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Dan, Hey, 17 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: Kevin Patrick, come in at you? What? Oh? Here? We 18 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: are back in the hotel, a different hotel room. We're 19 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 1: in room five twelve now moving on up in the world. 20 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: Literally we're in four oh one maybe one of the 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: more luxurious locales we've ever filmed. We've got two of 22 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: three of you sitting on nice color couches, Patra on 23 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: a nice foldout share Mark on a table table. I 24 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: don't want to, um, I don't want to complain because 25 00:01:39,440 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: the NFL on balance takes care of us. But I 26 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: did go downtown where we're just on the outskirts near 27 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,440 Speaker 1: the Mall of America, which is technically in Blooming blue 28 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: Field whatever, UM I took. I took a uber downtown yesterday, 29 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 1: UM to get drinks. And the hotel where the majority 30 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,680 Speaker 1: of NFL media talent is staying is the Hyatt and 31 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: the Hilton, and the differences between those places in this place, 32 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: it is a perfect metaphor for how we are viewed 33 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: in this company overall. Well, we chose to come to 34 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: this hotel, right, and and there's like ten talent I 35 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: can think of at the top of my head that 36 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: are staying at this hotel that are pretty big time 37 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: in this company and playing about stuff subjective. This is 38 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: my favorite. Yeah, I like this one. I like this 39 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 1: one better, But you haven't seen the special. Like remember Mark, 40 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,760 Speaker 1: our first super Bowl in Indianapolis and we were in 41 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: the Marriott, and there's Jerry Jones and Michael Irvine and 42 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: the ladies and the fireplace and the champagne flutes. That's 43 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: what's going on at the hotels where everyone else is 44 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: staying with us. So it's been a distinctly different super 45 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 1: Bowl Week for I would feel personally on on many levels. 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,399 Speaker 1: And our location has is packed into that and it's 47 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 1: been nice west and I just like you guys on Monday, 48 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 1: went to do a hit on Sky Sports for their 49 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: show this week, and it's like you can just walk 50 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 1: across the street to the mall, you walk right back. 51 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: I went shopping yesterday. I would say it feels like 52 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: I worked a lot of corporate jobs before the NFL, 53 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 1: and considering super Bowl Week, it feels much more like 54 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 1: sort of bizarre three day trips that I would take 55 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: to like some random state and you'd stay somewhere by 56 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: the highway. That's what this business to weddings like up 57 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: here a wedding where you travel and you're staying at 58 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: the hotel that's near or wherever the reception is. But 59 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: I'm not paying a cent for it. So I just 60 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: want to say thank you, first of all to Chris 61 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:40,960 Speaker 1: Westling because Wes he made it to the Super Bowl 62 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: preview podcast this year, apparently, do we want to now 63 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: that a full year has passed, west do you wanna 64 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 1: just let the cat out of that out of the 65 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: bag and what happened last year? Because you were mysteriously 66 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: absent from this important podcast. A year ago, I had 67 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: some major issues with a feature article I was writing, 68 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: and my laptops shut down completely, just evaporated on me. 69 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: R I T department was clueless on how to fix it. 70 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 1: I lost the whole article. So there were many sleepless 71 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: nights and I plowed right through with a nap during 72 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: the preview podcast. Unbeknownst to me at the time, I 73 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: had cancer. So maybe that was a factor that you were. 74 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 1: I already handed it in my stating, I already hit 75 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,160 Speaker 1: it in my body by then. How do you feel 76 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: about the attack you shoot on Wesley? Now? I feel 77 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 1: like that was a good retort, was there? Pretty strong? 78 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 1: I was about to come back and say, also, people 79 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: should know we taped that podcast at like three pm. 80 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,560 Speaker 1: But if you had the if you had the big 81 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: sea in the in the old blood stream, I gotta 82 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: I gotta give you a pass. I didn't even oversleep. 83 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 1: I just completely forgot. We had a podcast that accident, 84 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: and one shadowy figure was really miffed about it. Really. Yes, 85 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: he sat me down for a chat later in the week. 86 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: So it wasn't a going out. There was no drinking. No, 87 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: there was no drinking involved the first for the first 88 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: time in my employment history, I missed something without drinking. 89 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,520 Speaker 1: Be Um. All right, So West is with us, and 90 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 1: you know that is a great thing. Kevin Patras with us, 91 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: making his annual Super Bowl podcast appearance. How you doing, Buddy, 92 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: doing Swell doing Swell? Yeah? What have you've been takeaways? 93 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: You've been following the Patriots still anything it does? It 94 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: seem like it's them as it is for everyone else. 95 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: It's that carcass has been picked over so many times, 96 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:33,679 Speaker 1: back to back Super Bowl, Wait, three times in four years. 97 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:36,080 Speaker 1: There's nothing new to talk about. Their loose I mean, 98 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: Bill's cracking jokes, Tom's talking about first time he tried dip. 99 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 1: But has anyone followed the angle of how Dante Sarneki 100 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,839 Speaker 1: has really helped that offensive line? Yes, plenty of people. Um, 101 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 1: it's like every show you you make a joke about 102 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: a different Mark Sessler feature from the previous It literally 103 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: was something I wrote either two years, three or four 104 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: years ago. Um, that was not an Assessler attacks al 105 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,280 Speaker 1: in markin No, I think it's also by the day. 106 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't the only person that came up with that idea. So, 107 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: uh yeah, So we're going to big show today. We 108 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: just missed the the the big trade of Alex Smith 109 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 1: to the Redskins and what that means with Kirk Cousins 110 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 1: and all the other teams any quarterbacks. So we're gonna 111 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: talk about that, and then this is officially the Super 112 00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty two preview extravaganza, so we will really dig 113 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,720 Speaker 1: deep on the game, uh and make our picks officially 114 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,359 Speaker 1: and as annual tradition of course, our go get my 115 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: lunch super Bowl props. Uh. So we'll we'll go around 116 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: the room and make some predictions and and put some 117 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: sandwiches on it. Get my lunch, your big old turd. 118 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 1: I came straight from downtown Minneapolis to this hotel room 119 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: because I was covering the Justin timber Lake press conference. 120 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: Also at that press conference, Erica and Possey, who is 121 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,240 Speaker 1: the biggest Justin Timberlake fan I've ever met, and Erica 122 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 1: as we know, it was a little bit crazy. She's 123 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: loose Cannon, a shadowy league figure, asked her if she 124 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: wanted to be backstage during all the lead up to 125 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: the press conference. So Erica covertly recorded a message for 126 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: me when she was in J T. S um airspace, 127 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 1: and this is what it sounded like. So I am 128 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: at the Hilton right now, and I am behind the 129 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: scenes of his presser and he just walked in and 130 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: he's wearing a long, badass coat. I am literally shaking, 131 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,120 Speaker 1: but I had to play it cool. And I just 132 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: couldn't make eye contact with him because I got so nervous. 133 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:43,720 Speaker 1: But I looked down, but I was like really close 134 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: to him. But I looked at him and then looked down. 135 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm literally about to paint. But playing 136 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: it cool. She doesn't know them freaking out. I am 137 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: so chill right now sounds it. I guess it's like 138 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: good to see. I mean, I don't know if it's 139 00:07:56,680 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: good to see. But there's evidence that females can be 140 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: full fledged stalkers too. It's not just the male gender. Um. So, okay, 141 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: we got a lot to get to well, and we will. 142 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna save the news for the end of the show. 143 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 1: West is up to you to remind me, Um or 144 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: bring it up yourself. We are going to have a 145 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,960 Speaker 1: tweet up. We are our details to come. I tweeted 146 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: out the fact that we are going to have this 147 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: on Friday evening and I asked for bar recommendations, so 148 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 1: I expect to hear back from people soon. Very good. 149 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: So we'll talk about that at the end of the show. 150 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:30,960 Speaker 1: But let's before we get into the super Bowl. Let's 151 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: talk about the big news right now in the NFL, 152 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,280 Speaker 1: non super Bowl related, and it is Mondo news because 153 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: Alex Smith was traded from the Kansas City Chiefs, which 154 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: is a big movement itself because then of course clears 155 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: the path for Patrick Mahomes their second year passer or 156 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: will be a second year passer, and that also means 157 00:08:52,520 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 1: connect the dots. I was able to connect the dots, 158 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: by the way. Not everyone could do it, but Kark 159 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 1: Cousins won't be back in Washington, and that is huge. West. 160 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: You wrote a landing spots piece about where Cousins could 161 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: land and this is not completely unique because it happens 162 00:09:09,160 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: sometimes a quarterback that's young and or in his prime 163 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: hits the open market, but it doesn't happen much, and 164 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a big situation of the league. Yeah, 165 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:22,920 Speaker 1: there's never been a situation like this, quite like this 166 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: where the guy was franchise tag twice, holds all the leverage, 167 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:28,960 Speaker 1: is in the prime of his career, is in the 168 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: top six statistically over the last three years and just 169 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: about every major category, and until the Alex Smith trade, 170 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 1: the team didn't have a young backup or any other 171 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: option to go to go with. So it is a 172 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 1: bit unprecedented. But I sort of see this as not 173 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,160 Speaker 1: just who Kirk Cousins is gonna pick, but which of 174 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: the teams has that hunger and willingness to get into 175 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: a bidding more for him. We know the Vikings need 176 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 1: a quarterback, They've got some cheaper options. Uh, Are they 177 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: willing to go to thirty million dollars a year on 178 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. I don't know about that, but I do 179 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,320 Speaker 1: think the Jets and Broncos are willing to go that far. 180 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: Those are the logical teams to me, those two right 181 00:10:08,480 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 1: off the bat, But a lot of these teams sneak up. 182 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: People didn't really expect the Broncos to be in the 183 00:10:15,160 --> 00:10:18,880 Speaker 1: mix initially for Peyton Manning. The forty Niners would wound 184 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: up being in the mix for them. There haven't been 185 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,559 Speaker 1: guys like Kirk Cousins that have become available. The Cardinals 186 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:26,600 Speaker 1: are one team. I think it's going to be highly 187 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 1: motivated UH to get a quarterback and could maybe pitch 188 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins to go there. Broncos of any team have 189 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: had players come out of the woodwork starting three weeks 190 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: ago saying we want Kirk Cousins on this team. You 191 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: know by the way you you you share locker room 192 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: with three other quarterbacks. They don't care at all. They 193 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:48,280 Speaker 1: keep saying, over and over Von Miller, everyone else, We've 194 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: got to get this guy with us. C. J. Anderson 195 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:53,600 Speaker 1: was on NFL Network saying it yesterday, and Elway is 196 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 1: the one guy that when it came to the Peyton 197 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: Manning thing, the last biggest situation even close to this 198 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 1: that he had, I thought his to shining moment as 199 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: a GM, the gravitas to bring Manning to Denver. And 200 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 1: I think if you're Kirk Cousins, you have to look 201 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: at the Broncos and say, despite last season, you still 202 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,680 Speaker 1: have the defense in place there's still some there's enough 203 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: around you on offense where it would be a good 204 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 1: landing spot. I know you were talking about the Jets 205 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: a little bit, Dan, that makes some sense. I think 206 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: as a Jets and the Jets, for the third time 207 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: in like five years, have been locked in at the 208 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: number six pick, which is a weird spot in the strap. 