1 00:00:04,428 --> 00:00:06,628 Speaker 1: Good Morning Football is the production of the NFL in 2 00:00:06,708 --> 00:00:29,668 Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio. Yeah, goodall, all right, Your NFL Championship 3 00:00:29,708 --> 00:00:32,348 Speaker 1: weekend is set z. Those are the four that are left. 4 00:00:32,388 --> 00:00:34,388 Speaker 1: The forty nine Ers take on the top seeded Eagles 5 00:00:34,388 --> 00:00:37,388 Speaker 1: in Philadelphia on a Sunday afternoon three pm Eastern kickoff 6 00:00:37,428 --> 00:00:41,468 Speaker 1: on Fox, then change channel AFC Championship rematch on CBS 7 00:00:42,028 --> 00:00:45,348 Speaker 1: is Bengals Chiefs in Arrowhead Stadium. Naprilison told us the 8 00:00:45,388 --> 00:00:48,868 Speaker 1: studio show will be there. Everyone's gonna blow the coverage 9 00:00:48,868 --> 00:00:50,708 Speaker 1: out of the water. It's gonna be an awesome weekend 10 00:00:50,708 --> 00:00:53,508 Speaker 1: of football. Oh yeah, welcome inside Good Morning Football. Our 11 00:00:53,588 --> 00:00:55,348 Speaker 1: job to lead up to the covery. Because one of 12 00:00:55,348 --> 00:00:57,148 Speaker 1: my old Trapper feature he live in New York City. 13 00:00:57,188 --> 00:01:00,188 Speaker 1: It's Tuesday, January twenty four. I'm Jamie Yard, Als, Kyle Rerent, 14 00:01:00,268 --> 00:01:03,468 Speaker 1: Peter Schreger, Jason mccordy. Show your first time round in 15 00:01:03,668 --> 00:01:06,988 Speaker 1: retirement off season. But take us back to what this 16 00:01:07,068 --> 00:01:09,388 Speaker 1: feels like for the teams that are remaining to be 17 00:01:09,508 --> 00:01:11,668 Speaker 1: one of four as you prepare for this kind of weekend. Oh, 18 00:01:11,708 --> 00:01:13,868 Speaker 1: this is a ton of fun. I think the way 19 00:01:13,908 --> 00:01:15,428 Speaker 1: we used to look at it is now. You go 20 00:01:15,428 --> 00:01:18,268 Speaker 1: into the wild car Round Division Round, and each and 21 00:01:18,348 --> 00:01:21,308 Speaker 1: every week you're just playing for an opportunity to practice 22 00:01:21,588 --> 00:01:23,788 Speaker 1: when the game ends and you win the game, unless 23 00:01:23,828 --> 00:01:26,108 Speaker 1: you know that on Wednesday, we're coming back and we 24 00:01:26,188 --> 00:01:30,548 Speaker 1: get another opportunity to practice, which means our season can continue. 25 00:01:30,668 --> 00:01:33,028 Speaker 1: As we saw this past round. The teams that you 26 00:01:33,108 --> 00:01:35,668 Speaker 1: come in and it's a crash landing. You go into 27 00:01:35,788 --> 00:01:37,868 Speaker 1: that game, those teams that play Saturday and Sunday, and 28 00:01:37,908 --> 00:01:40,268 Speaker 1: then the next day you're in and you're literally cleaning 29 00:01:40,268 --> 00:01:43,068 Speaker 1: out your locker, having EGXIT meetings, and that's it. You 30 00:01:43,188 --> 00:01:45,428 Speaker 1: leave the facility and you're gone for months. There's also 31 00:01:45,468 --> 00:01:48,628 Speaker 1: this thing where the franchise of the Final four their staff. 32 00:01:49,228 --> 00:01:51,068 Speaker 1: We'll go to the super Bowl site this week and 33 00:01:51,108 --> 00:01:54,028 Speaker 1: they'll do logistics training and they start dipping their toe 34 00:01:54,068 --> 00:01:56,988 Speaker 1: in it. So Eagles and Niners will be in Arizona, 35 00:01:57,108 --> 00:01:59,868 Speaker 1: Cincinnati and Kansas City in Arizona, and you just get 36 00:01:59,908 --> 00:02:01,428 Speaker 1: a little taste, and if you're the team, it's like 37 00:02:01,828 --> 00:02:04,668 Speaker 1: it's one game away and yet it's still so far away. 38 00:02:04,788 --> 00:02:06,388 Speaker 1: That's kind of a that's kind of a trick because 39 00:02:06,428 --> 00:02:08,388 Speaker 1: like God forbid, you don't want to chinch yourself. But like, 40 00:02:08,428 --> 00:02:12,868 Speaker 1: got to be prepared. Somebody's wearing them in the rest 41 00:02:12,868 --> 00:02:15,188 Speaker 1: of room again, sent out somewhere, and you're never gonna 42 00:02:15,188 --> 00:02:17,108 Speaker 1: be seen again. Gotta make them, you gotta make them. 43 00:02:17,188 --> 00:02:19,668 Speaker 1: Let's talk about it all right time, really blood. In 44 00:02:19,788 --> 00:02:22,788 Speaker 1: last year's Super Bowl, you saw Joe Burrow, you saw 45 00:02:22,788 --> 00:02:25,348 Speaker 1: the Bengals. They came up a yard short because they 46 00:02:25,388 --> 00:02:28,788 Speaker 1: tried to manufacture a game winning drive. This was heart 47 00:02:29,108 --> 00:02:33,068 Speaker 1: sickeningly heartbreaking. Oh Ultimately they fell twenty three to twenty two. 48 00:02:33,068 --> 00:02:35,308 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald and company Rams got their rings and the 49 00:02:35,388 --> 00:02:38,788 Speaker 1: Bengals they walked away with nothing. Super Bowl appearance, that's 50 00:02:38,828 --> 00:02:41,908 Speaker 1: what they got. The Bengals are back better than ever. 51 00:02:42,468 --> 00:02:47,148 Speaker 1: Just ask Joe Burrow. I think we're a more complete team. 52 00:02:47,188 --> 00:02:51,028 Speaker 1: I think we're a better team and maybe just seemed 53 00:02:51,028 --> 00:02:54,388 Speaker 1: to make plays when it counts. It's all there was 54 00:02:54,428 --> 00:02:58,108 Speaker 1: to say. What do you guys feel like? OK? I 55 00:02:58,148 --> 00:02:59,868 Speaker 1: think our a line is better. I think our run 56 00:02:59,948 --> 00:03:02,748 Speaker 1: game is better. I think our defense is better. I 57 00:03:02,868 --> 00:03:06,588 Speaker 1: just think our special team better. Overall, much better team 58 00:03:06,588 --> 00:03:11,668 Speaker 1: than we were uster. So Joe's feeling pretty good about 59 00:03:11,748 --> 00:03:13,828 Speaker 1: his squad. He should, he should. They look great in 60 00:03:13,868 --> 00:03:17,508 Speaker 1: Buffalo last weekend, a squad hasn't dropped a game since Halloween, 61 00:03:17,708 --> 00:03:20,468 Speaker 1: and he just dismantled the Bills on the road in Buffalo. 62 00:03:20,588 --> 00:03:23,228 Speaker 1: Now they head to Kansas City, a team they've beaten 63 00:03:23,348 --> 00:03:27,788 Speaker 1: three straight times out, including last year's AFC Championship. What 64 00:03:27,908 --> 00:03:31,268 Speaker 1: would a return to the Super Bowl mean for Joe 65 00:03:31,348 --> 00:03:33,348 Speaker 1: Burrow just him as an individual. Yeah, I think we 66 00:03:33,428 --> 00:03:35,828 Speaker 1: talk about the conference then, and I think we've looked 67 00:03:35,828 --> 00:03:40,788 Speaker 1: at it the last twelve months as being Mahomes, Alan Burrow, 68 00:03:40,948 --> 00:03:43,228 Speaker 1: and Burrow kind of being the third man in and 69 00:03:43,308 --> 00:03:46,548 Speaker 1: it's hey, guys, I'm in the conversation. Also, I think 70 00:03:46,588 --> 00:03:55,108 Speaker 1: it would then be Burrow space Mahomes space Allen, because 71 00:03:55,308 --> 00:03:58,348 Speaker 1: if Burrow can beat Patrick Mahomes four times in a 72 00:03:58,468 --> 00:04:01,108 Speaker 1: row and beat Josh Allen the one time, we're talking 73 00:04:01,148 --> 00:04:04,188 Speaker 1: about a guy who's got not only the resume but 74 00:04:04,428 --> 00:04:08,668 Speaker 1: the mental and I guess psychological warfare over his opponents. 