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I had a lot of 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:55.560 people hitting me up when I was away in the 0:01:55.640 --> 0:01:57.600 last week and a half, and I want to first 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.840 of all, give a big shout out and thank you 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:03.920 to my guys, the Fantasy executive Corey Parson and your 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:06.840 boy Chris Ventra heard they had a lot of fun 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.720 on the Fantasy Freestyle with the Stats Overbeat Cipher over 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:12.960 the last week or week and a half. But your boys, 0:02:12.960 --> 0:02:15.720 speeds spitting statistician is back. And one of the things 0:02:15.720 --> 0:02:17.800 I want to ask you guys about is, out of 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.480 these games that happened last weekend, which wild card winner 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:25.639 was the most impressive to you? Which team that played 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.840 on wild card weekend do you think actually has a 0:02:28.919 --> 0:02:32.040 chance to make a run in the NFL playoffs? Was 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:36.280 it the Tennessee Titans with Mariota potentially rounding into form. 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:38.679 Was it the Atlanta Falcons who went out to Los 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:43.120 Angeles and in essence had a business trip, Okay, Matt Ryan, 0:02:43.200 --> 0:02:46.280 Julio Jones, that running game all came through and a 0:02:46.320 --> 0:02:49.320 win against the Rams on Sunday. Was it the Jacksonville 0:02:49.400 --> 0:02:53.800 Jaguars and uh Blake Bortles. Maybe they're not gonna get 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:56.040 a ton of votes because you know, hey, we'll talk 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:58.920 about that. Or was it the New Orleans Saints who 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.720 had a great and see South matchup and have now 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:04.960 beaten the Panthers three times in a row. They go 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:08.240 up to Minnesota this weekend. Which of those four teams 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:12.200 do you think is the most impressive. As usual, we're 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.200 gonna give you my news and notes. I'll give you 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:17.720 my trends and takeaways. We'll talk about the n C 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:22.000 Double A Championship game. And because football is the regular 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:24.600 season and it's over, we're gonna bring back some stuff 0:03:24.600 --> 0:03:27.560 that we used to do on the Fantasy Freestyle and 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:30.960 by definition, we are going to put the fun in 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:34.399 functional sports radio. If you want to holler at your boy, 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:37.080 you can. The number is eight for four eight four 0:03:37.240 --> 0:03:40.160 three six eight seven nine. 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You 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.080 can become a millionaire to just go to Daily Rohdo 0:04:23.200 --> 0:04:51.160 dot com to Rock Daily Fantasy, c Sports, La la la, 0:04:52.320 --> 0:04:54.800 la la la. You know what it is. It's boy 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:59.280 Dane Martinez, the stable genius among us all here on 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.960 the Fantasy School Radio Network. We gotta get into it 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:06.600 because we had some interesting games on wild Card weekend. 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.240 I want to tell you what I took away from 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:10.640 it and what I think the implications are for the 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:14.520 divisional round. There's still opportunities people to win some leagues 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.880 and win that catch and that's what we're doing here 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:20.240 on a Monday. We also have the National Championship game 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.479 happening roll Tide and them Dogs getting it on from 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:26.560 Atlanta and about an hour so we'll talk about that 0:05:26.839 --> 0:05:29.440 as well. But I want to start as I usually do, 0:05:29.640 --> 0:05:32.400 by going around the news and notes in the NFL. 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.239 First of all, and what is like the worst kept 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:38.240 secret of all time, It sounds like the Raiders will 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:41.240 announce that Mr Gruden is their new head coach, and 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.040 it sounds like that will happen tomorrow. What I think 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:47.359 is interesting though, the Raiders hired an offensive and a 0:05:47.520 --> 0:05:51.919 defensive coordinator today, did it before technically hiring the head coach. 