WEBVTT - #22: Super Bowl! 0:00:04.743 --> 0:00:07.303 NFL Power Rankings is a production of the NFL in 0:00:07.383 --> 0:00:10.583 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:10.943 --> 0:00:15.303 He's the NFL Power Rankings Show, presented to you by Energizer. 0:00:15.623 --> 0:00:20.063 Let's take the show on the road. No longer are we. 0:00:20.063 --> 0:00:23.783 Separated Eric at home by two thousand miles LA in Chicago. No, 0:00:23.903 --> 0:00:27.983 we're actually here together at the seventy fifth Reese's Senior 0:00:28.023 --> 0:00:29.623 Bowling after day one of practice. 0:00:30.263 --> 0:00:31.743 Why don't we just do this like this? 0:00:31.903 --> 0:00:34.143 Yeah, so much better this way. The connection is. 0:00:34.223 --> 0:00:35.983 Real, it is. It's good to see you. 0:00:36.103 --> 0:00:36.823 Good to see you too. 0:00:36.903 --> 0:00:38.663 All right, we did the fist pump, all right, I'm 0:00:38.703 --> 0:00:39.423 on the screen here. 0:00:39.903 --> 0:00:43.583 Only four teams that made it to the final weekend here, 0:00:43.783 --> 0:00:46.383 so much so that we didn't even make Eric write 0:00:46.583 --> 0:00:50.503 an article on your top four teams, including two that 0:00:50.623 --> 0:00:53.023 are making it to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl 0:00:53.303 --> 0:00:54.303 are as follows. 0:00:54.623 --> 0:00:56.383 Shockingly, the two teams. 0:00:56.103 --> 0:00:58.303 That make it Vegas for Super Bowl fifty eight are 0:00:58.303 --> 0:01:01.343 Teams one and two. The Niners are one, the Chiefs 0:01:01.343 --> 0:01:05.823 are two, followed by the Ravens and then the Troit Lions. 0:01:06.423 --> 0:01:09.303 I don't know how we sift through all of this, 0:01:09.903 --> 0:01:12.543 but let's do it here and let's talk about your 0:01:12.623 --> 0:01:16.343 number one team, Eric. It's a team that spent nine 0:01:16.463 --> 0:01:20.343 weeks at number one, more than the Ravens, more than 0:01:20.383 --> 0:01:23.583 the other two there, and one that eventually is representing 0:01:23.623 --> 0:01:24.703 the NFC. 0:01:24.343 --> 0:01:26.303 But not without a lot of difficulty. 0:01:26.743 --> 0:01:30.423 In the postseason, we had the Packers, could have, would have, 0:01:30.463 --> 0:01:32.743 should have yep, beating them in the Division A round 0:01:32.743 --> 0:01:35.383 after they had gone into Dallas and beaten the Cowboys. 0:01:35.623 --> 0:01:37.663 And then we had the forty nine Ers needing to 0:01:37.863 --> 0:01:42.823 rally from down seventeen at the half yea to somehow 0:01:42.983 --> 0:01:45.863 pull it out and to end the lions amazing run. 0:01:45.903 --> 0:01:47.743 They are still your number one team. 0:01:47.983 --> 0:01:50.783 They are, and for good reason. Obviously the first half 0:01:50.823 --> 0:01:53.623 didn't look so great. You know, Detroit was the dominant team, 0:01:53.663 --> 0:01:56.063 but I love you know, after the game, both here 0:01:56.103 --> 0:01:58.823 and from Rock Purty and Kyle Shanahan both sort of 0:01:58.823 --> 0:02:01.703 saying like, it's okay, we're down seventeen, we can win 0:02:01.743 --> 0:02:03.703 this thing. And I think that attitude has kind of 0:02:03.703 --> 0:02:05.463 helped them this year. I think had that three game 0:02:05.503 --> 0:02:07.783 losing streak in the season where they didn't play all 0:02:07.783 --> 0:02:10.383 that well but had a chance to win two of them, 0:02:10.383 --> 0:02:12.703 and you know, we saw obviously, in these two playoff games, 0:02:12.743 --> 0:02:14.823 when they come alive in the fourth quarter, they can 0:02:14.863 --> 0:02:16.223 beat anybody in the NFL. 0:02:16.263 --> 0:02:18.063 I think, you know, it's interesting because a lot of 0:02:18.103 --> 0:02:20.223 people picked the Niners and the Chiefs before the season. 