75 00:04:08,868 --> 00:04:11,308 Speaker 1: If Burrow goes four and oh against Mahomes, that's that's 76 00:04:11,428 --> 00:04:13,748 Speaker 1: more than just a try. Now. Someone hit me up 77 00:04:13,868 --> 00:04:15,868 Speaker 1: yesterday I was talking about it and they were like, uh, 78 00:04:16,748 --> 00:04:18,908 Speaker 1: you know, Jake Plummer was three and oh against Tom 79 00:04:18,988 --> 00:04:21,908 Speaker 1: Brady doesn't mean Jake Plummer's a better quarterback. They getting 80 00:04:21,908 --> 00:04:24,748 Speaker 1: frostly about the people are getting very sensitive, especially Kansas 81 00:04:24,788 --> 00:04:27,588 Speaker 1: City fans, saying get out of here with that. It's 82 00:04:27,628 --> 00:04:30,268 Speaker 1: a team game. And you know, if if Andy doesn't 83 00:04:30,268 --> 00:04:31,908 Speaker 1: abandon the run and gives Jerk McKinnon the ball in 84 00:04:31,988 --> 00:04:34,868 Speaker 1: the second half, maybe we win that playoff game. Last year, 85 00:04:36,348 --> 00:04:38,108 Speaker 1: this doesn't happen. You know, there's a lot of different 86 00:04:38,148 --> 00:04:39,988 Speaker 1: ways you can look at it. But I look at 87 00:04:40,028 --> 00:04:41,748 Speaker 1: it as it's a quarterback league, and I know it's 88 00:04:41,788 --> 00:04:44,108 Speaker 1: not quarterback wins versus quarterback wins and then never on 89 00:04:44,148 --> 00:04:46,188 Speaker 1: the same field the same time, facing againstach other. But 90 00:04:47,188 --> 00:04:49,308 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow goes four and all against Mahomes and one 91 00:04:49,348 --> 00:04:51,188 Speaker 1: and oh against Alan how am I saying that Joe 92 00:04:51,228 --> 00:04:53,828 Speaker 1: Burrow is not the first guy in the AFC. This 93 00:04:53,988 --> 00:04:56,228 Speaker 1: game is huge. I know Mahomes's ankle was banged up. 94 00:04:56,348 --> 00:04:58,388 Speaker 1: I know that the Chiefs are the one seaton at home. 95 00:04:59,428 --> 00:05:01,908 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a really interesting conversation 96 00:05:02,428 --> 00:05:06,028 Speaker 1: on Monday morning from a b picture standpoint about Joe 97 00:05:06,068 --> 00:05:10,028 Speaker 1: Burrow in that AFC. I think those three guys they're 98 00:05:10,068 --> 00:05:12,788 Speaker 1: head and shoulders against most of the NFC. Guy I 99 00:05:12,828 --> 00:05:15,068 Speaker 1: think Jalen Hurts is in that conversation right now, but 100 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,348 Speaker 1: he's got to kind of put up a couple of 101 00:05:16,388 --> 00:05:18,148 Speaker 1: years for us to say. Right now, it seems like 102 00:05:18,228 --> 00:05:20,828 Speaker 1: it's one, two, three, and Mahomes is still at the top. 103 00:05:20,948 --> 00:05:23,548 Speaker 1: He's the MVPs, the whole thing. But if Burrow beats 104 00:05:23,628 --> 00:05:25,668 Speaker 1: Mahomes on Sunday, how could you make the argument that 105 00:05:25,748 --> 00:05:29,228 Speaker 1: Mahomes is better than Burrow? For sure? Joe Burrows just 106 00:05:29,468 --> 00:05:31,828 Speaker 1: a bad mother. Shut your mouth, you know what I mean, 107 00:05:31,908 --> 00:05:35,988 Speaker 1: And the way he's playing right now the better than 108 00:05:36,068 --> 00:05:38,588 Speaker 1: Mahomes and all of that. I think that's another debate. 109 00:05:38,668 --> 00:05:41,308 Speaker 1: I think what Peter saying is you can choose whichever 110 00:05:41,468 --> 00:05:43,548 Speaker 1: quarterback you want. I mean, you talk about these guys, 111 00:05:43,588 --> 00:05:45,828 Speaker 1: it's almost like close your eyes, put your hand in 112 00:05:45,868 --> 00:05:47,468 Speaker 1: the head and take one of them, start your team, 113 00:05:47,508 --> 00:05:50,188 Speaker 1: and you're totally fine. But as you go into the 114 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:52,748 Speaker 1: next season, it's like, all right, who's your AFC favorite 115 00:05:53,108 --> 00:05:55,708 Speaker 1: going into this season? Yes, I know, every single Bengals 116 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:58,028 Speaker 1: fan in the world had the Bengals going back to 117 00:05:58,108 --> 00:06:00,268 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, but a lot of other people were 118 00:06:00,308 --> 00:06:03,268 Speaker 1: talking about the Buffalo Bills the Kansas City Chiefs. They're 119 00:06:03,268 --> 00:06:05,348 Speaker 1: gonna be able to rebound and be able to go 120 00:06:05,668 --> 00:06:08,348 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl. Now you're looking at it as 121 00:06:08,548 --> 00:06:11,028 Speaker 1: oh no, like this is the Cincinnati Bengals and this 122 00:06:11,188 --> 00:06:13,748 Speaker 1: is Joe Burrow, Like they're the AFC favorites, and this 123 00:06:13,908 --> 00:06:15,788 Speaker 1: is what the Bengals have been telling us, dude out 124 00:06:15,828 --> 00:06:17,908 Speaker 1: the last end of the season of just like hey, 125 00:06:17,988 --> 00:06:20,348 Speaker 1: you guys keep talking about this neutral site game, coin 126 00:06:20,708 --> 00:06:22,988 Speaker 1: and all of these other things. Joe Mixon said it 127 00:06:23,068 --> 00:06:25,508 Speaker 1: like we're the big dogs in the AFC, Like we're 128 00:06:25,588 --> 00:06:28,028 Speaker 1: the ones who went to the super Bowl last year. 129 00:06:28,348 --> 00:06:30,868 Speaker 1: I do still think for Joe Burrow, him getting back 130 00:06:30,908 --> 00:06:33,628 Speaker 1: to the super Bowl and big of his accomplishment, it 131 00:06:33,828 --> 00:06:36,348 Speaker 1: is like you gotta win it now. Like they did 132 00:06:36,428 --> 00:06:38,988 Speaker 1: that last year. They surprised everybody. They got to the 133 00:06:39,028 --> 00:06:41,668 Speaker 1: super Bowl. They just fell short. But for Joe Burrow, 134 00:06:41,708 --> 00:06:43,708 Speaker 1: and you start talking about legacy and this is that 135 00:06:43,828 --> 00:06:46,148 Speaker 1: in the third like, now you gotta go out there 136 00:06:46,188 --> 00:06:48,988 Speaker 1: and actually win the game. Jim Kelly Hall of Fame quarterback, 137 00:06:48,988 --> 00:06:51,188 Speaker 1: he went to the Super Bowl four times, wasn't able 138 00:06:51,228 --> 00:06:54,068 Speaker 1: to win it. Frank targeton when three times wasn't able 139 00:06:54,108 --> 00:06:56,388 Speaker 1: to win it. Joe Burrow for the trajectory of his 140 00:06:56,508 --> 00:06:59,228 Speaker 1: career is going on, like go out there and they 141 00:06:59,308 --> 00:07:03,588 Speaker 1: can get there, Like, go win that game. I also like, 142 00:07:04,108 --> 00:07:06,988 Speaker 1: there's if they beat the Chiefs and then they lose 143 00:07:07,068 --> 00:07:08,988 Speaker 1: thirty one to ten to the Niners or Eagles and 144 00:07:09,028 --> 00:07:11,308 Speaker 1: the super Bowl, then you're in that division. I just look, 145 00:07:11,348 --> 00:07:13,228 Speaker 1: I go back. I remember being at the Super Bowl 146 00:07:13,268 --> 00:07:16,388 Speaker 1: in Miami and it was the next morning and the 147 00:07:16,548 --> 00:07:19,828 Speaker 1: Chiefs and Mahomes had just beaten the Niners, and it 148 00:07:19,988 --> 00:07:21,628 Speaker 1: was like, all right, well Patrick Mahomes is the face 149 00:07:21,668 --> 00:07:23,308 Speaker 1: of the league, like and he is going to sit 150 00:07:23,428 --> 00:07:26,268 Speaker 1: there for the next decade and it's just all Mahomes 151 00:07:26,348 --> 00:07:28,228 Speaker 1: and we've never seen this type of talent and everything. 