1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Herd podcast. Be sure to 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday on Fox Sports Radio in 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: noon to three Eastern nine am to noon Pacific. Find 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:12,879 Speaker 1: your local station for The Herd at Foxsports Radio dot com, 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 6 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: by searching Fox Sports Radio or FSR. 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Welcome in. It is 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: a Monday. 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: Great to be here, Baltimore. We'll see you next year. 10 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: Live in Los Angeles. 11 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: It's The Herd. 12 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: Forty two year old Aaron Rodgers my comeback player of 13 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: the year. Good for him, good story. Pat hasselback just 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: around the corner. Let's not waste any time this week. 15 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: Starting Thursday, It's going to be as good as college 16 00:00:57,040 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: and pro football has been in this country in a 17 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: long time. I'm multiple potential upsets right, wrong, and here we. 18 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:05,039 Speaker 2: Go where Colin was right. 19 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 1: I picked the Denver Broncos before the season to win 20 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: the AFC West and unseat Kansas City despite Russell Wilson's 21 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: cap hit still being thirty two million on the books, 22 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: bo Nicks I was a huge fan. Twenty four wins 23 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: tied for the most ever first two seasons for a quarterback. 24 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 1: Sean Payton may bother people time to time, but he's 25 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: one of the few NFL coaches I trust in the 26 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: draft room and the film room. 27 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 2: He knows like Jimmy Johnson. 28 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:40,640 Speaker 1: He knows personnel, He gets trades, play design, play calling. 29 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: Denver was one of my better picks of the year 30 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: in the NFL. Where Colin was wraw, Kevin Stefanski got fired. 31 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: I don't get it, of all the fired coaches, I 32 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: think he has a really viable market. He's a two 33 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: time coach of the Year who had to swim in 34 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: chaos because of ownership a Deshaun Watson deal. In twenty 35 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 1: three years, the Browns have won two playoff games. Guess 36 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 1: who the coach for both was. Kevin Stefanski an intellect, 37 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: he's calm, he's a mentor, he's a teacher. If I 38 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: was the Raiders, I would have hired him an hour ago. 39 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: Where Colin was right. 40 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: I lobbied for the Miami Hurricanes to make the College 41 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: Football Playoff over Notre Dame. Well, they've beaten Texas A and 42 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 1: M and Ohio State and they're favored over Old Miss. 43 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: I didn't think losing to an eight win Louisville team 44 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:40,520 Speaker 1: in October should wreck an entire program season. College football 45 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: is more like pro football, and the most physical team 46 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: left and I don't think there's any question. Is the 47 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: Miami Hurricanes one of the glamour programs in college football 48 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: that pushed the Buckeyes around in a three and a half. 49 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 2: Hour flex where Colin was raw. 50 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: Listen, I have play a lot of the Cowboys from 51 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: moving off Michah Parsons, and I love the fact and 52 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: a good draft they have two first round picks, but 53 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: this coaching staff was not equipped to handle it. It 54 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: exposed an incredibly weak secondary, worse than the NFL defensively 55 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: on third down, terrible scoring defense. I also don't think 56 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,640 Speaker 1: it played very well in the locker room, where Micah 57 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,520 Speaker 1: was respected and liked. I think by draft day you'll 58 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: like the deal, but right now it looks like it. 59 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 2: Was a miss where Colin was right. 60 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: Nine of the fourteen playoff teams have offensive coaches, most 61 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: notably Liam Cohan Ben Johnson. Folks, if you've got a 62 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: young quarterback, or you draft a quarterback, strongly consider the 63 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 1: guy that has a quarterback sensibility. Caleb's talent has now 64 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: been allowed to flourish. First thing he addressed, like most 65 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: offensive coaches, was the O line. Interior Ben Johnson got 66 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: the Bears to a number two seed. 67 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: Just say that out loud. Great job. Where Colin was raw. 68 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: Well, my portfolio has never had a lot of Jaguar stock, 69 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: but this is the best Trevor Lawrence has ever. 70 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: Been quarterback coach. Run game and. 71 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,480 Speaker 1: They get good pressure. Although they don't have a ton 72 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 1: of sacks, they're legitimate. Liam Cohen is clever, he's intense, 73 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: He's brought a serious nature. 74 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: There's not a lot. 75 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: I mean, if you were doubting how good they were, 76 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: go back to what they did to the Chargers totally 77 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: dismantled them, or the Broncos they went to Denver completely 78 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: dominated them. This may be outside of Seattle, the best 79 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,440 Speaker 1: team in the NFL in Jacksonville. 80 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 2: Where Colin was right. 81 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: Don't overthink the room. I said at mid season, Fernando 82 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: Mendoza is a runaway number one pick, the quarterback for Indiana. 83 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:51,600 Speaker 1: Do you know Cinty showed up in Bloomington. Listen to 84 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: this forty four touchdowns no interceptions in the red zone 85 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: since since going to Bloomington. Overthink the room. Big, strong, 86 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: good arm played in an excellent conference. I said, they're 87 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: not gonna beat Alabama, They're gonna blow the doors off 88 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: of Alabama, and that's exactly what they did. Where Colin 89 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:19,159 Speaker 1: was right, I didn't buy Ty Simpson at Alabama, who's 90 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: rumor to be transferring. He doesn't have a single wow 91 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: trade arm, size, mobility. I just don't see it as 92 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: a first round talent. He got banged up and then 93 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: pulled against the Hoosiers. Bama didn't score a touchdown. Simpson's fine, 94 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 1: but they have tremendous receivers at Alabama. He is, by 95 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: all accounts, second third, fourth round guy. 96 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 2: Where Colin was raw, I defended. 97 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: Not only acquiring Kirk Cousins but drafting Michael Pennix. But 98 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,760 Speaker 1: the head coach in GM today got fired. Pennix has 99 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 1: dissolved into sort of a nothing burger. He's banged up. Cousins. Actually, 100 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: Kirk played pretty well at the end of the season. 