I want to transition to something that Tom Brady said here Friday, when I was sitting down talking with him in front of this spectacular audience. He talked about today's game compared to what it was back in the day.

I want to transition to something that Tom Brady said here Friday, when I was sitting down talking with him in front of this spectacular audience. He talked about today's game compared to what it was back in the day.

You know, you started as a rookie.

You know, you started as a rookie.

You played every game of every season, with the exception of your last year. In seventeen season, sixteenth seasons, you didn't miss a game. When you know, I'm not talking about twenty eleven when you set out, but I'm talking about every season that you played. You played every game of the year except that last year.

You played every game of every season, with the exception of your last year. In seventeen season, sixteenth seasons, you didn't miss a game. When you know, I'm not talking about twenty eleven when you set out, but I'm talking about every season that you played. You played every game of the year except that last year.

Tom Brady talked about.

Tom Brady talked about.

How he has a concern because in today's game they sort of dummied down the game for the modern day quarterback compared to what it used to be. How do you feel about that, and do you feel that's accurate about.

How he has a concern because in today's game they sort of dummied down the game for the modern day quarterback compared to what it used to be. How do you feel about that, and do you feel that's accurate about.

Yeah, it's hard to say. I mean, you know, to me, there's different offensive systems. I mean, got my rookie year with the coat. Thank you for bringing that up. We won three games. I through twenty eight interceptions, which I don't think I'll understand how hard that is to do.

Yeah, it's hard to say. I mean, you know, to me, there's different offensive systems. I mean, got my rookie year with the coat. Thank you for bringing that up. We won three games. I through twenty eight interceptions, which I don't think I'll understand how hard that is to do.

You really got to get off to a good start.

You really got to get off to a good start.

You gotta throw three in your first game, four in your second game, three in your third game. If you get ten early, now we have a chance to get on a roll and break it. And you think, now with seventeen games, stephen A, one of these guys would break it. The problem is now, if the rookie quarterbacks struggle early, what do they do? They take them out? I oh no, no, leave him in there, let him learn the hard way.

You gotta throw three in your first game, four in your second game, three in your third game. If you get ten early, now we have a chance to get on a roll and break it. And you think, now with seventeen games, stephen A, one of these guys would break it. The problem is now, if the rookie quarterbacks struggle early, what do they do? They take them out? I oh no, no, leave him in there, let him learn the hard way.

Elan I would have broken it.

Elan I would have broken it.

He only started ten games that year, So anyway, I'm over it.

He only started ten games that year, So anyway, I'm over it.

I'm over it.

I'm over it.

But if one of these rookies wanted to kind of sniff that record, I'd like to get that one off my resume. Look, the game's still hard. I think that NFL coaches, I think smartly, are doing the best job they can of adapting their offense to the quarterback that's playing. If that means putting in some plays. Is that player ran in college? I'm far it, I can promise you and you Reid watched Texas text film and said, these plays weren't pretty good for Patrick Mahomes in college.

But if one of these rookies wanted to kind of sniff that record, I'd like to get that one off my resume. Look, the game's still hard. I think that NFL coaches, I think smartly, are doing the best job they can of adapting their offense to the quarterback that's playing. If that means putting in some plays. Is that player ran in college? I'm far it, I can promise you and you Reid watched Texas text film and said, these plays weren't pretty good for Patrick Mahomes in college.

We're going to put some of these things in. And that's different.

We're going to put some of these things in. And that's different.

It used to be, Oh, we're the NFL We're not going to run any place. The college is run, that's beneath us. That's not true anymore. And guess what, it's smart what they're doing now. They're making the best quarterbacks that play well. They feel comfortable. If you put a guy in there that doesn't feel comfortable with the plays. And the problem is, Steven, it's hard for those quarterbacks sometimes to tell the coach, Hey, I don't really feel comfortable with that play. It takes a while. I didn't learn that until my second year and that's why I threw twenty eight interceptions. And so look, I'm still I think it's a great game. Look, college is now with players transferring a lot. That does change probably what they're learning in college. You know, they're not spending four years on the same system as much if they're transferrent, so that could affect what they know coming in. But I still think there's a lot of NFL quarterbacks that are playing an incredibly high level.

It used to be, Oh, we're the NFL We're not going to run any place. The college is run, that's beneath us. That's not true anymore. And guess what, it's smart what they're doing now. They're making the best quarterbacks that play well. They feel comfortable. If you put a guy in there that doesn't feel comfortable with the plays. And the problem is, Steven, it's hard for those quarterbacks sometimes to tell the coach, Hey, I don't really feel comfortable with that play. It takes a while. I didn't learn that until my second year and that's why I threw twenty eight interceptions. And so look, I'm still I think it's a great game. Look, college is now with players transferring a lot. That does change probably what they're learning in college. You know, they're not spending four years on the same system as much if they're transferrent, so that could affect what they know coming in. But I still think there's a lot of NFL quarterbacks that are playing an incredibly high level.

