WEBVTT - Hour 3 – Ross Tucker, Stidham-Time 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:03.560 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:05.320 Sports Radio Final Hour. 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:10.200 On this Tuesday, I check once again, Indiana has won 0:00:10.240 --> 0:00:14.640 the national championship in football the NBA on NBC in 0:00:14.680 --> 0:00:18.239 Peacock every Tuesday in primetime coast to coast Tuesday. You 0:00:18.239 --> 0:00:20.759 can see the Spurs in the Rockets, also the Lakers 0:00:20.800 --> 0:00:23.600 and Nuggets. And it begins tonight at eight eastern non 0:00:23.680 --> 0:00:26.400 NBC in Peacock. Good morning, if you're watching on Peacock. 0:00:26.680 --> 0:00:29.760 That's our streaming partner and our radio affiliates. We're in 0:00:29.840 --> 0:00:34.239 over four hundred cities around America. Ross Tucker will join 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.280 us coming up momentarily. We will have a new poll 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.720 question as well more of your phone calls as well. 0:00:40.040 --> 0:00:43.040 Eight seven to seven to three DP show operator Tyler 0:00:43.520 --> 0:00:47.440 sitting Vine. Kurt Signetti is the man of the hour 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:51.800 certainly in college football, and they are co favorites to 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.760 win the national championship next year according to DraftKings. Then 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:59.920 it's Texas Notre Dame, Oregon, Georgia, LSU, Texas Tech Tech 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:04.840 A and m Alabama and Miami, Florida. Here is the 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:08.279 Indiana head coach last night after winning the title, talking 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.200 about winning at IU let. 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:15.640 Me tell you we won the national championship at Indiana University. 0:01:16.319 --> 0:01:22.920 It can be done, and I'm so happy for our fans. 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:25.720 I can't words, can't describe it. 0:01:25.720 --> 0:01:28.120 It can be done, but it would be hard to 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:31.520 replicate this because imagine, you don't have one of the 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:36.000 top budgets as far as collectives to spend. You also 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:39.200 have a program that historically is one of the worst 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:43.280 in college football history, and you're not getting five star, 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:48.120 four star, three star recruits. Fernando Mendoza transfers from cal 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.000 It didn't lead Sports Center. I don't even know if 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:56.040 it made Sports Center that night. You're not getting great players. 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.960 You didn't get great players. He did get players who 0:01:59.040 --> 0:02:02.400 followed him from Jamie Madison, and he also maybe got 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.440 that one or two star guy who he thought, I 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.240 can coach you up to be a four or five star. 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:13.440 And he's done that, and by all accounts, they will 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:17.760 be formidable coming up next year. All right. He's Ross Tucker, 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.400 the Ross Tucker Football Podcast. He was in the booth 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.760 for Westwood One for the Bears and the Rams, and 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:28.360 he'll be on the sidelines for Seattle in Seattle for 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:33.080 the championship game with the Rams, look at you. The parapatetic, 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:34.600 Ross Tucker. 0:02:36.520 --> 0:02:40.440 I don't know what that word means. You went to Princeton, Yeah, 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:41.960 but you got to give me a heads up. I 0:02:41.960 --> 0:02:45.480 don't know what that word means. Is parapatetic? Good? 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.519 Yeah, you're all over the place. 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:50.720 Yeah, I'm crazy parapatetic. I always have been. 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.560 Yeah, so it's a good thing you're all over and 0:02:53.600 --> 0:02:55.200 you're covering college football. 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.160 Also, how many of the d how many of the 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:00.520 dan nets right now could spell parapatetic. 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:03.960 Dodd? 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:05.480 I don't think so. 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:07.239 I once I'm spelling these in elementary school, but I 0:03:07.280 --> 0:03:09.639 probably end up spelling it like parapathetic. 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:11.000 A Yeah, Paulie. 