Speaker 1: The Chiefs and Lions are back from the by. They
Speaker 1: are healthier than they've been in months. But is there
Speaker 1: a vulnerability for both these teams entering Saturday's divisional playoffs.
Speaker 1: Our guys Jeffrey Chidia and Adam Rank will tell you
Speaker 1: how somebody could topple the number one seats. The first
Speaker 1: role playing the Egles on the Road is don't insult
Speaker 1: Philly fans in advance. The second role to play in
Speaker 1: the Eagles on the Road is don't insult Philly fans
Speaker 1: in advance. The third rule, okay, get it show to
Speaker 1: say Juan Barkley, here what the two thousand yard man
Speaker 1: had to say about a barb from La. I mean,
Speaker 1: while a Monster matchup on Sunday night in Buffalo, a
Speaker 1: game so big even Ed Reid might want to get
Speaker 1: out there and lateral to Dion Sanders again, Okay, that's
Speaker 1: not playing. He's like forty six years old, but he
Speaker 1: is going to join us on the Insiders to show
Speaker 1: that requires a similar level of physical fitness. Welcome in
Speaker 1: Died with the Insiders alongside Ian Rappaport and Mike Garafalo.
Speaker 1: I am Tom Pelicero. It is the eve of what
Speaker 1: many consider the greatest weekend in football, Divisional playoff weekend. Well,
Speaker 1: if Zane Gonzalez, the Commander's Kicker, joining the show, we
Speaker 1: will talk about all these matchups coming up this weekend.
Speaker 1: Let's start out with one guy who's probably not gonna
Speaker 1: make it. That is Ravens wide receiver Zay Flowers, seen
Speaker 1: here in video from practice giving Brandy Chastain a run
Speaker 1: for her money. He's officially listed as doubtful because of
Speaker 1: that need that he banged up a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 1: Ian's been on this told you a couple of days
Speaker 1: ago that he was a long shot to play. John
Speaker 1: Harbust still saying he has a chance. It is a
Speaker 1: night game, so they've still got forty eight hours or so,
Speaker 1: but it seems like once again the Ravens likely without
Speaker 1: their star wide receiver. The Texans also have a notable injury,
Speaker 1: running back Joe Mixon officially listed as questionable for their game,
Speaker 1: the kicks off Divisional playoff weekend tomorrow afternoon against the Chiefs.
Speaker 1: He's had that ankle for most of the season. In
Speaker 1: the in and out of the lineup, he's gotten a
Speaker 1: couple of hip drop tackles that have not helped matters
Speaker 1: here listed as questionable, though again from Ian sounds like
Speaker 1: that's trending toward Joe Mixon being able to play. Check
Speaker 1: out the full divisional round schedule. It all kicks off
Speaker 1: on Saturday afternoon. It is the Texans at the Chiefs,
Speaker 1: followed by primetime in Motown, Commanders at Lions. Sunday, you
Speaker 1: got the Rams at the Eagles, and that all wraps
Speaker 1: up with the Ravens at the Bills. On the other
Speaker 1: side of the coin, there are six teams that right
Speaker 1: now missed the playoffs and need a head coach. There's
Speaker 1: some of the interviews that happened earlier today, the Jets,
Speaker 1: who are approaching the twenty mark of interviews, speaking with
Speaker 1: Brian Flores, Josh McCown, Jeff Halfley, the Cowboys. That's a
Speaker 1: notable one, with Kellen Moore coming in more on that momentarily.
Speaker 1: Here the Saints revived their search. They had not done
Speaker 1: any interviews in a week. Jaguars, Bears, and Raiders all
Speaker 1: active as well. Rappidport. Where do you want to start here?
Speaker 2: Let's start talking about the Dallas Cowboys and kind of
Speaker 2: where they are in the search. Obviously, they interviewed Kellen
Speaker 2: Moore today. That was a virtual interview. Kellen Moore considered
Speaker 2: to be, let's say, a top candidate with the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 2: known well former offensive coordinator.
Speaker 3: There.
Speaker 2: They have Robert Saalad in person tomorrow and then as
Speaker 2: you reported, Tom Leslie Fraser in person on Monday, which
Speaker 2: would mean theoretically after Monday, the Cowboys could hire someone
Speaker 2: if they wanted. My sense though this is going to
Speaker 2: take some time. They do believe that they don't have
Speaker 2: to be in a rush. It could be a sort
Speaker 2: of more methodical search, might even be.
Speaker 4: The last one done.
Speaker 1: We will see.
Speaker 2: So that is one search. Let's go to the Jacksonville
Speaker 2: Jaguars now. They've interviewed eight candidates, including most recently Brian
Speaker 2: Flores interviewed with them.
Speaker 4: I Todd Monkin recently interviewed with them.
Speaker 2: A couple of names to watch though, I would say
Speaker 2: Aaron Glenn and Ben Jonson both considered to be very
Speaker 2: high up as far as where the Jaguars go and
Speaker 2: what they like. Usually it's a big expansive lists for
Speaker 2: Jacksonville guys this time and is not much more targeted. Still,
Speaker 2: several top ca for what should be a really, really
Speaker 2: attractive job.
Speaker 3: Speaking of coaching searches that are taking a while and
Speaker 3: taking their time, the New York Jets they interviewed three
Speaker 3: candidates today, Brian Flores, the Vikings defensive coordinator, Jeff Halfley,
Speaker 3: the Packers defensive coordinator, and Josh McCown, the quarterbacks coach
Speaker 3: for the Minnesota Vikings, a former Jet and a guy
Speaker 3: that has garnered some head coaching experience even before he
Speaker 3: was an assistant coach in the NFL. So there's a
Speaker 3: lot of thought that maybe one of those two Vikings
Speaker 3: guys could come paired with Ryan Grigson, who was interviewed
Speaker 3: for the general manager job previously. So we shall see
Speaker 3: how this all falls for the Jets as they start
Speaker 3: to get into the second phase eventually of their coaching
Speaker 3: and general manager search. Meanwhile, the Raiders interviewing Ron Rivera today.
Speaker 3: They've had Vance Joseph, the defensive coordinator from Denver on
Speaker 3: the radar in the immediate future here as well as
Speaker 3: Robert Salah. We're starting to see some overlap between these
Speaker 3: teams and who is being interviewed as we really have
Speaker 3: been stacking names for some of these head coaching searches.
Speaker 3: So the Raiders, there you go.
Speaker 5: Five.
Speaker 3: They have completed five so far from the head coaching vagacy.
