1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 1: All right, we're getting close to the big showdown in Miami, 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,000 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. Listen. If you are a Titans fan, 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 1: if you are a Texans fan, if you are a 4 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: Vikings fan, if you are someone who just watched the 5 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,600 Speaker 1: Seahawks beat the Eagles, then you need to get your 6 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,239 Speaker 1: butt down to Miami to watch our live show. It's 7 00:00:18,239 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: gonna be the Thursday before the Super Bowl. Tickets going quick. 8 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: All the information on their website. What is it, Dan, 9 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: Miami improv dot com, slash Events, get it done. Who 10 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: are you if you don't go to this thing? Nobody 11 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: be Around the NFL Podcast. Ha ha, this is the 12 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: podcast right here. Welcome to another edition of the Around 13 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hansas, coming to 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:48,199 Speaker 1: you from a room filled with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: and Greg Rosenital What is up? Boys? Hey? Dan? Hey? 16 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: Wild Card weekend in the books, and it was one 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: for the books and that's today show. I'll see you 18 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 1: seal it. And it was wild. It was wild until 19 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: that last game, not really that wild. Wild is kind 20 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: of sleepy. That one felt fourteen hours long to me. 21 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: The other three magnificent. However, that game was a one 22 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: possession game at the end. Yeah, as was every other 23 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: game ended within a possession and two overtime games. And 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,959 Speaker 1: I think the greatest I call it a West of 25 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: His miracle is what I call it. You got to 26 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: me the best West of This game of all time, 27 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: which you're gonna get too later. Well, I felt like 28 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,639 Speaker 1: the the fourth quarter and overtime version of Josh Allen 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: was basically the entire Steelers Bengals game from a while ago, 30 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 1: like the the complete insanity and unpredictable nature of whatever 31 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: Josh Allen was going to do next. So to me, 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 1: it's between those two games he felt the spirit of 33 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: West of This and I you know, I thought about 34 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: it the night before West of the West of This 35 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: seve when you know we're all putting our kids to bed, 36 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: and you know everyone's got dreams of West of This 37 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: in their head. The only way that Bill O'Brien and 38 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 1: the Texans could escape West of This is to win 39 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: that game. And maybe Josh Allen doesn't. He just feel 40 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 1: kind of like a guy that could be the face 41 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: of West of Us. It's a lot of first round 42 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,839 Speaker 1: that's that's a grim prognostication for Bills fans. I mean, 43 00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: I think he'd be fortunate to be playing multiple playoff games. 44 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,000 Speaker 1: But that's just feeling after what happened this weekend. Um, yes, 45 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to all of the football and UM, 46 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: by the way, thank you to everybody who reached out 47 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: to us are around the NFL broadcast premiered on NFL 48 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: Network on Friday. We were really happy with how it 49 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: turned out, and everyone from fans too. Inside this building, 50 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:43,600 Speaker 1: two reporters that we work with, two colleagues outside. We 51 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: got a lot of positive feedback and also just people 52 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:48,919 Speaker 1: wishing us well and that felt good. That was nice. 53 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: Also hearing that it was the highest rated half an 54 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: hour of programming in NFL Network history. Yeah, the three 55 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: am verse should have been. There was like a lot 56 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: of re plays and the three Am version they just 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,399 Speaker 1: said was monster. We're confused with college kids Stone late 58 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 1: at night where basically Dave Letterman two level like impact 59 00:03:10,480 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: on the youth. Alright, so thank you and everybody. In 60 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: another show coming up Friday, six pm Eastern, three pm Pacific, 61 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,320 Speaker 1: breaking that divisional round. But before that, we gotta finish 62 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: up wild Card and let's start. Let's go. Let's basically 63 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: go backwards. In time, starting with a game that just ended. 64 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: Let us head to the link more. Now is wide 65 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: to the right side with a slot left for Russell. 66 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: Those under center, now lock up those in motion. Russell 67 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: play fake. Now he's gonna throw down the middle. Got 68 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 1: a man. Calf makes a catch diving He is in 69 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: for a touchdown. Shaws. What a play by a rookie 70 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: t came midcaf gets in behind the secondary, takes a 71 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,760 Speaker 1: diving catch, hits the ground, gets back up him, then 72 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: drags the defender to the end zone fifty three yards. 73 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: What a play by number fourteen. Simply spectacular. This young 74 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: man DK could he could go down as one of 75 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: those all time draft misses going in the second round 76 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: where everybody Peggham in the first Seahawks get him because 77 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:17,039 Speaker 1: good organizations make smart You know what the Eagles did. 78 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: They drafted Jay y'all seven spots ahead of d K 79 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 1: man Steve Rabel with the call for the Seahawks radio network, Yes, 80 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,840 Speaker 1: Russell and Will Russell Wilson threw a dart. DK Metcalf 81 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 1: used every inch of that big frame, got it, rolled 82 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: to the ground, got up, went into the end zone, 83 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: and that made another huge catch to basically seal the 84 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: win for the Eagles late in the fourth quarter, seventeen 85 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: nine for the Seahawks, seventeen nine over the Eagles at 86 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,679 Speaker 1: the link, Seattle's defense piled up seven sacks on Josh 87 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: McCown and Carson Wentz, who exited this game for good early. 88 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: Uh in the game in the first quarter after a 89 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,599 Speaker 1: helmet at helmet hit by Jadeveon Clowney, nope dualty called 90 00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: mark the banged up Seahawks go on the road. They 91 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: get it done. I felt like it DK Metcalf was 92 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: so important because both offenses and the reason we called 93 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 1: the game a little sleepy compared to the other three, 94 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,600 Speaker 1: just so sluggish in in both attacks, and they were 95 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: just begging for someone to step up and play the 96 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 1: star role. In Metcalf tame into full bloom. I think 97 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 1: probably a vast majority of casual fans have no idea 98 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: who this guy was, and you roll in and now 99 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: he's a household name and he completely got it done. 100 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: And you know, there my one thought after afterwards watching 101 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: Josh McCown, uh, the only only the second forty plus 102 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,080 Speaker 1: year old quarterback to debut in the playoffs at forty plus, 103 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: I mean, Sonny Jorgenson was the other you know, tears 104 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,000 Speaker 1: down his face at the end of this because who 105 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: knows his career is essentially probably wrapped at this point, 106 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: came very close. I thought he played. He played about 107 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: as well as you could ask someone whose body is 108 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: essentially um begging to break down at this point in 109 00:05:54,600 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: freezing weather, and you know, he got hit a bunch, 110 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: barely survived. At one point it looks like he pulled 111 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: his butt. I don't know what happened, just was clutching 112 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: for one seventy four though, like it really wasn't an 113 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: embarrassing performance just once they got inside the fifteen yard lining, 114 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: Well there was, But it's do you feel worse for 115 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 1: him or Carson Wentz who had just I don't know 116 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: the ghosts and the history of his his his run 117 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: in January is just problematic. Let's we'll get to wins 118 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:23,240 Speaker 1: in a second, just since we're on the top of 119 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:26,559 Speaker 1: McNown because I think Chris Collinsworth uh, calling the game 120 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: for NBC, made the point right before they went off 121 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: the air that that fourth and seven right at the 122 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: two minute warning there at the Seattle ten, they're down eight. 123 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 1: But first of all, it felt like there was eighty 124 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,560 Speaker 1: yards between them and the goal line. It just didn't 125 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,960 Speaker 1: feel like they had that special moment with in them 126 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: with accounted behind center, but the there's nobody open, A 127 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:48,559 Speaker 1: hole opens up in the offensive line. Josh McCown season 128 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: and instinctually darts, but he's a guide with a some 129 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 1: type of glute or hamstring injury. He's forty plus years old, 130 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 1: and what he thought was an open path the end 131 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: zone is immediately jadeveon Clowney grabbing him by the ankles 132 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:03,120 Speaker 1: of taking him down, and the game was effectively over 133 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: at that point, and then the big completion to Metcalf 134 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: sealed the game. But that's the limitations when you have 135 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: h McCown and not Nick Foles and not Carson Wentz 136 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,680 Speaker 1: behind center. I thought that was one of the big 137 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: themes from Wild Card weekend. Old quarterbacks in quicksand versus pressure, 138 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: they're sort of doubly cursed because they hesitate to split 139 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: second when they no longer no longer believe they can 140 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: make the throw, and the hesitation ends up killing them 141 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: when they have to escape pressure and they no longer 142 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: have the agility to get there. It's funny because I mean, 143 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: I remember McCown the early part of his career well 144 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: in Arizona, was a lot of fun to watch. That 145 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: was his problem back then, too, was leaving the pocket 146 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: immediately to try to go make a play. But he 147 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: had the sort of you know, extraordinary athleticism. Sometimes he 148 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: pulled off, sometimes he didn't. But he was a lot 149 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: of fun to watch. You know. He had the same 150 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 1: rag tag unit around him that Carson Wentz did. And 151 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: I don't think it should be lost that. I think 152 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: there were six passing plays with Carson Wentz in the 153 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 1: game and they gained two yards. And now that's a 154 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: it's a tiny sample side, but Carson Wentz and this 155 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 1: Eagles often scored nine points. The last time they played 156 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: the Seahawks. They were a rough looking offense, uh for 157 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: the last stretch until they played some of these cupcakes 158 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: in the NFC East. It's just it's such a shame 159 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: in a season where so many people went down and 160 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: you never really got to know what this Eagles team 161 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: would be that we didn't even get to see Wentz 162 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: try to win this game, because who knows. It's not 163 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 1: like Seattle's offense was rolling in this game and it 164 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,239 Speaker 1: would it would have been fun to see Carson Wentz 165 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: at least give it a shot. And it's just a shame. 166 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: It feels so bad for Wentz, absolutely, and it's just 167 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: unbelievable because he he had worked so hard to get 168 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,440 Speaker 1: back to this stage after the injuries of the past 169 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: two years and then to do what he did in 170 00:08:44,240 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: December finally get there and then on a suspect hit, Mark, 171 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 1: you and I were talking about a lot downstairs where 172 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: Clowney essentially dives at Wentz as he's going down and 173 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: it's a helmet to helmet shot. The lights get turned 174 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,040 Speaker 1: out on the season for him. Yeah, it's hard to 175 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: diagnose what's going through defenders minds on these replays, but 176 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:05,560 Speaker 1: it looked to me that Clowney angled his head to, 177 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: you know, use it in a way that the league 178 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: does not want you to do. There was no flag 179 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: on the playoff thought that was that was suspicious and 180 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: it completely changed the game. And you're looking at an 181 00:09:14,400 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: Eagles team that mind their way down to the eight 182 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: yard line at one point, the twenty yard line and 183 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 1: the ten and to your point, Dan, it felt like 184 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,440 Speaker 1: eighty yards versus eight, and it came up with six points. 185 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: I mean, they came. So this has to be an 186 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: extremely frustrating, frustrating result for Eagles chance because even with 187 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,199 Speaker 1: McCown in there, you had a chance. Although on some level, 188 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: I think if you're an Eagles fan or you're on 189 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,360 Speaker 1: that team, you look at this season and you think, 190 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: what more could we have done? It just wasn't gonna 191 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: happen for us. The the luck which is so important, 192 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: and you know, maybe they um they made their own 193 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: luck a couple of years ago, but there's only so 194 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:53,160 Speaker 1: much that that you can do. The Clowney play, I 195 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: think it will be the moment of this weekend that 196 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: the NFL is most embarrassed about, not the Kyle Rudolph play, 197 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: which I think ultimate lee. You know, we'll get to 198 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: and they'll say that's how they want to officiate past interference. 