152 00:07:29,148 --> 00:07:31,428 Speaker 1: Or maybe his reign the last a few years and 153 00:07:31,548 --> 00:07:34,828 Speaker 1: maybe it ends this weekend. Joe Burrow if he again 154 00:07:34,948 --> 00:07:39,948 Speaker 1: beats Mahomes, beats Arrowhead again and at twenty six years old, 155 00:07:40,068 --> 00:07:43,268 Speaker 1: goes to the second Super Bowl. Look, he's got that 156 00:07:43,348 --> 00:07:46,028 Speaker 1: twinkle in his eye. He's a great quote. He's great 157 00:07:46,068 --> 00:07:49,828 Speaker 1: on Instagram. The TikTokers like him, the old heads like him. 158 00:07:50,348 --> 00:07:52,268 Speaker 1: Like that is the guy who, like all of a sudden, 159 00:07:52,268 --> 00:07:55,348 Speaker 1: now Joe Burrow is in the Razor commercial and the 160 00:07:55,388 --> 00:07:58,348 Speaker 1: Tostitos commercial, and he's drinking the pepsi and then you 161 00:07:58,388 --> 00:07:59,588 Speaker 1: go to the Super Bowl and win the whole thing, 162 00:07:59,628 --> 00:08:01,388 Speaker 1: and then we're like, all right, Joe Burrow is now 163 00:08:01,428 --> 00:08:03,508 Speaker 1: the face of the league. He's the best quarterback, He's 164 00:08:03,548 --> 00:08:06,268 Speaker 1: the standard moving forward. Because I don't think the record 165 00:08:06,348 --> 00:08:09,788 Speaker 1: over Mahomes is insignificant in any way. Andy Reid abandoning 166 00:08:09,868 --> 00:08:12,548 Speaker 1: in the run of the second half, notwithstanding I see 167 00:08:12,588 --> 00:08:14,468 Speaker 1: the victories, and I see the dubs, and I see 168 00:08:14,508 --> 00:08:19,668 Speaker 1: how he plays, and yet Mahomes on one leg beats 169 00:08:19,708 --> 00:08:21,948 Speaker 1: Burrow and defends his turf and plants the flag and 170 00:08:21,988 --> 00:08:23,988 Speaker 1: arrow and says no, no, no, no. This is my conference. 171 00:08:24,108 --> 00:08:27,228 Speaker 1: Like we're in this like nuclear struggle in the AFC 172 00:08:27,388 --> 00:08:29,508 Speaker 1: with the quarterbacks. We're trying to decide who's the best. 173 00:08:29,988 --> 00:08:32,628 Speaker 1: This is the summit, this is the United Nations getting together, 174 00:08:32,788 --> 00:08:35,588 Speaker 1: Burrow versus Mahomes this weekend, and whoever wins is like 175 00:08:35,668 --> 00:08:37,668 Speaker 1: they plant their flats. You feel like Alan was knocked 176 00:08:37,668 --> 00:08:39,708 Speaker 1: down a notch and he's not. It's now one or 177 00:08:39,708 --> 00:08:41,588 Speaker 1: the other. It's not one or the other or the other. Well, look, 178 00:08:41,628 --> 00:08:43,428 Speaker 1: life comes a fast I remember twenty minutes ago as 179 00:08:43,508 --> 00:08:45,628 Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, like he was the MVP, and he was 180 00:08:45,668 --> 00:08:47,588 Speaker 1: the guy in the playoffs, and like he doesn't make 181 00:08:47,628 --> 00:08:50,388 Speaker 1: the conversation. Now, two years ago, the MVP of the 182 00:08:50,468 --> 00:08:52,268 Speaker 1: league was Aaron Rodgers, and he's not in the conversation 183 00:08:52,308 --> 00:08:55,308 Speaker 1: in the NFC. So it comes at you fast, it does. Yeah, 184 00:08:55,308 --> 00:08:57,108 Speaker 1: we have a gift of riches obviously when it comes 185 00:08:57,148 --> 00:08:59,268 Speaker 1: to watching the quarterbacks in the AFC. But the question, 186 00:08:59,668 --> 00:09:02,388 Speaker 1: what would a return trip this superman? It's not. The 187 00:09:02,508 --> 00:09:05,188 Speaker 1: return means nothing to me. Just going to become a 188 00:09:05,268 --> 00:09:08,348 Speaker 1: guy that that's great, your team's great. I don't think Cincinnati, 189 00:09:08,428 --> 00:09:10,428 Speaker 1: I don't think the Bengals a is an organization have 190 00:09:10,628 --> 00:09:13,068 Speaker 1: the luxury of just being that really great team that 191 00:09:13,188 --> 00:09:15,268 Speaker 1: made it to a couple of Super Bowls. You are 192 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:20,148 Speaker 1: consistently viewed as an underdog. You are consistently underappreciated no 193 00:09:20,228 --> 00:09:22,308 Speaker 1: matter how good your team is. You gotta go out 194 00:09:22,308 --> 00:09:23,988 Speaker 1: and win this thing if you want us to start 195 00:09:24,028 --> 00:09:27,988 Speaker 1: looking at you differently. Burrow, the team, the coaches, anybody. 196 00:09:28,348 --> 00:09:29,908 Speaker 1: You have to go out and win the Super Bowl. 197 00:09:30,308 --> 00:09:32,668 Speaker 1: That's the only way you are gonna stop being annoyed 198 00:09:32,748 --> 00:09:35,348 Speaker 1: in August. When someone doesn't pick you to win your division, 199 00:09:35,428 --> 00:09:37,788 Speaker 1: when someone puts you just in the wild card, takes 200 00:09:37,788 --> 00:09:40,228 Speaker 1: you out of the playoffs, you gotta win this thing 201 00:09:40,308 --> 00:09:42,628 Speaker 1: if you want the entire narrative, because I think this 202 00:09:42,828 --> 00:09:44,948 Speaker 1: is more of a sin like a market issue with 203 00:09:45,068 --> 00:09:47,508 Speaker 1: Cincinnati that like kind of the little brother in Ohio, 204 00:09:47,588 --> 00:09:50,268 Speaker 1: if you will in the Midwest, Burrows gotta win it. 205 00:09:50,348 --> 00:09:51,788 Speaker 1: That's the only way that this is going to change 206 00:09:51,788 --> 00:09:56,068 Speaker 1: the trajectory of his narrative and legacy within the NFL. 207 00:09:56,188 --> 00:09:57,828 Speaker 1: It's a good take that goes back decades, that goes 208 00:09:57,868 --> 00:10:00,148 Speaker 1: back tew years. I mean, the Bengals lost a couple 209 00:10:00,188 --> 00:10:02,028 Speaker 1: of Super Bowls when we were kids, before we were 210 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:04,228 Speaker 1: born too, and we cash that one in and be 211 00:10:04,228 --> 00:10:06,468 Speaker 1: a see if they go and lose the NFC. It's true, 212 00:10:06,788 --> 00:10:09,108 Speaker 1: they're kind of the almost team from a history standpoint. 213 00:10:09,188 --> 00:10:11,788 Speaker 1: Buffalo bill is going four straight times and as we 214 00:10:11,908 --> 00:10:14,148 Speaker 1: look back at that, is that like the greatest running teams? 215 00:10:14,148 --> 00:10:18,628 Speaker 1: So like a huge Accomplation's an unbelievable accompani at the time, 216 00:10:18,788 --> 00:10:20,988 Speaker 1: or do we look at it now as that I 217 00:10:21,068 --> 00:10:22,828 Speaker 1: thought it was? Wasn't it a laughing kind of like 218 00:10:22,908 --> 00:10:25,268 Speaker 1: a left and the Norwood jokes and all that got 219 00:10:25,348 --> 00:10:32,228 Speaker 1: weird after the second. We still do. That's huge. Remember 220 00:10:32,308 --> 00:10:34,228 Speaker 1: that time that Joe Burrow went to four Super Bowls 221 00:10:34,228 --> 00:10:36,068 Speaker 1: and five years the last row here nice. It's good 222 00:10:36,108 --> 00:10:38,468 Speaker 1: for him if he loses to lose the Super Bowl 223 00:10:38,468 --> 00:10:40,668 Speaker 1: this year, those Bills teams will come up again as 224 00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:42,188 Speaker 1: the teams that go there and go there and you 225 00:10:42,268 --> 00:10:43,868 Speaker 1: have to win. We'll see you gotta get that though. 226 00:10:47,388 --> 00:10:52,668 Speaker 1: That's welcome back, Scott, Scott, Scott. Your reaction to Bill 227 00:10:52,708 --> 00:10:56,108 Speaker 1: O'Brien being hired as the offensive coordinator or an offensive coach. 