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:12.960 I tried in my head, and I had two things 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:13.480 wrong in the. 0:03:13.520 --> 0:03:15.880 Personal four letter. If you got the first letter right here, 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:23.280 right okay, in the last letter, see yeah, parapathetic not pathetic. Okay, Ross, Uh, 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:26.280 let's see where do you want? Let me start in Buffalo. 0:03:27.160 --> 0:03:29.320 Sean McDermott got fired because. 0:03:31.240 --> 0:03:36.560 Because the organization decided that being good was not good enough. 0:03:37.200 --> 0:03:41.120 I actually think it's a fascinating dynamic when you consider 0:03:41.160 --> 0:03:45.440 where Buffalo is versus what Green Bay is doing with 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:50.440 extending Brian Gudekunst and their head coach Matt Lafleur. I 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.880 don't really like I think, Dan, you can make a 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:59.160 strong argument for both instances, you know, And this is 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:02.920 something I think everyone listening or watching on Peacock can 0:04:02.960 --> 0:04:09.000 relate to in life. Is being good good enough? Or 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.040 should you take a risk in life to strive to 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.880 be great? It's funny. I mean, you could probably speak 0:04:15.920 --> 0:04:18.279 to this as well as anybody. Dan, You would have 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:20.240 been good, if you say to ESPN, you know, you 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.239 would have made good money. Things would have been good there, 0:04:23.360 --> 0:04:26.400 Like you would have been fine. But you took a 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.919 big risk because you wanted to do something. See if 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:33.240 you could do something really special, and you've done that 0:04:33.839 --> 0:04:37.360 with the best radio show in the world. Right Like 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:42.280 you decided, you know what, just being good isn't good enough. 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.880 I'm gonna try to do something really, really great. And 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:49.559 I think on some level that's what the Ravens are doing, 0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:52.839 and that's what Terry Pigula and the Bills are doing, 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:59.719 whereas the Packers have decided that being almost good enough 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:03.080 or close is good enough. And I don't I'm not 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:06.600 begrudging them of that. But if you look at the Packers. 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.359 They've been just good enough to not be good enough 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.360 to get to the super Bowl for a long time now. 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:16.360 I mean it's been a long time. They've had high 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:20.520 level quarterback play and they haven't even gotten back to 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:23.880 a super Bowl. Whereas Terry Pegoula and the Bills said, 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:26.800 you know what, we want to try to win this thing. 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.160 And by the way, there's a risk maybe they hire 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.200 Brian day Bol, maybe they go the wrong way, you know, 0:05:32.240 --> 0:05:34.960 maybe they maybe they maybe they have a chief season 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.280 and they win six games next year. This is a risk, 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:41.920 but it's one that obviously Terry Pegoula felt comfortable with. 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.560 What why did you have a problem with Sean McDermott's 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:47.320 post press conference. 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:52.200 Yeah, well so I think there's probably a couple of 0:05:52.240 --> 0:05:55.839 reasons why he did that. I think in fairness to him, Dan, 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:59.360 he probably knew he was on the hot seat, and 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:04.800 so by going that strong on the officiating and the calls, 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.560 you know, maybe he could defer blame, get it off 0:06:09.560 --> 0:06:12.560 of his shoulders, move it to the officials. Maybe that 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:16.039 would be enough to save his job, or maybe that 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.000 would be enough to even if he's gonna lose his 0:06:18.120 --> 0:06:23.400 job anyway. Bill's fans will remember him fighting for Buffalo, 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:28.320 darn it, and that the officials, you know, gave them 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.640 a raw deal. I just look, I have two young daughters, 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:35.640 they're twelve and thirteen. Now, I'm a huge believer in life, 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:40.800 in personal responsibility, personal accountability. You know, they're both playing 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:42.680 volleyball or tennis or whatever. 