WEBVTT - Chiefs SAVE SEASON, Shedeur Sanders’ HISTORIC start, Eagles CHOKE vs. Cowboys | Nick Wright NFL 0:00:02.320 --> 0:00:05.960 Welcome in What Driving Nick Great Episode three ninety six. 0:00:06.080 --> 0:00:09.840 This episode, as always, is presented to you by our 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:13.400 friends at Boost Mobile on this holiday week, So a 0:00:13.440 --> 0:00:16.720 little bit of a different schedule this week. Today's show 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:20.320 obviously as normally planned. However, this will be a two 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:24.160 show week, not a three show week. Because of Thanksgiving. 0:00:24.239 --> 0:00:28.240 We will have our pick show that will come out Wednesday. 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:33.560 So Wednesday we will drop our week thirteen picks after 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:37.680 a very successful Week twelve pick show that got us 0:00:37.720 --> 0:00:41.240 above five hundred on the year, demands back to five hundred. 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:46.760 With the teasers, we were this close to Were we 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.080 this close to a three and oh weekend? I think 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:53.120 we were. I'm gonna double check. Uh yeah, I mean 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.080 this close to a three and oh weekend or a 0:00:56.200 --> 0:01:00.520 five and oh weekend. Pardon me? We ended three one 0:01:00.560 --> 0:01:03.080 and one. We'll discuss that on the PIC show. Demonse's 0:01:03.080 --> 0:01:06.720 teaser covered easily. So all that coming to you Wednesday, 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.240 and I will be flying out on Wednesday to Los 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:14.319 Angeles and to see Demanse, to see baby Mila, and 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:19.160 maybe as early as next week, Demonse could be back 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:23.720 to the pods, certainly before the stretch run of the 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:27.760 NFL season, but a ton to do today, and unlike 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:31.320 last week, the Chiefs are not coming off a devastating, 0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:34.640 heart wrenching, keep me up at night loss, So we 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:36.919 will start with the Chiefs instead of with the NBA. 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:38.960 I know that it annoyed some of you last week. 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.959 I want to make this clear. It's totally legitimate that 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:43.800 it annoyed some of you last week. It would have 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.319 annoyed me too. But you know what to my damn 0:01:46.360 --> 0:01:49.760 show Straight to voicemail brought to you by boost Mobile. 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.200 Luca not megging old man Kevin Love. Can somebody get 0:01:53.280 --> 0:01:54.960 Kevin Love out of Utah and get him on a 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:57.880 team that has a pulse? Please? Actually, Utah, to be fair, 0:01:57.960 --> 0:01:59.600 has a bit of a pulse, but on a team 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:01.880 that could maybe you know, at least he could have 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.680 a little more fun on Jamis has the play of 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:09.400 the year catching a touchdown pass and the Pistons shout 0:02:09.400 --> 0:02:12.120 out Greg Jennings he needed to win. This week, the 0:02:12.160 --> 0:02:16.480 Pistons match their franchise record win streak at thirteen. 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So we start with the Chiefs saving 0:02:52.600 --> 0:03:02.079 their season, because while they would not have been mathematically eliminated, 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:05.480 and I probably would have even convinced myself, well, if 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.520 they just go six and zero down the stretch, they'll 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:10.760 make the playoffs, which what is true, by the way, 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:15.640 eleven wins almost assuredly will get am Man and five 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:19.919 and six they would have still been alive. For eleven wins, 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:28.120 that would have been a season ending loss. Dominating the 0:03:28.200 --> 0:03:32.480 time of possession, dominating the yardage battle, and just not 0:03:33.040 --> 0:03:38.920 making championship plays would have signaled that this Chiefs team 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:49.040 simply doesn't have the juice of Chiefs teams in years past. Thankfully, however, 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:54.720 they are the Chiefs. They do still have Patrick Mahomes 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:59.760 and Chris Jones and Andy Reid, and despite fumbling inside 