1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Mahler 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: from two to six Eastern eleven pm to three am 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and to find your local 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: station for the Benmatlers Show at Foxsports Radio dot com. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: night on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: This is the best of the Ben Maler Show on 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 3: Oh what's going on? Welcome in Hope. You're after Christmas Day? 11 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:42,120 Speaker 3: Festivities are going well late night radio, early morning radio, 12 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 3: depending on where you are in the country, right early 13 00:00:44,680 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 3: Friday morning. I'll tell you what, Malard Militia I came 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 3: bearing gifts tonight. Not only did I bring you bad audio? 15 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 3: You know, not hopefully not from what I was saying. 16 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 3: I mean, you could argue that was bad audio itself, 17 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 3: but like the technical aspect of it, right, like technically 18 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 3: bad audio right. And not only do I bring you 19 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 3: that for the first two hours, I haven't even more 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: special treat for you. I have a list. Huh how 21 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 3: about that? I know, Ben he Get does the Heisman 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 3: pose to any lists? He rages against lists you don't 23 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 3: rage against the machine. Big Ben's band is rage against 24 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 3: the list. That's that's what he gets down with. I 25 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 3: don't rage against lists. I embrace lists, not all lists, 26 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 3: but certain lists I'm open minded for and I am 27 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 3: I am receptive to these certain lists. I've got a 28 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 3: list I think makes a lot of sense. I think 29 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: it's entertaining. I think it's good. Now, Malard Militia, I 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 3: get it. You used to Big Ben whenever a fill 31 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 3: in hosts, whenever a fill in hosts, like you know, 32 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 3: checks in or whatever it's. I compare it to like 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 3: eating apricot jam. You know what I mean. If you're 34 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:06,840 Speaker 3: a peanut butter and jelly connoisseer like me, love me 35 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:09,920 Speaker 3: a peb and ja, you know, and I go to 36 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 3: h you know, grape or strawberry. That's what I go with. 37 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 3: Grape jam, strawberry jam. It's only like grape, grape, grape, grape, grape. 38 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 3: And I'll do a strawberry grape, grape, grape, grape grape. Yeah, 39 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 3: now I'll mess around with strawberry. I and fill in 40 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 3: hosts are like apricot jam. So if you're used to 41 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 3: your grape, your strawberry or your Big Ben like big 42 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 3: Ben would be grape like or whatever you're most used to, 43 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 3: and now here I come and you're like, ooh a man, 44 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 3: we're out of everything, but apricot jam oof, gosh, I'll 45 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 3: give it a shot. All right. It's different. It's it 46 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 3: tastes different than grape. I don't know. I don't know, man, 47 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:53,960 Speaker 3: you know, I get it. Like I'm filling in for 48 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,160 Speaker 3: big Ben. You're used to big Ben. Big Ben doesn't 49 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 3: do lists. I've got a list, So I understand how 50 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 3: you'd be like, oh, gosh, you know, and me now 51 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: Christmas was good and me now I can go. It's fine, 52 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: I can go. But no, I'm watching these games, and 53 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,920 Speaker 3: I'm watching the Chiefs, and I'm watching how much they've struggled, 54 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 3: just the season that has been for them. Mahomes is 55 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 3: watching the game from the box, you know, he's up 56 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 3: in the luxury box watching the Chiefs. Fresh off of 57 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 3: ACL and LCL surgery. Gardner Minshew was up there as well. 58 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 3: He just had a knee injury. Luckily it wasn't an 59 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 3: ACL injury, but he's got a knee injury. He can't go. 60 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,640 Speaker 3: So we've got the backup, backup quarterback in there. Chris 61 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 3: olat Ducan. I don't know if it's Ducan or Dukun. 62 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: I don't know what the hell it is, right, but 63 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: he's the backup that was his first NFL start. You know, 64 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: if he plays well, then we'll get his name. 65 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:55,800 Speaker 4: Right. 66 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: If he plays like this, you know, he just got 67 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 3: to be in the ballpark. I think it's Ola due Kuhn, 68 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 3: Ola sorry, Ola Doe Kuhn. Or it's Ola dough Cun. 69 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't know what it is. Con 70 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 3: you go cun huh. That's how you do it, breathe, 71 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 3: That's how I do it. Ola Docun. I heard Travis 72 00:04:17,839 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 3: Kelcey in his postgame press conference. He went, Oli Doe 73 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 3: kin is what he said. So we got Kin, we 74 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 3: got coun, we got Kun. I don't know what it is, 75 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 3: Oli Doe Kuhn. I don't know. I'm not sure what 76 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,880 Speaker 3: it is. But the backup, backup quarterback who wears number nineteen, 77 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 3: we'll call him Ola Doe Kuhn. Right, not the greatest, 78 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 3: not the greatest performance. Let me give you his numbers 79 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 3: here real fast. This is what uh, this is where 80 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 3: a guy Chris Ola. We'll go with that. Sixty six 81 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 3: yards passing. That's I know, it's the Denver defense. That 82 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,359 