101 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: Too little, too late. My takeaway was, folks, you can't 102 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 1: have too many quarterbacks, bring a veteran in for a 103 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: year and then have Michael Pennix take it from there. 104 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 1: Maybe they should have hired an offensive coach but it 105 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: doesn't look like I was on the right side of 106 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 1: that one. 107 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays 108 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 2: and noon Eastern nin a em Pacific. 109 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 3: Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from The Odd 110 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 3: Couple on Fox Sports Radio. And in addition to hearing 111 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 3: us live weeknights from seven to ten pm Eastern on 112 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 3: Fox Sports Radio, we are excited to announce brand new 113 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 3: YouTube channel for the show. 114 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 2: That's right. 115 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: You can now watch The Odd Couple live on YouTube 116 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:42,920 Speaker 1: every day. 117 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 3: All you gotta do search Odd Couple FSR on YouTube. 118 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: Again YouTube, Just search Odd Couple FSR. Check us out 119 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 3: on YouTube and subscribe. 120 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 2: Heard Hierarchy time is now go the top ten NFL 121 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 2: teams according to College number ten. I would put Chicago. 122 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,719 Speaker 1: They won the NFC North for the first time since 123 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. When they win the turnover battle, they win, 124 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: but they're very reliant on it. They're ten and one 125 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: when they win the turnover battle, so if you play clean, 126 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:17,560 Speaker 1: you can beat them. Most offensive touchdowns in Bears franchise 127 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: history with Caleb led the NFL with eleven touchdown passes 128 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: twenty plus yards down the field, but they disappear offensively 129 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 1: for entire first halfs. 130 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,200 Speaker 2: This Packer game is a rough one. 131 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: It's going to be windy, which plays into the run 132 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,120 Speaker 1: game of Chicago. Great year for the Bears. I put 133 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 1: them at ten. 134 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: Number nine. 135 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: The Niners Listen brock perty in the last month one 136 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: hundred and seven passer rating. They're not as good as Seattle. 137 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 1: Don't punish them too much for losing to Seattle. They 138 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: didn't have Trent Williams and Ricky Pearsall. If they have 139 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: them backed, they're a live underdog against Philadelphia. They have 140 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,680 Speaker 1: lost nine of their last ten games when trailing at halftime. 141 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: Some of that is on Kyle Shanahan, who to me 142 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: is he's always been very tied to his script. He's 143 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 1: not been a great second half or come from behind coach. 144 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: But if Pearsall and Trent and Kittle are available, that 145 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 1: game with Philadelphia gets interesting. 146 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:13,760 Speaker 2: Niners at nine. Number eight. 147 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: Listen, the Bills are good. I don't think they're Super 148 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 1: Bowl good. They are twelve to zero when scoring twenty 149 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 1: one plus points. There's a way they win. They lead 150 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: the NFL in big plays in rushing, but that defense 151 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 1: twenty eighth against the run, They've lost eight straight road 152 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,160 Speaker 1: playoff games. How do you win on the road against 153 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 1: the Jacksonville Shut him down and take the crowd out. 154 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: I also worry about this team because they're slow starting. 155 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: When you go on the road and face a high 156 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: powered offense like Jacksonville, you do not want to play 157 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,760 Speaker 1: from behind, and the Bills make a habit of playing 158 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: from behind. 159 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:51,680 Speaker 2: That's why I have him at eight. 160 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: Number seven the Texans. They're on a nine game winning streak. 161 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 1: Best defense probably easily give credit to Nick Cassario. He's 162 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: drafted hell out of this defense the last three years. 163 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: But in the red zone they're not good. They settle 164 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,240 Speaker 1: for field goals, and I think that will be their undoing. 165 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 1: You gotta get sevens, not threes. In the red zone. 166 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 1: They are twenty fourth in yards per play. There's so 167 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,760 Speaker 1: much I like about him. I've always been a huge CJ. 168 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: Stroud fan. That red zone offense they'll settle for threes, 169 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 1: not seven, will cost him. 170 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 2: I put them at seven. 171 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: Number six the weird Philadelphia Eagles, who are three and 172 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: four over their last seven games and since Week ten 173 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: have a bottom six offense. I mean, they're ten to 174 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: zero when Jalen Hurts is held under two hundred yards passing. 175 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: They're the opposite of what wins in the NFL. But 176 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: their roster is so complete, their defense is so good. 177 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: But even I mean even this, they're five and three 178 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 1: at home. I don't even know what to make of Philadelphia. 179 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: That's why I have them at six. 180 00:09:59,040 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 2: Number five. 181 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 1: Denver is a great home team, so at least I 182 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: know what they are. They're good in the fourth quarter, 183 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: They're good at home. They're thirteen and one since week four. 184 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: Do they have a ceiling with bow Nicks, Maybe, but 185 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: he is the first quarterback in the Super Bowl era 186 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:17,960 Speaker 1: to lead in pass attempts in his first two seasons. 187 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 1: That tells you that Sean Payton trusts him. It's a 188 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:23,840 Speaker 1: little like Andrew Luck. We're gonna give you the whole playbook. 189 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: They're also four and two against playoff teams, so they've 190 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: beaten good teams. 191 00:10:28,679 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 2: I put them at five number four. The Rams aren't. 192 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 1: Playing great right now, three and three over their last 193 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: six week six weeks, but I love the fact they've 194 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: got three different guys with seven sacks. I love the 195 00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: fact they're playing a Carolina team they lost to is 196 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: a favorite. Devonte Adams comes back. Now, you can beat 197 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 1: him downfield. I mean, Carolina's got two big receivers. You 198 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,160 Speaker 1: can beat him downfield. You can beat him with big 199 00:10:54,200 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: perimeter weapons. That's why Philadelphia is a tough matchup for them. 200 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 1: But Stafford, the O line, the coach, the weapons. I 201 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: have the Rams at four, number three. We got to 202 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: pay attention to Jacksonville. Okay, they're eight to no since 203 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:12,800 Speaker 1: Week eleven, beating teams by nineteen a game. They're like 204 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: a dominant college team. And three of their four losses 205 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: have come to teams like you can lose to the 206 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: Seahawks or the Texans Ones or the Rams. They lose 207 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 1: to the right teams. I mean, they're just They have 208 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: had really good draft picks for a long time. They've 209 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: missed on the coach, but Trevor Lawrence has his king maker. 