1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 1: Veil. Round the League Podcast openly fears Papa Jah. Welcome 2 00:00:10,039 --> 00:00:12,119 Speaker 1: back to another edition of the Round League Podcast. My 3 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: name is Dan Hans that I'm joined by a room 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: filled with some heroes, Chris Westling and Gregg Girls at all? 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: What up? Boys? What is happening? I gotta get the 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:24,800 Speaker 1: energy level up from Westling. A little downcast after a 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: someone underwhelming Sunday of divisional round games. I was a 8 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,479 Speaker 1: little disappointed with the quality of the games. Yeah, the 9 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,160 Speaker 1: weekend on a whole doesn't really compare well to wild 10 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: Card weekend, which was one of the better wild card 11 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: weekends in recent memory. But I think from a big 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,920 Speaker 1: picture of perspective, I could not be more thrilled. And 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: not just because I went four oh this week and 14 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: my picks so you know that happened, but because but 15 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,120 Speaker 1: it does not matter if their favorites or not, because 16 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: then why wouldn't everyone have picked them in a lot 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: of people did? A lot of people went for not you, gentlemen, 18 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: I think terrible. Um My point being is that we 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: have to dream matchups. Next Sunday set up. Of course, 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,320 Speaker 1: you have the Seattle Seahawks, the best team in the NFC, 21 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: facing the San Francisco forty Niners, the second best team 22 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:15,040 Speaker 1: in the NFC. You could flip them if you want. 23 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: Potentially in the a f C, we have the rematch 24 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:22,759 Speaker 1: we've been waiting years for Peyton Manning, Tom Brady for 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,480 Speaker 1: for all the marbles. That will settle a lot of things, 26 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,040 Speaker 1: set a lot of things, including who are the conference 27 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 1: champions Broncos Pats. I'm excited about next week and we 28 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: had to do some you wuldn't take care of businesses 29 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: next weekend. I can't wait to see La garrettun and 30 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: Monte Ball settling the Peyton Manning comrade. Well. Plus, you 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 1: know you said we have some heroes. They were missing 32 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: Mr Sessler of course, and he'll be back and healthy 33 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: so hopefully on Tuesday. But we do have an extra 34 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 1: hero in the back. K rich on the mic ouh. 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 1: You gotta love it. Hey, guys, are these not four 36 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: teams that super deserve to be there? Yeah? For sure? 37 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: Isn't that great? Nobody got picked off in some like 38 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: stupid game. Although there were three of these games, or 39 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: at least two of these games, it almost happened where 40 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 1: the team that maybe wasn't the better team on was 41 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 1: pulled it out, but it didn't happen. Why don't we 42 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: get into into it? Unless care what you have? Anything 43 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 1: else you want to say, No, I'm just saying. When 44 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: I was watching that game, the the Denver Broncos take 45 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: on the Chargers, I was a little bit on the 46 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,200 Speaker 1: edge of my seat thinking that if the Chargers get 47 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:39,840 Speaker 1: in here. I remember West saying the Chargers can't have 48 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:45,519 Speaker 1: nice things. The Bengals can't have nice things. I don't 49 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: think Chargers have not had many nice things, all right, 50 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: So why don't we Why don't we start there? Peyton 51 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 1: Manning welcomed West Welcer back into the lineup with a 52 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: touchdown toss, and the Denver Broncos narrowly avoided a repeat 53 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: of their playoffs slip from last year, advancing to the 54 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: f C Championship Game with a seventeen win over those 55 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 1: San Diego Chargers on Sunday. The Broncos controlled this game 56 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 1: for three and a half quarters. Uh Philip Rivers got 57 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:15,239 Speaker 1: the Charges back in the game, but ultimately Peyton Manning 58 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,280 Speaker 1: and company were able to um ice the game with 59 00:03:18,320 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: a drive late in the fourth quarter, and the Broncos 60 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: roll on. They beat the Chargers at their own game, 61 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,799 Speaker 1: controlled the clock, kept the offense off the field, ran 62 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: the ball, and played good defense. It's amazing they wanted 63 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: a game that they were pretty sloppy on offense in 64 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,160 Speaker 1: the red zone. I mean, the receivers made a lot 65 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: of mental errors, some drops. They could have had a 66 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 1: lot more point in this game. But my big takeaway 67 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 1: was right at the end, flashbacks the Divisional round last 68 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: year when they run the ball on third and seven 69 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: and punt it back to Joe Flacco and count on 70 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: the defense instead. John Fox and Adam Gaze give him 71 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: some credit. They're throwing the ball on second and seventeen. 72 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,520 Speaker 1: They're throwing the ball on third and seventeen. Manning steps 73 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 1: up avoid some pressure. Really nice play to Julius Thomas 74 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: who is wide open aggression. It was rewarded, it was 75 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: And this was a game where um Peyton Manning did 76 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 1: not put up Gaudi statistics, and the Peyton Manning haters, 77 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll be able to cook up some type 78 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 1: of nonsense to explain why that he doesn't even deserve 79 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: to be moving forward. Adam Rank, this might be you 80 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: uh eight, Y're okay tonight, But ultimately third and seventeen 81 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:27,039 Speaker 1: three oh six to play a beautiful sideline pass to 82 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: Julius Thomas for twenty one yards. UH. The next uh 83 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: set of downs third and six now to twelve remaining 84 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: of the games game nine yard passed for another first down, 85 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 1: again to Thomas. Those were there was some double onions 86 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: from Peyton Manning and Julius Thomas deserves credit as well. 87 00:04:43,560 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: And that's how you win games. And that's what they 88 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: did it to last year in a game in which 89 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: you could see and hear the wind. Uh, you could 90 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: hear it every time on the microphone, every time the 91 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: ref made a call, Peyton Manning came through. And you know, 92 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 1: it was a really good game game playing by the 93 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: Broncos not to have him throwing the entire game and 94 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: not throwing deep. And they tried to go deep a 95 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 1: few times, like they did it towards the end of 96 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: the regular season. It didn't really work out. It was 97 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 1: amazing the Chargers were even in that spot because this 98 00:05:14,520 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: was a seventeen point game going into the fourth quarter. 99 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: It was a blowout. The Chargers had seventy nine yards 100 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 1: of offense through three quarters. Of all the things that 101 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:27,680 Speaker 1: happened on Divisional Round weekend, That was the most surprising 102 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 1: to me, that Denver's defense came out and just dominated 103 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: the game, and that that's a good sign for them 104 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: if they played three quarters like that two more times. 