. Both sides remain in contact. Nuke expected to visit the Patriots though. So that is what is going on. There's some people out there. I'm listening to some fans, some analysts, some Twitter analysts saying that he maybe is not as dominant as he once was. So I wanted to bring in Hamlet. And I flew him all the way in for this edition of Hammer Time to break it down. Okay, okay. What are you seeing when you, my friend, look at DeAndre on the tape for real? Yeah, so I don't see any drop off really whatsoever. We know Speed wasn't really ever his game and how he created separation. So when you look at the tape, you still see all of the traits that have made him so successful throughout his entire career. Let's go. Here he is up at the top of the screen. One of the things you look for it to see if there's a decline, how's he doing against press coverage? Here he is third and four against the number one defense in the NFL, right, the 49ers. Look at how he gets off that line of scrimmage. He gets his leverage without getting pushed to the sideline. And he's always been so great at this, that back shoulder throw. He makes that eye contact with Colt McCoy, the body control to get himself turned, track that ball, and then get the feed in. We know from Nate Burleson, our buddy. He's as good with the tow drag swag as anybody. Shout out Nate. Makes it look easy there. And then you'll see him here moved inside in the slot against zone coverage. This is where you can move and get him some favorable matchups still. And you'll see it here. He gets into that window. The safety has him lined up here for a big shot. There's no reason why he should be able to break out of this, and especially if he's declining. There's no way he spins out of this and takes it for a touchdown, right? Right. Wrong. Oh, I was just videotaping you. This looks sick. Great. But yeah, that's what I'm saying. You're still seeing... Yeah, it looked great. Go ahead. You're seeing all the things from him that we've seen throughout his entire career. We saw it all on tape last year. You can't expect him to be what he was never, right? If he was never the speed guy, then why would that? It's just people trying to sort of tear him apart. And he did average. We have some numbers here. 95.7 yards per game before Kyler Murray got hurt last year. Guess what? That's the second highest average in his entire 10-year stretch of his career. So, listen, I don't get the narrative. He's still playing at a high level. I've said this to you all along, Hammer, and you're going to look at the tape. There's something else going on. There's something else going on with DHOP that we are not figured out yet. But take me to more tape on him and how you're viewing him. Yeah, and of course, you know, we looked at him getting off of press covers. Yes. We looked at the yards after the catch. But he's still got this, too. You're going to see here down in the red zone. They're stacking him with Zach Hertz. He's always been such a great red zone weapon. And you'll see there, that's all pro safety. One of the most physical safeties in the game. Harrison Smith lined up on him. He gets his hands on him. How does he beat these type of physical plays again? Especially as the speed starts to climb a little bit. He sheds him easily. And then he still has the best hands in the entire game. Just reaches up and stabs that thing one-handed for the touchdown. Those hands aren't going anywhere. I don't care how old he is. He's always going to be able to make catches like this. You put the ball anywhere near him. He's coming down. Hey, Brian, you want this guy in the AFC? He's going against your Buffalo Bills? Let's go. You do? You do? I don't. He looks scary. He's still got it. Yeah, he definitely does. Brian wants that smoke. Brian thinks the Buffalo Bills are... Yeah. I saw Stefan Diggs was doing quite a beautiful spread in some magazine again. You think Stefan Diggs is... I don't know. Okay. Okay, what else we got going on? We have to think about, you know, we don't know where he'll be playing yet, but it all figures itself out in the fan-level sportsbook. And, you know, there's so much fun stuff at the sportsbook. Guys, it's crazy. He's plus $4,500 to lead a league in receiving, even though we don't know where he's going to be. Yeah. That's ahead of like Christian Watson, or, you know, the same, rather, and Mike Williams. Guys who we know where they are and they've got great quarterback play, behind guys like Chris O'Lave and Jerry Judy where there are quarterback questions. Is that for pretty good value? You have to think it is, because, again, there's still a chance he ends up with Patrick Mahomes, right? So if he ends up with a Mahomes, that number is going to change pretty dramatically and you're not getting those odds. So now is an interesting time to get in on him if you are still a believer in what he's able to do on the field, he hasn't lost a step at all. It's going to all depend on the landing spot, right? If he ends up in Tennessee, he's probably not leading the