1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Jason Smith Show with Mike 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: Harmon podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: ten pm to two am Eastern seven to eleven pm 4 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,960 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for 5 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 1: The Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon at Foxsports Radio 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: dot com, or stream us live every night on the 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching FSRU. 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,240 Speaker 2: If you're listening to Fox Sports Radio. 9 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 3: Hello, Welcome in side final hour tonight The Jason Smith 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,159 Speaker 3: Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. A big football Friday. 11 00:00:36,479 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 3: We're giving you all our picks this hour for the 12 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 3: divisional playoff games this weekend, the National championship game on 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 3: Monday night. We're almost here. A Mike Carmon, How many 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 3: games left? How many games left? We don't have that many. 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 3: We have four five, six seven seven games left, seven seven, seven, seven, 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 3: seven seven. We have six seven six six seven six 17 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:01,240 Speaker 3: that you just did it. 18 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:07,119 Speaker 4: Now. Children everywhere are running out their houses like it's weapons. 19 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, or they're playing some kind of game where oh 20 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: they said six seven yeah. You know. The one question 21 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,839 Speaker 3: I had about what do you think about this? Because 22 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 3: you know you're seeing all these end of year lists. 23 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:20,759 Speaker 3: For Weapons. And now at the Oscar nominations coming out soon, 24 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: we're gonna find out. I think Weapons is gonna get 25 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 3: nominated for Best Picture. I think Sinners will probably get nominated. 26 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 3: You know, you're talking about a couple of horror movies, 27 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: which is awesome. 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 4: Uh. 29 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 3: The one problem I had with Weapons, right, one problem 30 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 3: I had was that, Okay, there's the one piece of 31 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: video from the one person's door of here's the one 32 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 3: kid leaving and with their arms, you know, running through 33 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 3: and running away. Right, this is what happened. They're the 34 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 3: only ones in the town that has camera doorbills. There's 35 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 3: nobody else. There was nobody else in the town that 36 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 3: oh hey we can see where they're running. Look, this 37 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 3: person's camera on their door, got this bunch of kids 38 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 3: running this way or this way. There's the only one 39 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 3: in town. Nobody else got all this, all the kids, 40 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: they were running down the streets, they were running on 41 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 3: the lawns and everything else. They were leaving. This was 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 3: the only one. This was the only house that had 43 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 3: a ring doorbelt. Yeah, I don't think so. Andy. 44 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 4: It's a simple town, simple people where the safety and 45 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 4: they don't feel they need it. They don't have porch 46 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 4: pirates come in and steal their packages. 47 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 3: Hey, well, luckily it was the guy that had the 48 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:23,839 Speaker 3: thing on his door, because we know where the kid 49 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 3: went to. Oh, if it was anybody else, we'd have 50 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 3: no idea. 51 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 4: I mean, come on, or maybe they keep a person 52 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 4: home like Matilda. When Danny DeVito said, someone asked a 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,639 Speaker 4: side for the packages. Ye, see what I did. I mean, 54 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:39,760 Speaker 4: that's filmography one on one right there. Uh, the other 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 4: is you know, it's it's just the the idea of 56 00:02:44,720 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 4: we we need to have an obvious moodele Yeah, people 57 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 4: can nick and be mad about it. 58 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,640 Speaker 3: There's just that one guy. Or maybe they were just uncooperative. 59 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 4: Maybe they just didn't want to. 60 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 3: Know I didn't have It's like it's like what always 61 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: happens in the police procedurals when they say, hey, you 62 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 3: have a you have cameras in the back. Yeah, but 63 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 3: it wasn't working right the cameras turn it's never on. Yeah, 64 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 3: we don't turn it on. We don't have a camera. 65 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 3: There's cameras bleeping everywhere. Now, man, you can't run that anymore. 66 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 3: You can't say, yeah, we had a camera, but it 67 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: was turned off. Like, no cameras are everywhere. They got 68 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 3: everything everywhere you want to go. 69 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 4: There's nothing else. Everybody that's out in the street has 70 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:26,120 Speaker 4: a camera. Just the guy out walking his dog. Yeah, 71 00:03:26,280 --> 00:03:29,240 Speaker 4: he's gotta do his one little flick of his thumb 72 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 4: and he's recording you. 73 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 3: I mean, come on, look, we got him right here. 74 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 3: Everybody's looking to make it big on the on the interwebs. 75 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 4: Uh. 76 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 3: Now, before we get into the actual games, we're gonna 77 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 3: we're gonna pick the two Saturday games coming up in 78 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: a couple of minutes. It kind of feels like when 79 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: you look at this week in the divisional playoff round. 