210 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: I have them at three, number two. 211 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm gonna put New England at two because I love Vrabel. 212 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 1: They've won thirteen to fourteen games and they are a 213 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 1: great road team that matters. Mike Frable third coach to 214 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: win fourteen plus games in his first season. I don't 215 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,920 Speaker 1: love their O line. Their run game is inconsistent. That's 216 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: why I have them at number two, number one. I mean, 217 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: you watched the San Francisco game. Seattle wasted offensive opportunities 218 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: and totally shut down Christian McCaffrey, which I said, that's 219 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: like shutting down Barry Sanders or Walter Payton. 220 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 2: How do you do that? I like everything. 221 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: I think they're GM's the best personnel guy in the league. 222 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,319 Speaker 1: Go look at their last nine picks in the first 223 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:19,600 Speaker 1: and second round, nine for nine. 224 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 2: They have a rare. 225 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 1: Combination of a quarterback who's highly productive on a team 226 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:30,199 Speaker 1: friendly deal, and they don't miss on draft picks. Translation 227 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,840 Speaker 1: stacked roster. It's better than Philadelphia's. Now they're all line 228 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: like New England is okay? 229 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 2: My top two teams all lines. 230 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,360 Speaker 1: By the way, New England and Seattle in the draft 231 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: both will address their old lines. Both address the old 232 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 1: lines last year in the first round. So that's where 233 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:50,680 Speaker 1: we are. 234 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,520 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of the Herd weekdays 235 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 2: in newone Eastern nin a em Pacific on Fox Sports 236 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 2: Radio FS one and the iHeartRadio app. 237 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: And with that, Tom Brady is joining us live. He'll 238 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: be doing the Niners Eagles game. Seven time Super Bowl champ, 239 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: so I went and looked, this is funny, Tom, I 240 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:11,079 Speaker 1: went and looked at your highlights this morning of your 241 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: first NFL start, Tom scampering for a rushing touchdown, playing 242 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: in the playing I lived there for ten years in 243 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:20,559 Speaker 1: New England. 244 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,640 Speaker 2: Weather. Were you nervous first start? Go back to what 245 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 2: what were you like? Emotionally? 246 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 4: It was actually such a great day for football When 247 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: you see that, there's only a few kind of games 248 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 4: in your career where you have that type of weather. 249 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 4: I remember going out there in pregame warm upon and 250 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 4: it was like six inches of snow on the ground. 251 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 4: I thought, Okay, the pass rush isn't going to be 252 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:42,679 Speaker 4: too tough today, So kind of me plowing through the 253 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 4: snow and diving in there for the touchdown. I was 254 00:13:45,800 --> 00:13:48,320 Speaker 4: one of the memorable moments in my career. And I 255 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 4: never played in the game. There was maybe one other 256 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 4: game where I had that type of weather conditions, But 257 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 4: for so many reasons, I still can remember the way 258 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 4: the snow was falling in pregame, and you know, I 259 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 4: had these visions of kind of in a weird way, 260 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:03,640 Speaker 4: I can kind of go back to that day and 261 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 4: relive it in my own mind when I see these highlights, 262 00:14:06,800 --> 00:14:08,599 Speaker 4: So thanks for bringing it up. There's a lot of 263 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:11,160 Speaker 4: great memories, probably not for the Raider fans, are from 264 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,959 Speaker 4: my boy Charles Woodson, who's still you know, literally, I 265 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 4: think every time we see each other in some former fashion, 266 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,160 Speaker 4: you know, some type of fumble or non fumble event 267 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 4: comes up. But it was a really special first playoff 268 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 4: start for me, and it was it was I think 269 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,600 Speaker 4: the last game in that stadium as well. 270 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 5: So that was a lot of great memories. 271 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: So let's talk Eagles forty nine ers. I was saying 272 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: to the staff yesterday, we were thinking of questions, and 273 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: I said, the Eagles are the opposite of your Patriots. 274 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: They're loud, there's drama, they're uneven, they have half they 275 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: don't complete passes. I'm not exactly sure what Ciriani is, 276 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: but he's a winner. You're Patriots. I always said this. 277 00:14:50,920 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: You guys were like the brilliant accounting firm. I knew 278 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: what I was get every Sunday. The weather didn't matter, 279 00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 1: the opponent didn't I knew exactly when I lived in 280 00:14:57,960 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: Connecticut what the game would look. You'd have maybe one 281 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: game a year where it unraveled. I don't even know 282 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: series this series. What I get from Philadelphia You've done 283 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: their games. How do you explain their success when they're 284 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:14,040 Speaker 1: this uneven, this lowed consistently. 285 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, you're right, but let me go back. 286 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 4: First of all, Famously, New England isn't known for drama. 287 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:21,600 Speaker 5: I think we had more. 288 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 4: Gates than Logan International Airport for twenty years. There was 289 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:29,520 Speaker 4: always some sort of drama happening with our team over 290 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 4: the course of the year. And I think it's the 291 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 4: product of having a lot of successful moments too. Where 292 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:39,280 Speaker 4: you know, I look at Philly and they got a 293 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 4: tough media market, and in the Northeast in general, I 294 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 4: think there's always these environments that are a little bit 295 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 4: tougher for the fans, for the players. You know, it's 296 00:15:47,640 --> 00:15:50,120 Speaker 4: a tough city. It's a hard no city. The fans, 297 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:54,320 Speaker 4: they expect a lot every year. So they've had success, 298 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 4: obviously in the Super Bowl a few years ago than 299 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,280 Speaker 4: they won it last year, and you know, now it's like, well, 300 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 4: we should just win every game. But the reality the 301 00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 4: NFL is you don't win every game. The competition is 302 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 4: really tough, and then when you cover the team, you're 303 00:16:08,280 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 4: always looking for little chinks in the armor and I 304 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 4: think that ends up kind of feeling like, you know, 305 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 4: there's distraction or drama because aj Brown doesn't get every 306 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 4: target or Saquon's not rushing for two thousand yards again. 