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FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK NUMBER 1 OVERALL PICK BY THE NINERS BACK IN 05. HE'S ALEX SMITH CO-HOST OF A NEW PODCAST GLUE GUYS, WITH FORMER NBA PLAYER SHANE BATTIER AND THEY TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO SPORTS, UH, GREAT TEAMS ACROSS SPORTS AND BUSINESS, YOU CAN TUNE IN ON APPLE SPOTIFY YOUTUBE OR YOUR PREFERRED PODCAST PLAYER. LOOK AT YOU BUSINESSMAN. ALEX SMITH. HOW'D YOU GET PARTNERED UP WITH SHANE BATTIER? SHANE AND I HAVE A, A MUTUAL FRIEND THAT, YOU KNOW, GOOD, BUDDY OF MINE. RUBY GUPTA, WHO I LIVE IN THE SAME SMALL TOWN HERE IN IN THE BAY AREA AND HE JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN A FELLOW DOOKIE, UH, AND WENT TO SCHOOL WITH SHANE. AND SO I'VE GOTTEN A GOTTEN TO KNOW, SHANE THROUGH KIND OF HIT IT OFF AND AND YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW STUMBLED INTO THIS, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION DAN, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT TO BE HONEST, IT'S ALL SHANE'S FAULT. I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BLAME IT ON HIM, YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN KNOWN AS THE NOAT ALL-STAR. YOU KNOW, MICHAEL LEWIS WROTE THAT THAT WHY? WHY DOES EVERY TEAM THAT HE'S ON WIN? YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE STATS THAT THAT GO WITH IT. AT LEAST THE STATS THAT WE THINK OF AND WHAT GOES BEHIND THAT, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT WHAT'S BEHIND, BEING A GREAT TEAMMATE AND A GREAT LEADER AND AND THESE WINNING CULTURES AND I THINK SOMETIMES THERE'S THESE FALLACIES AROUND ALL THOSE THINGS AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE FUN DIGGING INTO IT AND CHOPPING IT UP AND I'M UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH. A LOT ABOUT MY JOURNEY. MY CAREER, UH, MENTORING, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK FROM MY INJURY AND, AND I THINK THE SAME THING, LIKE, THERE'S THESE, SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE DISNEY, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IDEA OF LIKE RESILIENCY AND IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE A PART OF GREAT TEAMS. I NEVER WOULD HAVE DONE ANY OF THE THINGS UH, THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO WITHOUT BEING A PART OF A GREAT TEAM AND CERTAINLY MY COMEBACK WAS A PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, AN AMAZING MEDICAL TEAM THAT UH HELPED ME GET BACK OUT ON THE FIELD. SO, BUT DO PEOPLE COME UP TO YOU RANDOMLY AND SAY CAN I SEE YOUR SCARS? ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE SHORTS ON. IF I GOT SHORTS ON, YEAH, I GET I GET VERY CURIOUS MINDS. COMING UP TO ME AND INSPECTING MY LEG. WOW. THEY WANT, IT'S NOT IT'S GNARLY LOOKING. I MEAN, I DON'T BLAME THEM. IT IS IT'S MUCH PRETTIER THAN IT USED TO BE THOUGH, IT'S COME A LONG WAY, BUT UH, I DON'T BLAME THEM. LISTEN, IT'S UH, I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTIONS SOMETIMES AND YOUR KIDS DON'T BRING YOU TO SHOW AND TELL AND OH, I THINK MY KIDS ARE NUMB TO IT. THEY SAW IT WHEN IT WAS REALLY CRAZY. SO, YEAH, I THINK THEY AND I, I HOPE THEY DON'T THINK THAT LIKE THAT'S JUST WHAT A BROKEN LEG LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THEY