WEBVTT - Lamar’s Playoff Struggles, NFL Coaching Carousel & Nick’s Picks Wild Card Weekend

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in Watch Drive with Me Great Episode two ninety one.

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<v Speaker 2>We are here. It is the Wildcard Preview edition. The

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<v Speaker 2>regular season has ended. The gambling portion of the regular

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<v Speaker 2>season has ended. We we'll get to it later. Didn't

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<v Speaker 2>love how Week eighteen went, But after breaking our on

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<v Speaker 2>this show and on the TV show four straight years

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<v Speaker 2>of profitability streak last season with just a season just

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<v Speaker 2>littered with two and three weekends that ended in being

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<v Speaker 2>sub five hundred, back on the profitable side. All those

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<v Speaker 2>bets all year long netted us a whole three point

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<v Speaker 2>six units of profitability. But profitability is profitability. So that's good.

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<v Speaker 2>Our quest, our dream of an undefeated postseason begins anew

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<v Speaker 2>today where we will pick all six games. So we

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<v Speaker 2>will do that shortly. First, however, what missed the cut

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<v Speaker 2>one of on paper the best NBA games ever? Two

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<v Speaker 2>teams that both had thirty wins and both had five

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<v Speaker 2>or fewer losses that I don't know has. I think

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<v Speaker 2>it's happened once prior in NBA history. That took place

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<v Speaker 2>last night. As Cleveland got the victory, ending okay SE's

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<v Speaker 2>winning streak, Travis Kelcey says, I ain't scared of nobody.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll play the Bengals in a Walmart parking lot. Cam

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<v Speaker 2>Taylor Britt then says that's cap I mean, okay, buddy,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean the Cincinnati Bengals. At some point, you gotta

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<v Speaker 2>stop talking. You just got to stop talking. People wondering

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<v Speaker 2>did the Chiefs lose intentionally in Week eighteen to avoid Cincinnati?

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<v Speaker 2>Did the Bengals lose intentionally eight times over the course

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<v Speaker 2>of the season to avoid the Chiefs? That's the question

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<v Speaker 2>I have. And then Micah Parsons says next year will

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<v Speaker 2>be the year for the Dallas Cowboys. Demonse is here, demonse,

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<v Speaker 2>how are you looking good?

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<v Speaker 3>Good? Pretty good? Thank you sir. Good to see you

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<v Speaker 3>this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>Scar some scary times out in Los Angeles for all

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<v Speaker 2>our viewers or listeners in Southern California. I hope you're safe.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't really. I've never I've lived in tornado zones

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<v Speaker 2>and hurricane zones. I've never really lived in fire zones. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>fire or earthquake, and so what's happening in southern California

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<v Speaker 2>right now is legitimately terrifying. And because it's on the

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<v Speaker 2>West coast instead of the Eastern seaboard, I do feel

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<v Speaker 2>like the national news coverage of it would maybe be

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<v Speaker 2>more round the clock if it were happening like if

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<v Speaker 2>Washington d S Well, Washington, d C, Philadelphia, or it

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't even have to be New York. We're on fire

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<v Speaker 2>to this extent because it's happening out west. I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>sure if people out east have the full scope of it.

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<v Speaker 2>But you're safe. Our Blue Duck team is safe. And

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<v Speaker 2>obviously thoughts with all our friends out there and listeners

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<v Speaker 2>out there, and hope primarily you're safe, and secondarily but

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<v Speaker 2>also super important, your homes are okay. And I know

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<v Speaker 2>that's not the case for everybody. But let's get right

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<v Speaker 2>to it. Demanse talk a little Lamar Jackson.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so, Lamar credited his past playoff playoff woes to

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<v Speaker 3>being too antsy and emotional. I totally agree with him,

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<v Speaker 3>by the way, But do you think that if this year,

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<v Speaker 3>if you think that this year that he doesn't get

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<v Speaker 3>through that hump or get over that playoff hump, that

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<v Speaker 3>he'll never ever do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, So here's the thing. First, let me answer him

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<v Speaker 2>saying he gets too antsy like that to me was

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<v Speaker 2>confirmation of what I've been saying that before these games

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<v Speaker 2>he gets. Another word for antsy is nervous, and he

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<v Speaker 2>gets a little nervous, wants it that badly and tightens

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<v Speaker 2>up a bit. And so I don't. So here's and

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<v Speaker 2>I tried to explain this yesterday on TV, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna do it again here but in a longer form,

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<v Speaker 2>because I think people view my Lamar Jackson opinion as

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<v Speaker 2>more of an indictment than I view it. Because to

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<v Speaker 2>answer the question, if he once again falls flat in

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<v Speaker 2>the postseason, do I think that is just who he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be moving forward? The answer to that question

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<v Speaker 2>is yes, But does that mean I think he won't

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<v Speaker 2>ever win a Super Bowl. The answer to that question

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<v Speaker 2>is no, and so I the obvious camp and the

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<v Speaker 2>comp people would have gone to way earlier if not

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<v Speaker 2>for the fact that style realistically they are such incredibly

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<v Speaker 2>dissimilar players. Is Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the greatest quarterbacks to ever play. Peyton Manning also, year

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<v Speaker 2>after year after year, got tight in the playoffs, did

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<v Speaker 2>not play his best football. Peyton Manning won two super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowls despite that, and the sports movie story would be

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<v Speaker 2>Peyton Manning, after years of playoff failures, finally put it

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<v Speaker 2>all together and was unbelievable and route to the super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not what happened. Peyton Manning. Forget the last

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl he won his final year in the league,

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<v Speaker 2>when he was a shell of himself, Like take that

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<v Speaker 2>out of it. The year they won smack dab in

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<v Speaker 2>the middle of his prime. Here was his postseason that year.

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<v Speaker 2>One against Kansas City one touchdown, three picks, a seventy

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<v Speaker 2>two rating. They won Round two against Baltimore zero touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>two picks a thirty nine rating. They won Round three

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<v Speaker 2>against New England in a crazy comeback, one touchdown, one pick,

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<v Speaker 2>a seventy nine rating they won. The Super Bowl against

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<v Speaker 2>Rex Grossman and the Bears, one touchdown, one pick, an

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<v Speaker 2>eighty two rating. They won. He had three touchdowns, seven picks,

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<v Speaker 2>and they was right, exactly right. And now the New

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<v Speaker 2>England game, he was awesome in the second half. The

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<v Speaker 2>numbers don't really explain it. They round twenty one to

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<v Speaker 2>three at halftime against a team that had dominated them

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<v Speaker 2>the last two postseasons, and he was awesome in the

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<v Speaker 2>second half. They just ran in the touchdowns, but still

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<v Speaker 2>Round one against the terrible Chiefs team, one touchdown, three picks.

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<v Speaker 2>Round two against Baltimore, they scored fifteen points. He had

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<v Speaker 2>zero touchdowns, two picks, completed fifty percent of his passes

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<v Speaker 2>through for one hundred and seventy yards. Peyton Manning. So

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<v Speaker 2>I don't find it to be in conflict to believe

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<v Speaker 2>Peyton Manning is clearly one of the five greatest quarterbacks

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<v Speaker 2>ever and Peyton Manning was not a good playoff quarterback.

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<v Speaker 2>Finished his playoff career fourteen and thirteen. Peyton Manning his

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<v Speaker 2>first six career playoff games, two wins, four losses, same

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<v Speaker 2>as Lamar and this idea that, oh, you're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>this moment and be over it. It's just not what

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<v Speaker 2>it is if you go to Peyton's career. Peyton's first

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<v Speaker 2>three playoff games were disastrous. A nineteen to sixteen loss

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<v Speaker 2>to the Titans where he's had a sixty two rating

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<v Speaker 2>and zero touchdowns, A twenty three to seventeen lost to

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<v Speaker 2>the Dolphins where he had an eighty two rating, one touchdown,

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<v Speaker 2>zero picks, A forty one to nothing lost to the Jets,

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<v Speaker 2>where he had zero touchdowns, two picks, completed forty five

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<v Speaker 2>percent of his passes uh and had a thirty one rating.

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<v Speaker 2>The next year, here's how it went. Played the Denver

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<v Speaker 2>beat him forty one to ten, five touchdowns, no picks,

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<v Speaker 2>a perfect passer rating perfect one, fifty eight point three.

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<v Speaker 2>The next round played My Chiefs in the famous no

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<v Speaker 2>punt game. Neither team ever punted. Just score score, score,

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<v Speaker 2>score score. An offensive pass interference call on Tony Gonzalez

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<v Speaker 2>killed us, a turnover killed us. They won thirty eight

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<v Speaker 2>thirty one, three touchdowns, no picks. All right, he's over it. Patriots.

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<v Speaker 2>Next round, one touchdown, four picks of thirty five rating.

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<v Speaker 2>Go home, Lamar's that very next.

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<v Speaker 3>Year tough figure describing Lamar Jackson's not having bad games

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<v Speaker 3>like that, that.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not game here.

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<v Speaker 3>These games are egregious. No, no, he's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well i'll go through it for you because he is. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>well I'll go through it for you because he is.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's but he also he also has never had

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<v Speaker 2>anything close to the eight touchdowns, zero picks a one

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<v Speaker 2>forty five rating over a two game playoff sample. But

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<v Speaker 2>so the very next year, peyton first game of the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 2>four touchdowns, one pick a, one forty six rating. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>we're good. The very next game lost twenty to three

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<v Speaker 2>to the Patriots, zero touchdowns, one pick, a sixty nine rating.

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<v Speaker 2>The next year one and done against the Steelers at home,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one to eighteen, and then the Super Bowl run.

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<v Speaker 2>And by the way, this continued for Peyton's entire career.

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<v Speaker 2>He was not the same guy in the playoffs. Bill

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<v Speaker 2>Simmons coined the Peyton face because you saw it when

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<v Speaker 2>it was happening. And so you're saying Lamar is not

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<v Speaker 2>the same guy. I'm here to tell you Lamar's playoff

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<v Speaker 2>resume is as tattered Lamar's we want to take out.

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<v Speaker 2>He don't take it out, but all graded with a

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<v Speaker 2>grain of salt. His rookie year when he saved that team,

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<v Speaker 2>that team was dead in the water. They go to Lamar.

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<v Speaker 2>He saves their season, maybe saves John Harbaugh's job, and

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<v Speaker 2>then the Chargers play a defense that nobody had seen before,

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<v Speaker 2>where it was eight defensive backs on the field, three

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<v Speaker 2>down linemen. Lamar completed forty eight percent of his passes,

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<v Speaker 2>two touchdowns, one pick, three fumbles, one fumble lost. They

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<v Speaker 2>lost twenty three to seventeen, and folks, if they don't

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<v Speaker 2>remember that game, those numbers are misleading because they were

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<v Speaker 2>down twenty three to three with seven minutes left, and

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<v Speaker 2>then you Lamar in that game, they were talking about

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<v Speaker 2>should he be pulled, but again he's a rookie. Take

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<v Speaker 2>it out. The next year, Demonse, when they were fourteen

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<v Speaker 2>and two and he was the unanimous league MVP. They

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<v Speaker 2>play the Titans at home. They lose twenty eight to twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>He throws two picks and loses a fumble, so you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have three picks, but he had three turnovers in

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<v Speaker 2>that game, and they at no point could they move

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<v Speaker 2>the football. The next year they play the Titans, little

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<v Speaker 2>revenge spot. They win. Lamar in that game, zero touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>one pick, a seventy five rating. And then they get

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<v Speaker 2>the Bills and this Bills game, maybe because it was

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<v Speaker 2>the COVID season, gets totally lost to history. It's ten

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<v Speaker 2>to three, Josh Allen is doing nothing. Ten to three Buffalo,

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<v Speaker 2>and late in the game, they've driven down, they're at

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<v Speaker 2>the goal line, and with a minute left in the

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<v Speaker 2>third quarter, down a touchdown. Lamar throws one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>one yard pick six and they lose seventeen to three.

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<v Speaker 2>And Lamar in that game throws for one hundred and

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<v Speaker 2>sixty zero touchdowns, one pick, a sixty one rating, had

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<v Speaker 2>a fumble, didn't lose it. And then the next time

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<v Speaker 2>he plays in the playoffs is last year when he's

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<v Speaker 2>awesome against Houston and then brutal against the Chiefs.

