Our latest episode of the Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast welcome Harry Ruiz the Spanish voice of the Las Vegas Raiders
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00:00 Welcome back everybody to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast.
00:07 Very excited to have back on the podcast my very good friend.
00:12 We did a great feature of him.
00:14 Ezekiel Trezevant did on Sports Illustrated.
00:17 He is a great guy.
00:19 He's a great friend.
00:21 He is the Spanish voice of Raider football.
00:24 I just call him my buddy.
00:26 The great Harry Ruiz.
00:27 Harry, how are you friend?
00:28 What's up, Ando?
00:29 I mean, I'm a little bit sick, but what a better time to get sick than the bye week,
00:33 right?
00:34 So I got a couple of days to get ready for next Tuesday when we're back in the studio
00:37 over there at Raiders headquarters recording a podcast in Spanish and then interviewing
00:41 players on Wednesday, radio show on Friday, game day on Sunday, and then two games in
00:45 five days.
00:46 So I got to be ready.
00:47 So right now it's a perfect time.
00:49 I'll tell you what, my whole bye week plans went up in smoke and they were good ones because
00:54 my wife got sick.
00:55 Man, I'll just tell you what, you're right.
00:57 Thank God it happened on the bye week.
00:59 Exactly, brother.
01:00 Hey, we here.
01:01 We here.
01:02 I want to dig in now and I love your opinions.
01:06 And one thing that I say this all the time, Harry, the way I judge a good journalist is
01:13 if I can be at the same game with them and I think I pay close attention.
01:20 I think I take studious notes.
01:21 I think I do a good job.
01:22 I wouldn't have done it this long and work for who I work for if I didn't.
01:26 But if I can learn something from them and I sat next to him in a press box, I'm like,
01:33 okay, that's a good journalist right there.
01:35 One of the things that I admire about you besides our friendship is that every time
01:40 I've talked Raiders with you, you've brought a perspective that maybe I didn't have.
01:45 And I really admire that about you.
01:47 You're detail oriented.
01:51 You're a scrapper.
01:52 I love that.
01:53 I want to ask you, we are into the five weeks after the bye week into the AP regime.
02:02 He had a 10 week interview, nine games, 10 weeks because of the bye.
02:07 I think he has done almost everything perfectly.
02:12 He's made a couple of rookie mistakes, which any rookie coach would have made.
02:18 For example, the first time he throws a challenge flag, he did it on his own.
02:22 That's a mistake.
02:23 So he puts a process in place that someone upstairs has to tell him to challenge it.
02:29 During the Chiefs, he challenges a third and one because he's told they're wrong.
02:35 I don't put that on him.
02:37 But my point is, I think other than a few minor rookie mistakes, I think he has done
02:42 an exceptional job considering he's a rookie coach with a rookie OC and a rookie quarterback.
02:48 Where am I wrong?
02:49 No, you're right, man.
02:51 I mean, he's doing everything that he can in his power.
02:54 He's putting power on the players' hands.
02:56 He's earning the trust of the players to be able to give him their all on the field.
03:02 And you've noticed that in very tough games against the Dolphins and the Chiefs, two teams
03:07 that are contenders to make it to the Super Bowl this season, two teams that are fighting
03:12 for their divisions, that are leaders in their divisions.
03:15 And you've seen the level of the opposition increase for the Raiders under AP.
03:20 You went against the Giants team that isn't very good.
03:22 You just clobbered them.
03:24 That was good.
03:25 Then you faced an elite defense in the Jets, and you were able to get the win against them.
03:29 And then you faced the best offense in football, and you only allowed 20 points.
03:33 The problem is that your offense wasn't able to keep up with them.
03:36 So you got that defeat.
03:37 And then you played against the defending Super Bowl champions.
03:41 You had a hot start, but then you got stopped, and you were defeated in this game.
03:45 But at the same time, I think you saw a fight from this team.
03:48 And that's all you can ask for at the moment.
03:50 You don't have the union that you could have had if Antonio Pierce was the coach since
03:56 week one.
03:57 You don't have everything in place.
03:58 And at the same time, most of the offensive concepts are the same that the team had before
04:04 Antonio Pierce took over.
04:06 You might not have Josh McDaniels anymore, but you still have a lot of that playbook
04:10 still in play.
04:11 You can't just throw everything in the dumpster and start from zero in week 10.
