Speaker 1: It hadn't happened since nineteen seventy six. No, not a
Speaker 1: Viking spacecraft landing on Mars, although that answer also technically
Speaker 1: would be correct. It's an out of this world play
Speaker 1: from Thursday Night's thriller.
Speaker 2: We will tell you.
Speaker 1: Why the Chargers were ready. Got a chalk full weekend
Speaker 1: slate around the NFL as well. All starts with Chiefs
Speaker 1: Texans on Saturday, followed by Steelers Ravens, and those are
Speaker 1: just the appetizer for the main spread on Sunday. We've
Speaker 1: got everything you need to know. Meanwhile, are you in
Speaker 1: your Fantasy semi finals this weekend? D you need a
Speaker 1: quarterback to save the day. If you got Kirk Cousins,
Speaker 1: well you were probably eliminated some time ago, but get
Speaker 1: him out of the lineup. If you're still in, Adam
Speaker 1: Rank has some intriguing alternatives for you. And we've got
Speaker 1: so much more welcome inside with the insiders alongside Judy Battista,
Speaker 1: I am Tom pelaserro. We got so much action Judy
Speaker 1: coming up this weekend. Tons of playoff implications in all
Speaker 1: these games. We've still got seven spots up for grabs.
Speaker 1: Will break down a lot of these big matchups, including
Speaker 1: that Saturday doubleheader during the course of this show. But
Speaker 1: let's fast forward really quickly to Sunday as well. In
Speaker 1: a big name who is going to be ready to roll?
Speaker 1: That is Eagles wide receiver AJ Brown, who gave certainly
Speaker 1: some fantasy owners as well as Eagles fans a scare
Speaker 1: earlier this week, was limited miss some practice time because
Speaker 1: of a knee issue, but he told reporters in the
Speaker 1: locker room after practice he is going to play, and indeed,
Speaker 1: Aj Brown off the injury report, ready for a big
Speaker 1: divisional tilt against the Commanders one in Wench. The Eagles,
Speaker 1: with a win, can wrap up the NFC East title.
Speaker 1: They're also still in the running for the number one overall. However,
Speaker 1: if the Commanders get a win and some help from
Speaker 1: one or multiple of several teams, they can clinch their
Speaker 1: playoff spot this weekend as well, so can the Packers.
Speaker 2: They play on Monday night game at lambeau Field.
Speaker 1: I will be there in what looks like a snow
Speaker 1: game against these Saints. Win that one, get a couple
Speaker 1: of other losses in Green Bay two would punch their
Speaker 1: postseason ticket. In that same NFC North Division, the Lions
Speaker 1: already know their playoff bound. They are also in line
Speaker 1: for the number one seed potentially, but they got to
Speaker 1: take care of business lease in the short term without
Speaker 1: one of their star players among the whole lot of
Speaker 1: other guys. David Montgomery initially feared to have suffered a
Speaker 1: season ending mcl injury that would require surgery. Now sounds
Speaker 1: like maybe there's a glimmer of hope.
Speaker 2: Dan Campbell.
Speaker 3: Optimistic with a couple of doctors that he saw the
Speaker 3: last two and you know, so, I think I think
Speaker 3: we may see where this thing goes. We still got
Speaker 3: a decision to make because even if that is the case,
Speaker 3: you know, it's a matter do you put him on
Speaker 3: ir do you see you know how fast he can
Speaker 3: come back from it? All that, but it certainly sounds
Speaker 3: more optimistic. That's probably the best way to say it.
Speaker 4: Andy Reid once told us he had the loosest ligaments
Speaker 4: in the NFL.
Speaker 5: Apparently still true.
Speaker 4: Patrick Mahomes good to go against the Texans despite the
Speaker 4: high ankle spring he suffered less than a week ago.
Speaker 4: He's going to get some big time help. Receiver Hollywood Brown,
Speaker 4: who has missed the entire season with a shoulder injury
Speaker 4: he suffered in the first preseason game. We're finally going
Speaker 4: to get to see him in a Chief's uniform. He's
Speaker 4: been activated. He will make his season debut for the
Speaker 4: Chiefs tomorrow, and they've got plenty on the line in
Speaker 4: this game tomorrow. They are the number one seed in
Speaker 4: the AFC. Right now here are your AFC clinching scenarios
Speaker 4: for the weekend. Pretty straight up for the Chiefs. If
Speaker 4: they win, they would be the number one seed, get
Speaker 4: the first round by and the home field advantage throughout
Speaker 4: only though, if Buffalo loses to the Patriots, and then
Speaker 4: you see some scenarios for the Steelers and Ravens to
Speaker 4: get in.
Speaker 5: Steelers are already in.
Speaker 4: They would clinch the AFC North though if they beat Baltimore. Baltimore,
Speaker 4: if they beat Pittsburgh would get in, or they could
Speaker 4: even get in with a loss if Indianapolis and Miami
Speaker 4: both lose.
Speaker 1: The Bengals still clinging to fate playoff hopes to Like
Speaker 1: Zach Galafanakis standing at the blackjack table, the numbers are
Speaker 1: going all through their heads. What they gotta do is
Speaker 1: take care of business first against the Browns. They'll have
Speaker 1: a couple of their stars out there. Te Higgins has
Speaker 1: a knee injury causing a mispractice on Thursday, another panic
Speaker 1: moment for fantasy players, but back at practice on a
Speaker 1: limited basis today. He's off the injury report good to go,
Speaker 1: as is quarterback Joe Burrow, who had.
Speaker 2: A knee issue pop up in addition to the.
Speaker 1: Right wrisk thing that he's been dealing with since he
Speaker 1: suffered that season indiing injury early last season.
Speaker 2: Burrow also off the report.
Speaker 1: He will start against the Browns, taking out the look
Speaker 1: some of the other injury issues that potentially could be
Speaker 1: impacting your fantasy playoffs this weekend. Jalen Waddell, listed as
Speaker 1: doubtful for this game, didn't practice all week because of
Speaker 1: a knee. Tyreek Hill, by the way, added late as questionable.
Speaker 1: Sounds like though he should be all right to play
Speaker 1: in that game. The forty nine ers gonna be down
Speaker 1: into what their fifth string running back now because Isaac
Speaker 1: Garrendo is out, so is Nelson Aguilar for the Ravens.
Speaker 1: Or Shot Bateman's questionable, so they could be really shorthanded there.
Speaker 1: Xavierly Get also ruled out. Gino Smith he's back full participant,
Speaker 1: despite will look like a scary knee injury for him.
Speaker 2: And how about Tyler Higgy Higbee?
