WEBVTT - #21: How does Patrick Mahomes compare to Michael Jordan? 0:00:04.743 --> 0:00:07.303 NFL Power Rankings is a production of the NFL in 0:00:07.383 --> 0:00:12.383 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:13.383 --> 0:00:15.423 And then there were four. We are out of the 0:00:15.503 --> 0:00:18.583 final four in the National Football League. 0:00:18.623 --> 0:00:21.743 Welcome to another edition of the NFL Power Ranking Show, 0:00:21.823 --> 0:00:26.663 presented to you by Energizer, officially on the behind the 0:00:26.663 --> 0:00:27.463 curtain parlance. 0:00:27.543 --> 0:00:30.223 This is week twenty one of our season. 0:00:30.223 --> 0:00:33.343 My name is Andrew Siciliano at our studios in Los Angeles. 0:00:33.463 --> 0:00:35.103 The other side of the screen, the man who. 0:00:34.943 --> 0:00:40.143 This week only had to rank eight teams. What a bargain, 0:00:40.783 --> 0:00:42.223 What an easy week of work? 0:00:42.823 --> 0:00:44.143 How are you air A get. 0:00:43.903 --> 0:00:47.903 Home feeling relaxed, feeling refreshed, ready to go. 0:00:48.223 --> 0:00:50.863 I'm it feels like August all over. 0:00:50.703 --> 0:00:55.063 Again, except it doesn't. It is still January. The Super 0:00:55.103 --> 0:00:57.583 Bowl will be played in February. There are four teams remaining. 0:00:57.623 --> 0:01:00.343 Obviously we're going to rank eight. Let's start with you 0:01:00.623 --> 0:01:04.543 right there scanning the QR code on your screen, and 0:01:04.863 --> 0:01:07.343 here are the eight. Let's just unveil them all at once. 0:01:07.503 --> 0:01:10.423 The Ravens and the Niners stay at one and two. 0:01:10.463 --> 0:01:12.463 They both won the one seeds. 0:01:12.703 --> 0:01:13.423 They're at the top. 0:01:13.703 --> 0:01:16.903 The Lions and the Chiefs the two teams that won 0:01:17.503 --> 0:01:20.343 deface the Ravens and the Niners move up to three 0:01:20.383 --> 0:01:23.663 and four, and then the teams that lost on Divisional weekend. 0:01:23.343 --> 0:01:26.983 The Bills, the Packers, the Texans. 0:01:26.623 --> 0:01:30.263 And you had the Buccaneers as the worst team in 0:01:30.303 --> 0:01:31.143 that group. 0:01:30.863 --> 0:01:32.543 Of eight to make it the divisional weekend. We'll get 0:01:32.543 --> 0:01:33.143 to them at a second. 0:01:33.183 --> 0:01:35.743 Let's start, however, at the top at home, and let's 0:01:35.743 --> 0:01:38.503 start here with the Baltimore Ravens. I've said, no one 0:01:38.583 --> 0:01:40.783 is going to beat them at home. The Browns and 0:01:40.823 --> 0:01:42.383 the Steelers were the only ones to do it in 0:01:42.383 --> 0:01:44.743 the regular season. Really, the Steelers didn't count Week eighteen, 0:01:44.743 --> 0:01:47.903 it was raining, Lamar didn't play. That game was close 0:01:48.023 --> 0:01:50.703 for a while, I mean ten ten at the half 0:01:50.743 --> 0:01:54.023 thanks to the Stevens Simms punt return, but then eric 0:01:54.103 --> 0:01:56.503 in the second half, the Ravens not only in my eyes, 0:01:56.543 --> 0:01:59.383 proved they're the best team in football, but they almost 0:01:59.423 --> 0:02:01.263 made it feel like a high school game, like the 0:02:01.263 --> 0:02:03.863 big kids and the little kids, where you knew that 0:02:03.943 --> 0:02:06.703 the Texans simply wouldn't do it. 0:02:08.183 --> 0:02:10.983 Yeah, you just could see how it was going and 0:02:11.063 --> 0:02:13.743 see how banged up the Texans were on defense, and 0:02:14.103 --> 0:02:17.583 you know, once they kind of figured out the Texans blitzes, 0:02:17.623 --> 0:02:20.463 you know, I mean they were coming at Lamar full steam, 0:02:20.503 --> 0:02:23.063 it seemed like, especially in the first half, but throughout 0:02:23.063 --> 0:02:26.223 the game. Once they figure that out, you know, I 0:02:26.623 --> 0:02:29.503 and credit Todd Monkin for really adjusting on the fly. 0:02:30.223 --> 0:02:31.623 It was all downhill from there. 