105 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning is winning the second title. Well, we have 106 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: to take the competition, the level of competition into account, 107 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: but they've held for their last of five opponents to 108 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,960 Speaker 1: fewer than two are in sixty total yards. By the way, 109 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: did either of you guys just I don't want to 110 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: get off point, But during the third quarter there was 111 00:05:53,480 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 1: a Papa John's commercial. Yeah, did Papa John make eye 112 00:05:57,920 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: contact with either of you at one point and then 113 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 1: just keep it And then he tried to change the 114 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: channel and his eyes were still staring at you. That 115 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: didn't happen to me. But every time I see a 116 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 1: Papa John's commercial, I find something else to do ahead 117 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 1: I mean paying, I mean Pitton Manning. His performance in 118 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: these commercials is gone downhill and is more shameful than 119 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: all the playoff performances. Damna check one talk about this 120 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: used to be the greatest pitchman of our time and 121 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: he's ruining his reputation. To think Papa John's when he 122 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: was thirty four thirty thirty four, he was the best 123 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:33,479 Speaker 1: ever and almost like a natural quarterback progression, he's tailed off, 124 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: but in real life he's remade excellent. Al Right, back 125 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:37,600 Speaker 1: to the game. You guys have a lot of expect 126 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: for Peyton Manning's commercials. He's pretty good. I think they're 127 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 1: amongst that meat iconic John makes him weird. He's doing 128 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: the moonwalks literally right behind right now. We need we 129 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 1: need to move on before a shadowy league figure also 130 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: comes in moon walks into the studio. I just wanted 131 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,560 Speaker 1: I wanted something out of this week because it was 132 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: a little bit lacking in late game drama. I wanted 133 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,320 Speaker 1: to see Rivers get the ball. Of course I did. 134 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: I picked them, and I've enjoyed watching them all year 135 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:10,360 Speaker 1: get the ball with a chance to win because they 136 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: they shouldn't have been in this game, and yet they 137 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,280 Speaker 1: started scoring the minute that Chris Harris left the game 138 00:07:17,280 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: and Quentin Jammer came in. And that'll be something to 139 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: watch over the next week. They get the on side kick, 140 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: they go right back down the field again. You got 141 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 1: the sense of San Diego get it one more time, 142 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 1: that this just could be one of those crazy games. 143 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: But didn't happen. Yeah, I think that's another another defense 144 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: took kind of took its foot off the gas pedal. Uh, 145 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: Seattle seem to do that against the U Saints too. 146 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: The Broncos and the Patriots, who you know, make it 147 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 1: this far because of Manning Brady more than anything because 148 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: of their passing games. You know, they both had good 149 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: defensive performances this weekend, and they both ran the ball. Well, No, 150 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: Sean Monty Ball, it's kind of you. You wrote about that, 151 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,160 Speaker 1: it's been a running weekend. There's gonna be a lot 152 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: of talk about that. Yeah, well, everybody knows it's a 153 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 1: past heavy league now. And then Bill Belichick kind of 154 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: turned it on its head. He said this three or 155 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,679 Speaker 1: four years ago, I'm acquiring people to run a power offense. 156 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: Everyone else is acquiring two tight ends. After he had 157 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,120 Speaker 1: already done that. He seems to see the trends before 158 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:17,400 Speaker 1: other people. Why not run power against all these nickel 159 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: and dime defenses that you're seeing. No, Sean Reno twenty 160 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: three carries for eighty two yards and a touchdown. Monty 161 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: Ball ten carries for fifty two yards. Uh, that's thirty 162 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 1: three rushes for a Denver Broncos team that's set the 163 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,560 Speaker 1: NFL scoring record this year. So yeah, they changed up 164 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 1: their strategy a little here. Ryan matthews injury was a 165 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: big factor. I thought he couldn't stay on the field. 166 00:08:38,679 --> 00:08:42,720 Speaker 1: You know. Rivers missed a couple throws. Didn't play poorly. 167 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: I wouldn't say, but he missed a couple turn Their 168 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: margin for air was so thin. The right side of 169 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,319 Speaker 1: their offensive line couldn't protect. I mean it comes back 170 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 1: to Denver's defense. I was really surprised because I thought 171 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a big weak spot and they had 172 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: pressure on Rivers all day. How about some love for 173 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: pop roast. Terence Knighton has been playing out of his 174 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: mind to pay six weeks or so. Malik Jackson has 175 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: been one of the better interior your pass rushers. The 176 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: the Jeremy Minty signing was good, and the linebackers have 177 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: been okay. One one question after you, guys you are 178 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 1: fantasy experts in a prior life, Where does Keenan Allen 179 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: go in next year's fantasy drafts? Because I had this 180 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: argument with a friend at a bar today, I would 181 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 1: say he get drafted like border borderline wide receiver two 182 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: wide receiver three, which is what fourth or fifth round. 183 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: Let's say about fifth round. Yeah, that's about what I 184 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: would think, and maybe even third or fourth Well what 185 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: were your thinking? I thought he was gonna be maybe 186 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,680 Speaker 1: a third round guy, you know, and he's he's gotten 187 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: better and better as the season's progressed, and he's number one. 188 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 1: He's the man on that offense. The ghost of Antonio 189 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: Gates two catches for ten yards, by the way. Yeah, 190 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel bad that I even thought about 191 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: Antonio Gates for the Pro Bowl this year. He did 192 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: start out the year well, but he totally disappeared. He 193 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,960 Speaker 1: had a bad game. Your boy, Lar Darius Green with 194 00:09:57,000 --> 00:09:59,400 Speaker 1: a big dropping this game at a at a crucial 195 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 1: point for in Diego. Moving on, Legarrett Blount had four 196 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: touchdown runs. That's insane, and the New England Patriots kept 197 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 1: Andrew Luck from a second straight comeback when beating the 198 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: Indian Indianapolis called two on Saturday night to advance to 199 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: their third straight a FC Conference title game, where of 200 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: course they will meet the Broncos. Blount scored on three 201 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 1: two yard runs in the first half half, then burst 202 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: through the right side of the line and rumbled seventy 203 00:10:26,120 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: three yards in the second half, a complete, um, just 204 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,079 Speaker 1: complete domination in that spot, which you know I called 205 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,960 Speaker 1: it as an X factor when we wrote up the 206 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,439 Speaker 1: pieces this week, I of course I cannot cop to 207 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: thinking this was gonna happen. Blount carrying the Patriots offense. 208 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 1: Are we going with Blount or Blunt? I think it's 209 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:56,200 Speaker 1: blunt blunt blunt, like a blunt blunt instrument. Yeah. Kind 210 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 1: of looked at each other like, Um, where are we 211 00:10:58,280 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: going with this? You know where it's going, Hey, La 212 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:04,120 Speaker 1: Garrett Blunt, this isn't just a one week phenomenon. This 213 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: was actually a come down from his game against Buffalo. 