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Speaker 2: and what has to be considered a shocker, A ten
Speaker 2: point underdog Washington with a rookie quarterback goes into Detroit
Speaker 2: and hammers the number one seated Detroit Lions. Let's just
Speaker 2: cut to the chase. Jayden Daniels is easily the best
Speaker 2: rookie quarterback in the history of the National Football League.
Speaker 2: I remember John Elway barely. I think he played ten
Speaker 2: or eleven games. He had twice as many interceptions as touchdowns,
Speaker 2: losing record. I think they were like four and six
Speaker 2: or four and seven. Vaguely remember it. Andrew Luck, you
Speaker 2: got some real upside. I thought Andrew Luck was the
Speaker 2: best rookie quarterback I'd ever seen. Eleven and five of
Speaker 2: a really weak roster. But you got mistakes. You got
Speaker 2: mistakes with Andrew Luck. I mean until the very end,
Speaker 2: he was somebody that he'd take big swings and throw
Speaker 2: the ball into traffic. Mahomes didn't have to play as
Speaker 2: a rookie until the last week, and he had an
Speaker 2: excellent roster or a very good roster. Lamar Jackson didn't
Speaker 2: play until week eleven. It was Baltimore's roster. This is
Speaker 2: a average roster, one really elite weapon. Austin Eckler's a
Speaker 2: nice fine but this is not an elite roster. And
Speaker 2: Washington's in the NFC Championship. Now next week, Philadelphia defense,
Speaker 2: Rams defense, whichever they face, much much better due to injuries,
Speaker 2: all this stuff. You guys know, Detroit's thought a very
Speaker 2: good defense. This is why I stayed away in my
Speaker 2: Blazing four this week. I stayed away from this game.
Speaker 2: And it was just Jaden Daniels. I thought, even if
Speaker 2: Washington was outplayed, they backdoor cover. I mean, in the
Speaker 2: first half eight, Play Drive, ten, Play Drive, eleven, Play Drive.
Speaker 2: You're like, WHOA what am I watching? I've just never
Speaker 2: seen anything like this. His poise is unprecedented. I'm serious
Speaker 2: on this. C J. Stroud was excellent as a rookie,
Speaker 2: but this kid's ability to he's like Lamar Jackson. He's
Speaker 2: a little bit of a running back. He's not quite
Speaker 2: as dynamic as Lamar the runner, but he is so
Speaker 2: twitchy and so quick. His instincts on running plays are
Speaker 2: in sane. He's patient but can dart in and out
Speaker 2: of traffic. He can be simultaneously sudden and patient. Some
Speaker 2: guys are just and he's got that Patrick Mahomes thing
Speaker 2: where some guys are just operating above the shoulders. It's
Speaker 2: just they're unnatural. And you can coach up all players,
Speaker 2: but you're not gonna take a B minus athlete to
Speaker 2: an A plus athlete. There's always been this belief in sports, basketball, football, baseball.
Speaker 2: You can't jump a full grade on coaching coaching to
Speaker 2: dig B plus to B B minus to B plus,
Speaker 2: but it's hard to jump a grade. A B athlete
Speaker 2: will never be an A to an A plus player.
Speaker 2: Some of this is just and I remember watching him
Speaker 2: when he was Arizona State freshman. He was so skinny,
Speaker 2: and then I remember watching him at LSU and thinking, man,
Speaker 2: it just looks so easy. That's the same thing I
Speaker 2: felt when I watched Michael Jordan. I can remember watching
Speaker 2: Michael Jordan years and years and years ago play the
Speaker 2: Phoenix Suns in the NBA Championship, and I said, there's
Speaker 2: a you know, how many guys in this league are
Speaker 2: six to six stronger than Michael. I mean, he had
Speaker 2: big hands, Kawhi Leonard size hands. He could palm the
Speaker 2: ball and do some stuff. But I'm like, there's a
Speaker 2: lot of six six guys with a good mid range game.
Speaker 2: Jordan made it look so easy. You know, he dropped
Speaker 2: twenty nine in a playoff game, and it was like,
Speaker 2: you know, he'd have two little surges, but the games
Speaker 2: was so easy. I mean, Jade and Daniels, I've never
Speaker 2: seen anything like it. As far as Detroit, they got
Speaker 2: too cute at the end. This is what I said
Speaker 2: about Ben Johnson all year. He would flex and again,
Speaker 2: it's easy to flex against the Bears. But when you're
Speaker 2: trailing in a big game, goff has already been you.