Speaker 1: You want to plug and play a tight end who
Speaker 1: hasn't seen the field since the wild card playoffs last year,
Speaker 1: You can roll the dice Higbee off the injury report.
Speaker 1: He is indeed going to be out there. Let's go
Speaker 1: back to last night's game, Thursday Night Football. It was
Speaker 1: a good one. The Broncos seen to be in control
Speaker 1: until a unique sequence late in the game.
Speaker 2: See that got beyond Jim Harbaugh.
Speaker 1: That's Ryan Ficken, the special teams coordinator who on Tuesday
Speaker 1: had had the Chargers practice exactly this. It is a
Speaker 1: fair catch, free kick. It's a unique formation. Cameron Dicker
Speaker 1: nailed it. That is a turning point in that game,
Speaker 1: pulled the Chargers within eight. Fast forward to the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: Chargers on the comeback Justin Herbert, How in the world
Speaker 1: was this a touchdown pass? He's got no lower body
Speaker 1: behind it, throws it across his body. Darius Davis nineteen
Speaker 1: yard touchdown Later on in the fourth quarter, how about
Speaker 1: one more? Justin Herbert to Hassan Haskins. Who Hassan Haskins,
Speaker 1: you might have plug and played him in your fantasy
Speaker 1: playoffs a couple of years ago he was with the Titans.
Speaker 2: I did that.
Speaker 1: He scored basically no points, and I got knocked out.
Speaker 1: But it worked out last night for the Chargers, who
Speaker 1: remained very much in the thick of the AFC playoff picture,
Speaker 1: prevented the Broncos, by the way, from clinching his playoff
Speaker 1: spot last night. Both those teams, though squarely in playoff position,
Speaker 1: one more win and they would be in.
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, the Colts, the Dolphins, the Bengals.
Speaker 1: Still sitting there and hoping something tilts in their favor,
Speaker 1: namely one of those teams losing all their remaining games.
Speaker 1: But everybody's still talking about the fair catch free kick,
Speaker 1: including Cameron Dicker, who talked to our bridget content after
Speaker 1: the game.
Speaker 6: He got hit and trying to catch it. We had
Speaker 6: that penalty. I was like, okay, fifteen yards, that's gonna
Speaker 6: put us up there. So then I went over to
Speaker 6: the net and hit a couple of real quick I
Speaker 6: ran over and then then the offense was out there,
Speaker 6: and I was like, did they forget about this?
Speaker 7: Like?
Speaker 8: I was like, am I the one even remembered this?
Speaker 5: And then did he say something I.
Speaker 6: Did and I was in the net kicking. I was like,
Speaker 6: oh remember, And so then Beep ran over and he
Speaker 6: let me know and he's like, hey, we're going, We're going.
Speaker 6: I was like, okay, got one more repping and then
Speaker 6: ran out on the field and then the Broncos were confused,
Speaker 6: so they called the time out.
Speaker 5: When you go out there, what are you thinking?
Speaker 6: I was kind of laughing. I was like, what a
Speaker 6: funny moment like this is?
Speaker 8: This is cool.
Speaker 6: Just enjoy the moment, Embrace the moment and just go
Speaker 6: go try to hit a bob and enjoy it.
Speaker 9: It's my favorite rule in football and just been trying
Speaker 9: to get one of those, like every game, you know,
Speaker 9: Uh yeah, yeah, yeah, the first one we've made.
Speaker 8: I tried.
Speaker 9: We tried one with the forty nine ers. I think
Speaker 9: it was like a seventy yarder or something seventy one. Thanks, Yeah,
Speaker 9: mister Dawson. Uh, probably a little if I wanted it
Speaker 9: so bad that, you know, I tried a seventy one yarder,
Speaker 9: But it is.
Speaker 8: It is my favorite rule.
Speaker 1: Plenty of confusion in the stadium, people watching at home,
Speaker 1: not on the Chargers sideline, but if you miss the
Speaker 1: rule if the kicking team interferes with a receiver who
Speaker 1: has signaled for a fair catch, the receiving team will
Speaker 1: have the option to extend the period by attempting a
Speaker 1: fair catch, kick or a snap from scrimmage after enforcement
Speaker 1: of any applicable penalties.
Speaker 8: All that means.
Speaker 1: They got to move the ball up and then have
Speaker 1: the holder come in. Cameron Dicker comes on and again
Speaker 1: that was a very consequential moment in that game. As
Speaker 1: we welcome in our Brian Baldinger to the conversation, Baldi,
Speaker 1: one of the unique things in talking to people today
Speaker 1: about this place, the kickoff rules changed four times in
Speaker 1: the last five years, and the formation, everything about that
Speaker 1: play now is different than every other kickoff that we see.
Speaker 1: That's why the Chargers were drilling it on Tuesday. You
Speaker 1: got to be a yard back as opposed to on
Speaker 1: the line you're kicking from. You can leave when the
Speaker 1: ball is kicked rather than when it's caught. You played
Speaker 1: in a different era, obviously, did you ever see something
Speaker 1: like this?
Speaker 8: I have not. I played thirteen years Tom.
Speaker 7: I never saw it in the time that I played,
Speaker 7: but I played with Jim McMahon and Jim McMahon used
Speaker 7: to practice drop kicking every day just in case the
Speaker 7: opportunity came up, because like Camera Dicker, you could hold
Speaker 7: it or you could drop kick it. The drop kick
Speaker 7: is still I think it's still in the rules, so
Speaker 7: either way, but we used to practice it and McMahon
Speaker 7: was like, if this rule comes up, I'm ready, I'm
Speaker 7: going in.
Speaker 8: I'm kicking it. So it's been out, I haven't seen it.
Speaker 7: Obviously, Tremon Smith interferes with Darius Davis.
Speaker 8: They get the penalty right there.
Speaker 7: Give give you the Chargers Special teams coach Harball credit
Speaker 7: for knowing it and knowing what to do because it
Speaker 7: cut that halftime lead to twenty one ten to twenty
Speaker 7: one thirteen. It's an untimed down for the fair catch
Speaker 7: interferes free kick rule, and they took advantage of it.
Speaker 4: H This was so great because I feel like every
Speaker 4: Monday of the season we have to talk about poor
Speaker 4: game management situations, bad decisions, bad clock management, stuff like that,
Speaker 4: and this was the example of a coach taking advantage
Speaker 4: of Let's face it, a really arcane rule in the book,
Speaker 4: one that you don't see used very often.
Speaker 5: It's apparently Jim Harbaugh's.
Speaker 4: Favorite rule who knew but that he used it and
Speaker 4: that they executed it so perfectly like it was kind
Speaker 4: of refreshing that we finally got somebody who had mastery
Speaker 4: of the rule book in the moment and they could
Speaker 4: execute it per And as you pointed out, Tom, it
Speaker 4: was a turning point in the game.