214 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:10,760 Speaker 1: I'm not even kidding. He had a better game against 215 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:15,240 Speaker 1: Buffalo in week seventeen. Six total yards, a hundred and 216 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: eight nine yards of the ground. He had too long 217 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: kick returns. We talked about La Garrett Blunt is kind 218 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: of the face of this Patriots team that he's not 219 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: the guy you expected at the beginning of the season. 220 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,359 Speaker 1: It's not quite the offense you expected, but it's very effective. 221 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: They are a very good, power running offensive team, and 222 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:34,920 Speaker 1: that could be a problem for Denver. It could be 223 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: a big problem. La Garrett Blunt's everything seven yards per 224 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: carry over the last three weeks with eight touchdowns. We 225 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:43,160 Speaker 1: can't stop him. He's gonna be the most feared runner 226 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. They acquired Legarrett Blunt for 227 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: a seventh round pick in April, and the track guy 228 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 1: Jeff Demps, we don't even really need to say. He's 229 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: running for the Olympics, just jumping over hurdles in the 230 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 1: darkness somewhere. And now this guy is a Murray as 231 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: Jerome bettus in his prime. It's absurd what's going on here. 232 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: It's a great run blocking line. They've kind of I 233 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: think what they do well and why the Patriots not 234 00:12:08,760 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: to be too big of a homer, why they have 235 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: such a good December record over the years, and why 236 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: they always closed strong. I think by the end of 237 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: the year, Belichick and the staff they figure out what 238 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: they are and what they do well, and they kind 239 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: of realized, Hey, we've got Ridley here as a very 240 00:12:22,520 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: good backup. We've got Blunt is running well. We've got 241 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: a good run blocking line. Let's let's stick with that. Now. 242 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: You could let it out, Greg, you know, you got 243 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,200 Speaker 1: to let it out. You could drop a Boston stroll 244 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: and what you want. Was there a point in this 245 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: game that you just thought Andrew Luck was gonna come 246 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:44,640 Speaker 1: back and evaporate this Patriots defense and make me miserable. Yes, 247 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:47,680 Speaker 1: after both those back to back throws where he climbed 248 00:12:47,679 --> 00:12:52,200 Speaker 1: the pocket and just uncorked a perfect pass down the field. Yeah, 249 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 1: I thought Andrew Luck was gonna do it. But he Uh, 250 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: too many mistakes by him and he clearly really needs 251 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 1: help on that. On that, that was gonna be my 252 00:13:02,679 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: follow up question. Uh. The obviously, the Cults had that amazing, 253 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 1: memorable win over the Chiefs, but let's not get crazy. 254 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:10,839 Speaker 1: They were down thirty eight ten at one point and 255 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs kind of folded. Um, how close of the 256 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 1: Cults from actually being a big boy in the A 257 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: f C or are they kind of far off? Still? Well, 258 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: you have to consider he lost his number one running back, 259 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,240 Speaker 1: number one tight end, and number one ride receiver before 260 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: the end of October, So you get, I don't know 261 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: if Bradshaw's coming back, Wayne's gonna be thirty five. His 262 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: left tackle is still Anthony Costanzo unless I'm unaware of 263 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: some change, and his guards are even more of a problem, 264 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: and his center his interior. Your blocking is just awful. 265 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: But don't you think the biggest disappointment if I'm a 266 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:47,120 Speaker 1: Colts fan in this game is that the defense, it's 267 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: a defensive coach that they have, has made no progress 268 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: since the day he got there. I think their defense 269 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: has been better than the sum of their parts. But 270 00:13:57,080 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: here they are in the playoffs and late in the 271 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 1: season they're giving up forty points in two straight games, 272 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,959 Speaker 1: and there really has been no progress from the Peyton 273 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 1: Manning era defenses to this. I would say they're worse now. 274 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:13,480 Speaker 1: And it doesn't just stop with Chuck Pagano. We love 275 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 1: Ryan Grigson, but he should get a little heat for this. 276 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: They had as much salary cap space with anybody and 277 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: they used it on Eric Walden, Lauren Landry, uh Ricky's, 278 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 1: Jean Francois and these guys haven't made them a great 279 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: defense they have, they're not any better than they were 280 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,320 Speaker 1: last year. Guy in our newsroom, Mike Coppinger, made a 281 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: good joke about it, like Lron Landry Landry is his 282 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: middle name and taking a bad angle is his last name, basically, 283 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: because I mean, he was a big part of some 284 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: of these big runs and some of the big plays 285 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: by the Patriots, and he'll make big plays, but he'll 286 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 1: also kill you. That's interesting because he was such a 287 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: great player for the Jets last year and they wanted 288 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: to keep him. They couldn't the Colts. That's one move 289 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: that Grigson made to make sure you got him, and 290 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: he didn't. And he looked really good earlier in this moments. 291 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: He had great moments he had. He was a key 292 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: part of the their win over the Dolphins. I don't know. 293 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,680 Speaker 1: I don't think they're far away from being a major 294 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 1: contender because they have Andrew Luck, So why why can't 295 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 1: they make the playoffs? Have a good chance every year? 296 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: And then you got a chance. Uh. Trent Richardson finished 297 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: the season from hell three carries for one yard along 298 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: of two. There was never a point in that game 299 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: where you wanted to see Trent Richardson with the ball. 300 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: If you were at the team, I want to see 301 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: him on that team week one next year, Yes, yeah, 302 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: I think definitely. But it struck me how that performance. 