Nate Burleson Talks Jaxon Dart, Geno Smith & Fanatics Fest

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Dexter Henry here. You can see the man right beside me, the one and only Nate Burleson.
You know him from CBS. We call him Media Mogul because this is what he is as well, too.
You also see him on the NFL Today on CBS, doing a lot of stuff there. But he's going to be at
Fanatics Fest this weekend doing some really good stuff. Nate, what's going on, my guy?
What's up, baby?
I'm good, man. I'm good. Glad to have you here.
I'm glad to be here.
I expected you to come in a suit, but I like this fit.
I wanted to keep it somewhat casual. But make sure you pull up to Fanatics Fest.
The AT&T Connection Cup is going to be lit. I will have some suits on. But I went to dress
down a little bit. I knew you were going to go with the white tee, so I got the white shirt on,
We had some synergy there.
Yeah, had some synergy there. You got the kicks with the suit on.
That's how it go.
Making the style, as always.
Thank you, brother. I appreciate that. So you're going to be at Fanatics Fest.
Yeah.
You will be hosting something called the AT&T Connection Cup.
Yeah.
Tell the people about that, that are going to come out and be there.
What is the AT&T Connection Cup?
Well, first, shout out to AT&T.
I mean, you talk about a brand that has been doing it for decades.
We're talking pure connectivity when it comes to how we communicate.
And now that this new era of fan, they know exactly how they want to see the game,
experience the game, and get involved in the game.
And AT&T is at the forefront of that. They're no strangers to this.
They've been doing it forever. So they created the AT&T Connection Cup,
which is really this concept of think about all of your favorite games on television,
your favorite game shows.
So we're going to have two of your favorite athletes,
and then we'll have a few fans that are lined up, you know,
somewhat like a Family Feud style.
Oh, I love Family Feud.
But we're going to make, you know what I'm saying? Shout out to Steve Harvey.
Shout out to Steve Harvey.
We'll give different things you can react to, different things you can predict.
Also, we'll do some trivia. We'll show some clips or a still image.
And we'll say what happened after this or what came before that.
And we'll give each team a chance to win.
And it just brings these fans closer to the game.
You know, AT&T has made it their mission to be at the forefront of innovation
when it comes to communication, not just on our devices,
but how we interact on social media.
So they wanted to bring that same type of feel to the Fanatics Fest.
So now you have fans that can truly get involved.
One, you're going to be next to some of the coolest celebrities
and athletes in the game.
Two, you're going to be able to have that trash-talking moment
with whoever you're playing with or against.
And then you just flat out get to create these memories.
You know, one thing that I've always thought was cool
when brands step out there at events like this,
and AT&T is doing that, is you bring the fan into the locker room.
So now they know exactly what it feels like to be a teammate
with some of their favorite superstars.
That is really dope because fans don't really get that experience a lot.
They don't get that ever, right?
So here's the time they can get that.
Also, for you, you're basically going to be like a game show host here.
100%.
So you might be the next Steve Harvey, for all we know.
I called you a media mogul.
Now we might have to add game show hosts.
You know what I'm saying?
So shout out to AT&T.
I appreciate you.
But listen, if I'm going to be the next Steve Harvey,
let me get some of that Steve Harvey money.
You know what I'm saying?
See, I knew you were going to go there.
I'm going to leave that to your agent.
But no, listen, I got to shout out Drew Barrymore.
I hosted the first two seasons of the reboot of Hollywood Squares.
That's right.
So when AT&T reached out, they're like, look,
we have this AT&T Connection Cup, and we want it to be a real deal game show.
So immediately, I went into game show mode.
I feel like I have this unique skill set,
playing 11 years in the NFL, understanding what fans want.
Because I grew up in the best era of sports,
80s, raised in the 90s, influenced by the 2000s.
It doesn't get any better when it comes to all of these sports that we love.
And I've seen this boom and growth of how people watch and consume and experience sports.
So now the fan in me is going to show up with a microphone.
The host in me is going to show up with a microphone.
And then the player in me is going to show up and be a fan of the moment as well.