Speaker 5: It wasn't just a fun, sort of fluky play.
Speaker 4: It became a really important pivot point in this game.
Speaker 1: The only person who was more excited about that play
Speaker 1: being possible than Jim Harbaugh might have been me.
Speaker 2: My wife can attest this. I jumped up off the
Speaker 2: sofa and just went, they can do the free kick
Speaker 2: here it is. He's like, what are you talking about?
Speaker 2: Just watch this never ever happens. Sure enough, there was
Speaker 2: the moment here again.
Speaker 1: Credit to to Ryan Ficken, one of the only holdovers
Speaker 1: from the prior coaching staff. Jim Harbaugh kept him around.
Speaker 1: He's turned around their special teams the past couple of years.
Speaker 1: He had those guys ready for that moment, Baldy. The
Speaker 1: rest of that game, the Broncos really seemed like they
Speaker 1: were in control. There was a weird sequence that preceded
Speaker 1: the fair catch free kick where they throw on second
Speaker 1: downs in complete, then the Charges were able to use
Speaker 1: the time out.
Speaker 2: What were your big takeaways of how this game unfolded?
Speaker 7: Well, what's been missing because for the three previous weeks
Speaker 7: the Chargers have been a seventeen point offense.
Speaker 8: We identified that leading up to the game all week.
Speaker 7: But what had been missing because I saw him last
Speaker 7: week against Tampa when he's four to seventeen, he got
Speaker 7: blown out. But what had been missing was the explosive plays.
Speaker 7: So you saw justin I just throw right here. Obviously
Speaker 7: it's ridiculous. It's like bumping to his hut, his resume
Speaker 7: reel right there to get Darius Davis. You know, Hassan,
Speaker 7: You see Gus Edwards right here had the forty three
Speaker 7: yarder in the fourth quarter, longest run from scrimmage for
Speaker 7: AMO year. Lad McConkie obviously got things started early on.
Speaker 7: That was a twenty seven yard throw. But they got
Speaker 7: the explosive plays. This is Gus Edwards in the fourth
Speaker 7: quarter in flip field position.
Speaker 8: On the next play, you know, Hassan Haskins goes the distance.
Speaker 7: So they were able to get these explosive plays right here,
Speaker 7: and it was really the difference right there with Haskins
Speaker 7: going into the end zone to be able to put
Speaker 7: up a big number that they needed to in order
Speaker 7: to knock the Broncos out.
Speaker 4: You know, I'm a little bit concerned about the Broncos
Speaker 4: because they've only beaten one team so far this season
Speaker 4: that is at five hundred or above, and that's the Bucks,
Speaker 4: and I think that was all the way back in
Speaker 4: week two or three of the season. They're one in
Speaker 4: six against teams above five hundred, so and they're eight
Speaker 4: no against teams that are below five hundred. So I
Speaker 4: feel like the record is good and they're probably still
Speaker 4: going to make the playoffs, But is that record a
Speaker 4: little bit misleading about how far along this team has come?
Speaker 5: Clearly this is a team on.
Speaker 4: The rise, but every time they sort of take a
Speaker 4: step up in quality of opponent, they can't seem to
Speaker 4: match that level yet. And that raises concerns obviously about
Speaker 4: if they make it into the playoffs. First of all,
Speaker 4: if they make it into the playoffs right now, they
Speaker 4: would be the seven seed, which means, if everything held
Speaker 4: up as it is, they would have to go to
Speaker 4: Buffalo to play the Bills. That's not a great matchup
Speaker 4: at all for anybody. But I really wonder now if
Speaker 4: that record is misleading about where the Broncos are in
Speaker 4: their progression.
Speaker 1: Baldy, I know you had to press pause on a
Speaker 1: Christmas party to join us here, So go back, eat
Speaker 1: some little pieces of cheese on a stick.
Speaker 2: We really appreciate you being here. Forward to chatting with
Speaker 2: you again soon.
Speaker 1: Coming up after this, we've got some fantasy advice. It's
Speaker 1: a unique time you might need somebody to plug and play,
Speaker 1: whether it's because of injury of Benching or otherwise. Adam
Speaker 1: Rank has some really interesting thoughts on some names you
Speaker 1: should consider later on in the show. After this, We've
Speaker 1: got Steve White's going to be here to talk about
Speaker 1: a really good slate of games, including Steelers Ravens on Saturday,
Speaker 1: and who exactly is going to secure the number one
Speaker 1: seed in each conference? Could Jared Goff and the beat
Speaker 1: up Lions get it done? White has answers next on
Speaker 1: the Insiders.
Speaker 8: They don't like us. We down, so I don't like them.
Speaker 8: They about coming to the house.
Speaker 5: Take it down with.
Speaker 8: The Dux Dawn Steeler. Ben puts the ball right on
Speaker 8: the the touchdowns three here.
Speaker 6: It is a first time star or Lamar Jackson against
Speaker 6: the Steelers.
Speaker 2: Jackson is unbelievably gifted.
Speaker 1: That's down Raven, unbelievable blastic raven.
Speaker 9: Steelers all kind of hitting.
Speaker 8: Was tough to all down.
Speaker 6: Indeed, there's a hitting, there's some jog, there's everything we've
Speaker 6: thought there would be.
Speaker 8: Definitely been a Facebook game.
Speaker 2: The Steelers are spelling blood.
Speaker 10: They got Ben, They fought fucking fat He got two teams.
Speaker 7: They respect one another, but doll like one another.
Speaker 8: Stittsburgh and Baltimore. You don't have to say a whole
Speaker 8: lot more.
Speaker 1: Always fun when these teams get together, especially when it's
Speaker 1: in December with a lot on the line. Steelers win tomorrow,
Speaker 1: they clinch the AFC. North Ravens win tomorrow, they would
Speaker 1: clinch a playoff. Berth can also get in with Colts
Speaker 1: and Dolphins losses. Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pilicerro
Speaker 1: and Judy Batista, joined now by our buddy White, Steve.
Speaker 2: This is as good as against.
Speaker 1: Right here, two teams that have seen to be on
Speaker 1: a collision course throughout the course of the season.
Speaker 2: What are looking for is this one?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 11: I mean every time they play it seems like a
Speaker 11: collision course in one way or another. But think back
Speaker 11: to Week eleven when these teams played eighteen to sixteen.
