Speaker 1: Hey guys. So I'm gonna get you to the regularly
Speaker 1: scheduled top of the show with the song and the
Speaker 1: conference championship picks against the spread with Cynthia Friedelan in
Speaker 1: just a second. But as Cynthia and I were finishing
Speaker 1: our show game debut, which is on NFL Network you
Speaker 1: can check it out, I see a tweet from our
Speaker 1: guy rap Sheet. He's breaking some news and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: quote him here. Plot twist. Bucks offensive coordinator Liam Cohen
Speaker 1: has been speaking with the Jaguars in person for their
Speaker 1: head coaching job, and he is a key candidate to
Speaker 1: be the coach in Jacksonville. Per Me and Tom Pella. Sero,
Speaker 1: Liam Cohen, you dirty dog. I just had to talk
Speaker 1: about this and include it as part of the show
Speaker 1: before we break for the weekend. Gonna be our first
Speaker 1: Saturday in about six weeks without football because I love
Speaker 1: stories like this and it's fascinating and I've seen a
Speaker 1: lot of different coaching maneuvers over the years, but I've
Speaker 1: never seen anything quite like this, and it's going to
Speaker 1: change a couple of division races, I believe in twenty
Speaker 1: twenty five. If Cohen ends up being the Jaguars head coach,
Speaker 1: and it looks like he's going to Let's back it
Speaker 1: up a day to Wednesday. Okay, it's announced by our
Speaker 1: insiders and really all around the media that Liam Cohen
Speaker 1: has agreed to return to the Bucks as their offensive coordinator.
Speaker 1: The Bucks agreed to make him one of the highest
Speaker 1: paid offensive coordinators in the NFL. I don't know if
Speaker 1: any offensive coordinator did a better job than Liam Cohen
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four. He was incredible with Baker Mayfield
Speaker 1: and the Bucks. Great news for the Bucks. A couple
Speaker 1: hours later, the Jaguars release a statement that Trent Balkey
Speaker 1: has been fired, and if you listen to the end
Speaker 1: of our Marathon Championship game preview show talked about that
Speaker 1: and it really seemed like a response to what happened
Speaker 1: with Liam Cohen. Shot Con Their owner had said previously
Speaker 1: in a press conference that he's standing behind Trent Balki,
Speaker 1: but that he would keep his mind open. And what
Speaker 1: happened here is I think he found out that Trent
Speaker 1: Balki was coaching poison and he decided to throw Trent Balki,
Speaker 1: his general manager for five years, off the boat. And
Speaker 1: what I should have thought about then, but I didn't
Speaker 1: because we had already heard Liam Cohen agreed to return
Speaker 1: to the Bucks. Was that the Jaguars were going to
Speaker 1: make another push for Cohen, and that's exactly what happened.
Speaker 1: Part of the intrigue here is the reporting from all
Speaker 1: over the place, Jonathan Jones with CBS, Adam Schefter with
Speaker 1: ESPN that Liam Cohen ghosted the Bucks, that they have
Speaker 1: not heard from Liam Cohen or his representatives all day
Speaker 1: long before they see the rap sheet report that he's
Speaker 1: literally in Jacksonville in them building meeting with the Jaguars.
Speaker 1: For Cohen to take that meeting, he better be ready
Speaker 1: to take that job, because at this point he has
Speaker 1: a lot of people upset. A couple questions for Liam
Speaker 1: Cohen assuming he takes this Jacksonville job. Number One, can
Speaker 1: he build a staff. Our friend Ali Connolly has kind
Speaker 1: of been all over this Liam Cohen story, and he
Speaker 1: has said publicly Cohen that he only wants to take
Speaker 1: a job when he feels like he's fully ready, and
Speaker 1: there are some questions about whether he has enough contacts
Speaker 1: through the leagues. He's been bouncing around between Kentucky and
Speaker 1: the Rams and now to the Bucks, and the circumstances
Speaker 1: with which he left Kentucky high and dry are awfully
Speaker 1: similar to this one that maybe he didn't communicate too
Speaker 1: much with them before he left for the Bucks. There's
Speaker 1: a question of what kind of staff can he build,
Speaker 1: Does he have the right general man that you're in mind,
Speaker 1: or is he just trusting the Jaguars to do that.
Speaker 1: His guy is believed to be John Spytech, who reportedly
Speaker 1: agreed to become the Raiders next GM. Is that contract
Speaker 1: in writing? Who knows? There could be more drama here,
Speaker 1: But if Cohen is there, what great news for Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: We'll find out if he can be a successful head coach.