199 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,679 Speaker 1: The Clowney one is one they will apologize for. I 200 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: mean I fully expect it. They will find Jadevan Clowney. 201 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: They will say they missed that call. It is was 202 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 1: an obvious misscall. I mean, it's obvious He's gonna be 203 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: pain for that. That's the exact reason the rules in place, 204 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: and it's unfortunate for once and it's unfortunate for the 205 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: Eagles too that they didn't get a fifteen yard penalty 206 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 1: out of it. Hats off to the Eagles for making 207 00:10:26,400 --> 00:10:29,040 Speaker 1: it this far, but they weren't going any further regardless. 208 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: They were playing with a preseason roster out there that 209 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:35,280 Speaker 1: You've got Josh mccowm handing off to Boston Scott throwing 210 00:10:35,280 --> 00:10:39,080 Speaker 1: passes to Deonte Burnett, Greg Ward and Robert Davis. We're 211 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 1: all in practice squads in October. Shelton Gibson, the defense, 212 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: you know, showed up and Fletcher Cox had one of 213 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: the best games of his career, I thought, and they 214 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: did a good job controlling Seattle. But there are injuries 215 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 1: in the secondary showed up too. I mean, Jalen Mills 216 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,840 Speaker 1: had a terrible game. Avante Maddox had a terrible game. 217 00:10:56,120 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: Cavan LeBlanc Um, who's been an injury replacement, didn't play 218 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 1: well either. And that's why I love when it was 219 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: third and ten at the end of the game, one 220 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: forty left, the Eagles have one time out. The typical 221 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: Brian Schottenheimer Pete Carroll move there might be make them 222 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: use their last time out. Punted away and Dare Josh 223 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:17,720 Speaker 1: McCowen to go down the field and get six points 224 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,959 Speaker 1: and a two point conversion, because you know that's not likely. 225 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: But no, they threw a deep shot to Metcalf over 226 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: the top because to them that's like a they they're 227 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: better at that than a ten yard out, Like, I 228 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: trust them more to go way down the field to 229 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: Metcalf than a ten yure it out. So they did 230 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: what the Seahawks did, and that I feel like it's 231 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: at least an appropriate and a more enjoyable ending to 232 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 1: what was kind of a disappointing well. So, I would 233 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,160 Speaker 1: say the biggest subplot in this game, I can't believe 234 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: we even gotten to it, is that coming into this 235 00:11:45,080 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 1: affair bird versus Bird teams in the playoffs, the home 236 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,559 Speaker 1: bird team was ten and oh historically that is uh, 237 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 1: that's huge, and now the record falls to ten and 238 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: one because of what happened today. Anyone that had a 239 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: negative tweet about the NBC animation of these said birds 240 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,120 Speaker 1: flying through the air the graphic I blocked them immediately 241 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,760 Speaker 1: from my not just a mute, you were blocked. It's 242 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 1: offensive behavior to take on the They're in a large 243 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: ground swell. Huge Russell Wilson, by the way, Uh uh 244 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: what was that, Russell? Okay, I got you um through 245 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,800 Speaker 1: for three yards. He led the team with forty five 246 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 1: yards rushing. This is not the iconic Russell Wilson game. 247 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 1: But okay, but you understand that how important this guy 248 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: is this team and why even though you know they'll 249 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: be going to Green Bay to face the Packers, why 250 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: the Seahawks, who are beat up, are not a team 251 00:12:38,840 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: to discount in the divisional round, Because as long as 252 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: he's on the field, magic can happen. In jadeveon Clowney, 253 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: I've been on him a little bit because he's always 254 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: hurt and you know he's gonna command a massive salary 255 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: and I would be totally terrified if a team like 256 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:56,280 Speaker 1: the Jets were to do that. Uh come free agency. 257 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: But again, and we've talked about this before, this guy 258 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: does have a habit west of showing up in these 259 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 1: big impact games. And he was a nuisance all day 260 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: long for m Account and Wentz certainly went well. Yeah, 261 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 1: playing against an offensive line missing a couple of starters, 262 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 1: and like you said, to come back from injury and 263 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: be a factor and back to Russell Wilson for a second, 264 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,640 Speaker 1: he still is still has the best sexiest deep bow 265 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: in the league. And then I think back to that 266 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 1: third and fifth team where he rushed for scramble for 267 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: and that was a huge playing the game, I'm amazed. 268 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: Like when Marshawn Lynch first got his carry in last 269 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: week's game, it's like the whole newsrooms going wild, like people. 270 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: People are so excited on Twitter for his first carry back. 271 00:13:36,960 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 1: And then I think the reality is set in here 272 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:43,480 Speaker 1: that the Marshawn Lynch Trivis Homer duo combined for nineteen 273 00:13:43,559 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 1: yards on seventeen carry. It's a big problem. But the 274 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: kind of offense they want to be there, right so 275 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: they're they're running game is is all is a little 276 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:51,719 Speaker 1: bit of a mess. You know, it was a tough 277 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: matchup today against Philadelphia. They smartly threw it more one's 278 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: bow legged and the other one's pot billing. At one 279 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 1: point you had Marshawn Good, Marshawn Lynn, Robert Turban, and 280 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 1: Josh McCown in this game. I mean, it felt like 281 00:14:02,880 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: a time machine to eleven carries for twelve yards. Marshawn 282 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 1: six verse seven did get that touchdown. He did, and 283 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 1: it was nice. That was his long of the day 284 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 1: of five yard rush. Um. That's seventeen rushes for nineteen yards. 285 00:14:15,559 --> 00:14:18,200 Speaker 1: And by the way, Seattle, they did the same thing 286 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,440 Speaker 1: I've talked about on the podcast before h interviewing Pete 287 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: Carroll the year that Russell Wilson got drafted, okay, and 288 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: Matt Flynn was just signed to a free agent deal, 289 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: and Cal's just like, don't you know, don't forget about 290 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: this guy. We drafted this this kid is the real deal. 291 00:14:34,960 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: He could play, and it sounded like a coach just 292 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: being overly positive, and then he turned out to be 293 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback. He was the same way 294 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: with DK Metcalf all through the summer programs, like I'm installed, 295 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: this guy is gonna be one of our top weapons. 296 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: And usually you're like, oh, okay, the coaches being overly optimistic, 297 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 1: but I think he's earned the benefit that when they 298 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: see somebody that they feel like they've hit on and 299 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: can make an immediate impact, it happens. This guy's a stud. 300 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: Metcalf Lockett looks healthy. David Moore made a play today, 301 00:15:03,640 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: Hollister's there. It's it's a passing game. With Wilson obviously 302 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: being you know, the absolute key that can scare you 303 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: like this is not they are a banged up team, 304 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,160 Speaker 1: but I think they're just because they lost their running backs. 305 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,240 Speaker 1: It's been a little overstated. If they could ever get 306 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: Dwayne Brown back their left tackle, that would be huge. 307 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: But for the most part, this is the Seahawks team 308 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: that managed to win, you know, eleven twelve games this year. 309 00:15:25,480 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 1: Now the other one score win. That's been sort of 310 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: the tension of the Carol Russell Wilson era that Pete 311 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: Carroll's formula is running the ball, but the offense is 312 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: often at its best when they just let the play 313 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: break down and let Russell Wilson throw the ball. I 314 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,240 Speaker 1: had noticed, you know, especially in that week's seventeen game, 315 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: how much quick more quickly Russell Wilson was to run 316 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: the ball, like he decided, just say the quarterback, okay, 317 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: just stop it, um, I mean our sound board, Like 318 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: he he decided in the second half of the forty 319 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: Niners game, like enough of this, I've barely run this year. 320 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna start running. And that was the key 321 00:15:59,880 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: to them almost scoring four straight touchdowns against forty And 322 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: he kept it up today, all right, So there you 323 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 1: go one outcome. The Seahawks move on, as I said 324 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: to Green Bay to face the Packers next week. Let's 325 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: now check out the other Sunday ball game. It was 326 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: a shocker third and goal from the floor. Kirk takes 327 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 1: the snow, We'll try fade left end zone and it 328 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:30,240 Speaker 1: is cat catch. Do amazing decision by Kirk Cousins. He 329 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:32,400 Speaker 1: saw me all all Plich you knew he had Rudolph 330 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: one on one with the corner, Rudy and just through 331 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: the chump ball. What a beautiful throw. Blu Shore San 332 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: Francisco and corra Wa New Orleans Saints, Paul Allen and 333 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 1: beat versage of the Vikings radio network going some fun 334 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: in the boot now? Why not because Kirk Cousins. Yes 335 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins connected with Kyle Rudolph for four yards 336 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 1: score in the first possession of overtime. It wiped away 337 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: both the Saints and a former reputation for somebody the 338 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,720 Speaker 1: final at the Superdome. Three plays before the Randolph game winner, 339 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: Cousins through a perfect strike to Adam feeling Um after 340 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: they won the overtime coin flip to set up Minnesota 341 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: at first and goal, and boys, you know football man. 342 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: It's funny. This is a funny sport. I mean, sports 343 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: is why I love sports in general, because you could 344 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 1: think you know everything and then reality sets in and 345 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 1: we know, yes, Mark, we know nothing. But not not 346 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: many people gave the Vikings a chance in this game, 347 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: certainly nobody in this room. Um, I picked the Saints 348 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,240 Speaker 1: and win the damn Super Bowl. So my brackets pretty 349 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: busted up. But they were, you know, the Vikings were. 350 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: Clearly It's just a minor NFL ultimately, it's a brackets 351 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,399 Speaker 1: what I'm saying though, but they were. The Vikings are 352 00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 1: the better team on Sunday and Uh. And we're gonna 353 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: get into Kirk Cousins because that was such a huge drive. 354 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: And Greg, you have the great tweet which I banged 355 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: you on a retweet that it seemed to be going 356 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 1: all downhill in a bad way for the Vikings thirteen 357 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: yards in their last three possessions of the fourth quarter. 358 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: They lose a ten point lead, but then he makes 359 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,639 Speaker 1: those two marvelous throws uh in overtime, including the game winner, 360 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: which some people might have an issue with, and we'll 361 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: get to that the the officiating on the play, but 362 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: here was in one of the great locker room scenes 363 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: of the season. Kirk Cousins after the game with his teammates, Hey, 364 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 1: that's how we've won all year, te right was the 365 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,239 Speaker 1: chance at the end? I got three words for you? 366 00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:51,159 Speaker 1: You like that? I know it's cheesy, Greg, but you 367 00:18:51,160 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: know you gotta feel good for Kirk Cousins. I know 368 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: I'm a cynic because my immediate thought was, like, you know, 369 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,600 Speaker 1: what's gonna fire up the guys? Like the three word 370 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: catchphrase I had with the rest. I believe he called 371 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:06,800 Speaker 1: him a corn blank. It's a great one. He's a 372 00:19:06,840 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: great He's a great one. What a performance? You know? 373 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,959 Speaker 1: Do your things? What were your thoughts as you watched? Uh? 374 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. He checks all the narrative boxes, which is 375 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 1: why he's been a laughing stock on Twitter. Like every 376 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,800 Speaker 1: starting quarterback in the NFL, he it depends on week 377 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: to week whether he's celebrated or vilified. They live this 378 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: high wire act. Then when you sign that contract, it's 379 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 1: even more of a microscope. Then when you fail in 380 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:35,880 Speaker 1: primetime games, when all the eyeballs are on you, it's 381 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: even more of a microscope. And he has to earn 382 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 1: the benefit of the doubt. And I think when Troykman 383 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:43,160 Speaker 1: said that's the best throw of his career right here, 384 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: that's when he earned the benefit of the doubt from 385 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: a lot of people. I've seen him in in that 386 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 1: building before where he shook off a helmet, the helmet hit, 387 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: and against the blitz in which he got clawbered nat 388 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,639 Speaker 1: a forty yard passed to Ryan Grant for a touchdown 389 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:58,480 Speaker 1: again the Saints in a big game a couple of 390 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: years ago. And I've been a even since then because 391 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 1: he's demonstrated the ability to do this. The only question 392 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: is can you do it, as Dan has said when 393 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 1: the lights are on? And he did it, and you 394 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: could people contry this time, and and there's too many 395 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,719 Speaker 1: people on Twitter were like saying, oh Dan, you had 396 00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 1: it wrong. I never said he couldn't do it. I 397 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 1: only said he never did do it. And it always 398 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: seemed weird because he was such a prolific producer and 399 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: he's a guy that stays on the field and and 400 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,919 Speaker 1: racks up yardage and touchdowns, so it never kind of 401 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: made sense that he never was able to have a 402 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: moment like this. And it took and it took a 403 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 1: long time, but he got it. Anybody that moves the 404 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,240 Speaker 1: goalpost on him, now, I think it's wrong. I certainly 405 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: won't because he did author the moment that alleviates douts. 