209 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: It doesn't mean they could They couldn't still end up 210 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: with one of the top passers in this class, but 211 00:11:28,960 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: it's kind of a weird spot. So it's a situation 212 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:35,280 Speaker 1: where I don't view Kirk Cousins as a patch. I 213 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,559 Speaker 1: think he's a guy that could potentially be their quarterback 214 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: or wherever he goes, be a quarterback that plays at 215 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,319 Speaker 1: a potentially high level for five to seven more years. 216 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: So I feel like that's a real solution if you've 217 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 1: got Kirk Cousins, and then the Jets, who have plenty 218 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: of holes, can then use that six pick to take 219 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: the best available player or trade down and collect some 220 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: assets and go down that route. I think the Jets 221 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,080 Speaker 1: should obviously break out the war chest and make a 222 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: real push for him, and other than the Browns, um 223 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:06,240 Speaker 1: no one else has more money in this race. Than 224 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 1: the Jets, So I think that works. They almost all 225 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 1: have enough. I mean, it's you kind of everyone has 226 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,200 Speaker 1: enough to make him the highest paid player in the league. 227 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: It's kind of it's up to Cousins a little bit. 228 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: Does is the only thing that matters maximizing your money 229 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: that He's only no, I'm saying, is it, because if 230 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,960 Speaker 1: it is, he could get und million dollars guaranteed. It's 231 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: come out and said the most important thing to him 232 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: is the organization and stability and their commitment to him 233 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: as the guy. And I totally believe him. I think 234 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: if you look at if winning is most important, what 235 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: team jumps out as the forefront, it's Minnesota Vikings to me, 236 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: if they're willing to make that commitment and let the 237 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: other three guys slide, this is the best team set up. 238 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 1: This better than the Broncos set up to win. They 239 00:12:52,280 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: have cheap day of cheap labor on the outside, cheap 240 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: running back defense already set up the Broncos. They currently 241 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: have no offensive coordinator, so that would seem to me 242 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: to be an immense factor. Well, they they will have one, 243 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: certainly by the time Kirk Cousins is availing could be 244 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,319 Speaker 1: a first time guy with no experience. It could be 245 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: somebody who doesn't run kirk Cousins system, who knows his dad, 246 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: and it's it'll probably be in a in a sense, 247 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: it's almost like the money it'll matter. But he can 248 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: say he can pick the right organization because the baseline 249 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: is he's going to be the highest paid player in 250 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: the league. And at no point, as in my mind, 251 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,959 Speaker 1: has they've really been a top five quarterbacks. So he's 252 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,960 Speaker 1: really a guy that I mean, he's gonna max out people. 253 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,760 Speaker 1: And we'll get into Alex Smith side of things. I'm 254 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: sure people got all worked up about the Alex Smith contract. 255 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 1: It's like Alex Smith probably got in fully guaranteed money. 256 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: When we find out about it, maybe it's like a 257 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: it's basically a two year, fifty million dollar deal something 258 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: like that. Kirk Cousins might double that in terms of 259 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 1: guaranteed money. Wouldn't surprise me. If he has a you know, 260 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: a hundred million dollars fully guaranteed over the first four 261 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: years of his deal, it's gonna reset what Drew Brees 262 00:14:01,840 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: makes Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, I've I've said on this 263 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 1: podcast a long time the quarterbacks are dramatically underpaid compared 264 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: to the rest of the NFL workforce, and I think Cousins, 265 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: because of these tags, is going to help reshape that. 266 00:14:13,920 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: I think in your Winners and Losers post, you nailed 267 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: one of the losers. It's the Jaguars because what just 268 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 1: happened with Blake Bortles in this surgery and the option thing. 269 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: Had you plugged Kirk kirk Cousins, I think if you 270 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: looked around, you want organizational stability, they have it. You've 271 00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: got a team ready to compete for the Super Bowl. 272 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins plugged into the Jacksonville Jaguars would have made 273 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: them one of the more fascinating teams in a long 274 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: time in a f C. And it's not gonna happen. 275 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: And they had all the money to spend too, They 276 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: had all the cap space they love to spend. And 277 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: now Ian Rapp reports saying kind of they're planning on 278 00:14:44,080 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 1: Bordles being the guy. That's yeah, then they can claim 279 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 1: that that was their plan the whole time. But let's 280 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 1: be fair. I mean, the coaching staff was working working 281 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: around him the whole playoffs, and you can't is there 282 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: no way they could find a way to make it 283 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 1: work with Borders still involved with roster. There there's always 284 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: a chance. No one's really reported that his wrist won't 285 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: be healed by March mid March, so I don't know. 286 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 1: Different surgeries take a different timeline, And if if he 287 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: was healthy enough to pass a physical in mid March, 288 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: theoretically they could just decide not to pick up his 289 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,280 Speaker 1: option and they could go after It's a money thing, too, 290 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: couldn't they. They always find a way these teams. You 291 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 1: even if you had Bortles and Cousins on the roster 292 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: for one season, you're not making a long term commitment 293 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: to portals. It's a weird situation. Just doesn't seem like 294 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: it's going to happen to backload Cousins contracts so hard 295 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: that it might kill you later on. I don't think 296 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 1: the Jaguars have that much salary cap space as opposed 297 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: to right now. I also think that the Redskins took 298 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: way too much criticism. It felt like the conventional wisdom 299 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: after this trade was like, oh, they got they got crushed. 300 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: They just wiped the floor with the Redskins. And I 301 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: looked at it and I saw the value that they 302 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: gave up a third round pick and a really good 303 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: young cornerback and Kendall Fuller, and I thought, well, that 304 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: sounds about right. They're getting They're getting a good starting 305 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: quarterback in Alex Smith. We said on this podcast, I said, 306 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,840 Speaker 1: I think they'll probably get about the same as that 307 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: the Chiefs gave up for Alex Smith five years ago, 308 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: which was two second round picks. That's essentially the value 309 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 1: they gave up. And I think when you see the 310 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 1: details in the contract, it will be a two year deal. 311 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 1: There was two real franchise quarterbacks are at least solid 312 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:29,520 Speaker 1: starting quarterbacks available this offseason. There was at least seven 313 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 1: teams looking for quarterbacks, and the Redskins just made sure 314 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 1: they got one of those two quarterbacks. It just wasn't 315 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 1: because of very tedious twelve hours on Twitter, because everyone 316 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: with their intense Kendall Fuller hot tics. I get it 317 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: is a good player, but otherwise you have Kendall Fuller 318 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: and you have Cult McCoy as your quarterback or your 319 00:16:46,280 --> 00:16:48,800 Speaker 1: J Gruden, and you're that in battled front office and 320 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: you and you risk your entire future on maybe drafting 321 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: someone and you don't know if that's gonna work out. 322 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 1: You get Alex Smith, you know what you're gonna get 323 00:16:56,560 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 1: with Alex Smith. Everyone's there's that job security. You found 324 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: a good order back and you've lost a good cornerback. 325 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: I I for me, that's a fair trade off people 326 00:17:04,760 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: who are going nuts in the opposite direction. The criticism 327 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 1: is for what everything the Redskins did the past few 328 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: years to get to this that's different, which but I 329 00:17:14,040 --> 00:17:15,639 Speaker 1: think they did a nice job of getting out of 330 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: that corner. The problem. The problem is he's set up 331 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 1: to fail there because he's coming after Cousins, and I 332 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: think the team, the defense, they have a lot of issues, 333 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: and he's gonna and he's gonna end up getting blamed 334 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: for it. I think, like, for instance, if Cousins goes 335 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: to the Jets or a lot of other teams, If 336 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins went to the Jets and he just played 337 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: about how Kirk Cousins plays like, I think eventually everyone's 338 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: gonna hate Kirk Cousins because that's not going to be 339 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: good enough to necessarily lift the Jets to some like 340 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: higher level in general, and I think I think be 341 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: the most underappreciated player in putball the last few years 342 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:53,119 Speaker 1: and with Alex Smith, in which he's shown improvement every 343 00:17:53,119 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: single step along the way and has numbers passer rating 344 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: and adjusting yours per attempt higher than Air and Rodgers. 345 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: And here we're saying people with nobody will appreciate him 346 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 1: with the Jet the Jets. Jets fans would love Kirk Cousins. 347 00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: All they want is someone competent. They really haven't had 348 00:18:09,680 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: a competent player since bred Ars first half of the 349 00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: season and then Chad Pennington's like two thousand two season. 350 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,200 Speaker 1: It's been more or less garbage throwing Josh McCown last year, 351 00:18:19,200 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: if you want to get too excited, or Fitzpatrick. But 352 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:24,360 Speaker 1: if you gave me a younger guy that you could 353 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 1: build around, and then that they can actually start building 354 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 1: towards something once they get the quarterback stabilize, which problem 355 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: I guess I see these two quarterbacks as you you 356 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 1: still need to have a lot of support in terms 357 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: of the coaching staff and the roster. And that's you know, 358 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: that's one reason why Kirk Cousins is Redskins have been 359 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,040 Speaker 1: very mediocre the last two years because the rest of 360 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: the team around him, whether it's the defense or the 361 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:49,040 Speaker 1: offensive line, has struggled Alex Smith. People have hated over 362 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 1: the years, but this year he had a great Pro 363 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: Bowl season. They maximized his skills because I think the 364 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: coaching and the rest of the team around him was 365 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: so good. But my point to play Devil's advocate is 366 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: the Redskin aren't better today than they were yesterday. They 367 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 1: saved money, yes, and they got a good band aid. 368 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: They got a brand band aid for two years, maybe three, 369 00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: but that's it. They have no where's the future quarterback? 370 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 1: They're not gonna probably get them where they're sitting in 371 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: the draft this year. I mean, would they have been 372 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,200 Speaker 1: better just going with something and just tanking and trying 373 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: to get a high pick, not if j Gourd wants 374 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: to keep his job. Just just in terms of like 375 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:27,359 Speaker 1: the Actcy department, band aid is a name brand. I 376 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 1: was doubling down on name brand. So it's a name brand, 377 00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: name brand, Yes, exactly, the good brand, name brand, name brand. 378 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: Watchdog action by you, thank you. What's to stop the 379 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: Redskins from going the Eagles route where you invest in 380 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 1: multiple quarterbacks in the same off offseason. You can still 381 00:19:44,760 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: draft it like a Josh Allen or a Baker Mayfield. 382 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,840 Speaker 1: But do you trust this front office to get it round, 383 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 1: because I don't. I don't trust the Redskins to make 384 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,240 Speaker 1: the right decisions to make Alex Smith look better. But 385 00:19:53,280 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: I do expect Alex Smith to be in the exact 386 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: same situation where he's quote unquote helping a young quarterback. 387 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 1: Cause I would expect the Redskins the draft the quarterback 388 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: this year. If not this year, the next, we can 389 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: kill them only one. If they lose Kirk Cousins what 390 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:07,879 Speaker 1: they were gonna do and they don't get Alex Smith 391 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 1: and then they go and they bust out on someone 392 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: else in the draft, They're they're all gonna get fired, 393 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: all right, So there you go. We'll be talking about 394 00:20:14,359 --> 00:20:17,120 Speaker 1: the situation as it plays out. It's gonna be fun. 395 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 1: Puts a lot of juice into free agency, obviously, and 396 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:24,439 Speaker 1: where how the dominoes fall um, But we gotta move on. 397 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: Next up, I want to take a little bit of housekeeping. 398 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: Then you get a chance to do at the beginning 399 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: of the show, our TJ. A. Friday t G. I Fridays. 