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<v Speaker 3>So I don't this last playoff game wasn't brutal. I

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<v Speaker 3>mean he threw for two seventy two, you rush for

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<v Speaker 3>what fifty yards? I think that's a brutal game. I

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<v Speaker 3>think he's shown improvement. I do think that, like he

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<v Speaker 3>needs to get over that hump this year but oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's not consistently, it's just.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, garbage, Okay. So I So this is where I

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<v Speaker 2>just think that the numbers and the data doesn't back

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<v Speaker 2>that up. And that's the other part of this conversation

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<v Speaker 2>that frustrates me. So I said he was awesome against Houston.

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<v Speaker 2>He only threw for one point fifty, but he was

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<v Speaker 2>still awesome in that game. The flip side to that

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<v Speaker 2>coin is just because he threw for two seventy against

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<v Speaker 2>Kansas City doesn't change the fact he was brutal in

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<v Speaker 2>that game. They scored ten points. So here's a stat.

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<v Speaker 2>People can work it however they want. Since nineteen ninety,

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<v Speaker 2>there is no quarterback in NFL history who averages more

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<v Speaker 2>points per game in the regular season than Lamar Jackson. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>in that same timeframe, there is no quarterback in NFL

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<v Speaker 2>history who averages fewer points per game in the playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>than Lamar Jackson. That's not that like. So you go

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<v Speaker 2>from the highest scoring quarterback in the league to the

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<v Speaker 2>lowest scoring quarterback in the league, and the retcon of

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<v Speaker 2>the he actually wasn't that bad in the Chiefs game

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<v Speaker 2>started the game off with a lost fumble that set

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs up, and when they were attempting to come back,

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<v Speaker 2>he throws into triple coverage in the end zone for

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<v Speaker 2>an interception that essentially ends their game. And so the

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<v Speaker 2>points scored by the Ravens in playoff games started by

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<v Speaker 2>Lamar seventeen twelve, twenty three, thirty four against Houston ten.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna give you another one. All four years Lamar

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<v Speaker 2>has been in the playoffs, they're season low in points

0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:09.080
<v Speaker 2>that year came in the playoffs. Like so I. But

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<v Speaker 2>this is why I find the conversation frustrating. He gets

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<v Speaker 2>credit for being so great in the regular season that

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<v Speaker 2>even if he continues to struggle, they're probably going to

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<v Speaker 2>win a super Bowl, like at some point like the

0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:41.320
<v Speaker 2>six Colts did, where he keeps struggling and they win

0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:45.600
<v Speaker 2>despite it, and he is the biggest reason they won

0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:50.120
<v Speaker 2>because without him they wouldn't be there. And he only asked,

0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:53.480
<v Speaker 2>you know, even if he's struggling, make a couple big plays.

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't. I don't think that it is likely,

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<v Speaker 2>like people want there, that there's gonna be this light

0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:08.440
<v Speaker 2>bulb moment where all of a sudden, Lamar is a

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<v Speaker 2>great postseason player. I don't think that's coming. I think

0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.760
<v Speaker 2>this is who he is. I also think one day

0:17:17.800 --> 0:17:22.320
<v Speaker 2>he'll win a championship despite it. But I the I

0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.080
<v Speaker 2>can let me. I'll tell you another guy who didn't

0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:29.920
<v Speaker 2>have as many opportunities as some of the other all

0:17:29.960 --> 0:17:33.359
<v Speaker 2>time great quarterbacks because the team wasn't very good. But

0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:38.040
<v Speaker 2>another guy who this applies to is another one of

0:17:38.800 --> 0:17:42.600
<v Speaker 2>the no doubt ten and maybe five greatest quarterbacks ever,

0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:49.520
<v Speaker 2>Dan Marino. Dan Marino was a statistical marvel when he

0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:52.399
<v Speaker 2>came into the league in a way we'd never seen

0:17:52.480 --> 0:17:58.520
<v Speaker 2>in the eighties. And yet in the postseason, who was he?

0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:03.320
<v Speaker 2>The team was eight and two, his passer rating dropped

0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.919
<v Speaker 2>ten points from where it was in the regular season.

0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:14.320
<v Speaker 2>He completed fifty six percent of his passes, and find

0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:20.359
<v Speaker 2>me the great playoff run you can't. Also, this works

0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:27.439
<v Speaker 2>in reverse oddly as well, Eli Manning across the board

0:18:28.400 --> 0:18:33.840
<v Speaker 2>the definition of mid in the regular season dead five

0:18:33.920 --> 0:18:37.760
<v Speaker 2>hundred quarterback for his career never led the league in

0:18:38.040 --> 0:18:44.840
<v Speaker 2>anything other than interceptions. It was never had the you know,

0:18:45.160 --> 0:18:50.639
<v Speaker 2>this gaudy regular season record was just consistently at in

0:18:50.720 --> 0:18:57.679
<v Speaker 2>the regular season and two times in the playoffs. The

0:18:57.720 --> 0:19:03.080
<v Speaker 2>two Super Bowl runs, has fifteen touchdowns and two picks combined,

0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:08.280
<v Speaker 2>and a guy whose career passer rating is in the

0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:12.040
<v Speaker 2>mid eighties, those two super Bowl runs, it's at one hundred.

0:19:13.000 --> 0:19:15.280
<v Speaker 2>He was a guy who in the biggest moment actually

0:19:15.359 --> 0:19:20.440
<v Speaker 2>unlocks something better. And so no, I don't think Lamar

0:19:20.520 --> 0:19:25.200
<v Speaker 2>gets over it now maybe this year. I don't think

0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:27.359
<v Speaker 2>it'll be this year because the Chiefs are too good,

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<v Speaker 2>but it would be a team like this where it

0:19:31.119 --> 0:19:34.960
<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter. You have Derrick Henry, you have a defense

0:19:35.000 --> 0:19:37.959
<v Speaker 2>that's coming on strong, and Lamar can make just a

0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:47.200
<v Speaker 2>couple wow plays. That's gonna be their path. And I

0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:53.920
<v Speaker 2>if I'm wrong, then of course you reevaluate where he

0:19:54.040 --> 0:19:59.680
<v Speaker 2>is in the all time quarterback pantheon, because he does

0:19:59.800 --> 0:20:06.720
<v Speaker 2>have have a regular season resume of one of the

0:20:06.760 --> 0:20:14.360
<v Speaker 2>four or five greatest quarterbacks ever. But I don't think

0:20:14.400 --> 0:20:21.000
<v Speaker 2>it's binary in that he's either going to get over

0:20:21.080 --> 0:20:25.000
<v Speaker 2>this or he's not as great as people say he is.

0:20:25.400 --> 0:20:28.000
<v Speaker 2>I think he is as great as people say he is,

0:20:28.280 --> 0:20:29.840
<v Speaker 2>and he's probably not gonna get over these.

0:20:31.400 --> 0:20:33.520
<v Speaker 3>So so if he were to win the Super Bowl

0:20:33.520 --> 0:20:36.320
<v Speaker 3>this year, where would he staying with you? You're saying

0:20:36.320 --> 0:20:38.080
<v Speaker 3>he can't get over. I mean, is that that puts

0:20:38.160 --> 0:20:42.119
<v Speaker 3>him no? So, I mean if he because you're saying

0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:44.120
<v Speaker 3>he's gonna get one eventually, but like if he got

0:20:44.119 --> 0:20:46.320
<v Speaker 3>one right now, if.

0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:50.640
<v Speaker 2>He got one right now. So again, let's just talk

0:20:50.680 --> 0:20:53.240
<v Speaker 2>this out with me. Is it the way Peyton got

0:20:53.280 --> 0:20:57.359
<v Speaker 2>his where he struggles in the games and.

0:20:55.720 --> 0:20:59.119
<v Speaker 3>The like Lamar is the focal point, like he I

0:20:59.160 --> 0:21:01.760
<v Speaker 3>don't want to say he can't. Oh he plays well.

0:21:01.680 --> 0:21:09.000
<v Speaker 2>Well, then then he is a undeniable top ten all

0:21:09.040 --> 0:21:13.280
<v Speaker 2>time quarterback. And because he already has a couple MVPs

0:21:13.320 --> 0:21:19.240
<v Speaker 2>and an undeniable top two current quarterback, like that's that's

0:21:19.240 --> 0:21:25.920
<v Speaker 2>what so the and oh, no question, I think he

0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:29.840
<v Speaker 2>has an argument right now that he's already past Burrow

0:21:30.160 --> 0:21:35.080
<v Speaker 2>because Burrow's playing well in the postseason. That loses its

0:21:35.200 --> 0:21:37.720
<v Speaker 2>luster when the last two years you don't play in

0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:43.200
<v Speaker 2>the postseason, right, and so, and the the MVPs matter,

0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:48.200
<v Speaker 2>and it is just this thing really really really dragging

0:21:48.280 --> 0:21:51.560
<v Speaker 2>him down, is that Burrow plays a touch better in

0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:55.360
<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. Josh Allen has had some unreal playoff moments.

0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:59.840
<v Speaker 2>And you know it's not even like Lamar's break even

0:22:00.359 --> 0:22:03.639
<v Speaker 2>it's the world and so yeah, a super Bowl, a

0:22:03.680 --> 0:22:06.159
<v Speaker 2>super Bowl where he plays the way he's played in

0:22:06.200 --> 0:22:12.760
<v Speaker 2>this regular season, he would elevate. Yes, that's what I

0:22:12.800 --> 0:22:15.919
<v Speaker 2>was gonna say. He would elevate in my mind, just

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<v Speaker 2>by even if they if they lose in the AFC

0:22:19.400 --> 0:22:24.399
<v Speaker 2>Championship game to the Chiefs, but he's good in Round

0:22:24.440 --> 0:22:29.320
<v Speaker 2>one against Pittsburgh, beats Josh Allen and plays well. And

0:22:29.320 --> 0:22:32.760
<v Speaker 2>then in the AFC Championship game against the Chiefs, plays well,

0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:34.720
<v Speaker 2>but the Chiefs are just the Chiefs and they beat him.

0:22:34.800 --> 0:22:38.359
<v Speaker 2>That elevates him as well. Again, the other thing that

0:22:38.480 --> 0:22:41.919
<v Speaker 2>hurts Lamar is there's not a single playoff game that

0:22:41.960 --> 0:22:45.280
<v Speaker 2>you can look at and be like, well, he played great,

0:22:45.320 --> 0:22:48.240
<v Speaker 2>but the team let him down. That's not on the resume,

0:22:48.640 --> 0:22:51.199
<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. All of these losses, he

0:22:51.240 --> 0:22:55.359
<v Speaker 2>has more turnovers than touchdowns, and it's a really, really

0:22:55.480 --> 0:22:59.480
<v Speaker 2>rough spot for him. And so I just don't think

0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:06.720
<v Speaker 2>I Again, Peyton Manning was a statue white, super tall,

0:23:07.160 --> 0:23:12.960
<v Speaker 2>precision passer. Lamar's the most athletic running quarterback we've ever seen.