406 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: And it's a type of win seek Manning comma Eli 407 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: that can put you on a big postseason run. Watch out. 408 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: It's the I let it go man Dan. I think 409 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: all along it's the drama you liked, like the the 410 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 1: human interest story of this. Here here's the thing though, 411 00:21:04,359 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: like it still takes a ton of luck that maybe 412 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: he just didn't have in other games where he did 413 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: play well. If Dalvin Cook, you know when we thought 414 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook fumbled and the Saints returned it, you know, 415 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,960 Speaker 1: Cousins doesn't get that chance. If they lose the coin toss, 416 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: Cousins doesn't get that chance. But he's not a different 417 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins than he was before he made those plays. 418 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 1: He was always a good quarterback. The thing I like that. 419 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's changed, but I like that 420 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: the Vikings showed some aggressiveness in overtime and throughout the 421 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:36,440 Speaker 1: fourth quarter in letting him throw, not always, but third 422 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:39,919 Speaker 1: and one in that overtime drive, they go shotgun and 423 00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: he throws. He throws it to Dalvin Cook, that throw 424 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,680 Speaker 1: to theling certainly, and then I'm thinking when of his 425 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,800 Speaker 1: thirteen ten midway through the third quarter, and and it 426 00:21:47,880 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: just felt like the Vikings were dominating, but they were 427 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: only up three points. And Cousins made a couple of 428 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: throws on that drive, one for the third down near 429 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: the goal line where he's on the run to Stephan Digs. 430 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: Another really great throw to add uh feeling. And those 431 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: to me are just as important almost as the overtime 432 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:09,959 Speaker 1: throws because it's set you up, and they were. They 433 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: were beautiful plays, and he was clearly the better quarterback 434 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: on the field today. Well, there there was a there 435 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,360 Speaker 1: was a section of the game though, where I thought 436 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: the best quarterback on the field was Taysom Hill. And 437 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 1: I'm not just saying that from my own leanings towards him. 438 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: I find him be a fascinating player, shotgun down of 439 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,360 Speaker 1: you know, decades of old and he does a little 440 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: bit of everything. And you know, Breeze had that killer fumble, 441 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 1: very un characteristic, his first fumble of the year. But 442 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: not everyone was so happy with this result. My son Luke, 443 00:22:36,280 --> 00:22:38,480 Speaker 1: who is a Saints fan, all of a sudden over 444 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,399 Speaker 1: the past couple of months. Check out this reaction. I 445 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:50,440 Speaker 1: gotta see this. Saints Hall did a really epic cross 446 00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, yeah, And you know, I just like because 447 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: it's like I want them to the same way I 448 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:01,919 Speaker 1: did of my household find their own teams. And and 449 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: Colton is an Eagles fan. So it's been a rough 450 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: Sunday on the home front. Yes, it's like but it's 451 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: you know, I I find this to be the thought 452 00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: that I had was I feel like every year it's 453 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: Sean Payton having to endure these terrible, hideous playoff losses 454 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: and how long the journey of this season is to 455 00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: think that you got to go back into mini camps 456 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: all this nonsense to get back to this point again. 457 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 1: And it's been twice against the Viking Vikings in a 458 00:23:29,720 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: couple of years. That absolute really rough crusher of a 459 00:23:33,080 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 1: loss for the Saints and the whole organization we are. 460 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,360 Speaker 1: You know, I do the pain Pain rankings, and I've 461 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,159 Speaker 1: always kept it to teams that are star crossed and 462 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 1: never even can get off the ground at just a 463 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,960 Speaker 1: horrible fan experience. But there is the like second tier 464 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: of pain rankings for teams like the Saints and Packers 465 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: that have a lot of January heartbreak. This is three 466 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: straight years that their season has ended on a walk 467 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: off play. I have to mention the first forty years 468 00:23:58,080 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: of their organization where they had up kiss and this 469 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 1: season especially, and like I said, I picked him to 470 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,360 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl because it just felt like everything 471 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: was chriscend doing for this team. They had averaged forty 472 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: points a game in the four weeks leading up to 473 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: this game. You had a Vikings team that looked like 474 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,160 Speaker 1: it was coming in as a dead team walking and 475 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 1: this felt like a number three seed that was going 476 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:20,440 Speaker 1: to be wreaking havoc on the NFC and now they're 477 00:24:20,480 --> 00:24:23,479 Speaker 1: golfing right. Just it makes no sense not to mention that. 478 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 1: The game, and you know, I understand you could be 479 00:24:25,480 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 1: in either camp. The game ends on yet another questionable 480 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: decision surrounding past interference. I just didn't have a problem 481 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,320 Speaker 1: with it. Well, Greg, I know you did. I didn't 482 00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: have a problem with it. But if I have a 483 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: problem with the rule, if there's gonna be a rule, 484 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: used the rule, they said, Okay, they looked at it. 485 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,320 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe I'll cover up. No, I know they did 486 00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,119 Speaker 1: look at it. I mean It's not like I doubt 487 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: that they looked at it just like we did. They 488 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,639 Speaker 1: had the time, but they quickly decided both both um 489 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: the defender, you know, Williams and um kyl Rudolf, Kyle 490 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,919 Speaker 1: Rudolph you know, had some contact on the play. I mean, please, 491 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: this has roots in the early nineties when Chris Carter 492 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: and Michael Irvin and those guys were allowed to start 493 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,159 Speaker 1: pushing off and that wasn't a thing before the early right. 494 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: So so Terry McAuley, the NBC rules analysts and the 495 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 1: ESPN rules analysts both go on Twitter after the game. 496 00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:19,400 Speaker 1: They say, that's offensive pass interference. I mean, you can't 497 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: tell me. You can't tell me looking at it. If 498 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 1: they had called it on the both of them said 499 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: the same thing, which is what I thought. If they 500 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,400 Speaker 1: called it on the field, there's no way they would 501 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: have overturned it the other way. I don't mind that 502 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 1: they didn't overturn it, I just what is the rule 503 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 1: there for? Then your issue with it ultimately is that 504 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 1: they didn't have the stoppage to look at it formally. 505 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: You didn't. It wasn't as drastic as the forty niners, 506 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,679 Speaker 1: uh Seahawks one. But I also think, as West has 507 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,719 Speaker 1: pointed out well all year, the the way they've officiated 508 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 1: the rule has changed throughout the year, and so that 509 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 1: creates a confusing sort of baseline. And if they're trying 510 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 1: to overturn passing, like if we're in the review past interference, 511 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: review past interference, it was past interference. I'm glad that 512 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: though I thought that there was two guys jostling. It 513 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,920 Speaker 1: was a little bit of a push off, but it 514 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: was pretty strong, like stiff arm there. Listen, these these 515 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,920 Speaker 1: are grown men fighting for a ball, and the way 516 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,719 Speaker 1: problems that it's that's the rule. Why does the rule exist? 517 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,520 Speaker 1: If it's if it's arbitrary, depending on you know, these 518 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 1: cobble together officiating crews. At this point, they're not even 519 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 1: the same. It is guys upset with the official on 520 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,479 Speaker 1: the field for missing it or I'm not. I'm not. 521 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,399 Speaker 1: I'm not that upset, but I'm set with the rule, 522 00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,719 Speaker 1: like in general, of adding this extra layer of confusion 523 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,920 Speaker 1: in them not being consistent, because here's the reality. They 524 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,439 Speaker 1: have buzzed down and looked at far like less in 525 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,240 Speaker 1: fractions than that in the final two minutes of games 526 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: right all season and guarantee it next week, it will 527 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: happen again. I mean, they'll call it now. I think 528 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,760 Speaker 1: it almost feels like they've stepped back from they don't 529 00:26:57,800 --> 00:26:59,720 Speaker 1: want this rule to be a big deal. They don't 530 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,439 Speaker 1: as not just pr but I think they look at 531 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,119 Speaker 1: it as like they don't want this to be the story, 532 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: and they've taken a step back from the rule without 533 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: actually changing the rules. Well, go ahead, I was just 534 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,199 Speaker 1: gonna say, let's get back into football analysis here. I 535 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,639 Speaker 1: just want to credit Everson Griffin and Danio Hunter for 536 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,919 Speaker 1: controlling whooping an offensive line that we said had the 537 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,560 Speaker 1: best tackle tandem in the NFL. And it has to 538 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 1: be disturbing how old Drew Brees looked in that game 539 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:25,160 Speaker 1: where they could only move the ball when Tayso Hill 540 00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: was involved. Well, Griffin and Hunter are among the best 541 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: duos in the entire NFL. And they said after the 542 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,480 Speaker 1: game they gave an assist to the Atlanta Falcons. How 543 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 1: great a day it is for Atlanta Falcons fans. Not 544 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 1: only do you get to see the Saints blow it again, 545 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: but the Vikings called them out by saying, we saw 546 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: what the Falcons did to them in terms of creating 547 00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 1: pressure in the middle, and we copied a lot of 548 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 1: what they did because they really didn't beat the tackles 549 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:53,920 Speaker 1: too off and ram Check did have a couple of 550 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 1: bad plays, including on the force fumble, which was a 551 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: massive play, But for the most part, they got that 552 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 1: pressure going over the guard. They moved Hunter and Griffin 553 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: on the inside, and they really whooped Andrews, Pete and 554 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 1: Wharford over and over again to give the falcons in well, 555 00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 1: you know, and you know the way to get Drew 556 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: Brees uncomfortable, get pressure up the middle, getting face, get him, 557 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: you know, at those feet moving. Uh yeah, I I 558 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 1: thought Alvin Kamarrow was another guy that jumped out to 559 00:28:23,080 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: me um West you you would pointed out that it 560 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,240 Speaker 1: didn't despite there being a bit of a narrative building 561 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 1: that he was getting back to himself. He could not 562 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 1: have looked any less explosive today. There were several plays 563 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,480 Speaker 1: that he left chunk plays on the field where he 564 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 1: just couldn't keep his feet or make a linebacker miss. 565 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,160 Speaker 1: I mean, this guy was not the same player, and 566 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 1: that's a major story why this they lost today. I 567 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,720 Speaker 1: think you can tell with him when he's used in 568 00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: the passing game to destroy linebackers. And he hasn't even 569 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,520 Speaker 1: been used like that in two months. They don't they 570 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 1: just hand him the ball now, they don't really use 571 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: him as a receiver like that. I mean, this is why, 572 00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 1: you know, I try not to get too carried away 573 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,479 Speaker 1: with moment like going into the playoffs, because they had 574 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:04,680 Speaker 1: scored thirty six and a half points a game over 575 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: the last seven weeks. The Vikings, of course are coming 576 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: off a really rough Week sixteen, but they got to 577 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 1: sit in week seventeen, whereas the Saints were trying to 578 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: get that by and you know, they could have easily 579 00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: been at home and waiting until the divisional round if 580 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,200 Speaker 1: the Lions have finished off the Packers, or if the 581 