league in receiving, but if he ends up in Kansas City, he's going to have a great shot. D-App was hilarious yesterday. He's like, don't go to either of these. Don't go to Tennessee. Don't go to the Patriots. Kansas City would be nice, but you heard me last week. Tell me if you think I'm wrong about, not that they don't need him, but like they're okay. They've got the chemistry. Is he going to muck with that? Would be the question, where do you want to see DeAndrego? I mean, I'd love to see him in New England. I think just make that AFC East as exciting as possible. So does Brian, really. I think just seeing that AFC East be loaded, that gives the Patriots a legitimate shot to push those other teams. And it's going to be a headache, try to figure out who wins that division and who finishes and lasts. Kind of like how we were with the AFC West going into last year. I think that division is going to be awesome to try to have to sort through and figure out. Go grab the value, plus 4500 to lead the league in receiving. Again, same as Christian Watson and Mike Williams, behind guys like Olave, behind guys that have a lot more quarterback questions, despite not knowing the destination. Because at worst, he ends up with Bill Belichick, where they need a true number one at best. He's catching balls from Patrick Mahomes in some theater coming near you. So enjoy that. How about me telling Will, if he should have taken the live moment, so he could golf with Adam Sandler? He enjoyed that. He did? Okay. Coming up. We know what I mean. He's got to have a little something extra. A little something extra for them. We love and gawk way. We always have 2017. You almost won the APC championship game. Let's go. Yearning for earnings. We're going to swipe left and swap right for the Enneak. Miles Jackals and De... We're not just a football show. We're turning dingers into dollars, baby. All baseball season long, with Dinger Tuesdays on FanDuel. Ellie? Ellie? He's got a good shot. I had Bo Bichette last week, and he hit one, so... I don't know how you have the fricking time. America's number one sportsbook to spend $25 or more on any player to hit a home run and get $5 in bonus bets for every home run hit by either team. That's really why Hamilton's here, because... It's Dinger Tuesday. You just want to talk about Dinger Tuesday. And if you need another reason to root for your favorite players to go yard, download the FanDuel Sportsbook app. You can get it on all the MLB action today. My brewers are in trouble. That's what I... I'm not kidding. What are you bragging? I love it because the yellowish is just stinking up. When did this happen? I have to... I listen to... I listen to a lot of the Brewer's games on the app, and I'm listening to Bob Yooker, who I love, and I love listening to the local dairy farm and the ice cream and the Scotts lawn care stuff. You asked me where I have the time for a fantasy baseball game. You're listening to Brewer's games. I do it for love. I do it for love. I listen to these Brewer's broadcasts, and they're not doing great. But the Cardinals aren't doing much... You know, this is the time of year the Cardinals awake, and they come and they take it. They're not doing that right now, huh? They're having a rough time. Yeah. You grew up a Cubsan. You worked for the Cardinals. Now you're listening to Brewer's games. It's the biggest heel turn ever. Like, Bears fans want to be mad about the Bengals. How about you be mad that I went and got paid and then got a... I literally have a World Championship ring from the Cardinals. No one's mad about that, Chicago. And then you got to throw out a first pitch at a Cubs game after that. That's called a master class. Richard just said... Richard just called my ear. Where's that ring right now? Kali. Oh, boy. No one knows. I have no idea. Chicago probably hanging around. Just to rub it into Chicago. That ring's sitting there in your city limit somewhere. It's at my mom's house, I'm sure. By the way, it wasn't like the Matt Holiday, Adam Wainwright, Chris Carpenter, sparkler. It was definitely the lower grade ones. They have different classes. They've got the A team. I think I was like an F class. It's not that nice. It is about the size of the ring. That's what Richard's arguing with me in my ear. Oh, okay. Should have taken the live money. Coming from Richard, the guy that's going to buy his wife socks from the Kentucky Derby. Father's Day is coming up. By the way, we have a primer for everybody out there for Father's Day. And we are going to tell you what you should buy, moms, wives, partners, and kids, and what you shouldn't buy. And so we're going to do all of that. Maybe you should buy lasers. The most manipulative lesson you've ever talked about, but yeah, the lasers. Can you tell people about the lasers? I think any gift that you get for somebody for Father's Day should really be for you. And I'm not saying you get them something that you would use. You get them something that takes something off your plate and you do it via what he's calling