Speaker 1: Welcome in What's Right with the Great episode four to eleven,
Speaker 1: a combo episode. We are going to be doing our
Speaker 1: pick show and our full wild Card weekend preview show. Uh,
Speaker 1: those are kind of one and the same. You're gonna
Speaker 1: get an idea of where I'm leaning on picks when
Speaker 1: we do the wild Card weekend preview and also something
Speaker 1: of a playoff preview and also demands perfect U outfit
Speaker 1: for you out. It's a weird term wardrobe maybe given
Speaker 1: that this is our first show, first sports show. I
Speaker 1: hope people checked out Thursday show, which was a far
Speaker 1: different type.
Speaker 2: Of show.
Speaker 1: Since John Harbaugh got fired, and we're gonna get to that.
Speaker 1: So I don't know if you're wearing that signal to
Speaker 1: the Ravens, like you know you're available.
Speaker 2: For I'm riding with them through everything. You know, I
Speaker 2: trust and believe they were on way up. I love
Speaker 2: it. It's a good listen.
Speaker 1: It's a really good franchise that we're gonna get to
Speaker 1: the Ravens piece. Shortly the we I did Tuesday show
Speaker 1: and I kept saying like, by the time you listen
Speaker 1: to this, I wonder if John Harball will have been
Speaker 1: fired And for a lot of people. I bet by
Speaker 1: the time they listened to it, John Harbaugh had been fired,
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl rings. He has three. The most is six.
Speaker 1: This is a ridiculous, silly thing from an old man,
Speaker 1: and my college football playoff semi final prediction. I think
Speaker 1: we are getting Indiana Miami. I would like Ole Miss
Speaker 1: to win, but I just because I really would like
Speaker 1: it to really stick it to Lane Kiffin, But I
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Speaker 1: By the way, I just you know what's funny, people
Speaker 1: are hearing this Friday, so they'll know who won Miami
Speaker 1: ole Miss. That will have already happened. We'll see if
Speaker 1: I'm right. This could be just dated already. But it's
Speaker 1: wild Guard weekend, my second favorite football weekend of the year.
Speaker 1: My favorite football weekend of the year's Divisional round weekend.
Speaker 1: Wild Guard weekends my second favorite. Let's get right into
Speaker 1: a pal.
Speaker 2: So the playoffs are officially here, Wildcard weekend coming up.
Speaker 2: A lot of the big dogs are missing out of
Speaker 2: the playoffs. So with that being said, in the teams
Speaker 2: that you see, what are some of the big storylines
Speaker 2: that you'll be following in this postseason?
Speaker 1: So top five storylines in order. I think I reserve
Speaker 1: the right to revise it. And I listen. I saw
Speaker 1: my friend Mina Chimes and Dominique Foxworth mocking this idea,
Speaker 1: but respectfully, they're wrong. The most interesting story about these
Speaker 1: these NFL playoffs are is this the year Josh Allen
Speaker 1: breaks through. I understand they're the sixth seed. I understand
Speaker 1: they are a flawed team with a bad run defense,
Speaker 1: but this is not Josh Allen on the Washington Generals.
Speaker 1: They have the rushing champ, they have an excellent pass defense,
Speaker 1: they have a great offensive line that there it would be.
Speaker 1: It's going to take greatness from Josh Allen to make
Speaker 1: it through on the road this playoff field, but it's doable.
Speaker 1: And I wonder I for Bills fans, forget for Josh.
Speaker 1: Would Bills fans rather have a better team, the best
Speaker 1: Bills team, whatever year you think that is, but have
Speaker 1: Mahomes and Burrow in the field, or a flawed team
Speaker 1: but have no Mahomes in Burrow. I think Bill's fans
Speaker 1: would say, give me the flawed team on the road
Speaker 1: without the bugeyman plus Joe Burrow sitting in the bracket,
Speaker 1: and I think the Bills can do it now. I
Speaker 1: also think the Jags are a very dangerous team. I
Speaker 1: said this on TV. I don't know if I said
Speaker 1: it on here, and you'll find you'll find out who
Speaker 1: I'm picking in this game later in the show. But
Speaker 1: I believe the winner of this game is going to
Speaker 1: win the AFC. I believe in both of these teams
Speaker 1: more than I believe in the top two seeds, the
Speaker 1: Patriots and the Broncos. So that is to me. Storyline
Speaker 1: number one is Can and Josh Allen breakthrough. That's the
Speaker 1: most interesting storyline. Storyline number two is will any of
Speaker 1: these year two quarterbacks go on a run? You have Caleb,
Speaker 1: you have Drake, you have bo Drake has the most
Speaker 1: well rounded team. Well, I don't know. The Broncos might
Speaker 1: be a more well rounded team than the Patriot. The
Speaker 1: Broncos let me, I take that back, because I actually
Speaker 1: part of the reason that I think the Patriots are
Speaker 1: better than the Broncos is because I think Drake is
Speaker 1: so much better than bow Knicks. But if you were to,
Speaker 1: if you take the quarterbacks off of it and evaluate
Speaker 1: the rosters, it's probably Broncos number one. The Bears are
Speaker 1: an interesting one because the offense is so good, but
Speaker 1: the defense of those three teams is the shakiest. But
Speaker 1: here's what I'm getting at, Demanse and listen, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't believe in bo Knicks, but it's the number
Speaker 1: one seed, and if he goes on a playoff run,
Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm gonna say. Yeah, we live
Speaker 1: in a world where Mahomes missed the playoffs and just
Speaker 1: tore his Aco Lamar missed the playoffs as coach, just
Speaker 1: got fired. Joe Burrow missed the playoffs for the third
Speaker 1: straight year. Okay, if one of these second year quarterbacks
Speaker 1: goes on a real run, wins multiple playoff games, shows
Speaker 1: up in the super Bowl, whomever it is, assuming again,
Speaker 1: and I don't even really want to include bon Nicks
Speaker 1: in this, but I have to be fair, assuming that
Speaker 1: it's not the two thousand Ravens way to the super Bowl,
Speaker 1: that the offense more than carries its weight, which obviously
Speaker 1: would have to happen with the Patriots or the Bears. Right,
Speaker 1: does that top of the NFL, not the very top,
Speaker 1: but the top ish of the NFL quarterback pyramid have
Speaker 1: to start to include one of these kids?