0:23:13.920 --> 0:23:17.080
<v Speaker 2>Size isn't the same as Peyton black guy. They don't

0:23:17.119 --> 0:23:20.439
<v Speaker 2>look at all alike when they're playing. So people don't

0:23:20.480 --> 0:23:23.240
<v Speaker 2>compare them to each other. But Peyton Manning was a

0:23:23.240 --> 0:23:26.800
<v Speaker 2>two time MVP that everybody thought was one of the

0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:31.080
<v Speaker 2>best they'd ever seen, who really struggled in the playoffs

0:23:31.840 --> 0:23:35.960
<v Speaker 2>and never had the light bulb moment. And so I

0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:39.720
<v Speaker 2>just think that is and nobody the reason. And then

0:23:39.760 --> 0:23:47.000
<v Speaker 2>I'll stop here. But it's why I don't think I'm

0:23:47.040 --> 0:23:49.399
<v Speaker 2>being Not only do I not think I'm being unfair

0:23:49.400 --> 0:23:53.400
<v Speaker 2>to Lamar. I don't think it's as much of an

0:23:53.440 --> 0:23:59.000
<v Speaker 2>indictment as everyone else does. Everyone knows. Everyone who watched

0:23:59.040 --> 0:24:02.680
<v Speaker 2>Peyton Manning for two years knows that. And all those

0:24:02.720 --> 0:24:06.000
<v Speaker 2>same people, if you ask him right now to name

0:24:06.040 --> 0:24:08.840
<v Speaker 2>the five greatest quarterbacks of all time, are gonna have

0:24:08.840 --> 0:24:15.080
<v Speaker 2>Peyton Manning in there. Despite that, and so and the

0:24:15.760 --> 0:24:19.560
<v Speaker 2>people don't like the embid and hardened comps because people

0:24:19.600 --> 0:24:23.160
<v Speaker 2>look at those guys, as you know, embieds, the injuries,

0:24:23.200 --> 0:24:26.040
<v Speaker 2>and he's people don't like the personality and that hardens

0:24:26.040 --> 0:24:29.560
<v Speaker 2>a flake. So I'll go further back. Karl Malone's a

0:24:29.600 --> 0:24:34.360
<v Speaker 2>fair one. Karl Malon's one of the twenty greatest basketball

0:24:34.400 --> 0:24:40.040
<v Speaker 2>players ever, third all time in points, two time MVP,

0:24:41.160 --> 0:24:48.199
<v Speaker 2>play like consistent, amazing, production who any of us that

0:24:48.320 --> 0:24:51.600
<v Speaker 2>grew up in the nineties were like, Oh, yeah, you're

0:24:51.680 --> 0:24:55.160
<v Speaker 2>not gonna get your best Karl Malone in the postseason.

0:24:55.440 --> 0:25:00.000
<v Speaker 2>Here's not. And so I I see that, and we're

0:25:00.119 --> 0:25:02.879
<v Speaker 2>seeing it right now with Aaron Judge. We see it

0:25:02.960 --> 0:25:06.720
<v Speaker 2>in sports and you want guys to have and Brew

0:25:06.840 --> 0:25:10.439
<v Speaker 2>yesterday on the show and its apologies for going so

0:25:10.480 --> 0:25:12.440
<v Speaker 2>long in this, but I do think it's really interesting.

0:25:12.840 --> 0:25:17.639
<v Speaker 2>Brew yesterday on the show brought up Lebron about Lebron

0:25:18.480 --> 0:25:22.160
<v Speaker 2>failing in twenty ten against Boston and then the meltdown

0:25:22.200 --> 0:25:25.760
<v Speaker 2>in twenty eleven against Dallas, and how after that moment

0:25:26.400 --> 0:25:29.199
<v Speaker 2>he never looked like that again, and like, can Lamar

0:25:29.400 --> 0:25:33.280
<v Speaker 2>have that type of light bulb moment? And the reason

0:25:33.480 --> 0:25:36.840
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's a good comp is Lebron did

0:25:36.840 --> 0:25:40.080
<v Speaker 2>have those failures, but in the seven years leading up

0:25:40.080 --> 0:25:47.080
<v Speaker 2>to that, he also had some unbelievable his historically great

0:25:47.280 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 2>playoff moments. At twenty two years old, he carries a

0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:54.200
<v Speaker 2>team terrible team to the finals, has forty eight points

0:25:54.200 --> 0:25:59.000
<v Speaker 2>an elimination game, has the goes forty five points in

0:25:59.080 --> 0:26:01.960
<v Speaker 2>a Game seven. As a twenty three year old against

0:26:01.960 --> 0:26:06.000
<v Speaker 2>the Big Three in Boston averages thirty nine to eight

0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:08.399
<v Speaker 2>to eight in a conference finals that they end up

0:26:08.440 --> 0:26:13.400
<v Speaker 2>losing against the Magic. So you he had showed you

0:26:13.960 --> 0:26:19.240
<v Speaker 2>he could be a great playoff performer repeatedly, even though

0:26:19.240 --> 0:26:23.840
<v Speaker 2>he had the failure against the MAVs that if Lamar

0:26:24.119 --> 0:26:27.399
<v Speaker 2>last year, Demanse had lost to the Chiefs in the

0:26:27.400 --> 0:26:32.159
<v Speaker 2>AFC Championship Game thirty one to twenty eight, and he

0:26:32.359 --> 0:26:34.679
<v Speaker 2>was an AUS and Mahomes was an A plus and

0:26:34.800 --> 0:26:36.879
<v Speaker 2>just like, what are you gonna do you feel? I

0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:40.560
<v Speaker 2>would feel differently. It's not purely the loss. It's that

0:26:41.480 --> 0:26:43.840
<v Speaker 2>he's never won a playoff game where his team allowed

0:26:43.880 --> 0:26:48.000
<v Speaker 2>thirteen points more than thirteen points, Like, that's that's the

0:26:48.080 --> 0:26:51.840
<v Speaker 2>issue there. So I'm excited to see it. The path

0:26:52.000 --> 0:26:57.679
<v Speaker 2>laid out for him is, I mean, exercise all. The

0:26:57.720 --> 0:27:01.080
<v Speaker 2>path if the bracket holds, is beat the Steelers, who

0:27:01.119 --> 0:27:04.320
<v Speaker 2>you've struggled with mightily in your career. Beat Josh Allen,

0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:07.880
<v Speaker 2>who's gonna win MVP over you this year. Beat Patrick Mahomes,

0:27:07.880 --> 0:27:10.919
<v Speaker 2>who you've struggled with your entire career and lost to

0:27:10.960 --> 0:27:12.840
<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs last year, and then you're in the

0:27:12.880 --> 0:27:16.520
<v Speaker 2>super Bowl. Just just if they were to just get

0:27:16.600 --> 0:27:21.040
<v Speaker 2>to the Super Bowl. Lamar enters top ten all time

0:27:21.640 --> 0:27:25.600
<v Speaker 2>and definitive top two. Right now, we'll see if it happens,

0:27:25.960 --> 0:27:28.400
<v Speaker 2>all right, last couple ones before we get to the picks.

0:27:28.720 --> 0:27:30.919
<v Speaker 3>Uh. Yeah, So Bill Belichick apparently has a lot of

0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:33.679
<v Speaker 3>suitors out there looking for him for that head coaching

0:27:33.720 --> 0:27:36.439
<v Speaker 3>gig in Vegas one of the teams that was interested in,

0:27:36.600 --> 0:27:39.239
<v Speaker 3>surprisingly with Brady having that stake in the team, and

0:27:39.480 --> 0:27:41.720
<v Speaker 3>you know their relationship hasn't always been the best. Yeah,

0:27:41.760 --> 0:27:44.240
<v Speaker 3>Belichick says that he's gonna he has no plans to

0:27:44.240 --> 0:27:47.120
<v Speaker 3>go to the NFL, but could you see something enticing him?

0:27:48.800 --> 0:27:56.920
<v Speaker 2>So the fact that this exists is why I thought

0:27:56.920 --> 0:27:59.960
<v Speaker 2>it was so odd he jumped on the North Carolina job.

0:28:00.640 --> 0:28:02.960
<v Speaker 2>I understand that, you know, you'd put out feelers and

0:28:03.040 --> 0:28:09.119
<v Speaker 2>hadn't gotten great responses from the NFL, but there's I

0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:12.919
<v Speaker 2>thought he gave up the opportunity to coach in the

0:28:13.000 --> 0:28:13.960
<v Speaker 2>NFL too early.

0:28:15.119 --> 0:28:18.000
<v Speaker 3>He was never going to get hired. You were like

0:28:18.040 --> 0:28:20.119
<v Speaker 3>one of the main guys saying, like Belichick, like nobody

0:28:20.119 --> 0:28:21.480
<v Speaker 3>he's about to pick up Belichick.

0:28:22.920 --> 0:28:25.480
<v Speaker 2>No hold on, well, no, no, no, I don't think.

0:28:25.320 --> 0:28:28.159
<v Speaker 3>You were saying that okay, Like I remember when it

0:28:28.200 --> 0:28:31.240
<v Speaker 3>first came out, it was just he was it was no, yeah,

0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:34.000
<v Speaker 3>he put the feelers hit him up.

0:28:34.080 --> 0:28:37.080
<v Speaker 2>Once he took the North Carolina job, I said, it

0:28:37.160 --> 0:28:39.760
<v Speaker 2>was very clear no one was going to hire like

0:28:40.040 --> 0:28:42.480
<v Speaker 2>he did it because he found out no one was

0:28:42.520 --> 0:28:45.560
<v Speaker 2>going to hire him. But that surprised me, Like, so

0:28:45.680 --> 0:28:48.280
<v Speaker 2>let me because what you're saying is true, but I

0:28:48.280 --> 0:28:52.760
<v Speaker 2>think the sequence of events is not necessarily accurate. So

0:28:53.520 --> 0:28:58.760
<v Speaker 2>prior to the North Carolina thing happening, I assumed he

0:28:58.760 --> 0:29:02.000
<v Speaker 2>would get a job. I thought the Giants made the

0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:05.600
<v Speaker 2>most sense, and I thought the Cowboys were a very

0:29:05.600 --> 0:29:09.760
<v Speaker 2>interesting one. As soon as the North Carolina thing got rolling,

0:29:10.240 --> 0:29:14.360
<v Speaker 2>I said, he must have found out no one was

0:29:14.400 --> 0:29:17.160
<v Speaker 2>going to hire it, that it was a you know,

0:29:17.440 --> 0:29:18.920
<v Speaker 2>and I'm not going to be left out in the

0:29:18.920 --> 0:29:23.320
<v Speaker 2>cold or else. Why would he take a college job

0:29:23.640 --> 0:29:26.480
<v Speaker 2>when he wants to coach in the NFL. So that

0:29:26.720 --> 0:29:31.920
<v Speaker 2>was my true, honest feelings on the situation. It now

0:29:32.000 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 2>appears he might have been premature in giving up the

0:29:38.480 --> 0:29:42.520
<v Speaker 2>opportunity to coach in the NFL, And now folks are saying, well,

0:29:42.560 --> 0:29:46.800
<v Speaker 2>his buyout's only ten million dollars After June first, it

0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:50.680
<v Speaker 2>drops to one million dollars. Could he just pay the

0:29:50.720 --> 0:29:56.920
<v Speaker 2>buyout and go coach in the NFL? I would, And

0:29:57.280 --> 0:29:59.560
<v Speaker 2>you remember Deman's I had told the story about how

0:30:00.360 --> 0:30:03.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, for our younger audience, which you're in. He

0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:06.360
<v Speaker 2>was named the head coach of the Jets and resigned

0:30:06.520 --> 0:30:11.680
<v Speaker 2>on a napkin the next day. Uh, he cannot do

0:30:11.800 --> 0:30:18.280
<v Speaker 2>that to North Carolina. I would find it truly objectionable

0:30:19.960 --> 0:30:26.360
<v Speaker 2>if here too, Yes, exactly right, So I don't want

0:30:26.360 --> 0:30:30.920
<v Speaker 2>to get we don't have to give specifics. But Demanse

0:30:31.400 --> 0:30:35.960
<v Speaker 2>has a friend who was recruited by Bill Belichick, and

0:30:36.040 --> 0:30:43.600
<v Speaker 2>you know some other players and the college aspect of

0:30:43.640 --> 0:30:46.280
<v Speaker 2>these guys, And I understand coaches leave all the time,

0:30:46.600 --> 0:30:52.160
<v Speaker 2>but you don't. There's there's never as an old twenty

0:30:52.200 --> 0:30:55.000
<v Speaker 2>year old they're gonna go play for Bill Belichick. And

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:57.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure someone in their lives have told them, hey, man,

0:30:58.440 --> 0:31:01.920
<v Speaker 2>there is a chance you only play for him for

0:31:01.960 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 2>one year, because there is a chance he leaves, you know,

0:31:05.920 --> 0:31:08.480
<v Speaker 2>after a year to go back to the NFL. Even

0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:11.400
<v Speaker 2>though he's swearing this is where I want to be. Fine,

0:31:11.960 --> 0:31:14.480
<v Speaker 2>nobody thinks there's a chance you never get to play

0:31:14.480 --> 0:31:18.080
<v Speaker 2>for him, that you have these opportunities, these offers to

0:31:18.120 --> 0:31:20.400
<v Speaker 2>go to these different schools, you picked to play for Belichick.