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: Sea Hacks had gotten a break, or if thirteen and 582 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 1: three had been enough for by which it would be 583 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:29,200 Speaker 1: almost any other year. But they got terrible luck. Uh 584 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 1: in all those cases, like a lot of times, like 585 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: it's not it doesn't come down to luck, but that 586 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: that's it's such a big factor in who I think 587 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: we should also slow down on the conclusions we come 588 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,959 Speaker 1: to sometimes during the week. I mean, I you know, 589 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: I assumed that the Saints were gonna absolutely obliterate the Vikings, 590 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,640 Speaker 1: and it couldn't have been more wrong with I did. 591 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 1: This is normally a greg territory item. But the Saints 592 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: not using a time out with twenty one seconds left 593 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: when there was the the penalty and the runoff and 594 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:02,720 Speaker 1: they wind up for the regulation ends having to kick 595 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 1: a field goal and started instead of another shot at 596 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: the end zone. It wasted another time out two with 597 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: about five minutes left. They did not handle did that 598 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: end situation? Well? They also didn't take the time out 599 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: at two forty left, just you know, kind of the 600 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: conventional way to do it, because that's you can really 601 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: control the clock. And they waited till after the two 602 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 1: For a veteran coach in a qb uh, it wasn't great, 603 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,280 Speaker 1: by the way. One last note, I mean very very 604 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,120 Speaker 1: fortunate that when the sky camp tumbled down from the 605 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: UH wires and netting above the stadium that didn't land 606 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: on like an entire offensive line or something. We should 607 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:37,680 Speaker 1: give uh yeah that that imagine If that didn't what 608 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 1: would have happened on sandwiches somehow. Nice moment for Kevin Stefanski, 609 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 1: by the way, if he's gonna get ahead of head 610 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: coaching job, that last drive. It was pretty good. It's 611 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,280 Speaker 1: a reminder to this this Vikings team is you want 612 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: me to agree with you right now, but I'm just 613 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: gonna leave you on an island. I know. But you 614 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,240 Speaker 1: were bringing it up to It's like you said, Mark, 615 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 1: you thought Cousins and Stefanski might be the best looking. 616 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000 Speaker 1: You be well, I think Stefanski is the Stefanski is 617 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,320 Speaker 1: the power source there. I mean, he's he's probably the 618 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:08,480 Speaker 1: the two. But if you I'd have to go through 619 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:13,000 Speaker 1: the iteration. We know what Mark like, now, well, he's 620 00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: he You could sell that head coach Stefanski as a 621 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: head coach to people pretty easily. Adam feeling we should 622 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,920 Speaker 1: point it might be the m v P of this game. 623 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: I mean the two big players of the game were 624 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: incredible catches from him, like the thirty four yard early on, 625 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 1: early on, but he made a difference. I mean, their 626 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,400 Speaker 1: team is totally different with Land and Cook, which should 627 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 1: be like an obvious point, but they suddenly they're going 628 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: to San Francisco and they look pretty dangerous. He gets one, 629 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: Cook goes for what over from scrimmage and two touchdowns 630 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:50,680 Speaker 1: Like that was the end into their offenses. Is there 631 00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:55,240 Speaker 1: any scenario where Week one next year, Sean Payton and 632 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,719 Speaker 1: Taysom Hill are the coach and quarterback combination for the Saints. 633 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,000 Speaker 1: Tasom Hill, though Taysom Hill is going to get a 634 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: starting shot somewhere, I don't know. Todaysom Hill had the 635 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,520 Speaker 1: biggest run for the team. He had the biggest pass 636 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: for the team, and he had the second biggest catch 637 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 1: for the team and the biggest catch blocker on Camara's touchdown, 638 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: and the biggest catch was Deonte Harris. So it's very well. 639 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,360 Speaker 1: They almost had an iconic drive where they were driving 640 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,160 Speaker 1: to take the lead, and he was almost responsible for 641 00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: all the yardage, and that's when Drew Brees fumbled. He 642 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,200 Speaker 1: was supposed to be your moment away from Daniel Hunter 643 00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:38,000 Speaker 1: took it away with that euro step pass ram check. Though. 644 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: He's doing things that guys haven't done for literally a 645 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 1: hundred years. It's like Jim Thorpe came back to life 646 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 1: and he's sneaky old. He's turning thirty this year saying 647 00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,360 Speaker 1: and someone should give him a shot at I would 648 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: like that the Vikings and Seahawks fans have to feel 649 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 1: like this NFC, even though that I'm not saying the 650 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: forty Niners and Packers aren't like were good by teams. 651 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 1: They have to feel like they got a shot here, 652 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: that it's not a year where it's just predestined one 653 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 1: of one of these by just beat Dan super Bowl team. 654 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: So they got who is your super Bowl team? Well, 655 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: I wasn't asked to do this exercise. I don't have 656 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: a bracket. I mean back into September. What was it? 657 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: I oh, I believe it was. Well, I know what 658 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: it was. This is embarrassing. It was Brown's over Eagles. 659 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: So you know why am I hired as an analyst? 660 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,880 Speaker 1: Let's start with that question. All right, let's uh, let's 661 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 1: this is halftime. Now we're gonna get to the Saturday games. 662 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: But before that, there was some news. It was classic Cowboys, 663 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:32,400 Speaker 1: uh dropped in the middle of an Eagles playoff game. Uh, 664 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: the end of Jason Garrett. The awkward ending of Jason 665 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: Garrett as head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. The team 666 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,520 Speaker 1: made it official on Sunday that UM they would be 667 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 1: parting ways or be no agreement on a contract extension, 668 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: not tip not uh, not a firing in the classic sense, 669 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,160 Speaker 1: but it is what it is. We have a missive 670 00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: here from Jara Jones, the owner and GM, we are 671 00:33:57,360 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: extremely right. Jason Garrett for his more than twenty years 672 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,000 Speaker 1: of service of the Dallas Cowboys as a player, assistant 673 00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: coach and head coach. His tenure of leadership will be 674 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,720 Speaker 1: characterized by his ability to produce teams that always played 675 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 1: with great effort, emotion, and passion. And he represented our 676 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:20,280 Speaker 1: organization with great pride, loyalty and respect. Sounds like West's uncle. 677 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 1: He went on to add that his legacy in Dallas 678 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,640 Speaker 1: is always going to be as one that he strived 679 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: for greatness and was a class act, which is all true. 680 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: But ultimately West uh ten years there, uh nine and 681 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 1: a half he took over for I guess what was it, 682 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:40,960 Speaker 1: Wade Phillips uh. And they never got to a Super Bowl. 683 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,080 Speaker 1: And they busted out this year and that was well overdue. 684 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: Bill Poullian, who is a Hall of Fame general manager, 685 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: built the built Super Bowl teams in Buffalo in Indianapolis. 686 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: He has a book in which he outlines about eleven 687 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: different qualities you look for in a head coach, and 688 00:34:56,200 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: a lot of these are organization leadership, communication, emotional stability, character, work, 689 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,440 Speaker 1: ethic player, respect, public creations. Those are the things I 690 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 1: feel like Jason Garrett does well. And then right in 691 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:12,319 Speaker 1: the middle are three three very important qualities. Vision. Do 692 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,160 Speaker 1: you have a clear picture of how you want your 693 00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:17,480 Speaker 1: team to play and look and implement that vision and 694 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 1: keep it there when the pressure is on? Strategy? Are 695 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,080 Speaker 1: you making the are you the one making the game 696 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,319 Speaker 1: management decisions with the game on the line? Flexibility? Can 697 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,879 Speaker 1: you adjust two trends around the league? I think these 698 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: are the three areas where Jason Garrett struggles, and he's 699 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: really good in the leadership areas and the player, the 700 00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,960 Speaker 1: public relations areas, the character areas. He but I think 701 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: most NFL coaches are good at that stuff. You want 702 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,239 Speaker 1: the ones who separate themselves with the strategy. Well, there's 703 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: there's one more on the list for Jerry Jones and 704 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 1: the Cowboys, which is be fine with everything Jerry Jones 705 00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:51,319 Speaker 1: does and don't don't make us think about it. That's 706 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,680 Speaker 1: like the most important thing I think Jerry Jones looks 707 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,720 Speaker 1: for in a head coach is someone that just goes 708 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 1: along with the owner being by far the most important 709 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:04,400 Speaker 1: voice and GM and everything else, and cover for it 710 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:07,520 Speaker 1: and like really can take the pr aspect of the 711 00:36:07,600 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 1: job as a huge part of the job. So is 712 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:11,759 Speaker 1: this a good job when you factor in that that's 713 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: a reality. The roster is so good that well, it 714 00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: depends can you a guy that can work? I like, like, 715 00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,000 Speaker 1: I think if you were Bill Belichick at any point 716 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,200 Speaker 1: in his life, he would say no. Like now, boys 717 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,439 Speaker 1: didn't miss the playoffs this year because Jerry Jones uh 718 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 1: mangles his way into situations. They miss the playoffs because 719 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 1: they didn't play up to the talent. And I don't 720 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 1: think that, you know, you look at the Bill Parcels 721 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,479 Speaker 1: running Dallas. He found a way to make it work 722 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: with you. They weren't no, but there weren't immense power streeles. 723 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: But I would say if you boys, you know playoff 724 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:44,400 Speaker 1: wins and Jason Garrett's right, but the Cowboys in general 725 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: because and it's obviously always annoying to me that they 726 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,600 Speaker 1: could go to and fourteen and be put on five 727 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,760 Speaker 1: primetime games a year. That's been that's always that's always 728 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,760 Speaker 1: been tedious in my world. But you look at the NFC, 729 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 1: and only two teams, the Lions and Redskins, have gone 730 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 1: longer without an NFC title game appearance. Twenty seven years 731 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: for those teams, twenty three for the Cowboys, and I 732 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,440 Speaker 1: get that half to play about half the color analysts 733 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,640 Speaker 1: like in the league or former Cowboys uh quarterbacks and 734 00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,799 Speaker 1: fullbacks and everything else. But what has lost sometimes is 735 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 1: the long consistent run of not doing enough in Dallas 736 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:21,399 Speaker 1: well getting there. I think this week is a great 737 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,080 Speaker 1: example of why I think it was. Jerry Jones purposefully 738 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,319 Speaker 1: kept this thing in the news all week because he 739 00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 1: thinks it's an infomercial about the power of the Cowboys brand. 