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I mean, it was a 12 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,480 Speaker 1: wild shootout, thirty seven thirty with two minutes thirty seconds left, 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:52,599 Speaker 1: the trash meet by the Detroit line, So let's talk 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: about that. I like Dallas last night, but it was 15 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:58,600 Speaker 1: pretty clear by the middle of the second quarter that 16 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: Detroit found on their rhythm. This felt like the Ben 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: Johnson offensive coordinator for the Lions. Lion seven point two 18 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 1: yards of play. They have crazy offensive talent. They have 19 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 1: two running backs I like, two wide receivers that are stars. 20 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: They always get an offensive line push and it's a 21 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: well constructed roster. David Montgomery, the bruiser, Jamiir Gibbs, the 22 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: home run hitter, Amoran Saint Brown, the volume receiver, receiver 23 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 1: Jamison Williams, acceleration guy, speed guy. They can be physical 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: or fanas. They can score slowly and eat up the clock, 25 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: or they can score quickly. They had a three play 26 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: drive fifty three yard touchdown that took up ninety seconds. 27 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 1: They had a ten play drive for a field goal 28 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: that took up six minutes. For about three years, they 29 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: were the most talked about offense. They looked like the 30 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: best constructed offense even before Jamiir Gibbs. It was Pro 31 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: bowlers and should be Pro bowlers. That's never been the issue. 32 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: We didn't even really question Dan Campbell. 33 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 3: We didn't. 34 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: We always thought Dan was a great culture guy. Since 35 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: he's taken over the play calling, though he's a little 36 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: better scheme guy than we give him credit for. They're 37 00:02:11,919 --> 00:02:14,839 Speaker 1: averaging six point eight yards of play and last night 38 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: their last seven drives they had no punt, So I 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: would say we've never criticized their front office. 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: We love it. 41 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: We think Dan Campbell has established himself as a franchise 42 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,080 Speaker 1: culture builder, kind of like a Vrabel, big guy physically 43 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: culture builder. We also like Jared goff. Don't listen to anybody. 44 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 1: He's really good. But we kind of this last night 45 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: looked like the team with Ben Johnson, and by the way, 46 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: we've seen glimpses of it this year. I went and 47 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 1: looked up this morning. They've scored thirty eight against Baltimore. 48 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: They scored fifty two way back went against the Bears, 49 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: forty four against Washington, forty four last night against Dallas, 50 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: so we know it's there. But they also gave us 51 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 1: pause because they scored nine against Philly and seventeen against 52 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. It's not about talent with Detroit, and we've 53 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: seen this. The Niners defense is more depleted than last year, 54 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 1: but it's better because they got the right coordinator, Robert Sala. 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: And we've said when you lose Ben Johnson, an all 56 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,120 Speaker 1: time offensive coordinator, even if you're replace him with a 57 00:03:16,160 --> 00:03:19,600 Speaker 1: solid guy, a pretty good guy, it doesn't look quite 58 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: as unique and quite as clever. So Dan Campbell stepped 59 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: in and said, listen, our defense still isn't great. We're 60 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,799 Speaker 1: going to mostly win by track meets. And since Dan 61 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: Campbell's taking it over, you're getting you're seeing this, but 62 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: remember this is a team that also lost to JJ McCarthy, 63 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: but I thought it was a beautiful thing to watch. 64 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: By about the mid second quarter, and you were looking 65 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: at the Ben Johnson Lions. So ideally a coach does 66 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,840 Speaker 1: not want to take over play calling duties offensively or 67 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: defensively from a coordinator. But I also feel like it's 68 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: time right now. Last night was a must win for them. 69 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: They've signed a lot of their guys to big contracts 70 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: in Detroit, a lot of them, and a couple of 71 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,160 Speaker 1: them have injuries. As players get old, they get banged up, 72 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: and so these windows. We all know this, windows close 73 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: very quickly in the NFL. So I'm watching it last 74 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: night by the mid second quarter and I'm like, oh, okay, 75 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 1: these Lions. I've seen these Lions for about two three years. 76 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: With Ben Johnson it felt like every Sunday. This year, 77 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: it's like every third Sunday, and it was last night 78 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: on Thursday. It was a beautiful thing to watch. The 79 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: roster construction's outstanding. You look at their schedule now at 80 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: LA Steelers, at Minnesota, at Bears, they're an eight and 81 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: five team. They're going to control most of their destiny. 82 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: Here is Dan Campbell after. 83 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 4: These guys do a great job of they take it 84 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 4: for what it is. Man. They don't don't get panicked. 85 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 4: They don't get panicked, they don't make something out of 86 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 4: it that it's not. I think by doing that and 87 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 4: keeping it that way, our guys are able to always 88 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 4: answer back. Know they do. I think where you get 89 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 4: in trouble is if you start just that, you start panicking, 90 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 4: and you start you know, I mentioned this last week. 91 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 4: You got to start doing more than you need to do, 92 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:12,679 Speaker 4: just do your job. 93 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: The more often we get that Detroit and that offense 94 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: and that explosion and speed, that that feels like a 95 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: playoff team because their ceiling is very high. Okay, let's 96 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: talk Cowboys. They lost a shootout. Two things are obvious 97 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: and two things jumped out to us. One we kind 98 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: of knew is the truth. One we were hoping would 99 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: never be the truth. Again, let's start with the first. 100 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,359 Speaker 1: We told you we like Dallas's O line, but there 101 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,359 Speaker 1: are a much better run blocking O line than a 102 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: pass blocking O line. And last night they got exposed. 