0:31:20.440 --> 0:31:22.680
<v Speaker 2>In six weeks later, he's like, actually, I'm gonna go

0:31:22.720 --> 0:31:26.440
<v Speaker 2>coach the Raiders. So I just I would find it

0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:31.760
<v Speaker 2>to be egregious from a character perspective. And I'm not

0:31:31.840 --> 0:31:35.560
<v Speaker 2>accusing him of even considering this, to be clear, but

0:31:35.680 --> 0:31:39.120
<v Speaker 2>if the news came out he's void, and I understand

0:31:39.120 --> 0:31:42.200
<v Speaker 2>the contract allows for it, I just think it would

0:31:42.280 --> 0:31:46.080
<v Speaker 2>be horrible, and so I don't think it's gonna happen.

0:31:46.400 --> 0:31:49.880
<v Speaker 2>I also wonder how much of this was Brady being like, hey,

0:31:50.520 --> 0:31:53.720
<v Speaker 2>so you want to work for me for a change,

0:31:54.240 --> 0:31:59.080
<v Speaker 2>like uh, and so there there is that aspect to it.

0:31:59.400 --> 0:32:03.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's gonna happen, though, and so I

0:32:03.040 --> 0:32:07.960
<v Speaker 2>think the Diana Russini said, it's you know, unlikely, And

0:32:08.280 --> 0:32:14.600
<v Speaker 2>I would just find it to be really poor form.

0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:17.320
<v Speaker 2>And that's putting it lightly, all right, let's do bracket

0:32:17.360 --> 0:32:17.960
<v Speaker 2>to unpack it.

0:32:18.560 --> 0:32:20.800
<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, So sometimes the easiest way to predict the

0:32:20.800 --> 0:32:23.400
<v Speaker 3>playoff wins is to just go with the best quarterback

0:32:23.400 --> 0:32:26.720
<v Speaker 3>in coach duo. We know obviously read them Mahomes will

0:32:26.760 --> 0:32:27.920
<v Speaker 3>be at the top of your list, So we left

0:32:27.960 --> 0:32:30.240
<v Speaker 3>him out of the bracket. But we've got a little

0:32:30.240 --> 0:32:33.120
<v Speaker 3>bracket to unpack it. I think we've got a graphic

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:38.000
<v Speaker 3>here and on the in round one, on the left side,

0:32:38.280 --> 0:32:42.200
<v Speaker 3>we've got McVeigh and Stafford against Sirianni and Hurts.

0:32:43.600 --> 0:32:46.520
<v Speaker 2>All right, Well, first I want to see who else

0:32:46.560 --> 0:32:50.400
<v Speaker 2>got left out, because there's eight of these here. There's

0:32:50.440 --> 0:32:55.760
<v Speaker 2>obviously fourteen teams in the playoffs. We left a lot out.

0:32:56.040 --> 0:33:03.280
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Strouden, Demiico are out that you've got left out?

0:33:03.680 --> 0:33:08.280
<v Speaker 2>You have bow Nicks and Sean Payton. Wow, shots fired.

0:33:08.760 --> 0:33:12.360
<v Speaker 2>I gotta tell you right now, for a coach quarterback,

0:33:12.720 --> 0:33:16.480
<v Speaker 2>you would have to consider bo Nix and Sean Payton

0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:20.280
<v Speaker 2>because of the Sean Payton piece of it, where Quinn

0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:23.840
<v Speaker 2>and Jayden Daniels are maybe like that. It's at least

0:33:23.880 --> 0:33:29.920
<v Speaker 2>and Todd Bowles Baker left out the insults here. Uh,

0:33:30.320 --> 0:33:35.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm the Dan Camill golfer there the the other ones

0:33:35.400 --> 0:33:38.320
<v Speaker 2>left out. I'm going through the bracket in my head quickly.

0:33:39.800 --> 0:33:42.719
<v Speaker 2>Tomlin and Ross, all right, that one makes sense that

0:33:42.800 --> 0:33:46.680
<v Speaker 2>those guys got left out, and I think that I

0:33:46.720 --> 0:33:49.719
<v Speaker 2>think that covers it. But still that okay, all right,

0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:53.640
<v Speaker 2>now we'll do the actual bracket. Sorry about that. So

0:33:53.800 --> 0:34:00.000
<v Speaker 2>McVeigh Stafford over Sirianni hurts that one's obviously mcveiy Stafford. Uh,

0:34:00.120 --> 0:34:12.719
<v Speaker 2>harball Lamar over Harball Herbert. I'll take Harball Herbert. I

0:34:13.280 --> 0:34:16.759
<v Speaker 2>know people get mad. I think Jim's a better coach

0:34:16.840 --> 0:34:21.000
<v Speaker 2>than John and.

0:34:20.000 --> 0:34:22.720
<v Speaker 3>Herbert better postseason performer than Lamar Jackson.

0:34:22.880 --> 0:34:26.120
<v Speaker 2>Well he doesn't. Justin Herbert doesn't really have postseason resume,

0:34:26.560 --> 0:34:32.680
<v Speaker 2>doesn't Herbert has an unbelievable football and then agreed in

0:34:32.840 --> 0:34:38.680
<v Speaker 2>egregious second half of football? So like is not? Is

0:34:38.800 --> 0:34:41.600
<v Speaker 2>no resume better than an awful Like if if someone

0:34:41.640 --> 0:34:44.920
<v Speaker 2>de Monds were applying to work for you, and they

0:34:45.040 --> 0:34:48.600
<v Speaker 2>and one person brought in a blank resume and the

0:34:48.680 --> 0:34:51.560
<v Speaker 2>other person brought in a resume that had four jobs,

0:34:51.640 --> 0:34:54.120
<v Speaker 2>all of which they were fired from within three weeks,

0:34:54.120 --> 0:34:56.040
<v Speaker 2>It's like, who do you like? What do we want?

0:34:56.080 --> 0:34:57.840
<v Speaker 2>The guy with no experience or the guy with a

0:34:57.840 --> 0:35:00.840
<v Speaker 2>bunch of failures? I don't know? All right, So to

0:35:00.880 --> 0:35:04.280
<v Speaker 2>the other the other side of the bracket, Campbell goff

0:35:04.440 --> 0:35:09.440
<v Speaker 2>lafloor love. I'm gonna go Campbell golf. Uh, And I

0:35:09.560 --> 0:35:14.239
<v Speaker 2>just think that Campbell he made a took a big

0:35:14.320 --> 0:35:17.439
<v Speaker 2>risk playing that Monday night football game, but he ended

0:35:17.520 --> 0:35:20.440
<v Speaker 2>up rolling seven. And now that they got the one seed,

0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:26.040
<v Speaker 2>they're feeling great. McDermott Allen over Quinn Daniels Listen. I

0:35:26.040 --> 0:35:29.160
<v Speaker 2>think Dan Quinn's fine. Jaden's a rookie in his first

0:35:29.160 --> 0:35:33.680
<v Speaker 2>playoff start. I'll go McDermott Allen. So now we have

0:35:34.719 --> 0:35:37.440
<v Speaker 2>in the final four Bay Stafford.

0:35:38.200 --> 0:35:43.360
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, go ahead on the left and Stafford yeah. Mcveay

0:35:43.360 --> 0:35:47.040
<v Speaker 3>Stafford versus Herbert in Harble, No.

0:35:47.400 --> 0:35:52.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying McVeigh Staffords. Yeah. McVay Staffords might pick. And

0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:55.680
<v Speaker 2>then on the right Campbell Golf against McDermott Allen. I

0:35:55.719 --> 0:36:01.120
<v Speaker 2>think this will surprise people. I'll take Campbell Golf. I

0:36:01.120 --> 0:36:03.960
<v Speaker 2>think Sean McDermott in these big spots gets tight, man.

0:36:04.520 --> 0:36:08.200
<v Speaker 2>I see it again and again. And while Josh Allen's

0:36:08.200 --> 0:36:12.399
<v Speaker 2>better than Jared Goff, Goff has played so well this

0:36:12.520 --> 0:36:17.840
<v Speaker 2>year that the gap is not as massive to me

0:36:18.600 --> 0:36:22.920
<v Speaker 2>as Dan Campbell in big spots can get reckless but

0:36:23.040 --> 0:36:27.640
<v Speaker 2>doesn't get nervous. And then McVay Stafford against Campbell Golf,

0:36:27.719 --> 0:36:31.600
<v Speaker 2>I'll go McVeigh Stafford, guys, I believe in the Rams flatly.

0:36:32.200 --> 0:36:35.680
<v Speaker 2>And I believe in the Rams because of that that

0:36:35.840 --> 0:36:39.480
<v Speaker 2>head coach, quarterback Combo, and that defense that I don't

0:36:39.520 --> 0:36:42.920
<v Speaker 2>think is allowed fourteen points in their last three weeks.

0:36:43.560 --> 0:36:47.960
<v Speaker 2>I think the Rams are a very dangerous team. And

0:36:48.160 --> 0:36:51.840
<v Speaker 2>Dan Campbell he didn't mean to, but he gave the

0:36:51.920 --> 0:36:55.320
<v Speaker 2>Rams a little bulletin board material when after that Vikings

0:36:55.360 --> 0:36:58.960
<v Speaker 2>Lions game he said to Kevin O'Connell, see you in

0:36:59.000 --> 0:37:01.520
<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks, Uh not if the Rams or

0:37:01.520 --> 0:37:04.879
<v Speaker 2>something to say about it. And so I I don't

0:37:04.920 --> 0:37:09.279
<v Speaker 2>know that we're gonna get Lions Vikings. We might get

0:37:09.360 --> 0:37:12.279
<v Speaker 2>Lions Rams now again, if there's an upset in one

0:37:12.320 --> 0:37:15.480
<v Speaker 2>of the other games, the bracket gets receded. But if

0:37:15.480 --> 0:37:18.920
<v Speaker 2>the if the two and three seed both win and

0:37:18.960 --> 0:37:23.319
<v Speaker 2>it's the winner of Vikings Rams heading to Detroit, my

0:37:23.480 --> 0:37:25.120
<v Speaker 2>money is you'll see in a moment we'll be on

0:37:25.160 --> 0:37:25.640
<v Speaker 2>the Rams.

0:37:25.640 --> 0:37:25.839
<v Speaker 1>There.

0:37:26.000 --> 0:37:26.840
<v Speaker 2>Go ahead, though, pel.

0:37:27.400 --> 0:37:30.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was gonna say, like, I mean, how Stafford McVeigh, like,

0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:33.240
<v Speaker 3>how scared would you be if they played the Chiefs?

0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:34.120
<v Speaker 3>Like do you think that's it?

0:37:35.000 --> 0:37:37.480
<v Speaker 2>Is that a very you.

0:37:37.440 --> 0:37:41.400
<v Speaker 3>Always say that.

0:37:38.160 --> 0:37:45.240
<v Speaker 2>The exactly right, that's right, So I got it. Cooper

0:37:45.280 --> 0:37:48.399
<v Speaker 2>Cup has not looked like Cooper Cup as of late,

0:37:48.560 --> 0:37:50.719
<v Speaker 2>so I have to see what shape he's in. And

0:37:50.960 --> 0:37:53.960
<v Speaker 2>Jalen Watt. The reason I'm so afraid of that is

0:37:54.000 --> 0:37:58.840
<v Speaker 2>because it's since Jalen Watson got hurt. Jalen Watson broke

0:37:58.880 --> 0:38:02.319
<v Speaker 2>his ankles six weeks ago. They opened his practice window up.

0:38:02.600 --> 0:38:07.160
<v Speaker 2>If he's back, then nobody. If Jalen Watson is back,

0:38:08.440 --> 0:38:12.040
<v Speaker 2>no one is coming close to the Chiefs. I'm telling

0:38:12.080 --> 0:38:14.399
<v Speaker 2>you guys right now. I know it seems like an

0:38:14.440 --> 0:38:18.080
<v Speaker 2>odd player to key on. They have right now, they

0:38:18.160 --> 0:38:22.360
<v Speaker 2>have they have two weaknesses. One was left tackle play.

