1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: The Around the League Podcast has no blind spot. Welcome 2 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: back to another addition to the Round the League Podcast. 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: My name is Dan Hansis, and I'm joined by a 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,760 Speaker 1: room full of heroes. Chris Westling, Greg Rosenthal, En Mark Sssler. 5 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: What up, boys, Dan, Good afternoon, Big Show today. There's 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 1: a special excitement in the air. Crystal was giggling and 7 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: had a huge smile when I walked indoors. You was 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 1: just sitting in the room by herself, buzz in the air. 9 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that had to do with today's show. 10 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: I don't know what Today's show and the Big Show excited. 11 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: The more elements Crystal can have to play with, the 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: more excited she is, and there are many elements in 13 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: play here. Because today is our first annual mid season Awards. Uh, 14 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: we don't have a name yet. A t l E 15 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:55,840 Speaker 1: sounds a little weird and it's actually frankly too close 16 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: to uh, you know, the check E's or the Grammys 17 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: or the Emmy's. We need to come up of the name. 18 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: Will do that. Maybe the next six or seven years 19 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: will come up with an actual name. Oh, the Hero Awards. 20 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: But well, you know what, I think that that's pretty good. 21 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 1: It's the Heroes, all right, Let's the Hero Awards, first 22 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: annual Hero Awards that will be coming up today. But 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,839 Speaker 1: let's start. Let's start to do some housekeeping, if you will. 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: We always talk about the Thursday night football game, So 25 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: let's do it. Greg, I'm going to start it off 26 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: with you. We have a Cincinnati Bengals Miami Dolphins matchup. 27 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: The Dolphins are free falling four losses in a row. 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: The Bengals are coming off four straight wins, and Dalton's 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:37,840 Speaker 1: playing at a high level and they just whipped up 30 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: on my Jets. But Greg, the Dolphins can win this game. 31 00:01:41,959 --> 00:01:44,679 Speaker 1: Right when the country zigs, I like the zag. The 32 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 1: Dolphins aren't that bad of a team. They're in every game. 33 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: The only game that Cincinnati looked really, really impressive was 34 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 1: last week, so everyone's going to remember that. I don't 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: think as a group, we're all ready to buy into 36 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: the Andy Dalton has totally turned a corner here. So 37 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: I'm going at the Dolphins at home in Miami. You know, 38 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: I zagged also because I was something that West said 39 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,440 Speaker 1: last week, which is we've seen Dalton go through these 40 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: kind of mountaintop a couple of weeks but then he'll 41 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: always come back down. I welcome him. I welcome him 42 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 1: to not do that and to stay where he's at 43 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: right now. But I I think that these Thursday night games, 44 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: I like the home team because it's a weird short 45 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: week that we've seen some very strange games play out 46 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: week after week. I'm going Dolphins. I studied Andy Dalton 47 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: this morning. His two thousand and eleven two thousand twelve seasons. 48 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: He uh, he goes through three or four game stretches 49 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: where he plays lights out and then he just fades, 50 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: and this would be the fourth game in that stretch. 51 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: So he's either going to keep it at four or stay. 52 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: I did a lot of research Adalted this week too. 53 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: I will give him that. You guys need to find 54 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 1: another hub three. This this three game stretchy did have 55 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: is probably the best these bases, better than those other ones. 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: That being said, I am not zagging. I don't think 57 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,560 Speaker 1: the Dolphins are as good as you guys think they are. 58 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 1: They haven't played well at all lately. They can't protect Tannehill, 59 00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: they keep losing weapons. Brandon Gibson was playing well this year, 60 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: they lose him. I don't think they have enough on offense. 61 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 1: I think they'll play better with Cameron Wake finally getting back. 62 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:18,680 Speaker 1: He is there, he's the best player on that roster. 63 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 1: That helps. But the Bengals are just a much stronger 64 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: team than the Dolphins right now. I wanted to take 65 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: the Bengals as well, but I I kind of got 66 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,960 Speaker 1: I talked myself into the Dolphins under the premise that 67 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,360 Speaker 1: are they a great team? No? Are they a good team? 68 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: Not sure that are they are a terrible team? No? 69 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 1: Are they on a four game losing streak at home 70 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: on a Thursday night. They gotta win this game or 71 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: they're bad. I'm not sure they're bad. So I went 72 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,320 Speaker 1: with the Dolphins. I don't feel great about it, but 73 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: that was my pick. Patra. By the way, Kevin Patrick, 74 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:51,320 Speaker 1: our Chicago correspondent, took the Bengals. I think percent of 75 00:03:51,360 --> 00:03:53,920 Speaker 1: the country is taking the Bengals. So we're good. We're 76 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: we're against the norm. Can you can you say the 77 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: Cincinnati football team? Dan again? I think you Bengals, Bengals. 78 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: You didn't write the Bengals, the Bengals, the Bengals, Cincinnati Bengals. 79 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,760 Speaker 1: Watch out for my watch out for my boy. Daniel 80 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Thomas still running well, they're running the ball really well. 81 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: The last back in a weak horse. I'm telling you, Mark, 82 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: do you want to talk about Daniel Thomas or do 83 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: the a t L Hero Mid Season Awards? Uh? All right, 84 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: Well on a limb, let's go awards. All right, Rich, 85 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to the first annual NFL Around the League Hero 86 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 1: Mid Season Awards Show. We're here to bring you the 87 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: freshest awards from around the league. I'm Crystal Rich, also 88 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: known as k Risk behind the glass and now your 89 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: host Dan hands. Wow. I think we need k Rich 90 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 1: to introduce things more often. You need some there and 91 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 1: throw some applause on there after. That was more like 92 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: the introduction to the World's Fair than the Hero. I 93 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,560 Speaker 1: wish everyone wee. I wish everyone could see the big 94 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,760 Speaker 1: smile on k Rich's face though, I don't think she's 95 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: ever been more happy in this studio. And there's the applause. 96 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: A little tardy on the applause, but listen, she deserves it. 97 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: That's k Rich. K Rich wearing a a flowing gown 98 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 1: dress behind the glass four the A t L Hero Awards. 99 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,960 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, Dan, you look very stunning and 100 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: your three piece suit. We're all wearing tuxedos, and since 101 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 1: since there's no video component to this podcast, no one 102 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: knows if we're lying. Thank you, Thank you k Rich. 103 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: You know, the season's only eight weeks long. Feels like 104 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 1: it's taken five years off all our lives, hasn't it? Folks? 