Speaker 11: Pittsburgh wins again, the eighth victory over the Ravens in
Speaker 11: nine games, but they do it by kicking six field goals,
Speaker 11: which might be why the odds makers have the Ravens
Speaker 11: as a six point favorite, because the Ravens offense has
Speaker 11: been playing better. The Steelers don't have wide receiver George Pickens,
Speaker 11: but again, Pickens wasn't that much of a factor. He
Speaker 11: had eighty nine yards in receptions. The bigger issue the
Speaker 11: last time they played was justin Tucker, the Ravens kicker
Speaker 11: missed two field goals and you see it was just.
Speaker 2: A two point margin. So this is one here.
Speaker 11: If the Ravens can establish the run and maybe get
Speaker 11: out to an early lead put pressure on the Steelers offense,
Speaker 11: that's something that could flip things in Baltimore's favor. But
Speaker 11: even if the Ravens win, as you just pointed out,
Speaker 11: they are out of contention for that top seed in
Speaker 11: the AFC playoff race. Boys, Pittsburgh still has an opportunity
Speaker 11: to do it, but they would need to be to
Speaker 11: win out and have some things happen with Kansas City
Speaker 11: and Buffalo. Remember Kansas City right now has a two
Speaker 11: game lead on Buffalo, who's is eleven and three of
Speaker 11: the Chiefs. They play Houston, they play the Steelers, and
Speaker 11: they played Denver. You see how tough that schedule is.
Speaker 11: Whereas Buffalo, who's two games back, the Patriots twice and
Speaker 11: the Jets.
Speaker 2: Plus they've got the head to head over Kansas.
Speaker 11: City from a regular season victory earlier this season. So
Speaker 11: right now, we'll know a lot more after this weekend.
Speaker 11: But Buffalo, as long as it continues to win, this
Speaker 11: is coming down to week eighteen.
Speaker 4: One of the weirdest quirks of the AFC is that
Speaker 4: Lamar Jackson is a multiple time MVP and the Steelers
Speaker 4: keep beating the Ravens. Anyway, all right, let's flip it
Speaker 4: over Steve to the NFC side and talk about who's
Speaker 4: going to emerge there as the top seed. You've got
Speaker 4: them fight Vikings, You've got the Lions, and you've got
Speaker 4: the Eagles, all at twelve and two and two of
Speaker 4: those teams are still battling for a division title.
Speaker 5: Who's gonna win here?
Speaker 11: And the thing is, like the Eagles are the only
Speaker 11: ones that play outside. This is absolutely intriguing and this
Speaker 11: spells Week eighteen all over it. And you see the
Speaker 11: Lions against the Vikings in that game.
Speaker 2: Now you can sit here and.
Speaker 11: Say the Eagles might have the easiest route, but that
Speaker 11: game against Washington is not going to be easy.
Speaker 2: Dallas is playing better football.
Speaker 11: Well, the Giant's okay, Yet that is the easiest route
Speaker 11: when you look at the other two teams that they
Speaker 11: have to play. But again, this is one where it
Speaker 11: seems like the home field advantage favors the Lions if
Speaker 11: they get it, because they get to play in that dome,
Speaker 11: even though they're built to play outside. Now, Detroit, they've
Speaker 11: got to play the Chicago Bears. They've got to keep
Speaker 11: winning based on the way these teams play. And again,
Speaker 11: that season finale against Minnesota in Detroit could be for.
Speaker 2: All of the marbles.
Speaker 11: And I know we're talking about all those injuries which
Speaker 11: are legitimate for the Lions, all the players that they
Speaker 11: have out, but let's not forget about all the players
Speaker 11: that they still have on their roster. Philly yesterday might
Speaker 11: have the best overall competitive roster, but the Lions right now,
Speaker 11: with the schedule the Bears in forty nine ers coming
Speaker 11: up next could be the odds on to get that
Speaker 11: top seed.
Speaker 4: Yeah, the injuries caught up with the Lions last week
Speaker 4: against the Bills, but that, of course is playing a
Speaker 4: super elite team. The rest of the schedule is not
Speaker 4: quite at that level, so they may be able to
Speaker 4: piece it together.
Speaker 2: Steve, thank you very much. Enjoyed the games this weekend.
Speaker 2: We look forward to chatting with you again soon.
Speaker 1: Speaking of these Saturday games, we got Chiefs Texans in
Speaker 1: this one too, a potential playoff preview. We know Patrick
Speaker 1: Mahomes somehow after that hit is going to be out there.
Speaker 1: But what version of him do we get and how
Speaker 1: do the Texans and CJ. Stroud solidify things to pull
Speaker 1: off and upset. We will discuss it when Jeffrey Jda
Speaker 1: joins us right after this on The Insiders. Twenty four
Speaker 1: hours to kick off. Well, it's really like seventeen and
Speaker 1: a half hours. This was posted six and a half
Speaker 1: hours ago. That adds up, right, that's twenty four Yeah,
Speaker 1: Chiefs Texans, it is a big game one pm Eastern time,
Speaker 1: Newton Central at Arrowheads Stadium where the Chiefs, well they're
Speaker 1: going to have their starting quarterback out there, Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: who got twisted up and bent over and put out
Speaker 1: of shape. I guess still every time I see that play,
Speaker 1: it just it hurts me physically. It looked rough, but
Speaker 1: as usual, Patrick Mahomes tape it up. He's gonna get
Speaker 1: himself back out there, off the injury report and good
Speaker 1: to go against the Texans. Welcome back to the Insiders,
Speaker 1: Tom Pillicero, Judy Batista, now joined by our friend Jeffrey Chidia.
Speaker 2: Jeffrey.
Speaker 1: A lot on line here still for the Texans as well.
Speaker 1: There's seating things at play. The Chiefs are still aiming
Speaker 1: to wrap up the number one seed is a Texans
Speaker 1: team that's invested a lot of money.
Speaker 2: Though in that defensive front.
Speaker 1: We already heard one Texans player this week say Mahomes
Speaker 1: better be able to move because we're coming after.
Speaker 8: Yeah, he'd better be able to move.
Speaker 12: Even though he's not on the injury report, he's still
Speaker 12: going to have some level of pain involved with that ankle.
Speaker 12: And the Texans know this. This is a huge matchup
Speaker 12: for them because they realized that the Chiefs have given
Speaker 12: up thirty five sacks this year. That's the most Patrick
Speaker 12: Mahomes ever been sacked in his career was hit. He
Speaker 12: was sacked thirteen times in three previous games before the
Speaker 12: Cleveland game, and so the Texans are bringing a passwords
Speaker 12: that's really serious. They know they've got to get after him.