303 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: If you had looked at this box score, you know, 304 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 1: back in Week three after this trade happened, you would 305 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: have thought that would have been such a big story 306 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: that Trent Richardson, the guy they gave up a first 307 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: round pick for, had one yard on three carries a 308 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: week after he had a fumble on his only carry, 309 00:15:49,720 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 1: and yet no one was really talking about Richardson because 310 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: at this point he's become almost a non story. It 311 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: just got worse every single week. It's crazy. I would 312 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: like to say about this game. I knew my Colts 313 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: pick was in trouble before the game started that early 314 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,280 Speaker 1: that afternoon when I saw a quote from Bill Belichick 315 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: saying how proud he was of his team. Bill Bill 316 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: Belichick had emotion, he had emotion, He's proud of the 317 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 1: more than seven smiles. And Greg's been talking about how 318 00:16:19,200 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: this reminds him of the early two thousands teams, and 319 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: I just didn't take that into account. I should have. 320 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: That was a big mistake by me. And the fact 321 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: that I picked against Tom Brady, which just doesn't even 322 00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: make sense. Why would you pick against Tom Brady? It 323 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: is weird, though it's it's still hard to wrap my 324 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: mind around the fact that one of the best offenses 325 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: in the league is led by Julian Edelman as their 326 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:41,120 Speaker 1: number one receiver and a guy they traded Jeff Demps 327 00:16:41,160 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: for Yeah, we will be getting obviously into Sunday's game 328 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: all week during the podcast, but Greg, I do want 329 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: to I'm just curious, as the Patriots guy in this group, 330 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: how do you feel your opening thoughts about heading towards 331 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: Peyton Brady. I feel good. I felt I felt pretty 332 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: good all year about this team. They're in a in 333 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,040 Speaker 1: the spot that I was hoping they would get to. 334 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 1: It doesn't quite make sense, but I like it. I 335 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: feel pretty confident. I mean, it's how can you not in? 336 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 1: How can you not like Brady Man? I mean, it 337 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: would have been easier if it was Patriots charge about 338 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 1: how can you not like that? I feel better after 339 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: seeing Jamie Collins as a difference maker. Yes, I thought 340 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: he was. I mean he has been coming on slowly, 341 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,119 Speaker 1: and you wonder if they when they put Spikes on 342 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: injured reserve, and there's some dispute over why that was, 343 00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: whether knowing that, knowing that Jamie Collins is going to 344 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 1: be on the field the ton I thought it made 345 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: them a better defense not to have to have Collins 346 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 1: over spikes. I've never seen a player quite like him 347 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:45,360 Speaker 1: at his size that can cover people like him against 348 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 1: a team that has to be a pass heavy team 349 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 1: like the Colts. If it was a run heavy team, 350 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: maybe you'd rather have spikes. But Collins is definitely better 351 00:17:52,480 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: on the field against the cool We'll talk about this game, 352 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,879 Speaker 1: but my my take is whatever defense can give a 353 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: C plus or B minus performance team is going to 354 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: go to the Super Bowl. That neither defense is very good, 355 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: but they just the Patriots need to do something like 356 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,359 Speaker 1: they did against Indianapolis, which is just forced a bunch 357 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: of turnovers and they have been known to do that 358 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: this year. Marshaw and Lynch ran for a hundred and 359 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: forty yards and two touchdowns. Stephen haus kicked three field 360 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,880 Speaker 1: goals in bluster three conditions in Seattle's defense flustered Drew 361 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:20,360 Speaker 1: Brees and the New Orleans Saints, and a twenty three 362 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: fifteen victories Saturday in the NFC Divisional playoff games, the 363 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: top seeded Seahawks advance to the NFC Title Game for 364 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: the second time in franchise history and will host the 365 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty Niners. Thoughts on this game fils Yes, uh, 366 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 1: the only reason this was not a blowout and we 367 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,959 Speaker 1: can serve and volley semantics on whether it was or not. 368 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: I feel like the Seahawks controlled the game from start 369 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: to finish, much like the Broncos did. They They absolutely 370 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: controlled the game. The only reason it wasn't a blowout 371 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,240 Speaker 1: was the onside kick. Same thing in the Broncos game, 372 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: and Darryl Bethel called one of the worst games I've 373 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: ever seen. He just decided that Russell Wilson couldn't pass 374 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: anymore and he was just gonna run it every play 375 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: because he was so confident his defense would stop Drew Brees. 376 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 1: And it was just like, how not to call a 377 00:19:07,240 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: football game out of aggression. You've lost all perspective here 378 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:13,919 Speaker 1: because he picked a huge blowout for the Seahawks. You 379 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: and Dan who just think the Seahawks have to win 380 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,159 Speaker 1: every game at home by forty points. You're not watching 381 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: the game as it's happening that you know they missed 382 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: The Saints missed two kicks at halftime. I know the 383 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: score was sixty nothing, but I felt the opposite. I 384 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 1: felt it was so much closer than that. The total 385 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: yardage was close, They're moving, had the fewest passing yards 386 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 1: of his career, and yet, and yet the Seahawks weren't 387 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: doing anything either first downs in this game twenty five 388 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,960 Speaker 1: for New Orleans for Seattle. How is that not a 389 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: close game? It looked to me like to fairly evenly 390 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: matched teams. This was a total stinker in the fourth 391 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and the Seahawks 392 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: had played a Sea minus game and we're still whooping 393 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: this team, um beating them decisively until it got tight 394 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 1: tight late. I I just thought there was a misleading score, 395 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,600 Speaker 1: and I thought it was the other way around, because 396 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:05,199 Speaker 1: the Seahawks. The Saints missed two field goals and they 397 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: got stopped on fourth down. They had four drives that 398 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: went into Seahawks territory where they got no points. It 399 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: was definitely a misleading score. They needed a on side 400 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: kick and a touchdown with thirty seconds left in the 401 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: game to make it look close. What is your concern level? Dan? 402 00:20:21,560 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: As the biggest Seahawks fan in the room? Not not 403 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 1: a great title. But here, out of the three of us, uh, 404 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson passing game, I really doing it lately. Here's 405 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: a little uh, here's a little play on words. I'm 406 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 1: gonna give Russell Wilson a pass on his passing game 407 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: yesterday how about that? Can I leave them? No? All right, 408 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:45,119 Speaker 1: I'll continue with my analysis. Um, that was that was 409 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: terrible conditions. Drew Brees didn't know what to do with 410 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,880 Speaker 1: it either initially and then the play calling he didn't 411 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: get a lot to do after that. He lost Percy 412 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:58,080 Speaker 1: Harvin again to a concussion. Yes, Russell Wilson has had 413 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: uh there's some blip on the radar of the season. 414 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna go too crazy about what I 415 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: saw yesterday. It was just it was a game that 416 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: was made for the run, and and Marshawn Lynch was 417 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:10,879 Speaker 1: the guy who was going to carry the team. I 418 00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,640 Speaker 1: still feel very much, I feel very strongly that Wilson 419 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: has a chance. He has that Tom Brady type d 420 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: NA where he can become maybe one of the best 421 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 1: playoff quarterbacks of his generation. I think he has that 422 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 1: in him, that DNA, and I think it will come 423 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 1: out next week. And when push game to shove that 424 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: third down again, aggressive call by the Seahawks that they 425 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:35,360 Speaker 1: threw the ball on third down late in the game 426 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,159 Speaker 1: instead of trying to milk the clock, and they hit 427 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,280 Speaker 1: a twenty four yard throughout a beautiful catch by Doug Baldwin. 