1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: Oh what's going on? Happy Tuesday to you. Thrilled to 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: be here with you, Mallard Militia. Feel free to check in. 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: Love being interactive with you. But I want to, uh, listen. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: I like to point out things that I like. I 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,960 Speaker 1: like to point out things that are stupid from time 6 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: to time, and this, to me is peak stupidity. It 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: would be the NFL playoff format. Now here's the thing. 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: I'm fully aware that sometimes when we have these these 9 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 1: discussions I fully care about like, uh, I don't know 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: my ideas. I care about my ideas a lot. But 11 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: if you were to just tell me your ideas, I 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 1: might not care about them as much. 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 2: Right. 14 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 1: So the point is, I'm not saying like, don't don't 15 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: give me your ideas. I'm just saying I'm going to 16 00:00:55,440 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 1: try to keep my ideas at a relative minimum, with 17 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 1: the thought in mind that you just might not really 18 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 1: care a whole like of a lot about it. Right, 19 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 1: Like it could work out that way. But with the Rams. 20 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:13,119 Speaker 1: The Rams lost on Monday night, and yet they still 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,120 Speaker 1: have an eleven and five record, And I'm just looking 22 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: at the playoff picture in both conferences in every year 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: and this year, more than some recent years, the standings 24 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,200 Speaker 1: just look dumb. I really don't understand why I get 25 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: as much pushback on this as I get, because this 26 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,440 Speaker 1: has driven me crazy for a number of years, and 27 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,479 Speaker 1: this year is no different. This year it's just more intense, 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: if anything. But I'm looking at the records and it 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: just something just stands out like a sore thumb. Remember 30 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: the old school, Like, one of these things is not 31 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: like the other. I don't know how the melody went, 32 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: but it was like that. It was a sesame street thing. 33 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 1: One of these things is not like the And as 34 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: a little kid, you had to be like, oh, what 35 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: is it? All right, that's not the same. Yeah, that 36 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 1: guy's wearing a yellow sweater, that girl's wearing a yellow sweater, 37 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: that kid is wearing a yellow sweater, and this other 38 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: guy is wearing a black sweater. It's like, that's what's difference, 39 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: the black sweater guy. Right, that's what it looks like 40 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: in the AFC and the NFC playoff pictures if you 41 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: look at the AFC. Okay, now, I'll just give you 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: the records, so right now, in order, it is Denver 43 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: thirteen and three, Patriots thirteen and three, Jags twelve and four, 44 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:44,639 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh nine and seven. They don't even have ten wins, 45 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:49,520 Speaker 1: they don't have double digit wins. Then underneath the Steelers, 46 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: Houston eleven and five, Chargers eleven and five, Bills eleven 47 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: and five, all these wild card teams in the AFC 48 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: have eleven wins, and yet Pittsburgh, who right now is 49 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: leading the AFC North, they have to beat the Ravens 50 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: to win the division. Otherwise the Ravens will will win it. 51 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: So I don't understand why it's structured this way. It's 52 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,920 Speaker 1: so dumb. It's so dumb. The way it is is 53 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: the division winners, they're seeded one through four. We don't 54 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 1: care about their records. If you win your division, no 55 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: questions asked, You get a playoff berth, you get a 56 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 1: home playoff game. You're seeded one through four. And that's 57 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 1: the way it remains throughout the entire playoffs. It's crazy, 58 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: it's insanity. In no world has the Steelers season been 59 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 1: better or more impressive than the Texans, the Chargers, the Bills. 60 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: All those teams have two more wins than the Steelers. 61 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: The Steelers play in a bad division like that, it's 62 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: not an impressive season. It's not an impressive achievement that 63 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: they've won their division. What I want to do, here's 64 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 1: my idea. It's not very difficult. The four division winners, 65 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: they get into the playoffs. Okay, you get a playoff spot. 66 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: We might not even have that, like in the NFC 67 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: Carolina they might if they win the NFC South, they 68 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 1: might not be guaranteed a playoff spot, right like, it 69 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,159 Speaker 1: might not work that way. So at least you get 70 00:04:26,200 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: a playoff spot. You're guaranteed you're in the playoffs. We 71 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: don't care if you're under five hundred. That's happened. By 72 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: the way, there have been teams that made the playoffs 73 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: that had a sub five hundred record that would not 74 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: have made the playoffs unless they won their division. So 75 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: if you win your division, you're in the playoffs, no 76 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 1: questions asked. That's your reward. But you don't get the 77 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: extreme luxury of then hosting a playoff game on top 78 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: of that. You don't get that. No, sorry, it's too much. 79 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: So what you do. Division winners, you're in one, two, three, four, 80 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: You guys are in the field. Then we have three 81 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: wildcard teams one two, three. Those seven teams make it 82 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 1: in each conference, and then we seed the teams based 83 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,080 Speaker 1: on record. That's what we do. We see them based 84 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 1: on record. You know who figured this out in one 85 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: year college football? College football. What they did is what 86 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:32,599 Speaker 1: the NFL currently does college football. Last season, they said, hey, 87 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: we're gonna have the uh, the highest conference winners. If 88 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: you win your conference, you guys are gonna be seeded 89 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,600 Speaker 1: one through four. You guys are gonna get the buye, 90 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: which is a big deal. You get to rest, you 91 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: don't risk injury, you don't risk losing, you don't risk anything. 