740 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,920 Speaker 1: And then he waited until the Eagles are playing to 741 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:37,880 Speaker 1: drop the news like that is not an accident. He's like, Okay, 742 00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,560 Speaker 1: are the NFC East is is? You know, isn't the 743 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 1: best division, But I'm still gonna stick it to the 744 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,440 Speaker 1: Eagles by being the biggest story during this I'll tell 745 00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,320 Speaker 1: you what. He might be happy with how this played 746 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,279 Speaker 1: out over the last week, but I thought it was 747 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: a terrible look for the Cowboys that made them seem 748 00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,440 Speaker 1: indecisive and downright silly at times when you're hearing all 749 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,440 Speaker 1: these reports of these people are interested in and you 750 00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 1: still got Garrett in the building and interviewed Marvin Lewis 751 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 1: and Mike McCarthy. According to Marvin Lewis, that's going to 752 00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 1: be the guy you bring in to fix this. Oh 753 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 1: my god, how is he? How is he different than 754 00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:13,480 Speaker 1: Jason Garrett in terms of that list of qualities? He's not. Well, 755 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,120 Speaker 1: he would I think he would you go along with 756 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,040 Speaker 1: He would subscribe to that rule, go along with whatever 757 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,760 Speaker 1: Jerry wants. He also has a vision though with defense, 758 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,319 Speaker 1: whereas with Jason Garrett, I'm not sure what his vision is. 759 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,880 Speaker 1: A way a bad move, like and I don't typically 760 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: cry for reporters, but having to drag the people like 761 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: Jane Slater, our friends, dragging and through the mud for 762 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,520 Speaker 1: an entire you know, hunter in something hours, it's totally muddled, 763 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:42,359 Speaker 1: bizarre process. I don't know. It's like it's like it's 764 00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:45,120 Speaker 1: you know, it's essentially the holidays still to some degree, 765 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 1: I mean, what are we doing. It's like, I don't 766 00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,520 Speaker 1: think it's fair. They didn't survive like a pow king. 767 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:52,800 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that it's it's not it's not, you know, 768 00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:57,480 Speaker 1: total hard luck scenario for these t job openings in Carolina, Cleveland, 769 00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 1: New York. Is Jason Garrett get a job? No, But 770 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,120 Speaker 1: you suggest that he takes a year off, but also 771 00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:06,920 Speaker 1: noted that he's not getting paid like a lot of 772 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 1: these are sabbatical. It's also rich as hell. Cleveland maybe 773 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,720 Speaker 1: interviewing him. I don't. I think Cleveland's moving quickly towards 774 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,960 Speaker 1: a coach from a team we'll talk about soon. I 775 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,440 Speaker 1: see Garrett as a guy that will do well, just 776 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: like Mike McCarthy got some pop here by sitting out 777 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:24,239 Speaker 1: of here, and he'll get somebody else's job next year. 778 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 1: But I also I'm curious to see if Mike McCarthy 779 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 1: really did get pop and whether he gets another job. 780 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 1: I've been I've been skeptical about from day one. That's 781 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,120 Speaker 1: fair dog, all right. I'm sure we'll talk about this 782 00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:37,440 Speaker 1: more uh in the week ahead, but let's now get 783 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:41,680 Speaker 1: back to the NFL action Saturday. This is the day 784 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:46,480 Speaker 1: I liked. You can remember it. Brady in the end 785 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:51,440 Speaker 1: zone takes the snap, bare looks, fires passed, batted up 786 00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,360 Speaker 1: in the air, intercepted, and return through a touch that 787 00:39:54,719 --> 00:40:00,480 Speaker 1: titles with nine seconds to go batting get up in 788 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:04,000 Speaker 1: the air. I do believe was brock on a pass 789 00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: intended for snow and Logan Ryan has returned it for 790 00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:12,440 Speaker 1: a touchdown. That's the first time in franchise history that 791 00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:17,200 Speaker 1: they have returned an interception for a touchdown. Listen how 792 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 1: quiet it is. That's an amazing Oh. Meanwhile, the throw 793 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,319 Speaker 1: to sleeves Bob Sochi, excuse me, that was of course 794 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,719 Speaker 1: Mark Vandermere. No, that was Mike Keith with the call 795 00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:33,520 Speaker 1: too excited right now? Yes, former Patriot Logan Ryan snatched 796 00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,919 Speaker 1: to deflected Tom Brady pass out of the air nine 797 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,719 Speaker 1: yards of the house. It was the clinching play in 798 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:43,799 Speaker 1: the Titans over the Patriots in Foxborough. Derrick Henry went 799 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:46,080 Speaker 1: over two d total yards of offense for the second 800 00:40:46,120 --> 00:40:53,239 Speaker 1: straight week as the Tom Brady offense gradually declined into nothingness. 801 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,239 Speaker 1: It happened. It really did happen. West We watched this 802 00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:02,719 Speaker 1: game together at Rocos Culver City, and it felt like 803 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:05,760 Speaker 1: the end of an era, didn't it. It did. And 804 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,280 Speaker 1: I looked back at sort of the last five years, 805 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:12,359 Speaker 1: and Brady looked finish against the Chiefs five years ago, 806 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:16,680 Speaker 1: when everybody panicked. He looked finished. The first half of 807 00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:19,920 Speaker 1: the Falcon Super Bowl. He looked finished against the Titans 808 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,279 Speaker 1: last year in the regular season. They looked finished. For 809 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:25,359 Speaker 1: the past two months and I've never seen him look 810 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,840 Speaker 1: more finished than I did in this game against the Titans, 811 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,080 Speaker 1: where he looked to me like Kurt Warner or Brett 812 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,360 Speaker 1: Farve play in their last game against the Saints. It 813 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:35,160 Speaker 1: just seemed like it's time to go out. What a career. 814 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,280 Speaker 1: All the respect in the world, but he just couldn't 815 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:40,680 Speaker 1: do anything against the defense where a lot of teams 816 00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:42,960 Speaker 1: have been doing things against them. They Yeah, they had 817 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,799 Speaker 1: a good plan that the Titans did. I thought they're 818 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,879 Speaker 1: forcing the Patriots to go down the field. There's no 819 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:52,239 Speaker 1: big play element. He had a couple of throws in 820 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:53,640 Speaker 1: this game. First of all, it's not the end of 821 00:41:53,640 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's career. He made that clear. He said he well, 822 00:41:56,640 --> 00:41:59,799 Speaker 1: let's listen to Brady who who said he was what 823 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,440 Speaker 1: was the highly unlikely was his word about retirement. Yeah, 824 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:05,560 Speaker 1: here's a little Tom Brady. I love the Patriots. I 825 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,640 Speaker 1: mean they uh, you know, they got it. It's the 826 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:12,520 Speaker 1: greatest organization, and you know, playing for Mr Kraft all 827 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,520 Speaker 1: these years, and that for coach Belichick, I mean there's 828 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,759 Speaker 1: you know, there's nobody who's had a better career. I 829 00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,080 Speaker 1: would say to me, like just being with them. So 830 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,600 Speaker 1: I'm very blessed. I don't know what the future looks like, 831 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,640 Speaker 1: so I'm not going to predict it. So by the 832 00:42:29,640 --> 00:42:32,720 Speaker 1: way he said pretty unlikely, not highly unlikely, pretty unlikely. 833 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:36,680 Speaker 1: It's based on what people you know, the reporters that 834 00:42:36,680 --> 00:42:39,480 Speaker 1: are closer to him, and those comments, it sounds like 835 00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: he fully expects to play next year at this point. 836 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,400 Speaker 1: I guess that could change. I think the you know, 837 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:47,040 Speaker 1: the best analysis on it, Mike Reece is saying like, 838 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:49,279 Speaker 1: there's no Brady has no idea what he wants to do. 839 00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:52,200 Speaker 1: So everyone who's saying this, like I think he really 840 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,160 Speaker 1: is waiting was waiting till this all ends. But I 841 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,440 Speaker 1: think contractually it's gonna be a game of chicken, and 842 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,600 Speaker 1: we'll be talking about this so much in the future weeks. 843 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,120 Speaker 1: I think we can talk about this game more. But 844 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,239 Speaker 1: I think he knows that he has a lot of 845 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:07,160 Speaker 1: leverage because the Patriots have thirteen point five million dollars 846 00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,319 Speaker 1: in a cap hit, a dead capit if he's not 847 00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,600 Speaker 1: on the roster next year, whether he retires or he 848 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,800 Speaker 1: plays for another team, which is a huge amount of 849 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:17,600 Speaker 1: leverage because they don't want to be paying you know, 850 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,600 Speaker 1: the ghost of Tom Brady to not be on the 851 00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:22,920 Speaker 1: team necessarily. I think they probably would be happy to 852 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,560 Speaker 1: have Brady back at a certain rate. But if he 853 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,759 Speaker 1: wants to max out all the money that he can, 854 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 1: there might be better offers elsewhere. And it gets, you know, 855 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:34,520 Speaker 1: very complicated. But he has financial leverage. But what he 856 00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,000 Speaker 1: doesn't have is I'm sure it's got to be in 857 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,319 Speaker 1: the back of his mind. He's one of the all 858 00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,000 Speaker 1: time great competitors. He has to know, uh that he's 859 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,680 Speaker 1: not the same guy anymore, and he knows that. But 860 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,239 Speaker 1: I think there's such competitive people like him or Belichick, 861 00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:51,560 Speaker 1: I think are such competitors that they'll look at the 862 00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:53,759 Speaker 1: last couple of months or even the last few games, 863 00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 1: and they'll look at the great throws he made last night. 864 00:43:55,600 --> 00:43:57,919 Speaker 1: I mean, he made more great throws in that game 865 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:01,319 Speaker 1: than Ryan Tannehill did. Certainly they outgame, uh, you know 866 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:04,120 Speaker 1: the Titans. He he had three or four throws that 867 00:44:04,160 --> 00:44:06,640 Speaker 1: were just absolute dimes and then the rest of it 868 00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:08,880 Speaker 1: they look slow, but they can say, well, that was 869 00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:11,160 Speaker 1: the outside receiver. This has been a problem throughout the year, 870 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,359 Speaker 1: and maybe it's giving him too much credit. When three ago, 871 00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,960 Speaker 1: when he was m v P, what did we say 872 00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,920 Speaker 1: about him unlikely at age thirty nine that he suddenly 873 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,160 Speaker 1: got better in pocket movement. He he is moving away 874 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,960 Speaker 1: from pressure. He cannot escape pressure. He's like Eli right 875 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:27,520 Speaker 1: now when it comes to us, he can't. And I 876 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:30,359 Speaker 1: think one of the disappointing things from this game is 877 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,000 Speaker 1: that the offensive line played really well. I thought they 878 00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,640 Speaker 1: controlled the game. They gave Brady time for the most part, 879 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:37,640 Speaker 1: they opened up polls in the running game. There were 880 00:44:37,920 --> 00:44:41,440 Speaker 1: opportunities to be had throughout the game. But what stands 881 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,200 Speaker 1: out to me as a Patriots fan that very much 882 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,879 Speaker 1: that this era and I wouldn't be surprised if he's 883 00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,160 Speaker 1: back next year, and it would be the most like 884 00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:51,760 Speaker 1: Patriots thing ever if they're playing on wild Card weekend 885 00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:54,120 Speaker 1: as the a f C champs again next year. Like, 886 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,440 Speaker 1: I just don't think that is that far out of 887 00:44:56,480 --> 00:45:00,759 Speaker 1: the realm of possibility, because we've seen that it's more 888 00:45:00,800 --> 00:45:03,200 Speaker 1: than just the quarterback this year. But the way that 889 00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:06,040 Speaker 1: they went down meekly, Like think about the fourth downs 890 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,440 Speaker 1: that they didn't go for. They didn't go for a 891 00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:11,399 Speaker 1: fourth and four on the thirty seven yard line, their 892 00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,640 Speaker 1: own thirty seven with three seventeen left. They didn't go 893 00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,839 Speaker 1: for a fourth and three on the Tennessee forty seven 894 00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,520 Speaker 1: yard line in the fourth quarter. They didn't go for 895 00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:23,000 Speaker 1: the fourth and three on the goal line after not 896 00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:25,400 Speaker 1: being able to score from a foot out, and they 897 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:28,160 Speaker 1: were stuffed on fourth and one at midfield in the 898 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:30,839 Speaker 1: first half and didn't go for it then either. That's 899 00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,399 Speaker 1: four different times that the Patriots offense said, no, we're 900 00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,880 Speaker 1: gonna punt away to the best offense in the league 901 00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,560 Speaker 1: right now because we trust their defense more than we 902 00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:41,480 Speaker 1: trust Tom Brady to figure out how to get three. 903 00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:44,759 Speaker 1: I'd say a bold statement. Logan Ryan won the game 904 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:47,400 Speaker 1: with a pick six. Brady is very lucky with the 905 00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:49,759 Speaker 1: thirty seven attempts for two hundred nine yards in an 906 00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,680 Speaker 1: interception that Logan Ryan didn't have a second pick six 907 00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:55,160 Speaker 1: at the end, I have a drop pass. It was 908 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:58,200 Speaker 1: just kind of like, but I I just don't see 909 00:45:58,719 --> 00:46:01,840 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, you liked Patriots are not. Is one of 910 00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 1: the most fascinating athletes of our entire lifetime, and I'm 911 00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,960 Speaker 1: not sure he'll ever be top to quarterback again. I 912 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,600 Speaker 1: just don't I don't care about the young guys say 913 00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:11,520 Speaker 1: his career is fascinating me and I don't want to 914 00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:14,319 Speaker 1: watch two years of what I've seen, that's last couple 915 00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,080 Speaker 1: of months. When they won the Super Bowl last year, 916 00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:17,400 Speaker 1: I said I wanted him to retire. I mean when 917 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:19,440 Speaker 1: they won the Super in Seattle, I I sort of 918 00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:21,719 Speaker 1: wanted him to retire because I was like, what I mean, 919 00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:23,799 Speaker 1: do you want to see Tom Brady playing sixteen more 920 00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:26,000 Speaker 1: games after what you've seen the last two three? I 921 00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:28,040 Speaker 1: don't think he was healthy either. I'll throw that out there, 922 00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:30,600 Speaker 1: but he's almost never would be Yeah, I would be 923 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,840 Speaker 1: very norious to see someone else playing, But I also 924 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:37,640 Speaker 1: I it wouldn't be I wouldn't mind, Like if they 925 00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,120 Speaker 1: brought him back, it's like, what else are they gonna do? 926 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,080 Speaker 1: What other Patriots fans feel about it? Well, Ricky, how 927 00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:47,000 Speaker 1: about you? You are someone that's lived and died, uh 928 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:51,400 Speaker 1: really with all glory for with a fandom of this team. 929 00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:54,000 Speaker 1: Do you want Tom Brady back in or do you 930 00:46:54,000 --> 00:46:56,000 Speaker 1: think it's time to move on? I mean, it's it's both. 931 00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:58,239 Speaker 1: He's like you said, Mark, he's the greatest quarterback of 932 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:00,799 Speaker 1: all time and you and it's hurt to see him. 933 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:03,760 Speaker 1: And I was sitting there watching the game being like, wow, 934 00:47:03,880 --> 00:47:06,000 Speaker 1: if that's his last throw in Gillette it's a pick 935 00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:08,440 Speaker 1: six like that hurt me more than the loss because 936 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,319 Speaker 1: it's like his legacy is so cool, Greg, why are 937 00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:14,560 Speaker 1: you smirking? No, I'm not. I'm just saying, like, okay, 938 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:19,880 Speaker 1: the last past thing like this her opinion, yea, she 939 00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:23,279 Speaker 1: can also finish. So it's so it was upsetting. It 940 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:26,120 Speaker 1: was upsetting, but also it's like, look at all that 941 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:27,680 Speaker 1: he had. I know, it's like, oh, he didn't have 942 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,000 Speaker 1: enough weapons around him. His elbow looked better than with 943 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:32,319 Speaker 1: the throws that he was making from the past couple 944 00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,719 Speaker 1: of months. You know, what's he gonna do? Check down 945 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:37,440 