105 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: Mr Hand, what do you think? What do you think 106 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:01,960 Speaker 1: about that joke? Every every award show has some jokes 107 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: off the top. Those were the jokes. But let's get 108 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 1: right into it. Our first category of the day, this 109 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,800 Speaker 1: is best game of the year, and uh, you know, 110 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: of the half year anyway, and we have five really 111 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: good contenders, so let's get right into it. Uh. The 112 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: first game the Denver Broncos and Cowboys in Arlington, a 113 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:27,839 Speaker 1: shootout victory and a Tony Romo tragedy. That one seems 114 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: fair right at the time. That night, that's the game 115 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 1: of the year, so that has to be a strong contender, 116 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: al right. Next nominee Cowboys Lions. That was Justice Past 117 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: Sunday and had the Matthew Stafford screaming heroics. That was 118 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,960 Speaker 1: pretty wild, one of the most impressive drives I've ever seen. Yes, 119 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: our third nominee the Packers forty Niners week one. That 120 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: was the of course the game in San Francisco. Ah, 121 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 1: you know, a big way to start the season between 122 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: two NFC superpowers. Next nominee, Saints and Patriots. Greg pumping 123 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 1: his fist, Greg, that was pretty special. One back and forth. 124 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: That was a great game from quarter one through the ending. 125 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: I mean it was one of those. It wasn't just 126 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: a great ending like that. It was a rather boring 127 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:22,320 Speaker 1: first three quarters. Oh stop. It was back and four. 128 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: Two good teams, give me a break. And our final nominee, 129 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: the Seahawks and Cults, battle of two young ascendant quarterbacks 130 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: going back and forth with the Colts and Andrew Luck 131 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 1: coming out on top. Wouldn't be shocked at. This was 132 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl preview m that was my favorite assessor 133 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 1: of the field. All right, so let's do it the 134 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: those are the nominees, and here is the winner. The 135 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: best game of the half year. Broncos Cowboys shootout at 136 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: a T and tight. That's hard to kill this, come on, 137 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 1: and I mean, this was I think the game of 138 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,800 Speaker 1: the year. First half. It had a lot of elements. Uh. 139 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: You brought the historic pace for the Broncos offense. You 140 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: have the Shakespearean element, with Tony Romo is he's got 141 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: the Hamlet thing going on, He's got the you can 142 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: you can kind of commiserate with with the Roman. Yeah, 143 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 1: and I think that this will be the game that 144 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: people remember um out of this year. This could be 145 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: the most memorable one, if only because of Romo was 146 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: on pace for arguably the greatest game ever by a 147 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: quarterback in the regular season, only to literally throw it 148 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,960 Speaker 1: away on his final throw of the day. Nice job, committee, 149 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: I think you could give the Saints Pats the best 150 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: play of the year, maybe your guest best game winning player. 151 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,719 Speaker 1: I think Stafford was the best moment of the year, 152 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: just that drive. But for the game from top to bottom, 153 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: it's hard to argue. I like that Seahawks Colts. You 154 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: had to you had a feeling. Everything happened in that 155 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: game is one of those games. There's a safety, there's 156 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 1: a field goal block, it's two young quarterbacks. I can't 157 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,840 Speaker 1: great start by the committee. We're all we're all in agreement. 158 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: Moving on to our next award. This is the worst 159 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: game of the year. This is why car Ridge deserves 160 00:09:13,160 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: everything she gets. Just great sound work. There, Uh, four games, 161 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: four nominees. We'll start with the Jets Patriots one. That 162 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 1: was week two in New England West. You're nodding your head. 163 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 1: That was a bad one. That was a bad game. 164 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:30,160 Speaker 1: There was a little bit of rain there. Gino Smith 165 00:09:30,200 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: played awful. Yeah, that was not a good game, alright. 166 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,080 Speaker 1: Game two, Uh, this is poor. The poor people of 167 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 1: London deserve better. Uh forty Niners Jaguars an absolute destruction. 168 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 1: I covered this Sunday and it's uh, that's three and 169 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 1: a half hours of my life that I will knock 170 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: up get back. In the last two I barely paid attention. 171 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: This is really standing for every Jaguars game. You had 172 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: to have one Jaguars game there. Um. The audience, by 173 00:09:55,160 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: the way, has taken a bathroom break. That's why you 174 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 1: don't hear them anymore. There they are, They're back, all right, 175 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:04,160 Speaker 1: our next game, Vikings Giants. I guess this was two 176 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:07,440 Speaker 1: weeks ago on Monday Night football. Uh this was you know, 177 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 1: pretty grim as well. The crowd agrees. And then finally, uh, 178 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 1: Seahawks forty nine is one. You know that was I 179 00:10:16,520 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: guess Week two was that mark, that's right, and that 180 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: was the hyped up matchup that did not materialize. I 181 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 1: think a three win for the Seahawks at home. All right, now, 182 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: the Hero Award goes to get this thing open. Vikings 183 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: Giants Monday Night Football. When the Udon Hillis has thirty 184 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: four yards rushing or something, he's your best offensive player 185 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 1: for New York. That's you're setting the bar reel low. 186 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:48,719 Speaker 1: It looked like a preseason game. I compared watching that 187 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: game to an eight year old child sitting through Easter 188 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: vigil mass wanting to play with a video game. If 189 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,120 Speaker 1: this was in a real award show, I think they 190 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: would put together a compilation clip of Josh Freeman's eighteen 191 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: overthrows right now as the crowd grown. Yeah, that was 192 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: That was a weird game because it literally felt like 193 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: you were watching a preseason game. Uh and it was 194 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:14,559 Speaker 1: in the in October, a game that both teams needed. 195 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: But that's the way it was. So congratulations, I guess 196 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 1: to the to the Vikings and Giants. The Vikings won 197 00:11:20,320 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: something this year. That's good. Alright, Moving on, this is 198 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 1: this is an award that you know you don't want 199 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: to win. This award. Let's be honest, um, this is 200 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: the August All Star and this award goes to the 201 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: player who had the biggest performance during the preseason, and 202 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: then it did not translate to the games that counted. 