400 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 1: Of course, there's a bar, a very workman like, efficient 401 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: solid TJ. Friday's is on the grounds here at our 402 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: hotel and we set the over under adjusted it UH 403 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 1: to add Colleen, which I wasn't really a big big 404 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: on it because I had a feeling she was never 405 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: gonna be here again. But we we jumped it up 406 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: to one oh seven and a half based on Colleen, 407 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,159 Speaker 1: and she'll never set foot in this place. She's can 408 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,239 Speaker 1: I hit her quota. So I have been tracking it, 409 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: as I told you, Every drink has been tracked UM 410 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: and were we might be in a little bit of trouble. 411 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:12,680 Speaker 1: We'll see. But we are sitting at an even fifty 412 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:18,159 Speaker 1: fifty drinks at Friday's heading into the weekend, so we 413 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 1: have to get We have to drink more than double 414 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: that um for the rest of the got third dual count? 415 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,200 Speaker 1: Do you got Thursday, Friday's, Saturday. I mean, that's that's 416 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:31,200 Speaker 1: the heart of we You speak up, Greg, You've you've 417 00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: essentially been on injured reserve during this quest. You haven't 418 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,479 Speaker 1: had You've had not one drink the entire it's been 419 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: a little on the right side. I've pretty much yeah, 420 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,159 Speaker 1: I've pretty much cut out drinking more or less. You know, 421 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:47,119 Speaker 1: I've got other things to help me relax, what like 422 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,360 Speaker 1: what you know, what I loving family. Well you are. 423 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,919 Speaker 1: You are a much better person than the rest of us. 424 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: Had to drink at dinner last night, we just did 425 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,679 Speaker 1: weren't at you know t g I Friday's. Yeah, we 426 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: had dinner with the Sky Sports folks. That was very nice, 427 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 1: very nice of Alex Mason, of course, Neil and everybody 428 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: over there, and uh, we love our little overseas partnership. 429 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: They picked up the bill too, so that was a 430 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 1: massive thank you essential that they did that in the meal. 431 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: I mean, like I I'm not sure that I got 432 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: the full experience. Incredible salve over They would come around 433 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,639 Speaker 1: to the table and just like shave meat off onto 434 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: your guys plates. I noticed that could not have been cheap. 435 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:25,359 Speaker 1: We're living like Genghis Khan for a night, but it 436 00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: really was had had an ancient feel to it. It 437 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 1: feels like um in mad Men, which I'm rewatching. I've 438 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: been watching it late at night in the Hotel Um 439 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: season two, when Putnam, Powell and Low the UK firm 440 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: bought out um Sterling Cooper. It feels like this type 441 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: of power shift is happening in Sky might soon make 442 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 1: a play just for us in general, and the NFL 443 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 1: media is going to have to decide how they want 444 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,760 Speaker 1: to make it happen. You might be right, um all 445 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: right now a word from our sponsors. Just for a man, 446 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,520 Speaker 1: and oh yeah we're men, we're dudes. Yeah, we like 447 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: to hang out, We play hard, and we also work hard. 448 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:11,480 Speaker 1: Sometimes because of that stress, you start to go Greg 449 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: the old juicers going Gray, Patrick's got some coming in, 450 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:19,600 Speaker 1: Wes got in the beard mark, You got a touch 451 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: of it yourself, a little bit on the side. It 452 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: looks like he's okay right now and it's keeping you young. 453 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,679 Speaker 1: But for the rest of us, we need it. 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I 472 00:24:43,680 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: went to a party last night, super Bowl party, and 473 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: I woke up this morning with a realization that at 474 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: this stage of my life, um effective, at the end 475 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 1: of this weekend, I'm going to retire from super Bowl parts. 476 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:11,439 Speaker 1: All right, let's take some from I mean, this was 477 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: sort of your go to this is the reason we 478 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:17,240 Speaker 1: bring you to super Bowl. Why would you suddenly one 479 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 1: of the reasons. What's what would you? Why would you 480 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,720 Speaker 1: be deep six in the party scene? I just just 481 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 1: felt like the right time. I think for every man, 482 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 1: there comes a time when you realize that your numbers 483 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:29,360 Speaker 1: being called and I don't want to be the guy 484 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 1: that hangs around too long. I'd rather get out before 485 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,679 Speaker 1: it gets ugly. So I'm I'm stepping I'm stepping away. 486 00:25:37,359 --> 00:25:41,919 Speaker 1: Who else got a question? Was there a specific incident 487 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,119 Speaker 1: last night that led to this exactly what I was 488 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 1: this epiphany? I can't I don't want to say that 489 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,399 Speaker 1: that there was a specific incident that has led to 490 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: this decision, which means there was, but there there was 491 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: something Henry who was about to ask if Henry was 492 00:25:56,800 --> 00:26:00,600 Speaker 1: by your side when this incident happened. We might there's 493 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: two a t N insider sources that may already know 494 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:07,360 Speaker 1: this story, Henry and I. Um, there was an incident. 495 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,520 Speaker 1: Colleen was with us as well, um, and I don't 496 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: want to share the incident. Sometimes when you have great 497 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: information that to keep it in because you don't want 498 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 1: to hurt people. But yeah, it was the general there 499 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,399 Speaker 1: there was an incident at this party that was a 500 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: reminder is like, why like this velvet rope? Why do 501 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:28,640 Speaker 1: I really even care whether I'm on the other side 502 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:30,359 Speaker 1: of this velvet rope. I don't want to be on 503 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:32,080 Speaker 1: the other side of the velvet rope. I like this 504 00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:35,280 Speaker 1: side of the velvet rope. Um, And that's that's one 505 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 1: of the reasons why. But yeah, there was an incident. 506 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: I think let me ask you, do you feel it? You? Mark? 507 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: I mean, just the follow up, like is this some 508 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,879 Speaker 1: sort of you know, Gregg's talked about evolving out of 509 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 1: any sort of human vice. He's now reached sort of 510 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: a man god like status and his human are called 511 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 1: Are you? Are you Dan? Have you evolved in some way? 512 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:01,360 Speaker 1: You don't seek status out at this point? You don't 513 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: care about the party scene. What's why do you not 514 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,359 Speaker 1: long to hang with whoever these people were that you were? 515 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 1: Why did you go there in the first place and 516 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: then decide not? For me? I think it's maturity. Definitely, 517 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 1: something happened. We're going to get to the bottom. But 518 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,840 Speaker 1: the question why why was he even hanging on so long? 519 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: This is an analysis? You got it. You have a question. 520 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,920 Speaker 1: You want to frame that in the form of a question. Okay, gret, 521 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 1: why did you hang on as long as you did? 522 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,479 Speaker 1: A good question? Um. For a for a period of 523 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 1: a few years for NFL media, I was tagged with 524 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: the label of being the party beat guy. I think 525 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,239 Speaker 1: I created the label and and for a little bit 526 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: there it was a good gig. But I think a 527 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:47,240 Speaker 1: bigger takeaway from me, beyond any specific incident, was every 528 00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:50,680 Speaker 1: Super Bowl party is exactly the same, exactly so at 529 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 1: a certain point it's like, Oh, I'm gonna write I'm 530 00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: gonna go to these parties, then right about them, and 531 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: then they were all the same. It was basically a 532 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:01,199 Speaker 1: Chris Westling hellscape whereas a lot of people loud music, 533 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,480 Speaker 1: an open bar that's it's impossible to get to, and 534 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 1: there's some pretty ladies at these parties. Sure, but daddy's 535 00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 1: got a ring on, So what does that do for me? Ultimately, 536 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:14,080 Speaker 1: everybody's there just to be seen and increase their status 537 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,879 Speaker 1: level and get drunk for free. If you're at the 538 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: right parties, you're not paying, but that comes with the cost. 539 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: In a dark pre around the NFL time when I 540 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 1: was coming to these Super Bowls, essentially, you know, by myself, 541 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 1: I I hustled hard with you know, the producers that 542 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: I was working with to try to go to these things. 543 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: You're after you're the Madden party that there used to 544 00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:38,160 Speaker 1: be a great Maxim party where they'd shuttle you out 545 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 1: and you're in the middle of range and yeah, it 546 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,520 Speaker 1: took me about two or three years of that to 547 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: realize what am I doing? I am the last person 548 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 1: the end of most of these You're on you're on 549 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:50,479 Speaker 1: a quest almost with the party thing. But you get 550 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,120 Speaker 1: to the end of almost any one of these things 551 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 1: and there's nothing but emptiness, And I think maybe you've 552 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 1: hit the emptiness things. So you're not gonna just scale 553 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: it back. It's a full reject of the entire concept 554 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: you've moved to the hold different direct doesn't mean you 555 00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: can't have fun. Last one, Oh, lindsay, is it true 556 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 1: that you're retiring from super Bowl parties because you are 557 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: no longer receiving invitations to say? Man hey, hard questions? 558 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 1: Very rarely. That is a part of it as well, 559 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,240 Speaker 1: Very rarely do you um get invitations if you're like 560 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 1: a podcast host, if you're higher up, maybe people reach out. 561 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: But also that was part of my duties of super 562 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:34,240 Speaker 1: Bowl week, was to basically pitch covering these parties, which 563 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,840 Speaker 1: costs a lot of money to get into if you're 564 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: an out of towner. So no, I never was invited 565 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,200 Speaker 1: to them, but it was part of my work. Okay, 566 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: last one, last one? Wait, okay, last one. In the 567 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:51,760 Speaker 1: realm of these working trip U celebrations in Galas, the 568 00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: opposite of the super Bowl party would be the less 569 00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: I'm working up to stay with you, the lesbian bar 570 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: next of the Combine in Indianapolis that that we went to. 571 00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 1: Will you still be doing fun like little dive bars 572 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: with Mark and I and Patra and sometimes Greg who 573 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: won the Joan Osbon Award? Oh, we still be doing 574 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: that kind of stuff? Is the Joan Osward Hornward go 575 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,880 Speaker 1: to the person that doesn't drink? It is that? It was? 576 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,560 Speaker 1: It was the award for the designated driver. It was 577 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 1: the award for the person who when everyone had to 578 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,040 Speaker 1: guess what song this not this cover band was going 579 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 1: to play over that night, somehow guessed that Joan Osborne 580 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,719 Speaker 1: what if God was one of us one song before 581 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,479 Speaker 1: they played it will Never be topped. That's pretty good. 582 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,479 Speaker 1: All right, thanks guys, I gotta go answer the question. 583 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 1: You know the answer, wes. I like, and I like 584 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,719 Speaker 1: small gatherings of people. I know perfect. I'm really excited 585 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,440 Speaker 1: about the tweet up. All right, all right, let's get 586 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 1: into its Super Bowl fifty two preview. Ah, we're here 587 00:30:55,480 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: the extravaganza, Patriots against Eagles. The people on the desert. 588 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 1: Greg still believe the Patriots will be victors, but there 589 00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: may be less confident than they were last week. This time. Well, 590 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: I think that reflects that America a lot of people 591 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,720 Speaker 1: are liking the Eagles as under ducks that they'd not 592 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 1: maybe they'll win, or certainly that they'll keep it close. 