1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Herd podcast. Be sure to 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,760 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio in 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: noon to three eastern nine am to noon Pacific. Find 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: your local station for The Herd at Fox Sports Radio 5 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every day on the 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 8 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 1: Well, you knew when he was playing football that he 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:34,160 Speaker 1: was eventually going to broadcast football. Three Pro Bowls fourteen years, 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,879 Speaker 1: Greg Olsen, Fox Sports. One of the good guys in 11 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,240 Speaker 1: our business is joining us. We'll get to your Hurricanes 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 1: in just a little bit. We'll circle back because they 13 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: are in college football is better. 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 3: When Miami's got swag, and man do they? 15 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: So you had the Dolphins Patriots last weekend, and I 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: had said before the season, I had picked them as 17 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: my double year wind total. I said they're going to 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: make it as a wild card. I thought they'd win 19 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: nine ten games, a lot of it on beating the 20 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: Dolphins and beating the Jets. I didn't think they'd be 21 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 1: this good. Yes, Rabel and Josh McDaniel are part of it. So, 22 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,000 Speaker 1: as Drake May, you did their game last week, do 23 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: they have the kind of roster that could win a 24 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 1: conference because to this point, I don't think people think that. 25 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 3: I think people think Vrabel. 26 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: And Drake May and even I think they are another 27 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: draft away on the offensive front. When you watch them, 28 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 1: do you look and say championship roster. 29 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,039 Speaker 4: If you would have asked me three weeks ago, I 30 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,639 Speaker 4: think my answer would be a little bit different. 31 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 5: I think I would have been more hesitant. 32 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 4: I spent last week really trying to give them, like 33 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 4: an honest evaluation. I know everyone makes a big deal 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 4: about their strength of schedule and their division, but after 35 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 4: spending a week studying them, watching what makes them good? 36 00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:52,400 Speaker 5: Seeing that run game last week in Week eighteen. 37 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 4: Against the Dolphins really come to life and they were incredible. 38 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 4: Trevion Henderson and ramondre Steves and they ran all over 39 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,280 Speaker 4: the place. With that past game, I think the defense 40 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 4: is good where they need to be good. You know, 41 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 4: it's we talked about on the broadcast last week. What's 42 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 4: unique about the defense. Maybe not a lot of stars. 43 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 4: They got Gonzaleses there. Obviously they're one pro bowler on 44 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 4: that side, but you know, they don't. 45 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 5: Take the ball away at a real high level. 46 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 4: They let teams, you know, score in the red zone, 47 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 4: but when you look at it, they don't give up points, 48 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,960 Speaker 4: they don't give up explosives. You don't get to the 49 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,799 Speaker 4: red zone often when you do, you score, So they're 50 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 4: good where it matters. All of a sudden, they get 51 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 4: into a hot streak of taking the ball away with 52 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 4: that offense, and then the run game that has more 53 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,920 Speaker 4: value come postseason than maybe it does in the regular season. 54 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 4: And then on top of all that, I think the 55 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,400 Speaker 4: AFC is completely wide open, So I think. 56 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 5: The Patriots have that. 57 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:45,400 Speaker 4: I can make a strong an argument that the Patriots 58 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 4: make the Super Bowl is there's probably any in the 59 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 4: entire conference, and that's both a credit to them and 60 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 4: the season that they've had, and also just kind of 61 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 4: the lay of the land there in the AFC. 62 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 1: I said, there's fourteen teams that make it in everybody 63 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: can lose except Buffalo and mahomes Is out, Burrows out, 64 00:03:04,639 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: Lamar's out. It's a bunch of bow knicks, Drake May. 65 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: It's like Jacksonville. It's like, okay, guys, you got to 66 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: win this opening round, and boy did they get a 67 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: tough matchup. Jacksonville's on fire. But I said, here's what 68 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: would worry me. They're a slow starting team that is 69 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: bad against a powerful offense. At home, they play from 70 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: behind constantly. I can't figure it out. Is it a 71 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: they don't like scripted stuff? How do you explain Buffalo 72 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: being behind in like six of eight weeks you've been 73 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: in You were in this league for so long. Most 74 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: top quarterbacks with winning coaches start strong. 75 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 3: It's like a rule. 76 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: You have a plan, you have a point of view, 77 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 1: you're efficient, you've got good personnel. I don't think you 78 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 1: can win. I don't think they'll beat Jacksonville. What do 79 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 1: you say to their offensive struggles before half? 80 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 4: Well, I think it's a fascinating kind of deep dive. 81 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:03,839 Speaker 4: And you know, I haven't had Buffalo in a couple 82 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 4: of weeks, so I had them call it three four 83 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 4: weeks ago in that home game. Incredible game in the 84 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 4: snow against Cincy and Burrow. But I think what's unique 85 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 4: about Buffalo is it feels like they've made their offense 86 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 4: built for the postseason. Right, So you think years ago, 87 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 4: Josh Allen is in the shotgun and every play the 88 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 4: ball's in his hand and he's running around crazy design 89 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,840 Speaker 4: run scramble, runs and then obviously just operating as a 90 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 4: traditional dropback gun passer. Well, they've made a very conscious decision. 