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Speaker 1: would have said it like that, and I probably would
Speaker 1: have had a little lot better than the where you
Speaker 1: did say it. But I had told you one other
Speaker 1: time to you got to turn down the TV, you'd
Speaker 1: only have to say it once. Yes. And then I said, Todd,
Speaker 1: you can't do that. It's imperative you turned down the
Speaker 1: monitors because lawsuits and all kinds of heart. And then
Speaker 1: you went silent on me. And I went out there
Speaker 1: like two minutes ago. I said, come on, let's go.
Speaker 1: I know, I said you can't. It's Monday. I was
Speaker 1: actually gonna leave, but that that would be really unprofessional
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Speaker 1: get to today. We got football tonight the Ravens in
Speaker 1: Cleveland and the Ravens are three point favorites. Bill's handled
Speaker 1: the Steelers last night. Jalen Hurts wins his debut, but
Speaker 1: is he going to be the starting quarterback against the
Speaker 1: Cardinals next weekend? Washington wins again, and it's getting kind
Speaker 1: of interesting there in the NFC East. Peter King will
Speaker 1: join us coming up in a little bit. The Eagles
Speaker 1: needed to try something yesterday against the Saints. With their
Speaker 1: seasons slipping away. They benched Carson Wentz for Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: and he looked good. The Eagles got a surprising win
Speaker 1: over the Saints. Hurts numbers were good, but that only
Speaker 1: tells part of the story. What I found was kind
Speaker 1: of the aftershocks of what I saw when they played
Speaker 1: Green Bay. It felt like he was lifting a team,
Speaker 1: like truly lifting a team, Like they seemed to be
Speaker 1: playing with a different kind of energy, like there was
Speaker 1: something there that was tangible, and you know, the run
Speaker 1: game returned, the receivers stepped up, they made plays, The
Speaker 1: defense pitched a shutout in the first half against the
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints. But this felt like this is New
Speaker 1: Orleans formula because with Drew Brees out, you know, the
Speaker 1: defenses stepped up, and the new quarterback, whether it was
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater last year or Taysom Hill this year, Sean
Speaker 1: Payton eight no with backup quarterbacks over the last two seasons.
Speaker 1: But the Eagles rallied behind Hurts. He didn't get sacked,
Speaker 1: didn't throw an interception, ran for over one hundred yards.
Speaker 1: Eagle fans got to be excited about what they saw yesterday.
Speaker 1: And you would expect Doug Peterson, the Eagles head coach,
Speaker 1: to be so excited and he can't wait to tell
Speaker 1: you that, Yes, Jalen Hurts is going to be my
Speaker 1: quarterback against the Cardinals next Sunday. Instead, he said, this
Speaker 1: is Jalen, You're started next week, and if so, what
Speaker 1: will the challenge be? You know, now that more tape
Speaker 1: is out on him, I'm gonna enjoy this one. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go home and relax and be with my family
Speaker 1: tonight and enjoy this win and get rid of for
Speaker 1: the week. Oh boy, that's that inspires you right now?
Speaker 1: I know he wants to This is gamesmanship. I'm sure
Speaker 1: that's what I'm gonna be told, right doesn't want to
Speaker 1: let the Cardinals know who they're facing. Okay, the Cardinals
Speaker 1: defense faces Kyler Murray. They know what this type of
Speaker 1: quarterback is like. Although Kyler Murray is a better quarterback,
Speaker 1: more dangerous. But this isn't going to be a big
Speaker 1: surprise like the surprise will be if you have Carson
Speaker 1: Wentz starting in this game. Jalen Hurts played well. Once
Speaker 1: these defensive coordinators get more tape on Jalen Hurts, then
Speaker 1: it's going to be different. Then they're gonna say, Jalen,
Speaker 1: let's see if you can beat us from the pocket.
Speaker 1: Because the Saints allow Jalen Hurts to run as much
Speaker 1: as he wanted to. It felt like yesterday that's not
Speaker 1: going to continue. It doesn't all the great quarterbacks, it
Speaker 1: doesn't continue because whether you're Kyler Murray, Lamar Jackson, RG three,
Speaker 1: Michael Vick, eventually you don't run as much as you
Speaker 1: once did. And that's because usually either get injured and
Speaker 1: or you get a little bit smarter. But what I saw,
Speaker 1: what Jalen Hurts yesterday was really really good and it
Speaker 1: was different than cars and Wentz. And right now you
Speaker 1: need something different from Carson Wentz because that team is
Speaker 1: looking around going, man, we're stale. That was a fun
Speaker 1: performance by the Eagles yesterday. And Jalen Hurts did this
Speaker 1: against arguably the number one defense in football. He looked
Speaker 1: really good against a very good Saints defense and also
Speaker 1: not getting sacked. Remember Carson Wentz with that offensive line
Speaker 1: and the receivers, and I mean you can make those excuses.
Speaker 1: There were no excuses needed yesterday. He didn't get sacked.
Speaker 1: He threw the ball away, he didn't hold onto it.