593 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,120 Speaker 1: It's certain it because of the way the NFC Championship 594 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: game played out. I think there's a lot of Eagles heat. Yeah, 595 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: And I think maybe a good way to get into 596 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: this discussion, and we'll start with the scientists who are 597 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: sharing a a tan leather couch, but it looks like 598 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 1: it could be pleather. It does look pleather. It's kind 599 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: of the type of couch that if you were a 600 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 1: serial killer, you would purchase it because it would be 601 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 1: easy to clean up like brain matter and blood and 602 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: other types of Oh I thought you say replaced the 603 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 1: pleather with like human skin. Sometimes you gotta put yourself 604 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,720 Speaker 1: in the head of a serial times sometimes you do. West, 605 00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:01,120 Speaker 1: I mean the scientists, Greg and West. You guys have 606 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: said in the last few shows that you think the Eagles, 607 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, take out the quarterback position, 608 00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: are the better team on both sides of the ball. 609 00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: Do you think not enough people are really giving the 610 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 1: Eagles credit for being loaded? I do. I think they 611 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,959 Speaker 1: are the They've been the strongest team in the NFL 612 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: all year, the most well balanced team, a very well 613 00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: coached team, mentally tough, no question. They have a better 614 00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: defense than the Patriots, and the offensive line is better 615 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: than the Patriots offensive line. That said, the Patriots offense 616 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,080 Speaker 1: is better in large part because they have Tom Brady 617 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: and Rob Gronkowski and Josh McDaniels. I mean, it's a 618 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,240 Speaker 1: complete team. What's the weakness of the Eagles. I mean, 619 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,640 Speaker 1: I would I guess I would throw that out right, 620 00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: So that's that's the that's a weakness. But they've covered 621 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 1: up for very well with all the other strength. You know, 622 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: someone It's been said before. Basically any NFL quarterback can 623 00:32:57,600 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: hit passes if he's protected. I mean, and it's really 624 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: not and and it's certainly if they're they're playing with 625 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 1: a talented play caller with talented players around him. I 626 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 1: think if Nick Foles is protected like he has been 627 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: in the last two games, I I really don't think 628 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: he's gonna be what wins or loses this game. Now, 629 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,720 Speaker 1: maybe Carson Wentz would have been what won this them 630 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: this game, and you and you're certainly missing that. But 631 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna get in the way and 632 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 1: what the Eagles do well, spread out, get quick passes, 633 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,960 Speaker 1: those RPOs. We always talk about, that's what it hurts 634 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 1: the Patriots, and that's what they have trouble stopping. They 635 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 1: were like fifth, I think fifth most yards on r 636 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:36,960 Speaker 1: PO defense this year, and you get getting the ball 637 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: out of quick of Nick Foles's hand. I think that 638 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: they can do some damage in the passing game, and 639 00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 1: I think Doug Peterson's gonna throw it fifty times, and 640 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: I think that's the way to beat them. I think 641 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:48,880 Speaker 1: the point you just made a good one. And it's 642 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 1: the same thing that that I remember thinking after the 643 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,680 Speaker 1: Falcons game was like when Troy Aikman put r P 644 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: O and everyone's radar forever and it was like that 645 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:01,120 Speaker 1: got him come through, rolling into the flow of the game, 646 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,680 Speaker 1: Nick foulcany and he was able to make plays. Uh 647 00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 1: Nick falls excuse me? And um then I thought, oh, well, 648 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,440 Speaker 1: then Mike Zimmer and the Vikings, given a week to prepare, 649 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 1: will take it away and we'll and and get Folds 650 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:15,360 Speaker 1: completely lost at sea. And then he had one of 651 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,160 Speaker 1: the best games of his life or the best game 652 00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,480 Speaker 1: of his life. So to then assume then I know 653 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: it's it's Belichick. But to assume, oh, well he now 654 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 1: Belichick gets two weeks to to f forgot how to 655 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:26,960 Speaker 1: way to flammix this guy in this offense is now 656 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: comfortable in maybe they just don't have the personnel the 657 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: Patriots to stop it, and the stats backing up their 658 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,280 Speaker 1: struggles against RPO support that between This is the closest 659 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 1: fac simile to what the Chiefs offense that ran early 660 00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:41,240 Speaker 1: in the season that destroyed the Patriots defense that granted 661 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:42,759 Speaker 1: wasn't playing as well as they have at the end 662 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 1: of the year, but this is the closest comparison we're 663 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:47,240 Speaker 1: going to see on the field. I think the Eagles 664 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 1: offense is so interesting because if you're Belichick, you've made 665 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,360 Speaker 1: a bit of a cottage industry out of taking away 666 00:34:53,840 --> 00:34:56,320 Speaker 1: the primary fet threat each week, no matter who it is, 667 00:34:56,440 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: it's you know, you go back to the earliest Super 668 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,640 Speaker 1: Bowl they had against the Rims, where they went in 669 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,279 Speaker 1: saying we're gonna remove Marshall Folk from this game plan 670 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 1: at the risk of Kurt Warner potentially blowing up through 671 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,920 Speaker 1: the air. You look at the Eagles. They don't have 672 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 1: that one obvious star player to take away. They have 673 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: a they kind of remind me a little bit of 674 00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:15,719 Speaker 1: New England in the sense that they can spread the 675 00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,200 Speaker 1: ball out to a lot of different people. They have 676 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:21,000 Speaker 1: multiple backs, and I I think for New England, you 677 00:35:21,120 --> 00:35:23,040 Speaker 1: have to prevent Philly from doing what it did over 678 00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:25,880 Speaker 1: the last two games. Last two playoff games, they had 679 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,919 Speaker 1: three long drives in the second half of both games 680 00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,000 Speaker 1: where they shoot up the clock that kept the ball 681 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: out of the hands of the Falcons, out of the 682 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,400 Speaker 1: hands of the Vikings. And if you can do that 683 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:37,720 Speaker 1: to New England and put a little pressure on Brady 684 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 1: up the middle, which I know at this point has 685 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:41,840 Speaker 1: been beaten into a dead horse. We get it interior 686 00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 1: pressure from this deep line of the Eagles, but all 687 00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: that together you would have a chance to be in 688 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:47,800 Speaker 1: this game in the very end. I do think this 689 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 1: game goes right down to the and that's that's what 690 00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: the Patriots defense allows as long drives. That's kind of you, Ben, 691 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,120 Speaker 1: but don't break give up field goals, not touchdowns, and 692 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: and that's where you could end up with a game 693 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 1: that doesn't have a ton of possessions and maybe isn't 694 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:04,239 Speaker 1: as high scoring as I've been predicting, just because the 695 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 1: Eagles have the ball so long, and You're right, it's 696 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,840 Speaker 1: hard to know who exactly in theory that they're taking me. 697 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: I think it'll be pretty tough to run on the Patriots, 698 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,440 Speaker 1: just because I think they're talented and generally they're a 699 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 1: tough team to run against. I do look at Nelson 700 00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:20,400 Speaker 1: Aghil as someone I think the Patriots are gonna have 701 00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: a hard time defending. Like, who who is on Nelson 702 00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:25,840 Speaker 1: Agil in the slot? If it's Eric Rowe and he 703 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,600 Speaker 1: he just does not have the flexibility I think to 704 00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: cover him. But I'm not really sure who it is, 705 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: because they do they do not move Gilmore or Butler. 706 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,920 Speaker 1: He suggested they might move to the slot in this 707 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,160 Speaker 1: game just because that might be the best matchup, even 708 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: though he's been burned this year as well. I mean, 709 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,399 Speaker 1: this guy has Mark referenced, came up with the game 710 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,319 Speaker 1: plan to stop the Greatest Show on turf Ram came 711 00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:51,160 Speaker 1: up with the game plan to stop Jim Kelly and 712 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 1: Thurman Thomas. I don't know that we gotta think so 713 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 1: hard about Nick Foles and Nelson Agilar here. That's fair. 714 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,759 Speaker 1: That's fair, I think, and it's true, and there's no 715 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,879 Speaker 1: reason you should ever sell Belichicks great in as short, 716 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,840 Speaker 1: but like everyone thought, the Vikings were gonna throttle Nick Foles, 717 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 1: and that was and what he did. I picked the Eagles. 718 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,480 Speaker 1: I locked it up, but you guys didn't allow it 719 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,239 Speaker 1: double lock up. Don't think I forgot what to your point, 720 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,080 Speaker 1: people have been waiting for the Nick Foles implosion game 721 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 1: and it hasn't happen. And we all love the Vikings 722 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,200 Speaker 1: defense and they figured that out. I guess what I'm saying. 723 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 1: It wouldn't shock me if he played well again against 724 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:31,920 Speaker 1: the Patriot. I think he was going to play well. 725 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,560 Speaker 1: I the one takeaway from being like on the scene 726 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 1: with them today and you know media night as well, 727 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,359 Speaker 1: that the Eagles are not some sort of naive group 728 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:41,919 Speaker 1: that has no idea what to do in this spot. 729 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:44,560 Speaker 1: They seem completely collected and calm as a team. And 730 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,200 Speaker 1: I think they're extremely well coached on offense. And I 731 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,359 Speaker 1: don't think the Nick Foles performance over the last two 732 00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: weeks is some roll of the dice fluke. I don't 733 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,160 Speaker 1: think he's extremely talented quarterback, but they've coached him and 734 00:37:56,239 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 1: put him in the right system to succeed. Last couple 735 00:37:58,280 --> 00:37:59,719 Speaker 1: of weeks I feel like every year we have this 736 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: conversation near the end of the week, and not you specifically, 737 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,919 Speaker 1: but it's like it comes up this team. You could 738 00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:10,120 Speaker 1: tell they're really comfortable and competents, Like aren't they always 739 00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,120 Speaker 1: gonna seem that way? Every team seems confident, and then 740 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:14,840 Speaker 1: we seem to always talk about that is like a 741 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 1: reason why potentially they're gonna play well. They're they're gonna 742 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,200 Speaker 1: look fine going into the game, and they're not gonna 743 00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:22,759 Speaker 1: be panicker. I think. Let mean one counterpoint, when when 744 00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:26,040 Speaker 1: the Broncos had at the heights of their offensive power 745 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,840 Speaker 1: going against the Seahawks team that had not been in 746 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,879 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl before, and Seattle from Wednesday on said, 747 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna get to Peyton Manning. We're completely confident, we're 748 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,640 Speaker 1: gonna blow them up. We're gonna make this really tough 749 00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 1: on Peyton man It's like, you can say all that 750 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: and they seemed extremely competent, but then it absolutely they 751 00:38:40,120 --> 00:38:41,879 Speaker 1: had a game plan, they believed in they and within 752 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 1: ten minutes of that game starting, you knew it was correct. 753 00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,960 Speaker 1: I think the Eagles are underrated for how they are 754 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,520 Speaker 1: a veteran team. This is not necessarily a young team. So, yeah, 755 00:38:51,520 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 1: they haven't been to the Super Bowl, but these are 756 00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:58,120 Speaker 1: guys who are are intelligent and they've been around the 757 00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:02,320 Speaker 1: NFL for a long time, you know, Brandon Graham, Fletcher Cox, Alson, 758 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,520 Speaker 1: Jeffrey Tory Smith. It's like their entire offense by there's cohesion, 759 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,480 Speaker 1: and I guess it's a unique matchup and the Falcons 760 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,840 Speaker 1: were similar in some ways coaching, but they are a 761 00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,759 Speaker 1: coaching staff that I trust can adjust during the game, 762 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,799 Speaker 1: both Jim Schwartz and Peterson. So it's gonna be kind 763 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,280 Speaker 1: of fascinating to see the two coaching staffs trying to adjust, 764 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:21,400 Speaker 1: and they have the players who are smart enough, like 765 00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,839 Speaker 1: a Malcolm Jenkins on the Eagle side and then Devin 766 00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:27,040 Speaker 1: mccordy on the Patriots side, who can help execute those 767 00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:29,800 Speaker 1: sort of adjustments during the game. It's amazing to the 768 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:34,360 Speaker 1: extent that the most recent game always is an eclipse, 769 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,880 Speaker 1: which clouds out everything else that happened, and nobody talks 770 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,920 Speaker 1: about the fact that the four or five previous games 771 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:44,440 Speaker 1: to the NFC Championship Game, the Eagles had the worst 772 00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,279 Speaker 1: offense in the NFL and the fewest big plays of 773 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,400 Speaker 1: any offense in the NFL. During that stretch. That's a factor. 774 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,600 Speaker 1: You can't just assume just because they blew out the Vikings, 775 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: there this unstoppable juggernaut now that the Patriots are gonna 776 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,000 Speaker 1: struggle to guard. I I agree, but I think they're 777 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,799 Speaker 1: They were an effective offense against the Alkins. I really, 778 00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:07,200 Speaker 1: I really do. And second half I do three field 779 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:10,040 Speaker 1: goal drives, a three thirty yards on eight drives, just 780 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,440 Speaker 1: the way that that get And like the Patriots, they 781 00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,360 Speaker 1: can play different sorts of games. You're right, it's not 782 00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:19,600 Speaker 1: an unbelievable it's offense. When Carrie Collins and the Giants 783 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,560 Speaker 1: blew out the Vikings in the NFC title game to 784 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,760 Speaker 1: go on and play a Ravens team with an excellent, 785 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,640 Speaker 1: you know, veteran cast on defense and the Giants did 786 00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:29,520 Speaker 1: not look very good the next week at all. But 787 00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:31,640 Speaker 1: I I don't. I also think, is there any chance 788 00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:35,080 Speaker 1: it's not an argument for Nick Foles, the pure quarterback 789 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:38,520 Speaker 1: talents of Nick Foles that after weeks of coaching and 790 00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 1: weeks of being in the system they figure out how 791 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:41,799 Speaker 1: to use and that things have gotten a little better 792 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,239 Speaker 1: for him. It's like he I just don't think it 793 00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,520 Speaker 1: was an utter fluke. What happened against the Rings. I mean, 794 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:49,759 Speaker 1: to me, the more fast, the more interesting matchup is 795 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 1: when the Patriots have the ball, because I do think 796 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,840 Speaker 1: that the Eagles defensive line is even more talented than 797 00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:58,440 Speaker 1: the Jaguars team they just played. It's a really great defense. 