91 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 4: They said, Okay, in the postseason, we're run game and 92 00:04:37,279 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 4: being able to control the line of scrimmage has a 93 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 4: lot more value than it does maybe in the regular season, 94 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 4: where it's a very passing, offensive driven league until you 95 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 4: get into the playoffs. So James Cook is incredible as 96 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:49,360 Speaker 4: good at. 97 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 5: Back in the league. 98 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 4: They're a very good run game, probably the second best, 99 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 4: second most efficient run game. 100 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 5: In the league, maybe just behind the rams. 101 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 4: That's built for the playoffs. So they've almost taken a 102 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 4: a little bit away from their MVP caliber quarterback because 103 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 4: the ball's not in his hands so much and it 104 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 4: is a little bit of a more ground and pound. 105 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 4: I don't think they love their perimeter receivers in a 106 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 4: traditional passing game. So it's play action, it's boots and nakeds, 107 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:17,039 Speaker 4: it's rollout passes a little bit more like what we 108 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 4: see from teams that don't have a Josh Allen. But 109 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 4: I think it's a I don't think it's by accident. 110 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 4: I think they've made that decision of saying, listen, he 111 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 4: can still be Superman. 112 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:25,919 Speaker 5: When we need it. 113 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 4: We saw it in the snow firsthand up in Buffalo 114 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 4: when they came back to beat Sincy. He made some 115 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 4: just ridiculous plays that he's probably the only guy in 116 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 4: the league that can make to win you those games. 117 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 4: So it's a little bit by design. They're going to 118 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 4: need their defense to play really well. They're going to 119 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 4: need their defense to go on the road and keep 120 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:45,679 Speaker 4: this thing. Because when you become a run heavy team 121 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 4: and you want to take such a high percentage of 122 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 4: your snaps and give it to the ground game, that's fine, 123 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 4: but your ability to operate. 124 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 5: In that mentality is only. 125 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:59,640 Speaker 4: Lasts as long as your defense's ability to keep the score. Now, 126 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 4: so playing from behind is fine, Playing too far from 127 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,719 Speaker 4: behind gets them out of that mode, and now it 128 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 4: turns into hero ball and drop back past, which I'm 129 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 4: not I don't think that's really what they want to 130 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:12,360 Speaker 4: be over long periods of time. 131 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 1: Okay, So I think most of us believe it's my 132 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: turn down the sound test. When you turn down the 133 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: volume and just watch Seattle, you're like, man, I remember 134 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 1: the Carolina team with Cam that got to the Super Bowl, 135 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 1: and there was an energy and a speed. It was like, Oh, 136 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 1: these guys, they're playing with confidence that's over as good 137 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: as they are, and that it happens. You've been there, 138 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: and I think it's Seattle great. Well, I don't love 139 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,640 Speaker 1: their own line Donald in the playoffs. I don't know, 140 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 1: but I would. 141 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: It worry you at all that Seattle is. 142 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: Really young, Donald doesn't have a lot of playoff experience 143 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: or do you just look at them and go, Man, 144 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: they've got dudes everywhere. 145 00:06:58,279 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 3: They've hit on every draft pick. 146 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: Honestly, Greg, they I don't think they've missed in a 147 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,120 Speaker 1: top draft pick in four or five years. How do 148 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:08,919 Speaker 1: you view Seattle? What worries you or what doesn't? 149 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think Josh Schneider is in the 150 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,880 Speaker 4: in the upper echelon top two or three, him the 151 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: Howie Roseman's I mean, you're talking about elite, elite front 152 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:23,320 Speaker 4: office talent evaluators draft picks, and obviously that's the foundation 153 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 4: of why they've had so much success. So they deserve 154 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 4: a ton of credit there as far as and again, 155 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 4: I don't want to sound dramatic here, but if you 156 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 4: could if you could pick, Okay, what style would you 157 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 4: like an offense in a defense? Complimentary on one NFL 158 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 4: team and you can pick, okay, what plays in today's 159 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 4: modern NFL, it would look very early similar to both 160 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,440 Speaker 4: the offense and the defense of Seattle. What I mean 161 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 4: by that is offensively the fad this year. You look 162 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 4: at the Rams, you look at Seattle, the top teams, 163 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 4: and you say. 164 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 5: Okay, who are they? 165 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 4: They are big bodies, they're two tight ends, multiple backs, 166 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 4: not all this eleven spread, everyone outside the numbers drop 167 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 4: back pass crazy. They are a big body, heavy personnel 168 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 4: passing team and they're going to run with high volume. 169 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 4: But they're always hot and explosive plays. They're trying to 170 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:18,640 Speaker 4: throw it over your head. 171 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 5: That's what they are. 172 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 4: Offensively, I would argue that's the best style to play 173 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:26,000 Speaker 4: in today's NFL. And then conversely, on the other side, 174 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: the reason offenses are doing this is they want you 175 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 4: to put a bunch of big bodies on the field. 176 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,160 Speaker 4: They want you to play with linebackers and defensive linemen 177 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 4: and not as many d backs. 178 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 5: So what does Seattle do. 179 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 4: Mike McDonald had its built up through personnel and just 180 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 4: the talent which he has. They play virtually nickel and 181 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 4: dime the entire time. They do not ever have only 182 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 4: four defensive backs on the field. First down, second down, 183 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 4: third down doesn't matter because they understand the value of 184 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: defending the pass and we're going to hold up against 185 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 4: the run with the least amount of people as possible. 