103 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: Tyler Geton. Their left tackle was out. Yeah that was 104 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: bad because the right tackle is not good. So Dak 105 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: Prescott was getting whacked. He got hit, sacked, knocked down 106 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,400 Speaker 1: eleven times. Do you realize this year Dak press got 107 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: is the third most pressured quarterback in the league. First 108 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: as Herbert, seconds cam Ward, Third is Dak. So Aiden 109 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: Hutchison had ten pressures, seven in the fourth quarter. So 110 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: when Dallas absolutely had to throw when time was running out, 111 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,200 Speaker 1: it got ugly. So Dallas has two first round picks. 112 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:19,920 Speaker 1: It's a good offensive tackle draft, it's a good edge 113 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:20,760 Speaker 1: rusher draft. 114 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 3: They need both. 115 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 1: That's they can solve one massive concern and getting an 116 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: edge just gives their pass rush even more push. But 117 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:35,359 Speaker 1: last night it was very obvious Jared Goff was the 118 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,039 Speaker 1: much more comfortable quarterback. This is not on Dak. I've 119 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: defended Justin Herbert all year. I've defended cam Ward, I'll 120 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: defend Dak. When you're facing that kind of pass rush, 121 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:46,800 Speaker 1: you have to speed it up. You make more mistakes. 122 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 1: I don't care if you're a typist, a pianist, or 123 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: a quarterback. When you're playing faster than you're supposed to, 124 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: it gets ugly. 125 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:55,119 Speaker 3: So Dak. 126 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: In Deck's six wins, he's been sacked six times seven times. 127 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: In Dak's six losses, even sacked fourteen times. So there's 128 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: the answer to the test. The second thing, and I 129 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: didn't think this was going to be a thing again. 130 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: George Pickens became the Steelers. George Pickens, uninterested, uninspired, immature, 131 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 1: He still had five catches. But every Cowboy fan you saw, 132 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: we saw, we all saw. Now Ceedee Lamb is so 133 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: great and they've got enough other receivers like Turpin, you 134 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: know where you don't have to keep George Pickens. But 135 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 1: George Pickens has been so good this year. When Dak 136 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: in the first eleven games was throwing the Pickens, he 137 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 1: had one hundred and thirty five passer rating. In the 138 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: last two games Dak thrown at George Pickens has a 139 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: twenty nine. 140 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 3: Passer rating and that's not on Dak. 141 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: So remember, Dallas moved off Des Bryant, Dallas moved off 142 00:07:50,320 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: Michael Parsons, Jerry Jones. If you are committed, you're an adult, 143 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: and you're productive, Jerry, he'll overpay you. But if you're not, 144 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: Remember Jerry got tired of Zeke. He moved off. Dez 145 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: Micah had his world famous podcast, Jerry wantsh You committed? 146 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: Jerry wantsh you grinding? Okay, Jerry has been all in 147 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: on Dak. Dax's mature Dax committed Dak Smiths games. Dak's 148 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 1: been hurt, but he knows Dak is one hundred percent 149 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: about the team. George Pickens, this is what we all feared. 150 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Pickens pouts on Prime is not the headline anybody wanted 151 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: this morning. And Richard Sherman, good for him, called it 152 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: out after. 153 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 4: The big story. 154 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 3: Here's George Pickens. 155 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 5: George Pickens throughout the game, especially late in the game, 156 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,520 Speaker 5: just looked uninterested, uninterested in playing football, you know. And 157 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 5: that's what you can't have if you're going to be 158 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 5: a superstar, if you want to be the best receiver 159 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 5: in the National Football League, you can ever be disengaged. 160 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 5: You can't just disappear in these games or else you're 161 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 5: not gonna have impact. 162 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,280 Speaker 3: You're the guy. You're the guy. 163 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,680 Speaker 5: Ceede Lamb's not in this game, he's out. It's unacceptable. 164 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 5: And if you're the Dallas Cowboys and you're looking at 165 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 5: him and you're looking to pay him big time receiver 166 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 5: money forty million dollars, you got to look at this 167 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,520 Speaker 5: state and say, hey, is this a guy we can trust? 168 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,360 Speaker 5: Paying forty million dollars to show up, regardless of circumstance. 169 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:14,160 Speaker 3: And I don't know. 170 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:22,679 Speaker 1: Good for Richard Sherman, regardless of circumstance, regardless of circumstance, 171 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: George Pickens when the going's good, but now and I'm 172 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: just gonna guess here. His agents called Jerry looking for 173 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 1: a big contract, and they've said, let's wait till the 174 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: seasons over. Agent tells Pickens Pickings starts pouting. Remember those 175 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,640 Speaker 1: words from Richard Sherman, regardless of circumstance. Because regardless of circumstance, 176 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott always delivers, winning, losing hurt. Dak is a 177 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: leader on the worst of Sundays and the best of Thursdays. Okay, 178 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 1: just because the workplace environment is an ideal Well, don't 179 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: do a Dez because Jerry moved off Dez and it 180 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: distracted in his mind and a replaceable Micah. 181 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:10,240 Speaker 3: He got tired of Zeke. 182 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: So I, Richard Sherman, circumstance superstars, circumstance superstars, They're not 183 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 1: going to get the bag in Dallas. And I know 184 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,400 Speaker 1: everybody's gonna go. He's been so great last couple of games. 185 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 1: You're getting the Pittsburgh guy. Hey, Dez Bryant to the 186 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: end in Dallas got into the end zone a lot. 187 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: I talked to Jason Garrett off the air once about that. 188 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: He's like, I love Dez. He got into the end zone. 189 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: It's hard to get in the end zone. So that's 190 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: not a good look. And again Dak was getting hammered, 191 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 1: picking starts pouting. 