Speaker 3: That number expected to grow. Bears have had a lot
Speaker 3: more than that, and they're still not done. We mentioned
Speaker 3: Todd Monkin interviewed with the Bears. That interview wrapped up
Speaker 3: within the past hour. Here, they've still got a couple more. Tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Brian Flores is going to speak with the Bears about
Speaker 1: their opening. So is the Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenovich.
Speaker 1: His first head coaching interview for Chicago. Again, to this point,
Speaker 1: they've had time and they have utilized it. I would
Speaker 1: anticipate the Lion's offensive coordinator Ben Johnson remains a strong
Speaker 1: candidate for that position. There are still others that they
Speaker 1: have not been able to speak to that they're interested in,
Speaker 1: including Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman, who's got a pretty
Speaker 1: big game at least by college football standards, coming up
Speaker 1: on Monday night. And then Mike McCarthy's interview this week.
Speaker 1: The fact that they flew McCarthy and his wife in
Speaker 1: for that interview. They know him well. He has beaten
Speaker 1: the Bears more times than anybody else during McCarthy's eighteen
Speaker 1: years as an NFL head coach still several different options
Speaker 1: in terms of the direction that they should go. In
Speaker 1: terms of the Saints, I mentioned they had not done
Speaker 1: an interview in a week before they got going again
Speaker 1: with a couple of interviews earlier. Today, when you speak
Speaker 1: to people, and we've been reporting this for months, when
Speaker 1: you talk about what the Saints are going to do,
Speaker 1: they probably not necessarily they are interviewing other people, but
Speaker 1: they're probably going to lean toward somebody that they know.
Speaker 1: One name that keeps coming up over and over is
Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn. He was an assistant coach there. Certainly there's
Speaker 1: a lot of ties to that building. He was the
Speaker 1: runner up back a few years ago when they hired
Speaker 1: Dennis Allen for the job. Right now, you would say
Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn is one of, if not the top candidate
Speaker 1: for that job. But I would also mention Mike McCarthy.
Speaker 1: My understanding is he'll probably interview with the Saints sometime
Speaker 1: around the middle of next week. That might be around
Speaker 1: where they kind of are moving into the next phase.
Speaker 1: Because also remember this, no in person interviews with anybody
Speaker 1: currently under contract until next week, and so all of
Speaker 1: a sudden, come Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, that's when you're going
Speaker 1: to see more candidates becoming available for those types of opportunities.
Speaker 1: We did get a general manager hire earlier today, Mike Borgonzi,
Speaker 1: in the same photo that I've seen used on every
Speaker 1: single tweet, including my own, officially hired as the general
Speaker 1: manager of the Tennessee Titans. They moved swiftly after firing
Speaker 1: Ran Carthon last week. Had six executives in the building
Speaker 1: the past few days. Here settled on Mike Borganzi, longtime
Speaker 1: Chiefs executive, most recently assistant general manager, was part of
Speaker 1: three Super Bowl champion teams, and now what do you know,
Speaker 1: He's at the other end of the draft order for
Speaker 1: where the Chiefs have been in the past. The Tennessee
Speaker 1: Titans on the clock with the number one overall pick
Speaker 1: on Ian. I'm just taking a guest they do need
Speaker 1: a quarterback. The question will become, do you take one
Speaker 1: there or do you use that to turn into a
Speaker 1: bounty to try to rebuild the rest of the roster.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 2: I imagine we'll probably spend a couple of minutes talking
Speaker 2: about this over the course of the next four month
Speaker 2: or so. But Mike Borgonzi, who has been a key
Speaker 2: lieutenant to Brett Beach in Kansas City for some time,
Speaker 2: really helped build up what has become a dynasty, helped you,
Speaker 2: among other things, draft Patrick Mahomes, and of course that
Speaker 2: has helped the Chiefs get where they are. I mean,
Speaker 2: this was a guy who was right hand man to
Speaker 2: Beach in every meeting, in on every decision, someone who
Speaker 2: is very well versed in so many different facets of
Speaker 2: how to build that program. So when it works as
Speaker 2: hard as anyone, one of the reasons of why the
Speaker 2: Titans ended up hiring him. But you right, I mean,
Speaker 2: this is the big decision that faces the Titans. Now,
Speaker 2: do you take one of these quarterbacks? Are they good enough?
Speaker 3: Any of them?
Speaker 2: Cam Ward shador standers to go number one, to go
Speaker 2: number two? Do you take all of that, trade it
Speaker 2: and build your franchise that way? We've seen it both ways.
Speaker 2: It is an absolutely monumental decision for the Titans, and
Speaker 2: now Borgonzi is going to play a huge, huge part
Speaker 2: of that.
Speaker 3: And as a ripple effect on this one too for
Speaker 3: the New York Jets, who Borganzhi was in the mix
Speaker 3: there as a candidate for them in Florham Park, and
Speaker 3: we thought, well, if he gets the GM job, that
Speaker 3: might affect who the head coach is. They're looking for
Speaker 3: a pairing, they're looking for a good working relationship between
Speaker 3: the general manager and the head coach. So Matt Naggy,
Speaker 3: Steve Spagnolo, two guys with the Chiefs who were candidates
Speaker 3: for the Jets who have already interviewed. The thought was,
Speaker 3: while you pair them with Borgonzi, so that could have
Speaker 3: an effect on how they now go throughout their head
Speaker 3: coaching search. Beyond this we shall see. But Borganzhi a
Speaker 3: guy that you always hear in golf, the best player
Speaker 3: to never win a major. This was the guy that everybody. Eventually,
Speaker 3: this guy's going to get a general manager job, and
Speaker 3: that is Today is the day.
Speaker 1: We also had big news on the international front. Once again,
Speaker 1: the NFL is now headed to Madrid, Spain. I don't
Speaker 1: mean once again they're headed to Madrid. I mean once
Speaker 1: again we have big news. Because it feels like we've
Speaker 1: got one of these announcements every few days. The Dolphins
Speaker 1: are going to be the team that is the designated
Speaker 1: host team for that game in Madrid. The exact time
Speaker 1: date an opponent to be the termin That now brings
Speaker 1: us to a slate of five international games that are scheduled,
Speaker 1: three in London, one in Berlin, one in Madrid, and
Speaker 1: they are still allowed to schedule up to three more.
Speaker 1: So stay tuned for more of these announcements that I
Speaker 1: sort of butcher. Meanwhile, one of the reasons that they
Speaker 1: can expand that slate is the possibility of eventually going
Speaker 1: to an eighteen game schedule, something Rodger Goodell addressed earlier today.
