1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, welcome. It's a good morning football. Hey everybody. Our 2 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,639 Speaker 1: show brought to you by Old Trapford Beef Jerky. It 3 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: is Friday, it is New Year's Eve. Name is Kadam. 4 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Thank you guys for waking up and choosing our show 5 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: to hang out with. On the final day of twenty 6 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: twenty one, Kyle Brandt is here a Super Bowl champion. 7 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: Michael Robinson and Peter You're back. I'm so glad. How 8 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: are you welcome back? I'm back. It is New Year's 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,559 Speaker 1: Eve and we have an amazing week seventeen ahead of us. 10 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 1: K I'm fired up. Let's go. Let's do it playoff pictures, 11 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: Let's dig it right into it. Shrakes is fired up, 12 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: so let's talk about it one with lots of implications. 13 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: Time with Lee Block. Yeah, Miami. So the Dolphins are 14 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,360 Speaker 1: the seven seed. They won seven straight, they lost. They 15 00:00:56,360 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: were one and seven to start the season. What a turnaround. 16 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 1: They have to go to Nashville to try to get 17 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: past to to see the Tennessee Titans. Cameron Well love 18 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,240 Speaker 1: having give us part of our show to shut down 19 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:09,119 Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. What's the deal with this low key 20 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 1: revenge game in week seventeen camps. Okay, we love reunion games. 21 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: We have won this weekend in Nashville. Ryan Tannehill versus 22 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: Zohball Club the Miami Dolphins, and look. Tannehill wasn't into 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,959 Speaker 1: the nostalgia talk this week. He said, I am focused 24 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: on beating this team. I have no ill feelings about 25 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: the Dolphins my seven years there. I grew as a player, 26 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: I grew as a man into the classy direction. Now 27 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 1: the Dolphins defense, their eyes are pierced on making their 28 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: old teammate uncomfortable. Linebacker Drone Baker said, I've rooted for 29 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 1: Tannehill since he's left. He's a good guy, he's a 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,440 Speaker 1: good teammate. But business is business with a smirk, and 31 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: they want to make Tannehill uncomfortable inside the pocket with pressure. 32 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: They lead the NFL and sacks forty five is a 33 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: blitz happy group, and the Titans have really struggled to 34 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: protect Ryan Tannehill this year, one of the most sack quarterbacks. 35 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: So that's the matchup I'm watching. We all saw the 36 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: Titans their best with a J Brown Ryan Tannehill throwing 37 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: the ball to him downfield. The Dolphins defense will try 38 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: to stop that with a lot of pressure. Okay, pressures on, 39 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,960 Speaker 1: thanks so much, Wolf. It's the two seed versus the 40 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:17,080 Speaker 1: seven Dolphins. They need a win to keep a wildcard spot. 41 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: But if you flip overlook at the Titans, they've got 42 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 1: a lot to play four two in Week seventeen. They 43 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: can walk away with the AFC South Crown if they 44 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,960 Speaker 1: win or if the Colts lose, and they can still 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: come out of the weekend clinching a playoff birth. They 46 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,639 Speaker 1: do need to scoreboard watch a little bit, though. The Chargers, Ravens, 47 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: and the Patriots are the teams they're keeping their eyes 48 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 1: on now. The Dolphins and Titans really different stages to 49 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: this point. In Miami, of course, coming off a hot 50 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: streak after a cold streak to start the season. They've 51 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: won seven straight after seven straight losses, and the Titans 52 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: are just kept winning without Derek Henry, which is really 53 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 1: impressive and has Rabel in the Coach of the Year conversation. 54 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: I want to ask you, Kyle, which team has the 55 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: most impressive twenty twenty season to you so far? One 56 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: that started not so hot and got hot or the Titans, 57 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: who might come up on top on Sunday. And we've 58 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: all been there before. Somebody says, you, dude, you gotta 59 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: watch the show. You gotta check out this show. And 60 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,120 Speaker 1: you say, Okay, what's the name of the show. It's 61 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: called The twenty twenty one Dolphins. You're gonna love it. 62 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 1: You're like, all right, I'll check it out. Great pilot episode. 63 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: You're interested. And then it's just is so slow and 64 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: so boring, and the characters are miserable and you're just 65 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: slogging threatened, and you text your friend You're like, this 66 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 1: show sucks. What are you talking like, Dude, you gotta 67 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 1: stay with it. I'm telling you. I'm telling you gotta sting. 68 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: You like, all right, I guess, and I'm wasting my 69 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: time with this thing. And then the show it's the 70 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: low point. The low point of that show, The twenty 71 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: twenty one Dolphins is after losses to the Falcons and Jaguars, 72 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 1: the lead character is straight up just asked like, dude, 73 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: do you even want to be here? Do you feel 74 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: wanted here this organization? I don't not feel wanted, That's 75 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 1: what I could say. I don't really get into rumors. 76 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: I don't really pay attention to rumors and hypotheticals, and 77 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: this and that two is our quarterback. I've said that, 78 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: you know, multiple times. So that's the turning point, right 79 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,000 Speaker 1: They then right after that they get absolutely housed in 80 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: front of their fans by the Buffalo Bills. A terrible, 81 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: terrible show that you get you can't watch. And you 82 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: know what this team we're watching here, guys, they're in 83 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs right now. You want to have an incredible season. 84 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 1: They're in the playoffs. And how are they in the 85 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: playoffs by throwing it every single down to a five 86 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: foot not the in rookie wide receiver. They don't run 87 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: the ball. This team has one Pro bowler. They got 88 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: a couple of guys who aren't celebrated as pass rushers. 89 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: They got a quarterback who was cast out of town 90 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: and looked at other people. It's an incredible story. The 91 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: show is riveting. There's weddings and double crosses and sword 92 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: fights and betrayals. It is so good. And all they 93 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: hear about is, yeah, but there's no one else in 94 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: your time slot you're competing against. The competition isn't that good? 95 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,479 Speaker 1: There is this weekend? And you know what, I believe 96 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:47,239 Speaker 1: in the show. I think they're gonna win this weekend. 97 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:48,920 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna win their time slot. They might 98 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:50,560 Speaker 1: even win an Emmy. And this show is awesome. You 99 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: guys gotta watch it. You think they're gonna win an Emmy, Kyle, 100 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: I like that. I like that, Yes, I do. The Dolphins, 101 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: they have been entertaining, very entertaining this year, especially that 102 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 1: defense man, you know, all out blitzing. I thought, I 103 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,200 Speaker 1: think they put the blueprint out there on how to 104 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: defend Lamar Jackson. But for me, it's got to be 105 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,240 Speaker 1: the Titans. Man. I love what I've seen out of 106 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. K did a great job of introducing 107 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: this segment and talking about how Mike Grabel is possibly 108 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: you know, in that Coach of the Year category. You 109 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: cannot lose somebody like King Henry and your team still be, 110 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 1: you know, the top of the division, one of the 111 00:05:23,839 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 1: tops in the AFC, and still being the playoff running. 