Speaker 12: They bring second in the league and sacked with forty
Speaker 12: five sacks. They've got two guys in double digit sacked
Speaker 12: with Daniel Hunter and Will Anderson Junior. And the Chiefs
Speaker 12: have said they're going to keep Joe Tooney at left
Speaker 12: tackle for this game. He did a good job against
Speaker 12: Miles Garrett, as offensive coinator Matt Naggie pointed out, but
Speaker 12: this is a different kind of animal, a lot of speed,
Speaker 12: and the Chiefs better be ready for it.
Speaker 4: You know, we go back to when Mahomes had the
Speaker 4: high ankle spring two years ago in the playoffs and
Speaker 4: he played on it. He was able to move and
Speaker 4: sort of slide out of out of harm's way. But
Speaker 4: he's certainly not going to be able to move like
Speaker 4: he does when he's completely healthy. Having said that, as
Speaker 4: we've said before, Andy Reid says he's a very fast
Speaker 4: heel or loosest ligaments in the NFL. So we will
Speaker 4: see if he can get out of harms way again tomorrow.
Speaker 4: All right, let's talk about though, the Houston Texans, who've
Speaker 4: had a pretty tough time all season long protecting c. J.
Speaker 5: Stroud too.
Speaker 4: He has already been sacked more times this year than
Speaker 4: he was all of last season. Last season he was
Speaker 4: only only sacked thirty eight times. What are they going
Speaker 4: to do to protect him better against, among others.
Speaker 5: Chris Jones.
Speaker 12: Well, they're the opposite of the Chiefs. They've taken The
Speaker 12: chief has taken a left tackle and a left guard
Speaker 12: moved in the left tackle. The Texans have taken an
Speaker 12: offensive tackle in Titus Howard and moved him inside to
Speaker 12: guard to try to help ease their interior line concerns,
Speaker 12: and getting dealing with Chris Jones is going to be
Speaker 12: foremost on their minds. Their offensive coordinator, Bobby Slowe talked
Speaker 12: about he's watched film and seen other teams have plans
Speaker 12: for him, and none of those plans have worked, and
Speaker 12: so he's told his team just be ready to fight
Speaker 12: stick with it. They realize that ninety five is going
Speaker 12: to get moved all over the formations and he'll be
Speaker 12: an end, he'll be a tackle, and so they have
Speaker 12: to have a plan for him. But you're right, Judy,
Speaker 12: the pressure that's binance. He j just Droud this year
Speaker 12: has been a big factor and why this offense has
Speaker 12: not performed at a high level. They have to have
Speaker 12: a plan for Chris Jones or they will not win
Speaker 12: this game.
Speaker 1: It feels like a divisional playoff weekend with two games
Speaker 1: on Saturday, all involving very very relevant teams in this mix.
Speaker 2: Gonna be a lot of fun to watch, Jeffrey, thank
Speaker 2: you very much.
Speaker 1: This, of course, is just the start of the NFL's
Speaker 1: new holiday remix. Same teams, shovel him up. They'll play
Speaker 1: again on Christmas Day. It's all part of a doubleheader
Speaker 1: live on Netflix. Chiefs Steelers kick things off at one
Speaker 1: pm Eastern, followed by Ravens and Texans at four thirty
Speaker 1: pm Eastern. So kids finish opening those presents, Mom and
Speaker 1: dad have football to watch, all live on Netflix Christmas Day.
Speaker 1: Michael Pennix Junior gonna get his first start this week
Speaker 1: for the Atlanta Falcons. But should he be someone you
Speaker 1: should consider starting in your fantasy lineup? In a pinch
Speaker 1: and Rank might have an answer that surprises you.
Speaker 2: Next on the Insiders.
Speaker 1: Time now to go inside with NFL Fantasy Live and
Speaker 1: our buddy Adam Rank joining meet Tom Pelicero here on
Speaker 1: the Insiders in his Week sixteen rank.
Speaker 2: You're sixteen weeks deep into coming up with.
Speaker 1: A nu miracle equation to the week here, and I
Speaker 1: understand right now you're about to have your Fantasy Sweet
Speaker 1: sixteen party.
Speaker 13: Yep, Jake, Ryan and I are going to be sitting
Speaker 13: on a glass coffee table with a cake between us,
Speaker 13: trying to win a fantasy football league. So I'm excited
Speaker 13: for it. I don't know what we're gonna do for seventeen,
Speaker 13: but sixteen seem to make.
Speaker 5: A lot of sense.
Speaker 1: All right, bring it on, quarterbacks to start, What do
Speaker 1: you got for me?
Speaker 13: Well, one of the guys that I'm looking at, I
Speaker 13: know that you use this in the tee. So let's
Speaker 13: talk about Michael Pennix because there is a lot of
Speaker 13: consternation about whether we can play this guy this week
Speaker 13: or not. And you see right there, the projection's not
Speaker 13: very robust. However, I do believe that this is going
Speaker 13: to be an opportunity to unlock this Falcons offense. Guys
Speaker 13: like Drake London, Darnell Mooney. I won't go as so
Speaker 13: far as to say that we need to get Kyle
Speaker 13: Pitts into our starting lineups, but I do think there's
Speaker 13: an opportunity to go out there and play him this week.
Speaker 13: It's a tough one, I know. Again, like if you
Speaker 13: have an opportunity to get somebody like Aaron Rodgers, Matthew Stafford, yeah,
Speaker 13: play those guys. But if you're looking at how last
Speaker 13: week I needed to go with Bryce Young, I've pivoted
Speaker 13: to Michael Pennox this week, and I'm willing to be
Speaker 13: disappointed again.
Speaker 2: Here's your thing too.
Speaker 1: With Michael Pennix junior, Unlike a lot of the rookie
Speaker 1: quarterbacks we've seen, especially guys like Bo Nicks, there's not
Speaker 1: really a run threat with Michael Pennix.
Speaker 2: Go back and look at his stats in college here.
Speaker 1: It's not like, all right, if the past game isn't working,
Speaker 1: he's gonna run for one hundred yards.
Speaker 2: That's not really his game. It'd be interesting to see
Speaker 2: how he looks. How about a running back in your
Speaker 2: sweet sixteen rank.
Speaker 13: Well, somebody who's been battling some injuries over the last
Speaker 13: couple of weeks. But I think that he's safe to
Speaker 13: start this week is going to be Bucky Irving, who
Speaker 13: has been one of the finds of the Fantasy season
Speaker 13: this year. You know, coming into this this year, Tom,
Speaker 13: you know, there was a couple of rookies that I like,
Speaker 13: Tyrone Tracy, Bucky Irving being one of them as well.
Speaker 13: Nobody ever brings up that Instagram, Like, nobody finds that.
