1 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Richard Sermon Podcast, and what an 2 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: incredible slate of Saturday games. The Denver Broncos pull out 3 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: an overtime win versus the Buffalo Bills, and the Seattle 4 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Seahawks demolish, dismantle, and dismember the San Francisco forty nine 5 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: Ers in a dominant performance in Seattle. And we'll start 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: with that game from literal beginning to end of that game. 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks dominated started off with a ninety five 8 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,760 Speaker 1: yard Rashid Chi heat touchdown. The pro bowler comes through, 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,960 Speaker 1: breaks a tackle, gets down the field, scores the first 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: touchdown of the game, and sets the tone for the 11 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: entire game. The San Francisco forty nine Ers never score 12 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown in the game, never recover, and they have 13 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 1: a huge problem. They have a huge Mike McDonald problem. 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan has not historically coached well versus Mike McDonald. 15 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: Coach teams in the last two games were an absolute 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: masterclass by McDonald with the pressures that he brought, the disguises, 17 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:07,400 Speaker 1: the coverage adjustments. 18 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 2: Nick Emm and Worri. 19 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: Nick Emm and Worri a little bit more of Nick 20 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: Emm and Worri and this defensive line gave the San 21 00:01:15,720 --> 00:01:18,800 Speaker 1: Francisco forty nine ers fits all game long. 22 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 2: And one thing I liked. 23 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: In this game that I saw from Clint Kobiak in 24 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: this offense is they targeted Rashid Shahei Deep. They didn't 25 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: hit on the pass, but they targeted him again. Just 26 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,760 Speaker 1: put it on tape for defenses to understand what they're 27 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 1: dealing with. But we'll start with the San Francisco forty 28 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:38,320 Speaker 1: nine ers, and they just had no answers. I mean, 29 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: they got beat in every single phase of the game. Offensively, 30 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: it was inept Christian McCaffrey got beat up. The Seattle 31 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: Seahawks defense was swarming and hitting everything more. 32 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 2: I love great defense. 33 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: I love great defense, and the Seattle Seahawks defense put 34 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: on an absolute masterclass. If you're a defensive player like 35 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: I am, you watched that with enjoyment and love because 36 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: they were running and hitting everything else is fine, be 37 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: a simon sound and all that, but at the end 38 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: of the day, imposing your wheel physically on another team 39 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:16,640 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, a division opponent, setting a tone play 40 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 1: in and play out with something you love to see. 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: Ernest Jones with an interception, and then you got the 42 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: force fumble, multiple fumbles in the game for this uh, 43 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: for this San Francisco forty nine Ers team, and the 44 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks forced it. They just took the ball from 45 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,080 Speaker 1: Jake Tong just early in that game. It it didn't 46 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: matter what situation they were put in. They were gonna 47 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: be dominant. They were gonna set the tone. They were 48 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:41,280 Speaker 1: gonna put on a show. And that's what they did. 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 1: They they talked to talk and they walked the walk. 50 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: They said it was gonna they was gonna cut the 51 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: lights out, and it was gonna get dark, and this 52 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: was gonna be the dark side. And boy, it got 53 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: super dark in Seattle that night. It was a joy 54 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: to watch. You can give credit to a lot of 55 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: people because it was it was a collective effort. The 56 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: secondary covered well. We talked about Nick, we talked about 57 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 1: the interception Ernest Jones had in the second half, but 58 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: the corners covered well. Josh Joe just consistent, Witherspoon consistent, 59 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: Julian Love consistent. Kobe Bryant came back, brought brought some 60 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,119 Speaker 1: attitude and some smack out there. 61 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:20,959 Speaker 2: The d line. 62 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: Leonard Williams penetration got him a big sack in a 63 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: critical moment. I think it was on a fourth down. 64 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 1: Jaron Reed consistent in a run game. They just would 65 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: not give and they're so deep Byron Murphy, DeMarcus Lawrence, 66 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: relentless effort each and every play, each and every down. 67 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: It was such a great performance, a well rounded performance 68 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: in a stat that you got to know. Mike McDonald 69 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: coach defenses have allowed a combined zero points in the 70 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: second half as a head coach or DC. Obviously, this 71 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 1: is the first playoff game as a head coach, but 72 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: even as a d SE of the Baltimore Ravens zero 73 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: second half points, this is one of the highest scoring 74 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: offenses in the league. In the San Francisco forty Nineer 75 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: is one of the best coordinators, the best offensive mines 76 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 1: in the National Football League. They played them back to back. 77 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: That's why I thought this game was gonna be close. 