186 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,600 Speaker 4: That is the formula of being really good. They happen 187 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 4: to have mastered it and have the people on the 188 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 4: and the ideology to execute it. 189 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 5: On both sides. 190 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,319 Speaker 4: And that's why I think if you, if you put 191 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 4: a gun to my head and said right now, pick 192 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 4: one team, put your life on it, I'm probably between 193 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 4: La and Seattle, and I think Seattle is as well 194 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 4: rounded and as good top to bottom as any team. 195 00:09:20,440 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 5: In the playoffs. 196 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:27,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, so you played in Chicago. You love Chicago. Part 197 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,560 Speaker 1: of me thinks, listen, everything goes in stages, and the 198 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:37,440 Speaker 1: stage this year was save Caleb stop, you know, eliminate sacks. 199 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: He doesn't told a lot of picks. But I thought, 200 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,199 Speaker 1: like Ben Johnson's job, we said before the season, I 201 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: don't really care about the record. He can't get sacks 202 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: sixty times. Cut those in half. Well, they kind of 203 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: in a third and he really hasn't told them, so 204 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,679 Speaker 1: I almost feel like they kind of overachieve, Like they're ahead, 205 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: like I feel this way with New England and in Chicago, 206 00:09:57,400 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 1: like you're a kind of a head of where I 207 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 1: thought you were. I don't know if they feel that way. 208 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: But if Chicago lost at home to Green Bay, would 209 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: you say, hey, big jump, can't wait for next year? 210 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:14,040 Speaker 3: Or do you view them now at home? Quarterback? 211 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: Is healthy, better, a line, tremendous weapons. Do you view 212 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: this as a no, this is disappointing if the Bears 213 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: lose at home. 214 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 4: I'll be honest, I think in this playoffs AFC, NFC, 215 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 4: you know, would the Rams probably be disappointing if the 216 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 4: Rams lost again, it's the game that we're going to 217 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 4: call the Rams. 218 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:38,840 Speaker 5: You know, are they better than Carolina? 219 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 4: Now? Carolina just beat them a couple weeks ago, But 220 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,920 Speaker 4: so you probably could say across the board, I'm not 221 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 4: sure if there's any game that's just a glaring mismatch. 222 00:10:47,080 --> 00:10:49,679 Speaker 4: I think you can make an argument that green Bay 223 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 4: could win. You can make an argument how Chicago wins 224 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:54,719 Speaker 4: home road, same with Philly and San France. I think 225 00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 4: we could probably go through that exercise and make legitimate 226 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 4: arguments either way. But as far as Chicago, I said 227 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 4: during a preseason game all the way back in August 228 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 4: when we called their game, I thought it was the 229 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,120 Speaker 4: best job in the league that was available. I thought, hey, 230 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 4: they get the best coach. But I thought there was 231 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 4: more wins built into that roster that a competent coach 232 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,439 Speaker 4: and a guy like Ben Johnson, between scheme, ideology, you know, culture, 233 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 4: all the things that he was going to bring, I 234 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 4: thought the roster had a lot of wins built in. 235 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 5: I feel that way hit a little bit right now. 236 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 4: About the New York Giants going forward, Like there's the 237 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,760 Speaker 4: talent at the right spots, there's the depth they've lost 238 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 4: that previously they had lost games they should have won, 239 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 4: and a little bit of dysfunction. Now you look at 240 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 4: this year, you could argue that they've maybe overachieved. Right 241 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 4: there was wins in there. There was an inevitable improvement 242 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,960 Speaker 4: quarterback play, offensive line, both addition of personnel and scheme 243 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 4: and coaching and all of that. They're talented at the 244 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 4: skill positions. The defense still concerns me right now. The 245 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,960 Speaker 4: defense is completely hanging their hat on taking the ball 246 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 4: away one of the best in the league. That's great 247 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:04,560 Speaker 4: until that well drives up and you actually just have 248 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 4: to play on a snap by snap basis, so that 249 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:07,680 Speaker 4: concerns me. 250 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 5: A little bit. 251 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 4: But yeah, I think improvement was inevitable. Did we think 252 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,120 Speaker 4: it was going to be this many wins home playoff game? 253 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 4: Probably not. Now next year, could there be a little 254 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 4: bit of a regression? Absolutely? Are they going to lead 255 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 4: the league or be amongst the best in the league 256 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 4: and taking the ball away? History tells us that that's 257 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 4: not repeatable, That's not something that's easily sustainable. 258 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 5: So there could be a regression. 259 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 4: But for right now, I think Chicago, like every wildcard 260 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 4: team this weekend, has every has ever the same argument 261 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,920 Speaker 4: to win a game as anybody else, and I think 262 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:43,640 Speaker 4: that's what makes this year's playoffs so intriguing. 263 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, be sure to catch live editions of The Herd 264 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: weekdays and neon Easter nine am Pacific on Fox Sports 265 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,199 Speaker 2: Radio FS one and the iHeartRadio app. 266 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 4: Hey It's Rob Parker and Calvin Washington from The Odd 267 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 4: Couple on Fox Sports Radio. 268 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 6: And addition to hearing us live week nights from seven 269 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,719 Speaker 6: to ten pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are 270 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,199 Speaker 6: excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. 271 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 2: That's Right. 