0:02:31.823 --> 0:02:33.823 And you think about it, right from week one when 0:02:33.823 --> 0:02:36.423 they faced the Texans and then the Texans last game 0:02:36.463 --> 0:02:39.783 of the season last round. You know, four field goals, 0:02:39.863 --> 0:02:43.623 zero offensive touchdowns. That Baltimore defense did its job too, 0:02:43.703 --> 0:02:46.303 especially against CJ. Stroud and all the confidence he had 0:02:46.343 --> 0:02:47.223 coming into that game. 0:02:47.343 --> 0:02:50.143 Yeah, that defense kept the Texans and again the first 0:02:50.183 --> 0:02:52.343 game of the year for Demiko Ryans and the last 0:02:52.383 --> 0:02:55.183 game of the year, kept the Texans out of the 0:02:55.263 --> 0:02:58.023 end zone in the two times they played at least 0:02:58.303 --> 0:03:02.223 offensively held them to old field goals. That defense, I 0:03:02.263 --> 0:03:04.983 think if you had to rank all the un it's 0:03:05.023 --> 0:03:08.503 remaining here, right, So offense defense, these four teams left, 0:03:08.663 --> 0:03:13.263 I think the Ravens defense is the best of the 0:03:13.383 --> 0:03:14.543 eight remaining. 0:03:15.983 --> 0:03:18.023 I think you can make that case, right. We have 0:03:18.383 --> 0:03:19.143 some questions. 0:03:19.183 --> 0:03:22.223 Obviously the Baltimore offense could certainly be also very good. 0:03:22.263 --> 0:03:25.183 But yes, but I think you're right, if you had 0:03:25.183 --> 0:03:27.383 to pick one team to kind of hang your hat on. 0:03:27.463 --> 0:03:29.783 Not to say that, you know, they can't give up 0:03:29.823 --> 0:03:33.143 some yards to Patrick Mahomes. Patrick's averaged about what three 0:03:33.223 --> 0:03:36.263 hundred and sixty seventy yards against them passing every single 0:03:36.263 --> 0:03:39.183 time he plays him. But that's in the past. It 0:03:39.223 --> 0:03:40.823 hasn't been a couple of years since there. It's been 0:03:40.863 --> 0:03:43.023 a couple of years since they've played, So you're right. 0:03:43.103 --> 0:03:45.303 I mean, the pass rushes come on. The coverage has 0:03:45.343 --> 0:03:48.943 been plus. I mean it's been really strong. Their linebackers 0:03:48.943 --> 0:03:51.463 are kind of an underrated strength of that team. They 0:03:51.503 --> 0:03:53.863 got pressure from the inside and the out too, which 0:03:53.903 --> 0:03:56.223 is a nice thing to have, especially this time of year. 0:03:56.383 --> 0:03:59.663 Well, it also shows, and the Niners show this as well. 0:03:59.543 --> 0:04:02.823 Certainly with green Law and with Warner in no particular order, 0:04:03.143 --> 0:04:06.623 that there is value to that position. With Queen and 0:04:06.663 --> 0:04:08.623 with Roquan. A lot of people were shaking their heads 0:04:08.623 --> 0:04:10.543 when Eric Tacosta gave up a two to the Bears 0:04:10.543 --> 0:04:12.983 to get Roquan Smith and then had to pay Roquand 0:04:13.023 --> 0:04:15.143 one thing to trade him or trade for him another 0:04:15.183 --> 0:04:17.463 thing to write him that big check. The Bears wouldn't 0:04:17.543 --> 0:04:22.223 right those two guys are a huge reason, especially with 0:04:22.263 --> 0:04:24.943 what they have up front that clogs all the lanes 0:04:24.983 --> 0:04:26.863 that allows them to go run. It had a huge 0:04:26.903 --> 0:04:29.023 reason they're here, and a huge reason really. Now Mike 0:04:29.103 --> 0:04:32.943 McDonald is in the conversation for all these head coaching jobs. 0:04:34.263 --> 0:04:37.343 Yeah right, I mean groomed by both Harbaugh's right, spend 0:04:37.423 --> 0:04:40.103 time with John as an assistant, and came has worked 0:04:40.143 --> 0:04:42.983 his way up and then went to Michigan with Jim 0:04:43.023 --> 0:04:45.223 for a few years. So he has been well versed 0:04:45.223 --> 0:04:48.463 in the Harbaugh universe. But he's done things on his 0:04:48.503 --> 0:04:50.663 own too. I mean, I think Jim Harbaugh or John 0:04:50.663 --> 0:04:53.063 Harbaugh rather made a point of saying like this is 0:04:53.103 --> 0:04:55.903 his defense. He's put the work in on this group. 