228 00:10:56,108 --> 00:10:57,468 Speaker 1: I don't even if they had that title, give me 229 00:10:57,508 --> 00:11:01,228 Speaker 1: to him just yet. And Peter, I want to see 230 00:11:01,228 --> 00:11:03,188 Speaker 1: how quicker you are on your feet. Actually, that's why 231 00:11:03,188 --> 00:11:07,828 Speaker 1: I just messed you. I didn't plug whole thing. Pretty good, 232 00:11:07,908 --> 00:11:10,268 Speaker 1: Pretty good, yeah, Billy Oh. I spend time with Billy O. 233 00:11:10,428 --> 00:11:12,308 Speaker 1: You know, for a few years. When we first hired him, 234 00:11:12,308 --> 00:11:15,788 Speaker 1: he had been the offensive coordinator at Duke and he 235 00:11:15,948 --> 00:11:18,708 Speaker 1: came to us as an offensive assistant. But clearly as 236 00:11:18,748 --> 00:11:21,908 Speaker 1: soon as BILLYO got there, it was clear what kind 237 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:26,948 Speaker 1: of football coaches. He's very intelligent, he's very organized, very detailed, 238 00:11:27,028 --> 00:11:29,068 Speaker 1: all the things that were very important to Bill and 239 00:11:29,188 --> 00:11:31,348 Speaker 1: people on his staff. The other thing about Billy is 240 00:11:31,348 --> 00:11:33,908 Speaker 1: he's a really good play caller and you know, it's 241 00:11:33,908 --> 00:11:36,748 Speaker 1: funny as Jason was just mentioned, and he's got a 242 00:11:36,908 --> 00:11:39,908 Speaker 1: very strong personality in all of the best ways and 243 00:11:40,508 --> 00:11:43,388 Speaker 1: in that role, in that job, you can't be afraid 244 00:11:43,428 --> 00:11:46,388 Speaker 1: of confrontation. And the thing is Billy can do that, 245 00:11:46,628 --> 00:11:49,428 Speaker 1: but he also is an incredible listener. Part of his 246 00:11:49,548 --> 00:11:52,868 Speaker 1: confrontation is all about motivating people. So I think this 247 00:11:53,028 --> 00:11:57,548 Speaker 1: is a really terrific rehire by the New England Patriots. Yeah. Look, 248 00:11:57,588 --> 00:12:00,628 Speaker 1: we've got a MVP and Mahomes, we've got a potential 249 00:12:00,788 --> 00:12:03,148 Speaker 1: MVP and Hurts. We've got a first overall pick in 250 00:12:03,268 --> 00:12:07,588 Speaker 1: Joe Burrow. Then there's brock Purty. Kyle Shanahan was asked 251 00:12:07,628 --> 00:12:09,308 Speaker 1: about brock Purty, and let's take a listen to what 252 00:12:09,348 --> 00:12:12,548 Speaker 1: he had to say after the game. So every time 253 00:12:12,588 --> 00:12:14,468 Speaker 1: he got his one or two reps of practice, just 254 00:12:14,588 --> 00:12:17,348 Speaker 1: how decisive he was and got the battle the right 255 00:12:17,428 --> 00:12:21,468 Speaker 1: spot and did it aggressively, never seemed unsure of anything. 256 00:12:21,588 --> 00:12:23,908 Speaker 1: And so he kept earning more reps, and the more 257 00:12:23,948 --> 00:12:26,428 Speaker 1: reps we gave him, the more he continued to look 258 00:12:26,468 --> 00:12:28,628 Speaker 1: the same and didn't take any steps back, and then 259 00:12:28,668 --> 00:12:30,668 Speaker 1: he carried it over to some of the preseason games. 260 00:12:30,668 --> 00:12:34,228 Speaker 1: So by the end of that it was pretty easy 261 00:12:34,268 --> 00:12:37,348 Speaker 1: to see how Brock was coming, and we knew he thought. 262 00:12:37,548 --> 00:12:38,988 Speaker 1: We knew we wanted to keep him on the roster 263 00:12:39,028 --> 00:12:40,788 Speaker 1: and I'll risk him going to practice squads. So it's 264 00:12:40,828 --> 00:12:44,188 Speaker 1: decision we had to make. I think a lot of 265 00:12:44,188 --> 00:12:47,028 Speaker 1: people thought the sky was falling after Jimmy Garoppolo went down. 266 00:12:47,068 --> 00:12:48,828 Speaker 1: It was enough to go through the Trey Lance injury 267 00:12:48,868 --> 00:12:51,548 Speaker 1: now to lose Jimmy, but the offense has gotten better. 268 00:12:51,628 --> 00:12:53,308 Speaker 1: When everyone was calling for the forty nine ers to 269 00:12:53,388 --> 00:12:56,308 Speaker 1: sign a veteran quarterback, you told us that San France 270 00:12:56,348 --> 00:12:58,588 Speaker 1: should give the kid a shot, and now Purty is 271 00:12:58,948 --> 00:13:02,188 Speaker 1: one game away from the Super Bowl. Your reaction to 272 00:13:02,308 --> 00:13:05,028 Speaker 1: this whole situation, what Kyle Shanahan has done to set 273 00:13:05,148 --> 00:13:09,188 Speaker 1: this up for Purdy to succeed, Well, Pierre, just a 274 00:13:09,268 --> 00:13:11,788 Speaker 1: quick thought on what he's said about Purdy during the 275 00:13:11,868 --> 00:13:15,188 Speaker 1: preseason and during practices. It's almost exactly what we had 276 00:13:15,228 --> 00:13:17,868 Speaker 1: said about Tom Brady. We couldn't expose him to the 277 00:13:17,948 --> 00:13:20,308 Speaker 1: practice squad and think that other people might have a 278 00:13:20,388 --> 00:13:23,028 Speaker 1: shot at him, and I'm not comparing him with Tom Brady. 279 00:13:23,108 --> 00:13:25,468 Speaker 1: But the other thing is that Kyle is all about 280 00:13:25,548 --> 00:13:28,308 Speaker 1: the details. He is all about making sure that he 281 00:13:28,548 --> 00:13:30,748 Speaker 1: has a very good sense of who the player is. 282 00:13:30,868 --> 00:13:34,108 Speaker 1: He's a terrific evaluator. He saw what Purdy was, he 283 00:13:34,188 --> 00:13:37,868 Speaker 1: saw his strengths, he saw his limitations. He consistently plays 284 00:13:37,948 --> 00:13:40,868 Speaker 1: to Purdy's strengths. And one of the things that happened 285 00:13:40,908 --> 00:13:44,188 Speaker 1: this weekend I really really loved was the fact when 286 00:13:44,268 --> 00:13:46,268 Speaker 1: we had that part in the game where it was close, 287 00:13:46,388 --> 00:13:49,668 Speaker 1: it was nip and tuck, and young players will sometimes 288 00:13:49,748 --> 00:13:53,348 Speaker 1: try to do too much, particularly young quarterbacks. He didn't 289 00:13:53,388 --> 00:13:55,068 Speaker 1: do that, and you could see they kept cutting to 290 00:13:55,148 --> 00:13:57,908 Speaker 1: the sideline where Kyle was talking to Purdy and he 291 00:13:58,148 --> 00:14:00,668 Speaker 1: maintained that. The other thing that happened in this game 292 00:14:00,748 --> 00:14:03,628 Speaker 1: that was really good is, you know, Brock Purdy has 293 00:14:03,708 --> 00:14:06,108 Speaker 1: made some mistake, but he doesn't make any mistakes that 294 00:14:06,188 --> 00:14:08,788 Speaker 1: are fatal. That mistake that he made on that one 295 00:14:08,828 --> 00:14:11,148 Speaker 1: play where he threw the ball out of bounds, he 296 00:14:11,268 --> 00:14:14,308 Speaker 1: didn't realize that there was a possibility that the clock 297 00:14:14,388 --> 00:14:16,468 Speaker 1: didn't stop until the ball hit the ground at a 298 00:14:16,468 --> 00:14:19,348 Speaker 1: bounds so Kyle probably loved that play because you were 299 00:14:19,388 --> 00:14:21,148 Speaker 1: able to have one tick on the clock to get 300 00:14:21,188 --> 00:14:24,428 Speaker 1: the field goal, to get the game up, but also 301 00:14:24,588 --> 00:14:27,068 Speaker 1: to have something to critique the player about later and 302 00:14:27,228 --> 00:14:30,708 Speaker 1: teach him something. Scott, let's go to the flip side 303 00:14:30,708 --> 00:14:33,868 Speaker 1: of this matchup. You've told us before how you played 304 00:14:33,868 --> 00:14:37,668 Speaker 1: a part in Nick Sirianni's NFL career getting started back 305 00:14:37,748 --> 00:14:41,388 Speaker 1: in Kansas City. Eagles fans love to see him show 306 00:14:41,468 --> 00:14:43,668 Speaker 1: his personality and kind of everyone else's fans are like, 307 00:14:43,748 --> 00:14:46,828 Speaker 1: who is this guy? And press conferences on the sidelines. 308 00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:50,588 Speaker 1: Is the coach Sirianni experience that we are getting today, 309 00:14:50,908 --> 00:14:53,628 Speaker 1: the same Nick Sirianni you knew back in Kansas City 310 00:14:53,668 --> 00:14:57,468 Speaker 1: at the start of it all, and Jamie yes and no, 311 00:14:57,788 --> 00:15:00,908 Speaker 1: And I'll explain this. So Nick is an incredibly passionate 312 00:15:00,988 --> 00:15:04,068 Speaker 1: person and one of the most ridiculously competitive people that 313 00:15:04,108 --> 00:15:07,468 Speaker 1: I And there's always internal competitions and things that are 314 00:15:07,508 --> 00:15:11,028 Speaker 1: going on between the coaches and all the football operations people. 