After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 1

One way to hear from Aaron Vermont. I never believed he would be anywhere else, and I am not at all surprised that he has reported for the start of training camp, but I think it interesting that what we heard from him on Wednesday did seem to jive so much with the concession in the contractor in his contract. The concessions from the Packers that reportedly wore the final pieces to getting him back to Green Bay on time for training. As I listened to him speak on Wednesday. I would, I would say for sure.

It left me with questions. Number one, number two, I don't really know what to believe. The part that that I keep coming back to how much of this is nothing much trying to explain what happened, but how much of this is maybe trying to stem the tide.

How much of this is feeling like he can use public reaction and the fans to see the way them toward him. How much of it is about maybe trying to share his grievances publicly. So he has a foothold moving forward, whereas the team ends up looking as though they're not taking care of their big star. I do know it's very melodramatic.

That was one thing that came to mind. It's very melodramatic. Honestly, now that he spoke in and now that he's explain his side of the story. It doesn't sound as though he's going to let it go. It sounds like he's gonna carry this as a chip on his shoulder like he had say since the draft against every other team that didn't select him before the Packers picked up a number 24 and he did say over and over that it's not about Jordan.

Love, but it's evident that he really does have an issue with the fact that the team drafted his replacement. And while he won't see in those specific terms what he said there was no commitment to me beyond the 21 season even though it was under contract to him drafting his replacement indicated that the Packers were very soon ready to move on and you can hear what Aaron says to say we waited a long time. We really have finally, I hope that after this we can get back to talking about football in Green Bay.

I really do believe that the Packers have taken steps toward trying to smooth things over with Erin for instance, trading with the Texans to bring back one of his favorite receivers in Randall Cobb.

I mean I would get us re-sign Jordy Nelson to I wouldn't mind seeing Jordy back in the NFL. The, the idea that the Packers have not tried to meet them halfway or that they've ignored his concerns. That's clearly not true. They're doing what they can to compromise their doing what they can to show their MVP that they care about his feelings because he's got plenty of feelings.

He's he's all about his feelings is not what LeRoy Butler said to us what a joy it is on the show last week sometime this players we get all up in our feelings and we think the team owes us something we the teak think the team has to listen to us. They don't anyway. He remarried and you can decide for yourself, but this is one of those storylines that I'm ready to put to bed.

Maybe Aaron is not ready to put it to bed but I'm ready to put into bed we can talk about the football. There was other QB news on Wednesday we had to hear. Matthew Stafford first training camp practices as a member of the Rams. He sounds reinvigorated. No drama. There, both the general manager and the head coach of the Houston Texans talking about Sean Watson in practice Lamar Jackson. He just tested positive for COBIT for the second time in eight months. Apparently it can happen. And it's not all that rare of an occurrence, but he has a plan, say, to say if this plan works out the way he designed it he would be the first and only the NFL ever to have this honor and this distinction and then John Gruden as only John Gruden can be so there is a lot there were to get you in the world of football but can I be honest football actually wasn't the number one thing in my sports world on Wednesday. I've told you before, but if you missed it. I love love love love love swimming at the Olympics. I've been watching swimming at the Olympics since I was a kid. It's it's one of my favorite things about either the winter or the summer games is watching the swimming all my gosh this princess dress me out. My heart rate goes through the roof when I'm watching the shorter races like the 50 m free or the 100 m freestyle in the men's event is what we saw on Wednesday, Thursday, there Thursday are Wednesday and so I got a real good workout for the ticker on Wednesday night.

I know a lot of these events, not the swimming actually the swimming was live but a lot of the events that your watching in prime time in the evenings. Those are events that have already taken place. But I don't mind, I still enjoy going back and watching even in the event that I know what happened but the swimming is alive and so were watching it in real time, as were watching in prime time.