192 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 3: That is not on Dak last night. 193 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: And I'll say this about the Dallas defense, it's better, 194 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: but I've seen Detroit do that this year to all 195 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: sorts of teams, including the Ravens, who have a very 196 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 1: good defense. It was banged up, but I I it's 197 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,400 Speaker 1: just one of those nights where standalone games kind of 198 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: feels like you quit late in the game when Ceedee 199 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:07,839 Speaker 1: Lamb left And that's the thing. 200 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 3: CD was out, get taken off the field. 201 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: Now it's your time to shine, and it looked like 202 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:14,680 Speaker 1: you just quit on a football. 203 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 3: You don't get the bag. You get the boot in Dallas. 204 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: If you're a circumstances superstar, boot over the bag. So Jmack, 205 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: we have a blazing five today. It's reminiscent of one 206 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: of yours. Because I'm doing something that I am not 207 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:37,240 Speaker 1: prone to do, which is bet games I don't want 208 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: to watch. It's a lot of bad teams, including one 209 00:11:41,880 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: year close to that. 210 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:47,559 Speaker 3: I really really like this weekend. And did I talk 211 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: you into the Falcons yesterday. 212 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: I'm not even going to get into it. I'm going 213 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: to tease it for the audience. But as I was 214 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: making my picks, the staff was like, did you steal 215 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:58,280 Speaker 1: Jmax picks? Because these are the games once you start 216 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 1: going to AFC South NFC South games. You know I'm 217 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: not on a heater. I'm looking for w go. 218 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 6: Well, yeah, listen, you got to bounce back. By the way, 219 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:09,360 Speaker 6: I did wear black. For the people who aren't watching 220 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 6: on TV, this is a funeral day for the Cowboys season. 221 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 6: It's over the picking stuff. You nailed it absolutely, you know. 222 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 6: I'm sure Jerry said, hey, well, franchise tag him. 223 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 7: Yeah. 224 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, and Pickens don't want to hear that. You know, 225 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 6: you know how this goes. I'm just telling you that 226 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:26,079 Speaker 6: was a massive swing game, not only for this year 227 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 6: for the Cowboys Colin, but I think for next year 228 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,079 Speaker 6: because they probably looked at that defensive front. 229 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 3: Hey we got three defensive tackles. They couldn't stop the run. 230 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 2: What are we doing? 231 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 6: I think they got a lot of changes coming to 232 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 6: Dallas next time. 233 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:39,719 Speaker 2: All right, be sure to catch live editions of The 234 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: Herd weekdays and neon Eastern non a em Pacific on 235 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio FS one and the iHeartRadio app. 236 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:50,400 Speaker 4: Hey, It's Rob Parker and Calvin Washington from The Odd 237 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 4: Couple on Fox Sports Radio. 238 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 7: And in addition to hearing us live week nights from 239 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 7: seven to ten pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we 240 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 7: are excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. 241 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:05,360 Speaker 6: That's right, you can now watch The Odd Couple live 242 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 6: on YouTube every day. 243 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 7: All you gotta do search Odd Couple FSR on YouTube 244 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 7: again YouTube, Just search Odd Couple FSR. Check us out 245 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 7: on YouTube and subscribe. 246 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: Lakers beat Toronto in Toronto last night. 247 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 3: It was how they did it. 248 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: Lebron James by a mile had the longest streak of 249 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: games scoring in double figures. Second was Michael Jordan, third 250 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,080 Speaker 1: was Kareem but Lebron's at one two hundred and ninety 251 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: seven consecutive games going into last night. And one of 252 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: the things I've always defended about Lebron James, and I 253 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: mean from his second third year into the league until today, 254 00:13:47,200 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 1: he always makes the right basketball play. For years, he 255 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: was bizarrely ripped by Kobe and Michael Jordan fanboys for 256 00:13:55,480 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: not being aggressive enough, not being more selfish taking he 257 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: needs to take the bad shot. 258 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 3: He's the man force it ugh. 259 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 1: Lebron's always been more magic than Michael anyway, That's his 260 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: game and everybody plays better with Lebron. He's the brilliant 261 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: basketball quarterback. He's a marvelous passer, very clever. He's fourth 262 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 1: all time and assists. So last night broke that nineteen 263 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:30,720 Speaker 1: year stretch because coming down the stretch he found Ruey 264 00:14:30,720 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: in the corner and Ruey hits the three. But Lebron 265 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: has always been more than just basketball. Is a get 266 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: a bucket. Carmelo Anthony was that. Carmelo Anthony, in his career, 267 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: played in only three playoff series. Lebron's played in forty one. 268 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 1: They came out same draft. One is the Swiss Army Knife, 269 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: the tent and the canteen. That's Lebron James, who I 270 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: have said both ends of the floor, is the the 271 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: greatest all around player I've ever seen play. Michael's the 272 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: most aggressive score and some would argue the greatest player, 273 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: but this was classic Lebron James and the other thing 274 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 1: about Lebron My favorite. Lebron's stat, ever, is not an 275 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,440 Speaker 1: NBA stat, and we know he didn't go to college 276 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: to play basketball. It's a high school stat. Lebron averaged 277 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: twenty eight a game. Twenty eight points a game is 278 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: a junior in high school. He must average sixty a 279 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: senior year. Right, No, Lebron averaged one point more as 280 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: a senior, from twenty eight a game as a junior 281 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:40,600 Speaker 1: to twenty nine as a senior. Why because Lebron's always 282 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,800 Speaker 1: been