THINK THAT THAT'S NORMAL. UM, NO. I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY NUMB TO IT. IT'S JUST DAD'S LEG AT THIS POINT. THAT'S HOW WE WALKS. YEAH, BUT IF THEY SKIN THEIR KNEES, THEY CAN'T REALLY COMPLAIN TO YOU AFTER WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH. YOU KNOW, WELL, I THINK THEY DO, YOU KNOW THAT'S CERTAIN PART OF WHAT WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT ON THE PODCAST IS LIKE, I MEAN PARENTING IS A TEAM TOO, RIGHT? IT'S A IT'S A GREAT, BIG TEAM AND AND WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES IN IT. AND HOW DOES THAT WORK? AND AND SO, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S THINGS, I CONSTANTLY THINGS THAT I'VE GONE THROUGH. I I FIND MYSELF PULLING, YOU KNOW, HARBY ISMS OUT ON MY KIDS, OCCASIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS IS JUST FUNNY. SO, DO YOU HAVE A HORRIBLE STORY? WE GOT HIM COMING UP, TOP OF THE NEXT HOUR IS THERE 1? OH, DO YOU? YEAH. OH, I GOT YEAH, I GOT PLENTY. I GOT HARBAUGH STORIES FOR DAYS, DAN. HOW ABOUT 1? I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT. WOULD I CAN, I CAN BRING BACK TO JIM. TO JIM. ALL RIGHT, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I GOT A FEW MINUTES FIRST OFF LIKE I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I FIRST MET HIM. UM YOU KNOW LIKE I WAS WE WERE IN THE BUILDING. I, IT WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE LOCKET WAS GOING ON, I WAS GETTING READY TO HAVE MY FIRST CHILD. SO I'M KIND OF SNEAKING IN. I'M GETTING READY TO BE A FREE AGENT DAN. THERE'S NO WAY THAT THE NINERS ARE GOING TO KEEP ME AND I'M NOT SURE I REALLY WANT TO BE BACK WITH THEM EITHER, YOU KNOW, AND AND SO. BUT I, MEANWHILE, THEY STILL LET ME IN THE BUILDING TO WORK OUT. SO I'M COMING IN THE BUILDING, I'M KIND OF SNEAKING IN THE THE GROUND GETTING OUT OF JIM COMES DOWN 1 DAY AND HE SEE, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A COUPLE WEEKS AND I THINK HE MAYBE CAUGHT WIND AND HE, HE CATCHES ME DOWN THERE AND HE HE IMMEDIATELY COMES UP IN A TRADITIONS HIMSELF, BUT HE STARTS. HE'S SIZING ME UP IMMEDIATELY. LIKE JUST I I MEAN LIKE LITERALLY NOT EVEN BEING VERY DISCREET ABOUT IT. LITERALLY SIZING ME UP. I CAN TELL HE'S LIKE LOOKING AT MY BODY. HOW TALL I AM. OH, YOU'RE BIGGER THAN I THOUGHT? LIKE, KIND OF TALLER THAN I HEY, PUT YOUR HAND UP. I'M LIKE WHAT WHAT? SO I PUT MY HAND UP AND HE PUTS HIS HAND UP NEXT TO MINE. SO WE'RE HAND TO HAND WRITE AND HE'S MEASURING MY HAND. I MEAN I HAVEN'T MET HIM THIS IT HASN'T BEEN 2 MINUTES AND SO HE'S LOOKING AT MY HAND AND HE'S LIKE AHA. ALL RIGHT LIKE THIS IT'S I MEAN THIS HEY YOU WANT TO GO PLAY? SURE, SURE. LET'S GO. SO HE GOES IN AND HE TAKE, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT THIS GNARLY LOOKING PINKY ON HIS THROWING HAND, SO HE TAPES UP HIS PINKY AND JUST JIM AND I GO OUT ON THE PRACTICE FIELD AT THE AT THE NINERS AND WE PLAY CATCH. AND WE START, YOU KNOW, WE START JUST NORMAL THROWING RIGHT? SO LIKE WE'RE 10 YARDS EACH OTHER. AND AFTER A FEW DANNY STARTS, LIKE I CAN TELL HE'S LIKE HUMMING AT ME, RIGHT? LIKE, SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, AND HE'S KIND OF, LIKE, COME ON, BRING IT ON. AND SO I I START RIGHT? HERE WE ARE AGAIN. LIKE I SWEAR, IT HASN'T BEEN 10 MINUTES SINCE I