Speaker 1: to running backs, the whole there's no one to throw too. 946 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,479 Speaker 1: So if for some reason he could come back with 947 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,839 Speaker 1: more than just Edelman, I would want to give it one. 948 00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:49,399 Speaker 1: I think ing jump out. I'll say this that this 949 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,640 Speaker 1: is the first year to me that Bellchick really and 950 00:47:53,640 --> 00:47:56,040 Speaker 1: Greg you could probably point out a year here there 951 00:47:56,040 --> 00:47:58,279 Speaker 1: over the last twenty where they just didn't do a 952 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,680 Speaker 1: good job helping him out. Because everyone the follows the 953 00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,880 Speaker 1: sport looked at the week one roster and said, I 954 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,680 Speaker 1: don't know, man, that he doesn't have a lot worker 955 00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:08,080 Speaker 1: from Gronk was out of the picture. And the Patriots 956 00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,319 Speaker 1: told you they weren't confident about the situation either when 957 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:13,480 Speaker 1: they went out and got Antonio Brown. As nefarious as 958 00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:16,480 Speaker 1: that move was, they didn't do a good job protecting 959 00:48:16,600 --> 00:48:19,160 Speaker 1: him with weapons. And what I think, what if I 960 00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:22,080 Speaker 1: had to guess what happens here and how this plays out, 961 00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,600 Speaker 1: is that he does come back, and maybe they do 962 00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:28,799 Speaker 1: try via free agency or the draft to surround him 963 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:32,320 Speaker 1: with better talent and see if that solves the issue 964 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:34,919 Speaker 1: or at least slows down what seems to be happening here. 965 00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:37,840 Speaker 1: But also there's absolutely case to be made that the 966 00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:39,879 Speaker 1: writing is on the wall here. It's just it's never 967 00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:41,680 Speaker 1: gonna be clean with the way these things that can 968 00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:43,520 Speaker 1: We move on to the Titans for a minute, because 969 00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:47,160 Speaker 1: the one it's as weird and a crushing loss this 970 00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:49,480 Speaker 1: was for New England and what it might signify for 971 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:51,000 Speaker 1: a team that actually has a lot of work to 972 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:53,839 Speaker 1: do the Patriots, I think on the roster, this was 973 00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:58,680 Speaker 1: a franchise altering win for the Titans, who I think 974 00:48:58,719 --> 00:49:01,480 Speaker 1: in this era have been laughed at, chuckled at, seen 975 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:05,120 Speaker 1: as just a little bit above average. A totally special 976 00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,080 Speaker 1: season by Derrick Henry. I mean, what he did, and 977 00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:11,640 Speaker 1: that you knew their leading receiver was Anthony Ferksler with 978 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:14,520 Speaker 1: twenty three yards off two catches. If you knew, if 979 00:49:14,520 --> 00:49:17,399 Speaker 1: you looked at the box score of the receiving crew 980 00:49:17,440 --> 00:49:20,200 Speaker 1: for Tennessee, you would think they're gonna get knocked around here. 981 00:49:20,520 --> 00:49:23,600 Speaker 1: And Tannehill was seventy two yards. It was Derrick Henry 982 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,640 Speaker 1: and nothing else. And I had two yards of pick 983 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:27,759 Speaker 1: in a fumblell We've seen this in New England before 984 00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:30,000 Speaker 1: because look Blunt used to do it to the Colts 985 00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:32,880 Speaker 1: all the time, where you go for a touchdown. I 986 00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,480 Speaker 1: just thought that this was a huge moment from Mike Rabel. 987 00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:38,000 Speaker 1: And the one thing I felt about the Titans this 988 00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:41,560 Speaker 1: whole game, and really the Dolphins the week before this 989 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,560 Speaker 1: is the new approach to my tow to New England 990 00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:47,160 Speaker 1: is these teams had literally no fear of the Patriots. 991 00:49:47,719 --> 00:49:49,960 Speaker 1: The Titans had no fear of New England all and 992 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:52,440 Speaker 1: went in there and put it on them. That's concerning. 993 00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:54,719 Speaker 1: It's not just Tom Brady or no Tom Brady. They 994 00:49:54,719 --> 00:49:56,640 Speaker 1: have a lot of work to do on this roster, right, 995 00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,920 Speaker 1: But I totally agree it was. It was one of 996 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,440 Speaker 1: the worst Patriots teams of the last twenty years, like 997 00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:06,200 Speaker 1: they but it was a team that made a playoff run. 998 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,000 Speaker 1: I was sort of surprised, you know. I picked the 999 00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:09,799 Speaker 1: Titans because I thought they were the much better team. 1000 00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:13,120 Speaker 1: I was sort of surprised how winnable this game was 1001 00:50:13,200 --> 00:50:17,400 Speaker 1: for the Patriots. I mean, the Titans offense scored fourteen points. 1002 00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,160 Speaker 1: The running back running wild over they had, they had 1003 00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,759 Speaker 1: nine possessions and they went fourteen points. I think the 1004 00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:26,239 Speaker 1: plan was essentially to take away the play action game, 1005 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:29,360 Speaker 1: which you spoke about beautifully on our show West, and 1006 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,480 Speaker 1: they totally did it, and they didn't contain Henry as 1007 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,399 Speaker 1: much as they would like. But they also only gave 1008 00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:38,080 Speaker 1: up two touchdowns in nine drives, which to me against 1009 00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:40,640 Speaker 1: the Titans offense, I was sort of stunned to see it. 1010 00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,200 Speaker 1: And it took a lot of self inflicted errors by 1011 00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:46,279 Speaker 1: the Patriots. If Julian like the Julian Edelman dropped in 1012 00:50:46,360 --> 00:50:49,239 Speaker 1: the in the the last offensive drive that they have, 1013 00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:53,000 Speaker 1: which just ended the ended that drive, and he led 1014 00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,360 Speaker 1: the league in drops this year. He was more banged 1015 00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:56,879 Speaker 1: up than Tom Brady at the end of the year, 1016 00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,719 Speaker 1: which I thought hurt them as much as anything. Ton 1017 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,120 Speaker 1: Shack Mason a legal man downfield, which took them out 1018 00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:08,240 Speaker 1: of field goal range. Michelle tackle for loss, like they 1019 00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:10,919 Speaker 1: they had a first goal at the one yard line 1020 00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,520 Speaker 1: and didn't score. A lot of that was like was 1021 00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,839 Speaker 1: self inflicted errors, although you should get I do give 1022 00:51:15,880 --> 00:51:17,920 Speaker 1: credit to Rashaan Evans of the Titans who made a 1023 00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:20,480 Speaker 1: couple amazing play. That was the first time in the 1024 00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:24,319 Speaker 1: Patriots era that they had first in goal uh from 1025 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:27,279 Speaker 1: that distance and did not get a touch. That had 1026 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,360 Speaker 1: never happened in their playoff history with Brady. By the 1027 00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:32,799 Speaker 1: way back to the Titans doing absolutely nothing in their 1028 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:36,719 Speaker 1: passing game, uh Tanne Hill throws for seventy two yards 1029 00:51:36,719 --> 00:51:39,680 Speaker 1: there leading receiver Anthony firks or two for twenty three 1030 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:43,319 Speaker 1: on three targets A J. Brown, who were yeah, we're 1031 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:47,360 Speaker 1: anointing as a you know, all time great one for 1032 00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:50,600 Speaker 1: four on one target. Did he get hurt? Did I 1033 00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,239 Speaker 1: what it? Now? He had Gilmore on him against the 1034 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:58,800 Speaker 1: best secondary. Problem with the best secondary. But that was 1035 00:51:58,840 --> 00:52:00,279 Speaker 1: one of the things I want to talk about before 1036 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:02,359 Speaker 1: this game, that Davante Parker is a much different kind 1037 00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:05,840 Speaker 1: of receiver than a J. Brown. He's a catch, point, leaper, 1038 00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:09,000 Speaker 1: jump ball specialist and he wanted to catch point against 1039 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,560 Speaker 1: Stephon gilmour Hey J Brown to run after the catchers 1040 00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:15,080 Speaker 1: and in to Tannehill's credit, I know eight for fifteent yards. 1041 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:18,120 Speaker 1: The touchdown throw was a third and long was perfect. 1042 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:21,760 Speaker 1: The third and nine to basically put the game away. 1043 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:25,640 Speaker 1: Uh was also a big time play. And Belichick kept 1044 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:28,000 Speaker 1: playing of the defense and it kind of you could 1045 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:31,839 Speaker 1: see with the entire offseason plan that this was what 1046 00:52:31,880 --> 00:52:34,200 Speaker 1: they were hoping to do, and they just thought the 1047 00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:37,759 Speaker 1: offense would would be better than this because you could 1048 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:40,279 Speaker 1: see it in the resources they brought everyone back and 1049 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:42,719 Speaker 1: in a year that they no one really expected that 1050 00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,160 Speaker 1: to happen, to keep Hye Tower, to keep mccordy, to 1051 00:52:45,480 --> 00:52:48,800 Speaker 1: have all this money in their defense, not spend nearly 1052 00:52:48,840 --> 00:52:50,759 Speaker 1: as much in the offense, and you kind of look 1053 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,120 Speaker 1: at a game like this and you see, well, I 1054 00:52:52,120 --> 00:52:54,319 Speaker 1: guess that could have worked. The offense just needed to 1055 00:52:54,400 --> 00:52:58,799 Speaker 1: not completely fall through the ground, and it did. By 1056 00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:01,120 Speaker 1: the way, Tom Steyer, you're running for president, I think 1057 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:04,440 Speaker 1: we get it. How many ads do we need to 1058 00:53:04,440 --> 00:53:06,400 Speaker 1: see over the course of the two games on Saturday, 1059 00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:08,319 Speaker 1: I'm not I think I saw thirty ads for Tom 1060 00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:11,600 Speaker 1: Styre running for president. Want t yeah back five years 1061 00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:13,480 Speaker 1: ago when Greg used to be our boss and the 1062 00:53:13,640 --> 00:53:16,880 Speaker 1: editor downstairs in the newsroom. He jumped in on news 1063 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,480 Speaker 1: really and he wrote this about Tom Brady's father, predicting 1064 00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:24,959 Speaker 1: how it would end. It will end badly. It does 1065 00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:27,760 Speaker 1: end badly, And I know that because I know Tommy 1066 00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,080 Speaker 1: wants to do. He wants to play until he's seventy. 1067 00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:32,719 Speaker 1: It's a cold business. And for as much as you 1068 00:53:32,760 --> 00:53:37,240 Speaker 1: wanted to be familial, it isn't right. He's forty two. 1069 00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:39,560 Speaker 1: I think that's I mean, I guess it doesn't get lost. 1070 00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:42,919 Speaker 1: But he won a Super Bowl at forty one, thirty nine, 1071 00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,319 Speaker 1: and thirty seven. It's like, what right, what are we 1072 00:53:46,360 --> 00:53:48,400 Speaker 1: expecting here? I'm with you. I kind of let him go. 1073 00:53:48,480 --> 00:53:50,839 Speaker 1: I wouldn't mind. I wanted him to retire last year. 1074 00:53:50,840 --> 00:53:52,880 Speaker 1: I would be love for him. You're protecting him. Who's 1075 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:55,040 Speaker 1: throwing the ball? Bet or Tom Brady or Josh McCown 1076 00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:59,120 Speaker 1: this weekend? I think Josh McCown. Josh McCown had some lasers, 1077 00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:01,480 Speaker 1: one more tight his note And of course the Titans, 1078 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:05,319 Speaker 1: Uh now draw the chiefs at Arrowhead? Now excuse me, 1079 00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:09,400 Speaker 1: the Titans get Baltimore. Uh tough sits for Baltimore. I 1080 00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:14,200 Speaker 1: think they would have loved come in there. One thing 1081 00:54:14,280 --> 00:54:16,399 Speaker 1: you need to know is that Derrick Henry has had 1082 00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:19,319 Speaker 1: sixties seven touches in the last two weeks. Can he 1083 00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:21,799 Speaker 1: keep it up, can they make him the focal point 1084 00:54:21,840 --> 00:54:24,359 Speaker 1: at that level? And can he stay healthy? That's really 1085 00:54:24,400 --> 00:54:26,920 Speaker 1: the question I have. You know, these names become holy 1086 00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:29,440 Speaker 1: to us, but he's playing Earl Campbell football for the 1087 00:54:29,520 --> 00:54:33,279 Speaker 1: last two months. He's just imposing his right. I think 1088 00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:37,840 Speaker 1: the Patriots thought we can tackle better than other teams, 1089 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,719 Speaker 1: and they did for most of the game, but like 1090 00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:43,879 Speaker 1: not enough, Like you cannot contain that guy. Ross Tucker 1091 00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:45,200 Speaker 1: has been saying it for a while. He thinks he's 1092 00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:49,640 Speaker 1: the hardest, like physical man, like specimen tackle in NFL history. 1093 00:54:49,440 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 1: There's been no one that big, that fast, that can 1094 00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,160 Speaker 1: get to the outside like that. You know, Dan before 1095 00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:56,520 Speaker 1: This is just goes back to kind of just the 1096 00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:59,120 Speaker 1: professionalism that loses out of us. When we did a 1097 00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:02,000 Speaker 1: segment on True You Technology, we had a chance to 1098 00:55:02,040 --> 00:55:05,200 Speaker 1: pick any type of Titans play, but we picked obviously 1099 00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:07,480 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry because he felt he'd have a big impact 1100 00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:11,719 Speaker 1: on the affair totally right, and you have good analysis 1101 00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:14,000 Speaker 1: that Henry would be a factor. Well, you know, listen, 1102 00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:16,560 Speaker 1: sometimes you can't get too cute. And you should know, 1103 00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:20,000 Speaker 1: Greg speaking of class acts, that I do have the 1104 00:55:20,080 --> 00:55:23,080 Speaker 1: Patriots radio call to pick six. But I know you've 1105 00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:24,960 Speaker 1: been through a lot, so I'm not I bring it on. 1106 00:55:24,960 --> 00:55:26,239 Speaker 1: I want to hear it. You know what, the the 1107 00:55:26,320 --> 00:55:28,919 Speaker 1: only annoyance are gonna be nice to Gregg. He's going 1108 00:55:28,960 --> 00:55:30,200 Speaker 1: through a lot, and you can hear it in his voice. 1109 00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,440 Speaker 1: Let's play it. Let's play it, all right, let's play it. 1110 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:34,880 Speaker 1: What the hell I didn't I wasn't going to but 1111 00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:36,839 Speaker 1: she knew. In short motion with the writers, pretty takes 1112 00:55:36,840 --> 00:55:41,359 Speaker 1: the stap fires underneath for balls chick intercepted by Logan Line, 1113 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:47,680 Speaker 1: who hopped it at the end zone here on the 1114 00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:51,279 Speaker 1: postseason with nine seconds to go. Although it is a 1115 00:55:51,320 --> 00:55:54,080 Speaker 1: seven point game, if your Mike Gramble, do you go 1116 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,919 Speaker 1: for two? I think you do? You go for two 1117 00:55:57,160 --> 00:56:01,279 Speaker 1: to score a touchdown? Profession exactly doing it right now 1118 00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:09,399 Speaker 1: into the end zone. It's still gonna be over when 1119 00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:12,239 Speaker 1: uh Jared's did him gets Adam Gates fired in Week 1120 00:56:12,320 --> 00:56:15,160 Speaker 1: six next year, And you guys, you can't hurt me, 1121 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,400 Speaker 1: not tonight, right, not this weekend. I love the sandwiches 1122 00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:20,160 Speaker 1: on Jared' said him. By the way it is, I 1123 00:56:20,160 --> 00:56:23,480 Speaker 1: have to s incredible right now. I thought of you 1124 00:56:23,560 --> 00:56:26,480 Speaker 1: more like it was a little checky because I missed 1125 00:56:26,480 --> 00:56:28,400 Speaker 1: the beginning of this game way I had promised like 1126 00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:32,240 Speaker 1: a socker, watched for with Walker, and then the overtime 1127 00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,000 Speaker 1: in the first game was a problem, and so I 1128 00:56:34,080 --> 00:56:35,680 Speaker 1: ended up watching you know, the rest of it with 1129 00:56:35,719 --> 00:56:38,399 Speaker 1: my son and in UH catching up later. And I 1130 00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:41,880 Speaker 1: was thinking, like doing this recap with you bothers me 1131 00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:44,080 Speaker 1: a lot more than doing this like to the game. 1132 00:56:44,160 --> 00:56:45,839 Speaker 1: The game is fine. It's kind of a relief because 1133 00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:48,640 Speaker 1: this was clearly not a championship UH team, and we're 1134 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:50,960 Speaker 1: not gonna be able to watch them next week in person. 