You know, showing up being the same guy every
single day, you know, it didn't matter if
he had 4 touchdowns one week or, you know
, had a not so great game the other week
. He showed up and he was the same guy
every day and that's the biggest thing I took from
him. So grab the hat of the player or
the coach who encapsulates the phrase true pro. Listen
, when you talk about a linebacker, we're all
everything is planned. Everything is color coordinated. I
got the Jayden Daniels jersey on and I got the
Washington Commanders. Now I'm not talking about Jayden Daniels
. I am talking about the Mike Leinbacker Bobby Wagner
. Bobby Wagner has been in the NFL for like
. 1713 years. He's, he's right now he's
tied with three other linebackers, Von Miller, Levonta
David, and DeMario Davis for the most veteran linebacker
in the NFL. But you know, Will he
talked about in the first hour about the type of
. that you would have with veterans for young guys
. Well, these are the type of conversations you
could have with a guy like Bobby Wagner. He's
a Super Bowl champ. That goes a long way
. It's 1010 Pro Bowl selections, 6 time first
team All-Pro NFL 2010's all-decade team, and I don't
know if anybody knows this. But Bobby Wagner is
his own agent, guys. Imagine those types of
conversations he's, he's negotiated his past four deals which
have accumulated 2$125 million. So imagine the type
of conversations you can have with a guy like Bobby
Wagner. So that's why he's my pros pro,
Willy. All right, Willie, so we got
all the teams here. I wouldn't pick commanders,
but the messiness of this segment is the funnest.
So is there somebody you have in mind? I
will help you. Uh, I'm going Bryce Young
. Oh, Carolina Panthers. I'm gonna flip it
to you like a shrimp at Benny Honey. OK
, yeah, uh, listen, so the reason
I chose Bryce Young, because listen, I understand
in 2023 he was 215 as a. He's dealt
with a number of culture changes, bad supporting cast
, but one thing I talk about we like to
highlight is character. He's never complained. All he's
been able to do is work and work and get
better. They've talked about his size. They talked
about his mechanics, and he's been a fine tuned
and hone in on it. And towards the end
of the season, he got better once he got
back on the field. He had 15 touchdowns and
9 interceptions on a year, but he's now getting
. To the position where people and the people around
him are starting to believe in his abilities and him
as a leader. I love that. A guy
that doesn't complain, Kyle, you brought it up
early. We live in a world of NIL.
If they don't get the position and if they don't
like what these young guys like what they like,
they tend to kind of just leave. Bryce Young's
like, no, I'm not going anywhere. You
drafted me to be your quarterback and I'm gonna be
the best quarterback I could be for the Carolina Panthers
, and I believe this guy is gonna have a
big year this year. I love it, and
he is really. Really turned things around last year
. They got a new coach, got everything,
and I think that's a feel good story with Bright
Young. Incredibly, I'm gonna go with someone who
used to be a Panther. It really did happen
that Baker Mayfield was a Carolina Panther and the craziest
thing is that we started this segment with Sam Darnold
. He was also a Panther and a teammate of
Baker Mayfield. Listen, you could hear anybody talk
about Baker in the huddle, in the locker room
, anything, and there's many players who can do
that. I will just speak. I covered the
Pro Bowl down in Orlando and I witnessed with my
eyes what Baker Mayfield does even at the Pro Bowl
, how he handles himself. Let's just say when
I got in the night before the game, Baker
had quite a tab at the bar because he was
everybody's on it. You want this, you want
this, I got you, I got you.
And the next morning I'm at breakfast. He's there
. With his family, his baby, his wife
, clear-eyed, bushy tailed, ready to roll,
working every table, saying hello, signing autographs,
taking pictures. Baker Mayfield impressed me in a weekend
when he could just mail it in and and lie
around if he wanted to. I saw with my
own eyes, I will always be a Baker Mayfield
fan and I know I'm not alone. Colleen Wolf
, take us to Q2.