80 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 3: I always love the divisional playoff round because you have 81 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 3: the most number of games with the teams where the 82 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 3: talent is the closest. Right you get to the conference championship, 83 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 3: there's only two games here, we have four. You have 84 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 3: teams that won last week that proven hey we're not 85 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 3: the pretender. The team we beat was the pretender. But 86 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 3: I kind of get a feeling that this is sort 87 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 3: of the last hurrah, last roundup for a couple of 88 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 3: teams if they lose this weekend before big changes. And 89 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 3: these are teams, Hey, you're in the division round of 90 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 3: the playoff. Yeah, I kind of feel like for the 91 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 3: Bills and the Rams, this is the last round up. 92 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 3: Time they lose this weekend, you're gonna see big changes 93 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,360 Speaker 3: right now for the Bills. You know here they are. Look, 94 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 3: it's I always I've said this from the beginning. Maybe 95 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,160 Speaker 3: a better path for the Bills to try to get 96 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 3: to the super Bowl this year on the road, having 97 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 3: to do it hard. But this is not a great 98 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,559 Speaker 3: Bills team. This is a Josh Allen save us team 99 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:40,359 Speaker 3: and they can't run the football as consistently as they like. Okay, 100 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 3: that's fine, You're not gonna do a lot better than 101 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,480 Speaker 3: James Cooks. But okay, but you look at the weapons. 102 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 3: You can't keep asking Josh Allen to win by himself 103 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 3: as he's getting older. Right, the tight end position, you 104 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 3: thought you had it set, and Dalton Kincaid was going 105 00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 3: to be the next Travis Kelsey's not. He's not the 106 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 3: same guy, and he had trouble staying in the lineup. 107 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,920 Speaker 3: Your wide receiving corps nooe even knows who any of 108 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 3: these guys are. And the guy you picked in the 109 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,479 Speaker 3: first round to be your next great wide receiver was 110 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 3: benched a couple of times this season keyon Coleman, like 111 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 3: if the and the Bills defense is good, but it's 112 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 3: not quite the lights out defense they had years ago 113 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,880 Speaker 3: at the beginning of this run, Like, if the Bills lose, 114 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 3: you're gonna see a ton of movement and and and 115 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 3: and movement for bigger players, bigger position players at the 116 00:05:25,080 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 3: at the skill sets and otherwise, because you can't just say, well, hey, 117 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 3: you know we we we had we you know, we'll 118 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 3: we'll go get back at it next year because we 119 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 3: have Josh Allen. No, you're gonna lose to a Denver 120 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 3: team that is show you in a year we can 121 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 3: flip the roster, get younger and be better than you are. 122 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 3: So I think if the Bills lose this weekend, you're 123 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 3: gonna see big, big changes to the team next season. Yeah. 124 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 4: I think the curiosity is because you do have a 125 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 4: lot of free agents to be particularly on the defensive 126 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 4: side of the ball. We'll get into the game in particular, 127 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 4: uh in depth in a minute, but a lot of 128 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 4: those guys aren't even gonna be able to finish the 129 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 4: job on the field this year, let alone looking forward 130 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 4: to you do you need to get younger draft and 131 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 4: get into free agency a bit. You look at Josh 132 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 4: Allen in that receiving corps. I mean, Brandon Cooks is 133 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 4: a guy that folks are going Sam Brandon Cooks. 134 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: Is that his kid? That's him. 135 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 4: That's the guy that's been the thousand yard receiver for 136 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 4: a number of different operations. And look, he's just a professional. 137 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 4: He just comes in and does his job right. That's 138 00:06:31,240 --> 00:06:34,080 Speaker 4: like back in the day Harold Baynes, Paul Maller or 139 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,640 Speaker 4: whatever else. Hey, can you still swing a bat? 140 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:37,000 Speaker 3: Yep? 141 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,720 Speaker 4: All right, we'll trade for you at the deadline and 142 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 4: get you in at d H and make some magic. 143 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 4: But it's just that that idea for the bills of 144 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,280 Speaker 4: for Josh Allen at some point after eight years, and 145 00:06:49,320 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 4: you saw a little bit of it this year with 146 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:54,600 Speaker 4: the foot injury and the myriad injuries that he's come 147 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 4: down the stretch with to where he was on the 148 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 4: injury report more than than I can call and does 149 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 4: seem limited to a degree. Now it's the old Toby 150 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 4: Keith line of I'm not as good as I once was, 151 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,800 Speaker 4: but I can do it once right. So I can't 152 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 4: hit jump shots repeatedly, but every once in a while. Man, 153 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 4: it looks sweet and I've got the follow through and 154 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: everything else, But for Josh Allen, that's gonna become a 155 00:07:20,920 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 4: much more difficult proposition. So Kincaid and Knocks are gonna 156 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,520 Speaker 4: have to be huge this time out. But you're gonna 157 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 4: have to retool that offensive line. You're gonna need to 158 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 4: look at the defense really quite a bit, because you 159 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 4: lost a lot of games due to injury and they 160 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 4: still finished upper half twenty one point five per game allowed, 161 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 4: but certainly not the opportunistic defense to take care of 162 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 4: Debts and Dolphins as easily as they could have. And 163 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 4: look at the rise up of the Patriots once again. 