78 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: Back to back. Both teams got time prepared, both teams 79 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 1: feel good about the game plan. Just battling it out 80 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: in Santa Clara two weeks ago, and it didn't matter. 81 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 2: It did not matter. Mike McDonald made adjustments. 82 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan was unable to make the adjustments, unable to 83 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: get his personnel in positions to be successful. They were 84 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: unable to execute and it cost them. And you could 85 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 1: see the mentality and the mindset of the Seattle Seahawks 86 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: when they got up that there were times this season 87 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: where they would get up really early and really big 88 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,720 Speaker 1: in a game and they take their foot off the gas, 89 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: get a little sloppy in the second half, give up 90 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: a couple time, a couple first downs, some leaky artists, 91 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: but you could see that there was an obvious effort, 92 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: there was a concerted effort to keep the foot on 93 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: the gas, keep a foot on their neck. And that's 94 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 1: what they did. They only gave up six point tennis 95 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: ball game. They refused to give this San Francisco forty 96 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,600 Speaker 1: nine ers a touchdown, to lent a touchdown at any 97 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,920 Speaker 1: point in this game. They banged up Christian McCaffrey, they 98 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,239 Speaker 1: banged up Rock Party, and they just set the tone. 99 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: They said, they really really set the league on. Notice 100 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,520 Speaker 1: that this is the front runner for the Super Bowl. 101 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: This is the There are very few scenarios where I 102 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: could see them not getting to Santa Clair. 103 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:43,920 Speaker 2: They have to play the winner. 104 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 1: They get an extra day arrest after a week off, 105 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: and the whole initial conversation before this game for me 106 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: from everybody else was Hey, how's Sam Donald gonna look? 107 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: And they didn't ask Sam Donald to do a whole 108 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 1: lot in this game. He only threw the ball seventeen times, 109 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 1: and he didn't throw it very far. He didn't have 110 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: to push the ball down the field very often, and 111 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: they won by thirty five points, So that's a successful 112 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: game when they asked him to push the ball down 113 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,240 Speaker 1: the field and be accurate. There was a play in 114 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: the game where he took a sack. I think it 115 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 1: was second and seventeen. He drops a dime on the 116 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: sideline to Cooper Cup right after beautiful layered football on 117 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 1: the San Francisco for a Niners sideline to set up 118 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: the next score, and I think that showed, hey, he's 119 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: healthy enough to push the ball down the field. They 120 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: clearly didn't want to do it. A ton Kenneth Walker 121 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: had a fantastic game nineteen carries for one hundred and 122 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: sixteen yards and three touchdowns, and his development and maturation 123 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: within this system this year has been incredible and it's 124 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: been a godsend for this offense because It changes everything. 125 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: It changes the play action game. It changes It's the 126 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: way you want to play. If you have a great defense, 127 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: you want to be able to run the ball consistently, 128 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: get three four yards to pop, control the clock, not 129 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 1: put your quarterback in harm's way, especially when you know 130 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: he's a little banged up and may need a little 131 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: bit more time to heal up. You just say, hey, 132 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: turn around, handing this ball off, and we'll keep them 133 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,920 Speaker 1: honest with the pass game. Check it down, get it 134 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: out your hands quickly when we when we ask you to. 135 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 1: But a beautifully put together game plan by Clinton Kobiak 136 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:40,480 Speaker 1: and this offensive staff, Kenneth Walker. There they found the 137 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: lanes and the style that he likes to run, the runs, 138 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: that plays that he likes to have called, and they 139 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,760 Speaker 1: executed him sharp. And they only had five carries in 140 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: this game because they stayed with the hot hand, and 141 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: Kenneth Walker showed, hey, this is this is a Kenneth 142 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: Walker game. The three touchdowns, I think tied the franchise 143 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: record for a playoff game for running back. And I 144 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: think this is gonna show the recipe for their success 145 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 1: in the future. Run the football, continue to run the football, 146 