MET THE GUY AND WE'RE PLAYING LIKE PEPPER, 10 YARDS, APART OUT ON THE PRACTICE FIELD, JUST HUMMING BALLS AT EACH OTHER, AS HARD AS WE CAN KIND OF, WHO CAN CATCH THEM, WHO COULD THROW HARDER THEN HE'S LIKE, OKAY, THEN WE GO WALK OVER AND WE START THROWING WE PLAYING IN THESE GAMES, THESE THROWING GAMES AT GOALPOSTS AND HE'S LIKE MOVING ME AROUND AND HE WAS OBVIOUSLY A LOT YOUNGER. I MEAN THIS WAS A LONG TIME AGO. HE'S YOU KNOW, HE COULD STILL THROW IT AND SO WE'RE PLAYING ALL THESE THROWING GAMES AT AT GOALPOSTS AND TRYING TO DO ALL THESE SEE IF YOU CAN DO THIS. THIS LASTS ABOUT 20 MINUTES, 25 MINUTES HE'S LIKE ALL RIGHT, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE WALK IN, THAT'S ENOUGH. DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING. I GET NO FEEDBACK AT ALL. I'M LIKE, HOW THIS WENT. I MEAN, I REMEMBER COMING HOME TO MY WIFE AND I'M LIKE HAPPENED. AND SHE'S LIKE, WHAT DID YOU THINK? I'M LIKE I GOT, I HAVE NO IDEA, NO IDEA. LUCKILY A COUPLE DAYS LATER, YOU KNOW, I GO BACK INTO WORK OUT, YOU KNOW, JIM CATCH AGAIN. SO THIS REPEATED, HE AND I GO PLAY CATCH FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. JUST JIM AND I PLAYING CATCH AND PLAYING STUPID GAMES AND PEPPER OUT ON THE FIELD, YOU KNOW? AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IN THIS KIND OF LED TO LIKE, HEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT COMING BACK? AND UH, IT'S JUST THE WAY JIM IS AND HE'S 1 OF A KIND AND HE'S ALL BALL. ALL BALL. I, I, I SAY THIS ON THE PODCAST LIKE JIM, HE WOULD TELL THE TEAM. THIS, HE'S LIKE DAN, HIS LIFE ASPIRATIONS WERE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AS LONG AS HE COULD. AND THEN COACH FOOTBALL, AS LONG AS HE COULD. YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S JIM, THAT'S JIM AND IT'S REAL, SO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL GET THE ANALOGY, HE'S LIKE TED LASSO LIKE HE JUST HAS KIND OF CORNY SAYINGS. HE'S HIS OWN PER, HE'S UNIQUE, YOU KNOW, POSITIVITY, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT JUST FEELS LIKE IF THERE'S A TED LASSO IN THE NFL, IT'S JIM HARBAUGH KNOW. THERE IS, THERE IS, AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF THE 1 THINGS. I THINK PEOPLE ASK ABOUT LEADERSHIP ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW WHAT? MAKES A LEADER AND CERTAINLY IN THE NFL WORLD WHERE IT'S A BUNCH LIKE THE BIGGEST, ON THE PLANET. BUT AT THE CORE OF BEING A LEADER LIKE YOU GOT TO BE AUTHENTIC, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T BS. ANYBODY AND JIM IT'S AUTHENTIC LIKE HE JUST LOVES FOOTBALL HE GENUINELY LIKE HE IS DOING WHAT HE'S MEANT TO DO. UM, AND HIS QUIRKY AS IT IS. LIKE I THINK I KNOW, I ALWAYS JUST APPRECIATED THE HONESTY IN IT. LIKE HE JUST THIS IS WHO HE IS, IT'S DIFFERENT. YEAH, BUT LIKE AGAIN, HE LOVES WHAT HE'S DOING. HE'S GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND I THINK THAT IT REALLY SETS A TONE FOR THE BUILDING AND THE TEAM TALKING TO ALEX SMITH. UH, 3 TIME PRO BOWLER, COME BACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND CO-HOST OF THE NEW PODCAST GLUE GUYS WITH FORMER NBA PLAYER SHANE BADIR. WHAT DID YOU SEE WITH THE JETS OFFENSE LAST NIGHT? THAT WOULD CONCERN YOU OH, TO BE HONEST, I WASN'T REAL CONCERNED ABOUT THE OFFENSE. I MEAN LISTEN, AARON HASN'T PLAYED A WHOLE LOT OF FOOTBALL IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, RIGHT? 