0:38:23.239 --> 0:38:26.120
<v Speaker 2>But if they they showed they could fix that by

0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:28.560
<v Speaker 2>sliding Joe Tooney over. Now I think they prefer to

0:38:28.560 --> 0:38:31.759
<v Speaker 2>play DJ Humphreys there. We'll see what they end up

0:38:31.760 --> 0:38:33.799
<v Speaker 2>starting the playoffs with. But they know they have a

0:38:33.840 --> 0:38:36.719
<v Speaker 2>fix there. They did not have a fix to cornerback

0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:39.560
<v Speaker 2>two and it was just a rotating cast and none

0:38:39.600 --> 0:38:43.040
<v Speaker 2>of them were doing great. If Jalen Watson's back, the

0:38:43.120 --> 0:38:45.160
<v Speaker 2>Chiefs go into the playoffs with as a team with

0:38:45.239 --> 0:38:48.040
<v Speaker 2>no weaknesses and the freshest team in the league. Also,

0:38:48.120 --> 0:38:51.960
<v Speaker 2>the other quarterback coach combo that didn't get mentioned was

0:38:52.000 --> 0:38:55.840
<v Speaker 2>Kevin O'Connell, Sam Darnold Man. Week eighteen really killed Donald.

0:38:56.640 --> 0:39:01.040
<v Speaker 2>I mean my I and I forgot about tomorrow. Good,

0:39:02.640 --> 0:39:06.120
<v Speaker 2>all right, we'll do our Week eighteen I'm sorry, Week

0:39:06.160 --> 0:39:10.840
<v Speaker 2>eighteen recap and our wild card weekend picks. Demonse's gonna participate,

0:39:10.920 --> 0:39:14.120
<v Speaker 2>give picks of his own. That's all next, What's Right?

0:39:18.520 --> 0:39:20.680
<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in What's Right with Nick Right?

0:39:20.760 --> 0:39:23.640
<v Speaker 2>Kind of a bummer of a Week eighteen. Demonse I

0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:26.760
<v Speaker 2>lose the season long picks competition to Danny on TV.

0:39:27.920 --> 0:39:32.520
<v Speaker 2>He gets a fraudulent we both won. I had the

0:39:32.560 --> 0:39:35.440
<v Speaker 2>Steelers plus two and a half. He's somehow had the

0:39:35.480 --> 0:39:39.319
<v Speaker 2>Bengals minus one and a half. So the Steelers win

0:39:39.360 --> 0:39:42.480
<v Speaker 2>by two, so we both get a win there, which

0:39:42.520 --> 0:39:45.040
<v Speaker 2>didn't set the table for Sunday well, but I went

0:39:45.080 --> 0:39:48.920
<v Speaker 2>on too Sundays, so it ultimately didn't matter. And listen,

0:39:49.440 --> 0:39:51.520
<v Speaker 2>Week eighteen picks didn't go the way I had hoped.

0:39:51.560 --> 0:39:53.799
<v Speaker 2>We can show it to you I had. I didn't

0:39:53.840 --> 0:39:55.799
<v Speaker 2>get the two and a half on this show because

0:39:55.800 --> 0:39:57.719
<v Speaker 2>it was two when I did it, So I got

0:39:57.719 --> 0:40:00.880
<v Speaker 2>a push there for Pittsburgh plus two. The Chiefs plus

0:40:00.920 --> 0:40:02.920
<v Speaker 2>ten and a half didn't quite work out the way

0:40:02.960 --> 0:40:05.920
<v Speaker 2>I'd hoped. They lost thirty eight nothing. Miami minus won

0:40:05.960 --> 0:40:10.279
<v Speaker 2>against the Jets. The thought those two picks were correlated

0:40:10.600 --> 0:40:14.040
<v Speaker 2>because the thought process was if the Chiefs are just

0:40:14.239 --> 0:40:18.799
<v Speaker 2>keeping it close ish, Miami is gonna be peak motivated

0:40:18.800 --> 0:40:21.279
<v Speaker 2>because they're gonna know if the Chiefs win, they can

0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:23.960
<v Speaker 2>make the playoffs. Instead, the Chiefs were down twenty four

0:40:23.960 --> 0:40:27.000
<v Speaker 2>to nothing immediately, and Tyreek Hill's quitting on the team

0:40:27.040 --> 0:40:30.000
<v Speaker 2>and the Miami's just getting cooked. So that was a disaster.

0:40:30.440 --> 0:40:34.120
<v Speaker 2>The Chargers handled the Raiders, and then Minnesota plus two

0:40:34.160 --> 0:40:36.399
<v Speaker 2>and a half against Detroit totally on the wrong side

0:40:36.440 --> 0:40:39.520
<v Speaker 2>of it. Minnesota got annihilated. So no bad luck there,

0:40:39.560 --> 0:40:42.920
<v Speaker 2>just bad picks. There's no excuses, you know, point thumbs,

0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:45.279
<v Speaker 2>not fingers, look in the mirror, all that stuff. So

0:40:45.840 --> 0:40:48.520
<v Speaker 2>still is what it is, forty eight, forty and two

0:40:48.600 --> 0:40:52.760
<v Speaker 2>for the year. Could have done better, but profitable. Demond's

0:40:52.760 --> 0:40:55.600
<v Speaker 2>a your teaser. On the other hand, as a wise

0:40:55.640 --> 0:40:57.320
<v Speaker 2>man once said, never a doubt.

0:40:58.239 --> 0:41:02.480
<v Speaker 3>Ever a doubt. It hit that put me at five

0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:04.680
<v Speaker 3>hundred for the year. So that's all I could ask for.

0:41:04.760 --> 0:41:06.399
<v Speaker 3>I mean, that's the best year I've had so far.

0:41:06.680 --> 0:41:08.399
<v Speaker 3>I don't know if we did that. We've already done

0:41:08.440 --> 0:41:12.200
<v Speaker 3>this two years, but I remember the first year it's

0:41:12.280 --> 0:41:16.440
<v Speaker 3>pretty bad. So really step up, and I'm twitter that

0:41:16.440 --> 0:41:17.719
<v Speaker 3>I'm going un defeated next year.

0:41:19.040 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 2>And this year started out poorly. So yes, you so

0:41:22.600 --> 0:41:26.000
<v Speaker 2>you you got hot? You had you had Pittsburgh plus

0:41:26.160 --> 0:41:28.960
<v Speaker 2>nine and a half against Cincinnati and the Bears plus

0:41:28.960 --> 0:41:32.440
<v Speaker 2>eighteen against Green Bay. The Bear is obviously one outright,

0:41:32.680 --> 0:41:36.360
<v Speaker 2>so that was good. All right, So you're gonna do

0:41:36.440 --> 0:41:39.960
<v Speaker 2>these picks as well this week? And they said, you're

0:41:40.040 --> 0:41:43.440
<v Speaker 2>not doing a teaser, but I might see if we

0:41:43.480 --> 0:41:47.960
<v Speaker 2>can find one. I might try to convince you see

0:41:47.960 --> 0:41:48.359
<v Speaker 2>if we.

0:41:48.280 --> 0:41:51.360
<v Speaker 3>Can oh it picks, not my name, stay on my lane.

0:41:52.440 --> 0:41:55.960
<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, no, I want you to pick, I'm saying,

0:41:56.560 --> 0:42:00.480
<v Speaker 2>but no, no no. In addition, I'm I'm gonna see

0:42:00.480 --> 0:42:02.600
<v Speaker 2>if there's a good playoff. I haven't really thought about

0:42:02.600 --> 0:42:06.920
<v Speaker 2>these games through a teaser lens. But but we'll you

0:42:07.000 --> 0:42:08.399
<v Speaker 2>know what I mean, we'll figure it out, all right.

0:42:08.600 --> 0:42:12.239
<v Speaker 2>So we're gonna go in order of the games. The

0:42:12.320 --> 0:42:17.200
<v Speaker 2>first game is Houston at home against the Chargers, and

0:42:17.320 --> 0:42:21.720
<v Speaker 2>this one is was the hardest one. For me to pick,

0:42:22.760 --> 0:42:28.080
<v Speaker 2>and it really really matters where you bet this right now.

0:42:29.000 --> 0:42:34.160
<v Speaker 2>So right now, Fan Duel has the Chargers laying two

0:42:34.160 --> 0:42:43.840
<v Speaker 2>and a half. DraftKings has the Chargers laying three. Anyone

0:42:43.920 --> 0:42:46.800
<v Speaker 2>listening to the show is a sophisticated enough gambler to

0:42:46.880 --> 0:42:51.279
<v Speaker 2>understand huge difference between those two numbers. For this game

0:42:51.320 --> 0:42:59.480
<v Speaker 2>in particular, I find this game to be super relevant.

0:43:00.840 --> 0:43:04.360
<v Speaker 2>If you can get the three, I like the Charger.

0:43:04.800 --> 0:43:09.760
<v Speaker 2>I like Houston plus three if you if you're gonna

0:43:09.760 --> 0:43:13.200
<v Speaker 2>get the two and a half, I don't mind the Chargers.

0:43:13.840 --> 0:43:20.040
<v Speaker 2>And so there is so my rationale here is very simple.

0:43:21.320 --> 0:43:24.799
<v Speaker 2>I don't think Houston's very good right now. I understand that.

0:43:25.800 --> 0:43:32.239
<v Speaker 2>I also think they are probably a little undervalued in

0:43:32.320 --> 0:43:39.280
<v Speaker 2>this regard. They've been locked in to their playoff spot

0:43:39.560 --> 0:43:44.520
<v Speaker 2>for a few weeks and didn't really have real motivation

0:43:45.400 --> 0:43:49.760
<v Speaker 2>after that. After the Chiefs loss and the Tank Dell injury.

0:43:50.400 --> 0:43:54.439
<v Speaker 2>I felt I felt like they're playing the Ravens four

0:43:54.520 --> 0:43:58.040
<v Speaker 2>days later on Christmas, knowing we're gonna be the four

0:43:58.160 --> 0:44:01.120
<v Speaker 2>seed no matter what, and they put up a total

0:44:01.280 --> 0:44:06.719
<v Speaker 2>no show, and because of that people have undersold them

0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:10.200
<v Speaker 2>a bit. Again. I think they're a flawed team and

0:44:10.239 --> 0:44:14.400
<v Speaker 2>a banged up team. However, they have an excellent pass rush.

0:44:14.680 --> 0:44:18.759
<v Speaker 2>CJ can play better than he's played. Nico Collins is

0:44:18.800 --> 0:44:23.160
<v Speaker 2>still a great player, and they're at home against a

0:44:23.320 --> 0:44:26.879
<v Speaker 2>Charger team. Demonse that I just think I know how

0:44:26.920 --> 0:44:30.640
<v Speaker 2>harrball coaches in these playoff games. He's gonna put Herbert

0:44:30.719 --> 0:44:33.560
<v Speaker 2>back on the leash. He's gonna run the ball, run

0:44:33.600 --> 0:44:37.680
<v Speaker 2>the ball. Want it to be few possessions, low scoring,

0:44:38.160 --> 0:44:43.160
<v Speaker 2>defensive battle. So if I can get three points, all three,

0:44:43.360 --> 0:44:46.440
<v Speaker 2>all take them. I again, if I felt like I

0:44:46.440 --> 0:44:48.760
<v Speaker 2>would take the Chargers minus to an half, but Houston

0:44:48.800 --> 0:44:52.160
<v Speaker 2>plus three, it means I don't have crazy conviction on this,

0:44:52.880 --> 0:44:55.319
<v Speaker 2>but it feels like the public is gonna be all

0:44:55.360 --> 0:45:01.360
<v Speaker 2>over the Chargers. So I'll take U plus the three

0:45:02.320 --> 0:45:06.200
<v Speaker 2>with some trepidation. And I'll tell you right now because

0:45:06.239 --> 0:45:08.719
<v Speaker 2>the pick and this is I haven't done this all year,

0:45:09.239 --> 0:45:12.680
<v Speaker 2>but I it really, I really want to have a

0:45:12.719 --> 0:45:17.680
<v Speaker 2>shot to go undefeated on this on TV. Not that

0:45:17.719 --> 0:45:19.799
<v Speaker 2>I value the TV more or less than this, but

0:45:20.400 --> 0:45:23.760
<v Speaker 2>here's the here's the reason I'm mentioning it on TV.

