0:00 Okay, so this um, is a story about Davante Adams. He's a he was a New York Jet during this story and I don't know if you guys know this, but if you join a team and you have like a coveted number, like you're you were you you played with number 17 back in the day like for Green Bay and you join the Jets and now you want number 17, you kind of have to negotiate with like a rookie or whoever it is. >> to buy it from somebody, right? >> Exactly. And so this is about a rookie trying to shake him down for his number. >> Is it like having a URL and parking your website? >> Totally, cuz the coach >> if you're a way better player than the guy who has the number, they're going to >> It depends on the coach, but usually they make the players deal with it internally. >> Oh. >> Damn. So if you're Jordan and you need your 23, >> You're getting it cuz you're Jordan. >> I see. >> If you're like, you know, um, >> Like not a Jordan. >> Alonzo Mourning. Yeah, yeah, then then
0:50 you might have to negotiate a little bit. >> Whoa. Okay. >> So so this is a the shake down. >> The kid you know the story about the kid from the Jets, right? You ever hear about that? I told that story. >> Which one? >> They tell me he wanted a million dollars for it. I brought I showed up when I first got to the Jets day one. I came in with my backpack and I'm like and it was the off day Tuesday, so a couple guys were in there I'm like looking for him. I got 17,000 cash in my in my backpack and I'm thinking like like this ain't nothing crazy, but like certainly to give up your number as a rookie like you ain't did ████ >> Yeah. >> Like you it was like you it was week six and I think he played four plays at that point. I'm like you have no attachment to this right now. >> Right. This is >> I'll pay for your whole family to get new jerseys, whatever, you know, cuz they go out and spend their money on it. However many jerseys you need me to buy, I'll do that and I'll buy 17,000 for, you know, for for the number 17. He said, >> Wow. >> It's great to have you big bro. I can't wait to learn from you, but
1:40 I'm going to need a million. >> What? >> So I went straight to Woody and said, give me 17, bro. And he just took it off of him. >> No way. >> [laughter] >> Woody's the owner of the Jets. So yeah, the the rookie just got completely railroaded. Yeah, got nothing. >> So he could have just got 17,000 and he messed up a good deal. >> Yeah. >> Hey, but he kind of snitched though. >> What do you mean? >> He went to the owner and told him. >> I mean, if the guy is shaking his head for a million dollars, don't you feel insulted? >> And I don't [clears throat] I mean I don't know football that well. Is he like of like that A-tier status? >> This guy is A-tier as hell. >> Yeah, but I want to know like cuz if the rookie even just does something, is worth something, that's just a better story down the line where 17,000 didn't mean ████ anyway. It's like a little bit more fun to like, you know? >> You mean he's shooting his shot a little bit? >> A little bit. >> Yeah, but a million's crazy
2:31 disrespectful. >> an offer for nothing. >> Yo, yeah, but which makes it a funnier story if he still becomes a decent player and a good teammate to him. >> Yeah, I don't think this guy plays anymore. >> Oh, really? >> I think he's like he didn't do very well. >> So after this though, he got benched or >> I don't know if he got benched. I'll I'll >> That's way funnier. After this story, now he has to go to his family, "Hey guys, can you guys buy all new jerseys?" Like, "Why? What happened? I thought you were 17." "Actually, Devante came and he 17." >> He was Oh, did they give you anything for it? >> "No. I ████ up. I charged a million dollars." You know, now they have to all go spend their own money or whatever. >> Tried to give me 17K in cash in a backpack and I said, "Nah, I need a million." >> What's the most that people have spent actually to get a number? >> It's definitely in the hundreds of thousands that I've heard of. >> Hundreds of thousands? >> That I've heard of. >> Jets are not a good team, right? >> Hell no. >> They're like one of the least good. >> What do you think his contract [laughter] would have been? Because asking for a mill, but his contract was
3:22 like a hundred mill, then it's like >> As a rookie, he's he's he's doing okay. >> So like what was a What do you What do you think an average contract might be for a guy that's like traded at his >> Depends on where they got drafted. That's the big thing cuz it's it all scales up. >> What's the What about like least amount? Least amount of rookie >> Cuz I'm just trying to figure out like if his contract's like like let's say like Yeah, like 500K, right? And the guy's asking for a million for his for his jersey, that's ████ up. So I'm thinking like relative to his contract, I'm wondering >> find out who this guy is. >> And also like I know in the NBA, and I'm sure it's same thing with NFL, in sports culture, there is like seniority and whatever. So, when someone comes in, um there is like this big brother little brother type of mentorship. So, for you to charge your big brother that amount, it's kind of blasphemous. >> Yeah, it's ████ up. >> And I think everyone now is going to bully the ████ out of him.