It's it's prime time for us, obviously, but there's a 13 hour time difference between Tokyo and our Eastern time zone. There's a 16 hour time difference between the Pacific time zone and Tokyo, but the swimming is been lot. It lines up perfectly and so it's been really cool couple of races that I was actually cheering out loud in my living room. As I was watching and that got me out of my seat. One of I kid you not. Got me to ball and I was bawling. I bet you USA. It's after hours with Amy here on CBS board to our live from the rocket mortgage Studios when you need cash out of your home in a simple way to get it.

Rocket can. I'm not so much getting cash out of my home. But putting a lot of cash into my home. However, I do believe I found a contractor for all of the repairs at my house thank you for caring. You can find me on Twitter a little radio also on her Facebook page after hours with Emile are and's it was relatively insane. The number of comments about this immobile situation in Tokyo. She did actually post on social media on again would've been her Thursday our Wednesday and so it was good to hear from her. Good to know that she feels supported and that she feels loved. So here is what Simone posted on her Twitter account about four hours ago the outpouring love and support I received has made me realize I am more than my accomplishment and gymnastics, which I never truly believed before that breaks my heart.

I know it's something that a lot of young people go through and she's only 20 4K this is not a woman who is wise beyond her years. It's a woman who's a young woman whose figuring it out as she goes along. And I always think about my nieces when I'm talking about young female athletes. One of my nieces is the exact same age as the mobiles and while she is not a world-class athlete. I also worry about her. When it comes to her self-esteem when it comes to her competence when it comes to how she views herself when it comes to social media because I hate the way the social media treats young women really young people in general.

Actually everyone in general, but I worry about young women who at this age at 24 years old can be really impressionable and can take some of the comments that they see and hear too hard in ways that they shouldn't be absorbed in our hearts. I am so thankful. Social media was not around when I was a young woman because I struggle with insecurity for sure, stems from well all kind of family issues, and so I can empathize with Simone feeling like her accomplishments, her gymnastics define her and I appreciate this revelation. She never truly believe that she's more than her accomplishments, and gymnastics. And if it takes this difficult experience at the Olympics when the whole world is watching for her to recognize how much support there is even when she's not competing how much support there is for her as a young woman as a human being. As an American as a role model. If it took this for her to understand how much people care about her and how much she is loved will then it it's worth it. Every young woman needs to know that every young person needs to know that and so I was encouraged to read what she posted on social media not encouraged to read all of your comments on social media. Heavens, I've gone through all of them. There are hundreds and hundreds of them just on our social media alone. I do think that largely the support inside the world of sports has been overwhelmingly positive. And as I said to you last night you go back and listen to the podcast.

I feel for her.

I care about her and what happens moving forward. I can't really empathize with her decision because were wired differently, but I respect that it's her choice, and I mostly want her to be okay.

I mostly want her to know that who she is inside matters for more than what she does on a floor exercise routine or on the balance beam. I'm glad she's healthy physically healthy, and I do think it could took a lot of guts to do what she has done though. I hope this is not the last we see of her. I sincerely hope that we do get to see her compete in the event finals not for us though.

I love watching her compete, but for her. I hope she finds a space in her mind and her heart before Sunday where she is full of joy where she just wants to go out there and do what she loves, because it's clear she loves it.

She is passion for it, issues that very often everything else that comes with being a world-class athlete or a world-class anything everything that comes with being in the spotlight athletes can identify with what she's going through all of that creates this otherworldly pressure and again she's 24 years old.

It's a lot to ask of her.

And so taking time away for your mental health.

You don't completely destroy your physical body but also do permanent damage.

That's okay maybe shouldn't handle it the way that you would or I would've but it doesn't matter because neither you nor I are Simone Biles, neither you nor I is Simone Biles, one of those where you can pick either singular or plural.

It's after hours with Amy Lords of VBS again. Now you can find me on Twitter, a law radio or on our Facebook page were not get to spend the whole show on Simone though. I wanted to make sure I shared her tweet with you know what I wanted to do from the Olympics is talk about the freaking thing to raise is that I love so much. On Wednesday night/Thursday in Tokyo for the first one was a brand-new event at the Olympics. You remember in the women's swimming.