0:02:20.543 --> 0:02:24.263 They were two chalk selections because they were two great teams. 0:02:24.503 --> 0:02:28.023 The route that each team took to get here is interesting, 0:02:28.423 --> 0:02:32.463 a route again that included the Niners being down seventeen 0:02:32.583 --> 0:02:34.743 and included in the first half. 0:02:35.023 --> 0:02:37.063 We see the fourth quarter here when they put it away, 0:02:37.263 --> 0:02:39.343 but in the first half they were getting bullied. Oh, 0:02:39.543 --> 0:02:42.383 Dan Campbellton came in and bullied them. They were the 0:02:42.423 --> 0:02:45.103 more physical team until they weren't. 0:02:45.263 --> 0:02:47.823 Yeah, this was a concern of mine. Obviously he's still 0:02:47.823 --> 0:02:49.263 heading into the Super Bowl. I think you have to 0:02:49.263 --> 0:02:52.103 worry again, can the Chiefs win that line of scrimmage 0:02:52.143 --> 0:02:53.743 and all that. But yeah, I mean the first half 0:02:53.863 --> 0:02:54.583 was pretty ugly. 0:02:54.903 --> 0:02:55.463 We saw the. 0:02:55.703 --> 0:02:58.943 Deficiencies and the run defense. We saw the offensive line 0:02:58.983 --> 0:03:01.903 not opening holes. So it was really a physical win 0:03:02.063 --> 0:03:06.183 for Detroit. And then again that script did flip and look, 0:03:06.223 --> 0:03:07.903 I mean I think they can be dominate at times. 0:03:07.943 --> 0:03:09.743 Listen, we see Rock Purty there and we see his 0:03:09.743 --> 0:03:12.983 family yep. Can we get over the waiting for him 0:03:13.023 --> 0:03:13.583 to fail thing? 0:03:13.663 --> 0:03:13.823 Now? 0:03:13.903 --> 0:03:16.463 I admittedly did say last week that if Purdy hadn't 0:03:16.543 --> 0:03:19.423 rallied them back against the Packers, and the narrative would 0:03:19.423 --> 0:03:21.743 have been if they had gotten pushed out of the playoffs, 0:03:21.823 --> 0:03:23.743 well what do you do now? Cora's gonna move on, 0:03:23.983 --> 0:03:26.103 And honestly, to be fair, I still think we sit 0:03:26.183 --> 0:03:28.783 on that edge every week. But I think that is 0:03:29.303 --> 0:03:35.623 unfair to brock Purty. Why can't we celebrate the mister 0:03:35.703 --> 0:03:38.463 irrelevant to Super Bowl story? Why do we have to 0:03:38.503 --> 0:03:41.263 sit here and nitpick his game and wait for him 0:03:41.303 --> 0:03:41.823 to fail? 0:03:42.023 --> 0:03:42.823 I don't get it. 0:03:43.023 --> 0:03:45.343 I think there's a reasonable debate to be had about 0:03:45.383 --> 0:03:48.463 where he sits on the quarterback hierarchy. There Is he 0:03:48.783 --> 0:03:51.263 a low end starter? No, I don't think so. Does 0:03:51.303 --> 0:03:52.583 he play like one sometimes? 0:03:52.623 --> 0:03:53.023 Maybe? 0:03:53.303 --> 0:03:54.183 Is he a superstar? 0:03:54.383 --> 0:03:54.463 No? 0:03:54.543 --> 0:03:56.703 I don't think so either. But somewhere in the middle 0:03:56.703 --> 0:03:58.823 there is a very good quarterback who can be a 0:03:58.823 --> 0:04:02.143 little bit inconsistent from time to time, but also make plays, 0:04:02.263 --> 0:04:05.143 especially Andrew with his legs in the fourth quarters, second half, 0:04:05.143 --> 0:04:08.143 certainly against the lines. I really thought that was the 0:04:08.143 --> 0:04:11.223 difference in the game. Those three or four long scrambles, 0:04:11.303 --> 0:04:13.463 especially the one on third and four from the forty nine. 0:04:13.823 --> 0:04:15.823 You stop him there, Detroit has a much better chance 0:04:15.823 --> 0:04:18.023 of winning. They did not and win. Know how it 0:04:18.103 --> 0:04:18.423 ended up. 0:04:18.543 --> 0:04:20.383 It's a guy that is not