Speaker 3: is a tough ask for your first NFL start, But 83 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 3: uh so I'm watching the chief season that has been. 84 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:03,159 Speaker 3: That's the point. You know, Mahomes is in the luxury box, 85 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 3: Minshew is in the luxury box. We're watching Oladokun or 86 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 3: however you say his name, you know, do what he 87 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 3: can do sixty six yards passing, And I'm like, man, 88 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 3: what a surprise season the Chiefs have had. You know, 89 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 3: if you told me before the season, oh, yeah, they're 90 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 3: gonna be like six and ten with the game to go, 91 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 3: I'd be like, what do that mean? Like Mahomes got 92 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 3: hurt the first play in Week one and you're like, no, 93 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 3: he started fourteen games. I'd be like what, Like, what 94 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 3: what are you talking about? So I was thinking about them, 95 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 3: and also the Lions on Christmas Day, big surprise. They 96 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:45,039 Speaker 3: had a surprisingly bad season, and so I'm thinking good 97 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 3: and bad. If you ranked your teams, you did the 98 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 3: top five power rankings. Biggest surprises of this NFL season 99 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 3: team wise, not talking individual players, just team wise. Good results, 100 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 3: bad results, and you mix them together hodge Podge city, Right, 101 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 3: We're not doing two separate lists. We're combining the good 102 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 3: and the bad, and maybe even the ugly as well. 103 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 3: What does your list look like? Are the good surprise 104 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 3: bears a bigger surprise than the bad surprise? Lion? So 105 00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 3: here's what I came up with my top five biggest surprises, 106 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: good or bad in the NFL this season, team wise, 107 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: number five a good surprise Jacksonville give me the Jacksonville 108 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 3: Jaguars checking in at number five. This team was four 109 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 3: and three. No one was like, hey man, I think 110 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 3: they're about to go on a winning streak right here. 111 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 3: They they got crushed right before their bye week by 112 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 3: the Rams. The Rams beat them thirty five to seven 113 00:06:53,800 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 3: in London, crushed them badly. And that one touchdown was 114 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 3: a Travis Hunter touchdown. You might remember the play. It 115 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:07,279 Speaker 3: was like a little post corner and Lawrence threw a 116 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:09,800 Speaker 3: dime and you know, Travis Hunter got in the end zone. 117 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 3: That was a big deal at the time. If I 118 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 3: told you at that time when Jacksonville got blown out 119 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,160 Speaker 3: thirty five to seven, they were four and three and 120 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 3: they were just about to lose Travis Hunter for the 121 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 3: rest of the season, if I told you then, like, oh, 122 00:07:24,960 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 3: don't worry. They're about to win seven of their next eight. 123 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 3: They're going to be leading their division. They're going to 124 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 3: be in the mix to move up to maybe the 125 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 3: two seed, maybe even have an outside chance at the 126 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 3: one seed. If I told you that when they got 127 00:07:38,040 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: smacked by the Rams to fall to four and three, 128 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 3: you would have laughed at me. You would have laughed 129 00:07:41,640 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 3: in my face. So I got the Jacks checking in 130 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 3: at number five. They've won seven of eight. They just 131 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 3: smacked the Broncos around last week. They smacked the Chargers around. 132 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 3: Remember that game there's a few weeks ago. They were 133 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 3: at home. That's what started the winning streak. They killed 134 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,600 Speaker 3: the Chargers, they beat them thirty five to Like that, 135 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 3: that's pretty good. So yeah, I've got Jacksonville at number five. 136 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:09,120 Speaker 3: The fifth biggest surprise of the NFL season. Number four. 137 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 3: It's a bad surprise. I've got the Lions there. So 138 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 3: now a lot of people this was a popular talking 139 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:22,200 Speaker 3: point before the season. Some people saw the Lions taking 140 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: a big step back, maybe a couple of steps back. 141 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: This was a team that was the one seed last year. Right. 142 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 3: They had a great regular season, rattled off what fifteen wins, 143 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 3: fifteen to two. That's crazy, and Jared Goff again facing 144 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 3: a pass rush'd like fish out of water against the 145 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 3: Washington Commanders. He fizzled, had a horrible playoff game, they 146 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: lose at home. They're won and done right, but still 147 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 3: a great, great regular season. They had a ridiculously hard schedule, 148 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 3: especially on the road this season, and before the season began, 149 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 3: there was a lot of talk the betting community of hey, 150 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 3: maybe you bet the Lions to not make the playoffs, 151 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 3: and so this isn't going to be stunning to some 152 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 3: people out there, but I would argue this, the Lions 153 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 3: were eight and five just a couple of weeks ago. 154 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 3: They're eight and five. They've got a good chance to 155 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 3: make it to the playoffs. They're in pretty good standing 156 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,280 Speaker 3: at that point. Then they lost a game to the Rams, 157 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 3: no crime in that. They fall to eight and six. 158 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 3: But then they lose at home to the Steelers. They 159 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 3: lose on the road to the Max brosmer Vikings on 160 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 3: Christmas Day, so they've lost three. 