307 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 4: But understand in some ways those are anomalies. You know, 308 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 4: that season Saquon had last year was an anomaly. He's 309 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,640 Speaker 4: a phenomenal player, He's going to be a Hall of Famer. 310 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 4: But no running back rushes for two thousand yards every year. 311 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 4: So when it's less than two thousand, we all make 312 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 4: a big drama that it's not two thousand again, but the. 313 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 5: Reality is it's probably closer. 314 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 4: You know, this year is maybe a little down for 315 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:46,920 Speaker 4: him for a number of different reasons, but he's still 316 00:16:46,960 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 4: a phenomenal player. The Eagles, they still got a great 317 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,720 Speaker 4: football team. If they're drama and they're sitting in the 318 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 4: position they're in, I'm sure coach Siriani would take the 319 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 4: drama every single week the way that he ends up 320 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 4: his managements of the team. But I think they're as 321 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 4: dangerous as a playoff team as. 322 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 5: Or is alive right now. 323 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: So there's an interesting stat with Kyle Shanahan, and I 324 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: love Shanahan. I think he's the great play designer of 325 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: his generation like Andy was for years or Bill Walsh. 326 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:17,199 Speaker 1: But there is a weird stat and I think it 327 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: does point to it. When a stat gets too weird, 328 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 1: I said last hour, it's usually a personality thing. Uh. 329 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,240 Speaker 1: He has the best play sheet in the league, They 330 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: use the most motion, but he doesn't come from behind. 331 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: There's a remarkable number with Shanahan, like if he trails 332 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: by seven plus points at half, they don't win. My 333 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 1: knock is that he is a little tied to the 334 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: play sheet that I think a coach should be more 335 00:17:42,840 --> 00:17:44,199 Speaker 1: way more than Google maps. 336 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: You gotta gotta go with the floor, right, go with 337 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 2: the flow. 338 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: And I want to go back to Josh McDaniel because 339 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,199 Speaker 1: you Sean Payton, bow Knicks, Ben Jonson and Caleb You 340 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: were a guy elway was this Sometimes you rip it 341 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 1: up and start over. Give me some examples in the playoffs? 342 00:18:02,119 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: Are there times? Maybe those Baltimore games, Tom, when you 343 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: went into it and said, guys, this isn't working. 344 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 2: We have got to change. 345 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,200 Speaker 1: I mean, did you have like dramatic halftime moments like that. 346 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 4: I don't know if it's dramatic, but I think when 347 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,359 Speaker 4: you have the continuity that we had over a period 348 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 4: of time in the playoffs, you could quickly adapt or 349 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 4: you know, because it's hard in the playoffs. 350 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 5: If you get down early in the game. 351 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:24,960 Speaker 4: And you know, we add a few games this year 352 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 4: where teams were, you know, Chicago for example, like Caleb 353 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,920 Speaker 4: had six yards passing in the first half. Then he 354 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,200 Speaker 4: comes out in the second half and he rattles off 355 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 4: two hundred plus yards and they win the game. And 356 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 4: it's a dramatic kind of come from behind win that 357 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 4: the Bears would have. But in the playoffs it becomes 358 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 4: much more difficult to come back by ten points or 359 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 4: more against a very good football team. 360 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 5: Right. 361 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 4: So I would just say, though, the important part to 362 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 4: realize on all this is every team is built a 363 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 4: specific way. The forty nine ers have always been built 364 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:58,000 Speaker 4: to run the football, to play good defense, and use 365 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:00,679 Speaker 4: a lot of play action paths to get exploded. The 366 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 4: strength of their team isn't the wide out position. This year, 367 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 4: you know, with Ayuk situation, they kind of brought. 368 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 5: In some. 369 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 4: Receivers that Juwan Jennings that like Boorn I like. But 370 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,199 Speaker 4: at the same time, I would say the strength their 371 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 4: team is thrown to the half back throwing the ball 372 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 4: to the tight end, and it's not kind of maybe 373 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:21,120 Speaker 4: what we see in a traditional Kyle Shanahan offense. 374 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 5: It doesn't mean they can't come back. 375 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:25,639 Speaker 4: I do think it's difficult with some of these systems though, 376 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 4: that are built on the run game and play action 377 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 4: pass to come back. You know, I was a part 378 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 4: of more I would say, a drop back passing team 379 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,959 Speaker 4: where our passing concepts were very detailed, very methodical. Our 380 00:19:37,000 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 4: protection schemes very methodical in detail. I probably had twenty 381 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 4: to thirty different protection schemes. I would say the West 382 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 4: Coast offense has maybe half of those. So there are 383 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 4: things that that West Coast offense has done. With some 384 00:19:50,720 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 4: of these coaches, they can do that are tremendous when 385 00:19:54,520 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 4: they play in their style, and I think when they 386 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: get out of their style. 387 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,359 Speaker 5: Ultimately, that's what you're trying to do. 388 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 4: When you're playing good teams, you're trying to get to play, 389 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 4: You're trying to get those teams to play left handed. 390 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 4: You're taking away their stars, you're minimizing their strengths and 391 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 4: you're maximizing their weaknesses. There's always a formula to win. 392 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 4: I think the forty nine ers that they're going to 393 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 4: win this week, they better get out to a lead, 394 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 4: they better play from ahead. They and they're gonna need 395 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 4: to create some issues for this Eagles offense to get 396 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 4: them off track a bit too, because they play so 397 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,159 Speaker 4: well and they have performed very well in the biggest moments. 