manipulation, but what I'm calling just good strategy and a partnership. Yeah, you have a great way of twisting things to make them sound better than they are. We have a big, like a big, fandal photo shoot today, everybody. And I know we have to take a break here, but I decided, because of my excellent time management skills, that I would go do, you know, like lasers, like when you get a little up there in the old age, you want to get, you know, you want to keep it nice. Yeah, sure, lasers. Keep it nice. I got three lasers yesterday. I literally have makeup on my face, guys. It's like what a mortician would do in my girl to make sure that, you know, you're looking okay. I have like eight pounds of makeup on my face, but we're doing this photo shoot, baby. We're ready. Are you part of it somehow? Can we get some pictures? I am. Ah! Exciting! We'll be back after this. I'm sorry to everyone watching, but that was, that was uncalled for. Lasers. Lasers! Three of them. And then needles on my face. So a lot of free agents on the market, our producers have been helping them over the past couple of weeks, because Eric, that's what you're calling in life, was to find free agents. Where is Eric? Yeah, there he is. Eric, to find free agents. Love. Yeah, okay. We're doing it for love. Yeah, man. I mean, I'm a giving heart. I like to help people out. Me and Marissa teamed up on this, to just make some NFL free agents look a little more appealing. So we created an app, and it's called Earning for Earnings. Terrible name, but it's, you know, it's a word. Before we take this out to try to get investors, we've got to work on that. But what do you got? All right. Today, we have NFL free agent, Yanik, in Gakoe. Satchee for Satchee for Satchee. Let's get into his Earnings profile. All right. There he is. I'm loving this confident lean on the Camo Ferrari, by the way. That's some drip right there. Oh, what? This? My Camo Ferrari? My Camo Ferrari? What? This whole thing? Oh, I guess this is where I'm sitting. Okay. Cool. Yeah. I like it. So he's 28 years old. He's 6'2". He's from Washington, D.C. He's an edge rusher. And he's from the University of Maryland. So go Terps, right? Go Terps. Let's get into his prompts. The way I win you over, I've had at least eight sacks in all of my seven seasons in the NFL. Daggers. That potential match. Let's get to that next prompt. My greatest weakness. I have some issues. As a run defender, I'm just being real. Of the 31 edge guys in the league, I had the worst PFF run defensive grade at 43.7. I'm filled for speed. Not comfort. All right. Let's get to his last prompt here. My model in life is this. And I think we have a video. Let's click on it. I don't quit. I don't quit. I don't quit. I don't quit. I love that. I don't quit. Kay, it sounds like he doesn't quit. Yeah, it sounds like it. He's in it to win it. All right. Here's some potential teams. We got the Browns circling back from our mutual interest in 2020. Jags. Two weeks. You and me. England. On us. Are you in? I've got a DM like that before. Panthers. Right is right. Reich is Reich. And then we have the Bears. Our stadium looks like a spaceship. Want to go to outer space? No. Oh, I'm loving it. All right. Let's drop into the DMs and see what we got here. Yeah. All right. So the first DM here, I think we got it from the Bears, right? Oh, the outer space one? Okay. Bears. We're looking for someone to put the suite in Sweet Home, Chicago. Matt Eberfluss is all over the market right now and looking to add some assets to his defense. Okay. Do you hear that? Whoosh. Whoosh. Oh, what's that noise? Just the windy city knocking at your door. Guys, Bears are coming in hot. What do we think? Is this a good landing spot for them? Well, if you want money and you want to go with the guy that's got the financial security, then you go to Chicago. I mean, the days of Khalil Mack, Robert Quinn are over. The Bears had just 20 sacks last year as an entire team, so that's not great. They need him and they can afford him. And they got all the dough. So it's a pretty good match. All right. I like it, and I love him. I love him. What else you got? All right. Let's get into the Jaguars and the Ends real quick. If I could turn back time, if I could find a way to take you back, the old Jaguar way. It'll be better this time, I swear. We've got the hottest it couple in Trevor and Doug. We've moved up to Primetime. Did I already mention that free two-week trip to England? Yeah, baby. Okay. They're coming off a little nerdy, if you ask me. What are we thinking, Hamilton? I mean, that's an awful lot of sweet talk they're giving to somebody who's just going to be in the rotation. But if that's the rule that Yannick is willing to accept to be that situational pass rusher, I love the fit. I love seeing him come back home. And I think there's still a lot to his game. None of this matters. Pass rusher. You picked Bam, first of all, to hit the first shot last night, and you won with the finals. Go Brewers! If I could turn back time. See you tomorrow.