Speaker 13: Anybody can go to the internet and find my prediction
Speaker 13: on the Bears, like with great ease, I'm like, hey,
Speaker 13: do you want to go back and say what I
Speaker 13: was talking about? Button Noup? They'll never find that. But
Speaker 13: Bucky Irving's been great. He's got a great matchup this
Speaker 13: week against the Dallas Cowboys, who've been very generous to
Speaker 13: opposing running backs this year. They've been a very generous
Speaker 13: at home. They're a very hospitable guest as well. So
Speaker 13: Bucky Irving's a good play if you have to hit
Speaker 13: the waiver wire.
Speaker 8: Though.
Speaker 13: There are three guys, Dromeford, Alexander Madison. Alexander Madison is
Speaker 13: very interesting because he is going to get the majority
Speaker 13: of the carries for the Raiders this week, and of
Speaker 13: course Kendrey Miller on Monday Night we're still waiting to see.
Speaker 13: I don't know if you've broken this news yet. What's
Speaker 13: up with Alvin Kamara? Is he playing like? I don't know,
Speaker 13: but Kendrey Miller has been getting has been given fantasy
Speaker 13: opportunities over the last couple of weeks, and even though
Speaker 13: the Green Bay Packers are a good defense, they have
Speaker 13: allowed the fourth most points per game to running backs
Speaker 13: as far as receiving goes, So I think there's a
Speaker 13: pretty good opportunity there.
Speaker 1: No Alvin Kamara spotted again today at practice. Darren Rizzy
Speaker 1: has said unlikely that he's going to go to the
Speaker 1: sign Edwards z Laire after he got released by the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: I don't know how much action, if any, he can
Speaker 1: see in the first week out here, but this has
Speaker 1: kind of been the story of the Saints season. Fine
Speaker 1: guys anywhere, plug them in and maybe like MVS, they
Speaker 1: all of a sudden have fantasy production. How about a
Speaker 1: wide receiver in your sweet sixteen rank?
Speaker 13: Well, I really like Malik Neighbors, who's had kind of
Speaker 13: a kind of a volatile rookie season. Coming into the year.
Speaker 13: A lot of people had high expectations for him given
Speaker 13: what he was able to do at LSU, despite who
Speaker 13: was starting a quarterback for the New York Giants, and
Speaker 13: it's been a mixed bag. There's been some great weeks,
Speaker 13: some not so great weeks, But over the last couple
Speaker 13: of games, he's really started to find his stride. I
Speaker 13: really like the production that he's putting out there. And again,
Speaker 13: if you're looking at a game with the Atlanta Falcons
Speaker 13: where we expect there to be a lot of points,
Speaker 13: you expect this Falcons team to go out there and
Speaker 13: score points. Well, the Giants are going to be in
Speaker 13: a game script that will mean they have to throw
Speaker 13: the football, which means more opportunity for Malik Neighbors. And
Speaker 13: so while his rookie season might not be what you
Speaker 13: once thought it was going to be, I think there's
Speaker 13: still some great opportunities this week. And again, if you're
Speaker 13: hurting for the wide receivers, Tim Patrick, I'm Tim Patrick's
Speaker 13: a weird wild card outdoors in Chicago. Devonte Smith, Romeo Dubbs,
Speaker 13: I think is another guy too. As you're trying to
Speaker 13: figure out which one of these Green Bay Packers to
Speaker 13: start this week, it's going to be it's always difficult
Speaker 13: with them, but I know and it's tough to chase
Speaker 13: the fantasy points. I hate that, but still, Malik Neighbors
Speaker 13: should be great.
Speaker 1: And finally, at your fantasy Sweet sixteen party rank, what
Speaker 1: tight end are you lighting a candle for?
Speaker 13: Well, you know what's funny is John U Smith has
Speaker 13: been dominating over the last number of weeks. He has
Speaker 13: been the He's been the tight end two since Week eight,
Speaker 13: despite the fact that the number one guy gets so
Speaker 13: many more targets than him, the number one guy, of
Speaker 13: course being Trey McBride. And you're like, well, why isn't
Speaker 13: Trey McBride ahead of him? I'll tell you why. John
Speaker 13: HU Smith catches touchdowns. It is the most exasperating thing,
Speaker 13: the fact that Trey McBride doesn't catch touchdowns. But John
Speaker 13: new Smith has been fantastic, always getting into the end zone,
Speaker 13: always finding a way. It's funny because when you think
Speaker 13: about coming into this year, a lot of people drafted
Speaker 13: Jayalen Waddell thinking that he was going to be the
Speaker 13: compliment to Tyreek Hill. He was going to be the
Speaker 13: guy that would be the number two pass catcher on
Speaker 13: this team. But instead it's been John new Smith who's
Speaker 13: gone out there and garnered all that production and doing
Speaker 13: it from a position where there hasn't been a lot
Speaker 13: of reliability. Like even if you think about guys like
Speaker 13: Travis Kelce, like Travis Kelsey's great and everything, but he
Speaker 13: hasn't been as reliable as he's been so outside of
Speaker 13: a handful of a few tight ends, John Newsmith has
Speaker 13: been one.
Speaker 8: Of the best.
Speaker 13: He's gonna finish as a top five tight end. And
Speaker 13: of course, if you're looking for somebody on the waiver wire,
Speaker 13: Brenton Strange, who plays down in Jacksonville, as somebody who's
Speaker 13: put up a little bit of production. We saw it
Speaker 13: last week. I hesitated two weeks ago because I wanted
Speaker 13: to make sure it wasn't a fluke. But appears that
Speaker 13: Mac Jones has a lot of chemistry with Brenton Strange.
Speaker 13: So if you need somebody off the waiver wire right now,
Speaker 13: you can go at him at this moment.
Speaker 1: Go set your fantasy lineups now if you were in
Speaker 1: the playoffs.
Speaker 2: There's two games tomorrows games on Saturday, much championship week
Speaker 2: for fantasy.
Speaker 1: In Week seven, team we got a triple header on
Speaker 1: Saturday and it's right here on NFL Network. Chargers Patriots,
Speaker 1: Broncos Bengals, and then a big one in the NFC
Speaker 1: West Cardinals Rams to wrap it up. That is all
Speaker 1: next Saturday, December twenty eighth, right here on NFL Network.
Speaker 1: Coming up after this, the Eagles have a big one
Speaker 1: this week against the Commanders. They can wrap up the
Speaker 1: NFC East title. Our camera Wolf is gonna be there,
Speaker 1: but first he'll be here alongside Brian Balneer to break
Speaker 1: down who's got the edge between the Eagles and Commanders.
Speaker 1: Next on the Incenters.
Speaker 7: Alright, blocking a little bit to us left, Rubble pressure stands.
Speaker 10: On his step turn Dolly four zone.