164 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, and for the Rams, it kind 165 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 3: of feels like they're in a holding pattern, right, Like 166 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 3: they've made the Rams do a great job of every 167 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 3: ye reloading on the fly. No one does that better. 168 00:08:03,080 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 4: Right. 169 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,559 Speaker 3: They're like Rambo in a movie where Magazine's empty, boom, 170 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 3: new One's in, Let's go. They do it great. But 171 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: this invention of the Rams is Matthew Stafford driven and 172 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 3: going out and getting Devonte Adams. Like the defense is good, 173 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 3: it's not quite what they were or they won the 174 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: Super Bowl. Look when you don't have Aaron Donald, your 175 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 3: defense isn't gonna be as good. But like, I feel 176 00:08:24,440 --> 00:08:27,320 Speaker 3: like they've been Okay, this is the team, and last 177 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 3: year we went into the we went into the playoffs 178 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 3: and boy, were this close to winning in Philadelphia. Hey, 179 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 3: we think we can come back next season with basically 180 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,439 Speaker 3: the same team. We'll add Devonte Adams and let's go 181 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 3: do it. And they had a great start and they're 182 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,559 Speaker 3: thinking we're gonna have playoff games at home, and they 183 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 3: get into a bit of a rut and they don't 184 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 3: close as great. And now they got to play in 185 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 3: minus thirty degree weather on Sunday against the Bears. If 186 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 3: they lose this game, you're gonna see big changes for 187 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 3: the Rams next year. And again, the Rams are used 188 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 3: to this, right, They're used to turning over the roster 189 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 3: and seeing how it goes. Are they gonna to get 190 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 3: by with Kien Williams and Blake Koram? Are they gonna 191 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 3: sit and say, yeah, another year of DeVante Adams with 192 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 3: with Puka Akua? What do they do defensively? Like they've 193 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 3: been kind of holding on and Stafford's the biggest thing. 194 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 3: Right's probably gonna win MVP he's gonna want a new contract, 195 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 3: and you know that Sean McVeigh came into this year 196 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 3: thinking this is it with Matthew Stafford, like this is it. 197 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,680 Speaker 3: We're not gonna go through another offseason of I don't 198 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 3: know if I'm gonna play, and he wants more money, 199 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 3: we give it to him. You could tell, as mad 200 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,679 Speaker 3: as he was, they don't want to do that again. Now. 201 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 3: Maybe if Stafford wins MVP, that becomes a different story. 202 00:09:32,160 --> 00:09:34,360 Speaker 3: But I feel like, like I said, they're in a 203 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,679 Speaker 3: holding pattern with this team, and if they lose to Chicago, 204 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,520 Speaker 3: another team where here's a new head coach coming in 205 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 3: with new talent and it's young, and they wind up winning, 206 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,719 Speaker 3: the Rams are gonna have some big time turnover next 207 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 3: year too. 208 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 209 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven 210 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 2: pm Pacific. 211 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, we've watched. Certainly in the secondary, there's some work 212 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 4: to be done. They do have two first round picks 213 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 4: based on prior trades, right, We talked about that a lot, 214 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 4: and then Atlanta had that run down the stretch that 215 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: that changed how strong a pick it was. But you know, 216 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 4: the thirteenth and twenty ninth as it currently stands, and 217 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 4: a number of others throughout the rest of the draft, 218 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 4: so you'll be able to find some reinforcements. The Stafford 219 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 4: offseason was interesting, a lot of posturing and a lot 220 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 4: of speculation about his health. Goes in with that finger 221 00:10:26,480 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 4: injury this week. Are you worried about it? 222 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: Not so much. 223 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 4: But it's cold, so it might hurt a little bit more. 224 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 4: But with Matthew Stafford, it's the He is thirty eight 225 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,679 Speaker 4: years old, and you do have to make sure you've 226 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 4: got the succession plan. You know, as much as I 227 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:45,560 Speaker 4: love Jimmy g and whatever else, that's probably in the 228 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,839 Speaker 4: draft plans this coming year, because you can't go through 229 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 4: an offseason where your your top quarterback, at least in 230 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,000 Speaker 4: the outward and this is where we always get into 231 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 4: the real versus imagine. Right, we didn't get to see 232 