WEBVTT - #23: The Chiefs are Champions! 0:00:04.743 --> 0:00:07.303 NFL Power Rankings is a production of the NFL in 0:00:07.383 --> 0:00:11.703 partnership with iHeartRadio. 0:00:13.463 --> 0:00:16.183 The season was over, the super Bowl was glorious. 0:00:16.343 --> 0:00:18.983 We are all back in our respective homes, minus the 0:00:18.983 --> 0:00:21.663 studio in Los Angeles High and Andrew Eric at home 0:00:21.703 --> 0:00:24.583 over there, No over there camera. Andrew is in his 0:00:24.703 --> 0:00:30.103 home in Chicago. But yes, because you asked, and not you, Eric, 0:00:30.103 --> 0:00:33.543 I mean everyone listening and watching, watching, and because you begged, 0:00:33.823 --> 0:00:36.343 and because you tweeted at us and wrote us dms 0:00:36.383 --> 0:00:40.863 on Instagram and Facebook and TikTok, we are here for 0:00:40.983 --> 0:00:45.983 a post super Bowl edition of the NFL Power Ranking Show, 0:00:46.103 --> 0:00:48.503 presented by Energizer. 0:00:49.823 --> 0:00:51.623 A very special episode. 0:00:51.703 --> 0:00:53.663 Right, like you said when we were kids, Right, That's 0:00:53.663 --> 0:00:54.863 what they always said, it for everything. 0:00:54.903 --> 0:00:56.263 So I'm happy to be here. Even if it's a 0:00:56.303 --> 0:00:57.143 one off. 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It's not what you think. 0:01:22.343 --> 0:01:26.183 Okay, Okay, scan the QR code on the screen and 0:01:26.183 --> 0:01:28.303 when you do, it takes you to the front of NFL. 0:01:28.063 --> 0:01:29.783 Dot com and you have the power ranking. 0:01:30.263 --> 0:01:32.583 I know there was a lot of drama as to 0:01:32.623 --> 0:01:35.943 who would be number one. If you guess the Chiefs, 0:01:35.943 --> 0:01:40.543 you'll right, number two, the forty nine Ers, the Ravens 0:01:40.543 --> 0:01:43.143 and Lions. The two teams that lost in the conference 0:01:43.263 --> 0:01:46.303 championship games are three and four. And then it's kind 0:01:46.303 --> 0:01:49.743 of a missmash of playoff teams. The Bills made it 0:01:49.783 --> 0:01:52.303 to the divisional round. The Cowboys were out in the 0:01:52.343 --> 0:01:56.303 wildcard round. The Texans beat the Browns in the wildcard round. 0:01:56.343 --> 0:01:59.623 They are seven, the Texans, that is, and the Browns 0:01:59.903 --> 0:02:04.143 are eight. But let's open Eric with the team that 0:02:04.223 --> 0:02:08.383 you opened the season with at number one. Kansas City 0:02:08.463 --> 0:02:11.223 didn't go wire to wire. But the team that you 0:02:11.343 --> 0:02:14.663 had in September is the team that hoists the Lombardi 0:02:14.703 --> 0:02:15.743 Trophy in February. 0:02:16.383 --> 0:02:18.263 Yeah, I took a dip in Week one, right, They 0:02:18.303 --> 0:02:20.223 lose to the Lions and immediately had to drop them 0:02:20.263 --> 0:02:22.703 in the rankings, but they found their way back in 0:02:22.783 --> 0:02:25.783 classic contender style. I mean, look, I'll be honest that 0:02:26.263 --> 0:02:29.583 at no point during this season up till about Christmas 0:02:29.623 --> 0:02:32.263 when the Raiders came in and spoiled the holiday for 0:02:32.663 --> 0:02:35.143 Kansas City, did I think this was going to be 0:02:35.223 --> 0:02:37.503 the same kind of team that we'd seen in past 0:02:37.583 --> 0:02:39.943 Chiefs champions. It just didn't feel like the points were 0:02:39.943 --> 0:02:42.383 adding up, you know, it didn't feel like the defense 0:02:42.463 --> 0:02:44.143 was going to be able to continue to carry the load. 0:02:44.223 --> 0:02:45.423 And yet here they are. 0:02:45.703 --> 0:02:48.543 Incredible road performances to get to the super Bowl and 0:02:48.583 --> 0:02:51.343 then obviously beating the Niners, who spent a long time 0:02:51.383 --> 