JB's Sports Podcast
JB's Sports Podcast
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Can Bill Belichick find his way back to the NFL spotlight, possibly with the Raiders? And what are the real chances of the Rams making an unexpected playoff run? Our latest episode stirs the pot with bold predictions and thought-provoking debates about the dynamic world of football. We throw the spotlight on quarterback prospects as the NFL draft approaches, scrutinizing the decisions of top talents like Carson Beck and Drew Allar, while weighing in on drafting strategies that could reshape team fortunes.
The NFL coaching carousel spins with intriguing possibilities, as we discuss veteran masterminds like Pete Carroll and Nick Saban, and the potential moves of coaching luminaries such as Mike Vrabel and Ben Johnson. Equally captivating is our heated discourse on potential Hall of Fame candidates Chad Johnson and Dez Bryant, where career stats meet passionate advocacy. Meanwhile, thickening the plot are quarterback salary evaluations in relation to Brock Purdy's potential payday and the ripple effects of injuries on team performance, featuring a lively excavation of Tua Tagovailoa's financial worth and future prospects.
As we rank playoff teams based on confidence levels, sparks fly during our discussions about the Steelers, Rams, and Bengals. We navigate through upcoming NFL games, dissecting matchups and offering betting insights that could tip the scales for listeners. From the gritty battles on the field to the strategic decisions behind the scenes, this episode provides a comprehensive look at the forces at play in both college and professional football. Join us for spirited conversations and insights that aim to challenge conventional wisdom and keep the football fervor alive.
welcome back to jesus podcast. Today is thursday, january the 9th. We're back on the podcast, we back. We got college football, college football on the night tomorrow night. This is semifinals for the college football games. We already made our predictions, so we're not going to go too deep into those. And then we also have the NFL playoff wildcard weekend coming up this weekend. We have stuff to talk about there. We're going to talk about quarterbacks, got some college football news, nfl news, and then I want to do something kind of similar to what we did before. The college football playoff is to do our confidence to win the Super Bowl rankings, and it's something we both have to agree on. So we'll have to find it out. Just like last time we did talk about this, I think this was my idea. No, yeah, it was my idea the first time for college football it was. But I think on that podcast I was like, hey, we should do this for the NFL playoff. You're like, yeah, well, I'm glad I had the thought right before. So we're going to rank 14-1. Real quick what our rankings are for all 14 playoff teams.
Speaker 1:Happy birthday to Chad Johnson. Chad Johnson, it is his birthday today. The Bengals post about it all day. Hey, there you go. He's a big. He has been all day for the Bengals.
Speaker 1:I Sorry, I didn't. I never even saw him play. Yeah, he was a very good player, very fun player to watch. But again, I didn't watch a lot of him either. Not a Hall of Fame player? Probably not. But you know, is Dez Bryant a Hall of Fame player? But you know, is Dez Bryant a Hall of Fame? Probably not. No, no For sure, not Really. Chad Johnson played longer than Dez Bryant did. Chad Johnson has better stats, but Dez Bryant has been. He's gotten votes for the Hall of Fame. He was one short last time. I know Dez Bryant did. Yeah, I don't think he's about no, no, because if Chad Johnson has a make, he's definitely not making it. Well, that's what I'm saying, because Bryant was one short for the last time he was up there. I sure hope that's a lie, because that's stupid. He was one short. I hope that's a lie, that's stupid.
Speaker 1:Okay, so, guys, let's talk about, let's go ahead and get on into it. Got about an hour before the Penn State-Notre Dame game happens. I really don't care if we go a little bit over, but let's get into things. So I truly don't care about that game. College football is gonna be a slug fest. Who fucking cares? All right, so I have just a couple college football news things before we get to the nfl stuff.
Speaker 1:Georgia quarterback carson beck is entering the transfer portal. He recently, but this is after he at the end of the season, when they realized he was gonna have like the elbow injury and he wasn't gonna be able to play in the playoff, he said that he was gonna. He declared for the NFL draft like, hey, I'm going to the NFL draft, that's, that's what I'm doing. Now he has changed his mind, saying he's going into the transfer portal. So I have two questions when it comes to this right first off, um, so he must not have gotten the grade that he thought he was going to get from the NFL. People when they say because usually, because you know, players can go to the NFL and say, hey, where am I going to get from the NFL. People when they say, because usually you know, players can go to the NFL and say, hey, where am I going to get drafted? What is my range? So he probably didn't like what he, what he, what he saw. All right, a fourth round pick. Yeah, it's funny because he came into the year like as like the top guy, people were like saying he would be the first quarterback taken. Funny how one season can change everything for him. He should have left after last year because they were saying he was a first round pick then. But second question why can't he just go back to Georgia? Is this a him decision when it comes to, hey, georgia's not good enough at producing quarterbacks, so I'm going to go somewhere else that probably is a little bit better for me, or maybe a place that has better wide receivers, because Georgia doesn't have the best wide receiver talent. You can see how that Notre Dame game went when people were talking about how great Notre Dame's secondary is, which it is.
Speaker 1:I can't give them that much credit because their wide receivers aren't good at all. Like they're not like. Yes, they're athletic, but are they what you know? Obviously, ohio State's a very hard bar to hit, but there's plenty of other wide receiver rooms that are so much better than what Georgia has. What? What are you questioning that? Like, when you're talking about Ohio State, you're talking about LSU. Like we're talking about those type of wide receiver rooms currently not of all time. Even LSU's right now is shaky. It's not amazing. Lsu is no, but there's athletic. They have like speed, like there are wide receivers that are on that team that would start for a lot of other teams. Those wide receivers that are playing at Georgia would not start for a lot of great other big football teams. Okay, that's all I'm saying. If that's the bar, then yeah, because Georgia is like that everywhere else they have top flight offensive linemen. They have top flight defensive players all over the field.
Speaker 1:Quarterbacks not really. They're not really known as a great quarterback place, but when it comes to wide receivers, no Running backs, they produce running backs pretty well. Is there a school that's really considered a top quarterback place? Let's see Ohio State. Over the last 10 years or so, ever since Ryan Day showed up at Ohio State 10 years ago, it has been a quarterback place.
Speaker 1:I'm just mentioning NFL quarterback place, I'm just mentioning, like, nfl quarterback place. We've put four different quarterbacks into the nfl. What, whether what they did when they got there is a different story. I fucking hate that. That little asterix. We put them in the nfl. They're in there.
Speaker 1:Well, obviously, you only can do what you can do, but they all got drafted first round. That's not a high bar. We've had three in a row. That's not all good bar. All good drafts are first round. That's not a high bar. But I'm saying what other schools Do you know of that's really doing that? Alabama, maybe? Possibly? No, like they're lower. Like who else are you thinking of? Notre Dame? No, I think all your quarterbacks Were in bad classes. What do you mean? Cj Stroud? Dwayne Haskins' class was trash. That one was trash, yes. Justin Fields' class was trash, yes, I would say overall, yes, probably Okay. Cj. Cj Stroud his draft class was trash, yes, but he was obviously worthy of being the second pick overall, oh, without question. But again, his draft class was hot garbage, yes, but he would be a top draft pick no matter what draft class he was in. What draft class do you know? Automatically would not be a top two pick 2020. Yes, he would Cap Cap. Trevor Lawrence would be the 20th 2020.
Speaker 1:Was Joe Burrow? Okay, joe Burrow or Jay Herbo? Jay Herbo was not an automatic coming out of college. He was 13. People weren't looking at him as that guy coming out of college because he didn't show anything. Stop, kevin, he's not. No, okay, top two, a top two pick? Yes, cj Shaw showed everything in college, like no questions asked. He showed he could do everything on the football field you could possibly want from a quarterback. He did.
Speaker 1:Second overall pick was Chase Young. Dude, yes, but I'm saying he'd be a top two quarterback in that class, like he'd be a top ten pick, no questions asked. Yes, come on. Joe Burrow, chase Young, jeff Okuda he's not breaking those three. Jeff Okuda was a dog coming out of college. You know that. Yes, but I'm just saying like pretty much every— Andrew Thomas. But you can't say that because quarterbacks are rated higher on a lot of people's boards than any other position, not to the lines that they weren't. And Chase Young was that guy, come on, he was that guy. But I'm saying he'd be a top five pick, easy Over Tua. Or Jay Herbo, who was five and six Over Tua. Yes, his college career was so much better than Tua's.
Speaker 1:No questions asked and no injuries, don't do that. And Tua had a hip injury coming out. He wasn't even healthy. His draft class was pretty fucking good. You know what's funny is that that same hip injury is like he had a problem with his hip, which is why he didn't play the last two games of this season because that hip injury kind of came back up, the injury that everybody was worried about when he first came out of college. Dang, I'm not going to lie to you. This first round draft class is fucking elite. They have perennial all-stars all All over. You have Derrick Brown. You have Henry Ruggs, for what he was Was really really good when he was in the NFL Before he hits and killed somebody when he was in the NFL.
Speaker 1:Like I said, tristan Wurst yes, he's very good. Jared Judy's been pretty good this year. Aj Terrell's been really good. Cd Lambs First thing that I think he said about Jared Judy he's been good this year. I did not say he's been good. I said he's been good this year. Do not, I'm just making it known. Play the track back. At last podcast you were talking about how trash Jerry Judy is Because that nigga's not a pro bowler. What the fuck? I was saying he wasn't a pro bowler. I'm not saying he hasn't been good this year. Before that, that nigga still has feet in my hands. Okay, justin Jefferson, brandon Ay, damn, justin jefferson. Brandon iuke.
Speaker 1:Jordan love, patrick queen uh, cj shop would get picked way ahead of jordan love because jordan love was a nobody coming out of college. Jordan love was 26 right, but top five, yes, because quarterbacks are rated a lot higher. That's why, even in trash classes, people are still taking quarterbacks high because oh, oh, I need a quarterback, I have to have one. Cj Shaw would be a top five pick, easy, no questions asked. He'd be behind Joe Burrow for sure, but still, cj would be right there. No question, no question.
Speaker 1:Okay, so back to the Georgia thing. This is all. We already got sidetracked. Carson Beck was that a Georgia decision? Was that a him decision? I think it was a him decision because I don't think Georgia automatically has a quarterback behind him. Look, look, with the quarterback that they had come in and play in that game against Notre Dame. He had some, he could showed a little bit, but he didn't, did not look like he was going to be ready to be that guy next year for a Georgia team that looks like they're you you know, college going for national championships every year. So me, I think that was maybe more of a him decision that maybe wants to go to more of a quarterback building place that may be able to help him out a little bit more, become more of an NFL guy, cause physically has he has the tools physically. It's just his decision-making and his accuracy problems sometimes and all of that. So like he probably needs to go somewhere where he can kind of get built up a little bit to quarterback. Oh, not to mention, texas is known as a quarterback place now, with Sark being one of the better offense coordinators in college football. I don't think he's a quarterback guy, though. Like before he had Quinn and Arch, like he wasn't putting anybody from Texas into into um, into college football, like he was at I think he was at Alabama for a bit, Then he was at Washington before that and USC. He's not really known as a quarterback guy, but he's an offensive guy. But I think Carson Beck is just trying to up his prospects in the draft. Yeah, with him being probably a mid-first round, fourth round pick, probably a second or third Real quick.