428 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: That really puts that game away. Yeah, they were forced 429 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: to do that because of the uh, I don't know, 430 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,919 Speaker 1: eight team possessions in a row where they just ran 431 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: the ball every time and put themselves in that spot 432 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,159 Speaker 1: that they had no business being in. I thought it 433 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 1: was a big story of this game. Percy Harvin's concussion. 434 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: He looked really good early, that huge third down catch 435 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: in traffic. Uh. And then Golden Tate I don't know 436 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: why he wasn't checked for a concussion after that early 437 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: first quarter hit because he slept through the rest of 438 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: the game. Every catch after that he couldn't catch it, 439 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,679 Speaker 1: and then it looked like he was out of it 440 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,359 Speaker 1: on the on side kick that he missed. And let's 441 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,359 Speaker 1: give yeah, and let's give a lot. Let's give it 442 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: up for beast Mode, Marshaw and Lynch because in a 443 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,720 Speaker 1: game where Golden Tape disappeared, Harvon got hurt, the conditions 444 00:22:22,720 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: were bad. Lynch was the one guy that the Seahawks 445 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: can lean on and Carl can lean on to get 446 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: the job done. Hundred and forty yards two touchdowns on 447 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: twenty eight carries. He's he is to me kind of 448 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: an unsung hero, even among when you rank running backs. 449 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: He's really the first guy that comes up when you 450 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,679 Speaker 1: start rattling off the best guys in the league. And 451 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: yet he does it every week, and he's been doing 452 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: it almost consistently for three years. Now, we'll give it up. 453 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: We got to give it up for the guy. This 454 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 1: guy's a beast. Yeah, go ahead, Now, I was gonna say, 455 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: it's just it's one of the reasons why next week's 456 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 1: matchup is so much fun because they're so similar or 457 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, Lynch is a lot more 458 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: fun to watch, I think than Frank Gore. But there 459 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 1: are these two power running backs that can shake off 460 00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: a lot of tacklers. They are so similar. But right now, 461 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: I wouldn't have believed this, uh six weeks ago. I 462 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: have a lot more faith in the forty Niners passing 463 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: game than I do the Seahawks. I do too. It 464 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: was this Seahawks Saints game was it was a straight 465 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:23,439 Speaker 1: I wrote the you know game story afterwards, and it 466 00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 1: was kind of a hard game to put a theme to, 467 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? And the more I thought 468 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:32,879 Speaker 1: about it's because the Seahawks team, what they are is 469 00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:36,200 Speaker 1: a collection of like five or six defensive players who 470 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: are all so talented they can take over any play 471 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,880 Speaker 1: and just win that play. Cam Chancellor had a huge game. 472 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:46,479 Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner had a huge game. Earl Thomas totally shut down, 473 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: Jimmy Graham, Michael Bennett, Michael Bennett at a monster game. 474 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 1: Cliff Avril made a couple of plays for them, and 475 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: it's you have to give it up for John Schneider 476 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,959 Speaker 1: and Pete Carroll. This is kind of their vision of 477 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 1: when they came into Seattle. This is the team they wanted. 478 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,400 Speaker 1: They are built to win these ugly games where it's 479 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,640 Speaker 1: somehow not that impressive, but that's that's what they are. 480 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,840 Speaker 1: That's what they're built to do. And I Mike Silver 481 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:14,119 Speaker 1: NFL Media's Mike Silver wrote a really good piece breaking 482 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,840 Speaker 1: down the Seahawks yesterday. He was at the game and 483 00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:18,520 Speaker 1: he made he made a good point and he's right, 484 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: is that, you know, while other teams maybe rested on 485 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,199 Speaker 1: their laurels, the the Seahawks, they stayed aggressive. Cliff Avril 486 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: was a big player for the Lions and they got 487 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: him at a bargain rate. Michael Bennett was a guy 488 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,439 Speaker 1: that everybody saw. We wrote about him at the end 489 00:24:32,480 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 1: of last season, how he was potentially one of the 490 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: best defensive players on the market. He went out and 491 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,200 Speaker 1: got both of them at low prices and they become 492 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: major players along the defensive line. Two guys that they 493 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,639 Speaker 1: were able to sign because Russell Wilson makes under a 494 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 1: million dollars. That will change eventually, that that's a factor, 495 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,640 Speaker 1: But you still have to give him credit in Schneider 496 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: who comes from green Bay, but he doesn't act like 497 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 1: green Bay. You know the Packers who just refused to 498 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,560 Speaker 1: sign any free agents because that's their philosophy and they 499 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: won't jump off that. Philaw Bob mcgainn wrote this great 500 00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,520 Speaker 1: piece criticizing them a little bit for that, and I 501 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: think it's smart. You should napalmed uh lambeau Field with 502 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: that column. I loved it too. It was great, and 503 00:25:11,680 --> 00:25:13,720 Speaker 1: I love that because you should not be so married 504 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,439 Speaker 1: to any plan that you can't look for value in 505 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 1: any way possible. And the Seahawks have done it in 506 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: the draft looking for guys other teams didn't want, and 507 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 1: they've done it in free agency. And this is also 508 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,479 Speaker 1: why Pete Carroll is, you know, against all odds, has 509 00:25:26,480 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: become a great NFL coach. Um. I say that as 510 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: a Jet fan when he first took the Jet job 511 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,960 Speaker 1: in ninety four and then he stunk in New England, 512 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: went to USC and then came to Seattle, and all 513 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 1: of a sudden, he's winning every year. These guys buy 514 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,200 Speaker 1: into this plan because Bruce Irvin Um said that there's 515 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 1: so much depth on that on that line, in that 516 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: front that he's coming out and getting less snaps. And 517 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 1: his quote was, we're winning though I ain't even tripping. 518 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,439 Speaker 1: These guys bought in to this plan and as long 519 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 1: as they win that everyone's you know happy. That's what 520 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: Sessler said to me. Actually this morning, it's got the 521 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: early shift. You know, he's got to do a couple 522 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,240 Speaker 1: bla extra post, but he knows it's all. It's all 523 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 1: for thee. He ain't tripping. I mean, Pete Carroll could 524 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: have won the Coach of the Year. I think I 525 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 1: almost wish I voted for him. He he was my 526 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,360 Speaker 1: pick halfway through the season. Just what he's done overall. 