They've got the 1500 m freestyle relay which is like 16 minutes of swimming fast swimming fast it would take me over an hour to do what Katie led Jackie did it in 15 minutes – I mean, I'm a mole I'm a steady swimmer I can swim, but my God is if anyone did not yet know the just there. I mean all of them for how long they that they can continue to swim at such a high level at such a pace so the 1500 m relay is a new event in the women's side of things in the men's side on Wednesday.

Prime time we got to see the first ever 800 m freestyle and is super exciting because Bobby think of the United States.

He was back fifth place six place until he while he saved the best for last until his finishing kick which was good on I love that I love that call with route again. The company there on NBC's board super cool for Bobby and get his reaction was awesome but that that closing lap.

It was really exciting and died. They just they swim forever long enough that there were commercials playing with one other thing that NBC put the pool over on the left side of this region aired commercials on the right that the longest race takes completely the opposite, though for the 100 m freestyle and this is the first time that Caleb Dressel even individual race right of this is part of his Olympic schedule in which he's in six different races. It's an insane schedule. We've seen other guys do it with another guy's attempted but the post Michael Phelps era and into the void steps a get well swims a Caleb Dressel individual Olympic gold medal of Dressel's career and it was two laps insane pace and Dressel is behind and he closes and the Olympic record and the gold medal and everything that he has trained for. To this point it it just all manifested itself perfectly in those 47 seconds you guys 47 seconds Eddie beat the number two guy in the pool by 6/100 of a second. I mean it's it's crazy. I keep watching it actually appeared on ABC sport that NBC is replaying their prime time coverage and so it's awesome to be able to watch these events again now that I don't of the stress of not knowing what's going to happen.

Okay, so after Caleb wins because his family is not there because it all the rare occasions we've seen a lot of the not a lot but we seen some of the athletes with family members as their coaches, which is kinda cool because they get to celebrate think the US diving team are synchronized diving team. One of them has their dad there as a coach and so you do have a couple of family moments here and there. Remember we spoke to bash Ty Cunningham last weekend. She's actually on her way to Tokyo now to compete for the US in the high jump and her dad Randall Cunningham is her coach so he gets to go with her so there are these rare occasions where you've got a family member. Here there but in Caleb's case in most of the cases what's happening is, these families are all gathered together in Orlando.

That's where a lot of the swimming families have come together and so there watching on a big screen screaming, yelling, freaking out.

As you can imagine, getting emotional, and then we get to see them but also the elites are watching the replays once they're done so in Caleb's case, he walked up to Michelle to FOIA and gets ready to do his post race interview. He's already emotional from the fact that he had just set a new Olympic record he got his first individual gold medal. He's finally seeing the culmination of everything he's worked for and he walks up to Michelle and the microphone to see his family watching the end of the race with his wife who is as you can imagine emotional puddle model could barely watch you cannot crack a smile until it's all over.

It is just amazing to see the reaction to their reaction even as Michelle try to ask you about setting this Olympic records show he starts crying and then Michelle puts him live on a video call with his family and then they start crying. He can't even speak. I start crying. I'm sure I wasn't the only one he was crying it was. It was amazing.

It was probably my favorite moment of these Olympics so far right up there with Lydia Jacoby and her crazy classmates celebrating in Seward, Alaska.

As she wins the gold medal in her event so yeah it was it was off them out of the mic and find the video so I can share with you so you can cry to. Yes, Caleb Dressel and his family getting connected post race and this incredible athlete can't even speak because he so overcome by emotion and his wife, crying at his moms crying. It ever was God. Like I said it was just I was a puddle. It was amazing.