Speaker 1: But I think he was an incredible play caller and
Speaker 1: has really learned a lot over his years play calling.
Speaker 1: And if you're a Trevor Lawrence fan, if you're a
Speaker 1: Jaguars fan, this is absolutely great news. And it's almost
Speaker 1: just as brutal news if you're a Bucks fan. The
Speaker 1: buzz going around the NFL right now is that Jason
Speaker 1: Light the Bucks GM is not happy about this, and
Speaker 1: the reports that are out there that they didn't hear
Speaker 1: anything about it until it apparently was too late. Is
Speaker 1: gonna get people upset and it's not a great job
Speaker 1: by Liam Cohen. Then again, I don't know the full story,
Speaker 1: so I think it's unfair to totally judge from the outside.
Speaker 1: You don't know what you don't know. You see this
Speaker 1: with player acquisitions in free agency quite a bit, and ultimately,
Speaker 1: there's nothing that the Bucks can do. If he wants
Speaker 1: to take a head coaching job, he can go take
Speaker 1: a head coaching job, even if he verbally agreed with
Speaker 1: the Bucks. One of the interesting wrinkles is that it
Speaker 1: has been reported now that he did let Todd Bowles
Speaker 1: know Thursday evening that he was interviewing with the Jaguars.
Speaker 1: It's such a crazy situation because the Bucks were hoping,
Speaker 1: I believe, to have their cake and eat it, to
Speaker 1: keep Todd Bowles, who's been a good hood coach for
Speaker 1: them and is a great defensive play caller, and keep
Speaker 1: Liam Cohen. It is interesting to think about what the
Speaker 1: Bucks would have done if they knew all along that
Speaker 1: Liam Cohen was going to leave, because we've seen what
Speaker 1: this Bucks organization has done before. They have elevated coordinators
Speaker 1: that they did not want to leave the building, and
Speaker 1: an offensive play caller, as my friend Dave Danishek says,
Speaker 1: is one of the most valuable things you can have
Speaker 1: in the NFL, and the Jaguars are absolutely acting like it.
Speaker 1: They're probably given Liam Cohen a big old contract. Maybe
Speaker 1: Ben Johnson earned Liam Cohen some money. I will update
Speaker 1: this if something changes, but at this point I am
Speaker 1: expecting Liam Cohen to be the next head coach of
Speaker 1: the Jaguars, and it's just a shocking and fascinating turn
Speaker 1: of events that I really think is gonna shape these
Speaker 1: two division races because Todd Bowles has done a great
Speaker 1: job finding Dave Canalis and then finding Liam Cohen, and
Speaker 1: now it looks like he's gonna have to find another
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator to run his team in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 1: Because the Jaguars, I don't know if they're gonna win
Speaker 1: on the field in twenty twenty five. But as low
Speaker 1: as their fans felt throughout this entire Balki saga, somehow
Speaker 1: he's out of the building and somehow they get a
Speaker 1: really exciting play caller in the building. They're feeling good
Speaker 1: and they at least have their first w of the
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five season. If theyn get Cohen to sign
Speaker 1: on the dotted line. Make sure he signs. All right,
Speaker 1: let's go to the rest of the show. Cynthia and
Speaker 1: I picking some games. Welcome to NFL Daily. We're like
Speaker 1: Billy Bean, our stuff just doesn't work in the playoffs. Apparently.
Speaker 1: I'm Greg Rosenthal. I'm in the Chris Westling podcast studio. Yep,
Speaker 1: not for the last time, but one of the last
Speaker 1: times this season to make our picks. Cynthia freedom same,
Speaker 1: I never know around here. Welcome Cynthia's conference championship weekend.
Speaker 1: And that that start of the show that I'm referring
Speaker 1: to the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, longtime GM
Speaker 1: Billy Bean often said, and look we can I can
Speaker 1: give our our producer Chris a little extra work. He
Speaker 1: just would say, maybe just doesn't work in the playoffs,
Speaker 1: you know, because he would just get the a's to
Speaker 1: the playoffs and then it wouldn't come through. And my
Speaker 1: picks have been poor in the playoffs. I'll own it.