203 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:45,959 Speaker 1: And uh, let's get right into it, folks. Yeah, clap, 204 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: make these guys feel better about themselves. First up, Patriots 205 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,359 Speaker 1: tight end. Now with the Jets, but with the Patriots, 206 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 1: Zach Sudfeld. Zach was called baby Gronk. He was gonna 207 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: if you remember, the fantasy football players were telling us, 208 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 1: he was going to do everything Aaron Hernandez did. What 209 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 1: are you you? You you're kind of right in the 210 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: sub felt training the list. I told fantasy leaguers to 211 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 1: go after Julius Thomas because Subfeld isn't close to Aaron Hernandez. 212 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: He might get you through a couple of games, but 213 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: as soon as Grounk came back, he wouldn't do anything. 214 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: West was a Julius Thomas supporter, going way back. Alright 215 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: up next Brandon Whedon, Brown's quarterback. Brandon Whedon I predicted 216 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,439 Speaker 1: a Pro Bowl level season. Um, he got off to 217 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: a great start in the first two preseason games, and 218 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: then the wheels kind of fell off, Mark, you know 219 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: what happened from there? Where's all this flowery talk, which 220 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: I think I wrote some of about you know, oh, 221 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: now that he's in a Norv Turner slash Rob Chazinski 222 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: vertical offense, his tools are being used. You know, he 223 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: is who he is. And by the end of the preseason, 224 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: I think some of the some of the shine was off. 225 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: Actually there was concern. To his credit, he's the only 226 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 1: Award nominee that was available to come on the show 227 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: here with us today. That's a lot of plenty of time. 228 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:08,920 Speaker 1: If alright, third Blaine Gabbert Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback who now 229 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: mark correctly if I'm wrong not. There wasn't a ton 230 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: of hype around it, but some people were buying in 231 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: on that offense. Well, we were talking about this before. 232 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: This was more Jaguars offense because they had this up tempo. 233 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:22,080 Speaker 1: It's like, we're gonna we've got o w offensive weapon, 234 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:25,199 Speaker 1: Denard Robinson, We've got all these young parts. Listen, we 235 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: might see something new. And it crumbled so quickly. I'm 236 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 1: guilty of that. I said that their offensive skill position 237 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:32,960 Speaker 1: talent was better than everybody thought. There was a lot 238 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:36,960 Speaker 1: of Look, Blaine Gabbert's not gonna be Joe Montana. But 239 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: if you're gonna find an offense for him. This is 240 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: the right offense for Blaine Gabbert alright in our final 241 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: nominee David Wilson running back. We are giants who gotta 242 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: you know he was? He was. The hype might have 243 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: been more based off what he did at the end 244 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 1: of the last season, but then he had a big 245 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: run against the Jets in a preseason game Week three 246 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: the preseason and everyone was board Mark and I included 247 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: Alison Bree our team as the team draft him. He 248 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: went probably in the top two rounds in most drafts around. 249 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:09,400 Speaker 1: Let's be honest here, he's the only one of these 250 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,120 Speaker 1: four guys who was very talented, that's fair, who also 251 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 1: has produced essentially nothing this season. But what we saw 252 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: last year, it's not that it's you know, he only 253 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: produced in August and no other time he did well 254 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: last year, but this year a total, a total mess. 255 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: That's on his coach playing ridiculous mind games with him. 256 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:40,640 Speaker 1: And the Hero award goes to Zach Sudfeld. Congratulation, Zach Gregg. 257 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: Maybe you should just put the caper on this. Being 258 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: a Patriots fan. Well, yeah, yook, he's on the Jets. 259 00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:49,000 Speaker 1: Now he's here, guy, I mean With Jeff Cumberland out 260 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: this week, Zach Sudfeld's playing a big role. Yeah that. Yeah. 261 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: With Comby out, Sudfeld becomes Geno Smith's top weapon, or 262 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 1: one of the top ones. And there there is a darkness. 263 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 1: Sudfeld is emblematic. He really represents the entire Patriots offense 264 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: that everyone was excited about in the preseason. We thought 265 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: this might not be such a big deal. That That 266 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 1: was one of our takeaways from the preseason, that all 267 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: this change in New England, maybe it's not going to 268 00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 1: be that big a deal. And I like that the 269 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: August All Star caught his first career passed one week 270 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 1: before Halloween. Great hair, though, Zach Sudfeld, I mean great, 271 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 1: he makes the Jets a better looking team, But I 272 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 1: don't know if he makes them a better team. In fact, 273 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 1: I know he doesn't. All Right, we gotta move on. 274 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: Next category, saddest fan in the NFL media newsroom. You know, Mark, 275 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: this has been a category you've dominated for many years, 276 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: since two thousand ten. Let's see if you can break 277 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: that string. Mark, You've been become like the Brian Cranston 278 00:15:49,040 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 1: of this award. You're you're always the competitor that everyone 279 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: aims to beat. We'll see if that continues. Uh, your 280 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: streak of dominance continues, Handsome Hank is our first nominate. 281 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: UM Henry the program director. He is a Dolphins fan. 282 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: And things started out great, have not been so great 283 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: the last month. Next up, and this one's a little 284 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:15,520 Speaker 1: tough for the person behind the glass. K Rich of 285 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles fan base. You know, listen, they're just 286 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: trying to show your respect. It's been tough, Crystal right, Um, 287 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 1: of course, Mark Sessler, Cleveland Browns, the crowd is standing 288 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 1: right now, Mark Sessler. And finally Chris Westling, who is 289 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: a fan vagrant does not have a team and some 290 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,080 Speaker 1: people think that makes you sad in the newsroom, west 291 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: what do you think about that? Well, I didn't think 292 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: I would be in this category, but then the more 293 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,600 Speaker 1: I thought about it, with the bringing in the dossier, 294 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: laying my soul bear in front of the podcast community, 295 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 1: there is genuine pathos there. What's sadder than someone who's 296 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: just given up, you know, on love? And when you 297 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: were a fan, you were a Bengals fan. What is 298 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,440 Speaker 1: the opposite of love? It's not hate, it's apathy, And 299 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,200 Speaker 1: I am apathetic towards the Bengal. So let's see what 300 00:17:07,240 --> 00:17:09,240 Speaker 1: the voters think, because you know a lot of people 301 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,200 Speaker 1: call West a dark horse in this category. And here's 302 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 1: your winner for the saddest fan in the newsroom. First 303 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: half of two. Mark Sessler wins again. Mark alright, I 304 00:17:20,800 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 1: have one question. Does sad mean like I am, uh 305 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 1: you know, sorrowful or does it mean that I'm just pathetic? 