Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe rip Lamar Jackson’s ‘choke job’
"There's no other way around it, it hurts me to say it, but it's a choke job."
"There's no other way around it, it hurts me to say it, but it's a choke job."
"And Rock, I'm not so sure you're the most talented guy in any profession. But it's hard for me to believe that there's someone that'll outwork you."
"Sometimes you are trying to appease a base that's never going to accept you."
"I'm the one who invented fruit."
"It would be the worst."
"I just wish Stephen A. would let it go, I really do."
"Jameis Winston has a loser's mentality."
"If you want hard-hitting questions, 60 Minutes is the platform for you ... go to somebody who does that."
"Shannon Sharpe’s poor interview skills make me feel like he is just not an active listener at all because he left soooooo much on the table with Katt."
"Yes, I played for the Ravens ... now I'm an analyst. What is so hard to understand about that?"
While George Pickens may have silenced many after his big game, Pro Football Hall of Famer and ESPN's Shannon Sharpe isn't among them.
"And now you want to beat your chest like you, King Kong, on The Empire State Building?"
"You know what? Maybe it is a little obsessive."
Everyone forgets the days of the week.
"I don't think there's anybody more entertaining in the sports media space than Howard Cosell."
"That would have been the play of Travis Kelce's career."
Brett Favre isn't giving up in his defamation suit against Shannon Sharpe, filling an appeal against the case's dismissal.
"That's my biggest fear, if someone were to tell me my breath stinks."
"I don't get jealous. If he made it, then someone else can make it."
Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson explained how NFL rule changes have taken some of the IQ plays out of offenses for the sake of entertainment.
"Because of his smugness, because of his cavalierness, I don’t think he’s a very likable coach."
"Because Sharpe's comments are constitutionally protected rhetorical hyperbole using loose, figurative language, they cannot support a defamation claim as a matter of law."
"It's an awful look. It's a terrible look."
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