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 4: him throw to the wide receivers. Don't mean they weren't 233 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 4: in a bubble somewhere doing it right, because the timing 234 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 4: still seemed to be impeccable. And that means either the 235 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 4: guy's a wizard or there's some extra work that we 236 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 4: don't know about, you know, off the books as it were, 237 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 4: closed practice whatever you know, where there's no cameras like 238 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 4: the weapons thing we were just talking about. But but 239 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 4: but for Stafford, I mean, look, father time comes for everybody, 240 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 4: and he's had a magnificent season and the biggest thing 241 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 4: is he stayed on the field. You didn't expect that. 242 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,360 Speaker 4: I don't think anybody expected that. No, all the ways 243 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 4: to be able to do that, right. 244 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 3: He really wants another contract. He really wants another contract. Yeah, 245 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 3: and look, I'm not wishing ill on anybody. I'm just 246 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:43,440 Speaker 3: a realist. 247 00:11:43,559 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 4: Right if if he's had these these injuries that we've had, 248 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,600 Speaker 4: so many people tell us that are wrong with him, 249 00:11:50,640 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 4: his back and how hard back to don't get better 250 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 4: all of a sudden, Yeah, you could stave off elimination 251 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 4: one of our favorite words and sports media. Uh, but 252 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 4: it's it's certainly the opportunity to go back into the 253 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 4: marketplace find another guy, because I mean he's on the 254 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: books for almost fifty million dollars next year too. Right, 255 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 4: you're pretty top heavy with six or seven players that 256 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 4: eat up a lot of the cap. 257 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 3: So that being said, we will pick the Rams and 258 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,880 Speaker 3: the Bears game coming up later on this hour. It 259 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,959 Speaker 3: is the marquee game of the week. I can't wait. 260 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 3: But for Buffalo Denver, we'll start here. I this is 261 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 3: a hard game to pick because, like I said, I 262 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 3: like the path that Buffalo is on. But I think 263 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:44,439 Speaker 3: a lot of people are pushing the storyline over the 264 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 3: x's and o's and what's on the field, Like, hey, 265 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 3: Josh Allen's the best player left in the playoffs. 266 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 4: Percent. 267 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:53,840 Speaker 3: This is Josh Allen on a Bills team that's not 268 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 3: great against the team that, oh, by the way, we 269 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,679 Speaker 3: forget because they didn't play last week. This is the 270 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:00,840 Speaker 3: number one seed in the A. This is one of 271 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 3: the top three defenses in the NFL. You want to 272 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 3: go Houston number one hundred percent. Then you want to 273 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 3: argue and nitpick between the Seahawks and the and the Broncos. Look, 274 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 3: it's the playoff of the defense right now in the NFL. Fine, 275 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 3: but this defense, it's hard for me to see Josh 276 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 3: Allen coming in with even though the weather's gonna be 277 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 3: in clement and you think, oh, it's gonna be for 278 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 3: both teams and the Bills are gonna try to run 279 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 3: the ball. The Bills have not been able to run 280 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,559 Speaker 3: the football like they should. They're very inconsistent. Some games, 281 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:31,800 Speaker 3: James Cook looks like he's the best running back in 282 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 3: the game, you know, eighteen carries one hundred and forty 283 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 3: seven yards and two touchdowns, and the Bills look unstoppable. 284 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 3: And then some games it's wow, twelve carries for forty 285 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 3: one yards and they can't do anything. Like the Bills 286 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 3: are two inconsistent and this Denver defense at home is 287 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 3: too good. And in any situation where I'm gonna take 288 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 3: a superstar player against a team that's better, I'm gonna 289 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 3: take the team and it might not be as pretty 290 00:13:56,960 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 3: as you think it's gonna be, but Denver's gonna find 291 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 3: a way. They're gonna get points on the board. They're 292 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 3: playing at home, they're the better team overall. Josh Allen 293 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 3: isn't gonna be enough. Give me the Broncos twenty four 294 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 3: to seventeen. I picked him to go to the AFC 295 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 3: Championship Game pre season. I'm not backing away from it now. Harmon, 296 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: where are you? It's your pick? Where Harmon doesn't want 297 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 3: to make a pick, apparently doesn't want to pick, doesn't 298 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 3: want to pick. Oh, it's okay, it's Okay. 299 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,400 Speaker 5: Can I make his pick? 300 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 3: Uh? Yeah, go ahead, Wait, Alex Tyshert, you will get 301 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,040 Speaker 3: to make the pick for Mike Carmon. 302 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:27,720 Speaker 5: Go ahead, send me up like a Mike, send me up, and. 303 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 3: You gotta give me reasons, right, you gotta get reasons. 304 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 5: Okay, send me up? 305 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 3: All right? All right, so, ty Shirt, here's the thing, Broncos. 