0:02:55.183 at number one as well. So an incredible postseason run 0:02:55.743 --> 0:02:57.223 just got to get hot at the right time. And 0:02:57.303 --> 0:02:59.783 you also have to have Patrick Mahomes and one of 0:02:59.863 --> 0:03:01.863 the best defense in the NFL. It's, you know, just 0:03:01.903 --> 0:03:03.743 two things that every team wants to get right now. 0:03:03.863 --> 0:03:06.303 Yeah, and during the season a couple of times that 0:03:06.383 --> 0:03:10.103 it feels like Mahomes is inevitable. The inevitable though it 0:03:10.143 --> 0:03:12.223 took a while to get rolling. They lost those five 0:03:12.263 --> 0:03:15.983 out of eight. The Christmas Day game was to me 0:03:16.503 --> 0:03:17.543 a sign that they were done. 0:03:17.663 --> 0:03:18.903 I didn't think they would be here. 0:03:19.503 --> 0:03:23.463 I talked to Patrick Mahomes from Disneyland Monday on NFL 0:03:23.503 --> 0:03:26.503 Total Access after he and Brittany and the kids flew 0:03:26.543 --> 0:03:29.023 there from Vegas, and I asked him, was there ever 0:03:29.103 --> 0:03:33.583 a time in which you really doubted that you would 0:03:33.583 --> 0:03:36.103 be here? And he said no, but at the same 0:03:36.223 --> 0:03:40.583 time he knew there was so much work, and I 0:03:40.623 --> 0:03:43.383 thought it was also interesting. I asked him point blank, 0:03:43.423 --> 0:03:47.023 have you ever told Tom Brady you know how badly 0:03:47.143 --> 0:03:51.423 you're gunning for him? You know, you mentioned Brady to 0:03:51.503 --> 0:03:54.623 Chris Rose on Game Day final on the field Sunday night, 0:03:55.303 --> 0:03:58.863 And he didn't say yes, but he did say seven 0:03:59.103 --> 0:04:02.863 is the goal. It's obviously the goal, is what he said. 0:04:03.063 --> 0:04:06.783 And as long as he is there, Eric, you're dumb, 0:04:06.863 --> 0:04:10.423 not you, you meaning the football world dumb not to pick him. 0:04:11.343 --> 0:04:14.023 Yeah, And that was how I happened to pick the 0:04:14.063 --> 0:04:16.943 Chiefs in the game itself. I would finally stop, you know, 0:04:17.263 --> 0:04:19.623 denying what my eyes were seeing. The best player on 0:04:19.663 --> 0:04:20.023 the field. 0:04:20.383 --> 0:04:20.863 Still got to. 0:04:20.863 --> 0:04:23.503 Get Chris Jones signed if they can. Still got to 0:04:23.503 --> 0:04:26.183 get the Jerry Snee there's some issues there. Love to 0:04:26.183 --> 0:04:28.383 see him get a little more wide receiver. Help after 0:04:28.423 --> 0:04:31.943 what we saw last season. But yeah, absolutely, you have Mahomes, 0:04:31.983 --> 0:04:33.423 you have a chance, I think yep. 0:04:33.543 --> 0:04:35.983 And now they got to figure out Chris Jones Lgerious Snead. 0:04:36.063 --> 0:04:38.223 As you said, it's free agency time and the forty 0:04:38.303 --> 0:04:40.023 nine ers have to figure out how to move forward 0:04:40.063 --> 0:04:41.783 and get over this hump again. 0:04:41.823 --> 0:04:44.703 It's like, if Mahomes is there, how do you beat him? Again? 0:04:44.943 --> 0:04:47.903 Eric, they had the opportunity with a lead in the 0:04:47.943 --> 0:04:51.383 second half, so they are number two, But I don't 0:04:51.423 --> 0:04:54.543 know that they have an answer now of how to 0:04:54.583 --> 0:04:58.343 rework this team or tweak this roster to finish out 0:04:58.383 --> 0:04:58.863 this game. 0:05:00.463 --> 0:05:03.063 That's a great question, right, You're not competing in the 0:05:03.103 --> 0:05:06.663 same division as Patrick mahone, but like you said, he's inevitable. Right, 0:05:06.703 --> 0:05:09.383 You almost have to factor in that one of these 0:05:09.423 --> 0:05:12.623 great AFC quarterbacks, and Mahomes being the leading candidate right 0:05:12.663 --> 0:05:14.183 now based on history. 