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: allowed to lean on that defense that creates turnovers, that 147 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 1: creates chaos, and allow Sam Darnold to do what he 148 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: does best, gets the ball out of his hands, be accurate, 149 00:08:19,280 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: be consistent, don't put the weight of the world. I 150 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: think that this is a huge weight off his shoulders, 151 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 1: his first playoff win of his career in dominant fashion, 152 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: especially after everything that happened last year, in the pressure 153 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,800 Speaker 1: he faced, in the scrutiny he faced this all season 154 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: to return back and have another fourteen win season and 155 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 1: win the playoff game this time and go to the 156 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: NFC Championship, take his team to the NFC Championship. It's 157 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: been an incredible season and only in Mike McDonald's second year. 158 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: I think this leaves the San Francisco forty nine ers 159 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: with a lot of questions to answer this all season. 160 00:08:57,280 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: What are they going to do? What answers can you 161 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: come up with? Obviously, the first thing is getting healthy, 162 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: getting Nick Bosa, Bank, Fred Warner, Michel Williams back, and 163 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: then solidifying this offensive line. 164 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 2: I still think you're gonna have to be able to move. 165 00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 1: First off, it starts with with with preparing for the 166 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks team, and they're gonna continue to play and 167 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:27,840 Speaker 1: everything this offseasons and is gonna be tailored around finding 168 00:09:27,880 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: a way to beat this Seattle Seahawks team and Mike 169 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: McDonald And if you cannot move Byron Murphy, Jaron Reed, 170 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: Leonard Williams, you're not gonna beat this team. So it's 171 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: gonna start with the offensive line. And I know this 172 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: happens every year and we talk about it, but invest invest, 173 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: invest in the offensive line. You can't move them, you 174 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: can't beat them. On the flip side. And Mike McDonald's 175 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: second year, the Seattle Seahawks could not have asked for more, 176 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 1: They could not have asked for better, and they could 177 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: not be happier with what they got. They hired him 178 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: because because of how fantastic his mind was defensively, how 179 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 1: much they saw Kyle Shanahan and McVeigh coach teams struggle 180 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: against his defense. And who would have thought in his 181 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: second year in the one seed headed to the NFC 182 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: Championship with as the favorite and looking like the Super 183 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: Bowl favorite in the National Football League. 184 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 2: Wow. 185 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: I mean, when you hire a guy like this, a 186 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:28,720 Speaker 1: guy who's never been a head coach, I don't think 187 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: you could ever expect him in his second year to 188 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: have this much success, this much impact. But he's done 189 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 1: a phenomenal job with not only the scheme that he runs, 190 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: but the culture of the team, keeping his hand on 191 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 1: the pulse of the team, putting the right guys in 192 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: the building. You got to give John Snyder a ton 193 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: of credit, probably the exec of the year for this season. 194 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,679 Speaker 1: The draft classes he's had over the past couple of years, 195 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: the guys that he's put in place, even the Gray Zabel, 196 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: how he's transformed this offensive line that was a lot 197 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 1: differ different and seeing a lot differently last year. They 198 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: have been fantastic this year and played one of their 199 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: best games and the biggest moment of the season in 200 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: this game. He deserves a lot of credit and I 201 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: can't wait to see what they do going forward. If 202 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: you look at the playoff field, if you just look 203 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,720 Speaker 1: at what's left, we still we still have some games left. 204 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: We still have the Houston Texans who have to play 205 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots, and the winner of that game 206 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: likely is the Super Bowl representative of the AFC. Not 207 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: to put anything against the Broncos, but when you lose 208 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: your starting quarterback within the last two players of the 209 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: of the game and you move on. It's tough to 210 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: see you winning that game. It's tough to see them 211 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: going out there with with Stidham at quarterback and going 212 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl and getting to win. Even if 213 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: they somehow beat the winner of this game, it's a 214 00:11:50,760 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 1: long shot to expect them to be able to beat 215 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: the the NFC champion. So if the Seattle Seahawks can 216 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: find a way, and it looks like they can't, it 217 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,360 Speaker 1: looks like they have every ingredient that you need to 218 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: find a win. This is gonna be a very fun 219 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: road to the super Bowl and through the Super Bowl 220 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:15,839 Speaker 1: for the Seattle Seahawks and their franchise and going forward. 