798 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,800 Speaker 1: But the logic that the Eagles have the most talented 799 00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:04,200 Speaker 1: roster and then the Patriots are kind of Brady and Belichick, 800 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:07,160 Speaker 1: I get that, But the Patriots have a very talented roster. 801 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:09,359 Speaker 1: I mean, Brandon Cooks about as talented as any wide 802 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,840 Speaker 1: receiver they've had since Randy Moss. He's a great player. 803 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,800 Speaker 1: Hogan and man Amndla are talented, Gronk is talented, Brady 804 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:18,279 Speaker 1: and and just the four or three running backs that 805 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:21,400 Speaker 1: they can use in different ways. The way the Patriots 806 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,600 Speaker 1: can win this game is by getting up early and 807 00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:28,320 Speaker 1: continuing to throw. And and it wouldn't it wouldn't shock 808 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,120 Speaker 1: me if Tom Brady. Of course, it wouldn't shock me 809 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,280 Speaker 1: if Tom Brady plays outstanding and the Eagles just cannot 810 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:34,879 Speaker 1: keep up. And I think this is a game where 811 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna see Dion Lewis and James White catching the 812 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,080 Speaker 1: ball out of the backfield against Eagles linebackers in space, 813 00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,200 Speaker 1: and I think that's where that Tom Brady is gonna 814 00:41:42,239 --> 00:41:46,239 Speaker 1: dice them up that way. Could have a huge game 815 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,760 Speaker 1: here too. I mean, wait, they this Eagles defense, Beyond 816 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 1: the front seven, you can make plays against the secondary. Yeah, 817 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,839 Speaker 1: they are one of the worst teams. I believe they 818 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: rank last in defending yards after the catch, So you 819 00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: might see a lot of short, quick crossing routes, slants, 820 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,960 Speaker 1: bubble screens, that kind of thing. And you would expect 821 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,439 Speaker 1: a lot of short drops for Brady in this game, 822 00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,520 Speaker 1: just because they're not going to be overly confident. I 823 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 1: think that they can protect them. That reminds me of 824 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,920 Speaker 1: what the Patriots did to the Titans. Once they started 825 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 1: getting rolling, they just started carving them up underneath, and 826 00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,359 Speaker 1: it was just there was it was just one cut 827 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:25,600 Speaker 1: after another until it was it's tough for you to watch. 828 00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,560 Speaker 1: I want to be as far away from Dan in 829 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:30,040 Speaker 1: the press box as possible. That's mine, because you know 830 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,960 Speaker 1: what you've got watched the last couple of years were Dan. 831 00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 1: It almost almost like in a dark magic spell that 832 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:38,920 Speaker 1: you put on them, was like eighty feet away from us. 833 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 1: Like every during every one of these Patriots Super Bowl 834 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,400 Speaker 1: this time, you're gonna be sitting You're gonna have you 835 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:52,480 Speaker 1: sit in his lap that I'm sitting next to you. Uh, 836 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: I know it's kind of a house money game because 837 00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,399 Speaker 1: it's like, obviously the Patriots the favorites, gonna win the game, 838 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:01,040 Speaker 1: and the Eagles win house money for you. I mean, 839 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,279 Speaker 1: you could certainly argue it's a house money game for Yeah, 840 00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,920 Speaker 1: the Patriots with the five Super Bowls they've already won. 841 00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:12,240 Speaker 1: I'm sure they don't look at it. Hashtag not done, Greg, 842 00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,400 Speaker 1: not done, not done. I can't wait until we hear 843 00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:18,560 Speaker 1: that on the Patriots square or whatever they call it. 844 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:25,839 Speaker 1: There is no dash. That's the worst chance in the Yeah. 845 00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,960 Speaker 1: I love Bill, but what else? I call him? What else? Patrick? 846 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: What are you? What are you seeing in this game 847 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,880 Speaker 1: that maybe could um, you know, decisively decide what happens, 848 00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:40,959 Speaker 1: decisively decide. I don't know. I don't think it's gonna 849 00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:45,200 Speaker 1: be decisive. I don't think I don't think it's gonna 850 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,080 Speaker 1: be decisive. I think I think the Eagles have a 851 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,080 Speaker 1: good enough defense they're going to keep it close. M 852 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,120 Speaker 1: that's it. That's all I'm gonna say that all the 853 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,279 Speaker 1: field of a team, they're about to get routed on 854 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,520 Speaker 1: that side of the ball. But yeah, it's I find 855 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,839 Speaker 1: it one of the more mysterious super Bowl to walk 856 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,719 Speaker 1: into with like a real clear picture of what's going 857 00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: to happen. I just do because I think the Eagles. 858 00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,960 Speaker 1: We've thought we had the Eagles figured out for a 859 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:11,600 Speaker 1: month straight and they've completely baffled us over the last 860 00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,360 Speaker 1: fourteen days. I mean, I know, you locked up the 861 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 1: last game, but I locked them up the week before. 862 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,200 Speaker 1: I didn't do that with any confidence that I know that. 863 00:44:18,320 --> 00:44:23,840 Speaker 1: The way that they beat the Vikings makes you feel 864 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,440 Speaker 1: like they can pull it off because that's them at 865 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:31,640 Speaker 1: full flight without Carson Wentz and if they play with 866 00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,080 Speaker 1: that at that type of level, just like the Vikings 867 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:35,799 Speaker 1: got blown out. I'm not saying the Patriots will ever 868 00:44:35,800 --> 00:44:37,800 Speaker 1: get blown out in the Super Bowl, but that I 869 00:44:38,160 --> 00:44:40,520 Speaker 1: think that they need to do that. Nick Foles needs 870 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,239 Speaker 1: to be close to that guy, you know. I mean 871 00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,160 Speaker 1: the fact that what did he go four for five 872 00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:47,560 Speaker 1: on passes more than twenty yards in the air and 873 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,360 Speaker 1: the only one of which was on the run. That 874 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:51,719 Speaker 1: was the moment it was like, all right, Nick, he 875 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,759 Speaker 1: doesn't need to be that way. And to West's point. 876 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: The four games before that he completed one such pass 877 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,759 Speaker 1: of twenty yards of the air. So it was a 878 00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,800 Speaker 1: different guy. If you want to talk yourself into the Eagles, 879 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,399 Speaker 1: like keeping the magic going, you know, it's a flip 880 00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:05,920 Speaker 1: of the coin, and you're either going to get the 881 00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:08,040 Speaker 1: guy from the fourth first four weeks or you're gonna 882 00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:10,840 Speaker 1: get the NFC title game guy. And that to me 883 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,319 Speaker 1: is the game. It's really it's I guess a little 884 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,960 Speaker 1: like you know, laying to put it all on the quarterback. 885 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:20,640 Speaker 1: But if fall good Falls shows up, it's not flip though. 886 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,520 Speaker 1: It's not one or the like there's you got four 887 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:25,839 Speaker 1: games of evidence on one side to one to the other. 888 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:30,239 Speaker 1: But yeah, and Falls with the Eagles is different than 889 00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,440 Speaker 1: you know, you can throw out his time with the Rams. 890 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:36,480 Speaker 1: It's because ultimately that wasn't it was a was a 891 00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:39,640 Speaker 1: it was a terrible system. And do we have to 892 00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,279 Speaker 1: throw out his previous Eagles career in which Chip Kelly 893 00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,640 Speaker 1: reached the conclusion that this guy was not my guy now? 894 00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:47,000 Speaker 1: But I think that showed that he can have great games. 895 00:45:47,080 --> 00:45:49,719 Speaker 1: I mean, he is still the all time record holder 896 00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,280 Speaker 1: for touchdowns in the game, and I think he's showed 897 00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,600 Speaker 1: he can have great games if he's managed correctly. It 898 00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,560 Speaker 1: also shows that he's a mechanical quarterback with accuracy issues. 899 00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:00,080 Speaker 1: In poor fourth you're ramping up again. You're like, he 900 00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:06,000 Speaker 1: sing that, but one thing about him, it's like it's 901 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 1: one thing. If it's oh, his his negative game with 902 00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:11,640 Speaker 1: with Philadelphia over the last one, he's gonna throw four 903 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:13,959 Speaker 1: picks and bury you. You're gonna be done by half 904 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:16,279 Speaker 1: because he can't keep the ball out of the opponent's hands. 905 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,719 Speaker 1: He's not turning the ball over and and it's which 906 00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,040 Speaker 1: you know, we were talking going into the playoffs that 907 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:24,640 Speaker 1: Tom Brady wasn't playing that well, so candid Eagles defense, 908 00:46:25,040 --> 00:46:27,120 Speaker 1: that's not the case right now, No, it's not. That's 909 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,279 Speaker 1: what I mean is that things can change very quickly. 910 00:46:29,320 --> 00:46:31,600 Speaker 1: And can the Eagles defense do some of the some 911 00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,080 Speaker 1: of the things that say the Dolphins defense did to help, 912 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,919 Speaker 1: uh disrupt Tom Brady? You know they they're not gonna 913 00:46:37,920 --> 00:46:39,600 Speaker 1: be able to take Rob Gronkowski out of the game 914 00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:42,160 Speaker 1: like the Dolphins had the fortune of, but can they 915 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,200 Speaker 1: do some of the things to disrupt them? And it's 916 00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:46,200 Speaker 1: just one game, And I think that's why you you 917 00:46:46,360 --> 00:46:48,759 Speaker 1: you said you have less confidence than ever. I think 918 00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,719 Speaker 1: I have less confidence than ever because I've given up 919 00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:55,279 Speaker 1: even the the slight premise that there's any way to 920 00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:57,760 Speaker 1: know anything ahead of time, that we have any predictive 921 00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:01,880 Speaker 1: I really they mean it, though, And it's partly because 922 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,120 Speaker 1: it is one game. It's not an award for who 923 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:07,920 Speaker 1: has the best season. It's not like a you know, 924 00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:10,200 Speaker 1: end of the season. This is who deserves it. It's 925 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:12,720 Speaker 1: just one game, and and there's so many different factors, 926 00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,320 Speaker 1: including the game plan. It's like if the Panthers and Broncos, 927 00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:17,400 Speaker 1: for instance, played ten different times, I don't know that 928 00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,000 Speaker 1: the Panthers wouldn't have won some of those Super Bowls, 929 00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,759 Speaker 1: But on that day, the Broncos were decisively better. And 930 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,640 Speaker 1: at least I think with these teams, you can look 931 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,960 Speaker 1: at them and say on any day that one of 932 00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:29,919 Speaker 1: them could be decisively But last year's game completely blows 933 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:32,160 Speaker 1: up what I'm about to say. But in that Panthers 934 00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:35,920 Speaker 1: Broncos game, in that Seahawks Broncos game, the first ten 935 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,919 Speaker 1: minutes of those Super Bowls, and I think the Super 936 00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:39,600 Speaker 1: Bowl is a bit of a different atmosphere than a 937 00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:43,000 Speaker 1: Week eight in it Lands or something. That those games 938 00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:46,000 Speaker 1: were decided so quickly by what happened out of the 939 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:48,440 Speaker 1: gate and and everything that you planned for for two 940 00:47:48,480 --> 00:47:51,200 Speaker 1: weeks if you were Carolina was blown up. It was 941 00:47:51,280 --> 00:47:53,400 Speaker 1: utterly blown up. The one thing I look at that 942 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,880 Speaker 1: they're different, and I almost say if even if everyone says, oh, 943 00:47:56,920 --> 00:47:59,000 Speaker 1: the Eagles need to get up on New England and 944 00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,799 Speaker 1: make a statement early in the game New England, it's 945 00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:03,880 Speaker 1: still fresh in our minds. It feels like yesterday. We 946 00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:06,239 Speaker 1: were just at the Super Bowl last year. They have 947 00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:10,520 Speaker 1: proof with the same roster that no deficit can keep 948 00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:13,200 Speaker 1: them down. The experience does come into that. Well, no 949 00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:14,960 Speaker 1: matter what if you're Philadelphia, you have not been in 950 00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:18,240 Speaker 1: this game situation with any of these players. New England 951 00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,680 Speaker 1: has done it over and over. This is just part 952 00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:23,000 Speaker 1: of their buy rothm part of every season for them. 953 00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:26,960 Speaker 1: There is a top knockout to me that the Eagles 954 00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:32,040 Speaker 1: situation here is good, too great. And then it's the 955 00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,279 Speaker 1: it's the old model and we've seen the model at 956 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:37,240 Speaker 1: play in the past. How do you beat the Patriots 957 00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:39,680 Speaker 1: on the stage or in the playoffs, as you gotta 958 00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,520 Speaker 1: get to Brady and rattle them. The Eagles have a 959 00:48:41,560 --> 00:48:44,960 Speaker 1: team that's built to do that according to PFF, they 960 00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,919 Speaker 1: have seven guys with twenty plus pressures in the season. 961 00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:49,920 Speaker 1: They have so many guys that can come after Brady 962 00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:52,359 Speaker 1: and you gotta get after you gotta you gotta beat 963 00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,880 Speaker 1: his ass. That's how you beat the Patriots for sixty minutes, 964 00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,719 Speaker 1: right and we and that's that's a that's a great point. 965 00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:03,080 Speaker 1: Let's because that's part of the what the Patriots have built. 