Nightcap Hour 2: NFL’s ANNOUNCES PROJECTED Salary Cap + Justin Jefferson WONDERS what COULD’VE BEEN with Sam Darnold + Senior Bowl EXPOSES Diego Pavia as a SHORT KING + Paul George SUSPENDED for ANTI-DRUG Policy + Jason Kidd DEFENDS Cooper Flag vs Critics
Nightcap
Shay Shay Media & Playmaker
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🗓️ 1 February 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson react to the NFL is planning to have a major salary cap increase, Justin Jefferson wonders what would of happened if the Minnesota Vikings kept Sam Darnold, and Paul George is suspended 25 games for violating the NBA anti drug policy and much more!
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0:00 - NFL informs clubs of projected salary cap
18:51 - Justin Jefferson wonders what wouldve happened if thy kept Sam Darnold
26:04 - 2026 Senior Bowl exposes Diego Pavia as a Short King
29:35 - Paul George violated NBA anti-drug policy
37:01 - Jason Kidd on Cooper Flagg criticism
42:26 - Demond Wilson aka Lamont Sanford passes away
47:01 - Q & Aaayyy
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| 0:00.0 | The NFL, Ocho, the NFL informed club today projecting this 2026 salary cap will be $301.2 million to $305.7 million. |
| 0:13.2 | That would represent a significant drop from the salary cap of 279.2. |
| 0:19.1 | Nearly $100 million since 2022. When the salary cap was 208.2. |
| 0:26.6 | Now remind you, before any lights, before we cut the lights on in the building, the NFL |
| 0:32.8 | sent all owners 400 million. |
| 0:35.3 | So before you sell a ticket, before you get local advertising, before you get local TV, |
| 0:41.8 | before you get local sales as far as paraphernalia, the NFL don't see your check |
| 0:49.1 | before $400 million. |
| 0:50.0 | So you got $100 million off the real. |
| 0:52.6 | Now, okay, you got to pay your coaches. |
| 0:55.0 | But then when you sell, when you sell, you know, you sell tickets, you sell concession, |
| 0:59.1 | you sell parking, you probably making, you know, you could easily make a couple hundred |
| 1:05.0 | million dollars. |
| 1:05.8 | Cowboys probably making four, five million. |
| 1:08.3 | Uh, and so guess what? |
| 1:14.0 | If the cap is this, |
| 1:18.0 | I can see in another, |
| 1:21.3 | when they had the 18th game, |
| 1:23.9 | that cap would probably be 350, 375. |
| 1:30.3 | But I don't care about that. all I want the players to do y'all get lifetime health benefits then we a and say we were |
| 1:37.9 | running to 65 well then you can get your ass on Medicaid Medicare but you got to |
| 1:42.3 | have that the wife kid family you you got to have that you got to have you. The wife, kid, family, you got to have that. You got to have it. You got to get it, fellas. If you don't get anything else, don't bargain for petty privileges. Don't bargain nanograms of weed. Them owners don't give a damn about you smoking weed. This is the problem though, this is the problem. The people that are representing us are damn there on the other side anyway. |
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