04:16 So the Raiders, they're in a difficult position, but at the same time, they're trying to make
04:22 the best out of it.
04:23 So Antonio Pierce, I like what he has done, and he still has five more weeks in this audition
04:29 to potentially become the permanent head coach of the Silver and Black.
04:33 I want to talk to you about that, because I don't think a lot of people give him credit.
04:39 No OTAs, no minicamp.
04:42 He comes in after the trade deadline.
04:44 So it isn't like he can go to champ and say, "I need you to get me this."
04:48 A lot of the playbook, Aiden didn't have a lot of practice in because he was the third
04:54 string.
04:55 He didn't have a lot of reps.
04:56 Some of it, Josh was trying to do because it was his system and they just didn't have
04:59 the players to do.
05:01 So you got to throw those parts of the playbook out.
05:04 I love the way they've adjusted to ask Aiden to do what he can do.
05:10 I think now that he's getting more confidence moving forward, we got to look for Aiden.
05:15 He's got to improve his play now.
05:16 He's played enough games.
05:17 He's got to step up and improve his play a little bit.
05:20 Not a little bit.
05:21 I don't think it has to be leaps and bounds.
05:23 I just think he has to step forward a little bit.
05:26 But good teams, and I was told this a long time ago by Bobby Bowden, the legendary Florida
05:31 State coach, good teams beat the teams they're supposed to.
05:37 They win those games that are 50/50 and occasionally steal one that they shouldn't.
05:42 When you look at the AP regime right now, when the season started, I predicted the Raiders
05:47 to finish 9-8 and be 5-7 at this point.
05:51 They're right where I thought they would be.
05:53 I think they're playing better than they were prior to the change.
05:56 I think they're playing harder.
05:59 They beat the teams they're supposed to beat.
06:02 The teams that are there, it's pretty even.
06:04 They've won those.
06:05 The only losses under AP were games that if you're a realist, they should have lost.
06:11 I think there is a lot here for Raider Nation to be encouraged with.
06:15 I know it's been decades of frustration.
06:18 I'm not minimizing that.
06:20 But I would really tell people, I think there's a lot here to be encouraged about.
06:24 Do you agree or disagree?
06:26 Yeah, and you can go back to last season, and I'm always a glass half-full kind of guy.
06:30 And yes, it hurt when the team lost all those double-digit leads and they ended up being
06:35 defeated by a field goal or a touchdown.
06:37 And it was frustrating.
06:38 But at the same time, I felt the team was closer to winning those games than to being
06:42 defeated by multiple possessions.
06:44 And I think that's the same situation we find ourselves in right now, where the team, I
06:49 feel, it's a step closer to getting those wins than to being defeated by multiple possessions
06:55 or just being completely out of the game.
06:57 And you can look at that Chiefs game, and you can look at the final score and say, yes,
07:01 it was a 14-point difference.
07:03 But if you looked at that game, you saw the Raiders in that first half, or pretty much
07:08 in the first 20 minutes of the game, dominating the game.
07:12 The problem is you can't find that consistency.
07:15 You haven't been able to obtain the way to stop those three and outs.
07:20 That has been the recipe for disaster for the Silver and Black right now, where you
07:24 look at the Miami game.
07:26 After that touchdown, how many possessions they went without moving the chains?
07:30 Six consecutive possessions in Miami without getting a first down.
07:33 And you only got a field goal.
07:34 Heck, you got an interception and two fumbles in that game, and you still weren't able to
07:39 win the game.
07:40 So just consistency on offense, that's what's missing for the Raiders.
07:43 But at the same time, I'm more optimist on the team being able to look better than being
07:50 the glass half empty kind of guy that a lot of folks I've seen out there on social media
07:55 be that they think that the Raiders are taking a step back.
07:58 No, I think they're taking steps forward right now with Antonio Pierce and Jam Kelly at the
08:02 helm.
08:03 I agree.
08:04 I want to read you a stat, and I think this will surprise you.
08:10 It's courtesy of NFL stats.
08:13 Josh Jacobs is the third ranked rusher in the NFL right now.
08:18 He's only 160 yards out of first place.
08:22 I mean, that is stunning to me.
08:26 He's behind Christian McCaffrey and Raheem Mostert.
08:31 To me, that's stunning.
08:34 If I would have had to guess off the top of my head, I would have probably said he was
08:37 10, 11, 12.
08:39 That really tells you how far he's come just since AP got the job.