0:05:14.463 --> 0:05:15.823 Is going to get to the Super Bowl. 0:05:15.943 --> 0:05:18.543 How do you defeat that type of quarterback, whether it's 0:05:18.623 --> 0:05:22.383 Josh Allen, whether it's Lamar Jackson, whether it's Mahomes, somebody 0:05:22.383 --> 0:05:24.783 else on that list. That's really I think got to 0:05:24.823 --> 0:05:27.103 be at least part of the offseason focus. I mean 0:05:27.423 --> 0:05:30.863 Rock Party played pretty darn well. Left some points on 0:05:30.903 --> 0:05:33.303 the field, no doubt those field goals are you should 0:05:33.303 --> 0:05:35.463 have been touchdowns in some cases, or you'd like him 0:05:35.503 --> 0:05:38.103 to be anyway. But they have McCaffrey, they have all 0:05:38.143 --> 0:05:41.463 those offensive stars, They have the core of a title 0:05:41.543 --> 0:05:44.263 contending team. The question is, like you said, what gets 0:05:44.303 --> 0:05:47.623 them over the top. Is there anything they can do? 0:05:47.703 --> 0:05:51.143 And they've been aggressive in past offseasons to change that, 0:05:51.223 --> 0:05:54.063 to alter the little chemistry they have in that locker 0:05:54.143 --> 0:05:55.303 room to just get over the top. 0:05:55.663 --> 0:06:00.583 Wouldn't you argue that the Ravens face a similar challenge. 0:06:00.663 --> 0:06:04.103 As we moved down to number three on the power rankings, 0:06:04.143 --> 0:06:08.183 Baltimore is up four from where they began the season. 0:06:08.263 --> 0:06:10.863 You had it at seven, they finished at three. But 0:06:10.983 --> 0:06:15.983 Lamar Jackson now has as many MVPs eric as he 0:06:16.063 --> 0:06:18.303 has playoff victories at twenty seven. 0:06:19.983 --> 0:06:22.143 Yeah, and obviously I mean that, you know they're gonna 0:06:22.143 --> 0:06:24.903 continue to build around Jackson and pin their hopes on him. 0:06:24.943 --> 0:06:26.943 That's why they signed him last offseason. 0:06:27.023 --> 0:06:29.783 But you know, for instance, look at what the Philadelphia 0:06:29.783 --> 0:06:32.223 Eagles had to face this year. They had Jalen Hurts 0:06:32.223 --> 0:06:34.223 in a Super Bowl that they should have won a 0:06:34.303 --> 0:06:38.223 year ago, had the vast majority of a great team 0:06:38.343 --> 0:06:41.423 a year ago. Coming back looked strong much of the year, 0:06:41.583 --> 0:06:42.983 and then everything kind. 0:06:42.823 --> 0:06:43.343 Of fell apart. 0:06:43.343 --> 0:06:45.823 And I worry about that bit. Ravens defense too, in 0:06:45.863 --> 0:06:47.983 the sense that I don't know they're gonna be able 0:06:48.023 --> 0:06:51.303 to have everything in place, and also they're gonna have 0:06:51.343 --> 0:06:53.823 a defensive coordinator and Lewis Orr who's gonna be, you know, 0:06:54.943 --> 0:06:56.743 younger than some of the guys who are lining up 0:06:56.783 --> 0:06:57.583 on the field. 0:06:57.263 --> 0:06:59.623 For him, so that may not be a huge factor. 0:06:59.863 --> 0:07:02.223 The Ravens have a core in place, but I agree 0:07:02.263 --> 0:07:05.583 there's still that question of is there They're a sort 0:07:05.583 --> 0:07:08.023 of a glass ceiling for this team. That's that's kept 0:07:08.023 --> 0:07:09.823 them from moving on from that point. 0:07:09.983 --> 0:07:12.383 And with all these teams, they have all these questions, 0:07:12.463 --> 0:07:14.503 especially in the top ten, because they were all good 0:07:14.623 --> 0:07:16.823 enough to be there, but at the end fell a 0:07:16.863 --> 0:07:20.383 little bit short. Some with higher expectations than others, Baltimore 0:07:20.503 --> 0:07:21.063 being one of them. 0:07:21.223 --> 0:07:21.863 Zach Orr. 0:07:22.063 --> 0:07:24.863 If I get thrown a little guse me the new 0:07:24.983 --> 0:07:29.903 DC not to be confused with Syracuse legend Lewis or Yes, 0:07:30.543 --> 0:07:33.263 the Booie and Louis show coming to an NFL stadium 0:07:33.703 --> 0:07:34.103 near you. 0:07:34.703 --> 0:07:37.583 Number pologies, Oh, don't apologize. 