0:04:56.103 --> 0:04:58.463 They've they've leveled up this season. You're right, I think 0:04:58.503 --> 0:05:01.103 that linebacker position, I agree with you. I mean, I 0:05:01.143 --> 0:05:03.703 saw Roquan Smith up close here in Chicago quite a bit. 0:05:03.743 --> 0:05:05.783 Thought he was a terrific player, was playing great at 0:05:05.783 --> 0:05:08.143 the time of the trade. But I didn't know that 0:05:08.143 --> 0:05:10.543 that would be worth the value, and especially after paying 0:05:10.583 --> 0:05:11.343 them twenty million. 0:05:11.543 --> 0:05:13.703 I'm here to say that I was wrong. It has been, 0:05:14.143 --> 0:05:15.063 and especially in. 0:05:14.983 --> 0:05:17.743 A game where you're going against Pacheco and Kelsey and 0:05:17.783 --> 0:05:18.743 their flexibility. 0:05:18.823 --> 0:05:20.623 I mean that really gives you an edge. 0:05:20.703 --> 0:05:23.103 I think, huge difference in what the Ravens had at 0:05:23.183 --> 0:05:26.783 linebacker and what the Bills had at linebacker, right, and 0:05:27.143 --> 0:05:30.743 coverage possibilities and opportunities against Travis Kelsey. Granted, the Bills 0:05:30.783 --> 0:05:32.503 are all kind of banged up and Matt Mlana was 0:05:32.503 --> 0:05:34.263 out and aj Klein has to be in there, Trail 0:05:34.303 --> 0:05:38.623 Bernard couldn't go, So, you know, two vastly different conversations here, 0:05:38.783 --> 0:05:40.343 But it's going to be the Ravens and the Chiefs. 0:05:40.343 --> 0:05:41.783 We'll get to the Chiefs coming up at a second. 0:05:41.823 --> 0:05:44.663 Let's get to the forty nine ers, because while the 0:05:44.743 --> 0:05:46.983 Ravens and Texans were tied of a half ten to ten, 0:05:47.703 --> 0:05:48.703 the Ravens kicked. 0:05:48.463 --> 0:05:49.063 It into gear. 0:05:49.543 --> 0:05:54.103 Conversely, the story Saturday night in San Francisco is Eric, 0:05:54.303 --> 0:05:58.543 the Niners are going to blow this, and they almost 0:05:58.983 --> 0:06:01.983 blew this. We could be sitting here today if not 0:06:02.023 --> 0:06:04.823 for that final drive. Half of the conversation is it's 0:06:04.863 --> 0:06:07.263 time to move on from brock perty and does Kyle 0:06:07.343 --> 0:06:11.023 have to hit reset again to go find his championship quarterback? 0:06:12.383 --> 0:06:12.703 Yeah? 0:06:12.783 --> 0:06:15.183 All right, I thought that that fourth quarter was obviously 0:06:15.263 --> 0:06:18.503 huge for Perdy and Shanahan being able to overcome the deficit. 0:06:18.503 --> 0:06:20.583 I mean, how many times did you know they talk 0:06:20.663 --> 0:06:23.263 on the broadcast about the oh win thirty record when 0:06:23.303 --> 0:06:26.303 trailing by seven or more points entering the fourth or 0:06:26.303 --> 0:06:27.183 in the fourth quarter. 0:06:27.263 --> 0:06:29.423 So yeah, I mean I thought that was really big 0:06:29.463 --> 0:06:30.343 for them to be able. 0:06:30.183 --> 0:06:32.263 To kind of get over the hump, especially after Perdy 0:06:32.263 --> 0:06:35.463 had struggled the weather was causing issues with his grip. 0:06:35.823 --> 0:06:37.743 You know, you and I were talking off the air 0:06:37.783 --> 0:06:40.383 about that one play where he wipes his hand mid 0:06:40.503 --> 0:06:42.463 drop back. I don't think either of us had ever 0:06:42.463 --> 0:06:46.543 seen anything like that before. Yeah, so you know, clearly 0:06:46.583 --> 0:06:49.703 it was struggling with the conditions. They lost Ebo Samuel 0:06:49.743 --> 0:06:51.543 early in the game. It just felt like their mojo 0:06:51.663 --> 0:06:54.583 was a little off. But big plays on defense from 0:06:54.623 --> 0:06:57.823 Drey Greenlaw, who you talked about earlier, and also Perdy in. 0:06:57.823 --> 0:06:59.983 The final drive, and we'll see. 0:07:00.063 --> 0:07:02.183 I mean, I still think this game is going to 0:07:02.263 --> 0:07:04.223 have a lot to say about the future of rock Perty. 