92 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:52,200 Speaker 1: You get, you earn a bye. It's a big deal. 93 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:56,560 Speaker 1: And then they had Arizona State and Boise State get 94 00:05:56,560 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: buys and college football is like, this is stupid, dude, 95 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 1: Like these teams are ranked low. I forget the rank. 96 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: I'd have to look, but uh, it's like Boise State 97 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 1: was I don't know, like twelfth in Arizona State was 98 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: ranked sixteenth, And somehow these teams got buys. They're seated 99 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: like three and four. It was insanity. And college football 100 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: looked at that and they were like, yeah, we're changing 101 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,159 Speaker 1: that immediately. This is dumb. This is just this is dumb. 102 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,120 Speaker 1: And so they seated teams one through four based on 103 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: record based on rankings, like the way they ranked them 104 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 1: is the way they seeded them, and they're ranked primarily 105 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: based on record. So it's not like, oh, okay, you 106 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: won the UH, you won the Big twelve, Okay, you 107 00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: get a buye. You won the UH, you won the 108 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: ACC Okay you get a bye. Like no, no, no, no, no, no, 109 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: no no. You actually have to be ranked one through 110 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: four to get one of the top four seatings and 111 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: thus a bye. College football figured it out in one year. 112 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 1: It took them one year to be like, our system 113 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 1: is dumb. Visit this is freaking crazy, and the NFL 114 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: is still beholden on their dumb system if you look 115 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: at it, like right now, Carolina, the Carolina Panthers, who 116 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: lead their division, which sucks. They're like Boise State. Last 117 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: year Boise State won a sucky conference. They they were 118 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: ranked lower and they were inappropriately handed a bye and 119 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 1: college football changed it. The same thing with Arizona State. 120 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: They were ranked too low and college football was like, 121 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: all right, yeah, we kind of messed that up, or 122 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 1: we're changing that. You know, I'm looking at the let 123 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: me see the rankings here. The UH well, we have 124 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: the final rankings. Sorry, let me try to get this 125 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: week sixty. Okay, So going in here we go. Arizona 126 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: State was ranked twelve and they were seeded number four 127 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: just because they won the Big Twelve. They're like, hey, 128 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: you won your conference, so you get a bye. I 129 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: guess the twelfth ranked team gets the number four seed. 130 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: That makes a ton of sense. Boise State was ranked 131 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: ninth and they got the number three seed. Again, makes 132 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 1: zero sense whatsoever. One year and college football was like, yeah, 133 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: all right, that's kind of change. That's dumb. We're dumb. 134 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: We admit that we're dumb, and we're changing this immediately. 135 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: So if you look at what happened in college football now, 136 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: look at this lines up a little bit more logically. 137 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: So Indiana ranked number one, seeded number one, Ohio State 138 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: ranked number two, seeded number two, Georgia three and three, 139 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: Texas Tech ranked four, seeded number four. Wow, it's amazing 140 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: how that works out. It almost like makes sense, right, Like, 141 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 1: I don't know why the NFL doesn't do that. It 142 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 1: really is ridiculous. Ask yourself this. If we were ranking 143 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: these teams in the AFC and we're looking at their records, 144 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: and we're factoring in some other things like what's your 145 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 1: strength of schedule, the things we do in college football, 146 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,760 Speaker 1: what's your strength of record, like who did you play, 147 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:31,920 Speaker 1: who did you beat? Who are your quality losses? All 148 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: of that stuff we do in college football. If we 149 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: were to do that in the NFL, where do you 150 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:39,679 Speaker 1: think the Steelers would be? Do you think they would 151 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: be fourth out of these seven teams that make it 152 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: into the playoffs? No chance, they would be dead last 153 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: out of those seven. So why are they seated number four? 154 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:56,200 Speaker 1: It's dumb, It makes no sense. So you win your division, 155 00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: you're in the playoffs. The three other wild card teams 156 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: based on record, you're in the playoffs as well, And 157 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 1: then you see those teams based on record. There's no 158 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 1: world where if you look at the NFC playoff picture, 159 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: Carolina is number four right now because they lead their division, 160 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,240 Speaker 1: and below them you've got San Francisco twelve and four. 161 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 1: Carolina's eight and eight. So right now, an eight and 162 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: eight football team would host a twelve and four football team. 163 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 1: In no world does that make sense. It makes absolutely 164 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 1: zero sense. And for anyone who says, well, I just 165 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: think you should get more for winning your division. Why 166 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: why do you get more for winning the NFC South, 167 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: which sucks this year? They might not have one team 168 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: with a winning record if Carolina loses to Tampa, and 169 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:53,719 Speaker 1: by the way, I don't think they will, but if 170 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: they do, no team will have a winning record in 171 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: that division. Is winning that division more impressive than the 172 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 1: Niners being a twelve and four football team, at worse 173 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,280 Speaker 1: a twelve and five football team. How is that more impressive? 