161 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: In a row. 162 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,560 Speaker 3: They were eight and five, looked like, hey, they might 163 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 3: win the division. They're still, you know, right in the 164 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 3: thick of the thing of things for a wild card. 165 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 3: Berth at least, and then the wheels fell off the tracks, 166 00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 3: and since then they've lost three straight. They're eight and 167 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 3: eight and their season is done. They've been eliminated already. 168 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: So where the Lions were, where the Lions are. Yeah, 169 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 3: that's a big surprise to me. Some might argue with that, 170 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 3: but hey, that's why lists are so good. We can 171 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 3: disagree and state why and maybe make a better argument. 172 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 3: So the red carpet has always rolled out for you, militia. 173 00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 3: Feel free to check in eight seven, seven ninety nine 174 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 3: on Fox or on X at the No Show, continuing 175 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 3: the list, because I know you don't win a commercial 176 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 3: break to get in the way of a good list. 177 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 3: I know how you guys are. Number three. Biggest surprise 178 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 3: of the NFL season, good or bad, it's a good surprise. 179 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 3: The Seattle Seahawks. Now, if you look at the Seahawks, 180 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 3: they are the one seed right now in the NFC. 181 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,560 Speaker 3: They control their path to the one seed in the 182 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 3: NFC playoffs. Right, that's pretty good. And then look at 183 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 3: their formula. They're not running the ball well this season. 184 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,320 Speaker 3: They're tied for twentieth in rushing yards per game, so 185 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 3: they're not running it well. And they've got Donald, and 186 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 3: I want to make Donald sound like a broken down, 187 00:11:05,480 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 3: you know, beater of a car or something like that, 188 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 3: but he's like, he's kind of like a broken down, uh, 189 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,680 Speaker 3: non beater of a car, Like you got a Nissan 190 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:23,080 Speaker 3: Ultima and uh, you know it's it's kind of in 191 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 3: bad shape. You know it needs some upkeeping. Like that's 192 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 3: that's Sam Donald, right. Sam Donald threw four interceptions against 193 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: the Rams and they still almost won that game. Like, 194 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 3: just the way it's played out for the Seahawks has 195 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 3: been crazy. Like they they beat the Rams at home 196 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 3: and one of the most ludicrous games I've ever seen 197 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 3: in my life. They're down by sixteen points. Sam Donald 198 00:11:48,320 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 3: has thrown two hideous interceptions and you're like, Okay, I 199 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 3: see where this is going. Next thing, you know, punt 200 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 3: return for a touchdown and they get to two points. 201 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,080 Speaker 3: Then they they score another touchdown. Actually, a beautiful pass 202 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 3: by Sam Darnold finds his tight end Aj Barner in 203 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,160 Speaker 3: the back of the end zone. Hey, let's go for 204 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 3: two and tie this thing up. Too bad, it hits 205 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 3: Rams player's helmet incomplete pass. But wait, it's a backwards 206 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 3: pass and somehow the ball trickles into the end zone. 207 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 3: Zach Sharbena just picks it up for the goof and 208 00:12:22,440 --> 00:12:25,840 Speaker 3: turns out he's in the end zone. It's a successful 209 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 3: two point conversion. Insanity, and they go on and win 210 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 3: the game in overtime. After giving up a touchdown in overtime, 211 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:35,800 Speaker 3: they score a touchdown of their own, they get the 212 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,240 Speaker 3: two point conversion. It was one of the most outrageous 213 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 3: wins ever. That's not overstating anything. For them to get 214 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:46,959 Speaker 3: the second two point conversion the way they got it, 215 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 3: I don't think you're gonna see a more insane two 216 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,760 Speaker 3: point conversion ever, I really don't. I think we've reached 217 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,880 Speaker 3: the mountain top. So the way it's played out for Seattle, 218 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:00,960 Speaker 3: it's not just Darnald as the quarterback of that team 219 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 3: with a lackluster running game. They do have a good defense, 220 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 3: There's no doubt about that. I just I can't believe 221 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 3: that formula has resulted in right now the one seed 222 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 3: in the NFC. That is stunning to me. So I 223 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 3: put that number three, number two. Give me the Bears, 224 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 3: daw Bears. I got number two on my biggest surprise 225 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 3: list is a good surprise. Obviously, they've had a great season. 