112 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: He's the best back in the National Football League. You 113 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: can't lose that guy and still be a model of 114 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: consistency and winning. Not so if Mike Grabel is done right. 115 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 1: But they have two explosive players on this team, one 116 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 1: offensively and defensively. Last yesterday, you guys heard me break 117 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,760 Speaker 1: down a J. Brown and this dude is explosive. It 118 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: does not matter the blitz packages that Miami has. It 119 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,479 Speaker 1: does not matter Xavin Howard, who is one of the 120 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 1: premier cornerbacks in the National Football League. If you blitz 121 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, zero, blitz all out every single day. Ryan 122 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 1: Tannehill has trusted a J. Brown enough that he will 123 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: continue to throw it up, and I feel like AJ 124 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,120 Speaker 1: Brown will win more of those matchups than not. Last week, 125 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:07,280 Speaker 1: sixteen targets, eleven catches, one hundred and forty five yards 126 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,760 Speaker 1: in a touchdown, and it seemed like every single time 127 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,840 Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill got in trouble, he looked for a J. Brown. 128 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: So you have to find a J. Brown offensively and defensively, 129 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,560 Speaker 1: everything starts with Jeffrey Simmons up front the middle of 130 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,920 Speaker 1: that defense. Seven and a half sacks, where he has 131 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,480 Speaker 1: something like fourteen quarterback hits and eleven tackles for a loss. 132 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 1: That's the explosive threat in the middle of that defense. 133 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: That's the guy that has to have double teams. You 134 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: have to double team him in the run game. You 135 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: have to slide the center in the offensive line to him. 136 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: In pass protection. He's the guy you have to get 137 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: down with. So you look at that just the best 138 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,920 Speaker 1: players on the Tennessee Titans team. They have some explosive 139 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: guys that I just I'm not so sure that the 140 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:50,440 Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins are gonna be able to handle if they're 141 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: playing at the top of their game. Yeah. No, Jeffrey 142 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: Simmons didn't make the Pro Bowl and people are outraged 143 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,680 Speaker 1: because he's been absolutely dominant from that position for Tennessee. 144 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: But God's kind of Tennessee's story. Two Saturday nights in 145 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: a row, we as a nation have sat on our 146 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: couch and watched the Colts come up with monstrous wins. 147 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 1: It wins over the Patriots, and then it win over 148 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,560 Speaker 1: the Cardinals on the road without four offensive linemen, without 149 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: Jack Doyle and with injuries. They figured a way to 150 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: win without Darius Leonard and Quentinels And everyone says the Colts, 151 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: the Colts, the Colts. You wake up Monday morning, Wait 152 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: a second, who's in The Titans are still in first 153 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,680 Speaker 1: place in the AFC saut like, look at what the 154 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: Titans have done this season. It's not just hey, when 155 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: we beat who we've had to play, and then Titans 156 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: this year are just beating and they've swept the Colts. 157 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: Titans have beaten the Colts twice. They beat him a 158 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: week three and week eight, they beat the Rams in 159 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 1: LA beat the Saints. We know about that. The Chiefs. 160 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: They beat up on the Chiefs on a game where 161 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: everyone was watching in primetime. This is a team that 162 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: is ten and five right now, and they're ten and 163 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 1: five by beating really, really good teams. And then we 164 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: talk about Coach of the Year because I think we 165 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 1: throw it around week to week and it's like, all right, well, 166 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:00,160 Speaker 1: Hardball's got a lot of injuries, he's the coach to 167 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: the year. All right, well, Belichick, look what he's done 168 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: with mac Jones, He's the coach of the year. As 169 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,679 Speaker 1: we enter week seventeen, let me indulge in my own ballot. 170 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: Now I don't have a vote for the AP Awards. 171 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: Here's my top five. And tell me if you guys 172 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: think this is crazy. But I've got vrabel one Rich 173 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,840 Speaker 1: right there at two, Lafleur, who came mentioned on Tuesday, 174 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: as three, Brian Flores as Ford. I don't care who 175 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: they've played, you go one and seven to what they 176 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: are now. Kyle, You're right, it's unbelievable. And I got 177 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: Andy as five because they were three and four and 178 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: being written off. But I think Vrabel versus Flores is 179 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: such a good pitching matchup this weekend. I actually think 180 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 1: Frabel's got the edge, just on what this team has 181 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: had to overcome. Eighty eight different players have dressed for 182 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: the Titans. No Derrick Henry he's coming back. No A. J. 183 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: Brown He's back. No Lawan, no Saffle. Do you go 184 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: down the list? The defensive backfield has been decimated. I 185 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: think Vrabel has been pushing all the right buttons, and 186 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: I don't think it stops this weekend. I've got the 187 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: Titans beating the Dolphins in a really good matchup, and 188 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:01,360 Speaker 1: I don't think I would have said this in August. 189 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: I am so excited for Titans Dolphins. We're starting our 190 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 1: New Year's show off with Titans Dolphins deserved. Lisa, that's 191 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: pretty cool, man, that's pretty much. I love it. I 192 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: love that you answer the question. I want to get 193 00:09:12,320 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 1: the guys takes on this. I'm with you. I believe 194 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: that the Dolphins have the most impressive season. I mean, 195 00:09:16,400 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: if they make it into the playoffs, that's about as 196 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 1: remarkable of a mid season turnaround you can ask for. 197 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 1: And to your point, Kyle, of watching shows, I started 198 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: watching Breaking Bad. I thought it was boring Ozark boring 199 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: to start, and you lost me. So if you're losing 200 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: me as a viewer, imagine being one of the actors 201 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: on the set like this is boring. I don't like 202 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: the fact that they did not pack it in, which 203 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: I have to believe has to be so easy when 204 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: you've lost seven games for them to come back, for 205 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: them to have the four to two to turn it 206 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: around so impressive. But the way A. J. Brown looks 207 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 1: and Rob, the way that defense is playing, I think 208 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:48,679 Speaker 1: the Titans come out on top. What do you think? 209 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: And then what does Kyle think as far as who 210 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 1: wins the game? Yeah, I think the Titans come out 211 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: on top. Two too much AJ Brown, too much Jeffrey 212 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: Simmons in that defense. I mean this Titans teams, they're 213 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: they're gritty and I'm not talking about the dance and 214 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:04,719 Speaker 1: all that they are. They win tough games, man and 215 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,000 Speaker 1: their physical bunch and they beat you up in the process. 