0:07:04.303 --> 0:07:08.023 I mean, we've seen Kyle Shanahan firmly back on the 0:07:08.103 --> 0:07:12.343 quarterbacks before, and then that little uh that crush right 0:07:12.663 --> 0:07:14.863 wears off over time, so I don't know where we're 0:07:14.903 --> 0:07:17.143 at with Perdy right now, but trying to make this 0:07:17.143 --> 0:07:20.503 thing work and I'll have a shot against the Detroit defense. 0:07:20.583 --> 0:07:23.343 And as we tape this full disclosure, we're recording this 0:07:23.463 --> 0:07:27.623 Tuesday afternoon. On Monday, Kyle said, the update on Deebo 0:07:27.743 --> 0:07:28.903 is the shoulder isn't broken. 0:07:28.983 --> 0:07:29.943 That's the good news. 0:07:30.223 --> 0:07:31.863 But it's really up in the air as to whether 0:07:31.943 --> 0:07:34.543 or not Debo is going to play on Sunday. So 0:07:34.943 --> 0:07:38.183 that factors greatly in all of this, because without him, 0:07:38.223 --> 0:07:40.983 they're one to three this year. They fell apart in 0:07:41.023 --> 0:07:43.903 the second alf of offensively. Also similar to the division 0:07:43.943 --> 0:07:46.503 around in Cleveland. Because of the rain, it should be 0:07:46.623 --> 0:07:49.023 sunny for the most part, we think on Sunday in 0:07:49.063 --> 0:07:51.823 San Francisco. But no Debo, they are a different team. 0:07:51.903 --> 0:07:52.103 Now. 0:07:52.383 --> 0:07:55.063 When you have all week to prepare knowing you're not 0:07:55.103 --> 0:07:58.583 going to have him, does that factor in all of this? 0:07:59.303 --> 0:08:00.863 Clearly it does. 0:08:00.903 --> 0:08:03.303 But what you said there about we could still be 0:08:03.343 --> 0:08:08.263 having this pretty conversation next week is dead on, especially 0:08:08.263 --> 0:08:09.943 after did you see the Nick Wagoner article in the 0:08:10.103 --> 0:08:11.943 espan dot com last week that suggested, and it was 0:08:11.983 --> 0:08:14.383 right out of Pretty's mouth that Kyle told him they 0:08:14.383 --> 0:08:16.703 were going after Tom Brady last year in the offseason. 0:08:18.703 --> 0:08:21.063 Yeah, I mean, you know, everything's up in the air 0:08:21.063 --> 0:08:23.183 with Kyle, right, I feel like he's always got you know, 0:08:23.263 --> 0:08:25.863 multiple balls juggling in the air at quarterback, right, He's 0:08:25.863 --> 0:08:28.983 always you know, the Sam Darnold signing right after he 0:08:29.063 --> 0:08:31.503 was benched against the Ravens, a lot of people. 0:08:31.263 --> 0:08:33.943 Thought, boys, is it possible that Sam could take over 0:08:33.983 --> 0:08:36.463 down to the stretch. Didn't happen that way, obviously, But 0:08:37.023 --> 0:08:38.703 you know I didn't blink at that one. I mean 0:08:38.743 --> 0:08:40.823 I really felt like that was one of those those 0:08:40.863 --> 0:08:43.783 signings where this one has a little more deeper meaning. 0:08:43.863 --> 0:08:47.703 But focusing here on the game, obviously, if they can 0:08:47.903 --> 0:08:51.823 if they can exploit the exploitable weaknesses of this Lion's defense, 0:08:52.063 --> 0:08:53.983 they can win this game. There's no doubt about it. 0:08:54.023 --> 0:08:55.623 I Mean, I think there are some holes in this 0:08:55.743 --> 0:08:59.263 in this Detroit d but you know who knows, right, 0:08:59.343 --> 0:09:02.663 especially if Deebo is out. I do think to your point, though, 0:09:02.663 --> 0:09:05.303 if they come into this game feeling like. 0:09:05.743 --> 0:09:07.623 He's just not going to play, I mean, we're gonna 0:09:07.663 --> 0:09:09.183 have to have a Hail Mary. 0:09:09.103 --> 0:09:11.703 And they have a plan for it. Find their best 0:09:11.703 --> 0:09:14.823 stuff without him, you know, use a little misdirection they 0:09:14.863 --> 0:09:15.343 can get by. 0:09:15.383 --> 0:09:17.943 All right, all right, we'll pull back the TV curtain. 