So make sure you pull up to Fanatics Fest and watch the AT&T Connection Cup.
So the other thing I realized about the Connection Cup, right,
there's some very interesting athletes that are going to be in this.
Since we're in New York, I've got to talk about this.
There's some New York athletes here.
Josh Hart, Jose Alvarado, fresh off the NBA champion, winning New York Knicks.
We've got to put some respect on their name there.
Then I also saw we've got some older New York athletes.
We've got David Wright, Mets legend, Don Mattingly.
Here's my thing, because you, as a former professional athlete,
and even for me, we're sometimes competitive, okay?
Of those four New York athletes I mentioned,
who do you think is maybe going to take this,
that way people look at it and say,
you know what, Nate?
They took it a little bit too serious.
Jose Alvarado.
Oh, not even close.
Not even close.
You know why?
Because like, I was watching Jose throughout his career,
you know what I'm saying?
Dating back all the way to college.
You know he has that like sneaky way of getting the steal,
where he kind of hides himself in the corner of the court, right?
Exactly.
And then he'll just slide up behind you and get the steal.
He kind of made that famous and popular on the NBA level.
But then watching him and how he talks to his own social media
is the funniest, but also coolest thing.
Like when they were going on their run,
and he was talking about how much he loves New York,
and loves the Knicks, and he's glad to be here.
And of course, he has just this sense of pride.
He was talking about how he was going to respond if they won.
I remember he was on the Carmelo Anthony podcast.
Yeah.
And he was like, yeah, I'm gonna be lit.
I'm gonna be tipsy for a whole week.
He was.
And then he was like, after they won, he's on social media.
He's like, yeah, yeah.
He's in the locker room.
He's like, yo, yo, I'm gonna tell my kids I scored 40.
They not gonna know.
So the fact that he thinks like the average dude,
even though he's not.
He's an NBA player.
And I think that type of mindset of saying like,
I'm gonna lock in and enjoy every single moment of this,
and not let it slip out of my hands.
Like I can appreciate that.
Because I remember in the beginning of my career,
like I was young and I appreciated it a little bit.
Like I just loved playing.
I was a wide receiver playing Robin to Randy Moss's Batman.
And everything was flying by so fast that I never really stopped
and just like smelled the grass.
And then it took me some time to mature and actually slow like down myself.
And then later in my career playing next to another great
Calvin Johnson when I was playing for the Detroit Lions.
So I'm sitting here playing next to Megatron.
And now I'm the older dude in the locker room.
The light at the end of the tunnel is bigger.
And I realized like my best days are behind me.
And then I started to smell the grass.
Started to listen to the fans when I walked out there for my pregame warmup.
Started to smell like the popcorn and hot dogs in the air
while I was on the sideline.
And everything slowed down.
So a guy like Jose Alvarado, you can tell he's just like.
He's enjoying the moment.
I'm living the dream, man.
Because it's sometimes like, let's just keep it real.
You'll watch professional athletes and this across all sports.
And some of them just like they're really indifferent about it.
And you're like, bruh, like you are getting paid to play a game
that we all played at recess for free.
And here you are acting as if it isn't a privilege to be doing it.
Yeah, you're dominant and you're blessed and you worked your butt off to get there.
But you still have to have this like sense of humility
that this is the best thing ever.
That's why I like watching Jose Alvarado.
But that's applicable to not just this Connection Cup, right?
I know we're talking about Jose Alvarado and how he might be in it,
but it's applicable to everything in life.
No doubt.
Even in what you and I do now, right?
You still have to.
We were talking about some stuff before we started recording,
but you still have to appreciate the work you do, even the process of it, right?
I try to.
I try to appreciate the moment, you know?
And you mentioned a few, but I have to shout out Amarase Brown.
Yes.
Mayor Gibbs.
Two of my favorite athletes played with the Detroit Lions.
They're going to pull up.
We got Jose Alvarado and Josh Hart.
You said Noah Liles.
Fastest guy in the world.
Jordan Childs.
Well, he's going to take it seriously.
He is.