216 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,200 Speaker 1: So yeah, I got the Titans winning this one. I'll 217 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: say it again, I think the Dolphins are gonna win. 218 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,839 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna win an Emmy. And I think 219 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: the Titans, as much as we're hyping them, they've lost 220 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: three their last five games. Did the coach? Does the 221 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: coach of the year lose at home to Houston? I 222 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 1: don't know. The Titans are not necessarily playing their best 223 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: football the last six weeks, and the Dolphins are over 224 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: the last two months. I still think Miami wins. Three 225 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: for the Titans, one for the Dolphins. What's that you 226 00:10:28,640 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: hit us up at GM if you were going to 227 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: go through all the games? Of course, we've got Madden 228 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: to talk about. We've got We've got lots of Mad 229 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:36,800 Speaker 1: minutes to get to you you. But let's bring an Ian 230 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: Rappaport now. Is we ask him a couple questions though? 231 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: What's going on with some quarterbacks in the thick of 232 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: the playoff race? Ian? Will the Ravens have Lamar Jackson? 233 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: That's my first question. Do you have an update on 234 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,080 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo as well? Because I kind of want to 235 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: squeeze Trey lansonto my fantasy lineups. Well you might have 236 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,559 Speaker 1: that chance, but let's start with the Baltimore Ravens. First, 237 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson was a practice Wednesday, but if you watch closely, 238 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 1: he was limping dramatically. It was not the Lamar Jackson 239 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: we're used to see him. Been out the last couple 240 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,679 Speaker 1: weeks with an ankle injury, not a small ankle injury, 241 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,319 Speaker 1: a fairly serious ankle injury. So he was limping badly 242 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: on Wednesday, and you're like, what does this actually mean? 243 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 1: And then yesterday afternoon, no practice for Lamar Jackson. A 244 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: step back. When you go from limited to DNP on 245 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: the practice sport, dad is a bad side. No firm 246 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: word on his status. Perhaps the Baltimore Ravens are gonna 247 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:28,440 Speaker 1: take it up to game time, but it was not 248 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:30,679 Speaker 1: a good sign at all. They didn't practice, which means 249 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 1: it is a real possibility that Tyler Huntley, coming off 250 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:36,439 Speaker 1: the COVID list, who played so so well against the 251 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers a couple of weeks ago, he could 252 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: end up being the starter this weekend for the Baltimore 253 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: Ravens and a big game. Meanwhile for the forty nine Ers. 254 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo has been in a similar program as Lamar 255 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:50,239 Speaker 1: Jackson had not a lot of practice at all, Garoppolo 256 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: did not practice Wednesday and did not practice Thursday either, 257 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 1: and the forty nine ers held out some hope earlier 258 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 1: in the week that despite the fact that he is 259 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,840 Speaker 1: a torn ligament and a chip bone in his thumb, 260 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: he'd be able to get out there and at least 261 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: make some throws in practice and see if he'd be 262 00:12:04,920 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: able to go. However, it has not happened. Again. Nothing firm, 263 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: but this is a bad sign for Jimmy Garoppolo to 264 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,320 Speaker 1: be able to play on Sunday. All signs at this 265 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: point are pointing to Trey Lance, the rookie where they 266 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: traded up for it to great fan for who we've 267 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: seen so so little this season. He may end up 268 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: starting this week in a huge game for the forty 269 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: nine ers, and then after that we will see which 270 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,679 Speaker 1: way they go. We appreciate you, and we'll talk to 271 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: you today. We'll talk to you without the weekend on 272 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: game day morning leading up to Week seventeen NATSI late 273 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: us from the NFC West. After the break, we're gonna 274 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: talk about past a couple quarterbacks there. Jalen hurts those Eagles. 275 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:42,960 Speaker 1: They want to hold on to their playoff chances. They 276 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 1: got Washington to get through, find out what we think 277 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: we'll go over that game, plus more with another round 278 00:12:47,840 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: up Mad Minute. So last day of the year, December 279 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:05,959 Speaker 1: thirty feet, twenty twenty one. Who we're going to take 280 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: it down in style? Countdown to twenty twenty two, to 281 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:11,760 Speaker 1: week seventeen and eighteen, and then the playoffs are show 282 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 1: brought to you by old trapper Beef Turkey. My name 283 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: is Kay Adams. We've got Michael Robinson, Kyle Brand, Peter 284 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: Schrager is back. All smiles on this New Year's even 285 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: Let's get right into it, guys. We also got a 286 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame caliber announcement yesterday. The fifteen Modern era 287 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,880 Speaker 1: player finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fames Class 288 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: of twenty two revealed last night. We're going to be 289 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,320 Speaker 1: digging into that, breaking it down this morning on Good 290 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:36,280 Speaker 1: Morning Football, but without further ado. My favorite baptip of 291 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: the week, Philly Block, Let's dig into it. It's a 292 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:45,839 Speaker 1: goodie number one seed Sheets riding a hot street. They're 293 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,079 Speaker 1: going to Cincinnati to take on the three seed Bengals, 294 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:52,319 Speaker 1: who just put an end sweeping the Ravens and the 295 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,559 Speaker 1: regular season. What a game, What an effort by Joe 296 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,160 Speaker 1: Burrow and company. Jimmy Palm Trees is here with the 297 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: latest on the homes versus Burrow, their mutual expect the stakes. 298 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,800 Speaker 1: It's all going down Week seventeen. Well thanks, Kay. Chief's 299 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: defensive coordinator Steve Spagnola turned a lot of heads yesterday 300 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: when he compared Joe Burrow to a young Tom Brady. Obviously, 301 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 1: that is very, very high praise. But if you talk 302 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:17,960 Speaker 1: to people that are around Joe Burrow day in and 303 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: day out, it's not his physical attributes and how accurate 304 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: he is with the football that they bring up to you. 305 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: They bring up how smart he is. Tight End cj 306 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: Uzama said, he is a freaking animal out there. And 307 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,640 Speaker 1: when I mean that, I say, he just dissects everything 308 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: about a defense. He is so so smart. You want 309 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: to do this, he knows and he'll go and do that. 310 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 1: You want to double here, Okay, I'll go and have 311 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: an answer over here. When I talked to wide receiver 312 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,000 Speaker 1: Tyler Boyd, he said, when we're in man demand coverage, 313 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: he feels like he can go anywhere with the football. 314 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: What really jumps out at me, Kay, is when he 315 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: uses that intelligence when he can dissect so quickly where 316 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: the double team is coming, where his option is, if 317 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,840 Speaker 1: somebody's a robber, where he can go over here dissecting blitzes. 318 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: The intelligence of Joe Burrows made the passing game very 319 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 1: effective with the Cincinnati Bengals. And there's obviously a lot 320 00:15:05,400 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: of talent around him, but it's his mind that jumps 321 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: out to all of his teammates. So maybe Spags isn't 322 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 1: speaking entirely out of turn. Well thanks, James Palmer. I mean, 323 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:19,040 Speaker 1: if this game wasn't big enough, we got to Burrow 324 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: Brady comparison. Wow, once he Chiefs they've clinched. They're the 325 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: only team in the AFC that has punched their ticket 326 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: into the playoffs. This three seed Bengal squad, they want 327 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:30,160 Speaker 1: to clinch not just a ticket, but they want the 328 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: North and they can have it for the first time 329 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: since twenty fifteen if they win on Sunday, and then 330 00:15:35,080 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 1: they of course will be right there in the postseason. 