Speaker 8: Eds cart for a touchdown by the Flora. That was like,
Speaker 8: where is he throwing this football? I thought this was
Speaker 8: one of those rookie mistakes and outcomes.
Speaker 10: Terry McCord with the touchdown, now locates Barkley out of
Speaker 10: the backfield.
Speaker 11: Barkley slips two tackles, it picks up the first down.
Speaker 12: It's the first got miss to skim Wolf at the
Speaker 12: last second, bredon what tiky your.
Speaker 1: Birth is it?
Speaker 7: Bro?
Speaker 9: He turned around, jumped over, Hello, okay, move.
Speaker 5: Those guys can laugh.
Speaker 4: I bet defensive coordinators are not laughing at the idea
Speaker 4: of facing Saquan or Jaden Daniels for that matter. They
Speaker 4: meet this Sunday, huge playoff implications. As you can see here,
Speaker 4: Commanders clinch a birth with a win and a little
Speaker 4: bit of help. The Eagles win the NFC East with
Speaker 4: a win, and of course they are still in the
Speaker 4: mix to be the NFC's top seed.
Speaker 5: When all is said and.
Speaker 4: Done, let's welcome back Baldy back from the party. I
Speaker 4: really feel bad about this that the party continues without you,
Speaker 4: Baldy and cam Wolf, who probably has someplace fabulous to
Speaker 4: go after this. Uh, Baldy, let's start with you so
Speaker 4: that you can get out of here. This game, the
Speaker 4: first time they met this season was really close and
Speaker 4: then it just sort of got away from the Commanders.
Speaker 8: What are weird spot on JD.
Speaker 7: In fact, it was a twelve to ten Eagle lead
Speaker 7: with a little over eight minutes to go to the
Speaker 7: fourth quarter, and the Commanders had a fourth and two
Speaker 7: after twenty six yard line and they kind of botched
Speaker 7: the snap and botched the play and Zach Bond just
Speaker 7: leveled Jayden Daniels he was going for the first down,
Speaker 7: and the Eagles got the ball back at that point
Speaker 7: and then scored two straight touchdowns to.
Speaker 8: Really put it out of reach. But it was a
Speaker 8: very close game.
Speaker 7: And the other thing to consider is we just showed
Speaker 7: a highlight of Jaydon Daniels throwing another touchdown to Terry McLarin.
Speaker 7: He's got eleven on the season, and in the game
Speaker 7: against the Eagles he got one pass or ten yards.
Speaker 8: I don't think that's gonna happen again.
Speaker 7: Terry mclarn is the deep threat in this passing offense
Speaker 7: when they do throw it, and so it's something that
Speaker 7: the Eagles I think should be ready for with Quinnon
Speaker 7: Mitchell and you know, with Slay Outside, some of the
Speaker 7: Cooper to game, some of the corners that are playing
Speaker 7: for him, I would expect the ball to get down
Speaker 7: the field to Terry McClard more than one time than
Speaker 7: they had in that first game.
Speaker 10: Yeah, Baldi, A successful run game is what Jaydon Daniels
Speaker 10: said this week is what held them back that first week.
Speaker 10: Remember they're a top three rushing team, but they were
Speaker 10: held under one hundred yards in that first matchup. And
Speaker 10: Brian Thomas, Brian Robinson, their running back, told me this
Speaker 10: week it was nothing they did.
Speaker 2: It was all on us. We feel like we are
Speaker 2: the better team.
Speaker 8: They'll have a chance to show it.
Speaker 10: But the reality is that first game they never forced
Speaker 10: Philly out of their coverage, heavy schemes and baldy. As
Speaker 10: you watch this Philly defense when they are playing their
Speaker 10: type of scheme, nobody can pass the ball on them,
Speaker 10: and so I expect them to try to establish that
Speaker 10: physicality up at the line of scrimmage. One other thing
Speaker 10: to note, Jaydon Daniels was dealing with the rib injury
Speaker 10: coming off of that game. He was only a few
Speaker 10: weeks removed from it. For what I understand, it was
Speaker 10: definitely limiting him. His past percentage rate was about sixty
Speaker 10: percent five games after the rib injury. He had to
Speaker 10: buy a couple of weeks ago. Since then, he's been
Speaker 10: completing over eighty percent of his passes. So I think
Speaker 10: you're going to see a more explosive version of Jayden.
Speaker 10: Daniels also thought it was interesting this week Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 10: said that he tried to put too much in the
Speaker 10: game plan in the first game on a short week,
Speaker 10: and he thought it made them play tentative and so,
Speaker 10: as you mentioned with Terry McLaurin, I think you see
Speaker 10: them move him around away from queeny On Mitchell, who
Speaker 10: had the straps on him in the first matchup, and
Speaker 10: try to get him involved in the slot so him
Speaker 10: and Jayden can have some success. Yep.
Speaker 5: Yeah, just to remember that game.
Speaker 4: The Commanders led it in the fourth quarter, and then
Speaker 4: the Eagles scored twenty one un answered points in about
Speaker 4: eight minutes of game time and that was it. It
Speaker 4: was over all, right, Baldy, back to you. The Eagles
Speaker 4: are rolling ten in a row. They are certainly in
Speaker 4: the mix to be the NFC's top seed. They haven't
Speaker 4: lost since September. What do they have to do to
Speaker 4: get this one?
Speaker 7: Well, I mean it's it's kind of a same thing
Speaker 7: every week. I mean even last week against Pittsburgh. They're
Speaker 7: a slow starting team. Duty you know, there was seven
Speaker 7: to three at halftime in that first game against the Commanders.
Speaker 7: They just go to a total of twenty seven points
Speaker 7: in the first quarter. This year, only the Bears have
Speaker 7: scored a fewer. And so what happens is it takes
Speaker 7: them a quarter to figure out what's working. Is it
Speaker 7: Saquan is it Jalen? Is it getting the ball to
Speaker 7: the receivers and I think like as you get to
Speaker 7: bigger games and you get to the playoffs, regardless of
Speaker 7: what seed they are, sometimes these games are compressed, judy.
Speaker 7: They can be eight possessions and if you're kind of
Speaker 7: fiddling around trying to figure out what's going to work
Speaker 7: today and you're in the second quarter and you haven't scored,
Speaker 7: sometimes you got to play from behind, and that's not
Speaker 7: really the best way to go about business. So I
Speaker 7: would think this week, knowing this is the second time
Speaker 7: they've seen the Commanders, they know what they're doing on
Speaker 7: defense right now, maybe get off.
Speaker 8: To a faster start and actually start and score in
Speaker 8: the opening drive. That would be a change for this
Speaker 8: Seagles team.