272 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 7: You can now watch The Odd Couple live on YouTube 273 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 7: every day. 274 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 6: All you gotta do search Odd Couple FSR on YouTube 275 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 6: again YouTube, just search Odd Couple FSR. Check us out 276 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,160 Speaker 6: on YouTube and subscribe. 277 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,360 Speaker 1: So you're gonna be at the Miami Hurricane Ole miss game. 278 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: I like Miami in that space. I always looked at 279 00:13:30,280 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: Miami as a protown with a very small intense a 280 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: hurricane following, but it was a protown. You know Riley 281 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 1: in the Heat, d Wade, you know the Dolphins shula 282 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 1: for years. 283 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:47,840 Speaker 3: I was surprised. If you'd have. 284 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: Told me where who's gonna spend a lot of money, 285 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: I would have guessed Oregon with Phil Knight, Notre Dame 286 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:58,320 Speaker 1: Michigan huge endowments. I would not have guessed Miami would 287 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 1: step up and just you know, really go out and 288 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: get aggressive. 289 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 3: So we know Miami's good. 290 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,400 Speaker 1: Mario Crysto Baal has been one of the top two 291 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: or three recruiters for a decade in the sport. I'm 292 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: surprised as an outsider you went there at how committed 293 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: they have been to it and like functional like this 294 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: this nil stuff is, I mean it's a barnyard musical 295 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: like the big collectives, and I am surprised that Miami 296 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: just jumped up and said, we're going to be a 297 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: ballplayer here, We're going to commit. Are you surprised by 298 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: that because you are around the program for years. 299 00:14:33,400 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not surprised because the culture down there in 300 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 4: Miami and from the president and the athletic director all 301 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 4: the way down through the entire culture there at the 302 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 4: athletic department and just the faculty in general, like winning matters, 303 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 4: being a good football program that Miami is woven into 304 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 4: the identity of the school to the student body, and 305 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 4: you know, it kind of flies under the radar a 306 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 4: little bit because we are we are a small, little 307 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 4: private school. If you drove down US one, you know 308 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 4: A one A down in in Coral Gables, you might 309 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 4: drive right by. 310 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 5: The entrance to the school and not even though it's there. 311 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 4: So it's not one of these huge state schools that 312 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 4: takes over Tuscaloosa or Athens or you know, Gainesville. So 313 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 4: it is a little bit of a different culture, a 314 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 4: little bit of a different vibe down there in South Florida. 315 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,520 Speaker 4: But I'll tell you, I've known Mario crystal Ball since 316 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 4: I was fifteen years old. He recruited me as a 317 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 4: freshman in high school. I met him at Miami and 318 00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:24,560 Speaker 4: then he recruited me at Rutgers and then ended up 319 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 4: coaching me. He was my ted end coach in college, 320 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 4: so we're very close. I had dinner with him shortly 321 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 4: after he got the job years back, and he was 322 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 4: very clear to the school for him to leave Oregon, 323 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,120 Speaker 4: where he pretty much had a blank check to execute 324 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 4: the vision that he wanted to in essence do what 325 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:43,000 Speaker 4: Dan Lanning has continued to do and kept them to 326 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 4: this level. The Oregon had given Mario that level of commitment, 327 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 4: so for him to come to Miami, yes, it was 328 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 4: as all the modern Yes, it's where. 329 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 5: He wanted to be. 330 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 4: He was not going to come to Miami without the 331 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:58,560 Speaker 4: full support top to bottom, comprehensively across the board. And 332 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 4: part of that is the nil money, and he got 333 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:04,280 Speaker 4: a lot of that guaranteed to him and on the table, 334 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 4: not just as talk. And it was a big reason 335 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 4: not only why he took the job, but certainly one 336 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 4: of the big reasons why they've been as successful. But 337 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 4: make no mistake about it, before you could pay guys, 338 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 4: and it really just became to the highest bidder. Us 339 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 4: Nick saban Us from his time at FIU, Like, there 340 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 4: might not be a better recruiter in the country than 341 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 4: Mario Christobal. He just happens to now be the head coach. 342 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 4: But the same guy that was recruiting us as a 343 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 4: GA back in the early two thousands, it's the same 344 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 4: guy now recruit and he'll call me need you know, 345 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 4: He's reaching out to everyone and anyone. 346 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 5: He is relentless. 347 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 4: He is a tireless worker, and I couldn't be happier 348 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 4: for him. 349 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 1: For the record, when you played in the NFL forever, 350 00:16:47,200 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: but I bet when you if that game was tied 351 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: twenty eight to twenty eight, you would be so nervous. 352 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: Do you when you go watch Miami? 353 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 3: Are you a wreck? Are you an emotional wreck? 354 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 4: I'm an emotional wreck watching any game that I'm not 355 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:03,600 Speaker 4: a part of that I have vested interest in the outcome. 356 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 5: It could be a Miami game, it could. 357 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 4: Be my daughter's seventh grade basketball game, my son's like 358 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 4: I it's just the way I'm wired. Like if I 359 00:17:12,800 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 4: care about the outcome and the people that are involved, 360 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 4: I'm when I'm playing, I'm great, Like not a highly 361 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 4: emotional player. Was never the guy running around and acting 362 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 4: like that was never me as a player, as a coach, 363 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 4: as a dad, as a parent. I carry my emotions 364 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 4: a lot more on my sleeve. So yeah, I'm going 365 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,880 Speaker 4: to be thrilled at the game in Arizona. I'm gonna 366 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 4: be there with a couple buddies, catch up with some teammates, 367 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 4: and yeah, we're going to be living and dying with 368 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,880 Speaker 4: every with every snap because my hope is that they 369 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:43,840 Speaker 4: make the national title in Miami and get to go 370 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 4: watch them again. 