331 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: Mix and rob How do Joe Burrow and these Bengals 332 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 1: snap an eight game win streak by a dominant, well bounced, 333 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 1: well led, experienced Chief squad. Yeah, k is gonna be tough, 334 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: and I know We all want to talk about the 335 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 1: offense and Joe Burrow and that half line, those half 336 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 1: line wide receivers on the outside, but Joe Burrow is 337 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 1: not gonna actually be going out there defending Patrick Mahomes. 338 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: Is going to be this Cincinnati Bengals defense, and I 339 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: think it starts with their pass rushers, right, Trey Henderson 340 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: and Sam Hubbard. These guys know how to get after 341 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,320 Speaker 1: the pastor Trey Henderson Hendrickson was one of their big 342 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: time free agent pickups for from this offseason right last 343 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: year in twenty twenty, I mean, this Cincinnati Bengals team 344 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: only has seventeen sacks the entire season. Trey Hendrickson already 345 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: has fourteen alone, So a big jump up and production 346 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 1: just by having this kid, Trey Hendrickson on your team. 347 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: He led the Saints last year at getting after the 348 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 1: quarterback with you know, fifteen and a half sacks something 349 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 1: like that, and then Sam Hubbard right seven and a 350 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: half sacks this year, plays outside linebacker, plays the run 351 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: really really well. But both of these guys have a motor. 352 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,080 Speaker 1: They get after the quarterback. And if this Cincinnati defense 353 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: can do kind of what other teams did to Kansas 354 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: City early on in the season where they play back, 355 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 1: they don't blitz. They allow those four pass rushers to 356 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: get after Patrick Mahomes and not get up the explosive play. 357 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 1: To me, that's what gives this Cincinnati Bengals team they're 358 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: big chance to stop this Patrick Mahomes laid offense that's 359 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 1: been on fire the last eight weeks. Guys, I can't 360 00:17:06,640 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 1: wait for this game. Okay, you said it was the 361 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: game of the week. I am like jumping out of 362 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,080 Speaker 1: my chair for this one because it's this ascending superstar 363 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: in Burrow versus Patrick Mahomes. What you could say is 364 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: the Kingmaker. He's number one in the NFL's top one hundred, 365 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: he's the Madden cover guy, the whole thing. And both 366 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: teams are playing great. So how's this gonna go. Is 367 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: it gonna be a chess match? Is it gonna be 368 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: one of these strategic games between Andy Reid versus versus Zach. 369 00:17:32,119 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: I think it's just gonna be a beautiful shootout, like 370 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:36,919 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a throwback to when offense was offense. 371 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: I think both offenses explode in this game, and I 372 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: cannot wait for it. I believe this is gonna be 373 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: one of those games where Burrow's gonna come out this gunning. 374 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: He's gonna be throwing just like he did last week 375 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: when they were five hundred and twenty five yards and 376 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: four touchdowns. And I think mahomes with Tyree Kill now 377 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: a week removed from the COVID where he said last 378 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: week he was just feeling exhausted out there, and with 379 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey now back in the lineup and with all 380 00:17:59,359 --> 00:18:01,680 Speaker 1: their weapons good to go, this is an old school 381 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: shootout and I can't wait for it. Like last night, 382 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 1: I was watching in the college football ranks a really 383 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: fun Perdue versus Tennessee game where it was just points points, 384 00:18:10,040 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: point points. We haven't had that game in the NFL yet. 385 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: We haven't. I think this one's like fortyty two. It 386 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: might be forty eight four, and that's something against the defense, 387 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: and I just think this is how this game is 388 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: going to go in Cincinnati. Everyone watching New Year's Weekend 389 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: in Week seventeen. I think the Bankers have to outthrow 390 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 1: and outscore the Chiefs, and I think they're one of 391 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: the few offenses in the league that actually can do it. 392 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,399 Speaker 1: I'll say I did not hear that Spags likened or 393 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,520 Speaker 1: even compare to us. You know the name Joe Burrow 394 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: in the same sentence as Tom Brady. I find it 395 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: so interesting that he is a defensive coordinator is doing 396 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 1: that after NK Martindale said hold on, let's not give 397 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 1: him a gold jacket a week before and got smoked 398 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 1: the two to five hundred yards and all of those touchdowns. 399 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:51,800 Speaker 1: So it says if Spags went a different way, asymmetrical 400 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: direction with this young quarterback who's on fire. And the 401 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 1: truth of Joe Burrow is he's incredible. He's ascending, as 402 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: Peter is saying, but he's also can get with the ball. 403 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: We've seen it right earlier in the season, lots of interceptions. 404 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: He hasn't gone back to back games without an interception 405 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: through the first thirteen weeks of the season, and now 406 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:10,879 Speaker 1: he's done that. He's sort of I don't know if 407 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: it's raining himself in or getting comfortable or whatever it is, 408 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: but you know, he had fourteen interceptions through twelve games, 409 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 1: but we've now seen him turn a corner. He has 410 00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,840 Speaker 1: gone three straight without interceptions. You can't cough the ball 411 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,919 Speaker 1: up against Kansas City and expect to win. So if 412 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't do that, they've got a shot in this one. 413 00:19:28,320 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 1: And you're mentioning those big plays. I got to hang 414 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 1: out with Jamar Chase yesterday. The full interview and the 415 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,159 Speaker 1: full little chat will be on Game day morning on 416 00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,239 Speaker 1: Sunday with Rich Eisen and the guys who we were 417 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: talking about that speed, of course, from those big plays. 418 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: We talked about how last week against the Ravens he 419 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 1: got a lot of yak yards. He was able to 420 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: show how fast he can be, what he can do 421 00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: if he gets the balls in his hands right away 422 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: and he can make plays. And I asked him, is 423 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: there something we haven't seen, because you were really excited 424 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: to talk about your yak ability and how you were 425 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: able to put that on display, and he said, and 426 00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,880 Speaker 1: he told me, I don't think you've seen a spectacular 427 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 1: catch for me yet. And the record kind of scratched 428 00:20:02,880 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: and I stop and I said, they have What are 429 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: you talking about? He goes, no, I really don't think 430 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: y'all have seeing what I can do. He knows how 431 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,320 Speaker 1: big this game is. He's played in big games. If 432 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: I were to ask you in August, who would be 433 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: the first duo to have a thousand yards each on 434 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: the team. Would you say DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett? 435 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: Would you say AJ Green and DeAndre Hopkins? Probably low? 436 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: And behold, it's T Higgins who has a lot of 437 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:29,600 Speaker 1: respect for and it's the rookie Jamar Chase. So hopefully 438 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 1: those targets are up and he makes those big questions, 439 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: those big catches. He's two hundred and thirty eight yards. 