1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:02,520 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,560 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 9 00:00:30,440 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 1: Greetings, Welcome in side hour to The Jason Smith Show 10 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: with my best friend Mike Harmon. 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Jason Cole stopping by in a few minutes. 20 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: Little Hall of Fame talk, little Philip Rivers talk, little 21 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: AFC NFC championship game picks this weekend. Finally we're here, 22 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,959 Speaker 1: Mike Carmen of all the games we have three left 23 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: now three games less. 24 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 4: So said two seventy two. 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 5: Gone dead in the PLoud Car Divisional and here we are. 26 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's sad. 27 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 4: It's a big weekend, but national title game gone. 28 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:27,959 Speaker 3: Yeah. 29 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 5: Everybody declaring for the pros or guys coming back after 30 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 5: three years in the G League to play college buckets. 31 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 5: All of these things can be true and are as 32 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,759 Speaker 5: we're deep in the coaching carousel thinking about spring training, 33 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 5: and I'm really thinking about my friends and family back 34 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 5: in the Midwest and on the East Coast, and all 35 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 5: of you out there listening wherever you may be, hunkered 36 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 5: down finding trading cards and old newspapers for fire possibilities 37 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:57,919 Speaker 5: to keep yourself warm. 38 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,640 Speaker 1: I got it, fifty two min it on the fire. 39 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: Those baseball cards aren't gonna be worth anything. 40 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 5: Friend of mine sent me a picture of the the 41 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:10,120 Speaker 5: in car dash smith and said minus nine and that 42 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 5: does not include the wind show. 43 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: Oh I got I got the text from my family 44 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: in Detroit that lives in Traverse City and they sent 45 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: me the screen grab for the weather that just said 46 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 1: two degrees and under. 47 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: It feels like minus twenty four. 48 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, No, I came close to going and taking my 49 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 5: shoes off and putting my toes in the sand. But 50 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 5: I'm only three degrees of separation from folks that can 51 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 5: make things happen negatively in my sphere. 52 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 4: Yeah, two twenty How do you survive? 53 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: Well, negative twenty four? It's because of the wind. It's 54 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 3: because of the wind. Show. 55 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 5: How would you just keep putting on more and more 56 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 5: clothes or you just bunker down? 57 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: Hey, it used to the globe used to have temperatures 58 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: of minus twenty four and people survived years to you 59 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: look where we are. 60 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 3: I mean it was, you know, millions of years ago. 61 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 3: But look it happened. 62 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 5: But if you see a tall in the wild, you 63 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 5: lightsaber in, and then you've got a nice place to stay, 64 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 5: nice and warm and cozy. 65 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: I've I've watched ice age. I saw what happened. I 66 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: saw wooly mammoths and everything else. 67 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 3: I saw it. 68 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,839 Speaker 4: We get hungry if it's below fifty. 69 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: Well listen, because I'm I'm I'm glad I'm living now 70 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: and not you know, hundreds and thousands of. 71 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 3: Years ago where it was. 72 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: Oh man, I gotta go out and kill my dinner 73 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: again tonight. I'm just exhausted. 74 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,800 Speaker 4: Man, it would be funny if you were an Eskimo. 75 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 1: We can't we can't keep anything. Can we keep anything refrigerated? 76 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: Well during the winter months, weekend, summer months, just go 77 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: out and just get it, bring it back and eat. 78 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 3: Go out, bring it back and eat, go out, bring 79 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 3: it back and eat. Okay, I don't know what this 80 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: is all for anyway, All right, that's fine, Mike. 81 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 5: You can picture him living in an igloo, right, Oh yeah, 82 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 5: there's no question about it. 83 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:48,240 Speaker 3: It's too cold, too cold in the igloo. I mean 84 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,000 Speaker 3: it's it's I mean, I don't know, like I mean, 85 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 3: I would have to have pelts. I would have to 86 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: have lots of pelts. I'd have to be I would. 87 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 1: Have to be one of those stores you go in 88 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:56,640 Speaker 1: when you buy rugs and they just have all the 89 00:03:56,720 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 1: rugs on top of one another, big summer those different ones. Yeah, yeah, 90 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: that's what I alight. I gotta have like twelve rugs 91 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: on here, and I gotta wrap myself in him. And boy, 92 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: it's still cold. Boy, so you know, I gonna light 93 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,680 Speaker 1: a fire with the fire just won't stay lit. This 94 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 1: is this is difficult. I'm having a difficult time. 95 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 4: Man, you all be careful out there. 96 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 97 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 4: Meanwhile, I'm sipping a nice cold beverage. 98 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, would you like a lemonade? Please pay? 99 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 4: Thank you? 100 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: So, while one thing we all have to look forward 101 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: to this weekend wherever we are in the country, and 102 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: then please stay safe, stay warm. We have the AFC 103 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: and NFC championship games just as we drew them up. 104 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: The Patriots and the Broncos and the Rams and the Seahawks. Now, 105 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: as I said, you know, top a last hour, I 106 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 1: don't want to you know, I don't like to say this. 107 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: I don't like to, you know, throw this out there 108 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,119 Speaker 1: and you know, pump myself up. But my Super Bowl 109 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:53,600 Speaker 1: prediction of Rams Broncos is still alive. My preseason by 110 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: official preseason pick of Rams Broncos. 111 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 3: Is still alive. Still live, so excited, still alive. 112 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 4: Okay, a pretty good run, there's no question about it. Yeah. 113 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 5: I give you a full full credit for what you've 114 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 5: been able to accomplish with that lofty pick twenty to 115 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 5: one where the Rams, yeah, and the Broncos. With the 116 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 5: Broncos in this mess, they think they were about the same. 117 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 5: I think there were twenty five to one that was 118 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 5: then in the Vikings at the time with the joint 119 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,720 Speaker 5: question mark at quarterback. 