0:07:37.103 --> 0:07:40.623 Thanks for putting it, you know, into Syracuse basketball parlance 0:07:40.623 --> 0:07:43.343 for yes, truly here number four of the Lions again 0:07:43.463 --> 0:07:46.903 NFC Championship game. You know, a couple of weeks ago 0:07:46.983 --> 0:07:50.303 we talked about Dan Campbell's decision making. They have a 0:07:50.343 --> 0:07:52.783 decision now on Jared Goff. I think he has earned 0:07:52.783 --> 0:07:55.663 that new contract. His number coming into twenty twenty four 0:07:55.703 --> 0:07:57.703 is about twenty seven million. 0:07:57.783 --> 0:07:58.903 He has outperformed that. 0:07:59.503 --> 0:08:02.583 And if Brad Holmes keeps drafting like he has the 0:08:02.663 --> 0:08:06.743 last two years, who maybe they're in New Orleans next year. 0:08:07.983 --> 0:08:10.543 Yeah, and all those great draft picks they've had are 0:08:10.583 --> 0:08:12.903 and they're going to be in their second, third, fourth year, 0:08:13.023 --> 0:08:15.303 so you can just see the core of this team kind. 0:08:15.143 --> 0:08:15.783 Of growing up. 0:08:15.823 --> 0:08:18.063 They won't have as many cracks at bat this year 0:08:18.223 --> 0:08:20.503 in the draft, not as many high picks as they 0:08:20.543 --> 0:08:22.663 did a year ago, but they do have some cash 0:08:22.703 --> 0:08:24.823 to spend, and if there is a golf deal that 0:08:24.863 --> 0:08:27.303 may even clear up some space in the short term. 0:08:27.383 --> 0:08:29.903 So I think they're gonna be hyper aggressive and attacking 0:08:29.943 --> 0:08:33.263 that defense. You know, it's not all the fault clearly 0:08:33.303 --> 0:08:35.383 of blowing the twenty four to seven lead. There was 0:08:35.423 --> 0:08:38.063 the fumble, there were other loss plays on offense on 0:08:38.103 --> 0:08:40.663 fourth downs, but still the defense put them in a 0:08:40.703 --> 0:08:44.183 tough spot at times throughout the season. Right, So I 0:08:44.223 --> 0:08:46.583 think that's obviously going to be the focus there. Get 0:08:46.583 --> 0:08:49.583 Aaron Glenn, some more talent. They've got Ben Johnson coming 0:08:49.623 --> 0:08:52.263 back for another year. Look, I think we're all kind 0:08:52.263 --> 0:08:55.343 of graduated. You know, we've graduated the Lions to contender 0:08:55.423 --> 0:08:59.143 status right now. But how will they handle Andrew being 0:08:59.143 --> 0:09:00.983 in the spotlight, being that you know, they're not the 0:09:01.343 --> 0:09:04.263 little kids on the block anymore. That's a new challenge 0:09:04.303 --> 0:09:06.743 I think for Dan Campbell and that staff. 0:09:06.703 --> 0:09:11.143 And it's also a challenge coming up in Buffalo here Sean. 0:09:10.983 --> 0:09:14.663 McDermott lives to see another day. This team won a 0:09:14.783 --> 0:09:15.623 playoff game. 0:09:15.943 --> 0:09:19.663 It just didn't get by the Ravens in their own bill. 0:09:19.743 --> 0:09:22.703 I'm sorry, the Chiefs rather big accord in their own building, 0:09:22.743 --> 0:09:25.783 and they two are fifty million in the red. There's 0:09:25.863 --> 0:09:29.743 a Stefan Diggs question. Really, they might have to rebuild 0:09:29.783 --> 0:09:32.543 the entire defense, and even if you go back, I 0:09:32.543 --> 0:09:34.703 think to the end of season. Pressers from McDermott and 0:09:34.703 --> 0:09:38.223 Brandon Bean eric I sends to a tone of we're 0:09:38.263 --> 0:09:40.663 not sure if we're ever gonna get Trey White back 0:09:40.743 --> 0:09:42.263 the way he used to be. I mean they have 0:09:42.383 --> 0:09:43.343 big question. 