Speaker 1: Know, fuzzy.
Speaker 2: You just had a big play to Patrick before that.
Speaker 2: Just get down the field and score. Don't get don't
Speaker 2: get tricky. You were moving the ball and that's why
Speaker 2: I said, all I like Ben Johnson, but you know,
Speaker 2: these big standalone Lions games, I feel like he's flexing
Speaker 2: a little bit and it came back to burn him.
Speaker 2: Though I didn't think they were winning this game anyway.
Speaker 2: I have reams of notes from this and they all
Speaker 2: look the same. I mean, got in the first half
Speaker 2: Jade and Daniels fourteen to twenty one, two hundred and
Speaker 2: forty two yards and two tds and thirty six yards
Speaker 2: rushing or thirty yards rushing the first half on the road. Wow,
Speaker 2: it to just it's for the record. The NFC North,
Speaker 2: which looked like the best division in football, zero and
Speaker 2: three in the playoffs, Packers loose. They unraveled at the end.
Speaker 2: Darnold unraveled at the end. Lions unraveled at the end.
Speaker 2: So you know, regular season and playoff football two different things.
Speaker 2: You know. It was also Lions had a minus four
Speaker 2: turnover margin. Now I'm doing this right before the game ends,
Speaker 2: so if there's a turnover late, I'm not seeing it,
Speaker 2: but they were just I just fought Detroit was off
Speaker 2: the entire game. Golf sailed a couple balls early. Yes,
Speaker 2: he got hammered, cheap shot, not called, went to the tent.
Speaker 1: He was off.
Speaker 2: I thought, I just I felt dan Quinn. Cliff Kingsbury
Speaker 2: came in. Cliff Kingsbury is such a good coordinator. He's
Speaker 2: just so clever. And I talked about this Friday on
Speaker 2: TV and radio. Some guys are just great twos. To
Speaker 2: be a to be a number one, sometimes you got
Speaker 2: to have about ten percent jerk. Kingsbury didn't have that
Speaker 2: in him. You know, sometimes you have to make tough calls.
Speaker 2: You got to fire coaches. You like, you're basically coaching coaches.
Speaker 2: You don't want to be too close to the players.
Speaker 2: And Kingsbury's kind of like a player and an extension
Speaker 2: of the players. And in Arizona and in college at
Speaker 2: Texas Tech, Steve Kaime loved him, hired him, considers him
Speaker 2: a friend. And he said, listen, it's it's he's such
Speaker 2: a nice guy, such a smart guy that you know,
Speaker 2: head coaching sometimes you got to be rough and and
Speaker 2: it's not really a criticism, you know, it's just Cliff
Speaker 2: Kingsbury is a tremendous, tremendous offensive designer, play caller, and
Speaker 2: he put on a clinic tonight. I feel bad for Detroit.
Speaker 2: I really thought a Detroit Buffalo super Bowl had a
Speaker 2: real shot. I'm taking the Bills to get to the
Speaker 2: Super Bowl and win the Super Bowl. They're underdogs at
Speaker 2: home tomorrow against Baltimore. So it it's crazy that you
Speaker 2: watch football during the regular season. I mean in September
Speaker 2: and October. If you go back to those Lions games,
Speaker 2: they were crushing people. It was like collegiate They were
Speaker 2: just hammering teams and then they just slowly started to
Speaker 2: fall apart. And that coaching staff did a great job
Speaker 2: to keep the energy and the spirit up. But you
Speaker 2: get to playoff football and you're getting the best coaches,
Speaker 2: the best coordinators, the best quarterbacks, and everything changes. There's
Speaker 2: real pressure. Lions don't face real pressure. In a week eleven,
Speaker 2: here we are at home off of buy you know,
Speaker 2: I mean Kansas City. The Chiefs did not have a
Speaker 2: good first half off a bye with Andy Reid. The
Speaker 2: Lions didn't play well off a bye. I think, for
Speaker 2: some reason in football, it just doesn't work. I just
Speaker 2: don't think it's a huge advantage. You get into a
Speaker 2: certain rhythm, you know, it's like a baseball playoff. You
Speaker 2: play every day, and then all of a sudden, now
Speaker 2: you're in October and it gets chilly and you're not
Speaker 2: playing in baseball. You play in summer weather, and you play,
Speaker 2: you know, five out.