120 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 3: The Vikings were twenty five to one. 121 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 4: Coming down here. 122 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, you had the Ravens, Bills and Eagles at plus 123 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 5: seven hundred, Chiefs right behind. 124 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: Ravens at twenty five, the Vikings at twenty five to one, 125 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 1: and now there's going to be competition for their quarterback. Oh, 126 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: the Vikings a big veil that continues to go for 127 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: the Vikings. Hey, but everybody got retained and they're ready 128 00:05:49,279 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 1: to run it back. 129 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 3: Eh yeah, sure. 130 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,160 Speaker 1: Never never mind that you're going to watch a guy 131 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 1: that you kicked out of the building potentially go to 132 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl as a quarterback or another team that 133 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,479 Speaker 1: seems really underpaid. 134 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 3: Now million dollars a year. 135 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 5: When did Justin Jefferson and Joe Burrow demand trades? 136 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 3: They can go. 137 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: Reteam man, I'll tell you promo says you have the 138 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: Jets in the Super Bowl. Listen, it's not a promo, 139 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: it's a show open so years ago. It's from three 140 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 1: years it really was. That was a bold strategy, like 141 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: a million to one Tyshan and Mary still played drop 142 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: is something I said in twenty fourteen, So I mean, 143 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:32,159 Speaker 1: come on, man, it's easy. Years ago, didn't I just 144 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: say yes? 145 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 3: When when the Jets were eliminated, I picked them for 146 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 3: the Super Bowl. 147 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:37,960 Speaker 4: You thought there was going to be a special exemption. 148 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 5: Lody Johnson would say, I'm the president of everybody, the 149 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 5: Jets in the playoffs. 150 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: Let's go AFC Championship Game first, Patriots and the Broncos. 151 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: I picked the Broncos for the Super Bowl before the season. 152 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:55,440 Speaker 1: I'm sticking with them. I laid out yesterday how it's 153 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to go for them. They're gonna you gotta 154 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: come out. Jared sent him as gonna run the same 155 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: offense that bon Nicks had. There's gonna be wrinkles, there's 156 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,560 Speaker 1: gonna be excitement, there's gonna be juice. You're gonna see 157 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: the Broncos coming with the same type of confidence that 158 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: they would have if bon Nix is the quarterback, because 159 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: you can't win otherwise. There's no tape on jareds diidam. 160 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: You have no idea what to expect. Sean Payton is 161 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:20,200 Speaker 1: a tremendous offensive coach, and the first half things are 162 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: gonna go Denver's way. They got to put touchdowns on 163 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: the board, not field goals because the second half, as 164 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: the Patriots start getting what Jared's Didham wants to do. 165 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: Remember the guys a backup. After all, it's gonna get 166 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: much more difficult. There's more three and outs and the 167 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,280 Speaker 1: Patriots are gonna start denting the scoreboard. They gotta get 168 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 1: everything they can done in the first half, and I'm 169 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: gonna say they do. And as New England starts to 170 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: eat into the lead in the second half, this is 171 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: when you see the Broncos defense stand up and win 172 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: this game for them. Drake May has shown you I 173 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: will give the ball to the other team, especially when 174 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: he gets frustrated. The best thing about Drake May I 175 00:07:56,400 --> 00:07:58,480 Speaker 1: look give him all kinds of credit this year, his 176 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 1: decision making, his confidence, knowing where to go with the football. 177 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: He never gets rattled. He gets to his third fourth 178 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: progression like some guys stick on their first progression. But 179 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 1: when you don't have a game where you're making a 180 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: lot of plays and the Broncos defense is look, it's 181 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: the best defense left in the NFL playoffs, it's gonna 182 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 1: get frustrating. May is a young quarterback. He's going to 183 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: force a couple of plays. I'm gonna say the Denver 184 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:24,840 Speaker 1: defense wins it with a big play at the end. 185 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: They will frustrate May. They'll get at least a couple 186 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: of turnovers. Denver to the super Bowl with Jared Stidham. 187 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: Twenty to sixteen is your final score. 188 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 4: I know the Stidham thing. 189 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 5: I was at the trading guard spot going through some 190 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Speaker 5: stuff earlier, and Stidham was the talk of the town 191 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 5: and I was watching people buy stacks of him. 192 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 4: They're making their bet with their wallet. I had this 193 00:08:47,880 --> 00:08:48,600 Speaker 4: big start. 194 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,200 Speaker 5: I'll tell you the guys that are gonna matter in 195 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 5: this giant thing ready, Wilson Bradbury on when you Moses, Morgan, 196 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 5: Moses and Will Campbell. Those five guys, can they stop 197 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 5: the Denver pass rush, which accounted for sixty eight sacks 198 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 5: in the regular season. That's the tale of the tape, 199 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,160 Speaker 5: keeping Drake May clean and letting him process normally, not 200 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 5: getting sped up as we've seen, as you so alluded 201 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 5: to in terms of being careless with the football. This 202 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 5: point spread like sentiment has been there. We talked about 203 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 5: it that a lot on last night's show of you know, 204 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 5: the talking points and how folks little engine that could 205 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 5: kind of thing for Stidham and a love of Sean 206 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 5: Payton and whatever else. But they've also put with their 207 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 5: wallets because the spread's gone from five and a half 208 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,720 Speaker 5: New England before the week really went on to it's 209 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 5: now a four point spread. So hopefully you got in early. 210 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,960 Speaker 5: If you were looking to maybe back the Patriots on 211 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:58,439 Speaker 5: this one. I'll still take them to win the game outright, 212 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 5: one in the trench, which is late, one extra play, 213 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 5: one missed read by Stidham, field goal kicking contest perhaps 214 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 5: in the end, bought two great defenses, and I can't 215 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 5: wait to watch the chess match between Bayton and Vrabel 216 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 5: in this one right with which defense comes up with 217 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:19,920 Speaker 5: one more stop. Because the thing with Denver's defense is 218 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 5: we've watched it carved up. If you don't get home, 219 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,679 Speaker 5: you can get them in the secondary. That's take nothing 220 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 5: away from the individual efforts of certain. 