0:06:43.200 --> 0:06:43.400 You know. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:47.120 I don't like when people blame others. I watched that game. 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:50.760 You know, I got the helmet right there. The Bills 0:06:50.800 --> 0:06:53.599 are my favorite team that I played for, and I 0:06:53.720 --> 0:06:58.040 have a strong affinity for the people in Western New York. 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:02.520 Josh Allen's probably my favoritavorite player. But Dan, they need 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:03.200 to play better. 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.440 I mean, how much of that place on Sean McDermott. 0:07:06.600 --> 0:07:08.919 He didn't throw the interceptions, and he didn't fumble the 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:12.160 ball a couple of times. He didn't have a catch 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.520 turn into an interception, Like, what is it that he 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.160 did that was so egregious in that game? Where you go, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:19.400 we got to get rid of it. 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:23.520 That's a fair point. And I don't think it's just 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:28.720 that game. I think it's just the compilation of all 0:07:28.760 --> 0:07:32.400 of these years and there have been coaching issues that 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:36.520 were I think more noticeable in other years, and I 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:39.360 think they would probably even say to you that they're 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.360 not ready to be a wild card team. And for 0:07:42.440 --> 0:07:46.000 the Patriots over the course of the season to have 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:49.840 overtaken them in the AFC East. But you're a thousand 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:53.720 percent right, Josh Allen. Not only the turnovers, but Josh 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:57.600 missed Dawston Knox for the game winning touchdown. He had 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.480 other misses in that game. And by the way, everybody's 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:04.320 complaining about Brandon Cooks and was it a catcher? Hold 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:06.920 onto the ball, don't let them rip the ball out 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.840 of your hands like that. To me, epitomizes our society. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:15.080 You can either choose to say that's a catch, we're 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:18.280 getting screwed, that's a raw deal. Or you can say, 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.120 our guys should hold onto the ball. 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:23.600 Yeah, we want to blame the official instead of if 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:25.640 you hold onto the ball, you don't factor in the. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.360 Official exactly correct. Thank you. 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:32.240 Talking to Ross Tucker and uh, he was there in 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:35.880 the booth for the Rams and the Bears. What did 0:08:35.920 --> 0:08:39.000 you think of, Like, if you're the Bears coming out 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:43.120 of that game, you lose, but your feeling about the 0:08:43.160 --> 0:08:45.400 Bears is going to be what next year? 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:52.920 Highly encourage and optimistic because by far the two most 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:57.560 important individuals in any NFL organization as the head coach 0:08:57.760 --> 0:09:01.800 and the quarterback. And I think you're feeling really good 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.840 about both those guys. And I've told you this before, 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:10.640 in particular your ability to get it done no matter 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:14.720 what the situation is late in games. I believe that's 0:09:14.800 --> 0:09:19.240 worth a winner to a year, maybe even more. The 0:09:19.360 --> 0:09:24.439 belief that is throughout that entire locker room, that entire building, 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:27.000 no matter what the score is in the fourth quarter. 0:09:27.559 --> 0:09:30.600 They believe they've got the guys, the head coach and 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.400 more importantly, the quarterback that finds a way to get 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:37.920 it done in those situations. I don't know how he 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.720 does it. And let me just say this, I'm gonna 0:09:40.720 --> 0:09:44.240 call it right now. Dan would not be surprised if 0:09:44.240 --> 0:09:47.120 there's a step back from the Bears next year. I 0:09:47.160 --> 0:09:49.280 think you're encouraged, and I think if you're a Bears 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:53.400 fan like Paully, you should be encouraged. They're not gonna 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:56.319 win seven games in the final two minutes next year. 0:09:56.800 --> 0:10:00.200 They're not gonna have by far the most takeaways and 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:03.720 b plus twenty two next year. The Bears next year 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:09.400 feel very similar going into the season as the Commanders 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.160 this year, in the sense that there's a lot to 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.920 be excited about, but you're probably going to see some 0:10:15.000 --> 0:10:17.959 regression in a couple areas to the means. 