Speaker 1: Of six nights. Then sometimes you get into the playoffs,
Speaker 1: the weather gets cold.
Speaker 2: It's kind of football weather, and you're taking these having
Speaker 2: these gaps, and some players and teams just don't respond
Speaker 2: to it as well. So I think the buyers didn't
Speaker 2: do Detroit any favors. But listen, man, the way Jayden
Speaker 2: Daniels is playing. I mean my notes I take just
Speaker 2: to show you during these games, I just take notes
Speaker 2: and I'm just writing down stuff. And so when I
Speaker 2: come in here, you know, all gaze. There was a
Speaker 2: couple There was a clever flex in the third quarter
Speaker 2: by the Lions and the double shuttle. That was a
Speaker 2: moment right though. Okay, they're getting some momentum, but they
Speaker 2: could never make stops. And Washington was the team going
Speaker 2: forward on fourth down, not Detroit. And I mean, I
Speaker 2: don't know if Dan Quinn you know, I'm sure teams
Speaker 2: are looking at dan Quinn and they're saying, man, he's
Speaker 2: gutsy going forward on fourth and two. I don't really
Speaker 2: think he is. I just think if you have Jaden
Speaker 2: Daniels on fourth and two, I mean dan Quinn fell
Speaker 2: in love with this guy in camp. He and Cliff
Speaker 2: Kingsbury in camp just kept pouring out compliments.
Speaker 1: We've talked about this and it was weird.
Speaker 2: It's like, he's a rookie, what are you doing. It's like,
Speaker 2: bring the expectations down. Dan Quinn couldn't help himself. He's like,
Speaker 2: this kid's unbelievable. You can't you can't believe this. Zach
Speaker 2: Ertz on my show last week Washington Commanders, he had
Speaker 2: a touchdown Commander's tight end. He's like, you're just watching
Speaker 2: this guy in camp and you're like, what am I watching?
Speaker 2: This kid is all time and it's so great. The
Speaker 2: NFL is so much fun. Football in general is so
Speaker 2: much fun when quarterback play is good. And over the
Speaker 2: last several years we've gotten you know, a Joe Burrow,
Speaker 2: of Patrick Mahomes, a Lamar, a Jaden Daniel.
Speaker 1: It's just great.
Speaker 2: You're getting a historically talented kid and I am just
Speaker 2: struck by his demeanor. You know, I've said this all
Speaker 2: the time. There isn't there. Most great quarterbacks are really adults.
Speaker 2: You can hear during the broadcast with Brady, He's often
Speaker 2: talking about, you know, oh, I.
Speaker 1: Hate to see that.
Speaker 2: This is a big play, You've got to be buttoned up.
Speaker 2: So much of it is just maturity, intelligence, awareness, and
Speaker 2: there's just Jaden is just sitting there and it's like
Speaker 2: the game is already slowed down. Patrick Mahomes acknowledged. Patrick
Speaker 2: Mahomes said that the game slowed down to him his
Speaker 2: third year, and that's generally what the great quarterbacks say.
Speaker 2: Everything slows down.
Speaker 1: It's slow. Now for Jaden Daniels.
Speaker 2: You can see, how about in the fourth quarter when
Speaker 2: Detroit brings a pressure package and he is going to
Speaker 2: get smoked and his third receiver no, nope, boom a
Speaker 2: seed and gets popped. That's just not normal for rookie quarterbacks.
Speaker 2: That's just not the way it is.
Speaker 1: So God, I.
Speaker 2: Feel so bad. I have family. My wife's from Birmingham, Michigan,
Speaker 2: and her family and I got him tickets this year
Speaker 2: to a Lion's game, and they were so grateful, and
Speaker 2: they're such wonderful people.
Speaker 1: And this is just a gut punch. My friend Doug Miro,
Speaker 1: who is on a project I'm working with right now,
Speaker 1: a writing project for a TV show.