221 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:20,240 Speaker 1: The future is incredibly bright. Obviously, going into this year 222 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: you had question marks. How would Sam Donald be with 223 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:26,240 Speaker 1: this team, with a new team and the Minnesota Vikings 224 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: letting him go. He's been fantastic. He's answered those questions. Obviously, 225 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: he's answered them with an exclamation point. The Minnesota Vikings 226 00:12:36,640 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: have struggled this year. They don't have an answer at quarterback. 227 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if McCarthy is the answer. He will 228 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: have another year. They'll figure that out. But the Seattle Seahawks. 229 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: Love what they've gotten Sam Donald, love what they have 230 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: in this team, love what their their future looks like. 231 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,480 Speaker 1: If he can win the next two games, he goes 232 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: down and Seahawks lore, and so does the rest of 233 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 1: this team. This dark Side defense isn't going anywhere for 234 00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: a long time. They got a lot of these same 235 00:13:02,559 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: guys under contract. They're gonna continue to draft well and 236 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: that has to be a nightmare for Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay, 237 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,120 Speaker 1: the rest of this NFC, the rest of the league 238 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 1: really on the back of their great defense. They're great 239 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: running game, and they're great special teams. The most well 240 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: rounded team left in these playoffs, the most well rounded 241 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 1: team in the National Football League, and they're getting better 242 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 1: at the right time. They're peaking at the right time. 243 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: Everything's working for this team. I can't wait to be 244 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: at the NFC championship game and watch this team and 245 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,040 Speaker 1: this defense continue to just run and hit and play 246 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 1: discipline football, play with this attitude to keep the city 247 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: on fire. The stadium was electric the entire game. I 248 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: just I missed that. It was just you could hear it. 249 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: It's always when your ears are ringing after the game. 250 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: That's when you know this has been a fantastic game 251 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: and energy was right. We got to figure out who 252 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,040 Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks are playing in the next round, and 253 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 1: that's what we're gonna find out today. 254 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 2: I really don't know if it matters. 255 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: Because the way they're playing right now, I mean, not 256 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: many teams can can deal with what they're playing with. 257 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 1: But I can't wait to see what it's gonna be. 258 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,319 Speaker 1: It's been fantastic NFL football. But now we got to 259 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: move on to the Broncos Beals game. That was electric. 260 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: Early on, it looked like Denver was running away with it. 261 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 1: There was right before the half Denver had half the ball. 262 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:31,200 Speaker 1: They go down and score a touchdown. Buffalo gets the 263 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: ball back. Josh Allen is a little bit careless with 264 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: the football late in the second half. There's only a 265 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: twenty thirty seconds to go, you know, but they thought 266 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: they could get some points. He fumbles the football, gives 267 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: the Broncos the ball back. They kick a long field 268 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: goal and they go up ten ten quick points before 269 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:51,280 Speaker 1: the half, and in the playoffs, that's usually a backbreaker. 270 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: That's usually a backbreaker. They come out after the half, 271 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: they get another three. Now they're up thirteen again. Seems 272 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: like a backbreaker. You're on the road down thirteen against 273 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,080 Speaker 1: one of the best defenses in the National Football League. 274 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: That's usually a curtain call for most teams, not a 275 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 1: team with Josh Allen at the helm. The Buffalo Bills 276 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: roar all the way back, get up one point in 277 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: this game, and then the number one seed shows why 278 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:22,360 Speaker 1: they're the number one seed. Bone Nicks drives the ball 279 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: down the field, puts them in position, gives his team 280 00:15:26,280 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: the lead. You think, oh, okay, that's that's the end 281 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: of the story, that's all she wrote. This game is over. 282 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: But of course the Buffalo Bills have Josh Allen, the 283 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: reigning MVP of the National Football League. He does everything 284 00:15:42,120 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 1: he can to will his team to overtime. Now, this 285 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 1: game ended with controversy. It ended with controversy and heartbreak 286 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: for the Denver Broncos. I don't think many times you've 287 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 1: seen a team probably deal with the emotional roller coaster 288 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: that this team dealt with at the end of this game. 289 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:07,080 Speaker 1: You find a way to win this game, then you 290 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:09,880 Speaker 1: lose your starting quarterback for the remainder of the playoffs. 