306 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 3: The defense is better. I can't see Josh Allen doing 307 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 3: it all by himself. Bo Nicks is going to be 308 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 3: able to create enough offense. They're well balanced across the field. 309 00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 3: I'll take the Broncos in this twenty four to seventeen. 310 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 5: What do you got easy? 311 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 3: Now? 312 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 6: I know that the defense is something you're highlighting here, 313 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 6: but you're forgetting one key thing, Jason, Okay, what's that? 314 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 6: I dislike the Broncos and like over Dislike is a 315 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 6: strong factor. So you want to know something crazier. Yeah, 316 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 6: I'm gonna let Mike finish this. Mike, go ahead, like 317 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 6: over dislike? 318 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:06,640 Speaker 4: I like that. Yeah, I've changed my mind. I'm gonna 319 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 4: go I'm not narrative wise, but that Nick Dermott has 320 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 4: enough defensively to combat Bo Nixon company. So I'll take 321 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 4: Buffalo to come away with a victory. 322 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 3: You just wanted to say you hate you hate Denver 323 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 3: like Alex does well as well, just said there is there. 324 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 4: Is something to that. I debated, just saying I echo 325 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:31,280 Speaker 4: everything the congressman. From where are you from, Alex? 326 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,520 Speaker 5: I just said, I'm from California? 327 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,280 Speaker 3: So, uh, there's our bills, Broncos picks and oh, by 328 00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 3: the way, we do have to talk to Alex Tyshirt 329 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 3: about it. Legitimately, we have to talk about a pick 330 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 3: coming up next. But we picked the next three games 331 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 3: in the playoff this weekend. Do we see an upset someplace? 332 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, that's coming up next right here, Jason and 333 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 3: Mike Fox Sports Radio. 334 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith 335 00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:59,400 Speaker 2: Show with Mike Harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern seven 336 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: pm PC on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app Fox. 337 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 3: Sports Radio The Jason Smith Show with my best. 338 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 2: Friend Mike Harmon, Well Dressed Hobo. 339 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 3: Now, before we get into more of our picks for 340 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 3: this weekend's games, Alex tyshert, we need to talk about 341 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:19,280 Speaker 3: something here for a second. 342 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 5: Okay, let me learn the music. 343 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 3: So now every year we do this at Fox Sports 344 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 3: rad they're gonna pull the curtain back for you. 345 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 4: Here. 346 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 3: There's a big sheet in our studio where everybody writes 347 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:35,000 Speaker 3: down their picks for the year in the NFL. And 348 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 3: there's a place you write your name, and you write 349 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: NFC team to the Super Bowl, AFC team to the 350 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 3: Super Bowl, MVP bold prediction, who's the best team in 351 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,640 Speaker 3: the regular season, worst team in the regular season? Right, 352 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 3: that's everybody gets to fill that out. So I filled 353 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: out yours, Alex earlier this year, and you filled it out. Yes, well, no, no, 354 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 3: he no, he told me, he's okay, you got to 355 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 3: do one. I'm gonna and I'm gonna write it. You 356 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 3: tell me what to write down. I'll write it down 357 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 3: for you. Because he's you know, he's working. 358 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 6: He's wait, hold on, I didn't tell you to do 359 00:17:07,119 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 6: it for me. You said, can I do it for you? 360 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:09,919 Speaker 6: And I said, yeah, go for it. 361 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: No, I said, hey, I'm gonna do this is a 362 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 3: better story if I tell it. 363 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:15,440 Speaker 5: This, Okay, I'm sorry. 364 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 3: So uh so, I said, okay, what do you got? 365 00:17:17,880 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 3: And I said, okay, who do you have? Give me 366 00:17:20,080 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 3: your AFC team for the Super Bowl and you said 367 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 3: forty nine. I said, okay. And I said, give me 368 00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:29,159 Speaker 3: your NFC team for the Super Bowl and you said Bills, yes, 369 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 3: And I said, okay. Uh, technically you are the only 370 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,600 Speaker 3: one of only two people to have your Super Bowl 371 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 3: pick still alive, even though you have them in the 372 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,919 Speaker 3: in the wrong concert. Dase, this list has like forty 373 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,040 Speaker 3: names on it. Two people have their picks alive. 374 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 5: You didn't one other person. 375 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 3: Now, but here's where I need to uh, here's where 376 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 3: I need to know something. So you have your Bills 377 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 3: forty nine Ers pick and it's still alive. It Bill's 378 00:17:56,720 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 3: in the NFC. But your bold prediction was Rogers takes 379 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:04,600 Speaker 3: Steelers to the super Bowl. Yes, okay, so you picked 380 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 3: the Bills and the forty regardless of conference. Yes, you 381 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 3: did not pick the Steelers to the super Bowl. No, 382 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 3: you picked two other teams. Yes, but your bold prediction 383 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 3: was Rogers takes the Steelers to the super Bowl. 384 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 5: Yes. Do you know why? 385 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:19,920 Speaker 3: No, that's why I asked you want to know. 386 00:18:20,040 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 6: I will clarify for you clearly why. It is because 387 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,200 Speaker 6: Aaron Rodgers is a giving man. He just got remarried Mazzle. 