Speaker 7: If we continue to focus on the safety, I think
Speaker 7: eighteen is a potential, And as you know, we would
Speaker 7: take a preseason game away, so we would keep within
Speaker 7: that twenty game framework. We actually started fourteen and six preseasons,
Speaker 7: we went to sixteen and four and now seventeen and three,
Speaker 7: so eighteen and two is a logical step.
Speaker 8: But we would only do that with the players.
Speaker 1: Coming up on the show. We told you Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Jared Goff, they are both back from the Bible. Will
Speaker 1: they hit the ground running where you have that little
Speaker 1: post by hangover, we'll discuss that in a little bit.
Speaker 1: Plus coming up right after this, Ed Reid is a
Speaker 1: Hall of Famer He is a Ravens legend who's a
Speaker 1: man who loves to walk out of smoky tunnels. And
Speaker 1: he's also going to be a guest on The Insiders
Speaker 1: to tell you the path for the Ravens to pull
Speaker 1: off the upset in Buffalo. Stick around Ed Reid with
Speaker 1: us next on the Insiders.
Speaker 3: Step that Ed Reid.
Speaker 1: This guy is the complete football point Ed Reid.
Speaker 3: Is one of the great safeties in the game.
Speaker 9: You gotta want to wait.
Speaker 3: Let's time for the defense to make you play.
Speaker 8: That's rety the best defensive.
Speaker 6: Players, and there is coming up with the big play.
Speaker 10: If we want to win a tepid tip, he time of.
Speaker 9: Gon't get him right now.
Speaker 3: Take a look at that resume right there. It speaks
Speaker 3: for itself. So does his play on the field. If
Speaker 3: you got the chance to watch him play, and we
Speaker 3: all did, and we were all grateful for that Ed
Speaker 3: Reid Hall of Fame safety right.
Speaker 11: There and right here with us on the Insiders. Ed
Speaker 11: Reid joining us right now from his home. He was
Speaker 11: beatbox and just now from his home. As a whole
Speaker 11: rap about him being at his home, I was walking
Speaker 11: out to it. It was amazing. Judy Batista would not
Speaker 11: miss this interview for the world. She joins us as well.
Speaker 11: Ed got to check in with You've got that big
Speaker 11: smile on your face. Man, you got that Hall of
Speaker 11: Fame resume, you got your coaching resume with your building.
Speaker 11: We are going to talk about that in just a second.
Speaker 11: You're working for a direct TV. You do it a
Speaker 11: But are you ever not busy?
Speaker 1: Ed Reid?
Speaker 6: No, Actually I've been busy since I retired with Mini
Speaker 6: Hatch Mike. Man.
Speaker 10: You know, thank God for the blessings. You know that
Speaker 10: work is still coming, you know, So I'm blessed.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 5: I guess we should say congratulations. Just named the offensive
Speaker 5: coordinator at Champley High School in Georgia, which is where
Speaker 5: Ed Reid the Third happens to play football too. I mean,
Speaker 5: you're a Hall of Famer as a safety and now
Speaker 5: you're an offensive coordinator. Like, what's the first thing you're
Speaker 5: going to tell your quarterback at Chambley High School?
Speaker 6: Oh? Wow, take what they give you.
Speaker 10: What they give you, baby. You know it's not very complicated.
Speaker 10: But yeah, I would definitely be in his head just
Speaker 10: keeping him positive, you know, and letting me know what
Speaker 10: to look for, what to read and go from there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I hear the news. You say, a ed
Speaker 3: reads the coordinator at the high school, and you think
Speaker 3: our defensive coordinators of safety his entire career. He had
Speaker 3: a brief stint in the NFL as a defensive coach.
Speaker 3: How do you get to the offensive side of the ball?
Speaker 6: I mean that?
Speaker 3: Is that like joining the dark side for a guy
Speaker 3: who just terroorized offensive during his career.
Speaker 6: It's almost like Iteah, I like that.
Speaker 10: I like that, But I studied I studied those guys,
Speaker 10: you know, my whole career.
Speaker 6: I studied offense my whole career.
Speaker 10: And you know, this is high school, so it's a
Speaker 10: little bit more basic than college and pros. You know, though,
Speaker 10: you know that that's not really a discouragement or anything
Speaker 10: to to the level.
Speaker 6: Was just that you're not doing a whole bunch more.
Speaker 6: That's what I'm getting to, you know.
Speaker 10: But I've studied offense my whole career, you know, so
Speaker 10: I know offense.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 10: It's just a matter of getting in there talking with
Speaker 10: my coaches, you know, and us partnering together and making
Speaker 10: sure we got the game play and that stooits our
Speaker 10: players because we're only going to be as good as
Speaker 10: the players that we have, you know, and those guys
Speaker 10: you know, going to predict on what we can do.
Speaker 5: So to say, all right, we're showing video right now
Speaker 5: of you absolutely making quarterbacks lives miserable. You are third
Speaker 5: all time on the interceptions list including playoffs, I think
Speaker 5: seventy three. You just terrorized quarterbacks. I got to ask you,
Speaker 5: looking ahead to this weekend's games, if you were preparing
Speaker 5: to face Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen, what would you
Speaker 5: be keying on right now?
Speaker 6: I'm just just being patient.
Speaker 10: Being patient would be the biggest thing because of the
Speaker 10: screen amble ability not coming up so fast up on
Speaker 10: to the runs and them scrambling. You know, I just
Speaker 10: focused on doing my job, and that's just being a
Speaker 10: d beat because other people got to do this too.
Speaker 6: You know.
Speaker 10: It's eleving people out there on the field, and I'm
Speaker 10: not just responsible for one player. You know, they got
Speaker 10: to throw the ball just as much they got to
Speaker 10: run it, and I'm responsible for the past. So it's
Speaker 10: just focusing on everybody doing their job, standing in their lanes.
Speaker 10: Because these two quarterbacks present a lot of problems.
Speaker 3: You look at this Ravens team and you add the
Speaker 3: Dereck Henry element, and we talked about it in the spring.
Speaker 3: It's like, you have Derek Henry and Lamar Jackson in
Speaker 3: the same backfield. What does that do to defenses? And
Speaker 3: you saw the Steelers having to make that choice, like
Speaker 3: do we just go after this TJ. Watt attack the
Speaker 3: running back and let Lamar got I mean, when you
Speaker 3: watch this team and you think about defending them and
Speaker 3: preparing for them, especially this time of year where you
Speaker 3: don't want to tackle Derek Henry in the cold, I mean,
Speaker 3: this team looks like it's built to win these next
Speaker 3: couple of games. How impressed for you with this offense.