08:44 I think it's exciting, and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do in these last five
08:48 games.
08:49 How about you?
08:50 I'm a Josh Jacobs fan, but I'll look at this perspective as well, Hondo.
08:53 He still hasn't had his bye week.
08:55 He will have it this week.
08:56 Other players will try to jump over him with that.
08:59 Also, the NFL is becoming a passing game where they're not using a running back the same
09:04 way that they used to in the past.
09:06 I'll agree.
09:07 Since Antonio Pierce took over, his mentality has been, "We have to run the ball."
09:12 What travels, what goes over well and plays the same way if you're at home or on the road?
09:17 Defense and the running game.
09:18 If you're able to establish both of them, you will have opportunities to win the game.
09:23 What happened?
09:24 They did so against the Giants.
09:25 They did so against the Jets.
09:26 They did so against the Dolphins.
09:28 They were in that game from beginning to end.
09:31 They extended their advantage, their lead against the Chiefs with a big run from Josh
09:35 Jacobs.
09:36 Unfortunately, if you take away that 63-yarder, Josh still averaged less than three yards
09:41 a carry in the rest of his carries in this game when it got out of hand.
09:45 Josh Jacobs, in my opinion, one of the best running backs in the league, but he needs
09:49 support.
09:50 He needs to be able to have an offense that in the second half keeps rolling and not just
09:55 depends on him to be able to move the chains and stay on the field.
09:59 100% agree.
10:01 I want to turn our attention to Robert Spillane, who I think has been one of the best free
10:06 agent signings in all the NFL this year.
10:09 He's a warrior.
10:11 He's always there.
10:12 He's always playing.
10:14 The guy breaks his hand or arm, gets surgeries back the next week, doesn't miss a game, plays
10:21 at a high level, getting interceptions with a cast on his arm.
10:25 This guy's a beast.
10:27 And man, is he a typical, prototypical Raider in what you expect from a Raider defender?
10:33 Absolutely.
10:34 And I'm actually checking a tweet that I posted on August 11th and I put, "Rob Spillane is
10:40 a dog.
10:41 #RaiderNation is going to fall in love with him and his turnover creating mentality."
10:46 That was back in August 11th.
10:48 We're five months later and I'm like, I love it that we were able to show that that was
10:52 the reality because Robert Spillane, man, the Raiders hit a home run with him.
10:57 And Hondo, you were there for the press conferences during OTAs and during preseason and training
11:02 camp and everything.
11:03 Every time he hit the podium, the way that he would speak, I mean, you hear him in a
11:08 confident way trying to preach and trying to be the kind of guy that the players follow.
11:14 And what happens?
11:15 He becomes a captain just a couple of months into his time with the Raiders.
11:20 September 1st, he was announced as one of the team captains and he's one of the leaders
11:23 of this team.
11:24 And then he goes on the field and he proves why the players like what he is saying.
11:30 It's like him and Max Crosby, you look at him and everybody wants to follow their lead.
11:34 So shout out to Rob Spillane, that guy, he's a beast on that defense.
11:38 And I'm glad that he even, we've seen one of his liabilities was the pass defense and
11:45 he has improved in that.
11:47 He's a great, and the run stop, he's been able to do that.
11:49 So he's become a more complete player since arriving with the Raiders and who's his position
11:54 coach Hondo?
11:55 Antonio Pierce.
11:56 I want to change gears a little bit with you because since Antonio Pierce has taken over,
12:05 I have been so impressed with the Raider home crowd.
12:09 Now the Chiefs, I think had more fans there than the Raiders on Sunday, but, and it's
12:18 because a lot of those tickets were sold before the change, but still Raider nation crowd
12:24 was, was, was extremely loud.
12:27 These people are so hungry for a winner.
12:29 When I see people complaining about the crowds, I tell them when this team starts winning
12:35 or even being competitive, Raider nation is going to show up and show out.
12:40 I don't think that's a concern that the people should have your thoughts on the crowd in
12:44 my, my theory.
12:45 Yeah, no, absolutely.
12:46 And I've actually been out there.
12:49 I go every tailgate.
12:50 I go out to, I arrive at the stadium five hours before the game to set up my equipment,
12:55 have everything ready, have everything set that way.
12:58 When the tailgates open, I can go out to the tailgate and be with Raider nation for two
13:02 hours, two and a half hours before I make a lap on the field and head up to the press
13:06 box for my one hour pregame show on the radio Raider nation.