966 00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:06,080 Speaker 1: And a crazy stat is that if they win on Sunday, 967 00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:09,200 Speaker 1: they have the Belichick Brady, Pats have twenty eight playoff wins. 968 00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:12,120 Speaker 1: Chuck Noll and West you're a student of the game, 969 00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:15,200 Speaker 1: Chuck Noll and Terry Bradshaw. Some people say the best 970 00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,600 Speaker 1: dynasty ever. They have fourteen in their whole time. They're 971 00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:21,719 Speaker 1: gonna they're about to double up the Patriots and all 972 00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,640 Speaker 1: those wins for all this time has built up a 973 00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:27,120 Speaker 1: mystique around the Patriots. I think that's part of the 974 00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,400 Speaker 1: reason they've come back in these games. These teams that 975 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,640 Speaker 1: come close, sometimes the moment gets them and the Pats 976 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,320 Speaker 1: they don't strike at the moment. This latter dynasty that 977 00:49:35,400 --> 00:49:38,480 Speaker 1: they have the last five years, they've come back from 978 00:49:38,560 --> 00:49:42,120 Speaker 1: double digit second half deficits in the playoffs four times, 979 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:46,480 Speaker 1: which is double any franchise in history for the playoffs 980 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:50,040 Speaker 1: and Brady's numbers. I calculated this. In the fourth quarter 981 00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:54,000 Speaker 1: and overtime of those four games, he has one rating, 982 00:49:54,280 --> 00:49:59,040 Speaker 1: and it's insane. The Eagles are particularly well situated because 983 00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:01,239 Speaker 1: you mentioned seven players with twenty pressures. They're like the 984 00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:05,720 Speaker 1: great advertisement for pressures matter more than sacks. And because 985 00:50:05,800 --> 00:50:07,960 Speaker 1: they have so many different guys, they're coming in and out. 986 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,840 Speaker 1: Fletcher Cox and Brandon Graham are so fresh from not 987 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,359 Speaker 1: playing that much this year, and Chris Long has been 988 00:50:14,400 --> 00:50:16,000 Speaker 1: playing out of his mind, and yet you only have 989 00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,279 Speaker 1: to play him twenty five snaps, so he's able to 990 00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,360 Speaker 1: just use all the energy he can possibly use on 991 00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:24,920 Speaker 1: those twenty five STAPs and theoretically keep that pressure up 992 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,439 Speaker 1: for four quarters. Feel like we go into every big 993 00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,759 Speaker 1: Patriots game every time and say, here's how you beat 994 00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,239 Speaker 1: New England. You get to Tom Brady, you pressure him 995 00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:36,759 Speaker 1: from wire to wire, and it happens what once a year, 996 00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:39,840 Speaker 1: maybe once every two seasons, where he's beaten up the 997 00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:43,640 Speaker 1: entire game. I can't even think you go to that. 998 00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:45,960 Speaker 1: When they lost the second time to the Giants, he 999 00:50:46,200 --> 00:50:47,960 Speaker 1: was injured at the end of that game because they 1000 00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,759 Speaker 1: put a hurt on him for four quarters. But that 1001 00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,120 Speaker 1: Broncos game, he took more hits than I've ever seen 1002 00:50:53,160 --> 00:50:57,080 Speaker 1: any quarterback and they almost and and in all of 1003 00:50:57,160 --> 00:51:01,480 Speaker 1: these though, the defense always gets forgotten, and Matt Patricia 1004 00:51:02,040 --> 00:51:05,440 Speaker 1: and Devin mccordy as the leader of that defense who 1005 00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:09,520 Speaker 1: I'm writing about, uh this week, they are just as 1006 00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:11,920 Speaker 1: big a part in those comebacks because they're getting stops 1007 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:14,960 Speaker 1: against the Falcons in the fourth quarter, against the Jaguars 1008 00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:17,239 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, And it's because they do such 1009 00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:20,920 Speaker 1: an incredible job adjusting during the game. And one of 1010 00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:23,840 Speaker 1: the things that you people aren't seeing this week, I 1011 00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:27,040 Speaker 1: don't know, I just want to throw that in. Uh. 1012 00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:31,000 Speaker 1: They all talk about mccority just with such reverence that 1013 00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,680 Speaker 1: so many of the things he does doesn't show up 1014 00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:38,240 Speaker 1: in it. More than anything, it's that split second before 1015 00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:41,040 Speaker 1: the ball is snap, reacting to all the motions and 1016 00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,880 Speaker 1: all the adjustments, telling everyone on the field where to 1017 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:46,800 Speaker 1: be and intuitively knowing exactly where he needs to be 1018 00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:49,560 Speaker 1: to sort of prevent those big plays and especially kind 1019 00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:51,600 Speaker 1: of adjust to what the other teams doing. I heard 1020 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:54,920 Speaker 1: you asked Belichick a question during yesterday's press conference with that, 1021 00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:56,600 Speaker 1: I was I was in the hotel room during that. 1022 00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,240 Speaker 1: I thought, well, that's Greg's voice talking to Bill Belichick. 1023 00:51:59,320 --> 00:52:01,239 Speaker 1: This is cool, and you got a long answer out 1024 00:52:01,239 --> 00:52:02,800 Speaker 1: of Belichick. I think it was a question. It was 1025 00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,680 Speaker 1: about mccordy. I wanted from my peace. If you're Belichick, though, 1026 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:08,080 Speaker 1: when you get a pure football question, you're like, good, 1027 00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna answer this for four minutes because it's going 1028 00:52:10,400 --> 00:52:13,480 Speaker 1: to knock out the guy being like, do this nonsensical thing. 1029 00:52:13,600 --> 00:52:15,400 Speaker 1: You know, It's like he liked that, Yeah, and he 1030 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:17,080 Speaker 1: and he does love him. I mean he said he's 1031 00:52:17,160 --> 00:52:20,520 Speaker 1: he's never been prouder to have coached anyone than than Devon. 1032 00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:24,680 Speaker 1: All Right, it's time to pick the game, guys. Whoa, 1033 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:31,160 Speaker 1: it is time. Patrick. Let us going, and someone's gotta 1034 00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:34,520 Speaker 1: give me an MVP and the m v P y 1035 00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,799 Speaker 1: all right, I'm gonna start, actually hold on the MVP 1036 00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:42,240 Speaker 1: might impact sandwiches, just ok. In the score, I'm taking 1037 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:45,840 Speaker 1: the Patriot. I wanted to take the Eagles, but I 1038 00:52:45,920 --> 00:52:47,800 Speaker 1: just can't do it. I just don't trust Nick Foles. 1039 00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:50,839 Speaker 1: Couldn't do it? All right, Well I don't. I don't 1040 00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:53,960 Speaker 1: look at you less as a man, Patra, it's a 1041 00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,960 Speaker 1: it's a fair pick Mark Europe, and I want everyone 1042 00:52:57,160 --> 00:53:01,200 Speaker 1: let's plug in now on the lock situation. Yeah, because 1043 00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,480 Speaker 1: it's real right now, it's like an autolock. It's an 1044 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:08,680 Speaker 1: autolock scenario. Mark has a one game lead going into 1045 00:53:08,719 --> 00:53:12,359 Speaker 1: Super Bowl Sunday, Dan and Greg Bowl ten and ten, 1046 00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:16,400 Speaker 1: West seven and six. Well technically eleven and ten, but 1047 00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:19,120 Speaker 1: you decided that the double lock last week didn't count. 1048 00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:21,520 Speaker 1: But the listeners remember that I got the double luck. 1049 00:53:21,760 --> 00:53:25,879 Speaker 1: It's pretty much Mark, bring it too well. I would 1050 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:27,880 Speaker 1: have I would have lost that Vikings lock, so I 1051 00:53:28,080 --> 00:53:31,160 Speaker 1: I this was kind of decided. But now that you 1052 00:53:31,239 --> 00:53:33,680 Speaker 1: won the gate Lay game, you you're bringing it. No, 1053 00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:35,920 Speaker 1: I just haven't been on I haven't been on the 1054 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:42,080 Speaker 1: show since anyway. Eleven and N ten and ten, West 1055 00:53:42,120 --> 00:53:46,160 Speaker 1: seven and six, Mark, when you winning the trophy, is yours? 1056 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,239 Speaker 1: Any trophy update By the way, lindsay he already won 1057 00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:53,400 Speaker 1: because because we're gonna have the same picks. I I 1058 00:53:53,520 --> 00:53:56,440 Speaker 1: feel like the lock thing for me, Like I picked 1059 00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:59,319 Speaker 1: the Eagles a couple of weeks ago, when everyone thought 1060 00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:03,919 Speaker 1: again that against the Falcons that was nuts and huh, 1061 00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:06,560 Speaker 1: people thought that was nuts to pick the Eagles over 1062 00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:08,680 Speaker 1: the Falcons. I'm not saying, well, we had a lock off. 1063 00:54:08,719 --> 00:54:10,799 Speaker 1: At least last week I picked I got. I picked 1064 00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:13,200 Speaker 1: the jag Two weeks ago, I picked the Jaguars over 1065 00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:16,160 Speaker 1: the Patriots. I mean, I'm giving chances over and over 1066 00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,200 Speaker 1: for field climback, and so it's like, oh, now, Mark, 1067 00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,839 Speaker 1: just plenty talking about West the Eagles too in that game. 1068 00:54:21,080 --> 00:54:26,320 Speaker 1: I mean, that's that you've done. Settle down, Betty, Listen, 1069 00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:28,400 Speaker 1: here's the thing. I just I can't pick the Eagles 1070 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,879 Speaker 1: to win this thing. I trust the Patriots too much. 1071 00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:32,840 Speaker 1: We've seen this with our own eyes over and over. 1072 00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:36,759 Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be a fascinating game one Patriots. Mark, 1073 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:40,160 Speaker 1: you've been through the gauntlet all season for this trophy. 1074 00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:42,680 Speaker 1: You could absolutely look in the mirror and make that pick. 1075 00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:45,160 Speaker 1: I I think it's gonna be. I think it's I 1076 00:54:45,239 --> 00:54:47,200 Speaker 1: don't think if they're gonna romp them at all, I'm 1077 00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:49,280 Speaker 1: going New England. But I don't think it's I honestly 1078 00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:51,640 Speaker 1: think that that I could be the one getting it wrong. 1079 00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:53,919 Speaker 1: If you wanted to jump out and pick the Eagles, Breg, 1080 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:56,680 Speaker 1: that might help you out well, because I think Greg 1081 00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:58,320 Speaker 1: would beat me if he picked the Eagles, and the 1082 00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:04,080 Speaker 1: Eagles one that into the lock it up. Everything tells 1083 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:08,800 Speaker 1: me that the Patriots should win this game, and potentially 1084 00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:12,000 Speaker 1: win it easily. But that feels like there's a little 1085 00:55:12,000 --> 00:55:17,759 Speaker 1: magic here in Minnesota. I feel the cold that has 1086 00:55:17,840 --> 00:55:20,960 Speaker 1: come in and it chills. It chills your bones, but 1087 00:55:21,080 --> 00:55:24,719 Speaker 1: it also makes you realize it's Super Bowl time. And 1088 00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:29,239 Speaker 1: I think the people in that building, people in that 1089 00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:33,040 Speaker 1: hotel room, in those rooms in Philly, the Philly team 1090 00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:40,279 Speaker 1: I'm getting there, they believe and they are built to 1091 00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:42,880 Speaker 1: beat this team. And I believe Nicholes is one more 1092 00:55:42,920 --> 00:55:45,120 Speaker 1: magic game in him. I believe it's one of those 1093 00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,200 Speaker 1: stories of storybooks, tales about a guy that came out 1094 00:55:49,239 --> 00:55:51,320 Speaker 1: of nowhere. I think he has a passer rating of 1095 00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:54,120 Speaker 1: eight point three in this game, and that's what they need. 1096 00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:57,959 Speaker 1: He's not gonna going to change the world. He's gonna 1097 00:55:57,960 --> 00:56:00,799 Speaker 1: make a couple of plays. He's like, Brian, Yeah, he's 1098 00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:03,320 Speaker 1: gonna make a couple of plays. And then yeah, like 1099 00:56:03,440 --> 00:56:05,879 Speaker 1: I said, all those guys are gonna go eat. They're 1100 00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:09,160 Speaker 1: gonna go after Brady, and this time they're going to 1101 00:56:09,280 --> 00:56:11,680 Speaker 1: learn from the mistakes of other teams. They're gonna finish 1102 00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:15,399 Speaker 1: this game. And I think it's eagles first Super Bowl 1103 00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:22,480 Speaker 1: title ever. Lock it up one toe, it's a lock off, baby, 1104 00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:25,239 Speaker 1: But if if he had picked the Eagles, you'd take 1105 00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:28,920 Speaker 1: the Patriots, right, don't only worry about your locks and 1106 00:56:29,120 --> 00:56:31,719 Speaker 1: like how you put me seconds that you can strategize 1107 00:56:31,719 --> 00:56:34,359 Speaker 1: off of. But by the way, if you'd like to tie, 1108 00:56:34,520 --> 00:56:36,360 Speaker 1: it goes to our lockoffs and you've been buried in. 1109 00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:39,960 Speaker 1: And if people like, if people like Variety, just watch 1110 00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:43,800 Speaker 1: Friday's video show. I think it airs at six pm 1111 00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:47,319 Speaker 1: Pacific or Eastern because Dan picks the Patriots to win 1112 00:56:47,719 --> 00:56:53,160 Speaker 1: in that game. So like we're covering and it was 1113 00:56:53,239 --> 00:56:55,640 Speaker 1: all part of my ruse. Yeah, I think, didn't we 1114 00:56:55,719 --> 00:56:57,960 Speaker 1: pick this game last show? I thought I did at something, 1115 00:56:58,080 --> 00:57:00,319 Speaker 1: But yeah, I picked you seem like plus here by 1116 00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,319 Speaker 1: this segment right now, I've I've picked the Patriots every 1117 00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:05,560 Speaker 1: show we've ever done, So of course I'm picking the Patriots. 1118 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:11,839 Speaker 1: By the way, the video show air that six Eastern time. 1119 00:57:12,920 --> 00:57:15,120 Speaker 1: You're just mad because now there's no way you can tie. 1120 00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:17,240 Speaker 1: No I knew that. I mean because he picked the 1121 00:57:17,280 --> 00:57:20,600 Speaker 1: Patriots already. You and I are, Hey, the only I. 1122 00:57:21,760 --> 00:57:24,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it'll be a small consolation. You know that 1123 00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:26,160 Speaker 1: the if I that I don't win the locks, that 1124 00:57:26,240 --> 00:57:28,160 Speaker 1: the Patriots win the Super Bowl. So I think I 1125 00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:32,680 Speaker 1: think if should they win and you are, you're missing something, Mark. 1126 00:57:32,840 --> 00:57:35,560 Speaker 1: It was never established before the season started a lockoff 1127 00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:39,040 Speaker 1: was a tiebreaker. I mean, it's so obvious Dan that 1128 00:57:39,200 --> 00:57:41,160 Speaker 1: when we get into this that you're gonna you're gonna 1129 00:57:41,640 --> 00:57:43,800 Speaker 1: justify and go through all the springing route. You lost 1130 00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:45,800 Speaker 1: multiple lockoffs to me, but it's gonna end up in 1131 00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:47,680 Speaker 1: a tie. I don't even care. We can have it 1132 00:57:47,760 --> 00:57:51,320 Speaker 1: be a tie. Then you can be tied. Dan, let 1133 00:57:51,360 --> 00:57:53,160 Speaker 1: the trophy. You can have a little piece of the 1134 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:56,080 Speaker 1: trophy to put on your fireplace at your house. Are 1135 00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:58,600 Speaker 1: you angry? No? But I just think it's like, it's 1136 00:57:58,680 --> 00:58:01,400 Speaker 1: so obvious that this was going to come down to Dan. 1137 00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:04,440 Speaker 1: Dan will win this somehow. Up. You're giving me a 1138 00:58:04,520 --> 00:58:07,040 Speaker 1: lot of credit right now, Mark, alright West Ever, ever 1139 00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:09,920 Speaker 1: since the double lock off was just decided to be 1140 00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:12,480 Speaker 1: ruled out despite a three to one vote, I've been 1141 00:58:12,520 --> 00:58:15,320 Speaker 1: playing under protests. So so there we go. I think 1142 00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:17,880 Speaker 1: you guys need to come up with a tiebreaker scenario 1143 00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:23,280 Speaker 1: before we get to Sunday, you can't have a tie, Well, 1144 00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:28,800 Speaker 1: how about the game's double I thought that as a scenario, 1145 00:58:29,720 --> 00:58:32,320 Speaker 1: but still allow for a tiebreaker tie one in it 1146 00:58:33,040 --> 00:58:36,160 Speaker 1: that would settle it. Well, we've just established that we 1147 00:58:36,200 --> 00:58:38,960 Speaker 1: don't make rules in the middle of the seasonside just 1148 00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:43,840 Speaker 1: going along with it. West your choice. Well, in contrast 1149 00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:47,360 Speaker 1: to your analysis, I I see the Eagles first fifty 1150 00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:51,440 Speaker 1: two player roster as clearly superior to the Patriots. But 1151 00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:56,200 Speaker 1: what you people don't realize is Tom Brady age forty. 1152 00:58:56,240 --> 00:58:59,920 Speaker 1: Tom Brady will enter this game with the most confident 1153 00:59:00,280 --> 00:59:04,080 Speaker 1: of any player, any figure in Super Bowl history. He's 1154 00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:08,200 Speaker 1: seen it all for eighteen years. He is obsessively prepared. 