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: Like the if Drake May and the Patriots make the
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. I already think Drake May is probably a
Speaker 1: top five quarterback. Then it becomes undeniable if Caleb puts
Speaker 1: it all together. God forbid, if bow Knicks wins two
Speaker 1: playoff games and makes like, so, which of these young
Speaker 1: quarterbacks are any of them gonna go on a run?
Speaker 1: And are any of these young quarterbacks bo at least
Speaker 1: has been to the playoffs going to have you know,
Speaker 1: those first playoff game jitters or first real expectations in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, you know, stumble That to me is the
Speaker 1: second biggest storyline. Go ahead. It seem like you want
Speaker 1: to say.
Speaker 2: Something No, I mean, but bo Nicks can there. I
Speaker 2: feel like you'd attribute it. You would attribute that to
Speaker 2: the defense carrying. I think it also depends on how
Speaker 2: they how they do on the run.
Speaker 1: Right, you gotta see how the game plays out. I
Speaker 1: think the third biggest storyline is and again I know
Speaker 1: that I'm quarterback centric in this, but because the storylines
Speaker 1: are typically third biggest storyline is what if Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: goes on a run? I don't I don't think it's likely,
Speaker 1: but after that game against Baltimore, I don't think it's.
Speaker 2: Impossible that where another super Bowl.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, the guy's got four MVPs. The guy
Speaker 1: as regular season wise, he's a top three quarterback of
Speaker 1: all time, and so I obviously winning a super Bowl
Speaker 1: puts him in a the It's a totally different world
Speaker 1: in a super Bowl. But I don't even if he
Speaker 1: just they break the the Steelers break their decade long
Speaker 1: playoff win drought, pull off some upsets, they show up
Speaker 1: in a conference championship game be unbelievable and so I
Speaker 1: and the Browns game was an abomination. But aside from that,
Speaker 1: he's been really good for the last five weeks. And
Speaker 1: he gets dk Metcalf.
Speaker 2: Back, So no DK insane.
Speaker 1: I know the and not having DK almost costs him
Speaker 1: the their season. I think the fourth biggest storyline is,
Speaker 1: and maybe this should have been bigger, is what if
Speaker 1: the Eagles repeat? Yeah, nobody under the radar. They've kind
Speaker 1: of been flying under the radar as a defending Super
Speaker 1: Bowl champion, and I think it's because they have seen
Speaker 1: flawed so flawed all year. But if they go back, like,
Speaker 1: if they go back to back, what that means for
Speaker 1: everyone involved on that team all of a sudden, Jalen
Speaker 1: Hurts is a no doubt Hall of Famer, the you know,
Speaker 1: the Howie Roseman and the Eagles. Maybe they got an
Speaker 1: argument that they, not the Chiefs, are the the prestige franchise. Well,
Speaker 1: I listen the Chiefs. The Chiefs have been to five
Speaker 1: Super Bowls in seven years now and one three. The
Speaker 1: Eagles would have been to three and four years one two.
Speaker 1: And then if we extend it back to Foles, it's
Speaker 1: hard to call that like part of this. It's a
Speaker 1: different coach, it's a different quarterback, but it would have
Speaker 1: been they've been. If they win this year that in
Speaker 1: nine years, Demons, they went to four super Bowls, won three.
Speaker 1: That's pretty unbelievable.
Speaker 2: It's so hard to imagine them repeating give and other season.
Speaker 1: That's the thing I just don't. It doesn't seem possible.
Speaker 1: But maybe. But they're big favorites, relatively big favorites against
Speaker 1: the Niners in round one. No one would be shocked
Speaker 1: if they went on the road and beat Chicago in
Speaker 1: round two. And if Chicago loses in round one, then
Speaker 1: Philly would be home for round two, like there's a
Speaker 1: path there. And then number five is which of the
Speaker 1: two NFC West Juggernaut teams is able to in the
Speaker 1: playoffs look the way they did most of the regular season,
Speaker 1: which is like the best team in football for either
Speaker 1: of them, the Rams and the Seahawks. The Rams path
Speaker 1: is harder, but their quarterback is so much better. The
Speaker 1: Seahawks being at home, being rested, being healthy, with that
Speaker 1: defense in that crowd. Dude, I am not dismissing at
Speaker 1: all the very real possibility of the Seattle Seahawks winning
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. I think that's Sam Darnold. The Seahawks
Speaker 1: can win the Super Bowl. I can't believe it. I
Speaker 1: think right now my pick would be Matt Stafford in
Speaker 1: the Rams, but I think Seahawks can do it. So
Speaker 1: those are my five biggest storylines. We'll get to hardballs
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Speaker 1: All right, demanse, let's get to harball before we get
Speaker 1: to some of the other games.
Speaker 2: All right, So, sadly, after eighteen seasons twelve postseason ofppearances
Speaker 2: in the Super Bowl Ring, the Ravens are a partner
Speaker 2: ways with John Harball. You everything would call this on Tuesday,
Speaker 2: But now that it's official, where are the Ravens going?
Speaker 1: So it's really interesting interviewing Brian Flores found that out today.
Speaker 1: I I would be really interested in Mike McDaniel just
Speaker 1: got fired and a lot of people are connecting Harball
Speaker 1: to the Dolphins.
Speaker 2: Couldn't see him coaching.
Speaker 1: I couldn't see who coaching was.
Speaker 2: I couldn't see Harrorball coaching in Miami.
Speaker 1: Well, I think there's like a weird Steve I think
Speaker 1: I should know this. I think there's some Michigan connections
Speaker 1: Stephen Ross, but it doesn't matter. Like the I think
Speaker 1: it'd be hard to go from Lamar Jackson to.
Speaker 2: Two.
Speaker 1: But they're not even gonna have TUA, Like, what are
Speaker 1: they gonna do?