221 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:29,960 Speaker 4: And those guys. 222 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,839 Speaker 5: I mean, they've played some magnificent football overall, but the 223 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 5: last few weeks they've gotten got and there's an opportunity. 224 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: So are on opposite sides the AFC Championship game to 225 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: the NFC wee go, where once again I picked the 226 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: rams of the Super Bowl before the season. 227 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:48,880 Speaker 3: I'm sticking with the Rams. 228 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,440 Speaker 1: The key to this game is going to be the 229 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: first quarter into the second quarter, the Rams defense again, 230 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: which is the second best defense left in the playoffs, 231 00:10:56,360 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: and that Seahawks are right there too. I mean, that's 232 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,640 Speaker 1: the big theme this year is defensive carry three of 233 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:02,720 Speaker 1: these four teams all the way to the final four. 234 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: They have to frustrate the Seahawks offense, and they will 235 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: because Sam Darnald, much like Drake May, will get antsy 236 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 1: and he will absolutely give you the football. 237 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 3: We've seen it before. We've seen it before in games 238 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 3: against the Rams. 239 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: The game's gonna be more of a rock fight, even 240 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 1: though both offenses are good. The d'ser lights out and 241 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: it will be more of a fight for points. But 242 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: in a game like this, I'm not gonna take Donald 243 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: to go out over Matthew Stafford. I have more confidence 244 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: that the Rams are gonna make the clutch plays offensively 245 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: because I can see on big third and sevens, this 246 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:39,120 Speaker 1: is where you see Stafford. Fine, pooka Nakua, here's your 247 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:42,439 Speaker 1: big completion to Devonte Adams, and slowly he starts chewing 248 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: up yards and they start being able to control the clock. 249 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:48,600 Speaker 1: They've made the clutch plays. They've played all season to 250 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:50,560 Speaker 1: get to this point. Going back to where they were 251 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: last year against Philadelphia. Not quite the inclement environment they 252 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:55,960 Speaker 1: had to play in Philadelphia, not quite what they had 253 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: to play in in Chicago. It's gonna seem like they're 254 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: playing back in Los Angeles. They'll make the clutch plays late. 255 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: Darnell turns it over a couple of times and kind 256 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: of a big theme with him in Drake May and 257 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:08,839 Speaker 1: the Rams went at twenty four to twenty and we 258 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: got a Rams Broncos Super Bowl. 259 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 5: Rams have done a good job of avoiding the catastrophe, right. 260 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:16,679 Speaker 4: You didn't get the turnover, no. 261 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 5: Drops, fairly clean although uneventful football for much of that 262 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 5: game against the Bears. And you look at the year 263 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 5: of living dangerously down the stretch, including a couple of 264 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 5: head scratching lost go back to that game against Atlantic. 265 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 4: Can we but all of that. 266 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 5: To say, the thing for Seattle that I'm most concerned 267 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 5: about is there's no Charboney. I mean Veilas Jones got 268 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 5: to chirp a little bit as the Bears went down 269 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 5: in defeat. He's one of the guys that's up for 270 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 5: them as well as George Hallani Go Broncos Boise State guy. 271 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 5: But Kenneth Walker the third is going to have to 272 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 5: be huge in this game. They're going to have to 273 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 5: establish the run early. And that's the strength of this 274 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 5: Rams defense is its front right, opportunistic in the secondary, 275 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 5: but all predicated on slowing down the run, forcing you 276 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 5: into disadvantageous long second and long third down situations. So 277 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 5: all that said, that defense also swarms. And have used 278 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 5: it before. If you're new to the show, welcome in. 279 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 5: If you've heard it before, you're gonna love it because 280 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 5: you're gonna picture it in your head. You've watched all 281 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 5: of those Mutual of Omaha specials, You've watched the National Geographic, 282 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 5: You've watched Snoop Dogg talking about things going on in 283 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 5: the natural order. That's the way the Seattle defense operates. 284 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,360 Speaker 5: And I think that's too much. I think that's the swarm, 285 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 5: and I think they get one big play ad Shaheed 286 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:43,520 Speaker 5: in the return game Seahawks advance, thus culminating in your nightmare. 287 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 3: That's the only reason you're picking these games is because 288 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:47,440 Speaker 3: you want me to have my nightmare. 289 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 6: That's the only no, no, no, no, expository program. I 290 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:56,520 Speaker 6: did not do that to just say if you were here, 291 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 6: maybe because I could have gotten a rise out of you. 292 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: But no, just y'all, you just want you just want 293 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 1: my nightmare super Bowl. I say, I see. But because 294 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:09,960 Speaker 1: that's not being strand that's not being my best friend. 295 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:11,320 Speaker 3: That's what's not happening. 296 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,520 Speaker 4: Your best friend has to spur you on to greatness. 297 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: We got Jason Cole coming up next, more big NFL talk. 298 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,680 Speaker 1: Get his takes on the AFC and NFC title games. 299 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: Could Philip Rivers be a great head coach in the NFL? 300 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: What are we going to see next as far as 301 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: the NFL and Fernando Mendoza that's next right here, Jason 302 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 303 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 3: Are you facing hiring headaches? 304 00:14:33,920 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 1: Staffing your business is complex, High turnovers, skills gaps, and 305 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: ever changing regulations can slow growth. 306 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 3: And drain resources. 307 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: That's where Express Employment Professionals comes in. 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A long time at NFL Insider. 347 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: Check him out of the thirty third team. He has 348 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 1: a Pro Football Hall of Very Good voter. There will 349 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 1: be some very good players elected to the Pro Football 350 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame coming up within the next few weeks. 351 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:13,560 Speaker 1: And he is smack dab in the middle at making 352 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: that happen. He is on Twitter at Jason Cole sixty two, 353 00:17:17,200 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 1: That is at Jason Cole sixty two. 354 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 3: He's with us. 355 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: Now as we take a look at how many Bolo 356 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: ties he has bought off of eBay to paint with 357 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bill's colors to wear in honor of Philip Rivers. 