Colt McCoy Picks Kyler Over Jayden, Being Floor Mates with KD, Cut Day Emotion, & New NBC Role

my next guest I very excited about this you played 12 I mean to play 12 seasons in the NFL is unbelievable two-time Heisman finalist winningest quarterback in Texas history and congratulations are in order to you Colt McCoy joining NBC in the fall covering the Big 10 tell me more about that oh I'm so excited about this um I love the NFL got to play for 14 years tons of fun but college football is my favorite so have the opportunity to join up with NBC uh call some college games on for Big 10 um I'm I'm really excited about it is there a game listen I'm not a college football Gurley you got to tell me give me the headline give me your bold prediction for the college game going into this year yeah I like your fancy football picks by the way um to hear me out yeah I you know I I think it's new for me to call some big 10 obviously I've played in the Big 12 familiar with kind of uh that and Texas transitioned to the SEC I think that season be awesome but the Big 10 is great right you know you got East Coast to West Coast all the the old pack 12 teams that are coming into the Big 10 you know all the you know the the blue blood schools there the michigans the uh Penn States the Ohio States like there there's a lot of awesome matchups this year um we had Andrew Whitworth on yesterday and he was really talking about this USC LSU matchup that's going on this weekend in Vegas is there a game that you have circled that you're calling this year I haven't looked at your schedule well I mean I my first one I'm calling uh Colorado at Nebraska in a couple weeks on prime time uh I mean you very thankful for this opportunity with NBC but I'm getting thrown out there quick uh there a lot of storylines there love what Colorado is building with uh Dion and you know uh coach r at Nebraska starting a rookie quarterback got a good defense coming back like it's it's a cool matchup I'm I'm really excited about that one and it'll be the first one to get under my belt and see if I'm any good at it and uh be fun we're going to see if you're any good at it that's a Hu that's a huge game I got to say if I had to make like a top five list of people who I'm intimidated by and like uh talking to them or interviewing Dion di is definitely Dion's on that list what are those pre-production meetings going to be like we'll see I mean I've been I've got to be around him several times right watched him as a player when I was growing up right played for the Cowboys the ners yeah I grew up in Texas small town so the Cowboys were kind of like who you watched and that was the dynasty days in the in the 9s I'm excited about these production meetings you know there's a lot of guys that are going to play in the NFL I think Nebraska feels like they have a lot to prove and lots of storylines here for sure uh I can't wait I mean Colorado and Dion out the gates is sort of wild I can't wait and congrats on that and congrats on your career you after so many seasons in the NFL over a decade you DEC decide to to end it enter this New Path before we turn the page I do want to go back to one of our favorite moments here on the show from your career if you will indulge us it wasn't that long ago it was 2021 Kyler gets hurt you come in you pick up right where he left off tell talk me through this play oh well listen I love Zacks a phenomenal player like guyss are play with a lot of good guys in in uh in Arizona but we we went down to Seattle we were just you know James Conor inside the 5 yard line that's almost guaranteed right for a touchdown so we we we kind of fake to him and and Ur kind of slips behind the linebackers and makes a big play and uh that was a fun game I'm glad you brought this up going to Seattle and and that game in the division was was big it was it was a ton of fun that was that was a big game for us that year and it was a bobbled snap too you completed 80 yeah 80% of your passes in that game the win got the Cardinals to 9 and two uh and then you know bu part of it happens when you watch a highlight like that like when you know that you're now retired what's the process been like for you upstairs like what how is it uh emotionally mentally to walk away from something you did for so long yeah it's tough it really is I mean I was the water boy for my dad's football team at three years old like I've just been around football my whole life and so um you know to be able to play four years at Texas to go to the NFL play a long time play on some really good teams uh to know that you're not going to go back out there and do it is you know it's there there's a lot of emotions there I hurt my elbow um a couple years ago had a surgery and it just it just never really came back the way I wanted to I mean look you got to be dead on accurate to play in the NFL and when when you lose a little bit of that it didn't come back the same way you know that that's hard to that that's a hard one to navigate and then to and then to just kind of say you know what I I don't think I can do it anymore um it's it's hard but at the same time you know I put myself in a very thankful sort of grateful category of you know I got to be around so many great coaches and I made so many great friends and was on so many good teams uh and I get to stay in football by doing some things with uh the NBC and calling games and I love college football I think I think that you know that that at least gives me a soft Landing to figure out all the things I want to do next uh and it's amazing that it was almost to the day I think we're one day off but you got cut from Arizona uh and today yeah today's that day it's you know getting cut down to 53 by I believe 4M Eastern I I I it yeah um I know you go you come into the NFL you get drafted you're not really sure on these cut days but the the more years you play the longer you're in it like um you realize at some point everybody everybody gets cut and and uh it's it's not a fun day I have a lot of respect for all these teams and coaches who have to get their squad put together and I have a big soft spot in my heart for the guys who are kind of sitting on the edge of their seat today to kind of figure out you know am I gonna make it right it's it's a uh it doesn't get talked about enough and um it's a it's a real happy day for a lot of people and it's it's a real emotional sad day for a lot too and then it's not just you right like take me to a year ago take me to you having to go hey Rachel this is what happened I I now get cut cuz it doesn't just affect you it affect a lot of people you know and it doesn't get talked about enough so talk about it yeah no 100% affects your family you know I I I think the other thing doesn't get talked about a lot is your family it's your wife it's your kids like you know you get traded or you get cut and then like the people around you are the ones that G have to pick up the slack and move and pack up and make a new community you know figure out new schools for kids like my wife is amazing she did it four times like she doesn't get near enough credit for that but we're we're not the only ones right this happens um all the time and so day like today like I kind of knew a couple years ago this was coming we had good conversations I knew my elbow wasn't going to make it um but at the same time it's it's still a it's still a hard reality for a lot of guys that are that are you know counting on this and and want to play and this is their