371 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 3: It's gonna be great. 372 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,040 Speaker 1: I just I love that we have Indiana, Oregon, Ole, 373 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: Miss and Miami and the. 374 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 5: Four teams you said before the year, right, that's. 375 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 3: What you called. That's right. I've picked them all. Great. 376 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 3: See anybody, Greg Olsen appreciate it. 377 00:17:59,200 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 5: Thanks call. 378 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: I've said for years there the three teams are good. 379 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,120 Speaker 1: When they went in college football, Texas, Miami and USC 380 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: feel like not quite college. They're college eighty percent, but 381 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five percent pro football because of the city, 382 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: and Miami just feels big. 383 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 3: Welcome back, Hurricanes. It's great. Can't wait. Jmack with the news. 384 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,560 Speaker 2: No, no turn on the news. This is the herd 385 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 2: Line News. 386 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 7: All right, speaking of welcome back, Welcome back DK Metcalf. 387 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 7: He's going to be back for the Steelers on Monday 388 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 7: night against the Texans. 389 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 3: Huge came back. 390 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 7: After this incident with a fan. 391 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:40,120 Speaker 3: You know, I was gonna call him something. 392 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 7: But uh in Detroit. 393 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 3: Metcalf is back. 394 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 7: He would not speak about the incident, but did say 395 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 7: he's excited to return. His team missed him obviously in 396 00:18:48,480 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 7: the red zone. They cannot get anything right with DK. 397 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 7: They averaged twenty four points per game, five point three yards. 398 00:18:54,680 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 3: Now with DK Friar move Warren and that's a good player, 399 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 3: by the way. Oh yeah, I like it. 400 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 1: And fourteen Kenneth Gainwall, Gainwell. Okay, now Aaron's got a 401 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: little bit to work with. So it's when you take 402 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: dkf out, it's like, okay, now I can kind of 403 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: you know, I can. 404 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,640 Speaker 3: Not think vertically. There's nothing vertically. 405 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 1: But now you look see I'm telling you three and 406 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:24,840 Speaker 1: a half Pittsburgh at home, DK Friar, Ruth Warren, Gainwell, Aaron. 407 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: Having his best half. 408 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: They're pass blocking, according to PFF is actually top five 409 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: in the league. 410 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 3: They're run blocking. I think it's their pass blocking. He's 411 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 3: better than the against this time. 412 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: I think my second favorite bet of the weekend is 413 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:38,200 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh to cover. 414 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,680 Speaker 7: So you know, I like playing poker and stuff. My 415 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 7: son is starting to get into poker. I'll see your 416 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 7: DK Metcalf and raise you. Derek Stingley, who's one of 417 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 7: the best quarterbacks in the league. He's gonna be All 418 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,800 Speaker 7: Pro this year. Just put Stingley on him. Hey, good luck, 419 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 7: So your jump balls. I got Stingley. And on the 420 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 7: other side, if you want to run away from Stingley, 421 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 7: we got Lasser. I mean, this is a really good defense. 422 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:01,360 Speaker 7: I think you're the one carry around these Mike Tomlin 423 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 7: stats in your back pocket about postseason failures. He last 424 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 7: won a playoff game. I don't know if TikTok was 425 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 7: invented back it wasn't. It's been a minute, so well, 426 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 7: you know it's not. 427 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 3: Tac toe was barely a it's a long time ago. 428 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:18,400 Speaker 7: All right, Let's move on to uh boy, the La 429 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 7: Las Vegas Raiders. 430 00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 3: Colin, what a dumpster fire. 431 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 7: This organization is back to back one and done's Pete 432 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 7: Carroll now bounds. How about this Max Crosby situation. He's 433 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 7: been frustrated, he was put on ir Just bye, claiming 434 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 7: he's healthy. He countered by going on Instagram. 435 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 3: And posting a video of him playing basketball. 436 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,440 Speaker 7: Anyways, Raiders GM John Spytech had this to say when 437 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 7: asked if Max Crosby is untouchable. 438 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 8: I have a lot of respect for Max and how 439 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 8: much he loves to play the game. And I've had 440 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 8: the opportunity in the last several weeks to spend a 441 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 8: lot of time with Max, and I think it's been 442 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,000 Speaker 8: well documented that he didn't love the idea of not 443 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 8: playing football, and I think you always want that from 444 00:20:58,280 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 8: your best players. In fact, I think that's why they're 445 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 8: your players. So I love Max e embodies what a 446 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 8: Raider is. We've I've been pretty upfront with that from 447 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 8: the day that I sat up here almost a year ago, 448 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 8: and I continue to believe that. 449 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 7: So Max Crosby is twenty eight uls or twenty nine 450 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 7: in August. He's not as young as Micah Parsons, Micah 451 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 7: fetch two first and Kenny Clark. 452 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 3: What kind of hole can you get for Crosby first 453 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 3: round pick? For sure? Yeah, I would not a high 454 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 3: first like in the twenties. Yeah, I mean if you 455 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 3: were the Dallas Cowboys. 456 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 7: Cowboys have a couple of picks. I believe interesting you 457 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 7: think Cowboys would. 458 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 3: Make a movie. 