4:13 >> Yeah. Now they'll never be cool, probably. >> Yeah. >> Unless that's what I'm saying, he had to just be amazing. That would have been such a good story. >> It's so crazy. Great player. >> So, he's with the Browns now. He signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Browns. >> So, his contract is a million. He's asking for a million. >> Imagine giving all of go give all that money for a number. >> I know. >> He just got You signed a million. >> His salary with the Jets was 6 mil. >> Okay. >> Oh, so he got way down there. >> That's a ton to ask. That's a lot to ask for. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> It's See, I see where he was trying to go. I think a million was still too far because because it was the concept, right? Because also, if you got a $6 million contract, $17,000 is also like what is this moment if we're not going to be like really connected? >> Would you pay $17,000 for barquan.com? >> Hell no. I don't got 6 million. >> [laughter] >> If I did, I might. >> Yeah, 6 million. Like, I'm going to be
5:04 doing dumb things. >> By the way, in that year, he had 16 yards on the whole season. >> 6 million dollars? >> That's why this guy is like, come on, bro. What are you doing? Also, it's ████ up, in my opinion, to say, "I can't wait to learn from you, big bro." >> yeah. >> And then be like, >> "Give me a million dollars, please." >> Yeah. >> It's like, you should be paying for Davante Adams to tell you what he knows about football, bro, if anything. >> Yeah, at that point, for $17,000, you should be like, "Dude, you don't even got to pay me, but like I'm just glad that I was the one who got to give you Let's work hard this year." >> Yeah. >> Just something cool, if it really wasn't about the money. >> That's cuz you're a team player. >> Cuz if you're a nobody, when that guy comes into your team, you already know you're wearing someone else's number. >> Totally. >> Like, if I was playing basketball, Jordan came out, I was wearing 23, I'm like uh this is not my number. >> But what if it really means a lot to you cuz that's when you lost your virginity
5:55 and you're like, I can't. No. >> Thank you for that. >> Like my year. >> Yeah, what if that was his like high school college number? >> Then he needs to outplay that ████ and then buy it back. >> [laughter] >> I mean, when Peyton Manning went to the Broncos for example, he there was his number was retired, 18. And he had to call the guy and he's like, hey, is it cool if I use your number? And Peyton Manning is such a legend that the guy's like, I would be honored if you used my number. >> Oh, that's cool. >> So it's like that though. You they unretired a ████ number. >> It has to be through merit. Yeah. So if he outplayed him, hey, can I get 17 back? But I think like >> Asking for a million you just started? That's some Gen Z ████ >> Yeah, no one knows who the ████ you are. >> Mhm. Not even Jets fans know who you are. >> Yeah. But what if he was just like trying to bargain? >> He was, but he started way too high. >> Yeah, he started way too high. >> You think he was willing to negotiate? >> You you you know how like you're talking to a brand deal or something? If you're like, hey, give me a million dollars,
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8:28 >> No, I mean like max dollar amount? >> I think Davante's like, I know I could take this. I'm doing this cuz it's the right thing to do. >> I'm being the big bro right now. >> Yeah. And he's doing it like cuz he you know his he's like >> I want your family to be able to get jerseys and all that kind of stuff. >> Yeah. Like even if he went back and he's like, "Nah, 30,000." I think Davante could have been like 10,000 and you can still play this year. You know what I'm saying? Like >> Or free and I get you fired. >> Yeah. Oh, yeah. He could have kept it at 17 and asked for other things, too. >> Mhm. >> You know? So it's not like just more money, but >> Hey, can I get a golf cart? >> Yeah, exactly. You know what I mean? Like honestly. >> Yeah. >> Can I get new cleats? >> Yeah. >> Dave & Buster's credits. >> 17 and we we we go skydiving together. >> [laughter] >> Cuz you make him do an activity with you. >> I WANT TO >> YOU MAKE him do stuff WITH YOU. >> [laughter] >> WE GOT TO WE get to watch one movie every week together.