Speaker 1: My one stay away last week was a win. That
Speaker 1: was the Bills, but I went o two and one
Speaker 1: because that Eagles game was a push. You got one
Speaker 1: and two. So let's let's rebound here. We got it
Speaker 1: last two games. We were great in the regular season,
Speaker 1: much like the Philadelphia Eagles. Let's start there. The line
Speaker 1: started the week at four and a half, got pretty
Speaker 1: quickly moved up to last week's line. So it's Eagles
Speaker 1: minus six, just like they were against the Rams. I
Speaker 1: believe that was your stay away. That's why you did
Speaker 1: not have a push and but you were with me
Speaker 1: on the Eagles side. It could have gone either way.
Speaker 2: I just I just didn't want to do the same
Speaker 2: one as you.
Speaker 1: Jake Elliott, in those myths that points killed it. What
Speaker 1: do you think this week?
Speaker 2: I think four was about right. I think four was
Speaker 2: about right.
Speaker 3: I have the Eagles winning this one, but I don't
Speaker 3: think that they're going to do it by more than
Speaker 3: six points.
Speaker 2: I think that's too rich for my blood.
Speaker 3: Okay, maybe five, four or five. I think that four
Speaker 3: and a half line. I think it was priced correctly
Speaker 3: when it first came out.
Speaker 1: They usually do. I know, that's why they they've got
Speaker 1: those big towers and.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why you know rooms have super fancy rooms.
Speaker 1: I although this year they've struggled because it's been a
Speaker 1: favorite heavy type of year. I let's just start at
Speaker 1: the end. I'm taking the Commanders.
Speaker 2: Too, So you're taking the Commanders.
Speaker 1: I don't need to on this show. I'm not really sure.
Speaker 1: I've gone back and forth. So we'll start the end
Speaker 1: and then we'll explain why we're making these picks. But
Speaker 1: at first I was thinking Eagles cover. Then I'm thinking
Speaker 1: Commanders win. Out right, I'm just all over the place
Speaker 1: because if it's a close game, I sort of trust
Speaker 1: the Commander's game management in their history those games, and
Speaker 1: their coaching staff a little more than Nick Sirianni in
Speaker 1: that's a hothead. And when you just look at the
Speaker 1: pure talent and how they've gotten here, and the depth
Speaker 1: charts and the numbers, like I get why the Eagles
Speaker 1: could win this game by two scorees. So nothing would
Speaker 1: surprise me. And yet on this show, I don't have
Speaker 1: to make a straight up pick. I am just feeling
Speaker 1: like I'm taking the Commanders plus six. Now, why from
Speaker 1: a football angle, do you think four was around the
Speaker 1: right number?
Speaker 3: Like?
Speaker 1: What aspects do you think that are going to help
Speaker 1: the Commanders cover this spread?
Speaker 3: Well, the first thing is is how Jaden Daniels has
Speaker 3: adapted to the Blitz news slash he's really good at it.
Speaker 3: That also works for some pressure metrics as well. The
Speaker 3: thing that to me does end up becoming the tipping
Speaker 3: point is as good as we've seen this Washington defense become.
Speaker 3: And they started off not good, and then they've gotten
Speaker 3: better and better and better as the season's gone on.
Speaker 3: I still don't think they have an answer to the
Speaker 3: dual headed threat, or I guess triple headed threat if
Speaker 3: you want to think of it that way. That is
Speaker 3: this passing, running and then passing on the run offense.
Speaker 2: That is the Eagle.
Speaker 3: So I just it's nothing about the Jayden Daniels side
Speaker 3: of the ball. I think it's very intriguing. I think
Speaker 3: Terry McLaurin has been a very like underrated wide receiver
Speaker 3: for many I know he's a pro bowler now, but
Speaker 3: you know, I think, like we don't historically, this guy's
Speaker 3: done way better than perhaps his kind of accolades have
Speaker 3: suggested until this point, with way worse quarterbacks. So interesting,
Speaker 3: and I just don't think though that I don't think
Speaker 3: Washington has enough stuff to stop aj Brown, DeVante Smith,
Speaker 3: Dallas Goddard, whatever the heck's sake, one Barkley's gonna do
Speaker 3: and then whoever they get to like do a trick
Speaker 3: play here there.
Speaker 1: Right, Jalen Hurts and his mobility is a huge question mark.
Speaker 1: How much does that affect their run game? I thought
Speaker 1: he moved, It's okay, I thought he moved much better.
Speaker 1: Everyone was like.
Speaker 2: Negative five billion and yeah, and.