13:10 They've been hyped since the moment that Antonio Pierce took over this team.
13:15 And they felt that this leadership reflects them.
13:18 They see themselves in people like Antonio Pierce and champ Kelly, and they feel the
13:23 hype and they go out there to the stadium and they feel more excited before they would
13:28 go.
13:29 They would be there.
13:30 They didn't like the previous leadership.
13:32 It's up to them to decide if they liked him or not.
13:34 He was always fair with me.
13:35 He was always good with me.
13:37 I have no criticism towards him as a person.
13:39 The results weren't going his way, but Antonio Pierce, the fans are loving what he is bringing
13:44 to this team and they see competitiveness on the field and they see a team fighting
13:49 for it for them.
13:51 And I had a bunch of friends that went out to Miami for that game and yes, the Raiders
13:56 lost, but they made that flight back saying, Hey, you know what?
13:59 We were in it.
14:00 A lot of people thought that Miami was just going to run us over.
14:02 A lot of people thought Miami might've put 70 on us like they did on Denver and they
14:07 did it.
14:08 Why?
14:09 Because this team fought for their leader and they are loving what they're seeing.
14:12 So Raider Nation, I tell you guys, go out to Allegiant Stadium, have fun, have a blast.
14:18 We got two games in five days.
14:20 It doesn't matter if it's a Sunday.
14:21 It doesn't matter if it's a Thursday.
14:22 It don't matter if it's cold.
14:24 I need everybody out there at Allegiant Stadium and supporting this squad.
14:27 I'm going to go out and tour some of the tailgates.
14:31 We're thinking about doing a story on the tailgates, so I may have to tag along with
14:34 you.
14:35 Would you care?
14:36 Absolutely, man.
14:37 Lot J, that's where I go because it's the closest to the media entrance.
14:41 At the same time, I got a lot of friends that are out there, so it serves also to just feed
14:46 off on their energy and see what they are saying, see what they are feeling, and then
14:50 just go into the broadcast booth and take that energy out of my body with the broadcast.
14:56 That's why a lot of people say, "Hey, we feel you when you do those calls, when you share
15:00 those calls."
15:01 It's like, "Hey, man, I'm a member of the Raider Nation.
15:03 I'm out there with them.
15:04 I'm feeling what they're feeling, so put it out there on the broadcast that way."
15:07 So come on out, Ando.
15:08 All right, I'm going to go with you.
15:10 I'll call you.
15:11 I'll text you before next game, and I'll walk around with you.
15:14 We're going to do a story on the people.
15:16 This last game, Ando, folks, I don't know what happened.
15:18 I don't know if it was because it was a Sunday after Thanksgiving, but they were slow.
15:22 They didn't get to get out there early.
15:24 So I tell Raider Nation, if you're coming out to Vegas for a game, the tailgates open
15:29 four hours before the game.
15:31 So this next game is what, at 1 o'clock?
15:33 So 9 a.m.
15:34 Be there.
15:35 Be there early.
15:36 If you're in a hotel, get there early.
15:38 Wake up early.
15:39 If you're coming out to Vegas, wake up early.
15:42 And I'm going with you.
15:43 All right, a couple more questions.
15:44 I'm going to let you go.
15:46 I have said that whatever Mark Davis chooses to do is his choice.
15:53 It's not my job as a media member to tell him what he should do.
15:58 I'm rooting for AP, but whatever Mark decides is his decision.
16:03 It's his team.
16:05 But I do believe it's going to be a legacy-defining decision, whatever he does.
16:12 He gets the team here, gets them a new stadium, the best practice facility, the best stadium
16:19 in all of the National Football League.
16:21 He couldn't control the Gruden emails.
16:25 This was a decision he made with Josh, his decision.
16:28 But to me, this is a legacy-defining.
16:31 Do you agree or disagree with that?
16:33 Absolutely, Hondo.
16:36 I mean, he wants to win.
16:38 Nobody wants to win more than Mark Davis wants to win.
16:42 He wants to get his first Super Bowl as the owner of the Silver and Black.
16:46 He wants this team to be up there.
16:49 And look, you look over at Al Davis.
16:52 What was his passion?
16:53 Football.
16:54 That was the only thing he cared about.
16:56 And Mark Davis right now, what's the only thing he cares about?
16:59 Winning for the Raiders.
17:00 He won with the Aces already.
17:02 He wants to be a part of that movement with women's basketball and help that league grow.