Speaker 1:Chase Young was the number one overall rated prospect coming out of the 2020 draft. Yeah, of course he was. He was a monster 95. That's crazy. He would have won the Heisman if Justin Fields wasn't as amazing as he was too. They took votes from each other. He was so good. I'm not saying you're saying Devontae Smith didn't deserve it, but Devontae Smith was very good. He was very good. He was very good. But, holy shit, chase young was a beast his first year. It sucks how injuries did get to him. Yeah, uh, sorry, I was going through. It was like damn, the bangles drafted elite. This fucking draft class. This draft class was fucking elite. Uh, first pick of each round. It's crazy, but that does not make me question, though. Is that now, with all with that being the case, right?
Speaker 1:Penn State's quarterback, drew Aller. Everybody says that he has all the tools to be like a top flight guy. What if, after this whole playoff run ends well, no matter what, ends in tonight or ends next week, he goes? What if he decides to go because they tell him, hey, you'll be a top 10 pick because that? Because, if you look at the all the top teams I mean all the top 10 teams in the draft that are locked into their spots only like three of them have their quarterbacks of the future. That's it. Chicago, I would say, carolina.
Speaker 1:Now I would say they have enough confidence in Young not to replace him. They have enough confidence in Young and I don't think this draft class there's no quarterbacks in the draft that you know for sure is better than Young. I agree They'll give him another year and then next year's draft class is going to be a lot better when it comes to quarterbacks, so he afforded himself another year. This is not the year to replace him, but I think he showed a lot of promise in the last half of the year. I have to give him some credit for that. That. That, and then Trevor Lawrence, because technically they paid him. I doubt they're going to replace him now. I think they're stuck with him. They're stuck with him. I don't think there's a doubt in their head of a hat. Oh, did I say Caleb Williams? Yeah, but yeah, those are the three. Oh, no bone X's in the playoffs. Oh, there's another one. I might be crazy, but yeah.
Speaker 1:So if Drew Allard potentially might want to leave Penn State after this year if he gets, because he already announced he's coming back, which is crazy when who knows what his? Maybe he got something he didn't like when it comes to what he thought he was going to get drafted at. But things change when guys, you know, decide to go back to school. Guarantee, he was fourth round dude who? Carson Beck? No, drew Allard, no, carson Beck no, drew Allard, no, carson Beck. Carson Beck's from Georgia, yes, drew Allard's from Penn State Guaranteed, he went out and got like a fourth round projection, yeah, and he, because I think he's he played awful this year.
Speaker 1:I think he is better than that he can be, but he's played awfully Like he. He looked like he didn't know how to read a defense and throwing a lot of jump balls, making a lot of bad decisions. And when you're at Georgia, I get it. He didn't have the greatest wide receiver talent, but he should have done better than what he did. And not to mention I think it puts into context how great Brock Bowers was for him last year. That it made him look that much better, dude, I agree with you on that, because now I didn't know who Brock Larson was and Ladd McConkie Ladd McConkie too, dude, they both came to the NFL and they're tearing it up. They are monsters. So maybe they kind of lifted him up more than he lifted them, which makes me think he should have left after last year Probably. But Georgia probably came up to him with a very nice NIL bag and said, hey, you want to come back? Hey, you want to come back. And he decided, yeah, I'll do it, why not? He's paying the price for it. Now, though, he's paying the price. Those two are both fucking elite we were talking about.
Speaker 1:Ladd-mccaulay may not be a number one, he may not be, but every time I see him play I'm like man, he's just On a championship winning team. He is not a one, he is a two. I think he played very well this year. Throw a good fucking tight end next to him. He might be okay, a good tight end, or just a speed guy. That is not Quinton Johnson. You know what? Quinton Johnson? As much as we talk trash about him, he has had a lot of games where he has produced, unlike in years past where he's literally done nothing. All year he has had a productive season. So, as much as we talk trash, maybe they already have the guys they need, and Lattamacocky doesn't. They probably need a tight end that's a little more dynamic, but other than that, they're a very well-set-up team, okay.
Speaker 1:So next story, the Quinn Ewers thing from Ohio State. They keep trying to recount what happened with him, and all it was was that he went to Ohio State and then realized hey, I'm not starting overseas, he went there too early. He went there too early. He went there too early because he took an NIL bag for like $1.4 million. So he skipped his first year of high school Shit. Nowadays that's crazy, but yeah, that wasn't from a school, though. That was from a kombucha company in Texas. And since, because of their rules back then, he couldn't take the money as a senior in high school, so he had to skip that year in high school to get that $1.4 million. And he went to Ohio State early, realized, hey, I'm not going to play, for not only did he not play his first year, he wasn't going to play his second year either, because CJ was that guy. So he's like I can go back to Texas, go back where I grew up and I think he lived like 20 miles away from that and I get to start and I get to start and the team I root for when I was a kid but I just your team is much different.
Speaker 1:It wasn't that Ohio State picked, it wasn't that Ohio State didn't want him. It was Ohio State had TJ Stroud and there was no reason to take him Like even question him. Ohio State wasn't ready for him to be there. He was a Heisman. Yes, exactly, you were there too early. He jumped early, he jumped in early and he messed up Ohio State's whole quarterback timeline. Honestly, because if he would have came on time, he'd be the starter at Ohio State right now, right, and he'd be an easy first-round pick. He'd be an easy first-round pick because Ryan Day is a quarterback guy, unlike guy, unlike Sark, who really isn't that, really isn't a quarterback builder Ryan Day is, and so, with all that being the case, I don't like how people are talking about how he left them or they told him to kick rocks. That's not really how that went. So I just wanted to kind of talk about that real quick.
Speaker 1:And last but not least, notre Dame, james Franklin and the coach for coach for Notre Dame it's it's, it's, it's it's James Franklin and hold on, I suck at this he's a former Buckeye. I should remember his name all the time. Notre Dame head coach it's Marcus Freeman. They were both on this doing the whole media thing together and they talked about how, and it came up somehow that James Franklin was talking about how Notre Dame should join a conference and stop being independent. I did see that and Notre Dame has always been very adamant. They don't want to be a part of a conference and all that.
Speaker 1:But I just think again. They're always going to carve something out for Notre Dame, just like they had in this playoff where, yes, they cannot have a top four seed but they can get the fifth seed if they are good enough on a year-in-year-out basis. So as long as they're going to get that carve out, there is no reason for Notre Dame to then join a conference, and I think on a year-on-year-out basis. That makes it easier on Notre Dame as a school because they can schedule whatever they want and they don't have to follow any type of rules as to like anybody else, they don't have to join the Big Ten and play the daunting what will be the future of the Big Ten, what's going to be very daunting in the SEC. So as soon as they don't have to follow that and they can just sit there, they can sit there and schedule themselves however they like when everybody else has to go through it. So I think not only competitively is it something that they probably should change. But again, they're never going to because they have the advantage now. But I think when it comes to money-wise, I think it makes it a lot more difficult, like when it comes to Notre Dame has their own channel.
Speaker 1:Notre Dame sorry, not Notre Dame, but NBC does all their home games. But there's no way that. But I think they always say that Notre Dame values their, their independency. Because apparently they say that, because all their donors have a better sense of pride about it, because they know their money is truly needed, because Notre Dame is not getting the money that other schools is getting. I'm like couldn't you just have both? Like everybody else does. Like no booster at Ohio State is saying I don't want to give up as much money because I know how much money you make. No, because they want to see the best team possible. And all the big money boosters at Ohio State they're going to keep giving it because they want to see the team be good. So it's going to be the same thing for Notre Dame too. I don't understand.
Speaker 1:Notre Dame is like I think I mentioned this a few podcasts ago. Notre Dame is like the even more stuck-up version of Michigan, where they feel like their institution is so, like their institution is great, but they like the smell of their own farts so much it annoys the crap out of me. So Notre Dame should join a conference. Whether it's the Big Ten or the SEC, it doesn't really matter, but the fact that they don't, because the longer we go through this, there's probably going to be a real commissioner that comes along and really makes this a lot more even for all these conferences where they're all playing the same amount of conference games and there's going to be a lot more rules in place, but Notre Dame's never going to have to follow it because they're not a part of any type of conference. Is there going to be something that's going to be kind of forced out of? Hey, everybody has to be in a conference To make the playoff.
Speaker 1:I think that's what they should do, because there's what? Three teams that aren't in a conference, like three large teams, 12 now? Oh, then fuck it. I think it's just Notre Dame. It's just Notre Dame. They're the only major school that's not in a conference. That's it. I guess you could consider the pack two. They're still in a conference together. It's only the two of them Washington and Oklahoma State. But like that's it.
Speaker 1:Notre Dame, connecticut and UMass are the only D1. Don't See FBS college schools that aren't in it. There you go. Yeah, I guess the pack UConn. Yeah, uconn is not in UMass. Oh, they're not in football, but they are in basketball yeah, no, in basketball they're part of the ACC.
Speaker 1:Uconn yes, in basketball they're part of the ACC, but in football they're, which makes sense, because who would want UConn football? No, thank you. That's garbage to have to watch. Okay, that's all I have for college football. Like I said before, if you wanted our picks for the college ball games, you can go to the last podcast and get that, but let's go on the NFL stuff. Garbage to watch UConn football that's garbage. I'm being honest, dude, it is Name. The last time you saw UConn on a football field? You haven't, because no one wants to watch it on television. I didn't know UConn had a football team. Exactly, they shouldn't, but they do, unfortunately. All right, nfl news. Let's go ahead and switch into that.
Speaker 1:Raiders fire their GM, tom Telesco, days after Pierce, so now they have. They have the. The perfect opening. Gm and head coach Is a blank slate and they can hire together Conference at all. They used to be in the Big East. They're no longer in the Big East. Did you look at basketball? Like specifically basketball NCAA men's basketball 2015, 2014-2015. They're not. They used to be With Marquette St Basketball. Like specifically basketball NCAA men's basketball 24-25. 24-25. They're not. They used to be with Marquette St Johnson Villanueva, villanova. He said Villanueva, that's crazy, villanova, my apologies, that's crazy. They are no longer in a conference with them. Okay, all right, that's all Okay. Raiders, sorry, now have an opening for both their GM and head coach Smart, making themselves a little more attractive.
Speaker 1:But I think there's a little bit of a thing on to this, because if they're going to try to get Mike Rabel, something like that, hey, real quick. They're going to be paying four coaches. Yeah, at the same time. Yes, they're still paying Josh McDaniels, they're still paying Antonio Pierce, so they're going to hire a new coach and be paying that salary. Okay, real quick. I feel like I should give Antonio Pierce another year.