0:09:43.143 --> 0:09:48.263 Marks, absolutely right, Matt Milano arguably their best most valuable 0:09:48.263 --> 0:09:51.383 defensive player coming off a season ending injury. Those safeties 0:09:51.423 --> 0:09:53.543 are aging a little bit too, And you mentioned it. 0:09:53.623 --> 0:09:56.343 I mean, who do you turn to at wide receiver 0:09:56.823 --> 0:09:58.823 if Stefan Diggs is not part of your future? 0:09:58.903 --> 0:09:59.023 Right? 0:09:59.143 --> 0:10:01.143 That whole position I think needs a little bit of 0:10:01.143 --> 0:10:02.383 an investigation. 0:10:02.463 --> 0:10:04.063 Khalil Shakir, it's got a future. 0:10:04.143 --> 0:10:08.383 Everybody else either not under contract or they have some 0:10:08.463 --> 0:10:11.983 kind of status issue right now. So yeah, with Allen's 0:10:12.063 --> 0:10:15.063 cap number going up, it's a lot harder for them 0:10:15.063 --> 0:10:17.423 to manipulate things the way they have in the past 0:10:17.463 --> 0:10:17.863 few years. 0:10:17.943 --> 0:10:19.423 So the window is it closed? 0:10:19.463 --> 0:10:21.543 But I think you're right the way they framed it, 0:10:21.663 --> 0:10:24.143 or at least the way that we read that the 0:10:24.183 --> 0:10:27.663 words from the Buffalo hierarchy, there hard not to think 0:10:27.743 --> 0:10:30.223 that their odds have shrunk a little bit, even as 0:10:30.223 --> 0:10:32.223 great as Alan could be in those big moments. 0:10:32.343 --> 0:10:35.423 Brandon Bean spoke at his end of season presser about 0:10:35.423 --> 0:10:38.863 obviously Josh Allen is a drawing card. Free agents want 0:10:38.863 --> 0:10:41.263 to come to Buffalo to play with Josh Allen, but 0:10:41.383 --> 0:10:44.223 with his number going up, how much money and how 0:10:44.303 --> 0:10:46.823 much of a discount are these guys willing to play 0:10:46.903 --> 0:10:50.063 for As they try to rework that roster, they may 0:10:50.103 --> 0:10:53.983 have to go younger and cheaper around a high priced quarterback. 0:10:54.143 --> 0:10:58.103 Same kind of issue in Dallas, Dak Prescott final year, however, 0:10:58.263 --> 0:11:01.743 final year of guarantee. Let me rephrase that they are 0:11:01.743 --> 0:11:07.103 in a massive balloon year on Prescott's contract where they 0:11:07.223 --> 0:11:10.943 need to do something. The likely answer is redo it, 0:11:11.023 --> 0:11:15.183 give him another massive deal and clear up some money. 0:11:15.503 --> 0:11:17.383 But Jerry Jones said. 0:11:17.143 --> 0:11:20.183 That he wants to go all in, like he's not 0:11:20.223 --> 0:11:23.103 gonna nickel and dime free agency. He wants to go 0:11:23.183 --> 0:11:26.183 all in because he is so desperate to win. 0:11:27.743 --> 0:11:28.023 Yeah. 0:11:28.103 --> 0:11:30.383 I mean, obviously for many years they had to kick 0:11:30.383 --> 0:11:33.023 the can down the road financially a little bit, and always, 0:11:33.143 --> 0:11:35.783 you know, spend this time of year Adam Pasifka, their 0:11:35.863 --> 0:11:39.383 cap guy, cleaning things up, and you know there's gonna 0:11:39.383 --> 0:11:40.463 be plenty of work to be done. 0:11:40.503 --> 0:11:42.543 If Jerry Jones does have that. 0:11:42.543 --> 0:11:45.983 Level of desperation, knowing that Mike McCarthy's in the final 0:11:46.063 --> 0:11:48.143 year of his deal. Knowing like you said that Dak 0:11:48.263 --> 0:11:50.543 is coming up on a critical season, even though he 0:11:50.543 --> 0:11:52.623 played terrific for the most part last year. 0:11:53.103 --> 0:11:54.383 They've got to make a call on him. 0:11:54.383 --> 0:11:56.743 They've got to decide the future of the quarterback position, 0:11:56.823 --> 0:11:59.663 the future of the head coaching spot. I'd say there's 0:11:59.663 --> 0:12:01.583 a lot on the line here. So yeah, maybe there 0:12:01.623 --> 0:12:04.783 is a different level of aggression if they can find 0:12:04.823 --> 0:12:07.703 the money and if they can find the right pieces 0:12:07.703 --> 0:12:12.223 to move out and supplant with the more accountable ones, 0:12:12.263 --> 0:12:14.863 more dependable versions of the of those players who have 0:12:15.023 --> 0:12:17.263 maybe aged or not worth their salaries anymore. 