known for his legs, 0:04:20.423 --> 0:04:22.063 but when he needs to use him, he can. He 0:04:22.103 --> 0:04:23.903 had a twenty one yard scramble there, and you said 0:04:23.903 --> 0:04:26.863 low end. You know what, I'll quote tribe call quest 0:04:26.903 --> 0:04:30.143 the low end theory. I like his low end theory here. 0:04:30.583 --> 0:04:32.063 And he is going to the super Bowl as a 0:04:32.103 --> 0:04:34.463 quote unquote mister irrelevant and he's got to face the 0:04:34.543 --> 0:04:39.023 Kansas City Chiefs, a team making power moves, presented to 0:04:39.103 --> 0:04:43.543 you by Energizer Power Moves, because they went on the 0:04:43.663 --> 0:04:47.823 road here, Eric, they won in Buffalo, they won in Baltimore, 0:04:47.863 --> 0:04:50.703 and they are checks the notes up two spots. They're 0:04:50.703 --> 0:04:51.663 the biggest mover this week. 0:04:51.703 --> 0:04:53.103 I know we only have four teams. 0:04:53.383 --> 0:04:55.183 Hey, look that is a power move when you get 0:04:55.183 --> 0:04:56.103 down to the final four. 0:04:56.183 --> 0:04:58.223 And you know, even heading out of the game, we 0:04:58.263 --> 0:05:00.103 heard Joe Tooney wasn't gonna play. It was gonna be 0:05:00.183 --> 0:05:04.143 Nick Alaghretti, no Canarius Tony, other guys banged up. I 0:05:04.263 --> 0:05:07.543 really had my doubts, but for whatever reason, Baltimore got 0:05:07.543 --> 0:05:10.743 out of character offensively and the Chiefs took advantage, scoring 0:05:10.783 --> 0:05:13.303 on those first two drives and then that turnover to 0:05:13.383 --> 0:05:14.743 kind of put him in a tough spot. I know 0:05:14.783 --> 0:05:17.143 they didn't score after that, but just kept him in 0:05:17.263 --> 0:05:20.423 arms distance the entire game. And the Patrick Mahomes factor 0:05:20.463 --> 0:05:23.583 and the defense Steve Spagnolo in Steve, they trust. That 0:05:23.623 --> 0:05:25.303 has been the theme of this game, and I think 0:05:25.303 --> 0:05:26.183 the theme of the season. 0:05:26.303 --> 0:05:28.423 I had a conversation with some people last night here 0:05:28.423 --> 0:05:31.663 in Mobile. All the NFL decision makers are here, and 0:05:31.823 --> 0:05:35.103 a late night conversation in a local watering hole about 0:05:35.183 --> 0:05:38.823 Steve Spagnolo and how great a job he has done 0:05:38.823 --> 0:05:40.823 in Spags We trust the T shirts there in the 0:05:40.823 --> 0:05:41.543 locker room after. 0:05:41.383 --> 0:05:41.743 Of the game. 0:05:41.903 --> 0:05:44.863 You know, he was a head coach fifteen years ago 0:05:45.543 --> 0:05:46.943 with the Saint Louis Ram. 0:05:47.663 --> 0:05:48.183 The way his. 0:05:48.223 --> 0:05:49.983 Defense is playing right now, you would think he'd get 0:05:49.983 --> 0:05:52.463 another shot. I think he's content where he is. It's 0:05:52.503 --> 0:05:55.263 as if Andy Reid has a second head coach there 0:05:55.583 --> 0:05:57.943 and this is and there's six straight trips to the 0:05:57.983 --> 0:05:59.263 conference championship game. 0:05:59.463 --> 0:06:00.863 Their best defense by far. 0:06:01.023 --> 0:06:01.223 Yep. 0:06:01.423 --> 0:06:05.103 Absolutely, And think about a generation two ago when when 0:06:05.103 --> 0:06:08.103 he was in Philly, Andy Reid had great coordinators there 0:06:08.103 --> 0:06:09.703 and he had the great Jim Johnson, who I think 0:06:09.743 --> 0:06:12.783 had one head coaching interview in his life, just didn't 0:06:12.823 --> 0:06:14.663 really want to be a head coach. So I think 0:06:14.663 --> 0:06:17.143 we need to celebrate the Steve Spagnolo's of the world 0:06:17.303 --> 0:06:19.303 and the job that he does. And you know, he's 0:06:19.303 --> 0:06:20.863 been an integral part of their. 