358 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 3: Interview with the Bills for their next head coach. What's up, Jacol? 359 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:39,479 Speaker 8: What's my music? What happens? What's going on here? Okay? 360 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 3: Never mind? 361 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's good. Sing along? 362 00:17:49,320 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 3: Woo, He's round up. 363 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 8: I was, I was speak, how do you feel about Angland? 364 00:17:58,440 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 8: The super Bowl? 365 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 3: Biggest nightmare? And I would reconfigure what. 366 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 1: I did to decide to do sports for a living 367 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: if I get New England and Sam Barland the Super Bowl. 368 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm just gonna watch the puppy ball. I'm 369 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: not going to watch a game. No, not gonna. I'll 370 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: come back. So I'll come back for the beginning of 371 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: free agency. That's what I'll come. 372 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 8: A few white guys to watch Bad Bunny, That's what 373 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 8: it's gonna be. 374 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 1: I'm just watching for the halftime show and commercials. I 375 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: don't care about the game. 376 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:34,639 Speaker 8: Oh that's so great. 377 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 3: Call me what Bad Buddy's on. 378 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna go watch something else exactly. 379 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 8: Rivers is awesome. I love Philip Rivers. Why a year 380 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 8: he's had think about that. He was a coach in 381 00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 8: high school like a month and a half ago, and 382 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 8: now he's up to the Bills job like and and 383 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 8: that never would have happened if the Colts had not 384 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 8: brought him back. Like, Its just it's just so random, 385 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 8: you know. And also it just tells me the Bills 386 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 8: had no real idea what they wanted to do. They 387 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 8: just they didn't have a plan. It's like, Okay, we're 388 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:13,520 Speaker 8: going to get rid of this to your guy just 389 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 8: because we feel like it. And you got to have 390 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 8: a plan. You got to know what you're doing here 391 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 8: when you have a team that's this close. I mean, 392 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 8: I don't blame somebody for firing a head coach in 393 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 8: this situation. You know, certainly Tony Dungee got fired in Tampa. 394 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 8: Wasn't necessarily fair, but it worked because they went and 395 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 8: got John Gruden and they got it done right, and 396 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:38,639 Speaker 8: they knew where they were as a team, and you 397 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 8: can say they were lucky in all those other things, 398 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 8: but they made a bold move and it worked. This 399 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,680 Speaker 8: is a bold move without knowing exactly what you want 400 00:19:47,680 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 8: to do, and I worry about that, especially when you 401 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,399 Speaker 8: come out and you botch the press conference as badly 402 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 8: as they did, like they just I don't think the 403 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 8: Bills understand where they are in their development. 404 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: No, it's like you've been listening to our show all week, 405 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: Jay Call. We talked earlier Rivers isn't getting this chance 406 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:10,359 Speaker 1: without without his comeback to get back on the radar screen. 407 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,560 Speaker 1: And we have five days of the Bills showing us that, hey, 408 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,760 Speaker 1: Josh Allen really covered up for what kind of franchise 409 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:19,720 Speaker 1: we are, because man, he has one bad game. We're 410 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 1: firing head coaches, and there's petitions and he's met at 411 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:25,240 Speaker 1: the at the owner and the GM, and the owner 412 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:28,280 Speaker 1: is blaming players that were not his GM's planned to draft, 413 00:20:28,359 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: like they have shown them to be just as big 414 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,919 Speaker 1: a tire fire as any other team, even the Jets. 415 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:38,359 Speaker 8: Yeah, well, no, nobody play the Jets except maybe except 416 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:39,360 Speaker 8: for maybe the Raiders. 417 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 3: So and the Browns don't forget the Browns. 418 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:49,640 Speaker 8: Yeah, that's true, Brown special as well. Man, it's tough 419 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:52,920 Speaker 8: to overcome your owner. It's really tough to overcome your 420 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 8: owner when your owner is bad. So, but that's a 421 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 8: whole different discussion for another time. I mean, they just 422 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 8: they don't have a philosophy, they don't have an idea, 423 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 8: they don't know what they're doing. And this is the 424 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 8: proof of it, because when you make a move like this, 425 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,480 Speaker 8: you have to have the plan already laid out of Okay, 426 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 8: we're firing an established guy because we feel like he 427 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,119 Speaker 8: can't get the rest of the way, and we already 428 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 8: know who we're going to go hire, and this is 429 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,560 Speaker 8: what our plan is. The other one is the whole 430 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 8: thing about like, oh, let's be on page with the quarterback, 431 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 8: just you know, and have him meet part of the process. 432 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 8: Like I'm just always really uncomfortable with that because somebody 433 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 8: has to tell that guy what to do. And when 434 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 8: he's involved in the process of hiring it, it's like 435 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 8: he all of a sudden now has power over the 436 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 8: coach because he's part of the decision to hire the coach, 437 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 8: or at least he's been made to believe that he's 438 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 8: part of the decision to hire the coach. And that 439 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 8: changes the whole relationship between the coach and the quarterback. 440 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,680 Speaker 8: And look, I mean, in the best of all world, 441 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 8: you want them to get along but history is littered, 442 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,560 Speaker 8: I mean just littered with situations where the quarterback in 443 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 8: the head coach didn't get along and they won plenty 444 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 8: of games. I can just say, like Montana Walsh nine exactly. 445 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 8: But some buddies, despite the facts, both like Tom Hanks. 446 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,399 Speaker 3: But I didn't like that Peter Scalari. I like the 447 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 3: other guy instead. 448 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 8: Yeah, very well done. You got right off the cup. 449 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 4: There we go, we got Peter Scalari into the show. 450 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 8: Here. 451 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,880 Speaker 5: Jason Cole, our friend thirty third Team, joins us each 452 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 5: and every week at Jason Cole sixty two at Amazon 453 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 5: dot com. Go find some of his many, many best 454 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 5: selling books. Add another one to your library today as 455 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,560 Speaker 5: he's getting ready to the next projects. 