291 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 1: That's about as tough as it gets. And you can 292 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: tell by how somber Sean Payton was after the game. 293 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure you'll hear more about it this week. But 294 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 1: in overtime on the what could have been the game 295 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:35,080 Speaker 1: winning drive for the Buffalo Bills, Josh Allen throws the 296 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: ball up to Brandon Cooks. He looks like he comes 297 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,480 Speaker 1: down with it, goes to the ground, the ball gets 298 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: ripped out by the defender, and the defender comes up 299 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 1: with the football. Now, as long as I played in 300 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 1: the National Football League, the tie goes to the receiver. 301 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: I mean, as a defender, believe you me, we want 302 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 1: to be biased. We want to say, hey, yep, defense 303 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: with defense got that one. 304 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, But I just have. 305 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: Never seen it call it and they've never given it 306 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: called it for in my favor. And I talked to 307 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: a lot of my boys that we're texting a lot 308 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: of other guys who played dB in the league, and 309 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 1: they're like, bro, I've never seen them call that for us. 310 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 1: I've never seen them when a receiver goes to the 311 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:19,399 Speaker 1: ground with the football and then you give us a 312 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: chance to pull it out late, It's never happened. So 313 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:27,520 Speaker 1: you can understand how frustrated Sean McDermott was after that game, 314 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,000 Speaker 1: such a critical moment in the game, a chance for 315 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: his team to move on to the ASC championship, and 316 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 1: it ends on a play that almost feels routine in 317 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,439 Speaker 1: the National Football League. The tie goes to the receiver. 318 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 1: It always has as a defender. I know that, like, 319 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: it's gonna change the way this game is officiated. If 320 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 1: you're saying, hey, they have to complete, they have to 321 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 1: show themselves completing the process of the catch on the ground, 322 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: and if they don't, that defender can take it from them. 323 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: That's a different game. That's a whole different game. And 324 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: I'm sure that's not the way the National Football League 325 00:18:07,400 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 1: wants it interpret it, because if they. 326 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,960 Speaker 2: Do, then a lot of players are going to end 327 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:12,199 Speaker 2: like that. 328 00:18:12,240 --> 00:18:15,679 Speaker 1: Defenders are going to find a way to end up 329 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:22,479 Speaker 1: with the football on these contested catches, and obviously this 330 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: one was was a little bit different because it was 331 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,640 Speaker 1: a quick transition. Once he hit the ground, it looked 332 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,040 Speaker 1: like his knee was on the ground and then the 333 00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: defender rolls out with the football. Okay, I hear you, 334 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:35,919 Speaker 1: but it was one of the most critical pivotal plays 335 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: in that football game. And it really actually probably decided 336 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: the football game at the end. In the end, it 337 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: left McDermott really frustrated, Brandon Cooks obviously frustrated. You could 338 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 1: see how distraught Josh Allen was after the game, saying. 339 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 2: He had to do. 340 00:18:57,160 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 1: More, he had to find a way to do more, 341 00:18:58,840 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: and obviously his teammates defended him vehemently and said there 342 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: wasn't much more he could do. He had four turnovers 343 00:19:04,640 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 1: in the game. You have to say, you have to 344 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 1: honestly acknowledge that, two fumbles and two interceptions. But again, 345 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:16,119 Speaker 1: they're not there without Josh Allen, and they're not in 346 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: overtime without Josh Allen. And I think he gave Brandon 347 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: Cooks a good ball and a chance to win that game. 348 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: And it's heartbreaking because they've went out in a Divisional 349 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 1: four of the last five years. And that's his legacy 350 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 1: right now. He's got the most playoff wins of any 351 00:19:32,480 --> 00:19:34,920 Speaker 1: quarterback in the history of the National Football League without 352 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:38,560 Speaker 1: an appearance in the Super Bowl. And that's not a 353 00:19:38,600 --> 00:19:40,399 Speaker 1: stat you want to have. That's not a stat you 354 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,959 Speaker 1: want want to keep on your resume and your record, 355 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 1: because that's gonna be the conversation the entire offseason, Like 356 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: without Patrick Mahons in the playoffs, without without Lamar Jackson 357 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, without Joe Burrow in the playoffs, without 358 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:59,440 Speaker 1: all these powerhouses in the playoffs, with these young quarterbacks 359 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: and really aggressive defenses, Josh Allen was still not able 360 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,440 Speaker 1: to even make it out of a divisional. That's gonna 361 00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: be the conversation, fair or unfair, and going forward, He's 362 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: played at a high enough level to keep himself in 363 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: the conversation for top five quarterbacks. But whoever, whichever young 364 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: quarterback gets himself further into playoffs and helps his team 365 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: get to the super Bowl, there's gonna be a new 366 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:28,080 Speaker 1: super Bowl champion that unless the Rams find a way 367 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 1: to beat the Bears, then you know, Stafford could could 368 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:30,720 Speaker 1: be a repeat. 