Speaker 2: Oh oh, I can't even text him. I feel so
Speaker 2: bad for him. This is a rough one. You know,
Speaker 2: it's different. Buffalo has been disappointed for years, but there's
Speaker 2: been a lot of really good Buffalo teams through the years,
Speaker 2: I mean years, and the Marv Levy team year after year,
Speaker 2: Jim Kelly in this Buffalo run Detroit, you know, horrible
Speaker 2: forever and then back to back years you're like, oh boy,
Speaker 2: they're close, and you watch them tonight and they're gonna
Speaker 2: lose Aaron Glenn.
Speaker 1: I think Aaron Glenn, I'm gonna just throw this out there.
Speaker 2: I think he's got a real shot to get I
Speaker 2: think he has a chance to get the Cowboys job.
Speaker 1: I really do. He's really respected.
Speaker 2: And Ben Johnson's gonna get one of these jobs. Keep
Speaker 2: your eye on the Raiders' job. So this Detroit team,
Speaker 2: this this remember, Nick Sirianni gets to a Super Bowl,
Speaker 2: loses coordinators, hires two more.
Speaker 1: And they don't look good.
Speaker 2: So Dan Campbell's not a scheme genius, right, Like Andy
Speaker 2: Reid can lose coordinators. McVeigh loses coordinators, Shanahan loses coordinators.
Speaker 2: Those are scheme guys, They're fine. There are coaches. Nick
Speaker 2: Sirianni is one loses coordinators and replaces them with inferior coordinators,
Speaker 2: and it gets ugly fast. So Dan Campbell's not not
Speaker 2: really a scheme whiz. So he's gonna lose both of
Speaker 2: this coordinators. And this could have been the year, This
Speaker 2: could have been it. I want to read you a
Speaker 2: couple of stats on Jayden Daniels. He's the best rookie
Speaker 2: of all time at quarterback. That's unprecedented. First ever top
Speaker 2: three pick to make a conference championship in the rookie season,
Speaker 2: first rookie quarterback to win multiple World Playoff games when
Speaker 2: his defense gives up twenty plus points in each game.
Speaker 2: Twelve regular season wins, historically great in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 2: I mean, what more you need to say? Yeah, that's
Speaker 2: not the same. Detroit's gonna be going to the tank.
Speaker 2: But like Philadelphia, a very good roster had the right
Speaker 2: coordinators for a coach we kind of wonder about, you know,
Speaker 2: Sirianni's built up a good culture same with Dan Campbell.
Speaker 2: Not scheme guys. Then they lose great coordinators and they
Speaker 2: take a dip. So fortunately Philly and Detroit had such
Speaker 2: dominating offensive lines and some you know, some really really
Speaker 2: high end players on the defensive and offensive lines. You
Speaker 2: know they're not going to go turn into a five
Speaker 2: win team. But Green Bay is getting better, Minnesota, JJ McCarthy,
Speaker 2: Chicago should get a better coach. NFC is getting better.
Speaker 2: So I could see the Lions losing both coordinators dipping
Speaker 2: a little bit. The O line and their running backs
Speaker 2: and golf will keep them very very good. Great though
Speaker 2: I thought this. I thought this team was great until
Speaker 2: they got banged up, and now the season's over. NFL
Speaker 2: is cruel. How would you like to be Jerry Jones
Speaker 2: and in the next ten years faced Jaden Daniels twenty
Speaker 2: times minimum. We thought the Cowboys were going to regress
Speaker 2: when the season started. Now look at what they have
Speaker 2: to face. You think the New York Giants are wobbly,
Speaker 2: Try twenty times against Jayden Daniels in the next decade.
Speaker 1: No, thank you.
Speaker 2: A closing thought. It's official. Only one team hasn't made
Speaker 2: the NFC Championshi Game since twenty ten. How about them
Speaker 2: Dallas Cowboys yep, nineteen ninety five. Last time they made
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Speaker 2: All Right, Instant Reaction twenty three fourteen. Safety at the end,
Speaker 2: Kansas City prevails. They will now go to their seventh
Speaker 2: straight AFC Championship game. There was Babe Ruth and Gerig
Speaker 2: Jordan and Pippin and Mahomes and Kelsey seven catches one
Speaker 2: hundred and seventeen yards in a touchdown. I never thought
Speaker 2: I'd see anything better than Gronk and Brady, which were
Speaker 2: better than Winslow and Fouts. But it's pretty remarkable. I'm
Speaker 2: looking at this, think about this. Kelseed today had the
Speaker 2: most yards he's had all season defrosted for the playoffs.