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.160 But it is gonna be Paul Gunther as a de 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.680 coordinator there in Oakland or Las Vegas, if you want 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:59.600 to go that route, and Greg Olsen will be the 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:04.239 sensive coordinator for the new gruten staff among the Raiders. Also, 0:06:04.480 --> 0:06:07.880 the Chicago Bears have hired their new head coach, and 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:11.480 it is Chief's offensive coordinator, Matt Nagy. He is their 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.680 new head coach. He interviewed with Chicago over the weekend, 0:06:14.760 --> 0:06:18.680 right after the Chiefs got bounced out on Saturday. I 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.240 think this is very interesting. If you remember throughout the week, 0:06:22.279 --> 0:06:25.000 throughout the season, we were talking about how the Chiefs 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.960 gave play calling duties back to the offensive coordinator, and 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.240 that's when they sparked again. That's when Kareem Hunt sparked 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.520 again towards the end of the season. Apparently some people 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.640 notice that, and so Nag became a hot candidate. He 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:43.240 is they knew Chicago Bears head coach. Interesting in Kansas 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.160 City with what's left, you know, a lot of people 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.120 think Alex Smith is gonna move on and Patty Mahomes 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:51.000 will be under center. Listen, Nagy has gone. A lot 0:06:51.080 --> 0:06:54.960 of people giving Andy Reid some criticism for his uh, 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:58.240 you know, kind of going right back into the conservative world. 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.640 Interesting to note Brad Aldress, who was a special assistant 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:05.200 for the Chiefs, has also announced his retirement. Childress was 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.560 a former head coach in the NFL with the Vikings. 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:10.720 So it seems like there's something of an exodus happening 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.480 with the Kansas City Chiefs after two years in a row. 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:18.000 Maybe some people believe they did not maximize their opportunity. 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:22.680 There are also reports out there that Patriots defensive coordinator 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:27.400 Matt Patricia maybe in line to take the Detroit Lions 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.440 head coaching job. Will keep our eye out on that. 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.320 That probably won't be any news on this one or 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:37.080 the offensive coordinator McDaniels either, because remember, the Patriots are 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:40.120 still there in the playoffs, So now that the bye 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:43.440 week is over, these coordinators are obviously focused on the 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:48.120 Tennessee Titans, not necessarily interviewing for their next job. Okay, 0:07:48.240 --> 0:07:50.280 speaking of teams that are still in the mix, we 0:07:50.320 --> 0:07:53.480 have some injuries to report and talk about, because listen, 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:56.720 this continues to matter for eight teams in the NFL. 0:07:57.000 --> 0:08:01.200 Antonio Brown, which will be the biggest name on the 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:04.600 injury report as the Pittsburgh Steelers get back into action 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:08.160 in the divisional round with that calf injury. He returned 0:08:08.160 --> 0:08:12.160 to practice today. They say he should be a full 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:15.160 go with no restrictions. He should be good to go 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:18.680 as they go up against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Pittsburgh 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:20.760 this weekend. I'll tell you what, the way the Jags 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.280 defense is playing, they could sure use Antonio Brown to 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.960 add to the rest of the weapons there in Pittsburgh, 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.320 but it looks like a B should be just fine 0:08:29.360 --> 0:08:33.480 and continue to be booming this weekend against Jacksonville. However, 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:36.880 to Marco Murray, remember he still has that knee injury. 