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.640 Yeah, I think the Bears were a better story than 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.319 they were a team, and I agree with you, But 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:28.679 they got they felt like they got further than they 0:10:28.720 --> 0:10:32.319 were expected to, maybe a year ahead, like the Commanders 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.080 felt like they were a year ahead of schedule. You 0:10:35.200 --> 0:10:39.880 got the Rams now against Seattle again, how do you 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:41.000 think this one plays out? 0:10:42.200 --> 0:10:45.560 I like the Seahawks, you know, I thought the Rams 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:49.720 were the best team most of the season. It kind 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:53.000 of feels like ever since the fourth quarter of that 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:57.839 Seahawks Rams game, that Thursday night game, whatever week that was, 0:10:57.880 --> 0:11:00.800 fourteen or fifteen, feel like this Seahawks have been the 0:11:00.840 --> 0:11:04.240 best team. You know, Stafford has not played well under 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.960 pressure in these last two playoff games. Wait till you 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:12.200 play Seattle. I mean those guys they come at you. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.920 Leonard Williams and DeMarcus Lawrence and Byron Murphy and Mike 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:21.720 McDonald's probably the best defensive mind in the NFL right now. 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.280 And I just think the Rams, it feels like they're 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:29.120 run out of gas a little bit, whereas the Seahawks 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:33.440 came flying out of the gate. They're young, they're healthy, 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.439 they're playing at home. The only way in my mind, 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:40.800 the Rams win that game is if the you know, 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:46.559 the disparity of quarterback is that significant. Well, Stafford has 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:51.640 to play MVP caliber and Donald has to be average 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:53.360 or below for the Rams to win. 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:56.640 It's incumbent upon Seattle to be able to run the football. 0:11:57.160 --> 0:12:00.000 To put Sam Darnold in a position where he does 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:02.040 doesn't have to be Matthew Stafford. 0:12:03.400 --> 0:12:05.920 No question, it'll be a little bit tougher. You know, 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:10.960 Zach Charbonay, torn acl you know Sharboney was huge against 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.960 the Niners week eighteen. There's a lot to be said 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:17.320 for having that one to two punch. Walker's probably a 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:21.240 little bit more gifted, but he's injury prone. Can he 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.959 carry the entire load by himself for the entire game? 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.520 That that is one thing that helps the Rams out 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.120 a little bit, That the Seahawks don't have that one 0:12:31.120 --> 0:12:33.800 to two punch to come at you in waves. And 0:12:34.400 --> 0:12:36.960 those guys have different styles, so it's almost like two 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:39.160 pitchers throwing different pitches at you. 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:42.720 When you block for your quarterback. As a former offensive 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:47.720 lineman blocking for bow Knicks blocking for Jared Stidham, is 0:12:47.760 --> 0:12:48.640 it still the same. 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:54.760 Yeah. I think the only difference would be Nix is 0:12:54.840 --> 0:13:00.160 more mobile, so you're more aware of having to you 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.280 hold your block a little bit longer. You're more conscious 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.400 of him escaping the pocket and making sure you don't 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:10.480 get called for a holding penalty, and so you're a 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:13.600 little bit more aware of those type of things. Stidham 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.360 is more of, you know, a classic pocket pass. He 0:13:17.400 --> 0:13:19.520 can move a little bit. I gotta tell you, Dan, 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:23.800 I don't think he would ever verbalize this, but this 