Speaker 1: That's the rookie mistake. Rookies always want to hold on.
Speaker 1: Your young quarterbacks. They want to hold on and try
Speaker 1: to make a play because they're so used to doing
Speaker 1: that in high school, in college. He can't do that
Speaker 1: in the NFL. You eventually have to throw and live
Speaker 1: to see another play. Throw it away. But what he
Speaker 1: did yesterday, that was very impressive and not easy. But
Speaker 1: I can't imagine Doug Peterson's gonna go, yeah, Jalen looks okay,
Speaker 1: but we're gonna get Carson Wentz back in there. I would. Now,
Speaker 1: I don't want you to name Jalen Hurts your start
Speaker 1: to the rest of the regular season, but you do
Speaker 1: have a true quarterback controversy. There are times we try
Speaker 1: to manufacture this in the media. Now you have a
Speaker 1: real one. Because keep in mind, this team can still
Speaker 1: win the division. Here you have there four eight and one.
Speaker 1: A win on Sunday against Arizona and a Washington lost
Speaker 1: to Seattle means the Eagles would have a would be
Speaker 1: a half game behind Washington, and then Washington plays at
Speaker 1: Philadelphia week seventeen that could decide the division. Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: has big decisions to make because you can still win
Speaker 1: a division and host a playoff game, and if you
Speaker 1: can beat arguably the best team in the NFC at home,
Speaker 1: you might be able to take that first round victory.
Speaker 1: Depending on who you're hosting. You're not gonna be afraid
Speaker 1: of anybody, at least I wouldn't be. Now you can say, well,
Speaker 1: Taysom Hill in there instead of Drew Brees. Okay, that
Speaker 1: doesn't explain the defense for the Saints, because Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: they should have been up twenty to nothing at halftime.
Speaker 1: Mister field goal there at the very end. But if
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Speaker 1: the poll question today? Before I give you the poll,
Speaker 1: can I just make an official statement for all Philadelphia
Speaker 1: natives they better go Jalen Hurts. I mean, do you
Speaker 1: really think there's a chance to go back to Carson
Speaker 1: this year. Well, it depends on how he plays or
Speaker 1: if he gets injured. But if I'm Doug Peterson and
Speaker 1: what I saw yesterday against the Saints, I want to
Speaker 1: ride the momentum. I just want to see what is there.
Speaker 1: In my point when I said I don't know how
Speaker 1: many weeks ago sid Carson Wentz down because he's losing
Speaker 1: confidence and you know, there's a whole lot going on
Speaker 1: here and probably a whole lot more going on behind
Speaker 1: the scenes. But I also want to know what do
Speaker 1: I have in Jalen Hurts. I spent a second round
Speaker 1: draft pick on Jalen Hurts. What do I have? That's all? Now,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be trading Carson Wentz maybe in the offseason, maybe,
Speaker 1: but you know, in the meantime, I want to know
Speaker 1: if I'm trading him, the person who is succeeding him
Speaker 1: is real, Like this is not just a one off
Speaker 1: or a couple of games. Is Jalen Hurts and every week,
Speaker 1: weekend and week out starter in the NFL? And That's
Speaker 1: what I'd be trying to figure out while in the
Speaker 1: process maybe winning the division. So I gotta figure this
Speaker 1: out if I'm Doug Peterson and management of what they're
Speaker 1: going to do with what happens to Jalen Hurts. The
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks, we'll probably dictate what happens to
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz. But I'm not going back to Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: not unless I absolutely positively have to yes the club.
Speaker 1: I let's jump ahead to this poll question where it's
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz week one. Next year, I'll give you ESPN
Speaker 1: top four landing spots and Niners, the Broncos, the Patriots,
Speaker 1: the Colts or the Eagles. Cults is being number one? Yeah,
Speaker 1: I understand the Colds. I brought that up weeks ago
Speaker 1: with Frank Reik and reuniting with him. And you know,
Speaker 1: but is Philip Rivers gonna want to play another season?
Speaker 1: Will they want to have him back for another season?
Speaker 1: And you want to? I mean, you don't want to
Speaker 1: get up give up much for Carson Wentz at least
Speaker 1: it doesn't feel like that. What are you going to
Speaker 1: give a late first or a couple of second round picks?
Speaker 1: Maybe for him, you're gonna do Philadelphia sort of a favor,
Speaker 1: taking that salary off their hands. But I'll go I'll
Speaker 1: go Colts, just because I said that weeks ago that
Speaker 1: that's where I thought he would end up reunited with
Speaker 1: Frank Reich. What else do you have? Okay, it's Monday,
Speaker 1: and that means it's NFL MVP question time. There was
Speaker 1: chatter last night. You couldn't avoid hearing it. I'll give
Speaker 1: you Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, and Josh Allen back in
Speaker 1: the conversation. I will commend Josh Allen because I've been
Speaker 1: critical Josh Allen when he started his career. It felt
Speaker 1: like he was athletic but had no clue how to
Speaker 1: play quarterback. And he's come up with some big wins.