He's super competitive.
He's going to take it seriously.
And we have Candace Parker and Alex Morgan.
That's just to name a few.
And you don't know who's going to show up.
That's a good list.
Yeah, it's a good list.
That's a really good list.
So everybody, you got to check that out.
Connection Cup.
You might get to connect with some of these athletes as well, too.
While I have you here, I got to ask you about some football, some New York football.
All right, let's talk about it.
Let's start with the Giants.
Because Jackson Dart, interesting year one.
You laughed.
Interesting year one.
We saw from him toughness.
We saw that tough mentality.
But the Giants also still want him to maybe slow it down a little bit.
How do you, I don't want to say draw the line,
but maybe not cross the line between being too aggressive, right?
And knowing when to say, OK, I got to slide here.
Maybe I got to go out of bounds here.
I have to live for the next down.
Is that something you're going to be closely watching with Jackson Dart
in year two?
And do you think he will be able to make those adjustments under John Harbaugh?
100%.
I'm going to be watching that.
The reason I laughed is because I was blessed enough to do the town hall.
Like some of my peoples called me and were like,
hey, we want you and Sean O'Hara to play a small role in interviewing some of our superstars.
And then also introduced a rookie class.
And we had all these fans there, you know, kids and grown folks.
And here comes Jackson Dart and Camp Scatterbrew and a bunch of other superstars.
And so I had to ask a question.
I'm like, Jackson, what did you learn from last year?
Are you going to take care of your body a little bit more after knowing what it's like,
not just to get injured because being injured in the NFL is inevitable.
But it's how you look at the game when you're standing on the sideline as the franchise
quarterback.
And he said to me, he was like, look, yeah, if there is a down and distance where I feel like
I don't need to sacrifice my body for, then I'm going to think about running out of bounds
or sliding because the best ability is availability.
I love that answer.
I'm like, cool.
You know what I'm saying?
It's one of those things you probably have to hear over and over and off season.
And as a young guy, it's hard for you to look at yourself and think you're not invincible.
But he finally came to grips with it.
And then this little kid comes up and they're like, Mr. Scatterbrew, that's great.
That's a great little kid.
So the little kid's like, are you going to change the way you play because of the injury
and not being on the field?
And, and Cam's just thinking.
And I'm like, Cam, let me just, let me, let me, let me save you right here.
No, no, no, no.
Let me ask you from a player's perspective, because in order for you guys to have a really
good season, the running game is going to have to play a role.
And if you want to make your quarterback's job easier, then the running game is going
to have to, at times, open up the passing game.
So will you decide not to run over every dude that you see in front of you?
Run headfirst into a guy when you've already got the first down and out of bounds is right
there.
You have the ability to save your body.
And he thinks for a second.
He's like, nah, right?
No, no, no.
Everybody's laughing.
And I'm like, Cam, seriously.
And then he's like, you know what?
Nah, actually, all jokes aside, it's going to be hard for me to change my style of play
because that's all I know.
But I'm going to be smarter with my body.
But that's him saying that.
And it's funny how he set that up.
But it made me think about it for you.
For somebody who's played professionally, is it really that hard to change your style
of play that people maybe don't understand that connection?
You've been going this one way for so long.
Whether it's at the quarterback position, running back, receiver, even as it could be
a linebacker, how hard is it to change something you're doing?
Especially after one year, people are saying, hey, man, you've got to do this a little
bit differently.
It takes a big hit or somebody knocking the snot out of you, literally.
When I first got in the game, this is 0-3.
So we didn't have a lot of rules that protected us.
If I'm going across the middle and I'm not paying attention, there was no defenseless
receiver.
Guys are just knocking me off my feet.
I remember one time I was a rookie.
I'm running the drive route.
Dante Culpepper drops back.
He's looking at me.
I'm looking at him.
And he's waiting for me to clear the linebacker.
The linebacker sees me and says, oh, he's not looking.
The next thing I see is my cleats in the air.
And I'm like, oh, man.
I just got kicked in the chest at Sparta.
And then all of a sudden, I hit the grass.