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.680 the five yard line while trailing by eleven in the 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:12.040 fourth quarter, they then played perfect defensive football good but 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:17.599 not great offensive football, and it was enough to potentially 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:24.279 derail is probably too strong, but really throw a wrench 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:29.359 in this magical indie season and give Kansas City a 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:34.040 chance to in forty eight hours be for the first 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:39.400 time or just the second time all year two games 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:44.400 above five hundred really have their head above water and 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:50.400 be able to have them any by. Take a deep 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:56.240 breath before a very difficult stretch run of final five games, 0:04:56.320 --> 0:05:00.800 two of which are cupcakes the Titan and the Raiders, 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:05.719 and three of which are teams fighting for exactly what 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:09.240 the Chiefs are fighting for, AFC playoff spots and AFC 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:14.000 playoff seeding with games against the Texans, Chargers, and Broncos. 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:16.640 So how did they do it? Because right now they 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.200 are still the ten seed. They went into the week 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:23.440 the nine seed, but they come out of the week 0:05:23.480 --> 0:05:26.800 despite the win the ten seed because every because the 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:31.440 Texans won, the Chargers were off, the Jags won. We'll 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:35.720 get to those games later. So how did they do it? 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:44.720 They did it because the defense absolutely shut down start 0:05:44.839 --> 0:05:49.840 to finish. Jonathan Taylor in one of the most impressive 0:05:49.960 --> 0:05:55.440 defensive performances any team has had all year. They allowed 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.040 twenty but seven of them were on a drive that 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:04.520 started at the three thanks to Patrick's interception, and so 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:12.400 to essentially hold the highest scoring, highest yardage, most efficient 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:17.240 offense in the NFL to thirteen points without forcing a 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:22.320 turnover is just a remarkable job by that Chiefs defense. 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:30.280 And for the Colts to have the ball up eleven 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:38.720 and go run, pass pass, and then have the ball 0:06:40.320 --> 0:06:46.320 up three and go pass, pass pass, and then have 0:06:46.480 --> 0:06:53.039 the ball up three again and go pass pass pass 0:06:54.200 --> 0:07:00.719 before you go to overtime and you go pass run, 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:08.120 It's just it is a testament to the fact that 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:13.880 the Chiefs defense was able to convince the Colts by 0:07:13.920 --> 0:07:18.280 the fourth quarter of this game, you're simply not going 0:07:18.360 --> 0:07:23.440 to get Jonathan Taylor going. But it also and it 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:27.560 also was a testament to the fact that the Chiefs defense, 0:07:27.680 --> 0:07:31.840 right or wrong, simply said Daniel Jones, go ahead and 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:34.600 beat us. We don't think you can, and he couldn't. 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:43.480 And that gave the Chiefs offense and Patrick just enough 0:07:43.560 --> 0:07:47.400 bites at the apple that they were able to overcome 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:53.800 a really sloppy game, not just the turnovers, but the 0:07:53.840 --> 0:07:59.120 red zone inefficiency, the missed open guys and the hurky 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:08.800 jerky name of the offense and Rashi Rice in the 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:12.480 second half of that game, really, for the first time, 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:19.320 maybe since his suspension, certainly since his first game back 0:08:19.360 --> 0:08:23.520 from the suspension, looked like the player that we saw 0:08:23.560 --> 0:08:26.240 at the end of his rookie year and the beginning 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.480 of last season before he got injured, which is just 0:08:29.520 --> 0:08:36.800 a dynamic, elite yard after catch player. Xavier Worthy made 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:42.600 a huge play. Noah freaking Gray made a catch while unconscious, 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:46.160 which is still one of the more remarkable feats of 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:55.800 this NFL season, and the Chiefs offense did just enough 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:04.000 against the Lounarumo Colts defense to where they're now stabilized. 