174 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: It isn't, so they shouldn't be rewarded as if it is. 175 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: They should break these teams, seed these teams based on 176 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: record all day and for anyway. I was thinking about 177 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: this too, thinking about this today, because you'll hear this 178 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: quite a bit. It's like, okay, we just let's how 179 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 1: about this. I hate this idea, but let's keep it 180 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: the way it is, which is dumb and makes no sense, 181 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: which I've outlined in great detail, probably more detailed than 182 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: I initially set out thinking I would do. But you know, 183 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: you know me, I'm a bal junkie and I just 184 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: get off and run, and you know, I get passionate 185 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 1: about this stuff. Anyway, So a lot of people say, 186 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: let's just keep it out. It is the four division 187 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: winners one, two, three four Boo boo boom, boo boom. 188 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: That might have been one too many booms. I don't 189 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:56,839 Speaker 1: know if it was four or five booms. It was 190 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,559 Speaker 1: one too many boom. I apologize, but boom boom, boom boom. 191 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: There you go. Then you get the three wild card 192 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: teams boom boom boom, and then we keep it just 193 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:09,679 Speaker 1: the way it is. And then after the first round, 194 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: let's recede. You hear that a lot. Let's reseed these 195 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 1: teams based on record. And I was playing this game, 196 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: so like, play this game out here real quick, just 197 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: based on the playoff picture right now. Okay, so the 198 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,679 Speaker 1: playoff picture right now, what you would have is your 199 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 1: two to seven matchup would be the Bears hosting the Packers. Okay, now, 200 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: humor me on this one. Let's say the Bears win 201 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: that game. They just beat the Packers in at Soldier 202 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: Field a week ago. Right, Let's say they do it again. 203 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: Packers have lost three in a row. Jordan Love has 204 00:12:46,760 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: been banged up, like, it wouldn't be crazy if if 205 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,319 Speaker 1: the Packers went to Soldier Field and lost again. So 206 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 1: let's say the Bears win that game. Then we also 207 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 1: get the four to five matchup that would be right now, 208 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: Carolina against San Francisco. Let's be radical here and say 209 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:06,679 Speaker 1: San Francisco wins that game on the road, okay, And 210 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: then the last one that we would have in the 211 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:11,719 Speaker 1: first round, we would have the Rams at the Eagles. 212 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: Let's say the Rams win that game. Rams went into 213 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:21,079 Speaker 1: you know, Philly before, and if not for a couple 214 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: of missed field goals, one was blocked at the end 215 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: in return for a touchdown, they win that game. Like 216 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: the Rams should have won that game. Wouldn't be crazy 217 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: at all if they went in there and beat the Eagles. 218 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 1: So let's just say that's what we have, all right. 219 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 1: If you were then to reseed teams based on record 220 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: after the first round, this is what you would get 221 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: based on what I just said. Bears beat Packers, the 222 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: Rams beat the Eagles, and the Panthers they lose to 223 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: the Niners. Right, so your three winners are what Bears, Rams, Niners. 224 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: If you reseed those teams, what you would have is 225 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: Seattle would be the one seed, San Francisco would be 226 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:08,440 Speaker 1: the two seed, then it would be Chicago and the 227 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 1: Rams Rams would be the four seed. You know what's 228 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: funny about this? Two would play three, right, So you 229 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:18,959 Speaker 1: would have a wild card team in the forty nine 230 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: ers hosting a division winner in the Bears. So if 231 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: you're okay with the idea, if you're one of these like, hey, 232 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: let's receed after the first round, if you're up for that, 233 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: then you do realize, right that a wild card team 234 00:14:37,520 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: could very well host a division winner in the second round. 235 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 1: So if you're cool with that in the second round, 236 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: why are you not cool with that in the first round? 237 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 1: That makes no sense. None, I hear that all the time. No, 238 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:55,640 Speaker 1: I think, I think you should get a home playoff 239 00:14:55,680 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: game if you win your division, but they should definitely 240 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: re se after that going forward. It's like, you do 241 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,760 Speaker 1: realize that you could have a wildcard team hosting a 242 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 1: division winner in the second round, right, Like when the 243 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: stakes are growing and it's getting more serious and we're 244 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: inching closer to Championship Sunday and then Super Bowl Sunday. 245 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 1: It just blows my vine. Man, it makes no sense. 246 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: And yet you'll have team after team after team in 247 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: the NFL ownership. They're just they're dead set against changing 248 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 1: the playoff format. They don't want to see these teams 249 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: based on record, and they're like, hey, if you win 250 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 1: your division, you should get a home game. I think 251 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: it's like this, Really, if we cut down to it, 252 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 1: more franchises benefit from the way it is right now, 253 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: Like Carolina would benefit from the way it is right now. 254 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: The winner of the AFC North, the Steelers or the Ravens, 255 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: they would benefit from the way it is right now. 256 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 1: And yet you might have one team or a couple 257 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: of teams that get screwed right now. It would be 258 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers, they're a wild card team right now. 259 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: It'd be the Rams, they're a wild card team right now. 260 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: All these teams in the AFC, Texans, Chargers, Bills, they 261 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: have better records than the Steelers. I really don't know 262 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: why they aren't thinking the way I'm thinking, Like I 263 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: just I don't know, man, Like they don't think, hey, man, 264 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 1: why are we on the road exactly? This socks that 265 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: shouldn't be like this. I would think there'd be more 266 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: of a groundswell to change this format, but there just isn't. 267 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: There isn't when they bring it up, like, hey, should 268 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 1: we even vote on this? I don't even think it 269 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: gets voted on. I don't think. I don't think it 270 00:16:34,800 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: even gets to that stage where they're like, yeah, yeah, 271 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 1: I think it was what the Lions brought it up 272 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: last year. So the Lions, if they didn't win their 273 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: Week eighteen game, they would have fallen from the number 274 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,680 Speaker 1: one seed to the number five seed, and they brought 275 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: this up, like, yo, we might want to change this. 276 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 1: It's a kind of dumb slash. We almost got screwed 277 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: by this stupid setup, and it got shot down right away. 278 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: I don't think they even voted on it. I don't 279 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 1: think it even got to that stage. So there is 280 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: not any momentum for changing this rule, and I think 281 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 1: it should be changed immediately. It makes absolutely no sense. 282 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: I don't care that you won your sucky division. I 283 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:25,280 Speaker 1: don't care. You know what's funny too, they they rank 284 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,719 Speaker 1: these teams or see these teams based on record among 285 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:33,679 Speaker 1: the division winners and among the wild card teams. It's like, 286 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 1: why don't we do that altogether? Why? Why not? 287 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 3: Like? 288 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: In what world is Carolina's season this year more impressive 289 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,480 Speaker 1: than the Niners or the Rams. It's it's not even close, 290 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: even with the Rams losing on Monday Night to the 291 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: Falcons not even close to more impressed. They're a five 292 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: hundred team. They're eight and eight. It's not more impressive. Like, 293 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,520 Speaker 1: which division is more impressive? Is it the NFC South 294 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: with no teams with a winning record they have no 295 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 1: teams with the winning record right now, or the NFC West, 296 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: where you've got three teams with at least eleven wins. 297 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: The NFC West is light years better than the NFC South. 298 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: So why are we acting like winning the NFC South 299 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 1: is better than being a wildcard team in the NFC West. 300 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 1: It's just dumb. It makes absolutely no sense. I wish 301 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: they would change it right away, and for now you 302 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 1: have a little bit of ammo. I just figured this out, 303 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit late to the party. But for 304 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,920 Speaker 1: anyone who's like guy, I think the division winners should 305 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 1: have home games, but I'm in favor of reseeding after 306 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:41,639 Speaker 1: the first round. It's like, you do realize that wildcard 307 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,199 Speaker 1: teams could then host division winners, right they could be 308 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,439 Speaker 1: hosting the game, Like the wildcard team would get the 309 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:51,520 Speaker 1: home game, something that for some reason you're against in 310 00:18:51,560 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: the first round. Like that argument makes absolutely no sense. 311 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:58,680 Speaker 1: It's a complete contradiction for anyone who's like, I don't 312 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: think that a wildcard team should host games in the 313 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,600 Speaker 1: first round, but we should recede going forward, it's a 314 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: complete contradiction. It's like they don't even realize what they're saying. 315 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 1: So no, they should just base these teams. They should 316 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 1: see these teams based on record, whether you win your 317 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 1: division or your wild card team, all in order, based 318 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 1: on record. But your comments are more than welcome. I 319 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: know a lot of people, for whatever reason, they rage 320 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:31,560 Speaker 1: against logic. I put it this way. Sometimes people just 321 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: get used to stuff. Okay, there is no way if 322 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: the setup all along is what I'm saying it should be. 323 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: We've got our seven teams, or back in the day 324 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: when we had six teams from each conference make the playoffs, 325 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,360 Speaker 1: if they just seed it all these teams based on record, 326 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:58,680 Speaker 1: nobody would suggest changing it to the system we currently 327 00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: have a right. We're seeding these teams one through seven 328 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: based on record, whether you won your division or you're 329 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 1: a wildcard team. We're basing it on record, okay, and 330 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: we'll have tie breakers if we need to, just like 331 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: we do as now. Right, Well, you don't change anything 332 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,720 Speaker 1: like that. We're one through seven based on record and tiebreakers. 333 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:19,919 Speaker 1: No one would be like, hey, I got an idea. 334 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: How about we do this so you get a playoff 335 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 1: berth if you win your division and you automatically get 336 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 1: a home game. 337 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:28,000 Speaker 4: Yeah. 338 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,399 Speaker 1: I know you might be like eight to nine and 339 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: you might host a team that's like four or five 340 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: wins better than you, but we think you should get 341 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 1: something more for winning your division. Right, Everybody would look 342 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: at that guy like he had three heads, Like who 343 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: invited this freaking guy to the meeting? Get the hell 344 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: out of here? Like that makes no sense at all. 345 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,080 Speaker 1: I think we just get used to stuff, and a 346 00:20:50,119 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 1: lot of people are used to this format. We're the 347 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 1: top four teams, top four seeds, they win their division, 348 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: no questions asked. That's who seeded one through