Speaker 1: That's a big win against that Pittsburgh team. But I'm
Speaker 1: not surprised about Buffalo. I'm surprised about the Steelers. You
Speaker 1: know what I see with Buffalo, But I think Buffalo
Speaker 1: understands who they are. I don't know if the Steelers
Speaker 1: know who they are right now, because that's a good defense.
Speaker 1: They don't run the football, and I'm not quite sure
Speaker 1: about Ben Roethlisberger. And I said at the beginning of
Speaker 1: the year, I found them the most fascinating team, but
Speaker 1: it all hinged on Ben Roethlisberger. They just I mean,
Speaker 1: they're not potent. That offense looks soft. It just doesn't.
Speaker 1: There's no oomph there. And you know, they got receivers
Speaker 1: who can't hang on to the football, like like at
Speaker 1: an alarming rate, cannot hold onto the football, no running game,
Speaker 1: and it just feels like if you put any defense
Speaker 1: out there for an extended period of time, they're going
Speaker 1: to be taking advantage of. And Josh Allen completion percentage, like,
Speaker 1: he looks sharper out there, and he's got good receivers
Speaker 1: to fon Diggs, and you know, Buffalo is obviously going
Speaker 1: to be a tough out. But I got questions about Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: I really do, because right now they are they're wounded.
Speaker 1: They've had some bad wins. They obviously had bad losses,
Speaker 1: but they've won a couple of games and you go there,
Speaker 1: I didn't look good at all. But yeah, I if
Speaker 1: you're gonna give the MVP this week, this Monday, I'd
Speaker 1: give it to Aaron Rodgers just because Mahomes didn't look good.
Speaker 1: But Kansas City showed you that even if Mahomes doesn't
Speaker 1: play well, which should be scary for the rest of
Speaker 1: the NFL. They can still win a game against Miami
Speaker 1: that's a playoff caliber team and a very good defense,
Speaker 1: and they did a number on Patrick Mahomes. What else
Speaker 1: do you have me? Club? Okay, I'll let you do
Speaker 1: the choices, but I want to ask if there's anyone
Speaker 1: outside the final four in college football who have a
Speaker 1: real chance at getting into the Final four with like
Speaker 1: Texas A and M, Cincinnati, Iowa State, Coastal Carolina, Indiana,
Speaker 1: is there a chance? Is there a fifteam that's even
Speaker 1: worth putting in a poll? Or is there going to
Speaker 1: be those four teams? Oh? I guess Texas A and
Speaker 1: M because they're five, but I don't I don't know
Speaker 1: if people look at them and go got to get
Speaker 1: them in or it'd be a travesty if they don't
Speaker 1: get in. Because if this plays out where Alabama wins,
Speaker 1: Clemson wins, I think only if Clemson would blow out
Speaker 1: Notre Dame, but then I'd be one loss for Notre
Speaker 1: Dame and you'd already beaten Clemson. It feels like Notre Dame, Clemson,
Speaker 1: and Alabama are going to be in And then what
Speaker 1: kind of performance is Ohio State going to have against
Speaker 1: Northwestern if they if they play a close game, they
Speaker 1: barely win, I guess, but I just Coastal Carolina. Nice
Speaker 1: parting gifts. We keep trying to prop up Iowa State.
Speaker 1: They played well late in the season. Okay, Cincinnati, nice
Speaker 1: parting gifts for you. It doesn't feel like there's that
Speaker 1: team where you go, we've got to have them in
Speaker 1: unless it's you know, Texas, A and M. What else
Speaker 1: do you have? Did you mention USC in there by
Speaker 1: the way? Oh god, you know if that day in
Speaker 1: the picture. No, if this was Washington State that was
Speaker 1: five and zero, would we be saying, wow, what about
Speaker 1: Washington State? I mean, USC, all right, you beat UCLA.
Speaker 1: I don't think they're that good. I think they have
Speaker 1: some talent. It's USC. There's pedigree there. But if this
Speaker 1: was another team in the Pac twelve, I don't know
Speaker 1: if we'd give them a second look. But it's USC.
Speaker 1: You know, maybe they end up top ten team, but
Speaker 1: I don't think they're a final four by any stretch
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Speaker 1: Palantonio covers the Eagles will get South Pale's thoughts as well.
Speaker 1: We'll hear from John Gruden. Who else? Dan Mullen, the
Speaker 1: Florida head coach. Oh, and I know Patrick Mahomes. And
Speaker 1: by the way, I mentioned the Pittsburgh Steelers and Ben Roethlisberger.