306 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 1: I mean on the stage give your speech. I guess 307 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: I'm confused because I think I show almost no passion 308 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 1: on Sundays because this team has beaten out of me 309 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 1: any concern for the result. That's why it's a dynasty category. 310 00:17:51,440 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: I just want to clear that I'm not in the 311 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: newsroom on Sunday like pounding my fists and throwing things 312 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:58,760 Speaker 1: across the room. It's the opposite. There's almost I think, 313 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:02,440 Speaker 1: no reaction. And when I was a child, everything was 314 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: about Sundays. I am. That's sad. That's a definition of 315 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: sad coming from the fan vagrant. I've gone beyond that. 316 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:15,280 Speaker 1: I welcome you to vagrancy. You probably should have thanked 317 00:18:15,280 --> 00:18:18,280 Speaker 1: your wife and children during your acceptance speaks. You're gonna 318 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:22,080 Speaker 1: catch some heat for that. That's that's accurate. Um, all right, 319 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 1: our next category, you know, this one was such the 320 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 1: committee met best postgame Interview. You know, we wanted to 321 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: make different category, different nominees, but there was really only 322 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,400 Speaker 1: there was no point here. Uh Steve Smith two weeks ago, 323 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:40,439 Speaker 1: Uh you know, yeah, he went ham on him and 324 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 1: k Rich Can you play the clip? That's all I 325 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:48,160 Speaker 1: want to say. I don't play them games, so, uh, 326 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: you know, when you try to take a personal like that, 327 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: you know, Uh, I don't have really much. I don't 328 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: have any great humlet things to say. So he can 329 00:18:57,040 --> 00:19:00,439 Speaker 1: take his ass back to uh, back to St. Louis, Washington, 330 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: feel because if I see him in the street on 331 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: the bustom in his mouth. Well, congratulations to Steve Smith. 332 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: That was that was pretty good. I especially enjoyed the part. 333 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: We didn't hear this part, but when he compared, uh, 334 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,240 Speaker 1: this is no way to raise a dog. But apparently 335 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,120 Speaker 1: Steve Smith believes that if you're dog metiated, if your 336 00:19:25,160 --> 00:19:28,840 Speaker 1: dog metiates on the rug, you rub his nose in it. 337 00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: And that's what he was doing with his Dion. You're 338 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: no Dion touchdown day, right? He said, you're Nodon. He 339 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: also hinted not even hinted he set out right that 340 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: Gennares basically had found out how to google, and what 341 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: he did was google Steve Smith's family names, including his wife, 342 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:48,200 Speaker 1: and that that got under Steve's skin. So congratulations to 343 00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: Steve Smith. What would it were the worst postgame interview 344 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: anything involving Mike McCoy, I feel like I don't know 345 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:02,720 Speaker 1: why that just guys, thank you, Greg gets a laugh 346 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,160 Speaker 1: on that. Give the Lifetime Achievement Award to Peyton Manning 347 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:08,800 Speaker 1: on this one for saying nothing controversial in his high 348 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,640 Speaker 1: entire fifteen year career. Yes, like that. That's a good call. Alright, 349 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: moving forward, this is the and h m v P, 350 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 1: which is the not quite Most Valuable Player. Listen, you 351 00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: just brought him up. Peyton man is gonna win this 352 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: award barring some type of late season meltdown or injury. 353 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:30,360 Speaker 1: So we decided, uh, the Hero Committee got together and 354 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: decided to nominate who's not quite the most Valuable Player? 355 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 1: And here are the nominees. Jamal Charles, Chiefs running back, 356 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 1: who is the heart and soul of what they've been 357 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: able to do during the eight notes start? Uh, Philip Rivers, 358 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:57,879 Speaker 1: San Diego Chargers Court quarterback Andrew luck, Colts quarterback Drew Brees, 359 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: and the final nominee, Aaron Rodgers. What do you guys 360 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 1: think for this one? Any upsets? What's your pick? I 361 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,720 Speaker 1: would have argued hard for Aaron Rodgers on this one 362 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:16,679 Speaker 1: over Drew Brees. Why is that because Jimmy Granham has 363 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: been every bit as valuable as Drew Brees, and Aaron 364 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: Rodgers has carried this team with so many injuries. That's fair. 365 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:24,879 Speaker 1: I'd go a breeze in the sense that from what 366 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: they were last season to uh what happened this year, 367 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,440 Speaker 1: I think Breeze has helped keep them afloat their six 368 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 1: and one. They look to me like one of the 369 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: best teams in the NFC. It's it's a kind of 370 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: a coin toss between the I think Aaron Rodgers has 371 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: actually played quarterback better than Peyton Manning this year. Well, 372 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 1: let's find out what the award and we will. Maybe 373 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 1: maybe the voters agreed and the award goes to Drew Brees. 374 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 1: I would go Philip Rivers just for the sheer and 375 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 1: probability the of it all. I mean, they lose Denario Alexander, 376 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,399 Speaker 1: they lose Malcolm Floyd, they got Vincent Jackson. He turns 377 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 1: Eddy Royal into a useful player. Well, whether it's Rogers 378 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,280 Speaker 1: or Breeze, by your logic, I expected Andy Dalton is 379 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: second on your list behind Philip Rivers. No, I mean 380 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,639 Speaker 1: I think Rivers has been more consistent than Rogers just 381 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:24,520 Speaker 1: a little bit. He was better in September, and Rogers 382 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: been fantastic the last Aaron Rodgers is making throws that 383 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: Philip Rivers couldn't make in his dreams. He doesn't need to. 384 00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,199 Speaker 1: He got three Lonses, so he must have needed to 385 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: do something. I love it. I love this dissension. Let's 386 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 1: move on to the next category. This is Listen, a 387 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: lot of people are gonna say this is something uh 388 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,440 Speaker 1: uh subjective. You can't. You can't make this a category, 389 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: but we can. The favorite team to watch this season, 390 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: and here are the nominees. Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, Seattle Seahawks, 391 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: Indianapolis Cults, San Francisco, Fortia Honors. Now, this audience is 392 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 1: so respectful of each nominee, you know you just got 393 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 1: an to clap in the exact same way every time. 394 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: We really love, we love. Our fans are literally nine 395 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: thousand people watching this all right, and the winner of 396 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: the favorite team to watch so far in the two 397 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: thousand and thirteen season is the Detroit Lions. That's a 398 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 1: little bit of an upset. Voted for this. I don't 399 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 1: agree with committee committee. This is troubling because I just 400 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: heard Chris Wesling. I believe the Panthers would be your pick. 401 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 1: They are. They've been my favorite team to watch. You 402 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 1: know we've got wrong. I would I would say they're 403 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,119 Speaker 1: the most fascinating team as well. I had that in 404 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:51,439 Speaker 1: a column this week. I mean, you never know what 405 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:57,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna get. Cam Newton, riverbolt Ron, Steve Smith, even 406 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: the renaissance of Ted Ginn and then how I went Niners. 