226 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 3: But it's the way, again, similar to the Seahawks, it's 227 00:13:28,080 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 3: the way they've gotten there. It's not just that they're 228 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 3: eleven and four and have made huge improvements year over 229 00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:39,800 Speaker 3: year record wise, it's how they've gotten there, you know. 230 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:43,360 Speaker 3: Like look at the latest win against the Packers, a 231 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 3: game they had no business winning, no business even thinking 232 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 3: about winning. They're down by ten points somehow, some way, 233 00:13:53,640 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 3: facing Malik Willis the backup quarterback for most of the 234 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:01,200 Speaker 3: second most of the game, like the entire second half. Yeah, 235 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:06,719 Speaker 3: Jordan Love concussion situation going on, at least symptoms and 236 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 3: he exits the game, So get Malik Willis in there. 237 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 3: Malik played pretty well. Packers have a ten point lead. 238 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 3: Somehow the Bears they score some points. They got to 239 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 3: get the on side kick right and no one recovers 240 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,320 Speaker 3: on sidekicks. They have a point five percent chance to 241 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: win this game, like just a little bit more than 242 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 3: two minutes left in the game. Somehow, some way, they 243 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 3: get the on sidekick. Somehow, they score a touchdown on 244 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 3: fourth and goal with Caleb Williams drifting back pass rush 245 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 3: in his face and all of a sudden someone's wide open. 246 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 3: Then then they luck out, Packers are driving and then 247 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 3: fourth and one, Packers just drop the ball, just drop 248 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: the snap man. So the Bears get it and they 249 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 3: beautiful pass Caleb Williams the DJ Moore, they win the game. 250 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 3: That was a miracle of a win by the Bears. 251 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 3: They've had six comeback wins in the final two minutes 252 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 3: this season. Let me repeat that. Okay, they've had six 253 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:15,360 Speaker 3: comeback wins. They've been losing in the final two minutes 254 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,720 Speaker 3: of these six games and they've won them all. That's 255 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 3: freaking insane. That should not be happening. And yet here 256 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:29,239 Speaker 3: they are with this lackluster defense. They're just forcing takeaways, 257 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 3: forcing turnovers left and right, leading the NFL, doing a 258 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 3: great job in that department. But what happens if, oh, 259 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 3: I don't know, they just don't force any turnovers in 260 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 3: a certain game. What if take it to the extreme, 261 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,920 Speaker 3: they lose the turnover battle in a certain game, Well 262 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:48,040 Speaker 3: guess what they are going to crash and freaking burn 263 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 3: is what's gonna happen. But to this point, even after 264 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 3: starting off oh to two, if I told you at 265 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 3: oh to two, oh, the Bears are gonna be eleven 266 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 3: and four. They're gonna have six come from behind wins 267 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 3: in the final two minutes. You would have been like, 268 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: you're dumb. I don't think you even watch football, but 269 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 3: that here we are. That's exactly what's happened. So I 270 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 3: put them number two in the list. Now, that's pretty 271 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 3: tough to top. But my number one team in terms 272 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:25,320 Speaker 3: of NFL surprises this season, good or bad, give me 273 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 3: the Kansas City Chiefs. And I know I can feel 274 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 3: immediate pushback on this where it's like, really, Brian, you 275 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 3: just what you just said about the Bears. The Chiefs 276 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:39,160 Speaker 3: have been a bigger surprise. Yes, the Chiefs have been 277 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 3: a bigger surprise. The Chiefs have made it to the 278 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 3: past five Super Bowls and they're a non playoff team. 279 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 3: When Mahome starts fourteen games, that's insanity right there. And 280 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:58,640 Speaker 3: on top of that, it's not just that they're losing games, 281 00:16:58,680 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 3: it's how the Chiefs are losing games. The way the 282 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 3: Chiefs have lost games steadily this season is by killing themselves. 283 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 3: They never ever ever used to do that. They always, 284 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 3: you know, they always avoided shooting themselves in the foot, 285 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:21,400 Speaker 3: like like really shooting themselves in the Of course they're 286 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 3: gonna make mistakes here and there, but they would never 287 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 3: like get in their own way and kill themselves, you know, 288 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 3: like beat themselves. They just didn't do that. That was 289 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 3: their calling card. They took advantage of you beating yourself. 290 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 3: They didn't beat themselves. But this year they've done it 291 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 3: time and time and time again. You go back to 292 00:17:41,119 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 3: the very beginning against the Eagles week two, Travis Kelsey's 293 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 3: got a pass catchable ball. He bobbles it, interception leads 294 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 3: to a three point loss at home. Right Jacksonville week five, 295 00:17:55,880 --> 00:17:59,880 Speaker 3: they have the right they had a ridiculous pick six 296 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 3: in that game. They've got to lead, They've got to 297 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 3: lead finally in the game. And then Butker just kicks 298 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 3: the ball at a bounce. It's like here, Trevor Lawrence 299 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 3: take the ball at the forty, you know, be our guest. 300 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:15,680 Speaker 3: Then Chris Jones thinks that the play is over, Trevor 301 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,640 Speaker 3: Lawrence fell down. No, Trevor Lawrence is live. He runs 302 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 3: into the end zone winning touchdown. Like that game was ridiculous. 