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00:00A two-time Super Bowl winner and a legendary New England Patriot, Tully Banter-Cain, ladies and gentlemen.

00:09Hello, hello.

00:10Tully, great to see you. It's been a while.

00:13It's been a while. Great to be seen.

00:15You are, by the way, very popular up here. We hung out for a little bit last night, me, you, and Wiggs.

00:22And the fans, they never forget. Is that a New England thing?

00:27Oh, yeah. There's no memory loss out here.

00:30Yeah, it is. It's unique.

00:33When people say, oh, that player is not going to make it there because the fans and boss,

00:38do you buy into that, or do you think it actually helps when it comes to a player's performance?

00:44I think it helps. I think if you come in thinking that you're just Mr. All World

00:49and the fans are just going to embrace you off the bat, it kind of leaves a bad precedent.

00:54So, to have a little mud on your face coming in and a little thumb on your forehead,

00:58I think it's good for any player.

01:00What do you think? How do you think these guys look this season?

01:03I think they look great. I mean, coming off of last year, they had a pretty good core group step up,

01:08but they had some big holes, and I think they filled them with the draft.

01:11So, with Vrabel back at the helm, I feel good.

01:15Guy you played with.

01:16And what do you make of Bill and where he – what is currently going on with him?

01:26Is it somewhat shocking to you?

01:29Oh, shocking?

01:30Yes.

01:31No.

01:32No?

01:32No.

01:33He's a completely different person.

01:35Yeah, yeah.

01:36I mean, that's what happens, you know, the 30, 40 years of looking at men, the same man every day.

01:42You know, you kind of – you get a little –

01:45You turn 70 and you're a different guy.

01:48Exactly.

01:49Yeah.

01:49You know, brighter horizons.

01:50Right.

01:50Especially when your girl's 24.

01:52Does every Patriots player, former Patriots player, dread that question now?

01:57Like, as soon as you hear the words Bill Belichick,

01:59are you worried that they're going to ask about the 24-year-old girlfriend?

02:01Absolutely.

02:02Yes.

02:02Yeah, it's synonymous.

02:05Yeah, she puts the chicken belly, you know what I mean?

02:10I haven't heard that one yet.

02:11That is a t-shirt.

02:12Yeah, that is.

02:14Tully, what's the best line anonymously one of your ex-teammates has had about her?

02:18I'm sure you guys text about this.

02:21You watched – where were you when you saw this Sunday morning CBS interview

02:25where he had that sweatshirt on with the holes in it?

02:27I think I was in the shower.

02:30I think he needed to go in one.

02:34But what do you think he ends up doing win-wise down there?

02:37Like, do you think he's successful?

02:38Do you think he stays there for an extended period of time?

02:41Do you think he's done?

02:42I mean, he's got a lot to work with, obviously.

02:45But he's a winner.

02:46So I don't think that it's going to be a challenge too big for him.

02:49It's going to probably take a year or two to get the recruits in that he wants.

02:53But he's got some great assistant coaches.

02:55He's got guys coming to visit and hyping the young guys up.

02:59Drake May doesn't hurt being an alum.

03:01So, yeah, I think he might need a year or two.

03:04But we'll see what happens with the side chick or the village chick.

03:08Yeah, yeah.

03:10That is crazy.

03:12The chick on his side, sorry.

03:14Yeah.

03:14You brought up recruits.

03:18Are you feeling like NIL?

03:20I'll separate them at, like, NIL and Portal.

03:23But is that a good thing for college football?

03:25You played at UC Berkeley.

03:28Is that a good thing or a bad thing for college football?

03:32It's still yet to be determined.

03:34But so far, it feels like a bad thing.

03:35So, I wish he was around when I played.

03:39I'll say that much.

03:39Completely, completely.

03:40Did you hear what he just said, though?

03:42Yeah.

03:43I wish he was around when I played.

03:44Yeah.

03:44That's what you base your whole entire opinion on.