Speaker 2: He has the most one hundred receiving yard games in
Speaker 2: playoff history, seventy plus receiving yards in fourteen straight playoff games.
Speaker 2: Second longest streak is seven. So I never thought I'd
Speaker 2: see anything better than Winslow and Shannon Sharp was damn good.
Speaker 2: So was Tony Gonzalez. Then there was Brady and Gronk.
Speaker 2: This is better and this is just the classic example
Speaker 2: of these seasons. As the NFL keeps extending the season
Speaker 2: and asking more of their players, the great players know
Speaker 2: when to pick their spots, so much is done. Like
Speaker 2: Texan fans are complaining about the refs. The difference is
Speaker 2: when you go on the road in the playoffs, eos
Speaker 2: get host win more regular season games, and get home
Speaker 2: field playoff advantage. The Texans were in a worst of
Speaker 2: it win more games. I mean, the Chiefs weren't a
Speaker 2: better division. Chargers made the playoffs, Broncos made the playoffs.
Speaker 2: I mean in the Texans division. The Jags were a
Speaker 2: tire fire, Colts were a mess, so you know, win
Speaker 2: more games in your division. Tennessee was a mess. So
Speaker 2: that's the advantage of playing at home. In my entire life,
Speaker 2: you know, it could be any sport. You'll get a
Speaker 2: call at home or two. But Andy Reid now was
Speaker 2: eleven to zero when he leads it half. And even
Speaker 2: though the Texans had a great final drive at the
Speaker 2: end of the first half and got the kickoff in
Speaker 2: the second half, the big takeaway for me today in
Speaker 2: this game was the Texans had no real answer when
Speaker 2: Spags blitz and when the Texans put pressure with the
Speaker 2: nextra man on Mahomes, they seemed to always have an answer,
Speaker 2: and that is the difference. Fans are going to complain
Speaker 2: about officials, and there were two lousy calls against Houston.
Speaker 2: I'm overly protective of Mahomes, yes, but this is sort
Speaker 2: of the This is sort of the NFL now.
Speaker 1: The calls that.
Speaker 2: Drive us nuts are almost always a hit on a
Speaker 2: quarterback shouldn't be called. And it is like that's I'm
Speaker 2: kind of used to about one a game. You'd hope
Speaker 2: with the best officiating crewise you wouldn't get any of
Speaker 2: the playoff games. It may be the opposite, because you're
Speaker 2: dealing with bigger star quarterbacks and they don't want them hurt.
Speaker 2: So I've just I'm baking that in. Even though I
Speaker 2: thought both calls were weak, I'm just baking that in.
Speaker 2: Once a game, twice a game, you're gonna see one
Speaker 2: of the quarterbacks both get that call.
Speaker 1: You are you're going to get that call.
Speaker 2: I don't like it, but I think the big difference
Speaker 2: is it's easy to complain about officiating, but so much
Speaker 2: is done in the NFL. Andy Reid with extra time,
Speaker 2: shocking he won Kansas City. I've been calling them the
Speaker 2: Packers of the AFC. They feel a year away. Six
Speaker 2: seven more players, add more depth. Could they have won
Speaker 2: if they had Tank doll and Stefan Diggs certainly would
Speaker 2: have helped. Although Nico Collins is amazing and Joe Micky
Speaker 2: and I've thought is one of the more underrated backs
Speaker 2: in the league in the last five six years. I
Speaker 2: just I think when you look at it, Kansas City
Speaker 2: keeps winning these games, and it's not a coincidence. That's
Speaker 2: why people always talk about luck. Kansas City is the Patriots.
Speaker 2: They're just more of an offensive version and it always
Speaker 2: felt like New England was more of a defensive version.
Speaker 2: When New England had their best offense with Randy Moss,
Speaker 2: they didn't win titles. But I think what's also happening.