407 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: I think anything. We're seeing them heat up. And I 408 00:24:04,760 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: love watching Greg Roman run offense. I think he's the 409 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,879 Speaker 1: most creative guy in the league. You're watching the sideline 410 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,800 Speaker 1: during the game to see what Greg Romans doing. I 411 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,680 Speaker 1: think you know what I'm saying. I think I don't 412 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:16,719 Speaker 1: know who who's who thinks Lions? Well, the committee got together. 413 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 1: I think they maybe watched the most recent Lins game 414 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: and got a little over excited. Patrick might wield a 415 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,960 Speaker 1: lot of influence on this one. I think he yeah, 416 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: I think he's in the illuminary Patrick. The Lions do 417 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: pull off with Stafford probably the most crowd is great. 418 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: I mean you can't get last from the room. We 419 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: gotta get last from the ground. Um what we're saying 420 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,800 Speaker 1: the Lions pull off the most crazy throws on a 421 00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,879 Speaker 1: week week basis, I can team into favorite team to 422 00:24:48,880 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 1: watch mark on that one. A Dome team. Interesting. Well, 423 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: every every year come Awards season, there are upsets and 424 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 1: there's one. Our next category, we're getting closer to the end, 425 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,920 Speaker 1: the big reveal, the last category that everyone gets excited about. 426 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: We're almost there. But first a couple more awards. Team 427 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:13,040 Speaker 1: most likely to crumble mm hmm, yes, this is This 428 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,640 Speaker 1: is the award given to the team that is off 429 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 1: to a nice to decent start in the first half 430 00:25:19,280 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 1: of the season, but we'll tumble down the standings in 431 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: the second half. And our nominees are the New York Jets, Oh, 432 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: come on, guys, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Kansas City Chiefs. 433 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:43,400 Speaker 1: Very polite applause there, New Orleans Saints, and the San 434 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: Diego Chargers. And the award for team most likely to 435 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: crumbull goes to ah, the New York Jets, and you know, 436 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: I don't want this. I don't want this to be right. 437 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: The Chats are four and four, but if you look 438 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,960 Speaker 1: at their schedule, they could easily be one in seven 439 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 1: right now. I get it. A couple of things go 440 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: wrong in the second half, it all can go up 441 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:14,479 Speaker 1: and smoke. I think we're sleeping on the Chargers here. 442 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 1: They have two games a piece against the Broncos and 443 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,399 Speaker 1: Chiefs and another game against the Bengals. They've got a 444 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:25,119 Speaker 1: tough schedule. That's I see with that. I win Bengals, 445 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: not in the sense that, um, they're gonna utterly implode, 446 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: but they're six and two and I could see them 447 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: finishing the season nine and seven, making the playoffs and 448 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: losing a playoff game again, which to me, in terms 449 00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 1: of what we talked about with Dalton and the organization, 450 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: that's an utter failure. I have the Texans rallying the 451 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,920 Speaker 1: second half just to beat the Bengals in the opening 452 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 1: round of the playoff. Just the stick NBC and like 453 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: Mayac with that early Saturday afternoon game that no, it 454 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 1: clearly was the last pick in the playoff game. You know, 455 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,399 Speaker 1: for those of us in playoff fantasy league. That's a 456 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: free win if you pick the Text over the BEng Well, 457 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: forget all these other teams. We're not talking about the 458 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:05,440 Speaker 1: Chiefs here. We've talked about the Chiefs. Is the luckiest 459 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:06,880 Speaker 1: team in the league for a while, or at least 460 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,639 Speaker 1: I think they are. They keep playing backup quarterbacks. Who's 461 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,840 Speaker 1: the best team that the Chiefs have beaten this year? 462 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:14,000 Speaker 1: Let's go around there. Give me, give me the team 463 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,199 Speaker 1: that it really impressed you when the Chiefs beat them, 464 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,879 Speaker 1: The Cowboys. That's that's the right answer, correct, But the 465 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: fact that it's the Cowboys are the best team. But 466 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,200 Speaker 1: they could go five and three and finish thirteen and three, right, 467 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: But if they if they go four and four, three 468 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 1: and five down the stretch, I consider that crumbly. They're 469 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,040 Speaker 1: at Buffalo this week. That could be a surprise pick. 470 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: If if that Lewis is healthy. It's sad that you 471 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: know you are. You can see the Bills winning that game. 472 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 1: They're at Denver. They got the Chargers a couple of times. 473 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 1: They got to go to the black hole. Not as 474 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:47,560 Speaker 1: easy as it used to be. They have the Colts. 475 00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: I could see them going three and five down the stretch, 476 00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:52,520 Speaker 1: and that's a collapse, even if you make the huddle 477 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: serving bath salts for lunch. I don't know that you 478 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: you cite the Cowboys as being an example. Uh, you know, 479 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: they're a great team every other week, so it's like, 480 00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: you know, they're kind of a hard team to use 481 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 1: as an example in your favor. That's the best hold 482 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 1: on when you have all season is the Cowboys in 483 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,439 Speaker 1: Arrowhead by one point. That's not that impressive hold on 484 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: there in a league filled with teams that cannot do 485 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: anything two weeks in a row. Yeah, they've had some luck. 486 00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: There ain't no, it's that's the NFL. There ain't no. 487 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 1: I mean credit to well, the category is not team 488 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: that is eight and o to start the season. They've 489 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: done fine. I'm saying team most likely to crumble. I think, okay, 490 00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 1: you've had a great start. Now it's time for the 491 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 1: real Well the committee went yet, so sorry, are you 492 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: running or something? They're gonna got three and losing the playoffs. 