about the team and leadership and making the right 283 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 1: play and involving everybody. I'm not saying he's always the 284 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: easiest to coach. He and Spolstra had battles. I'm not 285 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: saying that, But all stars are difficult. Magic Johnson got 286 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: rid of a coach too, right. Lu Al sinder Kareem 287 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,360 Speaker 1: one of the all time great not easy to coach, 288 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: could be a stoic and moody, but Lebron in high 289 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,600 Speaker 1: school established who he was from twenty eight to twenty 290 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: nine a game. You don't think Lebron could average seventy 291 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:16,760 Speaker 1: the next year in the NBA if he wanted to 292 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: he could have averaged thirty points. He's always been around 293 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 1: about the right basketball play and I've never been into 294 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:29,400 Speaker 1: the get a bucket. Guys like Lebron's smarter than that. 295 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: He's beyond that. Everybody that plays with Lebron tends to 296 00:16:33,280 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 1: have the best years of their career. And what's interesting 297 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: about Lebron this year is the Lakers when he plays, 298 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: it's not his scoring. They get more threes and hit 299 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 1: more threes. Lebron in his last year ultimate compliment is 300 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: realizing he's not going to be a consistent big time 301 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: score That's Luca's role and off in Austin Reeves role. 302 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 1: Lebron has been really about playmaking, about giving other guys 303 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:57,640 Speaker 1: great shots. 304 00:16:57,680 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 3: And if you look at. 305 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: The numbers, the Lakers are shooting a much better three 306 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: point percentage with Lebron on the floor in games Lebron 307 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 1: has played. And here he was last night snapping his 308 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:15,119 Speaker 1: own all time record for consecutive double digit scoring games. 309 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 3: Now that the streak has ended, for you, what feelings 310 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 3: did you have? 311 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 8: Any what fales you did? 312 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:23,160 Speaker 9: None? 313 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 4: We won? 314 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,120 Speaker 1: And he's been about that from day one. I'm not 315 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 1: saying he didn't like being the all time leading score. 316 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 3: Of course I get it, we'd all. 317 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: Do that, but that was classic Lebron that if you 318 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: do ten pieces of video, the ten pieces of video 319 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,199 Speaker 1: to describe Lebron James' career, most will be in his prime. 320 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: That should be on That's on the real that should 321 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: be on the tape. That he broke his own streak 322 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,400 Speaker 1: to win a game in maybe his final years a pro. 323 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe not, but I think that defines him. When 324 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 1: I think of Lebron, I don't think you know he's 325 00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: the all time leading score. I think of him as 326 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: the great Swiss Army knife plus the tent, plus the canteen. 327 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 3: J Mack with the news, No, no turn on the news. 328 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 2: This is the herd Line News. 329 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 6: All right, we'll start with one of your favorites, Colin 330 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 6: bo Nicks and the Denver Broncos ten and two record 331 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 6: this season, eight and two and one score games. Enjoy 332 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 6: a while, alasts here's bo Nicks talking about handling the 333 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 6: team's success. 334 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 10: The worst thing you can do is let other people 335 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 10: tear down a ten and two record, whether it's saying 336 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 10: you don't play anybody, or you know you're just relying 337 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:47,479 Speaker 10: on the defense, or whatever. Negative somebody's gonna put on 338 00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 10: a positive It's always going to happen, and we don't 339 00:18:51,359 --> 00:18:52,160 Speaker 10: really worry about it. 340 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 3: Winner I see a winner. 341 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 6: It's not negative or tearing down. It's providing context. 342 00:18:59,800 --> 00:18:59,920 Speaker 3: You know. 343 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 6: That's what smart people, smart shows do. They provide context 344 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 6: to the Broncos gaudy ten and two record. I mean again, 345 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 6: imagine if we didn't tell the audience last year head 346 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 6: the Chiefs. I know, they were fifteen and two and 347 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 6: they went like eleven or zero when one score games, 348 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 6: but they the numbers don't say they were great, and 349 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 6: then this year they stink. So we're trying to help 350 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:20,160 Speaker 6: you guys out. 351 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:20,280 Speaker 3: Bo. 352 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 6: I'm not coming after the Broncos, right, just providing context. 353 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 3: Right, Yeah, I know. 354 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,480 Speaker 1: And also last year when the Chiefs went eleven to zero, 355 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 1: it was disturbing because Mahomes was a veteran. 356 00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:32,160 Speaker 3: Bo Nicks is still young. 357 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: You give him a little bit of a pass, but 358 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: I don't think there's any question and I like him. 359 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 1: I'm you know, I'm a devoted Sean Payton, yes, believer, yes, 360 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:40,840 Speaker 1: and I love bo Nicks. 361 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 3: But he's been really, really uneven. It's a lot. 362 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: I said this yesterday and I think this is fair. 363 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:48,439 Speaker 1: He and Calber talented and they're very good late, but 364 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: you don't quite know in the first three quarters what 365 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: you're getting, whereas Drake May, I feel like first snap on, 366 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: I get the same guy. So I think the criticism 367 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,159 Speaker 1: for bo Nicks, I think he's gotten better over the 368 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. But I think all the credits 369 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: are totally, absolutely, inarguably fair. And I think Sean Payton 370 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: and he have probably have conversations and they're acknowledging he's 371 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 1: uneven right now. 372 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 3: He's inconsistent. 373 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,400 Speaker 6: I mean, the reality is Colin he's a second year quarterback. 