Speaker 2: Once you started paying Brady a little more, you're not
Speaker 2: going to have as dynamic an offense. And once you
Speaker 2: start paying Mahomes more, the Chiefs offense isn't dynamic, but
Speaker 2: it's efficient. Anytime they get an official break or a fumble,
Speaker 2: or they get just something goes their way, a kicker
Speaker 2: misses a kick, they tend to go back and punish you.
Speaker 2: The great quarterbacks punish you for their mistakes. Kansas City
Speaker 2: doesn't play perfect football, but there's about five great quarterbacks
Speaker 2: in the league and they don't get punished for them.
Speaker 2: And that's just the way football works. So you know,
Speaker 2: I look at I'm thinking about this Mahomes Kelsey.
Speaker 1: So it was funny.
Speaker 2: In the first half, Mahomes had a passer rating of
Speaker 2: one hundred and ten going to Kelsey and a passer
Speaker 2: raty of sixty one.
Speaker 1: Going to everybody else.
Speaker 2: It's so classic, and it's very much Brady Gronk. I've
Speaker 2: got all sorts of notes here. I thought the Texans
Speaker 2: had a really good game plan early. I love that
Speaker 2: fifteen play drive. But just ask yourself this, if you're
Speaker 2: a Texans fan, if I would have said to you
Speaker 2: before the game, you know you're gonna play pretty well,
Speaker 2: but your special teams are gonna be awful. Does that
Speaker 2: sound like you would have beaten the two time defending
Speaker 2: champs and the greatest quarterback arguably of all time. Be
Speaker 2: totally honest. You're gonna go on the road, You're gonna
Speaker 2: play pretty well, but god, our special teams had their
Speaker 2: worst day of the year. You're not winning that game.
Speaker 2: You're not winning that game. Those officiating calls I would
Speaker 2: buy much more if it didn't miss a pat if
Speaker 2: you didn't get a field goal blocked, if you're not
Speaker 2: missing kicks, if you didn't give up a huge kickoff
Speaker 2: return to open the game. So you know, I just
Speaker 2: I understand fanash short for fanatic, and they're going to
Speaker 2: rail on those two calls. But in the end, it's
Speaker 2: Kansas City doing what Kansas City does. And Andy Reid
Speaker 2: doesn't lose off of buye. And Andy Reid doesn't lose
Speaker 2: when he's leading a half. He's now twelve and zero
Speaker 2: when leading it half. Something else I want to give
Speaker 2: credit for. I thought, not only did you know Mahomes
Speaker 2: and Kelsey rise to the moment. I thought Joe Bluck
Speaker 2: and Engman were great today, you know, And I agreed
Speaker 2: with Akam and that Dalton Schultz play.
Speaker 1: I don't know what a catch is either.
Speaker 2: I thought the minute he secured it, left foot down,
Speaker 2: right foot out.
Speaker 1: I don't.
Speaker 2: I agreed with Akman, but I think what Troy is
Speaker 2: willing to say, and it's really important because we're all
Speaker 2: sitting there saying the same thing as he went after
Speaker 2: the official today and I appreciate that. And I know
Speaker 2: a lot of announcers are uncomfortable with that, but Aikman
Speaker 2: of all the analysts, is willing to take swings on stuff.
Speaker 2: And I thought the officials missed a couple of early calls,
Speaker 2: and I agreed with him, and I'm glad he does
Speaker 2: that because we're all saying the same thing at home.
Speaker 2: And I think when an analyst can say what we're thinking, that's.
Speaker 1: When you're the most effective.
Speaker 2: You know, it's one thing to have you know you're prepared,
Speaker 2: but when you can say what I'm thinking, that's a
Speaker 2: good analyst.
Speaker 1: So tip of the cap there.
Speaker 2: I also think as great as the NFL regular season is,
Speaker 2: and Peyton Manning told me this year's ago. He said,
Speaker 2: there's preseason speed, there's regular season speed, there's division rival speed,
Speaker 2: and then there's playoff speed and intensity. And I mean
Speaker 2: that thing today. For Kelsey to rise from the ashes,
Speaker 2: it's just so classic Kansas City and classic playoff football.