369 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 2: But if the Bears beat. 370 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: The Rams, there's gonna be a quarterback in the super 371 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: Bowl that's never been there. It's gonna be potentially two 372 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the Super Bowl that have never been there, 373 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: and for neither of them to be Josh Allen. With 374 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: the way the playoff field shuck out is a disappointment 375 00:20:49,119 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills franchise, and obviously, I don't think 376 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:53,800 Speaker 1: this is one of the better teams the Buffalo Bills 377 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: have fielded in recent years. But it should have been 378 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: enough with Josh Allen to at least make an a 379 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,120 Speaker 1: title game, but they didn't. They beat a really good 380 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: Jacksonville team. They gave themselves a chance to beat the 381 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: number one seed Denver Broncos in Denver. They didn't pull 382 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: it out. And that's that's gonna be a tough pill 383 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 1: to swallow for a long time for the Buffalo Bills 384 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 1: and Josh Allen, because who knows the next time they're 385 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,880 Speaker 1: gonna be put in this position. Obviously, the Chiefs aren't 386 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: gonna be down forever. The the Joe Burrow and t 387 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: Higgins and Jamar Chase aren't gonna be down forever. This 388 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,200 Speaker 1: Houston team is only getting better, Jacksonville is gonna only 389 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: get better, and it just seems like they're stagnant. And 390 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: I don't think they fire McDermott or doing anything crazy 391 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,080 Speaker 1: like that, especially this this deep into the hiring cycle. 392 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:49,760 Speaker 2: But I don't know what you do. I don't know 393 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:50,879 Speaker 2: where you go from here. For you, the. 394 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills, I don't know what decision there is to 395 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: make to get you out of this, this this hamster 396 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,520 Speaker 1: wheel of stagnancy, stagnant behavior for your foot all team. 397 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,680 Speaker 1: Do you go all out on defense. I think they've 398 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,640 Speaker 1: done that before. Do you go all out and get 399 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: you some elite receivers, not just one? You had Stefan 400 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,719 Speaker 1: die for a little while. Do you get multiple elite 401 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: receivers and say, hey, we're going all in only these 402 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: elite receivers and that's how we're gonna get this done with. 403 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: With our superstar quarterback. You got a great running back 404 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: in James Cook. He's been fantastic. He had twenty four 405 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,600 Speaker 1: for one to seventeen in this game. But obviously the 406 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: fumble that he had early in this game was a backbreaker, 407 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: no question about that. He hasn't fumbled off in this season. 408 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:35,600 Speaker 1: But that was a huge mistake and a pivotal moment. 409 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,439 Speaker 1: But where do you go? Where do you go? And 410 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: if you're the Denver Broncos on the flip side, you 411 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: just lost your starting quarterback. You just lost your starting quarterback. 412 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: You have one of the best defenses in the National 413 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: Football League, You're in an AFC championship and you got 414 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: a week What do you do? 415 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 2: Do you call Drew Brees. You can't, can't call it. 416 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,040 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't put nothing past nobody in this 417 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: day and age. I mean, Philip Rivers ain't played in 418 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: five years and they got a call and he started 419 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,720 Speaker 1: in the National Football League a week after that quarterback. 