1155 00:59:08,640 --> 00:59:12,000 Speaker 1: He is mentally tougher than any player who's ever been 1156 00:59:12,040 --> 00:59:15,840 Speaker 1: in the super Bowl. Right now, you cannot you cannot 1157 00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:19,040 Speaker 1: show him anything he hasn't seen. And the goal of 1158 00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:22,680 Speaker 1: every athlete ever is to keep your physical skills long 1159 00:59:22,800 --> 00:59:26,160 Speaker 1: enough to where you're you're at peak mental capacity and 1160 00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:29,440 Speaker 1: experience in order to maximize those skills. That's where he 1161 00:59:29,600 --> 00:59:34,480 Speaker 1: is right now. As John Malkovich would say, not one 1162 00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:37,640 Speaker 1: goliathe You are fighting to Goliath, and I make Gronka 1163 00:59:37,680 --> 00:59:41,440 Speaker 1: Goliath to you're fighting three goliaths, and the Eagles can 1164 00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:44,200 Speaker 1: be fifty two fifty two man roster better, but they're 1165 00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:47,160 Speaker 1: not better at quarterback. And I will never doubt Tom Brady. 1166 00:59:48,040 --> 00:59:53,360 Speaker 1: So I've got lock it up, Patriots seven. There you go. 1167 00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:59,080 Speaker 1: We all think it's a close game, all right, very exciting, 1168 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:02,960 Speaker 1: very exciting, And now it's time, as we do every 1169 01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:07,960 Speaker 1: year per tradition, go get my launch. You're tired. We're 1170 01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:11,880 Speaker 1: gonna go around and make two two props each, two 1171 01:00:11,960 --> 01:00:14,400 Speaker 1: props each, and then we'll check back after the game. 1172 01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:17,040 Speaker 1: The only guideline is it can't be something that hangs 1173 01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:20,439 Speaker 1: in the air beyond the game. On Sunday night after 1174 01:00:20,520 --> 01:00:23,960 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, these will all be decided definitively. Uh 1175 01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:26,360 Speaker 1: so that's where we're gonna go. Mark. Actually, oh wait, 1176 01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:30,000 Speaker 1: this was Dan. Shockingly, it looks like a Mark. You 1177 01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:32,160 Speaker 1: can't have one where we'll not have an official White 1178 01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:35,280 Speaker 1: House to visit. I came so close that it took 1179 01:00:35,320 --> 01:00:40,800 Speaker 1: too long, because if the Falcons would have just closed 1180 01:00:40,840 --> 01:00:44,320 Speaker 1: out there lead they were going. They were not going 1181 01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:46,480 Speaker 1: to the White House. But the Pats might be the 1182 01:00:46,520 --> 01:00:48,720 Speaker 1: only team that does. So I'm not going to go 1183 01:00:48,800 --> 01:00:51,200 Speaker 1: down that road again. All right, Patrick, get us going 1184 01:00:51,480 --> 01:00:55,560 Speaker 1: your first prop? All right? Facing the Philadelphia Eagles number 1185 01:00:55,600 --> 01:00:58,560 Speaker 1: one rush defense, Dion Lewis will have more rushing yards 1186 01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:05,240 Speaker 1: than both Lagara, Blunt and Ji combined, not combined, then 1187 01:01:05,360 --> 01:01:08,240 Speaker 1: either of them. Then you'll have the most rushing yards 1188 01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:11,640 Speaker 1: in the game. I mean, I'll take you doesn't like 1189 01:01:11,760 --> 01:01:14,280 Speaker 1: our Blunt like run for six yards. Every Super Bowl 1190 01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:17,240 Speaker 1: he plays in, they put him on ice and go 1191 01:01:17,360 --> 01:01:19,760 Speaker 1: with the receiving down. It was a big fumbo last year. 1192 01:01:19,920 --> 01:01:24,960 Speaker 1: Definitely got the Bowls rushing yards, rushing yard. I'll check 1193 01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:27,240 Speaker 1: you up. It's going against the number one rush defensive 1194 01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:32,439 Speaker 1: Blunt or who both of the Eagles. Boy, I'm gonna 1195 01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:34,720 Speaker 1: not take you up on it, just because Dion Lewis 1196 01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:36,960 Speaker 1: is the favorite of those three to get the most 1197 01:01:37,040 --> 01:01:40,160 Speaker 1: snaps in my mind, and the most rushing attempts. So 1198 01:01:40,560 --> 01:01:42,320 Speaker 1: I would give him a little bit of an edge. 1199 01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:45,600 Speaker 1: I mean, those guys split it up. Good one. This 1200 01:01:45,800 --> 01:01:48,280 Speaker 1: is a good one because I believe Dion Lewis is 1201 01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:50,280 Speaker 1: due for a big game. I love the way he's 1202 01:01:50,320 --> 01:01:54,200 Speaker 1: been playing. He didn't do as much versus Jacksonville. Yeah, 1203 01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:57,800 Speaker 1: they really shut them down, but definitely a gi E 1204 01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:00,720 Speaker 1: and Blunt have the better matchup. I'm not going to 1205 01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:02,400 Speaker 1: take you up on it. I kind of see Dean 1206 01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:05,200 Speaker 1: Lewis having a big game. I will take you up 1207 01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:07,400 Speaker 1: on it. I think Dean Lewis will have a good game, 1208 01:02:07,920 --> 01:02:10,120 Speaker 1: but it would be like more of the multi purpose 1209 01:02:10,480 --> 01:02:13,480 Speaker 1: variety could approach a hundred total yards would be my guess. 1210 01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,760 Speaker 1: But a giant maybe breaks off one and he approaches 1211 01:02:16,800 --> 01:02:19,880 Speaker 1: a hundred. Will see good one though, because you lured 1212 01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:25,120 Speaker 1: me in a little bit. Yeah, good job, Mark you up. Alright, 1213 01:02:25,640 --> 01:02:29,800 Speaker 1: let's see here, I got a bunch. Okay, only four 1214 01:02:29,880 --> 01:02:32,040 Speaker 1: players in NFL history have put up a hundred and 1215 01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:35,920 Speaker 1: sixty plus yards receiving in the Super Bowl. Chris Hogan 1216 01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:41,240 Speaker 1: will become the fifth. I will take He's done that 1217 01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:43,200 Speaker 1: once in his career. I'm fine with it. I'm just 1218 01:02:43,600 --> 01:02:45,200 Speaker 1: kind of have a feeling who's gonna have a big game. 1219 01:02:45,560 --> 01:02:48,360 Speaker 1: I will take you on that. Mark famously does not 1220 01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:52,280 Speaker 1: like sandwiches, loves to give him away. I'll take you 1221 01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:55,840 Speaker 1: up on that. Uh, it's not certainly Hogan could have 1222 01:02:55,920 --> 01:02:58,880 Speaker 1: a breakout game. Yeah, have two big players that I 1223 01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:00,520 Speaker 1: mean hasn't been the same real it though, since he 1224 01:03:00,600 --> 01:03:02,880 Speaker 1: got hurt. Now he hasn't done too much, but I 1225 01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:04,680 Speaker 1: like how I think the one thing New England does 1226 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:06,560 Speaker 1: is like, oh, we haven't really heard a lot from 1227 01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:09,000 Speaker 1: Chris Hogan, and so we'll probably hear from everyone else. 1228 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:11,160 Speaker 1: And then it's like they always seem to unwrapped in 1229 01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:15,120 Speaker 1: the biggest stage. They have one player blow up. That's 1230 01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,360 Speaker 1: why I love That's what everyone thinks it's gonna happen. 1231 01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:18,720 Speaker 1: That's why I love Mark because he could have thrown 1232 01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:20,520 Speaker 1: out a hundred and twenty five yards and we all 1233 01:03:20,560 --> 01:03:24,000 Speaker 1: would have taken up that. But he's just like, why, 1234 01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:26,720 Speaker 1: I have a terrible record, but I like to shoot 1235 01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:29,160 Speaker 1: for the skies with these things. Um, all right, I'm up. 1236 01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:31,480 Speaker 1: I got Tom Brady a Super Bowl m v P. 1237 01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:35,240 Speaker 1: You guys got the field, but you picked the Eagles 1238 01:03:35,320 --> 01:03:38,760 Speaker 1: to win. This is totally different. Who's the most likely 1239 01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:41,160 Speaker 1: guy to win MVP. It's probably Tom Brady. So giving 1240 01:03:41,160 --> 01:03:43,160 Speaker 1: you guys the field, Well, Greg, you've said that none 1241 01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,640 Speaker 1: of this analysis means anything. We can't possibly know anything, 1242 01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:49,320 Speaker 1: so Dan's just getting in that that's true. Well, I like, 1243 01:03:50,240 --> 01:03:52,360 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, even though it's sort of not logical, 1244 01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:54,840 Speaker 1: I like all my picks to just be consistent within 1245 01:03:55,000 --> 01:03:57,000 Speaker 1: the show. So I picked the Patriots to win the game, 1246 01:03:57,280 --> 01:03:58,840 Speaker 1: so then I would pick Tom Brady to win the 1247 01:03:58,920 --> 01:04:00,880 Speaker 1: m v P. And I want you up, don't lord 1248 01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,480 Speaker 1: your philosophy over down. I'm saying, my, that's my I'm 1249 01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:06,880 Speaker 1: explaining why I'm not taking up the field, which I 1250 01:04:07,000 --> 01:04:11,000 Speaker 1: usually love. I'm not taking you either. I'll take all right. 1251 01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,200 Speaker 1: I'll take a lot of guys the fields to play. 1252 01:04:13,560 --> 01:04:16,560 Speaker 1: It's always the play. This is like this would be 1253 01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,440 Speaker 1: like me betting that Michael Jordan isn't going to be 1254 01:04:18,480 --> 01:04:20,920 Speaker 1: the m v P versus the Jazz And I'm taking 1255 01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:25,120 Speaker 1: Brady's fair enough. Alright, So I got one sangwich online, 1256 01:04:25,120 --> 01:04:26,920 Speaker 1: so we're we're one on one right now. I like that. 1257 01:04:27,120 --> 01:04:30,600 Speaker 1: That's good. Alright, you're really covered now either way Patrick loses, 1258 01:04:30,680 --> 01:04:32,480 Speaker 1: he has to make a sandwich in his apartment and 1259 01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:37,000 Speaker 1: send it to you air mail. I'm gonna go with 1260 01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:40,840 Speaker 1: nasty Nick Foles throwing for nickname is that new I 1261 01:04:40,960 --> 01:04:44,360 Speaker 1: just made it up. Good. One over. He's throwing for 1262 01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:47,520 Speaker 1: over three hundred yards against the New England Patriots. I 1263 01:04:47,560 --> 01:04:52,720 Speaker 1: will take you on the over three over. I'll take 1264 01:04:52,760 --> 01:04:56,120 Speaker 1: you on it. People not in the room right now. 1265 01:04:56,160 --> 01:04:58,680 Speaker 1: He's throwing right handed and left I I'm not going 1266 01:04:58,760 --> 01:05:00,439 Speaker 1: to I think he's gonna I think he's gonna gate yards. 1267 01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:02,040 Speaker 1: I just don't think they're gonna score. I mean the 1268 01:05:02,080 --> 01:05:05,200 Speaker 1: other game of his life game and he only threw 1269 01:05:05,240 --> 01:05:07,520 Speaker 1: three in that game. More likely that we've seen that 1270 01:05:07,720 --> 01:05:10,400 Speaker 1: Nate Sudfield in this game than Nick Foles stores for three. 1271 01:05:11,840 --> 01:05:14,840 Speaker 1: You know. Part of that part of my thinking is 1272 01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:17,400 Speaker 1: is you know there's multiple routes. The three hundred might 1273 01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:19,120 Speaker 1: not be the best news for the Eagles of e 1274 01:05:19,160 --> 01:05:22,240 Speaker 1: throws from field by benching. Is that what you're suggesting 1275 01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:30,800 Speaker 1: anyway produces this could be a blake portals garbage type situation. 1276 01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:34,480 Speaker 1: How many Nick Foles have in the last four years, 1277 01:05:34,560 --> 01:05:37,160 Speaker 1: Like the Nick Foles and his like great grandfather did 1278 01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,200 Speaker 1: something to the Wesleyan family like three generations. Again, they 1279 01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:45,800 Speaker 1: showed me the game tape up. As everyone knows, one 1280 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,560 Speaker 1: of the most amazing stats in the Belichick Brady era 1281 01:05:48,840 --> 01:05:51,520 Speaker 1: is that in seven Super Bowls they have never scored 1282 01:05:51,560 --> 01:05:54,280 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, like not even a field goal. 1283 01:05:54,880 --> 01:05:57,479 Speaker 1: The Patriots will score a touchdown in the first quarter 1284 01:05:57,520 --> 01:06:04,200 Speaker 1: of this game. There, that's a shocking stet. I'll take 1285 01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:07,080 Speaker 1: you on that because in these Super Bowls a lot 1286 01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:10,200 Speaker 1: of times, you know, they feel each other out for 1287 01:06:10,240 --> 01:06:12,720 Speaker 1: a little bit. And the Patriots in general this playoff run, 1288 01:06:13,360 --> 01:06:16,200 Speaker 1: have they scored in the first quarter? Yet they scored 1289 01:06:16,200 --> 01:06:18,400 Speaker 1: a field goal on the opening drive against the Jaguars. 1290 01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:20,960 Speaker 1: I'll take you on it. I'm gonna take you as well, 1291 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:22,640 Speaker 1: because the Patriots like to to fer, so they might 1292 01:06:22,720 --> 01:06:27,320 Speaker 1: not get the ball first. I'm gonna play this game 1293 01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:29,440 Speaker 1: by what I'm rooting for, so I am not going 1294 01:06:29,520 --> 01:06:31,000 Speaker 1: to take you up on it, because I want them 1295 01:06:31,040 --> 01:06:34,720 Speaker 1: to score a touchdown against that. Almost every one of 1296 01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:38,520 Speaker 1: these outside of Brady m v P. It's a good policy. Alright, 1297 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:41,880 Speaker 1: one more round, and just so everyone knows, remember go 1298 01:06:42,040 --> 01:06:44,360 Speaker 1: get my lunch dot org, run by the great Nick 1299 01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:49,520 Speaker 1: nick for tier not only has tracking these props, but 1300 01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:52,680 Speaker 1: also all time props. There's also a soundboard on there. 1301 01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:55,800 Speaker 1: Really well done, uh Nick Nicks the man. So you 1302 01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:58,360 Speaker 1: gotta go get my lunch dot Org. All right, last 1303 01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:00,480 Speaker 1: time we'll get Patrick's got a it on his face, 1304 01:07:00,520 --> 01:07:02,240 Speaker 1: he's got something cooking. I think I'm only going to 1305 01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:05,720 Speaker 1: get one, and I better get one. Dan hanss a 1306 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,000 Speaker 1: t N Insider will not break any news in the 1307 01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:15,439 Speaker 1: locker room after the Super Bowl. WHOA, that's a challenge, sir, Yeah, 1308 01:07:15,720 --> 01:07:18,720 Speaker 1: hold on, who is he calling it breaking news? Or 1309 01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:26,720 Speaker 1: like who who is the arbiter of whether it's breaking 1310 01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:31,720 Speaker 1: news or not? Because it's that's definitely Ah, that's up 1311 01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:33,960 Speaker 1: to him to figure out. And you guys do a 1312 01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:37,680 Speaker 1: great I'll just break the news and you decide if 1313 01:07:37,680 --> 01:07:39,480 Speaker 1: it's news or not. I like how you already assuming 1314 01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:43,200 Speaker 1: you're gonna break the news right now just to have 1315 01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:45,480 Speaker 1: news because now you could just like talk to Chris 1316 01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:47,680 Speaker 1: Hogan and he could be he could say, like, I'm 1317 01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:49,680 Speaker 1: you know, I'm going on vacation next week, and you 1318 01:07:49,720 --> 01:07:53,520 Speaker 1: can call that breaking news. I mean, like to the 1319 01:07:53,640 --> 01:07:57,200 Speaker 1: level of what you did last year. Okay, that's like 1320 01:07:57,280 --> 01:07:59,280 Speaker 1: a once in a career scoop. Though, Yeah, if it's 1321 01:07:59,360 --> 01:08:01,880 Speaker 1: if it's, if it's that sort of a level that 1322 01:08:02,040 --> 01:08:05,720 Speaker 1: I'm taking up. Michael Benning question in your man does 1323 01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:07,800 Speaker 1: not count as breaking news? I don't know. I'm not 1324 01:08:08,160 --> 01:08:10,000 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I'm gonna have to go with not breaking 1325 01:08:10,080 --> 01:08:13,400 Speaker 1: news on that. So if that's the level you gotta 1326 01:08:13,400 --> 01:08:16,439 Speaker 1: be above, Michael Bann can I bet against myself. Well, 1327 01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:18,720 Speaker 1: I'm saying you will not. Oh, I agree with you. 1328 01:08:19,760 --> 01:08:22,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try, though, I promise you. I'm gonna try 1329 01:08:22,360 --> 01:08:25,479 Speaker 1: because obviously it's my job. But I don't think I 1330 01:08:25,560 --> 01:08:31,439 Speaker 1: will because there's a game. It's the game, son, the game. 1331 01:08:31,520 --> 01:08:34,160 Speaker 1: Don't even touch yourself. Get in the direction where I 1332 01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:37,479 Speaker 1: believe that you will. Will you try? I just said 1333 01:08:37,479 --> 01:08:40,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna try, Well, then I'm gonna. I think he's 1334 01:08:40,200 --> 01:08:42,599 Speaker 1: going to break some news that's going to get at 1335 01:08:42,680 --> 01:08:45,960 Speaker 1: least one one media request from someone outside of benefit. 1336 01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:49,160 Speaker 1: I think that would qualify breaking news, because that's what happened. 1337 01:08:49,760 --> 01:08:51,560 Speaker 1: I think at least something he does it's going to 1338 01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:55,000 Speaker 1: get a request from someone outside of our media umbrella, 1339 01:08:55,160 --> 01:08:57,400 Speaker 1: and that and I will win because people that will happen. 