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:27.040 really works out well for Sean Payton from a coaching 0:13:27.200 --> 0:13:32.960 legacy standpoint. If they lose without bon Nicks, it's like, okay, look, 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:37.080 their starting quarterback got hurt. We understand. It's almost like 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:40.040 he's got a free roll of the dice. If they 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:44.199 win with Stidham, Peyton's gonna get the lion's share of 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.640 the credit, especially if they go on to win the 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:50.640 Super Bowl. For Sean Payton's Hall of Fame candidacy, for 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:54.600 his legacy, this almost couldn't have worked out better. 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:58.240 I'll leave you with this. There was a moment with 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.920 two minutes left where an offensive I'm in for Indiana 0:14:01.000 --> 0:14:04.640 last night got called for a full start. When you 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:07.360 go into the huddle, how many times are you told 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:12.360 by your quarterback whatever you do, don't flinch, don't jump, 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.480 make sure you go a little later, not early. You 0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:19.720 must not jump. And we saw that last night in 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.760 a moment that could have changed the National title game. 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:29.680 Well, depends on the quarterback, depends on the composition of 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:34.240 the offensive line. I'm guessing that they mentioned it, but 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.920 you're a thousand percent correct. That could have been and 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:42.760 almost was the difference. It's interesting because nowadays in the NFL, 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:46.520 then on second and one in a clock killing situation, 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:51.320 sometimes the defense is they'll intentionally jump off sides to 0:14:51.480 --> 0:14:54.680 give you the first down so that then they can 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:57.560 use the timeouts on the first like in other words, 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.880 they're gonna concede the first down because they don't want 0:15:00.920 --> 0:15:04.600 you to have four or five plays to finish the game. 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.600 They only want you to have three plays. Now, you 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:10.400 can decline it or whatever if you're that smart, and 0:15:10.480 --> 0:15:13.960 I was thinking that Miami might do that. That's the 0:15:14.040 --> 0:15:17.240 counter argument. That's why you don't do that, because they 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:20.600 might drop the ball, the running back might slip, or 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.680 the offensive lineman might false start, which changed everything. 0:15:24.000 --> 0:15:27.680 Do you have a false start story from your NFL career? 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.280 Uh, you know the one that I'm trying to No. Actually, 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:36.240 so I do have a couple of false starts. I 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.080 don't remember them being that big a deal. It is 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:42.560 a weird thing, though, because you feel like such a 0:15:42.680 --> 0:15:44.880 dummy when you come back to the huddle get out. 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:48.000 Do you apologize? Do you apologize like you say? 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.800 You say my bad and everybody's just like idiots, you know, 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:54.720 because you're at the line. You're the only one that 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:57.280 did it. You go back to the huddle. Sometimes they 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.800 say stuff to you, sometimes they don't. It's interesting because 0:15:59.800 --> 0:16:02.600 I thought I had a false start as a goal 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:05.720 line tight end once, but I didn't. I was just 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:09.160 laid off the snap because the people don't tell you. 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:12.640 Is when you're a center, obviously you can hear the quarterback. 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:15.640 When you're a guard you can too. You get to 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.520 tackle a little bit tougher when you're a goal line 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.840 tight end. I could not hear bledsall. I could not 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:25.200 hear the quarterback, So I was a little bit late 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:28.280 on that d end. He end up making the tackle. 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.120 We lost the game, probably the reason why we didn't 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:31.200 make the playoffs. No big deal. 