4 PLAYS. UM, IT'S TO BE EXPECTED THAT THERE WERE. IT WASN'T GOING MONDAY NIGHT PLAYING 1 OF THE BEST TEAMS IN FOOTBALL. LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SUCH A RIDICULOUS TASK. UM, TO BE HONEST, I THOUGHT THEIR DEFENSE DIDN'T SHOW UP. YEAH. I MEAN THIS THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR CALLING CARD. DOES THIS DEFENSE AND AND NO NO CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY AND YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY'D HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP THEM IN THIS GAME AND THEY DID FOR THE FIRST 2 DRIVES AND THEN THAT, THEN THAT WENT AWAY. UM, I THOUGHT AARON LOOKED GOOD. I I MEAN, I THERE'S PROCESSES IN YOUR COMEBACK, RIGHT? LIKE I, THIS GUY HASN'T, HE HASN'T PLAYED IN THE PRESEASON. HE HASN'T BEEN TACKLED AGAIN 4 PLAYS IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. UH, I THOUGHT HE MOVED AROUND WELL, I THOUGHT HE THREW THE BALL. WELL I I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE OKAY. AGAIN, THE DEFENSE WAS PROBABLY MY BIGGER CONCERN REALLY KIND OF OUT. OUTPLAYED IN THIS GAME BY BY THAT NINER OFFENSE AND AND KYLE SHANAHAN. AND SO UH, I MEAN, I THINK THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO WRITE THE SHIP HERE THIS WEEK AGAINST TENNESSEE, BUT A LITTLE BIT I THOUGHT IT WAS AN OVERWHELMING TASK TO PUT HIM BACK ON MONDAY NIGHT A YEAR AFTER WHAT HAPPENED. THAT, UH, I MEAN I THINK THEY'LL THE DEFENDING NFC CHAMPIONS TOM, BRADY TALKED ABOUT THESE ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS AND HE USED THE WORD. I THINK TRAGEDY THAT THEY'RE BEING USHERED IN TO START. AND YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO DUMB DOWN OFFENSES AND AND I DISAGREED WITH IT BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE THESE ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS MOST OF THEM HAVE PLAYED FOR 2 DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES, 2 DIFFERENT OFFENSES THEY'VE GOTTEN MONEY WITH NIL, THESE OFFENSES IN COLLEGE ARE SO MUCH MORE INTRICATE THAN THEY USED TO BE. NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO STRUGGLE BO. NICK STRUGGLED, CALEB STRUGGLED JAYDEN, DANIELS HAD MOMENTS WHERE HE LOOKED PRETTY ELECTRIC THERE. SO WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO WHAT? BASED THAT OFF WHAT YOU TOM. BRADY TALKED ABOUT THESE QUARTERBACKS YEAH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW I I ALIGN WITH TOM LIKE I I THINK IF YOU'RE TAKING A QUARTERBACK IN THE FIRST ROUND I THINK YOU SHOULD DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO MAKE SURE FIELD. LIKE THEY ARE READY TO ROLL. I MEAN, I JUST THINK IT IT. I'VE HEARD COACH SABAN TALK ABOUT IT AND, AND I LIVED AT THE EXPECTATIONS ON A FIRST ROUND QUARTERBACK. IT, IT'S SO MUCH. IT'S SO HEAVY. THE GAME IS SO DIFFERENT AND THAT IT'S LIKE THE WORST SUCCESS RATE IN THE NFL. IF YOU LOOK AT A POSITION BASIS LIKE OF DRAFTING POSITIONS, THE LOWEST HIT RATE IN THE NFL FOR FIRST ROUND PICKS IS QUARTERBACK. AND SO I I I GENERALLY THINK THAT LIKE, WHY NOT HAVE THEM. OVERPREPARED LISTEN IF YOU WAITED A LITTLE TOO LONG, COULD PATRICK MAHOMES HAVE PLAYED EARLIER? SURE. ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. BUT LIKE WHAT'S THE WHAT WAS THE FAULT OF HIM WAITING, YOU KNOW, ALMOST ALL THE SEASON AND THEN YOU HITTING LIKE, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE WORRY ABOUT? YOU KNOW, JORDAN LOVE WAITING A COUPLE YEARS. THE THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO HIT ON IT UM AND I THINK YOU MAKE, YOU'RE MAKING SUCH A BIG INVESTMENT IN THESE GUYS. I THINK YOU WANT TO AGAIN ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE WITH THAT. ALL BEING SAID, DAN I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. THIS YEAR'S CLASS THIS YEAR'S CLASS IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE TRUE. I MEAN, THESE GUYS THAT PLAYED MORE FOOTBALL AND ARE MORE PREPARED AS A CLASS THAT I CAN EVER REMEMBER. I MEAN B NEXT IS LITERALLY PLAYED MORE FOOTBALL THAN ANY COLLEGE FOOTBALL THAN ANYBODY JANE DANIELS. 5 YEARS STARTER, I MEAN, THESE GUYS ARE VERY VERY ACCOMPLISHED, EVEN CALEB WILLIAMS. LIKE LISTEN, WE'VE KNOWN, HE'S GOING TO BE THE NUMBER 1 PICK FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW. I MEAN, THIS GUY'S BEEN DEALING WITH EXPECTATIONS SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. HE'S PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. EVEN HE'S, HE'S, I THINK REALLY WELL PREPARED FOR THIS, UM, AND AND I HALF OF 1 WEEK, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S THE OPENING WEEK. THIS GAME'S A BLUR THERE. THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING YEARS FROM NOW, DAN. SO LIKE, UH, I I KIND OF TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU IN THIS IN THIS INSTINCT AND NOT, I THINK THE OTHER THING TOO IS 1 RULE DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, 1 SHOE DOESN'T FIT EVERYBODY IN THIS THIS THING. UM, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT CJ STRAD AND WHAT HE DID LAST YEAR, OBVIOUSLY OVERLY PREPARED AND READY TO TAKE THAT OVER. I THINK YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER 10 GUYS IN THE HUDDLE, THE ENTIRE TEAM AS A WHOLE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THE INDIVIDUAL LIKE WHAT SYSTEM HAVE THEY BEEN IN. WHAT KIND OF FOOTBALL ARE THEY PLAYING? WHAT ARE WE ASKING THEM TO DO AND THEN GO OFF OF THAT BUT UH YEAH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING YEAR AND INTERESTING CLASS AND I THINK THEY ARE READY TO GO. DO YOU REMEMBER A SPECIFIC TIME? WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT PATRICK MAHOMES WAS GOING TO BE PATRICK PRACTICE? GAME. DID YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF OH WHERE YOU GO HOME AND YOU UH YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING UM LISTEN I MEAN ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR, HE STARTED TO MAKE SOME PLAYS ON THE SCOUT TEAM LIKE SOME OF THE YOU KNOW THE THROWS THAT WE SEE ON SUNDAYS UM, YOU KNOW, THE YOU KNOW, NO-LOOK LIKE A 20 YARD, DIG ROUTE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HAD A ROOKIE LIKE WHO'S UM WHO EVEN HAS THE LIKE THE GUTS TO DO IT AND IN THE LET ALONE PULL IT OFF BUT I THINK MORE SO THAN THAT AND WHAT GETS LOST WITH PATRICK. A LOT OF TIMES IS LIKE I MEAN PATRICK BEAT ME INTO THE BUILDING ALMOST EVERY DAY THAT ENTIRE YEAR, LIKE YOU KNOW AND IT WASN'T HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR A WEEK. JUST ALL YEAR AND INCREDIBLY