Speaker 1: Here's Roethlisberger after the lost last night. We've lost two
Speaker 1: were basics diversity, but we're not when I hit the
Speaker 1: panic button, you know, offensively, we're not very good. And
Speaker 1: right now when I played good football in a surf
Speaker 1: of meat. We all need to look in the mirror
Speaker 1: and like I said, it starts with me and understand
Speaker 1: that that we all need to be better. You know,
Speaker 1: I think that we will be. I think this is
Speaker 1: a team that's got a lot of resilience, but that
Speaker 1: is resilient and understands what it takes to win football
Speaker 1: games and understands what time of year it is and
Speaker 1: that the way we're playing right now it's unstoppable. Wouldn't
Speaker 1: it be great if he says, hey, we're hitting the
Speaker 1: panic button. You know, there's certain comments where you go
Speaker 1: if it was if it was flipped, then it would
Speaker 1: be great. Hey, we are I have no idea what
Speaker 1: we're doing. We're hitting the panic button. I don't know
Speaker 1: about you guys, but I'm freaking out right now. Man,
Speaker 1: we're in trouble. That would be great. You know when
Speaker 1: you hear coach goes in or quarterback goes in and
Speaker 1: we're not getting the panic button here, it'd be great
Speaker 1: if you heard to the contrary. Yeah, McLevin. When Ben
Speaker 1: says it's all it starts with me. I speak Ben,
Speaker 1: and that means it's not me at all, it's you.
Speaker 1: You know Ben. Do you think he means that's right,
Speaker 1: it's my receiver. Deontay Johnson hang on the ball. How
Speaker 1: many drops does he have? He's got like twelve drop twelve? Eric,
Speaker 1: he brought's not far behind by the way. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: you know, this kid has all the makings. He could
Speaker 1: be really good. But if you don't catch the football,
Speaker 1: you're not gonna be really good. Big starting point. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's like, man, he is really talented. He can get
Speaker 1: open and he's got great speed and uh, well, what's
Speaker 1: the problem. Well, he doesn't hang on the football. That's
Speaker 1: a problem. Yeah, McLean. They showed a lot of highlights
Speaker 1: of t J. Watt getting double teamed that unlike Aaron Donald.
Speaker 1: He stopped after he got double team like he couldn't
Speaker 1: do anything. Did. He kind of cost himself in that
Speaker 1: defensive player of the Year contest. Ho ho ho. Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald is the defensive player of the Year, whether he
Speaker 1: wins it or not. He I think he'll join Lawrence
Speaker 1: Taylor and JJ Watt as three time winners here, and
Speaker 1: he should. T J. Watt is very good, but Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald disrupts everything. T J. Watt, you know, can get
Speaker 1: to the quarterback. You've got to account for him. Aaron
Speaker 1: Donald is the defensive player of the year, absolutely in
Speaker 1: my opinion, because it's rare when somebody disrupts everything you do.
Speaker 1: T J. Watt doesn't disrupt everything you do. Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: does all right. Phone call is always welcome. We'll settle
Speaker 1: on a poll question and the Cleveland Indians no longer
Speaker 1: known as the Cleveland Indians. We'll talk to Terry Pluto,
Speaker 1: the great columnist for the Cleveland Plane Dealer on the
Speaker 1: switch and are they going to stay the tribe or
Speaker 1: are they gonna go with cultural differences completely away from that.
Speaker 1: But Cleveland is changing its nickname. All right, take a
Speaker 1: break here, Peter King will join us on loan from
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Speaker 1: in America. Shame on me, old habits die hard Todd,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna blame you. You should blame me. Yes, did
Speaker 1: I put that in a note or something? Now I'm
Speaker 1: like worried that I've got something to me see if
Speaker 1: you did? I really hope maybe if you had turned
Speaker 1: down the TV earlier. Yeah. When I yelled over, I said, Todd,
Speaker 1: what what's Peter King? Is he with football mourning? And
Speaker 1: then I didn't hear anything on you, so he just
Speaker 1: assumed the Good Morning Football column? Or yes, we'll look
Speaker 1: it up as we go along. We usually do. Why
Speaker 1: don't you apologize to Peter when he comes? Okay, you're
Speaker 1: gonna get get yelled at all day to day. I really, yeah,
Speaker 1: I think you're my Charlie Brown today, I'm Lucy. You're
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Speaker 1: quarterback controversy in Philadelphia, which is where we start with
Speaker 1: Peter King from Good Morning Football, Football Morning in America.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get it right, Pete. I've got Good Morning
Speaker 1: Football Football Morning in America, Monday Morning Football. I apologize
Speaker 1: Football Morning and the problem. Hey, Dan, listen, don't I
Speaker 1: don't think the Eagles have a quarterback controversy. What's the
Speaker 1: controversy play Jalen Hurts seriously. Okay, I thought that was
Speaker 1: the funniest thing of the weekend when Doug Peterson said
Speaker 1: after the game and again this morning on wip OH,
Speaker 1: I really haven't decided. I haven't made up my mind.
Speaker 1: Do let me tell you something. You're not going You're
Speaker 1: not going to be allowed on the team plane to
Speaker 1: Phoenix on Saturday if you say that Carson Wentz is
Speaker 1: your quarterback Sunday in Glendale, Arizona, here is Doug Peterson
Speaker 1: and he won't commit to who his starter is. Is
Speaker 1: your starter next week? And if so, what will a
Speaker 1: challenge be? You know, now that more tape is out
Speaker 1: on him, I'm gonna enjoy this one. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: home and relax and be with my family tonight and
Speaker 1: enjoy this win and get ready for the week. You know,
Speaker 1: you have all this momentum, You're feeling good. I don't know.