0:06:20.783 --> 0:06:21.663 Success this season. 0:06:21.663 --> 0:06:24.103 Think about how many times the offense struggled the defense 0:06:24.143 --> 0:06:26.663 bailed him out. I think they're gonna have an excellent 0:06:26.743 --> 0:06:29.223 chance to do some work against these Niners, as talent 0:06:29.303 --> 0:06:29.703 as they. 0:06:29.623 --> 0:06:31.223 Are, and an all around good guy, and he has 0:06:31.623 --> 0:06:35.183 the talent on the edges there the corners, I mean 0:06:35.383 --> 0:06:37.503 the perimeter. Yep, he doesn't have as much talent on 0:06:37.503 --> 0:06:39.503 the edge as Charles Metta, who tore his acl in 0:06:39.543 --> 0:06:40.903 that game. He will not be able to play in 0:06:40.903 --> 0:06:43.343 the Super Bowl. His season is over. But they did 0:06:43.463 --> 0:06:45.863 really kind of sort of what the Browns did Week ten, 0:06:46.223 --> 0:06:48.863 who also have the corners. Right, We're gonna press you, 0:06:48.863 --> 0:06:50.423 we're gonna jam you, we're gonna make you throw over 0:06:50.423 --> 0:06:51.943 the top. Go ahead, if you do it, you do it, 0:06:52.103 --> 0:06:53.983 And We're gonna come right at you. We're gonna run blitz, 0:06:54.023 --> 0:06:56.463 We're going to stop that run. The Ravens had the 0:06:56.543 --> 0:06:59.143 number one run game in the NFL. They abandoned it 0:06:59.263 --> 0:07:02.463 early because that defense took it right to them. 0:07:02.623 --> 0:07:03.383 Yep, yep. 0:07:03.463 --> 0:07:05.783 I thought it was criminal for what the Ravens did. 0:07:05.783 --> 0:07:08.143 We can talk about that later, but obviously I think 0:07:08.183 --> 0:07:10.143 the Chiefs sort of played it by year and did 0:07:10.183 --> 0:07:12.663 a really good job. And obviously clutch plays like this, right, 0:07:12.903 --> 0:07:15.023 you know, you get burned on a long catch and 0:07:15.023 --> 0:07:17.183 then all of a sudden, Lugerius sneed one of the 0:07:17.183 --> 0:07:18.423 best corners in the NFL. 0:07:18.543 --> 0:07:20.743 Is he gonna make money? Is he gonna make money 0:07:20.743 --> 0:07:22.063 in free agency come March eleven? 0:07:22.263 --> 0:07:24.703 If he doesn't, it is criminal he will so yes, 0:07:24.783 --> 0:07:25.543 the answer is yes. 0:07:25.623 --> 0:07:27.503 Yeah. The future is bright. Look for the Ravens. 0:07:27.543 --> 0:07:29.863 Eight Flowers put together a very good year. He simply 0:07:29.863 --> 0:07:32.903 did not have his best day despite the early touchdown. 0:07:33.103 --> 0:07:34.903 Let's turn now to those Ravens. 0:07:34.983 --> 0:07:39.143 They are in your final four, ranked three, the two 0:07:39.183 --> 0:07:42.343 losers of the conference championship games coming in at three 0:07:42.423 --> 0:07:46.183 and four. We say every year that no team is 0:07:46.183 --> 0:07:48.663 going to be the same when the season ends right 0:07:48.863 --> 0:07:51.663 like this. This group is breaking up here Baltimore O'Dell 0:07:51.663 --> 0:07:54.343 Beckham junior one year contract. They paid him sixteen million. 0:07:54.383 --> 0:07:55.863 Don't know if he is going to be back. Really 0:07:55.903 --> 0:07:58.503 wasn't used a lot down the stretch. 0:07:58.583 --> 0:08:00.103 JK. Dobbins wasn't here. 0:08:00.263 --> 0:08:04.263 He too, is heading into free agency after a September injury. 0:08:04.703 --> 0:08:07.503 Had your queen is going to be a free agent here? 0:08:07.543 --> 0:08:10.823 They paid roponk and they paid two linebackers. The answer 0:08:10.903 --> 0:08:13.263 is unlikely to do that. 0:08:13.623 --> 0:08:16.503 This just feels like such a horrible. 0:08:16.583 --> 0:08:21.503 Missed opportunity for a team that dominated playoff competition during 0:08:21.503 --> 0:08:22.503 the regular. 