0:12:17.343 --> 0:12:19.943 I thought one of the biggest headlines, and Emmitt Smith 0:12:19.983 --> 0:12:23.103 has shared with both of us, I think over the 0:12:23.183 --> 0:12:27.663 last year his frustration. But when our friend McLevin asked 0:12:28.223 --> 0:12:31.023 Emitt Smith, why is Mike McCarthy still the GM and 0:12:31.103 --> 0:12:36.743 he or the coach? He responded, because I'm not the GM. Okay, 0:12:37.383 --> 0:12:42.023 time nowt for power moves here presented by Energizer. The 0:12:42.063 --> 0:12:45.983 other team in Texas made a huge move. The Texans 0:12:45.983 --> 0:12:51.063 finished at seven eric they opened at thirty one. 0:12:51.943 --> 0:12:55.143 Wow, Yeah, I mean you can't now maybe I have 0:12:55.223 --> 0:12:57.063 him a little higher than some people do it at 0:12:57.143 --> 0:12:59.303 number seven. But even if we put him at ten 0:12:59.383 --> 0:13:02.223 or twelve or eleven or whatever, that is an incredible 0:13:02.263 --> 0:13:05.103 one year jump. Now, if you love CJ. Stroud and 0:13:05.143 --> 0:13:07.543 Will Anderson coming out, maybe you had better vision of 0:13:07.583 --> 0:13:09.943 this than I did. I certainly thought Stroud was the 0:13:09.943 --> 0:13:12.823 best quarterback in last year's draft, but not by the 0:13:13.263 --> 0:13:15.863 measurable distance that he appeared to show in year one 0:13:16.223 --> 0:13:18.543 versus Bryce Young or the field for that matter. 0:13:18.663 --> 0:13:19.943 A rookie quarterback, so. 0:13:20.663 --> 0:13:24.903 Special quarterback, special defensive talent if he can stay healthy, 0:13:25.303 --> 0:13:28.943 special head coach in Demiko Ryans possibly. I mean, look, 0:13:28.983 --> 0:13:31.423 obviously it's a feel good stories coming back home to 0:13:31.463 --> 0:13:34.823 save the franchise. Year one couldn't have gone better, getting 0:13:34.823 --> 0:13:37.943 that defense shaped up a little bit better, cleaning up 0:13:37.983 --> 0:13:40.063 some issues on the offensive line, and they still have 0:13:40.103 --> 0:13:42.663 a first round pick from the Deshaun deal. So look, 0:13:42.703 --> 0:13:44.743 I mean it's not as if they're going to be 0:13:44.783 --> 0:13:47.103 overly punished this offseason or anything. I mean, they're in 0:13:47.143 --> 0:13:50.583 a great position to keep building what they started this year. 0:13:50.983 --> 0:13:54.503 Playoff win just another you know, sort of launching point 0:13:54.543 --> 0:13:56.343 into the offseason, and you know. 0:13:56.303 --> 0:13:58.383 They could add a running back May not cost them 0:13:58.423 --> 0:13:58.983 that much. 0:13:58.823 --> 0:14:01.903 And somebody who's pretty good, you know, considering their salaries. 0:14:01.943 --> 0:14:04.903 So I'm excited to see what their plans are soft 0:14:04.983 --> 0:14:06.903 season given everything we've seen up to this point in 0:14:06.903 --> 0:14:07.503 the last year. 0:14:07.783 --> 0:14:11.183 They are seven in your final power rankings, one ahead 0:14:11.183 --> 0:14:14.223 of the team they knocked out of the postseason, the 0:14:14.223 --> 0:14:17.743 Cleveland Browns, who swept almost every major award. 0:14:17.743 --> 0:14:18.663 They had four awards. 