And I'm like, yo, Dante's still scrambling.
He's like, get up.
I get up, fix my face mask, catch the ball, and I make a big play.
Even after that, I'm like, nah, I want to run somebody over.
See, you got me.
Now I want to get you.
I want to make sure when my highlight tape runs that I get to point to that DB or that
safety or that linebacker and tell my kids I was tough on that play.
That's all idiotic hubris from a young man that thinks he's invincible.
But I remember one time in particular, though, I turned down the smoke.
Shout out to Sean Taylor.
Rest in peace.
He was playing for the Redskins at the time, but the Commanders.
And I had caught an option route.
I got hit by the nickel, hit by the cornerback.
They're playing cover two.
So Sean is coming down at a high angle from the safety position.
All of a sudden, I break three.
I break free and hit the sideline.
Now, I got the first down.
Sean is coming down the sideline like a freight train.
And he's big.
I'm decent with cleats on.
I'm like 6'2", buck 95.
But he's like 6'4", 2'30".
Solid, yeah.
Bruh, I'm looking at him.
He's looking at me.
I'm looking at him.
He's looking at me.
Now, you're still in bounds right now.
I'm still in bounds.
I would say maybe six inches before he gets to me.
I had to jump out of bounds.
You made a business decision.
I made a business decision.
And then he's like,
Ooh, burlesque.
He's not a macho man.
He's like, Ooh, burlesque.
I'm gonna get your ass.
And I'm like, no, you are not.
Not today.
No, no, no, no, not today.
And that's when I realized like, you know what?
Let me take care of my body.
Because there is always somebody bigger and faster.
It sounds like you were tempted to...
Well, you remember when the Madden truck stick came out?
Was that back?
That's about that time, right?
It's about 03, 04.
I was like, maybe I can catch him.
You could have put him on the highlight reel.
He's gonna put me into a bad place.
You chose wisely.
Yeah.
I'll ask you about this since you're a former receiver.
Malik Neighbors.
Right?
I like him a lot.
So you're a big Malik Neighbors fan.
Yeah, I like him a lot.
You know, he's been trying to come back from a knee injury.
And the Giants offense doesn't look the same without him.
How much do you think the Giants should put on him responsibility-wise?
Or do you look at more as that other receivers need to step up for the Giants
to make life easier for Malik Neighbors, Jackson Dart, and the entire offense?
How are you viewing how the Giants receiving situation can be this year?
It's tough because, you know, when you have immediate success in this league
at the wide receiver position, you immediately say,
there's a number one guy.
He's a franchise receiver.
And then there's this immense amount of pressure on the young fella.
And it's unfortunate because let's just call it what it is.
The team wasn't good.
So now you're looking at him and you're judging him by the numbers.
But oftentimes when he has a big game, we'll praise him.
But when he doesn't, we're asking all these questions.
But it could be bad quarterback play, bad offense line play.
It could be just flat out bad play calling.
But with a collective of guys, it's easier for your number one receiver to go off.
I've always felt like if you're going to have a good wide receiver group,
you have your one superstar.
And then you have three other guys that bring something different to the table.
I don't want every player to be 6'2", same speed, same strength, same skill set.
I want there to be a possession guy that's big, can box out a dude if he's in traffic.
I want there to be an absolute burner that can take the top off the coverage.
I want there to be a guy that is the elite route runner.
And if you think about it, like they got all of those dudes.
Like OBJ, I'm not sure if anybody was watching the drills.
He looked really good.
Now the question is, can he stay healthy for the duration of the season?
But the whole point I'm trying to make is,
you need a collection of guys to make it easier for your number one dude.
Do not put pressure on him and say, hey, we need 115 catches,
1,200 yards, and 11 touchdowns.
It's hard.
Just say we need you to be the most efficient dude on the field
every time the ball is thrown to you.
And you don't need to carry us.
Let us carry you and open up the offense for you.
Yeah, it feels like that would be so essential for the Giants this year,
especially as he's trying to come back from a knee injury.
You just don't want too much responsibility on him as he's trying to come back.