17:07 He enjoys it.
17:08 But his baby, the one that he has had since his father passed away, has been the Raiders.
17:13 And he wants to continue the legacy of his father.
17:16 And he wanted to win the moment that he hired John Gruden.
17:19 He wanted to win the moment that he hired Josh McDaniels.
17:23 And he's going to want to win the moment that he hires the next head coach.
17:26 But it has been 40 years since the Raiders last won a Super Bowl.
17:30 That needs to change.
17:31 And now they're in a new home.
17:32 If they want to take over the Vegas market, there's no better way than becoming a consistent
17:38 contender to be someone that's always fighting.
17:41 Look over at the Chiefs.
17:42 They've played in three out of the last four Super Bowls.
17:44 They've won two of them.
17:46 That's why you see so many of their fans just going crazy all over the place because they're
17:51 winners and they're able to show off all that swag and be like, "Hey, we beat you guys.
17:56 I was at a party the night before the game."
17:58 Shout out to the Black Hole.
18:00 And a fan came over and he's like, "Hey, we own you guys."
18:03 I was like, "Man, five years ago, you didn't even wear Chiefs gear."
18:06 And I'm pretty sure that was the case or he wouldn't even go out there and enjoy his team.
18:10 Raider Nation, it has been four decades since the last time they won a Super Bowl.
18:15 So the Raider Nation, they're always out there representing.
18:17 They're always doing out there their thing.
18:19 Win, lose, or tie, Raider Nation till we die.
18:22 So the Raider Nation, they're out there and supporting.
18:24 Can you imagine now if they win a Super Bowl?
18:26 So definitely, this is a career-defining moment, this next hire, because the Raiders, the Raider
18:31 Nation, winning is everything.
18:33 And we got to change.
18:36 The future can't be what's the most important part.
18:39 It's the present.
18:40 The Raiders need to be right now a team that's contending.
18:44 So let's hope that the present becomes the most important part for the Silver and Black.
18:49 You just said something that blew my mind.
18:52 So you're at a Black Hole party.
18:55 Shout out to my guy, Cisco Ortega.
18:58 You're at a Black Hole party, and there was a Chief fan there?
19:03 Yeah.
19:04 He tried to bump my arm, and I saw the moment that he was walking into that bar, and I was
19:10 like, "You know what?
19:11 I'm just going to stand here, and I ain't going to move."
19:14 And he tried to bump into me, and I was like, "Hey."
19:16 I was like, "I saw all the Raider fans next to me."
19:18 I was like, "Nothing's going to happen here."
19:19 But he tried to be all rough and everything.
19:22 I was like, "Nope, not happening."
19:24 Trying to be rough at a Black Hole party when you're not a part of the Black Hole is not
19:35 wise.
19:36 Exactly.
19:37 So it is what it is.
19:38 Oh my gosh.
19:39 We had fun.
19:40 We had a good time.
19:41 That's hilarious.
19:42 All right.
19:43 So listen.
19:44 Last thing I want to talk to you about, and I think the fun of football has been returned.
19:50 I like you.
19:52 Don't have an ill word to say about Josh McDaniels, the person.
19:56 I liked him as a human being.
19:58 Thought he was a good man, great father.
20:00 I don't think he was an arrogant schmuck like he was in Denver.
20:07 I certainly think he was so focused in on the process that he didn't see the tree for
20:14 the woods, and I think there were some things he was clueless on.
20:18 But I love that the fun of football has returned, and I was talking to Max about this, but I
20:25 don't have an issue with the cigars in the locker room after wins.
20:30 You're supposed to celebrate these wins.
20:32 What I thought was hilarious was the last win at home.
20:36 I'm trying to remember who that was.
20:37 Was it maybe, I think it was the Giants.
20:38 Yeah, it was the Giants.
20:39 The Jets game.
20:40 Jets game.
20:41 Fans were lighting up victory cigars in the stands.
20:45 I didn't see it.
20:46 I think it was Willie Ramirez from the AP that reported it.
20:50 When I asked Max about it, he goes, "I love it."
20:55 Years ago, Matt Millen is a dear friend of mine.
20:59 Years ago, I was a beat reporter covering the Lions, and Matt Millen said something
21:03 on my TV show that I'll never forget.
21:06 He said, because him and I were talking between commercial breaks about the Raiders, and he
21:12 said to me, "Every other fan base in the NFL thinks they're part of the team."