03:48Oh, yeah.

03:49That's not what it's – I mean, if it's a bad thing for the sport,

03:51it's a bad thing for college football.

03:53But I feel like it's a good thing for these kids because, I mean,

03:56what's the chances that, you know, these kids are making it to the NFL

03:59or making it to the NBA?

04:01So, if you can make a decent amount of money in college

04:05and be able to use that to start your career and whatever that is, why not?

04:11I mean, coaches make – Belichick's making $10 million down at North Carolina.

04:16But what do you mean by a decent amount of money for a college player?

04:19Well, I mean, let's say – I'm not talking about the top of the top, right?

04:23Those guys are making $5 million, $6 million.

04:25I'm talking about a guy who goes in there and, let's say,

04:27he plays a couple years and he's able to bank, you know, $300,000, $400,000.

04:31Yeah, I mean, if they can do that, that does drive a hard argument.

04:35But it's the guys that aren't making that.

04:37And how do they get to that point?

04:39Got to put it out.

04:40I was a disgruntled 18-, 19-, 20-year-old going into college.

04:44So the minute I wasn't getting what I wanted, I wanted out.

04:47Right, right.

04:47So I understand that these kids, if they're not getting the starter right away,

04:52who else is out there?

04:53Who can pick me up?

04:54But if you have a player that's making millions of dollars

04:57and they're 18 years old, doesn't that hurt their work ethic?

05:00I mean, you hope that they're going to have it regardless,

05:03but isn't this going to change the complete landscape of guys

05:06that are putting their blood, sweat, and tears into the sport that they love

05:09and they stay with the school because they love the school and the pageantry

05:13and then they're going to work so hard once they get to the NFL?

05:15You're banking $10 million while you're in college?

05:19Like, that's going to change the entire thing.

05:20Yeah, it's just, I mean, college is becoming a win now just like the NFL is.

05:25And so, I mean, teams and organizations,

05:28they don't have time to really groom people through the system.

05:31We need to win now.

05:31And that's why you're seeing these big NIL deals

05:34and this big, you know, pay me now kind of money.

05:37But I do think over time it's going to unravel a little bit

05:40with some of these other players.

05:41And Tully will tell you, like, just like I've seen it,

05:44guys are getting $50 million.

05:45We're getting $60 million in the NFL and weren't putting the work in.

05:48And I know there are families, a lot of the families need the money

05:52pretty quickly to help, you know, get out of wherever they are coming from.

05:56But what if there was a plan where you could kind of do both,

05:59where you do like a 401k style that's not until you're 65,

06:03but like the money goes to you, it's guaranteed to you,

06:06it's in some investment for that they have like a collective investment.

06:10Who the hell knows?

06:10I'm not a financial guy at all.

06:12But like what if there was a way to pay,

06:14but it's not like $5 million, you show up at college,

06:16and you buy a Ferrari and drive around, you know what I mean?

06:19Or you don't get it until you graduate.

06:20Right.

06:20Yeah, something like that.

06:21Or you complete your three years or whatever you say you're going to do.

06:24Good luck on that.

06:25Yeah, right.

06:26Right.

06:27Exactly.

06:27My mother would have been like, what?

06:28They're not giving us our money now?

06:30Uh-uh.

06:31You ain't going to that college.

06:32Yeah.

06:34We got bills to pay around, yeah.

06:35I know.

06:36I just said that.

06:36If there's things you need, obviously,

06:38but if it's, you know, $5 million and you keep $2 million of it

06:42for later in life,

06:43I think it'd probably be better than when you were spending it.

06:44No, I get what you're saying.

06:45And I think they, like, if you look at Allen Iverson,

06:48Reebok did something like that with him where they put, like,

06:50you know, like, as soon as he hit 50,

06:53he got, like, a $50 million check for it.

06:55Right.

06:56I get what you're saying.

06:57They could do it like Shohei, $2 million a year,

06:58and then all the money at the end.