303 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 3: The Chiefs last season don't even think about losing that 304 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 3: game on the road against Jacksonville. And then some of 305 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 3: the drops man like Rashie Rice. Now he's on ir 306 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,959 Speaker 3: his season is over. But before he got hurt, been 307 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:41,959 Speaker 3: a couple of drops against the Cowboys on Thanksgiving. You know, 308 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 3: you got to have this drive. You're down by seven, 309 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 3: but we're driving. Let's put points on the board. Who 310 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 3: knows third down? Here you go, Rushie Rice, right over 311 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 3: the middle, easy catch, drop, all right, okay. A couple 312 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 3: of weeks later at home against the Chargers, wide open, 313 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 3: over the middle. We got to have this. We need 314 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 3: points on this drive. Drop, okay, all right. That's pretty 315 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 3: much the season right there in Mahomes he did the 316 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:08,080 Speaker 3: surrender Cobra on the field, remember that, Through a ball 317 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 3: right to Rashie Rice, right in the middle of the 318 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 3: four on his chest. He dropped it and Mahomes went, 319 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 3: surrender Cobra on the field like this, his head hit 320 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,240 Speaker 3: the ground. He's going to surrender Cobra. At the same time. 321 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 3: It's been that type of season. It's not just that 322 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 3: they've lost, it's how they've lost. They've lost doing things 323 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 3: they've never done in the past, not with Mahomes and 324 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:35,520 Speaker 3: not with this winning streak and five straight Super Bowls, 325 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 3: nine straight Division crowns, all these AFC title game appearances. 326 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,320 Speaker 3: They just don't kill themselves, and they've done it repeatedly 327 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 3: this season. There is no way that anybody would have 328 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 3: believed if I told them before the season, Hey, Mahomes 329 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 3: is gonna start fourteen games, but before he gets hurt 330 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 3: for the rest of the season he has a knee injury, 331 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 3: They're gonna have a low using record, and then I'm 332 00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 3: going to make the playoffs. Even if he does finish 333 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 3: the season like not gonna happen. No one would have 334 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 3: believed that. So to me, that is the biggest surprise 335 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 3: of the entire NFL season. I go, Chiefs number one. 336 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 3: There you go. That wasn't that bad, was it? Melard Militia. 337 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 3: I think it's an entertaining idea right there, good and bad? 338 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 3: How do you make your list? Out right there? That's 339 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 3: my list. But been a lot of surprises this year, 340 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 3: both in positive and negative ways. Some teams we thought 341 00:20:31,040 --> 00:20:35,399 Speaker 3: were gonna be good, freaking terrible Bengals, Ravens, Chiefs, you know, 342 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 3: handful of teams in there. Commanders, I think you can 343 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 3: explain some of the woes of those teams. Burrow was 344 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 3: hurt most of the year, Jayden Daniels hurt most of 345 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 3: the year. Mahomes upright for fourteen starts stunning, stunning that 346 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 3: they had a losing record in that span. That is 347 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,359 Speaker 3: just wild to me. So I put that as the 348 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:57,440 Speaker 3: Number one surprise your thoughts more than welcome. Red carpet 349 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 3: always rolled out for you eight seven seven nine on Fox. 350 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:06,680 Speaker 3: Here's your phone number. We keep it rolling. Oh, we 351 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 3: got a movie coming out here. I want to talk 352 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:11,440 Speaker 3: to you about this movie that's coming out. Oh and 353 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 3: sometime a little bit later, Oh, I want to get 354 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 3: to this too. The two things that I thought were funny, 355 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 3: and they're both one's movie related, one's commercial related. But 356 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 3: I'm very surprised in this day and age, athletes are 357 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:32,200 Speaker 3: so brand conscious, right, They're very conscientious of what their 358 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 3: brand is, how they're being portrayed. And I love that 359 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,720 Speaker 3: this player made a commercial, but I'm pretty surprised he 360 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:42,320 Speaker 3: made it at the same time. So I'll tell you 361 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 3: about that. Right around the corner that is on the way. 362 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 3: I'm Brian no In for Big Ben Maller. Keep it 363 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 3: locked right here on Fox Sports Radio. 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I've got 401 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 3: a dose of reality. And man, I'm not gonna redo 402 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:59,920 Speaker 3: the exact same segment, but I have to touch on 403 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 3: bits and pieces of it again because there's new information. 