315 00:15:11,468 --> 00:15:14,668 Speaker 1: Nick was always very much into the competition and when 316 00:15:14,708 --> 00:15:18,988 Speaker 1: things were very very private and close together, Nick would 317 00:15:19,068 --> 00:15:22,788 Speaker 1: sometimes I don't want to say over celebrator taunt, but 318 00:15:22,908 --> 00:15:25,268 Speaker 1: it was right on the cusp of that. But he 319 00:15:25,348 --> 00:15:27,748 Speaker 1: would do that with all the people in the office, 320 00:15:28,148 --> 00:15:31,268 Speaker 1: unless you know, maybe Coach Haley was around or someone 321 00:15:31,548 --> 00:15:35,028 Speaker 1: in an authoritative figure, because Nick always paid attention to 322 00:15:35,228 --> 00:15:38,388 Speaker 1: not overdoing it. But what this is as part of 323 00:15:38,508 --> 00:15:41,668 Speaker 1: Nick's personality, and if you know Nick and what a 324 00:15:41,788 --> 00:15:43,948 Speaker 1: kind soul he is and what a good human being 325 00:15:44,108 --> 00:15:48,108 Speaker 1: he is, none of this is intentionally being disrespectful to people. 326 00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:51,148 Speaker 1: He's just a genuinely passionate guy. It's funny. I remember 327 00:15:51,188 --> 00:15:54,068 Speaker 1: when he first started in two thousand and nine, we 328 00:15:54,188 --> 00:15:56,108 Speaker 1: sat down and he wanted me to watch some highlight 329 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:59,228 Speaker 1: tapes of Mount Union dominant program that he played at, 330 00:15:59,748 --> 00:16:02,228 Speaker 1: and what you saw of him playing at Mount Union 331 00:16:02,268 --> 00:16:04,828 Speaker 1: and some of the post play celebrations or maybe that 332 00:16:04,988 --> 00:16:08,268 Speaker 1: post play excitement is exactly what you see on the 333 00:16:08,308 --> 00:16:11,788 Speaker 1: sidelines today. We might have to get some of those 334 00:16:11,868 --> 00:16:14,308 Speaker 1: Mountain Union highlight tapes and put them out there to 335 00:16:14,388 --> 00:16:17,628 Speaker 1: see Seani out there balling in his college days. But 336 00:16:18,228 --> 00:16:22,188 Speaker 1: not much celebrating going on in Dallas right now. Another year, 337 00:16:22,268 --> 00:16:26,228 Speaker 1: another disappointing playoff loss to the forty nine ers. As 338 00:16:26,268 --> 00:16:28,468 Speaker 1: a member of the front office, at one point, do 339 00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:32,068 Speaker 1: you say you know what, multiple free agent star players, 340 00:16:32,188 --> 00:16:34,148 Speaker 1: all that is going on. We just need to blow 341 00:16:34,228 --> 00:16:37,028 Speaker 1: this thing up and start over. Is Dallas at that point? 342 00:16:37,108 --> 00:16:38,828 Speaker 1: Or do you just kind of treat keep trying to 343 00:16:38,908 --> 00:16:42,908 Speaker 1: make tweaks and figure it all out. You know, Jason, 344 00:16:43,148 --> 00:16:45,228 Speaker 1: I think they have a good roster. I think we 345 00:16:45,348 --> 00:16:47,988 Speaker 1: all believe that they have a good roster. The problem 346 00:16:48,148 --> 00:16:51,548 Speaker 1: is that their roster is always preceded by a lot 347 00:16:51,628 --> 00:16:54,148 Speaker 1: of hype. And it's not about blowing up the roster. 348 00:16:54,308 --> 00:16:57,028 Speaker 1: It's about making sure that players are held accountable and 349 00:16:57,188 --> 00:16:59,348 Speaker 1: play to their abilities. One of the things I think 350 00:16:59,388 --> 00:17:02,468 Speaker 1: we've seen consistently with the Cowboys is there ends up 351 00:17:02,508 --> 00:17:07,988 Speaker 1: being so many distractions that maybe expectations that are unrealistic, 352 00:17:08,468 --> 00:17:10,708 Speaker 1: and we will see them not be able to play 353 00:17:10,788 --> 00:17:13,268 Speaker 1: and perform up to the level that they are. Again, 354 00:17:13,388 --> 00:17:15,948 Speaker 1: the confidence is important. You can be confident about your 355 00:17:15,988 --> 00:17:18,588 Speaker 1: football team, but as I learned a long long time ago, 356 00:17:18,668 --> 00:17:20,508 Speaker 1: in this game, not just in the NFL, but in 357 00:17:20,628 --> 00:17:23,228 Speaker 1: college and in high school, you know you can never 358 00:17:23,868 --> 00:17:27,108 Speaker 1: You must make sure that your play can back up 359 00:17:27,188 --> 00:17:30,508 Speaker 1: all the talking. And if you have expectations that are unrealistic, 360 00:17:30,908 --> 00:17:33,468 Speaker 1: you're putting players, coaches and a lot of other folks 361 00:17:33,508 --> 00:17:36,388 Speaker 1: in a difficult position. They're a good football team, they 362 00:17:36,508 --> 00:17:38,428 Speaker 1: just need to bring some of that other stuff together, 363 00:17:42,748 --> 00:17:46,148 Speaker 1: all right. So although the season ended with a lawson Philadelphia, 364 00:17:46,188 --> 00:17:48,828 Speaker 1: the Giants have plenty to be proud of this season. 365 00:17:48,908 --> 00:17:50,748 Speaker 1: That's a way to look at it. GM Joe Shane 366 00:17:50,788 --> 00:17:53,148 Speaker 1: and head coach Brian gable Well now have some decisions 367 00:17:53,188 --> 00:17:56,108 Speaker 1: to make go this offseason, starting with the contract of 368 00:17:56,188 --> 00:17:59,468 Speaker 1: their quarterback Daniel Jones. Here's what GM jo Shane had 369 00:17:59,508 --> 00:18:06,308 Speaker 1: to say about his QB yesterday. We'd like Daniel be 370 00:18:06,388 --> 00:18:08,668 Speaker 1: here again, he said it yesterday. There's there's a business 371 00:18:08,708 --> 00:18:11,988 Speaker 1: side to it, but we feel like Daniel played well 372 00:18:12,028 --> 00:18:13,868 Speaker 1: this season. He's done everything that we asked him to 373 00:18:13,948 --> 00:18:15,828 Speaker 1: do and you know, getting there there's a business side 374 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:18,788 Speaker 1: to it. We haven't went down that road yet. You know. 375 00:18:18,828 --> 00:18:20,428 Speaker 1: We still got to have our meetings with our staff 376 00:18:20,508 --> 00:18:23,108 Speaker 1: late in the week and we'll devise an offseason plan. 377 00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:25,628 Speaker 1: But we haven't had those meetings yet. But we would 378 00:18:25,628 --> 00:18:27,628 Speaker 1: like to have Daniel Jones back. Hopefully we can get 379 00:18:27,668 --> 00:18:30,508 Speaker 1: something done with his representatives and that would be the 380 00:18:30,588 --> 00:18:32,388 Speaker 1: goal to build a team around him where he could, 381 00:18:32,508 --> 00:18:37,148 Speaker 1: you know, lead us to win the Super Bowl. I 382 00:18:37,308 --> 00:18:40,308 Speaker 1: like the commitment out of the GM in that press 383 00:18:40,388 --> 00:18:42,948 Speaker 1: conference we want him here, but then it's not going 384 00:18:43,148 --> 00:18:44,988 Speaker 1: all the way to like yeah, and we're gonna just 385 00:18:45,068 --> 00:18:47,308 Speaker 1: like throw the bag at him. So did Daniel Jones 386 00:18:47,748 --> 00:18:51,668 Speaker 1: do enough to get himself a long term contract? Didn't you? Yeah, 387 00:18:51,708 --> 00:18:53,708 Speaker 1: without a doubt. I don't think there's a question. I 388 00:18:53,788 --> 00:18:56,508 Speaker 1: think it's really more about, all right, what does that 389 00:18:56,748 --> 00:18:59,748 Speaker 1: long term contract look like? Like what is the money 390 00:18:59,828 --> 00:19:01,668 Speaker 1: per year? When you start to break all of these 391 00:19:01,748 --> 00:19:04,028 Speaker 1: things now, because at this point it's like, all right, 392 00:19:04,028 --> 00:19:06,548 Speaker 1: it's at least thirty million. You start to look at 393 00:19:06,828 --> 00:19:10,388 Speaker 1: some of those quarterbacks from Tannehill's at twenty nine, Matt 394 00:19:10,588 --> 00:19:15,108 Speaker 1: Ryan's at thirty, Wentz thirty two, Stafford's forty, Prescott's and 395 00:19:15,268 --> 00:19:17,748 Speaker 1: now if you're the Giants and you're GM, Joe Shane 396 00:19:17,868 --> 00:19:20,108 Speaker 1: is just like, yeah, I know those guys are making that, 397 00:19:20,268 --> 00:19:22,308 Speaker 1: but if you look at the play on the field, like, 398 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:25,508 Speaker 1: that's not really the number that we're aiming for. So 399 00:19:25,548 --> 00:19:27,628 Speaker 1: I think for the New York Giants is trying to 400 00:19:27,828 --> 00:19:30,348 Speaker 1: figure out almost the same boat a Geno Smith is 401 00:19:30,708 --> 00:19:33,348 Speaker 1: and in Seattle of what that number is to bring 402 00:19:33,468 --> 00:19:36,108 Speaker 1: these guys back because both of them did enough to 403 00:19:36,228 --> 00:19:38,868 Speaker 1: show like, hey, I'm the long term quarterback, makes NFL 404 00:19:39,028 --> 00:19:41,948 Speaker 1: starting quarterback. But now it's just at what price to ack? 405 00:19:42,388 --> 00:19:44,148 Speaker 1: I love this game so much, I love this league 406 00:19:44,148 --> 00:19:46,428 Speaker 1: so much. I detest this part of it. Contract I 407 00:19:46,508 --> 00:19:49,588 Speaker 1: hate now, not need value on, not even contract talk 408 00:19:49,668 --> 00:19:51,548 Speaker 1: is not where I live, but just the state of 409 00:19:51,628 --> 00:19:54,708 Speaker 1: things in this era of quarterbacks. Of course Daniel Jones 410 00:19:54,748 --> 00:19:59,948 Speaker 1: should be back next year. It's just all this ridiculous, bloated, 411 00:20:00,148 --> 00:20:04,868 Speaker 1: complbased negotiation that their agents will do about Well, Kyler 412 00:20:04,988 --> 00:20:07,588 Speaker 1: Murray signed a two hundred and thirty million dollar deal, 413 00:20:07,828 --> 00:20:09,628 Speaker 1: so we're not going to take a penny less if 414 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:12,268 Speaker 1: it comes to that. It's so absurd that the idea 415 00:20:12,308 --> 00:20:15,708 Speaker 1: that Daniel Jones is gonna get thirty five forty minute 416 00:20:15,748 --> 00:20:18,868 Speaker 1: whatever the hell to get what like the eighteenth best 417 00:20:18,948 --> 00:20:21,028 Speaker 1: quarterback in the league, the twentieth, I don't even know. 418 00:20:21,428 --> 00:20:23,988 Speaker 1: I'd like to see Daniel Jones back. Is there no 419 00:20:24,188 --> 00:20:26,908 Speaker 1: middle class? We can never achieve it because the Giants 420 00:20:26,948 --> 00:20:28,228 Speaker 1: are gonna say, well, he's not worth it, and then 421 00:20:28,268 --> 00:20:29,988 Speaker 1: his agent, whoever respect, I don't even know who the 422 00:20:29,988 --> 00:20:32,868 Speaker 1: hell he is or her job is to say, well, 423 00:20:32,908 --> 00:20:34,828 Speaker 1: my client, I must get them this money, and they 424 00:20:35,228 --> 00:20:38,628 Speaker 1: and it's absurd. It's the quarterbacks get way overpriced and 425 00:20:38,708 --> 00:20:41,268 Speaker 1: they submarine the organization because Danil Jones is not worth 426 00:20:41,308 --> 00:20:43,028 Speaker 1: that much money. And I just hate it. I hate it. 427 00:20:43,148 --> 00:20:45,908 Speaker 1: I wish there could be a reasonable conversation about I 428 00:20:45,948 --> 00:20:48,108 Speaker 1: don't give it crap what anybody else earns based on 429 00:20:48,228 --> 00:20:50,668 Speaker 1: what we're seeing from you. This is what we think 430 00:20:50,788 --> 00:20:52,588 Speaker 1: you or you're worth. But it's not that. It's all 431 00:20:52,628 --> 00:20:55,268 Speaker 1: about Deshaun Watson and Kyler Murray and all's nonsense. It's 432 00:20:55,308 --> 00:20:58,268 Speaker 1: not about Daniel Jones any negotiation that way, all right, 433 00:20:58,428 --> 00:21:02,028 Speaker 1: he can leave the ultimate threat, well someone will pay him. 434 00:21:02,148 --> 00:21:04,068 Speaker 1: Let me talk like I think for the other side 435 00:21:04,108 --> 00:21:06,548 Speaker 1: of it, like alright, so Danie Jones doesn't sign where 436 00:21:06,548 --> 00:21:10,068 Speaker 1: they offer him, like, he take test the market. He's 437 00:21:10,068 --> 00:21:12,108 Speaker 1: got a contract and they didn't want to pick up 438 00:21:12,188 --> 00:21:14,668 Speaker 1: this fifth year option. So by them not picking up 439 00:21:14,708 --> 00:21:17,148 Speaker 1: the option, he's allowed to go and test the market. 440 00:21:17,188 --> 00:21:20,788 Speaker 1: If I'm Daniel Jones, I'm seeing what else is out there. 441 00:21:20,868 --> 00:21:23,228 Speaker 1: I'm looking around. I'm saying, who else who else wants 442 00:21:23,268 --> 00:21:25,388 Speaker 1: to a quarterback? Is here? I am just took my 443 00:21:25,428 --> 00:21:27,428 Speaker 1: team to the playoffs. Divisional around played well, and like, 444 00:21:27,748 --> 00:21:29,068 Speaker 1: I don't know, If you guys aren't going to commit 445 00:21:29,108 --> 00:21:32,348 Speaker 1: the big money, maybe someone else will. So did Giants 446 00:21:32,388 --> 00:21:35,588 Speaker 1: come in and they say, three years, seventy million dollars, 447 00:21:35,708 --> 00:21:37,588 Speaker 1: that's what we'd like to offer you, And that's that's 448 00:21:37,668 --> 00:21:39,788 Speaker 1: good money. But you would think they wouldn't take that's 449 00:21:39,828 --> 00:21:42,348 Speaker 1: good money. That's not the going right. No, I want 450 00:21:42,388 --> 00:21:44,868 Speaker 1: the going rate. No different than we all sit at 451 00:21:44,908 --> 00:21:47,868 Speaker 1: this desk and you're going to compare yourself to other shows, 452 00:21:47,948 --> 00:21:50,268 Speaker 1: the ratings and all of those other things. It all 453 00:21:50,348 --> 00:21:53,308 Speaker 1: comes into play and negotiations. That's the only way to 454 00:21:53,428 --> 00:21:56,188 Speaker 1: know what my market value is. And to your point, 455 00:21:56,268 --> 00:21:58,588 Speaker 1: free agency for Daniel Jones twice, they can work for 456 00:21:58,828 --> 00:22:00,508 Speaker 1: or against you, because now as soon as I have 457 00:22:00,668 --> 00:22:03,588 Speaker 1: another team interested in me, all of a sudden, my 458 00:22:03,748 --> 00:22:07,148 Speaker 1: price just up. Free agency hits. No one's willing to 459 00:22:07,188 --> 00:22:09,268 Speaker 1: pay that dollar amount. The Giants look at and say, 460 00:22:09,268 --> 00:22:11,828 Speaker 1: all right, well we were here, we were three years seventy, 461 00:22:11,908 --> 00:22:13,548 Speaker 1: but no one else wants to pay you to seventy 462 00:22:13,748 --> 00:22:15,668 Speaker 1: an now we're at sixty seven or whatever the case. 463 00:22:15,708 --> 00:22:17,708 Speaker 1: Maybe none of these teams have walked away from the quarterbacks. 464 00:22:17,828 --> 00:22:21,228 Speaker 1: We've all been right, Yeah, who's going to be the team? 465 00:22:21,268 --> 00:22:23,268 Speaker 1: Are we waiting on her? The Raven's gonna bend, That's 466 00:22:23,268 --> 00:22:25,868 Speaker 1: what we're waiting on. Yeah, are they? I don't know. 467 00:22:26,108 --> 00:22:29,428 Speaker 1: I don't that's the question. I think the guys that 468 00:22:29,468 --> 00:22:31,508 Speaker 1: are available versus the guy that's in the building. I 469 00:22:31,628 --> 00:22:33,748 Speaker 1: think the extra layer to this is like, that's not 470 00:22:33,988 --> 00:22:36,868 Speaker 1: Joe Shane's guy. Joe Shane's Joe Shane did not pick 471 00:22:37,148 --> 00:22:40,108 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. Is that part of the college? A lot available? Either? 