21:19 He said, "But the Raiders is the only team where the players think the fans are part
21:26 of the team."
21:27 I thought that was one of the best quotes I've ever heard in my life.
21:30 I love that esprit de corps, that commonality.
21:37 Now the fans are going to light up the cigars.
21:39 I just think it's fun, and I think it's what makes Raider Nation Raider Nation.
21:43 Are you agreeing with me or not?
21:45 Oh, man.
21:46 Raider Nation, they are the heartbeat of this team.
21:49 Raider Nation, they're there.
21:51 Game in, game out.
21:52 I'm going to give a quick shout out to a buddy of mine, Brian, from All In On A Win.
21:56 He has a YouTube channel.
21:58 He travels to every single Raiders game.
22:00 He's from LA.
22:01 Last year, he traveled to every regular season game, all 17 games.
22:05 He's doing the same this year.
22:06 I love watching his channel because he goes to the pregame parties the night before.
22:10 He goes to the game.
22:11 He records at the tailgate.
22:13 He puts the spotlight on the Raider Nation.
22:18 I've always been a Raider fan, but I remember going to my first Raider game and just having
22:22 a blast at the tailgate with my uncle Panda and being like, "This is awesome."
22:26 My first game was in San Diego, and he was like, "If you love this, let's go to Oakland
22:30 next week."
22:31 We went to Oakland the following week.
22:33 Man, I was a fan.
22:34 My fandom just went to another level, and that was always me.
22:37 I would get to Oakland at the tailgates at 8 in the morning, and I would party all day
22:42 long until the end of the day with Raider Nation.
22:44 I was like, "Hey, you know what?
22:46 This is completely different.
22:48 I'm a Dodger fan.
22:49 I'm a Laker fan, and I love my teams, but the Raiders, man, the Raider Nation, it's
22:53 just on another level, and they are the heartbeat of this team."
22:57 Look, the reality is players come and go.
23:00 Coaches come and go.
23:01 Front office folks come and go.
23:03 Dictators, they come and go.
23:05 The fans, they always stay, and Raider Nation, they have a loyalty second to none.
23:11 They've been with this team through thick and thin, through wins, through losses, and
23:16 I can't wait for the moment that the Raiders win a Super Bowl, and I hope I get to call
23:20 it, Hondo.
23:21 All right.
23:22 Now, I'm going to ask you this question.
23:23 What was your uncle's name again?
23:25 His name is George.
23:26 His nickname is Panda, like a panda bear, because he's a big dude.
23:30 Okay.
23:31 Now, let me tell you, I'm trying to learn Spanish, and it's not going well for me, because
23:37 the people who are native Spanish talkers like yourself speak ... I mean, when you speak
23:42 English, you speak slow.
23:45 It's so fast, it's so hard for me to pick up.
23:48 Any tips?
23:49 Hablamos un poquito rápido en español, pero necesitas empezar a escuchar a la gente en
23:54 español, la verdad, un poquito más seguido.
23:56 You got to start listening to folks speak in Spanish a little bit faster, so I'll suggest
24:01 you to watch some telenovelas on Univision or Telemundo, so the hearing becomes a little
24:06 bit more consistent for you, Hondo.
24:08 Check out some novelas.
24:09 That will help.
24:10 You got to tell you, I love watching it when I see reels or TikToks of you calling the
24:16 game.
24:17 I haven't even texted you before.
24:18 I just love it.
24:19 You get so excited, and you speak a million miles an hour.
24:22 It's just fun.
24:23 Harry, I'm not a fan, although I care about the team.
24:27 I want them to do well.
24:28 They're good people.
24:29 They're a great bunch of people in this organization.
24:31 I want them to do well, but you are a friend, a dear friend, and I just love you dearly,
24:38 and I love the way you do your job.
24:41 You're so good at it.
24:42 Once again, thanks for joining us, my friend.
24:45 Of course, Hondo.
24:46 We'll be here, brother.
24:47 Thank you so much for the invite, and hope to see you out there soon next week in Vegas.
24:52 He is the great Harry Ruiz, the Spanish voice of the Las Vegas Raiders, and I'm Hondo Carpenter.
24:57 Merry Christmas to all of you, or Feliz Navidad, and I'm with Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation
25:03 Las Vegas Raiders Insider Podcast, part of the Fans First Sports Network.
25:07 Thanks for joining us tonight, everybody.