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: Miami's in a tough spot. What's funny not funny. But
Speaker 1: what's interesting is I thought Mike McDaniel as the Ravens
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator was an awesome idea, Like Matt running game
Speaker 1: that he developed, except you have Lamar and Derrick Henry,
Speaker 1: like that would be you know, Mike McDaniel as it
Speaker 1: was like Matt Nagy's leaving the Chiefs. I know it's
Speaker 1: different systems and everything, but man, oh man, Mike McDaniel's
Speaker 1: the Chiefs offensive coordinator is something I'm super intrigued by,
Speaker 1: even though I think it's very unlikely. Now, maybe McDaniel
Speaker 1: thinks he's gonna step into a head coaching job. That
Speaker 1: would surprise me. I don't think he's gonna go right,
Speaker 1: but maybe he will. His record wasn't terrible. The team
Speaker 1: didn't quit at the end, and some people might be like,
Speaker 1: look at what he did with Tua. As far as
Speaker 1: the Ravens decision on firing Harball, I there was no decision, guys,
Speaker 1: the and I've done enough victory lapping on Twitter, so
Speaker 1: I don't need to. And it's not victory lapping about
Speaker 1: someone losing their job, to be clear, victory lapping on
Speaker 1: I told you guys all year there was a problem
Speaker 1: between Lamar and Harba, and you guys thought I was
Speaker 1: just I spun a wheel. People thought like, oh, Nick
Speaker 1: just decided today he's going to create this out of
Speaker 1: thin air as opposed to a paying close attention to
Speaker 1: the incredibly odd objective fact that they didn't communicate about
Speaker 1: how hurt he was and also having a little behind
Speaker 1: the scenes insights. So their ability to ensure Lamar was
Speaker 1: a raven for life and was a raven next year
Speaker 1: was going to be kneecapped had they kept Harba. So
Speaker 1: they didn't, So they move on. And even though tell
Speaker 1: me if this makes sense to you, to Monsey, the
Speaker 1: odds are the next coach of the Ravens is not
Speaker 1: nearly as good of a coach as John Harball, but
Speaker 1: that doesn't mean that coach won't be the one to
Speaker 1: get him over the hump. He might be a worse coach.
Speaker 1: But also like that they just need something new or
Speaker 1: better luck or whatever it is, and that it felt
Speaker 1: like you couldn't just run it back again with Harball,
Speaker 1: so I felt like the move needed to be made,
Speaker 1: even though I think Harball is an excellent coach that
Speaker 1: tracked to you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely don't think the next coach that we
Speaker 2: would get will be better or as good as John Harball.
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be pretty hard to find. Belichick
Speaker 2: wanted them.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it sounds contradictory. There is the Belichick thing
Speaker 1: so interesting had he not had this embarrassment of a
Speaker 1: year in his co Jimmy, Yes, I really think so.
Speaker 1: And you wouldn't care that that he's old, that it's
Speaker 1: not long term, because it's like, no, we just need
Speaker 1: to get over the hum lamar For Harball, obviously, I
Speaker 1: think he could have his pick of jobs. If I'm
Speaker 1: John Harbaugh, I don't know that I want any of
Speaker 1: these jobs. I certainly because it was reported yesterday that
Speaker 1: he's going to wait a week before he starts taking interviews.
Speaker 1: I think that's smart because I'd be awful interested.
Speaker 2: In if.
Speaker 1: The Eagles, Bill's or Packers losing Round one to any
Speaker 1: of those teams, ownership decide we're gonna fire our coach
Speaker 1: to hire Harball. Now, on that note, I think Cincinnati
Speaker 1: should reach out to Harball's agent today and be like,
Speaker 1: if this job was open, would he take it? And
Speaker 1: if the answers yes, I'd fire Zach Taylor. Now that's
Speaker 1: not really Cincinnati's style. For Philadelphia, it might sound harsh,
Speaker 1: Sirianni is literally the defending Super Bowl champion, But Howie
Speaker 1: Roseman and Jeffrey Lourie have never cared about being harsh.
Speaker 1: They drafted Carson Wentz number two overall, gave him a
Speaker 1: huge contract, moved on from him. Doug Peterson won a
Speaker 1: Super Bowl with Nick Foles, then won a playoff game
Speaker 1: the next year with Nick Foles. They moved on from him.
Speaker 1: They moved like they will if they think they can
Speaker 1: get better, they will move on from somebody. And I
Speaker 1: think Harbaugh, who came like started coaching in Philly, I
Speaker 1: think that's really interesting there. Buffalo less interesting and he,
Speaker 1: Danny explained, I didn't quite follow it. He has some
Speaker 1: real like green Bay ties about like his who his
Speaker 1: agent is and green Bay. I don't totally follow. It
Speaker 1: doesn't matter, but it seemed like Lafloor. Midway through the
Speaker 1: season there was a little scuttle but about Lafleur not
Speaker 1: being quite as safe as people thought and how he
Speaker 1: hadn't gotten an extension. So if I'm horrible, I just
Speaker 1: want to wait and see do what does a job
Speaker 1: come open where the quarterback is set Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts,
Speaker 1: Jordan Love or am I gonna have to roll the
Speaker 1: Jackson Dart Dice or Atlanta with Michael Pennix. Like, so
Speaker 1: that's that's what I think.
Speaker 2: Is those places if you went over there would be
Speaker 2: more likely to move off the quarterback though, right, Like
Speaker 2: it's like, Oh, he's obvious, it's not the coach that's
Speaker 2: the problem. It's the quarterback more likely. Oh, you have
Speaker 2: a little bit more control over who's coming in.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I mean I think John Hart all get
Speaker 1: whatever he wants because there's also not another great head
Speaker 1: coaching option out there. It's not like there's also Sean
Speaker 1: Payton and Jim Arbaugh waiting in the wings or Ben Johnson.
Speaker 1: You know that guy doesn't seem to exist this cycle. Now,
Speaker 1: let me say this about what this means. Pardon me,
Speaker 1: guess what this means for Lamar.
Speaker 2: Come come with it next year, dude.
Speaker 1: They have changed defensive coordinators multiple times since he's been there. Again,
Speaker 1: no culpability on his end for that, just stating effect.
Speaker 1: They've changed offensive coordinators multiple times and they're about to
Speaker 1: do it again. They've now changed head coaches. They brought
Speaker 1: in Derrick Henry, who has been nothing but dominant since
Speaker 1: he became a Raven. We can argue about how good
Speaker 1: these picks were, but since Lamar has been there, they
Speaker 1: have spent three first round picks on wide receivers. They
Speaker 1: perennially lead the league or near the top of the
Speaker 1: league in Pro bowlers on the roster. And now I believe,
Speaker 1: with reason to believe, he got what he wanted and
Speaker 1: he's getting a new head coach. Got to go be
Speaker 1: awesome now. And more than being awesome, you gotta be available.