459 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:45,360 Speaker 1: No, I don't think that was just I think there's 460 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,959 Speaker 1: a lot of people that would like Max Crosby. I mean, 461 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: I think maybe you can argue for the Raiders it 462 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: is clean house. 463 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,120 Speaker 3: So what about a team like the Buffalo Bills. They 464 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 3: need a receiver. 465 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,439 Speaker 7: I like mackay Lemon the USC receiver to them in 466 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 7: the first But if you're the Bills, do you give 467 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 7: up your twenty fourth pick and say we'll take Crosby 468 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 7: next year? We get bos on one side, Crosby on 469 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 7: the other, we get at Oliver, We got our defensive front. 470 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 7: Maybe we make a push next year. 471 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 3: I don't know. I'm just looking late first round the Niners. 472 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,959 Speaker 7: Could they give up their pick at twenty six, go 473 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 7: after Crosby quickly retool next year. 474 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:20,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. 475 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 1: They're a little long in the tooth. I would like 476 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: the Niners to get younger, you know, off the top 477 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: of my head, think about a team that's close to 478 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 1: a championship and just lacks a consistent pass round New. 479 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,800 Speaker 7: England Patriots drafting thirtieth twenty fourth in pressure rate. 480 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:43,400 Speaker 1: That makes sense. The New England Patriots. I mean, cause 481 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: they're their roster's pretty good. The defense doesn't have a 482 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,679 Speaker 1: lot of game changes. They don't have that. They create pressure. 483 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: They're not necessarily a high sack team, but they create pressure. 484 00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,639 Speaker 7: Yeah, but that's not gonna We'll see what happens against 485 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 7: Justin Herbert. 486 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 3: I think I like the Chargers here. 487 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 7: I think the Patriots need to be as badly Rabel 488 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 7: defensive guy. We'll see, but either way, we think there's 489 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,159 Speaker 7: no point in keeping Crosby, right Either well, I think 490 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 7: it's time to start over. 491 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, Mendoza off. I would go Kevin Stefanski. I would 492 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:18,199 Speaker 1: go Mendoza. There's an argument to trade Max and just 493 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:21,600 Speaker 1: get you know, there's also an argument that keep Max 494 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,399 Speaker 1: because with Mendoza for four years, you're not paying him anything. 495 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 3: You get Mendoza genty bowers. That's a good one. 496 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: I mean, Crosby leads the NFL and tackles for losses 497 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: since he entered the league. 498 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 3: So you're gonna get. 499 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,440 Speaker 1: A first and a second, a first and a third 500 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: and a fifth. 501 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 3: I mean there's a. 502 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: Twenty eight year old dude. He is still unblockable in 503 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: single I mean, you put one man on him. You 504 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: lose the battle. 505 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 7: Didn't you say the Cowboys won the trade for Micah 506 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:51,880 Speaker 7: because they didn't have to pay him. 507 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 1: No, I said, both teams got what they wanted. Cowboys 508 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,479 Speaker 1: will get more young, inexpensive labor, and the and the 509 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 1: Packers get a closer because they generally lead games in 510 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: the fourth They need their Mariano Rivera. 511 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, all right, final story, Coln. Let's go back to 512 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 7: the NBA in this Trey Young situation that's emerging. So 513 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 7: it came out according to shams over at the other place, saying, 514 00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 7: Trey and his agents that should be important are looking 515 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 7: for a trade partner. So Atlanta elected to not offer 516 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,320 Speaker 7: Trey an extension. He has ninety five mil left on 517 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 7: his deal this year and then next year. 518 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 3: Yeah. 519 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:34,199 Speaker 7: Somebody really smart on our staff said, well, listen, the 520 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,880 Speaker 7: Bucks are really flailing right now. 521 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 3: Yannas ain't staying. 522 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 7: You could easily clean up your books by trading Yannis 523 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:42,879 Speaker 7: getting Trey Young, who's going to sell some tickets. 524 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:43,640 Speaker 3: They have no backpend. 525 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: He's the opposite of Yannis. He doesn't defend or rebound. 526 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 7: He's an offensive guy. 527 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 3: Clear. 528 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:52,560 Speaker 1: No, I think he's a really fun offensive player. I 529 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 1: really do. 530 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 3: I but he is. 531 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: He's not somebody that's going to defend, not going to 532 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: be loved in the locker room because it's kind of 533 00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: his show. 534 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,120 Speaker 3: Well, he might be humbled by this, colin. This is tough. 535 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 3: I mean, hey, we don't want to extend you, and 536 00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,800 Speaker 3: now we're trading Mett Trey Young. I like him. 537 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: I think he's a good player, but he's one of 538 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:11,840 Speaker 1: those guys, you know, the insiders in the NBA are like, 539 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: not terribly well liked. He doesn't defend, and the knock 540 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,600 Speaker 1: is always is he a winning player? He's an exciting player, 541 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,320 Speaker 1: but is he a winning player? 542 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 7: Okay, so I don't know conference championship appearances Trey Young one, 543 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 7: Joel Andbiad zero. 544 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:26,480 Speaker 3: I don't know what that means. 545 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 1: But the Hawks have a better net rating when he's 546 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:30,800 Speaker 1: off the floor. 547 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 3: That is also true. That's a big one. 548 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 7: And defensively they're way better without him. Currently they're flailing. 549 00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 7: How's this colin? For his career, Trey Young's averaging twenty 550 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 7: five and nine. No, those are crazy good numbers and 551 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,679 Speaker 7: there's like no market for That's how the NBA has 552 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 7: changed with this new hard cap third eight prin nonsense. 