January 30, 2014 — Drew Brees

EPISODE NUMBER: 10056 (January 30, 2014)
GUEST: Drew Brees
SEGMENTS: Superb Owl XLVIII - Football Health Concerns | Superb Owl XLVIII - Football Health Concerns - Steve Fainaru & Mark Fainaru-Wada | Big Game Debate with Ed Murray and Michael Hancock | Drew Brees | Sign Off - Football Toss
SUIT REPORT: Dark Suit | Light Grey Shirt | Light Blue Patterned Tie
VIDEOS: Thursday, January 30, 2014

Superb Owl XLVIII - Football Health Concerns

“A new push to allow medical marihuanause in the NFL. […] We’re willing to take a look at medical marijuana if there is proof that it could help some of our players.”

• You can’t have medical marijuana in football. No! Those players will be so high, they’ll forget to take their Percocet.

• That was a clear endorsement of marijuana. That statement was so rambling, he had to be high.

• Folks, I have nothing against brains. Some of my best friends have them.

• Yes, some poeple’s lives are so bleak, stuck in a soul-crushing and pointless job, surrounded by co-workers who don’t repsect them, that the only bright spot in this tundra of futility, is laying on the couch in a nacho-induced coma just praying that by the grace of God they’ll choke on a chicken win and end it all. You can’t take that away from Bob Beckell. It’s his only hope!

Superb Owl XLVIII - Football Health Concerns - Steve Fainaru & Mark Fainaru-Wada

Mark: […] They created their own committee to study this issue.
Stephen: Yes, they did.
Mark: They appointed a rheumatologist to head the committee, not a brain person -
Stephen: What’s wrong with a rheumatologist? The brain is nothing but a skull ligament.

Stephen: Isn’t there a point at which we make things too safe? All sports are dangerous on a certain level. You didn’t see the ancient Romans worrying about the brain damage of the Christians and the lions.

Stephen: Do you ever wish that you took on an organisation that is less vindictive, like the Mafia or Taylor Swift?

Big Game Debate with Ed Murray and Michael Hancock

Stephen: Mayor Murray, you are Seattle’s first openly gay mayor. Everyone knows that is a lifestyle I don’t condone. I’m sorry, but being mayor is a choice.
Mayor Murray: And I am glad Seattle made that choice.
Stephen: And yet you don’t vote on whether you be gay. That sounds like a double standard. [To Mayor Hancock] Likewise, you are the openly black mayor of Denver.

Stephen: As you both know, there is a long-standing sports tradition that the mayors of opposing teams’ cities make a friendly bet of things associated with their city. For instance, the mayor of San Francisco might bet a loaf of sourdough bread, and the mayor of Detroit might bet the equal value, say, the city of Detroit. […] So what is it going to be?
Mayor Hancock: In the very unlikely event, that Seattle would beat the Denver Broncos, I’m going to offer to Mayor Murray, some Colorado beef steaks.
Stephen: Okay Mayor Murray, what are you putting up/
Mayor Murray: Well in the impossible event, that Seattle were to lose. I’m going to offer to Mayor Hancock some incredible salmon from the North West.
Stephen: It’s meat against meat, let’s make this wager official.
Mayor Murray and Mayor Hancock: *shake hands*
Stephen: Busted! Take ’em away. Gambling is illegal in New York State.

Interview - Drew Brees

Stephen: Quarterback’s gotta own the room. How do you own the room?
Drew: You have command. You’re prepared. You’re ready for any situation.
Stephen: Is this it? Are you own the room right now?
Drew: [Audience cheers] I’m owning it. It’s a quiet confidence.
Stephen: *owns it* Was that - was I just owning the room right now?

Drew: It can’t get here fast enough. [They’re] just constantly going through the game plan over and over again until finally it’s like, man, I’ve watched this play 1,000 times, I’ve read through this play 1,000 times. Let’s just play this game.”
Stephen: These guys are probably just staring in the bathroom mirror going, ‘I’m going to Disney World! I’m GOING to Disney World! I’M going to Disney World. I’m going to Disney Land. F*ck it, I’ll go to Epcot, just let me win.’