Speaker 1: You want to know a shocking fact, Demons, In the
Speaker 1: last five years, Lamar Jackson and always injured brittle Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow have played the exact same amount of games. No,
Speaker 1: that's true. I'm not making that up.
Speaker 2: That is an insane stuy.
Speaker 1: In the last five years, Lamar Jackson has played seventy
Speaker 1: regular season games and four playoff games and Joe Burrow's
Speaker 1: played sixty seven regular season games and seven playoff games.
Speaker 1: To the tune of them both playing in the last
Speaker 1: five years seventy four games in the last five years,
Speaker 1: they both have played in the playoffs two years and
Speaker 1: either missed or not been healthy for the playoffs the
Speaker 1: other three years. For context on that, in the last
Speaker 1: five years, Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes have also played
Speaker 1: the exact same number of games ninety three, So nineteen
Speaker 1: games more more than a full season and a playoff
Speaker 1: run of more availability. And the Lamar stat is stunning,
Speaker 1: isn't it? Because we look at Burrow as injury always,
Speaker 1: I thought, right, and with Joe we also like and
Speaker 1: there very what do you call it, like significant injuries?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like Joe Burrow, like, oh,
Speaker 1: he's out months with a turf toe. Oh, he's out
Speaker 1: the end of the season with the UCL Lamar. I
Speaker 1: couldn't when I didn't know that. When I was looking
Speaker 1: it up, I was just like, I'm curious.
Speaker 2: Well, you feel like with Lamar they are less crucial
Speaker 2: injuries than well.
Speaker 1: They're not. It hasn't been like needed surgery like Joe
Speaker 1: needed on both the right, but the it's stunning seventy
Speaker 1: four games each. So he's got to be available. He
Speaker 1: turned twenty nine yesterday. He's going to get the biggest
Speaker 1: contract in NFL history this offseason. It's got to go perform.
Speaker 1: And I'm not sitting here saying can't do it. But yeah,
Speaker 1: pretty big off season, Pretty big off season. All right,
Speaker 1: let's talk about some of the playoff games before we
Speaker 1: get to.
Speaker 2: Ours, so after your Chiefs got eliminated, you would need it.
Speaker 2: Immediately jumped onto the Buffalo bandwagon and said that they
Speaker 2: should win the super Bowl. But the problem is they
Speaker 2: play your Jags. They obviously have the prince that was
Speaker 2: promised on there, so you're in a little bit of debacle.
Speaker 2: You said that the winner of this game would go
Speaker 2: to the super Bowl. Do you care to explain that more?
Speaker 1: Yeah, listen, I just I I know that people think
Speaker 1: it's fastcile analysis. Just be like, Josh Allaen's best quarterback
Speaker 1: on the side of the bracket, so I'm picking him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, But in the.
Speaker 1: NFL playoffs, if you have a superhero, this is my
Speaker 1: old Jared Goff thing that people got mad at. Do
Speaker 1: you remember that the superhero and the civilian that I
Speaker 1: called Jared Goff a civilian, Yes, a civilian when they're
Speaker 1: superheroes and bo Nicks, C J. Stroud, Aaron Rodgers at
Speaker 1: this point in his career, why oh are civilians? Doesn't
Speaker 1: mean they're not good, but it does mean I can't
Speaker 1: imagine those guys are just going to put the team
Speaker 1: on their back a sin to a higher plane. Justin Herbert,
Speaker 1: who I do not believe it has the traits of
Speaker 1: a guy who could do that. He is. He's never
Speaker 1: done it, he's never shown it to us. But if
Speaker 1: it were to happen, it wouldn't come out of nowhere,
Speaker 1: right Drake May, by the way, saying with Trevor, let
Speaker 1: me say that about Trevor now. Trevor at least has
Speaker 1: won a playoff game and played well in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: But Trevor, he has the traits of a guy who
Speaker 1: could be a superhero. Was a projected superhero coming out
Speaker 1: of school, hasn't quite hit yet. Drake May looks like
Speaker 1: a young superhero. It's like, oh, Drake May checks all
Speaker 1: the boxes, but it's his first time ever in the playoffs.
Speaker 1: Josh Allen is a legit superhero hero in the prime
Speaker 1: of his career, has played great in the playoffs. The
Speaker 1: other guys who are his caliber of guaranteed future first
Speaker 1: ballot Hall of Famers in their prime are not in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Hard to pick against that team, however, and
Speaker 1: so I guess when I so if they win, I
Speaker 1: think the Jags are excellent, excellent, And if the Bills
Speaker 1: can go to Jacksonville and win, then they go to
Speaker 1: New England and win. They've already done it. Go to
Speaker 1: Denver and win, like they can beat all those teams. Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: on the other hand, has been the best team in
Speaker 1: the NFL, certainly the best team in the AFC for
Speaker 1: two months. And if they beat Buffalo, Do I think
Speaker 1: they can go to New England? Of course? Do I
Speaker 1: think in the AFC Championship game they could go to Denver?
Speaker 1: They just went to New England and dog, I'm to
Speaker 1: Denver and crushed them. Do I think that in round
Speaker 1: two if it happened to be this matchup, they could
Speaker 1: beat Pittsburgh or Houston. In Jacksonville, they already beat Houston
Speaker 1: and so I I just think those are I think
Speaker 1: the Bills are the scariest team because of Alan, and
Speaker 1: I think right now the Jags are the best team.
Speaker 1: And it's a brutal spot where I got to pick
Speaker 1: one of these two.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was about to say who who do you
Speaker 2: actually want to win? Though? Like what? Jack? Okay?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I want Trevor. Do you realize it would seem
Speaker 1: unfair if we went from since like first things first,
Speaker 1: and this podcast has been a thing, if the Super
Speaker 1: Bowls went from if it went Mahomes Mahomes missus a year,
Speaker 1: the borough year Mahomes Mahomes Mahomes AFC wise and in
Speaker 1: the year he's out. It's the guy that I'm the
Speaker 1: only national supporter of in Trevor Lawrence. Yea like that.