553 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:53,560 Speaker 1: So also, the Lakers are a great example. Nobody defends anybody, 554 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 1: you know, Carmelo Anthony never defended anybody. How do you 555 00:25:56,840 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: do in the playoffs, James Harden didn't defend anybody. I'm sorry, guys, 556 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: but football and basketball, once the referees swallow their whistle 557 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, physicality wins and guys like Trey Young 558 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,120 Speaker 1: become much less crucial. 559 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 7: His big moment will be taking a bow at MSc 560 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 7: in the playoffs. 561 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 3: Remember when he hit that game winning shot. That was 562 00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,439 Speaker 3: pretty awesome. That was the height of Trey Young. That 563 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:20,400 Speaker 3: was the postseason. They had a great run and it's 564 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:21,240 Speaker 3: all been downhill. 565 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 2: Jmck with the news, Well that's the news, and thanks 566 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 2: for stopping by the line. 567 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: I mean, it's just the numbers. When Trey Young doesn't play, 568 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: the defense is better. When he does play, they give 569 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: up nine more points. I mean, he's literally like a 570 00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:41,719 Speaker 1: touchdown in football, when Trey Young is on the floor, 571 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:44,160 Speaker 1: they give up nine more points. Because in the NBA 572 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,360 Speaker 1: the coaching is so good. They just attack you. They 573 00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,359 Speaker 1: attack Trey Young. And so you know all of those analytics. 574 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,880 Speaker 1: Now you don't have to watch games all night. GMS 575 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: don't have to watch games. You can go and look 576 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,280 Speaker 1: at the analytics of who's good on the floor. I 577 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 1: said this about Lebron, James no longer defends so and 578 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 1: Lebron offensively. Jay McK and I went back and forth 579 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: on this when Lebron was hurt to start the season. 580 00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves and Luca are on fire, and they bring 581 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: Lebron back, and you're like, for a game or two, 582 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: he's like, Hey, I'll be a good teammate. But he's 583 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,280 Speaker 1: just kind of floating around doing his own thing. JJ 584 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: Reddicks complained, I think more than once that we have 585 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 1: too many possessions that were just sort of ad libbing. Well, 586 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,399 Speaker 1: why do you think that is? That wasn't a problem 587 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 1: when Luca and Austin Reeves were running the show. 588 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 3: It's the hurd. 589 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays 590 00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 2: and noon Easter, not a Empacific. 591 00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,960 Speaker 1: Tom Brady joining us Thursday and each week through the 592 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: NFL playoffs, So the NFL playoff matchups, it's very, very 593 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:54,480 Speaker 1: unique is that the team that faces the most pressure 594 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,359 Speaker 1: is not the number one seeded Seattle Seahawks in the 595 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:03,040 Speaker 1: NFC or the number one seeded Denver Broncos in the AFC. 596 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 1: Smack dab look at those Buffalo Bills left side of 597 00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:13,520 Speaker 1: your screen. Sixth scene at Jacksonville. EI are the favorite. 598 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: That's hard to explain. They're zero to eight in their 599 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: last eight road playoff games. They without Mahomes and Berwin, 600 00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 1: the playoffs are the team that faces because of Josh 601 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: Allen's level of play and talent, are considered the team 602 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:35,119 Speaker 1: that now has its clearest pathway to a super Bowl 603 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,160 Speaker 1: since Josh Allen has been a Bill. The other thing 604 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: that kind of jumps out to you is if you 605 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: go look at the teams that have had the longest 606 00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:51,120 Speaker 1: stretch in the NFL of ten plus win seasons, the 607 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: Bills and Josh Allen are part of that. They're one 608 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: of seven teams that have had this extended ten plus 609 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 1: winning momentum for years. The problem for Buffalo is that 610 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: six the other seven teams, and obviously Brady Belichick Patriots 611 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,440 Speaker 1: was one of them. The problem being the other six 612 00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 1: of all not just reach the super Bowl. They've won 613 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 1: a super Bowl and so Buffalo has yet to reach one. 614 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 1: So the pressure is absolutely on Buffalo and Nick Wright 615 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: talked about that earlier. 616 00:29:25,120 --> 00:29:26,880 Speaker 9: I don't know if it's a good or a bad 617 00:29:26,960 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 9: thing for the Bills that the Patrick Lamar and Joe 618 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,960 Speaker 9: Burrow are all out of it. It's obviously a good 619 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,480 Speaker 9: thing in that the field seems so much clearer. If 620 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 9: you're worried about them getting tight, that's where it could 621 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:42,920 Speaker 9: be a bad thing. 622 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 5: There has never. 623 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,920 Speaker 9: Been I say this confidently, having done no research on it, 624 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,480 Speaker 9: but I know it's true. There has never been a 625 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 9: sixth seed in the history of the NFL Playoffs with 626 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 9: more pressure on them to make the super Bowl than 627 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 9: the Buffalo Bills. 628 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, if you look at it, and we've 629 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: got a graphic to win ten plus games six seven, eight, 630 00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,600 Speaker 1: nine times, you've got I mean, look at the teams. 