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.440 We saw Derrick Henry blow up and kind of have 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.760 a coming out party, especially in the second half against 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:46.640 Kansas City. It looks like he may have the backfield 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:49.880 to himself again in New England this weekend. They're saying 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:53.120 to Marco Murray with that knee injury is day to day. However, 0:08:53.160 --> 0:08:56.320 it doesn't seem like they are optimistic about his ability 0:08:56.360 --> 0:08:59.680 to go on Saturday against the New England Patriots. Last 0:08:59.679 --> 0:09:00.920 piece of news I want to give you is that 0:09:00.960 --> 0:09:03.640 Sammy Watkins, the wide receiver from the Rams, he will 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:05.720 be a free agent. He says that he is willing 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.120 to resign with the Rams. I think that's kind of interesting. Listen, 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:11.720 this is a kid who's had a lot of injury concerns, 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:14.800 but his only twenty four, and we know the skill 0:09:14.880 --> 0:09:17.720 set is there, we know the potential is there. He 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.400 had an interesting role with these Rams this year. But 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.960 the interesting part to me is, as you know, I 0:09:22.960 --> 0:09:26.160 have my thesis about the fantasy heard as Sammy Watkins, 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.080 do you want to be part of the herd or 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:30.880 do you want to maybe go somewhere where you could 0:09:30.920 --> 0:09:34.800 be the guy you know. Um interesting, Let's keep an 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.959 eye out on that when free agency hits in March 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:41.200 for the NFL. All right, let's talk a little bit 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:44.800 about my big time takeaways from wild Card weekend. And 0:09:44.840 --> 0:09:46.920 I want to start with the Tennessee Titans. I want 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.920 to start with Marcus Mariota. My guy Emery Hunt on 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.880 Sunday called him Hawaiian Punch. I like that. I might 0:09:53.920 --> 0:09:56.719 have to steal and copyright that nickname. I love you 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.920 Zara the playbook, but we're gonna call Marcus Mariota hawaii 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.640 and Punch. Let me tell you something in week seventeen, 0:10:04.280 --> 0:10:10.080 Mariota balled out on Saturday. It looks like Mariota was 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.959 this kind of like never say die, never giving up 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:16.559 on plays. And that's what you want at the quarterback position. 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:18.880 First of all, what I call the self stack. When 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.600 he threw the touchdown to himself. My guy v Tony 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:25.439 Sincada had him in DFS doubled up there a little bit. 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.080 Not many people had Mariota, so if you did, you 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.800 had a nice little game. He went nineteen of thirty 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.000 one for two hundred and five yards two touchdowns. Only 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.960 one pick. You also had eight carries for forty six 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:40.960 yards and that receiving touchdown, so he certainly helped you out. 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.560 I think he's round against to form. I think he's 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:49.240 showing himself as you know, kind of like a gamer, 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:52.000 a clutch performer. And what I want to say is 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.280 it wasn't that passed to himself that really impressed me. 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:57.880 You know what impressed me. What impressed me was the 0:10:57.960 --> 0:11:00.920 last run of the game, when Derrick Henry got the 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:02.720 first down so that they can run out the clock. 0:11:03.040 --> 0:11:06.559 It was Mariota who had the block that sprung him 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:10.600 for the first down. Okay, not many quarterbacks would have 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:13.960 thrown their throwing shoulder into a block like that to 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.800 spring it for kind of the end of the game, 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:19.200 to seal the deal. I really liked what I saw 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:22.120 out of Mariota. Let me tell you one quarterback who, 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.720 in my opinion, would not have done that. It's the 0:11:24.720 --> 0:11:26.640 guy he came out in the same draft class with 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.880 Jamis Winston. Jamis Winston talking about eating w's. All Mariota 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:34.600 is doing is playing in January and getting w's. Give 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.320 me Marcus Mariota. The only unfortunate part is I do 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.280 not believe their season continues after they go to Gillette 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.679 Stadium this weekend to take on the Patriots. I did 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.640 want to start, though, with a little bit of love 0:11:46.920 --> 0:11:50.000 for Hawaiian Punch Marcus Mariota. Big shout out to Emery 0:11:50.080 --> 0:11:52.480 Hunt for the nickname. The next thing that I thought 0:11:52.520 --> 0:11:59.920 was interesting is the Atlanta Falcons, specifically Julio Jones. They're 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.079 using him again, you know, and I think that's very important. 