404 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:09,199 Speaker 3: There is new news, new developments, if you will. So 405 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:15,439 Speaker 3: I had this thought that Lamar Jackson last game against 406 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 3: the Patriots with a back contusion, a back bruise. Okay, 407 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,480 Speaker 3: you got to get back in that game. You got 408 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:28,240 Speaker 3: to get back in the game in the second half. 409 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,919 Speaker 3: You gotta find a way. You've got a bruise. You're 410 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,440 Speaker 3: day to day with a bruise. So the cliffs Notes 411 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 3: version of that is, look, if he gets back in 412 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 3: that game, it changes everything. Now. Granted, they built a lead, 413 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,600 Speaker 3: they led by eleven points, even with their backup quarterback 414 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 3: Tyler Huntley in there. Huntley didn't do anything specially. He 415 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 3: had nine completions for sixty five yards. It was like 416 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 3: the bo Nicks dink and dunk, right, it was a 417 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,480 Speaker 3: dink and dunk special. But if Lamar Jackson is in there, 418 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 3: maybe they build a bigger lead, maybe they build the 419 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 3: same lead. But guess what, Lamar Jackson just being in 420 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 3: the game, he affects a defense much differently than Snoop 421 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 3: Huntley does. He is a bigger threat. Even just the 422 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 3: mere presence of threatening the defense affects the defense. And 423 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 3: so he's got to find a way to get back 424 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,919 Speaker 3: on the football field. And he didn't, and the Ravens 425 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 3: drop that game, and now they need help. They don't 426 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,720 Speaker 3: even control their path to the playoffs. They need the 427 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 3: Steelers to lose to the Browns this weekend or they 428 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,639 Speaker 3: are done. And they also before we even get to 429 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 3: Sunday's game with the Steelers. The Ravens have to win 430 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 3: on Saturday or their season is a rap it is over. 431 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:51,040 Speaker 3: So it's a gots the have it game for the 432 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 3: Ravens at the Packers. And now we get the new information. 433 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 3: So okay, day to day with the bone bruise, a 434 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,320 Speaker 3: back bruise, lamarsho good to go? Well, think again, He's 435 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 3: missing practice left and right this week. He was the 436 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,439 Speaker 3: only player not to practice on Wednesday, the only Ravens 437 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 3: player not out there. And the new information is that 438 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 3: Lamar is listed as doubtful for Saturday night's game at 439 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 3: Green Bay. If he can't go, well, it's Tyler Huntley again, 440 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 3: get the Tyler Huntley Show instead of Lamar Jackson. I 441 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 3: don't know what to say, man, I really don't. Again, 442 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 3: I'm not acting like it feels good, like he's like, ah, 443 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 3: my back feels amazing. He took a knee to the back. 444 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 3: It's painful. I get that, but it's a bruise and 445 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 3: your season is hanging by a thread. You have to 446 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 3: beat the Packers or your season is over. Even if 447 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 3: you beat the Packers, you have to have the Steelers 448 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 3: beat the Browns the next day where your season is over. 449 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 3: That's a result of the Ravens not beating the Patriots, 450 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,920 Speaker 3: and so for Lamar Jackson to not get back in 451 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 3: that game, that Sunday night game they desperately needed against 452 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 3: the Patriots with a back bruise and now listed as doubtful, 453 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 3: most likely not playing against the Packers with a back bruise. 454 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:32,240 Speaker 3: It's indefensible. It just is. There are twenty quarterbacks in 455 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:38,200 Speaker 3: the NFL today that would be playing, no question about it, 456 00:27:38,280 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 3: with the exact same injury, somewhat similar playing styles. So 457 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 3: I just don't get it, man, I don't get it. 458 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,080 Speaker 3: And he's gutted his way through multiple injuries this season. 459 00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,640 Speaker 3: That's what I don't get. He's gutted through a knee, calf, ankle, 460 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,879 Speaker 3: He's had hamstring. He's had a lot of injuries that 461 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:02,879 Speaker 3: he's gutted through. He's not cutting through this one. I 462 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,000 Speaker 3: just don't understand it. Now. It's not the same injury, okay, 463 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,040 Speaker 3: but the concept is the same. I did mention this 464 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,280 Speaker 3: a couple of nights ago, but I didn't have the audio. 465 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 3: I went back and got the audio for you. So 466 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 3: this goes back to the two thousand and six season. 467 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,199 Speaker 3: The Colts eventually, you know, won a Super Bowl that 468 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 3: year and they beat the Bears. But anyway, en route 469 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 3: to that, it was the AFC Championship game. They're hosting 470 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 3: the Patriots and Peyton Manning got banged up. You're hear 471 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 3: in the audio he's throwing this pass and he hits 472 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,600 Speaker 3: his thumb on a Patriots player's helmet. They knew it 473 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,320 Speaker 3: was in bad shape, right, and so you'll hear Peyton Manning. 474 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,280 Speaker 3: There's music underneath this. It's from America's game on NFL Network, 475 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:57,720 Speaker 3: tremendous show. You'll hear in the audio Peyton Manning's explaining 476 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 3: this injury and almost very philisode, almost like poetic, if 477 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 3: you will. He's weighing do I stay in the game 478 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 3: and maybe hurt the team? Or do I do I 479 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 3: leave and maybe that's gonna help the team a little 480 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 3: bit more. Hey, Jim Sergey, warm up, buddy. And that's 481 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 3: where Jeff Saturday the center is like, whoa time out? 482 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 3: What's happening? 