0:09:17.983 --> 0:09:20.263 That was a nine minute a block talking only two 0:09:20.343 --> 0:09:24.223 teams coming up, the other two teams playing this weekend 0:09:24.263 --> 0:09:26.423 our thoughts on the three and the four in this 0:09:26.463 --> 0:09:29.143 week's rankings, the Lions and the Chiefs. As we continue 0:09:29.143 --> 0:09:36.863 on the NFL Power Ranking Show presented by Energizing, It's 0:09:36.863 --> 0:09:39.343 the NFL Power Ranking Show. We're presented by Energizer, Andrew 0:09:39.423 --> 0:09:42.343 Ciciliano and Eric at home right over there, who puts 0:09:42.383 --> 0:09:44.503 these together. Obviously, we got the Ravens and the Niners 0:09:44.503 --> 0:09:47.303 at one and two. That means we have America's team, 0:09:47.343 --> 0:09:52.303 seemingly now the Lions. Eric at number three, Bucks gave 0:09:52.383 --> 0:09:54.063 him a run here. I feel like we could do 0:09:54.103 --> 0:09:57.583 an entire show on Todd Bowles clock mismanagement. 0:09:56.903 --> 0:09:58.743 On the knees at the end of the game. 0:09:58.943 --> 0:10:01.023 We're not going to do that, though, We're gonna celebrate 0:10:01.103 --> 0:10:04.223 these Detroit Lions, who I think have a heck of 0:10:04.263 --> 0:10:06.623 a show in Santa Clara on Sunday. 0:10:07.703 --> 0:10:09.983 Absolutely they do. I know, I probably I am talking 0:10:10.023 --> 0:10:10.943 out of both sides by mouth. 0:10:10.943 --> 0:10:12.863 They're already in the first segment, I said, hey, look, 0:10:12.943 --> 0:10:15.383 this Detroit defense has holes in it. They do, but 0:10:15.463 --> 0:10:18.383 they've also found ways to make plays when they absolutely 0:10:18.423 --> 0:10:21.623 have to. And you know Derek Barnes's first interception. 0:10:21.223 --> 0:10:21.983 Clinching the game. 0:10:22.023 --> 0:10:24.703 I wouldn't have put money on that one, but hey, 0:10:24.783 --> 0:10:27.383 you know they're they're finding sources on that side of 0:10:27.423 --> 0:10:30.183 the ball. You know, Melafon Wu in the secondary, Bryan 0:10:30.223 --> 0:10:32.943 branch is a rookie, you know, Alie McNeil, what have you. 0:10:32.983 --> 0:10:36.103 I mean, they've they've gotten other guys besides Aiden Hutchinson 0:10:36.143 --> 0:10:38.183 to step up, but you'd like to see it a 0:10:38.223 --> 0:10:42.023 little more consistently still. I think with that offense and 0:10:42.063 --> 0:10:44.623 what Jamiir gives, especially once he got into the game 0:10:45.103 --> 0:10:47.823 game flow a little bit more, you know, it completely 0:10:47.943 --> 0:10:48.543 changed the game. 0:10:48.623 --> 0:10:49.783 Tampa Bay did a great. 0:10:49.703 --> 0:10:53.063 Job plugging up all the gaps, especially when Montgomery's in there. 0:10:53.343 --> 0:10:55.183 But I don't know that San Francisco is going to 0:10:55.263 --> 0:10:58.583 have that same game plan or that same success level. 0:10:58.743 --> 0:11:01.183 They've been really good against the run statistically this year, 0:11:01.223 --> 0:11:04.383 but it has changed in the last several games as 0:11:04.383 --> 0:11:05.623 they've injuries up front. 0:11:05.863 --> 0:11:08.543 I just love the storyline here, not only the Lions, right, 0:11:08.823 --> 0:11:11.543 obviously trying to make it to the Super Bowl here 0:11:11.583 --> 0:11:14.863 and trying to win a third playoff game on their 0:11:14.943 --> 0:11:18.583 road to Vegas. But Jared Goff, as we see Baker 0:11:18.583 --> 0:11:21.463 Mayfield on the screen, Jared Goff going back home to 0:11:21.543 --> 0:11:24.223 the Bay Area, going back home to face a team 0:11:24.263 --> 0:11:27.223 that when he was with the Rams he had trouble against. 