Speaker 1: The announcers were so hard on it that he's just
Speaker 1: not moving at at all. But when I flipped on
Speaker 1: the film after that injury, he moved the.
Speaker 2: Yeah, do yourself a favor too.
Speaker 3: Sometimes, like I go back when I feel like like
Speaker 3: sometimes the narrative on TV goes what I just listened
Speaker 3: to the Eagles radio broadcast.
Speaker 2: It was a lot more I would say, fair, Okay, Well.
Speaker 3: It's obviously it's obviously slanted towards the Eagles because all
Speaker 3: of the home radio broadcasts are. But in terms of
Speaker 3: the mobility, it kind of pouting out the same thing
Speaker 3: as you. Well, they're not calling something that really leverages
Speaker 3: all of Jalen Hurt's mobility. It was a bit of
Speaker 3: a potentially protective as opposed to trying to see what
Speaker 3: we got right.
Speaker 1: They didn't know, but there was there was.
Speaker 2: My Michigan accent is coming out.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love your Michigan Sure, what does
Speaker 1: it say, Okamus Athletic Club. That's yeah.
Speaker 2: This where I'm from. It's like like it says oaks.
Speaker 1: Love it that This is why you got to check
Speaker 1: us out on YouTube. You got to check out Club
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Speaker 1: you do when you get there, you don't just watch
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Speaker 3: Notification and you get a piece of paper and you
Speaker 3: write down all the things.
Speaker 2: Yes it is, it is a podcast.
Speaker 1: You mentioned. Jonathan Allen hasn't played against the Eagles in
Speaker 1: either of those matchups, and sometimes the name on the
Speaker 1: back of the jersey doesn't match the reputation. He was
Speaker 1: coming back from the injuries, and then I watched last
Speaker 1: week that was like real deal Jonathan Allen. That's like
Speaker 1: adding I'm not saying he's Jalen Carter, but it's adding
Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl level player to the mix.
Speaker 3: Tell me in the back end, it's we're not getting
Speaker 3: healthy Marshall Lonemore where we're not.
Speaker 1: She looked a little better last week, but.
Speaker 3: It's still not that is still not Trusty Bram Weinstein.
Speaker 1: I so we had him on NFL Daly.
Speaker 2: And I have to listen to it and him work
Speaker 2: with him at ESPN.
Speaker 1: My wife Emmica makes fun of me that I always
Speaker 1: go like I always trust whoever the last person is
Speaker 1: that I talked to about something, and there was something
Speaker 1: about Bram that has influenced my going back and forth.
Speaker 1: I mean the confidence that he has, the confidence that
Speaker 1: that team has the vibes. And it's so stupid to
Speaker 1: talk about vibes, but when you're talking about six points,
Speaker 1: I feel a little better talking about vibes. He is
Speaker 1: the better quarterback in this game, obviously, I think the
Speaker 1: coaching staff on balance, I trust the Commanders actually a
Speaker 1: little bit in a closer spot. So if I'm trusting
Speaker 1: the coach, the quarterback and the and the coaches and
Speaker 1: the vibes a little more, I'm gonna take six points
Speaker 1: in this matchup. I kind of see. I can just
Speaker 1: see the Eagles being a team that have has their
Speaker 1: heart broken and not end up winning this game, or
Speaker 1: at least sweating it out. I see Jalen Hurts holding
Speaker 1: onto the ball when they blitz. And one thing that's
Speaker 1: been interesting in this matchup the two times of the
Speaker 1: Commanders they actually haven't gotten pressure with four a little surprising.
Speaker 1: One thing I didn't hit in the preview was that
Speaker 1: the kind of the regular running game from the Commanders
Speaker 1: got going last week. That's gonna be a big deal.
Speaker 1: They were great early in the season, not so much late.
Speaker 1: I think they're kind of playing better at the right time.
Speaker 1: And they just remind me of some of these six seeds,
Speaker 1: like over the course of history, like the Packers with
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, who was another one. There was one in
Speaker 1: five was that the Steelers team I think was a
Speaker 1: sixth seed when they there's only been a couple yea.
Speaker 1: And they just they have so much belief And I
Speaker 1: just think the Eagles are potentially there for the taking,
Speaker 1: even though I've been on their side all season. If
Speaker 1: you give me six points, I'm gonna take it. I
Speaker 1: don't have to pick the game straight up. You can
Speaker 1: watch game debut for that, don't I think I think
Speaker 1: you are hearing how I'm leaning.