388 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 6: He wants to celebrate the nuke start of the the 389 00:18:29,160 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 6: whole Steelers franchise because Tom and got kicked to the curb. 390 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:34,720 Speaker 6: So now to bond the team together, he's gonna fly 391 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 6: them all to the super Bowl. So Rogers takes Steelers 392 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:38,960 Speaker 6: to super Bowl. 393 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 3: It's true. He's gonna be He's gonna pay for to Yes, Okay, okay, 394 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:48,840 Speaker 3: Well I couldn't have predicted that logic. I thought it was. 395 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 4: I thought it was I had these two teams, and 396 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 4: then I had this wild card so I could still 397 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 4: get it. Right if my Steelers, your Steelers tie shirt 398 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 4: actually did make make a run to. 399 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 3: The super Bowl. 400 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:02,840 Speaker 5: You're right, But I just thought it's kind of trending. 401 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 6: Everybody gets them like those new go pads or golf course, 402 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 6: because you know, they always get the team something. He 403 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 6: gets them tickets to the super Bowl. Like, you know what, 404 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 6: even though I couldn't get us there, I'll still get 405 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:12,040 Speaker 6: us there. 406 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 3: I thought it was to go to San Francisco. 407 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,119 Speaker 6: Also, Jason, you remember how last time I told you 408 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:19,720 Speaker 6: about that pick I made. I wanted a segment on 409 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 6: the show. If those two teams go to the super Bowl, 410 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 6: I want to segment again. 411 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 3: You get to know you will let you pick the 412 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 3: super Bowl Okay, you'll pick the ad percent. I'm so excited. Yeah, 413 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 3: absolutely so excited. 414 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 4: It's called Running Up That Hill and it's got a 415 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 4: theme song and everything that you said of the. 416 00:19:39,160 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 5: All right justice one, thank you so much. 417 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 3: Of the forty people who picked and and and I 418 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 3: I didn't pick just so you know, that's why I'm 419 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:50,640 Speaker 3: because I would obviously still be alive. Of the forty 420 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 3: people who picked tight Shirt and Brandon Deutsch who works 421 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 3: who works with you are the only ones with your 422 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 3: super Bowl. 423 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,439 Speaker 6: That insane, Jason, just really thinking of out of like 424 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 6: this proves it's just instinct over anything else. Like, don't 425 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 6: think about too much. Just pick and I did, right, Yeah, 426 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 6: what conference doesn't matter? Doesn't conference? 427 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 3: Wrong conference, No, it doesn't. 428 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 5: Matter very you know what. 429 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 6: Maybe like when they flip a coin to see who 430 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,879 Speaker 6: those first, they just decide. You know what, let's just 431 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,200 Speaker 6: change conferences for both you two. Let's just get crazy. 432 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 3: Okay, good, yeah, yeah, you know. Whenever here, here's the thing. 433 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:23,679 Speaker 3: Remind me when there's a new league and you know, 434 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 3: baseball talking about when there is a new league talking 435 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 3: about realignment, let me know I'm gonna get you in 436 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 3: the rooms. One hundred percent, Jason, he just went. 437 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 4: Full Joe in reservoir dogs. You don't need proof when 438 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,919 Speaker 4: you got instinct. Let's I don't need. 439 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 3: Your data see us from opposite coasts in the same division. 440 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,440 Speaker 3: We'll put New York and LA teams together in the 441 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,680 Speaker 3: same division. Make them fly across country to play each other. 442 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 6: All Jason's think about it. Teams always change all the time, right, Yeah? Sure, 443 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 6: where were the rands before the were lam? 444 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 3: Okay, No, you're a Saint los Okay. 445 00:20:58,200 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 4: No. 446 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,679 Speaker 3: Sure, I thought you're gonna go for a frequent flyer Miles, 447 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 3: But I think this is. 448 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:02,680 Speaker 5: Oh I don't like to fly him scared. 449 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:05,639 Speaker 4: And now he's got a twenty sided dungeons and dragons 450 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,639 Speaker 4: dying to decide where which division you're in on a 451 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 4: year to year basis, it's not a matter of relegation, 452 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:14,400 Speaker 4: it's the last place teams get shuffled every year. 453 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 3: That'd be so cool, all right, So all alex Tysher 454 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 3: works on realignment for all the professional sports leagues. Uh, 455 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 3: we gave you our pick for the Bills Broncos earlier. 