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:06.200 They got Julio involved. Julio had a nice game, his 0:12:06.440 --> 0:12:09.920 nine receptions kind of lad uh kind of lead wide 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:13.920 receivers in wild Card weekend, and Julio was omnipresent, and 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.760 I think that is very important for the Falcons if 0:12:16.800 --> 0:12:20.600 they are going to continue, the Falcons kind of get lucky. Okay, 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.680 Remember I said before I went on vacation, I said 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:27.320 that in Division weekend, there will be an NFC South 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:31.760 team that goes to Philadelphia and will be road favorites. 0:12:32.280 --> 0:12:35.320 That team happens to be the Atlanta Falcons. The Atlanta 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.440 Falcons are now three point favorites. At my last check 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:41.280 over at my bookie dot a G they are three 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:45.320 point favorites going into Philadelphia to take on the Eagles. 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:48.120 I think they got rolling a little bit. Maddie I 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:52.360 showing his experience and what I thought was important. Not 0:12:52.480 --> 0:12:55.400 only do they get Julio involved, which is very important, 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.920 but you see that in the second half they had 0:12:59.040 --> 0:13:03.960 not one, but two methodical drives to burn the clock 0:13:04.320 --> 0:13:07.000 when they were up. Maybe they could have used that 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:10.280 in Super Bowl fifty one. Maybe they have learned their lesson, 0:13:10.559 --> 0:13:13.000 and I think that experienced them treating this like a 0:13:13.080 --> 0:13:16.800 business trip was very key for the Atlanta Falcons. The 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.440 other stat I'll give you is that DeVante Freeman and 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:24.760 Tevin Coleman combined for thirty two carries, a hundred and 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:27.880 six yards and one touchdown. The number of attempts is 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:30.960 really key there, and I think that methodical approach in 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.600 the second half really helped them. The other thing I 0:13:33.640 --> 0:13:35.960 want to say here another trend dice off in wild 0:13:35.960 --> 0:13:40.640 Card weekend Bortle service Man Bordle service Blake Bortles. I 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.440 know Jacksonville won that game ten to three, but I 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.720 do not like what I saw from Blake Bortles. Let 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:50.080 me tell you something. When your quarterback has more rushing 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.480 yards than passing yards, which was actually the case for Bordles, 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:58.120 they had eighty eight rushing yards and eight seven passing yards. 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.200 It does not bode for your team. I don't think 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:05.200 Bortles was ready for the limelight. You can tell it 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:08.280 kind of got in his head. He was aiming his balls, 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.880 he was missing screens, he was missing passes out to 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:14.040 the flat. I do not think that bodes well for 0:14:14.080 --> 0:14:17.600 the Jacksonville Jaguars, who now go to Pittsburgh to have 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.200 a Steelers team who's ready for revenge after the five 0:14:21.240 --> 0:14:25.200 interception performance of Big Ben Roethlisberger. I'll give my picks 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.920 later on in the week, but uh, I know the 0:14:28.000 --> 0:14:30.240 Jags defense is great, but I don't know if they're 0:14:30.240 --> 0:14:33.400 gonna go into Pittsburgh and do it again. Bortle service 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:37.000 does not look ready for the second season. And the 0:14:37.040 --> 0:14:39.840 last thing I'm gonna tell you guys is remember how 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.960 I was talking about the Saints and how they've evolved 0:14:43.160 --> 0:14:47.840 into this running team and time of possession and the defense. Yeah, well, 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:51.440 apparently people forgot that Drew Breese is a Hall of 0:14:51.520 --> 0:14:56.120 Fame quarterback. What a day from Drew Brees three hundred 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.920 and seventies six yards through the air. And let me 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.920 tell you something. I think this creates a challenge for 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:06.120 the Minnesota Vikings. You knew they could run the ball, now, 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.160 don't forget about them attacking you through the air as well. 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.200 The Saints look well rounded and when they go up 0:15:12.240 --> 0:15:14.840 to Minnesota, that is gonna be the game of the 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.000 weekend in my opinion. When we get back, I'm gonna 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.440 tell you about two things about teams that lost this 0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:23.080 weekend that I want to get into. We'll be right back. 