483 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:19,600 Speaker 4: It? 484 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 3: SORGI No, no, Peyton, you gotta suck it up, baby, 485 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 3: You gotta find a way to get back on the 486 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 3: football field. That's basically what's going on here, and so 487 00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 3: you can understand where I'm coming from. It ties to 488 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:35,360 Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson. Granted we're talking about a back bruise with Lamar, 489 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 3: a thumb injury with Peyton Manning, but it's Peyton Manning's 490 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 3: right thumb on his throwing hand, completely affecting his game. 491 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,320 Speaker 3: And when he was thinking about man, maybe I should 492 00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 3: just I should let the backup go in there, that's 493 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 3: when he gutted it out and the Colts benefited from that. 494 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 3: That's what has to happen with Lamar as well. Here's 495 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,720 Speaker 3: the audio I'm talking about. It starts off Peyton Manning 496 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 3: AFC Title Game O six season against the Patriots. Here 497 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 3: it's his thumb and you got to hear the payoff 498 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 3: at the end with Jeff Saturday. I just love this audio. 499 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 3: Check it out. 500 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:13,640 Speaker 4: Whatever I can to complete this pass and I got 501 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 4: down the west side, light up throw and fully come 502 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 4: right down the helmet. I know right away I said 503 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 4: this is not good. The fingernail had bent back, so 504 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 4: I was, you know, sucking the blood off my off 505 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,800 Speaker 4: my hand. I try to throw a couple on the 506 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:35,200 Speaker 4: just ugly, ugly looking tastes. I'm asking myself, what's fair 507 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 4: to the team. You know what, if I get out 508 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,680 Speaker 4: there and Reggie Wayne's wide open, I want to hop 509 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 4: it to him because of my thumb. That's selfish on 510 00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 4: my part. So I tell Sergie, I said, I said, get. 511 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 3: Ready, and I was like, wait a minute, hold on, man, 512 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,880 Speaker 3: We're in the warrant to change. The game were tied, 513 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,400 Speaker 3: and I looked out. I was like, brother, you gotta go, 514 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,800 Speaker 3: right Like, that's the that's the most important part at 515 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:04,200 Speaker 3: the Like, brother, you gotta go. You gotta find a 516 00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 3: way to suck it up and get out there. This 517 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:13,760 Speaker 3: is football, okay, Like, can you somehow some way get 518 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 3: out there? Could other players with the same injury somehow 519 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,360 Speaker 3: find a way to get out there? If they can, 520 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 3: then you can, right, Like, that's what it comes down to. 521 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,840 Speaker 3: Would Josh Allen, the Bills quarterback, be out there with 522 00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 3: a back bruise, Hell yes, he would, Like it's not 523 00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 3: even a question. So if other players would get out there, 524 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 3: why is Lamar not getting out there? He should have 525 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:44,240 Speaker 3: been out there against the Patriots last game. He should 526 00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 3: be out there the next game against the Packers, and 527 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,520 Speaker 3: with him being listed as doubtful, that's exactly. 528 00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 1: What it means. 529 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 3: It almost means out doubtful is the kissing cousin to 530 00:31:54,920 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 3: out not playing, And it's like, bro, again, he's day. 531 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:06,280 Speaker 3: This isn't oh man. We're talking about six weeks recovery timetable. 532 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 3: And he's like, you know, what the hell with it, 533 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 3: I'm just gonna get out there and gut it out. 534 00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 3: It's like, whoa, dude, that's radical. He's day to day 535 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 3: and he's doubtful. What the hell? Man? Like, I just 536 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:23,760 Speaker 3: can't even defend it. TJ Watt. TJ Watt just had 537 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:29,280 Speaker 3: surgery on a partially collapsed lung. He's practicing this week. 538 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 3: He's trying to get out there against the Browns. Like, 539 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,640 Speaker 3: does this think about that? The division comes down to 540 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 3: the Steelers and the Ravens. You've got DJ Watt rush 541 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 3: end right, partially collapsed lung, just had surgery. He's practicing, 542 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:51,920 Speaker 3: He's on course to be playing this Sunday. Lamar Jackson 543 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 3: day to day with a bruise, missed the second half 544 00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:00,640 Speaker 3: against the Patriots, doubtful against the Packers. What the hell? 545 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 3: I don't even know what to say about that. By 546 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 3: the way, on a lighter note, how about the vampire 547 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 3: Peyton Manning just sucking his own thumb blood? How about that? Okay, 548 00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,080 Speaker 3: vent the nail back he got to you know, yeah, 549 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,320 Speaker 3: gotta do some maintenance over here. But yeah, by the way, 550 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 3: shout out I don't want to be too negative, but 551 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 3: shout out to Cape Cod paper boy. He came up 552 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,560 Speaker 3: with the right names, right. I couldn't think off the 553 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 3: top of my head. Our girl, Andrea and Berkeley her cats. 554 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 3: So she had Diva d E v A. She did 555 00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 3: mention that I remember that, and Dove. I forgot Dove. 556 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 3: How dare I forget Dove? How can I forget a 557 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 3: cat named Dove? You know, it's not good. Not good. 558 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,720 Speaker 3: Got to step it up in the memory department. Many 559 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:53,160 Speaker 3: other things happened on Christmas Day. One thing that I 560 00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 3: haven't mentioned at all. I want to get to right 561 00:33:56,200 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 3: around the corner, the last occurrence. You know, you had 562 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 3: the Last Dance with the Chicago Bulls, right the documentary. 