0:11:27.263 --> 0:11:29.783 But so de Teun mcvahn. The rest of the unit collectively, 0:11:30.183 --> 0:11:32.623 other than in the NFC Championship came with Matthew Safferty 0:11:32.703 --> 0:11:36.743 at the point. But the Jared Goff Redemption Tour is 0:11:36.863 --> 0:11:40.023 such a great storyline. Honestly, I know it's gotten a 0:11:40.023 --> 0:11:41.783 lot of attention. I think it deserves more. 0:11:43.743 --> 0:11:46.343 I think so too, right, I mean, I think people 0:11:46.383 --> 0:11:49.343 are still in the mindset of, well, whenever Detroit can 0:11:49.383 --> 0:11:50.423 replace them, they will. 0:11:50.463 --> 0:11:51.423 He's been good, you know. 0:11:52.023 --> 0:11:54.023 I hear that a lot as I go on radio 0:11:54.063 --> 0:11:56.863 shows and talk to people out and about, and they say, yeah, 0:11:56.943 --> 0:11:59.183 Jared Goff's good. Right, Well, he's played at a really 0:11:59.263 --> 0:12:01.743 high level. He didn't come out hot the way he 0:12:01.783 --> 0:12:03.783 did against the Rams in this game, so he had 0:12:03.783 --> 0:12:06.103 to kind of find his rhythm a little bit. Seemed 0:12:06.103 --> 0:12:08.823 a little offerly in the game, but boy, that fourth 0:12:08.863 --> 0:12:11.383 quarter he was he was firing away. I think he 0:12:11.463 --> 0:12:13.663 hit eleven or twelve passes in a row to start 0:12:13.703 --> 0:12:16.903 the quarter. You know, really got Laporta involved there, had 0:12:16.903 --> 0:12:20.223 some big throws to Jamison and obviously Saint Brown as well, 0:12:20.343 --> 0:12:22.943 so you know, they're still tough to defend. I mean 0:12:22.983 --> 0:12:25.463 they have four, you know, past catchers. I think they 0:12:25.463 --> 0:12:28.063 feel like they really trust and that doesn't even count 0:12:28.103 --> 0:12:30.303 Josh Reynolds who stepped up too, so maybe five. 0:12:30.463 --> 0:12:32.783 I mean, it's it's been a collective effort. 0:12:33.103 --> 0:12:36.223 Jared believes in those guys, and yeah, I mean, first 0:12:36.263 --> 0:12:38.063 of all, the guts of a team to hand it 0:12:37.943 --> 0:12:39.703 to Craig Reynolds on. 0:12:39.743 --> 0:12:40.463 Fourth and goal. 0:12:41.023 --> 0:12:43.383 It just supports the whole idea of that, like anything 0:12:43.383 --> 0:12:45.623 could happen with this team. Dared Goff, I'm sure has 0:12:45.703 --> 0:12:48.463 just as much faith in Reynolds as he does and 0:12:48.503 --> 0:12:50.783 all those other guys. It's a fun story all around. 0:12:50.783 --> 0:12:53.303 And you're right, if he wins this, I think people's 0:12:53.343 --> 0:12:54.903 minds are changed on him a little bit. 0:12:54.943 --> 0:12:58.103 I mean people called him a stop gap even after 0:12:58.263 --> 0:13:01.623 last season's great second right, which they almost got in. 0:13:01.863 --> 0:13:05.543 I had conversations with people like which is gm type 0:13:05.583 --> 0:13:08.583 of people at the league meeting where they were already 0:13:08.623 --> 0:13:12.863 projecting where Jared would go other than Detroit this coming 0:13:12.943 --> 0:13:16.983 twenty twenty four season, that ain't happening anymore, right, Jared 0:13:17.023 --> 0:13:19.783 Goff is on the verge of taking the Detroit Lions 0:13:19.783 --> 0:13:22.303 to the Super Bowl. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are 0:13:22.303 --> 0:13:26.023 in this position yet again, sixth consecutive year. Here as 0:13:26.103 --> 0:13:28.463 we get to the team making a power move presented 0:13:28.503 --> 0:13:33.023 by energizer Eric, the Chiefs are back in the AFC 0:13:33.103 --> 0:13:35.743 Championship game. And I think there is some similarity here 0:13:36.143 --> 0:13:39.543 with Michael Jordan and the Bulls, right, or Tom Brady 0:13:39.583 --> 0:13:42.223 with his great run for twenty years in New England 0:13:42.543 --> 0:13:46.263 that if you were in that conference, you simply weren't 0:13:46.263 --> 0:13:48.863 going to get past them because they were that good. 0:13:49.383 --> 0:13:53.343 And Mahomes is Brady or Mahomes is Jordan in the end, 0:13:53.983 --> 0:13:56.223 he will steal your soul. 0:13:56.623 --> 0:13:59.543 I mean, this could end up being an Indiana Pacers 0:13:59.623 --> 0:14:02.463 kind of series where it was sort of a flawed 0:14:02.543 --> 0:14:05.423 Bulls team, right that was able to beat a really, 0:14:05.463 --> 0:14:08.823 really good team. And I think that's what Baltimore is, right. 0:14:08.863 --> 0:14:11.743 I mean, if Lamar is Reggie Miller. He has a 0:14:11.743 --> 0:14:14.943 surrounding cast that goes very deep. We've talked about the defense, 0:14:15.023 --> 0:14:16.983 we know about the offensive line, we know about the 0:14:17.183 --> 0:14:19.943 you know those receivers, et cetera. So, but you're right, 0:14:20.023 --> 0:14:23.063 they still have Jordan, they still have Patrick Mahomes, and 0:14:23.383 --> 0:14:26.663 he's had success against the Ravens. Again, different personnel, different coordinator, 0:14:26.783 --> 0:14:28.903 all that. But you know, I don't think he's going 0:14:28.943 --> 0:14:31.023 to come in there, especially after going on the road 0:14:31.103 --> 0:14:33.703 last week and doing what he did against the Bills, 0:14:33.743 --> 0:14:35.463 that there is not going to be any fear in 0:14:35.503 --> 0:14:39.263 this man. So yeah, look, if Mark west Valdez Scantling 0:14:39.343 --> 0:14:41.343 can do what he did last week, if she Rice 0:14:41.383 --> 0:14:43.983 can do what he did last week, all of a sudden, 0:14:43.983 --> 0:14:45.783 this is a completely different offense, I think than what 0:14:45.823 --> 0:14:49.423 we were talking about for what fifteen of the eighteen 0:14:49.463 --> 0:14:50.183 weeks this year. 0:14:50.463 --> 0:14:54.063 Listen, I hesitate to compare anyone to Michael Jordan. Okay, 0:14:54.183 --> 0:14:59.023 but Jordan and Brady both had a quality where you 0:14:59.143 --> 0:15:02.343 will those around you to win, where the teammates were 0:15:02.383 --> 0:15:08.503 almost in fear of being known as the teammates that 0:15:08.783 --> 0:15:12.743 let the great one down, right, like you're gonna hit 0:15:12.783 --> 0:15:15.583 that shot from the corner because I'm not going to 0:15:15.663 --> 0:15:18.823 be the guy that misses the shot and Michael Jordan 0:15:19.063 --> 0:15:23.543 doesn't win. And those that we've criticized all year for 0:15:23.663 --> 0:15:27.223 the Chiefs, like MBS and Rashi Rice, all of a 0:15:27.263 --> 0:15:33.103 sudden now when it matters most make the huge plays. 0:15:34.223 --> 0:15:35.543 Absolutely they stepped up. 0:15:35.543 --> 0:15:37.423 And whether it was that fear factor or not, I 0:15:37.423 --> 0:15:40.023 think they're gonna need that same kind of performance against 0:15:40.063 --> 0:15:42.583 this Ravens defense that we've you know, I think thrown 0:15:42.623 --> 0:15:45.223 our flowers at because they have been that good. So yeah, 0:15:45.423 --> 0:15:48.303 I still think there's gonna be a way for Mahomes 0:15:48.343 --> 0:15:50.783 to have some success against this group though, as you 0:15:50.863 --> 0:15:53.103 pointed out, and like you said, it's the synergy that 0:15:53.143 --> 0:15:56.623 he brings out of everybody to hey, it's win or 0:15:56.663 --> 0:15:58.783 go home, And you know how I'm gonna feel about 0:15:58.783 --> 0:15:59.703 going home at this point. 