Speaker 1: It would it would just seem yeah, and so I
Speaker 1: would love it to be Trevor. NFL history tells us
Speaker 1: it should be Josh that this is this is his
Speaker 1: time now. But I will say this and the Ravens,
Speaker 1: I'm sure they didn't do it because of this stat
Speaker 1: or whatever, but the stat that I was telling you
Speaker 1: guys before the year, and hear what I'm saying here,
Speaker 1: because it's an interesting one. Every coach and quarterback combo
Speaker 1: that has ever won a Super Bowl together won their
Speaker 1: first super Bowl together within the first five years of
Speaker 1: being together. So like demons, do you follow what I'm
Speaker 1: saying there? You as an avatar for the audience like
Speaker 1: there is There has never been a coach quarterback combo
Speaker 1: that got over the hump and won a Super Bowl
Speaker 1: together that didn't get over the hump in their first
Speaker 1: five years. Now you might have won, you know, like
Speaker 1: Brady and Belichick also won one in year eighteen together,
Speaker 1: but you win. That was relevant this year for two
Speaker 1: combos Lamar and John har who've been together eight years,
Speaker 1: and Josh Allen and McDermott, who have been together eight years.
Speaker 1: I do not think McDermott's on the hot seat. However,
Speaker 1: losing in round one, even though they're the sixth seed
Speaker 1: and they're on the road, I think could put them
Speaker 1: on the hot seat. I also though, oh you think
Speaker 1: for sure?
Speaker 2: Yeah, because I think how you feel, how the world feels.
Speaker 2: This is supposed to be their year. Everybody's gone, and
Speaker 2: then you lose in round one, not even getting there.
Speaker 1: And here's the other thing. You're losing round one to
Speaker 1: a team that, even though they're thirteen and four and
Speaker 1: have been bludgeting people, nobody respects. Yeah, like I respect
Speaker 1: the Jags, but nobody it had somehow they like, let's
Speaker 1: say they drew the Patriots and lost in round one.
Speaker 1: I canna be like many Drake may vrabel this team.
Speaker 1: They were better all year. The Jags are a tough
Speaker 1: one certainly, and so I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I find it so fascinating. I cannot wait for That
Speaker 1: is the game of the weekend to me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're the easily All.
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Speaker 1: Philly for a minute before we get to our picks.
Speaker 2: Eagles are hosting the Niners this Sunday, and you know
Speaker 2: what everybody's going to be looking at. Can Philly's offense
Speaker 2: look normal? Can they play a decent game? Do you
Speaker 2: think that they'll be able to return to their Super
Speaker 2: Bowl self? As you said, it like a switch in
Speaker 2: the Niners game.
Speaker 1: So here's what I think is interesting. I think people
Speaker 1: forget what the Eagles offense looked like last postseason because
Speaker 1: it did not get rolling until the Conference championship game,
Speaker 1: and then it went into hyper drive. Conference Championship game,
Speaker 1: they scored fifty five points. The Super Bowl they scored forty.
Speaker 1: Round one against Green Bay Phillies scored twenty two points.
Speaker 1: Jalen threw for one hundred and thirty yards. Round two
Speaker 1: against the Rams, Jalen threw for one hundred and twenty
Speaker 1: eight yards. They scored eight points, which is really good.
Speaker 1: But if you remember that game is sixteen to fifteen
Speaker 1: entering the fourth quarter, and that the Eagles were settling
Speaker 1: for field goals, settling for field goal and then Saquon
Speaker 1: rips off the eighty yard or where he's slapping his helmet,
Speaker 1: but the passing game was not working, and then they
Speaker 1: had the really weird sequence at the end where the
Speaker 1: Rams almost ended up stealing it. And then come the
Speaker 1: Conference Championship game and Super Bowl. I mean they scored
Speaker 1: ninety five points of those two weeks, but even those
Speaker 1: two weeks, Jalen didn't throw for two point fifty in
Speaker 1: either of those games. Last year, the Eagles offense, when
Speaker 1: they we say it, got rolling. Jalen was very efficient.
Speaker 1: He took care of the ball. He had an unbelievable
Speaker 1: touchdown run in the RAM game. He you know, he
Speaker 1: crushed Washington with the tush pushes. That's when the member
Speaker 1: of the refs were like, we're gonna award a touchdown
Speaker 1: if you keep this shit up to Washington. But last
Speaker 1: year's Eagles playoff offense was Saquon being unreal. Jalen threw
Speaker 1: four in four games, seven hundred yard, seven hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty six yards. So it wasn't that all of a
Speaker 1: sudden the offense, the passing game started rolling. They were
Speaker 1: a dominant and they listen, they kicked the Chiefs assen
Speaker 1: the super I'm not taking anything away from them at all.
Speaker 1: The point I'm making is it wasn't okay, you know
Speaker 1: now we've got this playoff mode offense. It was the
Speaker 1: offense they've been all year. Saguon Barkley was freaking awesome.
Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts took care of the ball. That's the offense
Speaker 1: they were all year. That's the offense they were in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. If that trend of being the offense they
Speaker 1: were all year, there'll be that offense in the playoffs continues.
Speaker 1: They're in huge trouble because the offense they've been all
Speaker 1: year this year is terrible. Now they are drawing a
Speaker 1: bad defense. But I am I will admit I am
Speaker 1: a little nervous about the Eagles going on a run
Speaker 1: just because their fans are so obnoxious to me. But
Speaker 1: do you The Eagles have not scored more than twenty
Speaker 1: points against a playoff team since the Week three win
Speaker 1: against the Rams where they the blocked field goal returned
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. Since then, this is what they've scored
Speaker 1: against playoff teams. Seventeen against Denver, ten against the Packers,
Speaker 1: fifteen against the Bears, whose defense is not good, nineteen
Speaker 1: against the Chargers, twelve against the Bills. So I they're healthier,
Speaker 1: they have Lane Johnson back. I don't think that. I
Speaker 1: think that Eagles offense has been broken all year, and
Speaker 1: I don't believe Demonse it's going to all of a sudden.