398 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: So one of the similarities with you and Mahomes is 399 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: that you both had great success early in the playoffs, 400 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 1: so you never had this thing hanging over your head, like, oh, 401 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: they can't win those close ones. Well, Buffalo's oh for 402 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: its last eight playoff road games, Josh is zero to five. 403 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:51,439 Speaker 1: Usually golf and baseball, there's down time. The sport can 404 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: get into your head. Hockey, football, basketball, you don't have 405 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: prolonged slumps. 406 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:56,880 Speaker 2: You got a series coming up. 407 00:20:57,320 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: But I do think Tom, it's tied at twenty four late, 408 00:21:03,080 --> 00:21:07,720 Speaker 1: Buffalo's got the ball. I can't believe they. I think 409 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,400 Speaker 1: all the pressure in the world's on Buffalo of all 410 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 1: the teams this weekend. That's going to play a little 411 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 1: psychological part, does it not. 412 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I think it's very psychological, very emotional. When 413 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 4: they've been in these situations, they haven't played the type 414 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 4: of winning football needed in order for them to advance, 415 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:27,280 Speaker 4: and they've sometimes they've gone against, in my opinion, Patrick 416 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 4: and the Chiefs team, which has been, you know, the 417 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,440 Speaker 4: team that everyone's always aiming for, and you get caught 418 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,000 Speaker 4: up in those games against you know, the Chiefs. They've 419 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,720 Speaker 4: been a tough out for a long time. Now they're 420 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 4: out of it this year. So can Buffalo find it 421 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,879 Speaker 4: within themselves to play their best football in the biggest 422 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 4: moments and look, some weeks they've looked great. 423 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 5: The passing game looks great. 424 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 4: Obviously, they're runners, one of the top backs in the NFL. 425 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 4: And the way Josh plays when he's playing his rhythm, 426 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 4: you know, he's virtually impossible. MVP caliber season last year 427 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 4: and I thought he played very well this season. So 428 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 4: the good part about the playoffs is it's not where 429 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 4: you play, it's not who you play, it's how you play. 430 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,000 Speaker 4: And if it really isteresting the playoffs this year, how 431 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,960 Speaker 4: you play in these games is going to determine who 432 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,800 Speaker 4: moves on the team that doesn't turn the ball over, controls. 433 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:17,760 Speaker 4: The line of scrimmage plays well in situational football, makes 434 00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 4: the stops in the red area or you know, or 435 00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 4: it goes the opposite way. And that's why I think 436 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 4: this playoffs more so than what I can remember in 437 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,640 Speaker 4: the past in the NFL has done an unbelievable job 438 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 4: this season with the parody in these games, and it's 439 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:33,639 Speaker 4: been so fun for me to cover them for Fox 440 00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:36,360 Speaker 4: from my vantage point, I'm sure it's been very. 441 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 5: Fun for the fans watching at home. 442 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 1: So Bears Packers meeting for a third time, would you 443 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:47,360 Speaker 1: rather have familiarity in the playoffs, a constant rival or opponent, 444 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: or did you like the element of surprise? They don't 445 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 1: know you, you don't know them, your tricks? I mean, 446 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: I don't which side do you like playing a team 447 00:22:57,800 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 1: for a third time? 448 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,240 Speaker 4: I would say that's pretty tough. Look, if you're in 449 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 4: the playoffs, it shouldn't matter. You know who you're playing, 450 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,600 Speaker 4: where you're playing. Again, this is all about, like you're in, 451 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 4: You've got a shot, you got an opportunity. Now what 452 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 4: are you going to do with that opportunity. I've called 453 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:15,920 Speaker 4: five Chicago Bears games this season. Nobody thought they would 454 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,680 Speaker 4: have the type of season that they've had. We had 455 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 4: them in Green Bay where Caleb threw a kind of 456 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 4: an interception at the last play of the game to 457 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,600 Speaker 4: Keishaw Nixon, which sealed the victory for the Packers. Then 458 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 4: all of a sudden, this crazy comeback which was America's 459 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 4: Game of the week where they were covered on side 460 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 4: kick and they go to overtime and Caleb hits the 461 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,040 Speaker 4: bomb downfield. And this is what you love about it. 462 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,920 Speaker 4: These two teams know each other so well. Guys are 463 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 4: coming out of you know, some unheralded receivers from the 464 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,199 Speaker 4: Bears have made some plays late in these games. So 465 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 4: it is a super tight matchup for this game. This 466 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:51,920 Speaker 4: is one of the most intriguing games of the weekend. 467 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 4: I can't wait to see how both teams played. And look, 468 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,680 Speaker 4: they know each other so well, so now it really 469 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 4: does come down to the fundamental and possession of the 470 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 4: football and knowing your assignment's details. These are really tremendous 471 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 4: programs this season, great coaches. You know, we'll see if 472 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 4: who's the most prepared when they. 473 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 5: Take the field. 474 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 1: So it's such an offensive league. Now, twelve of the 475 00:24:17,560 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: fourteen quarterbacks or first round guys. If I were Seattle. 476 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: If I was Seattle, I would not want to buy. 477 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,960 Speaker 1: I think they're young, hot, I'd want to play. Same 478 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: with Denver I'm not a big by fan. Now again, 479 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 1: you played in the division you had a lot of those, 480 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 1: So I do wonder Seattle and Denver aren't playing. Did 481 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: you like the extra time or did you just want 482 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:45,280 Speaker 1: to keep playing? 