0:45:24.840 --> 0:45:30.800
<v Speaker 2>We are tied to the DraftKings line because DraftKings sponsors

0:45:31.120 --> 0:45:34.279
<v Speaker 2>the TV picks hopefully next year for the gambling show,

0:45:35.120 --> 0:45:38.000
<v Speaker 2>we're tied to a gambling sponsors line because I've mental

0:45:38.080 --> 0:45:40.360
<v Speaker 2>lost a couple of shows. We are open for business.

0:45:40.840 --> 0:45:42.680
<v Speaker 2>We have a little we have a little open for

0:45:42.760 --> 0:45:45.640
<v Speaker 2>business sign and our podcast window, and we hope to

0:45:45.680 --> 0:45:48.400
<v Speaker 2>actually come to a decision on that here in the

0:45:48.440 --> 0:45:51.360
<v Speaker 2>next few weeks for you know, your favorite sportsbook to

0:45:51.480 --> 0:45:56.640
<v Speaker 2>endorse this podcast. However, on TV it is DraftKings. So

0:45:56.760 --> 0:46:00.680
<v Speaker 2>if that line moves on DraftKings and it's two and

0:46:00.680 --> 0:46:05.040
<v Speaker 2>a half by tomorrow when I'm doing the picks, I

0:46:05.160 --> 0:46:10.000
<v Speaker 2>might go Chargers. I'm just in so the full disclosure,

0:46:11.160 --> 0:46:14.759
<v Speaker 2>that's where I'm at. But Houston plus three demon's a ugo.

0:46:15.920 --> 0:46:18.720
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so I originally made these picks on fan duels,

0:46:18.800 --> 0:46:20.759
<v Speaker 3>so I got the Chargers minus the two and a half.

0:46:20.800 --> 0:46:23.360
<v Speaker 3>I wasn't taking the Texans plus plus the two and

0:46:23.400 --> 0:46:26.920
<v Speaker 3>a half. Yeah, I mean, I trust Harbor on Herbert

0:46:26.960 --> 0:46:30.000
<v Speaker 3>and I don't think that I don't think that Houston.

0:46:30.680 --> 0:46:33.600
<v Speaker 3>I think they're on a downward slope, but they definitely

0:46:33.680 --> 0:46:36.440
<v Speaker 3>have lost a little bit of a mite since the

0:46:36.520 --> 0:46:38.919
<v Speaker 3>Tank Dell And who's to know if they have been,

0:46:39.320 --> 0:46:41.000
<v Speaker 3>you know, given it, they're all given that. They were

0:46:41.000 --> 0:46:44.040
<v Speaker 3>locked into that. CD could see it going some other way.

0:46:44.040 --> 0:46:45.680
<v Speaker 3>But I'm comfortable with the charges.

0:46:45.400 --> 0:46:50.560
<v Speaker 2>Here, all right, So we're somewhat opposed, but not really.

0:46:50.640 --> 0:46:52.640
<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's weird because we're looking at it two

0:46:52.640 --> 0:46:54.880
<v Speaker 2>different numbers. The rest of these we at there is

0:46:54.960 --> 0:46:58.319
<v Speaker 2>no line discrepancy across books. So the rest of these

0:46:58.320 --> 0:47:02.560
<v Speaker 2>were either going to be exactly aligne or exactly just so.

0:47:02.840 --> 0:47:05.560
<v Speaker 3>If even if the if it were Chargers minus three

0:47:05.600 --> 0:47:07.919
<v Speaker 3>and a half, or I might minus three, sorry, I'd

0:47:07.920 --> 0:47:10.360
<v Speaker 3>still be taking it. Just want that record.

0:47:10.480 --> 0:47:15.640
<v Speaker 2>That's what I figured, all right. Next game, Pittsburgh getting

0:47:15.760 --> 0:47:19.200
<v Speaker 2>nine and a half at Baltimore. This one will surprise

0:47:19.320 --> 0:47:24.759
<v Speaker 2>no one. I'll take Pittsburgh. I think this is like

0:47:24.880 --> 0:47:29.880
<v Speaker 2>how most Pit Baltimore games are, which are low scoring

0:47:29.920 --> 0:47:33.520
<v Speaker 2>and close. That the one a few weeks ago obviously

0:47:33.680 --> 0:47:38.200
<v Speaker 2>wasn't that. But that game got thrown askew by two

0:47:38.520 --> 0:47:42.880
<v Speaker 2>horrifying Russell Wilson mistakes. When it was it was seven

0:47:42.920 --> 0:47:46.680
<v Speaker 2>to seven, they're driving to score, Russ fumbles at the

0:47:46.719 --> 0:47:51.600
<v Speaker 2>two and then they're down seven after Lamar's only mistake

0:47:51.600 --> 0:47:53.799
<v Speaker 2>of the game, A game Lamar played great in after

0:47:53.800 --> 0:47:57.640
<v Speaker 2>the Lamar picked late third quarter and Russ immediately throws

0:47:57.640 --> 0:47:59.680
<v Speaker 2>a pick six and now they're down fourteen in the game.

0:47:59.760 --> 0:48:04.480
<v Speaker 2>So were the first matchup Pittsburgh won, but they didn't

0:48:04.480 --> 0:48:07.760
<v Speaker 2>score a touchdown and that was the is justin Tucker

0:48:07.840 --> 0:48:10.640
<v Speaker 2>cooked game, So that was you know, I just think

0:48:10.760 --> 0:48:16.000
<v Speaker 2>nine and a half points is insulting in too much. Now,

0:48:17.080 --> 0:48:21.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe Derrick Henry runs wild and the Pittsburgh's offense. They've

0:48:21.239 --> 0:48:25.440
<v Speaker 2>lost four consecutive games headed into the postseason, which is

0:48:26.080 --> 0:48:29.640
<v Speaker 2>damn near unprecedented. But all still take Pittsburgh plus the

0:48:29.719 --> 0:48:32.760
<v Speaker 2>nine and a half. Uh, go ahead, Demons.

0:48:32.960 --> 0:48:34.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I'm taking Pittsburgh plus the nine and a half

0:48:35.000 --> 0:48:35.399
<v Speaker 3>as well.

0:48:36.719 --> 0:48:37.560
<v Speaker 2>Wow.

0:48:38.120 --> 0:48:40.399
<v Speaker 3>But seeing this game and then going to the next game,

0:48:40.520 --> 0:48:43.120
<v Speaker 3>is it is kind of crazy, like Pittsburgh was not

0:48:43.239 --> 0:48:46.319
<v Speaker 3>there were nine and a half point dogs and then Yeah,

0:48:46.320 --> 0:48:47.680
<v Speaker 3>I mean, I'm not I'm not gonna say I'm gonna

0:48:47.719 --> 0:48:49.120
<v Speaker 3>be smart like I'm a Ravens fan. I think that

0:48:49.120 --> 0:48:51.080
<v Speaker 3>the Ravens is gonna win the game. But nine and

0:48:51.080 --> 0:48:53.160
<v Speaker 3>a half points is a lot of points. It's obviously

0:48:53.160 --> 0:48:55.880
<v Speaker 3>a team in your vision points they always play tight.

0:48:56.280 --> 0:48:58.160
<v Speaker 3>It's yeah, I don't. That's I'm not doing that.

0:48:58.480 --> 0:49:01.279
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so that's the the other thing. And brew

0:49:01.320 --> 0:49:03.480
<v Speaker 2>and I got into this a bit on the show,

0:49:03.640 --> 0:49:09.200
<v Speaker 2>which is I said I would be surprised if Baltimore

0:49:10.040 --> 0:49:13.440
<v Speaker 2>scores twenty four more than twenty four. I said, I said,

0:49:13.480 --> 0:49:15.839
<v Speaker 2>score twenty four or more than twenty four like that.

0:49:15.960 --> 0:49:18.040
<v Speaker 2>I think that this game, they don't get to the

0:49:18.120 --> 0:49:21.880
<v Speaker 2>high twenties or thirties, and so to cover this number,

0:49:21.920 --> 0:49:24.600
<v Speaker 2>I think they'd have to. I don't think that it's

0:49:24.640 --> 0:49:28.000
<v Speaker 2>gonna be twenty three to seven, like I think Pittsburgh's

0:49:28.040 --> 0:49:32.160
<v Speaker 2>gonna be able to muster somewhere from fourteen to eighteen points.

0:49:32.560 --> 0:49:35.360
<v Speaker 2>So how many points do I really think Baltimore is

0:49:35.400 --> 0:49:37.920
<v Speaker 2>gonna score? Not enough to cover it, So I'll take

0:49:37.960 --> 0:49:40.759
<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh plus the nine and a half. You're saying the

0:49:40.840 --> 0:49:44.880
<v Speaker 2>numbers crazy because Pittsburgh's nine and a half point dogs

0:49:45.120 --> 0:49:47.760
<v Speaker 2>while Denver's only eight and a half point dogs.

0:49:47.840 --> 0:49:53.240
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think that's yeah, say to me, so Vegas

0:49:53.360 --> 0:49:56.520
<v Speaker 3>is just saying getting over the Wolves this year's that's

0:49:56.600 --> 0:49:57.520
<v Speaker 3>That's what I'm seeing.

0:49:59.200 --> 0:50:05.360
<v Speaker 2>Maybe spread but yeah, So Josh Allen in the wild

0:50:05.480 --> 0:50:11.839
<v Speaker 2>card round is an absolute monster for his career, and

0:50:13.040 --> 0:50:19.360
<v Speaker 2>it usually is against a totally overmatched quarterback and he cooks.

0:50:20.120 --> 0:50:23.720
<v Speaker 2>So Josh Allen the last four years in the wild

0:50:23.760 --> 0:50:31.080
<v Speaker 2>card round has faced Colt's Philip Rivers, who was cooked,

0:50:32.400 --> 0:50:40.280
<v Speaker 2>Mac Jones, Skyler Thompson, and Mason Rudolph oh Now, Now,

0:50:40.320 --> 0:50:44.719
<v Speaker 2>to be fair, those haven't all been blowouts. But as

0:50:44.719 --> 0:50:50.440
<v Speaker 2>far as Josh's production against those teams thirteen touchdowns, two picks,

0:50:50.920 --> 0:50:53.920
<v Speaker 2>a one to eleven rating, and as far as the

0:50:53.960 --> 0:50:58.600
<v Speaker 2>Bill's offensive production again the last four years in the

0:50:58.600 --> 0:51:03.360
<v Speaker 2>wildcard round, twenty seven points against the Colts, forty seven

0:51:03.400 --> 0:51:10.040
<v Speaker 2>against the Patriots, thirty four against Miami, thirty one against Pittsburgh. Now, again,

0:51:10.120 --> 0:51:13.919
<v Speaker 2>to be fair, the Colts and Dolphins games, they ended

0:51:13.960 --> 0:51:17.319
<v Speaker 2>up winning by three, so they weren't blowouts. And I

0:51:17.400 --> 0:51:21.320
<v Speaker 2>understand Sean Payton and bow Knicks have had an unbelievable season,

0:51:21.680 --> 0:51:27.400
<v Speaker 2>but ultimately, this is a rookie quarterback on the road

0:51:28.200 --> 0:51:33.279
<v Speaker 2>in the playoffs in Buffalo. I do not think this

0:51:33.440 --> 0:51:37.160
<v Speaker 2>game is going to be close. I do not think

0:51:37.239 --> 0:51:40.319
<v Speaker 2>Denver is going to have the answers, and I do

0:51:40.360 --> 0:51:42.839
<v Speaker 2>not think bow Knicks is going to look how he

0:51:42.880 --> 0:51:47.160
<v Speaker 2>looked the last few weeks. So I like Buffalo laying

0:51:47.200 --> 0:51:50.360
<v Speaker 2>the eight and a half. I would love for the

0:51:50.400 --> 0:51:55.160
<v Speaker 2>Broncos to beat the Bills. If there is it's not

0:51:55.239 --> 0:51:58.520
<v Speaker 2>a big one. But there is a world that exists

0:51:59.080 --> 0:52:04.320
<v Speaker 2>where Patrick maho Holmes's path to the super Bowl goes

0:52:04.360 --> 0:52:08.640
<v Speaker 2>through bow Nicks and Russell Wilson. And that's a world

0:52:08.719 --> 0:52:11.680
<v Speaker 2>I would love to live in. But I don't think

0:52:11.719 --> 0:52:15.000
<v Speaker 2>that's the world we're going to live in. I think Mahomes'

0:52:15.120 --> 0:52:17.279
<v Speaker 2>path the super Bowl is going to go through either

0:52:17.320 --> 0:52:20.920
<v Speaker 2>Stroud or Herbert and then Josh Allen, and if it's

0:52:20.920 --> 0:52:25.319
<v Speaker 2>not Josh Allen, it'll be Lamar. But Buffalo, I think

0:52:25.360 --> 0:52:31.120
<v Speaker 2>blows out the Broncos. I think this is a over

0:52:31.480 --> 0:52:36.279
<v Speaker 2>in the third quarter type of game, like thirty one thirteen.