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:10.160 By the way that is now four consecutive wins by 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:17.640 Patrick against lou Anarumo, his alleged kryptonite four wins in 0:09:17.679 --> 0:09:22.560 a row. After losing the first three games he faced 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:28.840 against him, he's now one four straight. But the story 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:31.839 of the game is the defense. The fact that the 0:09:31.920 --> 0:09:38.559 Colts had thirteen to three and outs all year going 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.720 into that game, which is remarkable, and I don't know 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.400 how many they had total in the game, but I 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.040 do know they had four straight to end the game. 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:57.400 And Chris Jones, who has been I think it's fair 0:09:57.440 --> 0:10:02.440 to say underwhelming this year. Picked a hell of a 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:09.720 time to make his biggest impact. And listen, I know 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:14.480 I was watching the game with Danny, and Danny was 0:10:14.720 --> 0:10:16.880 you know, we were talking about the Chiefs and whether 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:20.199 or not, you know, I think they have another gear 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:23.960 and just why I think the offense hasn't looked quite 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:28.960 as good. And I made the point and this maybe 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.400 this is an excuse, maybe it's a justification, but there's 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:38.680 just not a lot of comparisons for it. I made 0:10:38.679 --> 0:10:43.760 the point of I do think the Chiefs, and this 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:49.200 can apply to the coaches and the players have to 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:57.079 play a different style and a different brand of football 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:02.040 than every other team in the league because they are 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:08.040 going on what they hope is their eighth consecutive twenty 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:12.680 game season and the ability to peek at the end 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:15.440 of the year, to have your key guys healthy at 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:17.959 the end of the year, to have enough juice left 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.559 in the tank. And I bring that up with Chris 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:25.560 because it is totally fair to say Chris Jones has 0:11:25.600 --> 0:11:32.000 not lived up this season to his reputation, to his contract, 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:36.360 to you know, all of those things. But also, and 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.320 I know this is not apples to oranges. But when 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:46.760 you see the impact one twenty game, super high usage 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.800 season has on a guy like Saquon Barkley and more 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:53.160 on him and a bit. And you see the Lions, 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:57.600 it's like, man, couple really good years and now they 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:01.280 seem to be scuttling a bit. The Rams, who have 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.880 been unbelievable, had a you know, in the midst of 0:12:05.679 --> 0:12:10.079 from when they won the Super Bowl to right now 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:14.880 where they are, you know, the Super Bowl favorites, they 0:12:16.000 --> 0:12:19.520 had a year where they won what six games where 0:12:19.559 --> 0:12:25.880 it all came apart for a season, And so listen, 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:31.439 maybe Chris was just not playing well, or maybe there 0:12:31.559 --> 0:12:35.520 is a level of Man, I'm a thirty something year 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:40.480 old d tackle that's played the equivalent of eight seasons 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:47.160 in the last seven and I need to make sure 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.720 I have a gear that I can get to come 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.480 Thanksgiving time. I don't know, I just do know that 0:12:55.600 --> 0:13:04.080 by year eight of the Patriots run, So the Patriots 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:10.200 initial run one through eight, they had a year in 0:13:10.240 --> 0:13:12.560 there where they missed the playoffs. They had another year 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:17.200 in there where they lost in round their first playoff game. 