1340 01:08:57,439 --> 01:09:00,200 Speaker 1: But if I, like become news like I punched job count, 1341 01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:03,920 Speaker 1: if you pull that off, that'd be weird. I don't 1342 01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:06,040 Speaker 1: think you can. I don't think you can take's casting 1343 01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:11,000 Speaker 1: down with one punch. Probably not sneaky big I will 1344 01:09:11,080 --> 01:09:14,760 Speaker 1: take that one. I don't think he's breaking news, so 1345 01:09:14,800 --> 01:09:16,479 Speaker 1: you're not taking so you don't take it. It is 1346 01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:19,519 Speaker 1: a little confusing. I feel like Colleen so do you 1347 01:09:19,560 --> 01:09:23,000 Speaker 1: have any sanguages understand just the one, got one? Get one. 1348 01:09:23,040 --> 01:09:25,400 Speaker 1: It wasn't from the person I expected it. You have 1349 01:09:25,479 --> 01:09:30,880 Speaker 1: no faith in yourself, Dan, It's hard to do. I 1350 01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,240 Speaker 1: did it once in my whole career in the industry, 1351 01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:35,400 Speaker 1: so it could have done it twice. It's like Nick 1352 01:09:35,439 --> 01:09:38,280 Speaker 1: Foles thrown for three fifty four touchdowns on Sunday. It's 1353 01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:43,080 Speaker 1: probably not gonna happen again. Mark, alright, alright, So NFL 1354 01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:45,560 Speaker 1: Films legend, Steve Stable, I've been seeing this add a 1355 01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:48,040 Speaker 1: hundred times this week in the hotel. He has not 1356 01:09:48,160 --> 01:09:50,200 Speaker 1: been with us for the past few super Bowls, obviously, 1357 01:09:50,720 --> 01:09:53,800 Speaker 1: but he once called the helmet catch the greatest play 1358 01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:57,240 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl has ever produced, in his words, whether 1359 01:09:57,320 --> 01:09:59,240 Speaker 1: or not you think that's true of the Super Bowl? 1360 01:09:59,320 --> 01:10:01,720 Speaker 1: Since I'm gonna say that, I'm putting sandwiches on the 1361 01:10:01,720 --> 01:10:03,559 Speaker 1: fact that we come out of super Bowl fifty two 1362 01:10:04,080 --> 01:10:08,120 Speaker 1: with a play that instantly gets a nickname and tops 1363 01:10:08,240 --> 01:10:11,479 Speaker 1: the helmet catch, I'll take you. I will take that. Yeah, 1364 01:10:11,840 --> 01:10:19,800 Speaker 1: I mean, are you actively yourself yet? It's like, if 1365 01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,160 Speaker 1: I ever got this right, here's the thing. If I 1366 01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:24,720 Speaker 1: get one of these things wrong, it's like, no I 1367 01:10:24,880 --> 01:10:28,640 Speaker 1: think he got over by the way you got over 1368 01:10:28,760 --> 01:10:31,160 Speaker 1: time in the Super Bowl last year. But it's the 1369 01:10:31,240 --> 01:10:33,840 Speaker 1: same gibber at jibber jash coming at me about that one. Listen, 1370 01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:38,400 Speaker 1: these things happen. Sometimes it's like so and so ards rushing. 1371 01:10:38,520 --> 01:10:40,120 Speaker 1: Oh look at me, I want a sandwich? Who came? 1372 01:10:40,160 --> 01:10:42,720 Speaker 1: But here's the thing, go big, here's the thing. In 1373 01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:45,080 Speaker 1: the one year that you got one of these, right, 1374 01:10:45,240 --> 01:10:49,160 Speaker 1: you still didn't win any sandwiches aggregate because you also 1375 01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:51,280 Speaker 1: said there won't be a Super Bowl fifty one winner 1376 01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:54,200 Speaker 1: last year, and that Lady Gaga will do something that 1377 01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:59,160 Speaker 1: immediately qualifies as breaking news beyond the sports world. Look, 1378 01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:02,160 Speaker 1: the thing is, you're remembering what I did well, I 1379 01:11:02,200 --> 01:11:05,400 Speaker 1: don't remember any of you. I'm dropping the hammer. I'm 1380 01:11:05,479 --> 01:11:08,080 Speaker 1: checking Nick for Tiers site. Mark. Mark is kind of 1381 01:11:08,120 --> 01:11:10,040 Speaker 1: an agent of chaos in this game, and I think 1382 01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:11,559 Speaker 1: it's good to have an agent. I like it because 1383 01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:15,280 Speaker 1: Mark knows he's, you know, got a New England Patriots 1384 01:11:15,360 --> 01:11:18,880 Speaker 1: side to winning the lock Off Trophy and that feels 1385 01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:22,240 Speaker 1: good going into Sunday. So he's playing with house. You're 1386 01:11:22,280 --> 01:11:25,120 Speaker 1: a great position right now, one game lead with Tom 1387 01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:27,840 Speaker 1: Brady and Bill Bellichick, in your corner. That's pretty nice. 1388 01:11:28,439 --> 01:11:30,320 Speaker 1: I have a weird feeling about the super Bowl, so 1389 01:11:30,360 --> 01:11:33,000 Speaker 1: I don't feel as confident about the Patriots. Is weird? 1390 01:11:33,640 --> 01:11:35,320 Speaker 1: Has there ever been a big game you didn't have 1391 01:11:35,400 --> 01:11:40,439 Speaker 1: a weird feeling about. No, Well, you're right, because we're 1392 01:11:40,479 --> 01:11:42,760 Speaker 1: never near these people, these players and coaches, and then 1393 01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:45,840 Speaker 1: suddenly we are for a week, and I do feel influenced. 1394 01:11:46,120 --> 01:11:48,559 Speaker 1: I get it. Puts weird stuff in your mind. Alright, 1395 01:11:48,640 --> 01:11:51,719 Speaker 1: this one connects with my game pick on this podcast, 1396 01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:54,160 Speaker 1: but not on the video show. Oh, the video shows 1397 01:11:54,240 --> 01:11:57,799 Speaker 1: up tomorrow Friday. Check it out NFL dot com, slash 1398 01:11:58,240 --> 01:12:02,160 Speaker 1: a t N video M. I believe that Nick Foles 1399 01:12:02,160 --> 01:12:04,439 Speaker 1: will have a passer raining north of eight, as I 1400 01:12:04,479 --> 01:12:07,040 Speaker 1: said earlier, and to do that you need to crew 1401 01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:09,559 Speaker 1: some passing yards and throw maybe a couple of touchdowns. 1402 01:12:11,600 --> 01:12:15,280 Speaker 1: Zach Ertz player right, like quite a lot. Nelson Agil 1403 01:12:16,439 --> 01:12:18,439 Speaker 1: become a playmaker this year. We talked about how I 1404 01:12:18,520 --> 01:12:20,760 Speaker 1: might do some damage in the slot. Even if you 1405 01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:23,400 Speaker 1: do slot over Malcolm Butler, who's not some guy that 1406 01:12:23,479 --> 01:12:27,519 Speaker 1: can never be beat. Those two men go over one 1407 01:12:27,600 --> 01:12:30,600 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty yards combined, so like they pull a 1408 01:12:30,720 --> 01:12:35,680 Speaker 1: Hogan Yeah, basically they go full Hogan. But the two 1409 01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:38,880 Speaker 1: of them, they combined to go Hogan. They combined to 1410 01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:43,040 Speaker 1: go Hogan. Yeah, I'll go I'll take you up on that. 1411 01:12:43,120 --> 01:12:46,040 Speaker 1: I'll go under I'll take it. I think that's you know, 1412 01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:48,519 Speaker 1: I think you could have a future and you know, 1413 01:12:48,600 --> 01:12:52,360 Speaker 1: prop bet making, because I feel like that's right around. Yeah, 1414 01:12:52,600 --> 01:12:54,960 Speaker 1: that feels like it's right around the right, the right 1415 01:12:55,080 --> 01:12:58,240 Speaker 1: numbers right. You know, my life took a sad turn. 1416 01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:00,840 Speaker 1: If I'm in like some like ark apartment on the 1417 01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:04,719 Speaker 1: outskirts of like Henderson Nevado, Like, all right, I gotta 1418 01:13:04,760 --> 01:13:06,720 Speaker 1: get my props in before I go to Jack in 1419 01:13:06,760 --> 01:13:10,880 Speaker 1: the box wicking your fingers before you separated. I'll take 1420 01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:12,920 Speaker 1: you up on that one. That's a big one that 1421 01:13:13,120 --> 01:13:18,920 Speaker 1: that could decide some things. Greg, you're so everyone took me. 1422 01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:22,080 Speaker 1: Is that the first one that's been which is strange? Yeah, 1423 01:13:22,280 --> 01:13:25,200 Speaker 1: because that's a that's right on the edge. I uh, 1424 01:13:25,960 --> 01:13:30,560 Speaker 1: I'm bored by this one. How about no, no, I 1425 01:13:30,600 --> 01:13:32,920 Speaker 1: got it it's supposed to weren't supposed to tell the 1426 01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:35,439 Speaker 1: listener that no, no, I mean the ones I had 1427 01:13:35,439 --> 01:13:39,479 Speaker 1: written down? How about that, Doug Peterson, we'll have a 1428 01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:46,600 Speaker 1: terrible challenge that fails, and everyone agrees. We call that 1429 01:13:46,880 --> 01:13:50,960 Speaker 1: terrible challenge. We call that Marvin Marvin Lewis. So we'd 1430 01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:53,840 Speaker 1: widely agreed that that was a disastrous I mean, he 1431 01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:55,920 Speaker 1: could have a failed challenge that it was like, oh 1432 01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:58,280 Speaker 1: that was close, you know, that wasn't crazy. But he'll 1433 01:13:58,320 --> 01:14:03,560 Speaker 1: have a challenge to cost him a time out. What 1434 01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:06,040 Speaker 1: if it happens when it's three three in the second quarter. 1435 01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:12,400 Speaker 1: If it's a terrible challenge, it's a terrible challenge that. Okay, 1436 01:14:12,560 --> 01:14:16,480 Speaker 1: this is this is kind of challenging because Greg famously 1437 01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:21,920 Speaker 1: has various strong opinions on in game coaching decisions. Yeah 1438 01:14:22,000 --> 01:14:25,160 Speaker 1: he does. He's like really big on clock management at 1439 01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:28,040 Speaker 1: the time of the play and challenges, whereas I'd never 1440 01:14:28,160 --> 01:14:30,120 Speaker 1: have like really strong opinions and that kind of stuff 1441 01:14:30,120 --> 01:14:34,479 Speaker 1: at the time. Um, it's a weird one. Two people 1442 01:14:34,560 --> 01:14:38,960 Speaker 1: don't realize is Yeah, Doug Peterson has his own Ernie 1443 01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:42,040 Speaker 1: Adams in his ear, and he rarely makes mistakes in 1444 01:14:42,120 --> 01:14:44,640 Speaker 1: coaching situations. I will take you up on this. So 1445 01:14:44,720 --> 01:14:47,280 Speaker 1: you're saying it does happen, I'm saying it happens, and 1446 01:14:47,560 --> 01:14:49,559 Speaker 1: I'm saying it won't happen. I'll take you up. I'm 1447 01:14:49,560 --> 01:14:52,600 Speaker 1: saying it won't happen either. You got everyone there we go. 1448 01:14:53,200 --> 01:14:56,720 Speaker 1: That's another big one. Michael Bardy agrees with you, but 1449 01:14:58,840 --> 01:15:03,120 Speaker 1: West close it out. Either Al Michael's or Chris Collinsworth 1450 01:15:03,360 --> 01:15:06,880 Speaker 1: will specifically use the word goat in reference reference to 1451 01:15:06,920 --> 01:15:09,280 Speaker 1: Tom Brady at some point. That one won't work because 1452 01:15:09,280 --> 01:15:11,479 Speaker 1: we're not gonna hear the telecast. Our fans will be 1453 01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:14,720 Speaker 1: let us drug on Twitter. Are you sure you want 1454 01:15:14,840 --> 01:15:17,400 Speaker 1: like four hundred people or more like that? No one's 1455 01:15:17,439 --> 01:15:20,960 Speaker 1: gonna take you up on this anyway. So totally by 1456 01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,960 Speaker 1: the end of the first quarter, you think Al Michael's 1457 01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:28,200 Speaker 1: is gonna use the word goat? Yes, because it doesn't 1458 01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:30,040 Speaker 1: even have to be his opinion. He could say that, Oh, 1459 01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:32,439 Speaker 1: Eagles players, you know they know him as the goat 1460 01:15:32,520 --> 01:15:35,760 Speaker 1: or Patriots players. I just think it's so synonymous of 1461 01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:38,320 Speaker 1: Tom Brady now, isn't it. I just don't picture Al 1462 01:15:38,439 --> 01:15:43,280 Speaker 1: Michael's using that word. But you got christ what about Michelle? No, 1463 01:15:43,439 --> 01:15:45,840 Speaker 1: it has to be either Michael's work. Al tries to 1464 01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:48,799 Speaker 1: get kind of cool with the lad I think Colin's 1465 01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:50,479 Speaker 1: worth as a shoe and to say it maybe even 1466 01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:54,760 Speaker 1: multiple times because he's folks. He he is a bit folks. 1467 01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:56,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay away from this one because then we're 1468 01:15:56,840 --> 01:16:00,479 Speaker 1: also we're going off the listener is and I love 1469 01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:04,519 Speaker 1: the listeners. Well how about this, don't crowd, don't don't 1470 01:16:04,800 --> 01:16:06,600 Speaker 1: come after us after the game with the goat thing 1471 01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:10,519 Speaker 1: on Twitter. N I'm all about interacting with the listeners. Yes, 1472 01:16:10,760 --> 01:16:13,519 Speaker 1: I can get them involved. They want to be a 1473 01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:15,519 Speaker 1: part of the show, I know, and I love having 1474 01:16:15,560 --> 01:16:17,160 Speaker 1: them a part of it. But if nobody's gonna take 1475 01:16:17,200 --> 01:16:19,160 Speaker 1: me up on it, then they're not. They're not going 1476 01:16:19,200 --> 01:16:23,680 Speaker 1: to be somebody's gotta fall on the sword. Something a 1477 01:16:23,680 --> 01:16:26,160 Speaker 1: little bit more risky. I've fallen enough swords during this game. 1478 01:16:26,200 --> 01:16:30,280 Speaker 1: I have a sense hoisted on my own petard. That's 1479 01:16:30,320 --> 01:16:32,000 Speaker 1: the way to play it. That's the way to play 1480 01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:35,160 Speaker 1: That one didn't work out for you, But there's a 1481 01:16:35,240 --> 01:16:37,559 Speaker 1: lot to track. We're all very excited now for Super 1482 01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:40,320 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty two. The next time you hear from us, 1483 01:16:41,080 --> 01:16:46,560 Speaker 1: oh yeah, it will be Sunday night. Often imitated, never duplicated. 1484 01:16:46,600 --> 01:16:50,920 Speaker 1: It's our super Bowl recap show taped from We're the 1485 01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:55,000 Speaker 1: only podcast that's doing this. I guarantee from US Bank Stadium, 1486 01:16:55,240 --> 01:16:58,680 Speaker 1: the site of Super Bowl fifty two. The heroes will 1487 01:16:58,680 --> 01:17:02,320 Speaker 1: be there, uh to offer our dispatch on this game. 1488 01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:10,160 Speaker 1: And yes, and it was Scott Zolac doesn't survive this game. 1489 01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:12,280 Speaker 1: I've got a feeling that Brady does win another m 1490 01:17:12,320 --> 01:17:17,479 Speaker 1: v P. Zola's head explodes in this game. We've got 1491 01:17:20,120 --> 01:17:22,519 Speaker 1: what was that was? Two items of housekeeping? Yes, you 1492 01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:25,960 Speaker 1: need to thank someone. Oh, yes, of course, Ryan cons 1493 01:17:27,320 --> 01:17:32,160 Speaker 1: great Man spotted me, Mark and Patra at the Mall 1494 01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:35,760 Speaker 1: of America and he works for a fine clothing company, Hammermaid, 1495 01:17:36,280 --> 01:17:38,200 Speaker 1: and he said, go down to the Hammade will take 1496 01:17:38,240 --> 01:17:41,439 Speaker 1: care of you, and they certainly did. We love free stuff, 1497 01:17:41,520 --> 01:17:44,639 Speaker 1: you know that, and so Ryan, so many great listeners 1498 01:17:44,680 --> 01:17:46,680 Speaker 1: and we've a lot of people have come up to 1499 01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:49,720 Speaker 1: us and everyone is so cool and nice. So um 1500 01:17:49,840 --> 01:17:54,120 Speaker 1: as much as I uh about um the tweet up, 1501 01:17:55,120 --> 01:17:58,360 Speaker 1: I love our listeners and especially Ryan because he gives 1502 01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:00,680 Speaker 1: us free stuff. You'll have a chance to show that 1503 01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:04,799 Speaker 1: love Friday evening. Check my Twitter account at Chris Wesleyan 1504 01:18:04,920 --> 01:18:07,880 Speaker 1: and around the NFL. We'll have details on where the 1505 01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:10,519 Speaker 1: meet up is. If you see my tweet, feel free 1506 01:18:10,560 --> 01:18:12,599 Speaker 1: to jump in with a recommendation on where we should 1507 01:18:12,600 --> 01:18:15,160 Speaker 1: meet up and I'll announce it at some point on Friday. 1508 01:18:15,400 --> 01:18:17,040 Speaker 1: And one quick thing, we mentioned that we got that 1509 01:18:17,120 --> 01:18:19,519 Speaker 1: t g I Friday's Gift Certificate. The gifts just keep 1510 01:18:19,600 --> 01:18:22,080 Speaker 1: rolling in. But along with Mr f it was Charlie Barker, 1511 01:18:22,200 --> 01:18:26,320 Speaker 1: Graham Hackney, and John Richard and their their lady partners 1512 01:18:26,400 --> 01:18:29,599 Speaker 1: and wives. The lady partners, well, there were multiple people named, 1513 01:18:29,640 --> 01:18:31,240 Speaker 1: but this is the list I drummed up right here, 1514 01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:33,320 Speaker 1: So thank you for that. We'll enjoy it this weekend. 1515 01:18:33,560 --> 01:18:35,680 Speaker 1: We're the best listeners in the world, so thank you 1516 01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:39,960 Speaker 1: so much. And speaking of the listeners, yes, we will 1517 01:18:40,040 --> 01:18:45,040 Speaker 1: have a trophy when we get back to California waiting 1518 01:18:45,680 --> 01:18:48,800 Speaker 1: for the heroes when they touched down in southern California. 1519 01:18:49,320 --> 01:18:52,680 Speaker 1: Assuming the world still exists. I'm surprised there's no end 1520 01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:54,680 Speaker 1: of the World prop from you this year. Mark, it 1521 01:18:54,760 --> 01:18:57,200 Speaker 1: feels like a good year. At the asteroid passing, Hey, 1522 01:18:57,320 --> 01:19:00,360 Speaker 1: it's a little bit tired. I've done that a multiple 1523 01:19:00,400 --> 01:19:02,960 Speaker 1: ways and I don't think it's going to happen this time. 1524 01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:06,280 Speaker 1: I've lost I've lost that bet five or six. I 1525 01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:10,960 Speaker 1: thought you were saying I lost hope. No, Yeah, I've 1526 01:19:11,000 --> 01:19:13,920 Speaker 1: lost time, it won't. It's really I keep going on, 1527 01:19:14,160 --> 01:19:16,880 Speaker 1: day after day, month after month, the same, and it's 1528 01:19:17,000 --> 01:19:20,880 Speaker 1: it's really a catch twenty two because yeah, there's not 1529 01:19:21,000 --> 01:19:24,080 Speaker 1: going to be some great thing that like alters our reality. 1530 01:19:24,160 --> 01:19:26,960 Speaker 1: It's just the same old thing. Inevitably, they're going Monday 1531 01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:30,160 Speaker 1: through Sunday because this is the one year that you 1532 01:19:30,280 --> 01:19:33,080 Speaker 1: don't pick it, it will be the end of the world. Well, 1533 01:19:33,080 --> 01:19:35,479 Speaker 1: and they'll no one will be caring about a sandwich. Unfortunately, 1534 01:19:35,640 --> 01:19:37,920 Speaker 1: you'll never collect the sandwiches either way. I don't think 1535 01:19:37,960 --> 01:19:40,439 Speaker 1: if the world ends, I mean, I mean, you've had 1536 01:19:40,520 --> 01:19:43,240 Speaker 1: seven hundred billion straight days of the world not ending. 1537 01:19:43,280 --> 01:19:46,600 Speaker 1: It's dude. At some point, all right, what do you 1538 01:19:46,640 --> 01:19:49,679 Speaker 1: say we go down to Fridays and start cutting into 1539 01:19:49,760 --> 01:19:52,280 Speaker 1: that work. We've got some work to do, so let's 1540 01:19:52,280 --> 01:19:57,240 Speaker 1: get to work. One drink before work. I've been let's go, 1541 01:19:57,640 --> 01:20:00,280 Speaker 1: let's get out of here. Stan had the signing offered 1542 01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:04,360 Speaker 1: Kevin Patrick coming at you, thanks forbody, for drugging, the Sizzler, 1543 01:20:04,720 --> 01:20:07,320 Speaker 1: the Maleman, the old Boss, and Lindsay Fulton with the 1544 01:20:07,400 --> 01:20:11,719 Speaker 1: blue hair behind the glass till Super Bowl Sunday,