0:14:18.703 --> 0:14:20.823 I mean, obviously didn't win the MVP, but Schwartz got 0:14:20.863 --> 0:14:24.303 an award, Miles Garrett got awards to Fanski got an award, 0:14:24.663 --> 0:14:30.663 and what's the other one I'm forgetting. Oh and Joe 0:14:30.743 --> 0:14:33.783 Flacco Comeback Player of the Year, and he will likely 0:14:33.783 --> 0:14:35.423 not be coming back to the Browns. He could be, 0:14:35.703 --> 0:14:37.543 in all certainty going somewhere else. What do you think 0:14:37.583 --> 0:14:38.543 about them? 0:14:39.143 --> 0:14:42.663 Yeah, I mean, obviously I tried to measure postseason success 0:14:42.703 --> 0:14:44.103 in regular season success. 0:14:44.183 --> 0:14:46.143 Obviously, what they did during the regular season. 0:14:46.183 --> 0:14:49.143 What earned Stefanski Coach of the Year I suspect over 0:14:49.463 --> 0:14:52.783 guys like Damiko Ryans is the fact that Deshaun Watson, 0:14:52.783 --> 0:14:55.383 even when he was healthy, was a question mark. Flacco 0:14:55.503 --> 0:14:58.143 comes in off his couch in mid November and somehow 0:14:58.223 --> 0:15:00.583 leads them to the playoffs. They had a ton of injuries. 0:15:00.663 --> 0:15:03.703 I mean a million crazy things happened last season. So 0:15:03.743 --> 0:15:05.903 I'll be fascinating to see once they get all their 0:15:05.943 --> 0:15:06.503 talent back. 0:15:06.543 --> 0:15:08.783 Could this team be even better? Sure? 0:15:09.383 --> 0:15:12.903 But you know again, they have to repeat a tremendous 0:15:12.903 --> 0:15:16.703 performance on defense again next year. They've got to find 0:15:16.783 --> 0:15:19.623 more offensive threats. And I think they've got to find 0:15:19.663 --> 0:15:22.263 a way to get Watson right whatever that means right, 0:15:22.423 --> 0:15:23.783 is it mental. 0:15:23.583 --> 0:15:26.183 Physical, fitting the scheme to the player. 0:15:26.383 --> 0:15:28.343 It's a lot of things that they have to ensure 0:15:28.383 --> 0:15:32.343 this offseason that they're better at quarterback with him. 0:15:31.903 --> 0:15:35.383 With Ken Dorsey now as the OC, and we don't 0:15:35.463 --> 0:15:37.143 yet know, as you point it out, whether or not 0:15:37.223 --> 0:15:41.543 he is calling plays coming up next. We don't yet 0:15:41.663 --> 0:15:44.383 know how the new look Eagles will look in twenty 0:15:44.463 --> 0:15:47.863 twenty four with two new coordinators. Where are they in 0:15:47.903 --> 0:15:50.943 our final power rankings? That's next on the NFL Powerranking 0:15:50.943 --> 0:16:01.783 showpers and by Energizer. It's the NFL Power Ranking Show Everybody, 0:16:01.783 --> 0:16:04.223 presented by Energizer. But wait, there's more. The Green Bay 0:16:04.263 --> 0:16:10.783 Packers exceeded Eric's late summer expectations. They finished up twelve 0:16:10.823 --> 0:16:14.703 at nine the Eagles plummeted down eight to ten. They 0:16:14.703 --> 0:16:18.543 were one and done in the postseason. Dolphins eleven Rams, 0:16:18.583 --> 0:16:21.383 twelve Bucks thirteen. Look how much those. 0:16:21.223 --> 0:16:24.743 Two teams exceeded expectations of eighteen and fifteen. 0:16:24.783 --> 0:16:27.863 Steelers were what we thought they were. The Saints are 0:16:27.903 --> 0:16:33.103 the best non playoff team in Eric's size, and then 0:16:33.143 --> 0:16:36.543 the Jaguars here sitting at sixteen. It's open to the 0:16:36.583 --> 0:16:40.503 Green Bay Packers because I think Jordan Love, when you 0:16:40.583 --> 0:16:43.423 saw him take off the second half of the year, 0:16:45.103 --> 0:16:47.623 gives this team so much reason for optimism. They blow 0:16:47.663 --> 0:16:50.423 out Joe Barry, they bringing Jeff Haffley. There's an interesting 0:16:50.423 --> 0:16:54.463 college football conversation there as well. But you'll like Green 0:16:54.543 --> 0:16:56.143 Bay moving to twenty twenty four. 0:16:57.183 --> 0:16:58.583 Yeah, I mean, I have to. 0:16:58.743 --> 0:17:01.943 I think with all the talent on offense, especially wide 0:17:01.943 --> 0:17:02.863 receiver and tight end. 0:17:02.863 --> 0:17:04.383 I mean, one of the reasons why I kind of 0:17:04.383 --> 0:17:06.663 held back on him and hedged. 