440 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: Guys short of that, Justin Jefferson, his best friend, Justin 441 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: Jefferson's record that he sat last year. He's got two 442 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 1: games to do it. We'll see, and that's what I'm 443 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: looking for in this game. I think they're going to 444 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: air it out. As Peter is saying, let's welcome in 445 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,399 Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport. Now we'll get some updates across the league. Here. 446 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 1: A couple of veteran quarterbacks had a lot to say 447 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: Big Ben Russell Wilson heading into week seventeen. Where do 448 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 1: we stand? Well, we'll start with Big Ben. I think 449 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: everybody came into the season k knowing that this was 450 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: going to be Big Ben's last season. That's what happened 451 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 1: during the contract negotiation with the Steelers. In Ben, he 452 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: accepted a pay cut and they all were on the 453 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: same page here that this was going to be it. 454 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: He just hasn't really said it. So yesterday talking to reporters, 455 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,159 Speaker 1: he admitted, all signs are pointing to the fact that 456 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,840 Speaker 1: this could be it for the regular season. Yeah, they 457 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: have a chance of the playoffs. He did not want 458 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: to lose sight of that. But for the regular season, 459 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,680 Speaker 1: this could in fact be Big Ben's last game at home, 460 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 1: which is why you're gonna see friends, You're gonna see family, 461 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,959 Speaker 1: you're gonna see likely some sort of tribute to one 462 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:33,439 Speaker 1: of the best quarterbacks in Steelers history, as we should 463 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: about time that he finally acknowledged this. So that was 464 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:38,879 Speaker 1: the Ben part. The other part is maybe a little 465 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: more interesting. Russell Wilson, unprompted, not asked, was mentioning the 466 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: fact that this could also potentially be his final home 467 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: game for Seattle, and the reporters had just asked his 468 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,920 Speaker 1: teammate Bobby Wagner about that. He brought it up and said, 469 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: I know you asked Bobby. Well, I know, for me personally, 470 00:21:56,840 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: I hope this is not my last game in Seattle 471 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 1: dot dot dot. At the same time, it won't be 472 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 1: my last game in the NFL. I'm focused on today. 473 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 1: I love this city. I love this moment. For so 474 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,879 Speaker 1: much of the intrigue surrounding Russell Wilson and his future. 475 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 1: Is he going to meet in Seattle? Is he not 476 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: say to me in Seattle? Is he gonna ask for 477 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 1: a trade? Are they going to trade him? All of 478 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: that he added more fuel to the fire and let's 479 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: say a little more interest in his maybe final home 480 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: game in Seattle this weekend. And it's important to note that, yeah, 481 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 1: he did answer that unprompted. He brought it up himself. 482 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 1: So it looks like we're headed to another offseason of 483 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:36,520 Speaker 1: Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers and Shaun Watson. Where are 484 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:40,600 Speaker 1: they going? Okay, Philly, you're holding onto the final playoff 485 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: spot in the NFC Plannia team snipotent your heels though, 486 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 1: Candy Eagles keep their three game win streak alive. In 487 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: two week seventeen. Here's a head coach Nick Sirianni I 488 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 1: to say about constantly trying to improve. I hope the 489 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: last game we play is our best game. That's where, 490 00:22:57,359 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: that's what that's what I always hope that we're continuing 491 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 1: on that upward trend, and I think our guys, you know, 492 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:04,159 Speaker 1: I know, our guys believe that, our coaches believe that, 493 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: our players believe that. And like I said, we're just 494 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,159 Speaker 1: trying to get better every day, and you're never going 495 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:09,960 Speaker 1: to play a flawless game. There's always going to be 496 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: things that you need to correct and get better for them. 497 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: All right, big matchup for Sirianni goes up against Ron Rivera, 498 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: that Washington football team, little NFC East matchup. So let's 499 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: break it down here, starting with that showdown shrig sixty 500 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: seconds on the clock, kick it off. I think Philly 501 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 1: is rolling right now, and it's because of their run game, 502 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,320 Speaker 1: and it's because of the men and women in that 503 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: organization that have rallied around each other. This team we 504 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,360 Speaker 1: rode off a couple of weeks ago, and then here 505 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: we are two months later and they're right in the 506 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,320 Speaker 1: thick of the playoff hunt Washington. I think Dallas had 507 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:43,240 Speaker 1: lost showed us a lot about what they've got left 508 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: in the tank. I think Philly's rolling, and I expect 509 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:46,920 Speaker 1: them to go for two hundred yards on the ground 510 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:48,560 Speaker 1: again like they did last time they played them. I 511 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:52,239 Speaker 1: do think Philly is rolling. That run game is balling right, 512 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: and they have probably the best offensive line in the 513 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: National Football League when you talk about in terms of 514 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 1: run blocking. But I'm interested in it. Dead drum paint, 515 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: Johnathan al and that fight that happened last week. They're 516 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: great run stoppers. I'm I'm interested to see if they 517 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,800 Speaker 1: can come together and stop this Philly run game this week. 518 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: You know, it's I feel like Philadelphia is the NFC 519 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,720 Speaker 1: Dolphins in a way. They were two and five miserable season, 520 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:14,080 Speaker 1: coaches getting Memed out of his mind. And as much 521 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: as they run the ball, and they do run the ball, 522 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 1: how about DeVante Smith He's gonna have a hundred catches 523 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,959 Speaker 1: this weekend. He's gonna get a hundred. We love Waddle 524 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: and we love Chase. DeVante Smiths had is an excellent 525 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: rookie season and he makes place for them every week. 526 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: I like billing this game, all right. I'm gonna choose 527 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: to give you guys the playoff pictures. Those of you 528 00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: who are watching. If you're Eagles fans, you clinch of 529 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: birth if you win. Plus the forty nine ers have 530 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 1: to beat the Texans and the Vikings lose to the Packers. 531 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: That on Sunday Night football. There's another way to win. 532 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 1: The Saints lose to the Panthers, and the Vikings lose 533 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: to those Packers on Sunday Night football. That is what 534 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: you are rooting for in your interests. In week seventeen, 535 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,440 Speaker 1: I right, the Atlanta Falcons. They're going up. Two Buffalo 536 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,200 Speaker 1: guys take on the Bills. Mike Roboody looking for here? 537 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Josh Allen, Man, just continue to do your thing. 538 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: I mean, last week you were the best player in 539 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 1: the National Football League when you stepped on the field. 540 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 1: You need to continue to play like it. This team 541 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: is gonna go as you go. Make safe throws, run 542 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 1: the football when you need to run it, protect yourself. 543 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:09,160 Speaker 1: But again, Man, you need to be the best player 544 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: on the field. Atlanta cannot hold your jockstrap, man, and 545 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 1: you need to make them feel it today Sunday. Sorry, 546 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:17,040 Speaker 1: I'm wishing, Mike. I also think since halftime of the 547 00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: Buccaneers game, I think the Bills have been the best 548 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,720 Speaker 1: team in football. I mean, in all thirty two teams 549 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: since halftime of that game. I also think it's a 550 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: fascinating little side note that we'll talk about in the offseason. Atlanta. 