Speaker 1:Yeah, when you hired him, you knew what was up and not to mention, like I was talking about this earlier, y'all gave him no team. Not only did you not give him a team, but you had a chance to draft a quarterback last year, sat on, drafted him because nobody was thinking that Atlanta was going to draft him. No, everybody assumed that he was going to fall to Raiders, so they thought he was just going to fall to them and they didn't do their homework and they just sat in their hands and it happened to them. So now they went throughout the whole year without a quarterback. And Aiden O'Connell ain't bad, he's NFL but but again he's on a starter. I think he's a premier backup very good backup, though. He's played well, um so, but no, they screwed him over. I thought they were get. When he wasn't fired on Monday I was like maybe they're giving him a shot, that's what I thought. And then he was fired Tuesday before we podcasted. And now they're firing the GM too.
Speaker 1:So now when they go after Mike Vrabel or some of these other high tier head coaches, you can give them the option like, hey, you can get to pick the gm you want to work with and have it be a more simpatico thing. And, like I went in the went on the whole tirade last time, the gm head coach should be locked in together to make sure that everybody's on the same page makes the most sense. It makes most sense everybody. So this is where it comes a little bit of a wrinkle.
Speaker 1:Bill belichick is getting like a little bit of a little bit of news about wanting to come back to the NFL, like teams wanting to hire him for NFL jobs. Specifically, the Raiders have came up. You know, the team that Tom Brady owns Partly owns 10% and apparently Bill Belichick's buyout is $10 million until June 1st of this year and then it goes down to a million. For a team like the Raiders, $10 million ain't nothing. They're paying that much more. They're paying that much to John Gruden, let alone all the other head coaches. They have to pay right now. They're spending so much money on coaches Dude, you're paying. I'm sorry. They're throwing money, literally burning money. They're paying like $22 million to the coach that don't coach for them anymore Because you keep firing them.
Speaker 1:Josh McDaniels was cool, cool, I understand they shouldn't have hired him in the first place. No, that's fine. The John Gruden one, he kind of stuck. He was racist, don't watch it. The NFL kind of threw him under the bus so they didn't have to do so much to Washington, but again, even that owner ended up selling the team, so it really didn't matter. Yeah, fuck that guy.
Speaker 1:But yeah, I just think that, with all that being the case, it's Belichick, obviously. I think there's somebody that really wants to hire him in the NFL. I think that's where he wants to be. I think that would screw North Carolina up like crazy because they're already recruiting. They just got some kid to flip from another school when it comes to in the traffic portal. So he's already doing the work for North Carolina and everybody's doing the portal thing and all that's happening already. So the fact that he would potentially have to do another coaching search would be kind of crazy. But I think it kind of gives some credence to the fact that you have to do another coaching search would be kind of crazy. But I think it kind of gives some credence to the fact that maybe he gave up on an NFL head coaching job a little too soon and just took that North Carolina job like not knowing if he was going to get a job or not. But now he's getting a little bit of buzz. So would that work? When it comes to Tom Brady now being his boss technically, or maybe Tom Brady saw how bad it was when it was just Antonio Pearson. He's like hey, I know he didn't work when I was under you, but now I'm ahead of you, so as long as you're cool with it, I would like to hire a guy like him, but he's so old though I don't know. Pete Carroll's still getting interviews. Yeah, apparently he interviewed for the Chicago Bears job. He did, yeah, but why? But I think Pete Garrett's a little more lively at his age. I don't think Bill Belichick has ever been lively at any age.
Speaker 1:Okay, there was a little thing of Jim Irsay, the owner of the Colts. He's 65 years old. Yeah, they had him out in a little writing cart and all that. He had a little electronic writing cart. He looks so dusty and old and can't do anything Again. He had a hard life with drugs. He did a lot of drugs, so I think that kind of speeds up the project. Huh, yeah, his dad bought the Colts and then gave them to him when they were in Baltimore. Oh, yeah, so he bought the Ravens. He bought the Baltimore Colts and then moved them to Indianapolis. Yes, that's how long they've owned that team. His dad did, yeah, oh, did they suck when his dad owned that team? No, they didn't. He had Peyton Manning, didn't he? Or has he? No, jim Irsay, that was Jim Irsay, that was totally Jim Irsay, but I was mentioning it because he looks so old. You just mentioned Pete Carroll.
Speaker 1:He's like 70, and he's so lively. It's crazy how you live your life. Right, you live your life. But even Nick Saban's pretty lively for his age too. I think it's just who Nick Saban is. He doesn't seem lively. Yeah, he's just crotchety. I yeah, he's just crotchety and like just.
Speaker 1:I think if you watch him on game day he actually ain't that bad Dude. He gets annoyed as fuck on game day. Have you seen that he does. But he also has some fun with Pat. He's smiling Like he's having some fun with it too. 80% of the time he's like this is business. I'm here to work. Oh yeah, I'm talking about football. Like that's why he kind of jumped out when he did that. Shit's stupid, it is crazy. But again, it's a young man's game now in college football. I'm so glad it's not in the game. That should be gay, should be gay. Yeah, for sure I'll just buy fucking that. It's a lot harder to do that in a football game, because if I have a dude and he's trash and I him at least in the nfl I could it's, it's not, it's not. We can't get the fuck off my team. Okay. Yeah, you're not wrong. Sorry, but I mentioned it.
Speaker 1:Built like bill belichick thing. He was too old last time. He didn't want to give him control. How was that changed now? But again with this coaching cycle. It's rabel, it's ben johnson and then a lot of like who knows? The dc for detroit is also getting a little bit of buzz because he's been pretty good with them this year For what he's done. Yeah, and back to Lou DeRumo thing. He obviously isn't going to be a head coach, but he's going to be hired as a— he's going to get a DC job. Dc job very quickly, yeah, because he's been a good DC.
Speaker 1:I don't understand how he's put together good defenses. He's put good defensive players out there. He's had Logan Wilson for four years and Logan Wilson's been a top linebacker for four fucking years. He had Trey Hendrickson for three years and Trey Hendrickson's been a top. He's had Trey Hendrickson for four years. Trey Hendrickson's been amazing all four years. He's had Jordan Battle for all of a year and Jordan Battle's already the starter.
Speaker 1:He's putting the correct defensive pieces out there. It's just his best db was garbage bad, and the year before his best dv tore his acl. Yeah, and then this year his best db tore his acl. He's playing chess with a bunch of pawns. No kings, no queens. No, no. Sorry, kings really don't do anything. No queen, no rooks, no knights. Yes, he had one rook, uh, and it was trey henderson and yeah, and then Logan Wilson got hurt in week 14 during practice.
Speaker 1:So there's no Logan Wilson, and that made a fucking impact, right, as you saw, tight ends were getting fucking everything on us. Yeah, because you know who covers tight ends Logan Wilson, exactly. So, yeah, you fired a good defensive coordinator, yep who. You gave a bad defense that you didn't want to pay. Exactly. Defensive coordinator Yep who. You gave a bad defense that you didn't want to pay. Exactly, we had a good defense. You didn't pay him, but somebody had to take the fall for Zach Taylor being terrible at his job. And now we have to keep Zach Taylor. What the fuck are you doing? Yeah, oh, is it because Zach Taylor's cheap? Because Zach Taylor's not in the contract? Oh, yeah, very well know that the owner for the Bengals does not like to pay multiple head coaches.
Speaker 1:Zach Taylor is not under contract. This is the last year of his deal. This upcoming year is his last year. No, this is the last year of his deal. He's been with us for four years. This is it. This is it. He got signed the same year Joe Burrow got drafted. It's 2025. That was it. Again.
Speaker 1:If I felt like they were going to fire him, they would have done it already. You don't have to fire him. Tell him to leave. They're not doing that either. I'm not paying. Why would they allow him to fire the DC? Go away. He wasn't going to stay. He's not good. Well, I know that, you know, I know that. And then our offensive coordin Right, he's just there Because Joe Burrow Really likes him and but Zach Taylor Calls, plays yes, and clearly that shit Don't fucking work. Obviously, yes, but looking at Joe Burrow, it must work and I'm like no, no, he's like Fuck it, they're down there. Yeah, I'm gonna throw this bitch up. Joe Burrow doing it on his own. There's nothing. Really, you guys put money Into Orlando Brown's been pretty good.
Speaker 1:Orlando Brown is getting old, so you have to go draft another tackle this year. You have to Right. Orlando Brown is old. Mims has been very good, so either you're going to kick him over to left tackle and draft another right tackle, or you have to draft somebody that's going to be a left tackle, who knows? But Mims ain't that swift of feet. His feet do not move fast. Mims moves like cement. He is a great right tackle. It makes him a great right tackle, but a left tackle you need to be a little more. Orlando Brown is very quick, which is what makes him so good, because he's that big and that quick. Mims is that big and that slow.
Speaker 1:He is a one-for-one with Trent Brown, with no injuries and a lot younger. That was another thing. You fucked up. You gave Trent Brown $10 million to do jack shit. Nothing Injury prone like crazy. He was that before you drafted, before they signed him, didn't do any preseason, was on a non-injured medical IR and then was injured week two. What the fuck? No question. And Mims just happened to be really good, really fucking good. He's raw talent. No, that motherfucker. He's that guy Exactly. If we had a left-handed quarterback, pay him as much money as possible. That's not the case.
Speaker 1:Next story Tyreek Hill. His agent has recently said that he is sticking to the team. No, they said he is committed to Miami. After the post-game press conference where he was talking about leaving, he said I'm too good of a player for this and I think it was all money play, to be totally honest with you, because he has no guaranteed money after this year. But even if it was just like a whole, even if it was like a competitiveness thing. After losing this playoff game, after not getting to the playoffs for the first time in his career which is crazy for a guy like tyree kills, like he's always made the playoffs, again he's with the chiefs and he's been with the dolphins because they've been good until this year.
Speaker 1:And not to mention, mike mcdaniel was talking about during in a press conference how players have been showing up late and he's like I need them to understand that there's things that we can control that affect how we are looking right now where we're at in our season and they have some control over something and they decided not to. And he's he's like multiple guys are showing up late. But again, you're not talking about nobodies. If they're showing up late, you're just getting rid of them and getting new guys. It's probably some of the better players on your team that are showing up late that you can't just get rid of.
Speaker 1:But McDaniel's a good head coach. I don't doubt that part. I think they put their money into Tua. They paid him all that money, which is absolutely insane. You want to play a quick game. Let me look this up real quick. Okay, go ahead and go on. Tua Daniels, right. I am like 50-50 on if he's competent or not. I can't tell sometimes. Sometimes he is competent, sometimes he's really, really bad. I don't know, gang, I don't think he's that great of a head coach. I think when he came he was supposed to help the run game, which he absolutely did last year. Last year their running game was off. It was amazing, but again it was with a healthy two all year. But they put all their eggs in one basket and it was the Tua basket.