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.440 It's fantasy freestyle. You know what it is. 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You 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.760 know what it is boys feeds, the spitting statistician, the 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:20.520 stable genius, if you will. According to we're talking a 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.760 lot about that these days as well. We're right here 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.760 on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network Fantasy Freestyle. I got 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.320 my man Chris Bovona. I got Danny down there as 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:30.960 well in the Fantasy of Misery. We're hearing that on 0:16:31.000 --> 0:16:33.840 the YouTube chat, you guys talking a lot about the 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:37.000 National Championship game. I'll give you my preview a little 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.480 bit later on in the show. And it also sounds 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:41.160 like you guys in the chat were talking about how 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.480 it's kind of like never too early to do a 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:48.240 mock draft for next year. Well, uh, Fantasy Sports Radio 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:51.960 Network thought so as well. So guys like me, Joe Pizza, Pia, 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:56.400 Jake Seely, Greg Sussman, Mike Florio, we are in progress 0:16:56.520 --> 0:17:00.000 doing a draft right now for next year. I'll talk 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:03.600 a little bit about that throughout the week as well. 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.040 All Right, I told you I wanted to also mention 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:09.480 something about a couple of teams that lost, uh this weekend. 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.000 I told you about you know, Mariota, how I like 0:17:12.119 --> 0:17:14.600 that the Falcons were very business like. I think they 0:17:14.640 --> 0:17:17.400 may be successful in their next business trip to Philadelphia 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.440 this weekend. How I do not believe in Blake Bordles, 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.280 and I think he exposed himself to not be the 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.800 quarterback that many people won their fantasy championships with in 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.720 weeks like fourteen and fifteen. But a guy who is 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:33.480 not ready for the playoff stage. And listen, I told you, guys, 0:17:33.680 --> 0:17:36.760 Remember there was weeks ago. I told you a long 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:40.040 time ago that I liked the New Orleans Saints in 0:17:40.119 --> 0:17:43.800 the NFC. I was saying this. Now all of a sudden, 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:47.080 other people are coming to the same premonition that your 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:49.760 boys speeds the spitting statistician had about a month or 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:53.199 two ago. Shot call. But we'll see they got a 0:17:53.320 --> 0:17:56.120 very tough test against the Minnesota Vikings. What I also 0:17:56.200 --> 0:17:59.080 want to say, though, I'd be remiss if I didn't 0:17:59.080 --> 0:18:04.440 say I've feel bad for Tyrod Taylor. I really do. 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.000 I really do. I mean, think about what this man 0:18:07.080 --> 0:18:10.359 has gone through this season. First of all, I'm gonna 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:14.200 leave all the hashtag all quarterbacks matter stuff aside right now. 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.440 I never want he never gets a fair shake. Okay, 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:20.960 but this is a team that traded away their number 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.080 one corner at the beginning of the season, traded away 0:18:24.200 --> 0:18:27.119 their best run stuffer in the middle of the season, 0:18:27.400 --> 0:18:31.639 traded away their number one uh you know, their option 0:18:31.720 --> 0:18:34.600 in Sammy Watkins in the beginning of the season. Granted 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:37.680 they get Kelvin Benjamin back. This is a team that 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:42.480 benched Tyrod Taylor while they were in the sixth seed 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:46.400 of the playoff push, only to have Nathan Peterman come 0:18:46.400 --> 0:18:50.040 in and throw five interceptions in the first half against 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.119 the Chargers. Go right back to him. This man gets 0:18:53.480 --> 0:18:57.320 carded off because of a knee injury, comes right back 0:18:57.359 --> 0:19:01.879 to grind for this franchise, and then is not even 0:19:01.960 --> 0:19:04.840 able to finish the game because he suffered would looked 0:19:04.880 --> 0:19:08.400 like a very bad concussion or head injury. At the 0:19:08.520 --> 0:19:12.359 very end of that game, he was sprawled out unconscious. 