551 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: Are you showing up for this game? Are you car shipping? 552 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: As our friend burrows And used to say, can you 553 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: imagine late season at Buffalo in a tough year. I'd 554 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: like to watch them too. Yeah, Atlanta's interesting. Seven and eight. 555 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: They've only won one game at home this year. They're 556 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: out football outsiders. DVOA is thirty second out of thirty 557 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: two teams. So on paper, they don't. They just find 558 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: a way to win games, but they don't beat the 559 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 1: good teams. I haven't seen them win against a really 560 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:50,240 Speaker 1: good team. The Bills are a really good team. I 561 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: think this one could get ugly and could get ugly early. 562 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,920 Speaker 1: And they want to clinch that playoff birth quickly, and 563 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,479 Speaker 1: they want to do it. They do it if they 564 00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 1: win and the Ravens lose, or if they win and 565 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: they get losses from both the Chargers and the Raiders 566 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 1: in their AFC matchups. All right, the Cardinals truck out 567 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: to the lone Star Stay. This is a huge game. 568 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 1: It's Kyler Mario against Dak Prescott lost to go over here, KB, 569 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: what are you most excited about? Enough about the flounder 570 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,919 Speaker 1: and losing Cardinals. Let's talk about the surging Dallas Cowboys 571 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:19,760 Speaker 1: winning four in a row. We've asked the question all year, 572 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 1: We've asked it for twenty five years. Is this Cowboys 573 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: team different? This might be the last time we see 574 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 1: Dak for a couple of weeks if they don't have 575 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: a lot to play for on Week eighteen. If you 576 00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:31,119 Speaker 1: are different, this team is suffering, You're surging. Put down 577 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:32,760 Speaker 1: this Cardinals team and show us how good you are. 578 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,359 Speaker 1: I was on the sideline Saturday night as the Cardinals 579 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 1: were melting down and losing to a depleted Colst team, 580 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: and the pulse was just as it always is. There 581 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,480 Speaker 1: is no pep talk, there is no Kyler Let's go, 582 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,720 Speaker 1: There is no Cliff Kingsbury fire. Can they get up 583 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: for this one? Because the body language and the element 584 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 1: on the sideline just was very I feel like they're 585 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, that's not enough. They've got to show 586 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,879 Speaker 1: some energy and some emotion here man. And to me, 587 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,320 Speaker 1: that seems like they have an issue with leadership in Arizona. 588 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: But that's something that remains to be saying. I think 589 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: Dallas gets their run game right this week. Now. Both teams, 590 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: of course, have clinched playoff spots in the NFC playoff 591 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,240 Speaker 1: picture the Cowboys. They have the East, They've won it completely. 592 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: They do move into the one seed in the NFC 593 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,479 Speaker 1: if they do win and beat the Cardinals and if 594 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 1: the Packers fall to the Vikings on SNF. Okay, the Rams, 595 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 1: they're going to take on the Baltimore Ravens. They're traveling 596 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: all the way to the East coast. Schrager, what has 597 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: you excited in this one. Matthew Stafford has not played 598 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,119 Speaker 1: well the last two weeks, and yet the Rams have 599 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,520 Speaker 1: found ways to win, and they're relying not on just 600 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,080 Speaker 1: Cooper Cup but Sony Michelle as well. Sony Michelle right 601 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 1: now is the NFL's leaving rusher in the month of December, 602 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,159 Speaker 1: more than Jonathan Taylor, more than Rashad Penny. And I 603 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,000 Speaker 1: think I continue to pound the rock the Rams. To me, 604 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: this is all about getting right with a bunch of 605 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:49,520 Speaker 1: different fat into the game and then in January being 606 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,440 Speaker 1: ready to surge. But I don't see them losing to 607 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: the Ravens. Yeah. Sean mcvayh has realized that Matthew Stafford 608 00:27:55,280 --> 00:27:58,800 Speaker 1: needs a physical element to help him out in this offense. 609 00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: He cannot just dropped back every single pass play and 610 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: try to manipulate the defense that way. And I also 611 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: think with the Baltimore Ravens, I think Huntley. I want 612 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,280 Speaker 1: to see this kid get a chance. Man. I know 613 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson has been a little bit banged up. I 614 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 1: think he throws the ball a little bit easier than 615 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,800 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson. Hey listen, Mike, I'm listening to the Jimmy 616 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,080 Speaker 1: Trainer podcast and someone on the show right now is 617 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:21,600 Speaker 1: on there just posing the question, would you want Lamar 618 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 1: Jackson at thirty five million a year or Snoop Huntley 619 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: at two million year? And Peter Peter don't say. I'm 620 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:31,359 Speaker 1: saying people are asking that question, and a nice people 621 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 1: you could argue some people are saying. Some might say 622 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:43,440 Speaker 1: ms guy if they win. If the Cardinals lose to 623 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, then the Rams clinched the NFC West. All right, 624 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: Finally big AFC West show down between the Broncos and 625 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 1: the Chargers, this one in LA and Rob what you 626 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 1: got your eyes on? Drew Locke? Come on, man, this 627 00:28:56,320 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: is your opportunity. I think he's gonna get the start 628 00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 1: this week. Um. You know he hadn't won of games 629 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 1: since Week fourteen and twenty twenty. Go out there, do 630 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,160 Speaker 1: the things you need to do, don't take too many chances, 631 00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: run the football where you need to, and take the 632 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 1: check down. Lean on your defense. It's okay to pont 633 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: Drew Lock. Come on, man two and one as a starter. 634 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: Gotta be better. Loser leaves town, get out of here. 635 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: We're getting rid of the deadwood these days. Denver might 636 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: already be out la. Come on, man, if you lose 637 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 1: this game, it's over. You have the Denver Broncos in 638 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 1: front of you and the Raiders. Those are your rivals. 639 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: There's your division. Come on, just win and get in. 640 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: It'd be fun if you were in. Can you win? 641 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: Can you win? If not? Get out of here? It's right. 642 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 1: I mean Denver, I can't imagine either Drew Lock or 643 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater being their number one quarterback entering next season. 644 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: I feel like they're gonna be very active it so 645 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,360 Speaker 1: I'm almost looking at next year. Chargers. I still think 646 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 1: they're alive for this year. Two terrible any tough losses 647 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:46,840 Speaker 1: the Chiefs one where they went blow for blow and 648 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:51,640 Speaker 1: then that head scratching confounding Texans lost last week. Like Chargers, 649 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,280 Speaker 1: come on, man, like her on, like, come on, can 650 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: we tex the Cardinals? Can they be fixed? Juice? Can 651 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:02,960 Speaker 1: you fix no juice? What's going on? We're going to 652 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: talk about that game up against the Cowboys up next, right, 653 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:27,120 Speaker 1: your job. We welcome back to Good Morning Football. It's 654 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: a New Year's Eve. We're looking ahead to twenty twenty one. 655 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: Week seventeen is upon us. My name's Kadam's. Our show 656 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,080 Speaker 1: brought to you by Old Trapper View, Jerky, Kyle Brant, 657 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,200 Speaker 1: Michael Robinson, Peter Schrager. We are all here. Happy New 658 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: Year's guys. That's kind of an emotional week because its 659 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 1: last home games for Russell Wilson. Potentially he brought it up. 660 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: We've got Ben Roethlisberger talk about him with the Steelers, 661 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: lots to get into. We're going to break all of 662 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: that down right now with packed matchups and a lead block. 