456 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 3: Let's give you the other Saturday game now, I would 457 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 3: you No, I wouldn't love to. I would love to 458 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:32,920 Speaker 3: be able to tell you there's there's drama going on 459 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,199 Speaker 3: with Sam Donald, but he's going to play there. There's 460 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: not this kind of gamesmanship attention to Sam Donald's oblique 461 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 3: injury if he was really not gonna play right that 462 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 3: Mike McDonald said today, Hey, we're optimistic he's going to 463 00:21:45,800 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 3: give it a go tomorrow and play like this is 464 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 3: this gives me gamesmanship. Not that you need to prepare 465 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 3: for Drew Locke, but you know, I mean, but this 466 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 3: is this is like, Hey, we're taking some of the 467 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 3: pressure off the team by focusing on Hey, if he's 468 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:00,639 Speaker 3: out there. When he is out there, it gives us 469 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 3: a lift. Right. And just think if two years ago 470 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,240 Speaker 3: you told me the biggest story injury wise of a 471 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 3: playoff is going to be if Sam Darnold's gonna play, 472 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,640 Speaker 3: and if he doesn't play, it's disaster. I'd have told 473 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,919 Speaker 3: you you're absolutely crazy. But this is the world we 474 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:15,320 Speaker 3: live in. Two years later, the forty nine ers are 475 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,239 Speaker 3: just too dinged up. They don't have the horses to 476 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 3: hang with the Seahawks in this game. Right, No, Kiddle, 477 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 3: you know what are you gonna get from Piersall, who's 478 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 3: questionable if he plays. Just a couple of weeks ago, 479 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 3: it was the Seahawks defense pinning their ears back. I 480 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,879 Speaker 3: was afraid for Brock Purdy every play in the fourth quarter. 481 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:38,000 Speaker 3: They were just teeming off on him as well as 482 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 3: Perdy has played, and I give him a lot of 483 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 3: credit because he tamped down all the talk that, hey, 484 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 3: maybe mac Jones is just as good as he is. 485 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 3: He's played the best stretch of football he has played 486 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,200 Speaker 3: since he's been a forty nine er. They are winning 487 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 3: because of him the last few weeks. He's not just 488 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,680 Speaker 3: been part of a big engine, right They won last 489 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 3: week because of him. In Philadelphia, he has been terrific. 490 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 3: They don't don't have what it takes to hang with 491 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 3: this team and this defense. Look, defense is the team 492 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,199 Speaker 3: of the playoffs right now, and the Seahawks is one 493 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 3: of the top three in the league. Not that I 494 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 3: think the Seahawks are gonna like the world on fire, 495 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 3: but they're gonna be able to move the ball down 496 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 3: the field. San Francisco is a good ish team, you 497 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:17,639 Speaker 3: know how much I think they're fraudulent, but I give 498 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:19,879 Speaker 3: them credit for winning and being here right now. But 499 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 3: eventually the Seahawks pull away and they win this by 500 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,679 Speaker 3: a couple of touchdowns. Give me Seattle twenty seven to thirteen. Tyshit, 501 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 3: you gotta let Harmon pick. I don't go on to 502 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 3: you can't keep turning his mic off. You gotta let 503 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:30,480 Speaker 3: him pick. 504 00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:33,400 Speaker 5: I'm feeling Jason, but you gotta let him pick. 505 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 3: Man. 506 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 5: There's a lot of power behind the buttons. I know 507 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 5: I'm finally using it. 508 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:41,760 Speaker 3: All right, Harmon, what do you got in this game? 509 00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 3: San Francisco and Seattle before we head to Sunday? What 510 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 3: do you have? 511 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 4: Well, you got Kenneth Walker over under fifty seven and 512 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 4: a half, Charmona forty six and a half. Those both 513 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,560 Speaker 4: come in. It's a long day for San Francisco. Just 514 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,479 Speaker 4: grind down the clock, Sam Donold versus brock Perdy. Who 515 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 4: do you believe gives you more turnover opportunities here? That 516 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 4: is phase number two. All in, we saw the swarming 517 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 4: Seattle defense. It's too much. I like the forty nine 518 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 4: ers plus the seven and a half. If you're gonna 519 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,640 Speaker 4: give me the touchdown plus the hook, I'm on board there, 520 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 4: but I think the defense is just too much. Add 521 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,520 Speaker 4: the home crowd and really you don't have a go 522 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,040 Speaker 4: to and the extra blocker that was George Kittle to 523 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 4: free things up for Christian McCaffrey no longer there, as 524 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 4: well as all the gaudy numbers you've seen it all week. 525 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 4: Just the graphic after graphic of how effective Party to 526 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 4: Kittle was as a pitch and catch kind of duo. 527 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 4: That's all off the table against that Mike McDonald defense. 528 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:44,159 Speaker 4: No thank you. 529 00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:47,840 Speaker 3: All right, now we get to Sunday's games, and let's start, 530 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:49,280 Speaker 3: because I know we got to lead up to the 531 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 3: game that's got you all sweaty, the Texans and the Patriots. 