0:52:36.880 --> 0:52:39.200
<v Speaker 2>So I'll take Buffalo laying the eight and a half.

0:52:39.239 --> 0:52:39.760
<v Speaker 2>Go ahead.

0:52:40.719 --> 0:52:44.040
<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm gonna take Denver plus eight and a half. Yeah, wow,

0:52:44.520 --> 0:52:48.120
<v Speaker 3>after everything you just said, Yeah, I think Bonix he's

0:52:48.160 --> 0:52:51.400
<v Speaker 3>like baby Josh Allen, But I think eight and a

0:52:51.400 --> 0:52:53.560
<v Speaker 3>half points that's a lot. I think they'll be able

0:52:53.600 --> 0:52:59.200
<v Speaker 3>to hang Uh yeah, No, Rocket Ricket quarterback. I like

0:52:59.239 --> 0:53:02.759
<v Speaker 3>Sean Payton. I trust him and Bo Nicks isn't your

0:53:02.800 --> 0:53:04.840
<v Speaker 3>average rookie. He's a little bit older, a little bit

0:53:04.880 --> 0:53:05.640
<v Speaker 3>more seasoned.

0:53:06.320 --> 0:53:08.520
<v Speaker 2>Uh, that's definitely true.

0:53:08.880 --> 0:53:10.640
<v Speaker 3>He also has that I don't want to be corny

0:53:10.680 --> 0:53:13.040
<v Speaker 3>or anything, but he has he's got some dog in him,

0:53:13.040 --> 0:53:15.840
<v Speaker 3>and I like it. And I think that that part's

0:53:15.880 --> 0:53:16.360
<v Speaker 3>all true.

0:53:17.200 --> 0:53:19.799
<v Speaker 2>And the Sean Payton angle, I do, they do have

0:53:19.840 --> 0:53:23.120
<v Speaker 2>a coaching edge. I just don't. I think that we're

0:53:23.120 --> 0:53:28.680
<v Speaker 2>gonna see a bad bon Knicks game, rookie quarterback, road, freezing,

0:53:28.800 --> 0:53:33.840
<v Speaker 2>cold weather, buffalo, all of it. I I do like

0:53:33.960 --> 0:53:36.000
<v Speaker 2>a little bit for him that it's not at night.

0:53:36.560 --> 0:53:40.480
<v Speaker 2>I think that actually makes it slightly less intimidating atmosphere.

0:53:40.800 --> 0:53:46.359
<v Speaker 3>But I still think he's, Oh, he's used to the cold, and.

0:53:46.400 --> 0:53:50.000
<v Speaker 2>He played college football for a year at Oregon. I understand.

0:53:50.239 --> 0:53:52.759
<v Speaker 2>I'm not thinking he can't play in the cold. I'm

0:53:52.800 --> 0:53:57.480
<v Speaker 2>just thinking it's just the atmosphere. It's probably too much,

0:53:57.960 --> 0:53:59.959
<v Speaker 2>all right. Next one maybe the game of the week

0:54:00.000 --> 0:54:03.560
<v Speaker 2>and game that's on Fox Philly, laying four and a

0:54:03.600 --> 0:54:07.839
<v Speaker 2>half at home against Green Bay. I when I went

0:54:08.000 --> 0:54:14.200
<v Speaker 2>through and guessed the lines before they came or right

0:54:14.239 --> 0:54:17.560
<v Speaker 2>when they came out, before i'd seen them I thought

0:54:17.640 --> 0:54:22.520
<v Speaker 2>this was going to be Philly minus seven. Jeez, And

0:54:22.560 --> 0:54:25.799
<v Speaker 2>when I saw it was four and a half, I

0:54:25.920 --> 0:54:31.400
<v Speaker 2>was like, Oh, they're baking in that Jalen. Like what

0:54:31.480 --> 0:54:34.200
<v Speaker 2>I thought that was saying was they're worried about Jalen

0:54:34.760 --> 0:54:38.000
<v Speaker 2>and they're splitting the difference on Well, if he plays,

0:54:38.080 --> 0:54:40.439
<v Speaker 2>it'll be seven and a half. If he doesn't, it'll

0:54:40.480 --> 0:54:43.120
<v Speaker 2>be basically a pick'm we're gonna set the line in

0:54:43.120 --> 0:54:47.080
<v Speaker 2>the middle. That's not what's happened. They Jalen Hurts is

0:54:47.120 --> 0:54:50.680
<v Speaker 2>pretty clearly playing. It has stuck at four and a half.

0:54:52.440 --> 0:54:55.759
<v Speaker 2>I love Philly here. I know Jalen hasn't played in

0:54:55.800 --> 0:55:01.720
<v Speaker 2>a month. I get that, But this is again, prior

0:55:01.920 --> 0:55:09.799
<v Speaker 2>to the Packers upsetting the Cowboys in this exact scenario

0:55:11.640 --> 0:55:15.680
<v Speaker 2>a two versus seven, the two versus seven playoff games

0:55:16.640 --> 0:55:21.399
<v Speaker 2>have been absolute laughers. So I want to go through

0:55:21.440 --> 0:55:25.520
<v Speaker 2>it real quick. So one of the reasons that I

0:55:25.520 --> 0:55:31.960
<v Speaker 2>felt this way about the Bills Broncos is because it's

0:55:31.960 --> 0:55:34.799
<v Speaker 2>a two to seven game. The first year we had

0:55:34.840 --> 0:55:38.120
<v Speaker 2>a two to seven playoff field was twenty twenty. One

0:55:38.120 --> 0:55:40.160
<v Speaker 2>of those games was that Bill's Colts game that I

0:55:40.239 --> 0:55:42.680
<v Speaker 2>just talked about the Bills did only win by three.

0:55:43.080 --> 0:55:46.880
<v Speaker 2>The other one New Orleans Chicago. I don't even remember

0:55:46.920 --> 0:55:50.040
<v Speaker 2>that game at all. New Orleans won twenty one to nine.

0:55:50.440 --> 0:55:54.720
<v Speaker 2>The next year, the two seven games Philly Tampa. Tampa

0:55:54.800 --> 0:55:59.120
<v Speaker 2>won thirty one to fifteen. Kan City Pittsburgh Kmsity won

0:55:59.280 --> 0:56:03.560
<v Speaker 2>forty two twenty one. The next year, the two seven

0:56:03.640 --> 0:56:08.080
<v Speaker 2>playoff games were Buffalo Miami. Again, Buffalo has been involved

0:56:08.120 --> 0:56:10.480
<v Speaker 2>in some of these close ones. They beat Skyler Thompson

0:56:10.520 --> 0:56:14.160
<v Speaker 2>Miami thirty four to thirty one, and San Francisco Seattle.

0:56:14.400 --> 0:56:18.799
<v Speaker 2>San Francisco won forty one to twenty three. Last year, obviously,

0:56:19.160 --> 0:56:22.080
<v Speaker 2>the Packers had the first ever two seven upset, but

0:56:22.160 --> 0:56:25.160
<v Speaker 2>the two to seven game in the AFC was Buffalo

0:56:25.160 --> 0:56:29.600
<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh thirty one seventeen. A lot of blowouts in these spots,

0:56:30.480 --> 0:56:34.560
<v Speaker 2>only one upset. I think Saquan.

0:56:35.200 --> 0:56:38.280
<v Speaker 3>Rested and fresh by this team.

0:56:38.320 --> 0:56:41.120
<v Speaker 2>The one upset was Green Bay in this exact spot

0:56:41.200 --> 0:56:45.360
<v Speaker 2>last year. No, that's totally fair. Uh. I like Philly.

0:56:45.920 --> 0:56:49.080
<v Speaker 2>I think Philly's gonna look awesome. This to me feels

0:56:49.080 --> 0:56:51.960
<v Speaker 2>like a thirty one to twenty Philly victory. So I'll

0:56:52.000 --> 0:56:53.359
<v Speaker 2>lay the four and a half.

0:56:53.800 --> 0:56:56.279
<v Speaker 3>All right, I'm sticking with my guy, Jordan Love. I'm

0:56:56.320 --> 0:56:58.520
<v Speaker 3>taking green Bay plus the four and a half. I

0:56:58.560 --> 0:57:02.160
<v Speaker 3>think that Philadelphia. I don't think green Bay is a

0:57:02.280 --> 0:57:04.879
<v Speaker 3>type of type of team to melt down. And I've

0:57:04.880 --> 0:57:07.400
<v Speaker 3>seen Philly melt down, and I think if something's not working,

0:57:07.920 --> 0:57:10.759
<v Speaker 3>then green Bay can capitalize on that. I like Jordan Love,

0:57:11.520 --> 0:57:13.160
<v Speaker 3>I'm going with Packers.

0:57:13.480 --> 0:57:15.120
<v Speaker 2>We're opposed on a lot of these.

0:57:15.719 --> 0:57:19.440
<v Speaker 3>I like like Philly minus two and a half, maybe

0:57:19.520 --> 0:57:24.280
<v Speaker 3>like three. I like green Bay in the points. But yeah, no,

0:57:24.320 --> 0:57:26.040
<v Speaker 3>I'm glad we've got some conflicted ones.

0:57:26.960 --> 0:57:33.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, all right. Next one, Tampa minus three at home

0:57:33.480 --> 0:57:38.880
<v Speaker 2>against Washington. It's just a rookie quarterback on the road

0:57:40.040 --> 0:57:42.320
<v Speaker 2>and so and I'm not I don't even have to

0:57:42.400 --> 0:57:48.520
<v Speaker 2>lay a big number. I think Tampa is, as Wilde

0:57:48.560 --> 0:57:52.920
<v Speaker 2>would say, first team all vibes with the Mike Evans stuff.

0:57:53.360 --> 0:57:58.240
<v Speaker 2>Baker didn't play great in the first half against the Saints,

0:57:59.120 --> 0:58:05.160
<v Speaker 2>was awesome late. Tampa has immense postseason experience. Fifth straight

0:58:05.200 --> 0:58:08.200
<v Speaker 2>year they're in the playoffs, fourth straight year they won

0:58:08.240 --> 0:58:12.120
<v Speaker 2>the division. I just like I like how Baker's playing.

0:58:12.640 --> 0:58:17.160
<v Speaker 2>I like how they responded after trailing the Saints. Throughout

0:58:17.160 --> 0:58:18.960
<v Speaker 2>a lot of that game, even though trailing the Saints

0:58:18.960 --> 0:58:23.280
<v Speaker 2>in general is not great and Jade and Daniels, it's

0:58:23.320 --> 0:58:27.920
<v Speaker 2>been a great year for Jaden. But I think it

0:58:28.000 --> 0:58:30.080
<v Speaker 2>comes to an end here, and I love that I

0:58:30.080 --> 0:58:32.800
<v Speaker 2>don't have to do lay the hook, So laying just

0:58:32.880 --> 0:58:35.400
<v Speaker 2>three Tampa minus three, I'm rolling with.

0:58:36.000 --> 0:58:37.880
<v Speaker 3>And if if Jade went out, if he went out

0:58:37.880 --> 0:58:40.680
<v Speaker 3>there and won that game, that's so cute.