I think there's still some good football.

I think there's still some good football.

One of the other things. But he didn't say this Friday, but when I interviewed them on my podcast months earlier, Tom Brady said, Hey, the defense is being dealt a bad hand. How about coaches educating and coaching and developing your offensive players better, so you know not to throw a pass over the middle of Ray Lewis's laying there.

One of the other things. But he didn't say this Friday, but when I interviewed them on my podcast months earlier, Tom Brady said, Hey, the defense is being dealt a bad hand. How about coaches educating and coaching and developing your offensive players better, so you know not to throw a pass over the middle of Ray Lewis's laying there.

You know not to throw this.

You know not to throw this.

You know a guy running this route and you're throwing the football that you know not to endanger a particular player. You know how to save yourself from opposing defenses.

You know a guy running this route and you're throwing the football that you know not to endanger a particular player. You know how to save yourself from opposing defenses.

You think there is any creet that's a fair point.

You think there is any creet that's a fair point.

I think that's a fair point. I mean, certainly as a quarterback. Look, I was always you know, you're throwing across the middle right where you want to miss. You want to miss low right. You don't want to throw a guy high across the middle right and throwing into double coverage. You know. So that was always a thing that you want to protect your guys, especially anywhere anywhere, anywhere across the middle. Because I was real lucky I played with guys like Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison. Those guys always play, they always practice right, and so credit to them for staying it, for keeping themselves in great shape. As a quarterback, You sure they want to keep your guys healthy.

I think that's a fair point. I mean, certainly as a quarterback. Look, I was always you know, you're throwing across the middle right where you want to miss. You want to miss low right. You don't want to throw a guy high across the middle right and throwing into double coverage. You know. So that was always a thing that you want to protect your guys, especially anywhere anywhere, anywhere across the middle. Because I was real lucky I played with guys like Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison. Those guys always play, they always practice right, and so credit to them for staying it, for keeping themselves in great shape. As a quarterback, You sure they want to keep your guys healthy.

I'm thinking about what you just alluded to, protecting your guys and that takes my mind to ferocious defensive players. One of the people that has complained religiously about how soft the game has gotten in their eyes because offensive players are protected so much, is the great Ray Lewis.

I'm thinking about what you just alluded to, protecting your guys and that takes my mind to ferocious defensive players. One of the people that has complained religiously about how soft the game has gotten in their eyes because offensive players are protected so much, is the great Ray Lewis.

Now.

Now.

I mean, I know you've got some stories to talk about when it comes to Ray Lewis. This is a man that I know very very well, and he never stops complaining about what offenses get away with in today's game, and how.

I mean, I know you've got some stories to talk about when it comes to Ray Lewis. This is a man that I know very very well, and he never stops complaining about what offenses get away with in today's game, and how.

You don't let them be men. Let them be men. This is what he says. Tell he's something.

You don't let them be men. Let them be men. This is what he says. Tell he's something.

Tell an audience something about ray Lewis, as it pertains to you. Any kind of story you got about ray.

Tell an audience something about ray Lewis, as it pertains to you. Any kind of story you got about ray.

Lewis, best best defensive player I ever played against. Big, smart, fast, instinctive, studied film.

Lewis, best best defensive player I ever played against. Big, smart, fast, instinctive, studied film.

Like a quarterback.

Like a quarterback.

I found out right he and Ed Reid that they would study film, you know, the same way a quarterback did, discening the little things. You know, he's super nice to me now. He was never that way when we were playing with Steven A. I always thought, you know, it's interesting because of the TV copies now because you can hear all the all the things being said out there. I think ray was the first guy they were really studying the TV copies of the game, picking up on your verbage in terminology at which way you know, audibles were going. So I always thought he knew a lot of our plays. I always thought he knew when we were going to snap the ball. So whenever he would blitz, he would time it up and he'd had this running start toward me, and it's like every time he would hit me, stephen A, he'd kind of like drive me into the ground, and he kind of used me to help him get back up, you know, and whish from my every back here in a couple of minutes. Punk, very friendly guy. I thank you for bringing that up. When he retired. It was like one of the greater days of my life. The Pro Bowl is different now, you know, it's a flag game before the season that Eli and I coach. I'm zero and two against Eli. I'm over that as well. But it used to be a Hawaii a celebration at the end of the season if you had a great year.