663 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: Good luck all right here. We as a family, we 664 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 1: talked at five thirty morning and we decided this is 665 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,280 Speaker 1: where we gotta go this hour. Big one in Jerry World. 666 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: Five seed Cards, two seed Cowboys. The Cards have lost 667 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,800 Speaker 1: three straight this week. Color I gotta say he didn't 668 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,280 Speaker 1: seem too worried with just two games left. In the 669 00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 1: regular season, and that, frankly worries me. Take a look, 670 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,920 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't I don't want to buy 671 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: into the whole cloud over us. You know, we're trying 672 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 1: to get into the plof you know, if people who 673 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: are making dramatic statements and all this stuff about the team, 674 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: I mean, it's not there's nothing, nothing crazy that needs 675 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: to be done. It's just everybody's got to do their job. 676 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: Everybody's gonna be a little bit better. Oh yeah, i'd 677 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,960 Speaker 1: say so. I want you going in a postseason looking strong. 678 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 1: They're both teams. Yes, they have clinched playoff for it's 679 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,480 Speaker 1: already Arizona. They want to win the West, though it 680 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: should mean something to that squad. They want to improve 681 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,880 Speaker 1: their seating in the NFC. A win would help a 682 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:52,400 Speaker 1: Ton Dallas heating up though they've won four straight. M Rob, 683 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: How do I fix my Cardinals? And I'm calling them 684 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: my Cardinals because I want them to win. I want 685 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: them to look good. They've got so much talent. It 686 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,160 Speaker 1: would be very excite. How can they take down this 687 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,520 Speaker 1: in Fuego Cowboys squad? I want the Arizona Cardinals to 688 00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 1: look good as well. I love Cala Murray. I like 689 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,160 Speaker 1: his skill setting everything, but Colin Murray, you need to 690 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: have some urgency about you. Brother. You guys have lost 691 00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,440 Speaker 1: the last three. You're limping into the playoffs, and there's 692 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: this thing called momentum and momentum. You need momentum, positive 693 00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: momentum going into the playoffs. Right now you have bad momentum. 694 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,320 Speaker 1: So get your game together. And I think that he 695 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 1: has to get his connection with AJ Green correct. Right 696 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 1: the minute Kyla Murray starts to drop back, you have 697 00:32:30,960 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: to see how they're defending AJ Green, and that takes 698 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 1: your eyes to where the ball should go. That they 699 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: have been off. They threw an interception at the end 700 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: of the Green Bay Packers game. There was another interception 701 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,000 Speaker 1: when he was throwing the AJ Green against Detroit, a 702 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: bad interception and AJ Green didn't give much effort to 703 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,080 Speaker 1: try to tackle the guy. I think it's something there. 704 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: I think it's also something with Kyler Murray's leadership that 705 00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,960 Speaker 1: is now starting to show up every single year at 706 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: the end of seasons. They were too good early on 707 00:32:57,840 --> 00:33:00,160 Speaker 1: in the season to be looking like this. Now we're 708 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: too good early on in the season to be limping 709 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,320 Speaker 1: into the playoffs. They really are. And I'll start first 710 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,120 Speaker 1: here with the practical on how do they beat the Cowboys. 711 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,640 Speaker 1: I'd like to see Kyler run more. It's way down 712 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,640 Speaker 1: last year eight nineteen yards this year only three forty four. 713 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 1: They gotta get something out of Rondelle Moore. He's been 714 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 1: a little bit banged up, I know, but he seems 715 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: to have just disappeared. And they're getting James connorback. It 716 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,200 Speaker 1: looks like he means a lot for them, and it 717 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:25,280 Speaker 1: really is a lift for them psychologically and physically. But Cliff, Cliff, Cliff. 718 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 1: We gotta have Cliff do some sort of psychological control 719 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: all the league. He's got to go to his happy place. 720 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: I gotta think whether it's it's offense, or whether it's 721 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: your history, or it's the coaches you've worked with, or 722 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: I don't think I'm going out on a limb to 723 00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 1: say you probably have many many outlets for stress relief 724 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:45,920 Speaker 1: in your personal life. Maybe you'd tap into that, so 725 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,520 Speaker 1: to speak. But Cliff, get right, man. Like the team 726 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: is flat, the team is tight. I think back to 727 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: that Lion's loss for the Cardinals, and it was like 728 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 1: the second they got down, it was over and they 729 00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:00,400 Speaker 1: just seemed tight. Where is that Week one team that 730 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 1: blew all of us away and destroyed the Titans with 731 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,160 Speaker 1: the swagger and the partying and that laughing and the 732 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 1: sell of that team is gone. And that's on the coach, 733 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: that's on the management. Like guys, the team psychologically is 734 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: tight as hell. Their body language is terrible. I feel 735 00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:18,759 Speaker 1: like Kyler's always shaking his head, doesn't look like he's 736 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: having any fun at all. And I think that starts 737 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,719 Speaker 1: with the guy in the Oakleys, Cliff. The team looks 738 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: completely broken and Peter, I know you witnessed it, Yeah, 739 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,359 Speaker 1: and it's all fair criticism. And then you wake up 740 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,840 Speaker 1: on Monday morning and they're in the playoffs and it's like, 741 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,200 Speaker 1: are we There's all much ado about nothing like they're 742 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,480 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. They're a playoff team. They have won 743 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: ten games. You can't take that away from them. And 744 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:38,960 Speaker 1: they were scoring thirty points every again, and then it 745 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,200 Speaker 1: just went. And there is a distinct line of when 746 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: that happened, and it was when DeAndre Hopkins left the lineup. 747 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: I don't think any of us, including the biggest d 748 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:51,640 Speaker 1: hop supporters, realize just how important he was to that offense. 749 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: He's not the fastest player in the league. He might 750 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:55,879 Speaker 1: not be the most Christmas with his rats. He doesn't 751 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: have the best footwork in the league. But he was 752 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:00,759 Speaker 1: Kyler's security blanket and he always called the ball. I 753 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: was on those sidelines on Sunday on Saturday night, and 754 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,800 Speaker 1: they're throwing a guys that you weren't expecting to have 755 00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:08,839 Speaker 1: to make big place. Rondelle wasn't out there, Hopkins wasn't 756 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 1: out there. Ertz is carrying the offense, and you're like, 757 00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: you're not gonna win in this high powered offensive sport 758 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,839 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty one with Zach Ertz being your number 759 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: one option anymore. Truth the matter is, they miss Hopkins. 760 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 1: You know who else they missed. They miss Rodney Hudson. 