Speaker 1: Maybe this is gamesmanship Pete. Maybe he doesn't want to
Speaker 1: let Arizona know that they might have to get ready
Speaker 1: for a running quarterback. Dan Arizona knows. Arizona knows Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts is playing. It's just that everybody in the Philadelphia
Speaker 1: Eagles organization, players, coaches are walking on eggshells with cars
Speaker 1: and Wentz. I mean, seriously, if I'm Carson Wentz today,
Speaker 1: you can't go in the facility. But I'll do a
Speaker 1: phone call with because Monday and Tuesday facilities are closed
Speaker 1: around the league. But I do a phone call with
Speaker 1: Doug Peterson and said, you know, stop being maniacally concerned
Speaker 1: with my feelings. I'm not a paying of glass. I
Speaker 1: understand this guy played great. You got to play him good.
Speaker 1: Let's go and win. And I don't know whether he's
Speaker 1: going to do that or whether he would do that,
Speaker 1: But the rest of this I don't know. There was
Speaker 1: such This is the biggest win this team has had
Speaker 1: in a year, and it was almost like they tied.
Speaker 1: I mean, where was the emotion and yeah, yeah, baby,
Speaker 1: we're back in it. If we win this week in
Speaker 1: Washington loses, we're a half game out of first place
Speaker 1: and Washington's coming to our place in week seventeen. Hey, look,
Speaker 1: they're trying to be respectful to Carson Wentz. I appreciate that,
Speaker 1: but you know, it's you got to play this kid
Speaker 1: the rest of the way and see what you have.
Speaker 1: What kind of trade market is there will there be
Speaker 1: for Carson Wentz. I think I will be surprised if
Speaker 1: the Indianapolis Colts are not interested in him. And to
Speaker 1: what degree, I don't know. It's hard for me to
Speaker 1: say what his value would be. Would it be a
Speaker 1: low one, would it be two twos? I don't know.
Speaker 1: You know, in the quarterback business Dan, and again I
Speaker 1: am not comparing him at all the Josh Rosen. But
Speaker 1: Josh Rosen was drafted number ten one year and then
Speaker 1: he was traded for the forty fifth pick eleven months later,
Speaker 1: you know. So it's like the new car, you drive
Speaker 1: it off the lot, it loses twenty percent of its value.
Speaker 1: So I don't know. But the most important thing if
Speaker 1: I'm Carson Wentz, if at the end of this year,
Speaker 1: I realize that it's over in Philly, And if I'm him,
Speaker 1: I'm probably hoping that it is because it's just it's
Speaker 1: going to be too hard. But whatever, if at the
Speaker 1: end of the year that it appears that it's over,
Speaker 1: If I'm Carson Wentz, particularly when the cap is most
Speaker 1: likely going down significantly, and if it isn't it's certainly
Speaker 1: not going up, I would be as good as I
Speaker 1: could to the acquiring team and to the Eagles to
Speaker 1: try to make it happen. He's Peter King. Football Morning
Speaker 1: in America. It's must read every Monday morning, recapping what
Speaker 1: happened over the weekend in the NFL. Watching the Steelers
Speaker 1: last night, I was not surprised what I saw with Buffalo,
Speaker 1: but I'm starting to have more and more questions about
Speaker 1: a team that only has two losses this year. If
Speaker 1: you were going to describe the Steelers to somebody who
Speaker 1: didn't watch them last night, how would you describe them?
Speaker 1: I mean, I hate to be cliche, but quite honestly,
Speaker 1: peaked too soon. Okay, and Dan, people are talking about
Speaker 1: this running game. Well, they got to get the running
Speaker 1: game going, Dan, Over the last two months, this team
Speaker 1: is rushed for fifty four yards per game. That's not
Speaker 1: two weeks, that's seven games. And so this is not
Speaker 1: something you know. I saw that, and I assume it's true.
Speaker 1: But I heard it on one of the shows over
Speaker 1: the weekend that Mike Tomlin put his team in pads
Speaker 1: on Friday, and now he's getting serious. They're gonna get
Speaker 1: the running game going. I mean, good for Tomlin for
Speaker 1: doing that. Really honestly. But you know it's going to
Speaker 1: take more than the show of putting his team in
Speaker 1: pads to become a good running team. They're not a
Speaker 1: good running team. And that really exposes the most interesting
Speaker 1: thing that Ben Roethlisberger said in what I thought was
Speaker 1: a very honest postgame press conference. He said, we need
Speaker 1: to do better at being a more balanced offense. Defense
Speaker 1: plays pass if you can't run the ball. Okay, So
Speaker 1: you combine that with the leading team in the NFL
Speaker 1: in drops and tell me what can the Steelers do
Speaker 1: well on offense? Now? You simply cannot ask your defense
Speaker 1: to hold teams to the level of the seventy six
Speaker 1: Steelers to say, okay, you got to hold everybody to
Speaker 1: twelve points a game or whatever that was. It was
Speaker 1: absurd that year. But you can't do that in modern football.