Speaker 3: I do I like I don't like it? Do you
Speaker 3: talk yourself into something? Those are my favorite modes, especially
Speaker 3: like the curtain back here. We will be on you know,
Speaker 3: filming in the middle of the show and pre show.
Speaker 2: He'll be like, you know what, I'm taking the Eagles,
Speaker 2: and then it'll be like, screw it, I'm going with
Speaker 2: the Commanders. The vibes are so strong, it's so good.
Speaker 2: It's my favorite moment, Like, I love it. I love it.
Speaker 1: Everything stupid, And it's stupid because I won't even be
Speaker 1: to enjoy the game because I'm gonna be real. I
Speaker 1: always kind of pull for the Eagles a little bit.
Speaker 1: They're just one of those teams I enjoy and I
Speaker 1: would be happy if they win, and yet I have
Speaker 1: a bad feeling about this game for them. Let's go
Speaker 1: to the other AFC Championship. One and a half is
Speaker 1: the number as we talk, it's gone back and forth
Speaker 1: between one and a half and two.
Speaker 3: One and a half feels better. I saw some places
Speaker 3: it was one. Someplaces it was too, like one and
Speaker 3: a half is good. Two stinks because you could like
Speaker 3: two is annoying. Two happens. It happened last week. Noxious
Speaker 3: it happened last week, and the Bills uh won by that.
Speaker 3: Do you think the Bills can cover that one and
Speaker 3: a half.
Speaker 2: I mean sure they can.
Speaker 3: My problem in this one is, as we sit here
Speaker 3: right now, to me, this is a. This is a
Speaker 3: one point game.
Speaker 1: And real exactly, so you're gonna you're gonna try to
Speaker 1: thread the needle. You're gonna try your projection model has
Speaker 1: a chiefs to win, but only by one.
Speaker 3: Oh that's cowardly correct. Yeah, I actually wrote a cowardly
Speaker 3: model like that. That's what I try to like, what
Speaker 3: can I do to make this the most cowardly model ever?
Speaker 1: But look, the.
Speaker 3: Reality is is if there is no Christian Benford, if
Speaker 3: there is no Taylor.
Speaker 1: Rat I think we're getting Benford. He's at practice. I
Speaker 1: don't know, you don't.
Speaker 3: Know for sure, right so, but as we sit here
Speaker 3: right now, he's technically still in the concussion protocol.
Speaker 2: And that is that is a massive deal.
Speaker 3: Because losing two guys, yet losing two guys when you
Speaker 3: have this guy named Travis Kelsey, who if you look
Speaker 3: at the difference between when a defensive back covers him
Speaker 3: versus when a linebacker covers him in these Bills matchups,
Speaker 3: it's like, you know, one is like eight yards per catch,
Speaker 3: the other's like twelve yards. But like, come on, man,
Speaker 3: you're really gonna ask Terrell Bernard to handle that without
Speaker 3: everything behind him being good and as much as I
Speaker 3: and I love Matt Malona b c alone. He's great,
Speaker 3: but I don't know if he's like he came back
Speaker 3: from injury and I it just doesn't feel like he's
Speaker 3: like the full strength Matt Milano beginning of like he doesn't.
Speaker 2: And then this Chiefs team, they are getting healthier. I
Speaker 2: saw a report.
Speaker 1: We're so healthy it's annoying. It's they're like the healthiest
Speaker 1: team in the NFL. You want to talk about luck,
Speaker 1: that's where they've gotten some luck.
Speaker 2: Yeah, good, that's where they've gotten some luck.
Speaker 3: But I will say the Bill's O line is better,
Speaker 3: and I will say that the quarterbacks are pretty evenly matched.
Speaker 3: So I'm I'm this is not a one point win.
Speaker 3: It's a cowardly pick.
Speaker 1: But I'm joking. No, it is. Don't feel bad wait
Speaker 1: if I'm not bend either way for the point of
Speaker 1: this show, and it's why picking the numbers is different
Speaker 1: than picking the winners. Ultimately, a point and a half
Speaker 1: is enough for you and your model that in a
Speaker 1: game this even just take the one and a half.
Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be that much more complicated. Now,
Speaker 1: if I told you Benford and Rapp are out.
Speaker 2: Then I then I think the Chiefs are Wow, it
Speaker 2: is the.
Speaker 1: Difference because you know the combination, combination.
Speaker 2: Does who who is going?