06:59Yeah.

06:59Like, that's a good idea.

07:00I would be all for that.

07:02But you know how it is, Curtis.

07:03There's so many greedy people out here.

07:05They're like, yeah, don't put –

07:06we want all our money so we can get the interest off of it.

07:08That's true.

07:09Yeah.

07:09I don't know if you can give a college kid $2 million just in any universe.

07:14Yeah.

07:14He doesn't spell well.

07:15Right.

07:16He needs a good support system around him.

07:18Absolutely.

07:18If he has a good support system, you can get away with it.

07:21Think about the leeches, though, that you could do this.

07:22You went to Georgia.

07:23Like, the people that would be around there.

07:24Oh, I got a great plan for you.

07:26Even great players in the NFL get duped by these people that end up stealing all their money

07:32or people saying they're doing their business handling or whatever.

07:34Like, think of that when you're 19.

07:36Right.

07:37That's why it's all about the support system, Curtis.

07:39Yeah.

07:39You know, like Arch Manning.

07:40You know, he has a great support system, and he has, you know, two uncles that have been there,

07:46a grandfather that has been there.

07:48Like, if you don't have that around you and you don't know about money, which a lot of these kids don't,

07:52you know, coming from whatever environment they come from, whether it's, you know,

07:55a country kid or a kid in the city, and it's just – it's all about – you're right, Chris.

07:59It's about that support system.

08:01Yep.

08:01But were you surprised that it didn't work out better for Gerard Mayo?

08:08Yeah, I think they kind of – they didn't give him enough time.

08:11I think one year, one and done is kind of – I don't know.

08:13What do you – dirty.

08:14Say it.

08:15They did him dirty.

08:16They did him dirty.

08:17I mean, especially knowing the draft that he had and, like, he had that draft pick,

08:22the high top five pick, and doesn't even get to use it.

08:25Doesn't even – like, he worked for that top pick, ironically.

08:29But I think it's – yeah, it's kind of tough to see a guy who, you know,

08:33was underbilled for so long get one year and get shot out of there.

08:36Yeah.

08:38So, win total, shy, eight and a half currently still?

08:42Are you over –

08:43That is correct.

08:43You're over under that.

08:48Who do they start the game?

08:49Who's their opener against?

08:51Vegas Raiders.

08:52Yeah, the Raiders.

08:53All right.

08:53That's a confidence builder right there.

08:54I'm all about getting that confidence build in early.

08:58I think they can win definitely eight games this year.

09:01Okay.

09:01Eight and a half.

09:02Eight.

09:02We'll see.

09:02Okay.

09:03And will you be there when it comes to Tom Brady's statue night at Gillette?

09:09And what do you think the image should be?

09:12Wow.

09:13I think – I mean, I won't be there personally.

09:15I have a beach football event that day.

09:17Otherwise, I'd be there.

09:19I just hope it doesn't look like what they did to Dwayne Wade down there.

09:23Everybody says the same thing.

09:25If he comes out looking like Jim Carrey or something like that.

09:29What do you want, Curtis, currently as far as the image you want?

09:32Oh, I want it nude.

09:34But –

09:34And accurate.

09:36Right.

09:37Please.

09:37Well, I can actually –

09:38Anatomically correct?

09:39I have it by memory.

09:40No, I think the scene on the stage after the greatest game of all time,

09:49the comeback 28-3 Super Bowl.

09:50The head on the hat.

09:51No.

09:52Where he's asked – Terry Bradshaw's here.

09:54And he's like, I want to say thanks to the fans of New England who's been

09:57with us all year.

09:58And we're bringing this sucker home.

09:59And he, like, has the Lombardi outstretched.

10:03So you have Tom Brady like that.

10:05The best – his defining moment, the greatest – that game gave him five,

10:11gave him more than Montana.

10:12That comeback that year he was suspended the first four games.

10:15I feel like all of that is what he should be doing.