631 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: For the radio audience, I'll go slow here. These are 632 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: the most consecutive seasons of ten plus wins. The Patriots obviously, 633 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: multiple super bowls, of the forty nine ers, the Montana years, 634 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: multiple super Bowls, Kansas City. You know, there's a lot 635 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:31,719 Speaker 1: of things involved here. Mahomes obviously super Bowls, then the Colts, 636 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning super bowls, the Cowboys seventy five to eighty 637 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 1: one super Bowls, and then there's Buffalo in that list 638 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: of six teams that has yet to reach a Super Bowl. 639 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:49,440 Speaker 1: And I gotta tell you, I do not think Vegas 640 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,000 Speaker 1: makes a lot of mistakes. I had said before the season, 641 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 1: I thought, I thought the line on the Seahawks upgrading 642 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: with Sam Darnold the second year of Mike McDonald, I said, 643 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 1: I think the over under was like nine and a 644 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: half ten. I'm like, that's a rare Vegas mistake. Seattle 645 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: is going to be multiple wins better with Sam Donald 646 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,480 Speaker 1: over Gino Smith and Mike McDonald in his second year. 647 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,520 Speaker 1: That's a rare Vegas mistake. The number the future bet 648 00:31:15,560 --> 00:31:18,800 Speaker 1: was just too low New England. I understood, because when 649 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 1: you spend a lot of money on free agency, you 650 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: don't know how the piece is fit. And we didn't 651 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:24,600 Speaker 1: really know quite that Drake may was certainly what he 652 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:29,880 Speaker 1: is now. I do not get the Buffalo being favored 653 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: at Jacksonville. 654 00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 3: I don't get the number. I do not get the number. 655 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: Jacksonville has thumped playoff teams, fumped Denver, thumped the Chargers. 656 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 1: Jacksonville is the better team, and now Buffalo's run game 657 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: is better. But as J Mack noted yesterday, Trevor Lawrence 658 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,040 Speaker 1: runs a lot and they run the ball well, so 659 00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,480 Speaker 1: I think Jack And the other thing that works against 660 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:06,000 Speaker 1: Buffalo is their inability against quality teams to jump out 661 00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 1: with momentum leads. They play behind way too much. So 662 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,120 Speaker 1: it's and so in my hurt hierarchy, I've been doing 663 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: this for weeks. 664 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 3: I don't know what to do with Buffalo. 665 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 1: I know they're good, but I had them at ten 666 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:23,160 Speaker 1: several weeks, and generally, the way I look at my 667 00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: hurt hierarchy, the top four teams at any one point 668 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:29,880 Speaker 1: I feel like are the four teams that could win 669 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I don't see it with Buffalo. I 670 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: could be wrong. There are numbers that tell you they're 671 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: better than I think. But the fact they're a favorite 672 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: of Jacksonville, boy does that playing at Jacksonville's hand. Liam 673 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,680 Speaker 1: Cohen all week is like, can you believe it? We're 674 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:52,160 Speaker 1: a home dog to Buffalo? Can you believe the disrespect 675 00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:53,920 Speaker 1: for the Jacksonville Jaguars? 676 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:54,959 Speaker 3: What an advantage? 677 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: No pressure, home dog house money can use the respect card, 678 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 1: which really plays with young athletes. 679 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 3: They really get worked up over that. 680 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, Jmack has one picky loves he loves the Chargers. 681 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 1: I like Jacksonville and I'm sorry Dk Metcalf returning Tomlin 682 00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 1: getting the Hawk three and a half at home. Tomlin's 683 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: record on Monday Night is insane, and Houston probably wins 684 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: but doesn't score. 685 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 7: So I'm writing this one up some numbers for you. 686 00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 7: Just gonna throw these numbers out. Patriots third worst red 687 00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:36,160 Speaker 7: zone defense, allowing touchdowns sixty seven percent of the time, 688 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:40,160 Speaker 7: Chargers fourth best red zone defense. This is interesting, So 689 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,360 Speaker 7: opponents who are in the playoffs. You know, the Patriots 690 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,320 Speaker 7: played the fewest games against opponents in the playoffs four 691 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 7: three of them were in the first five weeks of 692 00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,840 Speaker 7: the season. So in the last like twelve weeks, they've 693 00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 7: played one team that was in the playoffs, Buffalo, and 694 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 7: they lost. 695 00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 3: That's interesting. I mean, they got the weakest schedule. 696 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,840 Speaker 7: According to this guy, Aaron Schatz who does some Advanced towns, 697 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 7: they had the weakest schedule in over twenty five years 698 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 7: that they. 699 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:08,080 Speaker 3: In the league. They just played a lot of bad 700 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 3: for an NFC South team. 701 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 7: Well, I mean, I don't you don't know what to 702 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:13,920 Speaker 7: make some of this stuff, because man. 703 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 3: Right now, I haven't done Blazing five yet. 704 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:21,440 Speaker 1: I would take Rams minus ten, agree, Jaguars plus a point, 705 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:23,240 Speaker 1: Eagles minus four and a half. 706 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 3: You gotta find some dogs in there. Pittsburgh is my 707 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 3: favorite dog. I gat I mean Pittsburgh. 708 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 7: By the way, it's not that they've just lost like 709 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 7: six playoff games in a row. I think they're one 710 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 7: and five against his bread are ow and six. They're 711 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,600 Speaker 7: not even competitive now. Some of those are against Mahomes. 712 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 3: I do not I have I just Patriots Chargers. 713 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:49,600 Speaker 1: It's the late Sunday game, so the crowd is going 714 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: to be lubricated in Foxborough. It's hard to go on 715 00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: the road and win those Sunday night games. That will 716 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,520 Speaker 1: be the loudest crowd of the weekend. 717 00:34:58,120 --> 00:34:59,680 Speaker 7: I think Bears are going to be juiced up for 718 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,600 Speaker 7: a home game against the Packers, right well, I mean 719 00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:03,359 Speaker 7: that's a night game. 720 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:04,760 Speaker 3: You can you know what today? 721 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 2: What is it? 722 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 3: Ryan? Is it fifty degrees in Chicago today? Oh? Wow? 723 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 3: Ball me. 724 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 1: Reportedly it's going to be the sun is going to 725 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 1: be out beaming on Saturday. 726 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,440 Speaker 7: The last Bears playoff game I bet on was the 727 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 7: double doink. I think remember that the kick donk doink loss. 728 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 3: I'm so exciting. Yeah, then I get the Hurricanes ole miss. 729 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 3: Those should be good games as well. Oh.