four, one, two, three, four. 349 00:21:01,680 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: They're just used to it. If you stop and think 350 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 1: about it, it makes zero sense, no sense at all. 351 00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: San Francisco, if they're a wildcard team, they should be 352 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: seated ahead of Carolina the Rams. If they're a wildcard team, 353 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: they should be seated ahead of the Carolina Panthers all 354 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: day long. And yet that's just not how the NFL 355 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: does it. They do it just like college football. Last season, 356 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:33,719 Speaker 1: when Boise State ranked ninth, they're the three seed, and 357 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: when Arizona State ranked twelfth is the fourth seed. Makes 358 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: absolutely no sense. College football is like, this is dumb. 359 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,040 Speaker 1: We're changing it then, and the NFL is like, it's 360 00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: not dumb. Our system that resembles college football to a t, 361 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 1: you know, the one that college football changed. No, we're 362 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: sticking to our guns. Ours ours makes sense, or if 363 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 1: it doesn't make sense, we're just used to it so 364 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: we're comfortable with it. It's terrible, man, it's it's a 365 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: horrible format. As much as I love the NFL, that 366 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 1: format in the playoffs makes no sense. Feel free to 367 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: check in on this or whatever's on your mind. Eight seven, 368 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:11,320 Speaker 1: seven ninety nine on Fox, also on x at the 369 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:14,960 Speaker 1: No Show is where you can find me. Ooh, I'll 370 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: tell you what. We got some choppy waters. You ever 371 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: see Wolf on Wall Street? Wolf of Wall Street, not 372 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: Wolf on Wolf of Wall Street, right with Leo and 373 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:31,440 Speaker 1: they're sailing through some bad waters. I forget the whole context. 374 00:22:31,440 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: They have to get to a certain place because Leo 375 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:36,560 Speaker 1: has to get to his money, right, his whole thing, 376 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: and the guy sailing the boat he goes, there might 377 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:44,399 Speaker 1: be some chop. There might be some chop, and Leo's like, 378 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,120 Speaker 1: that's fine, we can get right out. Let's go. We're fine, 379 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 1: we can get through chop. Like there might be some 380 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: chop on the show tonight. Because guess what, Melard Militia, 381 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: I know, I know, Ben has you programmed into thinking 382 00:22:57,080 --> 00:23:00,199 Speaker 1: that lists are bad. I'm here to tell you not 383 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 1: all lists are bad. I have what I think is 384 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:09,120 Speaker 1: a great list for you. If you look at the 385 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 1: playoff quarterbacks as of right now, if you were to 386 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 1: rank the top five qbs who would benefit the most 387 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:22,159 Speaker 1: from winning a Super Bowl this season, what would your 388 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: list look like? Huh? I mean that is you can 389 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 1: have to do some mental gymnastics to come up with 390 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 1: a solid list as far as that goes. I have 391 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: a list. I'm gonna share it with you tonight. We'll 392 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: get to that at the top of the third hour, 393 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:40,480 Speaker 1: is what we're gonna do. So that's coming your way 394 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:43,439 Speaker 1: in thirty five minutes from now. But right around the 395 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 1: corner the heel coach of the entire NFL, and he 396 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: owns it, he loves it. We got the latest installment 397 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: of him being a heel. He's like the wrestler that 398 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: comes out and yells at the fans for being overweight, 399 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: and you know job listen, that's this guy. This NFL 400 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 1: coach is that WWE heel and he wears it. We'll 401 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 1: tell you about the latest installment of what he's up 402 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: to next. 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Let's see the malicious checking in over here. 420 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,439 Speaker 1: Very nice. Love to see this based on what I 421 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 1: was just saying. Let me go to the Beast of 422 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:12,600 Speaker 1: the East. He's in Rochester. I'm curious what he has 423 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 1: to say about receding. I'm curious about this. Just talking 424 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: about the the NFL's playoff format and not a fan, 425 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 1: but uh, some people feel very strongly about this. They 426 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,159 Speaker 1: want to keep it the same or I'm curious what 427 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: your thoughts are, Beast of the East. What's going on? Man, 428 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: Good morning to you. Welcome to Fox Sports Radio. 429 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:31,920 Speaker 6: Very good, John Den. 430 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 7: I always just the Mallards though, but nice still is. 431 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 4: Thank you. I just want to bring up one aspect 432 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 4: of your repat theory. 433 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 6: There's a lot of things I ruined sports. I can 434 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:46,800 Speaker 6: write a book. 435 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,960 Speaker 7: On them, but this is just one aspect of it. 436 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 6: And what it is is that you're forgetting one very 437 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 6: very important thing A lot of this year. 438 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 7: I have no argument against it, but. 439 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,160 Speaker 6: There's been years where a division winner. 440 00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 7: Was eight and eight in the sixteen game, maybe even 441 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 7: seven and nine, one of them in Seattle Seahawks, and 442 00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 7: they won their division seven and nine hosts of the 443 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 7: playoff game. Well, when people forget not this year Seattle 444 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 7: was in a division that beat the heck out of 445 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 7: each other, so obviously the record's going to be less. 446 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 4: I don't think you penalize. I hate them to switch. 447 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 2: You look in the NBA box. 448 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,200 Speaker 6: Scores now it's all by record. 449 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,199 Speaker 7: I can't stand that. 450 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 4: I really can't. 451 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:38,640 Speaker 7: It takes hog. 452 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:44,760 Speaker 6: Negative effect on rivalries. We could talk about fantasy sports 453 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 6: where people don't even root for their teams, they root 454 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,600 Speaker 6: for other players. But this is just one aspect of it. 455 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 6: I never want to see the division's gone and best record. 