9:18 >> 17 and for 3 months every Friday you reserve for me so we could go to Dave & Buster's. >> [laughter] >> Yeah, you have to hang out with me at Dave & Buster's. And you got to big me big up me in front of my friends. >> [laughter] >> You know, like I get to beat you at basketball at Dave & Buster's in front of everybody. >> Yeah. >> Over and over and over. >> Every Friday. >> Dang. >> [laughter] >> You you think it would be gay if he was like all right, you get 17 and then now his new number 71? >> [laughter] >> He's standing next to him. >> I didn't I didn't know. >> That's pretty funny. >> I didn't know that you could get it that gay. You did. >> [laughter] >> That's ████ hilarious. >> He's always trying to make a partnership with him. >> Or he's always taking pictures like in the mirror whatever so it looks flipped too. >> [laughter] >> We're brothers now. Isn't it cool? >> [laughter] >> Or what if he's like, all right, let me let me bargain with you.
10:09 I'll get one, you get seven. >> [laughter] >> What the hell? >> None Neither gets 17. Yeah, we're we're 17 together. >> That's so funny. >> football guys do stuff like that? >> He also was a third round pick so this guy wasn't like >> Oh, the rookie? >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is his name Dante Fowler? >> shooting way above his pay grade. >> his weight, yeah. >> Yeah, that's crazy. >> He's no longer in the NFL. >> No, he's in the Browns now which which means he might as well not be in >> On a cheaper contract. >> Oh, I thought he joined okay, never mind. >> Yeah, oh man. >> He's at Jets for six million, is it the Browns for one now? >> He's on the Rams and and and he's like going to be a Super Bowl champion. >> Have the Brown The Browns have never won the Super Bowl, right? Holy crap. >> No. >> Oh, well, if the rookie Wait, the rookie got six mil? >> Yeah. >> Why the ████ is he trying to get Okay. >> I don't know. Shooting his shot. But now I mean this is the most stacked team in the NFL right now, the Rams and so like
11:00 this guy's going to be a Super Bowl champion. He just can't stop winning and like he's just trying to do a nice little thing. >> That would suck too like let's say that he he did give him a mil, right? The guy who got a mil is just going to say I hustled that fool. That's like going to suck, you know what I mean? Like it doesn't feel great. Like it's that's pretty bad. >> Yeah. >> I don't know. He's uh still uh shooting his shot though. I think that's a good idea. I think everyone should still shoot your shot. Reach for the stars. Learn from the rookie. >> But that's like trying to shoot a full court shot three courts away. >> I know that's like that's the thing I think that I think that you know, in my own time on the tubes and stuff, like negotiating is so important to be reasonable. >> And like and amiable because you have to It's not like when you're buying a car, you'll never see that guy again. You're going to play on the same team. Don't you want to like create some kind of rapport? That's nuts. >> But don't you think it's kind of low
11:50 self-esteem to sell yourself so short? [laughter] >> Dude, that's good. Yeah. >> Are you just a posters guy who just looks at the poster and goes like never like aim low and all that kind of >> Yeah, dude, I'm a big manifester. >> it. If I'm him, I'm going wide receiver running challenge right now to double or nothing in front of the coach. >> It's also interesting that the dude trying to ask for a mil didn't know that he could just go to the owner and say give me the number. >> I know. >> How come he didn't know that? Like you're >> he wasn't a rat. That's why. >> I know. He's like that's like telling teacher, man. >> Yeah, he's This guy's a legend, so it's like dude. >> Obviously I would have taken 17,000 million. Of course it's ridiculous. Why'd you tell the teacher? >> [laughter] >> Come on, man. Hey, money got too hasty back there.
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