Speaker 1: And so that's why this is not in my opinion,
Speaker 1: it's not just the slump with the Steelers. Look, they're
Speaker 1: lucky they go to Cincinnati on Sunday, they'll get a
Speaker 1: little bit well. But the fact is this team has
Speaker 1: to play the Colts in Week sixteen and has to
Speaker 1: play in Cleveland in Week seventeen in a game they
Speaker 1: might need. As absurd as it is, they have gone
Speaker 1: from a ninety eight percent chance in seven days a
Speaker 1: ninety eight percent chance to win their division too. If
Speaker 1: Cleveland wins tonight, it's an eighty one percent chance. Also
Speaker 1: factoring in with that defense losing Devon Bush and Bud Dupree,
Speaker 1: so it was a formidable defense, but you're losing two
Speaker 1: of their three biggest impact players or two of their
Speaker 1: four the game tonight. You mentioned the Ravens and the Browns.
Speaker 1: How big a game is this? Well, I mean, you know, look,
Speaker 1: the crazy thing is, even though you don't want it
Speaker 1: to happen, the Browns can afford to lose this game,
Speaker 1: and there's still probably going to be a wildcard team.
Speaker 1: But this is as close to a musk game as
Speaker 1: you can get for Baltimore if Baltimore wants to make
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Now, Baltimore could lose and win the last
Speaker 1: two games and probably get in. But still the Ravens
Speaker 1: just have to start playing well, Dan, I mean, they
Speaker 1: have been so disjointed all year. This is a game
Speaker 1: for the Baltimore Ravens about playing well and getting momentum
Speaker 1: if they want to make anything of their season. With
Speaker 1: what we've seen with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers, they're
Speaker 1: just sort of hanging around, hanging around, and I think
Speaker 1: they're unbelievable. Yeah, I really do. And look, I don't.
Speaker 1: I didn't mean to interrupt your question, but the more
Speaker 1: I think of what we're seeing in the Packers, So, Dan,
Speaker 1: I had an item in my column this morning about how,
Speaker 1: you know, I was like so many people this offseason,
Speaker 1: all right, and I said, Okay, the Packers are not
Speaker 1: going thirteen and three again. You know, they're just they've
Speaker 1: got too many flaws and they didn't do a thing
Speaker 1: about their receiver position. And I'm not saying I thought
Speaker 1: they were a flute glass year. I didn't, but I
Speaker 1: just thought they would come down to earth a little bit.
Speaker 1: So now they're on track to have the exact same
Speaker 1: record as last year. And here's the amazing thing that
Speaker 1: I wrote my column that if you look at since
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur walked onto campus in Green Bay regular season
Speaker 1: and postseason best records in football Andy Reid twenty seven
Speaker 1: and five, Matt Lafleur twenty four and seven, he's second.
Speaker 1: And so I mean, what we're seeing now is a program,
Speaker 1: and as long as Aaron Rodgers is there, he's just
Speaker 1: the magic man. And as long as Aaron Rodgers is there,
Speaker 1: I think that he and Matt Lafleur have potential to
Speaker 1: make beautiful music. And I think Aaron Rodgers after the
Speaker 1: game last night, Dan, I thought he said something really
Speaker 1: smart that I didn't even realize. I didn't know that
Speaker 1: since he's been there, they've never had home field through
Speaker 1: the playoffs, and they really want that. Fans are no fans.
Speaker 1: They want teams coming in to Green Bay on January
Speaker 1: seventeenth and on January twenty fourth. In fact, I think
Speaker 1: they would love it if it was a primetime game
Speaker 1: on that divisional weekend, just so that it would be
Speaker 1: colder and hopefully the wind would be blowing sideways. Well. Also,
Speaker 1: you want to get a warm weather team, Tampa maybe
Speaker 1: on the road, the Saints, a Dome team, get them
Speaker 1: on the road as well. If Arizona, you know whoever
Speaker 1: it might be, who's going to go there. And I
Speaker 1: know we love to do a referendum every Monday on MVP.
Speaker 1: And as much as I've said it was Patrick Mahomes,
Speaker 1: Mahomes looked mortal yesterday and I still go back and
Speaker 1: I still believe it. There's nobody who's made the position
Speaker 1: look easier than Aaron Rodgers. To me, in the history
Speaker 1: of the game. He can make it look easier than anybody.
Speaker 1: That doesn't mean he's the MVP, but it feels like,
Speaker 1: you know, it's starting to lean a little bit more
Speaker 1: that way with what you've seen with Aaron Rodgers. If
Speaker 1: you were voting, like the criteria you would have for
Speaker 1: MVP is what Pete. I think it's the guy who
Speaker 1: is most invaluable to his team. That's what I think
Speaker 1: it is. That's what the most valuable player says to me.