374 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,959 Speaker 6: If I told you when they drafted bo Nicks in 375 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,480 Speaker 6: year two they'll be ten and two through twelve games 376 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 6: and the number one seed, you would take that in 377 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 6: a heartbet and a heartbeat and'll enjoy it. It's great. 378 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 3: Live in the moment, Jack Jerseys. 379 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:29,240 Speaker 1: I will say, if they go to the playoffs and 380 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: I'm just throwing a team out and they played Houston 381 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: with that pass rush, and you said there's going to 382 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: be an upset in round one, right, you'd be like, oh, 383 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: I don't feel good about this because what's going to 384 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: happen in the AFC, is Denver could end up facing 385 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: one of these teams that have the ability to be scary, 386 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: Like I the team that I would not want to 387 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: play in the AFC. I've said I wouldn't want to 388 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 1: play the Seahawks in the NFC because they're gonna get 389 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: you know, they're not favored like the Rams or the Packers. 390 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: Seattle's gonna come in. They played great East Coast, West 391 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 1: Coast Houston, I mean Kansas City this weekend, aline injuries 392 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,359 Speaker 1: facing Houston. I mean if Kansas City scored ten points, 393 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 1: would you be shocked. So I think Denver is one 394 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,840 Speaker 1: of those teams because they're uneven that a lot of 395 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 1: people will pick them to lose in the first round. 396 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,439 Speaker 1: As a big dog, that's a big favorite. But but 397 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: they they have you can see. 398 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 3: Them struggling in the postseason. 399 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,480 Speaker 6: Let's move on now this I love, Colin. You've been 400 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 6: blasting Penn State all week. Well how about this report 401 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,720 Speaker 6: that emerged yesterday. Oh my goodness, Penn State is talking 402 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 6: to Matt Campbell, the fantastic coach from Iowa, Steve Yeah, 403 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 6: and it looks like he's. 404 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 3: Now the clubhouse leader for the job. 405 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 6: Colin, I cannot believe this would be a massive home 406 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:47,360 Speaker 6: run for Penn State. 407 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 3: Campus is awesome. 408 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: I when I saw that story this morning, I'm like, Oh, 409 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: this guy should. 410 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:55,120 Speaker 3: Have been in the running six weeks ago. 411 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 1: Like he's a great, great still very very young coach, 412 00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: good recruiter, and he's been you know, he's been viable 413 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: in a program that's the second best program in Iowa. 414 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: So I think he'd be a great, great selection. 415 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 3: Yeah. 416 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 6: By the way, the Jets interviewed him years ago. The 417 00:22:11,119 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 6: Lions interviewed him years like, the NFL sees this guy. 418 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 6: The Patriots tried to hire him when he was a 419 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 6: young coach. So there is a lot to like about Campbell. 420 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 6: He's a Midwest guy, right, went to high school in Ohio. 421 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 6: He's still in his forties, he's young. 422 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 2: I think this will be. 423 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 6: A slam dunk. Penn State needs to close this. By 424 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 6: the way, I look this up. Last five seasons, Iowa 425 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 6: State has two top twenty finishes. 426 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 3: That's great. 427 00:22:33,240 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 6: The forty years before that they had one top twenty 428 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,840 Speaker 6: five finish. Campbell has taken this program and done awesome things. 429 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 6: Rock perty in the NFL. By the way, Penn State 430 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 6: needs to lock this down asad, this will be a. 431 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 3: Huge, huge, hog, huge kit. 432 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 6: Final story, Colin, we got to go to the Eagles. 433 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,640 Speaker 6: They play Monday night against the Chajas. Interesting line movement here, 434 00:22:53,680 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 6: look at that. 435 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 3: No longer three. 436 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 6: Obviously Eagles have some injury issues, but a lot of 437 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 6: this problems surrounding the team have to do with aj 438 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 6: Brown and Saquon. But what about Jalen Hurts not running 439 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,520 Speaker 6: the ball like he used to? Through twelve games this season, 440 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 6: Hurts has carried the ball eighty four times for three 441 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 6: hundred twenty nine yards and eight touchdowns. You know it's 442 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 6: pretty good, but these are his lowest rushing totals since 443 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 6: he became the permanent starter with the Eagles. So we said, 444 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 6: Hurts isn't running the ball, well, Saquon's not running the 445 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 6: ball well. Is this an offensive line issue? 446 00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:31,560 Speaker 3: Is this an oc issue? Take it away? 447 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's a bow line injury. I think 448 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,119 Speaker 1: it's a reality with Jalen Hurts. When you're not getting 449 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:42,359 Speaker 1: a running game and have to throw on third and seven, 450 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: Jalen hurts throwing on third and one or going for 451 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 1: a toush push on third and two. But Jalen Hurts 452 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: when everybody in the ballpark knows. Because you have no 453 00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: run game, you have to throw is not that's that's 454 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: not his strength. Josh Allen's fine, can do that. Joe 455 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 1: Burrow can do that. That's it's not Jalen Hurt. Jalen 456 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,679 Speaker 1: Hurts is very good throwing when you're not sure he's throwing. 457 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:08,400 Speaker 1: And that Jmack describes half the quarterbacks in this league 458 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: that we like. 459 00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:11,119 Speaker 3: Baker's better than Sam. 460 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: Darnold's better when he can throw on third and two, 461 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 1: not third and eight. So I think it's a reality. 462 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,920 Speaker 1: Is the run game is essential to Jalen Hurt's success, 463 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 1: and I it's sputtered. 