1135 00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:54,320 Speaker 1: Let's move on. Just with the football, I would suggest 1136 00:56:54,360 --> 00:56:56,640 Speaker 1: that you try to experience an O N sixteen Brown 1137 00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:59,399 Speaker 1: season and being on the show with Emergency podcast when 1138 00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,760 Speaker 1: the coaches fired left and right, you know, everyone's giggling 1139 00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:03,279 Speaker 1: and having a great time. That's not a whole lot. 1140 00:57:03,880 --> 00:57:06,120 Speaker 1: And I just have to say, it really has been 1141 00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:12,160 Speaker 1: since two thousand and one that team in that quarterback 1142 00:57:12,719 --> 00:57:15,480 Speaker 1: has ruled the a f C East, and now these 1143 00:57:15,520 --> 00:57:18,440 Speaker 1: they've ruled the NFL, the a f C, but especially 1144 00:57:18,480 --> 00:57:21,400 Speaker 1: the division. If you're a Jets, if you're a Bills, 1145 00:57:21,440 --> 00:57:24,960 Speaker 1: if you're a Dolphins fan. It is unreal the chaos 1146 00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:28,240 Speaker 1: that is unfurled over the last two decades. It's such 1147 00:57:28,280 --> 00:57:30,480 Speaker 1: a strange feeling to to be watching that game and 1148 00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,440 Speaker 1: sensing that division is about to open up again. And 1149 00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:37,040 Speaker 1: I mean the Patriots might reload and still dominate because 1150 00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:40,560 Speaker 1: they have the best decision makers, but things are changing. 1151 00:57:41,600 --> 00:57:46,640 Speaker 1: Patriots world certainly possible. All Right, see that. I'm not 1152 00:57:47,080 --> 00:57:49,040 Speaker 1: rubbing it in Greg, It's just there. There is a 1153 00:57:49,040 --> 00:57:52,640 Speaker 1: bit of a celebration that cannot be um avoided because 1154 00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:56,200 Speaker 1: it's been very hard. It's been very hard. I feel 1155 00:57:56,200 --> 00:57:57,800 Speaker 1: for you. We like to see Rome burn. I mean, 1156 00:57:57,840 --> 00:58:01,080 Speaker 1: you want to see these epic thists. Been very lucky 1157 00:58:01,080 --> 00:58:04,280 Speaker 1: football fan. I've said that so many times. Do you 1158 00:58:04,360 --> 00:58:06,160 Speaker 1: mocked how many times I've said it? I mean, it 1159 00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,360 Speaker 1: is That's That's sort of where I'm at on an 1160 00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:11,840 Speaker 1: unprecedented level. All Right, we have one more game to 1161 00:58:11,880 --> 00:58:15,600 Speaker 1: talk about. It was a dundee bring back Dandy. It's 1162 00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:20,280 Speaker 1: back in the Sean calling for the ball on second 1163 00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:22,120 Speaker 1: and six with the Bills forty four. Here's the snap, 1164 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,800 Speaker 1: Here's a blintz Watson in trouble. Watson escapes to the 1165 00:58:24,880 --> 00:58:28,840 Speaker 1: right side. On Watson close at the Jones Trent againstide 1166 00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:32,560 Speaker 1: forty thirty five thirty with twenty five time of the 1167 00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:37,960 Speaker 1: Tan yard line. What a play? Checkon does it again? 1168 00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:41,920 Speaker 1: He finds Taiwan kills her a huge catching long to 1169 00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:47,040 Speaker 1: get the Texas didn't feel call range? What a play? 1170 00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:49,880 Speaker 1: Oh my goodness. Mark Vandermere with the call for the 1171 00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:53,280 Speaker 1: Texas Radio Network guest DeShawn Watson. That magic is real, 1172 00:58:53,400 --> 00:58:54,920 Speaker 1: the magician. I don't know if that's a thing, but 1173 00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:57,400 Speaker 1: all right. Watson was at his best in the second 1174 00:58:57,400 --> 00:59:00,320 Speaker 1: half in overtime against the Bills, making plays with his 1175 00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,640 Speaker 1: legs with his arm, leading the Texans to two to 1176 00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:07,680 Speaker 1: nineteen comeback win at Araucas Reliance Stadium. They did a 1177 00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:11,000 Speaker 1: nice job in that building. They did a nice job. 1178 00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:14,360 Speaker 1: Watson's escape act and completion Taiwan Jones set up the 1179 00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:18,880 Speaker 1: game winner by Coami fairbaron Um with four thirty two 1180 00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:21,960 Speaker 1: to play in overtime. Greg According to one metric I 1181 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:26,120 Speaker 1: saw on Twitter, the Bills had a chance of victory. 1182 00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,280 Speaker 1: At one point in this game, they're up sixteen nothing 1183 00:59:28,280 --> 00:59:32,160 Speaker 1: of course, but the Texans found away. Yeah, that didn't 1184 00:59:32,200 --> 00:59:35,880 Speaker 1: take josh Allen into account. I mean, Josh Allen has 1185 00:59:35,920 --> 00:59:40,640 Speaker 1: a way of looking like one of the best quarterbacks possible. 1186 00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:43,560 Speaker 1: In the first half, I mean, he played even his 1187 00:59:43,680 --> 00:59:47,200 Speaker 1: incompletions were great throws or right on the money, like, 1188 00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:51,480 Speaker 1: made good decisions, as athletic as possible, and did as 1189 00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:53,600 Speaker 1: good a chance, you know, as as if he was 1190 00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:55,280 Speaker 1: trying to lose the game. In the second half, he 1191 00:59:55,320 --> 00:59:59,840 Speaker 1: was a total disaster. And so doesn't take that into account. 1192 01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:03,720 Speaker 1: And it doesn't take into account Sean McDermott and the Bills, 1193 01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:06,960 Speaker 1: I think, not being as aggressive as they could be, 1194 01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:09,920 Speaker 1: uh in the second half because there's some there're somehow 1195 01:00:09,960 --> 01:00:12,959 Speaker 1: afraid of what Josh Allen might do and then having 1196 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:16,360 Speaker 1: their worst fears realized and not having kind of another move. 1197 01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:19,880 Speaker 1: You know, everyone who loves Sean McDermott as a coach 1198 01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:23,200 Speaker 1: has to admit you coach for sixty minutes and coaching 1199 01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:26,480 Speaker 1: is about adjustments and ultimately, like Romeo Cornell and Bill 1200 01:00:26,520 --> 01:00:30,800 Speaker 1: O'Brien and mostly Deshaun Watson figured out the Bills defense 1201 01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:35,160 Speaker 1: enough and Josh Allen gave the Texans a chance to win. 1202 01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:37,400 Speaker 1: I mean, if he doesn't fumble to start the fourth quarter, 1203 01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:41,200 Speaker 1: they win. I don't know what, like it wasn't the J. J. 1204 01:00:41,360 --> 01:00:44,240 Speaker 1: Watt sack suddenly gave everyone life. I mean they kicked 1205 01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:48,280 Speaker 1: the field goal? Was it? J J? What? This team 1206 01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:51,520 Speaker 1: was dead? But JJ? I get it, but that was 1207 01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:54,320 Speaker 1: I get it. But it was third I I hear 1208 01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:57,080 Speaker 1: you the crowd was, but it was third and ten there. 1209 01:00:57,520 --> 01:00:59,400 Speaker 1: All they did was not picked that up. They hit 1210 01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:01,800 Speaker 1: the field goal all and Josh Allen gets the ball 1211 01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:04,880 Speaker 1: back and they still are in total control of that game. 1212 01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:09,400 Speaker 1: And then he fumbles and that was pivotal. Sell that 1213 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:11,840 Speaker 1: as if J. J. Watts play did not fire up 1214 01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:14,480 Speaker 1: his team, you're denying reality. I don't know what was 1215 01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:18,280 Speaker 1: the the Josh Allen play that I'll remember the most. 1216 01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:23,680 Speaker 1: But I've rarely seen any player collapse the way he did. 1217 01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:28,040 Speaker 1: You could point to the lateral uh at midfield in 1218 01:01:28,080 --> 01:01:32,000 Speaker 1: the final the game. Uh that was he got bailed 1219 01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:34,000 Speaker 1: out because of bounds. That of bounds got swatted out 1220 01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:36,880 Speaker 1: of bounds. How about the bomb into double coverage to 1221 01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:39,320 Speaker 1: the fullback. I've never seen that play before in my life. 1222 01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:42,280 Speaker 1: The decision making the kid was on tilt. And then 1223 01:01:42,400 --> 01:01:44,800 Speaker 1: even the play takes a grounding pedal, they were in 1224 01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:47,520 Speaker 1: field goal range. Uh. This is earlier in the fourth quarter. 1225 01:01:47,720 --> 01:01:50,240 Speaker 1: He takes an intentional grounding, then takes a sack and 1226 01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:52,640 Speaker 1: four sack and fourth and twenty six when he had 1227 01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:55,760 Speaker 1: two dropped interceptions in in that whole final sequence too. 1228 01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:57,400 Speaker 1: That would have ended the game before And I'll just 1229 01:01:57,440 --> 01:01:59,800 Speaker 1: say this, this isn't a popular takes. I know. The 1230 01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:02,280 Speaker 1: general consensus was that he was great in the first half, 1231 01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:04,600 Speaker 1: and he certainly had moments, especially with his legs, but 1232 01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:06,920 Speaker 1: there was also a drop pick six in the first 1233 01:02:06,920 --> 01:02:09,920 Speaker 1: half and a very near miss on a fumble. So 1234 01:02:09,920 --> 01:02:12,360 Speaker 1: it was just it became to me an idea of 1235 01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:15,000 Speaker 1: he was playing with fire in the first half and 1236 01:02:15,040 --> 01:02:17,120 Speaker 1: it seemed to be breaking his way, and then it 1237 01:02:17,160 --> 01:02:19,120 Speaker 1: all came tumbling down when the pressure came. And if 1238 01:02:19,120 --> 01:02:21,760 Speaker 1: I'm a Bills fan, I'm totally spooked after what happened 1239 01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:24,640 Speaker 1: in this I spent this game with Bills fans early 1240 01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:27,280 Speaker 1: on at a I think we have some footage if 1241 01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:29,840 Speaker 1: you're watching the YouTube show up at Buzby's West, which 1242 01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:32,120 Speaker 1: I went there ten years ago from NFL dot com 1243 01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:34,400 Speaker 1: story and it was a smaller room of Bills fans. 1244 01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:37,160 Speaker 1: This was like a six room party, and these people 1245 01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:39,800 Speaker 1: were high flying. And I do think that what they 1246 01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:42,240 Speaker 1: witnessed in the first half was a Bills team with 1247 01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:44,320 Speaker 1: an awesome plan and they did this. They got as 1248 01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:47,760 Speaker 1: much as they could out of their limited roster on offense, 1249 01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:50,160 Speaker 1: and Josh Allen, actually I thought it gave you a 1250 01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:52,040 Speaker 1: lot of hope for the future. And he's a danger 1251 01:02:52,080 --> 01:02:55,160 Speaker 1: to deal with when he's on. But what happened in 1252 01:02:55,200 --> 01:02:57,400 Speaker 1: the second half, to Greg's point is I thought that 1253 01:02:57,440 --> 01:03:01,160 Speaker 1: Brian Dable and Sean McDermott looked at sixteen nothing lead 1254 01:03:01,200 --> 01:03:04,120 Speaker 1: and stopped being aggressive when you know that Deshaun Watson 1255 01:03:04,400 --> 01:03:06,480 Speaker 1: is at some point gonna start to break through. As 1256 01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:09,080 Speaker 1: ugly as that first half was, you could just feel 1257 01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:11,520 Speaker 1: everything start to turn. And before he had that pass 1258 01:03:11,560 --> 01:03:15,360 Speaker 1: to Taiwan Jones, he made an increative before excuse me, 1259 01:03:15,400 --> 01:03:17,960 Speaker 1: before he ran for that incredible twenty yard touchdown run, 1260 01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:20,320 Speaker 1: which was the thing of beauty. He made a throw 1261 01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:23,560 Speaker 1: to DeAndre Hopkins where two guys came in and essentially 1262 01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:26,040 Speaker 1: destroyed him. And he had the grit to get the 1263 01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:29,520 Speaker 1: ball out perfect dart to Hopkins and that saved that drive. 1264 01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:33,000 Speaker 1: I just thought that Houston figured out their problems in 1265 01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:37,120 Speaker 1: time and adjusted, as you mentioned, where the Bills completely 1266 01:03:37,160 --> 01:03:39,720 Speaker 1: fell plannedless in the second half, you know, combined with 1267 01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:42,640 Speaker 1: their own mistakes. I thought the first forty minutes were 1268 01:03:42,680 --> 01:03:45,400 Speaker 1: like an extreme example of my vision for the game, 1269 01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:47,040 Speaker 1: where it was going to be the matchups and the 1270 01:03:47,040 --> 01:03:50,640 Speaker 1: Bill's favor, the coaching and the Bill's favor, and then 1271 01:03:50,680 --> 01:03:52,920 Speaker 1: for the last thirty minutes the text, the text and 1272 01:03:52,960 --> 01:03:55,760 Speaker 1: star power took over, and Dan's like extreme version of 1273 01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:58,440 Speaker 1: his vision for the game where J. J. Watt, to 1274 01:03:58,520 --> 01:04:00,720 Speaker 1: Dan's credit, like what a he does, show up and 1275 01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:02,360 Speaker 1: play a big game, and he had the big tackle 1276 01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:04,800 Speaker 1: for loss on Frank Gore in a big spot. He 1277 01:04:04,920 --> 01:04:07,640 Speaker 1: had a third down rush that caused a bad throw 1278 01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:10,800 Speaker 1: on Josh Allen in another spot. He was huge and 1279 01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:13,520 Speaker 1: in all the credit in the world to him to 1280 01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:16,080 Speaker 1: to go out and you know, sort of author his 1281 01:04:16,120 --> 01:04:18,840 Speaker 1: own history here to change the course of his team's season, 1282 01:04:19,400 --> 01:04:21,480 Speaker 1: and rushing back from an injury when people told him 1283 01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:22,840 Speaker 1: he wouldn't even be able to make it back and 1284 01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:24,920 Speaker 1: it seemed like he was only in on pass rushing 1285 01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:28,960 Speaker 1: downs early on, and then by money time, the guys 1286 01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,200 Speaker 1: on the field making big plays in the running game. 1287 01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:34,600 Speaker 1: The play, the Deshaun Watson play, and I think it's 1288 01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:38,000 Speaker 1: to me the signature play of his career so far. Now, uh, 1289 01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,040 Speaker 1: the Taiwan Jones completion and Jones the service credit too, 1290 01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,640 Speaker 1: because he made a guy miss and then rumbled. The Jones, 1291 01:04:43,680 --> 01:04:45,720 Speaker 1: by the ways, had one. He's been in the league 1292 01:04:45,760 --> 01:04:48,560 Speaker 1: since two thousand and eleven, one year where he had 1293 01:04:48,560 --> 01:04:52,080 Speaker 1: a hundred yards receiving. Every other year, it's down like 1294 01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:57,280 Speaker 1: zero nine eleven forty. I mean they moved into cornerback 1295 01:04:57,320 --> 01:04:59,800 Speaker 1: at one point. Watch watch that play again. I actually 1296 01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,640 Speaker 1: oake it down on slow motion. I sent down a 1297 01:05:02,640 --> 01:05:06,960 Speaker 1: tweet earlier today, so you have, uh, apologies for if 1298 01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:09,680 Speaker 1: I mispronounced the name. But Siron Neil coming on one 1299 01:05:09,800 --> 01:05:12,400 Speaker 1: end and on blitz the safety on the other side 1300 01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:16,800 Speaker 1: it's Matt Mulano. So Watson senses at the very last 1301 01:05:16,800 --> 01:05:19,560 Speaker 1: second Neil and steps up and and it goes from 1302 01:05:19,560 --> 01:05:21,960 Speaker 1: a kill shot to a glancing blow but still pretty 1303 01:05:21,960 --> 01:05:25,040 Speaker 1: hard hit. But then Mulatto comes and it's a straight 1304 01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:29,400 Speaker 1: shot right in Watson's grill and he just bounces off him. 1305 01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:34,760 Speaker 1: He literally, Matt Mulatto, who's a big dude, a professional athlete, Uh, 1306 01:05:34,840 --> 01:05:38,080 Speaker 1: bounces off Watson, who then spins out and makes the past. 1307 01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:41,760 Speaker 1: I've just I've never seen a linebacker run into a 1308 01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:45,520 Speaker 1: wall like that. He's see Sarron neil Is is twisting 1309 01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:49,120 Speaker 1: Watson and throws Mlano. I think if only one of 1310 01:05:49,120 --> 01:05:51,680 Speaker 1: those guys comes free, he probably gets sent. I mean, 1311 01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:54,960 Speaker 1: it's a remarkable play by one of the great athletes, 1312 01:05:55,000 --> 01:05:57,800 Speaker 1: and the and and they made the call the quarter 1313 01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:01,040 Speaker 1: of the coach, the college coach, Sweeney or Swinny. He 1314 01:06:01,160 --> 01:06:03,000 Speaker 1: was the guy that said, this is Michael Jordan's don't 1315 01:06:03,040 --> 01:06:06,120 Speaker 1: pass on him. That's Jordan's stuff. It really is, absolutely 1316 01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:08,000 Speaker 1: and I think that you're going to see that play 1317 01:06:08,040 --> 01:06:11,439 Speaker 1: when he retires, and you know, God willing he stays healthy, 1318 01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:13,720 Speaker 1: goes in the Hall of Fame. That is a nightmare 1319 01:06:13,840 --> 01:06:16,640 Speaker 1: scenario for Micah Hyde, who's one of their best players 1320 01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:20,760 Speaker 1: and just completely whiffs on Tawan Jones in the open field. 