Speaker 10: Very impressive. I love what I see. I hope they
Speaker 10: just continue to do it. And like you said, Derrick
Speaker 10: Henry's back there. Utilized Derrick Henry for what he's good at,
Speaker 10: and it opened up so many other doors, you know,
Speaker 10: to do other things in your offense, you know, and
Speaker 10: vice versa with Lamar doing his things, you got to
Speaker 10: kill him and I opens up doors for Derek.
Speaker 6: So it's a problem.
Speaker 10: It's a problem when when everything is you know, the
Speaker 10: ingredients are fluing right. You know, when you're doing it right.
Speaker 10: Having that balance that's when you get a good meal.
Speaker 10: You know, that's a meal for championship stuff.
Speaker 5: Right there, did you ever play in a game where
Speaker 5: whether it was an issue where it was just so
Speaker 5: cold that it felt like the team couldn't function normally?
Speaker 6: Elements don't matter and football.
Speaker 10: They're the same for everybody, you know, so if it's
Speaker 10: affecting you, it's affecting them, or you're just not mentally
Speaker 10: strong enough. We were always a mentally strong enough team.
Speaker 10: The elements sometimes in neutralizing, so to say, right I
Speaker 10: was in college and we played against Boston College I'm from.
Speaker 10: We played in Miami all year long, always heat. We
Speaker 10: can't replicate cold weather, so it neutralizing speed.
Speaker 6: You know. It put everybody on the same levels to
Speaker 6: some degree.
Speaker 10: So everybody's in the same elements. You know, we can't
Speaker 10: complain about what the elements are going to be because all.
Speaker 6: Of us are out there.
Speaker 10: All of us are men and human you know, so
Speaker 10: many and women out there, the same for everybody.
Speaker 3: Over your left shoulder is a model of your Hall
Speaker 3: of Fame bust. Right there. You've got a couple of ravens.
Speaker 3: You got three ravens. Although I think you missed Steve
Speaker 3: Smith in Baltimore just by a year or two, but
Speaker 3: Steve Smith up as a finalist. Marshall Yander, Terrell Suggs.
Speaker 3: Have you been in communication with those guys and I
Speaker 3: like your chances of getting at least one of these
Speaker 3: guys in here. What will you express to them should
Speaker 3: they be able to be enshrined like you were?
Speaker 6: Oh?
Speaker 10: Man, definitely, huge congrats, radulations. Definitely. Can't wait for my
Speaker 10: brothers to get in man, and Reggie you know, Reggie,
Speaker 10: Wayne too, you know. So it's so many guys, so
Speaker 10: many guys that are that are on that list that
Speaker 10: are going to be coming in there soon. Man, it's
Speaker 10: going to be a huge congratulations man, because all of
Speaker 10: them are deserving of it. So many guys that are
Speaker 10: deserving of the Hall of Fame, you know, and I
Speaker 10: pray to be around they be around to experience, you
Speaker 10: know that that that experience with their families.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 5: Of the current players, who who do you like? Who
Speaker 5: would you like to see when the Defensive Player of
Speaker 5: the Year warn't this year?
Speaker 6: Oh that's tough.
Speaker 10: I like the safeties to get it. God, darny, can
Speaker 10: we get a safety finally? You know, if you ain't
Speaker 10: gonna give it to cal give it to my man
Speaker 10: in Detroit. I believe you got like nine interceptions in Detroit.
Speaker 10: Has Detroit has flipped that city inside out the last
Speaker 10: few years? Like, give them something, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 10: I love the fact that they got to take it mentality,
Speaker 10: and I hope that they do that and make it
Speaker 10: to that Bowl too.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 10: I'm like, I'm rooting for Detroit and I've been rooting
Speaker 10: for them the last few years. You know, that city
Speaker 10: deserves something, man, they need something, you know, and I
Speaker 10: hope they make it.
Speaker 3: I'll take a Lion's Raven Super Bowl. I would sign
Speaker 3: up for that right now. That's for the defensive player
Speaker 3: of the year. It's so sack heavy now, like they're
Speaker 3: they're all about the guys up front. They don't give
Speaker 3: it to the guys in the back anymore.
Speaker 7: Ed.
Speaker 3: We got to work on that because we know how
Speaker 3: important the defenders are back there. Talked about director, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 3: the game has changed. Talked about direct TV, tell us
Speaker 3: what you're doing with those guys here.
Speaker 10: Well, I'm gonna try to use sports to talk about
Speaker 10: it too, because they don't let you directly get to
Speaker 10: the quarterback that's why you, you know, don't get the sacks.
Speaker 6: Are you getting the sacks now?
Speaker 10: Should I say? Because they passion the game? But direct
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Speaker 3: You know, get that my Sports package. Watch you some
Speaker 3: NFL network. Definitely watch us here on the NFL network
Speaker 3: because you never know when Ed Reid is gonna pop up.
Speaker 3: Because he's such a good interview. He's welcome. I got
Speaker 3: to eat. Rappaport texting me he's watching nearby. He saying,
Speaker 3: I love Ed Reid. No, no, no, this is an
Speaker 3: ab interview. See your way out. Okay, we got the
Speaker 3: interview with Ed read and thank you, pol You are
Speaker 3: welcome back whenever you got it. Thank you so much, Judy,
Speaker 3: thank you as well. Appreciate you being here to.
Speaker 5: See great to see you Ed.
Speaker 6: Alright, y'all have a.
Speaker 3: Appreciate that Ed Reid. Always great seeing him on the Insiders.
Speaker 3: Always great talking about Patrick Mahomes and Jared Goff, although
Speaker 3: we're gonna take a baby a bit of a negative
Speaker 3: spin here, like what's the biggest weakness with these guys
Speaker 3: and could it be a problem for them in the
Speaker 3: divisional round? We're getting negative coming up next on the Insiders.
Speaker 8: Yeah, let's make history.
Speaker 3: Kansas City. You ready trying to stee elite.
Speaker 12: They got them party on the least weekend, hit the
Speaker 12: perfect time.
Speaker 1: They lease Chief's Kingdom.
Speaker 12: They looked at the torments of the sea and they
Speaker 12: gonna be flat and no, Miss Katha.
Speaker 11: They three people despect to back to back.
Speaker 9: You don't want the Chelsea show you benefit.
Speaker 12: I want to try to sit call this tighten in
Speaker 12: the league, no opinion, that's a fact. Trying to sell
Speaker 12: the pass a sad trying to sell Patrick Day. You
Speaker 12: know Mahomes when he in the playoffs, so he ain't
Speaker 12: gonna foward at I City phase old roles mine on
Speaker 12: the tree bringing that MVP behead when you went to
Speaker 12: top Jon AFC that hey's the legit Chris Jones winn
Speaker 12: to show it's possible for a few w s if
Speaker 12: you know, you know the jointly see the playoffs.