Speaker 1: And hey, Dan, I'll you know, I've thought about this
Speaker 1: a lot, and I thought about it for a good
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes last night. I sat in my office around
Speaker 1: one in the morning and I really just thought, what
Speaker 1: did I want to say about the MVP this morning,
Speaker 1: because we're getting to the point where you're going to
Speaker 1: have to make a decision three weeks from now, And
Speaker 1: I wrote, I think the MVP is pretty close to
Speaker 1: a Mahomes Rogers toss up, and that's how I see it.
Speaker 1: I think it's it's the MVP is going to be
Speaker 1: one in the last three weeks of the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's I don't think you can go wrong with
Speaker 1: either one of those guys. I was also wondering about
Speaker 1: Defensive Player of the Year. I mean, t J. Watt
Speaker 1: could win it, but the most valuable defensive player in
Speaker 1: the game is Aaron Donald. No, Aaron Donald and the
Speaker 1: other guy. I'll tell you what, Dan that and I look,
Speaker 1: I'd have a better argument for this if Miami won
Speaker 1: the game, but they didn't. But Xavian Howard is playing
Speaker 1: the position of cornerback the way Stefan Gilmour played it
Speaker 1: last year, and Gilmore one defensive Player of the Year
Speaker 1: last year. Now I am with you. I think one
Speaker 1: of the most amazing things about Aaron Donald is most
Speaker 1: of the time he's an interior defensive lineman getting stuck
Speaker 1: in traffic, a having a cluttered path to the quarterback
Speaker 1: at all times. Dan, in the last forty five games,
Speaker 1: he's got forty five and a half sacks. I mean,
Speaker 1: that just doesn't happen. But how many people have you
Speaker 1: covered Pete where I said he disrupts an entire offense.
Speaker 1: T J. Watt, I have to account war him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean JJ at his peak was great. But you know,
Speaker 1: I go back to Lawrence Taylor. I don't know JJ Watt.
Speaker 1: I'll tell you this, Dan, jj Watt and Aaron Donald
Speaker 1: are similarly disruptive. I am. I'm not going to sit
Speaker 1: here and say Aaron Donald's better than JJ Watted his prime.
Speaker 1: I mean, in his prime he had some of the
Speaker 1: greatest games the defensive player has ever had. So and again,
Speaker 1: if Aaron Donald does it longer then JJ Watt did,
Speaker 1: then I'll take my head off to him. But think
Speaker 1: of this, Dan, This is this The Defensive Player of
Speaker 1: the Year award is fifty years old this year. Okay,
Speaker 1: no one has ever won it more than three times.
Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor won it three times. JJ Watt won it
Speaker 1: three times. Aaron Donald, if he wins this year, that
Speaker 1: would be his third win. He'd be twenty nine years
Speaker 1: old after seven years in the NFL. I think that.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, if you go to Vegas and bet,
Speaker 1: what are the odds he's gonna win a fourth one?
Speaker 1: Put me on the on the over underside. I'll take
Speaker 1: more than three. Let's just say that. We asked this
Speaker 1: last week. I think PAULI or mclovin brought it up
Speaker 1: that if you could start your defense with any player
Speaker 1: in history, and and I just said, Lawrence Taylor was
Speaker 1: something I had never seen. I still haven't seen Lawrence Taylor.
Speaker 1: Uh like somebody who can emulate what he does. You know,
Speaker 1: me and Joe Green and Reggie White, and you know,
Speaker 1: we can go down the list of Dion was wonderful.
Speaker 1: Lawrence Taylor. I saw fear. I saw fear on a
Speaker 1: football field when Lawrence Taylor was going into sack Ken
Speaker 1: O'Brien in a preseason game. I truly saw fear. I
Speaker 1: would start with Lawrence Taylor. Who would be your pick?
Speaker 1: I'll tell you Lawrence Taylor. I would. I would have
Speaker 1: a nod to Deacon Jones. But that was a different time,
Speaker 1: a different era. The head slap, all the other stuff
Speaker 1: you would do. Way back when Dick Butkis as a
Speaker 1: middle linebacker had eighteen sacks in a season, he was
Speaker 1: unbelievably good. But I think in today's game, I would
Speaker 1: take the interior disruptor. Oh okay, And because I think
Speaker 1: the interior disruptor is so much harder to find than
Speaker 1: anybody else. Even though I agree with you, hey, Dan,
Speaker 1: the great thing about Lawrence Taylor, in my opinion is
Speaker 1: that when he was hurt, he would do things. I
Speaker 1: saw him play with a tarn pectoral, which is impossible
Speaker 1: with his arm wrapped up on his chest like with
Speaker 1: a huge a's bandage. And I saw him batter to
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints in the Superdome one night. E, look
Speaker 1: this guy. This guy was just not normal and I
Speaker 1: have great admiration for him. That's a tough question. I'd
Speaker 1: have to think about it, but I think i'd take
Speaker 1: the internal disruptor like an Aaron Donald. Great stuff. As always, Pete,
Speaker 1: the column is must read. It's Monday Morning Quarterback. You
Speaker 1: did it again. You did it again. But that's okay, Dan,
Speaker 1: I love you, and hey, Monday Morning Quarterback is where
Speaker 1: it all began. And I did it for twenty one
Speaker 1: years and it was the great time of my life.