0:17:06.623 --> 0:17:09.943 This offseason was thinking, how are all these these young 0:17:10.023 --> 0:17:13.223 guys gonna mold with a young quarterback who's got you know, 0:17:13.343 --> 0:17:15.583 one start and a handful of games under his belt. 0:17:15.583 --> 0:17:17.463 But it ended up working beautifully. 0:17:17.463 --> 0:17:19.623 A lot of those guys had built chemistry behind the 0:17:19.663 --> 0:17:23.743 scenes and obviously had flourished eventually even after some tough 0:17:23.783 --> 0:17:26.743 patches this year. So assuming they take the next step 0:17:26.743 --> 0:17:29.263 and Christian Watson stays healthy because I think he could 0:17:29.263 --> 0:17:32.143 be their number one, or Jayden Reid possibly, but you know, 0:17:32.223 --> 0:17:35.983 they have something really special built if Jeff Hafley can 0:17:35.983 --> 0:17:39.223 build up that defense, especially that secondary. I think safety 0:17:39.223 --> 0:17:42.023 and corner, you know, two spots that need to be fixed. 0:17:42.063 --> 0:17:45.183 And you know, look, I mean the division with the 0:17:45.223 --> 0:17:48.383 Lions improving, the Bears at least taking a big step 0:17:48.383 --> 0:17:51.063 this year and having a lot of ammunition this offseason. 0:17:51.503 --> 0:17:53.463 You know, the Vikings, you figure are going to be 0:17:53.543 --> 0:17:56.343 closer to the thirteen win team than the team that 0:17:56.423 --> 0:17:59.423 had quarterback issues after Kirk Cousins got hurt, so the 0:17:59.423 --> 0:18:01.823 competitions raised. You can't assume they're going to take a 0:18:01.823 --> 0:18:03.983 big step forward. But the Packers look pretty good on 0:18:04.023 --> 0:18:05.543 paper going in the off season. 0:18:05.663 --> 0:18:09.703 The old financial disclaimer past performance not necessarily indicative of 0:18:09.823 --> 0:18:13.663 future games to me fits perfectly with the Eagles at ten. 0:18:14.143 --> 0:18:16.143 I mean, they're down eight from where you had them 0:18:16.183 --> 0:18:18.303 at two to begin of the year, But like I 0:18:18.343 --> 0:18:19.423 don't know who they are. 0:18:20.343 --> 0:18:23.103 Yep, I had trouble putting them. You know, I didn't 0:18:23.143 --> 0:18:25.663 know where exactly they deserve to be in the in 0:18:25.703 --> 0:18:27.903 this rankings. Like you said, if we did a week 0:18:27.983 --> 0:18:30.303 twelve power ranking, they were up number one. I believe 0:18:30.623 --> 0:18:33.783 after that point you could argue they belonged amongst the 0:18:33.863 --> 0:18:36.543 Arizona Cardinals of the world. That's a team that beat them, right, 0:18:36.623 --> 0:18:39.703 So you know, it really is a fair question to 0:18:39.783 --> 0:18:42.743 wonder what was the what was the cause of all 0:18:42.783 --> 0:18:45.863 their problems down the stretch and is it fixable in 0:18:45.903 --> 0:18:48.223 the future. You still have Jalen Hurts, you still have 0:18:48.263 --> 0:18:51.703 DeVante Smith, AJ Brown and some really good players on defense, 0:18:51.743 --> 0:18:54.543 but hasan Redicks As for a trade, we don't know 0:18:54.583 --> 0:18:57.703 where AJ Brown is headspace wise. Is he happy with 0:18:57.743 --> 0:19:00.503 the arrangement there? You know, there's still a lot to 0:19:00.543 --> 0:19:03.343 figure out. And oh, by the way, Andrews second straight 0:19:03.463 --> 0:19:05.263 season with two new coordinators. 0:19:05.303 --> 0:19:09.383 That's that's not typical Eagle community that we usually see. 0:19:09.463 --> 0:19:12.823