Speaker 1: You've seen the Chiefs.
Speaker 8: We got one goals, who.
Speaker 6: Works three p.
Speaker 1: Oh. You know it's a big time of year. We've
Speaker 1: got raps about all the teams that are still in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Also always a big night. We got these
Speaker 1: guys with us, Jeffery Jeda and Adam Rank joining me,
Speaker 1: Tom Pellicero on the Insiders A right, the Chiefs and
Speaker 1: the Lions both are back from their buys. Jeffrey, I
Speaker 1: start with you, if there's a vulnerability for the two
Speaker 1: time defending champions of Kansas City, what is it?
Speaker 9: Well, I'll go with their defense, which is not as
Speaker 9: dominant as it was last year when it really carried
Speaker 9: them for long stretches and was a big player in
Speaker 9: them winning that championship. I know they were fourth in
Speaker 9: the league in points allowed, but they had issues with
Speaker 9: the pass rush. They were second in league last year
Speaker 9: in sacks, this year their nineteenth and really on the
Speaker 9: back end. People don't realize that the issues they had
Speaker 9: when Jalen Watson went down at cornerback, he's coming back
Speaker 9: this week, but Nahew Johnson and Josh Williams, they were
Speaker 9: not getting it done.
Speaker 6: This team was second in the.
Speaker 9: League in big plays after Week nine, so I'm concerned
Speaker 9: about that.
Speaker 8: No, that's true.
Speaker 13: Again, we're trying to fight weaknesses in the Chiefs now. Obviously,
Speaker 13: Patrick Mahomes has never lost in the divisional round.
Speaker 1: He is six to zero.
Speaker 13: The Chiefs defense, though, they were allowing twenty points per
Speaker 13: game or less over their last five until the Week
Speaker 13: eighteen contest against the Denver Broncos, where they put up
Speaker 13: about as much of a fight as Kevin Nash did
Speaker 13: when he took the finger polk of doom from Hult
Speaker 13: Cogan back in the day. But for me, I think
Speaker 13: if you're the Kansas City Chiefs, you gotta be a
Speaker 13: little weird. Of the Texans defense, which actually played really
Speaker 13: well last week against the Los Angeles Chargers, we did
Speaker 13: see them turn over Justin Herbert a number of times,
Speaker 13: inducing him to throw four intercepts, although two of those
Speaker 13: were kind of ricochet shots. It felt like wenton Johnson
Speaker 13: was out there playing beach volleyball at a time like
Speaker 13: Misty May setting up the ball for the defenders. But
Speaker 13: still the Texans. If they want to win this game,
Speaker 13: they got to get to the quarterback, and I think that.
Speaker 1: Could be a huge issue for the Chiefs. Texas Chiefs.
Speaker 1: That kicks off the divisional playoff weekend tomorrow. In the
Speaker 1: evening slot, we got Lions and Commanders Detroit also off
Speaker 1: the buy here Jeffrey of vulnerability if there is one
Speaker 1: in Detroit.
Speaker 9: Well, this pains me because I'm a Michigan native and
Speaker 9: I love what they've done, especially Aaron Glenn, but I
Speaker 9: am worried about that secondary. They've taken some hits, obviously,
Speaker 9: with Carlton Davis going down at corner in this recstra
Speaker 9: going down at corner, Terry and Arnold got hit, got
Speaker 9: beat up in that game that last game of the season.
Speaker 9: He had a foot injury. He'll be back, it seems like,
Speaker 9: but maybe not one hundred percent. So I'm concerned about
Speaker 9: that team taking on a Commander's team that's got a
Speaker 9: lot of things that you like about them. Obviously, Jaye
Speaker 9: Daniels can make plays and has done a lot of things,
Speaker 9: but thirty Frank pass rank defense, Adam, that's a scary
Speaker 9: proposition for a team that's trying to get to a
Speaker 9: Chop Super Bowl.
Speaker 13: Yeah, and the big reason why they've struggled in the
Speaker 13: secondary is that they're not getting enough pressure on the quarterback.
Speaker 13: And obviously a big issue is aiden Hutchinson goes down,
Speaker 13: not there to be able to get to the quarterback,
Speaker 13: and they've allowed a lot of production because of that.
Speaker 13: They've also had trouble with quarterbacks who can run the football.
Speaker 13: I think back to last year when the Chicago Bears
Speaker 13: were having a lot of success against it because Justin
Speaker 13: Fields was able to make plays with his feet. Because
Speaker 13: the Lions have allowed the fifth fewest rushing yards per game,
Speaker 13: but the fourth most rushing yards to quarterbacks this season.
Speaker 13: And when you think of Jaydon Daniels, a big part
Speaker 13: of his game is running the football. So if there
Speaker 13: is a glimmer of hope for Commanders fans and that
Speaker 13: Jade Daniels can make some plays with his legs, extend it,
Speaker 13: get outside, make some moves and do things of that nature,
Speaker 13: I think that they could actually give the Lions a
Speaker 13: little little bit of a fight here.
Speaker 1: Stick around, boys, more rams and Eagles talk with you
Speaker 1: guys in just a little bit. Coming up. After this
Speaker 1: break though, Zing Gonzalez made one of the biggest kicks
Speaker 1: in Washington franchise history last week, but the routine that
Speaker 1: he put on display is what garnered a lot of attention.
Speaker 1: Zingonsaws kind enough to join us and talk about all
Speaker 1: of this and that kick coming up next on The Insiders,
Speaker 1: looking to send Washington into the divisional round.
Speaker 13: Step good, hold down, kick.
Speaker 1: On its way.
Speaker 3: It is God.
Speaker 9: The Cardiac commanders are the clutch Commanders.
Speaker 8: They do it again.
Speaker 13: We'll see you at Detroit Attack Zales Ticks at the Talk.
Speaker 14: Fly off.
Speaker 1: Oh that was the best.
Speaker 4: I mean, Dane, thank you very much for joining us
Speaker 4: on the Insiders.
Speaker 2: That was awesome. That got me smiling and laughing. I
Speaker 2: could see you're feeling that too, that moment when you
Speaker 2: see the kick goes in.
Speaker 1: What is going on?
Speaker 4: What did that feel like?