Couple things for you on the Jets.
Brees Hall recently said that he feels good.
He feels like people are sleeping on the Jets.
He's excited about what this Jets offense could be.
When you look at him, you look at Garrett Wilson,
now Geno Smith in the fold.
I'll get back to him in a second.
But where are you on the Jets offense?
I like Garrett Wilson, man.
He's really good.
Got the dog in him.
He's another guy that's a really good route runner,
but also has the ability to take the top off the coverage.
Brees is, I think how he sees how people perceive the Jets
is almost like how people look at his career.
If you're a fantasy guy or you pay attention to football or know football,
you know how good he is.
But on a large scale, because he's been playing for the Jets,
I don't think he gets the respect he deserves.
And I think he understands that.
I'll take that disrespect all the way around.
You might be overlooking me.
Fine.
My numbers speak differently.
You might be overlooking my team.
Fine.
But when it comes to being able to surprise some teams and punch folks in the mouth,
gotta do it, man.
I remember one point when I was playing for the Lions,
Calvin Johnson is a humble hero.
Quiet.
He's like the coolest guy in the world.
Almost just plays with the most humility.
It's crazy because God blessed him with the special estate.
God was going to make him tall.
Fast.
Strong.
Unbelievably gifted.
And on top of that, he worked like he was a free agent.
I say all that because he really is a nice dude, though.
And I remember we were having an off year for the Lions.
And I'm just like, look, our season's a walk.
We're not going to make it to the playoffs.
How about we just be the villain?
CJ is very quiet.
Man a few words.
He's like, what you mean?
I'm like, I'm just saying, let's be the bad guys.
Let's put the black mask on.
And let's everywhere we go.
If we're playing on the road, let's clown their team.
Let's mock their celebrations.
And he's like, all right.
And I remember we ended up playing Dallas the next week.
And I said, as soon as I score, I'm going to draw the star
and I'll punch through it.
And I scored and did.
And then Calvin's like, I'm going to run to the star
and I'm going to do what T.O. did.
Oh, T.O. did.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And he did.
And from that moment on, it changed our perspective.
And it almost like, it gave us momentum going into the next year
because we appreciated how teams looked at us
and were disrespecting us.
Instead of like getting in your feelings
and being like, oh man, what was us?
We were like, all right, let me change your mind on how I play.
And I think the Jets got to feel that way.
Like be the villain.
People have been talking about you for years, now decades.
Like at some point, you just got to show up
and punch some folks in the mouth.
Whether you, you can win in two ways.
Scoreboard, get the W.
That's the best way, right?
Right.
Or that team that plays you, they're going to leave battered and bruised.
You ain't got to do nothing under the belt or illegal.
But when they leave after playing the Jets,
that should be the story.
That teams are beat up going into the next week.
And if you do that, eventually,
that mindset will turn into a winning mindset.
And you will start stacking W's
and everybody will look at you and change the way they look at your team.
And sometimes that's how you start to change the culture.
You know, right?
It's just, it's just a small way of how you can start to change the culture.
Now, I know as you were telling this story, I was a little nervous.
I thought the cameras might shut off on us
because our technical director, Brian, he's a Cowboys fan.
I'm sure he did not appreciate any of those stories.
But shout out to the Cowboys.
Brian, Brian could be happy now.
But it's been, it's been decades.
So I'm not, I'm not taking any shots.
Don't, don't, no shots.
And every single year, we say the same thing.
Credit to their roster.
We're like, yo, Cowboys are loaded.
Once again, it's Super Bowl or bust.
No, be easy.
Brian might shut off the cameras on you.
I'm just saying that the Cowboys, they have to show up.
Because if somebody said this on one of my shows,
is that we might have to strip their title of being an American team.
Because like, if, if the Kansas City Chiefs are in,
in the heart of middle America,
and they represent of so much of what the American hustle and dream is,
and they're winning more recently.
How come they aren't?
Or Buffalo Bills.
Like, I'm talking, I'm thinking about teams that really embody what America represents.
Dallas has been for a long time.