456 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,399 Speaker 8: I'm giving you this. I'm giving you a slice of 457 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 8: all sales. Thank you, thank you. 458 00:22:57,520 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 4: I appreciate you. 459 00:22:58,400 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 8: Right. 460 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 5: How about this phenomenon Mike McDaniel interviewed with the Bills. 461 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 5: He just became the Chargers guy, and you got Brian 462 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 5: Flores the Hey, you're o DC unless you get one 463 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 5: of these head coaching jobs. It's a nice little addendum 464 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 5: to our coaching carousel. 465 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 8: Yes it was good, but I got to say that's 466 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 8: the weirdest marriage I've ever seen, like McDaniel and Harbaugh, 467 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 8: Like I just I want to be there for the conversation. Sure, 468 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 8: just like how do these guys communicate because they are 469 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:33,320 Speaker 8: so different, And it really does play itself out in 470 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:38,919 Speaker 8: a football way because all the things that Harbaugh espouses 471 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 8: about being tough and tack in the middle and you know, 472 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 8: having a running game or protect your your quarterback and 473 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 8: setting up the play action and doing all this other stuff, 474 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:54,359 Speaker 8: none of that does He's like winging the ball to 475 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 8: the outside. Let's play wide open sets, let's say wide 476 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 8: line splits, let's not really block anybody, or let's do 477 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 8: you know, like you know, shade blocks everywhere and just 478 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 8: create timing and get the ball out really fast and 479 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:15,400 Speaker 8: you know, play cutsy football. And it's like, that's not Harbaugh. 480 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 8: So I have this picture in my mind, and because 481 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 8: it's based on Harbaugh, this story about Harbaugh playing one 482 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 8: on one basketball with the assistant coaches at Stanford, and 483 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 8: basically the one on one games I'm on the coaching 484 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:35,040 Speaker 8: staff would would break down into like wrestling matches on 485 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 8: a court where they were just trying to like back 486 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:43,040 Speaker 8: each other down and almost become fist fights. So I'm 487 00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 8: picturing McDaniel trying to cover Harbaugh as Harbaugh tried to 488 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 8: bait him into a fist fight, and mcdanigel's just going, no, 489 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,000 Speaker 8: I have no shot in this one. It's never gonna work. 490 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: Come on, man, this is a buddy cop show with 491 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: Harbaugh and mcdead. 492 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 3: They each learn from each other as we go on, 493 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:01,480 Speaker 3: and we. 494 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 8: Have a special appearance by Tom Hanks and. 495 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 3: It's the new Turner and hoochs TJ. 496 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: Al Right, all right, so with the coaching hirings and 497 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: going on, we still wait to see Philip Rivers. We 498 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: have the pesky AFC and NFC title games this weekend. 499 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,439 Speaker 1: Am I going to get to watch Jared's did him 500 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:22,720 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl? Or Am I going to have to 501 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 1: watch the Patriots? 502 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,439 Speaker 8: Probably going to have to watch Patriots? That's what? 503 00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 3: Oh gee, thanks, buddy, I appreciate that. 504 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,160 Speaker 8: I think you're going to be hearing about Malcolm Butler 505 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,080 Speaker 8: for an entire week. 506 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 9: I really do. 507 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 8: The Ram Seattle game is a lot more questionable because 508 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,280 Speaker 8: I all right, the Rams, you know, the Rams should 509 00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:44,439 Speaker 8: have beat him the second time. It's not for that 510 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 8: fluky comeback. But that's looky comeback sort of set the 511 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,119 Speaker 8: Seahawks on this. I mean they were already in the 512 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 8: middle of the wind streak, don't get me wrong, but 513 00:25:54,720 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 8: like it took their confidence to a new level. They're like, 514 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 8: I think, how did I compare them? They're like, they're 515 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 8: like a basketball player on a great streak of shootings, 516 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,240 Speaker 8: just like hitting everything. Like everything they throw up is 517 00:26:10,280 --> 00:26:13,120 Speaker 8: going in right now. And that's that Seattle's plan. It's 518 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 8: just perfect for them. So they're playing with great confidence 519 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,159 Speaker 8: and in a large part because of that victory, and 520 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:20,720 Speaker 8: I think they can carry it through in this game. 521 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,880 Speaker 8: But you know, it is Sam Darnold, and you watch 522 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,639 Speaker 8: that act for a long time. I don't need to 523 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 8: remind you of it. It was glorious, wasn't it. You're 524 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:32,239 Speaker 8: still saying goes over that one. But to take it 525 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:39,480 Speaker 8: back to the Denver game, yeah, I just like I 526 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,440 Speaker 8: just had this feeling like how I'm going to lead 527 00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,680 Speaker 8: a scoring drives, a critical scoring driving games, a pretty 528 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 8: good defense. And I don't know that either one of 529 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 8: these teams scares me, especially not in the condition they're in. 530 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,120 Speaker 8: But I think that New England plays more consistent football. 531 00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,680 Speaker 1: Well thanks for nothing there I appreciate that. Thanks, that's 532 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: the ruin of my night and ruin in my weekend. 533 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. 534 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 8: Well, look, you've been a Jets fam for how long 535 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,479 Speaker 8: your entire life has been ruined? 536 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 3: But I've never had to watch a super Bowl like this. 537 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 1: I thought they were done, and now I got to 538 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 1: watch a guy that we couldn't make it work. 539 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 3: With go to the super Bowl. 540 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 8: Stop whining so much they watch the super Bowl. You've 541 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 8: never had to watch the Super Bowl as a Jets 542 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 8: stam period. Why you don't know you are not allowed 543 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 8: to put super Bowl in the same sentence. Yeah, yeah, 544 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 8: super Bowl for you. 545 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 1: So I can't use nest and egg in the same 546 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:44,120 Speaker 1: line at birds to have something over easy for breakfast, 547 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: I can't use how you're doing? 548 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 8: Okay, yeah, we're gonna go straight to Albert Brooks. I 549 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 8: believe that. 550 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,680 Speaker 5: Hey, j Cole, since all right, let's let's back this 551 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:55,880 Speaker 5: out since it's not become about the Jets as it 552 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 5: ordinarily does. At some point, if I were to tell 553 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 5: you before the season there would be ten openings this 554 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 5: year in the National Football League, would you have bet 555 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 5: money that somehow the Jets were not part of it. 556 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 8: That's awesome. 