I found out right he and Ed Reid that they would study film, you know, the same way a quarterback did, discening the little things. You know, he's super nice to me now. He was never that way when we were playing with Steven A. I always thought, you know, it's interesting because of the TV copies now because you can hear all the all the things being said out there. I think ray was the first guy they were really studying the TV copies of the game, picking up on your verbage in terminology at which way you know, audibles were going. So I always thought he knew a lot of our plays. I always thought he knew when we were going to snap the ball. So whenever he would blitz, he would time it up and he'd had this running start toward me, and it's like every time he would hit me, stephen A, he'd kind of like drive me into the ground, and he kind of used me to help him get back up, you know, and whish from my every back here in a couple of minutes. Punk, very friendly guy. I thank you for bringing that up. When he retired. It was like one of the greater days of my life. The Pro Bowl is different now, you know, it's a flag game before the season that Eli and I coach. I'm zero and two against Eli. I'm over that as well. But it used to be a Hawaii a celebration at the end of the season if you had a great year.

And I was Ray Lewis's.

And I was Ray Lewis's.

Teammate, like like ten Pro Bowls, and I went over there working relaxed, and I was over there where I was buying Ray Lewis's dinner, his drinks. I bought him golf clubs one year, kind of hoping he might not hit me as hard come next October. He never seemed to remember, so uh. But yeah, Ray gets mad at me because I look, I do agree at times that are I don't like when quarterbacks beg for the personal foul call, right, Look, if they throw it. I mean I told Ray one time that if they threw a personal for a late hit on me that I didn't agree with, that I would decline the penalty. And he got so mad and insulted. He's like, you, I know, no, I actually wouldn't have done that, but in the thought of my mind would have been I'm not sure that should.

Teammate, like like ten Pro Bowls, and I went over there working relaxed, and I was over there where I was buying Ray Lewis's dinner, his drinks. I bought him golf clubs one year, kind of hoping he might not hit me as hard come next October. He never seemed to remember, so uh. But yeah, Ray gets mad at me because I look, I do agree at times that are I don't like when quarterbacks beg for the personal foul call, right, Look, if they throw it. I mean I told Ray one time that if they threw a personal for a late hit on me that I didn't agree with, that I would decline the penalty. And he got so mad and insulted. He's like, you, I know, no, I actually wouldn't have done that, but in the thought of my mind would have been I'm not sure that should.

Have been a flag.

Have been a flag.

But when quarterbacks beg for it, that's what makes the defensive players mad, you know, when they go, yes, how can you hit me like that? If the quarterbacks wouldn't beg then I don't think the defensive players would get as mad. But look, the quarterbacks, we want to keep him out there. It's good for the game when they're playing. But I get the defensive players frustrations from time.

But when quarterbacks beg for it, that's what makes the defensive players mad, you know, when they go, yes, how can you hit me like that? If the quarterbacks wouldn't beg then I don't think the defensive players would get as mad. But look, the quarterbacks, we want to keep him out there. It's good for the game when they're playing. But I get the defensive players frustrations from time.

Some older folks call that the Keith sweater Teddy Pendergrass moment. That's what they talked about, that the begg and the beg, And that's what they're talking about here.

Some older folks call that the Keith sweater Teddy Pendergrass moment. That's what they talked about, that the begg and the beg, And that's what they're talking about here.

Who's the biggest beg?

Who's the biggest beg?

I mean, since you brought it up.

I mean, since you brought it up.

I didn't bring up begging, but you did.

I didn't bring up begging, but you did.

Who's the best beggar in the NFL?

Who's the best beggar in the NFL?

Well, I think the guy you interviewed a couple of days ago was pretty good at it.

Well, I think the guy you interviewed a couple of days ago was pretty good at it.

So he was, but it was kind of natural, you know, he.

So he was, but it was kind of natural, you know, he.

Just kind of had this kind of had this look to the guy, you know, so it seemed to work for.

Just kind of had this kind of had this look to the guy, you know, so it seemed to work for.

Him, right.

Him, right.

What about current or what about amongst the current.

What about current or what about amongst the current.

Players you see?

Players you see?

But like the thing about Mahomes now, I mean he's not a big slider now, I mean Patrick, Patrick runs, Patrick gets his yards, you know, and he still has legs and so I don't know, I don't see. I don't think anybody just jumps out to me, you know, as much. So I think, uh, I think Brady still kind of you know, takes the title right now,

But like the thing about Mahomes now, I mean he's not a big slider now, I mean Patrick, Patrick runs, Patrick gets his yards, you know, and he still has legs and so I don't know, I don't see. I don't think anybody just jumps out to me, you know, as much. So I think, uh, I think Brady still kind of you know, takes the title right now,