Speaker 1:And if I'm going to be honest with you guys, you can't keep going with this. He won't wear the shit to save himself. Some players wear it just to wear it and I'm like that's a good idea. I've seen a lot of players wearing those caps. I have as well the Guardian caps, what they're called. Why is that thing? I remember, of all things think, going into next year. Then if I'll be like, hey, these are mandatory, I doubt they'll do that because it doesn't look as nice and they want things to look nice, they don't look as nice, but you make them mandatory, then you make them better. They help, yeah, for sure, or legit. You just build them into the helmet because if that's something you can put on the outside, why can't you add it on the inside? Well, they do have all, have all that, it's just an even more extra layer. Exactly, but that's the thing. I think you just make those better Because there was a lot of concussions.
Speaker 1:Fucking. Chris Olavi was out this year with a concussion. Yep, no, you're not wrong, his fourth. His fourth. Yes, it was his fourth. I would like to think when he comes back next year he probably has one of those on to probably help himself. But okay, I don't think he's as stupid as fucking tua of hey, because chris olava he gets spun around a lot because chris olava ain't a big guy, oh, not to mention he's a wide receiver, so he's not as protected as the quarterback is. But two is like I'm gonna lower my head against this linebacker. Yeah, no question, it was very stupid of him to do all right.
Speaker 1:So here's my thing. With right, they paid because going into last year, coming into this year, they negotiated against themselves and gave him $253 million a year Damn Damn, something he does not deserve whatsoever. He is not that type of guy, right? And then now he's been injured. So now they are locked into a guy that can't stay healthy, has the issues when it comes to the concussions, has a hip injury now that he missed the last few games when they still had a shot at the playoffs. So, with all that being the case, so now they are going to be talking to Brock Purdy Sam Fran is and Brock Purdy's going to want a contract and they're talking about, hey, what should he get paid, and all that. So we're just going to go down the list of the highest tier, highest paid quarterbacks and get to a point where you feel like we feel comfortable.
Speaker 1:Ok, one of those highest paid quarterbacks is Trevor Lawrence. Oh, and Dak Prescott. Fuck, you're not wrong. I'm like I'll mention Dak Prescott. Do I think he's actually better than Dak? No, I agree on top end, but how often is that giving you top end? Yeah, but I also think that what Purdy gives you, I think Purdy is I've been fighting this battle for years because I think you've been more of a Purdy guy than I have that anybody can do that in that offense because everything's set up for them. So let's do it. Dak Prescott, top, he's getting paid the most money per year.
Speaker 1:Would you take Dak or Purdy? Dak is better. Joe Burrow, obviously. Jordan Love Is better Physically Actually better. He throws so many Almost interceptions he does and then throws interceptions the worst time possible. But imagine if everything Is schemed open for you all the time, like it is for him. Jordan Love's offense is too good for him to be that bad sometimes. But okay, I'll take Jordan Love, trevor Lawrence, flip the two. I think Trevor Lawrence would do exactly what Brock Purdy's doing, but better. I don't like Lawrence either, dude, you don't like him. But I'm just saying can he do with San Fran what Purdy did? Purdy had the Avengers. Last year we made the Super Bowl. Trevor Lawrence can do what he did. Okay, tua, again, we already said Tua doesn't deserve the money he's getting paid. So I think they're in the same bucket, right? Jared Goff, jared Goff's better, jared Goff's better. Justin Herbert Herbert's better, jared Goff's way better. How is Herbert this far down the list? He's only getting paid 52 million and he's getting paid like the seventh most. He should be upset. Crazy Lamar is better. Jalen Hurts is better.
Speaker 1:Kyler, as much as I don't like his ease, Is he? I think he's as much as dragging the Cardinals down as he is actually playing well, which ain't often True. But I also think if you put Kyler in the San Fran situation, he would flourish and they would be a top-flight team, no questions asked. Because they're not losing, because Kyle Shanahan does it all, yes, but I think if you put Kyler murray on 30 other teams, I don't think he does that. I think there's 30 other teams in the nfl with kyler murray does not do well, no, but I think, because every loss ain't my fault, but he's a talent. But it's not because of his lack of talent, it's because of his bad decision making. Agreed, but that's the thing that drags the team down as it's dragged.
Speaker 1:The fucking Cardinals down. It's not my job to throw to Marvin Harrison. That is your explicit fucking job. That is why you are here. That is in your job description. If you're to look up NFL quarterback, it is to throw the ball. Yeah, you're not wrong. To the fucking receivers yeah, anybody that can receive the ball, you throw it to them. The ball You're supposed to throw it to him. It's your fucking job. Yeah, I don't think they're going to take Purdy's contract and put it in there. You have to study the playbook Well, as of right now, we're at Kyler Murray. He's getting paid $46 million a year. We're going to keep going down. I can't give him $46. We're going to keep going down.
Speaker 1:Deshaun Watson Again, terrible contract, but again when he was healthy. He's not better than Kirk Cousins. No, he's not, oh, okay, he's better than Kirk Cousins. Go ahead Say he's not, okay, he's younger than Kirk Cousins. No, no, take their entire year. You could take out a couple. You could take out Purdy's best games this past year. Hmm, take out Brock Purdy's best games. Okay, but he's coming off an injury. Take out Brock Purdy's best games. Yes, kirk Cousins hit a wall. Yes, he's old, oh, okay. So Brock Purdy's better? Yes, okay, fine, fine, fine. But Kirk Cousins shouldn't have gotten paid the contract, he that Pat Mahomes, he's only getting paid 45 years. Kind of crazy. Allen, they only paid him 43? That's crazy. Stafford Goes to the Rodgers. He shouldn't be in the NFL.
Speaker 1:Derek Carr Is he for sure better than Derek Carr? Yes, switch them. I think Derek Carr can do what Derek Carr has legit. Almost lost his job to Spencer Rattler. Get the fuck out of here. Yeah, but Derek Carr has never had the type of office coordinator that Derek Carr lost his job to Spencer Rattler. He didn't lose his job, no, he was hurt. Uh-huh, that was a long honk, huh, I think, coming If Derek Carr comes back and they may be looking at Spencer Rattler like, because if they, they would cut Derek Carr in a heartbeat. Okay, that's Okay, fine, maybe questionable. He's at $37 million. That's going to keep going down. Baker Mayfield he's not better. Baker is miles better, right? Baker is that boy. Baker is miles better, right? Baker's that boy. Baker's only getting paid 33. Baker, j-herbo, mahomes and Allen are getting fucking robbed.
Speaker 1:Geno he's better than Geno. He's not better than Geno. Geno's a walking interception. But I actually think Geno physically can do a lot more than Purdy ever can. Ain't fucking seen it. Int, int, int, four INTs in a game. You got fucking James Winston out there.
Speaker 1:They just fired their offensive coordinator, though it's not like they have. It wasn't his fucking fault. He was good. His offensive coordinator was great last year. Okay, that team has been bad because of Geno.
Speaker 1:Okay, so you're saying he's better than Geno? Geno's getting paid $25. I think you get a part of your $25. Is Purdy going to want to take that? That's the end of the game, because after him it goes to Gardner, minshew, sam Darnold, and he's better than those. He's not better than Sam Darnold, not as of this year. No, let's not talk about the last game. And then you start getting into the rookie quarterbacks and that's where the money starts going down from there. So my whole thing is Is that We'll take 25. He's gonna want 40, I think, a minimum 40 Okay.
Speaker 1:But here's my thing when they have chosen, I think we can all admit that he is a notch better Than Jimmy Garoppolo. I think we can all admit he's healthier than Jimmy Garoppolo. A sk think we can all admit he's healthier than Jimmy Garoppolo. That's coach better because he's a tiny bit more athletic. I think we can admit he's healthier. I think Jimmy Garoppolo has a better arm. Yeah, no, purdy has a below average NFL arm. He does Below average Arm strength. I will never disagree with you.
Speaker 1:Accuracy that scheme Makes quarterbacks. If that scheme makes quarterbacks, if you throw any of the top 10 quarterbacks in that scheme, there is no one to stop them in the Super Bowl. Truly no one to stop them. That's because that team is so offensively talented and that coach is an offensive guru. There is no stopping my offense Again. They're taking Brandon running backs and making them good.
Speaker 1:Dude, the guy from Alaska. He does say they're quarterbacks. Who the fuck do you think that is? He does say they're quarterbacks. Who the fuck do that is? Does he say they're quarterbacks? I will not agree that. Purdy is not the most talented quarterback. Purdy's arm ain't great. Purdy's more athletic than Jimmy G, but Purdy's arm is weaker than Jimmy G. Yes, by far. Yeah, but Purdy, they only owe him like $1 million. He only has like $1 million guaranteed next year.
Speaker 1:So if he comes up saying he wants anything more, would I be comfortable paying him $30 million when Baker Mayfield won't get paid $30? Baker had a lower contract because Baker had approved it. True, but I'm saying what I'm going to get out of Purdy is not what Baker is getting. I agree, but again, you're talking about a quarterback. That's on a different kind of contract. This what Baker's getting. You're getting out of Baker, I agree, but again you're talking about a quarterback. That's on a different kind of contract.
Speaker 1:This is Baker's contract year. Baker's going to get another contract? No, he just got paid last year. Baker's getting paid that for the next three years. But again, baker hasn't been. Baker's on a different kind of contract. Baker's on a different kind of contract. I could.
Speaker 1:What I he is worth as the quarterback market goes is like $22 million. That's what I think he's worth. Pretty yeah, but he's not going to take that, I know. But again, if you're asking me what he's worth, $22 million but if I'm the Niners, I'm not giving you $45. I wouldn't give you anything, I'd give him something.
Speaker 1:But here's the thing. They're going to have to start Like their left tackle is almost 40. He's done Right. Kittle is probably their Like, the only one that probably is going to stick around. But even he's getting close to where like it'll start to fall off a little bit because of how physical he plays. Their tackle is almost 40. Yeah, was he drafted with? Fucking Dude he was. Who was the right tackle? Why don't I remember his name? Left tackles williams, uh, something, williams trent, williams, trent, williams. Yes, he's almost 40, so he's not gonna be there long. Christian mccaffrey has arthritic knees, so his career is pretty much close to over. Like maybe he might get one or two more years out of it.
Speaker 1:Kittle already said Debo is not going to be on the team next year. They're going to probably trade him, so why wouldn't you just restart? Why, if I'm San Fran, would I want to start paying Purdy $40 million and have to start with a brand new team. I have to build up my Avengers again. I just think the way that this goes is that I just You're talking about Trent Williams, right? Trent Williams is only 36.
Speaker 1:As a left tackle, that's old as crap. So is Cam Hayward, but he plays defense. It's very different. It's more physical, yeah, but Cam Hayward can do that with just his size. He doesn't have to, he doesn't have to block somebody. My nigga, they play the same position on different sides of the ball. No, cam Hayward's a deep, I know tackle. His is more physical. You have a dude. Cam Hayward ain't, ain't huge, uh huh. Cam Hayward's job is just is more physical than Trent, than Trent Williams, yes, but I think it's different because it's like being a corner.