Speaker 10: The body it would be quite a t And every
Speaker 10: time we talk about this Eagles offense, we start with
Speaker 10: sakuon Barkley. But the matchup I can't wait to see
Speaker 10: is how aj Brown goes against Marshawn Lattimore in this
Speaker 10: Washington defense.
Speaker 8: Look.
Speaker 10: Aj Brown is off the injury report, he's ready to
Speaker 10: play after a med week injury scare, but Washington traded
Speaker 10: for Marshawn Lattimore for moments like this. He didn't play
Speaker 10: in the first matchup and dan Quinn talked about how
Speaker 10: he knows how he challenges number one receivers and last week,
Speaker 10: in his first matchup, Latimore played nearly every snap and
Speaker 10: didn't allow a single target. And so as we talk
Speaker 10: about this Eagles team, we remember last week the storyline
Speaker 10: was AJ Brown's comment about the passing and Brandon Graham
Speaker 10: talking about the relationship and all that kind of funneled
Speaker 10: through that. Well, I talked to Lane Johnson, the right
Speaker 10: tackle who you know well Baldy had a great game
Speaker 10: on TJ. Watt, helping that passing attack. But he said, look,
Speaker 10: the reality is when the fire gets too hot, you
Speaker 10: have to address it. And we definitely addressed it last week.
Speaker 10: It was a talking point for us, and the reality
Speaker 10: is I'm proud of how we respond it because it
Speaker 10: could have gone the other way. The reality of our
Speaker 10: offense is we haven't needed to throw the ball because
Speaker 10: we have two six but we're going to need to
Speaker 10: throw it at some point, and I'm glad that we
Speaker 10: showed that we could now this week, at some point,
Speaker 10: no matter how crazy Saquon does, they're going to need
Speaker 10: to throw the ball to Aj with Marshawn on him,
Speaker 10: And I'm eager to see how Aj and Jaln step
Speaker 10: up in that moment. Can't be It's going to be
Speaker 10: must c TV.
Speaker 8: Baldy, Yep, I agree, Jim.
Speaker 4: I thought that the most important quote that came after
Speaker 4: that came was Jalen Hurd saying just because we didn't
Speaker 4: do it didn't mean we couldn't do it.
Speaker 5: They can do it.
Speaker 4: What I'm so impressed with what we see from the Eagles,
Speaker 4: especially in these last few games.
Speaker 5: Is they are really balanced.
Speaker 4: They can beat you any way they need to beat
Speaker 4: you passing, running, The defense has been great. They are
Speaker 4: Now that the Lions have as big an injury issue
Speaker 4: as they have, the Eagles might be the most well
Speaker 4: balanced team in the entire NFC. Guys, thank you very much, Baldy.
Speaker 4: Back to your party, and when we return on the Insiders,
Speaker 4: you know this is this season forgiving. We're going to
Speaker 4: tell you what quarterbacks have been gifting their teammates, and
Speaker 4: then Tom and I are going to share what we
Speaker 4: would like our holiday gift ideas that we would give
Speaker 4: to some NFL folks.
Speaker 1: More with Jaden Daniels and Kyle Brandt on Sunday morning.
Speaker 1: A lot more to come from Deuce Jones Drew, the
Speaker 1: son of our Maurice Jones Drew honored to receive an
Speaker 1: offer from UCLA dad's alma mater, which, of.
Speaker 2: Course MJAD the on any thing he wants them to go.
Speaker 1: I don't know to the four exclamation points give it away, legacy,
Speaker 1: says MJD. Congrats the Deuce, as I said, a lot
Speaker 1: more to come from him, and I'm sure MJD will
Speaker 1: talk a lot about it for many years to come.
Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Insider. It's Tom Pellicero. It is
Speaker 2: Judy Batista. Judy.
Speaker 1: We've been watching around the NFL over the past several
Speaker 1: days here and different quarterbacks giving some different gifts to
Speaker 1: some of their teammates. Joe Burrow a unique one, giving
Speaker 1: apparently swords s words, no swords, excuse me to his
Speaker 1: teammates handcrafted, certainly unique. Some other ones we've seen more recently,
Speaker 1: brock Perty gave all of his teammates cars or trucks apparently.
Speaker 2: Which that seems like a lot.
Speaker 1: That seems like more than you know, a guy on
Speaker 1: a minimum contractor with the seventh round picks fil to
Speaker 1: give way. Maybe there was a spots, maybe he got
Speaker 1: a little bit of help. Who's to say he'll get
Speaker 1: his money sooner than later. Patrick Maholmes meanwhile, also gave
Speaker 1: out some coolers. One of the highest paid players gave
Speaker 1: coolers and cowboy boots. The lowest pay guy trucks. So
Speaker 1: that makes sense all which brings us to this year. Judy,
Speaker 1: if you were gonna get I don't know me, the
Speaker 1: folks in the control room in Englewood, or Friendzyan and Mike,
Speaker 1: who are not here tonight, probably at holiday parties. Well,
Speaker 1: what's a gift someone somewhere in the NFL world that
Speaker 1: you would like to give.
Speaker 5: I would like to.
Speaker 4: Give the entire New York football universe competent, drama free
Speaker 4: quarterback play and competent drama free football.
Speaker 5: It has been a long slog with.
Speaker 4: The Jets and Giants these last few years, not a
Speaker 4: whole lot of winning, not a whole lot of happy
Speaker 4: football fans. So I would like to give to everybody
Speaker 4: in this region good football teams.
Speaker 5: Again.
Speaker 1: So during the Giant stretch with Eli Manning, they won
Speaker 1: two Super Bowls, but they never won another single playoff
Speaker 1: game in any of those other years. So for the Jets,
Speaker 1: let's focus in on them would you rather give them
Speaker 1: ten years of always being in the mix competent football.
Speaker 1: You can watch it, it's good, but they never won
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, or give them one super Bowl and
Speaker 1: nine years of, frankly, the same stuff we've been seeing.
Speaker 5: This is a good question.
Speaker 4: It's been so long since we've had consistent like just
Speaker 4: in the mixed kind of football. I think a lot
Speaker 4: of people would take that just to still be interested
Speaker 4: when you get to December, except they ought to remember
Speaker 4: the highs of those.
Speaker 5: Hey, Tom, would you gift those to anybody? Those are
Speaker 5: your might cause my cleats right.
Speaker 1: Those are actually now on the NFL auction site. All
Speaker 1: proceeds from those go to the Breast Research Breast Cancer
Speaker 1: Research Foundation, so certainly anybody can log on purchase those
Speaker 1: at auction. I would appreciate it, and so would many
Speaker 1: other people around the world. Thank you very much for watching.
Speaker 1: Everybody enjoy the games. We'll see you next week.