456 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,719 Speaker 6: I just think many times when somebody has an even 457 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,720 Speaker 6: or a little better, I just think it's because their 458 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 6: division is so com you know, competitive. 459 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 7: That's all tobably want to say. 460 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,320 Speaker 1: All right, Beast to the East. But I mean, listen, 461 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: you're entitled to your opinion, but I just don't buy 462 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: it at all. Like, let's look at the NFC South. 463 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: Are we saying that the Carolina Panthers are only eight 464 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: and eight because it's such a tough division and they're 465 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: just beating each other up. No, they're eight and eight 466 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: because they're not any good. Like, here's the thing, man, 467 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: you play six games, six division games, six of your 468 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: seventeen games are in your division. So if your overall 469 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: record is eight and eight, you're not a good football team. Like, 470 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: it's not because your division is so difficult about No, 471 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 1: those are only six of your seventeen games. You got 472 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: eleven games outside of your division. So like, if you're 473 00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,439 Speaker 1: just hovering around five hundred or you're below five hundred, 474 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,960 Speaker 1: you're not any good. Like, I just don't buy the 475 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 1: oh man, it's because you're your division is a gauntlet. Like, No, 476 00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:06,000 Speaker 1: that's not the rule. That's more the exception than the norm. 477 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 1: I don't buy that at all. I'm very standoffice here tonight. 478 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: I guess I don't know normally, I'm you know, open minded, 479 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: but you know I don't agree with everything. Is what 480 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: I'll tell you right now, my guy, Sir scratch Off, 481 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: I just saw an a AI generated you know, kind 482 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,800 Speaker 1: of video of Sir scratch Offs that was very entertaining. 483 00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,359 Speaker 1: Sir scratch Off, what's going on with you? 484 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 3: Man? 485 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:34,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to Fox Sports Radio, Sir scratch Off, you with us, 486 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: Buddy Man, I I don't know what's going on. Sounds 487 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 1: like he's driving or something. He's not taking a nap 488 00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: like holler and James. It sounds like he's a he's 489 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: going somewhere. I don't know what's going on with Sir 490 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: scratch Off. He doesn't have his his listening years on 491 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:55,280 Speaker 1: right there. I wish I was like, I didn't realize 492 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 1: I was a big Dukes of Hazzard fan when I 493 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: was a little kid, you know, because I just like 494 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: the car. I didn't realize like anything beyond the car. 495 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: I had no idea. And yeah, like Sir scratch Off, 496 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: you know, driving a truck and not not hearing me 497 00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: right now. I'm just assuming he's doing something behind the wheel. 498 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 1: I don't know. It's a bad assumption. But when I 499 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,480 Speaker 1: was a when I was a kid, I loved the 500 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: Dukes of Hazzard because the car was amazing, and they 501 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 1: would replay these episodes on CMT, like the country TV station. 502 00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: I'm like, why the hell would they replay these these 503 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,520 Speaker 1: episodes on CMT. And then being older, I would watch 504 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: an episode and it'd be like it'd be like a 505 00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,680 Speaker 1: crazy codeer, this is lost Shepherd, you got your ears on? 506 00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,960 Speaker 1: Come out, and I'm like, oh my gosh, I had 507 00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: no I had no idea any of that was. I 508 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 1: just like the car that was it. But I uh, 509 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, I'm just assuming that's what's going on with 510 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 1: Sir scratch Off. Someone's like, what's Sir scratch Off's like 511 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 1: trucker identity, you know, like in the Dukes of Hazzard 512 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 1: we had Loss Shepherd. I can't crazy Cooter. I can't 513 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: remember the other ones, right, But maybe that's what Sir 514 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,840 Speaker 1: scratch Off is. Maybe he's crazy Cooter, Crazy Cooter. He 515 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 1: got years on como, you know, I don't know. Maybe 516 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: that's that's what I would say to him. If I 517 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,960 Speaker 1: was a fellow trucker, I would say that all day. 518 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 1: I develop an accent just to say it more cool. 519 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: That's what I would do. All right, hollerin James is 520 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: with us? Let's see if he's loosen again. Back to 521 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 1: back nights. What's going on? Hollerin James. You're on FSR. 522 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 4: Hey, how you doing? 523 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 7: Brain? 524 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 4: No to say I still am going with my picks. 525 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:43,720 Speaker 1: You're still you're doubling down on Max Brosmer, is what 526 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: you're telling me? 527 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:50,040 Speaker 8: Huh, I'm on Max Brosurn like Max Hacker from We'll 528 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 8: get to see him, all right. 529 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,560 Speaker 1: You're doubling down on Brosmer. Someone has to write. I 530 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 1: don't see anybody else doing it. Maybe this is an 531 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: untapped valuable mark that you've stumbled. 532 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,560 Speaker 4: Up born and rage. 533 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,040 Speaker 1: That's what I'm worried about. I'm worried about this being 534 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:11,440 Speaker 1: a Homer pick. They had three passing yards against the Lions. 535 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: When you factor in zack yards three passing yards? What 536 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: is up with that? Holler in James, where's. 537 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 2: The got establish or running a pack? 538 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:21,400 Speaker 4: And they gotta establish a screen? 539 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:28,080 Speaker 2: Maybe throwing maybe a sweet flicker was justin Jefferson throwing 540 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 2: them all? 541 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,479 Speaker 1: Wow, all right, we got we got Jefferson throwing passes. Now, Okay, 542 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 1: I'm up for it. Let's get crazy over it's week eighteen. 