1 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: I'd be Friday, everybuddy, another work week almost in the 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,159 Speaker 1: books and will solve gladuate with me. And these are 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: your good morning football headlines from NFL Network. Even though 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Picky five is next weekend, there was big 5 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 1: news Thursday surrounding a team amids the playoffs this season. 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: Chord to NFL Network, considering rappaport, Texans quarterback to Shaun 7 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: Watson has officially requested a trade. Three time Pro bowler 8 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: has a clause in his contract that allows him to 9 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:34,760 Speaker 1: approve any potential destination rap sheets saying Carolina will reportedly 10 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: be aggressive in trying to land him. Remember, he won 11 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 1: a national title at Clemson. So will new Texans head 12 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:44,879 Speaker 1: coach David Culley get the chance to work with Watson 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: during the next five years? The NFL networks town Pella 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 1: Sarah reporting Culley and Houston having greeted terms on a 15 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: new five year deal rap sheet adding this nugget. Now, 16 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: thanks to a new role just instituted, the Ravens will 17 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: receive two third round pensatory picks for the hiring of 18 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: a minority head coach. Cowe is the first blackhead coach 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: hired this cycle and joins Miami's Brian Flores and Pittsburgh's 20 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin as the only current African American head coaches 21 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: all right now, turning our attention to Super Bowl fifty five, 22 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: you are going to hear plenty of discussions leading after 23 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: the game about how this could be the greatest matchup 24 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: of Keb's ever in the Big Game. The Chiefs Patrick 25 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: Mahomes was a Super Bowl fifty four MVP in the 26 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 1: Bucks Town, Brady is making his tenth career Super Bowl start. 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: He's the first player in league history, by the way, 28 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: to accomplish that feat. His head coach, Bruce Arians is 29 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: making his debut as a head coach in the Super 30 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:45,000 Speaker 1: Bowl TV twelve. Abusive in his praising of Arrians yesterday, 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 1: There's nobody that ever would saying hang bad about Ba. 32 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: He's just he's he's so endearing to everybody, and I 33 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 1: think everyone wants to win for him. And I think 34 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: that's what coach, you know, what's what you want to 35 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 1: do for a coaches. You want to get out there 36 00:01:57,360 --> 00:01:59,080 Speaker 1: and you want to win for him. And he puts 37 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: a lot into it, expects a lot out of it. 38 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: You know, it's high expectations for us. Everyday of practice 39 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,640 Speaker 1: and just really excited for him to be recognized in 40 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: the way that he is. I know he's two time 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: coach of the Year, but just done an amazing job 42 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,320 Speaker 1: this year with the team and really adverse situations and 43 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: just you know, love playing for him. The Chiefs defense 44 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: says to worry about Arian's offensive game plan. These teams 45 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 1: went back in Week twelve when Casey won twenty seven 46 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: to twenty four at Tampa, Brady through for three hundred 47 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: forty five yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions. It's our 48 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: Chiefs defensive back Tyren Matthew Honey Badger knows his unit 49 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: has to bring their eight game against the only six 50 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 1: times Super Bowl when it QB, it's all about us, 51 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: just you know, going back over the details, going back 52 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: over the little things, you know, understanding that you know, 53 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: we're playing against Tom Brady and it's going to take 54 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,920 Speaker 1: four quarters to kind of put this guy away, and 55 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: doesn't matter how many points we're up by or with 56 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: the sixation is going into the second half. We got 57 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,239 Speaker 1: to find a way to kind of close the door 58 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: on Tim because he's always shown, you know, the ability 59 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: to put his team, you know, back in the game. 60 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: Much has been made of the chief supposed lack of 61 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 1: dominance this season. Last week's fourteen point victory over the 62 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: Bills was the first win by double digits since Week eight. 63 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: Mahomes was asked he feels disrespected by the suggestion this 64 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: year's team isn't as good as the twenty eighteen squad. 65 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: It's not that I feel disrespected. I mean, I mean, 66 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 1: we we get a lot of respecting this but at 67 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: the same time, this team, it's it's like we weren't 68 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: winning by enough. I guess that's a statum. So we 69 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: wanted to make sure everybody knew that we could still 70 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: play good football. We wanted to elsewhere. Steelers quarterback Ben 71 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,560 Speaker 1: Roethlisberger will meet with team ownership and head coach Mike 72 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: Tomlin the week after the Super Bowl. He says he 73 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 1: wants to play one more season and reportedly doesn't care 74 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: about his salary. Big Benn in interview with the Athletics, saying, 75 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: vote I want to do everything I can and made 76 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: that very clear to them from the very beginning that 77 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: it was my idea to basically help the team however 78 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 1: I can this year. And lastly, we've got some great 79 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: news friend of the show, Washington football team head coach 80 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,840 Speaker 1: Ron Rivera is cancer free. Love to hear it. The 81 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: fifty nine year old completing treatment annily October and didn't 82 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: miss a game while leading his team to an NFC 83 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: East title. Rivera also becoming the first head coach in 84 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: that team's illustrious history to win a division in a 85 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 1: first season with the team during the Super Bowl era, 86 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: Rivera strong bout of doubt, lovy coach, Well, my time 87 00:04:38,760 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 1: is up. I hope you have a great weekend and 88 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: we'll solve that those and you. Good morning football headlines 89 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: from NFL Network