464 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, now there's some cutups going around on social media 465 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 6: of Jalen Hurt simply not making the right read to 466 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,880 Speaker 6: players who were open. Now, last night we saw weirdness 467 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 6: right with Dak Prescott. He seemed to be holding the 468 00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 6: ball in the pocket longer than normal, and it. 469 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:38,440 Speaker 3: Was like, is he confused? I don't. 470 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:41,840 Speaker 6: Maybe Jalen Hurts is confused not seeing the feel well. Again, 471 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 6: they went to the Super Bowl last year, so they 472 00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 6: got the targets on their backs. Maybe defenses are trying 473 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 6: some exotic stuff and Hurts is not processing. I don't know, 474 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 6: but I had liked the Eagles in the NFC column. 475 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 3: I don't think they're the best team in the NFL. No, 476 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 3: they're not. 477 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 1: Right now, Green Bay in LA both feel superior, no question. 478 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 1: Jmack with a news. 479 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 3: Well, that's the news, and thanks for stopping that the 480 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 3: herd line news. 481 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 1: So I saw this story this morning, and it's just 482 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 1: kind of instructive. Google's number one trending athlete last year 483 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: was it show Hey o Tani? Was it Josh Allen. No, 484 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: Google's number one trending athlete was Shader Sanders, proving that 485 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,640 Speaker 1: trending is the dumbest trend of my life. Sometimes Patrick 486 00:25:29,640 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: Mahomes trends, you know, when he's winning Super Bowls or 487 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: his brother Jackson is being you know, a little goofy. 488 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: For the record, the LA Dodgers were not a top 489 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 1: ten trending Major League Baseball team. Trending and attention is 490 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: not quality. This morning, George Pickens is trending, not for 491 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 1: a great catch he made last night. So Shadour Sanders 492 00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 1: is interesting and I'm in the interesting business. He will 493 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 1: never be great because he doesn't have any great traits. 494 00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:04,159 Speaker 1: His arm is not great. His athletic ability is not great. 495 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:10,280 Speaker 1: His athleticism, you know, it's not great. In the summer 496 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 1: when we're dying for topics, there were days and weeks 497 00:26:13,760 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: he was the most interesting. And I'll be honest, let's 498 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 1: be totally upfront about this. I'm in the media. We 499 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: don't report on safe landings. We report on airplanes. The crash. 500 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: That's what we report on. All trending means is stop 501 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: and look. That's what trending is, and it's the auto 502 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: accident of sports. And I do think shoulder can be interesting. 503 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: But the fact that he's the number one trending athlete, 504 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: and this is instructive, is why he dropped to the 505 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 1: fifth round. He just started starting, and he trends more 506 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 1: than Otani. Otani had a scandal at the beginning of 507 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:06,239 Speaker 1: this year. Look at all the great athletes. This is 508 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 1: exactly and precisely why he dropped to the fifth round. 509 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: Nobody wanted this auto accident on the I five, stopping preening, looking, 510 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: slowing down. 511 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:18,600 Speaker 3: Gms don't want that. 512 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,359 Speaker 1: I've always said, if you're going to be a backup 513 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: quarterback in the NFL, what gms want is a guy 514 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,439 Speaker 1: that can put a baseball hat on in a mall, 515 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,360 Speaker 1: walk through it and nobody notices him. 516 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 3: That's what you want. That's why I said. 517 00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 1: Belichick got rid of Cam Newton the minute he was 518 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: going to start Mac jones t bow as a starter. 519 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:38,360 Speaker 3: I didn't buy it. 520 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,639 Speaker 1: It doesn't work as a backup. Chadour is a backup. 521 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: It's just too much noise. So I mean, I want 522 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: my quarterback to have followers fifty two in a locker 523 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: room or another ten in a huddle. 524 00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:01,640 Speaker 3: I don't care about your ig or your ex account. 525 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 3: I don't care. 526 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: And so at this stage, Shoulder is more of an 527 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 1: interesting trend than he is a franchise quarterback. And he 528 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: seems like a nice kid. But you know, going viral 529 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,880 Speaker 1: used to mean you witnessed two rainbows in the sky, 530 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: like now it means you know, you hooked up with 531 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:27,080 Speaker 1: a coworker a Coldplay concert, Like That's not what I'm 532 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: looking for. And by the way, Sophie Cunningham should trend too, 533 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:35,400 Speaker 1: She's amazing, and people trend for different reasons. Beauty, funny, 534 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: pile up on the freeway. So but when he dropped 535 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:43,680 Speaker 1: in the fifth round and I contacted people in the league. 536 00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:44,560 Speaker 3: This was kind of it. 537 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: They don't want quarterbacks trending unless it's like winning playoff games, 538 00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: and that's just the reality of the position. Again, George 539 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,760 Speaker 1: Pickens is trending this morning, and it's not because they 540 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: made a great one headed catch. 541 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,120 Speaker 2: Right, be sure to catch live editions of the Herd 542 00:29:03,160 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 2: weekdays and noone Easter, not a em Pacific Colin. 543 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,520 Speaker 6: We got the Super six? Which quarterback will have the 544 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 6: most passing yards this week? Josh Allen versus the Bengals, 545 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:17,040 Speaker 6: Jordan Love versus the AARs, Caleb versus the Packers, or 546 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 6: Joe Burrow who just got t Higgins back versus the Bills. 547 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 3: Joe Burrow against the Bills. 548 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,040 Speaker 6: Maybe all right, play the Fox Super Six NFL Challenge. 549 00:29:27,080 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 6: Download the app and enter for a free shot to 550 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 6: win your share of ten thousand dollars. 551 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: All right, This weekend, for the first time in a 552 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: long time, the Bears are going to face the Packers, 553 00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: and I like both the offenses. This is the most 554 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:45,479 Speaker 1: one sided great rivalry in sports. 