563 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 3: Outstanding job they did with that one, except for you know, 564 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 3: let me digress for a second. I was let me 565 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:16,080 Speaker 3: combine two things on the fly. I was just talking 566 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 3: about Maleak Neighbors Giants wide receiver, and so he's doing 567 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,959 Speaker 3: this I Hop commercial and he's making fun of himself. Right, 568 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:31,840 Speaker 3: he got hurt early in the season, and so the 569 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:37,400 Speaker 3: joke is that he lost some people their fantasy football leagues, Right, 570 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,640 Speaker 3: that's the joke. And so the tie in with I 571 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 3: Hop is some bets that are paid off, you gotta 572 00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 3: stay in eye Hop or waffle House for twenty four hours, 573 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,320 Speaker 3: can't leave. And so they came up with this bottomless 574 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,160 Speaker 3: pancakes thing at ie Hop. So it's a promotion for that, 575 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:56,920 Speaker 3: and in turn, Molik Neighbors is making fun of himself 576 00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 3: for being hurt most of the season, and I think 577 00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,879 Speaker 3: that's great. A lot of people are like, whoa, whoa, Oh, 578 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,280 Speaker 3: I don't want to be associated with that. It's negative. 579 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 3: It makes me look bad, Like, oh, Melik Neighbors, you 580 00:35:08,600 --> 00:35:11,000 Speaker 3: made me lose my fantasy league. Like, no one wants 581 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,840 Speaker 3: to be known like that. But Malik Neighbors was like, 582 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 3: it's funny, it's not that bad. It's harmless. But the 583 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:20,239 Speaker 3: point is when I mentioned the last dance, the only 584 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 3: thing about the last Dance that was lame is that 585 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 3: Michael Jordan had full control over that thing, and he 586 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,560 Speaker 3: wasn't going to let hardly anything out that made him 587 00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:35,279 Speaker 3: look bad, you know. So it's sort of like, how 588 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 3: could I paint myself in the best life light piece? 589 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,239 Speaker 3: You know? At ten part this is Michael Jordan in 590 00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 3: the NBA, and wow, what a superstar? And wow this 591 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 3: and wow that. I want the documentary that is like 592 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 3: the Malik Neighbors ihop commercial where Melik Neighbors is making 593 00:35:54,600 --> 00:36:00,960 Speaker 3: fun of himself. He's casting himself in a unfair favor light, 594 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 3: if you will. He's drawing attention to the fact he 595 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:08,480 Speaker 3: was hurt most of the year and he was the 596 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 3: reason that some people lost their fantasy league, right like that. 597 00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,560 Speaker 3: I like, I think it's respectable, it's being real. But 598 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:20,520 Speaker 3: I want the documentary where someone has full control and 599 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:26,040 Speaker 3: they tell stories that make that person look bad. They're like, yeah, 600 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 3: oh yeah, let let that story be known of the 601 00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 3: time where I did something wrong, the time where I 602 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,160 Speaker 3: made a terrible choice. Let's go in great detail about 603 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 3: that instead of oh, wow, what a superstar and look 604 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 3: at him glide through the air and wow, like everybody 605 00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:43,480 Speaker 3: wanted his autograph, And instead of that, how about the 606 00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,400 Speaker 3: real stuff? How about the man I gambled millions of 607 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 3: dollars away man that one night in Vegas. What a disaster. 608 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 3: What the hell was I thinking? Here are all the 609 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,239 Speaker 3: details of that. That's what I want. I want that documentary. 610 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 3: I want the Moleik Neighbors ihop commercial as the next 611 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,479 Speaker 3: Netflix doc That's what I want. I want the real thing. 612 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,279 Speaker 3: What I want an athlete with full control over what 613 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 3: gets out, what's publicized, and they're just like, here's the 614 00:37:12,719 --> 00:37:15,799 Speaker 3: real here's everything that went on. Whether it makes me 615 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,840 Speaker 3: look good, whether it makes me look like the biggest 616 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,640 Speaker 3: idiot on the face of the earth, that's what I want. 617 00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,879 Speaker 3: I want someone with full control that just gives you 618 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,040 Speaker 3: the whole story. I might be waiting for quite a while, 619 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,399 Speaker 3: but that's exactly what I want. But the Neighbors thing, 620 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,680 Speaker 3: it gives me hope, gives me hope that someone out 621 00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:34,680 Speaker 3: there might be real enough to be like, here's the 622 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:38,040 Speaker 3: whole story, and a lot of it doesn't make me 623 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,920 Speaker 3: look good. I want to see that. I want to 624 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,280 Speaker 3: see that coming up in the not too distant future. Okay, 625 00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,880 Speaker 3: eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox, I do see 626 00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 3: a regular is poking around the corner right here. We'll 627 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 3: get to the militia coming up next, and also man 628 00:37:57,120 --> 00:38:04,600 Speaker 3: there was a problem. Goodbye, the last installment, the last dance, 629 00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,719 Speaker 3: if you will, for a brilliant player. We will get 630 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:10,800 Speaker 3: to that right around the corner. I'm Brian no In 631 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 3: for big Ben Malor. Keep it locked right here on 632 00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:14,920 Speaker 3: Fox Sports Radio.