557 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 4: Wow. 558 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 8: I never would have taken that, bet, I never I 559 00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 8: never missed no way. And as the season and if 560 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 8: you tell me even today, like if you said, oh, 561 00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 8: they're going to decide to let eron lem go and 562 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 8: get into the Carrolls. So I believe that they could 563 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 8: do that. That's that's a Jet thing to do. Just 564 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,960 Speaker 8: oh no, we want to get a new touch too. 565 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 8: Were so left out nobody's paying attention to us, that 566 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,280 Speaker 8: would be that would be the Woody Johnson way. 567 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:48,560 Speaker 3: I uh, look, I feel like weird thing, Jacole is. 568 00:28:48,840 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: I actually feel okay, they're not going after a coach, 569 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: because if they were, it'd be like the Browns that 570 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: every day have someone say, yeah, we're not interested in talking. 571 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 3: To you, and the Browns, look, you know what's going 572 00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 3: on with the Jets right now? At least the Jets. 573 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: We're getting out of that one because who's going to 574 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: want to come talk to the Jets. 575 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:06,760 Speaker 3: Nobody. 576 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,120 Speaker 1: It's like, okay, well we're not looking, so we avoid 577 00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: that headline. 578 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 8: Think about no, no, no. Think about it this way though, 579 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 8: if you had the Jets, the Browns, and the Raiders 580 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 8: simultaneously looking for a coach how many how many coaches 581 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 8: are like looking at the looking at their phone and 582 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 8: they see the caller ID with a two oh six, 583 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 8: a nine to one seven or a or seven oh two, 584 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 8: Like they say, don't pick that up. No, don't pick 585 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 8: that up. Don't pick up that call, don't do that. 586 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 8: Don't pick up that call. Don't do it. 587 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,120 Speaker 1: Let it go to voicemail, let it go, don't pick 588 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: it up, don't pick it up. 589 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:51,680 Speaker 3: The gollo. Hey, how you guys do it? Guess who 590 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 3: this is. 591 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 8: I don't want this job. I don't want this job. 592 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,480 Speaker 8: I don't want to work for these clowns. No. 593 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 1: He's on Twitter at Jason Cole sixty two. That is 594 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:10,280 Speaker 1: at Jason Cole sixty two. Uh thirty thirteen. We're gonna 595 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: talk Hall of Fame with you coming up in a 596 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:12,680 Speaker 1: week or two. 597 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 8: Uh In Charlie said, you said the word saying I'm 598 00:30:17,120 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 8: so proud of you. 599 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:19,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. 600 00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: Well, you know, once in a while, I like y'all 601 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: want to show you I'm the bigger person when you're 602 00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: you're breaking you know, your breakpart. 603 00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 3: Saying oh stop, why do you play? I'll be the 604 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,280 Speaker 3: nice guy and I'll show you that I could take 605 00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:29,880 Speaker 3: the high road. 606 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: Why Now, that's just what you're gonna have to ship. 607 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: That's you're gonna have to sit and wait and think 608 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 1: about for a week. Sleep with one eye open. 609 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 5: J Cole, Bye, Jay Cole, enjoy the games. 610 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 1: See there goes, There goes Jason. He's now why why 611 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 1: is this happening? I don't understand. This doesn't make sense. 612 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:57,640 Speaker 1: Why is Jason saying that. 613 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,600 Speaker 3: Time out? If I what's trending in the wide world 614 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 3: of sports? Mark wise them up? What you got for us? 615 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:06,760 Speaker 4: We got two games live in the Association right now. 616 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 10: Eight minutes left in the fourth quarter for the Nuggets 617 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 10: and the Bucks, eighty eight to seventy three. 618 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 9: The margin, Denver in the lead. Julius Strata with twenty points. 619 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 10: Miles Turner has seventeen points, six rebounds of five blocks 620 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:21,479 Speaker 10: three minutes Jeah just under three minutes left in the 621 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 10: third quarter for the Raptors and Blazers. That's seventy two 622 00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 10: seventy one. Toronto in the lead, Manual quickly fifteen and seven. 623 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 10: Shaydon Sharp has seventeen points and six rebounds. Earlier tonight 624 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 10: in the NBA, we saw the Pacers lose their ninth 625 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 10: I'm sorry the thunder loser ninth game of the year 626 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,200 Speaker 10: to the Pacers one seventeen to one fourteen. Shake Gildeth 627 00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 10: Alexander with forty seven in the loss, them hard with 628 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 10: a twenty seven point eleven. 629 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:46,600 Speaker 9: Assists double double. 630 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 10: Rockets beat the Pistons one eleven to one oh four. 631 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 10: Kevin Durant thirty two points, seven rebounds, Hawks. 632 00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 3: Over Suns one ten to one oh three. 633 00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 10: Jalen Johnson an assist shy of a triple double thirty 634 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,400 Speaker 10: twenty three points, eighteen ReBs, nine assists, Celtics over Nets 635 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,160 Speaker 10: one thirty to one twenty six in double overtime. Peyton 636 00:32:05,200 --> 00:32:09,480 Speaker 10: Pritchard thirty two points, Michael Porter Junior eight thirty thirty points, 637 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 10: eight rebounds, and Sadik Bay had a thirty six point 638 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 10: night Sepelicans beat the Grizzlies won thirty three to one 639 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,560 Speaker 10: twenty seven. NFL Coaching psychl News the Browns announci second 640 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 10: interview for Jaguars offense, according to Grant Jujiski for their 641 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 10: head coaching job. An online petition titled reen state Sean 642 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:30,840 Speaker 10: McDermott as Buffalo Bill's head coach has over Let's see 643 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 10: here Refresh sixty six thousand signatures sixty six thousand and 644 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,120 Speaker 10: nineteen to be exact. That number has gone up six 645 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 10: thousand since I started just keeping track of this every 646 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 10: fifteen minutes or so. 647 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 3: So that's every season ticket holder in Buffalo. When you're 648 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 3: at sixty six thousand. 649 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,240 Speaker 5: Now, ceryl Owens, I mean you got a bunch of 650 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 5: folks that have come out, say and signed this thing. 651 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 1: Jimmy Kelly, Oh yeah, the guy Andre Reid, Thurman Thomas. 