532 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 3: You know me, I think the Patriots are fraudulent, just 533 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,960 Speaker 3: like the forty nine ers, And I would pick the 534 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,560 Speaker 3: Texans in this game and the best defense in the 535 00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:05,360 Speaker 3: NFL except for one thing. One just one thing. It's 536 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 3: just one thing, really, that's it. I mean one just one, 537 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 3: just one thing, one thing, and and it's it's a 538 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 3: it's a it's a thing. It's a thing. But it's 539 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 3: only one thing. And if this one thing was different, 540 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 3: and it's my fault because if I didn't do this thing, 541 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 3: I would pick the Texans. However, Okay, I actually watched CJ. 542 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 3: Stroud play quarterback versus the Steelers, and after watching for anybody, 543 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,840 Speaker 3: I cannot pick the Texans in this game. I mean, 544 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:34,919 Speaker 3: as good as a defense as it is. Again, we 545 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,880 Speaker 3: forget the reason why New England is where they are, 546 00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 3: why they're why they were able to dismantle the Chargers 547 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:44,879 Speaker 3: the way they did. They're they're a really good team. 548 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 3: Now are they as good as these other teams? I 549 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:49,719 Speaker 3: don't believe so, But look your draw you have. You 550 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,800 Speaker 3: have a Charger team that wasn't nearly as close as 551 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 3: we thought. Now I have a Texans team that they're 552 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 3: going to take advantage of all of CJ. Stroud's mistakes 553 00:25:57,280 --> 00:26:00,879 Speaker 3: because without Nico Collins, they don't have anybody offensively that 554 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 3: scares you. He was awful against the Pittsburgh Steelers AFU 555 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,439 Speaker 3: of five fumbles and a pick. He was terrible, and 556 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 3: he tried to force balls other places. He missed open receivers. 557 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 3: He should have had a couple of touchdowns and he didn't. 558 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 3: He dead that he overthrew receivers on He's gonna try 559 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 3: to make it work and try to push the pace 560 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 3: and push the play, and he's gonna take chances because 561 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 3: there's no Nico Collins. This week he's officially out. He's 562 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 3: gonna take chances. The Patriots will capitalize on his mistakes. 563 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,800 Speaker 3: They'll have some short fields. Drake May is still gonna 564 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 3: be able to take advantage of his decision making, which 565 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 3: is the best part of his game. And it's not 566 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 3: gonna be a game where hey, look at Drake May 567 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 3: going for three point fifty and three touchdowns against this defense. 568 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 3: But it's gonna be ugly. But New England, I see 569 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 3: a lot of field goals in this one, and they 570 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 3: gut out at a pretty slow moving slog fest where 571 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 3: a couple of short fields result in points for them, 572 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 3: and the Texans can't do anything offensively. And after this 573 00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 3: this season ends, it's gonna be let's get back and 574 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 3: get some weapons now in the running game. Let's get 575 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 3: another wide receiver. Let's try to make it work. We're 576 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,320 Speaker 3: not counting on Tank Dell coming back again, but the 577 00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 3: Patriots are pretty good. They're at home, and unless the 578 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 3: Texans somehow jump out and make the Patriots play from behind, 579 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,360 Speaker 3: like they somehow jump out to a fourteen to nothing 580 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 3: lead again, that could happen. But remember I watched the 581 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 3: j Stroud play quarterback last week. I don't see that happening. 582 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 3: I don't see them being able to punch the Patriots 583 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 3: in the face offensively. So yeah, the Pats will eventually 584 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 3: put their will on the game. Give me New England 585 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:32,680 Speaker 3: nineteen thirteen. 586 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:34,920 Speaker 4: You know, it's one of those things we don't normally 587 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 4: know the name of a lot of centers around the league, right, 588 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 4: Kelsey got his run and some others. No, Jake Andrews 589 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 4: is a guy front and center after Monday night football 590 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 4: against the Steelers when we talk about all those snaps 591 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 4: and issues and at one point Stroud calling out singles 592 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 4: signals and looking to move a guy in motion and 593 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 4: he ended up getting a ball direct to the chest. 594 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:02,359 Speaker 4: So clean up some of that mass. Get Woody Mark started, great, 595 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 4: Higgins and Hutchinson, your Iowa State guys, and Christian Kirk. 596 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,679 Speaker 4: You know what Christian Kirk's over under his after last 597 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 4: week's explosive output. 598 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 3: Ooh, twenty four and a half. 599 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 4: Thirty eight and a half. 600 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 3: So okay, all right, but you're in the. 601 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 4: Range of not very much. Kits Gonzalez, as Steve gave 602 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,119 Speaker 4: you that update that he will be back. It's going 603 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 4: to require a defensive touchdown. But I don't think you're 604 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,840 Speaker 4: gonna get any great shakes from the New England offense 605 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 4: unless they break a big one. Henderson or Stevenson out 606 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,879 Speaker 4: of the backfield right that little dump off that he 607 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:41,040 Speaker 4: had the big play against the Chargers. So this feels 608 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 4: like a nineteen sixteen kind of game, but the Patriots 609 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 4: do emerge victorious.