Speaker 1: I don't think they can flip the switch. I also
Speaker 1: am curious in that game, and we'll get to it
Speaker 1: and picks in just a moment. Can the Niners offense
Speaker 1: be as prolific as they're gonna need to be against
Speaker 1: a defense that dominant? But it is time now for
Speaker 1: knicks picks, So Demanse, Oh, there it is, there's our
Speaker 1: friends bed. I was waiting for it. So in order
Speaker 1: to keep the five hundred or better streak alive, I
Speaker 1: think four of the five years on this pod, we've
Speaker 1: been five hundred or better. We needed to go three
Speaker 1: and two or better the final weekend. Let's go through it.
Speaker 1: Because we laid two and a half with Tampa. They
Speaker 1: won by two, so now we gotta go three and
Speaker 1: one down the stretch. Seattle minus one felt great the
Speaker 1: whole way. Raiders plus five and a half. I told
Speaker 1: you guys, my god, that Chiefs offense is just so bad.
Speaker 1: So now we just need one win in the late windows.
Speaker 1: Miami plus twelve felt dead pretty early. So it all
Speaker 1: came down to Pittsburgh against Baltimore, and you have I
Speaker 1: was rooting for Pittsburgh to win. Out right. That's great
Speaker 1: because I picked them. I know it makes you said,
Speaker 1: but I picked them, and I and I just the
Speaker 1: so I was rooting for it despite that. You should
Speaker 1: have seen how I reacted to Boswell's missed extra point.
Speaker 1: Because Boswell's miss missed extra point, I'm like, oh my god,
Speaker 1: plus three and a half is home. Like now, now
Speaker 1: there's no overtime there's no funny business. Now it's either
Speaker 1: gonna be a Raven's two point win or Pittsburgh. I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: a Raven's one point win or a Pittsburgh two point win.
Speaker 1: So we got it forty four, forty four and two.
Speaker 1: Nothing to write home about. You would have lost money
Speaker 1: on it because of the big but still going five
Speaker 1: hundred picking games is I'll call it difficult. I would
Speaker 1: like to do better. The only the only piece of
Speaker 1: our gambling show that was dominant. We'll get to it
Speaker 1: more in a moment was Demonse's teasers, which I am
Speaker 1: considering next year to Monsey putting real funds behind. Like
Speaker 1: I am, I'm I'm considering having a huge portion of
Speaker 1: my twenty twenty six football gambling portfolio b Demonse's teasers.
Speaker 1: I preciate you are. I mean, you really you can
Speaker 1: a great job that well, you did a great job.
Speaker 1: You It was just impressive. Yeah, we'll get We'll get
Speaker 1: to that in a moment. But now all lines are
Speaker 1: of course from hard Rock bet. But I'm told something
Speaker 1: that there's a twist this year.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, so we're gonna you're gonna be picking on
Speaker 2: all the games. But I'm gonna be going ahead to
Speaker 2: head with you in picking picking games as well. Where
Speaker 2: you you stepped over to the teaser landscape, I'm gonna
Speaker 2: step over to the pigs landscape.
Speaker 1: Okay, love it. And so I don't know where we
Speaker 1: agree or disagree, So why don't you. So you set
Speaker 1: up the you say the game, I'll say my pick,
Speaker 1: and then you say where you stand on it.
Speaker 2: Okay, So first we got the Rams minus ten and
Speaker 2: a half at Carolina. You're taking the Rams there.
Speaker 1: Listen, this is a I believe a square play. The
Speaker 1: home favorite. Home dogs, big home dogs in the playoffs
Speaker 1: are always cover. The producers tell me there have only
Speaker 1: been nine home dogs in the playoffs since nineteen seventy
Speaker 1: of greater than four points, and they're one and eight.
Speaker 1: The road favorite is one and eight against the spread.
Speaker 1: I understand that, and ten and a half is a
Speaker 1: ton of points. I just believe Carolina is not only
Speaker 1: the worst team that made the playoffs. I don't think
Speaker 1: they're a good team. I think that there were five
Speaker 1: or six teams that missed the playoffs that right now
Speaker 1: this week I think are better than Carolina. Yea, And
Speaker 1: the fact that the Rams played them and lost to them.
Speaker 1: Will give the Rams just enough appropriate fear to know.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter that we're double digit favorites. We have
Speaker 1: to take care of business. I will swallow this huge
Speaker 1: number and lay the ten and a half with the Rams.
Speaker 2: Your thoughts done, I'm taking I'm taking Carolina there. I
Speaker 2: knew you would. I'm yeah, no, I'm I trust Carolina.
Speaker 2: And that's It's a lot of points.
Speaker 1: Honestly, Yeah, I was gonna say, you just like the points.
Speaker 1: It's totally fine. It's a lot of points.
Speaker 2: So that's that's why I am there. I mean, all right,
Speaker 2: next one, the next one, you got Chicago plus one
Speaker 2: versus Green Bay.
Speaker 1: Listen, Chicago's at home, and I think they're better than
Speaker 1: the Packers, and they have played the Packers twice. Both
Speaker 1: games came down to the final moments. But the Packers
Speaker 1: are the are not the same team from an injury
Speaker 1: perspective as they were right, Jordan Love hasn't played the
Speaker 1: Packers obviously, don't have Mica, don't have Tucker Kraft, don't
Speaker 1: have a lot of key guys. They when they played
Speaker 1: the Bears the first time, Caleb had to pass into
Speaker 1: the end zone to potentially you know, tie the game.
Speaker 1: I think they probably would have gone for two. He
Speaker 1: threw the pick, and when they played him the second time,
Speaker 1: he had the pass in overtime to win the game.
Speaker 1: I think the Bears are better. The Bears are at home,
Speaker 1: the Bears are healthier. I did not like how the
Speaker 1: Bears played this weekend. I still think the Packers won
Speaker 1: nine games because they were about the quality. Once everybody
Speaker 1: got hurt of a nine win team, I'll take Chicago
Speaker 1: plus one.
Speaker 2: The Bears might have the better coach. Oh you know
Speaker 2: these days. Uh, but yeah, I took Chicago there too.
Speaker 2: I don't know if you said.
Speaker 1: That the Okay, so we're on the same page there.
Speaker 2: All right, name page there? Jacksonville plus one versus Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I'm taking the Jags plus the points. And
Speaker 1: you might say, what points?
Speaker 2: It's point.