0:58:41.400 --> 0:58:42.080
<v Speaker 2>It's massive.

0:58:42.120 --> 0:58:42.320
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:58:42.600 --> 0:58:44.400
<v Speaker 2>And if he goes out there and wins that game,

0:58:45.160 --> 0:58:51.960
<v Speaker 2>they unless the Eagles upset the I'm sorry, the Packers

0:58:52.040 --> 0:58:55.040
<v Speaker 2>upset the Eagles, then he gets to go play Detroit

0:58:55.040 --> 0:58:58.960
<v Speaker 2>in round two. That'd be unbelievable. But I just I

0:58:59.000 --> 0:59:01.800
<v Speaker 2>don't I like Tampa minus three. I think you do

0:59:01.880 --> 0:59:02.280
<v Speaker 2>as well.

0:59:02.720 --> 0:59:06.640
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, exactly, same, same exact reasons. Just the Baker makes.

0:59:06.440 --> 0:59:10.680
<v Speaker 2>Sense here, all right. And then the last one, we

0:59:10.680 --> 0:59:12.520
<v Speaker 2>don't even have to spend much time on it because

0:59:12.560 --> 0:59:15.440
<v Speaker 2>everyone knows where I'm gonna go. The Rams getting one

0:59:15.480 --> 0:59:19.440
<v Speaker 2>and a half against Minnesota, I get Matt Stafford and

0:59:19.480 --> 0:59:24.480
<v Speaker 2>Sean McVay at home. They were there. They're undefeated at

0:59:24.520 --> 0:59:26.840
<v Speaker 2>home or on a neutral site, and by the way,

0:59:27.160 --> 0:59:29.880
<v Speaker 2>at neutral site, wasn't a neutral site in the playoffs.

0:59:30.240 --> 0:59:33.360
<v Speaker 2>That super Bowl was in Los Angeles, so they've played.

0:59:33.400 --> 0:59:35.600
<v Speaker 2>I know it was called a neutral site, but they've

0:59:35.600 --> 0:59:38.360
<v Speaker 2>never They're three to zero in so far in the postseason.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh that vikings. I think Darnold goes into this game

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<v Speaker 2>pretty anxious and the Rams defense has been unbelievable and

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<v Speaker 2>so and Kevin O'Connell, as much as everyone likes him,

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<v Speaker 2>he's coached one playoff game ever and he lost at

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<v Speaker 2>home to Daniel Jones. So I'll just take the better coach,

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<v Speaker 2>it's the better quarterback. I'll take the Rams getting a

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<v Speaker 2>point and a half. And I think the Rams are

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<v Speaker 2>a dangerous, dangerous NFC team.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I agree with you. There, Rams plus one and

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<v Speaker 3>a half. I think we've seen what uh what's gonna

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<v Speaker 3>happen with Darnold. I don't I think they turned their

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<v Speaker 3>pressure on and he's cooked.

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<v Speaker 2>But uh, okay, Yeah, so you don't have a teaser

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<v Speaker 2>this week. Here is a teaser that I will be

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<v Speaker 2>making and a teaser that you might like part of

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<v Speaker 2>and then take the other side of. So the Rams

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<v Speaker 2>are getting one and a half, A six point teaser

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<v Speaker 2>gets them up to seven and a half. I get

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<v Speaker 2>through all the key numbers, so I like that. And

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<v Speaker 2>then the Bills are laying eight and a half. A

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<v Speaker 2>six point teaser gets them back through the other direction

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<v Speaker 2>the key numbers to minus two and a half. Now

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<v Speaker 2>you you might like the Rams leg plus the opposite

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<v Speaker 2>of the Bill's leg where you take Denver up through

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<v Speaker 2>ten and thirteen and fourteen.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm done doing the like the high note, like I

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<v Speaker 3>think I would put that, I would put it more

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<v Speaker 3>towards the Bills. I'm not gonna give more to.

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<v Speaker 2>That because you don't think because you think so. Your

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<v Speaker 2>Denver pick is you don't think they get blown out,

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<v Speaker 2>but yeah, you don't think they're gonna win. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so I so I really like And now the other

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<v Speaker 2>you probably because you like these seven pointers or whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>you might be a bigger fan of teasing Baltimore down

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<v Speaker 2>to two and a half nine and a half.

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<v Speaker 3>My initial when he talked teaser Pittsburgh was like the

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<v Speaker 3>first thing that comes to mind for me, Like, I

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<v Speaker 3>was just teasing Pittsburgh up as much as I could.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but you just said you didn't want to do

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<v Speaker 2>the big number of teasers you literally.

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<v Speaker 3>I did, I did, I did just say that. But

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<v Speaker 3>like with that, with that game, I think that game's

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<v Speaker 3>a little bit different from from uh Denver, from Denver

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<v Speaker 3>playing Buffalo.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying, but if you the so I listen, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna make it demonse. You can you think on it

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<v Speaker 2>and tweet it out if you want to do one,

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<v Speaker 2>or you can just say it now. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 2>make this bet. The Rams teased up to plus six

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<v Speaker 2>and a half, the Bills teased down to minus two

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<v Speaker 2>and a half. And I just listen, If I lose

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<v Speaker 2>this because Buffalo doesn't cover the two and a half,

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<v Speaker 2>that probably means Buffalo just got eliminated from the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>And I gotta tell you that wouldn't disappoint me. So

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<v Speaker 2>if I if I lose the bet, I'll lose it

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<v Speaker 2>with a smile on my face because if the Chiefs

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to go through this Bills team in the postseason,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be very happy. So the pick recaps are for me.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got how many dogs, how many favorites? I've got

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<v Speaker 2>three dogs, three favorites. Houston plus three against the true Chargers,

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<v Speaker 2>Pittsburgh getting nine and a half at Baltimore, Buffalo laying

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<v Speaker 2>the eight and a half, Philly laying the four and

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<v Speaker 2>a half, Tampa laying the three, and the Rams getting

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<v Speaker 2>one and a half. Demon has the same last two

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<v Speaker 2>as me, but Andy has Pittsburgh same as me, but

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<v Speaker 2>he has the Chargers laying two and a half, Denver

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<v Speaker 2>getting the eight and a half, and the Packers getting

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<v Speaker 2>four and a half. All right, let's do the offer.

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<v Speaker 2>Which are the producers really up twenty two units on

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<v Speaker 2>these offers that I have?

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<v Speaker 3>They hit these offers. I feel like they hit at

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<v Speaker 3>least four or five a year, like we're doing the

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<v Speaker 3>pod from Trinsitch both of us. I'm pretty sure, like

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<v Speaker 3>the offer I hit on like five weeks straight.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well maybe, goh, let's see if we'll take

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<v Speaker 2>this one.

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<v Speaker 3>So this week's offer is we got Jalen McMillan, the

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<v Speaker 3>Bucks ride receiver. So he's gotten one or more touchdowns

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<v Speaker 3>in each of his last five games, and he scored

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<v Speaker 3>versus Washington in Week one as well, So we got

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<v Speaker 3>Jayleen McMillan. Anytime touchdown scores plus one seventy Do you

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<v Speaker 3>want that?

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<v Speaker 2>No? Sorry? Uh, I know that. I said the producers

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<v Speaker 2>have been hot, they've been hitting, But no, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>the here's the problem with for me, with the offer,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's not a problem with the producers. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>problem with the just the offer always involves a player

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<v Speaker 2>prop or multiple player props, and in general I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think those are great value. And so I'm just my

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<v Speaker 2>natural reflexive answer is that I say no to it

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<v Speaker 2>and listen. I hope the producers keep hitting, uh, And

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<v Speaker 2>so that's you know, I hope the producers keep hitting.

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<v Speaker 3>All watching Kelsey touchdown Millan and Kelly.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that next week, Kelsey is three hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>yards and three touchdowns away from break jarr or from

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<v Speaker 2>tying Jerry Rice for the most yards in playoff history

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<v Speaker 2>running or receiving, and the most touchdowns in playoff history

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<v Speaker 2>running or receiving. He's already first all time in catches,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's first all time in something else. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>even remember, maybe yards per game. So we'll see if

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<v Speaker 2>there's some Kelsey stuff a week from now. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>quick break right back, and let's do some listener questions.

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<v Speaker 2>What's right? All right? Welcome back in What's Right with

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<v Speaker 2>Think Right? Episode two ninety one, Demons, Let's do these

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<v Speaker 2>listener questions real.

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<v Speaker 3>Quick Curtis says which one would have a bigger impact

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<v Speaker 3>on Patrick mahomes legacy, winning the Super Bowl this year

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<v Speaker 3>to three peat or next season breaking Peyton mannings his

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<v Speaker 3>story twenty thirteen statistical season.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's not even it's not even close. A

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<v Speaker 2>three peat this year cements Mahomes and this Chiefs team

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<v Speaker 2>in a way no regular season numbers could ever come

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<v Speaker 2>close to. So it's the three peat by by an

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<v Speaker 2>absolute mile.

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<v Speaker 3>Next, Andrew hey Nick, if the Bears hire Ben Johnson,

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<v Speaker 3>what do you think of hiring Bob Sala as a

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<v Speaker 3>defensive coordinator, first time head coach being able to pass

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<v Speaker 3>the DTA Sala take a breath here and focus on

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<v Speaker 3>offense and situational football thoughts.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen. I'd love that. I think that would be great.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's gonna be available to them. I

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<v Speaker 2>think if Bob Sala doesn't get a head coaching job,

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<v Speaker 2>which maybe he will, he's gonna go back to the

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<v Speaker 2>Niners to be their defensive coordinator. So I think that

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<v Speaker 2>it's pretty I don't think any other team's gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>a real chance of hiring him because it's either gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be head coach, which would be odd, but maybe it'll happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe we'll be looking. Well, the Jets fell apart without him.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they weren't great with him, but they were

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<v Speaker 2>terrible once he left. If not, he'll just go back

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<v Speaker 2>to the Niners. I would imagine, next.

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<v Speaker 3>Neil, if Jalb Hurts leads the Eagles back to the

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<v Speaker 3>Super out duels Mahomes again and wins it this time,

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<v Speaker 3>are we gonna give him credit as the top three quarterback?

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<v Speaker 2>First of all? The out duels Mahomes again part of it?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh. But the answer to that question is probably if

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<v Speaker 2>the Eagles go to the Super Bowl and Jalen Hurts

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<v Speaker 2>let's just remove the word again, beats Patrick Mahomes and

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<v Speaker 2>outplays him, will people think he's top three quarterback? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer that's yeah. Next it's I mean, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think it's gonna happen, but.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Austin, what do you think is more likely for

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<v Speaker 3>Josh Allen a career like John Elway or more akin

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<v Speaker 3>to Bill's legend Jim Kelly kin oh a kin Mark

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<v Speaker 3>my bad a kin to Bill's legend Jim Kelly, where

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<v Speaker 3>he always gets close but never completely breaks through.

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<v Speaker 2>I think John Elway. I think the I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>about getting to five Super Bowls and winning two like

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<v Speaker 2>John Elway did, but I think I eventually, John Listen, guys, eventually,

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<v Speaker 2>some people other than Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are

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<v Speaker 2>gonna win Super Bowls. Not this year, but eventually it's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna happen. And Josh Allen's very high on that list

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<v Speaker 2>of the guys who it's most likely to happen to.

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<v Speaker 3>Next last one, uh Kafrikas is the Rams defensive line,

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<v Speaker 3>the strongest unit no one talks about. They are young

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<v Speaker 3>and always seem to impact games, and.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of the reasons I really like this. Rams seem,

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<v Speaker 2>love the coach, love the quarterback, and all of a

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<v Speaker 2>sudden they have a young, fast, good defense, Chiefs Rams

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<v Speaker 2>super Bowl is very very in play, very in play,

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<v Speaker 2>and that would be unbelievable, especially because I think Golf

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the only starting maybe the only start.

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<v Speaker 2>I think golf is the only active starting quarterback. Mahomes

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<v Speaker 2>has played more than once and never beaten. I think

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes is zero to two against Jared Goff. I think

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not certain on that, so that would be a

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<v Speaker 2>fun one too. All right, great job. Demon's a great job.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend's at Blue Dock. Great up Shane, who ups us?

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