So congratulations to Caleb congratulations to Bobby. Also congratulations to the women who competed in the 200 m freestyle relay. The Americans came in second place a really tight race of Katie led Jackie was part of yet another silver relay it's going you guys it's going the women's three on three team first time for the sport at the Olympics and the Americans grabbed the gold in that event as well. So I know that the ratings for these Olympics are reportedly down almost 35% but I don't care. I am enjoying them and they gave me a jolt of of energy and some of the emotional moments I wouldn't have missed it, even if nobody else is watching. I appreciate that I get it to us to see it so I hope that you will check some of the events out of you have it yet because there's really a lot there 855-212-4227 that's her toll-free line. You can find me on Twitter our show account is after hours. CBS and then also on her Facebook page. So close that weekend. Not close enough.

But closer to after hours with Amy CBS you are listening to the after-hours podcast is use after-hours with the Lord's will. I know we haven't done much baseball this week.

It a relatively insane week. My mom actually sent me a text about an hour ago and said do you anything to talk about tonight. There's that that's out of touch.

My mom is with sports do you have anything to talk about tonight. I very politely wrote back. Yes, there's so much going on I can't keep up. So I would assume she does. The Olympics are taking place because I've been talking about the Olympics and the fact that we've had, not only a couple of current and former Olympians on the show, but also that I've I've been talking about some of the cool events that I freaking authority on calculus on Wednesday as she's doing some summer prep for her what she swears is her final year as a teacher I'll believe it when I actually see her walk away, but yes give anything to talk about tonight. I so much to talk about that. I feel like I'm chasing my tail mom. That's just how it's going. So we don't have a lot of extra time to be breaking out all your baseball headlines that we have shared some walkouts with you this week, and there have been some trades because the major league baseball trading deadline comes up in a mere three days right so count with me Thursdays 29 July, Fridays the third. How is that even possible. Friday is 30 July. Saturday is 31 July. Seriously, do you know Sunday is August 1 when I got I got a check my phone. My calendar cannot actually be right that can be right. That's got to be wrong so I don't get God to the driving range.

One time, and had one BJ in the entire summer and it's almost August. I'm telling you as much as I appreciate the fact that this July is different than last July where we were just welcoming our sports back and there were no Olympics. It is a July unlike any I've ever experienced in my entire freaking career. It is, I mean it's ridiculous is what not complaining I'm just stating the obvious and help anyway. My apologies to baseball doesn't really haven't spent a whole lot of time running the bases, but show a Otani with his 37th home run of the season thing to say he is not experiencing any type of fallout or\is home run swaying is not going on strike in the wake of the home run Derby so it's been cool to to see him pick up where he left off and what was that a couple of days ago, pitching seven innings of one run baseball at his last pitch is 100 mph he so good for baseball claims will actually talk about baseball again but at this point baseballs, share in the center ring at the circus. Actually, it's after hours with Amy here on CBS sports radio so baseball trade deadline in did you know what else the NBA draft is Thursday night. Yes, we how much time I spent thinking about the NBA draft. No joke is that you might not respect me as a host. I haven't spent much time thinking about it at all, but we will talk about it this time tomorrow right so word were to jam it is much as we can before the end of the week.

Producer James is working with us because producer Dave is out for the rest of the week. He's got some personal issues that he is attending to. I think issue. It sounds like he's got something going on that's wrong and he's he's got some personal matters to attend to their ago and so I got a text from James on Wednesday afternoon and he was just mentioning were working together for the next two nights which is great. I appreciate that proactive producer but my favorite text that James sent with something along the lines of the sound is OKAY so without giving anything away. James what did you think was awesome about it because were to let the people spirit after our next break here after we hear from Bob you slow but what about it made you say it's awesome is just so really streusel honors. I mean there's no filter there is no he's just telling you exactly what I think you been doing this whole time and it is what we been waiting for for months now.

Honestly so following just to hear him say it just made it no is worth it. Definitely no V-chip. The man is I got the point is life in his career where he does not care.