527 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: Sometimes the team that's expected to win, you don't give 528 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: credit to the coach. But what he's done as a 529 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 1: the body of work, to me is about as impressive 530 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,320 Speaker 1: as as anything that's happened in the NFL. You would 531 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,679 Speaker 1: make the same argument for Bill Bill, Yeah, I would. 532 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,440 Speaker 1: This might be Belichick's best coaching job. It's up there. 533 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,159 Speaker 1: This in oh six when they almost got to the 534 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: super Bowl and then Peyton beat him. That was the 535 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 1: last time these two teams played in the in the 536 00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 1: the first Super Bowl year, the last two times these 537 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,400 Speaker 1: players played. I should say, sorry, I'm getting a little 538 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: lost in thought. Um, when when my time comes, my 539 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: name gets called by the big guy upstairs, I want 540 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,199 Speaker 1: to use this platform to say I want my tombstone 541 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 1: to say, Dan Hansas, I ain't even tripping. Can we 542 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: do that? Sure? All right, thank you, it's been said. 543 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 1: And now it's been it's been settled. Shall we move on? 544 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:07,719 Speaker 1: Do you want to linger on that for a while? Well, 545 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: I know, just when you think about when you wrestle 546 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 1: with your immortality, these weird thoughts come up. That's all. 547 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,400 Speaker 1: Crystal can't stop giggling back there. You know I can 548 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 1: make that happen. Well, you know I can engrave your 549 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: tombstone and you can make his death happen. It would 550 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 1: be funny. It's like I didn't say all that funny, 551 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: Like as a as a prap fall to and people 552 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: could like literally trip over your uh interesting. Colin Kaepernick 553 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: threw one touchdown pass and ran for another score as 554 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty Niners defeated the Carolina Panthers on 555 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:45,280 Speaker 1: Sunday to advance to the NFC Championship Game for the 556 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: third straight season. Jim Harbor, good job by you. Colin 557 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,040 Speaker 1: Kaepernick completed fifteen passes for a hundred and ninety six yards, 558 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 1: avenging his worst statistical performance of the season two months 559 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 1: ago against the Panthers. Better team one here, and it 560 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: was pretty obvious as you watch a game that went 561 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: on that San Francisco was much better than Carolina. Oh, 562 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: I don't know about that, all right, let's talk about 563 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: it podcast. The Panthers thoroughly outplayed the forty Honors for 564 00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 1: a quarter and a half in the midst of some 565 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,280 Speaker 1: awfully one sided officiating. And I know a league figure, 566 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:20,120 Speaker 1: shadowy figure is coming in the door, but alfully one 567 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,080 Speaker 1: side of officiating that happened throughout the first quarter and 568 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: a half. They failed to take advantage of those two 569 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:27,680 Speaker 1: goal line opportunities, and you just knew they were to 570 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 1: come back to on them and then after that they 571 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: just went in the tank. But I don't think after 572 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:33,919 Speaker 1: watching that that I would say the forty hours were 573 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: definitely a better team. I would because I think that goal, 574 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,040 Speaker 1: those goal line stands, and staying in the game when 575 00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: they weren't playing their best, and then doing the long 576 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: drive at the end of the first half, which is 577 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:53,600 Speaker 1: situation of football. Those are marks of title teams, you 578 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: know what I mean that they're going to survive against 579 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: a really good opponent that's playing well while while they're 580 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: not at their best, and in they come out in 581 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:02,680 Speaker 1: the second half and they laid I mean they killed 582 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 1: him in the second half. Yeah, I killed at the 583 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: forty nine is were mentally tougher. They built that team 584 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: that way. You know, we talked. We talked about how 585 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: uh you know, everyone loves each other now and it's 586 00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,320 Speaker 1: not like the old days. These teams legitimately hate each other. 587 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: It could not be more clear as the game was 588 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:21,880 Speaker 1: going on, guys were just taken out of the game 589 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: and who's the defensive for Carolina that basically ended the 590 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 1: game with that personal foul near the end, it was 591 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: just a matter of time before someone kind of went 592 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,760 Speaker 1: over the edge and that's what happened. There was a 593 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 1: lot of bad blood on the field. And how about 594 00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: how about Troy Aikman throwing some serious shade at An 595 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: Kwan Bolden. See, I don't, I didn't even I wasn't missed. Yeah, 596 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,920 Speaker 1: I saw all these sports traders saying the Panthers deserved 597 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 1: to have all these personal fouls because they were playing stupidly. 598 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 1: An Kwan Bolden was playing justice stupidly. Aikman pointed it out. 599 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: But the rest would not flag An Kwan Bulden because 600 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,640 Speaker 1: he's an Kwan Bolden, right, And you also have to 601 00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,479 Speaker 1: know how far to go when what's too far? I 602 00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:05,040 Speaker 1: think when guys start throwing headbuts. Although Baldwin two head butts, 603 00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,160 Speaker 1: none of them got called. The Panthers got called for theirs, 604 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 1: which led directly two points to talk to Dean Blendino 605 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: about this. Would I see? I disagree though that back 606 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,200 Speaker 1: to the point that it was a close gamer. They wouldn't. 607 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,080 Speaker 1: I thought this was the most impressive performance by any 608 00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 1: team on the weekend. It seems like Dan, you you 609 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: kind of agree with me on this. Yeah, I would 610 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 1: be very intimidated if I'm the Seahawks watching game tape 611 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: of the Niners. How physical and I think the Panthers 612 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,000 Speaker 1: win in the tank when when the calls went against him, 613 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: that's what I think. Well, that's not good. I mean, 614 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: he's not, but I think that was a factor. That's 615 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: what I said. I think the Fortys were more mentally tough. 616 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: Cam Newton, who is as streaky as any quarterback in 617 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,479 Speaker 1: the league. This was a microcosm of his season. He 618 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,880 Speaker 1: was on fire for the first half, had two bad 619 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: throws total. One of them he was unlucky enough to 620 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: get picked off on a tip pass, but they only 621 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 1: had ten points. And then the second half he didn't 622 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:00,960 Speaker 1: play that well and he'll get some for it. But 623 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,800 Speaker 1: how about the Panthers defense that we talked about all year. 624 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: You know, the forty Niners get the ball back down 625 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: four points late in the second half, second quarter, eighty 626 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: yards for a touchdown, coming out a halftime, seventy seven 627 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:17,080 Speaker 1: yards for a touchdown. Next drive, eight minute drive, seventy 628 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 1: three yards in a field goal. You're done and that's all. 629 00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: The defense couldn't get off the field once again. And 630 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: Kwan Boulden took over a playoff game. I think he 631 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: had catches of twelve fourteen, fifteen sixteen and forty five 632 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 1: yards on. There's two scoring first, two scoring drives and 633 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: took over the game. The Panthers secondary is you saw today. 