Speaker 3: Look at what Xavier Worthy has done in recent weeks. Wow,
Speaker 3: they changed his average depth of target. They cut it
Speaker 3: more than in half. And the man is all about
Speaker 3: that yack lifestyle and that is where he could outrun.
Speaker 3: I'm not scared of him against DeMar Hamlet. I'm not
Speaker 3: scared of him against anyone in that second.
Speaker 1: Douglas not the fastest guy, no, And if.
Speaker 3: You can get something over Matmalano's head, life is tough.
Speaker 3: So when I'm looking at that, and then I factor
Speaker 3: in how healthy this defense is for the Chiefs, Like
Speaker 3: it's just hard.
Speaker 2: But if Christian Benford's there, that is a difference maker.
Speaker 1: Okay, for sure, we'll track the injury report, but like
Speaker 1: I said, Bedford, I believe is limited but is in
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol. Rap has not been seen at practice,
Speaker 1: which is not a great big deal. It is a
Speaker 1: big deal.
Speaker 3: Although words well, Bernard cannot an entire offense stop.
Speaker 1: We are taping this on Thursday afternoon, so keep anigh,
Speaker 1: check the injury report and keep that in mind. But
Speaker 1: for now, you're there I'm on the Bills.
Speaker 3: I again, I'm gonna go ahead to be there, and
Speaker 3: I'll say this, I'd like to see the Bills.
Speaker 2: I mean, I can make an argument that it'd be.
Speaker 3: Fun to see achieves three pet That's cool, but come on, man,
Speaker 3: I did did preseason with the Bills. I've been a
Speaker 3: Bill's stand like that. Now my lines are out whatever,
Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the Bills, like I want to
Speaker 3: see something new, you know, like that. It's not an
Speaker 3: anti Chief sentiment.
Speaker 2: I like the Chiefs.
Speaker 3: I love Patrick Mahomes is the best we'll see in
Speaker 3: our lifetime, probably you know, up close and personal.
Speaker 1: And I felt for you. I mean I felt for
Speaker 1: me because I was pretty strong saying that not only
Speaker 1: were the Lions gonna win, that the Lions minus nine
Speaker 1: and a half was my favorite pick last week. I
Speaker 1: got a few mentions on that one, and to be
Speaker 1: I deserved them. I deserved him. That was very much
Speaker 1: the wrong side.
Speaker 3: As a Lions fan, I can tell you that this
Speaker 3: is better than last year. Last year that was the worst.
Speaker 3: You're up at halftime in the NFC Championship game by
Speaker 3: like seventeen points and you come back and get gutted.
Speaker 2: No, that's worse. So this one was at least like
Speaker 2: I deserved to lose.
Speaker 1: There wasn't. It wasn't much mystery to it.
Speaker 3: Now you would now, Jamiir Gibbs, that man was trying
Speaker 3: to win, but it was a lot of other things
Speaker 3: just weren't going right.
Speaker 2: It was like a comedy of errors, if you will.
Speaker 1: That defense was going to require them to score forty plus.
Speaker 2: You can't turn the ball over two times, let alone
Speaker 2: five like.
Speaker 1: But I apologize and maybe I'm over correcting here, but
Speaker 1: in terms of the Commanders, because I got it so
Speaker 1: wrong last week, we'll find out. I'm gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and say it. Say I think this Bill's Chiefs game
Speaker 1: good football game.
Speaker 2: Oh you know, if you like talking about cowardly takes.
Speaker 1: That was the point.
Speaker 3: That was it.
Speaker 1: I am looking forward right now. As much as I'm
Speaker 1: excited about the NFC Championship game, I'm looking forward to
Speaker 1: that's gonna be great in the first half of this bill.
Speaker 1: If you could just transport me to the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: of Bill's Chiefs. I just know that that feeling is
Speaker 1: what you look for as a sports fan. Now, it's
Speaker 1: not one of my teams or anything, but I did
Speaker 1: have the Bills winning the Super Bowl this year, so
Speaker 1: I'm I am invested. But that's that's what you love,
Speaker 1: and it's because of everything that built towards it. So
Speaker 1: I gave all the x's and o's, and we talked
Speaker 1: about the preview on Thursday's show, and Nick Wright was
Speaker 1: on the show, and Patrick and I broke down why
Speaker 1: we think it's gonna happen in certain ways, and I
Speaker 1: think the Bills are going to win this game. I
Speaker 1: do legitimately believe it. But one of the reasons why
Speaker 1: I'm so excited about that moment on Sunday afternoon is
Speaker 1: the build up to this. I mean, the Chiefs are
Speaker 1: trying to be the greatest team in the history of football,
Speaker 1: and in their way is the team that, if they
Speaker 1: lose on Sunday, has a pretty strong argument as the
Speaker 1: greatest team to not make a Super Bowl in the
Speaker 1: five year window. Here's what the Bills have done leading
Speaker 1: into this game. It started in the year where they
Speaker 1: lost the AFC Championship Game to the Chiefs. It continued
Speaker 1: obviously in that great shootout in the Divisional round in overtime.