Aaron Rod don't care. He don't care what the packers think of them may be cares of his teammates think about, but I'd I'm not even sure that's the case I he's he's just going to be Aaron draw for better or for worse than I felt like as he was sharing his perspective, which you will hear as we come up on it and in the next few minutes that he's not doing anything to smooth things over. The packers are trying, he appears to be driving that wedge even deeper and potentially creating this situation were either his teammates bedeviling the fans are expected to take sides, which I think is an interesting dynamic. When you are I team it's going to back to back NFC championship and you got back to back. 13. Three campaigns you had two consecutive playoff runs in which you had a by I mean it's it's it will see if this upset the apple cart or if it motivates him even further.

You can decide when you hear him, but in the words of producer James Saud is off so anyway that's where we had bags you are listening to the after-hours podcast. Rogers goes on three receivers right to the left of a slot left side Rogers looking over the fence on third down or snap the Rogers blitz Rogers lawsuits is so you are after-hours with Amy Lawrence would be really funny if Aaron Rodgers was MVP for a second that could be here after all of this crap in my crap I just mean the volume of conversation and the speculation and the rumors that the reports and the wondering and the analysis and what happens I will he ends up exactly where he was four months ago so I'm glad that Rogers and the Packers have not yet divorced because I do feel as though he has something to prove. Still, with Green Bay and I didn't want it to end this way. It's it's funny right as I'm not invested but I didn't wanted to end like this. It would left a bad taste. I think a lot of people looking back on Aaron's career although maybe not because I don't believe that a lot of people look at Brett Favre and and think his his career was tarnished. He now has a great relationship with Green Bay, even though at the time when he knew he was no longer wanted it. It was awkward and I was glad for Devante Adams. I'm glad for the rest of the packers. I'm really glad for Matt Lafleur. Could you imagine although I did wonder briefly if potentially Jordan love was kind of bummed out to know that Aaron draw plane had landed back in Wisconsin, but that is neither here nor there, because very quickly J low. As Aaron calls him was relegated to number two on the depth charts. It's after hours with Emile are on CBS.

No, A-Rod speaks you've all been waiting and waiting.

I wanted to speak a long time ago. He didn't.

He waited until his first day of practice and do we want you to hear it in his own words. Okay, so you want to share your reaction on our show Twitter after hours CBS or on our Facebook page named after the show. Initially he was talking about how he did contemplate retirement, but that ultimately he didn't want his career to end the way that it it would've when we last saw him, which was a loss at home in the NFC championship to find something for my monitor my workouts. I just realized from the largest employer want to see if 100% at the Rogers is back for his 17th year he has one of his favorite receivers back in Randall Cobb but he went out and rated for him and brought it back from the Houston Texans, but will will get to that coming up what was the real issue with the Green Bay Packers. Aaron is a transparent draft. This was conversation February season hundred dollars expressed my desire to be more involved in conversations directly affect my job to help the organization learn from mistakes in the past might've been doing some outgoing veterans were treated just the fact that we didn't return a number of players or players to our foundation. Aaron wanted the Packers to see the error of their ways. That is off them. He just flat out said I really feel like I have some life lessons that I can offer the Green Bay Packers so they don't make the same mistakes again and as has been reported. He confirmed that part of his issue is that he felt like there were veteran players who were caught.

There were players who were traded whether it was because they were his personal favorites, or whether it was just because he felt like the organization do not value them going back to his Kenny main interview. What did we hear from him over and over. Our culture is about the people it's built on the people and I do believe the people I need to be valued more than they are okay so Rogers right away confirms that it's it's partly about the fact that he wanted to be consulted.

He wanted his input to be valued and he felt like what he saw around him didn't indicate that the Green Bay Packers organization was valuing some of its athletes okay so input valuing the people. Those are two themes that we heard right away and then he goes on to say I wanted to feel wanted.