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:21.240 They had another year in there where they lost in 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:28.800 Round two, and then eight they missed the playoffs entirely 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:33.720 when Tom gets hurt. Nine to ten are disappointing short 0:13:33.760 --> 0:13:39.719 playoff runs, don't make a conference championship game, and then 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.520 from eleven to eighteen they go on their eight straight 0:13:43.600 --> 0:13:49.840 conference championship appearances, five Super Bowls, three victories, which is, 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.160 you know, the Chiefs have done the five Super Bowls 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:59.839 three victories in seven years. And by twenty eighteen that 0:14:00.080 --> 0:14:05.520 team was leaking Sam oil. And by twenty nineteen they 0:14:05.559 --> 0:14:10.360 were done, just done, losing to Ryan Tannehill at home 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:15.800 in the playoffs type of done. And so I just 0:14:18.600 --> 0:14:24.160 I think it's very very difficult to watch the Chiefs 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:29.400 and determine are they just not as good or you know, 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.640 have have the games caught up to them, or are 0:14:32.680 --> 0:14:39.560 they likely as they have to be fair every other 0:14:40.280 --> 0:14:43.680 year of you know, as this dynasty has gotten to 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:48.000 year five, six, seven, simply have an extra gear for 0:14:48.040 --> 0:14:51.760 the playoffs and for the late in the season. Now 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:56.040 for Kansas City, the playoffs really have started. It's not 0:14:56.200 --> 0:15:01.280 single elimination, but it's damn close to double elimination. And 0:15:01.360 --> 0:15:06.080 the Cowboys game is gonna be really hard. I don't 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.880 think the Cowboys defense is quite as good as it 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:13.720 has looked the last two weeks, but it's obviously improved, 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:19.880 and that Cowboys offense is exceptional and really good. Pocket 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:27.040 passing quarterbacks have given Kansas City some trouble as far 0:15:27.080 --> 0:15:30.280 as the inability to get off the field the inability 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:34.840 to generate a pass rush, so I don't think that 0:15:34.960 --> 0:15:39.000 Cowboys game is anything close to a cinch. However, I 0:15:39.200 --> 0:15:45.160 do think that if both the Cowboys and the Chiefs 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:53.240 are coming off season saving for the time being, stirring 0:15:53.920 --> 0:15:58.880 home comebacks, and then a very short turnaround to what 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:02.200 will be the most watched regular season game in the 0:16:02.240 --> 0:16:07.640 history of professional football, Cowboys Chiefs on Thanksgiving, I do 0:16:07.760 --> 0:16:16.120 think the Chiefs are more likely to handle the jubilation 0:16:16.320 --> 0:16:20.760 of the win and the short week and the stage. 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:27.560 They're more likely to handle that game with professionalism and 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:33.120 attention that it deserves than Dallas's. And I also think 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:38.520 that while the Chiefs offense has been uneasy or uneven, 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:47.000 I should say when they have played bad defenses, they've 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:53.280 looked exceptional thirty seven on the Ravens, twenty eight and 0:16:53.600 --> 0:16:56.680 should have been thirty eight on the Jags, thirty on 0:16:56.720 --> 0:16:59.440 the Lions, thirty one on the Raiders, twenty eight on 0:16:59.520 --> 0:17:02.120 the Command. Now you can say the Bills have a 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:05.640 bad defense, but the Bills bad defenses, it's run defense, 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:10.480 and the Chiefs aren't really built to take advantage of that. 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:17.639 So should be a great game. Cowboys barely holding on 0:17:17.760 --> 0:17:24.760 to any playoff hope. The Chiefs have real reason for optimism, 0:17:25.119 --> 0:17:27.399 but they gotta win Thursday. But it all would have 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.639 been moot had they lost to the Colts. And the Colts, 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:35.240 on the other hand, I called them the twenty twenty 0:17:35.240 --> 0:17:39.440 four Vikings early in the year, and I'll go ahead 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:48.399 and stand by that. And I think the Colts. I 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:52.959 think they'll be fine. But what I do know is 0:17:54.040 --> 0:17:59.080 their final six, and they have my opinion. The Colts 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:03.240 started looking three weeks ago. They lost to the Steelers. 