Speaker 14: Honestly, for me, it was just one of those situations
Speaker 14: like I hit a really good ball. I was hit
Speaker 14: the ball really good all day, and that one kind
Speaker 14: of as soon as I left my foot, I was like,
Speaker 14: I knew it was gonna go right in middle, and
Speaker 14: it kind of tended to keep fading on me a
Speaker 14: little bit. So when I hit the post, I thought
Speaker 14: I was on a sneak in side the left up
Speaker 14: right or the right up right and not really hit
Speaker 14: the post. And then once I hit the post, Hark
Speaker 14: got of stopped for half a second and that's all
Speaker 14: I'm bounced in pretty clearly.
Speaker 8: So I was pretty good. But I mean, I think
Speaker 8: you can see on the.
Speaker 14: Camera my reaction. I didn't didn't really know how to react.
Speaker 14: I kind of just stuck there until Baits kind of
Speaker 14: picked me up there. But I mean it was truly unreal.
Speaker 8: Once the kind of said it, it was just awesome
Speaker 8: to think about it.
Speaker 14: I mean, the fact that we were able to go
Speaker 14: on the field, hit that game winner, have a clean
Speaker 14: walk off like that and going to the second is
Speaker 14: truly amazing. I mean, I can't say enough about the team.
Speaker 14: I mean, this whole team is just incredible be around.
Speaker 14: I don't think we're out of the game.
Speaker 8: It's just a little fighter. So just happy I can
Speaker 8: go out there and do my little part. And I'm
Speaker 8: glad the ball went in.
Speaker 2: That was truly an awesome moment. You guys have actually
Speaker 2: had plenty of them just like that this year. I mean,
Speaker 2: it's honestly for We'll get to some non football stuff
Speaker 2: in a second. But for you guys, I mean you
Speaker 2: just comfortable in this high stress environment as a team.
Speaker 8: It seems like it. I mean I got here about
Speaker 8: two months ago. I mean once I came in, I kind.
Speaker 14: Of got a good grip on how the team was
Speaker 14: and how the demeanor was with everybody, and I mean
Speaker 14: you can kind of fill it from day one once
Speaker 14: you come in building. Starting with a head coach, I
Speaker 14: mean he does a good job of setting the tone
Speaker 14: each and every day. And these guys, I mean NonStop
Speaker 14: competing and it's I mean, once I came in, I
Speaker 14: was like, all right, I gotta do much. I'll get
Speaker 14: on and they make me better and kind of just
Speaker 14: how it works out. But like you got the stats
Speaker 14: up right there, the last five games have been truly
Speaker 14: crazy to be a part of. I've never been a
Speaker 14: part of them like that in my NFL career. So
Speaker 14: and come out with w's and all those games, it's
Speaker 14: been awesome. I Mean I tell people all the time,
Speaker 14: I was like, I feel like at this point, I
Speaker 14: feel like in any game, whether we're down a score
Speaker 14: or two scores, whatever it may be, if like we're
Speaker 14: we're never out of it. As long as there's time
Speaker 14: of the clock, We're still good to go, and this
Speaker 14: is it's just been exciting to be a part of.
Speaker 4: So I want to go to the couple minutes.
Speaker 2: A couple of moments before that kick, the camera zeroed
Speaker 2: in on you and you were putting your helmet on,
Speaker 2: and I think the whole country watched something that for
Speaker 2: you is very familiar and for most of us, honestly
Speaker 2: probably did not know what to make of it.
Speaker 4: I'm sure people were watching saying, is he nervous?
Speaker 6: You?
Speaker 2: Of course, as you've discussed publicly, deal with obsessive culsive
Speaker 2: compulsive disorder. OC take us through what that is really
Speaker 2: like for you as opposed to kind of what we see.
Speaker 8: I mean, it's a struggle. I mean, I can't lie.
Speaker 14: I mean, it definitely makes being a kicker in the
Speaker 14: NFL a little bit more tougher, But for me it's
Speaker 14: just more the same. I mean, I've built with this
Speaker 14: in high school, college and all that kind of stuff,
Speaker 14: and guys who've played with me throughout my history know
Speaker 14: my tendencies and my takes, whether it be the sock thing,
Speaker 14: the helmet thing, everybody's seen it, whether it be in
Speaker 14: practice games, and stuff like that. So I feel like
Speaker 14: for me, it's always been kind of normal, never had
Speaker 14: that much light shone on me. But obviously it comes
Speaker 14: with the territory being in wild card weekend Sunday night
Speaker 14: football game winning situation.
Speaker 8: Camera's gonna be on you.
Speaker 14: I kind of in the moment I was aware the
Speaker 14: camera was there, wasn't aware of how drastic they're going
Speaker 14: to be on me for the most part until after
Speaker 14: the game, and I saw this stuff on social media.
Speaker 8: But for me, it's just just a routine.
Speaker 14: I mean, nothing different than some golfers out there. I
Speaker 14: think Brian Harmon does a bunch of wiggles, or whether
Speaker 14: it be baseball batters adjusting their gloves. I think Pat
Speaker 14: mcabe spoke yesterday about something with like licking his fingers
Speaker 14: and punting, like everybody has those little titencies, but with OCD,
Speaker 14: like in this situation, it's just it's just more of
Speaker 14: the same. So I guess it's really hard to describe
Speaker 14: because it's just unless if you have most of you
Speaker 14: you kind of get it. It's you have that mindset
Speaker 14: of like, if you don't do this, the worst possible
Speaker 14: situation is going to happen. So as a kicker, it's
Speaker 14: just kind of that's the thing. But it's not just
Speaker 14: the game winning kick, it's every kick.
Speaker 8: You kind of deal with it. So for me, I
Speaker 8: felt pretty good in this situation.
Speaker 14: A team was able to get down there making a
Speaker 14: relatively shorter field goal, which was nice rather than like
Speaker 14: a deeper ball.
Speaker 8: So for me, I felt good.
Speaker 14: I was just more anxious to get going, make the
Speaker 14: kick and kind of get us out of there. It's
Speaker 14: just it's an incredible opportunity to play a part of
Speaker 14: a wildcard weekend. I mean, it's my first playoff game ever.
Speaker 14: I was excited ready to go to have that situation
Speaker 14: come up. Truly a dream come true. Like I tell
Speaker 14: my wife, I was like, it's truly. Is he truly blessed?
Speaker 14: He kind of stinks that a lot of this stuff
Speaker 14: got over shown by the OCD, But I mean, if
Speaker 14: I could be an advocate for people and kind of
Speaker 14: show that side of the world, then so be it.
Speaker 14: Because I'm not the only one that deals with it.