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.440 Great to talk to you. Save Travels is always the 0:16:38.520 --> 0:16:41.720 parapatetic Ross Tucker. Thank you, Bud. 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.040 I'm going to write down how I think you spell 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.240 it first and then google it right now see. 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:49.480 Yeah Ross Tucker Football Podcast. Following him on social media 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:52.720 at Ross Tucker NFL and he'll be on the sidelines 0:16:52.920 --> 0:16:56.280 for the game in Seattle, the NFC title game. We'll 0:16:56.320 --> 0:16:58.880 take a break. More phone calls coming up. 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Check us out 0:17:36.440 --> 0:17:40.520 on YouTube, Subscribe, hit that thumbs up icon and comment away. 0:17:40.960 --> 0:17:41.200 Ron S. 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:44.159 Tucker brought up something interesting about Sean Payton with bo 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:48.280 Nix being out, and now you have Jared Stidham kind 0:17:48.320 --> 0:17:51.080 of a built in excuse if you happen to lose. 0:17:51.400 --> 0:17:54.199 I'm sure he would never admit that publicly, but if 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.639 you think about it, if he gets Jared Stidham and 0:17:57.680 --> 0:18:01.840 the Broncos to the Super Bowl, even if you lose 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.120 or if you do win, now you're firmly cemented as 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:10.240 a Hall of Fame coach. Super Bowl MVP odds, Sam 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:14.600 Darnold still leading the way, then Drake May, Matthew Stafford. 0:18:14.640 --> 0:18:19.639 Then it jumps considerably to Kenneth Walker the Third, Jackson Smith, Njigba, 0:18:20.320 --> 0:18:25.400 Puka Nakua, and Jared Jared Stidham's odds for Super Bowl 0:18:25.480 --> 0:18:29.840 MVP plus two thousand todd You're gonna throw some money 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:30.960 on Jared Stidham. 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.000 I'm not a betting person, but I am optimistic that 0:18:34.040 --> 0:18:35.760 he's going to perform well on Sunday. 0:18:35.800 --> 0:18:38.080 I will say that would you bet on him performing 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.480 well that the Broncos would be I'm not asking for 0:18:40.480 --> 0:18:41.680 a pie to the face. 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:43.639 I would consider putting that a few bucks. I just 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:44.000 I don't. 0:18:44.080 --> 0:18:45.760 I'm at a better so I don't bet on anything 0:18:45.760 --> 0:18:46.760 that's even like a short thing. 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:47.520 I just never bet. 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.520 But what about the back row Seaton Patriot fan? You 0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:56.800 Bronco Finn m pie to the face straight up. 0:18:57.040 --> 0:19:00.600 A little U face, and it's Drake May against boat Nicks. 0:19:00.720 --> 0:19:03.600 That's such your price, So now you don't believe in Instead, 0:19:04.359 --> 0:19:05.480 you just told me you did. 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.000 On the surface, the Patronship win that game. But I 0:19:08.000 --> 0:19:09.240 still think none's going to do it. 0:19:10.359 --> 0:19:14.040 Back Row pie to the phase, Pie to the pie. 0:19:14.760 --> 0:19:17.320 By the way, if I was an offensive lineman and 0:19:17.359 --> 0:19:19.040 I was in the huddle and my quarterback said, hey, 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:22.600 by the way, don't jump off sides or don't fall start, yeah, 0:19:23.359 --> 0:19:25.640 I would be like, okay, great, Oh, and don't throw 0:19:25.640 --> 0:19:29.159 an interception. I would be like, dude, shut up, no, 0:19:29.359 --> 0:19:31.480 christ well you think I forgot Oh, I'm not supposed 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:32.040 to go early. 0:19:32.160 --> 0:19:35.160 I would be so pissed at that guy. Uh, Jeremy 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:38.400 and Michigan, don't fumble. Jeremy and Michigan. 0:19:38.520 --> 0:19:42.879 Hi, Jeremy, Hey, good afternoon, guys, First time, long time, 0:19:43.359 --> 0:19:48.720 five eleven and a tone one seventy five. All right, 0:19:48.880 --> 0:19:51.600 we all love wordplay. I love it as much as 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:53.800 you guys. I have a T shirt idea for you 0:19:53.840 --> 0:19:56.000 and the day Net's okay, Dan, okay, And I need 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:58.320 you guys to decide if it's a good T shirt 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.280 concept or if it's Harry pathetic. 0:20:02.520 --> 0:20:06.880 Okay, all right, okay, oh okay, that wasn't the punchline. 0:20:06.920 --> 0:20:08.119 That was just an add on. 0:20:08.240 --> 0:20:10.800 Okay, yes, yes, here here it is. 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.959 Think of a character of coach Signati and underneath it 0:20:14.960 --> 0:20:18.280 it's sig Naddy and at t y. 0:20:18.400 --> 0:20:19.240 What do you guys think of that? 0:20:19.320 --> 0:20:19.800 I like that? 0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:24.840 Yeah, winning the Natty Matter round of blaws there for Jeremy. 0:20:25.000 --> 0:20:28.200 Some of our best people on that. 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