Speaker 1: They have won twelve point two games on average in
Speaker 1: the regular season over the last five years. That's amazing.
Speaker 1: They have averaged third place in point differential over the
Speaker 1: last five years. They have never been lower than fifth.
Speaker 1: That is the hardest thing to do in the NFL.
Speaker 1: You are top five and point differential for five straight years,
Speaker 1: you never drop below eleven wins for five straight years.
Speaker 1: You've been at thirteen since five straight years. And I
Speaker 1: think all of that experience really does matter. Not that
Speaker 1: they're hungrier, but that sometimes it really is your time.
Speaker 1: And one of the reasons it's their time is I
Speaker 1: think they're built to beat this Chiefs team because like
Speaker 1: the Chiefs, they're so intelligent. They don't beat themselves. They
Speaker 1: don't make mistakes that they can out chief the chief
Speaker 1: And I think they can be diverse defensively, offensively, they
Speaker 1: can do any sort of game plan. And then when
Speaker 1: it comes down to it, quarterbacks offense, Which quarterback is
Speaker 1: ultimately better right now? Who is playing better right now?
Speaker 1: Which offense is better right now? It is the Bills.
Speaker 1: This is actually the best Bills offense that they've had
Speaker 1: in terms of points score, in terms of efficiency. I know,
Speaker 1: you don't have the star power of Stefan Diggs. But
Speaker 1: being able to run the ball and be diverse and
Speaker 1: change your game plan, it is the best offense. So
Speaker 1: this is the year that they are gonna do it.
Speaker 1: They're not going to be the worst the best team
Speaker 1: that hasn't made the super Bowl because they are going
Speaker 1: to make the super Bowl and they win it by
Speaker 1: three points. Great game, Bill's Chiefs thirty one, twenty eight.
Speaker 1: Let's go with that. That's it. Sorry, I just had
Speaker 1: the rant.
Speaker 3: I love being here for this rant. This is incredible,
Speaker 3: Like I feel like I just like some people go
Speaker 3: to church on Sundays. I just went to church, oh man,
Speaker 3: and it was great.
Speaker 1: You sounded you at points you almost I was like,
Speaker 1: I should let Cynthia in here. She I'm enjoying it
Speaker 1: or she's scared. I don't know by the intent.
Speaker 2: I'm enjoying it. No, I'm completely enjoying it.
Speaker 3: I'm I need more of these rants in my life,
Speaker 3: but I need them about like also teams like I
Speaker 3: like both of these obviously, but I would love I
Speaker 3: would log ran whenever I can.
Speaker 1: It's like your your private life, all right, Cynthia, this
Speaker 1: is going to be a big day for your wedding
Speaker 1: plan taking steps one and two here.
Speaker 2: Well that's one and two. I did one find the
Speaker 2: right person?
Speaker 1: Okay. Two is like, you know, I've just been hanging
Speaker 1: out there. We're worried. We're worried about you and Kyle,
Speaker 1: but we are not worried about these games. They were
Speaker 1: going to be fantastic. Uh to review, we're both on
Speaker 1: the Commanders plus six and actually we're both on the
Speaker 1: Bills plus one and a half. But you say, keep
Speaker 1: an eye. If both guys in the secondary are out,
Speaker 1: you're gonna flip it. So keep that in mind. We
Speaker 1: are going to keep track of that in the in
Speaker 1: terms of the records, although I have a feeling Bedford
Speaker 1: will be out there and then it won't be I hope.
Speaker 2: So for Bills fans and Bills fans everywhere, I hope
Speaker 2: that they get yes.
Speaker 1: Let's play that song, because look, Cynthia, when you're ranting,
Speaker 1: when I'm ranting, and the Bills are finally going back
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, don't be afraid of it. Eric Roberts,
Speaker 1: you know football is back.