0:18:04.600 --> 0:18:10.000 They got very fortunate to win against the Falcons in 0:18:10.040 --> 0:18:15.400 Berlin in overtime. They lost to the Chiefs, and now 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:23.520 they go Texans, Jags, Seahawks, Niners, Jags, Texans. Six straight 0:18:23.600 --> 0:18:30.920 games against teams playing for something, four divisional games, three 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:40.040 total road games. 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So they've played twenty two 0:21:28.760 --> 0:21:32.719 in eight of their twenty two halves, so more than 0:21:32.760 --> 0:21:38.600 a third they have scored seven or fewer points. They 0:21:38.680 --> 0:21:45.240 have three scoreless halves of football. Only the Titans are worse, 0:21:46.880 --> 0:21:54.520 and there are They do not have Saquon to save 0:21:54.600 --> 0:21:58.359 them this year. I know he's on the team, he 0:21:58.400 --> 0:22:06.840 ain't saving them. And this was the most predictable year 0:22:06.920 --> 0:22:15.040 over year decline imaginable. Literally every running back save one 0:22:15.800 --> 0:22:20.119 in NFL history that has had Saquan's type of workload 0:22:20.240 --> 0:22:24.800 last year saw a significant drop the following year. A 0:22:24.840 --> 0:22:29.040 lot of guys that their production dropped by half. That's 0:22:29.080 --> 0:22:34.760 what we're staring at with Saquon. And while the passing 0:22:34.840 --> 0:22:40.480 game at times looks dynamic, they just can't string together 0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:49.600 a whole game. And right or wrong, Siriani consistently shows 0:22:49.720 --> 0:22:55.199 us with his decision making that for some reason or 0:22:55.200 --> 0:23:02.480 another he does not fully trust Jalen and the end 0:23:02.480 --> 0:23:06.840 of the half was bizarre. You have eighteen seconds, you 0:23:06.880 --> 0:23:12.680 have the ball in the thirty and in today's NFL 0:23:13.080 --> 0:23:16.000 you're twenty five yards away from field goal range. We 0:23:16.119 --> 0:23:19.119 know you think Jake Elliott's got a big leg because 0:23:19.200 --> 0:23:22.159 later in the game you was shoot a fourth and 0:23:22.240 --> 0:23:29.040 five attempt to kick a field goal, and Sirianni's explanation 0:23:29.160 --> 0:23:33.480 after the game was, well, the Cowboys kicker is such 0:23:33.520 --> 0:23:35.480 a big leg, we don't want to leave them time. 0:23:35.920 --> 0:23:41.480 There was eighteen seconds. There was no scenario at all 0:23:41.720 --> 0:23:46.840 except for a turnover where the Cowboys were gonna touch 0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:50.800 the ball, much less kick a field goal. Even if 0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:55.800 you just threw four consecutive incomplete passes, that takes eighteen seconds. 0:23:56.320 --> 0:24:02.479 So that didn't make sense. And Philly is obviously in 0:24:02.560 --> 0:24:07.960 good shape because of the division they're in, so they're 0:24:08.040 --> 0:24:10.240 going to be a good seed, they're going to be 0:24:10.280 --> 0:24:14.560 a division champion. They still have three games left against 0:24:14.600 --> 0:24:17.480 the Commanders and Raiders. They're going to finish with a 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:21.399 gaudy record. I'm not worried, honestly about any of those 0:24:22.040 --> 0:24:29.639 those things. But the flashing siren that's been what is 0:24:29.880 --> 0:24:40.960 up with this offense continues to go off and now 0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.720 getting Lane Johnson back. If you get him back in 0:24:43.760 --> 0:24:46.320 a month or so, that should help. But he's only 0:24:46.359 --> 0:24:59.199 been gone one game. And if I'm Philly, here's the 0:24:59.280 --> 0:25:03.600 other thing that I hate about this loss. My path 0:25:03.760 --> 0:25:08.680 to the one seed is now so much trickier. In fact, 0:25:08.760 --> 0:25:13.240 I'm gonna look the wild has got me going to 0:25:13.320 --> 0:25:18.840 this is my go to But and I've always kind 0:25:18.840 --> 0:25:21.240 of actually liked this. But I used to use Football 0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:27.600 Outsiders or Aaron Schatz's But the New York Times Playoff 0:25:27.640 --> 0:25:33.720 Predictor they have the Eagles at twenty six percent for 0:25:33.800 --> 0:25:37.440 the one seed, the Rams up to fifty seven percent. 0:25:38.080 --> 0:25:43.119 That's a big deal. The extra playoff game plus not 0:25:43.320 --> 0:25:48.840 having the huge edge of potentially a warm weather contender 0:25:49.400 --> 0:25:54.359 having to come to your building. And right now, the 0:25:54.960 --> 0:26:00.800 you know, projected playoff field of the Eagles being the 0:26:00.880 --> 0:26:08.920 two seed and hosting either the Lions or the Niners. 0:26:09.680 --> 0:26:12.240 I would love either of those spots if I were Philly. 