493 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 1: I don't want any pants involved, but I feel like 494 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: we should have some sort of something on the line 495 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs winning more than twelve games. I think 496 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: they're going for and for or less the rest of 497 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 1: the way. I agree with you. Uh. I mean, I 498 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 1: think they'll win their team, but I don't know if 499 00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be pants or any type of artis the 500 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 1: loser has to buy ribs for the other three of us. 501 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: I don't. By the way, I don't call that's pretty good. 502 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,920 Speaker 1: I don't. I don't call four and for a collapse either, though. 503 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 1: On seven's a collapse. Two and six is a collapse. 504 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: All right, then you can get behind your pick. I 505 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: just want ribs. All right, we're moving on the penultimate award. 506 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,760 Speaker 1: Whenever you can drop that word in there, you can 507 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: do it. Everybody gets excited this Why why are you 508 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,240 Speaker 1: laughing at me? I'm educated? Uh, this is the best 509 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: show related sound effect. This is um listen, this is 510 00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: the one a lot of people. It's almost like the 511 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,000 Speaker 1: People's Choice Award. It's everybody gets very excited about that. 512 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:47,760 Speaker 1: Society is invested in this. So let's go down the 513 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:54,280 Speaker 1: list of the nominees. The first one is whenever there's 514 00:29:54,280 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: a Sessler in the air, dedicated to when someone has 515 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: a feeling about a certain outcome in football. So that's interesting. Uh. Next, 516 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 1: I guess that's what it is. Right, yeah, not yeah, 517 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: not sorry. The next up is Matt money Smith, who 518 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,840 Speaker 1: who has delivered our intros week after week for a 519 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 1: couple of months, knows how to spell. Matt's done great 520 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 1: work for us all year. Thank you very much, Matt. 521 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,680 Speaker 1: Our Next is Handsome Hank, who delivered our defend your 522 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 1: Hero theme Defend your Hero. Great work there, and finally 523 00:30:49,400 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: k Rich's news theme song, Oh you gotta love it? Wow. 524 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: May I please just interrupt and quickly say that the 525 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:11,480 Speaker 1: k Rich headlines theme song has the most popular hashtag 526 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:16,760 Speaker 1: on Twitter bonker sex thank you. And I can't because 527 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: I wasn't in the room, but I think that the 528 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: committee took that into effect. They took that into consideration 529 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,440 Speaker 1: when they made their decision. But let's see, maybe that 530 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: that that put you over the hump and the award 531 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 1: for best show related sound effect goes to Matt money Smith. Listen, 532 00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 1: Matt k Rich. A lot of people are gonna say 533 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: you've been robbed here. Yeah, I think so. I think 534 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,320 Speaker 1: I think it was a close one. But I feel, 535 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 1: especially after you threw out that hashtag stuff, that's kind 536 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 1: of like the movie that spends all the money for 537 00:31:56,760 --> 00:32:00,479 Speaker 1: the advertisements in the trade papers like please for us, 538 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: and then they still don't get the nod. Very rarely 539 00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,600 Speaker 1: do I see West really agitated, but he is over there, West. 540 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,840 Speaker 1: What's up? I am persona non grated to the committee here, 541 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:14,360 Speaker 1: No win wests toaster, no will Wessie his softball pants. Wow, snub, 542 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: that's interesting. I feel like that. Susan Lucci of Sound 543 00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 1: Effects Awards. Wow, talk about a snub. And that's fair 544 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:31,719 Speaker 1: because that is fair. Most of these awards have five 545 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: entries and they went with just four, and there's no 546 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: there's It's like the committee went out of their way 547 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: to spite me. You can admire. Actually, I like a 548 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,360 Speaker 1: good spite. Susan Lucci at least gets nominated. Matt money 549 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 1: Smith has a voice that it's like Tom brocost sounds 550 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,320 Speaker 1: like Nicole Richie. Actually, let's hear, hey, car Ridge, can 551 00:32:54,360 --> 00:32:59,479 Speaker 1: we hear a couple more of some more of matting up? 552 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 1: Won't pick you up from the airport? I love that 553 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: one voted against Josh Freeman as Captain were of the school. 554 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: But Hart knos you know what, guys, I have something 555 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,040 Speaker 1: for you, a sound effect for you that you might 556 00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 1: not remember. There's two people in this room. Who may 557 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:25,720 Speaker 1: not remember it? Are you ready? Yeah? Whoa? What is 558 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:37,880 Speaker 1: this fancy yeah news? The Chance It's t round the League? 559 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: Life of Flame Boys, pig skins hot to Wow. Yes 560 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 1: that was actually what a pop from the Christans Cold 561 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: Galloway on Twitter requested just for old times sake, can 562 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,160 Speaker 1: we please hear the and Zeus and Mr Fancy Pants 563 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:05,480 Speaker 1: song one more time? There it is. I felt like 564 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 1: the right spot. The Flames need their NFL news and 565 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:13,120 Speaker 1: here's their chance inspired lyrics. I'm just excited that. I 566 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,400 Speaker 1: still can't believe how upset Westerley like that. For a second, 567 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 1: I though it's justified. Though I thought for a second 568 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: he was being a nice guy and being upset for 569 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,560 Speaker 1: the sake of Crystal not winning. And I was like, oh, 570 00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 1: he's being a good guy. But I should have known 571 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 1: it was just all about Wesley. It was well, you know, 572 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: when we had when we had the issue with the 573 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: toast or the last game with the incorrect final question, 574 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 1: West was legitimately pumped up. He wanted to keep the 575 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,920 Speaker 1: toasters this week Chemosobby, I didn't have any issues with 576 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 1: the toast, and you know, it just shows the man 577 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:49,959 Speaker 1: has invested in anything toaster related. Hey, when you put 578 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 1: yourself on the line in competition, you are invested naturally. 579 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,279 Speaker 1: All right. Probably, probably, we'll see and that will be 580 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 1: a very that will be a touchdown moment for the 581 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 1: show if it happens. And Greg, that takes us to 582 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 1: our final award of the mid season show. Are you ready? 583 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,120 Speaker 1: I couldn't be more excited. What is the award? Well, 584 00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:21,440 Speaker 1: the award is the worst show prediction of the first half. Um, 585 00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: each of us, all four of us, made mistakes and 586 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:30,839 Speaker 1: our in in our prognostications in August it happens. Anybody 587 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:33,800 Speaker 1: that does this for a living is gonna make mistakes. Uh, 588 00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: we all made some pretty grim ones. So let's go 589 00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,439 Speaker 1: down the list, and I'll just let you know that 590 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 1: the committee actually in this case, uh, washed their hands 591 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: of it. It was a little too close. So we 592 00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:50,400 Speaker 1: sent it out to Dave damashek ran by him the 593 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:53,320 Speaker 1: four choices for the worst predictions, and he made the 594 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:58,080 Speaker 1: final decision. Seems fair, sort of seems somewhat fair, all right, 595 00:35:58,239 --> 00:36:01,040 Speaker 1: So here are the nominees for worst show prediction of 596 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:06,200 Speaker 1: the first half. The Bucks the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will 597 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: make the playoffs. Mark Seiler, defend your hero, Mark, do 598 00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 1: you want to? You know, I went back and looked 599 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 1: at this article, and I real quick I felt for 600 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:23,920 Speaker 1: the combination of Doug Martin, who I really thought was 601 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 1: an ascendant back the Darrell Rivas secondary what I thought 602 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,960 Speaker 1: was a good line and a good couple of wide receivers. 