761 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 1: I don't think we talk offensive line, and that's fine. 762 00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: Rodney Hudson might be the best center in the NFL. 763 00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 1: He's been out all these weeks. Also, So when you 764 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,399 Speaker 1: take your best wide receiver and you take your best 765 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 1: offensive lineman, the captain of that offensive line, the best 766 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 1: acquisition they had this offseason, and you have them out 767 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,480 Speaker 1: of the lineup. Yeah, there's things that are gonna be 768 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: out of sync. Here's the bright side. Hudson returns on Sunday. 769 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,799 Speaker 1: Hudson's back. Look at this. I know there's no other 770 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:48,360 Speaker 1: show on the planet that's doing a Rodney Hudson conversation 771 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,160 Speaker 1: this morning. It's all about Kyler. It's all about Cliff. 772 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 1: It matters. This is the voice of that offensive line. 773 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,800 Speaker 1: This is the reason that Kyler isn't having box snapped 774 00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,360 Speaker 1: that you got to throw the ball out of bounds 775 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,200 Speaker 1: and get attention, no warning. This is an important piece. 776 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,279 Speaker 1: So they're not getting Hopkins back this weekend. They are 777 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,600 Speaker 1: going to get back Hudson. You hope they're going to 778 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:09,759 Speaker 1: get back Connor, and I hope to see that that 779 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,000 Speaker 1: fervor and that funk in that swag return because Kyle, 780 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 1: you said it, I said it. Cliff isn't going to 781 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: be this let's go, But nor is Kyler. That press 782 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,359 Speaker 1: conference quote that you just showed us to start the segment. Kay, 783 00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,720 Speaker 1: Kyler doesn't care. Kyler's not worried, he's not concerned. Gosh, 784 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,040 Speaker 1: everyone else seems to be and you're not getting it 785 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,280 Speaker 1: from the coach or the quarterback. Maybe getting some players 786 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 1: back center, running back can help a bit, because isn't 787 00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: going to do anything in the long run here. I 788 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,839 Speaker 1: think what you're saying is really practical, but it's really disappointing. 789 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 1: Like you're saying the wide receiver isn't there who's really 790 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,000 Speaker 1: good and makes plays, so this team can't rally without him. 791 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 1: This coaching staff can't get this team to rally without him, 792 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 1: or Hudson or even James Connor. I don't get that shrike. 793 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 1: So when you're talking practicality and like plays out their 794 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,160 Speaker 1: x's and o's not working. But if they go out 795 00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,319 Speaker 1: there and they don't don't have this juice. I missed 796 00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:02,800 Speaker 1: the show Monday, I didn't see what you said, but 797 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:04,279 Speaker 1: I didn't have to hear what you said. I saw 798 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,880 Speaker 1: it on television. They can lose to the Cowboys, but 799 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: it's in how they look and how they lose that 800 00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: I need to be convinced they're not going to implode 801 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:13,719 Speaker 1: and get sent home on wild card weekend, Triggs. So 802 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 1: it's disappointing to hear that they don't have one of 803 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:18,560 Speaker 1: their stars. Like it's the story of the twenty twenty 804 00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:20,480 Speaker 1: one season, it's really the story of any NFL team 805 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: that's facing adversity. Where's the juice going to come from? 806 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: Because you know you mentioned DeAndre Hoppins. I don't when 807 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:28,680 Speaker 1: I think of him, I don't think of raw raw 808 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,560 Speaker 1: rally juice either. Yeah. So Buddha Baker's their leader on 809 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,400 Speaker 1: defense A. He's a very vocal, very vibrant guy. Chandler 810 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,760 Speaker 1: Jones as well. I don't even know if it's tangible, 811 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,000 Speaker 1: but if Kyler's game is going and it starts working, 812 00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:43,719 Speaker 1: you don't need to have raw rod. I just when 813 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:45,879 Speaker 1: I see Kyler in that press conference, or I see 814 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,760 Speaker 1: Kyler Shall up to the game and in Oakland Athletics 815 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,440 Speaker 1: Jersey and just kind of be like, all right, like 816 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,280 Speaker 1: you almost want to see Kyler look desperate and Cliff 817 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,160 Speaker 1: look look look upset, but that's just not in their makeup. 818 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,600 Speaker 1: And coach and quarterback, we're both very even keeled. Maybe 819 00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: that's a good thing when you're winning, but in this 820 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,480 Speaker 1: kind of situation, you just hope one of them can 821 00:38:02,520 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 1: lift the other. I'm just scared to get into the playoffs. 822 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,320 Speaker 1: You get punched in the face, bullets start flying, and 823 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: they just looked shell shocked for the past two weeks. 824 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 1: I'm totally with Kyle on this one with body language, 825 00:38:12,719 --> 00:38:15,120 Speaker 1: with when things aren't going your way. Are we in 826 00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,040 Speaker 1: panic mode or are we gonna get it going? And 827 00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,120 Speaker 1: they'll be in that of course against those Cowboys. What 828 00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: a game this weekend? Happy New Year's everybody, from all 829 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:23,840 Speaker 1: of us and all of your families and all the 830 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 1: people who work on the show. We have two minutes left. 831 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,360 Speaker 1: We will give you the gift of football. You know 832 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: what it is, the grasspend type to pick and picks 833 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:30,800 Speaker 1: a week Peter, what's one game you think is definitely 834 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,120 Speaker 1: going to be a win for this team this weekend? 835 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:34,719 Speaker 1: Who do you got? Nine point underdogs? And I'm going 836 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:39,440 Speaker 1: to a game tonight, ladies and gentlemen, The Michigan Wolverines 837 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:44,200 Speaker 1: are going to Georgia Bulldogs. The Michigan Wolverines will beat 838 00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:48,399 Speaker 1: the Georgia Bulldogs. I've got Michigan upsetting everyone on this path. 839 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,719 Speaker 1: Michigan Wolverines go blue. Okay, I'm gonna you know, I 840 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,600 Speaker 1: like doing big games. For this segment, I'm going to 841 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:59,359 Speaker 1: that Arizona Cardinals Dallas Cowboy game, and I'm gonna pick 842 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:01,759 Speaker 1: the cowboy is in this matchup. I think Dak Prescott's 843 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,200 Speaker 1: playing great football, and I think they're gonna be able 844 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 1: to run the football and get their running game right 845 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,080 Speaker 1: in this game. Because there's gonna Cardinals the middle of 846 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,840 Speaker 1: that defense, it gets a little easy to run the 847 00:39:11,840 --> 00:39:14,919 Speaker 1: football later one in the game. Broncos have won four 848 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,880 Speaker 1: of their last five against the Chargers. I think that changes. 849 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,279 Speaker 1: I hope to get it together this Charger side. Mike 850 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,319 Speaker 1: Williams off COVID list, He'll be there. Chargers win out, 851 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: beat the Broncos, then beat the Raiders and get yourself 852 00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 1: into the AFC playoffs. Chargers over the Broncos. What do 853 00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 1: you got? Just get in their Chargers. Just do it, 854 00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna tell you the story about a three 855 00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,200 Speaker 1: and six football team with a first year head coach 856 00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: and an unproven quarterback. Three and six FLA team that 857 00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:43,320 Speaker 1: finishes ten and seven? Are you kidding me? Philadelphia? It 858 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:48,239 Speaker 1: keeps on going this week against Washington Fly Eagles, fly 859 00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:53,880 Speaker 1: on behalf of all four of us. Those are our Yeah, 860 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: great spend top choice me Skid picks up the week. 861 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,240 Speaker 1: Happy New Year, guys, I'll see you Monday, hopefully in studio. 862 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:13,040 Speaker 1: We wish you guys, healthy, safe, beautiful news celebrations. Please 863 00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:21,480 Speaker 1: don't drink and drive, make other arrangements. Happy New Year.