543 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,880 Speaker 1: We're throwing stuff against the wall. See what sticks? I 544 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:39,320 Speaker 1: like it. 545 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:41,880 Speaker 2: Let's run some gadget. 546 00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: Hey, I'm all for gadgets. Look at Look at Ben Johnson. 547 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: He's the gadget guy. Gadgets work. There are there's a 548 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: time and place for gadgets in week eighteen? Is that time? 549 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:53,360 Speaker 2: Here? 550 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: Hollering James, Hey. 551 00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 2: You pan, I got this for you too. Let's go 552 00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 2: with my picks. 553 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 8: Okay, I got the Vikings over Green Bay, yep, I 554 00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 8: got Denver went in at home, okay, And I'll go 555 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,920 Speaker 8: with Seattle eating Tampa Bay. 556 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 2: And they don't play Tampa Bay though, Holler and James, 557 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 2: they play somebody else. 558 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:20,880 Speaker 1: Tampa's playing Carolina. 559 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,040 Speaker 4: I like Caroline over Tampa Bay. 560 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,560 Speaker 1: I said, oh, you like Caro, Okay, you like Carolin. 561 00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: I'm with you on that. I love Carolina. 562 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 2: You know why because I'm a big fan of Jake Delone. 563 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 2: I promised a jersey to trist Ward, who I met 564 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,520 Speaker 2: at Sawya and Saya was for young adults and the 565 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 2: Catholic religious program at Sant Loomscatholic Church. And now tell Minneapolis. 566 00:32:46,960 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: You're the man, Holler and James. 567 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:48,800 Speaker 3: I love it. 568 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 2: And I got a Carolina panther jacket from Randy Johnston 569 00:32:52,480 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 2: Ship and when I saw it, I saw it. 570 00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 4: Jake Delone, hey. 571 00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:59,880 Speaker 1: Man with rage and cage and Jake the Loan. Once 572 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 1: Louisiana Lafayette, they've rebranded, it's just Louisiana. I think you 573 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: got to keep the Lafayette right there. You know, I 574 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: don't like that rebranding. But the old raging Cajun Jake 575 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:13,120 Speaker 1: the Loam, and he played very well then the Super 576 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,360 Speaker 1: Bowl against the Patriots. Right there, I want a couple 577 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: of squares. I want a couple of pools on that one, 578 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: because I just had a flashback this Probably no one cares. 579 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: I'll keep this short. You know how you fill out 580 00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:27,320 Speaker 1: Super Bowl squares where you get like the number for 581 00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 1: the Patriots, the number for the Panthers. Right, if the 582 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 1: score matches your numbers, you get a payout. It was 583 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:39,800 Speaker 1: the same score for a couple of quarters, and I 584 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,840 Speaker 1: cashed in. I think one team was on the doorstep 585 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 1: of scoring at the end of the third quarter and 586 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: they didn't. They got held like within the five yard line. 587 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,480 Speaker 1: And the very first play of the fourth quarter they 588 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,840 Speaker 1: scored a touchdown. But yours truly cashed in. I doubled 589 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,320 Speaker 1: up because the score stayed the same. Wow, he was amazing. 590 00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,560 Speaker 1: It was an awesome some thing, man, I've made like 591 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: a couple hundred bucks something like that, maybe like three 592 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 1: hundred dollars. 593 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 5: Doig on you. 594 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:07,280 Speaker 1: It's a beautiful thing. 595 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:08,480 Speaker 6: All right. 596 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: Let me sneak in one more at least because a 597 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: couple of people want to check in on the format. 598 00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 1: I'm very curious what they have to say about this. 599 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,200 Speaker 1: Let me go to rich Is in Washington. He's got 600 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,200 Speaker 1: an idea on seating. Very curious about this playoff format. 601 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:22,120 Speaker 1: What's going on here? 602 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:22,439 Speaker 2: Rich? 603 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 4: Hey, how you doing tonight, guys? Good topic, you know, 604 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,160 Speaker 4: thinking about this and the whole seating team. I'm totally 605 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 4: on board with you, guys. I think it's bes the 606 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,279 Speaker 4: way it's structured and everything. But one of the things 607 00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,960 Speaker 4: I've always thought about this, you know, the National Football 608 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:42,720 Speaker 4: League the NFL and it's teams. They make a significant 609 00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 4: amount of money through the stadiums obviously, as you know, 610 00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 4: through everything from local revenue, tickets, concessions, parking, sponsorships. It 611 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 4: goes on and on. You know, have you ever thought 612 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,200 Speaker 4: about you know, wildcard, no wildcard? Okay, they have these 613 00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 4: teams eight and eight teams with no winning records. They 614 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,560 Speaker 4: get into their foot inside the door on a playoff thing. 615 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 4: Because this is secondary only to the massive national revenue 616 00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 4: from the TV deals that also follow this. And I'm 617 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 4: just wondering how much you know, I don't know what 618 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,920 Speaker 4: the numbers would be on this. I'd have to do 619 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:20,960 Speaker 4: some some checking on that, but it just seems like, 620 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:26,120 Speaker 4: you know, they say the teams control their local funds. Okay, well, 621 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:28,920 Speaker 4: how much does the league share on that? You know, 622 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,400 Speaker 4: local or national funds. Is it all equally? Is it making? 623 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 2: You know? 624 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 4: Generated you know, the revenue is a key differentiator. I 625 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,120 Speaker 4: guess you could say for the team profits. You know, 626 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 4: the longer they keep these teams in and the more 627 00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 4: extended we can do on these brackets and stuff, that's 628 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:50,280 Speaker 4: more people supporting their teams. I don't know, just something 629 00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:53,480 Speaker 4: that you on. You know, football is a money making industry. 