Speaker 1: It still is. But Football Morning in America and Dan,
Speaker 1: one last thing, Yes, I do want to tell you,
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Speaker 1: was watching Arizona and Arizona State, and I kept watching
Speaker 1: and Arizona State kept scoring and kept scoring and kept scoring,
Speaker 1: and I thought, I'm not turning it off. I want
Speaker 1: to see if they can put a seventy burger on Arizona.
Speaker 1: And they did, and then game ended, and I thought,
Speaker 1: I'm waiting for the bottom line scroll that Arizona has
Speaker 1: fired their head coach, Kevin Sumlin. And it took a day,
Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, I saw in the
Speaker 1: bottom line Arizona has fired their head coach, Kevin Sumlin.
Speaker 1: Seventy points. That's a rivalry game. Seventy Michigan probably said,
Speaker 1: oh my god, that's embarrassing. Yes, po, yes, Paul, We'll
Speaker 1: try it again. Yes, PAULI went through there you go. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think I think North Carolina ran for about six
Speaker 1: hundred yards on Miami sixty two twenty six. YEP. That
Speaker 1: was impressive, and Miami was favored going into that game
Speaker 1: and North Carolina. I had a scout say North Carolina
Speaker 1: has his much talent, much talent on offense as any
Speaker 1: team in the country. And I thought, well, that's high
Speaker 1: praise quarterbacks, good two good running backs there, and then
Speaker 1: you saw that against Miami that there's a whole lot
Speaker 1: of talent there. Phone calls are always welcome. By the way,
Speaker 1: we were talking about Xavian Howard with the Dolphins. Peter
Speaker 1: King was that he's played so well as a cornerback
Speaker 1: and he mentioned, you know, Stefan Gilmore won the Defensive
Speaker 1: Player of the Year last year. He didn't allow a
Speaker 1: single touchdown pass all season long. Stefan Gilmour did not.
Speaker 1: Howard has allowed three, I believe maybe four now after yesterday.
Speaker 1: He's got interceptions, but he is allowing touchdowns there. Now,
Speaker 1: this is a two man race. It feels like it's
Speaker 1: you know, even Aaron donald or or t. J. Watt.
Speaker 1: But with Pittsburgh getting roughed up a little bit as
Speaker 1: of late and the Rams are coming on, this is
Speaker 1: Aaron Donalds to lose. You got a pull question, McLevin
Speaker 1: that we're gonna go with Yeah, I put up where
Speaker 1: will Carson Wentz be Week one next year? And the
Speaker 1: Eagles is not the number one choice? Can you guess
Speaker 1: where it is? The Colts? Yeah, and then the Patriots
Speaker 1: a close third. The Patriot. You sound surprised that I
Speaker 1: knew it was the Colts. I keep saying that would
Speaker 1: be the one team that would you know that Frank
Speaker 1: Reich would go all right, let's bring in Carson Wentz.
Speaker 1: I can make him ride again. You got a big
Speaker 1: drama at okay? Yeah, my bad. By the way, we
Speaker 1: were talking earlier about Charlie Brown, and you know who's
Speaker 1: our favorite character from Charlie Brown Christmas? And you know,
Speaker 1: Seton brought up a good point when you look at
Speaker 1: some of these cartoons, like Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Speaker 1: Everybody treated Rudolph pretty poorly, and Rudolph could have easily
Speaker 1: said I'm taking my red nose and I'm I'm leaving here. Yeah,
Speaker 1: how about that? How do you like me now? And
Speaker 1: and Charlie Brown got picked on by everybody for the moment.
Speaker 1: I mean, Peppermint Patty what a diva. I mean, she's
Speaker 1: got some real issues. And Lucy, of course has some
Speaker 1: issues as well, Yes, Ton, but Santa was even vicious
Speaker 1: to Rudolph the Reindeer's father, basically saying, how could you
Speaker 1: guys give birth to some kind of imperfect reindeer? You
Speaker 1: should be ashamed of yourself because they are you quoting?
Speaker 1: Is that what he said? I'm paraphrasing very literally, basically
Speaker 1: said you should be ashamed of yourself. He was showing
Speaker 1: such good promise. How could you, you know, give birth
Speaker 1: to a reindeer with a weird red nose like that? Yeah,
Speaker 1: so we look at these Christmas stories and yeah, McLevin
Speaker 1: probably browed a bit of a victim. Though he feels
Speaker 1: sorry for himself at He also wears the same shirt
Speaker 1: every day, which is a mistake. There's a there's a
Speaker 1: Charlie brown field with Todd a little bit, Yeah, just
Speaker 1: a little bit. I get one of those shirts, I
Speaker 1: could like wear it. Oh, that'd be great, that'd be great.
Speaker 1: By the way, I got Christmas sweaters that we're gonna
Speaker 1: be wearing Todd next week. And is that a hair
Speaker 1: shot about Charlie brown Thank you for the shot.