555 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 3: Think about this. 556 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,440 Speaker 1: The last twenty times Duke and Carolina have met in basketball, 557 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,160 Speaker 1: it's ten ten. The last ten times the Buck guys 558 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: and the Wolverines have met in football, it's six to 559 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:01,200 Speaker 1: four Ohio State. The last ten times Tech Oklahoma play 560 00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: in football, It's six to four Sooners. The last thirty 561 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,840 Speaker 1: times the Bears and Packers have played, It's twenty six 562 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 1: to four green Bay. If this was a fight, they 563 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:18,200 Speaker 1: had called it like two decades ago. Why my belief 564 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,640 Speaker 1: isn't just that Green Bay drafts good quarterbacks. The reason 565 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 1: they do draft good quarterbacks, and they draft ahead. Green 566 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: Bay gets out of dysfunction very quickly. And everybody in 567 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:34,240 Speaker 1: the NFL has dysfunction and injuries. Everybody green Bay, McCarthy 568 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,480 Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers started getting prickly moved off it. Farvs 569 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,239 Speaker 1: started getting prickly moved off it. 570 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:40,840 Speaker 3: Even this year. 571 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,480 Speaker 1: Green Bay's offense got it was broken a month ago 572 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,960 Speaker 1: and they fixed it. So they stay ahead of dysfunction, 573 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: and Chicago doesn't. And so much of life and so 574 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:57,480 Speaker 1: much of sports is not turning a bad day into 575 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: a bad week, is not turning one bad loss into 576 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: a four game losing streak. I saw a story this 577 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,680 Speaker 1: week where Matt Stafford came out and he said, I'm 578 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 1: really good at getting over bad games. And I was 579 00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: thinking about Tom Brady when he went to Tampa, he 580 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,920 Speaker 1: had back to back games before the bye where his 581 00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: passer rating was in the seventies and they were lost 582 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: as a franchise. And then they had a bye and 583 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,400 Speaker 1: Tom Brady I think, went eight to zero and won 584 00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:26,160 Speaker 1: of Super Bowl. From that point forward, don't let a 585 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: bad day become a bad week or month as a 586 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 1: human being. 587 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,360 Speaker 3: And so in. 588 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:35,280 Speaker 1: Fact, in golf they call it bounce back. What do 589 00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: you do after a bogee? On the tour the best 590 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:43,720 Speaker 1: guy is Scotty Scheffler. Scotty Scheffler thirty six percent of 591 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 1: the time after a bogie, next hole has a birdie. 592 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: You gotta forget losses, bad series, bad plays, bad days 593 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:52,239 Speaker 1: at work, Get over it. 594 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 3: Just move on. You gotta be resilient. 595 00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: The Bears until this season, we're still clinging in nineteen 596 00:32:00,760 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: eighty five. We're tough, we're physical, We're about defense. I 597 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 1: like defense too, and I love physicality. But Ben Johnson said, yeah, 598 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,560 Speaker 1: we can be physical. It's called a run game. And 599 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: that's what the Bears. That's where they figured it out. 600 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:23,000 Speaker 1: Chicago loves physicality. Pittsburgh, Chicago, they love defense, they love 601 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:24,720 Speaker 1: violent football. 602 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 3: Chicago is in their run game. It's a great run game. 603 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 1: So the Bears, now that we're looking in the rear 604 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 1: view mirror since eighty five, you know, feel very progressive. 605 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: They've got a McVeigh feel. Everybody thinks McVeigh loves to throw. 606 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 1: McVeigh loves to run, Kyle Shannon loves to run, Matt 607 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: Lafleuur loves to run. We've discovered Ben Johnson loves to run. 608 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: The football. Physicality is not just on defense. And so 609 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: I mean, if you look at the Bears offensive improvement 610 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 1: from last year to this year, they're average eight more 611 00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 1: a game, almost one hundred yards more. The sacks are 612 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: down by two and a half a game, and they're 613 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: running for over fifty two more yards a game. That's 614 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,600 Speaker 1: the biggest improvement in the NFL. So I feel like 615 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: the Bears have just discovered Venmo this year. They'd been 616 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: paying people off in brown paper sacks since nineteen eighty five, 617 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,360 Speaker 1: and they're like they figured it out. 618 00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:27,800 Speaker 3: Now. 619 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: What makes it tough for the Bears is Green Bays 620 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: at home. And when Ben Johnson got hired, he probably 621 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: regrets it now, but he kind of fired a shot 622 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: at Matt LeFleur and the Bears rival. 623 00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 8: Remember this, I've got tremendous amount of respect for the 624 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:53,959 Speaker 8: coaches and the players in this league. Haven't competed against 625 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 8: them for the last six years. And to be quite 626 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 8: frank with you, I kind of enjoyed beating Matt Lafour 627 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:03,200 Speaker 8: twice a year. 628 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 3: Okay, I wouldn't have said that, but you know what happens. 629 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,440 Speaker 3: It's an opening press conference. 630 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 1: Dan Campbell had a bad opening press conference, so at 631 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 1: Nick SIONI it's okay, but it's I feel like the 632 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 1: Bears have transitioned from Taxis to Uber, from paying people 633 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,600 Speaker 1: off in brown paper sacks to Venmo and it's it's cool. 634 00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 3: It took him a while, but it's cool. 635 00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,160 Speaker 1: Dave want Staff, former Bear coach, going to be joining 636 00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,400 Speaker 1: us top of the hour along with the Blazing five picks. 637 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:40,399 Speaker 1: So last night, Detroit beats Dallas, and because of that, 638 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:43,240 Speaker 1: Detroit has a much greater shot to go to the playoffs, 639 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys are kind of toast. The AFC equivalent 640 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 1: to that. The other conference is the Texans facing the Chiefs. 641 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,680 Speaker 1: If the Texans win and beat him this weekend, and 642 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,800 Speaker 1: I think it's a last second field goal game. I 643 00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,840 Speaker 1: don't get three and a half as a line at all, 644 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:05,319 Speaker 1: Houston eighty five percent chance of making the playoffs. If 645 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: the Chiefs lose this weekend and go six and seven 646 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: like Dallas last night, they're in big trouble. 