483 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 5: Yeah, so it's a great question. It is not a 484 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 5: week of rest. 485 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:52,399 Speaker 4: Let me say that, it's a week of preparation, and 486 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 4: it's a week of preparation for what is going to 487 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 4: be the most difficult game of the season, because it's 488 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:02,360 Speaker 4: whoever you play will have won a playoff game. As 489 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 4: you approached that game and that week, they're gonna have 490 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 4: tremendous confidence. Whoever you're gonna play, They're like, man, we're 491 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,400 Speaker 4: already in the playoffs. We want to gain These guys 492 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 4: have been sitting there not preparing arrested. But to me, 493 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 4: it was like, what can we get done during this 494 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 4: week that's going to give us an advantage for. 495 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:19,040 Speaker 5: The following week. 496 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 4: So to actually have the week off to really take 497 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 4: inventory this late in year what you're good at, what 498 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:26,439 Speaker 4: you're not good I always thought was really important. I 499 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 4: felt like I was really fresh going into the divisional round. 500 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 4: I'm sure with the you know, there's some great coaching obviously, 501 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 4: Sean Payton with with what he's done, and you know, 502 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 4: young Mike McDonald as a coach and kind of the 503 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 4: valuable experience that he's gained from last year and this year. 504 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 4: Seattle's been tremendous on defense. Their defensive line is one 505 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 4: of the greatest, you know, D lines in football, probably 506 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:52,920 Speaker 4: the best D line in football. They're suffocating on defense 507 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 4: and that goes a long way if they, you know, 508 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,679 Speaker 4: get a turnover to going to Seattle and trying to 509 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 4: win with that crowd noise, that is a very, very 510 00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,880 Speaker 4: tough out to try to get see out out. 511 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 5: Of the playoffs. 512 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 1: So I'm a Stafford over Drake May MVP. And the 513 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 1: reason being, I think even the NFL uses strength of 514 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: schedule in tie breakers, and Stafford's schedule he beat number 515 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 1: one Houston defense, Number two Seattle with great against the 516 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 1: Jags defense played Philadelphia. This is not a knock on 517 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 1: Drake May, but they had the weakest schedule in twenty 518 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 1: six years. I do think there is I think schedule 519 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,720 Speaker 1: has to matter when one team has the weakest in 520 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 1: twenty six years and the other has an excellent schedule. 521 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if you voiced this publicly I think 522 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: you're lean and Stafford, are you not. 523 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 4: Yeah, I just said, look, I love Drake May and 524 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 4: what he's done in his second You're working with Josh McDaniels, 525 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,640 Speaker 4: who's another tremendous coach and has done such a great 526 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,520 Speaker 4: job kind of understanding what Drake's capable of, and Drake's 527 00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:53,359 Speaker 4: taken advantage of every opportunity that he's got. And I 528 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 4: always think in these awards, when you say one thing 529 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,640 Speaker 4: that's positive about someone means youre saying something negative about 530 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 4: the other. It's not like that they both had incredible years. 531 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,640 Speaker 4: I just see Matt Stafford as a Hall of Fame 532 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 4: level quarterback that has played his best season of football 533 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 4: and he's done it against you know, in any conditions. 534 00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 4: Forty six touchdown passes. He's just been incredible, and I 535 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 4: just love that the way he leads his team. And 536 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,120 Speaker 4: you know, there's no bad choice at this point. You're 537 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 4: talking about some of the best players in the league, 538 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 4: but mad has in my opinion, he's just really exceeded 539 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,639 Speaker 4: everyone's expectations this season. And what incredible quarterback and what 540 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,120 Speaker 4: a career he's had. 541 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,199 Speaker 2: Let's wrap it up with this. 542 00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: There's a There's a famous clip where you go to 543 00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: the sidelines and Belichick says, settled down, Tommy, settled. 544 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 2: In, and You're like, I am the guy ran the 545 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:44,360 Speaker 2: wrong route. 546 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 1: So Drake may first playoff game, Caleb Williams, that crowd 547 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,720 Speaker 1: is going to be electric. First playoff game. You know, 548 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,800 Speaker 1: Jalen Harris has been around the block, Josh Allen, So 549 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,159 Speaker 1: how did you, I mean, even at the end you 550 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,719 Speaker 1: get to Super Bowls like it? How how did you 551 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: control emotionally that first pass that first series because it's 552 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: just playing at the Masters is different than the Buick Open, 553 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:13,320 Speaker 1: playing a playoffs game is different than Week twelve? 554 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,320 Speaker 2: How do you control them? 555 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 5: So? 556 00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 4: I guess the point Colin is, first of all, that 557 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 4: clip with Belichick always thinks funny because he would never 558 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 4: come up to me at the first quarter of the 559 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 4: first series of a game and tell me to say 560 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 4: until I realized he. 561 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 5: Was miked up. And then that came out and I 562 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 5: was like, oh God, now. 563 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 2: I got it. 564 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 4: But uh, it's a good exchange because I actually I 565 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:34,879 Speaker 4: can sink back into that memory as well, and we 566 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 4: had such a great rapport. Actually always in touch with him, 567 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,640 Speaker 4: and he's been a great mentor for me, and he 568 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:41,200 Speaker 4: was always trying to get the best out of me, 569 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,479 Speaker 4: which is like what a lot of these great coaches 570 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 4: in the playoffs are doing with their quarterbacks. And how 571 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 4: do you prepare these quarterbacks for playoff football? You put 572 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 4: pressure on them every single week to be their best, 573 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:55,080 Speaker 4: and you don't wait for the playoffs to go all right, guys, 574 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 4: well now it's playoffs, let's do something different. You've been 575 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 4: preparing them all off season since eight so that they 576 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 4: can be at their best when it matters the most 577 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 4: for their team. So I just felt like the pressure 578 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 4: to succeed on a daily basis in great organizations and 579 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,920 Speaker 4: to not let your teammates down prepared you for the 580 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 4: biggest moments of the season when everybody's watching, and that's 581 00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 4: when you need to play your best. The margin of 582 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 4: there is the smallest because you're playing the best teams, 583 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,560 Speaker 4: so you need to be at your best. 584 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:26,920 Speaker 5: And the only way to be at your. 585 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 4: Best on these days is to think about over the 586 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 4: course of the entire offseason. You need to be at 587 00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:36,440 Speaker 4: your best every day. And that's the reality of professional sports. 