0:15:59.863 --> 0:16:01.823 Yeah, I mean, listen, we could we can do the 0:16:01.983 --> 0:16:04.183 x's and o's of this one for days. The Jerry 0:16:04.223 --> 0:16:06.903 as Snead against a Flowers or Odell. If you put 0:16:06.943 --> 0:16:10.463 them on Odell, does Mark Andrews come back here? 0:16:10.503 --> 0:16:12.943 Do they get Cadarius, Tony Backsky More? 0:16:13.743 --> 0:16:15.503 Then there's the what happens next year, like is this 0:16:15.583 --> 0:16:18.263 Chris Jones' final game is a Chief If they don't win, 0:16:18.623 --> 0:16:21.063 is Kelsey on the screen here going to retire. There 0:16:21.103 --> 0:16:24.743 are so many great storylines for this game, we'll have 0:16:24.823 --> 0:16:27.863 to save them for next week coming up on the 0:16:27.863 --> 0:16:29.903 Power Ranking Show presented by Energizer. 0:16:29.903 --> 0:16:33.183 But wait, there's four more. What happened to the Bills, the. 0:16:33.063 --> 0:16:36.583 Packers, the Texans and the Buccaneers. We'll do an exit 0:16:36.623 --> 0:16:39.943 interview of sorts for those four, the bottom four at 0:16:39.943 --> 0:16:48.663 our Power Ranking Show presented by Energizer. All right, it's 0:16:48.703 --> 0:16:51.543 the NFL Power Ranking Show, presented to you by Energizer, 0:16:51.583 --> 0:16:54.463 Andrew Siciliano, Eric at home, who puts these rankings together 0:16:54.543 --> 0:16:57.703 on your screen and also available on NFL dot Com. 0:16:57.743 --> 0:17:00.103 The Bills, here we go again. Eric, We've seen this 0:17:00.223 --> 0:17:03.383 movie so many times. They have a very good team. 0:17:03.823 --> 0:17:06.583 They get here, they have their hearts ripped out, usually 0:17:06.623 --> 0:17:07.263 by the Chiefs. 0:17:07.303 --> 0:17:09.703 Third straight year it is the divisional round. 0:17:09.783 --> 0:17:13.183 But as we move forward here, they have twenty two 0:17:13.863 --> 0:17:17.303 soon to be free agents. They have a huge cap 0:17:17.423 --> 0:17:22.583 hit coming up on Josh Allen's contract, Steph Digg's Big Number, 0:17:22.663 --> 0:17:27.383 Von miller Age and Big Number. It's not a tear down, 0:17:27.823 --> 0:17:30.703 but it is going to be a massive remodel. 0:17:31.823 --> 0:17:32.663 I agree, right. 0:17:32.743 --> 0:17:34.983 I mean they got to this point and were able 0:17:34.983 --> 0:17:37.383 to build their roster in such a way, including signing 0:17:37.383 --> 0:17:40.943 guys like von Miller to massive deals. Because of Josh 0:17:40.943 --> 0:17:43.943 Allen's contract, his cap hit, you know, until this season, 0:17:43.983 --> 0:17:47.023 had never been more than what like eighteen million forty 0:17:47.103 --> 0:17:49.783 seven plus million next year, So that's a different look. 0:17:49.823 --> 0:17:51.823 And as you pointed out, Digs two, I think is 0:17:51.863 --> 0:17:55.703 over twenty almost twenty eight million, so and really. 0:17:55.503 --> 0:17:57.823 Wasn't very effective down the stretch. 0:17:57.823 --> 0:17:59.943 He wasn't effective in the two games against the Chiefs 0:18:00.023 --> 0:18:03.223 nineteen targets then he had like seven catches for you know, 0:18:03.263 --> 0:18:06.503 fifty sixty yards. So boy, in those big moments, you 0:18:06.583 --> 0:18:09.383 really need your superstar number one receiver to be there 0:18:09.423 --> 0:18:09.663 for you. 0:18:09.703 --> 0:18:11.383 And I know Brandon Bean has said. 0:18:11.423 --> 0:18:14.503 On Tuesday that he views Diggs as that number one guy, 0:18:14.583 --> 0:18:18.103 but gave Davis entering free agency. I mean, you know, 0:18:18.183 --> 0:18:22.423 Trey White and Matt Malono, that age thirty range, coming 0:18:22.463 --> 0:18:23.383 off major injuries. 0:18:23.423 --> 0:18:25.983 I mean, that's a lot to figure out. 0:18:26.143 --> 0:18:27.823 And I know they get a little help with the 0:18:27.943 --> 0:18:31.103 compensatory draft, but man, I don't know. I just don't 0:18:31.143 --> 0:18:34.543 see a clear path back to the same level of dominance. 0:18:34.103 --> 0:18:36.983 That they've had, and it looks as if, barring something 0:18:37.343 --> 0:18:40.783