0:08:22.183 --> 0:08:25.183 Season yep, and looked great in the second half, dominated 0:08:25.223 --> 0:08:27.463 the Texans, and everybody felt like this was setting up 0:08:27.503 --> 0:08:30.983 for kind of their coronation of sorts. But I gotta 0:08:31.023 --> 0:08:32.783 say it, I thought Todd Munkins play calling was a 0:08:32.823 --> 0:08:34.143 little curious, off curious. 0:08:34.383 --> 0:08:37.143 Look, you get the running back the ball six times, right, 0:08:37.303 --> 0:08:39.383 not the first quarter, the entire game. 0:08:39.543 --> 0:08:42.823 Yes, Gus Edwards, three carries, three handoffs, one or one catchup. 0:08:42.863 --> 0:08:45.143 I believe you are the number one rushing offense in 0:08:45.143 --> 0:08:47.463 football against the number eighteen rush defense. 0:08:47.583 --> 0:08:48.223 I don't get it. 0:08:48.263 --> 0:08:50.183 I tried not to think of it this way, but 0:08:50.263 --> 0:08:53.303 it almost felt like they were trying to bust a narrative. 0:08:52.903 --> 0:08:55.743 About how they win games. Right. You mentioned the run. 0:08:55.583 --> 0:08:57.183 As sort of their bread and butter, but it was 0:08:57.223 --> 0:08:59.783 almost like they came out trying to prove they could 0:08:59.823 --> 0:09:02.543 win with Lamar's arm, winning it and throwing in a 0:09:02.543 --> 0:09:04.223 different way than they did during the season. 0:09:04.263 --> 0:09:05.223 I just didn't get it. 0:09:05.463 --> 0:09:08.103 Edwards was great on a per touch bit basis, but 0:09:08.503 --> 0:09:09.263 just didn't get enough. 0:09:09.383 --> 0:09:11.423 Give them ball, this is what they do again. The 0:09:11.503 --> 0:09:14.343 Chiefs had the personnel to match up. They have Trent McDuffie, 0:09:14.383 --> 0:09:19.343 they have Lujerious Snead, they have the talent on the perimeter. 0:09:19.703 --> 0:09:22.383 Lamar was great this year in the pocket. It helped 0:09:22.423 --> 0:09:24.583 to have Mark Andrews back, but he had some drop 0:09:24.623 --> 0:09:28.023 passes early. They didn't seem in sync, you know, when 0:09:28.023 --> 0:09:29.863 they went forward and fourth down. Then the next play 0:09:29.943 --> 0:09:32.263 came back and ran Guss for maybe fifteen or twenty. 0:09:32.303 --> 0:09:33.783 I thought, all right, there it is. There it is. 0:09:33.783 --> 0:09:36.543 That's the Ravens teams turning it that we know. 0:09:37.343 --> 0:09:41.823 And again, it's a what if here, because as much 0:09:41.823 --> 0:09:43.983 as I love Lamar Jackson, this is is not going 0:09:44.063 --> 0:09:47.703 to be like a disc track here. He's got to 0:09:47.743 --> 0:09:50.383 win more in the postseason. He has, as Kyle Brant 0:09:50.383 --> 0:09:53.943 pointed out on GMFB on Monday morning, he has now, 0:09:54.063 --> 0:09:58.063 assuming he wins at Honors next week, as many MVPs 0:09:58.303 --> 0:10:00.663 as playoff wins. 0:10:01.543 --> 0:10:03.823 And this is almost it's probably the first time Lamar 0:10:03.863 --> 0:10:06.583 Jackson and Peyton I've ever been compared. But you remember 0:10:06.623 --> 0:10:09.583 how Manning's career started, right the questions about the playoffs 0:10:09.623 --> 0:10:11.783 could he win? We don't have those now we've obviously 0:10:11.823 --> 0:10:14.463 seen the second half of Peyton's career. I suspect that'll 0:10:14.503 --> 0:10:16.463 be the same for Lamar. I think at some point 0:10:16.503 --> 0:10:19.783 he's too gifted, too rare, too unusual not to succeed. 0:10:19.823 --> 0:10:22.583 But right now that question is legitimate, it's fair, and 0:10:22.703 --> 0:10:24.063 it's sort of being hung around his. 0:10:24.103 --> 0:10:24.503 Neck a little. 