588 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 4: That's what the great athletes do, that's what the great 589 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 4: quarterbacks do constantly putting pressure on themselves to succeed regardless 590 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 4: of the moment, and that prepares you for these big 591 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 4: moments that they're about to face this weekend. 592 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: You know, we have so many interesting offensive stories, and 593 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,920 Speaker 1: a franchise that doesn't get any attention is Jacksonville. And 594 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: I think you and you probably like Trevor Lawrence at 595 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: Clemson all thought yeah, but he was kind of turnover prone. 596 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:06,120 Speaker 1: And I think it's Liam Cohen. And this will be 597 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 1: my final question. What is Liam doing to create clarity? 598 00:30:10,920 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 1: I always felt Trevor got lured in the bad picks 599 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 1: and now he doesn't. 600 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:18,280 Speaker 2: Is its scheme? Is it tempo? 601 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:22,400 Speaker 1: What is Liam doing that we get the real Trevor Lawrence? 602 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 5: Now, well, it's a lot of things. 603 00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 4: And I think Liam's done a great job even when 604 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 4: he was at Tampa last year. Or he has a 605 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 4: couple opportunities to, you know, really kind of take the 606 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 4: skill sets that he's learned from other coaches that he's 607 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 4: been around and then morph them into a system where 608 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 4: they have a lot of good skill players. And Trevor 609 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 4: is you know, a coach has got to get the 610 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:47,600 Speaker 4: players a lot of layups. Good OC's get their quarterbacks layups. 611 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 4: You don't have to thread the needle on every single throw. 612 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,000 Speaker 4: You got guys that are wide open. Great, there's a 613 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 4: big margin of air on a big portion of the passes. 614 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,280 Speaker 4: That's the goal of an offensive coordinator. It's to how 615 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 4: do we create through our scheme, either the route concepts 616 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 4: or run concepts, how can we give our players a 617 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 4: little bit of an advantage because they realize if you 618 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:10,240 Speaker 4: don't give them an advantage. I'd liking it to a golfer, 619 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,960 Speaker 4: would you rather hit a three iron or four iron 620 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,280 Speaker 4: into a green or would you rather hit a pitching wedge? 621 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,920 Speaker 4: Over time, the more pitching wedge you hit when your 622 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 4: opponent's hitting three irons or four irons, the more of 623 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,520 Speaker 4: an advantage you have. And the good coordinators like Liam 624 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 4: and I know he's a head coach, but he calls 625 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,120 Speaker 4: the place like a Kyle Shanahan, like a Josh McDaniels, 626 00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 4: like a Sean Payton. These guys are hitting sand wedges 627 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:34,880 Speaker 4: into greens and that's what you want to do. And 628 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 4: then ultimately the quarterback needs to play a part of that. 629 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 4: As you mature, you get older, you start to give 630 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,560 Speaker 4: your coordinator. Okay, these are the things I really love. 631 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,960 Speaker 4: This is what I'm really confident. You become an extension 632 00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 4: of the coaching staff, and that's. 633 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 5: When you really start firing on all so owners. 634 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,760 Speaker 4: That's what I did, That's what Drew Brees did, That's 635 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 4: what Peyton Manning did. We had our own imprint on 636 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 4: what the game plan should be. We were totally confident 637 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 4: in everything that was being called, which allowed us to 638 00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 4: go out there and executed our. 639 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 1: Best forty nine ers Eagles Sunday for Eastern on Fox. Uh, 640 00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: it's there's gonna be some records broken. That is going 641 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 1: to be so intense, two huge NFL blue bloods. Tom 642 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: as always, I appreciate you stopping by. 643 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 5: Hey, thanks for inviting me back. 644 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 4: I know Shanks and Zeger had to call to try 645 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 4: to get me on, so eventually, you know, you'll just 646 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 4: invite me yourself. But I'm glad we were going to 647 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 4: make this work, certainly as we go into the playoffs. 648 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, Tom Brady, seven times Super Bowl champ. He 649 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,640 Speaker 1: is uh, you know, yeah, I don't like I don't 650 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,400 Speaker 1: like to bother people. You know, maybe I'll just get 651 00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 1: on the phone and you make things happen. That last 652 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,000 Speaker 1: answer is fascinating. It's a really great way to put it. 653 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: The more times you can hit a pitching wedge instead 654 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,600 Speaker 1: of a three iron, the better the golfer. No matter 655 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: how well you hit the three iron. If I get 656 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: to hit the wedge or my nine or my eight 657 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,000 Speaker 1: and you're hitting fairway woods over the course of time, 658 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna win the round. That's a great way to 659 00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 1: put it. You got you gotta create some layups. You 660 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 1: got to give these guys not everything. Hey, Trevor, just 661 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 1: go be unbelievable. I always said this about Michael Jordan. 662 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:19,080 Speaker 1: Michael mastered the mid range jumper, and about three times 663 00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: a game, Michael would put the tongue out, switch hands 664 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:24,000 Speaker 1: in mid air, and you'd be like, oh, okay, that's 665 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:29,640 Speaker 1: Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan's career was ninety one percent sixteen footers. 666 00:33:30,520 --> 00:33:33,040 Speaker 1: But you get the highlights and you're like, oh, that's it. 667 00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 5: Was it. You know. 668 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,840 Speaker 1: It's the same with Mahomes. Mahomes just doesn't miss any layups. 669 00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,200 Speaker 1: You go to the Super Bowls with Mahomes, he always 670 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: has one huge scramble late in the fourth quarter of 671 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: Super Bowl wins and there's probably a cup there's a 672 00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,160 Speaker 1: left handed throw, or there's a red zone player like, okay. 673 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 2: That's insane. You get about three of them of his 674 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 2: thirty four dropbacks. That's it. 675 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 5: It's the hurt. 676 00:33:57,280 --> 00:34:00,680 Speaker 2: One more Herd. The Herd streams twenty four hours, seven 677 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 2: days a week within the iHeartRadio app. Search her to 678 00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 2: listen live or on demand whenever you like. 679 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 1: All Right, Blazing five time, what a regular season? We 680 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: had sixty percent best year in a while. I like 681 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: my picks. Let's start our Blazing five postseason edition. 