Speaker 14: I mean there's a lot of adults, young kids, middle
Speaker 14: aged people that kind of the battle never really ins
Speaker 14: so people kind of continuously deal with in their everyday life,
Speaker 14: whether it be going to sleep set in your alarm NonStop,
Speaker 14: or going to a regular day job and kind of
Speaker 14: having to deal with that at work in the office
Speaker 14: and stuff like that, and people that don't go tend
Speaker 14: to just instead of ask questions, they'll kind of just
Speaker 14: tend to judge for the most part. I think Ted
Speaker 14: Lasso had a good quote in his show is like,
Speaker 14: be curious, not judgmental, and that's a great quote to
Speaker 14: live by, and I think in that situation is a
Speaker 14: perfect example to be a little bit more curious. But
Speaker 14: a lot of people who've never seen it, especially in
Speaker 14: that measure, because they kind of they kind of got
Speaker 14: a little out of hand during that game Sunday night,
Speaker 14: just at the socks and the helmet stuff.
Speaker 8: But for me is just truly awesome.
Speaker 14: I was just grateful to be a part of that
Speaker 14: opportunity to get that moment to go out there and
Speaker 14: do that, and yeah, I'm just happy that, regardless of
Speaker 14: the OCD stuff, I was able to get out there
Speaker 14: and get the job done and get the team wet
Speaker 14: and get us onto the next.
Speaker 8: Round of playoffs.
Speaker 2: Because obviously there was a lot of attention on it
Speaker 2: because the camera was there, You've had opportunities. I saw
Speaker 2: you did an interview with the Washington Post, which was
Speaker 2: really good. You're obviously here talking to us on the Insiders.
Speaker 2: Do you like or appreciate the opportunity to explain to
Speaker 2: either to people like me who are just like you said,
Speaker 2: curious or you know that there are some kids out
Speaker 2: there who see that and go.
Speaker 8: He's just like me.
Speaker 4: And rarely do people have the opportunity and a huge
Speaker 4: public platform to discuss this.
Speaker 14: I mean it's great on all accounts, just to discuss it.
Speaker 14: I mean it sheds a light on it and opens
Speaker 14: up the discussion. Right, So like a lot of people
Speaker 14: don't want to talk about it. And like I mentioned,
Speaker 14: especially as a younger kid or a younger person, you're
Speaker 14: really self conscious on stuff, whether you're be in high school, college,
Speaker 14: you just kind of know how people are. And people
Speaker 14: are still growing and developing of that age, so they
Speaker 14: don't really know how to ask questions or be themselves
Speaker 14: or truly whatever or have confidence in who they are.
Speaker 14: So for me being able to do that on that stage,
Speaker 14: and yeah, I kind of took a massive light. It
Speaker 14: shedded a bunch of light on it in that moment.
Speaker 14: But for me looking back on it and now in hindsight,
Speaker 14: it's really cool to see because I've been able to
Speaker 14: get a lot of outreachs further on social media text
Speaker 14: message about all walks of life that go through the
Speaker 14: same issues and just them expressed into them.
Speaker 8: How much that meant to see somebody.
Speaker 14: Like me in that stage do it and for me
Speaker 14: to hear that, knowing that, hey, there's a lot of
Speaker 14: other people that see a lot of inspiration out of
Speaker 14: that as well, gives me a great feeling and it's
Speaker 14: truly awesome just to see all the support that I've
Speaker 14: been getting through each and everybody and just being able
Speaker 14: to open up that conversation.
Speaker 8: I mean, never that thing that'll be in this situation.
Speaker 14: I'll be highlighted for the OCD stuff, but I mean,
Speaker 14: here we are, and it's just a great opening talking
Speaker 14: point about it, and it gets discussion going with younger people.
Speaker 14: So now maybe a kid in high school who's going
Speaker 14: through the same thing has a little bit more confidence
Speaker 14: to go out there and do his job and just
Speaker 14: accept who you are. Like, if it is what it is,
Speaker 14: you just got to go out there and do your
Speaker 14: stuff and don't I mean, can't let people hinder you
Speaker 14: in whatever you're trying to accomplish. And at the end
Speaker 14: of the day, I mean, you can see it as
Speaker 14: a positive, you can see it as a negative. And
Speaker 14: for me, I shouldn't see it as a positive, just
Speaker 14: an aspect of making me very very detail orient detail
Speaker 14: oriented and able to lock in those moments and those
Speaker 14: are my cues.
Speaker 8: So I mean, for me, I try to see the
Speaker 8: bright side of it. I think it's helped me out
Speaker 8: in my.
Speaker 14: Career, and I think at anything more than anything at home,
Speaker 14: it's more of the issues like trying to go to
Speaker 14: sleep and just finding myself doing little things around the
Speaker 14: house that are very annoying. But I mean it's just
Speaker 14: part of the process. So I'm just happy that it's
Speaker 14: able to get that dialogue going there and people discussing,
Speaker 14: whether it be people like you or a kid back
Speaker 14: home that's dealing with it. I mean, just getting that
Speaker 14: conversation is awesome. And to hear people bring it up
Speaker 14: and open up their stories as well, it's cool to hear.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Zane, thank you so much for talking to us
Speaker 4: about this.
Speaker 2: I mean I was curious and you explained it perfectly,
Speaker 2: and thank you for opening up this conversation and thanks
Speaker 2: for joining us and good.
Speaker 4: Luck this weekend.
Speaker 2: I have no doubt if you're in this situation again
Speaker 2: what the end result is going to be. So thank
Speaker 2: you and good luck this weekend.
Speaker 8: I appreciate it. Thank you so much for having me
Speaker 8: and go Commanders ready to go.
Speaker 2: So cool of Zaye Gonzales to explore his journey with
Speaker 2: us and one is a huge, huge matchup for the
Speaker 2: Commanders this weekend. The other NFC matchup, big time matchup
Speaker 2: Eagles Rams features these guys, Matthew Stafford, Jalen Hurts.
Speaker 4: Let's get into it. Coming the next on The Insiders.
Speaker 1: Rams and Eagles in Philadelphia, part of the doubleheader on Sunday,
Speaker 1: one of four games on Divisional playoff weekend. One of
Speaker 1: the hottest teams in football over the past few months
Speaker 1: in the Rams going into the Eagles House against their
Speaker 1: two thousand yard rusher Sakuon Barkley. Welcome back to the Insiders,
Speaker 1: Tom Pilaicerro joined again by Jeffrey jedia and Adam Rank.
Speaker 1: Jeffery It's a good matchup they all are this weekend.
Speaker 1: What's one thing you're looking for in Rams Eagles?
Speaker 6: Well, I know.