652 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,240 Speaker 10: Oh yeah, well, uh, I don't know how that lands 653 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:00,520 Speaker 10: in fair Hopettle, Bamo. 654 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 9: Or Philip Rivers lives. 655 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,200 Speaker 10: He's interviewing as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills. 656 00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 10: He was a high school football coach before well like 657 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 10: Week thirteen this year, when he popped into the NFL 658 00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 10: as the starting quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts. They also 659 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 10: interviewed Mike McDaniel, the former Dolphins head coach. 660 00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 9: You guys just talked about this with Jay Cole. 661 00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 10: McDaniel has a deal to be the Chargers offensive coordinator 662 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 10: if he doesn't get a head coaching job, which is 663 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 10: just the sweetest hookup you could possibly have. The Broncos 664 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 10: running back JK Dobbins not playing in Sunday's the AFC 665 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 10: Championship game despite clearing his twenty one day practice window 666 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:37,480 Speaker 10: last week, and the Patriots ruled out Harold Landry for 667 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 10: the championship game. 668 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 9: Sam Darnold is off the injury report. 669 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:46,360 Speaker 10: Let's go right, starting Sundays A championship game against the 670 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 10: Rams and walking all over Jason Smith Hart. Sorry to 671 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 10: breaking tea, but I was just playing man back to 672 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:53,280 Speaker 10: you guys. 673 00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:53,960 Speaker 3: Thanks. 674 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: I appreciate everybody enjoying Martin Weiss's last night here at 675 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio before he departs for another job somewhere else, 676 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,800 Speaker 1: maybe Seattle. No, thanks a bunch of Martin, appreciate it. 677 00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 1: My friend Jason Smith Mike Harmon live from the Fox 678 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: Sports Radio Studios. So Big, NFL. We gave you our 679 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: picture the AFC NFC Championship games, and now we got 680 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: an incredible amount of high profile NFL Draft clarity after 681 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 1: a big story today. 682 00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,480 Speaker 3: That's next right here, Jason and Mike Fox Sports Radio. 683 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,800 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 684 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 685 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,880 Speaker 2: pm Pacific, Fox Sports Radio. 686 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,240 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with My best friend Mike Harmon 687 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 1: Live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. We have a 688 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: huge NBA story coming up in about fifteen minutes that 689 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to. That's just absolutely outstanding. Something we've 690 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,040 Speaker 1: talked about on the show for the better part of 691 00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 1: the last few months. 692 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,440 Speaker 3: We told you. 693 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: This big thing is gonna happen. Trust us, it's gonna 694 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. And now after tonight, it might happen tomorrow. 695 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,839 Speaker 1: So just under we got a big NBA story coming 696 00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: your way in a few minutes. 697 00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:09,240 Speaker 3: And oh my goodness. 698 00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: Uh but big story out of the NFL today. Let 699 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:18,480 Speaker 1: me Championship weekend coming up. Uh, nobody's surprised. But after 700 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,880 Speaker 1: having a few days to enjoy the National Championship, Fernando 701 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 1: Mendoza announces he is headed to the NFL. He has 702 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,240 Speaker 1: said all the right things when he's been asked about 703 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,439 Speaker 1: what he hopes for where he's gonna go, he said, Hey, 704 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,440 Speaker 1: I'll go where whoever drafts me. 705 00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:35,240 Speaker 3: I'm happy. 706 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: He was asked very specifically about the Raiders in an 707 00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:40,560 Speaker 1: interview with Carson Dally, who's a huge Raider fan, and 708 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: he said, listen, the Raiders want me, I'll be happy 709 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:43,520 Speaker 1: to go there. 710 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:44,120 Speaker 8: Uh. 711 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:46,880 Speaker 1: So what we thought was gonna happen is gonna happen. 712 00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,120 Speaker 1: Fernando Mendoza is headed to the NFL, and quite honestly, 713 00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:54,239 Speaker 1: right now at this moment, Mike Harmon, I am jealous 714 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:55,040 Speaker 1: of the Raiders. 715 00:35:55,640 --> 00:36:00,000 Speaker 4: I am absolutely, you were up watching the Today Show 716 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 4: or what? 717 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,760 Speaker 1: No, No, I'm jealous of the Raiders because if he stinks, 718 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: it's not their fault, like there's it's not like the 719 00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,319 Speaker 1: Raiders took a chance and they said, well, they had 720 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,839 Speaker 1: a choice between two quarterbacks and they picked the wrong one. 721 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 3: And that's typical Raiders and it's a storyline for a decade. 722 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,320 Speaker 1: Oh they could have had don Tim mart No, everybody 723 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,080 Speaker 1: who was picking number one in the draft needs a 724 00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: quarterback you would take for Nanda Mendoza, a Heisman Trophy winner. 725 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:25,319 Speaker 4: National champions debate, There is no. 726 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,360 Speaker 1: Debate you if you take him, and if he stinks, 727 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:30,359 Speaker 1: oh well yes you could say, oh the Raiders ruined him, 728 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: but really, well, which is probably gonna happen? 729 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,879 Speaker 4: He doesn't. 730 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 3: He's gonna look, he's gonna look rough and silver and 731 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 3: black man. It's it's not gonna be a great look 732 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 3: for I know it's gonna be difficult. 733 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 4: Anno glorious though. 734 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, boy, but I'll tell you even if he stinks 735 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:47,680 Speaker 1: it's not their fault, because. 