But like, you gotta win to be America's team, right?
Like, to hold on to it.
I'm not, I'm not against.
I think it should be, I think it should be interchangeable for real.
You just can't hold the title forever.
You can't hold the title forever is what I'm saying.
I'm not, I'm not against this.
Because then you get to just have an ethos around your team
that doesn't really apply today.
You see what I'm saying?
I'm with you on that.
Brian, don't turn off the camera.
Like, think about how we looked at the Knicks for so long.
It's a great point.
In the 80s and 90s, the Knicks were everything.
Even when they got close, and Patrick Mahoney didn't dunk it,
and he faded away, and all that.
You know, people were loving the Knicks.
When John Starks went baseline and dunked on the Bulls,
like, people were loving the Knicks.
But, like, we stopped looking at the Knicks
as, like, the foundational piece of the NBA
because they didn't deserve it.
Because they were sorry for a good, almost a two-decade period.
And they were winning in ways that we were used to.
And then, all of a sudden, over the last couple years,
shout out to Jalen Brunson, the whole crew,
but, like, all of a sudden we're like,
the Knicks are back.
The league is better when the Knicks are winning.
Like, we had no problem.
Like, that's why, usually the Knicks, the Lakers, the Celtics,
there's like a population of the U.S.
that is willing to just hate on them for no reason,
especially when they're winning.
But the Knicks actually were kind of America's team
during this playoff run.
Isn't that crazy?
To the point you're making, right?
That's what I'm saying.
Like, the Knicks are supposed to be
one of the most loved and most hated.
They'll be hated now after the game.
You don't think so?
I think, collectively, everybody was rocking with the Knicks.
But do you think that'll continue?
I just did an episode of my Knicks show about that.
Do you think that'll continue?
If they keep winning, people just, people hate winners.
Well, to your point, you've seen this happen with the Chiefs, too.
Seen it happen with the Chiefs.
Seen it happen with the Patriots.
Good point.
You know what I'm saying?
But, like, I don't know.
There's something, the organization is one thing.
But the organization isn't bigger than the players
that put on the jerseys.
And there's something about the humility of this team
and the squad.
Like, Jalen Brunson, as cool as it gets,
and all the way down the roster,
you can't name a dude on that team
that you wouldn't want to have a beer with.
Like, and that, like, that goes a long way.
You know what I'm saying?
No, I do get that.
That's a good point.
Two more things for you before I let you get out of here.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
With the Jets, you talked about changing the culture.
Well, they changed the quarterback.
Geno Smith is now here.
Do you think that matters for this team
to be better offensively?
Because they've got a veteran guy.
You talked about how you love Garrett Wilson.
But does it matter for a young receiver,
like Adonai Mitchell,
that is looking maybe for some veteran leadership
that can help?
Do you think that Geno's gonna really matter
for the Jets this year?
Yeah, Geno's been through it.
And we just talked about the external factors
that play a role in how a guy shows up
season after season.
Geno's had some ups.
He's had some downs.
The beginning of his career,
came in, we were expecting a lot.
He had some issues in the locker room.
He was like the laughingstock for a while
because of the whole, like, getting punched in the face.
And then he rebounded and started showing
how talented he really is.
Had some really good years in Seattle.
And then he went to the Raiders.
And I think that, like, little stint,
it was detrimental to, like, the momentum
he had created as a Seattle Seahawk.
But I like that, though, for him.
You know what I'm saying?
I don't like that for his career
because people are taking shots at him.
But I like that for him,
that internal motivation.
Intrinsically, Geno knows I got a lot to prove.
And one thing I love about Geno
is that, like, he'll deflect praise when he gets it.
But when it's time to be criticized,
he'll raise his hand.
You know what I mean?
He'll just be like, it's on me.
You know what I mean?
Now, when it comes to the Raiders,
there were some things that weren't even his fault.
Now, I'm not saying every ball
that came out of his hand was the right throw.
Right.
But play calling, wrong play calling,
office coordinator being on a different page
than the head coach.
So Geno wasn't completely at fault
with how the Raiders played.