Speaker 1: I gotta be honest with my dear friends at hard Rock. Bet.
Speaker 1: I'm disappointed that I can't that this isn't one and
Speaker 1: a half, and I really want that half point because
Speaker 1: I think let's so let me explain my pick here, Okay.
Speaker 1: I I think Jacksonville is the more well rounded team
Speaker 1: and the team that currently is playing better. I also
Speaker 1: think Buffalo's tendency to play poor early and then rally
Speaker 1: late could be a problem for them in this game
Speaker 1: if Jacksonville's able to shorten the game by efficient passing
Speaker 1: and running the ball with ETN. I also the reason
Speaker 1: I said I want that half point is for some
Speaker 1: reason or another deep down kind of think Buffalo is
Speaker 1: gonna win this game by one, and so like that
Speaker 1: a twenty four to twenty three Bills win. And so
Speaker 1: I know this is the definition of kind of having
Speaker 1: it both ways. I get that I don't have a
Speaker 1: super strong conviction. I really liked when I thought I
Speaker 1: was gonna be getting I thought when this game, I
Speaker 1: thought it was gonna be Bill's minus two and a half,
Speaker 1: but it was Bill's minus one and a half. And
Speaker 1: now it's Bill's minus one. But I will take Jacksonville
Speaker 1: plus one. And to be clear, because I see what
Speaker 1: the producers wrote said number one storyline was Josh breaking through.
Speaker 1: To me, those storylines were not all predictions. It was
Speaker 1: what the biggest storyline is, will Josh break through? And
Speaker 1: this bet? Can you know Bill's the Bills win by one?
Speaker 1: There is no way to win this pick in either direction.
Speaker 1: It would mean, the line's exactly right. I just think
Speaker 1: I think the Jags, they're a thirteen win team that's
Speaker 1: at home, that's healthy, that's playing great. They shouldn't be
Speaker 1: home dogs. So I just I'm obligated to. I don't
Speaker 1: love it. You never love. You never love picking against
Speaker 1: the team that you think is more likely to win
Speaker 1: because you're getting the points, but the points you're getting
Speaker 1: are one one. You don't love that. Well, you really
Speaker 1: don't love that, but it is Jacksonville plus one.
Speaker 2: I took Buffalo minus the point just because if Josh
Speaker 2: Allen does not go out there and win, it's gonna
Speaker 2: be really bad for him. It's gonna be really bad
Speaker 2: for Buffalo. I think if they don't go out and
Speaker 2: get this win. So I took with minus the points.
Speaker 2: But San Francisco plus four and a half at Philly, Yeah.
Speaker 1: I'll take the Niners plus the points. I just I
Speaker 1: think that I think this should be Philly minus three,
Speaker 1: and it's Philly minus four and a half, and I
Speaker 1: think San Francisco can win. I certainly just I don't
Speaker 1: trust Philadelphia to look impressive offensively again against teams that
Speaker 1: had a pulse down the stretch. Beat the Bills by one,
Speaker 1: lost to the Chargers by three in overtime, lost to
Speaker 1: the Bears by nine, beat the Lions, who had a
Speaker 1: pulse at that point in time, by nine, but uh
Speaker 1: beat the Packers by three. Lost to the Broncos by four,
Speaker 1: like they just even early in the year, beat the
Speaker 1: Cowboys by four, beat the Chiefs by three. That Rams game,
Speaker 1: you'll that, you'll oh, they beat the Rams by seven.
Speaker 1: Not really, they were beating the Rams by one. The
Speaker 1: Rams were attempting a game winning field goal and then
Speaker 1: it got blocked and returned for a touchdown. They beat
Speaker 1: the Bucks by six, like their wins by real margin
Speaker 1: this year. They're how more than one score wins the Giants,
Speaker 1: the Raiders, the Commanders. And I understand, it's not like
Speaker 1: I'm getting seven and a half, I'm getting four and
Speaker 1: a half, But I do. I thought the Niners defense
Speaker 1: played its best game in forever again in Seattle, and
Speaker 1: I think that if they it now Trent Williams not
Speaker 1: practicing Wednesday, I don't love. I've got to imagine he
Speaker 1: will play in this game Sunday. I like that this
Speaker 1: game is Sunday instead of Saturday. For that purpose. I
Speaker 1: think San Francisco can win. I'm getting more than a
Speaker 1: field goal against a team whose offense is broken. I'll
Speaker 1: take San Francisco plus four and a half.
Speaker 2: I'm right with you there, Yeah, okay, all right, Chargers
Speaker 2: plus four at New England.
Speaker 1: I think the Pats win, but I think the Pats
Speaker 1: win by three. I'll take the four points. I'm underdog heavy,
Speaker 1: but I just I can't. This is This would be traumatic.
Speaker 1: And I understand his offensive linees brutal, I get it.
Speaker 1: This would be traumatic for Herbert if he lays another egg.
Speaker 1: He doesn't have to win. Like, I'm not gonna that.
Speaker 1: They aren't as good as New England. They're on the road.
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna if he, you know, plays a normal
Speaker 1: Herbert game and they just lose. Now, he's not gonna
Speaker 1: get like bonus credit. But I'm not gonna kill him
Speaker 1: for it. Uh. But he can't lay another egg. I
Speaker 1: don't imagine he will. He's been carrying this team on
Speaker 1: the offensive side of the ball throughout the year. The defense,
Speaker 1: but the real the real reason that I like grabbing
Speaker 1: the pointsier to Monsey Ish Drake May has not faced
Speaker 1: a defense as good as the Chargers defense. I don't
Speaker 1: know if he's done it all year. Like I'm trying
Speaker 1: to think who's the best defense the Patriots faced. I
Speaker 1: I can't find a good one. And the Steelers, I
Speaker 1: guess you could argue they turn the ball over five times.
Speaker 1: The Panthers like early in the year, I don't know,
Speaker 1: like the Bills. The Bills pass defense has been really
Speaker 1: good all year. Drake May threw zero touchdowns against him
Speaker 1: in two games. Now, Listen, this isn't me. I'm I
Speaker 1: think the Pats are gonna win. But I get four
Speaker 1: points and what I think will be a low scoring,
Speaker 1: cold game at night, and I just don't think it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a prolific passing attack. I also think Vrabel
Speaker 1: can shorten the game if he needs to. I'll take
Speaker 1: the four points with the Chargers taking the four. Okay,
Speaker 1: So right now, our only difference is you've got Carolina
Speaker 1: plus ten and a half and you've got the Bills
Speaker 1: minus one. Other than that, we're on the same page,
Speaker 1: all right.