Speaker 1:You have to be athletic enough to react to somebody that's very athletic, right. As a left tackle, you're facing some of the best defensive ends in football every week, right? So now you have to be athletic enough to react to a defensive end that's very good at his job and I think at 36, when he's coming off an injury, he didn't play most of this year, I think at 36, whether he's coming off an injury because he didn't play most of this year, like I think that's going to be something. They're going to have to replace him too. So if you're going to have to replace a good portion of the core of your guys, why would I sit here and pay Purdy, absorb an amount of money when he probably doesn't deserve it, unless Purdy comes to them and is like, hey, I'm willing to get paid only to 30 million, like 20 something million dollars. I think even that's kind of crazy. Why wouldn't they just let him go on one one million dollar contract next year and then, if he really plays well and you don't want to change another, you can start franchise tagging him? I just think San Francisco start like playing this long term, because I just don't think long term it'll work out where Purdy will be a every year starter in the NFL. I just don't think it's gonna be the case. There's a reason why he was picked last in the draft and I think it's been a very magical few years. But I just think this year should be a like, oh, like. This should be a moment where you should just reset everything and just keep that very good head coach that you have and just start building up the team young again to where you can redo what you had before three, four years ago. I am not disagreeing with you. I don't disagree with anything you've said so far.
Speaker 1:All right, next thing Bengals. Jermaine Burton Did you hear about this, I don't know? Domestic violence issue Apparently choked and slapped the girlfriend, and so he's probably done in the NFL Because he really wasn't that Big of a dude in the first place. He was on his last year With the Bangles, so they just drafted him this past year. Dude Jermaine Burton, yeah, who the fuck is that? He was the guy they drafted from Bama. Oh, the nobody receiver, uh-huh, we got six dudes just like you. Get the fuck out of here. So now they're probably going to have to replenish that a little bit. But again, he mentioned it like he barely did anything and now he's having this issue. That part kind of sucks. But you know, I said it. I figured I'd mention it, fuck, okay.
Speaker 1:Next thing Ravens they rule out Zay Flowers, so he is not going to be playing this first playoff game. There's a four-ball receiver Fucking 987 yards. Get the fuck out of here, dude. Sorry, I'm sorry. That hit me like a Mack truck. I wasn't ready for that, dude. I'm sorry Him and Jerry Judy up there and Brian Thomas Jr not being on the list is crazy work, dude. Sorry, you know I agree I have fought with so many people.
Speaker 1:One dude at work was like, oh no, zay Flowers has been amazing. I'm like, yeah, he's been good. Brian Thomas Jr has been that much fucking better with Mac Jones. Mac Jones is quarterback yeah, there's no bad. No, there, there's no bet. No, there's no. Yeah for sure. No questions asked. Sorry, but no, they realize they have Flowers. That changes how the Ravens look coming into this week, because he is their most explosive, consistent receiver. I'm not called cabbage. Oh, we're 10-point underdog. I did bet Steelers plus 9.5. But I think we're going to lose that game. Actually, I don't think so. I believe Steelers.
Speaker 1:If there's one defense that somebody needs to believe, I guess if there is one defense Derek Henry can't run on, it is a Pittsburgh Steelers. That is, you are the only defense I saw in his best year. Two thousand yards, stop him. He had like. He had like forty seven. Y'all stopped him in his fucking tracks. There was nowhere to go. That was the year everybody was like, oh, this is the second coming of the steel curtain and it fucking was. There was nowhere For that dude to go. And if there's Any team I watched Y'all Again they play the Ravens tough. That's why I bet them plus ten, nine and a half. But that's the thing. That defense is elite. Y'all have the Bengals 120 points. No one's done that All year, you're not wrong.
Speaker 1:So he has no receivers. He's going to have to run and the Steelers don't want to compensate for that. There's no one to throw downfield to Rashad Bateman's good. Rashad Bateman is good. Yes, he is good. He's a good. He's too, but I don't think he's explosive enough for, potentially, joey Porter Jr. I think Joey Porter Jr straps him the fuck down. Yeah, I think Rashad Bateman's a little faster than Joe Horton Jr, but I think he can manage. He's not going to get burnt. Well, you have Mika Fitzpatrick sitting back there, right? Rashad Bateman's a deep threat.
Speaker 1:Again, I still don't feel great about it. I think our offense is so inept right now. I agree, but actually I have nothing for you on that. Your offense is so shitty that you will lose this game because of that. I, because of that. I would be so down for them just to throw Dustin Fields in there and just let him work, because at least that gives you some variety. He again, maybe. Is Najee hurt? No, he's fine. I know he didn't play the remainder of last game. I think it was mostly because they realized that, hey, we have to throw the football now and as great as Najee has been catching the football he's caught a lot of balls this year he's not explosive that way. So I think they just had to play him out. So I just think I'm not feeling confident. I think they're going to cover the 10, 9.5 point spread. Again, we're going to go to our picks later, but I'm not feeling confident about my Steelers this weekend.
Speaker 1:All right, so let's get to our playoff team rankings from 1 to 14, as to who has the most confidence to win the Super Bowl. Confidence, confidence, confidence. Oh, it doesn't. I just have it 1-4. I just have it 1-14. Yeah, but you have all the teams. Oh, it doesn't include the two teams that have a bye. Okay, give me those. It's Kansas City and the Lions. Yeah, that's the one I know I'm going to have to fight with you about and we're going to have to agree. Okay, so we're going to have to do this from 1 to 14 in confidence.
Speaker 1:14 is Denver. No, uh-uh, to win the Super Bowl, to win 14. I'm the least confident in them winning Because they play Buffalo first yeah, they're gone. And then they would definitely play Kansas City Okay, in the next round. So they're balanced regardless. They're not winning it. That's what I'm saying. I know the playoff bracket. They're not getting there. You are not getting there. Y'all are too young. Bo Nix is going to get out there and nigga that's going to look Pat Mahomes in the face and win a quarterback duel. It's Denver no, I was trying to go from 1 to 14, because I think it's harder. I go 14 to 1. Okay, it's Denver. Okay, we get Denver. It's impossible for you to get there. You got to beat Buffalo and then go beat Kansas City. You ain't the Bengals. Tampa, minnesota, la, oh, yeah, yeah, okay, I agree. Okay, denver 13.
Speaker 1:I think this might be where Pittsburgh relies. I think it's the Packers. No, because the Packers have the talent. I think they have the upper tier talent that Steelers don't have. Yeah, but I've also seen the Packers play the shittiest games I've ever seen in my life. True, but that's more of Jordan Love than it is, I think.
Speaker 1:Based off of that, I don't think it's the Packers. I don't think it's the Steelers yet. I think it could be Houston. Who does Houston play first man? They play Chargers. That pass was very elite, true, but I also think if CJ heats up, they can go on a run, and they can't. Is Joe Mixon playing? Yeah, okay, cj Trout has struggled the last few weeks to heat up because he I can't. No, he's been, and Khalil Mack is apparently 24 again. I just think that Houston has the upscale talent and their defense is apparently 24 again. I just think that Houston has the upscale talent and their defense is actually very good. I think Houston has an upscale like. Their offense has a ceiling that Steelers don't have.
Speaker 1:I don't disagree with you, but from what I've seen over the last couple weeks, you've both lost a shit ton of games the last few weeks. I think you have a better chance of beating the Ravens because you know how to stop that team, so you're going off of if they can even win the first game at all. Yes, I think you have a better chance of winning the first game, yeah, but I also think Houston has a better chance to win the second and third game. Agreed, I agree, but I don't think Houston has a very good. I think they have a worse chance than you winning that first game. I bet Houston can win that game. I disagree. I think the Chargers win that game. I think the Chargers have just been a rolling stone. They're unstoppable. They've been that good and I think the Steelers know exactly how to shut down Lamar. And I think the Steelers know exactly how to shut down Derrick Henry. Your defense has been that good. You were relying on your offense, in the same way that Houston is relying on their offense. And CJ Stroud you've watched those games. He snaps the ball and the dude's in his face Like they didn't even block him. So, as you've said all year, he's unconfident in his own team In the playoffs against the Chargers.
Speaker 1:Who will? The Chargers will jump on a team. I see Houston playing from behind. If they win this game. I see the Steelers in the same shit that we saw in the Bengals. It's 19-17, fourth quarter, like I see the same game happening.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, all right, I'll get behind you, but Steelers are definitely 12. Oh, yeah, you don't make it past 12. Yeah, so, houston at 13. Pittsburgh at 12. Okay, yeah, so Houston at 13. Pittsburgh at 12. Okay, 11, 11 is the Packers. It's the Packers. You can't tell me it's anybody else. It's the Packers Because they'd have to face Philadelphia Because Philly's the two seed. It's the Packers. And then they would definitely, once they re-seed, they would definitely face the Lions and they can't beat either of those teams. And they got destroyed by the Lions twice. They played Philadelphia first round. Yeah, you didn't let me put the Packers before either of you. No, because I think the Packers have upper-tier talent. It's the Packers, okay, fine.
Speaker 1:Okay, it's the Rams. No, I think the Rams can go on a run If they have, because their defense has actually been very good and their pass rush has been awesome. Yeah, I think they actually. I think they're higher up on the list. I think they can go on a run. I really do, not to mention they're getting a home game in the first game. They can beat Minnesota Like there's. After watching the, after watching last game, I'm like I'm do I feel all that confident in Minnesota to win the first game going to LA. There's a question of whether that game even happens because of all the wildfires that are happening in LA right now. But uh, outside of that, I think. No, I've had the Rams. Higher than that. I? I disagree with you.
Speaker 1:The Rams are the most shaky team in the NFL, especially in the playoffs. They lose to the Lions. They lose to the Chargers. They beat the healthy Niners. They lose to the Bears. They lose to the Packers. They barely beat the Raiders. They beat the Vikings. They barely beat the Seahawks. They lose to the Dolphins Two of those Dolphins, by the way 23-15. They barely beat the patriots, the patriots. They lose 37 20 to the eagles. They barely beat the saints. Uh, they beat the bills. Yeah, cool, you beat the bills. Good job, you won't do it again. Uh, they 126 against the Niners. And unhealthy.
Speaker 1:This is December. The Niners are not at full capacity 12-6. I think they're just getting 19-9 Jets. I think that gives me confidence that they can win in a multitude of ways. They can win in a blowout and then they can win in a close game. I think they almost lost to the Jets.
Speaker 1:And then the Cardinals Lose to the Seahawks and now they're playing the Vikings. Dude, you're telling me they're going to beat the Vikings? They definitely can. What? After last game for Minnesota, do you think they're a juggernaut? Still, they played the fucking Lions. Who the fuck beat the Lions this year? Who has beat the Lions this year? Let's see Buffalo. Ah, buffalo and Tampa Bay. Hmm, okay, they played the Lions.