But with all that said,
people are going to be looking at Geno.
Who are you?
Are you that guy that had some good years
that we saw in the past?
Or are you that quarterback
that we saw with the Raiders
when they were struggling?
And I think Geno has a great opportunity
to once again,
because he knows what it's like,
to prove a lot of people wrong.
Yeah.
And that stuff matters sometimes too.
Last thing before we get you out of here.
Who's going to be the better
New York football team this year?
Is it going to be the Giants or is it going to be the Jets?
Who's going to have the better record
at the end of 2026?
This is tough.
Oh, so now you're saying that it's tough
and you're sighing and you're sitting down.
It makes me think you don't think
there's going to be a lot of wins.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, okay.
Because my logic says
it's going to be the Giants.
My heart says it's going to be the Jets.
Really?
Yeah, you reminded me what Brees Hall said.
Yeah.
And I know Aaron Glenn, know him personally.
And I spoke to that team last year.
And even with how much they struggled,
there was something about how they believed
in the system that he is putting in place.
Now, I do think they're still a year
or two away from finding some like
really strong, solid success
that propels them into the postseason,
maybe a Super Bowl run.
I just feel like my heart is saying the Jets.
Logic is saying there's no way that Harbaugh
is going to come in and not push this team
to great places.
All the things that we felt like
this squad needed, the Giants,
were all disciplinary issues.
Like guys just being the right type of pros.
There's no better coach to make young guys,
turn young guys into a pros pro than Harbaugh.
So logic, Giants, heart, Jets.
But you got to pick one.
I wasn't going to let you get off that easy.
Yeah, I know, I know.
Come on now, come on now.
Full court press.
Full court press, there you go.
I'm going with the Jets.
You're going to make a lot of Jets fans happy here.
Yeah, they did.
Some people are going to hear that and say,
well, Nate's being illogical here.
Well, hopefully.
Considering their history.
Yeah, I know that.
It's what I'm doing.
You know, some of those Jets fans
are on the Brooklyn Bridge right now
looking at the water.
Hey, listen, don't jump.
Now.
All right, you're going to be good.
You guys are going to be good.
It's going to be good.
Speaking of good, it's going to be
good to see you at Fanatics Fest.
Shout out to Fanatics Fest.
Shout out to AT&T.
There you go.
Shout out to Connection Cup.
It's going down.
Make sure you pull up, man.
We are creating an experience that fans
will enjoy and talk about for years to come.
Well, I'll tell you what.
If Jose Alvarado, like you said,
is the person that takes it really seriously,
I agree with you.
I would not be shocked by that.
Know him a little bit.
And his head coach in high school
wouldn't be shocked by that.
We'll see.
Hopefully he doesn't give you too hard of a time.
No doubt.
We'll see if he shows up sober.
Is he still partying for the parade?
Well, hey, he was at the Puerto Rican Day Parade
right after with the trophy.
Pulled up at the Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Pulled up.
That was a very Nuyorican moment for him right there.
I'm not even Puerto Rican, and I wanted to be there.
Now, do I think he's still partying?
Probably.
Probably should do it.
What days will you be there?
Just so people can know.
I'm there Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, all weekend.
Oh, so come out and see Nate.
He's going to be there all weekend.
Come vibe with Nate.
He's going to be there all weekend.
Take some photos.
Give hugs and sign autographs.
You know what I'm saying?
I know I'm an old head, but you know,
if you want to holla at me and talk sports,
I'll be there too.
There we go.
That's my guy, Nate Burleson.
Check him out on CBS Media Mogul.
I'm sticking with that.
Media Mogul with CBS.
Going to be at Fanatics Fest hosting the AT&T Connection
Cup.
Nate, man, I appreciate this.
I got to get you back to tossing football, basketball,
everything.
Football, basketball.
My brother coaches for the Pistons, man.
So, you know, I can talk any sport, man.
That's right.
We got to get you back up here.
Appreciate you, man.
No doubt.
All right, everybody, check it out.
Fanatics Fest with Nate Burleson.
This weekend.