472 00:22:40,548 --> 00:22:42,588 Speaker 1: I hear you, I hear you. But Rock Purty looks 473 00:22:42,588 --> 00:23:03,388 Speaker 1: pretty good. Seven Chase straight ahead, mister relevant, No, get 474 00:23:03,468 --> 00:23:08,508 Speaker 1: a show out of this tac what a catch? Back 475 00:23:08,548 --> 00:23:12,708 Speaker 1: your hearts, Kiddo Holmes, Magic, Deebo, Samuel all the way 476 00:23:12,748 --> 00:23:16,388 Speaker 1: and the dynamite has detonated early with Bridgian McCaffrey. Try 477 00:23:16,428 --> 00:23:19,348 Speaker 1: to run forward and go to the nut standing down 478 00:23:19,668 --> 00:23:23,628 Speaker 1: and party baby, let's go, let's it fly. He is 479 00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:25,988 Speaker 1: going deep and it has cut for a cut Dot 480 00:23:26,268 --> 00:23:29,628 Speaker 1: j Brown Sam Hubbard scooped it up and ran the 481 00:23:29,788 --> 00:23:39,908 Speaker 1: length of the field. How about this final four? How 482 00:23:39,908 --> 00:23:43,748 Speaker 1: about that? That is the power rankings by Daniel hensas 483 00:23:43,828 --> 00:23:46,628 Speaker 1: from NFL dot Com fame, and that is how he 484 00:23:46,788 --> 00:23:49,428 Speaker 1: looks at the final team's remaining. He thinks the Bengals 485 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,708 Speaker 1: are the best team to field over those two monsters 486 00:23:51,788 --> 00:23:54,148 Speaker 1: in the NFC and over the team that's playing at 487 00:23:54,188 --> 00:23:57,588 Speaker 1: home this weekend against them, the Kansas City Chiefs. Wow, 488 00:23:57,908 --> 00:23:59,868 Speaker 1: that's incredible. I love it. And let's get him in here. 489 00:23:59,908 --> 00:24:01,828 Speaker 1: That's not our take here, we have our own, but 490 00:24:02,028 --> 00:24:04,468 Speaker 1: this is the man with the plan. Good morning, day man. 491 00:24:04,588 --> 00:24:07,668 Speaker 1: How are you, good morning, Kyle. It's it's kind of wild. 492 00:24:07,708 --> 00:24:10,228 Speaker 1: They keep asking me to write the power rankings, and 493 00:24:10,308 --> 00:24:12,548 Speaker 1: there are four teams left, so I must and I 494 00:24:12,628 --> 00:24:14,148 Speaker 1: do my best to rank at all. But it gets 495 00:24:14,148 --> 00:24:16,668 Speaker 1: a little funky now, I gotta admit, because we have 496 00:24:16,868 --> 00:24:19,588 Speaker 1: a nice set up on Sunday where all four of 497 00:24:19,628 --> 00:24:21,188 Speaker 1: these teams you can make a real case as a 498 00:24:21,188 --> 00:24:22,988 Speaker 1: Super Bowl champion. And then they asked me to put 499 00:24:23,068 --> 00:24:25,708 Speaker 1: it one to four. It's kind of unfair, but that's 500 00:24:25,788 --> 00:24:27,348 Speaker 1: I guess that's it. That's what I get paid for. 501 00:24:27,748 --> 00:24:30,668 Speaker 1: It's great, Dan. I think your destiny someday is after 502 00:24:30,788 --> 00:24:32,948 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, you take the team that won it 503 00:24:33,028 --> 00:24:35,108 Speaker 1: and don't put them number one on them packs that 504 00:24:35,268 --> 00:24:38,908 Speaker 1: will be your altim a Pex Mountain. But until then, 505 00:24:39,308 --> 00:24:42,468 Speaker 1: the Cincinnati Bengals, okay, who you have a numeral uno? 506 00:24:43,108 --> 00:24:45,788 Speaker 1: They just absolutely dominated the Bills in Western New York. 507 00:24:45,948 --> 00:24:48,268 Speaker 1: Now they head to Arrowhead, where they've won before, and 508 00:24:48,268 --> 00:24:50,708 Speaker 1: they won in the playoffs before. What you saw on 509 00:24:50,828 --> 00:24:53,868 Speaker 1: Sunday in the division around the Bengals. Should they be 510 00:24:53,948 --> 00:24:57,668 Speaker 1: the favorites going in against the Chiefs? I think so. 511 00:24:57,788 --> 00:25:00,628 Speaker 1: I think the Mahomes injury obviously plays a huge factor. 512 00:25:00,668 --> 00:25:03,188 Speaker 1: And when you break down who wins this game, and 513 00:25:03,788 --> 00:25:06,268 Speaker 1: you know, forty Niners fans are going to be rightfully 514 00:25:06,268 --> 00:25:08,348 Speaker 1: annoyed if they've been following the power rankings. I had 515 00:25:08,388 --> 00:25:11,108 Speaker 1: them at number one for six straight weeks. They win 516 00:25:11,828 --> 00:25:14,948 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys, but at Cincinnati, I couldn't deny like 517 00:25:15,068 --> 00:25:17,068 Speaker 1: the feeling I got while I was watching them that 518 00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:19,868 Speaker 1: they just felt like a team of destiny in a way. 519 00:25:20,428 --> 00:25:22,508 Speaker 1: And you know that goes back to how well that 520 00:25:22,588 --> 00:25:25,868 Speaker 1: offensive line held up and how they kept Burrow clean, 521 00:25:25,988 --> 00:25:28,708 Speaker 1: and how they opened up huge lanes for Joe Mix 522 00:25:28,748 --> 00:25:31,148 Speaker 1: and of course those two number one wide receivers the 523 00:25:31,308 --> 00:25:34,428 Speaker 1: defense that put that whole Bill's offense in a blender. 524 00:25:34,548 --> 00:25:38,588 Speaker 1: But then above everything, of course is Burrow and he 525 00:25:38,788 --> 00:25:42,988 Speaker 1: just has that look like I'm not losing again this season, 526 00:25:43,188 --> 00:25:45,108 Speaker 1: and that was why I decided to put him at 527 00:25:45,188 --> 00:25:49,508 Speaker 1: number one, because I don't think they lose again. Dan, 528 00:25:49,588 --> 00:25:52,068 Speaker 1: let's move down the list. You gave the Niners defense 529 00:25:52,228 --> 00:25:54,628 Speaker 1: their due and respect in your article, but let's focus 530 00:25:54,708 --> 00:25:56,588 Speaker 1: on the offense. People have been waiting for the other 531 00:25:56,668 --> 00:25:59,028 Speaker 1: shoe to drop a rock party. The shoe was nowhere 532 00:25:59,028 --> 00:26:02,348 Speaker 1: to be found. He finds himself in the NFC Championship game. 533 00:26:02,668 --> 00:26:06,108 Speaker 1: But is this rowdy goals home crowd going to be 534 00:26:06,268 --> 00:26:11,948 Speaker 1: the factor that finally shakes brock Purty. Yeah, Jamie, I 535 00:26:11,988 --> 00:26:15,428 Speaker 1: don't know if the shooting drop I agree against the Cowboys, 536 00:26:15,468 --> 00:26:18,108 Speaker 1: but it certainly was a little bit of a Okay, 537 00:26:18,228 --> 00:26:21,588 Speaker 1: things are different now. This is that we're deep into 538 00:26:21,668 --> 00:26:24,868 Speaker 1: the playoffs and for the most part, Purdy wasn't able 539 00:26:24,948 --> 00:26:27,028 Speaker 1: to do whatever he wanted. If you think about that 540 00:26:27,188 --> 00:26:30,508 Speaker 1: run that the Niners had with Purdy, and I think 541 00:26:30,588 --> 00:26:33,828 Speaker 1: the four games leading up to the divisional playoffs, they 542 00:26:33,868 --> 00:26:36,628 Speaker 1: were averaging over thirty eight points a game, and there 543 00:26:36,668 --> 00:26:41,148 Speaker 1: were some crazy next gent stats about receivers being five 544 00:26:41,268 --> 00:26:43,828 Speaker 1: yards away from the next closest defender when they were 545 00:26:43,868 --> 00:26:46,948 Speaker 1: catching the ball and stride and Purdy. None of that 546 00:26:47,108 --> 00:26:50,548 Speaker 1: happened against the Cowboys and you score. They scored nineteen points. 