10:17We're bringing this sucker home!

10:20Wiggy said to me yesterday he wants throwing motion,

10:24and then he wants a smaller adjunct statue,

10:30Wiggy Snow Bowl catching at the end.

10:33Well-deserved.

10:34I would like that.

10:35Yeah.

10:36I don't know.

10:37Do they do that?

10:38Generally, when it's a statue for one guy, do they include somebody else?

10:42I mean, it's not really – not that common.

10:44But I like it.

10:45I mean, I like it.

10:46I like it.

10:47I like – I mean, we might not know who Tom Brady is if it wasn't for my ten catches.

10:51Let's go.

10:52Let's talk about it.

10:53They could make Wiggy's part, like, rolling.

10:54So they could roll it in for some games, roll it out for others.

10:57Play action fake.

10:58Brady looks, throws in the end zone.

11:00Touchdown to Jerome Wiggins.

11:02All right.

11:06You brought up beach football, and you guys started a beach football league.

11:12Is this your second year?

11:13This is our second year in Hampton.

11:15Okay.

11:15And you're looking for people to – hardos, who still have it, to come out and play, right?

11:22Yeah.

11:22It's an open tryout.

11:23Anyone above 18 can come try out.

11:25We had a 65-year-old last year came out there.

11:29Had a bunch of knee braces and ankle braces and arm braces, but he did it.

11:33He did it?

11:33Yeah.

11:34So how does it work?

11:36You show up here.

11:36What's the date?

11:37When is –

11:38So it's the weekend, July 18th through the 20th, right in front of Bernie's Beach, right

11:42on the beach, right there.

11:43Yeah.

11:43And the tryouts will be on the 19th, and then we'll have exhibition and tournaments on the 19th and 20th.

11:49Okay.

11:50And you have a bunch of former Patriots guys who come out and play with everybody?

11:54We got former guys coming out.

11:56Dexter McCluster came out last year, Ole Miss Hall of Fame.

12:00Kansas City Chiefs leading punt returner all time.

12:03And he put on a show last year, and he's coming out again this year.

12:07Oh, wow.

12:07Same thing.

12:08I think Wiggy might – we might see Wiggy in the red zone this year.

12:11No, no, no.

12:12I will stand there and watch.

12:14Extreme Achilles risk at your age, please.

12:16No, I will stand on the sidelines and watch.

12:20Yeah, you don't want Aaron Rodgers.

12:21No, I do not want Aaron Rodgers.

12:23Wiggy will be doing the play-by-play that nobody asked for.

12:25That's it.

12:26That's it.

12:27I'll do the pre- and post-game interviews.

12:29I am not running.

12:30I was watching it.

12:31But the highlights, and it's like full-on contact tackle football.

12:38And, no, I am not getting hit.

12:41As it should be.

12:42The NFL used to be that.

12:46So, okay, so how do guys get in it if they want to get in it?

12:49So you register on beachfootballleague.com.

12:52Once again, I'll say beachfootballleague.com.

12:54You can register right now.

12:55It's free, open sign-up until July 1st.

12:59You can go to BFLUSA on Instagram to follow us.

13:03But, like I said, it's open tryouts.

13:05We'll have Sun Cruiser and Smutty Nose.

13:08We'll have a nice beer garden down there for everybody.

13:10We're doing a party up here at Bernie's.

13:12I believe Ty Law is coming through, like Ty Law is coming here.

13:15Well, Ty Law is coming through here, and he's not here yet.

13:17So, I don't know.

13:17So, you never know, but allegedly the law is coming.

13:21Awesome.

13:22And we've got some other guys.

13:23Patrick Chung, myself, Jamie Collins is coming out, Jarvis Green.

13:28I'm trying to bring the band out.

13:30And, by the way, Ty Law, huge disrespect from ESPN.

13:35I was listening to Jones and Keefe yesterday, as I do every day.

13:38I love the grab bag.