634 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: It's not good when they're not getting a fearsome pass rush. 635 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,200 Speaker 1: It's very hard for wide receivers to get in the 636 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, as you see a lot of the 637 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: guys on the waiting list. But if he gets another 638 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,800 Speaker 1: ring and sticks around for a couple more years, is 639 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 1: his I have to check his numbers, but he's built 640 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: a pretty nice resume for a long time. Though he 641 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: would have to go in under the lens swan postseason 642 00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: heavy resume. Would you put in Kwan Boulden over Hines Ward? 643 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 1: I would, I would not. I would not. Yet he's 644 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 1: got a chance if he could somehow put together like 645 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: another run here have a Super Bowl MVP doing it 646 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: for three different teams gives him a little bonus. He's 647 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,960 Speaker 1: showed up in the big spots, and sometimes that's what 648 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:17,040 Speaker 1: these games come down to. And the forty Niners stars 649 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: came out bigger. Bolden stuck out to me, and so 650 00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 1: did Navarro Bowman on a couple of plays, one of 651 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: the biggest players in the game. I thought was it 652 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: was second and goal early in the game and Cam 653 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 1: Newton or his first and goal, and Cam Newton runs 654 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: around the end and it looks like he's gonna score 655 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: a touchdown. Navarre Bowman has two blockers on him, he 656 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,600 Speaker 1: sheds both of them, he tackles Newton, they stop him 657 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 1: two more plays for that first goal line stand of 658 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: the game. Bowman makes another huge play later in the game. 659 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: He he has been electric all year and he outplayed 660 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: Keith Lee and Davis today. Yes he did. And those 661 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,120 Speaker 1: like you said game changing plays and that's what makes 662 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:58,479 Speaker 1: players great. And going back to Newton for a second, 663 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: we we talked about it. I talked about a damnag 664 00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: check on his podcast, and then we did a organic 665 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 1: email chain on the Around the League blog. We all 666 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 1: had Cam Newton eighth of the eight remaining quarterbacks entering 667 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,520 Speaker 1: the Visional Round, and it was all about you had 668 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 1: to show show us something. And there's gonna be questions 669 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: about him going into next season, about his big game 670 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: pedigree off this he was dealing in the first time. 671 00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: I don't think so, or I don't think there should be. 672 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,280 Speaker 1: There might be, right, but I thought who who played 673 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,600 Speaker 1: better today, Kaepernick or Newton. I don't think Kaepernick played 674 00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: any better. I mean, who played better, Russell Wilson, Philip Rivers. 675 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,200 Speaker 1: You know, I think he did a lot of good things. 676 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: He was in and he got a nice groove there, 677 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,320 Speaker 1: but once once the tide turned away from him, he 678 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: wasn't able to get them back. I mean, you gotta 679 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:45,560 Speaker 1: put a lot on him cause he is that offense. 680 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: I put it more on the front seven. We talked 681 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: which team was gonna be tougher in this game in 682 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:55,959 Speaker 1: the short yardage situations in the front seven short yardage 683 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 1: on offense and defense. The forty Niners were tougher in 684 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: and away game. It's almost shows that quarterbacks occasionally, at 685 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: least in this matchup. I almost feel like their importance 686 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,279 Speaker 1: would be overrated because I don't think there was much 687 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:12,279 Speaker 1: of a difference Jean Kaepernick and Newton. The rest of 688 00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: the team decided this that's the theme of Divisional round weekend. 689 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: We had that we had these I like the quarterbacks 690 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 1: that we that we had the debate about, and we 691 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: ranked them and in the end it ended up being 692 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,759 Speaker 1: a lot more about power running games and quarterbacks this 693 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 1: weekend in defense and defense and you could actually read 694 00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,000 Speaker 1: about West Gabe. I thought a thoughtful and nuanced take 695 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,080 Speaker 1: about that in our What we Learned on the Rugge Bland. 696 00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: You know, Greg, that's where you jump in. I want 697 00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:43,240 Speaker 1: you should be throwing that plug in there for the blog. 698 00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 1: I threw it out earlier in the podcast. You got 699 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,759 Speaker 1: to be listening as I bring it back. I don't 700 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,359 Speaker 1: care who it comes from, as long as you guys 701 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:54,759 Speaker 1: build up my ego this is. I mean, if you 702 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,440 Speaker 1: started the show by talking about how it sets up 703 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:01,719 Speaker 1: such a a great weekend, and it does. I mean, 704 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 1: when was the last time that you saw all the 705 00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:08,400 Speaker 1: teams you expected, and not just going into the weekend 706 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: the best teams in the NFL this season, but really 707 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: the teams that were expected to be there before this season, 708 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:17,680 Speaker 1: the teams that were all in the mix as the 709 00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:21,120 Speaker 1: very best teams in the league last season. Everyone had 710 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,759 Speaker 1: the Seahawks and forty Niners meeting, and here they are. 711 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 1: They've hated each other for years. Manning and Brady have 712 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 1: been building to this game since the day Manning signed 713 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:34,160 Speaker 1: with Denver, and now here it is. It's so that 714 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,800 Speaker 1: we weren't even allowed to because all of the know 715 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,640 Speaker 1: at all is on Twitter told us that the best 716 00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: teams never make it. Well, it almost. You have to 717 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,920 Speaker 1: admit that it never happens this way almost. That that 718 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 1: the exact thing that everyone expected happens, and I'm glad 719 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: it did because, you know the thing I thought about 720 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,359 Speaker 1: San Francisco in Seattle. I think this game is at 721 00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,880 Speaker 1: the level of the old Cowboys Niners rivalry in the nineties, 722 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,799 Speaker 1: where it was actually the two best teams squaring off 723 00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:03,560 Speaker 1: and if you got out of the NFC title Game, 724 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: you won the Super Bowl. The only difference this year 725 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:08,880 Speaker 1: is what happened a lot during that era in the 726 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: early nineties was that game would happen and then someone 727 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,719 Speaker 1: get just pasted in the a f C in the 728 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 1: Super Bowl and the a f C. This year, you 729 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:17,919 Speaker 1: have two great teams with iconic quarterbacks. So not only 730 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:20,640 Speaker 1: were gonna get an amazing next Sunday, the Super Bowl 731 00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:24,239 Speaker 1: is going to be sick. Yeah, it would be great 732 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: if we didn't already know that Seattle is gonna win 733 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: in to blow out. Yeah. Well, I didn't want to 734 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,640 Speaker 1: bring it up. I didn't want to bring it up 735 00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,760 Speaker 1: because I did let the people know on Twitter months 736 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,719 Speaker 1: ago that Seattle would blow out the Broncos in the 737 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,799 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, But try not to think about 738 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: that and just enjoy what we have coming. I'm not 739 00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: confident that Darryl Bevil's offense is gonna be doing blowing 740 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:48,360 Speaker 1: out any blowing out any old school quarterbacks new school quarterbacks. 