603 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,440 Speaker 1: And I said, at the end, of course, there's another 604 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: scenario where Josh Freeman collapses. Mike Glennon has rushed into 605 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: action in the offense fractures to pieces. By week eight 606 00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,680 Speaker 1: on defense, Revas might never be the same guy again, 607 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,200 Speaker 1: or in this case used the way he was. I 608 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: spent the whole article saying that wouldn't happen. So I 609 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:56,320 Speaker 1: got this wrong. No, and I the Shiano Freeman factor 610 00:36:56,480 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 1: couldn't have ended any worse than it has in the office. 611 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:03,160 Speaker 1: Really collassed by week one? Right, this deserves to be 612 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:08,280 Speaker 1: in this category. Okay, next nominee. There is no possible 613 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,400 Speaker 1: way the Raiders win six games. Also known as the 614 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: softball pants bet Chris Wesley West Well, for all the 615 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,120 Speaker 1: folks out there who don't know how they started and 616 00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 1: are making the leap series, Mark Sessler uh volunteer to 617 00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,919 Speaker 1: take Dennis Allen making the leap. At the time, Matt 618 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 1: Flynn was the starting quarterback. Mark proposed that they would 619 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: win six games, and I said, uh, quite fraguently, they 620 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:42,200 Speaker 1: will not not fragrantly the pants could be fragrant that 621 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,399 Speaker 1: they if they if they win six games, I'll leat 622 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,880 Speaker 1: my softball pants. And uh. I had no idea that 623 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,080 Speaker 1: Terrell Prior would take over as the quarterback and play 624 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,160 Speaker 1: as well as he has, and I think he's been 625 00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:56,600 Speaker 1: definitely been the uh instigator for their they haven't done 626 00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,879 Speaker 1: it yet. These are the Raiders we're talking about. We're 627 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,719 Speaker 1: just kind of a sue. Mean, they're going to get 628 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,759 Speaker 1: there then. Well, the other fact that their defense is 629 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,439 Speaker 1: a top ten defense, and I think most people thought 630 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 1: they would be bringing up the rear. Where did this 631 00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: come from this team? I don't understand. Like we we 632 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: wrote about them with confidence, calling them the least talented 633 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:15,640 Speaker 1: roster in the ANFC on both sides of the ball. 634 00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,520 Speaker 1: I mean, there's some stuff if you, if if anyone 635 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:19,400 Speaker 1: wants to go look at what we were writing about, 636 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,799 Speaker 1: that just us. But let's let's keep it in house. 637 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:25,040 Speaker 1: In the sense that we were all wrong about the Raiders. 638 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:27,319 Speaker 1: West went out on the line and basically said, I'm 639 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:30,200 Speaker 1: so confident that they'll be horrible that yes, I'll eat 640 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,759 Speaker 1: my softball pants of LUSI. I think a lot of 641 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:33,759 Speaker 1: us would have said. That's to say bet completely safe. 642 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,120 Speaker 1: Defense is so unpredictable year to year, Rob Ryan and 643 00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,319 Speaker 1: the Saints that can happen. Great offenses usually just don't 644 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 1: come out of nowhere, but sometimes defenses do if you 645 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,319 Speaker 1: have the right coach. And Denis Allen asked, made the leap. 646 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,320 Speaker 1: He has to get a ton of credit for taking 647 00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,399 Speaker 1: six or seven random free agents and making that into 648 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,040 Speaker 1: such a good defe The defense it's not throughout prior. 649 00:38:53,239 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: Prior is part of it, but well, if you come on, 650 00:38:55,800 --> 00:39:00,359 Speaker 1: here's prior. Also in this sense, most of the talk 651 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:03,520 Speaker 1: revolving on the Raiders in August was was about lampooning 652 00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,040 Speaker 1: their offensive line. They're bringing in guys off the street, 653 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,000 Speaker 1: and when you have Matt Flynn, that's a major issue 654 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: because he can't move. But prior makes an offensive line 655 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: look a lot better. And we saw Flynn for one 656 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,440 Speaker 1: week and that team was That team would not have 657 00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: won six games on any level with Flynn starting for 658 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,720 Speaker 1: that game against the Steeler. Is a perfect example that offense, 659 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:24,520 Speaker 1: any other, any other defense that the Raiders or most 660 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,359 Speaker 1: teams would have had, would have given up that lead, 661 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,840 Speaker 1: and they held it despite the offense not moving the 662 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:34,040 Speaker 1: ball at all. Alright, our next nominee, Ben Roethlisberger, will 663 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:39,120 Speaker 1: win the two thousand thirteen m VP Award by Greg Rosal. 664 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 1: That's some it's not looking too good. Seven games into 665 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,040 Speaker 1: the season, two and five record, probably a production of 666 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,840 Speaker 1: maybe the twenty quarterback have him in the top fifteen 667 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:54,359 Speaker 1: of his completion percentages up his yards pertempts about the same. 668 00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:58,160 Speaker 1: It was a terrible, terrible decision. I I will ride 669 00:39:58,200 --> 00:40:01,480 Speaker 1: with Ben Roethlisberger as an under rated great quarterback forever. 670 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:03,919 Speaker 1: I clearly picked the wrong year to think he would 671 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:05,879 Speaker 1: have a career year, and I thought the Steelers would 672 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,839 Speaker 1: be good, and that's part of picking the m v P. 673 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,120 Speaker 1: I thought the Steelers would be eleven and five twelve 674 00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,279 Speaker 1: and four, and uh, that was pretty terrible. He's a 675 00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,360 Speaker 1: two time Super winner. I don't think he's an m 676 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:17,160 Speaker 1: v P pick this year. And that was an edgy, 677 00:40:17,239 --> 00:40:20,160 Speaker 1: strange bet. But this is not This is not as 678 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,839 Speaker 1: out from left field as some of these other ones. 679 00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,840 Speaker 1: And I am unwilling to, but it's going along with this. 680 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: If it wins, it's going just as wrong. Even if 681 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 1: it wasn't as crazy, it's going pretty wrong, right. I 682 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,000 Speaker 1: think if the site we could find something that Greg's written, 683 00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:36,719 Speaker 1: that's a little bit more of a loss than this, 684 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 1: to be honest, and uh, in Greg's defense, big Ben 685 00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,920 Speaker 1: has made some of the best throws I've seen this year. Yeah, 686 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,359 Speaker 1: give him the trophy. That's why it's like, oh, this 687 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,319 Speaker 1: is Greg's bad bet and like go by the way 688 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:51,040 Speaker 1: caveat best percentage