0:10:24.543 --> 0:10:27.743 And we need some playoff success in a very competitive 0:10:28.303 --> 0:10:32.103 the best division from my money in football. The Browns 0:10:32.143 --> 0:10:36.183 made it, the Ravens made it, the Steelers made it. 0:10:36.303 --> 0:10:38.863 Obviously they were one and done. It might have been different. 0:10:39.303 --> 0:10:41.343 You weren't going to get Foign, but look, Joe Burrow 0:10:41.383 --> 0:10:43.703 got hurt down the stretch. Jay Brown came in and 0:10:43.743 --> 0:10:46.023 played well. Regardless the Ravens move on to next year, 0:10:46.343 --> 0:10:48.743 as do the Lions. And this is hard for me 0:10:48.823 --> 0:10:51.543 because I kind of feel like the story in both 0:10:51.583 --> 0:10:54.423 of these conference championship games as we've invested in the 0:10:54.423 --> 0:10:59.143 future for Zenneby Fidelity, the future is bright for the Lions, 0:10:59.183 --> 0:11:03.943 but again, much like the Ravens, it's the missed opportunities. 0:11:04.103 --> 0:11:07.103 Dan Camp step to the podium when everyone questioned his 0:11:07.183 --> 0:11:09.983 fourth down decisions, yeap and said, I just told. 0:11:09.783 --> 0:11:12.143 The team we may never get back here, right. 0:11:11.943 --> 0:11:14.663 Which hats off to you, Dan for the stone hard, 0:11:14.943 --> 0:11:17.063 cold whatever you want to call it truth. 0:11:17.663 --> 0:11:20.983 But man, they were this close. This was their chance. 0:11:21.223 --> 0:11:23.783 I know, I really am of two minds here. The 0:11:23.823 --> 0:11:27.063 ambivalence is strong because you think, Okay, they are young, 0:11:27.143 --> 0:11:29.903 they have sixty one million in cap space next year, 0:11:29.983 --> 0:11:32.183 they have four picks in the top three rounds, and 0:11:32.223 --> 0:11:34.543 they have this young nucleus of talent. We just started 0:11:34.543 --> 0:11:37.223 seeing guys like Jameson Williams start to break through. He 0:11:37.263 --> 0:11:39.463 had a great game, great moments. But then on the 0:11:39.503 --> 0:11:41.983 other side of the coin, you think every season, if 0:11:42.023 --> 0:11:44.503 you get to that point and you miss, you have 0:11:44.543 --> 0:11:46.303 to feel like the rug has been pulled out from 0:11:46.383 --> 0:11:48.903 under you. And there is no guarantee that you're gonna 0:11:48.903 --> 0:11:51.623 get back. So I know exactly how Dan Campbell feels 0:11:51.623 --> 0:11:52.623 because it's the way I feel. 0:11:52.623 --> 0:11:52.863 Sure. 0:11:52.943 --> 0:11:54.823 I love the young talent. I think this team has 0:11:54.863 --> 0:11:58.223 a lot more to left to say. But yeah, watching 0:11:58.263 --> 0:12:00.463 that thing slip away and the way it slipped away, 0:12:00.503 --> 0:12:03.623 Andrew with the drop passes, I thought, more so than 0:12:03.703 --> 0:12:06.303 the fourth down decis decisions, to me, the fumble by 0:12:06.343 --> 0:12:09.623 Gibbs and then also the fluky catch by Brandon and 0:12:09.623 --> 0:12:14.383 I off the face backs and Kendallvilldor that those plays 0:12:14.423 --> 0:12:16.743 to me were the ones that really really hurt the most. 0:12:16.863 --> 0:12:19.503 And at that point, anyone launching like I know this 0:12:19.583 --> 0:12:22.303 is over. Yeah, they're not going to do it like 0:12:22.343 --> 0:12:25.263 I wish they did. People want to make Taylor Swift 0:12:25.303 --> 0:12:27.623 the story this week. Now the story is how badly 0:12:27.663 --> 0:12:28.863 everyone was rooting. 0:12:28.583 --> 0:12:29.263 For the Lions. 0:12:29.303 --> 0:12:33.823 I'm sorry, you know, are faithful America was rooting for 0:12:33.863 --> 0:12:36.143 the Lions here And to your point about how difficult 0:12:36.143 --> 0:12:38.063 it is, and Dan Campbell's point, how difficult it is 0:12:38.103 --> 0:12:41.103 to get back, that is what always stays with you, 0:12:41.543 --> 0:12:43.663 whether you're a fan, whether you're in the building, whether 0:12:43.703 --> 0:12:45.023 you're a player or a coach or whatever. 