CURIOUS. UM, IT'S JUST A GRINDER, LIKE A GUY LOVES BALL, HE'S OBSESSED ABOUT IT. HE, YOU KNOW, IT IS AGAIN. HE'S DOING WHAT HE'S MEANT TO BE DOING, AND, YES, HE HAS THESE SPECTACULAR TALENT BUT LIKE, MORE SO THAN THAT LIKE THIS GUY, I WITH THEM, THIS AND I SAT IN MEETINGS AGAIN FOR DAYS, AND I HAD BEEN IN THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT WITH PATRICK, YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN HIM, I PLAY GOLF WITH HIM OVER, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST HIS ROOKIE YEAR AND TO WATCH HIM OPERATE. IN THE MEETING ROOM. DAN. I I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW BLOWN AWAY. I WAS LIKE LEAVING THEIR LIKE HOW DETAILED HE WAS. LIKE, WE WANT TO, WE WENT THROUGH PROTECTIONS. I MEAN THE UH, THIS GUY'S ON EVERY ASPECT OF HIS GAME, AND I THINK SOMETIMES THAT GETS LOST WITH THE WOW PLAYS THAT HE MAKES UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN HOW UPSET HE IS ABOUT HIS CRAFT BEING THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL. AND AND SO, I THINK IF THERE WAS A THING THAT ENTIRE YEAR, IT WAS ALSO THAT LIKE AGAIN, THAT HE, HE, HE BEAT ME IN EVERY SINGLE MORNING, RIGHT? ALL THE WAY TILL THE END, THE GUY JUST LOVES FOOTBALL, UM, LOVES COMPETING, YOU KNOW, HE HE WANTS THE BALL IN HIS HAND, HE'S NOT AFRAID OF THE MOMENT. SO I THINK ALL THOSE THINGS KIND OF OVER THE YEARS SHOWED, YOU KNOW, SHOWED THEIR HEAD. AND THEN CERTAINLY WHEN HE STARTED THE LAST GAME AGAINST DENVER, UH, VERY, VERY APPARENT THAT HE WAS READY TO GO. YOU CAN KEEP A SECRET. I GOT TO GIVE YOU CREDIT BECAUSE I'LL GO BACK TO THE SUPER BOWL IN MINNESOTA WHERE WE HAD YOU IN STUDIO, AND I'M ASKING WHERE YOU'RE GOING. YEAH, YOU STAY IN, YOU'RE GOING. 6 HOURS LATER, YOU SIGN THE DEAL WITH WASHINGTON, YOU COULD HAVE HELPED ME OUT THAT DAY. ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS A WEIRD DAY DAN. I REMEMBER THAT DAY. WELL IT WAS A VERY STRANGE DAY YOU KNOW I FELT LIKE I WAS NOT SURE WHAT I COULDN'T COULDN'T SAY AS THESE ARE LIKE I KNEW WE WERE KIND OF IN THE UH YOU KNOW, THE 11TH HOUR OF NEGOTIATIONS AND CLOSE. AND BUT UH VERY STRANGE I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, NOW BEING ON THIS SIDE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE MEDIA I APPRECIATE. YOU KNOW. WELL WHAT WAS THE OTHER TEAM WAS THERE? ANOTHER TEAM THAT WAS IN THE MIX HERE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO. THERE WERE OTHER TEAMS IN THE MIX. THERE CERTAINLY WASN'T. THERE WERE VERY CLOSE IN MY OPINION. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU CAN TELL ME WHERE I WANTED TO GO, YOU CAN TELL ME KNOW, TO BE HONEST. LIKE IT WASN'T EVEN THAT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY TRADE MY TRADE FROM SAN FRANCISCO WAS PROBABLY FAR MORE COMPETITIVE. UH, MY TRADE FROM KANSAS CITY. IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THAT YOU AT LEAST IN MY EYES THAT WASHINGTON WAS THE BEST WANTED TO GO. WELL, GOOD LUCK WITH THE PODCAST, WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU DURING THE YEAR AND UH, GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN DAN. GREAT SEEING YOU MAN. THANK YOU, ALEX SMITH. THE FORMER NUMBER 1 UH PICK OVERALL BY THE NINERS BACK IN 05. IT'S CALLED GLUE GUYS WITH SHANE BADIR, IT'S AVAILABLE. UH APPLE SPOTIFY