13:39It always makes me laugh.

13:40But they had a bizarre caller about a woman being aroused by Keefe,

13:47if you want to go check that out.

13:48Very strange.

13:49Oh, really?

13:49It was wild.

13:50I mean, he's a good-looking guy.

13:51Did we verify that it was an actual call?

13:55Or, I mean, Rich may have set that up.

13:57It may have been AI.

13:58It could have been an AI bot.

14:00But they had the all-quarter century team on ESPN.

14:04So, the last 25 years of the NFL, they put a roster together as you would build a team.

14:08Three quarterbacks, running backs, all that.

14:11Ty Law, not a cornerback.

14:12Really?

14:12Wow.

14:13Hall of Famer Ty Law, who won three Super Bowls as a shutdown corner on Marvin Harrison

14:18and those Colts teams.

14:19They changed the rules because of Ty Law.

14:22Who do they have?

14:22Gilmore?

14:23No, no Gilmore.

14:24I'll give you the full list.

14:25Revis.

14:26I'll get the full list.

14:27But Ty Law, I would like to get his thoughts on that.

14:29I believe it's Revis and Champ Bailey, Curtis.

14:31Oh, Champ Bailey.

14:32Georgia, right?

14:33Yeah.

14:33Champ was good.

14:34Who do they have for linebackers?

14:36Tully Banta-Cain.

14:37Yep.

14:38And Mike Vrabel.

14:39And Mike Vrabel.

14:40And Larry Izzo.

14:42Yes.

14:42If you need somebody special teams-wise.

14:44And Lonnie Paxton got screwed.

14:45They had a long snapper and he wasn't it.

14:47Who's a more famous long snapper than Lonnie Paxton?

14:49100%.

14:49All right, Tully Banta-Cain.

14:51Oh, are you able to choose?

14:54You won two Super Bowls, spent a considerable amount of time here.

14:58Are you able to choose a favorite moment in all of your time here as a New England Patriot?

15:04My favorite moment.

15:05Or after.

15:06Like your favorite Patriot-related moment.

15:08Yeah, there's so many good ones.

15:11Let's see.

15:13There's I Lost My Ring.

15:14That wasn't my favorite.

15:15There's Canada Jackson.

15:17We all know about that.

15:18Right.

15:19I would just say the confetti dropping on my face.

15:22Yeah.

15:22You know.

15:23First time.

15:23Yeah.

15:24The first one in Houston.

15:27Yeah.

15:27But the second one against the Philadelphia Eagles in Jacksonville, that one was special

15:32because my little brother was in the bathroom before the game wearing my Patriots jersey.

15:39And one of the Eagles fans next to him at the urinal wiped his hands off on his.

15:43What?

15:44Yeah.

15:45A 10-year-old boy.

15:47So.

15:48Are you serious?

15:48It's Philly fans, man.

15:49What a bunch of savages they are.

15:52Trash.

15:52I hate Philadelphia.

15:53We need to just get rid of it.

15:55It's an awful place.

15:57So wait.

15:59Wiped his hands on the jersey.

16:01Of a 10-year-old?

16:02On a 10-year-old boy.

16:02When he's at a urinal.

16:03Yeah.

16:04And then you guys went out.

16:05And then we went out and urinated on their jersey.

16:08Hey.

16:09All right.

16:11Tully Bannacane.

16:12A lot of stories about you in bathrooms.

16:14Like you leave your Super Bowl ring in one and then that.

16:18Yeah.

16:18But good.

16:19All right.

16:19We'll see you up here.

16:20Maybe we'll come up and do a show around that.

16:23What did you say?

16:24July 18th?

16:24July 18th.

16:25Do you guys like to see him on the beach?

16:26July 18th?

16:27All right.

16:28Maybe we'll come back.

16:29Another road show.

16:30Tough to beat the amount of people who are here this morning.

16:32Ken sweating.

16:33Yes.

16:33Yeah.

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