1321 01:06:21,240 --> 01:06:24,720 Speaker 1: That play kills Sean McDermott. I'm sure. But the third 1322 01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:28,120 Speaker 1: and eighteen that they picked up on a very simple 1323 01:06:29,000 --> 01:06:33,040 Speaker 1: over the middle to a running back earlier in the drive, 1324 01:06:33,720 --> 01:06:35,720 Speaker 1: to me, is the bigger kill, and that's I guess. 1325 01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:39,520 Speaker 1: To me, the whole game was a reminder it's so 1326 01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:43,080 Speaker 1: hard to win if you don't have a reliable passing 1327 01:06:43,120 --> 01:06:46,000 Speaker 1: game like that's it. If you do not have a 1328 01:06:46,040 --> 01:06:48,760 Speaker 1: quarterback that can hit a variety of routes in a 1329 01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:52,040 Speaker 1: passing game that does not rely you know, rely on 1330 01:06:52,240 --> 01:06:54,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of trick plays and your quarterback running and 1331 01:06:55,200 --> 01:06:58,040 Speaker 1: shot plays for a guy who's not that accurate. It's 1332 01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:00,960 Speaker 1: really hard to win. Because, as West said, they did 1333 01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:03,560 Speaker 1: so many different things. But when push came to shove 1334 01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:05,600 Speaker 1: at the end of the game, what were they doing. 1335 01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:08,440 Speaker 1: They were just running Josh Allen most of the in 1336 01:07:08,480 --> 01:07:10,680 Speaker 1: the key spots of the game late, and some of 1337 01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:13,160 Speaker 1: it worked. I mean he ran for yards. It certainly worked. 1338 01:07:13,160 --> 01:07:16,640 Speaker 1: Early they were saying, okay, let's go to the slant 1339 01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:19,280 Speaker 1: for John Brown. They were saying, like, let's have Josh 1340 01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:23,320 Speaker 1: Allen run. And that instinct is partly why he fumbled. 1341 01:07:23,360 --> 01:07:25,440 Speaker 1: I mean that was on a scramble and it was 1342 01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:28,560 Speaker 1: partly out of a lack of faith in their own quarterback. 1343 01:07:28,680 --> 01:07:30,480 Speaker 1: And then you get into a situation where you should 1344 01:07:30,480 --> 01:07:32,720 Speaker 1: be up by more than sixteen nothing and it's still 1345 01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:36,120 Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen, and defenses have a hard time keeping 1346 01:07:36,120 --> 01:07:38,400 Speaker 1: you down all game. And at one sequence, you know, 1347 01:07:38,400 --> 01:07:41,240 Speaker 1: when when the Texans are rolling, they go touchdown, field goal, touchdown. 1348 01:07:41,480 --> 01:07:44,800 Speaker 1: I mean the defense still did blow a sixteen nothing. Yeah, 1349 01:07:44,880 --> 01:07:47,320 Speaker 1: they're putting a tough situation to one little note on 1350 01:07:47,320 --> 01:07:50,120 Speaker 1: that Taiwan Jones throw, Mike Silver wrote a pretty gate, 1351 01:07:50,320 --> 01:07:53,200 Speaker 1: pretty gray, pretty sorry, pretty awesome right up on this thing, 1352 01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:58,440 Speaker 1: and he Watson noted that Kevin Johnson, who's on the Bills, 1353 01:07:58,960 --> 01:08:02,480 Speaker 1: knew the Texans signals. He was a former Texan secondary 1354 01:08:02,560 --> 01:08:05,240 Speaker 1: player and like basically had to work around the fact 1355 01:08:05,280 --> 01:08:06,960 Speaker 1: that he knew that this player knew exactly what he 1356 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:08,840 Speaker 1: was gonna do. And that's how the ball wound up 1357 01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:14,320 Speaker 1: in Taiwan Jones hands. So unbelievable, Evan Singletary like his performance, 1358 01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:16,639 Speaker 1: Like you look at the box score and you wouldn't. 1359 01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:18,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it still was pretty great. It was over 1360 01:08:18,280 --> 01:08:20,439 Speaker 1: a hundred and thirty yards from scrimmage. That's Frank Gore 1361 01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:23,160 Speaker 1: getting nine carries in this game, or nine touches. Sometimes 1362 01:08:23,840 --> 01:08:27,879 Speaker 1: every time it is unbelievable. How many like broken tackles. 1363 01:08:28,360 --> 01:08:31,080 Speaker 1: This was like the ultimate Twitter changed their mind from 1364 01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,160 Speaker 1: like the first if you read Twitter for the first 1365 01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:37,000 Speaker 1: three quarters. Bill O'Brien's the biggest idiot ever. Sean McDermott's 1366 01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:40,160 Speaker 1: a genius, Josh Allen is amazing. Deshaun Watson took too 1367 01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,680 Speaker 1: many hits during the season. Yeah, which doesn't it By 1368 01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:44,960 Speaker 1: the way, You're you're sort of telling on yourself there, 1369 01:08:44,960 --> 01:08:47,839 Speaker 1: because they past protected great all season and Deshaun Watson 1370 01:08:47,880 --> 01:08:51,200 Speaker 1: played absolutely terrible for the Like, it's weird that Watson's 1371 01:08:51,240 --> 01:08:53,880 Speaker 1: one of these guys because of himself, right, Watson's one 1372 01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,920 Speaker 1: of these guys that, for whatever reason, like people are 1373 01:08:55,920 --> 01:08:58,559 Speaker 1: afraid to say, play better. He came out and the 1374 01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:00,800 Speaker 1: moment felt a little too big for him, like he 1375 01:09:00,880 --> 01:09:03,519 Speaker 1: was trying to go hero ball, and he had probably 1376 01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:05,120 Speaker 1: about the worst two and a half quarters. Yet they 1377 01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:07,479 Speaker 1: didn't have a hundred yards until midway through the third quarter, 1378 01:09:07,680 --> 01:09:09,360 Speaker 1: and a lot of it was him just kind of 1379 01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,360 Speaker 1: not taking what was there and taking sacks that he 1380 01:09:12,360 --> 01:09:16,320 Speaker 1: didn't need to McDermott. In addition to going for it 1381 01:09:16,360 --> 01:09:18,679 Speaker 1: on fourth and twenty seven at Houston's forty two yard 1382 01:09:18,760 --> 01:09:22,479 Speaker 1: line and giving Frank are all due respect, Gregg eight touches. 1383 01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:27,080 Speaker 1: The Cold had a really nice season. And I don't 1384 01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:28,759 Speaker 1: know if he's beat up or what, but Duke Williams 1385 01:09:28,800 --> 01:09:31,919 Speaker 1: out snapped Cold Beasley like what. I don't know. Williams 1386 01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:35,599 Speaker 1: played well, Yeah, but Beasley was a great guy for them. Yeah. 1387 01:09:36,040 --> 01:09:38,160 Speaker 1: And after all that, it was it was first and 1388 01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:40,559 Speaker 1: ten at the forty three for the Bills in overtime. 1389 01:09:40,600 --> 01:09:43,800 Speaker 1: I mean, there was so many game management in this 1390 01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:46,479 Speaker 1: game that was fascinating. The Bill O'Brien, I think did 1391 01:09:46,479 --> 01:09:50,320 Speaker 1: a good thing taking the field goal, uh, going for 1392 01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:53,000 Speaker 1: the fourth down to go down five that ended up 1393 01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:55,920 Speaker 1: paying off pretty well. The fact that he went for fourth, 1394 01:09:56,200 --> 01:09:57,559 Speaker 1: I mean, all they needed was a foot in the 1395 01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,679 Speaker 1: game was over. I was gonna go play that soccer 1396 01:09:59,720 --> 01:10:03,040 Speaker 1: game walker at the forty five minutes later, the game's 1397 01:10:03,040 --> 01:10:06,200 Speaker 1: still going. The kickoff returned or the kickoff that was 1398 01:10:06,520 --> 01:10:09,639 Speaker 1: a touchdown originally. Uh. I don't want to hear Bills 1399 01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:12,519 Speaker 1: fans complaining about that because they want a game earlier 1400 01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,519 Speaker 1: this year, when it was ruled that trade Avis White 1401 01:10:14,560 --> 01:10:17,679 Speaker 1: gave himself up on an interception that the Bengals would 1402 01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:19,320 Speaker 1: have won the game if it wasn't ruled that way. 1403 01:10:19,360 --> 01:10:23,160 Speaker 1: They know about this rule that it's the referees discretion 1404 01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:25,479 Speaker 1: when a when a player gives himself up, and Mike 1405 01:10:25,479 --> 01:10:28,040 Speaker 1: Praira even said on that kickoff return, as soon as 1406 01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:30,519 Speaker 1: the guy tosses the ball to the official officials, know 1407 01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:33,679 Speaker 1: that means you're giving it. It happens all of every 1408 01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:36,160 Speaker 1: It was kind of like a perfect start to what 1409 01:10:36,200 --> 01:10:40,240 Speaker 1: was one of the wildest second half and then overtime 1410 01:10:40,240 --> 01:10:43,240 Speaker 1: playoff periods we've ever seen. I mean that was it 1411 01:10:43,320 --> 01:10:45,880 Speaker 1: was like the perfect start to what was about to come. 1412 01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:47,160 Speaker 1: I just I don't want to get two down on 1413 01:10:47,160 --> 01:10:49,679 Speaker 1: Sha mcdermottoll because it's like this is a learning curve. 1414 01:10:49,760 --> 01:10:52,320 Speaker 1: You're learning how to get out of these big games. 1415 01:10:52,360 --> 01:10:55,439 Speaker 1: I find the Bills fans quietly went through a lot 1416 01:10:55,479 --> 01:10:58,240 Speaker 1: of like coach GM drama for a long long time, 1417 01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:01,280 Speaker 1: and they've got their building something. I think they've got 1418 01:11:01,439 --> 01:11:04,519 Speaker 1: questions at the quarterback situation, but I don't question the coach. 1419 01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:07,240 Speaker 1: I don't, but it's it was not a great I 1420 01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:09,559 Speaker 1: get not especially the kind of things that get you 1421 01:11:09,600 --> 01:11:12,479 Speaker 1: all fired up. Yes, and it's understandable, but the game 1422 01:11:12,560 --> 01:11:15,040 Speaker 1: management was not great, but it's still it's a good 1423 01:11:15,680 --> 01:11:18,760 Speaker 1: terrifect job. I just would worry that just because you've 1424 01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:21,080 Speaker 1: built something doesn't mean a you're gonna be back here 1425 01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:23,559 Speaker 1: very often, or be that the flaw the reason you 1426 01:11:23,600 --> 01:11:25,240 Speaker 1: lost this game is going to change at all, and 1427 01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:27,040 Speaker 1: you don't want to waste that. Well. I think if 1428 01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:28,599 Speaker 1: you're a Bills fan, or if you even if you're 1429 01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:30,200 Speaker 1: in the Bills proNT office, you have to be thrilled 1430 01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:31,479 Speaker 1: with how the season went, and you have to be 1431 01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:33,960 Speaker 1: thrilled that Josh Allen showed some development this year. Let's 1432 01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:37,679 Speaker 1: give Josh l the final word. Every every loss is personal, 1433 01:11:37,720 --> 01:11:39,840 Speaker 1: and um, you know, if I can go out there 1434 01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:44,320 Speaker 1: next you differently in hindsight, but there's some things we 1435 01:11:44,680 --> 01:11:47,599 Speaker 1: should have, you know, hit on um, you know and 1436 01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:50,360 Speaker 1: put that on my shoulders, especially with hell well our 1437 01:11:50,360 --> 01:11:54,639 Speaker 1: defense played today. So UM, teams go out there, their 1438 01:11:54,680 --> 01:11:57,200 Speaker 1: quarterbacks usually go and um, I gotta be better for 1439 01:11:57,240 --> 01:12:01,679 Speaker 1: this team. And now the Texans go to Kansas City 1440 01:12:01,760 --> 01:12:06,400 Speaker 1: where will Fuller West. Hypothetically we'll be back on the field, 1441 01:12:06,439 --> 01:12:09,360 Speaker 1: which they obviously didn't. They beat the Chiefs and Kings 1442 01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:11,840 Speaker 1: when we were in London, like they've been chasing that 1443 01:12:11,880 --> 01:12:13,840 Speaker 1: performance all year. That was kind of their high water 1444 01:12:13,920 --> 01:12:17,519 Speaker 1: mark of the season was that win. Like the Chiefs 1445 01:12:17,520 --> 01:12:20,000 Speaker 1: have improved, sincin the Chiefs have well, But the Chiefs 1446 01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:22,920 Speaker 1: are the only team to my point, there's no guarantee 1447 01:12:22,960 --> 01:12:24,599 Speaker 1: of being back there next year. They're the only team 1448 01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:27,120 Speaker 1: that was in the Divisional Round a year ago that's 1449 01:12:27,120 --> 01:12:30,760 Speaker 1: back like that. Like that is how hard it is 1450 01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:32,960 Speaker 1: to read, like seven of eight of the teams did 1451 01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:35,800 Speaker 1: not make that. It's honestly surreal that we're going to 1452 01:12:35,880 --> 01:12:38,960 Speaker 1: be following Divisional Round football and the Patriots aren't involved. 1453 01:12:40,080 --> 01:12:44,479 Speaker 1: Surreal and for you and for others, slightly delightful. I mean, 1454 01:12:44,520 --> 01:12:48,040 Speaker 1: fresh blood is good. Not every team at Andrew Luck 1455 01:12:48,040 --> 01:12:50,280 Speaker 1: ret higher also, but that didn't help the call. All right, 1456 01:12:50,320 --> 01:12:53,599 Speaker 1: So let's uh again. I've mentioned these games and passing 1457 01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:57,160 Speaker 1: so far, but here's the schedule for next weekend. Minnesota 1458 01:12:57,240 --> 01:13:01,080 Speaker 1: at San Francisco forty five on SAT. Today, the late 1459 01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:04,960 Speaker 1: game Tennessee at Baltimore eight fifteen Eastern kick on Sunday, 1460 01:13:05,240 --> 01:13:08,479 Speaker 1: Houston and Kansas City three oh five kickoff, and then 1461 01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:12,240 Speaker 1: the late game Seattle at Green Bay six Forty're gonna 1462 01:13:12,240 --> 01:13:15,679 Speaker 1: be a cold one in Lambeau potentially market Mark. Yeah, 1463 01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:18,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. I I guess you know. They put 1464 01:13:18,960 --> 01:13:21,080 Speaker 1: the one game on the West Coast as an early 1465 01:13:21,160 --> 01:13:24,280 Speaker 1: game and like a a such a scenario in Green 1466 01:13:24,280 --> 01:13:26,280 Speaker 1: Bay where it's gonna be like one degree with wind 1467 01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:28,840 Speaker 1: chill up to like you know, four dred miles an hour. 1468 01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:30,960 Speaker 1: So have a nice time with that, Seattle. Can I 1469 01:13:31,000 --> 01:13:33,599 Speaker 1: make a quick announcement absolutely, We have a lot of 1470 01:13:33,720 --> 01:13:36,759 Speaker 1: listeners down under in Australia and they are really battling 1471 01:13:36,880 --> 01:13:40,400 Speaker 1: some brush friars there that have gone crazy. I think 1472 01:13:40,439 --> 01:13:44,760 Speaker 1: five hundred thousand animals have already been lost. Um, you're 1473 01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:46,519 Speaker 1: all in our thoughts. We hope the best for you. 1474 01:13:46,600 --> 01:13:49,800 Speaker 1: And if people out there want to give to help 1475 01:13:49,800 --> 01:13:51,800 Speaker 1: out some of these animals and people who need the money, 1476 01:13:51,880 --> 01:13:54,360 Speaker 1: and for the fire crews that definitely needs some money. 1477 01:13:55,120 --> 01:13:59,439 Speaker 1: Some avenues are the Rural Fire Service, Wires Animal Rescue 1478 01:13:59,520 --> 01:14:03,439 Speaker 1: and the Austra Alien Red Cross. There you go help 1479 01:14:03,479 --> 01:14:06,639 Speaker 1: those people out and need uh. We will be back 1480 01:14:07,840 --> 01:14:11,599 Speaker 1: on Tuesday with another edition of the podcast. As we 1481 01:14:11,800 --> 01:14:15,800 Speaker 1: turn our attention, we're down to eight Now More Dirt Naps, Mark, 1482 01:14:16,240 --> 01:14:20,640 Speaker 1: More Dirt Naps. Johnny Manziel's Pro Football Reference page open. 1483 01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:23,040 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ask him. We're down to seven games unless 1484 01:14:23,040 --> 01:14:24,840 Speaker 1: you count the granddaddy of them, all of the Pro 1485 01:14:24,880 --> 01:14:28,519 Speaker 1: Bowl eight. We don't have to cover it, so I 1486 01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:31,760 Speaker 1: don't count it. That's the way I look at it. Um. Yeah, 1487 01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:35,519 Speaker 1: we'll be back Tuesday. Uh than Thursday, will preview Divisional 1488 01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:38,640 Speaker 1: Round And a reminder, yes, the Around the NFL broadcast 1489 01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:42,280 Speaker 1: on NFL Network is back for our second episode. See 1490 01:14:42,280 --> 01:14:45,640 Speaker 1: it's that's everybody could do one episode, but now we 1491 01:14:45,720 --> 01:14:48,120 Speaker 1: got to go back and figure out how to fill another, 1492 01:14:48,280 --> 01:14:50,920 Speaker 1: you know, twenty two minutes. That's the challenge we face. 1493 01:14:53,120 --> 01:14:55,840 Speaker 1: I think we'll figure it out. It's different. We uh. 1494 01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:57,679 Speaker 1: That's that's the one thing I learned in the first week. 1495 01:14:57,760 --> 01:15:01,160 Speaker 1: It ain't the same we uh we it. We are 1496 01:15:01,240 --> 01:15:05,120 Speaker 1: on YouTube live almost right after these games, and we 1497 01:15:05,160 --> 01:15:07,160 Speaker 1: will The time will be later next week because the 1498 01:15:07,160 --> 01:15:10,439 Speaker 1: game is later. It's a what a six forty Eastern start. 1499 01:15:10,479 --> 01:15:11,840 Speaker 1: But so if you don't want to wait until you 1500 01:15:11,880 --> 01:15:14,840 Speaker 1: get the podcast, you can't check it out. Almost right 1501 01:15:14,880 --> 01:15:19,160 Speaker 1: after the final Packers Seahawks whistle sounds and Greg, remember, 1502 01:15:19,439 --> 01:15:22,160 Speaker 1: don't be mad it's over. Be happy that it haven't 1503 01:15:22,200 --> 01:15:25,120 Speaker 1: had it all. I'm happy. Maybe I left. Tom Brady 1504 01:15:25,160 --> 01:15:28,679 Speaker 1: walks into that, you know, like the Football Life opening 1505 01:15:28,720 --> 01:15:31,320 Speaker 1: animation of the man in the shadows walking in the tunnel. 1506 01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:37,280 Speaker 1: That that's where we're at, the tunnel man, Ricky. Can 1507 01:15:37,280 --> 01:15:42,280 Speaker 1: we get some Football Life music? Okay, she's not gonna 1508 01:15:42,280 --> 01:15:45,479 Speaker 1: play along with that. This is it, that's it, Let's 1509 01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:51,680 Speaker 1: go home. Dan hands a signing off for Quiet Storm, 1510 01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:55,840 Speaker 1: the mail Man. Yell, Boss Ricky, Hollywood, Ryan Bartlett and 1511 01:15:55,840 --> 01:16:20,880 Speaker 1: everybody behind the glass. Thank you till Tuesday.