630 00:35:53,520 --> 00:35:57,239 Speaker 4: Any professional sports is, you know, but the NFL, I 631 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 4: think is at the top of the top of the 632 00:35:59,480 --> 00:35:59,960 Speaker 4: food chain. 633 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,640 Speaker 1: Yeah. Man, I'll tell you what, rich. I appreciate you 634 00:36:03,719 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 1: checking in. You took it in a way different direction, 635 00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:08,760 Speaker 1: you know. I just care about who's getting the home games. 636 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: I don't know how the money gets distributed and chopped 637 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: up and who gets I don't know, that's a completely 638 00:36:14,160 --> 00:36:17,960 Speaker 1: different category. I just look, man, if you have a 639 00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,399 Speaker 1: twelve and four record and you're a wild card team, 640 00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:23,680 Speaker 1: it's dumb that you're on the road facing an eight 641 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,640 Speaker 1: and eight division winner. That's just ridiculous. And I know 642 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: this is as of week eighteen. I know we have 643 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:32,160 Speaker 1: a seventeen game schedule, and you know, Carolina, they might 644 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 1: be nine and eight, maybe the forty nine ers are 645 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:37,680 Speaker 1: twelve and five, so it's a three win difference. It's 646 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,840 Speaker 1: still dumb. That makes absolutely no sense. I hate the 647 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,520 Speaker 1: playoff format. It's what college football was last season and 648 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 1: that made no sense. That's what the NFL still is 649 00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,880 Speaker 1: rocking out. So I just I'm not in favor of it. 650 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:50,000 Speaker 3: Now. 651 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 1: I'll tell you one thing coming up next, there's one 652 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 1: other layer. I'll mention this very quickly, very quickly, very painlessly, 653 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,160 Speaker 1: and we'll get right back to the militia because it's 654 00:37:00,239 --> 00:37:03,879 Speaker 1: not just about the first week of the playoffs. It's 655 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,320 Speaker 1: about the entire path that you have in the playoffs. 656 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,759 Speaker 1: That's what matters so much here. So we'll get to 657 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 1: that here very quickly. I'm Brian no In for Big 658 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,400 Speaker 1: Ben Malor. Keep it locked right here on Fox Sports Radio. 659 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,719 Speaker 3: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in 660 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,120 Speaker 3: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio 661 00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:27,360 Speaker 3: dot com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to 662 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 3: listen live. 663 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,680 Speaker 1: I'm Brian no In for Big Ben Malor here on 664 00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:35,800 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Okay, as promised something very very painless. 665 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,640 Speaker 1: I'll make this very quick because I was talking about 666 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,280 Speaker 1: the NFL changing their playoff format I think they should 667 00:37:42,520 --> 00:37:45,960 Speaker 1: see these teams based on record, whether you're a wildcard 668 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,760 Speaker 1: team or whether you won your division. That's just my thought. 669 00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,839 Speaker 1: But the thing that matters, it's so far beyond the 670 00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:58,560 Speaker 1: first round. It's your entire playoff path that is altered, 671 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 1: that has changed, that is a affected based on the 672 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,840 Speaker 1: playoff format. So take a team like the forty nine ers. Okay, 673 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,320 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers, if they're seeded based on record 674 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,560 Speaker 1: right now, they're a two seed, Like they're a number 675 00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 1: two seed. And before you think, oh, that's that's crazy, 676 00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,839 Speaker 1: that's right. So we have a an NFC West team 677 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,080 Speaker 1: that's number one, that would be Seattle, and we've got 678 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:26,719 Speaker 1: an NFC West team that's number two in San Francisco. Like, 679 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,319 Speaker 1: what's up with Why would we do this? That's what 680 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:30,319 Speaker 1: college football does. 681 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 2: Matt. 682 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,760 Speaker 1: Look at who's the number one seed in the college 683 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,319 Speaker 1: football playoff Indiana, who's the number two seed Ohio State? 684 00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:39,359 Speaker 1: Those are both Big ten teams. You're not bent out 685 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:42,719 Speaker 1: of shape, You're not like they should change this is radical. No, 686 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: it could do this the same way in the NFL. 687 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 1: So if the the Niners are the two seed, now 688 00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,480 Speaker 1: think of their entire playoff path. If you're the two seed, 689 00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:57,920 Speaker 1: we're saying you keep winning, okay, so you get two 690 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 1: home playoff games. The Niners win their first home playoff game, 691 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,560 Speaker 1: they get a second home playoff game guaranteed, and then 692 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,760 Speaker 1: if the one seed loses before the conference championship game, 693 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 1: the Niners get a third home playoff game. They have 694 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:21,080 Speaker 1: two guaranteed home games and at worst one road game 695 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,919 Speaker 1: in the playoffs. That's as a two seed. If they're 696 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 1: a five seed, which they are right now, they are 697 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 1: most likely to be on the road for three straight 698 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: playoff games. So two at home, maybe a third at 699 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: home as a two seed, three road playoff games as 700 00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: a five seed. That's why it matters so much. It's 701 00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 1: not just the first round. It's not just well, I mean, 702 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,359 Speaker 1: San Francisco should host this game against Carolina if that's 703 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:55,839 Speaker 1: the four to five matchup. It's so much deeper than that. 704 00:39:55,880 --> 00:40:01,759 Speaker 1: It's their entire path throughout the playoff. And that's why 705 00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,000 Speaker 1: I hate the format so much. Man, as much as 706 00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,240 Speaker 1: I love ball, as much as I love the NFL, 707 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: their playoff structure makes absolutely no sense, makes no sense, none, 708 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,400 Speaker 1: not even a shred of sense. But they're just rocking 709 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,640 Speaker 1: it man, they're keeping it all right. We'll get to 710 00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:22,120 Speaker 1: your tweets, we'll get to the heel of the NFL 711 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:26,320 Speaker 1: and ooh list radio coming up this hour, looking forward 712 00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:26,719 Speaker 1: to it.