Speaker 2: Last one last year Pittsburgh plus three versus Houston.
Speaker 1: I think Steelers are gonna win, and I understand Tomlin
Speaker 1: hasn't won a playoff game in a decade.
Speaker 2: I get it.
Speaker 1: They get DJ Metcalf back, They're coming off that type
Speaker 1: of victory. Houston's offense never got fixed. It got a pulse,
Speaker 1: but it never got fixed. There is this weird stat
Speaker 1: that only I care about, which is that Mike Tomlin's
Speaker 1: the greatest Monday night football coach ever. He's twenty two
Speaker 1: to three in his career on Monday nights and twelve
Speaker 1: and oh at home. He's been the head coach for
Speaker 1: twenty years. He's never lost a home Monday night game.
Speaker 1: This is a home Monday night game, and I think
Speaker 1: that Rogers is going to be for the first time
Speaker 1: all year, Demonse willing to stand in the pocket and
Speaker 1: get hit if he needs to be because they're in
Speaker 1: the playoffs. And again, just like a kind of auto
Speaker 1: gambling rule. I know it has not been a good
Speaker 1: rule in the playoffs the last decade, but Mike Tomlin
Speaker 1: at home getting points, I just gotta I gotta be
Speaker 1: on that side of it. So I'll take Pittsburgh plus
Speaker 1: the three.
Speaker 2: Rogers might get mangled, though he might be a yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm with you on I'm with you on that too.
Speaker 2: Pittsburgh plus three great.
Speaker 1: So we only have two differences. Yeah, but my my
Speaker 1: picks are the Rams minus ten and a half and
Speaker 1: then all the underdogs Chicago plus one, Jacksonville plus one,
Speaker 1: the Niners plus four and a half, the Chargers plus four,
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh plus three, and de Mon's even if you don't win,
Speaker 1: I'm so proud of the fact that you are you
Speaker 1: just you just love getting points. You tease underdogs up
Speaker 1: instead of favorites down to the NFL playoffs. You're like,
Speaker 1: just give me the points. Just love you love getting points.
Speaker 1: It makes me so happy. A such a good Uh yeah,
Speaker 1: exactly right, they're giving you the points. Just take it
Speaker 1: all right. Speaking of good gambling fundamentals, Demon's crushed his
Speaker 1: teasers this year eleven and seven, including a four lager
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. This week, I don't even think
Speaker 1: it was close on any of them. Carolina plus ten
Speaker 1: and a half they lost by two, Pittsburgh plus eleven
Speaker 1: and a half they won out right, Buffalo plus a half.
Speaker 1: They annihilated the Jets, even with Mitch Trubisky playing what
Speaker 1: are you doing this week?
Speaker 2: This week we got a three team eight point teaser
Speaker 2: at plus one hundred, and we're gonna be teasing Chicago
Speaker 2: up to plus nine. I want to tease Buffalo up
Speaker 2: to a touch to plus seven, and then I want
Speaker 2: to tease the Chargers up to US twelve. You know,
Speaker 2: I can only go with the games they give me what. Yeah,
Speaker 2: we had this week, so.
Speaker 1: I like a lot. I also like the fact that
Speaker 1: you resisted the urge to tease. If you like the
Speaker 1: Panthers plus ten and a half, you might be like, well,
Speaker 1: I really like them plus eighteen.
Speaker 2: And a half.
Speaker 1: But I think deep down you felt like, yeah, they
Speaker 1: might get both.
Speaker 2: They could, They could lose by three scores, and you're
Speaker 2: not getting quite the key numbers.
Speaker 1: You're the Chargers ones a little awkward going from four
Speaker 1: to twelve. It's not as much value. But I also
Speaker 1: I don't think they're gonna get blown out. Come on,
Speaker 1: Chicago's gotta be able to you know, if Chicago gets
Speaker 1: blown out at home, it's a disaster. And listen, the
Speaker 1: Jags have been kicking the shit out of people, but
Speaker 1: this is the bills and the playoffs. You get all.
Speaker 1: I'll look past your teas and through the zero because
Speaker 1: you obviously get it up to seven, which is such
Speaker 1: a key. So I've lost I believe it's patronizing at
Speaker 1: this point for me to grade the teasers. I'm not
Speaker 1: grading him anymore. You're just the you have taught me
Speaker 1: how to do it.
Speaker 2: Grad all right, you've.
Speaker 1: Graduated from it. I do have a touchdown, Genie this week?
Speaker 2: Who are we going with.
Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence? Guy loves that quarterback snake?
Speaker 2: Okay, Trevor Lawrence.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Trevor Lawrence plus one seventy anytime touchdown is my touchdown?
Speaker 2: Genie? This week? Solid? All right? That was was a
Speaker 2: bold one. I expect that.
Speaker 1: So that is so what's the offer? I know what
Speaker 1: the offer is, but go.
Speaker 2: Ahead, So you skip the offer last week? This week
Speaker 2: we were riding with your boy, Trevor Lawrence along with TD. Genie.
Speaker 2: He's thrown for three touchdowns with zero interceptions in three
Speaker 2: of his last four games. Do you think he can
Speaker 2: do it again? Trevor? Three plus touchdowns and zero interceptions
Speaker 2: at plus six hundred.
Speaker 1: So this doesn't count, right, Like if he runs for one,
Speaker 1: it has to be three passing touchdowns. Then I sadly
Speaker 1: have to turn this down. While I appreciate it, I
Speaker 1: just think that this is gonna be a running game
Speaker 1: for the Jags. Bill's run defense is bad. Pass defense
Speaker 1: is good. So even at six to one, I sadly
Speaker 1: have to reject it demands. Can't wait for the weekend.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be facetiing you a bunch during these games.
Speaker 1: Wild Card weekend should be excellent. Your Raven's not in it,
Speaker 1: my chiefs not in it. Get to be nice and relaxed,
Speaker 1: y kid ourselves, chill out. Thank you to everybody like
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