Speaker 1:That is the second best offense in the NFL. Yeah, but that defense is absolute cheeks, dude, they destroyed them. It doesn't matter when the ball's in the air. Ball's in the air Can't do shit. You know what they did Want to throw two people on Justin Jefferson. They did the same shit the Steelers did. They didn't throw two people on him, they did the same thing the Steelers did. They had that one guy and he was no the corner. Amik Robertson, I believe, is his name and he is an undrafted free agent guy and he was just. I'm not even saying he was most technically sound, he was just a runtless and not letting Justin Jefferson get free, and the few times he did he was getting overthrown. But again, they did the same thing as Steelers did in the red zone. There's nowhere to go. There was nowhere to go in the red zone. You saw it. They got Lorenzo Red zone multiple times, right, they couldn't do anything. There's nowhere to go.
Speaker 1:I think the Lions Just played an efficient game, knowing their own. I just think Matthew Safran, go on a heater and potentially win. No fucking shot. You put the Rams here. No fucking shot. You put anybody else With the Rams here.
Speaker 1:I was thinking Washington, but I disagree. I disagree. You think Washington beats Tampa Bay In the first round? Yeah, and he threw the pencil while freaking out there for a second. Go ahead and let him go grab that for a second. I'm not saying they can't, but I'm saying it's less likely. I'm saying they can't, but I'm saying it's less likely. I'm saying they don't.
Speaker 1:Okay, I was going to put Washington here, I agree, yeah, and then it's the Rams. And then what about the Chargers? Who would the Chargers play after they beat the—? The Chargers would—because they're the sixth seed. So, unless, if all of the favorites win, they'll end up playing Kansas City in the second round. They're not beating Kansas City. What tells you that Kansas City's going to have multiple weeks of rest? And it's the playoffs now, they're not bored, no more. Kansas City is going to have multiple weeks of rest, and they're. It's the playoffs now. They're not bored, no more. No, I disagree. Oh, we're going to have a problem with the Chiefs, aren't we? Yeah, we're going to have a problem with the Chiefs. They're slotting in right there at 8. The Chiefs, dude, they are the worst, best team in the NFL. My boy, how do you almost lose to everybody? But they didn't.
Speaker 1:It doesn't change the fact you weren't a big NFL, biggest NFL fan during the Patriots run. Okay, this team gives me Patriots. I was a child. No, I'm saying like the 10-year run with the Patriots where they just won a bunch of Super Bowls. This is how they played my nigga. When they won their first Super Bowl, I was a baby. I wasn't paying attention to either of football. When they won their first one, I was a baby dude. I'm talking about on their second win, when they were winning a couple with Tom Brady. What year was that? 2012? Something like that? My God, I was like 10. Okay, that's what I'm trying to tell you. I was 9. That's what I'm trying to tell you. The Patriots were just this team where it felt inevitable they were going to win. No matter how close you thought it was, they would just end up winning. Things start going their way.
Speaker 1:This is how the Chiefs feel right now. The Chargers don't beat the Chiefs, I truly believe. So You're sounding like Chris Collinsworth Get off his dick. I'm not. I just I feel they don't make it past eight for me. I don't think they can beat Buffalo. They can beat Buffalo. I think Buffalo has the best chance to beat them.
Speaker 1:I, ah, I don't like that. I know you hate the Chiefs so much, I get it. You hate them, I know. But I hate Josh Allen more in the fact I don't think he can actually beat Kansas City. I think he shrivels up like a fucking baby Against Kansas City. But I believe any team on here can beat Kansas City Can, but will they? That's the thing. No, no, no, the list is done. The list is dead. The list is dead, like I had.
Speaker 1:Let's go up to one. Number one is Detroit. If you have any quarrels with that, you were wrong. I was going for Philly. Okay, you were wrong. Philly is a better overall team than Detroit.
Speaker 1:Is Dylan Hurts having a good or bad game? He hasn't played in two weeks because he's coming off a. Oh, that's crazy. I could tell you what Jared Goff did bad game. He hasn't played in two weeks because he's coming off a concussion. Oh, that's crazy. I could tell you what Jared Goff did last game. I could tell you what Jameer Gibbs did last game. Yeah, but you think about that defense, though. Did it matter, justin Jefferson, where you at? No, but they just blitzed. Sam Donald turned into a pumpkin for a game. That boy, jameer Gibbs, had four fucking touchdowns. I know we don't need Amar Rao, we don't need Sam Laporta, we don't need Jameson Williams, we don't need David Montgomery. We have Jameer Gibbs Four touchdowns, three rushing, one receiving, and they're going to get Montgomery back before they play their first playoff game. Get out of here before they play their first playoff game. Get out of here, get out of here. Okay, then Eagles too. Right? No, it's Buffalo.
Speaker 1:The AFC is kind of ass. You can't tell me any of these teams are actually good. I can say it Josh Johnson is a fucking tyrant in the AFC. I think they're the second best team in the NFL. Saquon's real good, but Jalen Hurts is shaky. He's been shaky all year. The Eagles are winning because of Saquon, yeah, but the Eagles have probably the best defense left in the playoffs. I agree, but the only person that can score points is Saquon. Jalen Hurts hasn't been that good. Saquon, like you said, has 10 more touchdowns.
Speaker 1:If Jalen Hurts is, you know, not boltering them every time that the receivers are upset because they're not getting the ball, you know why Saquon, saquon, saquon, yeah, but as soon as they rested him so they could run the shit out of him. But guess what? But as soon as they do that, as soon as somebody, they want to just load the box. But as soon as they do that, as soon as somebody they want to just load the box, they have AJ Brown, devontae Smith and they can easily throw two. Like they have a team that is good on paper. I think they have the best team on paper in this whole playoff.
Speaker 1:Again, your question about Jalen Hurts. Okay, fine, I can get behind that, but I think Jalen Hurts to a lesser degree than what Sanford did with Brock Purdy last year. Jalen Hurts doesn't have to be the best quarterback in the NFL because he has all those people around him to make him better, and that defense is awesome. They're going to be able to stop teams from scoring points. I'd have the Eagles over Buffalo. I think Buffalo would be three. This is dead again. This is dead. This is dead. This is dead Because I want to put Kansas City at five and then you'll be upset.
Speaker 1:Dude, I'm sorry, I can't, I can't. This team almost lost to the panthers. I can't, I can't, I can't do it, dude, they, they, oh, they almost lost to jacksonville too. I can't. They almost lost to the Browns. Dude, I can't, I can't. This is with Jalen Hurts, dude. They almost lost to the Saints. You are kidding me? Saquon has been that good and they almost lost to the Saints, carolina and the Browns and they lost to the Falcons. I can't, dude, I can't. Okay, okay, fine, okay, okay, okay, fine, okay, we can put Buffalo too. I think it's really much. They almost lost to Matt Jones. They almost lost to Trevor Lawrence. They almost lost to Matt Jones, dude, ike, this team is ass. This team is not good.
Speaker 1:Philly is good, what they are, because a lot of those teams, like their defense, has gotten so much better. Matt Jones 280 yards what week was that? I don't know? He did have 400 or something, if it was, but they still put up 23. Again, I just think the Eagles defense is so much different now that I have them high up there.
Speaker 1:Matt Jones, you can put Buffalo at two. I can put Buffalo at two, it's fine. You get All the teams. They've almost lost you, saquon has been that good and they, the Panthers. Are you kidding, don't? Panthers have played well.
Speaker 1:The Carolina Panthers, the Eagles should be that Transcendent, because you know who is the Lions, who just Bleh Dead Dead body. That was a dead body. True, the Vikings dead body. They absolutely murdered the Panthers. The Vikings murdered the Panthers. Everybody this year murdered the Panthers except two teams. Everybody else that's a pack. That's a guaranteed win.
Speaker 1:Eagles, oh no, we almost lost by three. Okay, fine, they blocked a field goal. I'm cool with Buffalo at two. Fine, I'm cool with Buffalo at two. I can put Philly three, okay, fine, then we just came to an goal. I'm cool with Buffalo too. Fine, Dude, I'm cool with Buffalo too. I can put Philly three. Okay, fine, then we just came to an understanding P-H-I. Yeah, go fuck yourself. Only three Kansas City's at four. Kansas City's at four. Dude, they're the two-time defending champs, dude, we have to show them respect. No, that nigga scared us, bro, over your dead body, bro, that nigga scared us bro.
Speaker 1:Travis Kelce said we could go play in a parking lot Line. That bitch up. Let's go see it. You think y'all can beat the Bengals right now. Try us, fucking, try it. I didn't think you would have heard me say it. 4,947 yards, 40-something touchdowns, nine interceptions Line that bitch up right now. I promise you we will show y'all. There is no Super Bowl in your future.
Speaker 1:Oh, I swear to God, if the Bengals are in the playoffs, we they'd be playing fucking. Who would they be playing? If the Bengals are in the playoffs right now, buffalo they'd be playing Buffalo first round. Yes, fucking bodies, because they'd be in as a seven seed bodies. Body. They would. Joe Burrow would body the fuck out of Josh Allen. You think the Bengals defense is ass? No, that defense looks good to Josh Allen. It's real good. That defense is ass. Bodies Fucking. They would pack the fuck out of you. You just took your shirt off. You just took your shirt off.
Speaker 1:No, travis Kelsey said that shit and I was at. I genuinely started tweaking. I'm in my, I'm in my, I work and I am a maintenance mechanic. I have a desk at work. I am trying to make calls to find a part and I see it pop up on my computer From my Twitter and I look over and read it. I start tweeting Line that bitch up right now.
Speaker 1:If y'all weren't scared of us, y'all should have played your fucking starters. You could have showed us you weren't scared. You're not going to help me. Back that shit up. Back that shit up pussy. Shit up Back. That shit up pussy.
Speaker 1:Y'all niggas didn't play any starters. Y'all niggas put Carson Wentz in. Y'all niggas knew what you were doing. They didn't play anybody Because they were trying to be healthy for the playoffs. Fuck you, dude Me, fuck, fuck the Chiefs. Y'all niggas Know. There is one man that has ever beaten you In your house Twice. No, there is one man that has ever beaten you in your house twice and y'all niggas want to say, oh, we weren't scared of the Bengals. I don't think they are. You can't prove that shit. No, but we can never prove it. Because Joe Burrow is that mother. He is that fucking guy. Everyone knows it. There is a fucking hot. If Joe Burrow would have made the playoffs is that fucking guy. Everyone knows it. There was a fucking hot. If Joe Burrow would have made the playoffs, he should have been up for MVP Easy. If he willed his ass to the playoffs and everything fell in his corner, that was the most scary team in the AFC coming out. We all know this.
Speaker 1:No one wanted to see the Bengals. Five straight, my nigga. Five straight. That's see the Bengals. They were hot. Five straight, my nigga. They were hot. Five straight. They were hot. That's what the Bengals do. They get hot at the end, yeah. But again, if you don't, you know what? Last time Joe Burr got hot like that. Guess what fucking happened. Last time he got hot like that, we were in the fucking Super Bowl.