736 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,000 Speaker 3: Well it's gonna be their fault if they ruin him. 737 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,279 Speaker 1: But what I'm saying is the draft part of it, 738 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,399 Speaker 1: because he's the guy you take number one overall and. 739 00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:56,680 Speaker 3: I we said it a couple of nights ago. Who 740 00:36:56,680 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 3: does he remind me of? 741 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 1: I don't think he's this sure fire I'm gonna have 742 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 1: a Josh Allen like impact. But mentally and personality wise, 743 00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,839 Speaker 1: he's very Kirk Cousins esque. He's very goofy and fun 744 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: and you see the big smile. He plays with a 745 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 1: lot of joy. On the field, he reminds me a 746 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,200 Speaker 1: lot of Kerry Collins. The throws he makes maybe a 747 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 1: little bit more mobile than Kerry Collins, but not much. 748 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: Not like he's gonna run for fifty yards a game. 749 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,000 Speaker 1: But if you have a combination of mentally, if you're 750 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,919 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and physically your Carry Collins, that's good enough 751 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,480 Speaker 1: for success. That's good enough for a good ten year run. 752 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,880 Speaker 1: Kerry Collins went to a couple of championship games, a 753 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,359 Speaker 1: super Bowl. You could have worse guys, You're picking number 754 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,920 Speaker 1: one overall than if that's who Fanana Mendoz is gonna be. 755 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean you just look at what he was 756 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,480 Speaker 5: able to do as a runner, showed in Heart Right, 757 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 5: took a couple of cheap shots, just literally went biblical 758 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 5: with he turned the other cheek. I'll get you on 759 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 5: the next play. Here, you cheap shot me after a 760 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:58,000 Speaker 5: plays over on a half ass playfake bloody my lip? 761 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,439 Speaker 5: What's the next call? Not a hey, I need a second? No, hey, 762 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,120 Speaker 5: turn and yell. He calls a quarterback draw on the 763 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,959 Speaker 5: next play. So, I mean, you know, you go back 764 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,600 Speaker 5: to it a lot of impressive stuff and his interviews 765 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:17,000 Speaker 5: and just win you over. If you're a casual fan, 766 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 5: you've now gotten his story, and certainly he's raised a 767 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:26,239 Speaker 5: lot of awareness his parents and their there working with him, 768 00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:31,279 Speaker 5: and certainly him highlighting you know, her and her love 769 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:31,680 Speaker 5: for him. 770 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:32,480 Speaker 4: Like all of that. 771 00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:34,640 Speaker 5: It's just such a great feel good story, which is 772 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 5: why it's funny that it'll end up as a Raider again. 773 00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:41,359 Speaker 4: Insert your own preconceived notions of Raider Nation. 774 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,359 Speaker 1: Dude, think about the culture shock he's gonna have going 775 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,879 Speaker 1: from this winning program where going to practice every day 776 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 1: is like living in a Disney film where Chipotle shows 777 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: up with free food for everybody and we're winning and 778 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,480 Speaker 1: we're happy, and you're gonna go to Vegas. You're gonna 779 00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: be a raider. It's gonna be Yeah, this is where 780 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,720 Speaker 1: quarterbacks go to die. Yes, yeah, not not not quite 781 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:04,719 Speaker 1: the same organization, but maybe. 782 00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,640 Speaker 3: Tom Brady's gonna help. Yeah, but it's a star. 783 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:10,720 Speaker 4: I mean, he did go six to seven six seven as. 784 00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:14,399 Speaker 5: The quarterback for the California Golden Bears in twenty twenty four. 785 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:19,160 Speaker 5: He's experienced some losing, he's experienced some misery. They allowed 786 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,560 Speaker 5: ninety what they scored twenty five point one point per game. 787 00:39:22,600 --> 00:39:25,879 Speaker 5: That was ninetieth in college football. So you know, he's 788 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,720 Speaker 5: he's gone through some hard times to go through dusty roads, 789 00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 5: hard times, but not that hard. 790 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 8: I know. 791 00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,640 Speaker 1: But he's all soars like, no, it's a my good, 792 00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,080 Speaker 1: it's a magic carpet, right, I know. 793 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,080 Speaker 5: He made a lot of money so he can go 794 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:41,400 Speaker 5: and double down in Vegas. 795 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,400 Speaker 1: So Princess Jasmine singing a whole New world on a 796 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:45,480 Speaker 1: magic carpet. 797 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 5: Right, don't you close your eyes? One of the most 798 00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:52,399 Speaker 5: in Vegas. I don't want to go to I don't 799 00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,680 Speaker 5: want to go play for the Raiders. I'll close your eyes. 800 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,960 Speaker 5: Maybe it won't happen. Tell me, tell me that's not 801 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,239 Speaker 5: still the most terrified. Forget about baby, it's cold outside. 802 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,440 Speaker 5: Don't you dare close? What the hell? 803 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:06,520 Speaker 4: Man like you gotta take in all this wonder weird? 804 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,120 Speaker 1: But it kind of scared because I'm flying on a 805 00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:11,960 Speaker 1: carpet and I it seems like it has its own personality, 806 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,160 Speaker 1: and the carpet's not that big, and I can fall 807 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:14,799 Speaker 1: off of this thing. 808 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:16,480 Speaker 3: Remember that door in Titanic. 809 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:21,200 Speaker 5: Fine, that was no anyway, But I mean spytech Brady. 810 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 5: A lot of it is in Brady we trust, right, 811 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:25,840 Speaker 5: and how immersed he is in the process. 812 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:27,840 Speaker 4: Look, I've loved listening in the last couple. 813 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:30,640 Speaker 5: Of weeks he's joined the herd and laying down some 814 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:36,879 Speaker 5: big knowledge and taking his flowers right because, folks, as 815 00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:41,359 Speaker 5: he's acclimated to that number one role has shown, Hey, 816 00:40:41,360 --> 00:40:43,239 Speaker 5: I can put the work in, I can get things done. 817 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:46,319 Speaker 5: Maybe that translates into this whole ownership thing. 818 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,120 Speaker 1: Exit out by a Fresco exit Swallen Dome. The Fernando 819 00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:55,160 Speaker 1: Mendoza era with the Raiders is about to begin, but 820 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm you know, I want to say good 821 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,160 Speaker 1: things because I believe he's gonna be a good quarterback 822 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,839 Speaker 1: in the NFL. I don't think he'll be great, but 823 00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:03,719 Speaker 1: will he be good? 824 00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:04,120 Speaker 8: Yeah? 825 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:04,919 Speaker 3: And that's that's fine. 826 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:06,959 Speaker 4: Yeah, is a great dat. You don't get a chance 827 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:07,640 Speaker 4: to ruin him. 828 00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:10,279 Speaker 1: If you get a good quarter well, listen, either team 829 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 1: that picks one or two have a chance to ruin him. 830 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:14,920 Speaker 1: He's like, listen, it doesn't matter I'll go, it doesn't 831 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:18,359 Speaker 1: matter where I'll go. But I mean, just just he's 832 00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,720 Speaker 1: got he's got a I feel like he's. 833 00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,960 Speaker 3: Got a good future and he'll be a good quarterback. 834 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:26,920 Speaker 1: And honestly, yeah, everybody wants the franchise future Hall of 835 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,560 Speaker 1: Famer number one. But if you get a really good 836 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,120 Speaker 1: guy for a decade, that's a huge win. 837 00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:32,359 Speaker 8: Man. 838 00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 3: This is a huge win for the Raiders. They should 839 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:35,520 Speaker 3: feel great for the next three months. 840 00:41:35,520 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 5: I just like that we don't have to use the 841 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 5: term generational like we do every year. 842 00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:44,800 Speaker 1: Coming up next, do we have an NBA story coming 843 00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:45,440 Speaker 1: your way? 844 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:46,319 Speaker 3: This is Fox Sport