647 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 3: They're done. 648 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:18,000 Speaker 1: But I can I just say this, and I'm not 649 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:23,400 Speaker 1: saying this because Tom Brady works for Fox. I've always 650 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: believed this, But let's just say Kansas City loses and 651 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: Mahomes doesn't make the playoffs. When you look at the 652 00:35:32,680 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 1: Brady Mahomes and I don't know if it's a rivalry, 653 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:40,880 Speaker 1: but I mean until Tom went to Tampa, everybody was 654 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:42,280 Speaker 1: saying there were a lot of people saying. 655 00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 3: Well, you know, it's just it's Belichick maybe. 656 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,879 Speaker 1: System quarterback, and he went to Tampa won a super Bowl. 657 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,720 Speaker 1: You're like, yeah, that's nonsense. In Belichick's Patriots circle the dream. 658 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: But never forget in the whole Brady Mahomes rivalry. And 659 00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: they're both all time greats and I love both. Brady 660 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,240 Speaker 1: never got thoroughly blown out in the Super Bowl. Mahomes 661 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:08,320 Speaker 1: is already at two in counting. Brady beat Mahomes twice, 662 00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: once with Tampa and the Super Bowl blowout, and then 663 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 1: once in the AFC Championship at Arrowhead. That's in the 664 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: books forever, can't be argued. And number three, Brady in 665 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 1: his peak, never missed the playoffs. You can give me 666 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,880 Speaker 1: twenty excuses. Two of those you can't turn around the 667 00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:30,279 Speaker 1: Super Bowl blowouts. Brady didn't have them, and Brady beat 668 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:34,000 Speaker 1: him twice Super Bowl and AFC Championship. This would be 669 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 1: the third thing you can't argue about because Tom and 670 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:42,360 Speaker 1: his prime did miss the playoffs. Now again I'm celebrating both. 671 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 1: It's like Jordan and Lebron, two best basketball players along 672 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:50,279 Speaker 1: with Magic I ever saw in Priy kaream. But and 673 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,480 Speaker 1: this is with Andy Reid and with Travis Kelce. I 674 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 1: do think some of the problems and this will well 675 00:36:58,320 --> 00:37:01,240 Speaker 1: run organization in Kansas City are out of Patrick's control. 676 00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:05,200 Speaker 1: They're not right now dependable at offensive tackle and the 677 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,200 Speaker 1: two times they got whacked in the Super Bowl, they 678 00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,200 Speaker 1: weren't very good in the old line, specifically tackle, so 679 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:12,719 Speaker 1: and they also haven't run the ball particularly well. Listen, 680 00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 1: they had to move off Joe Tooney. Joe Tooney is 681 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 1: the best guard arguably in the sport. Their tackle situation 682 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: is not good, so it's really hard to win a 683 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, even to get to one. When you're online, 684 00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: you don't trust them. Here's Mahomes on the must win 685 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,120 Speaker 1: game against the gnarly defense in Houston this weekend. 686 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:32,960 Speaker 9: I don't know if we've been in this situation this 687 00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,720 Speaker 9: early in the season, and so I think just learning 688 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 9: from it together, building together, and then using what we 689 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 9: can use from prior seasons to hopefully make a run 690 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:44,320 Speaker 9: of this thing and try to get ourselves into the 691 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:45,880 Speaker 9: playoff and see where we can go from there. 692 00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 1: So, if you look at the playoff picture today in 693 00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 1: the AFC and the NFC. In the AFC, New England, Denver, Jacksonville, 694 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:06,799 Speaker 1: Baltimore leading their wild card Chargers Colts Buffalo, I'd be 695 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:11,319 Speaker 1: very wary of the Colts right now in the hunt Houston, Pittsburgh, 696 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,879 Speaker 1: and Kansas City. When you take those in the hunt 697 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 1: teams Houston, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City, what's the best unit 698 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:23,040 Speaker 1: of all three teams, It's the Texans defense. My take 699 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: is the Texans are going to be probably find themselves 700 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: as a wildcard team. If you look at the NFC 701 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:34,000 Speaker 1: playoff picture right now, it is very much established. San 702 00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 1: Francisco is the seventh seed, so Chicago's in rams, Philadelphia, Tampa, 703 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:44,320 Speaker 1: Seattle's dangerous, Green Bay, San Francisco keep your eye in Detroit. 704 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:49,360 Speaker 1: I think Carolina's defense will eventually be their issue. Dallas 705 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 1: played themselves out of it last night. I think Detroit's 706 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: got more good players than San Francisco does in terms 707 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,000 Speaker 1: of overall talent. 708 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,720 Speaker 3: I don't know if it's even that close. 709 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 1: Most of Detroit's best players offensively are just entering their 710 00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: prime or in their prime. A lot of the great 711 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 1: players for the Niners are Old Kittle, Christian McCaffrey, Trent Williams, 712 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: Hall of famers, but Old so the Texans. Kansas City 713 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:23,319 Speaker 1: is not as good as Green Bay Chicago in terms 714 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,359 Speaker 1: of game of the week, and it's hard to bet 715 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,440 Speaker 1: against Kansas City in these spots. I think it's a 716 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: field goal game, a go either way game, but that's 717 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:37,120 Speaker 1: where we are. My Blazing five picks are at the 718 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 1: top of next hour. I just took one out. It 719 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:44,280 Speaker 1: has been reported that Jaden Daniels will play for Washington, 720 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,880 Speaker 1: and I had Minnesota at home in that game as 721 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: one of my Blazing five picks. I have removed that 722 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:55,040 Speaker 1: because I am not betting against Jaden Daniels whoever the 723 00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:59,080 Speaker 1: quarterback is for the Minnesota Vikings. So I just took 724 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:04,319 Speaker 1: that one out put the Chargers Eagles in. It's not 725 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:08,800 Speaker 1: the season on the line for either team, but wow, 726 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:12,479 Speaker 1: Philadelphia loses on Monday Night, it'll be a sixty five 727 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:16,480 Speaker 1: to thirty five Eagles crowd. They're Philadelphia fans, I've been 728 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:21,719 Speaker 1: told all over Los Angeles. Blazing five Dave Wanstad around 729 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 1: the corner.