Speaker 1:Fuck you, kansas City's to be at four then, I don't know. The rest of the team's a kind of ass. Can you go back to nine then, and we'll figure it out from there. Nine Chargers, okay, okay, you can put your shirt back on if you like. No, okay, okay, you can put your shirt back on if you like. No, okay, okay. Okay, I can walk into it. All right. Eight, let's see.
Speaker 1:I guess Tampa Bay I feel like it's Baltimore. No, baltimore's not that low man, they've not. Because we saw if Tampa Bay left. We saw if the Rams left. Oh, it's the Rams. Minnesota's left, it's the Rams. What the fuck? The Rams are going to run the Tampa Bay camp.
Speaker 1:I would put Tampa Bay 8. Dude, it's not. I'm talking about their defense, dude, their defense is actually very good. Tampa's base is better, like, actually, Like, realistically. No, it's not. Go talk to Vita Vita right now. Yes, they're hard to run on, but you can pass on them pretty easily and the pass rush, their pass rush, is not as good as the Rams Gang.
Speaker 1:You can't, no, no, no. If you even know ball, of course I know ball, you must not. I watch more ball than you. I can't. I can't take you seriously, dude the Kansas City, that nigga. I can't take you seriously right now. Dude the Kansas City, that nigga. Lying up in a parking lot, in a parking lot? Fuck that. We run three on three.
Speaker 1:Let's see it pussy Joe Burrow, t Higgins and Jamar Chase against whoever the fuck your receivers are, we'll even give you four people. You can have Travis Kelsey Fuck nigga, I didn't think you four people. You can have Travis Kelsey Fuck nigga. I didn't think you saw it. I thought I was going to be popping it up on you without you knowing, but dang, he got around to you.
Speaker 1:Buddy man, the Kansas City hate's real. Okay, all right, fine, tampa Bay, I don't hate Kansas City, I loathe Kansas City. Javante, I could blow that fucking stadium up and I would feel nothing towards them. That's the name of the podcast. Fuck you, patrick Mahomes. That's the name of the podcast. You are not. I don't hate Kansas City. I loathe Kansas City. You are not.
Speaker 1:There is no better player in the NFL right now than Joe fucking Burrow. Everyone in the NFL is lucky he is not in the playoffs. You saw what he did in Denver he put the ball in my motherfucking hands. I've never seen that dude cuss prefer before like that. Put the ball in my fucking hands, walking off. He said this shit, walking past Zach Taylor yeah, because obviously the kicker wasn't doing his job and neither was the defense. He's that guy. We need a win. We need a win. Yeah, we're going into Pittsburgh. I got it, he got it. The Steelers made it hard as fuck. Yeah, they did, but he got the job done. Yes, I agree, I agree.
Speaker 1:In a parking lot, though, dude, there is a Walmart. It is on East 5th Avenue In Cincinnati Line. That bitch up. I know this. I've been to that Walmart. It's right past fucking, is it Xavier? Whatever college is over there, not Cincinnati, Is it Xavier? Right? Yeah, right past Xavier, before the Cincinnati Zoo. There's a Walmart there.
Speaker 1:Why would they come to Kansas City to play? Why wouldn't you go to Kansas City? Fuck you, it's Boroughhead and his bitch. We can go there. We can go to Kansas City. Fuck you, it's not. You can't call Boroughhead Three or two. He's up. Chiefs, ever blow us out.
Speaker 1:I have three recorded times of Joe Burrow blowing the Chiefs the fuck out. It's still 3-2. Y'all act like he. Not up in the series, what you mean? But in the playoffs, mahomes is up. No, he's not. In the playoffs, burrow is up. No, mahomes is up 2-1. In the playoffs no, 2-1. It's 1-1, stupid, nigga, y'all played twice. In the Last time y'all played, in the AFC Championship game, kansas City beat you, uh-huh. And then the time before that, it was the Bengals in the AFC Championship and they dicked the fuck out of the Chiefs. They beat the shit out of the Chiefs, alright. And they dick the fuck out of the Chiefs. They beat the shit out of the Chiefs, all right. So they're 1-1.
Speaker 1:I'm pulling up sound lines, nigga. 1-1 in the playoffs, okay, fine, and we're 2-1 in the regular season. Fuck you, man. What, what, what? This guy's legitimately tweaking Legitimately, legitimately, man, I didn't know what I was going to get myself into, but at least I didn't bring it up.
Speaker 1:Jace did, after beating the shit out of the Bills, okay, eight, I'm more than down with putting a. What did you say? You wanted to put Tampa Bay there. No, oh no. You wanted to put Tampa Bay there. No, oh no, you wanted to put. No, I was going to say the Chargers. You said Tampa Bay, when, no, the Chargers is there. I said the Rams Rams. Okay, fine, do the Rams Rams solve an issue? Cooper Cup ain't really the same. La Rams eight. And then we'll put Tampa Bay at 7.
Speaker 1:I'd put Minnesota here. Tampa Bay does not have a better chance than Minnesota to win the Super Bowl. Don't do that. No, they don't. No, they don't. Now it's Minnesota. Come on, now it's Minnesota. Okay, fine, minnesota's fine, fuck you. It's Kansas City. No, it's not. Okay, fine, minnesota's fine, fuck you, it's Kansas City. No, it's not. No, it's not dude. No, it's not Minnesota. Kansas City is not six. Baltimore Okay, I think you kind of took over that.
Speaker 1:Where you shouldn't have it's Detroit, buffalo, baltimore, minnesota, kansas city, tampa bay, the rams, chargers, washington, packers, steelers, texans, broncos. What it should actually be. It should be detroit, detroit, buffalo, philly, kansas city. No, baltimore, minnesota. I'm gonna beat your fucking head in. I'm done. I, I know you feel disrespected, I'm done. I'm done, I'm done.
Speaker 1:Okay, let's just go to our picks, then Picks, then for the actual games Chargers and Houston who you got. Chargers are a three-point favorite in that game. You can't just write down the games. We're done with the list. I want you out of my house All because of Kansas City.
Speaker 1:I'm going Chargers, pittsburgh, buffalo, philadelphia, tampa Bay, minnesota. You're going Houston, baltimore. Are you going to still stick with your Steelers? Because you have not. No, I'm going Baltimore, baltimore. Yeah, I know, baltimore, baltimore. Are you going to still stick with Steelers? Because you have not. No, I'm going Baltimore, baltimore. Yeah, I know. Baltimore, buffalo. Yes, I'm taking Buffalo.
Speaker 1:Can I give reasons? You're going Tampa Bay over Washington, I believe that. And you're going the Rams over the Vikings. No, I'm not doing that, my nigga they got. I'm not doing that, bro. No, I'm not doing that, my nigga they got. I'm not doing that, bro.
Speaker 1:Oh, they can make a run. They can make a run, they can, but they're not going to. That's why we have to actually give our picks. So you don't believe they could actually do it. I believe they get past the first game they can. So what If, If, big, if, why the first game they can? So what If, if, big, if, why the fuck are they at eight? I've been saying if this whole time, because if they do get that first game off, they can go on a run and beat anybody. They can. That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:That's why it's confidence with a Super Bowl. Get out of my house. That's why it's confidence with a Super Bowl. I have zero fucking confidence in that team to win the Super Bowl. Zero. That defense is not good. The Rams I have zero fucking confidence. They can beat any actual good team because they fucking can't. They haven't been able to do it. All year. They beat the Cardinals twice. That was two of their wins. They had over 10 wins. They had 10 wins this year and that shit's not impressive. It was more than Cincinnati. It doesn't matter. You're right Again. That's not Cincinnati's, that's not the offense's fault. No, it's not. It's the defense being fucking cheeks. No, it's true. I agree. Fuck this. I'm done. Get out of my house. I'm done.
Speaker 1:End the podcast. Fuck. You Don't want your reasoning. Your reasoning is shit. You're not going to pick the team to win the game, but they're eight. It's what counts. That doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 1:Yes, I'm not confident they'll win the first game, but if they can, I don't give a fuck about that If them niggas ain't doing it. That's why it's a confidence ranking. Don't try to hit me with your shirt, please. That's not nice. I'm going to have a fucking hernia. Get the fuck out of my house. I'm so genuinely angry at you right now that I already don't care anymore. The Bengals aren't in the playoff. I don't give a fuck. I have lost my will to live. I have lost my will to be. I'm going to play 2K, I'm going to play NCAA and I'm going to exist Until next season starts. Until next season starts or until we sign somebody that helps us, or the draft or something. Yeah, you guys are going to fuck up one of them or all of them. You're already fucking up. Zach Taylor still has a job. You have like five. You have five or six months to fire him. You have five or six months to keep my fucking fandom. If that nigga still coaches here, I'm making sure he's done breathing before the first game.
Speaker 1:Go ahead with your bullshit explanations about how you think the Los Angeles Rams can go find the fucking genie and ride the magic carpet and walk the yellow brick road. I never said that. I never said that, bro. I never said that. I never said that. That's why that, bro. I never said that. I never said that.
Speaker 1:That's why it's the confidence rankings, because if they get the perfect, things start to crawl their way. Are you confident they can win the first game? No, okay, cool, but how the fuck do they make it to eight If you are not confident? No, your confidence meter right. You are not confident they'll get past the first game To go win the whole thing? Yes, I like their chance.
Speaker 1:How confident are you the Chargers can win the first game? I'm very confident they can. Why are they above the Chargers? Because, no matter what happens, they are not. I'm going to beat your ass. To get to the fucking final game, they have to win the first game. You don't think they can do that? No, so, my nigga, they need to go over the list. No, they don't. A confidence meter means you are confident To be up for a team to be able to go all the way To win. Go all the way from first game, the divisional, all the way.
Speaker 1:Do you think they can win the first game? They can, but I do. Are you confident? Are you going to bet them to win it? No, okay, so understand this. You believe the Chargers can win their first game. You were pretty confident in that? Right, yeah, no for sure. Okay, how confident are you washington can win the first game? I'm not. It's a rookie quarterback going against the tampa bay team. It's hot, that's feeling good. Are you confident the packers could win their first game? No more confident. The rams? No, I think the minute the rams have a better chance to win their game because they're at home against a Minnesota team that has their weaknesses, so you are explicitly more confident that Chargers can win over the Rams.
Speaker 1:The first game, yes, but the second game, Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, okay, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up. So to get to the second game, you got to be confident they can win the first game. I understand what you're saying. I do Clearly not, because they're still above the fucking Chargers. You are not confident. They're making it to the second round, so they can't win the whole thing.
Speaker 1:If you don't believe they can make it to the second round, brother, I don't understand. He's turning the whole game. I do not understand he's turning the whole game. I do not understand. I have no idea how 2 plus 2 is not equaling 4 to you gang. It is. You are not sure they can get to the second round, Right, you are pretty sure they're not about to win this game, right, but they're above the Chargers, who you believe can get to the second round, yeah, but the Chargers are dead, shut up, shut up, shut up. So let me explain this to you, gang, I don't need an explanation. That means the more power the Chargers can win the whole thing over the Rams.