throwing great. It's like, no, no, no no, 689 00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:53,480 Speaker 1: We're gonna find something that came from the Rose and 690 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,000 Speaker 1: Tall files. It's a little more putred than this, I 691 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: promise the challenges on alright. The final nominee like a 692 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,400 Speaker 1: little edge of the room with this category, Nona, this 693 00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:04,239 Speaker 1: is this is a lot riding here. The final nominee, 694 00:41:04,960 --> 00:41:08,560 Speaker 1: Brandon Weedon will have a Pro Bowl level year. Dan 695 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:14,600 Speaker 1: hansis now let me just say um, let's get into 696 00:41:14,600 --> 00:41:16,640 Speaker 1: the details of your prediction. Let me let me just 697 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:20,160 Speaker 1: say this. I will say this. Of these four predictions, mine, 698 00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,640 Speaker 1: I like to think, is the only one that's really 699 00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:24,879 Speaker 1: out on a limb. A guy that had never done 700 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,160 Speaker 1: anything as a rookie. Well, he had a very up 701 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:29,759 Speaker 1: and down rookie year. Nobody really thought much of the 702 00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,040 Speaker 1: Browns heading into this year. I said he was going 703 00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:34,080 Speaker 1: to make the leap, and I based it off, as 704 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:37,360 Speaker 1: you're saying, Greg, I based it off two preseason games 705 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:41,239 Speaker 1: where he looked really good in retrospect and retrospect that 706 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:46,439 Speaker 1: was a mistake. However, I was not the only one 707 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,160 Speaker 1: that thought this, and I went back, I went back 708 00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:56,560 Speaker 1: into our archive and Crystal. But I like watching Weeden 709 00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,920 Speaker 1: because when when in this game it's all vertical, it's 710 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:04,799 Speaker 1: all down the field, he's getting protected. Well, they're being aggressive. 711 00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:13,839 Speaker 1: They're kind of fun to watch. That day. I made 712 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:15,920 Speaker 1: fun of you that week for what a bad prediction 713 00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,440 Speaker 1: it was. At the time, I said, it's ridiculous that 714 00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,719 Speaker 1: you were calling him a playoff team after two preseason games, 715 00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,880 Speaker 1: that it means nothing. In that same episode, my point, 716 00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,239 Speaker 1: my point was, I actually did not go looking for 717 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,120 Speaker 1: Greg Rosenthal sound bite. I went looking for my sound 718 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,520 Speaker 1: bite when I got up on on a mountain and 719 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:36,799 Speaker 1: said he was going to throw thirty touchdown passes. But 720 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:40,040 Speaker 1: I found that thirty two, and then I found and 721 00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:43,120 Speaker 1: I found you guys, and I found some brown stalk 722 00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:45,279 Speaker 1: where there was optimism in this very room. And it 723 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:47,960 Speaker 1: wasn't just me. My point being terrible job by me. 724 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,920 Speaker 1: I got way too excited based off the preseason. I'll 725 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:53,160 Speaker 1: learn from that. But I wasn't alone thinking weed And 726 00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:57,200 Speaker 1: could possibly do something. Stop laughing at me. I had 727 00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,520 Speaker 1: him at six and ten. All right, that clip was 728 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:06,719 Speaker 1: pretty damning, though, respect that sneak attack though that was good. 729 00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:11,560 Speaker 1: All right. Now for the final award for the worst 730 00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:14,080 Speaker 1: show prediction of the first half of the two thousand thirteen. 731 00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:21,480 Speaker 1: The winner is, as chosen by Dave Damnascheck, Brandon Weedon 732 00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:26,759 Speaker 1: will have a pro bowl. I support this, and just 733 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,719 Speaker 1: as an extension of what I just said, I I 734 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:33,840 Speaker 1: accept this. I take this trophy. It's a badge of 735 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,920 Speaker 1: honor for me. I made a bad prediction, but I 736 00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,640 Speaker 1: went out on a limb, and uh, you know what 737 00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,680 Speaker 1: can you do patting yourself on the back for going 738 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,799 Speaker 1: out on a limb? Now, I'm I'm basically saying that 739 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:47,759 Speaker 1: I failed miserably, but at least I tried. If I 740 00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:49,920 Speaker 1: had predicted Blaine gamber to do the same thing, it 741 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:53,960 Speaker 1: would have been even better. Yes, yes. According to Bally, 742 00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:59,160 Speaker 1: that's basically it. No, that's a huge check out, it right, 743 00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,000 Speaker 1: And actually the um, if I could, if you could 744 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,680 Speaker 1: just bear with me for one second, I'd like to 745 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,319 Speaker 1: pull up checks email to me. When I gave him 746 00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:09,640 Speaker 1: the choices, he wrote, UM, something I can't say on 747 00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,279 Speaker 1: the air. Then he wrote, this is the opposite of 748 00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:15,440 Speaker 1: Sophie's choice. They all deserve to get buried. And then 749 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:19,520 Speaker 1: he said my choice and a hyperlink to Brandon Weeden's 750 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,319 Speaker 1: sad face. So listen that it is what it is. 751 00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,960 Speaker 1: I I failed, but I think we all fail from 752 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:28,880 Speaker 1: time to time. I just failed harder in this case. 753 00:44:30,040 --> 00:44:34,560 Speaker 1: Shut up. It's like it's like Bill Parcel said, no 754 00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,759 Speaker 1: one could ever tell you that you couldn't do it, Dan, 755 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:42,040 Speaker 1: because he did it. By the way, back to the 756 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:46,759 Speaker 1: Dan goes Tony Romo m v P last season, I 757 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,920 Speaker 1: think you've outdone it. Where where are you gonna go 758 00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: next year? I I don't have any luck for the 759 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:55,000 Speaker 1: m v P this year. Well, I'm just saying some 760 00:44:55,080 --> 00:44:58,200 Speaker 1: predictions that didn't necessarily go so rosy. You got that 761 00:44:58,239 --> 00:45:01,040 Speaker 1: going on? That's equality that you bring the type that 762 00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,120 Speaker 1: that's what I go for. Wild card the wild card. 763 00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,919 Speaker 1: All right. So that brings to a conclusion the first 764 00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:10,719 Speaker 1: midseason awards for the Around the League podcast. Um, thank 765 00:45:10,760 --> 00:45:13,920 Speaker 1: you to ky Ridge behind the Glass. Just elegant today, 766 00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:19,799 Speaker 1: lovely elegant and lovely. Thank you guys, look ver. Yes, 767 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,560 Speaker 1: and maybe for the end of year awards if we 768 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:25,239 Speaker 1: ever do this again, we can get Prianka to do 769 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:31,359 Speaker 1: some type of musical act contribution. She tweeted back at her. 770 00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,960 Speaker 1: You you could say I could get her in a 771 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,799 Speaker 1: lot of ways. I think, you know, I think there's 772 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,000 Speaker 1: a real connection there between me and that Indian pop star. 773 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:45,920 Speaker 1: Stop laughing. Um, but yeah, So thank you for listening, 774 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:48,960 Speaker 1: and we will be back on Friday with a more 775 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:52,000 Speaker 1: sane podcast that includes a Thursday night review of the 776 00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:55,040 Speaker 1: game and uh look ahead to all of Sunday's games 777 00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,840 Speaker 1: and our picks. Until then, this is Dan Hansi signing 778 00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,920 Speaker 1: off for the Mailman, the Sizzle, Her the Boss came, 779 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,120 Speaker 1: Rick brind the Glass, and Lyle the intern, who did 780 00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:06,240 Speaker 1: not help out at all with the awards. So Lyle 781 00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:15,720 Speaker 1: continues to be completely useless until Friday.