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:15.920 And by the way, speaking of the Niners, just real quick, 0:26:20.600 --> 0:26:25.439 I have never been proven more right more times than 0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:30.919 every time the Niners trot out either mac Jones or 0:26:31.040 --> 0:26:34.919 Brock Purty or all of last season for what was 0:26:35.040 --> 0:26:39.320 once such a controversial hot button. Take that Brock Party 0:26:40.440 --> 0:26:44.080 is not a force multiplayer and is a Kyle Shanahan 0:26:44.880 --> 0:26:51.000 Niners amazing skill position player creation. The last year seeing 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:54.800 him without those great players, this year seeing Mac Jones 0:26:54.920 --> 0:26:59.160 outplay him, and then last night seeing him throw three picks. 0:26:59.240 --> 0:27:04.880 It's just every single time. And I know the arguments 0:27:04.920 --> 0:27:10.520 I've won because they start becoming less and less prominent 0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:15.959 on the TV show. I'm like, Okay, the cost of 0:27:16.000 --> 0:27:20.200 being the annoying guy is when you just smoke, You're 0:27:20.280 --> 0:27:24.520 too much more likable co hosts in a multi year argument, 0:27:25.960 --> 0:27:31.520 you just have to you have to take the win, 0:27:31.680 --> 0:27:34.399 but take the win graciously, which I'm not always great at. 0:27:37.040 --> 0:27:46.399 So Philly, I I don't know. And here's the other piece. 0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:49.520 It can't all be on the offensive coordinator in Philly. 0:27:49.760 --> 0:27:52.159 I'm not saying Patullo is doing a great job, but 0:27:52.200 --> 0:27:54.960 if he's doing that bad of a job, then Sirianni takeover. 0:27:55.400 --> 0:27:58.080 But you have an offensive minded head coach, you have 0:27:58.119 --> 0:28:02.960 a quarterback that carries himself like Michael Jordan. Figure it out. 0:28:03.280 --> 0:28:05.960 You have too much talent on that offense. That's an 0:28:06.000 --> 0:28:11.720 awful loss. And Dallas on the other hand, I right 0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:15.720 now the Quinn Williams trade is aging great. He's been excellent. 0:28:18.680 --> 0:28:20.720 I was not a fan of that trade. I still 0:28:20.720 --> 0:28:23.200 am not a fan of that trade, but right now 0:28:23.240 --> 0:28:26.800 it is looking really good. But the story for Dallas 0:28:26.920 --> 0:28:29.240 is Dak's been the second best quarterback in the NFL 0:28:29.280 --> 0:28:38.920 this year. It's been Stafford one, Dak two. And it 0:28:39.120 --> 0:28:45.160 is as simple as that. He's been that good. And 0:28:45.200 --> 0:28:50.880 he has a legitimate second team All Pro case. And 0:28:51.000 --> 0:28:55.040 in that game Sunday, he became the Cowboys all time 0:28:55.120 --> 0:29:00.680 leading passer, which sounds about right. Hey, guys, you ever 0:29:00.800 --> 0:29:03.760 notice how everything keeps going up? Rents going up, streaming 0:29:03.880 --> 0:29:07.720 services are going up. Even your favorite Brio spot suddenly 0:29:07.760 --> 0:29:11.000 thinks they need to charge extra for Salza. But with 0:29:11.080 --> 0:29:13.800 boost Mobile, you and your phone bill don't have to 0:29:13.840 --> 0:29:17.880 play though, will this go up soon? Game? Why? 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That 0:29:56.640 --> 0:30:02.959 is obviously the right call, and I don't I find 0:30:03.200 --> 0:30:07.520 so much of the Shadore commentary to be disingenuous and 0:30:07.680 --> 0:30:16.720 idiotic that I try not to swim in those waters, 0:30:17.120 --> 0:30:21.480 even though, man oh man, if you are trying, if 0:30:21.520 --> 0:30:27.440 you are basing your Chadore takes off what gets engagement. 0:30:29.200 --> 0:30:39.000 It's it's a very hard flame to avoid. So if 0:30:39.040 --> 0:30:44.080 you just I mean, this is anecdotal, obviously, but yesterday's 0:30:45.360 --> 0:30:50.320 uh First Thing's first clips on Twitter, if I'm just 0:30:50.440 --> 0:30:58.720 looking at it by retweets or comments, see and I'm 0:30:58.760 --> 0:31:02.400 not gonna say what the topics were, but just see 0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:04.960 if you can guess which one was the Shtore topic. 0:31:06.600 --> 0:31:10.000 Number of retweets in comments total on the First Thing's 0:31:10.040 --> 0:31:14.760 First clips from yesterday's show Clip one one hundred and 0:31:14.840 --> 0:31:20.240 ninety nine, Clip two twenty six, Clip three forty four, 0:31:20.880 --> 0:31:27.680 Clip four forty nine, Clip five thirty six, Clip seven 0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:35.280 eighty five, Clip nine thirty three, Clip twelve or clip 0:31:35.320 --> 0:31:44.040 ten sorry thirty two, Clip eleven one thousand, one hundred 0:31:44.040 --> 0:31:51.920 and fifty eight, Clip twelve sixty five, Clip thirteen thirty seven, 0:31:53.000 --> 0:31:57.040 Clip fourteen one hundred and seventy two. One of those 0:31:57.080 --> 0:32:00.840 stick out to you, guys, get the people go it, 0:32:02.520 --> 0:32:10.880 And so I also think part of that the reason 0:32:11.000 --> 0:32:16.000 that that commentary has gotten so snake eating its tail 0:32:16.160 --> 0:32:19.720 ish is there are a lot of folks who they're 0:32:19.880 --> 0:32:27.080 only outlet is their social media feed, and so all 0:32:27.120 --> 0:32:29.960 they have to go on is reaction to things they 0:32:30.040 --> 0:32:32.400 put out on social media, and so because of that, 0:32:32.480 --> 0:32:35.320 they they're like, well, this is what people want and 0:32:35.400 --> 0:32:38.120 this is what people have strong opinions on. The Chador 0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:43.800 thing to me is very very simple, and I will 0:32:43.840 --> 0:32:53.440