Speaker 1:If you don't believe the Rams can make it to the second round, dang it. Win a whole fucking thing. What are you not understanding? Something's not clicking to you, gangie. Something's not clicking to you, gangy. Something's not clicking for you. What do you mean with something's not clicking? You have to take it game by game basis. I'm going to bed, I'm going to bed. I don't want to do this anymore. Game by game.
Speaker 1:The niggas, you don't think they can get out of the first round? Okay, let me breathe. I'm getting a headache. Niggas, you don't think they can get out of the first round? No, I don't. Okay, let me breathe. I'm getting a headache. I'm getting a headache, okay, this should not be that hard, bro, this shouldn't be that hard. It's just a hypothetical situation. It clearly fucking. Is you autistic? Fuck, I'm not autistic. You are saying Say this on, I'm getting a headache. I'm not autistic. You are saying Say this on, I'm getting a headache. I'm that angry, I'm so angry.
Speaker 1:Alright, you believe the Chargers Can win their first round? Yes, you do not believe the Rams Can win their first round. I think the Rams Are not gonna win that game. I don't care. Okay, you think they are not Going to win that game? I believe Minnesota Will win the first game. Yes, alright. So now? Okay, you think they are not going to win the game. I believe Minnesota will win the first game. Yes, all right. So now, if you don't believe they can win the first game, how the fuck are they going to get to the second game? I don't give a fuck. If they get hot, the Bengals can get hot and go win the fucking Super Bowl.
Speaker 1:Apparently, from how your fucking thinking works, our confidence rankings are not confidence in the first round, it is confidence ranking for the whole Super Bowl. If you don't have confidence, if they can get on the pole path to win Super Bowl, if you do not have confidence for them, niggas, to win the first round, they cannot get to the Super Bowl. I'm not saying you're thinking that Minnesota's only a 40% chance to win that. I mean, sorry, rams. I think the Rams have like a. I would say I think it's like 55-45, that I think Minnesota wins that game. The Rams are at home.
Speaker 1:I put them under the charters. That doesn't make sense, gang. You can't be more confident in a team. To win the first round, to win the second round, you got to get past the first round. Yeah, that's how fucking numbers work, gang. You go from one to two, you don't go from. Oh, they can get there, yeah, but we're making hypotheticals to go win the whole thing, hypothetically.
Speaker 1:You don't think them niggas can win the first round. They can't win the whole thing. They can't win the first round. No, but think about lower on the list, right? I think, okay, okay, the guys from nine down are all the teams you believe aren't going to win the first round, right, right, and I don't believe they even have a chance to win the second game. If you don't believe the Rams can win the first round, they sit at nine because there's a chance they can win the second game, but it's unlikely, right? Yeah, but I have a lower. I believe they have a lower chance to win the second game than the first.
Speaker 1:You don't believe they can get out of the first round. I don't believe they can get out of the first round. I don't think they will. No, okay, you believe the Chargers will get out of the first round? I believe so. Yes, so the Chargers automatically go above them. If you believe they can make it to the second game, you don't think the Rams can make it to the second game. I don't either. Okay, but I'm saying in this scenario, a much Like the Chargers are done in the second round.
Speaker 1:No matter what Best case scenario I think the Chargers are done in who would the Rams play the second round? The Rams would end up playing because the Rams are the five. Yeah, no, the Rams are getting a home game, so they're the four seed. So they would play one of the wild card, like one of the wild card winners. Who would it be we're looking at? Probably, if Tampa Bay wins, they'd be playing Tampa Bay in the second round and they can beat Tampa Bay, and then, if Tampa Bay loses, they'd be playing Washington. Well, because then Washington will win that and then it gets reseeded. So who would it be reseeded to? Denver, green Bay or Denver Green Bay, washington Like it's one of those Dude. I don't think they can beat any of those teams. I think they truly can, but again, that's a different opinion.
Speaker 1:I'm fine with that part. You are stupid. No, I'm not. I am not. There is nothing. I think we probably misunderstand each other on what we think the confidence meeting was about. I don't misunderstand shit. You're retarded. There's no in between. You're stupid, I'm not. Everybody can hear what you're saying. Yeah, you're stupid. I think this is a nuanced discussion. I think you're not getting the nuance. I don't know what the nuance means. You're stupid as fuck. This, this is bullshit. I'm being pranked. I want to go to sleep. Finish your picks. All right, let's get the picks. I think that was very fun, though I'm not going to lie to you, I'm not having fun. I'm angry and I have a headache. I want to punch him in the face and I want you out of my home. All right, first game Houston. I'm going to take the Chargers. Am I high? No, you're not high. Okay, you definitely said Houston. No, no, no, okay, I'm going to take the Chargers. Okay, I'm taking the Chargers because I think they have a stronger team from top to bottom. Their defense is pretty good and I think that the Chargers You're going to cause me to tweak out the Chargers defense is going to make it very hard on CJ Stroud to want to do anything.
Speaker 1:Game two Game two Green Bay, and I'm sorry, they'll make it Pittsburgh and Baltimore. I'm going to go ahead and take, I'm going to take Baltimore to win that game. I I'm gonna go ahead and take, I'm gonna take Baltimore to win that game. I'm gonna take Baltimore to win that game because I'm the way I saw Pittsburgh in that last game in at home, sorry, at home against Cincinnati. I think the offensive strugglers are not going to be, are not going to be fixed in a week and I think that defensively, I think Pittsburgh can play well. I think they can make it tough on Baltimore, especially with them not having Jay flowers. But I think that I think that with that I just I just don't believe in Pittsburgh in general offensively to win this game. I think defensively they can. I think offensively I'm just not believing in this Russell Wilson thing.
Speaker 1:Pickens, I'm totally sold on Pickens if you listened to the last episode. So I'm going to go ahead and go with Baltimore to win that game, even though it definitely hurts to say that, but my brain is telling me so hard that Baltimore is going to win this game, even though I totally believe that Pittsburgh can win. I wouldn't be surprised if they did. It's just where I'm sitting right now. I don't sound like you, do I? Huh, I don't sound anything like you, I, you? I don't think so. No, oh yeah, shows up while our mother knows us. She assumed I was you fun, um, but yeah, pittsburgh. I would love for them to win. I'd be happy to be wrong, but I think, but with this, I just, I just, I think baltimore wins this game because I think it's just one of another, one of those games since pittsburgh just since gets sent home in the first round.
Speaker 1:Next game um, den, this is sunday. Denver going to buffalo. I'm taking buffalo. I think this game it could actually be a very high scoring I. Whatever the over under is on this game, I'm probably gonna take the over. Maybe it bounced. I think. No, I'm not saying denver has no shot, I just think they. I think there's less avenues for a win for denver in this game than there is for Buffalo. I agree, you've played this game 100 times. I think Denver wins, like twice. Neither my bad, penn State, notre Dame has started. Neither team has moved the ball anywhere. Fun, like I'm talking it has. Is it still 0-0? They've both had two possessions, awesome. That's why I'm glad I got the under. But yeah, yeah, the over under is 47 and a half. I'm probably gonna take the over because I think both these teams are gonna score, but again, I think buffalo wins that game.
Speaker 1:Next game philly, green bay. I think I'm gonna take philly. Philly is a four and a half point favorite. I think they probably cover that. I just think that defensively I think they can shut down green bay and, and as good as Jordan Love can look at times I think there's more times than not he's not looking good and throwing off his back foot and throwing picks. I agree. And I think, with all that being the case, if they get Jalen Hurts back, that's a very big if, because he hasn't necessarily been fully given the okay to go, but I think they will get it. He hasn't played the last two weeks and as long as that's the case, philly should win this game easily. I think I hate to say even with Kenny Pickett, I think Philly can still win this game because how dominant that defense has been especially the second half of the year.
Speaker 1:Um, next game Tampa Bay Washington. The 0-400 for that game is 15 and a half, so they really do think. No, no defense is going to show up in this game. Um, I'm going to take Tampa Bay. I think the vibes they have coming into this game after what they did last week for Mike Evans, I think Baker's playing very good football right now. He's playing out of his mind. I think in Tampa he can run the football very effectively with multiple different running backs. Baker's running the football with his feet a lot more often. He's getting some extra yards when he can. I just think that Tampa Bay I think Washington's gonna to make the game close too. Tampa Bay is only a three-point favorite at home, so I think that is definitely a very, very tight one. But I think that Tampa Bay, having been here before, I think they will get the win over a Washington team. With Jayden Daniels as good as he is, I think there's. You just lose this. I wouldn't be surprised if Washington won, but I have more confidence in Tampa.
Speaker 1:Last but not least, minnesota, la Rams. I'm going to take Minnesota, even though they had a bad game in Detroit and it makes me have my own suspicions about Minnesota in general. I think Minnesota, coming off that loss, will be coming in with a bad attitude against LA Rams and I think that with all those pieces Justin Jefferson and Jordan Addison and Aaron Jones, I think all those guys I think they will try to go back to what their normal plan is move the football. And I just think that even with LA Rams' improved defense, I think that Minnesota should be able to get past it. But again, I wouldn't be surprised if the LA Rams get the win in this. Minnesota should be able to get past it. But again, I wouldn't be surprised if the LA Rams get get the one in this.
Speaker 1:Minnesota's only one point favorite. So Vegas really does think this game's gonna be very close. The over-under is 47 and a half. I might take the over um, but I just think with minute, especially with Minnesota's defense, I think Minnesota's defense they make it tough on everybody and as much as I believe in Matt Stafford only having Pukunukuwa really be healthy and be good, like we don't know what Cooper Cup's going to show up in this game. So that makes me a little more apprehensive for the Rams to be able to win this game, even at home. But if the Rams do win this game, they definitely can go on a run and make it multiple rounds and even get to the NFC Championship game. I really do think the Rams, with Matthew Stafford, can heat up that way, and especially the way they can run the football, their defense is pretty good at times. So I think, all that being the case, I'll go with Minnesota, but I definitely would not be surprised if the Rams won this game. I'm probably going to stay away from the spread because it's only one point, but I'll. I think there's going to be plenty of points scored in that game.
Speaker 1:Alright, you done. Tweaking out at me, no, dude, fuck you. Quit the podcast. Dude, I wasn't trying to. I really wasn't. I wasn't trying to be difficult, I really wasn't. Bullshit, dude. Why am I talking to the mic there so everybody can hear you Fuck you, dude, fuck. Okay, fine, I'm sorry, I Okay, fine. I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to make you mad. I was being very truthful in the way that I feel and the way that I believe when it comes to all this, and I was having fun. It really was fun to have that. It was no fun for me. It was pure unadulterated fucking rage. Look, I think you got a good podcast name out of it. I don't hate the Chiefs, I loathe the Chiefs. That's going to be the podcast name. Hate the Chiefs, I loathe the Chiefs. That's going to be the podcast name. So let's not go any farther. I don't want to make Chase any more upset than me and have him try to beat me up while we're still on the podcast.
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