547 00:26:51,188 --> 00:26:52,788 Speaker 1: I think a similar thing is going to happen here. 548 00:26:52,828 --> 00:26:54,948 Speaker 1: I think the Eagles defense is maybe better than the 549 00:26:55,028 --> 00:26:59,308 Speaker 1: Dallas defense. Again, it becomes about the seventh round pick, 550 00:26:59,788 --> 00:27:03,188 Speaker 1: not making mistakes and letting the This become a battle 551 00:27:03,228 --> 00:27:05,748 Speaker 1: of defenses. That's what it is for me. And Purdy 552 00:27:05,908 --> 00:27:08,668 Speaker 1: is not letting the crowd, not letting the defense overwhelm 553 00:27:08,748 --> 00:27:12,508 Speaker 1: you and make a few plays here and there. Yeah, look, Dallas. 554 00:27:12,868 --> 00:27:15,748 Speaker 1: Dallas's defense is awesome and Purdy hung in there. But 555 00:27:15,908 --> 00:27:18,508 Speaker 1: I gotta tell you we talked about Jamie mentioned it yesterday. 556 00:27:18,788 --> 00:27:22,068 Speaker 1: Into the first half. Clock ticking gets it by a 557 00:27:22,188 --> 00:27:24,148 Speaker 1: tenth of a point at a bound and saves that 558 00:27:24,268 --> 00:27:26,348 Speaker 1: field goal from Robbie Gold. That could have gone another way, 559 00:27:26,388 --> 00:27:27,908 Speaker 1: and that would have been your big rookie mistake. But 560 00:27:28,308 --> 00:27:30,668 Speaker 1: then again, by the skin of his teeth, he survived. Um. 561 00:27:31,428 --> 00:27:35,028 Speaker 1: You called Dak Prescott's performance on Sunday a maddening no 562 00:27:35,308 --> 00:27:40,068 Speaker 1: show online. We saw that a sweet uh Dak. Okay, 563 00:27:40,148 --> 00:27:42,108 Speaker 1: We're gonna roll it back again. Next year, do you 564 00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:44,428 Speaker 1: believe Dak is still the guy that's gonna get these 565 00:27:44,628 --> 00:27:47,628 Speaker 1: this team over there playoff hurdle or do you think 566 00:27:47,628 --> 00:27:51,268 Speaker 1: it's just too much for them to will come. It's crazy, Pete, 567 00:27:51,308 --> 00:27:53,268 Speaker 1: because I called it a maddening no show in the 568 00:27:53,348 --> 00:27:55,948 Speaker 1: and the Cowboys Twitter account was somehow more harsh on 569 00:27:55,988 --> 00:28:00,428 Speaker 1: their quarterback. But I think, like I think it's it's 570 00:28:00,548 --> 00:28:03,468 Speaker 1: obviously a bit of a you know, oh what is that? 571 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:06,828 Speaker 1: That was seventh year And there are a lot of 572 00:28:07,188 --> 00:28:09,748 Speaker 1: dak heads out there and football Twitter, smart people that 573 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:12,348 Speaker 1: will tell you when Dak is locked in, he's as 574 00:28:12,428 --> 00:28:15,108 Speaker 1: good as anybody in the league. And then that's anybody 575 00:28:15,188 --> 00:28:17,628 Speaker 1: when he and you saw it six days earlier against 576 00:28:17,668 --> 00:28:20,588 Speaker 1: the Bucks. But the true great guys, the guys like 577 00:28:20,708 --> 00:28:24,428 Speaker 1: you saw with Burrow for instance, this past weekend, they 578 00:28:24,588 --> 00:28:27,388 Speaker 1: rise to the occasion against the big time defense and 579 00:28:27,588 --> 00:28:30,068 Speaker 1: make the plays and they and there were throws you know, 580 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:32,028 Speaker 1: this gallop thrower were looking at. Here is a perfect 581 00:28:32,068 --> 00:28:34,708 Speaker 1: example that came right after a near pick six that 582 00:28:34,828 --> 00:28:37,668 Speaker 1: Drake Greenlove, which would have been on Dak's tombstone if 583 00:28:37,708 --> 00:28:39,708 Speaker 1: that ball gets taken back to the house and then 584 00:28:39,748 --> 00:28:41,188 Speaker 1: he has a chance to make up for it, and 585 00:28:41,268 --> 00:28:44,588 Speaker 1: he's off misfires and it was just a bad day 586 00:28:44,588 --> 00:28:46,308 Speaker 1: at the office for Dak And you just can't have 587 00:28:46,428 --> 00:28:48,788 Speaker 1: too many of those, especially when you are QB one 588 00:28:49,348 --> 00:28:53,188 Speaker 1: of d al Yeah, you said, when you're a QB 589 00:28:53,308 --> 00:28:56,108 Speaker 1: one of America's team, there's a lot of expectations that 590 00:28:56,228 --> 00:28:58,828 Speaker 1: comes along with that. Another team that kind of fell 591 00:28:58,948 --> 00:29:01,468 Speaker 1: short the Buffalo Bills. It was kind of super Bowl 592 00:29:01,588 --> 00:29:04,948 Speaker 1: or bust mentality for him this season and they fell 593 00:29:04,988 --> 00:29:08,188 Speaker 1: into Divisional round for a second season and a role. 594 00:29:08,668 --> 00:29:10,948 Speaker 1: Tell us what you saw from Josh Allen and what 595 00:29:11,068 --> 00:29:13,308 Speaker 1: did you make of this Bengals defense being able to 596 00:29:13,388 --> 00:29:16,308 Speaker 1: really shut them down. Yeah, you know, we grew up 597 00:29:16,348 --> 00:29:19,588 Speaker 1: in the same area in New York, and you know 598 00:29:19,668 --> 00:29:21,588 Speaker 1: there was this thing as a Yankee fan growing up 599 00:29:21,628 --> 00:29:24,308 Speaker 1: a Buster only the great ESPN writer Coin Dude called 600 00:29:24,308 --> 00:29:28,308 Speaker 1: the Steinbrenner doctrine, which was anything short of a championship 601 00:29:28,468 --> 00:29:31,108 Speaker 1: is considered failure. And that became this guiding principle of 602 00:29:31,188 --> 00:29:33,548 Speaker 1: the Yankees late nineties two thousands team. And it was 603 00:29:33,628 --> 00:29:37,788 Speaker 1: suffocating to that organization and the players who felt that pressure. 604 00:29:38,188 --> 00:29:40,468 Speaker 1: I couldn't help but think about the Steinbrunner doctrine. As 605 00:29:40,508 --> 00:29:44,668 Speaker 1: I watched the Bills this season, when it was always about, hey, 606 00:29:44,788 --> 00:29:47,268 Speaker 1: we were supposed to beat the Chiefs. Last year, we 607 00:29:47,308 --> 00:29:48,948 Speaker 1: should have won the super Bowl. So now it's like, 608 00:29:49,108 --> 00:29:51,308 Speaker 1: let's get back to the super Bowl and then win 609 00:29:51,428 --> 00:29:53,588 Speaker 1: the thing. And you felt that pressure on the Steam, 610 00:29:53,628 --> 00:29:55,668 Speaker 1: you felt that pressure on Josh Allen, and some of 611 00:29:55,708 --> 00:29:57,428 Speaker 1: that I think as scheme wise, there was not only 612 00:29:57,628 --> 00:29:59,548 Speaker 1: was like you need to get to the next step 613 00:29:59,588 --> 00:30:03,628 Speaker 1: and beat all these other superpowers. Do everything, do everything 614 00:30:03,708 --> 00:30:05,708 Speaker 1: Josh Allen. Well, they need to figure out how to 615 00:30:06,068 --> 00:30:08,148 Speaker 1: help Josh Allen in a way that you're not asking 616 00:30:08,188 --> 00:30:10,588 Speaker 1: should be superman, because when you get against a big 617 00:30:10,668 --> 00:30:13,788 Speaker 1: time defense and team like Cincinnati, they'll find you out 618 00:30:13,828 --> 00:30:16,908 Speaker 1: and they did. I still believe in the Bills though 619 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:20,548 Speaker 1: they'll be back. I like it. He is the king 620 00:30:20,628 --> 00:30:22,348 Speaker 1: of power rankings, and if you don't like your ranking, 621 00:30:22,388 --> 00:30:24,508 Speaker 1: he can be the king of pain. Don't miss the 622 00:30:24,588 --> 00:30:28,428 Speaker 1: NFL Podcast with Dan Hansis and Colleen Wolf. New episodes 623 00:30:28,508 --> 00:30:32,188 Speaker 1: every Tuesday. We love Synchronicity. We love Scranton City as well. 624 00:30:32,308 --> 00:30:35,428 Speaker 1: Daniel the Best love you guys, have a good one.