0:12:45.303 --> 0:12:48.663 The finality of these moments in the postseason. It is 0:12:48.903 --> 0:12:52.423 so so. 0:12:51.223 --> 0:12:55.303 So hard to get back yep, the amount of work 0:12:55.503 --> 0:12:59.183 it takes and the number of breaks you need to 0:12:59.383 --> 0:13:03.863 get back here. Man I tweeted after the game, like, 0:13:03.983 --> 0:13:06.583 I am sorry, fan, I am truly, from the bottom 0:13:06.623 --> 0:13:08.183 of my heart, I'm sorry. 0:13:08.303 --> 0:13:11.583 And they're not the underdogs anymore. They're gonna have to 0:13:11.623 --> 0:13:14.263 be the favorites next year. People are expecting the Detroit 0:13:14.303 --> 0:13:16.623 Lions to be good, so they're gonna get everybody's best 0:13:16.663 --> 0:13:19.623 game too. Another tough division to assuming the Bears keep 0:13:19.663 --> 0:13:22.863 improving and Minnesota gets back to where they were. Yeah, 0:13:22.863 --> 0:13:23.663 this is gonna be tough. 0:13:24.103 --> 0:13:26.743 Coming up, we're gonna rank the other twenty eight, just kidding. 0:13:26.983 --> 0:13:29.343 Coming up with the two remaining, we're gonna go to 0:13:29.423 --> 0:13:32.343 Vegas and rank our top five story lines for Super 0:13:32.383 --> 0:13:35.503 Bowl fifty eight. That's next on the NFL Power Ranking 0:13:35.543 --> 0:13:44.183 Show presented by Energizer. You're watching the NFL Power Ranking 0:13:44.223 --> 0:13:46.943 Show presented by Energizer. A friendly reminder, we are on 0:13:47.023 --> 0:13:49.383 the path to the Draft as we speak. Coming up 0:13:49.423 --> 0:13:53.143 Thursday on NFL Network, the East West Shrine Bowl from 0:13:53.183 --> 0:13:55.903 the Metroplex, The Reese's Senior Bowl where Eric and I 0:13:55.983 --> 0:13:58.703 are here in Mobile is Saturday on the Network at 0:13:58.743 --> 0:14:02.343 one pm Eastern Time, and then combine week crab Bory 0:14:02.383 --> 0:14:06.543 two six presented by no We're going to be in 0:14:06.543 --> 0:14:09.463 Indianapolis and also of course going to be in Las 0:14:09.583 --> 0:14:13.063 Vegas as well for Super Bowl fifty eight at Allegian 0:14:13.223 --> 0:14:16.703 Stadium just west of the Strip. We are ready for that. 0:14:16.783 --> 0:14:18.943 We are ready as well. Not to rank teams anymore, 0:14:18.983 --> 0:14:24.943 but to give you Eric's top five super Bowl storyline 0:14:25.063 --> 0:14:28.303 starting with number five. He checks his notes without his glasses. 0:14:28.583 --> 0:14:31.743 Can Andy Reid join the elite fraternity of three plus 0:14:31.783 --> 0:14:35.223 Super Bowl winners Belichick, Noel, Gibbs, Walsh Reid. 0:14:35.543 --> 0:14:37.223 Yeah, it's a pretty good group to be a part 0:14:37.263 --> 0:14:39.503 of if he can win that third Super Bowl. Obviously 0:14:39.583 --> 0:14:41.863 Andy lost his first one, who was Eagles coach, but 0:14:41.943 --> 0:14:44.543 since then, obviously a ton of success with the Chiefs, 0:14:44.703 --> 0:14:47.543 brought them back to the game again and done different 0:14:47.623 --> 0:14:50.063 versions of the Chiefs teams too. Kind of reminds me 0:14:50.103 --> 0:14:52.143 of Belichick in the same way they won with defense, 0:14:52.183 --> 0:14:54.623 then they won with Brady. They always had different identities 0:14:54.623 --> 0:14:56.583 and to me this sort of puts him at a 0:14:56.663 --> 0:14:58.303 different level. I mean, Andy Reid is a Hall of 0:14:58.343 --> 0:15:00.703 Fame coach right now, but this would move him up 0:15:00.743 --> 0:15:02.543 to the I don't know, super Hall of Fame. 0:15:02.583 --> 0:15:04.143 What do we call it? The super Hall of Fame? 0:15:04.143 --> 0:15:05.183 The elite. 