Speaker 9: Everybody's talking about Sakwon Barkley and how the Rams are
Speaker 9: going to stop him, but I'm wondering how the Rams
Speaker 9: are going to score points because they haven't been that
Speaker 9: great at greating offense in the last few games. They've
Speaker 9: only had been over three nd yards of offense in
Speaker 9: three of their last five games. And as great as
Speaker 9: they were in that game last week against Minnesota, their
Speaker 9: offense didn't get over three undred yards in that contest.
Speaker 9: And so I know Matt Stafford and Hookin Nakua and
Speaker 9: Cooper Cup and Karen Williams, all these guys in score points,
Speaker 9: but that defense against Philadelphia is real. They secondary has
Speaker 9: got a lot of guys can cover in Quinnyon Mitchell
Speaker 9: and Cooper desin front, Jordan Davis and Jayleen Carter Adam.
Speaker 9: It's going to be a problem on that side of
Speaker 9: the football as well.
Speaker 4: Absolutely.
Speaker 13: I guess my biggest issue though, is what it's going
Speaker 13: to be the book recommendation from aj Brown Listen.
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 13: Obviously, he's a great he's a great book pitchman. He's
Speaker 13: sitting there reading a book on the sideline and everybody's
Speaker 13: having a laugh. That book skyrockets on Amazon. But at
Speaker 13: some point this is going to become an issue because
Speaker 13: AJ Brown reportedly is like I don't know if he
Speaker 13: wasn't friends with Jalen Hurts anymore, and this was a
Speaker 13: thing that like, obviously, it gets kind of swept under
Speaker 13: the rug when your team is out there winning, and
Speaker 13: when you're winning huge and they should have a pretty
Speaker 13: good opportunity this week to beat the LA Rams. The team,
Speaker 13: as you said, cannot score a lot of points over
Speaker 13: the last couple of weeks. But the thing is, as
Speaker 13: we get further into the playoffs, is this going to
Speaker 13: ever be a bigger issue if it next week, if
Speaker 13: you have to go onto the road to Detroit or
Speaker 13: God forbid and to comforbid, but if you go to
Speaker 13: the super Bowl, I'm sure that this is going to
Speaker 13: come up time and time again like that, I don't
Speaker 13: know if I don't know if Aj Brown has ever
Speaker 13: been to a media day or Super Bowl said Monday night,
Speaker 13: this is the kind of thing that comes up. This
Speaker 13: is what people want to talk about, and so I
Speaker 13: think that there could be something lurking there for the Eagles.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Greg Send, no way to react on that,
Speaker 1: what rag Thank you. I appreciate you should start a
Speaker 1: book club with aj Brown. Start out with the jest
Speaker 1: you'll never have to pick another book, Adam Jeffrey, thank
Speaker 1: you very much. In other news within the NFL and
Speaker 1: something that has impacted a variety of different people over
Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks, including the Rams who got
Speaker 1: their first playoff win the Vikings in Arizona, twelve Los
Speaker 1: Angeles sports organizations, including the Rams and Chargers, in partnership
Speaker 1: with the team's own foundations, joined forces with Fanatics and
Speaker 1: the Fanatics Foundation to distribute three million dollars worth of
Speaker 1: Fanatics merchandise to those who've been evacuated for their homes.
Speaker 1: The event follows Monday's announcement that the twelve professional organizations
Speaker 1: have pledged a combined donation of more than eight million
Speaker 1: dollars to support victims in need, as well as those
Speaker 1: fighting the fires, Chargers coach Jim Arbaugh put a personal
Speaker 1: touch to the support that both these teams have been
Speaker 1: lending to people locally. Turned out in Pacific Palisades last
Speaker 1: night to meet with some of the first responders who've
Speaker 1: been on the front lines fighting those fires and trying
Speaker 1: to help thousands of people impacted by the fires. Good
Speaker 1: on Jim out there and looks like he is completely
Speaker 1: at home talking to those folks out there. Coming up
Speaker 1: after this, the Rams are still rolling on the field,
Speaker 1: and now they are rolling into Philadelphia, where the rookie
Speaker 1: Jared Vers, who has earned the right to talk a
Speaker 1: little bit, certainly had some interesting things to say about
Speaker 1: Philly fans. We'll explain next on The Insiders. Are you
Speaker 1: feeling football withdrawal on a Friday night? Well, boy, do
Speaker 1: we got something for you. Coming up nine pm Eastern time,
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Speaker 1: from now. It's the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. Our
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Speaker 1: Coming up right after the Inside the NFL, which is
Speaker 1: after this show, Jared Verse and the Rams headed to Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: and well, the rookie sensation for the Rams has some
Speaker 1: thoughts on that. Told the Los Angeles Times this week
Speaker 1: he hates Seagals fans, finds them annoying and said, quote,
Speaker 1: when I see that green and white, I hate it.
Speaker 1: I actually get upset, like I actually genuinely get hot.
Speaker 1: Your thoughts sick one, Barkley, Probably not the smartest thing
Speaker 1: to say when you're coming to Philadelphia.
Speaker 10: And I've been on the other side, and even if
Speaker 10: I felt some double ways, probably want to give them
Speaker 10: any extra.
Speaker 7: Fuere fans seen that comment, those already will be loud
Speaker 7: in rocking, So just want to go out to it.
Speaker 1: Mike, you're a resident Philidelphian or whatever them what are
Speaker 1: you thinking here?
Speaker 3: Spoke to our friends of the show, been on The
Speaker 3: Insiders multiple time. Quent Lake Rams defensive captain about this
Speaker 3: earlier today and he said he goes up to Verse
Speaker 3: and said, I'm riding with you, pal, you know, because
Speaker 3: he knows that Versus is.
Speaker 1: Going to back this up.
Speaker 3: I thought, maybe, you know, he said, some guys get
Speaker 3: scared when one of our teammates talked, wow, trash like this.
Speaker 3: He said, no, I'm good with it. I'm riding with you.
Speaker 3: So the Rams are going in very brash right now?
Speaker 4: Did you almost make us work blue over here?
Speaker 15: Mike get to Philly this dagment, because that's what it
Speaker 15: sounds like. If we could like rewind that a little bit.
Speaker 15: I heard Mike start with an S and then stop himself. Anyway,
Speaker 15: I got nothing wrong with.
Speaker 4: This, he should say this. Let petty be petty.
Speaker 2: I am also standing with jervis not that I hate
Speaker 2: Philly people. I'm just saying, be petty.
Speaker 6: What did I say?
Speaker 1: If McPhee can come on NFL Network and swear, why can't.
Speaker 3: We, hey enjoy the games every week?
Speaker 1: We will see you mone of that. That was the
Speaker 1: item
Speaker 7: MHM