741 00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 1: On the other side, it's almost quarterbacks Peyton Manning, Thomas, 742 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,200 Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick, Russell Wilson. Twenty years from now, they're all 743 00:36:56,239 --> 00:37:04,879 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Easy, easy there, Dwarski. We'll walk 744 00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:10,040 Speaker 1: on water by the end of the two I mean, 745 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,320 Speaker 1: I know, I got a little excited. Manning and Brady 746 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 1: aren't gonna last forever, and I don't know how many 747 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,920 Speaker 1: more times are they going to get a swing at 748 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,840 Speaker 1: the bat to win this extra title that they wanted, 749 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: right and and for now at least, this feels kind 750 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: of like you bened that that's a perfect comparison the 751 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:32,480 Speaker 1: early nineties with power teams. These are four power teams 752 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 1: that have been building up to this and have been 753 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 1: very good for a while. Like these aren't teams that 754 00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: are sneaking up on anyone. When we were one of 755 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,880 Speaker 1: our assignments in the off season, was when the schedule 756 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,320 Speaker 1: comes out, what are the big games? Who are the 757 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: big teams? These were the four powerhouses in the NFL 758 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,239 Speaker 1: back then, except for all those clowns that took the 759 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 1: Texans to the Super Bowl. We'll talk We'll talk about there. 760 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 1: We'll go over some picks later this week on the 761 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,799 Speaker 1: podcast on Tuesday and see how they panned out, car Ridge. 762 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 1: Before we go today, how about a little stitcher plug's stitcher. Yeah, guys, 763 00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:09,920 Speaker 1: you know we're all the super Bowl talk, but the 764 00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:14,000 Speaker 1: Around the League podcast and my best Matt money Smith 765 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,919 Speaker 1: voice has his own super Bowl going on. Guys, were 766 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:23,719 Speaker 1: up for the best sports commentary in so everyone, all 767 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: of our listeners, please vote for us for best Sports 768 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:31,920 Speaker 1: Commentary NFL A t L at Stitcher s t I 769 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,960 Speaker 1: T C h E R dot p R O m 770 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:40,360 Speaker 1: O t W. That's promo tw dot com because we 771 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,400 Speaker 1: want to win seduction Sunday. Yeah. Did you know Ca 772 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:47,920 Speaker 1: Ridge that you could vote every day. This is almost 773 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:52,440 Speaker 1: as shameless as Kaepernick's Superman. No celebration, no shame. Where 774 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: we want to win, Like Dan said, world domination. Yes, yeah, 775 00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,640 Speaker 1: that Kaepernicking. What was up with that, Crystal? You had 776 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,080 Speaker 1: a hot take on this. You see to be somewhat 777 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:06,000 Speaker 1: offended by this Kaepernick celebration. Yeah, I mean, well, you know, 778 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,040 Speaker 1: I'll let I'll throw that to West and let West 779 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,000 Speaker 1: say what he said, and then I'll coming after, I 780 00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,560 Speaker 1: think jump and explain what it was. He pulled his 781 00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,640 Speaker 1: He mocked Cam Newton after a touchdown run on Sunday, 782 00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:21,000 Speaker 1: showing the Superman chest. And then and then there was 783 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,640 Speaker 1: some type of instagram that Kaepernick put up later that 784 00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,279 Speaker 1: was a little odd that West didn't understand and was 785 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,640 Speaker 1: some kind of call back to his fraternity in which 786 00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:32,040 Speaker 1: his nickname was Kryptonite. And then he's also doing the 787 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,200 Speaker 1: Superman post, so he's got all kinds of Superman. It 788 00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,279 Speaker 1: was meant to be. Now, this is what I think, 789 00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:40,879 Speaker 1: and I'm sorry, this is just my thoughts. Disclaimer from 790 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:45,640 Speaker 1: the NFL, you know, to save my behind now listen 791 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,200 Speaker 1: that you can say whatever you want to say. That 792 00:39:48,280 --> 00:39:51,720 Speaker 1: was from your fraternity. I'm well familiar with the Divine 793 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,960 Speaker 1: On or whatever fraternitys that he may have been in. 794 00:39:55,600 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 1: That was a total throw at I'm new and he 795 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,839 Speaker 1: was mocking him. If you can't put it any other way. 796 00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 1: And Kaepernick, by the way, is this close and you're listening. 797 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,279 Speaker 1: My fingers are very close together to annoying me. He's 798 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,880 Speaker 1: get you know, he's favoriting the haters on titter and 799 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,880 Speaker 1: he's mocking Cam Newton and then he's putting up some 800 00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:20,879 Speaker 1: silly instagram from his old frat day. Everybody can I'm 801 00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: just relaxed. Oh pipe that you know who? He reminds 802 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,839 Speaker 1: me of Steve Smith, your boy ice up son having 803 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 1: a little fun. What's wrong with teams not liking each other? 804 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:31,480 Speaker 1: Don't we like this little trash stalking and wake up? Well? 805 00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,920 Speaker 1: And also, if we're gonna talk about creepy commercials and 806 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 1: Papa John, what about the commercial where he's on the 807 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,680 Speaker 1: bus Cam Kaepernick and then he gets off the bus 808 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,080 Speaker 1: and that the bad song is on. That's the sample 809 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,399 Speaker 1: of Elton John. And then someone throws a cooler through 810 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,320 Speaker 1: the windshield and it's like a less boy scout situation. 811 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:51,440 Speaker 1: Is anybody that did you guys see this commercial? Is 812 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:55,560 Speaker 1: the only one that watches commercials? I don't television. Well, 813 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,440 Speaker 1: these are happening during the game. Do you guys have 814 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: a feed that I don't have? We actually do. It's 815 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 1: called the clean feed. Yeah, there you go. Or you know, 816 00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,840 Speaker 1: I use it to get some water, to talk some trash, 817 00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,719 Speaker 1: but hey, I like it. These a consumer, I'm gonna 818 00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:12,120 Speaker 1: commercials for blocking people on Twitter, and we look for 819 00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,160 Speaker 1: that commercial because it's a little off putting, like con 820 00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:17,120 Speaker 1: Kaepernick to me. Anyway, we will live back on Tuesday. 821 00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna begin, which will be a big week for 822 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,239 Speaker 1: the podcast in the NFL as we head toward one 823 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,160 Speaker 1: of the great title weekends in a long time. But 824 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 1: until then, and hopefully Cecil will be back, I assume 825 00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 1: he will be sure, I'll come back to us. Until then, 826 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:34,120 Speaker 1: this is Dan Hads a signing off for the Mailman, 827 00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 1: the Boss k Rich behind the glass, behind the Glass 828 00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:44,240 Speaker 1: until Tuesday, Until Tuesday. That's the name of an eighties 829 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:51,440 Speaker 1: band with the Times West. Tuesday coming up close.