My guess is that such a girl thing to do its it's like when you're in a relationship or married which everyone happens to be, and you would like your significant other to take out the trash or to pay you a compliment or to do the dishes or to hold the door open, but you can't ask because then it defeats the whole purpose you want your significant other to want to help you take the trash out. You want your significant other your partner to want to give you a compliment to see it all by himself or herself. You don't need to beef fishing will Aaron Rogers wanted to feel wanted by the Green Bay Packers and he didn't want to have to go through this whole charade to get them to watch him season and beyond any time soon for me to assess the situation, not assuming wanted to be a lame-duck quarterback, especially after the season you can understand, which I think you can understand which of the reporters in the room could understand that after winning an MVP in the NFL. He didn't want to be a lame-duck quarterback that I thought was hysterical. Why in the world would he pack that on. I am sure that you all can understand. As former MVPs, your self that I wanted to have a commitment from the team that cracked me up after hours with Emile is on CBS sports radio. My question Jake and he says that he felt like winning an MVP and playing as well as he had and going through all of what he's been through the Packers that there should be a commitment to him beyond the 21 season except he wanted is under contract through 23 season. Now he swears not about the money but I really I'm still thinking about that what you mean by there was no commitment to me beyond the 23 season if he referring to the fact that he thinks Aaron love was supposed to take over for him after 21 I think.

To me it seems like he was really upset by the Jordan love.

It seems to always boil down to is this really what it's all kind of started from two is right on. Writer took that pic so I think he's really bothered still by the Jordan love. So stick with me on this here because I this thought popped into my brain when he was drafted in 0505 I remember is the year he was drafted member the same draft is Alex Smith who went number one and then Roger slipped all the way to number 24 with the Packers, okay.

He sat behind Brett Favre for three seasons. The Packers were ready to move on. Even if Favre had retired they were ready to move on to Aaron brought them when Favre did retire in a fit of emotion they want to go back. They were they were ready to to advance to Rogers after three seasons Jordan love was drafted in 2000.

Weight 19 or 20, 20 right so 2021 season would've been two years. He said something about feeling like that he wasn't committed to me beyond 21 maybe in his mind he felt like two years was what they were going to do to get Jordan love ready and then after that he was going to be on the way out now is contract has a potential out in 22 so he placed her 21 he's got that all guaranteed, but then at 22. There's a potential out in this contract, so maybe that's what he's referring to.

Now he is if if the two sides agreed would be under contract through 22 and 23 he's not unrestricted free agent until 24 by there is a way for the two sides to part ways in 22 so eyes, going through the like just the mental exercises of this and try to figure out what he meant by that, because again he is committed to the team or the teams committed in terms of the contract, but he didn't feel like it was enough of a commitment and he wanted to be involved. He wanted to be involved more in what the team was doing in building wanted to be a part of conversations regions, which is never happened in my career. Most of my career seasons on my first son number five draft picks over the years trying to pass along information hasn't really been used sure was a published huge vacation destination. People come to play with me where 13 humans don't want to cherish if you're effective avenues in those restrictions was one of China's based on my years. The winter still play a natural part of conversation baby money cut is glorious people come to Green Bay as a vacation destination. They come here to play with me. I guess we do not have to worry about the state of Aaron run ego right I think is at the kids confidence level is justified.

No one needs to worry about whether Aaron can go forward without having been damaged by everything that happened in this off-season. People don't come to Green Bay as a vacation destination, says the California boy know people come here to play with me and the fact that I wasn't included in those discussions. OMG, as James said to me earlier on Wednesday afternoon the Aaron draw sound is oh my gosh will will let you your little more from Aaron out of the top of the hour, but yes, that's priceless. They don't come to Green Bay to hang. I mean come on my dad's old side of the families from Wisconsin and there's some pretty amazing lakes and vacation destinations in Wisconsin, especially in door County.

But now no they come to Green Bay to play with me. I could you imagine people come to CBS sports radio to work with me is after hours with Amy and Phoebe is 40