0:15:05.423 --> 0:15:09.943 Dion has always said, Dean Sanders, they need a special 0:15:10.023 --> 0:15:11.743 VIP room at the whole. 0:15:11.943 --> 0:15:13.783 I'd give Andy a key if he wins this. 0:15:13.863 --> 0:15:16.543 That's me though, Can I can I add this to 0:15:16.623 --> 0:15:17.543 it pathetically? 0:15:17.623 --> 0:15:17.743 Here? 0:15:17.783 --> 0:15:19.223 Maybe we could squeeze it in on the top of 0:15:19.223 --> 0:15:22.063 the car. Does he retire if he was a good question. 0:15:22.183 --> 0:15:24.703 I hadn't thought about that, but there's there's absolutely a 0:15:24.743 --> 0:15:27.183 case they made that he could. And look, would be 0:15:27.183 --> 0:15:29.303 the end of an era We've already talked about. Sabin 0:15:29.383 --> 0:15:31.263 and Belichick and other coach is not going to be 0:15:31.303 --> 0:15:32.663 part of the Pete Carroll. 0:15:33.063 --> 0:15:35.383 If Andy Reid walked away, it truly would. 0:15:35.103 --> 0:15:36.543 Be the dawn of a new era with all the 0:15:36.543 --> 0:15:38.943 young coaches we have, and it would be sad, dude, 0:15:38.943 --> 0:15:39.943 we would lose James. 0:15:40.543 --> 0:15:43.103 Honestly, I don't think he would. I've talked to enough 0:15:43.103 --> 0:15:45.183 people to think Eddie Reid. 0:15:45.103 --> 0:15:46.063 Just what would he do? 0:15:46.103 --> 0:15:46.663 You keep going? 0:15:46.703 --> 0:15:49.503 Yeah, right, like the guy wants to coach. He's gonna 0:15:49.503 --> 0:15:51.863 sit in his basement with an Hawaiian shirt drawing out plays. 0:15:51.903 --> 0:15:53.623 Either ways, may as well go out there to the 0:15:53.623 --> 0:15:55.863 field and hand him to Patrick Mahomes and say, hey, 0:15:55.903 --> 0:15:58.103 what do you think of this? I don't think he's 0:15:58.143 --> 0:16:00.423 going to retire, but it's and I werecenting to keep 0:16:00.423 --> 0:16:02.583 an eye on and thank your pard number four Andie 0:16:02.583 --> 0:16:06.183 and Eric wrote this Kelsey and the Squire against the 0:16:06.183 --> 0:16:12.583 forty nine ers defense. Again, for the record, stop stop 0:16:12.583 --> 0:16:15.143 hating Taylor's like if it's not about taylorfop. If you 0:16:15.143 --> 0:16:18.703 don't like Taylor Swift, that's on you. Okay, it's on you. 0:16:19.503 --> 0:16:21.023 That speaks more about you anyway. 0:16:21.263 --> 0:16:22.023 I don't listen to. 0:16:21.983 --> 0:16:23.943 Her music, but I have no problem with the young woman. 0:16:23.943 --> 0:16:25.943 She's obviously brought a ton of attention to the NFL 0:16:25.943 --> 0:16:26.383 into the key. 0:16:26.503 --> 0:16:29.343 He's the most famous entertainer on this earth, right there, 0:16:29.343 --> 0:16:30.223 you go, right, and. 0:16:30.783 --> 0:16:33.423 Look, this synergy has worked out pretty well, right I mean, 0:16:33.423 --> 0:16:34.583 they're winning games, they're. 0:16:34.383 --> 0:16:35.743 Going to the super Bowl. She's got a show in 0:16:35.783 --> 0:16:37.983 Tokyo that she has a very tight window. 0:16:37.783 --> 0:16:40.023 Is gonna make it. I think it is the international dateline. 0:16:40.063 --> 0:16:41.943 He explained the whole thing on game day morning. 0:16:41.983 --> 0:16:43.863 We can do it because if it's a Saturday night, 0:16:43.863 --> 0:16:46.583 it really is like a like Friday night, right, seventeen 0:16:46.623 --> 0:16:47.983 hour different all Matt, you get it. 0:16:48.023 --> 0:16:50.223 She's gonna be there, She's gonna support her man. And 0:16:50.263 --> 0:16:52.503 I think obviously Travis Kelce on the field is going 0:16:52.543 --> 0:16:54.823