682 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,680 Speaker 2: Let's blaze it up, Fired it up. It's Collins blazon 683 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 2: fuck ramsid Panthers. 684 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,359 Speaker 1: Rams minus ten and a half is the side. They 685 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: had an NFL eight wins by fourteen plus points this season. 686 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 1: No team had that many big blowout wins. Number one offense, 687 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 1: number one scoring offense. They just lost to this team. 688 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:42,120 Speaker 1: That is momentum at his motivation. They're twelve and two 689 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,440 Speaker 1: in games in which they have one or fewer turnovers. 690 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:49,240 Speaker 1: So if they can cut the turnovers down, and Stafford 691 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,120 Speaker 1: hasn't had a lot of bad games this year, they're 692 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:51,839 Speaker 1: gonna win the game. 693 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 2: The question is by how much. 694 00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 1: The Panthers are the only team to make the playoffs 695 00:34:55,160 --> 00:35:00,239 Speaker 1: with a negative point differential. Bryce Young has struggled this 696 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:05,280 Speaker 1: season against good teams. Passer rating is seventy against playoff teams, 697 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:11,320 Speaker 1: Rams win it, Rams cover final score thirty three to twenty. 698 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,280 Speaker 2: Packers at Bears. 699 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,319 Speaker 1: I like the Bears at home. Lousy weather, plus one 700 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: and a half. Bears have the number three rush offense, 701 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:23,000 Speaker 1: don't turn the ball over, better O line, better run game, 702 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 1: lousy weather, forget vertical passing. I like the Bears their 703 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,200 Speaker 1: offensive line. I think it's way better than people get 704 00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 1: pff hes it at number three. They've won two of 705 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:34,640 Speaker 1: the last three games against Green Bay. Caleb Williams five 706 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 1: TV's and a pick, and that pick was end zone 707 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,600 Speaker 1: late in the game, trying to make a play. The 708 00:35:39,640 --> 00:35:42,400 Speaker 1: Packers are in a four game losing streak heading into 709 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,600 Speaker 1: the playoffs. They've lost for their last five playoff games. 710 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,359 Speaker 1: Thirtieth rank total defense since Micah Parsons has left. I'm 711 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 1: sorry it's not the same defense. Caleb's going to be 712 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: comfortable with a better run game. I like the Bears 713 00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:04,160 Speaker 1: take the points to win. Twenty seven twenty four Bills 714 00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,000 Speaker 1: at Jaguars. I like the Jags plus one and a half. 715 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,800 Speaker 1: They're four and one all time in home playoff games, 716 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:14,480 Speaker 1: eight and zero since Week eleven, and have outscored teams 717 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,520 Speaker 1: by almost three touchdowns. They're eight to zero against the 718 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 1: spread in their last eight games. Remind me of that 719 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: Carolina team with Cam Newton. They just got hot and 720 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,759 Speaker 1: you're like, get out of the way. I get out 721 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,759 Speaker 1: of the way of this team. Defense is held opponents 722 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: under twenty points or fewer in six straight games, and 723 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,080 Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence in his last six games on an absolute heater. 724 00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 1: The Bills have trailed in the second half seven and 725 00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,600 Speaker 1: the last ten games. That is no way to beat 726 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:43,799 Speaker 1: good teams on the road. They cannot stop the run. 727 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:49,120 Speaker 1: The Bills have the worst run defense of every playoff team. 728 00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,360 Speaker 1: I like the Jags to win. Superman or not a 729 00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,320 Speaker 1: quarterback for Buffalo thirteen to twenty seven. 730 00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,399 Speaker 2: J Bil forty nine ers at Eagles. Listen. 731 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:02,799 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Eagles minus five and a half. I 732 00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,000 Speaker 1: worry about Pearsall and Trent Williams. They do have the 733 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,680 Speaker 1: number one red zone offense, so they get sevens not threes. 734 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 1: They also have one turnover in the last three games, 735 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:16,480 Speaker 1: so they're you know, they've won three straight games. I 736 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 1: do think they run the ball a little better recently 737 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: Saquon Barkley last four games, it's got four hundred rushing yards. 738 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:25,680 Speaker 1: They're at home to the better team, to the healthier team. 739 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:28,840 Speaker 1: Listen the Niners against Vic Fangio. Jmack talked about it 740 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: earlier this week. The Niners and Shanahan against Vic Fangio 741 00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 1: average twelve points a game. They struggle against him, and 742 00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,480 Speaker 1: they're too dependent on Christian McCaffrey. The defense has the 743 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,359 Speaker 1: fewest sacks in the league. Jalen Hurts is comfortable at home. 744 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: Better roster, healthier roster. I'm going to take the Eagles 745 00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: to win and the Eagles to cover twenty eight to twenty. 746 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:53,480 Speaker 2: Oregon versus Indiana, I. 747 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:55,600 Speaker 1: Like Indiana minus three and a half. I don't think 748 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,920 Speaker 1: that game at Outson was a score close at the 749 00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,600 Speaker 1: score indicated Indiana's coming off back wins where they hammered 750 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:06,120 Speaker 1: Alabama and they beat Ohio State three to zero against 751 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,160 Speaker 1: top ten opponents this year, I'd argue Indiana plays better 752 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,719 Speaker 1: against better teams. They crushed a good Illinois team, They 753 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,399 Speaker 1: hammered Oregon to Dotson. They you know, they pushed around 754 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,439 Speaker 1: Ohio state did. They not committed fewer turnovers of any 755 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,680 Speaker 1: power for team this season eight giveaways. They don't make mistakes, 756 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,760 Speaker 1: the quarterbacks probably the best player in college football. 757 00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 2: And Oregon. 758 00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:31,560 Speaker 1: Their defense has gotten a little leaky, defending the run 759 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 1: in two of their last three games. Oregon's a very 760 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,520 Speaker 1: good team. I just don't think they're built to beat 761 00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:41,840 Speaker 1: an Indiana team that is this efficient, this well coach 762 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,839 Speaker 1: doesn't turn the ball over. I think Indiana wins, I 763 00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: think Indiana covers. I think it's a really competitive game 764 00:38:49,080 --> 00:38:54,080 Speaker 1: with the two best college quarterbacks. Indiana thirty three, Oregon 765 00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:54,759 Speaker 1: twenty eight. 766 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,520 Speaker 2: So uh you know, I'm gonna pass on New England Chargers. 767 00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,160 Speaker 1: I'm gonna pass on the Steelers Texans because the number 768 00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 1: now is only three. That was gonna be my fifth bet. 769 00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:10,760 Speaker 1: I'm gonna take the Hoosiers. I got Dogs, Jags, and Bears. 770 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,600 Speaker 1: I got favorites Indiana Eagles and the Rams.