420 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: I don't put anything. Call Drew Brees, forget it, Just 421 00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,760 Speaker 1: Sean call Drew Brees. Matt Ryan. Matt Ryan is the 422 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:32,439 Speaker 1: president of the Falcons, called Matt two. I mean, I 423 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: don't can you trade for jam? What can they do? 424 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 1: What can they do? Because I don't think you I 425 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 1: don't think you start Jared step I guess you have to. 426 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 1: He's been there three years, but it's Tom Tom. I'm 427 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 1: not sure what you do. If you're the Denver Broncos, 428 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,479 Speaker 1: I don't think you start set him though you have 429 00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:05,879 Speaker 1: to right now he's penciled in as the starter. But 430 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: if you're Sean Payton, you're on the phone with everyone, 431 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,639 Speaker 1: everybody who's played in the National Football League in the 432 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 1: last two, three, four or five years. Can you find somebody, 433 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: a veteran to come in and give this team a chance, 434 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: because I'm not sure they would feel like they have 435 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:29,200 Speaker 1: a chance with Stidham at the quarterback spot with him 436 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,159 Speaker 1: in the lineup and let me let me let me 437 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,680 Speaker 1: check for availability of some of these guys, because I just. 438 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 2: Who would be left. 439 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 1: You know what's incredible is even after Jared Stidham, you 440 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 1: have nobody else like Sam Ellinger out, Poe Knicks' is out, 441 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,639 Speaker 1: so you have no backup for Jared Stidham. You have 442 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,919 Speaker 1: to bring in a veteran to be on a practice squad. 443 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: Who do you bring in? I'm gonna leave it to 444 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 1: the check you guys, tell me who would you bring in? 445 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,200 Speaker 1: If you're the Denver Broncos, you got a week before 446 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,439 Speaker 1: you gotta play in the AFC Championship game and you 447 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 1: have no quarterback and you have no backup to Jared Stidham. 448 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,280 Speaker 1: Do you bring in an old veteran that you know 449 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 1: can play this game at a high level and and 450 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:21,080 Speaker 1: and try to give him a chance in a very 451 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: tough situation. Or do you let Jared Stidham play and 452 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 1: bring the guy in and see if he can maybe 453 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: back this guy up. These are some unprecedented situations that 454 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: people are being put in and it's a tough space 455 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: to navigate. But with what the Indianapolis Colts did with 456 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers and not then say that he had the 457 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:50,120 Speaker 1: ultimate success, but he he did a pretty good job. 458 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: He did a pretty solid job. And you know that 459 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,400 Speaker 1: a veteran quarterback would do a pretty solid job. Hey, 460 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:59,280 Speaker 1: fits Ryan Fitzpatrick, can you still sink? Can you still 461 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:03,240 Speaker 1: loosen it? Somebody got to loosen their arm up, because 462 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 1: I don't think you just go in there with Jared 463 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,440 Speaker 1: Stidham right now. I just don't see it happening. I 464 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: don't see that being the end all be all for 465 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: the Denver Broncos. I think there has to be Sean Payton, 466 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: with how crazy he is and how great of an 467 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:19,840 Speaker 1: offensive mind, I don't think he just goes quietly into 468 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 1: the night. I'm sure he feels like with hey, Jared's 469 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: been here for three years, he knows the system. We 470 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: can get it done with him, and that's what he'll 471 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: sell his team. But there has to be a safety blanket, 472 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: a security blanket somebody out there you can call. I 473 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 1: wonder who that is. I wonder who that's gonna be. 474 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 1: That's gonna be the question that's gonna be a conversation 475 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,359 Speaker 1: all week for the Denver Broncos. 476 00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:44,879 Speaker 2: If they're gonna give themselves a chance. 477 00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,720 Speaker 1: There's somebody they need to call, and maybe I'll do 478 00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,000 Speaker 1: another podcast once they do it, or maybe I'll do 479 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,240 Speaker 1: some deeper dive into this research and figure that out. 480 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: But I wonder what that's gonna be. But great win 481 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,639 Speaker 1: for the Denver Broncos getting back to THEFC Championship is 482 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: a huge deal. Congratulations to them. Congratulations to my Seattle 483 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: Seahawks and what they've been. As spectacular as they've been 484 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,199 Speaker 1: all season, and in their biggest moment, they play at 485 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:16,200 Speaker 1: their best and that dark Side defense continues to turn 486 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 1: the lights out on these offenses, and I can't wait 487 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:20,720 Speaker 1: to see them do it in the NFC Championship game. 488 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: I'll be there in the stadium the late game on 489 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: Sunday night. They get an extra day rest, they get 490 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: another week to prepare, and I can't wait. We get 491 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: to see how these games shake out. I want to 492 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:33,880 Speaker 1: see who their opponent's gonna be, and how they match 493 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: up and how they measure up, because right now, there's 494 00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 1: nobody measuring up to the Seattle Seahawks in a meaningful way. 495 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 1: And I love it. See you next time. As always, 496 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:44,880 Speaker 1: you could be anywhere in the world. But you're here 497 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,280 Speaker 1: with me, and I surely do appreciate it. I'll see 498 00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: you next time.