Speaker 2: I think Buffalo is a better team. I think Kansas
Speaker 2: City is a better situational team. And this whole thing
Speaker 2: about luck, I mean, look at how Kansas City won
Speaker 2: games this year. They block a kick like a Denver
Speaker 2: Broncos kick when they're outplayed. I don't think that's luck.
Speaker 2: I think it's preparation. I think Spags very early in
Speaker 2: this game figured out they don't have an answer for
Speaker 2: our blitzes.
Speaker 1: And they didn't.
Speaker 2: And Houston was a crazy inconsistent team all year. Anyway,
Speaker 2: like I said, I said going into this game is
Speaker 2: I couldn't picture away Houston could win. You know, if
Speaker 2: they got to have to do a good start, they didn't.
Speaker 2: If everything was pretty buttoned up, it wasn't. I could
Speaker 2: see them, you know, covering the spread. But you can't
Speaker 2: have a special team's disaster in winn a arrowhead not
Speaker 2: gonna happen. Say it out loud, Yeah, we're awful on
Speaker 2: special teams and we're facing Mahomes and read off a bye.
Speaker 2: The other thing I think about is I do think
Speaker 2: this is the best version of Buffalo, and I don't
Speaker 2: think it's the best version of the Lions. I thought
Speaker 2: that were aboutter last year because they were healthier. I
Speaker 2: don't think it's the best version necessarily of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 2: I think Sirianni this year has been quirky. I thought
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl year they had a better staff with
Speaker 2: Shane Steiken. I don't think it's the best version of
Speaker 2: Baltimore because A Flowers is hurt. I think this is
Speaker 2: the best version of the Buffalo Bills, and that's why
Speaker 2: I think they're going to beat Baltimore. But as I
Speaker 2: look at the AFC in total, I think there's a
Speaker 2: about five teams in this league that are a year away. Denver, Rams,
Speaker 2: I believe, Chargers, Houston, Texans. I think they're all really
Speaker 2: really close, but they just need another draft to catch
Speaker 2: up to Buffalo, Philadelphia, Detroit talent, and to be able.
Speaker 1: To topple the Kansas City's chief. So all year.
Speaker 2: Along, I had Kansas City number one in the herd hierarchy.
Speaker 2: I now have them two behind Buffalo, and I think
Speaker 2: that's what the AFC Championship is going to look like.
Speaker 2: But I mean, you're talking Babe Ruth and Gerrig Pippo
Speaker 2: and Jordan Mahomes and Kelsey. It's what you tell your
Speaker 2: grandkids about that didn't see it live. Just amazing. Just
Speaker 2: to put a punctuation on this. Mahomes to Kelsey on
Speaker 2: the day seven of eight, a perfect passer rating one
Speaker 2: fifty eight point three. Mahomes to the rest of the team,
Speaker 2: a passer rating of sixty one completed nine of seventeen.
Speaker 1: Old, reliable when.
Speaker 2: The Chiefs starters played starters playing That defense hasn't given
Speaker 2: up over twenty points since Thanksgiving, and Carlftis has really emerged.
Speaker 2: And Kansas City's defense two years ago was really interesting.
Speaker 1: Good but young. Last year they were really good.
Speaker 2: This year they were a little older and they probably
Speaker 2: won't be able to keep all these guys. But when
Speaker 2: I watched the Chiefs defense this year, it doesn't quite
Speaker 2: feel quite as good at corner. But man, they're timing
Speaker 2: on third and fourth down, their understanding of the scheme
Speaker 2: and the blitz packages. This Kansas City defense, you know,
Speaker 2: we think Kansas City's offense is good Situationally, this Kansas
Speaker 2: City defense.
Speaker 1: Is so good on big downs.
Speaker 2: They can smell it, they can read it, they can
Speaker 2: taste it. I just feel like we're watching and I've
Speaker 2: said this all year. They're better offensively than last year.
Speaker 1: I think they.
Speaker 2: I really do. I don't love their offensive tackle situation,
Speaker 2: but they're better offensively.
Speaker 1: They're more dynamic.
Speaker 2: Xavior Worthy helps. They're maybe not quite as deep defensively,
Speaker 2: but I think they're that year of age and wisdom.
Speaker 1: Jesus. They're good on big downs defensively, the volume