passion and love and um there comes a time for it to be over for everybody and uh so there there is a little emotional spot for me for a lot of these guys that are kind of the bubble this this today and this week what would you tell them what would you say this is the most important thing you should know on this day if it doesn't go well for you right now yeah I mean listen I think I think for me had lots of conversations with guys throughout the years like being in the locker room for a long time you create good relationships you have great conversations and I think you know my message to everyone is that football's football's awesome it's what we do and and it's a it's a joy and it's an honor and and and you know respect the game and and the times that you get to go out there and step in those white lines and play like give it all you got and don't be disappointed in yourself that you left anything out there right and and if you did then you know whatever happens is going to happen and um there's got to be a foundation in you that's more than just football right I've played with so many guys that have made impacts on me of just understanding that like football is great and it's provided a lot of things for us but at the end of the day who are you what's your foundation what do you believe in and don't let you know if you get cut don't let that be the most disappointing day in your life and if you make this team don't let that be the happiest day of your life right this is what we do and fall back on your family your faith your friends because there's a lot more to you than just a football player it's really well said and good perspective on a day that does affect so many people I appreciate you talking about it um we talk little College talk little you let's talk little Kyler you know Kyler you you're you were with him he has so much potential so much talent and he's polarizing he really is uh I would love for you to tell me if if we have seen his potential if you think he's going to have a huge year what is your prediction on Kyler and this Arizona Squad listen I I mean I've got a front row seat to the things that Kyler can do and there's not a lot of guys that can do the things that he does um I think that he's going to have a great year uh that's that's just my opinion I think he's got weapons around him that are uh really good for him right drafting Marvin Harrison you know solid X Michael Wilson's coming into his Zone Trey McBride was a breakout tied end last year obviously James Conor like he's never going to lose a yard they've kind of rebuilt that offensive line um I just think the pieces are there it's a second year going into this new system right he with Cliff for four years um and I I think he's got a good grasp of of what they're trying to do and accomplish and it's built around the Run game which really helps them um and so if it if it was me like I just I really think the that the table is kind of set for him to have a good year what does that mean you hold on you said great year now you said good year what is what is a good year for Kyler muray what does that mean let me ask let me ask it to you this way who has a better year him or Jaden Daniels uh wow I love cliff and I and I think Jaden's going to have a great year right he has some receivers too I I think this I I I I would what did Kyler say bet the over I don't know really what that means but I would say I would say after talking to Kyler and and kind of just checking in on him every now and then I really feel like he's in a really good head space he loves this loves the team he says there's a lot of confidence amongst all the guys right it's his SEC he's had a full off season he's he's not you know he's healthy he he's got all the Reps like that is a big deal when you're changing offenses I changed offenses my first five years in NFL and it's brutal right and so I think just the confidence that he has going into the season right now um I mean listen like I I think he's gonna have a really really good year and and I've been around him enough to kind of know his Vibe and know like his confidence level at times and and and i' I just feel like right now he's in a really good place amazing we can catch Colt McCoy at September 7th calling Colorado Nebraska on NBC congrats on your career on your future career don't go anywhere I need to ask you something in the break cuz we're live on YouTube still we'll be back on the FanDuel side but uh you got to give it to me straight J Jaden Daniels or Kyla Murray like who am I drafting in fantasy because I think I'm drafting Jaden but I know you got the cliff kingsbery connection like who might who would you draft I I I love them both but I would take Kyler you would take Kyler I love that what do people get wrong about what wrong most about Kyler because I really do think he's you know people don't like to give him credit at all yeah look I listen it's hard to find anybody more talented than him right off the back tot his accuracy his his his his feel of the game is like best I've played with right he and and when he's on he's on yeah um I I think that uh he's kind of bought into the system he's bought into what they're trying to do he know he recognizes how much the Run game helps him helps to get the tight end open saw that late in the year I think they went got some I think Michael Wilson is really good okay I think Greg George is really good I think Marvin Harrison obviously he doesn't have the experience but like I think that's a big added piece and so I think that Kyler's just really confident in that second year in the system and yeah I feel good about where he's at uh I I I have a fake friendship with Kevin Durant I pretend that we're friends but I get to talk to him next week what should I ask him cuz you were believe like floor mates with him in college yeah I was what should what should I ask him about from back then that would like blow his mind oh man I I remember when Kevin got to to school he was just like tall kind of lanky kind of unassuming real quiet like you know we all ate in the athletic dining hall so nothing's changed yeah and then we all went to the basketball game like I don't remember who they were playing was like the first basketball game he dropped like 40 points and I'm like we're looking around like is that that's Kevin like are you serious like we I was kind of naive at the time right I didn't know and and uh he becomes a superstar overnight um but you know we we were never just like super close we're always busy with football and baset but I mean what a what a career I mean like the dude is one of the most talented guys ever played game uh love that I'll tell him that you say hi we love that Co thank you for joining say hi I will I'll tell them you say hi like I'm just yeah I don't know if there was like a a Kevin story that we missed but that's pretty cool that you were on the floor with them yeah fun times love that thank you talk to you soon love to love to Rachel she better get by the way Texas uh Hall of Fame yeah that's right that's right that be Rachel better be getting quite a shout out it sounds like she will it'll be the first game my kids have ever gone to a UT game so it's like big deal I'm more excited about that I think just to see them in their reaction going to to a big college football game like that I love that enjoy Colorado we'll all be watching thanks Colt all right thank you hey everybody thank you so 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