0:19:12.640 --> 0:19:16.880 And I don't think many people of the Bills mafia 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:22.199 really had much uh empathy for Tyrod. It seems to 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:24.760 be a faith that can complete that the Bills want 0:19:24.760 --> 0:19:27.560 to move on from Tyrod Taylor. I'll tell you right now, 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:31.639 I take him on my team. I hope, I hope 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:36.280 that Tyrod winds up in a very good situation. This 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.159 kid gets no credit for taking the Buffalo Bills to 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:43.320 the playoffs, something that has not been done in over 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:48.200 twenty years. This is also a quarterback that has are 0:19:48.240 --> 0:19:53.480 you ready for this, the lowest interception rate of all 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:57.880 time in the NFL. This is a guy that does 0:19:57.960 --> 0:20:00.480 not turn the ball over. I think there are a 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:04.000 couple of teams out there that have ready made contending 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:08.080 defenses and some pieces, and all they need is a quarterback. 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:12.639 I think Tyrod should, if all things work out correctly, 0:20:12.960 --> 0:20:16.000 find himself in a very interesting situation. Let me throw 0:20:16.000 --> 0:20:18.840 a team out there for you. I think Tyrod would 0:20:18.880 --> 0:20:24.000 be an incredible fit for the Denver Broncos. Think about that. 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:26.840 Think about that. If you have a playoff, super Bowl 0:20:26.920 --> 0:20:30.080 caliber defense, got some weapons on the outside, all they 0:20:30.119 --> 0:20:32.800 need is a team that doesn't turn the ball over 0:20:32.920 --> 0:20:36.400 like Simeon did and before that, like Brock Oswiler did. 0:20:36.680 --> 0:20:39.960 They seem to have to be issues and still be waiting. 0:20:40.280 --> 0:20:43.720 I think Tyrod could make the Denver Broncos a very 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:46.520 intriguing team in two thousand and eighteen. The other thing 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:50.119 I want to say is about these Kansas City Chiefs. Boy, 0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:53.600 was this not a microcosm for their entire season as 0:20:53.640 --> 0:20:56.959 it related to their aggressiveness and as it related to 0:20:57.000 --> 0:20:59.199 Andy Reid. At the beginning of the game. In the 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:03.840 first half, Alex Smith looked again like an m VP candidate. 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:07.240 He had two hundred yards passing two touchdowns. As the 0:21:07.320 --> 0:21:10.320 Chiefs were up twenty one three, they were getting Tyreek 0:21:10.400 --> 0:21:14.400 Hill in space, they were feeding Kareem Hunt. Then all 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:17.720 of a sudden, and you saw this on the sidelines. 0:21:18.520 --> 0:21:21.760 Andy Reid was the one holding that placard, that play 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:25.480 calling sheet, and then what happens. Kareem Hunt gets four 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:29.080 carries in the second half, they decided to go jet 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:32.480 option on third and two with Alex Smith straight running 0:21:32.520 --> 0:21:36.639 the ball. It defied logic and it allowed the Tennessee 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:40.800 Titans to get back into that game, and they ultimately lost. 0:21:41.080 --> 0:21:44.280 It was such a microcosmo of the entire season, Alex 0:21:44.280 --> 0:21:47.240 Smith looking good, then the play calling getting weird and 0:21:47.320 --> 0:21:50.879 Kareem Hunt not being utilized. Too bad. They didn't bounce 0:21:50.920 --> 0:21:52.560 back at the end like they did at the end 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:54.520 of the season. I think the Chiefs are gonna be 0:21:54.640 --> 0:21:58.199 very different next year. You know, Nagy is gone. You 0:21:58.280 --> 0:22:00.919 know it looks like Alex Smith is on. Can Patty 0:22:01.000 --> 0:22:05.359 Mahomes step right in? That is the question if you 0:22:05.520 --> 0:22:07.840 ask me. I also want to give a big shout 0:22:07.840 --> 0:22:11.320 out to everybody in the hashtag Stats over beat cipher 0:22:11.600 --> 0:22:15.000 y'all really showed me love. Even when I was away, 0:22:15.040 --> 0:22:18.359 I was getting questions on Twitter. I was getting people 0:22:18.480 --> 0:22:21.800 hitting me up saying like, um, you know that they're 0:22:21.800 --> 0:22:24.800 missing me on the show with Ventra and the Fantasy 0:22:24.880 --> 0:22:27.080 executive holding it down. I hear Venture did a little 0:22:27.080 --> 0:22:30.119 bit of lyricism on Stats over Beach. We'll have to 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:32.760 investigate that a little bit later on, but I just 0:22:32.800 --> 0:22:36.320 want to say I was very um excited. I was 0:22:36.440 --> 0:22:41.760 very excited to see people um responding in the way 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:44.879 that they did, especially my guy Liberty Finder, who is 0:22:45.080 --> 0:22:47.680 even just hit me up on Twitter as we're talking 0:22:47.720 --> 0:22:50.680 about this with Tyrod. Liberty find the ones. Tyrod maybe 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:53.840 to go to the Steelers if Big Ben uses this 0:22:53.960 --> 0:22:57.359 as his swan song. On Sunday Line Up Block Live, 0:22:57.640 --> 0:23:00.280 I made the point that if the Steelers do say 0:23:00.359 --> 0:23:02.560 right off into the sunset when win a championship and 0:23:02.560 --> 0:23:05.679 Big Ben goes away, and I've said this before, I 0:23:05.720 --> 0:23:09.679 think Levy on Bell may keep it moving and go elsewhere. 0:23:09.720 --> 0:23:11.880